 Welcome back to Watchin' Baseball. We are on to the 1998 World Series Yankees versus Padres. Yankees won in 1996. They did not make it in 1997. We watched that yesterday and today, 1998 World Series. It's a four game sweep. Anything else you got on it, Jake? We've got the Yankees and the Padres for that fact, trying to become the team of the 90s, chasing down those Braves, LOL. No, a lot of Hall of Famers. I mean, a lot of baseball people are probably familiar with this Yankees team. Core four, blah, blah, blah. Jeter, Reigns, well, Tim Reigns, not part of the Core Four, but he's a Hall of Famer in this series. Joe Tori, we got Bruce Bochie for the Padres. Tony Gwynn, Trevor Hoffman, and... Tony Gwynn in the four games hit 500. Not bad. Fat Man could hit, I was told, their own up. And yeah, I mean, this Yankees team is considered all-time. They won 114 regular season games, so. They're good, all right. So we are going to game three. Yankees won game one, Yankees won game two. They go out to San Diego. The Padres are up three-nothing going in to the seventh inning. Lull home for home. Padres fans are like, all right, they won at home, but we'll win at home too. Yankees say, nah. The first time the Super Bowl and World Series were held in the same city. Oh, you said strike off, but no. Oh, yeah. Fix the odd hit. Scott Brochus. Love Scott Brochus. Master of the bare-handed play at third base. Nothing in one to count on Brochus leading off. Just kind of how... And again, I grew up a Yankees fan, so maybe this is totally skewed, but kind of how you picture a third baseman. We didn't do our disclaimer. You're a Padres fan. You're going to know more about the Padres than we know about the Padres. The Yankees fans from here. Also, I lived in Australia during the next three World Series for the Yankees in the 1980s and 2000s, and my mom would record them on DHS, playoff games, and when we came home from work or came home from school, my dad came home from work. We'd all watched them. Layered's behind the dish. Kind of interesting to admit. What I was saying for all that Australia jibba-jabba, Scott Brochus is how I picture a third baseman. Like, not hyper-athletic, but just, look, covers his domain, does his job. He has a pretty good World Series. On defense, Todd Frazier reminded me of him a little bit. A little bit? Yeah, I put them in similar ills. Like, they are a power threat. They can make a good play defensively. That's kind of it. Brochus, I think he's a California player. I wonder if Scott will be from Southern California. I wonder if this was a homecoming for him. Ooh! Moonball. 375. Sterling-Vitchcock. It was never a fastball guy. The curve ball he opened up with was kind of nice. Yeah, he's a junk ball thrower. Brochus, yards. Scott Brochus, it's a morning. There you go. Why did I think that? That's Northcown. That's a good replay. That's what it's all about. Ooh, look at the camera work following that ball. Great job. That's a little middle Sterling. Drafted by the A's. He came up with the ball. He went to Winfield College, Oregon. This is the... That's the famous... Ah! What in the world? It's tough. I do think he went to bat for... Shane Spence, a friend of the talk in the A's podcast. He's come on our show. We're chatting with him. Known for mostly electric-mountain baseball. It's a rip. It's Sterling adding, you know? Yeah. Hey, hell of a start. Hell of the Yankees. Shutout through six. Nowadays, he would... Nowadays, he would never get... He would be out of the game. Wow, Bochi, look. So young. Strong. I mean, that's just a nice piece of hitting. When you just think of a double, that's kind of what I picture. Yeah, I've got a little more in the gap. Yeah, a little more to the left of you. But that, like, projectory and your speed... San Diego, give it up. So what I remember... Sterling. What I remember about this one series, Jake, is that after making sweat deposits, the San Diego fans stayed and clapped. For the Padres. Like, after the loss, you know? And I think Tony Glenn came out and succeeded. Like a movie. An Indonesian team. And I think I remember my mom trying to tell me what's going on. But it is nice now. Like, I understand every spectator. But this is... I don't know what's going to happen. I think this is a mistake on Bruce Bocci's part. For me, I would leave Hitchcock in the game and allow him to pitch to Gerardi for several reasons. Is this hot body hands and tails? I don't know. McCarver's saying it's a mistake. Because they switched Jorge around from the right side to the left side? Yeah, he said he rather would have faced Gerardi. Or Hitchcock to the left side. Nice. Dang. It's our first pitch. I don't have to say anything. Hamilton, huh? It's funny that this was Pasada pinch-hitting for Gerardi with Layered's behind the pitch. Like, the three Yankee catchers have been in this. All in one. That is not the first pitch. Ooh! Who's that? Kind of wanted it 2-0. Sun's Padres, Taylor Crick, Vaughn. That's a name I don't know. No. Ken Kamaddy. Yeah. The Ashby, the C-10 in the Sunfield. 