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We are back! Back from our three-week hiatus and back with Knicks basketball! Last night, the Knicks took down the Celtics 114-107 in a close battle all the way through. We break down this year's first look at the Knicks and discuss some storylines to follow early on.

NYY-NYK-MMA Question of the Day: Which big man who played for the Knicks from 2015-2018 is currently top-10 in franchise history for blocks?

0:00 Intro

3:25 Game Recap & Thoughts

6:48 Quickley Playing With Purpose $$$

10:46 The Big Three Looked Good

17:06 Getting Grimes Involved More

19:39 An Evan Fournier Cameo!

22:08 The Dual-Big Lineup Must Go

26:14 Will Thibs Ever Go To A 10-Man?

33:39 NYY-NYK-MMA Question Of The Day

34:39 Outro

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This is our last episode of the season! We will be on hiatus in the next two to three weeks. Thank you all for sticking with me. In this show we recap the Jays series, talk about a pet peeve of mine with sports fans, play pass or fail with Volpe's rookie season, talk about the offseason some more, the outfield, and more!

NYY-NYK-MMA Question of the Day: In 1989, which Yankee set a franchise record for singles by a second baseman with 171?

0:00 Last Episode Of The Season

5:06 Intro

7:20 Injury Stuff

8:26 Game 1 Recap & Thoughts

12:33 Game 2 Recap & Thoughts

18:25 Game 3 Recap & Thoughts

21:28 Tip Of The Cap (Lineup): Aaron Judge

22:48 Tip Of The Cap (Rotation): Gerrit Cole

26:19 Tip Of The Cap (Bullpen): Greg Weissert

27:56 Volpe's Rookie Season Pass Or Fail?

34:56 Analytics Audit

40:58 The 2024 Outfield

50:43 Trade Clarke Schmidt?

56:05 NYY-NYK-MMA Question Of The Day

57:00 Outro

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October is very close! Training camp is in two weeks, preseason is after that, and then we finally hit the 2023-24 NBA season, which is about a month from now. In this show we discuss a few popular individual storylines. We talk more on Quickley's contract situation, discuss how CBS may have just UNDERRATED Julius Randle, get into the shooting concerns regarding DiVincenzo, and then touch on Evan Fournier's situation. We also go over the Knicks' size problem, Leon's media availability, the NBA's new load management policy, and more.

NYY-NYK-MMA Question of the Day: Which team did Dave DeBusschere coach after his playing career with the Knicks?

0:00 Intro

2:59 New NBA Load Management Policy

8:12 Knicks Press Availability

13:03 Upcoming Dates

14:22 Roster & Rotation

16:55 The Knicks Are Undersized

22:51 DiVincenzo Shooting Concerns?

28:32 CBS Sports Top-100 NBA Players

36:12 Quickley Still Not Extended

41:15 Fournier Still Here

43:09 DraftKings Futures

52:34 NYY-NYK-MMA Question Of The Day

53:44 Outro

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The Yankees took only two against the Pirates if you're still doing the delusional. But in this episode, we talk Gleyber Torres' contract situation, Carlos Rodon's recent stretch, potential plans for Estevan Florial, and more!

NYY-NYK-MMA Question of the Day: Which 1940s and '50s Yankees infielder went on to serve as American League president from '84 to '94?

0:00 Intro

2:17 PODCAST UPDATE!!!

4:47 How About Them G-Men?!

7:24 More Injury Stuff

8:58 The Yankees Are NOT Making The Playoffs

14:13 Game 1 Recap & Thoughts

19:40 Game 2 Recap & Thoughts

22:15 Game 3 Recap & Thoughts

26:23 Will Gleyber Get Extended?

35:59 Florial In Or Out Of Yankees' Future Plans?

38:28 Oswaldo Has Found A Nice Groove

41:36 Volpe Continues To Struggle

46:41 Tip Of The Cap (Lineup): DJ LeMahieu

50:13 Tip Of The Cap (Rotation): Carlos Rodon

52:20 Tip Of The Cap (Bullpen): Clay Holmes

54:06 NYY-NYK-MMA Question Of The Day

55:24 Outro

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We go over the two Fenway double-headers, talk pitching, rookies, injuries, the Yankee brass, and more.

NYY-NYK-MMA Question of the Day: Name the three Yankees who homered consecutively in Game 1 of the '97 ALDS.

0:00 Intro

2:05 Dominguez Booked For Surgery Next Week

3:58 Elbow Inflammation For Loaisiga

6:11 Red Sox Fire Chaim Bloom

9:29 Yanks-Sox Rivalry Dead Or On Pause?

13:19 Game 1 Recap & Thoughts

15:40 Game 2 Recap & Thoughts

19:50 Game 3 Recap & Thoughts

21:47 Game 4 Recap & Thoughts

25:17 Schmidt For Verdugo?!

28:18 King Makes Another Encouraging Start

30:55 Peraza Showing Promise

33:05 The Other Kids Aren't Hitting

35:45 Are Yankees Fans Brainwashed?

41:28 Tip Of The Cap (Lineup): DJ LeMahieu

43:14 Tip Of The Cap (Rotation): Carlos Rodon

46:19 Tip Of The Cap (Bullpen): Tommy Kahnle

46:56 The MLB Should Take Notes From The NBA

49:29 NYY-NYK-MMA Question Of The Day

50:38 Outro

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Grading the 2023 Yankees So Far

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The Yankees were rained out tonight and moved to tomorrow where they're scheduled for a doubleheader to open up a series at Fenway. Who cares? Tonight, we discuss more Dominguez, what to do to short-term/long-term, and go over potential outfield targets like Bellinger, Hoo Lee, and Soto. Later we get into another recent report regarding the Yankees and Yamamoto.

