tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post5766760246810928546..comments2024-03-29T02:42:01.539-04:00Comments on IT IS HIGH! IT IS FAR! IT IS... caught.: For Yankee fans, the eighth and ninth innings have become a torture chamberStanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17758839786688249648noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-26081478801316327092021-08-07T01:29:38.416-04:002021-08-07T01:29:38.416-04:00Listening or reading Boone's thoughts on anyth...Listening or reading Boone's thoughts on anything gives me dark insights into the minds of some, let's just say, "notorious" people. I really believe that when it comes to managing men and a game, a parrot couldn't be worse. This roster construction DAMN sure could be better, but an good manager would be worth ten wins THIS YEAR. Since he wasn't fired at the All-Star break Luca Brasi should take Cashman to dinner.Kevinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-62367209503503809532021-08-06T16:05:19.311-04:002021-08-06T16:05:19.311-04:00Horace...when you discover the answer to that bigg...Horace...when you discover the answer to that bigger question, simultaneously you will arrive at another answer to a question everybody here has asked: "Why is Cashman still around?"Carl J. Weitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13731099939816564366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-56830232449983013202021-08-06T15:14:55.659-04:002021-08-06T15:14:55.659-04:00Beautiful, bitty! And amen, Carl Weitz. I've...Beautiful, bitty! And amen, Carl Weitz. I've been saying similar stuff for years. Cashie ALWAYS wants to have someone around to take the blame.<br /><br />I agree with the consensus here, which is the Yankees both rely too much on analytics AND don't really understand them—a deadly combination. But again, the bigger question is why have the Yanks had the same analytics guy since 2005, a period which completely coincides with their gradual but real decline?<br /><br />Another body to throw under the bus!<br />HoraceClarke66https://www.blogger.com/profile/16965472730239358589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-37149661225925584342021-08-06T13:36:45.763-04:002021-08-06T13:36:45.763-04:00If only we could get 100 tabs of acid in that dugo...If only we could get 100 tabs of acid in that dugout water cooler...13bithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02704750226699235013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-85044076930532693992021-08-06T11:24:32.978-04:002021-08-06T11:24:32.978-04:0013 B...Cashman not only has no gut for the game, h...13 B...Cashman not only has no gut for the game, he is also gutless. But he IS cunning. <br />It finally dawned on me why the GM relies so heavily on analytics. The same reason why he hired a Fucktard manager. He needs fall guys to take the blame. It isn't his fault that the analytics team couldn't follow through on their promise to fix a player with their proprietary computerized math programs. It isn't his fault that Boone made boneheaded plays. "I supplied the manager the best players available as suggested by the analytics staff. And he hasn't managed them properly."<br /><br />As Cris Carter the former NFL player once told a group of rookies: <br /><br />“I need to know who’s gonna be the fall guy, who’s gonna be driving. Because you all not gonna all do the right stuff now so I gotta teach you how to get around all this stuff too. If you’re gonna have a crew, one of them fools got to know he’s goin to jail. We’ll get him out.”<br />Carl J. Weitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13731099939816564366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-420814596611063402021-08-06T11:06:18.709-04:002021-08-06T11:06:18.709-04:00JM...Boone is the worst Yankees Manager in my life...JM...Boone is the worst Yankees Manager in my lifetime. The kicker is that even though the organization relies so heavily on analytics, Boone defies the odds by refusing to make moves with a much higher percentage outcome. Like runner on second and third, one out for the other team in extra innings. Instead of walking the next batter to set up a force at home or a DP, he pitches to the next batter. To exacerbate the situation, almost always pitches to a hot bat or one of the best players on the team. Even when that hitter bats from the opposite side of the plate from which hand the pitcher throws! Unbelievable.Carl J. Weitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13731099939816564366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-5679083727734561352021-08-06T09:57:12.471-04:002021-08-06T09:57:12.471-04:00Bless you, Winnie, for reminding me of my fatigue ...Bless you, Winnie, for reminding me of my fatigue last night.<br /><br />All the storm und drang in this comments on how Gardner is worthy and useful and blah blah blah. Here's what I say about Gardy - he should have been gone two years ago. We should be letting the young guys throw themselves against the wall to either stick or slide off. Cashman has no gut for baseball.<br /><br />If George were around, he'd find a way to get over his insanity and call up Buck Showalter and beg him to rebuild the team. Instead, we're arguing over bullshit and trying to quantify the unutterable idiocy of suckitude. Suckitude, fuckitude and succotash. It's all bullshit. We're a gang of assholes.<br /><br />Even if we make the playoffs, there's no way we will beat good teams. We'll end up painting the infield once - to great pomp and effect - with the MLB logo dyed into the infield grass and then we'll crawl home to suck our thumbs all winter. Cryin' Brian will then blame it all on Covid. He may or may not dispose of his personal meat puppet, A. Boone, who is his own personal Charlie McCarthy, and the madness will start over.<br /><br />The media will genuflect in the direction of the benevolent Prince Hal, who spends a tiny fraction of his billions while moaning about the "luxury tax" and shitting all over us as his own form of therapy to exorcise the ghost of King George from his head. We will all moan and argue here all winter about what happened, what WILL happen, and what will NOT happen. Please excuse my pessimism, for I have bean a Yankee fan for well over five decades now and my eyes are clear.<br /><br />Fuck them all.13bithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02704750226699235013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-3835921711403104812021-08-06T09:24:12.605-04:002021-08-06T09:24:12.605-04:00As our Sage and Seer 13bit said, "It's al...As our Sage and Seer 13bit said, "It's all so fucking exhausting."TheWinWarblisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02781226471237787238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-30395484676005324072021-08-06T09:15:29.816-04:002021-08-06T09:15:29.816-04:00Why didn't Boone bring in Lasagna? Or Ridings?...Why didn't Boone bring in Lasagna? Or Ridings? Why have Lasagna warm up--fast--and not use him? Is he trying to build up Chapman's confidence? There aren't enough games left for that kind of mollycoddling shit. And why isn't Britton brought in earlier, when he can work off a little more rust without the pressure and the risk?<br /><br />Boone is an idiot. Nothing changes that assessment. Proven every day.JMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09876016557456927299noreply@blogger.com