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Dog Days

The Dog Days are here, but they’ve been here so long that it’s hard to know what we’re seeing. The optimistic among us see a summer swoon compounded by untimely injuries and some bad luck, but the pessimists will say the goose is cooked. The first ninety games were a mirage, and this collapse is proof that Brian Cashman isn’t committed to winning, that Aaron Boone is incompetent, and that the entire franchise is a shell of its former self.

Like most issues like this, the truth is probably somewhere in the middle. The past has been romanticized to the point that yesterday’s embarrassments (George Steinbrenner, Billy Martin) have become the models that could save this season. “George wouldn’t stand for this, Billy would flip over the postgame spread.”

Perhaps.

Or maybe things will work out on their own.

At least things will look a bit different tonight, with Oswaldo Cabrera starting at third and Estevan Florial in center. The prospects are coming to the rescue. Perhaps.

This team doesn’t need to panic, it just needs to win a game or two. That’s all. The winning streak starts tonight.

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1 Ara Just Fair   ~  Aug 17, 2022 4:45 pm

Damn straight. Better to free fall now than in a month. Go get 'em, kids! GO Yankees!
Thanks for the fresh thread. : )

2 mhoward120   ~  Aug 17, 2022 5:37 pm

I like Cabrera already.

3 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Aug 17, 2022 6:12 pm

Cabrera is 5’10”, 150lbs..?? Love any guys with no muscle who can play, an Alvaro Espinoza All-Star!
I’m surprised he and Florian are 23 & 24 already though, thought they were younger. Why do the Yankees wait so long to bring their prospects up while wasting ABs on deadwood like Gallo and Hicks?

4 mhoward120   ~  Aug 17, 2022 6:15 pm

It seems as if this game, all things considered, is close to being a must win.

5 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Aug 17, 2022 6:48 pm

Old friend Dellin Betances retiring at 34, he was so great to watch at his peak. $30 million pre-tax&agent fee earnings, hope he’s saved will live well going forward!

6 rbj   ~  Aug 17, 2022 6:50 pm

[3] Those are my stats, though you’d have to add a decade to their combined ages.

7 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Aug 17, 2022 7:05 pm

⬆️ Hah! Yeah it was a shock several years back when tracks the age where players could be my kids

8 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Aug 17, 2022 7:27 pm

The team is unwatchable now, just zero ‘O’

9 rbj   ~  Aug 17, 2022 7:28 pm

Ok, game over now

10 Ara Just Fair   ~  Aug 17, 2022 7:43 pm

Every night....a different kind of suck.

11 Ara Just Fair   ~  Aug 17, 2022 9:23 pm

Wow! You almost never see a catch like that good without laying out for it. Impressive.

12 Hank Waddles   ~  Aug 17, 2022 9:41 pm

I would have bet everything that Torres would swing at the first pitch there. Every. Thing.

13 Ara Just Fair   ~  Aug 17, 2022 9:42 pm

Gleyber giveth and Gleyber taketh away.

14 Hank Waddles   ~  Aug 17, 2022 9:59 pm

Hope!

15 Ara Just Fair   ~  Aug 17, 2022 10:22 pm

Eat shit, blue.

16 Ara Just Fair   ~  Aug 17, 2022 10:43 pm

This is exciting. Chapman in a jam.

17 Ara Just Fair   ~  Aug 17, 2022 10:45 pm

Whoo-hoo! Walk everybody.

18 Ara Just Fair   ~  Aug 17, 2022 10:50 pm

That sums up August.

19 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Aug 17, 2022 10:53 pm

Bad luck on that hit down the line, but like Kay said, those two walks…

20 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Aug 17, 2022 11:01 pm

Wow!!!! Always loved JD, what a shot!!!

21 Ara Just Fair   ~  Aug 17, 2022 11:01 pm

Wow!

22 mhoward120   ~  Aug 18, 2022 6:13 pm

I really hate Springer.

23 rbj   ~  Aug 18, 2022 6:46 pm

Well this is going south fast

24 Boatzilla   ~  Aug 18, 2022 6:48 pm

[22] Who doesn't?

Let's see if the offense is up for the challenge.

25 Hank Waddles   ~  Aug 18, 2022 6:50 pm

Springer is the worst. He was the perfect villain to add to a team I was already starting to dislike.

26 Boatzilla   ~  Aug 18, 2022 6:58 pm

I just heard in the YES broadcast the fans were shouting "Fire Boone" last night. I thought I heard something derisive, but I couldn't make it out.

