If Shakespeare was right, and rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, perhaps this current Yankee slide, like all things, is temporary. We all saw what happened yesterday. Just as we were foolishly putting a win in the bank and thinking about winning a series against the best team in baseball, everything collapsed in the worst possible way. A 1-0 loss would’ve been bad enough, but to watch Gerrit Cole cough up a six-run lead and then watch the Rays celebrate a walk-win a few innings later… Well, it was a bit too much to take. Cole hasn’t just been the best pitcher in baseball, until Sunday afternoon he had been the one truly consistent player on the Yankees roster. The one sure thing.
But then suddenly he wasn’t.
This happens in baseball. Aaron Boone summed it up well after the game, I thought. He acknowledged that it was a tough loss, but he also pointed out something we tend to forget — this is baseball. There will be crushing losses like this one, just as there will be improbable comebacks. We just tend to remember the former rather than the latter. The Rays, no doubt, are telling themselves that they deserved yesterday’s win because they refused to give up, and while that may be true, I can’t imagine they’ll remember this game come September. This is baseball.
So if we can convince ourselves to move past the improbability of this game — even the improbability of this current string of injuries — maybe we can begin to see some positive signs. The most obvious one is Harrison Bader, who has suddenly become one of the most productive players on the team. Tuesday should bring the return of Aaron Judge, maybe, and not long after that we could see Josh Donaldson. (I’m not a fan, but he would add consistent play at third along with a bat that pitchers would at least have to pay attention to.) There’s hope.
My Magic 8 Ball has nothing encouraging to say about Giancarlo Stanton (“Ask again later”) or Carlos Rodon (“Outlook not so good”), but Luís Severino is about to start a rehab stint, which is something, I guess.
But if you really want some good news, there’s this. The Oakland A’s are in town, and they just might end up being the worst team we’ve seen in years. Sometimes the schedule smiles.
Let’s be nasty out there.
Ouch.
Didn't even look that bad, actually.
Um, take some pitches.
I was really hoping to lose Flaherty from the booth coming back home.
Nope.
If your answer is Falafel is batting 6th ... your asking the wrong question.
Meanwhile Bauers sits ... again ... so Hicks can start ... again.
This fckweng team ... here's an idea ... call up the hot hitting guy AND? sit him and play him sporadically until he gets cold and THEN give him a chance.
All to protect Aaron Hicks' feefees and cover your asses for terrible decision making.
Yeah, I know it's a lefty starter, but still, Hicks seems to be 1st choice in left right now.
Another Hicksian at bat
I wish Kay would STOP telling us how bad the A's are. Does anyone else feel like this is a setup?
I really hate watching Falafel hit, but he's damn good at 3rd.
So ... Ruiz rips one past him.
The bad news is: We are being shut out and out hit the worst team in Baseball
The good news is: (give me a minute)
TRIPS FOR BADER!
Darn shame the Yankees are going to waste a lead off triple.
Thanks for making me look bad, Oswaldo.
I'll take it!
Kay says we will have "a hard time figuring out who to sit..."
We have SIX guys with an OPS under .600.
How hard can it be?
You know what rhymes with SIX????
Hicks.
Ugh ... just scored 2 runs?
LET'S WALK THE FIRST TWO BATTERS!!!
Not even one out on that dribbler.
This terrible, terrible Oakland offense has a team OPS one point HIGHER than the Yankees.
This team ...
Escape ... eventually
Gleyber Day!
Volpe REALLY needs to drop back to 9th when Judge is back.
LeMachine joins the party.
Exhale.
I approve.
LOL ... I had LITERALLY just finished typing
WHY IS HICKS BATTING HERE?
When he homered ... I should insult him more often.
Aha, so my nightly giving the terrorists one last walk worked.
Somehow, inexplicably, I actually predicted that Hicks home run. Just imagine if, now hear me out, just imagine if Hicks put things together.
