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#15 | Yankees Retake the Lead Despite the Offense's Woes
28 Plays1 year ago
Andrew and Liam reconvene for Game 3 of Yankees/Royals. Liam safely evacuated for the hurricane, Judge is continuing to slump, Yankees lost Game 2, the Padres are disappointing Andrew, and Bobby Witt FINALLY got a hit.
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
1:09 Liam had to evacuate
2:38 Yankees lost game 2
6:53 Looking at the rest of the postseason
11:11 Yankees win game 3
27:47 Is the AL side or the NL side looking stronger?
29:16 Dave Roberts is SOFT
33:20 Mets ELIMINATE the Phillies
35:34 Our nightmare World Series scenarios
39:23 Outro
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Transcript
Introduction: Yankees and Giants in 2024
00:00:10
Speaker
Greetings, sports enthusiasts, and welcome to Two Front War, your biweekly dive into the riveting seasons of the Yankees and Giants as we venture into the exhilarating landscape of 2024.
Yankees' Postseason Journey Begins
00:00:20
Speaker
Today, we find ourselves fully immersed in the Yankees' postseason journey, an odyssey of promise and potential.
Meet the Hosts: Andrew and Liam
00:00:26
Speaker
I'm Andrew, your guide in this narrative, and joining me as always is the insightful Liam.
Fun with Bob Costas Translator
00:00:31
Speaker
By the way, I stumbled upon a fascinating Bob Costas translator online. Liam, care to share a few words? They call me Billy.
00:00:39
Speaker
If I miss Bob Casas speaking style translator, and it was really fun. I've been typing a lot of stuff into it see what to see what I get.
00:00:51
Speaker
and
00:00:57
Speaker
it's a Sorry, my dog was barking. He sounds not in the right
Yankees' Game Recap and Personal Anecdotes
00:01:02
Speaker
place. I will be right back. OK. All right, we're back, and you're going to be hearing my dog in the background, so don't get too annoyed by that.
00:01:08
Speaker
Yeah, Liam Yankees one Yankees one today lost the other day. Yes, we should we should explain that the reason we didn't have the episode covering the loss had nothing to do with Liam being salty over that loss. It was he was evacuating from Florida. So that's one. Yes. But we made it made it back home safe and sound.
00:01:35
Speaker
ah how you How you how long did it take to take long? Did you get any delays?
Impact of Hurricane on Travel and Games
00:01:38
Speaker
I had to drive all the way down to Miami to get a flight. Oh, that sucks. Yeah. And even if I was like going through like Tampa or Orlando, I know Tampa had their airport closed down like 9am that morning, I would have booked. So thoughts and prayers to everyone down there. Hope that nothing gets gets as bad as it's been. And everyone makes it out alive.
00:02:03
Speaker
Yeah, uh, Milton is the new one. They got, well, to hit landfall. it Hit landfall is a cat three, right? Hit landfall is a four and then immediately like, yeah, I think the last I checked it was down to like a two. Okay, so that's good. Keeps going down, which is nice, which is nice to hear. Very good. I'm glad I never lived anywhere near hurricanes.
Game Notes and Travel Challenges
00:02:25
Speaker
West coast, best coast.
00:02:26
Speaker
um I took a few notes this time for this game. Where do you want to start? It's your team. You start us off. I watched as much as the game as I could on the car ride over to Miami the night before. So I'll be honest, I turned it off once.
00:02:53
Speaker
other stuff was going on. like I was moving my bags from car to car. osian five minutes game And I also did it like joyously. So know you didn't see the the game before that? No, I did not. Not good. Not good.
Yankees' Pitching Strategy Discussion
00:03:10
Speaker
ah'll I'll talk about it since. OK, go for it. We haven't covered it, but Verdun looked dominant as hell for two innings. OK, good, good.
00:03:22
Speaker
and he was going at as hell for two innings and he looked dominant as hell for two innings alright alright so things uh... fell apart after that it was so ugly that once four runs got let up uh... booney pulled him out yeah which is not the game plan i'm pretty sure i said this before but with the current uh... depth of the pitching staff We're kind of expecting every starting pitcher to give us five to six innings. So we don't show the Royals everything that we have. Well, we've showed them everything that we have. And and then you you kind of were wary about this, this strategy of because it was it was game game one where they were just throwing out both teams, were just throwing everyone out because there was a day off. And then you were like, I don't know about this.
