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6 hours ago, dave mcbride said:

I don't think there is a player I find more painful to watch in baseball than Giancarlo Stanton. On the surface, his numbers are OK (but terrible for a guy making $30 million a year), but watching him repeatedly wave feebly at sliders WAY off the plate is almost like an anti-sporting event. When Judge strikes out, it's usually a competitive at bat. When Stanton strikes out, not so much. 

 

Stanton literally should only bat against lefties.   It's that bad.   Even his 114 mph singles are mostly useless because he can't run the bases and he's always in the middle of a bunch of guys who can't move runners over.

 

If George were still in charge they would have eaten the balance of the contract and dealt him to the Angels by now.   When you figure in the $ he's owed......possibly their worst acquisition ever.

 

But still........drop in the pocket when you consider the profits they are making under Hal versus George.     

 

  

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12 hours ago, Royale with Cheese said:

 

 

Someone should call Cashman and let him know that the Yankees' pitching sucks and that trying to win games 10-9 every night isn't a great recipe for success.

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On 7/29/2021 at 11:26 AM, dave mcbride said:

I don't think there is a player I find more painful to watch in baseball than Giancarlo Stanton. On the surface, his numbers are OK (but terrible for a guy making $30 million a year), but watching him repeatedly wave feebly at sliders WAY off the plate is almost like an anti-sporting event. When Judge strikes out, it's usually a competitive at bat. When Stanton strikes out, not so much. 

 

 

Glad they hung onto Pereira.   5-5 tonight with 2 HR.  Now hitting .355 with 10 HR.     Anthony Volpe is having a year that puts him in the conversation of maybe having the best season of any minor leaguer in baseball..........but in his 100+ AB's Pereira is killing it similarly.     Also the Yanks brought in a base stealing specialist in the minors and the whole system is running like crazy.   Love to see it.    Can't stand watching turds like Stanton who can't beat out a 100 hop swinging bunt and are base locked after they hit a 115 mph single.  

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On 8/12/2021 at 10:32 PM, BADOLBILZ said:

 

 

Glad they hung onto Pereira.   5-5 tonight with 2 HR.  Now hitting .355 with 10 HR.     Anthony Volpe is having a year that puts him in the conversation of maybe having the best season of any minor leaguer in baseball..........but in his 100+ AB's Pereira is killing it similarly.     Also the Yanks brought in a base stealing specialist in the minors and the whole system is running like crazy.   Love to see it.    Can't stand watching turds like Stanton who can't beat out a 100 hop swinging bunt and are base locked after they hit a 115 mph single.  

 

 

You obviously have never saw Baez play.  He is on the ir now but my god, I think he has 135 ks this year, I have never seen a MLB hitter chase so many pitches out of the strike zone, I am amazed a pitcher ever throws him a strike.  

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6 hours ago, Gordio said:

 

 

You obviously have never saw Baez play.  He is on the ir now but my god, I think he has 135 ks this year, I have never seen a MLB hitter chase so many pitches out of the strike zone, I am amazed a pitcher ever throws him a strike.  

 

 

What @dave mcbride and I are talking about with Stanton is un-watchability.

 

Baez is a strikeout machine but he is a spectacular defensive SS and can steal bags/run the bases.

 

Stanton's legs are so messed up he can't run the bases........he has struggled to consistently barrel up pitches this year and has probably hit close to 20 swinging bunts that the average major league catcher could have beaten out........and he gets thrown out by 10 feet every time.

 

Once he gets on base it takes 3 hits to get him home.............it's tough to watch that.........and now that he is a 25-30 HR guy instead of a 35-40 HR guy he is not much fun to watch play baseball.    But at least he's playing a few games in the outfield now.......that's a plus.

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11 hours ago, BADOLBILZ said:

 

 

What @dave mcbride and I are talking about with Stanton is un-watchability.

 

Baez is a strikeout machine but he is a spectacular defensive SS and can steal bags/run the bases.

 

Stanton's legs are so messed up he can't run the bases........he has struggled to consistently barrel up pitches this year and has probably hit close to 20 swinging bunts that the average major league catcher could have beaten out........and he gets thrown out by 10 feet every time.

 

Once he gets on base it takes 3 hits to get him home.............it's tough to watch that.........and now that he is a 25-30 HR guy instead of a 35-40 HR guy he is not much fun to watch play baseball.    But at least he's playing a few games in the outfield now.......that's a plus.

He has been playing better lately. Still doesn’t look like a baseball player, however! Lots of MLB guys strike out a lot. They just don’t look as bad as Stanton doing it. Overall, while the Yanks are doing it with some smoke and mirrors now (SO many 1-2 run win games), hopefully when they they get everyone back healthy they’ll be able to keep the train rolling and a) get a big game from Cole and the bullpen in the WC game and b) take revenge on the Astros in round one. i don’t want to face the Rays. Big big series vs. the As coming up.

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Eleven in a row. Don't think they catch Tampa but they should get a WC. I never thought that was possible the way things were going. It just shows that baseball season is so long that you can play like crap for months and still save your season. 

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14 minutes ago, Greg S said:

Eleven in a row. Don't think they catch Tampa but they should get a WC. I never thought that was possible the way things were going. It just shows that baseball season is so long that you can play like crap for months and still save your season. 

 

And you can be in first place for the first four months, then completely implode, too!

 

Effin' Mets.

