After Hours with Amy Lawrence PODCAST: Hour 2

He apologizes for the world to here take responsibility for what Barton 80 game suspension. Maybe this is what the Padres need to hear to trust him a little bit more.

How does he earn that and why is he having shoulder surgery. Yet another weird twist with Fernando Todd teeth the young superstar for the San Diego Padres, who are not making up any ground on the Dodgers in the NL West but could end up with the National League wild car. We will talk NL. We will also talk a little more about what else is happening in major league baseball. It's couple of fun races that are coming into focus as we round the quarter pole, so to speak and to get set for this final month of the season. It's after hours with Amy Lawrence on CBS sports radio or live from the rocket mortgage Studios when you need an expert to help navigate the home loan process rocket cayenne on Twitter after hours.

CBS were looking for your questions for ask Amy anything and at the same time, you can send them to our Facebook page, although I don't suppose you need to post them in both places. Maybe your persistence will pay off potential he that persistence will pay off. It certainly has been a turnaround for the Yankees. After winning just 10 of 30 games since the All-Star break. They've now put together a modest three game win streak and Aaron judge is at the heart of it.

01. Good way to finish.

You know it's been a tough stretch for us to finish off the homestand with three wins against three great opponents in pictures no good way to head in the off the Aaron Boone is got to be happy team is putting together a bit of a rally and is still protecting that division lead in the AL East. We are pleased to welcome Sweeney Murty, who covers Yankees and it's been a long time insider for annulling the flagship at our New York affiliate WFAN Sweeney ever since Aaron Boone got little explosive and pounded the table and got angry and said the Yankees were underperforming and that they had what it takes to be a better team. They have not lost what it seems is that moment on Saturday on the night Ron L Gore or Ron exactly well enough to hold up the wrong they were born wanted not a lot of time all the way back to you are don't look at that they were going so bad looking for with about you anyway get current drug laws scratch across Ron and even with a bolt on the kind of attaché works right now their magical things are going right for a month. Everything's gone wrong isn't sustainable when you look at the pattern that they've had over the past couple of games all what they're doing right now. The best version of them of a lot more players off the way it has the better open that big got destroyed. The fact that a good thing because I don't think they do at all you really want in good shape. The road actually help you so I think they're getting back only got Carl to back before Thursday's game at Oakwood Clay hold All-Star here is due back next time you feel without mechanically as well as hopefully the back right direction.

Back in the lineup certainly felt like a lot of guys down the bottom more comfortable spot. They were remarkably healthy. Right. So they go a couple of their rental couple problem areas back in the right direction to get help your body is able to dig into the 60s only allows to run to the Mets tonight. That's certainly a turnaround from what they've got from him so far.

How critical is key to their success moving forward. It was a great help. That started when you know you probably want to blow up on some of you game dealt with what we your starter would have that one bad inning L Garrett Cole anybody the way the court lately.

Well too but I like that that much on the had you wanted to get out of without a single run scored. That was your 21st of it is literally the way from just the lead and not getting out of the first inning so major problem for getting out of that getting into the getting of the vision where not to mention the double play to the second also a big deal that seem to fire him up so she had to Sweeney that the Yankees brasserie in the Yankees clubhouse are paying attention to what Jordan Montgomery is doing with the Cardinals have a pretty long know what's happening right there haven't been on this well actually great about the starting rotation for about lab return now back they were scoring. And guess what Jordan Montgomery or Brandon, either. So that not the big big scoring run and check.

There were actually okay lately and started working so they threatened their bad timing that log the there on this one.

Right now, while Montgomery is feeling and the God or her harassment later.

