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Sunday, April 3, 2016

WIN METHOD 2016 SEASON -- Only wins and winning determine the best.

The 2016 Major League Baseball season starts today.  The New York YANKEES first game will be tomorrow in New York against the Houston Astros.    The starting rotation has been decided, the twenty-five man roster has been decided, and tomorrow the drive for the playoffs will begin.  This is not fantasy baseball, played by stat fraud fools who live by meaningless individual statistics, this is real baseball where winning is determined by what all players on each team contribute to help their team win the most often.   These contributions are measured by wins and players producing at the right time, when it matters, and not by how much or how many stats they produce for themselves as their team fails. 


The injury bug has bitten the YANKEES, as it has bitten every team in one way or another.  First baseman Greg Bird is likely out for the season.  Pitcher Brian Mitchell may be out approximately three months, and pitcher Andrew Miller with a broken bone in his non throwing wrist may have been the luckiest, and will lose no playing time. 


Several YANKEE WIN METHOD youngsters are blooming and growing and are on the roster to start the season, and several more are on the near horizon and will start their season in the minors.
Several years ago the WIN METHOD made a concerted effort to find pitching talent each season and the YANKEES drafted many of these youngsters.   The time is here for some of these youngsters and the time for others is just around the corner. 


The YANKEE management led by the brilliant dealing of General Manager Brian Cashman have added several new players to this seasons roster and have deepened the bench for 2016.   Also, three very possible future stars are so near.  Catcher Gary Sanchez, right fielder Aaron Judge, and shortstop Jorge Mateo are getting closer to the major league roster every day.  Playing regularly in the minors right now is best for them and their development.  But they will soon be heard from.


Remember fans, it is a long season, there will be ups and downs, and as always only wins and winning will be the determining factor on which teams earn playoffs spots and go on to the second season.    Let the stat fraud fools play their fantasy games.   We will play for real baseball and root for our team to win and root for the contributions of each player to help our team win. 


LETS GO YANKEES

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Kat said...

So do you guys not believe any article you read? You only believe free blogs that anyone can make?

Cory said...

Yankees down 7-0 after 5.

bigbadwolf said...

Sorry Kat, but you do not know what you are talking about. Remember one unfaltering fact. Wins and only wins determine the best teams. No stat of any other kind, real or man made can state that. That fact is what makes the WIN METHOD the most viewed blog in the world. Stories, innuendo, and make believe are left for the fantasy world.

Kat said...

bigbadwolf
The article was posted by ESPN.com, who say what you will, are reputable. So about what do I not know? I just posted an article that everyone seems to want to dismiss because it's convenient to do so.

RLA said...

Yanks down 8-0 after 6.

Deb F said...

Kat, the article is dismissed because it is BS. espn is a garbage network with garbage analysis. Anytime anyone, any organization, any publication, or anything else tires to tell you something about how great stats and statistical analyst is, we know it is false. Because they can't defend or deny that only wins determines the best. Unless they are going to out and out lie.

candycane said...

Yanks down 9-1 after 7.

Kat said...

Deb F
That article didn't say any of that, it just commented on the increase use by teams of statistical analysis led by, among others, the Yankees.

It didn't speak as to whether this is smart or wasn't, but just pointed out that it happening. Also I wasn't asking you.

Steve said...

Yanks down 10-1 after 8. The stat frauds love run differential. Meaningless! A loss by 1 run or 10 runs is just one loss. Hard for stat frauds to comprehend.

Deb F said...

Kat, it is an open forum. Everyone gets to speak their piece about anything. Don't believe articles from sources that are trying to make money or sell something. They have an agenda. The agenda here is wins.

Cory said...

Final 10-1 loss.

Eddie OConnor said...

Bingo Steve. A loss is just one loss. The score has no bearing on anything.

Zack Norris said...

Rubber game tomorrow. We need it to start the road trip off with a winning series.

Andrew J said...

