"Bully Ball" is Back: Yankees' Meaningless Win | BT & Sal

WFAN Daily

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🗓️ 12 August 2025

⏱️ 17 minutes

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BT and Sal are refusing to get excited about the Yankees' latest win, arguing it's just another instance of "bully ball" that gives a false sense of hope. They dismiss the victory against a struggling Twins pitcher as a meaningless, temporary fix that doesn't address the team's fundamental problems. The co-hosts insist that this win, built on home runs and against weak competition, is a distraction from the larger issues of a flawed roster, poor baserunning, inconsistent pitching, and a broken organizational culture that has persisted for years. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:29.9	I don't want to be this guy who doesn't appreciate a win, but at least I've got to contextualize
0:34.6	the win for me. Last night's win means nothing to me from a Yankee perspective.
0:40.7	We've seen this a million times. Number one, the kid going for the twins last night,
0:44.5	Zeggy Matthews, whatever his name is. He's made 13 career starts, he's got an ERA over six.
0:49.3	So he's still fined his way. And even aside from that, like the fact that the way the Yankees won, the blueprint last night,
0:56.9	well, they have six runs, they had four home runs.
0:59.9	We've seen this before.
1:01.8	You know, it's a version of bully bowl.
1:03.9	Take either a young pitcher who doesn't know how to pitch or an old pitcher whose stuff is diminished,
1:08.7	knock them around, a little false confidence, send
1:10.9	a few over into the seats, and it generally kind of regenerates the Yankee Nation, for
1:16.0	lack of a better description. Not me. Not me. Like, again, I just, I don't look at last
1:21.0	night's win as anything that's going to change who I perceive them to be today. And more
1:25.8	importantly, what I think they can do in October.
1:28.0	Big deal.
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