27 Ara Just Fair   ~  Aug 18, 2022 6:58 pm

Cool drone video of YS. Bernie and Matsui are in it.
https://twitter.com/MLB/status/1560297646329237505?t=qh5PoJf9fIheXnT3brYGYg&s=19

28 Ara Just Fair   ~  Aug 18, 2022 7:05 pm

Put a tent on that circus!

29 Boatzilla   ~  Aug 18, 2022 7:10 pm

Good luck runs, but they still count.

30 Boatzilla   ~  Aug 18, 2022 7:29 pm

Springer needs a leash.

31 Boatzilla   ~  Aug 18, 2022 7:54 pm

With all the excitement over Cabrera, I forgot who our original shortstop was. I guess IKF is that kinda guy.

32 rbj   ~  Aug 18, 2022 8:28 pm

I don’t see a comeback

33 BobbyB   ~  Aug 19, 2022 8:55 am

I was there last night. This team is a train wreck. At one point after he gave up the five runs, Montas ERA was over 12.00 as a Yankee. Since Catfish Hunter have we ever traded with the A’s and gotten a decent pitcher? Torres, once touted as the SS of the future, now the DH. Should have been used to trade multiple times the past three years. Two rookies starting against the closest division rival? No one is throwing Judge a strike unless it’s on the lowest outside corner of the zone Bacău’s who cares if you walk him? No one behind him hits. Depressing night and little to look forward too.

34 rbj   ~  Aug 19, 2022 7:30 pm

Ah an Amazon game.

35 Ara Just Fair   ~  Aug 19, 2022 8:03 pm

I am spoiled to have Apple and Amazon games. The feeds suck. So inconsistent. Choppy and wonky too often. Nice job, mlb. Real nice. Meanwhile the Yankees remain mired in sludge. Just terrible.

36 Boatzilla   ~  Aug 19, 2022 8:07 pm

[35] In Japan, I'm being told it's on Apple TV. Either way I can't watch. Looks like I'm better off.

So Cabrera is in RF (?!), just to give IKF more playing time (?!) and sit Florial, who would be playing the whole game, if he was in Scranton. Scratches head.

37 Hank Waddles   ~  Aug 19, 2022 8:44 pm

Oh, Chapman.

38 Hank Waddles   ~  Aug 19, 2022 8:45 pm

But if this team can only manage four hits a game, the pitching doesn’t even matter. Not a bit.

39 Hank Waddles   ~  Aug 19, 2022 8:46 pm

Each run feels like a touchdown at this point.

40 Ara Just Fair   ~  Aug 19, 2022 8:58 pm

I've been watching Bananaball on es$#2. If you don't know,think the Harlem Globetrotters of baseball. Not for the purists but better than this game. Ugh.

41 Hank Waddles   ~  Aug 19, 2022 9:06 pm

Two fun facts from Katie Sharp:
1. The Yankees haven't had a batter come to the plate with a lead since August 13 vs Red Sox.

2. Yankees have scored 19 runs in their last 10 games. That's their fewest runs in any 10-game span since September 1990.

They’ve also lost 13 of 16, just the third time they’ve done that in the wild card era.

And…

They’ve lost 12 of 36 since July 9th. That’s .333 baseball, kids.

42 Hank Waddles   ~  Aug 19, 2022 9:07 pm

[40] I’ve been watching banana baseball for the past six weeks.

43 Ara Just Fair   ~  Aug 19, 2022 9:47 pm

I don't see number comments on my android, Hank
Lol.... I laugh to keep from crying.

44 Hank Waddles   ~  Aug 20, 2022 12:01 am

First team ever to play over .700 in the first sixty games and under .500 in the next sixty.

Okay, I’m done now.

45 Hank Waddles   ~  Aug 20, 2022 12:05 pm

Today would be a nice time for Cole to throw a no-hitter.

46 Ara Just Fair   ~  Aug 20, 2022 1:57 pm

How about a 7 hitter?

47 rbj   ~  Aug 20, 2022 2:05 pm

Well at least it’s not a shut out

48 Ara Just Fair   ~  Aug 20, 2022 2:17 pm

Dear Kay,
STFU please.
-me

49 Ara Just Fair   ~  Aug 20, 2022 2:22 pm

Florial has struck out looking at relative meatballs in 2 straight at bats. Sweet.

50 Hank Waddles   ~  Aug 20, 2022 2:41 pm

I feel like I’m watching a two-month version of the ‘04 ALCS.

51 Boatzilla   ~  Aug 20, 2022 3:09 pm

Somebody please take Albert Abreu away from Boone.
Make it stop.

