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AARON JUDGE wins American League MVP! · NY's Sports Loud Mouth (VIDEO)

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They're going to have a ton of money to spend.
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Why not pulling in one of the top three offensive players in
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the league? We're going to be looking at
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Aaron Judge and saying that he can't win the big game, Michael
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Jordan said. I played 82 games.
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Where you got to go? Before I told you Giant fans,
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Saquon Barkley this. Let's do it.
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Ladies and gentlemen, the Yankees captain, alfielder Aaron
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Judge, was named the 2025 American League MVP on Thursday.
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It is his third MVP in just four years.
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He's the 13th player in MLB history and the fourth Yankee to
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win three or more MVPS. It was a tight race as Judge
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received 17 first place votes to Seattle's catcher Cal Rally, who
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got 13. The two also split all of the
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second place votes. Guardians third baseman Jose
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Ramirez finished a distant third despite Rally.
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Sixty home runs and 125 RB is Judge LED Rally in every other
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important category. Offensively, many voted for
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Rally due to his ability and his ability to defensively play the
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catcher, position and demand and importance of position both
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defensively and to the pitching staff.
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Those sentiments were not enough, however, as Judge, with
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53 home runs this year, also became just the fourth player in
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MLB history with four different seasons of 50 or more home runs
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months. He became the fifth player since
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1961 to lead the league in a batting average, slugging
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percentage and on base percentage in a single season.
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He also intentionally walked an American League record 36 times.
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A lot of people would say this was a Barry Bonds season.
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For the one and only Aaron Judge, it is an amazing season
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with a lot of ups and downs. And I say ups and downs because
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Aaron Judge in the beginning of the season was a world beater.
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He was averaging 400 for almost two months, probably the longest
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streak we've seen in about 25 years.
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And the importance of who he is and what he does in a lineup
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that could get so cold really at any point of the season shows
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you how important he is to a line up.
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He he is the indictment of MVP, Most Valuable Player to your
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team. When you think about Cal Rally,
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and I'm not taking it away from Cal rally, what he's done
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defensively as a catcher at how he, you know, obviously helps a
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pen and, and in the rotation and what he could do on a field.
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He's a switch hitter. We haven't seen a switch hitter
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this good and hitting as many home runs.
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It's Mickey Mantle. I I love him as a person.
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I I love the fact after after finding out that Aaron Judge won
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the MVP, he posted up on social media congratulations to Judge,
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one of the best players in the league and he gave him all his
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props and that shows you the type of person Cal Rally is.
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I I'm not surprised that Aaron Judge won because this is really
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a competition from the National League to the American League.
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I think the two best players in the world is Aaron Judge and
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Shay Ohtani. I think we will continue to
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argue that all the way through for the next three to four years
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because these guys are that much better than everybody else.
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But what makes this feat so interesting and so crazy is
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really the fact of these numbers from 1961.
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Think about it to to have the best batting average, the best
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slugging percentage and on base percentage in a single season to
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have something like this for over almost what it's got to be
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about 70 years since we've seen a player do this that to me won
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him the MVP. I, you could take away what
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everybody thinks what Cal rally is as a defensive player and as
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a catcher and as a switch hitter to, to lead the league in, in
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numbers. And, and when you look at the
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statistics that the analytics they put together and baseball
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really tries to, tries to build up through mimicking from decade
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after decade after decade. Aaron Judge speaks highly of
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what he is as a number, a numbers player and highly as a
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leader. I think he's the greatest leader
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we've seen the Yankees have. I don't know Derek Cheetah
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personally. I don't know how he was in a
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locker room. I've heard over the over the
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years that as good as Derek Cheetah was as a leader, Alex
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Rodriguez was just as good a leader in the locker room for
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the Yankees. Now, I don't know if that's
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true, but that's what I've heard through ex players that we've
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talked to. What Aaron Judge does for the
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Yankees is to me everything for who the Yankees are and what the
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Yankees stand for now. And you can say whatever you
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want. Aaron Judge took less money to
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stay with the Yankees. He could have went to play for
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the Giants. He could have he could have
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played for San Francisco. I I'm not sure, but I think he's
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from the San Francisco area. He could have went to play for
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his home team, his parents going to every single one of his home
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games. But he it was.
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Fresno State. I, I don't, I don't know.
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I, I, I thought he's from San Francisco.
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Yeah. So I, my, my thought here is, is
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that Aaron Judge chose the Yankees and he wanted to be a
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Yankee for life and he wanted to be in pinstripes for life.
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And he knew the pressures of being here and what he needed to
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do to lead this team. He hasn't won a championship and
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his career could lead towards not winning the championship.
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But right now at 33 years old, this man is in my eyes has been
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the best player in the league for three years.
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I don't think you can argue the numbers and, and everybody says
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every single year about this guy, how do you beat the year
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before? How do you beat the year before?
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And it seems like every single year he shows everybody why he
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is so special, not only to the Yankees organization, to
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baseball internationally, it goes to Otani, but what it is
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and what it stands for to be in pinstripes and to play in New
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York and take the pressures of New York.
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And what he did in the playoffs this year, hitting 500 when he
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was the only one hitting in the playoffs, says a great deal of
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who he is as a person and as a leader.
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Congratulations to Cal Raleigh. I'm not going to take anything
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away from him. And if Aaron Judge was not Aaron
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Judge, Cal Raleigh runs away with the MVPI.
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Don't even think you can argue that.
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But what Aaron Judge has done in the last four years is
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remarkable. And I don't know how you beat
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this year and, and go into another season where you could
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say, well, try to beat that Aaron I.
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And is it, if there's anybody that can go into a season and
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you can believe that he is going to beat out what he did the year
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before, it's Aaron Judge. It's in a remarkable, remarkable
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feat. And I, I'm not doing this as a
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Yankee fan. And I honestly, anybody that
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knows me, my favorite player on the Yankees is not Aaron Judge.
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So it says a lot about what I think of the superstar players.
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This guy is everything to what it be it.
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It is to be a New York Yankee, everything to be a New York
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Yankee. Say whatever you want.
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You want to hate the Yankees organization as they call them
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the the Evil Empire. This team has not been the Evil
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Empire since then the the late 90s and early 2000s.
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The Yankees need something to draw to be a draw.
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And this guy is the draw for the Yankees.
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And, and, and I think it's well deserved.
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Congratulations to Aaron Judge, well deserved season.
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I don't think there's anybody that could take away this
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sensational year he had. Yeah, you reference at the
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beginning of the of your of your take of the closest thing with a
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Barry Bonds type season because you're not going to have that
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kind of thing in terms of total home runs in the post steroid
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era unless obviously the guy might be taking steroids.
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But again, Aaron Judge has as complete of a hitting season as
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you can have when you lead in 11 offensive statistics.
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And like you said, going back all the way to 1961, that's
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right at the start of MLB expansion like that is
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considered the 50s and the 60s in terms of the quality of play
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is considered the the toughest era for pitching.
