00:00We've already seen how quickly a homegrown Yankee shortstop can go from being celebrated
00:04as the future of this team to carrying impossible expectations.
00:08So after what happened with Anthony Volpe, how should the organization, the media,
00:13and the fan base handle the excitement around Lombard differently?
00:17I think that there was nothing wrong with people being excited about Anthony Volpe
00:20when he was first starting out. There was a lot of excitement around him opening day.
00:24I wrote about that. He was the second most cheered player behind Aaron Judge.
00:28Aaron Judge had done, who's had 62 home runs the year before.
00:30There's nothing wrong with that. There's nothing wrong with having expectations.
00:33I think it's managing those expectations, and by the same token, the player has to cooperate there also.
00:38I understand the Yankee fans got frustrated with Anthony Volpe after a while.
00:41That's what fans do. They only see what they see.
00:43They're not going to boo you because of something you do well.
00:45They're going to boo you because you're starting to frustrate them with your performance,
00:48and that's kind of the deal.
00:49You get paid the first to the 15th pretty handsomely as a professional athlete,
00:53and part of the responsibility for that is answering to the fans who pay your salary.
00:58you get paid for that stance and everything you can say,
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