goes went...
Three-zip after one. Four-oh after two. Reality checks everywhere. Goodbye, divisional race?
Yankees with dirty faces. Killers coward at the end! Where was Jimmy Cagney? Where was Pat O'Brien? Damn, where was the fight in anybody? The Yankees walked to the plate, walked to the dugout, walked to the showers, rode home, kissed the wife, watched Kimmel, went to bed... Where was Aaron "Too Late" Boone, kicking and screaming? spitting on Dak Prescott? throwing sandwiches at ICE? revoking Rosie O'Donnell's citizenship, getting hauled to the electric chair? Nope. One-two-three. One-two-three. Break a fukkin water cooler, okay?
Ten miserable takeaways...
1. In the first, when he lollypopped a throw from RF, Aaron Judge basically hung a banner in RF saying, "RUN ON ME." Apparently, his plan is to soccer kick balls to Jazz Chisholm. Many years ago, I recall Thurman Munson - another captain - throwing underhand to 2B and getting runners out. Maybe Judge needs to try it. What we saw last night will not work.
2. At least we can't blame the loss on St, Anthony. Nope, the Volp didn't go "Olp!" His replacement - Jose "The Gay" Caballero - went 0-3. Damn. Shortstop is starting to look like a bottomless pit.
3. So much for Cam Schlittler's magical rookie run. (He had just earned a feature in The Athletic about broadcasters mispronouncing his name.) His ERA shot up to 3.24. In the first inning, he three times came within one pitch of escaping the jam. He couldn't make it. This was always going to happen: He'd get cuffed around by patient hitters. Soon, we'll see what we really have.
4. Starting to wonder about Ben Rice's defense at catcher. He's still a work in progress, rough around the edges. Lousy framing skills. Would we dare use him in the playoffs, especially against a fast team? Dunno. Not sounding the alarm. Just starting to wonder if he's a fulltime 1B.
5. Last night, bottom of the lineup - Jazz, Goldie, McMahon, Jose - a combined 0-for-11. Every time the order turned around, you felt air leaving the stadium.
7. Redsocks were clobbered 10-5 in Arizona. They were down by five, clawed back heroically to make it a game - then had a bullpen meltdown. Sweet.
8. I hate it when Vlad Jr. outhits Judge. HATE IT. Last night, he outhit everybody - 4-for-5 with a HR. Aside from his anti-Yankee rants, we all know that, at age 40, when he weighs 300 and smells like a sack of greasy potato chips, we'll get him.
9. Know what? Changed my mind. I'm still blaming last night on Volpe. Guy was supposed to lead us from darkness. We led the cheers. Now, we're stuck. Next year, sign Bo Bichette? Dear God, no. Meanwhile, do we dare get excited about George Lombard Jr. Or wait for Dax Kilby? (Hitting .354 at High A, only 18! Whoopie!)
10. Fortunately, no long wait to either avenge last night or sink without a bubble. Game time today, 1:05 p.m.
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The Yankees took a red eye from Houston. Maybe they were tired.
Maybe.
And follow that with an early game following a night game, when they always struggle offensively. Why wasn’t that last Astros game given an early start? Not making excuses, but we can’t we have the same accommodation as every other team?
Conveniently, you're in Deutschland currently and can more easily dig into the origins of the family of our rookie pitcher, Cam "Adolph" Schlittler.
A Steve Somers quote:
"The Mets leave more men in scoring position than Paris Hilton."
That's a good one, Ranger. Have to remember it.
. . . . speaking of which.....RIP Davey Johnson.
Be assured, Judge is back at DH today while Stanton grabs some bench.
The teams infernal lying and gaslighting has hit a new low with this situation.
They don’t even have the decency to be embarrassed about it.
Rice at 1B today, but he is an awful defender wherever he plays. They will have to start Wells at C in the playoffs where he will K 2 times a game.
Q. Goldschmidt is no longer able to hit RH pitching, why was starting against a RH pitcher last night?
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