Eddie, sure the score has a bearing on something. It is critical for the fantasy league garbage.

Vinny Ferrero said...

Pretty rotten game by the Yankees last night all around. No pitching, no hitting, no win.

Gene A said...

CC tonight in rubber game. We could use the win to take the first series of the road trip.

Victor Grandozi said...

Kat, what you think is reputable likely is not very reputable. A site that has advertisers inundating it is trying to sell people. The site you listed has so many blurbs on so many different things. Their goal is to get clicks and make money. They produce garbage. Now take the WIN METHOD blog, no advertising, no , no BS except when posted by some posters. People come here for the truth and common sense. Wins and winning and only wins and winning determine the best teams and the best players.

Swen Jorgenson said...

Step up again CC. Lets go Yankees.

Izy Hernandez said...

We are 8-11 and just 3 games out of 1st place. the AL East division winner last year has one more loss than us. It isn't the end of the world fans, we always overcome.

Kat said...

I'm sorry but ESPN is more reputable than this blog. You or I could start a blog with no ads, that doesn't make us reputable sources for news. There would be no incentive for them to lie in that article. Along with the advertisements comes money and additional resources to gather information.

What sources do you use to get news exactly? Not just sports but any news or information?

Cole/NJ said...

I bet Kat loves the rags that post sensational stories that most of the time have no merit. But, but they are reputable publications. He thinks espn is reputable.

Bud Light said...

Nice post Izy. I wonder if the loser fans of all the teams that are several games behind right now in baseball have all given up and are whining and crying.

Quay Ho said...

We really need to string a few wins together.

Wilsonsway said...

Kat, you are entitled to your opinion, but espn is total garbage. This blog and its irrefutable belief that wins and only wins determine the best teams and players is supported world wide. espn is great to watch a sports event. Their talking heads and analyst's are wastes of time in general.

Yankeeforever said...

Wilsonsway, you may be talking to deaf and blind, those who do not hear and those who do not see.

Lori Kelly said...

A nice bounce back win tonight would be great.

Kat said...

So seriously, what do guys consider reputable sources for all sports and current event news then...?

Karl R said...

Kat, for me it would be a source without an agenda. A source who is not a shill for some organization. A source who can back up their view with common sense. Not something they are told to further an agenda. Etc.

Kat said...

Karl
Sorry I should've been more specific. What specific news sources do you consider reputable. What's your go to source for news that has no money agenda and you can trust.

Karl R said...

Kat, A point that I think is real and factual may come from anyone anywhere. I tend to reject places that just spew piece after piece about almost anything. The point you cited about analytical research and development I would tend to believe if a organizational head came out and said this is what we are doing and how we are doing it. Coming from a site that like you cited who churns out article after article about almost anything, I give no credence or regard to. I am sure everyone has a different view.

Kat said...

http://www.etf.com/sections/features/15847-yankees-gm-quant-analysis-key-to-winning.html?iu=1

You mean like how Brian Cashman came out and said it?

I don't know if purposeful but you're completely avoiding my question - what specifically are some of your sources for news. In the morning how do you update yourself on sports and the world. I'm interested.

Cal Fuerst said...

Game time. Lets go guys.

Stan the Man said...

1-1 after 2.

Karl R said...

Kat, my homepage is set up to post baseball scores. that is all I need.

KevMac said...

Rangers lead 2-1 after 3.

Saul Irving said...

2-2 thru 4.

Jen Vitter said...

Kat, you want anyone to take an interview with a hedge fund site seriously. Give me a break.

Stan the Man said...

Yanks down 3-2 after 6.

Kat said...

Okay Jen, please tell me what source you'd believe.

http://www.etf.com/sections/features/15847-yankees-gm-quant-analysis-key-to-winning.html?iu=1

How about the NY daily news?

http://www.newsday.com/sports/columnists/anthony-rieber/yankees-analytics-department-hits-home-run-with-chris-young-signing-1.10418052

How's Newsday?

http://web.yesnetwork.com/media/video.jsp?content_id=539344183

How about a video interview with Cashman where he describes his "analytic team" as one of his most important teams.

