Chapter 1: What was the outcome of the Yankees vs. Giants Opening Day game?
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I mean, every night's a hockey night. Not anymore for the Ranger fan, for crying out loud. Why was that? Why was that even there? I don't have no idea. But anyway... It started off in a great way for the New York Yankees. A shutout victory. 7-0 cruising along. No problems. Freed great. Offense relentless without home runs. Bullpen comes in. No blips on the radar at all.
So a really, really good start for the Yankees outside of Aaron Judge. But you don't really need to worry about him because you know he's going to be totally fine. So yeah, I felt like this is it, man. We are right back in it. We got Yankee fans fired up about their team again. We got everybody complaining about the broadcast. And Boomer put his Yankee sweatshirt on again today.
Good morning, Boomer. How are you? Number one, it's not a Yankee sweatshirt. It's a J. Crews sweatshirt, so I don't want to hear about it, all right? And I don't lay out my clothes the night before. I just pick, you know, something out of the dark and throw it on.
This was just a total coincidence.
100% coincidence. And by the way, the first thing I thought about last night, honestly, was thank God Trent Grisham picked up his option. Really? That's the first thing I thought. I mean, because everybody's screaming and yelling about that for the last six months. Yeah, they're not happy about it. $22 million? Yeah, but he came through last night. It's one of 162 for sure.
You know, I think you said it. I mean, Max Fried's the story, honestly, because, you know, he was just absolutely amazing and great. And that, I mean, if you were a player and you were the opening day starting pitcher, you couldn't ask for a better outing. And that's something that, you know, every team hopes for and wishes for. And unfortunately for Webb of the Giants, it's the other way around.
But, you know, look. All I can say is that it's a great start, and that's all it is. It's a start. So here we go. Yep, that's right. And you said that you couldn't ask for anything more from Max Freed. You probably couldn't ask anything worse from Logan Webb. But from the Yankee fan perspective, who cares?
And all the things that you want to see and the things that we hear about, not like everything is cured at one baseball game. We know that is not the case. But... This is the way you want to see them win. You want to see the dominant starting pitching. You want to see them be able to score runs without the home run.
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Chapter 2: How did Max Fried perform in the game against the Giants?
And they're pumping all their shows. They're doing all their things. And obviously, you know, with Wednesday on Netflix, that's where the thing, you know, first pitch thing comes in and the WWE presence because they've got WWE. Like, this has been going on for years and years and years.
I mean, Jim Nance has been reading promos for CBS shows and the Masters and the March Madness and NFL games since he started in the 70s. You know, that was one thing that I wasn't prepared for when I took the Monday night job at ABC. All the reads? The amount of promos that Al Michaels had to do during the broadcast for upcoming shows in prime time for the network was just unbelievable.
It is basically – and football in general – Football more so than baseball, but football in general on the national broadcast networks has always been a promotional tool for whatever else is coming up. How many times did we promote, even on the NFL today, 60 Minutes, what's coming up later on on 60 Minutes?
It was just a constant pounding of promos for everything that was happening on the network. So, I mean, Netflix took it and put it on steroids last night. Sure. They had people there that have been all over Netflix. They were promoting all their shows. It got a little much. Yeah, I mean, it was. Certainly, it was a little much. They had the Red Boats out in McCovey Cove.
Yeah, they had all that stuff. Netflix has gotten into sports in a big way, and they're probably going to see what the returns were for this game if they want to spend more money on Major League Baseball in the future. But
You know, I just – the one thing that I guess I would ask if I were someone who was a part of Major League Baseball or a part of – more Major League Baseball who's trying to capture a younger fan or trying to get more attention towards the game. Like, you know, the Bad Bunny halftime show, I came in the next day. I was like, listen, it's not – I'm not a bad Bunny fan.
I'm not a young Puerto Rican in America where this made a lot of sense to me. That's fine. But I can respect the fact that this guy's had a great career, had a good performance, and it meant a lot to a lot of people. So I can understand who it was for and people who love his music. What I don't understand is what all of this last night, who was that for?
Like, the WWE guy coming out, one of the tag team guys just says, yeet. He goes out there, he's like, let's go, yeet. He says this on the field. All right, who's that for? Like Bert Kreischer coming out and screaming to the crowd. Who's that for? I mean, it's fine. It's entertainment. But the two cars and then the dancers and the trolley car and all that music when the guys are coming out.
You know who it's for? Who's that for? It's for the people who don't have Netflix. That's who that's for. Not the people who have Netflix. Well, what do you mean? Meaning that... What they're doing is promoting the things that are on their streaming service.
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Chapter 3: What were the fans' reactions to the Netflix broadcast of the game?
And I think that's one of the big issues at the top of the league. Now, I will also say, I think Rob Manfred's really smart here. He's trying to sign as many deals as he can, like with Polymarket and Netflix, to bring in as much money as he possibly can. So some of these owners... you know, kind of come to the table and say, let's make sure that we have a season next year.
Well, yeah.
I mean, like using it as a bargaining chip with the owners that aren't on the same page and also the players associated. And that's why I think Jeff Passan is saying what he's saying. And maybe it's the only logical voice under these circumstances. Yeah.
Now, if you were doing this broadcast last night, you were one of the color analysts, and Rob Manfred was there, you were working a pregame show, whenever you had a chance to interview Rob Manfred during the game, would you ask him one of these questions about this potential work stoppage? Not on opening night. You wouldn't. You know why? Because they didn't, and everybody got killed for it.
