1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:02,080 Speaker 1: The Yankees are going to stay the course, and they 2 00:00:02,120 --> 00:00:04,800 Speaker 1: should stay the course. There is nothing to suggest that 3 00:00:04,840 --> 00:00:12,879 Speaker 1: Aaron Judge is suddenly finished as a hitter. Welcome everyone 4 00:00:12,920 --> 00:00:15,080 Speaker 1: to the Monday edition of Fair Territory. We are coming 5 00:00:15,160 --> 00:00:17,680 Speaker 1: to you from New York City, the site of Game 6 00:00:17,720 --> 00:00:22,000 Speaker 1: three of the World Series Tonight, Monday Night, Yankees versus 7 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:24,919 Speaker 1: the Dodgers. The series moves to Yankee Stadium. We all 8 00:00:24,960 --> 00:00:27,639 Speaker 1: know that the Dodgers lead the series two games to none, 9 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:31,480 Speaker 1: but I still have this sneaking suspicion that this thing 10 00:00:31,560 --> 00:00:33,760 Speaker 1: could still get close. And I'm not just saying that 11 00:00:33,800 --> 00:00:36,200 Speaker 1: because I want you to watch the game tonight on Fox. 12 00:00:36,560 --> 00:00:39,400 Speaker 1: You're gonna watch the game tonight anyway. I'm saying that 13 00:00:39,440 --> 00:00:43,040 Speaker 1: because really, all it takes here is one win to 14 00:00:43,120 --> 00:00:46,519 Speaker 1: shift the whole momentum of this series, and the Yankees, 15 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:49,960 Speaker 1: with Clark Schmidt facing Walker Bueller tonight, stand a reasonable 16 00:00:50,040 --> 00:00:52,440 Speaker 1: chance at home, where they've been good all year. They've 17 00:00:52,440 --> 00:00:56,080 Speaker 1: been good for many, many years. There's nothing in this 18 00:00:56,400 --> 00:00:59,560 Speaker 1: matchup that screams, oh my gosh, the Yankees can't win, 19 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:03,160 Speaker 1: and if they win, the Dodgers are going to use 20 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:05,000 Speaker 1: well regardless, the Dodgers are going to go with a 21 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:08,479 Speaker 1: bullpen game tomorrow. And in a bullpen game, as we've seen, 22 00:01:08,640 --> 00:01:11,640 Speaker 1: its hit or miss, and I would suggest, with Blake 23 00:01:11,680 --> 00:01:14,080 Speaker 1: trying and now showing some signs of wear and tear, 24 00:01:14,520 --> 00:01:18,440 Speaker 1: that a bullpen game would decidedly tilt in the Yankees' favor. Knowing, 25 00:01:18,480 --> 00:01:20,920 Speaker 1: of course, Louis Hill can be excitable, He's a kid, 26 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:24,760 Speaker 1: can be wild, that's his issue. But there are still 27 00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:27,120 Speaker 1: a lot of reasons to believe that the Yankees can 28 00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:30,000 Speaker 1: get back in this thing to nothing. That kind of 29 00:01:30,040 --> 00:01:33,320 Speaker 1: deficit is not insurmountable. The Yankees have faced it many 30 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:37,440 Speaker 1: times before in the World Series, most notably in recent times. 31 00:01:37,520 --> 00:01:40,120 Speaker 1: I guess it's not that recent. Nineteen ninety six they 32 00:01:40,160 --> 00:01:42,440 Speaker 1: went down two oh to the Braves won that series. 33 00:01:42,800 --> 00:01:46,480 Speaker 1: Happened in nineteen fifty six against the Dodgers. That was, 34 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:49,240 Speaker 1: of course, the series with Don Larson pitched the perfect game. 35 00:01:49,560 --> 00:01:52,640 Speaker 1: Yankees won that series, so there's plenty of historical precedent. 36 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:56,680 Speaker 1: There is also eleven straight years of not having a 37 00:01:56,720 --> 00:02:01,360 Speaker 1: sweep in the World Series. So again, is it likely 38 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:03,360 Speaker 1: that this thing is going to go back to la 39 00:02:03,480 --> 00:02:05,840 Speaker 1: I can't say that it's likely at this point. But 40 00:02:06,480 --> 00:02:09,720 Speaker 1: I can say that with some confidence this does stand 41 00:02:09,760 --> 00:02:12,120 Speaker 1: the decent chance of going back to LA because Game five, 42 00:02:12,200 --> 00:02:15,200 Speaker 1: remember is Garrett Cole back on the mound for the 43 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:19,720 Speaker 1: Yankees against Jack Flaherty in Yankee Stadium. Obviously a lot 44 00:02:19,760 --> 00:02:21,920 Speaker 1: has to change for the Yankees. We know that, and 45 00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:24,640 Speaker 1: the biggest thing that has to change is Aaron Judge. 