Tuesday, August 24, 2021

Could the Yankees, by playing Giancarlo in the outfield, have spared us the miserable first half? And how many HRs would Luke have this year, if not for the injuries?

Here's to the 10-game streak, a veritable two-week orgasm in a tub full of Calgon Bath Oil Beads - the longest Yankee winning spell since - well, um - last year...

I like to believe that you - the seasoned, thoughtful, Jedi masters of fanhood who visit this blog - understand the need to maintain strict negativity, and to avoid outwardly positive thoughts about the Yankees.

Remember: Nothing good comes from talking hopefully. If you see the Yankee glass half full, you'll only end up feeling thirsty. Predict calamity, and at the worst, you have been proven right. 

That said, we must be wise enough to know a good thing when it show up, wrapped in bacon, on our doorstep. A 10-game streak is luxurious. Sure, it will rile us when it ends; nobody wants to leave the hot tub. So enjoy this while we can - WHILE MAINTAINING NEGATIVITY. 

After all, we know how last year's 10-game winning streak turned out, right? (See, juju gods? Nothing but neg...)

Today, two metaphysical questions about the 2021 Yankees.

1. Were the Yankees undermining Giancarlo Stanton all this time by not letting him play the outfield?

Last night, Stanton played his 11th game in the OF this year. He started July 30, in his old Miami pasture. Until then, he had only played DH, this year and last. 

Since 2019, the Yankees have bubble-wrapped Stanton - almost marginalizing him - as if he were a defensive abomination. In fact, he's looked rather nimble out there. Also, keep in mind that they played both Clint Frazier - the 2019 version, anyway - and Miguel Andujar in the outfield, when both played horrible defense. 

You'd think Stanton was 39 and fat - not 31 and a yoga guy (he took it up last winter.)  

In August, since he started playing defense, he's hitting .325 with five HRs - his best month in the last three years. (In 2019, he batted .462 in the 10 games that he played in LF.)

Moreover, the Yankees look much better by using the DH as an open slot, so various hitters can rest. Without Stanton playing OF, Luke Voit would have sat most of last week, instead of being named AL Player of the Week. 

Don Imus used to say, "Let the big dogs run!" The Yankees should have taken that to heart with Stanton. So, yeah, it looks as though coddling him was a bad idea.  

2. What if Luke Voit had not suffered so many injuries this season? Would he be among the HR leaders?

The top 10 HR leaders in MLB average about 430 at bats. (Shohei Ohtani, with 40, has come to bat 422 times.)

Last year's HR leader, Luke, has 7 this season - in 158 at bats. 

Doing a little fourth-grade math, we can see that, if Luke came up 430 times, he'd have 19 HRs - tied for 36th in the AL, with Matt Chapman, Carlos Correa and Eric Haase. 

He seems to be heating up, and you can argue Small Sample Size. But thus far, he's not the world-leading slugger of 2020. 

By the way, using the same calculations, if they came to bat, say, 430 times...

Gary Sanchez would have 26 HRs - tied for 14th in the AL with Nelson Cruz and Mike Zunino. 

Stanton would have 25, Rougned Odor would have 21, and Kyle Higashioka - our own Higgy - would have 24 dingers. Twenty four. Aint math fun?

185 comments:

Parson Tom said...

yes, negativity above all ... which is why I am distressed by Alphonso's post yesterday. if ever there was a glass-half empty commentator here, it would be him, and I am alarmed that he has decided to taunt the Gods of juju with a list of things he likes about the Yankees.

I will be surprised if their next plane doesn't crash.

Ceeja said...

Didnt watch last nights game. I mean what chance did we have against that hot Atlanta team. I mean all those great pitchers and wonderful fans -- thoughtful enough to check their robes at the door so they can do the chop better.

Yeah just like 1996 when I couldn't bear to watch the series when it moved to Atlanta. What chance did we have against the GREATEST STAFF IN HISTORY when all we had was Cone and Pettite? Did we lose that series in 4 or 5 - I can't remember.

Anyway I'll be cowering again tonight and wont check the scores. What chance do we have ??

Dantes said...

It only took them three seasons to figure out what we already knew.At least half the fandom has been screaming for them to play Stanton in the outfield. It’s not like he stayed any healthier as a dh.

ZacharyA said...

