The Yankees dropped game 1 in Houston and struck out 17 times. Matt Carpenter and Josh Donaldson should not be in the lineup right now. And two innings of Clarke Schmidt in relief didn’t make sense. Jerry starts with play by play sound from last night’s Yankees loss to the Astros. We heard from Aaron Boone, Aaron Judge and Justin Verlander. The Phillies/Padres game featured Nola vs Nola as brothers faced off. It reminds Gio of A League of Their Own. The Knicks lost their season opener to the Grizzlies. Boomer wonders why we don’t seem to have quality control at WFAN. That is supposed to be Dov’s job. TNF tonight is Cardinals/Saints and Deandre Hopkins returns from suspension. Mike Tomlin will not confirm or deny a locker room scuffle between Mitch Trubisky and Dionte Johnson. Tua blacked out from his concussion during the game. Russell Wilson says he heals quickly because of wolverine blood. In the final segment of the hour, we take calls from Yankees fans. We wonder why Clarke Schmidt was sent out there for a second inning of relief.
Boomer says if the Yankees win it will be in 7 games, if the Astros win it will be in 6 or less. We take calls from angry Yankees fans talking about their anemic playoff offense. The callers don’t seem to like Josh Donaldson. A caller says this is ‘one big combination of anger and hatred’. Jerry returns for an update with audio from last night’s Yankees loss to the Astros. Suzyn Waldman has a funny response to Pena’s HR. The Yankees struck out 17 times last night. Harrison Bader hit another playoff HR in the loss. The Padres scored six unanswered runs over the Phillies. The Knicks and Nets both lost their season openers last night. The Arizona Cardinals get Deandre Hopkins back for tonight’s game against the Saints. Mike Tomlin wants winners. Tua talks about his concussion against the Bengals. In the final segment of the hour, should the Yankees be pitching Gerrit Cole tonight since it’s a game they clearly need? We talked about how we would fill out the Yankees lineup for tonight. Boomer wonders if we will see Clarke Schmidt again in this series.
The Yankees couldn’t even get a fly ball to score a run last night. 17 strikeouts by the Yankees was maddening. We took calls from frustrated Yankees fans who are not happy with Boone for playing Carpenter and Donaldson. Jerry returns for an update and Boomer says Jerry’s upset because nobody is editing audio for him. Boomer says there is no quality control here. We have audio from John & Suzyn from last night’s Yankees loss to the Astros. Matt Carpenter struck out 4 times and tells us what Verlander did well. The Knicks lost their season opener to the Grizzlies. The Nets lost as well. Jerry has audio of Steph Curry screaming at home as he watches his buddy Damion Lee of the Suns. In the final segment of the hour, Boomer says there’s no Yankee juice right now.
With the Yankees striking out 17 times last night, Boomer wonders what the record is in a playoff game. A Yankee fan calls in to say they are a fraud team. We need the sports Gods to come through tonight for the Yankees as it’s Mickey Mantle’s birthday. Boomer has a Mantle jersey and isn’t sure if he should put it on. Jerry returns for his final update of the day but first Boomer puts on a Mickey Mantle Yankees jersey. Jerry has the Astros go ahead HR as called by John Sterling. Jerry has a clip of a reporter asking a very long question to Bill Belichick. Russell Wilson’s hamstring is healing quickly due to his Wolverine blood. In the final segment of the show, we talk to Dov Kramer about quality control issues at WFAN when it comes to cutting up audio.