WEBVTT - THE RAYS ARE HEADED TO THE ALCS 0:00:13.039 --> 0:00:17.720 It's time to raise the roof for our latest postseason episode. 0:00:18.040 --> 0:00:21.780 And for the first time since 2020, which is when 0:00:21.820 --> 0:00:25.050 we started this damn podcast and this damn raise the 0:00:25.090 --> 0:00:30.270 roof thing, the Rays are back in the ALCS. 0:00:31.590 --> 0:00:34.010 It's been a long time, Alex. It's been a long 0:00:34.050 --> 0:00:34.629 time coming. 0:00:34.850 --> 0:00:37.930 It's been so long. Years. 0:00:38.010 --> 0:00:43.010 Yeah, it's been... I'm just so freaking excited. And also, 0:00:45.370 --> 0:00:47.589 to all those Yankees fans that were talking trash on 0:00:47.630 --> 0:00:54.010 Twitter that whole time, yeah, just, you know. Yankees files, 0:00:54.470 --> 0:00:56.710 you might as well just delete the account. Delete the 0:00:56.770 --> 0:01:01.930 files now before we find them, all right? I mean, 0:01:02.070 --> 0:01:05.190 it's just so over for the Yankees at this point. 0:01:05.880 --> 0:01:06.660 They just have this. 0:01:06.900 --> 0:01:12.740 Yearly humiliation ritual where another team comes and, you know, 0:01:13.040 --> 0:01:16.000 has some sort of celebration on their field and all 0:01:16.020 --> 0:01:17.780 their fans get to watch it. So, I mean, it 0:01:17.840 --> 0:01:23.350 was just glorious. It was glorious, Alex. I mean, they 0:01:23.390 --> 0:01:26.970 talked a lot of Schlitt and the Schlitt got hit, 0:01:27.490 --> 0:01:29.809 you know. So, that's all I can say about that. 0:01:29.950 --> 0:01:31.559 You got to witness it first hand, didn't you? 0:01:31.590 --> 0:01:34.639 I don't even... I'm just so happy for the Rays 0:01:34.660 --> 0:01:36.910 because I don't even think about them. Because when you 0:01:36.970 --> 0:01:39.350 really hate somebody, you just try not to think about 0:01:39.410 --> 0:01:42.090 them as much as possible. That's true. 0:01:43.190 --> 0:01:45.949 But it just feels great. You went to games one 0:01:45.990 --> 0:01:46.729 and two, didn't you? 0:01:47.950 --> 0:01:50.510 Oh, yeah. Yeah, I was there. For sure. 0:01:51.150 --> 0:01:54.270 Like, just tell me what the vibes were like. Okay, 0:01:54.470 --> 0:01:56.950 first off, welcome to the pod, everyone. I'm your host, 0:01:56.990 --> 0:02:00.900 Alex Murphy. Gibby with me today, Evan Lynch, who I 0:02:01.020 --> 0:02:04.810 did see. We watched game three together for a little bit. 0:02:06.590 --> 0:02:10.350 So I did see him. He's unavailable today, but we're 0:02:10.370 --> 0:02:13.010 going to get him on for our ALCS preview, which 0:02:13.030 --> 0:02:15.570 will be happening in a couple of days. But aside 0:02:15.620 --> 0:02:18.200 from all of that, talk to me about Troptober. How 0:02:18.220 --> 0:02:18.489 was it? 0:02:19.620 --> 0:02:22.220 Oh, my God, dude. I mean, just seeing the stadium 0:02:22.260 --> 0:02:25.240 like all the way fold up. I mean, to the brim, Alex. 0:02:25.320 --> 0:02:28.350 I mean, to the. top of those bleacher seats that 0:02:28.389 --> 0:02:31.130 are up there, uh, just at the very top of 0:02:31.150 --> 0:02:34.309 the trap that you just usually never see anybody in. 0:02:35.010 --> 0:02:38.190 And I'm, I mean, I, I, I've heard from other people, 0:02:38.870 --> 0:02:41.460 you know, that of course it's been full before for like, 0:02:41.600 --> 0:02:45.340 you know, world series, but like, I think the last 0:02:45.400 --> 0:02:47.940 time it was that full, I mean, you can count 0:02:48.220 --> 0:02:53.179 WWE like, but like for race fans, the last time 0:02:53.240 --> 0:02:57.720 it was that full was like 2010. Or 2011, one 0:02:57.740 --> 0:03:03.959 of those playoff series then. So it's been a long 0:03:04.000 --> 0:03:07.160 time coming for the Rays to have the stadium that 0:03:07.240 --> 0:03:12.780 full for those two games. Now, there was significant controversy, Alex, 0:03:12.860 --> 0:03:16.450 before the game about, oh, whose fan base is it 0:03:16.500 --> 0:03:19.220 going to be? Of course, it was mostly Rays. I mean, 0:03:20.150 --> 0:03:25.970 if someone's telling you that game one was like almost closely... 