Aaron Judge hit home run number 60 last night to lead off the ninth inning. Four batters later, Giancarlo Stanton hit a line drive home run—the kind Dave Winfield used to hit—for a game-ending grand slam.
Tonight Judge goes for 61.
Let’s Go Yank-ees!
Selfishly, I hope Judge hits only 61 tonite since I’ll be in the Stadium tomorrow and probably Friday (especially with that Apple TV+ )
Evening, gents.
Long time, no post.
Hope all has been well in these, well, "interesting" times.
-Cult
The school year clearly has me delirious. I can't believe I went to bed after the top of the 8th. Sigh...
Glad others had to also catch the highlights. Lol....Thanks for the write-up, RI. Great memories.
GO Judge! GO Yankees!
Luis!
Blargh.
Oh, welcome back, cult!
You're most welcome, Ara -- this blog is kind of inspiring, what with Hank and Alex, and of course the late great Chyll Will. (Although I'm assuming he is not actually Late.)
Boooooo.
Half-homers don't count. Booooo.
Nerts only a double. But helps the triple crown.
Bogaert's made an out his first AB. So maybe the double does count for something.
Thanks, RI!
Howdy all.
Dammit ... I can't get *mad* about a double ... just can't go crazy!
It must be extremely unusual for a lead-off batter to lead the league in RBI. I guess he was in the #2 slot for a while.
(2) Howdy! a cult and a thelarmis appearance back to back games, ‘tis special occasion for sure! Hope all
Is well in sunny Cali
Judge hitting +61 homers and in contention for the Triple Crown, is this going to be one of the greatest single season performances ever? Certainly for the Yankees, several of the Babe’s years, Mantle ‘56, A-Rod 2007..this is equal if not better?
AND THE ROOK SHALL LEAD US!
Holy shit.
Are you kidding me???
Wow.
That was a beaut.
OK, so what’s the record for most consecutive inning grand slams?
Dang!
[13] Oh, Mr. OK Jazz ... how I *wish* I were in sunny Cali
:(
Also ... HI!
(18) Oh right, you moved ‘somewhere’..Texas?? Somewhere very ‘not’ California if I remember!
Grannylicioua, the Bombers are back!
[22]
Yes ... you have named my own personal hell ... but be careful ... if you say its name three times while looking in the mirror, you'll appear in my back yard at approximately 1:42 PM tomorrow afternoon.
It will be hot ... dress accordingly.
[22] How did the Typhoon go where you were?
I’m really liking Cabrera. I hope they can find a long term spot for him. His swing is just so smooth. His whole game is smooth, actually.
They aren't going to pitch around him with first base open are they??
Sigh.
And ESPN tunes out.
BOOOOO!
:(
[27] Don't worry ... didn't miss it.
(24 Spared the worst here in Tokyo/Yokohama area, but Kyushu down south was battered hard..
I’m getting so hyped for Judge to win the Triple Crown!
Huh, so this Contreras dude strikes out six in two innings, which would typically be the sign of an extremely good pitching performance.
If he weren't on a strict pitch count he could set the strikeout record and lose 18-0.
Bogaerts singled.
Whoa. Eight K in three innings.
We traded this kid?
Yes, yes ... I remember last night, but Frankenstanton has been looking more and more like a poorly assembled allotment of spare body parts for *several* months now.
PUDDING ONTHA RIIIZZZ!
Indeed.
Arraez not in the lineup for the Twins.
[33] You gotta trade tha kidzzz if you want to get proven winners like MontASS back in return!
Know what I mean?
Taillon, but, yeah.
Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?
DAMMIT!
I CAN'T EMOJI!
Have to figure this is it for Sevvy.
Inning, I mean, if he can get #3.
64 pitches ... I *think* I'd let him go batter-to-batter in the 6th.
Can we sum those doubles???
Can’t stitch two doubles together for a homer.
Although no that wouldn't be as good for his BA, hmmmmm.
DISAPPOINTED!!!
Bogaerts now 1 for 3.
@Mr Tokyo ... have I told you about Frankenstanton?
