Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Spahn & Sain....and pray for rain

Posted by Alphonso at 6:10 PM



We got it.

But no one ever wins two anymore.

So we lose the series to Cleveland.

Yuck.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

YEP...... WE WILL BE LUCKY TO WIN ONE TOMORROW....

SERIES LOST.

RIGHT NOW, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE RED SOX AND US?

CLUTCH HITS.

THEY'RE LOSING A GAME? SOMEBODY, ANYBODY, ALWAYS SEEMS TO GET A BIG HIT TO PULL THEM EVEN OR GET THEM AHEAD. (CRISTIAN VASQUEZ THE OTHER DAY).

WITH US, IT'S THE OPPOSITE..... IF WE ARE BEHIND AND WE HAVE RUNNERS ALL OVER THE BASES, SOMEBODY, ANYBODY, AND EVERYBODY CAN BARELY EVEN MAKE CONTACT, MUCH LESS GET A BASE HIT, STRANDING PILES OF RUNNERS DAY AFTER DAY, MONTH AFTER MONTH, YEAR AFTER YEAR.

.....AND THAT'S THE TRUTH.

August 29, 2017 at 7:52 PM
Rufus T. Firefly said...

dog mad blue yajs are fukking arseholes

two on no one out.

bases loaded two out

ZERO runs.

Who do they think they are? The Yankees?

A little help down there?

Pretty please?

August 29, 2017 at 9:33 PM
HoraceClarke66 said...

I think you're right, ALL-CAPS.

You know, I was looking at baseballreference's "Pythagorean record" for the Yanks, which is just a fancy way of saying that, given the difference between how many runs you've scored and given up, you "should" have won or lost more games.

Usually, in recent years, the Yanks have won more games in reality than what they "should have."

In 2013, for instance, they scored only 650 runs but gave up 671, meaning they "should" have won only 79 games. But as it was, they overperformed and won 85 in reality, a pretty big difference as these things go.

It was the same thing in 2014; they "should" have won 77, but took 84 in reality. In 2015, they won one game less than they should have, but last year they went back to exceeding statistical expectations, winning 84 games, when they should have taken 79.

2017, though? We're 8 GAMES UNDER our theoretical record, with just 70 wins when the runs differential, at least, says we should've won 78.

This seems to jibe with your conclusions, ALL-CAPS.

It implies we're great at bludgeoning teams, but really stink at getting the big clutch hit or the big out needed to win the close ones. I'd like to think this just means we're a young team...but I suspect that instead, we're just not that good.

August 29, 2017 at 10:37 PM
I'm Bill White said...

I am not mathematically inclined. But I believe in a correlation between lack of timely hits and Joe "The Cooler" Girardi's managerial style. On an unrelated note, I would gladly trade continuation of the players weekend jersey gambit for cessation of managers/coaches wearing uniforms. I don't say this to suggest that Girardi is out of shape, he's not, but there's too much dick belly in Major League Baseball. And it's got to stop.

August 30, 2017 at 10:07 AM
Alphonso said...

In the first half of the year, when we developed all of our hopes and dreams for this season.....now dashed....the Yankees were clutch hitters. We were getting those baserunners home.

Now, they seem an insurmountable obstacle.

Bats with holes. Bats with holes.

August 30, 2017 at 10:58 AM
Moeteef said...

Dick belly. LOL!

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