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Yankees Swept by Rays in ALDS | MLB on TBS Postgame Reaction · Bleacher Report

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  Speaker 1: Adam Lefkoe here in the middle of it all. There
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  Speaker 1: wasn't a question. There wasn't a doubt. There were some
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  Speaker 1: incredible plays and highlights you've got to see. But Pedro Martinez,
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  Speaker 1: the Yankees have been eliminated.
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  Speaker 2: Eliminated and now they're the Tampa Bay Rays kids.
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  Speaker 3: Oh!
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  Speaker 1: I didn't know we were going there.
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  Speaker 2: They are. They are.
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  Speaker 4: So you're saying the Rays are their daddy.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, the Rays are their daddy. Isn't that what I
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  Speaker 2: just said?
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  Speaker 4: I just want to make sure you say it.
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  Speaker 2: The Yankees, no, the Yankees are the Rays' kids. So
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  Speaker 2: I hope everybody got it. But I must say, congrats
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  Speaker 2: to the Tampa Bay Rays. And the Warriors that they have,
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  Speaker 2: even though they're really young and some of them have
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  Speaker 2: been my daddies, but congratulations to him. Great manager, great
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  Speaker 2: pitching coach, great organization. What an example they have set
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  Speaker 2: for all of us to learn about the proper brand
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  Speaker 2: of baseball that should be played. Nowadays, you know, I'm
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  Speaker 2: extremely happy for them.
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  Speaker 1: It's aggressive. It is fun. It's a beautiful brand. We
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  Speaker 1: also now know what we are going to have tomorrow night.
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  Speaker 1: We are not going to have raising Yankees. It's officially
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  Speaker 1: over but you can join us tomorrow 7 o'clock Guardians
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  Speaker 1: White Sox Guardians offense came a lot came alive will
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  Speaker 1: relive that momentarily White Sox now up two to one
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  Speaker 1: winner will face the Tampa Bay Rays Guardians got to
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  Speaker 1: win two. White Sox just win one. Let's go through
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  Speaker 1: some of the biggest moments. We saw Victor Mesa Jr.
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  Speaker 1: there for a while. Brian Anderson there talking about his father.
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  Speaker 1: What a moment that has to be to hit that
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  Speaker 1: hit at that stadium.
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  Speaker 3: Just to be a name, to come up in his story,
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  Speaker 3: his background, his family's legacy, the lineage, and not only,
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  Speaker 3: like you said, in Yankee Stadium. But to come there
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  Speaker 3: a few weeks ago to clinch the division and then
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  Speaker 3: be there in this moment, you talk about how to
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  Speaker 3: pimp a home run. That's how you do it. I mean,
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  Speaker 3: he's still in the box. He still hasn't dropped the bat.
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  Speaker 3: But if you want to send a message, this is
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  Speaker 3: the place to send it and the time to send it.
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  Speaker 3: This is the biggest moment of his career. Why not
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  Speaker 3: stand there and admire it?
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  Speaker 1: It was a first pitch hanging sweeper, 77 miles an hour,
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  Speaker 1: and he was all over.
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  Speaker 4: He took advantage of a mistake, and we talk about
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  Speaker 4: this in the playoffs. You have to. You can't let
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  Speaker 4: pitchers get away with throwing hanging with a fastball, changeup,
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  Speaker 4: curveballs over the middle of the plate without making them pay.
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  Speaker 4: That was a situation, we talked about the raise, every
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  Speaker 4: man up counts. It's not relying on the superstars. This
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  Speaker 4: is your job. What can you do to help us win?
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  Speaker 4: In that moment, his job was to hit that hanging
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  Speaker 4: curveball 390 feet into the right field bleachers, and give
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  Speaker 4: the Rays this victory to go into the ALCS. But
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  Speaker 4: he had that mentality, like he said. He was told,
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  Speaker 4: you're going to be up in a situation, and it's
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  Speaker 4: going to be your moment. He's never forgotten when he
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  Speaker 4: was told that. And when you have that, you look
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  Speaker 4: for it. Is this my moment? Is this my moment?
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  Speaker 4: Is this my moment? You go hunting. So when it comes,
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  Speaker 4: the moment is never too big for you. And he
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  Speaker 4: did what he was supposed to do. He let his
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  Speaker 4: team know, boys, I got us.
