MLB Opening Night: Yankees vs. Giants (2026) Movie Script

[epic music playing]
[Daniel] There's been a lot of buzz
about this one in Hollywood circles.
There's a feeling
that only comes with opening night.
It has its own kind of electricity.
The whole world leaning in together,
waiting for the curtain to rise.
You can feel it even before it starts.
That hum in the room.
The light finding the screen.
[announcer] The Dodgers stand tall!
They win back to back titles!
[Daniel]
A lot of great stories already told.
And right now,
the next one is being loaded up.
Showtime.
-[crowd cheers, applauds]
-["I Just Might" playing]
From the very first frame,
this one doesn't let go.
The kind of story
that doesn't come around very often.
-[music continues]
-[crowd cheers, applauds]
[Daniel] Names everyone would pay to see.
[indistinct announcement]
[Daniel] An underdog nobody saw coming.
[announcer] Number 16!
[Daniel] Raw, unpredictable.
The cast alone. Global appeal.
-[indistinct announcement]
-[crowd cheers, applauds]
And a plot twist.
Every great story has one.
-[indistinct announcement]
-[crowd cheering]
[Daniel]
I've been waiting all winter for this.
The stars are all red carpet ready.
[announcer] Opening day is here.
Let's see how it unfolds.
I just might make her my baby
Hey, Mister DJ
[song concludes]
[Elle] There will be nearly 2500 games
played this season,
but tonight there's only one.
Welcome to Netflix's opening night pregame
presented by Adobe
from here in sunny San Francisco,
home to one of baseball's crown jewels,
Oracle Park, and a matchup tonight
that predates even the skyline behind it.
Giants and Yankees, a century-old rivalry
that's featured some
of the most legendary names of the past,
you're hearing one right now,
and the present.
When this rivalry started, you guys,
games were being broadcast
on living room radios,
and presently,
we are starting opening night
on the biggest global streaming network
in the world with a drone shot.
Times, they are a-changing,
and we absolutely love it here.
And "here" is in center field
at Oracle Park.
Hello and welcome.
I'm your host, Elle Duncan.
And I got to be honest,
we hit an absolute home run
with this desk.
Literally, there's like 1700 between them,
starting with the man that's got rizz.
It's actually in his name,
world champion, Anthony Rizzo.
A guy whose production
was so absolutely unreal
they thought he was a machine.
Three-time MVP, two-time champ,
Albert Pujols, and a man that needs
no introduction around these parts.
The reason that intentional walks
were created, the home run king
and seven-time MVP.
You guys, it's Barry freaking Bonds.
-[chuckles]
-What's up, you guys?
What an intro, Elle.
You had like 160 home runs
here at Oracle Park.
And I think I can still see some
of the ding marks from them.
-[chuckles]
-What's it like to be here
back at this park and as a rookie
making your broadcasting debut?
Well, you know, that's a good one
because that's one award I did win.
-[Elle] There you go.
-I didn't get the World Series ring
and I didn't win
the rookie of the year award.
-So I'm going to go after that on Netflix.
-[Elle] There we go.
We're going to give you
the rookie of the year for broadcasting.
But I'm close to my sign.
My 756 sign is here.
We have 73 boats
out there, kayaks out there
-in San Francisco.
-We do. We do.
I'm home in my backyard
and I'm happy to be here.
[Elle] Yes. When you guys
think about opening night,
like what kind of memories
or feelings does it evoke?
Well, for me, it was like, you know,
in '01, everybody talking about
"Wait until you get back to St. Louis,
you know, there's nothing like St. Louis."
And it was, I mean,
going there in '01, it was amazing.
The fans.
This is what it's all about, you know,
being here, Giants and Yankees
on Netflix, opening night,
it doesn't get any better than this.
It really does.
And this is an iconic stage to be on.
It's the first game.
It's the only game on.
And it just brings you back.
There's so many different levels
of opening day.
There's guys
making their rookie debut today.
There's guys that are potentially going
into their last season.
And there's guys that are in the prime
of their career, like Aaron Judge.
So you have your family here.
Everyone's so excited.
There's so much hope in the clubhouse.
It doesn't matter
what you did last year.
It doesn't matter
what you did in spring training.
It's one of 162.
And that starts tonight on Netflix.
I love so much that you guys talked
about what a family environment that is.
Do you have
like a favorite opening day memory?
I mean, this is where you get to flex
a little bit on how good you were
right out of the gate. Rizzo.
I mean my first opening day,
my first pitch off A.J. Burnett,
I grew up watching him on the Marlins
win a World Series in '03.
[Elle] There it is.
[Rizzo] Yeah. And I mean I just
completely blacked out there.
-[commentators chuckle]
-[Rizzo] And then,
later on in my career in '24,
I had my whole family in Houston.
We were there for a week. We were hanging
by the pool on the off day
and you just take in those times
because you know
that the end was kind of near.
So it was just two ends of the spectrum
of how much I enjoyed opening day.
-What about you Albert?
-For me, it's back in St. Louis,
you know, opening day.
every player talking about it.
Be able to get back to St. Louis,
45,000 people.
Seeing all the Hall of Fame
with the red jacket.
-I mean, it was pretty awesome.
-[Elle] What about you, Barry?
You know, the thing about me
and opening day,
and I know that these guys, I don't know,
but all of us were called up.
-[Elle] Ah!
-You know, we didn't--
Our opening day was actually
the following year. Right?
Because you were called up,
you were called up.
-I made the team.
-Ah! You know what!
-I'm sorry.
-[chuckles]
I came up in--
I was there I came up in June,
and then so I went to spring
training the following year.
And so my opening day was,
I didn't get cut.
I didn't get sent back to AAA. I made it.
So I wasn't really nervous
for the opening day at that moment
because I was already called up.
I was nervous the year before in June.
The one thing that I want to ask you guys
and I will tell you too
and I know that all those guys
in those locker rooms
are thinking the exact same thing.
I don't want to go 0 for four
on opening day.
Who-- Is there-- Am I right about that?
We don't care about that.
You want to get a hit right away,
right off the bat.
We're all excited about the game.
We're all fired up.
You got animals in there
ready to put it down.
But the problem is like
I don't want to battle uphill.
That first hit is the most important thing
to get you kick-started in
-during the season.
-Yeah.
And not allow an 0 for four,
0 for three day,
take it on to the next day
because how many times
we sit there and think,
"Oh man, I'm 0 for four today
-I gotta be three for six
-Yeah.
-to keep my 300 batting average."
-Oh yeah.
Chime in. Chime in.
I would bring my bat home
before opening night
and I would sleep with it every night.
And then with my wife, now my wife,
she'd be like, "What are we doing here?"
Yeah, we're not sharing the bat.
I would bring my bat home
and just send a little message like,
"Hey, it's going to be a great year."
"You've treated me well over the years."
"So just keep the success up, please."
Yeah, I also think, too,
Barry, I mean, you didn't want
to talk about one of your favorites.
I'll have a favorite Barry Bonds
opening day moment.
You mentioned '73.
You had the single season home run record.
And then the very next year
on opening day, you went yard twice.
-Do we have it. There he goes.
-[Barry] Oh, that.
-That one.
-[Elle] Oh yeah that. One when I did that.
[Barry] Well, you know, the Dodgers.
Got to take care of business
with the Dodgers. That's our rival.
That's what I love about this opening day.
It's a great day.
The Yankees and the Giants,
two iconic baseball teams on opening day.
Nothing better.
And then Albert. We got to show
Albert love too.
-You also-- You did it twice.
-[chuckles]
-Yeah, I got lucky once in a while.
-[Elle] Yeah.
No, I did it in Philadelphia,
and like Barry,
you know you get that first hit,
you get that first home run
of the season right on opening day,
-kind of take that pressure off you.
-[Elle] Yeah.
And you just ride from there
to the 161 left.
[Elle] Yeah, you also did it
in Cincinnati and Philly.
Do you guys know-- Pop quiz on yourself.
Do you know how many opening day
home runs each one of you had?
-Do I know?
-[Elle] Yeah.
-[Barry] Hmm.
-[Elle] Take a guess.
-In my career?
-Yes.
I have to guess, uh
Twenty-seven.
Okay, well, six,
but I love so much your confidence.
-What about you?
-I think I got four.
-You got five. Rizzo?
-I think, three.
-You got four. Six, five, four.
-Oh, there we go.
Three, two, one, zero. So there it is.
Old school, middle school, new kid.
-[chuckles]
-We love that.
I'm in school. I'm in school.
Listen, here's what we expect,
that tonight's going to be a movie.
And speaking of which, we just heard
Daniel Dae Kim say as much.
A reminder that you can see him
in Netflix's upcoming live action series,
Avatar: The Last Airbender.
Season two is premiering this year.
Okay, still ahead.
Coming up, we've got a comedian,
a WWE legend,
and a Heisman Trophy winner
walk into a ballpark.
And that's not the start of a joke,
although Netflix Is A Joke, coming in May.
Far sooner, we're going to dial up
Bert Kreischer, Jameis Winston,
and John Cena
as our opening night pregame
continues here on Netflix.
[Willy] Opening day
is like the first day of school.
You get an opportunity to get back
to doing what you love.
The stadium is back. You got to fly over.
Opening day is special.
It's like a holiday.
It's a blank slate, a blank canvas.
You get to start painting the portrait.
You know,
all the eyes are on that first day.
I mean, it's great. You know, I've always
wanted to be on Netflix, actually.
-You know, it'd be cool.
-Dun-dun. [chuckles]
[crowd cheering]
[Elle] We are back on Netflix
for opening night pregame show.
You see Cody Bellinger coming off a season
where he had his most home runs
in RBI since he won NL MVP
with the Dodgers,
and he can particularly rate
when he's batting third in the lineup.
May be good for the Yankees.
That's exactly where he's batting tonight.
As for Matt Chapman,
he missed 34 games last season
with a right hand injury,
but he has hit at least 20 dingers
in six of his nine MLB seasons.
You know, tonight ushers in
a new era in baseball,
one where the umps
have a little backup at the backstop.
For more on ABS,
powered by T-Mobile, here's John Cena.
-[light switches]
-[electricity buzzes]
Look, I've spent my whole life
in the public eye,
and I know something
about putting on a show.
-[crowd cheers, applauds]
-[indistinct announcement]
That's why I love baseball.
Crack of the bat.
[crowd cheers, applauds]
The roar of the crowd.
[John] Even the cadence
of the man behind the plate.
But this year, the production
is adding something new.
["Enter Sandman" playing]
For the first time, Major League Baseball
is bringing automated balls
and strikes to the regular season.
For real.
The umpire is still out there,
calling the game just like always.
And listen, nobody appreciates
a good performance more than me.
But here's the thing about the human eye.
Even the best only catches so much.
ABS changes all that.
The truth is just there.
[indistinct announcement]
Batter, pitcher, catcher.
Those three only can appeal.
Two per game, per team. No rewrites.
Get it correct,
call flips, challenge kept.
Get it wrong, call stands, challenge gone.
And unlike my day job,
this part isn't scripted.
Every hitter gets their own canvas,
their own frame calibrated to them.
Every at-bat its own scene.
[announcer] What in the world,
are we watching right now?
Baseball's been putting on a show
for over a hundred years.
Every season brings something new
to production.
This one? No different.
Something new is about to hit the screen,
and I promise it's worth the watch.
[song concludes]
[Elle] And that was John Cena
in Netflix's upcoming film,
Little Brother, which is premiering
only on Netflix June '26.
Speaking of debuts,
making his rookie debut here on Netflix.
He's a Cy Young winner. He's a champion
and he is a Hall of Famer.
To quote from John Cena, you can't CC him.
-[chuckles]
-It's CC Sabathia. Hello, friend.
-Hey. Hello. How are you doing?
-Yeah. We're doing great.
I'm so interested
as the only pitcher here on the desk,
your thoughts on this new ABS system
that we could potentially be
seeing here implemented tonight.
Yeah, I'm super excited about it.
I think, you know, having a chance
to get the calls right.
You know, it's something that you know,
I think players have wanted
for a long time.
I don't know how these guys feel about it.
But you know, these guys
know the strike zone really well.
And I think if you know, we had
to actually throw the ball over the plate,
you'll see more often.
So I'm excited about, you know,
the potential what it has to do
across the league is more offense.
And I think people thought that the art
of catching was gonna,
you know, be lost in all of this.
But I think if you get
a good presenter back there
and he's presenting strikes
and the other team keeps challenging
and they lose their challenges,
it's even more of an art
to the catching position back there now
with this ABS challenge going on.
Yeah, I mean, because not noted there
in the John Cena piece
is that if you're right about, like,
your calls, you keep them.
And you can keep going
until you lose those two.
We love consistency, but, Barry,
what do you feel about the human element
essentially sort of being
taken out of the game?
I'm old school and I like human error,
to me it's always been in the game for me,
when I played,
you earned the umpires' respect,
and you could get the calls.
And you know, to me
it's if the umpire was setting up
on the inside of me,
I knew he might-- I could get
that outside pitch the other way
to be set up on the outside part of play.
I knew I had to protect one part of play,
the umpires down the middle.
I knew that he would, you know,
be more direct on the calls though.
But I don't mind the ABS system,
I really don't. I think it's really good.
I think it's going
to be good for the game.
I think a lot of things that have changed
that were not favorable
for me at the time, and now I like it.
I like the pitch clock.
I don't mind it anymore.
I just don't want it to actually
I don't care--
I want it to determine the game, though,
not the umpire.
I don't think that human error
should dictate the end of the game.
If you challenge it and you're right,
let's continue to play.
If the umpire's right
and he's right, the game is over.
That was all a perfect lob here
to Albert Pujols
who of course, like everyone saw,
maybe the best promotional tool
for the ABS system was what happened
to your Dominican Republic team
in the World Baseball Classic,
and it end on a very controversial call.
[Albert] Yeah I don't mind, you know,
either as a hitter.
Obviously, you know,
they're going to have some,
you know, you see Perdomo
right there with his frustration.
We could still probably play him
right now if we had it in place.
But I think this is something, you know,
that is going to help pitchers,
going to help hitters as well.
And my question to CC is that,
like, is this going to be
helping more the hitter
or you think the pitching?
I think it's going
to help the hitters more.
Like I said, I think if guys actually
had to throw the ball over the plate,
especially back in our day, you would see
a lot of guys hitting probably 400.
[laughs] If you're not
getting those balls off the plate,
-you know.
-I wouldn't. Everybody shift to one side.
I really think this is going to help.
I think hitters have the advantage here
but the beauty
of all these new rule changes
is that these pitchers
who we all think are not so smart
-think they have the advantage here.
-[Elle] Ah.
And as far as hitters, we're used
to getting calls going against us
for the most part,
we're used to hitting with two strikes.
Now there's going to be so many calls
where it goes from 1-0 to 2-0.
Or from 2-1 to 3-1.
And that's a big difference
and a major advantage as a hitter.
That's the difference of us
trying to launch a ball in the gap
or protecting
and just try to put the ball in play.
So it's gonna be really interesting
to see how all these guys
and these teams use these challenges.
CC, we-- you were missing, I asked you
about the pitching matchup,
before you get out of here,
we got a couple of aces,
Logan Webb for the Giants.
Max Fried gets the ball for the first time
on opening day for the Yankees.
His fourth overall.
As a pitcher, what are you looking
to accomplish on opening day?
[CC] You just want to try to get up--
get out to a good start, you know.
Everybody is watching the game.
The whole organization
is kind of counting on you
to get everybody off to a good start
and you just want to go out there
and show and prove, and you know,
Max getting his first opening day
start for the Yankees.
You know it's different,
when you put on that New York uniform,
you put on those pinstripes,
and you get to pitch opening day
so super excited for him.
And you know, Logan five in a row now
for him, you know, with the Giants.
And it's a cool thing
to pitch an opening day,
but everybody overreacts, right?
Like, it's the biggest day
of the year, and it's, you know,
everybody's overreaction.
I never liked pitching an opening day,
but now I'm glad I can sit here
and say I pitched
an opening day 11 times.
-Yeah, you mentioned Max Fried.
-[chuckles]
He's looking for his first opening day
start win, but he is facing
a team that he's 4-1 with
with a 2.6 ERA,
so has a really good opportunity
here today.
We will "CC" Sabathia in the booth.
-You can just nod and boo. It's fine, CC.
-[chuckles]
Coming up, Matt Vasgersian
and Hunter Pence
and Lauren Shehadi
on our game broadcast.
-Thank you so much, CC.
-Of course.
-Thank you CC.
-He's like, "yikes, man."
-Get me out of here.
-[CC] Tough parts.
Coming up, it is a tough audience.
We're going to make a splash.
We head to one of the most iconic parts
of Oracle Park with that guy,
comedian Bert Kreischer,
who's in McCovey Cove
for a special tribute to Barry Bonds.
You know, there's a lot
of folks out there.
I think we're going
to need a bigger boat.
As MLB's opening night pregame
live from SF continues here on Netflix.
["(Sittin on) The Dock of the Bay"
playing]
Sittin' on the dock of the bay
-Wastin' time
-[song concludes]
[Elle] Welcome back to opening night
presented by Adobe on Netflix.
So did you know it's the 25th anniversary
of Barry Bonds historic season
where his 73 home runs
set the single season record?
So how about we enjoy a montage
of the ones
that found their way to the bay.
[commentator] He hits one high.
He hits one deep.
McCovey Cove.
-Outta here.
-That one is right
-into McCovey Cove.
-Number five hundred.
It's into the water.
A shot that took two seconds
to get out of here.
This one is way back.
It's hit into the water.
This game is tied.
It is gone.
A home run.
Number 69 for Bond.
[Elle] Barry Bonds hit so many balls
into McCovey Cove
they made him get
a fishing license and we said it.
73 home runs.
So look at the 73 kayaks that are out
in McCovey Cove right now
in celebration
of that historic season
and floating in one of them
is comedian Bert Kreischer
whose show Free Bert
is streaming right now on Netflix.
And I where are you
in this madness, Bert?
[Bert] This is chaos out here.
If you think TSA is bad right now,
come out to McCovey Cove,
these things are squirrelly.
[Elle] Yeah, okay, there you are
and I was wondering
if you mostly took this job
because it meant you could go shirtless
and I, do you have--
You don't have a shirt on.
I am wildly regretting that choice.
I am sunburned, I am freezing.
San Francisco,
the weather changes pretty quick
[Elle] Yeah, it does.
[Barry] Hey, Bert,
this is Barry Bonds calling.
Thank you guys so much out there.
I haven't seen 73 kayaks
since I've been playing.
I love it.
And I'm going to tell you right now,
my uncle Mac out there,
which we made that Cove name.
People seem to forget.
You talk about Willie Mays.
You can bring my name up.
Mac protected Willie,
and he's looking down
on us right now saying,
"Thank you, Netflix."
"Thank you, everybody out there
for the 73 kayaks."
"And thank you,
Bert, for being out there."
Barry, I'm so glad you brought that up.
Not enough respect gets paid
to Willie McCovey, a hero,
a crusher at the plate.
And I wish you were at bat today,
Barry, because I guarantee
there would be
a lot more activity out here.
[Barry] I'm coming right now.
I'm getting my jersey on.
-[chuckles]
-[Rizzo] Bert, It's Rizzo.
I still can't believe you got
manipulated
-by a 13-year-old in Free Bert.
-[Elle] Oh, there it goes.
I'm still scratching my head at that one.
Thank you for bringing up
my series Free Bert.
Listen, if you're not from our country
and you're not into baseball,
switch it over
to Free Bert
streaming right now on Netflix.
That's you, India and Pakistan.
I know you're still awake.
[Elle] Wait, I do have to ask you, though,
Bert, before we get you out of here,
have you made any, like,
alliances with some
of the Splash Cove vets,
or is it just every kayaker
for themselves?
Well, this is San Francisco,
so they're passing around vape pens,
beers, and edibles.
I feel like we're going to a Dead concert,
to be honest with you.
It's a lot less baseball
and a lot more party.
[Elle] Okay, well,
I know you're having a great time.
You're also going to be doing lineups.
Bert Kreischer is all over the place.
And please, take his advice
and watch Free Bert
well after our post-game show is over.
By the way, Barry,
do you remember how many
of your 73 hits went
into McCovey Cove that year?
Nine.
Ding, ding, ding, you nailed it.
You nailed it.
I feel like maybe
someone tipped you to that.
That's fine. By the way,
I think a comedian in the water
at a major sporting event,
a little bit sounds like the start
of a great shark movie.
Speaking of which,
when a category five hurricane
decimates a coastal town,
the storm surge brings something
far more frightening than destruction,
hungry sharks.
If the flood doesn't kill you,
what's beneath will. Thrash premieres
April 10th, only on Netflix.
Well, you know,
there's new blood in the water
in the form of Giants
new manager Tony Vitello,
whose career leap to the pros
has been a big talker this offseason.
He's the first MLB manager
that was hired directly
from the college ranks with no coaching
or playing experience
at the professional level.
But you take a look
at his resume and he made a name
for himself at Tennessee
after turning what was
a pretty menial Vols program
into champions in 2024.
They also set an SEC record
for most wins.
So ahead of his first four-way
into the majors,
Vitello caught up
with our Lauren Shehadi.
It doesn't matter. It's here.
And I think everyone's been patiently
awaiting this date.
When it came up on the calendar,
it's very unique.
Netflix, only game of the day,
two storied organizations.
And then if we got
into my personal circumstances,
we'd be here forever. So here it is.
And I think by the time Wash is done
with our infielders,
we'll be as ready as we can be.
[Lauren] I am sure you've gotten plenty
of advice, yes?
You're shaking your head yes?
All right, what's the best?
Advice has come from everywhere,
but we've got a unique situation here
with Bruce Bochy, Dusty Baker,
and then I'm gonna throw
around Washington into that
hat too as well.
And they've been great
because they haven't really come to me
with anything, at least not that often.
But they've been incredibly receptive
any time I've come to them
with questions
or just looking for feedback.
Any advice, Tony,
you've gotten that you say,
"Mm-hm, mm-hm, okay,"
and then you keep it moving?
-[chuckles]
-That's a yes.
Yeah, you know, it's interesting because,
you know, as people, we can decipher
a little bit when someone's,
the waiter's being polite
because they got
to take our order
and we got to tip them,
but they're having a bad day
or they don't like you,
whatever it might be.
But the managers in particular
and people from other clubs,
because we've played
these spring training games,
Team USA, there's all these superstars.