46 00:02:24,960 --> 00:02:28,440 Speaker 1: Aaron Judge has struggled the whole postseason for the most part, 47 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:31,160 Speaker 1: a couple of big home runs in the Division Series 48 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:34,480 Speaker 1: against Cleveland, but other than that, it's been an absolute 49 00:02:34,639 --> 00:02:37,000 Speaker 1: mess for him. You can look at the numbers right here. 50 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:41,919 Speaker 1: He's six for forty, two home runs, six RBIs, nineteen strikeouts, 51 00:02:41,919 --> 00:02:45,639 Speaker 1: and fifty played appearances. His chase rate is way up. 52 00:02:45,960 --> 00:02:49,400 Speaker 1: He does not look like himself. He's in a situation now, 53 00:02:49,520 --> 00:02:52,520 Speaker 1: a classic situation of a hitter being caught in between 54 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:56,639 Speaker 1: what do I mean by that? Swinging it balls, taking strikes. 55 00:02:56,760 --> 00:02:59,560 Speaker 1: And there was a two zero pitch by Yamamoto the 56 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:02,280 Speaker 1: other night that Judge pointed to after the game when 57 00:03:02,320 --> 00:03:05,160 Speaker 1: speaking with reporters, A pitch he should have handled, a 58 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:07,800 Speaker 1: pitch that perhaps he should have hit out he didn't, 59 00:03:08,080 --> 00:03:10,959 Speaker 1: And of course he is getting pitched tough. That's part 60 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:13,720 Speaker 1: of the issue here. If you look at the at bats, 61 00:03:14,200 --> 00:03:16,000 Speaker 1: you go on MLB dot com and go to the 62 00:03:16,160 --> 00:03:18,440 Speaker 1: bat app and you look at each a bat where 63 00:03:18,440 --> 00:03:21,720 Speaker 1: the pitches are. They're on the edges and sometimes they're 64 00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:24,480 Speaker 1: outside the edges, and sometimes he's swinging at those. But 65 00:03:24,639 --> 00:03:26,959 Speaker 1: he isn't getting much to hit now. You can say 66 00:03:26,960 --> 00:03:28,720 Speaker 1: the same of Juan Soto. He can say the same 67 00:03:28,760 --> 00:03:31,200 Speaker 1: with a number of hitters who are faring well in 68 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:34,760 Speaker 1: the World Series. But Judge right now is carrying this burden. 69 00:03:35,320 --> 00:03:37,680 Speaker 1: I'm interested to see how the crowd reacts tonight. I 70 00:03:37,720 --> 00:03:40,080 Speaker 1: expect him to be cheered quite a bit early on. 71 00:03:40,600 --> 00:03:43,600 Speaker 1: But if things go poorly for him and for the Yankees, 72 00:03:43,600 --> 00:03:46,080 Speaker 1: who knows what might happen. He has been booed at 73 00:03:46,160 --> 00:03:50,960 Speaker 1: Yankee Stadium before in October. In my opinion, this cat 74 00:03:51,040 --> 00:03:54,240 Speaker 1: should not be booed. Ever, my dad actually raised me 75 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:56,760 Speaker 1: not to boo anyone at any time. I know that's unrealistic, 76 00:03:57,040 --> 00:04:00,480 Speaker 1: but Aaron Judge is given the Yankees an awful He's 77 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:02,920 Speaker 1: struggling right now. No one wants to do well more 78 00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:06,840 Speaker 1: than he does, and he understands better than anyone that 79 00:04:06,920 --> 00:04:09,760 Speaker 1: he's struggling, doesn't need to be reminded of it necessarily, 80 00:04:10,400 --> 00:04:13,160 Speaker 1: and I do expect Yankee fans to rally behind him tonight, 81 00:04:13,640 --> 00:04:16,279 Speaker 1: at least initially. Now, the other thing with the Yankees 82 00:04:16,360 --> 00:04:18,400 Speaker 1: is they've got to play clean. Didn't do that in 83 00:04:18,440 --> 00:04:20,880 Speaker 1: Game one. It costs them, and it's a problem that 84 00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:23,039 Speaker 1: they've had the whole year. This is a team that 85 00:04:23,160 --> 00:04:26,160 Speaker 1: essentially slugs and wins games that way. Now they've got 86 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:29,479 Speaker 1: strong pitching, of course, but at the same time, what 87 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:33,520 Speaker 1: they do is kind of bludgeon opponents. They don't necessarily 88 00:04:33,560 --> 00:04:35,719 Speaker 1: play a crisp brand of baseball. And that's been the 89 00:04:35,720 --> 00:04:39,000 Speaker 1: case for months now. We've talked about it before. Well, 90 00:04:39,080 --> 00:04:41,359 Speaker 1: you're in the World Series against a very good team. 91 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:43,480 Speaker 1: You've got to do better. You've got to clean it up. 92 00:04:43,720 --> 00:04:46,360 Speaker 1: So that's where the Yankees are as we enter Game three. 