1 00:00:00,640 --> 00:00:03,600 Speaker 1: All right, the tip the field. It is Monday, May twelfth, 2 00:00:03,640 --> 00:00:06,560 Speaker 1: and the Yankees were taking on the Mariners in game 3 00:00:06,640 --> 00:00:09,879 Speaker 1: one of a three game set. Clark Schmidt was on 4 00:00:09,920 --> 00:00:12,760 Speaker 1: the mound looking to put together another solid start, and 5 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:15,600 Speaker 1: the Yankees offense was trying to stay hot after a 6 00:00:15,640 --> 00:00:19,240 Speaker 1: great series against the A's my recap, your reaction's coming 7 00:00:19,320 --> 00:00:23,960 Speaker 1: up next. This his Pinstripe territory. He's one to two 8 00:00:24,120 --> 00:00:32,280 Speaker 1: cats all. Welcome back everybody, Thanks to those of you 9 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:35,920 Speaker 1: who have stayed up. It is now twelve forty three 10 00:00:36,080 --> 00:00:40,520 Speaker 1: am in the East. First things first, get well soon 11 00:00:40,680 --> 00:00:45,080 Speaker 1: to Oswaldo Cabrera. Good night for the Yankees overall, but 12 00:00:45,159 --> 00:00:50,199 Speaker 1: it was spoiled by what was clearly a devastating and 13 00:00:50,320 --> 00:00:53,960 Speaker 1: severe ankle injury to Oswaldo Cabrera in the ninth inning, 14 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:57,160 Speaker 1: trying to score and tag up on a sackfly. He 15 00:00:57,200 --> 00:01:00,959 Speaker 1: did score, but you could see that his ankle kind 16 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:04,479 Speaker 1: of turned sideways away that ankles aren't supposed to bend, 17 00:01:05,319 --> 00:01:07,440 Speaker 1: and they had to bring him off on an ambulance. 18 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:16,679 Speaker 1: So absolutely tough night for Oswaldo and devastating. And also 19 00:01:17,240 --> 00:01:19,800 Speaker 1: on a lighter note, congrats to the Knicks, up three 20 00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:22,480 Speaker 1: to one in their series against the Celtics. I know 21 00:01:22,520 --> 00:01:26,080 Speaker 1: a lot of you are happy about that. Another great 22 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:29,920 Speaker 1: night for Trent Grisham, two home runs and another multi 23 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:33,080 Speaker 1: hit game for Aaron Judge, who continues to absolutely tear 24 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:35,200 Speaker 1: the cover off the ball. Now hitting four fourteen, he's 25 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:37,400 Speaker 1: got the on base percentage up to five oh three 26 00:01:38,440 --> 00:01:43,800 Speaker 1: ops over twelve hundred twelve eighty three. There was a 27 00:01:44,040 --> 00:01:46,400 Speaker 1: thing from Brian Kenny on the MLB Network about how 28 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:50,040 Speaker 1: he's kind of slump proofed his swing. I don't know 29 00:01:50,080 --> 00:01:53,040 Speaker 1: about that. I guess we'll find out in October. But 30 00:01:53,600 --> 00:01:55,840 Speaker 1: let's hope we get this version of Judge in October. 31 00:01:55,840 --> 00:01:59,600 Speaker 1: And all year long, Wells went deep, Volty went deep. 32 00:02:00,400 --> 00:02:03,000 Speaker 1: Every Yankee in the starting lineup had at least one hit, 33 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:06,120 Speaker 1: and they put up double digits again. They won eleven 34 00:02:06,160 --> 00:02:12,200 Speaker 1: to five, fifteen hits in Seattle Beautiful Ballpark. I remember 35 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:14,239 Speaker 1: talking about this last year, but I think I'm gonna 36 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:16,240 Speaker 1: mention it every time that the Yankees go to Seattle 37 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:18,919 Speaker 1: for the first time. It's a beautiful place, but it's 38 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:24,480 Speaker 1: also the home to a disproportionate amount of serial killers. Yes, 39 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:29,640 Speaker 1: Seattle known for grunge, home of gourmet coffee. It's where 40 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:33,200 Speaker 1: you can find some of the most breathtaking natural beauty 41 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:37,360 Speaker 1: in America. Birthplace of Microsoft, but it's also where Ted Bundy, 42 00:02:37,520 --> 00:02:43,120 Speaker 1: Gary Ridgeway, and Israel Keys made their names. And that's 43 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:45,840 Speaker 1: just the headliner. Something about the Pacific Northwest Man. I 44 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:48,640 Speaker 1: don't know if it's the rain, the isolation, or what, 45 00:02:48,919 --> 00:02:51,600 Speaker 1: but great place to hike, just don't do it alone. 