The good news is that tonight's Andrew Heaney vs. Charlie Morton matchup will stave off this blind optimism for a few days.

Anonymous said...

Speaking of the 1996 World Series . . .

We all know the story of how Torre told Steinbrenner after the second game not to worry, that the Yankees would win.

But here's another story: After waiting all those years for the Yankees to get back to the World Series, I felt crushed when they lost the second game and were down 2-0. As Ceeja said, the Yankees looked hopeless and completely overmatched by the Braves.

I'd watched the game listening to the radio broadcast on WABC so I could hear Sterling and Kay. When the post-game wrap-up ended, I felt so bad that I couldn't get up off the couch. Then Curtis Sliwa's late night talk show came on. Sliwa gave a pep talk, telling his listeners not to feel low about the Series, that the Yankees had the Braves just where they wanted them, that the Yankees were going to come out on top. And somehow, Sliwa made me feel better. Think what you will of Sliwa, but I'll always be grateful to him for lifting my spirits that night.

Rufus T. Firefly said...

1996. Cone: "I told Joe I had enough to get one more out. I was probably lying." But he got the out.

TheWinWarblist said...

Cone often found a way to get one more out. He would have been referred to a "wiley" had he been a lefty.

Rufus T. Firefly said...

He was referred to as "Free Willy" by some fans while he was with the mutts.

JM said...

I was upstate visiting my parents during the first few games of the '96 Series. My Dad and I were watching Game 3 and it was getting late. We were down, what, 6-0? Something ridiculous. So we decided to pack it in. My father went to brush his teeth, and I stood in the doorway of my childhood room watching a few more minutes on the living room TV.

And then...I think it was the Leyritz home run. My memory is not reliable, but that's how I remember it now. Dad was ambling back to the living room, and I said, "Dad, maybe we should stay up a little bit. This might be getting interesting."

And it sure did.

As I was saying last night, Atlanta is not that good a team. If you want to say Chicago has been coasting, not putting up a great record since they're so far ahead of the pack, and the Red Sox were fading badly when we swept them (though they whomped us just a month before), I think Atlanta is worse than both. 20-15 since July 1 until they faced the absolute worst teams in the NL, reeling off a quick nine in a row. They're really only a bit better than a .500 team.

But a win is a win is a win, as Gertrude Stein would have said if she was a Yankees fan. So, using W-L alone, we beat a decent team last night.

The real test will be the four games in Oakland. We haven't done well there over time, and Oakland is a legitimately good team. Or so they seem. Guess we'll find out. Going to be late nights on the East Coast...

HoraceClarke67 said...

Ghost of Hoss here.

JM, I remember that game well. It was actually Game 4; the Yanks had won Game 3, which really pleased me because I was thinking, 'Well, at least we won't get swept.' We had Kenny rogers going in Game 4—sure loss, I thought.

Then Leyritz hit that homer to tie it at 6!...

HoraceClarke67 said...

One thing that 1996 team had that this one does not was a lights-out bullpen. Wetteland, The Great One, specialty guys like Graeme Lloyd getting Ryan Klesko out every time in the Series, Dave Weathers, Boehringer, etc.

If we had a lead after 5, it was usually done.

On the other hand, that pen didn't really come around until late in the season and the playoffs...

HoraceClarke67 said...

Interesting listening to Cone the other day. He was saying that he still thinks more of letting Game 5 in Seattle get away, than he does about any of the 4 rings or even his perfect game. That still bothers him. That's a competitor.

HoraceClarke67 said...

And yeah, major bummer that they don't allow the 40-man September roster anymore.

The claim was that this penalized teams with lesser organizations. Yeah, heaven forbid that teams with more depth should have an advantage!

The 40-man expansion was a great and useful way to see rookies, judge potential. Throwing it out is nonsense.

13bit said...

I will not be following the Yankees today. Charlie Watts died.

DickAllen said...

With that bunch, it’s amazing he lasted as long as he did.

RIP, Charlie.

That was, and still is, damn good music.

Rufus T. Firefly said...

Man he was good. Just listen to the drums on Beast of Burden. Crisp blues.

13bit said...

There's a book I read last year called "Sympathy for the Drummer: Why Charlie Watts Matters" and it's just fantastic. I kept turing to Youtube every other page to listen to these obscure songs that the author was referring to. Real gonzo writing and a great book.

