The Yankees are playing so well lately that they are becoming harder and harder to criticize and make fun of. While on one level I’m happy because, let’s face it, I’d rather spend three hours a day enjoying the game as opposed to, say, watching them lose. Cough. NY Giants. Cough.
In fact, between the Yankees, the resurgent Knicks and the President’s Cup winning Rangers it’s getting tougher and tougher to sit down in the AM and complain about them. So, I’ll complain about that.
Yankeeblog
(To Aqualung)
Sitting
on my snark bench.
Looking
at the Yanks with mild laments.
No
more looking down my nose.
Wondering if I… should break out… branded clothes.
Hey Yankeeblog!
Searching
for a cheap pun…
While
Soto drives in, another run…
Hey Yankeeblog…
Feeling
like a lame schmuck.
Forced
to heap praise on Brian Cashman’s luck…
Whoa Yankeeblog…
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Streaking not cold… sadly making fun of Rizzo.
But
it’s not his fault… because he’s old.
Missing
the times, when Sanchez ran like Lizzo.
And
Chapman’s entrance felt… like… a defeat.
Nothing
left to mock. Just a few middle relivers
Even
Stanton hits like it’s… on a tee.
Having
this much success, well it starts to make me queasy.
Watching
Volpe go… three for three.
But
I still remember.
Past
October’s foggy freeze…
When
umpires called Aaron Judge out.
On
balls below his knees.
(Hey)
And
ground balls turned to double plays.
And
DJ’s hurt again…
And
the Autumn, it looked nothing like the Spring.
Oh-no Astro-ohs.
(Guitar Solo)
Dee-dee-dee-dee.
Dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee
Dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee
Dee-dee-dee-dee
But this run will end. I won’t let it drive me looney.
The manager’s still Booney… so we’ll see.
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Sitting
on my snark bench.
Looking
at the Yanks with mild laments.
No
more looking down my nose.
Wondering if I should… break out branded clothes…
Hey Yankeeblog.
Searching
for a cheap pun…
While
Soto drives in another run…
Hey Yankeeblog
Feeling
like a lame schmuck
Forced
to heap praise on Brian Cashman’s luck…
Whoa oh oh oh Yankee…blog.
Well, where the hell was Biggles, when we needed him last Saturday? And where are all the "sportsmen" who always see us through?
ReplyDeleteDo you realize that Jethro Tull is NOT in the Rock Hall of Fame?
Is that true? How is that possible?
ReplyDeleteThere's really interesting album of Tull music with David Palmer and the London Symphony called "A Classic Case: The Music of Jethro Tull". Ian Anderson plays with them.
ReplyDeleteIt really shows how classically constructed a lot of the songs are. Some are too slow but others are great versions.
Nice one Doug.
ReplyDeleteBut wait - last summer whilst visiting the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (ten days prior to our Bronx get together) I think I spied Ian Anderson in the car park handing out free cigarettes to the local teens.
He kept on saying, "Care for a smoke?" as he held out what appeared to be Dunhills to all those who came forward.
So . . . does being just outside the Hall count?
Only if your name is Oates.
ReplyDeleteMy wife said she knew were old when we heard a Muzak version of “Thick As A Brick” in the grocery store.
ReplyDeleteThe mere mention of the RRHOF is enough to send me into paroxysms . Not a big Tull fan, but of course they belong in there. Someone explain to me why Warren Zevon has never even been considered, while talentless mediocre commercial acts such as Journey have already enshrined.
ReplyDeleteI see the $100,000 man, Luis Torrens, fresh out of the Scranton hoosegow, cracked two homers for the metsies last night which (checks math) is double what Wells has provided for us. We’re not lacking for starting pitching, but I see Severino turned in another excellent outing as well.
I understand a few of our Yankee compañeros here are not feeling so good? Hope you all get well and stay well👍.
Enjoyed your parody Doug, but I feel that we are all skating away on the thin ice of a new day. BTW, I heard that Cher, yeah Cher was whining about never being picked for R&R Hall. "Well HELL NO" , said I. "What did she actually ever do"? Well she is going in this year. I have always thought that the Hall was joke, but I find that I am being serenaded into my old age by entertainers that I have spent over a half century loathing. As Doctor Smith used to say, "Oh the pain, the Pain of it all".
ReplyDeleteCRUSH! KILL!! DESTROY!!!
ReplyDeleteMOISTURE! MOISTURE!! MOISTURE!!!
Kevin
Great bit, Doug! And speaking of bits...get better quick, Bitty! We cannot have you out of action. That would be the worst injury of all.
ReplyDeleteDire Straits was inducted into the RRHOF. Mark Knopfler never said a word about it. Literally nothing. Didn't reply to questions. Didn't comment on the news. Didn't attend the ceremony. Never said a word about it.
ReplyDeleteOne more reason to like Mark Knopfler.
ReplyDeleteWarren Zevon is even more criminal than Jethro Tull not being in. Especially with some of the artists that would be mediocre if they were alot better.
I went to a free Journey concert at Saratoga. Don't remember a thing about it. Must have been... forgettable.
