00:00The argument in here is who is making that, between you guys, is who's making that call.
00:05Yes.
00:05Chad Tracy or Craig Breslow.
00:07Yeah.
00:08That's the...
00:08And I believe it's Chad Tracy's decision.
00:11So then why did Chad decide to do it differently the entire regular season?
00:15I believe this was Chad Tracy's decision in the postseason.
00:18I don't know.
00:19You're going to have to ask Chad Tracy.
00:20Well, you just had all the answers.
00:21I'm asking you a simple question.
00:22The reason why is he said, oh, I don't know exactly how verbatim of what Chad Tracy said,
00:28but he said that Sonny Gray got into a position where we felt like they were maybe getting to him
00:35a little bit
00:35and we wanted to bring out our best possible pitches to stop any bleeding and only have it 1-0
00:42or 2-0.
00:44So to answer your question, that's what Chad Tracy told us.
00:47This is Kevin.
00:48Kevin, good morning.
00:50Good morning.
00:51What's up?
00:54Well, first, you guys have a great show.
00:57I really like listening to your show every morning that I draw out to work.
00:59I really appreciate everything you guys have to say.
01:02We appreciate you.
01:03I am a New York...
01:04Thank you, sir.
01:06I am a New York Yankees fan.
01:07I traveled last night.
01:08I live here in Massachusetts now, but I went down to watch the game.
01:12I kind of agree with some of the things you say about Toley and Sonny Gray and being pulled out
01:17of the game last night and so forth.
01:19But earlier during the year when you guys were on a winning streak, I think they won 15 games in
01:24a row, maybe 8 or 9, 10 games in a row later on in the season.
01:27You guys was praising your coach and so forth.
01:31And I admit, there was some animosity there.
01:34And he gets the job full time.
01:36And then I hear comments this morning about serving and I think Ricky said something about Fox or something.
01:42I mean, you can't predict a game.
01:44I sat there last night.
01:45I watched it live.
01:46It was unpredictable.
01:48Maybe you should have stayed in.
01:50But I feel like you guys reward the guy when they don't beat the rivalry like the Yankees are.
01:56I don't know.
01:56They get downgraded.
01:59It may be hypocritical to say, wow, Tracy's turned around and wow, he got the job and these guys were
02:05able to turn around and go on a history-making streak and now to judge him on his decisions.
02:14And maybe the Yankees were going to win this series all along anyway and they got a $300-plus million
02:19payroll and you got a $200 million payroll.
02:23If that's the way you want to look at it, then you're welcome to do that.
02:27I don't want to look at it that way.
02:29They told me they got to the same spot last year that they got this year.
02:34They told me it was going to be different this season and that this was going to be a team
02:38that would contend for a World Series and it was not.
02:41I put 80% of it on the bats in the offense.
02:45I put the other maybe 10% on the Chad Tracy's decision when it comes to your two starters and
02:55not being able to do that.
02:56And then I'd probably put the other 10% on the bullpen.
03:02Let me just be clear.
03:03I have manners.
03:05Several texters wanted me to hang up on that Yankees fan right away.
03:08It went through.
03:09I'm not going to lie.
03:10It went through my mind.
03:11But I'm nothing if I'm not classical.
03:14You're an equal opportunist.
03:15They put belts to asses.
03:17I mean, they put their belts to our asses.
03:19And it was a very respectful call.
03:21It was.
03:22It was.
03:22And he lives here now.
03:24Exactly.
03:25Yeah.
03:25So he's a taxpayer.
03:27Loyal customer.
03:28Yeah.
03:28This is Tim from Lowell.
03:30Hello, Tim.
03:32Good morning, guys.
03:33Let me tell you something.
03:34A lifelong Red Sox fan.
03:36I would rather that they miss the playoffs than go to New York and embarrass themselves the way they did
03:42in this series.
03:43This team, this team, you know, this reminds me of the pre-Big Poppy days where they used to choke
03:51every time they played the Yankees.
03:53And they're back to being a laughing stock in New York.
03:57You know, the days of the Big Poppy and Petroyer and all those guys that stood up to the Yankees,
04:05that's gone.
04:06They need to bring back some of those people.
04:08The one player that they did have, and I understand why they traded him because of his attitude.
04:14Devers was not afraid to go to New York and hit there.
04:17And the Yankees were very happy, I'm sure, when the Red Sox traded him.
04:22And I look at it like this, a little bit to the caller's point.
04:27Sonny Gray and Peyton Tolley should not be walking around with their heads down.
04:32Anybody who had a bat in their hand, you take a long, hard look in the mirror before you open
04:38your mouth and you start placing blame or you start making excuses.