LONG LIVE CHARLIE WATTS

ZacharyA said...

career vs. Charlie Morton

Aaron Judge 1-20 with 11 K
Joey Gallo 0-13 with 11 K

Anonymous said...

ZacharyA - So what you're saying is - they are due!

Doug K.

JM said...

Charlie Watts was underrated. As was Ringo. Classy guy, that Charlie. Jagger was just a wannabe in the style department.

Local Bargain Jerk said...


I'm so pleased but not surprised that Charlie Watts has a lot of fans here. If you'd like to see a simple, elegant, subtle, and fitting tribute to the man, just go to the RollingStones.com website.

I'll be checking out "Sympathy for the Drummer: Why Charlie Watts Matters" asap.

I love you guys.

Anonymous said...

LBJ,

Thanks.

Doug K.

Platoni said...

Ump doesn't call a clear strike three and Hiney promptly shits the mound. Fuck this guy

Rufus T. Firefly said...

Charlie was hip. Jagger was a hipster.

Can't help thinking about John Hiatt singing Slow Turning. The kids in the backs are bangin like Charlie Watts...

Google made me listen to Get Off of My Cloud.

This will be a meandering night.

Rufus T. Firefly said...

LBJ, nice bespoke suit. How British. Now THAT's mod.

Rufus T. Firefly said...

Anyone hear Archie tell Mr. Haney he stinks yet?

Rufus T. Firefly said...

that sucked

Rufus T. Firefly said...

that didn't

JM said...

Jeebus.

Rufus T. Firefly said...

The Master said Abraham Almonte was a former Yankee. I guess he confused him with Zoilo, going from A to Z. And bringing flashbacks to some truly dreadful Yankee teams.

TheWinWarblist said...

I'm on a staycation this week. My first vacation since Dec '19. Yanks have won 10 in a row? I turn on the game and Heaney wasn't shelled and the Yanks have the lead?

Not really clear what's up. Must be some sort of 11th dimension JuJu heartbreak in the offing.

TheWinWarblist said...

Zolio. The Zolio era. Grrrrr ...

Rufus T. Firefly said...

It's a dimension not of space, but of mind.

Rufus T. Firefly said...

Well, that was a gift.

TheWinWarblist said...

Chipper Jones, no Lawrence Jones, I can't call a grown ass man Chipper. Lawrence Jones named one of his children Shea?

What a dick.

TheWinWarblist said...

All the way to The Chop House.

Rufus T. Firefly said...

Larry's baby mama (one of them anyway) was a waitress at the Norcross Georgia Hooters. I had lunch there a few times in the 90's. I may have met her.

As Sam Kinison described Hooters -- All the degradation of being a stripper, without all those messy ones to deal with.

Chop House is overrated.

Rufus T. Firefly said...

I fear El Chapo in our future tonight.

I hope Archie's heart can take the stress.

Rufus T. Firefly said...

Another gift from the umps.

TheWinWarblist said...

No. He was out. He came off the base during the slide and DJ was holding the tag on him.

TheWinWarblist said...

Crazy sequence though. Judge throws to the wrong base. Baserunner stupidly tries for second. Just gets in but then his foot bounces off the base and is out because DJ keeps the tag on him.

ranger_lp said...

Will Rolaids spell relief or will I be popping some?

Pocono Steve said...

We were all a lot younger the last time the Yankees won 11 in a row.

TheWinWarblist said...

Rolaids. Start popping them. And Britton probably needs surgery.

Rufus T. Firefly said...

Chappy keeping it interesting.

Rufus T. Firefly said...

Winnie, I missed that, but I'll take it.

JM said...

We were all a lot younger before Chappie comes in to pitch.

ranger_lp said...

Not yet Winnie...not yet...

TheWinWarblist said...

Ack! Hangs a slider over the middle of the plate but Heredia just stares at it. I'm gonna throw up.

TheWinWarblist said...

4 pitch walk. Great. Swell. Did I mention Britton probably needs surgery?

Pocono Steve said...

Chapman just loves to script Hollywood endings for opposing teams, doesn't he?

JM said...

God, Chapman lost the strike zone. Home run and we lose.

Fucking Chapman. Fucking Boone for keeping him in.

ranger_lp said...

Just popped one…

Rufus T. Firefly said...