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So. Isn't that the last time
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Cleveland actually won a champion?
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That was. Even further back, that was
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1948. I'm just saying, I mean, when
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you think about it, it's it's been a long.
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Time, yeah, and. Goody, I wasn't making front of
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the guardians, I'm just trying to.
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Be so you're judging you're judging him match up with some
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of the best home run hitting seasons, the best complete all
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around seasons of that time. Now you're judging in the Yankee
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Sister where he becomes one of four guys to have four different
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50 home run seasons and. Name those guys.
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Yeah, it was. It was Yogi Berra.
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It was it was Joe DiMaggio and it was Lou Gehrig and who was
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Emmanuel Babari. We had him on the show was
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mentioning that he wasn't sure if they could have with the
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length of the contract if he's going to have that same kind of
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thing. And I worried about the time not
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from 40 million a year for nine years.
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I worried about the contract at the time too, if he could have
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lasted the injuries that he was having.
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And every single year he continues to get better and
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better in those areas. And the other thing he's gotten
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better at too is his chase rate is not as high either as what it
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was in the beginning of his career.
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That makes him a really, really tough out in this lineup to get
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that on base percentage up too. That makes it a really all
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around just amazing season for what, Aaron?
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And you can't pitch around this guy.
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He is. He's 6 foot eight, 280 lbs of
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muscle. You could pitch on the outside.
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You could pitch on the inside. You can.
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I mean, look, look what the look at what the Blue Jays did in
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that series. They tried to pitch inside on
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his hands and what did he do? He pulled the ball at 100 mph
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right off the pole. I mean, that's just it just
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shows you what type of player he is and how special he really is
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for the Yankees and really for baseball without him.
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I know everybody keeps talking about what Shay Otani does
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without a guy in the American League as good as Aaron Judge.
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It takes away the the stardom that we've seen over the years
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that baseball is brought to the forefront.
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I think I haven't. The guy in the National League
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like Ohtani and having a guy in the American League like Aaron
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Judge and both on different sides of the world, one in New
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York and the other one in LA, that's that's what makes
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baseball crazy right now. And special yeah, I was going to
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mention that the two biggest markets you could you can market
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the Yankees and the Dodgers to 1 current New York team and one
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former New York team moving to LA.
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And don't say that to anybody. No, I know.
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But it's still like that kind of rivalry, especially when they
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played in the World Series. They they, they've been
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competing with MVPS in the past, Judge, Judge and Otani were neck
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and neck in 2022. They gave it to Judge.
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And again, they've been close in a lot of other races too.
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And that really brings it. But Judge is a different type of
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player than Otani too, where he he breathe in as a like a rookie
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was bringing the vibe as a big 6 foot seven guy too.
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And his impact on baseball is really insurmountable.
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And now this type of year, topping it off is just
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fantastic. Yeah, I mean, it was people are
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like, oh, it was a lot closer than I thought.
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It didn't surprise me. It it almost a Co MVP for the
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first time in over 20 years, but something that I really thought
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was interesting. I don't know if you guys heard
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it or paid attention or whatever, but Dan Patrick
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brought this up and I thought it was really interesting.
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He goes, what if it was switched?
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What if Cal was in New York and Aaron was in Seattle?
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How different would it be? And I think that's a very, very
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good point that that they brought up.
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And it definitely changes things for sure.
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But they're they're 2 great years historically that go down
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for two completely different reasons, right.
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And obviously one person got the award.
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Do I think it should have been if it if it was a Co MVP type of
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year? Yeah, I mean, it, it wouldn't
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have nobody would have been butthurt.
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Nobody would have been like, Oh yeah, I mean, obviously people
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are going to look at it from both perspectives and and either
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agreed or disagreed. But if it did happen, people
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weren't going to be up in arms and like, holy crap, you know,
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it's like we need a we need a recount, like whatever.
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But yeah, I think it was just somebody had to win.
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It was unbelievable years by both and to to both of their
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credits. I mean, obviously great
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ambassadors of the game, good dude.
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Don't know either of them, but everybody that I've talked to
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said they're just great people, which, you know, obviously is is
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more important than anything you'll ever do on a baseball
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field. So baseball's in a good spot
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with those guys being able to. And obviously they're
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representing USA. So that'll be that'll be fun.
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But yeah, just it, it's going to be a year where you're going to
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remember both of these. Obviously you're going to
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remember Judge getting the MVP, but you're not going to miss
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like we could talk about it all the time.
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Who who came in second last year?
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You know, it's it's one of those seasons where you're not going
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to forget it like others. And then Jose Ramirez is is is
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kind of the the he's. Consistently. 3rd a lot.
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He's always the odd name. There's only been four players
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in history. They're all Hall of Famers and,
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and at third base. And Jose Ramirez is is low key
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probably if he continues down this road is a Hall of Famer
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because everybody that has been in his situation and done what
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he's done, they're all Hall of Farmers.
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And there's only been three others besides him in the
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history of baseball to do what he's done.
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And it's just it's he's out of heat.
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He's playing at a wrong time. When somebody is really, really
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good and continues to get better over time.
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Will we will we see how his career unfolds as far as he's
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still going to play the outcome? Speaking of Judge, is how much
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longer does he play the outfield?
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Do they do they try a thing at first or do they move him
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straight to DH? Father time doesn't lose.
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So a body that big and and a man that has played as many games,
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he and obviously there's been some years with some bad luck,
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right? But I mean, he's he's answers
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the bell and as many games as he can.
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So it'll be interesting to see. And then obviously Cal from the
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other side. It's like, you know, how, how
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long can he do what he did? I I think it's just it's, it's
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amazing what he did behind the plate.
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Be crazy. No pass balls to be able to
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navigate, you know, 13 different and obviously the guys that are
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up and down, but thirteen of your main guys trying to make
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sure that you keep them on their P's and Q's.
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And it's just two historically great years that this will be
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one that they go back and you will remember who came in
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second. And that's a lot to be said for
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for where the game of baseball's at.
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I want to bring you back to Errol.
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When we talked about Raleigh and Judge the first time, I think it
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was right before the All Star break when Raleigh was leading
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with the home runs as he went into the Home Run Derby.
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And I said is he going to have to get 62 home runs to be Judge
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for the MVP? And I think we decided at the
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time that he probably would need to have 62.
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We ended up at 60 and he got close and I think that's the
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point because the guy only hit 247 on top of all this stuff.
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I don't know if there's been an MVP who's hit under 250, to be
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honest with you, ever. I'm not sure.
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I didn't, I didn't Google that. But I do think if he hit 62
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instead of 60, they give him the award, You know, that would tie
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the American League record. It still doesn't mean he had a
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better season than Judge in my opinion.
