Mariano Duncan said it best. Cole's going to be lights out and the Dodger fans will lose a little confidence after tonight.

I have to believe. I have to. It took 100 years for a team to overcome a 3-0 deficit but Boston did it. Why not us? [It took nearly 40 years for a 16-seed to beat a 1-seed in the NCAA tournament but after UMBC did it against UVA in 2018, it only took 5 years for it to happen again -- it's all about seeing what's possible and believing. And I believe the Yankees have won 4 in a row before].

[1] What he said.

Hey, I’ve watched Neil and Buzz walk on the moon, the White Sox, Red Sox, and Cubs win Whirled Seriouses, so why not.

Just win tonight.

Hi, we get this one more game! Yay! Go Yankees!

We play tonight, we win tonight.

Drill freeman. That's what's what.

Thatsit.

[1] Here, here! Let's go Yankees!

Yay Freeman is out

The ace looked great in the first inning. thelarmis, for your request: so far, so good!

That's how you pitch the first, thanks Gerrit

Beautiful job, GC!

[9] Cole looks locked in!

[12] Now we need the offense to do it's part.

Our Captain is back!!!!!

ALL RISE!

All rise!!!

Soto on, of course!

Now’s the time, very large man

TATER!!!! All Rise!!!!

[2][7] here here

JUDGE!!!!

All rise!

All rise!

Hell yeah!

JAZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!!!!!

Belly to belly

Jazz!!!!

Flaherty got nothing tonight, keep bashing

JAZZ!!!

Jazz baby!

All that Jazz!

APPROVED!

Jazz homer was Didi-esque!

Damn. Wish he didn’t recover on that fall

[27] I really thought the fourth pitch to G was also a ball. Now he's gone 2 balls to Rizzo.

[34] And Rizzo swung at ball 3 inside.

What an electric smile Jazz just flashed in the dugout!

[35] And at ball 4! C'mon Rizzo, don't let him get you.

[35] And then at ball 4

And then looks at strike 3 ... gah

crap. we need a shutdown inning and then continue to pile on

Cole!

Well hello Mr Judge.

Just tuned in. Nice start to the game.

Gerrit!

[44] All business tonight.

Great job, Gerrit!

Ok that’s two innings down!

[40] I thought that Cole was pulled too early in game one. But tonight, let’s hope the home team pours it on big time, and Cole gets to leave early, rest up, and be ready to help clinch it in game seven!

I approve of this start.
Now keep piling on. You can never have too many runs.

MOAR PLZ!

The Bronx has a new hero.

Nice, AV!!

Now, steal third. That’s your thing.

Plate him!!!

Volpe at it!

Must score him

If there is a single with Volpe on third I might faint.

Verdugoooooh!

Someone bring Ara his couch!

A manufactured run!

The other AV!

4-zip!!!!

Verdugo! Go GO!

Hallelujah!

Let’s wreck their good pen

[62] Here, here!!

C'mon Juan

Me no likey that

Bad gleyber. He’s been so good so it’s ok.

Dougie!

Nice. Score him, Soto

Do it again, Cap

Sigh

Do it again, Jazz

Rats!

Frick

Alas

I like the heart. The result, not so much.

It appears my posts are coming from the future ...
/thinking emoji

I think I read somewhere that momentum isn't real or measurable. But after seeing this series it sure seems real. Maybe it's just shifting from unconfident to confident. It happened yesterday with Volpe's homer. We can finish today and win game 6

Yeah, Gerrit!

[77] Who was it that said that momentum is tomorrow's starting pitcher? Do I have that right?

D'oh! Mistake #1.

Ack. I was hoping for perfection the first time through the lineup

Momentum is only as good as your next day’s starting pitcher.

Ok, good. Now, more runs, please!

Keep dealing Cole! Keep dealing.

Nice job Cole!

Keep Ohtani contained

Nice! 35 pitches. 3 shutout innings. Roll, Cole.

FRANK SMASH!

STANTONIAN how lovely!

Rip, Rudy May. Had the misfortune to pitch for non WS winning Yankees teams.

Stantonian! Didn't think he was gonna be left out, did ya?

BIG G!!!

Now we just need Soto to join the Homer party.