Just imagine, now hear me out, I've heard of something even MORE improbable happening!
Someone I know was in Vegas last weekend, one of the members of his party hit the Superfecta for the Kentucky Derby for 150k.
That? Seems a longer shot than Hicks becoming merely cromulent.
The problem with Hicks? Is opportunity cost.
Hicks is not enough of the Yankees' present that he should stand in the way of the future.
Which, of course, is the way Boone-y will play this out ... because.
Oh, no. I missed a Hix homer! I'm sure there are more on the way.
Before he retires?
Probably.
Possibly.
Thanks a lot, Falafel.
Anyone else notice Kay making a BUNCH of mistakes in the last few games?
He just said ... we go to the 9th, with the Angels looking to rally, down by 5
A WIN!
Yay!
You know the thing about Hicks's home run? It just looked so tantalizingly easy. The smoothest, most effortless swing. It seems like every home run he's hit from the left side is a no-doubter, even though he's not typically hitting tape measure shots. Even with Judge, I'm sometimes fooled, but with Hicks it's like it's in the seats before he finishes his backswing. (I suppose that's something that happens with all lefties in the Bronx; I remember thinking the same thing with Tino.)
But it's amazing that his first extra base hits were this weekend and that his line drive rate is (or was) dead last in baseball. Watching that swing last night, it's hard to imagine how he has been this bad for this long.
4th MLB start? Yankees are going to get URPed.
Oopsie!
Willie Calhoun is literally one of the worst, if not the worst, corner outfielder in MLB. For his career he has averaged an 85 OPS, a cumulative -1.9 War, an even worse dWar and 0 SBs over a 7 year career. Why they play him over Bauers I'll never know.
I think Rooker looks a bit like cult of basebaal.
A break!
Hey a RISP hit!
And more.
Solo homers don’t bother me too much.
And I approve of Gleyber 2 run homers.
The Yankees look good, but I keep remembering: the A's are historically terrible.
[53] This is the way.
[47] Wait ... who did the what now?
[47] His face looks 12 ... they just figure he's really young to be in the majors and has time to improve!
Volpe *really* needs to be dropped back down to the 9th spot, he is NOT having good at bats.
BAUERS!
Bauers!
[47] Hopefully, this means we'll be seeing more of Bauers and a LOT less of Weird Willy
[60] Weird Willy is funny ass nickname. lol....
Oh fer fuck's sake.
1-18!!!
Dag. He went a long way for that one. Shoulda caught it. Nice headfirst slide into home, though.
Double digits
John Flaherty is a pretty dry 'color guy', but I love that him give Kay a ton of shit. And you can hear in Kay's voice that he is sometimes pissed at Flaherty's comment.
I dunno, as I said, after Tampa Bay ... I was REALLY hoping for NOT Flaherty for this series.
Goodnight ... and see you tomorrow!
This afternoon feels like a must-win game, which is odd to say on May 10th. But any team with designs on the playoffs MUST sweep these A's, especially a team like the Yankees, who are trying to dig out of a hole. As frustrating as the Yankees have been thus far, can you imagine being an A's fan? Or even being an A's player? Their .216 winning percentage, which can't possibly hold, projects to THIRTY-FIVE wins. The old adage holds that every team will win 54 and loss 54, and that their quality lies in how they do in those other 54, but the Athletics are making a mockery of that.
Even worse, I guess, is something Michael Kay shared on Monday's broadcast. Their run differential entering the series was the worst in baseball history through a team's first 35 games. Historically bad doesn't begin to describe this team. Any loss to them is probably like losing three games to anyone else. Today is a must win.
Day game!
Yeesh ...
OPS 7 - 1
7: .455
8: .568
9: .539
1: .629
This is how you start a game against an 8-29 team.
I’ll take that, Bader. It was over the wall.
Harrison Bader is hitting .462.
We should have a letter-writing campaign to get next year's MLB schedule to include 28 games between the A's and the Yankees.