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I think that the stats that I like to look at, it's one of my
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favorite stats. I know you hate the advanced
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analytics error. My favorite 1 is this WRC plus
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and basically it's 100 means you're an average player, like
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100%. That's average as it comes.
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Judge is 221 this year. That means that he is 2.21 times
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better than the average player in baseball.
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Brawley finished like a 160 something that means Judge is
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60% of a better hitter than Cal Raleigh is.
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It wasn't particularly close in that metric.
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And I know you don't like WAR so much.
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The Judge was better than him by a whole WAR point as well,
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despite the fact catcher's a more valuable position.
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And I want to remind you that Judge Torr partially towards
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Tommy John ligament in his elbow and had to miss time and
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couldn't really throw and. Played in the playoffs.
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Puffed it out, played his average, dropped.
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It should have been around 3:50, but it dropped because he was
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playing hurt and it took him a while to get to the point where
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he can get back. And thankfully he got back in
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time for the playoffs. Unfortunately, the rest of the
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team wasn't there. I think what Judge has done is
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being undersold. I don't think it should have
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been that close. I think he was significantly
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better than Raleigh this year. But you know, give Raleigh a lot
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of credit. It was an amazing season.
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It's just he's playing in the same league as Aaron Judge.
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I. Think legal average Cal Raleigh
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hit higher than the league average like Lee.
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Overall average is 245. Yeah, I don't think anybody is
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taking away how good Cal rallies been.
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I mean I'm not taking away from him.
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If he won, I would have said or it was it was a Co MVP.
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I don't think I would argue that either.
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But it when you look at the metrics like you and I, I do not
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like analytics the way they bring these analytics to the
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forefront. The thing that I look at all the
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time is batting average and I look at home runs and I look at
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on base percentage. Those are the three things I
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look. And when I look at that, even
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with Aaron Judge being out a significant, he was out for
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three weeks and. He shouldn't have come back.
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A lot of people thought at the time the Yankees were falling
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apart and they he needed to come back.
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As soon as he came back, it took him a while to figure things
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out. Once he did, the Yankees started
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winning. Why do you think the Yankees
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started winning? Was because he started to hit.
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And I think he just makes a complete difference when we talk
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about MVP, OK, and I'm not saying Shay Otani isn't the best
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player in the National League. I would I would absolutely say
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that he is. When I look at Cheratani, he's
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playing for a All World Team. The team is unbelievable.
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He doesn't have to pitch because he's got Yamamoto on that
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roster. He doesn't have to hit because
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he's got Friedman and Mookie Betts on that roster and other
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guys on that roster. What Aaron Judge does for that
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lineup when we talk about Most Valuable Player is if he hits
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and he puts, if he's 3 for four or three for five, there's a
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good chance the Yankees are going to win that game.
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And that's because what he does is he puts every pitcher in that
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position to say, well, I can pitch around him.
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But if I pitch around him or try to pitch around him, I is still
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going to be chasing. He's still going to try to hit
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the ball out of out of the ballpark or he's trying to try
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to pull it to the other side of the side of the play, you know,
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sort of side of the the field. So what makes Aaron Judge so
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special is you can't pitch around him.
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He's 6 foot eight. He stands in a box where he just
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completely dominates. And I remember in the past,
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everybody says, well, how do you get Aaron Judge?
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How do you get Aaron Judge out? Well, you got to pitch up high
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and inside. You can't do that to him anymore
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because he'll just pull the ball.
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He did that once. If you look at his numbers on
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balls right there, balls on the inside, he was hitting less than
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150. Like he did it once and he just
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so happened to be in the playoffs.
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Like, let's not say he's the greatest inside ball hitter.
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Because I didn't say he's the greatest, but it.
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Yeah, you said you can't throw him there because he's going to
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pull it. No, he's not.
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Well, it's. Amazing he did, though.
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I think it was just like so bizarre that he pulled that.
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That's the pitch. That was like the statement of
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that. Jabba and Jabba, I'm going to
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give you a little shout out on this when we go into the season
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this year and he's one of the best at pulling those balls
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because it seems like every single year he's.
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Trying to guarantee you it's less than less than 180 of balls
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in. Her every every year this guy
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finds a way well how is he going to be better how's he going to
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be better and he finds something that he wasn't good at and he
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gets better at I. What are you going to do?
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When you're wrong that I'm wrong and what I'm what am I going to
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do when I was I'm right I'm. Not going to be right, I can
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promise you. That all right well, that's.
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Your OK so but I want to ask you guys too than this and and
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you're talking about these stats so so why didn't judge win in
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against Altuve? I would.
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It's interesting because obviously Altuve cheated and now
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that's really more even more tainted for that.
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I don't know if MLB wants to give it to a rookie as much,
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which I never had a problem with him giving him.
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It first of all, first of all. Probably all the other awards
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that he. Should have won that year, a lot
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of people believe. That's why that's why I'm
23:06
asking. I I he should have and and again
23:09
at the time. I mean, Altuve is what, 5 foot
23:11
6? I mean, and he was putting up
23:14
these power numbers that we've never seen a a small player put
23:17
up. I mean, I mean, he was Mugsy
23:19
Bogues on a baseball field. Honestly, that's what.
23:22
He wants. He's great.
23:24
Nobody's taking away how good Jose Altuve is and what he does
23:29
for the lineup of the the Astros.
23:31
But that was the year, wasn't that that the year they were
23:33
caught cheating and and all that other.
23:36
First year of the schedule. Yeah, so.
23:38
It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter.
23:40
If you know, I was saying like. Could you imagine Java?
23:43
Could you? That's bullshit, Java.
23:44
That's bullshit. You asked some of the greatest
23:46
players that play this game. They don't want to know the
23:50
pitch like they would rather not like knowing the pitch sometimes
23:54
is worse than not knowing trust. Interesting.
23:57
So why? Do it though.
23:58
Some people like it, like some people second when you would
24:00
relay signs, Some people like we have everything.
24:03
Like we would literally have everything they're like.
24:05
Don't, don't tell me. I don't want to have a like like
24:08
Manny Ramirez, they always said was a guest hitter, right?
24:11
I think it would help guys like that, you know, that they're
24:13
just looking for a pitch. They know what pitch it is now
24:17
that now they're they have. It still doesn't matter.
24:19
I could throw a pitch right down the middle and he missed.
24:21
They're going to fail 70% of the time, like and you have to
24:24
remember that. So even though they know the
24:26
pit, like it just amazes me when people are like, oh, he cheated.
24:29
Yeah, OK, he cheated. We all know.
24:31
It pitches like we don't know sometimes when we're tipping and
24:33
doing the same things. They don't tell us till after
24:36
they know exactly what we're doing.
24:37
And I still got guys out. I just think like Jabba, you
24:41
know, like you're right. And they get out 70% of the time
24:44
if they're a 300 hitter, right? And that means they're a great
24:46
player. If they get out 75% of the time,
24:49
that's 250 hitter. Right.
