 We're live you're supposed to be going Here comes baseball Yankees Red Sox Here comes baseball and I said It's baseball in London in London in London in London London. I didn't have an ending there, but hey We're doing it Jim. Here comes the Sun. Yeah If you nailed it Yankees Red Sox across the pond Yeah, yanks in London This is what uh, this is what we fought for old rivalry new place Take that. You think this is just a long play by by England And they're gonna hold the Yankees and Red Sox hostage to get back for the revolution This is what King George and Cornwallis didn't want. Oh man They had one meeting. They're like worry. We got this new game. Oh Thinking about bringing it back to England And they said no, there's a reason we sent you away you puritan fox. Don't bring us your lame sports They said are you kidding me and they taxed them a bunch and then they said and welcome to talking yanks We are excited a couple off days And it's time to get back into some Yankees baseball and the best kind of Yankees baseball Jim Yankees socks. It's just being played somewhere different Yankees versus the Red Sox played on a high school-sized field. Yeah, it's gonna be interesting Yeah, I got versus who's pitching for them. I don't even know yet or cello That sucks. Okay, so it's not reverse Passello So always shuts down the yanks. So that just kind of was a bummer right there Jake excited for this Are you are you excited nervous in Just wonderment like what's what's your thoughts on this whole experiment? I would say Once once the ball once the ball is on the pitch in their plan. I'm excited I guess a lot of the ancillary stuff like them roaming around London. I'm kind of like, alright That's that's something but I don't know. I do want to see kind of the environment in the stadium I How the foul area comes into play how the short fences come into play So I'm interested and I I think it's uh, I Don't know these two game sets can be funky because you can you can get beat in them and it's it's like damn We just lost two games to them or you can win both and be like Clap your hands move on. I think the split is just kind of a shrug. We went to London and did it But I don't know. I'm once once the balls in play. I'll be excited I'm worried that all the ancillary shit's gonna take over the play on the field Like are we gonna be allowed to get invested into this game or is it gonna feel like exhibition games? You know what I mean Like if the Yankees lose a heartbreaker is it partly gonna be like well, it's a weird it's a weird series Or we allowed to I mean, I think I think Yankees red socks is gonna kick in I think you're gonna feel that and I just uh, you know to to get your cup cup upside down That's not a phrase The Yankees saw Porcello this year and they knocked him up pretty good 4.25 earn runs. So I know last year He was he was pretty tough against us But our one appearance this year and Jim, it's like a crazy different Yankees team like when you actually look at it Um, yeah, maybe that's maybe we got to get into that lineup jimmer. Yeah lineup today for the Yankees is as such DJ LeMay you la machina Is leading off playing third base Aaron judges in right field gary sanchez is catching void at first D d gregorius that short incarnation The aging Aaron Hickson center field roaming that small center field Labor tours in second base garner and left field and to knock on the bump They did say that the shadows are deep In the infield Deep shadows in the infield. Is that what you're saying? I think that doesn't come into play today because it's a night game I think it comes into play tomorrow The afternoon game more but yeah, I think they said the shadows in the infield are kind of wild It's supposed to be really hot there too. It's supposed to be like 97 or something That blows Yeah It was really hot here yesterday and it sucked Are you happy we didn't go to london to sit in 97 degree weather? Yeah, I know you are Yeah, actually jake and I we're gonna try and go to these games But i'm kind of happy we we did an all-together jake Yeah, I needed the day off yesterday more than anyone's needed a day off. Yes ever Yeah, you're uh, you've been sleeping mode on me, but jim. I I think it's funny With the lineup today I I looked at and I was like damn man. We rolled it out and then I was like Jean carlo just went on the il but it still looks like a crazy good lineup and yeah I mean gene carlo's in there ideally when he's right I think he's in void spot and then you put void after deedy So I I mean that's that just gets in the whole lineup stuff, but I love this lineup It's uh You know again not not as much balance But with gregarious moving up and hicks sliding down the bottom of the lineup does have some some good balance going on to it. So Um I'm excited to roll it out man. I mean the yanks could have a real opportunity to You know punch the socks in the mouth and be like look look at our team now guys same way that The Rebels Punch those loyalists in the mouth The one that can you promise me This isn't England on a long play from the tea party being like we're getting revenge We're kidnapping tyros strata. I don't think england cares about this at all Okay, I just told you that before we went live like this hasn't been covered in any english newspapers I don't think they care I think