Sevvy has looked so good tonight. Here’s my preferred postseason rotation:
1. Cole
2. Cortez
3. Severino
4. Taillon
I’m following the old Joe Torre mantra that Game 3 is the most pivotal. Cole can’t have that game. He’s the ideal Game 1 starter because if he blows up, there’s time to recover, BUT it’s always possible that he throws seven shutout innings with thirteen strikeouts. I’m feeling good.
The bullpen is due for a decent outing…we hope.
Man Sevy really was good. (Hah, attempted autocorrect to "Sexy".)
I actually think the thing about which game in a series is more important is... nonsense.
The best pitchers should go first, because then they can get more post-season starts.
I have to confess to you all ... I'm predisposed to dislike men named Lucas.
TRIPLES?
What happened there? Misplay by Ozzy?
We have quite a lot of relief pitchers who have had extremely good stretches this year. I'm not sure we have *any* who've been good all year. I guess Wandy.
Also I'd keep Clarke Schmidt on the p-s roster.
Cult: yeah, he misplayed the corner carom.
Uh….no
Seriously, if you met a man in some sort of setting ... and he handed you a business card that simply read ...
Lucas Luetge
Nothing more.
What would you guess he did for a living?
Personally, I'd guess he was an antique bidet dealer ...
(54) Lousy Lawyer?
Wait ... has everyone forgotten how to link previous posts whilst I've been gone?
[46] Any relation to Tetsuo The Ironman?
Hmmmm.
No I'd think maybe he did "odd jobs". You know, take care of whatever problems you might have.
But I'm imagining that I saw him face to face. Not just the card.
[49] I think Cole, Cortez, Severino is the proper ranking of the starters at this point.
[60] I guess you have to put Cole first, even though he clearly hasn't been as good as Cortez on the whole this year. You have to hope he rises to the occasion.
My god, this is horrific. I think if I were at the Stadium for this I'd head for the bathroom. Or at least go stand in line for an Italian sausage.
('This' referred to the "God bless America" rendition.)
[62] I’m listening to the Pirates radio feed and caught the end of it, sounded worse than usual (and it’s horrible by definition so. Low bar..)
BOOOOOOO!
[63][64] The bar is ... was it better or worse than a loud fart in a quiet church?
Bloop single for Bogaerts. Dammit.
Rats, ducking out to walk the terrorists didn’t work.
Both Judge and Bogaerts at .317.
Right, hm. That is the correct comparison.
Yeah I'll say slightly worse. ⛪
I do hate the whole tradition -- arguably the worst thing George did (and that's a high bar!). But when the singer can't hit the notes it's just excruciating.
[68] Oh man. I thought Aaron was gonna gain a point today.
I think Judge is ahead by tiny little bits that don't show up in the third decimal place.
We have to shut down Bogaerts this weekend. Well, long weekend - starting tomorrow.
September is Gleyber month!
There's osWaldo! A 92 pitch complete game for the O's. That's a unicorn game.
Oh man.
Well, another Judge plate appearance is creeping closer.
Went to pick up dinner and now it looks like Judge is gonna get another at bat. Can you imagine if Boone sends up Hicks to pinch hit? They’d burn down the Stadium.
No interest in a good Stout tonight.
Hell yeah!
Hammering Stout!
Chicken.
A blowout’s never been such a letdown
Dang.
Well that is what I call making them pay.
I mean, that is pretty embarrassing.
If we took a Gleyber Day! It would be... It would be so nice.
Have Holmes pitch the 9th. He’s gotta have a clean outing one of these days.
[82] I see what you did there.
Phillies beat Jays in extras. Magic number 9?
(85). Nope. Yogi
I thought the Banter was out for awhile, must be my shitty WiFi. In my wife's space now as it's closer to the unit.
Well, that was a good one. 90 wines took a lot longer than we imagined
Looks like the Mets will get 100.
Anyone know why tonight's game is on FOX? I can't imagine this was a spur of the moment decision because of Judge. Did they schedule this long ago, thinking Red Sox-Yanks in the Bronx in the middle of September would be an important game, and they've just gotten lucky that Judge is stalking Maris?
Say what you will about Michael Kay (I like him), but there should really be a Yankee voice calling Judge's historic home runs this weekend, and with FOX tonight, Apple+ tomorrow (I think), and ESPN on Sunday, there's a good bet that won't happen. It's too bad. But maybe he'll just hit two on Saturday and I'll be happy.
