1 00:00:01,639 --> 00:00:04,680 Speaker 1: From the Burke shears to the sound from wherever you 2 00:00:04,720 --> 00:00:08,920 Speaker 1: live in Mlb America. This is inside the Parker. You 3 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:11,119 Speaker 1: give us twenty two minutes and we'll give you the 4 00:00:11,160 --> 00:00:14,960 Speaker 1: scoop on Major League Baseball. Now here's baseball hall of 5 00:00:14,960 --> 00:00:20,919 Speaker 1: Fame Voter Number Seventy six, Rob Parker. Welcome into the PODCAST. 6 00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:23,880 Speaker 1: I'm your host, Rob Parker. What a show we have 7 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:28,600 Speaker 1: for you today. Former major league second Baseman, MLB network 8 00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:33,800 Speaker 1: analyst Harold Reynolds, Tom verdugie drops by and he'll talk 9 00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:37,080 Speaker 1: to us about the cover story he wrote on Yankee 10 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:42,000 Speaker 1: Slugger Aaron Judge Foul affair and more. But first I 11 00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:46,320 Speaker 1: have a shout out to trucker lester. AILMAN, thanks for 12 00:00:46,400 --> 00:00:50,920 Speaker 1: listening to the PODCAST. Let's go up to lead off. 13 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:54,240 Speaker 1: It's getting robbed to keep him on. Rob's hot take 14 00:00:54,320 --> 00:00:59,400 Speaker 1: on the three biggest stories in major league baseball. Number One. 15 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:03,280 Speaker 1: Shake your head all you want Mlb America, but the 16 00:01:03,440 --> 00:01:08,080 Speaker 1: Houston Astros have done it again. They clinched the a 17 00:01:08,319 --> 00:01:12,920 Speaker 1: l West Championship for the fifth time in the past 18 00:01:12,959 --> 00:01:17,080 Speaker 1: six seasons. The only time they didn't was that sixty 19 00:01:17,120 --> 00:01:21,440 Speaker 1: game sprint in the season. So the Astros have actually 20 00:01:21,480 --> 00:01:25,760 Speaker 1: won the past five full seasons of the A L 21 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:30,360 Speaker 1: West title. It's an incredible run. Their current run is 22 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:35,200 Speaker 1: one of the best in the division has actually ever seen. Um, 23 00:01:35,280 --> 00:01:38,399 Speaker 1: the a's won five straight A L West titles from 24 00:01:38,520 --> 00:01:41,959 Speaker 1: nineteen seventy one the nineteen seventy five, a run that 25 00:01:42,080 --> 00:01:45,640 Speaker 1: included three world series, and the two thousand four to 26 00:01:45,720 --> 00:01:50,120 Speaker 1: two thousand nine angels, like the current Astros, also won 27 00:01:50,200 --> 00:01:55,000 Speaker 1: five division titles in six years, but they never advanced 28 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:58,280 Speaker 1: to the world series. The angels, however, did win the 29 00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:01,800 Speaker 1: title in two thousands too, as a wild card. But UH, 30 00:02:01,960 --> 00:02:04,559 Speaker 1: here we go again. When people were ready to write 31 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:08,360 Speaker 1: off the astros, dusty Baker has him right back in 32 00:02:08,400 --> 00:02:11,560 Speaker 1: the contention. They will have the number one seed in 33 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:16,079 Speaker 1: the American league. They are primed and ready for another 34 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:20,240 Speaker 1: run at the world series. Number two, the New York 35 00:02:20,320 --> 00:02:24,799 Speaker 1: Metropolitans are going back to the postseason. They clinched their 36 00:02:24,840 --> 00:02:30,760 Speaker 1: first playoff birth since seen. It's buck show walters first 37 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:34,200 Speaker 1: year as manager for the New York mets. What a 38 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:38,080 Speaker 1: season it has been for the Metropolitans. Got Off to 39 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:41,480 Speaker 1: a fast start to play good baseball throughout. Still have 40 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:44,480 Speaker 1: a chance to win the National League East. They're in 41 00:02:44,560 --> 00:02:47,960 Speaker 1: a dog fight with the Atlanta braves as we speak 42 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:50,480 Speaker 1: in the final two weeks of the season. But the 43 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:54,680 Speaker 1: mets with some great pitching some big hitting, returned to 44 00:02:54,919 --> 00:03:00,840 Speaker 1: uh superstardom by Francisco Lindoor, of course, Jacob took rom 45 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:05,000 Speaker 1: coming back after injury, Max Schurz are coming back from 46 00:03:05,080 --> 00:03:08,680 Speaker 1: injury and this team has really come together. So the 47 00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:11,640 Speaker 1: mets are back in the playoffs and with the Graham 48 00:03:12,280 --> 00:03:14,520 Speaker 1: and shuts are at the top of their rotation, they 49 00:03:14,520 --> 00:03:18,120 Speaker 1: will be hard to knock out in the postseason. Number 50 00:03:18,200 --> 00:03:24,000 Speaker 1: three and finally, we pay tribute with the passing of 51 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:28,760 Speaker 1: Maury Wills, The Los Angeles dodger great. He died at 52 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:32,400 Speaker 1: the age of eighty nine. Wills was the National League 53 00:03:32,440 --> 00:03:36,280 Speaker 1: MVP in nineteen sixty two and was a part of 54 00:03:36,440 --> 00:03:41,920 Speaker 1: three dodgers World Series Championship teams. He was a tremendous 55 00:03:41,960 --> 00:03:48,000 Speaker 1: base dealer. Also was a fine shortstop. Moriy wills played 56 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:50,760 Speaker 1: in the world series with the dodgers in nineteen fifty, 57 00:03:51,040 --> 00:03:55,160 Speaker 1: sixty three and sixty five. During his first eight seasons 58 00:03:55,160 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 1: with the dodgers he also played for the Pittsburgh Pirates Montreal. 