0:03:26.669 --> 0:03:30.530 50-50 Yankees race fans, they're lying to you because that 0:03:30.570 --> 0:03:35.000 was quite clearly like an 80-20, 70-30. But I don't 0:03:35.040 --> 0:03:38.680 even care about that controversy anymore because we're so past 0:03:38.740 --> 0:03:44.380 that because they were just embarrassed. The Yankees, that was 0:03:44.420 --> 0:03:46.660 such an embarrassing series for them. And I mean, the 0:03:46.700 --> 0:03:51.020 Rays just, they didn't even have to win. They didn't 0:03:51.060 --> 0:03:54.690 have to hit runners in scoring position at all. I mean, 0:03:54.710 --> 0:03:59.030 they just capitalize off the Yankees' mistakes. I mean, all week. 0:04:00.510 --> 0:04:08.010 So it was just, it was a firm franchise knocking off. Like, 0:04:08.870 --> 0:04:12.910 it's just throwing off the chains of this Yankee oppression, 0:04:13.930 --> 0:04:16.550 you know, that we've been under with like, in terms 0:04:16.610 --> 0:04:19.929 of fan base, you know, having that strong fan base 0:04:19.990 --> 0:04:22.960 kind of presence in Tampa and in St. Pete. and 0:04:23.000 --> 0:04:26.700 just all over Florida because New Yorkers can't stop moving here. 0:04:26.720 --> 0:04:32.890 And like, it just throwing off that, you know, it's 0:04:32.930 --> 0:04:35.570 almost like I, I can, I can compare it to 0:04:35.589 --> 0:04:41.010 like when, when a Michigan player called a Michigan, Michigan state, uh, 0:04:41.070 --> 0:04:43.150 I forgot who it was, but he called Michigan state 0:04:43.190 --> 0:04:47.570 little brother. And then Michigan state proceeded to beat Michigan 0:04:47.810 --> 0:04:50.580 six out of the next seven years, six, seven, whatever. Um, 0:04:52.500 --> 0:04:54.539 It's kind of like that mentality. It's like we're just 0:04:54.640 --> 0:04:59.320 throwing off this mentality that we are somehow lesser than 0:04:59.339 --> 0:05:03.320 the Yankees. And, I mean, this is just a huge 0:05:03.420 --> 0:05:06.420 win just for Tampa Bay. Just because it gets the 0:05:06.460 --> 0:05:11.000 needle moving to where it's like, why are you Yankees? Like, 0:05:11.230 --> 0:05:14.120 when I was a kid and I was a Rays fan, 0:05:14.190 --> 0:05:18.849 I got bullied by Yankees fans. Well, not really bullied, 0:05:18.930 --> 0:05:21.430 but like, why do you like the loser team? You 0:05:21.450 --> 0:05:26.190 were hated. You were a, you were immune. In Tampa, 0:05:26.610 --> 0:05:29.110 school in Tampa, and everyone's like, why not root for 0:05:29.150 --> 0:05:32.070 the Yankees? Why do you root for the Rays? They suck. 0:05:33.110 --> 0:05:35.869 And now, and now a kid's going to go to school, 0:05:36.550 --> 0:05:40.090 and he's going to be like, suck it, Yankees fans. Well, 0:05:40.170 --> 0:05:41.470 I hope he doesn't say that. 0:05:41.770 --> 0:05:42.210 Yeah. 0:05:42.710 --> 0:05:43.090 But, but. 0:05:44.760 --> 0:05:47.180 This is the kind of hatred that we love here 0:05:47.220 --> 0:05:48.500 at Raise the Roof. 0:05:48.660 --> 0:05:51.679 It's like, now kids are going to be asking Yankees fans, 0:05:51.700 --> 0:05:56.920 why are you Yankees fans? That's a humiliation ritual. So 0:05:57.040 --> 0:06:01.820 that's the big win going on. But to talk about 0:06:01.839 --> 0:06:03.890 the players, maybe we should talk about the players a 0:06:03.900 --> 0:06:06.190 little bit. I don't know. But it was just a 0:06:06.230 --> 0:06:07.230 great series, Alex. 0:06:07.589 --> 0:06:09.250 The vibes. The truck was rocking. 0:06:09.770 --> 0:06:10.770 Everything was rocking. 0:06:11.630 --> 0:06:15.070 It was awesome. No, I agree. I saw Elijah there. 