Big Mac Debates Yankees' Wild Card Pitching: Schlittler vs. Fried

Craig Carton (0:00)

A theme! I sense a theme here today!

Chris McMonigle (0:03)

Little Rainy Day theme?

Craig Carton (0:04)

You're making rain jokes, he's playing rain songs.

Chris McMonigle (0:07)

I'm not making rain jokes.

Craig Carton (0:08)

Yeah.

Chris McMonigle (0:09)

You're being very cavalier with certain things.

Craig Carton (0:12)

I'm being cavalier?

Chris McMonigle (0:13)

Very cavalier.

Craig Carton (0:14)

How's that? I'm the only guy that gives a right to ask about my community. You guys are in about six inch plastic toys. I'm not worried about anything. Yeah, and ceremonies for a guy that, yo, probably wouldn't give you that at the time of day if you met him on a subway. That being said, what a special day today is going to be for CC Sabathia.

I heard a rumor that the reason CC Sabathia told the Yankees, no, I want to do today, is that he was afraid if he didn't, Derek Jeter wouldn't show up next year for him.

Chris McMonigle (0:43)

It's possible. It's hard to get Jeter there.

Craig Carton (0:45)

Jeter doesn't like coming back, right?

Chris McMonigle (0:46)

It's hard to get Jeter there.

Craig Carton (0:47)

Unless he's driving that Wagoneer over the bridge, which he's probably never done.

Chris McMonigle (0:52)

Well, he was just here for another event too.

Craig Carton (0:55)

I think he came for Fox for a while. No, he came for Fox.

Chris McMonigle (0:59)

No, but he came for... Someone else was getting honored, wasn't it? I thought like...

Craig Carton (1:02)

I mean, they honor everybody now.

Chris McMonigle (1:03)

They honored the 96 team earlier in the season. He wasn't there. Old timers day, not there.

Craig Carton (1:08)

Right.

He doesn't like coming back that much. But I guess you got to come back for CC. Here's your best pitcher in 09, right?

Chris McMonigle (1:17)

Absolutely.

Craig Carton (1:18)

Yeah. You okay with that?

SPEAKER_3 (1:19)

People worried about you right now.

Craig Carton (1:21)

People concerned about your welfare.

Chris McMonigle (1:23)

Why?

Craig Carton (1:24)

Because, you know, they've listened to the show for the last hour.

You're starting to feel better. You said about what? Last hour? What did I do in the last hour? I'm just saying what people are saying, Big Mac. I'm just the messenger. No. I'm starting to feel better. I'm starting to feel better.

Chris McMonigle (1:36)

I got my Yankee playoff juices flowing.

Craig Carton (1:38)

Yeah, okay, good.

Chris McMonigle (1:39)

We're a couple days away from the start of this postseason.

Craig Carton (1:42)

They'll save you from the Giants' failures, of course.

Chris McMonigle (1:44)

Well, now I'm starting to turn the page. Look, I still think what I think, but, you know, Sunday there's a football game and I'm looking forward to it. And Andrew Thomas practiced today.

Craig Carton (1:53)

I saw that. I saw that.

Chris McMonigle (1:54)

So hopefully Andrew Thomas is playing. That should help the Giants a lot.

Craig Carton (1:56)

Are you really looking forward to the Giants' game, to be honest? Yes, of course I am. You want to see the Jamis-Winston era get off to a rousing start. Is that fair to say?

You feel like, you know, everyone's counting them out, the Giants, the season's over, blah, blah, blah.

Chris McMonigle (2:09)

I told you, I think they can win six, seven games. And I think if they're going to do that, it starts, one of them has to be Sunday.

Craig Carton (2:13)

You don't think a desperate Titans team would play much better against Philadelphia is going to give you all the business you want and then some?

Chris McMonigle (2:20)

I think it's going to be a tough game, yeah.

Craig Carton (2:21)

Joining us on the hotline right now, Robert Sala, the head coach of the Tennessee Titans coach.

Oh, I guess we lost him. Lost him, yeah. Sorry. Stephen Ramsey, I'm the fan. Stephen, how are you doing today, pal?

SPEAKER_4 (2:35)

I'm doing great. I just want to make sure that Big Mac stretched today because he's tying himself to not trying to make sense of this Cam Schlittler not starting game one thing.

Craig Carton (2:48)

Go ahead, sir. Your take is what?

SPEAKER_4 (2:51)

He should start game one. He's the best pitcher in the American League. He's the Yankees' best. Even if he wasn't the best pitcher in EAL, which he has been, he's the Yankees' best pitcher. They start game one of the playoffs. Also, if he starts game one of this series, he's eligible for game two in the next series.

Craig Carton (3:09)

Oh, is that a fact?

Chris McMonigle (3:10)