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RICE COOKS AS YANKS HAVE ONE LEG UP ON CARDS ON PLAYERS WEEKEND 8-17-25 · OneLegUpAlex Sports

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  Speaker 1: Here's your host, Alex Garrett.
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  Speaker 2: All Right, Well, the Yanks five and one in their
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  Speaker 2: last six, and what a nice way to start off
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  Speaker 2: this road trip sweeping the Saint Louis Cardinals. But I
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  Speaker 2: gotta give credit to one man who we happened to
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  Speaker 2: meet earlier in July, Ben Rice. And if you didn't
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  Speaker 2: hear his postgame comments yesterday after only his three run homer,
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  Speaker 2: but also his seven RBIs against the Cardinals, which I
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  Speaker 2: think really keyed up this whole series. Here's what Ben Arrows,
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  Speaker 2: as he's affectionally called, told the media yesterday.
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  Speaker 1: I hit her like Caballero and then Trent doing what
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  Speaker 1: they do tonight. How much momentum does that give you
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  Speaker 1: in the batter's box? It's great.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, just get guys on base getting traffic. You know,
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  Speaker 3: pitchers are going to be more willing to throw their
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  Speaker 3: stuff over the plate, So that's credit.
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  Speaker 2: To those guys.
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  Speaker 1: What was Grisham saying to you when they were making
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  Speaker 1: the pincheon change, He was just saying that, you know,
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  Speaker 1: it's a little sneak that just to be ready for
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  Speaker 1: that slide step with the delivery so definitely helped.
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  Speaker 3: You.
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  Speaker 2: Was saying that in spring training you were killing the
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  Speaker 2: bone and ebe that you got you were gonna.
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  Speaker 3: Help this year. Are you exceeding your expectations or did.
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  Speaker 1: You think you were capable of then this season?
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  Speaker 2: How do you in the season at all?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean I wouldn't say I had really said
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  Speaker 3: any expectations for myself. So I just kind of wanted
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  Speaker 3: to approach you know, approach it one day at a
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  Speaker 3: time and just try to go out there and have
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  Speaker 3: good at bats, you know, try to find multiple ways
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  Speaker 3: in the lineup like I have been, and just let
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  Speaker 3: it take care of himself.
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  Speaker 1: I spent a lot of times where you hit involved
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  Speaker 1: right right at guy's hard like a nighlight tonight?
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  Speaker 2: Is that kind of freeing a little bit there to
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  Speaker 2: find home for you?
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  Speaker 1: It's good, still still makes one into the end there,
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  Speaker 1: but it was, uh it's good.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: I mean just you know, have some hard contact get rewarded.
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  Speaker 1: So uh yeah, that's good. You know, like this, you
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  Speaker 1: have the guys in the bench, you able to be
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  Speaker 1: digged up a little bit. Elms that for you all
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  Speaker 1: offensive William, what's the satisfaction in cashing him as a
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  Speaker 1: whipping golden Yeah?
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  Speaker 3: I think I mean on a night like tonight, in
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  Speaker 3: any night, when we got guys who are down that
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  Speaker 3: we normally have a lineup, it speaks to how deep
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  Speaker 3: we are. We got so many guys up and down
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  Speaker 3: the lineup roof for our everyday guys or not that
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  Speaker 3: can contribute in different ways. So we got a very
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  Speaker 3: we got a really good lineup.
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  Speaker 2: All right. He went on for another minute or so,
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  Speaker 2: but I just realized Ben Rice with that homer yesterday
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  Speaker 2: eighteen on the year. Pretty impressive. But more interestingly, that
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  Speaker 2: seven RBI game his second career time he's done that,
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  Speaker 2: which is second most in Yankees history. Gereg has nine,
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  Speaker 2: so not since lou Gereg and Ben Rice has many
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  Speaker 2: had what two career games or more with seven plus
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  Speaker 2: rbi is very impressive for the kid who came up
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  Speaker 2: last year hit that three run, a three home run game,
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  Speaker 2: crowds going wild from and as they say, Rice is
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  Speaker 2: cooking and the Yanks are cooking this entire weekend. And
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  Speaker 2: Volpi did get the day off today, and that inspire
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  Speaker 2: me to mention if you follow my new Yankees Instagram
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  Speaker 2: in collaboration with Baseball Now, you'll find that in collaboration
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  Speaker 2: with Baseball Now, this new page, Yankees dot now Underscore.
