That zombie team led the AL East on May 26, when everybody believed the cavalry was coming. Kevin Youkilus would surely heal. (He eventually hit .219.) We awaited the returns of A-Rod (he ended the season with 19 RBIs), Jeet (7 RBIs) and Mark Teixeira (12 RBIs), knowing that Phil Hughes and Joba Chamberlain would blossom as stars, because - well - the courtiers of YES told us so.
In a flawed world, the 2013 Yankees nearly achieved perfection, melting down in every phase of play, then punctuating the collapse by keeping all those who were responsible. Joe Girardi returned in 2014 (2nd place) and Cooperstown Cashman never even lost his preferred parking place.
On August 11, 2013, the Yankees stood at two games above .500, with a final run of mediocrity still in store. In September, they would go 13-14 and - to salt our wounds - they would win their last three inconsequential games, while humanity laughed at them.
This team could be worse.
I don't believe we fully appreciate how magnificently this 2025 team has collapsed.
This team could be worse.
It's hard to pinpoint what makes a truly great Yankee fiasco. Certainly, you need injuries. (Check.) You need old age. (Check). You need underachieving veterans (Check), a terrible defense (Check, Check, Check) and a broken bullpen. (Check, Check, Check.)
This Yankee team has it all, plus Aaron Boone.
When Will Warren is your #3 starter, and your ace is lucky to reach the 5th, when the big question is a journeyman opponent is going to throw a no-hitter, you have reached the pantheon of great Yankee failures.
It's hard to be this awful - to susain this level of mediocrity. But have faith.
This team could be the worst.
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Tampa is not coming through. We're back to six and a half out, but Tampa lost ground, now 12 out.
Something is wrong with Fried, obviously. It's not a blister, or is it? I don't see how a guy who put up his first half has been so mediocre ever since the Blister Incident. If it's not a blister, what is it, then? Did he just run out of gas?
And our lineup. Holy Toledo (or Scranton). These guys have trouble hitting their way out of a paper bag. Plastic ones are supposedly not kosher in the city anymore, but they couldn't hit out of one of those, either. I think they'd have trouble with a Kleenex.
The most reliable guy we have is Stanton. So of course, he was benched yesterday, and nobody else bothered showing up. Dave Roberts criticized Ohtani for not coming through in the Dodgers game agains the Jays. Can you imagine what he'd say about this team if he was in charge?
Then again, we don't have anyone who's in charge. Cashman is pathetic and has traded away our future time and time again, getting back next to nothing. Boone...well, you know. Idiot. Hal? Surely you jest. (And don't call me Shirley.)
We are basically powerless, contactless, and less-less. The bottom has yet to be reached.
Is Almonte still available?
The AL East is a dogfight and we're an aging chihuahua.
Never underestimate an aging chihuahua...
We are, indeed, a special kind of bad at the moment, the kind that you don't see often, although once is too many times when it comes to us. Brian's brilliance, though, may ensure a consistency at this kind of bad for a long time to come. If one person can keep this going, it is he. Luckily, Hal is also a model of consistency, so I think we're in good hands. Brian = Permanent Suckitude.
The Yankees are blind and their dog is dead
Same, Same, Same…shut down by a guy whose namesake played George Costanza. Too many AB’s swinging at the first or second pitch.. Judge a non- factor after injury like he always is. Fried seems cooked (injured?) No sense of urgency anywhere.
So, our longtime piñata, the Twins are coming in. If we can’t beat them at home we really have fallen apart. Then on to St. Loo…I’ll be generous and say we go 3-3 this week.
To all of these painfully true observations, I would add the ANALytics team is larger and has more influence than twelve years ago.
What's really scary is that next year's team will also be assembled like Dr. Frankenstein's creation as interpreted by the intern and will likely be worse, with the parts being older and more worn.
Phonetics:
Chee-Wahh-Wahh
This is the kind of moment when these assholes actually will go on a 5-game winning streak and tear at our heartstrings again, get us to believe, try to suck us in. I say this as a recovering Jets fan. Don't get fooled if they do.
Remember…..the Tooth
Remember……the Fifth of November
The Tooth will set you free.
Need a stadiums black out day where NOONE goes....maybe if they are a decrease in revenue they'll do what needs to be done to have a winning organization again
El Duque - What you wrote is pretty scary. Now I need a drink.
AA- When I lived in the dessert the non Hispanic locals pronounced it
"Chee- Hoo-a Hoo-a" and now so do I.
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