The luxury manager of the New York Yankees, the red hot New York Yankees. Booney, of course. Now you win three straight against the Cardinals coming off a sweep. Take the time to join BT. How are you, Booney? How are you? Timings everything. Yes, it is. Yes, it is. You guys are down to Tampa. We appreciate you coming back on, Aaron. You know, listen, let's start with this. A lot of things to hit.

And Sam and I were talking about the realignment. And listen, if and when this comes to fruition, there's going to have to be expansion. So this is still several years away. What I would love and what we would love to get your thoughts on, if the Yankees and the Mets were in the same

division I'm all for it and all the craziness it brings as the manager of the Yankees and the

players how would you guys feel about that wow um yeah I don't know I mean that I did see

what they for Boston us Ph don't know. I mean, I did see what they, Boston, us, Phillies, Mets.

I mean, that would be like some high stakes ball throughout the year, man. I don't know how all that would work or how the playoff system would work.

But, you know, I know 32 teams would be a much, you know, smoother way to go and scheduling and all that. That would be a tough division, though? But would it be too much? I mean, from the Yankee, forget about the fills and the socks for a moment, and that's going to be intense as well. One of the beautiful things about Yanks and Mets, we get three games here, three games there, go back to our normal workday. Would it be too much intensity,

too much noise, too much whatever? Yeah, yeah, maybe, because I do like that part of it.

I like the, you know, obviously you're going to have your division rivals that obviously

play a lot of games,

us with Boston, et cetera.

But yeah, I think some of the appeal with, you know, the two teams in the same city and two

big market teams like the Mets and the Yankees, like some of the, you know, I don't know,

novelty or just some of the excitement is the infrequency with

which we play. So I think those one-off series are a little more meaningful. So, yeah, sitting here

right now, that's my kind of thought on it, but it's also one of those things that feels like so far down the line, you know. Yeah, we might have to worry about that, Booney. Unfortunately, you got to pick it up. All right. So, where are we at with Judgey? Is Judge getting back in right field this weekend or what? I know Stan's playing right tonight. I saw you say that. Where are we at with Aaron Judge in the outfield? I don't know yet. I mean, kind of what I've said is I'm waiting on

the trainers to kind of say, yeah, thumbs up. I know he's expected a long toss again today. So

I don't expect it here in Tampa, but could it be Boston? Maybe. I just don't know yet. That's, that's, that's all,

that's, I'm telling you what I know. Yeah. No, we believe you. And, you know, listen, when,

when it gets to a pitcher, it's long toss, it's flat ground, it's maybe just fastballs. Then you

start snapping some stuff off. You, I'm not aware of the progression of an outfielder's throwing routine.

So on a scale of 1 to 10, without holding you to it, is he at a 6?

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