I picked the wrong day to quit sniffing glue!

Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside said...

IMPENDING DOOOOOM!!!!

JM said...

He is just not a closer anymore.

Anonymous said...

no he's not

Doug K

TheWinWarblist said...

Flopsweat has no idea where the ball is going. We are going to lose again.

JM said...

Take him out!!!!! Asshole!

Anonymous said...

Wow does he suck!!!!

Doug K.

Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside said...

I can see his sweat through the radio.

Rufus T. Firefly said...

This inning brought to you by Lisinopril, official blood pressure medication of the New York Yankees.

Anonymous said...

Poor Archie.

Doug K.

TheWinWarblist said...

I just put the Sheltie in charge of the house while I lose my mind.

Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside said...

THHUUUUUH YANKEES totally faked out John

JM said...

The bat never touched it.

JM said...

Jesus Christ.

JM said...

Why is he still in there?????

TheWinWarblist said...

Odor gets an assist there with the double clutch and crap throw.

Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside said...

This loser is POISON

ranger_lp said...

And another one popped...

TheWinWarblist said...

The Sheltie is getting the 9 y/o in pajamas.

HoraceClarke67 said...

Why is he still in???

Leinstery said...

Just let him blow another one. Let him embarrass himself yet again and DFA him.

Rufus T. Firefly said...

is the foul tip call reviewable?

HoraceClarke67 said...

Sweat at an all-time high.

TheWinWarblist said...

WHY WARM UP WANDY IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BRING HIM IN!?!?!!!!!???!!!!

Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside said...

As candidate for President, do you support forcing captured al queda to watch Chapman pitching?

JM said...

Fuck Boone.

HoraceClarke67 said...

Incredible. He is actually almost unable to pitch he is sweating so much.

TheWinWarblist said...

The Sheltie is locking up the house and setting the alarm.

Rufus T. Firefly said...

Chapo is wearing a turtleneck. In Atlanta. In August.

He must think he doesn't sweat enough.

Anonymous said...

Because he's the closer. I'm kidding - I don't know

this one has pineapple written all over it.

Doug K.

TheWinWarblist said...

WWWWHHHHYYYYYYYYYYYY !?!?!!?!!!??!!!?

JM said...

Even if this guy makes an out, this is terrible managing.

HoraceClarke67 said...

This is ridiculous. He can't close. Why keep forcing it?

TheWinWarblist said...

BBBOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNEEEEEE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!??!???

HoraceClarke67 said...

I hate watching this guy pitch.

JM said...

We don't need him. We have guys who can close. What's the point?

TheWinWarblist said...

He's not a closer. At best he'd could be an extra in the remake of Cool Hand Luke.

JM said...

Oh great. Now.

Fucking Boone.

HoraceClarke67 said...

What an asshole. Thank goodness Boone is pulling him now.

Chapman should not be in a save situation again in his Yankee career.

Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside said...

Ugh, I never wanted to hear a Kars for kids commercial more in my life.

TheWinWarblist said...

Good plan Boone. Let Flopsweat walk the bases loaded and then walk in a run. You moronic fuckface.

Anonymous Bosch said...

"Bye bye, happiness"

Anonymous said...

Jesus! It's about fucking time!

Doug K.

ranger_lp said...

Just popped a whole lot of Rolaids just now...

Rufus T. Firefly said...

Chapo needs a shrink, not a pitching coach.

Boone needs a new job. Elsewhere.

TheWinWarblist said...

The Sheltie is turning off the lights and is tucking everyone in. I'm useless.

JM said...

Chapman is worthless at this point. We should have tried to trade him for whatever we could get.

Just insane ever trusting him with another game.

Pocono Steve said...

Almost unfair to inflict this on Wandy, but what choice have we?

TheWinWarblist said...

Who's peekin' out from under a stairway
Calling a name that's lighter than air
Who's bending down to give me a rainbow
Everyone knows it's Wandy…

HoraceClarke67 said...

Oh, good, it's only their best hitter.

TheWinWarblist said...

Pocono Steve, the choice would have been let Peralta start the inning.

HoraceClarke67 said...

A shrink is right. I've never seen anyone sweat that much in their life.

TheWinWarblist said...

This is wretched.

Rufus T. Firefly said...

Just be done with it and issue two intentional walks and end the torture.