Everyone has been nothing but kind
to me and supportive,
even if we're going
to compete against them.
One of those guys is tonight,
and I've detected nothing but sincerity.
And if there's people
behind the scenes either criticizing or,
you know, I didn't earn my stripes,
anything you can come up with,
that's fine.
But anything that's been in front
of me has been great,
and it's made this experience
a lot better
because it's a challenging experience.
[Lauren] My advice is enjoy it.
It's your time, Tony.
[Tony] Yeah, I appreciate you so much.
[Elle] I'll start with you here, Albert,
because you have managerial experience.
This is a bit of a wild card pick
for the Giants.
-What do you make of the move?
-[Albert] I love it.
I mean I think you know the great job
that he did in Tennessee,
that's what he's going to try
to do here in San Francisco.
And I love, you know, that he has a guy
like Dusty Baker.
He has a guy like Bruce Bochy,
Rob Washington, Jayce Tingler
who-- guys are around
that's going to help him out, you know.
And this is a guy
with experience of baseball,
that again doesn't change.
Maybe here in the big leagues,
it's a little bit faster
but I love what they've done.
They've done a great job
bringing a good lineup
adding capital pieces that they needed
and I think they're going
to have a good year.
Why did this organization
choose now to make
-sort of a bold move in this way?
-I think right now it's about time.
The thing that the Giants,
I feel, need to do is have
somebody here for a long time.
The success of the team is always
have long-time managers.
And Tony, from me to you,
congratulations to you.
We've never met, but congratulations.
I'm happy for you.
I'm happy in the direction they're going.
And I mean because you have
players here now
with Ramos and Chapman
and Devers and Willy,
they're established now.
It's time for them to really take
and make a move themselves
and then allow Tony
to wean himself into it,
gain their respect,
and then actually be
the manager that he wanted
to be his entire life
because this could be a,
you know, it's a childhood dream of his,
you know, and it really could be.
And we should honor that
and we should respect that.
And time will tell.
What comes out of that?
He doesn't pick the players.
He doesn't-- He's not upstairs.
He just needs to gain respect,
do his job, and what he did in Tennessee.
If you bring that same vibe here,
it's going to be fine.
[Rizzo] I'll tell you what.
The manager of the Milwaukee Brewers,
Pat Murphy, crawled so
Tony Vitello could run.
And he has an amazing opportunity
with an amazing franchise,
amazing fan base here
in San Francisco that has history.
And Buster Posey knows what he's doing.
He's had a Hall of Fame career.
And this is a major decision on his end.
And every player that talks
about Tony respects him,
loves him, still goes back to Tennessee.
And guys believed in him
before that program got good.
They believed in the people
and what they were doing.
I'm excited to see what he's going to do.
It's going to be
you got to give him a long runway.
You know someone told me
that the real season
doesn't start until August.
That's when you find out
about who you are.
I think the difference
between the major leagues,
you're going to have
eight-game losing streaks.
You might have ten
or 12-game losing streaks,
and it's going to be
how he manages those bad times.
You don't have
that many games in college.
You have 162 up here
in the big leagues and you better be able
to understand how to play those
and deal with your players
and situations when
things aren't going well.
Well, one of the things
that he could probably use,
right, is a really good team around him.
What do you make of the lineup?
What do you think that he has around him
to help him win his first year?
I mean, he's got a core now,
you know, anchored by Raffy Devers,
getting traded over,
going through his own
little adversity last year
with the whole Red Sox stuff.
But now he has a fresh start
out here in the Bay.
He's playing first base. He's bought in.
He's got Chapman. He's got Adames.
He's got a core group of pitchers, too.
[Elle] Yeah, he will DH tonight,
but he did play 28 games
at first base Devers last year.
[Albert] And I love the great move
that they made, bringing Arrez here, man.
I mean we need to-- What this guy does,
I mean wearing guys out,
the guy doesn't strike out,
he's going to be leading off today,
I mean it's pretty impressive,
you know, we can go back
to Tony Gwynn era, you know, getting 600,
700 player, Arrez only strike out
21 times.
I mean that's pretty special
so I love that move,
and I think he's going
to have a good year and I love
the lineup that they have.
I think the only question mark
that I see maybe
in the bullpen and time will tell,
they can make
some move you know
in the middle of the season.
By the way the last Giants skipper
to lead the team
to the playoffs in year one was
Felipe Alou in 2003.
Well, Barry Bonds,
45 home runs probably helped,
but that's the last time
that they've seen it.
All right. Look, everybody is out.
We've got stars on the desk.
We've got stars in the crowd.
That's Netflix's new action star,
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II.
He stars in the explosive
new action series Man on Fire,
which premieres on Netflix on April 30th.
You're not going to want
to miss this action-packed show.
That also could describe basically
any Aaron Judge game
like ever that he's in.
So before the start of his 11th season
in pinstripes, friend and former teammate
Anthony Rizzo chats with the Yanks cap
about opening night feels
and pressure of playing
on the brightest spotlight.
You are tuned in to Netflix opening night.
for the grind, for the struggle,
because then it makes
those moments when you do come
through in a big moment
or the team, you know,
win a division you know go get
in the postseason ultimately
win a world series,
like, and this makes
those moments so much sweeter.
[Elle] Welcome back to Opening Night,
presented by Adobe on Netflix.
You know, we've seen plenty
of wild things on Opening Day.
No-hitters, blizzards, no Demogorgons yet,
although stranger things have happened.
Well, lucky for us, I have never
once cleaned out my trunk.
Yes! All we need now
is some creature bait.
You're a real pain in my butt.
You know that, right?
[Elle] That was a sneak peek at the
upcoming Stranger Things: Tales from '85
featuring some of your favorite characters
and one of the most
iconic monster fighting weapons,
Steve's iconic bat,
which is the in real life version
that we've got here on opening night.
It might actually be really hard,
I think, to hit a baseball with this,
but it definitely works great
for monster hunting.
As you saw at the end of that clip,
keep your eyes peeled tomorrow
for the trailer.
And then we want you to tune in
April 23rd to check out the show.
I feel like maybe, Barry,
you wanted one of these when
you were facing Greg Maddox.
[all chuckle]
-Spin on the ball.
-I finally got a laugh.
It took 40 minutes into the show,
but I finally got a laugh.
I'd rather have it with Randy Johnson,
because he throws harder.
Wow, there it is.
Jameis Winston, luckily,
didn't have to face either
of those guys or use this bat,
but he did get some licks in at BP.
And here's how that went.
I'm from the hometown of the Say Hey Kid,
so tell all your kids to say,
"Hey, Jameis,"
because we here live and local, baby.
What's goin' on, much respect,
- 'cause I love you.
-Man, thank you so much.
You saw he said, much respect.
He wasn't talking about football.
He was talking about baseball,
because he know how I was on that bump.
Played against you at FSU.
You pitched against me.
Well, he got a piece.
He got a three-piece, and he got
a backwards K, if I remember.
Luis Arrez is
a three-time batting champion.
Well, hopefully Luis A-rise up
to the challenge
and hit a bomb off Max Fried.
We just adults playing a kid game,
so always remember to have fun.
You know, that's how you're going
to be the best at what you do.
Give me a little tap dance right there.
Oh, yeah!
And we might not be
from the same hood,
but Coach Washington here,
he paved the way
for young athletes like myself.
So thank you
for all that you do, Coach.
[Elle] A-rise to the occasion.
See, Jameis gets it. He understands it.
And he joins us now,
former Heisman Trophy winner,
Jameis Winston, who's hanging out
at the Crazy Crab here at Oracle Park.
I'm going to address the elephant
in the room.
Jameis, did you pay for the crab legs?
Well, Elle, I may or may not be plotting
to find ways to get some fresh crab legs,
but a trusted source told me that ever
since Barry Bonds retired
from the San Francisco Giants,
that sales have
skyrocketed due to the decrease
-of baseball-related crab deaths.
-[laughs]
But that's not all, folks.
My history with crab legs,
y'all may know.
But y'all do not know my history
against New York Yankees
left-handed starter Max Fried.
Some may say that I was the first ever
Shohei Ohtani that he ever faced.
So let me tell y'all something, man.
We out here giving fans
the experience of a lifetime.
I am so happy and grateful to be
joining Netflix with this crew, you,
and to be allowing fans to get immersed
into what baseball has to offer
on opening night, baby.
Yeah, Jameis, wait a minute.
We just glossed right over your video.
We showed you getting
a hit off Max Fried,
tonight's starter, by the way,
and an ace.
And we also just showed you
stealing home base.
Gotta say, I wouldn't mind Mr. Jameis
driving balls here.
I'm more impressed
about stealing home plate.
I was like
He's not only stealing second.
He's stealing home plate as well.
-"Damn. Go ahead."
-If y'all heard me give a shout out
to the Say Hey Kid, that's Willie Mays.
I think the best player in baseball,
Barry Bonds, idolized him.
So like I said,
I'm from the same street as Willie Mays.
Not the same street,
but we're from the same community.
So I've been inspired by baseball legends
for a very long time.
So me stealing home was just
an old skill from the playbook.
A little tribute to your godfather,
Willie Mays.
Um, all right, Jameis,
he's going to be all over the place
holding things down for us.
We certainly appreciate you.
Have so much fun.
Although, knowing you, that will not
be a difficult thing to do.
You know who else was a dual-sport athlete
in football and baseball?
A guy that had offers to go D-I
as a receiver but chose baseball?
Aaron Judge.
I think it probably worked out.
You actually sat down with him,
Rizzo, your former teammate
and friend, ahead of first pitch.
[upbeat music playing]
[Rizzo] You're a member of the media now.
-[Anthony] I know. I can't trust you.
-[laughs]
-[Rizzo] My first sit-down, Aaron.
-[laughs]
One of the best yet, go ahead
Fresh out the gate again
Time to raise the stakes again
[Rizzo] Netflix opening day
in San Francisco,
you grew up a massive Giants fan,
and now you're going there
as the best power hitter in the game.
-Is that full circle for you?
-Yeah, it's gonna be surreal,
you know, because I've watched
plenty of opening days
as a Giants fan growing up,
so now getting a chance
to be a part of it, I can't believe it.
Since back in the day
I held the weight and kept my head
[Anthony] Ten-year-old Aaron
playing in his backyard
like he never would imagine himself,
you know,
one, playing in major league baseball,
but then, two, get a chance to play
for the best franchise in sports.
[commentator]
Three whole wins for Aaron Judge!
[Aaron] When I go out to stretch,
I just kind of look around the stadium,
just, like, look at the crowd, you know,
I'm on a major league field right now.
Like, who would ever thought?
[Rizzo] Fresh off
the World Baseball Classic.
I've never been to a sporting event
wilder than that.
That was sick. That was sick.
[commentator] Aaron Judge,
the captain, sets the tone.
[Rizzo] What was that experience
like for you?
It was incredible, yeah.
The intro was crazy.
Getting a chance to represent your country
and holding the flag.
You know, we saw the team we had.
When you see those guys from afar,
you appreciate what they do
on the field, but then getting a chance
to be in the clubhouse with them
and getting a chance
to lead those boys, that was amazing.
I know we didn't finish the job,
but it was an incredible experience.
[Rizzo] I would always text my parents
on opening day.
I remember my first opening day
with the Yankees.
I said, I'm hitting fourth
for the New York Yankees today.
Is there an opening day ritual
that you've done the last few years
or throughout your career?
I text my parents a lot.
One thing my mom will always text me
is she's like, "You got your cleats,
you got your glove, you got your bat."
And the last thing she always says
is, "Do you have your attitude?"
You know, that always hits
because she's like,
"Hey, you don't have your game face,
you don't have your attitude."
It's just like walking up
without a bat or walking up there
without your cleats.
So just always having that reminder of,
you know, you're like a kid again.
Like, "Hey, have your attitude,
go out there, have fun."
That's one thing I definitely,
definitely still do to this day.
[Rizzo] Being the king of New York,
being the captain of the New York Yankees,
What are you telling
Aaron Judge ten years ago?
-What advice are you giving to him now?
-[laughs]
Oh, my goodness.
Keep your head down and grind.
I'm gonna figure it out. I'm gonna
[laughs] work my tail off.
We're taking it here with the Yankees.
Hey, how can we elevate these guys?
They may be at this level, but we gotta
bring them up to the standard.
We get the best out of that room,
you know?
We continue to win a lot of games here
and bring home the championship.
For you and your career, I truly believe
the best is still yet to come.
[laughs] I appreciate it, brother.
[music fades]
[Elle] Certainly
we all understand the platform
that he's on the spotlight that he's on,
being the captain of the Yankees.
But when you take a look
at these career numbers,
it seems hard to fathom
that there's so much scrutiny
for his postseason performances.
Rizzo, as someone
that was in that clubhouse,
what is it that the critics are not
understanding about Aaron Judge?
Well, I think just being the captain
of not only the Yankees,
but he's player number one
in the entire league.
And this sport is in such a good spot,
led by so many young superstars.
And Judge, he's been doing it year in
and year out for ten-plus years now.
So he has so many big moments.
It feels like every time
he comes up is a big moment.
So everyone expects him
to do great things.
He hits sixty-three home runs.
He hits fifty home runs.
He's hitting three-thirty.
So every single moment
when he doesn't come through,
it's easy for someone to get some clicks
or get some views
on their own personal site.
So I think just when you play
in New York,
the pressure's on and he knows that,
but he is so good at canceling
everything out on a daily basis.
[Derek] As a player,
you know, I appreciate.
Barry, you will appreciate this too.
Like Anthony just say,
this is not only a guy that he's 1600.
I mean, he is 330, 340.
And then wins somebody's title,
wins an MVP, he plays great defense.
I mean, this is a guy like I say,
like, if I'm building an organization.
This will be my first pick.
I mean, it goes more way beyond
than what he does in the field,
what he does in the club,
how his leadership,
everybody is leaning on him.
You know, and I love how
he handled things and he's a great player.
And then, once again,
this is the first game
of the season right here.
Let's see if he keeps that streak
through winning another MVP.
Balancing, though, Barry,
because you know this,
personal accolades and accomplishments,
of which he has many,
with that elusive ring chase.
What does it do psychologically?
Let's go back to the word "team."
We always talk about team,
but all of a sudden we're talking
about one individual
that plays on a team that also wears a C
on his shirt as captain of that team,
and we're missing
how much he brings to that team
and puts them
in the position that they're in.
If you want to talk about teams,
that's the man I want on my team.
If you want to talk about character,
that's the man I want on my team.
And we all are responsible
for our own jobs.
And I'll go back to myself
with all the criticisms
that I've been through.
On that field, like I say,
I may not have talked
to anybody off the field.
That was just me, all right?
But on that field,
I was probably the best teammate
you would ever have.
I took more walks for my team,
got on base for my team,
and that's what baseball is about.
And Aaron Judge brings
that to his team every day,
-year in and year out.
-[Elle] Right.
I mean, we're also talking
about criticism for a guy
that, like, literally hit five hundred
and had seven RBI in the postseason.
You know what, they don't get
to the postseason without him.
-Sure.
-No, you're not even close.
-Right. Absolutely.
-We celebrate on a daily basis.
-Yeah. Yeah, exactly.
-[Rizzo] Thank God.
[Elle] Well, speaking of which,
let's celebrate the Yankees.
Congratulations to the New York Yankees
on being named recipients
of the 2025 Allen HC League Award
for philanthropic excellence.
The honor recognizes the Yankees' efforts
through their Hope Week initiative.
Don't miss being part
of this year's festivities,
which are June 15th through the 19th.
You know, this broadcast has been great,
but I think it's time to jazz it up.
On the other side,
Yankees' Jazz Chisholm, mic'd up.
And if you know Jazz,
that's it, that's the Tweet,
as MLB Opening Night
on Netflix continues.
They're laughing, they're just laughing
like when you can't see them.
["Dead Dance" playing]
'Cause when you killed me inside
that's when I came alive
Yeah, the music's gonna
Bring me back from death
Oh, yeah, I get nervous for every game,
especially opening day.
The jitters, the excitement.
The biggest day where you kind
of get those butterflies.
It's the same feeling I get. It tingles
in your stomach to see a new year.
It's just getting back on the field.
I think it's just always exciting.
[Judge] You get a chance
to be out there for the fans.
You know, you feel the energy
from the crowd.
Somebody's gonna do something special
at first game,
and we'll see what happens.
[Elle] Welcome back to opening night
presented by Adobe on Netflix.
We are minutes from first pitch
and if you're at home going,
"Mm, I wonder how Yankee
second baseman Jazz Chisholm is feeling?"
Well, that's not rhetorical.
He'll tell you himself.
Almost knocked me out. [chuckles]
Is that a home run?
That little cut right here
if it drops in there.
Good job, Will!
[indistinct chatter]
Never. I took that out of my program.
I'd be out here just trying to do this.
All right, Jazz is ready. We're ready.
But before we get out of here
and get it to the booth,
let's do a little rapid fire.
We brought Jameis here
on the desk as well.
Would you like to participate?
Because you are a baseball fan.
-I would love to.
-All right. Let's do it.
-First team to score tonight.
-Giants.
-Yankees.
-Fir-- Yankees? Okay.
I think the Yankees.
-Yankees home run Aaron Judge.
-[Elle] Okay.
First player to go yard tonight.
[Barry] Whoo! I want to say Willie,
but I'm going to go with Devers.
[Jameis] I'm going to go
with Cody Bellinger.
He's going to have his inner Barry Bonds
and make a splash in McCovey Cove.
-[Derek] I'm going to say Aaron Judge.
-[Elle] Okay.
[Rizzo] I got to go with Aaron Judge.
First inning home run.
[Elle] Sure. Okay. Now, like how quickly?
Because yesterday you were like,
I think first pitch.
-[Rizzo] It's going to be quick.
-[Elle] Okay. [laughing]
[Rizzo] It's going to be within the first
two pitches for sure.
[Elle] I love it. Be bold.
Max Fried has never
won an opening day start.
Does that change today?
[Barry] No, I'm not going
against the Giants. Never.
[Jameis] Yes, because I'm in the building.
-[Elle] Okay. Yes.
-[Derek] I think so.
[Rizzo] He learned a lot
from facing Jameis, absolutely.
[Elle] Okay. The new ABS system,
it could be implemented tonight.
How many challenges will we see?
-[Barry] Two.
-[Jameis] Three.
-[Derek] Five.
-[Rizzo] I'm going about eight.
[Elle] Okay. Does--
Chances that Bert Kreischer makes it
out of McCovey Cove dry?
[Rizzo] Dry in which way?
Sober dry or wet?
[Elle] Either way. [laughs] Incredible.
How many times are we going
to say thank you so much
for watching our pregame show
here on Netflix.
Well, just one more time.
We've got a postgame for you
but for now, stay tuned
for our opening night coverage
presented by Adobe on Netflix.
Well done, fellas.
[Rizzo] Thank you, thank you.
[Daniel] There's been a lot
of buzz about this one
in Hollywood circles.
There's a feeling that only comes
with opening night.
It has its own kind of electricity.
The whole world leaning in together,
waiting for the curtain
to rise.
You can feel it even before it starts.
That hum in the room.
The light firing the screen.
[commentator] The Dodgers stand tall
and win back-to-back titles!
[Daniel] A lot of great stories
already told.
And right now,
the next one is being loaded up.
-Showtime.
-[commentator 2] Oh, my goodness!
From the very first frame,
this one doesn't let go.
The kind of story that
doesn't come around very often.
Names everyone would pay to see.
An underdog nobody saw coming.
Raw, unpredictable.
The cast alone, global appeal.
And the plot twist.
Every great story has one.
I've been waiting all winter for this.
-The stars are all red carpet ready.
-[announcer] Opening day is here.
Let's see how it unfolds.
[Matt] And welcome to Opening Night,
presented by Adobe on Netflix.
Our thanks to Daniel Dae Kim,
star of the soon-to-be-released series,
Avatar the Last Airbender
Well, it's been almost five months
since the final Out of the World series
was recorded in Toronto,
and a new season of baseball is upon us.
Tonight, live from Oracle Park
in San Francisco,
the curtain rises on the 2026 campaign.
Raffy Devers and the San Francisco Giants
playing host to Yankee captain
and California native Aaron Judge
and the New York Yankees.
Welcome to Opening Night
of the 2026 Major League Baseball season
on Netflix.
And we welcome you
inside the broadcast booth
with two-time World Series champ
Hunter Pence,
Hall of the Famer CC Sabathia.
I'm Matt Vasgersian,
pleased to be with you tonight.
Opening Day is a day to celebrate
despite what Mother Nature
may have in store.
It just so happens, Hunter,
that San Francisco has presented
an absolutely perfect day
for baseball to begin the season.
I mean, it is gorgeous,
it is a beautiful vibration.
You can feel the electricity,
the ceremony. It's a blank slate
to write the new story
of the Major League Baseball season
and, oh, what a celebration it is here
in San Francisco.
And it feels like regardless
of how many opening days
you've been through, CC,
in a long career, this is always
a special day for everybody.
It always is.
It always feels like a celebration.
It feels like it should be a holiday.
-Happy opening day.
-Yes, it is.
It's exciting to be here,
a part of this telecast today,
-and getting the season started.
-You know, all 30 teams feel
on opening day like they've
got a chance,
but we've got two teams today
who really do have a chance.
A much improved Giants team
with so many great storylines,
and a Yankee team that's won
94 games in back-to-back seasons.
Yeah. And the lineup of the Giants
and what the Yankees did last year,
you know they have
World Series caliber teams here
and it's the first game
it's the first game on Netflix
two teams and franchises
that are storied.
It's going to be you know you call it
a holiday.
I always texted all my friends
and the ones that helped me get here.
-Happy hitting season, babe.
-[laughs] I love it.
-We are here.
-When you're coming off
such big success as the Yankees are.
But you still haven't won
that World Series
since you put a uniform
on in 2009.
It feels like this is the first day
of business for them.
It does. And you know every year
you go you go into spring training
you know what you're
trying to accomplish.
And that's trying to, you know
polish that trophy
at the end of October.
And when you don't do
that it feels like a failure.
But you get that blank slate
like Hunter said every year
to start over.
And today's that day.
There's a great opening day history
between the Yankees
and Giants of course
dating back to the days
that they shared a city in New York.
We'll walk you through some
of that great history.
But for now we're almost set
to get you downstairs.
We're all set to go here in the booth.
But for now we'll send it to the field
for the start of our opening
night pregame ceremonies.
