It's why we're so deliciously reviled. To flash a Yankee cap in Bumfuck, Alabama, is like wearing MAGA crimson to a Tesla protest. The toothless, flyover dorks see NY and think it stands for "Not You," while we relentlessly pleasure ourselves in a four-hour beatdown. They think that, as insufferable Yank fans, we should be grateful for all the winning seasons, for the Danny Tartabulls, even when everything drains into pure humiliation, as last October did. They think we have it cushy, better than we deserve, and we don't appreciate it.
And, honestly, on a 20-run win, they're sorta right... which only infuriates them more.
Me? I'm livid - LIVID - that Aaron Judge's late-inning double - hardest whack of the day - hit the top of the wall, denying him a 4th HR by the length of a Boone bubble gum balloon. WTF, juju gods? If Judge finishes 2025 one HR shy of the all-time record, that ball will be the reason. It should have gone out. His ticket to Cooperstown should have been punched. On any true scale of power, Judge yesterday hit four.
So, yeah, of course I'm pissed! The greatest Yankee slugger of our lives - look at the numbers; there can be no argument about this - nearly inscribed his name into history, along with 16 others, including Lou Gehrig, Willie Mays and Mike Schmidt. Instead, he's in the three HR category with more than 100, including Bo Bichette and Ben Rice. And we're supposed to be happy? Hoo-fucking-ray.
Okay, let's appreciate that the Yankees scored 20 runs on 16 hits, including 9 HRs.
The joke says they faced Nasty Nestor, a secretly embedded Yankee spy. This would explain three gophers on his first three pitches. If I were a Brewers fan, I would be terrified, because most ex-Yanks, upon returning, kill us. It's something about their anger and sense of betrayal. When Cortes was listed as starter, I automatically figured he'd go seven. He managed two, with eight runs. Ouch.
Unfortunately, Max Fried couldn't last five, to receive a courtesy win. Boone ended up dredging the bullpen with the law firm of Gomez, Headrick and Carrasco. You could argue that everyone got a chance to start 2025 - Carrasco, the vaunted reclamation project - got beaten up for three runs on five hits. Should we worry? Of course.
Today, we'll learn whether the Yankees just used up their juju allotment for the next month. We've seen it often. They score 10, then give us a week of zeros. Maybe today will be different? Maybe today, we can decide to celebrate?
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As with the Knicks 149-148 win last month against Atlanta, the real story is offense given up--not the offense accumulated. Or has MLB messed with the baseballs again, and we're in a new juiced-ball era no one will take seriously?
I hope that was just bullpen work for Carrasco. Like I hope he wasn't really trying
The spirit of Mr. May is strong with this team. Still, it's nice to such a strong showing. Here's hoping they can keep it up.
But I feel bad for Nestor. I hope he re-tracks himself for a strong season.
What about the “new” shape of the bats the Fightin” Steinbrenner’s are using?
I read how the Yanks made custom bats for Volpe with the fatter part down by the label and now Jazz and some others are using them. We might have a true innovation on our hands.
https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/article/did-yankees-physicist-designed-torpedo-bats-play-role-in-9-hr-power-surge-vs-brewers-224436396.html
I just read about that, acrilly. A very weird and, maybe, very effective design innovation. They say a physicist is responsible, but it seems like it could only come from the mind of Minolta.
Such a simple idea. Meanwhile, my prediction a few years back that Nestor and Trevino were one-shot wonders in the All-Star game is coming true. I should feel bad about that, but I don't. Sue me.
Damn. The torpedos.
He whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad. Happy March, everybody!
Steve, I wondered he same thing.
shhh..don’t tell anybody!
If they break the team HR record, Aaron Leanhardt deserves a raise...
Yeah, two touchdowns and two field goals, but they needed all of it because of all the errors. Five errors in one game. At that rate, they make like a thousand errors this year? Wow! Quickly becoming a hallmark of Aaron Boone teams is this disgustingly poor defense.
I didn't know about the torpedo bats. Will have to read up on that!
I thought MLB made all of the bats and you ordered them from the company they contracted with, in the size you wanted. Guess I was wrong. The bat rules are pretty simple. Just 42 inches max, something like 1.6 inches max thickness, and made of solid wood, with maximum 1 inch of "cupping" at the barrel end. There might be some kind of wood density maximum also. But that's it. So how long will it be before everyone starts using these bats and Yankee pitchers start getting lit up like Christmas trees?
They're going to have to move the fences back. I've been sayin' that for years now. Otherwise, it's going to be home run derby every game. Yankee hitters would probably be happy with home run derby. I don't know if their pitchers would like it though.
Sorry, 2.61 max thickness. Wouldn't want to give them skinny bats!
You watch: if the bats are for real, MLB will find a reason to ban them. Soon after, Boston will come up with their exclusive "submarine bats" that look exactly the same. And they'll be okay.
Just wanted to catch up and say: GREAT time at the Tavern on Jane (no, WE weren't on Jane, the tavern was!) with five of the best from IIHIIFII...c on Friday night. A very fun time—and yes, there was a baby in the bar! We actually had to move a chair to let the carriage through.
Felt like the old New York. Bon voyage, to our German-born friend. And remember: this blog alone can easily fill out an entire, highly competent servant staff, for next to nothing. Just be sure to keep the liquor cabinet locked.
Just wanted to say re Soto: I agree with Hammer on all counts. Crazy trade, crazy to let him walk, and...I hope he tears both hamstrings immediately. Hey, the $765-mill plus luxury box will get him through old age. But yes, now that he's no longer a Yankee, let's hope the Mets curse eats him.
Just wanted to repeat this, because I posted it awfully late:
Beautiful, Doug—just beautiful. And yeah, fathers and sons. My best times with my Dad were at the ballpark...which also reflects how often they were not good, everywhere else. He also didn't like profanity, and he never quite got over the fact that I wasn't a good athlete. But I think about him all the time. I had an infinitely better relationship with my mother, who I loved deeply, and who gave me so much. But I think about her less often, just in that, after she died, our time together felt complete. With my father, I think about what might have been, which is the hardest thing.
And yes, Peerless Leader, the farm system is a disgrace. Went to push product at the NYC chapter of SABR yesterday morning, and heard Anthony McCarron—a singularly nice human being, by the way—tell the crowd that Hal is not cheap.
But again: fine, $300 million is a lot. But if you don't want to spend more, why not jettison Cashman, and get a guy who can build a farm system?
And just the way it's run! I also have my doubts about Spencer Jones. But WTF is the point of running him through another season at Double-A??? Also, why keep Rumfield down—especially when, once again, it seems that we have an over-the-hill first baseman who can't really field the position anymore. (His Rizzo-like refusal to charge a ball and near injuring of Rodon brought back nightmares from the Fatal Fifth in the World Series.)
Once again, we're letting guys just rot down on the farm, neither giving them a chance nor moving them on. It's simply incompetent.
Why keep Spencer Jones in double-A? To get his strike our rate below 41.5%
Of course, does any coach or manager have the knowledge and skill to get Jone's strikeout rate down? Maybe in another farm system...
Certainly not in the Yankee system. That's why Yankee prospect flame out.......
There is a game thread up.
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