Hunter Walker sent us this fab skeet, adding "I was in the bleachers last night. The Volpe bomb hit right at section 237. His gift to the creatures. Beautiful."
I have a mutual friend with WORLD SERIES HERO ANTHONY VOLPE's dad. Over on Facebook, Mr. Volpe is posting photos including this shot of Yung Anthony in a Yankees outfit. The other one is him with his godfather wearing a Yankees hat on the day he was born. He was born for this moment!!
— Hunter Walker (@hunterw.bsky.social) October 30, 2024 at 9:14 AM
[image or embed]
They started him really young. Probably a good idea.
ReplyDeleteIf we win tonight, Rodent pitches in LA on Friday. We'll lose unless we score 11 runs again. Not sure that is happening again against the A team out of the LA pen.
ReplyDeleteRodent would have an extremely short leash...
ReplyDeleteDo they sell leashes for rodents?
DeleteNot gonna worry about Rodon or a theoretical Game 6 until I see the Yankees high-fiving on the infield tonight.
ReplyDeleteAll the money Cashman spent on Rodent and Stroman. What a waste. So many bad choices, for so many years. Can't win with the bozos he signs.
DeleteTonight is certainly no guarantee—but I did notice that the air seemed considerably warmer, and it's supposed to be warmer still tonight. That kind of atmospheric lift, I think, can only help us...
ReplyDelete...But as JM points out, how the hell do we get past Rodon's start in LA? For them, Jack Flaherty looked lights out at Chavez Ravine in his first start against the Metsies...then very hittable back east. But for Game Six, should there be one: Yamamoto vs. Rodon? Oy.
ReplyDeleteThe ghosts of October have been waiting a long time to come out
ReplyDeleteMoto vs Rodent is not a fair matchup. Well, first things first. We have to win tonight.
ReplyDeleteThen we can watch the debacle on Friday.
Hey, Pat Sajack is there. Excitement.
ReplyDeleteIs it me or does Cole look drugged down and depressed or did he just eat too many bananas again during his pre-game ritual ? Asking for JM.
ReplyDeleteBananas. Definitely bananas. And smoking the peels.
DeleteI hate Fox. Goofy fake newspapers. Christ.
ReplyDeleteJudge!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteHe's showing up!!!
ReplyDeleteGolly!
ReplyDeleteAlarm must of gone off
ReplyDeleteWat
ReplyDeleteThis comment has been removed by the author.
ReplyDeleteJazzzzzzzzz!!!
ReplyDeleteHe's showing up, too.
ReplyDeleteJazz
ReplyDeleteNice start...
ReplyDeleteBack-to-back, Suzyn! And, um, belly-to-belly!
ReplyDeleteSorry, I'm late. I got caught up at the hospital.
ReplyDeleteAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH !!!!!
AAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL RIIIIIIIIISSSSSSSSSSSSSSEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!
Amii Stewart - Knock On Wood
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKuJUxGntRI
BELLY TO BELLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteAHHH-AAAHHH-AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!
HOME FUCKING RUN DANCE PARTY!!!!!
ReplyDeleteAh-hem.
ReplyDeleteFlaherty is very hittable today.
ReplyDeleteYoung Tony showing up again.
ReplyDeleteThose national broadcasters just stealing from The Master: "That's why baseball is crazy." No. Sorry. It's "There's no predicting baseball," morons!
ReplyDeleteEven Doogie.
ReplyDeleteFlopsie!!
ReplyDeleteKnocked out the starter in four outs. Not bad.
ReplyDeleteNeed to not let up here, keep piling on.
ReplyDeleteSoto PLEASE
ReplyDeleteJudge pretty Please
ReplyDeleteJazz PRETTY PRETTY PLEEEEEEEEEZE
ReplyDeleteDeflating
ReplyDeleteCole looks great, but I don't like that walk. I'm sure he feels the same, more strongly.
ReplyDeleteOhtani is an injured mess.
ReplyDeleteIs Gavin Lux wearing some special potion that repels the baseball? I don't understand how we can possibly keep walking him.
ReplyDeleteThe decision to insert Jazz between Judge and Stanton remains a mistake.
