1 00:00:26,560 --> 00:00:29,360 What's going on everybody? BT unleashed a special version, 2 00:00:29,360 --> 00:00:32,560 a little special edition. It's cold outside, it's snowing. 3 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:34,640 So I'm going to warm things up here with some new content. 4 00:00:34,640 --> 00:00:38,440 I'm going to do the all time my old time New York Yankee lineup 5 00:00:38,440 --> 00:00:41,840 from 1984. Two stipulations, obviously, one 6 00:00:41,840 --> 00:00:45,320 of which I just said you had to play for the Yankees from 1980 7 00:00:45,320 --> 00:00:49,160 or beyond and you had to play for at least one year at for 8 00:00:49,160 --> 00:00:52,600 more than one year. So Juan Soto not eligible. 9 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:54,640 All right, that's the objective there. 10 00:00:54,640 --> 00:00:57,680 One through 9 take you around the diamond, we've got ADH and 11 00:00:57,680 --> 00:01:00,800 obviously I'm going to try to get the best combination of 12 00:01:01,040 --> 00:01:05,120 hitting prowess and speed and IQ and try to really get this to 13 00:01:05,160 --> 00:01:08,080 mesh defensively as well. So with that being said, if 14 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:11,280 you're looking for a lead off hitter for my post 1980s old 15 00:01:11,280 --> 00:01:13,920 time Yankee lineup, why not start with the greatest lead off 16 00:01:13,920 --> 00:01:14,920 hitter in the history of baseball? 17 00:01:14,920 --> 00:01:17,080 There's no other way to go. I don't care what team you 18 00:01:17,080 --> 00:01:18,320 doing. I don't care what you talking 19 00:01:18,320 --> 00:01:22,320 about what generation. The answer obviously is Ricky 20 00:01:22,320 --> 00:01:24,360 Henderson. Ricky Henderson's my lead off 21 00:01:24,360 --> 00:01:26,200 guy. So what I'm going to do for each 22 00:01:26,200 --> 00:01:29,600 one of the these players, I, I went back and I picked their 23 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:32,560 best year with the Yankees. So as I look at Ricky, and of 24 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:35,320 course we all know Ricky, you know, just a broad snapshot. 25 00:01:35,320 --> 00:01:37,760 Greatest lead off hitter, 1,000,000 steals power. 26 00:01:37,960 --> 00:01:40,280 But I'm going to actually go to Ricky's 85 season with the 27 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:42,960 Yankees, his first year with the pinstripers, right third of the 28 00:01:42,960 --> 00:01:49,080 MVP voting. 9.9 WAR, stole any bases, had 146 runs scored, many 29 00:01:49,080 --> 00:01:50,920 of which, by the way, came from Don Mattingly. 30 00:01:50,920 --> 00:01:52,520 We'll see if Donnie gets any love here. 31 00:01:52,840 --> 00:01:56,720 I'm pretty sure that he will. 314 batting average Ricky, he 32 00:01:56,720 --> 00:01:58,440 had and he also had 24 home runs. 33 00:01:58,440 --> 00:02:01,960 So while Ricky was looking to get on base and he obviously 34 00:02:01,960 --> 00:02:05,600 with that Crouch and that that really tough, tough stance that 35 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:07,960 was hard on pitchers to manipulate the strike zone. 36 00:02:08,240 --> 00:02:09,840 He was he was cool taking his walks. 37 00:02:09,840 --> 00:02:13,240 But with that power, you know, you leave something over the 38 00:02:13,240 --> 00:02:15,320 heart of the plate and Ricky jumps on it. 39 00:02:15,320 --> 00:02:17,200 Ricky had that pop to send the deep as well. 40 00:02:17,200 --> 00:02:22,840 So five years with the Yankees, 85, just about 585 through most 41 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:25,160 of 1989. Greatest little pitter of all 42 00:02:25,160 --> 00:02:27,520 time sets the tone. So now the questions. 43 00:02:27,520 --> 00:02:31,120 We move from the lead off man to the number two spot and what am 44 00:02:31,120 --> 00:02:33,240 I looking for? I'm looking for a high contact 45 00:02:33,240 --> 00:02:34,640 rate. I'm looking for a high average. 