46 00:02:52,080 --> 00:02:55,679 Speaker 1: On a lighter note, happy one hundredth birthday to Hall 47 00:02:55,760 --> 00:03:00,520 Speaker 1: of Famer the late Yogi berra ten time World Series champion, 48 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:04,280 Speaker 1: the man who would turn the paradoxes of the English 49 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:09,560 Speaker 1: language into poetry. He was funny, he was deep without 50 00:03:09,639 --> 00:03:14,480 Speaker 1: trying to be, and he was beloved without exception. He said, 51 00:03:14,480 --> 00:03:17,440 Speaker 1: it ain't over till it's over. But in Yogi's case, 52 00:03:17,480 --> 00:03:19,960 Speaker 1: it'll never really be over, because that's what it means 53 00:03:19,960 --> 00:03:23,120 Speaker 1: to be a baseball immortal. So we miss a Yogi. 54 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:26,519 Speaker 1: And speaking of paradox of the English language, after we 55 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:29,720 Speaker 1: run through the recap and the pitcher spotlight and we 56 00:03:29,800 --> 00:03:34,240 Speaker 1: got miners and miners, hitters and pitchers spotlight tonight, after 57 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:37,080 Speaker 1: we get through that, I've got a seven minute and 58 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:42,440 Speaker 1: thirty seven second preview of my audiobook Pinstripe Territory, which 59 00:03:42,480 --> 00:03:45,280 Speaker 1: I'll play at the end of the show. But let's 60 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:47,920 Speaker 1: first get to the recap of the game. All right, 61 00:03:48,040 --> 00:03:53,800 Speaker 1: let's go, let's get it going. A lot of people 62 00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:57,440 Speaker 1: feel really bad for Oswaldo in the chat. I do too. 63 00:03:57,880 --> 00:04:01,280 Speaker 1: It looked like a severe injury. It might have even 64 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:04,080 Speaker 1: been a compound fracture. We couldn't tell. A compound fractor 65 00:04:04,160 --> 00:04:05,600 Speaker 1: is when the bone comes through the skin. But his 66 00:04:07,280 --> 00:04:10,200 Speaker 1: leg bent really bad. It might have been an achilles 67 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:12,440 Speaker 1: who knows. I mean, we had Tatum go down with 68 00:04:12,480 --> 00:04:18,200 Speaker 1: a similar injury in the Nick Celtics game, but obviously 69 00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:21,920 Speaker 1: a devastating injury for os Waldo. I'm gonna lay off 70 00:04:21,960 --> 00:04:24,880 Speaker 1: the soundboard tonight, just kind of a couple of reasons. One, 71 00:04:25,160 --> 00:04:27,040 Speaker 1: I'm not really in the best mood now after that. 72 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:29,719 Speaker 1: I feel kind of sick to my stomach having seen that. 73 00:04:29,720 --> 00:04:32,120 Speaker 1: That's why I didn't wear the fun hat tonight. Also, 74 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:34,200 Speaker 1: you know a lot of people I think are watching 75 00:04:34,360 --> 00:04:36,159 Speaker 1: on the East Coast in bed late, and I don't 76 00:04:36,160 --> 00:04:38,400 Speaker 1: want to wake people up with a bunch of unnecessary 77 00:04:38,480 --> 00:04:40,120 Speaker 1: sound effects. So tonight we're just going to run through 78 00:04:40,120 --> 00:04:42,960 Speaker 1: the recap. Was not a promising start to the game. 79 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:45,159 Speaker 1: Mariners got on the board first with a home run 80 00:04:45,160 --> 00:04:48,600 Speaker 1: by Julio Rodriguez. Yankees threatened in the second inning, but 81 00:04:48,920 --> 00:04:51,640 Speaker 1: couldn't get a run across. Worm began to turn. In 82 00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:54,320 Speaker 1: the third inning, Trent Grisham hit his eleventh home run 83 00:04:54,360 --> 00:04:56,880 Speaker 1: of the year, hit off the top of the wall, 84 00:04:56,920 --> 00:05:00,680 Speaker 1: but also off of Julio Rodriguez's glove. And how do 85 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:04,240 Speaker 1: you explain Trent Grisham. I mean, this guy continues to 86 00:05:04,240 --> 00:05:06,640 Speaker 1: smoke the baseball and I'm gonna mix in a couple 87 00:05:06,640 --> 00:05:12,280 Speaker 1: of short voicemails tonight. Hey, I just got a new 88 00:05:12,360 --> 00:05:20,720 Speaker 1: name for Trent Grisham, Trent Babe. Group appreciate it, Willie. Uh. 89 00:05:20,880 --> 00:05:23,440 Speaker 1: But yeah, at some point you have to start believing 90 00:05:23,480 --> 00:05:25,680 Speaker 1: that this is for real. And every time that I 91 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:27,839 Speaker 1: get pissed off that Jason Domingez is sitting, it seems 92 00:05:27,880 --> 00:05:29,680 