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191.93776. Yeah, I was talking up the fact that Yankee fans should actually be abullied

by the fact that the Yankees are playing 10 games over 500 with the litany of injuries

that they've had. And here's Aaron Boone talking about the way they're playing without judge.

I've been happy all year with the way we're competing, you know, and it hasn't been perfect.

And we've been banged up and, you know, hasn't always been easy for us, but these guys have

competed really well every day. And that's what you can control, right? You know, show up with an

edge, prepare, and go compete your butt off. And that's the part I've been pleased with this

group. These guys like to compete again. We've had our share of adversity already in the first half

of this season and they've met it had on and kept us right in there. And we have a chance to

have a really good season. It's all in front of us. See, that's the key. Nobody's celebrating

their 10 games over 500. They're celebrating their 10 games over 500 because it could be a lot worse.

There are teams that just collapse under the pressure of losing somebody like judging for

while they ain't, he's like they were. But again, take a gander in the lineup. Anthony Rizzo has

not hit the way he did for the first month and a half. Again, he hasn't had a home run in 34 games.

34 games. DJ Lemay was hitting 220. And although he's on a hot streak, Anthony Volpe, who I think

is going to be really good, he's hitting 225. Josh Donald's hitting 136. Even the catchers that

are unbelievable defensively, they're not producing offensively. Laboratories hitting 257

in a decent season. Giancarlo Stanton hasn't hit. And still, they are persevering. And so if they

do get their players back, they can make a run and they can win a championship. Not saying they're

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