Hank says Believe and that is good to hear because I have been sulking around since the middle of last night’s game. The Wife and I went out for a hike in nature today and it was lovely to see all the photosynthesis and all but didn’t really help. I still felt the knot in my stomach, and kept imagining all the ways things will fall apart tonight.
But Hank says Believe. And lucky for us—win or lose—I know the Yankee players Believe.
So never mind the gloom:
LET’S GO YANK-EEES!
I am excited and nervous all at once. I still can't believe the Yanks made it this far and I want them to make it one step farther. I would say I can't remember the last time I felt like this but Game 5 against Cleveland wasn't that long ago. :)
Win or lose ... this has been an AMAZING season ... and one of my favorite Yankees team to watch.
LET'S GO!
2) Well said, HERE HERE!
‘Dad, chill out. It’s been a great year, we should be proud of the young guys win or lose. Let’s enjoy the game’ — Jazz Jr
How can he be so cool and kind while I’m a jumpy wreck?
Let’s light this sucker
I'm borrowing this one, Ara:
"Here comes The Judge. Dammit."
yanks won the wild card. they won 2 when a loss said go home to the tribe. they can do this too.believe
Let’s GO YANKEES!
[6] lol.. Here we go, gang. Go Yankees!
Rooting for the team from da Bronx
Glad you're here for this one Alex, I know you don't have the time you used to have for this little endeavor, but this little space of the inter-webs has been home to me for a long, long time ... and it's special.
Now ... let's go surprise Charlie Morton!
Gah.
Nasty bastard of a curve.
Ok ... c'mon Carsten Charles!
time for big fella to pit up some 0s
Couple a loud fouls not gonna get the job done
Sub-prime
Good. Could have been ugly.
Nice play CC
Big man with the athleticism! No fastball to Altuve please...
Big out.
way to go CC
Good
Nice. Time to turn those foul smashes into hits.
My heart jumped a sec when JoeBuck said "to Castro.."
Standing around at a gig, waiting to soundcheck. I'm completely plotzing.
[25] Just think of the drum kit as a super-intricate "whack-a-mole" ... where the moles are Astros!
That works. Atta boy, Gary!
Against the grain!
Fuck. Just missed it.
Shit ... just missed it.
They are hitting the ball hard..
Fucking Hell.
Ugh
Yes!
M-V-P!
Judge rule it an out
OMG
I was face timing with thw wife and totally missed Judge's catch. Holy shit!
So who’s the long man out of the pen because CC doesn’t look he’ll make it past the 3rd.
Bad luck there, blooper...I am worried though..
Ruh roh
Why does McCann keep drawing walks? These other dudes aren't going to be hitless forever.
Yikes.
Phew
Deep breath people ... nobody crossed the plate ...
It would behoove the Yankees to score a boatload of runs in this kids drink park. FFS!
Fuck you, blue. Missed call @ 6 so far.
I don’t know how these hitters can perform with such incompetent umpiring
What is this freakin strike zone???
what in the hell? pitch down the middle to mccann called a ball, anything remotely close to the zone called a strike for morton
Looks out
Almost 3 IP and Morton has 22 pitches?? Make him work dammnit!
Jesus fucking Christ. no way Yankees win this. Zero.
don't see enough to overturn but it's very close
I'd wager that is the fewest number if pitches to get the Yankeez out in 1st 3 innings. 28. Wonderful.
When did Morton turn into fucking David Cone???
[28] Apparently it’s the same strategy as game 6, minus the Hicks AB.
That was supposed to be post [55]
Shoulda caught it. E4
Oy
In and out of the glove should be an error
E4 certainly
that was effing strike 2
What is the fucking strike zone?
Hit my ass. If a major league 2nd baseman butchers a line drive hit right at him it is not a hit. Hey, look. Thw strike zone is shrinking.
Different home plate apparently
Morton was getting that borderline call..
Fuckin Castro! How do you drop that??
They need to get someone warmed up NOW
Cc us toast. Everything is missing badly.
Oi! 3rd base!
One more here
Way to get an out
I'm thinking that the umps are even more nervous than the players. worst calls I've seen. and why didn't Didi go to 3rd?
I would bring in Khanle here, need a K....
