WEBVTT - Aaron Judge’s legendary start 0:00:00.040 --> 0:00:02.679 And you're seeing a different and man without want Soto. 0:00:02.800 --> 0:00:06.320 Dare I say a more balanced offense. There's certainly more 0:00:06.360 --> 0:00:08.719 athletic and they're doing a lot of the smaller things 0:00:08.960 --> 0:00:09.600 right this year. 0:00:15.280 --> 0:00:17.560 Justin Shackle joining us right now. You can hear him 0:00:17.600 --> 0:00:20.040 calling the Yankees and the Mariners. He called the Yankees 0:00:20.079 --> 0:00:21.759 and the A's as well, doing an awesome job. You 0:00:21.760 --> 0:00:24.720 can hear him on WFN on Yes Network covering the 0:00:24.800 --> 0:00:26.960 Yanks for years. First time I think on this show 0:00:27.080 --> 0:00:28.720 justin great to have you all, man, how you doing. 0:00:30.200 --> 0:00:32.320 It? Is my first time pleasure to join you guys. 0:00:32.320 --> 0:00:32.919 What's going on? 0:00:33.800 --> 0:00:36.480 Doing a great job. I love hearing the calls. Let's 0:00:36.520 --> 0:00:39.720 go backwards for a moment. How was Sacramento because that 0:00:39.920 --> 0:00:42.440 was your first Yankees game that you ever called on 0:00:42.520 --> 0:00:46.800 TV and you're calling it in such a weird environment. 0:00:46.840 --> 0:00:49.360 I know it was packed there, obviously because you know 0:00:49.400 --> 0:00:51.640 the owner of the A's loves Aaron Judge, and obviously 0:00:51.720 --> 0:00:53.159 there's plenty of Yankee fans out there. 0:00:53.159 --> 0:00:54.760 But how was that whole experience for you? 0:00:56.080 --> 0:00:56.480 Uh? 0:00:56.720 --> 0:00:59.160 Okay, from a play by play standpoint, I was getting 0:00:59.200 --> 0:01:00.000 pcled a lot. 0:01:00.320 --> 0:01:01.920 Yeah, there's no third deck. 0:01:02.800 --> 0:01:07.040 A little challenging to judge some fly balls because there's 0:01:07.040 --> 0:01:08.400 really like no background there. 0:01:08.440 --> 0:01:12.319 But overall it was it was it was fine. 0:01:13.319 --> 0:01:16.240 You know, the wind plays a factor for sure, but 0:01:16.319 --> 0:01:21.800 as far as the ballpark experience in total, it was fine. 0:01:21.840 --> 0:01:24.959 Sacramento was a really nice host city. Everybody around the 0:01:24.959 --> 0:01:29.120 ballpark was super kind. They're they're, you know, trying to 0:01:29.160 --> 0:01:35.360 make the situation as comforting as possible, and overall, I 0:01:35.640 --> 0:01:37.920 have nothing but nice things to say about you know, 0:01:37.959 --> 0:01:40.360 what we went through in Sacramento. 0:01:42.120 --> 0:01:43.520 Nice to be in Seattle though. 0:01:45.120 --> 0:01:47.760 That is a little different city than Sacramento, justin Does 0:01:47.800 --> 0:01:49.280 it count for your first game? I have a couple 0:01:49.320 --> 0:01:50.960 of course for you. First of all, how do you 0:01:51.040 --> 0:01:53.360 protect your screen when you travel? Make sure people don't 0:01:53.360 --> 0:01:55.880 see those dirty movies that you're watching while you're traveling, 0:01:55.880 --> 0:01:57.600 Because we just had a conversation about that. 0:01:58.200 --> 0:01:59.480 I don't know, I'm figuring it out. 0:01:59.520 --> 0:02:01.640 But second of all, does it count because your first 0:02:01.640 --> 0:02:03.680 game was in Sacramento and that's a minor league city, 0:02:03.720 --> 0:02:06.720 So does that count as your first big league play 0:02:06.720 --> 0:02:07.400 by play game? 0:02:08.520 --> 0:02:09.520 That's a great question. 