Dodgers vs. Yankees World Series Storylines (with Foolish Baseball!)

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hello, and welcome to a world series edition of Waken
Jake with Myself, Jake Story, Ellie, David Mendelssohn, and Bailey
Freeman aka Foolish Baseball Foolish Bailey. In some cultures, the
fall classic is upon us, Bailey, How are you?

Speaker 2 (00:21):
I'm feeling great?

Speaker 3 (00:23):
You know. Unfortunately, you know, my dreams of you know,
Ruers Royals world series were dashed fairly early in the process.
But I guess I'll just have to live with Yankees
Dodgers instead.

Speaker 1 (00:38):
Man Fred Riggs another one, just like last year's Diamondbacks run.

Speaker 4 (00:44):
How you know?

Speaker 1 (00:47):
I think the people can tell you're being a little
facetious there, But how are are you?

Speaker 4 (00:51):
Are you feeling like?

Speaker 1 (00:52):
Okay, we live in a Yankees culture here at John
Boy Media, if we're being honest. BBD has the Sodo
jersey giveaway on right now. There's a poster of Derek
Jeter behind me. We're obviously feeling the effects of this
and in every way, the fan way, the business way,
the content way.

Speaker 4 (01:09):
Like all of it. Are you? Are you all there?
As a baseball light?

Speaker 3 (01:15):
I am, And I think what I appreciate is the variety, right,
I appreciated last year, which you just alluded to when
it was Diamondbacks and Rangers. And look, I think when
it comes to the discussion of like like obviously the
TV viewership is going to be higher this year than
it was last year. I can say that fully confidently
and to some extent, and I.

Speaker 2 (01:37):
Think Manfred even spoke about this week.

Speaker 3 (01:40):
You know, I sort of sometimes lament the effect of
a media market on those numbers because to me, sometimes
it turns into a self fulfilling prophecy, right because you know,
we tell ourselves the Yankees and the Dodgers, they're in
big cities, they're like classic brands. We have to give
them all the primetime games. We have to promote Judge,

(02:00):
we have to promote Otani, And basically happens is it
It's just like this feedback loop right where you know,
you ignore, you know, a team likes the twenty twenty
three Diningbacks with the twenty twenty three Rangers all regular season,
and then when it gets to the World Series and
those happen to be the two teams in it. You
haven't really built up, you know, Cordin Carroll was fun
Corey Seeger's fun DUIs Garcia's fun, but you hadn't really

(02:23):
built them up the same way you've been sort of
building up this this Otanian Judge matchup. I mean, if
you've been watching the playoffs themselves, they literally have a
commercial they've shown the entire time that is just basically
Aaron Judge and shohey, Aartania are in the playoffs.

Speaker 2 (02:36):
That was it. That was the entire commercial.

Speaker 3 (02:38):
And so, you know, so I lament that, and Manfred
has spoken to that sum this week when he said,
and he used a very funny word to describe, but
he said, we need.

Speaker 2 (02:46):
To nationalize baseball broadcasting.

Speaker 3 (02:48):
And he's right because the for me at least, like
just from my observations as a baseball SIKO observing regular
baseball fans, the average baseball fan likes the home team,
roots for the home team, doesn't really care about the
rest of the league, you know. And that's that's the
result of, you know, and an infrastructure that's been based

(03:10):
around these regional sports networks for the last you know,
twenty or so years.

Speaker 2 (03:13):
You have access to your.

Speaker 3 (03:15):
Team's games generally, but not everyone else's, because truth be told,
the average baseball fan is not going to buy an
MLB TV subscription. Ever, that's just not gonna be in
their playbook. That's for the sickos like you and I. So,
you know, to loop it back around to a Yankees
Dodgers World Series, it's great.

Speaker 2 (03:30):
It's gonna get viewership.

Speaker 3 (03:31):
I think the Dodgers element is a lot more important
than the Yankees element because there's gonna be a lot
of people watching in Japan for Otani, and we saw
what that did with the World Baseball Classic viewership. The
fact that it's gonna be like early am when those
games are going on doesn't matter. They're going to tune
in at a very high rate.

Speaker 2 (03:45):
So yeah, it's good.

Speaker 3 (03:47):
But I also think it's you know, it's nice to
have like a variety. It's nice to have wild card
teams making underdog runs, and it's nice to have like
we have this year, which is, yeah, we had some
fun with the Mets, but at the end of the day,
this is basically two to one seeds and presumably the
two best teams in the league going at it for
this World Series.

Speaker 1 (04:05):
It's every time I scrub through the actual checkpoints of
storylines or talent or this season, like everything comes up perfect,
man and I there's some small market teams that don't
want to hear that, and I and I hope, I
hope I can get enough credit, and I feel like
I won't.

Speaker 4 (04:25):
And Okay, that's a good start for me.

Speaker 1 (04:27):
I feel like I won't get enough credit because my
Yankees did it.

Speaker 2 (04:31):
Nobody gives you enough credit. And that's what I'm always saying.

Speaker 1 (04:34):
And another thing, No, like I love sports like like
you were saying, I loved last year's World Series. I
love pretty much any World Series. I like NBA opening
night tonight gets me a little jazzy that, you know.
I I like to appreciate when uh, the Rays are
playing the Mighty Dodgers and what what that would mean

(04:54):
for that organization in front office that's you know, tried
to buck baseball all, you know, inside out, from shifting
to the use of relievers to everything Tampa did. Like
I do enjoy that. But there's something there's something special
about this It it is missing.

Speaker 4 (05:13):
Uh.

Speaker 1 (05:14):
You know, if if we got to get in the
lab with Uncle Rob and like you know, ooh, how
can we make this better? Uh, you know, we would
have one or two Uh. I think of the Dodger
starting pitchers back like we would have you know, we
would be finishing the Clayton Kershaw story, uh and watching
him flip some curveballs up there or even you know

(05:35):
my guy Tyler Glass. Now as of right now, that's
none of my business. I I guess on the field,
is there anything? Is there anything special or different that
you look at initially because obviously the Stars jump up.
Obviously the Dodgers in like their depth pieces. They almost

(05:56):
have this unique thing in baseball that we don't see
enough of that they've kept max months here around that
Geek and Chris Taylor are are back hanging around and
doing it like they they have these secondary pieces that
with the way baseball is currently set up, like guys,
I don't know, that just doesn't happen as much anymore.

(06:17):
So I I guess as we go down the layers
of this series, is there something else that jumps out
to you that makes it more unique or fun?

Speaker 2 (06:25):
Yeah?

Speaker 3 (06:25):
Well, first of all, I want to see where Freeman's at,
you know, I mean he gets basically the whole week off.
I think that's gonna be a big thing and that's
gonna definitely factor into this series. I want to see
how the the Dodgers from their perspective, is how just
their their bullpen games hold up, because that's gonna be
pretty crucial in terms of the series, Like you know,
and that's not just when it's a bullpen game by design.

