1 00:00:00,960 --> 00:00:05,760 Speaker 1: Really welcome Joey Well. I don't know how it happened, 2 00:00:05,800 --> 00:00:08,680 Speaker 1: but thirty years have passed since the Yankees won the 3 00:00:08,720 --> 00:00:11,960 Speaker 1: ninety six World Series, and tonight we're taking a trip 4 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:15,520 Speaker 1: down memory lane with Johnna Perlinger. We'll talk about Joe Tory, 5 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:19,560 Speaker 1: We'll talk about Derek Jeter as a rookie, Mariano Rivera 6 00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:23,239 Speaker 1: as the greatest setup man of all time, all of 7 00:00:23,280 --> 00:00:27,000 Speaker 1: that coming up next. This's Pinstrip's territory. 8 00:00:27,760 --> 00:00:29,320 Speaker 2: I wanted to talk at dol. 9 00:00:30,560 --> 00:00:33,280 Speaker 1: All right, let's go, let's get it going. All right, 10 00:00:35,159 --> 00:00:37,519 Speaker 1: Welcome back, everybody, Welcome back, and welcome back to my 11 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:40,280 Speaker 1: friend Johnna Perlinger. Johnna, this is gonna be the easiest 12 00:00:40,280 --> 00:00:43,000 Speaker 1: podcast either one of us has ever done. I could 13 00:00:43,040 --> 00:00:44,680 Speaker 1: talk ninety six Yanks all day. 14 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:49,240 Speaker 3: Long, same same. I spent all day too, like watching 15 00:00:49,240 --> 00:00:51,280 Speaker 3: a documentary on and I'm just like, I just can't 16 00:00:51,280 --> 00:00:51,800 Speaker 3: get enough. 17 00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:52,360 Speaker 1: I love it. 18 00:00:52,440 --> 00:00:53,600 Speaker 3: It takes me back. 19 00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:56,120 Speaker 1: Season that are lives, No, no, no, what was the 20 00:00:56,200 --> 00:00:59,160 Speaker 1: ninety six when it was like Dynasty. It was like 21 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:01,680 Speaker 1: the beg I don't it was a Dynasty one from MSG. 22 00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:04,760 Speaker 1: That's like a really awesome documentary that's on YouTube. And 23 00:01:04,840 --> 00:01:07,160 Speaker 1: I always watched the ninety six World Series video over 24 00:01:07,160 --> 00:01:09,480 Speaker 1: and over again. By the way, love the new set. 25 00:01:09,720 --> 00:01:11,479 Speaker 1: I love that you're doing that. You know, if you're 26 00:01:11,480 --> 00:01:13,880 Speaker 1: gonna be on more often, we might as well. You know, 27 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:16,640 Speaker 1: have a great background and you really got it going there. 28 00:01:16,760 --> 00:01:19,039 Speaker 1: Is that the Yankee Stadium smell candle too? 29 00:01:19,800 --> 00:01:24,080 Speaker 3: Yes? Absolutely absolutely. I even have some Big League two 30 00:01:24,080 --> 00:01:27,600 Speaker 3: over here. That's Aaron Judge big League two I have 31 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:30,120 Speaker 3: in the checkout line of Dick's Sporting Goods one day 32 00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:32,200 Speaker 3: and I was like, oh my god, you guys just 33 00:01:32,240 --> 00:01:33,319 Speaker 3: knew I was coming in or what. 34 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:36,959 Speaker 1: Yeah, this is great, but I don't want to give 35 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:40,199 Speaker 1: away your age, it's impolite. But I assume you remember 36 00:01:40,240 --> 00:01:45,080 Speaker 1: the ninety six Yankees pretty well, uh decently. 37 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:48,400 Speaker 3: Well. The thing that like really solidified it for me 38 00:01:48,680 --> 00:01:52,480 Speaker 3: was right before that season is when buckshow Walter had 39 00:01:52,480 --> 00:01:55,960 Speaker 3: given me that broken bat during batting practice. So that 40 00:01:56,080 --> 00:01:59,840 Speaker 3: was my lucky bat during all those nineties postseason series. 41 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:03,680 Speaker 3: So I think got locked me in, so to speak. 42 00:02:04,200 --> 00:02:06,320 Speaker 1: You want to see my lucky charm from from all 43 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:09,360 Speaker 1: those seasons. I still have it on my shelf. So 44 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:11,800 Speaker 1: this I got out of a Wheaty's box. And so 45 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:16,040 Speaker 1: This is Bernie Williams. He was amazing in ninety six. 46 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:18,640 Speaker 1: We'll talk about how that was like his breakout season. 47 00:02:19,320 --> 00:02:22,320 Speaker 1: But it was a Wheati's box, or it might have 48 00:02:22,320 --> 00:02:24,600 Speaker 1: been some other like Cereal box, but I think it 49 00:02:24,639 --> 00:02:27,440 Speaker 1: was Wheaedy's and I put it on the shelf, and 50 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:30,040 Speaker 1: that night he hit a walk off home run in 51 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:31,720 Speaker 1: the playoffs and it was. 52 00:02:33,680 --> 00:02:34,560 Speaker 3: Against Baltimore. 