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00:00Buck, why don't we jump into it?

00:02You know, we reached out to you on a September 9th broadcast.

00:07I'll read what you said.

00:09You said the Yankees, they're not a good team.

00:11I don't care what their record is.

00:13They have a lot of wild pitches.

00:15They make a lot of mistakes in the field.

00:17They don't run the bases very well.

00:20It came and went, but then Aaron Boone decided to see if he could give it CPR

00:24before game one and said, contrary to some thoughts up here,

00:29we're a really good team.

00:31Buck, it's your forum.

00:34Go.

00:35Yeah, you know what, Joe?

00:37I just watched, and at that time, you guys know the Yankees went through

00:40a tough stretch in the summer.

00:41There's no question about it.

00:42And, yeah, they've got some real prominent superstars.

00:46I mean, you know, arguably Judge is one of the best players that ever played

00:49the game in Stanton.

00:51And, you know, they got Cody Bellinger.

00:53They got a lot of talent.

00:54But, and it showed up last year in the World Series.

00:58They didn't run the bases well.

01:00They don't have a good defensive team.

01:02You know, their shortstop made 19 errors.

01:04Most errors by any shortstop in the big leagues.

01:06Those types of things really rear their ugly head.

01:09Now, you guys saw the Boston Yankees series.

01:13If Boston catches the ball, Blue Jays are playing the Red Sox.

01:16And they just didn't catch the ball.

01:18And it's so important in this time of the season and postseason to catch the ball

01:22and make good pitches.

01:24And you saw it in the first two games with the Blue Jays.

01:26The defense for Toronto has been exceptional all season long.

01:30That's all I said.

01:31I mean, yeah, character.

01:32They've got a lot of character.

01:33They've got a pedigree.

01:35And Aaron Boone, when I first saw him in Toronto in our meeting with him

01:38before the game won, he said, I don't like your hair either.

01:42That's a funny comeback.

01:48So I guess he took it well.

01:49Obviously, your hair is outstanding for a seven-year-old man.

01:52So what do you think now?

01:55You've seen two games.

01:57The Yankees have kind of buttoned up.

01:58Their defense is better now than it was then.

02:02But the Blue Jays are still killing them.

02:04So what do you think is going on with the Yankees?

02:07Because you are the guy who said really that they weren't good enough.

02:12You know, John, I think the Blue Jays are playing old-school baseball.

02:15You know, John Snyder, the manager, emphasized this in spring training.

02:18It actually started at the end of last season where he said, you know what?

02:21We've got to get better on the bases.

02:23We've got to get better in the field.

02:24And we've got to have better at bats.

02:25So they brought in two new hitting coaches, David Popkins and Lua Anati.

02:30And I saw them in the spring.

02:32I said, what's your philosophy?

02:34And they said, get a good pitch to hit and get your best swing off.

02:37And at that point, I gave them a hug.

02:39There was no analytics involved.

02:40It was back to baseball.

02:42You know, watch what the pitcher's doing.

02:44Get a good pitch.

02:44And don't strike out.

02:45And they have struck out fewer times than anybody in baseball.

02:49And it plays, you know, so far in these first two games,

02:53the Blue Jays have more home runs than strikeouts in two games.

02:56And that's only happened one other time with the 2005 White Sox.

02:59So, let's get started.

03:01So, let's get started.

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