00:04:22
Speaker
And it got even worse ah come game two. After that, nothing really got done.
Player Performance Focus: Aaron Judge
00:04:32
Speaker
Final but score was like 4-0 or 4-1. I think it was 4-1. Final score the other day was, OK, 42. Not much better.
00:04:47
Speaker
No, not not much better at all. ah Chisholm Homer, which is good because he did not have a good game today. So it was nice to see that he got some productivity out of it. Stanton also brought in Homer run game two, but other than that,
00:05:09
Speaker
just crickets here and there no one can get past second base for the most part judge is the thing all the national media and broadcast people are talking about yeah and how bad he is in the postseason apparently yeah that that may track if the years 2017 and 2019 don't count but you know of would you say the to What have you done for me lately isn't there something about like Kansas City doesn't Kansas City have like a like a strange amount of only Johnny As in just like he's not very good against Kansas City Or just like one of their pictures maybe people are saying that I don't know one of the pitchers I think Game one that was that was the whole thing that they were talking about. I don't think for the most part.
00:05:57
Speaker
um Bobby Witt also got his first hit of the series today and hadn't got a hit all series up until now. That's another thing a lot of people haven't talked about, but Judge is the flashier name. So everyone's focusing on him not really getting done when he's got to get done. I should take a look at his on-base percentage because I feel like he's been walking more than people should be talking about. i Judge? Yeah. um Let's take a look.
League Standings and Phillies' Elimination
00:06:30
Speaker
if for the the post is not too sure what his uh... thing his whole thing was the for today uh... how did you he went off for four one walk he's currently averaging like point zero over some scores real quick uh...
00:06:57
Speaker
Since we since you missed that one, we'll start with the American League. the As of right now, the well the last game, the Tigers tied the series, followed by the the Tigers winning again. So now they lead the series to one. You've got on the National League side,
00:07:22
Speaker
The Mets eliminated the Phillies. Yep, that happened today. Yet another upset. Exciting stuff. Yes. For the Mets. Came down to one grand slam. That final game. um If you're the Phillies, do you panic now? Now that you're eliminated? Yes, I think so. yeah what What do you do to like make your roster better and everything? What were the key areas where the bats or arms fell apart?
00:07:51
Speaker
uh... i i i i wouldn't know uh... what the strategy should be or might be uh... and a lot of people are mad at price harper but we won't talk about that uh...
Padres vs. Dodgers Series Tension
00:08:09
Speaker
by one that in our prediction that yep you didn't give us my guilt like there's something about like this one just being the one and maybe got to their heads
00:08:23
Speaker
then you've got on the Padres Dodgers who Padres come back to to win game three goes back down to San Diego Dylan C started this game it's currently bottom of the fifth the Dodgers lead 5-0 currently two on two out not that it matters when you listen to this but uh yeah Dylan C's not having Not having a good time. um What do you think of this little stat, Liam? Since the new rule changes and the expanded wild card, the teams that have gotten the buy have never made, or they haven't won the World Series. Really? Yes.
00:09:15
Speaker
I forget if the the stat was that they've all been eliminated and never made it to the World Series, or they never won. Or they made it, but never won. I can't remember what it was, but... It's probably they made it, but never won. But it's the... this Somehow, well, the Dodgers lose tonight, hopefully, but not looking like it. Or they lose the series, like, it's another year, and I wonder wonder what baseball's gonna do.
00:09:40
Speaker
Probably nothing. Yeah, probably. Yeah, probably nothing. How do you feel about the expanded games? As in like the wild card is now three division series now five championship series now seven. I like that the.
Expanded Series Format Opinions
00:09:59
Speaker
wildcard is not three games okay i think it's stupid well i i i wouldn't i wouldn't say that it's not entertaining just one wildcard game just the uh the one game elimination you're you're cheating yourself out of money you're cheating the team out of the chance to compete beyond one game no one's having one throw away game during the regular season yeah and you're cheating
00:10:31
Speaker
I think the fan of entertainment yourself out of money. I think the the wild card being three is fine. But I think that the division or the championship series should probably be dropped to five games.