0:02:10.120 --> 0:02:12.640 I did ask myself that I'm gonna say yes. I'm 0:02:12.639 --> 0:02:15.120 going to say it counts for sure, just to you know, 0:02:15.160 --> 0:02:17.600 add more to the Ledger. But there was there was 0:02:17.639 --> 0:02:20.480 something that I definitely felt when I walked into the 0:02:20.639 --> 0:02:22.600 Mobile Park and kind of and again like just saw 0:02:22.639 --> 0:02:25.120 the third level of a big league ballpark. And you know, 0:02:25.160 --> 0:02:26.760 I've been here the last few years with the Yankee 0:02:26.840 --> 0:02:29.840 so it was a familiar territory and it's you know, 0:02:29.960 --> 0:02:33.920 it felt good to be in Seattle. The Yankees have 0:02:33.960 --> 0:02:36.119 had a lot of success here, and you know they're 0:02:36.160 --> 0:02:37.680 rolling right now. I know, you guys just talked about 0:02:37.680 --> 0:02:40.040 their home runs. I mean, seventy four and forty one 0:02:40.120 --> 0:02:43.080 games really impressive anyway you slice it. 0:02:45.040 --> 0:02:45.160 All. 0:02:45.240 --> 0:02:48.000 Right, So before before we get into the actual Yankee stuff, 0:02:48.320 --> 0:02:52.079 there's a certain broadcaster that's not a Yankees's affiliate, and 0:02:52.160 --> 0:02:54.519 Dave Simms took some time off, right, and he got 0:02:54.639 --> 0:02:56.720 roasted a little bit. I have no problem with Dave 0:02:56.760 --> 0:03:00.200 Simms taking some time off. Why why did he get 0:03:00.280 --> 0:03:02.200 roasted for taking a couple of days off? I mean 0:03:02.440 --> 0:03:04.359 all broadcasters take a couple of days off. 0:03:04.360 --> 0:03:04.880 Did you see this? 0:03:05.000 --> 0:03:07.440 I did not see this. Oh no, I love Dave Simms. 0:03:07.480 --> 0:03:09.880 I love Dave Simms, but he took there was a 0:03:09.919 --> 0:03:12.000 guy who you know that kind of took some shots. 0:03:12.000 --> 0:03:14.160 It's your dream job. He justin knows what I'm talking about. 0:03:14.400 --> 0:03:14.919 Was it Matt Do. 0:03:15.680 --> 0:03:16.920 I'm not going to say his name. 0:03:16.760 --> 0:03:18.080 But he gave him crap. 0:03:18.320 --> 0:03:20.480 Yes, he's like, this is Dave simms dream job, and 0:03:20.480 --> 0:03:21.760 he's already taking days off. 0:03:21.840 --> 0:03:24.400 Like, dude, everyone needs days off off. 0:03:25.360 --> 0:03:27.600 We're human, We're human, we need days off. 0:03:28.560 --> 0:03:30.920 Yes, I feeled in for him all the time. So 0:03:31.120 --> 0:03:33.600 this is I'm learning this on the fly here. I 0:03:33.639 --> 0:03:35.480 filled in for him all the time. There were two 0:03:35.520 --> 0:03:37.000 or three people when I used to work at MLB 0:03:37.160 --> 0:03:38.400 that were out all. 0:03:38.560 --> 0:03:40.520 Well, Steve's a big league broadcaster. He didn't want to 0:03:40.520 --> 0:03:42.040 go to Sacramento. Do you blame him? 0:03:42.200 --> 0:03:42.360 No? 0:03:42.440 --> 0:03:43.640 I bet he's in Seattle. 0:03:43.800 --> 0:03:45.760 Nobody calls one sixty two. That's a fact. 0:03:45.840 --> 0:03:47.840 He's a sport dominie. 0:03:47.960 --> 0:03:50.680 He could do whatever he wants. And you know, you know, 0:03:50.840 --> 0:03:53.840 need me to validate that. But we're all human. Yeah, 0:03:53.960 --> 0:03:54.760 we need days off. 0:03:55.720 --> 0:03:57.760 By the way, it's his revenge series. So Dave's gonna 0:03:57.960 --> 0:03:59.080 point this series. 