Is the centerfielder they've been looking for pretty much don't last winter and happen to be hurt right now and there deal with a lot a large degree of competent that you get back with you you the last piece and that whole defective couple Yankees made when they brought a picture be known as a conical left Fogo labor Taurus. Back to second base to try to get strong very difficult for you last there there judge backed right you'll wear you the better fit, it will move San Carlos that the back would be a troll where you look better fit and the big that they are believed shouldn't really become a lot closer to being ready when you get close to the Labor Day you're not thinking about the Labor Day but you really feel you can get a better position for you. Be ready at that stage, so will fail echoes of course Sweeney Murty is the Yankees reporter for our New York affiliate and Yankees flagship WFAN in New York and is with us after hours on CBS sports radio. The Yankees obviously has set this unbelievable pace and standard for themselves in the first half, so maybe it wasn't realistic to expect them to keep that up. However, the fans actually were booing Brian Cashman and other members of the front office at the day in which their retiring Paul O'Neill's number over the weekend.

How were the crowd. These last couple nights, then the crowd were really playoff caliber lab will go to the largest crowd laughed.

The bad nine year wow all. There are a lot of them throughout their income. Here is a type you had worked for some of the newer players in Montauk. But that perform the Ron Joe got big out what the got big out got big out not feel that kind of that. So to be able to perform that I think was helpful. Good crowd big crowd, energetic crowd got that probably a little bit of focus and get in the right direction. A massive war there at the end when they get out of that bases-loaded GM to wrap up the game in the night the Aaron Scheid's piece of this is so intriguing right because it seems like once they got in some trouble and and only 110 of 30 games then people stopped asking about the future because they're more concerned about the president.

I like what he had to say on it would've been Monday night when he hit a homerun and someone asked about a drought and he said homerun drought you're talking about.

He continues to handle this all in stride.

Even though we know a couple months down the road. Regardless of what happens there is this big question looming about their star in the base of their franchise retort, but I think it you want thing from his old run and whatever rate you want to get to 6177 through deflecting off about all year so I think that's probably another way of them wanting that they homerun drought. Make no mistake, you use it you need he knows how this play in the contract year. Knows all about that he knows you went nine-game without one, how he portrays it, and how what he's actually knowing I think are two different things. But that's what you need to get through this and not even answer the other side of my own run out of my conversation the other day about the note about chasing homerun record, but then we need to know if you question your heroes are coming and don't there is probably a good entertain them, especially time for the team is not is not playing well so you know what you want. That's not a court they need him to get going. Sweeney Murty covers the Yankees for their flagship and our New York affiliate WFAN is after hours on CBS sports radio three straight wins for the eggs. They now sit at 76. The winds and some of the questions I've been asked about the team would've been just unheard of in the first half of the season like Aaron Boone status but I keep hearing chatter about it to say for the sake of argument that they do Peter out in the playoffs and don't end up in the World Series and he brought back in your opinion or would they make a change in your contract.

In the lab is not going anywhere does not operate that way or you came to know you don't know hey got not the management through your contract… There aren't very many that that operate that that yeah you got very long time.my ear when I got out the first row of the wildcard game they still like the direct with Howard as their manager. I think everything that that the overall record and some of the reasons behind why they have. They have legitimate reason to be… Simply disguise out the right and you're not worth trying to say. What happens if they lose dear like I you have to get there for only you can't yeah I think maybe they might fire the manager put 40 games in a row now, so I think that you have it, we can paint like I know I can tell you that there is not a lot of momentum for the Yankees to fire a manager after the first year all is contract because they decide to bring it back after what they went through last year they did not get all long and lost the first and only playoff game so when they are looking like there is a pace that okay to reduce they maybe go only when I dear 99 but there's nothing to tell that that is going to signal them. The things are changing what their course of action history for the last couple of decades now and like they think don't you have to paint the picture for me. I play out all yeah this guy's job is in jeopardy because nothing indicates that the questions must amuse you the chatter because it certainly comes up almost every time. This team stubs it's tell because from a generation who watched George Steinbrenner do this and what will frankly how Steinbrenner talked about the year ago when he explained you don't not everything my dad worked for was well received. Got criticized for.

