1. What in the name of Jacoby Ellsbury was Aaron Judge doing yesterday, taking throws at 1B? The Captain plays RF, not 1B. Listenup, people: Anthony Rizzo plays 1B. DJ LeMahieu plays 1B. Judge occupies RF, where nobody runs into him. This how somebody's foot gets stepped on, and he ends up hiting .212. Stick that man in RF. Let the big dog run! In bubble wrap.
2. Redsock brain goon Joey Cora is admitting that his Astros crime family cheated the 2017 Yankees out of their rightful crowns. WTF? All that stuff about the cameras and the garbage cans, that really happened? I always figured it was just another thing we were whining about - you know - to complain about things. They really cheated? How dare they! Now I'm mad.
3. Big personal day. The PECOTA projections are out! You know me and PECOTA, what with the algorithms and the projections and the - well - the everything. PECOTA predicts the Yanks will win the 2023 AL championship. All I know is that ABE PECOTA was great on Barney Miller, but I never warmed up to Fish.
4. There are questions about whether MLB's new pitch-timer clock - yeah, they're going there - will cause umps to crack down on Nasty Nestor's unique deliveries. Great news, there. One of the game's few iconoclastic pitchers - a throwback to Fernando, Juan Marichal and Luis Tiant - and the umps might balk him out of existence. Smart, MLB. Make every pitcher look the same. First they come for Nestor. Then they come for you and me.
5. The bigger bases have arrived, raising an existential question: Why in hell is baseball changing the fundamental contours of its playing surface? It's as if the NFL added an extra 10 yards to the field. Every base-stealing record in history will soon become moot. Maury Wills? Lou Brock? Rickie Henderson? Throw out their filing cabinets. They're no longer relevant.7. Why is everyone overlooking the most important battle in Yankee camp - catcher. Yes, there are toxic train fires at 3B and LF, but Jose Trevino lost his magic dust last fall, and Kyle Higashioka puttered away an entire year. The Yankees need a LH bat, and either Benny Bicepts and/or the farm system must provideth. The Yankees cannot go another year with the bottom third of the batting order existing as a cigarette break.
8. When will we see Harrison Bader, the great Golden Glover, make a difference in CF? Last fall, he was a postseason tiger with the bat, but he muffed a long fly in the gap, nearly colliding with No. 99. They claimed he is the best fielding CF in the game. Well, when will we see it?
9. Have you noticed how different movie stars look, compared to their pictures in 1985? I've seen it on the Internet! It's crazy. They look entirely different. Who knew?
10. What's this infatuation with Top Tens? Why not a Top Nine? You know, having to do Top Tens all the time could cause a blogger to pad his numbers, just to reach 10, when he should have stopped at, say, seven. Not that it happens here. Hey, what about dem PECOTAs!
18 comments:
"Benny Bicepts"
Duque, you glorious bastardt...
Didn't the NFL move the goal posts? Used to be hanging over the 0 yard line, now over the back end of the end zone. And the posts used to be an H, now they're a bent Y.
Weren't touchbacks played from the 20? Isn't it the 25 now? And don't get me started on the continual changes to what is and isn't a penalty.
The NBA 3-point line didn't exist when I was a little kid. Every basket was two points no matter how far away you were.
Guess MLB is just doing what other sports have done for ages. Screwing around with the game to generate more offense.
Hey, remember when the pitching mound was really a mound instead of an anthill? And pitchers batted? And you could wipe out an infielder to keep out of a double play? Those were the days. Really.
At some point in his career, Judge will be moved to 1B. Not this year. This year he will be pitched around constantly and will hit less than 40 hrs.
Biggest disappointment this year? The oft injured Bader. What is the backup plan for CF? Hicks? Mama Mia!
Biggest break-out? Ron Marinaccio. When it’s the 5th guy out of the ‘pen, you know it’s gonna be a rough year.
Today’s newz: German will wear number “0”, apparently to match the team’s chances of winning the WS.
Boone will switch his jersey number to double zero to reflect his baseball IQ.
These are bold predictions.
You want a really bold baseball prediction? Here you go:
Sometime this year during a Yankees road trip, Brian Cashman will be found in his hotel room naked, blindfolded and gagged and handcuffed around the base of the toilet bowl semi-conscious.
Any wagers?
"At some point in his career, Judge will be moved to 1B."
Agree 100%. The guy who should really be trying on a 1B mitt is Stanton. Gotta get him off of permanent DH. Bad for the rest of the team.
Why are we seeing ICS working out in Yankee gear?
Nostalgia. I hope.
There was a guy, Dick Stuart, who played first base. In my youth.
He was nicknamed "Dr. Strangeglove." It was about his ability to play the field (for the youth reading this, the DH did not yet exist).
I have this image of Stanton playing first -- taking Stuart's antics to a whole new level. He could earn the name "Dr. F-ed-up Glove" (or something).
You might think I'm being negative, but NO. I'm thinking this, at least, would be entertaining....
@JFOB...I remember Dick Stuart very well. In my Strat-O-Matic set, his card, on a fielding rating of 1 to 4, was a 5...
I have faith in Giancarlo. He is capable of getting injured anywhere at any time!
You are correct, JM! My father claimed that the great Don Hutson, GB wide receiver, used to use the old "H" goal posts. He would grab hold of one on a route, and use it to swing himself around and catch the pass. Must have been fun to see.
The new bases will be a disaster.
My bold prediction is that Montas will have season ending surgery.
Cashman will keep his job.
And, the doctor who viewed the medicals for the Montas trade will receive the Braille Institute Examiner of the Year.
Right-hander Frankie Montas, the biggest acquisition for the New York Yankees at the trade deadline last year who was expected to be a big part of their rotation this year, will undergo shoulder surgery on Tuesday that could cause him to miss the season, manager Aaron Boone said.
Bader only played a few games. Calm down. And fire the docs who examined Montas. WTF????? Cashman is a moron a Hal is cheap.
Cashman will keep his job after his hotel fiasco?
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