0:06:15.589 --> 0:06:16.950 I went up to the third deck for a minute, 0:06:17.890 --> 0:06:20.050 and I saw Elijah there. I was like, oh, my God. 0:06:20.650 --> 0:06:21.880 Me and Elijah locked eyes. 0:06:21.890 --> 0:06:23.820 He is absolutely killing it right now. 0:06:24.680 --> 0:06:25.430 Yeah, he's killing it. 0:06:25.880 --> 0:06:29.520 He is absolutely killing it right now. Yeah, no, so 0:06:30.460 --> 0:06:32.820 tell me, like, just talk to me about, I mean, 0:06:32.839 --> 0:06:35.190 just how cool was it to interact with people? Talk 0:06:35.200 --> 0:06:36.950 to me about the fans, all that stuff. Oh, my God. 0:06:37.510 --> 0:06:42.669 My mic wasn't working the whole time. My mic was, like, unplugged. 0:06:43.910 --> 0:06:47.490 I think I can, I could, I could hear you. 0:06:48.350 --> 0:06:51.980 Okay. The whole time. Yeah. Okay, cool. Wait, what was 0:06:52.000 --> 0:06:54.940 your question again? Yeah. Just, just talk to me about 0:06:54.960 --> 0:06:58.100 the vibe. Talk to me about how everything was. I mean, yeah, 0:06:58.180 --> 0:07:00.870 everyone was just happy. I mean, and like everyone was 0:07:00.960 --> 0:07:04.950 into the game. They were standing up. I mean, it's 0:07:04.990 --> 0:07:10.210 not the usual, you know, regular season crowd. Uh, everyone, like, 0:07:10.550 --> 0:07:13.910 people had to stand for significant portions of the game 0:07:13.970 --> 0:07:18.920 just because people want to stand. And once someone stands, 0:07:19.000 --> 0:07:23.000 you know, you see everyone else just slowly stand behind 0:07:23.060 --> 0:07:25.780 them because no one wants to miss a second of 0:07:25.960 --> 0:07:28.460 the game. I mean, so it was just amazing to see. 0:07:28.480 --> 0:07:33.430 And just to see if people and the way the 0:07:33.450 --> 0:07:36.290 team played, I mean, they just responded to the crowd's energy. 0:07:36.530 --> 0:07:43.350 And I mean, the, the, We never... We were never 0:07:43.430 --> 0:07:47.550 losing this series. Not once did the Yankees score or 0:07:47.570 --> 0:07:50.380 surpass us. Never once were they in the driver's seat. 0:07:50.950 --> 0:07:53.620 And I mean, the fans just fed off of that. 0:07:53.720 --> 0:07:56.420 I mean, they just... They made it a hellhole for 0:07:56.460 --> 0:08:00.340 the first time in a while. And that's probably why 0:08:00.360 --> 0:08:02.880 a lot of Yankees fans thought this would be more 0:08:03.000 --> 0:08:06.470 breezy of a series. Because... I mean, their impression of 0:08:06.490 --> 0:08:09.810 the regular season Yankees games is right. I mean, there 0:08:09.870 --> 0:08:13.810 is more Yankees fans there during those games. But you 0:08:13.850 --> 0:08:18.030 want to know why? Because we avoid y'all. And I 0:08:18.070 --> 0:08:22.110 said this in a tweet before, but I got 148 comments, Alex, 0:08:22.390 --> 0:08:24.970 telling me why I'm wrong. And then I was just 0:08:25.050 --> 0:08:29.230 right the whole fucking time. But, like, we literally don't 0:08:29.770 --> 0:08:32.410 want to go to those series unless we absolutely have to. 0:08:33.320 --> 0:08:36.830 Because we want to avoid you. Guys are kind of annoying. 0:08:37.390 --> 0:08:41.860 Yankees fans, that is. So, like, once you force us 0:08:41.910 --> 0:08:44.010 into a playoff series, we're going to go to the game. 0:08:45.000 --> 0:08:47.000 And we're going to trash talk you. But we don't 0:08:47.020 --> 0:08:50.480 want to see you the other ten times we have 0:08:50.500 --> 0:08:53.559 to play you. And we'd rather save our money because 0:08:53.600 --> 0:08:56.640 those games are usually more expensive. So, you had this 0:08:56.700 --> 0:09:00.780 wrong impression going to the series. You were all cocky. And, 0:09:01.059 --> 0:09:06.590 you know, you just... It went about as perfect as 0:09:06.670 --> 0:09:09.610 it could have, Alex, like at the trop in terms 0:09:09.630 --> 0:09:12.290 of environment and how the team played. 