(06:47):
That's also when you know, chances are one of you know,
Laarity or Rueler is gonna go out there and have
kind of a dud start or a short start and
then how do you you know, respond to that for
the rest of the game. So I think that's from
the Dodgers perspective, while I'm interested in from the Yankees perspective.
You know, I want to see you know, I want
to see Stanton Judge doing Stanton Judge things. Judge really

(07:09):
started to heat up. It seemed like in that CS
Stanton's been hot the whole time. I don't mention Sodo
because I know he's gonna be there. I know he's
gonna go out there and have a really good series.
It's just kind of about the other guys, the other
big stars, big home run hitters, and if there's anyone
beyond that Vulpi, because Volpi was just i mean, especially
earlier in the post, he'son crushing the baseball, absolutely crushing
the baseball. Looked like he'd really turned a new leaf

(07:30):
at the right moment. So I'm definitely interested in him
as well. And this is obviously going to be, you know,
part of his legacy because he's got to catch Jeter
for rings.

Speaker 2 (07:39):
You know, he's gonna get one.

Speaker 4 (07:41):
Now, finally you're getting it, Bailey, right.

Speaker 1 (07:45):
Yeah, his at bats have been so much better, And
I know jim Jimmy this morning was getting lost in
you know, his o swing and his profile and in
the zone, out of the zone and all that. You
can just watch and you're like, that's these are completely
different at bats than he was having in the regular season.
I think I think there's a little bit of rest

(08:06):
in clearing his head. I think there's a little bit
of focus and intensity for both the Yankees up the middle,
my guy Volpi and young Glaber Torres that you know,
Glaber had a very nice second half, but they look
so the Yankees play a very lase fair if you
want to be an old guy from New Jersey, you know,

(08:29):
Aaron Boone's a southern California guy, like they play that
way during the season. There's one sixty two the Baseball
gods figure themselves out. There's gonna be good days and
bad days. Don't try too hard, don't try too little,
and this storm will figure itself out. And the way
I've seen Volpi play, and it goes back to the

(08:50):
pat on the back he gave MIKEL Garcia off the
field a little bit. He's had a little more intensity
and a little more dog. And I know that's not
everything when it comes to hitting ninety Evan mile prower
baseballs and wipe out sliders out of the pen, but
it looks like he's turned up a notch that has
me excited for his profile going into future seasons. And

(09:11):
I'm for Glabor as well, Like he has salvaged what
was looking like a horrid free agency with his second
half and you know, potentially being the table setter for
either the American League Pennant champions or the World Series
champion like that, this has been huge for his free
agency market.

Speaker 2 (09:32):
Yeah, no, I'm glad you brought that up.

Speaker 3 (09:34):
I mean, especially just in the second half in general,
leadoff Glaber has been kind of a big game changer
for them, and I think if he continues to show that,
they're gonna be you know, even I consider the Yankees
to be slight favorites coming into this series. I'll know
how you feel about that, but I think just if you,
if you really break it down, I think you'd have
to consider the Yankees at least slight favorites given the

(09:56):
Dodgers injuries pitching wise and also free being, I think
a bit of a question marked as well. And just
the I mean, they look good right now. I mean
they here's the thing about the Yankees. The guys who
they need to be hot are hot right now. And
we'll see how the layover affects it, but that's the
guys who they need to be hot this postseason have delivered.

Speaker 1 (10:16):
Okay, interesting, and uh please, if you think the Yankees
are the favorites, I'll let you cook on that. If
Freddy was one hundred percent healthy and he's he's looked
like Frederick, do you still think that because.

Speaker 4 (10:29):
The only the only standalone.

Speaker 1 (10:31):
Difference, You're You're right, the Yankees big guys are a
little bit hotter. But you know, the Dodgers guys did
show it. You could argue their second tier guys ta
Oscar and Muncie are a little hotter than the Yankees.
Second tier guys, and I think their bullpen, if not
have gone toe for toe with each other, the dodgers

(10:52):
a pen might have a little more depth to it.
But again, I'm I'm in a weird spot where I'm
trying to be neutral, but I'm obviously a Yankees fan
that is rooting for them. That you think just the
the Yankees starting pitching in theory going into this makes
the difference.

Speaker 2 (11:11):
It can.

Speaker 3 (11:12):
It's it's tough to It's so tough to ascertain sometimes, Jake,
because unfortunately, that's starting pitching depth depending on how these
games shake out.

Speaker 2 (11:21):
Isn't that important in the series where.

Speaker 3 (11:23):
You have built in rest days, you know, Like it's
it's awesome in the regular season to have a better
four starter than anyone else, but that's not quite as
exploitable in a playoff type situation when you've got those
rest days.

Speaker 2 (11:35):
So I don't know.

Speaker 3 (11:36):
I mean, I think probably the Yankees bullpen will be
better on a per inning basis, And I'm basing down
on the idea that that the Dodgers' bullpen will have
to cover more innings, you know, which I think would
not surprise me at all.

Speaker 1 (11:50):
Yeah, the Dodgers starting pitching is gonna be highlighted Jack Flaherty,
And dude, this is where I don't write a lot
of things down. My notes app is a disaster, I'd say.
I'd say once a quarter, I'm like, oh, I should

(12:10):
write something in my notes app, and it's just a
hodgepodge of nothing. I'll be like, that's a funny joke.
The next one will be like my favorite chess pieces,
and it's just it's a disaster. I actually need to
write down all of the storylines because dude, even Freddie
and Rizzo the like two old dog banged up first baseman,

(12:34):
you know, Freddie's still pulling his weight and heading towards
the Hall of Fame and could come out next year
and have like an amazing year and none would be shocked. Rizzo,
it's looking like father Time is getting involved, but he
was great last Yearies Like, that's a storyline that for
a normal world series like would be something like look
at look at these great first basemen in their second homes.

Speaker 4 (12:59):
Tearing it up, And.

Speaker 1 (13:00):
For this one, that is storyline Like I was laughing
at Ford go back in La like nobody cares. That's
literally doesn't register on this but for the starting pitcher,
Jack Flaherity Uh, well, Jack Flarity and Yamamoto.

Speaker 4 (13:17):
Yamamoto.

Speaker 1 (13:19):
His final dance partner before signing with the Dodgers was
the Yankees. He made that decision to go there, uh
and Jack Flaherty at the trade deadline. I believe that
was also a decision. We are our guy Booney, you know,
shared some info with us off the Wire, Off the
Wire that I I don't know how much it was

(13:41):
reported on after that, the Yankees were varying on Flarity that, yeah,
like those are those would normally be two like massive
storylines in a series, and everyone's kind of like, I
don't care, get more home run show, Hey.

Speaker 3 (13:54):
And Judge right exactly, Yeah, there there are a lot
of storylines coming into this series, and you know yeah,
I mean I think Max Munsey just set like a
playoff record for most times getting on basis no one cared,
you know, no.

Speaker 1 (14:13):
If Okay spin Zone first Jake episode, Uh, if Max
Munsey looked like Jack Flaherty, would people be more into it?

Speaker 4 (14:22):
I don't know. Wow, Cliff Kingsbury gets a lot of attention.

Speaker 1 (14:27):
My only note I I have theories about that that
I'd rather not dive into the Anthony banda drama in
this series.

