This we know: The juju gods are assholes.
Last night, the juju gods took out their frustrations on a relatively innocent bystander in the eternal NY baseball cold war, the so-called "Subway Series." A freak liner fractured the fibula of Clay Holmes, an ex-Yankee who was pitching for the Mets. He's out for "a long time." Maybe worse. At age 33, a broken leg can be a career killer. Damn. It's not fair.
Normally, like Trump grousing from his airliner's restroom door, I will rage through the night about Yankee stars who sign with other teams. They're guilty of the worst crime known to fans: Yankee treason.
My piercing righteousness stems from Juan Soto, who pissed upon a year of Yankees loyalty so he could bank a few extra dimes on a Mt. Everest stack of money he will not in his life imagine. In Soto's case - like that of Robbie "Joggy" Cano - he made not only a craven choice, but a flat-out bad decision, which has already begun to haunt him. I believe he will secretly regret it for the rest of his life. Good riddance.
In an alt-Yankiverse, last night's Yankee batting order should have been:
Ben Rice, 1B
Aaron Judge, RF
Juan Soto, LF
Giancarlo Stanton, DCH
Cody Bellinger, CF
Higgy C (why not?)
Jazz Chisholm, 2B
Jose Caballero, SS
Oswald Peraza, 3B (same)
Okay, I'm soaring off topic. This is about an injustice, about wrongful collateral damage, which happened last night to an undeserving soul.
In his time with the Yankees, Holmes had been a solid closer, who always took the ball, even when he was being vastly overworked by Aaron Boone, until his arm nearly fell off. When he reached free agency - at 31, the most important contract in his family's future - he had run his course with the Yankees. The Mets offered a new life, as a starter, and Holmes had become their ace. Last night, the juju gods kicked him in the nuts.
Holmes took a shot off the bat of Spencer Jones - a newly inscribed character in the hyped-up history of the Subway Series - who before last night was known for strikeouts and being as tall as Aaron Judge. I hope Jones can launch his New York career in the next two nights. And let's hope Holmes can make it back. Guy didn't deserve this. Screw you, juju gods.
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Lost in all this Clay-Dough is . . .
How many times Cam took blistering come-backers off his spindly legs last night and over his past two starts.
I count FOUR TIMES!
He’s been banged up mighty hard and has still pitched incredibly well.
Let’s hope he gets through his next couple of starts not taking any off his knee highs because the next one could be Holmesian.
Cam's bones are younger, able to withstand bangs and bongs beyond those of mortal men. And nobody has hit him in the fibula.
Clay is just unlucky. I don't know what the exit velo of Jones' liner was, but he's a big guy and it must have been a shot. Holmes soldiered on, for a little while. Even tough guys have to succomb eventually. (Did I ever tell you about the time my dad fell at Stan's after a game and broke his shoulder, but didn't go to the hospital for an X-ray for a week?)
I miss Holmes. I miss Weaver. I still can't stand Kimbrall, with his stupid vulture stance. Wtf is that for? Wtf does it do? Absolutely nothin'. Huhn.
Or his bones are adamantium?
I'll believe that when he knuckle lances himself
Cam Schlittler is now the Yankee ace! But he better watch out, cuz the batters are taking shots at him like he's draped in buckskin & carrying 300 lb antlers on his head. Seriously, never seen a pitcher get so many times. (And this is a great pitcher!)
They better improvise some body armor and padding for Cam, especially around the bony parts of the legs. Maybe motorcycle rider protection. As this rate, he's gonna need it.
That game was like the pitcher's version of "Battleship". Hit; hit; miss; hit, miss; hit: YOU BROKE MY FIBULA!!!
Seriously, pitchers who get hit in the legs all the time should wear padded greaves on their shins. Maybe some knee protection too.
I'm reminded of that novel "The Chosen", where a boy who is pitching gets clocked in the face with a comebacker. Always keep that glove in front of your face, just under your eyes, on the follow through, so you can get it up in time if it's hit right at your eye or nose. Fast reflexes certainly help too. That's one thing that playing computer games can sharpen.
Perhaps Cam should use a Holtzman shield from the David Lynch Dune movie.
You got me there! I never saw the movie "Dune", so had to duckduckgo a Holtzman shield to see what it looks like. And it doesn't look like anything, being an electronic energy field. Duh! But yeah, that would work.
I was thinking more of plastic or kevlar armor greaves worn under the pants or socks, maybe even put into an inside pocket lining down the pant leg. So you take out the armor for laundering. Like for motorcyclists or soccer players. If I was him, I'd wear 'em. I'd also wear an elbow guard on my left arm. It might have saved Clay Holmes last night.
Oh it does look like something (hehehe) HoG.
Take a peee k:
https://i.redd.it/m2yo6ztzm44a1.gif
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