1 00:00:01,360 --> 00:00:08,560 Speaker 1: He wanted to talk cats all, how's it going everybody, 2 00:00:08,560 --> 00:00:13,560 Speaker 1: Welcome back, Welcome back, Yankees kicking off a series against 3 00:00:13,600 --> 00:00:17,319 Speaker 1: the Twins tonight, and Will Warren on the mound. But 4 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:20,160 Speaker 1: I wanted to talk a little bit about the Yankees' 5 00:00:20,400 --> 00:00:23,680 Speaker 1: manager situation. I want to talk a little bit about 6 00:00:23,720 --> 00:00:26,680 Speaker 1: their organization as a whole. We got a bunch of 7 00:00:26,800 --> 00:00:31,440 Speaker 1: voicemails from you guys. Also having some live stream issues 8 00:00:31,480 --> 00:00:33,600 Speaker 1: this week, So some of you may have noticed that 9 00:00:33,640 --> 00:00:39,199 Speaker 1: the live stream got taken down yesterday midway through. It 10 00:00:39,240 --> 00:00:41,640 Speaker 1: was about ten minutes after the stream went off, and 11 00:00:41,720 --> 00:00:43,280 Speaker 1: I know a lot of people were watching, and it 12 00:00:43,320 --> 00:00:45,239 Speaker 1: got removed and I had to re upload it, so 13 00:00:45,320 --> 00:00:47,760 Speaker 1: there was an issue. I showed like a three second 14 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:50,280 Speaker 1: clip that I've shown a million times before whenever the 15 00:00:50,320 --> 00:00:52,720 Speaker 1: Yankees are playing bad, I have this little drop in 16 00:00:52,880 --> 00:00:55,520 Speaker 1: where I play the scene from Jaws where the guy 17 00:00:55,880 --> 00:00:58,800 Speaker 1: is Chief Brody, he's shooting the shark and the shark 18 00:00:58,880 --> 00:01:02,600 Speaker 1: blows up. I say, blow it up. Well, apparently I 19 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:04,880 Speaker 1: got to notice it was I think an automated thing 20 00:01:05,760 --> 00:01:08,800 Speaker 1: where you're not supposed to show firearms during a live stream. 21 00:01:08,880 --> 00:01:12,080 Speaker 1: So I got danged for that, and they took down 22 00:01:12,200 --> 00:01:15,000 Speaker 1: the stream, and now there's like a seventy two hour 23 00:01:15,240 --> 00:01:18,280 Speaker 1: period before I can stream again. I appealed. I think 24 00:01:18,360 --> 00:01:20,880 Speaker 1: it'll be fine. I didn't get a warning or a 25 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:23,360 Speaker 1: strike or anything like that, but they block you from 26 00:01:23,440 --> 00:01:25,640 Speaker 1: live streaming for a couple of days while they review it. 27 00:01:26,319 --> 00:01:28,720 Speaker 1: So for the next couple of days, the podcast will 28 00:01:28,760 --> 00:01:31,000 Speaker 1: be a little bit different. I will be pre recording 29 00:01:31,240 --> 00:01:33,640 Speaker 1: and uploading, so we're not gonna have the live comments 30 00:01:33,680 --> 00:01:36,920 Speaker 1: on the screen during the game. I will take your 31 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:39,800 Speaker 1: voicemails and I will answer them as the game goes along, 32 00:01:39,840 --> 00:01:42,360 Speaker 1: and then we'll just upload at the end of the game. 33 00:01:42,800 --> 00:01:46,399 Speaker 1: So we'll just kind of improvise a little bit. But 34 00:01:47,160 --> 00:01:49,600 Speaker 1: sorry about that. Hopefully things get straighten the away first. 35 00:01:49,680 --> 00:01:53,200 Speaker 1: That is obviously my bad, but also partially YouTube being 36 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:57,280 Speaker 1: a little oversensitive. But Yankee sixty two and fifty six, 37 00:01:57,360 --> 00:01:59,360 Speaker 1: six and six and a half games back in the 38 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:02,360 Speaker 1: American League East. They are a half game back for 39 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:08,760 Speaker 1: the third wild card with the Guardians Rangers all creeping 40 00:02:08,880 --> 00:02:13,079 Speaker 1: up and the Yankees going in the wrong direction, and 41 00:02:13,440 --> 00:02:18,919 Speaker 1: it's hard to identify exactly where the problem lies. I mean, 42 00:02:19,440 --> 00:02:22,120 Speaker 1: Aaron Boone gets a lot of criticism because he's got 43 00:02:22,120 --> 00:02:27,360 Speaker 1: an enormous payroll, and every summer for a couple of months, 44 00:02:27,760 --> 00:02:30,000 Speaker 1: they underperform, and they don't just play, you know, five 45 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:32,640 Speaker 1: hundred ball or have a couple of bad games. They'll 46 00:02:32,680 --> 00:02:34,799 Speaker 1: be literally one of the worst teams in baseball for 47 