 I guess we'll start with the Yankees because it was the Red Sox and they swept them cold beat them up really did Even yesterday where you figure out maybe this might be you know price actually pitched well against them in the postseason a little bit And it may be just like the Yankees salvage the one game in Boston that the Red Sox would salvage the game yesterday I think actually the Yankees were the with the underdog in the game because people kind of were like minded thinking the exact same thing but They just went out and they took care of business and I was I was talking with Peter We mentioned it in the soft open if you didn't know anything about the standings you listen to Yankee fans you would think Well, this team is probably barely hanging on Worried about them. I mean right now. They're pretty much tied percentage points with the Los Angeles Dodgers for the best record in baseball Best record in baseball with the lousy starting pitching with all the injuries that they've experienced So at what point does a Yankee fan just say listen? We can't do anything about the october We can't just make august and september disappear. We've got to play games until we get to october But why do we feel we're at this such a disadvantage? I understand that houston Did a great job improving their team by going out and getting zack cranky a team that was already a contender for the world series And vegas has them as the favorite But let's not just completely disregard the Yankees as having no shot. You're hearing that from people and we're done houston's gonna beat us But that's baseball susan once you get there. Who the heck knows I but this is a really really good baseball team And what do we throw out in sports all the time that we hear it? And it just becomes like a joke after a while all that team plays with heart. Of course they play with heart They play with a tremendous amount of heart. You don't think that heart's gonna mean something in the playoffs Tell me when the Yankees go away Even when their pitching is bad like it was in minnesota, didn't they find ways to win those games? Hang in those games because they've got the bats to do it So these guys will eventually get healthier and the pitching Clearly has to get better But peter why is it such a foregone conclusion that houston's winning the championship? Well, since when does that happen that a baseball team makes a deal at the deadline and it's Oh, well They're gonna win the championship. How often does the opposite happen? My only concern is playing bizarre in bizarre world me playing the the devil's advocate of Concerned Yankees fans is at some point During the playoffs, can you hold up if these things continue to happen? Yes, it has worked out all year and it's been incredible And I think erin boon doesn't get nearly enough credit for what he's done with this baseball team in spite of injury after injury But don't we know everything's different in the playoffs everything feels different So They need pitching to be available. They need severino to be available. I think that's of critical importance And also you just It depends what bat you end up missing and based on the way things have gone There is a chance that when they get there, they'll be missing someone critical Do we know where stan is going to be when he comes back? We don't not that we know what sevby is going to be when he comes back. Um, so from that perspective, I understand being Frightened, but guess what? You're not supposed to go into the playoffs knowing that you're winning the world series. That's not how it works But let's not make the regular season completely meaningless. Okay It means something. It's a huge sample. I mean, how many games have they played over 100 games 110 game? That's enough of a sample. Well, you know what? It's tough to win when you know, it's tough to win a championship when you have injuries You know, it's tough to win a championship when your rotation is not great It's tough to win championships when you're missing like a botanist there on the bullpen It's tough to do this. It's tough to do that. Oh, by the way, all those things have happened to them And they're one of the best teams in baseball We're not talking about a 500 team like the Mets are a 500 team. We'll see what they end up doing They're a game above a game under 500 trying to battle to make the playoffs. That's not the Yankees All right, the Yankees have handled all of their misfortune all the things that you're concerned about and spun it into one of the Best teams in baseball. So why can't that be spun into a championship? They're 39 and 14 against their own division Which is a pretty good division Red Sox are the defending champions raised 190 games last year And they beat those those guys up when they play them So I know the postseason is a different animal and it's kind of a crapshoot I get it and houston deserves to be the favorite. I understand that But there's got to be some value to a team that has faced all the adversity they have faced and they survive it Now one player that they have lost has hurt them in the standings The rotation stinking has not hurt them in the standings. That's pretty incredible stuff. That's heady stuff And to me no, they deserve you deserve to take a moment to appreciate I just think that and I think all those things have value When it comes to winning a championship, what do you need? What do we talk about with the analytics all the time problem with the analytics? It doesn't tell you about heart doesn't tell you about clutch That's something that this yankee team has that can be applied to the postseason when they're trying to win their championship