59 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:04,720 Speaker 1: All exposed before returning to the dodgers in nineteen sixty 60 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:08,400 Speaker 1: nine and he retired in nineteen seventy two. During his 61 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:12,760 Speaker 1: fourteen year career, moriy wills Batt at two eighty one. 62 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:15,680 Speaker 1: He had two thousand one hundred and thirty four hits, 63 00:04:16,120 --> 00:04:19,880 Speaker 1: five hundred and eighty six stolen bases. In one thousand 64 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:24,440 Speaker 1: nine hundred and forty two games, will's broke ty cobbs 65 00:04:24,880 --> 00:04:29,239 Speaker 1: single season record for stolen bases with his nineties seven 66 00:04:29,320 --> 00:04:34,920 Speaker 1: steal on September nineteen sixty two. That season he became 67 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:39,000 Speaker 1: the first player to steal more than a hundred basis. 68 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:46,280 Speaker 1: Rest in peace, moriy wills. Here comes the big interview. Listen. 69 00:04:49,640 --> 00:04:52,760 Speaker 1: Now let's welcome in Harold Reynolds, of course, former major 70 00:04:52,839 --> 00:04:56,520 Speaker 1: league second baseman and one of the best doing TV 71 00:04:57,520 --> 00:05:00,880 Speaker 1: on the MLB network. Of course, Harold Reynolds Party of mine. Harold, 72 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:05,040 Speaker 1: welcome into the PODCAST. How you doing, Mr Parker? What's up, Bron? 73 00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:10,080 Speaker 1: You know I'm enjoying September baseball, man, we've got some 74 00:05:10,200 --> 00:05:14,919 Speaker 1: great stuff going on. Let's start right here with Aaron 75 00:05:15,080 --> 00:05:18,720 Speaker 1: judge and the historic season he's having. What have you 76 00:05:18,880 --> 00:05:22,239 Speaker 1: enjoyed the most? I know he's at coming into Wednesday 77 00:05:22,320 --> 00:05:25,120 Speaker 1: at sixty home runs. He looks like he's gonna Break 78 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:28,159 Speaker 1: Roger Morris's American League record. All He needs is two more. 79 00:05:28,200 --> 00:05:31,119 Speaker 1: But what have you enjoyed the most in watching judge 80 00:05:31,240 --> 00:05:34,160 Speaker 1: this year? Well, I mean obviously the home runs have 81 00:05:34,160 --> 00:05:38,400 Speaker 1: have captured everybody's attention. But man, all right, this may 82 00:05:38,400 --> 00:05:41,599 Speaker 1: be the overall season. That's one of the greatest of 83 00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:44,719 Speaker 1: all time. I mean he's chasing a triple crown. He's 84 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:47,200 Speaker 1: only a couple of points off the batting averages we 85 00:05:47,240 --> 00:05:50,560 Speaker 1: speak right now, ahead and to the game on Wednesday 86 00:05:50,640 --> 00:05:54,320 Speaker 1: night and he's got a chance to win a triple 87 00:05:54,360 --> 00:05:57,960 Speaker 1: crown and hit over sixty home runs. All right, that's 88 00:05:58,040 --> 00:06:01,800 Speaker 1: that's incredible. If we're he is, I mean, people as 89 00:06:01,880 --> 00:06:04,840 Speaker 1: hard as it is, and you know this too, he's 90 00:06:04,880 --> 00:06:07,600 Speaker 1: doing dependent race like like this. It's not like he's 91 00:06:07,640 --> 00:06:11,280 Speaker 1: in meaningless games. He's playing big games every night. He's 92 00:06:11,279 --> 00:06:14,440 Speaker 1: playing big games on the first place team, and Joe 93 00:06:14,520 --> 00:06:17,240 Speaker 1: Naman Thain got nothing on. What are you doing? Joe 94 00:06:17,320 --> 00:06:19,840 Speaker 1: Nanna said, we're wearing a super bowl. Are Predicting it? 95 00:06:20,320 --> 00:06:22,960 Speaker 1: Eric Jess said take two hundred plus a million. I'll 96 00:06:22,960 --> 00:06:28,440 Speaker 1: bet on me. What and went out and did this. Wow, 97 00:06:28,520 --> 00:06:32,359 Speaker 1: this is incredible, but he's put on this year. It 98 00:06:32,520 --> 00:06:36,080 Speaker 1: really is. Let's go over to the Queens and the 99 00:06:36,200 --> 00:06:40,000 Speaker 1: mets that they clinched the playoff spot. Buck show Walter, 100 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:43,960 Speaker 1: an addition as managers, really helped out. But the guy 101 00:06:44,040 --> 00:06:47,680 Speaker 1: I look at it is Francisco Lindoor, who signed that 102 00:06:47,760 --> 00:06:51,440 Speaker 1: big contract, had a terrible first year in New York. 103 00:06:52,040 --> 00:06:56,800 Speaker 1: Sixty three rbis just bad. At two thirty thought the 104 00:06:57,120 --> 00:07:00,440 Speaker 1: city might be too big for him and dealing with 105 00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:03,800 Speaker 1: the pressures of it. And boy has he responded and 106 00:07:03,880 --> 00:07:07,520 Speaker 1: bounced back. What a great year for Francisco Lind Or. 107 00:07:08,240 --> 00:07:11,400 Speaker 1: Are You surprised that he bounced back or not a 108 00:07:11,480 --> 00:07:13,800 Speaker 1: little bit? I won't say all the way surprised because 109 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:16,640 Speaker 1: the talent is there. Didn't go away. But here's the 110 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:19,520 Speaker 1: key Rod. We're living in a time right now where 111 00:07:19,560 --> 00:07:23,320 Speaker 1: we've become so analytically driven. Everything's about numbers. I don't 112 00:07:23,360 --> 00:07:27,640 Speaker 1: care if it's fantasy or if it's football or trying 113 00:07:27,640 --> 00:07:30,640 Speaker 1: to make up new stats. Even in basketball now you know, 114 00:07:30,840 --> 00:07:35,160 Speaker 1: everything is analytical numbers and we've taken away the human element. 