Baseball is my favorite sport in part because it is the most individual of all the team sports. You do your job (hit, field, run) pretty much on your own. No one blocks for you, no one passes you the ball or puck or fails to pass it to you when you're open, or sets a screen. Your job is to execute.
As a result of this, the sport allows for personalities and even inter team rivalries that couldn't survive a different type of game. It allows for a Bronx Zoo, but ideally you have a team that meshes into a no drama unstoppable force. The late 90's Yankees are a great example of the latter.
The 2024 Yankees are neither of these. They are straight off the Island of Misfit Toys. The team is comprised of head cases, showboats, and far too many players with one foot out the door.
The all seem to like each other, which is good,but you get the feeling that as soon as school is out they won't be seeing each other again.
Look at the line up
1B Rizzo (Probably gone - team option)
He's on the ACLS roster broken fingers and all. But don't worry we have two back ups who, despite not being 1st basemen, can get by.
2B - Gleyber (Better be gone - Free Agent)
A total head case with attention span issues. Worst baseball IQ in recent memory plus a slow internal clock that makes it hard for him to make the turn on double plays.
He has been hitting well as a leadoff but disappears as the game goes on. Perhaps what ever he takes in the locker room before the game (Big Cup of Coffee!) wears off by his third at bat.
SS Volpe
Should be the second baseman but is playing shortstop. Has not yet delivered. Unsteady at best. Also, some really bad throws. Made a great catch the other day but overall...
3B Chazz
Another second baseman playing out of position. Flamboyant. Is he a yutz? Is he Kevin Hart? He hasn't hit yet in the playoffs that's for sure.
RF Soto (Probably gone)
A 500 million dollar ballplayer who has everyone holding their breath when the ball is hit in his direction. The guy can hit though and has the "Clutch Gene" so there's that.
CF Judge
The quiet man, and by quiet I mean he hasn't hit. Needs to deliver to cement his legacy.
LF Verdugo (Gone)
Is HE a yutz? Ground ball machine.
DJ and Stanton (They will never leave.)
No comment needed but between them they have one leg. Stanton does come up big though... until he doesn't. DJ was an All- Star at second base so, of course he never got to play there. I know he's hurt but he's a misfit toy none the less.
Cole (Could opt out.)
Head case
Rodon
Bigger head case.
Stroman
Another head case.
Dominguez
His nickname is THE MARTIAN for g-d's sake!
I'm not saying they can't win. I'm just saying that the team is weird.
"Yutz it all about - - - - BoonEEEE?"
ReplyDeleteSo if Cole opts out we can afford Soto...
ReplyDeleteA reminder that Judge and Soto and everyone else comes up big until they don't.
ReplyDeletePhysical Therapy Office Politely Declines Daniel Jones’ Offer Of Framed, Signed Jersey For Wall
ReplyDeleteEAST RUTHERFORD, NJ—Insisting repeatedly that they just didn’t have the space, physical therapy practice Elite Recovery politely declined New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones’ offer Friday of a framed and signed game-worn jersey for the wall. “That’s so nice of you, and we wish we could put it up, but unfortunately, as you can see, our walls are already pretty full,” said physical therapist Courtney Bellingham, gesturing to walls sparsely adorned with jerseys from a New York Riptide lacrosse goalie, a Trenton Thunder minor league catcher, and a local high school basketball player. “We really appreciate the offer, though. It’s so sweet. You know what? We can just hold onto it and keep it in the back, and if we ever expand our offices, we can put it up then.” At press time, after waiting to make sure the Giants quarterback had left the premises, Bellingham reportedly took the framed jersey and quietly tossed it in a dumpster behind the office.
The Onion, of course. Truth in humor.
Rizzo is in starting lineup and batting eighth...
ReplyDeleteweirdness or a miracle of speedy healing - you decide
DeleteUh oh. Between that and Rodent, Boone's goofball judgment is once again in play. God help us.
DeleteThey Yankees bullpen went from a 3.62 ERA during the season to 0.00 in the playoffs
ReplyDeleteCleveland's bullpen went from 2.57 to 3.16
Care to guess which one is going to revert to the mean going forward?
Idiotic to have the injured Rizzo out there. Pretty funny Onion piece.
ReplyDeleteGood thing we have a strong farm system to re-stock all the MLBers we have coming off the books…..
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