95. Ooh, Varys. Yup. Pasada's got two home runs in eight games. I think it was only eight at that story. Yay. Spiked one again. You can't do that. Layered's is like you mother fucker. You let that guy get to third ready. Think that Layered's is helmet fair. Is it the hockey style? It's a nice hockey. It's got two fear holders on the side. It looks like the beer helmet. Look at that. I wonder if he had a concussion. That's like extra power now. It's like a couple. That was good. And that's what he was trying to throw. Yeah. Love of the game. Jesus. It's a really nice punch. It's a hard change. It's a circle change. What was the speed on it? It was like 86. I think it was like 94 fastball. 86 change. You got that much movement. It's allowed. Working with Hoffman. Chilling Davis. Chilling Davis. He bats for Cone. David Cone, six innings. That's Cone. Two hits. Willie Randolph, third base coach. We watched him run in a couple of World Series. That was fun. Chilling Davis. No, I'm a base coach. So I didn't realize that Willie Randolph went from player to base coach. The young base coach. Because he was like it was the 94. No, 94. No, 92. It's a hot and cold zone. Wow. It's Fox again. Fox really took the next step in baseball broadcast. Which I didn't know. Hamilton likes to throw low here. That's what you're kind of mad at. He likes to throw low. So Chilly's got to look for a mistake changing. That's what I'd be like. That looked like a corn on the top stick. The guy was just still running. 95 miles per hour from Joey Hamilton. So 95, 85. That's pretty good. He looks angry. That's good. Blue slash red. Not giving that. It's a borderline pitch. I'd like to see more angles of it. But the ump doesn't get to see more angles. I'm going to take it for what it's worth. Who's that just tossing ball? Is that Stottemeyer? Is that Pettit? Yes. Saw knows. I saw. I didn't see one. Saw knows. Saw knows. Saw knows. Saw knows. Saw knows. Pettit. Bernie Williams. Definitely lightness. Where it would be. Out of the sky. Nice announcement. What are they announcing? Something about customer service. Double barrel. Double barrel. Double barrel. Double studs. Who is that protecting? It's like an old. God. I think he's going to catch it. No. Yikes. It's a one run game and you cannot convince me that Ken Kaminetti is healthy. Okay. Kenny Kaminetti? No. Is there, I mean there had to be a storyline there. I mean Ken Kaminetti I'm assuming was hurt. And I think he normally gets that ball pretty easily. Yeah. Would his shortstop have had him? Can't fully blame his shortstop because he was expecting not to come. But I wonder if Chili was booming that this time. You want a major leader to still at shortstop be able to put that in that glove. That ball hit two gloves. The good thing is the run was scoring either way. Because there was a wow. And this next run doesn't score. So in the end that doesn't hurt him that much. It allows another batter. Let's skip to the eighth run. The part of Kaminetti which is rare because Kaminetti did not get a glove on the ball. Typically that's... Homer Bush great numbers with the Yankees. Bad numbers everywhere else. What is that? A dozey. I think this is the last out. There he is. That's baseball. See Jeter's got no range. Are you kidding me? Can't do that in a World Series game. He was trying to get his... He's trying to get his Dan Gladden on. Is this guy an announcer? If he was trying to get an... I know he's trying to get his announcer hit. So is this Shane? Shane Spencer had a pretty big role in the four outs we've watched so far. Nobby. He's making a Dan Gladden. Here in the eighth inning. Facing Paul O'Neill. Randy Myers. I think one of the old nasty boys if I remember still twirling it. He has not started this year. Pretty brutal year. Tough postseason so far. You're not going to be able to use... Two point today. I'll put up a throw. Trevor Kauffman. Paul O'Neill. He I think wasn't that great. He was serious. On Sunday night. Yeah. But it's a different Paul O'Neill you're looking at. But now he's seen Randy Myers once. Tough to leave