[crowd cheering]
[commentator]
Line drive into center field.
[crowd cheering]
Hello, San Francisco!
[crowd cheering]
This is the day we've been waiting for
all year long.
Opening day of Major League Baseball
live on Netflix.
Two of the most storied franchises meet
in one of the most iconic parks
in the world.
The New York Yankees.
[crowd cheering]
The San Francisco Giants!
[crowd cheering]
Right now, the Giants have to be thinking,
"There is no place like home"!
Let's meet the team.
[Elle] Here are your 2026
opening night lineups.
First for the visiting New York Yankees
managed by Aaron Boone.
Leading off, the center fielder,
number twelve, Trent Grisham.
Batting second, the right fielder,
number 99, Aaron Judge.
Batting third, the left fielder,
number 35, Cody Bellinger.
Batting fourth, the first baseman,
number 22, Ben Rice.
Batting fifth, the designated hitter,
number 27,
Giancarlo Stanton.
Batting sixth, the second baseman,
number 13, Jazz Chisholm Jr.
Batting seventh, the shortstop,
number 72, Jose Caballero.
Batting eighth, the third baseman,
number 19, Ryan McMahon.
Batting ninth, the catcher,
number 28, Austin Wells.
And the starting pitcher, number
54, Max Fried.
Ladies and gentlemen,
the 2026 New York Yankees.
And now, the starting lineup
for your San Francisco Giants!
Managed by Tony Vitello!
Leading off the second baseman,
number one, Luis Arrez!
Batting second. The third baseman.
Number 26, Matt Chapman.
Batting third. The designated hitter.
Number 16.
Rafael Devers.
Batting cleanup. The shortstop.
Number two, Willy Adames.
Batting fifth, the right fielder,
number 51, Jung-Hoo Lee.
Batting sixth, the left fielder,
number 17, Elliott Ramos.
Batting seventh, the first baseman,
number ten, Casey Schmitt.
Batting eighth, the catcher, number 14,
Patrick Bailey.
Batting ninth, the center fielder,
number nine, Harrison Bader.
And tonight's starting pitcher, number 62,
Logan Webb.
Ladies and gentlemen,
let's hear it once more
for your 2026 San Francisco Giants.
All right, everybody.
The teams are ready.
-Are the fans ready?
-[crowd cheering]
I said are the fans ready?
This is the day we've been waiting for.
There's no better feeling.
I would rather be anywhere
but right here.
This is baseball. This is America.
Let's go!
[music concludes]
[upbeat rock music playing]
[announcer] We now ask those who are able
to please rise and remove your caps
as we honor America.
Presenting our nation's colors,
please welcome
the 23rd Marine Regiment Color Guard
-from San Bruno, California.
-[crowd cheering]
And now, here to perform
the "Star-Spangled Banner",
please welcome retired
Navy Petty Officer First Class,
General Wilson.
O say can you see
By the dawn's early light
What so proudly we hailed
At the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars
Through the perilous fight
O'er the ramparts we watched
Were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets' red glare
The bombs bursting in air
Gave proof through the night
That our flag was still there
O say does
That star-spangled banner
Yet wave
O'er the land of the free
And the home
Of the brave?
[crowd cheering]
[Matt] Welcome back to Opening
Night presented by Adobe
on Netflix back
in beautiful San Francisco
at Oracle Park
where the New York Yankees are
about 3,000 miles away
from home in the Bronx.
But for at least one
of their players, this
is a very familiar-feeling part
of the country, and for more on that
we say hello to Lauren Shehadi.
Hi, Matty. I saw Aaron Judge
taking batting practice
not too long ago,
and then he was signing autographs,
and the San Francisco fans let him know
how much they wanted him here.
He's a California kid.
He said he almost ended up
on the West Coast not once but twice.
He was drafted by the A's back in 2010.
He said, "No, thank you."
Then the Giants came
after him in free agency.
He said, "You know what?
I want to go back to the Bronx."
"I want to win a championship there."
Back-to-back MVPs.
And he said, "You know what?"
"I'd give him back for a championship,
for a World Series ring."
And Aaron Boone said, "You know what?
I think I believe him."
King of New York,
that is his walk-up song.
And if he brings them
the first championship since 2009
in New York, he will bring
a starved fan base
and a very, very happy Matty.
[Matt] Yeah, Lauren, boy, did Aaron Judge
remind folks in San Francisco
about how good he was
and how they missed out
on something pretty special
when in that first series here
after resigning with the Yankees
he completely destroyed
-Giants pitching for a week.
-[Hunter] Yeah absolutely.
And he made the ballpark look small.
And before Willy hit 30 the last
one to do it was Barry Bonds.
But Judge comes in, hits three home runs,
one of-- actually, the hardest hit
in the metrics era
that's ever been hit at this ballpark.
So Aaron Judge just absolutely
destroyed in his hometown.
He got Brandon Webb on opening day
a few years ago in the Bronx,
and he's licking his chops
against a guy
he has homered against twice.
And CC, the resume is almost
already complete for Cooperstown.
Hard to say for a guy that's still
in the middle of a great career.
[CC] Yeah, it is.
But I definitely agree with you.
It's already Cooperstown ready.
I mean, you know, three MVPs.
You know, what he means
to the franchise, being the captain.
You know, him being
a hometown guy here, you know,
he hits well in this park.
Excited to see him do it again
for this series.
Just an incredible leader,
incredible player,
and the face of the franchise,
really the face of the league right now.
[Matt] What a year, 53 homers
with a batting title.
That's the most homers to ever
accompany a batting title season
for a player
in the history of the sport.
[Hunter]
And for Aaron Judge, we're all getting
to witness one of the greatest players
of our time,
and possibly, you could argue, ever.
He's the American League
home-run batting champion
and just those memories
and those stories that
are going to last a lifetime.
What is he going to write this year?
You're not surprised what he's
able to accomplish.
He's done so many things that
have never been done before.
So what better way to kick it off
than Opening Night on Netflix.
[Matt] Giants getting ready
to hit the field, so it's time for us
to send it to one of the stars
of WWE Raw on Netflix.
It's world tag team champion Jey Uso
with a special announcement.
[announcer] Here to lead us off tonight,
please welcome our Play Ball announcer,
WWE superstar, Jey Uso.
Eight letters, two words, play ball!
[exclaims] Yeet!
[upbeat hip-hop music playing]
[music concludes]
[Hunter, chuckles] All right, Jey!
We see you! Yeet!
[commentators laughing]
Packed house today here at Oracle Park,
home of the Giants since the 2000 season,
and for folks here, they're just happy
that the team is home.
This place has been around since 2000.
And this is just the sixth opening day
that the Giants have had
at home since the place was open.
-That's hard to believe.
-[CC] It is hard to believe.
And, you know,
with all the weather we have
on the East Coast, you would think
that we would open up
the season out here on the West.
We talked about this, you know,
in the Dome or on the West Coast.
So it's hard to believe
that this is only the sixth opening day
in the history of this park.
[Matt] We were talking about this earlier.
We're getting our list of questions ready
for Commissioner Rob Manford,
who's going to join us
in the booth a little bit later
on this evening.
One of them will be opening day
on the West Coast
and in the southeast every year.
Let's avoid the cold.
[CC] Let's avoid the cold. The Northeast
just shutting down for two weeks.
[Hunter] West Coast for like a month
and then we'll wiggle it in,
and see if you can figure that one out.
[Matt] In a perfect world.
I also want to ask you guys
about playing here
at this time of day.
Hunter, you in particular.
I mean, the ball goes a little bit
more when the sun is shining
-and it's windy here this afternoon.
-[Hunter] Yeah, it was a little bit.
This is known as a
you know a pitcher's ballpark.
But for whatever reason today it's early,
and late in March now
getting towards April, but it's carrying.
So they were kind of head scratching.
We're expecting this big ballpark.
But the ball was carrying a BP.
We'll see how it plays out
as the night goes on
because it is known to swirl.
It is known to shift.
But the other thing, CC and Matt,
that's going to be a big factor,
and Buster was talking about this,
-the shadows of a five o'clock game.
-[Matt] Yeah.
[Hunter]
How much does this help Max Fried?
How much does
this help a Logan Webb?
Two guys with extraordinary movement.
But for the shadows,
does it make a difference that,
is the mound covered, or does it make
a difference the backdrop?
Like what-- what--
what is going to be the problem?
[Matt] It definitely It definitely helps
to have the mound fully covered
because you don't want the ball blinking
as it's coming at you.
But still you're looking at
like your backdrop is very bright
and then the ball's coming
out of darkness.
So it's a very kind of messes
with your depth perception.
So it'll be a challenge.
We'll see if the hitters are able
to power through.
-[CC] Sounds like excuses to me.
-[Hunter and Matt laughing]
[Hunter] enough pitchers,
there's enough excuses.
[Matt] Big storylines, guys,
as we raise the curtain
on a new season is the eight
eight new managers
taking over
around Major League Baseball.
And one of them, Tony Vitello,
has such a fascinating story,
he is a trailblazer undeniably so.
The first ever manager
in Major League Baseball history
to come directly
from the college ranks
without a day's worth
of pro player coach
or managerial experience.
Tony's open to blaze a trail
for the college game.
[Hunter] Yeah, I mean, absolutely.
And what he was able to accomplish
at Tennessee he won the first ever
baseball national title for Tennessee.
He built it.
It had had some success
but it was not
in a great place when he came in
and just really
an aggressive mindset
and an exciting electric kind
of baseball style
that he's going to bring to the Giants.
[Matt] Well, he's got an ace out there
that he's handed the ball to
on opening day here tonight.
Logan Webb the two time All-Star
who's coming off a terrific 2025 campaign.
Led Major League Baseball in innings
of work and games,
started led the National League
with a career high 224 strikeouts,
one of the best in the business.
[Hunter] Yeah, you mentioned
the numbers right there
and the arsenal to back it up
and he's continued.
This is his fifth opening day start.
What a badge of honor for the Giants.
And, you know, the world
got to see when he got to pitch for USA
and what he did against Canada.
The change up
sinker combo is extraordinary.
It's a little bit off the charts.
Ninety-three with the sinker moves
five at five point nine inches drop
more than the average.
He really tunnels those two pitches
extraordinarily well.
Then you get to the change-up, which
is 87 miles an hour.
It's a fun, devastating mix
that he's really able
to just keep hitters off balance
and get the ground balls.
[Matt] All right, how does he get
all those ground balls?
Let's take a look at the pitch mix.
StatCast, 3D powered
by Google Cloud.
The pitch usage for Logan Webb, CC.
[CC] Yeah, he's got the sinker,
the sweeper, the changeup,
like Hunter mentioned.
And he's, you know,
he's attacking the strike zone
with all of them.
And, you know, 92 with the sinker,
90 with the cutter when he mixes it in.
But being able to tunnel, you know,
all of his pitches going east
and west is the biggest thing for him.
And like Hunter said, you know,
people got a chance
to see him against Team Canada
and see how great he is at being able
to anchor down this rotation
for the Giants.
[Matt] Something else to watch tonight.
It's the advent of the ABS system.
And we'll be watching that certainly
the first one will make
history the challenge system
in play for balls
and strikes the strike zone
will be talked
about a lot this year
and maybe more importantly today
for Logan Webb.
He had 99 called strikes on pitches
out of the zone last year,
most in baseball.
Here's the lineup he's pitching to.
Let's take a look
at Aaron Boone's starting unit
unit presented by Adobe.
Grisham, Judge, and Bellinger
off the top.
Rice, Stanton, and Chisholm
four through six.
Big Jim Carlos Stanton hurt
for some of the spring games.
Jose Caballero, Ryan McMahon,
Austin Wells.
And the 2026 season is underway
with strike one to Trent Grisham.
Grisham coming off a big year.
Big reason why the Yankees
were so productive in 2025.
And a quick 0 and 2 count
from Logan Webb.
[CC] There you go, Hunter,
right to that changeup.
Right off that fastball,
right to that changeup.
[Hunter] He'll-- He'll mix
and match all three of them.
The sweeper change up
and the sinker and it's tough.
You see Grisham already out front
but we got the shadows as well.
-[Matt] For at least another 10 minutes.
-[Hunter] A little smoke and mirrors.
A little smoke and mirrors,
take advantage.
[Matt] Oh, and two to Grisham.
Another interesting storyline is
who's going to be the first ABS challenge
in Major League Baseball history.
Let's put our heads together.
I think it's coming within it.
Twenty minutes.
Yeah.
That's a big I think it's going
to happen quick.
I think it's gonna be I think
it's gonna happen pretty
quick too and the Yankees
in spring training
have been very aggressive
with the baby yes
and tapping the top
of the helmet pretty
aggressively early in game.
So I think I think it'll come
from that side pretty early.
Counts days you wanted
to on Trent Grisham
it's a Yankee lineup
that's very patient
in addition
to being productive.
Their walk rate last year
at over ten percent,
was the best in the sport
in addition to leading baseball
in runs per game slug
and on base percentage that
for the most part they have
run back a very similar group
as to the team that won 94 games in 2025.
Aaron Boone in his ninth season
guiding the ship, creeping up on 700 wins.
The right fielder number 99, Aaron Judge.
Giants fans showing their appreciation
for Aaron Judge
staying in New York
as opposed to coming here.
I doubt they'll ever let that go.
So he gets the
cheer, if you will, here on the road
and there's a strike to start the at-bat.
We could have touched his helmet
on that one, I feel like.
[CC] That was close, but I feel like
they're booing the wrong guy, Matty.
They're booing Arson Judge,
not Aaron Judge.
-[commentators laughing]
-Arson Judge! We had him, we had him.
Now that's--
this is an interesting, you know,
kind of contrast, is that Webb
gets the most strike calls last year.
Judge is one who is
him and Mookie Betts are one and two
for the most balls called strikes
out of the zone, so
interesting dynamic between these two.
[Hunter] You know, and that kind of stands
to reason when you think
about how different the shape
of those two strike zones are.
And the ABS challenge rule
that the lateral component
of the strike zone is
standard but it will change based
on the height of the player
So a guy like Judge might be
touching his helmet a lot
in challenging balls
and strikes this year.
Two balls and a strike.
Three and one to Judge.
Oakland umpire tonight
is the veteran crew chief Bill Miller
Opening his 27th campaign
as a major league umpire.
[CC] And you see those numbers
before Judge of where he's trying
to pitch a careful--
[Matt] Yeah, Judge
definitely has some ownage of Webb,
there's no doubt,
he's got a beautiful you know,
the beautiful sinker, Judge,
with the kind of sweepy bat path,
that really matches up well.
-But Judge matches up pretty well against
-[commentators chuckle]
Full count Aaron Judge three balls
and two strikes
to the seven time All-Star
and three time
American League MVP.
Web fires the full count pitch
and judge fouls away another.
Really beautiful at bat I know
the expectations first at bat.
This is what you want to see early
in the game against Webb.
Six pitch at bat to Trent Grisham.
Six pitches to Aaron Judge.
That's another attribute
of this Yankee lineup.
Deep counts.
The next three two.
And right here, you're looking for,
you start that front door,
maybe that's the sweeper.
He's looking slider, three,
two, to try to protect him.
Instead of turning left,
you talk about tumbling, CC.
This one doesn't turn left,
it turns right.
So he starts it right where
the slider would be a strike,
but it runs in,
and Judge fooled this time.
Yeah it's a good pitch for three two
and first that bad
and season first that bad.
And you know the numbers
that he has off of you
and you just try to you know
get it get it out there
and that was a great pitch
that he made right there.
[Matt] So two strikeouts for Webb
and that brings up the two-time All-Star,
former National League MVP Cody Bellinger
who was one of the big free agent
storylines in the offseason
and after flirting
with a couple of different suitors
decided to resign with the Yankees
for a cool 165 million dollars.
Which covers the next five years
of his playing life.
A very important guy
for the Yankees to resign,
according to many.
His versatility, his productivity
he had a great year last year
in his first go around with the Yankees.
[CC] I just think
he's gonna age well in that park.
You know, you know,
the short porch right field.
And like you said, him being able
to play all over the ballpark,
it's just gonna be a great thing for him
and the Yankees as he continues to age.
[Matt] Long run for Elliott.
Ramos gets there in the high skies,
they call it, to make for a one,
two, three start to the season
behind Logan Webb.
[Matt] Welcome back.
Let's take a look at Tony Vitello's Giants
starting lineup presented by Adobe.
New Giant Luis Arrez,
a three-time batting champ off the top.
Matt Chapman, Raffy Devers,
and Willy Adames, two through four.
Jung Hoo Lee bats number five.
Heliot Ramos is in the sixth spot
in left field.
We'll talk about the significance
of that later.
Casey Schmitt, Patrick Bailey,
and new Giant Harrison Bader
round things out
against four-time Gold Glover,
three time All-Star 32-year-old,
Max Fried who is underway
with a miss to Luis Arraez
free coming off
a great first year as a Yankee.
[CC] Yeah. Going 19 and five
with a two eight E.R.A.,
195 innings
and you know seven pitch mix.
You know he throws
three different fastballs.
He throws a slow curveball
at 75 miles an hour.
And just able to, you know,
like we talked about earlier
in the telecast
being able to tunnel his pitches
and throw everything off
of that fastball makes him incredible.
[Hunter]
Really just the athleticism he has,
the gold gloves speak for themselves
but it's power, it's athleticism
and he has everything in the arsenal
and he uses it all.
[Hunter] Three balls and no strikes
the count to Luis Arrez.
The camera we've got on Bill Miller
the home plate umpire.
Give you an idea how it is to hit
major league pitching
-and the conditions. It is a fourth ball.
-That's you right there.
-[CC] Luis Arrez not hitting that.
-[commentators chuckle]
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Leadoff hitter report on a four pitch walk
and that'll bring up
the third baseman Matt Chapman.
And there's Fried's first strike
of the year.
Max Fried by the way making
his fourth career opening day assignment,
Aaron Boone might have landed on him
even if his other star pitchers
were healthy.
But the fact remains that they are not.
Speaking of Carlos Rodon who's close.
And Gerrit Cole, and Clark Schmitt.
[CC] And Clark Schmitt,
and the fact that you get those
any one of those three guys
could start field opening day.
Just talk about the depth
of the Yankees staff.
[Matt] You know Boone said
some amazing things about freedom.
Nineteen and five and great numbers
and a big contract.
But he thought it was even more
than just the numbers.
He's low maintenance.
He's a guy that you like to be around,
that loves the game of baseball.
I think that just being around someone
who loves to be there,
loves to pitch and is very smart.
It just kind of seeps into everyone else.
-What do you say CC.
-[CC] Absolutely.
I mean that definitely rubs off
on everybody else,
just makes for a great clubhouse,
and you know makes for him
to be a great clubhouse leader.
[Hunter] Absolutely.
That's Matt Chapman by the way.
[Matt] Matt Chapman is batted everywhere
in a lineup,
as a J, as an A, across the bay,
batting number two kind of grabbed
people's attention here for the Giants.
That's a Tony Vitello customization.
Matt struck out a lot last year
something he hopes is done with.
-[CC] You know--
-[Matt] Played through a hand injury
last year which kind of cost him
some productivity.
[Hunter] Yeah he wasn't able to
grip the bat at the end of the last year
and you could tell he was grinding
but the spring training this year,
the hand healthy, it's just special
how it comes off of his bat.
[Matt] Slow curve ball hit on the ground
is shortstop Caballero,
to Chisholm, to Arraez. Not in time.
So Chapman beats out
the double play ball
and there's one away with a man at first.
Aaron Boone wants to make sure.
And no challenge by the Yankees.
[Hunter] Right here,
just a nice clean turn.
Make sure you get
one Chapman hustling all the way.
Able to beat that out.
But then it looks even tough
on defense right now
with the five o'clock starts.
It can be a challenge.
[CC] Yeah I give you that. That ball going
to switch up a little tough.
[Hunter] It can be a challenge for sure.
[Matt] Bring up the D.H. tonight,
Rafael Devers, the three time All-Star
who joined the Giants
after a midseason trade
from Boston last year.
And ended up having a very productive line
played 90 games with the Giants
after the trade, hit 20 home runs,
51 runs batted in.
And somehow, despite being traded
managed to play in 163 games
in the 162 game season.
[CC] That's called
street credit right there.
[Hunter] Hundred-and-sixty-three-game
season, he wants to play.
He's been--
He's just always a ray of sunshine
in the batting cages and loves hitting.
He's great helping his teammates hit.
[CC] He thought he went through
so much time more last year.
I mean you forget. I mean it's hard
to forget about his numbers,
3500, and nine RBI,
going through everything he went through,
moving coast, and you know,
getting labeled, you know,
kind of a bad guy,
and going through all of that,
and still putting up
3500 in this ballpark.
[Matt] Incredibly impressive.
And now kind of comfortable
with the team, the organization.
Let's see what he can do,
because he's one of the best
in the business.
[Hunter] Look how that Grisham
got a late break on
and it drops into no man's land.
A sun-aided base hit off the bat
of Rafael Devers has runners
at first and third with only one out.
[Hunter] So right here you see this
and a lot of series at least one
of these balls happens a series
at Oracle Park.
It's a lot of wind but not
typically the five o'clock start.
It just seems like he can't see
through the sun right there.
And that's a tough break
for the Yankees right there.
[CC] And great face running
by Matt Chapman being able
to recognize that seeing
that Christian was going
to get to that ball and being
able to take the extra face.
[Matt] Absolutely.
A 74-mile-an-hour blast.
[commentators laughing]
[CC] Those are the ones
that keep me up at night.
[Hunter] Here's Willy Adames now.
Giants with a chance
to get on the board first.
Adames coming off a 30 homer season
as a Giant last year.
Why is that significant?
It was the first 30 homer season
by a San Francisco Giant
since Barry Bonds hit 45 in 2004.
And number 30 came on the last day
of the season last year,
one and one to him.
[Matt] The fact that it took
that long how much does that say
about what Barry was able
to accomplish here.
[CC] Yeah I mean it speaks
to this ballpark too right.
Like how you know how tough it is
to hit homers here.
But you know
Barry was you know going left,
right, all over dead center.
I mean triple alley,
he was hit the ball over his butt
when batting practice
could make you mental here
and you just watch
Barry just splish splash man.
Unbelievable.
What an absolute ballplayer power hitter.
-Best in the game.
-[Hunter] Best in the game.
[Matt] Two balls and a strike
the counts Willy Adames
is Max Fried struggling
to find command with his cutter.