[88] it is puzzling, I think they just lucked out with Judge.
Can we bring back Scooter?
I am traveling to NYC for work so I am going to the game by myself on Sunday night. Last time I checked it was an afternoon game. I bought the last seat in section 238 according to Ticketmaster.
Miggy Jr. DFAed. He’ll catch on elsewhere.
JFC. Smoltz. Ugh.
(88)(92) Agreed. FOX? Smoltz??!! Blecchhhh…..
It's a little nippy tonite
Game within a game — gotta keep Bogaerts down.
And FOX couldn’t even get a brand name voice. I know people don’t like Joe Buck, but he should be calling this game.
BS pitching there
Boo
Significant booing of Wacha over here. Didn't even try.
Btw, maybe I’m just a Grumpy Gus but why do Maris’ family members have to be there? I get it for the retired player to be there when a record is getting passed, but for some reason the family thing annoys me..
[93] Smoltz shouldn't be anywhere near any big games.
[90] Nice.
[95] Agreed, thought the same thing.
And yeah, Smoltz (and Fox in general), the worst. I'm just going to listen to John and Suzyn.
At least Jameson is helping the cause against XB.
Boo again.
Way to make 'em pay, Anthony.
Sigh.
Some runs would be nice.
Or at least hit up Wacha for a lot of pitches! He got through four innings with 38 pitches! So good job Oswaldo.
I feel like when you single without advancing the runner, that should *subtract* from your slugging percentage.
Or at least negative IsoPower.
Here we go!
Ooooh. Could Boone Intentionally Strikeout Higgy?? There should be an Intentional Strikeout.
Okay well, that's better!
There’s a run!
Nerts.
More runs, please. Also better umps (though I feel like this guy is doing reasonably well I guess).
Fucking bollocks!
Starting in on my 4th bag of popcorn which wouldn't be so bad if I didn't have diverticulitis
Well I'll be.
That'll do.
Ugh.
I haven’t experienced this since Jeter was chasing 3,000. I’m watching of the Yankees but I really don’t care about any aspect of the game except for Judge and Bogaerts at bats. It’s weird. Maybe I wouldn’t think that if they were losing, but it still feels weird.
So terrorists’ bedtime walk worked this time.
Judge is having a “three true outcomes night,” just saying.
Waiting on a bullpen implosion and still hating the sox.
I take full responsibility for this turn of events.
You got one
Good work, Clark. Simply stellar performance
Boone slow as usual with the hook. He really brings close to nothing in terms of game day management
Aw shit.
Not going far this post season because this bullpen is bullshit.
[126] He couldn't pull Clarke. By rule. Three batters.
So there ya go, XB is out again.
Damn. Intentional walk coming.
Uh oh. First base is empty.
But soft! What light through yonder window breaks?
That was weird. One down the pipe, three well out of the zone.
(129) Forgot that rule!
Three walks for Judge..that’s wimpy ball by the BoSox
Boo yet again. Chickenshit cowards.
It's kind of crazy to walk the go-ahead run, isn't it?
JFC!!!!!!!!
Grrrrrrrrr.
Four double plays in seven innings is tough to do.
At least the Rays are pounding the Jays.
Well, Judge bats again, unless we somehow lead after 8 1/2.
[137] Whatever works. And it worked this time.
Get the next BP pitcher who can't get outs or throw strikes in there! Stat!
[140] It's not exactly the rare event I was hoping to see tonight...
[143] As long as you are getting your requests granted after Trivino throws 4 balls to load the bases, could you ask for something we want?
[146] That wasn't my request, but if I am facing the Yanks I would let someone besides Aaron Judge beat me. I would prefer they pitch to him, though, as a Yankee fam.
He’s safe!!!!
Eat a big bag of shit, smoltz.
Yup, safe.
That was close. Let's get him in.
Tied!
Bader!
[135] They got nothing on Japanese baseball. Talk to Tuffy Rhodes.
God bless.
Judge does everything.
MVP! He got the D too, Judge is amazing
He does it all!
Dare we imagine a walkoff for number sixty-one?
Absolute pill there from the corner by the MVP. Wow.
I'd give this ump an A+ for balls and strikes tonight. About as consistent as I've seen all year.
[159] Well, he does do everything, so why not?
YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!!!!!