[75] Once upon a time the Kansas City A's were one of the Yankees' greatest benefactors, almost serving as a de facto farm team for the Yankees. It's good see that the Oakland A's are honoring that history.
Ugh ... Jhony Brito ... meatball city.
Um, stop giving up meatballs, Burrito.
Unfortunately it looks like I'm going to have to pay attention to this game today. Not what I was hoping for...
It's gddm annoying we've got nothing better than Jhony f'ng Brito to run out there right now.
I wonder if Bleday's nickname is "Dou".
Burrito comes through!
Gettin' Higgy with it!
1-21
The Who were wrong ... the kids aren't alright
Whew.
More exciting than it should be really.
OONTZ!
Huh, just had to walk the terrorists. More scoring.
Oh, um, Cult.
The Kid asked me to tell you
TAKE THAT BAAL!
Volpe salami!
Foxy Tony!
[88] 2-22
His OBP coming into today was .303
That?
Is NOT sustainable at the top of a lineup.
Uh oh.
Willie Calhoun hitting for Bader.
Well, let's hope it's "giving him a rest in a game that's already decided."
Welcome back, Deivi!
[93] Yeah, it's rest, Ratso also getting a breather.
Volpe is hitting the ball well; he's just been unlucky.
Meanwhile, my MLB app just told me that he's matched Jeter's career grand slam total. Poor kid. He will never, ever escape that shadow.
2-23
Devi for the ninth? 3 innings = save.
Nice win
Did what they had to do.
Bring on the Rays!
Here we are ... will it get late early this weekend?
Alright let’s take it to the Rays.
Ah, finally, a Flaherty free booth.
This is *almost* a solid lineup.
Nice, Jake!
I'm bummed I missed Volpe's salami. YES would always lament Jeter's numbers with the bases loaded and no grand slams. I think I saw that first one near the end of his career.
[104] Switch Stanton in for Calhoun, and it is a nice lineup. Let's hope Donaldson stays away for a while.
[107] LALALALALALALALALALA ... I CAN'T HEAR YOU!
Sigh ...
Blechh
Well, at least we don't have to sweat being no hit tonight ...
Domingo has been nails.
Too bad they decided to stop hitting again. He can't catch a break.
Spiked at first? What are they talking about. The move has always been to dive back head first. They taught me that in high school in the '70s.
Game over.
WAY TO GO MEATBALL!
Right down the fucking middle.
[114] And yes ... game over.
Why'd I bother tuning in? They just shat on German's beautiful work again, FFS.
Did I jinx them. Does Boone want to lose?
I'm done.
Why take out German when he is pitching so well?
Hey ... at least he didn't go to Holmes this time ... though, actually, Holmes has been fine since being moved out of the closer role.
Evening, Team.
Well that sure was a punch in the gut.
Such a fine, wasted start by German.
Yeah, that's enough.
Strewth.
Well there is Battle Bots.
Oi ... just look at this lineup.
Did Boone-y get drunk and pick it out of a hat?
Falafel is batting 6th.
6TH!!!
Aaron Boone is the managerial equivalent of Ralph Wiggum eating paste.
I guess it was REALLY important to sit Jake Bauers to get the Falafel's bat into the lineup.
Sigh.
Ugh
[128] O/U on hits tonight ... I'm going 5.5
And I’ll take the under as usual.
Rizzo!
There's 1!
Looks like last year's homer happy Cole is back
Stop doing that Gerrit
I’m going to go out on a limb and predict this won’t be a complete game for Cole.
And more crappy defense.
Phart App
[131] Your choice seems wise.
2!
2 HITS ... AHHAHHAH!!
Just awful from Falafel
Volpe!
Volpe!
Four hits
Sure would have been nice to have Bauers batting 6th ...
See?
6!!!!
Volpe!!
I'm beginning to have a strong dislike for this Arozarena guy.
