 Hey, everybody, and welcome to another edition of Yes, We're Here. This is the Fordham edition. I'm Michael Kay, along with my Fordham alum friend, Ryan Rucco, Ryan obviously, no NBA, no Nets, no Yankees. How are you holding up? It's weird, man. It's so weird. It's funny because I now have found myself actually fully engrossing in the classic games. I was like, oh, I was close enough to the recent games that I wasn't totally in it yet now. If I see a game on, I'm like, I just need to see some action, man. How about you? How's everybody doing in the K household? It's okay. I mean, I give the kids credit, they're five and seven years old, so this is not normal for them. You know, they miss being with their friends and, you know, technology allows them to have, like, Zoom play dates with their friends, but that's still not the same thing. You know, Jody's obviously getting worn out teaching two full curriculums, and because they go to public school, a lot of the private schools actually have teachers teach the classes on Zoom for the whole day, but in public, you have to make it equal for everybody, so some people might not have the bandwidth or the internet, so you can't do it, so they send, they send it over the computers and you have to teach the kids yourself. So it's kind of difficult. Jody's worn out. Yeah. I would imagine. I think Jody gave that explanation because Andrea, my fiancé and I were literally talking about this earlier, like, how are kids being taught during this period of time? Because who knows if students are going to go back to school at any point during, you know, the remaining, you know, months of this school year? And I've actually, you know, I've just assumed, yeah, they're doing it technologically, but I didn't realize that it's actually on the parents to then, you know, actually deliver the curriculum to the kids. Yeah. And then, you know, there's, there doesn't seem, I know there's a light at the end of the tunnel, Ryan, but we haven't seen it yet. And, you know, Pennsylvania today canceled the remainder of the school year, so I'm sure it's going to happen here at some point. And then you don't know, is it going to start up again before a vaccine? Can you really have a six-year-old and then an eight-year-old go, you know, kids are going to get close to each other. They're going to pick their nose and things like that. So it's, it's, it's difficult. And that's the stuff that fills you with anxiety. I mean, people are, you know, thank God, people we know have, we haven't lost anybody, but we have had people that have had it, that have been in the hospital for a while. And Ryan, I know for a fact that this has touched you in a real way in terms of your life plans, because you had a destination wedding plan for Italy. And you guys, I guess the only thing to do was to cancel it, right? Yeah, we had to postpone it, man. It was, you know, of course, it stinks, right? Like, you know, we're, we're, we're getting close down to the wire. It was scheduled for June. Andrew and I have been engaged for, you know, a year and a half, essentially. So it was like, you know, there was a lot of buildup, you know, and we were, I just had my bachelor party in mid-February. Like it, it really like was, we're down to all the nitty gritty. And, and, you know, we're just so excited in Italy. You know how much Italy means to me. And it's a magical place to both of us. And so when it had started, when COVID had started to really like pop up there, I was following it closely and, you know, the reactions, a lot of people start to ask me like, Hey, you worried about the wedding or about the wedding? And I'm like, yeah, I'm worried about the wedding, but this isn't going to be an Italy problem. This is going to be an everyone problem, you know, and, and the interesting thing is now, like, regardless of where our wedding was, June, you wouldn't feel safe at this point knowing you were going to be able to have a gathering of any kind of people, you know? So I think, you know, Andrea and I have both, you know, tried to take the perspective of like, Hey, we're healthy, we're safe, our, you know, our loved ones are healthy and safe. That's what's most important. And obviously people are dealing with incredibly dramatic things during this time and heart wrenching things. But within that scope, it still stinks, you know, it's still sad. And we definitely had our moments of real sadness about it for sure. Now, also, if you went through with it, it's hard to kiss the bride when she's six feet away. I mean, there's social distancing going on and you can't be doing that. Now, most of the time, have you postponed it to next year? Yeah. So we're going to do it in June of next year. Does that mean that you're going to have another bachelor party? Because that would be wrong. Well, that, that my, my bachelor party group chat is already insisting that's what it means. I'm not sure if that's what it means. Well, maybe we'll just have to do like a reunion night in the city or something like that. We went to Bahamas this year. So I don't know if we're going to be able to duplicate that, but we'll have to do something. Whenever the wedding happens, really the standard we're going to be trying to hit is the Kay Applegate wedding because your, your wedding was, I feel like everybody who attended it calls it the greatest party of their lives. Michael, what, like, I mean, what do you remember most about that epic party at the Plaza? It's weird, you know, like we're, we're so fortunate and blessed that people that went to the party and there were 302 people there have said that that's the best wedding they've ever been to. You know, Jody and I kind of look at it and as you'll find out, you know, you are the main attraction at the wedding, but you don't really get a chance to party. I mean, you have to go around to the tables and make small talk and thank people and stuff like that. So, you know, hopefully maybe in 20 years we'll get remarried again and we'll really be able to enjoy it. But the thing that stands out the most in my mind was like when Jody and I came down, you know, the aisle and we came down individually, obviously, and Jody picked out a song and she didn't know if the crowd would get it because, you know, I was 50 years old and I'd never been married, you know, Ryan, you've known me a long time and I never wanted to be married. I never thought I would be. And when I came down the aisle, it was, they played the song at last. Yeah. And it was such, I got like goosebumps down my, my, my neck because the whole crowd started laughing. They got it, you know, Jody didn't