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Evan & Tiki

Yankees’ Flat Walk-Off Raises Eyebrows After Strange Win

Evan & Tiki

Audacy

Sports

4.2988 Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2026

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

A walk-off win usually brings chaos, energy, and unforgettable celebration but this one felt completely different. Evan Roberts and Tiki Barber break down the Yankees’ oddly subdued reaction after a wild pitch victory and question why such a big moment landed with so little emotion. Was it the way the game unfolded, the opponent, or a sense the team got away with one? The discussion digs into how context shapes celebration in sports, comparing this moment to past dramatic wins and debating whether relief can outweigh excitement. They explore the psychology of players in tight games, how momentum swings affect reactions, and why not all walk-offs are created equal, even when the result is the same.

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0:00.0

When the wild pitch was thrown and Ryan McMahon drew the walk, I thought it was one of the quietest, non-excited celebrations I've ever seen on a walkoff.

0:13.0

And I was kind of disappointed because it was a great win. I understand it's weird. It's a wild pitch.

0:17.2

But even on wild pitches, you see like a raucous celebration. And it was almost like it was the 1950s. Like, okay, we won. Let's shake hands and leave. It was very non-exciting, and I'm used to the pomp and circumstances. You talk about from the Yankee player or the Yankee crowd. Yankee player. Fans were great. I think the player realized that they kind of got away with one that they didn't play well enough at

0:40.0

all and the angels should have beat them but they stole it and so it's kind of like who nobody said

0:48.7

nobody saw we can i counter this we stole that one let's let's get out of here before anybody

0:52.6

looks that's what it felt like can i counter with with an example? Go ahead. Hate to do this. Like this is not something I want to do, but I need to make the point. When Luis Castillo dropped the pop-up, the Yankees acted like they won the World Series. And I am not mocking them. I am not blaming them. They won the game, and it was an amazing win. It didn't matter that they were lucky. It didn't matter that Louise Castillo was a buffoon, not catching a pop-up. So usually it doesn't matter. Yeah, but the opponent matters. Oh, you think it's because it's the Mets? Yes. No, also the scenario, the Yankees were losing that game. The game is already tied. It's a wild pitch last night. Kaba, it was just very anticlimactic. It happens on a ball four where even if there's not a wild pitch, you know the inning's getting extended. The game is literally ending with Castillo catching the ball. It's not the same thing. Right. There's not a tie game on a walk where the ball four.

1:45.6

I was talking to Mets versus the Angels.

1:47.7

Well, that's true, too.

1:48.5

All of that.

1:49.1

Do we really care about the Angels? I mean, you care about winning the game. You were down by two going into the night. But you don't care. There's no emotional tie to winning that game. I was merely, to be fair, Sean, countering Tiki's point that, hey, they felt lucky and they escaped with a win.

2:01.1

And I was giving another example of escape with a win kind of in situation. I get that these things are different. But even on wild pitches, because we've seen walk off box. We've seen walk off wild pitches. We've seen walk off hit batsmen. Michael Conforto on opening day back in 2021. And it feels like the players get more excited.

2:35.7

So it was just, it was weird. I'm not ripping anybody. I'm just saying I was disappointed. I thought they were going to throw water and they were going to celebrate. They're going to take the clothes off. I think maybe because of the emotional swings, like the highs and lows, when it, it just felt like a relief as opposed to exulting. Got you know what I mean? Gotcha. I mean, he got up for Grisham's tying Homer.

2:36.5

The whole bench went.

2:37.1

I agree.

2:36.5

It was that, which is, like a relief as opposed to exulting. Got you. Got you. I mean, he got up for Grisham's tying home, or the whole bench went.

2:37.1

I agree.

2:51.1

Which is why I thought once the walkoff occurred, no matter how it happened, they'd be excitement. Okay, you guys don't think a big deal. Let's get to the other one. The Edwin Diaz situation. Now, Edwin Diaz is the reason I'm wearing an L for the second straight day for those consuming our show on YouTube.

3:24.2

I made a comment when we were leading off a show back in December in which I said, by the end of the show, Edwin Diaz will be a MET. And not only was he not a Mets, but about five days later, he signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers. So my malfeasians for that is to wear an L every time the Mets face the Dodgers. Edwin Diaz may not even be available in this series because his velocities down. I'm not even getting to that. But before the game, and thanks to Laura Albanese, who caught this and was able to videotape part of it and put it out in social media for us to know about it, prior to the game, the Dodgers started playing a video about Edwin Diaz talking to his teammates about why he picked the Dodgers, including Dave Roberts saying on the screen with everyone to watch,

3:29.2

he's chasing a ring, which I think is insulting to Edwin, but also insulting to the Mets.

3:35.2

He said chasing or choosing?

3:37.4

Chasing a ring.

3:38.1

Okay.

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