00:02:34,919 --> 00:02:36,840 Speaker 1: months at a time. And this happens every year and 48 00:02:36,919 --> 00:02:39,360 Speaker 1: you can't explain it. And it even happened last year 49 00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:43,040 Speaker 1: when the Yankees went to the World Series. I think 50 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:46,440 Speaker 1: this year the Yankees might actually miss out on the playoffs, 51 00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:49,880 Speaker 1: and I think that the urgency around this team is 52 00:02:49,880 --> 00:02:53,160 Speaker 1: not what you want. Now. Statistically, this team has one 53 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:56,200 Speaker 1: hundred and eighty three home runs on August eleventh, which 54 00:02:56,240 --> 00:03:00,720 Speaker 1: is incredible, But this is more evident that you need 55 00:03:00,760 --> 00:03:04,000 Speaker 1: more than just home runs and home run hitting ability 56 00:03:04,360 --> 00:03:06,880 Speaker 1: to be a good baseball team. It doesn't matter how 57 00:03:06,880 --> 00:03:09,080 Speaker 1: many times you hit seven home runs in a game 58 00:03:09,120 --> 00:03:11,480 Speaker 1: off the bullpen, in a game you've already put away. 59 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:13,680 Speaker 1: You got to be able to win the close games 60 00:03:13,720 --> 00:03:18,200 Speaker 1: like the Yankees had this weekend, like they had against 61 00:03:18,360 --> 00:03:22,639 Speaker 1: the Marlins, and they just have an inability to do 62 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:28,520 Speaker 1: that because they can't put together hits. They have deprioritized 63 00:03:29,080 --> 00:03:34,760 Speaker 1: contact hitting, their pitching has been so up and down, 64 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:37,600 Speaker 1: hard to watch. You know, a couple of years ago 65 00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:40,880 Speaker 1: when Luke Voight showed up at spring training and he 66 00:03:41,040 --> 00:03:43,600 Speaker 1: was laughing about batting average, ses, anybody can't care about 67 00:03:43,600 --> 00:03:47,119 Speaker 1: batting average anymore. Well, he got released because he wasn't 68 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:50,920 Speaker 1: hitting enough. A few years later, I see a lot 69 00:03:50,920 --> 00:03:54,280 Speaker 1: of guys on this team. You know, Wells hitting two 70 00:03:54,240 --> 00:04:01,080 Speaker 1: to eight, Jazz hitting two thirty seven, Volpie hitting two seventeen. Grisham, 71 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:03,800 Speaker 1: he's hitting for power, but again two forty five hitter, 72 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:08,040 Speaker 1: Ben Rice hitting two thirty one. J c Ascarrett two 73 00:04:08,040 --> 00:04:12,080 Speaker 1: to five. Ryan McMahon, he's hitting two fifty since coming 74 00:04:12,080 --> 00:04:15,160 Speaker 1: to the Yankees, but a two hundred ish hitter overall 75 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:16,960 Speaker 1: on the season. Let me pull up his actual number, 76 00:04:16,960 --> 00:04:20,680 Speaker 1: two twenty one on the season. So we have difficulty 77 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:24,919 Speaker 1: stringing hits together, and it's aggravating because it leads to 78 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:29,560 Speaker 1: a lot of you know, guys left on bass, guys 79 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:32,680 Speaker 1: left in scoring position. You know, you got on a base, 80 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:34,479 Speaker 1: and everybody's trying to hit the two run, three run 81 00:04:34,480 --> 00:04:37,200 Speaker 1: home run instead of moving the runner back In the nineties, 82 00:04:37,440 --> 00:04:39,200 Speaker 1: and I know I talk a lot about the nineties teams, 83 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:43,279 Speaker 1: those are the teams I grew up watching. It was 84 00:04:43,320 --> 00:04:46,880 Speaker 1: a team that wasn't full of superstars, but they understood 85 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:49,400 Speaker 1: how to win baseball games. If you had a runner 86 00:04:49,440 --> 00:04:52,479 Speaker 1: on second with nobody out, you could bet that the 87 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:54,400 Speaker 1: hitter who was at the plate was trying to hit 88 00:04:54,440 --> 00:04:56,320 Speaker 1: the ball on the ground to the right side to 89 00:04:56,400 --> 00:04:58,600 Speaker 1: advance