Yankees' Game Analysis and Key Plays
00:10:44
Speaker
You know me, I love my seven games series. Yeah, I couldn't stop default. It definitely makes the postseason and makes the postseason a lot harder. And it's kind of interesting because like you would think that with with having to play so many extra games this year, the wild card that like yours can be looking along but seems to be wrong doesn't seem to be the case game three into a Yankees win once again another again it comes down to the the ninth inning stand at the very end
00:11:28
Speaker
came down to the ninth inning and that was that it was a one run game yeah uh judge struggling um i think he's like the big big takeaway yeah this was everyone who was already talking about judge hitting a lull this is gonna be the thing that they will not shut up about yeah um it's It's very interesting because like part of me is thinking You know in the postseason well, obviously you're gonna walk Soto to get to judge But like he's still there you still aren't judge and I think that if you You know take us out for granted that you're gonna you're gonna be punished heavily and not not there haven't been many intentional walks that I've seen mm-hmm
00:12:22
Speaker
No, no, no, no, no, no, not at all. No, no, no, no, not at all. I'm saying like for me, it's starting to feel like. Just walk solo, get to judge, especially for that third out.
00:12:37
Speaker
I mean, no, you're probably not. We'll see take a stab at it's the postseason. Everyone wants their their shot, their chance to, you know, legitimately put someone away, legitimately win. Yeah, legitimately win.
00:12:55
Speaker
What would you think of Jashism's comments about Kansas City Game Lucky on that previous game?
Jashism's Comments on Kansas City Game
00:13:03
Speaker
It's either I blown out proportion or no, I think I truly, I think he truly feels that, but that's going to be the sound bite that everyone plays when they're doing their retrospective videos on the series. Yeah. Like you're an eating tree. I, if the Yankees lose, that's going to be his like opening clip that he frames the entire thing with. Oh yeah. For sure. It's a, Hey, welcome to the big market team, Jess.
00:13:28
Speaker
Yeah, for better or worse, that that's a quote that's going to stick around. but Good on it. He's got a heart, and he's showing it, and he's not shying away from saying how he feels. I just wish he would have came out today. Got some things done, but didn't see much of that. After a quote like that, you got it. I'm seeing a lot of zeros on his statute for the game right now. Yeah, he was over four. I'm seeing four at bats, and that's it.
00:13:58
Speaker
0 for 401 strikeout. Well, let's talk about some some some good Schmidt. Did he had a pretty solid? ah He had a pretty solid game. Pretty solid game. Like if it. That then, you know, he ended up pitching four point two innings, but they kind of fell apart at the end there. It's the innings thing. Yeah, he was falling apart there. And I think they had four strikeouts. They made the the right move of going to the pen.
00:14:27
Speaker
Yep. I wouldn't I like home's not in the closer role there. That's who they swapped him out with. But he's never not going to, you know, make my heart skip a beat a little bit when I hear he's getting put it in the game. Well, especially when he immediately issues that walk. Yeah. But he got out of it. He got out of it real quick. um Yeah, I was very nervous for you after after Holmes got that walk. But going back to Schmidt real quick.
Schmidt and Soto's Game Performance
00:14:50
Speaker
ah
00:14:53
Speaker
So you had what for you for strikeouts? um no home runs he didn't give up any home runs he just had that unfortunate uh... single followed by a double followed by a triple uh... for those two earned runs that that ah tied the game it would stay like that until the eighth uh... i really enjoyed seeing uh... uh... Juan Soto he got that that sack RBI yep uh... little things little things
00:15:26
Speaker
uh... it's act like that the rb i he got a walk or to walk and again around uh... squirter on uh... it was just kind of unfortunate scene who went from i think it was one from like bases loaded to runners on the corners judge up and then he's the last out i was a little disappointing uh... what are you going to do uh... do you have anything anything of note that you are the Like the highlights are low lights. Oh, I'll say some highlights before I get this. Just some people I wish would start contributing. Stanton's having a great postseason right now. Yes. He had the homerun this game. He stole a base this game. Yeah. so That was on no one's bingo card. No one had that on the bingo card. Stanton stealing away someone that's unheard of. Yeah. Especially if you see him.
