It's almost over...
Soon, they will not hurt us anymore.
No more walk-off losses. No more squandered rallies. No more runners left on third, no bullpen meltdowns , no booted grounders, no overruled pitch-call challenges. Close your eyes and shake the Magic 8-ball that holds not only existential answers but the jersey number of the great Yogi. It got late early. It's deja vu, again. It's over, because it's over.
Soon, the mysteries of this painful season shall be revealed unto us.
Soon, we will be locked out... and free.
You know that dead bird dangling from our neck since the era of Mickey and Roger? The naive childhood trust we placed in the Yankees, as the team that would never let us down? Well, what's left of it will soon be gone.
The 2026 Yankees are not going to win the division. They almost surely won't win a world championship. You can feel their heartbeat slowing, their pulse weakening. October will bring their downfall, followed by the apocalypse - a lockout brought on by billionaires who are convinced they are not making enough money.
After the labor dispute, which might cancel the 2027 season, baseball will never be the same. Time will run out on the game that famously has no clock.
Last night, the Yankees lost. But honestly, who gives a shit? The season has eight games left. They might as well bring up the rotation from Scranton. They won't catch Tampa, and Boston cannot catch them. The AL East final standings are etched in concrete, if not Trump's Italian marble.
The Yankees will finish second, a few games behind Tampa, and then play Boston in a three-game series that will define 2026.
Take a deep breath. For the next two weeks, watch the leaves change. Enjoy the cool nights.
The next time we see Aaron Judge swing a bat, it might be 2028, and he'll be pushing 36.
The next time we see the Martian, he'll probably be wearing another team's uniform.
The next time we see Giancarlo might just Old-Timers Day.
It's almost over, everybody.
Belief, that is.
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Boone believes!
He thinks it's still possible.
...to exit the playoffs in bean town.
No question they should be the underdogs against Boston. But I'll bet you the gambling establishment will have it reversed.
Last night was a very good representation of what will likely happen in the playoffs. Good starting pitching, but not good enough. A couple of solo homers. A short-lived lead or two. Then either the ceiling caves in or, if they're lucky, they get to the 9th or extra innings, where they fuck up and get walked off. If it's at Yankee Stadium, they won't get walked off, obviously, but they'll go down one-two-three in their last at-bat with their tails between their legs.
When you think of all the games Boone has given away, all the day games after night games, all the getaway day games, all the incredibly bad "rest day" decisions, all the Scott Proctoring, all the idiotic pinch hitters and out of position fielders...we could have run away with the division if only we could rid ourselves of the idiot, the mushmouthed moron, the praiser of stupidity and ineffectiveness on the part of his players, the completely wrong judge of fucking eliteness.
We can possibly survive either the incompetence of Cashman or of Boone, but we can't survive both. And both is what we have.
I think they probably lose again today. Then get swept by Tampa in four games. Although with the double dip thrown in there, maybe the Yankees get one. Then lose 2 of 3 to the Orioles, unless maybe the O's by that time don't give a shit and allow the Yankees to sweep them.
That is our plight. Nothing we can do about it.
"Death smiles at us all. All we can do is smile back." - Gladiator
All too true, from all of you. And yet, the people who report on this game everyday, still don't get it.
"Why don't those greedy Yankees fans give Cashman credit for winning every year? Why, THEY'RE the problem, not letting him rebuild..."
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