Anyone else watching the Yankees....

[Déjà Bru]

Originally Posted by StLee

Just watched 300-lb Pablo Sandoval hit a single to the right-field corner!

Originally Posted by StLee

Bruh still scored on a short sac fly!

He's done more by himself than the entire Yankees team.

[rudel.dietrich]

#36 on the Yankees looks straight off a 1973 Topps card

[Déjà Bru]

Originally Posted by rudel.dietrich

#36 on the Yankees looks straight off a 1973 Topps card

That would be Mike Ford, whom I welcomed back to replace the futile Brce and who has proceeded to get 1 hit in 7 at-bats for a .143 batting average. In that, he fits in very well.

Take a look at this batter register after 17 games. Leave out Brce, who has retired. Of the 14 other batters, seven (half) are below .200. Sanchez will join that club with his next at-bat. Of the regulars, only LeMahieu, Judge, and Urshela are doing decently. (Higashioka and Wade don't play enough to be considered.)



This explains a 6-11 record, for sure. Yankee batting futility seems to be catching; it reminds me of the "Losing is a Disease" scene from The Natural.

[Westheim]

Remember when we all made fun of the O's and Chris Davis' contract?

That's Stanton now.

[Déjà Bru]

Gerrit Cole beats Justin Bieber's son, Shane!

[Déjà Bru]

Originally Posted by Déjà Bru

For that matter, what was wrong with Mike Ford?

Originally Posted by Déjà Bru

That would be Mike Ford, whom I welcomed back to replace the futile Brce and who has proceeded to get 1 hit in 7 at-bats for a .143 batting average. In that, he fits in very well.

And he has gotten worse since then. Perhaps Brce would reconsider his retirement? I'd give him back his "u" in exchange.

The Yankees MUST get a guy who can play 1B AND hit just a bit. Where is Voit?

Answer: Close. Hurry. Meanwhile, Ford would do well spending time on the treadmill and away from the snack table.

[Zorian77]

Good to see Kluber having a good day. Even if it was the Tigers.

[Déjà Bru]

Originally Posted by Zorian77

Good to see Kluber having a good day. Even if it was the Tigers.

God forbid they let him pitch a shutout, though. Taking Chapman's 10 pitches in the ninth as given, that would have been only 113 total pitches for Kluber but that crossed a line on somebody's chart.

[AirmenSmith]

Trashcan day today!!

[Déjà Bru]

Originally Posted by AirmenSmith

Trashcan day today!!

Their first trip to the Stadium since the scandal broke, and the fans let them have it. They were lucky that attendance was limited to only 10,850 fans.

Finally, Stanton is hitting again. Boone had the four guys who are doing anything at the plate this year in the first four slots of the batting order. Numbers 5 through 9 went 1 for 15 combined. They're above .500 again but their hitting problems are not over.

[AirmenSmith]

Great Series overall. Last game naturally sucked but it was great to see how involved the fans were. And Stanton....man that dude is on fire. keep him in a bubble outside of the games.

[Déjà Bru]

Originally Posted by AirmenSmith

And Stanton....man that dude is on fire. keep him in a bubble outside of the games.

I know! I mean, yeah, really. You have the same feeling as I do that it's time for him to stub his toe and head for the DL? Better keep him in a bubble IN the game if possible.

[Westheim]

Conundrum game here - on the one hand a Yankees win over the Gnats can never hurt the Mets, but on the other paw, how can you rout against Max Scherzer, whose eyes look directly into your soul?

[Déjà Bru]

Originally Posted by Westheim

Conundrum game here - on the one hand a Yankees win over the Gnats can never hurt the Mets, but on the other paw, how can you rout against Max Scherzer, whose eyes look directly into your soul?

Yes, sorry about that; we're headed for another L at the hands of the Nats. Scherzer has given up only two hits through six innings.

One of which, by the way, was another home run by Higashioka. This guy has more home runs and RBIs than Sanchez on less than two-thirds the number of at-bats. Sanchez must have compromising pictures of somebody.

[Westheim]

Say, Bru, how about Pujols for first base? I mean, Mike Ford is hitting negative 57 points. What's another 20 million bucks?

[Westheim]

I don't concur with Michael Kay on a lot of things, but I chuckled at "That is the first run off Chapman this season. But he didn't put that runner on base. Somebody with a great amount of imagination did."

[Déjà Bru]

Originally Posted by Westheim

Say, Bru, how about Pujols for first base? I mean, Mike Ford is hitting negative 57 points. What's another 20 million bucks?

You really do hate the Yankees, don't you?

Originally Posted by Westheim

I don't concur with Michael Kay on a lot of things, but I chuckled at "That is the first run off Chapman this season. But he didn't put that runner on base. Somebody with a great amount of imagination did."

Context, please? (I'm not watching the game, but I am following along on Gamecast.)

EDIT: Oh, you mean the runner on 2B in extra innings.

EDIT 2: Now, you will kindly thank us for this 4-3 lead win. It's only because they took Scherzer out after a walk and one out in the eighth. "Oh my goodness, he's up to 109 pitches! His arm is going to fall off. Whaddaya doin', sleepin'? I told you to tell me when he hit 100 and I'd yank his butt outta there! " He pitches the ninth and the game would have been over. But no.

Sometime in our lifetimes (yours maybe, perhaps not mine), some folks are going to start saying "Who made up all of this statistical crap that flies in the face of reason? Taking out a dominating pitcher to save him 20 more throws? Is he that fragile and who says 100 pitches is the standard of pitching endurance?"

Then, say it's manager Elmer Fudd who decides "the heck with that statistical crap. Scherzer stays in until a) he tells me he's tired, or b) I notice his velocity/accuracy falling off. If he's pitching strong, lights out, he stays in rather than bringing some guy in who ON THAT DAY is an unknown quantity."

Fudd wins 10 to 15 more games than he would have than if he followed today's pusillanimous protocols which are designed to reduce risk to managers and owners; a cowardly practice that is in their own interests, not the player's or the team's. Fudd is lionized and everybody starts stampeding to follow his example because they realize, for every pitcher who blows out his elbow ONLY because he threw that 20th additional pitch, being a pennant contender and possibly winning the World Series is far more lucrative and satisfying.

[Westheim]

Originally Posted by Déjà Bru

You really do hate the Yankees, don't you?

I'm just trying to help, as a very successful GM myself. (covers up the Raccoons link in signature) No, don't. Just ... don't.

Of course that was before Ford drove in a run in the 10th, so what the heck do I know?

Originally Posted by Déjà Bru

Context, please? (I'm not watching the game, but I am following along on Gamecast.)

EDIT: Oh, you mean the runner on 2B in extra innings.

Yup, the free bogus runner. That rule needs to die...

[Déjà Bru]

Originally Posted by Westheim

Yup, the free bogus runner. That rule needs to die...

Well, it also worked in our favor, yours and mine. See EDIT 2 in the post above.

[Zorian77]

Thoughts on the starting pitching:

Gerrit Cole is pretty good at baseball.
Kluber is better than expected, but he walks a lot of dudes. Hopefully ends up south of the Bob Veale career average before the season's end. But he seems back enough that even if he doesn't, he'll have an okay season.
Taillon's been bad, but I expected nothing other than moral support for Cole.
Monty/Deivi/German- good enough, but hopefully improve a bit more.

I guess if you told me at the start of the season that Kluber and Taillion were both healthy in mid-May still, I'd be pretty happy.