HoraceClarke67 said...

And Wandy can't get the ball over the plate, either.

Ridiculous of Boone to go with Chappie in this game, and this situation.

JM said...

I can't stand it. Chapman was left in way too long. This is a lot to put on Peralta.

HoraceClarke67 said...

Throw him a big, fat, 50-mph right over the plate. He'll either hit it out or fan.

Anonymous said...

well at least it's entertaining.

Doug K.

HoraceClarke67 said...

Damn! Almost got him with the sinker!

JM said...

Chapman is a pitching Knoblauch.

Pocono Steve said...

Well, I'll be fuckin' dipped in shit!

JM said...

Jesus. That was completely unnecessary.

Fire Boone. Today.

HoraceClarke67 said...

Yeah! I knew he had him all the way...

Now I just have to go take 40 or 50 Losartan.

Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside said...

LOL JM!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

well good but fuck chapman.

Doug K.

TheWinWarblist said...

Just fuck me. Fuck me in the shower.

Pocono Steve said...

Everyone knows it's Wandy!

HoraceClarke67 said...

Well, speaking of Charlie Watts, we gotta give Wandy his props.

Funny, Chapman's (literal) meltdown is making heroes out of the whole rest of the pen.

ranger_lp said...

We won, no thanks to Chapman...

I've seen Chapman sweat before, but not like this...something is up with him...

TheWinWarblist said...

I'm not warbling for that metastasized cancer of a game. Fuck them.

Pocono Steve said...

The only question is, when do the Yankees abandon the "Chapman's the closer because he's our closer" business?

Leinstery said...

Holy Moly. He has to be DFA'd, he hasn't had a clean inning since May. Can we get a woman in the organization to accuse him of sexual harassment?

Rufus T. Firefly said...

Chapo is wearing a turtleneck. In Atlanta. In August.

HoraceClarke67 said...

Really, a very, very professional piece of pitching by Wandy, against a very good hitter.

Mother of Mercy, could this mean Cashman (occasionally) knows what he's doing?

Anonymous Bosch said...

Tampa Bay won. Boston about to win (11-8 - top of 9th in a home game)

TheWinWarblist said...

Everything is going great, so why do I feel like I'm in an abusive relationship??

Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside said...

Don’t worry, John Warbled twice to make up for. (Once was on that foul tip about 20 minutes ago…)

HoraceClarke67 said...

Yeah, fuckin' A, ranger and Leinstery! Isn't it time we fucking acknowledged that something is physically and/or mentally wrong with Chapo?

Rufus T. Firefly said...

Unknown,

The answer is NO!

TheWinWarblist said...

Everything fucking every fucking thing is wrong with fucking Chapman.

HoraceClarke67 said...

Paulie O'Neill lauding Boone for trusting Chapman "who has somehow lost his confidence, but hopefully he'll get it back."

Hopefully, for another team in a National League city. Or maybe in Japan.

Rufus T. Firefly said...

NO to casshman knowing what he's doing.

YES to Chapo needing professional help.

TheWinWarblist said...

The idiots in the Yes studio are, well, idiots.

Rufus T. Firefly said...

At least the twinkies have two on and nobody out in the 9th.

TheWinWarblist said...

At least the grounds crew won't have to water the infield tonight.

Pocono Steve said...

Right, Warblist. What did Curry say? "Chapman sometimes makes in interesting," or something like that? "Sometimes"? Only "interesting"?

JM said...

O'Neill has the intelligence of a hamster. And he's a toady.

Rufus T. Firefly said...

Anybody else really, really, REALLY miss Mariano?

Pocono Steve said...

The problem with Mariano nostalgia is that we get accused of not holding closers to non-Mariano standards, and I'm sorry--Chapman is terrible as a closer. If they're going to use him, it can't be in ninth-inning situations.

Rufus T. Firefly said...

Chapo isn't even Lindy McDaniel.

ranger_lp said...

Oh, I remember when a lot of you folks were yelling at Cashman for trading Tauchman, that we needed a center fielder that could hit and run. Well, Tauchman is out of baseball, and we got Peralta....

TheWinWarblist said...

He's basically only fit for mop up it blow outs. In SWB.

TheWinWarblist said...