Let's remember that there was when the announcement was made, and you saw the guys watch don't want to think of the captain you thought some of the real George Steinbrenner and Vera leading up to your and the rest of that guy when it was announced in 1990, the George Steinbrenner was a baseball crowd at Yankee Stadium here he was. The problem here that he was going to be suspended so I think we forget about that is way of changing managers and change everything work. It was work and that you know I think that you want not want now. Very frankly last year he doesn't respond the way his father did were brighter reason you just remind you that it didn't always work is often criticized yes Sweeney Murty is with us here after our CBS sports radio before I let you go. What are a couple of other storylines either individual or team around the majors that you're really interested in seeing play out the next five weeks of this regular-season Orioles trying to make the playoff. You know, I think that thing here where the American leading with Houston currently open the best record yet you can jump up there again and figure out a restful home feel the way I think that's very born. The central is really right now with Minnesota and in Chicago really fighting there and and only one of them making the playoffs. At this rate with no way always maybe three, of Seattle, all the wildcard mix. That's all pretty interesting. Here the national you think of the brain, like defending champions again at right of the old gap that the doctors note. The doctors were ignoring this idea that you can't find 115. What they strike going at that right now but there are still there extra around the next three games to play the file doesn't mean that your your event. The World Series salt is a lot it changes no there's still so much the changes you get the playoff start fixing other good teams in the winter all got a game that Sweeney Murty covers the Yankees for their flagship and our New York affiliate WFAN and to Yankees have now put together this modest three game win streak of 49,000+ on hand, along with Sweeney at Yankee Stadium to watch Tuesday night's victory over the Mets.

You can find them on twitter@Yankees WFAN.

It's always good to grab a couple minutes. Sweeney, thank you so much. So there your questions answered about Aaron Boone and whether he gets dies boot.

If the Yankees do not live up to expectations. Sweeney says no way. This current regime. This Steinbrenner is not going to make that move, but of course there's a long way to go. Anything can and will happen over the course of a 162 game baseball season and the playoffs are coming up Fernando type T's. He's apologized.

Is this the first step toward making things right with the Padres man talk about a long way to go.

He's barely scratch the surface on his PED suspensions. You can find me on twitter a lot radio also on her Facebook page with your questions were asked Amy anything that is now about 45 minutes away so chop chop is after hours on CBS sports radio you are listening to the after-hours podcast that will run in the seventh is 656 after-hours Fernando is not hit a home run this week or this month or this season. Nope, not to be hitting home runs for quite a while because he is early in the stages of an 80 game suspension for using performance-enhancing drugs.

Or I guess more appropriately in his case is we don't actually know what the issue was. We just know the substance for which he popped positive. He has tested positive for a banned substance, not just a substance banned by major league baseball but a substance banned by water world anti-doping agency and one that has been on the list for a long time nearly 20 years, actually when it comes to the baseball protocols and for the first time on Tuesday.

He sat and spoke to reporters. I don't know who time that somebody did 250 seconds is what I've seen on the side is that Petco Park and he had a bunch of microphone stuck in his face. He did not have a script. According to those who were there and he was down. His facial expressions and body language. All of that seemed to indicate that he still processing. He still dealing ends this case he still accepting the fact that he failed early everyone associated with the Padres, not to mention those people who know and love him personally office so I felt my country so my family is no self since this past week's month start of I made a mistake since the I made a mistake and I regretted every single step. I regret every single step, so we list a number of people he lists groups, including his teammates and his family. Those that he failed. By testing positive for this banned substance. He also vowed to make amends. He vowed to fix this to get back into a position where his teammates and and the fans can trust him long process should straight to the heart fans sure lettuce with action. Action start going actions can speak for myself in the future so you sort out there changes of an*piece did have a J prowler who is the president of baseball operations right there with them and so he wasn't by himself alone on this island of media. He went on to say, I've seen how my dreams have turned into my worst nightmares and he said that when he found out about the 80 game suspension that was on the horizon. So when he found out that he tested positive in that baseball was about to hand down the suspension quote I freaked out. I freaked out. He said that in meetings with his teammates in the Padres clubhouse is actually earlier on Tuesday, right before he addressed them.

