NYY:
1. Aaron Hicks (CF)
2. Aaron Judge (RF)
3. Didi Gregorius (SS)
4. Giancarlo Stanton (DH)
5. Luke Voit (1B)
6. Neil Walker (3B)
7. Gary Sanchez (C)
8. Gleyber Torres (2B)
9. Brett Gardner (LF)
C. Sabathia: 153.0 IP, 9-7, 3.65
Clearly going defense-first tonight. Andujar not in the lineup at all, though he will certainly get an AB at some point I'm sure.
All fucking hands on deck. Forget last night. Doesn't matter what the score was, it's over and done with.
Do or die. Let's go, Yanks.
2019 will be a better year for you. I have been through your situation and it will get better. However, it may not be because of the Yanks/Giants/Knicks/Rangers :)
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Not surprised to see the Yanks lose to the Sox in the playoffs with the way 2018 has gone for me. Eagles win super bowl, red sox knock yankees out of playoffs, and the two people I was closest to passed away. I'm ready for the ball to drop in times square right now for 2019
This too shall pass bud. Have a drink with the ones that are still around. Hell Im moving out of a city I called home for the last 6 years to do so with mine.
Certainly hope so. I also got stabbed in the back by my now ex while my mom was dying, so I basically lost what i thought was my best friend and girlfriend too while I was losing my mom and already lost my gram. This year just has been so fricking miserable. I'm hopeful 2019 will be better.
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In comment 14117068 BigBlue4You09 said:
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Better go join them Judge, you did grow up a Sox fan after all. Sigh
trashing Judge, really?
Not trashing him at all. But he did start the little troll war. They are just returning the favor. Would have been nice to back it up. Instead they embarrassed us at home and are celebrating here. Just frustrated that’s all.
Embarrassed "US"?
You're an obscure nobody internet poster. There is no "US".
Grow the fuck up.
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I feel like I let y’all down. I’m sorry fellas.
I loved every second of watching this team for most of this year and I love where were at going forward. This fucking sucks but we’re set up for the next few years.
Fuck Boston. Lets go, Yanks.
We’ll be back.
Stop apologizing. Your name's not Stanton. And it's not Boone.
Thank God Cashman made a managerial change. You don't want a guy who actually won a ring getting in the way. Much better having Boone fucking it all up.
Go back to broadcasting, Boone.
As a die hard Rangers fan who went through many, many deep playoff runs with some of the dudes here - sometimes the game thread starters get a lot of praise or take a lot of flak. I know a lot of us are superstitious.
Boone got outmanaged in this series. No doubt. Too reactive when you need to be proactive. Left starters too long. It is what it is.
We’re under the lux tax. Only a couple moves away.
It fucking sucks to lose this series. But we’re going to be here for a while.
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In comment 14117068 BigBlue4You09 said:
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Better go join them Judge, you did grow up a Sox fan after all. Sigh
trashing Judge, really?
Not trashing him at all. But he did start the little troll war. They are just returning the favor. Would have been nice to back it up. Instead they embarrassed us at home and are celebrating here. Just frustrated that’s all.
Embarrassed "US"?
You're an obscure nobody internet poster. There is no "US".
Grow the fuck up.
And you think you’re some kind of internet tough guy. Blow me bitch
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In comment 14117075 section125 said:
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In comment 14117068 BigBlue4You09 said:
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Better go join them Judge, you did grow up a Sox fan after all. Sigh
trashing Judge, really?
Not trashing him at all. But he did start the little troll war. They are just returning the favor. Would have been nice to back it up. Instead they embarrassed us at home and are celebrating here. Just frustrated that’s all.
Are you in middle school? It is a baseball game. One team wins, one team loses. But you don't trash your best player.
I’m not trashing him. Just wish he didn’t give them any extra motivation. Many people said it here last night as well. Relax, It’s not a big deal.
Oh please. Do you really think Eovaldi and Porcello pitched really well because they had extra motivation from Judge playing NY NY? You can't be serious about that.
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In comment 14117087 MookGiants said:
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Not surprised to see the Yanks lose to the Sox in the playoffs with the way 2018 has gone for me. Eagles win super bowl, red sox knock yankees out of playoffs, and the two people I was closest to passed away. I'm ready for the ball to drop in times square right now for 2019
This too shall pass bud. Have a drink with the ones that are still around. Hell Im moving out of a city I called home for the last 6 years to do so with mine.
Certainly hope so. I also got stabbed in the back by my now ex while my mom was dying, so I basically lost what i thought was my best friend and girlfriend too while I was losing my mom and already lost my gram. This year just has been so fricking miserable. I'm hopeful 2019 will be better.
You’re a good dude, Mook. Keep your head up. I know it’s been a tough year. Much love to you and the fam.
Not much available in that dept. Maybe Corbin?
He needs some experience on the bench next to him, and probably a new batting coach (although that's the easiest guy to bury at this point).
I tend to agree on the hitting coach. I'd like to know what he was telling these guys, cause sometimes it seemed like they didn't have any idea at the plate. Oh, the homeruns were nice, but we did leave a lot of runs out there, where a single or double would have had a great impact. JMO
We assembled what is probably one of the top to bottom bullpens ever, but that makes much less a difference in October if you fall behind over and over again.
