Keefe To The City Podcast
461 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsNeil Keefe talks New York Yankees and New York Rangers. New episodes after every game.
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Rangers Podcast: More Missed Opportunities and Another Blown Lead
February 11, 2021 05:00 - 24 minutes - 16.8 MBThe Rangers blew another lead, missed an abundance of high-quality scoring chances, including breakaways and open nets, and they lost. They have now lost eight of 12 games this season, nearly all the same way.
Rangers Podcast: Top Six Have to Be Better
February 10, 2021 02:00 - 8 minutes - 5.73 MBThe Rangers have played the Islanders three times this season and in all three games there was a shutout. The Rangers have been on the wrong end of the shutout in two of three games and they were on Monday night in a 2-0 loss. Once again, the Rangers' top two lines were unable to produce any offense.
Yankees Podcast: One Last Roster Move?
February 09, 2021 02:00 - 3 minutes - 2.35 MBThe Yankees have one move left to make this offseason and that’s to bring Brett Gardner back. In order to stay under the luxury-tax threshold, it’s the only remaining move they “can” make. It’s now just a waiting game until pitchers and catchers report next week.
Rangers Podcast: Two More Points
February 05, 2021 14:00 - 8 minutes - 5.71 MBAfter an abysmal start to the season, the Rangers have won three of their last four games, earning seven of a possible eight points to climb the East standings. Their latest two points came in an impressive 4-2 win over the Capitals in advance of an important upcoming week against the Islanders and Bruins.
Yankees Podcast: Expanded Postseason Bad for Baseball
February 04, 2021 14:00 - 6 minutes - 4.5 MBThe Major League Baseball Players Association rejected the proposal from the owners to delay the start of the season and implement the universal designated hitter and the expanded postseason for a second straight year. That's bad for the Yankees who will never not be in the top eight teams in the American League, but it's good for baseball.
Rangers Podcast: Undefeated Since Tony DeAngelo Was Waived
February 02, 2021 14:00 - 8 minutes - 5.8 MBThe Rangers finally broke through and won against in the Penguins in their fourth try this season. Rather than blow a lead to the Penguins like they had in the first three games against them, the Rangers overcame a deficit to win 3-1 on Monday. The Rangers are now undefeated with Tony DeAngelo no longer part of the team.
Yankees Podcast: New-Look Rotation Full of Unknowns
February 01, 2021 22:00 - 35 minutes - 24.5 MBScott Reinen of Bronx Pinstripes joined me to talk about the state of the Yankees as spring training approaches, including the Yankees' decision to stay under the luxury-tax threshold, saying goodbye to Adam Ottavino and Masahiro Tanaka, bringing back the same exact lineup and why an expanded postseason field will ruin the regular season.
Rangers Podcast: Another Game, Another Blown Lead
January 31, 2021 14:00 - 8 minutes - 5.89 MBThe Rangers have played the Penguins three times this season. They have held a third-period lead in all three games. They have lost all three games. The Rangers have blown every lead they have had since the second game of the season.
Rangers Podcast: Turning Point of Season?
January 29, 2021 20:00 - 4 minutes - 3.44 MBThe Rangers had to win on Thursday night in Buffalo. At 1-4-1 and in the midst of a four-game losing streak, they desperately needed to salvage the fourth and final game of their road trip and get two points. And they did just that. After blowing another two leads in the game, Alexis Lafreniere scored the overtime game-winner for the first goal of his career.
Yankees Podcast: Payroll Cut by $50 Million Once Again
January 28, 2021 21:00 - 14 minutes - 10 MBThe Red Sox were happy to take Adam Ottavino in the Yankees' salary dump of the right-hander. Why wouldn't they be? He makes the Red Sox better and his removal from the Yankees makes them worse. Sure, the Yankees then went and signed Darren O'Day, but why couldn't they have both? Why couldn't they have five elite relievers? For 2019, on paper, they had six. Now they have four. For the second time in three years, the Yankees have cut payroll by $50 million in the middle of a championship wi...
Rangers Podcast: Another One-Goal Loss
January 27, 2021 15:00 - 5 minutes - 4.07 MBThe Rangers lost to the Sabres 3-2 on Tuesday and have now lost four straight games, all by one goal. To make matters worse, it was their third straight lost in which they had a lead in the game. They blew three leads in two games in Pittsburgh and blew another two leads in Buffalo. The Rangers' postseason chances are declining by the day, and they need to turn their season around before they no longer can.
