Suzyn Waldman, Red Sox Pregame

But Susan tomorrow we put the rivalry aside in that we join forces the Verizon switch. Dave O'Brien goes over there -- with your partner Johnston -- can you come on Red Sox radio so I think I'm the winner.

But. I like eight. I actually are called my parents at my brother might nephews and -- all -- Fred's back in Boston I'm excited and for people that that don't know why you're new native that you did grow up Red Sox. Operates and hasn't affected my own season ticket when I was -- to go every day with my my grandfather. -- right back in the Red Sox on deck circle and that's in the fifties so you know when your little tiny child and you can reach out instantly and that's you know that's you brought. I I say this all the time that everything I am in baseball is because they grow and that our. Of course you -- a lot of room at a stretch and run around in the fifties that many seats racquet right not ignored however I went after you went cardinal -- is to take the guns and that's -- one of the -- actually helped me learn how to score as the none would -- full habits. And they -- and one of them actually taught me is probably about four years. So Dallas afternoon ladies day they compliment cardinal Cushing would bring in Owens and that interest from those.

It's a great story. While you've been with the Yankees now for a long time and they you've seen -- team development. Joe Girardi develop as a manager -- changed.

Well I don't think he's changed I asked him once how different is because he's very different to once he's not disclosed he's a little more it seems at ease. And I said how how have you changed and he said. I haven't changed I react to situations differently now and he was so uptight not just with the media which was a real problem for him last year but in his own players be in the door was closed all the time. -- he started -- started in spring training when he took the team out to play pool one day canceled. Canceled all the workouts and everything and really. Has come down a little bit and in this city you can't be uptight because your players. Take their cue from the manager and if he's uptight they're going to be a --

Alex Rodriguez said has not been in that they headlines on the tabloids. Even though he has a high profile social life and then. He's been productive especially of late that's what brought about to change.

Well he told me once that done being humiliated is a very sobering thing and he's worked very hard he's had a terrific Q when you realize that he missed almost the first two months of the season. And had done had major hip surgery he's done a terrific job I'll tell you why it's different he can slide back here. Because of the advent of one Mark Teixeira who is as good a player as. As I've seen -- a very long time and also all the pitching now has take you know when you have CC and and Andy Pettitte and AJ sometimes and sometimes not but Alex -- really been slipping under the radar as Jeter's had a terrific year the side has had a terrific year so he can just go out to Woody he doesn't nobody notices and he's happier person he's much quieter NEC seems to me he seems to be. I'm really at ease with everything you don't see him out and then in the columns anymore and there's never a problem he's under the radar and and I think he's finally found a little piece if you can when your Alex --

While this series of course doesn't have quite the buzz especially at the Yankee win last night. But the focus is our policies and who starts game two after sabathia for the Yankees.

My guess is Andy Pettitte and that's what I I would like that's what I would like Tennessee. I don't know if that's gonna happen I would I would hope that's what Joe's gonna do because one if CC for example if the Yankees play Detroit. What SEC loses to Justin Verlander to one which is a possibility. I would rather have Andy -- with his policies and experience in the way he's pitching now and AJ Burnett people forget ages never pitched in the post season. And he's been up and down Red Sox fans have seen his act. Against the Red Sox a couple of times so maybe he.

It's aged actor Jerry was -- Yankees MVP this year Mariano Rivera is always the MVP if you want an everyday player it's smart to share.

Rivera just continues to defy logic admitted his age almost forty to do what he's doing in the he really has never had any bumps in the road other than the little surgery had lacked last year.

Now isn't it amazing that he's going to be forty. And he had sold shoulder surgery in the offseason and it took awhile to get his strength up and he knows what he's doing -- if you watch and when he lines up and throw eight pitches and and he knows exactly what he's doing. And as somebody had said to be a couple weeks about it he said it's remarkable he's thrown one pitch he's thrown one pitch for twenty years and he's going all things. Mariano waves and -- and and I I said many times we never see his like again. On you wanna play the Red Sox in the post season do you think the Yankee players do. Absolutely absolutely if you're gonna if you don't know one if you go to the World Series you wanna beat the best and I think this Yankee Red Sox rivalry. You know all the new guys -- is funny tissue Arista which is just another game just another game first series in Fenway Park aqueduct to share as it. Tell me now that it's another game since. Well maybe I'd sell it because everybody wants it's -- that I would be great and so you know after tomorrow like castles in a couple.

Well look forward to see you tomorrow in the second inning Susan and the whole living Susan Waldman and the Verizon switch yet on our Red Sox radio network we wish you. Success in that we look forward to see you tomorrow -- it. All right job back to you.