It doesn’t hurt that the Yankee have been playing tomato cans. That being said, it's not the hitting that will be their undoing this year (like so many others).
Sorry to have missed the Great Captain Debate! A couple thoughts:
—Nobody...NOBODY...wins team sport championships alone. Not Babe Ruth, not Michael Jordan, not Wayne Gretzky.
—If Ted Williams had signed with the Yankees—something, rumor has it, that only his Salvation Army mom prevented—we won have won the World Series every single year he played (as opposed to "just" 10 of those seasons). We might have won 154 games, one of those years.
—Judge is an amazing player. He has had some good postseason moments (along with some spectacularly bad ones). Let's remember that Willie May batted .230 in 3 World Series and never hit a home run in the Fall Classic. Even some of our beloved Yankees from the great years—looking at you, Bernie, Jorge, and Tino—had a lot of bad postseason series at the plate.
You know who was a true "team player"? Pete Rose. He (volunteered, I believe) at least a couple of times so that the Reds could bring in some extra star players who completed the puzzle, learning new positions even though he was an established superstar. Kind of like that Betts fellow. Jeter "should" have moved to third base in deference to A-Rod being one of The top fielding shortstops in baseball. But NFW! And when his bat finally started going limp he should have told Girardi to move him down the lineup. But, NFW! I couldn't stand A-Rod, the "man". I greatly admired Jeter for all the reasons that Yankee fans admire him. But this ridiculous deification of The Captain has gotten to be a bit much. To his credit he kept his huge ego under wraps, but he let it hurt the team when it suited him. BTW, it pained me to give so much credit to a dirtbag like Rose. Still, on the field he was everything that you could possibly want in a ballplayer. And had he been a lifelong Yankee he easily would have been in the Top Ten. And so, knocking Judge for not brought in a Ring is media bullshit. And Horace, you nailed it all... One last thing. Was Doug Williams a better quarterback than Dan Marino because Marino never won The Big One? What if Elway hadn't won The Ring near the end of his career. How far would his stature have fallen?
—We know f-all about whether or not he really broke up with anyone by text, or gave them gift baskets. For all we know, that rumor could have come from Boston. Or A-Rod.
—Jeter was very cautious with what he told the press? Yep. Can't blame him. Reggie was not, and the press gleefully turned the Yankees' clubhouse into a circus for years.
—Jeter was not only 6th in hits ALL TIME, but was slightly BETTER in 33 postseasons. Intangibles, nothing. The guy hit .308 with an .838 OPS in basically the equivalent of a regular season in October (158 games). He scored 111 runs, had 32 doubles, 5 triples, and 20 home runs, with 61 ribbies. Also stole 18 bases in 23 attempts.
PLUS—his two greatest fielding plays came in the postseason: The Flip, and the Relay Bullet that caught Timo Perez at the plate.
—As a captain, numerous players talked about how great he was to them in the clubhouse, and what a positive presence he was in the dugout...
...Jeter's biggest flaw as a captain? Once he told Cashman he was okay with him bringing in A-Rod, he should have tried to genuinely bury his (legitimate) grudge against the man no one can stand, and make him feel at ease. PLUS...he should have moved over and let A-Rod play SS, as the better fielder.
Similarly, Thurman Munson—also a great captain—should have eased Reggie's move to NYC, for the good of the team.
That said, both Reggie and A-Rod have a long, long history of bugging all sorts of people. And in both cases, they ended up having pretty fair NY careers.
The real problem with Judge as a captain? The same problem that bedevils the whole world: NO PITCHING.
Heaney owning the team with off-speed pitches. No adjustments by Yankee Hitters. Warren can’t get past 4 innings against the PIRATES? Why is he here? Cashman fail. Boone happy to get back to burning out the bullpen. Boone fail Me still watching? BTR fail.
Mr. Haney is, of course, killing us. Warren, of course, was killing us.
Hoss, it's like I said yesterday. I still don't like Jeter, and I tend to believe the stories more than not. It all seems to be of a piece to me. But like I also said, I wish we had him on the field. The guy could play.
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It doesn’t hurt that the Yankee have been playing tomato cans. That being said, it's not the hitting that will be their undoing this year (like so many others).
ReplyDeleteWatch Heaney throw a gem today.
Sorry to have missed the Great Captain Debate! A couple thoughts:
ReplyDelete—Nobody...NOBODY...wins team sport championships alone. Not Babe Ruth, not Michael Jordan, not Wayne Gretzky.
—If Ted Williams had signed with the Yankees—something, rumor has it, that only his Salvation Army mom prevented—we won have won the World Series every single year he played (as opposed to "just" 10 of those seasons). We might have won 154 games, one of those years.
—Judge is an amazing player. He has had some good postseason moments (along with some spectacularly bad ones). Let's remember that Willie May batted .230 in 3 World Series and never hit a home run in the Fall Classic. Even some of our beloved Yankees from the great years—looking at you, Bernie, Jorge, and Tino—had a lot of bad postseason series at the plate.
You know who was a true "team player"? Pete Rose. He (volunteered, I believe) at least a couple of times so that the Reds could bring in some extra star players who completed the puzzle, learning new positions even though he was an established superstar. Kind of like that Betts fellow. Jeter "should" have moved to third base in deference to A-Rod being one of The top fielding shortstops in baseball. But NFW! And when his bat finally started going limp he should have told Girardi to move him down the lineup. But, NFW! I couldn't stand A-Rod, the "man". I greatly admired Jeter for all the reasons that Yankee fans admire him. But this ridiculous deification of The Captain has gotten to be a bit much. To his credit he kept his huge ego under wraps, but he let it hurt the team when it suited him. BTW, it pained me to give so much credit to a dirtbag like Rose. Still, on the field he was everything that you could possibly want in a ballplayer. And had he been a lifelong Yankee he easily would have been in the Top Ten. And so, knocking Judge for not brought in a Ring is media bullshit. And Horace, you nailed it all...
