...Nothing Has Changed.
For the first (9) games of the season, we hit well and pitched well ( usually ) and sported a 6-3 record. We felt like things were moving. Volpe and Cabrera were exciting.
Yesterday, we returned to the Yankee normal.
1. We scored early, but failed to " blow the game open" ( could have had 4 runs with one clutch hit ).
2. We hit zero HRs, which meant we could only score the 2 runs. We never scored again.
3. We failed at the big moment. ( "Gift" triple with no outs and we cannot advance the runner ). That ended the game, right there.
4. The line-up featured four real players:
Torres - still red hot
Judge - MVP
Rizzo - quality ballplayer
Stanton - streaky but currently hot
Everyone else is basically a warm body who threatens no one. A few have had the occasional good game, but yesterday, they were " flaky and the four toads." No one in the bottom of that line-up is dependable or clutch. Not a single " big moment" player in the bunch.
6. Starting pitching gave little length. Worn out bullpen made one mistake. But when the Yankees are in their " get 2 runs early and go home" mode, one mistake is deadly.
This is mostly what we saw in the second half of last season, after our jaw dropping start.
This year, Tampa is having the jaw dropping start.
This was the loss that told the team, " you aren't going anywhere."
LINEUP FOR TONIGHT:
Yep, ten games in, and the crystal ball is clear. At best, they might scrounge their way to the wild card, but they'll get the woodshed treatment there and that'll be that for 2023. At worst, they might finish in 3rd place, behind the Jays and the Tampons.
ReplyDeleteWe're done
ReplyDelete..Boone throwing series....Mid season form I see
ReplyDeleteDid Lorna Boone really sit Stanton for Hicks?
Please give Boonie a break. That grass in Cleveland is very sharp and Stanton needs a rest day after being on it last night.
ReplyDeleteRumor is that Cole will bat and Hicks will not.
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ReplyDeleteCOME ON EVERYONE! - let's be positive here.
ReplyDeleteCan't you see what the Bumbling, Bubbling, Seed-Spitting, Aaron "Gosh You Sure Are A Genius" Boone is doing here?
By having Hicks in the lineup tonight, not only is he assured of triggering that Cole man-child tantrum - but again, if my calculations are correct, there is a substantially increased likelihood that Hicks will tweak himself.
He's due.
He's past due.
The IL awaits another Yankee.
And honestly, between Hicks and Stanton, I'd rather it be Hicks.
(although we all know both will be down at some point)
So the questions I have are:
1) In which inning will Hicks hurt himself?
2) What part of his body will get tweaked?
PLEASE no wagering.
Judge with a bad base running decision.. did they have a NRFI bet going?
ReplyDeleteMore of the same tonight
ReplyDeleteAcey deucey.
ReplyDeleteFranchy Cordero, ladies and gentlemen .
ReplyDeleteFranchy fried that ball!
ReplyDeleteFranchy me, Cordero! Franchy me hard and fast!!
ReplyDeleteNo?
Noooo! Hicks got a base hit! Boone will give him until the All-Star break now!
ReplyDeleteI love being wrong but . . . the night is young
ReplyDeleteFranch-kissed. My knob.
ReplyDeleteApparently, no one on this ream is capable of scoring from second on a hit.
ReplyDeleteStation to Station baseball.
We have Stanton to Stanton baseball. Wait for a HR
ReplyDeleteAll is right in Yankee Universe…for now…
ReplyDeleteDead Hicks bounce?
ReplyDeleteI like it, Beau.
ReplyDeleteWell played Beau!
ReplyDeleteA momentarily effective, switch hitting 6th outfielder. What a luxury. That Cash, he knows what he's doing.
ReplyDeleteHas Cole pulled his shit together??
ReplyDeleteTampa is laying the hurt on the Red Socks.
ReplyDeleteTampa is pulling away and it doesn't matter how early it is. A big lead is a big lead. That's what we did last year, what the Tigers did in, what, '86?
ReplyDeleteSuzyn interviewed Oswaldo. He’s wonderful.
ReplyDelete1984. But still. Nice win. Down go the Guardians of Traffic.
ReplyDeleteRays haven’t played anyone good yet…
ReplyDeleteThu-uhuhuhuhuhuh-UHUHUH_UHUH_UH_UH_UHU Yankees win!!
ReplyDeleteWorst possible game--Calhoun and Cordero get big hits. With the Cashman/Boone recency bias kicking in, it will be a half season before their inherent awfulness registers in the befogged crania of the management duo. Matt Carpenter redux--these Cashman junkpile bargains always revert to the mean mean.
ReplyDeleteAnd...Carlos "Charles Atlas" Rodon joins the ever-growing list of Yankees Injured While Rehabbing.
ReplyDeleteBack tightness, it seems has now afflicted Mr. Atlas in his recovery from a forearm strain. What next? I predict diphtheria.
HC66,
ReplyDeleteRodon; Crotch Rot?
Tripped over his dog?
Slept in an airport?
Tried to benchpress Montas during rehab?
@ Hoss, Hey man, it's tough having to keep the heavens uplifted on his shoulders!
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