Monday, October 28, 2024

FLAME (I mean) GAME ON !!!


 He's "Convicted"

169 comments:

Kevin said...

You just convicted and sentenced him to hit 4+ home runs to be served by the end of the playoffs.

HoraceClarke66 said...

In regard to Rufus' very valid complaint about the fact that MLB can't figure out how to play the sport's most important games in good weather, there is this consolation:

A Hollywood director I know who is well-connected, had a chance from someone to buy tickets for tonight's game. The price? $11,000—a ticket. My friend, who is a fanatical Yankees guy, declined.

HoraceClarke66 said...

Hate how they don't let you hear most of the real crowd reaction before the games.

Rufus T. Firefly said...

Here in cow Hampshire, I'm grilling streaks at 38 F outside. Didn't get above 45 here today.

This is insanity.

TheWinWarblist said...

Sure. Flame on. Let's get this over with.

Rufus T. Firefly said...

Ribeyes on!

HoraceClarke66 said...

Really? A Fat Joe performance when everything's ready to go? WTF?

HoraceClarke66 said...

Then another commercial break. The levels of greed here are beyond belief.

Rufus T. Firefly said...

Accountants, ANALytics and Assholes, oh my!

BTR999 said...

That’s the name of the game, Hoss…

Hinkey Haines said...

Schmidt got an out. That’s good - now his ERA can’t be infinity.

JM said...

Whoops

TheWinWarblist said...

Already with the bullshit.

TheWinWarblist said...

Close to infinity.

BernBabyBern said...

Schmidt looks like he took speed just before heading out to the mound. Wound tighter than a drum and he’s missing high. Not good.

Hinkey Haines said...

So glad there’s an ad featuring Ohtani in the background.

AboveAverage said...

Pro Tip - Walk Freddie from here on out. Thank you for your cooperation.

AboveAverage said...

11K (shakes his head)

JM said...

Judge fails again.

AboveAverage said...

I have not been able to tune in yet (just jumped out of a meeting) but I would have to imagine the the fans booed that Judge strikeout)

BTR999 said...

Judge

BTR999 said...

No, silence mostly…

TheWinWarblist said...

No I was wrong. Not infinity. A pedestrian 5.06 ERA.

TheWinWarblist said...

Instead of walking Freeman, how about putting one in his ribs? What? Oh? We don't do that anymore? Too bad.

AboveAverage said...

There you go

TheWinWarblist said...

Volpe is not a good major league hitter.

BTR999 said...

That unstoppable Yankees offense…

13bit said...

for a month, I was worried that we were being set up to get destroyed in the World Series...at least it's not the Mets doing this to us.

Rufus T. Firefly said...

The master just said it's a slider, but they wanna call it a sweeper.😁😤

AboveAverage said...

We are all headed for a SWEEPING

HoraceClarke66 said...

Why is Schmidt still in the game?

Rufus T. Firefly said...

Tuning to the curling channel...

TheWinWarblist said...

I may leave you very soon.

Pocono Steve said...

Leiter?!

HoraceClarke66 said...

This is not a professional effort. But hey, Rufus: don't you feel for those people out there, having spent $11,000 to see this? Schadenfreude Nation!

Pocono Steve said...

The whole goddam series comes down to this--and Leiter?!

ranger_lp said...

Now it’s a bullpen game…

HoraceClarke66 said...

All right, time to get the next pool together. What does everybody think the main excuse will be for the Yanks getting swept in this Series?

I got my money on the delay between the championship series and the World Series.

Pocono Steve said...

Well, I should just Leit-en up, I guess. Or not.

HoraceClarke66 said...

All right, give Leiter Junior his props.

HoraceClarke66 said...

Wasn't Schmidt a Number 1 draft pick for us?

Hinkey Haines said...

The fans were too critical & it was jut too much of an emotional distraction.

Hinkey Haines said...

Yes.

HoraceClarke66 said...

Do we get a hit tonight? I'm thinking...maybe.

BTR999 said...

Schmidt spit bit.

Kevin said...

Gaaaaaaaaaaack

BTR999 said...

We need new catchers.

HoraceClarke66 said...

One good thing about the end of this Series? I will never have to watch Flopsie Vertigo in a Yankees uniform again.

HoraceClarke66 said...

Soto our best chance for a hit.