Rangers Podcast: Swept Away in Pittsburgh
January 25, 2021 19:00 - 5 minutes - 4.02 MBTwo games in Pittsburgh and two losses for the Rangers. The Rangers blew two one-goal leads and have now lost three straight and four of five to begin the season. The Rangers sit alone in eighth and last place in the East tied with Ottawa for the worst winning percentage in the league. Things need to change and change quickly if the Rangers want to think about the postseason.
Yankees Podcast: The Jameson Taillon Trade
January 25, 2021 15:00 - 6 minutes - 4.54 MBThe Yankees added another starting pitcher to their rotation by trading for the Pirates' Jameson Taillon. The right-hander hasn't pitched since 2019 after undergoing a second Tommy John surgery, and he joins a Yankees staff that is full of starters who returning from injuries and who haven't pitched much, if at all, over the last few seasons. The trade was a no-brainer for the Yankees considering Taillon's salary ($2.25 million) and what they had to give up. If healthy, the Yankees would hav...
Rangers Podcast: Penguins Complete Comeback
January 23, 2021 15:00 - 8 minutes - 6.19 MBThe Rangers had a two-goal lead in Pittsburgh and they blew it, losing 4-3 in a shootout. Yes, the young Rangers played well, but it was a bad loss. The Rangers have now lost three of four this season, and in their first loss they didn't show up, in their second lost they dominated play and couldn't score, and on Friday in Pittsburgh, they blew a 3-1 lead. At some point, moral victories in these games can't be enough.
Yankees Podcast: Time to Worry About Blue Jays?
January 21, 2021 16:00 - 9 minutes - 6.32 MBThe Yankees can no longer only worry about the Rays in the AL East. Coming off an unexpected postseason berth, the Blue Jays have decided to surround their young, very good and inexpensive core with established major leaguers. The Blue Jays added former Yankee Kirby Yates to the back end of their bullpen and then went and gave George Springer a six-year, $150 million contract.
Rangers Podcast: Disappointment Against Devils
January 20, 2021 15:00 - 8 minutes - 6.16 MBThe Rangers followed up their impressive shutout win over the Islanders with a loss to the Devils to finish their season-opening, three-game homestand. The Rangers outplayed the Devils and controlled the game for much of the night, but the few minutes they took off and the few lapses they had all seemed to lead to Devils goals. Now the Rangers find themselves needing to bounce back quickly with a two-game series in Pittsburgh this weekend.
Yankees Podcast: Current Roster Isn't Winning World Series
January 18, 2021 16:00 - 48 minutes - 33.2 MBThe Yankees are reportedly close to re-signing DJ LeMahieu and have signed Corey Kluber to a reclamation contract. Even still, the lineup is the same as last year's, the rotation is less and the bullpen is essentially the same, and the team wasn't good enough to win the World Series with that roster. They weren't even good enough to get out of the division series. Andrew Rotondi of Bronx Pinstripes joined me to talk about the state of the Yankees with less than a month to go until the sched...
Rangers Podcast: That's More Like It
January 17, 2021 16:00 - 30 minutes - 21.2 MBAfter getting embarrassed and shut out at the Garden on opening night, the Rangers bounced back with a 5-0 blowout win over the Islanders. Mike Carver of the Isle Seat Podcast joined me to talk about the two-game series between the rivals to begin the season.
Rangers Podcast: Worst Opening Night Possible
January 15, 2021 14:00 - 24 minutes - 16.9 MBThe Rangers were embarrassed and shut out in a 4-0 season-opening loss to the Islanders at the Garden. Brian Monzo of WFAN joined me to talk about the Rangers' loss as we try to not overreact to the first of 56 regular-season games for the Blueshirts.
Yankees Podcast: Is Goal Still to Win World Series?
January 14, 2021 17:00 - 10 minutes - 6.95 MBI thought the goal of each Yankees season was to win the World Series. I’m not so sure anymore. The Yankees haven’t made a move this offseason to improve their roster and there’s a month left until spring training.
