Here we go ladies. Huge game this afternoon. Absolutely huge. Win and it's all tied up. Lose and the Yankees are playing the elimination game.
Great call by Mr. Shock with the Romine insertion. He'll be behind the dish for Gray and Sanchez will DH. I like it. Here's the pitching matchup - no lineup out for Houston yet - but it's time to get it the fuck on.
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That said...
If the Yankees can steal a win against either one of them, I like their chances in a Game 7.
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B to close this out, ill see the next two games then I'm outta state for 3 weeks
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lol you silly goose! Only if it's games 5-7 of the WS I would not have internet access, however I might have access to the game lol go figure
Agreed, they really seem to love and really get emotional about this thumbs down gig..
Reminds me of #Allin Giants 2011 on roids
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Just huge fricken stones on them. I just might have to make the 2 hour trek to the Bronx tomorrow and cheer them on against the bearded douche
Agreed, they really seem to love and really get emotional about this thumbs down gig..
Reminds me of #Allin Giants 2011 on roids
And I will be the first to admit I was not a fan of bringing Frazier and his .207 batting average here. Man was I wrong. "Thumbs down"
You are on a roll. Denny is in the on deck circle. I'd stay the course, but that is one vote. Just cannot have RP start it..;->
You know what reminds me the most of Jeter: How his individual futility never shows up on his face and therefore never affects the team. You cannot tell if this guy is on a streak of 10 hrs in 10 games or has struck out 20 times in the playoffs. All he cares about is winning. He and Didi carry that same attitude and it fosters that never say die attitude that Jeter had. How can Sanchez get down on himself when he sees Judge constantly moving forward. That's true leadership.
You end up with the Astros, and how they have no holes in their lineup, so the bullpen is going to be front and center early and often. Instead - the starting pitching has been phenomenal.
I very much agree with the overall tone of your text but find it somewhat ironic that you note that he can run and has a very high baseball IQ after last nights game
They have critics complaining about Judge's K's, Sanchez's D and Joe's use of challenges or bullpen selection. And each time Judge gets a ball at his ankles called a strike or a ball 4 inches off the plate, he trudges back to the dugout without saying a word. When Sanchez has a passed ball, the guys in the booth rip him, but he shrugs it off (and I won't even mention that Romine had the only ever catcher's interference and it cost them a lead).
This team doesn't get down - they just band together. When they blow a lead at cleveland and are on the brink of elimination - they win. And they do it without being the hated team Yankees of the past were.
I'm thoroughly enjoying them, especially Frazier. Guy just looks like he enjoys the moment. Tough to tell because we're constantly looking at shots of Altuve, but hey - that's OK.
Like I sad, I agree just found it ironic
But this group continues to overcome the doubts. This could be something special.
Get close to winning the division - miss by a couple of games, and people are pissed that some blown saves cost them the division.
Get into the playoffs - and we'll be happy to do well against Cleveland. Go down 0-2 after a managerial brain fart, and people want Girardi dead. All anyone wants at this point is to see some fight.
Team roars back from 0-2, and it's house money. Houston's a tough customer, but we're all just glad to be here, right? No chance given against Keuchel, why aren't we trotting Sonny Gray out there. The Yankees play two close games, and people are pissed that the bats go silent and that two possibly winnable games are lost.
It's not just us, it's fan psychology. We lose track of how hard it is to win sometimes.
This is true. More pressure on the Astros' starters to be great because they know how shaky their pen is.
Old people with a computer should be outlawed
Likewise if your approach is to take the ball the other way you stay on the breaking ball a lot longer and square it up more often. The pitchers will adjust by coming inside more and you know what happens to mistakes made on the inside part of the plate. Judge, Didi and Sanchez lose them for you.
Starting with the sac fly, it looks like he began to anticipate the sequence. The fastball he hit the double on was a bit low and over the plate, but it came after two low curves just like all series.
I'm sure they will change up thier approach to him now, but the youngsters are starting to key in on Houston's pitching.
All this time I was blaming you. I'll rethink.
The smart money might just be on the Yanks.
Judge has an OBP of 333 in the postseason. Not great but not god awful and is 2nd in RBIs with 9. Not bad for a guy that many have labeled as lost at the plate. 9 rbis is 9 rbis no matter how you slice it. LAst night's HR was huge. The RBI double even bigger.
Judge has shown me so much in this postseason. First time ever in the playoffs facing the best pitching in the world and he's shown an ability to adjust on the fly. Not easy to do. He's a legend in the making in my opinion.
Love baseball too! What a turnaround!. Judge goes from invisible K machine to completely taking over the series with his bat AND his glove in 2 days. Sanchez goes from zero to hero and finishes the game behind the plate.
44.2 IP, 166 total batters faced. And he has given up 0 HRs. .188/.218/.234 split
It seems that since Joe mentioned the poor umping on Judge, that he has gotten better calls on the low pitches in this homestand. If that continues, hopefully he fares better against Keuchel.
If I'm Girardi and Cockrell, I'm telling this team that they have nothing to lose by changing their approach with Keuchel and to focus on those low pitches and look to take every pitch the other way.
I'm betting Headley. He started hitting the ball harder the previous few games and delivered last night.
Styles make fights and Keuchel is a bad matchup for us. The Yanks were 8th in fly-ball percentage and 24th in ground ball percentage He is one of the best at not giving up HRs and led the league in ground ball percentage.
While I'd like to say it's an easy fix of just strategy, hitters for the most part are who they are. They make adjustments, but they don't just suddenly become a different type of hitter.