From HoraceClarke66... (With thanks to Kurt Weill.)
“And the days grow short
When you reach September…
(And yes, I know it’s October!)
“And the days turn to gold
As they grow few
September, November…”
“And these few golden days
I’d spend with you
These golden days
I’d spend with you.”
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John and Suzyn may be calling their last regular season game today. This should be our focus. Instead, we're forced to concentrate on Taillon, Torres's shitty attitude, and Boone's terrible managing.
What a load of crap.
Turtle soup for dinner tonight!
I am totally fed up with the Yankees organization. A friggin waste of time.
When the odds are sayin' you'll never win
That's when the grin should start
You've gotta have hope
Mustn't sit around and mope
Nothin's half as bad as it may appear
Wait'll next year and hope
When your luck is battin' zero
Get your chin up off the floor
Mister you can be a hero
You can open any door, there's nothin' to it but to do it
You've gotta have heart
Miles 'n miles n' miles of heart
Oh, it's fine to be a genius of course
But keep that old horse
Before the cart
First you've gotta have heart!
source: https://www.lyricsondemand.com/soundtracks/d/damnyankeeslyrics/heartlyrics.html
We may say goodbye to John and Suzyn, but we will definitely be saying goodbye to Ken Singleton. One of the best.
And I pray the Yankees lose today, then fly somewhere and lose again. Let Tuesday begin the winter of our discontent.
LOSE, YOU PRETENDERS IN PINSTRIPES, LOSE! LOSE BIG! YOU ARE NOT WORTHY OF THAT UNIFORM!
I'm listening today for John and Suzyn. I only tune into the games via WFAN, and there will be a smoldering ash filled crater in the center of my heart when they decide to retire. They, and this IIHIIFIIC sight, have been the only tangental joy this team has brought to me for a very VERY long time. I do understand the rational of The Master's detractors, but I will GREATLY morn the loss of his majestic and divine presence.
Amen, Ken. You speak my mind and my heart clearly.
Is Ken Singleton doing the game on YES today?
The Master has been unusually vocal in his disappointment with the Yankee braintrust and WFAN this year. I wonder if he has scorched earth farewell address planned. I hope so.
Weeping over here, Hoss.
You sure know how to yank someone's heartstrings.
I think I'm going to fire up the old jalopy and go photograph some funeral homes.
One hour to Armageddon.
And like a good Gleyber, Torres is . . . . leading off and playing second. Sanchez is behind the plate, eyes closed and batting eighth. Gardy-Party is in center and batting seventh and Stanton is DH'ing somewhere. Wouldn't have been my lineup. But I'm not Doom and KaBooney. Today marks the end of many things, both bad and good. This organization really needs to be dewormed, deflea'd, deturtled.
The brainless trust decides to DL DJ today. As usual, too late.
I try, bitty, I try! :)
Yeah, and Taillon on the mound, Odor in the lineup, and DJ on the DL.
Great. Best foot forward, right. Oy.
I am near inchoate with anger. Taillion? Odor? ICS behind the plate? Isn't it already clear that Tampa is a far superior club? That's what you are throwing out there against them? That lineup isn't fit to carry Tampa's dirty jockstraps!! Just forfeit and go home already!!
Steinbrenner Sucks!! Steinbrenner Sucks!! Steinbrenner Sucks!! Steinbrenner Sucks!! Steinbrenner Sucks!! Steinbrenner Sucks!! Steinbrenner Sucks!! Steinbrenner Sucks!! Steinbrenner Sucks!! Steinbrenner Sucks!! STEINBRENNER SUCKS!!! STEINBRENNER SUCKS!!! STEINBRENNER SUCKS!!! STEINBRENNER SUCKS!!! STEINBRENNER SUCKS!!! STEINBRENNER SUCKS!!! STEINBRENNER SUCKS!!! STEINBRENNER SUCKS!!! STEINBRENNER SUCKS!!! STEINBRENNER SUCKS!!!
Winnie,
I could not have said it better. Louder maybe, but not better.
Michael Kay looked better behind home plate, catching Kenny Singleton, than ICS has all season.
Faint praise, Hoss. Faint praise.
Taillon actually looks....good?
Poor DJ. He just couldn't hack warmups today. This has to be killing him.
But Odor. For fuck's sake. Wade. Velasques. Not Odor.
Another double play.
Stanton could've beat that out if he tried. He can't be that slow.
Jameson looks like the 20-year today. Smooth and potent.
JM, he's not fast.
Speaking of faint praise, and depressing statistics...
Barring a 27-hit game today, your New York Yankees will compile fewer hits this year than they have in ANY non-lockout/Covid season since 1969.
That's right. Their 1,262 hits (and counting?) are the lowest since that 80-81-1 team, two stadia ago. It will be easily their lowest total in the DH era.
You might assume that this is because they are getting all sorts of walks instead.