52 Ara Just Fair   ~  Aug 20, 2022 3:21 pm

These guys are shitty.

53 Hank Waddles   ~  Aug 20, 2022 3:21 pm

And there it is.

54 BobbyB   ~  Aug 20, 2022 3:40 pm

Another day, another loss. I hope this portends the end of the Cashman era.

55 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Aug 21, 2022 12:00 pm

I love seeing the band get back together.

56 mhoward120   ~  Aug 21, 2022 1:19 pm

I’m not sure what was going on on top Joe Torre’s head but I kinda liked the look.

57 rbj   ~  Aug 21, 2022 3:26 pm

Hot diggity

58 rbj   ~  Aug 21, 2022 3:54 pm

Finally a win

59 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Aug 22, 2022 6:12 pm

German vs Scherzer is not an ideal matchup..but let’s go Yanks!

60 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Aug 22, 2022 6:40 pm

No excitement for the Subway Series? I’m enjoying the Mets broadcast very much.

61 RIYank   ~  Aug 22, 2022 6:41 pm

I still don't understand what happened when Rizzo took off during the appeal.
I guess I'm not alone in that.

62 rbj   ~  Aug 22, 2022 6:47 pm

[60] MLBN has determined that I’d rather watch the Angels Rays game. And my phone is running low.

63 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Aug 22, 2022 6:52 pm

Rays-Angels sounds like torture except for Ohtani.

All Rise! #47

64 RIYank   ~  Aug 22, 2022 6:54 pm

See that play I do understand.

65 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Aug 22, 2022 7:01 pm

⬆️It’s been said, don’t middle-aged New Englanders dig the long ball?

66 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Aug 22, 2022 7:01 pm

Alonso with men in base, scary..

67 RIYank   ~  Aug 22, 2022 7:01 pm

I understand that one too!

68 RIYank   ~  Aug 22, 2022 7:02 pm

[65] Lol, yeah, we love to see 'em pahk one onto Lansdowne St.

69 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Aug 22, 2022 7:12 pm

Really love watching Scherzer pitch, just wish it was in pinstripes!

70 RIYank   ~  Aug 22, 2022 7:15 pm

[69] I would not have expected you to be so fashion-conscious.
I'd like to see Manoah pitch in a tutu.

71 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Aug 22, 2022 7:19 pm

(70) Too long in Japan, makes you notice fashion more.
German under 50 pitches in the 5th inning!

72 Hank Waddles   ~  Aug 22, 2022 7:24 pm

Germán is looking good thus far, and two runs off of Scherzer through four innings is more than anyone could ask. Good signs!

73 Boatzilla   ~  Aug 22, 2022 7:26 pm

[71] Domingo is back!

Big question is who will pitch the last 2 or 3 innings.

74 Boatzilla   ~  Aug 22, 2022 7:27 pm

He should definitely be bunting here. No other reason to have Marwin in this line up.

75 Boatzilla   ~  Aug 22, 2022 7:27 pm

Thank you.

76 Boatzilla   ~  Aug 22, 2022 7:28 pm

Ah, David...that's because it works when you execute.
(Coney complaining about small ball)

77 Boatzilla   ~  Aug 22, 2022 7:29 pm

Our rookie is better at foul balls that your rookie.

78 Boatzilla   ~  Aug 22, 2022 7:29 pm

Bennie is a Jet!

79 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Aug 22, 2022 7:31 pm

⬆️Sure ain’t no Honky Cat!

80 RIYank   ~  Aug 22, 2022 7:31 pm

I dunno, this Scherzer seems drastically overrated.

81 RIYank   ~  Aug 22, 2022 7:34 pm

Hm. Well, two almost-homers don't add up to anything. Except it's a good sign that they both hit Scherzer that hard I'd say.

82 Boatzilla   ~  Aug 22, 2022 7:35 pm

[79] Ha! Good one.
I'm still wondering what a Honky Cat is and if I would ever want to be one.

83 Boatzilla   ~  Aug 22, 2022 7:38 pm

Bennie is running a clinic on good baseball right now. Two hands on that fly ball.

84 Ara Just Fair   ~  Aug 22, 2022 7:45 pm

Ouch. Domingo took too much time. Good effort.

85 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Aug 22, 2022 7:55 pm

(82) Elton and Bernie writing what they understood of American slang? ‘So Elton, in this song you’re white so we’ll call you “Honky”, but you move to the city and become “cool” so now you’re a “cool, Honky Cat”’ ‘Sound great! Let me find a cool piano riff!’

