Wednesday, October 7, 2026
Is it his end ? My blogging friends, BØØNE'S end ? (Uhm – Game Three – ALDS)
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“John had no guile. He didn’t understand it when people were mean to him because he could never be mean to anybody."—Suzyn Waldman
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please take this horse out behind the barn and put it out of its misery...
To which horse are you referring, Mr Bit ?
So Rice is out of the leadoff spot and Jazz is on the bench (Yay)
But...Grisham is now batting leadoff and Volpe is in (Awww)
Apparently, did not tell Jazz he was out of the lineup. Hey, Jazz annoys me, too, but this seems like Managing (or Being Human) 101.
Have some balls, Boone.
Boone?
Balls ?
Why isn’t Goldy on First ?
I know. I'm sure he feels that he (or Cashman) made great changes, but Goldschmidt should be on first and Jones should be in center. Ridiculous.
nice DP
Caballero looks like he's out of his mind. But hey, nice play!
All right, good first.
Well turned double play. They looked like major leaguers for one play.
The 2026 NY Yankees: error-free for 1 inning.
Indeed!
Where did you hear that Jazz wasn’t told, Hoss?
Grisham is the worst leadoff hitter in all of baseball.
Second million selling record, after Caruso's I, pagliacci
He may Bunt one into the bleachers. Let’s see if if the offense takes a pitch or two
I still hate the gay Caballero.
This evening's lineup brought to you by ANALytics.
Or pop out to first on the third pitch
I don't want to see Grisham in a Yankees uniform ever again.
They said that on the pre-game, AA.
Garcia 🤬
No new approach. Everybody still looks like they're taking batting practice. Ridiculous.
Missed that….
Sheeesh
Here is the Boone quote on Grisham leading off:
'Just th potential of the on base there, and trying to get some traffic created for Benny, Garcia, and Belli. When Trent is at his best, he's got that ability to get on."
Trent Grisham, lifetime regular-season OBP: .319
Trent Grisham, lifetime playoffs OBP: .275
Apparently, Trent has never been at his best.
First pitch out BELLINGER
I need hot stuff.
https://youtu.be/KhcaPNuaJNU?is=KdFEse8VpbKggV9c
I guess they want it to end too…
Hey, Garcia has learned to move off the bag on an errant throw!
Have you noticed that every single player on TB does his best to run up the count? No player on the New York Yankees does that.
That's game
Fuck.
See ya next year. I mean, 2028.
Caballero’s inability to put some mustard on his throw to first led to the tun.
Then, Some bad baserunning by TB
They executed that run down correctly.
RISP
One hit in three innings is not a great recipe for winning playoff baseball.
Way to go Grisham!
Oh, Trent.
RICE!
Rice picks him up
Actually, it was really stupid of TB to pitch to him. First time I've seen them do something stupid.
Just when Fried seems to be really dealing, too.
I’ve got a bad feeling,,,, need to answer w some support
Rally Killer…
Just as I was trying to write, "I can't believe they don't have Wells move him over"...he hits into the DP.
That is simply stunning. A .186 hitter, and the Yankees still refuse to put on a play. It is the entire stupidity of analytics in a nutshell.
Austin Wells - back to his old tricks.
Thanks Wellsie
That’s one way to get him out of the game…
We might easily have men on first and third with one out just now. Unbelievable.
You beat me to it, Hoss…
JONES!
SPENCER!
SPENCER JONES!
https://youtu.be/KlUsYvHDuDM?is=GqSkcVvOIxnfdYV0
But hey, we could be ahead, if Wells had jus struck out as usual.
Jones been hitting LHP better than RHP all year
Oh, Caballero. Still, tied again!
Caballero not so much…
Okay, we're back to hitting nothing.
Gotta love the way Grisham works that count. Genius move, batting him first.
Rays tried to return the favor trying to hit Fried
Not good…
Rut Roh!!!!
Ugh.
Good grief. Nice outing, Max.
But hey guys, look at it this way. We’re playing October baseball! Hal wins again.
When it is announced that Boone is leaving the team it will be framed as a decision based on health concerns. He will not be fired. You heard it here, uh…like you know….. FIRST
October baseball - the Ankee way.
No lead is safe from The Imbecile trying to get a few more outs out of a spent pitcher.
What lead?
He should've pinch-hit for Wells.