Aw crap. Almost.
I almost hit my laptop on the ceiling. : (
I thought you called it, Hank. Ugh!
Might be for the best. I think the Stadium would’ve exploded.
Jussst got under it a bit..that still maybe out in some parks?
Wait till tomorrow then unless we go deep into extras!
Still can’t stop thinking about how close that was. It might’ve been four feet short of the fence, but probably a few millimeters off the bat. It would’ve been quite a moment.
I hate the zombie runner but I love a win!
Beats losing.
Yes!
Night all.
It’s always good to win, always good to beat the Sox, always good to clinch a playoff spot. But… I feel empty. Hopefully tomorrow night.
Good win.
It’s also nice to push the Red Sox deeper into last place.
So... Anyone with experience on getting an Apple+ free trial? Do they have an Amazon app? What if I don't have any Apple devices?
Pretty sure you can get the Apple TV app on the Amazon device and Roku.
We’re all in one AppleTV (hardware) as our main Tv box, but my folks get the Apple shows via Amazon stick.
Wind will be 10-30 mph left to right
Here.
It.
Happens.
Tonight.
61.
Does anyone know if MLB or ESPN is going to have live look-ins for the Judge at bats?
They'll have look-Ins every time Judge is up
Ah thanks ... no way I'm farfing about with Apple +
Hmmm ... I think the bastards are still charging me.
?
Ah ... good to go.
C'mon Aaron, hit #61 tonight!
Then I can cancel.
1min into Apple TV, already annoying. ‘Oh, the bleachers do a roll call at Yankee Stadium? Thanks, never knew that!’
Who is this broadcast for??? Switching to radio
Dammit, the radio is one batter behind the tv for some reason here…grumble grumble..
Hey, Cole allows an early home run!
I see Gerrit Gopher Cole is in form already tonight.
[177] Thanks, Knuckles! I was relieved to see the Fire Stick has the app.
[179] Hey, cult! Let's hope!
I bet that there ain't a soul in the ballpark who gives a damn about the game. But I still fucking hate Coke.
Jazz, can you just pause the stream to let the audio catch up? I’ve done that before.
HERE COMES THA JUDGE!
[191] What are you ... a Pepsi man?
⬆️I’ll try that Hank, thanks! Me and the Jazz Princess heading out in an hour though so I’ll switch to radio then anyways
Here it comes…
Hmm, no live lookin.
The pre-pitch silence truly is eerie.
Rats
Grrrr ... don't TRY to hit 61, Aaron ... just hit it hard and one of these will go out.
Bah.
[199] At least Hill almost gave him pitches to hit...
[195] Wait ... how did you insert that?
That didn't work
So far ... the Apple + crew has been fine background.
FAR better than suffering the aural excrement of Sterling and Waldman.
Hicks!
Well well well - that was an unexpected surprise!
Hicks went boom boom?? Go b2b now Your Hinor!
That ... was not.
Rats, not far enough.
[207] Have I explained the Frankenstanton?
That might've gone out of the weather was like last weeks. Last night it def would have gone out
Again, at least Hill is throwing some pitches in the zone...
Christ ... someone needs to shove a red hot remote control poker up Donaldson's arse ... that can be activated EACH AND EVERY TIME HE LOAFS ONE OFF THE BAT.
Run, you lazy twit!
We’ve got quality starts, but what if we define something new — shutdown starts. Seven or more innings, no runs allowed. I went down a rabbit hole wondering how Cole compares to other starters around the league. So here’s a list of all the pitchers with 11 wins or more who also have shutdown starts like this. It’s an interesting list. And there are LOTS of guys with more of these starts than Cole.