53 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:37,200 Speaker 1: Against Baltimore, Yeah, my brother was at that game. I 54 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:40,760 Speaker 1: didn't get to go to it, but I after that, 55 00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:43,440 Speaker 1: I kept it in the same spot for the entire 56 00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:46,760 Speaker 1: dynasty basically, and then I I, you know, when I 57 00:02:46,760 --> 00:02:48,359 Speaker 1: went to college, I took it down or whatever, and 58 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:50,839 Speaker 1: they lost and since then they haven't really gained back 59 00:02:50,880 --> 00:02:55,239 Speaker 1: that dynasty unfortunately. But anyway, I want to talk a 60 00:02:55,240 --> 00:02:57,520 Speaker 1: little bit about Joe Tory. Tonight, we're going to talk 61 00:02:57,520 --> 00:03:00,000 Speaker 1: about what it was like to watch a young Derek 62 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:02,720 Speaker 1: Jeter and Mariano Rivera. You know, we've seen a lot 63 00:03:02,760 --> 00:03:05,000 Speaker 1: of kids come and go the last few years. We'll 64 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:08,519 Speaker 1: go over our favorite ninety six moments. Obviously, we had 65 00:03:09,040 --> 00:03:12,760 Speaker 1: the no hitter from Dwight Gooden preserved by an amazing 66 00:03:12,840 --> 00:03:16,160 Speaker 1: catch from Gerald Williams. They had some big trades. It 67 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:19,080 Speaker 1: picked up Big Daddy Cecil Fielder. We'll go through the 68 00:03:19,120 --> 00:03:24,080 Speaker 1: amazing postseason and of course the epic, amazing all time 69 00:03:24,160 --> 00:03:27,760 Speaker 1: World Series where the Yankees beat the Braves in six 70 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:30,720 Speaker 1: games and the primary reason that we can't listen to 71 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:33,400 Speaker 1: John Smoltz do broadcast anymore because he is still bitter 72 00:03:33,720 --> 00:03:37,880 Speaker 1: about that and ninety nine and it's so clear, but hey, 73 00:03:38,120 --> 00:03:40,000 Speaker 1: it is what it is, so let's get after it. 74 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:43,680 Speaker 1: Joe Tory, I bet you were kind of ticked off 75 00:03:43,720 --> 00:03:46,040 Speaker 1: when they let Buck Bucks show Walter go. I know 76 00:03:46,160 --> 00:03:48,480 Speaker 1: I was, and he gave you a bat and then 77 00:03:48,520 --> 00:03:52,120 Speaker 1: the newspaper called Joe clueless. Joe never been to a 78 00:03:52,120 --> 00:03:54,120 Speaker 1: World Series, But it turned out he was the right 79 00:03:54,160 --> 00:03:56,920 Speaker 1: man at the right time. John, Yeah, it. 80 00:03:56,880 --> 00:04:00,200 Speaker 3: Turns out he was. I mean he crazy, like coming 81 00:04:00,320 --> 00:04:03,400 Speaker 3: into that season, he was. He had a sub five 82 00:04:03,480 --> 00:04:08,520 Speaker 3: hundred record as a manager, had never won what he had, 83 00:04:08,520 --> 00:04:10,520 Speaker 3: never made it to the World Series as a player 84 00:04:10,600 --> 00:04:14,280 Speaker 3: or a or a manager. So yeah, a lot of 85 00:04:14,320 --> 00:04:17,240 Speaker 3: people were ticked off by that. George Steigerner those said 86 00:04:17,279 --> 00:04:19,080 Speaker 3: that he had always had his eye on him, He 87 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:21,600 Speaker 3: always liked him, and he always felt like he had 88 00:04:21,760 --> 00:04:25,279 Speaker 3: the mental toughness of a New Yorker. He said, whether 89 00:04:25,320 --> 00:04:27,960 Speaker 3: you're a fireman, whether you're a police officer, you've got 90 00:04:27,960 --> 00:04:30,880 Speaker 3: to have that New York you know mentality. And he 91 00:04:30,920 --> 00:04:34,240 Speaker 3: always felt like Joe Tory had that, and sure enough 92 00:04:34,279 --> 00:04:34,640 Speaker 3: he did. 93 00:04:35,640 --> 00:04:38,840 Speaker 1: I loved watching Joe Tory because he never seemed to 94 00:04:38,880 --> 00:04:42,479 Speaker 1: get too like out of kilter, right, you know, you 95 00:04:42,520 --> 00:04:45,760 Speaker 1: see Boom go crazy. We've seen Gerardi throw down the helmet, 96 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:50,200 Speaker 1: and Tory almost never did that. Tory he would purse 97 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:52,279 Speaker 1: his lips when something big would happen, and that would 98 00:04:52,279 --> 00:04:55,120 Speaker 1: be the most emotion that he would show. I mean, 99 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:57,440 Speaker 1: he he occasionally would get into it with an umpire 100 00:04:57,480 --> 00:05:00,400 Speaker 1: put it had to be a really egregious situation. I 101 00:05:00,440 --> 00:05:03,760 Speaker 1: think the most impressive story to me was when the 102 00:05:03,839 --> 00:05:07,120 Speaker 1: Yankees were down to nothing in the World Series and 103 00:05:07,240 --> 00:05:10,599 Speaker 1: Steinbrenner comes into Joe Torrey's office and he says, oh, 104 00:05:10,640 --> 00:05:12,880 Speaker 1: you know, we're down to nothing. We can't get swept ah. 105 00:05:13,360 --> 00:05:15,680 Speaker 1: You know, he does this George Steinbrenner thing, and and 106 00:05:15,760 --> 00:05:20,080 Speaker 1: Joe says, chill out, big, George, We're gonna go We're 107 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:22,720 Speaker 1: gonna go down to Atlanta. We're gonna take the next 108 00:05:23,040 --> 00:05:25,800 Speaker 1: three games. Actually it was after they lost Game one 109 00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:27,520 Speaker 1: he said, we're facing Maddox in game two. We're not 110 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:29,279 Speaker 1: swinging the bat well, We're probably gonna lose tonight, but 111 00:05:29,279 --> 00:05:31,760 Speaker 1: then we're gonna go down to Atlanta. That's my town, 112 00:05:32,440 --> 00:05:34,280 Speaker 1: right and we're gonna win three straight, and then we're 113 00:05:34,279 --> 00:05:36,480 Speaker 1: gonna come back and win it next Saturday night. And 114 00:05:36,520 --> 00:05:41,880 Speaker 1: that is exactly what happened. Destiny fulfilled, as we like 115 00:05:41,960 --> 00:05:43,520 Speaker 1: to say, hang on a second. 116 00:05:43,600 --> 00:05:45,480 Speaker 3: That is destiny fulfilled. 117 00:05:46,920 --> 00:05:49,120 Speaker 1: It wasn't no Stra Derek, but it was no Stra Joe. 118 00:05:51,480 --> 00:05:52,480 Speaker 1: In all time prediction. 