PITCHERS (13) Gerrit Cole Nestor Cortes Jake Cousins Luis Gil Tim Hill Clay Holmes Tommy Kahnle Mark Leiter Jr. Tim Mayza Carlos Rodón Clarke Schmidt Marcus Stroman Luke Weaver
CATCHERS (2) Jose Trevino Austin Wells
INFIELDERS (3) Anthony Rizzo Gleyber Torres Anthony Volpe
OUTFIELDERS (6) Jasson Domínguez Trent Grisham Aaron Judge Juan Soto Giancarlo Stanton Alex Verdugo
A good omen: the phone-charging stanchions in my neighborhood inform me that today, October 25, 1929—my mother's birthday—was when construction started on the Triboro Bridge.
To be clear, my mother could not have cared less about any or all sports. But she was a wonderful human being, who everyone loved. I'm sticking with this as a good omen!!!
Soto poor judgement, turns a double into a triple. Then throws home on two bounces. One bounce, I think Hernandez is out. Not a great inning for him, defensively, which isn't unexpected.
Pulling Cole was idiocy. Even worse than Flaherty being pulled. I guess managing is all about job security these days... And how about Graterol barehanding that groundball up the middle? What a fucking, stupid hot dog!
They went through keyboard players like Spinal Tap went through drummers, but Phil was the glue for the band. Actually taught screaming Bob how to play guitar (not that Bob learnt it that well...)
They have more members around than Little Feat though, surprisingly.
They lost. Dodgers didn’t win - Yankees lost, & for the same reasons they’ve lost in the past - brain farts at key moments, failure to hit with runners on base, and the dumbest fucking manager in the history of baseball.
Cortes threw a terrible pitch, it’s true. But he shouldn’t have been out there in the first place. If Hill had given up the game I’d’ve been unhappy but at least could live with it, since they went down using their best option. As if bringing in Holmes with a runner on in the 8th (instead of going straight to Kahnle) wasn’t bad enough, Boone must’ve thought “Gee, I guess I got away with one so let’s double down & use the guy who hasn’t pitched in 37 days instead of my lefty ground-ball specialist. Because I’M A FUCKING MORON AND THIS IS MY CHANCE TO PROVE IT ON THE BIGGEST STAGE POSSIBLE.”
Yep. This one was like a greatest hits record of everything the Yanks did wrong all year:
—Awful, negligent fielding. By Soto but especially by Gleyber. How the hell can he lose that ball? And by Cabrera not getting at least one out on that grounder.
—Poor managing. Bringing in a guy who has not pitched in over a month? No. Ridiculous.
—Bad roster construction. Yanks gave up Berti to have Nestor on the team (and of course, the never used Marcus Stroman). If Berti is on for Rizzo on the bases, maybe he makes it safely to second in the 10th.
The same old, same old comes home to haunt us, just in time for Halloween. PLUS...new, added feature...our best player chokes again.
Very true, Hinkey. You know, I couldn't understand why a hitter as good as Ohtani swung at the first pitch thrown by Cortes. Then I saw his second pitch: "Oh, that's why."
Just an awful job by boone. A terrible game all around, but pitching Cortes in that situation is an all-time fuck up that will live in legend forever. As I said earlier, Dodgers in 5. Maybe Judge will have a great post-season one year. Maybe. And get ready for 3 more years of boone.
“Now I wake from my dream I wake from my dream unto this world Where all is shadow and darkness And a above me a dark sky unfurls…”
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Here is the Yankees' 26-man roster:
PITCHERS (13)
Gerrit Cole
Nestor Cortes
Jake Cousins
Luis Gil
Tim Hill
Clay Holmes
Tommy Kahnle
Mark Leiter Jr.
