Comments on: RISP Averse

By: cult of basebaal

cult of basebaal — Sat, 21 May 2011 23:04:13 +0000

[9] That’s some amazingly weak sauce, but sheeeit, good luck cooking with it.

By: Chyll Will

Chyll Will — Sat, 21 May 2011 22:52:43 +0000

[9] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSzEf–cIWs >;)

By: cult of basebaal

cult of basebaal — Sat, 21 May 2011 21:10:57 +0000

[6] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEkWH8DB7b0

By: Chyll Will

Chyll Will — Sat, 21 May 2011 20:34:23 +0000

[7] Yeah, but at this rate Willie Randolph will get an encore before he does…

By: rbj

rbj — Sat, 21 May 2011 16:09:57 +0000

[6] Hasn’t Pena already been a manager (KC IIRC?)

Sunny afternoon, fresh pitcher of homemade lemonade and some 19th Cent. baseball this afternoon. Finally a chance to see some hit & run, rather than swing for the fences.

By: Chyll Will

Chyll Will — Sat, 21 May 2011 16:00:45 +0000

There’s a tendency to believe that veterans need little or no coaching when things get out of whack, especially when such veterans have a healthy track record of success. Take Jeter for instance; he admitted last season that he waited for much of the season before even approaching Long for help. Many of the other players appear to follow his lead in that regard, or at the very least it appears that there’s a very relaxed attitude towards coaching and emphasizing strategy. To put it succinctly, I doubt that anybody on Joe’s coaching staff is on the managerial fast-track (and that includes Pena).

By: weeping for brunnhilde

weeping for brunnhilde — Sat, 21 May 2011 13:41:36 +0000

[3] Amen, Bruce. I’ve been ranting about this phenomenon sporadically for years. What’s really frustrating is when you see opposing batters do precisely that (i.e., shortening up), proving that it is, in fact, possible and does not amount to asking for the moon.

Sigh.

By: Boatzilla

Boatzilla — Sat, 21 May 2011 11:36:05 +0000

I fear that wasting all these good pitching performances (how many has it been now?)is really going to come back to haunt this team.

By: Bruce Markusen

Bruce Markusen — Sat, 21 May 2011 04:11:49 +0000

I didn’t see the game tonight, but I hate the Yankees’ approach with runners in scoring position. Too many hitters swinging from their heels, no one cuts down on their swing with two strikes, and as a result, we see too many weak pop-ups and strikeouts.

Whatever happened to the Yankees who used to grind out at-bats, take pitches, foul pitches off? Man, those days seem a long way off.

By: cult of basebaal

cult of basebaal — Sat, 21 May 2011 04:05:16 +0000

Man, I’m getting sick of logging on to check the game recaps and finding myself thinking, “Hmmm, sure am glad I missed that game, sounds frustrating as fuck.”

OTOH, the futility only seems to happen when I’m not watching the games, so obviously this is all my fault …

By: Alex Belth

Alex Belth — Sat, 21 May 2011 03:02:10 +0000

Brutal Juice, brutal.