Speaker 1: like Trent Grisham comes through with a home run, So 93 00:05:30,440 --> 00:05:33,480 Speaker 1: you know you gotta keep running them out there. Unfortunately 94 00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:36,000 Speaker 1: for Hey, Polanco hit his tenthone run in the Mariners 95 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:39,440 Speaker 1: retook the lead almost instantaneously. Yankees threatening again in the 96 00:05:39,440 --> 00:05:41,600 Speaker 1: fourth inning. They put a couple of runners on but 97 00:05:41,640 --> 00:05:46,480 Speaker 1: oswald oswald Parrazza popped up to end the inning. Phenomenal 98 00:05:46,480 --> 00:05:48,840 Speaker 1: play on defense by Oswaldo to end the bottom of 99 00:05:48,839 --> 00:05:51,040 Speaker 1: the fourth inning, sliding towards the dugout to catch a 100 00:05:51,080 --> 00:05:55,240 Speaker 1: pop up. Fabulous, fabulous play. And with him coming off 101 00:05:55,279 --> 00:05:57,880 Speaker 1: the roster now he's obviously going down the il now 102 00:05:57,920 --> 00:05:59,880 Speaker 1: that means that they probably won't have to DFA and 103 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:04,280 Speaker 1: Buddy for DJ Lemayhew when he gets activated tomorrow. Fifth inning, 104 00:06:04,279 --> 00:06:09,479 Speaker 1: another home run for Trent Grisham pumps dead center field again. 105 00:06:09,520 --> 00:06:12,640 Speaker 1: This time it cleared the wall by plenty. Fourth multi 106 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:15,520 Speaker 1: home run game of his career and the second one 107 00:06:15,520 --> 00:06:19,279 Speaker 1: that he's had this season. And I gotta say I 108 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:22,240 Speaker 1: did not have Trent Grisham hitting like this on my 109 00:06:22,279 --> 00:06:27,520 Speaker 1: bingo card. He has been incredible, incredible. Yankees opened it 110 00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:29,960 Speaker 1: up big time in the sixth inning. Judge singled Rice 111 00:06:30,040 --> 00:06:32,400 Speaker 1: doubled again. You know, we talked about it in the 112 00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:36,000 Speaker 1: series kickoff podcast. Rice had been hitting two twelve over 113 00:06:36,040 --> 00:06:38,640 Speaker 1: his previous ten games with just one home run, so 114 00:06:38,680 --> 00:06:41,400 Speaker 1: maybe that grand slam against the A's finally got him 115 00:06:41,760 --> 00:06:44,760 Speaker 1: going in the right direction. After a mini slump, Yankees 116 00:06:44,800 --> 00:06:49,039 Speaker 1: were all over Emerson Hancock Tonight, big hits from Goldschmid, 117 00:06:49,760 --> 00:06:53,480 Speaker 1: wrote by Bellinger and then Austin Wells. Three run Jack 118 00:06:53,920 --> 00:06:56,880 Speaker 1: his eighth home run of the season, RBI's number twenty five, 119 00:06:56,920 --> 00:07:00,919 Speaker 1: twenty six, and twenty seven. He had four ribbies. He 120 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:04,000 Speaker 1: was one for four Mariners, pulled within three on a 121 00:07:04,120 --> 00:07:07,240 Speaker 1: Col Raleigh home run, but Volpi smoked a two run 122 00:07:07,320 --> 00:07:09,359 Speaker 1: home run in the ninth to make it ten to five. 123 00:07:09,640 --> 00:07:12,239 Speaker 1: He was on base four times. That was his sixth 124 00:07:12,240 --> 00:07:14,520 Speaker 1: home run of the season, and the Yankees tacked on 125 00:07:14,520 --> 00:07:19,600 Speaker 1: one more with a sack fly. But Oswaldo Cabrera injured 126 00:07:19,640 --> 00:07:22,360 Speaker 1: himself on the play and probably done for a long time. 127 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:24,240 Speaker 1: I'd be surprised if we see him again this year, 128 00:07:24,280 --> 00:07:27,400 Speaker 1: just based on what I saw. Ankle looked like it 129 00:07:27,560 --> 00:07:30,800 Speaker 1: just broke in half. I mean, it's not a pretty picture. 130 00:07:31,560 --> 00:07:34,640 Speaker 1: Yankees hang on to win. Let's go ahead and give 131 00:07:34,640 --> 00:07:42,760 Speaker 1: out the belt. Trent Grisham with the belt tonight again 132 00:07:42,880 --> 00:07:48,720 Speaker 1: continues to absolutely rake and just destroy baseballs. Handed out 133 00:07:48,720 --> 00:07:54,680 Speaker 1: the free all expenses paid mustache rides. But nice, nice 134 00:07:54,760 --> 00:07:59,680 Speaker 1: job for Grisham. Let's talk about Clark Schmidt, who was terrific. 