Voicemails: Magic #1, Clay Holmes Stinks, Aaron Boone's Future

[@retrotony4119]

2001 World Series Mr November game 4, was by far the greatest game I ever seen live at the old stadium. Tino Martinez tied it in the 9th and when he hit that homer I swear the whole stadium shook. Then Jeter walked it off. What made this even more memorable for me, I was sitting in the bleachers and there was a family in front of us who had lost a loved one the day of 9/11. There was a boy with his mom and he was in tears most of the night. if you all can remember that game was over for the Yanks until that 9th inning. When Tino hit that homer that kid was jumping up and down with pure joy. People were giving him high 5s and at least for that moment he didn’t think about what had happened to him and his family. That made me feel that things were going to be ok as well. What a game that was.

[@BD4pod]

Stanton's having a good season.

[@jimchadwick2738]

Yankees would have won 100 games and clinched a week ago if not for Holmes' many blown saves.

[@sammycg]

And a few Torres errors late in the innings.

[@fishinghuntingfool]

Josh Hader! Was the answer but no Cashman was content with Holmes

[@chrisbalseiro1505]

If my aunt had a penis she be my uncle 😂 it’s baseball bro shit happens

[@Imagemike2]

@@fishinghuntingfool20/20 hindsight, Weaver-Hader would be lockdown. Damn!

[@jamesdime6865]

Hard to imagine there are 6 games left. We take the season for granted. 162 games flies by like a blur.

[@garywanamaker2253]

Been blessed living in NYC as a kid. Saw Reggie 3 home run WS game Dave Rigeggti no hitter and pine tar game

[@Deeschannel140]

Great content as usual! Love tuning in everyday for your voicemails and recaps!

[@gregpetridis3762]

Flash poll: Clay Holmes or Tim Mayza? Weeks ago, I would have easily said Holmes, but now I am leaning toward Mayza.

[@richardlee9184]

It feels good to be a Yankee fan again. God knows we watched those awful June / July games or recaps, so it's just baseball. Let's keep the momentum up make it 28.

[@Requinix17]

It's time for postseason vibes people. There's a time for dunking on Hal/Cashman/Boone but it's not now.

[@jerseyjoe1677]

First of all incredible idea of using Clay Holmes up to save the bullpen. We all should give Gleyber Torres a little love don’t forget, he carried his team the second half of last year. And in my opinion, it was all in his head, then finally decided to sit him. I guess it woke something up in him because he has the skills. If I was him, I would work on one thing he hast to get rid of the ball quicker as we all know. He holds onto the ball for a split second longer than he hast to and with the challenges it cost outs. I would offer him if he’s continues to play well a one year contract at a reduced rate. If he wants to be a Yankee, he’ll take it. He probably won’t, but I believe it’s been all between his ears.

[@Referee583]

We might pull it off tomorrow night!! I’ll be at the game to ensure they win! LoL

[@Sinister-cx6um]

U go, Boyz, close it out!!!

[@ctcards2636]

A month ago, i did NOT expect us to win this div. O's seemed like they were not gonna let go of the div lead. But a lot can happen in a month as we all know.

[@ctcards2636]

Oh and Holmes... what can i say.... Id love to NOT see him on the playoff roster. I think there is NO good place to put him in a game. Yesterday in 1/3 ip. One hit, One walk and one Strike out. Luckily Boone took him out in time and we got Weaver in to clean up Holmes mess. Weaver def showed Holmes how ya do it yesterday !

[@PinstripeTerritory]

I’m amazed how hard the Orioles have crashed

[@susanmenegus5543]

​@@PinstripeTerritoryI agree with you 💯 I'm shocked they crashed out like they did.

[@susanmenegus5543]

Go Yankees 🗽🗽🗽

[@waynej2608]

I would certainly hope that Weaver is our closer going forward. Perhaps Boone will make the 'annointment' soon. Losing Cousins is tough, but Hill and Hamilton seem like solid set-up men. Side note- I didn't realize that Luke Weaver was 31 yrs old. He looks more like 21! 😅 It's all good. We're fortunate to have 'Cool Hand Luke' saving games! Ty, Derek! Go, Yankees!

[@OldWorldNewYork]

Your Nostraderek background music kind of sounds like the background music from that Seinfeld episode in the scene where Kramer was walking down the street looking like a pimp !! 😅😅 Awesome show as always brother youre the best at what you do!

The playoff roster construction will be interesting. Yankees are near full strength health wise.

[@gregpetridis3762]

Soto's attitude of wanting to play every day rubs off on the other players. And I have to give credit to Gleyber Torres for that, as well. As much as I don't really like Gleyber Torres, he plays EVERY day and never goes on the IL.

[@OroborusFMA]

I like your idea for Holmes. Use him in the Pittsburg series after they clinch. He's been giving up frozen ropes all year, even when he was pitching "good". If he can figure out what's wrong we can use him. But right now - he's batting practice but he walks people too.

[@fernandovargas5453]

Use Holmes as much as possible to clean the bathroom

[@jerseyjoe1677]

Love it

[@nicholasgigliotti8899]

Yankee fans need to understand we need Clay Holmes to be an asset. We shouldn’t be rooting for his downfall just because we didn’t like him as the closer.

