special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay. and deputy managing editor for politics at "politico," sam stein is with us this morning. where do we begin? >> baseball? >> oh, no. >> willie, yankees -- >> i think we start in arizona. >> baseball. >> judge and soto both went deep. you and sam will be excited to hear that, joe. >> well, we're very excited. i mean, the red sox now have, like, 17 or 18 people hurt on the roster. there was a pitcher who picked up, sam, a rosin bag, and his -- >> arm got chopped off. >> -- dislocated. >> come on. >> no, we have so many injuries. these kids they keep calling up are -- i mean, these pitchers have the lowest e.r.a. combined of any starting staff in baseball. >> crazy. >> it is kind of a crazy season. >> oh, yeah, no, it's nuts. we're, like, trotting out a aaa, maybe a aa lineup at this juncture. so many injury, yet we keep chugging along. alex cora, i don't know what magic he works, and it'll be a real shame when the ownership doesn't bring him back because they're so cheap. >> just -- yea