135 00:08:00,960 --> 00:08:04,760 Speaker 1: Another really solid performance by Schmidt. Things started off kind 136 00:08:04,760 --> 00:08:06,480 Speaker 1: of shaky with the home run, and then he pitched 137 00:08:06,520 --> 00:08:08,800 Speaker 1: out of a jam in the second. He gave up 138 00:08:08,800 --> 00:08:10,440 Speaker 1: another home run in the third inning, but then he 139 00:08:10,560 --> 00:08:13,480 Speaker 1: kind of settled down, He got it under control, and 140 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:16,440 Speaker 1: he threw some of the nastiest curveballs that we've seen 141 00:08:16,480 --> 00:08:18,400 Speaker 1: from him this year. He topped out at ninety six 142 00:08:18,440 --> 00:08:21,880 Speaker 1: point two. He had ninety two pitches sixty two strikes, 143 00:08:21,880 --> 00:08:24,559 Speaker 1: so the ratio of throwing strikes was there. Final line, 144 00:08:24,600 --> 00:08:28,239 Speaker 1: six innings, three hits, three runs, all of them earned 145 00:08:28,280 --> 00:08:31,720 Speaker 1: two walks and six strikeouts. So a really nice performance 146 00:08:31,800 --> 00:08:35,280 Speaker 1: again by Clark Schmidt, and by the way, rocking one 147 00:08:35,280 --> 00:08:40,760 Speaker 1: of the better groomed beards on the roster. Season ERA 148 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:48,840 Speaker 1: sits at four point seven three. Got a text here, So, yeah, Cabrera, 149 00:08:49,320 --> 00:08:52,480 Speaker 1: We got a note here. People are asking me about Cabrera. 150 00:08:53,080 --> 00:08:54,640 Speaker 1: We don't have a word on what it was yet, 151 00:08:54,679 --> 00:08:57,360 Speaker 1: but it really sounds like a broken ankle, or it 152 00:08:57,400 --> 00:09:00,040 Speaker 1: looked like a broken ankle to me. All right, you 153 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:04,600 Speaker 1: go through the miners real quick. So Lombard struggling since 154 00:09:04,600 --> 00:09:08,280 Speaker 1: being promoted to double a, just four for twenty four, 155 00:09:08,400 --> 00:09:11,520 Speaker 1: no extra base hits yet, hitting one ninety. Spencer Jones 156 00:09:11,559 --> 00:09:15,320 Speaker 1: is on the IL at Double A again, too many 157 00:09:15,360 --> 00:09:17,920 Speaker 1: strikeouts hit in two twenty eight nine home run sixteen 158 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:21,480 Speaker 1: RBIs the powers there, but major League baseball history and 159 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:24,840 Speaker 1: minor league baseball history is littered with guys who had 160 00:09:25,160 --> 00:09:28,880 Speaker 1: enormous power but couldn't make enough contact. Forty one strikeouts 161 00:09:28,920 --> 00:09:31,360 Speaker 1: in ninety two at bats, so the strikeout rate well 162 00:09:31,360 --> 00:09:34,400 Speaker 1: over forty percent. It's actually gone up from last year. 163 00:09:34,440 --> 00:09:37,720 Speaker 1: We saw the swing change recently, the stance change. Hopefully 164 00:09:37,720 --> 00:09:39,720 Speaker 1: when he comes back off the IL, he gets hot 165 00:09:39,840 --> 00:09:43,679 Speaker 1: and figures it out, but not good. TJ. Rumfield off 166 00:09:43,720 --> 00:09:45,080 Speaker 1: to a good start in Triple A. He could be 167 00:09:45,080 --> 00:09:47,000 Speaker 1: a trade candidate the way he's swinging the bat. Two 168 00:09:47,080 --> 00:09:50,240 Speaker 1: ninety five five home runs obviously blocked at first base 169 00:09:50,280 --> 00:09:55,240 Speaker 1: by Goldschmidt and by Ben Rice and three ninety six 170 00:09:55,280 --> 00:09:58,040 Speaker 1: on base percentage, nine oh five ops, couple of steals, 171 00:09:58,200 --> 00:10:00,680 Speaker 1: and ever since Perira beginning to real heated up at 172 00:10:00,720 --> 00:10:02,920 Speaker 1: Triple A two eighty seven, hit a walk off home 173 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:06,600 Speaker 1: run the other day. Eight home runs, nineteen RBIs and 174 00:10:06,679 --> 00:10:09,880 Speaker 1: a nine fifty one OPS so far this year. So 175 00:10:10,120 --> 00:10:12,880 Speaker 1: he's another guy who you could consider a trade candidate. 176 00:10:13,320 --> 00:10:16,199 Speaker 1: I could see him playing in the midle leagues, like 177 00:10:16,360 --> 00:10:20,800 Speaker 1: right now. You know he's got a great swing the pitching. 178 00:10:20,920 --> 00:10:25,000 Speaker 1: Ben Hess racking up the strikeouts in High A twenty 179 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:27,640 Speaker 1: five innings, thirty nine strikeouts. You have to imagine a 180 00:10:27,720 --> 00:10:30,760 Speaker 1: promotion is coming soon for him. And probably Bryce Cunningham. 181 00:10:31,360 --> 00:10:33,720 Speaker 1: Hes had a three point two four ERA through the 182 00:10:33,720 --> 00:10:37,200 Speaker 1: first five starts, Cunningham through thirty six and the third 183 00:10:37,200 --> 00:10:40,800 Speaker 1: innings one point nine eight e R zero point nine 184 00:10:40,800 --> 00:10:44,840 Speaker 1: to nine whip, so off to a really good start. 