115 00:07:35,480 --> 00:07:39,040 Speaker 1: And what's happened in New York with the mets is buck. 116 00:07:39,080 --> 00:07:42,000 Speaker 1: So Walter comes there and the first thing buck says 117 00:07:42,040 --> 00:07:44,960 Speaker 1: that lind or, I got the media, you play shorters, 118 00:07:45,720 --> 00:07:48,920 Speaker 1: I got everything else. Puts his arm around it. All 119 00:07:48,960 --> 00:07:51,160 Speaker 1: I need you to do is play short staff, I 120 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:55,320 Speaker 1: got everything else. And that's what's happened this year. So 121 00:07:55,400 --> 00:07:57,440 Speaker 1: the first series of the year they go to Washington. 122 00:07:57,840 --> 00:08:00,360 Speaker 1: Lind or gets hit in the face and WHO's first 123 00:08:00,400 --> 00:08:03,640 Speaker 1: one out there ready to fight the picture? Buck, you know, 124 00:08:04,520 --> 00:08:06,800 Speaker 1: and he gets kicked out of the game and Francisco 125 00:08:06,880 --> 00:08:10,040 Speaker 1: Lindark comes in the office later that night it says 126 00:08:10,320 --> 00:08:12,360 Speaker 1: I've never had anybody stand up for me like that. 127 00:08:12,920 --> 00:08:16,440 Speaker 1: So it's not just words, it's actions. And now he 128 00:08:16,520 --> 00:08:19,600 Speaker 1: is being rewarded by his play, and that's what we're 129 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:22,760 Speaker 1: missing in this time right now. The human element is 130 00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:27,320 Speaker 1: still very important, no doubt about it, and we are 131 00:08:27,440 --> 00:08:31,160 Speaker 1: two numbers driven. Our guess is Harold Reynolds, of course, 132 00:08:31,200 --> 00:08:36,240 Speaker 1: former major league second Baseman, MLB network analysts. Uh, let's 133 00:08:36,280 --> 00:08:39,640 Speaker 1: go to the A L Central and the Cleveland Guardians, 134 00:08:40,200 --> 00:08:42,280 Speaker 1: and I think everybody thought, I know the White Sox 135 00:08:42,280 --> 00:08:44,760 Speaker 1: of Ad Injuries, that they would win the division. The 136 00:08:44,840 --> 00:08:47,240 Speaker 1: twins made some moves. We like what they were doing 137 00:08:47,320 --> 00:08:50,959 Speaker 1: early on. But the Guardians, how are they winning? How 138 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:53,360 Speaker 1: are they going to win this division? What? What am 139 00:08:53,360 --> 00:08:56,080 Speaker 1: I missing? I know they have Tristan Mackenzie and some 140 00:08:56,160 --> 00:08:59,880 Speaker 1: other good young players, but what is making this go? Well, 141 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:01,840 Speaker 1: they do have the solid picking and you've got an 142 00:09:01,840 --> 00:09:05,600 Speaker 1: Acean Bieber, and then you built from around that. I 143 00:09:05,679 --> 00:09:09,199 Speaker 1: think Jose Ramires every season. You go back and look 144 00:09:09,240 --> 00:09:11,360 Speaker 1: at it, he's in the top three of MBP voted. 145 00:09:11,480 --> 00:09:14,920 Speaker 1: He's a superstar. So they built it around him and 146 00:09:14,920 --> 00:09:17,440 Speaker 1: they built it around his style. You know, if it 147 00:09:17,559 --> 00:09:19,920 Speaker 1: was basketball, I'd sit here and say, Hey, man, they 148 00:09:19,960 --> 00:09:23,360 Speaker 1: transformed their game. They all shoot threes like the warriors did, right, 149 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:26,880 Speaker 1: and all of a sudden the sports star sending. What 150 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:30,360 Speaker 1: the Guardians have been able to do is they play 151 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:33,800 Speaker 1: according to their style of play. They don't have a 152 00:09:33,840 --> 00:09:36,360 Speaker 1: bunch of guys that their home runs. They go out 153 00:09:36,400 --> 00:09:38,400 Speaker 1: they trade, they get a center field from Houston hit 154 00:09:38,440 --> 00:09:41,040 Speaker 1: the runs, you know, then they go ahead and add 155 00:09:41,080 --> 00:09:43,079 Speaker 1: all these different pieces. They make a big trade with 156 00:09:43,160 --> 00:09:46,559 Speaker 1: the mets two guys that really are slap hitters. They're 157 00:09:46,559 --> 00:09:48,640 Speaker 1: not guys gonna get home runs and they go out 158 00:09:48,640 --> 00:09:51,680 Speaker 1: and perform. So that's what they've done. They've transformed it 159 00:09:51,720 --> 00:09:54,640 Speaker 1: to the character of their team and it's different than 160 00:09:54,679 --> 00:09:57,400 Speaker 1: what we're seeing with everybody else. They're kind of bucking 161 00:09:57,400 --> 00:10:00,800 Speaker 1: the curves, so to speak. The Atlanta the braves. We 162 00:10:00,840 --> 00:10:03,800 Speaker 1: know they won the world series a year ago and 163 00:10:03,840 --> 00:10:07,120 Speaker 1: they're back for more. Obviously in the race with the 164 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:10,120 Speaker 1: mets to win the NL E's. This is their fifth 165 00:10:10,160 --> 00:10:13,200 Speaker 1: year in the row making the postseason and the braves 166 00:10:13,240 --> 00:10:15,720 Speaker 1: have pitching. Why? Why not? The braves? They're in the 167 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:19,920 Speaker 1: mix for another world series. If you're not counting the 168 00:10:19,920 --> 00:10:22,640 Speaker 1: braves in this, you're really startly missing it. They are 169 00:10:23,080 --> 00:10:24,800 Speaker 1: built and it's gonna BE WE'RE gonna be having this 170 00:10:24,880 --> 00:10:27,600 Speaker 1: conversation for the next five years. I mean, you look 171 00:10:27,640 --> 00:10:29,880 Speaker 1: at what they've done with the players they've signed up. 172 00:10:30,160 --> 00:10:34,839 Speaker 1: They've locked up everybody, first base, third base, center field, 173 00:10:35,080 --> 00:10:39,319 Speaker 1: second base, pictures, they've locked people up. The only guy 174 00:10:39,440 --> 00:10:42,319 Speaker 1: not