46 00:02:34,640 --> 00:02:35,920 I'm looking for somebody who can run. 47 00:02:35,920 --> 00:02:37,760 I'm looking for somebody whose clutch. 48 00:02:37,760 --> 00:02:41,120 I'm looking for somebody who has a propensity to go the other way 49 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:43,280 to set up those first and 3rd situations. 50 00:02:43,280 --> 00:02:47,240 That somebody, of course, the great Derek Jeter #2 plain 51 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:49,920 shortstop right there. So with Jeter, I'm going to go 52 00:02:49,920 --> 00:02:54,120 to 1999 and take that season where Derek finished sixth in 53 00:02:54,120 --> 00:03:00,280 the MVP, had a healthy WAR of 8, banged out 219 hits, batted 349. 54 00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:04,880 Derek Jeter did with a 990 OPS and scored 134 runs. 55 00:03:05,080 --> 00:03:08,400 Hall of Famer, rookie of the year, 1414 time All Star. 56 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:11,280 And you look at I mean, it's it's it's really amazing if you 57 00:03:11,280 --> 00:03:14,480 think about trying to navigate these first time, these first 58 00:03:14,480 --> 00:03:16,440 two spots in the order you got Ricky. 59 00:03:16,440 --> 00:03:18,080 We know what Ricky represents now. 60 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:21,480 You got Jeter with basically 3500 hits and his clutch and his 61 00:03:21,480 --> 00:03:23,520 solid. He could even drop down a bun. 62 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:26,560 Obviously hit the other way, as I said, which sets up the Table 63 00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:29,840 4, the number 3 hitter, and I'm looking for somebody with juice. 64 00:03:29,840 --> 00:03:32,120 Obviously somebody's not going to strike out a ton. 65 00:03:32,360 --> 00:03:36,640 And you know it's going to be my guy #23 vintage, healthy, pre 66 00:03:36,640 --> 00:03:39,920 back injury, that guy, Donnie Baseball and what now? 67 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:43,440 I could have gone it with 86 when Mattingly should have won 68 00:03:43,440 --> 00:03:45,560 the MVP and he finished second to Rodger Clemens. 69 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:48,720 I could have got 84. His first real full season when 70 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:51,920 he won the batting title. I'm going to settle on 1985 when 71 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:55,720 he won the MVP and he had a WAR over six, won his first Gold 72 00:03:55,720 --> 00:03:58,680 Glove, had 211 hits. And by the way, look at this. 73 00:03:58,880 --> 00:04:05,400 Mattingly led the league, right, 48 double SA, 145 RB is and also 74 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:07,560 led the league in 370 total bases. 75 00:04:07,560 --> 00:04:10,800 Oh yeah, by the way, if you try to get cute with Donnie, there's 76 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:13,760 35 home runs for you, 324 average. 77 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:18,160 And just, I mean, the thing that makes this incredible for me is 78 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:23,560 that in 1985, Mattingly struck out 41 times. 79 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:26,040 So you got Ricky on base running wild. 80 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:28,600 You got Jeter getting fastballs cuz they're trying to throw 81 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:30,960 Ricky out stealing and Derek do whatever he does. 82 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:34,000 And then when that doesn't really work out, you have a guy, 83 00:04:34,320 --> 00:04:37,200 you know, pre back injury coming up, basically a modern stand 84 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:40,520 usual with one or two guys on the palm getting fastballs. 