Applause. Yes, this is it. This is the team that ends Boone's reign. (Note: It won't take out Cashman. Whatever he has on Hal Steinbrenner, it must be Epstein Island-level shit.) But this can take out a Yankee manager.
Tonight, in Tampa, the trap door opens, and we see what lies below.
Losing four in Tampa - easy to imagine, considering our recent play - would put the Yankees nine games behind the Rays in the loss column. From now on, they'd be chasing a wild card.
Losing four could leave the Yankees tied with Cleveland in that wild card scrum, one game ahead of Texas, currently a .500 team.
Losing four could leave them a mere four ahead of Boston, with nearly a half-season left.
Losing four would leave them five games above .500.
People, we are standing on the precipice, looking out over a deathly hellscape, and preparing to leap. It's cold down there. Pronk, Lyle, Melky and the gang are waiting to catch us. So are the ghosts of Stump Merrill and Dallas Green. This could be the last Great Yankee meltdown in our lives.
I know it hurts. I know it's scary. But don't be afraid. Breathe in the impending gloom and step forward. Soon, Boonie will be gone. This is the year it happens. And maybe, just maybe, this is the week.
Applause.
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Aaron Boone on Camilo Doval:
"I know nobody likes hearing it, but he's been throwing the ball really well"
The media assemblage should’ve pushed back hard after that nonsense. They must be as fed up as we are.
Spencer Jones, who still strikes out a little too much but has an idea at the plate, drives the ball with authority and fields his position well, is in Scranton. Anthony Volpe, brand representative of the Charles Thyrwitt clothing company, stands between second and third base everyday for the New York Yankees.
It's not a serious organization.
It would be for the best if the team fired boone, so it’s in the team’s best interests long term to get swept by TB. But no, they’ll probably split leaving just enough rope for boone to cling to.
Even if they did fire boone, who would they replace him with? Bras Ausmus, a docile boone clone? Shelley Duncan, the grinning homunculus Scranton manager? They need a more fiery presence. Truth is they should’ve made the change over the winter, and hired Don Mattingly..Right now who’s out there ?
Here’s a name of a proven the will cause a nuclear meltdown among the fanbase: Alex Cora.
He sure has.....right over the heart of the plate. Well, that's when he's not losing the strike zone completely.
Ausmus as interim. Mattingly in off-season.
I was a big fan of Jones. But he struck out 50% of the time in the Bigs. That can't happen. I he doesn't soon come up with a better stance and hitting philosophy, I don't think he will ever be enough to sustain a major league career. If we had a shrewder GM, I'd advocate they trade him. But we don't.
Is Mattingly signed for just this year? If losing this year means the end of BaBoone, I'm in. I wouldn't hold my breath though. I'd prefer that they can Cashman because the new GM would likely get rid of him. What's the chance of Hal getting rid of both after a collapse? 5% at best.....not likely. But we can always hope to pick up that 7-10 pin split.
They would need permission to talk to him during the season, which I'd doubt they get.
I believe most if not all nonmanagers have contract clause that they can leave for a promotion.
Even with all that, would Mattingly even want to work for the intern?
Magic 8 ball says no.
So HAL would need to grow a pair and fire Ca$hole first.
A girl can dream, can't she?
He's not a "finished product" as Cash likes to say. That's true. Volpe is though, and that finished product is simply not a starting shortstop on a major league contender. Because of the K's, I wasn't sure Jones had a big league future. After this sample I think he does and in the context of this team, at this time, he should certainly be playing with the big club. So many guys on this team K all the time. But unlike Jones they no threat when they do manage to put the bat on the ball. Jones hits it hard, will punish a mistake, and he's a solid defender. Volpe does none of that. He is a failed experiment. The Yankees mis-evaluated him. It's over. Acknowldge it, let a competent journeyman like Schueman or Caballero play short for a while, shore up your OF D with Jones, and get a big stick in the lineup. They won't do it, for reasons obviously unrelated to on-field play. It's despicable.
I dream of Hal's statement: "I'd like to thank Brian Cashman and Aaron Boone for their stewardship of this great organization. Aaron guided this team to a pennant, and of course is responsible for one of the most iconic moments in Yankees' history. He's a great baseball man, is widely admired by players, teammates and competitors alike, and is a true Yankee. I, and the whole organization, have benefited so much from working with him these several years. We'll miss him, and wish him and his wonderful family much success in the future.