0:09:13.780 --> 0:09:16.560 I fully agree with you. I mean, you know, from 0:09:16.600 --> 0:09:19.840 what I could see, the fans were absolutely going nuts. 0:09:20.360 --> 0:09:24.420 The vibes were incredible. They were immaculate. It's so great 0:09:24.440 --> 0:09:26.699 to see playoff baseball back in the trop. And I 0:09:26.760 --> 0:09:30.420 know that people were absolutely loving every bit of it. 0:09:30.740 --> 0:09:33.380 Of course, when you win, it's so much better. But 0:09:33.400 --> 0:09:38.220 to see 40K out there was just something truly special 0:09:38.280 --> 0:09:43.720 with this team. And so many people, you know, posting videos. 0:09:43.760 --> 0:09:47.179 So many people showing out. Just everything about. 0:09:48.860 --> 0:09:51.420 Everything about everything that was going on there. 0:09:54.300 --> 0:09:58.550 For the ALDS was incredible. The watch party was incredible. 0:09:58.670 --> 0:10:00.880 I know I met up. I met up with some 0:10:00.910 --> 0:10:03.900 people in Northern Virginia. We had a watch party, little 0:10:03.940 --> 0:10:06.800 watch party thing. Like it's so cool to see so 0:10:06.840 --> 0:10:09.480 many different race fans. I mean, people were traveling in 0:10:09.520 --> 0:10:13.119 from hundreds of miles away to go see games. I 0:10:13.140 --> 0:10:15.360 know people are going to be doing that for the ALCS. 0:10:15.720 --> 0:10:18.280 Who knows if they progress further, maybe I do something 0:10:18.320 --> 0:10:21.229 like that. Like, Those are the kind of things about 0:10:21.610 --> 0:10:28.329 this whole vibe that are just so cool with the Rays. Like, 0:10:28.429 --> 0:10:33.100 I'm so excited to see what happens with this. I'm 0:10:33.179 --> 0:10:37.179 so excited to see where this team can go. It's like... 0:10:38.020 --> 0:10:41.250 And the thing about it is that there's so many different– 0:10:41.280 --> 0:10:44.699 I mean, I remember telling people just before Mesa's home run, 0:10:44.760 --> 0:10:47.540 I was like, Victor Mesa hasn't had his playoff moment yet. 0:10:47.860 --> 0:10:50.020 And then, like, within five seconds, he hits the homer. 0:10:50.360 --> 0:10:52.480 He pimps the shit out of it. Ball goes, like, 0:10:52.480 --> 0:10:57.260 400 feet. You know, to be fair, Junior hasn't had 0:10:57.300 --> 0:11:00.630 his playoff moment. Yandy hasn't had his playoff moment. Aranda's 0:11:00.650 --> 0:11:05.350 had a couple so far. Mesa's had one. Ryan Valade 0:11:05.790 --> 0:11:09.350 comes in. just against the lefty, and does what he 0:11:09.420 --> 0:11:14.740 always does against the lefty. Like, things like that are so... 0:11:15.640 --> 0:11:18.969 It's so special about this team. So truly special about 0:11:18.990 --> 0:11:21.070 this team. I mean, you know, we got a moment 0:11:21.090 --> 0:11:24.010 from Kevin Kelly striking out John Carlo. We got the 0:11:24.050 --> 0:11:28.590 moment from Ian Seymour absolutely shoving in game two. We 0:11:28.610 --> 0:11:31.710 got Brian Baker closing three straight games. I swear to God, 0:11:31.750 --> 0:11:33.809 if they keep using him in tournament and Nick Anderson, 0:11:34.170 --> 0:11:37.069 I am going to freak out. I'm just putting that 0:11:37.170 --> 0:11:40.560 out there, putting, like, if we don't, I understand there 0:11:40.580 --> 0:11:43.780 were games in between all the games, but we cannot, 0:11:43.920 --> 0:11:47.850 I don't want, Thank God they swept him because now 0:11:47.880 --> 0:11:50.550 he's got like four or five days to like relax 0:11:50.590 --> 0:11:53.090 a little bit. I'm just a little bit scared that 0:11:53.110 --> 0:11:55.590 they might overuse him. I don't think that that's going 0:11:55.610 --> 0:11:58.110 to be the case, but I'm just a little bit, 0:11:59.030 --> 0:11:59.990 little bit freaked out. 0:12:00.770 --> 0:12:05.550 No, it definitely, yeah, it definitely does. But I mean, 0:12:05.610 --> 0:12:07.500 at least they had the day off between. 