By the by, I thoroughly agree with all of you about the absurdity of batting Judge second. A first-inning home run—which Judge set a record in hitting this year, right?—gives any team a formidable lead.
Truth is, that's much more likely even for clutch hitters than a ninth-inning homer against the other team's closer. Get that big three, right off the bat, and you have a tremendous advantage. But that's not how the computer program sees it.
I took the golden retriever and the border collie and a cocktail Shaker out to the pool this afternoon. The pool gets closed tomorrow. Played fetch with the golden. Drank my French martini. Played with the border collie. Got kisses from the golden. I just know the Yanks are gonna fuck up the afternoon.
OK, bring in Luke Weaver now and let him pitch the rest of the game. Let it be 34-0, whatever. I don't care if he's underhanding it in the eighth inning. Don't waste another pitcher in this pathetic display.
Okay, Fried's collapse was unexpected. But sending in Bomb's Away Warren AND LEAVING HIM THERE? Jesus, had they shut Toronto down after Fried's mishap, be winning this game right now. Boone just gave up. Another Lucy and the football post-season. I hope nobody bet on this team to win.
I didn't check in on the game yesterday until Blackburn was on the mound and that was a disaster. I decided to see how the game was going by checking this feed first, and well... your comments told me all. But, like a gawker who just has to see the car accident, I started checking out the game. Saw Warren on the mound and watched the score climb to 11-zip. Sigh.
So I thought I would join the grousing. It is what is truly is. An overpriced, poorly assembled collection of talent, developed by one-dimensional trainers, led by a moron, auto-managed by an AI Bot, overseen by a refugee from the Office and paid for by an owner that doesn't care. Fire everyone but the cleaning ladies and begin again. Please.
Who is the arrogant asshole in the ya knees dugout that INSISTS on pitching to fuckin Vlad Jr....he's done this to the team a fuckin year with no adjustment
Hit "publish" too fast. This is what stupidity looks like. At first, I thought it was metrics or AI or something dumb, but I think your tag fits best: "arrogant asshole" works. Even AI could not manage this badly.
...I had a lingering bad feeling in the back of my head, as I do whenever this team is SUPPOSED to win. Still, I was worried more that Fried would pitch some good game, and we wouldn't be able to break through against this rookie...
...The Yankees have, after all, a now decades-long record of being either unwilling to scout kids just up from the minors, or unwilling to listen to those scouting reports. But 5 1/3 no-hit innings, with 11 strikeouts? That's not even a good faith effort. As for Max Fried...well, that's what happens when you sign a guy with a lifetime 2-5 record in the postseason to be your stud hoss. I'm sorry: 2-6 now.
We are once again a success! We made it to the post season. We advanced a round. This team is good enough to get to the border of the promised land, maybe even reach the first truck stop. But not good enough to get you over the hill to that bright city on the ocean. At best, we make it to Needles or Barstow, where we now get to hang out with everybody else who was stranded out here. Oh yeah, we have one more shot. What happens then? Rodon? Then what? Why even game out this scenario. We are no longer in the driver's seat.
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Boone makes me weary
ReplyDeleteMy eyes become so teary
Please mama, dearie
By the by, I thoroughly agree with all of you about the absurdity of batting Judge second. A first-inning home run—which Judge set a record in hitting this year, right?—gives any team a formidable lead.
ReplyDeleteTruth is, that's much more likely even for clutch hitters than a ninth-inning homer against the other team's closer. Get that big three, right off the bat, and you have a tremendous advantage. But that's not how the computer program sees it.
It's incredible how wrong teams were for 125 years, batting their best and most powerful hitters third and fourth. How did we survive?
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile, the Giants are fumble fingered today. Bigly.
ReplyDeleteLeeeeeeeets get ready to have our hopes kicked in the nuuuuuts!!!!
ReplyDeleteI took the golden retriever and the border collie and a cocktail Shaker out to the pool this afternoon. The pool gets closed tomorrow. Played fetch with the golden. Drank my French martini. Played with the border collie. Got kisses from the golden. I just know the Yanks are gonna fuck up the afternoon.
ReplyDeleteI can't stand ken Rosenthal. The little dweeb shit.
ReplyDeleteRosenthal is annoying. Smoltz is infuriating.
DeleteYesavage just has to throw splitters with occasional fastballs out of the zone as a tease & he’ll have himself a no-hitter.
ReplyDeleteSmoltz really, really hates the Yankees. It's so transparent. He fawns over anyone they play.
ReplyDeleteHey, they won’t strike out 27 times today.
ReplyDeleteAn accomplishment, Hink.
ReplyDeleteMaybe they should just leave him off the post-season roster.
ReplyDeleteI hate to say this and I mean it it is very tough to say but Aaron Judge is a choker.
ReplyDeleteThis team is cooked
ReplyDeleteHope everyone enjoyed Thursday. It was the last time we’ll see a Yankee or Giant (or Jet, if that’s your preferred form of torture) until 2026.
ReplyDeleteGood night all.
ReplyDeleteTurning on home shopping network.
Are they selling any loose fitting glitter tops?
ReplyDeleteNose hair trimmers and flo-bees
DeleteNo savages in the box for the Yankees today. Just one on the mound for Toronto.
ReplyDeleteGame over / series over
ReplyDeleteIt was fun while it lasted. Fried doesn't have it today.