Let's keep piling on boys!

[92] Halfway to your requested number of runs, my friend!

Grrrrrrr.....

And they hold the runner. Judge!

Judge with the leather!

He's baaaack.

DON'T INJURE THE JUDGE GERRIT!

Amazing.

Judge!! Be OK Be OK!

What a catch!

[100] Indeed!!

[95] that'd be amazing!

cool. i don't love the leadoff walk and hard contact.

score more runs!

Phew

Oooh, Kopech already. And he also is throwing lots of balls.

Pretty sure that was ball 4, ump.

Let's hope Roberts managing for next Tuesday's game is just the recipe.

nice to see we're not the only team to issue a leadoff walk to the 9-hole hitter!

come ON, gleyber. : /

Here come the Judge!

soto's is sooo fucking good!

So close.

fuuuuuuuck!

i totally thought he had it...

Too high. Oooof.

I thought that was gone

damn. there goes the no-no. and it's a leadoff hit... : (

best thing to do is roll a 2-ball on the first pitch here...

oh no. wtf? and not much urgency on the throw. : /

Oops, Judge?

Turrible.

Omg took his eye off of it

Let's go Gerrit!

Oh for fucking fucks sake.

Uh oh

oh my fucking goodness. bad throw

Oh. This Yankees team again.

Oh no back to bad defense

this is fucking ridiculous. cole is making his pitches...

Focus boys, we're good. Do this.

Ok, Cole. K and DP.

fuck you, blue!

Ohtani is finally going to homer, isn't he?

There’s the K.

Yeah, Gerrit!!

[136] no. no, he is not.

I’ll take that K.

YEAH, COLE!!!

one more.

Wow. 1 more.

What the fuck?

WHAT THE FUCK??????

Jesus

I don't care how much Judge loves him. What the absolute fuck is Anthony Rizzo doing on this team?! How many brainless errors can one first baseman make in a single World Series?!?!

Pitchers fielding practice

Jesus Fucking Christ

That’s Cole’s job to cover.

great. now, freddie's gonna tie the fucking game.

[146] That was on Cole.

No words.

rizzo should have charged. cole should have covered.

judge should have caught the ball. volpe should have thrown the ball better.

Fundamentals are on Boone and the coaches

goddamn fucking hell.

will he even pitch the 6th?

Blood pressure is rising. And I finally had it under control.

Depressing. We should be up 5-0 still

Cole was tired from carrying the inning on his back. Fuck this inning.

[154] Agree - and pretty sure the veteran first baseman, in there for his glove, when he sees the runner hard charging down the line needs to get his ass to first and quick.

C'mon Cole, get them!

here comes pitch 29 of this inning.

Yikes. The players' coach strikes again.

[156]
Cole should, not a better option.

What a fucking disgraceful inning

MOTHERFUCKER.

This can not be happening.

Fuckity fuck fuck.

The Yankees thought they were already on the flight back to LA ... inexcusable

Unfuckingbelievable. No words.

This is un-good. And surely Boone will go into panic mode.

Wait I had to step away for work…how is it tied???

un-fucking-believable.

now a 3-0 count.

not one mound visit.

Jazz should make that play too. It's difficult but not that difficult. Cole may not beat out the hit anyway, but Judge and Jazz fucked the Yankees big time.

All season, Mike Axisa has written about the Yankees' shoddy defense and lack of fundamentals. Sometimes I wondered if it was really that bad. He was right, I was wrong.

this is beyond awful.

now, a walk. they've turned the lineup over.

unfathomable.

The fifth inning is just tough for this team, especially the pitcher.

Omg the ‘defense’….inexcusable

[175] i subscribe to the RAB Thoughts on Patreon too. been meaning to ask if anyone else here did too!

cannot give them the lead. just fucking can't.

So much for Cole going 8 solid innings. Judge fucked up. Volpe fucked up. And Cole fucked up. I fault Cole the least. Goddamn Fucking Bollocks!

I’m resigned to whatever happens. Go Yankees! Game is even. We can do this!

zero of the runs were earned. not that it matters...

[179] I thought about it. Reading tires me though so I limit it. I don’t think I’d read the content if I did back.

the momentum switch will leave us deflated. they'll celebrate on our field... :_(

Brutal defense, just brutal.