And that was a pitch that was such an ally
for him last year
and part of the explanation
for his easy transition to New York
through a lot of cutters last year
more so than ever before.
So far the command hasn't been there
and I know it's early small sample.
[CC] Yes early just getting nerves
you know first
first inning of opening day,
you know, you have the four pitch walk
and I think it's just nerves.
[Matt] And his first strike
out of the games a big one,
two gone now
with runners still at the corners.
[Hunter] And that's that cutter
up right there.
I mean, you know,
you have a chance to throw it there
and give it up a little bit.
And, you know, the shape of the cutter,
I don't know about for you,
Hunter, but when you guys see
that shape and it just stays up
over the middle of the plate,
if you get that swing and miss
and you get that swing through,
because I think you guys
think it's coming in.
[CC] Yeah, the top of the zone cutter
is just so hard to get to,
not only
for a right-handed batter especially,
it's just a tough plane
to match and get the barrel to.
[Matt] beautiful first ball,
picking a ground ball
for Chisholm that gets free
to the Yankees
out of any first inning trouble.
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[Matt] Logan Webb breeze through
the top of the Yankee order
and run to a one two three first
inning top of the second
for Ben Rice, Giancarlo Stanton
and Jazz Chisholm
and Webb's going to get
a first pitch out on Rice.
Up a little bit more on tonight's
Giant starter, let's check in
-with Lauren.
-[Lauren] Maddie watching Logan's delivery
because I spoke with Matt York
an assistant pitching coordinator
he's coached Logan all through his years
he told me if the ball's jumping
out of his hand CC if it's hingeless
and looks effortless
if the ball's moving to both sides
of the plate he's on.
[CC] I love that analysis.
I mean, you know,
having the ball be able to jump
out of your hand,
being able to throw the ball
both sides of the plate is something
that is going to be important for him.
I think pitching inside
with you know with the velocity
that he has is super important.
So that's something to look out for.
[Matt] Bring up the five time All-Star,
Giancarlo Stanton,
that's headed for the gap
in right center field.
And Stanton who ended
spring training much better
than he started it with elbow injuries
that cost him some time
has picked up right where he left off
in Tampa with an at bat
that gives him a base hit.
[CC] Yeah.
Who was talking about is like.
we just need to bottle him up.
He might not be able to open a bag
of chips but he's ready to hit.
-[Hunter] Ready to hit.
-[commentators laughing]
[Hunter] He got him one right
out the gates first
in the game for the Yankees.
-You know now you go.
-[CC] Yeah.
-That line got a lot of run quarters
-[commentators laughing]
in spring training my elbows
hurt so badly I can't open a bag of chips
and here
he is playing an opening day.
[Matt] Jazz Chisholm wears one.
He had no chance to get out of the way
of that one, tracer ball got him
in the shoulder.
[CC] Yeah that one just
got away from there.
You know and I think Jack saw it late
from the shadows.
But yeah, I'm just,
a fastball got away from there.
[Hunter] Yes.
You know it's every now and then
this happens in this one.
Yeah just really trying
to go up and in and.
Oh and it was to come back
and get some right in the ribs.
Where's Chris Rock?
How much for one of them ribs.
-[CC chuckles]
-[Hunter] Ouch!
[Matt] First and second
the hard way with nobody out.
Strike one, two
last year's major league stolen
base leader shortstop Jose Caballero
acquired from Tampa
in a trade deadline deal
and as something
of an insurance policy at shortstop
Anthony Volpe who is starting the year
on the injured list still very much
in the plans for the Yankees,
but Volpe was wobbly
at the end of the year.
So the Yankees went out and grabbed
Caballero who played a lot
in the postseason for them.
And there's a shot in the left field.
Ramos goes to get it.
Stanton on his way around the score.
Throw comes in the second. It's wild.
Great play by Arraez
just to keep that ball
from getting into right field.
In the meantime the Yankees are
on the board first
it's one nothing New York.
And this one right here a rocket off
the cover here was bad
and he was a bit of a catalyst
in the playoffs last year
as well as a guy with a lot of speed,
a good approach at the plate
plays good defense but look at that
that's a pure line drive off
of a tough Webb right here
and hits the cutoff
and they have a chance
to pick him off at second
but fortunately for the Giants
this hits off a Caballero
and saves possibly two runs.
[CC] Yeah I mean that was a good swing,
you know,
especially up the fastball in getting
some soft put a good swing
on that and you know
give the Yankees up or nothing.
[Matt] That'll bring up
the third baseman Ryan McMahon.
First RBI of 2026
belongs to Jose Caballero
and the fire still hot here
second and third with only one away.
Ryan McMahon cool that time,
falls behind 0 and 2.
[CC] A sinker
is nasty coming off that here.
McMahon has a lot of bats off a Webb
they've battled quite a bit.
Him being with the Rockies
and it's a little bit different though
his numbers in Colorado
and the numbers here
you get that good humidity here
in San Francisco.
[Matt] Oh two from Webb.
Bouncer headed up the middle
and that's going to get
through and drive in a couple of runs.
Three nothing New York.
And that right there
is just one of those 20 hoppers.
Good things happen if you put
the ball in play right here.
So he gets out of them right there
and honestly gets the swing
that he wants.
You want to get a ground ball
and take a look right here
or you better rather be lucky than good.
Find a hole in.
-[Hunter] Yankees feeling some momentum.
-[CC] Yeah that was that change up there.
You know to pitch right there
and those are the ones
that keep you up at night.
Look at where his reaction to that.
You know knowing they left
that pitch up.
[Matt] And the first pitch
to Austin Wells is served
into the opposite field.
That is five straight Yankees
to reach base safely
first and second with only one away.
-[Hunter] They're being aggressive.
-[CC] Yeah.
Heading is contagious right now
and this is going to be
pitching coach Justin message
come out try
to slow down the bleeding.
But you're right
they're being aggressive.
They're finding holes.
I think the Caballero momentum
right there you get kind
of you know the hit by pitch
you work yourself,
you know, Giancarlo a nice
little kind of see a nice single
and then watch doesn't get
that nice line drive.
But yeah everything
just coming off the bat.
This is an offense that you know
there were tops in the American League.
It's not the most runs
in Major League Baseball.
So they're showing it
right here right out of the gates.
Run it back.
[Hunter] Yeah that might be the nature
of the visit from first year
pitching coach, Justin,
message you came out
to give Webb a little bit
of a breather.
[CC] Yeah.
They're coming back to this throw
where they've already scored now
but right there gave Webb a chance.
The fact that that hit Caballero
the throw was a little bit offline from.
Adames.
[Matt] So first and second with three runs
in and still only one away.
First pitch to Trent Grisham cranked up
and sent into the right center field gap.
McMahon's going to score easily.
They're going to wave Wells around.
Plays to third. Throw hits another runner.
Wow.
Five nothing New York.
And they're going to check on Grisham.
This was a bit of a collision
at third base,
but that's Triples Alley right there.
[CC] And they are out again.
They are just being super aggressive,
swinging everything up.
Got a first pitch fastball right there
and put his good swing
on that and it triples out.
[Matt] Training staff had to check
on Grisham.
[Hunter] And we'll take another look.
Grisham just elapsed.
This is purified right here.
[CC] Pitch down change up.
[Hunter] And not too often
does Webb give up five this quick.
[CC] This is the leading the league,
leading in innings pitched
and nobody anywhere close to that one.
Nothing you can do.
It's off to the races. Webb knows it.
We'll take a look
at this collision at third.
This is a pretty big collision.
Chapman's a bit of a brick another.
He just gets face plants
into Chapman's trying to catch the ball.
I mean what is going on here
with throws that have hit runners
twice in the last five minutes
and the Yankees
are absolutely teeing off
on an elite starting pitcher here
and like Hunter said Logan Webb
is just you know five runs
so quick I mean you just
out there just trying
to get ahead and these guys
are just are hacking
but that's the way you have
to get an elite pitcher you have
to get them early you have
to get to them early
and just get something up
and put a good swing on.
Is he--
[Matt] So now Aaron Judge
doesn't get any easier
and the Giants will bring the infield in.
Five nothing.
New York in the top of the second inning
batting with only one away.
Judge a strikeout victim
in his first at bat tonight.
Logan Webb has not endured this kind
of damage in any one inning
since the 2023 season.
Yankees putting their feet
up on the furniture
here on opening day.
Just the second inning.
But Webb is one of those guys CC
like you mentioned if you get
to him early
you have a better chance
because as he settles
in it gets better and better
as the game goes on.
two balls and two strikes
to the three time MVP kind
of coming right after Judge
right here right now.
Double backdoor seekers those
are kind of on the corner.
Judge even thought about challenging
the first the first one.
Nothing but fastballs
to judge so far.
Stays in that lane
and gets his second strike
out of Judge today.
[Matt] But that's kind of the dynamic
of the Yankees offense.
You have your judge
and he can pick you up
and carry on some days or right here.
That's the change
of fastball change
up, down, and in,
freezes judge right there.
-Perfect.
-[CC] And I think that thing is nice.
Look where we're starting,
starting on the outside part of play
ends up right down the middle.
[Hunter] Cody Bellinger up there hacking
is all the Yankees have been this inning.
Bellinger the ninth Yankee
to come to the plate here
in this top of the second.
Two balls and a strike to Cody Bellinger
[Matt] For Webb. The pitch count
now is going to be an issue as well
[Hunter] One to two.
[CC] Yeah, right here, right now,
you're just thinking,
just get this last out,
you know, try to get some weak contact,
get the boys back in the dugout,
score a couple of runs,
and get us back in this game.
[Hunter]
And Ballinger's a strikeout victim,
but last year's loudest lineup
in Major League Baseball strikes
for five big runs in a second.
We'll visit with Jazz Chisholm
as we go to the bottom
of the second in San Francisco.
You're watching Opening Night
presented by Adobe on Netflix.
[music concludes]
[Matt] Yankees get on the board
with five runs on five hits.
There was also a hit batsman that inning,
and that hit batsman
joins us on the telecast.
Our friend Jazz Chisholm Jr., kind enough
to visit with us during the game.
Jazz, what a way to start the season
getting hit by pitch.
-First time ever. [chuckles]
-[Matt chuckles]
-How are you doing fellas.
-[Matt] We're good.
Heliot Ramos leading things off.
I would imagine you guys are feeling good
after a five-run second.
Yeah. I mean who wouldn't want
to start off the year like that.
You know, first two innings
get five up there.
Feel like we're dialed.
[Matt] Jazz, I want to ask you how is this
shadows the five o'clock game?
It's always a little bit tricky.
How'd you see it up there?
I know you got one in that--
You said the light, the weight room,
you know saved you there
But how do you see it?
-How's the vision up there right now?
-[Jazz] I'm not gonna lie to you.
-I couldn't see it. That's why--
-[Matt chuckles]
-I didn't see it that's why I got hit.
-[Matt chuckles]
I'm only good at getting out of the way.
[Hunter] Ball and two strikes
accounts Heliot Ramos
leading things off in the last
of the second breaking ball
misses two and two.
Jazz you put some pretty big goals
on this year.
You had a great year last year.
Thirty one bags, 31 bombs.
You were talking 50-50 this season.
Yeah, I mean why not.
Why not shoot for the stars
and land on the moon.
You know what I mean?
[Hunter] And Ramos is a strikeout victim
number two for free tonight.
I felt like every time I shoot low,
I end up low,
-so why not shoot high?
-[Hunter chuckles] Love that.
[Matt] You got to believe it
before you can do it.
You got to see it,
think it, be it, my man.
You understand?
I'm not going to be out here saying,
"Oh, I'm going to go hit 20-20."
and then hit 19 overs.
[CC chuckles] Now, I love it, Jazz.
What's up bro.
What's the vibe right now for the season?
I mean, everybody was saying
that you guys are running it back
and I know internally you guys feel good
about you know the squad that you have.
So, what's the vibe
for you guys right now.
[Jazz] I mean the vibe is good man.
Everybody, like, it's a
team that really knows each other already
and spent a good amount of time
with each other
the last two years,
three years, three seasons.
And I mean we're like a family
in the clubhouse, bro.
So, like it's sick
to see everybody come back
you know, and have the same team
and we already know
what we could do, you know,
and we hold each other accountable
and that's the best thing about it.
-[CC] Yeah.
-We knew where we messed up
a little bit last year, you know.
[CC] Yeah. Having that chemistry is huge.
You know, having the same guys, you know
coming back and knowing the personalities,
knowing that you can't get all,
you can't get on.
-It makes a huge difference.
-Yeah.
[Matt] Jazz, I want to ask you
about your starting pitcher here today.
Tell us a little bit
about get to play behind him.
What's it like playing behind
your 19-game winner last year. Max Fried.
I mean it was great
not facing him anymore, you know.
[commentators laugh]
With that same division
in Atlanta and Miami.
I mean it sucks kind of facing him
every time you know.
And now I get to sit behind him
and watch him work and realize
why he was always getting me out.
So, it kind of feel good
to see everybody else get out from him
-and other than me you know.
-[Matt chuckles]
[Hunter] Two balls and two strikes
to Casey Schmitt.
-And he gets hit.
-Yeah, see, he know how it feels.
[Hunter] So, 94 mile an hour cutter
that he had no chance
of getting out of the way.
[Jazz] At least he got protection.
[Matt] Yeah. Hopefully then see
if it gets the guard right here.
He does, he get a little bit
of the elbow guard
and that's kind of
a bit of a freebie there.
-[Hunter] Must be nice.
-[Matt] Chance to take-- Yeah.
You either got-- You know you have a guard
you have that lat muscle, my man
-what are you talking about.
-[Hunter laughs]
-The lat muscle work. It working.
-[Matt] Check the ball?
I want to ask you another thing
because you get a lot of range out there
I love watching you work at defense.
Talk to us, you know,
some little leaguers out here.
What's your prep before each pitch?
I know you're talking to us
and you're doing the footwork.
How do you like to get ready
on these pitches?
I like to keep my feet moving, you know,
and I mean when you know
who you're playing against and
[Matt] You were just moving
before he hit that ball that way.
You took out before the ball
went that direction.
Like I said I feel like, you know,
when you play against a lot of guys
and you understand
the pitches that they hit
and where they hit them
you can have yourself
-a little cheat you know.
-[Matt] Well--
It's best if you understand
your pitcher, you know.
[Hunter] Ball and two strikes
the counts of Patrick Bailey.
[Matt] Jazz, there's a lot of talk
in baseball all the time
about signs stealing,
guys standing at second base
and relaying signs.
You're out there at second base.
Do you see a lot of that.
Oh, yeah. I see a lot of teams
I see a lot of teams do that. We do it.
I mean it's part of the game.
You know you got to hide your pitches.
And if you don't hide the pitches
the other team are going
to tell the other hitters, you know.
[Matt] So, what can you do
at second base to try--
Do you try to go and talk to the pitcher
or is there a sign for you.
How do you stop that?
I normally let the pitchers know
but at the same time
I try my best to get in the runner's head
so they don't ever be looking in there.
[Hunter] And that's three
for Max Fried tonight.
-[Matt] Bill Mueller leaned back on--
-[CC] Yeah, he leaned back. [laughs]
[Matt] Hey, did you feel this one Jazz?
[Jazz] He liked that one.
He loved that with his.
[Matt] That is the cutter
inside the bread and butter.
[CC] Yo, Jazz, I wanted
to ask you about the ABS.
How do you feel about ABS?
I know, you know,
we had spring training with it this year.
It's implemented for the first time
this year in the big leagues.
-[Jazz] Oh!
-[CC] You like it?
-You know I like it, bro. Come on.
-[CC chuckles]
You know I like it.
You know, sometimes, you know--
Umpires aren't perfect,
so, you know,
something there to help them
and not really show them up.
If you do it the right way,
you're not really showing them up.
You know, everybody
misses pitches, even us.
We get it wrong sometimes
thinking it's balls that are strikes.
So, I feel like
it works both ways, you know.
[CC] Absolutely.
[Hunter] Oh, and one
of the former Yankee, Harrison Bader,
who falls behind nothing and two.
[CC] And Jazz, I know we got
two strikes, two outs here
but I got to ask you how much
do you feel like the relaxation
of frustration towards the umpire
and that tension
-since the ABS and spring training.
-I think it helps a lot, honestly,
because now you can't blame
the umpire for nothing you know.
-You can't you don't have that excuse
-[CC] Absolutely.
to be like,
"Oh, he's the one reason I got out."
No. Ain't no more of that.
[Matt] It feels like a fair game.
[laughs] We like that.
-Yeah, I was a victim of that. Can't lie.
-[commentators laugh]
[Hunter] Ball and two strikes,
account to Harrison Bader
batting with two out, a runner
at first five-nothing, Yankees early.
[Matt] Jazz, what's your favorite ballpark
besides Yankee Stadium
-Um, to play in?
-[Matt] Yeah.
I'd say either Atlanta or L.A. Dodgers.
I like Anaheim too.
[CC] What about Atlanta you like.
I don't know.
I get a lot of hits in Atlanta.
[CC laughs]
[Matt] That's what
I'm talking about, Jazz.
-I love Milwaukee baby. [laughs]
-[CC laughs]
[Hunter] Hey, got him.
[Hunter] Max Fried allowed
two in first three to reach.
He struck out four of his last six.
And, Jazz, thanks for visiting with us,
have a great year.
Oh, yeah. Thank you. I'm going, y'all.
[Matt] Don't miss the two-time
World Heavyweight Champion
Tyson Fury's return to the ring
as he takes on Arslanbek Makhmudov.
But that's not all. Conor Benn
will face off against Regis Prograis.
Two epic battles, one epic night.
Live April 11th only on Netflix.
Logan Webb after a very rocky
top of the second.
Back to work in the third
against the same part of the order.
Yankees batted around
and scored five in the second.
So, it's Rice, Stanton,
and Chisholm once again.
[CC] And I think, Matty,
this is going to be an important part
of their lineup,
four, five, and six, you know.
Ben Rice can take the next step,
get to 35, 40 homers.
Jazz Chisholm do his 50-50 thing,
and if he stay healthy,
I think it's just going to help
those guys at the top of the order.
[Hunter] Ben Rice is really--
Has really established himself,
had a very good year in 2025.
And Stanton waits next.
Twelve-round pick out of Dartmouth
back in 2021,
and everybody took note
of what this guy did
specifically
against the fastball last year.
My goodness, a slugging percentage
of 550 against the heater
And in very elite company
in terms of hard hit percentage.
-[Matt] Got him.
-[Hunter] And that's number five for Webb.
[Matt] And beautiful, little sweeper
right there inside corner.
And honestly
we haven't seen the challenge yet.
We were all thinking
it was going to come early
and some of these balls
are on the corners
but it seems like they're being
a little bit more careful with them now
that the regular season has started.
But beautiful pitch.
Ben Rice doesn't argue.
Reasons. Ben Rice.
[Hunter] Here's Stanley now.
Logan Webb started
an opening day against the Yankees
a few years ago in the Bronx.
And struck out 12.
A couple of hots up the middle for Arrez,
and out number two.
His opponent had an even better day.
Gerrit Cole struck out 14.
They combined to set an opening day
strikeout record for starting pitchers.
[CC] I'm out on 26 strikeouts.
-I don't want to see--
-[Hunter laughs]
[Matt] I wanna see some offense.
-Needed ABS.
-[CC laughs]
[Hunter] Two quick outs now
for Jazz Chisholm.
And all of a sudden
Webbs found that sweeper.
[Matt] So, as CC was saying they were
aggressive with the change up early
almost like they were trying
to take it out of his arsenal, now,
The cat and mouse,
Logan Webb throwing some sweepers,
keeping them honest.
[CC] Yeah. Well as in Grisham
you know aggressive on that change up,
those guys were four for six
off the chan--
Or four for six
on the change up so far early.
Damn! He's got the swing in that early.
He switched it up and went to the sweeper.
Being able to make in game adjustments
like that is huge.
And it just speaks to the vet that he is
and how poised he is out there
on the mound.
[Matt] And how quick
do the Yankees be like,
"Hey, he's not throwing
the change up as much
get ready for the sweeper."
-[CC] They haven't adjusted yet.
-[Matt chuckles]
[Hunter] Chisholm bounces it out to first.
Schmitt will do it himself.
And it's a one, two, three,
third for Logan Webb.
[Matt] All right, folks, and welcome back.
One Piece has hit McCovey Cove.
[lively music playing]
[Matt] Yeah, that's Luffy there,
captain of the Straw Hat Pirates.
And it looks like
he's going to try to pitch.
There it goes.
Come on, Chopper. Ah, close.
But it's caught by a fan in the bleachers.
Yeah, you heard the captain.
Chase your dreams.
One Piece season two
is streaming right now on Netflix.
Top of the order here for the Giants
in their half of inning number three.
Five-nothing, Yankees early on tonight.
Opening day on Netflix.
Arrez, Chapman endeavors
against the three-time All-Star
who after kind of a wobbly first inning
racked up three strikeouts in the second.
[CC] Yeah, he seemed
to settle in to this game
and, you know,
starting to throw a lot of strikes
and getting ahead, not miss at-bat,
but he's been getting ahead
and he's starting to put guys away.
[Hunter] Arrez walked on four pitches
to start the bottom of the first
and this is a guy who's not easy to walk.
He's usually up there hacking.
[CC] Yeah. For the Giants
base runners are going to be a premium
if you want to crawl back
into this ballgame
second time through the lineup.
And when you have
a five-nothing lead like this
it could be difficult
when you're not super sharp.
You know what I mean?
When you're struggling to throw strikes
you get a big lead like this,
you just trying to find it.
You know, find a rhythm, be able
to get these guys back in the dugout,
and try to score some more runs.
[Hunter] Fried right back
in the count, three balls and two strikes.
[CC] But sometimes I would always want
like a closer game
to make me lock in a little more.
[Matt] You take the foot off the gas
and all of a sudden you give up a couple.
You got to keep attacking just
like it's a close game.
[Hunter] First full count against Fried.
Again this dude's tough to walk.
[Matt] One of the hardest
to strike out as well.
[commentators laugh]
[Hunter] It's the first time
he swung the bat today.
[Matt] And this is good for the Giants.
This is why you bring in Arrez to.
Give you a nice long at bat
against a front line starter.
Give the guys behind him a chance
to get something working
and get him tired.
[Hunter] Battling still three and two.
Luis Arrez by the way carries
a 15 game hitting streak into opening day.
If you're like me,
you think that hitting streaks
should all be counted
within the course of a season.
