00:00The double play to start, no doubt, that's the play.
00:02The double play is the money play.
00:04When I referenced the Jeter opening day in 96 and it's the over-the-shoulder catch with signature
00:08and then the home run, there's no doubt.
00:10It's the double play in the hole.
00:11And like Paul O'Neill said, we haven't seen a play, and I would go back further than just this
00:15year,
00:15we haven't seen a defensive play like that.
00:18As smooth as that was, as strong an arm, off balance, perfect to second base to start.
00:25I don't even know if Deedee had it, to be totally honest with you.
00:27It's a long time, and it's more than even just that play.
00:31That play stands out.
00:32It was incredible.
00:33And it's unfair to do this to Anthony Volpe, and I know I'm not alone.
00:37Everybody's been doing it.
00:38It's just fair.
00:40When the ball is hit to him, it doesn't look like there is an ounce of skittishness.
00:47Well, I mean, that's, come on.
00:49I'm just saying.
00:50No, you're right.
00:51It's one game.
00:52No, no, no, that doesn't matter.
00:54That doesn't matter.
00:55One game, you can tell.
00:56And I read those comments, too.
00:57One game, you can tell.
00:58Nope, nope.
00:59The home run, one game.
01:01Yeah.
01:01The level of play, the moment, one game.
01:04Anthony Volpe won a gold glove.
01:06Listen, I get it.
01:06Like, we can't forget that.
01:07I've been a protector and defender of Anthony Volpe.
01:10Not since you and I have been together.
01:12No, because it's been the third year of it.
01:13I mean.
01:14Because it's been the third year of it.
01:16I hear you, but.
01:17But initially, I won.
01:17I got to push back, not just against you.
01:19I saw all the comments also.
01:20I'm sorry.
01:20We haven't seen shortstop play like that.
01:22No, you didn't.
01:22Paul O'Neal said it.
01:23Anthony Volpe won a gold glove.
01:26I'm sorry, Craig.
01:26You're not right.
01:27How many gold gloves did Didi win?
01:28How many gold gloves did Jeter win?
01:30No.
01:30Right?
01:30I think two or three.
01:31But not out of the gate.
01:33No, not right out of the gate.
01:34Right?
01:34And you could argue that Jeter was never a gold glove.
01:36I know the Volpe body ain't cold yet, and people are already shoving dirt on him.
01:42Again.
01:42There's got to be someone who pushes back and goes, was he the shortstop you wanted?
01:47He turned out he wasn't.
01:48But the kid won a gold glove here.
01:50He absolutely did, and he's better defensively than a lot of people want to give him credit
01:54for.
01:55But I disagree with my guy, Brian Cashman, who was on here yesterday and called him elite
02:00defensively.
02:01He is not elite defensively.
02:02He was for a year and a half, two years.
02:05Since the last couple years, it's not as bad as last year.
02:08It doesn't matter.
02:08Here's the point.
02:09Go.
02:09I'm sorry.
02:10This isn't about Anthony Volpe.
02:12You're right.
02:12But maybe it's because we've seen him for this long.
02:15The smooth nature at which he plays the shortstop position.
02:19Everything just looked comfortable.
02:20The ball goes into his glove easy.
02:22I know that sounds stupid.
02:24He didn't say anything when he fell down trying to cover second base.
02:26He made a mistake.
02:27Right?
02:27He went for a ball he should have never went for.
02:29He had no chance on the play.
02:30I mean, that happened too, didn't it?
02:31He fell down.
02:32Absolutely.
02:32Now, again, a guy falls down.
02:34That's fair.
02:34That's not a problem with the glove or the arm.
02:36He slipped.
02:37He fell down.
02:37He made a mistake.
02:38But it happened.
02:39It happened.
02:39It's fair.
02:40Could have been a double play in a two-run game.
02:41If he goes straight to the bag instead of trying to field a ball, he had no chance to field
02:45it.
02:45He had a chance to turn the double play.
02:46Yeah, it would have been close.
02:47100%.
02:47That is fair.
02:48But I can just tell you, it's not just the home run.
02:51The home run on an 0-2 breaking ball was the icing on the top.
02:55I can just tell you, watching him play the shortstop position, it felt different.
02:59It felt comfortable.
03:01And I can't wait to watch that dude play shortstop.
03:03Can I ask you a question?
03:03More than I can't wait to watch him.
03:05I want you to be honest with yourself.
03:05I can't wait to watch him play shortstop.
03:08I want you to be honest.
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