As the 2020 season of rolls on, Jay welcomes his friend Erika Fernandez on to the Pod, checking in from New York City. Queens to be exact! Erika is a sports writer, blogger, and full-blooded New Yorker who has covered everything from Boxing to the NBA -- Yes, it's the Knicks, but still... -- and she joins us (Convo starts at the 17:00 mark) to talk about her journey including: *How the city has responded in the face of COVID-19 *How her Brother's Influence led her to be a lifelong fan of the Mets *How much she LOVES Philly *What got her started in Sports Media *Why Baseball isn't boring, You Are! *How she uses her Spanish speaking ability to her advantage *How it felt to cover games in Madison Square Garden *Her biggest Sports Heartbreak *Why she describes herself as a "nice a**hole" Plus Jay has a few words for the dummies rushing to "open the country" as COVID continues to kick our arse. For more info on preventing COVID-19, got to http://cdc.gov Follow Erika on Social Media @CurlsAndSports She's on YouTube too: http://bit.ly/CurlsAndSports Jay Scott Confidential is also on YouTube!!! Be sure to subscribe, ring the bell for notifications, and check out the archived interviews and more: http://bit.ly/jsctube If you're trying to start or build up your podcast, check us out the JSC Amazon Store: http://www.amazon.com/shop/jayscottsmith Get one FREE month of Stitcher Premium when you use the promo code "JSC": http://stitcher.com/premium Like us on Facebook at http://facebook.com/JSCRadio Check out Doc Illingsworth's dope sh*t, including the new EP Trenches, on Spotify here: http://bit.ly/illingsworthspotify Check out "Unknown Key", the new EP from Ossim Jones at http://soundcloud.com/ossimjones/sets/unknown-key And BIG Shouts Out to Chef K-Dot for dropping "Breezy Nights." Check him out on YouTube: https://bit.ly/ChefTube Be sure to drop a 5-Star Rating & Review on Apple Podcasts and AudioBoom. Follow the show NOW on Radio.com, Spotify, iHeartRadio, RadioPublic, TuneIn, CastBox, Stitcher, PlayerFM.