Monday, August 21, 2017

We Need The Darkness....



It is no co-incidence that today the land goes dark.

Were I an old sheep farmer in the middle east, 5000 years ago, I could have used this knowledge to make myself rich and powerful.  The fearful, ignorant people around me would comprehend that I, and only I , speak to the Gods ( or God ) and can make the light disappear and re-appear.

But there would be a price.

  Fealty and earnings.  I would get a fancy robe, and a scepter with a golden orb on top.  I would walk about the land and, for complete and total loyalty ( forsaking all others with robes and scepters ), promise to return things to normal in about 2 hours and 38 minutes.

They would love me, worship me, and believe me forever.  Because I controlled the sun, the moon and the heavens.  Pretty much everything.

But that was then, and this is now.

The Yankees are in the dark.  Cashman and Girardi are in the dark.  Hal has always been in the dark, ever since his father used to make him cry and wet himself for being such a wimp.  For being a loser. For not understanding that the Yankees are his God.

Today, there is no game.  The moon's shadow will come and go but, still, there will be no game.

Probably this is best.  No game means we don't fall six games into the snarling pit, leading to hell.

No game means we don't add to the humiliations.  No game allows everyone to focus on something else.

Everyone gets a day to breathe.  To take a deep sigh.  To reflect.  But not to dream.  Not to pretend some mystic in a fancy robe and a scepter is going to get us out of this downward spiral.

Embrace the darkness.

It is all you are going to get.


14 comments:

Local Bargain Jerk said...


Do you think Gary "Pásbol" Sanchez will wake up in time to see the eclipse, which is scheduled to occur 2:40pm? Or will his late-night escapades cause him to sleep through it?

JM said...

Take it easy on Sanchez, he and Didi are the only thing we've got going right now. Although, remarkably, Headley is doing awfully well since his move to first. Why did we get Todd again? I still don't see that. Is this Headley's last year? Is that why he suddenly can hit?

Judge needs to get some splinters in his backside. This is fucking ridiculous, already. News for Joey Binders: this is not just a slump. Honestly, I'd much rather see Jacoby out there in right and in the batting order. He's greatly diminished from his best days, but he's better than Judge since the break. Hands down.

When is Clint Frazier coming back? Where are we going to put Castro, Bird, and Tanaka when they come back? Tanaka is the easy one, with Caleb and Mitchell in the pen, one can go back to Scranton. But who gets bumped to make room for Castro and Bird? Won't be Todd. Can't be Torreyes. Does Judge get sent down? Nah, too much money involved, too much bad publicity if that happens. So who? Monty again? Poor Cooper?

The Todd trade is more and more inexplicable as time goes on.

Anonymous said...

I WILL TELL YOU ONE THING....

ON SEPTEMBER 1ST, WE BETTER TO USE ALL OF OUR FARM SYSTEM MUSCLE.

I WANT ANDUJAR UP HERE AND DH'ING AGAINST A LEFT HANDER. (F@CK HOLLIDAY).

I WANT CLINT FRAZIER PLAYING. (HUSTLE AND FIRE).

SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE 40 PITCHERS ON OUR 25 MAN ROSTER.

WE SHOULDN'T NEED SO MANY.

SEND BACK MITCHELL, AND EITHER CALEB SMITH OR SHREVE, THAT'S 2 ROSTER SPOTS BACK RIGHT THERE FOR BIRD AND CASTRO.

ranger_lp said...

Nobody mentions that this is Judge's first full season of 162 games...they certainly don't play that many in AAA. It's no wonder he's hit a wall, because he's certainly not hitting a baseball.

Alphonso said...

Nor can he hit a wall with a baseball.

Anonymous said...

YOU'RE RIGHT RANGER....

JUDGE NEEDS A REST...

HOW IRONIC IS IT THAT WHEN WE WANT GIRARDI TO REST SOMEONE THAT REALLY NEEDS THE REST, HE DOES THE EXACT OPPOSITE AND KEEPS BEATING A DEAD HORSE, BY PUTTING THE STRUGGLING PLAYER IN DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY.... TYLER CLIPPARD...NOW AARON JUDGE. AMAZING ISN'T IT?

Anonymous said...

......BY THE WAY, THE WAY OVERBLOWN ECLIPSE, (WHAT A SURPRISE),- IS TOTAL BULLSHIT WHERE I AM.

NOTHING HAPPENED AT ALL.

NOTHING.

PEOPLE TAKING FLIGHTS TO OTHER STATES TO SEE IT...

WEARING SPECIAL DOUCHEBAG GLASSES...

NOTHING.

GET A LIFE.

THERE'S THE NEGATIVE YOU'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR ALPHONSO!

I'm Bill White said...

I live in the Southeast and the eclipse was interesting. I bought a pair of 3D glasses for the timeless Disney theme park production, Honey, I Shrunk The Audience. They arrived in decent condition, their smell a rumor of Tio Sancho microwaveable nachos and well-rolled Dungeons and Dragons dice. I tried to secure Captain EO 3D glasses but fuck you to the guy who outbid me on eBay. I took a Viagra for the first time, a guy at the gas station told me, "dude, you won't regret it. A day like today deserves your full attention." I'm using Google voice to transcribe this because I cant see and I'm also having trouble hearing. I don't know if it's from the eclipse defeating my specs, or a side effect of the Viagra, but the good news is that I've had a raging boner for about 4 hours and 13 minutes, which is how I went through most of junior high school. I'm wandering around my cul de sac in a pair of sweatpants (work from home), sightless and yelling for help because I can't hear anything. I keep banging into mailboxes and trash cans. What time is the game tonight? Does anyone else want nachos?

Parson Tom said...

I didn't know Bill White was that funny. He always played the straight man to Scooter. Glad to hear he's getting full value out of his Viagra.

Anonymous said...

GOOD STUFF I'M BILL!

Local Bargain Jerk said...


IBW, that was superb.

Ken of Brooklyn said...

I nominate I'm Bill White's EPIC post for the IIHIIFIIC Sentiment of the Year Award!
That pretty much describes the roller coaster ride of my emotions so far during this bipolar Yankee season, LOL!!!!!!

JM said...

Ditto, K of B.

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