Wednesday, October 8, 2025

Game Four – American League Division Series – Yankees √s Toronto – Schlittler √s Varland



Please
Kick their Glutei Maximi,
Schlittler ! 

170 comments:

AboveAverage said...

Now THAT was a great catch by Bellinger !

HoraceClarke66 said...

Damn, I thought it was an 8 PM start! Well call me a Severino.

HoraceClarke66 said...

I'm sorry, but it unnerves me to see Judge looking so nervous.

Rufus T. Firefly said...

For your drinking pleasure:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzVFTpdZF-s

Hinkey Haines said...

Who had McMahon in the home run pool?

AboveAverage said...

John E. Carson

Doug K. said...

He always had power. He just didn't display it on the Yankees.

BernBabyBern said...

John Smoltz with his “that wouldn’t be a home run in any other ballpark” line.

Drink!

13bit said...

I am too frail, emotionally, to handle this shit.

Carl J. Weitz said...

Schlitz for Schlittler.

HoraceClarke66 said...

He had power in Colorado, Doug. Where you and I would have power.

HoraceClarke66 said...

All right, so Judge seems locked in, at least. Not so sure about Schlittler, or the rest.

AboveAverage said...

McMahon:
A header and a homer

HoraceClarke66 said...

Nice way to work out of it. I think the Jays were all ready to claim that pitch hit Santander, but it would have meant putting Barger the Badger back on second.

Rufus T. Firefly said...

Hoisting a duckhorn as instructed!

Rufus T. Firefly said...

PS, Schmucktz can suck donkey dick until he drowns in the cum. Then, he can just fuck off forever.

HoraceClarke66 said...

Uh-oh. Stanton has to run the bases.

AboveAverage said...

Not good

AboveAverage said...

3,6,3 (not that speed would matter much there)

HoraceClarke66 said...

WTF was Jazz doing there???

Hinkey Haines said...

Jazz is all about improvisation.

HoraceClarke66 said...

I don't think that play much mattered because they could only get one out there. But next season I would like us to have a first baseman who can field his position.

TheWinWarblist said...

Where was Jazz positioned?

HoraceClarke66 said...

Yeah, baby! Though that might have been ball four. Still—too close to take, Vladdie Baby!

TheWinWarblist said...

SIT DOWN JUNIOR!! GO GRAB SOME BENCH!!

AboveAverage said...

Great strikeout !

HoraceClarke66 said...

Jazz seemed to be backing up first base, he was so far over. I think he thought that Schlittler was going to snag that—and I'm not sure if Schlittzy just missed it, or if purposely let it go. But it was a perfect DP ball, slow enough for Jazz to get to, yet fast enough to get two.

Jazz should have at least laid out for the ball. But he didn't.

AboveAverage said...

How about some hits against their bullpen. I would like some PLEASE.

15 strikeouts for volpEEEEEEE

Pocono Steve said...

Nice to see the offense come up big in Toronto's bullpen game.

HoraceClarke66 said...

I don't know how you stop them, but we should never see a bullpen game in the playoffs. It throws everything off.

HoraceClarke66 said...

Awful. Hitting looks to have reverted to form.

AboveAverage said...

Let’s hope not

Rufus T. Firefly said...

um, er....

Hinkey Haines said...

Feels like the Jays are just a run or two from putting this out of reach. Bats are doing nothing.

13bit said...

Has the Dead Bat Society reconvened?

Rufus T. Firefly said...

I for one think that Mr. John Schmuck is calling a great game. He seems very unbiased and totally unaffected by previous biases. He totally calls it like it is.

Signed: Blow jobs fan.

13bit said...

Do our batters have a plan when they walk up to the plate? Has somebody in the dugout gone over what’s happening and given them a little peptalk and some instruction?

Hinkey Haines said...

Why start now?

Doug K. said...

What's up with Grisham? His At Bsts are so passive.

13bit said...

UGH

Hinkey Haines said...

Impotent.

Local Bargain Jerk said...

Same here. I was disappointed until I realized I'll be able to stay up for the whole game

BTR999 said...

Gettin late

HoraceClarke66 said...

Grisham is reverting to form, and has been for a month. Made zero sense to bury The Martian on the bench. Why isn't Rice playing?

13bit said...

I hope it’s not gonna be another one of those season endings where another team celebrates an hour in field. That’s a Cashman specialty. I wonder who leads the league over the last 20 years in the “left on base” statistic?

13bit said...

In our - not “an hour”

Rufus T. Firefly said...

Have I mentioned that JayJohny smotz needs to be drawn and quartered?

HoraceClarke66 said...

And yes, to Bitty's point: Jazz is 0-7 with 3 Ks, lifetime, against Rodriguez, that last Toronto reliever. He swings at the first pitch, with that famous, one-handed grip that always works so well. Foul ball. Swings at the second pitch. Weak grounder to second.