Great hits! Great catch! Stupid baserunning!
Aha, walking the terrorists for the last time of the day worked.
JfC! Goddamn rays!
Un-fucking-real
And crap, I’m back
[151] should have gone around the block another time
How many ways can we find to lose?
Against the Rays?
ALL of them, it seems.
How bad a hitter is IKF?
Hicks told him "you suck".
Boone pulls Abbott... puts in Costello
Nice!
This is the way.
I love hearing a good "FUCK YEAH" live on YES.
RATSO!
[155] consider it done
Do you watch that show, Hank? I dig it.
Sorry, was distracted for a minute
Yes, Ara — love it. I’m a couple episodes behind, and I’m not sure I like this season as much as the previous ones, but it’s really good.
BIG WIN!!!
Finally, victory.
Sweet! I enjoy everything about it. My little one received Grogu for Christmas. She pays zero attention to it but it makes me happy it's in her room. Lol...
I see Boone-y is committed to drive me to gruesome murder.
Falafel and his .451 OPS is once again batting 6th.
At least Bauers and his .944 OPS is allowed to grace the lineup in 8th.
Great start ... DJ should have gotten that
Kay being an idiot about missing hard slides into second base:
My initial thought ... Yeah, you liked watching that play, you idiot, because you never had to stand at second base and have your knees taken out with a rolling block!
Nice lazy Saturday afternoon spoiled by a lack of Yankee offense.
Now Nestor has lost the plot.
Blech, game over.
And now the game.
Strewth.
Pathetic from Nestor.
The nasty is gone from Nestor
Well, I know one person who isn't making the All Star Game this year.
[179] We'll need a 'N' descriptor:
Nauseous
Noisome
Noxious
Yay, shutout is gone.
GETTIN' HIGGY WIT IT!
ALL RISE!
All rise.
Rizzo with a double!
Bader needs to come through here.
Well, that was a shite at bat.
I'm happy for four, but seething over the fact we couldn't score the fifth.
Nice comeback so far. Rainy here in DC area, so might as well keep watching.
There’s a fifth!
Volpe manufactures the run
Volpe makes the run all by himself!
I can’t believe what I just saw!
Rays lead has been overruled!
ALL RISE, ALL RISE!!!
Wow. I’m out and tracking the score on my phone. When I saw 6-0 with McClanahan on the mound, it seemed like a certain loss. But I suppose Boone was right the other day when Cole coughed up a 6-0 lead. You can’t predict baseball, Suzyn.
More runs!
No matter how advanced the technology, there’s nothing better than “In play, run(s)” and the wait to find out how many.
How about a squeeze?
2 outs
VOLPE DRIVES ME CRAZY WITH HIS SWINGS
AAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH.
Oh, great Ron has evidently turned back into a meatball.
Now we must hope for Holmes to save us.
Heartburn.
URGE. TO. KILL. RISING.
I'm going to go out on a limb and guess it's not going to finish 8-9
Fear not. Another blast from Judge upcoming.
Trust me ... that's NOT my fear.
Holmes is going to give up the lead, isn't he?
Nut shot.
I love how Kay and Paulie are bullshitting and pretending that Trevino was in pain because the foul tip hit his thumb.
Right.
[exhales]
Phone check #1 6-0.
Phone check #2 9-8.
Yowwza!
Home for the 9th.
One.
That’s two.
This dude is ortiz/ramirez level scary in the box.
Yeesh, this is killing me.
Yes!
Cheers, y'all. I'm guessing the highlights will be less stressful than the game.
Wanderful Wandy!
I'll give Kay this one: If yesterday was considered the best game of the year, well this game just said, "hold my beer"
Game is available on MLB.com for those not in NY area.
Happy Mother's Day, you mothers!
;)
Ah, funky cap day.
An ALMOST optimal lineup from Boone-y
Don’t take a game off.
There’s Oswaldo!
More Rizzo!
