2021 New York Yankees

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Wed Aug 18, 2021 7:53 pm

Huge sweep of the Red Sox (who they made up 11.5 games on in under 6 weeks) to move into first place in the Wildcard race.

Goddamn this team for making me love them again…

EastCoastCat · Post by **EastCoastCat** » Wed Aug 18, 2021 9:20 pm

Didn’t you want to fire people a few weeks back?

Ahh to be a fan with a short and selective memory…

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Thu Aug 19, 2021 6:02 am

EastCoastCat wrote: ↑Wed Aug 18, 2021 9:20 pm Didn’t you want to fire people a few weeks back?

Ahh to be a fan with a short and selective memory…

No need for memory, it’s all in black & white right here.

And if they don’t reach the World Series because they couldn’t catch the Rays, I’m still in favor of firing Boone or Cashman… or both. It will be because of how shitty the first half was due to a right-handed heavy lineup full of rally killers, a volatile bullpen, and their inability to stop giving each other Covid. That shit should get you fired.

EastCoastCat · Post by **EastCoastCat** » Thu Aug 19, 2021 12:33 pm

Chicat wrote: ↑Thu Aug 19, 2021 6:02 am
EastCoastCat wrote: ↑Wed Aug 18, 2021 9:20 pm Didn’t you want to fire people a few weeks back?

Ahh to be a fan with a short and selective memory…

No need for memory, it’s all in black & white right here.

And if they don’t reach the World Series because they couldn’t catch the Rays, I’m still in favor of firing Boone or Cashman… or both. It will be because of how shitty the first half was due to a right-handed heavy lineup full of rally killers, a volatile bullpen, and their inability to stop giving each other Covid. That shit should get you fired.

You certainly have your "bases" covered...

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Thu Aug 19, 2021 6:59 pm

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Mon Aug 23, 2021 3:40 pm

ECC, I can’t believe you dropped the AL Player of the Week!

EastCoastCat · Post by **EastCoastCat** » Mon Aug 23, 2021 3:50 pm

Chicat wrote: ↑Mon Aug 23, 2021 3:40 pm ECC, I can’t believe you dropped the AL Player of the Week!

You expect anything different?

I would have kept him if not for the Rizzo acquisition.

I have won 5 match-ups in a row btw so can’t complain too much.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Mon Aug 23, 2021 7:45 pm

10 wins in a row.

17-3 in their last 20.

22-5 in their last 27.

32-11 in their last 43.

They were 41-40 halfway through the season.

They’re now tied with the Houston Trashbangers for the second best record in the AL.

The Yankees have taught me how to love again.

For now…

gronk4heisman · Post by **gronk4heisman** » Tue Aug 24, 2021 9:21 am

Don't you jinx it!

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Tue Aug 24, 2021 8:01 pm

gronk4heisman wrote: ↑Tue Aug 24, 2021 9:21 am Don't you jinx it!

Not me brother.

First 11 game winning streak in 36 years.

Won ten series in a row for the first time since the 1954 Yankees.

Chapman nearly blew it with his turtleneck and long sleeves on a 95 degree Atlanta summer night where he was sweating so much it was pouring off the brim of his hat like it was raining…

But the Yankees keep winning.

On to Oakland…

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Mon Aug 30, 2021 7:25 am

Yankees won 13 of 15 and still lost a full game in the AL East standings because Baltimore sucks a syphilitic donkey dick.

EastCoastCat · Post by **EastCoastCat** » Mon Aug 30, 2021 8:36 am

Chicat wrote: ↑Mon Aug 30, 2021 7:25 am Yankees won 13 of 15 and still lost a full game in the AL East standings because Baltimore sucks a syphilitic donkey dick.

Well the Yankees do play Baltimore 6 more times so you have that going for you.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Mon Aug 30, 2021 8:56 am

EastCoastCat wrote: ↑Mon Aug 30, 2021 8:36 am
Chicat wrote: ↑Mon Aug 30, 2021 7:25 am Yankees won 13 of 15 and still lost a full game in the AL East standings because Baltimore sucks a syphilitic donkey dick.
Well the Yankees do play Baltimore 6 more times so you have that going for you.

I fully expect the O’s to play like it’s the goddamn playoffs against the Yanks. None of this rolling over and playing dead like against the Rays.