it's gonna be americans who live in england in the stands And maybe they brought a friend. I don't think anyone from england britain the uk Cares well, you like to be optimistic. I don't I think so and yeah I think sometimes you like to be too pessimistic and I think the answer is in in in the middle Like I don't know like when's the last time you read the newspaper, you know Why read newspapers every day on jjr I Mean not really like and you know, it's been talked about online and stuff And I mean just take someone posting a couple newspapers on red. It doesn't doesn't fully shake me. I mean, I'm sure they posted The sports section from every website and newspaper in london the last two days and there wasn't one article about this game Yeah, and that's cool. Um But I it's gonna be interesting. I wonder I wonder if they're gonna try to do soccer things in the crowd Are they gonna try to chant throughout? Oh, that would be fucking so annoying. I hope there's not chance throughout the game So that's a that's your first mini what to watch for today. What what do you like about the lineup jim? Yeah, he's lineups fine There I will have no qualms with the lineup Forever I do I do wonder If there's going to be Let's get romein and aning Let's get urshela and aning, you know, even if it doesn't call for it I think if we're up big or down big you're gonna put guys in just so they can say they played a game in london and got to experience it But I wonder how deep that goes like how close of a game does it have to be To or or are they not gonna do it at all? So I am more interested in how they sub because I would think That the natural human brain says it'd be really nice if we could get everyone an inning I think each team is rooting that one of these games is a blood so they can get everyone in I think jim if it's if it's not if both these games are close games I don't think anyone cares. I mean, I I think like we saw pictures of the guys Like talkman was on the field yesterday taking pictures like those guys are just stoked That they're on the trip, you know Like they it would be cool if they played but just the fact they got invited was the cool part So, um, I don't know. I I don't think they're gonna go full high school trip to to cooperstown on that one but um, it uh, it'll be interesting to see and I mean Porcello against this lineup like like you said, I I actually had a similar reaction I was like damn and porcello has games against us that that what was it 83 pitch Shutout or whatever is like going to be frozen in our head for life But this is such a Different yankees team eric erin hicks glaber torres brett gardener at the bottom of the lineup There was times last year when that was our top of the lineup. So Excited to see that and jim on the opposing side of the field the mookman mooky bets in right Devers batting second playing third bogarts the shortstop Hitting third jd martinez d h'ing benny and left Vasquez the catcher batting six brockholt second chavis ice horse at first and jbj in center field with lemon rick porcello on the mound Yep, yep 385 to dead center. I was just looking at all the other stadiums in the mlb What do you think the shortest dead center is? Um, is there still like a 400 flat? Yeah, but there's a lot shorter than that Oh, really? Yep One is tricky fenways the shortest But it's the monster still I mean there's goes up to 420 390 to dead center With the monster, okay, but yeah, there's that triangle that's okay. So this is dead center. That's yeah, don't love that at all Well, that's what the trap that's what that's what the uh 385 is dead center Right, right, right, but I mean Center center field there also goes out to 420 Part of center field But dead if you hit it dead center It's 390 right straight away gotcha That's how yeah, and then there was a bunch of others like angels Is 396 to dead center About that Dodgers is 395 and there was one that was three. I thought there was one that was 387 No 399 396 399 in san francisco, which I that weirded me out Well, that's another one where I think San Francisco gets wide a little outside a straight center. Yeah, it's a straight line Yeah, it's weird. Is this gonna be a perfect arc in the outfield you'd guess right? I believe so because I think it's 330 down the lines. Um Yeah, we'll we'll see if that's a big factor or not. What do you what what are you seeing in the red sox lineup jen? Not nothing. No one scares me I mean JD JD scared me a lot last year So did mookie Ben intend he scares me at Yankee stadium a lot like all like unreasonably a lot. He scares me at Yankee stadium We've seen them twice now. I don't know man Like there's not one guy that steps up to the play and I think Fuck except benny in Yankee stadium Yeah, I mean it's it's kind of nuts that I And they're all good. I'm not trying to be like they're not good I just don't get a sense of panic Like I used to get with padroia back in the day or teas even like Euclis for those three years where I was like, fuck He's up. I really get that with anyone. Oh, uh, pierce For to be honest pierce Yeah Um, he's on the aisle currently But yeah, I mean it's funny kind of getting into the stats because it's it's been a while since we've seen the sox Devours and bogeards are having great years. Um, I mean Bogeards with hidden 298 389 obp devours is