85 00:04:40,840 --> 00:04:46,120 Don Mattingly #3 Ricky Jeter, Mattingly, which now sets it up 86 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:48,120 too. And this is the easiest call of 87 00:04:48,120 --> 00:04:49,920 the day for me. I said, well, Ricky's pretty 88 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:53,400 easy as well #4 the great Aaron Judge. 89 00:04:53,400 --> 00:04:56,920 So Ricky, let's deal with that. Let's, you know, let's deal with 90 00:04:56,920 --> 00:04:59,040 Jeets, let's deal with vintage Mattingly. 91 00:04:59,040 --> 00:05:02,160 And Oh yeah, by the way, now you have to feed Judge fastballs 92 00:05:02,160 --> 00:05:03,520 because there's everybody on base. 93 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:07,560 And I'm going to go with Aaron's 2022 season where you had a WAR 94 00:05:07,560 --> 00:05:10,680 of 10.8 and he won the MVP. We all know that, right? 95 00:05:10,960 --> 00:05:14,200 But listen to these categories that he led the league in runs, 96 00:05:14,280 --> 00:05:20,920 home runs, RBISOPS plus was 210, which is freakishly good. 391 97 00:05:20,920 --> 00:05:24,880 total bases, 111 walks. Obviously a Canon in right 98 00:05:24,880 --> 00:05:29,000 field, A+ defender. So we will just very seamlessly 99 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:33,520 go from Ricky to Jeter to Mattingly to Aaron Judge. 100 00:05:33,520 --> 00:05:36,520 Three time MVP could have had a fourth that the Astros didn't 101 00:05:36,520 --> 00:05:37,520 cheat. I'm sure he's going to get 102 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:39,480 another one before it's all said and done. 103 00:05:39,680 --> 00:05:44,000 Now we've got the 1st 4 hitters set up for my all time 19 post 104 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:47,120 1980s Yankees lineup. What about the five spot? 105 00:05:47,480 --> 00:05:49,280 And it's funny, I thought about this. 106 00:05:49,280 --> 00:05:52,440 I'm like, OK, I, I know the, I know this guy's on my team. 107 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:54,880 I know he's going to be prominently featuring the order. 108 00:05:54,880 --> 00:05:58,240 I thought around, I thought, and I thought, maybe mess around and 109 00:05:58,240 --> 00:06:01,880 put this guy #2 instead and maybe put Jeter at the bottom, 110 00:06:01,880 --> 00:06:03,080 kind of have a second lead off hitter. 111 00:06:03,080 --> 00:06:07,760 Instead, I'm going a rob number 5 right behind Aaron Judge, 112 00:06:07,760 --> 00:06:09,640 third base. Alex Rodriguez. 113 00:06:09,880 --> 00:06:12,240 Let's go back to the 2007 season. 114 00:06:12,520 --> 00:06:17,920 Alex led the league in WAR runs, homers, ribbies also at 24 115 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:22,880 steals had 376 total bases OPS. Think about think about this. 116 00:06:22,880 --> 00:06:28,840 He had 54 home runs and 156 RBI's and his OPS plus was 176. 117 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:32,120 Think about the OPS plus number I just gave you for Aaron Judge 118 00:06:32,480 --> 00:06:34,960 210. I mean think about that also 119 00:06:34,960 --> 00:06:38,440 Alex did hit 314 that year three time MVP. 120 00:06:38,640 --> 00:06:41,600 Obviously I had some issues with the with the with the steroids, 121 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:45,680 but Alex to me behind Aaron Judge, but he was still can move 122 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:49,680 a little bit still, you know, fairly young ball player Alex 123 00:06:49,680 --> 00:06:52,200 Rodriguez in the number 5 spot. Now. 124 00:06:52,640 --> 00:06:55,360 I'm not, it's changed over the years. 