00:16:25
Speaker
averagely trotting the bases yeah the that's crazy the fact that like that I mean that was just that was just complacency on on the Royals like they they took for granted that he's not a stealer so like okay yeah sure take your lead like whatever were we'll most likely be able to throw you out and I wonder if Salvador Perez felt insulted by that probably just a little well yeah I'm sure he did I'm sure he did although you you uh... the leaders or shoot everything is foolish bailey could have been secret basis can remember uh... that is the only do you still on the picture do you still on the catcher and the answer seemed to be uh... you still in the picture a bit very equal responsibility really and again i'm moving moving as fast as the state and you know you just
00:17:24
Speaker
see it you gotta gun it yeah really and i think it was just complacency yeah no it it was definitely that
00:17:34
Speaker
this ended up scoring game getting brought in i don't feel i don't think that was he is credited for a run but i don't think i don't know that so that was so i don't know if that would have been in some random so the answer limited damage there and so so maybe it was okay i wonder i guess it was considered a steal because date did attempt to throw uh...
00:18:03
Speaker
One of the things that I got is that ah in the bottom of the second Schmidt got out of the He gets out of giving up a double so that that was good. Mm-hmm And then I got and When Schmidt gave up that ah triple man that Soto dive I
00:18:28
Speaker
That but led to the the triple being given. up Yeah, that was he that he caught that if he caught that oh, I think that's all we'd be talking about That was a great attempt maybe honest I don't think chris would be um think it would be I think it would just be like a highlight of the game because they the Royals ran the bases very well this game. I'll ill give them that too.
00:18:55
Speaker
Yeah. but i like But the thing is, like, I think that if he if he caught that, if he caught that ball, and what it would have. Because for that ending, it was a line drive. It was two outs. You know, it it would have it would have ended the inning. It would have gotten him out of the bad situation, but people inspect Soto to make that kind of play. Yeah. But but I mean, yeah I mean, hindsight, 20, 20, but like if if he caught the ball. The royals probably don't have those two runs and it's a three zero shut up.
00:19:25
Speaker
I'd say they don't get one of those runs. Just one?
00:19:31
Speaker
and it probably been through one actually as soon as he still gives up the triple yeah um that the triples brought in the the the other run run the second run so he he still gave up that double so maybe but i don't know like it would be people are expecting people are expecting soda to make that kind of play so him not getting it is so it is kind of baffling it had my parents screaming at the tv Oh, no. Yeah, it was moments as a as a risky, risky dive that did not pay off someone's risky dive that did pay off. Yes. It was Anthony Volpe. Did you see that one? I don't think so. It was a catch over by second. So he tried it out there. or There was a pseudo shift in play, whatever the new version of that is. Yeah. And it would have been like a deeper hit ball, but it came off.
00:20:26
Speaker
like the very end of the barrel of the bat. So it was still like, it was, it was limping was about to touch on down, but Volpe was able to really get down on it, which is good for him because everyone was even ragging on him after the last game about his bad defense and bad offense at the plate when the whole narrative has been, Oh, well, his defense makes up for him at the plate and whatever.
Anthony Volpe's Defensive Highlight
00:20:49
Speaker
So there was a compilation of that circling on Yankee's Twitter and it all, but he had a very good game today too.
00:20:57
Speaker
Yes he did. He had another error and throw to first, but thankfully it didn't lead to an error. no um The other thing that I wrote down was on top of the third, that and now I know it's the postseason, so you get an extra challenge, but that that was a questionable challenge by Boone.
00:21:12
Speaker
no I knew I knew immediately it was like it's going to be call stands and I think especially especially after that jazz the jazz shism steal the second yeah you gotta know especially at this point in the game if it's not definitive and you know that even to whoever is up in the booth in New York who's reviewing it over and over and over for MLB that it's not going to be definitive for them you probably shouldn't challenge but yeah the you throw it out there anyway I guess maybe he knows something we don't
00:21:44
Speaker
I think that the the challenge, like at least like when it comes to like the the challenges and the way that they decided to call it, I think that the standard they say the standard is clear and convincing.
