Dawn Is Off As Tony Bruno, Shawn Farash And Greg Stocker Join The Friday Crew

We start Friday with Tony Bruno, Shawn Farash and Greg Stocker joining Nick while Dawn takes the morning off. An Arizona eighth-grader’s dodgeball assault charge gets us arguing over when schoolyard play turns into a criminal case, then Upper Merion’s data-center fight puts noise, water use and utility costs under the microscope. From there, we hit the Whole Foods jalapeño recall, the cyclosporiasis surge, a Bucks County hot-car case and the dead dogfish washing ashore in Sea Isle City. Phil Almquist shifts us to sports with the Phillies and Twins walking through the corn for the Field of Dreams game. Kyle Schwarber’s power and Aaron Nola’s strong outing headline a 7-1 Phillies win, then we hit the Sixers’ 34 national broadcasts and the Eagles’ preseason opener against Baltimore. The cornfield spectacle also gives us plenty of movie and ballpark jokes before politics takes over. The Big Take goes straight at Iran and the media response to Trump’s secret aircraft switch. We debate Chris Coons’ criticism, the presence of press and cabinet members on the decoy plane, Secret Service protocol, the Strait of Hormuz, the naval blockade, gas prices and the midterm risk if the conflict drags on. Tony and Shawn keep the argument rolling, then frozen Ellio’s, Pop-Tarts, air fryers and keto turn the back half of the hour into an all-out food fight.