125 00:06:55,360 --> 00:06:57,640 I don't get overly worked up with like, you know, you can 126 00:06:57,640 --> 00:06:59,000 have two or three lefties in a row. 127 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:01,200 I don't really believe in that. Especially somebody like 128 00:07:01,200 --> 00:07:03,480 Mattingly who's not going to strike out at all, guys like 129 00:07:03,480 --> 00:07:05,320 that. But if I could find a switch 130 00:07:05,320 --> 00:07:08,560 hitter who obviously fits the criteria to supplement and 131 00:07:08,560 --> 00:07:13,400 compliment this entire lineup here, well, to me, I found one 132 00:07:13,400 --> 00:07:16,920 batting 6 playing center field #51 let's give it up. 133 00:07:17,160 --> 00:07:20,720 Bernie Williams is my number six hitter and I'm going to go back 134 00:07:20,720 --> 00:07:25,880 to Bernie's 1999 season where he had a WAR of over 5, scored 116 135 00:07:25,880 --> 00:07:31,800 runs, banged out 200 plus hits, 25 home runs, 115 ribbies, A342 136 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:35,600 average, a Gold Glove and an OPS of 970. 137 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:39,160 So if there's anything like a couple of guys on base and maybe 138 00:07:39,160 --> 00:07:41,640 you pitch around there and judge well, you better make sure 139 00:07:41,640 --> 00:07:44,360 you've got the the proper lefty or righty in there. 140 00:07:44,360 --> 00:07:47,440 And even if you do, Bernie flips around, he is from the other 141 00:07:47,440 --> 00:07:50,200 side, very circular lineup, which what I'm looking for. 142 00:07:50,200 --> 00:07:53,160 Bernie can obviously run. And that's the other thing too, 143 00:07:53,840 --> 00:07:55,960 before I get to my 789 bottom third. 144 00:07:56,200 --> 00:07:59,120 Might be some prizes there for you, some surprises for you when 145 00:07:59,120 --> 00:08:03,000 you think about Ricky Flu, Jeter plus B Donnie couldn't run. 146 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:06,360 But I mean, obviously Arrow judge is a is a semi plus, 147 00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:07,960 right? Getting older now, but still a 148 00:08:07,960 --> 00:08:10,800 fairly plus runner. And you get to the 5 hole with a 149 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:14,520 rod who can run and and Bernie who was a gazelle in the sixth 150 00:08:14,520 --> 00:08:15,720 spot. You got a bunch of dudes that 151 00:08:15,720 --> 00:08:18,600 can run a lot of guys who put the bat on the ball lower 152 00:08:18,600 --> 00:08:21,080 strikeout raids power. They beat you every which way up 153 00:08:21,080 --> 00:08:24,200 and down the line of gold Glovers monstrous OPS. 154 00:08:24,480 --> 00:08:28,200 Now this one. I will admit this ones tricky. 155 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:30,320 I'm going to right off the bat, Reggie not on my team. 156 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:31,760 Reggie Jackson is not on my team. 157 00:08:31,760 --> 00:08:35,679 And I think that that's going to really 'cause some, you know, at 158 00:08:35,679 --> 00:08:37,360 least consternation for some of you. 159 00:08:37,720 --> 00:08:42,880 Now, Reggie did most of his magic. 7778, obviously was here 160 00:08:42,880 --> 00:08:46,840 in 79, was with the Yankees in 80, with the short strike of the 161 00:08:46,920 --> 00:08:49,560 the shortened season in 1981, five years. 162 00:08:49,560 --> 00:08:51,680 Then he bounced out and went to the Angels in 82. 163 00:08:52,160 --> 00:08:54,600 And I don't have anything against Reggie, but Reggie was 164 00:08:54,600 --> 00:08:58,480 not a a good fielder. So although my next my next guy 165 00:08:58,760 --> 00:09:00,680 in the number seven spot is Dave Winfield. 166 00:09:00,880 --> 00:09:03,880 Winfield was a better runner. And I just think that I know the 167 00:09:03,960 --> 00:09:08,080 V 81 World Series was terrible. Again, I understand that this is 168 00:09:08,080 --> 00:09:11,040 inviting criticism with no Reds, but you know, I'm going to go 169 00:09:11,040 --> 00:09:14,600 back to Winfield's 84 season. Finished second in the batting 170 00:09:14,600 --> 00:09:18,880 race behind Don Mattingly. Batted 340, runner up 5.3 WAR 171 00:09:18,880 --> 00:09:21,160 scored over 100 runs. Gold Glove, by the way. 172 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:23,800 So if we got to do a little, you know, replacement or swap in the 173 00:09:23,800 --> 00:09:26,760 outfit, whatever might be Winnie, unlike Reggie could go 174 00:09:26,760 --> 00:09:28,560 and play pretty much anywhere but center field. 