93 00:04:46,640 --> 00:04:50,359 Speaker 1: The Dodgers, of course, the big question entering tonight the 94 00:04:50,400 --> 00:04:53,240 Speaker 1: status of Shoheo Tani. And we all saw Game two 95 00:04:53,560 --> 00:04:55,880 Speaker 1: what happened when he slid into second base in the 96 00:04:55,920 --> 00:04:58,359 Speaker 1: seventh inning on an attempted steal. You see it right there, 97 00:04:58,839 --> 00:05:01,800 Speaker 1: landed awkwardly and was in clear pain. You can see 98 00:05:01,880 --> 00:05:04,719 Speaker 1: him rolling on the ground there. He at the time 99 00:05:05,160 --> 00:05:07,320 Speaker 1: looked like he might be seriously injured. And at the 100 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:09,640 Speaker 1: time we didn't know was it the wrist, was it 101 00:05:09,680 --> 00:05:11,960 Speaker 1: the shoulder was at the elbow. You can see him 102 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:14,839 Speaker 1: walking off the field with the athletic trainer right there, 103 00:05:14,920 --> 00:05:18,760 Speaker 1: and the trainer was kind of supporting Otani's arm. Turns 104 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:21,840 Speaker 1: out it was a subluxation of the shoulder, and this 105 00:05:21,880 --> 00:05:25,000 Speaker 1: is an injury that we have seen before in baseball, 106 00:05:25,040 --> 00:05:29,040 Speaker 1: and it's not necessarily a serious injury short term. It's 107 00:05:29,120 --> 00:05:33,719 Speaker 1: essentially a partial dislocation of the shoulder, and because it's 108 00:05:33,720 --> 00:05:36,479 Speaker 1: a subluxation, you can pop it back in and that 109 00:05:36,600 --> 00:05:39,720 Speaker 1: apparently is what has happened here. It's back in. He, 110 00:05:39,800 --> 00:05:42,800 Speaker 1: according to Dave Roberts yesterday, was in really good shape, 111 00:05:43,040 --> 00:05:45,720 Speaker 1: good range of motion, good strength. They were going to 112 00:05:45,960 --> 00:05:48,200 Speaker 1: obviously wait for the test results and he had to 113 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:50,279 Speaker 1: go through a workout last night, which he did. But 114 00:05:50,920 --> 00:05:53,120 Speaker 1: he is expected to be in the lineup. That is 115 00:05:53,160 --> 00:05:56,240 Speaker 1: what Dave Roberts has said consistently for Game three. And 116 00:05:56,880 --> 00:05:59,640 Speaker 1: on top of that, he shouldn't be compromised. And if 117 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:03,560 Speaker 1: you guys remember the subluxation issue came up most notably 118 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:07,120 Speaker 1: in recent years with Fernando Testseach junior twenty twenty one, 119 00:06:07,120 --> 00:06:09,760 Speaker 1: he did it four times, kept playing and at one 120 00:06:09,839 --> 00:06:12,560 Speaker 1: point said, I'm not even gonna get surgery because I 121 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:15,520 Speaker 1: don't have to. He eventually had surgery. He had it 122 00:06:15,600 --> 00:06:19,200 Speaker 1: during his suspension for PEDS and he has been back 123 00:06:19,279 --> 00:06:21,920 Speaker 1: ever since and just fine. I don't think it's ever 124 00:06:21,960 --> 00:06:23,760 Speaker 1: going to get to that point with Otani, and I'll 125 00:06:23,760 --> 00:06:26,679 Speaker 1: tell you why. Come next year when he's pitching again. 126 00:06:27,120 --> 00:06:29,359 Speaker 1: He is not going to be stealing fifty nine bases. 127 00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:31,720 Speaker 1: He probably is not going to be as aggressive on 128 00:06:31,760 --> 00:06:36,040 Speaker 1: the basis as nearly he was this season, so ultimately 129 00:06:36,520 --> 00:06:40,239 Speaker 1: this is perhaps a one time thing. The other question 130 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:43,920 Speaker 1: people have is, okay, is it going to affect his hitting? 131 00:06:44,360 --> 00:06:47,200 Speaker 1: According to Dave Roberts, because this is his left shoulder, 132 00:06:47,200 --> 00:06:50,400 Speaker 1: his back shoulder when hitting, it should not be a problem. 