Please - show me some evidence that the Yankees don't have an advanced analytic team.

Victor Bruno said...

Yanks down 3-2 after 7. Not producing when it counts still.

Jen Vitter said...

Kat, I don't recall anyone saying the Yankees do not have an analytic squad, just saying that it is pretty much useless. Particularly since all the other teams likely have the same information. Therefore something else has to be the deciding factor. Ergo, WIN METHOD.

Kat said...

Cashman literally calls it one of the most important aspects in his decision making in that video...

will-i-am said...

Kat, a very appropriate name. You keep running around chasing your tail. Don't you realize that all the stats, analytics or anything else is meaningless compared producing when it counts to win games.

White Knight said...

Last at bats in the 9th trailing 3-2. Now, do it now.

Stan the Man said...

Teixeira pops up. One out.

Stan the Man said...

afraud singles to right field. pinch runner for afraud, Hicks.

Stan the Man said...

McCann grounds out. Hick goes to 2nd. 2 out man on second. Castro up.

Stan the Man said...

Castro ground out. Game over. Failure when it counts.

Victor Bruno said...

Yanks lose 3-2.

Jen Vitter said...

Tonights game a perfect example of when it counts. Texas produced when it mattered, the Yankees did not. Texas wins 3-2. No BS analytics or stats. Just producing when it counts.

Kat said...

Will-i-am
How am I in any way chasing my tail? Why resort to petty insults, because you can't disprove that the Yankee organization clearly relies on analytics?

Nick Polito said...

Yankees have off day today as they travel to Boston for a three game weekend series.

Fred Slube said...

We now play to eastern division teams. Time to wake up and get our heads on straight.

bigbadwolf said...

Kat, relies on analytics is the key. Likely, every team uses analytics to some degree and surely in several different ways. The teams that rely on them is another thing. WIN METHOD trumps analytics hands down. The record of the Yankees, their success of reaching playoffs, winning pennants, and winning World Series, plus never having a losing season is all anyone with common sense needs to know.

Deb F said...

bigbadwolf....I think Kat is not a WIN METHOD believer. Kat tries to inject analytical garbage and lists sites that support analytics and how every team uses them. Duh, everyone does to one degree or another. Analytics is just numbers and formulas, some valid tried and true stats and some convoluted man made garbage. No analytic number helps a team win a game. The stat frauds may say they do because a manager sends up a pinch hitter in a certain spot because the analytics say the pinch hitter has a better chance to get a hit against a certain pitcher in a certain situation. Success of the decision is only based on success of the hitter in each situation. Failure by the hitter, the manager made the wrong decision, is spouted by the stat frauds. Success of the hitter, see how great analytics is spouted by the stat frauds. The WIN METHOD is far more sophisticated and far more valuable. The proof being that only one team uses the WIN METHOD and that team as you have stated has been the most successful team in baseball since it began using the WIN METHOD. Case closed.

Kat said...

Just curious, if we have such a great advantage in identifying winning players where others can not and developing players - why do we require having the highest or second highest payroll year-to-year?

Phil Jenkins said...

Nice stuff Deb. Thank you.

Kat said...

My sites haven't been how every team uses them, just how the Yankees use them.

Mark Wagoner said...

Kat, Long term contracts are devastating. afraud, cc, ellsbury, mccann, teixeira, etc. You pay thru the nose for a couple of good years, and then when the players decline or get injured you are stuck. Teams can compete without spending a fortune.

YankeeMike said...

To make a point a .280 hitter can be more important to his team than a .340 hitter on another team. Also a pitcher 20-4 is far more important to his team than a 12-12 pitcher with a lower ERA on another team. Stat frauds don't care about winning they just care what an individual produces for himself. Never forget, the goal of the game is for the team to win. The players who contribute the most to help their team win the most are the best.