Non-quality players like Jazz who hang stats in the regular season, always get exposed come October.

13bit said...

GOOD POINTS

HoraceClarke66 said...

Nice recovery by McMahon—but why the hell is our field so slippery?

HoraceClarke66 said...

All right, Schlittler out. NOW. Stop trying to steal outs, Boone. There are no more left to steal.

Hinkey Haines said...

Goddammit.

HoraceClarke66 said...

Oh, Jazz.

ranger_lp said...

Not a good time to have a bad game…

HoraceClarke66 said...

Wow. Just wow.

HoraceClarke66 said...

Yeah, Jazz, it's the glove. Must have some holes in it.

BTR999 said...

✅✅✅✅✅✅

Local Bargain Jerk said...

Whoever said "Gettin' late" was right

13bit said...

It would appear that a cagey, nimble manager could make better decisions regarding the lineup. I wonder if they are really using artificial intelligence to do any of this stuff. That would really make weird sense. Because if it’s not that, then we are just dealing with dull stupidity.

Local Bargain Jerk said...

It was BTR999

Hinkey Haines said...

See ya next year.

13bit said...

Time to put on my smoking robe, light up the crack pipe, and settle into the hot stove season.

BernBabyBern said...

So, is it time to start the second game thread?

HoraceClarke66 said...

Damn, just when I was thinking this guy might surprise us. What a piece of shit he has been, from Opening Day right through tonight.

ranger_lp said...

Fucking Devin Williams again…

HoraceClarke66 said...

Schlittler looks bereft, but he has nothing to be ashamed about. What a terrific playoffs he had.

TheWinWarblist said...

Do you not see the genius of CashBrain's bullpen?

Kevin said...

I hope that The Brain gets something good for the Jizz. He just has that special talent for brain lock. Or else put him in the outfield.

HoraceClarke66 said...

Again, it all comes down to The Big Brain.

Milwaukee's season ends against the Mets when Devin gives up that gigantic home run to Pete Alonso. Cashman's decision? Sign Devin Williams, don't sign Alonso. Makes perfect sense.

Joe of AZ said...

Wait after getting two outs they pulled the starter ...fire Boone

Hinkey Haines said...

Time to double the bet!

HoraceClarke66 said...

Also, can I just say how loathsome Fox's "Foresight" nonsense is? Not to mention that it was completely deceptive. There is no way on God's green earth that Addison Barger, a .243 hitter this season, had an almost 1:1 chance to get a 4th hit in a playoff game. And he did not.

This cannot be anything except an effort to get sucker bets for whatever gambling service is advertising with Fox.

BernBabyBern said...

Three more innings, four more runs (and nothing given up by the bullpen).

The parenthetical part might the most unlikely.

HoraceClarke66 said...

No, they pulled him with 1 out—after Jazz let a tailor-made double-play bounce off his glove. Of Toronto's 4 runs, 3 were directly attributable to his incompetent fielding. But hey: he can't hit, either.

BernBabyBern said...

Addison Barger sounds like a professor at Hogwarts, not a baseball player.

Hinkey Haines said...

There was a discussion on FanGraphs about this sort of thing last year, I think, when Apple started putting those sorts of stats on their broadcasts. No one thought they held up to reason (or math).

HoraceClarke66 said...

We'll...except that Devin Williams HAS to get Nathan Lukes, .255 hitter, in that situation. HAS TO. That's another bullpen flop.

Doug K. said...

Jazz usually hits a HR after he screws up. Hopefully there will be men on base.

HoraceClarke66 said...

Volpe looks as though he is going to cry. Just to keep this in perspective: Derek Jeter's third full season was 1998.

Doug K. said...

put in Domiquez no DP

HoraceClarke66 said...

Never adjust your game. Never, ever adjust your game. Down 3 runs in the 7th inning of an elimination game? Try to hit the ball out of Yankee Stadium to dead center.

Kevin said...

Too many players with the same ability. Too many players who are stat darlings, but don't have the Stones in the clutch...

BernBabyBern said...

And today’s fun fact, it’s been 2 months and 2 days since Paul Goldschmidt’s last home run.

HoraceClarke66 said...

Why are they POSSIBLY batting Volpe here? Oh, right: to keep up his confidence that he is our shortstop of the future. Much in the same way that Ralph Kramden was the chef of the future.

Mildred Lopez said...

Volpe. Jesus

ranger_lp said...

Volpe has distinguished himself tonight…

Hinkey Haines said...

Man, I hope that’s was Volpe’s last at-bat as a Yankee.

HoraceClarke66 said...

Nice to see Rosario hit something. Though now we have to watch Grisham bat.

Hinkey Haines said...

I wish I believed Grisham was going to do something good here. But I don’t.

Doug K. said...

he needs to wake up.
stop taking pitches that are close

BernBabyBern said...