NEVER ASSUME!
In many of those seasons, the Yanks drew MORE walks than they did this season—along with, almost always, 200-400 more hits.
What a team.
And of course, we can't hit Wacha—a 2.16 ERA against us, 5.76 against everyone else.
Kiermaier. Why can we never get that guy out?
Hoss,
Yankee hitting this year is pathetic. Excruciatingly so.
At least Jameson came to play.
Jameson is a waste of good whiskey. He'll still leave before the Yankees have a hit.
Admirable, yes. But wasted because these yankees can't hit, don't adjust, and just swing for the fences.
Taillon got 10 outs and doing well. So let's bring in Wanda so we give up some runs.
And he begins...a hit.
Peralta is a ticking time bomb. Just a matter of when.
Played right into boneheads hands. He WANTED him to do that.
BULLSHIT!
You put the shift on and then pitch the lefthanded batter down and away. If you play them to pull why wouldn't you pitch them in? Meadows gets a double on a ground ball to third.
Fuck the Yankees stats department.
Steinbrenner sucks. Boone sucks. Cash sucks.
Choi walks. Two on. Still one out.
I smell a 3-run jack...
Is there a delay before comments appear? The timing has been odd for a while now.
Jameson must be doing shots now, watching this horseshit.
This is incredible. Take him out.
Odor, not a third baseman, doesn't get the double play.
JM,
It might be those Ukrainian "art" sites you visit.
Yes, the Yankees' motto: never, ever play the hot hand.
Just a field day on everything that's wrong with the All Stats, No Feeling Game today: A pitcher who has yet to allow a run, pulled with one out in the fourth. A double surrendered on an infield squibber, thanks to the shift.
If these Yanks get anymore brilliant, they'll lose by 10.
Not Gary's fault. Wanda stinks.
Wow! Wide pitch that's NOT ICS's fault.
Sancho showing his whole, all-around game again. For me, he ranks absolutely last in Doug's scale of people I would least like to see up. In fact, he would rank last of people I would least like to see, period.
At least The Gleyber fielded his position.
Boone could've left Tailion in for this crap. Nice play by Gleyber, but they're warming up Mean Spent Dead-armed Chad Green.
Peralta should not come back after that display.
GIVE THE FUCKING KID A KIDNEY ALREADY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Master is really into the game today.
It's a good thing I made a vow to NOT bet baseball.
I would have put $ down on TB scoring off Wandyman.
My God, he's back out.
The good news: "Holmes is up, that's not Green warming up in the bullpen."
Peralta overachieved there. I'll take it.
Now that Peralta found his groove, Boone takes him out.
Of course.
Peralta is a ticking grenade. Better to have John Holmes pitching.
What, his first name isn't John???
OK, can the Yankees score at least one fucking run now?!
How about the old crooked number even?
This is exciting. I’m on the edge of my seat wondering how the Yankees will fuck this one up.
All right, we give Ma Boone his props. Now all we have to do is get a run off Sandy Koufax at the peak of his career...uh, I mean Michael Wacha in a down year.
They can't hit the 5+ ERA pitcher.
Another DP. Signature of the 2021 Yankees.
GIDP is a good start!
FYI...Giants won in OT vs Saints...
The Master: Another double play! Yeah, you can't get too excited about the Yankee offense.
The Giants won! In OT!Anything is possible!
It may not happen today, it may not happen tomorrow, but it’s gonna happen.
I’m actually more enthused about NYJets football
The Giants won? In OT!? Well, that's the last good sports news NY will get this week. Pack it up. Head home. Beat the traffic.
Sanchez and Odor coming up to start the sixth with two outs.
How can you possibly be a team built around Three True Outcomes, and lead the league in DPs? By almost 20?
Oh, right! Because you're Three True Outcomes team put together by Brian Cashman!
One hit in five innings.
Tremendous offense. Or tremendously offensive.
Okay, so five scoreless against the Ray's nothing pitcher.
That was the Yanks' best chance to win, thrown away. Their odds of taking this game are rising exponentially.
Bonehead has given up on the game. Green is up in the bullpen.
Yanks 35-40 against the AL East. Which says everything.
Great, he's going to walk Franco, so the kid can display yet another part of his game.
Is there a new NFL rule that you can't win in OT on a field goal?
I'm confused.
Giancarlo, where have you gone?
It’s not that you can’t win JM - the other team gets a shot after a field goal. A touchdown ends it.
Holy fuck!!!!
Urshela!
Gio pulled a Jeter. He's hurt.
That was Jeterian.
Incredible.
Time for Wade.
Great play. Just great.
Sancho was so inspired by that he's not going to swing at a single pitch.
Why couldn't it have been Odor or Sanchez?
Oh, wait, right—the one two feet out of the strike zone. Can't we just give that fool the rest of the afternoon off?
