Can I just say something? Even though I still watch or listen to every Yankee game I have lost connection with how things work—why players can be lost to the rule 5 draft, things like that. I just don’t care that much. Which sometimes lets me just react to trades from an emotional point-of-view without really being too tied into whether or not the trades are solid or terrible.
All of which to say, I really liked Adam Warren and Tyler Austin. Especially after reading that Warren is one of the all-time good guys in the sport. I spent a couple of days in the Yankee clubhouse last summer on an assignment for Esquire and let me tell you, Tyler Austin is built like a fullback—his thighs were enormous, he was all trunk. He had a few nice hits for the Yanks, was right in the mix against the Sox earlier in the season. Now, the Yanks are headed up to Boston for four huge games this weekend and Austin isn’t even a Yankee anymore. That must be hard to wrap your head around if you’re Austin. Yes, he is a professional, and perhaps now he’ll even get more playing time, but he won’t be a Yankee, even though he’s been part of these Yankees, and that will take some getting used to.
We wish him well. And Adam Warren too, who was a very solid Yankee. And also Chasen Shreve, the pointy-faced lefty out of the pen who looks like a bad guy with a gun from an old movie, but always seemed like a good enough sort. I never trusted him and each time he came into a game I worried that he’d shit the bed, but he’s battled and hung around a competitive Yankee bullpen for a few years. Certainly hope he keeps pitching long as he can.
Yanks get some pieces back, including Lance Lynn, who will likely now be minus the beardski.
Couple of few against the lousy Birds as a warm-up for the weekend. But the games still need to played and won. So never mind looking ahead:
Let’s Go Yank-ees!
Picture by Bags
I liked Warren, but I guess that's baseball. The Yanks have been connected to some good international guys, so they turned him into 1-2 prospects, which is always good.
Lovely, JA Happ has been diagnosed with Hand, Foot & Mouth disease ...
Good to see Cashman isn’t ignoring the farm system
Gleyber with rispsuccess
Gleyber!
Brett ties Willie
Didi with rispsuccess
Just missed
I’m sick of these HBP
Gleyber would a fearsome hitter if he took every swing the way he does when he gets 2 strikes on him. STOP. OVER. SWINGING.
Miggy Jr.!
Katie Sharp
@ktsharp
Yankees Last 16 PA with Bases Loaded:
Groundout RBI (today 7/29)
Sac fly
Sac fly
Lineout
Double play
Double play
Sac fly
Groundout
Groundout
Groundout
Flyout
Groundout
Double play
Strikeout
Groundout
Popout (July 11)
Add another pop out and sac fly to the list.
At least Miggy Jr. came through ...
Last hitter for Tanaka, get him an extra day off
There ya go!
Not good
The importance of insurance
25-1? Yeeowch, the Mets stink
And the rain is interfering with the satellite. Night all.
Crap, man, I saw the headline and thought it was you bowing out of the Banter. Like when you see a celebrity's name trending and you're afraid they've died.
Weird Wednesday afternoon game
Well that sucked
Good, need baserunners
I tuned in to THIS shitshow?
Christ, Sonny Whitson, pitch like you've got a fucking pair ...
Don't smile at that, you earned every boo today ...
I like Torres, but he's got a LOT of growing up to do.
Come on rainout
Fuck you, Sonny.
Cult - Sonny was smiling to the crowd as he walked to the dugout? What did gleyber do?
[27] Ground ball to Didi, obvious play was the force at 2nd, Gleyber took one step and didn't even bother trying to get to the bag for the throw. It would have been close, but not even making the effort is inexcusable.
Gotcha. Thanks.
Inexcusable outing for Gray...
Rats, we're back
Fucking Sonny Gray. I wish they had traded his sorry ass.
E Nuñez!
Gawd the Orioles are horrible. How are we losing to them?
Oh, right, Sonny Gray.
Oh good. I missed sonny’s start. What a shame.
Fucking bollocks
A waste of a Gleyber homer. We're going to lose 7-5