Above Average, great idea and photos. What more can be said. I was at a concert and got to watch the travesty on my DVR. Spent Grishom (22.5 million,) Mr. %0-50 Chishom and Austin Smells, cannot hit lefties. Ryan McFan, also has his difficulties. He got to watch the game from the bench.
The Yankees don't have an MLB-ready catcher who can hit at least .210 and not strike out 40% of the time like Wells? There's a reason why Escarra was a truck driver until age 29. This organization is fucking horrible. Cashman is right at the top. Bring up ZZ Top Lagrange already!
Want to hear something cool? We were on the F train coming into Manhattan a few hours ago when we saw a ballplayer in full uniform sitting on the train. An actual Coney Island Cyclone taking the subway to Coney Island. He was on for two stops before transferring to a Coney Island bound train while we continued into Gotham. His name was Vargas - I believe a shortstop - yes, I looked him up - and he actually got up to give his seat to the mother of a kid wearing a Mets cap. When was the last time you saw an actual pro or semi-pro get on the train to go to a game? I wish the Staten Island Yankees still existed, but they are gone, probably at Hal's directive. The Cyclones are fun, though, and their stadium is small and intime, as we say in gay Paris.
So, in 7 games, the team will hit the 1/3 mark of the season. Between Wells and Escarra, they have a combined 27hits. 27 HITS!!! Tampa, with 1/3 the Yankees' payroll, complete with no-name players, leads the AL in batting and the East by 3 games. Is there no sense of shame by Cashman, Hal, or anyone in this bloated and inept organization? Too bad this team doesn't play in the Nippon Professional Baseball League, because just maybe these guys would consider Hari-Kari.
It's my fault. I shook Mookie Wilson's hand today. I did. I was moderating panels at something called the Gold Coast Book Fair in Oyster Bay, Long Island, and Mookie was there, pushing a barbecue book or something.
I asked him if he would've beaten Bob Stanley to the bag. He said yes, you'll be surprised to learn.
Hey, seemed like a thoroughly nice guy. I was happy to meet. Beat watching the Yankees game.
David Bednar = "Branded Diva" and the anagram list is so long I will simply post it here: https://wordsmith.org/anagram/anagram.cgi?anagram=davidbednar&t=500&a=n
Of course, NONE of this helps us now in our situation. And what have they done for US lately? THE FANS. The owners think it's all about themselves. The players are all about the money, which is understandable. But where are they without fans??? What do they do without US? They cannot exist in a vacuum. No team is an island - except the Rockies, maybe, and the Expos. We need representation. They need to be reminded that, without us, there is no them. Am I making myself clear?
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ReplyDeleteAbove Average, great idea and photos. What more can be said. I was at a concert and got to watch the travesty on my DVR. Spent Grishom (22.5 million,) Mr. %0-50 Chishom and Austin Smells, cannot hit lefties. Ryan McFan, also has his difficulties. He got to watch the game from the bench.
ReplyDeleteaaaaand another RISP failure from Chisolm
ReplyDeleteSpencer has to lay off that shit…
ReplyDeleteRicccccce
ReplyDeleteUncle Ben!!!
ReplyDeleteEarly 1-0 Yankees lead = we lose.
ReplyDeletePeralta starting to look like Rodon.
ReplyDeleteMcMahon looks like he’s doing us a favor by jogging to first.
ReplyDeleteJones strikes out on the same fucking pitch…
ReplyDeleteElmer………
ReplyDeleteDud
Name that Yankee has to be Marv Throneberry…
ReplyDeleteWas he in a Lite beer commercial?
DeleteVolpe?
ReplyDeleteAn actual clutch hit?
DeleteAnd his average is over the Mendoza line?
Holy shit. He dropped it.
ReplyDeleteHE DROPPED THE BALL!!!
DeleteWtf is going on with Bichette?
DeleteYankees dodged a bullet in not signing him.
DeleteI just got the game back on tv.
ReplyDeleteThat means they'll lose.
Better go do some yard work.
Our crack bullpen, at it again.
ReplyDeleteOr is that smoking crack?
Volpe has had a nice game…
ReplyDeleteWalks. Pitchers get really wild when they get wild.
ReplyDeleteWells is very bad.
ReplyDeleteBednar good for giving up a run or two…
ReplyDeleteBrenda in heart attack form.
ReplyDeleteVientos swinging wild.
ReplyDeletePineapple.
ReplyDeleteFUCKING BEDNAR
ReplyDeleteI miss Mariano Rivera
ReplyDeleteWe all do.
DeleteBednar's a worthless piece of shit.
ReplyDeleteA turd in flushing is in the right place
DeleteNow how long will it take the brain trust to figure out that he isn't a closer?
ReplyDeleteOnly his second blown save.
ReplyDeleteAre we having fun yet?
ReplyDeleteBut too much reliance on off speed stuff for a closer.
ReplyDeleteX inning on road guaranteed loss
ReplyDeleteThey got to revisit this Bednar thing…
ReplyDeleteHe’s not a closer
DeleteOMFG a minor league hitter up
ReplyDeleteJust bring up 4-5 guys from the minors. Can’t be any worse than this shitshow. .
