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Sunday, July 17, 2016

Tonight, it ends

Last winter, the socialist billionaires who run MLB came up with a great idea for the death-grip heat waves of July: They'd pit the fierce traditional rivals, the Yankees and Redsocks, in a Sunday night barn-burner. Boston was rising, and the Yankees always contend for something. What could go wrong?

From their standpoint: Nothing. Truth be told, most baseball fans get their wish tonight: They can watch close-up the demise and humiliation of the once-great Yankee brand. They can witness the floundering mediocrity of once-great stars like A-Rod, Mark Teixeira and CC Sabathia - players who squeezed a few extra years onto their contracts, looking to sweeten retirement. They get to see the rotted fruits of Hal Steinbrenner's mismanagement, turning the most winning franchise in sports into a listing barge full of crap.

Tonight, our season effectively ends. Tonight, Boston gets to make the kill stroke - the dagger to the heart - that pushes this lifeless mess from the ventilator to the afterlife.

I say, let it happen.

Yesterday, John and Suzyn were apoplectic - once again, channeling the frustration of the Yankee fan base. Suzyn says the Yankees must turn to A-Rod, put him in the middle of the lineup and let him hit. John says the Yankees must move runners - they cannot simply rely on solitary home run balls, which was the only scoring they did yesterday.

Mike Axisa at River Ave noted that they sent 33 batters to the plate - 11 of them with only two-pitches in the appearance. This was supposed to be a Yankee-Redsock game, where two teams grind on each other. What happened? You know what? I don't care.

Tonight, it ends. Good riddance. Football, anyone?

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 50 YEARS, DO I ACTUALLY ROOT AGAINST US WINNING A GAME AGAINST BOSTON TODAY?.....I CAN'T...I JUST CAN'T....I HATE THOSE SCUMBAGS SO MUCH....BUT I KNOW JUST ONE WIN TODAY WILL MAKE HAL AND CASH FEEL ALL COZY AND COMFY AGAIN.... I CAN'T ROOT AGAINST US!...BUT WE CAN'T WIN TODAY!.... I'M LIKE THE ALCOHOLIC (NOT A STRETCH),- THAT KNOWS HE MUST STOP....BUT THE BOTTLE OF JACK IS ON THE COUNTER, HALF FULL, AND I KNOW FULL WELL, THAT HALF BOTTLE WILL HELP WITH MY DECISION......HAL AND CASH DROVE ME TO THIS.....THIS IS NO WAY TO LIVE.

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