Yankees Podcast: DJ LeMahieu Is 'Dismayed'
January 11, 2021 17:00 - 8 minutes - 6.15 MBThere's a report from Yahoo! Sports that DJ LeMahieu is "dismayed" with the Yankees and has asked his agent to connect with other teams on a contract. If true, it's not a surprise as the Yankees have yet to sign the team's best player. They have yet to do anything this offseason.
Yankees Podcast: Still Waiting on DJ LeMahieu
January 07, 2021 17:00 - 9 minutes - 6.45 MBIt's been three days since the last podcast and DJ LeMahieu is still a free agent, and over the last three days, the Yankees haven't improved their roster or rotation. The Yankees did finally make an offseason move, but it was nothing more than a depth move that will hopefully not have any impact on the team this season.
Yankees Podcast: No Roster Moves in Three Months
January 04, 2021 16:00 - 8 minutes - 5.62 MBIt’s been nearly three months since the Yankees’ season ended and they have done nothing to improve their roster in that time. They haven’t done anything to their roster at all, other than have impending free agents become free agents and release the ineffective Jonathan Holder. Spring training is a little more than a month away (if the season starts on time) and the Yankees are much worse today than they were when they were eliminated.
Yankees Podcast: Zack Britton Is Back, Brett Gardner Isn't (For Now)
October 30, 2020 12:00 - 6 minutes - 4.62 MBThe Yankees had to bring Zack Britton back for 2021 (and 2020), so they did. The Yankees didn't want to pay Brett Gardner $10 million for 2021, so they didn't. But everyone should expect Gardner to re-sign with the Yankees at a much lower cost.
Yankees Podcast: Yankees' Roster Isn't as Good as Rays' or Astros'
October 19, 2020 13:00 - 15 minutes - 10.5 MBAaron Boone can keep talking about how the Yankees were a tie game in the eighth inning of Game 5 of the ALDS from beating the American League-winning Rays, but the difference between the two teams was much greater than that. The Yankees weren't going to score a second run in that game if it went 10 innings or 100 innings. The Yankees might be in a championship window, but when you look at the roster construction of the Rays or Astros, the Yankees don't appear to be close to even winning the...
Yankees Podcast: Gerrit Cole Is Expected to Win Game 5
October 09, 2020 19:00 - 7 minutes - 5.49 MBI didn't expect the Yankees to win Game 4. But if they were to win Game 4, I expected them to win Game 5 with Gerrit Cole on the mound. Well, they won Game 4, and now I expect them to win Game 5 and advance to the ALCS.
Yankees Podcast: How Can Yankees Win Game 4 Against Rays?
October 08, 2020 17:00 - 11 minutes - 8.14 MBThe Rays have exposed the Yankees over the last two nights with some help from the home plate umpires. Now the Yankees will give the ball to the worst of their starting pitching options to try to save the season and force a Game 5. The Yankees will be expected to win Game 5 with Gerrit Cole on the mound, but can they even get there?
Yankees Podcast: Inexplicable Pitching Strategy Could Ruin Yankees' Season
October 07, 2020 16:00 - 13 minutes - 9.39 MBThe Yankees are in big trouble. They relinquished their ALDS lead with the worst possible first-guessed pitching decision and now they desperately need to win Game 3 or their season will likely end this week.
Yankees Podcast: Yankees’ Offense Made Sure Gerrit Cole Didn’t Cost Them Game 1
October 06, 2020 14:00 - 11 minutes - 8.2 MBGerrit Cole didn’t pitch like any Yankees fan expected him to pitch in Game 1 of the ALDS, but he pitched the way he has against the Rays all season. Thankfully, the Yankees’ offense showed up for the third straight game to open the postseason and made sure Cole’s off night didn’t cost the Yankees a win in the best-of-5.
Yankees Podcast: Yankees’ Offense Will Need to Overcome Bullpen and Aaron Boone in ALDS
October 05, 2020 17:00 - 11 minutes - 7.97 MBThe Yankees have a chance to avenge their disappointing 2-8 record against the Rays from the regular season by beating them in the ALDS. In order to do so, the Yankees’ offense will have to put up runs to keep the bullpen from blowing games and to keep Aaron Boone from managing the Yankees to a series loss.
