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Hour 3: Craig and C-Mac Debate Authentic Shepherd's Pie and GTA 6 Release

The Carton Show with Craig Carton & Chris McMonigle

August 27, 2026

Craig and C-Mac discuss the upcoming Sandlot cast reunion and the intersection of fantasy football and sports gambling. They also engage in a heated debate over the ingredients of shepherd's pie before looking ahead to the release of Grand Theft Auto 6.
Speakers: Craig Carton, Chris McMonigle, Pete, Ben

Topics: Sports

**Craig Carton** (0:00)
Not sure if you saw this or not, but the Sandlot Cast is getting back together as adults with a new show, I don't know if it's going to stream on one of the services, called Dugout Dads.

**Chris McMonigle** (0:11)
Really?

**Pete** (0:11)
Yeah.

**Craig Carton** (0:12)
How about that?

**Ben** (0:13)
That's awesome.

**Craig Carton** (0:14)
Dugout Dads. So, yeah.

**Chris McMonigle** (0:17)
I guess it's about their kids playing baseball?

**Craig Carton** (0:20)
Well, that seems to make sense to me. Yeah, I didn't really spend a lot of time researching it, but I suppose it's interesting that the...

**Chris McMonigle** (0:27)
Just trying to wonder...

**Craig Carton** (0:28)
I don't think they're playing anymore at Big Matt, since they're dads.

**Chris McMonigle** (0:32)
But they're older.

**Craig Carton** (0:33)
Yeah, I think they probably have kids. What if it was like a softball league? Or they're playing like a Sunday morning softball league, yeah. Which you guys obviously can't play anymore, because your friends are so spread out all over the country.

**Chris McMonigle** (0:43)
Wow.

**Craig Carton** (0:43)
It's hard to get a team together. No, it's because I suck.

**SPEAKER_6** (0:46)
Oh, I'd be curious.

**Chris McMonigle** (0:47)
How many softball games have you canceled?

**SPEAKER_6** (0:49)
Yeah.

**Chris McMonigle** (0:50)
What are you talking about?

**Craig Carton** (0:50)
I haven't canceled it.

**SPEAKER_5** (0:52)
It's got to be canceled.

**Chris McMonigle** (0:54)
I get wind of a game, and then the wind blows in the opposite direction.

**Pete** (0:57)
They were playing softball August 8th, all my way.

**SPEAKER_7** (0:59)
What sucks to me is what I was putting on close.

**SPEAKER_5** (1:00)
Not my fault. Not my fault.

**Pete** (1:01)
What happened to Mappen's fault?

**Craig Carton** (1:03)
By the way, if MLB wants to play on August 8th, and you're not here, sorry, we're going to play the game without the presence of Anthony Gallagher.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:11)
No, you were on vacation.

**Craig Carton** (1:13)
Yeah. Well, I didn't cancel the game.
Obviously, everybody wants me to be at the game, but I didn't cancel the game.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:20)
Yeah, well, I'm just saying, when are we going to play some softball?

**Craig Carton** (1:22)
I've been dying to play softball all summer. I might rather just play by myself.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:26)
It's too late now.

**Craig Carton** (1:27)
Why is it too late?

**Chris McMonigle** (1:28)
Well, because now my Sunday mornings are occupied.

**SPEAKER_5** (1:31)
With what?

**Craig Carton** (1:31)
Football starts. Football starts in two weeks. We have two weeks to get a softball game out.

**SPEAKER_5** (1:35)
We're going away.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:36)
Not Warwick D1 and Warwick Mighty Might start this Sunday.

**Craig Carton** (1:41)
Oh, is that right?

**Chris McMonigle** (1:41)
That's right.

**Craig Carton** (1:42)
What time of day are the games?

**Chris McMonigle** (1:44)
Either 9 a.m., 11 a.m., or 1 p.m. Great, so we'll play at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, you can make it.

**SPEAKER_5** (1:49)
That took care of you, you're good.

**Craig Carton** (1:51)
What's your excuse for Sunday next week?

**Pete** (1:52)
You tell me where to go, I'll go.

**Craig Carton** (1:54)
I don't have a car though, Craig, I don't know how I'll get there. Okay, you got there. Pete, you in?

**Pete** (1:58)
Yeah, I'm in.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:59)
What day is it?

**Craig Carton** (2:00)
Here we go.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:03)
Do your thing, you're good. We're in.

**Craig Carton** (2:06)
Okay, great. This is what happens.

**Pete** (2:08)
He didn't expect us all to say we're in.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:09)
Softball fancy football draft, all in one day.

**Craig Carton** (2:12)
Well, I'm gonna do the fantasy football. I'll oversee it. More drink with you.

**Pete** (2:16)
And how we play determines our draft order.

**Craig Carton** (2:18)
I have no problem with that. You want to do a home run derby to determine your draft order? That's right, because you can't play softball.

**SPEAKER_6** (2:24)
I couldn't, I'm not good.

**Craig Carton** (2:26)
Here's Robin Greenlaut on the fan. Robbie, what's going on, buddy?

**SPEAKER_7** (2:30)
Hey, Craig.
Love hearing you talk about this. I'm a big fan of Hello Mike. My name is Craig. I want to thank you for that. You really have been very helpful throughout the years.
You had a valid point about what you said earlier about how gambling might be replacing fantasy football for a little people, but for me, it's actually the absolute opposite because what's happening is, when I play fantasy football, that's my action every week. I don't find myself trying to catch up every week. I bet three games that I lost, now I got to catch up with the four o'clock games. It actually prevents me from gambling.

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