Ranger, nothing of the sort ever ever happened in this noble blog. Certainly none of the wise and erudite Commentariat ever ever said anything like that.

ranger_lp said...

@Winnie...really?

ranger_lp said...

Wow...I'm detecting revisionist history...

Kevin said...

Anyone have any ludes? We would all be so much more rational if we had an old bottle. 😋

ranger_lp said...

Jack Curry needs to STFU...man what an idiot....

HoraceClarke67 said...

Ranger, Ghost of Hoss here, and I'll admit it: I thought trading Tauchman for this reliever with terrible stats was NUTS.

Hey, sometimes you just gotta tip your hat and call Cashman your daddy, revolting as that is.

But then, back in 1996 I thought the Yanks were nuts to pick up Cecil Fielder and Graeme Lloyd for a tremendous young player like Gerald Williams. Hey, I'll admit it when I'm wrong. (Cash won't. Ever.)

Anonymous said...

Enough with all the comments about Chapman's sweating--this is pure frat-boy malicious racism. "Black skin has many more mixed apocrine-eccrine sweat glands than does white skin." OK? Enough already, ya' beer-bloated smug suburban old farts.

Now--as for Chapman's performance: there's nothing awry with him mentally: certainly that's less of a problem for him than for most of the racist assholes on this blog. The problem is that his fastball sits about five or six MPH slower than it did at his peak. Cashman covets big stars and big names and grabs them just when they are peaking, so he's stuck with them for several years of their decline, when they are ONLY a name and a memory.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/019096229170148U

Scottish Yankee fan said...

4.30 am here in Scotland

My nerves are shattered at the end of that game

Due in work at 7.30

I must be off my head watching these games that finish so late

I am going to look like the night of The walking Dead at work tomorrow

Ceeja said...

Why is Odor at third for the bottom of the ninth? Why not put Wade in for defense? That little bleeder to third should have ended the game.

HoraceClarke67 said...

Scotland forever! Glad you're back. And don't worry, a win always makes you feel like you're floating on a cloud all day.

Good point about Wade, Ceeja. And frankly, it looked like Chapo had Albies struck out.

But why IS he wearing an undershirt in Atlanta, in August?

HoraceClarke67 said...

And yeah, we loved us some Mariano. But we gave all sorts of guys their props after The Great One: Rafael Soriano, Dave Robertson, Andrew Miller.

Chapman keeps failing like no other Yankees reliever has quite failed before.

Anonymous said...

Ceeja--good point. I think that at this point Wade is a more valuable player than Odor, the latter's occasional homerun notwithstanding. Their OPS is about the same, but Wade surpasses Odor in speed, defense, and versatility--and that intangible contribution to team energy. Odor seems like one of Cashman's sluggard chess pieces. A run saved on defense is just as crucial in the balance of a game as a run scored from an occasional homerun--and is likely to come into play more often. But Odor is the "name," a critical factor in the Boone-Cashman strategery, which is as far removed from analytics as a ouija board.

Oasisdave said...

I don't know what's happening here but they are starting to look pretty good 🥴

Kevin said...

Anon, get real. NOBODY sweats like Chapman. Maybe he's does too much creatine; whatever, just don't start with that racist horseshit of yours.

"The problem is that his fastball sits about five or six MPH slower than it did at his peak". Really, what the fuck was he throwing, 108?
"Now--as for Chapman's performance: there's nothing awry with him mentally...." Oh, the irony. I'd say that SOMETHING has changed in his body causing him to lose his release point/confidence. For such a demanding, precise activity the mind-body connection is ALMIGHTY.
And fuck you, I'm not going to do YOUR research (which you never do anyway) and source my statement. We are watching something that happens to every athlete eventually. This is, unfortunately in FF (see Steve Blass, Rick Ankiel, etc). Who knows, maybe he can stave it off.
And isn't it time for you to take your milk and meds? Say, "goodnight".

Anonymous said...

Kevin--You uncork a psychotic spree like this and then question someone else's sanity? Firs of all, African Americans in general sweat more than whites. Ever watch a concert film of Louis Armstrong? You're a malicious racits buffoon.

