 Welcome to another edition of Yes, We're Here, Meredith Morakovitz, alongside Tino Martinez. Tino, let's go back into history and revisit some of the great moments you've had throughout your baseball career. What is one thing that stands out to you, just off the top? Well, a lot. I mean, individually, obviously, the Grand Slam in the World Series, the Home Lens in the World Series, that type of stuff, but the real thing that really stood out first and foremost was Charlie Hayes catching up the pop of our first World Series friend. That feeling was like something you dream of as a kid. You dream of getting the big leagues, you dream of having a great career there, but to play in the World Series and to win it is something you never think would happen. And when he caught that ball, I was all, everything just hits you at one time, like, this really happened, are you kidding me? And then you just started to party in it, but that was a great moment. He's running there, he's getting under it. How many times after that did you guys re-enact that forum? Oh, man, I mean, every time we see him and they play it all the time and I think they've actually done it at one of the old-timers games where Charlie has a third base there and somebody hit a pop up over there when the fans were in the stands. See, he ran over there and caught it and the fans knew what was going on and they all just started cheering again for that moment. So it's kind of cool. Well, it's funny, you were on the other side in 1995, as we know, that was an unbelievable ALDS and you certainly did damage against the Yankees. What was it like walking in that clubhouse the very next year? And did you have any idea at the time that you could be in store for the type of run that you guys went on? I had no idea, but I do remember that series. We started the first two games in New York at Yankee Stadium, the old stadium. And that's been the first time the Yankees had gotten to the playoffs in a long time. And the atmosphere there was the loudest I've ever heard that stadium or any stadium in baseball. The first two games there were both the Waffle, home runs, the hit late innings and all that stuff. The atmosphere was electric. And to go back to Seattle and wind up winning that series, which was a great series. I had to watch a game the other day on TV that had it on. It was a great moment, a great series and whatnot. But I never thought I'd even be traded from the Seattle Mariners. And when I got traded, I just thought, man, I can't believe that this team is just such a great team. I'm playing for these guys now. Paul O'Neill and Bernie Williams and Andy Pettit and upcoming Mariano and Derek. I knew we had a great chance to be a good team, but I didn't know how good we'd be. You mentioned Derek, you were on first base when he got his first hit in 1995. What did you say to him? Did you remember that conversation at all? I didn't know him at all. I didn't know. I just say, congratulations, man. I have many more to come, hopefully. That's all I said. I think he remembers that too. And who'd have thought 3,000 plus more would have been coming after that. You mentioned the Grand Slam in the World Series in 1998 and Game 1 against San Diego. Do you remember every second of stepping into the batter's box and not at bat today? I do, I do, yeah. The thing is, in those situations, it was already our second World Series and all that, but we know when the guy in front of me, I think, walked whatever it was. So I'm coming up there with two outs, whatever it was, and bases low. This is a tie game, but I remember the fans just going crazy. They announced your name. They're just going wild. And the weird thing is, and people say this, they don't understand it, though when you're up there at the plate, you really stop hearing them for a little bit. You just like watching the pitcher and focusing on the ball and ball one or strike one, whatever it is. And everybody talks about the two and two pitch. It was kind of close right there at the knees. And I thought it was low and it was one of the knees that could have been a ball or a strike. And I heard the crowd go, ooh, whatever it was and all that. But other than that, when you're in that three and two count that the ball's coming, you hit it. And then when I hit the grand slam, it was like, oh my God, you hear all the eruptions. Like all of a sudden the volume went turned off. Like the mute button got was off and now the turn, the volume came on. Like rolled out. I was like, wow, what an experience. And running around the bases was like, it was surreal. I was like half dizzy. Like, wow, this is unbelievable. It's been a grand slam in the World Series. I was gonna say, does it even feel real or does it almost feel like a euphoric experience as you're going through it? Totally euphoric. I mean, you run into bases and you see the people going crazy, the beer flying, and then it hits you. It's like, grand slam, the World Series, you give us the lead here. You know, now I think we gotta hold this lead and win the game to make it really count. But I hit the whole plate there and then the standing curtain call was amazing. And then you go back on the field for defense. They're still roaring and still going crazy. So it was a great experience. Is there anything that replaces that crowd noise? Or will you remember that forever? I'll remember that forever. 100%. I think most people remember the guys I played with and the teams we played against in those World Series games in New York, the old stadium, all of those teams will remember that experience where they won or lost. Hey, you had a big one in 2001 as well. Take me through that one. Yeah, so basically we had never seen, we never played the Arizona Diamondbacks that year at Interleague Play or at all at that point. And Kim, the right hander, I believe was a side arm reliever. None of us ever faced him. So in the eighth inning, I think maybe the six hitters up, six, seven or eight hitters, I went into the locker room. Back then we had like the video room they have now. The locker room, our TV had the game on. So I just watched him pitch to the first three hitters. He went one, two, three. And he threw a fastball right down the middle to every one of them, because they'd never seen him before. And then he did it with the slider, slider, slider. And he went one, two, three. And then I went back down there again and sitting over it, came back in. And first hitter, first pitch, first pitch fastball right there. And so I said, if I get a chance to hit, I'm looking for a first pitch fastball and I'm gonna hit it hard because most guys were taking from him because they never had faced him. So when I got up there, I looked for a first pitch fastball, I got it and I hit it hard. And it was like a hard long line drive to right center and I wasn't sure it was going out or not. Then he was going back to get it. And when it went over the fence, so to tie the game. Again, that was a loud stadium. I mean, Paul O'Neill was jumping around. He was on the first base of the time. And at home plate, he almost killed me with a high five and it was awesome. Now we were talking a little bit about the World Series, you of course, Juan, for with the Yankees of those World Series, which had the best post-games celebration? After the win. Give me some of the dirt, Tino. I wasn't really dirt. It's just fun. We had, we actually had a family member had rented out the Oak Room at the Plaza Hotel. That was, that was in, I'm sorry, that was in 19, that was in 1999. Within the Plaza Hotel, and we had this huge bash there where all the front office came, families came, and we were there until about 7.30 in the morning. And I remember going back home, I lived in New Jersey at the time and obviously in the cab, went back to the cab to the house of New Jersey. The front yard that had a pick up a newspaper, went in the house, went to bed until about two o'clock in the afternoon and had a great time. But that was a good party. I'm sure it was. One last one before I let you go here. More nerve wracking, playing in the World Series or giving a speech after they told you that your plaque would be in Monument Park. Oh man, giving a speech. Oh, that's the hardest part. I remember giving that call from the front office saying they're gonna give me a plaque in June 14th or whatever and I'm going, first of all I was shocked. I'm like, wow, what an honor and stuff. And it was, it blew my mind. And then from that point on, this was like months earlier, like three months earlier. And every single day and night, every activity, what can I say? What am I gonna say? What am I, and it just drove me nuts. So that was tough, but exciting.