133 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:53,159 Speaker 1: The front shoulder is more important for a hitter, and 134 00:06:53,640 --> 00:06:57,839 Speaker 1: with that, Otani obviously is a left handed hitter, and 135 00:06:57,880 --> 00:07:00,839 Speaker 1: he should be again if everything checks out, if the 136 00:07:00,960 --> 00:07:05,200 Speaker 1: MRI comes back clean, he should be Okay, We'll see. 137 00:07:05,320 --> 00:07:07,080 Speaker 1: I want to see his name in the lineup before 138 00:07:07,120 --> 00:07:09,920 Speaker 1: I am confident indeed that he is going to play, 139 00:07:10,160 --> 00:07:14,400 Speaker 1: but again, all signs point to Otani playing tonight, and 140 00:07:14,440 --> 00:07:17,240 Speaker 1: that's great news for the Dodgers. They can win without him. 141 00:07:17,400 --> 00:07:20,520 Speaker 1: They've won without players all season long. Bets missed almost 142 00:07:20,520 --> 00:07:22,840 Speaker 1: two months, Freddie was in and out kind of in 143 00:07:22,880 --> 00:07:25,320 Speaker 1: the last two months for a variety of reasons, his 144 00:07:25,400 --> 00:07:28,440 Speaker 1: son's illness, of course, different injuries that he had. They 145 00:07:28,480 --> 00:07:31,680 Speaker 1: won even without him as well. They've had twelve starting 146 00:07:31,680 --> 00:07:33,760 Speaker 1: pitchers go on the injured list this year. They've had 147 00:07:33,800 --> 00:07:36,760 Speaker 1: all kinds of things happen, but they've trucked on and 148 00:07:36,800 --> 00:07:39,760 Speaker 1: they've done this time and time again. Munsi was another 149 00:07:39,840 --> 00:07:42,880 Speaker 1: one who was out for quite some time. That said, 150 00:07:43,200 --> 00:07:47,360 Speaker 1: Otani is the guy in that lineup batting first who 151 00:07:47,560 --> 00:07:49,880 Speaker 1: you have to deal with and you have to plan around, 152 00:07:49,960 --> 00:07:53,200 Speaker 1: and makes everything different for the Dodgers. So clearly they 153 00:07:53,200 --> 00:07:56,400 Speaker 1: are a better team with him. The question tonight Walker Buehler, 154 00:07:56,720 --> 00:07:59,560 Speaker 1: he has been, in my opinion, better and better as 155 00:07:59,560 --> 00:08:02,080 Speaker 1: he has gone on in this postseason. He's kind of 156 00:08:02,160 --> 00:08:04,120 Speaker 1: learning to deal with what he has coming off the 157 00:08:04,160 --> 00:08:06,680 Speaker 1: second Tommy John what I mean by that is he 158 00:08:06,800 --> 00:08:11,760 Speaker 1: has lesser stuff, but he is becoming more creative, more flexible, 159 00:08:11,800 --> 00:08:13,760 Speaker 1: in the mound, I guess you'd call it. He's doing 160 00:08:13,760 --> 00:08:15,880 Speaker 1: some different things and he is not going to be 161 00:08:15,920 --> 00:08:18,760 Speaker 1: afraid of the moment. He's a guy that will welcome 162 00:08:18,920 --> 00:08:22,520 Speaker 1: the atmosphere at Yankee Stadium. So Game three tonight, we 163 00:08:22,560 --> 00:08:25,080 Speaker 1: will see how this series is going to turn. Is 164 00:08:25,120 --> 00:08:27,120 Speaker 1: it going to be quick, is it going to finish 165 00:08:27,160 --> 00:08:29,960 Speaker 1: in four or five? Or are we going to have 166 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:32,719 Speaker 1: one of the more dramatic series in recent years. Are 167 00:08:32,760 --> 00:08:34,960 Speaker 1: we going to go back to LA for Game six 168 00:08:35,040 --> 00:08:37,920 Speaker 1: and potentially Game seven. It's all going to be determined 169 00:08:38,080 --> 00:08:40,880 Speaker 1: in the next few nights time. Now for the inside Dish, 170 00:08:40,920 --> 00:08:42,480 Speaker 1: the part of the show where I talk about a 171 00:08:42,480 --> 00:08:44,880 Speaker 1: story i've written, a trend in the game, something else 172 00:08:44,920 --> 00:08:48,000 Speaker 1: that might be on my mind. And today I want 173 00:08:48,040 --> 00:08:50,680 Speaker 1: to go back to the start of the postseason. You 174 00:08:50,760 --> 00:08:53,880 Speaker 1: might recall that I did my list of my top 175 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:56,960 Speaker 1: five postseason moments that I've covered, and I came up 176 00:08:57,000 --> 00:08:59,880 Speaker 1: with this list after researching and after going back all 177 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:02,960 Speaker 1: all through my career, which as a baseball writer started 178 00:09:02,960 --> 00:09:06,800 Speaker 1: in nineteen eighty seven, so I've seen a lot of stuff. 179 00:09:07,200 --> 00:09:10,120 Speaker 1: Now the reason I want to revisit this today is 180 00:09:10,200 --> 00:09:13,200 Speaker 1: because of the Freddie Freeman game, the Freddie Freeman moment 181 00:09:13,240 --> 00:09:15,840 Speaker 1: in Game one, the first walk off Grand Slam in 182 00:09:15,880 --> 00:09:19,959 Speaker 1: World Series history, the amazing call by Joe Davis, Freddie 183 00:09:19,960 --> 00:09:23,000 Speaker 1: mee Ghibbey, the whole moment. It was a great, great night. 