ReplyDeleteThis is brutal,,,, but not unexpected 😭
ReplyDeleteWell, that's the 2025 season!
ReplyDeleteSeries is over…don’t see them coming back…I hope I’m wrong…
ReplyDeleteBuck Martinez was right…
ReplyDeleteSigh
ReplyDeleteThis is hideous.
ReplyDeleteI gotta check out
ReplyDeleteTime to bring in Nick Swisher to pitch.
ReplyDeleteHe was a Banana for a day…
DeleteOK, bring in Luke Weaver now and let him pitch the rest of the game. Let it be 34-0, whatever. I don't care if he's underhanding it in the eighth inning. Don't waste another pitcher in this pathetic display.
ReplyDeleteWhat’s the record for getting outscored in a series? Gotta go for it.
DeleteHey! Here's something no one has said in a while, "FIRE BOONE! FIRE CASHMAN!" .
ReplyDeleteOh and they're being no hit on top of it.
ReplyDeleteBig comeback starts now!!!
ReplyDeletethere is no joy in Mudville. And there will be zero accountability when this is all done. "Hey, it's just Chinatown, Jake..."
ReplyDeleteSo, without Warren, the score would be tied, correct?
ReplyDeleteBut I guess that's the same as saying, "Aside from that, how was the play, Mrs. Lincoln?"
DeleteOkay, Fried's collapse was unexpected. But sending in Bomb's Away Warren AND LEAVING HIM THERE? Jesus, had they shut Toronto down after Fried's mishap, be winning this game right now. Boone just gave up. Another Lucy and the football post-season. I hope nobody bet on this team to win.
ReplyDeleteI didn't check in on the game yesterday until Blackburn was on the mound and that was a disaster. I decided to see how the game was going by checking this feed first, and well... your comments told me all. But, like a gawker who just has to see the car accident, I started checking out the game. Saw Warren on the mound and watched the score climb to 11-zip. Sigh.
So I thought I would join the grousing. It is what is truly is. An overpriced, poorly assembled collection of talent, developed by one-dimensional trainers, led by a moron, auto-managed by an AI Bot, overseen by a refugee from the Office and paid for by an owner that doesn't care. Fire everyone but the cleaning ladies and begin again. Please.
Amen, Doctor T
DeleteJust got back from a screening of One Battle After Another . . .
ReplyDeleteLooks like I missed a Master Class of Mediocrity
Is it as good as the reviews say it is?
DeleteAlmost - free form narrative of sorts - I liked the middle third better than the first and last third.
DeleteWho is the arrogant asshole in the ya knees dugout that INSISTS on pitching to fuckin Vlad Jr....he's done this to the team a fuckin year with no adjustment
ReplyDeleteThis is what stupidity looks like.
DeleteHit "publish" too fast. This is what stupidity looks like. At first, I thought it was metrics or AI or something dumb, but I think your tag fits best: "arrogant asshole" works. Even AI could not manage this badly.
DeleteFor real... literally fuckin insane to do this all year with no adjustment
DeleteThank You Aaron Boone
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to hear your post game
Convicted Genius
YES - Convicted Genius, Towering Moron, Unparalleled Idiot.
DeleteFlaming fucker lol
DeleteGod, do we suck.
ReplyDeleteThey are who we thought they were.
ReplyDeleteJust woke up from my afternoon nap.
ReplyDeleteGiants and jets fans can pity me because I am a raiders fan.
But then again we're all Yankees fans so all of us should be pitied.
So to all I have my favorite internet joke of the day:
Give a woman an inch,...
...and she'll never call you back.
Don't forget to tip your servers.
"Don't say a word
ReplyDeleteDon't say anything
Don't say a word
I'm not even listening...'
Really. I don't know what to say about that. I don't know what to say about anything regarding your New York Yankees...
...I had a lingering bad feeling in the back of my head, as I do whenever this team is SUPPOSED to win. Still, I was worried more that Fried would pitch some good game, and we wouldn't be able to break through against this rookie...
ReplyDelete...The Yankees have, after all, a now decades-long record of being either unwilling to scout kids just up from the minors, or unwilling to listen to those scouting reports. But 5 1/3 no-hit innings, with 11 strikeouts? That's not even a good faith effort. As for Max Fried...well, that's what happens when you sign a guy with a lifetime 2-5 record in the postseason to be your stud hoss. I'm sorry: 2-6 now.
ReplyDeleteAnd, oh yeah, forgot to mention: being outscored 22-1 to start this series? By THIS team? Uh, yeah.
ReplyDeleteI was at game 3 1996 WS, I somehow was optimistic then.
DeleteNot today.
I am torn hoping they lose Tuesday by 15-0. In futile hope that brain and/or Boone will be fired.
DeleteHey, a girl can dream. Can't she?
We are once again a success! We made it to the post season. We advanced a round. This team is good enough to get to the border of the promised land, maybe even reach the first truck stop. But not good enough to get you over the hill to that bright city on the ocean. At best, we make it to Needles or Barstow, where we now get to hang out with everybody else who was stranded out here. Oh yeah, we have one more shot. What happens then? Rodon? Then what? Why even game out this scenario. We are no longer in the driver's seat.
ReplyDeleteWere we ever?
DeleteVictorville is more depressing.
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