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  Speaker 1: Six pitchers went for the Rays today. Started off with
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  Speaker 1: Nick Martinez. He was out after three and two-thirds. Ended
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  Speaker 1: with Baker there. We talked so much about the Yankee
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  Speaker 1: pitching coming in, especially the starters. The Rays pitchers pitched
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  Speaker 1: a pretty darn perfect series.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, but make no mistakes. The Yankees really did well
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  Speaker 2: when it comes to pitching. They couldn't put everything they
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  Speaker 2: wanted together together. But the Rays have always been equally
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  Speaker 2: as good. And kudos to Cashman and that great pitching coach,
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  Speaker 2: probably the best pitching coach in all of baseball, for handling.
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  Speaker 4: Cash, not Cash.
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  Speaker 2: Akash. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I got you.
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  Speaker 4: I got you.
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  Speaker 2: Akash did an outstanding job at juggling those guys. Even
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  Speaker 2: though they got a little bit to Jax, I think
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  Speaker 2: the way he handled everybody was just great. I'm extremely
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  Speaker 2: happy and they deserve everything they're going to get. And
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  Speaker 2: I hope they take it all the way to the
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  Speaker 2: World Series because this Tampa Bay team is very different
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  Speaker 2: than the previous Tampa Bay teams. teams that we have seen.
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  Speaker 2: And the way they handle everyone and everyone just adjusts
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  Speaker 2: to the roles, it's just beautiful to watch. Right along
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  Speaker 2: with playing the defense that they play, timely hitting, and
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  Speaker 2: they don't strike out much.
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  Speaker 1: We've seen this before where the closer comes in. What
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  Speaker 1: a great year he's had. I remember Brad Lidge with
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  Speaker 1: you guys, but Baker for the Rays, tied for the
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  Speaker 1: Major League lead in terms of safe, came in 30
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  Speaker 1: in a row. Got a little bit dicey there in
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  Speaker 1: the ninth, but able to settle in.
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  Speaker 4: You know, calm down.
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  Speaker 3: You need to be battled in certain situations, but you
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  Speaker 3: know you're going to get the chance to get the
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  Speaker 3: ball put in play. And having Hicks come out and
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  Speaker 3: talk to him and say, hey, just calm down. You're
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  Speaker 3: our guy. Just do the things that you know you're
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  Speaker 3: capable of. Let's have fun. What better moment to be
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  Speaker 3: in than a chance to send us to the ALCS?
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  Speaker 3: And you say, okay, all right, yeah, let me reset
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  Speaker 3: and realize how good I am and go out there
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  Speaker 3: and deliver like he was able to do in this moment.
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  Speaker 2: But once again, it's that great pitching coach and the
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  Speaker 2: perfect timing. You saw how the catcher just looked over
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  Speaker 2: to the dugout and right away he popped up and
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  Speaker 2: went out to give him a little talk or settle
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  Speaker 2: him down and right away he clicked. That's how much
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  Speaker 2: they know their own pitching stuff.
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  Speaker 1: So look, they swept them, right? So it was a
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  Speaker 1: lot more to overcome than one play. But we have
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  Speaker 1: to talk about that Volpe double because was it a
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  Speaker 1: Volpe home run, right? So sixth inning, man on first,
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  Speaker 1: Volpe comes up, unloads one. What a high pop that
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  Speaker 1: just keeps drifting and going and going. And images of
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  Speaker 1: Jeffrey Mayer just pop into your head, reaching over. It
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  Speaker 1: happened in a flash. Then we saw a million replays
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  Speaker 1: from the side angle, the front angle. Did he reach over?
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  Speaker 3: Jimmy, what did you.
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  Speaker 1: Think about the ruling? What did you think about the play?
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  Speaker 4: I thought they got the ruling absolutely correct. When the
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  Speaker 4: ball's in play and the hands are over the wall,
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  Speaker 4: it's an automatic double. Automatic. It doesn't matter what you say.
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  Speaker 4: If you're here and the ball doesn't hit you in
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  Speaker 4: the chest, if it's hitting your hands when you're in
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  Speaker 4: the field of play, it's an automatic double. Ball is dead.
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  Speaker 4: To go back and then, what was going to happen?
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  Speaker 4: Was that runner going to score? I've been in a
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  Speaker 4: situation where... At the time, I didn't understand that they
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  Speaker 4: can go back and rule that the runner's gonna score.
