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

WFAN, June 1, 2024

·2 hr 4 min·35 clips

Danielle McCartan is live from lower Manhattan. She sets the scene like a dinner-hour sports-radio hangout, gives out the new call-in number, and tells listeners to stay tuned for a special announcement at 8 p.m. The whole thing has the easy, immediate feel of live radio. She works through the weather, George Washington Bridge traffic, the Yankees pregame clock, and the different ways people are listening on the radio, WFAN.com, or the free Odyssey app. Callers come in early. That keeps the segment moving, letting it shift from current game setup to older memories without losing its conversational pace. A major thread is Darryl Strawberry. Danielle treats him as both a Met and a Yankee, but makes it clear that, for her, his identity still sits most strongly in Queens. She points to what he meant to those late-1990s Yankees and notes his production during the 1998 season. She also goes back to the 1990 All-Star Game at Wrigley Field, where rain pushed things later and Strawberry's catch helped set up a play at the plate. One caller, Douglas, shares his own memory of shouting through that moment and waking his parents. Danielle responds with a similar childhood story of her own, and the exchange gives the show a warm, fan-to-fan feel. She says she was born in 1988 and was 11 in 1999, which helps explain why Strawberry feels like a Yankee in the record book but a Met in the gut. That tension is part of what the episode is circling around. Danielle keeps moving between memory and numbers instead of treating them like separate things. The stats are there, but they are always tied to the player, the broadcast, or the moment she remembers most clearly. Late in the show, the conversation turns to the Mets' wild-card outlook. She is skeptical that expanded playoff access should count as a real benchmark for team-building. Her point stays blunt: making the bracket is not the same as building something solid. The segment also checks the scoreboard beyond baseball. A Panthers lead over the Rangers at 1-0 becomes the final quick update before the break. The result is a brisk, caller-fed New York sports hour that leans on reaction, memory, and a clear take more than polish.

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A lively New York sports hour shaped by calls, nostalgia, and Strawberry memories.

The hour settles into a brisk New York sports conversation, starting wide before narrowing to Darryl Strawberry, Mets-Yankees memory, and caller back-and-forth that keeps the broadcast feeling live.

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You want a live New York sports radio night that keeps changing gears fast.

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