Jazz is back.

Sorry for the delay on this thread. Let's go, Yankees!

https://www.mlb.com/news/danny-jansen-set-to-play-for-two-teams-in-same-game

Wacky.

Stanton’s not dead yet.

I accept that run producing error

Missed Judgeks homer by walking the terrorists

Thanks, Hank. Go Yankees! Go Judge. Hot damn! Amazing.

Not Holmes for the save!?

Well phew.

[5] Thanks for accepting that -- it's generally my job, but I've been out of sorts lately.

Darn it, Astros had a nice lead but the Orioles rallied with a salami, looks like the'll keep pace.

Man, that 2009 montage had all the feels. I even pumped my fist at the end. Those were good times.

Also, I’d be willing to bet that they aren’t playing an actual game because Jeter doesn’t want to. That doesn’t seem like his kind of thing.

Is Johnny Damon drunk?

What’s with all these balks?

Walking the terrorists backfired

Nice turn, Gleyber.

The Bad News Bears. Great.

I can watch on MLB.com again today. Hopefully different results than yesterday.

Holy 2 out hits, Batman!

Who was on the hall of fame track?

Tuned in late, took dad out to dinner. Church, then out for dinner used to for granted, now it's a good milestone.

Ugh, yikes

Seems like it would be easier to get a league average hitting 1b.

Insurance by Soto

Belly to belly and 51!

to belly!

I have decided to accept these homers!
They are inefficient but I'm going to go ahead and accept them.

That was fun.

Torres joins the party with an efficient homer

Now that's my Yankees.

Yeah that was good. That was a day you wish you'd been at the game.

Pretty efficient win.

Two up on Baltimore in the AFILC.

I got to see James Wood play here in Rochester a few times this season. Dylan Crews as well. Get hot next series, dudes.

Whew. I'm a little surprised that lead-off double didn't score. Nestor didn't exactly get a bunch of swings-and-misses.
But I definitely accept it!
(I am reluctant to accept the solo homer and weak groundout from Gleyber -- I have appealed to see if we can get those swapped, but I'm not optimistic.)

Nice reception for Soto.
Bit late to the game.

Hot damn, Judge committed a robbery and then got a double play!

Holy shit! All rise!

Amazing.
He doesn't have to homer to make a two-run-homer difference in the game!

(He's a minus in whatchacally fielding this year -- whatever they use in Fangraphs. I was surprised because last time I looked he was a plus -- but I think that was when he was in RF.)

I am officially accepting Austin Wells as our prime catcher.

And I like Trevino, don't get me wrong.

Now I am double-accepting him.

Uh oh.
Nestor seems to be running out of magic.

He was not!
Wow.

Hot diggity, Nasty showed up just in time.

It was only a matter of time. Nestor has been walking a high wire all game. Get him out of there.

Well, 6 2/3, one run, pretty damn good. And he did get some nice D behind him, but... also some errors, so.

A fifth run, walking the terrorists worked this time.

Hm.
I guess that's why no quick hook for Nestor.
Right, well, fine, but no more Nat homers allowed.

Jake Cousins in for Mark Leiter -- good throwing genes on the mound for the Yanks today!

gg

Hysterical. Pitchers just can't throw to bases.
I guess it would be funny if DJ didn't grab it.

Great win.
2 game lead on the Orioles

Not a good start for Cole.

Fucking Bollocks! Play some fucking defense! Bad Mews Bears appear again.

Ah, it’s Bad News Bears night for the Yankees.

Of course a DP.

Bases loaded and no outs = kryptonite.

DJ at the plate depresses me.

The Yankees butchered this game. Bleh.

Well of course. Basically a lead off double, and Butkus.

Pitch comm problem?

Jazz!

How about a win tonight?

This isn’t good

Hah, out!

Get that run back, and then some.

Thank you.

Productive out and a RISP hit?

Wow, no walks for the Yanks today. What is happening?

Only mostly dead.

I’ll take that.

And Stanton is slightly alive!

Dammit!

Rizzo is back. I think he will probably be an upgrade for DJ. I was hoping Rice would take over the position.

Yay, Rizzo. Boo MLBN going to the Reds-Brewers game.

[74] I think Rice's approach got scrambled after the 3 homer game AND then getting moved all around the lineup.
Hopefully, he takes what he saw back in his time at the MLB level *back* to AAA and works on what stopped working for him this time around.

Also ... Soto could and SHOULD have had second ... he just assumed a single off the bat

Yeesh ... that was fugly ... strike-em out, throw-em out.

Rizzo with the defense

Stanton still not completely dead

Ugh, rain

I most specifically did not ask for this.

Nestor is not nasty today.

Oh, Soto ... very, VERY well struck easy GDP ball there.
Sigh.

I just went back to Gameday and it is whole new game.

Well that nap worked well.

Hmmm, maybe I should go back to sleep.

Wow 4-4 and his OPS is now up to .549.

Definitely should have gone back to sleep.

I apologize for my comments. I should have just kept quiet.

Glad I made it home in tike to watch this 7th inning. JFC. Worst best team in the league strikes again.

Been out of town this weekend, and this series has been hard enough to take just tracking the scores. Yeesh.

Looks like the only thing missing is a Judge home run today.

Dang it Orioles have two more games against the White Sox, so those are two more wins.

[93] I don't really care ... seriously ... if the Yankees aren't going to take winning seriously, why SHOULD I care what happens with other teams?

"The Yankees did not call up Jasson Dominguez when rosters expanded on Sept. 1, but that decision has nothing to do with trying to win a PPI incentive draft pick by keeping Dominguez eligible for the 2025 Rookie of the Year award.

Dominguez began the year on the MLB injured list. As such, he now has more than 60 days of MLB service. For the purposes of the Prospect Performance Incentive (PPI), that makes him ineligible to win a PPI pick in 2025."

https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/jasson-dominguezs-lack-of-a-callup-isnt-ppi-related/

Soto swings and acts as if he tweaks something. If him or Judge go down at any point in September this season is toast.
[94] It is beyond my comprehension why The Martian is not starting every game for the Yankees in September.

Jazz leads the way. Verdugo with one of the softest rbi singles I've every seen. DJ double play.

So tired of Verdugo. Bloop single and he’s chirping like he laced one down the line.
He cannot be in the lineup in October.

Holmes again. Same old story. Single walk walk walkoff loss. Can I hate anything more than seeing Clay Holmes coming in in a one run ballgame?

Wake up and another Holmes blown save. Yeesh, Boone, that is on you. Clay is not a closer. Screw the front office and sabermetrics, just use your eyes.

Aaron Judge since he went on paw patrol
.159/.284/.245 (.529 OPS) 42.1 K%