That was nice ... but we're going to need more.
Not good
FUCK. ME.
Of course.
Good thing Boone-y brought in his 6th best reliever in a critical moment.
For those not watching, that was a strike on the 3-2 pitch to the previous batter, and not just based on the K-box. This umpire has been giving outside strikes all day, and that pitch was actually on the corner.
But he called it Ball four, and then came the grand slam.
Why was Clarke still pitching to that batter?
Of course, Abreu did throw three straight change ups for some reason.
Clark arguably struck out that batter.
WHY WAS CLARKE STILL PITCHING???
Clarke is VERY not good ... he should NEVER have been left in that long.
The bullpen should have been stretching to START the inning.
And heating up on the first hit.
And, of course, that leaves the question why Abreu was the choice for that critical moment in the game.
It's about time to make a standing bet against the Yankees every time that Schmidt pitches
I can't wait for Severino to return so we can fire Schmidt into the Sun ... or at least into the bullpen.
Well, that's 1 back.
Volpe!
Down by 1
POOP!
Missed it by *that* much.
Glad I took a nap.
Oh, joy ... the genius of Boone-y strikes again:
1Bauers LF
2Judge RF
3Rizzo 1B
4Torres 2B
5Calhoun, W DH
6VolpeSS
7Cabrera, O 3B
8HigashiokaC
9Hicks, A CF
Tonight's background/commercial break music:
Goat Live at AB - Ancienne Belgique
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaR0GZMWbr0
ALL RISE!
YAY!
WEIRD WILLIE!
Huh, for some reason I can’t get the game on my phone. MLBN is showing the Red Sox game.
It does show up on my iPad.
Hicks still lives!
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
Huh ... that'll do Hig, that'll do.
Nice hit, Higgy
That SUCKED Bauers
Good eye, Judge.
ARGH ... well, I asked for 1 run ... I got 1 run.
Finally... a nice lead to start the game.
THAT'S 2!!
Manoah is still in?
Not anymore!
Now that’s the Yankees I know.
RATSO!
Take that!
Good thing we let Weird Willie hit there ... sigh.
Ah, another run. I was busy walking the terrorists.
Bauers leading off has not been the thing I hoped for.
That WAS a bullshit call.
REVENGE FOR BOONE-Y!
The Jay dug out was bitching about an actual ball call against Judge in first. Fucking rabbitt ears. Wowza, Judge!
Hmm, 63 for Judge?
I can't wait for the Boone audio! Lol....
462 FT
Can you challenge a fair/foul call? Because I don’t think I’ve ever seen a more obvious foul ball called fair. It’s a shame. Not a stellar night for this crew.
Probably not worth the challenge, likely not enough to overturn
Seriously???
WTFF Torres????????
Blech
Oh ... joy.
Not liking this.
Even better!
Good work, meat.
A. That ball was obviously foul.
B. Gleyber’s error obviously should’ve ended this inning at 7-1.
C. The Jays are obviously really easy to despise.
You there sir ... brooding fellow in the stained hockey mask ... is that chainsaw good and rusty for when you shall insert it up my bottom???
7-4 ... could have been worse.
Still *might* get worse.
Should not have been a phew game.
My new name for Glyber Torres is ... Glarguyrbrgh FuckNuts
Oh, look Glarguyrbrgh is leading off tonight!
But ... other than Falafel, an OK lineup.
Yay, the game is in my phone tonight.
Nice catch, Bader.
Meh.
Glarguyrbrgh!
[289] and he comes through.
Blue Jays being twats.
Well, 2 runs isn't *nothing*
At least a second run
Ze German!
Just got thrown out of the game ... BRILLIANT!
What shit is this?
AND ... he's out for 10 days with no roster replacement!
Farking nuts.
And it gets worse.
And now Hamilton comes off with an injury
What a roster mess tonight is going to create.
Falafel!
ALL HAIL FALAFEL!!!
