Craig Carton

That's what I want as a paying customer.

Because he'll never do it again.

I want to pay all that money, go to the game, in trying to enjoy the game, pay to see Juan Soto and pay for that salary, and then because he didn't get out of the box fast enough, I want him benched for the rest of the game so I can't watch him.

That's right.

And it's a good lesson for the children out there, too.

Oh, it's a great lesson for the children.

You bring your two boys to the game.

What did you tell them about Lindor last night?

There is a fundamental, and here's the other thing about benching, right?

When you're talking about Soto and Lindor, Mendoza is a first-time manager on the hot seat with a brand-new club, a brand-new team of a bunch of guys who spent their career looking up to Juan Soto and Francisco Lindor and couldn't pick Mendoza out of a lineup.

There is a little bit of a dynamic there.

And you could say, I don't care.

Miller-Huggins wouldn't have stood for this.

Casey Stanger would have sat him on the bench.

We saw Soto sulk the entire first month of the season last year.

Who knows what the dynamic of that room is right now?

You bench Lindor, you bench Soto and embarrass them, you run the risk of losing a guy.

I'll run that risk.

And not on the field necessarily with the playing.

And I know this is coming off soft.