184 00:09:23,320 --> 00:09:25,319 Speaker 1: It was one of the more electric things I have 185 00:09:25,520 --> 00:09:29,280 Speaker 1: ever seen, And yet I still don't know if it 186 00:09:29,320 --> 00:09:31,360 Speaker 1: makes my top five. And I'm gonna show you why. 187 00:09:31,640 --> 00:09:34,240 Speaker 1: Let's go back to the top five that I chose again. 188 00:09:34,280 --> 00:09:38,280 Speaker 1: This was prior to the postseason. Twenty fifteen Alds Jose 189 00:09:38,400 --> 00:09:42,480 Speaker 1: Bautista's batflip that was an unbelievably emotional, dramatic game in 190 00:09:42,520 --> 00:09:45,160 Speaker 1: the Division Series against the Rangers. Two thousand and three 191 00:09:45,240 --> 00:09:48,319 Speaker 1: ALCS Aaron Bruins walk off home run. Who could forget that? 192 00:09:48,760 --> 00:09:51,480 Speaker 1: Twenty eleven World Series the David Freeze game that was 193 00:09:51,520 --> 00:09:54,440 Speaker 1: one of the all time classic World Series games. Twenty 194 00:09:54,600 --> 00:09:58,240 Speaker 1: sixteen World Series Game seven, the Cubs win, the rain delay, 195 00:09:58,280 --> 00:10:01,160 Speaker 1: the whole thing. And my number one was the nineteen 196 00:10:01,240 --> 00:10:05,160 Speaker 1: ninety one World Series Game seven, Jack Morris's tenanting shutout 197 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:08,360 Speaker 1: against my colleague at Fox, John Smoltz. If you look 198 00:10:08,400 --> 00:10:11,120 Speaker 1: at it, those games were all clinchers or games that 199 00:10:11,160 --> 00:10:14,280 Speaker 1: took place late in series that had an incredible impact 200 00:10:14,360 --> 00:10:17,679 Speaker 1: on the outcome of the series. One game that is 201 00:10:17,800 --> 00:10:20,840 Speaker 1: not on there is Game one of the nineteen eighty 202 00:10:20,840 --> 00:10:23,600 Speaker 1: eight World Series at Dodger Stadium. I was at that 203 00:10:23,720 --> 00:10:27,040 Speaker 1: game covering for the Baltimore Evening Sun. That was the 204 00:10:27,160 --> 00:10:30,000 Speaker 1: night Kirk Gibson hit the home run, the very very 205 00:10:30,040 --> 00:10:34,040 Speaker 1: memorable home run off Dennis Eckersley. So that didn't make 206 00:10:34,080 --> 00:10:36,000 Speaker 1: my list, and the reason at the time I did 207 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:40,319 Speaker 1: not include it was because it was Game one. Well, 208 00:10:40,559 --> 00:10:43,720 Speaker 1: Freddie Freemanholmer was also Game one. Now I want to 209 00:10:43,720 --> 00:10:45,400 Speaker 1: go back to the Gibson homer because it's a very 210 00:10:45,400 --> 00:10:48,839 Speaker 1: funny story. That night, I'm in the Dodger Stadium press 211 00:10:48,840 --> 00:10:51,640 Speaker 1: box right behind the plate. It's a crowded press box. 212 00:10:51,720 --> 00:10:54,360 Speaker 1: There were a lot more media covering World Series at 213 00:10:54,360 --> 00:10:57,040 Speaker 1: that time than there probably are today, though this World 214 00:10:57,120 --> 00:10:59,199 Speaker 1: Series is a bit of an exception, and there was 215 00:10:59,240 --> 00:11:01,439 Speaker 1: a person who works for a radio station in Los 216 00:11:01,480 --> 00:11:04,040 Speaker 1: Angeles right next to me. I don't know his name, 217 00:11:04,200 --> 00:11:06,199 Speaker 1: he's still around. We talk about this all the time, 218 00:11:06,640 --> 00:11:11,280 Speaker 1: and he said to me, as Gibson walked to the plate, man, 219 00:11:11,920 --> 00:11:14,560 Speaker 1: wouldn't it be great if Gibbey hit a home run here, 220 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:16,720 Speaker 1: and I looked at him and I said, dude, there 221 00:11:16,760 --> 00:11:19,160 Speaker 1: is no way he's hitting a home run here. And 222 00:11:19,240 --> 00:11:21,640 Speaker 1: of course, Kirk Gibson did hit a home run there. 223 00:11:21,960 --> 00:11:24,360 Speaker 1: That was one of the coolest things I've ever seen. 224 00:11:24,480 --> 00:11:27,680 Speaker 1: And yet again it's game one. Yet that was a 225 00:11:27,679 --> 00:11:30,040 Speaker 1: pivotal moment. It stunned the A's. It was like an 226 00:11:30,160 --> 00:11:33,520 Speaker 1: underdog and a heavyweight championship fight, kind of staggering the 227 00:11:33,600 --> 00:11:36,760 Speaker 1: favorite early on, and the A's never recovered. The Dodgers 228 00:11:36,840 --> 00:11:41,000 Speaker 1: swept that series. Gibson never took another at bat, still 229 00:11:41,400 --> 00:11:44,760 Speaker 1: game one. Now, Freddy's home run amazing, and it kept 230 00:11:45,040 --> 00:11:47,480 Speaker 1: an amazing game. You see it there, you see the 231 00:11:47,520 --> 00:11:51,160 Speaker 1: mic drop coming. It was an amazing moment. It was electric. 