It's been barely a week since the last embarrassment, the 10-2 whupping by tomato can Cinncy. But last night featured a Yankee meltdown trifecta.
Durbin, 26, is hitting a squatty .226, so we won't commission his bronze plaque. But over the last week, he's 12-for-24 with 2 HRs - a .500 average, hottest hitter in baseball. Last night, he went 2-3 with a HR that basically won the game.
I have an irrational fear of snakes, robot cars, computer upgrades and miniature Tinker Toys who regularly beat the Yankees. Dustin Pedroia. Pedro Martinez. Jose Altuve. Freddie Patek. Jose Ramirez. Mookie Betts. I'm not ready to pronounce Durbin as the next mini-threat, but before his hot spell, I suspect Boston was on the verge of sending Shorty to Triple A. Did we just give this revenge-hungry Lilliputian a second chance? If so, we will regret it.
2. Our defense last night was putrid, rancid... atrocious. The English language doesn't have the right words, and box scores cannot show the ineptitude. (Michael Kay, in the postgame, suggested it was the sloppiest game of the season.)
And for Amed Rosario and Anthony Volpe, this was no outlier.
Rosario has become such a defensive liability that it's time to question whether he is a legit backup infielder. Last night, in the former Daily News fifth, he botched a foul pop behind 3B and then, moments later, let a DP grounder zip between his legs, Buckner style, launching a game-turning 4-run rally. With any defense behind him, Cam Schlittler could have taken a shutout into the sixth. The team let him down.
As for Volpe? How many incarnations of disappointment can we handle? The YES guys love to say that Cody Bellinger contributes something to every Yankee win. Well, in every Yank loss, there is a play that Volpe didn't make.
Last night, in the 8th, Volpe snagged a grounder up the middle, ran to second and fired wide to first. Instead of an inning-ending DP, a run scored, and the game was over. He had to make that play... and he didn't. It will soon be time for the Yankees to bring up George Lombard Jr. When that happens, Volpe becomes an afterthought, and Travis Kelsey can start looking over his shoulder.
3. Once again, we squandered our chance to tell Aroldis Chapman to STFU.
El Chapo - who has demanded, in Trumplike fashion, an apology from the Yankees for the way they mistreated him - loaded the bases with our big hitters coming up. Of course, we did nothing.
Ever since the Redsocks signed Chapman and started boasting of his resurgence, Yank fans have waited for his classic El Chapo, river-of-sweat meltdown - his Devers moment, his Altuve moment! Last night would have been perfect, watching him clutch that fake Cheshire smile, as the runners crossed the plate.
But Ben Rice - sinking fast, by the way - tapped a slow roller, and the game was done.
Boston is having a terrible, rotten, no-good year. And last night wasn't a case of them suddenly showing life. The Yankees simply fell apart and gifted them the game.
Could they open the door to save Boston's season? As Lassie would say: Bark.
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It ain’t no surprise.
Booneball (like calvinball, but more absurd).
Play a C/DH at 1B
Play a gold glove 1B at DH
Play 2B at LF and SS
Play a (bad) CF in RF
Play a benchwarmer at 3B
Play a AAAA player at C
Have your 2B wear someone else's uniform
Practice no discipline, accountability or basic skill training suitable to even little league.
Blow bubbles imagining they are donkey dicks.
I hate New York with Boone...how about you?
I hate the stupid goon...how about you?
Wringing hands in the postgame show, when his lack of talent shows
I hate it
How about you?
Yeah, this about sums it up!
Gunslinger Chapman had an epic fail a few days ago on a road trip. Blew a 2-0 lead to blow the save and lose the game 3-2 on one swing of the bat (bases loaded triple). Too bad he's never going to have an epic fail against us.
Mutts manager Carlos Mendoz just got the ax, the old heave ho, the walk the plank or else lose your entrails.
That was after a six game losing streak, and a 6 error game just a few days ago.
Too bad Boone ain't never going to get the ax, the heave-ho, the walk the plank or die without yer entrails.
Fifteen men on the dead man's chest
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!
Drink and the devil have done for the rest
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!
RTF- this a is a brilliant assessment. I wish I could have such clarity.
Rufus, “Booneball” sums it up perfectly.
Yeah, heavy and a bottle of bread.
Tomorrow I may watch the local little league. Pretty sure my neighbors' kids play.
I'd see better fundamentals than booneball.
The Yankees wither because the management does not address fundamentals or fielding. Period!
One othern thought. Is this a championship team, injuries and record aside? I say no. I watch and it does not appear so to me.
Well said, Ruf although you are being too kind.
My opinion is that it is not. They succeed mostly due to the low level of competition they face.
Would that it were boone that got the axe 🪓
Let's try to set a new major league record tonite. How's about 18 errors? Trivia Q here: would 18 errors be a major league record?
NHL draft is tonite, 1st round anyway. Much more interesting to see who the Islanders select with their only lonely pick at #13. (Deep draft, will be a good player still available at #13. Expert opinions are all over the place, starting with the very first pick. So gonna be very interesting, the entire 1st round. That's pretty unusual.)
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