that runner to third so that the next guy 90 00:04:58,640 --> 00:05:00,520 Speaker 1: could try and hit a sack fly right. It was 91 00:05:00,520 --> 00:05:03,359 Speaker 1: about getting the run in, not about personal stats. And 92 00:05:03,520 --> 00:05:05,040 Speaker 1: I have a feeling that a lot of guys are 93 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:08,320 Speaker 1: focused on their personal stats because the money has become 94 00:05:08,400 --> 00:05:12,120 Speaker 1: so crazy in baseball that everybody wants that big contract 95 00:05:12,120 --> 00:05:15,599 Speaker 1: for hitting all the home runs or whatever, and it's 96 00:05:15,600 --> 00:05:19,480 Speaker 1: a little aggravating. We've had a lot of talk about 97 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:22,080 Speaker 1: Aaron Boone about whether or not he's the right guy 98 00:05:22,120 --> 00:05:24,760 Speaker 1: to manage this team. It seems like every year we 99 00:05:24,839 --> 00:05:27,320 Speaker 1: have this Midsummer slump, and to me, that is enough 100 00:05:27,920 --> 00:05:31,880 Speaker 1: to really consider another option. And we just saw the 101 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:35,239 Speaker 1: guy I'd picked, Donnie Baseball. I know that Don Mattingley 102 00:05:35,279 --> 00:05:37,599 Speaker 1: has not been a great manager, and we do have 103 00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:39,440 Speaker 1: some voicemails about this, so I won't spend too much 104 00:05:39,480 --> 00:05:42,039 Speaker 1: time on it. Mattingly has not been a great manager, 105 00:05:42,040 --> 00:05:44,279 Speaker 1: but neither was Joe Tory before he came to the Yankees. 106 00:05:44,720 --> 00:05:47,760 Speaker 1: I think there's more to winning as a manager than 107 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:51,160 Speaker 1: just your experience as a manager. Are you the right 108 00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:54,320 Speaker 1: personality type right? Do you know how to handle the city? 109 00:05:55,240 --> 00:05:58,160 Speaker 1: Joe Tory was perfect because at a time when the 110 00:05:58,240 --> 00:06:00,400 Speaker 1: Yankees had a lot of young players and the noise 111 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:02,839 Speaker 1: was starting to get louder that they hadn't been to 112 00:06:02,880 --> 00:06:05,120 Speaker 1: the World Series, and I think it was eighteen years 113 00:06:06,320 --> 00:06:08,320 Speaker 1: that or they hadn't. Yeah, they hadn't been to the 114 00:06:08,320 --> 00:06:10,320 Speaker 1: World Series since eighty one. They hadn't won it since 115 00:06:10,360 --> 00:06:12,960 Speaker 1: seventy eight when Joe Tory took over in ninety six, 116 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:16,359 Speaker 1: So there was a lot of noise around that, and 117 00:06:16,400 --> 00:06:19,480 Speaker 1: you had some young guys coming up, obviously, the Jeters, 118 00:06:19,520 --> 00:06:24,880 Speaker 1: the Petits, the Rivera's, the Pasadas. He had young guys, 119 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:28,359 Speaker 1: and Tory acted like a filter that kept that noise 120 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:31,960 Speaker 1: from influencing the development of those guys. They were able 121 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:34,280 Speaker 1: to develop, They were able to learn from some of 122 00:06:34,320 --> 00:06:36,960 Speaker 1: the veterans that had been brought in under Gene Michael, 123 00:06:37,240 --> 00:06:40,680 Speaker 1: guys like Paul O'Neil, and you know, you hear Paul 124 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:44,080 Speaker 1: O'Neil on the broadcast, you know, talk about his approach 125 00:06:44,240 --> 00:06:46,760 Speaker 1: and it's all about winning the game and scoring the runs, 126 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:50,440 Speaker 1: not about personal statistics. Joe Girardi same way. You know, 127 00:06:50,480 --> 00:06:52,040 Speaker 1: he got booed when he first came in there because 128 00:06:52,040 --> 00:06:54,640 Speaker 1: he wasn't a home run hitter like Mike Stanley, but 129 00:06:54,680 --> 00:06:58,719 Speaker 1: he was the perfect fit. He handled the young staff well, 130 00:06:58,839 --> 00:07:01,000 Speaker 1: you know, he Andy pet It Rivera. I mean, he 131 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:03,400 Speaker 1: handled these guys and then he worked with the veterans, 132 00:07:03,560 --> 00:07:06,719 Speaker 1: guys like Jimmy Key, and he did a great job. 133 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:09,920 Speaker 1: He got a big hit when it mattered because he 134 00:07:09,960 --> 00:07:13,560 Speaker 1: wasn't trying to hit home runs, right, He was a contactor. 