The media there is a lot of tough love, but he felt like there was great communication that his teammates were fair and that they are giving him a chance. Now he did stick by his initial claim that this positive test was triggered by a medication that he was using in the Dominican one that's not available in the US, not necessarily ringworm, so he didn't.

He didn't blame it on ringworm but that he had a skin infection for quite a while and that the per the Padres medical staff was not the one that gave him this medication so we can blame it on the team that it was something he picked up in the DR and he said he did not make sure the medication was clear or did not contain a banned substance. He's took it and he labeled that a stupid mistake. There's no excuses there's no excuses. I need to do a way better job on what is going inside my body. There's no excuse for these actions so he says it wasn't about PED's said over and over that it's because he was careless and he was reckless.

It wasn't about boosting performance or recovering from injury more quickly and remember he had wrist surgery in March and was in a rehab assignment was getting closer to returning to the Padres. Now we find out he needs shoulder surgery, but this is an injury that lingered in. This bothered him actually bothered him for a good portion of 2021, so nothing related to the motorcycle accident, though I suppose I could have exacerbated it. He did think about appealing and actually went about the whole processing of this and thinking about the appeal without the knowledge of the team, so kept it from the team for quite a while, but then ultimately his people, not the team but the people around him, advised him and convinced him that he wasn't going to win an appeal. So he should start serving that suspension immediately again spoke with his teammates, had a private meeting in the clubhouse absorb what they had to say and then apologized for his failures for his stupid mistakes and says he's going to rewrite the story so what was Manny Machado's reaction to type T's. Ultimately we all make no just sucks that he was in our situation to situation. You know it's it's it's all over the world were a human being on knowweofferdifferentweallmoveforwardandcomefromthesticksandnoultimateyouhavesubsetsonsomanyMachadowastheonewhowasboldaboutsayingwedon'ttrusthimrightnow.Hecan'tbetrustedandthenheywegotwhatweneedinthisclubhouseweheardthatwithMachado,aswellaswithClevenger,MikeClevenger,butnowhavingheardfromFernandoTutty's.Icanunderstandtheseguyswanttorallyaroundhimgathermovingforwardwithouthim,buthisapologyseemssincere.Heseemscontrite.AsImentionedhisbodylanguagewassuchthathelookssodejectedanddisappointed.Angryathimself,still,butisdeterminedtorewritethestorymovingforwardcominguptopofthehour.YourchancetoaskAmyandhethinksyoucansendyourquestionstoourshowTwitterafterhoursCBS.Thatway,producerJcanseethemortoourFacebookpage.DidyouhearthestorythatDanaWhitetoldaboutTomBradyandhowthingscouldhavegonesodifferentlywhenhewasdeterminedtoleavetheNewEnglandPatriots.Wegotit.There'salwaysagroggyelementtothisisinthere.Youarelisteningtotheafter-hourspodcastafter-hoursLawrencewecangobackandrewritehistory