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You are listening to The Dan Patrick Show on Fox Sports Radio.

It's bringing Al Lighter.

He faced some of the best home run hitters in the game.

He won three World Series titles.

Now works for the MLB Network.

And MLB Network have the Yankees and the Jays tonight.

That will be nationally.

Al, thanks for joining us on short notice.

If you're on that Blue Jays staff, as you once were,

what would the pitching strategy be for Aaron Judge?

Fastball's up and in, sliders down and away.

Don't hang anything.

He is, you know, had an amazing year, triple crown year.

And there would be no doubt how I would approach it, nor would I think some of my old pitching coaches and managers.

I just heard that little sound biteite you've shown or listened to.

No.

And it's not a stubbornness, Dan, and it's not a bravado tough guy thing either.

It's just playing the game right.

And while there's competition, it's the most awesome gladiator syndrome aspect of all sports.

Mono-o-o, you stand on the mound, you're facing a guy with a bat, and I'm going to try to exploit a weakness, and I'm going to do it. But to just randomly throw four balls, you know, errantly way out of the zone, especially early in the game. Now, would it make sense if it's a 2-2-game, 3-2-2 game, tight game,

and I got Aaron Judge up in the 7th or 8 would it make sense if it's a two, two game, three to two game, tight game

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