00:00The argument that Joe and I had during the first hour of the show, and I understand you were probably asleep at the time,
00:05was I thought this roster, this pitching staff was terrible.
00:10And the fact that they actually got to the playoffs was, you know, good enough for me.
00:15Joe comes back over the top and said, it's the Yankees. You should be angry this morning.
00:20Which side do you land on?
00:23Well, look, here's what I would say.
00:26They were obviously beaten up by the time they got to this stage.
00:31At the same time, the way they lost should leave a sour taste in your mouth.
00:37So I can tell you that you're both right.
00:41The way they gave up those runs in that inning where, you know, the defense let down early, and that was all in the fourth inning.
00:50They let them down.
00:52The mistakes that we saw all year were there, John.
00:55And they, you know, stupid plays.
00:58A ball falls into right center field that never should have.
01:01The first baseman fails to field a ground ball.
01:04And a couple of ground balls got through the infield with Trevor Story's inability to knock one down, ranging to his right.
01:11And Romy Gonzalez unable to make a play go into his left.
01:14So I think there's all kinds of stuff to look at.
01:18Now, the Story play, you know, we can excuse that one a little bit more because Story overall had a good year.
01:26And, you know, it's not as if he made an error on the play.
01:28The one at second base, I thought Nick Soga should have been playing second last night because he's a better defender than Romy Gonzalez.
01:35And then the one in the outfield, to me, is completely, totally inexcusable, which is the one that started the whole thing.
01:43So they were an imperfect team.
01:46We saw the kind of stupid stuff that they did all year long in terms of bad defense, bad base running, inability to move runners or get bunts down, things like that.
01:59Which is another thing.
02:00They struck out 13 times last night.
02:03Now, the guy, again, going against them, this one's a little more excusable than some of the others because he was so damn good.
02:10But, you know, the team is not a championship caliber team.
02:14We know that.
02:16And we knew that it would probably come back to bite him in the ass at some point.
02:20And it did.
02:20Last night it did.
02:22But, you know, did they accomplish what they set out to do for the season?
02:27Yes.
02:28It was a step in the right direction.
02:30I wouldn't call it a great year.
02:32I'd call it a relatively productive one.
02:35And they look like they're on the rise again.
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