In fact they carry over.
And if anybody gets close to DiMaggio
with a carry over hitting streak.
-We got problems.
-[CC laughs]
[Matt] I think it's harder
to carry it over a season
because you get in a rhythm
and a hitting streak
and now all of a sudden
it's a whole new ballgame.
[Hunter] Pitch of the at bat,
smashed the first, Rice to Fried.
And there's one way.
Rice to Fried to Kreischer on a kayak.
Bert Kreischer is in the cove.
[CC] Yeah, Bert! You're on a boat, baby.
We're the Flippy Floppies.
I got wildlife on my shoulder.
They're grilling hot dogs
on the boat behind me.
-This could not be better.
-[CC] Yeah.
[Matt] Maybe a splash in.
Are you going to dive in?
You got the life jacket.
Oh, I'm not getting in the water.
It's freezing.
This is-- We're tied up
like it's Jaws II. There's no way.
[CC laughs] Be careful out there, Bert.
I heard it gets ruthless out there.
This is the best way
to enjoy this stadium.
I've sat in the cheap seats,
the expensive ones
that the tech boys buy, but this
is where I want to watch a game.
[CC] Oh, yeah. Nothing better, huh?
[Bert] It's amazing, especially
if I was allowed to drink right now.
[CC chuckles]
[Matt] Hey, are they hospitable
out there, Bert?
Because I know they can be
kind of territorial.
No, no, no. I'm not working.
Yeah, I'd love a beer.
Thank you very much.
They're very hospitable.
You're getting offered
beers and hot dogs?
[Bert] I'm getting offered beers.
How do we open this thing?
-[CC chuckles]
-[Matt] Oh! Look at this.
Oh! Let's cover the brand with Netflix.
[Hunter] Matt Chapman
with a fly ball out to left,
in the sun field
is Cody Bellinger for out number two.
[Matt] "Kreischer in a Kayak" sounds
like a podcast to me.
[Bert] Hey,
I got three podcasts right now.
I'm up for another one.
[commentators laugh]
[Matt] You need to start one
in the kayak, my man.
[Bert] Hey, let me tell you something--
Oh, thank you very much, sir.
I'm on blood thinners.
I'm not supposed to watch this,
so if you're my cardiologist,
please change over to
[commentators laugh]
-[Matt] Conversations in a Kayak, huh?
-[chuckles]
[Matt] That's the new name
of your fourth podcast.
[CC] Conversations in a Kayak. I love it.
[Bert] Hey, I just found the pedals
on this thing. This is amazing, guys.
I'm telling you right now.
[Matt] Bert, enjoy.
Enjoy. We'll check in with you.
Hopefully, you're still sailing
in a few innings.
Cheers, gentlemen. Thank you so much.
[Matt] Giants go down in order.
Still five-nothing Yankees on Opening Day.
[Lauren] Welcome back to San Francisco,
Tony Vitello,
they got to Logan's off speed early.
How has he adjusted and settled?
Yeah they were obviously getting
a little more aggressive
early in the count.
So, I mean, he's adjusted
as far as pitch location early,
but also every one of their hitters
is capable of doing damage
and he's got good stuff.
So it's battle-- you know a battle
that you're going to see each at bat.
[Lauren] I see your guys talking
after they face Max Fried.
What are they sharing? What do they see?
[Tony] I think just
the shapes of the pitches.
Um, I think there's a couple of things
that are different than maybe in the past
or some things that they've seen
in particular tonight.
Um, so they're just trying to communicate
and stay ahead of the game.
-[Lauren] Appreciate your time.
-[Tony] Thank you.
-[Lauren] Matty.
-[Matt] Yeah, Lauren, thanks.
We've had our first ABS challenge.
ABS powered by T-Mobile
and a call that was a strike.
-[CC] Little sinker, up and in.
-[Matt] Has been confirmed.
Bill Miller stayed perfect.
[CC] But see, him being able
to throw the sweeper last pitch
to get them off the changeup--
I mean last inning, to get them off
the changeup early in the count
has opened up to him being able
to throw that sinker now again,
you know, early-- early--
in early accounts to get ahead.
[Matt] Caballero on the short hop.
Good play by Matt Chapman,
a five-time Gold Glover
made that look easier than it was.
So if you had on your bingo card,
the first ABS challenge would come
on a pitch that would be upheld.
You're a winner.
Every challenge it felt like
we watched in spring training
was a call that was overturned.
[Hunter] Yes I would like
to see the percentages.
It was pretty even.
[Matt] Here's Ryan McMahon with one away.
Here was the pitch in question.
The pitch challenged by Jos.
Thought that was up and in. Challenge.
Call was upheld.
The umpires union is at home
going, "Yes, one for our guys."
[Hunter] Umpires up one-nothing,
it's gonna be a battle all year.
[CC] And I can see
why you would challenge that, right.
You think there's something in--
and it looks like it's at your hands.
[Hunter] That's also fun to watch the game
without the box there anymore.
And you get that-- you get to watch
the art of the game once again.
And also "Is it a strike, is it not?,"
it's a part of the fan experience,
becomes fun.
To me, I feel like
the magic is kind of back.
[Matt] Well, so as Elle
and the guys were talking about
during the pregame show,
that's one challenge gone
from the Yankees now
because it it goes away.
You have two, if you miss on one of them
it leaves your inventory.
So the Yankees are left
with one ABS challenge now.
[Hunter] And that makes it really,
you know,
you've got to really know
if you want to challenge again.
[CC] And I think Bailey
just throw that 2-0 pitch.
I think that presented, I think--
I think that was a ball
and he called it a strike.
And I think McMahon--
had Caballero not challenged,
I think he would've challenged that pitch.
[Matt] Yeah, you better make sure
you get the next one right.
[Hunter] There's a new game
within the game
and there's a lot of things
always happening in baseball.
The more deep you go
there's more things to talk about.
But this is a new new addition
to the game within the game.
[umpire] No balls inside.
[Matt] And that one misses McMahon,
draws a walk.
So here is the rule in
its most abbreviated form.
Again as you mentioned
each club gets two to start the game,
you keep them
as long as they're successful.
Only the pitcher, catcher,
or hitter can challenge,
and you've got only two seconds to do so.
So no help from the dugout,
no help from the video room.
And you get that call,
it plays on the scoreboard,
fans react to it,
and think of like watching a tennis major
and the reaction
that those boundary calls get
when they put them up on the scoreboard.
First of all, there would have
been no John McEnroe legacy
if that was--
If that that Hawk-Eye thing was
in tennis back in the '70s and '80s.
But that's what we're dealing with here
in Major League Baseball.
There's Austin Wells now with a man aboard
and one away,
a ball and a strike to Wells.
Who joins your former teammate
Brett Gardner, CC,
as the only Yankees to hit lead off
Opening Day one year,
and then the next season
bat number nine on Opening Day.
And he's got a base hit.
Bottom of the order
has been very productive
for the Yankees against Webb today.
Wells now two for two.
[CC] Yeah, he went right back
to that changeup first pitch.
Wells, you know, laid off of him,
they got a sinker that he can handle
and, you know, put a good swing on it.
[Hunter] Yeah, right here,
sinker a little bit up,
a little bit over the plate
Not a-- Not exactly where he wanted,
but that ball's moving a lot.
Good swing from Wells, finds a hole,
and Yankees are in business once again.
[Matt] McMahon walks, Wells singles,
two on with one away for Trent Grisham
who doubled in two runs
back in the second.
[Hunter] Now back to the ABS.
There's-- it's pretty impressive.
They have like 12 cameras
from all these different angles.
But the one thing
that I thought was really funny,
Justin Verlander brought this up,
the bio used to just be like,
"Yeah, just tell us
your height and your weight."
And a couple of guys got
a little bit shorter this year.
[commentators chuckling]
[CC] Guys are losing some inches. [laughs]
[Hunter] Osteoporosis coming in soon.
[CC laughs]
[Matt] Ballman strikes.
By the way, I want to correct that.
Grisham's ball in the second
was scored a triple.
In fact, it's the first Opening Day triple
for a Yankee since Johnny Damon in 2009.
[Hunter] That's a callback.
The Caveman.
[Matt] Ball in two strikes,
the count to Grisham.
[Hunter] Except with the Yankees
he wasn't quite as caveman-y.
-[CC] No, he couldn't do the beard.
-[all laughing]
[CC] 2009 Opening Day
was not a great day for me.
-[Matt] Oh, yeah? You remember?
-[CC laughing] I was there.
[Matt] I guess through memory lane.
[CC] The last thing I remember
is giving up a big double to Adam Jones
and being pulled out of the game.
[Matt] I would say that it ended better
than it started that year though.
[CC] It definitely did. [laughing]
[Matt] You take Opening Day like that,
for
That World Series championship.
[CC] But it was different.
You know I had a chance
to start Opening Day a couple of times
in Cleveland, but putting on
that that New York Yankees uniform
and having that "New York"
across your chest
for the very first time was incredible.
Seeing Moe and seeing Jeter and A-Rod
and all those different guys
in the uniform made it real.
[Matt] I don't think anybody can speak
to what it's like to join the Yankees
after a difficult offseason
better than you can,
'cause that two 2008 season,
the way you ended it in Milwaukee,
had the Dairy State in love with you.
There's a little one.
Another one headed for no man's land.
and Harrison Bader read it well.
Former Gold Glover comes up
to make a very nice catch.
[Hunter] And that's-- that's definitely
a lot more difficult here at Oracle.
It's a very windy day.
It swirls. It does a lot of tricks,
and Harrison Bader
This is why they brought him in,
the Gold Glove center fielder,
the instincts and running and sliding,
staying with it in the wind.
You can just see
everything's blowing everywhere
and that's a tough catch. Nice play.
[CC] Just like the ball Devers hit earlier
in the game.
But, true, Grisham kind
of lost it in the sun
and shadows are kind of gone now.
And, you know, Bader was able
to make that play.
[Matt] So another opportunity
for Aaron Judge
a couple of strikeouts for him
so far tonight.
Two men on with two away.
And a swing and a miss at a sweeper.
[CC] He's really found that sweeper--
[Hunter] The sweeper is what's got him
back into this ballgame
and getting through some of these innings,
giving the Giants a chance.
You can see the difference.
When they see the sweeper,
they are looking.
100% sinker changeup, it feels like.
[Matt] Aaron Judge a .340 hitter last year
en route to MVP honors
with runners in scoring position.
Another one fouled away this time.
It's a ball and two strikes.
That one wasn't quite as sharp.
[Hunter] But good location.
Location can trump.
That's top outside of the zone
and just not able to get to it is Judge.
So here we go. Two strikes.
[CC] Where do you go here?
Do you go back up, out, in?
[Hunter] I think it's sweeper away.
He goes in. Changeup.
[Matt] He has struck him out
on a changeup and a sinker tonight.
Two and two.
[CC] That last pitch he fouled off
was a force,
and if he goes top of the zone sinker
coming back outside,
I think he has a chance to get a look at--
[Matt] Top of the zone,
sinker away. All right.
[crowd cheering]
-[Hunter] Three
-[Matt] Back-to-back changeups.
And they get Webb out of trouble,
stranding two in the fourth.
Opening Day in San Francisco
and the visitors still leading by five.
Well I know, pretty baby
I see trouble comin'
Welcome back to San Francisco
on Aaron Boone's favorite day.
You told your team,
"Call someone who helped you get
to this point" on Opening Day.
Who's that person for you, Aaron?
It's different every year.
This year will be my mom.
-I know she's watching.
-[umpire] In!
So my mom and dad, I know,
are on the couch watching.
-So, hi, Mom and Dad. Love ya.
-[chuckles]
Love ya. Max Fried looks good.
I'm sure Garrett Cole's lurking somewhere
wanting to pitch tomorrow.
Full strength is when do you think?
Tough to say.
I mean, full strength.
He's already at full strength.
It's a matter of now being disciplined
to the build-up process, you know,
and eventually building him
to where he's back to 80, 90 pitches.
And that's still a ways away.
But, man, he looks great.
He's throwing the ball great.
His command's been pretty sharp.
And we're looking forward
to getting him back at some point.
CC Sabathia is in the booth.
He told me to tell you that his Raiders
will win more games than your Eagles.
-No chance.
-[CC chuckles]
-He's not buying that. Aaron, thank you.
-Thank you.
[Matt] Yeah. We might have a tough time
selling people on that, CC.
[CC] We get Mendoza, bro. We're back.
[Matt] Talk about the optimism right here.
The relentless flow of the positive.
[CC] It's always optimism
until about Halloween.
[commentators laughing]
[Matt] 0 and 2, the catcher
Willie Adamas leading off
the San Francisco fourth.
I love that Boone's shouting out
mom and dad watching at home.
Of course the Boone family
is baseball royalty,
with such a great lineage
of Major League players
and managers and stars
dating back to grandfather Ray.
Adamas sprays out into center field.
Grisham froze for a moment,
makes a routine catch for out number one.
So far so good for the visitors.
So far so good for us in Netflix's
first ever Major League Baseball telecast.
Hunter Pence, CC Sabathia,
Matt Vasgersian with Lauren Shahadi.
I don't think any of us saw
a five-run inning
against Brandon Webb
in our tea leaves today.
But that's in fact what happened
for the Yankees.
[Hunter] Yeah. They got to him.
You could tell they had a game plan
to get after the changeup
and they executed it.
And just really
just suffocated them quickly.
It was a-- it was a lightning strike
and a good inning there for the Yankees.
[Matt] Somewhere
Brandon Webb's ears are ringing.
[Hunter] Yeah, he's got a good sinker.
[CC] Logan Webb has a good sinker as well.
-[Hunter] I didn't wanna call you out.
-[CC] We weren't going to call you out.
[Matt] Logan Webb,
of course, I misspoke.
One and only count to Jung Hoo Lee.
[CC] But to Logan's credit, you know,
being able to come out
in the third and fourth half
shut down innings, you know,
try to help his team,
you know, score some--
Get back in the dugout, score some runs.
You know you can see
how he leads the league
in innings pitched every year,
giving up five and one inning
and still being able to come--
being able to come out and throw up zeros.
[Hunter] It's so impressive
how he does that.
[Matt] Leon to left center,
Grisham gliding over to make the catch.
And there are two away.
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Don't look now but Max Fried
has retired seven in a row
as he goes to work on Heliot Ramos
with the bases empty and two gone.
We mentioned
the significance of Heliot Ramos
starting in left field tonight, guys.
And it ends quite a distinguished streak
in Giants franchise history.
Hunter, one that you were a part of.
[Hunter] Yeah, it's one of those
classic Hunter Pence thing.
Hit streaks that I'm a part of.
Just super awkward.
But he ends a streak of 18 consecutive
different Opening Day
starting left fielders. Yeah, that's a--
That's a classic baseball stat
right there.
But congratulations to Ramos
to end the streak.
It started with Barry Bonds.
You know, our good friend Mark DeRosa
was a part of that, myself as well.
And no longer, we have
a consistent Opening Day left fielder
in San Francisco and it's Heliot Ramos.
-[Matt] That is quite a run.
-[Hunter] Hitting them bombas.
[CC] That is quite a run though, right.
-[Hunter] It is most in the history of--
-[Matt] And Ramos sprays out into right.
That's a base hit that ends
the scratch of seven in a row,
retired by three.
[Hunter] It was a fun stat though.
It's the 19-year streak,
ties St. Louis Browns,
Baltimore Orioles 19-year streak
of also starting a different left fielder
from 1937 to 1955.
So we have-- the Giants have tied
but do not break the Major League record.
[Matt] Two out base runner now
for Casey Schmitt
who was hit by a pitch in the second.
It's a fascinating list of names too.
You mentioned a couple
of guys on that list.
Mark DeRosa, yourself. Barry started it.
Mike Morse, Fred Lewis.
-I mean
-[CC] Fred Lewis.
[Matt] You see a lot of names in there.
Players that were here,
that had nice careers.
Chopper to shortstop.
Caballero the short way.
Nothing comes of the two out single.
We've played four complete at Oracle Park.
[Matt] With the Yankees
on top of the Giants on Opening Day,
five-nothing New York.
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[Matt] Top of the fifth inning
and on the first pitch,
Cody Bellinger has a base hit into right
and the theme continues.
The Yankees jumping the count early
against the two-time All-Star.
[Hunter] And that's got
to feel good for Cody Bellinger.
Get the first hit out of the way here.
And yeah, you're right.
It's get one
out of the heart of the plate.
Get your sinker,
get your changeup and let it rip.
And that's a beautiful line drive
from Bellinger.
[Matt] Another first pitch knock,
they come back to back.
So now four of the eight hits for New York
have come on the first pitch of the at-bat
and there are runners at the corners
on two pitches to open the fifth.
[CC] They're just seeing it up and just
whatever they can put a good--
put a good swing on, they doing it.
[Hunter] It's a beautiful approach,
it's relentless, it's aggressive.
Get you one of the changeup
or the sinker up
because Webb does have such--
All of his pitches have a lot of depth,
and right here you see
this pitch starts a little bit up
and Ben Rice
absolutely squares this one up.
It's pure off the bat,
100 miles an hour line drive.
[Matt] So now the veteran
Giancarlo Stanton.
on an Opening Day roster
for the 15th time in his career so far.
The Yankees have cashed in
with runners in scoring position.
They are three of seven in that category
and it's a ball and no strikes
on the five-time All-Star.
Big career numbers against the Giants
for the guy they call Big G,
who has driven in a run
with the third straight hit
to open the fifth inning.
[Hunter] And none of them cheap.
These are all just blistered line drafts.
This one 114.4. I'm gonna add the 0.4
'cause when you get
to the hundred and teens?
[CC laughing] Yeah, 0.4 is a good one.
Pitch counts
getting up there a little bit.
Might want to start getting
somebody up in the bullpen.
[Hunter] Yeah. Right here. These are--
That's you don't often square up
big league pitching three times in a row
and it's a good lineup but they're on it.
That's a chuck and duck.
[Matt] Gave up
four straight hits in the second,
three straight hits to open the fifth.
You know, ifs and buts,
and candies and nuts, and all that stuff.
If you could take the second inning away,
Webb's been pretty good tonight.
The fifth inning is starting
the way the second started.
[CC] I just think you have to give
the Yankees hitters
and coaches credit, you know,
for, you know,
the game plan they came out here with
against Webb today and, you know,
like I said,
just being aggressive, seeing it up,
and putting a good swing
on whatever they see.
[Hunter] Yeah, it's been extraordinary.
And executing as well.
[Matt] Chisholm bounces it to first,
Schmitt the second for one,
and the relay is not gonna be in time,
it gets away at first base,
and that'll score a run.
A Giant misplay leads to
a second run this inning.
[CC] Another runner gets hit
with the ball right there
[Hunter] But that's the third hit
while running for the Yankees.
Take a look right here. Schmitt,
not an everyday first baseman
learning on the fly, and
Chisholm might have
saved this one getting away.
[Matt] Casey Schmitt making only
his 13th career start
at first base tonight,
and perhaps some of that inexperience
is at play as you suggest, Hunter.
Seven-nothing New York.
[Hunter] And that's a tough play,
to field it, throw, and get back to first,
especially if you're not
super familiar with your 12 start,
but Schmitt's been incredible.
He started as a third baseman,
he can play short,
got really good at second last year
for the Giants,
-so he's a grinder.
-[umpire] Ball's inside.
[Matt] Count's a ball and a strike
on Jos Caballero
who has a run scored
and an RBI single on his line tonight.
Seven runs on nine hits
against Logan Webb.
A blooper that's going
to be handled by Arrez.
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The Yankees doing something
against Webb tonight
that didn't happen
through the entire 2025 season.
And that's get to him for seven runs.
So with two gone now
here's Ryan McMahon
who has been a contributor.
He has singled in two runs and walked.
[Hunter] And it is Opening Night,
and it is-- it's something
that you didn't see all of last season,
so pretty uncharacteristic.
Logan Webb is one of the most
consistent, dependable pitchers
in all of baseball the last three years.
[CC] It's just Opening Day.
You know, this is one of those things,
it's Opening Day.
[Hunter] It's gonna weigh--
It's gonna be tough on him,
but he's always bounces back, and
[Matt] Ball and a strike on McMahon.
Keaton Winn up in the bullpen
for San Francisco,
and it feels like this could be
the end of it for Logan tonight,
if he can finish off the fifth inning.
Jazz with a big jump,
There he goes.
Bailey's throw down,
skips into center field.
The guy that wants to go 50-50 this year
has his first stolen base of 2026.
[Hunter] Well, it starts with one.
[CC] I was gonna say, can't get the 50
if you don't get the first.
[Hunter] That's some aggression
right there.
Obviously a seven-nothing ballgame
but still only the fifth inning,
and he's got that athleticism.
[Matt] Well, he's on a pace for 162.
[Hunter laughs]
[Matt] Two and two to McMahon,
not to mention a stolen base
on Patrick Bailey's watch is
something to put in your cap.
This is one
of the best catch and throw guys
in not just the National League
but in all of baseball.
[CC] Yeah. And I mean, most of the time
when you get a jump like that,
you know you're not--
I'm not going to blame it on Bailey,
I'm going to blame it on you.
'Cause most the time is on the pitcher.
[Hunter] Got a good little half step,
right into it. The good rhythm.
That's instincts.
[Matt] On the field,
McMahon swung the bat,
that puts an end to a two run inning,
more damage for the Yankees,
middle of the night.
New York leads seven-nothing.
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[Matt] Eight nine then top of the order
for the Giants
as they start their half of the fifth,
trailing the Yankees
seven-nothing on Opening Day.
Pleasure to be joined
by Commissioner Rob Manfred
in the booth.
Happy Opening Day Mr. Commissioner.
This is pretty good stuff.
[Rob] Thanks, Matt. Great Opening Day.
I mean it's absolutely fantastic.
[Matt] We have so many questions for you.
[CC laughing]
I mean Hunter and CC and I,
we were going into it.
Let's ask the commissioner about this
and about this and about this.
Here's the first one.
What was your first Opening Day.
I'm just curious.
[Rob] My very first Opening Day
was a Mets opener
-and it had to have been '88 or '89.
-[Matt] As a fan?
[Rob] Yeah, I was working for baseball
as an outside lawyer.
The Mets used to have a big party,
bunch of Commissioners Office people
would get invited
and that was the first one.
[Matt] So Commissioner, I want to ask you
is on the heels
of kind of that first Opening Day,
when did you fall
in love with baseball?
