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Evan & Tiki

Did Evan & Tiki Just Solve Tanking Across All Sports?

Evan & Tiki

Audacy

Sports

4.2988 Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2026

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

The Yankees keep winning, but Evan Roberts and Tiki Barber are not letting Aaron Boone completely off the hook. The guys debate Trent Grisham continuing to lead off despite the team’s hot streak, react to Aaron Judge’s scary moment in the outfield, and break down why the Yankees lineup still feels imperfect even during a surge. Then the conversation takes a fascinating turn as Evan and Tiki unveil a bold idea they believe could eliminate tanking across professional sports. Instead of fans rooting against their own teams, what if draft positioning depended on another franchise’s success or failure? The duo dives deep into how their proposal could reshape fan psychology, rivalries, and the way leagues handle competitive balance while also touching on the Mets, David Stearns, and the frustrations surrounding roster building in Queens.

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0:00.0

Yeah, Jason Dominguez getting the left field assignment.

0:03.4

Aaron Judge is getting a D.H. time.

0:23.2

Oh, cool. Now we were a day early on saying Aaron Judge is played two days at D.H. Now he got there. Now, he's at two days of D.H. Now, it wasn't... What happened with Trent last night? He tried to make a running catch. Yes, and I saw him. He missed it. down on the wall. And then he fell down and he sat there.

1:14.0

And it looked like, oh my God, this is a really bad injury. And he was shaking his head no as if he wasn't going to get up. Right. I thought he tore his ACL or something. I think everyone did. All the trainers are out there. I texted you guys. He's done. Right. He then slowly got up, took out sunflower seeds, started feeding himself in his teammates, and then was fine. I've never been so mad at somebody eating sunflower seeds, but happy for them. But I didn't see what happened. So he was running. He slipped. He slipped after he was out of the screen. Yeah, they didn't do a great job on the replay. They finally showed it as he was running towards the warning track with a full head of steam. He fell on his ass. So what I think happened is, here's my theory. Because he's in the lineup. He got embarrassed. Exactly. It's the wide receiver that drops an easy pass down the field and they fall down. Yeah. Like, oh, the sun was in my eyes. Ah, I got some salt from some buffet and spit.

1:12.8

Yeah.

1:13.2

What is something.

1:14.0

Yeah, I think he was just embarrassed. The fact that he stayed in the game and the fact he's in the lineup today leading off in center field. And I don't want to make a big deal of this because, I mean, come on, the Yankees are red hot and they're the best. So I'm not going to kill Aaron Boone too much.

1:24.9

You guys are dumb.

1:25.9

But Trent Grisham cannot lead off.

1:27.5

We've got to stop with that.

1:28.3

I can't believe he's still leading off.

1:29.7

He's played better than he had the first couple weeks. so I'm not going to kill Aaron Boone too much. You guys are dumb. But Trent Christian cannot lead off.

1:28.3

We got to stop with that.

1:29.6

I can't believe he's still leading off.

1:31.4

He's played better than he had the first couple weeks.

1:33.1

Just put Ben Rice there and let it be a wreck. That's it.

1:33.6

Move everybody up. Rice one, Judge, 2, Bellinger 3, let's go. Like, what are we doing? And the only reason he's not getting criticized is, well, first of all, the afternoon shows on his payroll.

1:43.3

And then second of all, I kid, I kid.

1:45.4

It was Chris McMonico, his fat ass.

1:48.1

I kid.

1:45.4

It was Chris McMonico, his fat ass. I kid. You know, I love both of them. We missed that one yesterday. Yes. No, we did get it in yesterday. There was a quick one. The truth is, because they're winning. That's why they're not getting a lot of heat. But the idea that Trent Christian was leading off is absurd. I think we could all agree. It's like one of the dumbest things that's going on,

2:03.1

but it's going on. Now, speaking of things that are not dumb, Tiki and I were having a conversation yesterday, and it led to an idea that is fixing tanking. So the NBA is going to roll out their new anti-tanking policies. More teams are going to be in the lottery.

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