ReplyDeleteBring up Lagrange…
DeleteGreat Bunting decision there by AI'ron Boone
ReplyDeleteIs there any point watching the extra inning we all know what will happen Yankees try to hit a 5 run homer Mets bunt
ReplyDeleteWells swings at the first fucking pitch, doesn’t give Volpe a chance to run
ReplyDeleteWell, that was a brilliant inning.
ReplyDeleteIf this team had any balls, Wells would be gone tonight.
ReplyDeleteWells is very bad.
ReplyDeleteI'm not watching, that's for sure. They couldn't even hold any one-run lead they might take.
ReplyDeleteThis just gets better and better the worse it gets !
ReplyDeleteGet it over with
ReplyDeleteGenius defensive formation.
ReplyDeleteAnd a fitting clown show end
ReplyDeleteLaurel and Hardy fielding up the middle there
ReplyDeleteVery.
DeleteStan and Ollie are funny that wasn't that is the difference
DeleteMore keystone kops.
DeleteReally not the players fault though, since I'm sure it was never discussed, let alone practiced.
Oh that Volpe. Wiped out his very good night.
ReplyDeleteStart spreading the news
ReplyDeleteInstead of the June Swoon, we get the May Decay.
ReplyDeleteThe Yankees don't have an MLB-ready catcher who can hit at least .210 and not strike out 40% of the time like Wells? There's a reason why Escarra was a truck driver until age 29. This organization is fucking horrible. Cashman is right at the top. Bring up ZZ Top Lagrange already!
ReplyDeleteRemember a view short years ago, they were supposed to be overloaded with catchers in the minors?
DeleteThe team cannot be criticized enough over this loss
ReplyDeleteFreedom's just another word for nothing left to lose...
ReplyDeleteA metaphor for the Yankees organization.
ReplyDeleteJeez, would be nice to have a serviceable closer, like say one of the guys jettisoned by the Yankees that are on the Mets? Nah!
ANYONE left to pinch hit for Wells? Nah!
Any clue as to what to actually do with 5 infielders? After all that was the brilliant move by the puppet? Nah!
Fuck them all.
Cashman’s roster construction with a $300M payroll is nothing short of criminal. Yet he has a job for life.
ReplyDeleteFuck cashman
Fuck Steinbrenner
Fuck boone
Want to hear something cool? We were on the F train coming into Manhattan a few hours ago when we saw a ballplayer in full uniform sitting on the train. An actual Coney Island Cyclone taking the subway to Coney Island. He was on for two stops before transferring to a Coney Island bound train while we continued into Gotham. His name was Vargas - I believe a shortstop - yes, I looked him up - and he actually got up to give his seat to the mother of a kid wearing a Mets cap. When was the last time you saw an actual pro or semi-pro get on the train to go to a game? I wish the Staten Island Yankees still existed, but they are gone, probably at Hal's directive. The Cyclones are fun, though, and their stadium is small and intime, as we say in gay Paris.
ReplyDeleteboone was gone from the post game presser in about 45 secs. Not sure if YES edited it.
ReplyDeleteSo, in 7 games, the team will hit the 1/3 mark of the season. Between Wells and Escarra, they have a combined 27hits. 27 HITS!!!
ReplyDeleteTampa, with 1/3 the Yankees' payroll, complete with no-name players, leads the AL in batting and the East by 3 games. Is there no sense of shame by Cashman, Hal, or anyone in this bloated and inept organization? Too bad this team doesn't play in the Nippon Professional Baseball League, because just maybe these guys would consider Hari-Kari.
It's my fault. I shook Mookie Wilson's hand today. I did. I was moderating panels at something called the Gold Coast Book Fair in Oyster Bay, Long Island, and Mookie was there, pushing a barbecue book or something.
ReplyDeleteI asked him if he would've beaten Bob Stanley to the bag. He said yes, you'll be surprised to learn.
Hey, seemed like a thoroughly nice guy. I was happy to meet. Beat watching the Yankees game.
Revolting...
ReplyDeleteBrenda.
ReplyDeleteDavid Bednar = "Branded Diva" and the anagram list is so long I will simply post it here: https://wordsmith.org/anagram/anagram.cgi?anagram=davidbednar&t=500&a=n
ReplyDeleteOf course, NONE of this helps us now in our situation. And what have they done for US lately? THE FANS. The owners think it's all about themselves. The players are all about the money, which is understandable. But where are they without fans??? What do they do without US? They cannot exist in a vacuum. No team is an island - except the Rockies, maybe, and the Expos. We need representation. They need to be reminded that, without us, there is no them. Am I making myself clear?
ReplyDeleteSo, do we burn our Cincy game tickets in protest as we did with bras and draft cards, LOL?
DeletePerfectly, Bitty. This is why I hope the negotiations over the basic agreement blow everything up.
ReplyDeleteHoss - not my home, ok ?
DeleteI’d prefer that IT doesn’t blow, ok ?
We all need to take one for the team
ReplyDelete