86 Boatzilla   ~  Aug 22, 2022 7:59 pm

[85]Brilliant! You should do stand up. (Best of all, that might be true)

87 RIYank   ~  Aug 22, 2022 8:03 pm

That was embarrassing. Let's hope it won't be costly.

88 Ara Just Fair   ~  Aug 22, 2022 8:03 pm

Inexcusable! Fucking Bollocks!

89 RIYank   ~  Aug 22, 2022 8:04 pm

It was.

90 Ara Just Fair   ~  Aug 22, 2022 8:05 pm

Unfuckingbelievable.

91 Hank Waddles   ~  Aug 22, 2022 8:06 pm

Least surprising home run I’ve ever seen.

92 Ara Just Fair   ~  Aug 22, 2022 8:20 pm

Have the Yankees had an exorbitant amount of 1st pitch outs recently?
Attached boy, B!

93 Boatzilla   ~  Aug 22, 2022 8:20 pm

Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, x4!

94 Hank Waddles   ~  Aug 22, 2022 8:24 pm

Four runs (and maybe more?) off of Scherzer? Yankees are back, baby!

95 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Aug 22, 2022 8:26 pm

[86] Spent most my high school and college years just reading music magazines, plenty to improvise with now.

96 Hank Waddles   ~  Aug 22, 2022 8:31 pm

Jazz, I’ve started a new blog that you might like reading. My father had a huge collection of jazz records from the 50s and 60s. I’m listening to one a week and writing about it. It’s been fun so far.
SundayMorningVinyl.com

97 Ara Just Fair   ~  Aug 22, 2022 8:34 pm

I love lead off walks!

98 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Aug 22, 2022 8:41 pm

(96) That’s great Hank! I’m going to check it out right now

99 RIYank   ~  Aug 22, 2022 8:56 pm

Okay, so, bring Chapman in to plunk Vogelbach?
No? Not a good strategy?

100 RIYank   ~  Aug 22, 2022 8:59 pm

Yeah that was better.

GG!

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101 Ara Just Fair   ~  Aug 22, 2022 8:59 pm

Rejoice. Cheers y'all!

102 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Aug 22, 2022 9:40 pm

That was an incredible win, Team.

We needed the fuck out of that.

Exhale (a little).

103 Hank Waddles   ~  Aug 23, 2022 6:00 pm

Nice to be dodging the de Grom bullet.

104 RIYank   ~  Aug 23, 2022 6:24 pm

Watching Montas pitch reminds me that Jordan Montgomery threw a CG shutout yesterday.

105 mhoward120   ~  Aug 23, 2022 6:27 pm

Absolutely no doubt that Vogelbach was a schoolyard bully.

106 RIYank   ~  Aug 23, 2022 6:29 pm

Whew.
I don't like that guys at-bats.

107 RIYank   ~  Aug 23, 2022 6:30 pm

[105] Ya know, I was just thinking: I'm not going to find out more about Vogelbach, because if it turns out he isn't a schmuck I will be so disappointed!

108 mhoward120   ~  Aug 23, 2022 6:30 pm

Considering how upset he was about Buchner-Phelps, how do you think Frank Costanza would feel about essentially Gumby-Montas?

109 mhoward120   ~  Aug 23, 2022 6:39 pm

Buhler. Damn autocorrect

110 rbj   ~  Aug 23, 2022 6:40 pm

[104] yup. I read somewhere that there’s supposedly a roster crunch in the off season so that’s why Cashman made the trade. Don’t remember the details.

How about winning the World Series first, Brian.

111 RIYank   ~  Aug 23, 2022 6:42 pm

Well, he's great at getting out of jams, I'll give him that.
So far.

112 Hank Waddles   ~  Aug 23, 2022 6:43 pm

[109] Still autocorrecting, apparently.

113 Ara Just Fair   ~  Aug 23, 2022 6:43 pm

Serenity NOW!
This is the 1st game I've actually seen Montas pitch.
IFK getting his Oswaldo on.

114 Ara Just Fair   ~  Aug 23, 2022 6:44 pm

Shit! Every time I use the 3 letter initials for our SS I get put in moderation.

115 Hank Waddles   ~  Aug 23, 2022 7:00 pm

Approved.

116 RIYank   ~  Aug 23, 2022 7:04 pm

Ara, you could try "IKF".
Just a thought.

117 Hank Waddles   ~  Aug 23, 2022 7:04 pm

Twenty-nine pitches for Walker to slice through the first nine batters.

