Tuesday, July 23, 2019

Another Prediction Becomes Fact

After a period of time...usually a couple of hours....what I say and how I appear become, " like wall paper."

It is there, but no one sees it.  No one picks up on the pattern, the color match, the appropriateness.

Well, folks, click on the icon to the immediate right.  The one that suggests "we have acquired another Carl Pavano."

I wrote that insight the moment the Paxton to Yankees deal was announced.

He may not have spent the same amount of time on IR as Carl did, but his effectiveness as a Yankee is the  same.

Basically, The Maple garbage is just as rotten as the Pavano sports car.

We are getting nothing.  But stink.

Beware Mr. Cashman.

 Repeating errors like that can cost careers and futures.

And this is the time of year when you can do far worse.

You are in a corner and there is no way out.



43 comments:

JM said...

I knew we shoulda got Lloyd Thaxton instead.

Anonymous said...

OTHER THAN THAT 1 GAME HE PITCHED BRILLIANTLY AGAINST BOSTON THIS SEASON, PAXTON HAS DONE NOTHING BUT DISAPPOINT.

....BUT AS I KEEP STATING, THE GUY WHO I DREAD HIS EVERY START, IS C.C....

HE BURIED US LAST NIGHT.

HE CAN'T GIVE US 4 FULL INNINGS WITHOUT BIG PROBLEMS.

EVEN 3 FULL INNINGS IS A PROBLEM.

THIS GOES BACK TO LAST YEAR.

HE CAN'T BEAT BOSTON.

HE CAN'T BEAT HOUSTON.

....ARE WE CRAZY ENOUGH TO RISK PITCHING HIM IN A PLAYOFF OR WORLD SERIES GAME THIS SEASON?

I'M AFRAID WE ALL KNOW THE ANSWER, AND IT IS HORRIFYING.

HoraceClarke66 said...

Our optimistic brethren at Pinstripe Alley and Yanks Go Yard tell us that Paxton just needs to find his control (here in July), and that he is NOT Sonny Gray.

Well, they're certainly right about that.

Sonny Gray was an All-Star this year, with an ERA almost a run lower than Paxton's.

I kid, I kid!

The real difference is this: Gray pitched well on the road, and terrible at home. Paxton has pitched terrible on the road, and all right at home.

Got it now?

HoraceClarke66 said...

Oh, and since the Maple Sapling is "five times Pettitte," I guess this year Andy Pettitte would've had 1 win and a 21.00 ERA.

Well, he IS 47.

JM said...

You know what's interesting? Every single time I've seen Boone answer a question about Tauchman, he leads with effusive praise of his defense. That he's so great defensively and can play any outfield position. He's just such a terrific defender.

Ya think he's spouting the company line to justify keeping Clint in Scranton? Or maybe for trading him?

They wouldn't do that, now would they?

Fucking scumbags.

JM said...

Sanchez dropped to sixth. Above Torres and Gio, which is bullshit. Curry was speculating that such a deep slump can get into a guy's head and screw him up psychologically.

Gee, ya think? Are they trying to tell us something with that one, too?

Rufus T. Firefly said...

The slump continues.

But there's no such thing as a slump. Statistics prove it.

HoraceClarke66 said...

I reiterate: Gary Sanchez is hurt, and not in the head. Among the stats they flashed on The Vanishing tonight was the fact that Sanchez's exit veto has dropped by 6 mph.

This is not usually the sort of thing I would pay much attention to—but then Sanchez got in a rip at a ball across the plate...and bounced it softly to first base.

I swear, he looks like the descriptions of Lou Gehrig when he had ALS.

I hope, of course, that this is nothing anywhere near that serious. But he's obviously hurt, probably with some sort of serious shoulder injury, and with every at-bat and every game the Yankees refuse to admit it, they are making him worse—just as they insisted on making Sevvy worse last year.

I start to wonder if the big contract to Sevvy was to preclude a lawsuit. Maybe Sancho should start contract negotiations now.

Rufus T. Firefly said...

What do you think the ICS injury is? Based on the death star not doing anything, I have my money on rotator cuff.

Rufus T. Firefly said...

Voit with a hit but still trying to pull everything. Do the Yankees actually have a hitting instructor?

Rufus T. Firefly said...

John and Suzyn just assured me the Yankees do have a hitting instructor. His name is Marcus Thames. He had a career .309 on base percentage. As Ricky Ricardo said, that 'splains a lot.

Rufus T. Firefly said...

Sanchez. Hit or go on the EL, for christ's sake. Even John says he's due.

Rufus T. Firefly said...

Suzyn: "Boy, does he need a hit".

Ca$hmoney alert!

Rufus T. Firefly said...

Sanchez has a point with ball three being called a strike.

Susyn called in outside (it wasn't)

Rufus T. Firefly said...

Bring up Higashioka. He hits just as well.

Rufus T. Firefly said...

The only thing that could make this worse is Holder warming up in the bullpen.

Suzyn: "STOP WITH THE SIRENS!!"

Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside said...

Another two runs off Flaccido Domingo.

Rufus T. Firefly said...

I fear this is a harbinger of the late August west coast trip.

HoraceClarke66 said...

Judge looks absolutely lost at the plate.

And the stat they conveyed tonight: all 11 HRs are to right and center.

Yes, the Yanks have done what might be thought to be impossible. They had taken a guy who is 6' 7", 282, and turned him into a slap hitter to the opposite field, without any ability to pull.

HoraceClarke66 said...

Rotator cuff is a good possibility. It would account for the inability to throw guys out, too.

Of course, I doubt if it's fully torn yet—probably just badly aggravated. Give it another 2-3 weeks of the Yanks talking about his "A swing" and putting him out there every night and...boom! That's when it will rip like an old seersucker suit.

Pity. I wonder if he has a future as a DH.

HoraceClarke66 said...

Hey what was the name of Sandy Koufax's cousin again? The one the Yankees had?

I promise, I won't drunk call him.

HoraceClarke66 said...

Yeah, don't you guys remember Marcus Thames? I was in the Stadium for his first at-bat, and kind of professionally unimpressed, because even though he'd had some big minor-league year everybody thought he was a typical Cashman dud.

Then—first pitch from Randy Johnson—bang, home run.

As I recall we beat the Snakes that night, even with a really banged-up team. The Great One was out, and obviously someone else was out if Marcus Thames got a start (It wasn't like now, where we deliberately don't play our best team.).

The Unit must not have had his best stuff—too bad we couldn't have traded that game for one in the World Series the year before.

I don't think Thames did too much after that, though I believe he was an okay back-up outfielder much of his career.

Austria's Only Baseball Fan said...

In an evening in which I can only get Boris Johnson, Robert Mueller, or the Yankees on my international TV channels, I have been desperately trying to find something positive to say. I think I found it:

Tauchman!

Rufus T. Firefly said...

This has turned into the NHL all-star game.

Rufus T. Firefly said...

The Master is VERY excited!

Anonymous said...

8 straightfucking balls if you count. The blown call

Doug k.

Rufus T. Firefly said...

I hope he opts out next year...

Rufus T. Firefly said...

Did Holder steal El Chapo's uniform?

It actually may help Holder if he pitched lefty.

Rufus T. Firefly said...

Jesu Cristo, I could fucking walk 4 straight.

Leinstery said...

Boone is such a fucking retard. What has he been watching the past two days?

Austria's Only Baseball Fan said...

The Master has just called this "the best game of the year" - and it ain't over! Far from it! And to get back to one of the first posts on this thread - "THE GUY WHO I DREAD HIS EVERY START, IS C.C...." - I feel the exact same, but worse every time I see Chapman warming up. Does he even need warm up time to do THIS?????? Can't he just call it in on his iPhone?

Joe of AZ said...

I wanna know what fuckin instruction Larry Retardo actual gives these pitchers....they all REGRESS and than move on to other teams and turn into Cy young. This guy is a cancer on the coaching staff ;(. He also looks miserable and a sore spot to what is a good chemistry stream. Get. him.out.of.here

Anonymous said...

that game was mind blowing. Hicks catch might be the best one I have ever seen. The whole last few innings were insane. I haven't yelled at TV like that in years. They both totally deserved. to win and totally didn't. Amazing game. Amazing catch to save it. Wow.

Doug K.

HoraceClarke66 said...

Hicks
Can take some licks!

HoraceClarke66 said...

Didi 7th MLB shortstop in history with multiple 7-RBI games (2).

Only AL shortstop ever to have 7 ribbies and 5 hits in the same game.

Leinstery said...

Did anyone else think the Master sounded 15 years younger during those final innings? Sure we all wanted to die, but John hasn't sounded like that in a long time. Hopefully this was the cure for whatever has been ailing him.

Austria, I struggle to narrow it down between CC, Chapman, German, Paxton, and Happ. I swear they each do the same thing every time.

HoraceClarke66 said...

Green's outing reminds me of the story about what Don Liddle supposedly said when he was brought in to face Vic Wertz in the 1954 World Series and gave up a 450-foot-plus drive...that Willie Mays caught, for the greatest World Series catch ever:

"Hey, I did my job."

Probably apocryphal. But still.

HoraceClarke66 said...

Games like that, who needs heart attacks?

HoraceClarke66 said...

And sadly, hey whattaya know? Gary Sanchez is INJURED!

Now the Yanks can blame it on his humping it down the line and tweaking the gonad. Well, at least that will get him off the field and maybe enable his shoulder/thumb/lat to heal as well.

Can't wait for that Coops off-season investigation into the medical staff.

Joe of AZ said...

The Cashman Report ....has a nice ring

ranger_lp said...

Did we get a "Gritty Gutty Yanks" call from The Master last night? Because it sure fit.

JM said...

I went to bed after the Minny scored 5. Did I miss anything?

TheWinWarblist said...

JM, nah, nothing to see there.



FUCK YOU HAL.