Wednesday, October 1, 2025

Game Two – AL Wild Card Series Game Thread – NY √s Boston – Rodon √s Bello


IS THIS THE END ?
MY FELLOW FANS
THE END

 

102 comments:

JM said...

Off to a flying start. Sort of.

AboveAverage said...

RICE !!!

HoraceClarke66 said...

Huh. Think Rice should've played yesterday? I dunno...

JM said...

Gee, Hoss, why would you say that?

AboveAverage said...

Come on now, Hoss. You’re not blaming Boone and his ManageCom cronies, are yah?

JM said...

That was an elite double play.

JM said...

I'm sorry, but Eduardo sounds so biased for the Red Sox to my ears. Maybe I'm imagining it.

TheWinWarblist said...

Oh this is going swimmingly.

AboveAverage said...

RoRooooooo

TheWinWarblist said...

I like to load the bases for the top of the order.

JM said...

Chisholm? First? Why?

AboveAverage said...

Geeze Rodon instantly loses focus when something goes wrong

AboveAverage said...

Bunt

BernBabyBern said...

It's too bad that we are a fundamentally shitty team.

AboveAverage said...

Ok THAT was a great dp!

DickAllen said...

Time to start making plans for the off-season.

BernBabyBern said...

They can make a sweet double play like that, but they can't field a bunt. Aaargh.

AboveAverage said...

Ha-luckily

TheWinWarblist said...

See how the Sux had the bases loaded with no outs and managed to plate a pair?? That's how you do it. That's baseball. Not the Yankees solo homerun bullshittery.

AboveAverage said...

Not to be confused with Bull Schlittlery

AboveAverage said...

Cora managing

JM said...

Or Bull Durhammy.

13bit said...

ok, the Boone Morrison photo is deeply disturbing. NOT to jinx anything, but what would the pitching matchups be tomorrow if the world doesn't end?

AboveAverage said...

Bellinger showing some helmet hating emotion

AboveAverage said...

Thank You, Bit.

It would be Schlittler vs Pedro

JM said...

Double steal? Who are these guys?

Bello gone already?

Bellinger can't get the run in?

What the hell?

13bit said...

shit on a shingle

JM said...

Fuckendoodle.

JM said...

If Rice takes over at first next year, who's the catcher? Not Wells or Escarra. Maybe one of those guys we traded because we had so many, many catchers.

AboveAverage said...

Small ball Judge

Hinkey Haines said...

Looks like a line drive in the box score.

Hinkey Haines said...

(Until they change it to an error, anyway.)

JM said...

Finally!

JM said...

So, which reliever blows the game? We should have a betting pool.

Local Bargain Jerk said...

Yes, that may hurt our chances

13bit said...

Someone pass me a cudgel…

Local Bargain Jerk said...

I'll agree with Schlittler but, due to the injury to Giolito, it will either be Early or Harrison for the BloSox. Neither is a household name. Early came up in September.

AboveAverage said...

Why not Gil in for relief?

TheWinWarblist said...

There's no way that Boone and the bullpen don't blow this game.

JM said...

Boone will signal for Nestor.

AboveAverage said...

Rice

Local Bargain Jerk said...

Ben Rice. Thank God he wasn't in the lineup last night

AboveAverage said...

Oh yeah - forgot

AboveAverage said...

And Boone didn’t leave Fried in the game when he went out to pull him

JM said...

Stanton is not hot and we need him.

AboveAverage said...

Jazz can really be awful

JM said...

He is more than he's not.

JM said...

Cora bringing in a new pitcher for Volpe. An unnecessary move.

JM said...

So Volpesque.

Publius said...

Terrible AB, AV

JM said...

Good night. I'll save my disappointment for the morning.

BTR999 said...

Awful, little league style AB by Volpe

Hinkey Haines said...

I haven’t felt, at one moment since last night’s game ended, any anxiety or stress about tonight. I know they’re going to lose.

BernBabyBern said...

Oh, boy. To the bullpen.

TheWinWarblist said...

Cruz. Uh-huh, uh-huh.