24:51
And they're still great nowadays because league average is
24:54
league. Average, by the way, I looked it
24:55
up, Otani 257 was the lowest ever batting average for an MVP
24:58
in 2021. But I don't think that really
25:02
matters because to me, like if you can get an extra 1 or 2%
25:07
Java, maybe 32%, I don't fail. Now I'm A320 hitter and now I've
25:12
gotten enough of a marginal increase that guys throughout
25:15
sports, you know, looking for that edge.
25:18
It gives Altuve, you know, five extra home runs.
25:20
It gives Altuve 15. I don't know.
25:22
OK, I understand that. So why doesn't everybody?
25:25
So why do some of the greatest players literally like, like,
25:28
don't tell me if that's the way you're thinking.
25:30
I don't. Know that's why I'm asking you
25:32
because like I was like, you know, why do it then?
25:34
You know, if it's not, if you don't think it's going to help,
25:36
then it shouldn't be something you do.
25:38
I just figured they thought it would help them.
25:41
All right, fine, if it doesn't really matter if he knows the
25:45
pitch or not. The fact here is if you were to
25:47
ask me who was the MVP that year, I would say it was Aaron
25:51
Judge. That, and I'm not saying because
25:54
I'm a Yankee fan, that was what Aaron Judge is second year as it
25:58
was a full, full year. Yeah, yeah, it was his first
26:02
full year and he was putting up numbers like that.
26:04
I mean, that by itself is incredible.
26:07
And, and again, in the American League East, you're in the
26:09
hardest division in sports. I mean, everybody says the
26:12
American League. I know, I know it's changed a
26:14
little bit, but the American League East is the best in
26:17
baseball. It always is.
26:19
It really is. And you're you're doing that in
26:22
the American League East where you're doing that against the
26:24
Rays, you're doing it against the the Red Sox.
26:28
I mean, this it's it's harder. It's harder ready to play in
26:32
baseball and to do the things that you're doing.
26:35
But to do it the way he was doing it at as a rookie, it's
26:39
it's even more incredible. So yeah, I guess you could go
26:42
back, we could go back and forth.
26:43
I do believe Aaron Judge should be a four time MVP.
26:47
And by the way, I want to, I want to say something before we
26:49
get we move on. We got a lot more to get into.
26:52
I loved how close he is with his family and the way he brought
26:59
his whole family and he took it away from him.
27:01
I don't know if anybody noticed that the fact that they were
27:04
interviewing and his whole family, his, his brother in
27:08
law's, his, his wife, his mother and father, his dogs were there.
27:13
And how he took all the, the took the cameras away from
27:17
himself just to speak about his family.
27:20
And without his family, he wouldn't be here.
27:23
And how it wasn't like to be a, a high school player and A, and
27:26
a peewee based, you know, a young player trying to hit
27:30
T-ball and talking about his growth as his maturation as a
27:34
baseball player and, and to become a professional athlete
27:37
and to do what he's doing. It was something of a dream.
27:41
And he says this is a dream that it's a long dream that came
27:44
true. And that's, that says a lot
27:46
about who Aaron Judge is. He took the spotlight, spotlight
27:51
off of himself and, and gave it to his family.
27:54
And I, I love that about him. And I just think that what he
27:59
brings to the table every single day, his leadership, his
28:03
personality and, and what it takes to be in pinstripes and
28:07
the pressure that you have to take and Jabba, you know that
28:10
when you're in pinstripes, it's a different kind of pressure
28:14
and. He he should have took that
28:16
mentality on that that rock looking Halloween outfit though
28:19
he was rocking. I saw that he could pick.
28:21
A better fit than that though. I loved it.
28:25
He didn't have the Fanny pack, though.
28:26
I know, but man, it was he had that rock vibe.
28:29
I was like, man, I was. I hopefully it comes out that he
28:32
did it like as because that's hilarious if he.
28:35
I got it in the upper right hand corner of the screen.
28:38
They couldn't get the picture with the whole family, but you
28:41
got the two puppies there. I mean, Judge is the man, dude.
28:44
Like, he's the best Yankee I've ever seen.
28:47
And I've seen championship teams with championship players.
28:50
But as a single skilled player, talent wise, he had his numbers.
28:56
He's had four what, 3? Three seasons or Four Seasons
28:59
over 200 WRC? Players.
29:02
A rod never got over 200. I, I will say this and, and we,
29:07
we got to move on, but I will say this.
29:10
If he, he start, he, he continues on this trajectory,
29:14
even if he's not going to hit, he's not going to break Babe
29:17
Ruth's home run record and he's not going to be as beloved as
29:21
Mickey Mantle was. I'm going to tell you because
29:23
Mickey Mantle is probably the most beloved Yankee of all time.
29:26
I don't care what anybody says. He was you talk to.
29:28
All the. And the most hated from yes, but
29:31
as far as the Yankee fans are concerned, the first thing the
29:34
old timers will say, who's your favorite player?
29:36
Mickey Mantle. Every single Yankee fan, old
29:39
Yankee fan that I've met, I always ask him like, who's your
29:42
Yogi Berra is Mickey Mantle? I mean, you ask Michael Kay, you
29:46
ask anybody. Anybody that's a Yankee fan,
29:48
they'll tell you Mickey Mantle's their favorite.
29:51
But I'm just saying he. I'm just, I'm, I know we got to
29:55
move on, but I'm afraid, I'm afraid if he doesn't win his
29:58
legacy. I think so too.
30:00
I think so too. He's got to win.
30:02
If he wins 1 championship, and I think he will, I think the
30:05
Yankees will win a championship. I don't think it's this year,
30:08
but I think it's coming. And I, I do believe that there's
30:12
a big trade that's going to happen very, very soon that
30:15
could change the trajectory, the trajectory of the New York
30:19
Yankees. So we'll see.
30:21
There's a, there's a good chance it could happen a lot sooner
30:24
than later. And everybody knows who I'm
30:26
talking about. All right, ladies and gentlemen,
30:28
Speedy Stat of the Week. The speedy well, you may run
30:36
like me, but you hit like stat of the week because they don't.
30:41
Have tongues. All right, so I'm going to go
30:44
into one Fish. You might like this one.
30:46
It's you being an offensive and defensive line coach.
30:49
Unblock sacks is something that is the theme this week.
30:53
They were mentioning it during the Bills and the Bucs game.
30:56
And the Buccaneers have lead the NFL right now with 10 unblocked
31:00
sacks. So obviously defender going
31:03
untouched. I'm sure, Fish, you teach all
31:04
your guys all the technique and stuff like that, and they've had
31:07
67, which is 10 more, 10 highest to the next NFL team since Todd
31:12
Bowles took over as the defensive coordinator in 2019.
31:15
Didn't help him much against the Bills, but it's an interesting
31:18
stat about Todd Bowles and his blitz packages.