175 00:09:28,800 --> 00:09:32,040 And early on, Winnie wooden Killian center, hundred RBI's, 176 00:09:32,040 --> 00:09:36,440 Gold Glove out there, seven time Gold Glove winner, 22 years Hall 177 00:09:36,440 --> 00:09:40,120 of Famer, nine of which came with the Yankees had almost 1900 178 00:09:40,120 --> 00:09:44,400 RBI's over 3000 knocks. So I'm going from think about 179 00:09:44,400 --> 00:09:49,080 this, a prime Alex Rod pretty much prime Alex Rodriguez in O 7 180 00:09:49,360 --> 00:09:54,240 to absolute prime Bernie in 99 to still prime Dave Winfield in 181 00:09:54,240 --> 00:09:56,280 84. I mean, that is amazing. 182 00:09:56,320 --> 00:09:57,840 All right, let's get to the eight spot here. 183 00:09:58,040 --> 00:10:00,160 You need a catcher. All right, so this is obviously 184 00:10:00,160 --> 00:10:02,600 post 1980. Thurman Munson's not part of 185 00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:06,160 that of the equation here. There's only one choice and it's 186 00:10:06,160 --> 00:10:10,000 obviously the great. Wildly underrated. 187 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:14,000 Not under appreciated by Yankee fans, obviously, but underrated. 188 00:10:14,480 --> 00:10:16,840 Great catcher. I just don't understand why he 189 00:10:16,840 --> 00:10:18,680 didn't get any sort of love with the Hall of Fame. 190 00:10:18,920 --> 00:10:23,160 Jorge Posada, Absolute motor, absolute beast. 191 00:10:23,160 --> 00:10:26,560 And I'm going to go to the 2003 season for Jorge Posada. 192 00:10:26,560 --> 00:10:29,360 That's the year that the Yankees lost the World Series to the 193 00:10:29,360 --> 00:10:31,880 Florida Marlins. Now, what did he do that year? 194 00:10:31,960 --> 00:10:35,960 Jorge finished third in the MVP. He won the Silver Slugger, had a 195 00:10:35,960 --> 00:10:40,160 WAR just below 6, cranked out 30 bombs, had 101 ribbies, and Oh 196 00:10:40,160 --> 00:10:45,880 yeah, by the way, for a catcher, had an OPS of 9/22/17, brilliant 197 00:10:45,880 --> 00:10:49,000 years with the Yankees, four time World Series champion, 5 198 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:53,440 All Stars, 5 Silver Sluggers, over 1000 RB is and an OPS of 199 00:10:53,440 --> 00:10:56,560 848. How in the world is Jorge Posada 200 00:10:56,880 --> 00:10:58,520 again? You know, not to be redundant. 201 00:10:58,520 --> 00:11:01,720 I just, I just don't know how he doesn't get the love on the on 202 00:11:01,720 --> 00:11:04,200 the national level when you get away from the New York Yankee 203 00:11:04,200 --> 00:11:06,600 bubble and how he didn't get more tracks with the Hall of 204 00:11:06,600 --> 00:11:08,240 Fame. All right, we're left with one 205 00:11:08,240 --> 00:11:10,560 spot. I think some of you might 206 00:11:10,680 --> 00:11:14,160 protest this a little bit. Maybe could have gone Willie 207 00:11:14,160 --> 00:11:16,640 Randolph, obviously a very good second baseman. 208 00:11:16,880 --> 00:11:19,440 Maybe some of you would have thought Chuck Noblock that Nobby 209 00:11:19,440 --> 00:11:22,000 was never even remotely in my consideration. 210 00:11:22,280 --> 00:11:24,960 All due respect. And while I love Willie and I 211 00:11:24,960 --> 00:11:27,600 know Willie, and Willie was a hell of a ball player, good 212 00:11:27,600 --> 00:11:30,840 bunter, good fielder, champion. There's only one answer here. 213 00:11:30,840 --> 00:11:33,800 Bat 9th, bottom, third round out this sick lineup. 214 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:35,880 How about Robbie Cano? What do you know? 215 00:11:35,880 --> 00:11:38,160 Robbie Cano? Robinson Cano. 216 00:11:38,360 --> 00:11:41,120 Now I'm going to Robbie's 2010 season. 217 00:11:41,320 --> 00:11:45,960 Third in the MVP vote. Gold Glove, 914 OPS, 29 bombs, 218 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:49,640 109 ribbies, 200 hits, 41 double s. 219 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:53,840 Didn't strike out a ton. Scored over 100 runs, 17 years. 