JFC Glarguyrbrgh!
Outs at Second AND Third
That’s twice, Gleyber.
Oooh ... light groin tightness for Hamilton.
I fucking hate jays.
Just like that ... tie game.
Blergh
[310] so, euthanasia?
Exeunt The Meatball
Well walking the terrorists didn’t work
MUCH BETTER!
Yay,, Juge!
Judge broke the Maple Leaf!
Motherfucking Glarguyrbrgh!
I missed Gleyber's error last night. He is not stellar.
Last night was a proper error, this was a brain fart.
But that's 2 this game ... strewth.
My 12 year old little league team was the blue jays. These uniforms bring back memories.
FALAFEL CANNOT BE STOPPED!
HE CREATES A RUN!
Nothing's easy. I was thinking last night how Volpe seems solid defensively. He's struggling with the turf.
NICE! MY gob is smacked.
Phew
Who knows what the next 10 days will look like, but 2 wins is lovely ...
Costly win.
[326] He should have gotten 2 errors tonight.
Weren’t the Blue Jays supposed to get grid of the artificial turf?
Let's hope Cole is back to being an ace tonight.
The team can use a nice, long start.
Hey, I can get the game on MLB.tv, I don’t need Prime. Good, because I’m buying another subscription.
Yay!
E6
Get a stick and KILL IT, Cole!
Uh ... poop.
Strewth.
That is just such dumb fucking error. Catch the gd ball!
Oh goody, more crappy defense.
Phew ... at least Cole can work out of that.
Phew, no harm.
Nice to see that 2 Es lead to 0 runs.
They'll rule that a hit, but it SHOULD be an E5
Wait ... we're allowed to have a great CF playing defense???
Cole looks good, but can’t ignore the HR potential. Yanks need some runs
Chewing tobacco stains ... sure, right ... pull the other one guys and gals.
And why isn’t Volpe at SS?
Oh, oh
Whew
Phew
More phew.
[345] Because he's started like every game at short so far?
John Schneider has come across to me during these games as ... a fucking twat.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!
Way to go Glarguyrbrgh!
Well walking the terrorists didn’t work.
This just in ... Volpe is still a less than stellar hitter.
I probably would have gone with Hicks there ...
Gah ... ugh ... now I feel dirty.
Not going to end well.
Good time for a triple play.
So close!
Still not out of the woods
Nice play by both Gleyber and Volpe
Right field and deep. (20 feet in front of the warning track)
He walked the guy with a .179 BA.
It's now 3-2 on a guy with a .179 BA.
I love lead off walks!
This dude has no idea where the ball is going.
This team keeps surprising me. Pleasantly.
Lame.
ooops
No way they wiggle out of this. Fucking Bollocks!
Well, that was that.
Lovely ... GAG!
Grumble.
HR to a guy batting .179
Dang.
At least the Mets beat the Rays. Not that we have a chance for 1st place.
Evening gents!
ALL RISE!!!
Nice one, Aaron
2-1.
Ouch ... the way this year is going, I'm going to hold my breath for Volpe.
Wow ... I had not heard about Trevino.
Good job Boone-y ... Volpe walks to start the inning and not ONCE tries to steal.
AAAAAAAAAAAARGH.
Giving Judge a home run?
Well, that will get challenged.
Overturned. Correct call.
And overturned
4 inches higher and that's gone ... 3 feet to center and that's gone ... now, I assume, the Yankees will strand Judge.
And you are correct, cult.
Did I call that ... or what?
Sigh.
At least Nestor is back to being nasty.
Oh goody, another lead off double to squander.
Hicks!
Making a liar of me!
Hicks! Not squandered.
More would have been good ... but 1 is ... OK
Boone-y needs to have the bullpen warming to start ... not at the start of trouble.
Though, the phrase "Ryan Weber is up in the pen" doesn't exactly fill me with hope either
Gee ... I wonder why that is?
