Friday, October 25, 2024

As big day arrives, polls call series between Dodgers and Yankees a dead heat

 


The question is whether LA will accept a NY victory. 

186 comments:

BTR999 said...

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.

BTR999 said...

Obv, what they call UTIL. is really INF

HoraceClarke66 said...

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!!!

13bit said...

I'll go with that, Hoss.

el duque said...

So Berdi didn't make it? How many pitchers do they expect to use?

Joe of AZ said...

We got Oswaldo...Don't need Berti, although I personally would have kept him over Grisham

Rufus T. Firefly said...

Phil Lesh is not longer in the line-up. I'm not consolable.

TheWinWarblist said...

Commence. Commence.

Hinkey Haines said...

Wait - is there a game tonight?

JM said...

Shit, Smoltz is doing the game. Time for the radio.

TheWinWarblist said...

Stepping up to the microphone is the voice of the New York Yankees!

Rufus T. Firefly said...

Yes. John and Suzyn.

JM said...

My God, so out of sync.

JM said...

Another good SS bungles a play.

Rufus T. Firefly said...

sirius lets you pause it to at least get close to sync...

Rufus T. Firefly said...

...at least it wasn't the Yankees.

Joe of AZ said...

Cole is so damn stubborn with his fuckin FB and challenging people inside no wonder he gives up homers

Rufus T. Firefly said...

Colace needs to calm down.

Joe of AZ said...

Dear Ma Boone, stop fuckin shifting

TheWinWarblist said...

A Verdugo triple. Hooray.

JM said...

Colace getting tagged hard.

Hinkey Haines said...

Not an auspicious start.

TheWinWarblist said...

A SWING AND A MISS! A SWING AND A MISS! PULL IT TOGETHER NUMBNUTS!!

TheWinWarblist said...

AND ANOTHER SWING AND A MISS!!!

JM said...

Okay, he's back to being Cole. Good inning. Low pitch count, too.

Hinkey Haines said...

Much better.

TheWinWarblist said...

No more fucking around. I need the Bombers to club them senseless.

JM said...

This ump really sucks.

TheWinWarblist said...

Maybe Gleyber can run like a sober individual? Maybe a sober individual with his wits about and above average footspeed?

JM said...

Judge looks like crap again.

TheWinWarblist said...

SIT DOWN YOU BIG SUSHI ROLL!! GRAB SOME BENCH!!

JM said...

I think Smoltz and the other guy want to pleasure Mr. Ohtani orally.

BTR999 said...

Basically Cortes in, Berti out.

TheWinWarblist said...

Who doesn't?

JM said...

Pitcher's duel so far.

Joe of AZ said...

Edman standing directly up the middle is bullshit

Joe of AZ said...

That Dodger celebration gonna make me break my TV

TheWinWarblist said...

Cole.

TheWinWarblist said...

Stop swinging at the change up in the dirt.

JM said...

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.

JM said...

The possibility of Jasson in left and Soto in right is pretty frightening.

TheWinWarblist said...

Judge is killing us.

TheWinWarblist said...

Everyone still swinging at the balls in the dirt.

TheWinWarblist said...

MAN OF GLASS!!

JM said...

I knew it!!!

ranger_lp said...

Stanton!!!

Joe of AZ said...

GIAN MUTHA FUCKIN CARLO STANTON

Hinkey Haines said...

STANTON!!!

TheWinWarblist said...

Blondie - The Hardest Part

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEjCDriXwnI

Pocono Steve said...

Stantonian!

TheWinWarblist said...

You'll be getting HR theme songs this WS.

FUCK THE DODGERS.

JM said...

Can our pitcher hit and G DHs for Judge? Just wondering.

BernBabyBern said...

Giancarlo, non si può stoparlo!

TheWinWarblist said...

That was freaking moon shot.

TheWinWarblist said...

Wow. A hit with a runner in scoring position. But no scoring. Grrrr.

