Thursday, October 20, 2022

Remember this day and keep it holy.

Posted by HoraceClarke66 at 4:09 PM

 


                       Mickmas, 2022.  Mickey Mantle, October 20, 1931—August 13, 1995.  RIP.







6 comments:

AboveAverage said...

With Houston already releasing their lineup for the day, the befuddled monkeys of our front office braintrust are still bickering over their I Ching coin tosses who will be out there on the field tonight behind Sevy.

I crossed everything I could find on my body and in my home and office (you should see my cats) to keep Donaldson off the field today.

PLEASE!!!!!

I BEG YOU!!!!!!!

NO DONALDSON TONIGHT!!!!!!!!!

...and with that - here's the Costas interview with Mantle.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hm_Ybn4JMxM

October 20, 2022 at 4:17 PM
The Hammer of God said...

That's funny, I thought this comment by AboveAverage was on the previous thread. and I posted to it. Then it disappeared over there and showed up here? I'll cut and paste my post:

@AboveAverage, "[t]heir I Ching coin tosses"

Wow, that's absolutely wonderful! This is the only sports blog in the universe where one can find a reference to the I Ching, I'm sure. (For those who don't know, the I Ching is a divination book written in ancient China, probably thousands of years ago, that you can ask questions, using any probability related device, such as coins, and it will give you answers.) However, I suspect that Yankee management is too stupid to consult the I Ching. They rely on their own analytics department, which, as we all know, is wrong most of the time.

Yesterday, I heard on WFAN that the Yankees wouldn't have Cabrera in the lineup because lefty hitters have more trouble against Verlasshole than righty hitters. So Donald Duck played. And for some unfathomable reason, they had Carpenter, a lefty hitter, doing his rehab against Verlasshole. That all sure worked out, didn't it?

October 20, 2022 at 4:27 PM
AboveAverage said...

Hammer of God - Happy that resonated with you :)

It appears that the befuddled monkeys were able to arrive upon a line up.

Clearly they didn't hear my begging pleas of NO DONALDSON:

Harrison Bader (R) CF
Aaron Judge (R) RF
Giancarlo Stanton (R) DH
Anthony Rizzo (L) 1B
Gleyber Torres (R) 2B
Josh Donaldson (R) 3B
Kyle Higashioka (R) C
Oswald Peraza (R) SS
Oswaldo Cabrera (S) LF

October 20, 2022 at 4:43 PM
AboveAverage said...

Looking at this lineup (again - just to wallow in the pain of it all):

Harrison Bader (R) CF
Aaron Judge (R) RF
Giancarlo Stanton (R) DH
Anthony Rizzo (L) 1B
Gleyber Torres (R) 2B
Josh Donaldson (R) 3B
Kyle Higashioka (R) C
Oswald Peraza (R) SS
Oswaldo Cabrera (S) LF

I can't understand why you wouldn't have Cabrera bat after Torres, followed by Higashioka, Peraza, and then Donaldson (coming out the rear).

I famously/nervously/apprehensively remain optimistic of our chances tonight.







October 20, 2022 at 4:53 PM
Joe Formerlyof Brooklyn said...


I choose to ignore DonaldDuckson and marvel at the idea that Boone + Cashman are giving Peraza a start.


Accentuate the positive........

October 20, 2022 at 5:43 PM
BTR999 said...

Can't empirically say that we are going to lose tonight, but I sure don't like our chances

October 20, 2022 at 6:02 PM

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