Baseball's back! Celebrate opening day with The Daily Show's coverage of past times in America's pastime. Jon Stewart talks his beloved Mets ripping out his heart, imagines Mr. Met firing their manager and takes a look at politicians pulling the local team flip-flop. Jon discusses anti-immigration implications of an Arizona All-Star Game with Al Madrigal. Mets legend Mookie Wilson sits down with Jon to talk about legacy. Roy Wood Jr. flies straight back to the studio after watching the Cubs win the World Series. Ronny Chieng joins Roy to argue the merits of baseball. Trevor Noah reports on Aaron Judge's record breaking home run, and talks their latest lockout.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Chapter 1: How did Jon Stewart react to the Mets' performance?
I don't know what you did this weekend. I hope you had a nice time. What did I do this weekend? I went out, took the kids out to the park for a little bit and had a nice dinner with my wife. We had a lovely time. And then on Sunday, I had my, what was it, my heart taken out of my chest and then eaten in front of me.
My beloved New York Mets, after I went through the trouble all day Saturday of teaching a three-year-old the Meet the Mets song. Meet the Mets. Meet the Mets. Is that good, Daddy? Is it good? Love me? I want the third stanza done with heart, boy, with heart! The Mets lost in a historic collapse. I don't know if you saw this picture on the cover of the Post.
It turns out, yeah, it turns out the New York Post cameras can take a picture of my soul. But it's not over yet. Apparently, everybody thinks it's over, but if we can just get the Earth to reverse rotation, this thing can be played again. So there you go, New York Mets. Motherfuckers. First, before we get into anything, I have a question for you. You ever been fired? I've been fired.
I've been fired a lot. I've been fired. I've been fired from bakeries that I worked at. I've been fired from women's clothing stores. I was once fired by my brother. My brother fired me from a horse. But one thing that's never... I was fired by Stripagram once. One thing that's never happened to me is that I've been fired at 3 o'clock in the morning... 3,000 miles away from where I live.
Willie Randolph, the New York Mets manager, my beloved Mets. This guy, okay, the Mets suck, fine. But they could have fired Willie Randolph at any point over the last year. So what they do is they wait before he takes a trip to Los Angeles. They fly him all the way out to Los Angeles. He wins the game, and then they fire him that night at 3 o'clock in the morning.
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Chapter 2: Why was Willie Randolph fired at an odd hour?
When you get a call at 3 o'clock in the morning, that's for sex. That's not for being fired. He did not deserve that. It is classless. Here's how bad it is. This is the New York Post. Tiger Woods. They didn't even have time to put Willie Randolph being fired. Classless. I mean, maybe they flew him out to Los Angeles because they thought, well, we're going to fire him.
He should at least get his frequent flyer miles. I don't know. Bastardos. And this is the worst part. We have a tape. of the call of him being fired. You cannot believe who they got to fire him.
Hey, Willie, it's Mr. Met. Good morning. Oh, and guess what? You're fired, so pack up your crap, get the out of the clubhouse, give me your . What, you wanna meet the Mets? Why don't you meet Mr. Met? I'll meet you in the parking lot, you bum. Oh, and another thing, keep your dirty mitts off of Mrs. Met, you son of a bitch. No disrespect, all due respect, forget about it, how you doing?
Not right! Willie didn't deserve this. World Series is Wednesday night. Tampa Bay Rays facing the Phillies in the World Series starting Wednesday night. Both these teams, and this is the key part, from crucial swing states. This is going to put the candidates in a bit of a pickle. Tampa Bay, of course, from Florida, and the Philadelphia Phillies are from...
the festering sore on the end of my taint. I don't think that's right. Who wrote this? Mr. Met! Damn you! Obviously very upset that the Mets did not get into the World Series. Now, obviously, the candidates don't want to anger people by taking sides in this World Series. What would be the best way to navigate these treacherous waters?
I am a White Sox fan. But let me say that since the White Sox lost, I'll go ahead and root for the Phillies now. So when you see a White Sox fan showing love to the Rays and the Rays showing some love back, you know we're on to something right here.
Et tu, Messiah? The local sports franchise pander? Come on, man! You've got to do better than that. You know something? I smell a Mac attack.
I think I may have detected a little pattern with Senator Obama. It's pretty simple, really. When he's campaigning in Philadelphia, he roots for the Phillies. Then when he's campaigning in Tampa Bay, he shows love to the Rays. That guy's an a**hole!
No offense there, Senator McCain, but once you said a guy's a terrorist, you call him a fair-weather fan, it doesn't really hurt.