Same general issues in back to back years: less than stellar starting pitching and just really poor ABs from spots that we needed much more from. Its one thing for rookies like Andujar and Torres to struggle, but McCutchen and Stanton with a total ghost act, including the ultimate rally killing in the 9th tonight.
What's more concerning, as others touched on, is even if we get a starter (Corbin or otherwise), Boone can robotically manage this roster to 90+ wins again - he got 100 fucking wins fresh out of the ESPN Sunday night baseball booth - but what happens next October? If you have the pieces and don't know how to manage them, what changes?
FUCK. Gary just missed.
Angel was fine tonight, CC was not.
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He's right, but it's sour grapes.
Angel was fine tonight, CC was not.
I agree with this. If anything AH boned the Sox on balls and strikes not us.
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He's right, but it's sour grapes.
Angel was fine tonight, CC was not.
I honestly thought Hernandez called a good game overall.
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In comment 14117114 bceagle05 said:
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He's right, but it's sour grapes.
Angel was fine tonight, CC was not.
I agree with this. If anything AH boned the Sox on balls and strikes not us.
Yeah it was a very tight zone for both sides, the one call to Benintendi was absolutely a ball but that’s about all I can remember. CC has a history with Angel, tonight was not the time to exorcise those demons.
Bats, this is two comsecutive years the middle of the order has had significant portions of a slump during the season. It took GCS 2 and a half months to get going, but I acknowledge he is a slow starter. He still had absolutely no clue on the slider away. Reminded me of Soriano during his last playoffs with us...the other team didnt even have to throw him strikes.
Judge was very good again this yearamd I will leave him alone. But I dont think Thames is the reason he has a fairly good eye and can hit it out at 116 mph+.
Sanchez is his biggest failure followed by Bird. Bird was a very solid postseason bat for us last year and did NOTHING this year. Sanchez not getting fixed all year and having the same approach is a monumental failure at his job. Im surprised he wasnt replaced by August.
Very disappointing result to the season. We need better minds to form the talent on our roster.
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He's right, but it's sour grapes.
Angel was fine tonight, CC was not.
I agree with this. If anything AH boned the Sox on balls and strikes not us.
Yeah it was a very tight zone for both sides, the one call to Benintendi was absolutely a ball but that’s about all I can remember. CC has a history with Angel, tonight was not the time to exorcise those demons.
CC needed to throw strikes. If he is using Angel as an excuse forlosing this game or series, Im disappointed in him.
We have a ton of good hitters, but I really think we need at least one more contact, tough AB in there somewhere.
Not a power guy. A guy who gets on base at a ~37% clip, can hit .300, and has ~15 HR pop. Too many guys who are HR dependent. This lineup is prone to getting cold and moving in waves.
Aaron Judge is a superstar. Aaron Hicks is an outstanding CF and leadoff man. Stanton is a tremendous power hitter. Torres and Andujar have incredibly bright futures. Luke Voit could be a find.
But I think we’re missing that high average hitter who gets on base, works counts, and makes the pitcher work. Guys like Daniel Murphy, Ben Zobrist, etc.
We also need SP help. But I think it’s more important to figure out what happened to Sevy down the stretch and correct it because we do have an ace. The guy he was pre-ASB was as good as there was in baseball. Corbin is a guy I’d definitely look at.
The Yanks are really set up to contend for a while. It’s just about the smaller scale moves and finding the guys that will put this roster over the top.
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In comment 14117087 MookGiants said:
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Not surprised to see the Yanks lose to the Sox in the playoffs with the way 2018 has gone for me. Eagles win super bowl, red sox knock yankees out of playoffs, and the two people I was closest to passed away. I'm ready for the ball to drop in times square right now for 2019
This too shall pass bud. Have a drink with the ones that are still around. Hell Im moving out of a city I called home for the last 6 years to do so with mine.
Certainly hope so. I also got stabbed in the back by my now ex while my mom was dying, so I basically lost what i thought was my best friend and girlfriend too while I was losing my mom and already lost my gram. This year just has been so fricking miserable. I'm hopeful 2019 will be better.
Nook hang in there
Going thru and went through some Simi look at and some different..promise ya itll get better
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Anyway. A lot of you guys welcomed me with open arms this year. I did something totally unorthodox. I get it. But Eman, sec, dune, Greg, B, and all of you dudes who acted like I’ve been here all along.. much love.
There’s a family element to the Yankees for me. Important people in my life passed away this year and there’s just a lot of Yankees history for them and me and I realized this should have always been my team. It felt real and right and this is is where I’ll be for better or worse for the rest of my time.
Love you guys. We’ll be back.
I don't get this. But then again there's a lot I don't get.
Andujar is pure dogshit at 3rd. CC is a contact pitcher who gets a lot of ball hit hard on the ground and they were facing a Red Sox team that hits and runs really well. Meanwhile, Walker got 1 of the team's 5 hits. Sitting him for Walker wasn't the issue.
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Anyway. A lot of you guys welcomed me with open arms this year. I did something totally unorthodox. I get it. But Eman, sec, dune, Greg, B, and all of you dudes who acted like I’ve been here all along.. much love.
There’s a family element to the Yankees for me. Important people in my life passed away this year and there’s just a lot of Yankees history for them and me and I realized this should have always been my team. It felt real and right and this is is where I’ll be for better or worse for the rest of my time.
Love you guys. We’ll be back.
I don't get this. But then again there's a lot I don't get.
Lets just say Arc worships Benedict Arnold.