 Aaron judge made a comment and Brett Gardner is the one who actually started it He had two home runs yesterday They said we're gonna we're gonna break the home run record from last year, which was 267 and then gardener. So oh, yeah Judged so absolutely. I mean with the big boys we have we're gonna do it. I think they will I mean, that's the way the sport is but I'm not quite sure That that is the ticket to a championship and I think that one of the concessions to what I'm saying What a lot of people saying is that the Yankee signed DJ LeMay you DJ LeMay you is not your typical Yankee player. It's not a well on bail guy. He's not a launch angle guy He's the guy who's won a batting title takes the ball right field now He will hit a share home runs especially because the right field at Yankee Stadium But if you want to take a look And Reggie Jackson said this not Michael Kay During the hour we had after the game was rained out the other day. He said You got to change the way you hit in the postseason in big moments. He said our guys don't do that He said we have to learn to do that Marcus Tim's is supposedly trying to teach them that but if you change the way you hit Don then you are not going to break the home run record But it might be better for the long haul now for a hundred and sixty two game season You're the most home runs and they're very good pitching and great relievers They're gonna win a lot of games But in the postseason when you have the best pitchers opposing you and most home runs come on Mistakes from pitchers. You're not going to get as many mistakes. You're not going to get as many home runs You've got to make contact. You've got to move runners. You've got to drive them in I don't think the home run record is a thing that will propel them to a championship I just don't know unless you can make the adjustment going from the regular season to the postseason Can you do that? Can you are we're gonna bash our way similar to the Red Sox last year Red Sox bash their way to a division title and then they got to the playoffs and they still use their offense But they also made adjustments had quality at bats. Can you make that change? Because the Red Sox even were different during the regular season Well, they were more of a contact-hitting team They didn't strike out as much as the Yankees did right But they're also a team that didn't like he'd hit the least amount of home runs the year before right So even though they added JD Martinez They still weren't the home run hitting team that the Yankees are gonna be when they were your second year with Stanton and judge a lot of these Guys are home run hitters But what I'm asking is in that game four against the Red Sox When everybody was looking to hit the game-winning home run a base hit would have done the trick there, right? What have would have had Kimberl on rabble and I thought that Sanchez and Stanton if memory serves had a bats where I Don't think they really had quality at bats Sanchez came close to hitting it out But maybe if you just make contact hit the ball up the middle get a single extend the game That's when the Yankees are always at their best when they won four out of five championships has passed the baton, right? I'm gonna get on base the next guy's gonna do it the next guy doesn't do it The guy after that will do it not just waiting for the base is clearing home run You know the old Earl Weaver were gonna hit three run home runs He didn't want little pesky guys on the base paths getting thrown out I'm not saying you got to steal or bunt, but what's the matter with a good quality two strike? Choke up hit the ball the other way move the runner over kind of at bats that can help you win low-scoring baseball games And it could be done again Reggie Jackson a first battled hall of famer who struck out more than any player in the history of baseball his career of strikeouts He said that he would put the ball and play to the shortstop in big moments So if a guy who led the majors in strikeouts when strikeouts were not cool If he was doing that Why can't other people do it? It can be done. Well, it can be done. Can I ask a stupid question? Sure We just do it. Excuse me nothing Is there a is there a situation in which you can be a team that mostly hits home runs, but throughout the regular season Based on pitching situation say Tonight we're gonna play this game differently So you can start to get yourself in that mentality because when you get to the playoffs And everything tightens up it just seems to be such a disadvantage to be that team I just think the analytics play against that because to the analytics not caring of a strikeout Your your approach at o2 is the same at 3o And I always was taught michael you the same thing when you played it You know protect the play you just changed your bat when I let you go behind I would literally swing at a ball six feet over my head if there are two strikes that in atlantic Analytics does misses that and analytics will not tell you because they don't include pressure So the Yankees go to the playoffs every single year And always get eliminated in the playoffs and every year the analytics would say keep doing what you're doing Right because it wouldn't account for what the playoffs are This is where we get into the whole baseball a game has heart a game has a heartbeat all pulse all those things You can't account for that. It's not the same thing. And again, I repeat this and I always say it a lot Just being around baseball as much as I have been that home runs come off mistakes Very rarely does a pitcher make his pitch and the guy at home run Maybe Yankees stadium every now and then you have a nasty slider down and away a righty reaches out Short right field porch. It goes away, but it doesn't happen that often I think you've got to adjust and in answer to your question peter I don't think you do it from game to game Has to be a mindset and I'm not saying give up at bats I'm not saying change your launch angle, but at least with two strikes change what you do That's all you're asking and the analytic crowd. I'd love to debate somebody if anybody wants to come on You know, I'd rather have a strike out than a double play But that's not the only thing that could happen You get a sack fly a guy could boot a ball if you strike out nothing good Would you rather have a strike out than a double play if there's the bases are loaded and they're no out And the double they'd rather have a strike out they'd get the run Yes, because there's some games and that's the whole that's it But the logic is If I'm going to protect the plate with two strikes if I'm going to change my approach and just make contact My odds of hitting a home run are reduced dramatically If I'm thinking about hitting the home run. Yeah, I'm going to strike out. That's the negative byproduct But my chance of hitting home runner way up So what is what do mark de charro? We say hit over the shift instead of you know dragging one down with nobody sitting there at third base My idea is I'm approaching every a bat launch it out of the ballpark Then it doesn't matter where everybody is situated. Yes I'm going to raise my chance of striking out But the idea is to hit the home run hit them where they ain't was the old story Hit them and there ain't a lot easier when you're hitting it out of the ballpark. Nobody can catch it So that's their logic So you're looking at it the other way of you want to make contact They just want to hit the home run because that idea though. It sounds great hit it over the shift If you have an amazing year doing that amazing one of the best in baseball you did it 40 times If you if you were amazing at it, right you did it 40 times. What happened all the other times Sounds great But hitting it the other way being able to just tony guiney and choke up and hit a little base hit I just don't I don't get it Yeah, but but the thing is is that we're talking about players One of them just signed a 13 year 330 million dollar contract about in under 250 So they're looking at i've got a 25 chance of making contact But of those 25 i've got over a 50 chance of hitting it out because what's the game become walks in home runs Extra base hits nobody wants a single anymore. It's almost worthless to most of them So how many extra base hits we're paying people a non-base percentage plus slugging total bases These are the things they're looking at so Yeah, they're hit, you know gary sanchez is starting playoff games batting 170 which means he gets a hit 17 percent of the time But how much of the 17 percent are home runs michael 50 They they 45 they look at damage and I get it I understand and over the long stretch of the season you are going to win a lot of games by hitting a lot of home runs But I think the the short post season series changes the way the game is played And you know, you could go back to 2017 though You know you played the same way And they went to the seventh game of the alcs, but remember They didn't score That many runs in games six and seven when they had to because they were looking to hit home runs up Justin all their shut down and they just couldn't do it So there's got to be a way to squeeze out a run here and there So I agree with what Aaron jut said they are going to hit more home runs But the question is will they do the other things as well?