,norcanIimaginethatthebuccaneerswanttoTomBradyorRobGronkowskiwanttobuy.WenowknowtherecouldhavebeenanalternateendingtoTomBrady'scareerNewEnglandPatriotsweregoingtobeabletokeephim,butasitturnsoutthereweremorethanoneortwoeven314s.Infact,therewasanotherteamwasdamnclosetogettingTomBradyintotown.It'safterhourswithAmyLawrenceonCBSsportsradiojustafewminutesleftforyoutosendyourquestionsforaskAmyanythingwithbumpeditupjustalittlebitmovingsomestuffaroundandsoyouwillfindthatifyoudelayandyouprocrastinateyourquestionwillnotmakeitsunderthewirewillnotbepartofproducerJasongroupsohe'slookingforcreativeactuallymakethemlaughormakethemsmiletheirchancerightnowbecausehe'snotfeelingthatthemirthorthejoythisparticularadditionofthehomeshow.SosendyourquestionstoourshowedafterortoourFacebookpage.Thisisprobablytomakeyoulaughtoall,justreadthisonetoyoubecauseit'sfunny,ChuckwantstoknowwillyougetanewthemesongbeamsoI'massuminghe'sreferringtoAmericanwomanandtheanswerishelltothenonothatisthesongwebeenusingitsincetheverybeginning,andit'snotgoingtochangeandI'mthinkingthose90seconds.Maybenotevenyour60secondsthatyouhavetoheariteveryweeknights,orifit'searlymorningforyouisprobablynotgonnaruinyourlife.SonowI'massociatedwiththat.I'mnotchangingsitcomnormychangingthenormychangingtheversionthatweuse.PeopleaskedmethatsometimesyouwanttousethisversionwithoutversionbecauseIliketheonewe'vegot.SoChuck,theanswerisnofreebatterytestingfreebatterychargingandreplacementbatteriesthatfityourneeds.That'swhatmakesAutoZoneAmerica'snumberonebatterydestinationgetinthezoneAutoZoneonceagain.LastminutequestionswereaskedAmyoneitherTwitterorFacebookdatawhiteswasaghast.OfcourseontheCronk'sfiguresthatcome.It'sanalternate,broadcast,similartotheManningstheMondaynightManningsIcallthem.It'sanalternatebroadcastthatrunsalongwithUFCfightsandapparentlythoughttobeeverytimewhenthereareUFCbroadcastsfeaturingafightcardyougottheCronk'swhoareessentiallyarunningstreamofconsciousnessofthebrothersandfriendsonESPNESPNplusIwilllovehimandsqueezehimandcallhimjoyfulGeorgeDanaWhiteasthepresidentandandfaceofUFCwasaguestontheBronxonSaturdaynightsandhewasaskedbyRobGronkowskigottobecarefulwhichcatchesagrogbecausethere'smanyofthem.HewasaskedbyRobtotellthestoryofhowTomBradyalmostlandedinVegasandIwatchedthisbroadcastthispartofthebroadcast.DanaWhitewastaken,hewascaughtguardingtakenabackbuthetoldthestoryIworkedtoputtogetherforlong,thewriters,itwasalmostadonedeal.Thenatthelastminutefillupandsaidthathedidn'twantwillallhelp.Itwaspresidentwasalreadylookingathousesandwasn'tbeingsaidthatthecropwascommon.SowhatIhadplayedwellattheboxwontheSuperBowlsubgroupwellheardstoriesofthosealongwiththosebehind-the-scenesIwasnevertotellthatstorygowrong.Justsetup,butIamandthenyoujusttold,Idon'tknowhowyoucouldnotlaughwhenthere'sabunchofotherdrunksalllaughingatthesametimesowehearDanaWhitesayhebrokeredthedeal.HewastheonewhowasconvincingBradyandLevinCronkwould'vebeeneasysell,butconvincingBradyandCronktoplayfortheRaidersafterleavingtheNewEnglandPatriotsandBradywassoldonit.Hewasreadytogo.HewasevenlookingathousesandhomesthereinVegasandaccordingtoWhite,atthelastminuteJohnGrudenobviouslynolongerthegototheRaidersofthetimewasearlyina10yeardealtocoachtheteam.Grudenblewthedealupsaidhedidn'twanthimandallhellbrokeloosemanthat'saquotefromDanaWhite.Itwascrazy.SoLasVegaswould'vehadBradyandGrahnfearthebooksfortheSuperBowlexceptGrudenbutthedealupnow.Grandeconfirmsthat,butIdidhearRobgoingsaythis,he'sgladitdidn'thappenthatnowhewouldn'tchangeathingsoinstantlywhenIwaslisteningtothisIwasremindedthatTomBradyhimselfwentonhisownshow,butalsowentonthispodcastIguesswasaTVshowHBO'stheshopactuallyconfirmedthattherewasanotherteamthatwasveryinterestedin.Itwasn'tjusttheboxorbustyouletmeknow.JifyouokayohIhadanydrugsorthatIjustyoubelieveitout.IsitokaysohowaboutweletyouhearmorefromdatawhitethenbecauselateratapressconferenceforUSC.Heactuallydoubleddownonthis,sothiswasjustsomestoryhewastellingforentertainmentonthegrounds.Ididn'twanttotalkaboutthatknowwhatyousortofsuckedmeintoitonliveTVGod'strueandyouknowItalkradio.TheplanforthewriterscropwascomingwithhimandtheywerenegotiatingthedealandtheywerereallyclosetogettingitdoneandGrudenpulledthedealinBradyisnothappyaboutme.ThosearetheknotsthathewenttotheBuccaneersoneSuperBowlboxthere.IwantedBradyatthepriceistrueandIthoughtthatIwouldnevertellthatstorypublicly,butthathebroughtoutbutnowwhydoesn'tsurprisemeatallthatRobbroughtitupbecauseyougivehimamicrophonetohimandhisbrothersarealljazzeduptheadrenaline.Theirexcitablefightnight.OfcoursethiskindofstufftocomeoutbecausegruntisnotaV-chipatall.It'safterhourswithAmyLawrenceonCBSsportsradiosowhitedoublesdownonthispressconferenceandsaysyeahIneverthoughtI'dtellthestory.IthoughtitwasgoodtobesomethingthatwewouldkeepprivateandkeepunderwrapsbutyeahthatwastrueandasIsayGrahnconfirmeditonthebroadcastaswell.SowhataboutDerekheart.WhatdoesthismeanforhimandIdealtwithalotoftraderumorsandspeculationoverthecourseofhiscareerwiththeRaidersfirstinOaklandnowinVegasandhewasaskedwhetherornothe'simmunetostorieslikethisexceptthere'sneverbeenastorylikethisaboutTomBrady.ItiswhatitisformelikeIdidn'tevenhearaboutit.Weactuallyhavewithinthebuilding.Someonelostafamilymemberselectalsoimmersingthatthatpersonthatcostustherulerwasitwasamomenttoputthingsinperspective.Atthispoint.He'soneofthosequarterbacksliketowhojusthastorollwiththepuncheswhenitcomestotradeswhenitcomestospeculationwhenitcomestohimconstantlybeingreplacedbyanotherquarterbackdearcarisnottheproblemfortheRaiders.Hehasn'tbeenaproblemfortheRaiders.HemaynotbethebestquarterbackintheNFL,buthe'saboveaverageasaQBandhe'sgoodfor4500yardsand20+touchdowns,maybemorethanthatrightsoJaytellsmehe'scleanedupTomBradywasastoryinfreeagencyteams.Theywereinterestedinalsoandtheyweren'tinterested.Attheveryendsoonerthinkingyou'restickingwiththat.Sonowthere'snowaytoknowhedidnotconfirmthatthiswasthewritersentericcar.TherewasalotofspeculationthatitwasthenightmaresandgarrottebelowthathewastalkingaboutbecausetheNinerswerealsointerestedbutbutnowknowingwhatweknowfromDerekWhiteandRobgoingtothefactthattheRaidersweknowmoreclose.AccordingtoDanathiswasadonedeal.Thosearehiswordsnotminewasadonedealwouldn'tjivewithBradysayingtheywereinteresteduntiltheendandthentheyweren'tsoifyourdearcar,andthatweknowBrady'sovercompetitivewegetit,butallthe.peoplethinkheistobedropbelow.Instead,itmight'vebeenDerekHartleywasreferringtogaminganythingismaxesafterhours.ThehomeshowCBSsportsradio