31:20
They keep working. If you got unblocked sacks, you
31:24
got a good deep coordinator. That's that's really what that
31:26
means. I will say this, I, I, I, I'm
31:30
not a big Todd Bowles fan because he coached my Jets and
31:33
he only had one good season and that was his rookie season as a
31:36
head coach. And he was pretty much down and
31:39
out after that. And he was gone within three
31:41
years after that one season. I will say this about Todd
31:45
Bowles, his transition as a defensive coordinator into a
31:49
coach with Tampa Bay and really the development of Baker
31:52
Mayfield and everybody likes to compliment Canales and, and, and
31:56
all the offensive coordinators that have been there.
31:58
I think Todd Bowles deserves a little bit more credit than a
32:01
lot of people don't give him credit for.
32:03
And I think he was the head coach when the transition came
32:07
and he's been the coach for the transition of what it is now as
32:12
the team. And I think they're a contender.
32:14
If they can get back Mike Evans before seasons end and I believe
32:17
he could come back. There's a there's a chance that
32:20
he could be back and so will Godwin.
32:22
Godwin will definitely be back. We'll see.
32:25
And Bucky Irvin hasn't even played yet.
32:27
When Bucky Irving comes back, they can have a running game.
32:29
This is a Tampa. Yeah, he's alive, but he's
32:33
killing me. He's killing me right now in
32:35
fantasy. But when Bucky Irving comes back
32:38
and they they obviously consider themselves a running team again,
32:42
I think they could be really, really scary.
32:44
Watch out for the Buccaneers. I'm telling you, watch out for
32:48
this team. If they get their running game
32:49
back and they can get Godwin and maybe Mike Evans back with
32:53
Mbuka, I mean, forget it. I mean, this team is going to be
32:57
fun to watch in the playoffs. Really, really fun.
32:59
So really. Stop someone defensively, we'll
33:03
talk about them in a minute, but we've got to whip around.
33:09
Vote whip, whip, whip around. I'm not doing any freaking tag
33:15
team crap all. Right.
33:19
Welcome to the Whipper. Anyone go?
33:21
Through it a little different this week.
33:22
We're going to try to focus on a couple of key games.
33:25
No faster through the games than nobody cares about.
33:27
Rams 22, Seahawks 19. That was the marquee game of the
33:34
week. If you watched it, you know that
33:36
it was back and forth the whole time.
33:38
You saw great play throughout the game, star players like
33:42
Jackson Smith and Jigba. 9 catches, another over 100 yard
33:47
game for him. But the story of the game was
33:49
the Rams defense. The Rams defense picked off Sam
33:53
Darnold. Not one, not 2, not 3, but four
33:58
times. In fact, if you remember
33:59
correctly, it was the same Rams defense that got him kicked out
34:04
of Minnesota in the playoffs, humiliating him in much the same
34:09
way. Well, it wasn't Sam's best game,
34:15
but I will say this, Sam stayed in the pocket.
34:17
He still was tough and he still played.
34:21
It wasn't like Sam Donald was hurt.
34:24
He kept his team in the game. He found a way to get his team
34:27
back into the game. I, the Rams were just the Rams
34:30
defense has played sensational this secondary, which I took
34:33
shots at last week and I was unsure about this secondary.
34:36
Well, I was wrong about that. They showed up and they showed
34:41
up in a big way. And, and I'll tell you this,
34:43
Matthew Stafford, everybody keeps talking about, hey, you
34:46
know what, what May is doing, he should be the MVP.
34:50
May has had the easiest schedule.
34:52
Matthew Stafford right now this they could argue that these were
34:55
the 2 best teams really going into this week in all of the NFL
35:00
and they went head to head. Matthew Stafford say whatever
35:03
you want, deserves a little bit more credit than than than
35:06
people have given him. I, I think Matthew Stafford
35:09
didn't have his best game, but when he needed to make plays, he
35:11
made the plays and you know, 89.9 quarterback rating.
35:16
I know we only threw 130 yards, 130 yards in the game, but he
35:21
had two touchdowns, no interceptions, no mistakes, and
35:24
he got everybody involved in the game and they can run the ball
35:27
and this offensive line a lot better than I thought they were
35:31
going to be this year. I I mean, the Rams are the full
35:34
package. The Rams could absolutely win
35:36
the Super Bowl this year. Yeah, you're mentioning the
35:38
secondary. I think if the secondary could
35:39
play at this kind of level, obviously some of them were
35:41
self-inflicted turnovers with Darnell, but two guys coming
35:44
from Washington and Cameron Crowe was a safety with the Ron
35:47
Rivera team and Emmanuel Forbes. Who Jeff Really like in the
35:49
first round pick two years ago that flopped over there in
35:51
Washington. Playing very well in that game.
35:53
We know that front 7 is very good and their offensive line
35:55
too deserves a lot of credit too.
35:57
Very underrated. And the defense hold their own.
35:59
Seattle's defense held their own in the red zone.
36:01
Just wasn't enough to survive the turnovers.
36:04
Yeah. I mean, I think the story of the
36:05
game was turnovers. I mean, take advantage of that.
36:08
And you know, obviously it's like sometimes the Strada breaks
36:12
the camel's back because when you can't get over those
36:13
turnovers and, you know, 1 possession and there you go.
36:16
And he obviously came back to bite him in the butt.
36:19
So yeah, great game though. Absolutely.
36:21
I think we'll see those two teams square off one more time.
36:27
Let's get to New York football. We don't have to spend a lot of
36:29
time here, but we will do New York together, I think always
36:33
the rest of the season. The Patriots beat The Jets on
36:35
Thursday Night Football 27 to 14.
36:38
Justin Fields, you ain't going to see him no more.
36:40
They benched him for next week. Tyrod Taylor will be starting
36:43
116 yards, a touchdown, 67 on the ground, another touchdown.
36:47
He did have a fumble loss in the game, just not getting it done
36:50
in the air. Garrett Wilson's been on the IR.
36:53
John Metchi, the third, caught a touchdown for The Jets.
36:56
I'm glad he made it back from his cancer, but I don't think
36:59
you want him as your #1 receiver.
37:01
Arrow is The Jets for the Patriots.
37:04
Drake may again, very accurate, 2534, two, 81 and a touchdown.
37:09
But the story was Ohio State rookie running back Trayvon
37:12
Henderson. 3 touchdowns, second straight multiple touchdown
37:15
game. Harold, when you face me in
37:17
fantasy, I didn't have Trayvon yet.
37:20
Now I do. Please.
37:21
And and, and, and again, the only reason why he's getting all
37:24
those touches is because Stevenson is out right now.
37:27
But listen, Henderson, Henderson's been good.
37:30
I'm not, I'm not taking her away from him, but I don't think that
37:35
the Patriots are as good as everybody sees their record to
37:38
be, OK. They've beaten nobody.
37:41
They've beaten teams the The Jets take.
37:43
They beat the Buccaneers without a running game.