232 00:11:51,480 --> 00:11:53,280 Speaker 1: It was a lot of fun in interviewing him after 233 00:11:53,320 --> 00:11:56,600 Speaker 1: that game. And yet it's still game one. And Dave 234 00:11:56,679 --> 00:12:00,520 Speaker 1: Roberts made a great point after it. He said, all right, 235 00:12:00,760 --> 00:12:03,960 Speaker 1: it's a great moment, no doubt, we all relish that moment, 236 00:12:04,320 --> 00:12:07,280 Speaker 1: but unless the Dodgers win the World Series, it won't 237 00:12:07,320 --> 00:12:10,120 Speaker 1: be remembered the same way. And the same was true 238 00:12:10,160 --> 00:12:12,240 Speaker 1: of Gibson's home run. If the Dodgers had not won 239 00:12:12,280 --> 00:12:15,080 Speaker 1: that World Series in nineteen eighty eight against the powerful 240 00:12:15,120 --> 00:12:18,559 Speaker 1: A's that was a great great team was Consego Maguire, Eckersley, 241 00:12:18,920 --> 00:12:22,040 Speaker 1: Stewart LaRusso was the manager. They were heavy favorites in 242 00:12:22,080 --> 00:12:25,600 Speaker 1: that series, but if they had lost, Gibson's home run 243 00:12:25,640 --> 00:12:28,760 Speaker 1: would not be remembered the same way. Same holds for 244 00:12:28,840 --> 00:12:31,960 Speaker 1: this group of Dodgers. Now they lead to games to none. 245 00:12:32,080 --> 00:12:33,920 Speaker 1: They are the favorites at this point to win the 246 00:12:33,920 --> 00:12:36,520 Speaker 1: World Series. To not win the World Series, they will 247 00:12:36,520 --> 00:12:38,400 Speaker 1: have to lose four of the next five games. I 248 00:12:38,480 --> 00:12:42,760 Speaker 1: get it, but the moment is different if the Dodgers 249 00:12:42,800 --> 00:12:46,319 Speaker 1: do not hold on in this World Series. So ultimately, 250 00:12:46,400 --> 00:12:48,560 Speaker 1: I'm not putting the Freddie homer on my top five, 251 00:12:48,760 --> 00:12:50,720 Speaker 1: just as I did not put the Gibson homer on 252 00:12:50,800 --> 00:12:54,319 Speaker 1: my top five. Do that in game seven. We've got 253 00:12:54,320 --> 00:12:56,600 Speaker 1: a different story. And do something like that in the 254 00:12:56,640 --> 00:12:59,719 Speaker 1: deciding game of a world series, then it enters the 255 00:13:00,600 --> 00:13:05,520 Speaker 1: Now you could say whoa Ken Freeman's home run was 256 00:13:05,559 --> 00:13:09,440 Speaker 1: in the World Series. Bautista's was in the Division Series. 257 00:13:09,720 --> 00:13:12,240 Speaker 1: Fair point. I will not argue that point. Same with 258 00:13:12,280 --> 00:13:15,400 Speaker 1: Aaron Boone. Aaron Boone was in the alcs. But those 259 00:13:15,440 --> 00:13:20,640 Speaker 1: were incredibly dramatic moments, and they were incredibly pivotal moments 260 00:13:20,679 --> 00:13:23,760 Speaker 1: in those series. They were essentially deciding moments. The boom 261 00:13:23,800 --> 00:13:26,600 Speaker 1: one certainly was Bautista was not a walk off, but 262 00:13:27,040 --> 00:13:31,240 Speaker 1: it was unbelievably dramatic. So I am not going to 263 00:13:31,280 --> 00:13:34,280 Speaker 1: fall victim to recency bias here. I'm not going to 264 00:13:34,320 --> 00:13:36,679 Speaker 1: say just because the Freddie Freeman home run happened a 265 00:13:36,720 --> 00:13:39,600 Speaker 1: couple of days ago and it was really cool, I'm 266 00:13:39,640 --> 00:13:41,760 Speaker 1: not gonna put it on my top five just yet. 267 00:13:42,240 --> 00:13:44,480 Speaker 1: Let's see what happens the rest of the series. Let's 268 00:13:44,480 --> 00:13:47,760 Speaker 1: see if Freeman or Judge or Tani or Soto or 269 00:13:47,800 --> 00:13:51,280 Speaker 1: someone else hits a monster home run to decide this 270 00:13:51,400 --> 00:13:55,439 Speaker 1: series in game seven, then we'll be looking at revising 271 00:13:55,480 --> 00:13:58,360 Speaker 1: my list, But for now, I'm keeping it just the 272 00:13:58,400 --> 00:14:01,720 Speaker 1: way it is out for grilling Ken. Let's get to 273 00:14:01,760 --> 00:14:05,079 Speaker 1: your questions. First question comes from Thomas Garvain, who asks 274 00:14:05,480 --> 00:14:07,840 Speaker 1: how many players in this world series become Hall of 275 00:14:07,880 --> 00:14:11,199 Speaker 1: Famers down the road. Seven feels like the sure bet, 276 00:14:11,320 --> 00:14:14,160 Speaker 1: but Stanton could make it eight. Now, if you're going 277 00:14:14,200 --> 00:14:17,200 Speaker 1: with seven, Thomas, I assume you're including Kershaw, who is 278 00:14:17,240 --> 00:14:20,360 Speaker 1: not on the Dodgers roster for this World Series, but 279 