EastCoastCat · Post by **EastCoastCat** » Mon Aug 30, 2021 10:49 am

Chicat wrote: ↑Mon Aug 30, 2021 8:56 am
EastCoastCat wrote: ↑Mon Aug 30, 2021 8:36 am
Chicat wrote: ↑Mon Aug 30, 2021 7:25 am Yankees won 13 of 15 and still lost a full game in the AL East standings because Baltimore sucks a syphilitic donkey dick.
Well the Yankees do play Baltimore 6 more times so you have that going for you.
I fully expect the O’s to play like it’s the goddamn playoffs against the Yanks. None of this rolling over and playing dead like against the Rays.

Interesting conspiracy theory.

Can I use that for every team that plays the Giants this year? "Hey, the Dodgers won so we will figure out a way for you to beat us. Let's make it a pinch hit home run in the late innings to really make it look good."

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Mon Aug 30, 2021 10:58 am

Teams definitely get up to play the Yankees and Dodgers in a way they don’t for teams like the Rays, Giants, and Padres.

Obviously that’s a biased, subjective observation but . . . prove me wrong.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Tue Aug 31, 2021 8:49 pm

Watch these guys lose 13 in a row.

EastCoastCat · Post by **EastCoastCat** » Wed Sep 01, 2021 2:09 pm

Chicat wrote: ↑Tue Aug 31, 2021 8:49 pm Watch these guys lose 13 in a row.

I think I saw there have been only 3 teams in MLB history with a worse losing streak after winning 13+ games in a row.

In case you were wondering...

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Wed Sep 01, 2021 2:17 pm

EastCoastCat wrote: ↑Wed Sep 01, 2021 2:09 pm
Chicat wrote: ↑Tue Aug 31, 2021 8:49 pm Watch these guys lose 13 in a row.
I think I saw there have been only 3 teams in MLB history with a worse losing streak after winning 13+ games in a row.

In case you were wondering...

Bad Boone came back from vacation.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Sat Sep 04, 2021 12:42 pm

Getting no-hit by the Orioles is the height of embarrassment.

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Wed Sep 08, 2021 5:11 am

gronk4heisman · Post by **gronk4heisman** » Thu Sep 09, 2021 8:41 am

Way to follow up a 13 game win streak by losing 9 out of 11! Losing 5 in a row at home to the Orioles and Blue Jays should be grounds for Boone to get the boot.

EastCoastCat · Post by **EastCoastCat** » Thu Sep 09, 2021 10:40 am

Such a weird team.

FreeSpiritCat · Post by **FreeSpiritCat** » Thu Sep 09, 2021 12:57 pm

gronk4heisman wrote: ↑Thu Sep 09, 2021 8:41 am Way to follow up a 13 game win streak by losing 9 out of 11! Losing 5 in a row at home to the Orioles and Blue Jays should be grounds for Boone to get the boot.

Instead of New York and Boston, Toronto and Seattle could be wild cards. Both are hot and knocking on the door.

gronk4heisman · Post by **gronk4heisman** » Thu Sep 09, 2021 1:03 pm

And now Taillon is on the DL.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Fri Sep 24, 2021 8:12 pm

It’s a nine game season and they are 1-0.

Anything less than 6-3 and their chances get mighty iffy.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Sun Sep 26, 2021 7:57 pm

Chicat wrote: ↑Fri Sep 24, 2021 8:12 pm It’s a nine game season and they are 1-0.

3-0

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Tue Sep 28, 2021 8:08 pm

They’re winning for Bronxie.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Thu Sep 30, 2021 8:59 pm

Chicat wrote: ↑Sun Sep 26, 2021 7:57 pm
Chicat wrote: ↑Fri Sep 24, 2021 8:12 pm It’s a nine game season and they are 1-0.
3-0

5-1

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Sun Oct 03, 2021 3:12 pm

Chicat wrote: ↑Thu Sep 30, 2021 8:59 pm
Chicat wrote: ↑Sun Sep 26, 2021 7:57 pm
Chicat wrote: ↑Fri Sep 24, 2021 8:12 pm It’s a nine game season and they are 1-0.
3-0
5-1

6-3

It was a struggle but the Yankees make the playoffs.

EastCoastCat · Post by **EastCoastCat** » Sun Oct 03, 2021 3:52 pm

Congrats. I think you guys beat the Sox who have also struggled.