185 00:10:45,040 --> 00:10:47,240 Speaker 1: Cam Schlitzler is somebody who I want to see at 186 00:10:47,240 --> 00:10:49,559 Speaker 1: some point in the major leagues. This year. At Double 187 00:10:49,600 --> 00:10:52,240 Speaker 1: A he's at two point one eight ERA and thirty 188 00:10:52,280 --> 00:10:55,400 Speaker 1: three innings, one point zero six whips, so keeping guys 189 00:10:55,440 --> 00:11:00,760 Speaker 1: off base. Elmer Rodriguez Cruz putting up enormous numbers at 190 00:11:00,840 --> 00:11:04,480 Speaker 1: High A. He's been electric six games, one point nine 191 00:11:04,559 --> 00:11:07,760 Speaker 1: seven e RA, thirty two innings, forty one strikeouts, so 192 00:11:08,080 --> 00:11:11,080 Speaker 1: he's looking like he could be the real deal. And 193 00:11:11,240 --> 00:11:15,600 Speaker 1: Eric Reiselman and Triple A one of our relief options 194 00:11:16,040 --> 00:11:19,080 Speaker 1: should we need one eleven games in relief, two point 195 00:11:19,160 --> 00:11:25,560 Speaker 1: four five ERA, fourteen and two thirds innings and seventeen strikeouts. Okay, 196 00:11:25,640 --> 00:11:29,440 Speaker 1: so I'm gonna play a few voicemails here and then 197 00:11:29,480 --> 00:11:35,280 Speaker 1: we will play the sponsor and to get a quick 198 00:11:35,320 --> 00:11:40,040 Speaker 1: preview of pinstrit Therapy, my book that I got coming out. 199 00:11:40,240 --> 00:11:43,240 Speaker 1: Albert Junior says, when DJ comes back, I'm putting him 200 00:11:43,320 --> 00:11:48,040 Speaker 1: right next to Goldie saying, watch THEO. Harris with the 201 00:11:48,040 --> 00:11:50,360 Speaker 1: super Chat says, starting to get concerned. We can't keep 202 00:11:50,400 --> 00:11:53,720 Speaker 1: having these injuries. I mean we have had a lot 203 00:11:53,720 --> 00:11:57,640 Speaker 1: of injuries. Garrett Cole obviously the biggest one. But we 204 00:11:57,679 --> 00:12:02,480 Speaker 1: are getting Luise Heal and John Carlos and Jonathan Lewisega 205 00:12:02,520 --> 00:12:04,400 Speaker 1: all back soon. DJ lem Mayhew is going to be 206 00:12:04,400 --> 00:12:10,120 Speaker 1: activated tomorrow. But you know, Waldo probably out for a while. 207 00:12:10,480 --> 00:12:15,080 Speaker 1: The Wizard of Oz Waldo the Truth says is hey, 208 00:12:15,120 --> 00:12:18,160 Speaker 1: Zeus Rodriguez good at all. I think he's good. You 209 00:12:18,200 --> 00:12:21,080 Speaker 1: can hit, He's got a good swing. We saw him 210 00:12:21,120 --> 00:12:25,600 Speaker 1: in spring training. BHD says, do a report on Bryce Ham, 211 00:12:25,920 --> 00:12:28,440 Speaker 1: Cunningham and high A. He's killing it. Yeah, I mean 212 00:12:28,920 --> 00:12:31,600 Speaker 1: I've watched some highlights of him. Of Ben Hess, I mean, 213 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:33,640 Speaker 1: these guys are really throwing the ball well. Hess has 214 00:12:33,679 --> 00:12:36,360 Speaker 1: a very similar motion to Garrett Cole, so you can 215 00:12:36,400 --> 00:12:41,000 Speaker 1: see why the Yankees like him. And then John Carlos says, 216 00:12:41,040 --> 00:12:43,880 Speaker 1: can we try Ben Rice at third base? Now? I 217 00:12:43,960 --> 00:12:47,280 Speaker 1: don't think so. Just because you lose somebody there doesn't 218 00:12:47,280 --> 00:12:50,120 Speaker 1: mean you're going to stick somebody out of position there. 219 00:12:50,320 --> 00:12:52,120 Speaker 1: The defense is too important. We saw that in the 220 00:12:52,120 --> 00:12:54,720 Speaker 1: World Series. I think you're gonna see DJ lem Mayhew 221 00:12:54,760 --> 00:12:57,760 Speaker 1: slide back over to third base, and then Orbitt Vivas 222 00:12:57,800 --> 00:12:59,640 Speaker 1: will play second base. I think that's how it's gonna 223 00:12:59,640 --> 00:13:04,440 Speaker 1: shake out out, all right. Well, as you get older, 224 00:13:05,200 --> 00:13:08,560 Speaker 1: you learn why phrases were invented. For a while, my 225 00:13:08,640 --> 00:13:13,080 Speaker 1: neck was hurting and it was really bad, and I 226 00:13:13,160 --> 00:13:15,800 Speaker 1: realize that's why people call things a pain in the neck, right, 227 00:13:16,080 --> 00:13:18,480 Speaker 1: because when your neck hurts, it's tough. And then you know, 228 00:13:18,800 --> 00:13:22,080 Speaker 1: I can't say I've ever had a button muscle pull 229 00:13:22,160 --> 00:13:24,280 Speaker 1: like Carl Pavano, but i'd imagine a pain in the 230 00:13:24,280 --> 00:13:26,520 Speaker 1: ass is also fun. I guess hemorrhoids could be a thing, 231 00:13:26,520 --> 00:13:28,439 Speaker 1: but I don't think I've had those either, but I 232 00:13:28,480 --> 00:13:31,440 Speaker 1: guess I would know. But for the last couple of days, 233 00:13:31,960 --> 00:13:35,080 Speaker 1: I've been battling a pretty bad cold, and seeing as 234 00:13:35,080 --> 00:13:37,760 Speaker 1: how it's twelve fifty six in the morning. I'm also 235 00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:41,280 Speaker 1: kind of tired, so both sick and tired. So here's 236 00:13:41,320 --> 00:13:43,199 Speaker 1: what we're gonna do. I'm gonna play the quick one 237 00:13:43,240 --> 00:13:47,040 Speaker 1: minute sponsorship ad from Harry's, who is our sponsor, all week, 238 00:13:47,920 --> 00:13:51,760 Speaker 1: and then when that ends, you guys will hear a 239 00:13:51,920 --> 00:13:55,280 Speaker 1: seven minute and thirty seven second preview of my forthcoming 240 00:13:55,679 --> 00:13:58,320 Speaker 1: audiobook that I hope to release later on this year, 241 00:13:58,440 --> 00:14:03,640 Speaker 1: probably September October. It's looking like you know, towards the 242 00:14:03,760 --> 00:14:07,319 Speaker 1: end of the season called pin Strite Therapy, it just 243 00:14:07,400 --> 00:14:09,360 Speaker 1: keeps getting bigger and bigger and bigger. But I wanted 244 00:14:09,360 --> 00:14:12,560 Speaker 1: to play you the first chapter, so we'll play that tonight. 