Speaker 3 (14:36):
My god, you say that, but like I mean, there's
it's gonna be a hot there's gonna be a high leverage.
Juan Soto played appearance, and that's who he's gonna be
facing off against. You know, it's it's gonna be he's
gonna have to be choleric, you know, or at some
point in this series, what hey.

Speaker 1 (14:57):
Let's dumbify this a little bit more in your strength.
If you got to have one lineup right now, you
take the Yankees, and you kind of you talked.

Speaker 2 (15:10):
Me out of it.

Speaker 3 (15:11):
You talked me out of it because when you're talking
about how good months and ta Oscar had been and
I was like, that's right, they have been really good.

Speaker 2 (15:21):
Yeah, I'll still take I'll still take.

Speaker 3 (15:23):
The Yankees because of the Freeman situation. I think with
Freeman situation, wasn't there I take the Dodgers.

Speaker 1 (15:30):
Yeah, it's and again this is this is this is
the good side of it for people that are tuning
into this, Thank you subscribe. Uh. The other thing is like,
not only is this New York in LA, but these
are powers that match up very evenly, and it's it's
not really like you know, sometimes it'd be like, look,

(15:53):
it's gonna be the pitching versus the hitting, and it
an unstoppable object meets an immovable and you're just like.

Speaker 4 (15:59):
Okay, like what what is this? Bob costas for me,
like this is.

Speaker 1 (16:06):
The lineups you could we if we started a baseball
debate club, I don't think either side would win. I
think you would end up shaking hands and be like, yep,
you you got it. That Dodger's depth with their home
run champ and Mookie and Freddy and all the and
oh the depth between guys. We don't talk about Muncy
Hernandez Lux and Smith Edmund. We haven't mentioned Tommy Edmund yet,

(16:32):
Tommy who won your CS m VP?

Speaker 4 (16:34):
Uh? Where the Yankees?

Speaker 1 (16:36):
And this is where I can't tell if I if
I am being honest with myself, for I do think
I would give my nod to the Dodgers lineup. I
am a little worried that that second half of the
Yankees lineup is gonna get a little more exposed. Anthony
Volpi played really well and hopefully he continues to do that,
and that's okay, keep it rolling. Anthony Rizzo played really

(16:58):
well playing with a bron hand, Like I'm for both
of those guys to continue to hit at like a
four hundred clip. I feel like in this series that's
not gonna continue. And without those guys contributing at the bottom,
I could see the Yankees having a couple of those
dead innings and in the postseason those can come back

(17:20):
to bite you again. This this could be more Devil's
advocate than anything. As I'm you know, not sleeping at
night staring at the ceiling being like how much am
I gonna hate Gavin Lux in two weeks?

Speaker 3 (17:31):
Yeah, I mean, just totally anecdotally, it just seems like
the way you win in the postseason is you get
the nine hitter leading off on base and then it
everything turns over. So if that, if the bottom doesn't
feed the top, you know, pause, then there's gonna be
there's gonna be problems.

Speaker 4 (17:47):
The hell was that? Sorry?

Speaker 1 (17:49):
It's a family friendly program. This is where a lot
of our baseball children come to learn. And then yeah,
the the other thing that I think you could have
a bad bar conversation for hours over like the bullpens
to me, are.

Speaker 4 (18:11):
Tit for tat?

Speaker 1 (18:12):
I think that the Dodgers have a depth argument. I
think the Yankees by the end of this are going
to have a depth argument because I think, well, the
nester updates we got from BBD before this not as exciting.
My elbow hurts, but I'll get me a ring and
I'll sit out a year.

Speaker 4 (18:30):
That's not. That doesn't sound like doctor James Andrews in
his ear. That's not. That's not good advice.

Speaker 1 (18:37):
I do think Jake Cousins on this national stage is
about to get some He was pitching incredible coming into
the postseason and just got a little banged up at
the wrong time. But now that he's gotten his feet
under him and it's Tim Hill's world and we're all
just living in it at this point.

Speaker 3 (18:58):
Yeah, he'll man, he's first of all Statcast released that
the arm angled data, and he is. It's just a
bunch of dots and he is just the dot that
is far away from all the other dots, just like
the release point as a lefty.

Speaker 2 (19:14):
And so that's fun.

Speaker 3 (19:15):
But he's yeah, I mean, he he's fun because it's like, hey,
here's a reliever who doesn't strike anyone out. You know,
Let's see if it matters or not. And so in
some situations that could matter if I wouldn't necessarily love
bringing him in with runners on base which I think
we have seen the Yankees do. But yeah, I mean
the you know, can't argue with the era he's had

(19:36):
both in the regular season for the Yankees and the postseason.

Speaker 1 (19:40):
It's that's the crazy part of this, and that's where
baseball can be beautiful and hideous. That this series could
come down to Tim Hill and Shoho Tani four times,
could come down to Banda and Soto four times. I
think both sides are a little scared of that bands
throwing the ball in Credibly, I can't believe there's some

(20:02):
funk there and it's ninety eight and it's kind of mean.
He's got like a little chess tattoo leaking out that
you're like, Okay, I kind of don't want.

Speaker 4 (20:08):
To fuck with this guy. Good for Anthony Banda. I didn't.
I wasn't what's what's my shack meme?

Speaker 2 (20:15):
I like, I wasn't wasn't familiar with this.

Speaker 4 (20:17):
I wasn't.

Speaker 1 (20:18):
Uh, And even with him being a former Yankee. Another
bad conversation. This is how I host Bailey is is
this a little bit of like I just looked at
the DraftKings odds. Ad uh, it's Dodgers minus one twenty
five Yankees plus one oh five, which is essentially even

(20:41):
a Dodger's slight favorite. Like that that those numbers, for
those that don't live in the gambling world, those numbers
are so close that I think if the Yankees had
home field, it would it would be the exact same.
So it's it's it's saying this is a toss up.
You said the Yankees seem like a slight favorite. I
guess this is a long winded way of saying, like

(21:03):
hands in the air, the baseball gods are gonna shine
and one of these teams are gonna win. Or do
you think we're gonna walk away and be like, oh,
like one of these teams is gonna rise up when
we're gonna be like.

Speaker 4 (21:14):
No, that was the better team. Collapse congratulations.

Speaker 2 (21:18):
Yeah. I you know there's.

Speaker 3 (21:22):
Shoho Tani, whether he wins this series or not, has
what I call plot armor. He is going to have
some sort of hero's journey throughout this series, whether he
wins or loses, and so there will be drama, and
there will be close games, and there will be excitement.
So so in that sense, just because he is around
and he is an element of this, just for supernatural

(21:44):
baseball God's reasons, I have to think this is gonna
be an epic series and it's gonna have like a
satisfying conclusion where we feel like whoever wins deserved it.

Speaker 1 (21:53):
Okay, I like that. That makes me feel better because
I I don't know, in a way, I feel my
daydreams drift to this, like this has to go six
or seven, right, Like how for for one of these
teams to take it in five? It feels impossible right now?
And yet you know we're we're gonna be sitting here
in a week feeling different at some point, like a

(22:15):
team will at least be up to one.

Speaker 4 (22:17):
That's a little JK analytics there where.

