Watching the Yankees this year feels different.
It doesn't seem to matter if they win or lose.
Better if they win but, as we all know how the story ends, spending any time watching them during their annual "Road to the Wild Card" crap fest seems pointless.
The Knicks Championship reminded all of us how it feels to root for a winner. It's been a while.
This Yankee team is so very far from that.
My friends, the ones who I text with while watching the games, are bailing out earlier and earlier. As am I.
There is no reason to watch a shoddy team.
I wonder if YES tracks viewership during games. I suspect we are not alone in walking away.
We are learning not to care.
They are boring, even when they are inept, and they are inept.
For example, yesterday the spectacle of Dominguez inadvertently smashing Jazz in the head with a forearm delivered at top speed and knocking him out of the game, should have been huge!
Instead it was worth barely an eye roll. All I could think was, "Maybe it will fix him."
A couple of plays later Dominguez, for some reason, smacked into the right field wall with his shoulder but doubled over and grabbed his side. Why?
Didn't matter. Doesn't matter.
Want proof the city is tuning out?
They've already lost the Tabloid Race to the Knicks, and are currently behind the Mets. THE METS.
Shame on Hal. And I blame Hal 100% because he keeps Brian as the GM and Brian keeps Boone and provides him with this pathetic team and limited options. Not that Boone would know what to do with better players.
I wrote yesterday about the World Cup but the truth is, that screen saver of a sport is way better than watching the Yankees right now. At least those teams are comprised of the best their country has to offer and the players deeply care if they win.
The Yankees not so much.
They seem, I don't know, what's the word?
Oh yeah... indifferent.
I am digging the graphic
ReplyDeleteAnd I am not indifferent about the post as I am in full agreement with it.
The Martian Jazz collision did sort of kinda possibly ruin our chances of
moving Jr at the deadline BUT the man came right back after blasting the rock off of his Chisholms so who the heck knows how long he'll be out for...
(WAIT - I just got word that the MLB Concussion Protocol is approximately seven days - so we'll likely not see JC back in the lineup until next Monday or Tuesday.
Again - happy to see/read your posts again Doug
goddam, what if he swallowed his lolli?
ReplyDeleteWell-put, Doug. It's impossible to generate much of any feeling about this team. This will eventually start to register on the bottom line, which will get Hal to move with seismic speed toward finally doing something.
ReplyDeleteI think that Yankees right fielders have figured out that, with Jazz, it's a case of get him before he gets you. Or maybe it's just a case of The Martian being less competent than Judge out there.
ReplyDeleteJudge was able to dodge the Jazzernaut—and hurt himself. The Martian, not so much.
Watching the Knicks will themselves to the title reminded me of how sports is supposed to be played instead of the indifferent slop that passes for Yankee baseball. Accept no substitutes.
ReplyDeleteI will add my voice to the chorus & agree wholeheartedly. The saving grace for tonight is it’s a compelling pitching matchup - Skrubal v Schlitter. There’ll probably be more scoring in the Ecuador v Mexico game, at least until the Yankee bullpen is summoned.
ReplyDeleteGet a load of this lineup:
ReplyDeleteGoldschmidt 1B
Rosario 3B
Rice DH
Domínguez RF
Volpe SS
Caballero 2B
Jones CF
Schuemann LF
Sánchez C
Practically begging us to be no-hit.
New Knicks season starts October 20, by which time both the Yankees (& Mets) & the Giants (& Jets) (& the Nets, too) will have been eliminated from playoff contention.
ReplyDeleteI'm with you, Doug. Very well said.
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