37:45
They've beaten nobody that you'll play what everybody's
37:48
whatever's on your schedule. So you want to say that Drake
37:51
May right now is the MVP of the league and his schedule is even
37:54
easier. So who's who's to say he doesn't
37:57
win the MVP? But you have to look at the
38:00
schedule and the way the schedule is set up for him.
38:03
That's why they are where they are.
38:05
I am not going to argue that the AFC East is horrible.
38:08
Besides the Buffalo Bills, the Miami Dolphins, even though they
38:11
they pulled off that debacle. I I mean the, the Miami Dolphins
38:16
stink, The Jets stink. I mean, there's nothing
38:19
impressive about the AFC East. So I'm not surprised.
38:22
And they, and yes, by the way, I got AI got a story up right now
38:27
on the worldwide sports radio network on, on the Tyrod Taylor
38:30
situation. So go check it out.
38:32
I did it today. It's definitely funny.
38:34
Speedy was reading it. It's it's definitely one of my
38:37
quicker ones, but it's definitely has a little bit of a
38:41
touch of my personality on the Justin Fields.
38:45
I thought Justin Fields was going to be a lot better than he
38:47
is. I I mean, there's nothing more
38:48
to say about The Jets. The Jets stink.
38:51
That's it. Yeah, I was going to say that
38:52
the Patriots are still right now finding their groove in some
38:55
areas. Defense and offensive line
38:57
definitely a question mark still in some areas, but they have
39:00
better than expected receivers. And a lot of that to do with
39:03
Drake Mail may elevating his game, their games a little bit.
39:05
Tight ends play is strong too. And now we'll see if their lack
39:08
of aggressiveness, the trade deadline could hurt them.
39:10
But right now, they're on the top as far as Buffalo's defense
39:12
keeps struggling. Remember, you have to play the
39:15
best teams in the playoffs. Remember that you're you're not
39:18
going against this garbage, that you're playing Carolina and
39:21
Jacksonville or any of the garbage that you've seen them
39:24
play. Wait until they match up against
39:27
elite teams. Then we can talk about how great
39:30
Drake Mays been. OK, please, by the way, Mikey,
39:34
see kiss my ass. Yeah, but I was just waiting for
39:41
for a Mikey C comment at some point.
39:43
Usually comes in there somewhere.
39:45
But yeah, Drake Mays, Drake May. I mean, it's is his stock keeps
39:48
going up. Yeah, your jets are a struggle
39:51
fest. I mean, that's just kind of the
39:53
way it is. But you're being nice.
39:55
Giants. I think Cam Scataboo is more
39:57
busy now that he's hurt than than when he was actually
40:00
playing football. So he's enjoying his downtime
40:04
because they're not going to win any games, so he might as well
40:06
go enjoy himself and not have to watch terrible football.
40:08
So. That's the the New York football
40:11
scene in a nutshell. I will say this about the
40:13
Giants, Jameis Winston, I mean, I could see I love him.
40:18
I I could see why Kafka wanted him to start over Russell
40:22
Wilson. I just think the team kind of
40:25
feels a little bit more comfortable in him standing in,
40:28
you know, standing behind the line of scrimmage and calling
40:30
the plays. I I could see why nobody and and
40:34
we've had many players on the show, not like Russell Wilson
40:37
and why Kafka decided to go with Winston over Wilson.
40:41
Wilson is crying or he he was upset.
40:44
Winston I I mean, just just something is something about his
40:48
swagger that makes you think that the crab legs are the worst
40:53
thing we've heard about him and the best thing we've heard about
40:56
him is staying away from Ubers. That's all I'm going to say
40:59
about that. Yeah, they seem to rally about
41:00
him in a different way and I think the Giants quality of play
41:03
in the beginning of the game was very good.
41:05
Green base, quality plays concerning.
41:06
They really won this game on a bunch of spectacular catches and
41:10
the Giants missing some tackles. Jordan Love looks horrible and.
41:13
The offensive line looks really bad, too.
41:15
Now Josh Jacobs has hurt. The Packers are in a world with
41:17
trouble because the Giants, again.
41:18
They didn't play their best either, but the quality of play
41:21
might have been a little better. I got news for you.
41:23
Christian Watson just came back for them.
41:25
He's better at football than anyone the Giants had in the
41:27
secondary and just made them look like like children going up
41:31
for catches in the end zone against them.
41:33
He's really good. He's their red zone threat.
41:36
If they can get read back, they'll be fine.
41:38
But they look, I don't think this is a perfect team.
41:42
Here's the problem. The Giants should have tied that
41:45
game. And the only thing I want to
41:47
say, and that really is the only thing I'm going to talk about in
41:49
this with Brown, Jalen Hyatt should have been left at the bus
41:54
stop. He shouldn't be out back in the
41:55
locker room. They should have threw his ass
41:57
out of town. Unbelievable.
42:00
Hey, that play, I call that play in my school.
42:03
It's the basically, it's a smash route.
42:06
Hayden Manning threw it to Marvin Harrison a million
42:07
freaking times. One guy goes low, the other guy
42:10
runs a corner behind him. He stopped his corner route when
42:14
Jameis was throwing it. Now, if he doesn't catch the
42:16
ball, it's fine. But he just stopped and made the
42:19
easiest interception to lose the game.
42:21
That was the most losing play I've ever seen a Giants receiver
42:25
do. I don't understand why he's
42:27
still on the team and I'm done. I can't.
42:30
There's nothing else I could say about it.
42:31
I don't get why he's still on the team.
42:34
Let's talk about those blowouts we don't care about.
42:36
We got the Steelers. I'm just going to tell you a
42:38
couple of headlines from this game.
42:40
Jamar Chase and Jalen Ramsey got into it.
42:43
Jamar Chase got suspended a game they caught him spitting on.
42:47
And denying it. And denying it.
42:50
Like what? How do you deny anything
42:53
nowadays with cameras everywhere?
42:56
It's like that Shaggy song. It wasn't me.
42:59
Dude I got caught so many times picking my nose it was
43:01
unbelievable. The Jaguars embarrass the
43:05
Chargers. I think it might have been Wes
43:08
who said that cross country flight was going to be bad.
43:11
He was right, and the Cardinals weren't anywhere close to the
43:14
49ers. But because it wasn't close,
43:16
Jacoby Brissett broke all sorts of passing records trying to
43:19
catch up against some prevent defenses.
43:22
Anything guys want to talk about these games?
43:24
No, I I should have. I should have started Brock
43:26
Purdy. I should have started Michael
43:28
Wilson and the Beef. Sleep trade them to me.
43:30
IBC won't trade me Brock Purdy for the record.
43:33
Sort of started Michael Wilson and the Bees.
43:35
Like I added him in case Devante Adams didn't play and he gets 35
43:38
points or. Mikey C will never treat any
43:40
good players away. He gives you these weird trades
43:44
and he says, I'll trade you this guy for two of your guys.
