The Best in Sports News and Analysis, from Danielle McCartan · Danielle McCartan

WFAN January 27, 2024

·1 hr 57 min·5 clips

Danielle McCartin starts the show sounding energized and clearly in the room. She frames the night as live New York sports radio and invites listeners to call in. The broadcast is built around a host-led conversation with call-in interruptions. She says she will bring interviews with Martin Brodeur, Jack Hughes, and Captain Nico Heischer from the Devils. She also mentions the Deck Gala fundraiser she attended earlier in the week. The Knicks come up as a live topic, with the show looking at whether the team can make real noise in the playoffs. Julius Randle’s absence becomes part of that conversation. The Mets take over a large stretch of the discussion. McCartin argues that the organization has already said it is building for 2025 and beyond. She points to Billy Epler and Steve Cohen as having made that direction clear. The show treats that rebuild as a deliberate move rather than a surprise. She notes the club bought prospects and rebuilt the farm system. She references the system’s ranking and says four prospects sit in the top 100. The tone stays opinionated, but it keeps coming back to the practical baseball logic behind the move. She also brings in the idea that some fans overvalue prospects, even while acknowledging the need to start somewhere after a messy roster state. The conversation gets into the departures of older pitchers and the feeling that the team was no longer trying to compete on the same timeline. Buck Showalter’s message and the overall shape of the season are part of the criticism. Pete Alonzo’s return too early is raised as another factor in the year’s frustration. The back half of the show returns to the Knicks and the fallout from Randle being out. McCartin and callers talk through the uncertainty around what the team will do next. The final stretch keeps the familiar live-radio cadence: a direct host, a line open for callers, and a sense that the conversation is still unfolding.

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A brisk New York sports call-in show with opinions, receipts, and live-wire energy.

Danielle McCartin keeps this live New York sports call-in show moving. It jumps from Devils interviews to Knicks talk to the Mets' plan to build for 25 and beyond, with caller pushback and local voices giving it a clear sense of place.

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