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Chapter 3: How do politicians use baseball for political gain?
Nailed it! Nailed it! You gotta get up pretty early in the morning to sneak a sports flip-flop past the McCain-Palin team.
A good night last night for Florida. How about those Tampa Bay Rays? That was good. It tells me that the people in this area know a little something about turning an underdog into a victor. Philly fans, you do know all about turning an underdog into a victor. Red Sox fans know how to turn an underdog into a victor. Three!
Team Panda! She's done it! The triple! The triple crown! Been over one year since Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed SB 1070, a controversial anti-immigration bill that some call tantamount to racial profiling, into law with some unintended consequences.
Baseball, nearly 30% Hispanic, is a flashpoint for protests. Baseball's all-star game scheduled for Phoenix next summer may hang in the balance.
That's the only way in this country that we decide who gets home field advantage in the World Series. Unless someone, you know, flips a quarter. Anyway, for more on the impact of SB 1070 on the All-Star game, we go to Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona, with senior Latino correspondent Al Madrigal. Al.
Ha!
Alex, you're supposed to be covering the protests about the law in Arizona, not enjoying the game. I thought the Latino community was furious about this.
Oh, yes. Right. Very furious. Muy furioso.
Alex, so are there protests? Are you covering the protests? Sure.
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Chapter 4: What are the implications of Arizona's SB 1070 on baseball?
And that's why my madrigal mystery bore of 2010 is Sex of the City 2. If I may, John, just a quick personal message for Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig. Arizona's law is racist, and having the All-Star game near is total bulls**t.
All right, thank you, Al.
How do you explain that, Al? I don't know. I like the first Sex and the City. I just thought the sequel was unnecessary. Why mess with perfection?
So, Al, there's going to be zero acknowledgement of SB 1070 at tonight's All-Star game?
I wouldn't say that. I mean, players are showing solidarity in their own subtle ways. Beneath each eye, many have decided to wear thick black marks, symbolizing the dark turn in Arizona's politics. Al, baseball players always do that. Ah, but they're also going to grab their balls and spit. I believe they do that as well. No, but this time they're going to mean it.
Look, you can't keep Latinos from playing baseball. Just like the ghost from the cornfield in that movie with Kevin Costner said, if you build it, They will come. And by they, I mean hordes of Latinos. Thank you, Al. Al Madrigal, everybody. We'll be right back.
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Chapter 5: What impact did the 1986 Mets have on baseball history?
Because it came on TV. Look, in Alabama... Look, in the 80s, only two baseball teams came on TV, the Cubs and the Braves, and I couldn't watch the Braves because they came on at night, and my daddy wanted to watch Airwolf. What you know about Airwolf?
I actually loved Airwolf. By the way, I hate to bring this up, but what does that smell?
Oh man, it's the lucky robe. I ain't washed it in a year. I was riding all over the game, man. I had it on last night, fellowshipping with complete strangers. Plus, when that storm hit, this the best part, man, that rainstorm started coming around the ninth inning, this robe sucked up all the water and I brought it back as a souvenir. Look at this right here, man.
That is authentic game seven precipitation. Oh, yeah, man. I'm ringing this out. I'm going to sell this for a grand and ounce on eBay, man. This is concentrated victory, boy. Go ahead and hit you some of that. Hit that. No, I'm good, Roy. I'm good. All right, you're lost, man.
All right, congratulations for it.
Roy Wood Jr., everybody. Roy Wood Jr., these fans.
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Chapter 6: How does Mookie Wilson view the relationship between players and team owners?
I hate baseball That's the spirit.
You know Ronnie baseball is America's national pastime.
Oh, really? I thought it was racism.
Well, lucky for you, this week's big story has both.
Relief pitcher Josh Hader made his first appearance on the mound for the Milwaukee Brewers since Saturday, since controversial tweets from when he was 17 resurfaced during the All-Star game last week.
After giving an emotional apology for those racially charged and homophobic social media posts on Friday, Hader was warmly greeted by the fans at Miller Park on Saturday, given a standing ovation when he came in to pitch the top of the seventh inning in a game against the Dodgers.
Now, that was a great thing to see, Ronnie. Josh Hader busted for racist tweets, apologizes, and now the Milwaukee fans are showing forgiveness.
I don't know, man.
It kind of looks like some people are clapping for the racism. Okay, well, we don't know. Let's just be honest. We don't know why they were clapping. Sometimes you just join in on something because everyone else is doing it, like the wave or cocaine. What? No, ew.
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