43:46
And I'm looking at him like, no, I won't do that.
43:49
Mikey always tries to pull a fast one on everybody.
43:53
Nobody's stupid enough to fall for it, except there's a couple
43:56
of people that have fallen for his stupidity.
43:57
But I, I would, he would never come to me and try to pull one
44:01
of those things off of me. I tell him to go, go.
44:03
You know what I would tell you? I, you know what?
44:05
I tell him in personal, personal old fashion in, in many
44:10
different ways of words. So he won't come to me and ask
44:13
me to do something stupid like that.
44:14
How about we do some good games, the Bills and the Bucks.
44:17
You've mentioned it before, the Bills 44, Bucks 32 again, no
44:23
running game for the Bucks except their Syracuse player.
44:26
Sean Tucker went wild for them. I they're going to get him more
44:30
involved in the offense. Let me pull up the exact stats
44:34
for you. For some reason, I can't find
44:36
it. Here it is.
44:36
He had 106 yards and two touchdowns.
44:39
Josh Allen was the story of this.
44:41
Game, it always came. Off slow, two interceptions
44:44
early in the game, not much scoring right off the bat.
44:47
It's 7 to 3 Buffalo at the end of the first.
44:50
All of a sudden 31 points get scored in the second quarter.
44:53
It's out of control. Josh Allen goes into crazy.
44:57
Josh Allen mode. 3 touchdowns passing, 3 touchdowns rushing,
45:04
40 yards on the ground, 317 through the air.
45:07
It didn't matter who he was throwing to, he just found ways
45:11
to make plays and he made more plays than they were able to
45:14
make on the other side of the field.
45:15
Just it's just kind of hard to even say what's going to take to
45:20
stop him other than his own defense.
45:23
Didn't Josh Allen tie the rushing record for quarterbacks,
45:25
too? I think it was rushing
45:27
touchdowns. So he's our first.
45:29
Quarterback like that? He's the only quarterback he's
45:31
done twice now. 3 passing and three rushing in a game.
45:34
Right. And in the other game, it was a
45:36
defensive struggle, the Eagles and the Lions.
45:39
Obviously that was the Sunday night game, very controversial
45:43
call at the end of that game preventing the Lions to making a
45:47
comeback, furious chance. They got Gibbs on a pass into
45:51
the end zone to make it a one score game.
45:54
A bad, bad pass interference call that Chris Collinsworth,
45:57
Ripley Park I have on the spot cost them a chance to tie it up
46:02
everyone. We all know what Josh Allen is
46:05
and and what he stands for for the Bills.
46:07
And I'm going to tell you this right now, if the Bills can get
46:10
things together going into the playoffs, I think the Bills are
46:14
the team to beat in the AFCI. Don't care how good Indianapolis
46:18
is. I don't care how good the
46:20
Broncos look this weekend against Kansas City, beating
46:23
them in overtime. I don't want to hear it.
46:25
What I thought that stood out to me is what Josh Allen is to his
46:31
team. You want to talk about
46:32
championship? We talked about Aaron Judge and
46:34
how important Aaron Judges to the Yankees.
46:36
Josh Allen is as important to the Bills.
46:39
I think he's incredible. I think he's the the, the, the
46:43
guy that you want leading your team.
46:45
He's the leader and and he can run, he could throw.
46:48
He's a full back playing at the quarterback position.
46:51
That's what he is. He runs people over.
46:54
It's incredible to watch. And he looks like he's a
46:56
different player this year. He might not have the numbers to
46:59
be the MVP, but he looks more happier.
47:02
He looks like he's got something to play for.
47:05
I'm telling you, watch out for the Bills this year.
47:07
They get into the playoffs and they're in position as a one of
47:10
the lead wild card teams because they're not going to win that
47:12
division the way the Patriots have everything set up.
47:14
But I'm telling you, this might be the year to watch the Bills
47:17
go to the Super Bowl and and win a Super Bowl.
47:19
As far as the Bucks are concerned, they got to get Bucky
47:23
Irvin back. If they get him back, I think
47:24
they'll be fine. They'll win the division.
47:26
They're the best team in that division.
47:27
The Eagles, Lions, I told you guys, Eagles might not be that
47:33
prolific offensive team this year like they were last year
47:36
where they can do everything. But this defense is beastly.
47:42
And when they play at the top of their game, I'm going to tell
47:45
you this right now, I don't think there's anybody that can
47:48
beat them. Their secondary is not even 100%
47:51
yet. I'm telling you they're going to
47:55
be scary in the playoffs. I don't think you want to go to
47:57
Philadelphia in the cold against these big banging, you know,
48:03
delicious, dominant green men. That's all I'm going to say.
48:09
Yeah, it'll be. It's delicious.
48:10
It'll be interesting to say like.
48:12
I'm not going to eat them, but they're delicious.
48:14
Yeah, delicious. Speedy.
48:17
Say it delicious. There you go, it'll be.
48:19
Interesting to see the versatility the secondary.
48:21
I talked about the trade deadline moves with how they can
48:23
move Cooper de Jean around. I look delicious.
48:25
And you've seen him be also used as an outside corner.
48:28
I look delicious because they have the now the versatility
48:30
with the safeties and queen John Mitchell and unbelievable game
48:32
held St. Brown in 0 catches when he was
48:34
targeted to. That's the next level of this
48:36
Eagles defense that even at the point last year you didn't see
48:39
with them, the offensive line lost Lane Johnson.
48:41
We'll see how they can bounce back with that, but still able
48:43
to run the ball effectively enough.
48:45
And the Lions, they ran the ball OK.
48:47
They passed the ball with the running backs OK.
48:48
They were shut down everywhere else, but give their defense
48:52
credit, they held their own. Delicious.
48:54
Say, say, Jabba. Delicious.
48:58
No, I did. First of all, I'm not referring
49:00
to anything as delicious unless I'm talking about food.
49:06
Eagles D was crazy. Delicious.
49:10
No, it definitely wasn't delicious.
49:12
Yeah, I mean, it's it's crazy too.
49:14
Scoop just brought it up too. And I was, I was thinking about
49:16
this, how good the Bills have been and how good Josh Allen and
49:19
they've never been to a Super Bowl.
49:23
It's it's bound to happen at some time.
49:24
He's too good to to not get there at some point.
49:27
But yeah, I I think it's going to be tough playing going into
49:31
the cold. They love it.
49:33
It it's going to be interesting to see how this end of the year
49:36
plays out in in the matchups that we're going to have going
49:39
into the playoffs. All right.
49:40
We got another I wanted to go through quickly.
49:43
I call this one close crap. This is the Dolphins beating the
49:47
Commanders 16 to 13 in overtime. Same score not in overtime
49:51
between the Texans and Titans. And the Panthers beat the
49:54
Falcons 30 to 27 in overtime. The real news out of that one,
49:58
Michael Pennix looks like he's out for the season with a knee
50:01
injury. Looks like Kirk Cousins will be
50:04
getting to play after all over there.