Nice work, dude.
Kill.
Me.
1 down.
Big Bad Vlad coming up.
I'll take that trade!
Phew.
Annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd ... exhale
Walking the terrorist backfired.
Don't throw that again.
I think I would leave Abreu in here ... but nope, that's not how Boone-y rolls.
Volpe!
Snuck it fair!
That was fucking awesome! Holy shite!
Volpe! Insurance.
And why doesn’t some insurance company partner with MLB to sponsor insurance runs?
If Geico Runs becomes a thing I'll need my cut.
YOU CANNOT STOP HICKS!
But you can hold him to a double.
I hope Boone-y has a back-up plan.
Great win!
EXCELLENT!
3 of 4. Just what the Judge ordered.
Jeter hit 10 homers in 157 games in 1996. I think Volpe has a good chance to catch him.
I'll say this ... after this series ... I'm down with a simmering feud of a rivalry with the Jays ... and whoever that barely shaved surly sasquatch they have as a manager.
[415] Too bad they only play 10 games with this new schedule!
Yay, Judge!
It is SUCH a good sign Judge is just abusing the ball to CF.
Any golf fans out there?
Not me. I’ve only ever played miniature golf.
This ump has one of the worst strike zones I can remember recently.
The plate has at least 2 inches on either side.
Added.
Nice, Higgy.
Well done Cabrera
Shorts? In baseball???
Better pick and tag than throw.
Schmidt might be good in long relief but can’t get more than 3 or 4
[426] white Sox, 1976.
WTF ... are you KIDDING me with this bullshit???
Ticky tacky horseshit.
Ratso!
Sigh
I think Boone pulls the starter too soon, especially considering how tired our BP is.
If the reliever in question is Cordero ... absolutely.
Pheeeew!
RUN, TONY, RUN!
NOW ... DOUBLE STEAL!
I'll take the E
Crud.
GREAT JOB, HIGGY!
VOMITS.
WTF Higgy?
Fuckshit!
Wonderful Wandy!
Sigh ... it's Weird Willie ... AGAIN.
Almost forgot, RIP, Jim Brown.
Phew, insurance.
Gettin' Higgy wit it!
2
Darth!
ANOTHER horrible strike call on Judge ... this Ump SUCKS.
6-2!
See you tomorrow afternoon!
Yay, nice win.
Wow ... Hicks just got DFAd.
Which is a *bit* surprising considering he's been hot-ish recently and I'd have much rather dumped Weird Willie.
Not sure what Allen brings.
Somewhat odd timing.
Yeah, I don’t see as Allen as an upgrade. Plus Hicks is still owed about $30 million.
The money is a sunk cost.
Just like Falafel and Donaldson.
Hey ... you know worked great last time out ... pairing Brito with an opener ... how about ... we DON'T try that again!
Ha, out.
Heh ... Rordvedt ... DON'T FUCKING DOG IT NEXT TIME!
Judge with the rbi!
A VERY long, angry single.
Ho, right, Preakness tonight. 7 pm
Stop walking people, Burrito.
Brito ... ugh.
Le sigh
This just in ... Brito ... sucks.
Falafel!
Falafel gets one back.
Acceptable, Judge.
Judge
Tied, but why send Judge?
What a HORRIBLE send.
Because the 3rd base coach made a terrible decision.
I hope he feels stupid
Nice, Falafel.
11:30 am start tomorrow. Weird.
Huh ... thanks, I would have missed it ... that's 10:35 here in Texas.
Free baseball.
Allen DOES have speed.
Don't send on contact ... DON'T send on contact.
Judge comes through!
NO NEED!
Ratso insurance! For all your insurance needs.
YANKEES WIN!
See you all tomorrow morning!
See ya then.
The choice between Hicks and Allen is like the choice of cutting off your left nut or cutting off your right nut. Actually, I like Hicks better as he at least (if lightning strikes) has the possibility of putting up decent numbers.