135 00:07:13,560 --> 00:07:15,200 Speaker 1: I think he hit about two ninety that year. 136 00:07:15,200 --> 00:07:15,360 Speaker 2: He was. 137 00:07:15,480 --> 00:07:19,560 Speaker 1: He was a good player, great defender, played hard. We 138 00:07:19,600 --> 00:07:21,320 Speaker 1: don't really have a lot of that type of player 139 00:07:21,840 --> 00:07:23,880 Speaker 1: on the roster anymore. It seems like a collection of 140 00:07:23,920 --> 00:07:26,320 Speaker 1: guys who are put together to try and smoke home runs. 141 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:30,320 Speaker 1: And obviously they're getting that done. They're accomplishing that. But 142 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:33,040 Speaker 1: once again, the baseball has been flawed. The fundamentals have 143 00:07:33,080 --> 00:07:37,320 Speaker 1: been a problem. We've had numerous numerous base running issues 144 00:07:38,720 --> 00:07:44,200 Speaker 1: and you know, yesterday Shoho Tani made a bas running mistake. 145 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:46,200 Speaker 1: He got thrown out at third base, and after the 146 00:07:46,240 --> 00:07:49,040 Speaker 1: game they asked Dave Roberts, what are we thoughts on that? 147 00:07:49,120 --> 00:07:52,120 Speaker 1: He said, obviously it was a bad baseball play, bad 148 00:07:52,160 --> 00:07:56,120 Speaker 1: baseball play. I can't imagine Boone saying things like that 149 00:07:56,240 --> 00:07:58,760 Speaker 1: about one of his stars, about one of his rookies, 150 00:07:58,800 --> 00:08:01,320 Speaker 1: about anybody. He would say something like, well, you know, 151 00:08:01,360 --> 00:08:03,360 Speaker 1: he's trying to do something. They're trying to make play. 152 00:08:03,760 --> 00:08:06,520 Speaker 1: I understand he's Look, he's an elite base runner. We're 153 00:08:06,560 --> 00:08:09,040 Speaker 1: you know, we're gonna it happens. It's a big you know, 154 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:12,760 Speaker 1: he would cover you would cover over it, right, he would. 155 00:08:12,840 --> 00:08:17,160 Speaker 1: He would make excuses and bend over backwards to avoid accountability, 156 00:08:17,400 --> 00:08:20,800 Speaker 1: whereas Dave Roberts is just being honest and open and 157 00:08:20,920 --> 00:08:26,240 Speaker 1: delivering the message is so important as a manager in baseball, 158 00:08:26,800 --> 00:08:31,880 Speaker 1: it's it's how you build accountability. And so I feel 159 00:08:31,880 --> 00:08:35,120 Speaker 1: like that's a perfect example of the contrast between a 160 00:08:35,120 --> 00:08:39,000 Speaker 1: real manager, a World Series champion manager, and Aaron Boone. 161 00:08:39,320 --> 00:08:41,800 Speaker 1: And again, I think maddingly might be the right guy 162 00:08:41,880 --> 00:08:44,920 Speaker 1: right time. He's got the baseball acumen, he's got the experience, 163 00:08:45,679 --> 00:08:49,439 Speaker 1: he's coached, he's managed. Most importantly, he's played in New York. 164 00:08:49,480 --> 00:08:51,720 Speaker 1: He understands the media, he understands what it's like to 165 00:08:51,720 --> 00:08:53,680 Speaker 1: be a young player in New York, he understands what 166 00:08:53,720 --> 00:08:56,200 Speaker 1: it's like to be a star in New York. And 167 00:08:56,800 --> 00:09:00,640 Speaker 1: I think that some of that wisdom and quite frankly, 168 00:09:00,679 --> 00:09:06,720 Speaker 1: the accountability that he demanded as captain would will filter down. 169 00:09:06,720 --> 00:09:08,280 Speaker 1: He might even be able to help Aaron Judge be 170 00:09:08,320 --> 00:09:10,199 Speaker 1: a better captain. I'm not saying Aaron Judges is a 171 00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:14,640 Speaker 1: bad captain, but you know, I don't really see him 172 00:09:14,720 --> 00:09:18,360 Speaker 1: doing the things that a captain typically does, leading his 173 00:09:18,440 --> 00:09:21,160 Speaker 1: man in the dugout, getting people fired up. But then again, 174 00:09:21,800 --> 00:09:23,920 Speaker 1: you know, Jeter didn't really do that either. Jeter kind 175 00:09:23,920 --> 00:09:26,560 Speaker 1: of led by example, you know, diving into the stands 176 00:09:26,600 --> 00:09:28,800 Speaker 1: and things like that. And Jeter wasn't always the perfect 177 00:09:28,840 --> 00:09:31,240 Speaker 1: captain either. I mean, you could argue that he treated 178 00:09:31,360 --> 00:09:35,240 Speaker 1: a Rod in a way that inhibited a Rod's first 179 00:09:35,320 --> 00:09:38,720 Speaker 1: year with the Yankees and inhibited some of his production 180 00:09:39,360 --> 00:09:42,439 Speaker 1: at times, and compiled on the pressure that he was 181 00:09:42,480 --> 00:09:46,160 Speaker 1: already feeling. So Jeter was imperfect too, but nobody is perfect. 