That won't be the year we're done with Aaron Boone.
Nope. He'll just be warming up.
By 2032, the Yankees will have played in a few postseasons, with varying outcomes, none of which satisfy the fan base or replace the epic Game 5 Inning 5 meltdown of 2024 - a future cornerstone of Yankee folklore. Don't get me wrong: I'm sure we'll experience some incredible, out-of-body losses, the likes of which melt our faces, but none will beat the acute horror of 2024, and cause Owner Hal to cut bait on his friend and confidant, Boonie.
Nope. Gene Mauch had better watch out, because Boone is gunning for the all-time managerial shit show crown. That is, unless the asteroid has a say.
Now, let me clarify: I'm not rooting for the asteroid. To do so would exhibit poor sportsmanship, which no Yankee fan within a stranglehold of Mookie Betts would ever do. I'm just saying that if the asteroid does not take him out, nothing devised by humankind ever will. Four months ago, the Yankees put their fans through the most humiliating postseason since 2004, the burst curse of the Bambino, and apparently, nobody will pay so much as a nickel deposit on accepting the consequence.
Yesterday, the Yankees extended Boone's contract by two years. Maybe it's time to start building the arc? By then, will Elon have finished Mars-a-Largo?
Today, in The Athletic, the Gammonitic Bible, a story spins numerous statistical projections to show the Yankees to be one of the most successful franchises in all of baseball. It reminds me of the 1956 boxing movie, "The Harder they Fall," when a cancer-throated Humphrey Bogart barks at Rod Steiger, "Don't give me your numbers. You can make those numbers jump through hoops." And he's right. In this era, there is nothing more flimsy than an argument based on stats, especially when it's up against the memory of your favorite player dropping a routine pop fly.
We will go to our graves with Boone managing this team.
Not rooting for the big rock. But it might be our best bet.
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Can't go back to ESPN. So yeah, we're stuck with him.
Even if they canned Boone, they would likely seek a pliable clone.
No Experience Necessary!
The front office said we needed to shore up our defense during the offseason, but not a peep was said about Aaron "Hey, let's bring in Nestor" Boone.
It just struck me today that Judge's inability to hit in the postseason, however anyone wants to spin the reason why, is just basically choking. A great, great player, who simply can't deal after game 162. And when he got to the World Series, he choked defensively, something he never otherwise does.
This is one very weird team.
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Chicago Cubs pitcher Cody Poteet became the first player to challenge a ball/strike call in a major league game when he asked for a review of a fastball to Los Angeles Dodgers infielder Max Muncy in the bottom of the first inning of their opening spring game Thursday.
Poteet, acquired from the New York Yankees for Cody Bellinger over the winter, thought the low fastball caught the corner of the plate, but plate umpire Tony Randazzo disagreed, calling it a ball. Per MLB rules this spring, Poteet tapped his head indicating he wanted a review, and quickly the pitch and its location were shown on the scoreboard. The call was reversed, and instead of a 1-1 count, Muncy fell to 0-2 before striking out.
Instead of robots calling every pitch, teams can challenge two calls per game with the ability to retain a successful challenge. Only the pitcher, catcher or hitter can challenge a call and must do so without help from the dugout. Tapping their head is the indication they want to challenge a call.
YANKEES CHANGE FACIAL HAIR POLICY! "WELL-GROOMED BEARDS" OK!!!
So, then, eventually, will players be able to tap their own, personal Poteets and question something bigger and more profound.that needs to be overturned?
And, uhm, I uh, have some to like, say about the Boone extension……
ladies and gentlemen - put down those razors - we have a Stang sighting
I just saw that headline. My head is spinning...
The BEARDS are coming . . . . . . . . . . .
My. Lands, what next???
1) "It reminds me of the 1956 boxing movie, "The Harder they Fall"..."
Budd Schullberg is one of the greatest American writers of all time.
A Face in the Crowd
On The Waterfront
What Makes Sammy Run
and the Harder They Fall.
Not too shabby.
2) As I posted yesterday... watched Cody Poteet get shelled by the Dodgers. The Yankees TOTALLY won the Bellinger trade. Cashman is a genius!!!!!! (At least for a day)
"Genius For A Day" was a short lived PBS Game show in the 60's where they brought on men considered brilliant in their field and let them explain their theories about how to fix government.
Winners were given washing machines, not actual control. Simpler times.
Budd Schullberg not to be confused with Max Shulman, creator of Dobie Gillis.
I'm waiting for the first Van Dyck.
Or Bud Melman of David Letterman fame.
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