Now as for your insane ravings and lies and distortions about Chapman--I can only say, Good one, ya' demented child-porn addict. You think Chapman's fastball SITS at 103 now, so he used to throw 108? Sorry, you fucking moron--in 2016 Chapman's average four-seamer was 101.1. It's now 98.5, and has been declining over the second half of the season, so it now SITS at 96 or 97, which is close to an average MLB fastball--nothing special. He's lost FOUR MPH off his slider since 2015. Those losses in velocity account for HUGE differences in effectiveness, especially since he throws a straight fastball without much movement--it has to be overwhelmingly fast to be effective. The average exit volicty against his pitches has gone up FOUR MPH since 2015. Hard-hit percentage is up 3 percent in that time. K percentage is down 2.6 percent. BB percentage is up FIVE percent, bespeaking a fatal loss of command. His ERA is up TWO FULL RUNS since 2015. This all tells the story of marked physical decline. Your post, on the other hand, which contains, no facts, no stats, and no references, is PURE BLUFF AND BULLSHIT, your usual amalgam of hysterics and ignorance and malice. Chapman is clearly in physical decline--and you are clearly in mental decline. Now go fuck all the way off and never rear your retarded skull here again--got that kiddie-porn scum?

https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/savant-player/aroldis-chapman-547973?stats=statcast-r-pitching-mlb

Anonymous said...

Kevin--you'd better be sure all your kiddie-porn files are well encrypted. I don't think they have access to YES and 24-hour wi-fi in a federal penitentiary.

Kevin said...

Anon, can you really not read anything and make sense and context? If so, sorry, I'll lay off. Go back and read your bullshit, then check my responses. I'm not going to respond to your disjointed arguments, you never once have responded to any refutations. Funny, the only thing that you are consistent with are your obsessions with kiddie-porn. You need to get a grip, it's not very becoming, even to a self-important troll like you. Sad to say, you're neither amusing, creepy, disgusting, or knowledgeable. You just crawl under the door into a room of nice people, like a fuckin cockaroach, Tony. Adios, muchacha.

Anonymous said...

Dear Kiddie-Porn Addict--MY disjointed arguments? You post your usual series of lies and fictions and incoherent palaver--with ZERI documented stats or sources, as usual--and then you fling nonstop invective to cover up your own lack of documentation and sources. I cited documented facts, with a source, as serious interlocutors do--people who study the subject and can back up assertions with arguments. You cite nothing, source nothing, just blabber and slaver incoherently. If you have any documented facts to counterpose to the ones I cited to support the obvious reality of Chapman's PHYSICAL decline, please do so. If you don't, please spare us the further embarrasssment of your ravings. You have yet to cite ONE FACT or ONE SOURCE. You never do. You not only cannot do other people's research, you can't even do your own! LOL! And of course physical decline can cause emotional anguish--but that wasn't what was being argued above--it was that Chapman's lapses in performance were mainly a MENTAL problem, not a physical one. So I documented, with specifics and sources, his physical decline as the main problem. You can't even get that straight--you're so fucking stupid it's just staggering. Read your refutations? I cited facts--you cited no facts, because you know none and study none. You're a delusional psychopath who has NEVER mounted a coherent argument about anything--nor have you EVER cited any documented facts or stats about anything. Just your usual demented posturing.

Now cite some data--any data, such as today's date or how many days there are in a week. Let's hear it, genius. Some real facts--not just your desperate, diseased rope-a-dope. You really need help. You're a stupid man with no life--just an imagined expertise in a sport you know nothing about--the perverse megalomania of a complete failure and moron. Tsk, tsk.

Now those facts and sources, genius? C'mon, Mr. Bluff--facts and sources. I showed that Chapman is in physical decline by documenting his declining performance. You've documented nothing but the fact that you're a psychopathic worm. Surely you can document something other than that! LOL!

Anonymous said...

""The problem is that his fastball sits about five or six MPH slower than it did at his peak". Really, what the fuck was he throwing, 108?" See, Moron, I refuted this arrant stupidity by demonstrating where Chapman's fastball ACTUALLY SAT ("sat" being shorthand for average speed, you imbecile) and then documenting the decline. You blabber about 108 as though you don't grasp even simple arithmetic or the concept of an average. 103 might have been his PEAK fastball in 2016, not where it SAT, i.e, his average. I feel like I'm having to explain these things to a retarded five-year-old. That's how fucking stupid and uninformed you are.

Anonymous said...