0:12:07.510 --> 0:12:10.080 I know they needed that day off, but I mean, 0:12:10.120 --> 0:12:14.059 not just those guys, you know, everything about, um, uh, 0:12:14.920 --> 0:12:20.900 Drew Rasmussen nearly throws a no-hitter. You have Freddy Peralta 0:12:20.940 --> 0:12:26.640 having success. You have Nick Martinez coming in, showing a 0:12:26.660 --> 0:12:30.339 little bit of success. Different guys stepped up into different roles. 0:12:30.640 --> 0:12:35.400 Griffin Jacks came in, pitched two innings. My goodness, I 0:12:35.440 --> 0:12:38.680 was so scared, especially with the Volpe double. 0:12:39.280 --> 0:12:41.880 I was so scared. When they brought him back that 0:12:41.920 --> 0:12:42.679 second inning, I. 0:12:42.660 --> 0:12:49.160 Was like, I mean, it was frightening. 0:12:49.300 --> 0:12:51.580 Kevin cash has just had the balls. I mean, he, 0:12:51.760 --> 0:12:54.600 he has been doing stuff because we're so used to 0:12:54.640 --> 0:12:58.890 cash isms, you know, like, like we start thinking like 0:12:58.950 --> 0:13:01.610 Kevin cash, like before he even can. So like when 0:13:01.650 --> 0:13:05.570 he does something, not Kevin cash, like you're like, wait, 0:13:06.250 --> 0:13:09.060 you're letting this guy out there for another inning after 0:13:09.140 --> 0:13:13.020 he might, like he just gave up or that, that 0:13:13.200 --> 0:13:18.330 one run. you know, double. Thanks Yankees fans for that one, 0:13:18.370 --> 0:13:18.750 by the way. 0:13:21.230 --> 0:13:21.490 Yeah. 0:13:21.590 --> 0:13:27.360 I mean, we've just been giving, yeah. Like he's been using, 0:13:28.040 --> 0:13:30.559 he's been throwing out the book and just knowing when to, 0:13:31.380 --> 0:13:34.040 you know, just go for it. And, you know, it's, 0:13:34.240 --> 0:13:36.500 it's been pretty nice to see from Kevin Cash this year. 0:13:37.179 --> 0:13:38.440 Gotta give him a lot of credit. 0:13:39.280 --> 0:13:42.330 I fully agree. I mean, it's been like watching, watching 0:13:42.350 --> 0:13:45.099 the kind of things that he's pulling off this, you know, 0:13:45.120 --> 0:13:47.219 during the playoffs has been really impressive to watch. 0:13:47.300 --> 0:13:51.660 I mean, also to bench Chandler Simpson, you know, and then, 0:13:52.360 --> 0:13:55.179 you know, the guys that he put in ahead of him, 0:13:55.690 --> 0:13:57.630 you know, both of those guys were productive in that 0:13:57.670 --> 0:14:02.250 game and won them that game. So, I mean, it 0:14:02.290 --> 0:14:09.030 was a good, great, great managerial outing by Kevin Cash. 0:14:09.770 --> 0:14:11.219 I agree. The whole series. 0:14:12.059 --> 0:14:15.200 I agree with you. I fully agree with you. I 0:14:15.240 --> 0:14:19.180 think that they, they've made the right moves. Um, and 0:14:19.220 --> 0:14:21.340 the right moves have made all the difference in the end. 0:14:23.420 --> 0:14:26.910 I mean, they've been making, they've been doing what they 0:14:26.950 --> 0:14:32.010 need to do in order to succeed. Um, and it's 0:14:32.050 --> 0:14:37.080 been really, really impressive to watch. Um, but like, I mean, 0:14:37.100 --> 0:14:40.020 just so many different guys have already stepped up. You know, 0:14:40.080 --> 0:14:42.980 Chandler had somewhat of a big moment with the, um, 0:14:44.100 --> 0:14:48.580 with the swinging bunt. Taylor Walls has played really well defensively. 0:14:50.420 --> 0:14:52.420 Just different guys have kind of stepped in here and there. 0:14:53.140 --> 0:14:55.859 And to be fair to the Rays, they really haven't 0:14:56.060 --> 0:14:58.820 used a lot of bullpen pieces. If you look at 0:14:58.860 --> 0:15:03.940 the guys of the evening game three, when Nick Anderson 0:15:04.040 --> 0:15:07.520 only went... Sorry, Nick. I'm putting too many guys together. 