Tim Mayza
Carlos Rodón
Clarke Schmidt
Marcus Stroman
Luke Weaver
CATCHERS (2)
Jose Trevino
Austin Wells
INFIELDERS (3)
Anthony Rizzo
Gleyber Torres
Anthony Volpe
OUTFIELDERS (6)
Jasson Domínguez
Trent Grisham
Aaron Judge
Juan Soto
Giancarlo Stanton
Alex Verdugo
UTILITY (2)
Oswaldo Cabrera
Jazz Chisholm Jr.
Obv, what they call UTIL. is really INF
A good omen: the phone-charging stanchions in my neighborhood inform me that today, October 25, 1929—my mother's birthday—was when construction started on the Triboro Bridge.
To be clear, my mother could not have cared less about any or all sports. But she was a wonderful human being, who everyone loved. I'm sticking with this as a good omen!!!
I'll go with that, Hoss.
So Berdi didn't make it? How many pitchers do they expect to use?
We got Oswaldo...Don't need Berti, although I personally would have kept him over Grisham
Phil Lesh is not longer in the line-up. I'm not consolable.
Commence. Commence.
Wait - is there a game tonight?
Shit, Smoltz is doing the game. Time for the radio.
Stepping up to the microphone is the voice of the New York Yankees!
Yes. John and Suzyn.
My God, so out of sync.
Another good SS bungles a play.
sirius lets you pause it to at least get close to sync...
...at least it wasn't the Yankees.
Cole is so damn stubborn with his fuckin FB and challenging people inside no wonder he gives up homers
Colace needs to calm down.
Dear Ma Boone, stop fuckin shifting
A Verdugo triple. Hooray.
Colace getting tagged hard.
Not an auspicious start.
A SWING AND A MISS! A SWING AND A MISS! PULL IT TOGETHER NUMBNUTS!!
AND ANOTHER SWING AND A MISS!!!
Okay, he's back to being Cole. Good inning. Low pitch count, too.
Much better.
No more fucking around. I need the Bombers to club them senseless.
This ump really sucks.
Maybe Gleyber can run like a sober individual? Maybe a sober individual with his wits about and above average footspeed?
Judge looks like crap again.
SIT DOWN YOU BIG SUSHI ROLL!! GRAB SOME BENCH!!
I think Smoltz and the other guy want to pleasure Mr. Ohtani orally.
Basically Cortes in, Berti out.
Who doesn't?
Pitcher's duel so far.
Edman standing directly up the middle is bullshit
That Dodger celebration gonna make me break my TV
Cole.
Stop swinging at the change up in the dirt.
Soto poor judgement, turns a double into a triple. Then throws home on two bounces. One bounce, I think Hernandez is out. Not a great inning for him, defensively, which isn't unexpected.
The possibility of Jasson in left and Soto in right is pretty frightening.
Judge is killing us.
Everyone still swinging at the balls in the dirt.
MAN OF GLASS!!
I knew it!!!
Stanton!!!
GIAN MUTHA FUCKIN CARLO STANTON
STANTON!!!
Blondie - The Hardest Part
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEjCDriXwnI
Stantonian!
You'll be getting HR theme songs this WS.
FUCK THE DODGERS.
Can our pitcher hit and G DHs for Judge? Just wondering.
Giancarlo, non si può stoparlo!
That was freaking moon shot.
Wow. A hit with a runner in scoring position. But no scoring. Grrrr.
Fucking Verdugo.
Bah.
This is your brain. This is your brain on MLB.
How bad an outfielder must The Martian be for Verdugo to be better?!?
That was jazzy.
Cole got out of it. Wow.
That's why we put up with Jazz
Good recovery. Jazz hands to the rescue…
Clay Holmes is warming up? Really?
There goes Cole. Say yer prayers.
We're COOKED
The moment we have all been waiting for.
Why Aroldis Holmes? Why? Is Boone some sort of retarded Manchurian candidate?
oh god no
Boone must have money on LA.
Implosion in progress.
Fucking Holmes…
Lobotomy Boone was his street name back in the day
Is Aroldis Holmes the best fuck Ma Boone has ever had? WHAT IS IT? WHAT!