ReplyDeleteGlassman!!!
ReplyDeleteStantonian!
ReplyDeleteBlondie - The Hardest Part
ReplyDeletehttps://www.mlb.com/gameday/dodgers-vs-yankees/2024/10/30/775296/live/live
But hey...
ReplyDeleteAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteWHERE ARE MY BATTLE PANTS!!!??!!
Can't help thinking it could be 8-0 now. But can't complain!
ReplyDeleteStanton again.
ReplyDeleteHe's pretty good in the postseason, I think.
ReplyDeleteHoss, ah-hem, I believe that we, the Commentariat, can always complain. And do so well.
ReplyDeleteThis ump is terrible.
ReplyDeleteI'm leaving this here because it's very funny.
ReplyDeletehttps://blogs.fangraphs.com/the-yankees-are-hoping-bad-baserunning-wins-championships-too/
There you go Hoss!! That's it! That's the fucking ticket!
ReplyDeleteWhen Cole is in top form, he doesn't walk guys.
ReplyDeleteJudge!!!!!!! What a catch!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteSo Judge is good again? Awesome!
ReplyDeleteIt's nice, ain't it?
ReplyDeleteHere's where the Yankees gotta grab 'em by the nose and kick 'em in the ass. They gotta take their bats and ram them through their living guts. They... uh, sorry, sorry got a bit carried away.
ReplyDeleteWow, Judge is in the house.
ReplyDeleteAnd forgive me, Warbler. As I like to say, "You're a New Yorker. You can always complain."
ReplyDeleteSad to see Banda gone.
ReplyDeleteWhere did all these incredibly patient hitters come from, and what have they done to the Yankees? Not that we're complaining about THAT.
ReplyDeleteThought that was gone
ReplyDeleteJazz, having homered, will obviously never be good for anything again.
ReplyDeleteHe, like Volpe, should be thinking about hitting line drives & going the other way, not swinging for the second deck. The HRs will come. More doubles! More singles & stolen bases!
ReplyDeletePick him up, Cole.
ReplyDeleteThey're killing me. Why can nothing be easy?
ReplyDeleteVolpe always screws up a critical play.
ReplyDeleteThis asshole is squeezing Cole.
ReplyDeleteWhat in God’s name is THIS?!?
ReplyDeleteWell, at least we retired Gavin Lux.
ReplyDeleteOooooooO
ReplyDeleteWhat the hell was that???????
ReplyDeleteIt’s turning into a little league game…
ReplyDeleteUnbelievable. Just unfuckingbelievable.
ReplyDeleteUnbelievable.
ReplyDeleteWell, Cole pointing to the bag was helpful ....
ReplyDeleteWhy the fuck wasn't Cole running? Why wasn't Rizzo hustling to the bag?
ReplyDeleteFFS…
ReplyDeleteI just spit up a 62 year old binky
ReplyDeleteJohn Sterling is not happy. "This inning should have been over three or four times."
ReplyDeleteThey can’t get out of their own way.
ReplyDeleteWe’re screwed…
ReplyDeleteWorst single inning in Yankees history. And it's still not over!
ReplyDeleteLosers.
ReplyDeleteAlso, why hasn't Boone come out to say anything to anyone, and calm everybody.
ReplyDeleteFun while it lasted
ReplyDeleteUn.
ReplyDeleteFucking.
Believable.
Fucking fundamentals. Lousy fucking fundamentals.
ReplyDeleteThey field like drunks too.
ReplyDeleteCole hung in for a while, but the princess is present. Head case time.
ReplyDeleteLike I said yesterday, in S/T this team needs to be drilled and drilled and drilled in fundamentals. Fuck this waiting around for somebody to hit a home run.
ReplyDeleteThis is what they do when they're playing for their lives. They deserve to die.
ReplyDeleteWhat a shit show inning….
ReplyDeleteCole is in meltdown mode.
ReplyDeleteAnd Judge went the entire season without making an error. Until this inning.
Really, after it was 5-1 and they'd made those three bonehead plays, Boone should've been out on the mound. Talking about what they were going to do with Freeman, but more importantly, just telling a couple of cheap dirty jokes and getting everybody to relax.