[184] i understand.

[171] sloppiness on fundamental defense.
It’s as bad as situational hitting, or the lack thereof.

[175] It's the cornucopia of shitty, too ... bad defense, bad baserunning, bad base coaching ... absolutely awful with RISP ... they should have been out of sight in this game, but nope ... shitty situational hitting FTW!

[188] Great minds, rbj!

WTF was Boone thinking?
Even a JV basketball coach knows you call time to interrupt a heater by the opponent.

Someone find the keys to the score truck.

Shitty, jumpy at bat from Frank there.

Boone is not ready for prime time. Never will be.

i get the feeling that type of at-bat will be all we'll see the rest of the game...

[181] if Cole gets his act together, that is if he is allowed to go back out, I would ride him as long as possible. He's probably cooked for the rest of the series now even if somehow they stumble to a game seven. Of course I know that goes against the current 80+ pitch limit mantra.

Rizzo is a ‘leader’, but a zero on O & now D..?

hung up too long...

[190] Thanks.
This reminds me of the 1990s Rangers and Twins teams the Yankees used to beat up.

cole might be coming back out. keep the line moving to give him a bit more rest

Yikes!

oh, fuck. and, fuck you, roberts.

Hope he is ok.

For love of all fucking things baseball, try a hit with risp. I'm not holding my breath.

Ah, shit ... that looked UGLY
I don't think wrists are supposed to do that

[196] I don't recall if Cole has ever relieved before in the majors anyway, so I agree. He goes as long as possible.

don't make an out.

mlb app about two pitches ahead

not sure where to look...

come on gleyber!

PLEASE

Dear Gleyber.
Take A pitch!

[207] Ask and ye shall receive!

Now it is time for Gleyber to get his first hit of the night. I know it sucks and we are all dejected, but - it's the bottom of the 5th and this is Gleyber's fourth plate appearance.

USELESS!

:_(

The #RISPFAIL is strong with this team.
Unreal

Oh, dear ... this had better be batter-to-batter

[197] Actually he's been contributing on O and the misplay was not his fault. Cole HAS to cover first there. Even injured Riz is important to this team.

The Judge goof seemed to set everything askew. It was a Little League play. Reminded me of A-Rod dropping the infield pop against the Angels.

[215] Bottom of the lineup has me less worried.

Cmon Cole, let’s roll through the bottom of the order here.

And crap, I have to drive mom to a 9 am Dr. appointment.
That’s what you get when parents age out of driving

[216] Wow, your words immediately brought that one to mind.

Nice job, Cole!

Ok Calvin, shove that mitt in Mookie’s face if he tries to catch anything near you.

(Too much…?)

i approve and accept that swinging strikeout

It's mind FUCKING BOGGLING that this game should still be 5-0. Ya' just can't predict baseball, Suzyn.

get him out here

[221] Mildly questionable but also amusing, particularly in the circumstances.

Well done, Cole!

Badass Cole, can’t blame him too much for that inning (which btw, watching in replay, is one of the worst innings I can remember…)

Haha. Soto didn't want Judge dropping another ball.

good catch soto

judge needs to make up for beyond ridiculous error.

Good inning but Soto waving off Judge is not the most confidence inspiring turn of events.

[229] but he needs to be relaxed and focused so please Judge don’t press because of the error!

[231] Amen to that!

What was that?!

Lean into one, Stein!

[230] He got Kelly Leaked.

Geritol is on the mound. Hit him hard.

OK Judge, let's go.

soto on base, per usual!

Lead off walk. Take advantage.

Graterol sounds like a medicine for people who can’t process shredded cheese.

i'll take it.

let's go Jazz & G!

LFG!

We'll take it. C'mon, Jazz!

[239] HA!

That was close.

Patience, dude. Patience!

Jazz swinging at literally everything.

A bunt?! On the gas this guy throws?

Why are you bunting down 0-1??

oy vey

Not a good AB by Jazz….

Choke up Jazz, poke one through

Proof that Jazz CAN swing too much.. (rimshot)

please no dp. steal second.

Let's go G!

do it again, G

Gets the run in!! And Jazz is safe!