think they were going to get it. It was like her private little joke. But yeah, at last, this fool was finally doing it. So I, I heard it was a great night. One of the things that stands out in my mind is the next day in the New York Post, they wrote about the wedding and they had a lot of things wrong. Yeah. Like Bernie Williams jammed with the, with the band and Steven Tyler was up there with the band. They weren't even the wedding. You wait, do you know to this day, I don't, it says Robert De Niro was there. If like, if you go on your Wikipedia, Bobby De Niro wasn't there, was he? You can't really trust Wikipedia because they say that Bob Lorenz dates my sister Debbie. So that's, it's just wrong. But, you know, we had, we had a breakfast at the plaza after the wedding and, and Tino Martinez was a guest and he was there and he was sitting there and he's reading the newspaper as you know, he's eating his eggs or whatever. And Jody and I are at like a table or two over. And he goes, you know what the best thing about this post story is? I said, what's that? He goes, Bernie's actually going to think he was here and he wasn't. He's going to read it and think that he was. Oh my God, it's Bernie has that like, he has that charm, right? Even like, he was in the booth for one of the spring training games with David and I this March. And it's so funny. We see it, Michael, with all the guys, all of his teammates. It's just like they have this absolutely wholesome love for Bernie because his, I mean, his aloofness. It's just to each and every one of them. It is so endearing. His teammates just love it about him. Yeah, it wasn't. It's not a loopness in the pejorative definition of the word. He's just like kind of in his own world. Yeah. And I think that's what made him a great player. And I think there's some, some of his teammates wonder that if he was intense, like an O'Neal type of intense with his skill set, would he be a Hall of Famer? But other guys that I spoke to said, you know, the thing that made him great was he was able to shake off an O for four and just sit there and strum the guitar. And he didn't think too much at the plate. It was just Bernie being Bernie. That was the beginning of Bernie being Bernie. So, yeah, those teams are great. I know that on those teams, your favorite player of all time, right? Oh, come on. Andrew, Eugene, Pettit. Absolutely, man. It's funny because now, like when I've seen those like late 90s games on that we're running on, yes, now we're right now with our Yankees classics, I'm even like more in tune to them just because it's obviously we want to see baseball. And yep, there's the stair. There it is. And it's just like it's taking me back. Michael, these are the kind of conversations you can have right now about sports. I don't know how you're doing what you're doing on the air every day for four hours, man. I'm so glad you are because it gives all of us something familiar and something, you know, to watch on, yes, or listen to on 987 FM. But it's got to be challenging for you, Peter and Don right now. The thing is that I'm doing with Peter and Don. So even if there's not stuff to talk about sports wise and there has been ironically enough because there are story lines. Obviously there are games going on, but you know, we can kid with each other and have conversations that way. Well, people that do a show alone, I mean, we've done it a month now. So we've done four weeks of shows where they have not been any sports. So NFL free agency was great for us. I think the NFL draft is going to be great for us. All the iterations of how sports might come back. Those are things that we can talk about. But at some point, if this continues into June or July, you really do have to wonder how long my hair is going to be and how great it's going to be. And I don't know how we're going to come up with 20 hours and 25 minutes of content each week. But those are the rules of engagement. And it does give me, you know, I always wondered, Ryan, when players had something going on in their personal life and they'd go, you know what, the best time of the three hours when I got between the lines, because you got your mind off of it. And I thought it was kind of cliche, but it's not, you know, those four hours when I'm on the mic, I have a job to do and I'm trying to entertain people and it does take your mind off this awful situation that the whole planet's going through. So it's kind of like our version of between the lines. Now, that's how I, you know, fill my time. You're with Andrew, you obviously can fill your time talking with her and reading or whatever the case might be. We want to know what all of our, our yes family is doing. So please send us videos and any of our social media platforms and hashtag it. Yes, we're here. Tell us how you're getting through the day, Ryan. I'm sure that people have an awful lot of stories. That's for sure. Absolutely. I would love to hear that because there's just so many unique avenues that people can walk down right now to get through this time. So we'd love to hear from you guys. You obviously are hearing more and more from us about how we are managing this time. So please follow Michael's instructions and tweet at us, post on our Instagram and with that hashtag and let us know what you guys are up to. And you know, we love everybody out there that consumes yes in any way. We love everybody. I think everybody should feel that way at this time. Wash your hands, social distancing and not so much social, just physical because keep in touch with your friends. Keep in touch with people that are living alone. That's really important because social distancing drives people baddie because they do need social interaction. Just physical distancing is the most important thing. So do everything that you're being told by the experts and the scientists and hopefully Ryan will get through this. And I know you're living in Manhattan and that worries me. You know, you stay in your apartment. That that's like a hotspot too. We need to, you know, flatten the curve and get everybody back and get sports back as well. Amen, man. Well said. And to everybody out there, stay safe, stay healthy. And Michael, same to you and the family there. And thank you for giving us entertainment on the air each day. Even as you guys are having to rack your brains to come up with material. All right. Thank you, Ryan. Thank you everybody for watching. Again, we'll continue to have, yes, we're here, all of our different people on the air. We hope that you're enjoying it as well. So for Ryan Rucco, I'm Michael Kay. Stay safe. Everybody see it.