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Sun Oct 03, 2021 3:53 pm

That AL wildcard race is crazy.

EastCoastCat · Post by **EastCoastCat** » Sun Oct 03, 2021 4:00 pm

azgreg wrote: ↑Sun Oct 03, 2021 3:53 pm That AL wildcard race is crazy.

Was crazy…over now.

Red Sox host the Yankees Tuesday night in the AL wildcard game.

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Sun Oct 03, 2021 4:00 pm

BoSox - Yankees one game wildcard. Shades of 1978

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Sun Oct 03, 2021 4:53 pm

I’d have no hope except that they did just go into Boston and sweep.

Plus Gerrit Cole is a fucking gamer.

gronk4heisman · Post by **gronk4heisman** » Tue Oct 05, 2021 6:08 pm

Chicat wrote: ↑Sun Oct 03, 2021 4:53 pm I’d have no hope except that they did just go into Boston and sweep.

Plus Gerrit Cole is a fucking gamer.

Was a fucking gamer. Hopefully this is enough to get rid of Boone

EastCoastCat · Post by **EastCoastCat** » Tue Oct 05, 2021 6:14 pm

Weak ass performance by Cole.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Tue Oct 05, 2021 6:50 pm

LOL at Higashioka still getting at bats in this game.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Tue Oct 05, 2021 7:08 pm

Wow Phil Nevin fucked that up. At least the fourth or fifth time I’ve seen him totally misread when to send or hold a runner at third this season.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Tue Oct 05, 2021 7:35 pm

Chicat wrote: ↑Tue Oct 05, 2021 7:08 pm Wow Phil Nevin fucked that up. At least the fourth or fifth time I’ve seen him totally misread when to send or hold a runner at third this season.

I stand corrected.

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Tue Oct 05, 2021 8:25 pm

Peace out

Irish27 · Post by **Irish27** » Tue Oct 05, 2021 8:52 pm

EastCoastCat · Post by **EastCoastCat** » Wed Oct 06, 2021 3:54 am

He’s been a blind bat for years but Yankee fans love him similar to how Harry Carey was beloved in Chicago.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Wed Oct 06, 2021 4:56 am

John Sterling and Suzyn Waldman are the fucking worst. It’s like listening to Costanza’s parents watch a game.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Wed Oct 06, 2021 6:03 am

Seeing a lot of this kind of stuff on my timeline this morning.

He obviously made a lot of friends in the media. Because the question isn’t how many regular season wins he accumulates it’s how he positions the team during the regular season for success in the postseason, and then what that team does during the postseason.

One more win means not going to Boston.
Beating the Orioles means contending with the Rays for the division title.

Boone wasted full years from Judge & Stanton in 2021 with questionable at best in-game and pitching staff management. That alone should be a fireable offense.

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Wed Oct 06, 2021 6:09 am

Rizzo and Schwarber both hit HRS?

Cubs Win, Cubs Win, Cubs Win!!!!

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Wed Oct 06, 2021 8:19 am

It was always my understanding that Yankee managers were judged on World Series appearances/wins and nothing else.

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Wed Oct 06, 2021 8:36 am

Chicat wrote: ↑Wed Oct 06, 2021 6:03 am

Isn't Bobby Cox the manager that won 14 straight division titles with Smoltz, Glavine, and Maddux and only one WS?

Maybe that's what Boone is aspiring to be, a great regular season manager.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Wed Oct 06, 2021 9:01 am

azgreg wrote: ↑Wed Oct 06, 2021 8:19 am It was always my understanding that Yankee managers were judged on World Series appearances/wins and nothing else.

It’s not “nothing else” but when it’s been over a decade since the last WS appearance and they just had a season where their top two hitters played almost the whole year and absolutely raked, and where their #1 starter is top-2 for AL Cy Young consideration, yeah… Boone should have been able to take this team further than bowing out the first day as the second Wild Card.

This team needs someone who will kick them in the ass when they aren’t playing up to their potential (and contracts) and not a guy who is going to put a happy face on being 23rd(!) in team hitting. Too many guys came to the ballpark knowing everything was going to be ok no matter if they took a few at bats, or even the whole game, off. That shit is utterly unacceptable and yet under Boone it’s been 4 straight years of stomaching mediocrity.

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