Speaker 1 (22:21):
Meanwhile, I don't, I don't know, Like if one of
these bullpens goes out and everyone gets hit, then it's
gonna be like, Okay, well, both of these teams are
gonna be leaning on their bullpens. So if they've got
to do this for six more or not even I
just don't know.

Speaker 3 (22:36):
I it feels I think and sorry interrupt. If the
Dodgers score like ten runs a game like they did
in the CS, then yeah, it could be over pretty fast.
I kind of feel like if if if it's a blitz,
like if a team is gonna get blitzed, it's gonna
be the Dodgers blitzing the Yankees. Okay, I feel like
if it goes six or seven, then I would lean
more towards the Yankees.

Speaker 1 (22:57):
Yeah, that, uh, the Dodgers. The Dodgers line up in
bullpen depth scares me, and I guess that's I'm worried.
I guess my other fear is that they get Mets
like that. The Dodgers have this winning formula of like, hey,

(23:19):
Blake Trining is gonna be unhittable for two innings. So
if we have a lead, whether that's you know, a
Yamamoto star, a Flaherty, start Bueller, digs deep and find something,
or if we just have to bullpen in two games,
like they kind of have enough bodies to do that
that I don't know. Like for the the Mets wins

(23:42):
were like they openly said they punted Game two, not punted,
but pitching wise, they did. And then it's like, okay,
so we're if we're getting the wins in other places.
All right, Mets, get your twelve to six. We're not
gonna burn trying and we'll save some of the other guys.
But with how explosive their offense is, it's I don't know,

(24:05):
I like that. That would be my fear that it's
gonna be Dodgers in six. They're essentially gonna give the
Yankees two blowouts, but they'll walk away from that game
and be like, Hey, our pen is good. We're gonna
open the next game with Shohy and Mookie. We're gonna
have Casparius is gonna hand us a five to two lead,

(24:25):
and then our old man bullpen is going to get
it done.

Speaker 3 (24:29):
I've thought so much about being casparious over like the
last week or so. It's insane, right, It's nice, he is,
He's kind of nice.

Speaker 4 (24:36):
Yukon guy.

Speaker 2 (24:37):
Do you want a little Do you want a little
Bailey Analytics?

Speaker 4 (24:39):
Please?

Speaker 3 (24:40):
This is one of those things that I don't really
think is real, but I will bring the The Dodgers
this year are twelve and sixteen after an off day,
and now they have basically a whole week off going
into the series. That's what's on gonna throw out there.
That's something or maybe it's nothing. It's probably nothing.

Speaker 4 (24:59):
Uh yeah.

Speaker 1 (25:01):
The only thing that fights that Garrett Garrett Cole. When
he's not regular, sometimes he gets a little shifty on
the mound.

Speaker 2 (25:08):
He needs a little stool softener.

Speaker 4 (25:09):
But he Uh.

Speaker 1 (25:11):
They they need him, They need him to stand on
his business, as the kids say in Game one.

Speaker 2 (25:19):
Thank god, the kids do say that they he needs
to have aura. You know I do.

Speaker 3 (25:25):
And he's already he's already been to Ohio this postseason,
Babe Bailey lytics.

Speaker 1 (25:32):
Uh, I'll give you a little jake on the path
to old Man. Game starts the same time every night.
Let's go baseball on the East Coast.

Speaker 3 (25:42):
Finally, it's really it's I've lamented this. I haven't limited
this on this program. When I was a kid, dude,
my parents were strict on the bedtime, and I was
an East Coast kid, I didn't get to watch like
all the playoff baseball, like when it was you know,
during a school night or whatever like for a lot
of my Childhoo. I remember actually like having to turn
on a radio in my bedroom and like falling asleep

(26:04):
to night right. No so but yeah, but I also
get it. I mean, it's it's Yankees Dodgers. You can't
you can't start it before five local for the Dodgers
fans out there.

Speaker 4 (26:15):
No, I was.

Speaker 1 (26:15):
I was shocked that the Friday Saturday games weren't gonna
be like nine to thirty, Like, yeah, I don't know
other other big sports start that time. It's the World
Series and it's New York, Like, I don't know, I
I I'm fine with it. God, I uh, I hope

(26:37):
baseball shows out just like we we all do. There
are so many stars on the field.

Speaker 4 (26:44):
Uh.

Speaker 1 (26:44):
And that's been kind of the cool part of the
Yankees run up until this point. Like again, if we
if we were putting together the script with Uncle Rob,
it's like, Okay, well today Judge and Jimcarlo will go
back to back against class. Say yes, yes, that's good,
and then okay, Gencarlo Hill hit another big one, and then.

Speaker 4 (27:05):
Oh Sodo and extras. Yes Yankees.

Speaker 1 (27:09):
Yeah, I mean we've been a little spoiled this postseason run.
Like the pitching was showing out to start, the stars
hitting wise, we're carrying the team.

Speaker 4 (27:19):
Uh.

Speaker 1 (27:19):
And yeah, I guess you could glass half full, glass
half empty for the Dodgers because Shohy hasn't had like
the show hey game yet, Mooki's had one day where
he went nuts, like he had his four hit game
and Freddie, you're right, man, just hobbling around out there
that you know they've they've gotten efforts from just everyone

(27:40):
in the lineup that we will see. Are they gonna
put on kind of the Texas Rangers show we watched
last year that okay, it's the third inning if they've
scored seven, Like, if they do that, there's no stopping them.

Speaker 4 (27:52):
Where the Yankees.

Speaker 1 (27:55):
They can that top of the lineup can cause a
lot of problems. But you know, with the the current
who will protect Stanton and Judge predicament between Jazz Wells
got slid down, like it just feels like the Dodgers
aren't gonna hit have that God, And it's you're right,

(28:16):
I limiting those Dodgers starting pitchers. Like every inning that
Flaherty snags, every inning that Yamamoto snags, that just makes
Dave robertson the Dodgers job easier.

Speaker 4 (28:27):
So and God, I.

Speaker 1 (28:30):
Hope the Yankees base running is one of the grossest
products I've seen on a baseball field. And if that
cost them a World Series game, Bailey, people are not
gonna be well around here.

Speaker 2 (28:44):
It's gonna be all about the fundamentals.

Speaker 1 (28:46):
Joe's McFly is getting old, Like if he a bad
error to lose the World Series.

Speaker 3 (28:53):
Game, Poor Joe's he's only seen like six Yankees World
Series in his lifetime.

Speaker 1 (28:58):
He would he would be the first to tell you
it's not nearly enough. I don't know anything else on it, Bailey,
We're come. I mean, we're about to get all the
drama and uh press conferences and like Jazz will for
sure say something that the Dodgers won't like, and maybe
Kevin Kiermier does that the other way we'll see, and

(29:21):
anything else just on this series in general that we're
about to be inundated with for two weeks.

Speaker 3 (29:27):
Well, it's interesting because you know, and again I hate
to fall in this trap of comparing it to last year's,
but because it's Dodgers Yankees, there hasn't really been a
starborn this postseason the same way that it almost you know,
like at this point we were talking about the gink
and we were talking about Evan Carter, you know, and
I don't really know if that's out there for either

(29:48):
of these teams. But I'll tell you one player who
I'm really really excited about this postseason. And obviously he's
not on the level of obscurity. I mean, he signed
a record breaking contract. But I want to see what
Yamamoto's got on the biggest, biggest stage that Major League
Baseball has to offer. And yeah, I'm really stoked to
see like what he brings to the table in particular.