119 00:05:54,480 --> 00:05:58,320 Speaker 3: I still loved Cohne going into Game three as he 120 00:05:58,360 --> 00:05:58,800 Speaker 3: should have. 121 00:05:59,480 --> 00:06:02,840 Speaker 1: Yeah, so we've seen a lot of kids come and go. 122 00:06:02,960 --> 00:06:05,200 Speaker 1: I mean, you know, Volpie's been the most recent one 123 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:07,560 Speaker 1: to come up and struggle. We've seen, you know, guys 124 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:13,080 Speaker 1: like Clint Frazier come up and Glabor Torres, and everybody 125 00:06:13,120 --> 00:06:15,760 Speaker 1: always has those hopes that the young core is gonna 126 00:06:15,800 --> 00:06:20,919 Speaker 1: be that next group of you know, dynastic Yankees. I 127 00:06:20,960 --> 00:06:25,160 Speaker 1: don't think we realized at the time how good Mariano 128 00:06:25,240 --> 00:06:27,480 Speaker 1: Rivera was gonna be. He had just come off in 129 00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:29,479 Speaker 1: ninety five where he came up as a starter he 130 00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:31,400 Speaker 1: kind of struggled. He went to the bullpen, he had 131 00:06:31,440 --> 00:06:34,360 Speaker 1: some success, and then in the playoffs in ninety five, 132 00:06:34,360 --> 00:06:35,800 Speaker 1: and I don't think you can tell the ninety six 133 00:06:36,040 --> 00:06:40,320 Speaker 1: story without talking about ninety five, Showalter doesn't use him 134 00:06:40,440 --> 00:06:45,599 Speaker 1: enough against the Mariners. They lose that series. Show Walter's gone. 135 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:48,800 Speaker 1: Tory realizes watching this guy in spring training, that this 136 00:06:48,880 --> 00:06:52,760 Speaker 1: guy is insane, that nobody can hit this guy. And 137 00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:55,359 Speaker 1: then the greatest quote of the year, you quoted it 138 00:06:55,400 --> 00:06:59,080 Speaker 1: today on Twitter, which I loved. It was the manager 139 00:06:59,120 --> 00:07:02,400 Speaker 1: of the Twins. Was it Ron Garden higher? Who was 140 00:07:02,440 --> 00:07:03,080 Speaker 1: it the manager? 141 00:07:03,279 --> 00:07:06,000 Speaker 3: I forget who it was, Tom Kelly or something. 142 00:07:06,279 --> 00:07:06,760 Speaker 1: Tom Kelly. 143 00:07:06,880 --> 00:07:12,280 Speaker 3: Yeah, Yes, he says he should be in a higher league. 144 00:07:12,320 --> 00:07:14,880 Speaker 3: I don't know what that league is, but he belongs 145 00:07:14,920 --> 00:07:19,360 Speaker 3: in it. He said, he said, this is illegal, we 146 00:07:19,440 --> 00:07:22,560 Speaker 3: can't hit him. 147 00:07:23,080 --> 00:07:26,040 Speaker 1: Yeah, and he was right because he recognized right away. 148 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:29,880 Speaker 1: And then Rivera goes on to have that unbelievable career 149 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:34,600 Speaker 1: and people just don't realize he was not only the 150 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:36,840 Speaker 1: best closer of all time, I think he was the 151 00:07:36,840 --> 00:07:38,600 Speaker 1: best setup man of all time, even though he did 152 00:07:38,640 --> 00:07:40,960 Speaker 1: it for one year. Because it was six up, six 153 00:07:41,040 --> 00:07:43,000 Speaker 1: down almost every night, he would come in and pitch 154 00:07:43,040 --> 00:07:44,880 Speaker 1: the seventh and the eighth. It started out at the 155 00:07:44,920 --> 00:07:46,320 Speaker 1: end of the year he would throw like the sixth 156 00:07:46,400 --> 00:07:48,360 Speaker 1: inning a little bit, and then once they started to 157 00:07:48,360 --> 00:07:51,680 Speaker 1: get some confidence in him, he was making diving catches 158 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:54,640 Speaker 1: off the mound. I mean, he was doing ridiculous things. 159 00:07:54,960 --> 00:07:57,120 Speaker 1: And he did it all with this like big smile 160 00:07:57,240 --> 00:08:00,600 Speaker 1: and this humbleness. It was so easy to like, instant 161 00:08:00,640 --> 00:08:05,560 Speaker 1: fan favorite, amazing clutch performer. And he set up for 162 00:08:05,640 --> 00:08:10,800 Speaker 1: John Wetland who won World Series MVP. The other guy 163 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:12,840 Speaker 1: that we got to talk about is Derek Jeter, who 164 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:16,600 Speaker 1: started off on opening day with that amazing like he 165 00:08:16,840 --> 00:08:18,920 Speaker 1: had come up the year before ninety five again and 166 00:08:18,960 --> 00:08:21,320 Speaker 1: had a cup of coffee, but it was like it 167 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:24,320 Speaker 1: was like a light switch flipped in ninety six on 168 00:08:24,400 --> 00:08:27,040 Speaker 1: opening day, Yeah yeah, that. 169 00:08:27,400 --> 00:08:30,720 Speaker 3: But not a diving catch, but he had an incredible 170 00:08:30,760 --> 00:08:35,520 Speaker 3: catch and left center and then and then the home 171 00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:40,080 Speaker 3: run opening day and it's snowing, right, it's snowing, it's freezing, 172 00:08:40,120 --> 00:08:44,400 Speaker 3: it's windy, and Pettit gets the win twenty four years old, 173 00:08:45,080 --> 00:08:48,400 Speaker 3: second year for him, so yeah, what a what a 174 00:08:48,440 --> 00:08:51,240 Speaker 3: crazy who knew that day that that would be the 175 00:08:51,280 --> 00:08:52,760 Speaker 3: season that it ended up to be. 176 00:08:53,480 --> 00:08:56,120 Speaker 1: So I still remember this and that I made. My 177 00:08:56,200 --> 00:08:57,920 Speaker 1: numbers might be a little bit off now, but I 178 00:08:57,960 --> 00:09:00,400 Speaker 1: have a weird story. I've always been fascinated with the 179 00:09:00,480 --> 00:09:02,800 Speaker 1: human mind and the human brain because of this story 180 00:09:02,800 --> 00:09:06,439 Speaker 1: that's related to Andy Pettitt. So this was back before 181 00:09:06,440 --> 00:09:08,840 Speaker 1: the internet. This is like ninety six. I didn't have 182 00:09:08,840 --> 00:09:10,240 Speaker 1: the Internet. I mean I might have heard of it, 183 00:09:10,280 --> 00:09:12,640 Speaker 1: but we didn't have the internet. And I remember Andy 184 00:09:12,640 --> 00:09:14,880 Speaker 1: Pettitt was having a great season, and I remember thinking, like, 185 00:09:14,920 --> 00:09:16,640 Speaker 1: I don't I don't remember hearing much about him in 186 00:09:16,640 --> 00:09:18,920 Speaker 1: the minor leagues, and since he's come up, he's been great. 