Monument Pod: A New York Yankees Podcast

The last time Andrew and Kunj podcasted, the first half was essentially over, as half of the Yankees' season had already been played. Well, now we're beyond the math, as the All-Star break and MLB Draft are both behind us. The Yankees officially kick off the second half on Thursday night against the Red Sox, and they still have so much to prove. The Yankees technically ended the first half on a hi...

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As it turns out, Andrew picked a good week to go to the beach. Since the last podcast, the Yankees were embarrassed by the Red Sox, Angels, and Mets in order, and their best pitchers (Gerrit Cole and Aroldis Chapman) looked more suspect than ever. Isn’t chaos great? Andrew and Kunj caught up on this dismal 2-7 stretch of Yankees baseball that only further clouded the potential playoff picture. Fen...

The Yankees beat our lowly expectations from last week and actually took care of business quite handily against the Blue Jays and A’s! They swept their division rival in Buffalo (a house of horrors in 2020), and then took two out of three at home from the AL West leaders. Sure, they were aided along the way by the hot bat of Gary Sánchez, but they also had a secret weapon: the ol’ triple play. And...

Another weekend has come and gone, and it brought more Yankee disappointment that sadly did not vanish when we hit midnight on Monday. The glum vibes are still ever-present, as the Yankees saw a standard sweep in Minnesota snatched away from them by a terrible Aroldis Chapman, and then promptly got swept out of town themselves in a two-game weekend set against old friend Joe Girardi and his Philli...

To quote Bruce Banner, “So, this is all seems ... horrible.” A week after podcasting in frustrated fury following the Yankees’ sweep at the hands of the Tigers, we must do essentially the same thing — albeit this time without cursing and more of a deflated exhaustion with this endlessly frustrating group of hitters. The Yankees only managed a four-game split with the Rays and then got pantsed on t...

Corey Kluber's no-hitter feels like a million years already, right? Andrew and Kunj's most recent podcast came out on the day that he made his first post-no-no start with the Yankees on a six-game winning streak. Since then, Kluber got hurt, Luke Voit returned to the IL, Giancarlo Stanton came back ice cold, and the Yankees' offense continued its horrifying tailspin. The pitching was able to hide...

Last week, Andrew and Kunj published the latest podcast on Wednesday morning. Since then, the Yankees’ starting pitchers have yet to allow a single run — a remarkable scoreless stretch of 35 straight innings. That’s been the secret sauce to the Yankees’ six-game winning streak, which helped them take three of four against the Rangers and then sweep the team that was the best in the AL heading into...

It’s been a strange week in Yankee Land. The team suddenly had to deal with several post-vaccination cases of COVID-19 that sidelines members of their coaching staff and Gleyber Torres, Aaron Hicks and Giancarlo Stanton hit the injured list with very different ailments, someone named Ryan LaMarre joined the outfield, and, oh yeah, the Yankees won back-to-back series on the road — even at the Trop....

In the past week, the Yankees have done well against some decent teams! The beat both the Astros and Nationals two games out of three at home, and the two losses just so happened to be the bullpen’s first two meltdowns of the season. They weren’t going to be perfect all year long, so as annoying as the L’s were, they weren’t too hard to shake off. We discussed the mostly-successful past week, offe...

After an up-and-down series split in Baltimore, the Yankees came home to the Bronx and took care of business over the weekend against the Tigers. They swept perhaps the worst team in baseball out of town and returned to .500 for the first time since April 12th. This all means that Andrew and Kunj got to have a mostly positive podcast! Isn’t that nice? Giancarlo Stanton has been excelling since bei...

Andrew and Kunj wanted this podcast to be an enjoyable one. They really did. They thought that it would be all pleasant after the series victory in Cleveland! And don’t worry, they still talked about those awesome 3-0 rallies and Gerrit Cole outdueling Shane Bieber again. They were determined to some positives! Gio Urshela, Kyle Higashioka, and some dingers helped out there. The problem was that t...