118 Ara Just Fair   ~  Aug 23, 2022 7:17 pm

Thank, Hank. As an aside, I'm going to see the Braves vs. Pirates tomorrow. My first MLB game with my 79 yo dad. We had tix to see Yankees at Pirates 2 years ago but Covid happened. We've seen many other games together just not an MLB game. We're not getting any younger. Cheers.

119 RIYank   ~  Aug 23, 2022 7:22 pm

Court is in session.

120 rbj   ~  Aug 23, 2022 7:23 pm

48!

121 Ara Just Fair   ~  Aug 23, 2022 7:25 pm

Hot damn. That was a bomb!

122 rbj   ~  Aug 23, 2022 7:26 pm

So Tatis is going to use his suspension to have surgery on his shoulder. That doesn’t seem right, you should be medically cleared to play, then serve the suspension.

123 RIYank   ~  Aug 23, 2022 7:30 pm

My hat off to Cabrera for that AB. Very nice.

124 Hank Waddles   ~  Aug 23, 2022 7:30 pm

Really great at bat for Cabrera there. Also, Walker has more than doubled his pitch count.

125 RIYank   ~  Aug 23, 2022 7:34 pm

That inning: Two walks. Three singles. A homer.
But, not in the right order. The game coulda been put away!

126 RIYank   ~  Aug 23, 2022 7:44 pm

Hm, well, thank you Buck Showalter!

127 Hank Waddles   ~  Aug 23, 2022 8:04 pm

Unbelievable.

128 Ara Just Fair   ~  Aug 23, 2022 8:04 pm

Gleyber is a bonehead half the time. Grrrrr....

129 RIYank   ~  Aug 23, 2022 8:31 pm

Another free out from Buck Showalter.

130 Ara Just Fair   ~  Aug 23, 2022 8:42 pm

I like it!

131 Hank Waddles   ~  Aug 23, 2022 8:43 pm

Thanks to Amazon, I’m listening to the Mets broadcast, and I gotta say this — they’re really enjoyable. I never like Darling when he’s on a national broadcast for TBS, but Hernández is excellent, and Darling steps back to focus more on pitching analysis. It’s a good booth.

132 Ara Just Fair   ~  Aug 23, 2022 8:50 pm

I never liked Ottavino. He seemed to shit the bed on a regular basis.

133 RIYank   ~  Aug 23, 2022 8:54 pm

Darling said it was a big mistake to send Judge because it takes the bat out of Rizzo's hands.

Sorry, but that's just dumb. Cone would never say something like that.

134 Hank Waddles   ~  Aug 23, 2022 9:00 pm

Yes, I agree. Bases loaded is always a good situation.

135 RIYank   ~  Aug 23, 2022 9:00 pm

Whew!!!!

136 Ara Just Fair   ~  Aug 23, 2022 9:01 pm

Sweet. Now avoid another 2 out rbi.

137 RIYank   ~  Aug 23, 2022 9:19 pm

Oh come on. YOU CAN'T WALK HIM!!!!!
Jesus.

138 RIYank   ~  Aug 23, 2022 9:20 pm

WTF????
You're worried he's going to steal third???

139 RIYank   ~  Aug 23, 2022 9:22 pm

Excruciating.

140 RIYank   ~  Aug 23, 2022 9:23 pm

Unbelievable.

141 mhoward120   ~  Aug 23, 2022 9:24 pm

Talk about a thin bullpen!

142 mhoward120   ~  Aug 23, 2022 9:27 pm

Setting up for a Lindor grand slam

143 RIYank   ~  Aug 23, 2022 9:28 pm

Oh man.
I have a bad feeling about this.

144 Ara Just Fair   ~  Aug 23, 2022 9:29 pm

Not feeling real confident.

145 rob_smith_51   ~  Aug 23, 2022 9:29 pm

Boone had too long of a leash. Once 2 men got on they go to Peralta, IMO.

146 rob_smith_51   ~  Aug 23, 2022 9:30 pm

Not that Peralta can't give up walks/hits, but he is fresh.

147 RIYank   ~  Aug 23, 2022 9:32 pm

Oh my god.
Yikes.

148 RIYank   ~  Aug 23, 2022 9:33 pm

Another fortunate foul!
My heart is beating too hard for this time of night.

149 RIYank   ~  Aug 23, 2022 9:34 pm

GG.

Never doubted it.

150 mhoward120   ~  Aug 23, 2022 9:34 pm

I wonder what the record is for consecutive 4-2 wins.

151 rob_smith_51   ~  Aug 23, 2022 9:34 pm

Phew!

152 Ara Just Fair   ~  Aug 23, 2022 9:34 pm

Huzzah!

