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Yup. The Dodgers looked old and slow. And not just the pitching. But what Philly did to the Braves. WOW. To make a team that good look that beatable isn't easy, even in a short series. I can't see the Snakes getting past Philly, who as a wild card ends up with home field advantage in the NLCS.
And in the AL, Bochy knows how to win with less.
Great call on INMD. Any appeal at this level?
Imagine how dominant Texas would be if Degrom and Scherzer were healthy.
Talk about a game turning on a dime! AL is a blowout fest. Chuck in the Dodgers listlessness and it's been a pretty boring second round. I was hoping to see some late inning pressure...see how dudes respond....maybe tomorrow.
Too many big bats in that line up. No mistakes without serious pain. Interesting The Phils didn't go with the rookie in that inning.
Philllies looking great! Pitching and D.
.The Mets house is well and truly cleaned out. No doubt getting rid of buck and billy were high on the agenda when stearns had his first chat with cohen.
It's been years in the coming, but Mets fans now have the best pieces in place at the top of the organisation. Should be a good run ahead.
Love it! Thanks for posting.
I won't scapegoat Donaldson for Milwaukee's poor playoff performance. There was plenty of bad baseball on display with the pitching, batting, fielding and baserunning to make sure no single player was the culprit.
Had the team been Philly, Atlanta or LA, it's likely the scores would have been much, much worse.
Hey, it's true production!!
No surprise with Adames. Brewers used their big threat already: Jessie frickin Wanker..... That's desperation for ya.
The wire in the bra is getting thicker and thicker every season! Best thing on the field today, if you're a Brewers fan!
Snakes probably very happy to tank game 162 and have a Brewers/Dodgers path rather than the Phillies/Braves bracket.
Brewers gave it away. Santana can't handle a DP ball and the wheels fall off. Crew isn't Philly: they can't put up runs in bunches. When Jessie Winker is your big threat off the bench, you got problems.
He'll be available in 4 innings.
OT: Did Matt Gaetz change parties? Did I miss something?
Brewers played their worst game of the season. Don't know if it's pressure or Woodruff' injury, but their play in game 1 was a disaster. Burnes, Williams....rocked when they were needed. Yelich with 2 baserunning blunders.....and RISP all night long. Even Counsell, who has been steady, trots out Winker to PH in his first AB since July. The K was totally predictable and didn't take long. Pathetic game to watch.
Fastball Freddy better go 6 innings of 1 run ball today or this is it. And if the Crew doesn't win at least this series, Counsells taking his MOY award to New York.
Ughhh. Just read the Woodruff story. This is awful news and really crunches Crew's shot at going deep. In 2018 he was the anchor, shutting down Kershaw and the Dodgers in game 1 of the NLCS and knocking one over the wall. Hate to see this happen.....
Ha! I love the way you think. Who do you have coming out of the AL?
Boone ain't the problem in the Bronx. You can only trot out what the front office signs, and in NY, there's Cole and Judge, maybe Gleyber, followed by some steaming piles of yesterday's dog dinner. Boone tried the veterans, he tried the youngsters...none of it worked. This is a bad team, full stop. A one or two player tweak isn't going to change that. Not even Billy Martin could kick these knuckleheads into shape. Top that off with the fact that you're in a division with excellent organisations that are just hitting their strides and should be competitive for the next 5-7 years. If the Yankees want a division title before 2030, they'd best relocate to the AL Central.
On the upside, it is good to see Judge taking his captain's duties seriously and speaking up about the issues that need fixing. What does he have to lose?
Counsell better get Manager of the Year this season after being shafted numerous times in the past 6.
3 k's now for Donaldson. 6 runners stranded.
The Bringer of Rain is the Killer of Rallies today in Milwaukee. 2 K's in 2 AB's with runners aboard.
Any DNA testing been done to confirm a genetic link between Cashman and Curly?
Good to see you back!
How 'bout them Brewers!!
Aroldis working his own special brand of post season magic again tonight. Brutal.
Upon further review, Donaldson succeeded in Oakland, Toronto, Atlanta and Minnesota before the Yankees traded for him. Those are all small-to-mid markets with very little pressure attached. No wonder he's comfortable already in Milwaukee. He was always small time.
Classic Yankees excuse for any player who doesn't excel in NY. It's always the player's fault, never the club's.
That's Cole the true professional returning the captain's praises of Cole as the seminal pitcher of his generation. Without a doubt those 2 are the pillars of any Yankee team over the next 5 years. Any club would be ecstatic to have either player on their roster.
But breaking it down a bit further, what's your appraisal of Volpe this season? Did he fall short, meet or exceed expectations?
Guess there's nothing wrong with a bit of fantasy baseball, and the "what if" game is usually all you got left in September when you miss the playoffs. I'll bite: Instead of 80-77, which is where the Yanks sit today, I put their record at 77-80 if Judge doesn't over-stub his toe. And that's because I doubt Cashman has the nuts needed to make the late-season pivot to the corps of younger players if Judge is playing every day. He signed, traded for and overpaid the 2023 geriatric Yanks line up, and I don't see him admitting he was dead wrong so many times in his choices. To take it to the nth degree, if Judge plays every day, you could very well still see Donaldson at 3rd.
More than the other big sports, baseball requires a team effort. A single player doesn't determine a club's season. Plenty of teams have lost superstars and fared well, ie, the Braves without Acuna in 2021. And plenty of teams have fielded healthy superstars and stunk up the park for 6 months, ie, Trout and the Angels for all those years when he wasn't hurt.
Depth is King in baseball. The Rays, the Dodgers, The Rangers, the Twins....they have all lost massive pieces this season and are still in the October mix. Those teams are solid and deep; they've shown that they can take a hit or 4 and bounce back strong. The Yankees? well, there's a lot of soul-searching to be done there after a truly abysmal season. If Judge being on the IL for a couple of months is the reason the Yankees tanked in 2023, you got big, big problems in the Bronx.
Absolute Legend. Those Earl Weaver teams were a cut above. And Brooks was the Anchor.
Yankees post mortem
Judge: "We've got a lot to work on, a lot of things to change and a lot of stuff going on around here that needs to be fixed."
Rodon: "I feel like this club right here can win. It's kind of one of those things where we have to turn the page and move on".
All you Yanks fans see are the deficits. Same with Hicks. And Ellsbury. And Rodon. And Gray. Et al.
Where's the love?
Addendum: Did you see what Monty did today?
How things change:
Across the baseball world, many felt the Marlins' return was weak for baseball's best slugger (Stanton). Castro, Guzman, and Devers are all considered good players, but the Marlins failed to land any of the Yankees' top minor-league prospects or even one of their better rotational players.
Good luck getting rid of this guy.
Been saying all along the guy just needed a bit of love....and a fair chance.
Sure wish we had swung the deal for Alonso. A thumping bat is a glaring hole in the Brewer's line up.
As it stands, we're going to need a Daniel Murphy, Brian Doyle, Hideki Matsui post season anamoly from somebody if we want to go very far.
That ship has been sailing in circles for years!
Just need Donaldson to last a few weeks. Hopefully he'll be on his best behaviour because he needs a contract next season.
There's always a club out there happy to sign an ageing veteran for too much money with the false hope that the player will find his former glory. Especially a champion caliber club....2nd times a charm?
Lindor on Pham: ‘Hey man, thank you for teaching me how to work hard again,"
I guess $341,000,000 could make anyone a bit lazy.
The guy just needed a bit of love.....