The Short Porch

The Yankees' winning streak finally came to an end Wednesday night, but not before the Yankees secured the series victory against the Blue Jays. We also saw Aaron Boone lose his mind at the umps, very reminiscent of the "f-ing savages" rant. Everything has been clicking for this team, with even guys like Gleyber beginning to hit their strides again. Finally, Tommy gives his take on the young fan w...

The Yankees continued to employ their new strategy of not losing this weekend by sweeping the Royals. Aaron Judge is back to playing like a full blown MVP and it’s awesome. Aaron Boone is a managing like a guy who knows these early games are important. The Yankees are winning in a lot of different ways, but Sunday stood out to Hubbs and Marty. Michael King is actually the best reliever in baseball...

The Yankees took care of business against the Guardians and the O's, winning 6 straight to cap off a dominant homestand. Anthony Rizzo has officially been crowned the King of the Short Porch after hitting 3 HRs on Tuesday and becoming the current MLB HR leader. DJ and Judge are both on hot streaks and the pitching remains stellar. Right now this team looks phenomenal and there's truly not much to...

The Yankees had themselves a great weekend sweeping the Guardians and getting an ace-like start from Gerrit Cole. DJ continues to remind us how hurt he was last year by hitting everything in sight. Fans in the outfield caused chaos after Gleyber’s walkoff on Saturday by throwing trash on the field at the Cleveland players. IKF might actually be just what this team needed. Amazon Prime games stink....

The Yankees won the series against Detroit, but it definitely wasn't a victory to feel good about. Gerrit Cole failed miserably once again, this time having the worst start of his career, lasting only 1.2 innings after loading the bases walking the bottom of the Tigers' order. Something is mentally wrong with Cole and we think the only solution is for him to come on the pod and have a group therap...

The Yankees scored runs in three innings combined all series vs Baltimore has they drop 2 of 3. It’s bad. The worst team OPS thru 10 games in 30 years. Joey Gallo and Gleyber have no idea what to do. Friday may have been the most unwatchable game in history. There were bright spots. Jose Trevino needs to play more. Nestor Cortes Jr. is a marvel. Michael King is lockdown. We break it all down and r...

Vladdy Guerrero Jr. strolled into Yankee Stadium Wednesday night and blasted not one, not two, but THREE bombs into the night. Stop pitching to this man. Gerrit Cole was better than his Opening Day start, but still not ace-like against this Jays lineup. The Yankees fought back, but Stanton’s fly ball just missed being a homer. We listen to John Sterling’s whiff of a call and have our hearts sink m...

The Yanks took the first series of the year, winning 2 of 3 vs. Boston. Rizzo and Stanton shined all weekend, while the bullpen really stepped up. Ron Marinaccio made his MLB debut and won us over. There are some problems, mainly Joey Gallo and Aaron Hicks. What are these guys doing? Is IKF a bad shortstop? Gerrit Cole blamed his poor start on Billy Crystal which didn’t sit well with us. A fan on...

A good day and a bad day in the life of a Yankee fan. The good: the New York Yankees are 1-0 after a walk off win off the bat of Josh Donaldson, to beat the Red Sox on Opening Day. The Bad: the Yankees failed to extend Aaron Judge, and he will play the rest of this season with uncertainty about his future. Just another emotional rollercoaster day in the life of a Yankee fan. It feels so good to ha...

The 2022 MLB season is just two days away and we're here to give our full season preview for the Yankees, as well as recap the entire offseason to see how the team stacks up against the rest of the AL East. We also discuss recent news such as Greg Bird somehow returning to torment us, and how Higgy has suddenly decided to become Barry Bonds. To close out the episode, we continue our annual traditi...

Brian Cashman delivered one of the most tone-deaf quotes we've ever heard, effectively blaming the Yankees' WS drought and all of his failures as GM on the Astros' cheating scandal. We got so frustrated by what he said that we felt compelled to give our immediate reaction in this impromptu mini episode of the pod. We also talk about baseball games being broadcast on the Amazon Prime streaming serv...

In this loaded episode of the pod, we discuss topics such as Luke Voit's departure from the team after being traded to Slam Diego, Brian Cashman getting absolutely humiliated by the Minnesota Twins after they signed Carlos Correa, Aaron Judge's free agency looming with seemingly no extension in sight, and many more. Feels good to actually have a lot of baseball news to talk about for once. Outro s...

