I'm glad the Yankees are listening to AROD, if no one else...
"This is gimmicky baseball ... It's ridiculous that [Judge] is hitting lead off. It's a mistake. I don't know who's doing it, Boone or Cashman, but somebody has to change that immediately."
— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) October 15, 2022
- @AROD on the Yankees batting Aaron Judge lead off pic.twitter.com/10C4UZ2Oaz
Please keep commenting, everyone. I just accidentally deleted most of the comments that were posted today. Sorry about that; we lost some real pearls. This is the last time I take software advice from Aaron Boone.
ReplyDeleteFfs
ReplyDeleteI'm commenting on Sevy, not you, Stang.
ReplyDeleteThanks JM
ReplyDeleteIt's hard to agree with anything AROD says but this is good advice. The issue is the Yankees DO NOT have a legitimate lead-off hitter. DJ and Benintendi would be the best options but that won't work.
ReplyDeletePS - IKF sucks at SS!!!!!
Cleveland just opened up an insurmountable, first-inning, 1-run lead.
ReplyDeleteSeverino won’t make it out of the 4th.
ReplyDeleteThis game feels like doom already
ReplyDeleteHaving flashbacks to 2017 when
ReplyDeleteLuis Severino was pulled from AL wild-card game after nightmare first inning vs Twins.
Bring on the midges.
ReplyDeleteAt least the midges would give Seve an excuse.
ReplyDeleteThis is a lot of fucking pitches. 31. Cripes.
ReplyDeleteSevy sucking.
ReplyDeleteYeah Costas' Wall of Sound is pretty effing annoying. As I write this, he's talking about Bob Hope and Bing Crosby. John himself would blush.
ReplyDeleteYes, an insurmountable 1 run lead.
ReplyDeleteThis is getting painful.
ReplyDeleteI'm assuming here, but...
ReplyDeleteJM:
I knew Bob Hope, I knew Bing. CostASS, you are neither.
We've seen this game script before many times.
ReplyDeleteCostas is really a monotone bore. He isn't a bad interviewer but as a play-by-play guy, he really is bad. Darling is even a bigger bore who offers very little insight. Surprising for an accomplished MLB pitcher and a Yale graduate.
I guess this is better than losing to Houston again
ReplyDeleteThe Guardians look so young and energetic and joyful. Must be nice.
ReplyDeleteIt's especially bad, since I pay for mlb.tv, just so I can get the Sterling overdub. And it's not available for the TBS games (for some reason it IS for the FS1 games - I guess they though Aroid violated the bill of rights)
ReplyDeleteGerman will be next.
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ReplyDeleteThis game evokes a tsunami of sadness.
ReplyDeleteBring in Squishface Girlbeater.
ReplyDeleteWe're very lucky it's only 2-0.
Well, Sevy broke the back of the pitching staff even if we pull this game out. The team's worst nightmare....
ReplyDeleteWaldo doing good. Nice advance. Meaningless, but nice.
ReplyDeleteYes!!!!!!!
ReplyDelete2-2
ReplyDeleteIf Judge is back...
ReplyDeleteImagine if they had Peraza at short instead of IKF.
ReplyDeleteImagine if we had a good broadcast team.... Staying with IKF is what analytics bring to the table....
ReplyDeleteAnd IKF at third instead of The Clown.
ReplyDeleteMan, some of the ball/strike calls in the Seattle game are just awful. Robots, please.
A cardboard cut-out may be better than IKF.
ReplyDeleteI didn't just see Judge wince while he caught that fly did I?
ReplyDeleteI like him. He does okay for a guy playing out of position, and he's a good contact hitter. I don't get the criticism.
ReplyDeleteI guess I'm easy like Sunday morning.
The bullpens in this Seattle-Houston game are fantastic.
ReplyDeleteJM - AAbout IKF, he's actually a victim of some bad decisions by the Yankees because he's better at third than short.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.pinstripealley.com/2022/9/6/23338140/yankees-analysis-isiah-kiner-falefa-shortstop-defense-fundamentals-mechanics-boone-cashman-ikf
JM,
ReplyDeleteIt's night time. Just sayin'. Maybe if the Yankees win, you'll be dancing on the ceiling.
I don't have any problem with IKF. He is out of position not of his choosing. And he is a situational hitter (same for Lee Trevino).
And here's hoping for a 37 inning game in Seattle.
Cabrera showing the donald how to strut when you REALLY hit a HR>
ReplyDeleteWaldo!!!!!
ReplyDeleteWaldo indeed with the Donaldson swag lol
ReplyDeleteGotta like the kid. Supposedly Peraza and Volpe are better.
