1 00:00:01,360 --> 00:00:06,960 Speaker 1: I wanted to pull It's all, how's it going, everybody? 2 00:00:07,520 --> 00:00:12,719 Speaker 1: Welcome back, Welcome back. I got multiple voice mails about 3 00:00:12,760 --> 00:00:16,079 Speaker 1: hal Steinbrenner that I've wanted to play for the last 4 00:00:16,120 --> 00:00:17,919 Speaker 1: couple of days, and I've wanted to comment on for 5 00:00:17,960 --> 00:00:20,599 Speaker 1: the last couple of days. But I've been redoing my 6 00:00:20,680 --> 00:00:24,800 Speaker 1: desk setup, so everything was disassembled. But it seems like 7 00:00:24,840 --> 00:00:26,920 Speaker 1: we're up and running. Looks like sound levels are good, 8 00:00:26,960 --> 00:00:31,480 Speaker 1: so hopefully everybody can hear me. Happy Thanksgiving. I want 9 00:00:31,480 --> 00:00:34,920 Speaker 1: to play those voicemails, but first to borrow a Thanksgiving parlance. 10 00:00:35,400 --> 00:00:37,760 Speaker 1: I got to set the table a little bit. I 11 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:40,720 Speaker 1: know a lot of you have been paying attention to 12 00:00:40,880 --> 00:00:45,639 Speaker 1: the recent comments by hal Steinbrenner, and so I don't 13 00:00:45,640 --> 00:00:47,400 Speaker 1: want to waste any time tonight. I want to just 14 00:00:47,560 --> 00:00:50,559 Speaker 1: dive right into it, and I want to begin with 15 00:00:50,640 --> 00:00:55,120 Speaker 1: a story for a reference. Okay, I want to begin 16 00:00:55,800 --> 00:00:59,400 Speaker 1: with a story. A couple of years ago, I was 17 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:03,400 Speaker 1: at a Yankee game in September, late in the season 18 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:08,039 Speaker 1: against the Diamondbacks. Aaron Judge hit three home runs in 19 00:01:08,040 --> 00:01:13,360 Speaker 1: the game, and somehow equally is memorable of my trip 20 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:17,000 Speaker 1: to Yankee Stadium where I saw Judge hit three home 21 00:01:17,080 --> 00:01:25,200 Speaker 1: runs was the concession prices, just the overall expense of 22 00:01:25,360 --> 00:01:29,200 Speaker 1: the trip. By the way, breaking news, Dylan cease to 23 00:01:29,240 --> 00:01:34,399 Speaker 1: the Blue Jays. So Dylan Cees signs with a division rival, 24 00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:39,760 Speaker 1: and Lord C says, sell the team. We'll get to 25 00:01:39,800 --> 00:01:42,760 Speaker 1: there in a minute. Let's talk about how let's just 26 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:46,440 Speaker 1: get right anyway, my buddy paid for the cab ride, 27 00:01:47,800 --> 00:01:51,120 Speaker 1: and I paid for the tickets and for the concessions, 28 00:01:51,160 --> 00:01:52,760 Speaker 1: and I'm not complaining. I was happy to do it. 29 00:01:52,800 --> 00:01:55,440 Speaker 1: We had a good time, but I mean we didn't 30 00:01:55,480 --> 00:02:00,440 Speaker 1: need anything extravagant, right. We weren't getting lobster. We didn't 31 00:02:00,480 --> 00:02:03,000 Speaker 1: visit the sushi bar. We had a couple of hot dogs, 32 00:02:03,520 --> 00:02:07,840 Speaker 1: some chips, maybe a couple of sodas. I think at 33 00:02:07,880 --> 00:02:12,040 Speaker 1: one point we got a pretzel with some cheese, maybe 34 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:14,560 Speaker 1: some nachos. I mean, you know, typical ballpark food. You 35 00:02:14,600 --> 00:02:17,040 Speaker 1: pick out a little bit or whatever. I spent damn 36 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:22,320 Speaker 1: near one hundred dollars, if not more, on concessions. And 37 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:24,400 Speaker 1: sure you spend one hundred bucks. When you go to 38 00:02:24,440 --> 00:02:27,040 Speaker 1: the bar or whatever and you treat some people the 39 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:29,760 Speaker 1: drinks or whatever, you have a good time. It's not 40 00:02:29,840 --> 00:02:31,639 Speaker 1: about that. It's the over you know, a lot of 41 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:40,760 Speaker 1: this stuff is just overpriced, Okay, And basically how came 42 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:43,280 Speaker 1: out and said this week that the Yankees don't really 43 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:49,400 Speaker 1: make any money. He implied that the Yankees have low profits. 