#Listen to Episode 20 of ‘Pinstripe Pod’: Subway Series Memories feat. Graeme Lloyd

The Rays have had the Yankees number so far this season, winning five of the first six games. On the latest episode of the “Pinstripe Pod” with Chris Shearn and four-time Yankees World Series champion Jeff Nelson, the guys dive into the team’s struggles against their AL East rival and talk about the Subway Series this weekend.

We open the show with the “In The Paper” segment where I go through some big Yankees headlines and Shearn and Nellie react. First up, it’s the struggles against the Rays. Should the Yanks be concerned that they have not been able to figure out the Rays? Next up, it’s Gerrit Cole…should he have stayed in the game Wednesday night? Do the guys like his leave-me-in-the-game mentality? Third on the list is Zach Britton. If he misses significant time, will the Yankees bullpen be fine? Finally, we have a good debate on the Subway Series. I think it’s awesome, fun and should be continued to be played every year. Shearn thinks there’s no point of it anymore and that there should be no interleague play. Nellie explains why he loved playing the Mets and looks back to the memorable 2000 World Series between the New York teams.

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Speaking of the Yankees and Mets, Graeme Lloyd played for both and won two World Series in 1996 and 1998 with the Yankees. Lloyd joins the show over the phone from Australia to talk about what he’s doing over there, rivalries when he played and him and Nellie look back to their memorable brawl with the Orioles. Lloyd told Nellie that if Armando Benitez hit Tino Martinez that they would run out of the bullpen and charge the mound and by the time they got out there, the benches had already cleared. It was a unifying moment for the 1998 Yankees. Shearn asks Lloyd about the infamous poop bullpen stories that Nellie has told, memories winning with the Yankees and what it was like going to the Mets in 2003. He also talks about how the Subway Series was special.

NY Post Yankees beat writer George King then makes his debut on the pod. He talks about Britton’s injury, DJ LeMahieu’s return timeline, how good the Rays are and Miguel Andujar’s future.

Catch up on all episodes of “Pinstripe Pod,” a New York Yankees podcast, by subscribing to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. Follow Chris Shearn on Twitter @ChrisShearnYES and Jeff Nelson @NYNellie43. The next episode of the podcast drops Monday.