[@PinstripeTerritory]

No one is rooting for his downfall, we just want them off the team because he stinks

[@TRivera13]

Can't trust the guy with even a 5 run lead. His only way to being an asset is that he can come in for garbage time innings. But how many of those innings are expected in the playoffs?

[@fishinghuntingfool]

No no we don’t!😡🤬🤬

[@garycooper5645]

Derek,who do you have as your starters in the playoffs?Cole,Rodon,Gil?With Nestor and Schmidt available for long relief?

[@davidlawrence8051]

I think Soto and the yankees get a deal done. Going to the padres probably made him realize that clubhouse chemistry is a big deal. They didn't have it there but they have it here. He is a big part of it too. I've kind of been critical of judges leadership style because I feel like he should be a little more confrontational at times. But the truth is even if he isn't the he is welcoming to the guys who come here no matter who they are. In today's game that means alot.

[@maxdubs222]

Tbh the Yankees got really lucky that Baltimore couldn’t capitalize on the Yankees mid season struggles. But I’m not mad at it as a Yankees fan living in Maryland seeing all the O’s fans so disappointed after talking so much shit

[@marcosc7375]

At least if the Yankees can win 3 out of 6…you have the number 1 seeding throughout the AL. Now being more aggressive hopefully they can keep winning to get it even to the World Series where hopefully we can make it. Have better records than the dodgers. The Yankees will have plenty of rest after the regular season. Go for it hard.

[@JoVatore]

2008 was one of my favorite teams ever. I watched every game. No playoffs but giambi stache n Bobby Abreu was there. It was a fun season. final year at the stadium. The derby n all star game. It was a fun fun year. Despite the no October

[@pabblo101]

Holmes was going for the record if Boone didn't take him out yesterday

[@SamDustin0077]

IKF > Clay Holmes

[@arothman1235]

There is no way the Yankees let Soto leave in FA!! I know everyone says that the Mets are going to outbid the Yankees blah blah but I don't think Soto cares only about money he wants to win! I just don't see how the Mets give him the best chance to win! Yankees give more than just winning they give him Judge, give him a winning culture, and the notoriety that comes with being a Yankee. Also how can the Mets sell the team to Soto when they aren't necessarily going to pay Alonso what does that say about loyalty Alonso is considered by many to be the face of the Mets. What kind of look is that! I'm not sold Soto to the Yankees 10 years 575 million!

[@gregpetridis3762]

You don't think there's any chance that Boone gets fired if the Yankees get bounced out of the playoffs very early?

[@PinstripeTerritory]

Nope

[@Dcucch86]

Sorry I love your prediction personally, but you know since it's a big game Dominguez will be on the bench in favor of Verdugo 😢

[@TRivera13]

I think Soto re-signs.

[@PinstripeTerritory]

Hope so.

[@mattharmon7924]

Holmes needs to go

[@frankmarzella]

Clay Holmes always sucked. Be so glad to be rid of him. Would love to see him pitch for a contender facing the Yankees. 🙂

[@EagleS197]

Yanks had a good year almost can say great year. But, there style of play has me wondering why the team has such boring games. Teams with less wins seem more exciting. Is it Boone>?? Is the style of play Cashman wants? Yanks have had 20 maybe 25 exciting games to date. The rest were typical ho hum snooze fests. No steals, no extra bases on a hit to the outfield, no 6 or 7 player offensive attacks in an inning. Just love the wins dislike the boring style of play. Judges HR's seem routine even he isn't excited about them it seems.SMH. Lose Boone the team will exhibit more excitement IMO.

[@JoVatore]

I promise I'm not trolling, this may be dumb, but seriously why not clay as an opener

[@PinstripeTerritory]

It’s generally not good to be down 2-0 in the first inning. 😂

[@JoVatore]

@@PinstripeTerritory lmao I honestly think no pressure he's good idk. Had a 0 era for awhile

[@gregpetridis3762]

@@JoVatore an opener has pressure. No pressure is like a 10 to 1 game, and if it's 10 to 1, I have no problem if they pitch holmes.

[@JoVatore]

@@gregpetridis3762 that's fair

[@Music--ng8cd]

@@JoVatore He had a zero ERA but he still let inherited runners score - 28 so far this season.

[@Trailblazer162]

This pathetic team can't win a single game against the Orioles. None of this matter when they will just lose the ALCS if they even make it....

[@melvinhernandez5021]

I agree that the Yankees are not going to fire Aaron Boone and it’s the same reason they won’t get rid of Cashman. Hal does not care about winning like his dad did. If I was the manager for the Yankees I would also have a winning team 😭 Aaron Boone is a clown brother. He has no backbone and lets players run the club. It’s not hard to win when you have the highest payroll. With Aaron Judge and Juan Soto carrying your squad. All Aaron Boone does is let them play, anytime they are struggling he does not fire them up either. Aaron Boone reminds me of that one boss everyone loves but anytime crap hits the fan no one has his back because they have all became lazy.

[@JoVatore]

13:43 i agree on this list.

[@Deeschannel140]

Great content as usual! Love tuning in everyday for your voicemails and recaps!