0:15:07.540 --> 0:15:10.780 I'm thinking of the basketball player. When Nick Martinez... only 0:15:10.840 --> 0:15:13.880 went three and two-thirds, gets hit with the liner in 0:15:13.920 --> 0:15:17.700 his back, and then has to depart the game. You 0:15:17.740 --> 0:15:20.320 look at the guys that the Rays used. Seymour, they 0:15:20.440 --> 0:15:23.130 used him previously in the series, but they used him 0:15:23.210 --> 0:15:25.970 for one and a third. They used Cam Boozer earlier 0:15:25.990 --> 0:15:28.190 in the series. They used him again. He gets you 0:15:28.230 --> 0:15:30.950 two-thirds of an inning. He had already pitched a third, 0:15:31.230 --> 0:15:33.330 so those are two guys that they had previously used. 0:15:33.650 --> 0:15:37.320 Brian Baker, previously used him, used him for another inning. 0:15:37.940 --> 0:15:40.220 Kevin Kelly only used him for a third of an inning. 0:15:41.680 --> 0:15:44.500 Griffin Jacks used him for two innings. So if you 0:15:44.540 --> 0:15:48.090 take out the three starters that they had, they reused 0:15:48.810 --> 0:15:52.390 three guys in that game that they had previously used 0:15:52.710 --> 0:15:55.310 and then added on an extra three guys. So they've 0:15:55.410 --> 0:16:00.290 only used six relievers. Now, Seymour getting some time back 0:16:00.350 --> 0:16:03.270 is going to be helpful considering that he pitched four 0:16:03.310 --> 0:16:06.010 and a third over the course of the three games. 0:16:06.030 --> 0:16:10.110 I mean, that's a lot. Baker pitched three innings. Boozer 0:16:10.150 --> 0:16:14.060 pitched an inning in total. Jacks pitched two. Like, they didn't, 0:16:14.080 --> 0:16:18.300 you know, I'm very surprised that they didn't need to 0:16:18.420 --> 0:16:24.060 use everyone. Like, they used less than 10 pitchers. If 0:16:24.100 --> 0:16:27.240 you take everything together, they used, I'm pretty sure they 0:16:27.320 --> 0:16:29.000 used less than 10 pitchers in three games. 0:16:30.630 --> 0:16:34.670 Yeah, I mean, every game was, I mean, still pretty close. So, 0:16:34.750 --> 0:16:37.190 I mean, a lot of the high leverage guys went 0:16:37.210 --> 0:16:40.820 in there. And, I'd like, we said with that one 0:16:40.860 --> 0:16:44.060 day rest, I mean, those guys have had less time 0:16:44.100 --> 0:16:48.520 before and played back to back games. So, I mean, that, 0:16:48.560 --> 0:16:51.560 that was like, I mean, I feel like that schedule 0:16:51.760 --> 0:16:55.600 immensely benefited us. I mean, having that off day in 0:16:55.620 --> 0:16:58.520 between all the games, I mean, I feel like that 0:16:58.560 --> 0:17:02.400 was a super underrated aspect of how this series was 0:17:02.440 --> 0:17:06.179 going to go. Uh, because I mean, You saw it 0:17:06.200 --> 0:17:08.590 from them, too. I mean, they had their best bullpen 0:17:08.619 --> 0:17:11.030 guys out. I mean, we kind of barely got to 0:17:11.070 --> 0:17:14.330 their bullpen. I think the Victor Mesa... I think the 0:17:14.369 --> 0:17:16.830 Victor Mesa... Wait, no, that was off of Max Freed, 0:17:16.869 --> 0:17:19.830 wasn't it? Or did we get Max Freed off the bench? 0:17:20.210 --> 0:17:22.969 No, all of the homers were off of Freed. They 0:17:22.990 --> 0:17:24.670 didn't score any runs after that point. 0:17:25.210 --> 0:17:28.680 Yeah, so I mean, yeah, their bullpen was just... They 0:17:28.720 --> 0:17:32.560 were just as good the whole series, too. It was just... 0:17:33.640 --> 0:17:36.280 You know, we were able to get off the starters 0:17:36.540 --> 0:17:39.920 a little bit better than the Yankees were. For sure. 0:17:42.140 --> 0:17:44.790 But yeah, I mean, the bullpens were about the same. 0:17:45.250 --> 0:17:47.989 I mean, they both came to play. They didn't get 0:17:48.010 --> 0:17:52.250 a lot of runs scored on them. I think maybe 0:17:52.270 --> 0:17:59.780 the Rays had one off the bullpen. So, yeah. It 0:17:59.800 --> 0:18:02.760 was one hell of a series from the pitching side 0:18:02.780 --> 0:18:07.639 of things. For sure. But, I mean, you got to 0:18:07.680 --> 0:18:09.780 give credit to the Yankees pitching, too. Because, I mean, 0:18:11.060 --> 0:18:15.580 they were dealing. But, I mean, just edging them out 0:18:15.619 --> 0:18:21.109 on the starters. More timely offense. And no fan interference. 