Let's go back even further.
What was kind of that journey.
[Rob] The first-- I mean,
my first Major League game was in 1968.
We drove down from upstate New York
to see a Yankee game.
My dad was a huge Yankee fan.
It was old-timers day on Saturday,
and it was
Mantle's last year.
I was a huge Mantle fan.
He hit two home runs in the game.
It was the last time
he ever hit two home runs.
He actually hit a home run
from each side of the plate.
So, yeah, it was a pretty good start.
Now they did lose
to Minnesota, three-two.
What we remember is Jim Homer.
Yeah, that's a great way
to start off being a fan.
Yeah, yeah.
So it was really fun,
really, really fun.
Patrick Bailey three and two.
Now you've got
to answer CC's questions.
These are the hard.
No.
My main statement a question was
can we get a ten-run rule.
We need a- we need a ten-run rule.
You know what.
I took one rule from the WBC
which was the extra inning rule
and I take more static about that
than any other rule change.
I'm not really
doing the ten-run thing.
-[laughs]
-It had some success in rule changes.
That one's known
as broadcasters delight.
-Yeah, the extra innings rule.
-Broadcasters like it. The fans like it.
My traditionalists are still not
on board with that one.
[Matt] Harrison Bader
with a high infield pop.
The Jazz Chisholm will handle it.
Well so far so good for ABS
-I think the response has been great.
-[Rob] Yep.
[Matt] The uniform personnel players
and coaches are on board
-and we've already had one tonight.
-Yeah I think that you know using it
in the minor leagues getting
the players have a chance
to get used to it doing it
in spring training the year before this
I think really important.
And you know there's some fundamental
about the desire to get it right
in high leverage situations
and if you, you know,
you look at the fundamentals
I think it's a great change for us.
[Matt] Two quick outs now
for Luis Arias.
And, you know, I think a lot
of fans would have thought
that the umpires
would have given you pushback on that,
but they, too, want to get things right.
It's the spirit of instant replay,
of review.
[Rob] I agree with that.
The umpires have been great
in terms about changes
in the game that affect them.
They really have been really cooperative.
[Matt] Mr. Commissioner,
we want to thank you for joining us.
Quick ending, but happy Opening Day.
I know you're busy.
Off to L.A. for the ring ceremony
for the Dodgers tomorrow,
-and best of luck.
-All right. Thanks, man.
-2026 is underway.
-Good to see you, man. Good to see you.
Thank you, Mr. Rob Manfred
for joining us in the booth.
Still seven-nothing Yankees back
on Opening Day right after this.
[CC] I'm going to Houston.
[Matt] Mid-game
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It's Keaton Wynn who is the first in
out of the Giants bullpen
on this Opening Day.
Guy who got into
a few spring training contests,
just seven innings of work,
gave up five runs.
And Wynn is the first option
for Tony Vitello
in a seven nothing deficit top
of the sixth inning.
[Hunter] And Keaton Wynn he's a guy
who's got a big split finger,
real power arms, you can see a lot
of sinkers up at 98 miles an hour.
And had himself a pretty solid spring
pretty impressive to make the team.
[CC] He's to come in this game
and just write the ship
-[Matt] Yeah.
-and get the boys back.
[CC] Just give him back in,
so he can just keep swinging the bat.
[Hunter] He's a guy
that's gonna attack the zone for sure.
He's not gonna walk a lot of people.
He pitches to contact.
[Matt] Quickly in front
of Wells wanted to.
[CC] That's something I think
a lot of people don't do these days
is pitch to contact.
Having a chance
to throw the ball over the plate.
Pitching the contact.
Getting weak contact.
And do some weak contact.
This is something that, you know,
I feel like the better guys,
the better starters,
or the better relievers in the game do it.
But not a lot of guys do.
[Matt] Pitch to contact. Come on.
-See, these guys need to hear it.
-[Hunter laughs]
-[Matt] We're here to blow.
-[CC] Gonna strike everybody out
before they even get in the box. [laughs]
[Hunter]
I want to see Bill Miller lean back.
[CC laughs]
[Matt] Hundred and four miles an hour,
blow it out for two and a third.
-[CC laughs]
-[Matt] You know go to the next guy.
That's kind of what
a lot of people think pitching
has devolved into in this state.
But there are a lot of folks like CC
trying to bring it back.
And it's still two and two to Austin Wells
who's got a couple
of base hits here tonight.
-[crowd cheering]
-[CC] Nice play up top.
-Upper deck one handed. Yeah, nice.
-[Hunter] Upper deck one handed.
[Hunter] Fans are appreciating it.
Staying locked in. [chuckles]
[Matt] Two balls and two strikes
on Austin Wells.
[umpire] That's outside, 3-2.
[Matt] Commissioner Manfred was talking
about the world baseball classic
when he dropped by
for a quick visit last half inning.
[Hunter] I don't know that anybody
enjoyed the WBC more than Austin Wells.
By virtue of his mother's lineages,
played for Team Dominican Republic.
Hit a big homer.
And was like an honorary rice
and beans guy.
[CC chuckles]
[Matt] At least that's what
his manager Albert Pujols called him.
[Hunter] Honorary?
What's an honorary rice and beans guy.
-[Matt] You know--
-[Hunter] Was he making it or eating it?
-[Matt] He was not eating in a--
-[CC laughs]
[Matt] The not native Spanish speaker
who was welcomed warmly
by his Dominican teammates
and this one just missed it right.
[Hunter] He almost got himself
his first home right here,
two for two already.
[Matt] Something of a renaissance man too.
He's like you Hunter,
enjoys the foodie culture.
[Hunter] Oh, yeah. Is that right?
[Matt] He's a big burrito blogger.
-[Hunter] Okay. I got to follow this.
-[Matt] Don't you know?
[Hunter] I'm a burrito fan as well.
[CC] And he takes ball forward
to lead things off in the sixth inning.
[Matt] Well, for first-year manager
Tony Vitello, not the start he envisioned.
He is in good company
as one of eight first-year managers
in big league baseball
this year, as we talked about.
Lauren has a little bit more on that.
[Lauren] Hi, Matt, I spoke
to Jace Tingler Tony's bench coach
and he said day one
Tony was doing his media duties,
then he would sprint over
to teach base running,
then he's hitting the PFPs, running over
to the cage to dissect swings.
We have to remember in college
right coaches have smaller staffs,
they have to do so much more
with so much less.
-[crowd cheering]
-[Lauren] Has an out in right field.
So, Tony said "this is the big leagues,"
and his staff said
"You don't have to do everything anymore,
we got people for that," Matty.
[Matt] I guess
that's the biggest difference too, Lauren,
because when we visited with Tony
he talked about so many resources
that we take for granted
in the big leagues,
being available
at the college game as well.
But it's that manpower support,
that human support,
that that really has been
a big difference for him.
And there's a lot of manpower
stepping in now, and Aaron Judge.
[Hunter] And this is a matchup for Judge,
the sinker split goes right
into his back path.
This is dangerous for Keaton.
[CC] Judge is 0 for 3 and 3 strikeout.
I know he's looking
to barrel something up, so. [laughs]
[Hunter] He's probably a little cranky.
[Matt] Judge never went through
a four-strikeout game last year
en route to an MVP.
It's a ball and a strike.
And by the way,
he has hit safely in all nine
of his Opening Days as a Yankee.
So, that's on the line tonight.
[umpire] One, two.
[Matt] Ball and two strikes.
[upbeat music playing]
[Matt] Well,
you mentioned the three strikeouts.
[crowd cheering]
[Matt] Peter, changeup.
-And Judge swinging in the fourth.
-[music fades]
[umpire]
Balls down, I'll see it, please.
[Hunter] And if you're Keaton Winn
right here, you know,
it's a seven-run game
you wanna get back in here,
but it's the right time to challenge 'em,
test your stuff.
See if you can put one of
the greatest hitters in the games away.
[Matt] Two and two the count, Aaron Judge.
There have only been two Yankees
in franchise history,
to have endured
four-strikeout Opening Days.
Four strikeouts in a game,
known as the Sombrero,
the Golden Sombrero.
Oswaldo Cabrera in 2023
against these Giants.
And the previous year Giancarlo Stanton
had a four-strikeout Opening Day
against the Red Sox.
Two balls and two strikes to Judge.
-[umpire] In!
-[crowd cheering]
[Matt] And now, Aaron is on that list.
[Hunter] So, this time goes to Keaton Winn
and they're putting the Golden Sombrero
on their head.
Giants fans, something to cheer about.
[CC] That give him a lot of credit
right here. Came right after, you know.
Threw a fastball right there,
right down the middle.
Probably, you know,
kind of surprised Judge.
Probably thought he was going up
but got a fastball right at the knees.
[Matt] If I told you guys
that a suggested narrative today
would be Yankees score seven runs
in five innings,
and Aaron Judge strikes out four times,
you would have said what?
-[Hunter] Opening day. [laughs]
-[CC laughs]
[CC] I would have said absolutely not.
There's no way, there's no way.
But just a testament
to the way these guys,
you know, put together the lineup,
like I said four, five, and six
is going to be huge for those guys,
the bottom of the lineup,
four hits in a row.
So, it's just a testament to how deep
this lineup, and how good it is.
[Matt] 0 and 2,
the counts of Cody Bellinger.
[Hunter] Hey, you don't lead
the league in runs on the heels--
Even though you have an MVP,
it takes it takes a team,
and it takes-- It is a deep lineup
and there are no holes,
and the bottom of the order
really stepped up here
against Logan Webb today.
[Matt] Keaton Winn trying to strand
that leadoff walk at first base.
He will do just that
with back-to-back strikeouts
of a couple of MVP bats.
[rock music playing]
[Matt] Through five and a half.
Though a rough night for their captains,
still a seven-nothing lead
for the Yankees.
You're watching Opening Night
presented by Adobe on Netflix.
[Barry] Put the bleachers there
and you got the same ballpark.
[Matt] Back from McCovey Cove. Our guest.
Pretty familiar
with that little tract of space.
As we're back in a seven-nothing lead
for the New York Yankees bottom
of the sixth inning.
Matt Chapman,
the first to face Max Freid
as we welcome Barry Bonds into the booth.
Enjoyed John's pregame show, Barry.
That looked like you guys
were having fun out there.
We had a good time.
I think it was really good.
The three of us worked together.
We worked well.
-You know we had CC come in there. Fun.
-[CC] Get a picture.
-You've got to get a picture of it.
-[commentators laugh]
[Barry] It's not hard
to talk baseball, all right?
[Matt] What are your thoughts
on the game?
What are you watching so far here today?
What's popped out for you?
[Barry] I'm watching
just day one right now.
Right? It's first game,
things are happening.
You know, Willy, you know,
I saw the first third less than two hours.
Willy should've got that running,
could've gained the Giants momentum
at that time.
Aaron, I don't know, I think--
Looks like he's thinking
a little bit too much
up there at the plate right now,
so they're just letting it go
but you can't take it,
-we can't analyze day one.
-[CC] Yeah,
he's a little in-between right now,
but it's the first day.
[Barry] Yeah, it's first day.
[Matt] Two balls and a strike
to Matt Chapman,
chopper for Jazz, hot shot.
And he makes the catch.
That got on there on a line,
and he's telling Jos Caballero,
"Did you see that?"
[Hunter] Yeah, Chapman,
he's got something.
He doesn't look like he swings that hard,
but he's got those forearms
that are crazy.
That was 107 off Matt Chapman's back
right here on the low line.
And look, just does a forearm flick.
Jazz Chisholm, nice play.
[CC] I've never seen a guy
get ate up on a line drive. [laughs]
[Hunter] Put a glove
on that palm. [laughs]
[commentators laughing]
[Matt] I could watch Jazz Chisholm play
I mean he plays with such joy.
He is so much fun to watch.
He's a perfect Yankee, man.
[CC] Yeah.
He is. And he brings
that speed and power combination
that they need, you know, in the lineup,
and a guy that can steal some bags,
and, you know, like he said,
try to go 50/50.
[Barry] I like that.
He said, why not shoot for the stars
-and land on the moon. [laughs]
-Yeah. [laughs]
[Hunter] Speaking of 50/50,
and, you know,
50 homerun kind of guys, Barry,
what are some of your memories
and did you set goals
before you went into the season,
where you're like,
I'm gonna hit this amount of homers,
what was kind of your take
on going into the seasons?
Well, you know, like I sat
with my dad and Willy with all time.
My dad just said,
"Hey, if you can do it once,
you can do it twice,"
so state consistency
is what makes the game.
But if you're gonna hit .300,
you should be able to repeat
what you've done.
[Matt] Rafi Devers
with a long shot for Judge.
So, well hit at number two.
When you came here Barry,
there was so much discussion
of the Yankees being interested.
You ever think back in a "What if?" sense.
"What if I was a Yankee?"
That short porch,
you might hit a thousand home runs.
[Barry] I gotta tell you a story
'cause George isn't here anymore,
so I can tell the truth, right?
-[Matt] All right, George isn't--
-[Barry] 'cause Roddy ain't here.
Well, I would've been in the Yankees,
but Steinbrenner got on the phone,
and he called us and they told me,
"Barry we're gonna give you the money,"
the highest paid player at that time,
"But you have to sign the contract
by two o'clock this afternoon,"
and I said, "Excuse me?"
and I just hung the phone up.
-[Hunter] Wow.
-[Matt] Wow.
[Barry] And I went
to go get lunch and my, you know,
Dennis Gilbert, my agent, then we're like,
"What? Do you know you just did?"
I'm like, "Did you know
what he just said?"
I just said, "Forget it."
And I went to go get
By the time I walked down the street
to go get lunch,
I said, "Let me just think about this."
The Giants called me
and I said, "I'm going home."
-[Hunter] Wow. [laughs]
-[Matt] Wow. [laughs]
-[Hunter] You heard it here.
-[Matt] Yeah!
I think that's gonna get pushed around
on social media a little bit, that story.
[Barry] It's the truth.
That's exactly what I was told.
[Matt] Barry,
thanks for coming up here with us.
We'll look for you
on the postgame show.
Still seven-nothing, Yanks.
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It's a beautiful night in San Francisco.
Coit Tower in the distance here
at Oracle Park.
It's been all about
the visiting New York Yankees on top,
seven, nothing.
Giants on their second reliever
of the contest.
He is a former Yankee,
right-hander JT Brubaker,
taking over here in the seventh.
It is pitched to Ben Rice,
misses the plate, it's 2 and 0.
[Hunter] That for Brubaker,
it's a four pitch mix.
He's got the sinker, slider changeup
and curve ball, uses them all.
Mainly the sinker though, 50% sinkers.
[Matt] And he falls behind three balls
and no strikes.
Brubaker got into a handful of games
as a Yankee last year,
and was designated
for assignment in August.
Signed a minor league deal
with the Giants two weeks later,
and got some big league time
in San Francisco last season.
He's in the zone for 3 and 1 now to Rice.
Longtime Pirate.
And on the appeal he swung the bat.
-Ben is gonna have to
-[CC] Third base, I think he--
-[Matt] Did not swing.
-[CC] Brian Walsh gave the no-swing.
So, he's got the walk.
[Matt] Gotta say Ben, like,
took those pads off rather confidently.
So, I took another thing
from the third base umpire.
And Rice is aboard on the walk.
So, now Giancarlo Stanton
with the leadoff hitter aboard.
Leadoff hitter has reached base now,
in three straight innings
for the Yankees.
Every Yankee has reached base,
save Aaron Judge tonight.
Seven runs on nine hits.
[CC] And it's just
this type of lineup, man.
With the power that they have,
but the patience that they have.
it just drives you crazy
as a pitcher.
Like, you go home after the game,
you're just spent, you know what I mean?
Like, you're just trying
to figure out ways to get strikes,
get weak contact.
And they are just so patient,
make you get in the zone,
and when you do,
they put the barrel on it.
And it's been clean,
and Giancarlo Stanton,
I'm sure the Yankees are excited
to see how on everything.
He's just been coming off his bat hot,
but a lot of line drives,
a lot of healthy swings on balance.
[Matt] Stand 2 for 3 with an RBI tonight.
Major League Baseball's
active home run leader, 453.
An appropriate conversation
after our visit with Barry Bonds.
Stanton 40th
on the all-time home run list.
Two, two.
And that time, Big G unable to hold up.
[Hunter] Pretty impressive though, just
I'm not a math major,
but I believe that's 47 home runs away
from 500?
And right here gets the slider away
in the dirt and
Unable to hold up what looks like a go.
-Close though, that's pretty close.
-[CC] That is close.
-[CC] Does 500 get you in the hole?
-[Hunter] I think so.
[Matt] He sure used to, right?
Those thresholds changed
a little bit, but
I think that's a pretty big number.
And another first pitch base hit
by a Yankee,
Jazz Chisholm's first knock of the night.
The five of the ten Yankee hits
have come on the first pitch tonight.
And we'll take a look right here,
and this wasn't even
the first pitch fastball.
He gets a breaking ball
up out over the plate,
and he was there.
There was no flinch or anything,
just back leg, and like,
he was looking curve ball.
It's all good, healthy hack.
Gotta feel good about that.
Jos Caballero now.
Singled in a run
back in that five run second.
[CC] As a starting pitcher,
you see the boys swinging it back
like this opening that you're like,
"Oh, yeah, it's gonna be a good summer."
-[laughs]
-[Matt laughs]
That's a good memory. And to Max's credit,
you mentioned, you get ahead,
he has just suffocated the Giants offense.
[Matt] Possible double play ball,
back to Schmitt.
They get 'em both.
A runner left stranded.
Still a seven nothing lead
for the Yankees.
As we head into the 7th inning stretch,
Jason Bateman gives us a closer look
at one of baseball's oldest traditions.
[Jason] Take me out to the ballgame.
It's a plea to be somewhere special
to witness something larger than life.
Take me out with the crowd.
Place me in the swelling ocean
of strangers who've become neighbors.
It's at that moment we are one.
Just like on opening night.
Every team's alive, every fan believes.
This is opening night.
[Matt] Business still busy
at McCovey Cove.
As we welcome you back
to Opening Day on Netflix.
The Yankees with a seven, nothing, lead
getting out of the 7th inning stretch.
Five in the 2nd, two more in the 5th,
and the rest of it
has been a nasty Max Fried,
limiting the Giants to just two base hits
in this game on Opening Day.
Fried back to work in the 7th.
He gets Jung Hoo Lee, Heliot Ramos,
and Casey Schmitt, for San Francisco.
Trying to get something started here
late tonight.
[CC] Took Fried a little bit
to settle into this game.
You know the four pitch walk
to start the game.
Fried was a little erratic to start,
but, you know,
the guys putting up runs early in the game
that allowed him to settle in,
and start, you know,
counting the strike zone,
and here we are in 7th inning.
[Hunter] Yeah, it's been impressive,
and the Giants, as Barry Bonds mentioned,
they had their chance
like you said in the first.
The walk, a single,
and gets the Willy Adamas strikeout.
It's been all Max Fried since then,
and the Yankees offense as well.
[Matt] Jake Bird's up in the bullpen
for New York.
[Hunter]
But welcome back baseball everybody.
And now that we've had
a 7th inning stretch,
and a "Take me out to the ball game,"
does it feel real?
-[Matt] Yeah, we're back.
-[CC] We're back.
[Hunter] We're back.
[Matt] I know for a sold out crowd
it doesn't feel like
the season has started yet.
Giants fans wait for something
to get loud about.
And they're going to have
to wait a little bit longer
'cause Lauren Max Fried
has been ornery tonight.
[Elle] I like that word.
And I was just thinking about how
he spent his early years in Atlanta.
Right, with influences of Glavin
and Maddox and Smoltz.
And now he's in New York being a
sponge to Andy Pettitte and you, CC.
I don't think there's been a free agent
other than Garrett Cole maybe in 2020
who came to the Yankees,
who was immediately as effective
as Max Fried has been since CC.
Boyd Lord you make a really good point,
and the very effective
aforementioned lefty is done
after six and a third a shutout baseball.
Well the season kicks off tonight
on the diamond
but this summer
the drama heads
to the bleachers get ready
for the ultimate power showcase
the MLB Home Run Derby Monday July
thirteenth live right
here on Netflix.
Jake Bird the first in
from the Yankee bullpen tonight
he inherits clean base path
and a seven nothing lead
with one out in the seventh.
There's a look at the numbers
last year for Jake Bird.
four and two with a
five three five pitch mix pitches
off his sweeper
a little bit backwards
sweeper sinker curve
ball cutter enforcing features
about Max Fried tonight guys
two hits into the seventh inning
in fact he puts himself
into very
elite Yankee company
with that opening
day line it's one and two
to Ramos Only David Cohn Ron Guidry
and Mel Stottle Meyer
had Opening Day starts
of six plus innings.
with two or fewer hits
and no runs allowed.
And you see that's why I say it's
different when you're a Yankee
because it's when you do
something cool as a Yankee
like it's some cool names
you get the pass or like get
to get this you know sit next to.
So it's awesome to see him be able
to do that.
But you know Max is just coming
to New York
and been himself been
accountable.
I think that's the biggest word
that Booney has said.
You know when we talk
to him it's just
him being accountable.
And that makes a huge difference
in the clubhouse.
And you know everybody can watch
the way you work the way you go
about doing your business
and you know having a chance
to go out
win nineteen games last year.
It's been awesome.
Jake Bird picking up
right where he left off
with a strike out of Ramos
for out number two you know
and I mentioned
this earlier you said
an accountability no excuses
low maintenance for Booney
but that's infectious
in the clubhouse
when he loves pitching
and he mentioned
that he's smart
he's relaxed you know he's
a California kid that has kind
of a more relaxed vibe
but when you love
to pitch and you're studying
and you're smart you
just help everyone around you
and what a what a tone he said
and he's standing right next
to Will Warren right there
and you know that's rubbing off
on him
and It's just great when you have
that type of accountability
from your superstar.
Like you said low maintenance and it
just rubs off on everybody.
So to God here's Casey Schmitt hit
by a pitch and hit
into a fielder's choice tonight.
Oh and one from bird
on the ground pass bird for Jazz
and two pitchers combined
on a one two three bottom
of the seventh it's still
seven nothing Yankees.
Yeah, I did.
I was Shohei Ohtani before.
Come and eat some W's with me.
Come and eat some food.
You can see.
Right in the net.
Watch out.
Get out of my dirt, man.
Oh, he got
one.