Fried had only thrown, what, 75 pitches.
Lifetime, he is 3-6 with a 5.03 ERA in the postseason, going into this game. And we have him for the next 6 years, at $31.5 mill per.
That's comin' back.
WHAT WHAT WHAAAAT!!! Volpe!!!
Excuse me - did that just happen ?
TONY!!!
Do we now get 5 more years of Volpe?
I hate the fans ?
I hate the fans ?
Maybe…
That is spectator interference.
Doesn't look like a HR to me
Looks like double….
What a fucking idiot fan. That was a sure double without him reaching out, and a run.
Damn it!
Right call…
All right—got the run at least. And yes, it was the right call.
There's no fuckin way that's interference the ball landed in the mans gut 😒
Nice AB by Jones there
Where’s Richie Garcia when you need him?
Another Jeffrey Maier incident, but overturned by replay.
Though with two out, why wasn't Lombard running full out? Never mind, we got one.
Awful at-bat by Spencer. But still alive, at least.
They did a good job of showing how far Lombard was around the bases when the ball landed.
Nope
Jazz coming up. I spoke too soon about pinch-hitters.
He really distinguished himself…
Great at-bat, Jazz. See you never.
Yeah ,can’t believe they’d platoon him.
And Grisham right to the end. Yeah, that makes sense. What an awful lineup.
Grisham's such an asshole
What a waste of 20 plus million…
Look at the bright side: those may have been the last ABs by Chisholm & Grisham in pinstripes.
I think someone needs to start a major investigation into whether Boston purposely threw those two games last week. This Yankees team scored 9 runs two games in a row, on the up and up? Right.
Another terrible at-bat.
This is perfect. Boone putting Volpe at third is exactly the way this team needs to finish this year.
Boone is so much worse than we say he is. We don't even come close .
Do NOT pitch to this guy!
These guys are such a fucking drag. I'm grateful to all you guys here, but this organization makes it hard to be a fan sometimes.
All that's missing is Stanton striking out to end the game.
Lucked out there.
https://x.com/j1mcunn1ngham/status/2107994273853427812?s=46&t=xakCsa-eOn5B-j0U_gWfOw
ugh
There’s still time
Well THAT was a break. And we have no pinch runners, I assume?
Let’s hope so
The ultimate, stupid, first-pitch swing, off a guy he nearly took deep last time. Imbecilic.
god have mercy
Here comes Stanton
Stanton! Are they fucking kidding me.
FFS…
Saving them for extra innings.
Magic Baseball 8-ball says slow grounder ro third
Glad we didn't save Jazz to pinch-run that one and maybe get to second! Good Lord, WE can actually out-manage Aaron Boone...
The only thing to be said for pinch-hitting Stanton here is that they took Booser out of the game. I don't think any Yankees could hit him well tonight.
We deserve to lose.
Good pitch to swing at there.
Beyond pathetic. 2 feet out of the zone
Bless ME Father for they have sinned
This is a master clinic. They should teach this game at universities.
Color Me surprised…
Gee, didn’t see that coming.
Stanton, doesn't he have something like a .250 BA? Not a lot more than Miguel Cairo. And all he does is swing for the fences. And, oh yeah, by the way, he hasn't played all year and has no timing to speak of. And one more thing - does he give a shit about anything anymore? Fuck this shit. There's a Blondie song from way back called "No Imagination." That's Boone and Brain.
I may throw up into Cashman’s underwear
We had good pitching this year, but bad fielding and bad hitting. Can't win like that.
If you have access to Brian Cashman’s underwear why haven’t you poisoned him by now? For shame.
I’m gunna use Tide
Yeah, as I may have made clear, I don't like Giancarlo Stanton. I think he was a juiced up fraud to begin with, and I think his presence has been a huge detriment to the Yankees, soaking up money that could have been used to get guys who could stay on the field and contribute.
I don't like his approach to the game, either. And there he was, biggest situation of the year, swinging at the first pitch—swinging at everything—against a pitcher he had never seen before.
BUT...
Sadness reigns supreme
No Time Like October to lose…
Would love to shrink down Boone to the size of the Ty-Dee-Bowl man and let him live in a tiny rowboat in some public toilet for the rest of his days.
...BUT. To put a guy up there, anybody up there, with the season on the line, when he has had one at-bat since April?
