 And we welcome in Mr. Boy, a.k.a. John Boy. John Boy, welcome to the show, my man. Thanks for having me. How are you guys doing? We are doing great. Now, I want to, before we get into, obviously, the subject of the show tonight, which is the Savages in the Box. The Hurley Box. I just want to say, you have accomplished something really amazing. And what that is, is that you are a Yankees fan, and you have made a lot of people like you over the last few months. Let's clap it off. Let's clap it off. That is including us. And that is really saying something. You have been crushing it over the last few months. And has it been fun, like having people watch your videos and enjoy baseball with you? Yeah, it's a blast. And that, I get that a lot. I hear a Yankee fan, but I like it. I get it. There's a vocal majority of Yankee fans that I don't like. But there's a lot of us that are, you know, I just say, we have the largest fan base, so we have the largest population of bad fans as well. Can you give a little overview for people who may not be familiar with what you do? What exactly it is that you do, do? Everything. So I cover every game on Twitter, making gifs, videos on YouTube. I make breakdowns, which is it's like very satirical, the word breakdown. I just kind of take the clips and say what I see and make some jokes and try to point out some stuff that might help you understand baseball a little better if you are not a fan. Just trying to have fun and talk about what I love, which is the Yankees and baseball in general. There you go. Well, that's why we get along, and that's why we're on the same show right now. So Mr. John Boyd, now obviously this video that went super viral, I have a feeling that when you first saw this, you were like, okay, this is gonna blow up. And you've had a lot of, you know, breakdowns go viral recently, but okay, so this happens before we get to the official ranking of who's savage and who's not in the box. What was your favorite part of this video? I guess, maybe not the favorite line, I know we're not gonna be cursing here tonight, but what was your favorite part? Was it Gardner hitting the ceiling? What was your favorite part of it? Gardner's fun, because there's some backstory there. He threw a helmet, you know, a couple weeks ago, it came back, ricocheted, hit him in the mouth, split his lip, and he had to get stitches. So he can't throw his helmet anymore. So he was trying to make as much noise as he can. He also didn't want to yell. I think there's this middle ground where umps can't throw you out if you're just banging stuff. So he's looking for the loudest place in that dugout, tries three spots before he finds that tin roof. I don't know why that's there, but I thought that was great. Can't throw the helmet anymore. They should get him like a pasta pot or like cymbals. An actual noisemaker, a Vuvuzela, like something that, right, like a Grogger, right, that gray area, right. One of those New Year's windup things, just making noise. Yes, yes, I know it. My favorite line from Boone is I feel bad for you. Right, right. It's the fact that he had this rant and he mixed in I feel bad for you. And I think he meant it. And he also mixed in that guy's a good pitcher talking about Chorinos. It's incredible. I mean, he was sympathetic and he was also nice to the opposing team. It's line by line. It's so fun to like break it down in the fact that he just said that off the cuff is amazing. Do you think that the Yankees fans' perception and opinion of Aaron Boone has changed significantly in the past week because of this? I do. I don't think it should be this that changes it. I don't think Boone did anything different here than he's done since he became the manager. He's a player's manager. The room loves him and he has their back at all times. And this is kind of like what he's asked to do. The analytics department in every team is so huge now. Motivate the guys, fill them with confidence. And that's his job. And that's exactly what he did. But I think a lot of Yankee fans really, it shined through in this moment. But I mean, he has six ejections now in one and a half seasons, which is more than Gerardi and Tori had. But for some reason, people like to think of Boone as this, you know, pushover that doesn't get angry. Well, he's getting angry enough. I don't know. But yes, the short answer is yes. I think the majority of Yankee fans do enjoy Boone more now. It was kind of heartwarming to see like Gaggy's fans on Twitter being like, you know what? We're in this together, right? It was great. Like, it never happened. Very funny thing to rally around. All right. So this is the real reason we brought you here. Obviously the line, savages in the box was just an amazing line. So bizarre, so specific. Such a great word that it's like, what is it? Okay. So what we asked you to do is put together the top three most savage in the box and least savage in the box. And so we're going to begin with the most. You gave us this earlier. We're gonna begin with number three, Brett Gardner. Why does he make your list at number three most savage in the box? Now, Brett Gardner sees a lot of pitches and you wouldn't, at this point, the common conception isn't that he's a savage in the box, but he sees a ton of pitches. He fouls off a ton of pitches. He's the one banging the helmets. He brings an intensity that you don't see often because it's kind of, you gotta be a little bit of a nut job and just the amount of pitches he sees, that's kind of what Boone's talking about. Control the zone, see pitches and when you get pitches do damage. He's having a great season so far. I kind of like throwing him on here because I didn't think a lot of people would expect me to throw him on here. He's also like a savage out of the box. Out of the box. And I would say he gets