0:03:58.960 --> 0:03:59.600 Dave Simms ball. 0:03:59.640 --> 0:04:02.960 That's right, that's right, all right. 0:04:03.040 --> 0:04:05.720 So let's get deeper into the Yanks right now, justin 0:04:05.880 --> 0:04:08.240 tell me what you're seeing that's working well for this team. 0:04:08.360 --> 0:04:10.800 And then also obviously on the other side of the 0:04:10.840 --> 0:04:14.040 spectrum where the concerns at. I know, we've got Freed 0:04:14.120 --> 0:04:17.160 pitching tonight. That's probably a good place to start because 0:04:17.160 --> 0:04:18.160 they nailed that one. 0:04:19.080 --> 0:04:21.599 Yeah, not a concern there, that's for sure. Max Freed 0:04:21.680 --> 0:04:25.920 has been everything and probably more for the Yankees, especially 0:04:26.040 --> 0:04:28.400 when Garrett Cole went down, he stepped up. I mean 0:04:28.440 --> 0:04:31.160 he is filled in the ace role as well as 0:04:31.160 --> 0:04:34.080 you could hope. For Carlos ro Don I feel like 0:04:34.120 --> 0:04:36.560 he's getting more and more comfortable with each start in 0:04:36.680 --> 0:04:39.640 year three now as a Yankee starting to see Clark 0:04:39.680 --> 0:04:42.520 Schmidt again. He started the season late last night. He 0:04:42.520 --> 0:04:44.640 pitched into the seventh inning. I think that was like 0:04:44.680 --> 0:04:47.600 the next step for him as a younger pitcher trying 0:04:47.600 --> 0:04:48.160 to find. 0:04:47.920 --> 0:04:49.719 His way in the big leagues with the type of 0:04:49.720 --> 0:04:50.599 stuff he has. 0:04:50.720 --> 0:04:54.760 It was just the second time in his career where 0:04:54.760 --> 0:04:59.480 he's posted back to back six inning outings, so you 0:04:59.520 --> 0:05:02.400 knowuring out a way for him to effectively navigate an 0:05:02.400 --> 0:05:06.159 opposing lineup the third way through. That's been a quality 0:05:06.200 --> 0:05:10.000 signed for sure. I think ultimately their biggest knee is 0:05:10.040 --> 0:05:12.320 still another starting pitcher near the back of the rotation. 0:05:12.400 --> 0:05:15.760 They're going to get Luise Heel back. He's about to 0:05:15.800 --> 0:05:18.479 begin a throwing program here, so he's got to still 0:05:18.560 --> 0:05:22.960 ramp up and do his entire spring training again. But 0:05:24.040 --> 0:05:25.960 I think the biggest need is probably starting, you know, 0:05:26.000 --> 0:05:28.400 another starting pitcher in that rotation. 0:05:28.640 --> 0:05:31.159 The offense, I know, I know Aj mentioned it. 0:05:31.200 --> 0:05:33.359 You know, when you run into great pitching when the 0:05:33.400 --> 0:05:36.640 games matter more down the stretching into October, the real 0:05:36.680 --> 0:05:39.240 test is there. But right now, the games you're playing 0:05:39.279 --> 0:05:41.839 in front of you, I think you're seeing a different 0:05:41.960 --> 0:05:45.320 and man without Wan Soto. Dare I say a more 0:05:46.040 --> 0:05:49.400 balanced offense. There's certainly more athletic and they're doing a 0:05:49.400 --> 0:05:51.400 lot of the smaller things right this year. 0:05:53.400 --> 0:05:56.800 Okay, because it's not at a highlight, but where does like 0:05:57.120 --> 0:06:00.760 everyone remembers that that inning, that inning, nothing to do 0:06:00.880 --> 