Yankees Blow It with Bad Challenges & Boone Pushback

Evan & Tiki

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Sports

4.2 • 988 Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2026

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

A frustrating Yankees loss sparks a bigger conversation about replay challenges and game management. The guys break down how early, failed challenges left the team exposed late, and why that approach could be costing them in high leverage moments. It raises a simple but important question: should teams always save a challenge for the ninth inning? They dig into Aaron Boone’s response, debate whether players are relying too much on instinct instead of strategy, and explore how analytics could reshape decision making. Plus, reactions to Mets lineup decisions, a Ronnie Mauricio call up, and some classic caller chaos that brings the laughs along the way.

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0:00.0	What I saw on Sunday needs to be addressed, and I apologize, if anyone else has really addressed this on this radio station, if anyone did, it'd probably be Big Mac, but I don't know if he did.
0:09.6	What happened on Sunday needs to be fixed.
0:11.7	Do you know what I'm even going to?
0:13.1	I'm not aware.
0:14.9	The New York Yankees had two incorrect challenges.
0:19.4	Oh, yes.
0:20.2	And it left them naked.
0:22.1	And these challenges were early.
0:23.7	Austin Wells lost the challenge in the first inning, top of the first inning,
0:27.4	as catcher trying to turn a ball into a strike.
0:29.8	He was wrong.
0:30.7	And then Trent Grisham in the bottom of the sixth inning, knowing this is it,
0:34.4	I better get it right.
0:35.8	Had a cold strike three he was attempting to overturn, and it wasn't.
0:39.9	And you coincide that with the fact that Ben Rice continues to suck whenever he issues a challenge.
0:45.8	And I love Ben. Ben's off to a great start. No bad words about him. He's just not good at challenging.
0:50.5	The New York Yankees left them in a spot. You noticed this, Sean.
0:59.2	In the bottom of the ninth inning, where strike one to Stanton was not a strike.
1:00.2	It was actually strike two.
1:01.2	My apologies.
1:02.9	J.C. Ascara.
1:04.6	Strike two to Ascara.
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