Speaker 1 (30:09):
Yeah, because what at this point he is built up to.
Let's see, what's the most pitches he's thrown sixty sixty three,
seventy three, So like in theory, Yamamoto is built up
to what has become the standard postseason start, like eighty pitches. Yes,
you know he at least his first start. He won't

(30:31):
be given the leash of you know, ninety five pitches
and here's the seventh inning, but you know he he
has enough pitches in him to give you a quality,
game changing start. And yeah that you know, it was
the Dodgers and the Yankees at the end, like you know,
Mets fans, I know you guys just did this as well.

(30:53):
You guys got played. Uh that the Yankees thought they
were getting him too. Like again, we're we're loosely connected
to the org at this point, and we can read
the tea leaves pretty good. Like the way they were
talking about Yamamoto, they thought they had him, Like I
don't know if they thought him and show hey weren't boys,
or I don't know if they thought he wanted the

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big city over being a little closer to home, but
they they thought they had him.

Speaker 4 (31:18):
That.

Speaker 1 (31:19):
I'll tell you what, if he's the difference maker this postseason, God,
that that would probably be the thing that stings the most. Yeah,
and I hadn't thought about that till now, Bailey, So thanks.

Speaker 2 (31:31):
You're welcome.

Speaker 1 (31:32):
God, that can't happen. Although the Flahirty deadline thing too,
that could sting. Excited to watch it, Bailey, you wanted
to go through some of the moments of this postseason
and it was interesting. We can either we can draft

(31:52):
this or list this together. Maybe maybe that could be
the exercise. I'm not sure because I I started writing
them down because I said we should do a fun draft.
We should either do a like a fantasy draft of
these two rosters, which get your out of the park
out and buckle up for an hour and a half
as we say, I know, Trevino's the better backup. We

(32:14):
passed on that that. I started writing down the moments
of the playoffs and was kind of going through some
box scores and stuff like that. I wrote down a
lot of home runs. I hit up our guy Kyle
from Socials who's locked in on it, and again there
was a lot of home runs. There are some other moments,

(32:35):
but again I'll I'll let you kick off because I
want to see kind of where where your brain was running,
and like, are you comparing this to previous years, like
mentally when you're doing this or no, it's just like, hey,
this is what we've seen this year.

Speaker 4 (32:50):
This is what I've liked.

Speaker 3 (32:53):
Yeah, it's it's almost like practicing like mindfulness or being thankful,
like because because like I was running through this and
and then I just remembered, oh yeah, Pete Alonso hit
a massive homer in that wild Card series versus the
Brewers when they were like down to their their last
bit of life, and it was an Opo bomb, It
was a wall scraper, it was off Devin Williams and

(33:14):
all this great drama and then just you know, a
couple of weeks later, you've kind of forgotten about because
there's been so much more that's happened since then. Yeah,
so I I admittedly home runs probably are going to
dominate the list, but I'm going to try to build
a list that's not based entirely off that. But if
there's a one to one for me off the board,

(33:36):
I've got to go with the Jonk Bonk, the Jonk
Bonk against the Yankees, Brian Anderson's big Christmas call left
the President under the tree. You know what you know
what it was is because there have been moments this
postseason where there was an inevitability to them where you
saw the build up and you felt it coming and
you knew that this you know, there was an explosion

(33:58):
ready to happen. I didn't feel that way during the
Jonk Bonk. You know, it just happened, and it wasn't
just a home run. It was a majestic no doubt,
or with the with the bat drop and the crash
and then the call.

Speaker 2 (34:12):
And all the everything.

Speaker 3 (34:13):
And it's one of those things where I mean, here's
here's I'll relate it to my Braves fandom, like one
of the most celebrated and beloved Braves moments of the
last few years is Kunya's grand slam off Bueller in
the twenty eighteen NLDS, and I was I've been sometimes
perplexed by that because that was like they were down
two zero in that series, they won the game, and

(34:34):
then they lost that series three to one, you know,
so it's like, and that's kind of the same story
here with the Guardians, Like here's a great moment sandwich
between the you know, pretty painful series loss for them,
but it's just something about there's something about the way
those moments represent hope, even if in the long term
you didn't win the World Series that year, Like just
the level of excitement there, it's something that I'll remember

(34:56):
from this postseason. I'm gonna go with the John Kinsey
Noel home run, Bailey.

Speaker 1 (35:02):
I you know, I say, you know, I like what
you do. I like I like the cut of your jib.
Let's let's link up, let's talk ball throughout the year
and for the World Series, you say, let's do moments
and then you junk bonk me like that.

Speaker 2 (35:19):
But here's that. But you shouldn't even care if they
won the series.

Speaker 3 (35:22):
You were sad for a day, you were sad for
one day, They'll Cleveland remember this for months, you were
sad for one day.

Speaker 1 (35:29):
No, it's uh, we live in a time period where
we live in a time period where swag has consumed
the youths. And you know bat flips and no, no,
it's good for the game. But you know there's cool
bat flips. There's not cool bat flips. How do you
don't offend me? Do it with your buddies? The junk
bonk swing and reaction. I mean, that's that's about as

(35:53):
good as it gets. And it's it's the intention of
the hitter too, like Big Christmas is a big fella. Uh,
and he stepped up with one intention like I'm I'm
going to hit the home run or I'm not going
to hit the home run. There's not a lot of
middle area here. And he hit the home run and

(36:14):
he flung the bat and you're right, de Anderson call helps.
I guess for me.

Speaker 4 (36:23):
The Alonso homer.

Speaker 1 (36:26):
Because I mean, that is a deciding game for a
franchise of for a franchise of indecisiveness doesn't really make sense,
but I just thought it would flow well if it
did make sense.

Speaker 4 (36:42):
Uh.

Speaker 1 (36:42):
For Alonzo, who Mets fans had been like so out
on him for his clutch memorable homers. I think there
was some stat that he hadn't he hadn't hit a
home run that gave them a lead since April or
something like that, like early April. To do it against

(37:03):
Devin Williams. I don't know, man, I know the postseason
does move past quickly, but that is that is a
season saving for a franchise of disappointment. That I mean,
that's a signature home run in their franchise history.

Speaker 3 (37:22):
Yes, yeah, do you know what it is for me?
And you can make this argument either way. If if
Peter Alonzo hit the ball as far as the Jonnk
bunk and then the junk home run was just like
a wall scraper down the line, then I'm totally with you.
But there's just something and I get that, like you
can make the argument, oh what the Alonzo homer and

(37:42):
had some tension to it because as it was in
the air, you thought, oh, it's not gone, it's not gone,
and then it went, you know, whereas the junk bonk.
The moment he made contact with it, everyone knew what
was going to happen to that baseball so, but I
just there's just something about the no doubt or for
me in that situation.

Speaker 2 (37:58):
But yeah, no, I totally here.

Speaker 1 (38:00):
I mean.