And Brian Cashman, well, Brian is family. In the long and glorious history of the New York Yankees, no one has been more dedicated to the success of the Yankees, to the idea of what the New York Yankees are and should be, than Brian Cashman. I don't say that lightly. In so many essential ways most people don't, for understandable reasons, appreciate, Brian is the embodiment of this organization.
We of course have had wonderful, legendary players wear our uniform, from Ruth and Dimaggio, through Dimaggio. Mantle, Munson, Jackson, Jeter, Rivera and now the i comparable Aaron Judge. Brian Cashman stands shoulder to shoulder with these men in his dedication to the New York Yankees and us no less responsible for the team's brilliant success. In truth, I'd rank him only behind my father in that regard, and not by much.
Brian Cashman, in ways large and small, has for three decades been indispensable to the New York Yankees. I'm truly pleased that at last Brian will get the opportunity to relax just a little bit and enjoy time with his loved ones, and the great life he's built.
He is a remarkable man, and to say that he'll be missed is understating his accomplishments, and what he has meant to the New York Yankees. On behalf of this great team, and all of its fans, thank you Brian.
(Hal wipes away a tear)
And to all those fans, let me say that although a great era of Yankees baseball is coming to a close, we remain dedicated to bringing worlds championships to this city, to this ballpark, and to you the greatest fans in the world.
As we go forward into the Yankees next chapter, our sole focus will be on that goal, and we will never rest in achieving it. As is inevitable in transitions like this, there may be some period of adjustment as we take the best of what Brian has established here and bring it together with the energy and enthusiasm of a new generation. I know you will all be with us through this, and I know we will make you proud as ever to be fans of the New York Yankees. Thank you."
Volpe is "finished" in another way...
I'd email that to him...perfect...
Never, Boone is Cashman's boy. If he does go, another Yes man will be brought in.
Here's a piece of trivia:
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I would love to get Alex Cora. He can do some cheatin' for us, for a change. Would be an incredibly enormous improvement over Boone.
We're not getting Mattingly now, ever. He's in an incredible dream situation in Philly. His own son Preston Mattingly is the Philly GM. He will never get fired. Why would Mattingly ever leave that for this shitshow?
Duque, I was thinking the same thing, that gettin' swept in Tampa might spell the end of the Boone era.
You know those Tampons are gettin' their humidifers ready, testing the AC blowers, the suction vents. They'll see to it that the humidified baseballs only get used for when the Yankees hit (humidified baseballs fly less). When the Tampons hit, they'll turn up the AC blowers and suckers full blast, or whatever configuration helps them. Yes, folks, when the Yankees hit, all of their best struck fly balls will die on the warning track. When the Tampons hit, all of their shots will fly out "bang, zoom".
Stupid Tampons, don't they realize they don't even need to do that this series? Yankees can't even hit the ball out of the infield, let alone drive long fly balls.
Yankee pitchers can't get anybody out these days. It's just like I've said. When the players start to struggle, the coaching & managing on this team just cannot stop the death spiral. It's because the coaching here is based too much on a stat-driven approach, computer algorithms, and not enough fundamentals that stress making the right adjustments. They don't teach how to make those adjustments.
You'll see the other teams in the league get better and better as the season goes along. Maybe the Yankees will finally make some adjustments later in the season, but it'll be far too late. I don't think they'll make the wild card this year. Just as well. Who wants to see the Battlin' Bronx Bastards get their butts handed to them in the first round of the playoffs? Not me.
I'm with Publius here. Give Spencer Jones a real chance. What the hell do they have to lose? I would just play him continually for two years. Whether he strikes out 50% of the time or even worse. I want to see what he's got. There's definitely some favorite playing here. Why does Volpe get the position handed to him for more than two years, but Jones can't even get one week? I would just play both Dominguez & Jones continuously. This is what it takes to develop players. You have to pay the price, sometimes for 3-4 years. After a year or two, you make the judgment call, but there's got to be enough of a sample size to assess their development, or lack thereof. What they're doing with Jones is bull shit.
I love a room full of optimists, who'd a thunk I'd find them here?
The only thing that would please me more than Boone's dismissal is Cashman's firing. I'm sure the mighty brain would throw Boone under a bus to save his own skin. That's what he's there for, right?
But Boone is just a sock puppet. Fire him and Cashman will find another amiable yes man, to do whatever the Mighty Brain's AI program tells him to do. Nothing will change
But - good news - Cashman's contract expires at the end of the year. He's the real reason for all these crappy teams and the existence of his sock puppet, Boone, in a Yankee uniform.