ReplyDeleteIKF isn't a great SS or a terrible one. Wish he was playing third instead of the dolt.
ReplyDeleteIFK is primarily a groundball hitter who will always be streaky. Maybe better next year? Man but that Cabrera kid is strong, hitting that shot from "he who has face like iodine bottle" like that. Severino could go a long way towards saving the staff if he can go at least five.
ReplyDeleteMore lousy umping, this time in our favor.
ReplyDelete106 pitches. Wow. He really righted himself.
ReplyDeleteTrivino was blowing it. Lucky that liner was right at Gleyber.
ReplyDelete17th in Seattle.
ReplyDeleteGot to give to Luis Severino, didn't think he make it past the 3rd inning.
ReplyDeleteWhat a marathon going on in Seattle.
Master Bader!!!!
ReplyDeleteA Bader Blast!!!
ReplyDeleteUhhh, Bootsy, baby!!!
ReplyDeleteJordan Montgomery who?
ReplyDeleteHats off to Harry~~~~~~~~~~~!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteHicks- "Fuck"
ReplyDeleteTo Hinkey - good point! Maybe Cashman got one right?
ReplyDeleteMaster Bader beats one into the seats.
ReplyDeleteHere’s an old phrase…. John says Bader seems to have some sock.
ReplyDelete… most Baders have a favorite sock. (Why didn’t I think of that seconds ago?)
ReplyDeleteLos Del Rio is coming in to do the macarena
ReplyDeleteWhy not pinch-run for Higgy after he got on??? BTW, listening to Costas with his semi-staccato cadence and obvious and oft-repeated observations.....FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteAB, love your description of the little shithead.
ReplyDelete...and the fact he's 0 for 8.
ReplyDeleteFucking Houston.
ReplyDeleteCome back, Shane...I mean, Bosch!
Wendy, Michael and John coming in.
ReplyDeleteAB,
ReplyDeleteBased on 19 years, I'd say it's more likely I'd be in your neck of the woods first. I'll buy the wine and take the sommelier's suggestion!
Someone please assassinate CostASS please. PLEASE!
ReplyDeleteJust tuned in. We had movie night. Eraserhead.
ReplyDeleteOzWaldOh! Did well?
ReplyDeleteSo Winnie, it was chick-flick nite?
ReplyDeleteEraserhead is such a rom-com.
Tis. Neither I nor my Lovely and Delightful Partner had seen it. The dogs, 3 of the children and the MIL were also subjects.
ReplyDeleteIF the Yankees win tonight, you have to give a lot of respect to Severino. Stubborn pride probably pulled him through this game. Gotta love that.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was in high school, I asked a girl on a date and she said sure. So I took her to see Deliverance. Not a great date movie.
ReplyDeleteBig old Green Veltleiner... don't carry me too far away -ay...
ReplyDeleteThe 10 year old kept up an ongoing commentary worthy of MST 3K.
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, AB, we all fucking hate Houston.
ReplyDeleteAB,
ReplyDeleteIt would be my first time. Have done a few of the French versions and remarkably, one outside of Katowice of all places.
If you'll translate, I can eat and drink with the best of them. Especially drink.
King doesn’t need TS surgery…
ReplyDeleteRanger,
ReplyDeleteCostASS thinks Justin Beeber pitches for the Indians.
Only makes sense he's clueless about the Yankees too.
uh oh...
ReplyDeleteIsn't this how we lost yesterday?
ReplyDeleteTHE PAAAAAAAAAAAAAIN!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteDéjà vu all over again…
ReplyDeleteBlooper reel. Bye, Wendy. Save Tinkerbell!
ReplyDeleteWhat does King need?
ReplyDeleteCostASS needs to return his Eraserhead VHS tape to Blockbuster. He needs to be put in the Hebrew Home dementia wing.
ReplyDeleteGone with the Wand :(
ReplyDeleteCostASS
ReplyDeleteWe’re losing this game aren’t we?
ReplyDeleteIn the words of George Takai, oh, my.
ReplyDeleteThat was a well struck ball.
ReplyDeleteYes, trying to close games with Clarke Schmidt. What better bespeaks Cashman's deadline dealings?
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ReplyDeleteAlso, if Aaron Hicks cannot even be trusted to play left field late in games, why is he on the roster?
ReplyDeleteBoob CostASS couldn't root more wholeheartedly for the Indians.
ReplyDeleteOh brother...
ReplyDeleteSterling blames the shift. He’s sooooooo angry.
ReplyDeleteThere will not be a game 5, I am afraid.
ReplyDeleteBob Costas carries a Mickey Mantle rookie baseball card in his wallet.
ReplyDeleteWe're not going to win this.