44 00:02:50,240 --> 00:02:53,600 Speaker 1: He didn't actually say that. He won't open his books 45 00:02:54,320 --> 00:02:57,480 Speaker 1: so we can all see, but he implied that the 46 00:02:57,560 --> 00:03:00,400 Speaker 1: Yankees don't make a lot of money, and they are 47 00:03:00,440 --> 00:03:03,880 Speaker 1: one of the biggest brands in the world. And the 48 00:03:03,919 --> 00:03:06,520 Speaker 1: other day I was listening to the Mike Francisa podcast, 49 00:03:06,639 --> 00:03:09,000 Speaker 1: which I love. He's still the best, still the ghost 50 00:03:09,160 --> 00:03:15,720 Speaker 1: to me, and Mike mentioned that if haw wanted to, 51 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:19,600 Speaker 1: he could sell that franchise and easily get ten billion dollars. 52 00:03:19,639 --> 00:03:24,399 Speaker 1: I agree with that assessment. He was right. He was right. 53 00:03:24,480 --> 00:03:26,520 Speaker 1: And he also mentioned something else he was right about. 54 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:30,680 Speaker 1: I used to travel a lot, and every airport, every city, 55 00:03:30,720 --> 00:03:33,359 Speaker 1: wherever you go in the world, you always see a 56 00:03:33,480 --> 00:03:37,560 Speaker 1: Yankees hat. You always see a Yankees jacket, a Yankee shirt, 57 00:03:38,200 --> 00:03:43,080 Speaker 1: you know, Yankees luggage. The Yankees make so much money, 58 00:03:43,560 --> 00:03:49,200 Speaker 1: their brand is so valuable that it's embarrassing that he 59 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:53,080 Speaker 1: would even hint at the possibility that the Yankees are 60 00:03:53,080 --> 00:03:56,880 Speaker 1: not making money. Let me start there, because I think 61 00:03:57,480 --> 00:03:59,680 Speaker 1: this is the most honest way to frame this whole thing. 62 00:04:00,880 --> 00:04:05,680 Speaker 1: The Yankees are not cheap. Okay, they spend real money. 63 00:04:06,360 --> 00:04:10,040 Speaker 1: They have a top payroll every year, they signed big names. 64 00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:15,440 Speaker 1: They're not running some Oakland A's operation where the GM 65 00:04:15,520 --> 00:04:21,039 Speaker 1: has to pawn his valuables to pick up a bullpen arm. 66 00:04:21,080 --> 00:04:24,920 Speaker 1: But here's the difference. They don't spend like the Yankees. 67 00:04:25,160 --> 00:04:29,000 Speaker 1: They don't spend like they did in like the I 68 00:04:29,040 --> 00:04:31,600 Speaker 1: know they spend more in actual dollars, but they don't 69 00:04:31,640 --> 00:04:34,960 Speaker 1: spend as much of a percentage of their revenue as 70 00:04:35,040 --> 00:04:38,240 Speaker 1: they did in like the nineties, early two thousands. They 71 00:04:38,240 --> 00:04:41,800 Speaker 1: spend like a team that wants to look like the Yankees. Oh, 72 00:04:41,920 --> 00:04:46,359 Speaker 1: Josh Donaldson, he's a big name. Let's go get him. 73 00:04:46,480 --> 00:04:48,719 Speaker 1: Fans will be happy we spent twenty million dollars on 74 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:55,200 Speaker 1: him fifty nobody's accusing them of being cheap. We're accusing 75 00:04:55,279 --> 00:04:59,560 Speaker 1: him of not spending to the level that the brand implies. 