locked up right now is Danny Swanson. And so 175 00:10:42,720 --> 00:10:45,200 Speaker 1: when that happens, or if they don't they slide somebody 176 00:10:45,240 --> 00:10:47,800 Speaker 1: else in there, a trade turner or whoever, they're gonna 177 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:49,960 Speaker 1: get locked up. This team is gonna be together for 178 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:53,960 Speaker 1: the next five to seven years and uh, they are 179 00:10:54,080 --> 00:10:57,280 Speaker 1: really good. They played great baseball. They play as a 180 00:10:57,400 --> 00:11:01,160 Speaker 1: unit and they're so competitive and and well coats and 181 00:11:01,160 --> 00:11:05,080 Speaker 1: the well disciplined, and so that's why the brains are 182 00:11:04,880 --> 00:11:06,360 Speaker 1: are going to be a team to beat for a 183 00:11:06,400 --> 00:11:10,040 Speaker 1: number of years to come. Last thing, Harold. I thought 184 00:11:10,080 --> 00:11:12,360 Speaker 1: one solo was crazy when he turned down a half 185 00:11:12,400 --> 00:11:15,480 Speaker 1: a billion dollars. I know he's a young player, got 186 00:11:15,480 --> 00:11:18,360 Speaker 1: a long career ahead of him. He's got all the tools. 187 00:11:18,440 --> 00:11:21,840 Speaker 1: Everybody you know loves him. Uh, he's done nothing but 188 00:11:21,880 --> 00:11:25,560 Speaker 1: really struggle since he went to the padres. Uh. Will 189 00:11:25,600 --> 00:11:27,800 Speaker 1: he snap out of this? Will he ever get that 190 00:11:27,880 --> 00:11:31,640 Speaker 1: kind of a deal that he thought or or is 191 00:11:31,640 --> 00:11:35,000 Speaker 1: it hard to tell at this point? Well, I didn't 192 00:11:35,040 --> 00:11:37,160 Speaker 1: see why. I didn't understand why. I turned it down 193 00:11:37,240 --> 00:11:40,880 Speaker 1: myself because I'm not turning that down, but I'm not him. 194 00:11:41,520 --> 00:11:43,480 Speaker 1: I don't see him pulling out of this thing right now, 195 00:11:43,520 --> 00:11:45,840 Speaker 1: before the end of this year. This is really a 196 00:11:45,880 --> 00:11:48,120 Speaker 1: wait and see. It's gonna be an interesting deal to 197 00:11:48,160 --> 00:11:50,280 Speaker 1: see what somebody comes up you're gonna paying for what 198 00:11:50,320 --> 00:11:53,720 Speaker 1: you're projecting him and do and hoping. Are you paying 199 00:11:53,760 --> 00:11:56,400 Speaker 1: for what you're seeing right now? To quote the Great 200 00:11:56,480 --> 00:11:59,400 Speaker 1: Tory Hunter, and I'll end with this. I don't turn 201 00:11:59,440 --> 00:12:03,960 Speaker 1: down enough him, but my caller, and you know what, 202 00:12:04,120 --> 00:12:07,680 Speaker 1: he has spot on. He is spot on. Oh my God, 203 00:12:07,720 --> 00:12:14,240 Speaker 1: it's Great. Oh Yeah, man, yeah, turn that kind of 204 00:12:14,240 --> 00:12:15,960 Speaker 1: money down and just puts a lot of pressure on 205 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:19,400 Speaker 1: his form. So we'll see what happens. No doubt his 206 00:12:19,520 --> 00:12:21,920 Speaker 1: name is Harold Reynolds, one of the best in the business. 207 00:12:22,360 --> 00:12:25,040 Speaker 1: Check him out on MLB net. We're always a pleasure, Harold. 208 00:12:25,080 --> 00:12:30,240 Speaker 1: Thank you, my man. Anytime that APP Fox sports radio 209 00:12:30,320 --> 00:12:33,160 Speaker 1: has the best sports talk lineup in the nation. Catch 210 00:12:33,240 --> 00:12:36,560 Speaker 1: all of our shows at Fox sports radio DOT COM 211 00:12:36,640 --> 00:12:39,240 Speaker 1: and within the I heart radio APP, Search F S 212 00:12:39,400 --> 00:12:45,640 Speaker 1: R to listen live. It's time for the pocket protector Centrol, 213 00:12:46,080 --> 00:12:50,600 Speaker 1: the analytic numbers you need to know. Well, maybe Anthony 214 00:12:50,679 --> 00:12:54,959 Speaker 1: masterson is his name. B S analytics is his game. 215 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:57,400 Speaker 1: What do you got for me, Anthony? We spent so 216 00:12:57,480 --> 00:12:59,679 Speaker 1: much time this season wondering if Paul Goldschman could win 217 00:12:59,679 --> 00:13:01,959 Speaker 1: the triple crown in the National League that we got 218 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:04,319 Speaker 1: blindsided by the fact that Aaron Judge Might Win it 219 00:13:04,400 --> 00:13:06,880 Speaker 1: in the American League, the third ever to win it, 220 00:13:06,880 --> 00:13:09,920 Speaker 1: behind mantle and Garig Now New York might have struggled 221 00:13:09,960 --> 00:13:12,160 Speaker 1: in the second half, but judge has done anything but 222 00:13:12,320 --> 00:13:14,559 Speaker 1: hitting three, seventy four with a five, oh, eight, O 223 00:13:14,640 --> 00:13:18,280 Speaker 1: v P and a thirteen ops. The home runs are impressive, 224 00:13:18,280 --> 00:13:20,720 Speaker 1: of course. Sitting on fifty nine long balls as we 225 00:13:20,840 --> 00:13:23,720 Speaker 1: entered the week, judge could break Roger Marris's American League 226 00:13:23,720 --> 00:13:26,480 Speaker 1: record of sixty one by the weekend. But it's even 227 00:13:26,520 --> 00:13:28,840 Speaker 1: more impressive when you look at what he's doing compared 228 00:13:28,880 --> 00:13:31,400 Speaker 1: to the rest of the League. As of Tuesday morning, 229 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:35,320 Speaker 1: his fifty nine home runs are twenty more than anybody 230 00:13:35,360 --> 00:13:38,760 Speaker 1: else in baseball. Only one guy has ever hit twenty 231 00:13:38,800 --> 00:13:41,240 Speaker 1: more homers than anybody else in the League, and you 232 00:13:41,360 --> 00:13:43,080 Speaker 1: might have heard of him, some guy named Babe Ruth. 233 00:13:43,080 --> 00:13:46,880 Speaker 1: He did it four times, most recently in nineteen homers 234 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:50,319 Speaker 1: are locked up. His one seven R B I are 235 00:13:50,400 --> 00:13:53,000 Speaker 1: fourteen more than anybody else in the A L. Cleveland's 236 00:13:53,040 --> 00:13:56,640 Speaker 1: Jose Ramirez. R B I locked up now the average. 