Aaron Judge Saves Yankees' Season with Clutch Home Run

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00:00And then last night, with the Yankees season about to come to a crushing end,

00:05down 6-1 in the fourth inning,

00:08and you get some pathetically bad defensive plays

00:11from the Toronto Blue Jays to open up the door.

00:16Number 99 said, I'm your Huckleberry.

00:19And he decides to flex, and he flexes on a two-strike pitch,

00:23high and inside, and takes the ball 350 feet.

00:27There you go right there, hitting the foul pole, tying the game at 6-6,

00:33and saving not just the Yankees season.

00:37They went on to win last night's game, of course, 9-6.

00:40It was Jazz Chisholm that gets to break the go-ahead home run a little bit later on in the game.

00:46But he saves the Yankees season, and at the very same time,

00:50now has the signature Yankee moment.

00:54If they lose tonight, they won't.

00:57If they lose on Friday, Game 5, against Toronto, they might.

01:01At least Aaron Judge will go to bed and wake up the next morning

01:04knowing we can no longer say he's not clutch.

01:09He has now had his legacy-defining postseason moment.

01:16And oh, by the way, now that we have played a handful of games in the postseason,

01:21Aaron Judge is batting .500.

01:25Excuse me?

01:26That's right.

01:27A power hitter who hits 50-plus from runs damn near every year,

01:32who hit one .350 yesterday to save the Yankee season,

01:36is also batting .500.

01:39I believe that's some sort of postseason record.

01:41You can check me on that.

01:42Google it.

01:43Chat G. Petit.

01:44And get back to me.

01:45But now there's nothing left to say.

01:48Aaron Judge could go 0-4 tonight and embarrass himself up at the dish,

01:52and he's now at least had the moment.

01:55He has single-handedly saved the Yankee season.

01:59And while I say single-handedly,

02:01I kind of want to retract that just for a second,

02:03because there's somebody else that also deserves credit

02:06for the New York Yankees surviving last night,

02:09looked completely listless.

02:11Carlos Rodon was terrible, as a lot of Yankee fans expected.

02:14Can't really trust him in a big spot.

02:16Had a great year, big spot.

02:18He reverts back to being the guy you can't trust, right?

02:21Anthony Volpe, only guy in the roster, can't connect back to ball.

02:24I guess 10 different relievers last night.

02:28But there is a guy who might have been fired, frankly,

02:32had the New York Yankees lost to the Blue Jays

02:35and been swept in the ALDS.

02:37It wouldn't have been a deserving firing.

02:39But I know the Yankee mob, the fan base of the Yankees,

02:41would have gone on local radio day in and day out

02:45demanding that this man be fired.

02:48But how about a little love?

02:49How about just a teeny bit, a little respect

02:51from my guy, personal friend, Aaron Boone.

02:55Because last night, we were privy to

02:59an absolute master class

03:04when it comes to managing a baseball game.

03:07And I'm going to give you a great comparison

03:09between the two managers, okay?

03:12Aaron Boone pulls Carlos Rodon

03:14with one out in the third inning, okay?

03:16The New York Yankees are in big, fat trouble here

03:19because they're now down 6-1, right?

03:22Yep.

03:23And he goes to Cruz in the third,

03:25gets an inning and a third out of Cruz,

03:28who only gives up a single hit, no runs.

03:31Then he comes back with Doval,

03:33a guy no one is familiar with

03:35because he never pitches, right?

03:37Doval gives you an inning of one hit ball,

03:40no runs scored.

03:41Then he goes to Timmy Hill.

03:44Hill gives you,

03:45on the inning and a third,

03:46gets the win last night,

03:47no hits, no runs, nothing.

03:50Then after Hill,

03:51he goes to Devin Williams.

03:53Devin Williams gives you,

03:55on the inning and a third,

03:58no runs scored.

03:59And then he brings in Bednar to close it out,

04:02one and two thirds.

04:03And again, no runs scored.

04:05That's one, two, three, four, five,

04:08six different pitchers,

04:09five after Rodon,

04:11and you had to get

04:12six and two thirds of an inning

04:14out of your bullpen

04:16and not give up a single run.

04:18And Aaron Bood managed that perfectly.

04:22That was a PhD level masterclass

04:24and how to manage a bullpen.

04:26Right.

04:27Amen.

04:27Thank you so much.

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