Debate on Baseball Challenge System
00:22:00
Speaker
I think that's code. I think that's code for would would the average jump make the same call? And with the Jazz Chisholm one,
00:22:11
Speaker
The answer was yes, the average jump would call him safe. The and this one with the fair or foul, the average jump would call. Would call it. Foul or get foul. Mm hmm. foul and.
00:22:31
Speaker
I don't know that's just like something I've been that's been I've been kind of thinking about and just it seems to be the challenge system seems to be more in place of like undoing terrible calls rather than getting the the calls right. Because like even look at the jazz schism one, it's like, okay, sure. like you even you If you look at it and you're like, okay, yeah, he he was clearly, let me say clearly, clearly out. It's like, but there's no way a human can do that. yeah And I don't think that the...
00:23:04
Speaker
I don't think, not just the um umpires and their union, but I think and MLB as a whole is like, do we want the game to be just basically like just run by computers? And I think the answer is going to, I think the answer for that is like clearly like a no. And I don't know about, about how you'd feel about that, but Yeah, like like those those two calls like even if like the jazz so like the jazz is the one he he was he was probably like, you know technically out Within this with this foul fair foul call I honestly don't know I i figured I was like ah these are not good camera angles that we had I don't know what they have in New York They should probably go back to chalk That would sure make things a lot easier. Yeah instead of the paint What a
00:23:54
Speaker
and lost' my a thought
00:23:57
Speaker
but yes yeah i think that like it's I think the channel system is there more for it to to call like just bad umpiring than it is to like oh he was you know two millimeters off the base Yeah, I think that's what it's for, too. And I think that's an accurate assessment. But even then, like, yeah, I mean, yeah, even then it's kind of like, well, then, like, yeah, I don't know. It's the replay or is an interesting era.
Player Performance Concerns: Verdugo and Wells
00:24:32
Speaker
um I'm not a fan of the the the TV strike zone, at least to way too many needless ejections, and. It's just not accurate, at least vertically.
00:24:46
Speaker
Horizontal it's accurate because it's the same for the horizontal to the same for everyone All right, uh anything else you want to talk about such on lowlights people I'd like to have seen give more of an effort in the game we've are we already talked about judge but Wells and Verdugo seem to be the other outliers here oh for files three strikeouts for once can't get a hit no we cannot couldn't get a hit if he was paying for one today
00:25:22
Speaker
new so if people were hi them um hyping him hyping him up even on the Kansas City side saying like oh he's gonna be a great two-way player one day like eventually and And I'd argue against that. I'd stick up for my guy if I had something to defend. I can't really talk with current performance. I don't really know what's happening. Seems, I want to say, he seems a little lost to the plate. Like he's just swinging at anything he feel he can put in play. But there are smart pitches to take, especially now. So we've got that going on.
00:26:05
Speaker
Verdu go a little less so I don't think his stats accurately reflect how he's been Contributing given really nice sack one tonight. Yes. He did he did do that He's also playing good defense in the outfield when he took a dip, even in his defense in the middle of the season. So you're going to understand why they're keeping them out there, keeping them out there. yeah So good things on him. It's just, I'm not seeing a hit in his column today, nor an RBI really. So.
00:26:42
Speaker
Things things to look at for make sure all our ducks in a row and we're given the right talks to the right people going into Game three not game three game four. I'm trying to get the third win and this series away Make Patrick Mahomes cry Let's see here The Yankees
00:27:14
Speaker
let me see, let me bring up the schedule real quick tomorrow's the 10th, the Yankees play again in Kansas City as do the Guardians and Tigers in Detroit depending on how this uh... this game against uh... well, depending on the... on the National League side, this Dodger's uh...
00:27:41
Speaker
Potter's game goes that will probably end up playing on the 11th if necessary ah When you look at the when you look at the the Tournament tree right now. get um Can i get you do you see the American League or the National League side looking stronger? Let me take a look just so I have a visual reference. I of the ones that are that are still in so meds and then We'll go either what either either or daughters potters doesn't really matter Because I mean honestly both those teams had some pretty crazy pretty crazy games these Last three I'm gonna say the the NL edges out the AO. Yeah, that's how I'm feeling too. Just because they have both ah San Diego and LA. Oh, so you're just counting out the Mets completely
00:28:38
Speaker
Well, I mean, just talking about teams that are still in it, yeah San Diego and LA, they seem scary right now and they're going up against each other.