237 00:13:57,240 --> 00:13:59,559 Speaker 1: At the break, judge was seventeenth in the A L 238 00:13:59,600 --> 00:14:02,840 Speaker 1: at two four, fifty four points behind then leader Luis 239 00:14:02,840 --> 00:14:06,080 Speaker 1: Arias of Minnesota, but he's made such a charge in 240 00:14:06,120 --> 00:14:08,920 Speaker 1: the second half that he's now only percentage points behind 241 00:14:08,920 --> 00:14:12,199 Speaker 1: a rise and is another hot week away from overtaking 242 00:14:12,200 --> 00:14:15,120 Speaker 1: both he and Xander Bogart's of the Red Sox. And 243 00:14:15,160 --> 00:14:18,240 Speaker 1: his OPS plus of two thirteen, where league average is 244 00:14:18,240 --> 00:14:21,000 Speaker 1: a hundred and every number above is a percentage point better, 245 00:14:21,400 --> 00:14:23,640 Speaker 1: is the best by an a l player since both 246 00:14:23,640 --> 00:14:26,400 Speaker 1: Ted Williams and Mickey Mantle put up marks better than 247 00:14:26,440 --> 00:14:31,800 Speaker 1: two in nineteen fifty seven. m VP, maybe historic, you 248 00:14:31,880 --> 00:14:37,000 Speaker 1: bet that is. It was a big week in the 249 00:14:37,080 --> 00:14:45,120 Speaker 1: big leagues. WHO's WHO's? Is it foul or is it fair? 250 00:14:45,840 --> 00:14:50,840 Speaker 1: And now from MLBAB BRO DOT COM, here's JR gamble 251 00:14:52,360 --> 00:14:56,440 Speaker 1: J R. is it foul or fair to say that 252 00:14:56,640 --> 00:15:00,960 Speaker 1: Juan Soto will regret turning down the four hundred and 253 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:05,880 Speaker 1: forty million dollar offer from the nationals? He's been slumping 254 00:15:05,920 --> 00:15:13,040 Speaker 1: ever since. Fair. The baseball gods don't like it. Now. 255 00:15:13,040 --> 00:15:16,440 Speaker 1: I never knock a man forgetting his money, but there's 256 00:15:16,440 --> 00:15:19,760 Speaker 1: always a price to pay. So those batting two forty 257 00:15:19,760 --> 00:15:22,320 Speaker 1: two this season, which is forty five points below his 258 00:15:22,400 --> 00:15:26,240 Speaker 1: career average, and has had some brutal stretches. He's slugging 259 00:15:26,280 --> 00:15:30,360 Speaker 1: his down seventy points or so. He does have homer's 260 00:15:30,960 --> 00:15:33,400 Speaker 1: and he's recently caught fire, as he followed up his 261 00:15:33,480 --> 00:15:36,120 Speaker 1: first three hit game with the padres with a two 262 00:15:36,160 --> 00:15:38,760 Speaker 1: hit game against St Louis in the five nothing shut 263 00:15:38,800 --> 00:15:42,040 Speaker 1: out of the cardinals on Tuesday night. But that's a 264 00:15:42,120 --> 00:15:44,720 Speaker 1: hundred and thirty four at bats he's had in San Diego. 265 00:15:45,200 --> 00:15:49,120 Speaker 1: He's only batting two thirty one since his arrival. He is, however, 266 00:15:49,200 --> 00:15:51,840 Speaker 1: heating up at the right time, as it seems this 267 00:15:51,960 --> 00:15:56,600 Speaker 1: talented bunch, even without tattoos, will grabbing NL wild card slot. 268 00:15:57,280 --> 00:16:01,120 Speaker 1: Both Porter, former MLB player manager exactative, and Bow Porter 269 00:16:01,160 --> 00:16:04,280 Speaker 1: Academy founder, once told me that man Soto is the 270 00:16:04,320 --> 00:16:06,960 Speaker 1: best pure hitter in the game. This is a guy 271 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:09,440 Speaker 1: who hit three fifty one in the covid two thousand 272 00:16:09,520 --> 00:16:13,440 Speaker 1: twenty season. It might just be a normal MLB slump, 273 00:16:13,920 --> 00:16:17,640 Speaker 1: but it's a significant drop. When you turned down the money. 274 00:16:17,680 --> 00:16:21,760 Speaker 1: Soto turned down four hundred and forty million, the biggest 275 00:16:21,760 --> 00:16:25,840 Speaker 1: in MLB history. I definitely can't feel bad for him, 276 00:16:26,320 --> 00:16:28,720 Speaker 1: but there has to be tremendous pressure on him to 277 00:16:28,800 --> 00:16:32,920 Speaker 1: continue to mash so we can make that money someplace else. 278 00:16:33,400 --> 00:16:36,280 Speaker 1: The complete change of scenery from East Coast to west 279 00:16:36,320 --> 00:16:40,600 Speaker 1: coast was also probably an adjustment. Soto's gambling on himself. 280 00:16:40,960 --> 00:16:44,920 Speaker 1: The popits have big money invested in talents like Manny Machado, 281 00:16:45,600 --> 00:16:49,400 Speaker 1: finando tattoos. So the future is really foggy as far 282 00:16:49,400 --> 00:16:53,640 Speaker 1: as Mosto fits in, especially if he's not producing. Now 283 00:16:53,680 --> 00:16:57,200 Speaker 1: watch him go crazy in the playoffs. When rob was 284 00:16:57,240 --> 00:17:01,320 Speaker 1: a newspaper columnist, he lived by this Otto. If I'm writing, 285 00:17:01,800 --> 00:17:06,000 Speaker 1: I'm ripping. Let's bring in a writer and broadcaster, older new. 286 00:17:06,880 --> 00:17:10,080 Speaker 1: Now let's welcome to the program Tom Verducci, one of 287 00:17:10,080 --> 00:17:13,600 Speaker 1: the best baseball writers reporters in the country. Of course 288 00:17:13,600 --> 00:17:17,160 Speaker 1: he writes for sports illustrated. He's a senior writer there 289 00:17:17,320 --> 00:17:21,480 Speaker 1: and a baseball analyst for Fox and MLB network and 290 00:17:21,520 --> 00:17:25,080 Speaker 1: a friend of mine since nineteen hundred and eighties. Six 291 00:17:25,200 --> 00:17:29,720 Speaker 1: for dude. What's happening? Baseball is happening. We had a 292 00:17:29,760 --> 00:17:32,680 Speaker 1: big story with Eric Judge. The Yankees called bring back 293 00:17:32,760 --> 00:17:35,320 Speaker 1: memories of ninety eight a little bit. We sure do. 294 00:17:35,480 --> 00:17:37,719 Speaker 1: And you just had a big cover story on s 295 00:17:37,760 --> 00:17:42,600 Speaker 1: I about Aaron Judge and he's having a historic season. 