There's no easy to say this: Andrew and Kunj have had dentist appointments more enjoyable than the past week of Yankees baseball. The team is winless since our last recording, having dropped five in a row while suffering an embarrassing home sweep at the hands of the Rays. Andrew and Kunj gradually run through everything going wrong with the team, from the offense (in a nightmarish slump) to the p...

Andrew and Kunj discuss the three different kinds of Gerrit Cole starts so far — tough-luck loss, overpowering win, and grind-it-out win — while also bringing up the value of his good rapport with backup catcher Kyle Higashioka. It’s clear that Higgy should receive the lion’s share of Cole starts over Gary Sánchez, but they still think it’s important for Sánchez to at least occasionally catch him....

Opening Day has come and gone, and the Bronx Bombers have begun the season led by the half of their team that was supposed to be more of a question mark — their pitching staff. Although an up-and-down offense has allowed them to drop two games early on, the men on the mound have permitted just 11 runs in 5 games. Not too shabby. This podcast was recorded prior to Gerrit Cole’s dominant start again...

It’s Opening Day Eve and well past time for another podcast! The Yankees will begin their 2021 season tomorrow afternoon against the Blue Jays, and we’re ready to see some regular season baseball again. Andrew and Kunj caught up on the latest spring training news, focusing on the unfortunate Luke Voit injury that has led us to “Opening Day first baseman Jay Bruce,” as well as the the pitching situ...

As the spring training schedule is now past the halfway point, it’s time for a new podcast episode with Andrew and Kunj to discuss the various goings-on. Setup man Zack Britton has unfortunately hit the injury shelf, and that loss is the first topic of discussion. The Yankees will miss his steady presence in the bullpen. Fortunately, manager Aaron Boone (back and healthy after last episode’s scare...

Now that the Grapefruit League has begun, there is actually some vaguely real baseball to watch! Fully aware of the goofiness of the extremely small number of games, Andrew and Kunj talk about what they've liked so far from Gary Sánchez and Jameson Taillon, why Tom was correct on Gerrit Cole working with Sánchez, Clarke Schmidt's elbow strain, and hit-by-pitch maverick Derek Dietrich popping up as...

In the time since Andrew and Kunj's last podcast, there has been some more baseball activity. Lefty reliever Justin Wilson signed a contract to return to the Yankees’ bullpen, Jay Bruce and Robinson Chirinos came aboard as minor league free agents, James Paxton officially bid farewell to New York by rejoining the Mariners, the minor leagues were reorganized, and MLB adopted rules for 2021 (includi...

Andrew and Kunj reboot the original Pinstripe Alley Podcast to talk about the Yankees’ relatively busy offseason, discussing the return of DJ LeMahieu, the additions of Corey Kluber, Jameson Taillon, and Darren O’Day, and our sadness at the departure of Masahiro Tanaka. That guy ruled and we miss him already. We also made fun of Rockies management for the Nolan Arenado deal because, well, why woul...

In their final episode, Shaun and Ryan look back on their most memorable interviews and favorite Yankee moments that occurred during the podcast's two and half year run, and of course, thank all the listeners for their support. Thanks to everyone for a great experience! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

DJ LeMahieu still isn't a Yankee, the starting rotation is still loaded with question marks outside of Gerrit Cole, and an uneventful Winter Meetings has come and gone. Shaun and Ryan discuss the reality that outside of bringing back LeMahieu, the Yankees may very well have no other plans on their offseason checklist, and what that would mean for their World Series contention moving forward. Learn...

Former Yankee star Robinson Cano is suspended for the entire 2021 season due to another positive PED test, prompting Shaun and Ryan to discuss Cano's legacy, and if passing on signing the second baseman to a big deal back in 2013 has turned out to be the right move. Plus, with the Mets now in need of a second baseman, could new owner Steve Cohen get into a battle with the Yankees over DJ LeMahieu?...