It is high, it is far, it is... caught!: Chapman is awful, Gallo is terrible, Hicks is sad... and yet...

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Sunday, July 3, 2022

Chapman is awful, Gallo is terrible, Hicks is sad... and yet...

Posted by el duque at 6:34 AM

... Everybody else in the AL East is chasing the Wild Card.

Call a Yank fan you haven't heard from lately.

We may never see a summer like this again.

Happy Fourth, everybody.

41 comments:

TheWinWarblist said...: Happy Fourth. This season is going to hurt like no other. Mark my words.; July 3, 2022 at 8:05 AM
DickAllen said...: Or, as they say on Nabu, may the fourth be with you; July 3, 2022 at 9:54 AM
Parson Tom said...: Play ball!; July 3, 2022 at 10:23 AM
Carl J. Weitz said...: As Billy Martin might say " Drink a fifth on the Fourth!"; July 3, 2022 at 11:11 AM
JM said...: I think Billy has something there.

And Chapman IS awful, Gallo IS terrible, and Hicks IS sad. But we're stuck with Hicks, Gallo inexplicably remains, and Chapman is a millstone around our necks until his contract expires at the end of the season.

Hicks might be coming around enough to remain on the playoff rosters, but I don't see how the other two could possibly be justified. Cashman is just going to have to punt, if they're still around by then. Doesn't he put a lot of store in something called statistics?; July 3, 2022 at 11:28 AM
AboveAverage said...: Warm birthday wishes go out today to Brian McGuire Cashman - aka THE INTERN.

Born on July 3, 1967 in a town called Rockville Centre, New York, Ca$hman grew up to be still alive today and working for The New York Yankees.

Raise your holiday weiners and and salute this man who is EXACTLY who is is.; July 3, 2022 at 12:12 PM
BTR999 said...: Andujar, of course is gone, exiled again to SWB.
Last night in SWB, Florial hit 2 more HR’s and his OPS is now .900
Marinaccio on the IL, and it sounds serious.
JP Sears has rejoined the club. Role unknown.
Chapman is back and worse than ever.
Judge not playing today, hasn’t been hitting lately.

Somehow, we need to find a way to win.
Pitching.
Pitching, Pitching, Pitching.; July 3, 2022 at 12:58 PM
Parson Tom said...: Dang! Marinaccio really had it going on. This hurts.

I guess we better pray for Loaisaga's miracle recovery and German's too.; July 3, 2022 at 1:06 PM
BTR999 said...: Loaisiga’s rehab seems to be on schedule, but he is not close to returning.
German had another very successful minor league outing yesterday, but there’s no indication
from the team what their plan is for him. I’d say he’s just about ready, but hell Andujar’s been ready all year
and can’t get any real opportunities to play …Cashman/Boone dontcha know…; July 3, 2022 at 1:22 PM
Doug K. said...: A Holiday Haiku

Celebrate today.
Fourteen games up is a lot.
Trade Joey Gallo.; July 3, 2022 at 1:29 PM
Doug K. said...: and one last one...

Carpenter hews wood.
A Judge unites. (For a change.)
Trade Joey Gallo; July 3, 2022 at 1:44 PM
JM said...: Rightie on the mound, so of course Donaldson is playing. The guy who can't hit righties to save his life.; July 3, 2022 at 1:47 PM
JM said...: Trade Joey Gallo.; July 3, 2022 at 1:47 PM
HoraceClarke66 said...: Ridiculous to send Andujar down. Crazy, even.

Joe must go.; July 3, 2022 at 1:51 PM
JM said...: Roster spots are based on salary, not merit.; July 3, 2022 at 2:11 PM
AboveAverage said...: Doug:

Your Holiday Haikus were very inspirational.