Hinkey Haines said...

No hits yet. Yankees looking to be first team to get no-hit in back-to-back games.

Kevin said...

Of course, why manage any differently than the regular season?

BernBabyBern said...

Just saw that Boone said he benched Wells because he’s going through “a tough stretch offensively.” He’s hitting .098 for his last 11 games. So, to bump up that offense he turns to a guy who …. is hitting .098 for the last THREE MONTHS.

But remember, he’s a great manager. Jeff Passan says so.

HoraceClarke66 said...

Oh, well.

BTR999 said...

Verdugo is such an asshole.

Copelius said...

That is where you are mistaken

Kevin said...

I thought that it was classless when George apologized to NYC after the '81 series. Hal needs to start writing his...

BTR999 said...

Now that the series is over, I’m wondering how cashman will fuck up the post season roster overhaul.

TheWinWarblist said...

Nestor warming up because that's the key to the comeback.

HoraceClarke66 said...

So Boone is just going to concede the game and the Series here?

HoraceClarke66 said...

And a big fuck-you to the announcers, hoping the call will be overturned.

HoraceClarke66 said...

Nestor? NESTOR? Is Boone dissociating?

Kevin said...

Cortes? Cortes!!! NFW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kevin said...

Amen

AboveAverage said...

BUT HOSS… Nasty is our Ohtani killah ….

AboveAverage said...

Ladies and Gentlemen - what we are about to see is not safe for work

HoraceClarke66 said...

How did we ever get out of that? Nestor trying desperately to walk Ohtani.

AboveAverage said...

Nasty did a good job. Give the man a cookie

HoraceClarke66 said...

Now we just need Judge to get a walk.

Rufus T. Firefly said...

I do, but I don't. I think you can understand.

AboveAverage said...

Ohtani has a little bit of pain

Hinkey Haines said...

Makes the off-season TJ surgery he requires after snapping a ligament in the service of a losing cause.

Pocono Steve said...

I'd love to believe that the last two Houdini acts were some kind of turning point, but I can't

AboveAverage said...

Anything he can do to get on base. Even a Slapshot striptease would be acceptable to applicable

HoraceClarke66 said...

Well, better. I still think we can get a hit.

BTR999 said...

A hit!

AboveAverage said...

Stanton gets to second!

BTR999 said...

Time for Volpe to k

HoraceClarke66 said...

Jazz is very funny. But not actually good.

Hinkey Haines said...

Ignominy averted

AboveAverage said...

Exactly

AboveAverage said...

But Stanton couldn’t get home….did something just explode in all of our brains?

Hinkey Haines said...

Not sure sending Stanton on a single, hit directly to the left fielder, was all that clever.

BTR999 said...

It wasn’t, but the near hitter would’ve just failed anyway

Pgpick said...

W.T.F. Who sends Lumbering G? Ever?

AboveAverage said...

Once again - horrible decision making

BernBabyBern said...

I yelled “What the fuck!!” at my TV as soon as I saw them waving Stanton in. He can barely run …. why the hell would they send him?

This series is the Juju Gods just laughing at us.

AboveAverage said...

Jazz IS NOT just NOT funny - or NOT good- he’s a liability.

BTR999 said...

Chisolm belongs in the OF. When Soto signs with the Dodgers, Judge moves back to RF and Chisolm can play CF.

Hinkey Haines said...

I think the Yankees actually build getting thrown out at home into their player development plan, & when they interview third base coaches.

AboveAverage said...

This team is like Ulcerative Colitis

Rufus T. Firefly said...

AA, not as many runs.

Kevin said...

Really there was no choice when it came to sending Stanton. Who was going to drive him in?

Rufus T. Firefly said...

2003 vibe...

Rufus T. Firefly said...

Suzyn and the Master:

TWO FUCKING HITS?
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?
THEY SUCK!

Rufus T. Firefly said...

Obviously, I may be paraphrasing...

AboveAverage said...

You win response of the game!

AboveAverage said...

I would LOVE to see Boone resign during the post game Pressure Presser

Joe of AZ said...

They absolutely CANNOT run Boone back out there next year

Rufus T. Firefly said...

As would all of us.

Rufus T. Firefly said...

Yet, they will...

JM said...