Yeah, I know that. But, you know, it's like opening night's a celebration of the opening of the season. I mean, I understand. And I saw all the criticism thrown around. I think you've got to ask, and then Rob Manfred can kind of just dance around it. He's not going to give you a straight answer. But you kind of have to, you know, it's like, come on, just ask the question.
All right, you can ask the question, but I'm telling you what I think he's doing as the commissioner. Like, he's, like, caught in between. So he works for the owners. So he's trying to deliver, much like Roger Goodell and his guys are trying to deliver for the NFL owners, as much of a pile of money as they possibly can get so a work stoppage doesn't happen.
and also to give them an idea of how much more money they're going to be making and how much more their teams are going to be worth. And I think that that may apply enough pressure on that side to be a little bit more sympathetic to what the players want. Jerry's got all the Yankee highlights, but before that, I want to tell you about the Red Pocket Mobile fan line.
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of 2026 what's up jerry and we are brought to you by chef iq precision cooking effortless results chef iq.com and yeah the yankees got going early on wound up beating the giants seven zip This pitch for Webb. Swing on. Drive to the gap and right center field. That's going to get down. Everybody's running. Here comes McMahon. Wells flying around third. Christian to second. Thinking about third.
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Chapter 4: What issues are being raised about MLB's revenue strategy?
I'll say one thing. Barry Bonds, I think it was Barry Bonds who made a really good point last night about a college coach becoming a Major League Baseball coach. Is that you got 162 games. Or maybe it was Russell. No, it was him. And he said you're going to lose eight games in a row at some point. Exactly. And usually college coaches aren't used to that. And it made me think.
This is why Tom Izzo probably didn't go to the pros. This is why Dan Hurley didn't go to the Lakers. Could you imagine Dan Hurley in the middle of a five-game losing streak in the NBA? Trying to talk to those guys? He'd be under the scorer's table somewhere. Oh, yeah. You know what I mean? There's just no way. Yeah, the skin would be melting off his skull. Exactly.
So if they have 34 or 35 games they play and they lose three games during the year, he can overcome that. Yeah, it's an interesting thing. You know, obviously a college baseball manager, but never played in the pros, really had no connection to Major League Baseball at all. And now he's here. I mean, in this experience, thrust right in. It's not an easy task. Let's go to Chris and see, Cliff.
Chris, what's happening? How are you guys? Good morning. Good. Good morning. Yeah, we're good. You're talking about... Lovely. So a couple of things. Netflix, I couldn't figure it out. My 92-year-old mother figured it out, so we watched the game together. It was fun. But then you're talking about, what is it, AT&T Stadium, I guess is the name of it in San Francisco. Oracle Park. Oracle Park.
Okay. All right. It's a gorgeous ballpark. I've been there a couple times. Yep. And Boomer, it's like a hotel. They have marble floors. I know, I've been there. The bathrooms are clean. Yeah, they are. You've been there. Yeah. And you would have no problem using the facilities, if you follow what I'm saying. Yeah, I'm not taking a poop in a stadium. I'm sorry, Chris. Make poop. That's not how.
Stop. It's just not happening. Yeah. I mean, that stadium is like the exact opposite of the city that they play in. That'd be more apt to do it on the street. I saw that at the Super Bowl. No kidding. It was terrible. I was thinking they should have saved money instead of having the two New York City cabs and the trolley to represent the cities.
They just should have had the homeless tent cities outside of each of the dugouts so that would have represented both of them at the same time. You could have saved probably a good... I don't know, $10,000? Probably so, yes. The series does continue tomorrow. They'll play Saturday as well, and then they're off on Sunday. As for some of the Netflix stuff, so they had Jazz Chisholm Jr.
mic'd up on the field. He was asked his expectations for 2026.
Jazz, you put some pretty big goals on this year. You had a great year last year, 31 bags, 31 bombs. You were talking 50-50 this season.
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Chapter 5: What are the implications of the impending MLB lockout?
You think they pay them? Yes, I believe the in-game. They pay them to get interviewed during the game. I'm almost certain of that, that it's $10,000. God, what am I doing? You're hanging out with us. Yeah. Here was Jameis Winston. This obviously made the rounds on Netflix as Elle Duncan threw to him for a little piece.
Jameis Winston, who's hanging out with the crazy crab here at Oracle Park. I'm going to address the elephant in the room. Jameis, did you pay for the crab legs?
Well, Al, I may or may not be plotting to find ways to get some fresh crab legs, but a trusted source told me that ever since... Then he goes into Barry Bonds hitting at the stadium.
That's the pregame show. This is the pregame show. That's part of the entertainment.
Correct.
Whatever. Either you like it or you don't. And then you also had this on Netflix with Jameis. So they had him mic'd up going around the stadium doing different things. This was him acting as a groundskeeper. This rake and I are going to make love out there on that dirt.
I've been working on the baseball field all the ding dong day.
Yeah, he's now in that, like, every TV executive loves him bowl, you know? Doesn't seem like it. As I mentioned yesterday, for, like, the more perceived whiter sports, Bert Kreischer comes out and introduces things. Like, he'll be there for the NHL and Major League Baseball. For the more perceived blacker sports, Drewski is there for the NFL and the NBA.
That's what these guys, just like a formula. It's just too much. It's just a formula. It's crazy. I don't care. I mean, it is what it is, but it was weird. I mean, you didn't have to turn on the game until like 8.05. Correct. They didn't start until 8.20. Yeah. That 8.05 first pitch. They have to do all the introduction and everything else. They have to do a fly over there.
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