00:14:20,480 --> 00:14:23,920 Speaker 1: he certainly is a Dodger. The seven who would be 280 00:14:24,040 --> 00:14:29,280 Speaker 1: in would be Aaron Judge, Juan Soto, Garrett Cole, Freddie Freeman, 281 00:14:29,520 --> 00:14:33,280 Speaker 1: Mookie Betts, Shoheo, Tani and Kershaw. That's the seven. The 282 00:14:33,400 --> 00:14:36,240 Speaker 1: question is Stanton will he make eight. I've said this, 283 00:14:36,320 --> 00:14:38,920 Speaker 1: and we've talked about this quite a bit. If Stanton 284 00:14:38,960 --> 00:14:43,040 Speaker 1: gets to five hundred home runs, it's awfully difficult to say, Mmm, no, 285 00:14:43,240 --> 00:14:45,680 Speaker 1: not a Hall of Famer. He's won an MVP, he 286 00:14:45,720 --> 00:14:48,720 Speaker 1: has amazing postseason numbers which count in the minds of 287 00:14:48,720 --> 00:14:51,840 Speaker 1: Hall of Fame voters, and he's a guy that really 288 00:14:52,360 --> 00:14:54,880 Speaker 1: is a little bit of an unusual candidate. Obviously he's 289 00:14:54,880 --> 00:14:57,560 Speaker 1: been more of a DH in recent years, but we 290 00:14:57,640 --> 00:14:59,480 Speaker 1: are seeing DH just get into the Hall of Fame 291 00:14:59,600 --> 00:15:01,960 Speaker 1: all the time time now. So I know some of 292 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:04,440 Speaker 1: his numbers do not add up to a Hall of Famer. 293 00:15:04,680 --> 00:15:06,880 Speaker 1: I know at times in his career he certainly has 294 00:15:06,920 --> 00:15:09,520 Speaker 1: not a look like a Hall of Famer. But when 295 00:15:09,520 --> 00:15:11,720 Speaker 1: you're talking about the Hall of Fame, you're talking about 296 00:15:11,760 --> 00:15:15,440 Speaker 1: the entirety of a player's career. So I expect that 297 00:15:15,520 --> 00:15:18,200 Speaker 1: John Carlos Stanton will get to five hundred homers, and 298 00:15:18,280 --> 00:15:22,320 Speaker 1: with his postseason record, which is pretty exemplary right now, 299 00:15:22,680 --> 00:15:25,080 Speaker 1: I expect that he is going to be a strong candidate, 300 00:15:25,160 --> 00:15:27,560 Speaker 1: maybe not a lock, but a strong candidate for the 301 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:29,400 Speaker 1: Hall of Fame. That would make eight Hall of Famers 302 00:15:29,400 --> 00:15:31,280 Speaker 1: in this series. That there have been series that have 303 00:15:31,360 --> 00:15:33,320 Speaker 1: had a greater number of Hall of Famers, but this 304 00:15:33,360 --> 00:15:36,640 Speaker 1: would be right up there, all right. Next question, This 305 00:15:36,680 --> 00:15:39,640 Speaker 1: one comes from rich Pierce, who asked should the Yankees 306 00:15:39,720 --> 00:15:42,280 Speaker 1: bump Judge down in the order and also let him 307 00:15:42,360 --> 00:15:45,640 Speaker 1: DH in Game three? Okay, I understand where this question 308 00:15:45,720 --> 00:15:48,120 Speaker 1: is coming from. It is certainly fair. When you see 309 00:15:48,120 --> 00:15:50,760 Speaker 1: a player slumping like this, you might ask, well, why 310 00:15:50,800 --> 00:15:53,240 Speaker 1: not just change the lineup? Why not put Soto behind 311 00:15:53,320 --> 00:15:56,760 Speaker 1: Judge and have that kind of protection and go about 312 00:15:56,800 --> 00:16:02,040 Speaker 1: it that way. The reason is that it would kind 313 00:16:02,040 --> 00:16:05,160 Speaker 1: of give off signs of panic, and that's the last 314 00:16:05,200 --> 00:16:07,000 Speaker 1: thing teams want to do at this time of year. 315 00:16:07,040 --> 00:16:09,040 Speaker 1: They don't want to show panic. They don't want to 316 00:16:09,040 --> 00:16:11,360 Speaker 1: do something that's going to be disruptive to the other 317 00:16:11,400 --> 00:16:13,480 Speaker 1: players in the lineup that would be affected as well. 318 00:16:13,920 --> 00:16:15,880 Speaker 1: They want to keep going the way they've gone the 319 00:16:15,920 --> 00:16:19,320 Speaker 1: whole season. Now, you might say that's stupid, that's too rigid. 320 00:16:19,480 --> 00:16:21,800 Speaker 1: You've got to adjust on the fly. But at the 321 00:16:21,840 --> 00:16:26,160 Speaker 1: same time, let's not forget Aaron Judge in April was 322 00:16:26,200 --> 00:16:29,480 Speaker 1: brutal right, terrible April, and yet he snapped out of 323 00:16:29,520 --> 00:16:32,120 Speaker 1: it almost just like that. And once he snapped out 324 00:16:32,160 --> 00:16:35,800 Speaker 1: of it fifty eight home run season, the Yankees are confident, 325 00:16:36,440 --> 00:16:40,400 Speaker 1: maybe misplaced confidence, but they're confident that he can do 326 00:16:40,480 --> 00:16:42,760 Speaker 1: that again, and they expect he's going to do that again. 