October Contact is King: A-Rod's Blueprint for a Yankee Upset | BT & Sal
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🗓️ 6 October 2025
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Yankees legend Alex Rodriguez joins BT and Sal for a fiery, in-depth breakdown of the Yankees' struggles against the Blue Jays. A-Rod doesn't hold back, criticizing the team's "all out of whack" hitting approach, lack of roster continuity, and the front office's reliance on analytics over instinct. He defends Aaron Boone while ripping into the team's inability to hit elite pitching and offers a passionate perspective on what it takes for a collection of "great players" to finally become a "great team" in October. It's a candid, no-holds-barred conversation on the Yankees' perennial playoff problems.
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| 0:00.0 | Oh, must be the new parent Posse Chat. We're not even new. Our kids are eight. Or, as Eddie says, 96 months. He moved off grid. Can't confirm he's still on grid. And he's got another one on the way. He won't have the coverage to live stream the birth, will he? Well, here at Tesco Mobile, we've made sure he has 99% network coverage. So he could if he wanted to. Oh, sign me up. It pays to be connected. Tesco Mobile, every little helps. Over 99% UK population coverage on 4G. Hey everyone, it's Boomer and Gio. And if you're into New York sports or you want straight talk about what's really going on in the sports world, Boomer and Geo is your show. We're covering it all. Yankees wins, Giants drama, national headlines, and whatever chaos the day brings on the field and all. No filler, no filters, just real conversation. And believe me, plenty of laughs every weekday morning. We don't hold back and we don't waste your time. We get to what actually matters. That's Boomer and Gio and you can listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your pods. Right now on the BT and Sal show, we welcome in the man whose number hangs an hour rafters here in the Mike Francesa studio. Alex Rodriguez, what's up, A. Rod? What's up, Sal, what's up, BC? Good to be here, man. Yeah, it's awesome to have you. |
| 1:14.6 | I appreciate you doing this. We certainly appreciate you doing this. And we got a chance to talk some bowl here. I mean, listen, Alex, everybody's going to have a rough night. So the game won, you know, Heel hadn't pitched a while. Yankees got smacked around, we've obviously didn't get the job done. |
| 1:28.6 | What happened yesterday was stunning to me, and I don't, I want to start here. |
| 1:33.6 | The Yankee at bats, or their approach is all out of whack. |
| 1:38.0 | What are you seeing? |
| 1:39.1 | Because they just, they just look like a different team. |
| 1:43.3 | Yeah, no, BT, look, I'll tell you this. |
| 1:47.0 | I was shocked by Max Fried. |
| 1:49.2 | I thought he would come up and throw a big game, |
| 1:51.4 | but, you know, he's human and that's an egg. |
| 1:53.8 | But what I wasn't surprised is a top tier type pitcher |
| 1:57.5 | pitcher dominating his offense. |
| 2:00.4 | Now, we never knew that this |
| 2:02.4 | you savage guy would be that good, |
| 2:04.7 | but he had him dancing in a rocking |
| 2:06.6 | chair all night with |
| 2:07.7 | the change of split. It reminded me of Mike Scott |
| 2:10.4 | against the Mets back in the 86th |
| 2:12.0 | series. It was, you know, |
| 2:14.6 | incredible. |
| 2:15.9 | You know, A-Rod, speaking my language, |
| 2:17.4 | 86 Mets. We'll get into a year to remember |
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