187 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:21,080 Speaker 1: I wonder what his stats were in the minor leagues 188 00:09:21,480 --> 00:09:24,840 Speaker 1: and that year or that night, I had a dream, 189 00:09:25,600 --> 00:09:28,760 Speaker 1: and the dream the announcer was saying he went, I 190 00:09:28,760 --> 00:09:30,839 Speaker 1: think forty two and twenty one in the minor leagues, 191 00:09:30,880 --> 00:09:32,960 Speaker 1: like that was comes he comes in forty two and 192 00:09:32,960 --> 00:09:36,600 Speaker 1: twenty one, and I was completely asleep. I woke up 193 00:09:37,080 --> 00:09:39,079 Speaker 1: and then the next day I did some research. I 194 00:09:39,120 --> 00:09:43,400 Speaker 1: think I went to the computer library at the at 195 00:09:43,400 --> 00:09:45,280 Speaker 1: the school and I looked up his minor league numbers 196 00:09:45,280 --> 00:09:46,520 Speaker 1: and they were exactly what they were in the dream. 197 00:09:46,559 --> 00:09:47,719 Speaker 1: I think it was forty two and twenty one, and 198 00:09:48,760 --> 00:09:50,400 Speaker 1: I was like, holy shit, like I pulled that out 199 00:09:50,400 --> 00:09:52,880 Speaker 1: of the Akashek record or some shit. And I still 200 00:09:52,920 --> 00:09:55,280 Speaker 1: remember that to this day and it's always fascinated me. 201 00:09:55,480 --> 00:09:57,679 Speaker 1: But Andy Pettitt twenty one wins. I still think he 202 00:09:57,679 --> 00:09:59,680 Speaker 1: should have got the cy young that year. His era 203 00:09:59,880 --> 00:10:01,760 Speaker 1: was a little bit higher, but he did have a 204 00:10:01,760 --> 00:10:05,040 Speaker 1: five point six war which led the team that year 205 00:10:05,120 --> 00:10:08,040 Speaker 1: that was before war was even a thing. Also in 206 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:10,840 Speaker 1: the rotation, David Cohne numbers. 207 00:10:10,440 --> 00:10:13,600 Speaker 3: With runners and scoring position two, which which was also 208 00:10:13,880 --> 00:10:18,000 Speaker 3: impressive in the miners, right, yeah, what led them to 209 00:10:18,080 --> 00:10:21,360 Speaker 3: him in the first place. But yeah, you know, I 210 00:10:21,360 --> 00:10:23,120 Speaker 3: have to say I always wanted to have a dream 211 00:10:23,240 --> 00:10:25,719 Speaker 3: like that where I had someone come to me. I 212 00:10:25,840 --> 00:10:29,840 Speaker 3: literally wrote a letter to Babe Ruth and send it 213 00:10:29,840 --> 00:10:31,600 Speaker 3: off under the ether. My brother was like, if you 214 00:10:31,720 --> 00:10:33,800 Speaker 3: just leave it on your dresser, he'll come and get 215 00:10:33,840 --> 00:10:35,439 Speaker 3: it and maybe he'll come to you in a dream. 216 00:10:35,679 --> 00:10:40,040 Speaker 3: Because I wanted to have that Sandlot moment where but 217 00:10:40,120 --> 00:10:40,959 Speaker 3: it never happened. 218 00:10:41,840 --> 00:10:45,080 Speaker 1: Well, I mean, I mean, I've always been fascinated with 219 00:10:45,120 --> 00:10:46,960 Speaker 1: that type of thing, like Edgar Casey used to like 220 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:49,400 Speaker 1: sleep on books and like memorize them, which is weird. 221 00:10:49,400 --> 00:10:51,199 Speaker 1: And that's kind of like the only thing like that 222 00:10:51,200 --> 00:10:53,560 Speaker 1: that's ever happened to me. And you might say, well, Derek, 223 00:10:53,600 --> 00:10:55,760 Speaker 1: you were probably sleeping and the TV was on. I 224 00:10:55,800 --> 00:10:57,560 Speaker 1: didn't have a TV in my room at that point. 225 00:10:57,559 --> 00:10:59,839 Speaker 1: It was just not a possibility. I pulled it out 226 00:10:59,840 --> 00:11:04,080 Speaker 1: of air my subconscious somehow, probably some some forgotten memory. 227 00:11:04,120 --> 00:11:07,000 Speaker 1: But I want to talk about David Khne. He was 228 00:11:07,480 --> 00:11:10,200 Speaker 1: after ninety five again, back to ninety five. He was 229 00:11:10,240 --> 00:11:15,440 Speaker 1: the hired gun at the trade deadline. He pitches really 230 00:11:15,440 --> 00:11:18,679 Speaker 1: really well, but gets beaten the postseason, becomes a free agent, 231 00:11:18,720 --> 00:11:22,920 Speaker 1: almost signs with Baltimore. It was a call from George 232 00:11:22,920 --> 00:11:26,040 Speaker 1: Steinbrenner himself that saved the day, much like hal Steinbrenner 233 00:11:26,080 --> 00:11:28,880 Speaker 1: bringing Aaron Judge back with a phone call from Japan 234 00:11:29,520 --> 00:11:33,959 Speaker 1: or wherever he was. And David Cohne ends up being 235 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:37,120 Speaker 1: a stud for the Yankees, starts off the season really sharp, 236 00:11:37,440 --> 00:11:39,800 Speaker 1: and then in May he goes down with an aneurysm. 237 00:11:39,800 --> 00:11:42,000 Speaker 1: And for those of you who don't know what that 238 00:11:42,040 --> 00:11:45,160 Speaker 1: word means, that is a serious, serious condition. That's a 239 00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:49,280 Speaker 1: life threatening condition. And he had the surgery. A lot 240 00:11:49,320 --> 00:11:50,640 Speaker 1: of people thought he was going to be out for 241 00:11:50,679 --> 00:11:52,880 Speaker 1: the year, and he had this press conference which I 242 00:11:52,880 --> 00:11:56,000 Speaker 1: think is in that documentary that you referenced, where he says, 243 00:11:56,040 --> 00:11:57,920 Speaker 1: my goal is to come back and pitch this year. 244 00:11:57,960 --> 00:11:59,319 Speaker 1: I want to pitch again this year. And then sure 245 00:11:59,400 --> 00:12:02,840 Speaker 1: enough comes back in September throws seven no hit innings 246 00:12:02,880 --> 00:12:06,480 Speaker 1: against the A's and then postseason, I mean, talk about 247 00:12:06,720 --> 00:12:09,920 Speaker 1: talk about that performance against the against the Brats. 