Steal second. G, take one or two.

Interesting.

Gets a run in.

nice, jazz. we're winning!

tenuous 1-run lead

plate him, tony.

Good thing I'm drinking tonite ... this game, people ... this game.

I don’t hate that call. Jazz is fast enough to get to second the vast majority of the time. If anything, Soto needs to know to run hard to home rather than jog.

[262] cheers! i can't tonight, but i plan on Thurs/Fri/Sat!

[262] I meant to have a drink and I was too caught up in the first inning and so never did. Now I'm not sure if that was lucky or not.

Hit a strike.

come on, kid. do it again, AV

[265] I didn't think to last night and had a big dinner. then realized, i could have a few beers ... so i did! : )

Wait ... nobody is warming in the Yankees pen right now????

But Tim FUCKING HILL was warming up prior to that????

Soto ain't perfect, but ain't perfect is still worth an armored car.

I’m partaking tonight. And tomorrow for our Halloween block party. Then onto my usual dry November, so any games in LA this weekend will be dealt with via copious amounts of pacing and seltzer.

I had such a restful, not stressful month of October last year. I had good sleep and everything. lol....

[268] good pivot!

I mean Boone-y DOES realize that if they lose, they're done, right???

More! Come on Volpe.

[273] thanks!

Send Jazz on 2-0?

[269] yeah, i was like: HUH?!

That’s a ball!!

[271] enjoy! i just took two months off. not by choice. glad to be back!

really, blue???

Fail.

frick frick.

9 more outs

Weak ass oppo field grounder. Ugh.

[274] I would not assume this.

Cole…? Aggressive…….

Cole was fucking LOCKED IN game 1 and lifted after what....89 pitches. And now he's good to go after 100+ and a 38 pitch clusterfuck of an inning. Kids are raised to think adults know what they are doing. They do not.
I don't get it.

Let's go Gerrit. One more!

[286] Cole out for the 7th ... you maybe be right about the Hobgoblin

Volpe came to play

whew

Ara Just Fair: looking for consistency or logic with Booney is looney :)

Well in fairness,the Yankees have been in the bottom third in errors every year but one under Boone. So he's teaching the kids that mistake happen.

where was that D in the 5th?

At LEAST there is double barreled action in the pen.

C'mon Gerrit ... one more out

cole vs. frederick. again?

If ifs and buts were candy and nuts my aunt would be my uncle.
This shoulda been a complete game shutout for the ages.

nice play by the ball girl?

that was hit HARD

Gerrit in the 8th. Why not? He's not pitching again.

Jesus. A Walk?

crap.

that's it...

Job (mostly) well done, GC ... go pound some Budweiser.

That was a ball? FU, blue.

[301] His tank hit E

This crowd needs to shake that stadium for Cole right now.

Blue has been less than stellar over these five games.

holmes vs. teo the grouch

cole opts out and we pick up the extra year

[308] I don't like that match-up.

[307] Last night was ok, mostly; the rest... ((puking face emoji))

can't throw a fucking strike.

Ah, the Clay Holmes Experience
4
Straight
Balls

Take him out.

fucking awful.

Not digging Holmes here.

Here come 4 more.

5 straight balls. FUCK

If you need a four pitch walk, I could do that much more fckn cheaply!

put cole back in

Really don’t like Holmes here

Overthrowing. No clue. Coin flip for a strike.

[320] LOL, yes.

Umpires are making the adoption of the ABS really freaking easy.

ridiculous. fucking terrible

Got him!!!

Wow.

Approve.

Phew

phew and whew!

no more clay today

Jeebus. Saved it, barely.

[330] Tommy Tightpants for the 8th, Dream Weaver for the 9th.

we need 6 more outs.

let's get some more runs. like, lots of them.

Well, Boone-y stole an inning there, I’ll give him that.

I'm sure glasses that record your friends will be a huge hit.

[332] that works for me!

Walking Freeman and Hernandez. Not bad moves.

Bring on the truck that scores. Plz

Holmes gives me some anxious Nelson vibes.

Some runs please ... maybe ones that involve some RISP SUCCESS?

Nelson is ‘96 Mo/Wetteland compared to Holmes.