0:06:05.920 with their bats, balanced line up, anything like that. How 0:06:05.960 --> 0:06:09.839 to do with their fielding? Is that the biggest because 0:06:10.240 --> 0:06:13.240 they're still kind of deficient in that area. I think 0:06:13.240 --> 0:06:15.960 they've upgraded. I think Paul gold Schmidt has helped that 0:06:16.080 --> 0:06:18.560 a lot. Because Rizzo wasn't having a great year when 0:06:18.600 --> 0:06:22.000 he was there have. Is that the one area that 0:06:22.000 --> 0:06:25.160 they can't upgrade. You can't just go and find gold 0:06:25.240 --> 0:06:27.640 at the trade deadline, like you can't find gold glove 0:06:27.640 --> 0:06:28.719 infielders to plug in. 0:06:31.160 --> 0:06:35.000 Well, look through forty one. You're right, gold Schmid's made 0:06:35.000 --> 0:06:37.960 a huge difference at first base. I think you got to, 0:06:38.000 --> 0:06:41.119 I guess, maybe see more of what you're getting from 0:06:41.440 --> 0:06:45.120 the entire infield as we lead to or toward the deadline. 0:06:45.240 --> 0:06:48.840 I still think pitching is like, if you're gonna address 0:06:48.839 --> 0:06:50.680 one big need, if you're gonna give up some type 0:06:50.680 --> 0:06:54.320 of prospect capital, it's gonna be for another starting pitcher. 0:06:54.400 --> 0:06:57.400 But yeah, I think a big question after that one 0:06:57.440 --> 0:06:59.520 inning in the World Series is like, Hey, what's that 0:06:59.640 --> 0:07:05.040 gonna do to this team? Are they gonna get tougher? 0:07:05.360 --> 0:07:06.960 Is that gonna harden them up a little bit more 0:07:07.000 --> 0:07:09.320 and serve them really well for the future. That was 0:07:09.880 --> 0:07:12.120 what obviously the hope was if you were around the team. 0:07:12.200 --> 0:07:13.840 I think that was one of the bigger questions that 0:07:14.760 --> 0:07:17.320 you probably had for the group as a whole. What 0:07:17.360 --> 0:07:20.840 would be the residual effect of that World Series outcome? 0:07:21.400 --> 0:07:24.480 So far, so good. I think Paul Goldschmid has a 0:07:24.520 --> 0:07:26.640 lot to do with that. On both sides of the ball. 0:07:27.400 --> 0:07:30.120 He's making really nice plays at first base. He's making 0:07:30.200 --> 0:07:33.240 it easier on the other infielders. Yeah, maybe they are 0:07:33.320 --> 0:07:37.040 gonna press the need for another infield. We obviously know 0:07:37.040 --> 0:07:39.880 what happened with Oswaldo Cabrera last night. 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How bad of 0:09:18.880 --> 0:09:22.280 a hit to the vibes on this team is as 0:09:22.280 --> 0:09:23.839 Walter Cabrera again hit last night? 0:09:25.120 --> 0:09:29.200 Yeah, Eric, so I left the ballpark right after the game. 0:09:29.320 --> 0:09:32.720 I didn't go in the clubhouse, but for everything I 0:09:32.760 --> 0:09:35.360 heard like they play music obviously, like every team does 0:09:35.400 --> 0:09:36.520 after they come up with a win. 0:09:37.000 --> 0:09:38.240 There was no music there. 0:09:38.600 --> 0:09:42.360 And you're right, you you talked about the type of 0:09:42.400 --> 0:09:46.240 person as Waldo Cabrera is. The It's funny because he's 0:09:46.240 --> 0:09:48.040 so unique in the sense that the human and the 0:09:48.040 --> 0:09:50.679 player blent together because he brings the same energy. 0:09:50.400 --> 0:09:53.560 And joy on and off the field. 