Kat said...

Mark,
So why have we had to succumb to so many long-term contract? I would think we wouldn't need to with the winmethod advantage.

Stan the Man said...

We go down this road every time someone post stat junk. Likely almost everyone who has been to this blog and reads it religiously and post here know that the WIN METHOD is golden and nothing will ever be important than winning.

candycane said...

Night off guys and gals. Get your mojo ready for the bosux series.

johnsondc said...

Kat, you would have to ask Yankee management how and why they decide how much and for how long. You bring you a point that may have gigantic implications in the future. How much and for how long do you offer Bryce Harper? the Yankee paid through the nose and are now suffering the disastrous consequences for signing afraud, even after WIN METHOD told them that he was not WIN METHOD. Lets assume WIN METHOD says he is OK to go after. At what price, if any?

Steve said...

No player is worth what most high priced players are getting. 3 years at 33 mil per year.

Patricia Piper said...

Not my decision, not my money. My feeling no player is the team.

RLA said...

Harper could be the type of signing that cripples the team for a decade. afraud really hurt the Yankees. They were great until they signed him, then became just very good.

Brian Cowley said...

If Harper had brains he would fire his agent and save the dollars. If he wants to be a Yankee, give them the discount. If he doesn't let him go somewhere else.

Wayne Littlebear said...

Likely he will get offers of over 40 million per season. The payback for the Yankees will be the meat he puts in the seats. Sell out every game. The Yankee advantage may be their youth. for instance Bird 1b, Castro 2b, Mateo ss, Didi 3b, Judge rf, Sanchez c, Severion p, Kaprielian p, etc. Low cost ??

Kat said...

Harper is a situation that's never been seen before. He'll be 26 which is younger than almost any free agent and if he continues at his pace will be the most productive free agents to have ever hit the market.

Wayne - I agree with most of what you put there, I don't think we'll ever see Didi playing 3rd for the yankees, no doubt he could handle the position but he doesn't profile offensively for the position.

Mike Smith said...

Tanaka tonight against the sux. This would be a great time to start winning series again.

NJYANKEE said...

I agree with johnsondc. And I agree with Wayne Littlebear.

Alex Antonius said...

If we can win the next two series we can move forward.

Billy Tedder said...

I'm a fan, I root for the Yankees. I have nothing to do with nor any say in how they run their organization. They can do whatever they want.

Benny Pake said...

Kat, why does anyone have 'profile' for a position? Just because some people define positions in a certain way? I wouldn't care in the least what his offensive profile is nor anyones in any position, as long as they helped the team win. That is all that matters.

Lori Kelly said...

Kat, what you said about Harper being a situation that never happened before is going to be unique. What yearly dollar amount and for how many years is going to be extremely interesting and entertaining. The issue I would like to bring up is, there are no guarantees
that come with what you pay. How much would anyone pay for a new car, house, refrigerator, etc., without any guarantee. someone could very well flush a very lot of money down the drain.

Kat said...

Logically you're correct, it shouldn't matter necessarily. I think the theory used by most managers is that third base/first base are less demanding positions and defense at those corners has less an impactful that positions up the middle.

That's why you see a lot of offense-first players there, because the managers feel they will help on offense and their defensive shortcomings will be somewhat hidden. Right or wrong I think most teams think along those lines.

Cory said...

OK guys, start playing some winning baseball.

Warren Hammond said...

I'll stick with the idea that no one player is worth what people are thinking Harper will get. I'll get a step further, and say I don't think what the top paid players in the game right now are worth what they are getting.

Boston Yankee said...

Stand up, clap your hands, and shout. Game time.

AAA said...

Our first inning...lead off walk, drag bunt single, DP, flyout. We get nothing when it mattered.

candycane said...

afraud HR. Yanks up 1-0 after 2. afraud finding his swing.