Yankees Podcast: Aaron Boone Couldn't Have Been Worse in Game 2
October 01, 2020 17:00 - 13 minutes - 9.34 MBThe Yankees are very luck they aren’t playing an elimination Game 3 against the Indians with J.A. Happ on the mound on Thursday night. Aaron Boone did everything he could to manage his team to a loss in Game 2 on Wednesday, but the Yankees’ offense wouldn’t let his ineptitude overpower their ability. The Yankees will now play the Rays in the ALDS with a chance to avenge the regular-season disappointment against their biggest rival.
Yankees Podcast: Yankees Embarrass Indians in Game 1
September 30, 2020 15:00 - 13 minutes - 9.45 MBThe Yankees' offense took Shane Bieber out of Game 1 and Gerrit Cole took the Indians' offense out of Game 1. Most importantly, the Yankees' offense and Cole took Aaron Boone out of Game 1 in what was an easy 12-3 win in the best-of-3.
Yankees Podcast: Why Does Michael King Get to Keep Starting/Opening?
September 22, 2020 17:00 - 7 minutes - 5.5 MBThe Yankees keep talking about how they are trying to win home-field advantage for the best-of-3 series, but they’re clearly not trying their hardest. If they were, why was Michael King starting or opening on Monday night against the Blue Jays? It was a perfect opportunity to give Clarke Schmidt his first major league start, and instead, the Yankees went with the guy who has pitched a combined 14 innings over four starts/opens this season with an 8.36 ERA.
Yankees Podcast: Get Ready for October
September 21, 2020 17:00 - 9 minutes - 6.36 MBThe Yankees are going to the postseason. It's something we have known since Opening Day when it was announced the postseason field would be expanded to eight teams. Now it's official and the Yankees can use the last seven games of the regular season to get ready for October.
Yankees Podcast: Season Comes Down to This Weekend
September 11, 2020 14:00 - 26 minutes - 18.5 MBThe Yankees were rained out on Thursday and now will play a doubleheader on Friday against the Orioles. With Gerrit Cole in Game 1 and Masahiro Tanaka in Game 2, the Yankees need to sweep a doubleheader for the first time this season. The Yankees need to win at least three out of four against the Orioles this weekend. Andrew Rotondi of Bronx Pinstripes joined me to talk about the state of the Yankees, which isn't good right now.
Yankees Podcast: Yankees Finally Win and Scott Proctor
September 10, 2020 12:00 - 33 minutes - 23 MBThe Yankees finally won a game. Deivi Garcia led the way, and in the 43rd game of the season, Gleyber Torres decided to show up with a home run, double and four RBIs. The Yankees now have a chance to officially get back on track with a four-game series at home against the Orioles. At the 6:06 mark, former Yankees reliever Scott Proctor joins me to talk about his baseball career and time with the Yankees.
Yankees Podcast: Orioles Latest to Embarrass Yankees
September 07, 2020 14:00 - 11 minutes - 8.1 MBEntering this weekend, the Yankees had a 19-game winning streak against the lowly Orioles. That streak reached 20 games after Friday's win in the first game of the doubleheader, but after that, the Yankees lost three straight to the rebuilding Orioles. The Yankees' season continues to get worse as they are now in eighth in the AL, barely in a postseason spot.
Yankees Podcast: Aaron Boone Sees 'Really Good Positive Things' in Yankees' Latest Loss
September 06, 2020 14:00 - 9 minutes - 6.65 MBIf you thought the Yankees would get back on track this weekend against the Orioles, you must think this Yankees team is any good. They aren't. They were 16-6 and now they're 21-18. But according to their manager, they're doing "really good positive things."
Yankees Podcast: Yankees Are Full of Excuses
September 04, 2020 13:00 - 13 minutes - 9.39 MBOn Thursday against the Mets, the combination of J.A. Happ and Aaron Boone blew a 4-0 lead, and the combination of Zack Britton and Aroldis Chapman blew a 7-4 lead. The loss was the Yankees' third in four games, and as their season continues to head in the wrong direction, the team keeps coming up with excuses when they lose.
Yankees Podcast: Rays Thoroughly Embarrassed Yankees This Season
September 03, 2020 14:00 - 7 minutes - 5.24 MBThe season series is over between the Yankees and Rays. Thankfully. The Rays won the series 8-2, and for as bad as that is, it seemed even worse. The Yankees won't see the Rays again unless they see them in the postseason, and no Yankees fan should want that.