hitting 322 His ops is right under 900. I think if you told red sox fans before season that devours and bogeards were gonna rake They'd say, oh my god, we're gonna be back in the championship. Get the duck boats ready. But um, Mookie is not having a full out mookie year Uh, jd is still having a really solid year. I mean he's he's If he has a good weekend, he could he his numbers can still look very impressive Um Chavez has been solid for them. Uh, it's chenny His uh, his his ops starts with a seven, which is very surprising for him Uh, so yeah, I think uh, a lot of these guys, you know I'm a huge advocate of the toughest thing to do in sports is repeat just because The wear and tear and you put everything into that and I I think we're seeing just a little bit of that effect from From some of the red sox's here jd crushes tenaka Like sure nine for 26 with three home runs and two doubles 450 abatting average 1.476 ops. So now i'm scared of jd today okay crush crushes tenaka and to be honest jd Judge All they have to do is put the ball in the air Yeah, like their pop flies will probably be home run. So That's nice that we have tenaka who generates a lot of ground balls and not pop-ups I don't know what porcelain generates, but uh Yeah, anything in the air you're gonna hold your breath Yeah, I don't know because I mean Normally at yankee stadium in fenway. I mean the left field at fenway in the air You hold your breath right field at the stadium. You hold your breath and I mean there's not going to be anything at that I mean to center field is kind of going to be the weird one 320 is still pretty short Yeah, I mean it it's it's it's not long, but I mean it's longer than yankee stadium Yeah, not down the left field line for our righties No See that's bigger than fenway Uh Jackie brother jr. Has terrible batting average, but no never mind never mind Xander has good numbers off tenaka as well Bullpen should be bullpen should be a weird thing for the Yankees because they are bullpenning tomorrow But they just had two days off So I think the four horsemen should be able to pitch both of these games with the off day monday so Like chat and nester aren't available today, but I think britain Can't pitch before he opened last time That's true, but I think but I think they're gonna want two out of him tomorrow And they only got one I think the four horsemen will go today, and I think they'll go again tomorrow Yeah, it's a close game unless it's a blow out of sorts and jim. I don't know if you're ready But that that kind of eases into my what to watch for what is that? Jimmy more what to watch for I wrote down the word sell out because we're in new zealand now And I'm not talking about sell out in the stadium because I don't care about that Although the soccer environment it'll be interesting to see if they do soccer chance and stuff. I guess I'm looking out for that But jim I'm kind of gonna Disagree with a little bit of what your attitude because I had a big picture moment before this So we had the off days We had two off days before one off day after we've got two games set here. We're sneaking up on the all-star break And jimmy the Yankees have a big lead in the al east And all of baseball's eyes are on this london series this weekend Maybe not in london, but baseball fans their eyes are in london this weekend and If either of these teams take two games It's going to be significant If the red sox win two games They're going to build the rest of their season around like we clipped them in london We took two games. It's go time if the Yankees take two games I think it's similar to the boston massacre last year because the Yankees would go up 11 games And jim it's on a national stage the Yankees game You know that final sunday game that was an espn game and it kind of was what it was This is actually on an international stage. This is all eyes if the Yankees take both People are gonna be I mean foot on throat with the sox So i'm watching for both teams to sell out man. I think you're gonna see these played like playoff games I think you're gonna see them emptying the bullpins. Um, and I think that's I think that's why Yeah, by what to watch for is the very complete opposite. We couldn't be on The opposite sides of the coin of this. I think these games are going to be treated as exhibition games And they're going to be hard for it to be taken seriously I don't think anyone's watching like next year when the cubs and cardinals go to london I'm not going to watch that because i'm i'm going to watch my own team So I don't think anyone that's a yankees red sox that isn't a yankees red sox fan They're just going to watch the highlight to be like, oh who won that london game and then find out I don't think I don't think this is a big deal to anyone besides yankees red sox fans and like the mlb officials who threw it on there I think that we may see more of an exhibition games and get everyone in and let's just put on a good show I don't think there's going to be intensity. They've been hanging out for the last two days Doing events together hanging out with each other. There's this whole article What do you want to give the fans and they're like, I just hope we have good games I hope it's really close with the runner-on second and just hope they get to see good baseball I don't think these