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  Speaker 4: When the ball is dead, it's dead. Everybody goes back
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  Speaker 4: and resets. No. They have a chance to look at
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  Speaker 4: the runner, look at his speed. Where was he when
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  Speaker 4: the play happened? And usually from there, it's two bases
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  Speaker 4: when the play is going on. So you look at Lombard,
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  Speaker 4: which I thought he should have been sprinting. I don't care.
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  Speaker 4: You go out there and you run until the play
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  Speaker 4: is dead.
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  Speaker 1: He was full celebration.
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  Speaker 4: So at this point, he's in between second and third
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  Speaker 4: when Mesa goes back and hits the wall. If that
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  Speaker 4: ball is live, if that ball bounces halfway back to
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  Speaker 4: the infield, there's no chance he's getting out at home plate.
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  Speaker 4: But the run on second is automatic that the play
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  Speaker 4: is dead there. So I thought they got it absolutely correct. Now.
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  Speaker 4: Yankee Stadium has that. Right field, they have it figured out.
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  Speaker 4: It's a little gap. But left field, it's still nothing
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  Speaker 4: but a foot or so where you can stick out.
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  Speaker 4: But that's the beauty of the ballpark, that these plays happen.
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  Speaker 4: We saw it benefit the Yankees years ago. And this time,
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  Speaker 4: it probably took a little bit away.
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  Speaker 3: And the tough part is, you're going to see the
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  Speaker 3: angles that we saw. And everyone's going, oh, it was
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  Speaker 3: or it wasn't. When they're looking at the replay booth
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  Speaker 3: in New York, they have other camera angles that we
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  Speaker 3: don't all get to see and the audience doesn't get
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  Speaker 3: to see. So they're seeing a whole bunch of things.
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  Speaker 3: And there's three umpires sitting there making a decision based
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  Speaker 3: off of all the different camera angles, some of which
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  Speaker 3: we don't get a chance to see at home.
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  Speaker 1: Volpe was a big addition. He came out there two
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  Speaker 1: for four and RBI Lombard went two for three. But Grisham, Bellinger,
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  Speaker 1: and Wells today combining to go 0 for 11. A
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  Speaker 1: lot of the meat of that lineup. Ben Rice, another
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  Speaker 1: hit today as well. But some of the Yankee batters
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  Speaker 1: went quiet. And then you just kind of ask yourself,
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  Speaker 1: what would this team have been like if Aaron Judge
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  Speaker 1: was healthy? It's a question we'll never be able to answer.
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  Speaker 2: Well, they're going to have to wait another year to
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  Speaker 2: figure that out. It's unfortunate because Judge is really the
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  Speaker 2: biggest representative for the organization and for the team and
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  Speaker 2: for the lineup, as a matter of fact. Without Judge,
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  Speaker 2: they look vulnerable. And we kept saying it. We kept
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  Speaker 2: saying it. They are different without Judge and his leadership.
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  Speaker 2: Not that he wasn't there to gather everybody together and
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  Speaker 2: tell them, hey, let's go, let's get things rolling. He
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  Speaker 2: was there, but it's different being in the lineup, being
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  Speaker 2: in the middle of the situation with his teammates.
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  Speaker 1: It's also a little shocking to sit here and think
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  Speaker 1: that in the last month of the season, you could
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  Speaker 1: argue that Rodon was the hottest pitcher in Major League Baseball.
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  Speaker 1: He doesn't step on the bump one time for the
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  Speaker 1: New York Yankees.
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  Speaker 3: Like we said, I mean, everyone has to be available.
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  Speaker 3: I don't know if he would have had anything to
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  Speaker 3: do with this game.
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  Speaker 1: No, the Yankees pitching did great, like Pedro said.
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  Speaker 3: They did a ton of things. I mean, going into today,
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  Speaker 3: the starters had only given up three earned runs this
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  Speaker 3: whole series. But when you had four aces like you
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  Speaker 3: talked about, hopefully you get a chance to use them.
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  Speaker 3: But credit to the Rays by doing what they did
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  Speaker 3: to send the Yankees home early.
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  Speaker 1: 17 years, Pedro, since their last world championship.
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  Speaker 2: Well, and they're going to have to wait one more year.
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  Speaker 3: They're not waiting. The Tampa Bay Rays. This is the
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  Speaker 3: second time in two weeks.
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  Speaker 1: They have popped bottles at the George Steinbrenner Palace. This
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  Speaker 1: one's got to be sweet. Yandy Diaz said, as a
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  Speaker 1: Tampa Bay Ray, there's nothing sweeter than celebrating at the
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  Speaker 1: Yankees place.