The Yankees re-signed Anthony Rizzo to a 2-year deal, leaving us to wonder how much better this team currently is compared to last season's. For Brian Cashman to have spent $258 million in order to put THIS team together, shows how much of a pathetic GM he truly is. The Yankees are also dealing with drama surrounding guys on the team like Aaron Judge, who are subject to being ineligible to play in...

The Yankees pulled off a crazy trade out of nowhere, sending Gary Sanchez and Gio Urshela to the Twins in exchange for Josh Donaldson, Isiah Kiner-Falefa, and Ben Rortvedt. We share our instant reactions to the news and try to wrap our heads around what the heck just happened. You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon...

After weeks and weeks of watching the MLBPA and team owners go at it with no end in sight, we may FINALLY be close to the end. During this episode's recording session, we react live to Jeff Passan's tweet about the International Free Agent draft being agreed upon, one of the final barriers to an agreement being reached and ending the lockout. In other news, we discuss the defensive shift being ban...

After months of failed negotiations between the MLBPA and team owners, the season has officially been delayed, with the first two series of the year cancelled at the very least. On top of that, Rob Manfred continues to show why he will go down as one of, if not the, worst MLB commissioners of all time with an embarrassing press conference in which he literally laughed at the current state of baseb...

This week, we actually have a real interview! Our pal, Mike King, joins us to talk about his thoughts on the lockout, his freak finger injury involving dumbbells, and how hard he's been trying to switch jersey numbers. We're also joined later in the show by Mike's sister, Olivia, as she shares with us what it was like creating Mike's walk-out song and having her work played at Yankee Stadium. Outr...

In this episode of the pod, we're joined by Phil Hughes, otherwise known as Barstool Editor-In-Chief, Coley Mick! We discuss a plethora of topics such as what MLB teams are going to do once the lockout ends, the truth behind the movie "Moneyball", and which nation would be the easiest to take land from. Huge thanks to Phil, always a treat to have a former Yankee star on the pod. Outro song: "In My...

In this episode of the pod, we truly went off the rails. We talk about the worst things any of us have ever done in our lives, how we cheated in school, as well as have an incredibly lengthy and detailed debate on what's the best way to jerk off. As far as baseball-related discussions go, we talked about the Freddie Freeman rumors and who we think should be our starting first baseman. We also name...

Clarke Schmidt joins the show once again to talk about all sorts of random topics, both baseball and non-baseball related. We ask him about his take on the CBA negotiations and what it's like for the players to have the season and Spring Training be put on hold. We also talk to him about how his offseason's been going and what his expectations are for himself on the team going forward. Clarke also...

In this episode of the pod, our spiral into madness at the hands of the lockout continue. We discuss the results of the Hall of Fame vote and the hypocrisy of baseball writers refusing to vote for guys connected to steroids like Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, and ARod, but at the same time will turn a blind eye towards David Ortiz. We also had Tommy take an IQ test to see how he compares to the rest...

The MLB lockout has no end in sight, leaving all of us baseball fans with nearly nothing new to talk about. That being said, we discuss a variety of random topics on this episode of the podcast, ranging from the Yankees' official signing of Roderick Arias, to who should or should not be a part of this year's Hall of Fame class. We go through the list of hall of fame nominees and share our picks, w...

The offseason rumor mill remains quiet due to ongoing CBA negotiations, but the wheel may start turning again, as discussions between the MLBPA and owners resume today. We discuss the Mets hiring Eric Chavez away from the Yankees, which some fans are making a way bigger deal about than it needs to be. The Yankees also named Rachel Balkovec as the new manager of their Single-A affiliate, the Tampa...

In our first pod of 2022, we talk about pretty much all there IS to talk about surrounding the Yankees lately. We discuss the Yankees' brass being embarrassed by their Minor League affiliate running a "pizza rat" promotion back in 2018. We talk about the Yankees' strategy of signing young superstars like Roderick Arias in International Free Agency to get around MLB Draft disadvantages. We also com...

2 hours of the best moments from The Short Porch in 2021! Feel like we said the same thing last year, but what a strange year it's been. At any given time this season the Yankees looked like both the best and the worst team in the league. Hopefully our coverage helped get you all through what eventually turned out to be a very disappointing season. Lots of great memories, interviews and moments on...