We Won't Get Fooled Again!

We have a closer!!!! We won a game!!! 

We're still not okay!!!  

Not even close. 

Unless Boone is fired it doesn't move the needle at all. 

While many in the Yankee Universe collectively exhaled this AM, (Not any of us.) I came across this little tidbit during my AM perusal of the sports pages. It was in the NY Post and it should remind people that Boone needs to be gone ASAP.

“I said, ‘I’m going to take you out,’ ” Boone said. “He gave me a look like, ‘No you’re not.’ So I said, ‘You sure?’ He’s like, ‘Yeah, let’s go, I got this guy.’ ”

So, in other words, Boone was ready to take Bednar, an actual gamer, out with the bases loaded and the game on the line, and replace him with a fragile guy who has already blown FIVE saves this year...

Williams? No. Doval. That's right we have two of them. 

Here's what I wrote the other day in case anyone missed it. 

"A lot of people in NY like the Doval trade but living in Northern California I have access to a lot of friends/acquaintances/neighbors/fans on the street who are SF Giants fans and EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM was glad to see him go.

The consensus is that he’s a "me first" baby with a lot of talent but can’t harness it and is prone to meltdowns. Maybe they can slip him the “supplement” that they give Rodon but apparently that wears off.

Also, after having a rough first outing, he threw his teammates under the bus. 

He was using a translator who altered what he said to make more palatable but, he said in Spanish something along the lines of his bad outing was due to “events outside his control” (Meaning the error) and didn’t take responsibility for the blown save. 

Don’t like him. Don’t like the trade."

In other words...

Yesterday Boone was going to blow the game. Bednar wouldn't let him. 

Good. 

We need a closer and even more, we need tough guys who can will the team to wins. 

But the Yankeeverse MUST keep their eyes on the prize. 

Boone must go.  

If he is fired and we are able to cling to a playoff spot with Bednar as the closer and relegating Williams to the position of "mop up man" then it truly could be "the crap shoot" that they have been selling as an excuse for not pursuing excellence. 

A weekend mauling by the Astros including a massive booing of Boone in front of a collection of Yankee legends hopefully will get it done. If not, August 12th is Fire Boone Night at the stadium. 

He's clinging to the edge. Bednar just gave him a hand. That's fine. Like I said above, we will need a real closer anyway, but the fans need to keep the pressure up and make sure Boone falls.