153 rbj   ~  Aug 23, 2022 9:34 pm

Phew, phew, phew.

154 RIYank   ~  Aug 23, 2022 9:36 pm

Clarke is forgiven. 9 outs he was really good.

155 Hank Waddles   ~  Aug 25, 2022 6:18 pm

LF Benintendi
CF Judge
DH STANTON!
1B Rizzo
2B Torres
3B Donaldson
RF Cabrera
C Treviño
SS Kiner-Falefa

Put LeMaheiu at third for Donaldson and this is a lineup I wouldn't mind seeing in October.

156 rbj   ~  Aug 25, 2022 6:20 pm

Nader to the 60 day DL.

Way to go, Cashman, real shrewd trade their

157 rbj   ~  Aug 25, 2022 6:30 pm

Bader. Stupid autocorrect.

158 Hank Waddles   ~  Aug 25, 2022 8:30 pm

Well, Bader hasn't played since June 26, so if my understanding is correct, I don't think this really changes his status.

159 Ara Just Fair   ~  Aug 25, 2022 8:40 pm

If the Yankees make the World Serious Bader can play in those early November games.

160 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Aug 25, 2022 8:51 pm

Did Rizzo really just fly out to a guy named Skye Bolt?? Listening in radio here on way to the countryside

161 Ara Just Fair   ~  Aug 25, 2022 9:17 pm

Beautiful. Welcome back, Stanton.

162 Hank Waddles   ~  Aug 25, 2022 10:49 pm

Since Bader hasn’t played since June 26, this move is just bookkeeping. The clock doesn’t start again. He’s eligible to play sixty days after June 26, which means he’s eligible right now. I obviously have no idea about his health, but once he gets healthy they can activate him whenever they want.

163 Ara Just Fair   ~  Aug 25, 2022 11:19 pm

I like this Oswaldo.

164 Ara Just Fair   ~  Aug 25, 2022 11:27 pm

Quite the debut.

165 Hank Waddles   ~  Aug 25, 2022 11:50 pm

Really gotta feel for the new kid. That debut couldn’t possibly have been worse. At least it won’t cost the team tonight.

166 Boatzilla   ~  Aug 26, 2022 10:36 pm

[165] You're talking about last night's game?
I was worried for a second.

Today, we get Good Ol' Cole.

167 Boatzilla   ~  Aug 26, 2022 10:37 pm

Jay-sus! Cabrera is a walking highlight real.
He's become must-see TV.

168 Boatzilla   ~  Aug 26, 2022 10:41 pm

[166] I knew I was gonna regret tying that.
Bleah.

169 Boatzilla   ~  Aug 26, 2022 11:09 pm

I guess everyone is at da Club tonight.

170 rbj   ~  Aug 27, 2022 6:21 pm

[169] these days I go to bed at the time I used to go out.

171 Ara Just Fair   ~  Aug 27, 2022 9:17 pm

Where's osWaldo?
Crushing it!

172 Ara Just Fair   ~  Aug 27, 2022 9:20 pm

Oh ferfuck's sake!

173 Boatzilla   ~  Aug 27, 2022 9:20 pm

Dang.
He did not need to be at 3rd. Who put that play on.

174 Boatzilla   ~  Aug 27, 2022 9:21 pm

[171] It took me too long to get that. Good one!

175 Ara Just Fair   ~  Aug 27, 2022 9:27 pm

A single? That's horseshit! Wtf!?

176 Boatzilla   ~  Aug 27, 2022 9:29 pm

Dang

177 Boatzilla   ~  Aug 27, 2022 9:51 pm

This team is so frustrating.
They should be murdering this guy.

178 Boatzilla   ~  Aug 27, 2022 9:58 pm

BP blows this game?

179 Boatzilla   ~  Aug 27, 2022 10:04 pm

So Chapman is on the IL because of a tattoo?
You can't make this stuff up.
Not that they'll miss him.

180 Ara Just Fair   ~  Aug 27, 2022 10:25 pm

Score a bunch now!

181 Ara Just Fair   ~  Aug 27, 2022 10:28 pm

Who wants to see the worst bunt ever?

182 Ara Just Fair   ~  Aug 27, 2022 10:35 pm

That'll do.

183 knuckles   ~  Aug 27, 2022 10:36 pm

Two runs on one wild pitch. Take it. Close it out. Please.

184 Boatzilla   ~  Aug 27, 2022 10:37 pm

Johnny Wildpitch. Your Yankees MVP.

185 Boatzilla   ~  Aug 27, 2022 10:38 pm

I see what you did there, Kay.

