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Boomer & Gio

Manfred On Realignment & Joe B Caller (Plus Yanks, Giants Over/Under & Scheffler)

Boomer & Gio

Audacy

News, Sports

4.2707 Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Rob Manfred talked about geographical realignment. Joe Benigno was on Saturday morning and had a caller on for 13 minutes complaining about the Mets. Clint Frazier said the Yankees drag out injuries with the star players. Gronk & Edelman both like the over 5 ½ for Giants wins.

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0:00.0

Commissioner Rob Manfred on the ESPN broadcast last night basically says get ready for realignment and the end of the American and National Leagues as we know them.

0:08.0

I think if we expand, it provides us with an opportunity to geographically realign.

0:13.5

I think we could save a lot of wear and tear on our players in terms of travel.

0:18.0

And I think our postseason format would be even more appealing. We're talking about teams in the east. We can save a lot of money on travel. Yeah, that too. Hey, he forgot to say that, I guess. Well, he's not going to talk about that. I don't foresee the Mets and the Yankees in the same division. That's what Evan's saying. Howie Rose and Evan and Howard is well on. Really? Yeah. That's what they're all saying. Sooner rather than later i don't like it but apparently we got we're just going to have to get used to it so it would be like the metro division in hockey something like that yeah and their playoff format would be something similar and his point was like you know this way we don't get like an angels red socks first round series where you know if it's a late start on the west coast you're taking the East Coast people out of it

0:56.5

So that makes sense to me so that's where they're looking to make it so basically forget forget American League and and nationally it would be east and west

1:03.2

Something like that. Yeah, I don't know what they call the divisions yeah yeah that but apparently I mean call it like let's see the Babe Ruth division

1:10.6

The Hank Aaron Division.

1:13.5

Great.

1:14.8

What would you call up?

1:16.7

Yeah.

1:17.6

I don't know.

1:18.1

This will all be part of the upcoming collective bargaining talks that I'm sure.

1:21.6

Barry Bond's division, the Roger Clemens Division.

1:23.7

Right, exactly.

1:24.8

Sammy Sosa Division.

1:26.6

Great.

1:27.1

Everyone will eliminate travel

1:28.9

god when he talks with that upstate accent

1:31.2

it's got to be a Nolan Ryan division right

1:33.5

thinking geographical

1:34.9

it's a travel

1:36.1

things we've looked at

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