Yankees Podcast: Rays Thoroughly Embarrassed Yankees This Season
September 03, 2020 14:00 - 7 minutes - 5.24 MBThe season series is over between the Yankees and Rays. Thankfully. The Rays won the series 8-2, and for as bad as that is, it seemed even worse. The Yankees won't see the Rays again unless they see them in the postseason, and no Yankees fan should want that.
Yankees Podcast: Yankees Finally Beat Rays
September 02, 2020 12:00 - 9 minutes - 6.55 MBThe Yankees did it! They beat the Rays! After six straight losses to their only division competition, the Yankees avoided blowing another game to the Rays. Masahiro Tanaka was allowed to pitch six innings, DJ LeMahieu and Luke Voit kept on hitting and Kevin Kiermaier finally did something bad against the Yankees. Because of the ninth-inning antics, the series and season finale on Wednesday might lead to some suspensions.
Yankees Podcast: Gerrit Cole Needs to Figure It Out
September 01, 2020 16:00 - 9 minutes - 6.53 MBOn Saturday against the Mets, J.A. Happ pitched like Gerrit Cole. And on Monday against the Rays, Gerrit Cole pitched like J.A. Happ. It was the second straight start in which Cole lasted only five innings, as he has now failed to beat the Rays in any of his three starts against them this season. Cole has been good this season, but he needs to be great. If he isn’t his old self a month from now, the Yankees aren’t going anywhere.
Yankees Podcast: Weirdest Subway Series Ever
August 31, 2020 13:00 - 16 minutes - 11.4 MBThe five-game Subway Series was full of surprises. The Yankees won games they were supposed to lose and lost games they were supposed to win. They walked off on the Mets twice and got walked off on despite being the home team. They won a game on a wild pitch and came back to win another game despite a 0.02 percent chance of winning. It was a crazy weekend made crazier by Aaron Boone.
Yankees Podcast: Yankees Suck Right Now
August 28, 2020 23:00 - 12 minutes - 8.9 MBThe Yankees lost for the sixth straight game, and once again, it was a game they could have and should have won. Chad Green blew a three-run lead by allowing three home runs in an inning and Aaron Boone's lineup and in-game decisions were right in the middle of the loss. The Yankees still have to play the Mets four times this weekend and they will have to do so without any of their three top and actual starting pitchers. Reaction to the first game of the series-opening doubleheader.
Yankees Podcast: When Is Aaron Judge Not Injured?
August 27, 2020 16:00 - 13 minutes - 9.45 MBI don't know how the Yankees are going to win a game this weekend. Gerrit Cole and Masahiro Tanaka can't start and their 1 through 4 hitters are out as Aaron Judge becomes Giancarlo Stanton with injuries. After the five games against the Mets, things only get worse with three more games against the Rays and another game against the Mets next weekend.
Yankees Podcast: Rays' Starting Pitching, Bullpen, Manager All Better Than Yankees'
August 21, 2020 15:00 - 19 minutes - 13.6 MBIt's a summer Friday. No one should be this upset on a summer Friday, but here I am furious about the Yankees because of their last three games. The Yankees are falling apart.
Yankees Podcast: Scared of Rays for Postseason
August 20, 2020 12:00 - 12 minutes - 8.69 MBThe Yankees have one team they're competing against for the AL East title and they can't beat them. After losing to the Rays 4-2 on Wednesday night, the Yankees are now 1-5 against their only division competition this season.
Yankees Podcast: Rays Are Better Right Now
August 19, 2020 12:00 - 9 minutes - 6.58 MBThe Rays are better than the Yankees. Maybe they won't be at the end of the season, but right now they are. Even if the Yankees hold a 1 1/2-game lead over them in the standings, the Rays are now 4-1 against the Yankees this season.
Yankees Podcast: Yankees Can Win Division This Week
August 18, 2020 13:00 - 8 minutes - 6.13 MBThe Yankees don't lose at home and they certainly don't lose to the Red Sox. After sweeping the Red Sox in a three-game series a couple of weeks ago at Yankee Stadium, the Yankees swept them again, this time in a four-game series. The Yankees have now won 10 straight against the Red Sox for the first time since 1952-53. With the four wins over the Red Sox, the Yankees have now won six straight and are 16-6 with a three-game lead in the loss column over the Rays. If the Yankees' winning stre...