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Evan & Tiki

Sterling Machine Gold & Boone’s Ben Rice Gamble Sparks Debate

Evan & Tiki

Audacy

Sports

4.2988 Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2026

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

A hilarious start turns into a heated Yankees debate as the crew riffs on imaginary home run calls for Jose Caballero using a “John Sterling machine,” delivering laughs before diving into a much more serious question about lineup decisions. What begins as comedy quickly shifts into a real conversation about strategy, trust, and how a manager handles emerging talent. The discussion zeroes in on Aaron Boone’s choice to keep Ben Rice out of the starting lineup and instead use him situationally, sparking frustration and disagreement. Is Boone overthinking matchups and managing participation, or failing to recognize a player who deserves everyday at-bats? The crew breaks down the logic, the risks to late-game flexibility, and what it all says about how the Yankees are being run right now.

Transcript

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0:00.0

I don't know if you noticed last night, Teak, along with Aaron Judge and Trent Grisham hitting home runs,

0:04.5

Jose Caballero hit a home run.

0:06.6

Yes.

0:07.4

And it got everybody thinking, how would that sound if John Sterling created a home run call for him?

0:16.1

So if you haven't heard this, we've decided to bring it back.

0:19.1

Ladies and gentlemen, the John Sterling machine,

0:22.5

imagining home runs hit by

0:24.7

Jose Caballero.

0:26.5

That ball is high. It is far.

0:29.2

It is gone.

0:31.1

Caballiero took that pitch

0:32.5

and said, no way,

0:34.2

Jose.

0:38.9

I like that one?

0:40.1

That's pretty good.

0:40.8

That's pretty good.

0:43.5

All right, let's head another one from the John Sterling machine.

0:45.5

That ball is high.

0:46.6

It is far.

0:47.9

It is gone.

0:53.1

Oh, the Yankees are on fire, and you can't put them out with Josee. It's time

0:54.1

to try hosebee.

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