220 00:11:54,440 --> 00:11:57,920 Obviously, like Alex and others in the game, tainted with some, 221 00:11:58,680 --> 00:12:01,160 some steroid stuff. Nine years with the Yankees, 222 00:12:01,160 --> 00:12:04,960 though, 335 home runs over 1300 RBI's. 223 00:12:04,960 --> 00:12:08,920 Think about that for Robinson Cano and of course, a 2009 224 00:12:08,920 --> 00:12:11,560 champion. So now we get to that's the, 225 00:12:11,560 --> 00:12:13,640 that's the order one through 9 before we actually get to the 226 00:12:13,640 --> 00:12:16,600 omissions and the, and the really I, I think there's 227 00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:18,800 probably 3 or 4 debatable points. 228 00:12:18,800 --> 00:12:21,320 Let's get the whole lineup up there and let's just rock it 229 00:12:21,320 --> 00:12:23,200 down and run it through once more. 230 00:12:23,200 --> 00:12:26,000 Ricky Batten first playing left. I've got Jeter again. 231 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:29,320 This is post 1980. Got Derek in the 2, obviously 232 00:12:29,320 --> 00:12:33,280 playing short, healthy, vintage prime, awesome MVP Don Mattingly 233 00:12:33,280 --> 00:12:36,800 batting third or first base go Glover as well in the four spot. 234 00:12:36,800 --> 00:12:41,120 Future Hall of Famer, the transcendent amazing superhuman 235 00:12:41,320 --> 00:12:43,360 arrow Judge in right field, bat and 4th. 236 00:12:43,560 --> 00:12:45,960 How about a Rod? Couple of MVPS with the Yankees 237 00:12:45,960 --> 00:12:48,960 3 and all. A 2009 champion could pick it 238 00:12:48,960 --> 00:12:52,080 moving over from shortstop and still run a little bit at this 239 00:12:52,080 --> 00:12:54,560 point in the sixth spot to pick up Alex. 240 00:12:54,560 --> 00:12:56,960 And in the in the rare event that Alex doesn't get it done, 241 00:12:57,200 --> 00:13:00,040 how about a little switch hitter with pop and with wheels? 242 00:13:00,320 --> 00:13:02,840 That is the great Bernie Williams, a four time champion 243 00:13:02,840 --> 00:13:07,200 himself in the seven hole DH Dave Winfield power average 244 00:13:07,200 --> 00:13:09,080 finished second to Mattingly back in 84. 245 00:13:09,080 --> 00:13:12,840 As I said for that batting crown and could and listen, if you do 246 00:13:12,840 --> 00:13:15,480 have to do some sort of a switch here, you put Winnie in left, 247 00:13:15,480 --> 00:13:17,880 you put Winnie in right, you get away with the Winfield was a 248 00:13:17,920 --> 00:13:22,040 plus outfield with a cabinet like Barfield, Roberto Clemente 249 00:13:22,040 --> 00:13:24,480 type of cannon behind the plate batting 8. 250 00:13:24,480 --> 00:13:26,560 The switch hitting. You know, this guy's got the 251 00:13:26,560 --> 00:13:28,240 juice too. He was kind of the motor for 252 00:13:28,240 --> 00:13:32,480 those Yankeys teams like that, that Energizer Jorge Posada and 253 00:13:32,480 --> 00:13:35,840 then to wrap it up in the ninth spot, you know, have fun deal 254 00:13:35,840 --> 00:13:40,720 with Robinson Cano with over 330 lifetime home runs and over 1300 255 00:13:40,720 --> 00:13:44,280 RB is as a second baseman batting 9th. 256 00:13:44,280 --> 00:13:45,560 Now. I'm going to do the Mets coming 257 00:13:45,560 --> 00:13:47,400 up it within the next week or so. 258 00:13:47,880 --> 00:13:51,840 I'm looking at this lineup and I don't think including the 259 00:13:51,840 --> 00:13:55,160 Dodgers with Otani and whatever other iteration you want to use 260 00:13:55,200 --> 00:13:58,320 or the Oakland A's a couple of Bash brothers maybe throwing 261 00:13:58,320 --> 00:14:01,720 Giambi later on from from those later A's teams to hotter as a 262 00:14:01,720 --> 00:14:03,360 shortstop who who was tremendous. 263 00:14:03,400 --> 00:14:04,880 I don't I don't know how you beat that line up. 264 00:14:05,040 --> 00:14:06,680 Let's get that line up up there once more. 265 00:14:06,680 --> 00:14:09,200 Look at this line up again. Hall of Famer. 