296 00:17:43,200 --> 00:17:45,879 Speaker 1: Tom Uh, this is one of those for the ages, 297 00:17:45,920 --> 00:17:48,719 Speaker 1: isn't it? It really is, when you think about all 298 00:17:48,720 --> 00:17:51,399 Speaker 1: the factors involved here. Of course he turned out in 299 00:17:51,400 --> 00:17:54,800 Speaker 1: the Yankees. Contract offer in right before opening day, so 300 00:17:54,880 --> 00:17:57,399 Speaker 1: he's playing out a contract year, which has pressure in 301 00:17:57,400 --> 00:18:00,480 Speaker 1: and of itself right. Um. And then here we are 302 00:18:00,520 --> 00:18:03,440 Speaker 1: where he's chasing down Roger Morris. American league came more 303 00:18:03,760 --> 00:18:05,960 Speaker 1: and it's good for sixty one years. He's doing it 304 00:18:06,040 --> 00:18:09,879 Speaker 1: for a first place team. Uh, it's just amazing that 305 00:18:10,040 --> 00:18:12,320 Speaker 1: he's getting better. Is the year is good bye. I 306 00:18:12,440 --> 00:18:15,680 Speaker 1: just checked now. His slugging percentage in the month of 307 00:18:15,760 --> 00:18:19,720 Speaker 1: September is better than anybody in history except Barry Bonds 308 00:18:19,760 --> 00:18:22,720 Speaker 1: back in two thousand and one. So you know all 309 00:18:22,760 --> 00:18:25,280 Speaker 1: the old stories about Roger Morris and the pressure of 310 00:18:25,359 --> 00:18:27,440 Speaker 1: running down the babe and going to see a doctor 311 00:18:27,480 --> 00:18:30,359 Speaker 1: because his hair was falling out. This guy is enjoying 312 00:18:30,400 --> 00:18:33,520 Speaker 1: the ride. He is driving under the spotlight here down 313 00:18:33,560 --> 00:18:36,399 Speaker 1: the stretch. I love that you brought that up and 314 00:18:36,520 --> 00:18:39,160 Speaker 1: I know there were a lot of people who look 315 00:18:39,240 --> 00:18:41,680 Speaker 1: at show. Hey, old Tani, and no one's trying to 316 00:18:41,800 --> 00:18:44,960 Speaker 1: downplay what he's been able to do and you know, 317 00:18:45,160 --> 00:18:49,320 Speaker 1: pitching and and of course hitting. Um, it's hard for me, 318 00:18:50,119 --> 00:18:53,520 Speaker 1: for Ducy, to look at anybody other than Aaron Judge 319 00:18:53,600 --> 00:18:56,080 Speaker 1: for the M V P and the American League. This 320 00:18:56,160 --> 00:18:59,639 Speaker 1: guy is also in the lead for a triple crown 321 00:18:59,760 --> 00:19:04,000 Speaker 1: comeing into Wednesday's action. He's not the M v P 322 00:19:04,200 --> 00:19:07,200 Speaker 1: or am I missing something? No, I mean you're on 323 00:19:07,280 --> 00:19:10,080 Speaker 1: the money here, and I say that knowing that. To me, 324 00:19:10,200 --> 00:19:14,359 Speaker 1: Showani is the most amazing baseball player I've ever seen. 325 00:19:14,800 --> 00:19:16,840 Speaker 1: I mean he is the top five pittor, he's a 326 00:19:16,920 --> 00:19:20,480 Speaker 1: top five hitter. I don't think we will ever see 327 00:19:20,560 --> 00:19:22,920 Speaker 1: a player like him again. But it's not the most 328 00:19:22,960 --> 00:19:26,159 Speaker 1: amazing player award, it's the Most Valuable Player award, and 329 00:19:27,040 --> 00:19:29,440 Speaker 1: there's no fault of his own right. Oh towny isn't 330 00:19:29,440 --> 00:19:31,840 Speaker 1: a team that has not played in meaningful games since, 331 00:19:32,040 --> 00:19:34,480 Speaker 1: you know, back in early May, and judge is doing 332 00:19:34,520 --> 00:19:37,040 Speaker 1: it for a first place team in New York and 333 00:19:37,920 --> 00:19:41,240 Speaker 1: he's doing it while stealing sixteen bags playing center field, 334 00:19:41,320 --> 00:19:43,280 Speaker 1: as you said, leading the League not just an home 335 00:19:43,359 --> 00:19:46,520 Speaker 1: runs in rbis but now in stanning average. It's just 336 00:19:46,720 --> 00:19:50,479 Speaker 1: historic what he's doing now. I give him extra credit 337 00:19:50,760 --> 00:19:54,520 Speaker 1: for doing it in meaningful games, independent race. You know, 338 00:19:54,640 --> 00:19:57,560 Speaker 1: the reason we play these Games is the crown world 339 00:19:57,640 --> 00:19:59,159 Speaker 1: champion at the end of the year. It's not just 340 00:19:59,400 --> 00:20:03,040 Speaker 1: to throw up numbers. So I listen. I get the 341 00:20:03,160 --> 00:20:06,560 Speaker 1: OTNI argument. I'm not saying that it's not a good one. 342 00:20:06,720 --> 00:20:08,879 Speaker 1: It's a good one. It's just not as good as 343 00:20:08,920 --> 00:20:12,879 Speaker 1: the arrant judge argument. Think about this, rob I mean again, 344 00:20:13,080 --> 00:20:15,600 Speaker 1: he's not just hitting home runs. That's getting the attention 345 00:20:15,680 --> 00:20:18,720 Speaker 1: this week. I get it, but no one has ever 346 00:20:18,880 --> 00:20:21,360 Speaker 1: won a batting title hitting more than the fifty two 347 00:20:21,440 --> 00:20:24,600 Speaker 1: home runs that the Sattleht Si and this guy's got 348 00:20:24,840 --> 00:20:28,320 Speaker 1: sixty and he leaves the league in hitting. He is 349 00:20:28,520 --> 00:20:32,840 Speaker 1: twenty home runs ahead of everybody else in Major League Baseball. 350 00:20:32,960 --> 00:20:37,000 Speaker 1: That has never happened since Babe Ruth back in well, 351 00:20:37,119 --> 00:20:41,000 Speaker 1: someone was this much better than everybody else in the game. 352 00:20:41,560 --> 00:20:46,000 Speaker 1: So now you're talking about Bob Beaman, Wilt Chamberlain, Wayne Gretzky. 353 00:20:46,640 --> 00:20:49,520 Speaker 1: He's in that kind of category in a day and 354 00:20:49,560 --> 00:20:51,720 Speaker 1: age where it's hard to stand that because the depth 355 00:20:51,840 --> 00:20:56,359 Speaker 1: of talent is now. Back in the day was babe 356 00:20:56,840 --> 00:20:59,200 Speaker 1: to stand out right. It was a limited field. The 357 00:20:59,280 --> 00:21:02,440 Speaker 1: depth just was there. Well, now these were the best 358 00:21:02,440 --> 00:21:05,439 Speaker 1: players in the world and you've got someone who's twenty 359 00:21:05,480 --> 00:21:08,560 Speaker 1: home runs ahead of everybody else. I'm just amazed at 360 00:21:08,600 --> 00:21:12,560 Speaker 1: what he's done. Tom Helped me here with and and, 361 00:21:12,720 --> 00:21:15,639 Speaker 1: and I'm with you on that. It's an incredible historic season. 