76 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:05,760 Speaker 1: And the brand is everything here. The Yankees fans don't 77 00:05:05,760 --> 00:05:08,560 Speaker 1: look at payroll the way that you know, raise fans 78 00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:16,320 Speaker 1: do right where it's like, you know, a major concern 79 00:05:16,760 --> 00:05:21,240 Speaker 1: we think about, all right, your payroll's high, But how 80 00:05:21,760 --> 00:05:24,440 Speaker 1: high could it be right if you really wanted to win, 81 00:05:24,839 --> 00:05:27,400 Speaker 1: if you stop being afraid of the luxury tax? How 82 00:05:27,480 --> 00:05:31,080 Speaker 1: high could it be if you weren't obsessed with balancing 83 00:05:31,120 --> 00:05:35,599 Speaker 1: the budget and acting like a mid market team. Hall 84 00:05:35,720 --> 00:05:38,239 Speaker 1: tries to hide behind the number. Oh, we're paying two eighty, 85 00:05:38,279 --> 00:05:40,600 Speaker 1: we're paying two ninety, we're at three hundred and nineteen. 86 00:05:41,440 --> 00:05:44,400 Speaker 1: He could spend five hundred million if he wanted to 87 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:48,159 Speaker 1: and still make plenty of money. He could be the 88 00:05:48,279 --> 00:05:51,960 Speaker 1: Dodgers if he wanted to. You could be the team 89 00:05:51,960 --> 00:05:55,320 Speaker 1: that sets the pace for the entire sport instead of 90 00:05:55,800 --> 00:06:01,120 Speaker 1: constantly reacting to what everybody else is doing. Role isn't 91 00:06:01,160 --> 00:06:04,960 Speaker 1: the issue? Ambition is. Fans don't want the Yankees to 92 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:09,080 Speaker 1: be competitive. We want them to act like the Yankees. 93 00:06:11,560 --> 00:06:14,320 Speaker 1: And what drives fans crazy is that we get close. 94 00:06:14,360 --> 00:06:17,960 Speaker 1: They spend just enough for us to wonder how much 95 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:20,400 Speaker 1: more they could spend. You know, they say, if you 96 00:06:20,440 --> 00:06:22,400 Speaker 1: want a horse to work, you should feed it just 97 00:06:22,560 --> 00:06:24,880 Speaker 1: enough so that it knows it's hungry. I feel like 98 00:06:24,920 --> 00:06:28,440 Speaker 1: that's what the Yankees do to their fans. They're the 99 00:06:28,520 --> 00:06:31,800 Speaker 1: billionaire who tips fifty or one hundred bucks on a 100 00:06:31,839 --> 00:06:36,080 Speaker 1: five hundred dollars meal. Right, nice gesture, but you could 101 00:06:36,120 --> 00:06:40,800 Speaker 1: have done better. And that's the gap. That's the little 102 00:06:41,920 --> 00:06:46,480 Speaker 1: sliver where the tension is between what the Yankees do 103 00:06:47,400 --> 00:06:55,640 Speaker 1: and what they could do right. That creates the tension 104 00:06:57,520 --> 00:07:03,440 Speaker 1: between the fans and the ownership. If the Yankees spent 105 00:07:03,600 --> 00:07:08,200 Speaker 1: like the Royals, we would know where they stand. They 106 00:07:08,200 --> 00:07:10,400 Speaker 1: don't have a lot of money. If they spent like 107 00:07:10,480 --> 00:07:18,760 Speaker 1: the Dodgers, we'd probably be celebrating a parade by now. Instead, 108 00:07:18,800 --> 00:07:22,000 Speaker 1: we're in this weird middle area where they spend enough 109 00:07:22,040 --> 00:07:25,920 Speaker 1: to silence about like eighty percent of the fan base, right, 110 00:07:27,480 --> 00:07:30,200 Speaker 1: the fan base who follows casually. But the twenty percent 111 00:07:30,240 --> 00:07:32,880 Speaker 1: that actually get it, the two hundred and twenty six 112 00:07:32,920 --> 00:07:37,760 Speaker 1: people that are watching live now on the day before Thanksgiving, 113 00:07:39,600 --> 00:07:42,120 Speaker 1: these are the people that get it. They're not impressed 114 00:07:42,160 --> 00:07:46,840 Speaker 1: with what or how you're spending. B X Kid says, 115 00:07:46,880 --> 00:07:52,400 Speaker 1: Hall never wanted this job, and it shows. And you 116 00:07:52,400 --> 00:07:55,400 Speaker 1: know that's why his comments landed with a thud. They 117 00:07:55,400 --> 00:08:00,560 Speaker 1: weren't cheap, they were tone deaf. And then we get 118 00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:03,960 Speaker 1: to the part that really rubbed me the wrong way. 119 00:08:05,040 --> 00:08:07,800 Speaker 1: He complained about the Yankees hundred million dollars that they 120 00:08:07,840 --> 00:08:12,080 Speaker 1: have to pay to the city one hundred million. Let 121 00:08:12,080 --> 00:08:14,520 Speaker 1: me say something that should not be controversial at all 122 00:08:15,840 --> 00:08:19,080 Speaker 1: at all. That is not a burden, that is not 123 00:08:19,200 --> 00:08:23,880 Speaker 1: a hardship. That is a sweetheart deal to operate prime 124 00:08:23,960 --> 00:08:28,880 Speaker 1: real estate in the most expensive city in America. It's 125 00:08:28,920 --> 00:08:32,679 Speaker 1: the cost of doing business when your business is operating 126 00:08:32,960 --> 00:08:37,800 Speaker 1: the New York Yankees. Everyone in New York pays high taxes. 