 What's it up everybody welcome to another edition of yes we're here Yankees edition good news baseball is back and Meredith a year ago at this time we weren't just enjoying baseball we were also enjoying culture in the beautiful city of London Yankees rode high into London off all walk-off win on an afternoon game in the stadium then flew to London and I mean we still talk about this trip Meredith you know first and foremost there was just this sort of very unique euphoric feel to being in London with the Yankees right it just felt like this sort of like rock star experience huge event and it was I mean it didn't it wasn't it was a very memorable trip it's not overstating it to say it was one of those like once in a lifetime feeling experiences it was unbelievably awesome and I don't think anybody would accuse us of being wrong if we said Brian we were really living our best lives out there we were having a heck of a time and we started it off with a bang remember you and I got together at the Four Seasons to do a little afternoon tea which was delightful if I must say so and while it's not the same because there's nobody playing the piano in the background just for you I brought out my green tea that I made ice cream tea lovely kind of like we're back there but not really at all you know what if you remember we also were given champagne with that tea as well I should have thought of that before we started this right you know what that was so much fun there was just like rounds and rounds of different food during the the tea tasting that we did it was like this little snack this little snack it was um and I I was coming off the the red eye you know the famous red eye in which nobody really slept thanks to some you know particularly loud relief pitchers and we and and I'm just like you know when you feel dazed you're like man I just need to eat some to get some energy and they're just giving us round after round of you know it was just like little sandwiches little cookies little bites like what a way to start that trip it really was amazing so nice well earlier in the day I actually was at Borough Market which I don't know if you made it there during that what a wonderful place they had all kinds of different food and stuff you can buy and that was really cool because I ran into one fan that actually plays on a professional team and I believe it was Switzerland so he saw us in the market and couldn't be more excited he had made the trip to watch the Yankees and the Red Sox and couldn't believe that the S Network was there in Borough Market which was kind of cool but I don't know if you got that as you walked around more and more when we first got there it almost felt like people weren't completely aware with what was going on but as time passed you could feel the excitement kind of growing before that first game definitely no doubt there was a there was sort of a Super Bowl feel to it is what remind me of where you can you can feel the energy in the atmosphere surrounding the game in so many places outside of the stadium right and I think as you know we crept closer to the game and as you saw you know banners hanging up in different places and Red Sox hats and Yankees hats you got this feel of like oh this is a huge event and I remember I really felt that way when the introductions were done and the teams were announced you know and and the pomp and circumstance just felt like oh like this is big like this is this is a huge event and obviously you know having a royal family there didn't hurt either I mean that made it feel like a big event as well Meredith I was gonna say anytime the royal family walks into the Yankees Clubhouse and they present them I believe with a little onesie that said Archie I mean come on like they weren't expecting that I spoke to a couple guys after that and they just couldn't believe that that had happened and you mentioned some of the pregame festivities it did very much feel like a playoff game of some sort the way they did at the National Anthem the way they did basically a whole concert before the third the first pitch was thrown two things that I'll always remember from those games not only the exorbitant amount of runs and the way the ball was just flying off the bat but also how hot it was it was so unseasonably warm and everybody was just saying oh my gosh I can't there was no air in that stadium couldn't believe how hot it was they were worried about players and we were sitting up somewhere towards the top of the stadium in the media section and I know at one point in time we just kind of looked at each other we're like whoa yes it was it got ridiculous and maybe helped the ball fly out there because something was contributing to those arena like baseball scores you know I remember also thinking like talking to different players and them saying the fact that we came all this way and then won both games and won both games against the Red Sox like that is only you know further enhancing the enjoyment of the experience and making it all feel worthwhile right because you know no matter what I think everybody had a good time right because you really did get to take in the culture and there were people who who did you know different you know tourist type activities throughout you know visiting Borough Market visiting different historical sites just getting to walk around what's an unbelievably charming city whether you're walking over London Bridge or Tower Bridge or in Meredith's case both as you walk 15 miles a day there like all that stuff was amazing but then if you if you're the Yankees and you add on to it two wins it's like oh yeah not only was it amazing but like you know the whole thing really was great and we'll do it again anytime you want. I hope fingers crossed we got to do another trip like that whether it be in London or somewhere else but you know I think in that you talked about some of the landmarks before the games even started they have that event at the Tower of London majorly closed down the Tower of London that was an unbelievable event too where a lot of the Yankees players were able to go and bring their family members and I think that was one of the cool things about it too that it wasn't just yes baseball first and foremost want to win the games but also they made it into a real family experience inviting their wives and kids and some players had never even been out of the country before yeah huge huge deal for them to be somewhere that that's not US soil so that was pretty cool in that event and it's funny you brought up the winning of the two games when you talk to a Yankees player I feel like they have a wildly different account of things as opposed to when you talk to a Red Sox player a lot of the Red Sox players after the fact said the conditions were not very good it's not suitable for Major League Baseball that ballpark all that stuff and hey maybe I'd feel that way too if I was on the losing side but you know I don't yeah it is funny but I'm saying you know anytime in life that yeah yeah not on the losing side you know yeah you're gonna have a little different memory of it then yeah a hundred percent 100% I definitely think that helped shape the positive experience and you know Meredith you just saying that about them closing down Tower of London it just sparked to me like the awesome feeling of seeing these guys and the way they were in awe right and the way they marveled at the experience and that to me was so cool because you put something on like this if you're Major League Baseball and you hope that it's this unforgettable unique experience not just for the fans but for all the parties involved right and for the players and to see basically a universally positive reaction from those parties involved and sort of that like that awe and energy and amazement at the experience of being there in London representing Major League Baseball was so cool and I know Meredith you and I had a ridiculously positive experience as well I can't wait till we get to go back and maybe next time you know it's in Italy why not take it to another country in Europe you know how much I love Italy I know you love Italy so we could make that happen I am all in Ryan you forgot to bring up the fact that we were almost involved in the mascot race oh that's Meredith that's an excellent point we were we we came close we donned parts of the costume for a brief moment in time unfortunately we were not able to actually sneak out onto the field as Winston Churchill or other different historical figures in the history of England yeah maybe next time maybe next time Meredith it's so nice it's so nice getting to reminisce about London it really is I know it's been wonderful memories ahead we hope with the 2020 baseball season