Speaker 3 (38:02):
Both massive home runs. Obviously, the Alonso was more decisive
in terms of the series.

Speaker 2 (38:06):
The John punked. I mean they're two outs. They were
down to their last out. You know, it's crazy to
think about.

Speaker 1 (38:14):
I mean, okay, so let's say I enjoy you junk
bonking me U. I mean, could I not try to
check rays with a carry carpenter off of class A.

Speaker 3 (38:27):
Oh that's very nice. It's a very nice one.

Speaker 1 (38:31):
I mean when you bring in the characters and play
here the closer that's gonna finish probably second in the
al Cy.

Speaker 4 (38:39):
Young Division rivals. I don't know. I mean that one.

Speaker 1 (38:47):
This it's tough for me because I've been streaming for
a lot of these games, streamer whatever. The carry carpenter one,
I was not. I was getting dinner a local place
with food and fair and I let out an audible
squeak like no reaction like this isn't for the cameras.

(39:10):
I let it like, ah, like what carry carpenter? They
got the bad man, and I thought it signified more
for their series. But as the analysts have told us
momentum isn't a real thing.

Speaker 4 (39:24):
But I mean that was.

Speaker 1 (39:27):
Again that's where I hate to be big market Jake,
but that's how we opened the program that if this was,
if that was two bigger market teams, the world would
have exploded.

Speaker 3 (39:39):
Yeah, there's just you know, I'm picturing this moment in
my head like I'm playing the video back in my brain.
It's like a day game, night game thing, you know.

Speaker 4 (39:49):
It is.

Speaker 2 (39:51):
You know, what was fun about that one?

Speaker 3 (39:53):
And I'm getting I'm trying to jog my memory of
this carry Carpenter home run? What was fun is? I
think they I don't think he started. I think they
brought him in maybe seventh inning for like a high
leverage spot and he didn't get it done.

Speaker 2 (40:04):
And I was like, well, that's it. They used their
carry Carpenter bullet and then lo and behold, there it
comes it, you know, up again with the game on
the line, and just crushes it.

Speaker 4 (40:13):
They use their carry Carpenter bullet.

Speaker 1 (40:15):
Who would have thought, yeah, that was his second at bout? Okay,
what about let let me take this to non homers.

Speaker 4 (40:25):
Yeah, because there were there are a couple actually, I
guess I really only have one that.

Speaker 1 (40:38):
Was like, oh yeah, that that was sick, and maybe
we have the same one. But you said you had
a couple over there, so I'll let you cook.

Speaker 3 (40:46):
Yeah, I think I know where you're headed, so I'm
gonna go a different direction. Michael King against the Braves
Card Game one, the first the first day of the postseason,
puts together the best start I think we've seen any
pitcher have this postseason. I mean, he was just absolutely
shutting them down left and right. It was reminiscent to
me I remember a start. And I'm not comparing these

(41:07):
two pitchers, but Lindsaicom made his postseason debut against the
Braves and that DS and ten I think, and he
just I mean, at no point did even feel like
they were gonna come close to getting anything going against
him and Michael King.

Speaker 2 (41:22):
I mean just the way the ball was moving.

Speaker 3 (41:24):
I think, just like the whole narrative with it being
about you know, oh we got this guy Soto trade
and everything was also a lot of fun. By I
mean twelve strikeouts, I mean he threw he threw seven innings,
seven scoreless in the postseason. I mean that you know
he don't you don't see that very often anymore.

Speaker 2 (41:44):
And uh yeah, I mean he.

Speaker 3 (41:45):
Deserved those seven innings all the way. He was absolutely brilliant.
So I'm gonna you know, a lot of these are
gonna be oh the great reliever had a melt down
and that was exciting. But let's you know, let's appreciate
good starting pitching in the postseason while we have it,
because it's not always easy to come by.

Speaker 1 (41:59):
I'm glad you that one up, Bailey, because I was
trying to think of like the great starting pitcher starts
of this postseason off the top of my head, and
like the most recent one was Jack Flaherty versus the
Mets where he went seven inc shutout in uh was
that game one or Game two? Seven innings, two hit,

(42:19):
six k's And I was like, I don't know. That
game was kind of out of hand, and you know,
Jack was Jack was dominant, but not dominant in that
Michael kingway that you're depicting that that was sick man.
And they were cutting to his parents in the stands
and he was like it hit that point of the
game that like a pop out was almost disappointing. It

(42:42):
was like this guy, this guy is so dialed right
now with such beautiful pitches too, Like the the access
he pitches on is unbelievable.

Speaker 4 (42:53):
That yeah, I'm glad you. Yes, Bailey.

Speaker 2 (43:00):
Mile, that's what you pay me the big bucks for.

Speaker 1 (43:02):
We love Mike big buck. That's what we love Mike
King here for the one that was like, uh, yep,
that I think you were thinking of. Uh, the profile
robbery of Mookie Bets. That's one that I think is
going to age well because a he kind of goofed

(43:24):
on everyone, which in for a postseason home run La
San Diego.

Speaker 4 (43:30):
Uh that's crazy.

Speaker 1 (43:31):
Uh And maybe I don't know if it goes down
as a better moment, but MOOKI then hitting the home
run and then.

Speaker 4 (43:41):
Worried that he got duped again. Like that's that's one
of those.

Speaker 1 (43:49):
I always use this and I've never done it, but
you know there because I don't have a grand kid,
but for whatever reason, a grandchild is caught in the
YouTube algorithm and forty years and they're like, oh, I'm
gonna watch this Padres Dodgers wild Card game. It's got
good action in it, and they'll be like, wait, Mookie
Betts almost walked off the field when he hit a

(44:12):
home run because the guy run like to have that
happen in the first at first ups of the next game.

Speaker 2 (44:20):
That was.

Speaker 4 (44:22):
Baseball art. Yeah.

Speaker 3 (44:25):
Do you know what what I reflect upond from that
moment is when Profar did the initial robbery out there
and left and the game was in La.

Speaker 2 (44:37):
Dodgers fans in that area, yeah, gotta.

Speaker 3 (44:41):
Do better, Yeah, gotta do better than that. I mean
situational awareness, you know. And I'll say even when it
was in San Diego and Mookie hits the homer, you know,
Padres fans were right as they should be, you know,
right as they should be, So they have a little
more situational awareness there. Obviously, you know, they kind of

(45:03):
go back and forth and daughters have the last left
when they win the World Series. But I will remember
that that and of course the fan interactions. We were
part of the story there.

Speaker 2 (45:11):
For sure.

Speaker 4 (45:13):
I'd like to see. Okay, that was a little dramatic.

Speaker 1 (45:18):
Hey, front rows of MLB games, you know, if your
team is hitting, kind of that the basketball law of verticality,
like you, you know, you should be at that front
row and then you are the line of defense. Because
that that could have changed the whole series. God, it was.

(45:38):
It was funny because I I started writing down homers
and I did have big Christmases as one of the
early ones. I mean, Soto's like that essentially sends the
Yankees to the World Series and was a great at bat.
Greg Amsinger said, maybe the best at bat he's ever seen.
So Okay, Lane time Thomas Grand slam off Schooble, Like

(46:03):
that's iconic for some different reasons. You're totally right about
the night day. I think I've internally fought that a
little bit. But I think literally, like rockets red glare,
like national anthem stuff, if you're shooting those off during
two PM, it's just kind of like that's noise. But
when it's hit at night, you're like everyone literally go home.