Volpe is 16-for-26 this postseason!!

… oh, wait, that’s strikeouts, not hits.

Never mind.

BTR999 said...

Gettin later

Pocono Steve said...

Volpe and Grisham both inexplicably taking mid-90 mph, middle-middle pitches.

Hinkey Haines said...

Thankfully we have the rest of the Giants season to look forward to.

BernBabyBern said...

“Can it core a apple?”

Doug K. said...

how is it that EVERY Blue Jay reliver is getting it done?

Local Bargain Jerk said...

A lead-off double by a guy who runs like a safe

TheWinWarblist said...

The Yankees bullpen is Vaunted. Vaunted.

Hinkey Haines said...

What do you think is more likely: the bullpen coughs up a few runs & the Yankees stage a furious rally to lose 7-6, or they just rollover & lose 4 or 5-1?

TheWinWarblist said...

He may run worse that Stanton.

Pocono Steve said...

Yes

TheWinWarblist said...

Smoltz should die from lymphogranuloma venereum.

AboveAverage said...

HahahahahahahahahahaHA

AboveAverage said...

Hey - at least JM is sleeping soundly through this nightmare

Hinkey Haines said...

Guess Bednar is in for the 4-out save.

13bit said...

Same as it ever was….

ranger_lp said...

Smoltz and Davis already delivering the Yankee eulogy…

HoraceClarke66 said...

To Pocono Steve's point, the Yankees inexplicably took relatively soft pitches down the middle all night long. I don't know why. Though when they did their first pitch swinging, they looked no better...

HoraceClarke66 said...

This is all on Cashman. Boone is a fool, but this was never a team that was equipped to win. With the exception of Bednar, none of the relievers he signed at the beginning of the year or brought in later were equipped to get the job done. The infield was a mess, all year long—despite Jazz Chisholm's stat hanging. Gresham got exposed against good teams—while Dominguez languished on the bench. Max Fried proved to be as bad a clutch pitcher as Carlos Rodon was.

AboveAverage said...

Stanton on first
Just showed Cashman on the telly.
I’m in awe of his Super Genius

Local Bargain Jerk said...

They are assholes

Doug K. said...

Doniguez for stanton right now! you can'r have a guy that slow on the basepaths with a really fast guy running behind him when you need runs!

HoraceClarke66 said...

Yeah, Smoltz blathering on about how this can't possibly be Cashman's fault, because it's so hard to win in the playoffs. Talking about how all those Braves teams kept winning division titles, but not taking it all...

HoraceClarke66 said...

He inadvertently undermines his point. Those Braves teams did not win more BECAUSE, year in and year out, they did not have the bench or the bullpen to take October.

AboveAverage said...

I am steaming out of my ears over Stanton still being on the basepaths

AboveAverage said...

Now I can relax

HoraceClarke66 said...

That's hilarious. Down 4 runs, 2 outs in the 8th, against a reliever who just walked the first batter he faced...and Wells swings at the first pitch. Out of the strike zone.

Doug K. said...

PURGE!

BTR999 said...

More like haunted

Hinkey Haines said...

Look at the bright side: this is the last time we have to listen to John Smoltz this year.

HoraceClarke66 said...

The worst part is, we're going to have to watch Volpe hit in the bottom of the ninth.

Hinkey Haines said...

4 friggin hits in a bullpen game.

AboveAverage said...

Nope

HoraceClarke66 said...

Thank goodness I was wrong. BUT...this is once again setting up your supposed big prospect for failure.

Hinkey Haines said...

Nice to see Dominguez getting some valuable playoff seasoning.

AboveAverage said...

Dominguez

Doug K. said...

We might have seen the last of Volpe as a Yankee

HoraceClarke66 said...

Wow. Dominguez. So glad we got to see so much of Grisham, instead.

Kevin said...

Can't blame Judge for this debacle. A LOT of guys below the Mendoza Line. Jizz hitting .182 with errors and the usual "alert plays". It's as though he read Gleybor's book. He shouldn't be playing in the infield. And flanked by Volpe...

13bit said...

I cannot believe he waited until now. Boone or Cash or whoever is responsible le for the in-game calls and the lineups should be convicted of gross negligence and stupidity.

Doug K. said...

Grisham still looking at strikes in the middle of the plate

Doctor T said...

I think Volpe belongs to the same Masonic Temple as Cashman, Boone, Levine and Trost. I'd start combing the video to look for secret handshakes.

No other theory makes sense.

13bit said...

SO MANY LOST OPPORTUNITIES TO THIS POINT

Rufus T. Firefly said...

prolonging the torture.

Say g'night Gracie.

Hinkey Haines said...

I’m glad Judge didn’t make the last out.

Doug K. said...

yes me too

AboveAverage said...

F*cK

13bit said...

ASSHOLES

AboveAverage said...

