Fred in Houston. What's up, Fred? Good morning. Hey, Jerry. How you doing this morning?

I wanted to talk a little bit about the Yankees, but I'm watching the show this morning,

and you threw a beautiful shout out to my son Marshall, Marshal, who you see on YouTube.

Oh, that's cool. Yeah, and you had mentioned them once before, and I sent you an expert.

I wanted to say thank you. So I'm a New Yorker, born and raised and been down in Houston 30 years, and Marshall had to be a sports fan, and he had to be a Yankee and a Nick and a giant fan. And he worked for a company call, and I don't want to say who we worked for on the air if you don't want. No, I get it. But I did. Yeah. And about the Yankees is really what I was calling about the fraud.

You know, I get it. But I did. Yeah. And about the Yankees is really what I was calling about the fraud. You know, I think it all starts with Cashman. How do you not have a lead off hitter for years? How do you not have a third basement for years? And why do all of our rookies like Austin Wells and Bopi visit out? And then you see other teams, bring up players, and they make it. And we never have a farm system. I live here in Houston. Aaron Judge is pretty good. Yeah, that's one guy, though. And I'm a Yankee fan for 60 years. I'm 67 years old, but it's the same stuff. You watch the Astros, they let spring ago,

Correa go, this guy, they bring up this guy. We don't ever have a farm system. And I don't think that's a boom thing. That's a Cashman thing. What do you think? I mean, there's some validity to what you're saying. I mean, they have had guys come up. You are right. Some do, Garyanchise is a great example of that too came up red hot

and the career did not go the way we thought it would go um you know i throw aaron judge at you

that's a one little feather under their cap the one thing about it though and i've said this many

times too and i i get it i know it's about winning world series i totally totally understand. But my God, they win a lot. And business-wise, they make a fortune. They came up a few games short last year. It's not like they missed the play. You know, the Mets never go to the playoffs in back-to-back years. And they pay a lot of money, too. The Yankees are there every single season. But I do understand the frustration. If you're not going to win the World Series, then, you know, a fan thinks what the hell is the point of all of it? So I do get it, but I do think they've been better than they get credit for at the same time. And I agree, and it is nice every year. You know, they're in the hunt, but the frustrating part is the strikeout. Yeah, I agree. You watch all the games and everybody's putting the ball in play. And so the other night I'm watching the Yankees. And all they do is go ecstatic on the broadcast about the home run, the solo home run, the home run. Look at this. This guy's got 25 home runs. But you look at the averages, 220, 230, 240. You know, Cody Bellinger is a phenomenal player. I don't know why we didn't get him soon. He hit 279. We don't have anybody for the judge that hits 279. So I think it's the mindset. And it's not just the Yankees and Fred. I appreciate you check it in and best of luck to your son

continued success.

It's not just the Yankees though.

I mean, a lot of teams, if you look up and down

baseball, when I grew up and I know

right now everybody's in love with the OPS

and I understand that, that's fine when you combine

the on-base and slinging, all of that's great. But I do think that batting average still matters. And when you looked at baseball in the 80s, if you were a good hitter, your batting average started with a three, essentially. If you were a good power hitter, the home run number started with a three. Things obviously have changed since then where the home run numbers

have gone up. The batting averages come down. We look at OPS now because it's about total bases and

it's about driving and runs and, you know, getting on base. All of that's true, but it's not just the

Yankees. Everywhere in baseball, if I asked you right now, I'm not going to ask Flegelman because I think he

would know because I think he's a nut. If I asked you right now, I'm not going to ask Fleigelman, because I think he would know, because I think he's a nut. If I asked you right now, Raskona, how many guys in Major League Baseball, I'm looking this up to myself, are batting 300 or better? What do you think that number is? Okay, so I was listening to the MEC game yesterday. Oh, do you hear the answer to this?

And I heard partially, it could be partial the answer, because I know there's one player right now in the NL that's over 300, and that's Freddie Freeman. I think he's at 302. So as far as, I mean, they didn't mention the American League, so I'm going to say a total of five. You suck. There you go. They nailed it. The answer is, in all of Major League Baseball, there are five players that are batting 300 or better.

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