248 00:12:11,440 --> 00:12:15,000 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, I mean, how you have like a 249 00:12:15,200 --> 00:12:20,520 Speaker 3: life saving surgery that season, right and come back to 250 00:12:20,600 --> 00:12:24,320 Speaker 3: do what he did. I don't know, he was such 251 00:12:24,360 --> 00:12:27,120 Speaker 3: a big piece of all of it, but yeah, like 252 00:12:27,679 --> 00:12:29,920 Speaker 3: everyone was scared right that he wasn't going to come 253 00:12:29,960 --> 00:12:32,679 Speaker 3: back to the Yankees, and he did. He said in 254 00:12:32,679 --> 00:12:36,200 Speaker 3: that documentary because they'd interviewed him that he decided he 255 00:12:36,200 --> 00:12:39,760 Speaker 3: wanted to be a Yankee for life, and so thought he. 256 00:12:39,880 --> 00:12:43,560 Speaker 1: Was, Yeah, that was well, he wasn't a Yankee for 257 00:12:43,640 --> 00:12:45,760 Speaker 1: life after that. He ended up going to uh what 258 00:12:46,040 --> 00:12:48,360 Speaker 1: he finished the season career with Boston and the Mets. 259 00:12:48,640 --> 00:12:50,319 Speaker 1: So like, what was it? 260 00:12:50,400 --> 00:12:53,640 Speaker 3: Like you're something and some change, but yeah, Game three, 261 00:12:53,880 --> 00:12:57,400 Speaker 3: Game three, like oh my god. So so much pressure, 262 00:12:57,720 --> 00:12:58,240 Speaker 3: so much time. 263 00:12:58,360 --> 00:13:00,720 Speaker 1: Do you remember when Tory came out, he said to him, like, 264 00:13:01,360 --> 00:13:03,000 Speaker 1: what do you have left? And he looked him right 265 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:05,280 Speaker 1: in the face. He got right in his face. That 266 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:07,560 Speaker 1: was the Joe Tory moment that made me love him. 267 00:13:08,520 --> 00:13:11,400 Speaker 3: Yeah, And I think too, like all of that kind 268 00:13:11,440 --> 00:13:14,240 Speaker 3: of made it that that was kind of a like, Okay, 269 00:13:14,320 --> 00:13:17,560 Speaker 3: Joe Girardi belongs here too, Like this is where it 270 00:13:17,640 --> 00:13:20,040 Speaker 3: was kind of like that that battery made between the 271 00:13:20,080 --> 00:13:23,040 Speaker 3: two of them. I think that's where everyone realized, like, Okay, 272 00:13:23,120 --> 00:13:24,280 Speaker 3: Joe Girardi, is it too? 273 00:13:24,880 --> 00:13:27,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, And that triple by Girardi, I swear to god, 274 00:13:27,360 --> 00:13:29,000 Speaker 1: that was one of the best moments of my life 275 00:13:29,240 --> 00:13:32,440 Speaker 1: because you're facing Maddox who just shut you down in 276 00:13:32,520 --> 00:13:35,520 Speaker 1: Game two in Yankee Stadium, and you don't want to 277 00:13:35,559 --> 00:13:37,760 Speaker 1: have to play Game seven, and you definitely don't want to, 278 00:13:37,960 --> 00:13:40,600 Speaker 1: like face the possibility of losing Game seven at home. 279 00:13:41,760 --> 00:13:46,040 Speaker 1: Sorry Blue Jays, Sorry, but I thought i'd throw a 280 00:13:46,040 --> 00:13:50,560 Speaker 1: little little jab there. But you know, when when Girardi 281 00:13:50,640 --> 00:13:54,679 Speaker 1: got that triple over the center fielder's head, the stadium, 282 00:13:54,920 --> 00:13:58,120 Speaker 1: like the the cameras were like shaking because the whole 283 00:13:58,400 --> 00:14:01,280 Speaker 1: structure was shaking like it was a real chance that, 284 00:14:01,400 --> 00:14:04,640 Speaker 1: like the structural integrity of the stadium was gonna come 285 00:14:04,679 --> 00:14:08,280 Speaker 1: down at that point. But the loudest I've ever heard 286 00:14:08,320 --> 00:14:11,440 Speaker 1: the game on TV at the old Yankee Stadium. That 287 00:14:11,480 --> 00:14:13,400 Speaker 1: was amazing. I think about that all the time. I 288 00:14:13,400 --> 00:14:16,520 Speaker 1: got a picture of it on my wall. The other 289 00:14:16,559 --> 00:14:18,360 Speaker 1: thing I want to talk about was in that World Series. 290 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:23,720 Speaker 1: So the Yankees big offseason acquisition was Tino Martinez. Right first, 291 00:14:23,800 --> 00:14:26,280 Speaker 1: Bay has been replacing Don Mattingley, who at that point 292 00:14:26,320 --> 00:14:28,520 Speaker 1: was just taking a year off. He hadn't officially retired. 293 00:14:28,520 --> 00:14:31,520 Speaker 1: That was later in ninety seven during the winter. But 294 00:14:32,800 --> 00:14:35,840 Speaker 1: he he had a great year, you know, twenty five 295 00:14:35,880 --> 00:14:37,880 Speaker 1: home runs. I think he drove in over one hundred 296 00:14:37,960 --> 00:14:40,200 Speaker 1: runs something like that. Hit about two ninety two. I 297 00:14:40,200 --> 00:14:42,520 Speaker 1: don't know, I should have it open in front of me, 298 00:14:42,680 --> 00:14:44,360 Speaker 1: but he had a good year. Yeah, Tino hit two 299 00:14:44,440 --> 00:14:46,080 Speaker 1: ninety two to twenty five home runs, one hundred and 300 00:14:46,120 --> 00:14:49,720 Speaker 1: seventeen RBIs that year. But at the trade deadline, they 301 00:14:49,760 --> 00:14:51,360 Speaker 1: need a right hand to bat. They go out in 302 00:14:51,400 --> 00:14:53,400 Speaker 1: to get cecil fielder. Now, for those of you who 303 00:14:53,440 --> 00:14:55,600 Speaker 1: were new to baseball, you didn't have to or you 304 00:14:55,640 --> 00:14:57,520 Speaker 1: didn't used to have a DH in the National League. 305 00:14:57,520 --> 00:14:59,920 Speaker 1: So when you're playing the World Series games, the critic 306 00:15:00,320 --> 00:15:04,480 Speaker 1: games in the World Series down to nothing, you've got 307 00:15:04,520 --> 00:15:07,040 Speaker 1: cecil Fielder in their first base and Tino Martinez, who 308 00:15:07,080 --> 00:15:09,560 Speaker 1: was your big off season acquisition, sitting on the bench. 