245 00:14:13,160 --> 00:14:17,880 Speaker 1: But quick word from Harry. In baseball, as in life, 246 00:14:17,920 --> 00:14:21,480 Speaker 1: it's all about having that extra edge, that little extra 247 00:14:21,600 --> 00:14:25,000 Speaker 1: half second of a swing, the late break on a slider, 248 00:14:25,440 --> 00:14:28,680 Speaker 1: or the grit to outlast your opponent on a hot afternoon. 249 00:14:28,880 --> 00:14:32,480 Speaker 1: Same goes for shaving. Harry's gives you the edge where 250 00:14:32,520 --> 00:14:36,000 Speaker 1: it counts. I tried the five dollars trial set, and honestly, 251 00:14:36,440 --> 00:14:39,680 Speaker 1: it's like the ace of my bathroom rotation. 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That's Harry's dot com slash stripe for 262 00:15:13,960 --> 00:15:19,440 Speaker 1: a five dollar trial set. May twenty fifth, nineteen eighty three, 263 00:15:20,200 --> 00:15:24,720 Speaker 1: my fourth birthday, I received a pinstripe New York Yankees 264 00:15:24,800 --> 00:15:28,040 Speaker 1: jersey with the number twenty three on the back. People 265 00:15:28,080 --> 00:15:31,200 Speaker 1: and my family were referencing somebody named Mattingly, which I 266 00:15:31,240 --> 00:15:34,480 Speaker 1: thought was a fun sound. I also received a little 267 00:15:34,480 --> 00:15:38,920 Speaker 1: wooden bat with his signature engraved on the side, Don Mattingly, 268 00:15:39,320 --> 00:15:43,960 Speaker 1: number twenty three. My mind was still forming and this 269 00:15:44,120 --> 00:15:47,480 Speaker 1: wasn't my first memory. My first memory was actually my 270 00:15:47,520 --> 00:15:50,760 Speaker 1: brother Chris shooting me with a disappearing ink gun and 271 00:15:50,920 --> 00:15:53,440 Speaker 1: running to tell my mother. But by the time I 272 00:15:53,520 --> 00:15:59,040 Speaker 1: got there, it had disappeared magic. This broke what my 273 00:15:59,120 --> 00:16:03,320 Speaker 1: three year old understood about the natural order of the universe. 274 00:16:03,840 --> 00:16:06,880 Speaker 1: One second, I was wet and betrayed, the next I 275 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:10,320 Speaker 1: was bone dry and gas lit, and my brother, a 276 00:16:10,440 --> 00:16:13,320 Speaker 1: nine year old lunatic with a water gun, had somehow 277 00:16:13,400 --> 00:16:16,840 Speaker 1: bent the laws of reality to his will. That moment 278 00:16:16,960 --> 00:16:21,120 Speaker 1: cracked open my brain, not in a traumatic way, but 279 00:16:21,240 --> 00:16:25,680 Speaker 1: in a magic exists kind of way. I genuinely believed 280 00:16:25,720 --> 00:16:29,120 Speaker 1: he had tapped into something supernatural, and not the fun 281 00:16:29,240 --> 00:16:31,720 Speaker 1: kind of magic like rabbits out of hats. I mean 282 00:16:32,080 --> 00:16:36,840 Speaker 1: real magic, dark arts, sorcery. My brother was a wizard, 283 00:16:37,360 --> 00:16:39,400 Speaker 1: and I was apparently living in a universe where that 284 00:16:39,560 --> 00:16:43,440 Speaker 1: was possible, And maybe, deep down I still believe that 285 00:16:44,600 --> 00:16:48,360 Speaker 1: because much like that disappearing ink, the Yankees have been 286 00:16:48,640 --> 00:16:51,640 Speaker 1: magical for me. They have been a constant, a portal 287 00:16:52,200 --> 00:16:56,080 Speaker 1: even to something bigger than just baseball. They've transformed my life, 288 00:16:56,440 --> 00:17:00,280 Speaker 1: shaped my identity, and reminded me again and again and 289 00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:05,919 Speaker 1: again that sometimes magic really does exist. My second memory 290 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:07,959 Speaker 1: was of the police coming to our house because my 291 00:17:08,119 --> 00:17:10,840 Speaker 1: dad was playing the drums a little too loud and 292 00:17:10,880 --> 00:17:16,000 Speaker 1: my neighbors complained, but there somewhere around number three or 293 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:19,600 Speaker 1: so is Donnie Baseball. It was around this time that 294 00:17:19,680 --> 00:17:22,320 Speaker 1: I was playing with a truck in my closet where 295 00:17:22,359 --> 00:17:25,120 Speaker 1: my little play area was, when one of my brothers 296 00:17:25,280 --> 00:17:28,040 Speaker 1: I can't remember which one, but probably Kevin, yelled from 297 00:17:28,080 --> 00:17:30,000 Speaker 1: the top of the stairs that Don Mattingly had just 298 00:17:30,080 --> 00:17:33,879 