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  Speaker 2: I'm going to start doing the Garrett graphic, which is,
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  Speaker 2: if the Yanks are in a position to sweep or
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  Speaker 2: take a series, you'll know the lineup that night, because
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  Speaker 2: I think it's an important lineup to figure out, hey,
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  Speaker 2: can they get the series? Can they get the sweep
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  Speaker 2: like they did in Saint Louis. So look out for
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  Speaker 2: the Garrett graphic, not only Alex g NYC one, but
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  Speaker 2: my new instagram in collaboration with Baseball Now Yankees dot
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  Speaker 2: now Underscore. So I was thinking about what to do
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  Speaker 2: with episode fourteen oh one, Well might as well talk
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  Speaker 2: about the Yanks, because it's a beautiful day for the
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  Speaker 2: Yanks day right now are in solid third place. But
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  Speaker 2: do we all know this, We all know they want
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  Speaker 2: to do more than just the wild card. And that's
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  Speaker 2: what Brian Cashman reidatory yesterday, reiterated yesterday to sus A woman.
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  Speaker 2: They won't. They have their eyes set on the division.
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  Speaker 2: And I've said this before. I think they can get
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  Speaker 2: the division if they fight hard enough. They're right now
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  Speaker 2: six and a half out of the division and they
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  Speaker 2: are in the solid third in the wildcard, but only
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  Speaker 2: half a game behind Boston. So things are flowing. Things
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  Speaker 2: are as I said, cooking, and I think now as
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  Speaker 2: they hit Tampa, who's been struggling a bit, it's a
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  Speaker 2: good time to face these teams. I mean, look, the
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  Speaker 2: Twins after their dreadful series last weekend was just what
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  Speaker 2: this team needed. Now. The Cardinals, who they struggle with
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  Speaker 2: against Saint Louis a couple of years ago, also a
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  Speaker 2: team they needed to face.
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  Speaker 3: Now.
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  Speaker 2: You gotta take the momentum and beat up on your
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  Speaker 2: divisional opponents like the Rays, and of course you come
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  Speaker 2: back next week face the Red Sox. So there's just
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  Speaker 2: a lot going on. Baseball's been fluid and fluctuating all
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  Speaker 2: season long. I mean one week it's what the Mets
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  Speaker 2: up in. The best team now the Brewers, who have
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  Speaker 2: won fourteen in a row, by the way, and I
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  Speaker 2: gotta check on what they did today. They lost, so
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  Speaker 2: their fourteen game win streak was snapped today by the Reds.
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  Speaker 2: But yeah, fourteen game win streak by the Brewers. Very
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  Speaker 2: fluid season for a lot of teams, and Yanks just
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  Speaker 2: were in this weird fluctuation since June thirteenth. But maybe,
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  Speaker 2: just maybe they're climbing out of it, And as I
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  Speaker 2: said at the deadline, there's still time to get the division.
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  Speaker 2: And even though we're at game one twenty five tomorrow
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  Speaker 2: or next time they play, there's still a lot of
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  Speaker 2: time for the division. So don't just settle for the
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  Speaker 2: wild card Yankee fans, there's a lot more to go,
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  Speaker 2: So a lot more baseball, a lot more Yankees now
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  Speaker 2: posts to come, and I hope you join us along
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  Speaker 2: the way. As we're here in just a couple of weeks.
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  Speaker 2: It's football college football, NFL preseason. Yesterday, Jackson Dart looking great,
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  Speaker 2: the Giants powering the jet overpowering the Jets. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: we're here. It's almost full. You could smell it, you
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  Speaker 2: could feel it. And the Yanks getting hot right now
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  Speaker 2: is a good sign. And let's keep the good vibes
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  Speaker 2: going as I look to have one leg up again
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  Speaker 2: in this wild card race and in the divisional race
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  Speaker 2: as well. But congrats to Ben Rice on a great game.
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  Speaker 2: And he was my lead guy on the Garrett graphic
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  Speaker 2: we'll see I put on for the next game. I
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  Speaker 2: do because obviously it's based on the guy's performance every
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  Speaker 2: night and sort of my stamp of approval. Hey, If
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  Speaker 2: you made the Garrett graphic, you're doing pretty damn good
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  Speaker 2: for the Yanks. We'll keep you posts on that as
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  Speaker 2: the Yanks now hit Tampa and George steibern er Field,
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  Speaker 2: their spring training home for what two games, and then
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  Speaker 2: back here for Boston next weekend. Should be a lot
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  Speaker 2: of fun against the ale East. I'm Alex Garrett. We'll
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  Speaker 2: have some One Leg Up on News tomorrow as there's
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  Speaker 2: something I do want to get to, but it's too
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  Speaker 2: heavy for episode fourteen oh one, so we'll leave that
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  Speaker 2: for another episode for Monday. My News we recap on Monday.
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  Speaker 2: Stay tuned on the One Leg Up Network.