The Los Angeles Dodgers were huffing and puffing their collective chest in the aftermath of winning the 2024 World Series against the New York Yankees in five games. It was quite the breakthrough for a Dodgers team that’s been at the center of some very devastating postseason heartbreak over the past few seasons,

Jon Berti didn’t appreciate the trash talk that came from the Dodgers clubhouse after Los Angeles defeated the Yankees in the World Series last October. In fact, the disrespect crossed a line in Berti’s mind to the point that they were diminishing what the Yankees had done to reach the Fall Classic in the first place.

The Yankees came painfully close to winning it all in 2024, only to fall short in the World Series. But for former Yankees infielder Jon Berti, what stood out even more than the loss itself was the way people talked about it afterward.