Bear Down Wildcats

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…

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

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

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.

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...

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

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.

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…

Don't you jinx it!

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…

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

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.

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.

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."

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.

Watch these guys lose 13 in a row.

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...

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.

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

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.

Such a weird team.

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.

And now Taillon is on the DL.

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

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

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

3-0

They’re winning for Bronxie.

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 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.

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

That AL wildcard race is crazy.

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.

BoSox - Yankees one game wildcard. Shades of 1978

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

Plus Gerrit Cole is a fucking gamer.

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

Weak ass performance by Cole.

LOL at Higashioka still getting at bats in this game.

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 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.

Peace out

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

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

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.

Rizzo and Schwarber both hit HRS?

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

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

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.

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.