Sal Mineo said...

1-0 Yanks after 4.

will-i-am said...

The Yankees have hit into 4 double plays in 5 innings.

Teena/Bronx said...

2-0 Yanks after 5.

candycane said...

Tanaka crashes and burns in the 7th. Game tied 2-2.

Stan the Man said...

Betances gives up 2 run HR to Ortiz. yanks down 4-2 after 8. Just when you thought things couldn't get worse.

will-i-am said...

Yankees go down 1,2,3 in 9th, lose 3-2 and the nightmare continues.

Dan Evans said...

Very sad.

White Knight said...

A positive note. There is only one more day in April to make our opening month worse than it has been.

Gus Papa said...

The second guessing of Girardi will be furious. WIN METHOD fans, remember this fact, only the performance of the players on the field determine the score of the game. Any decision when the player performs looks good. Any decision when the player fails looks bad. Girardi is only the messenger. You do no hang the messenger.

Phil Jenkins said...

I don't think you can ever find a better definition for WIN METHOD baseball and just how meaningless stats are than over this first month of Yankee baseball and not producing when it would matter most while the opposition does.

Steven F said...

Phil,
I think that would only make sense if the Yankees had great stats over this first month and were still losing despite that. That isn't the case. They've scored the second fewest runs in baseball, the offense is struggling at all times.

Jerry Curcio said...

Watching games this season is tearing my heart out.

Sharon/NC said...

April 2016 Yankee baseball = Nightmare on Elm Street.
One more day then the worm turns.

Phil Jenkins said...

Steven F, The Yankees have lost six games by one or two runs so far. They are 8-13 right now and turning those games they would be 14-7. One or two hits in men on base situations could have easily change the outcome of every one of those games. The stats mean nothing, the producing when it counts means everything. Lets say they lost all six games by two runs, they would need three runs for an added total of eighteen runs for the season and they could by 14-7. People need to realize and learn that producing when it counts is ten fold more important than the total runs you score.

Steven F said...

I just think it's very easy for you to look back at a game and say, oh well if they scored 2 more runs here they would've won. You can't really look at a game like that.

What does that mean exactly - when it counts. Everything counts. Do you mean specifically with runners in scoring position - well the hits that got those guys into scoring position count too.

The players during the game don't know how it will play it out. So to them everything counts. Even an RBI down by 8 could be the beginning of a huge comeback.

It's very easy for you to play Monday morning quarterback and determine what did and did not matter.

Steven F said...

My overall point on your original post was that it would only make sense if the "stats" didn't support the Yankees current record. Currently though the stats support the Yankees struggles. So not sure how you can use that as an argument for their uselessness.

RLA said...

Pineda tonight.

William Mensom said...

Steven F, I don't think Phil was picking apart anything, just stating fact. It seems you do not understand the WIN METHOD. I could give numerous scenarios on how to score runs. The point is when those scenarios are presented, you produce to score those runs. That is producing when it matters. No doubt that team mates need to reach base to get the team to the scoring opportunities. That is the job of every player every time at bat. During a game there may be some amounts of time when a hit will score one or more runs. That is what meant by producing when it counts. Example, Boston puts two men on base in the 7th inning last night and two out. There number nine batter delivers when it mattered most and doubles off the wall to tie the game. The Yankees have been leaving far to many men in scoring position far to often. That is the difference between winning and losing. That is not second guessing unless you think second guessing is speaking about a player not getting a hit when it would matter the most. That is just factual performance on the field. Many people try to make the WIN METHOD something it isn't because of their dumbed downed initiation to baseball with the most meaningless analytical stats. They become so blinded that they can not see that a hit when it can score a run or two is so very important to winning, and not getting that hit will allow you to lose. I apologize for being long winded, but it is simple and easy to understand for anyone if they would just let go of individual stats and think of just winning games.

Steve f said...

I don't disagree with really anything your saying.