Yes! Zero runs
no harm, no foul.
Phew redux
Tight rope! Now score some runs off this chump!
Time to quiet this crowd.
CC is a Yankee legend, but Id really not let him see the 5th inning..
Guys seem tight. Nobody wants to work at the plate
Their strategy against Morton is insane..how can you keep swinging at the first pitch??!!!
Probably go batter to batter ... we're a little short in the bully tonight ... no Green ... and I'm not sure I trust The Hammer ...
You fucking suck, blue
If the 1st pitch is a strike ... taking is not optimal.
Unt8mely hits? What?
Ugh.
Blargh.
Frusteration level rising
Why aren't we beating the fuck outta Charlie fucking Morton??? : /
85 36 pitches thru 4 is just terrible..Morton is not that good..CC is shaky, has no Ks...I"m very nervous
CC is living dangerously.
90) Hey, Dude, he is not a scrub. He has nasty stuff.
[90] WHY ARE YOU NOT BEATING THE FUCK OUTTA A PICTURE OF CHARLIE MORTON LAID ON TOP OF YOUR DRUMS?????
93 Morton looks like hes a Lynard Skynard fan..
Interesting the see the tension and panic in the Banter. CC is doing just fine, what more do you guys want?
I think we go on @ 9:30
[74] You gotta kiddin' Jazz. CC is a stud. He's got this.
cult - you're on the guest list!
Saw that coming.
Shit fuck piss
crap
Fuck
95 You were saying....I knew CC was on thin ice, they need to get him out NOW
CC needs to be watching on bench.
Joe, wake the fuck up and bring someone in. This is GAME 7...
and CC is still in the game? c'mon Joe.
[98] Awesome!
Uh ... where are you?
One run ain't nutin'. We are the Bronx Bombers.
Unforgivable leaving CC in to start this inning.
Fucking motherfuck
WHO IS WARMING???
Wtf. where is Joe?
No second guessing, he has to come out NOW. WTF is Joe waiting for?????
[103] No worries. Now we get a DP.
Need to wait until it’s 3-0 before the binder activates
Joe is doing what got Dusty fired. Too much concern about vets.
Get him the fuck outta there! Who's warming? Should be Kahnle
Ok, at least DP still intact
Cannot let him face the top of the order again..
Also, but we're still cookin'.
Yeesh. Let Tommy pitch
63 pitcehs and only 3 swings and misses..cant let him face Springer.
Thank you
Couple batters late pulling CC don't you think?
Love you big guy, one day hope they retire #52 for you.
Blech.
Get him out NOW
The Big Fella just ran outta steam. Sigh.
Atta Baby.
1 PITCH 2 OUTS!!
YES!
Ok, now let’s get a couple of taters
Ok, now let’s get the Score Truck revved up.
That's what I'm talking about. W2BB.
The Word
C'mon,Castro!
LEFT SIDE CASTRO!
Garbage.
Not good, Starlin
Ball Saxbury.
Hicks is due
Christ ... that was always off the plate ... Castro should have NEVER have offered at that.
133 Whoa, a monkeypants appearance! Game 7 bringing out the old guard
I’ll take that
[143] I'm thinking it's a Russian troll-bot farm ...
Ugh ... can I call the DP here???
143 I run silent, run deep
145 If we see JimDean then we know something is fishy..
At least Morton is working a little this inning.
not a good result.
Sweet.
[146] I should have called a shitty grounder to 3rd ...
Christ.
gotta tip the cap to them on that play
Dammit
[148] Only if MattPat11 shows up too!
Bird is so damn slow..
Go to Hell, blue.
Morton gets one ball called a strike on ever batter. Unreal
another shifty call
FAIL.
Darn it. That might have been the inning, because you know Keuchel is looming.
hey guy. it's only 1. as hank said from the start. BELIEVE
Well, running out of outs.
162 gotta keep 'em at 1 run, though. Need a lot of outs from the BP.
[156] Are you kiddin'? He makes slow look fast. That ways also a shitty slide. Why is he always at 3rd when we need a run?
unreal strike calls against us. just unbelievable.
I’m not afraid of going up against the Astros pitchers, it’s going up against the Astros pitchers and the home plate ump that chafes my britches.