I wrote a radio spot or two to promote a couple of Journey shows at SPAC. SPAC was a client, and I had fun writing "exciting" announcer copy and segueing songs together. Kansas was painful. John Denver was a goof. There were some good acts in there, I know, but I can't remember them. But Charles Aznevour...him, I remember.
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ReplyDeleteThis album, yes album, there is not a bad note on it. Not one. It is perfect.
My buddy Tommy G wrote this to me in an email...
ReplyDelete"BTW, Ian Anderson has been a steadfast opponent of the RRHOF and wouldn't come near that place even if JT were inducted. And not sour grapes either. He has been adamantly opposed to the Hall from jump. He's opposed to the concept of an artists hall of fame. That being said, Tull is and has been more than worthy of induction since the first class was inducted."
Just thought I'd share it (with his permission)
I practically wore out Thick as a Brick and Passion Play. A strange album, that.
ReplyDeleteBut I ultimately logged more listening time with King Crimson. A string of great albums in the 70s.
ReplyDeleteI liked Yes, too, even after Wakeman left and Moraz came in. Relayer was cool.
The story about Mark Knopfler and the RRHOF...
ReplyDeleteHe was pissed that he would have had to use his own expenses to travel to the RRHOF ceremonies (like everyone else). He thought that was an outrage. So he didn't go...
I don't blame him. They make boatloads of money off of the ceremonies and the acts don't get paid. The least they could do is pay travel expenses.
ReplyDeleteJerry Garcia couldn't be bothered to show up either:
https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/jerry-garcia-rejected-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame/
AA, lol and touche'!
ReplyDeleteRainout theater fodder:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.dailymotion.com/video/x558huj
Rainout theater? Did they call the game?
ReplyDeleteNot tonight. Just for future reference.
ReplyDeleteKeeping the sci-fi them, every time I see Stroman, I want to say his name the ferengi way -- STRO-mon.
ReplyDeleteThat wasn't good.
ReplyDeleteTrent Grisham!! Whoever that is!!!
ReplyDeleteDamn you know it's a good start to summer if Trent is hitting clutch shots
ReplyDeleteGley brrrrrrrrr
ReplyDeleteWellllls - how do you like that!
ReplyDeleteStroman isn't exactly lights out, but maybe just good enough to tap dance through five. Six would be great.
ReplyDeleteNo, seriously. Who is Trent Grisham?
ReplyDeleteI checked Fangraphs. Grisham was not good for Milwaukee for a year then not good for San Diego for 4 years. And now he is a Yankee? How did that happen? I'm sure we have not good players at Triple A. I'm sure our minor league system is full of not good players to rival or even surpass Grisham in not goodness.
ReplyDeleteI love this kid.
ReplyDeleteVolpe just stole a run.
ReplyDeleteStanton another RBI.
ReplyDeleteLil' TONY!!!
ReplyDeleteWin, Grisham is a tested veteran.
ReplyDeleteWe got him along with Soto.
Stroman faltering now. Bring in Santana.
ReplyDeleteHas anyone mentioned that Kay is insufferable?
ReplyDeleteJM,
ReplyDeleteOnly people that have listened to him.
Stromanized in the fifth. As Cashman said, he's not a difference maker.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know it was raining. But now I know, it does smell like rain.
ReplyDeleteRalph Houk is pitching a no-hitter for the carmines against the worst team in baseball.
ReplyDeleteHaha! Not anymore. Hope I jinxed them.
ReplyDeleteMatt vast sturgeon sucks worse than kay. He just speculated more than once that Soto may go from right field to DH.
ReplyDeleteExcept a little thingy called the rulebook prohibits it.
What a fking ass clown.
What happened to Soto? Injured on a throw?
ReplyDeleteSoto out with “left forearm discomfort”
ReplyDeleteTJ surgery?
Call the Uh-Oh Squad…
ReplyDeleteI just tuned back in. What happened to Soto?
ReplyDeleteThere goes the season. Guess it was 2022 after all!
ReplyDeleteOrioles lost. That's good, if we can win.
ReplyDeleteThe black swan returns on D-Day.
ReplyDeleteIs Soto injured?
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ReplyDeleteForearm discomfort? Sounds like the death barge propaganda machine.
ReplyDeleteEek.
ReplyDeleteBedtime is calling. Goddamn rain delay.
ReplyDeleteIt was a fun couple of months.
ReplyDeleteYankees Win!!!
ReplyDeleteThe Yankees just won a ballgame.
ReplyDeleteBittersweet?
We shall see.
And I was so looking forward to Soto going yard against Yamamoto :(
Martian pulled from game in AAA after Soto out.
ReplyDeleteCoincidence?
8 is (not) enough:
ReplyDelete😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀
During the rain delay, Soto was sent out to Dr. Ahmed for testing, so yeah - there is some kind of injury here.
ReplyDeleteHe had been playing with this for a week, as usual this was kept from us.
In a likely corresponding move, Dominguez was pulled out of the SWB game, undoubtedly in an anticipated call up if Soto hits the IL
Baltimore is now 3 back in the all important loss column.
ReplyDeleteBut what thee fucks is going on in Philadelphia?
Oh yeah: Fuck Hal.
Pretty fucking scary. But this doesn't SOUND like the kind of thing that will keep Soto out for long.
ReplyDeleteWe'll see.