Cole, 3
Taillon, 1
Cortes, 2
Severino, 2
Montgomery, 1+1
Kyle Wright, Atlanta, 2
Verlander, 3
Gonsolin, Dodgers, 1
Valdez, Houston, 3
Tyler Anderson, Dodgers, 4
Carrasco, Mets, 2
Darvish, San Diego, 4
Chris Bassitt, Mets, 1
Dylan Cease, White Sox, 3
Manoah, Toronto, 2
Logan Webb, SF, 2
Sandy Alcantara, Miami, 7
Fried, Atlanta, 3
Logan Gilbert, Seattle, 1
Ohtani, 4
Cal Quantril, Cleveland, 2
Carlos Rodon, SF, 2
José Urquidy, Houston, 2
Shane Beiber, Cleveland, 1
Zac Gallen, Arizona, 7
Kevin Gausman, Toronto, 3
Merrill Kelly, Arizona, 5
McClanahan, TB, 1
Martín Pérez, Texas, 3
Robbie Ray, Seattle, 3
Joe Ryan, Minnesota, 3
Taijuan Walker, Mets, 4
José Berrios, Toronto, 1
Triston McKenzie, Cleveland, 4
Miles Mikolas, St. Louis, 2
Spencer Strider, Atlanta, 1
Michael Wacha, Boston, 2
Wainwright, St. Louis, 5
Zack Wheeler, Philadelphia, 4
Scherzer, 3
THE CORPSE OF HICK INCARNATES!!!
Judge is pressing.
It’s hard to get into someone’s head, Judge has certainly looked a bit different the last couple nights. I mean, he’s human. How can he NOT be thinking about home runs?
Yay, Gleyber.
Well, that works
Maris sibling is ... pretty grounded.
Thumbs up!
Make Maris' son, not sibling.
It's like a mantra. I hate Cole
Let me tell you how unsurprised I am right now.
That's the 1st live at bat of the night. Go figure. Atta boy, Cole!
Crud.
Goddamn Cole ... Would you like to waste your effort and all of the team's?
Why ... YES! Let me throw another gopher ball.
[222] I bet I hate Cole more and before you ever did!
NYAH!
Went to kiddo's soccer game. Went to dinner. No game on tv. Get home. Turn on computer. Feeling good. 4-1 Yanks. GD Motherfucking Bollocks!
Hey, I hate him so much I stopped listening to Nat King Cole
[229] Hey ... I hate him so much that I made a blood oath that I'd never watch The Wire again ... come at me, bro!
Wow. I don’t know If I’ve ever seen a reaction like that from a starting pitcher. It just comes off as incredibly childish, especially given that he didn’t have to groove a fastball after getting squeezed on the previous pitch — which did not look like a strike.
So he gives up. He had to know he was gonna get tossed, and he probably knew he wasn’t coming out for the seventh, but what happened to the bulldog he’s supposed to be? The guy who demanded to stay in last summer against Houston?
And he also forced Boone to get himself thrown out. Incredibly selfish — and I’m not one of those guys who immediately calls athletes selfish. He should’ve just accepted that he got beat.
Aaron Boone is an adult.
He chose to get him own dim witted ass thrown out.
I'm not hanging that on Ol' King Cole.
Disagree. Boone had to go out after Cole.
Good one, Bubbles
[234] You wanna go 'round the bar and buy some natural PO-LICE a few shots while we listen to "Body Of An American"?
Please explain the Gerrit Cole connection to the Wire — one of my favorite shows.
[233] He didn't have to get his dick-tripping ass thrown out.
But given that it is Boone-y ... it's not like we're losing our on-field tactical genius boy or anything, so ...
Cole was a police detective.
[236] Ol' King Cole
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVznnoptsmM
For Christ's sake, Hugh ... play the fucking song already!
Far better players than Cole have been thrown out at terrible times for worse reasons. Not pitchers mostly. Clemens got thrown out of a 1st inning post-season game. He was done. He was pissed. Meh. He's still a douche in any event.
[239] Got it.
That base hit to left actually feels like a good sign.
Well a hit. Helps the triple crown pursuit.
Hix check swing fouls a head high outside pitch and watches one in the zone. Ugh.
[239] Ruth got thrown out arguing balls and strike as a pitcher for a walk. His replacement got 26 straight outs.
Much better. If he swings like that ... 61 will happen
AAAARGH ,,, Frankenstan ... grrrrr.
Ohtani is pitching today so the studio I’m am has the Angels-Twins game on. The Big Oh struck out two guys to end the last inning now he’s up to bat. Judge should be MVP but man, this guy is ridiculous..
[241] It's ALL good.
There's The Wire ... and everything else battling for second place.
Nice!
⬆️The Love Boat always #1 for me, but The Wire a solid #2
Lower part of the order coming to life in the last week, guys feeding off each others’ energy.
If only we had a shutdown ace, I’d be feeling good about the playoffs.