ReplyDeleteLadies and Gentleman - Your 2022 Bullpen By Community.
ReplyDeleteSterling is correct.
ReplyDeleteOh fuck.
ReplyDeletesadness indeed
ReplyDeleteSigh.
ReplyDeleteDeath of a thousand cuts.......... Just knew it when Straw got on......
ReplyDeleteClark Schmidt. This is what These Our Second Half 2022 New York Yankees have as our best closer option.
ReplyDeleteImagine fuckin contact
ReplyDeleteAnother excellently managed game. By Francona.
ReplyDeleteFuckers.
ReplyDeleteAnybody ever hear of a waste pitch?
ReplyDeleteDeath to Hal!
ReplyDelete15 hits. The Yankees gave up 15 hits. It should not have been this close.
ReplyDeleteYes, the shift is asinine.
ReplyDeleteBut how we couldn't get through that inning...
I’m kind of glad I have to fly to Germany tomorrow night, so I won’t have to bear witness to end of this crushing disappointment of a season.
ReplyDeleteAnd we managed 5 hits.
ReplyDeleteThank god the Germans have yet to win a World Series.
ReplyDeleteI WISH that I'd spent my time watching "Erasurehead".
ReplyDeleteAgain and again and again.
ReplyDeleteThis will be the 9th playoff series in 20 seasons when this team won the first game, but lost the series. Incredible.
Yankees payroll - $214,676,803
ReplyDeleteCleveland payroll - $56,507,878
Cashole ruined any chance this team had at the trade deadline
ReplyDeleteI know, Doug! Amazing.
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, once again, the shift cost us. People playing at normal depths and positions would have won this game.
NO CLOSER
ReplyDeleteNO CLOSURE
At 1-2, on that last at-bat, there needed to be a pitch way inside or way outside. Nothing hittable. That guy might have bit.
ReplyDeleteSomeone got bit.
ReplyDeleteYou said it, AA. Glad we didn't need Robertson.
ReplyDeleteI guess The Holmes was tired, or somethin'...
ReplyDeleteHorace, I was SURE we'd trade for Robertson. I mean who in our farm system would we have lost? Just un fucking believable.
ReplyDeleteThere’s a first, scalped by Guardians.
ReplyDeleteWell - we can all rest easy knowing that Cole will go tomorrow and save the season for us . . .. . .
ReplyDeleteOH wait a second - - - can someone hop a flight to Cleveland with this tin of Spider Tack. I have a feeling someone might really need it to make their Sunday a Funday
ReplyDeleteHC?
ReplyDeleteWanna try to get this into Cole's hands prior to game time?
thanks EBD for your - - - in sight
ReplyDeleteI wish this was a 3 game series if you catch my drift…
ReplyDeleteThe only consolation, and it’s a raw one, is that I think most of us here would rather be eliminated by CLE than by HOU.
AAnd what will the consequences be? Anything? Nothing?
Maybe I should take up drinking.
mik said
ReplyDelete“ Yankees payroll - $214,676,803
Cleveland payroll - $56,507,878”
Right there Ladies and Gentleman, is your full and absolute reason for firing Cashman.
EBDBARNEY:"As for your irrelevancy about the Yankee defense--you must be addressing someone else. That's not germaine to anything being discussed here". Thilly, thilly girl who thinks she's clever. Totally "germane" to the conversation. Youth is more closely associated with baseball performance than hitting, "whereas the Yankees are an old, stodgy, immoblie collection of overpriced chess pieces relying on a one-man offense", YOUR words. If age was such a determinant, why don't you flash some stats on runs scored. You know, "young-scrappy" v old and decrepit. What are you trying to say? That it's better to be young and ineffective than older and know what you're doing"? FWIW, you make a good point regarding statistical positioning. And please cite your sources regarding the advantages of being "young" v "old" in the playoffs. Good luck with THAT, not that you'll bother to tell us if you are wrong. Which you are.
ReplyDeleteGame 1
ReplyDeleteLoiasiga 0.2 innings 12 pitches
Peralta 1.1 - 8 pitches
Holmes 0.2 - 10 pitches
Game 2
Loiasiga 1.2 - 15 pitches
Peralta 1.0 - 15 pitches
Holmes 0.2 - 16 pitches
Game 3
Loiasiga 0.2 - 15 pitches
Peralta 1.2 - 27 pitches
Holmes 0 - 0 pitches (unavailable for some reason)
This is a team whose management's (grand or otherwise) only raison d'être is to make the playoffs. Hoping that they could be held to account for October bed shitting is quixotic.
*Youth is more closely associated with baseball defensive performance than hitting ^^^^^^^^
ReplyDeleteApparently Boone actually said that Holmes was unavailable for tonight's game.