127 00:08:38,280 --> 00:08:41,559 Speaker 1: Everyone in New York pays more taxes than they want to. 128 00:08:42,280 --> 00:08:44,640 Speaker 1: None of you get to stand at the podium and 129 00:08:44,720 --> 00:08:49,960 Speaker 1: announce that your property bill is unfair. You pay it, 130 00:08:50,280 --> 00:08:52,320 Speaker 1: you swallow it, and you move on. They take it 131 00:08:52,320 --> 00:08:57,480 Speaker 1: out of your check. And here's the real point. If 132 00:08:57,480 --> 00:08:59,640 Speaker 1: you don't want to pay the one hundred million dollars 133 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:04,079 Speaker 1: in property taxes, then sell your property to someone who 134 00:09:04,080 --> 00:09:09,920 Speaker 1: doesn't mind. That's called paying your fair share. They are billionaires, 135 00:09:10,360 --> 00:09:13,400 Speaker 1: and there are billionaires who are have way more than 136 00:09:13,440 --> 00:09:17,640 Speaker 1: how that are lined up for the privilege of paying 137 00:09:17,679 --> 00:09:20,720 Speaker 1: those property taxes to say they own the Yankees. And 138 00:09:20,760 --> 00:09:25,360 Speaker 1: those guys would try to win. This is not a 139 00:09:25,480 --> 00:09:31,600 Speaker 1: sympathy sport. You know, We're not having a bake sale 140 00:09:31,640 --> 00:09:35,920 Speaker 1: for them to travel to Minnesota, right. I remember selling 141 00:09:36,679 --> 00:09:40,680 Speaker 1: Krispy Kreme donuts for my senior league high school team 142 00:09:40,720 --> 00:09:44,680 Speaker 1: to travel. We're not doing that here. This is the 143 00:09:44,679 --> 00:09:48,840 Speaker 1: most iconic franchise on Earth and by extension, in the 144 00:09:48,920 --> 00:09:54,280 Speaker 1: known universe. And hal Steinbrunner is acting like he owns 145 00:09:54,320 --> 00:09:58,040 Speaker 1: a mid market Toyota dealership instead of a global brand. 146 00:09:59,360 --> 00:10:02,080 Speaker 1: That's the set that part about this. And you know, 147 00:10:02,120 --> 00:10:04,360 Speaker 1: the Yankees are supposed to be a Ferrari. You know, 148 00:10:04,400 --> 00:10:07,199 Speaker 1: we've heard Michael ka compare them to a Ferrari and say, oh, 149 00:10:07,240 --> 00:10:10,679 Speaker 1: Aaron Boone's been given the keys to a Ferrari, not 150 00:10:10,720 --> 00:10:13,199 Speaker 1: a Honda, not a Toyota. And no offense to the 151 00:10:13,280 --> 00:10:15,960 Speaker 1: folks who drive a Honda or a Toyota. We own 152 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:19,000 Speaker 1: a Toyota. I've driven a Honda in the past, but 153 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:23,640 Speaker 1: it's not the You know, the Yankees aren't the Ferrari 154 00:10:24,880 --> 00:10:27,840 Speaker 1: that they're supposed to be, right, They're acting like the 155 00:10:27,880 --> 00:10:31,200 Speaker 1: car you pass down to your nephew where the transmission works. 156 00:10:31,400 --> 00:10:35,160 Speaker 1: And that's the highlight of it. They are supposed to 157 00:10:35,160 --> 00:10:47,079 Speaker 1: be a Ferrari, built for greatness, built for greatness. Their 158 00:10:47,120 --> 00:10:53,200 Speaker 1: whole identity is supposed to be excellence, So let me 159 00:10:53,240 --> 00:10:55,480 Speaker 1: say this in a way that I think every fan 160 00:10:56,559 --> 00:10:59,560 Speaker 1: would agree with me. If you inherit a Ferrari and 161 00:10:59,600 --> 00:11:01,960 Speaker 1: you refuse us to drive it the way a Ferrari 162 00:11:02,120 --> 00:11:05,200 Speaker 1: was meant to be driven, that Ferrari belongs to someone else. 163 00:11:06,840 --> 00:11:09,079 