50:07
Texans again, Offense not looking great and against a
50:10
lowly team and Mike McDaniel keeps winning and holding on to
50:14
his job in Miami. Do you guys want to talk about
50:19
these three? Not really, honestly.
50:21
I like Mike McDaniel, so I I want him to do well, Minnie
50:25
Mouse, Mighty Mouse, whatever you want to call him.
50:28
Mickey Mouse, I, I want to see him successful as far as Kirk
50:31
Cousins is concerned. Really this just only sports the
50:34
opportunity for him to have the rest of the season to prove
50:38
himself so he can get another job in the offseason.
50:41
Because I, I do believe there's a team here in New York that's
50:44
going to be looking for a veteran quarterback and that's
50:46
my Jets. And I could see Kirk Cousins
50:49
being that guy. That's all I'm going to say
50:50
about. That yeah, I would say they also
50:51
he also gives a chance to because the Falcons might have
50:54
to eat some of the money no matter if they trade him or not
50:56
because how how bad panics his injury could be definitely
50:58
concerning long term, but the Falcons are done this season and
51:00
so are the Texans. This one doesn't prove anything
51:02
for them either. Yeah, these are all definitely
51:06
not much to talk about. Their their NFL teams with some
51:09
NFL players that are decently worth watching, but only if you
51:13
got nothing else to do and you need to take a quick nap.
51:16
They're not delicious. They're not delicious.
51:19
No, no. We got 2 good ones here.
51:21
The Broncos beat the Chiefs 22 to 19 on the last second.
51:25
Field can't believe that, by the way.
51:27
Kind of using the Chiefs old medicine against them.
51:30
And the Bears outlasted the Vikings 19 to 17.
51:36
Hold on, hold on. Say it right?
51:38
1st place bears say that. OK, first place bears.
51:42
There you go. There you go.
51:44
Seven and three, seven and three Bears, four and six Vikings.
51:47
That's right. Caleb Williams, 50% passing, 193
51:50
yards. Not great statistics.
51:52
This game was real fighted out in the trenches.
51:55
It was a real defensive battle. I thought Caleb kind of
51:59
acquitted himself OK against the best defensive coordinator in
52:03
the league. JJ McCarthy, on the other hand,
52:06
maybe not. JJ has been struggling this
52:09
year. A couple of interceptions for
52:10
McCarthy. Again, it was close.
52:14
There was a big interception in the end zone by a guy named
52:18
Neshawn Wright. He was someone I'm going to
52:20
bring up in the sportsman a little bit.
52:24
And the other game, the Broncos and Chiefs, again, like we said,
52:28
it came down to that final field goal.
52:30
Kelsey had 91 yards and a touchdown.
52:33
It really wasn't a statistic game, it was just back and
52:35
forth. Last one with the ball had it
52:38
good. Good clock management, 2 good
52:40
teams with good coaching and team.
52:43
Bad ball, last one. If they meet in the playoffs, I
52:46
don't know. I don't know, but they beat
52:50
them. So that says a lot.
52:51
And it was one of those games that kind of just I, I know it
52:55
was 22 to 19, nothing fun to watch.
52:58
I mean, it was back and forth. And, and I'm going to tell you
53:00
this, Kansas City's defense did just look old.
53:03
They just look old. That's all I'm going to say
53:06
about that. As far as the Bears are
53:07
concerned, when you know you're a good team, you find a way to
53:11
win games that you know they're ugly.
53:14
It's an ugly game. That was an ugly game.
53:18
And Caleb Williams didn't have one of his best days.
53:22
They just did enough to win the game.
53:23
And that says a lot about the Bears.
53:25
And I think the Bears are going to win the division.
53:27
I I, I think the Bears have a good chance to win 11 games this
53:30
year. And I watch out.
53:32
I'm I'm just saying watch out for the bears.
53:35
Yeah, these are the games they were losing last year because
53:37
they were point differential wise good that we knew they had
53:40
talent. They had some injuries, but they
53:42
this is a team that is much better coach now, much better
53:45
down the stretch. Now, some of the games are ugly,
53:47
like you're saying, Errol, they struggle with the Giants, they
53:48
struggle with the Saints. Like it's not like they're a
53:51
world beating team right now, but they're seven and three.
53:53
Those are the games they would have lost last year.
53:54
The Vikings, they're just trying to find their own right now.
53:57
McCarthy does not look great. The Broncos, though, they're the
53:59
best fourth quarter team in the NFL this year, often defensively
54:01
speaking, and they have the best defense in the NFL.
54:04
And they gave you, like you said, Fish, they gave the Chiefs
54:06
their own medicine because this is what they were doing last
54:08
year. And now they finally have the
54:09
adversity to do it. And Sean Payton and Bonexes are
54:12
a lot of credit for that. Interesting.
54:13
With the Broncos fans, I'm like, I don't, I'm not going to watch
54:16
until the second-half, probably the fourth quarter down because
54:19
that's really all that happens. But yeah, I thought it was a
54:21
little eerie, though. They showed the highlights of
54:23
how the Chiefs, you know, blocked the kick and I'm like,
54:25
oh, it's going to turn. But yeah, no, it's the Broncos
54:31
are doing it. It's it's not pretty sometimes,
54:34
but they they make it interesting and make it fun and
54:37
Bears and Vikings. It's JJ McCarthy.
54:40
He he's bipolar as a quarterback.
54:43
I get it's only a sixth game so that I mean that is what it is,
54:46
but it's freaking there's sometimes he looks like he knows
54:49
what doing other times I'm like, dude, what team are you throwing
54:52
it to like? What do we go check?
54:54
Your lug nuts. So I saw something on JJ
54:56
McCarthy before we finish this going to the he's like
54:59
Zoolander, he can't go left. Every time he tries to throw
55:03
left, like his numbers drop by like 15% and these feet look all
55:07
screwed up. Some guys have trouble doing
55:09
that, but usually not at the NFL level.
55:12
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56:33
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56:42
Anyways, yeah, that's it for the show.
56:45
Who do we have on Wednesdays? Mary, thanks to Nathan for
56:47
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56:54
Oh, Jabba's favorite. That's a good one.
56:56
That's a that's a slam dunk. Hands free.
56:59
You know, Jabba, you're you're ready to go.
57:01
You're ready to go and eat some food.
57:02
I know you're probably ready to do something.
57:05
It looks like he's about to meditate.
57:07
He looks like he's about to RIP my head off my body.
57:11
It looks frozen. I don't know.
57:12
No. He's not frozen.
57:14
You sure? Yeah.
57:15
It looks a little frozen to me. He's sitting.
57:18
I see him breathing, so I guess he's not.
57:20
Anyways, that's it for a show. Ladies and gentlemen, We'll see
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