That is incredible. Another example of stats that are ignored whenever they feel like it. I wouldn't be surprised if the excuse for getting swept has to do with going with the numbers, but things just didn't work out.

AboveAverage said...

To Quote Doctor Smith…..”The Pain!”

Rufus T. Firefly said...

I don't know if I have the stomach to root for this team anymore...

No use letting them play Lucy with the football.

AboveAverage said...

Boone will manage the Yankees for the next THOUSAND years

HoraceClarke66 said...

So, the Mets sign our coach, and he becomes a terrific manager. We sign their coach and he sends runners through to be thrown out.

JM said...

He's earned a raise by "getting them this far" after the 15 year drought.
This is pathetic.

HoraceClarke66 said...

But you have a point, Kevin. And the answer is...no one.

Hinkey Haines said...

And when they sign our right fielder he’ll get even better.

JM said...

Desperation makes people do crazy things. In this case, knowing the Yankees will not be able to score, so taking a chance. Because it will likely be your only chance.

HoraceClarke66 said...

Dodgers with 4 runs, 3 of those on guys who walked or were hit by a pitch.

JM said...

Hoss, this series shows the emperor has no clothes. The emperor being this team.

TheWinWarblist said...

The Yankees we are seeing tonight is the team we saw for most of the year. It is a Fluke of the universe this team made the playoffs and won the AL pennant. The Dodgers organization clearly wants to win and the HAL could care less. And it shows.

HoraceClarke66 said...

This whole series has turned on the inability of Jake Cousins to pitch to Gavin Lux. I don't mean give up a big hit to Lux, which can happen with almost anyone. I mean, throw a strike to him.

Hinkey Haines said...

Let’s play a game! The (fill in team name) plays fundamentally sound baseball & takes advantage of opponents’ mistakes. The (fill in other team’s name) don’t.

Rufus T. Firefly said...

Sad that the Master is going out this way.

Also very scary that next year will be worse, and without the dulcet tones of the Master.

AboveAverage said...

People everywhere are reaching out expressing their concern and condolences but I am numb. One friend said, “At least this finally means that Boone will be gone”. I replied likely not. Here’s a quick question for those of you still paying attention - WHEN EXACTLY WAS THE KAST TIME THE YANKEES WERE SWEPT IN A WORLD SERIES? Aarongeddon!

HoraceClarke66 said...

Yanks got perfect match-ups to make it to the Series, and they got to face a battered and shorthanded Dodgers team here. But it was still not enough...

Hinkey Haines said...

AA - 1976.

AboveAverage said...

Thanks HH

HoraceClarke66 said...

...They had the luxury to make most of the season an extended spring-training camp, yet did not do basic things such as see if The Martian could become a player, come up with a replacement first baseman, make sure they had a real third baseman, etc.. They almost got lucky in how beat-up the Dodgers were, but they had a couple days off, and then Boone-Cousins-Judge did the rest...

HoraceClarke66 said...

Also, the idea that Volpe is our shortstop of the future is a joke.

13bit said...

The reason? "Hey, we had a few tough breaks. It could have gone either way. Blah blah woof woof..."

HoraceClarke66 said...

So the Volpe at-bat was, gets to 3-1, the pitcher comes right over the plate...and he looks at it. Strike two. Then a long foul, then a strike out when he loses his bat. Not professional hitting.

Wells may have been screwed, but not by much.

Hinkey Haines said...

Torres got shafted.

HoraceClarke66 said...

Maybe. But the pitch was way high. What was he offering at? Awful, awful at-bats.

Kevin said...

I have to wonder if things would have been different for Volpe had he stayed in the minors for a year or two longer. Yes, I'm indulging in the favorite pastime of Yankee fans, second-guessing management as to when players should make The Show. But he's a career 83 OPS+ hitter, good glove player. I believe that a better organization would have broken him in as a utility player. But Hal saved money by bringing him up early as a starting shortstop. Well, trying to see a System within the Yankees org. is a fool's errand. Which is why I had to bring this up. Thankfully we won't have to look at a third of these players next year...

AboveAverage said...

I have to wonder if Judge is damaged

ranger_lp said...

We’re not getting a run tonight are we?

HoraceClarke66 said...

Just psychically.

AboveAverage said...

No Jazz

HoraceClarke66 said...

Nope.

AboveAverage said...

Exactly

13bit said...

