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This is the best of the Ben Mallor show on Fox Sports Radio.

And so it begins.

The hunt to in October to the World Series,

the Yankees and Minnesota Twins in the Boogie Down Bronx.

And while many people in the media have an agenda to try to hype up what Rob Manford said could be the face of baseball going forward, Mr. Judge.

His home run, he had a home run for the Yankee.

His home run was not, was not the one that mattered.

It was not.

That was D.D. Gregorius because after the Minnesota Twins came out, you saw the game.

The Minnesota Twins came out and did exactly what you have to do when you're the road team in a baseball playoff game.

You score a bunch of runs early.

You knock the other team starting pitcher Luis Severino out of the game.

You give yourself a crooked number and then you go from there and you build up some confidence

as the game goes on. Of course, for this to work out, you need your starting pitcher to not

get a case of the willies while he's on the mound.

And that was what happened to Johann Santana.

And so in the end, despite having a 3-0 lead, sure enough, the Minnesota twins go kaput into the night.

And the Yankees end up outscoring the twins after the top of the first inning, 8 to 1.

The rest of the game.

See you later.

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