Speaker 1: If you own a Ferrari and you think the problem 164 00:11:09,160 --> 00:11:11,720 Speaker 1: is the gas mileage or the tire prices or the 165 00:11:11,760 --> 00:11:15,400 Speaker 1: maintenance bill, Ferrari ownership is not for you. Sell it 166 00:11:15,440 --> 00:11:17,160 Speaker 1: to somebody who wants to take it to the track 167 00:11:17,360 --> 00:11:22,360 Speaker 1: and run it at full throttle. Nobody is begging how 168 00:11:22,880 --> 00:11:26,240 Speaker 1: to be Steve Cohen. Nobody's asking him to burn money 169 00:11:26,520 --> 00:11:29,680 Speaker 1: in the fireplace to keep warm this winter. But you 170 00:11:30,320 --> 00:11:37,080 Speaker 1: inherited the most powerful machine in professional sports, and your 171 00:11:37,160 --> 00:11:44,080 Speaker 1: instinct is to downshift and to complain about the oil change. 172 00:11:44,360 --> 00:11:48,520 Speaker 1: Yankees fans are not asking for perfection. We're asking for ambition, 173 00:11:48,920 --> 00:11:54,360 Speaker 1: something your dad had that you do not. That's the difference, 174 00:11:55,080 --> 00:11:58,840 Speaker 1: not how much you spend. We want you to want 175 00:11:58,880 --> 00:12:05,080 Speaker 1: it like we do. And you know, if hal can't 176 00:12:05,120 --> 00:12:08,240 Speaker 1: stomach the reality of what it costs one hundred million 177 00:12:08,280 --> 00:12:13,280 Speaker 1: dollar tax bill, that makes him queasy. If he's more 178 00:12:13,320 --> 00:12:16,640 Speaker 1: worried about the books than how the roster is shaping 179 00:12:16,679 --> 00:12:19,760 Speaker 1: out while the Blue Jays are off getting Dylan cease, 180 00:12:19,840 --> 00:12:25,720 Speaker 1: and you know the Red Sox are off getting sunny gray. 181 00:12:26,360 --> 00:12:30,320 Speaker 1: Then maybe Yankees' ownership is not for you. The Yankees 182 00:12:30,360 --> 00:12:34,160 Speaker 1: are a machine designed to win at the highest level. 183 00:12:36,640 --> 00:12:39,400 Speaker 1: They should not be treated or talked about or spoken 184 00:12:39,440 --> 00:12:43,000 Speaker 1: about like a tax burden or a financial problem. They 185 00:12:43,080 --> 00:12:47,160 Speaker 1: are a ferrari. And here's the thing that Hal still 186 00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:52,800 Speaker 1: just doesn't get. Nobody cares who owns the Yankees. We 187 00:12:52,960 --> 00:12:57,679 Speaker 1: only care if we win. Nobody's buying a ticket because 188 00:12:57,720 --> 00:13:00,839 Speaker 1: Hal Steinbrenner has his name on the tax bill and 189 00:13:00,880 --> 00:13:03,480 Speaker 1: it's paying one hundred million to the city. Nobody's lining 190 00:13:03,559 --> 00:13:07,439 Speaker 1: up in Monument Park because the Steinbrenner family tree is interesting. 191 00:13:07,960 --> 00:13:12,320 Speaker 1: Nobody cares. Nobody's subscribing to Yes because they want, you know, 192 00:13:12,480 --> 00:13:16,040 Speaker 1: updates on the balance sheet. Fans care about one thing, 193 00:13:16,520 --> 00:13:21,320 Speaker 1: winning titles. We want memories right that we can talk 194 00:13:21,320 --> 00:13:23,760 Speaker 1: about for the rest of our lives. I'm working on 195 00:13:23,760 --> 00:13:26,840 Speaker 1: a book called Pinstripe Therapy, and I promise it'll come 196 00:13:26,880 --> 00:13:29,520 Speaker 1: out one day. It's going slower than I hoped. It's 197 00:13:29,520 --> 00:13:32,839 Speaker 1: hard to write a book, but you know, I'm lucky 198 00:13:32,920 --> 00:13:37,280 Speaker 1: enough to have five chapters about World Series seasons. And 199 00:13:37,920 --> 00:13:40,000 Speaker 1: while I'm never going to get tired of talking about 200 00:13:40,120 --> 00:13:42,320 Speaker 1: ninety six or ninety eight or ninety nine or two 201 00:13:42,360 --> 00:13:45,719 Speaker 1: thousand or two thousand and nine, I am getting a 202 00:13:45,760 --> 00:13:49,120 Speaker 1: little tired of the World Series videos. The highlights are 203 00:13:49,120 --> 00:13:51,679 Speaker 1: not keeping up with the modern picture quality on YouTube, 204 00:13:52,640 --> 00:13:55,160 Speaker 1: and I don't want to watch highlights of twenty twenty four. 