This is Brian's team from top to bottom.

HoraceClarke66 said...

The umpire is an asshole, but Yanks bitching at him is just another sign of them losing it. Boone should either tell them to shut up or get out there and get in the guy's face himself. Pathetic.

HoraceClarke66 said...

That was the last significant inning of the season.

AboveAverage said...

No chance - must go rework the haiku now

HoraceClarke66 said...

Kevin, I think you hit the nail on the head in questioning whether there is any system here at all. In his latest hagiography, the one he got Andy Martino to write for him, the Yankees' system is depicted as being incredibly scientific and rational.

It's nothing of the sort. Players come up too early or too late, or they often shine at first, then quickly deteriorate for no obvious reason.

AboveAverage said...

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HoraceClarke66 said...

Crazy of Dodgers to keep playing an obviously injured Ohtani.

AboveAverage said...

Weaver?

AboveAverage said...

Was Boone awake there?

AboveAverage said...

IS THERE A RALLY IN THEIR BONEZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ(snore) ?

AboveAverage said...

Can you believe that Volpe struck out? Damn

AboveAverage said...

Where’d everyone go?

HoraceClarke66 said...

Sorry, AA. Still here! That jerk behind the plate SOOOOO wanted to call that last one against Rizzo a strike. But no one here can hit tonight.

AboveAverage said...

Is it something BOONE said?

AboveAverage said...

Phew ( hahahahahaha)

HoraceClarke66 said...

Just showed the last out in 2003. Boy, was that a disappointing game! Little did we know it was the future.

HoraceClarke66 said...

Even I wasn't around for Johnny Podres' shutout in 1955!

AboveAverage said...

RizzO is faster than Stanton (just in case you’re wondering). Vertigo…..(blah)

AboveAverage said...

Huh - Whuh - - - prolonging the pain with Gleyber

AboveAverage said...

Gleyber will dribble

HoraceClarke66 said...

What shall we call Verdugo standing at the plate there? Hubris run amok? Still, at least we scored!

AboveAverage said...

Out

Hinkey Haines said...

Tomorrow night will be a mercy killing.

AboveAverage said...

He’s just another Boone coddled man- child, Hoss. Glad your director bud didn’t drop 11k on this spew

Hinkey Haines said...

I was livid after Game 1. I was disappointed after Game 2. I’m just resigned after Game 3. I got nothing left for this team.

HoraceClarke66 said...

Horrible game. And yet, if we'd only pitched to Gavin Lux, we might have won.

Hinkey Haines said...

On the bright side, Boone can now break out highlights from the 2004 ALCS to inspire the team!

BTR999 said...

End it tomorrow. Please.

Stang said...

It's like watching a small animal die, if you didn't care whether small animals lived or died.

Kevin said...

Every one of these games were winnable, but we'd miss it by 'about that much'. But it was the manager, the second baseman, the Big Guy, the right fielder who made me feel tense whenever a ball hit near him. Yeah a few breaks and we could be up 3-0. But even if we were, I'd believe that the fuckin Dodgers are the better team. A team of linchpins, backed up by quality players, both positional and the pitching staff. I was awakened from a nice dream only to realize how thin the roster really is, and how overpriced. I'm probably the only person here who thinks that paying for Soto is wise. He's not the best player in baseball, not even close. When he gets that huge contract he'll be playing first base by age thirty, and then...

AboveAverage said...

And you were so flush with hope, Stang. What happened?

Stang said...
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Stang said...

(Sob!) The Yankees happened, AA.

Publius said...

Like Houston in 2022 ALCS. Dodgers management is smarter than the Yankees. They've attacked the poor hitters at the bottom of the lineup, exploited Judge's insecurities, and been very careful with Stanton and Soto. This series, like that one, was lost in the dugout and the office suites.

edb said...

Manager AaRon Buffoon Boone is good at the follwoing: following analytics to a fault; being outmanaged; not getting the most out of his played: making moronic moves; serving up the BS, like: "Big G made a hell of a turn around third base."

Publius said...

Like in 2022 ALCS, evenly matched teams. The difference is in management. When sweeps or 4-1s happen between evenly matched teams, it's a management issue. Yankee management, as we've long known, is mediocre at best. Dodgers management, like Houston's, is industry leading.

13bit said...

These assholes are making me sad