Oh, joy ... the game's on Peacock
With A DAY OFF TOMORROW ... Boone-y has decided to rest Judge.
Weird Willie is batting clean up
[484] I think a bunch depends on some stuff we don't know yet ... like what was going on behind the scenes. We do know that Hicks went public with complaints about his playing time earlier in the season.
That seemed to subside, at least publicly, but who knows what was happening, or not in the clubhouse.
Allen ... will NOT be a clubhouse cancer about playing time.
He's faster than Hicks and likely a better fielder ... he's also a switch hitter as well, so he seems a reasonable Hick-like swap.
What the hell is Peacock? I thought subscribing to MLBTV would give me every Yankeegame, aside from local Os and Nats games.
Fraud by MLB.
[488] NBC streaming.
And ... MLB is probably safe from your lawyers, just like FOX game of the week, I believe the game will be available to watch on MLB.tv AFTER the game is over.
Happy?
No. Not happy. And yes, I’m sure there is fine print. I’m just not subscribing to yet another service. Nap time.
Judge would have had it
Bad decision by the umpires, worse decision to toss Boone after about ten seconds.
wtf?
[489] I don't see any NBC stream.
I didn't pay for mlb.tv (it comes free with T-Mobile), but if I had I'd be pissed.
[493]
Peacock is an American over-the-top video streaming service owned and operated by Peacock TV, LLC, a subsidiary of NBCUniversal Television and Streaming. Named after the NBC logo, the service launched on July 15, 2020.
Ahahahahahahahaha ... I found my friend's Peacock l/p!
[493] FYI. I have the MLB package, but I can watch this game in Japan.
However, it's after 1:00 am now, I won't last long.
He was safe!
Ah, the assorted musings of Gleyber Torres, just what I need for an inning.
Favorite band? What is this high school?
Oh ok.
That Peacock.
To those not streaming it ... Peacock ... sucks.
There's no box score display and no option TO display it ...
I just realized the hottest hitter on the planet is not in the line-up. WTF!
[502] He needed rest ... after DHing last night and with a day off tomorrow!
We just don't understand the genius that is Boone-y
Yas!
DARTH!
3
[503] Ha!
I HATE THIS COVERAGE!
Hey Peacock, there's a game on!
Nice work by Sevy.
I'm gonna crash.
Gleyber!
I’ve got Peacock so I can watch the Premier League, but I can’t imagine too many baseball fans are able to watch these games. MLB makes a lot of strange decisions.
"but I can’t imagine too many baseball fans are able to watch these games"
And, after one of these broadcasts, I imagine even FEWER baseball fans would ever pay money to watch another.
I don’t know. The presentation of a baseball game doesn’t ever bother me too much.
A 3rd grader could make a better UI
This is the functionality available in browser:
Sound, pause/play, 10 second skip back and forward, fst fwd.
That's IT.
That's PATHETIC.
Oh, sorry language and subtitles, too
David Bell seems a little high strung.
Now David Bell has been thrown out, again about five seconds after coming out of the dugout. Quick trigger today.
Incidentally, he was arguing about a quick pitch from Peralta that was called ball one.
THE SPEEDY GREG ALLEN!
Uh ... bad Holmes may have shown up today.
It’s been a mid 90s strike zone today.
What's with the green caps?
Oh shit....
Phew.
Day off tomorrow ... see ya Tuesday!
Here’s what you need to know about the Reds. Down by three with two outs and the bases loaded in the ninth, they allowed a kid with an .043 average to hit. It went about how you’d expect.
Going for the Maalox...
I’ve been wondering about the green caps all weekend. Must be a week-long thing for Memorial Day?
Okay I'm catch-up watching. I'm with Cult, these announcers are very very bad.
I'm going to stop complaining about Flaherty. He's way above average -- well, at least compared to national crews. I wonder whether most local coverage is better than national coverage.