This is what we know. If the Yanks are gonna beat the best team in the league they are gonna have to win three games and tame Greinke, Verlander, and Cole. Easy to overlook Greinke but he’s no scrub.
Holy cow is it ever lousy weather in the Bronx. Cold, windy—not baseball weather, man.
Biggest game of the season for our boys.
We’ll be there root-root-rootin’ them on.
Never mind the windchill:
Let’s Go Yank-eese!
Picture by Bags
If we lose tonight and trail 3-1, then I believe the Yanks are done -- so what I'm going to say next will become a moot point (though I recall in seasons past we used to refer to that as a mute point). I'm looking ahead to tomorrow and hoping it's damn cold and rainy with plenty of 30 minute delays to help ease Verlander out of the game before the 6th.
1) DJ LeMahieu, 1B
2) Aaron Judge, RF
3) Aaron Hicks, CF (S)
4) Gleyber Torres, 2B
5) Edwin Encarnacion, DH
6) Brett Gardner, LF (L)
7) Gary Sánchez, C
8) Gio Urshela, 3B
9) Didi Gregorius, SS (L)
Well, GGBG is out of the 3 spot, but I'm not exactly sure moving Hicks in there is going to be an upgrade. Gleyber! at 4 is positive.
[2] When he is hitting well, Hicks can hit #3. At this stage in his career, Gardner should always be at 5 spot or later. Let's go Yankees!
Alex did you set this up? The Fox intro is a guy making a score truck!
[3] Hicks has 1 at bat in anger since August 3rd. He might just be a wee bit rusty ...
What did Brantley say to Sanchez?
Let’s. Go. Yankees!
Make him throw lots and lots of pitches here.
Uh ... fuck ... more bad luck.
Well ... that's better luck!
C'mon, Brett! FFS!!!!!
Gardy due
I know “due” is dumb, just let me riff
Green light. Sorry Kraken
Ill take that rbi walk
Dammit.
Yup. One of these days, Gary. One of these days. : (
Wow ... no 3-0 gimme strike
0-1 Yanks!
Another squandered inning.
Can Sanchez bat 10th?
Gary, Gary, Gary. What are we gonna do with you?
First Blood, anyway.
What appalling AB from Gary..wasted chance
[4] I thought the same thing!
Stand up and throw, G.
Nice, Tanaka
Tanaka is ON.
[21] Yeah, that was a cool intro.
The guy’s walking the house and you first-pitch swing at a breaking ball?
How about not popping up on the first pitch? That would be cool.
Momback, momback, momback
Meh.
I'd pitch around Judge here.
Fucking that fucking check-swing call.
[30] indeed.
FAILFAILFAILFAILFAILFAILFAIL
The obligatory homer best be solo. Or the RISP bed shitting will be extra terrible.
Welp, time for Ottavino. Right?
Fuckity fuck fuck. Not the #obligatoryhomer you want
Fuck.
Fucking fuck fuck.
Good work, team. MOTHERFUCKER!
When the hell is smoltz going to pass out from his hard on? Holy...
4 pitch walk was the killer
[34] CC!
Plenty of time left..Greinke will likely be gone by the 6th
Goddamn the midget.
[40] As long as they don’t go into pressing/ flailing mode
He won’t be gone by the sixth if they give him a string of five-pitch innings. They don’t need to wait him out; they need to rough him up.
Take him out. He’s done.
Why the hell did Sanchez not just run him back to third?
Extra practice on that play next spring, please?
You gotta make the play on Altuve headed back to third so the others can’t advance.
Both these dudes are going to score and I will miss the end of the game because i am going to throw my computer through the tv. smoltz is making me miss joe morgan. Mo help me.
That did seem like it could have been played better. Don't want him to be safe at 3rd though.
[45] Sanchez: “My contract specifically states I don’t have to do any calisthenics I don’t think are necessary.”
It would have wound up 2nd and 3rd anyway. IMHO.
Anyone else palpably relieved Sanchez stopped Judge’s throw?
Good. Judge has a cannon.
Coulda been worse
Phew, that could have been much worse.
Okay, go time. The Houston rotation has been getting by in “bend don’t break” mode. Time for a loud snap.
I would like a large order of runs please.
[42] you were saying?
Greinke's strike zone is getting bigger. Lucky him.
[57] would have preferred to be wrong
EE will “break out” here with meaningless, stranded two-out double
I'm modifying a joke I saw the other day so here goes, "If I get invited to a Halloween party this month that I don't want to attend I'll be the Yankees offense and not show up." rimshot!
Must be nice to get the “neighborhood call” on balls and strikes.
Well this is disappointing.
Nice quick inning by Tanaka. Why am I not excited to see the Bombers bat?
I can't remember the last time Sanchez homered.
On a Tuesday night in July Gardner takes all those pitches.
One pitch away, Gary. You and Brett are one pitch away.
We got Greinke right where we want him.
It seems like they've given up.