Hinkey Haines said...

Fucking Verdugo.

JM said...

Bah.

13bit said...

This is your brain. This is your brain on MLB.

TheWinWarblist said...

How bad an outfielder must The Martian be for Verdugo to be better?!?

JM said...

That was jazzy.

JM said...

Cole got out of it. Wow.

Joe of AZ said...

That's why we put up with Jazz

Hinkey Haines said...

Good recovery. Jazz hands to the rescue…

Hinkey Haines said...

Clay Holmes is warming up? Really?

JM said...

There goes Cole. Say yer prayers.

Joe of AZ said...

We're COOKED

13bit said...

The moment we have all been waiting for.

TheWinWarblist said...

Why Aroldis Holmes? Why? Is Boone some sort of retarded Manchurian candidate?

13bit said...

oh god no

Hinkey Haines said...

Boone must have money on LA.

JM said...

Implosion in progress.

ranger_lp said...

Fucking Holmes…

13bit said...

Lobotomy Boone was his street name back in the day

TheWinWarblist said...

Is Aroldis Holmes the best fuck Ma Boone has ever had? WHAT IS IT? WHAT!

BernBabyBern said...

Holmes. Ugh.

Joe of AZ said...

Boone doin his best Girardi impersonation

13bit said...

bad at-bad to stop sniffing glue

13bit said...

at bat, damn it

JM said...

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.

Hinkey Haines said...

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?

Kevin said...

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!

JM said...

The Great Houdinis, ladies and gentlemen!

ranger_lp said...

Dodgers squandering opportunities…

Hinkey Haines said...

/exhales/

Joe of AZ said...

I loathe the Dodgers...and their in-game astro-like antics....today didn't help that

13bit said...

that was too close for comfort. I'm getting into bed. I may peek in, but I can't handle this shit.

Rufus T. Firefly said...

Good at bat to *start* sniffing glue.

...the brown glue.

Joe of AZ said...

Jazz needs to level out his swing...that upper cut is wild

Rufus T. Firefly said...

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.

JM said...

The Dead are creeping toward making their name literal.

JM said...

fielding like drunks.

Hinkey Haines said...

Gleyber strikes again.

JM said...

Weaver for his first 5-out appearance. Already.

TheWinWarblist said...

Sloppy play. Sloppy. We field like drunks too.

TheWinWarblist said...

JM, you are most wise, and I could not agree more completely.

TheWinWarblist said...

We have to score again? That's not fair.

AboveAverage said...

UhgLee

AboveAverage said...

No one told me we were in the World Series!

Hinkey Haines said...

Gleyber blocks the throw instead of waving at it & it’s still 2-1.

Platoni said...

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

JM said...

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.

JM said...

Fucking Torres.

Rufus T. Firefly said...

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.

ranger_lp said...

It’s close…

Joe of AZ said...

Jeffrey fuckin Maier 2.0

TheWinWarblist said...

Soto time.

AboveAverage said...

Stupid LA

TheWinWarblist said...

Soto time to take his base. Now it is up to Judge.

BernBabyBern said...

The face on the guy next to the fan that caught the ball was pretty funny. The “dude, WTF?!?” face.

JM said...

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.

AboveAverage said...

They all looked like they were bussed in from the set of Deliverence

TheWinWarblist said...

Judge might need to hit a triple to score Gleyber from second.

JM said...

Jasson pinch runner.

BernBabyBern said...

Intentional walk to get to Judge, a guy who hit 58 HRs and a 1.159 OPS.

Hinkey Haines said...

Who’s lost at the plate…

AboveAverage said...

Judge ?

JM said...

Can we pinch hit for Judge?

AboveAverage said...

JUDGE ☹️

13bit said...

UGH

BernBabyBern said...

Soto should have yelled “HA!” before Edman caught the ball.

Kevin said...

I've had the feeling, all season that everything would come down with a Torres fuckup. Call me Nostradamus. SOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

TheWinWarblist said...

