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Remember that grand HR by Ben Rice - once upon a time, way back, two nights ago? - that was going to save the 2025 Yankee season?
Nevermind.
Remember how The Martian was improving? Or how the infield seemed to coalesce around Jazz Chisolm? Or how Anthony Volpe was - aw, I dunno - not deteriorating? Remember optimism? I mean, wow, what a concept! The moments from childhood that made us believe the Yankees were the greatest team in American sports, and that they possessed a destiny beyond third place in the AL East? Remember Hope Week?
My bad.
Won't happen again.
Hope? Nope. Last night cured me. It successfully reamed out whatever drunken ebullience once coursed through my Yankee lymph nodes. What was I thinking? that one Yankee victory could salvage a dismal summer on a weary team from a joyless franchise - a zombie organization whose logo and uniform simply reminds us of what the Yankees once were, and how far they have fallen.
We are a team that only scores via solo home runs.
We are a team that does not field at a major league level.
We are a team that does not teach fundamental skills.
We are a team that does not win close games.
We are a team that will soon be remade by trades.
Yes, any day now, the bloodletting will commence.
Once again, on the Aug. 1 trade deadline, the Yankees will swap young for old, the future for the past, the rising for the falling, in their sad effort to secure a wild card birth in a playoffs system that functions like Little League participation trophies. It is amazing - and embarrassing - how much money the Yankees burn, compared to rivals who field superior teams.
The 2025 Yankees are a team of stiffs, playing out of position, with massive problems, including a sink hole bullpen.
They have a mediocre farm system, which they will further drain, and we will go through another depressing autumn and winter, as we've done for 15 years, with nothing to show.
I'm sorry, folks. I should rouse up some blather on how we're only four games out, and all we need is a 10-game win streak, and let's call a juju intervention - something like that. But why lie? Last night, this team shat the bed. It sent a message to the front office, to the Yankiverse and to every fan in captivity:
Next year...
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Fried was pitching with an unhealed blister. And the bullpen sucked.
He needs to stay off the mound until that thing is gone. Otherwise, our stopper will be a slopper.
Hint: The Maze Runner.
The Maize Rumor
We call it Maize.
F e a r
Loathing
Stink Lines
Rising
Can’t Escape
Nowhere to Hide
Don't—don't—don't—don't—look at what's in front of you. (Cleats—cleats—cleats—cleats—movin' up an' down again); Men—men—men—men—men go mad with watchin' em, An' there's no discharge in the Bronx
Not the least bit unexpected.
Hear, hear, O Peerless One!
I was actually glad to see that last night's debacle was so blatantly awful that not even the "mainstream" media could ignore it. The enshittification of the Yankees continues. Maybe, one day, there will be consequences.
Dear God Hoss,
I sure hope “they” don’t cut the funding for this blog….
And...making yet another plea for T.J. "The Man Who Might Have Saved the World Series" Rumfield. Ben Rice showing that he fields first base about as well as he catches...along with hitting .232. Nope, can't give a good-fielding, .300-hitter at Triple-A a shot at his spot on the roster.
If Cashman had run the 1983 Yankees, no one ever would have heard of Don Mattingly. "Nope, Steve Balboni is our first baseman of the future. Plus...we're trying him out in centerfield."
The Yankees have been embarrassing themselves for years. Loser Hal Genius Cashman Buffoon Boone.
Mariano would have long been traded for dried pigeon shit if he had come up under Cash-ola.
I abandoned the game last night before they completely blew it. I was already bored to death.
I look forward to Cashman selling off what's left of the farm for an overpriced player who will either leave in 3 months, flame out on impact or show up with serious injuries and will never be seen again. Probably all of the above.
You can't rebuild the farm system being in contention every year...
OT: Hulk Hogan has passed away...
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