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Evan & Tiki

Hour 1: Yankees Opening Day Buzz, Urgency Rises as Mets Spiral Early

Evan & Tiki

Audacy

Sports

4.2988 Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2026

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Opening Day at Yankee Stadium brings optimism, energy, and a noticeably different tone around a Yankees team that looks locked in from the start. With a strong 5-1 opening stretch and dominant pitching leading the way, there is a growing sense that this season carries more urgency and purpose than years past. At the same time, concern is building across town as the Mets stumble out of the gate with sloppy play and lack of execution. The conversation dives into whether it is just early season noise or signs of deeper issues, including leadership questions and mounting pressure on the manager as frustration begins to grow among fans.

Transcript

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0:00.0

To set the scene, Teak, it's kind of cold outside.

0:02.8

Yeah, it's not that cold.

0:04.4

I mean, Sean had his jacket over his head, acting like it was 12 degrees. Instead, it's 47, going to get to a high of, what, 55 or so. I'm looking forward to this. It'll be fun. I think the more we start talking, the warmer we'll get. Well, and here's the thing about the weather, and for those that are in their car right now heading to Yankee Stadium, and I advise that you do so because there's going to be 45,000 people here. It's a packed house. Opening day can sometimes be clunky because it's opening day for everybody. So get here early if you're coming to the ballpark. If I told you, and I hate when people say if I told you, but I'm going to do it anyway,

0:38.5

if I told you a month ago on March 3rd or on February 3rd, the Yankee home opener,

0:45.0

and it's going to be 53 degrees, you would have said, let me bring my bathing suit.

0:49.3

Like, it would have felt so warm to get that kind of weather. So I understand it may not be as warm as it was three days ago. May not be as warm as it was four days ago. But here's the bottom line. There's baseball. It's not raining. The sun isn't really coming out, but maybe it will. The temperatures aren't freezing. And oh yeah, by the way, the New York Yankees are five and one and feeling good. That's exactly right. But the Miami Marlins are coming to town. We were watching some of their young players just marveling at Yankee Stadium. Just, oh, I'm here at Yankee Stadium. So maybe they're going to be distracted and you're likely to get a win here. May I say this about the Miami Marlins for you? I'm going to ask you a trivia question, and it's really not a trivia question, and don't

1:27.6

overthink it.

1:28.2

Just give me your honest answer.

1:29.5

If I said to you, Tiki, Barbara, who do you think the two worst teams in Major League Baseball are? Not based on the first six games, but just in general, hey, I think these two teams are the worst teams in baseball. One in the National League, one in the American League. Who would you say?

1:41.1

The Marlins?

1:42.0

No, not the Marlins.

1:42.8

They won like 80 games last year.

1:44.4

The Phillies?

1:45.2

Okay, you're terrible with this.

1:47.3

Sean, who would you say? The Marlins? No, not the Marlins. They won like 80 games last year, 70s. Okay, you're terrible with this. Sean, who are the worst two teams in baseball that would likely lose 100 games? A's were definitely wrong. The Colorado Rockies. Thank you. They lost 110 games last year. That was last year. Well, that's my question. And the team that wears white socks. Thank you. Right. The Miami Marlins are... Do they actually? Of course they do. It's actually black, if I'm not mistaken. I thought so, too. Depends on the day. The Miami Marlins who come into Yankee Stadium 5 and 1 are 5 in 1 against the Sox and the Rockies.

2:17.9

I'm just saying.

2:19.2

So before we call this a World Series preview or a rematch of 2003,

2:24.6

let us understand that while the Marlins are a good, funky, young team,

2:28.4

and I actually think they are a good team, they beat the Rockies and the White Sox.

2:32.1

Right.

2:32.4

Just saying.

2:33.0

We don't face Sandy Alcantra, so I think we'll be okay.

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