186 Ara Just Fair   ~  Aug 27, 2022 10:43 pm

JFC.

187 Boatzilla   ~  Aug 27, 2022 10:44 pm

Ah, fer fuck's sake.

188 knuckles   ~  Aug 27, 2022 10:52 pm

If they can’t take four of six from Oakland and Anaheim…

189 knuckles   ~  Aug 27, 2022 11:16 pm

F. Nice throw DJ.

190 Hank Waddles   ~  Aug 28, 2022 2:46 pm

I'll admit to being a bit conflicted today. I'm going to the game tomorrow night, so I'd really like it if Judge could hold off on hitting #50.

191 Hank Waddles   ~  Aug 28, 2022 3:35 pm

I really like Cabrera. And do you notice that he's got a little Juan Soto thing going on when he take a pitch? I'm all for it.

192 rbj   ~  Aug 28, 2022 4:06 pm

Huh, game blacked out for me.

193 Hank Waddles   ~  Aug 28, 2022 4:13 pm

Okay, I now give Judge permission to hit a home run or two. Or three.

194 Hank Waddles   ~  Aug 28, 2022 4:27 pm

One hit in the last 17 innings for the Bronx Bombers.

195 Hank Waddles   ~  Aug 28, 2022 4:37 pm

The Hawai'i Little Leaguers just won the Little League World Series in one of the most dominant performances of all-time. I believe they outscored their Williamsport opponents by a score of 62-5. Something like that. They hit more home runs than the rest of the teams combined.

196 Hank Waddles   ~  Aug 28, 2022 4:42 pm

If you had Aaron Hicks as the Yankee to break up a no-hitter in the fifth inning, bring your ticket to the counter.

197 rob_smith_51   ~  Aug 28, 2022 5:05 pm

Judge will be glad he doesn't have to face Martinez next ab.

198 Hank Waddles   ~  Aug 28, 2022 5:14 pm

Kay will tell us about the fallacy of the predetermined outcome, but Rizzo's slip going around first seems to have cost the Yankees a run.

199 Hank Waddles   ~  Aug 28, 2022 5:16 pm

[198] He just reminded us. Right on cue.

200 Hank Waddles   ~  Aug 28, 2022 6:09 pm

No one will give the Yankees any sympathy, but they've hit at least five balls that would've been home runs in the Bronx. Three by Cabrera alone.

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201 rob_smith_51   ~  Aug 28, 2022 6:25 pm

This stadium is killing the Yanks today.

202 Hank Waddles   ~  Aug 29, 2022 7:47 pm

Roughly 50% Yankee fans here in the park.

203 rbj   ~  Aug 29, 2022 8:27 pm

Cool. Pujols up to 696 HR. Hate to see him retire at 699.

204 Ara Just Fair   ~  Aug 29, 2022 8:51 pm

The booth spent the entire pre-game saying don't let Trout and Ohtani beat you. Hear you go.

205 Boatzilla   ~  Aug 29, 2022 9:01 pm

Anyone know where the Bombers can buy a hit? Price is not a factor.

206 Ara Just Fair   ~  Aug 29, 2022 9:03 pm

The pitching in the AL West is simply too good, apparently.

207 Boatzilla   ~  Aug 29, 2022 9:12 pm

Does anyone still think Montas is any better than Monty?

208 Boatzilla   ~  Aug 29, 2022 9:13 pm

[206] Bwhaa, ha, ha, ha!

209 Ara Just Fair   ~  Aug 29, 2022 9:15 pm

Time will tell on that one, Boatzilla. I loved Montgomery and will never understand why they traded him. I hope he finds great success in the NL and Montas is a force long-term.

210 Boatzilla   ~  Aug 29, 2022 9:15 pm

The Angels are a haven (heaven) for ex-Yankees.

211 Boatzilla   ~  Aug 29, 2022 9:17 pm

[209] Unfortunately, we don't have time. It's 2022 or bust for this team.

212 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Aug 29, 2022 9:17 pm

Hank, I checked your blog! Awesome project and background story, will be following weekly!
Ohtani is stil going to wear #18 on the Yankees next season?

213 Boatzilla   ~  Aug 29, 2022 9:24 pm

Cabrera can do no wrong!

214 Boatzilla   ~  Aug 29, 2022 9:26 pm

Wow. He's lucky that bunt was not caught.

215 Ara Just Fair   ~  Aug 29, 2022 9:36 pm

Hot dog. Strike 3. That 55 foot dirt ball was just setting him up.

