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A few questions the morning after the playoff clincher:

1. How confident are you that the Yankees will end up winning the division?
2. Do you have any preference for a potential playoff matchup?
3. Which player do you (irrationally?) think will have a monster playoff run?

What are your top three individual Yankee seasons that didn't end in an MVP or Cy Young Award?

Every radio host and caller should have that stat from @slangsonsports.bsky.social that was just read on the ESPN broadcast piped into their ears constantly. 23-24 is the BEST record for a team w/o hitting a homer. Teams win when they homer and lose when they don't. Very simple!

Not even a hint of dog in them.

This is an absolute given.

Pregame list of things I want back in baseball:

1. 40 man September rosters (would settle for a lower number, but more than 28, please)
2. Waiver trade deadline
3. The Hawaiian Winter League (real ones remember Joba's emergence)

Roger Clemens' 4-Seam FB
Mike Mussina's Knuckle Curve
Edwar Ramirez's Changeup
Chien Ming Wang's Sinker

Wang’s sinker
Betances curveball
Betances fastball
Khanle changeup

World Series Hero Damaso Marte

Loaisiga's sinker (rookie version)
King's sweeper
Dellin's curveball
Masa's split

Pettitte’s cutter, Dellin Betances’ curve, Tanaka’s splitter, Mariano’s rising fastball (pre-cutter, circa 96)

Cole’s heater.
AJ’s curve.
Rocket’s splitter.
Joba’s slider (I could be talked into other stuff here)

Alright, going with recent guys, here’s what I’ve got.

Chien-Ming Wang’s sinker
Joba Chamberlain’s slider
A.J. Burnett’s curveball
Fernando Cruz’s splitter

I would enjoy watching this mythical pitcher.

And so was his pulse rate on the night of his debut.

recency bias notwithstanding:
1. cole’s four seamer
2. coney’s laredo slider
3. tanaka’s splitter
4. mussina’s knuckle curve

Guidry's slider
Schitller's fastball
Clemen's splitter
Kahnle's changeup

Clemens gas, Guidry slider, Key changeup, Niekro knuckle.

Mussina’s Knuckle Curve
Dellin’s Slider
Joba’s (2007) Fastball
Edwar Ramirez’s Change Up

Dellin's fastball, Moose's knuckle curve, Edwar's changeup, El Duque's eephus.

Pregame thought exercise:

Make a four pitch mix made up of your favorite Yankee pitches of all time: one fastball, one breaking ball, one offspeed pitch, and one of your choice. Caveat: You cannot use Mo's cutter. It's too easy to pick that.

I think the teaching equivalent is putting a kid in a group they shouldn't be in over and over and over again.

What would the equivalent of Aaron Boone's use of Devin Williams the last few days be in your line of work?

Off day discussion prompt: When the Yankees aren't playing and you still want to watch baseball, what do you do? Do you tune in to a specific team? A good match up? A medley?

Aaron Judge and the 600 Club In five years, Aaron Judge has gone from being an interesting but oft-injured slugger to a probable lock for the Hall of Fame.

Wrote some stuff up at @fangraphs.com about Judge's continually increasing career projections.

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The vibes are awful right now, beyond that. So make yourself feel better with a little palate cleanser:

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Alright, folks. A little over 24 hours until the trade deadline. What do you want the Yankees to do? Whom do you want them to get? What are you willing to give?

in order to take care of himself and his substance abuse issues is probably even more important than his accomplishments on the field. Congratulations, CC. We love you and loved every inning you ever threw on behalf of our team.

CC Sabathia will be inducted into the Hall of Fame today. Here's to a wonderful pitcher and a wonderful person, one of the fiercest competitors we've ever had the pleasure to root for as Yankee fans. He threw until he absolutely couldn't anymore and his bravery to step away from the game when he did