Well, folks, here they are: Your sad and hurtful Yankee predictions for 2024. Collecting them, I wept several times.
(Note: You still have until noon Thursday E.D.T. to add or update predictions.)
The winner receives an all-expenses-paid weekend in Sarasota, a Super Mobility Power Scooter, a Safe Step Walk-in Shower our eternal respect.
Here are your predictions. (Mine comes tomorrow.) Read them and (bleep.)
IT IS HIGH Yank Wins by HRs by
Commenter team wins Carlos Rodon Juan Soto
"I'll Have What They're Drinking" Group
Stang 103 28 73
RtotheE 97 10 36
PgPick 95 12 42
Gary Frenay 94 10 33
JM 93 7 47
Platoni 93 11 39
Mattingly's
Mustache 93 9 37
Doug K 92 9 48
Parson Tom 92 16 38
The "Make it a Double" Group
Kevin 91 14 43
Above Average 90 12 45
Jaraxle 90 11 42
Vampifella 90 6 40
Hinkey Haines 89 11 31
Ken of Brooklyn 88 8 37
Joe of AZ 88 8 44
Carl J. Weitz 88 9 41
Daveyhead 88 10 51
Ranger _lp 87 8 37
Above Average's
Cat 87 10 41
Lieber 86 9 15
El Duque 86 10 35
Mildred Lopez 86 10 29
Doctor T 86 8 42
Pocono Steve 85 7 40
Publius 85 9 33
BTR999 85 9 35
The "I'm Feeling a Bit Queasy" Group
Acrilly 84 6 44
Scottish
Yankee Fan 83 6 27
Celerino Sanchez 83 8 34
Alphonso 82 4 27
Rufus T Firefly 82 3 35
The "Somebody Get a Mop" Group
Bern Baby Bern 81 14 38
Dick Allen 80 9 54
Hammer of God 80 8 36
Copelius 79 7 52
13 Bit 72 7 37
BASEBALL REFERENCE 71 wins
HoraceClarke66 69 5 33
Remember: No additions or amendments after noon Thursday, E.D.T.
And come October, you will be held accountable for all Yankee sins.
I'd like to lower my total wins down to 72 - more like 1967, a year you can find photographic proof that I was at the stadium with one of those idiotic plastic horns, some kids sunglasses, and an idiotic smile on my face, along with my buddies' faces, because we just knew that we were sitting in the seat of empire and that our own dynasty, which we didn't know was already over, would prevail, just like a good run-on sentence that you only realize that lasts too long WEEEEELLLLL after it's too late.
ReplyDeleteI'm on record, although not as bleak as Hoss - for 72 wins
Thanks for the opportunity to be of service. I'm going to go polish up my crystal ball. And my crystal balls, for that matter...
Okay, I'm making the change.
ReplyDeleteAh fuck it I'm goin with 88 wins/ 8 Rodon wins/ 44 hr for Soto
ReplyDeleteI'll stick. What do those guys at Baseball Reference know, anyway?
ReplyDeleteScrew baseball reference. Listen to Hoss. Listen to the howls of pain rolling down River Avenue on a dark evening. Listen to the ghosts of Yogi, Scooter, the Babe and Mickey. They carry on the wind and quietly keen, "We're fuuuuuuucked...."
ReplyDelete79 was when I had an unexpected bout of optimism, like a sudden explosion of gas after the cabbage soup. 72 is my gut on pizza - slow and steady as she goes.
ReplyDelete88 wins 9 Rodon wins 41 Soto HR
ReplyDeletePerhaps getting Cole and The Martian back in the second half will be like trading for 2 stars and propel the Yankees toward a wild card run.
Oh, and may Cashman contract the Bubonic Plague from ingesting one of the stadium's notorious rodent-infested hot dogs. I wonder what those suckers are really made from. No beef, I'd wager. As they say in Texas about a fraud, "All rat and no cattle".
ReplyDeleteI'm adding the changes as we go.
ReplyDeleteSeriously, Baseball Reference? A 71 win season would mean a total collapse fueled by unending injuries and ignoring the fact that practically every other team is just as mediocre as the Yankees.
ReplyDeleteNah. Other teams have things like pitchers and players under 30.
ReplyDeleteI actually know what Mustang has been drinking, and I still wouldn't go with his numbers.
ReplyDeleteOptimism ( even tongue in cheek...I want attention optimism ) just doesn't work for with this country.
Not now.
Not anymore.
I'll have another shot of Jim Beam, please.
91 wins/14 Rodon wins/43 Soto HR
ReplyDeleteSign Trevor.
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