Altogether now... Wahhhh, wahhh, wahhh...
2. Every great team has a Victor Cruz - that is, a nobody who comes out of nowhere to be a star.
Jose Trevino...
3. Last night, the Yankees avenged the Cubs' insult to former teammate, Clint Frazier. Earlier in the day, Chicago waived Red Thunder, who had popped off about his time in NYC, and being forced to shave.
Oh, well...
4. I watched the Scranton BusRiders last night in Syracuse, a doubleheader sweep, but was dismayed by the lack of prospects in the lineup. Seems like everybody is over 27.
I get the need to use Triple A as a recycling plant, but it sure would be nice to see a few youngsters. Our MLB success this season has obscured a rather bleak year on the farms.
5. Personal note: This magical Yankee season is threatening my ability to catch up on favored streaming TV shows. I'm currently backlogged on Better Call Saul, The Boys, Russian Doll, The Flight Attendant, Stranger Things - and last night, Netflix broke out Peaky Blinders.
Yeesh. Who can watch shows when you're at 42-18 (Correction: 42-16)?
6. I better shut up. You know where all this happy talk is headed, right?
At the end of all this, we're going to lose to the Mets.
Amazing how few positional players that ever it to AAA. This sounds mean, but that photo of Clint down below looks like a crazy person. Well, some people just don't take good photos. On the other hand, he needs to learn to keep that mouth of his under tight control.
ReplyDeleteI don't want to be accused of being a pedant, a Felix Unger pest insisting on precise details, but the Yankees record is 42-16. Enjoy!
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ReplyDeleteSWB is down there at the bottom third of the IL East standings at a guady 22-36. You would think a team stocked with "veterans" would be a bit bit better.
ReplyDeleteSad for you Senor El Duque, your Syracuse Irregulars are all the way down at the bottom at 20-37. Now that's ugly.
The big news here is Peaky Blinders. Are those new episodes?
ReplyDeleteDon’t tell anyone, but Florial has been on fire lately in SWB. His average is almost .300, OPS .853, 16SB 13.6 % BB…if he can sustain he will be at least a viable trade chip at the deadline.
ReplyDeleteI can not help but to ask . . . El Duque - has the Scottish Yankee fan ever responded?
ReplyDeleteThis subplot provides at least as much narrative tension as The Boys (3) and Stranger Things (4) combined.
Never seen Peaky Blinders, though people swear by it. Same with Stranger Things. Worthwhile? I'd also like to check out Ozark, but never have.
ReplyDeleteI like Better Call Saul, but...unlike Breaking Bad, it's always a little too elaborate, like the writers are more obsessed with the schemes than the characters.
42-16. Yeah, it boggles the mind. Well, the Hateful 13 a-coming will tell us a lot...
Never seen Peaky either. Just my personal takes
ReplyDeleteI found Stranger Things overblown, unoriginal, derivative. The kids were great though. It’s really a show for young people who never lived through the 80’s
Ozark? Good, but not great. Tiresome by the time you get to the end.
Love both BB and Saul!
My recommendations:
Queens Gambit
The Crown
Crash Landing on You
Handmaid’s Tale
For action
Narcos
Narcos: Mexico
Off the wall choice?
Japan Sinks.
It's bizarro Cash season. Big club's a juggernaut, Scranton struggling. Has been the other way round for a the last decade or so.
ReplyDeleteMy current favorite is "The Offer" on Paramount +. It's about the making of the Godfather.
ReplyDeleteThere is something seriously wrong with it in the best possible way.
I can't decide if it's cheesy or absolutely brilliant. It doesn't seem to take it self seriously - even as it absolutely does.
And don't get me started on the acting... Watching people play Brando, Pacino, Cann, Coppola... and pretty much getting away with it, is worth the price of admission right there.
Plus, it has a lot of really cool insight about what it took to get it made and the back stories behind a number a of classic scenes.
There's one episode to go and it is destination TV for me. First time in a long while.
Above Average: Unfortunately, Michael Anthony has not yet contacted me through El Duque, either. I was so looking forward to that million dollar check even though that check is worth only about 1/10 of what it formerly was worth.
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ReplyDeleteI have been surprised at the NYYs success all season. So far. Haven't you?
Now, I am prepared (after these 2 games with the Cubs) to be shocked as the NYYs go 4-2 or 5-1 vs. the Rays and Jays.
Could happen, you know. If they split with the Cubbies, a 5-and-1 record vs. the two rivals would put the W-L at 48-18. Astonishing, if it happens. AND --
Worth wishing for.
This is an odd conversation. Are we expecting rain at 7:15?
ReplyDeleteWe sure are, Beauregard. Supposed to be a deluge. DH tomorrow? But silly not to play today.
ReplyDeleteGotta check out The Offer, Doug. I have to say, I didn't much like Queen's Gambit, 999, though I love that actress.
In the book of The Goodfather—way, way, worse than the movie, in my humble opinion—Puzo does a clever thing, which is to basically scoop up all the greatest Mafia hits (and complete urban myths) in one package.
ReplyDeleteFor instance, the Corleone family taking "care of all its business" was inspired by "The Night of the Sicilian Vespers"—a night sometime in the late twenties or early thirties when, all across the US, every one of the old "Moustache Pete" mob bosses were knocked off, all at once.
Compete hooey. But makes for fun cinema.
For that matter, the mob didn't interest itself in keeping sweet old women in their apartments, and it INITIATED bringing drugs into this country and selling them. But the way they do things in those movies, it works.
Horace, All, What I love most about this blog is that we can offer opinions and politely disagree. No one gets pissed off or insulting in their replies... Anna Taylor-Joy of Queens Gambit is going to be a real star, if she’s not already.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I will miss tonight’s game, so please bring home a winner!
