Hot Topic: August 17

With Steve Phillips sitting in for Boomer on this beautiful Tuesday morning, the guys kick off the show with a little NFL football. The Jets lost 31-16 in last night's inaugural New Meadowlands football game, although consensus is the Jets' starters outplayed the Giants' starters. At halftime, the Jets honored their past... and Eli ended up receiving 12 stitches after receiving a head gash in the game.

The Mets traveled to Houston without embattled closer Francisco Rodriguez. Turns out Frankie is out for the year, after tearing a ligament in his thumb due to an altercation last Thursday. What do the Mets do with K-Rod now? Sources say the Flushing brass is looking in to ways to void K-Rod's deal.

The Yankees put on a pathetic display last night, even though Joe Girardi called a 25-minute closed door meeting prior to the game. So what did the Yankees do? They mustered up a measly 1 run against the Detroit Tigers.

All that, Al's new song for K-Rod, B&C Podcasts, and more on today's radio program...