Why is Weaver still pitching?? What's the point of that??

JM said...

Doogie! Nice catch.

Rufus T. Firefly said...

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?????

AboveAverage said...

VEEEEEEEdoooooooGOOOOOOOOOI

Rufus T. Firefly said...

Suzyn is audibly annoyed at the canned noise in Chavez ravine..

JM said...

So who pitches now? Nestor? Wayza?

Please, not Wayza.

TheWinWarblist said...

Jazz and his Happy Feet!

JM said...

Cousins.

JM said...

Ha!

TheWinWarblist said...

LITTLE TONY!!!!

Hinkey Haines said...

Chisholm manufactures a run!

Joe of AZ said...

A Manufactured run ...I may cry

TheWinWarblist said...

That was some good baseball right there.

JM said...

Cousins.

Feeling confident?

AboveAverage said...

Toss the catcher down the wells

TheWinWarblist said...

Of course Wells takes strike 3 right in the center of the strike zone.

Hinkey Haines said...

So it comes down to Cousins. A 1-2-3 inning means Ohtani doesn’t get to the plate.

AboveAverage said...

So long as it isn’t one of Guiliani’s

TheWinWarblist said...

I'm gonna throw up!!!

JM said...

So much for that.

Joe of AZ said...

Jesus

TheWinWarblist said...

Why a walk. Why? Why for fuck sake.

BernBabyBern said...

Can’t believe he walked the no. 8 hitter.

Oh, wait, yes I can.

JM said...

Oh, Oz.

JM said...

Possible double play ball. Not.

BernBabyBern said...

Nestor?

JM said...

See ya, Joe.

Hinkey Haines said...

Torres, of course, would’ve made the play.

AboveAverage said...

Nestor has been an Otahni Slayer

JM said...

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.

JM said...

Dooooooogie!!!!!

Nestor!!!!!!

AboveAverage said...

Wow

Joe of AZ said...

Well damn pulled me back in

JM said...

The Mook is next.

Calling some athlete a mook was an insult when I was a teenager.

Rufus T. Firefly said...

The Master is pleased about this game.

ranger_lp said...

Fuck

Joe of AZ said...

Damn

JM said...

Pineapple.

JM said...

Nestor.

TheWinWarblist said...

The Master and his Wailin' Suzyn are LOVING THIS.

Joe of AZ said...

Nah fuck you Boone

TheWinWarblist said...

How predictable.

Hinkey Haines said...

Fuck

JM said...

Figured we'd lose after they tied it.

AboveAverage said...

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Rufus T. Firefly said...

Dodgers in 4.

Rufus T. Firefly said...

As Ed McMahon said, "You are CORRECT, sir!"

Hinkey Haines said...

Boone is the devil.

AboveAverage said...

Remember the Hamster, JM. 2,3,5,6

BernBabyBern said...

The fucking walk to bring up the Ohtani-Betts-Freeman top of the order. CANNOT do that.

Hinkey Haines said...

Beelzuboone. Boonezubub? Whatever. He’s Satan.

Carl J. Weitz said...

Had Gleyber fielded Soto's throw cleanly, Ohtani remains at second and the game ends in 9.

AboveAverage said...

I like the Dodgers manager…

Hinkey Haines said...

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.

Publius said...

Center cut first pitch fastball to Freddie Freeman. Enough said.

Rufus T. Firefly 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.

Hinkey Haines said...

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.”

Publius said...

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.

13bit said...

Boone - and Cashman, for that matter - will never pay a price now for any losing. The damage has been done.

HoraceClarke66 said...

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.

HoraceClarke66 said...

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."

DickAllen said...

Booooone can now publish his new book,

“How to Mismanage a Perfectly Winnable Ballgame.”

DickAllen said...

Add to that pulling Cole after only 88 pitches and…using Holmes AT ALL

BTR999 said...

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…”

13bit said...

11 LEFT ON BASE