Strikeout on a ball way outside the zone. Who'd have predicted that?
Take one for the team, Odor!!
And Odor swings at ball four, well out of the strike zone. Useless.
The Sanchez at-bat was just stunning, though. Watched two big strikes. Watched a ball. Swung at a ball two feet off the lower, outside corner. Okay then, and thanks for playing. Or not.
Looks like Velazquez is going in.
Gleyber VERY lucky he wasn't called out on strikes.
Is it possible to DFA ICS *during* the game?
FYI...Jets win in OT vs. Tenn....
Rizzo got his pitch...and popped it up. O-kay.
Urshela back out there. Hmm...
Wow!
Ji-man Choi up. Ought-oh.
Yep. And of course, Green gives up on him and Choi hits the inside pitch.
Rut-ro rorge!
Good news is the Senators are up 5-1 over the carmines.
Doug K's KAOS hope is alive!
Jays will win. Boston, Seattle could both lose.
Whee.
Let's count up how many hits the Our 2021 Suckees have today.
One!
That is all.
We give Boone his props. Green was about to give it up—he gave him the hook. Green, again, with his patented 0-2 gopher ball a couple batters before: hit so hard it drove Judge back. But we got lucky on that, and Boone didn't wait to see if he'd have to get lucky again.
Arggh! That was Stanton's pitch. He missed it.
Joey hits one out and all is forgiven.
Years ago, when the dark days started, I began to refer to Brian's Yankees as "Los Vaselinos" and I stand by that moniker.
Oh, fuck, just bunt again!
That's game.
And Sanchez can't gray it.
Of course.
Charles Manson cleans his cell and all is forgiven.
Sancho just putting on a show today.
Anyone else think Higgy would've had it?
Can't grab it.
Boone is an idiot.
Now, an aroused Sanchez, shaken from his usual slumber, will do everything he can to compound his flub with a bad throw somewhere.
Actually, I think Boone's been having a pretty good game today.
And...Sanchez with an awful throw to second.
I hate that guy.
Billy Martin would be out pulling ICS right now.
The Master: I can't remember the last time the Yankees threw out a runner.
And more hustle from Arozarena...
Big deal. We have guys who are that fast.
Oh, they're on the bench.
Don't even show up to the game tomorrow. Slap dick team. They strolled into this thinking the Rays were going to roll over and die because they had nothing to play for. Newsflash, the Rays hate you guys and embarrassing you in this fashion is second only to winning the World Series.
I hate everything about this team. Lose out in embarrassing fashion and maybe we'll see some change. Although Hal and Coops are Patroclus and Achilles so I won't get my hopes up.
I predict Sanchez passed ball, coming up.
Why aren't they walking Cruz?
Sox and Mariners losing - although anything can happen. And Blue Jays gonna win unless a meteorite hits.
Passed ball will score the only run this game.
This is painful. As a fan I want desperately to win this game. Also as a fan I do not believe they have the stuff to make a deep-run in the playoff.
But how can a team, in this MUST WIN game, come up with ONE hit. Uno.
--- As a side not Gary's one attribute, according to all so called experts, is his trowing arm. Well he just let the go-ahead run steal second. You can't make this stuff up.
TB must wonder what the hell we do with all the money we spend on payroll. It don't win us games.
This is how many steals this series on Sanchez?
I am going to start rooting for the Rays. I can't take anymore of Our 2021 Suckees. I cannot. Years of steadfast fandom through some awful years along with the great years. And Steinbrenner puts this garbage out there. He's pissing all over all of us, the franchise and the Yankees history.
Fuck him.
JOHNNY LASAGNA!
Nice work by Sanchez. Nice job by Lasagna.
Nice.
Oh, Rufus. You kidder.
D-Rob!
I hoping for a classic DRob game. Walk the first two batters.
Can they pinch hit for ICS please?
Houdini in. And Franco continues to look ridiculously good. Also, Gio openly limping.
I guess we lose in extra innings.
I think the best we can hope for is a fight in the tampon dugout between innings and a few injuries resulting.
Yep. Takes strike one.
And a long foul. Just when he was about to go into his home run strut.
He isn't swinging at bad pitches. Wtf?
Hold the phone. Here's Chapo. ARRRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!
Bonehead sucks.
Season now hangs on Chappy.
Putting old 54 in the game with the season on the line!!
----OH BOY...
-----------What could go wrong??
Uh, boy. It's Choi.
Chapo coming in for his specialty.
Staring stupidly as the winning run comes around.
To think that Goose Gossage used to wear that number.
That's not fair, Rufus!
What about, "Smirking strangely as the winning run comes around"?
carmines just scored
Squid is in, but we need Wade instead of Odor.
I guess he's being saved to pinch run for a guy we never get on base
Hoss,
I'll go with that.
Of course if he gets the next two outs, I'll take it back for the next 24 hrs.