BTR999 said...

Cruz ? The beginning of the end

TheWinWarblist said...

On a completely different note, I had a shit September. One of our cats and our miniature dachshund both passed away.

Local Bargain Jerk said...

I know a lot is going on but I need to say that Sogards hair annoys me.

Local Bargain Jerk said...

Sorry for your losses, Winnie

Hinkey Haines said...

Sorry to hear about that, WW.

AboveAverage said...

That’s awful Winny - my condolences

Carl J. Weitz said...

Sorry to hear Winwarb. One of my Labs died not long ago. He was my best friend. His sister is 11 1/2 and it's sad to see her age. Losing our dog family friends is like losing a child.

13bit said...

So sorry to hear that, Winnie. Sending condolences. I prefer cats and dogs to people most of the time.

Publius said...

Terrible AB, MVP

Pocono Steve said...

What a fine minor league player Judge becomes in the playoffs.

AboveAverage said...

WILLIAMS ?!?

Pocono Steve said...

Who was that pitcher?!

13bit said...

Hey…his ERA in the regular season was under…uh….5… it must be time to go wash my face in the toilet bowl

13bit said...

It appears that I can no longer handle the stress of a tight game

Rufus T. Firefly said...

Boone was hired for his ability to mimic stat-boys starting line-ups.

Has no ability to adapt to changing situations either in needing a new line up, or in changing situations within the game.

The Yankees only win despite him.

AboveAverage said...

Never look back, Jazz. But thank you for scoring

BernBabyBern said...

Boone was a genius to bench Rice and Chisolm last night, wasn't he?

Rufus T. Firefly said...

Why, of course!

Tonight they're rested@

13bit said...

Ugh

ranger_lp said...

Last thing we need is to put the leadoff hitter on base…

TheWinWarblist said...

Do not believe what you are seeing.

TheWinWarblist said...

Boone is a SUUUPER GENIUS.

Hinkey Haines said...

I think that’s the first time a pitch in that spot was called a strike. Good timing, ump!

AboveAverage said...

Schlittler-time !

ranger_lp said...

Yankees Win!!!

Hinkey Haines said...

I NEVER doubted the Yankees would win.

ranger_lp said...

Had it all the way…

TheWinWarblist said...

Th-uhuhuhuh Yankees ripped our guts out and won. Hooray.

Local Bargain Jerk said...

These games are killing me

Pocono Steve said...

Woo hoo!

Ken of Brooklyn said...

WHOOOOO HOOOOOOOOO!!!!

BTR999 said...

I thought for sure that las ball was. going out

Publius said...

Flashback to Piazza off Mo in 2000

Hinkey Haines said...

It was a real uh-oh moment.

Joe of AZ said...

Jazz and Rice showing us how stupid that dear ol Boonie is...ofc we all knew that already but I digress

Hinkey Haines said...

I think that since MLB went to a best 2 out of 3 wild card format, all but 2 were sweeps. Today all 3 teams facing elimination won. So … go, Reds.

Carl J. Weitz said...

Heil Schlittler!

Hinkey Haines said...

Too soon.

Carl J. Weitz said...

Hey, it's been 80 years!

13bit said...

the agony prolonged...

AboveAverage said...

Well…at least it wasn’t the Agony of Defeat

13bit said...

Perhaps it's the Defeat of Agony?

Hinkey Haines said...

You’re a wide-eyed optimist, Mr. Bit.

Hinkey Haines said...

Whitlock threw 47 pitches tonight…

13bit said...

I'm trying to keep an open mind...

HoraceClarke66 said...

Dodgers have taken the lead, and are clearly the better team. BUT...doesn't hurt that the ump calls every single thing that Yamamoto throws up there a strike. I swear, they must have called 9 out of 10 pitches out of the box, strikes. He may be in trouble next year, if they're really going to the robo umps.

HoraceClarke66 said...

Almost bizarre how sluggishly and badly the Reds are playing, even though they're only down 3-2. Their fielding is now reaching Metsian proportions of ineptitude. I guess just getting to the postseason was enough for them.