Monday, June 10, 2024

Judge is hot, Stanton is snot.

In keeping with the generally juvenile theme of this post—one that I created, I realize—I think it's time to bring back those perpetual favorites from Highlights magazine, Goofus and Gallant. To wit:

During this weekend's series against the Dodgers, Giancarlo Stanton (Goofus) went 0-14 with SEVEN—count 'em, 7—strikeouts. He drew no walks, and batted in no runs.


By contrast, Aaron Judge (Gallant), was 7-11, with 2 strikeouts, 3 walks, 2 doubles, 3 home runs, 4 runs scored, and 5 runs batted in.

Stanton (Goofus) didn't bat in any runs, because he didn't get a hit. Or even a sharp groundout.

Stanton (Goofus) didn't score any runs, because he didn't get on base.


Stanton (Goofus) left 13 men on base, including 8 men on second or third base, throughout the series.

Judge (Gallant) left one man on first base and one man on second base in the second game, when his long flyball didn't quite get out.

In all, Judge (Gallant) drove in 5 of the 10 runs the Yankees scored in the series.

Over the course of the weekend, Stanton's (Goofus') batting average dropped from .239 to .224, and his OPS dropped from .794 to .746.

Over the course of the same weekend, Judge's (Gallant's) batting average rose from .289 to .305, and his OPS rose from 1.080 to 1.139.


In the field, Judge (Gallant) made 8 putouts without an error.

Stanton (Goofus) doesn't play the field. Or run. But he can lift models over his head.

Oh, Goofus.








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6 comments:

  1. JMJune 10, 2024 at 5:14 PM

    Goofus did not have a good weekend.

    Rizzo did not have a good weekend.

    DJ had a better weekend, but not really a good weekend.

    Santana had a really bad weekend. Really bad. Worse than Vampire Weekend bad.

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  2. Rufus T. FireflyJune 10, 2024 at 6:16 PM

    Goofus can go fus himself. Maybe they can trade him back to the Marlins for a spring training parking pass.

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  3. DickAllenJune 10, 2024 at 6:39 PM

    The man is a complete waste of roster space. I do not understand why they keep trotting him out there. Oh, now I remember: $32MM dollars a year. Another brilliant maneuver by The Intern.

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  4. Rufus T. FireflyJune 10, 2024 at 6:51 PM

    Hoss,

    The headline reminds of that Dr. Dimento classic: "Thought it was a booger, but it's snot"

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  5. Doug K.June 10, 2024 at 8:11 PM

    Game thread is up.

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  6. KevinJune 10, 2024 at 8:53 PM

    Rufus, "When you think it's butter, but it's snot"!

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