Yeah we've had some fun
watching Heisman Trophy winner
and NFL pro
bowler Jameis Winston
have fun here
at Oracle Park
as we welcome you back
on Opening Day.
Brian McMahon leads things off
in the Yankee half of the eighth.
Jameis it looks like you've
been having the most fun
of any of us tonight.
Absolutely man.
You know I am a fun person
and I know gratitude
is the key to abundance.
And I'm just I'm grateful to be
sitting here between Jay and Jacob
and get a chance to watch
a good old baseball game
and finally be sitting down
and I've been on the run.
I mean Jameis that is how you do it.
That's how you enjoy
a baseball game my man.
But I need one more thing from you.
We saw the base hit off of Max free.
Can you get into the Giants dugout.
Can you give me a little pep speech.
What do they got to do.
What's the approach when you were
facing Max Fried in college.
Well, my approach to Max Freed,
we was at Petco Park, and,
you know, they had a little
short portion left field,
so my desire was
to hit the ball off that wall
over there at Petco Park.
It didn't quite work out.
It got to a three-two count,
so I said, hey,
man, I'm going to get in base.
So I just stayed inside the ball,
and I kept my bat
in the zone as long
as possible, and I hit it right
over the second baseman's head
for a single.
But, man, one thing,
I got a question for you.
Let's go.
Netflix said they were going
to take me out to a ball game,
but typically, don't they come
with peanuts and Cracker Jacks?
And I ain't had no peanuts
or Cracker Jacks.
Someone in this stadium, get
this man some peanuts
and Cracker Jacks,
because that's for real.
You got any peanuts or Cracker Jacks?
There's got to be some at the ball.
There's definitely peanuts
and Cracker Jacks.
You got some popcorn.
If you had, like, a wrestling move,
what would you pull off
on the two men beside you?
What would you give them?
Some people's elbow?
What's the Jameis Winston,
the W-Eating machine?
Would you munch on something?
Like, what's the attack?
You know
You know, look, today I got a chance
to be a ball boy.
But Jimmy had told me,
he said, he said, you know,
we call it ball dude, right?
And one of my favorite things
for WWE superstars is,
you know, they got mad
at me because I threw the ball
over the net
and they were like booing me
because I didn't pick a kid
to give it to.
So I'm getting to the joke, but well,
you know what I told him?
I said, it doesn't
matter what you think.
So I gave him the stink eye
and I did what The Rock did.
And I just let them know, like,
you can't play no games
with me, but that's,
It doesn't matter how old you are.
Jameis throws the ball
where he wants.
You got some real bodyguards down
there right now, too.
And look, let me tell you something
about these men.
These men know how to put on a show.
Listen.
One thing people don't know about WWE
is they're really
writing the script as they go.
So these are prime entertainers.
J-Man, tell me,
if you could write
the script right
now, what would you do?
What would you tell the Yankees?
What would you tell the Giants
to do for them
to get some runs
on the board, bro?
Man, come on, Giants, we just
gotta rally right quick, goose.
That's all, I'm here for the support,
you know what I'm saying?
As far as the Yankees go,
we got two words for you.
Thank you.
Thank you so much for your time.
Appreciate this.
I was a hometown hero.
Thank y'all.
Quick one, two, three innings.
Still seven, nothing, New York.
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[Matt] It's been all Yankees
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A seven-nothing lead for New York.
Brent Headrick is the new pitcher
for the Yanks.
And Patrick Bailey has lined out
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[Matt] That floating Giants hot tub
is about as lonely as the hits column
on the scoreboard tonight.
His two hits for San Francisco.
Aye, mateys.
-[Hunter] They are winning baby.
-[Matt chuckles]
-[CC] I gotta get out to McCovey Cove.
-[Hunter] It's so fun.
[CC] I got to get out here in the water.
[Hunter] You're in the water,
you're winning. You know what I'm saying.
[CC] It's got to be a big game.
It's a little chilly right now.
-I got a little cold.
-[Hunter] Bring yourself a lot of clothes.
[Matt] Harrison Bader the batter
with one gun again just two hits
for San Francisco tonight.
[Hunter] And for Brent Headrick
it's got elite extension.
He gets way down the mound big tall lanky
four seamer slider split finger
the 94 plays up.
[CC] Right now for the Giants hitters
are they just you just try to leave
here with some get a knock do something
like--
[Hunter] You've got to it matters.
You don't want to go down 7-0
you want to put some momentum
get some energy
because you got an off day
after Opening Day
which is one of the toughest things
you want to get going.
But for the Giants
these innings really matter
make something happen
get something to feel good about.
[Matt] Well I'll tell you one thing
the Giants would love to get rid of
because if it continues it ends this way.
The last time the Giants were two hit,
and shut out on Opening Day
was a hundred years ago.
The 1926 Giants of New York
of course they were shut out
by the Brooklyn Dodgers.
And when you're talking about
it's been a hundred years
since this or that.
Luis Arrez into the right
with hit number three for San Francisco.
[crowd cheering]
[Hunter] Now I have a pretty
It was a home opener
but Opening Day
against the Dodgers Kershaw
threw a shutout
and hit a homerun to beat us.
-That was painful.
-[Matt chuckles]
-[Matt] Now we got to talk about the hits.
-[Hunter] That streak is alive,
Matt, and this is harder to go for months
without a bat and then come
in and continue the streak.
-[CC] I agree, I agree.
-[Hunter] Congratulations. Let's go.
[CC] It's definitely harder
to keep it going through the offseason.
[Matt] It may be harder.
I think it's trash
if you count that as a hit.
[CC chuckles]
-[Hunter] No way, no way.
-Six-oh for multiple seasons.
It's got to be with an asterisk.
It's got to be with an asterisk.
He had to rest--
DiMaggio went 56 straight.
[Hunter] If you've ever played baseball
it's about rhythm and momentum.
And when you get into a streak
it's because you're in a role
to stay on a roll
from the end of a season,
and go into the next season
is extraordinarily.
So you actually need
To not as asterisk it needs a superstar.
-[CC chuckles]
-Exclamation point.
[Matt] You're saying it's more impressive?
[CC] It's way more impressive
to keep that going.
You guys have played a lot of games
in the Major Leagues,
and it's easy to hit, by the way.
-[Matt] I used to respect you guys.
-[CC] Come on now, man.
-[Hunter chuckles]
-[CC chuckles] I lost it all.
[Matt] Hit streak two balls
in a strike on Matt Chapman
with the rise aboard.
Let's talk a little bit about Luis Arrez
though because look this a guy who
wasn't finding a lot of offers
in the offseason.
He's still on the right side of 30.
He's won three batting titles
back to back years
of leading the National League in hits
and somehow he is criminally underrated.
[CC]
Yeah, it's incredibly frustrating to watch
every offseason he goes into free agency,
and just not get any play
or not get any calls.
Like how we think he should.
You know, I think at a time when,
you know,
the league is not hitting
for a high average
and him being able to win batting titles,
put the ball in play, you know,
barrel up the ball is a super skill
that I think he should be paid for.
[Hunter] He's an incredible ballplayer.
He has intangibles.
This guy has more energy
than almost anyone you'll ever see.
He's really excited.
You can see the passion.
A hero of the WBC.
This was a three hole hitter
for Venezuela who won the WBC the captain.
And you can tell the respect
that he has among his peers
among People have played
the game a long time.
You know Pujols was talking
about it with us at breakfast
and they can't believe
in how good a pickup
the Giants are extraordinarily
happy to have him
because his bat plays
so beautifully in this ballpark,
and I mean all four of his at bats
you can see him grinding
and just he's put up
the best at bats of the game
-for the Giants.
-[CC] And just a great teammate to
-always in a good mood.
-[Hunter] Always.
[CC] I mean having him and Willy
in the same clubhouse
has got to be a lot of fun.
[Hunter] There's gonna be so much energy
and those guys are going to get
after a day in and day out.
It is it is impressive.
[Matt] We also feel like
with another contact guy in the lineup.
It'll give the first year manager
maybe a chance to hit and run a little bit
-and be a little bit more creative.
-[Hunter] Absolutely.
[Matt] Giants have stacked up
multiple base runners
for the first time
since the first inning tonight.
[Hunter] Great point though, Matt.
[Matt] Here's Rafael Devers now first
and second with two gone.
[Hunter] Devers not afraid to have
some antics in the batter's box.
He's entertaining as well.
Day in and day out.
[CC] No, no I think he was a little upset
he missed that fast ball but you're right.
The fact that 94 to 93 plays up
fixed out on them a little better.
Got a little quicker than you thought.
[Matt] Home in two strikes.
[Hunter] And I like that adjustment.
He sees him upset.
He was late on the fastball.
Devers tried to speed up
a little bit.
Slows him down.
Where do you go from here, CC?
[CC] I'm going back to the slider.
I'm going back to the slider
two more times.
[Hunter] Oh, I like it.
[Matt] Went back to the slider
and got a fly ball for Trent Grisham
to keep the Giants scoreless
through eight.
To the ninth for Judge, Bellinger and Rice
in a seven nothing Yankee lead.
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Another pitching change
for San Francisco right-hander Caleb Kelly
and making his Giants debut.
A long road back
to San Francisco Aaron Judge
picking at the first pitch.
Very much wanting to avoid a deep count,
and a potential five strikeout game.
[upbeat music playing]
[Matt] Well, been a rough day for Aaron.
Four strikeouts tonight.
[Hunter] Yeah, just take a look here
at the pitches.
Two on the changeup from Webb, a sinker,
and a four-seamer
looking the low one from Keaton
went after a couple of splits,
and this time
attacks the first pitch.
Tough night for Judge at the plate.
[CC] But you got to know
he's swinging first pitch right there.
[Hunter] I'm putting this in play
as quick as I can.
[Matt] First pitch to Cody Bellinger
and misses
[Hunter] And Matty as you were
saying the long road back
he was traded for Chris Bryant
and goes over to the Cubs.
He was definitely highly touted
in the Giants organization.
Some injuries over with the Cubs.
This is his first time back
in the big leagues since 2024
and really just a dynamic spring training
the below is up he's feeling healthy
and pretty impressive
to keep battling and make his way
back to the black and orange.
[Matt] Dealt with some pretty
significant health setbacks.
He's changed his diet
and his workout routine
and he's that guy that has
that problem we'd all love to have.
Wants to add weight.
[CC] Never had that problem.
-[Hunter] Most of us [chuckles]
-[Matt chuckles]
-[Hunter] Come on, CC.
-[CC chuckles]
[Matt] Did you lose weight
during the season Hunter.
[Hunter] Yes it was hard
for me to put it on
until like later in my career
where I was finally like, you know,
once I always fluctuated with it
when I got to 230
I always wanted to get there.
I was like I can't barely move so
I had to take it off again.
But it was part of my journey.
[Matt] Three balls and no strikes
the counts of Bellinger.
[Hunter] Where did you want
to be when you were playing.
Did you have a specific spot
that felt right for you.
[CC] Any time I was in between 305 and 320
I was at my best which is crazy.
I consider myself
like an offensive lineman.
-[Hunter] I mean mass is gas
-[CC] Mass equals gas.
into that power effortless power.
[Matt] To got in the eighth and the ninth.
[Hunter] I beg your pardon.
-[upbeat music playing]
-Stop, stop.
[music concludes]
[Matt] So two quick outs for Caleb Kelly
and he goes to work on Ben Rice
with the bases empty.
Giants are running out of canvas tonight
on Opening Day trailing seven
nothing here in the ninth.
Max Fried was great
starting for New York tonight.
Six and a third of shutout baseball
struck out for.
Logan Webb six earned runs
of the seven allowed in his five innings.
[Hunter] You know
and if you're gonna take a silver lining
as the Giants
and you come into this season
the bullpen is the biggest question mark
and you fall behind Logan
doesn't have to start you know
you can count on him.
He's going to bounce back but
you get in you know Brubaker comes out
has a good one Keaton
when gets to get into the season
and really pitch well
struck out Aaron Judge
and now you're
seeing Killian come out
and you can see the velo
and get some confidence
and kind of a low pressure situation.
But the bullpen kind of sending
a message here and they want is
something that you can be positive about
from the Giants perspective.
[CC] But would you say that's
the biggest question you think
for this team coming in coming in six.
[Hunter] Yeah, with a couple
of the injuries Randy Rodriguez
and Peguero two guys
they really relied on
and some of these guys stepping up
that had good springs coming in.
I know it's just one game
but some of these guys
that if they can show up
are gonna really set this team apart.
and make them work.
[Matt] Well an impressive night
from one of their bullpen pieces
last chance for San Francisco
trailing seven nothing on opening night
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Back at Oracle Park.
Where the Yankees are three outs away
from sealing up an Opening Day
win on the road,
and they'll turn to somebody very familiar
to the Giants and their fans,
former Giant right-hander Camilo Doval
takes over here in the ninth.
[Hunter] Very familiar to the Giants,
hits really well for them,
traded over late last year
to seal up this Yankees bullpen,
throws it up to 101,
slider, cutter, sinker.
[CC]
He's a huge piece of this Yankees bullpen.
-If he has a good year.
-[crowd cheering]
[Matt] Little case of the yips
there is Jos Caballero.
Clacks one and it's an error
on the shortstop that puts the leadoff
in a report for the Giants
in their half of the ninth.
[Hunter] Base runners any way you can.
Hustling right here
and that's just a tough hop
right there for Caballero.
Take a look right here.
Gloves down bounces up.
Doesn't happen too often
big league fields,
they are pretty nice but that was
a tough that was a tough hop on
[Matt] So that'll bring up Jung Hoo Lee
who is 0 for three on opening night.
Yeah, Camilo Doval was an All-Star
with the Giants in 2023.
Led the national league with 39 saves
traded to the Yankees midseason last year
gotten into 22 games with the Yanks,
and did not have the same kind of success
his ERA in that stretch
as a Yankee was near five.
But this is a power arm
make no mistake,
and with David Bednar as the closer
a pretty good back of the bullpen
combination for the Yankees
One and one.
Where do you guys have the Yankees?
Here we are in the early stages
of the season,
the very earliest
in terms of the AL East,
because there have been
a lot of improvements
in that division top to bottom.
[CC] Yeah, there's been
a lot of improvements.
Like you said, top to bottom.
You got Pete Alonzo going to Baltimore.
You got Boston improving, you know,
with the pitching that they added,
Sonny Gray and Ranger Suarez.
But, you know,
I just think the Yankees with,
you know, the pitching
that they're going to get back.
You know, know, and Gary Cole,
Carlos Rondeau, Clark Schmitt.
I think I think they have
a chance to really run away
with this division.
[Hunter] I mean obviously Toronto
won it last year they're gonna be back
but I think you know
if the Yankees can stay healthy
obviously you see the lineup getting
you know do some damage,
make you throw a lot of pitches
and if they can continue to do that
I think they'll be fine.
[Hunter] You know CC
and I'll tell you this the AL East
is going to be so fun to watch
because don't even sleep on the Rays.
They got some young talent that
and some arms coming back as well.
-[crowd cheering]
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and combat sports trailblazer Gina Carano
face off in Netflix's
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for the highly anticipated fight
that has been years in the making.
Two longtime favorites.
One out, one on here in the last
of the night for Heliot Ramos.
So if the Yankees occupy
let's say a favorites position
in the AL East among the favorites
where do you have the Giants
in the mad race
to try to run down
the Dodgers in the NL West.
[Hunter] Yeah, I mean,
you got to tip your cap.
The Dodgers back-to-back
World Series championships.
They added Edwin Diaz to the closer role,
which is pretty impressive.
You added Kyle Tucker as well.
It's an incredible organization,
and they execute,
and they do the fundamentals right on top
of being superstars.
So the Giants, and I mean,
the Padres are incredible.
People sleep on what
the Diamondbacks were doing,
but it's similar
to kind of the AL East and the NL.
The NL West
is just a bunch of powerhouses.
We have a deep lineup.
I think they're up there.
They can compete for it.
if they play good baseball.
[Matt] That one gets away from Wells.
Wild pitch that will advance Adamas
to second with one way.
[CC] Yeah, I mean, you look around
the diamond at the Giants.
I mean, they got a lot
of veterans on the team,
and if they play well, catch the ball,
play good defense, and stay healthy,
they definitely have a chance.
But the Dodgers and the Padres
being at the top, and like you said,
the Diamondbacks, you know,
improving every year.
It's going to be tough.
Both divisions are very, very good.
[Hunter] The backbone of any team
is pitching in defense,
and you know you're looking
at Robbie Ray as well.
Logan Webb
has to you know is going to be here
and expect him to be Logan Webb.
And then you added you know Malley.
These are a lot of if they stay healthy
but Malley was you know two, three,
one, one of the best pitchers over
with the Rangers with the drum
and they've all the
But that's another huge arm.
So they have the starting pitching
to battle with anyone
on a day in and day out basis.
[Matt] Three balls and a strike to Ramos.
On the ground and a chance for Caballero
and the Giants are down to their last
out on Opening Day.
And we'll take another look.
Caballero gets another chance goes
in there one hand
and kind of kicks up
on the heel of the glove as well.
Able to scoop it up and Ben Rice
take that man to dinner
scooping you another one.
That's a big pick.
[commentator] Casey Schmitt with two gone
and a runner at third
and a seven nothing deficit and
on the first pitch.
A high drive for Aaron Judge,
that will put a close
to business on opening night.
A statement win for the New York
Yankees a seven nothing shutout
on the road is how they open
their 2026 campaign.
[commentator] And CC, I mean,
you got to tip your cap
to the guy starting on the mound
for the Yankees.
Just an absolute gem to set the tone.
I think that the Yankees
had a great approach
against Logan Webb.
We talked about it. Aggressive early.
They took the changeup away from him
and they struck quick
and they struck fast.
[commentator] Yeah, Max Fried combined
with the approach that the Yankees had.
I mean, it was just a little too much
for the Giants tonight.
Opening night, great night for the guys
and off to a good start.
[commentator] First Opening Day
shutout win on the road
for the New York Yankees since 1967.
And the good thing
about baseball is something
that the Giants can't really look to.
You know, you always say,
go get them tomorrow.
They're going to have an extra day
to kind of stew on this one.
But the series will continue
after a little time
to I guess gather up again tomorrow.
[commentator] Yeah, take that day.
Get Robbie Ray ready
and come back out and battle.
These are two good ball clubs.
Not the greatest game today
that Yankees dominate,
but you gotta look at one other thing.
We didn't see any home runs.
Now this is the first time
and I think maybe seven years
that the Yankees don't hit
a home run on opening night,
but they still score seven runs.
So this offense has more ways
than just the Powerball
in the Bronx Bombers to get after you.
That's pretty impressive.
[commentator] Yeah, absolutely being able
to go out and execute the game plan
and they you know want to go out
and get some early off Logan Webb
whether it's fastball, you know,
to changeup
you know they were you know,
four for six early off of it
and you know they were just
getting something up early
and putting a good, good,
good swing on it and barrel
and a lot of, you know,
really tough pitches.
[commentator] Harrison Bader
kind of replaying the details
of the night in two hours
and 22 minutes the Giants are shut out.
San Francisco has now lost six
of their last eight Opening Day games.
Yankees have won eight of their last nine
on Opening Day, and once again
they'll have a day off tomorrow
before the series resumes on Friday.
The tone was set by Logan Webb
and despite a wobbly start
in the first inning.
He kind of got it back together
for a moment.
And then in a second,
the Yankees really unloaded
on him with five runs.
[commentator] Yeah, they did.
I mean, like we said,
they were just being super aggressive
early in the count,
getting things up
and putting a barrel on it.
And, you know, we're able
to see a triple here.
We're able to get five runs up
on the court early.
Let Max Fried
settle in and have a good night.
[commentator] Yeah, on the other side,
Fried looked like he was going
to be the shaky one in the first,
but when he got into a groove,
ended up going six and a third, scored us.
Yeah, he gets through that first inning,
a walk and a knock.
He strikes out Willy Adamas,
gets Jung-Hoo Lee,
and then it was pretty much
dominant stuff from Max Fried.
He had everything working, the cutter,
the sinker, the changeup,
even the curveball.
There's that high foreseeing to Ramos.
Take another look right here.
That's the cutter.
Another look and it just dotting up
the zone working all avenues,
in, out, up, down,
all quadrants and really
just an impressive stuff
from an elite pitcher.
[commentator] I mean you could say
that the, you know, the Giants
had their opportunities
they really didn't have many as
-[commentator 1] Just the first inning.
-[commentator 2] Yeah, really.
[commentator] 0-5 with runners
in scoring position.
Time to hand out some hardware
with a twist
as we send it down to Lauren
for our Netflix opening night,
MVP ceremony. Lauren!
Matty, it's one of 162,
we're hanging out,
we're partying with Max Fried
who was flawless and Trent Grisham
and Jameis is bringing the post-game feel,
I don't know, he still has energy.
Get over here.
And we got swag.
Are you ready for this or what?
I know you already got a jacket,
it's a little chilly.
The Netflix MVP jacket tried
on for all to see.
How's that feel.
[Max] This is actually really comfortable.
Thank you.
Jameis, what do you got for us tonight?
Guys, we have some unbelievable
gourmet hot dogs.
I know you guys, y'all probably not
a bunch of glizzy gobblers,
but we got some nice mission dog.
I don't know what's in there.
And we got a plain dog.
Y'all don't seem like some plain dogs,
but y'all are popular dogs for the night.
So which one, which y'all want?
Which y'all want?
Take your poison.
I'll go with the mission dog.
-You're allowed.
-And you are on a mission.
-[Lauren] Seven pitches.
-Let me see what we got here.
All of them working. He's allowed.
Let's get you
some fresh mission dogs, man.
-You were on a mission tonight.
-[Lauren] Trent, what do you think?
I think I'm gonna kill all those fries.
-Want some fries?
-I'm gonna kill all those fries.
He's gonna kill all those fries.
Give them to him.
I got you some ketchup and mustard,
too, if you want some. Look.
Max, you and I were talking.
What are you dissecting?
-What are you looking at?
-I'm just seeing what's in here.
You just told me a mission dog,
-so I'm just trying to figure it out.
-[Lauren] You're exploring.
You were exploring
with seven pitches tonight.
What was working so well?
I feel like you were feeling it out
in the first
and then just complete domination.
I definitely was a little out of it,
but you know,
all the credit goes to the offense.
You put up five runs it allows me
to just take a deep breath
and be able to just
go out there and attack.
Are you as calm
as you seem on the mound.
I'm definitely more frustrated.
Frustrated with that performance tonight?