167 WORD! That call on Chase was just outrageous, not even close
Slipping away...
The Fucking Terror Tot ...
Modammit
[165] Because he's a damn fine hitter who ends up in scoring position?
[172] And because we don't have any pinch hitters because we're carrying eight-fucking-thousand pitchers on the roster???
[173] pinch-runners, that is ...
somebody stop the bleeding
Anyone warming in the pen..anyone...? Bueller...?
Ruh roh redux
Well, this looks like 2018 to me ...
174 and because the question is moot (mute!?) if someone else gets a hit.
everything going against us now. kahnle was due for a bad outing but this is just fucking painful.
176 who's left? Everyone is gassed. It’s the downside to relying heavily on superbullpen.
Win Expectancy rapidly shrinking with each pitch I feel
[181] I think Warren is next.
can’t watch. Motherfucker!
Whelp, I guess Gray can come in and mop up now.
Well, that's that.
I can burn this "lucky" Cowboys shirt ... fuck.
oh my. not looking very good.
183 or warren.
guess we need home field advantage next year.
It was a fun ride, and maybe there’s a bit of magic left. If not, for the first time in a long time I’m looking forward to the upcoming season. Though they need to get some more length out of the starters next year.
Well, guess Ill make the 1pm start of the Omar Sosa and Seckou Keita gig here after all..
Btw, I adore Gary but why does he keep dropping throws home?
Let's stage one of those great Yankee come-backs. (If not I've got Discovery lined-up on Netflix).
[191] Watch out for the typhoon.
Welp, it was a heluvaseason. And the local Fox broadcasting ownership is in a fee dispute with Directv, so I couldn’t watch the WS on tv anyway, only on my iPad
[190] nice to see you here monkeypants. you are totally right. for all the nonsense about bullpenning games etc, you can't win if your pitchers routinely can't get through 5. this is why it would be crazy to re-sign cc, as much as i love the guy.
[192] Sanchez and Bird are stuck in some temporal causality loop in this stadium.
It ain’t over til it’s over. Bloop and a blast.
Sigh.
It’s getting late, late
Sigh
198 but it is getting late early around here
Three runs in four games in Houston. You can never win that way.
As long as there are outs left, we're still alive. Hope.
still don't understand why joe let cc pitch so long into the 4th when he was clearly gassed in the 3rd. don't understand why kahnle got such a long leash when they were squaring everything up. joe is not a good manager. if we come back and win this game and then win the world series, joe is not a good manager.
205 I don’t follow nearly as closely as I used to, but it seems to me that girardi has become less flexible with his bullpen management over ten years. Maybe this is my imagination, or maybe this is a just a thing that happens to all managers, perhaps especially ones who have deep bullpens. We all make jokes about his binders. But I do think he has a formula and as the years go by he seems less willing to deviate from it.
maybe Joe can come to DC to take over for Dusty. he can then have the excuse of the non DH NL for his pitching decisions.
Motherfuckers!
we can't catch a break at all tonight
Heh, no Bird to clog the bases this inning!
All skill is in vain when an angel pees down the barrel of your gun ...
No flag for pass interference?
Winter is Coming.
Castro doesn't look like he gas a clue
Baseball gods want Houston to win
Ara.... but spring follows winter.
With the exception of Game 2 against Cleveland ... Girardi's been better than fine this post-season. I DON'T want a change and I challenge anyone who does to name this MAGIC UNICORN MANAGER that would replace him.
Im leaving to go hear some Cuban-Malian music and get loopy. Been a great year. One eye on Gameday in case a miracle but otherwise, catch you all in the offseason!
[206] in the end, i think there's a fine line between bindering and trusting your gut. either way, joe has failed in this series. and really, he failed in the last series.
but let's also not excuse the front office, which decided not to re-sign robbie and instead sign ellsbury and mccann - one of whom has been literally useless to us this series, and the other who has killed us on the other team. just brutal when you think about that. i know they've done some great things since, but that offseason will haunt me for a while yet.
I HATE texas.
Six more outs
[217] david cone
[222] Well, that triggers the funny bone ...
Robertson?!?!
[219] Jimmy Dean ... is that you???
I'm going to wake up with a start in the middle of winter nights haunted by visions of sliders eight inches off the plate and professional batters knowing they're coming and waving at them anyway.