Holmes. Ugh.
Boone doin his best Girardi impersonation
bad at-bad to stop sniffing glue
at bat, damn it
Getting two outs, second and third, no out... nice trick.
If this was the Yankees at bat, we'd be crying about LOB and lack of clutch hitting.
Why not just have Kahnle come in first, & if you insist on using Holmes, let him come in with no one on in the 8th?
Pulling Cole was idiocy. Even worse than Flaherty being pulled. I guess managing is all about job security these days... And how about Graterol barehanding that groundball up the middle? What a fucking, stupid hot dog!
The Great Houdinis, ladies and gentlemen!
Dodgers squandering opportunities…
/exhales/
I loathe the Dodgers...and their in-game astro-like antics....today didn't help that
that was too close for comfort. I'm getting into bed. I may peek in, but I can't handle this shit.
Good at bat to *start* sniffing glue.
...the brown glue.
Jazz needs to level out his swing...that upper cut is wild
if this is game 1 and my ulcers already have ulcers, I guess I better just forget baseball.
Plus Phil Lesh died. My ulcers ulcers have ulcers.
The Dead are creeping toward making their name literal.
fielding like drunks.
Gleyber strikes again.
Weaver for his first 5-out appearance. Already.
Sloppy play. Sloppy. We field like drunks too.
JM, you are most wise, and I could not agree more completely.
We have to score again? That's not fair.
UhgLee
No one told me we were in the World Series!
Gleyber blocks the throw instead of waving at it & it’s still 2-1.
Stepped away for a couple innings and was about to ask my son if Gleyber had had his brainfart of the day yet. Fucking guy
And they score not due to Ohtani's blinding speed, but due to a Gleyber space out. Just as Soto's judgement set up the first LA run.
Fucking Torres.
They went through keyboard players like Spinal Tap went through drummers, but Phil was the glue for the band. Actually taught screaming Bob how to play guitar (not that Bob learnt it that well...)
They have more members around than Little Feat though, surprisingly.
It’s close…
Jeffrey fuckin Maier 2.0
Soto time.
Stupid LA
Soto time to take his base. Now it is up to Judge.
The face on the guy next to the fan that caught the ball was pretty funny. The “dude, WTF?!?” face.
Guy did us a favor. It would've hit the top of the wall, bounced down to Hernandez, and Gleyber would've been thrown out at second.
They all looked like they were bussed in from the set of Deliverence
Judge might need to hit a triple to score Gleyber from second.
Jasson pinch runner.
Intentional walk to get to Judge, a guy who hit 58 HRs and a 1.159 OPS.
Who’s lost at the plate…
Judge ?
Can we pinch hit for Judge?
JUDGE ☹️
UGH
Soto should have yelled “HA!” before Edman caught the ball.
I've had the feeling, all season that everything would come down with a Torres fuckup. Call me Nostradamus. SOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Why is Weaver still pitching?? What's the point of that??
Doogie! Nice catch.
What's the point of the martian as a pinch runner when Cabrera would have been fine...
And is Gleyber Cano hurt, or just too drunk to run the bases?????
VEEEEEEEdoooooooGOOOOOOOOOI
Suzyn is audibly annoyed at the canned noise in Chavez ravine..
So who pitches now? Nestor? Wayza?
Please, not Wayza.
Jazz and his Happy Feet!
Cousins.
Ha!
LITTLE TONY!!!!
Chisholm manufactures a run!
A Manufactured run ...I may cry
That was some good baseball right there.
Cousins.
Feeling confident?
Toss the catcher down the wells
Of course Wells takes strike 3 right in the center of the strike zone.
So it comes down to Cousins. A 1-2-3 inning means Ohtani doesn’t get to the plate.
So long as it isn’t one of Guiliani’s
I'm gonna throw up!!!
So much for that.
Jesus
Why a walk. Why? Why for fuck sake.
Can’t believe he walked the no. 8 hitter.