If we get there, Sevvy can come in for extras.
"Smirking strangely as the winning run comes around"?
That comment is hilarious! A good way to break up this tension.
------------ Let's hope we don't see that smirk anytime soon!
Fuck. A walk.
Smart move by the percentages to pinch-hit for Kiermaier—but not by the strange, mystic hold Kiermaier seems to have on us.
Carmines tied.
ooooooooooooh, fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck!
Got a break there. Now nothing stupid.
And the runner steals second without even a throw. Way to pay attention, Chapo, team.
"The Yankees never throw out a runner"
Another break—but we'll take it!
All right.
Nine innings, no runs allowed by our pitching staff. They did their job.
John is losing his mind that the Yankees have NO ABILITY to stop base runners advancing at will. I don't blame him. But Gary has that so called cannon for an arm. I think it is more of a slightly used sling shot.
I can't blame Sanchez for the steal. But that's the kind of thing a truly alert, smart team is looking for—and has Chapo throw over.
All right, this IS a virtual concession by the Rays. They're putting in a pitcher with a 5.02 ERA, who the Yanks have seen this series.
C'MON!
Ha! Somehow, Kiermaier would've caught that ball. Told ya!
Again, though, the inanity of all stats baseball. The Yankees literally need one run to get to the postseason, and they still don't have Odor bunting or pushing a ball against the shift.
WHAT???
Gleyber bunting? With their fastest runner on base?
STEAL first, then bunt! Though since Torres has probably not bunted in his life....
Warning track power. But it got the job done.
Wade stopped at third.
I'll take a wild pitch right now. I have no shame.
Judge intentional walk.
Fly ball wins it.
They're pitching to Judge.
Nevin held him up, then waved him on—nice job!
But you know, the throw was up the line, and Zunnino might possibly have been able tag Wade as he went by.
With them pitching to Judge, it's great that Rizzo went to second.
Judge will walk, then we'll have the Stanton patented GIDP
Urrggggghhhh!
We win!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wade too fucking fast
Wow! Closer than I would've liked. But got the job done!
Holy shit, they actually made it.
The Master: THUUHH-UUH-UUH-UUH-UUH-uuhhuuhuuhuuhuuuhuuuh Yankees win!!
Why did they pitch to Judge?
149 runs total.
92 wins, right?
Pitching to Judge was the Rays saying, "Fuck you, we'll beat your best guy."
That kind of backfired on them.
Platoni wins the challenge!
Amazing job by the staff.
Here comes the JUDGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ALL RISE
Well, if they walk Judge, all we need is a flyball from Stanton, so maybe that.
But hey, nice win!
C'mon, Nats!
Now, we need the Senators to pull out their game.
Your moment of bliss:
Francisco Lindor quote:
"I'm looking forward to what happens with the Mets franchise this off-season."
Well, chances are, Francisco, they'll sign another noodnik like you.
aaah, Mets.
No matter how low we get, we'll always have Mets.
Longest winwarble I'ver heard from The Master all year, whoop whoop!
Cmon Nats!
Though, aren't the Yankees playing the WC in order to make it to the playoff??? not sure I agree that we're in just yet,,,,
Fuck, Carmines just scored two
Ken,
It's another one of those silly MLBisms. Play-in game is postseason but not playoffs.
I passed quantum mechanics but don't understand the difference.
Also, you strike out Judge, you can then walk Stanton...and have Gallo up with the bases loaded and two out. Which would have led to us tearing out our own brains and hurling them at the screen.
Damn! Was hoping the Sox would have to play a play-in, play-in game against the BJs, then come to Yankee Stadium.
But at least Toronto is out of it.
Jack Curry telling us that he still thinks it would have been "a logical and rational decision" to pitch Cole on short rest today.
Ah, baseball think!
Cole on short rest is not Cole. Chances are he gets rocked by the highest scoring team in baseball (the Rays). Then we have another game we have to win, and no Cole.
Hoss,
Curry is just trying to make people talk.
Cole better be on his game Tuesday.
And Boone better not be Boone.
All-star Joey Callo finished the season at .199
Another example of what's wrong with MLB.
Did this just happen -- the Yankees, Giants, and Jets all won on walk-offs on the same day? Keep your heads up, people. Pigs are flying..
Looks like Yanks vs. Red Sox in Boston on Tuesday....
It's also what's wrong with...Joey Gallo.
Kurt Weill wrote only the melody of "The September Song." Maxwell Anderson wrote the lyrics quoted above.
Thanks, Anonymous.
That really added to the conversation.
You're welcome, Firefly. You just can't shackle your dark impulses--poor guy. I believe lyricists should get proper credit for their work. All you care about is whether someone might have hinted that one of the blog demigods might have made a small error--heaven forfend! Even a small factual correction is a trigger for you. Get help.
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