Well, this fucking sucks balls.
Well, Suzyn, what the Yankees need now is a bloop and a b—
(Strangling noises)
Feels like it’s 8-1 and we’re headed to the bottom of the 9th of an elimination game...
Nice catch, Judge.
Verdict rendered
[73] Problem is that lately, “get into their bullpen” has been such an empty promise
Crap. Good take, then a roll over...
It’s only 2 runs if we can just wake up
Le Machine!
DJ is such a good hitter.
Go yard, Your Honor
Momback
Swing at strikes. And crush them where they ain't.
[78] wake up the dead. Halloween is coming...
Should’ve CRUSHED that pitch!!! : /
Swung at the wrong pitch
Come on, Judgie!
Ok well it’s the bullpen after all
This whole series, aside from game one, has been the 'Stros bending but not breaking. So annoying.
Crush this fucker
Did Smoltz just bring the bullpen wind into the discussion?
10 more balls and it may be tied.
The takes this inning are a promising change
What Day is it?
What an eye. Come on, kid. LET’S FUCKING GO!!!
Bullshit!
Fucking hell
There goes the season.
This is preordained
Everyone is pressing.
How does EE miss that pitch? Check for holes in his bat
That’s the catcher’s fault
At least EE hit something
Crossup call
Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Ballgame
Modammit.
Good thing the Yankees finally got to the soft underbelly of the Astros pen.
We had the right guy up with bases loaded and one out.
C'mon, thelarmis! 12 more outs of complete and utter futility!
Where is the Orioles pitching staff when you need them?
Well, if you can't score at least 4 runs you don't deserve to win.
Fucking bollocks. The floodgates are about to open...
Here comes Boone's binder waking up.
Over under on number of pitchers used this inning? I say 3-4.
I hate this fucking racist. Get a dp right fucking now
That’s just fucking great
Anyone believe Bregman doesn’t score?
Well the screen on FS2 is letterbox but the Spanish sounds better.
Tanaka could have done that but binder
I’ll be rooting for the Nationals.
Ouch! That hurts
game over. season over.
i would've kept masa in longer. it was just spin on the first hit to DJ
That's it for me. Tomorrow's game is going to be insufferable.
April to September was fun. This season is toast.
I hope they lose tomorrow, and lose big. This team was never built to win in the playoffs, just sell tickets.
That should have tied the game at six for fuck's sake! Grrrrrrr!!!!
120 days til pitchers and catchers, give or take.
Naturally, Boone leaves him in despite having absolutely nothing.
[1] I guess the question is "mute" after all. I'm so disgusted.
Boone/Rothsfuck/Cashman probably will come to the conclusion they need 14 pitchers next year.
[130] And they’ll give up Gleyber, Machine and Romine to get them.
[128] Green finished ok but Boone didn’t even twitch. He needs the formula told to him. No instincts at all.
A walk to Gardy here could be the start of a really big pointless inning that ends with three stranded runners.
Hmm. Okay
Should be a tie game
Dammit, Gio
Eat shit, blue.
Make it a 1-run game
Crap! Make them pitch strikes.
Wtf are you swinging at??? : /
He was swinging at the pitch he always swings at with 2 strikes. I don't understand why he doesn't move up a bit or shorten his swing a bit. He just swings at it like he's capable of reaching it.
Judge would’ve swung at the pitch Brantley just stood there for
Kahnle is a fucking badass
Kahnle and Green are like polar opposites. One looks like he would drive a baseball through cement, the other always looks like a deer staring down the barrel of a rifle.
How can you even appeal that? He barely flinched and the bat didn’t move
I love Hicks. Now, hit one to the sticks
Not what I had in mind
Hicks watched 2 strikes. One called. Oi!
Zero up
Bent down at the pitch, a la Jeter, to make it look even better to the ump
Remember getting all worked up about home field advantage?
At least let the parrot out here
[151] remember when we were savages?
Dang, I took another peak...Sanchez finally showed up? Then an O-for inning. So according to juju I should stop watching again.
Sorry. I'm really done now.
Zero coming in. Crooked number coming...
[153] They need to tighten. This. Shit. Up. Right. Now.
Yes! Zero! Be still my heart. I hope he walks the leadoff batter. Playoff traditions!
Can we swap ER for Voit before tomorrow.
I wanted a walk. Not a mead of double! Atta boy, zero!
Lead off
Oi!
way to put him away
Little things: When that ball got loose after the double, Judge was all the way in on the infield dirt helping back up. Nice to see.
wow.
Sure, why not.
So is Ottavino the new run fairy. I can't remember who that was.
This does not look promising.
Not ready for prime time. I hope zero comes in tomorrow in a key spot to redeem himself and DJ adds ground balls to his repertoire.
DJ doing his impression of what Sanchez might look like at first base.
cc's last ever appearance?
CC to the rescue. Pitch like it is 2009.
holy fucking hell.
Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Talk about a choke job.
looked like a double play. did he come off the bag?
ah, missed the fucking ball. like all the other infielders...
Defense is lacking. Even Didi is getting in on it.
Apparently only Judge remembered how to use a baseball glove
I say just keep hitting them and see what happens.
At least we are saving our good relievers for the next three games that we have to win.
let judge catch all the balls.
No shit. Boone should be managing this like an elimination game. And he does not seem to be.
I appreciate Judge just saying - no I have it
That would be ⚾ at it's finest. Finally Fucking beat verlander just to lose the next day.
cc chant.
oh, wait. oh, no. don't let it end like that. no injury. get this last out. please.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
sooo fucking sad :_(
i think his knee gave out. if not for the fucking errors, he would've finished the frame.
Ugh poor CC.
CC saying fuck this shit I'm going home
CC! CC! CC! CC! CC! CC! CC! CC!CC! CC! CC! CC!CC! CC! CC! CC!CC! CC! CC! CC!CC! CC! CC! CC!CC! CC! CC! CC!
Can we please use Britton and hold them so we can possibly rally.
that K goes on CC's ledger, correct?
OK, just caught up on the tape delay
LETS GO YANKEES
Ok well that works.
And that, children, is a thing they used to call leaving it all out on the field.
Base runners needed.
this is fucking miserable.
A million column inches on the pitching and this is clearly an offensive collapse.
Please PH for Sanchez. Don’t care what he did last AB.
Gardner has been a dumpster fire rhis series.
that was a good swing. i mean, why not swing at a pitch in the other batting box when we need baserunners? seems like a sound idea. FUCK!
Was that even a strike?
Gary is Soriano with a catchers mask. Time to cut bait.
I agree BBiNC. Complete offensive fail.
Well i guess they can miss the ball too
let's have some phantom injuries and bring in voit, ford, and tauchman for tomorrow's game. also, gearrin for cc.
[204] all it'll lead to is this pitching change. nothing more.
Gary was screwed on his 3rd strike. Thanks to the broadcast and MLB, most will never know.
motherfucker. seems like didi does that every at-bat...
Basically all Ozuna needs to do is throw the fastball. This team forgot how to hit one.
Osuna, how every the fuck you spell it
omg. WTF?!?!?!
This is pathetic
This team is just mailing it in.
this is utterly pathetic.
no point in even playing tomorrow.
On the other hand, these broadcasts have shown me that a retro New Wave-looking Billy Idol wannabe can strut around a city leading a crowd to shout about tacos. So that’s a thing. I like tacos
That was Judge's fault. He needs to wave off Torres there.
The ball isn’t juiced, it’s greased
unbelievable.
balk him home now.
or, you know, that.
Judge needs to catch that pitch too, being the only guy capable of it
Just rack the focus back on Kate Upton
Judge needs to tell at some people after this game. We all know Boone won't. Something needs to be done because this is more embarrassing than losing 16-1.
Tell = yell. Damn auto correct
[223] no, actually I like “tell at some people.” Tell it true.
[221] i see what you did there
this is like when they take the goalie out in hockey.
Is Reamulto still available?
How can we get Judge to play all 9 positions?
[225] Jeez, I put that one on a tee. Was starting to worry :)
Truth be told, blurry one-half Kate Upton is kinda working for me anyway. It’s like the old TV shows where they put Vaseline on the lens for the women’s closeups.
Gotten so bad the ball boy almost died
[228] With CC gone and Gardner either gone or diminished, look for a raft of offseason “This is Judge’s team now” think pieces. May as well start now.
Give Didi a gold glove.
so, the only reason to tune into the bottom of the 9th, is to see if:
- we go down on the 3 pitches
OR
- we go down on an immaculate inning
Twist ending: Stanton* comes in as the eighteenth pitcher of the inning and is spectacular.
*Not Mike. Though it occurs to me Jeff Nelson is in the building.
just start tyler lyons tomorrow and let him throw a complete game. no matter what.
[233] or to see who can break his tibia running to first
LETS GO YANKEES
[234] you ever make it down to the ATL for anything?
[238] Not often I’m afraid, and when I do it’s for business with little downtime. Ever in the Triangle?
Down five runs late? Jump on that first pitch!
Finger hovered over the power button. Don’t need 20 min of Papi and ARod trading bons mots.
[239] i hear ya. i used to be quite often. i used to play there a lot, and some old college roommates still live there. not sure when i'll be performing in that area again, but i'll be sure to let you know.
shaun p. was down here on business this summer, and we got to sneak in a hang for a few hours. it was great!
fitting. steal all 3 bases, hicks.
[241] yep same here. No reason to de brief on this crap fest
[242] Sounds like fun. Only two instruments I know how to play are AM and FM though. (Dated joke but “MP3” doesn’t have he same ring.)
what a fucking waste of a season :_(
Alas...
Good
nightmorning allJust have to go 1-0 tomorrow.