games are going to be treated with intensity I think it's going to be mostly like Everything else is going to be the bigger storyline. I think we're going to get annoyed with the announcers doing like just Talking about whatever they're talking about in london and not the game And I think the game is going to be very secondary these next two days So yeah, we are on like completely opposite sides of the coin With the way I just I think you're right and I think you think that way with the international stuff But you're forgetting it's it's still yankees red sox midseason like yanks are clicking on all cylinders Red sox are kind of limping around while kreg kimbryl just made his debut for the cubs the other day I mean Everything you deal with still with the internet and everything that you would do in a normal yankees game I mean that's going to be right yankees red sox multiplied still And and it's going to be multiplied even a little more with yeah, but we are talking about like that was like a sunday night espn game versus a saturday at 10 o'clock on Like the weekend before july 4th I don't think anyone's watching this game besides they're watching it's on box Yeah, we'll see my what to watch for is like how Was going to be how real are these games going to feel because I don't think they're going to feel real I think they're going to feel like exhibition games All right Let's go to the homer draft Homer draft it's the homer draft which is the homer draft Which should be Wild now there's only two games So you're going to get the choose two i'm going to get the choose two and then tomorrow We can't choose the same guys again Usually there's three games or four games Who has the first pick here? It looks like well, this is easy to find out. I had it. You had it. I had it. You have the first pick jake I have the first pick and just because you're already so negative about this game I'm going to step on your throw and take gary sanchez. Okay, that's fine. I really didn't want you to take judge I'm taking judge. I think judge hits like a pop-up and it's a home run to any part of this field Like all he has to do is make his launch angle above whatever degree and it's going out He doesn't really hit pop-ups that aren't morning track pop-ups Yeah, so I have judge and then after judge i'm going to take gardener Wow I think old man gardener Is one of the only ones That will bring that intensity you're talking about because gardener can't leave that intensity at the door nothing's bigger than his Hardo intensity And I think he's at the twilight of his career and he may take this a little more like wow I want to do big things here So I'm taking judge and gardener All right, um Yeah, I'm I'm going to take one of the the bigger stronger hitters. I'm going to take uh I'm going to take luke voit Good call luke voit Edwin edwin is for tomorrow. We'll see who can grab him tomorrow Yeah Do we have an over under on this? Um, we should let me uh, let me go check it out. What would you think it's at? 10 and a half I would guess nine and a half. Let's see if it's on the board. Oh boy. Check that yankee stadium. I'd guess nine and a half I've got good news for you 11 and a half. Yeah, the stadium is tiny man. Yeah And the yankees offense has also been nuts of late I mean this was an over they 11 was there over under in the stadium a couple games ago I'm gonna go under and i'm gonna bank on tank Treating this like a big game. I think it's going under I think people are getting over anxious about the stadium dimensions Like you just you just went around and did the straight line stuff like it's not super super different than a lot of stadiums It's definitely small But there's also the foul ground too. Like I think this is gonna be pretty normal I could be told I could be on here tomorrow morning screaming the complete opposite But I don't expect it to be completely different. We probably get one or two cheapies, but that's about it Uh, yeah, I think you're gonna get like one where the center fielder or out there is completely camped under it Like it's just a lazy fly ball But he's at the warning track at the wall like camped under and just has to like watch it go past him I will say this for your negative baseball town If it just does become lazy fly ball homerun derby That's gonna be a bad look for baseball and they're gonna think it's a good look Like we had 12 homers hit in london this weekend Can you believe these guys and ever everyone who's an actual baseball fan will be like that's sucked guys We're hitting pop-ups that got out of the park. Yeah, that's where my brain is Yeah, I don't I don't think we're going there, but maybe Um I wanted to say about all the foul territory gary has As soon as there's a foul pop-up He completely has no idea where it is at all times like he's like So now with that I just fucking really hurt my neck, you know, and you gotta be careful with that a little bit too fast And like yeah, and now it's shooting all all around Well, I think gary's gonna be uh That's fucking really hurts. I think gary's gonna be Funny to watch because these balls are gonna drop in fair territory or foul play like they're gonna be catchable now And maybe both catchers everything's catchable So you might see them like sell out for balls and then it turns out they are actually 10 rows