266 00:14:09,200 --> 00:14:12,400 Hall of Famer would have been a Hall of Famer back went out Hall 267 00:14:12,400 --> 00:14:15,000 of Famer if not the greatest righty hitter and maybe the best 268 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:19,400 player ever and maybe the best Yankee ever in Aaron Judge would 269 00:14:19,400 --> 00:14:21,400 have been a Hall of Famer if he didn't get wrapped up in the 270 00:14:21,400 --> 00:14:24,320 steroid stuff. Bernie borderline Hall of Famer, 271 00:14:24,320 --> 00:14:27,880 but a champion batting crown winner switch hitter confield 272 00:14:28,120 --> 00:14:30,480 Winfield 3000 knocks Hall of Famer. 273 00:14:31,120 --> 00:14:33,400 Posada should have been a Hall of Famer or at least a little 274 00:14:33,400 --> 00:14:36,880 bit more love there and Robinson Cano would have been a Hall of 275 00:14:36,880 --> 00:14:39,000 Famer if he didn't get wrapped up in that stuff as well. 276 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:42,840 So that's the lineup one through 9 BTS old time Yankee lineup 277 00:14:43,120 --> 00:14:45,480 post 1980. All right well, if you just 278 00:14:45,480 --> 00:14:47,920 TuneIn it where's Juan Soto Soto was great with Aaron Judge. 279 00:14:47,920 --> 00:14:49,920 He was. And if Juan Soto would have 280 00:14:49,920 --> 00:14:52,400 elected to stay with the Yankees, he would have been on 281 00:14:52,400 --> 00:14:54,600 this, on this list. Not, not that I'm penalizing 282 00:14:54,600 --> 00:14:58,760 him, but I didn't want a guy who was here one year, you know, to, 283 00:14:58,920 --> 00:15:01,360 to be on the, you know, to be on, on that, on that list there 284 00:15:01,560 --> 00:15:05,840 now have a little fun. If he was here only for the year 285 00:15:05,840 --> 00:15:09,280 and I didn't have the rule that I set forth for myself, where 286 00:15:09,280 --> 00:15:11,960 would Juan Soto bat? My God. 287 00:15:11,960 --> 00:15:14,520 I mean, I, I don't know, but imagine if you actually threw 288 00:15:14,520 --> 00:15:16,120 one Soto in there. Now. 289 00:15:16,120 --> 00:15:19,000 Glaring omissions. I mentioned Reggie, all right, 290 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:23,720 7778 World Series champion, and he played two years in the 80s. 291 00:15:23,720 --> 00:15:26,680 Then he bounced out to California with the Angels where 292 00:15:26,680 --> 00:15:29,520 he got his 500th home run. The three names that are much 293 00:15:29,520 --> 00:15:32,640 more recent than that. I thought about Paul O'Neill, I 294 00:15:32,640 --> 00:15:35,240 thought about Tino Martinez, and I thought about Mark Teixeira. 295 00:15:35,760 --> 00:15:39,840 In all honesty, I am probably a little slanted because Mattingly 296 00:15:39,840 --> 00:15:42,480 certainly my old time favorite player, but I do believe I'm 297 00:15:42,480 --> 00:15:45,520 able to and capable of of leaving bias at the door. 298 00:15:45,720 --> 00:15:48,000 Like I'm not just putting Mattingly there because he's my 299 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:49,880 guy. You know, if you saw Pete 300 00:15:49,880 --> 00:15:52,920 Mattingly, he really was standing mutual and his greatest 301 00:15:52,920 --> 00:15:55,360 Tino was and his greatest to share was early on with the 302 00:15:55,440 --> 00:15:59,680 Yankees, both champions to share a a great great switch hitting 303 00:15:59,680 --> 00:16:02,560 fielding first baseman. You know, he just he just didn't 304 00:16:02,560 --> 00:16:04,000 do what Donnie did back in the mid 80s. 305 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:05,840 He just didn't do it. Neither did Tino. 306 00:16:05,880 --> 00:16:09,840 You know, Tino is never going to hit 3233340 with all those 307 00:16:09,840 --> 00:16:12,360 ribbies and gold gloves. It was just say drop off. 308 00:16:12,600 --> 00:16:16,800 Now I thought about, you know, I, I, I was trying to come up 309 00:16:16,800 --> 00:16:20,560 with a configuration, OK, can I put Reggie at the DH which which 310 00:16:20,560 --> 00:16:23,800 I certainly could and then what do I do? 311 00:16:24,520 --> 00:16:27,080 I I thought about putting Ricky in center. 