Good morning, all! We’re still basking in the glow of the eight glorious World Baseball Classic games yesterday, and guess what? We get eight more today, and then seven more tomorrow and Monday, respectively, before the fire hose of baseball is turned down a bit. But for now, here’s how it feels:
Anyway, we’re keeping it simple for our prompt today. The eight winning teams outscored their opponents yesterday by a combined margin of 76-13, and there were subsequently a whole bunch of awesome dingers!
Which one would you describe as the most explosive?
You’ll notice that we used a word that should be almost entirely objective. It’s just a question of which was most aesthetically impressive to you and made your jaw drop the most. One of those “you know it when you see it” kind of deals. Now, how about some contenders?
Shohei Ohtani
Javier Sanoja
Aaron Judge
Junior Caminero
Oneil Cruz
Stuart Fairchild
These were all fun homers to watch for their own unique reasons, and I will say that Sanoja’s makes me laugh the most. But with all due respect to the Captain’s blast in Houston and Cruz’s absolute moonshot, there’s something about Caminero’s that just really blows me away. It might just be because it kind of broke the ballgame with bang, as it went from a tense 3-3 matchup to a Dominican lead, and they just kept their feet on the gas pedal until it was over (enabling Cruz’s howitzer).
Oh, and I just have to say: Congrats to José Contreras and Manny Ramirez’s kids on showing out against Team USA for Brazil at ages 17 and 20, respectively. Eye-opening stuff against a loaded ballclub like that! Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m off to take some Advil and steadfastly refusing to consider where I was in my own life when those kiddos were born.
Jeremy already ran through the first four WBC games from yesterday early last night, but Peter will have you covered for the other four. Madison will run through our Reacts results from this week’s Yankees survey about which pitching prospect is garnering the most excitement and CC Sabathia’s number retirement. Jonathan will celebrate the birthday of Mike Armstrong (a Forrest Gump-esque figure for the Yankees during a four-year stretch or so in the ’80s), Sam will preview the 2026 Arizona Diamondbacks, and between the Yankees’ exhibition game tonight and eight more WBC games, we’ll have baseball. Oh so much baseball.
Today’s Matchup
New York Yankees vs. Washington Nationals
Time: 6:35 p.m. EST
Video: N/A (Audio available via MLB.tv/106.7 FM Nats radio)
Venue: CACTI Park of the Palm Beaches, West Palm Beach, FL