into the seats But these catchers don't know with this area. So they're just yeah Booking it whenever ball hits bad Might be sprints. Yeah pop-up sprints by the catchers the second what to watch for Yeah, all right. Oh, let's see the chat's been boom going on in your chat, Jim I couldn't even keep up with it. Yeah, man big day um Yeah, there's one dude in Chadwick in here who's just fighting that people in america call it soccer Okay, which Choose better battles Carl says oh god the foul territory is going to be either so much trouble or or so many outs are there Yeah, it's gonna be interesting Like there's a chance this feels just like baseball like you're saying jake, but there is a chance More chance than any other stadium where we're like, wow, this is different Yeah, I mean it and it's funny that the two games small sample sizes is gonna Is gonna set the tone on it. But yeah, I mean in my head I think we get like two more foul outs than we normally do and we get One one and a half two more home runs than we normally do. Yeah um Greg said Why send down someone like clint? I'd rather send down greg bird and I will just kindly let you know like birds on the injured list So he can't get send down also not on the team Yeah, but yeah, so Because when you're on the injured list You're not on the 25 man roster. So you're you don't come into play in that situation Greg may be a very new baseball fan. So I let him know Okay Need to get your partner's heat pack and throw it on your neck Yeah, I do. I do need to get katie's heat pack. Yeah, yeah Why Why do the fillies keep losing to the marlins jake? any answers It's tough to say tough to say vienna east is gonna be a weird season when the story is told just with the net The met's general weirdness Then the gnats being in it then being out of it the fillies not being able to do much I mean the braves are the most easily the most consistent team in that division. I feel like They've been fun too, uh Did you see can't think oh did you see brice harper's like comments about using a curveball machine? No, like gape capler wants to in batting practice have like a A bp throw throw that and then a curveball machine be thrown Falls to them And and he said if guys want to use it they can use it brice harper whose numbers versus curveballs this season are Terrible in his like interview They asked him about it and he kind of Is about to say something really stupid and then catches himself and goes Um, let me just try to figure out how to answer that if if guys want to use that that's really cool. It's good Um, I'm not into that kind of stuff. So I'm not going to be using it and then now it's like a thing I have get it like Such creatures of habit like I'm not gonna hit off a curveball. I've never done that before. Yeah Also, I don't think you can do that on the field for bp. I think it's kind of embarrassing like Do it in the tunnel in the tunnel. Yeah yeah predictions for today did we not do those I think yanks win Eight seven that's what they won yesterday or two. Oh, wow. I'm telling you if that happens man. This is gonna be a thing um Yanks win. Uh, yeah, they definitely flex the muscle on offense um nine to five And we both bet the under so yeah Jordan says proud of our growth and he says your game one burn of the toronto was personal favorite. He's done I can't remember what it was. Thanks. Jay nasty There's a good question. Why are the boston red sox and yankees playing in london? Oh million dollar question Every every sport's trying to grow the game Grow the game grow the game Besides irish irish hurling they're pretty content. Yeah, they're happy where they are. Um I think nba is gonna be the first team in london We'll see actually them in the nfl at racing That's gonna be brutal for travel Yeah, we'll plan the nba should do it because they have a national sport. No one really cares the nfl is the least international international, yeah Um All right, that's it. Oh, this is interesting that I want to talk about on the podcast But we can do a little debriefing here. Someone said thoughts on bum garner schroman. You sent me that article which is I mean you tagged me in it because that's exactly what i've been saying It's the perfect example the coal hamels case study from last year is the perfect example Well, i've been saying hap like I've been saying i've been saying bum gardener is going to Warrant less than what hap got last year and hamels got less than what hap got last year And that makes sense People keep trying to give up the moon for for bum gardener and that article had it as if you look at what his comps are He will get one top 100 Player but not like top 10 No, but one top 100 player two meddling prospects. That's basically it Yeah, yeah, so just If you're if you're thinking about trades and looking at trades look at the comps of the trades from last year and the year before that I guarantee you they're less than what you're thinking in your head Because they're wildly low that one for coal hamels was wildly low. All right, that's it. I'm gonna go uh Watch some games in london. You want to give them your best london accent? Well, I don't know man. I don't I just want I came to see the ball I'm normally here for the west ham matches and now we're playing baseball on the field that turned into the Beatles really quick, huh