National League Teams' Strengths
00:28:51
Speaker
So it's just fireworks, fireworks every night.
00:28:53
Speaker
Yeah. A lot of tension. Very, very fun rivalry. human You can you can really you can really like sink your teeth into it, too. Regardless of like it's just funny because it's like you feel the fan bases of the twenty twenty nine teams just back in the Padres for this one series. So I enjoy that.
00:29:16
Speaker
you want to talk about the Dodgers wanting MLB to suspend step in and start talking about the Machado. Yeah, well, i didn't see the video is a throw. ah But that's not going to stop me from giving my opinions that Dave Roberts is soft. Dave Roberts is soft and the Dodgers are soft. Because there's the I know many Machado temper problem.
00:29:44
Speaker
Mm hmm. I don't think he I don't. Yeah, notoriously, you know, he got injected this year calling ah an umpire douchebag. I don't think that he has so little control over his his temper that he would risk getting suspended for. This far into the postseason or in the postseason at all. Mm hmm. I don't think he would do anything that would be suspend that lead to a suspension. I don't think he would do.
00:30:10
Speaker
I think that he would do is the odds of him getting himself ejected in the postseason, I think. Is lower than not not not zero, but lower than the regular season for sure. Mm hmm. Because you just need every single person. You cannot give up the game, especially. You know, with with. How the NL is. At the moment,
00:30:38
Speaker
um how about his crazy run? Getting hit in the head. Oh, I did not see this. Yeah, there are a lot of Dodgers fans really mad. he He ran home to first and he was in the grass. Completely legal, legal, legal run. And got hit in the head and was able to make some stuff out of it. Very, very interesting. Don't know if that was like on purpose or it's like he knew the rule or
00:31:10
Speaker
I don't know, just lost a little, just kinda like lost it there for a second, not sure, but the people, the Daughters fans are very angry about that.
Fan Behavior in Playoff Situations
00:31:24
Speaker
The Daughters fans losing their minds, the last game in LA, and that game's the re regan and Yeah, game three and game two, game three, and they're throwing stuff onto the field.
00:31:46
Speaker
Oh, yes, I did. i Oh, you're talking about that. Yeah. OK, yes, I did. I didn't see it. That was that was crazy. You know, I subscribe wholeheartedly to the theory that Dave Roberts is only bringing up the Machado thing to try and like. Get people to stop talking about how Dodgers fans just threw stuff onto the field.
00:32:06
Speaker
I don't know about that. I believe I think it's just soft because they do. did did did But like, don't balls get thrown back to the home plate or does the home plate? But like, don't they get thrown back to the the home team dugout like any fouls and junk like that? I think so. He's just like through it directly. Do you throw it like Adam, Adam or like? Like you're supposed to like roll it really like it's supposed to hit like the. Yeah, like a soft throw.
00:32:35
Speaker
like a it's just like a soft throw but like the barrier that like protects everyone before you know you hit the steps and everything he threw it over that and like into the into the seats okay but even then i don't think come on dude like we're all adults here yeah grow up here you know this is how strong levels have to be Judging by everyone's hair lines in the MLB testosterone has to be through the roof those testosterone levels With all the doping too i send the um Are you surprised how the Mets Phillies ended I'm surprised how handily the Mets took him out.
Mets vs. Phillies and Subway Series Speculation
00:33:24
Speaker
Yeah, like that is the Phillies just did not show up and No, no, no, no. When this is like their time to show up. So that, that's why I was saying like, something might seriously be wrong. Changes, serious changes might have to be made. Yeah. Um, although I mean, they, I mean, I guess like the, you know, once again, hindsight, 2020, their, their second half was not great. It took them how long to win a ah series after the all-star break.
00:33:54
Speaker
I don't know off the top of my head. It took a while. Like almost a month, I think. I think it was like almost like all August before they won their first series, or it could have even been as li late as like early September.