(46:28):
Like people after the Lane Thomas Grand Slam were like,
I've dinner with dinner with Aunt Becky after this, she's
she loves Lane Thomas. I shouldn't have brought her into this. Yeah,
that whole thing felt dirty.

Speaker 4 (46:47):
Froze them up.

Speaker 3 (46:48):
You actually have an Aunt Becky? Or is that?

Speaker 4 (46:51):
I'm glad I don't.

Speaker 1 (46:52):
I'm glad, uh I was gonna David David Frye has
the pinch hit versus Tigers and the walk off like
the Cleveland the amount of Cleveland signature home runs this postseason,
Lindor grand slam off as Hoffman.

Speaker 2 (47:14):
Big, that was good, was it? Hoffman? I thought it
was a steabus. I might have that.

Speaker 4 (47:19):
Oh no, I you might be right, I'm.

Speaker 3 (47:23):
But yeah, that one's fun because here's a guy who's
hit a playoff grand slam in his time.

Speaker 4 (47:29):
Uh.

Speaker 3 (47:29):
And it also come off hitting the big home run
against the Braves to to get them in the postseason
the first place. So yes, that one, that one ranks
probably higher for me than a lot of other people.
Was just and that was a moment of the inevitability
that I was talking about where you just felt like,
if the Mets are gonna break this thing open, it's
gonna be Lindor, It's gonna be right here. And that's
exactly what happened.

Speaker 4 (47:48):
I know, it's funny. I'm trying to dig through.

Speaker 1 (47:50):
Like you know, we've We've had a lot of Yankee
fans that have been like, we aren't they going to
Stroman And it's like, well, he's their insurance policy if
one of these guard Dogs games goes to the eleventh
Yet ready, because he's they're gonna need him till the seventeenth.
We kind of haven't had any moments like that or like,
we also haven't seen the you know, I normally reference

(48:12):
it as the Patrick Korban, like you're gonna be starting
Game three, Like we're gonna need you for two innings here.

Speaker 4 (48:19):
Like, I don't know, we kind of haven't. Have we
seen like the nasty starter come out of the pen.

Speaker 2 (48:26):
Even Can I tell you what we've seen in lieu
of that?

Speaker 4 (48:30):
What's that is?

Speaker 3 (48:31):
Which I kind of have as a moment, even though
it's just more of a trend, the high leverage reliever
really early, and I've loved it.

Speaker 2 (48:40):
I have here.

Speaker 3 (48:41):
Here's some guys who have pitched. Who have they who
have been brought into a game in the fifth inning
or earlier this postseason Kate Smith second and third inning,
by the way, Edwin Diaz came in the fourth inning,
Tyler Holton came in the fifth inning, Clay Holmes came
in the fifth inning. Evan Phillips came in the fifth inning.
I think it's great. I actually really enjoyed. I've seen
a lot more aggression with that this postseason than in

(49:02):
past postseasons. Just anecdotally, I haven't crunched the numbers on it,
and it's something that you know, I'm gonna be taken
to my OTP safe because I think I've had moments,
you know, managing in the postseason where I would have
been a little too hesitant turned to that you know,
big stopper, you know, because I'm still trying to build
the bridge to that. But yeah, I mean sometimes a
lot of times the game is decided in those middle innings.
That transition from you know, whoever your starter is to

(49:25):
your high leverage guys. It's in between when it's decided.
So that's a trend I've liked a lot. And it's
true we haven't seen the the you know, the starter
come out of the bullpen necessarily, but what we've seen
is that, which is guys who you know, get saves
you know in the regular season coming out you know, second, third, fourth,
fifth inning.

Speaker 4 (49:45):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (49:45):
Yeah, No, I struggle with the high leverage baseball stuff
just because it it still breaks my brain a little bit,
like I wonder, is that is that product good like
they're supposed to be. Again, I guess this is content
kicking in where I'm like well, you know, I want
to see Edwin, Like if the Mets came back in
that game, I wanted to see Edwin Diaz in the

(50:09):
eighth and not I don't know, film m too.

Speaker 2 (50:12):
You wanted to see Reid Garrett.

Speaker 1 (50:13):
Yeah, I know, I know, but hey, Reid found it
at the end. But yeah, it still blows my mind
a little bit. And I realized, like I'm the one
that has to adjust, like it makes sense attack that
part of the lineup, attack that part of the game,
give your team a better chance. But yeah, I guess
I'm waiting for that that starter moment because you know,

(50:35):
for the Dodgers, it was ureus, like how how quickly
has that guy.

Speaker 4 (50:39):
Gone into the abyss? Chris Sale?

Speaker 1 (50:42):
Obviously when the Red Sox were making their run, did
the Astros during any of their runs?

Speaker 4 (50:49):
Did I what?

Speaker 3 (50:53):
Well, there was there's a gentleman who came in threw
a lot of curveballs to you guys.

Speaker 1 (50:57):
Right, mister mccullors, Yeah, snap dragon if you will. Yeah, yeah,
I guess that was a big one. I guess I
was looking for the Cohler Verlander Cole warmed up during
that game seven. Oh yeah, no, that one there against
the Nats. But he uh, he did not Howie Kendrick
off the pole? Get ready for that.

Speaker 2 (51:19):
That's unbelievable. That's crazy that that happened. That I felt
so bad for Granky too, because god, he was dealing
the whole time.

Speaker 1 (51:27):
You know, it was one of the most dominant starts
I'd ever seen.

Speaker 2 (51:30):
It was like so vintage Granky, like you know, and
then it's.

Speaker 1 (51:34):
Just the amount of weak contact back to him that
felt more powerful than a strikeout.

Speaker 2 (51:40):
Was discussy. Yes, that felt more demoralizing than a strikeout.

Speaker 1 (51:47):
Hey, I've got one last question for you, and I
think it's a Yankee fear, so circling back a little bit.

Speaker 3 (51:52):
Can I shot out one more moment because it is
it's just a It's just there on my board staring
at me, and I thought you're gonna say it. The
Andy Ibanya's bas is clearing double in al wild card
game too to send the Tigers through. That's a great
moment that we haven't seen actually that much of this
postseason of here's a guy who's gonna be the hero
randomly Andy ebanyas you know, like good for him. We've

(52:13):
seen a basis clearing double off hater in a in
a wild card, you know, do or die situation before,
So that was kind of fun, like history repeating itself almost.
But yeah, that's that's a great moment, and I wouldn't
want to overlook it even if it was in a day.

Speaker 1 (52:26):
Game, right, damn day game effect. And I think true
waken Jake, people will remember. I think one of my
an early Bailey question I had was like, who is
who's a potential breakout candidate? That's a little off the map.
I think you had Andy a Banya's because he had

(52:46):
the exit vlow numbers, but he just hits the ball
right into the ground.

Speaker 3 (52:50):
I believe I've definitely had the thought in my head
over the years.