182 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:48,960 Speaker 1: But anyway, I'm gonna keep arping maddingly. I think he 183 00:09:49,040 --> 00:09:51,120 Speaker 1: might be the right guy, even if he is an 184 00:09:51,120 --> 00:09:54,439 Speaker 1: imperfect manager, I think he might be right guy right time. 185 00:09:54,880 --> 00:09:56,920 Speaker 1: So We've got a bunch of voicemails that I'm gonna 186 00:09:56,920 --> 00:09:58,560 Speaker 1: get to and I'm gonna play these. And I wanted 187 00:09:58,559 --> 00:10:00,800 Speaker 1: to remind you guys call in during the game tonight 188 00:10:00,840 --> 00:10:03,560 Speaker 1: because I'm gonna be taking voicemails during the game and 189 00:10:03,600 --> 00:10:06,400 Speaker 1: recording responses and answers. And that's how we're gonna do 190 00:10:06,440 --> 00:10:11,160 Speaker 1: the podcast until this live stream band gets lifted in 191 00:10:11,240 --> 00:10:15,440 Speaker 1: a day or two hopefully. But anyway, here's a quick 192 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:17,800 Speaker 1: word from Arena Club, and then back with your voicemails. 193 00:10:17,920 --> 00:10:20,320 Speaker 3: Hey, we love ripping slab packs on Arena Club. I 194 00:10:20,440 --> 00:10:23,320 Speaker 3: just ripped one in a ruby pack. Those are fancy 195 00:10:23,320 --> 00:10:27,839 Speaker 3: schmancy kip and I pulled a matt Shaw twenty twenty 196 00:10:27,880 --> 00:10:32,040 Speaker 3: three Bowman Draft aqua Lunar Creater refractor card. 197 00:10:32,200 --> 00:10:33,760 Speaker 2: And I guess what. Guess what? 198 00:10:33,880 --> 00:10:35,600 Speaker 3: I got a little offer. You get the instant offer 199 00:10:35,679 --> 00:10:38,520 Speaker 3: right away. Okay, so they're offering me one hundred and 200 00:10:38,520 --> 00:10:40,959 Speaker 3: twenty one bucks, sell it back and then I can 201 00:10:40,960 --> 00:10:43,320 Speaker 3: get a new slab pack. What do I do? 202 00:10:43,480 --> 00:10:45,840 Speaker 4: I want to see this thing. Hold on, look at that. 203 00:10:45,840 --> 00:10:46,880 Speaker 4: That's a beautiful card. 204 00:10:47,320 --> 00:10:47,680 Speaker 1: You know what. 205 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:50,360 Speaker 4: I think that's a safe bet. I think it's gonna 206 00:10:50,760 --> 00:10:52,360 Speaker 4: make you a little bit of money. I think the 207 00:10:52,360 --> 00:10:55,720 Speaker 4: more more big league time he gets, I'd almost take 208 00:10:55,720 --> 00:10:57,880 Speaker 4: the deal, though I'm in it for the chase. I 209 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:00,360 Speaker 4: like opening more packs. I think that one hundred twenty 210 00:11:00,360 --> 00:11:03,280 Speaker 4: one can buy a couple more slabs to open, And 211 00:11:03,840 --> 00:11:05,680 Speaker 4: I think you keep chasing until you get someone you 212 00:11:05,720 --> 00:11:07,680 Speaker 4: really like. But that's the best part about it for me. 213 00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:08,560 Speaker 5: That's right. 214 00:11:08,679 --> 00:11:10,560 Speaker 3: You can sell it back one hundred twenty one bucks 215 00:11:10,600 --> 00:11:12,560 Speaker 3: and then open up another slab pack. Use the code 216 00:11:12,559 --> 00:11:14,800 Speaker 3: foul to receive twenty percent off your first slab pack 217 00:11:14,880 --> 00:11:17,160 Speaker 3: or card purchase at arenaclub dot com slash foul. 218 00:11:17,679 --> 00:11:20,440 Speaker 1: It's just a reaction, all right. So we're gonna take 219 00:11:20,480 --> 00:11:25,640 Speaker 1: some voicemails now special thanks to Arena Club there first call. 220 00:11:26,360 --> 00:11:29,400 Speaker 6: Hey, Derek Eddy, I just wanted to say I totally 221 00:11:29,440 --> 00:11:31,600 Speaker 6: agree with you. The season is basically cooked. 