0:09:53.679 --> 0:09:57.560 And I think he affects so many around the Yankees organization. 0:09:57.640 --> 0:10:00.400 You know, not yeah, yeah, you're not a superstar player. 0:10:00.720 --> 0:10:04.160 But he came up a few years ago, he had 0:10:04.160 --> 0:10:09.240 a hot start. They plugged and played him almost everywhere defensively, 0:10:09.520 --> 0:10:12.600 and he held his own for sure, and he's playing 0:10:12.640 --> 0:10:16.080 an effective third base now, came to spring training, won 0:10:16.120 --> 0:10:20.040 the job, and it is just it's a real bummer 0:10:20.040 --> 0:10:23.200 to see him go down like this because the ballpark 0:10:23.280 --> 0:10:27.960 last night was just stone cold silent. And I call 0:10:28.080 --> 0:10:30.719 boxing guys, I've seen some you know, not to get 0:10:30.720 --> 0:10:33.560 two graphic, but like when when I'm ringside and I 0:10:33.600 --> 0:10:35.720 see like a boxer get knocked down on their head, 0:10:35.760 --> 0:10:37.959 smack off the mat, it's it's it's. 0:10:37.840 --> 0:10:40.800 Awful to watch. Last night was was awful to take in. 0:10:41.160 --> 0:10:44.760 And there's you know, it's tough to root for a 0:10:44.800 --> 0:10:49.360 better person than Oswaldo Cabrera because his his joy, I think, 0:10:49.400 --> 0:10:54.360 his mentality, the attitude he brings, it's it's infectious. It 0:10:54.480 --> 0:10:57.200 makes you stop and think about whatever problems you may have. 0:10:57.240 --> 0:11:00.160 And again this isn't a hyperbole here, whatever problem that 0:11:00.160 --> 0:11:02.080 you may be going through, once you see him and 0:11:02.080 --> 0:11:04.160 the joy and the attitude and the smiles that he brings, 0:11:04.200 --> 0:11:07.599 you kind of say to yourself, man, h nothing. 0:11:07.360 --> 0:11:09.920 Going on in my life is too bad. 0:11:09.960 --> 0:11:12.559 When when you're around people like that, they kind of 0:11:12.559 --> 0:11:13.760 put things in perspective for you. 0:11:15.320 --> 0:11:17.840 Justin before I got to Aaron Judge, it was boomersiasin 0:11:17.920 --> 0:11:19.800 and some Bengals fans wish he would have taken the 0:11:19.800 --> 0:11:21.719 Super Bowl off they lost in the forty nine or 0:11:21.720 --> 0:11:25.480 sorry too soon eleven? Well was the eleven for twenty 0:11:25.520 --> 0:11:28.599 five for one hundred and forty four interception? So sorry, 0:11:28.800 --> 0:11:30.760 uh too soon? Maybe I don't know, but yeah, it 0:11:30.760 --> 0:11:33.199 was Boomer not mad Dog. So I apologize to Mad Dog, 0:11:33.280 --> 0:11:35.280 which is something I never thought i'd say in my life. 0:11:35.320 --> 0:11:38.079 But okay, anyways, why the teams pitched to Aaron Judge? 0:11:38.200 --> 0:11:38.959 But why why? 0:11:39.080 --> 0:11:40.400 I know? Why? 0:11:40.440 --> 0:11:42.200 Why are they pitching to Aaron Judge. I don't care 0:11:42.240 --> 0:11:45.120 who hits behind him, but why would you let him 0:11:45.160 --> 0:11:47.720 at any time get a a swing off and hit 0:11:47.760 --> 0:11:49.760 a home run. I know pictures make mistakes for human 0:11:49.800 --> 0:11:51.720 but why why are we pitching to him? 0:11:53.040 --> 0:11:54.600 I don't know. I'm not going to keep asking that. 0:11:54.600 --> 0:11:56.040 It's too much fun calling. 