216 Ara Just Fair   ~  Aug 29, 2022 9:49 pm

Kaboooooom!

217 Ara Just Fair   ~  Aug 29, 2022 9:55 pm

Of course.

218 Boatzilla   ~  Aug 29, 2022 9:58 pm

Ford got a lot of mileage out of that one.

219 Boatzilla   ~  Aug 29, 2022 10:20 pm

Who didn't see that coming?

220 Ara Just Fair   ~  Aug 29, 2022 10:20 pm

That was predictable. Don't let Trout and Ohtani beat you. Alrighty then.

221 Hank Waddles   ~  Aug 29, 2022 10:24 pm

After that home run, I turned to my son and said. “Not surprised at all.”

But what did we think of Trout’s two-out bloop that fell in front of Judge? I think that’s why they traded Monty for Bader.

222 Boatzilla   ~  Aug 29, 2022 10:27 pm

They're gonna lose to the muthafucking Angels. God help us.

223 Boatzilla   ~  Aug 29, 2022 10:31 pm

[221] I thought that Judge could have made a more valiant stab at that, but what do I know. Not gonna question (or fault) Aaron Judge, but it did look potentially catchable.

224 Hank Waddles   ~  Aug 29, 2022 10:34 pm

Not that it means anything, but the Angels are choosing to put Montas’s Yankee ERA on the board instead of his season ERA. Needlessly snarky.

225 Ara Just Fair   ~  Aug 29, 2022 10:44 pm

This offense is despicable.

226 Hank Waddles   ~  Aug 29, 2022 10:51 pm

An abomination.

227 Boatzilla   ~  Aug 29, 2022 11:01 pm

Offensive. ;>)

228 Boatzilla   ~  Aug 29, 2022 11:05 pm

Wait a minute. That not what the replay is for. That's a normal DP for for the entire 20th Century. Bollocks.

229 Hank Waddles   ~  Aug 29, 2022 11:11 pm

That. Was worth coming out here and suffering through the first seven innings. History! With an exclamation point!

230 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Aug 29, 2022 11:11 pm

50!!!

231 Boatzilla   ~  Aug 29, 2022 11:19 pm

[229] Must have been magical.

232 Boatzilla   ~  Aug 29, 2022 11:43 pm

Of course, it ended on a Trout basket catch.

233 Hank Waddles   ~  Aug 29, 2022 11:46 pm

We had a perfect angle on Cabrera’s ball. I knew it wasn’t out, just didn’t sound or look like he had gotten it, but my heart fooled me into thinking it was gonna be over Trout’s head to tie the game. Turned out it wasn’t even that difficult a play. At least they made it interesting. Can’t be mad.

234 Hank Waddles   ~  Aug 30, 2022 3:18 pm

[212] Thanks for reading -- I truly appreciate it!

235 Ara Just Fair   ~  Aug 30, 2022 8:56 pm

Whoo-hoo. Just in time for a Rizzo tater.

236 Ara Just Fair   ~  Aug 30, 2022 9:10 pm

I didn't realize the Angels were this talented.

237 Ara Just Fair   ~  Aug 30, 2022 9:22 pm

To think what Judge would have this if he hadn't been run up on so many low "strikes."

238 Ara Just Fair   ~  Aug 30, 2022 9:49 pm

All Rise!

239 knuckles   ~  Aug 30, 2022 9:55 pm

As nice as Judge’s three run insurance HR was, it’s good to see the whole team showing up tonight. Including Stanton’s 110mph heat seeking grounder for a 1B. Not everything need to leave the yard.

240 Hank Waddles   ~  Aug 30, 2022 10:20 pm

Just put it on. What happened with Taillon?

241 Hank Waddles   ~  Aug 30, 2022 10:22 pm

Just reported: right forearm contusion.

242 Ara Just Fair   ~  Aug 30, 2022 10:23 pm

Taillon got blasted by a line drive in the arm.

243 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Aug 30, 2022 10:44 pm

Sounds like a Yankee home game. Can The Judge go for 52 now?

244 Boatzilla   ~  Aug 30, 2022 10:46 pm

[242] Good thing we got Monty, waiting....nevermind.

245 Hank Waddles   ~  Aug 30, 2022 10:54 pm

[243] Aside from Citifield, I don't think there's a road stadium that fills up with Yankee fans like Anaheim -- especially during the last few years when the Angels have been out of it. It's a lot of fun.

246 Hank Waddles   ~  Aug 30, 2022 11:20 pm

It's kind of amazing (and annoying) how often the Rays, Jays, and Astros have all won on the same day.

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