John Sterling coined a nickname for Yankee CF Trent Grisham. He called him "Mr. Cool," for the way Grish loped after flies into the gap, snagging them at the last moment and making difficult catches look easy. Grisham's ambling presence conveyed a gracefulness the Yanks have seldom seen in this rather wretched millennium.
I'm sorta glad The Master didn't have to witness last night's game, which hinged on "Mr. Cool" once again trotting towards an uncertain fate.
Unfortunately, this time, Grisham wasn't chasing down a liner. He was seeking to score in the 8th inning of 2-1 heartbreaker.
Grisham was thrown out on split-second relay from a centerfielder who busted his ass from start to finish. Meanwhile, replays showed Grisham stutter-stepping towards second, slowly ramping up towards third and finally reaching home a moment too late.
"Mr. Cool," indeed.
You live by the lope, you die by the lope.
Once again, the Yankees collapsed in the crosshairs of a quality team. It's becoming their trademark. They squandered not only a chance to close on Tampa - which was swept by Boston - but they crapped on an otherwise great outing by Gerrit Cole, a commodity that looks increasingly finite.
Once again, the Yankees found themselves on the receiving end of a brutal Dodgers' message: You're not in our league, literally and figuratively.
Okay, I suppose we should all get a grip. The season didn't end last night. We play LA tonight and Sunday night, two marquee matchups that - when scheduled last winter - were meant to showcase baseball's two greatest sluggers. Nobody anticipated Max Schuemann. But here we are, bent over and waiting for the paddle.
It's time to start preparing for the worst.
For the first time since April, the Redsocks sit at .500. Every Yank fan in captivity knows what comes next, and we can anticipate it like explosive diarrhea from that contaminated lettuce.
It's happening again.
You can feel it.
Boston spent the last four years growing its farm system, while we systematically traded our future for spare parts, which often didn't even work. Suddenly, they have all the momentum, and we have all the baggage. We're awaiting scans on Aaron Judge, while Giancarlo Stanton can't even open a bag of potato chips, and the very air around us makes us feel like a smoked brisket.
Live by the lope, die by the lope.
Start spreading the news. And expect the worst.
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Aside from the Loper, I disagree. I think we showed that we're not only in the same league, but that LA bumbles as if they were human. The one run we scored was thanks to bumbling, in fact. And Cole almost made that stand up. Cruz looked pretty good, too, though human.
So we'll see. After watching the replay of last night, these guys don't scare me.
Boston is worrisome, though. 11 straight. Christ on a bike.
Please sir, more gruel...
Trent "Davey Lopes" Grisham. Hey, they're playing the Dodgers.
I just dreamed of brisket, veggies and gravy in single, microwaveable bags. Liked eating them too - right out of their pouch.. Nuke and Chew was their brand name. And perhaps our future because once nuked our scorched and zombie-like bodies will auto reflexively move our jaws in a chewing motion.
Sir Bit - based on one of your comments yesterday …. I do believe that Mitch M. might in fact be at the bottom of a dunk tank somewhere.
Question:
Is Truth Social Television carrying today’s Broadcast?
Asking for….America
You're both right—which is the hell of it....
No, the Dodgers certainly don't look like some super team, able to run us—or anybody—off the field. But then, they didn't look that way during the 2024 World Series, either.
Sure, it helped that Ohtani was playing badly hurt (something that seems to be beyond so many of our guys), but really, we lost that Series due mostly to accumulated, stupid fielding plays and a weird nonchalance...
It's not just that Ma Boone—or The Grand Puppet Master, Brian Cashman—makes stupid lineup and on-field decisions all the time. It's also that he can't seem to light a fire under this team, when it comes to going all out and playing with their heads attached...
I realize that that's harder than ever these days. He can't just threaten to fine guys. But good grief! I mean, isn't Grisham in a contract year? Again? And don't get me started on Ol' 50-50.
They seem permanently unmotivated and uninvolved.
U-correct, Hoss
Grisham was probably protectin' his hamstrin'. Which if he ran all out would blow out like a bad tire at 100 mph. Yeah, shades of fucking IKF in last year's World Series all over again. The fucking Artful Dodgers live in LA LA Land. Everything always works out beautifully for them. Although this year, I get the feelin' they'll get knocked off in the playoffs before they get to the World Series. That's what I'm a hopin' and a prayin' for, anyway. No way do I want these fucking assholes to win three straight championships. I hate the Dodgers more than any other team. Hate 'em even more than the fucking Red Sox, more than the Tampons, more than the Cheatin' ASS-stros.
