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Speaker 1: Wanted to pull Catchel.

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Speaker 2: All right, welcome back, everybody, welcome back. Joining me tonight

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Speaker 2: is Jona from Babes Babes Media. Johnna Carver's all baseball,

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Speaker 2: but is an unabashed where's the pin stripes on her sleeve?

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Speaker 1: Kind of gal loves the Yankees, and I welcome you,

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Speaker 1: john How you doing?

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Speaker 2: Hey?

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Speaker 3: I am so excited to be back.

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Speaker 4: It's been a while, but I love that you've invited

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Speaker 4: me to come back because I had a blast last time.

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Speaker 2: Well we almost didn't have you. Apparently there are tornadoes

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Speaker 2: and storms and the rapture basically happening right outside of

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Speaker 2: Johnna's window, and you know, we had some internet hiccups,

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Speaker 2: but we're crossing our fingers that will stay stable for

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Speaker 2: the next twenty twenty five minutes. I gotta say, of

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Speaker 2: all of the Yankees fans that I follow on social media,

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Speaker 2: you strike me as one of the only ones who

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Speaker 2: I think could be as obsessed as I am.

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Speaker 1: How many games do you watch per year? Would you say? I, let's.

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Speaker 4: Say this, I've missed one game and I rewatched it later. Nice,

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Speaker 4: So I think I probably miss three, maybe four games?

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Speaker 1: Maybe dedication pretty I don't know.

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Speaker 3: Conservative.

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Speaker 1: That's dedication. I uh I.

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Speaker 2: When I wasn't doing the podcast, I would generally like

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Speaker 2: one or two games a year miss But then, like you,

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Speaker 2: I would just like wouldn't let anybody talk to me

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Speaker 1: I'd record it. I'd always watch it. So I had a.

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Speaker 2: Streak there from about nineteen ninety two until I was

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Speaker 2: in college in one where I saw every single game,

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Speaker 2: and then I might have missed a couple in college,

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Speaker 2: and then basically from two thousand and five until present day,

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Speaker 2: maybe one maybe in the last twenty years.

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Speaker 1: So you know, it takes.

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Speaker 2: It takes a lot of forgiveness from our friends and family.

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Speaker 2: You know, hey, you want to come to this barbecue now,

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Speaker 2: he says the Yankees at a one o'clock game.

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Speaker 1: Sorry, you know, you know, you know how it is.

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Speaker 4: Exactly, And like I feel like I get a lot

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Speaker 4: of dirty looks in the store because like there's just

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Speaker 3: But I can't not have the game on, so I

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Speaker 1: So oh sorry, Yeah.

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Speaker 2: I used to when I would go play Men's league

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Speaker 2: then when I was best man at my friend's wedding,

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Speaker 2: Tanaka Pichon a couple of years ago. So anyway, great times,

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Speaker 2: I want to call it.

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Speaker 4: At a wedding that ALCS was that the one against Astros?

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Speaker 3: Was definitely at a wedding that same night.

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Speaker 2: I must have been like twenty nineteen, I think, yes,

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Speaker 2: let's talk current state of the Yankees here, get a

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Speaker 2: They just went six and three on the road trip.

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Speaker 2: That's pretty good for a West coast trip. We'll get

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Speaker 2: to the things that are maybe irking us later, but

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Speaker 2: what are some of the positive things that have got

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Speaker 2: you feeling good so far this year?

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Speaker 3: I mean, obviously judge right, having such a historic year.

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Speaker 4: And honestly, before this series, our pitching has actually been outstanding,

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Speaker 4: So I feel pretty good about things. I mean, I think,

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Speaker 3: Like we knew we weren't gonna.

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Speaker 4: Roll in there and sweep them, right, Max Freed was

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Speaker 3: Good to lose against them anyways. So it's like, get

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Speaker 2: I am glad we didn't get swept, though, Like I

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Speaker 2: And you know, it felt good to get to Yamamoto

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Speaker 2: The last memory that he's gonna have is of Ben

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Speaker 2: to Carlos Rodin in this upcoming series. I was telling

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Speaker 2: You know, he was giving up the home runs, he

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Speaker 2: you know, blowing kisses at the fans and Anaheim. But

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Speaker 2: credit to this guy. Last year, he gets in shape.

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Speaker 2: He has the best year of his career win total wise.

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Speaker 2: He's looked incredible, And now I find myself like really

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Speaker 3: Yeah, now I totally agree.

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Speaker 4: I you know, obviously when I ever want to start

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Speaker 4: Freed be like the one two punch. I just feel like,

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Speaker 2: Yeah, speaking of Max Freed, I mean, he's been worth

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Speaker 2: he wasn't gonna go undefeated. Are you thinking this guy

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Speaker 2: would we even want him to start the All Star Game?

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Speaker 2: I love seeing a Yankee like start the All Star

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Speaker 4: Totally, Yeah, I can see it, but I'm a few

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Speaker 4: I'm like, let's just you know, take those days, relax,

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Speaker 2: I don't buy into any of the rumors of Paul Skins.

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Speaker 2: You know, I've seen Yankees fans throwing his name out there.

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Speaker 2: I think it's more wishful thinking, because a pitcher that

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Speaker 2: So let's turn the page here and talk about kind

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Speaker 4: And you know, we've been pretty fortunate that our starting

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Speaker 3: But yeah, I mean I don't know Volpy.

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Speaker 4: And like I think anytime Boone is faced with like

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Speaker 3: We will all rage like we will like that's just

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Speaker 1: New York City burns.

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Speaker 2: If Ben Rosk gets sent down, all right, quick word

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Speaker 2: from our friends at Arena Club. We're gonna talk about

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Speaker 2: Jason Domingez here real quick, so John, My favorite part

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Speaker 1: Now.

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Speaker 2: I know his numbers aren't incredible, but he's still seventeen

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Speaker 3: I really do. I think that's like so valuable to

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Speaker 4: At the bottom half of your lineup, like you can't

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Speaker 1: Yeah, he's getting better. He's getting better.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, he totally is.

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Speaker 2: And I love him as a base runner. You know,

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Speaker 2: Is there anyone specific that you've got on your mind?

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Speaker 2: Yankees got to go get him. I feel like there's

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Speaker 2: One year it was Frankie Montaz or Joey Gallo is

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Speaker 1: This year.

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Speaker 4: I just don't have my thumb on the pulse this

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Speaker 2: I was going back and forth on it, but having

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Speaker 2: right now as we you know, a couple of months out.

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Speaker 2: But John, I want to thank you. Everybody go follow

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Speaker 2: Jona on social media. Where can they find you?

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Speaker 4: So I'm on Instagram at Babes Babes Media and then

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Speaker 4: Yanks Kid. I am JP Yankees Girl on Twitter.

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Speaker 2: Well, JOHNA, I appreciate it. Everybody, please go follow Jona

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Speaker 2: and Well. We'll definitely have you back again after the

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