362 00:21:16,520 --> 00:21:22,520 Speaker 1: But how did he have the guts, at thirty years old, 363 00:21:23,720 --> 00:21:26,720 Speaker 1: a history of nothing but injuries since that rookie year 364 00:21:26,800 --> 00:21:30,080 Speaker 1: for the most part, to turn down two D and 365 00:21:30,160 --> 00:21:34,680 Speaker 1: thirteen million dollars on the table and go for it 366 00:21:35,240 --> 00:21:37,760 Speaker 1: in a season like this? I mean, it says a 367 00:21:37,880 --> 00:21:42,159 Speaker 1: lot about him, doesn't it? It does, and it's a 368 00:21:42,240 --> 00:21:44,760 Speaker 1: great question. And it's when I put the Aaron Judge 369 00:21:44,840 --> 00:21:47,520 Speaker 1: himself and he said, listen, people say I better myself. 370 00:21:47,640 --> 00:21:49,840 Speaker 1: He said, I didn't look at that way. No matter 371 00:21:49,880 --> 00:21:51,680 Speaker 1: what happened, I was still gonna play this year for 372 00:21:51,720 --> 00:21:55,119 Speaker 1: the New York Yankees. I said, what about the injury factor? 373 00:21:55,720 --> 00:21:58,639 Speaker 1: And he said no longer a concern for me. In 374 00:21:58,760 --> 00:22:01,240 Speaker 1: other words, those injuries a few years ago when he 375 00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:06,119 Speaker 1: admitted being young. You know, after a game he just 376 00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:08,160 Speaker 1: go get a grab a bite to eat, go home. 377 00:22:08,840 --> 00:22:11,720 Speaker 1: Now after games he goes through a stretching routine, he 378 00:22:11,800 --> 00:22:15,320 Speaker 1: goes to hot and cold tubs. He doesn't hit nearly 379 00:22:15,480 --> 00:22:17,480 Speaker 1: as much as he did. He hit way too much 380 00:22:17,520 --> 00:22:21,360 Speaker 1: as a younger player and was an incarnation. Who told him, dude, 381 00:22:21,400 --> 00:22:24,119 Speaker 1: you hit way too much, you're gonna get hurt and 382 00:22:24,359 --> 00:22:27,560 Speaker 1: you're practicing bad swing. That's all you're doing. So he 383 00:22:27,720 --> 00:22:29,560 Speaker 1: feels like in the last couple of years when he 384 00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:32,600 Speaker 1: has been healthy, he has put that problem in the past. 385 00:22:32,680 --> 00:22:35,280 Speaker 1: So for him it wasn't a big as big as 386 00:22:35,320 --> 00:22:39,320 Speaker 1: a but the rest of us thought. Guest. It's time 387 00:22:39,359 --> 00:22:42,480 Speaker 1: for Ducci, senior writer from sports illustrated and, of course, 388 00:22:42,520 --> 00:22:46,320 Speaker 1: a baseball analyst for Fox and the MLB network. Let's 389 00:22:46,359 --> 00:22:49,240 Speaker 1: talk about judge and the New York thing. A lot 390 00:22:49,320 --> 00:22:51,399 Speaker 1: of guys Tom and you know this, she worked in 391 00:22:51,480 --> 00:22:53,760 Speaker 1: New York a long time as a beat writer and 392 00:22:54,160 --> 00:22:57,280 Speaker 1: covering baseball. A lot of guys melt to a depressure 393 00:22:57,680 --> 00:23:00,159 Speaker 1: and they don't. You know, New York is a is 394 00:23:00,160 --> 00:23:05,160 Speaker 1: a tough animal. This guy just seems to be comfortable 395 00:23:05,920 --> 00:23:09,639 Speaker 1: on the big stage, no matter what's going on. Seems 396 00:23:09,680 --> 00:23:13,000 Speaker 1: that to be uh, well tempered, not too hot, not 397 00:23:13,160 --> 00:23:15,879 Speaker 1: too cold, not too up, not too down. What is 398 00:23:15,960 --> 00:23:20,200 Speaker 1: it that agrees with Aaron Judge and New York? Well, 399 00:23:20,240 --> 00:23:23,080 Speaker 1: first of all, you right, and it doesn't remind me 400 00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:27,800 Speaker 1: of Derek jeter. and like jeter, what Aaron told me said. Listen, 401 00:23:27,920 --> 00:23:30,520 Speaker 1: both my parents, school teachers. I learned from the early 402 00:23:30,600 --> 00:23:34,240 Speaker 1: age what it means to respect everybody and I think 403 00:23:34,280 --> 00:23:37,640 Speaker 1: that's just the way he naturally carries himself. Was He's 404 00:23:37,680 --> 00:23:40,760 Speaker 1: in New York, San Diego, it doesn't matter for him. 405 00:23:40,800 --> 00:23:44,400 Speaker 1: He's consistent in his character. So He's got that good 406 00:23:44,480 --> 00:23:47,000 Speaker 1: base to start out with. And the other thing he 407 00:23:47,080 --> 00:23:49,400 Speaker 1: has that it reminds me of jeter in this sense 408 00:23:49,760 --> 00:23:53,800 Speaker 1: he doesn't worry about the consequences his failure, like he 409 00:23:54,040 --> 00:23:55,800 Speaker 1: just does what he does. He loves what he does, 410 00:23:56,520 --> 00:23:58,760 Speaker 1: but he doesn't worry about what if I don't get 411 00:23:58,800 --> 00:24:00,879 Speaker 1: a hit here, what if I don't get this guy in? 412 00:24:01,280 --> 00:24:04,480 Speaker 1: You know, and I think jeter had that same kind 413 00:24:04,560 --> 00:24:07,879 Speaker 1: of it's not even not caring, it's a confidence, but 414 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:10,480 Speaker 1: it's knowing that there's always another at that there's always 415 00:24:10,480 --> 00:24:13,760 Speaker 1: another game. So He's a guy you might have seen 416 00:24:13,880 --> 00:24:17,399 Speaker 1: last night. It reminds me emarrass when Ste's pretty much 417 00:24:17,400 --> 00:24:19,359 Speaker 1: at the pushing out of the Dugout to the curtain 418 00:24:19,400 --> 00:24:21,760 Speaker 1: call because the team was losing at the time. Of 419 00:24:21,840 --> 00:24:23,480 Speaker 1: course they came back and won the game on the 420 00:24:23,560 --> 00:24:27,600 Speaker 1: Stanton grands Lam, but that was genuine Aaron judge, like 421 00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:30,600 Speaker 1: Roger Morris. He didn't want the spotlight on him when 422 00:24:30,640 --> 00:24:33,639 Speaker 1: the team was losing. So I think he just comes 423 00:24:33,680 --> 00:24:36,840 Speaker 1: at it from a very consistent, genuine point of view. 424 00:24:36,920 --> 00:24:39,359 Speaker 1: He's not looking for attention, but he knows how to 425 00:24:39,440 --> 00:24:43,359 Speaker 1: deal with it. Last thing, Tom I mean a lot 426 00:24:43,440 --> 00:24:47,920 Speaker 1: of teams would love to get their hands on this guy. Wholesome, big, 427 00:24:48,119 --> 00:24:51,720 Speaker 1: strong home run hit or a good look is well mattered, 428 00:24:52,080 --> 00:24:54,960 Speaker 1: a guy you would love to lead your franchise. I 429 00:24:55,080 --> 00:24:58,280 Speaker 1: can't imagine that the Yankees are not gonna pay him, 430 00:24:58,359 --> 00:25:01,840 Speaker 1: but Steve Cohen over at the mets, he's an ownerwood 431 00:25:01,880 --> 00:25:06,120 Speaker 1: deep pockets. Judge would be a big time fan favorite, 432 00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:09,280 Speaker 1: and Queens as well. Uh, do you see him going? 