Watching the games the offense isnt creating enough scoring chances in general, which is supported by the low team obp. Additionally they're hitting terribly on the chances they do have guys in scoring position- also supported by the BA with RISP stat.

So I don't really get how phils comment makes any sense since the stats support what's happened on the field.

I also think the real black hole in the lineup has been headley. I've noticed Arod has a gotten a lot of grief but headley has been far worse.

Saul Irving said...

White Knight..I think you said it all.

William Mensom..There are none so blind as those who will not see.

Carl Hooks said...

Steve f, We don't care what the stats are. the point was made that in the six games the Yankees lost by 1 or 2 runs they could have won them all with a timely hit or two and then the team would be 14-7 with a very small change in all the stats you posted.

A win tonight would be nice. Losing stinks.

Paul Hirschman said...

I think all too many people errantly look at stats in total. Ted Williams said it best..."everytime I come to bat I come with a batting average of .000, when I finish the at bat I will be 1.000 or .000.

johnsondc said...

It is never how many or how much, it is always when that determines the best of the season. The only stat that ever is counted by how many and the only stat that determines the best is wins. Learn that and accept that and you will become a knowledgeable baseball fan.

Steven F said...

I don't really think ignoring facets of the game and focusing on just wins makes some one more knowledgeable...

That's fine that you aren't interested in the statistical side of the game, but I find the details of player performance to be interesting and fascinating and sheds more light on individual player performance.

Jill Byrnes said...

seeknaY og steL

Fred Slube said...

There is ONLY one side of the game. That is to win, nothing else means anything. You can believe whatever you want. Individual player performance is just that, individual. Player performance that helps the team win, reach the playoffs, and beyond is what determines the best players. A player doesn't have to be a .300 hitter to be the best hitter on the team. A player does need the most RBIs on the team to be the best producer when it counts the most. It is the combination of all 25+ players everyday who determine if the team wins or not. That is all that counts. That is all that ever counted. That is all that will count in the future, unless they change the rules. Maybe the PC will be the last place team will be the best one day.

candycane said...

Yanks down 2-0 after 3.

johnsondc said...

Difference right now, Yanks failed with men in scoring position, the bosux succeeded with men in scoring position. Yanks down 2-0 after 3.

johnsondc said...

Yanks down 2-0 after and again fail to produce when it counts in 5th with man in scoring position.

johnsondc said...

Yanks trail 4-0 after 6 as sux produce again with men in scoring position.

Stan the Man said...

Yankees down 4-0 after 6.

Vinny Ferrero said...

Yankees getting pounded in 7th as bosux take 6-0 lead and still batting. April does end tonight.

Dave Matthews said...

Yanks down 8-0 after 8. Scary.

Todd Griffin said...

Mercifully the game has ended. The Yankees lose 8-0 going down without a whimper.

candycane said...

Final. We end April with another loss 8-0.

Steven F said...

Fred
I enjoy the player analysis side and get enjoyment out of the amazing things players can do on the baseball field. I enjoy the prospect analysis side as well. I take enjoyment in watching the incredible power of Giancarlo stanton hitting a baseball over 450 feet, or how fast Billy Hamilton can run down the line, or watching the incredible fielding ability of Andrelton Simmons.

That's fine that you don't care about these things, you don't have to. But you also can't sit there and tell me that I'm not allowed to enjoy the OTHER aspects of the game outside of winning, that certainly exist. We're allowed to have differing opinions and there's no need to be so condescending in expressing yours.

Todd Griffin said...

Watched last nights game on MLB with Jim Katt and Bob Costas. Katt has always been one of my favorite announcers. Costas started talking about analytics and metrics in reference to winning games. Katt said, "Bob, I'm from the old school and all you have to do to win every game is score one more run than the ream you are playing," I thought immediately of WIN METHOD.

Fred Slube said...