this closer. In a series where your team gets four in series. Yeah. Almost full of him. Sometimes the save comes in the eighth inning. Nobby good closing. Look at Paul O'Neill. You like Paul O'Neill's batter stance that we're like... It's weird. Maybe former teammates. Maybe. On the Reds. The Paul O'Neill. The Paul O'Neill. Just yell at me. Paul O'Neill. Paul O'Neill a little late. A tiny device he does. It's kind of the 90s Luke Boyd a little bit. That's what I was going to say. It is like a Luke Boyd but it's a little less smooth. You don't see a lot of batters do. It's different. You want to know the difference? Paul's is technically a leg kick. Luke's is a glide. Mm-hmm. That hat doesn't seem to help this one. That looked like when my dad wears my brother's hat. But it's on the intimidation side. That crew right there is my child. Oh. For the good party. He's like, hey guys. We're down to game. Yeah. You can cut it out with the goddamn beach ball. It's a little serious. Got damn hippies and bleachers. Look at O'Neill. Full count. Full count. It's a big pitch. Bernie on deck. Hanson. Hanson. What a strong. What's up? Such a strong late 90s power lady look. That was great. I'm on her side but you don't want to be not on her side. Especially when it comes to her children. She's pitched out a lot of pitches. 3-2 pitch coming to her. You know lead off walk. It's got to put that pitch a little closer. You know what they say about lead off walk. Run around first. Third walk handed to the Yankees tonight. What are we doing? A double switch. That hat doesn't fit that on set either. Double switch. Off man. So they skipped the conversion. Sheets. Here it comes. It's Trevor time baby. Nope. Looks like a really push to cover. This is exciting. They have the lead. They bring in one of the best closures to ever do it. They're having a good postseason. They're having a good postseason. If you're Padre's fan you're like oh yeah. Slam the door on game front. I hope he throws a couple good change ups. I watched some Hoffman highlights a couple months ago. I couldn't believe what it actually looked like. It looks like a Zito curve ball. Just straight. Yeah. Another one to change up. That was a fast one. 89? Yeah. I think Hoffman didn't pump up a dude. He would drop his change up to like 60s. 15 stolen bases in 16 tries. He tries to steal by timing the pitcher. Hoffman with a huge leg kick. Easy to run on. It's a slide step there. 75. That's 14 difference. You can see Hoffman right there. A slide step. But when you get a pitcher like that a slide step you're going to take something away from his normal delivery. That's a middle reason. He should have started it again. You can see that slide step barely picks the left foot up off the ground to 90 strikes. Yeah, they got those outsides. Not ideal. Hoffman's mouth change. It's like a power chin with the jaw and then there's like a little extra athlete muscle in there somewhere. Back. It almost doesn't fit on the rest of his face. It's like I took a cheat from someone. It's like a tumor plastic. Poachers. Right. Oh, I like that little dance by Bernie. Little giddy up. Bring it in here. Huge pitch here. Cat Curtis, your guy, close friend of yours. Hero in this. And also terrible. Trying to get in. What even was that? Crazy how gone that would be in Yankee State. But it didn't look like a good swing. What? Bernie got the barrel on it. That's all you got to do, kids. Just get the barrel on it. Yeah. It went way farther than I thought it would. Honestly. It did not. What is it, Grace? Oh, I guess they wanted a show. Harris just getting all sorts of juiced up on the relay. Double backup. They were trying to throw their guy out of second base. Good rip, Burn. No replay of that swing. Come on, Fox. That's second death at the state. She's got that pitch going for her. That outside. Curve gives him three-balling pitches. Which is rare for a closer. Outstanding fastball, the one that's sitting in. Yeah, I think that last one pumped in a little better. I think they just threw up a late. I'm trying to say it's 97. I can't read the thing. It would make a lot more sense. I thought it said 98 the first time, but that's like... I don't know. Look at that binder. That's a 98. See, I don't know. His fastball reached back as high as the one in 1998. So, no, it says 88. No, it's just in contrast to the change. But a little ridiculous for the... Oh, yeah. That's ridiculous that like the Carver-Stardews world, whoever said outstanding fastball. I mean, and it can be when it's paired with the change. Well, yes, the change it makes, it's not on its own. That's how it works. Yeah. It's been his best pitch since this thing, but it's because of one else. Like, if he just did that change-up, still a good change of sorts. 