ReplyDeleteIn other words, he is injured. He probably has been injured ever since his seasons suddenly began to go south in, what, July?
Just as Sevvy was injured for much of the 2018 season, when HIS season suddenly began to go south in July.
But...nothing is ever admitted, and nothing is ever done.
I agree with you all: Yes, better to lose to Cleveland than to extend this through a trip to Texas. No, Cashman and especially HAL have no interest in anything beyond getting this team to contend for—and perhaps make—the playoffs. And no, nothing will change. Ever.
It’s virtual midge season out there…
ReplyDeleteJudge needs to go somewhere he can win. On this team he’s looking like another wasted Trout.
ReplyDeleteYet,
ReplyDeleteCashman will be back,
Boone will manage,
Hicks will be on the roster for defensive purposes even if he does not play in the bottom of the 9th., and
Hal will retain his consummate suckatude
Asian water torture
WTF! The 162-game regular season is meaningless. Three of the four teams with the best regular season records are gone and the fifth-best record is about to be vanquished. Houston survived thanks only to late-game heroics in three straight games. The winner of the extended tournament gets to claim championship status, but it has nothing to do with season-long excellence. The fuckers have ruined baseball.
ReplyDeleteOn top of that, the Yankees suck.
Let's get real. The FO didn't scapegoat IFK, he sucks as a regular shortstop. As a third baseman Donaldson has a sickly .682 compared to IFK's deathly .641, with Donaldson holding a .47 advantage in slugging. IFK is nothing more than a decent utility man. Below, you'll find some more thoughts from Mike Axisa who is one of best writers who cover the Yankees, he'll be a great nation level writer in time. Says me. I snipped this from behind a firewall, hopefully he doesn't mind. Anyway, submitted for your scorn:
ReplyDeleteYankees finally admit Kiner-Falefa mistake. It took 162 regular season games plus three more in the postseason for the Yankees to admit what was plainly obvious all season: Isiah Kiner-Falefa is a liability at shortstop. With the season on the line in Game 4, Kiner-Falefa was on the bench, and Oswaldo Cabrera made his first start at short since Aug. 28th.
“I just feel like in this series that he's been pressing a little bit out there, playing a little bit kind of not to make that mistake, and I think that's gotten in his way a little bit,” Aaron Boone said prior to Game 4. “I just felt like I needed to do this today. Still expect him to play a huge role for us in what we hope is a couple more weeks of baseball, but I felt like today it was something that was the right thing to do.”
Kiner-Falefa has had a rough ALDS defensively, botching the first ball hit his way in Game 1 and two more in Game 3, plus he threw to the wrong base on a bloop hit during that ninth inning rally (video). “I feel like I had an opportunity to come up with some key plays to help the team win and I didn’t come up with them. I feel like they were big runs that cost us the game tonight,” Kiner-Falefa told Brendan Kuty after Game 3. At least he’s self-aware.
The thing is, Kiner-Falefa didn’t suddenly get worse these last few days. He just continued to do the things we watched him do all season. His range is good! Kiner-Falefa can go a long way to get a ball. He just doesn’t complete the play often enough. A few weeks ago Statcast guru Mike Petriello had a good Twitter thread on the gap between Kiner-Falefa’s ability to get to the ball, and actually convert it into an out. The gap is too great to ignore.
The Yankees admitting they’re better with someone else at short is better late than never, and it only underscores how bad a decision it was to leave Oswaldo Peraza off the ALDS roster. That was a bad decision and so was not playing him more in September. Peraza hit when he played, yet he was on the active roster for 32 games and started only 14 (11 at short). The whole point of a stopgap was turning shortstop over to the kids when they were ready, but it didn’t happen.
“Real tough call. It was just a close call that in the end I made, but he was very close,” Boone told Randy Miller before the series about leaving Peraza off the roster. “I just think the versatility (of Marwin Gonzalez was more beneficial).”
Marwin has shown a lot of versatility in the ALDS. He’s seamlessly switched between chewing gum and munching on sunflower seeds, sometimes he sits on the bench, and other times he leans on the railing. That's veteran experience right there. Gonzalez hasn’t taken an at-bat or played an inning in the field, but hey, that’s part of being versatile. Sitting on the bench while better players play.
The shortstop situation has been FUBAR since the start, since the Yankees passed on all those free agents and went with Plan B (and let’s be real here, Plan B is being generous). Even if they were to advance, how do you put Kiner-Falefa back in the lineup? There’s no unringing the “we’re better off without you” bell. Boone said Cabrera will “probably” be back at shortstop in Game 5 and he has to be. The shortstop switch should’ve been made weeks ago.