00:34:07
Speaker
um So so maybe it's just one of those things writing was on the wall there. um I guess my same question about, um you know, the for the the Mets Phillies that I had about the the Royals Orioles.
00:34:22
Speaker
the The Mets getting out to the the ALCS or NLCS. Do you think this is more about the Phillies or more about the Mets?
00:34:35
Speaker
I'm going to say it's more about the Mets because I can't really talk about like a notion of the Phillies like that. OK, it's all about the Mets. This is true. I've been saying this. Well, with the Mets moving on, like we get we we we inch ever closer to the possible New York boy series. Yeah. New York, New York subway series. World Series. And I think the Mets have the Yankees well scouted in that department, too. and I think they just have.
00:35:06
Speaker
a filing cabinet spray-painted Yankees on the side. case Especially with Carlos Mendoza who just left the Yankees to manage the Mets. So he knows more than yeah maybe anyone else in the league how to combat a former team. Yeah. Okay. That'd be that'd be interesting. I feel like that's the world series that the people deserve. Not the one we want. Well, what about, uh,
00:35:37
Speaker
All right, so I would say what about nightmare scenario Mets Tigers Mets Tigers to six seeds. That would be that would be wild. I wonder if that I wonder how many times that's happened. Never. Yeah, I guess so. Because the expanded. Yeah. Yeah. OK, so I guess expanded a little bit more. How many times has the two bottom seeds on either side made it? No idea. Yeah, it's a lot of it's a lot of history to go through.
00:36:08
Speaker
All right. um Well, we'll come back tomorrow. All right. I guess after the next game, see this possible elimination game for the Royals. The Yankees move on to the ALCS. Can I ask one more question? andrew Yeah, go for it. You know, if it comes down to it, do you think the Mets can beat the Dodgers?
00:36:26
Speaker
no My my. My. Do you want to know what my nightmare scenario is? Or my what my nightmare scenario was? I don't think I talked about this because I don't want to wheel into existence, but it we're inching closer to it. And I guess I should admit it now. My my nightmare scenario for this World Series is on the ale side, either the royals or the Tigers versus the Dodgers. Like it just runs out. Yeah, I was like.
00:36:57
Speaker
Because like i'm I'm going for like, you know, I'm going for the Padres right now. And then if the Padres move on, I'm probably going to um yeah I'm going to go for the Mets. And then. It's going to be like, well. ah Once the the listen the moment that the the the Astros and the Dodgers are out.
00:37:14
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My whole mindset um on the postseason is I just hope both teams have fun. But right now it's like Padres, you're hurting me. It's the top of the seventh. It's still five zero. Yeah. One no one on one out. And Max Muncie, Max Muncie is at the plate up to bet two and one count. It's like. Potters, you need to end this. They just they just hit him. What's the over under on? The the Dodgers fans storming the field that they lose at home, get eliminated at home.
00:37:45
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zero off here
00:37:50
Speaker
What are the odds of people saying very insensitive things to Otani if he doesn't produce? Zero. Their friends are all fake. OK. It's San Diego that I'm worried about he scared about. If they have a putrid performance, like losing at home, I fully expect that city to be produced to like
00:38:16
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sit and fire there's I'm exponents made on base there's two yeah he he made it on base because he got hit okay well hit him harder Jacob come on I feel like you just can't be in a bad mood in San Diego though in San Diego yeah just like the city itself like you get you get mad and then you can like look out at the ocean you're like ah yeah there was I forget I think there was a stand-up comedian doing jokes about a the chargers, the the whole reason that they moved is because you can't really get people to focus in San Diego. Yeah. You're just like, you know, your football team is supposed to be practicing your sports writer. He's out at it like a club just because you got nothing better to do. Like it's a close practice, but like half the team is at the club. Yeah, it's it's a party town. I'm looking at the the division series for Philly's Mets. The losing the losing the losing pitcher is Hoffman. Guess what his era is five.
00:39:15
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40.5 Oh No made it back home I'm happy and now we gonna watch a lot of baseball no school school can't stop Oh guards just heard Oh, Jesus Christ. Well, this game, this game's lost. Completely lost it. They gotta win in LA now. So, where'd it go,
00:40:00
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and also RMP my predictions.