ReplyDeleteI've never seen a manager—particularly a third-generation, former ballplayer—who has so little feel for the game. He seems to just zone out most of the time.
ReplyDeleteDodgers were all but ready to concede this game and get "back on the bird" as Boone likes to say. Now, the momentum has swung completely.
ReplyDeleteBoone has never heard of sending the pitching coach out to calm the pitcher down, and to give him a breather. Third generation player. Unreal.
ReplyDeleteAND STILL...Everyone is sitting in the dugout looking shellshocked, while Boone says nothing to no one. He needs to be up, talking to guys, getting their heads back in the game, getting them angry. He ain't doing it.
ReplyDeleteIt's incredible. Cause for dismissal, like so many Boone actions and non-actions.
DeleteShit.
ReplyDeleteNO! No more Cole for tonight. He has reverted to being Flouncy. No, no, no!
ReplyDeleteThey'll do it to you.
ReplyDeleteEvery
Fucking
Time
This defense shit doesn't happen under Girardi
ReplyDeleteJudge leads off. He’s going to try & hit a 5-run home run, & go back to looking helpless at the plate.
ReplyDeleteTrue, Joe.
ReplyDeleteBoone makes weird motion with hand, and buries head in his sleeve. This is what I feel like doing, but not exactly the mien of a leader.
ReplyDeleteHmm, who do we want up here? Jazz Chisholm or Giancarlo Stanton?
ReplyDeleteLet’s Fucking Go!
ReplyDeleteThis umpire's strike zone is all over the place. Judge is lucky he didn't strike out there. Of course, He's made some shitty calls against us, too.
ReplyDeleteSac fly, I'll take it.
ReplyDeleteMan. Of. Glass. Again and again.
ReplyDeleteGood, but it’s not nearly enough.
ReplyDeleteWe need like, hrrrm? 7 runs? Would that be a safe lead for these bunch of drunks?
ReplyDeleteJazz almost manages to blow the game again.
ReplyDeleteI don't know what the hell he was thinking taking second there. He could have wiped out the go-ahead run.
DeleteAnother redemption opportunity for Volpe.
ReplyDeleteThree more runs to win
ReplyDeleteYanks' sloppiness just excoriated on TV. They didn't call out Boone by name, but they might as well have. The lack of fundamentals is inexcusable. And Boone's passivity during the meltdown was inexplicable.
ReplyDeleteLooks like Cole is coming out again. I dunno. 98 pitches now.
ReplyDeleteAlso...no one's warming up? So he's going to send Flouncy out for another inning???
ReplyDeleteOK, now time for Stanton, Nelson and Rivera and we go back to LA
ReplyDelete(Oh, don't I wish ...)
Hill and Holmes warming up
ReplyDeleteThis is the stupidest thing ever. It's a disaster waiting to happen. Ohtani, who could not touch Cole last at bat, nearly singled off him.
ReplyDeleteHey, whattaya know, Rizzo CAN move to first base.
ReplyDeleteFreeeeeeeeeeeeMan go away
ReplyDeleteDO NOT PITCH TO THIS GUY.
ReplyDeleteThis x 1000
DeleteIs there a manager in the house? I can't believe this is not Cole's decision to go back out there. And to go after Freeman.
ReplyDeleteThat's it for Cole. I'm not so sure he should come out. But Boone knows what he's doing.
ReplyDeleteAroldis Holmes?? Boone is an idiot. A clueless moron of legendary status.
ReplyDeleteBeyond stupid
DeleteWelp, you cannot spell moron without Boone.
ReplyDeleteSlow motion train wreck
ReplyDeleteIt’s Waterloo Holmes to the rescue. We’ll just have to sweat it out.
ReplyDeleteFuck Booooooone
Holmes is picking the wrong time to revert to the walk machine.
ReplyDeleteNOT THIS GUY!!!
ReplyDeleteWell, Boone knows what he's doing. I'm sure.
ReplyDeleteOne on, one-run game, do-or-die game.
ReplyDeleteLet's bring in our least reliable relief pitcher. Whaddya say?
Whew.
ReplyDeleteThis game, this team will kill me yet.