Here it all is, Moron! See . . . I don't mind doing your research for you. I believe in being kind to the retarded.

https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/savant-player/aroldis-chapman-547973?stats=statcast-r-pitching-mlb

Anonymous said...

"At least the grounds crew won't have to water the infield tonight." Nice job by the racist pig Warblist. Boy, those black folks sho' do sweat up a river, don't they? Sho' nuff, Warblist, who gets his panties twisted in a knot if someone uses the word "tranny." What a fucking callous hypocrite.

Rufus T. Firefly said...

Any idiot could see that Chapo was awful last night and sweating in a turtleneck in Atlanta in August.

But puckered is a special kind of idiot.

Anonymous said...

Shut up, Dufus, you racist pig. This sweating "joke" has been recycled constantly irrespective of his garb. Why not treat us to another of your famous airhead treatises on the dangers of COVID vaccines, ya' diseased piece of shit.

Rufus T. Firefly said...

You're right, Buck's Puckered Hemorrhoid. I distinctly recall complaining about Oscar Gamble sweating profusely while being overdressed.

Wait, what?

Rosanne Rosannadanna: NEVERMIND!

Kevin said...

Leave him 'lone, Rufus. Da boy aint on his medication again. Why anyone can tell, unless he's just plain dumb.

Rufus T. Firefly said...

Kevin,

Don't discount the possibility (OK, certainty) that both are correct. Along with several other psychiatric conditions.

Anonymous said...

Kevin and Dufus--the blog's dynamic duo of flustered, impotent Grandpa rage!

Anonymous said...

Have you noted the profuse sweating of any white people, Dufus, you corroded anti-vaxxer piece of shit?

Rufus T. Firefly said...

Nick,Nick,Nick.

Anonymous said...

That's right, I'm Nick, moron, and you're the king of France. Please send a selfie of yourself with a tube down your throat, anti-vaxxer piece of shit.

Anonymous said...

Hey inspector Clouseau--why don't you email or call Nick and ask him if I'm the guy who posts on this blog? Or why not drop by his residence, Inspector? You'll probably end up in jail for harassment of a stranger. Hopefully this Nick will have a gun and will be prepared to deal with intruders Old West style. That might save you a trip to the ICU, anti-vaxxer piece of shit.

Rufus T. Firefly said...

You're right, Buck's Puckered Hemorrhoid. I distinctly recall complaining about Willie Randoph sweating profusely while being overdressed.

Wait, what?

Rosanne Rosannadanna: NEVERMIND!

Rufus T. Firefly said...

You're right, Buck's Puckered Hemorrhoid. I distinctly recall complaining about Reggie Jackson sweating profusely while being overdressed.

Wait, what?

Rosanne Rosannadanna: NEVERMIND!

Rufus T. Firefly said...

You're right, Buck's Puckered Hemorrhoid. I distinctly recall complaining about Darryl Strawberry sweating profusely while being overdressed.

Wait, what?

Rosanne Rosannadanna: NEVERMIND!

Rufus T. Firefly said...

You're right, Buck's Puckered Hemorrhoid. I distinctly recall complaining about Gary Sheffield sweating profusely while being overdressed.

Wait, what?

Rosanne Rosannadanna: NEVERMIND!

Rufus T. Firefly said...

You're right, Buck's Puckered Hemorrhoid. I distinctly recall complaining about Cecil Fielder sweating profusely while being overdressed.

Wait, what?

Rosanne Rosannadanna: NEVERMIND!

Rufus T. Firefly said...

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand finally:

You're right, Buck's Puckered Hemorrhoid. I distinctly recall complaining about Roy White (straight outta Compton) sweating profusely while being overdressed.

Wait, what?

Rosanne Rosannadanna: NEVERMIND!

Rufus T. Firefly said...

Ever been to Compton, Cracker?

Kevin said...

I've seen a LOT of profusely sweating white people. I doubt that a laddie who has never worked in his life would have had the experience. Yeah, sleeping in the parent's cellar with, no, uh, "special friend" to listen to your Snowflake loser ideology must really make you feel a bit bitter and mean. And having those student loans to pay for unusable credits... Yep, that could turn any disturbed lad into a prick. Now get back on your meds and make something of your life.

Anonymous said...

Have you ever seen an entire thread in this blog about a sweating white person, you fucking moron? Always distorting or missing the point or both, like a fucking retard.