Craig Carton joined Sal Licata earlier to discuss the upcoming Yankees series he will be doing play by play for.
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00:00Have you talked to Susan yet?
00:01We've spoken, yes.
00:02Like sat down, spoken on the phone?
00:04I'll be going there prior to the 9th to say hi in person, but we have spoken.
00:09And how did that go?
00:10It was great, very cordial, and it's going to be awesome.
00:14I'm pumped for it.
00:16I'm fascinated by this dynamic.
00:18Yeah, everybody is.
00:19Yeah.
00:20Well, of course.
00:21Yeah, just because Al Dukes got mad at those guys for not asking about it doesn't mean
00:23you have to be aggressive about it.
00:24I'm not aggressive.
00:25It's the number one thing that I think was on my mind.
00:29I know for you it's not going to be a problem.
00:30We're professionals.
00:31Well.
00:32We're going to be great.
00:33My next question, you're obviously a great talk show host, and your personality is your
00:38strength, so how do you interject your personality in a professional Yankee broadcast we're trying
00:43to deliver play-by-play on the radio?
00:45I view baseball play-by-play as two things in one.
00:49There's the action.
00:50There's not a lot of it.
00:51Right.
00:52As compared to basketball, hockey, et cetera, right?
00:54Everything in between is like doing a talk show.
00:57So, I'm really competent at doing a talk show.
01:00We're going to find out.
01:01With a co-host.
01:02Yeah, and I have a co-host who also has talk radio chops.
01:05Right.
01:06You know, the first voice ever heard on the fan.
01:08And I think, I hope, we'll have fun together going back and forth.
01:14Is it awkward for you at all being the one, like for Susan, whatever, she's been there,
01:18and you were the one who was, you know, having fun at her expense over the years.
01:22I did, for sure.
01:23Was it awkward for you to have to be like, hey, I get that it's radio when it's, you
01:28know, we're entertaining here.
01:29No, because we talked a couple weeks ago, and it was very honest on both sides.
01:35Like, I wouldn't take back what I did.
01:37Right.
01:38You know, for 10 years with Boomer in the morning.
01:40And if I said I would, I'd be lying.
01:42Because I thought it was entertaining.
01:43I did what I thought was the most entertaining style of talk show you could do.
01:47And she had every right to be upset with that because it's her fault.
01:50Right.
01:51I also had a huge gulp of humble pie, self-inflicted, of course.
01:55Right.
01:56Where, well, I can't take it back.
01:57I don't apologize for what I did because I would have done it again.
02:01At the same time, I'm sensitive to the fact that your words can hurt also.
02:06So, look, she's a pro.
02:08And that's the agreement we have.
02:10She's going to be a pro.
02:11I'm going to be a pro.
02:12Hopefully, we'll have a good time together going back and forth.
02:14And I don't mess up any significant call in the game.
02:17Oh.
02:18Because if I do.
02:19I hope you do.
02:20I know it's going to happen.
02:21Oh, yeah.