CC Sabathia w\Meredith at OTD 2024

>> I KNOW YOU WERE JUST HANGING OUT WITH SOME OF THE GUYS IN ROBBIE'S OFFICE. WHAT'S IT LIKE TO SEE A LOT OF GUYS TOGETHER AGAIN? >> IT'S ALWAYS FUN TO BE ABLE TO GET BACK WITH THE GUYS. A LOT OF US HAVEN'T SEEN EACH OTHER IN A LONG TIME BUT A LOT OF US DO GET TOGETHER. SO I'VE SEEN G, AND I HAVEN'T SEEN AJ OR PHIL COKE OR THESE DIFFERENT GUYS. IT WAS FUN TO GET TOGETHER LAST NIGHT AND LOOKING FORWARD TODAY. >> WHAT WERE THE STORIES LIKE? I IMAGINE THEY WERE FLOWING THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE EVENING. >> YEAH, 2009 WAS A SPECIAL YEAR. I THINK THE BIGGEST ONE WAS A-ROD'S BIRTHDAY PARTY. I THINK EVERYBODY IS STILL BUZZ FORGET THAT 15 YEARS LATER AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT REALLY BROUGHT US TOGETHER AND THE REASON WHY WE WON THE WORLD SERIES. >> WHEN YOU GUYS WON THE WORLD SERIES, WHAT DID THAT MEAN TO YOU? >> FOR ME IT WAS THE ULTIMATE GOAL. YOU KNOW, COMING HERE IN DECEMBER OF '08, I THINK -- THE GOAL WAS TO WIN AND OPEN UP THIS NEW BUILDING. IT COULDN'T HAVE WORKED OUT ANY MORE PERFECT. >> IT WAS YOU, IT WAS AJ, IT WAS PETTITTE IN THAT ROTATION IN THE POSTSEASON, JUST WHAT YOU GUYS WERE ABLE TO DO. LOOKING BACK ON THAT, JUST -- ARE YOU STILL IN AMAZEMENT? >> YEAH. I MEAN, I THINK ME, AJ AND ANDY HAD A CONVERSATION RIGHT BEFORE THE PLAY-OFFS AND SAID, YOU KNOW, WE GONNA GO ON THREE DAYS REST AND, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO TO BE OUT THERE AND HELP THIS TEAM WIN, WE'RE GONNA DO THAT. AND ANDY CALLS OUT EVERY GAME FROM INDIANAPOLIS ANAHEIM TO PHILLY, SO BEING ABLE TO HAVE THAT ANCHOR, YOU KNOW, AT THE BACK OF THE ROTATION WAS AWESOME. >> AND TALK ABOUT THE BACK OF THE BULLPEN, HAVING MARIANO RIVIERA DOESN'T HURT THE CAUSE. >> YEAH, ANYTIME I WAS THROWING OUT THERE, I WAS ALWAYS TRYING TO GET THE BOTTOM UP. >> OLD TIMER. DOES THAT SOUND RIGHT TO YOU? >> DEFINITELY DOESN'T, BUT IT'S GOT A GOOD RING TO IT. >> THE TEAM THAT'S PLAYING RIGHT NOW HAS A PRETTY GOOD PLAYER IN AARON JUDGE. HE'S HAD A HOME RUN SEEMS LIKE EVERY DAY, FOUR IN A ROW. WHAT'S IT BEEN LIKE FOR YOU TO WATCH HIM. >> FEELS LIKE HE'S GOING DEEP EVERY DAY. WHEN YOU WATCHING SOMEBODY THAT, YOU KNOW, FITS 50 HOME RUNS IN A SEASON AND IT'S NOT SEPTEMBER YET, FEELS LIKE HE'S GOING DEEP EVERY DAY AND INCREDIBLE TO SEE HIM HIT THE