222 00:11:31,720 --> 00:11:32,560 Speaker 7: We're done. 223 00:11:33,280 --> 00:11:36,440 Speaker 6: We should have been sellers, but we took you know, 224 00:11:36,880 --> 00:11:40,480 Speaker 6: they took a chance. If you look at the Yankees' 225 00:11:40,880 --> 00:11:45,680 Speaker 6: records from July and August of twenty twenty two, twenty 226 00:11:45,720 --> 00:11:51,640 Speaker 6: twenty three, twenty twenty four, all losing records. The Yankees 227 00:11:51,679 --> 00:11:56,960 Speaker 6: are not the boys of Summer under Aaron Boom. I 228 00:11:57,040 --> 00:12:00,520 Speaker 6: honestly believe that we should have taken a chance and 229 00:12:00,920 --> 00:12:03,439 Speaker 6: we should get rid of Boone. I'm a gonna take 230 00:12:03,440 --> 00:12:07,600 Speaker 6: a chance on Shelley Duncans. Why not get Shelley Duncan 231 00:12:07,640 --> 00:12:10,719 Speaker 6: for the remainder of the season. If he does good 232 00:12:10,840 --> 00:12:11,760 Speaker 6: made you give me a. 233 00:12:11,720 --> 00:12:12,400 Speaker 5: One year deal. 234 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:16,360 Speaker 6: West case scenario, you go out, either get the next 235 00:12:16,400 --> 00:12:20,640 Speaker 6: year Showalter Madden or get Binley Baseball in here. 236 00:12:21,640 --> 00:12:25,120 Speaker 1: I appreciate the call. Joe Madden's interesting to me. You know, 237 00:12:25,200 --> 00:12:28,600 Speaker 1: Shelley Duncan. He seems like a good guy, seems like 238 00:12:28,760 --> 00:12:33,280 Speaker 1: a coach or a manager in waiting. At some point. 239 00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:35,920 Speaker 1: I would rather go with someone with a little bit 240 00:12:35,920 --> 00:12:38,959 Speaker 1: of major league experience to manage the New York Yankees. 241 00:12:39,400 --> 00:12:42,640 Speaker 1: It's just a different animal managing the Yankees, and Boone 242 00:12:42,679 --> 00:12:44,960 Speaker 1: was the first time manager was not the right fit. 243 00:12:45,920 --> 00:12:49,360 Speaker 1: I'd be okay going back with Girardi again. Joe Madden 244 00:12:49,440 --> 00:12:51,760 Speaker 1: I find interesting because he's had a little bit of success, 245 00:12:52,280 --> 00:12:55,240 Speaker 1: didn't have as much success with the Angels obviously, but 246 00:12:55,679 --> 00:12:59,240 Speaker 1: did well with the Cubs. Always liked him when he 247 00:12:59,280 --> 00:13:02,560 Speaker 1: was the manager of the Tampa Bay Rays. But I 248 00:13:02,600 --> 00:13:05,480 Speaker 1: think if the Yankees missed the playoffs, you will see 249 00:13:05,480 --> 00:13:08,640 Speaker 1: a managerial change one hundred percent. I don't think you'll 250 00:13:08,679 --> 00:13:13,400 Speaker 1: see a change at the general manager position because Cashman 251 00:13:13,720 --> 00:13:18,320 Speaker 1: and Steinbrenner are basically best friends. I mean, they're buddies, 252 00:13:18,320 --> 00:13:21,200 Speaker 1: they're like family, and so I just don't see the 253 00:13:21,240 --> 00:13:25,400 Speaker 1: Yankees making a move there. But I would absolutely expect 254 00:13:25,440 --> 00:13:27,440 Speaker 1: if the Yankees missed the playoffs that they will replace 255 00:13:27,480 --> 00:13:30,439 Speaker 1: the manager. And right now, the guy I've got most 256 00:13:30,480 --> 00:13:34,240 Speaker 1: in mind is Donnie Baseball, who you mentioned, But yeah, 257 00:13:34,600 --> 00:13:36,160 Speaker 1: I think he might be the right guy right time. 258 00:13:36,280 --> 00:13:40,160 Speaker 1: Joe Madden, no problem with that. Shelley Duncan Nah. Here's 259 00:13:40,160 --> 00:13:41,400 Speaker 1: Alex Hey. 260 00:13:41,440 --> 00:13:45,480 Speaker 5: Derek is Alex's first time caller. I was listening to 261 00:13:45,559 --> 00:13:48,240 Speaker 5: your show and I heard you talk about your plans 262 00:13:48,240 --> 00:13:50,600 Speaker 5: for twenty twenty six, and I want you to consider 263 00:13:50,920 --> 00:13:53,720 Speaker 5: when he talked about more Kami. He's a player coming 264 00:13:53,760 --> 00:13:57,520 Speaker 5: over from Japan and he's got tremendous pop fifty six 265 00:13:57,559 --> 00:14:02,839 Speaker 5: home runs that's the record over there, and he highlized 266 00:14:02,880 --> 00:14:06,480 Speaker 5: Hideki Matsui and he's talked about coming to the Yankees. 267 00:14:06,600 --> 00:14:08,679 Speaker 5: Plays third base, but he can also play first in 268 00:14:08,800 --> 00:14:11,280 Speaker 5: dah I definitely think the Yankees are going to be 269 00:14:11,280 --> 00:14:13,640 Speaker 5: in on him, making him a big offer. I want 270 00:14:13,640 --> 00:14:16,560 Speaker 5: to know what you think. Well, now, he is also 271 00:14:16,640 --> 00:14:20,880 Speaker 5: like a triple Crown and he's had two MVP seasons. 272 00:14:20,960 --> 00:14:23,080 Speaker 5: He's the rookie of the year over there. I think 273 00:14:23,120 --> 00:14:24,120 Speaker 5: he would be a great fit. 274 00:14:24,160 --> 00:14:24,760 Speaker 2: What do you think? 275 00:14:26,480 --> 00:14:28,560 Speaker 1: So I'll pull up his stats here just so we 276 00:14:28,640 --> 00:14:32,080 Speaker 1: can kind of take a look he is. He's only 277 00:14:32,080 --> 00:14:34,200 Speaker 1: played in twenty five games this year, so I don't 278 00:14:34,200 --> 00:14:36,200 Speaker 1: know if he's had some kind of an injury or whatever. 