0:11:57.800 --> 0:11:58.840 I'm telling you to take it. 0:11:58.840 --> 0:12:00.800 Look, they keep pitching to him, He's gonna hit him out. 0:12:01.040 --> 0:12:07.439 He's gonna have impactful swings. You're watching greatness, man, I 0:12:07.640 --> 0:12:09.680 you know, it really hit me a couple of years ago, 0:12:09.760 --> 0:12:12.280 like kind of like just slap me in the face, 0:12:12.360 --> 0:12:16.160 like this is truly an all time great and you 0:12:16.200 --> 0:12:17.880 get a front row seat, you get the best seat 0:12:17.880 --> 0:12:19.439 in the house to watch them. 0:12:20.160 --> 0:12:23.839 It's it's incredible. I think the coolest. 0:12:23.440 --> 0:12:30.480 Part is that he forces so many people around him 0:12:30.480 --> 0:12:33.200 and not just inside the clubhouse, to you know, be 0:12:33.360 --> 0:12:35.880 great and try and elevate their game and rise up 0:12:36.000 --> 0:12:37.800 in order to you know, meet his moments. 0:12:37.880 --> 0:12:40.080 That's certainly the case for us in the booth. So 0:12:40.840 --> 0:12:42.360 it's so much fun. 0:12:42.640 --> 0:12:44.480 Uh Yeah, he got on base four times last night, 0:12:44.520 --> 0:12:48.160 like regular night at the office, and I know, I 0:12:48.200 --> 0:12:50.920 know he takes so much pride in the batting average, 0:12:51.480 --> 0:12:54.720 obviously hitting over four hundred. But this is a guy 0:12:54.760 --> 0:12:58.040 who has often talked about in the past, how much 0:12:58.559 --> 0:13:01.680 you know the the stats that you know, I grew 0:13:01.760 --> 0:13:05.640 up with batting average, runs batted in. You you take 0:13:05.679 --> 0:13:08.400 a closer look at those, those are the things that 0:13:08.840 --> 0:13:11.440 you know he does pay attention to as well. And 0:13:12.080 --> 0:13:16.680 watching guys like you know and Albert Pools and Miguel Cabrera. Man, 0:13:16.760 --> 0:13:18.719 he's he's right up there now, he's right up there 0:13:18.760 --> 0:13:21.200 with some of the best right handed hitters of the 0:13:21.320 --> 0:13:22.320 last quarter century. 0:13:24.480 --> 0:13:26.600 My thing is is just you look at all these 0:13:26.640 --> 0:13:28.720 pitches that he's sitting out there, all out over the plate. 0:13:29.000 --> 0:13:31.680 Does anybody ever pitch him in? Does anybody ever throw 0:13:31.720 --> 0:13:34.559 Aaron Judge inside? Because every ball he hits is I mean, 0:13:34.600 --> 0:13:36.559 I know he does pull some breaking balls every once 0:13:36.559 --> 0:13:39.520 in a while, but every like every home runch we 0:13:39.679 --> 0:13:42.040 just showed was a ball out over the plate and 0:13:42.080 --> 0:13:46.839 he just extended center to right, especially Yankee Stadium. Good lord, 0:13:47.120 --> 0:13:48.880 But I mean, he can just shake a ball and 0:13:48.920 --> 0:13:50.679 it still goes down the right field line for home run. 0:13:50.720 --> 0:13:52.559 But does anybody ever pitch him inside? 0:13:53.480 --> 0:13:55.559 Well, how would you, how would you call for pitches 0:13:55.600 --> 0:13:56.120 against them? 0:13:56.520 --> 0:13:58.560 You gotta you gotta show him something in I'm sorry, 0:13:58.600 --> 0:14:00.880 I know there always got hot zone in there, but 0:14:00.920 --> 0:14:02.440 I think the hot zone is a lot is on 0:14:02.800 --> 0:14:04.560 breaking balls that don't do a lot. I mean, I'm 0:14:04.600 --> 0:14:06.920 if I'm you gotta you gotta give him something inside. 