NFT: New York Yankees vs. Toronto Blue Jays - Game 3 - 1:05p

production out of Bird and Gardner to get this thing rolling. Hopefully Happ can give us 7 strong innings. We need to play well because nobody is afraid of this lineup.

providing a current update on the Yankees' key injuries. Other than Sanchez, it doesn't look like the others are close to returning

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Interested to see how Happ responds to going against his former team but I'm expecting another strong outing from him.

In spite of his misplay in RF yesterday, I'd still rather have Walker out there than Robinson. Without Sanchez and Judge, I just think we need the better offensive guy playing.

getting two outs and then giving up runs and the pitch count gets high? Sheesh..

Tie game. 1st and 3rd no outs...

In comment 14043268 section125 said:

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getting two outs and then giving up runs and the pitch count gets high? Sheesh..

Well Borucki has thrown 26 and hasn’t recorded an out yet so that works.

With the big blast. Follows up his HR with a Granny today.

Heck of a 1st inning here by the Bombers.

6-1 Yanks....

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Hope that's just precautionary

In comment 14043298 Greg from LI said:

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Hope that's just precautionary

Yeah hope so. I think the left hip got beat up there.

O'Neil was talking last night about how the swing before the HR had no life on it. Then, on the HR, he exploded. On the GS today, he exploded again. There was a NY Post article earlier in the week about Boone saying how Bird's swing lacked explosiveness. If he is starting to get life back in the swing, it's a big plus for the team, obviously.


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In comment 14043311 manh george said:

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O'Neil was talking last night about how the swing before the HR had no life on it. Then, on the HR, he exploded. On the GS today, he exploded again. There was a NY Post article earlier in the week about Boone saying how Bird's swing lacked explosiveness. If he is starting to get life back in the swing, it's a big plus for the team, obviously. Link - ( New Window )

Yes. I guess it is like trying to guide a golf ball with your swing. Like He was trying not to miss or strike out.

Bird has been frustrating, but stuff like this is why you have to kind of stick it out for a bit before writing him off. I was livid after his AB vs TB in the 9th a few games ago - but he's the best option we have there right now. Just need to see what he does down the stretch here.

He meets the "eye test" as far as I am concerned. Effortless action, smooth delivery, attacks the plate and works quickly.

In the NFL. I just never expect this run of injuries the yanks have endured here. It’s not even that uncommon but I still don’t worry enough. Lesson learned this season. They seem to be battling tho. Just hang in there and hope guys do in fact make it back. A lot of ominous signs....

You can't have an All Star at every position. There probably isn't anything je doesn't do well. Great eye, power, excellent fielder, +Arm

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Bird out, but the 1st base umpire has been very good on these tight plays. Kudos.

Everybody hits!!

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Bird out, but the 1st base umpire has been very good on these tight plays. Kudos.

Yea the first 5 times he looked safe, but the Ump can't call it using the "blade of grass in front of the base cam" that YES has

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In comment 14043359 Stu11 said:

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In comment 14043354 section125 said: Quote: Bird out, but the 1st base umpire has been very good on these tight plays. Kudos. Yea the first 5 times he looked safe, but the Ump can't call it using the "blade of grass in front of the base cam" that YES has

The MLB review place in NY does have all the camera angles. One broadcast (YES?) was talking about what MLB has to make the calls and apparently they have the ability to go frame by frame, FWIW.

I meant the live ump

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I meant the live ump

Oh, ok, missed what you were saying...It is amazing he was getting those right.

Hopefully Sonny isnt awful and the BP gets a rest. Hopefully Didi's MRI comes back clean.

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Hopefully Sonny isnt awful and the BP gets a rest. Hopefully Didi's MRI comes back clean.

So far so good....

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yep and O'Neill just identified what we all see. Gets ahead then tries to finesse a K instead of pitching to contact. Way too many extra pitches.

But he escapes without a run...

Nice sweep. 32 games over .500. 1st time this year.

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3 games, 3 wins, 28 runs.

That's more like it. :)

32 over is nothing to sneeze at. I don't wanna here "well anyone can win with this group!" The lineups and SP's he's been sending out there the past month are hardly the '27 Yankees...

Even better. A day off tomorrow!

Haven’t had one in what, 3 weeks? Hopefully Didi won’t need too much more than that.

In comment 14043411 Stu11 said:

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32 over is nothing to sneeze at. I don't wanna here "well anyone can win with this group!" The lineups and SP's he's been sending out there the past month are hardly the '27 Yankees...

Nor is it the '68 Yanks. He's done a decent job.

Seems almost resigned to a DL stint, and we've all seen bad bone bruises take a long time to come back from.

In comment 14043422 Mad Mike said:

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Seems almost resigned to a DL stint, and we've all seen bad bone bruises take a long time to come back from.

What did he say? A heal bruise?

In comment 14043415 arcarsenal said:

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Even better. A day off tomorrow! Haven’t had one in what, 3 weeks? Hopefully Didi won’t need too much more than that.

Another day off on Thursday too. Crazy how they can play so many in a row and then get two days off in a week.

Didi getting his heel checked out at the hospital. Hopefully that's just a precaution.

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What did he say? A heal bruise?

Yeah. Called it "significant", and his tone and general demeanor talking about it wasn't very positive. That said, it's an early diagnosis, I'm sure Boone is going off pretty limited information at this point.

In comment 14043428 Mad Mike said:

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In comment 14043426 section125 said: Quote: What did he say? A heal bruise? Yeah. Called it "significant", and his tone and general demeanor talking about it wasn't very positive. That said, it's an early diagnosis, I'm sure Boone is going off pretty limited information at this point.

That is not good. They cannot afford to lose another bat.

Good news, at least Sanchez is getting close.

Ugh, yeah - Boone made it sound like a DL trip may be in the cards for Didi. Once again the Frazier injury fucking sucks because there's a spot wide open in RF if we use Walker @ 2B and slide Gleyber over to SS while Didi is out. Instead we'll have to play Robinson there.

Stanton didn't sound super confident in being able play RF in Miami. I think he will for one of the games but we'll see.

In any event... 32 games over .500 is the new high watermark for the year and certainly isn't too shabby.

This team just needs to get healthy, man. This is getting crazy.

The Sox lost 2-0 to the Rays...

On both HRs he was short and compact into the ball. I just wish that he and the rest of the team wasn't so pull happy. At least Andujar is using the whole field.