312 00:16:27,280 --> 00:16:30,160 OK, then he obviously played some not a great defensive 313 00:16:30,160 --> 00:16:32,640 player, but you know, good enough putting Ricky in center, 314 00:16:32,840 --> 00:16:36,560 putting Winfield in right, keeping Judge in pardon me, 315 00:16:36,560 --> 00:16:40,120 putting Winfield in left, keeping Judge in right and DH 316 00:16:40,120 --> 00:16:44,600 and Reggie, but I just could not justify holding Bernie Williams 317 00:16:44,680 --> 00:16:46,760 out of this lineup. I think he's in a good spot. 318 00:16:46,960 --> 00:16:49,680 You want to tell me you want to flip Winnie 6, put Bernie seven? 319 00:16:49,680 --> 00:16:51,880 I'm fine with that. You want to tell me you want to 320 00:16:52,160 --> 00:16:55,160 maybe, and I thought about this for a minute, maybe drop Derek 321 00:16:55,160 --> 00:16:59,640 down to that, you know, nine spot and then bump up Canoda 8 322 00:16:59,640 --> 00:17:02,800 and then everybody kind of goes up one spot and maybe have a rod 323 00:17:02,800 --> 00:17:05,000 in the 2. So in the 2 hole or even Aaron 324 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:08,400 Judge where he hits a lot now, or even Mattingly as a high 325 00:17:08,400 --> 00:17:10,800 contact guy. There's different variations to 326 00:17:10,800 --> 00:17:13,599 do it obviously, but that's what I came up with. 327 00:17:13,880 --> 00:17:15,200 There were a couple of tough ones. 328 00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:18,359 You know, Reggie was 1, O'Neill was the other one, Tino was the 329 00:17:18,359 --> 00:17:21,800 other one, and of course Mark Teixeira as we could get that 330 00:17:21,800 --> 00:17:23,640 line up down there. Hopefully you guys enjoy that. 331 00:17:23,640 --> 00:17:25,920 Pretty good stuff. I've already got something 332 00:17:25,920 --> 00:17:28,760 cooking for the Big East, which I will drop the day before for 333 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:32,280 the Big East tournament. I am deep into my research and 334 00:17:32,280 --> 00:17:35,840 deep into my construction of my old time Mets lineup and, and 335 00:17:35,840 --> 00:17:38,160 that that's it left field's a tough spot for me there. 336 00:17:39,280 --> 00:17:42,000 You know, for the most part, it's it's fairly identifiable. 337 00:17:42,280 --> 00:17:46,240 I think the trickiest thing with the Mets is going to be the the, 338 00:17:46,320 --> 00:17:49,000 the actual, the lineup. Like where do I slot these guys? 339 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:51,200 But that's coming. I'll do a little something on 340 00:17:51,200 --> 00:17:54,480 the Knicks as we get to the obviously Jets and and giant, 341 00:17:54,600 --> 00:17:57,160 excuse me, Jets and Giants and some other stuff as we get a 342 00:17:57,160 --> 00:17:59,800 little closer to, you know, the start of football and all that 343 00:17:59,800 --> 00:18:01,520 stuff. So hopefully you guys enjoyed 344 00:18:01,520 --> 00:18:02,880 this little bit of a quick hitter. 345 00:18:03,080 --> 00:18:06,160 Very different from the BT Live Monday through Friday, Unleashed 346 00:18:06,160 --> 00:18:08,760 live, of course, Monday through Friday at 10 AM. 347 00:18:08,960 --> 00:18:11,560 Appreciate you guys checking this out like it, subscribe it, 348 00:18:11,560 --> 00:18:13,680 get it out there. Let's get that social media 349 00:18:13,680 --> 00:18:15,680 traction. What do you disagree with? 350 00:18:15,680 --> 00:18:17,240 What do you want to push back on? 351 00:18:17,360 --> 00:18:19,480 Hit the comments, bang the like button. 352 00:18:19,680 --> 00:18:21,640 Let's get after it. Hey, it's snowing outside. 353 00:18:21,640 --> 00:18:24,400 I figured I would this today and let everybody have a little bit 354 00:18:24,400 --> 00:18:29,200 of fun and let our thoughts turn to warmer days and baseball day. 355 00:18:29,200 --> 00:18:32,560 So hopefully you enjoyed this. I will catch you Monday, of 356 00:18:32,560 --> 00:18:36,720 course on BT Unleash live at 10. In the meantime, have some fun 357 00:18:36,720 --> 00:18:38,600 with this. It's almost baseball season and 358 00:18:38,600 --> 00:18:39,640 I'll catch you soon. Thank you.