DeleteOne last thing. Was Doug Williams a better quarterback than Dan Marino because Marino never won The Big One? What if Elway hadn't won The Ring near the end of his career. How far would his stature have fallen?
1) Nice graphic.
ReplyDelete2) The Pirate CF goes to where the ball should have landed and it goes by him by 30 feet. RBI double. Juice!
As to Jeter:
ReplyDelete—We know f-all about whether or not he really broke up with anyone by text, or gave them gift baskets. For all we know, that rumor could have come from Boston. Or A-Rod.
—Jeter was very cautious with what he told the press? Yep. Can't blame him. Reggie was not, and the press gleefully turned the Yankees' clubhouse into a circus for years.
—Jeter was not only 6th in hits ALL TIME, but was slightly BETTER in 33 postseasons. Intangibles, nothing. The guy hit .308 with an .838 OPS in basically the equivalent of a regular season in October (158 games). He scored 111 runs, had 32 doubles, 5 triples, and 20 home runs, with 61 ribbies. Also stole 18 bases in 23 attempts.
PLUS—his two greatest fielding plays came in the postseason: The Flip, and the Relay Bullet that caught Timo Perez at the plate.
—As a captain, numerous players talked about how great he was to them in the clubhouse, and what a positive presence he was in the dugout...
.337 7-thru-9 batting average. Nothing more mirage-y than that.
ReplyDelete...Jeter's biggest flaw as a captain? Once he told Cashman he was okay with him bringing in A-Rod, he should have tried to genuinely bury his (legitimate) grudge against the man no one can stand, and make him feel at ease. PLUS...he should have moved over and let A-Rod play SS, as the better fielder.
ReplyDeleteSimilarly, Thurman Munson—also a great captain—should have eased Reggie's move to NYC, for the good of the team.
That said, both Reggie and A-Rod have a long, long history of bugging all sorts of people. And in both cases, they ended up having pretty fair NY careers.
The real problem with Judge as a captain? The same problem that bedevils the whole world: NO PITCHING.
Thank you.
Hoss - good point on Munson.
ReplyDeleteSecond really good play by Volpe in two days. Really starting to pick.
Does Warren have an out left in him?
ReplyDeleteGotta concede today’s game as a loss with Warren pitching.
ReplyDeleteThe strike zone is bullshit
ReplyDeleteA generous SZ, not that this team needs any help striking out. Is our hitting coach on top of it making the hitters aware?
ReplyDeleteWarren is clearly done. He should have been pulled.
ReplyDeleteWill Warren? No he won’t.
ReplyDeleteWe may still be able to pull out.....I mean, uh, uhm, like, you know, pull it out.
ReplyDeleteHeaney owning the team with off-speed pitches. No adjustments by Yankee Hitters. Warren can’t get past 4 innings against the PIRATES? Why is he here?
ReplyDeleteCashman fail. Boone happy to get back to burning out the bullpen. Boone fail
Me still watching? BTR fail.
nice pitching by Brent Headrick . . .
ReplyDeleteMr. Haney is, of course, killing us. Warren, of course, was killing us.
ReplyDeleteHoss, it's like I said yesterday. I still don't like Jeter, and I tend to believe the stories more than not. It all seems to be of a piece to me. But like I also said, I wish we had him on the field. The guy could play.
whatever it takes to get some more runs on the board - - -
DeleteWho is this Headrick guy? - Seems to actually be able to pitch well
ReplyDeleteDick and Duque were prescient regarding today's game.
ReplyDeleteI was listening on the Audacy app and they cut off the game to cover the Nets. Fuckers.
ReplyDeleteChisolm swinging at anything. Seems to be in a hurry to get off the field and into the clubhouse
ReplyDeleteWells’ bunt a good idea, but he’s so slow it must be perfectly executed.
ReplyDeleteGuess Boone is in midseason form. Left Warren in when it was obvious he was falling apart, so the Pirates could build a lead.
ReplyDeleteBoone is an idiot.
Be still my heart.
ReplyDeleteWell, this just got interesting ....
ReplyDeleteLeaky Pirate ship bullpen
ReplyDeleteGrisham on a missham?
ReplyDeleteYou can’t stop Trent Grisham. You can only hope to contain him.
ReplyDeleteNow what?
ReplyDeleteit's all right there in front of Volpe...
ReplyDeleteThe infielder straight up the middle pisses me off
ReplyDelete....annnnnndddd, it's gone. Couldn't score.
ReplyDeleteI have a bad feeling about the bottom of the 10th.
A weak, unacceptable AB by Chisholm who will swing at anything…x innings are 🪦 fot this team with their total inability to play situational baseball
ReplyDeleteI mean tbf to Jazz, he put the ball in play... a little farther and that's a dunk single
DeleteI hope the bucs can get this. who’s going to pitch out of the bullpen come july?
ReplyDeleteAt this rate, Weaver won’t last the year
ReplyDeleteOh well. Williams is still in baby mode.
ReplyDeleteHe's kind of like...not good so far, is he?
DeleteThe Yankees Lose
ReplyDeletePineapple
ReplyDeleteCompletely predictable loss
ReplyDeleteOur ol’ buddy Nestor Cortes back on the IL. I’ll give cashman a little credit there, or maybe he just got lucky
ReplyDeleteWell, the Dodgers got pineappled, too, so there's that.
ReplyDeleteAnother team's IL is the start of the long path back to the mothership in the Bronx. Brian loves birds with broken wings.
ReplyDeleteWeaver will be the closer by May 15
ReplyDeleteSo Juicy
ReplyDelete