279 00:14:36,720 --> 00:14:40,000 Speaker 1: He's sitting three sixteen's got five home runs. You know, 280 00:14:41,240 --> 00:14:44,160 Speaker 1: I like him as a power guy. But I was 281 00:14:44,200 --> 00:14:46,560 Speaker 1: just talking about how we need more baseball players. And 282 00:14:46,600 --> 00:14:48,840 Speaker 1: this guy who last year in Japan hit two forty four, 283 00:14:49,400 --> 00:14:51,920 Speaker 1: struck out one hundred and eighty times. He hit two 284 00:14:52,040 --> 00:14:54,600 Speaker 1: fifty six the year before that, struck out one hundred 285 00:14:54,600 --> 00:14:57,400 Speaker 1: and sixty eight times. I'm not sure that turns him 286 00:14:57,400 --> 00:14:59,360 Speaker 1: into a great big league hitter. He might have a 287 00:14:59,400 --> 00:15:01,360 Speaker 1: ton of power, he is just twenty five years old. 288 00:15:01,760 --> 00:15:05,640 Speaker 1: I don't know much about his defense, but right now 289 00:15:05,640 --> 00:15:08,080 Speaker 1: you have to imagine that their third baseman is going 290 00:15:08,120 --> 00:15:10,920 Speaker 1: to be Ryan McCann. He's got a couple years under contract. 291 00:15:11,040 --> 00:15:14,120 Speaker 1: You know, maybe Murakami for first base, but you've also 292 00:15:14,200 --> 00:15:17,200 Speaker 1: got Ben Rice. You know, you could potentially bring back 293 00:15:17,240 --> 00:15:21,360 Speaker 1: Cody Bellinger. There's a lot of options. I still think 294 00:15:21,360 --> 00:15:23,560 Speaker 1: that Aaron Judge at some point needs to move to 295 00:15:23,600 --> 00:15:28,440 Speaker 1: first base. The flexer strain throwing is concerning. You know, 296 00:15:28,440 --> 00:15:30,960 Speaker 1: I want him throwing as little as possible going forward. 297 00:15:30,960 --> 00:15:32,440 Speaker 1: We do not need to miss him for a year 298 00:15:32,480 --> 00:15:35,040 Speaker 1: with Tommy John surgery. I'm sorry. And at first base 299 00:15:35,080 --> 00:15:36,600 Speaker 1: you just don't have to throw that much. And he's 300 00:15:36,600 --> 00:15:38,920 Speaker 1: a big target over there. He's athletic enough to learn 301 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:42,240 Speaker 1: the position. I think I would start shifting Judge over 302 00:15:42,360 --> 00:15:46,840 Speaker 1: to first base, re signed Bellinger for right field, Ben 303 00:15:46,920 --> 00:15:49,760 Speaker 1: Rice becomes your starting catcher, Austin Wells becomes either the 304 00:15:49,800 --> 00:15:53,040 Speaker 1: backup or trade bait. And then in centerfield you either 305 00:15:53,040 --> 00:15:56,880 Speaker 1: get Spencer Jones or you shift Amingez to centerfield. Signed 306 00:15:56,920 --> 00:15:59,840 Speaker 1: Kyle Tucker to play left or you know, Kyle Tucker 307 00:15:59,840 --> 00:16:02,760 Speaker 1: and right Bellinger and left. That type of thing. So 308 00:16:03,520 --> 00:16:08,880 Speaker 1: that's where we're at I feel like I feel like 309 00:16:08,960 --> 00:16:12,080 Speaker 1: Murakami has the power, but I'm not sure he's the 310 00:16:12,360 --> 00:16:16,480 Speaker 1: perfect solution baseball wise. Here's here's Jeff. 311 00:16:17,520 --> 00:16:22,280 Speaker 7: And Derek, Jeffrey Cole Derek. The way I watch these 312 00:16:22,320 --> 00:16:28,960 Speaker 7: games is I record them and I fast forward, so 313 00:16:29,560 --> 00:16:32,960 Speaker 7: I watch him on fast forward so I can go 314 00:16:33,040 --> 00:16:36,120 Speaker 7: through the brain damage and not have to be tortured. 315 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:41,160 Speaker 7: And when I see something happening in the in the 316 00:16:41,200 --> 00:16:47,040 Speaker 7: scoring box, I stop it and I watch. But today's game, 317 00:16:47,560 --> 00:16:53,400 Speaker 7: I fast forward through the whole nine innings because nothing happened. 318 00:16:54,640 --> 00:16:58,520 Speaker 7: And you know, the shame of it is, it's not 319 00:16:58,600 --> 00:17:01,920 Speaker 7: a really bad team. You know, you got a good outfield. 