If the Astros win it all this year, the commemorative statue they put up 25 years from now will depict a Yankee whiffing on a slider.
Jeebus, Dellin would have more command
Fuck fuck fuck and FUCK : (
[225] hahaha, hard not to channel my inner JD in a game like this
Ugh ... Hammer is throwing nothing but hangers ...
We could use a miracle.
Whoever designed that white box visual, the booth, and whoever tells the booth to ignore its terrible inaccuracy and the back to the 90’s umps should all be tarred and feathered.
I would suggest this is our last chance.
[231] Miricale Max. We’re only mostly dead
Lean into it, Stein!
That’s good.
[231], [234] To blathe!
I still don’t understand this strike zone
Good start...
Make ‘em sweat!
That play home to get Bird happens every day in baseball. Get a grip smoltz and buck.
Less good follow up. Come on, Judge.
241 Following on Gameday has its advantages.
Move up in the box. Or just keep whiffing.
That was one of the most pathetic fucking at bats I've ever seen from Judge.
Houston vs. LA. Who gives a fuck? I will not watch.
[241] If Bird had bothered to change up his slide at all, he would have been safe. Lazy, terrible and pathetic.
I would have told Judge to wait until he gets a called strike. I knew he wasn't going to throw it in the zone.
[247] yeah, the more i watch it the more i can't believe how bad the slide was. a slide actually into home plate rather than into the glove gets a run.
[246] Ask me right now and I have zero interest in anything but Yanks. Ask me an uneventful hour from now, and I'll admit that "For Vin" might move me a little.
squeak, squeak, squeak
great year. really looking forward to next season. some tinkering to a terrific group. A DH (Sanchez? ), give Tanaka a new contract
I’ll root for Houston
1) Like to see JV get a ring
2) Never won before
3) It’s the Dodgers. Unless it’s the Cheat Sox, can’t root for Harvey Weinstein’s town.
Only downside is the slurping of St. Altuve.
[252] trade castro for whatever we can get, dfa ellsbury if we can't get anything for him, bring up torres and andujar and get rid of headley. re-sign tanaka (i never thought i'd say that 2 weks ago) and let cc walk. find another starter. convince mo to come out of retirement.
Three more outs
[253] hey, there are plenty of harvey weinsteins in houston, come on. LA is a beautiful town and the dodgers are a storied franchise. fuck the astros.
254 I bet the brass let's Tanaka walk and of course CC is not coming back. That's a lot of green off the payroll. Ellsbury, however, will be the gift that keeps on giving.
just want to add that you Banterers made the season even better. thanks guys.
Crap, one down
[257] i fear you're right on all counts
as angry as i am right now, i have to say it was freaking great to care about baseball again. this team is fun, if aggravating, and let's hope the best is yet to come (gleyber!)
Crap, two down
Eat shit, texas. Go Dodgers. My dad is a Dodger fan because of Jackie Robinson. And cheers to AB and the crew. Only their 3rd shutout in playoff history and it’s a Game 7. Damn.
Can't do anything right now but turn off the TV. Disappointment, not spite. Thanks to everyone here for such great companionship. Hope we can all Hornsby together. (Stare out the window and think about spring). Be well!
Thanks Banter
Ah well. If I bother with the Series, I'll end up pulling for the AL like I do most any year the Sox aren't in it. Can't wait for February.
Crap, three down.
See you all tomorrow on the post-morten
Congrats to the Astros. Yanks’ O spit the bit in these last two games.
Go Dodgers.
Thanks guys, Alex. One of the most exciting seasons I've ever enjoyed. And I go back to the 70s teams. Looking forward to next season.
[257] Negativism is a bad look on you, MP ... CC is on the Pettitte plan, 1 year as she goes ... Depending on what he asks for, I believe Tanaka will be back.
Have a little faith ...
Congrats to the Astros ... they brought it strong at home and deserved the win.
Saved me $1500, too ...
[270] I have lots of faith, indeed I think things are moving in the right direction and I am optimistic and enthusiastic for next season, emotions I have not felt for years. But I do believe both will be gone, assuming Tanaka opts out. Unless CC comes back on the mega cheap.
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