Tuesday, April 14, 2026

This is (not) The End of Running – It – Back – Out – Again – Game Thread (04•14•26)



Well, show Boone the way
To the clubhouse exit door
Oh, you know why
Oh, you know why
PLEASE
Show Boone the way
To the clubhouse exit door
Oh, you know why
Oh, you know why
For if we don't show
Boone the clubhouse exit door
I tell you we must Die Cry
I tell you we must Die Cry
I tell you
I tell you
I, like, uhm, well, you know . . .
TELL YOU WE MUST DIE CRY

20 comments:

BTR999 said...

Rice not starting AGAIN

AboveAverage said...

you gotta give other grains a chance at the table. quinoa and barley were just called up - so expect to see them available off the bench.

AboveAverage said...

Threeeeeeee

Golly Geeeeeeee

Hinkey Haines said...

Is it the torpedo bats coming back to haunt us? Or … that you can never trust a pitcher that the genius $man trades for?

AboveAverage said...

Of course

Scottish Yankee fan said...

I'm going to sleep can't see a way back in this game

My current record watching live games is now 3-7 unless a major comeback here

The Hammer of God said...

Oh moon of HAL-a-ban-NY
We now must say goodbye
We've lost our dear old Yan-kees
And now must have whiskey oh you know why

The Hammer of God said...

Listened in to the game again whilst having dinner. Heard Suzyn Waldman say that the Yankees "look under the hood" at hitters, meaning they don't care about things like batting average and instead look at hard hit balls, see if the batters hit 'em hard or hit dribblers.

Rufus T. Firefly said...

AA, this one's for you. Sorry about it being x rated.

https://x.com/GarysheffieldJr/status/2044151233498542092/photo/1

Rufus T. Firefly said...

Also, this game sucks and Rice should sue for abuse.

The Hammer of God said...

That kind of explains why Yankee analytics is so fucked up. Batting average is important. If you only look for hard hit balls, you'll get guys who strike out a ton and hit 5 moonshots in every 100 at bats. Even dribblers are important. If a guy gets a fastball right down the middle of the plate and only manages to hit a dribbler, that ain't good. But if a guy gets a very tough pitch and hits a dribbler for an infield single, that's one of the signs of a really good hitter. Another sign of a good hitter, a guy who can foul off many tough pitches in one at-bat. Yankee analytics ain't measuring these things. That's why their analytics suck. That's why they can't beat Houston or Tampa. Those teams always dribble us to death.

The Hammer of God said...

Rice was having too good a year. They don't want him to have a great year, so they cool him down, try to slow him down, get him in a slump.

ranger_lp said...

Boone’s lefty/righty matchups…not good tonight…

BTR999 said...

Well, this game is long over. My wife wants me to watch “The Pursuit Of Jade” with her, so we can “share the experience”.

Rufus T. Firefly said...

Right now, that almost sounds more enjoyable than this debacle.

Rufus T. Firefly said...

To make this game even more disappointing, Grgich got an actual, honest to God, major league hit.

That means Boone will start him for half of the next 30 games before they finally DFA him.

13bit said...

This is the end, my friend...

But Hal says there's going to be a chicken in every pot.

And AA - that particular photo is so deadly that I may need to seek treatment after seeing it again.

HoraceClarke66 said...

It was pretty funny. Reminded me of Dana Carvey, somehow.

AboveAverage said...

Wait first to make sure that it’s not the end

AboveAverage said...

Don’t tell him that, Hoss