Speaker 1: hit a home run. I didn't really understand what a 299 00:17:33,880 --> 00:17:36,960 Speaker 1: home run was, but whenever someone on the Yankees hit one, 300 00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:40,159 Speaker 1: everyone in the house found out about it. But my 301 00:17:40,280 --> 00:17:43,680 Speaker 1: brain was formed enough to understand a few things. One 302 00:17:44,119 --> 00:17:47,840 Speaker 1: and could disappear, as Pete Davidson is now proving two 303 00:17:48,200 --> 00:17:52,240 Speaker 1: hot dogs were delicious and number three the most important 304 00:17:52,280 --> 00:17:55,360 Speaker 1: people around me. I'm not even sure if I understood 305 00:17:55,359 --> 00:17:57,600 Speaker 1: they were family or that there were people in the 306 00:17:57,640 --> 00:18:01,159 Speaker 1: world who weren't related to me, but they all shared 307 00:18:01,200 --> 00:18:06,040 Speaker 1: the same understanding. Don Mattingley was good and worth mentioning 308 00:18:06,440 --> 00:18:10,520 Speaker 1: and worth celebrating. I missed maybe a dozen games in 309 00:18:10,600 --> 00:18:14,000 Speaker 1: my life since that point and coming up on thirty 310 00:18:14,040 --> 00:18:16,320 Speaker 1: eight years later. At the time of this writing, Don 311 00:18:16,359 --> 00:18:19,440 Speaker 1: Mattingley is still my favorite all time player, although Aaron 312 00:18:19,520 --> 00:18:23,680 Speaker 1: Judge and Derek Cheeter are a close Number two and three. Ironically, 313 00:18:24,240 --> 00:18:27,080 Speaker 1: one of the games I missed was perhaps Mattingly's greatest, 314 00:18:27,440 --> 00:18:29,040 Speaker 1: when he hit a home run in Game two of 315 00:18:29,080 --> 00:18:32,200 Speaker 1: the nineteen ninety five American League Division Series. I had 316 00:18:32,240 --> 00:18:34,399 Speaker 1: gotten in a fight on the school bus with a 317 00:18:34,480 --> 00:18:38,240 Speaker 1: kid named Jeremy over what. I don't remember. I think 318 00:18:38,280 --> 00:18:40,880 Speaker 1: it was something stupid, like whether or not Mortal Kombat 319 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:44,120 Speaker 1: was the best game ever or not. My punishment from 320 00:18:44,119 --> 00:18:48,240 Speaker 1: school was detention. My punishment from my parents was that 321 00:18:48,280 --> 00:18:51,080 Speaker 1: I wasn't allowed to watch that night's Yankees game. We 322 00:18:51,160 --> 00:18:53,320 Speaker 1: had been to the game the night before. It was 323 00:18:53,359 --> 00:18:56,320 Speaker 1: a thrilling victory. The Yankees had won nine to six 324 00:18:56,400 --> 00:19:01,280 Speaker 1: behind mid season acquisition David cohne Ken Griffy Junior had 325 00:19:01,320 --> 00:19:03,920 Speaker 1: hit a couple of home runs, and Don Mattingly went 326 00:19:03,960 --> 00:19:07,960 Speaker 1: two for four with an RBI. The morning after Game two, 327 00:19:08,359 --> 00:19:11,240 Speaker 1: I woke up extra early in the morning to catch 328 00:19:11,280 --> 00:19:15,480 Speaker 1: the first edition of SportsCenter. My punishment was officially over, 329 00:19:15,880 --> 00:19:18,800 Speaker 1: and my first thought and only thought was finding out 330 00:19:18,800 --> 00:19:21,720 Speaker 1: what happened in the Yankees game. I was almost in 331 00:19:21,840 --> 00:19:25,200 Speaker 1: tears when I saw the highlights of Don Mattingly hitting 332 00:19:25,240 --> 00:19:28,280 Speaker 1: a home run into the right field bleachers. I don't 333 00:19:28,320 --> 00:19:31,000 Speaker 1: know if it was an official vow or not. I 334 00:19:31,080 --> 00:19:34,560 Speaker 1: don't remember writing anything down, but somewhere inside of me, 335 00:19:34,880 --> 00:19:37,280 Speaker 1: I swear I decided I would try to never miss 336 00:19:37,320 --> 00:19:41,080 Speaker 1: another game again if I could prevent it. It was 337 00:19:41,119 --> 00:19:44,480 Speaker 1: shortly after that when I experienced my first real heartbreak 338 00:19:44,520 --> 00:19:46,800 Speaker 1: as a sports fan. The Yankees ended up winning game 339 00:19:46,840 --> 00:19:49,560 Speaker 1: too in dramatic fashion, on a game winning home run 340 00:19:49,600 --> 00:19:51,840 Speaker 1: by Jim Larretz. Back then, they didn't call it a 341 00:19:51,880 --> 00:19:54,119 Speaker 1: walk off, but from now on in this book, I 342 00:19:54,160 --> 00:19:57,560 Speaker 1: will reference game winning home runs as walk offs, since 343 00:19:57,600 --> 00:20:00,520 Speaker 1: that's pretty much what everybody calls them these days. The 344 00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:03,520 Speaker 1: Yankees had taken a two to nothing series lead over 345 00:20:03,600 --> 00:20:06,679 Speaker 1: Ken Griffy Junior and the Seattle Mariners in the American 346 00:20:06,760 --> 00:20:11,080 Speaker 1: League Division Series, but unfortunately, the series shifted to Seattle 347 00:20:11,400 --> 00:20:14,480 Speaker 1: and the Yankees dropped the next three, including Game five, 348 00:20:14,680 --> 00:20:18,840 Speaker 1: in heartbreaking fashion. My soul had been crushed a little 349 00:20:18,840 --> 00:20:21,480 Speaker 1: bit the year before because the Yankees were in first 350 00:20:21,480 --> 00:20:24,359 Speaker 1: place and they were just walking over the American League 351 00:20:24,680 --> 00:20:27,960 Speaker 1: when the season ended abruptly on August twelfth due to 352 00:20:28,040 --> 00:20:31,800 Speaker 1: the player strike. That really sucked, but it didn't hurt 353 00:20:31,920 --> 00:20:35,600 Speaker 1: quite like this, And it's for moments like that that 354 00:20:35,720 --> 00:20:39,400 Speaker 1: I am titling this book Pinstripe Therapy. It was around 355 00:20:39,440 --> 00:20:42,040 Speaker 1: this time that I got my first television set, a 356 00:20:42,080 --> 00:20:45,440 Speaker 1: tiny thirteen inch color TV. I put it in my bedroom. 357 00:20:45,440 --> 00:20:48,520 Speaker 1: I hooked up the Nintendo. I was so excited to 358 00:20:48,560 --> 00:20:51,160 Speaker 1: be able to watch Yankees games in my bedroom, but 359 00:20:51,240 --> 00:20:53,840 Speaker 1: this was before we had cable, so I would only 360 00:20:53,840 --> 00:20:55,520 Speaker 1: be able to watch the ones that came over the 361 00:20:55,560 --> 00:20:59,280 Speaker 1: airwaves on WPIX. Up until I was about nine or 362 00:20:59,280 --> 00:21:02,320 Speaker 1: ten years old, my bedtime had been nine PM. But 363 00:21:02,400 --> 00:21:05,199 Speaker 1: occasionally my brother Kevin would peek out from down the 364 00:21:05,200 --> 00:21:07,520 Speaker 1: hallway and let me come down to his room, which 365 00:21:07,560 --> 00:21:09,480 Speaker 1: was now the room I was living in and where 366 00:21:09,520 --> 00:21:11,960 Speaker 1: my TV had been installed. After Kevin went to college. 367 00:21:12,680 --> 00:21:14,359 Speaker 1: He would allow me to come sit at the end 368 00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:16,879 Speaker 1: of his bed and listen to the Yankees game on 369 00:21:16,960 --> 00:21:19,360 Speaker 1: the radio. And that's the first time that I got 370 00:21:19,359 --> 00:21:22,879 Speaker 1: to hear the dulcet tones of mister John Sterling, who 371 00:21:22,960 --> 00:21:26,080 Speaker 1: even back then would say nit as high, not as 372 00:21:26,200 --> 00:21:31,280 Speaker 1: farnit is gone. They also had Michael Kay at that time. 373 00:21:31,720 --> 00:21:35,000 Speaker 1: He eventually switched to Yankees television on the Yes Network, 374 00:21:35,280 --> 00:21:38,280 Speaker 1: but the combination of Michael Kay and John Sterling in 375 00:21:38,320 --> 00:21:42,280 Speaker 1: the booth to this day, to me is unrivaled, especially 376 00:21:42,359 --> 00:21:46,280 Speaker 1: back then when John Sterling was still pretty sharp. Towards 377 00:21:46,280 --> 00:21:48,200 Speaker 1: the end of his career, he would mess up a lot, 378 00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:51,480 Speaker 1: but back then it didn't get any better than John Sterling. 379 00:21:52,160 --> 00:21:54,840 Speaker 1: Kevin was probably the straightest arrow of my brothers, So 380 00:21:55,240 --> 00:21:57,440 Speaker 1: for him to allow me to come into his room 381 00:21:57,520 --> 00:21:59,680 Speaker 1: and stay up past my bedtime to listen to the 382 00:21:59,720 --> 00:22:03,159 Speaker 1: Yankee games let me know it was important and to 383 00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:05,960 Speaker 1: my parents. Sorry if this is the first time you're 384 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:08,199 Speaker 1: hearing this, but yes, I was staying up past my 385 00:22:08,280 --> 00:22:12,040 Speaker 1: bedtime to listen to the Yankee game. And until I 386 00:22:12,080 --> 00:22:15,159 Speaker 1: started my podcast in twenty twenty, in which I do 387 00:22:15,240 --> 00:22:18,960 Speaker 1: a live show after each game, my favorite pastime was 388 00:22:19,040 --> 00:22:22,280 Speaker 1: still occasionally listening to the Yankees game in bed with 389 00:22:22,320 --> 00:22:25,320 Speaker 1: the lights off. Growing up about an hour from New 390 00:22:25,400 --> 00:22:27,720 Speaker 1: York City, a lot of people were Yankees fans. I 391 00:22:27,720 --> 00:22:30,639 Speaker 1: would see Yankees' hats, I would see Yankees' logos, But 392 00:22:30,760 --> 00:22:35,160 Speaker 1: for my brothers and I, our walls were covered with posters, pennants, 393 00:22:35,280 --> 00:22:38,240 Speaker 1: and other Yankees memorabilia. You can see why I'm still 394 00:22:38,320 --> 00:22:41,680 Speaker 1: so obsessed to this day now, A forty two year 395 00:22:41,680 --> 00:22:44,400 Speaker 1: old man at the time of this writing, my favorite 396 00:22:44,440 --> 00:22:47,840 Speaker 1: room in the house is still adorned with Yankees' memorabilia 397 00:22:47,880 --> 00:22:51,280 Speaker 1: and pictures. I didn't understand it yet, but I had 398 00:22:51,359 --> 00:22:54,320 Speaker 1: lashed onto something that would shape my entire life.