0:14:06.960 --> 0:14:09.000 At some point in every game I watch, it's like 0:14:09.320 --> 0:14:12.560 slider away, fastball away, slider away, and he's just like, 0:14:13.360 --> 0:14:15.320 I'm gonna keep leaning out there until they make a 0:14:15.360 --> 0:14:17.079 mistake and then I'm gonna shoot him right center for 0:14:17.080 --> 0:14:17.480 a homer. 0:14:18.679 --> 0:14:19.200 What's wild? 0:14:19.320 --> 0:14:21.400 Is it feel like they're going by the book from 0:14:21.440 --> 0:14:24.240 like twenty seventeen, twenty six, twenty sixteen, when he first 0:14:24.280 --> 0:14:24.680 broke in. 0:14:25.080 --> 0:14:27.000 You know he would chase those pitches he hit one 0:14:27.080 --> 0:14:27.760 seventy nine. 0:14:28.160 --> 0:14:31.280 Obviously, the evolution of a great hitter like Aaron Judge, 0:14:31.280 --> 0:14:32.360 it's changed over time. 0:14:32.680 --> 0:14:33.320 That's what I think. 0:14:33.360 --> 0:14:35.880 When I see those those breaking pictures of those sliders 0:14:35.920 --> 0:14:37.440 kind of tail off the outside part of the play 0:14:37.440 --> 0:14:41.120 he spits on him now a completely different hitter. You're 0:14:41.120 --> 0:14:43.440 not gonna see him chase these things anymore. He's become 0:14:43.720 --> 0:14:45.800 again the elite of elite, so. 0:14:47.600 --> 0:14:50.160 I'm with you, but I'm not questioning it. I can't 0:14:50.240 --> 0:14:52.800 question what you're running for it. 0:14:53.160 --> 0:14:54.040 You're runing for it. 0:14:54.040 --> 0:14:55.520 It's too much fun. 0:14:55.840 --> 0:14:57.040 He's a Homer. I got it. 0:14:57.080 --> 0:14:59.520 You're a Homer. And that's okay because we're all should 0:14:59.520 --> 0:15:01.160 be homer when he comes up to the plane. 0:15:01.280 --> 0:15:03.080 Am I supposed to feel in this situation? 0:15:03.960 --> 0:15:06.440 Right? No, that's it. So that's why I'm gonna ask 0:15:06.440 --> 0:15:09.320 my next question. Is he a Hall of Famer? 0:15:12.120 --> 0:15:12.360 Yes? 0:15:12.440 --> 0:15:15.320 You know what's funny you talk about You brought up Mike, 0:15:16.000 --> 0:15:19.960 Chris mad Dog Russo. Okay, New York Kid grew up 0:15:20.040 --> 0:15:22.840 listening to Mike and Chris. It's just like embedded into me. 0:15:22.880 --> 0:15:26.080 They got to have six Hall of Fame worthy seasons, 0:15:26.280 --> 0:15:28.920 seven Hall of Fame worthy seasons, Like that's the magic number. 0:15:29.080 --> 0:15:33.400 He's right there, Aaron Judge is right there. And and yes, 0:15:33.600 --> 0:15:34.880 I mean it's. 0:15:34.720 --> 0:15:37.640 Only a matter of the day's coming off the calendar 0:15:37.680 --> 0:15:40.080 at this point because he's just going to continue this 0:15:40.440 --> 0:15:41.400 incredible production. 0:15:41.560 --> 0:15:45.280 So yes, in my book, he's already a Hall of Famer. 0:15:46.480 --> 0:15:48.440 No get in. If he just continues to do what 0:15:48.480 --> 0:15:49.680 he's doing, He's in. He's in. 0:15:49.960 --> 0:15:52.920 He played in New York. He's the captain of the 0:15:53.000 --> 0:15:56.320 year Yankees. So they's already checked two boxes, okay, and 0:15:56.360 --> 0:15:59.440 he's really good with the media. There's three boxes and 0:15:59.480 --> 0:16:01.680 then four he's a really good player. So he's gonna 0:16:01.720 --> 0:16:02.200 get in. 0:16:02.520 --> 0:16:03.600 Judge, or for how long? 0:16:04.160 --> 0:16:05.920 Of course, what do you mean for how long? 0:16:05.960 --> 0:16:09.200 How long does he doesn't mean if he just he 0:16:09.360 --> 0:16:11.880 finishes his contract and he has average years he's in. 0:16:14.120 --> 0:16:17.840 Okay, he got he's got one thousand, ninety one hits. 0:16:17.920 --> 0:16:21.160 Right now, he's got three hundred and twenty nine homers. 