327 00:16:43,120 --> 00:16:46,000 Speaker 1: And by dropping him in the lineup or changing the lineup, 328 00:16:46,040 --> 00:16:48,800 Speaker 1: I should say, that would send a message that we're 329 00:16:48,800 --> 00:16:51,120 Speaker 1: losing a little bit of faith here. They don't want 330 00:16:51,160 --> 00:16:53,560 Speaker 1: to do that. So Aaron Judge comes back to the 331 00:16:53,600 --> 00:16:56,600 Speaker 1: Yankee Stadium tonight. He's still going to be facing tough pitching. 332 00:16:56,640 --> 00:16:59,720 Speaker 1: We know that. But at the same time, their Yankees 333 00:16:59,720 --> 00:17:01,560 Speaker 1: are going to stay the course, and they should stay 334 00:17:01,600 --> 00:17:04,560 Speaker 1: the course. There is nothing to suggest that Aaron Judge 335 00:17:04,720 --> 00:17:07,480 Speaker 1: is suddenly finished as a hitter. He's having a rough time. 336 00:17:07,600 --> 00:17:11,320 Speaker 1: It's baseball. It happens. It's happening for him again at 337 00:17:11,320 --> 00:17:15,520 Speaker 1: the wrong time. All right, final question, This one comes 338 00:17:15,560 --> 00:17:17,880 Speaker 1: from Trey Williams, who asked, what have you heard about 339 00:17:17,920 --> 00:17:20,280 Speaker 1: the White Sox manager opening tray, I'm going to refer 340 00:17:20,359 --> 00:17:23,560 Speaker 1: to a report from John Hayman yesterday on X and 341 00:17:23,680 --> 00:17:26,919 Speaker 1: John listed three of the finalists as Phil Nevin, the 342 00:17:26,960 --> 00:17:30,960 Speaker 1: former Angels manager, Will Vennable, who is the Rangers associate 343 00:17:31,320 --> 00:17:34,240 Speaker 1: manager it's really bench coach, kind of a glorified title. 344 00:17:34,640 --> 00:17:37,520 Speaker 1: And Grady Sizemore, who, of course was the interim manager 345 00:17:37,760 --> 00:17:41,080 Speaker 1: for the White Sox last season once they moved on 346 00:17:41,240 --> 00:17:43,840 Speaker 1: from Pedro Graffall. John did not say those were the 347 00:17:43,880 --> 00:17:46,399 Speaker 1: only candidates remaining, but he did say that those are 348 00:17:46,440 --> 00:17:49,640 Speaker 1: three who are still under consideration. We don't know if 349 00:17:49,840 --> 00:17:53,520 Speaker 1: perhaps they are looking at other guys. The White Sox 350 00:17:53,600 --> 00:17:56,600 Speaker 1: early on after they fired Griffall, their general manager Chris 351 00:17:56,600 --> 00:17:59,280 Speaker 1: Gets said, we're gonna do something from the outside. We're 352 00:17:59,280 --> 00:18:02,200 Speaker 1: going to bring in an out side voice. Nevin would qualify, 353 00:18:02,520 --> 00:18:06,120 Speaker 1: Venable would qualify now. Gets later amended that comment to say, 354 00:18:06,160 --> 00:18:08,320 Speaker 1: you know what, We're gonna consider Grady size More too. 355 00:18:08,880 --> 00:18:11,280 Speaker 1: That's fine. Grady size More might very well have a 356 00:18:11,320 --> 00:18:14,280 Speaker 1: future as a major league manager, but in my opinion, 357 00:18:14,480 --> 00:18:16,640 Speaker 1: they need to hire one of the outside guys. Whether 358 00:18:16,720 --> 00:18:20,760 Speaker 1: it's Nevin Venable or someone else. Nevin actually, in my view, 359 00:18:20,800 --> 00:18:23,200 Speaker 1: would be a good choice. One he's done the job. 360 00:18:23,520 --> 00:18:26,000 Speaker 1: Two he is a guy that relates well to players 361 00:18:26,040 --> 00:18:28,439 Speaker 1: and seems to get the most out of players. I know, 362 00:18:28,880 --> 00:18:31,159 Speaker 1: of course the Angel struggled when he was there. That 363 00:18:31,320 --> 00:18:33,800 Speaker 1: was less his fault than the players that they had 364 00:18:33,880 --> 00:18:36,960 Speaker 1: on the field. So I don't know where they're going 365 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:39,359 Speaker 1: exactly with this, but it seems like this is heading 366 00:18:39,400 --> 00:18:41,880 Speaker 1: into the final stages and we'll see who they hire 367 00:18:41,920 --> 00:18:44,840 Speaker 1: and then we will assess exactly what the White Sox 368 00:18:44,880 --> 00:18:47,200 Speaker 1: have done. I want to thank everyone for their questions. 369 00:18:47,200 --> 00:18:49,159 Speaker 1: Thank you for watching, for listening. You know where to 370 00:18:49,160 --> 00:18:53,760 Speaker 1: find us, YouTube, Apple, Spotify, like us, subscribed us enjoy 371 00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:55,920 Speaker 1: the next few days with the World series. We will 372 00:18:55,920 --> 00:18:57,120 Speaker 1: talk to you real soon. 373 00:18:57,640 --> 00:19:00,399 Speaker 2: Bet MGM first bet fifteen hundred dollars off when you 374 00:19:00,480 --> 00:19:02,760 Speaker 2: use the bonus code foul. 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