The Belmont running in a matter of minutes. After an interminable pre-race show.
ReplyDeleteI suggest The Method. Russian show with subtitles. Only one season. We liked it a lot. Also the German show, Dark. Mind bending.
ReplyDeleteThis morning I checked the standings. I expected things to have gone downhill. Nestor lost. And then the next night Cole got shelled and spit out like a salted peanut. And then we lost in extra innings last night, yes? But the record was still best in baseball and the standings say the Yanks are 9-1 over their last 10. I was confused. How could that be? Our best starter and our "Ace" had both been slapped around! We lost in extras! We should be in third or fourth staring up at Tampa and Toronto!
ReplyDeleteTHE STANDINGS SAY WE'RE 9-1 OVER THE LAST 10 GAMES!!?? HOW CAN THAT BE??? AND THE FUCKING METS HAVE THE BEST FUCKING RECORD IN THE FUCKING NL AND SECOND FUCKING BEST RECORD OVERALL!!!!
WHAT IS GOING ON!!???!?!? WHAT THE OUTRAGEOUS FUCKING FUCK IS GOING ON!!???!?!?
Queen's Gambit was awesome.
ReplyDeleteI liked it, too. Also The Man in the High Tower. Started off a little slow, but worth it.
ReplyDeleteRich Strike was 80-1 and won the Derby. Bettors made it 4-1 today and it got buried. People attached too much to that one outlier that was the Derby win.
ReplyDeleteWow.
ReplyDeleteJudge
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ReplyDeleteGleyber Day
ReplyDeleteTrevino hits the pole
ReplyDeleteUnreal
The TREE hits the POLE!
ReplyDeleteJudge 2
ReplyDeleteThis is crazy
ReplyDeletethree true outcomes night.
ReplyDeleteRizzo
ReplyDeleteTonight on Home Run Derby...
solo home runs don't win playoff games.
ReplyDeleteenjoy the summer. it won't last.
Smolz doing everything possible to denigrate the Yankees' power. Asshole.
ReplyDeleteGive JOHN and SUZYN a bat!
ReplyDeleteTrue outcomes night
ReplyDeleteAt least the full Monty might actually get a (w) tonight. And we got to hear John shouting "belly to belly".
ReplyDeleteBut don't get too excited over a ton of HRs off of a AAAA pitcher.
They will come back to earth. Just in time to rip your heart out.
So blatantly hates the Yankees. The team that thwarted the Braves at every turn.
ReplyDeleteA win's a win. I'll take it.
ReplyDeleteSmoltz is a putz, worse than a schmuck. Still jealous that the Boston Braves were never as good as the Yankees, like every other Boston team.
ReplyDeleteSwarber has given up one more home run in five as our ace did in two and a third.
ReplyDeleteGive the kid 36 million.
ReplyDeleteJM - would you share the win with all of us?
ReplyDeleteWhat? I don't get it. Sorry.
ReplyDeleteI'm pretty fried. My wife has been in the hospital since Wednesday. It's wearing.
ReplyDeleteA win's a win. > I'll take it. <
ReplyDeletewasn't all that obvious - please forgive
6 solo HRs is a perfectly fine way to whip a bad team. Just go with it my Babies.
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear about your wife - I hope she recovers soon
ReplyDeleteThanks. It's not the first time. But hopefully it will be the last.
ReplyDeleteOoooooh! Swarmer is a baby! This was only his 3rd appearance in the Bigs.
ReplyDeleteWelcome to the Show Kid.
Now small ball
ReplyDeletePoor little Swarber.
ReplyDeleteOmg, of course I meant that I hope my wife will be fine from now on. That could be taken another way.
ReplyDeleteI AM burnt out.
I got it. Chose not to interpret it the other way :)
ReplyDeleteNow focus on sharing the win
Yessir.
ReplyDeleteHey, Pharaoh hit a homer. Good for him.
ReplyDeleteMonty is on fire.
ReplyDeleteWhy are my posts disappearing?
ReplyDeleteOh well, g'night.
See you, Rufus.
ReplyDeleteThat's happened to me lately, too.
ReplyDeleteDisappearing posts? That's odd. What with the cutting edge technology of website and all.
ReplyDelete8-0. I'll take it.
ReplyDeleteYankees Win!!!
ReplyDeleteWin, I've often said that when they get this technology thing right, it'll really be something.
ReplyDeleteThat was a big Yankees win.
ReplyDeleteWhich federal agency do you think is taking down our posts? The CDC? The FBI? The CIA? The FDA? I'm hoping that we all don't have to attorney up.
ReplyDeleteJM
ReplyDeleteI hope all is good with your wife.
43 and 16 is preposterous. These are not Jordan's Bulls, and yet!?
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ReplyDeletere: the offer
Glad you are going to check it out. Temper you expectations and just go with it and it is great.
JM, very sorry to hear that. Hope you can get some sleep.
ReplyDeleteAnd I agree, 999. Just as somebody who followed that Bobby Fischer match big time as a kid, I found Queens Gambit awfully unrealistic. She plays while drunk? And wins? Good luck. And the Russians are good guys? The Russians used to do all they could to intimidate and play mind games on foreigners—or even Soviet citizens—they did not want to win. Just ask Kasparov.
Beyond all that, though, I found it awfully p.c. The girl is really eager to sleep with a boy...but she ends up with her platonic best friend, a gay guy?
Beautifully shot, though, and I agree about the star.
What the -
ReplyDeleteI go out for the evening and the ream belts SIX HR’s?
Does this mean I have to go out during every game? Or are the evil juju gods just screwing with me?
JM,:
ReplyDeleteWe all write ridiculous things on this blog. Here's my serious thing: I hope your wife is ok
local bargain jerk - I think we all should channel our inner do gooders and hope that everything resolves for the best in the JM household
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