More like Every Day Scott Proctor on day six in a row.

[341] knuckles you're bringing out the hits - EDSP!

OK, now compare Holmes to Tanyon Sturtze.

I’d like to recall that they didn’t use Strurtze in such high leverage situations, but honestly if I’d had a heart attack before I turned thirty, you could ascribe equal blame to palpitations from my impending marriage and the too-frequent appearances of TS.

[335] Sometimes I wonder if anyone stops to ask basic questions like, do we REALLY want people to be able to easily make surreptitious recordings at any time? I feel like the answer is "no".

Booth completely ignores that Verdugo got hosed. Fuck them.

Would love to see Gleyber launch one.

Well, I’m out. Gotta take mom across the town for morning Dr. appointment

well, that sucked.

we really need a quick 1-2-3 inning.

Shaun, I think not asking or knowing the answers to basic questions is not particularly valuable anymore

[343] I love Joe Torre but my God, did he ever over-rely on some of the most ridiculous relievers. I think he did a lot of things right so I won't say the Yankees won a lot between 2002 and 2007 in spite of Joe, but... sometimes they definitely did.

Ya gotta admit, Cole came up huge after that nightmare inning. Cold as ice.

Fair enough, the Stanton, Nelson, Mo combination was baller for a minute.

[347] good luck with the appt tomorrow, and i hope you wake up to a yankee win!

tommy changeup in. really hope he has it tonight...

[350] Scott Proctor!

let's get the 6-7-8 hitters out in a row. thank you, please!

FUCK

i just don't have a good feeling.

really need a double play

[356] Or heart palpitations. When was the last triple play in a Serious?

you've gotta be kidding me. at least, that great stop kept it first + second

When even John Smoktz knows you gotta mix your pitches, you might want to.

You ain't Tim Wakefield slick, your best pitch ain't that good.

[352] I prefer to remember Nelson as one of the badass 6’4” or taller MF’ers who helped thump Baltimore in that brawl, alongside Lloyd, Straw, Paulie O, etc.

Sigh ... nobody out

Lloyd! Wow. Forgot about him.

A strike that is not hit, if you please.

this is fucking brutal

Never understood the Kahnle love, unless you are Nariano you can’t just throw ONE pitch….

Jesus. Come on!

Take him out now!!

wow. this is the worst.

OK, not great. And don't blame the ump etc etc.

But Kahnle got squeezed terribly on 2 of those pitches, if not more.

Oh well. There's a reason no one has ever gotten to game six I suppose. Boone made it impossible.

I'm going out on a limb here and stating that the Dodgers will NOT fail to score ... they seem to understand the concept of RISP Success.

they're going to celebrate on our field :_(

TV muted. Can’t take anymore.

Petty, REM, U2 etc filling the void.

tv muted. sterling on, so i'm about 2 pitches ahead.

must get a dp. must.

[377] 2 outs in any way, with nothing in between.

Fuckin' Kahnle

wtf?

fucking hell.

Our one year old pup gets very concerned when I watch a play between splayed hands. It’s very comforting- lots of check ins and sniffs. I think our last dog must have been a nihilist or a Houston fan because she didn’t GAF.

more defensive blunders

we are losing. we are going to lose.

Ballgame.

Fuck.

Two innings against a touchable bullpen. Let’s go.

Hey now, it's not over yet. Treinen is tired, they have only bad relievers left after him, and Soto leads off the bottom of the 8th.

Weaver will get the third out.

Who would have guessed hiring a guy with literally no managing experience whatsoever would go poorly.

walker beuhler warming up...

Shaun thanks for the positivity.

And! They have Buehler warming in the bullpen. Roberts and his desperate bullpen moves are never good for the Dodgers.

Weaver got Freeman!

[387] I wanted Meulens, and would have traded Boone for him or Mattingly every day since.

[389] You're welcome, stormer. 6 outs to play with.

treinen vs. soto

wicked spin and soto doesn't look as confident as usual

fuck. it's all on you, judge.

2 errors, failed cover of first, catchers interference, no pitch mix for kahnle...

Treinen has lost the zone.

Covering 1st. Sweet.

Just get on base, baby.

we've also issued 6 walks...