Craig Carton

Let's go Yankees.

So the reason I bring them up is the Cleveland Cavaliers are a game and a half behind the Knicks for the three seed.

But the Knicks have the tiebreaker.

And you know where they got the tiebreaker?

In the first few months of the season.

So sometimes that win in October in the NBA really matters.

And you'd be looking at the tiebreak scenarios vastly differently if the Knicks didn't win a game in October against the Cleveland Cavaliers.

So bring that to Yankees-Mariners when you're thinking about it in late September and you really want that one seed.

Ralphie is at the Outer Bridge.

What's up, Ralphie?

Hey, Ralph.

But keep in mind, my thought on benching Lindor is not about teaching Lindor a lesson.

It's about this is an opportunity early in the season to show the rest of that locker room, hey, I'm going to hold guys accountable.

And I say that because I know for a fact that some of the greatest coaches of all time have done the exact same thing.

And I know it's cross sport, but Greg Popovich did it with Tim Duncan.

I've heard the stories.

I think R.C.

Buford used to tell Mike Francesa that story.

And then Mike would subsequently tell me the story.

Come here, kid.