0:18:21.650 --> 0:18:23.969 Because race fans know not to do that shit in 0:18:23.990 --> 0:18:27.330 the playoffs. And if that shit did happen at Tropicana Field, 0:18:27.770 --> 0:18:29.350 by the way, it would have been a Yankees fan. 0:18:30.590 --> 0:18:33.179 Yeah, I can't believe, I mean, if that should happen at. 0:18:33.160 --> 0:18:35.580 Tropicana Field, dude, we weren't here at the end of it. 0:18:35.800 --> 0:18:38.480 Those Yankees fans were celebrating like crazy, and I'm like, 0:18:38.540 --> 0:18:45.870 you absolute dumbasses. Like, just the pure stupidity that we 0:18:45.970 --> 0:18:49.590 saw on display during that is just, I mean, it's 0:18:49.670 --> 0:18:50.669 simply atrocious. 0:18:51.710 --> 0:18:55.210 At that time, when that part of the game was happening, 0:18:55.230 --> 0:18:59.260 I was driving, because I was driving just home. And 0:18:59.280 --> 0:19:01.399 I was listening to Neil Solon's on the radio and 0:19:01.600 --> 0:19:03.600 he called it right away. As soon as the home 0:19:03.619 --> 0:19:06.240 run went over, it's like, oh, but the fan reached over. 0:19:07.300 --> 0:19:10.450 And like, I don't know how he sees that from, 0:19:12.109 --> 0:19:14.770 especially since even if he had the TV monitor in 0:19:14.810 --> 0:19:17.149 front of him, like to see like the closer play, 0:19:19.520 --> 0:19:23.540 like it's still. they only showed you the front angle. 0:19:23.600 --> 0:19:26.340 I don't know how Neil Solon saw that ball from 0:19:26.359 --> 0:19:29.959 the side and was able to just immediately point out, oh, 0:19:30.530 --> 0:19:36.230 this is probably going to get called back. So, I mean, 0:19:36.570 --> 0:19:37.429 that was a great call. 0:19:37.470 --> 0:19:40.030 That's our guy. That's our guy. 0:19:40.450 --> 0:19:43.030 I don't know how, because he's in fucking Yankee Stadium, 0:19:43.090 --> 0:19:46.030 like a half mile away from wherever that is, you know, 0:19:46.070 --> 0:19:49.770 in the press box. So, I don't know how he 0:19:49.790 --> 0:19:54.900 saw that ball being interfered with by the fans. 0:19:55.570 --> 0:19:58.970 Yeah, and the Yankees fans just looked so stupid during that. 0:19:59.310 --> 0:20:01.090 And they were like, oh, we're sober and we're going 0:20:01.109 --> 0:20:02.870 to win. Like, no, you idiots. 0:20:03.470 --> 0:20:06.290 I'm going to be real honest, Alex. I have been 0:20:06.330 --> 0:20:09.210 liking all those John Boy videos where it's like, it's 0:20:09.250 --> 0:20:16.959 just them. celebrating and then just getting owned. Uh, I mean, 0:20:16.980 --> 0:20:19.590 there's a good game, by the way, good game, Marty McFly. 0:20:19.640 --> 0:20:22.619 Good game. Good game. 0:20:23.710 --> 0:20:28.290 It's just like, it is, it is, it is hilarious 0:20:28.310 --> 0:20:31.170 to see the hubris of Yankees fans. Just, I mean, 0:20:32.270 --> 0:20:34.909 the pride comes before the fall and like, I'm not 0:20:34.930 --> 0:20:38.229 going to lie. I wasn't trying to like, even with 0:20:38.290 --> 0:20:41.639 my friends, I wasn't like, being obnoxious about it. I 0:20:41.680 --> 0:20:44.639 wasn't thinking about like, like, honestly, I thought it was 0:20:44.660 --> 0:20:45.859 going to go five. I thought it was going to 0:20:45.900 --> 0:20:48.340 be the exact same thing as 2020. I thought it 0:20:48.380 --> 0:20:49.780 was going to find a way to go five. I 0:20:49.820 --> 0:20:52.540 wasn't comfortable. I wasn't comfortable at all playing in the Bronx. 