I mean it wasn't easy, it was a grind.
Like I said they took
all the pressure off of me.
They were able to come out swinging
and when you put up a five spot it just,
it kind of just makes my job way easier.
I was in the Yankee dugout, Max,
watching you
in between innings,
you were just staring into abyss.
What do you think about
in between and you're laughing.
You're just in a zone.
You just try to stay locked in,
and know that you can't take any
you know you can't take your mind
off the game because then
they're going to jump you.
Trent I feel like the depth
was on full display.
Was the plan to be aggressive early?
-Not necessarily.
-No. Tell me why.
Just to be ready for our pitch.
We know he's a strike door.
So yeah I think we executed our point
pretty well. Just be ready.
I feel like last year looking at it,
it was a career year for you.
How do you carry it in to this year?
I mean it's a new year,
so I learned some things last year.
Showed myself a little bit of my potential
and just looking to build on it.
Humble superstars.
Matty will send it out to you.
We'll bring you some food in the booth.
What a beautiful night
in this game we love.
-Back to you.
-[Matt] Sure was for the visitors.
Not so sure the Giants feel the same way
but we sure had a lot of fun.
Opening night is so special
and I'm grateful
to have spent it with you guys.
That was a blast.
Yeah it was a beautiful game.
There was a lot of stuff happening
but a beautiful game
from the Yankees.
They really executed.
They got their pitch, they hunted,
and they hit a lot of balls very hard.
This was a hundred mile
an hour line drives.
I think you got to tip your cap
to a great offense
and a great offensive performance.
[commentator] Yeah, I mean,
just a beautiful day, you know?
Celebrating Opening Day.
I always say it should be a holiday
and just a great team win for the Yankees.
I echo what Hunter said.
You know, Max Fried had a great game
but the offense,
you know going up putting up
five runs early let him go out
and take a deep breath, like he said,
and be able to go out
and have a good game.
[Matt] The lid is officially lifted
on the 2026 Major League Baseball season
with a 7-0 win for the New York Yankees
in San Francisco.
For CC Sabathia,
Hunter Pence, Lauren Shahadi
and our friends Bert Kreischer
and Jameis Winston.
I'm Matt Vasgersian and don't go away.
The postgame show is coming up next.
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in their last Opening Day games,
the Yankees
walk away with a win
and in emphatic fashion, 7-0.
And what you could say
was a giant way
to open up the season.
Barry's giving me a death stare
as we say hello
for your post-game from here
in center field at Oracle Park.
For the record, if you
just heard Jameis Winston,
nobody on this desk
is a glizzy gobbler either.
I'm Elle Duncan, that's Anthony Rizzo,
that's Albert Pujols, and Barry Bonds.
They were feeling very dejected,
Barry, these Giants fans,
until we walked out here,
and then they lit right back up
with Barry chants, and that's all,
you were the interjection
that they needed.
But let's first start with Max Fried.
It was his fourth Opening Day start.
He gets his first win on Opening Day,
and he does it to historic measures.
What did you make of what you saw
from the ace tonight?
I thought he had a little bit of a hiccup
at the very beginning,
but then when he settled in,
he kept the Giants off balance.
He really actually kept the team
off balance the whole entire night.
I thought this might be
an Opening Day complete game.
-[Elle] Really?
[commentator] That's unheard of, Barry.
What are you talking about?
[Barry] I was told by my buddies
over here it's unheard of,
but he was so locked in.
With me as the manager, I would probably
let him go the whole game.
[Elle] He pitched six and a third innings.
You think you should have stayed longer.
-What do you think, Albert.
-[Albert] No, for me,
he threw the ball well, like,
after that first inning he settled down.
He was missing his pitch,
and when he's at his best
that's what he does.
You know he control that change
at a breaking ball cutter to the righty.
I mean he pitched a great game
and you saw in the post-game interview,
he say, hey, listen, you know,
when you often score early it takes all
the pressure out of the pitcher.
That's why he did tonight.
I think, too, with Garrett
going down last year
with injury, Max,
they signed Max to that big deal.
And he took
the leadership role quick.
He won 19 games last year.
And what he's doing this year
at the start,
going six and a third there.
It's impressive.
He's really taken the role
as the ace serious.
And it shows it pays off.
You can also tell how high
the standard is.
I mean, the man had 19 wins
last year that led the majors.
But he said there to Lauren Shahadi,
he was frustrated
despite the fact that
he's the first Yankees pitcher
to go at least six scoreless innings,
allowing two hits or less
since David Cohn on Opening Day,
since David Cohn did it in 1996.
So let's go to the other side.
Logan Webb, we saw him throw 86 pitches
through five innings.
He gives up seven, six of those earned.
What did you make
from what you saw from Logan?
Why did he struggle tonight, Albert?
[Albert] Well, I think the Yankees,
you have to give credit to the offense.
I mean, it's not easy
to push through that lineup,
and they had a game plan coming in,
and they executed really well.
I think, you know,
he made some great pitch,
especially to Aaron Judge,
but he got in trouble
at the second inning,
and the Yankees just
put good swing and execute.
I mean, that ball
that Trent hit right there,
that wasn't a bad pitch.
That was a good changeup going down,
but he made a good swing
and hit a triple in the gap.
[commentator] The thing, too,
you love about Logan
is he's attacking you.
He doesn't care who you are,
what the name
on the back of your jersey is.
He's attacking the strike zone.
And the Yankees knew that,
and they took advantage of it,
of his aggression, and they matched it
with their aggression,
and it paid off for them.
[Elle] We're watching this game
in the green room
and you see that Logan Webb
is at about 77, 78 pitches
and at that point you had quite a reaction
to Tony Vitello leaving him in. Why?
-I mean it's day one.
-Yeah.
There's no need.
Webb's used to pitching a lot of innings
even though they do have a day off.
I just felt like he could just
stay in there.
I just thought he just kept his balls up
I've seen Webb pitch for years
and I think just today he was getting up.
He was getting that ball elevated
a little bit too much
and the Yankees just took advantage
of that first pitch
because Webb likes to get ahead early,
he's a quick pitcher
and he's used to pitching
a lot of pitches at times.
And so why not let him go five?
It's just Opening Day and you know,
there's no need to waste
your bullpen at this time.
Albert you have managerial experience.
-What would you have done there?
-I Well, I think it's the same thing.
You know, I think, you know,
when he got in trouble
in the second inning, well,
if he would have got the pitch high
in the fourth inning,
you might take him out.
But, you know, remember,
he's also one to build the pitch up.
He just came fresh
from the World WBC.
He probably threw top-70 pitch.
I mean, he let them go
out there and get his pitch.
So I'm okay with that,
you know what I mean?
First game of the season,
just try to get his pitch up.
And Tony Vitello, too, is establishing
who he's going to be as a manager.
So leaving his ace out there,
letting him go
the extra inning or two there.
You can question it because with
the off day tomorrow, but I like it.
That's his ace.
That's who he's going to lean on all year
if they're going to have success.
And I like the move.
And also you need to trust
the offense that they have.
I mean, they have a pretty good lineup.
So I want to have my ace out there.
Hopefully the offense can score two
or three or four wrong
and now they can make up again.
You can't just throw the towel so early,
especially when you have
that great lineup.
And there's no need to panic on day one.
You don't need to panic on day one.
Especially we know the prowess
of Logan Webb,
and this is a bit of an anomalous
Opening Day start.
This was his fifth straight
Opening Day start.
He'd never given up more than four runs.
He gives up seven.
He also gives up nine hits,
which is the most that he's ever done.
And while that got a bit
of a reaction in the green room,
what got the most vocal reaction
from this desk right here
was when Jos Caballero
decides in the fourth inning
on an O-O count
to use their brand
new ABS challenge system
to challenge what eventually was
an upheld strike called.
Why were you having such
a visceral reaction to that?
[Albert] First of all,
they're all five runs.
Nobody on, you know, first pitch.
I mean, losing that challenge like that,
that might be a game plan
that they have, but
You know, I'm disagreeing
with that because, you know,
if this was a tie game
or tie ball game and you waste
that challenge right there
with that first pitch,
I can't understand if it was
three, two bases loading.
But first pitch, I don't know.
-I have a little bit of problem with it.
-I agree with you.
There's no need for that.
There's no need
for that with a five run lead.
Yeah, it's going to be interesting
to see how teams use their challenges.
Only one challenge tonight was
a surprise to us for sure.
And losing the challenge
on the hitter side,
I think all the hitters
around the league,
ah, come on, we got to win our challenges.
So him challenging that
is definitely questionable.
But if I was on his team now,
I'd be ribbing him
like, what are you doing there?
Why are you challenging that?
It's oh, oh, we're up five.
You're leading off the inning.
But I'm sure it's going
to be a big learning process
for all these guys.
In my generation, If he would have
challenged in my generation,
the next ball
would have went right here.
You're running by five runs
and you're going to challenge?
No, that's not going to happen.
Not in our time.
I won't dime anybody out
because we're just getting
to know each other
and becoming good friends.
But someone yelled at me,
that would be a fine.
-Fine them.
-Yeah, there you go.
If guys are going to challenge
and miss challenges,
you're hurting the team big time.
-Absolutely.
-You got to get in their pockets.
That's how you get them.
Speaking of big time,
can we go back to our big time booth
of Matt Vasgersian,
Hunter Pence, and CC Sabathia?
Just your thoughts, guys,
on what you saw tonight.
You heard all the conversations
that elicited the most response
from this desk, the ABS, and Logan Webb.
Yeah, you know, I think one
of the questions coming out
of spring training for every team
is and every year we hear it.
What's ahead?
Is the pitching ahead
or is the hitting ahead?
I don't know that we could answer
that with what we saw tonight
because Max Fried was that good.
He might have shut down a Giant lineup
that was in midseason form.
He was that good.
That's my big takeaway.
I mean,
I think there's a lot of discussion,
is spring training too long.
And I think at the beginning
of spring training
you can make that argument.
But these hitters are ready.
They've had their bats.
You come in and you know it seemed
like the Yankees hitters
were pretty much ready.
And Logan Webb
and the Giants bullpen is no slouch.
But I think it was a great point
about Logan Webb still
building up the pitch count.
I think both pitchers came out
around 86 pitch count.
They're not ready yet for a hundred.
That'll be probably another start or two.
But really,
I think it was pretty impressive.
Just one challenge
and a weird awkward spot.
That didn't get overturned.
So the umpires win day one of the ABS.
And really just a beautiful game
for the Yankees.
This was a one-sided ball game.
But Max Fried was impressive.
Yeah, for me,
it's just the Yankees' offense.
You know, being able
to come out and put up five runs
in one inning against Logan Webb,
you know, just execute a plan.
You know, have a, you know,
Trent Grisham said they were
looking for a pitch.
And when they got the pitch,
they put the barrel on it.
So you have to give them credit.
If they're going to play like that
and pitch like that all year,
it's going to be a long, long summer
for a lot of teams in the American League.
And, Ellis, we throw back to you,
I think, maybe a better memory
for Aaron Boone in this ballpark
because when we asked him
for memories at Oracle Park,
he said, well,
"Russ Ortiz broke my nose here
when I got hit by a pitch once
when I was playing for the Reds."
We were like, "Wow, dude,
that's your takeaway from Oracle Park?
So maybe better smiles
for Booney here after a win
on Opening Day as we send it back
to you guys at the desk.
Yeah, and a big one at that.
Thank you so much to Matt,
Hunter, and CC.
By the way, they must have written it
into their contracts
that if they were going
to do postgame,
they were going to do it from a cozy booth
where it was warm.
-It is
-[all chuckle]
I don't know
if you can see my teeth chattering
and my microphone shaking,
but this is not a San Francisco treat.
Thank you so much.
-You're a warrior, Elle.
-We're going to make it work.
We're going to make it work.
Thank you so much, fellas.
Don't miss the brand-new trailer
for Apex online now.
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is ensnared in a dangerous game.
with a deadly predator starring
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Apex premieres on Netflix on April 24th.
We are not done just yet.
Coming up on the other side
of the break,
Austin Wells will join us
as we officially put a button
on the very first opening
night of MLB here on Netflix.
[orchestral music playing]
[Elle] Welcome back to opening
night presented by Adobe
on Netflix as we continue
to hold things down
from here in center field.
And he made the long walk
and we so appreciate it.
We're joined now here on the desk
by Yankees catcher Austin Wells.
First of all, congratulations.
Opening day win in the books.
-Well done.
-Thank you.
-Yeah.
-Yeah.
-It's hard to hear you down here, but
-Yeah, I know we don't have ears in,
so I'll just yell at you.
He does not have ears in, yeah.
Austin, you ended the season
hitting 370 in your last ten games.
Two more hits in a walk tonight.
Did you take any break in the offseason
because you really started out on fire?
-How'd you feel up there?
-Yeah, I felt great.
The guys made it easy to go up there
and have a good at bat.
Guys in front of me did a really good job
of making him throw
a lot of pitches
in that first couple innings.
So, yeah, you know, I felt good going
into this into the WBC
-with Mr. Poole's here and Mr.
-[Elle] Poole holds. [chuckles]
If in case people don't know,
he was your catcher
-for the Dominican Republic.
-[Austin] I was honored.
I was honored to have him, you know.
[Barry] Well, I want
to ask you know it seems
like after that first inning,
Max just really set it down.
What was working so well for him
and congratulations on the win as well.
[Austin] Yeah, you know, Max is a guy
who can do a lot of different things
any given day, so, uh, you know,
felt like, he didn't have his A stuff,
but was able to go out there
and you know do six innings
and give us a big zero two hits.
You know, that's what he's able
to do on any given night.
So it's really impressive.
First off, I'm surprised.
I thought we were going
to be here in Spanish,
speaking full Spanish after being
on Team Dominican.
-[chuckles] Working on it.
-So fun to watch.
We're on Netflix opening night.
There's a wide range of audience.
Can you explain how much preparation
goes to being a catcher?
Because not only are you worrying about
having to face Logan Webb and his sinker
and everything else, but all
the preparation you have to do
for all the pitchers.
Um, yeah, I mean, you know,
you got to work both sides of the ball.
So, um, being able
to prepare your pitchers
to be able to face their hitters,
as well as like you said,
be able to try and go up there
and have a good at bat against Webb.
Um, you know, it's all part of the job,
but, um,
you know, our coaching staff
makes it easier on me
and, um, you know, our pitching staff is,
you know, arguably the best
in the league.
So they do a great job with that.
Awesome. I have a quick, you know,
when I look at this as a hitter,
and I was a pretty good hitter.
And I'm looking
at Max Fried's numbers here,
and his strike ratio to ball ratio
was very, very good.
That means he was having very,
very good control
on both sides of the plate.
Am I correct about that?
Was he really commanding both sides
of the plate as well as I see it?
Yeah, I mean, I think
that he was able to, you know,
go both sides with off speed
and his fastball.
So it's hard to be able
to cover every pitch in every zone.
And he was able to mix it well,
really well tonight.
We were just joking here right
before you walked up
about seeing the very first use
of the new ABS system.
Your teammate, Jos Caballero,
decides that he's going to use it
on a no count when you guys are up five
in the fourth inning.
Do you guys give him any like ribbing
in the dugout after he did that?
I don't know. I was pretty quick out
of the dugout after that one.
-I didn't see it. I didn't see it.
-[all laugh]
But I think with the ABS,
it's going to be a lot
of that throughout the season.
So it's going to be a lot of learning.
And when you think it's a ball,
you're going to challenge it.
So he thought it was a ball.
[Rizzo] With the ABS,
I love that in the spring training game
when you're like,
wait, what are you doing here?
Do you think that's going to be something
where you're challenging pitches
for the pitchers,
or do you think they're going
to have the leverage to challenge you?
I think to start, they're going
to have the freedom to challenge,
but I think it's encouraged
to kind of lean on me,
JC, and Ben behind the plate to be able
to really identify when we want
to challenge
and when we don't want to challenge.
It's going to be hard to challenge on you
because you're so good
at framing that ball.
It's going to be really hard
with good catchers like that.
Yeah, I think that's going
to be the hard part for a lot
of the pitchers is it's going
to look good.
You know, there's a lot
of really good catchers in the league
that are getting better
at receiving every day.
So, you know,
I think it's going to be hard
for them to challenge those close pitches.
I think they'll be able to do
the ones maybe that, you know,
they miss across the zone
and they know their zone.
I think those will be
ones that are challenged,
but the close ones,
those are going to be tough.
I just hope you guys don't have
challenges with a five-run lead.
-You don't need them.
-[all laugh]
-That is a plus.
-You don't need them.
We know it's Opening Day,
but how good does it feel
to win on Opening Day?
Yeah, I mean,
I don't think you could script it
any better for us today.
Up and down the lineup,
moving it over, and then a big zero
on the board for us in the first game.
Like you said, the first one's
the most important. So
[Rizzo] You have a chance
to go 162-0.
-We have a chance. There's a chance.
-There you go. Never been done before.
And it also feels good to get
a couple of knocks as well.
Two hits out the way. There you go.
-We'll take that.
-That's always nice.
You guys didn't just win.
It was the Yankees largest shutout
Opening Day win since 1988.
And you were a part of that.
Austin Wells, thank you so much.
Congratulations and enjoy the rest
of your season.
-Thank you.
-[Elle] Only a 161 to go.
-And then-- Exactly.
-[chuckles]
-Thank you.
-Thank you so much.
And with all due respect to Max Fried,
who was absolutely brilliant,
you know, I think actually
threw a no hitter today.
Jameis Winston, he was fantastic.
Here's some best flavor from what we saw
of Jameis during the broadcast.
I know a lot of y'all might not know
what this is, but this is a baseball.
Some people say time is money,
but some people
don't have as much money
or time as Aaron Judge has. [grunts]
I know y'all want some home run balls,
but I got some hot dogs. Here we go.
We don't got no Odell Beckhams out there.
This rake and I are going
to make love out there on that dirt.
I've been working on the baseball field
All the ding dong day
I don't think I'm going to use that glove,
because this has to be what Sasha Page
was playing.
-[Jameis] Reggie Jackson?
-Reggie Jackson.
Mr. October? I'm really incognito,
because they look famous.
Let's put this giant stuff on.
I'm like, "Yes. Yes, I am a giant."
[Elle] Well, he's a New York Giant,
so that's not exactly the same thing.
Look at the kids. He's ready.
Future all-star in the making.
He's digging out something,
and he's feeling good.
As our postgame show continues,
we'll tease the home run
derby, a little look ahead,
which is the next time
you'll see this desk together.
So stick around much more after the break.
[orchestral music playing]
[music concludes]
[Elle] Welcome back to opening night
presented by Adobe on Netflix.
And we are closing things down
from here at Oracle Park.
It's just us and the folks
that are sweeping up.
As we take a look at the next time,
you'll see this desk together
at our upcoming MLB events on Netflix,
including the Home Run Derby,
which is on Monday, July 13th,
250th year anniversary of America.
And it's going to be in Philadelphia.
Let's go. And then personally,
a bucket list game for me.
Field of Dreams game Thursday,
August 13th.
Phillies versus Twins in Dyersville, Iowa.
It's going to be absolutely incredible.
In fact, you've all participated
in the home run derby.
And the last time the derby was
in Philadelphia,
-this man right here actually won it.
-Yes, I did against Mark McGuire.
-You know exactly who it was, too.
-I know.
You didn't need any research.
There's no secret who Big Mac was.
Yeah, what's the secret sauce
to the Home Run Derby, Albert?
Like, what's it like?
-You should ask the guy that won.
-[all laugh]
-I was 0 for five.
-[Barry] I was 0 for six.
-[Barry] Help us out.
-[Albert] We were one for twelve.
-Yeah, which is not good.
-[Barry] Those are not good odds.
Those are not good odds.
[Albert] It's about having fun,
you know, hundred on derby.
And I don't know about you, Barry,
but when I took it, it was
about taking batting practice,
getting a good pitch to hit,
and just using the whole field.
I know a lot of people say, "Well,
you know, the hundred on derby,
I don't like to do it
because it can mess up my swing."
-[Elle] Yes.
-[Albert] I don't believe in that.
I believe we take
batting practice all the time.
You go out there
and try to get a good pitch
to hit and put a good swing.
Now they have rules, they have the clock.
Back then, we were like ten outs.
Now, you know, it's a little bit harder
in your body, but I enjoy
every single one that I did.
-Don't they win money now?
-A lot of money.
-A lot of money.
-A lot of money in the line.
Yeah, see, we didn't make no money.
Wait, so you got, so
did you just get bragging rights?
-You just got bragging rights?
-Yeah, that was just a little trophy.
You get your all-star ring
and 200 dollars to eat.
I'm looking forward
to who Netflix brings out
on special guests, because Jameis
and Burt
and the wrestlers, they killed it tonight.
It was amazing.
-Yeah, they did a great job.
-It really was.
Listen, this was a historic night.
It was the first time
that MLB had an opening night
with this being the only game.
It was a global event,
and we pulled out
all the stars from John Cena
to, of course, Jey Uso
and Jacob Fatu,
Burt Kreischer, Jameis Winston,
and obviously this incredible desk.
You guys have been an absolute pleasure
to get to know.
And I got to say, Albert,
because we're the vets here
when it comes to television.
Yes, we are.
The rookies did really good today,
that being Rizzo and Barry.
-Really, really good.
-We feel good about their performance.
We may have to get like a Netflix rookie
of the year thing,
but I feel like a dreams game.
Wait, are you guys going to be, wait,
you're going to like split the title?
You're going to split the trophy?
-Well, we'll see.
-He's going to win.
-Yeah, we'll see.
-That's true. Right.
We're only one event in,
and we've got two more to go,
so certainly we'll see who takes
the lead after this one,
-but it's been an absolute pleasure.
-He's a good-looking one.
-He's got the best.
-He really is.
You're all great-looking men,
I must tell you that.
Thank you so much for watching
Netflix's opening night postgame
presented by Adobe.
We will see you in Philadelphia
as we say
goodnight from Oracle Park
and the Yankees' seven-nothing win
to start the season.
[announcer] Hello, San Francisco.
Wildlife on my shoulder.
They're grilling hot dogs
on the boat behind me.
This could not be better.
[commentator] And the Yankees
are absolutely teeing off
on an elite starting pitcher here.
[CC] Never seen a guy get ate up
on the line drive. [chuckles]
He got some popcorn.
[commentator] A statement win
for the New York Yankees.
A seven nothing shutout is how
they open their 2026 campaign.