We all know what happened last night. You saw it. I saw it. Hal saw it.
Putin, Springsteen, Brad Pitt - Ghislaine Maxwell, in her new luxury suite - they saw it. A million people - kids in Borneo, Eskimos, Floridians - everybody saw it.
We saw the famous NY Yankees - the team of Ruth and Danny Tartabull - snivel at the perfumed feet of their millennial masters, the Redsocks of Boston, who actually represent Everywhere But New York.
It was brutal. Pathetic. A phoned-in loss on national TV, a winnable game squandered by mental lapses that - at least this week - belong in Williamsport. Amazingly, it was commemorated by given-away bobbleheads for George Costanza, the mythical Seinfeld character who, in an episode from 1997, was fired by a fictional George Steinbrenner for napping under his desk.
Last night, the Yankees napped on the field. How awful was it? Well...
1. They halved their loss column lead in the AL wild card race. (They're now one game ahead of Boston.)
2. They welcomed Boston's rising star, Roman Anthony, by botching an easy play at first base, then feeding him a wheelhouse burger for an upper-deck shot. It was reminiscent of Rafael Devers' 2017 three-run shot off Aroldis Chapman, a blow that set the table for seven years of torment by Devers. Here we go again?
3. They welcomed Chapman back home by going 1-2-3 in the ninth, the heart of our lineup, lunging at balls out of the strike zone, failing so quickly that El Chapo - an emotionally unstable perspiration machine - could even think about melting down.
4. They committed four errors - a fifth, by Ben Rice, was mercifully discarded by the official scorer.
5. They walked nine Redsocks. Nine. From six pitchers. Unbelievable. Every inning, Boston threatened. Every inning. The FOX hosts kept marveling at Boston's failure to break open the game, until - of course - they did.
6. They continually gave away leads, then abruptly shut down in the late innings, as they so-often do. Aaron Judge, in particular, looks lost since returning from his tweak. We're seeing the only thing worse than a lineup without Judge - a batting order where Judge is mired in slump.
7. They relived not only the Costanza episode, but Game 5 of the 2024 World Series, when a cavalcade of errors led to Gerrit "The Pointer" Cole failing to cover first. Big game = defensive collapse. Sad.
8. They ended a five-game winning streak that, for a night or two, seemed to suggest they were making a run in the AL East.
9. They gave up the 2025 season series to Boston. If the teams finish tied, Boston will have the advantage. On the year, they are 6-1 against us.
I can go on. What's the point? You saw it. We all did. That pitcher from Frisco? Doval? Yikes. I never thought I'd say it, but we dropped Marcus Stroman, for this? Where's Scott Effross? What happened to Ian Hamilton? And that Bird guy? And Brubaker? Has he gone undercover into another prison system? Clayton Beeter? Wait. He's now a Nat. Who's going to pitch the 7th, 8th and 9th tonight? Dunno. But I can tell who won't: Max Fried. Holy crap, we've waited and waited for this showdown. Are we going to be undressed? For "YES," bobble your head.
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Did anybody notice Boone’s ankles last evening ?
They looked like the Keystone Kops last night. I like Ben Rice, but as a catcher, he can't throw any runners out. In fact, he can't throw at all. And how many throwing errors/mental mistakes does Jizz Chasm have to make before Boone holds him accountable? No need to answer—unlimited. We should start a pool each night against the Red Sox about how many bases they will steal.
Boone has ankles?
Moosic, PA.— Spencer Jones launched a mammoth 443-foot home run off former Cy Young finalist Alek Manoah on Wednesday night, adding another spectacular chapter to his blazing hot Triple-A campaign that has Yankees fans buzzing about his potential September call-up. The towering blast off the 2022 AL Cy Young finalist puts the 24-year-old outfield prospect firmly in the spotlight as the Yankees evaluate their postseason roster options.
Triple-A manager Shelley Duncan has been even more effusive in his praise, calling Jones a generational talent.
“I’ve never seen anything like it before,” Duncan said. “I’ve never seen a player this talented before in my life. I think the person we’re seeing right now is who he is.”
Generational talent. Jones, Martian, Judge would be an interesting outfield. I'd like to see it.
Exact same swing as Judge, just from the other side of the plate.
The front ?
The Woody Allen movie?
Jones batting .171 in Aug with 2 HR’s.
But Shelly Duncan sez he's great!
No No No - That was Broadway Aaron Boone
There are so many holes on this team I don’t know where to start. The BP is wildly inconsistent. Judge hitting .228 in Aug with 3 hrs, he is now an easy out who will swing at almost anything. Volpe bating .187 since June 1 but still playing every game. Worst of all is how we came into this series with just a little bit of optimism, only to have it wiped out by last night’s embarrassment. Will they stand tall tonight and bounce back, or will this become an epic 4 game sweep at the hands of the Red Sox? If so, boone must be fired Monday morning. No more excuses.
JM, he still holds great promise, but shouldn’t be seen as some kind of savior. He will certainly struggle at first with MLB pitching.
"8. They ended a five-game winning streak that, for a night or two, seemed to suggest they were making a run in the AL East.”
But it was only a suggestion.
I hear ya. And I stopped believing in saviors when I graduated from catholic school. Maybe before.
Volpe, Boone, and Wells should be sent on a long sea voyage. To here:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/strange-deep-sea-animals-discovered-in-underwater-argentine-canyon
could we send Jazz as well, JM?
Maybe we can get a package deal on a very heavy anchor.
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