ReplyDeleteThe remarkable. But Boone will let Aroldis start the next inning and try to steal another out. Which will blow up in his moronic face.
ReplyDeleteSix more outs. Two more runs would help.
ReplyDeleteAmazing that Booooooone keeps running him out there
ReplyDeleteHis fucking stupid imbecilic pin-fucking-headed moronic face.
ReplyDelete6 outs? Need at least 7 runs to be safe.
ReplyDeleteHoly crap, he got out of the inning.
ReplyDeleteNailbiters are overrated. Give me a good blowout win any day.
I think he has to, Warbler, under the three-man rule.
ReplyDeleteNo, it is Kahnle! And...he lets up a hit. Great.
ReplyDeleteI think the rule is, 3 men or end of the inning.
ReplyDeleteKahnle is a mistake.
ReplyDeleteAmazing how all the Yanks' confidence, in the field and at the plate, has vanished since that inning.
ReplyDeleteI noticed that, too. It was fragile.
DeletePitch Weaver until his arm falls off.
ReplyDeleteBoone, you idiot, this is it. You win or go home. Can you grasp that concept?
This is excruciating…
ReplyDeleteWe’re losing the lead…
ReplyDeleteThe Yankees are acting like they don't believe in themselves.
ReplyDeleteI hate this fucking team.
ReplyDeleteHey, I wish it had been Holmes.
ReplyDeleteWhere’s David Robertson when you need him?
ReplyDeleteThis is incredible. The JuJu Gods are most wise. I rejoice at their attentions.
ReplyDeleteWow - Wow - Wow
ReplyDeletePoor Weaver. Bases loaded none out in the 8th with a one run lead in a WS elimination. He'll be remembered as the guy who gave it up. I hope Hal at least cuts him a nice check as Christmas bonus for borderline ruining his life.
ReplyDeleteLike I said, it was fun…
ReplyDeleteThis game was 5-0 with our guy throwing a no-hitter heading into the fifth. Then the Juju gods said, "Enough fun for now. Time to toy with your minds for a bit."
ReplyDeleteJust throw strikes, for fuck sake.
ReplyDeleteThey will score at least two runs
ReplyDeleteThis would be a good time for a triple play.
ReplyDeleteFull count? Sure. Why not another one.
ReplyDeleteWe are mega fucked
ReplyDeleteThis is Brian's team.
ReplyDeleteCatcher's interference? Sure! Why not!
ReplyDeleteAnd goodnight
ReplyDeleteJust end the misery
ReplyDeleteGreat. Wonderful. I rejoice.
ReplyDeleteBad baseball.
ReplyDeleteOh, hey! It's Freddie.
ReplyDeleteA fitting end to this season. Too bad it’s not also the end of the Cashman / Boone reign of errors.
ReplyDeleteWe suffer. The gods laugh.
ReplyDeleteDoes it seem like the Yankees deserve to win this game? Should I put up an internet poll?
ReplyDeleteThere is no more hope
ReplyDeleteGoodbye 2024
There’s the fucking door
Hey, look. A pitcher covering first on a grounder.
ReplyDeleteNice to see Judge still trying. There oughta be a trophy for that. Oh course it was his error that started all this.
ReplyDeleteDo we get an award for scaring them?
ReplyDeleteAaargggh! Awful at-bat by Stanton! Fuck fuck fuck
ReplyDeleteStanton got a good pitch to hit. Didn't hit it well enough.
ReplyDeleteThat was our last best chance
ReplyDeleteWhy do you possibly swing at the first pitch from this guy, when he was having so much trouble finding the plate?
ReplyDeleteBottom of the lineup
ReplyDeleteSeason is over…
ReplyDeleteRizzo gotta go
ReplyDeleteAnd Anthony Rizzo concludes his Yankees career with no home runs in his last 112 at-bats and an unforgivable mental error. Thanks, Big Tony. See you never.
ReplyDeleteNo way we were gonna win on Friday, anyway.
ReplyDeleteBest of all, we’re set up to see Verdugo ground out to second for the final out of the season.
ReplyDeleteNobody Signs the Rizz
ReplyDelete