This team has got to stop smoking its own product.
Remind me again why Grisham played at all tonight, and batting leadoff no less?
Trick question, we all know the answer. Boone’s a fucking idiot.
Fully Agry
And now...Jazz Chisholm will make the last out of the 2026 season. How appropriate. I predict swinging strikeout.
Yes, Hoss. Ultimately, it's not Stanton's fault. He's just being himself. Morons pulled the strings.
But analytically…
Ignorance
Why not a ground out to second
This team no can do.
✅✅✅
Puke
bye bye, Tony...
Ugh
Fastball down the middle. Couldn’t even foul it off
Hoss, it could also be a GIDP instead of a swinging strike.
This is Boone, who sent up Jose Trevino as a pinch-hitter and Nestor Cortes as a reliever in major post-season spots.
And they worked out just as well as Stanton did.
Would be nice for Spencer to do something here …
Swinging for the fences, of course.
True!
Oh, Jazz, Jazz, Jazz ….
Incidentally, I loved seeing Jazz nonchalant that throw last inning. He learns nothing.
So Grisham makes the last out…
caught stealing incoming?
Now, Jazz stands at the plate, contemplatively squeezing his crotch. Sigh.
Even more appropriate for it to end with Trent at bat.
Bitty, you were SO close! I wonder if Aranda has bet heavily that he makes two errors.
Oh, Jesus, it’s Grisham.
With an apology to Frank Sinatra:
" Start preading your cheeks
We've lost again today
I can no longer be a part of it
A NY Tankees fan
My Yankees logo-ed shoes
Tampa pissed on them I say
And now to wit
We're all out of it
I have to throw up over a team that always chokes
The catcher is worse than our early 90s backstop Matt Nokes
And find your king of the fools
face down in your pool....."
Quite appropriate, no?
SWING this time, Trent! Uh, wait a minute...
It’s over…
I love you all. I'm not going away. I'll be here all winter, god willing. And you know what? NEXT TIME IT'LL BE DIFFERENT. Let's just run it out there again!!!!!
I love when they celebrate on our infield. After sweeping us.
Awful. Beyond awful.
First three-game sweep since 1980.
It could be June before we see this team again.
Thus begins the long winter of our discontent...
off to bed, my compatriots.
xoxox
Perfect. Just perfect. Well done, Brian. Well fucking done.
Oh my god. I did not realize that. wow. that says it all.
It’s all up to Hal. If he’s satisfied, more of the same…
And a guy who never should have left the bench all series ends the season by swinging at a pitch a foot out of the strike zone. What the fuck.
Why the fuck was he batting leading? Jones should have been batting lead off, Helios playing instead of Grisham, who has been worthless.
Fuck Boone and his fucked up lineups.
Sorry it's over
Sorry for you my friends you don't have the team you deserve and nobody in front office cares
Thanks for giving me a lot of fun during the season always a pleasure reading your thoughts on here
Burn it all down.
Thanks Scotty, right back at you
Please let Boone go
Well, we all knew this was coming, way back in March. And here it is. Nothing to look forward to but an incipient Constitutional crisis and then a knock down, drag out brawl between millionaires and billionaires.
God help us.
Goodnight everyone.
THis just in...."Yankee owner Hal Steinbrenner excses management for not going tho the ALCS because of unfortunate injuries. Re-signs both Vashman and Boone for another 5 years." In an unrelated move, Mr. Steinbrenner buys Jeff Bezos's yacht for 650 million dollars.
Fellow inmates... it is time we busted out of this asylum. I'm done with this team. (Unless they hire Mattingly. Then I'm back! Just sayin')
Well, running it back apparently really means running it back.
Hal is never going to be angry enough to fix this…
Clueless Hal and Genius Cashman will bring in another ass kissing moron.
I'm sure Hal is far from angry. I'm sure that Cashman and Boone will be back.
I'm not sure that the awful corporate entity known as MLB will be back, and if it is not, that will be a very good thing.
I'll be back, though, and so will all of you—I hope! You are the only bright lights in an otherwise abysmal season.
Boone said they “had some good at-bats” at the presser.
Because of course he did.
They’re savages!
What a revoltin' development.
Giants 3-1 vs Washington 1-3, Sunday 1 p.m. Check your local listings.
Strange things can happen when you hire a competent head coach. Or manager. Or General Manager.
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