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The Yankees took two out of three from Arizona, completing a six-and-one road trip,

which is, I think, better than any of us anticipated.

You think going into that road trip?

When you go against Arizona Diamondbacks who just won their World Series team, right?

And you play Houston Astros.

Sure.

Tough.

Tough.

The team in the American League, arguably, to start the season, you go 6-1, and not

to mention two series wins, which is the most important thing, win those series and move

on, you're going to have a really good record at the end of the day and at the end of

the season. So, yeah. Only one game was flat. What I was thinking yesterday is that, I mean, the Yankees nearly had to start their season against both the World Series teams from the previous year. I know the Astros didn't make the World Series, but they went to Game 7 of the ALCS. So they very easily could have been in the World Series against the Diamondbacks. And that would have been the first time in history. And the only

time in history that a team the next season has to play the NL and AL reigning champs in the previous year.

Because now with the balanced schedule, you can start the season with an interleague game.

Because it used to be interleague you didn't start that until

later in the season so you could never have your first two series against so the Yankees very

nearly had their first two series against the champs from both leagues in the previous year so yeah

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