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Post by TonyG on Oct 12, 2020 15:27:51 GMT -5
Enough of this Bull Shit:
Out with the old, and in with the new, starting with the Fucking GM, and the Mgr. I had enough of Boone, who's only claim to fame to Manager the Yankees was he hit a HR, and his Partner on ESPN was Jessica Mendoza.
If Hal wants to prove to Yankee Fans he really wants to win another World Series for the Fans, then he has to show us like his Father did. Enough with all the BS talking points, its time to,make changes, and it starts at the top. You can't win a World series with one ace on,the mound and a bunch of question marks in the rotation, and live on HR's to win games all year long, along with liabilities, defensively, at key positions like shortstop and behind the plate. If the GM, and or the Mgr. Are not fired, then Hal is not serious, and is just looking at the Yankees to make money, and is not llike his Dad at all.
We have been going through this over and over at the end of season a getting knocked out of the playoffs.
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Post by bob01 on Oct 12, 2020 16:38:43 GMT -5
I sort of agree with one glaring exception which I'll get to at the end.
1. Torres is fine at 2d. Not so hot at SS. LeMahieu can play first but that means trading Voit. Ford can be the back up at 1st. Wade intrigues me. I just don't know if he could get it done on a regular basis. They need a shortstop who can actually be a batter instead of merely trying to hit home runs. Urshela is fine at 3d and hits more than I expected.
2. If Sanchez would stop striking out 50% of the time his occasional passed ball could be overlooked. But he swings for the fences every time and looks foolish chasing breaking balls in the dirt. Higashioka is fine as a backup and Cole's personal catcher.
3. They lost the last game 2-1. Pitching was not the problem. I don't know what the hell Boone was thinking in Game #2 which is where I think they lost the series. Let Garcia go 3-4 innings or more if he is doing alright. Let Happ start game #3. Dumb move in a short series with no off days.
4. Stanton isn't going anywhere. Judge isn't going anywhere. The biggest problem with both of them is that they are injury prone. Hicks? There are times when he looks great and other times when he looks like he is in a daze. I can't figure him out. He does not remind me of Willie Mays, though. I think Gardner is done and it is time to find out what Frazier is all about. Tauchman and Florial can provide depth. And who knows what you might get back for Voit.
5. Andujar? Great hitter when he gets enough at-bats but he's a third baseman ( more or less ) and hasn't shown any talent at anything else. As long as Stanton's around the DH spot will be jammed up. The thing is right now his value is very low. Maybe a hot spring training would help that. Until then he is ballast.
6. They'll be getting Severino back. Severino, Cole, Garcia, who knows who else. Montgomery? Jury is still out. Chapman is not what he once was. Britton is usually sound. Green is sporadic. I don't know what the fuck was wrong with Ottavino. Losing Kahnle really hurt them. Loaisiga seems brittle. Holder and the rest are like spare parts.
Now, for the exception. The Yankees seem to be like every other team. No one gives a shit about strike outs as long as the occasional homer gets hit. I recognize that I am an old fart but I really dislike the way the game has evolved. "Get 'em on, get 'em over, get 'em in" seems to be a lost concept. But the Yankees are not the only ones guilty of it. I really hate this sabermetric shit. It feels like every game is a goddamn math class.
Like you, I'm curious to see what the off season brings.
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Post by TonyG on Oct 12, 2020 18:04:45 GMT -5
I agree with everything you are saying. But I think the first thing must be Boone has to go, or this team will go,no where. He has been out coached in the post season 3 years in a row, all he does is chew bubble gum under his mask at 100 miles per hour.
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Post by bob01 on Oct 12, 2020 21:05:08 GMT -5
I've said it many times before, coaches and managers are there to be fired. He can't hit for them. Pitch for them. Or field for them. In most cases coaches/managers get fired when the GM doesn't know what else to do to save his own ass.
I don't know how you get "out-managed" when the prevailing attitude in the game is "go see how far you can hit it." What's he going to do? Tell Stanton to bunt? He's probably never bunted in his life.
"Fire the manager" is a knee-jerk reaction because what they really need is to restructure the team so that they have more ballplayers and fewer one-dimensional sluggers. The problem there is that the Yankees are exactly what baseball has evolved into and I'm not happy about that.
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Post by NoMore1940 on Oct 13, 2020 15:55:34 GMT -5
Tony, I'm glad this thread found its way over to the Yankees board where you can discuss this topic with Yankees fans. As I have said in the past, I have no interest in baseball but if you do then I hope you are able to have meaningful discussion and get it out of your system.
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Post by TonyG on Oct 13, 2020 16:57:24 GMT -5
Tony, I'm glad this thread found its way over to the Yankees board where you can discuss this topic with Yankees fans. As I have said in the past, I have no interest in baseball but if you do then I hope you are able to have meaningful discussion and get it out of your system. Thanks Pal. I had Slapper Delete in on the Ranger board thanks to you NoMore. Been a Yankee Fan all my life, going back to Joe D, and Willie, Mickey and the Duke. Went to Ebbets Field, the Polo Grounds and Yankee Stadium. As a young kid playing in the NYC YMCA, Got picked to play in Happy Felton's Knothole Gang in Ebbets Field, when they had 3rd baseman, Catchers and Pitchers. I was at 3rd base, and the Great Carl Erskine of the Brooklyn Dodgers, pitched to us. What a great experience and memories. But then we were young, had a ball, but didn't realise then. Like today, I say to myself, I was playing 3rd base in, Ebbets Field, in the same spot the Great Jackie Robinson will be standing in later when the Brooklyn Dodgers will be playing. But just like hockey will,never be the same as the 6 team era, baseball will never be the same as in those days. |
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Post by rangerfan4life74 on Oct 14, 2020 2:11:50 GMT -5
Boone and Cash arent going anywhere per Hal today on the Michael Kay show
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Post by TonyG on Oct 14, 2020 8:53:42 GMT -5
Boone and Cash arent going anywhere per Hal today on the Michael Kay show I knew that, because Hal, could care less about following his Father's Legacy.Boone Sucks as a manager between the white lines, he and Cashman proved that in game 2 when after winning game 1 he doesn't pitch Tanaka and go for the kill. Instead he experiments with something they have never done this season, and puts a rookie kid in and uses him as an opener. This was not time for an experiment it was time for a big win and go up to 2 nothing. Hal just apologize to Yankee fans but losing to the Rays and said we thought we had what it takes to go all the way but didn't even come close. So WTF do you go with Boone and Cashman who couldn't do it for 3 years. |
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Post by mike22nyr on Nov 2, 2020 14:18:12 GMT -5
Boone doesn't coach this team. It's the dumbass analytic nerds behind the scenes that tell Boone what to do. They are ruining the game.
Same thing happened to the Rays in the World Series. Kevin Cash does everything the nerds tell him to do. Any baseball person in their right mind would keep Snell in that game.
Someone mentioned the other day that if Ozzie Smith was playing nowadays, he wouldn't make any team because he wasn't a good hitter and didn't hit Home Runs
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Post by TonyG on Nov 6, 2020 20:42:04 GMT -5
Boone doesn't coach this team. It's the dumbass analytic nerds behind the scenes that tell Boone what to do. They are ruining the game. Same thing happened to the Rays in the World Series. Kevin Cash does everything the nerds tell him to do. Any baseball person in their right mind would keep Snell in that game. Someone mentioned the other day that if Ozzie Smith was playing nowadays, he wouldn't make any team because he wasn't a good hitter and didn't hit Home Runs All good points Mike. The days of great managers between the white lines, Bily Martin, sweet Lou Piniella, Earl Weaver, Sparky Anderson, to name a few, is over. |
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