We need to make up two games in the loss column. If tied, they get the home field advantage.
Right now, they would play the winner of the wild card, and we'd get the Twins.
James Paxton would likely start game one, with Masahiro Tanaka to follow. After that, in Minnesota, who knows? Happ, Severino, or everybody.
As for the Twins, they might be imploding.
Not saying we want the Twins. Not by a long shot. But whoever wins the Wild Card will be hot. Minnesota, maybe not.
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WE STILL HAVE HOPE FOR HOME FIELD, BUT I SAY WE CAN'T REALLY AFFORD TO LOSE EVEN 1 MORE GAME.
....AND I'M AFRAID THAT'S NOT REALISTIC.
AT LEAST WE BURIED THE METS LAST NIGHT.
IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL FUNERAL.
We need to tie someone to the mast so they can spot the icebergs and the rocks. I'm going to hide in the galley and eat the pain away. Wake me when we get to port.
I think you're right, ALL-CAPS, and the long Mets soap opera is finally over.
In Colorado, they finally obliged "Thor" after all his bitching and moaning, and let Rene Rivera catch him instead of Wilson Ramos. In response, Bore surrendered 10 hits and four earned runs, in less than 6 innings of work. Rivera went 0-3, and gave up 5 stolen bases and a passed ball (It was ruled a wild pitch, but it was a passed ball. I've watched Gary Sanchez long enough to know a passed ball when I see one).
The Mets rallied to win that one with a 9th-inning rally—begun when Ramos pinch-hit for Rivera and drew a walk.
But yesterday, it all came acropper, when they managed just 3 hits against a sub-.500 Reds team. They still might have won, but the Toddfather, who has been terrific for them all year in the field, made a crucial error AND a mental mistake, giving the Reds 2 runs early.
Because...Mets.
We pitch German, but we call him "Dominic Herman" and outfit him with fake nose and glasses with the attached mustache. The made-up back story is that his great-grandparents came to the Caribbean fleeing the Nazis, and the family stayed there for several generations. This would explain his thick Hispanic accent.
If we really want to be thorough, we go with the whiteface makeup, but I don't know if that's necessary.
"Dom Herman" will be a find the Yankees made in the islands late in August, but didn't get him into the country until it was too late to put him on any minor league roster. Direct to the majors in time to qualify for the playoffs. Or is it already too late? Well, it's worth a try.
Dom is protected around the clock by bodyguards because his grandfather was a vocal critic of Papa Doc Duvalier, whose rabid multigenerational followers are still trying to exact revenge on the family.
If all this doesn't work out, we give the ball to Greenie.
JM, everybody, we all know this is a terribly flawed team that doesn't have the legs to get very far in the playoffs. It's been nice so far, The "thrill" of winning the AL East will turn to ashes in our mouths. These Yankees will fail like so many teams before, but with a new twist: parsimony. Miserly Steinbrenners who care not about winning. They don't deserve another championship. We know it. Everyone knows it. Their miserly ways create a powerful dark disturbance in the JuJu. The Lords of JuJu more than know it; they feel it. Miserly Steinbrenners must be anathema to them. It must cause a deep painful ache comparable to what mortals feel when passing a kidney stone. The Gods of JuJu are afflicted by Hal. They have been trying to pass this jagged stone for years. The Yankees cannot and will not win another Championship until Hal is moldering in his cankerous tomb.
JM,
I like that story.
Maybe the Giants should sign Samtoino Burntumberiwtz.
As far as the homefield race goes. It's all about LA. That's the only team we need to finish ahead of.
Let the Astros play and lose to the A's. We get home field against the A's and LA.
Doug K.
Damn! It was staring up in the face all season and we missed it: CC wouda had a career high season if his mom had been his catcher! (Glad he didn’t bonk her.)
Oedipus (or Freud) would have a field day with your comment AoBF.
Freud lived and practiced within walking distance from my flat. It's an Austrian kind of thing: our official motto is "Wien ist anders."
Meanwhile. I LOVE YOU, BRETT GARDNER!
The Yankees are pouring it on in a meaningless game!!
Fuck you Hal.
Sevy looks great, but it doesn't matter. The Blue Jays are terrible with nothing to play and live for and we all know there is nothing but pain ahead for us in October because of the parsimony of FuckYouHal. Where did he get that from? Certainly not his father, may he not spin in his grave every time Hal passes on a free agent.
Fuck you Hal.
So I see that German slapped his girlfriend and someone from the Commissioner's office saw it. He's out for seven days while an investigation goes on, and can have nothing to do with the team. Judging by the announcers, the Yankees can also have nothing to do with him, not even saying his name.
I wonder who the witness is? One story said the incident happened at home, which is impossible unless the witness was having a late night drink with German and his gf.
Well, it will all come out next week, I guess.
So I see that German slapped his girlfriend and someone from the Commissioner's office saw it. He's out for seven days while an investigation goes on, and can have nothing to do with the team. Judging by the announcers, the Yankees can also have nothing to do with him, not even saying his name.
I wonder who the witness is? One story said the incident happened at home, which is impossible unless the witness was having a late night drink with German and his gf.
Well, it will all come out next week, I guess.
Goddamn phone.
Why do we keep putting out Lyons? The guy is a bum. And he sucks too.
#LarryManBoobs #FYL
So the Jays grabbed Dull when the Yankees DFA'd him, then grabbed Valera when he was DFA'd to make room for Stanton. Which forced the Jays to DFA Dull to make room.
Valera is playing second for Toronto here.
Dull never excited me.
Nice to finish off the Toronto Annoying Jays today.
Yanks finish 54-20 against the AL East, something YES described as "an all-time best," though it didn't elaborate. By the Yankees? I guess so.
We are, thus far, 17-2 vs. Baltimore, 14-5 vs. Boston, 11-8 vs. Toronto, and 12-5 vs. TB, with two games to go. In those balanced-schedule days of 1998, we were a mere 33-15 against the rest of the AL East.
The one thing not to love about today's game?
Where were Montgomery and, more importantly, Mike King?
Surely, surely, surely we have learned all we have to learn about Tarpley, Lyons, and Cortes, Jr. There could be, at least, a small chance that Monty or—especially—King could contribute something.
Also, any word on Sancho? Not sure he's a big loss, but...
And today's Word From Buck:
"The toughest places to play road games today are Houston, Oakland, and Tampa."
I think he said Tampa because of the eerie silences.
Today, their young, scrappy, never-say-die team drew under 18,000, as they fought for a playoff spot. That's WITH the fact that they were hosting the Red Sox, whose rabid loyalists no doubt bought up half of those seats back in January. (Heh-heh-heh)
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