Tuesday, May 7, 2024

Top 10 cheerful, upbeat, happy talk positives from the Yankees three-game win streak, ranked.

1. We didn't lose.

2. Possess 5th best record in MLB.

3. Did this without Gerrit Cole. (Back in mid-June? Wait? That's just next month!)

4. Did this with Aaron Judge - "Captain Ejection" - in slump. 

5. Judge slump might be ending. (.355 over last nine games, has raised BA 30 points, to .220.)

6. Impossibly, Juan Soto has lived up to NY hype.

7. Yank starters have lasted at least 4 innings in every game. (Tied with Baltimore.) Bullpen better off than other teams. 

8. Clay Holmes = MLB's best closer.

9. Luis Gil (ERA: 3.19) has pitched like ace.

10. In months to come, Kahnle, Effross, Trivino, Brubaker (escapee from prison) should boost staff. 

BONUS: Yanks' "signature" beer brewed near Syracuse.
 


Note: If we lose to Astro cheats, disregard all above.

24 comments:

Rufus T. Firefly said...

Everyone knows that Blakney looked at Judge and suffered a premature ejection.

AboveAverage said...

Haiku Tuesday - Tooth for a Tooth edition

Ball of Confusion

That’s what the Yanks are today

Hey Hey - Team plays on

AboveAverage said...

Roofus - Early bird catches the worm…..or do you have a colonoscopy scheduled for the morning?

JM said...

Which beer is it? There seem to be an awful lot of brewers around Baldwinsville.

Rufus T. Firefly said...

JM, Goose Island “New York Legendary Ale”

AA, fortunately, no. How-evah, unfortunately my allergies are killing me, hence the early morning start.

Rufus T. Firefly said...

Meant to include this https://www.localsyr.com/news/local-news/yankees-name-beer-brewed-in-baldwinsville-as-signature-yankee-stadium-beer/

13bit said...

11. New tires are expensive
12. A good croissant is good
13. Hal sux dawg ballz

13bit said...

Also, nice work, AA.

IIHIIF HAIKU #3079

COLONOSCOPY
OPPORTUNISTIC RAY GUN
LITTLE HAL SUCKS BALLS

Rufus T. Firefly said...

14. I don't have a colonoscopy scheduled.

AboveAverage said...

15. Colonoscopies cure Hay Fever

Rufus T. Firefly said...

AA. Didn't you hear the announcement about the brown acid?

JM said...

15. I'm supposedly due for a colonoscopy, but I don't feel the urgency. Maybe it's just fear of MiraLax.

By the way, "This beer is crisp, aromatic and fruity golden ale with brilliant clarity. Its slight sweetness from 2-row barley and wheat malts are balanced with light bitterness from Mt. Hood and Hallertau hops, says the Yankees website."

What the fuck does all that mean?

AboveAverage said...

Danka Herr Bitter

YOURS WAS A BLASTER

CANT DODGE CAUSE IT BE FASTER

CASHMAN HAS NO DICK

AboveAverage said...

JM - Quite simply it means that it is made with the same barely, wheat and hops that MiraLax is.

If fact, if you discover a container into a large, BIG GULP-SIZED cup of sparkling water I betcha it will taste pretty much the same.

(however your results may vary. A LOT)

AboveAverage said...

Strike barely- add barley.

Thanks for your cooperation, citizen

Doug K. said...
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JM said...

Cashman won't even hire a guy named Dick.

BTR999 said...

He loves Dick!

BTR999 said...

Here on the Island, Blue Point makes Pinstripe Pils, a perfectly good pilsner

AboveAverage said...

- wow - the auto correct mutiny on my above MiraLax response to JM was just . . . . spectacular -

Rufus T. Firefly said...

(autocorrect = brown acid)

AboveAverage said...

your brown acid comment occurred prior to the JM comment, Roofus - but I see what you're cooking

ranger_lp said...

The last dick I remember was Dick Tidrow...

13bit said...

Dick Butkus
Dick Dale
Dick Tracy
Tom, Dick and Harry
Tricky Dick

And then there is this…
https://www.reddit.com/r/baseball/comments/7py1fx/the_alldick_team/?rdt=41222