00:00Well, Greg, let's hear from Jake Bennett, who helped the Red Sox get the win yesterday
00:04against the San Francisco Giants to complete the sweep.
00:07He talked about his kind of load management and the little extra rest he had heading into
00:11that Giants game.
00:12We can hear from Jake Bennett after the game.
00:15You got some extra rest coming in.
00:17Do you feel like it paid off for you?
00:19Yeah, I mean, I think, you know, it was kind of just a little bit of workload management
00:23stuff.
00:24So, you know, I mixed in the higher intensity bullpen, tried to get a game feel.
00:28But, yeah, it's great to get back out on the mound.
00:31With a month and change left in the regular season, you've talked plenty about your innings.
00:36How do you feel heading into the home stretch-ish?
00:39I feel good.
00:40Body, arm feel really good.
00:42You know, just really trying to keep building off this outing and finish strong.
00:47All right, I like it.
00:48Going to need to be able to count on a couple guys arm-wise in Jake Bennett and Peyton Toley
00:55who haven't necessarily gone the full distance before.
00:58So, I mean, listen, another sweep for this team.
01:04That Contreras-Elon Musk rocket launch on Friday night was unbelievable.
01:12Wild.
01:12That thing, 452 feet.
01:15I just, I like their chances, Curtis.
01:20I really do.
01:21And you got Roman Anthony.
01:22He's going to play in Worcester tomorrow night.
01:24Back Friday night in the Bronx.
01:26It was very exciting up near me in Maine.
01:30Everybody was excited in Portland when he hit that dinger on whatever that was, Tuesday
01:37night, Wednesday night, Tuesday night, I guess.
01:39And so...
01:41Is it true you were keeping score at Headlock Field?
01:43I was not.
01:44I did think about going over there and taking in an inning or two, but, you know, I was very
01:49comfortable reading.
01:50You were hungry.
01:50I was comfortable reading.
01:54But, I don't know...
01:56They're now two games over .500, Greg, by the way.
01:58After having the worst home record in the history of the team, they're now 34 and 32 at Fenway.
02:02They were, I think, 12 games under .500 a month ago at Fenway Park.
02:06You're three games back of the Yankees.
02:08You're 99% chance of making the playoffs according to baseball perspectives.
02:12I don't understand their...
02:16I guess because today's a minor league day off, they're going to bring Trevor Story and the
02:23IKF back to Fenway to be checked out or what.
02:26I like...
02:27Keep Trevor Story away from this team.
02:29Is that the way you feel about it?
02:30Entirely.
02:31Like, I do think that it's going to be...
02:34When it comes to those who want the interim manager tag removed from Chad Tracy, the way
02:40in which he is going to manage Trevor Story and his desire to play every day and to be
02:50the guy who's coming back to save the baseball team is you're going to get to see a lot because
02:55that's going to be a lot for him to deal with, Chad Tracy.
02:57And I just go back to the day that he was...
03:00Chad Tracy was hired and Cora was fired and Trevor Story had that pouty tantrum in the
03:06locker room in Baltimore.
03:07And I just...
03:08This team is better without him.
03:10It's nothing personal.
03:11Just, I would say, stay the hell away.
03:13Yeah.
03:13I mean, I just...
03:15You run the risk of effing with the chemistry.
03:19Do you not?
03:20Of course.
03:21You know, when you want to hear a negative slant about Tracy and why he still hasn't been
03:25given the full-time manager job.
03:28According to Ken on Saturday, if there is a lockout, Worcester still plays.
03:33Oh, yeah.
03:34And if you remove the interim tag, then he can't go back and still do his job with the
03:38Worcester Red Sox.
03:39I don't think you need to...
03:40When people are...
03:42Shaughnessy wrote an article over the weekend about how you got to remove the interim tag.
03:46Like, I don't know what the rush is.
03:48Like, I...
03:48He's earned it.
03:49He has earned it.
03:51But it's not going to...
03:52He's not going to...
03:52He's not going to be paid more.
03:54Like, I mean, I...
03:54You know, I...
03:55But if that's the reason they want to have a cheap guy manage their AAA team while they're
03:59locking the players out, that is not a good reason to not remove the interim tag.
04:03Yeah.
04:04I mean, Bob Nightingale yesterday on social said that he's the frontrunner to be manager
04:09of the year.
04:11So, by the way, the Alex Cora to the Phillies thing, have you seen the Phillies recently?
04:15They've won nine straight since that story came out.
04:18Yeah.
04:18Well, he doesn't get the job if they make the playoffs, supposedly.
04:21So, that might not happen.
04:22Cora might be banging trash cans for the Philly opponents in the playoffs.
04:26Yeah.
04:27I just don't...
04:28Like, the way these guys are constructed lately, chemistry-wise, I don't know that you want
04:38to throw Trevor Story into that mess.
04:40Nowhere near the team.
04:41Yeah.
04:42Keep him the hell away.
04:43Yeah.
04:45So, but...
04:46Month left in the season.
04:47Season.
04:48We should do a roadkill Friday from the Bronx.
04:50Oh, yeah.
04:51Well, I mean, if everything goes well when it comes to Worcester, I'm assuming that Roman
04:57Anthony could play this weekend, right?
04:59That would be perfect.
05:00And what an opportunity for him.
05:02Nobody would remember a damn thing about the offseason, about Homeland Suites, about any
05:05of it.
05:06If he gets back this weekend, they win two or three in the Bronx, and he has a couple big
05:10hits, we're off to the races.