0:16:21.720 --> 0:16:23.720 It's looked at differently, just way different. 0:16:24.760 --> 0:16:26.440 How many more years does he have on his contract? 0:16:26.520 --> 0:16:28.200 How many more years does he have? Four more years? 0:16:28.200 --> 0:16:29.360 Five more? How many more years? 0:16:29.480 --> 0:16:32.240 Justin you know this, there's a line that most voters 0:16:32.320 --> 0:16:34.960 use nowadays. You can agree with it or not, but 0:16:35.000 --> 0:16:38.000 they're looking at stuff like war, career, war, And I'm 0:16:38.000 --> 0:16:40.400 pretty sure he's already above the number needed. 0:16:40.560 --> 0:16:42.720 He's at fifty six for baseball reference. 0:16:42.880 --> 0:16:44.880 Although he did bring up Blue Winaker yesterday, he had 0:16:44.920 --> 0:16:47.600 like seventy five and is done in so just definitely. 0:16:47.520 --> 0:16:50.640 Right, a different time period, no, a different seventy five war, 0:16:50.760 --> 0:16:53.360 seventy five war, but My point is is if he 0:16:53.400 --> 0:16:55.320 has what six more years left on his contract and 0:16:55.360 --> 0:16:57.440 I forget what year whenever he was almost when Arson 0:16:57.520 --> 0:16:58.960 judged on Simon the Giants. 0:16:59.120 --> 0:17:00.680 So if he has six more years left in his 0:17:00.760 --> 0:17:03.160 contract and he hits twenty five homers a year, that 0:17:03.160 --> 0:17:07.239 puts him at almost five hundred homers. You don't think 0:17:07.240 --> 0:17:10.360 if he hits four hundred and ninety homers and does 0:17:10.400 --> 0:17:11.960 what he keeps doing, he's not gonna be in. 0:17:12.040 --> 0:17:13.560 He's in. He's gonna be in. 0:17:13.600 --> 0:17:16.960 I'm sorry, he's in fifty plus justin I think generally 0:17:17.359 --> 0:17:20.280 gives you good consideration. Then you factor in what he's 0:17:20.320 --> 0:17:22.480 done during that time period, and yes, he's gonna play 0:17:22.480 --> 0:17:22.880 for years. 0:17:22.960 --> 0:17:23.720 I don't even think it's a. 0:17:23.840 --> 0:17:25.200 It will help me if he wins a World Series, 0:17:25.200 --> 0:17:28.439 though maybe not for the Hall of Fame, but for 0:17:28.560 --> 0:17:31.280 Yankee fans to just let it go kind of like 0:17:32.040 --> 0:17:33.880 you know, there's certain people that just need to win 0:17:33.960 --> 0:17:36.280 that thing if you're on a certain team, because the 0:17:36.320 --> 0:17:38.000 Yankees have to win it to win or nothing. 0:17:38.280 --> 0:17:40.040 He's got to get the World Series. He's got to 0:17:40.080 --> 0:17:40.840 get the World Series. 0:17:42.359 --> 0:17:43.840 Yeah, as far as the Hall of Fame goes, I'm 0:17:43.840 --> 0:17:45.960 with I'm with you, Scott. I think that's how they 0:17:46.480 --> 0:17:48.680 you'll probably look at it on that note, but I 0:17:49.240 --> 0:17:51.040 think Aaron Judge would agree with you. He wants the 0:17:51.080 --> 0:17:55.080 World Series, he wants he wants the championship title. And 0:17:55.119 --> 0:17:57.920 I think that's why you always hear him say yeah, 0:17:57.920 --> 0:18:00.600