205 00:13:56,240 --> 00:13:59,600 Speaker 1: We need a World Series win. We need one now. 206 00:14:00,600 --> 00:14:03,200 Speaker 1: Do you think anybody was watching the Dodgers win the 207 00:14:03,200 --> 00:14:06,240 Speaker 1: World Series the last two years and thinking, oh, great 208 00:14:06,280 --> 00:14:11,040 Speaker 1: for the Googenheim family. My god, that must be great 209 00:14:11,520 --> 00:14:16,880 Speaker 1: for the Hedge Fund. Of course not. They were watching Otani, 210 00:14:17,240 --> 00:14:21,120 Speaker 1: they were watching Freeman, they were watching Yamamoto, they were 211 00:14:21,160 --> 00:14:29,240 Speaker 1: watching Glassnow, nobody cares who signs the checks. We only 212 00:14:29,360 --> 00:14:33,800 Speaker 1: care if Aaron Judge and Garrett Cole get to hoist 213 00:14:33,960 --> 00:14:38,680 Speaker 1: the trophy in the middle of the diamond. And that's 214 00:14:39,120 --> 00:14:42,840 Speaker 1: where House comments were so backwards. Instead of reinforcing the 215 00:14:42,880 --> 00:14:47,240 Speaker 1: identity of the Yankees, the greatest brand in baseball, he 216 00:14:47,440 --> 00:14:51,960 Speaker 1: acted like the owner of a smaller, overwhelmed franchise that's 217 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:54,440 Speaker 1: trying to keep the lights on. And that's tone death, 218 00:14:54,440 --> 00:14:57,240 Speaker 1: and that's not what the Yankees or their fans deserve. 219 00:14:57,760 --> 00:15:01,360 Speaker 1: That's not what we want to hear when we're paying 220 00:15:01,640 --> 00:15:06,880 Speaker 1: one hundred bucks for concessions. As fans, we say we 221 00:15:07,120 --> 00:15:09,600 Speaker 1: when we talk about the Yankees, we we say, ah, 222 00:15:09,680 --> 00:15:11,800 Speaker 1: did we win today? And people say, oh, you're not 223 00:15:11,880 --> 00:15:14,320 Speaker 1: part of the team. We I'm gonna tell you why. 224 00:15:14,320 --> 00:15:17,680 Speaker 1: It's we. We devote our time, we devote our money, 225 00:15:17,680 --> 00:15:24,200 Speaker 1: our weekends, our summers. We navigate traffic, we take trains, 226 00:15:24,760 --> 00:15:29,360 Speaker 1: we sit through rain delays, we juggle work schedules. Also 227 00:15:29,480 --> 00:15:32,520 Speaker 1: we can be there to watch the team. And you 228 00:15:32,600 --> 00:15:35,960 Speaker 1: know what, we don't want to hear that you're upset 229 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:38,920 Speaker 1: about paying your fair share to run the team, because 230 00:15:38,920 --> 00:15:45,720 Speaker 1: we would happily change trade places with you. The fans 231 00:15:45,760 --> 00:15:49,440 Speaker 1: are the ones who pay the bills, and you know what, 232 00:15:50,840 --> 00:15:54,160 Speaker 1: we got our own bills and we still spend on 233 00:15:54,200 --> 00:15:54,760 Speaker 1: the Yankees. 234 00:15:54,840 --> 00:15:56,240 Speaker 2: I got my own fuck up problems. 235 00:15:57,080 --> 00:16:00,520 Speaker 1: We're the ones buying the merchandise, paying twine, twenty bucks 236 00:16:00,600 --> 00:16:04,680 Speaker 1: for parking and fifteen bucks for a beer, eleven dollars 237 00:16:04,720 --> 00:16:11,320 Speaker 1: for a pepsi. Right, we're the people will have to 238 00:16:11,440 --> 00:16:14,000 Speaker 1: subscribe to eighteen different platforms just to watch all one 239 00:16:14,080 --> 00:16:17,600 Speaker 1: hundred and sixty two games. It's becoming increasingly more difficult. 240 00:16:18,600 --> 00:16:21,280 Speaker 1: So when House starts talking like a man burdened by 241 00:16:21,360 --> 00:16:25,560 Speaker 1: the cost of running the Yankees, it feels like he's 242 00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:29,680 Speaker 1: complaining to the very people who fund the operation. And 243 00:16:29,800 --> 00:16:34,000 Speaker 1: my message to how is very simple. We do our part, 244 00:16:34,440 --> 00:16:39,400 Speaker 1: it's time for you to do yours. And now a 245 00:16:39,480 --> 00:16:41,080 Speaker 1: quick word about underwear. 