Speaker 2 (52:54):
I just don't know if I was ever brave enough
to say I think you were. I think I pull
up if we can pull up the audio of it.

Speaker 3 (53:02):
Maybe, but I certainly we have these takes that we
think in our head, and then when they come true,
we're like, yes, I know ball. Yeah, then we realize
oh no, I never actually said that publicly, even though
I thought it the whole time.

Speaker 4 (53:12):
Oh dude, I had a crazy one of those the
other day. Oh it was football.

Speaker 1 (53:17):
I this is so dumb Rashad Bateman, the wide receiver
on the Ravens who's now put together a couple of
good weeks. I just loved him out of college and
he was kind of buns and I, I don't know.
I just had one of those weird moments where I
was like, did I tell my buddies I liked him?
And then I was like, yeah, I.

Speaker 4 (53:33):
Know nobody cares Jake.

Speaker 2 (53:35):
Was anyone keeping track of what I said about him?

Speaker 4 (53:37):
Any one? Does anyone remember my overshot Bateman draft receipts?

Speaker 1 (53:41):
Right?

Speaker 4 (53:42):
Maybe one day, Bailey, My one.

Speaker 1 (53:45):
Question I want to ask you that this is a
this is a final Yankee fear that I'm kind of
laughing because we haven't done like we're tomorrow we're doing
our Talking Baseball preview, We're doing our Talking Yangs previews. So,
like I there's a lot of stuff I haven't fully
sank my teeth in.

Speaker 4 (54:00):
I guess the narrative of.

Speaker 1 (54:04):
The Yankees have gone through the Royals and the Guardians
insert your Ale Central joke here. The Dodgers went through
the Padres, who I think were one A, one B
with the Dodgers, and that series kind of showed it
and then the Mets, who again they had everything you're
looking for and felt like they were hot at the
right time, with a mix of young talent, veteran talent, etc.

(54:27):
Is there any chance that it's like, hey, the Dodgers,
they had to take down some some serious playoff tough
teams where like my guardians and this is rude New
York stuff, But like, you know, we're talking about pinch hitting,
you know, Schneemann, Will Brennan nowell like it's it's just

(54:49):
a little different. It's a little different. Is there any
chance that I'm gonna be punching air in ten days
saying that?

Speaker 2 (54:57):
I would hope you aren't.

Speaker 3 (54:59):
Even if even if the Dodgers the Yankees, you need
to be better than that, because you know what, because
if you're in the playoffs, nothing's easy, none of it.
It's never ever been easy. And if you want an
example of that, just look at the Dodgers for the
last decade. It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter who you
played to get there, because if you know, the Dodgers

(55:20):
have had you know, easy paths or easy division series matchups,
and they've gotten crushed.

Speaker 2 (55:25):
It's happened, you know.

Speaker 4 (55:27):
Yeah, I think My true fear is sho he Tani.

Speaker 2 (55:31):
Yeah, that's the that's the thing. It's the plot armor.

Speaker 3 (55:34):
Like he just he is the protagonist of baseball and
everyone else is just like basically an NPC.

Speaker 2 (55:40):
You know, dude.

Speaker 1 (55:41):
I had my get out moment where like I was
frozen in my chair. The Dodgers they win the World Series,
they're doing the interviews, well, they come to show hey
new translator and they.

Speaker 4 (55:55):
Are like, you know, show Ay.

Speaker 1 (55:57):
From what I know, show Hey understands English pretty well,
and I think you could speak it pretty well, but
you use the translator to be safe. I said some
of this on Talking Baseball when the question was asked,
and they were like, you know, show Hao Tani, you
know you get to play in the World Series. This
is what you've always dreamed of. My head just started

(56:19):
going like a mile a minute, like I was Harry
Potter and Hermione going through the flu.

Speaker 4 (56:25):
Like just.

Speaker 1 (56:28):
Sho Hao Tani has dreamed of the World Series every time,
like every batting practice has ended with him three two,
bottom of the ninth, bases loaded.

Speaker 4 (56:39):
I'm sho Heo.

Speaker 1 (56:40):
Tani, like his World Baseball classic story of like his coach.
He's known forever, and he was telling his whole Japan
team like, I've dreamt of this and we're going to
do this, and you know, this is one of my dreams.
That was one of his dreams. The dream is world
series And like you said, the plot armor on this cat,

(57:02):
Like I just I feel like I see it all
man and this guy, I don't know. Hard to picture
him having a tough series. Yeah, it's we're gonna find out.

Speaker 4 (57:16):
You know.

Speaker 3 (57:16):
He wrote a letter to himself when he was nine
years old where he was like, and in Game six,
I'll hit a real back breaker off Jake Cousins.

Speaker 4 (57:24):
How did he know? Damn, he already knew.

Speaker 1 (57:27):
I won't even say Jake, I'll say Kirk Cousin's cousin
and he'll be like, how do you right?

Speaker 4 (57:31):
That?

Speaker 2 (57:33):
Isn't that weird that he picked the guys whose last
name is cousin. He picked his cousin.

Speaker 1 (57:37):
So yeah, yeah, I don't know. I'm I'm excited to
watch it, Bailey. I'm excited to see for you to
enjoy this torture, some Yankee ride with us that will
end with us becoming baseball's most obnoxious fans again or
becoming just dogs with our tails between our legs and

(58:00):
just muting the word Dodger on Twitter and all the
sad stuff.

Speaker 3 (58:07):
You know what, though, like it's been fifteen years, you know,
I know, it's been fifteen years since the Yanks were
in the world So that's obviously that's a long time
for the Yankees' history. I think that's one of the
larger gaps. But I mean, you know, people talk about
the Yankees being spoiled sometimes, and of course they were spoiled.

Speaker 2 (58:25):
Like earlier in the millennium.

Speaker 3 (58:27):
But I mean, fifteen years is a while to go
without a World Series appearance, and well, I think there's
a little bit of like, you know when people are like, oh,
those spoiled Cowboys fans, you know.

Speaker 2 (58:38):
It's like one of the Super Bowl in like thirty years,
you know.

Speaker 3 (58:43):
So it's like, you know, there's there's some element to
me where I would I would be willing to feel
happy for a Yankees fan if they went, and also
be happy willing to feel happy for a Dodgers fan
if they win as well, just because the the twenty
they treat the twenty like it's like this is like
their this is their attempt to win, like when Houston

(59:04):
won in twenty two. You know where it can be like, Okay,
this one counts and it's not any fault of their own,
but it's like this one, no one can take this
one away from you.

Speaker 1 (59:12):
You know, it's one world series to become two. Dave
Roberts becomes like a Hall of Famer. Yeah, Dave Roberts
and Boone like somehow.

Speaker 2 (59:20):
Oh, speaking of that, that's another storyline.

Speaker 3 (59:22):
Those two, I mean, the architects of you know, two
thousand and three and two thousand and four as players.

Speaker 2 (59:27):
So I well, that's for another day.

Speaker 1 (59:30):
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Speaker 4 (59:41):
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Speaker 1 (59:46):
We'll be talking to you soon, friend. Maybe some fun
off season content, Yeah for sure, Go Yankees.

Speaker 4 (59:52):
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Speaker 1 (59:53):
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