309 00:15:09,760 --> 00:15:12,280 Speaker 1: He didn't have a good postseason, and that was one 310 00:15:12,280 --> 00:15:14,160 Speaker 1: of those decisions that Joe Torrey made. He went with 311 00:15:14,160 --> 00:15:16,400 Speaker 1: the hot hand. Cecil Fielder ended up playing well down 312 00:15:16,400 --> 00:15:20,640 Speaker 1: there in Atlanta. What are your thoughts on Big Daddy 313 00:15:20,960 --> 00:15:21,520 Speaker 1: and Tino? 314 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:25,480 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, you're right, Like, I actually kind of 315 00:15:25,520 --> 00:15:29,360 Speaker 3: forgot about all that. So that's kind of crazy that 316 00:15:29,400 --> 00:15:32,040 Speaker 3: we had Tino on the bench, especially when we brought 317 00:15:32,160 --> 00:15:35,920 Speaker 3: him here to like, he was not a baseball's replacement, 318 00:15:36,080 --> 00:15:38,640 Speaker 3: so much pressure on him. He had an amazing season, 319 00:15:39,840 --> 00:15:41,960 Speaker 3: so yeah, it couldn't have felt good for him to 320 00:15:42,040 --> 00:15:45,040 Speaker 3: be on the bench. But hey, cecil Fielder was what 321 00:15:45,080 --> 00:15:47,880 Speaker 3: he was up to that point. He was honestly the 322 00:15:47,880 --> 00:15:51,320 Speaker 3: best hitter of the nineties up to that point, right, yep. 323 00:15:52,360 --> 00:15:56,920 Speaker 1: So he was a monster. He was a monster. I mean, 324 00:15:57,120 --> 00:16:00,200 Speaker 1: he was just and I remember in Game one one 325 00:16:00,520 --> 00:16:03,760 Speaker 1: of the World Series, Smoltz got into trouble in the 326 00:16:03,760 --> 00:16:07,240 Speaker 1: first inning and Big Daddy hit one opposite field to 327 00:16:07,320 --> 00:16:09,520 Speaker 1: right field, and me and my dad were watching in 328 00:16:09,600 --> 00:16:11,840 Speaker 1: the U in the living room, and we both jumped 329 00:16:11,880 --> 00:16:14,360 Speaker 1: off the couch because we thought it was going opposite 330 00:16:14,400 --> 00:16:16,120 Speaker 1: field for a three run home run, and it died. 331 00:16:16,160 --> 00:16:18,040 Speaker 1: It was just too cold. It died on the warning track. 332 00:16:18,080 --> 00:16:19,760 Speaker 1: Maybe he got off the end of the bat. But 333 00:16:19,880 --> 00:16:22,040 Speaker 1: I loved a Big Daddy. He ended up hitting a 334 00:16:22,040 --> 00:16:25,040 Speaker 1: big home run in Baltimore during the ALCS back to back. 335 00:16:25,080 --> 00:16:27,280 Speaker 1: I think with Strawberry. Strawberry is another guy. 336 00:16:29,200 --> 00:16:32,680 Speaker 3: He had a phenomenal ALCS right for Strawberry three, did 337 00:16:32,680 --> 00:16:34,680 Speaker 3: you have three home runs in two games or something 338 00:16:34,720 --> 00:16:38,080 Speaker 3: like that? But yeah, Cucil fielder, he was responsible for 339 00:16:38,120 --> 00:16:39,880 Speaker 3: the only run that we had in Game four. 340 00:16:40,960 --> 00:16:43,200 Speaker 1: Yes, I mean yeah, didn't he hit We hit one 341 00:16:43,240 --> 00:16:45,600 Speaker 1: to right field and it like bounced off of the 342 00:16:45,680 --> 00:16:47,680 Speaker 1: right field or Jermaine die. It was like took a 343 00:16:47,680 --> 00:16:50,240 Speaker 1: weird hop and got by and the run came around 344 00:16:50,240 --> 00:16:52,120 Speaker 1: to score with it. Jeter was on base. Maybe I 345 00:16:52,160 --> 00:16:53,240 Speaker 1: can't relie. 346 00:16:53,400 --> 00:16:54,520 Speaker 3: I think it was Charlie Hayes. 347 00:16:54,600 --> 00:16:58,600 Speaker 1: Charlie Hayes, you're right, you're right. But still great memories, 348 00:16:58,640 --> 00:17:01,920 Speaker 1: great memories. The other guy I think doesn't get enough 349 00:17:01,960 --> 00:17:05,560 Speaker 1: Hall of Fame love is Bernie Williams. Twenty nine home 350 00:17:05,640 --> 00:17:07,679 Speaker 1: runs that year he really broke out. He had a 351 00:17:07,760 --> 00:17:11,000 Speaker 1: four war that season. Bernie was just a monster. That 352 00:17:11,040 --> 00:17:14,399 Speaker 1: was his age twenty seven year. He hit three h 353 00:17:14,520 --> 00:17:17,679 Speaker 1: five with a three to ninety one on base percentage 354 00:17:17,760 --> 00:17:20,560 Speaker 1: John I mean nine to twenty six ops as a 355 00:17:20,640 --> 00:17:23,280 Speaker 1: switch hitter. He had twenty nine home runs. He had 356 00:17:23,320 --> 00:17:26,159 Speaker 1: twenty six doubles, he had seven triples. He played a 357 00:17:26,200 --> 00:17:30,440 Speaker 1: flawless center field for the Division champs, the American League Champs, 358 00:17:30,440 --> 00:17:34,200 Speaker 1: and the World Champs. And he finished seventeenth in the 359 00:17:34,320 --> 00:17:41,359 Speaker 1: al MVP voting. Seventeenth insane. I think that with a nine, 360 00:17:41,760 --> 00:17:46,160 Speaker 1: I think that Bernie deserves consideration from that new era 361 00:17:46,240 --> 00:17:49,320 Speaker 1: committee of like Hall of Fame voters to get into 362 00:17:49,320 --> 00:17:53,119 Speaker 1: the Hall of Fame. He was a centerpiece of the dynasty. 363 00:17:53,480 --> 00:17:56,000 Speaker 1: I think he gets left out of the Core four. 364 00:17:56,200 --> 00:17:59,200 Speaker 1: I hate that. I hate Core four because it's Core five. 365 00:17:59,440 --> 00:18:01,199 Speaker 1: I'll take that to my grave. I will die on that. 366 00:18:01,240 --> 00:18:03,800 Speaker 3: Hill absolutely, and I think any of us who were 367 00:18:03,840 --> 00:18:07,840 Speaker 3: really there will say the same exact thing, right, But like, 368 00:18:07,960 --> 00:18:12,080 Speaker 3: he was an absolute monster, across the whole dynasty. There's 369 00:18:12,119 --> 00:18:15,640 Speaker 3: no dynasty without him. He's the ALCS MVP that year 370 00:18:15,680 --> 00:18:19,840 Speaker 3: with a four to seventy four batting average in the ALCS. 371 00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:22,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's insane. Yeah. And he was great in the 372 00:18:22,960 --> 00:18:26,119 Speaker 1: American League Division Series as well. Against Texas, he homered 373 00:18:26,119 --> 00:18:28,000 Speaker 1: from both sides of the plate, and I think Game 374 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:29,879 Speaker 1: three or Game four, I remember it was on ESPN 375 00:18:29,920 --> 00:18:32,920 Speaker 1: and Chris Berman was making the call back back, back, back, back, 376 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:36,000 Speaker 1: God greatest, he had the best home run calls. I 377 00:18:36,119 --> 00:18:41,119 Speaker 1: miss Chris Berman, but yeah, Bernie unbelievably clutch. And I 378 00:18:41,160 --> 00:18:43,880 Speaker 1: think he was the first person to homer from both 379 00:18:43,920 --> 00:18:45,439 Speaker 1: sides of the plate in a playoff game, and I 380 00:18:45,440 --> 00:18:47,240 Speaker 1: think he did it the first two times it was 381 00:18:47,280 --> 00:18:51,760 Speaker 1: ever done. So amazing, amazing year. 