credit for having the vaniest forehead in America. Yes, I agree. Yeah. It looks like he's got a helmet on top. He looks like he's in a movie and he's wearing a bald cap. Yes. His head gets bigger than it should. He looks like his head, looks like Hugh Jackman's forearms in Wolverine. It's a mega mind situation. All right, number two, this one, we might disagree a little bit, but I can see what you're going with. Number two, you said DJ Lamehue. So explain this pick. DJ Lamehue with runners in scoring position this season, 435 batting average, 469 on base percentage, 1.104 OPS. You don't want to pitch to DJ and you don't know how to pitch to him because he doesn't care about launch angle and he doesn't care about your shift. So there's no real option to get around to him. You just gotta throw the ball and hope he doesn't hit it. Yeah. See, I think he's like an, I don't know if I would call him a sat. I would call him an artist. Like when I think of DJ Lamehue hitting, I think of like how like Roger Federer could just kind of like backspin crap, right? That's true. That's right. It's not because you think Sam is like, he's a monster, he's terrifying, but I do at this point, the numbers kind of speak for themselves. So I do understand that pick, but number one, I think this is who our pick would be too. Number one, you have Mr. Luke Boyd. Well, he proved it the very next day, right? Taking a 91 mile per hour fastball right to the face, staying in the game and just kind of just touching his face. Like, yeah, I definitely can't feel this right now. That's about as savage as you get. Also, it's all about controlling the zone. That's one of his other sayings. Boyd has so many walks and I mean, for a guy that to spend so much time in the minor leagues, never get a shot and then do what he's done with it, you got to have some resiliency and some savagery to do that. Agreed, no brainer, no brainer. Okay, but now this is what I'm most interested in. Now, quick disclaimer, before we get to the least savage Yankees, obviously Mr. John Boyd, you love all the Yankees. Yeah, this is a mean thing you're making me do. I know, it's a mean thing. I do want to be clear here. I have the exact, I wrote out the rant. I have it on a piece of paper right in front of me. We have it on a T-shirt if anyone's interested, line for line. There you go, there you go. He does not say, all my guys are savages in that box. He does not say all. He does not say R, which is most, right? Which is who I imagined. He was like, some of my guys. A large percentage. That's Brandon Hyde with the Orioles. He's like, I got like one or two guys who maybe are like, all right in the box. Okay, so look, again, we're not trying to hurt any feelings. There's a Yankees, they're going to be fine. But let's go to your list. Number three, Aaron Hicks. So why is Aaron Hicks a close to the least savage? Great player. This isn't about how good there is a player. Least savage, explain. Aaron Hicks is one of the few players in the MLB who swings less with the bases loaded than more. And that is his strategy. He's an on base guy. He picks and chooses his pitches and it works. It's kind of frustrating to watch. Sometimes I love Hicks, he's really good. But a savage swings with bases loaded. That's true. Doesn't look for walks. But he does lead the league, or he did, in RBI walks because he doesn't swing. Okay, but that's right. That's a different kind of savagery, but I agree with you. That's the kind of stuff that gets you right to Cooper stuff. RBI walks. Okay, number two, this one I think makes a little more sense, certainly based on the numbers. Yankee legend, honestly, at this point, Austin Romine. Yeah, I love Romine. Of course. So, Rove, you're watching just your savage in other ways. The bat isn't what you're here for, backup catcher. It's actually, he's been better of late. He's got a 578 OPS though. That's not savage. Pitch calling, the rest of the game, clubhouse presence, we'll give him that. With the bat in the box. Right, that's the thing. Not great. Exactly, we're talking about in the box. Who is a savage in the box? I would argue, the catcher's box is a box. That's a different box. Yeah, that's a different box. But now I gotta say something nice with runner's in scoring position, 739 OPS. There you go, Rove. Got to compliment you. Very good, good, good. This is a smart, very diplomatic Yankees man. But number one, this is hilarious and wonderful and true, Domingo Hermann. An AL pitcher, your correction, this 26 year old AL pitcher. Why is he the least savage Yankee in the box? Oh, for seven, six Ks. I mean, you're just gonna want to pitch to this guy, you guys gotta put it here. Let's take a look. Ooh, yeah, that's not, that's not the most savage at bat I've ever seen. Ooh, the butt-roddle play, yeah, that's not, ooh. Not intimidating anyone here. Oh, you missed, Jake missed that one. That was a tough swing, yeah. Real slash-bun, yep. Well, yeah, that's a good pick. I would argue, that's a good pick. That's hard to dispute. There's one you missed, I believe, Jordan. Terrence Gore. Oh, Terrence Gore. Yes, we haven't, we haven't seen him yet, we haven't seen him yet. Just you, just you wait. Well, we like our track stars in the minor leagues, I guess. That's true. And we know, we know, we know this. Terrence Gore, savage on the bases, fact. Oh yeah, he's gonna, he's gonna be a huge come September for us. Yes, oh, absolutely, absolutely. All right, Mr. John, but we gotta let you go. Thank you so much for joining us, talking Yankees podcast, talking baseball podcast, everything, go follow him on Twitter. Do it. He does wonderful stuff. Thank you for joining us. Let's grab a beer in person. Yes, yes. At some point as well. We will debate. We got it. DJ LeMayhew soon, IRL. Thank you, sir. We got more highlights for you.