04:41So, you're directing that at Wilson Contreras.
04:44For sure.
04:44You're a guy that you had an unbelievable year.
04:49You're a guy who looked like in the first game, and I get it, your hand was hurt and that
04:53kind of thing.
04:54But if you're going to make excuses after the game, you can't in the first game have four, I believe
05:01he was 0 for 4, and three of them were strikeouts.
05:04And you can't have strike balls right down the middle and you're going like, oh, I'm walking.
05:10So, like, before you guys start opening your mouth.
05:12He got on base and half of his at-bats in the series.
05:16He had a home run.
05:17He had eight at-bats.
05:18He had a home run, and then he had what?
05:19I believe it was a single in last night's game.
05:21He had a home run and a single.
05:22He reached base four of eight played appearances.
05:25He had a home run and a single.
05:27Okay, what I just said is factually accurate.
05:29Right.
05:29But was he good?
05:32Yes, he's not the reason you lost the series.
05:34What?
05:34Just like Peyton Tolley wasn't the reason you lost the series.
05:36So, you believe Wilson Contreras was good?
05:38Yes, he was fine.
05:40Okay, maybe we were watching two different games.
05:43So, one through nine, where would you rank him on the issue with the lineup?
05:46I would say one through nine, I would say he's probably maybe, like, third, fourth.
05:54He's the third biggest issue?
05:57Yeah.
05:58Yeah.
05:59He was an issue.
06:00Abreu was an issue.
06:02Raffaella was an issue.
06:04They were all issues.
06:06He reached base four of eight played appearances.
06:08Curtis, you watched the game.
06:10You watched the game.
06:11Don't go based on the numbers.
06:13You watched the game.
06:14You just did chat GPT and now you're saying don't go based on the numbers?
06:17I'm going on the numbers of 80 pitches.
06:20Four of eight is a 500 on base percentage.
06:23I know four of eight is.
06:24I know what that is.
06:25He literally was up at the plate four times last night and got on base all four times.
06:29I know what a four of eight is.
06:30I know exactly what it is.
06:32You couldn't have done any better last night.
06:34Literally could not.
06:34Two for two with two walks.
06:35I exactly know what your four of eight is.
06:39Wilson Contreras was a major issue for you in game one.
06:42You just don't like excuses.
06:44Well, if you're going to stop blaming everybody else, so was he good in game one?
06:49He was better than the rest of the lineup.
06:50In game one.
06:51They had three hits in game one.
06:53He played two games, Sean.
06:53Yes, Wiggy.
06:54You played two games.
06:54Wiggy.
06:55Game one, was he good?
06:56Three hits in game one.
06:57He had one of them.
06:58He was better than at least six other guys in the lineup in game one.
07:03Sean, I didn't ask you a question.
07:05I said, was he good in game one?
07:06He was better than six other guys in the lineup.
07:08Just good or bad.
07:09Was he good or bad?
07:10Fine.
07:11No.
07:11Stop it.
07:12Stop it now.
07:13Hold on.
07:13Let me get it.
07:14You said he was the third biggest problem in the lineup.
07:17That's not true.
07:18That's not even close to true.
07:19Let me get Eddie in the truck.
07:20Eddie, good morning.
07:22Good morning.
07:24Quick question.
07:25Did any of you guys notice a little bit of a pine tar on Sonny Gray?
07:29On the neck?
07:30I've seen that floating around all over the interwebs.
07:35I need several.
07:36Before I report something like that, I need several name sources.
07:40And you know what?
07:40I'm going to need all the Yankees fans that were bitching on social media to get Brian Mack to me
07:45over to inject my ass with steroids.
07:47Oh, wait.
07:48Like, I'm sorry.
07:49I don't take the Yankee fans seriously when it comes to breaking the rules considering their lineup and Alex Rodriguez
07:54and Roger Clemens and that whole team.
07:56It did look a little bit odd.
07:58Yeah, it was like a skin tone.
08:00But also, I didn't know.
08:01Maybe he, at some point, walked through a dust storm.
08:03And he loves trees.
08:04Maybe he was just rubbing a pine.
08:06I thought it was my television.
08:08Oh, yeah.
08:08It's probably actual, legit pine tar from a tree.
08:11Right.
08:12He was in Central Park pregame.
08:13Yes, he probably.
08:14You think he rubs his neck up against a tree?
08:16I mean, caress.
08:17I hope.
08:18I mean, I guess if it's anything, I'm hoping it's that.
08:20I want something else.
08:21Amen.
08:21I mean, all right.
08:22Well.
