Tuesday, August 13, 2024

An Above Average Haiku Tuesday ~ "Our Infield! Our BullPen*! Our Manager! Our Team!" Edition



 


37 comments:

JM said...

We are doomed. Judge is wasted on this team. Soto too

AboveAverage said...
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AboveAverage said...

Keefe is in fine form today. Here's a taste:

5. “Offensively, we had the right at-bats,” Boone said. “Offensively, the at-bats were fine.”

Boone’s level of delusion is unlike any other in the game, but these two statements from him are flat-out crazy.

When the Yankees’ first three batters of the game reached, the next three popped up. Right at-bats?

When they had runners on the corners with one out in the second, Juan Soto popped one up in the infield. Right at-bat?

When they had first and second with one out in the third, Jazz Chisholm hit into an inning-ending double play (his first double play of the season). Right at-bat?

When the first two hitters walked in the fourth with the Yankees trailing by one run in a game against the worst pitching staff in the league, Alex Verdugo inexplicably tried to lay down a bunt and popped out to the pitcher. Right at-bat?

The Yankees left a runner in scoring position in the fifth and again in the sixth. They left a runner on in the seventh and couldn’t score with the bases loaded in the eighth. In the ninth, the first two hitters walked and neither of them reached third, let alone score. Right at-bats in all of those innings?

The Yankees went 2-for-18 with runners in scoring position and stranded 18 baserunners on the night. Right at-bats!

13bit said...

Boonie is looney
Old Brian’s got me crying
Hal is not my pal

JM said...

Boone blows.

Pocono Steve said...

Each winning season
is like an ice cream flavor:
bold in its glory

Each losing season
is like fine wine: subtle in
their shades of useless

acrilly said...

I’m not sure of much
but this team is upside down
jazz, jazz, jazz, jazz, jazz

acrilly said...

Sunglasses worn proud
He strides to the plate ready
it’s DJ, he’s out

acrilly said...

second half swoon soon
we will not win 90 games
some things are known ahead

acrilly said...

Verdugo looks young
he likes the color light blue
he plays much older

AboveAverage said...

Love these!

acrilly said...

That AP English class in 1988 is finally paying off!

Copelius said...

Why are the Yankees
So frustratingly inept?
Boone, Hal, and Intern

Hinkey Haines said...

Because of course this was going to happen: Chisolm to the 10-day DL with a UCL injury to gis bon-thriwibg arm. No wordon whether surgery will be required.

Hinkey Haines said...

*Non-throwing* arm…

Rufus T. Firefly said...

When is the TJ surgery scheduled?

I predict next March, to ensure an entire lost season.

AboveAverage said...

Rufus - I just heard from a reliable source that the surgery will be done on the wrong arm in early September . This will result in a timely and full recovery.

Doug K. said...

Acrilly - those are really good.

Celerino Sanchez said...

You can’t make this shit up. Do they have a medical staff on this team?

acrilly said...

Glad you liked’em!!

acrilly said...

I’m losing track…on we on our 4th or 5th string 3B?

13bit said...

acrilly, the DJ/He's Out one really transcends in both form and content.

ranger_lp said...

Soto is some sort of special…

Kevin said...

They look as though they came to play.

Kevin said...

I can't fckng believe the news about Jizz... But I mean, getting tagged with a ball? Sheeesh!

BernBabyBern said...

Well, three HRs by Juan Soto is big news, but I have even bigger breaking news:

Phil Coke will be at Old Timers Day. So will Francisco Cervelli and Damaso Marte. (Really. I’m serious. They’re old timers now.)

Suddenly I feel ridiculously old.

ranger_lp said...

Watching our bullpen is fucking painful…

ranger_lp said...

Boy we did well at the trading deadline…

Pocono Steve said...

Sperm of Leiter.

ranger_lp said...

First the walk then the walk off grand slam

ranger_lp said...

Yankees Win!!!

AboveAverage said...

Squeaker. Soto should have hit four. Loser

HoraceClarke66 said...

So, the new guy we got who always gets injured...got injured? Who could have foreseen that?

En fuego, acrilly!

AboveAverage said...

it is truly enough to make one stop drinking

AboveAverage said...

I only wish that Soto was a New York Yankee

acrilly said...

it’s my personal fav of the bunch!

acrilly said...

hehehehee…the magic 8 ball comes in handy again!