This team did get much further along than it deserved to
I'm not ashamed to admit that I did enjoy the (mostly) unexpected high points of the season and was often disgusted by the low ones
It was fun to have Soto for the year
But, more than anything.....I wish that Dorothy would come flying in Twister-style in her farm house and crash land it right down an on Cashman and Boone melons . . .
I feared this the whole way and, while I partly identify with AA's sentiment of enjoying this mini little asshole run for the gold, none of it surprised me. This is who we are, what we deserve and what we'll continue to get so long as the owner doesn't give a shit, the GM is a baseball moron and the field manger is an inept nonentity. It's going to be a long time until we win another championship. In the meantime, enjoy the entertainment,w which is all we have now, and take solace in know that Hal will continue to rake in money and to utterly not give a shit about winning.
No one is more disappointed than I, but I just do not understand the haters blaming Cashman or Boone for a dropped fly ball, a throw in the dirt or a failure to cover a base. These are major league players, not little leaguers. Give the Dodgers 6 outs in one inning and it is bound to get ugly.
We are not haters, Pgpick. We love the Yankees more than you will ever know. We have just - through careful analysis over the years, along with reasoned discussion - concluded that the real blame lies with Cashman. He put together this whole organization and he bears the brunt of the blame. Boone is Cashman's useful idiot and it all happens because Hel lets it happen. I'm assuming you're a provocateur or a Brian plant. We on this blog are not the only ones who feel this way.
Pgpick, fair enough. But as 13bit indicates the flubs were symptoms, not causes, of dysfunction. Cashman, primarily (with assent of Hal and the naively ignorant assistance of Boone) created, and supervises, the dysfunction. Like some famously talented but dysfunctional families (use your imagination...think American politics), the Yankees seem capable of achieving great things and at times even appear to do so. But the triumphs are hollow and fleeting, undone by bizarre, irrational and self-destructive behavior. What remains is the ill-feeling, the broken hearts, the talent wasted, and the spite.
@ Pgpick, Supposed to be major leaguers, I hear ya. Except that most of the team is playing out of position. And who plays 'em that way? Why, Cashman & Boone!
As Keefe to the City wrote recently, the idea that you should put players in the best position to succeed simply does not compute to Yankee management.
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I don’t believe you Hoss.
ReplyDeleteBecause I have SO MANY WORDS!!!
Most of them unprintable.
How about 'Yankees Suck!!' I live in LA and that's all I'm hearing. If they had a clue they would be chanting Cashole and Hal SUCK!!
ReplyDeleteOh well. At least we have the NY Football Giants to glom onto.
ReplyDelete/checks standings/
Oh, shit.
This team did get much further along than it deserved to
ReplyDeleteI'm not ashamed to admit that I did enjoy the (mostly) unexpected high points of the season and was often disgusted by the low ones
It was fun to have Soto for the year
But, more than anything.....I wish that Dorothy would come flying in Twister-style in her farm house and crash land it right down an on Cashman and Boone melons . . .
More to come . . . .
I feared this the whole way and, while I partly identify with AA's sentiment of enjoying this mini little asshole run for the gold, none of it surprised me. This is who we are, what we deserve and what we'll continue to get so long as the owner doesn't give a shit, the GM is a baseball moron and the field manger is an inept nonentity. It's going to be a long time until we win another championship. In the meantime, enjoy the entertainment,w which is all we have now, and take solace in know that Hal will continue to rake in money and to utterly not give a shit about winning.
ReplyDeleteNo one is more disappointed than I, but I just do not understand the haters blaming Cashman or Boone for a dropped fly ball, a throw in the dirt or a failure to cover a base. These are major league players, not little leaguers. Give the
ReplyDeleteDodgers 6 outs in one inning and it is bound to get ugly.
We are not haters, Pgpick. We love the Yankees more than you will ever know. We have just - through careful analysis over the years, along with reasoned discussion - concluded that the real blame lies with Cashman. He put together this whole organization and he bears the brunt of the blame. Boone is Cashman's useful idiot and it all happens because Hel lets it happen. I'm assuming you're a provocateur or a Brian plant. We on this blog are not the only ones who feel this way.
ReplyDeletePgpick, fair enough. But as 13bit indicates the flubs were symptoms, not causes, of dysfunction. Cashman, primarily (with assent of Hal and the naively ignorant assistance of Boone) created, and supervises, the dysfunction. Like some famously talented but dysfunctional families (use your imagination...think American politics), the Yankees seem capable of achieving great things and at times even appear to do so. But the triumphs are hollow and fleeting, undone by bizarre, irrational and self-destructive behavior. What remains is the ill-feeling, the broken hearts, the talent wasted, and the spite.
ReplyDeleteHard to write this morning. Last night was a perfect amalgamation of all that bedeviled the team this year.
ReplyDeleteThe perfect ending to an imperfect year.
@ Pgpick, Supposed to be major leaguers, I hear ya. Except that most of the team is playing out of position. And who plays 'em that way? Why, Cashman & Boone!
ReplyDeleteAs Keefe to the City wrote recently, the idea that you should put players in the best position to succeed simply does not compute to Yankee management.
Not to me. Poorly conceived team and we all knows who built this team.
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