Never a fan of Grisham’s, it was foolish to offer him the Q/O. But, that’s Cashman. Overall, the team seemed the same as always last night - no home runs, no offense. Will they show us something tonight? Fordham Prep alumnus Emmet Sheehan on the fill for L.A.
Meanwhile, the scan on Judge showed some healing, but it’s legit to wonder if he’ll be back at all this season. Looks like st least September…
For a guy who plays CF, Grisham is just not very fast, is he? He's having a pretty respectable year with the bat, actually. (756 OPS, which on the Yankees is very good.) But I wouldn't have brought him back. Cashman fucking loves this guy, though. During the lockout next year, think you that maybe Cashman sets up a gay marriage ceremony and pops the question to Grisham? If I was Grisham, I'd run like the hounds of hell were on my heels, but who's to say what would happen? Ah, the never ending soap opera of "The Yankees and The Restless". Mayhap, Volpe gets bored with his model girlfriend and gets back together with Cashman's daughter.
Judge probably at least a month away from resuming baseball activities. He says he "still feels it, but it's ten times better than before". Still feels it. That means at least a month. After he resumes baseball activities, he'll need at least two weeks of batting practice. So what's that? Like early September, if it all works out. If he comes back too soon, they said he can get a complete fracture and a punctured lung, like the time he had this exact same injury years ago.
Hey, I might be able to get a role on "The Yankees and The Restless" as a badass biker who's got the hots for that big wench Meredith Marokovits. Love when she wears the leather jacket, cross zip. She's got style. That's my kind of gal. I wanna pick her up on a Harley Davidson and ride all over America. Anybody got her number?
AC/DC, Whole Lotta Rosie:
Wanna tell you a story
'Bout a woman I know
Ah, come to loving
She steals the show
She ain't exactly pretty
Ain't exactly small
42-39-56
You could say she's got it all
Never had a woman, never had a woman like you
Doin' all the things, doin' all the things you do
Ain't no fairy story, ain't no skin-and-bones
But you give all you got, weighin' in at 19 stone
You're a whole lotta woman
A whole lotta woman
Whole lotta Rosie
Also, we would be amiss in not mentioning how boone lost the game last night. He went out to pull Cole, who talked him out of it? Next pitch, boom! Who’s in charge? Is he a manager or a mouse? TBH, he should be fired today, but we all know that ain’t gonna happen.
Movie recommendation: "The Loveless" with Willem Dafoe. Shot in 1981. A college art movie project. Highly recommended. It's a bit like the Marlon Brando flick, "The Wild One", but with some hot sauce. I didn't think I'd like it, but when I finally saw this (The Loveless), I was totally blown away. Nice leather jackets too! Not exactly sure why the hell that kid was wearing red panties (was he gay?), but whatever. Two hot girls, and all the cool guys wear leather jackets. What's not to like?
He's the trooper in the Smokey & the Bandit movie, turns into a mouse when Sheriff Buford T. Justice starts to roar.
Ba-Boone, ah, what more can we say? How long must we endure this lollygagging tomfoolery from this clown? There's nobody out in the 7th. Cole walked the leadoff man, so coming back from injury, getting tired, command probably going. Near 100 pitches. Might as well take him out. He's not going to be able to finish the inning anyway.
Yankees never hit Japanese pitchers. Even those who kind of suck. Sasaki has been banged around pretty good this year. Looked like a pinata many times. Not so against the Yankees, eh?
Bad news for the Yankees, Battleship Yamamoto brings his big gun on Sunday. Lose tonite, and the Yanks are gettin' swept broom clean.
As a Yankee (since 2024) in the regular season, Grisham has now been on 1st when a double was hit 21 times.
He has scored twice on those 21 plays.
Yep, that's terrible. Certainly confirms the eye test. What about going first to third on singles? I think he's better at that, but still not good.
I call him Spent Grishom. A product of Analytics Nerd Mike Fishman and Genius Cashma. 22.5 Million for a .230 hitter. Spent is not a winner, as is most of the Yankees team. The Dodgers are winners. They sign stars and develop stars. The difference between the Dodgers and The Yankees. The Yankees are going nowhere.
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