320 00:17:03,160 --> 00:17:10,760 Speaker 7: You got Domingas and Dellinger and Grisham and Judge McMahon's 321 00:17:10,840 --> 00:17:14,760 Speaker 7: not a terrible third baseman, he's decent. Jazz is pretty 322 00:17:15,119 --> 00:17:19,040 Speaker 7: plus at second base. He got a decent first baseman, 323 00:17:19,440 --> 00:17:29,119 Speaker 7: and in Rice and the other guy catchers, you know, 324 00:17:29,280 --> 00:17:32,800 Speaker 7: maybe a little weak, but we got decent pitchers. And 325 00:17:32,880 --> 00:17:36,080 Speaker 7: it seems to me that the weak point of this 326 00:17:36,200 --> 00:17:41,520 Speaker 7: team is Aaron Boone. If they had a manager who 327 00:17:41,520 --> 00:17:45,680 Speaker 7: could motivate these players to play up to their potential, 328 00:17:46,560 --> 00:17:50,200 Speaker 7: they might have a chance to not only make the playoffs, 329 00:17:50,240 --> 00:17:51,680 Speaker 7: but go all the way. 330 00:17:52,480 --> 00:17:54,600 Speaker 1: It's all right, I'm gonna stop you there. It goes 331 00:17:54,600 --> 00:18:00,240 Speaker 1: on for another like manager. So I agree that a 332 00:18:00,320 --> 00:18:03,320 Speaker 1: manager needs to get the most out of their players, right, 333 00:18:03,720 --> 00:18:06,960 Speaker 1: and Boone clearly doesn't do that. This summer swoon every 334 00:18:07,040 --> 00:18:12,800 Speaker 1: single year, repetitive year after year, is so infuriating. It's 335 00:18:12,840 --> 00:18:18,480 Speaker 1: so predictable. We did a show in early June, right, 336 00:18:18,880 --> 00:18:22,760 Speaker 1: and I gave the keys to avoiding the Boone June swoon, 337 00:18:23,480 --> 00:18:27,160 Speaker 1: and it didn't work. Obviously. This team was seven games 338 00:18:27,280 --> 00:18:30,040 Speaker 1: up in late May. They're now six and a half 339 00:18:30,080 --> 00:18:32,560 Speaker 1: games back and on the verge of missing the playoffs. 340 00:18:33,720 --> 00:18:35,680 Speaker 1: Met's collapsing to It's the only thing that's making this 341 00:18:35,880 --> 00:18:38,360 Speaker 1: even bearable because we don't have to listen to them. 342 00:18:38,400 --> 00:18:40,720 Speaker 1: We don't have to listen to them talking about how 343 00:18:40,760 --> 00:18:43,159 Speaker 1: they're the Yankees, daddy, because they're playing like crap. Two. 344 00:18:45,040 --> 00:18:46,680 Speaker 1: Got to call here about Spencer Jones. 345 00:18:46,920 --> 00:18:52,919 Speaker 2: Hey there, Derek gets Jason from Allentown. Allentown, Pennsylvania. Just 346 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:56,399 Speaker 2: went to see the Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs play today 347 00:18:56,440 --> 00:19:00,640 Speaker 2: against our strength and wolf Spare rail Riders just ten 348 00:19:00,640 --> 00:19:02,800 Speaker 2: minutes away. Beautiful day to see a game. Got to 349 00:19:02,800 --> 00:19:06,800 Speaker 2: see Spencer Jones go yard. Wanted to see that. Got 350 00:19:06,840 --> 00:19:09,000 Speaker 2: what I would asked for, and I got to see 351 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:11,960 Speaker 2: some good old Yankee baseball, booting ground balls, you know, 352 00:19:12,119 --> 00:19:16,000 Speaker 2: giving up easy extra bases. But you know, we ended 353 00:19:16,080 --> 00:19:18,320 Speaker 2: up pulling one out. We did this crazy thing that 354 00:19:18,359 --> 00:19:21,919 Speaker 2: the Yankees never do. We scored runs with the runners 355 00:19:21,920 --> 00:19:25,720 Speaker 2: at scoring position. We got base hits with runners on third. 356 00:19:25,800 --> 00:19:29,680 Speaker 2: It was incredible. They actually scored more runs than the 357 00:19:29,800 --> 00:19:30,639 Speaker 2: other team. 358 00:19:30,840 --> 00:19:35,440 Speaker 1: And all right, I appreciate the call man. Spencer Jones. 359 00:19:35,520 --> 00:19:40,119 Speaker 1: Thirty home runs now, thirty home runs. I feel like 360 00:19:40,720 --> 00:19:45,080 Speaker 1: we are going to see him in September, and you know, 361 00:19:45,240 --> 00:19:49,679 Speaker 1: maybe I'll look at our future center fielder. I'm so 362 00:19:49,800 --> 00:19:52,760 Speaker 1: pleased that he has turned it around. I was skeptical, 363 00:19:52,840 --> 00:19:57,200 Speaker 1: but the change in his stance has definitely yielded results. Now, 364 00:19:57,320 --> 00:19:58,639 Speaker 1: this doesn't mean he's going to be great at the 365 00:19:58,640 --> 00:20:00,840 Speaker 1: major league level. We've seen plenty of guys put up 366 00:20:00,840 --> 00:20:02,600 Speaker 1: great minor league numbers and in the struggle, it's a 367 00:20:02,600 --> 00:20:06,359 Speaker 1: big jump. But he's got natural power for sure. Everything 368 00:20:06,359 --> 00:20:09,640 Speaker 1: he hits he destroys. All Right, I'll see you tonight 369 00:20:09,960 --> 00:20:12,560 Speaker 1: after the game. Reminder calling during the game. Still trying 370 00:20:12,560 --> 00:20:15,800 Speaker 1: to get the live stream issues wrapped up, but we'll 371 00:20:15,800 --> 00:20:21,240 Speaker 1: see you next time. If you enjoyed this content, please 372 00:20:21,440 --> 00:20:25,800 Speaker 1: hit that like button and subscribe. 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