Oh, wait, yes I can.
Oh, Oz.
Possible double play ball. Not.
Nestor?
See ya, Joe.
Torres, of course, would’ve made the play.
Nestor has been an Otahni Slayer
Yes, Nestor. A dumb move. So rusty. Maybe should've gone with Hill's funky delivery.
I expect this is a pineapple in the making.
Dooooooogie!!!!!
Nestor!!!!!!
Wow
Well damn pulled me back in
The Mook is next.
Calling some athlete a mook was an insult when I was a teenager.
The Master is pleased about this game.
Fuck
Damn
Pineapple.
Nestor.
The Master and his Wailin' Suzyn are LOVING THIS.
Nah fuck you Boone
How predictable.
Fuck
Figured we'd lose after they tied it.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Dodgers in 4.
As Ed McMahon said, "You are CORRECT, sir!"
Boone is the devil.
Remember the Hamster, JM. 2,3,5,6
The fucking walk to bring up the Ohtani-Betts-Freeman top of the order. CANNOT do that.
Beelzuboone. Boonezubub? Whatever. He’s Satan.
Had Gleyber fielded Soto's throw cleanly, Ohtani remains at second and the game ends in 9.
I like the Dodgers manager…
They lost. Dodgers didn’t win - Yankees lost, & for the same reasons they’ve lost in the past - brain farts at key moments, failure to hit with runners on base, and the dumbest fucking manager in the history of baseball.
Center cut first pitch fastball to Freddie Freeman. Enough said.
Ca$hole has pictures of HAL pleasuring his polo pony on Epstein's island with Diddy riding HAL (not the pony). And Boonie has the negatives.
No other way to explain Yankees management.
Cortes threw a terrible pitch, it’s true. But he shouldn’t have been out there in the first place. If Hill had given up the game I’d’ve been unhappy but at least could live with it, since they went down using their best option. As if bringing in Holmes with a runner on in the 8th (instead of going straight to Kahnle) wasn’t bad enough, Boone must’ve thought “Gee, I guess I got away with one so let’s double down & use the guy who hasn’t pitched in 37 days instead of my lefty ground-ball specialist. Because I’M A FUCKING MORON AND THIS IS MY CHANCE TO PROVE IT ON THE BIGGEST STAGE POSSIBLE.”
I think they liked Cortes against Ohtani. That's why he's on the roster. That said, very tough situation for him. Hill was probably the better choice.
Boone - and Cashman, for that matter - will never pay a price now for any losing. The damage has been done.
Yep. This one was like a greatest hits record of everything the Yanks did wrong all year:
—Awful, negligent fielding. By Soto but especially by Gleyber. How the hell can he lose that ball? And by Cabrera not getting at least one out on that grounder.
—Poor managing. Bringing in a guy who has not pitched in over a month? No. Ridiculous.
—Bad roster construction. Yanks gave up Berti to have Nestor on the team (and of course, the never used Marcus Stroman). If Berti is on for Rizzo on the bases, maybe he makes it safely to second in the 10th.
The same old, same old comes home to haunt us, just in time for Halloween. PLUS...new, added feature...our best player chokes again.
Very true, Hinkey. You know, I couldn't understand why a hitter as good as Ohtani swung at the first pitch thrown by Cortes. Then I saw his second pitch: "Oh, that's why."
Booooone can now publish his new book,
“How to Mismanage a Perfectly Winnable Ballgame.”
Add to that pulling Cole after only 88 pitches and…using Holmes AT ALL
Just an awful job by boone. A terrible game all around, but pitching Cortes in that situation is an all-time fuck up that will live in legend forever. As I said earlier, Dodgers in 5. Maybe Judge will have a great post-season one year. Maybe. And get ready for 3 more years of boone.
“Now I wake from my dream
I wake from my dream unto this world
Where all is shadow and darkness
And a above me a dark sky unfurls…”
11 LEFT ON BASE
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