246 00:16:44,320 --> 00:16:48,280 Speaker 3: Holiday shopping season is here and we have you covered 247 00:16:49,400 --> 00:16:50,160 Speaker 3: from head to toe. 248 00:16:51,520 --> 00:16:53,960 Speaker 1: Let's take to talk about an area that's not quite 249 00:16:53,960 --> 00:16:55,000 Speaker 1: close to the toes. 250 00:16:55,480 --> 00:16:57,600 Speaker 2: Let's get crazy with this holiday season. 251 00:16:57,760 --> 00:17:00,600 Speaker 1: Yeah that's me Andy's I'm spinning around, but the season. 252 00:17:01,200 --> 00:17:03,760 Speaker 1: Now you can get me undies with some holiday prints 253 00:17:03,760 --> 00:17:04,159 Speaker 1: on them. 254 00:17:04,200 --> 00:17:08,840 Speaker 3: That's right, ridiculously soft fabric holiday prints, matching holiday prints 255 00:17:08,840 --> 00:17:12,000 Speaker 3: with your special person. 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I cannot believe you as a bull, 267 00:17:52,320 --> 00:17:55,320 Speaker 1: but do it all right? Voicemail time. 268 00:18:00,320 --> 00:18:03,439 Speaker 2: Hey Derek Chris from New York. You know I've been 269 00:18:03,520 --> 00:18:05,520 Speaker 2: listening to you for quite a long time. I think 270 00:18:05,560 --> 00:18:08,440 Speaker 2: you do do an amazing job. I would, however, and 271 00:18:08,680 --> 00:18:10,520 Speaker 2: who I'm out to say this, but I really would 272 00:18:10,560 --> 00:18:12,520 Speaker 2: love to see you press how a little bit more. 273 00:18:12,600 --> 00:18:14,560 Speaker 2: And I know you have I know you've been doing 274 00:18:14,560 --> 00:18:16,400 Speaker 2: that pretty but I would love to see an episode 275 00:18:16,400 --> 00:18:20,160 Speaker 2: dedicated to his ineptness. I would love to see an 276 00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:24,119 Speaker 2: owner that, honestly, just I've never seen an owner of 277 00:18:24,160 --> 00:18:27,879 Speaker 2: the biggest sports franchise and probably the world only attend 278 00:18:27,880 --> 00:18:30,879 Speaker 2: many two games at best per season, only speak once 279 00:18:30,920 --> 00:18:35,159 Speaker 2: per year. I mean, I feel like it's an obligation. 280 00:18:35,520 --> 00:18:37,000 Speaker 2: And I know if I had it, you have an 281 00:18:37,040 --> 00:18:39,840 Speaker 2: amazing channel. I just know that, Like I love seeing 282 00:18:39,880 --> 00:18:42,680 Speaker 2: when people press this dude, and I wish. 283 00:18:42,720 --> 00:18:47,560 Speaker 1: All right, so your wish is my command. I did 284 00:18:47,600 --> 00:18:50,000 Speaker 1: feel like I wanted to get on here. I just 285 00:18:50,359 --> 00:18:54,080 Speaker 1: I just wanted to talk, that's all. But like I said, 286 00:18:54,119 --> 00:18:57,320 Speaker 1: my studio has been in construction the last couple of days. 287 00:18:57,359 --> 00:19:00,399 Speaker 1: But here's another thing that how keeps getting twisted. You know? 288 00:19:00,640 --> 00:19:03,000 Speaker 1: He acts like just because the Yankees don't have Steve 289 00:19:03,040 --> 00:19:07,439 Speaker 1: Cohen money or Googgenheim Hedge Fund money, that they're somehow 290 00:19:07,480 --> 00:19:10,679 Speaker 1: financially handcuffs. Right. It's like we're all supposed to say, hey, 291 00:19:10,720 --> 00:19:13,840 Speaker 1: what do we expect from him? Guys, he's only a billionaire. 292 00:19:15,440 --> 00:19:18,760 Speaker 1: Let's get something straight. Not being the richest owner in 293 00:19:18,760 --> 00:19:21,280 Speaker 1: baseball does not make you poor. Right. That's like the 294 00:19:21,320 --> 00:19:25,200 Speaker 1: guy with eighteen yachts who says that he's struggling because 295 00:19:25,240 --> 00:19:27,040 Speaker 1: the guy next to him has twenty seven yachts. We're 296 00:19:27,080 --> 00:19:32,199 Speaker 1: talking about billionaires fu money. Even the poorest owner in 297 00:19:32,240 --> 00:19:36,119 Speaker 1: Major League Baseball could afford to sign the highest paid 298 00:19:36,119 --> 00:19:38,760 Speaker 1: player in the game if they wanted to. These are billionaires. 