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But then I saw a 412 00:20:22,960 --> 00:20:26,600 Speaker 1: tweet I think it was from Hayman not too long ago, 413 00:20:27,920 --> 00:20:31,960 Speaker 1: where he said, basically, the two sides are still kind 414 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:33,720 Speaker 1: of going back and forth. What are your thoughts on 415 00:20:33,760 --> 00:20:34,560 Speaker 1: the belly situation? 416 00:20:35,600 --> 00:20:37,960 Speaker 3: Yeah, so I actually just read a little bit ago. 417 00:20:38,040 --> 00:20:41,760 Speaker 3: I think Ken Rosenalt Ken Rosenthal said that they talked 418 00:20:41,800 --> 00:20:45,040 Speaker 3: through the whole weekend, but you know, ultimately we're stuck 419 00:20:45,080 --> 00:20:49,200 Speaker 3: at five and they're stuck at seven. But like, eventually 420 00:20:49,280 --> 00:20:51,720 Speaker 3: Boris is going to have to come forward saying like, yeah, 421 00:20:51,760 --> 00:20:55,480 Speaker 3: this team is offering more. Like who's offering more at 422 00:20:55,480 --> 00:20:57,960 Speaker 3: this point? And who needs Balinger more than the Yankees do? 423 00:20:58,720 --> 00:20:59,000 Speaker 1: Yeah? 424 00:20:59,080 --> 00:21:03,320 Speaker 3: Right, so cough it up, like show some evidence who's 425 00:21:03,480 --> 00:21:06,600 Speaker 3: actually after him more than we are. I don't see it, 426 00:21:06,920 --> 00:21:09,600 Speaker 3: But I don't know who's in a budge first, Like 427 00:21:09,720 --> 00:21:11,840 Speaker 3: are the Yankees eventually just gonna get tired of the 428 00:21:11,880 --> 00:21:14,200 Speaker 3: fight and go lock somebody else down? 429 00:21:15,600 --> 00:21:17,640 Speaker 1: The same situation says, do we have to talk about 430 00:21:17,640 --> 00:21:19,720 Speaker 1: the twenty twenty six Yankees? Well, there are a few 431 00:21:19,720 --> 00:21:22,159 Speaker 1: things I forgot to mention. Layert's I mean, obviously the 432 00:21:22,200 --> 00:21:24,600 Speaker 1: biggest moment of the World Series in my opinion that 433 00:21:24,760 --> 00:21:26,320 Speaker 1: I remember me and my brother were watching in our 434 00:21:26,359 --> 00:21:28,160 Speaker 1: separate rooms and we met in the hallway in high 435 00:21:28,160 --> 00:21:29,800 Speaker 1: fight and just went back. We didn't say a word, 436 00:21:29,920 --> 00:21:33,800 Speaker 1: just like when that home run happened. But yeah, it'd 437 00:21:33,880 --> 00:21:36,000 Speaker 1: be interesting to see what happens with Bellinger. I don't 438 00:21:36,040 --> 00:21:38,160 Speaker 1: think anybody's gonna offer him more, but I mean, I mean, 439 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:41,159 Speaker 1: I could see the Mets being crazy right and just 440 00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:45,199 Speaker 1: trying to steal from Big Daddy again. I'm excited to 441 00:21:45,240 --> 00:21:47,480 Speaker 1: see Garrett Cole come back this year. You think we're 442 00:21:47,480 --> 00:21:50,719 Speaker 1: gonna see the cy young version of him, You think 443 00:21:50,720 --> 00:21:52,840 Speaker 1: we're gonna see close to one hundred percent? Or does 444 00:21:52,880 --> 00:21:55,680 Speaker 1: it worry you that he's both older and coming back 445 00:21:55,720 --> 00:21:57,600 Speaker 1: from an injury and it might be a little bit 446 00:21:57,600 --> 00:21:58,200 Speaker 1: more difficult. 447 00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:03,199 Speaker 3: I'm sure trying to table my expectations a little bit, like, 448 00:22:03,359 --> 00:22:05,200 Speaker 3: I don't think we're going to see cy on Cole, 449 00:22:05,560 --> 00:22:09,359 Speaker 3: But I think by September he's going to be looking 450 00:22:09,400 --> 00:22:11,320 Speaker 3: pretty good. I really do. And I think that's the 451 00:22:11,320 --> 00:22:13,679 Speaker 3: time when we're gonna want to see him looking good anyway, 452 00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:17,640 Speaker 3: right going into the postseason. So I don't know. I'm 453 00:22:17,640 --> 00:22:20,399 Speaker 3: here for a Cole revenge season. I think it is 454 00:22:20,440 --> 00:22:22,040 Speaker 3: going to take him a little while to heat up. 455 00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:27,480 Speaker 3: But if anyone has that like tiger mentality, it's Garrett Cole. 456 00:22:28,440 --> 00:22:33,280 Speaker 1: Hyah down. And I'm excited to see what happens with 457 00:22:34,640 --> 00:22:39,040 Speaker 1: Carlos Rodin. You know, the last time that he had 458 00:22:39,160 --> 00:22:43,000 Speaker 1: to miss basically a spring training, he had a really 459 00:22:43,080 --> 00:22:45,760 Speaker 1: rough year and it worries me that he's not going 460 00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:47,080 Speaker 1: to be able to get his work in because of 461 00:22:47,119 --> 00:22:48,920 Speaker 1: the surgery. But apparently he is going to be pitching 462 00:22:48,920 --> 00:22:55,160 Speaker 1: in spring training, so hopefully that ends up well for him. 463 00:22:55,400 --> 00:22:57,280 Speaker 1: How are you feeling about the rotation. I mean we're 464 00:22:57,280 --> 00:23:00,560 Speaker 1: a little bit hamstrung headed into the headed in the season. 