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39 minutes ago, Greg S said:

Eleven in a row. Don't think they catch Tampa but they should get a WC. I never thought that was possible the way things were going. It just shows that baseball season is so long that you can play like crap for months and still save your season. 

 

They're only 4 games back with 36 left to go. 

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Just now, Doc said:

 

They're only 4 games back with 36 left to go. 

 

True but you have to figure the Yanks will cool off a little at some point as they obviously won't keep winning at this rate. But 4 back with 36 left is definitely doable. Should be a good race to the end.

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Just now, Greg S said:

 

True but you have to figure the Yanks will cool off a little at some point as they obviously won't keep winning at this rate. But 4 back with 36 left is definitely doable. Should be a good race to the end.

 

The Rays could cool off as well.  But yes, should be a good race.

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This should be a lesson for Cashman about how you build a baseball team. Ya know, with balance!

The speed and left handed hitting has brought a dimension that they were sorely missing. Hell even Judge is stealing bases now.

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21 minutes ago, Pete said:

https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/yankees-winning-streak-facts-and-figures
 

12 in a row - longest Yankee winning streak since 1961

Tis panic time haters

Judge clutched up big time with that beautiful inside out Jeter-esque swing in the 9th. 
Hopefully Chapman gets a little confidence back after the save.

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On 6/14/2021 at 11:35 AM, dave mcbride said:

This may well be the year the streak of winning seasons ends. At best, I see them going 85-77.

 

 

The Yankees (82-64) clinched their 29th straight winning season tonight.

 

The 1926-1964 Yanks hold the major north american sports record with 39 straight winning seasons.

 

Montreal Canadiens hold the #2 all-time spot with 32 straight from 1952-1984.........Yanks should pass the Habs in 25' and have two streaks totaling 72 consecutive winning years in a 100 year span.

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25 minutes ago, BADOLBILZ said:

 

 

The Yankees (82-64) clinched their 29th straight winning season tonight.

 

The 1926-1964 Yanks hold the major north american sports record with 39 straight winning seasons.

 

Montreal Canadiens hold the #2 all-time spot with 32 straight from 1952-1984.........Yanks should pass the Habs in 25' and have two streaks totaling 72 consecutive winning years in a 100 year span.

 

Wasn't too long ago that Yankee fans only crowed about championships. Anything less was beneath them. 

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5 hours ago, BADOLBILZ said:

 

 

The Yankees (82-64) clinched their 29th straight winning season tonight.

 

The 1926-1964 Yanks hold the major north american sports record with 39 straight winning seasons.

 

Montreal Canadiens hold the #2 all-time spot with 32 straight from 1952-1984.........Yanks should pass the Habs in 25' and have two streaks totaling 72 consecutive winning years in a 100 year span.

The Habs record shouldn't count.  There was a time when the whole hockey world centered around Quebec talent and the Montreal Canadiens had exclusive rights to the players/talent coming out of Quebec... For many years up until around 1970... So years before that shouldn't count. Totally rigged system.   At least the Yankees competed fairly when it came to talent.  They did it the old-fashioned way... Bought their talent, not have exclusive rights to it! And there was no playoff system, only the two best teams during regular season advanced to WS.  The playoffs were the 154/162 game season. 😉

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9 hours ago, BADOLBILZ said:

 

 

The Yankees (82-64) clinched their 29th straight winning season tonight.

 

The 1926-1964 Yanks hold the major north american sports record with 39 straight winning seasons.

 

Montreal Canadiens hold the #2 all-time spot with 32 straight from 1952-1984.........Yanks should pass the Habs in 25' and have two streaks totaling 72 consecutive winning years in a 100 year span.

Yup, thought of this last night. Chad Green is on my fantasy team. Oof. 14 homers in 75 innings. That’s not good.

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9 hours ago, SinceThe70s said:

 

Wasn't too long ago that Yankee fans only crowed about championships. Anything less was beneath them. 

It still is, just b.c someone is saying facts doesn't mean it has changed. Winning is everything.

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9 hours ago, SinceThe70s said:

 

Wasn't too long ago that Yankee fans only crowed about championships. Anything less was beneath them. 

 

 

They've won 5 championships in that span.

 

And yes, the Yanks have won 16 titles in 29 years before.   

 

But to put those 5 in perspective.........in MLB only the Cardinals have won more than 5 WS titles in any 29 year stretch.......they did it 6 times from from 20's-40's.

 

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11 hours ago, dave mcbride said:

Yup, thought of this last night. Chad Green is on my fantasy team. Oof. 14 homers in 75 innings. That’s not good.

 

 

And Everson Pereira now has 13 HR in 97 AB in A+ and Randy Vasquez has been having a great rise as a RHP of late(jumping from nowhere to Double A in one season).........glad they weren't included in that Gallo trade.

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30 minutes ago, Pete said:

Yanks are playing good ball at just the right time.  That's a good reminder that it is a long season.  So sorry haters.

 

I'm a Yankee hater but it's a great point that it's a long season.  Too many alleged baseball fans fail to understand that . And I am speaking about friends that don't post/read here - although I've seen it here too. Rushes to judgement on a baseball season are laughable.

 

The strange thing about baseball is how it quickly turns from a marathon to a sprint.  That's in large part due to post-season TV schedules.

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28 minutes ago, Bidens_basement said:

Or Bills/Red Sox fans 👍🏻

Get out of here and make your own ***** thread!!!! 😜

57 minutes ago, TBBills said:

What ever happened to the OP?

I’ll give credit to Gugny though, he did come back and eat some crow…kudos to him.

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