3-1 is the prayers and his fingernails. Good split-screen here. Yeah. Another walk. Power walk. Make him hit. Here comes the man who let off the 7th inning with a home run. Two for three tonight. 3-81 on a series. Oh, yeah. That was an easy one. I love all the friendships. Like, that's his change-up. Yeah, it's crazy. Look at the drops on this one, kids. That's a Zeno curve. You're right. That is just a curve. Oh, that was a curve ball. So now I'm the asshole. Wow. They gave a check swing. Are you happy about that? Yeah, they called a strike on it. Scouting for a set. Oh, wow. Scouting for a set. That's the change. 75. Same speed. Just a little more darting. What? 3rd base. Well, Hernandez has done a great job already catching Hoffman in this inning, keeping that change-up. I love it all the backwards hats. The referee just came around. We've seen a bunch in the stands. Hernandez in perfect position that time. He's out. Going to bring someone to get blocks and balls. Hello. That's a big one. That's a big thing they did bring. Hernandez to save a wild pitch. 2-1. He's got a headband on. Just a big matted area. Carlos Hernandez has been a real... He's like a lude to his foreman. He needs to do a little... just like get it off. Most people would be bothered by that. Look at that white beard. What do you think of the conversation? Take a deep breath. Hammer the zone. Throw a strike. Nobody's got a hit off here. Trust your stuff. Backwards hat. Looks like it. Maybe it's SD. 3-2. Good battle by Scotty. That's a fair... He's used the high leg kick like he used to. Finally got that high leg kick though. Man. 410 feet. You see an outlock going crazy. Wow. Show us the classic catch when you fist pump. I'm so into it. I'd love it if... Right here. I'd love it if Cashman went to war for brushes. You know it wasn't just that he won this game. Right. Then there goes game 3. Oh. Oh my god. Imagine being in San Diego right now. No, this is slow. That's a weird graphic to pair with... Cashman fist pump. Don't need that right now. There's no career at that. So it's a little fun. I don't think it's all sad news. Holy smokes. What a time for that. And then to show Cashman fist pump. And we're back at the World Series. Here we go. Come on, come on. Gets up, gets up fastball. Bombs. Not a bad game. David Fries. So this is the end of this game. It's the final. And I have the last out cuter. Yankees win go up 3-0 there. Again one of the best teams ever so... Last out final series. Who's pitching? Strike one. Some skinny dude from Panama. $65,000 on silent here in San Diego. Grew up. Playing catch with a milk card. As Sweeney is at the plate with an 0-1. Grew up drinking milk cards. Yes. Dump the milk out, just drink the card. 0-2. Alduk game. Yankees won 114. That was about coming out there. There's Andy Pettit's nose. That was it. That was the same nose. Ooh, little smile from him. Excited. Talking to the good lord right there. It's a tough throw. Brochus. All over this. Girardi's helmet just flapping around. In between every other years. Oh my god. Mariano always uses himself in celebrations. He's one of those guys where his whole body goes numb. The cashmere just hit the handshake. Another double thumbs up. They knew it was over. They brought in Mariano. That's the coolest part of Mariano. Little tears. Andy Pettit. What the ball? What? A tight shot. Good job, Willie. Good job. Screw anyone at home. A little bit. Who's that guy? Sad. Sad. Sad. A great gatoring spot. Don't want to be sitting when the world's here. A weird feeling for Larry. I know a lot of the other guys. Soho. I think there's a ceiling at first. The nose gets the MVP of this game. Scott Brochus. Player of the game, Scott Brochus. Shane Spencer was around more than I thought in the tiny bit we watched. Couple clips. I'm sure that he doesn't like that he's just known as a flash in the pan when he made contributions to a World Series team as well. Yeah. Why don't you guys talk about my double? I mean, gunning out that dude at second. Good World Series. Kind of boring. Sweeps are boring. That was it. That's the end. Thanks for watching. Tough break for the pods. Good team. Tony went about a 500. Did the Yankees stop pitching to him? Why not? Have some fun like Tony hit. Doesn't matter, right? Kind of funny. Alright, thanks guys. We'll be back tomorrow with the 1999 World Series.