Duque thinks it is the suit you wear, or the tee shirt, filled with fleas, from some basement garage-sale in upstate New York.
I think it is pure science: For the Yankees;
1. Throw first pitch strikes.
2. Flawless defense
3. No free bases
4. Basic baseball
5. Advance runners
6. Clutch hitting
7. Smart baserunning
8. Make contact with the ball
9. Quality at-bats
10. Make the crowd crazy with joy
11. Have fun
For the Twins:
1. Panic
2. Sloppy defense
3. Always hit from a pitcher's count
4. Think about after the game
5. Think about vacation
6. Participating is good enough
7. Run into one another
8. Eat Twinkies on the bench
9. Look at the NY girls in the stands
10. Break in a new glove
11. Go home
Ervin Santana has never won at the New Yankee Stadium. So in all likelihood he'll dominate tonight.
ReplyDeletePrediction: Twins-4 Yankees-1.
It'll be just like two years ago. Sevy won't be bad, but he won't dominate and the Yankees won't score enough runs to win. Santana dazzles for 7 innings and the Yankees get their run off a Chase Headley homerun in the 8th, punching his ticket for another year in the Bronx. The Yankees will put some guys on base and get a rally going, but Todd Frazier will stomp it out. The game ends with Gardner on 1st and Judge striking out. Oh, at least 1 run, maybe 2 will be charged to the bullpen. I'm thinking Kahnle walks a few before Joe brings in Chad Green with no outs and the bases loaded. Maybe a weak dribbler or a fly ball score the runs.
I wish they hadn't swept the Twins two weeks ago, I'd feel more confident if the Twins weren't so due.
I agree with you that the Yankees won't score more than 1 or 2 runs, maximum. However, I have to see their first at-bat to assure that.
ReplyDeleteLuis will define himself in the first inning. Does he throw a first pitch strike? Does it take 24 pitches to get out of the inning? Or is he on his game?
Send xanax.
Buy two pineapples. Put the larger one onto a tree stump ( used for chopping firewood).
ReplyDeleteUse a sledge hammer and flatten one pineapple into mush.
Recite a Nez Perse poem for success.
Put the second pineapple on the top of your tv.
Watch the game and forget about the second pineapple.
Duque, took one for the team. Listened to the game while running 16 miles. Did that in 2009 when A Rod hit the 9th inning Homer off of Nathan. I figured we needed that extra juju.
ReplyDeleteLoyally yours, ceeja
All Ju-Ju, properly executed, is meritorious. If we had Ju-Ju medals ( something I long ago recommended, but Duque ( being a hard-core traditionalist ) rejected, you would be awarded one this morning.
ReplyDeleteInstead, if you show up at Duque's camp, and bring evidence of your 16 mile jaunt, he will give you a flea infested hat from the Syracuse market.
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