299 00:19:39,920 --> 00:19:47,280 Speaker 1: Billion This is not a sport filled with guys who 300 00:19:48,160 --> 00:19:50,800 Speaker 1: are shopping at the places that I shop for this 301 00:19:50,920 --> 00:19:56,359 Speaker 1: kind of shit, Right, Every franchise has its problems, and 302 00:19:56,359 --> 00:20:00,359 Speaker 1: not every franchise is profitable. Some teams lose money, but 303 00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:03,080 Speaker 1: the Yankees one hundred million dollars bill to the City 304 00:20:03,080 --> 00:20:06,600 Speaker 1: of New York every year. That is not a big problem. 305 00:20:07,359 --> 00:20:12,080 Speaker 1: They make plenty of money. They have no problem making 306 00:20:12,119 --> 00:20:14,679 Speaker 1: a profit none zero. You don't need to be an 307 00:20:14,720 --> 00:20:17,440 Speaker 1: account and to figure that out. The global reach, right, 308 00:20:17,760 --> 00:20:20,159 Speaker 1: you can put the Yankees logo on a toaster and 309 00:20:20,160 --> 00:20:23,760 Speaker 1: people in forty countries would buy it. So when Hal 310 00:20:23,840 --> 00:20:26,960 Speaker 1: starts positioning himself like some kind of middle class owner 311 00:20:27,040 --> 00:20:30,720 Speaker 1: fighting to keep up with the neighborhood, you know, fans 312 00:20:30,800 --> 00:20:37,359 Speaker 1: just roll their eyes. Right, The Yankees are not the neighborhood. 313 00:20:37,359 --> 00:20:42,320 Speaker 1: The Yankees are on the skyline. Okay, I think I 314 00:20:42,359 --> 00:20:45,560 Speaker 1: think Hell's a good guy. You know, he's thoughtful, he's polite, 315 00:20:45,640 --> 00:20:50,040 Speaker 1: he's measured, he wants to win. He's a much nicer, 316 00:20:50,119 --> 00:20:54,200 Speaker 1: gentle person than his father. But I don't know if 317 00:20:54,200 --> 00:20:57,359 Speaker 1: this is the business for him right he wants to 318 00:20:57,400 --> 00:20:59,959 Speaker 1: crunch money, he should open up a hot dog stand. 319 00:21:02,640 --> 00:21:05,840 Speaker 1: The Yankees are a financial juggernaut with a global fan 320 00:21:05,960 --> 00:21:11,639 Speaker 1: base that spends billions of dollars per decade on the 321 00:21:11,680 --> 00:21:16,600 Speaker 1: identity of their team. So how being slightly less rich 322 00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:20,040 Speaker 1: than Steve Cohen doesn't get you sympathy from us. I'm 323 00:21:20,040 --> 00:21:22,680 Speaker 1: sorry you don't get a pass that you're not scraping 324 00:21:22,760 --> 00:21:25,760 Speaker 1: by you own the Yankees act like it. 325 00:21:26,640 --> 00:21:30,440 Speaker 4: Here's you, Good morning, Derek. This is you from Bay 326 00:21:30,520 --> 00:21:35,879 Speaker 4: Ridge in Brooklyn, and I think you always the negative 327 00:21:36,040 --> 00:21:40,960 Speaker 4: side of Cashman and How oh boy. There's certainly a 328 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:44,359 Speaker 4: lot there. And the only thing I'll say about how 329 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:48,520 Speaker 4: and his comments, if he's losing money on the Yankees, 330 00:21:49,160 --> 00:21:54,200 Speaker 4: then he's doing just his data job administratively as he's 331 00:21:54,280 --> 00:21:58,320 Speaker 4: doing putting a team on the field. Have a nice 332 00:21:58,400 --> 00:22:00,600 Speaker 4: day by by you. 333 00:22:00,600 --> 00:22:02,920 Speaker 1: You are spot on once again as you always are. 334 00:22:07,440 --> 00:22:07,920 Speaker 4: Excellent. 335 00:22:09,119 --> 00:22:11,800 Speaker 1: I like I like you when he calls in, they 336 00:22:11,840 --> 00:22:16,640 Speaker 1: always he always makes me smile. Hugh. Uh, don't don't 337 00:22:16,680 --> 00:22:19,480 Speaker 1: stop being who you are. All Right, everybody, have a 338 00:22:19,520 --> 00:22:24,119 Speaker 1: wonderful Thanksgiving. I am gonna go watch Pluribus episode five. 339 00:22:24,240 --> 00:22:25,920 Speaker 1: I can't wait. I love that show. If you haven't 340 00:22:25,920 --> 00:22:27,720 Speaker 1: seen it, check it out. It's on Apple TV. It 341 00:22:27,800 --> 00:22:31,760 Speaker 1: is not sponsored. This is my own personal opinion, but 342 00:22:31,880 --> 00:22:35,080 Speaker 1: I hope you enjoyed the show. 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