465 00:23:01,840 --> 00:23:03,480 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean I would feel a hell of a 466 00:23:03,480 --> 00:23:06,879 Speaker 3: lot better if we could get somebody, because I feel like, 467 00:23:07,320 --> 00:23:09,959 Speaker 3: you know, even though those guys are coming back in 468 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:12,960 Speaker 3: May and June, like who knows what, when's Clarkschmidt coming 469 00:23:12,960 --> 00:23:13,400 Speaker 3: back July? 470 00:23:15,119 --> 00:23:17,359 Speaker 1: I would say probably closer to September because he had 471 00:23:17,400 --> 00:23:19,960 Speaker 1: the surgery in like July or August, and it's usually 472 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:23,120 Speaker 1: like twelve to fourteen months, so maybe September we might 473 00:23:23,119 --> 00:23:24,280 Speaker 1: not see him at all, honestly. 474 00:23:25,119 --> 00:23:27,080 Speaker 3: Yeah, And if we do like maybe it's just out 475 00:23:27,080 --> 00:23:31,840 Speaker 3: of the bullpen, right But I don't know. I don't know. 476 00:23:31,920 --> 00:23:33,800 Speaker 3: I don't feel very good about it right now. I 477 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:37,959 Speaker 3: on paper looks great, right, but we have a lot 478 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:39,879 Speaker 3: of kings to work out with these guys, and we 479 00:23:39,880 --> 00:23:43,080 Speaker 3: don't even know that they're gonna be back on their game. 480 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:45,320 Speaker 1: I'll tell you this guy on the screen right now, 481 00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:47,960 Speaker 1: Jake Bird. He was terrible, but I feel like he's 482 00:23:47,960 --> 00:23:49,680 Speaker 1: a He's a sleeper pick for me because he's got 483 00:23:49,680 --> 00:23:52,119 Speaker 1: crazy good stuff. I think Domingez could step up and 484 00:23:52,160 --> 00:23:55,120 Speaker 1: have a good year. He's apparently working on his right 485 00:23:55,119 --> 00:23:58,720 Speaker 1: handed stroke down there in winter ball. I think it's 486 00:23:58,720 --> 00:24:02,200 Speaker 1: gonna be a difficult year. I think it's gonna be 487 00:24:02,200 --> 00:24:04,760 Speaker 1: difficult to replicate the ninety four wins that they had 488 00:24:05,200 --> 00:24:07,800 Speaker 1: last year. But with a couple of moves, they can 489 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:11,120 Speaker 1: maybe get there. Who is on your wish list? 490 00:24:11,160 --> 00:24:11,200 Speaker 3: Like? 491 00:24:11,240 --> 00:24:12,840 Speaker 1: Who is the like if you if you had to, 492 00:24:13,200 --> 00:24:17,600 Speaker 1: you know, write out like a plan B for missing Bellinger? 493 00:24:18,280 --> 00:24:19,919 Speaker 1: Who is who is the guy you go out and 494 00:24:19,920 --> 00:24:21,680 Speaker 1: get or the guys that you go out and get. 495 00:24:22,800 --> 00:24:24,800 Speaker 3: I mean, honestly, I wish at this point if we're 496 00:24:24,800 --> 00:24:27,080 Speaker 3: gonna if they're gonna play games. Let's just go get 497 00:24:27,359 --> 00:24:31,440 Speaker 3: Kyle Tucker while he's still on the table. So that's 498 00:24:31,520 --> 00:24:34,080 Speaker 3: kind of been in the back of my mind. But 499 00:24:34,359 --> 00:24:36,760 Speaker 3: I mean there's a lot of names floating out there 500 00:24:36,840 --> 00:24:40,000 Speaker 3: right now, Like these guys aren't necessarily replacements for him, 501 00:24:40,119 --> 00:24:42,600 Speaker 3: but could be a good addition to the lineup that 502 00:24:42,880 --> 00:24:47,360 Speaker 3: could fill that that spot. So I'm thinking the sheet 503 00:24:47,480 --> 00:24:51,119 Speaker 3: or if Nico Horner really is a possibility, obviously he 504 00:24:51,160 --> 00:24:56,640 Speaker 3: would be he would be an incredible you know, addition. 505 00:24:56,359 --> 00:24:59,399 Speaker 1: To the But and Tucker got off to a great start. 506 00:24:59,440 --> 00:25:01,640 Speaker 1: I mean it was the second half that he struggled. 507 00:25:01,680 --> 00:25:05,320 Speaker 1: But he's pretty much equal lefty verse righty, like it 508 00:25:05,359 --> 00:25:08,680 Speaker 1: plays platoon spits are pretty much equal. Over eight hundred 509 00:25:08,720 --> 00:25:10,680 Speaker 1: ops against both. I think that's the move. If you 510 00:25:10,720 --> 00:25:12,960 Speaker 1: can't get Belly, just go get Tucker. He's a little 511 00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:15,560 Speaker 1: bit younger, he's not as good defensively, so you're losing 512 00:25:15,640 --> 00:25:17,960 Speaker 1: that and and that pretty much turns leftfield into a 513 00:25:17,960 --> 00:25:21,040 Speaker 1: black hole, right because Domingus can't can't fields. It's a 514 00:25:21,080 --> 00:25:23,159 Speaker 1: gravity on Earth. It's different. He's not used to it, 515 00:25:23,600 --> 00:25:27,199 Speaker 1: So we'll see how it shakes out. But John, I 516 00:25:27,240 --> 00:25:30,359 Speaker 1: want to thank you so much for joining us tonight, 517 00:25:30,720 --> 00:25:33,360 Speaker 1: taking time out of your schedule to reminisce and walk 518 00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:36,399 Speaker 1: down memory lane. Everybody around of applause for Johnny. You 519 00:25:36,440 --> 00:25:40,760 Speaker 1: can find her on x on Instagram, Babes, Bays Media, 520 00:25:41,160 --> 00:25:44,800 Speaker 1: and Jay is it JP? Yankees Kid nineties or nineties? 521 00:25:44,840 --> 00:25:46,359 Speaker 3: Yanks nineties? 522 00:25:46,440 --> 00:25:50,080 Speaker 1: Yes Kid nineties Yankees Kid? All right, john Well, thanks 523 00:25:50,080 --> 00:25:53,560 Speaker 1: so much. Everybody likes subscribe all that good stuff and 524 00:25:53,560 --> 00:25:59,639 Speaker 1: we'll see you next time. If you enjoyed this content, 525 00:25:59,720 --> 00:26:03,240 Speaker 1: please is hit that like button and subscribe. Check out 526 00:26:03,359 --> 00:26:08,200 Speaker 1: nyy Designs dot Shop for some great merch support our sponsors. 527 00:26:08,240 --> 00:26:10,520 Speaker 1: It helps keep the show going and you can find 528 00:26:10,560 --> 00:26:13,359 Speaker 1: us on all major audio platforms, so be sure to 529 00:26:13,400 --> 00:26:17,359 Speaker 1: subscribe there too, But most importantly, come back again soon. 530 00:26:17,840 --> 00:26:18,800 Speaker 1: We'll see you next time.