I would also like to share one:

Andujar is Gone

What the F@Ck are you thinking

How Disappointing; July 3, 2022 at 2:17 PM
TheWinWarblist said...: I am knee walking on hand shaken pina coladas. Joey Gallo is still a useless fuckface.; July 3, 2022 at 2:18 PM
Doug K. said...: AA,

Nice! Also great use of the Gallo graphic.; July 3, 2022 at 2:30 PM
Joe Formerlyof Brooklyn said...: In the immortal words of Cato The Censor -- "Gallo delenda est."; July 3, 2022 at 2:44 PM
HoraceClarke66 said...: YES, Joe FOB! I love that!; July 3, 2022 at 2:47 PM
Doug K. said...: Joe FoB,

Necessarium absolute!; July 3, 2022 at 3:00 PM
TheWinWarblist said...: I am drinking. These people better tighten their shit up!; July 3, 2022 at 3:03 PM
JM said...: Resting guys like this is basically saying you don't want to win every game. You can sit guys and not put your best team on the field. Of course, this being the Yankees, you know the management doesn't care about having the best team on the field. That's why Gallo is still here, why Miggy is in pergatory, why Donaldson starts against righties, why Hicks gets as much playing time as he does, why they won't give up on Chapman... important roster spots taken up by guys who shouldn't be here, leaving hungrier, better, often younger guys mired in the minors. This is the Yankee way, and it's an important reason why we haven't won a ring in 13 years.

Rant over. We just keep saying the same thing over and over every year, and nothing changes. It's frustrating.; July 3, 2022 at 3:40 PM
JM said...: And I can refute everything I said there, so I know, I know. But it still frosts me.; July 3, 2022 at 3:45 PM
HoraceClarke66 said...: The lineup looks like it was picked from a hat. Rizzo and Stanton, 1-2?

The season's not far enough along for us to just mail one in—particularly when two runs could win it.

If they want to rest regulars, Andujar, Florial, and Carpenter should be playing today. Waste of another great pitching effort.; July 3, 2022 at 3:58 PM
HoraceClarke66 said...: And why is anyone resting with an off-day tomorrow???; July 3, 2022 at 3:59 PM
JM said...: Boone is an idiot.; July 3, 2022 at 4:00 PM
ranger_lp said...: Miggy is back in SWB because the Yanks could bring up an extra player because of the doubleheader. So he was the 27th guy. That's why.

Gallo's trade value continues to dwindle. It's now at two packages of eye black...; July 3, 2022 at 4:01 PM
Platoni said...: Wasn't the "Torres at SS" experiment supposed to be over?; July 3, 2022 at 4:22 PM
JM said...: Love how the announcers talk about how few walks this guy gives up, then he walks Rizzo on four pitches.

Nice error. Two on, no out.; July 3, 2022 at 4:27 PM
Rufus T. Firefly said...: Glad I was cutting down trees and not watching the debacle.

Looks like an NBA game. Just watch the last two minutes.; July 3, 2022 at 4:28 PM
JM said...: A top reliever. Right handed. So of course Donaldson bats. At least he didn't hit into a double play.; July 3, 2022 at 4:30 PM
Rufus T. Firefly said...: Torres was going for 5 run HR. Then the ump screwed him without needing to.; July 3, 2022 at 4:32 PM
JM said...: This guy's control is pretty bad.; July 3, 2022 at 4:36 PM
JM said...: Boone loses. Cleveland wins.; July 3, 2022 at 4:38 PM
Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside said...: Hicks! Should be banished to the sticks!

Leave him in Cleveland.; July 3, 2022 at 4:42 PM
Rufus T. Firefly said...: What JM said. Especially the last thing.; July 3, 2022 at 4:46 PM
AboveAverage said...: Today . . . we may not be winners . . . .

but at least we'll have our HOLIDAY WEINERS!; July 3, 2022 at 5:31 PM
ranger_lp said...: It's great to be a WEINER...; July 3, 2022 at 5:54 PM
EDB said...: The Yankees are way ahead. They got one hit Sunday. Look familiar. Several bats were out of the lineup, but. Barren Hicks, Joey K Donealdson are automatic outs. Chapman will choke in a big situation if used. Many of the other bats can be shutdown. Judge is in a big slump.; July 4, 2022 at 2:54 AM
The Archangel said...: I don't know why everyone is busy bitching about millionaires who play a children's game who fly chartered jets with meal money and custom hotel suites needing a day off before their day off.

After all, the Union Army took July 4th off after their visit to Gettysburg in 1863;

My Dad spent 48 hrs in Paris after a couple of months fighting Krauts in 1944. (However, the Battle of the Bugle was a tad disruptive.)

Saigon was a blast.

My son said sunsets in the Middle East could be quite breathtaking after a cozy stroll through any major town.

Give these Yankees a break. They are just suffering from PTSD after "20 games in 20 days."

You know, a regular Bataan Death March; July 4, 2022 at 6:43 AM

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