Why settle for the sock puppet, when we can take out the puppeteer in the same moment?
Aim your guns higher, boys! This is the moment to strike! Fail to take out Cashman and we'll have 5 years or more of this mediocrity and incompetence, no matter what name we call the sock puppet
Doc, I love your way of thinking, but Cashman ain't going anywhere. Still gonna be a while before the hearse with his name on it shows up. Because that's the only way he's going out.
Zoilo was such a passionate, giving -- and more importantly -- and thorough paramour. He gave so freely and caring of the very essence of his heart. And loins. Mostly his loins. What a lovely young man. Until the anal warts... The blush was off the rose then I will tell you!
Zoilo was such a passionate, giving -- and more importantly -- and thorough paramour. He gave so freely and caring of the very essence of his heart. And loins. Mostly his loins. What a lovely young man. Until the anal warts... The blush was off the rose then I will tell you!
I've never seen the base running this bad, even on terrible teams. Volpe, Cabellero lead the charge. These guys, the instant they get on base, you know they're getting pick off or thrown out stealing. If I was the manager, I'd chain a fucking boat anchor to their belts. Any serious manager would've taken them aside a long time ago and asked "What the fuck are you doing, goddammit?" This, on a team that can score only by hitting home runs. These guys who've proven that they can't steal bases should be running base to base. Stop dreaming that they're Rickey Henderson. Rickey must be turning over in his grave. You have bases the size of pizza boxes and rules preventing more than two throws to 1st base, and yet these two legged jackasses are picked off and thrown out stealing what seems like more than half the time! And who is the jackass-in-chief who sits on his lame ass and lets it all happen?
The coaching on this team is the worst I've ever seen. The worst teams in baseball have better coaching than this. I've said it before: it's definitely possible for a team to win a championship even with mediocre coaching, but I've never seen a championship team that had terrible coaching. And this has been going on for a really long time now. The coaches have changed a few times, but the quality is still crap. This must be why Aaron Judge sought out private hitting instruction in the winter of 2016. He saw that he'd never even become a mediocre hitter, let alone achieve his potential, if he just listened to the coaching here. Terrible coaching leads to zero development, terrible results. And who supervises the coaching here? Yeah, that'd be Boone. It's obvious that Boone doesn't do any supervising or coaching, he just let's everyone do whatever the hell they want, as long as it's within the parameters of their analytics department. That's how you get this shit show.
That is fucking amazing, Carl.
Put a bomb under the shithouse. It's beyond time.
It took the Irish 800 years to get rid of the Brits, and they still have 6 of our 32 counties. But we persevere!
That crack in the universe between contracts must be exploited. It'll be the only moment we get. Even if we can't take him out, we can do damage. Blaming Boone for everything and tossing him to the wolves is exactly the kind of misdirection Cashman will count on to slip through the gate for another 5 years.
Maybe we don't get him this time, but let's not be satisfied with crumbs on the table. Sharpen your pitchforks and axes. Let's make signs! Siege Castle Steinbrenner! Get rid of Cashman and Boone is toast, along with their body breaking trainers, their stoned out coaches, instructors & scouts and the squirrel-driven AI program that makes all the real decisions.
Either way, Boone is toast. Demand more!
(so nice he shared it twice)
Would it be worth it for this team to play EVEN WORSE if it resulted in the ending of the Boone era?
I feel very strongly both ways.
1. Is Boone responsible for the people on the roster?
2. Will Cashmonkey hire a guy who will manage better than Boone?
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I agree that Jones should get a full chance. Sure, after 4 years in college and 4 in the minors, he should be better than this, if he's ever going to do anything. But better to have him in the OF than a converted shortstop or no-hit utility guy.
No, I don't think that Cashman is going to fire Boone, and no, Hal is definitely not going to fire Cashman. Why would he? Cashman has done exactly what he wanted: assure the Yanks are a contender every year, without letting them win som pesky World Series that would up salaries across the board...
I think the Yanks are going to cry "injury" and wait and see what happens with the CBA fight. Hal will no doubt be urging and out-and-out stand for a strong (and lower) salary cap. My dream is that the players will tell the owners to stuff it, and maybe start their own league.
A plethora of lawsuits will ensue. The game goes into a coma for a year, maybe two. Then somebody notices all these stadiums are standing around, unused.
Something new emerges. Maybe it's great. Maybe it's baseball like it used to be. Worth the chance. Go, labor impasse!
But I digress. Boone? Mattingly? Who cares? The real question is, will Gracie Cashman keep her show???
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