Schlittler ?

Hinkey Haines said...

Yet another early winter is here.

13bit said...

BAD MANAGING, BAD TEAM BUILDING, INDIFFERENCE FROM THE OWNER.

TheWinWarblist said...

It was all lies. Lies.

Hinkey Haines said...

I’m no fan of either Detroit or Seattle but either of them is preferable to Toronto.

Doctor T said...

Lucy and her football win again. I hope nobody put money on the Yankees for the postseason. But your company was like a good single malt whiskey on a cold winter night. Cheers.

13bit said...

DITTO. I'LL TAKE THE TIGERS OR SEATTLE. FUCK TORONTO.

Doctor T said...

And a secret AI program calling all the shots.

BTR999 said...

Gentlemen (Ladies?) :
It’s been a pleasure and an honor to follow this season with all of year. I hope one year we may together share in the joy of a Championship!

Hinkey Haines said...

Allow me the privilege of authoring the first “Fuck No Boone. Fuck Cashman. Fuck Hal.” of the off-season.

Scottish Yankee fan said...

Well I can finally get to my bed now this season most games finish my time at 2-4 am

Sad the Yankees are out but though I mainly lurk it has been a pleasure being on this website with you all I learn a lot from you but more importantly I get a right good laugh which is short of in supply in my life right now

I wish you all good health and happiness and I will be sticking around off season to enjoy reading all your posts

Awe the best fae Scotland
John







Kevin said...

Schlittler, Judge, McMahon, and maybe an arm or two were the only players who actually showed up for this series. I mean WTF????

Hinkey Haines said...

Cheer, SYF.

Kevin said...

Back at you John. Perhaps next year? All the best for all the right things!

13bit said...

John, this is when the fun and the hope begin again...at least, after the Series is over. Time to retrench and recharge. We must stick together here. One day, we will get back to the other side of that mountain.

ranger_lp said...

The team that was built to get them to the playoffs is not the team built for the postseason…

13bit said...

Too true, Ranger. We have been noticing that for years.

BernBabyBern said...

Another wet dream season for Hal Steinbrenner. Yankees drop to fourth in payroll, good enough to make the diluted playoffs, beat out the Mets in New York City, makes a tidy profit with great attendance, TV money and a sweet stadium deal, and the season ends early enough so he can enjoy fall wine tours, or whatever the fuck it is he enjoys (because it sure ain’t baseball). Hal doesn’t give a fuck about championships. There is no reason the Yankees don’t have the best farm system in baseball. There is no reason the Yankees don’t have the deepest bench in baseball. There’s no reason Aaron Judge doesn’t have a lineup of bats to support him. Hal strives for the Yankees to be good enough but not great — because great costs money. Great might take a few coins out of his deep, deep pockets. And it’s just not that important to him.

Sell the team, Hal, to someone who cares.

BernBabyBern said...

Glad you could join us, SYF. Despite all the frustration, we always have hope for next year.

BernBabyBern said...

Can’t wait to hear Boone say we were getting good swings and competitive at-bats.

AboveAverage said...

Jeter just said It. !

AboveAverage said...

Hopefully some of you just watched and listened to what Jeter just said

13bit said...

We're all too tired out here. What did he say???? I can handle the elevator description.

AboveAverage said...

Apologies - Multitasking out here - After ARod said something silly, with Jeter smirking screen right, he said something like Aaron Boone took a lot of heat for things this year. He didn't put the team together and I don't have any inside information but I will say that he really wasn't the only one making decisions during games this year.

I'm not doing his comment justice but he was directly pointing out that he
wasn't managing the games by himself this year.

It was great to hear Jeter say this.

Also Boone said during his emotional post game that it was personally a difficult year for him this year.

Doug K. said...

"Boone said during his emotional post game that it was personally a difficult year for him this year."

Worse for us. But, I'm a compassionate person. Maybe in the interest of his mental health he should hang it up. Take a year or two to heal.

AboveAverage said...

Thanks Doug - 100% agreed

Joe of AZ said...

5 or 6 years even 👀

AboveAverage said...

He may NEVER heal

HoraceClarke66 said...

BBB, been saying that for years. Many of us have. And...we're right. Only caveat: when Mad George was about to sell the team back in 1998, he was going to sell it to the Dolans. Hey, it can always get worse!

HoraceClarke66 said...

Scotland Forever! Always glad to hear from you. Look us up, if you get to the States. Otherwise...see you next year!

JM said...

I didn't know your name was John. Mine is, too. Sorry that you stayed awake to watch this game and be disappointed in real time. I slept, got up, and was disappointed well after the fact.

Hope life gets better in the off-season, John. Now, I have to figure out which channel curling will be on...

TheWinWarblist said...

I came back this morning and read every word posted by the Commentariat. I am always here.

Good evening to you SYF, aka "John."