433 00:25:09,320 --> 00:25:13,040 Speaker 1: Of course there's a dodgers, there's Annah, the angels, there's 434 00:25:13,080 --> 00:25:15,000 Speaker 1: all kinds of places that would love to have him. 435 00:25:15,359 --> 00:25:17,440 Speaker 1: Do you expect him to be anywhere other than the 436 00:25:17,560 --> 00:25:20,479 Speaker 1: Yankees next season? Well, first of all, you're right. There 437 00:25:20,520 --> 00:25:22,680 Speaker 1: will be a bidding war. No one's just going to 438 00:25:22,760 --> 00:25:25,240 Speaker 1: assume that because he's been a Yankee he will be 439 00:25:25,359 --> 00:25:27,920 Speaker 1: a Yankee. I mean you hit on all the reasons 440 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:31,560 Speaker 1: why he is in play and it's gonna demand top dollar, 441 00:25:31,680 --> 00:25:34,800 Speaker 1: and I'll start to that. He's a great he's a 442 00:25:34,840 --> 00:25:38,120 Speaker 1: great return on investment. Right more people buy Judge Jerseys 443 00:25:38,160 --> 00:25:41,520 Speaker 1: and any other Jersey in baseball. He sells tickets. You know, 444 00:25:41,640 --> 00:25:44,520 Speaker 1: Max Scherzer is getting forty three million dollars to pitch 445 00:25:44,880 --> 00:25:47,520 Speaker 1: what fifteen times a year? If that is city field, 446 00:25:47,560 --> 00:25:50,320 Speaker 1: this guy's playing every day and I think he's just 447 00:25:50,600 --> 00:25:54,280 Speaker 1: getting into the prime of his career. So yeah, dodgers 448 00:25:54,400 --> 00:25:58,320 Speaker 1: giants met at and play here. I do think I'll 449 00:25:58,359 --> 00:26:01,840 Speaker 1: say the Yankees should wind up with Aaron judge because 450 00:26:02,119 --> 00:26:04,960 Speaker 1: they should not be outbid. I think he means more 451 00:26:05,040 --> 00:26:07,960 Speaker 1: to the franchise than any other team. Doesn't mean he 452 00:26:08,040 --> 00:26:10,879 Speaker 1: won't go anywhere else. If, say, the giants mets is 453 00:26:10,920 --> 00:26:13,160 Speaker 1: a high bidder, I think that would be a signal 454 00:26:13,240 --> 00:26:15,359 Speaker 1: to him that he means more to other teams they 455 00:26:15,400 --> 00:26:18,359 Speaker 1: mean to the Yankees. But I do think he's the 456 00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:21,560 Speaker 1: greatest homegrown slugger the Yankees have had since Mickey Mantle. 457 00:26:21,960 --> 00:26:24,800 Speaker 1: He's a drawing card. You all know that. We're seeing 458 00:26:24,880 --> 00:26:28,120 Speaker 1: how much interest he's generating right now. The yes network 459 00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:32,840 Speaker 1: ratings are of this year. There's a lot more milestone 460 00:26:32,960 --> 00:26:36,120 Speaker 1: chases in front of him. The celticket is to get 461 00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:40,000 Speaker 1: eyeballs to the tube. So yeah, I think push comes 462 00:26:40,040 --> 00:26:42,359 Speaker 1: to shove, he does stay with the Yankees, but it's 463 00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:45,119 Speaker 1: gonna cost him probably seventy million dollars more than it 464 00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:48,040 Speaker 1: did what they thought back in April. No doubt. His 465 00:26:48,200 --> 00:26:51,359 Speaker 1: name is Tom Berducci, one of the best in the business. 466 00:26:51,440 --> 00:26:54,399 Speaker 1: Check out his piece on Aaron Judge and Sports Gilder's 467 00:26:54,400 --> 00:26:56,080 Speaker 1: trade and, of course, catch him on the tube on 468 00:26:56,240 --> 00:26:59,679 Speaker 1: Fox and the MLB network. But which appreciate you, my man, 469 00:26:59,800 --> 00:27:09,040 Speaker 1: thank thank you. Now bringing the closer, here's why MLB 470 00:27:09,359 --> 00:27:12,760 Speaker 1: is better than the NFL or NBA, and it isn't 471 00:27:12,800 --> 00:27:18,320 Speaker 1: even close. Reason number seven hundred and fifty five why 472 00:27:18,400 --> 00:27:21,720 Speaker 1: Major League Baseball is better than the NBA and better 473 00:27:21,800 --> 00:27:24,920 Speaker 1: than the NFL. We saw it Tuesday night in the 474 00:27:25,040 --> 00:27:29,040 Speaker 1: Bronx at Yankee Stadium when g and Carlos Ston hit 475 00:27:29,119 --> 00:27:31,680 Speaker 1: a walk off Grand Slam home run to give the 476 00:27:31,800 --> 00:27:35,800 Speaker 1: Yankees a nine to eight victory over the Pittsburgh pirates. 477 00:27:36,240 --> 00:27:39,679 Speaker 1: He was the fourth player in Major League Baseball history 478 00:27:40,119 --> 00:27:44,600 Speaker 1: to hit three walkoff grand slams in a career. Since 479 00:27:44,720 --> 00:27:48,399 Speaker 1: two thousand and seventeen, the Yankees had gone oh and 480 00:27:48,560 --> 00:27:53,040 Speaker 1: thirteen when trailing by four plus runs after the eighth inning, 481 00:27:53,520 --> 00:27:57,320 Speaker 1: and his walkoff Grand Slam is the fourth and Yankees 482 00:27:57,480 --> 00:28:04,840 Speaker 1: history when down by three and the second one this season. Incredible. 483 00:28:05,440 --> 00:28:09,400 Speaker 1: You never know what you're gonna see at a baseball game. 484 00:28:09,480 --> 00:28:19,840 Speaker 1: A Walk Off Grand Slam doesn't happen often, in the 485 00:28:19,960 --> 00:28:22,960 Speaker 1: words of New York TV Legend, the late Bill Jorgensen. 486 00:28:23,320 --> 00:28:26,040 Speaker 1: Thanking you for your time this time. Until next time, 487 00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:29,720 Speaker 1: Rob Parker out. He can't get it. This could be 488 00:28:29,840 --> 00:28:31,960 Speaker 1: an inside the Parker to see you next week game. 489 00:28:32,080 --> 00:28:34,280 Speaker 1: Save that time. Save Matt Station.