TREVIN----YESSSSSS!
I learned how to stay up late by sneaking to the top of our railing as my parents and sisters watched The Love Boat. Lol...
You know, between Apple showing the hit possibility and the stadium scoreboard instantaneously displaying every pitch's vertical break and horizontal break and the exit velo of every hit ball, all that info does is take away so much of the pleasure of just watching a ballgame
[251] I'd murder you, but if I ever get to Japan, I'll need you to take me to those special, secret, unknown-to-Gaijin places
[256] You know, when you're not battling Mothra or a typhoon ...
Ara, same same for me! My older sisters used to watch the ABC ‘Power Saturday Night’ back to back of the Love Boat and Fantasy Island. Not seen either of those for years but would guess both would be ridiculous now..
Nope, #1 Breaking Bad, #2 Sopranos and then The Wire. I apologize for giving short shrift to Cop Rock.
Cult, 63,000 licensed places to drink in the Tokyo area so you know I can hook you up!
[254] yup, it seems that while apple and Amazon giveth with the immersive camera angles/ focal lengths, they taketh away by not knowing when to stop with the interminable data presentation
Cop Rock! That or Manimal, which died a quicker cancellation death?
As I wrote elsewhere tonight ...
"I'm not a ill-tempered brute ... I like puppies ... I just want Marwin Gonzalez buried up to his neck in sand, covered in honey and left for the ants.
That's fair, right?"
I’ve got it like this…
1. Breaking Bad
2. The Wire
3. Sopranos
It’s funny, my sister and I loved watching Love Boat and Fantasy Island back to back when I was 12 and she was 6. Good times.
[260]
"Cult, 63,000 licensed places to drink in the Tokyo area so you know I can hook you up!"
Is that a promise, or merely a temptation?
There was a time when it felt like Loaisaga was the closer of the future. Maybe the future is now.
Hank, no love for Mad Men? I’ve never seen B Bad or The Sopranos full series..
I take full responsibility for this turn of events. Again.
Believe it or not, I haven’t seen Mad Men. It’s next up. I only watched The Wire this summer.
Hell Yeah! Waiting is the hardest part.
Nice win. No need to worry about Judge. He’s just waiting for the YES cameras. He’ll take care of business tomorrow.
Enjoy the night, everyone.
Well, that's like 5 rewatches behind, friend!
Maybe tomorrow.
Nice win. Hope Judge can get it tomorrow or Sunday. Some special vibes to hitting 61 and beyond against Boston.
And from where I sit, not having had HBO since my post college roommate years:
Sopranos
Friday Night Lights
Seinfeld
Mad Men is in the conversation but somewhere between 4-7. Oz, same.
I’ve seen snatches of Succession while traveling and think I could get into it. Have never seen one episode of The Wire or Game of Thrones.
The Bear has been my favorite fictional TV of the last handful of years.
Hate to see SHITE umpiring like that ... but yay?!
In point of actual fact there can be no disagreement that really the best TV show ever wss the Honeymooners.
Staying on the TV topic, NY5 had a few good articles last weekend on the end of MASH. Great show and I always watch it when I come across it. The movie is horribly dated in terms of social awareness but still funny as hell, despite that.
MASH reruns seemed to be in constantly when I was a kid but o never really watched it. Comedy about doctors in a war, what’s that??
My wife swears by Breaking Bad so maybe that come next. But first in the off-season I’ll finally watch The Sopranos.
All the White Shadow episodes are on YouTube now btw!
If we’re talking comedies, here’s my list:
1. Seinfeld
2. The Office
3. M*A*S*H
4. Modern Family
Jazz, the thing about MASH, is that it was “set” in Korea but in fact was a wink-wink obvious play on Vietnam more or less in real time. Watched 50 years onward it loses a lot of its subversiveness, but it’s pretty radical when viewed through its original lens. And funny regardless.
What the hell? MLBN is supposed to be showing the game, instead it’s a Mattingly special.
It feels like today might be the day. Currently 0 for 2, but they’re pitching to him.
Judge is DEFINITELY feeling the weight of this. I’ve never seen a reaction like that from after being called out on the check swing. I mean, I can’t blame him at all, but it’s there.
And by the way, good to see a home run from Rizzo.