**Apologies for the muted mic around the 35:00 mark**

NYY-NYK-MMA Question of the Day: Which Yankee was the only player to ever hit a grand slam in Game 7 of a World Series?

0:00 Remembering 9/11

4:00 Intro

5:20 Dominguez Torn UCL

16:30 Who Plays Center Field Next Year?

27:03 Yanks To Pay Yamamoto Big Bucks?

33:58 NYY-NYK-MMA Question Of The Day

35:02 Outro

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The Yankees lost Dominguez for this and probably most of next year and we are sad. We talk about what it means, and also touch on Volpe's ups and downs, King's ceiling as a starter, Old-Timers' Day, recap the Brewers series, and more.

**APOLOGIES for poor audio + long stretches of silence. Screwed up editing and in process of switching mics. Just use timestamps below.**

NYY-NYK-MMA Question of the Day: Alongside Jasson Dominguez, who was the only other Yankee to hit at least three home runs in his first five games w/ the team?

0:00 Intro

1:49 I AM NOT A FOOTBALL FAN!

5:53 Strickland Defeats Izzy!

11:06 Old-Timers' Day

17:08 Game 1 Recap & Thoughts

19:39 Game 2 Recap & Thoughts

24:05 Game 3 Recap & Thoughts

28:55 Dominguez Tears UCL

36:06 Volpe & DJ Aren't Hitting Again

41:35 Yankees Scout Yamamoto

43:15 How Legit Is King As A Starter?

47:42 Tip Of The Cap (Lineup): Aaron Judge

48:02 Tip Of The Cap (Rotation): Gerrit Cole

49:15 Tip Of The Cap (Bullpen): Wandy Peralta

50:22 NYY-NYK-MMA Question Of The Day

51:09 Outro

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Did I just have fun in a meaningless series? I think I did. In this episode we talk all about the kids. From The Martian's debut to more. We get into the Houston series, some more offseason stuff, concerns about Rodon, and lots more.

NYY-NYK-MMA Question of the Day: Which Yankee legend holds the all-time record for home runs by a switch hitter?

0:00 Intro

2:38 Game 1 Recap & Thoughts

7:41 Game 2 Recap & Thoughts

13:02 Game 3 Recap & Thoughts

17:10 Astroids Fan Goes Viral On SNB

19:22 The Baby Bombers Are Thriving

24:14 The Yankees Aren't Off The Hook

32:20 Worried About Rodon

37:12 Tip Of The Cap (Lineup): Jasson Dominguez

39:41 Tip Of The Cap (Rotation): Michael King

41:03 Tip Of The Cap (Bullpen): Clay Holmes

41:40 I Like Brito In Relief

43:26 NYY-NYK-MMA Question Of The Day

44:20 Outro

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Grading the 2023 Yankees So Far

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Taking three of four is usually something we care about, but we have more important things to discuss in this one! We briefly run through the Tigers series, but then get to the Martian promotion, Martino's report on Boone, Donaldson & Bader, the Yankees being open to shaking up their philosophy, Holmes' closer role, and more! I can finally say I am excited again (to a degree ofc).

NYY-NYK-MMA Question of the Day: How many times did George Steinbrenner fire Billy Martin?

0:00 Intro

2:29 Game 1 Recap & Thoughts

4:49 Game 2 Recap & Thoughts

6:34 Game 3 Recap & Thoughts

8:36 Game 4 Recap & Thoughts

11:43 Boone Returning?

16:20 Donaldson & Bader Are Gone

21:41 Dominguez & Wells Are Here

34:55 Yanks To Evaluate Their Philosophy?

40:25 Tip Of The Cap (Lineup): Anthony Volpe

45:25 Tip Of The Cap (Rotation): Luis Severino

48:17 Tip Of The Cap (Bullpen): Ian Hamilton

49:01 Should Holmes Be Moved Off Closer?

53:52 Progress Reports

58:28 NYY-NYK-MMA Question Of The Day

59:19 Outro

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Grading the 2023 Yankees So Far

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Another series loss for the Yanks. This weekend they dropped two of three at The Trop. Who cares, though, honestly? In this episode, we discuss the series, the rotation concerns, Cole's Cy Young candidacy, and Japanese star Yoshinobu Yamamoto. We also get into the excitement in the Yankee farm system and examine how the big league rookies look so far, too. Also, did DJ LeMahieu rediscover himself, or is it just a random hot streak?

NYY-NYK-MMA Question of the Day: Which 1940s Yankees outfielder had the famous nickname "King Kong"?

0:00 Intro

2:58 Game 1 Recap & Thoughts

5:44 Game 2 Recap & Thoughts

9:34 Game 3 Recap & Thoughts

20:00 Josh Donaldson Returning?

22:29 Yoshinobu Yamamoto

32:43 Noise In The Farm System

39:55 Big League Kids Showing Signs

46:18 Tip Of The Cap (Lineup): DJ LeMahieu

50:29 Tip Of The Cap (Rotation): Gerrit Cole

52:22 Tip Of The Cap (Bullpen): Jonathan Loaisiga

53:35 NYY-NYK-MMA Question Of The Day

54:22 Outro

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Grading the 2023 Yankees So Far

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