0:20:52.900 --> 0:20:56.530 I wasn't comfortable for a second. Yeah. Well, kind of, 0:20:56.680 --> 0:20:59.669 but like once we got, like before the games, I 0:20:59.710 --> 0:21:01.850 was like, ah, shit, I don't want these fuckers to 0:21:01.890 --> 0:21:03.790 talk shit. I don't want to lose. And these fuckers 0:21:03.810 --> 0:21:04.649 just talk shit about me. 0:21:04.869 --> 0:21:07.250 I was thinking about that so hard. I was like, 0:21:07.350 --> 0:21:08.550 please don't let this happen. 0:21:09.700 --> 0:21:13.690 It's like, please don't let the Yankee comeback happen. It'll 0:21:13.730 --> 0:21:14.609 be insufferable. 0:21:16.490 --> 0:21:17.250 That I agree with. 0:21:17.510 --> 0:21:19.730 But yeah, I mean, I wasn't worried. I wasn't worried 0:21:19.750 --> 0:21:19.970 at all. 0:21:20.670 --> 0:21:22.530 I was still very worried. I was very worried about 0:21:22.570 --> 0:21:26.470 game three, but the Rays showed up in playoff Yankee 0:21:26.490 --> 0:21:29.270 stadium and I'm so proud of them. And I said 0:21:29.310 --> 0:21:30.670 that that game was going to be the biggest game 0:21:30.710 --> 0:21:32.490 in this series. I still think it was the biggest 0:21:32.520 --> 0:21:34.240 game in the series, even though I know game one 0:21:34.260 --> 0:21:38.180 was a big deal. The fact that they showed up and, 0:21:38.770 --> 0:21:42.410 They played well, and they silenced the fans. Like, that's 0:21:42.450 --> 0:21:44.650 the kind of confidence that you need to be able 0:21:44.690 --> 0:21:47.870 to clinch on the road in a hostile environment like that. 0:21:47.930 --> 0:21:50.390 That's the kind of confidence you need going down the road, 0:21:51.820 --> 0:21:54.740 regardless of who you're playing. If it's the Guardians, if 0:21:54.800 --> 0:21:57.320 it's the Dodgers, if they get to the World Series. Like, 0:21:57.560 --> 0:21:59.760 that's the kind of confidence that I need from this team, 0:22:00.040 --> 0:22:04.440 and I'm so, so beyond proud of the boys for 0:22:04.460 --> 0:22:05.100 pulling through. 0:22:06.900 --> 0:22:08.090 Yeah, I mean, it's been great. 0:22:09.760 --> 0:22:14.280 I like the raise. I mean, every bit of this well-deserved. 0:22:14.300 --> 0:22:17.239 Now they get home field advantage through the ALCS. They 0:22:17.270 --> 0:22:19.570 will not get it in the World Series because the 0:22:19.609 --> 0:22:22.680 Brewers and Dodgers won. Both of those teams had better 0:22:22.720 --> 0:22:25.199 regular season records than the Rays. So by default, the 0:22:25.240 --> 0:22:26.480 National League will get home. 0:22:26.520 --> 0:22:29.240 We'll get in games three, four, five. 0:22:29.440 --> 0:22:31.980 If they get in the World Series. But we start 0:22:32.060 --> 0:22:35.960 off with ALCS game one and game two, which begins 0:22:36.140 --> 0:22:40.700 Monday and Tuesday. Then three, four, and five going into 0:22:40.720 --> 0:22:43.590 the weekend, which I believe is Thursday, Friday, Saturday. And 0:22:43.650 --> 0:22:48.850 then I would assume, what, Monday, Tuesday again? If I'm 0:22:48.890 --> 0:22:52.550 mathing right? I think so, yeah. So, yeah, Game 1, 0:22:52.550 --> 0:22:57.290 Game 2 at home, 3, 4, 5 in Chicago or Cleveland, 0:22:57.730 --> 0:23:01.399 Game 6 and Game 7. 5, 6, and 7, of course, are, 0:23:02.040 --> 0:23:06.920 if necessary, all of those games. As said, I do 0:23:06.940 --> 0:23:10.280 have the schedule on me, so Game 1 and Game 0:23:10.280 --> 0:23:13.540 2 are both at 8 p.m. Game 3 is either 0:23:13.660 --> 0:23:17.440 at 5 or, I guess, at 6 p.m. Game 4 0:23:17.440 --> 0:23:18.310 is at 6 p.m. Game. 0:23:21.750 --> 0:23:25.610 Now, there are some caveats of, like, if teams lose, 0:23:26.150 --> 0:23:31.030 then games can get flexed to later times. So mainly 0:23:31.050 --> 0:23:37.450 that just means that it will get flexed to 8 p.m. So, yeah, Thursday, Friday. 0:23:37.470 --> 0:23:40.770 So Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Monday, Tuesday is what 0:23:40.790 --> 0:23:45.910