Steven F....I never spoke about all the points you mentioned in your post. And if you think I was being condescending to you or anyone, you are being very foolish. I think events during a game as you mentioned and more, the steal of home, an inside the park home run, a leaping catch taking a home run out of the seats are fantastic events. The analysis side is just talking head BS in my opinion, and you are welcome to enjoy it. The clear point I was making that seemed to elude you is that winning is the desired result for any game by any team. All teams success are determined by wins. Wins are determined by players producing when it counts and losses are determined by players failing to produce when it counts. Not how much or how many they produce.

I mentioned the steal of home, always a great spectacle, great when it comes in a very close game and may mean the difference in winning and losing. Very meaningless when it comes in the eighth inning with your team leading 8-0. A walk off home run lets the home team fans go home exuberant and elated. A grand slam in the eighth inning in a game you are winning 8-0 means nothing.

To repeat, anyone can view and like what makes them happy. My point of my post was that only wins and winning are the goal and desired result for each team each game. That is the purpose of playing the games and that is what determines the champion.

Linda Rice said...

Steven F looks to be somewhat uptight.

YankeeMike said...

It's May. April showers bring May flowers.

Steve F said...

Fred
"There is ONLY one side of the game. That is to win, nothing else means anything. - I was supposed to interpret that as meaning winning is the desired result for any game but there are other sides to the game. Got it, totally the same thing, I was so foolish.

In the end baseball is just a game, meant to be entertaining to the fans - so all those exciting and entertaining things you mentioned matter to some of us fans.

To some of us, winning ISN'T everything :). Even if (not suggesting it will be the case) this season doesn't go well - I'm looking forward to seeing some of these young guys come up through the system, seeing how some young pitchers adjust through the year (Severino), etc. Lot's of things to enjoy in this game.

Stanley Chin said...

Look. Last season the Blue Jays and Yankees finished 1, 2 in the AL East. Right now they are last and next to last, both with 14 losses. I don't think either team is giving up and throwing in the towel.

Eddie OConnor said...

For me. Winning is what i want from my team. I get most excited when the pressure is on and players come through for their team under the pressure conditions. Example, if I was a bosux fan, Friday night when Brantley delivers a game tying two out double in the 7th inning. Then Ortiz hits the game winning HR off of Betances in the 8th inning. That is baseball at its best. Then last night Ortiz hits a majestic HR late in the game to add a run to a game that has been pretty much decided. Meant nothing to me. No pressure, just a free loose at bat.

Jimmy Thames said...

Eddie, you have clearly explained the difference of when and when not an at bat matters. Hits under pressure situations when the game is on the line are what baseball is about. It is what every sport is about. The field goal kicker who makes a 50 yarder to win the game on the last play or the field goal kicker who misses the 20 yarder and his team losses by a point or two.
the basketball team who comes from 10 down in the 3 or minutes to win. Or the 3 point buzzer beating shot to win a game. Sports are winning and losing.

Walt Belamy said...

Eovaldi tonight if they play the despised espn Sunday night game.

reinvaldez said...

Man oh man, do we need a win, then a series, then a few 7-3 streaks.

AAA said...

Unless the lineup scores some runs it won't make any difference what our starters do.

Vinny Ferrero said...

Hicks, Torreyes, Romine in lineup tonight.

Ivan Norrionkos said...

Someone step up. Better yet, everybody step up.

Steve said...

April has stretched to the first inning of May as afraud fails yet again to score a runner from third base with less than two out.

Steve said...

1-0 bosux after one as they capably score runner from third with less than two out. Unlike afraud.

Unknown said...

Did pretty well the next time with a RISP, he's been swinging the stick very well of late

Cory said...

Yanks get 3 in 3rd, their first decent inning in ages, then Eovaldi gives the 3 right back. Yanks down 4-3 after 3.

Mike Smith said...

6-6 after 5.

Bob Behan said...

Betances gets tagged again for another two run home run and Yankees are down 8-6 after 7.

Vinny Ferrero said...

Yanks get 1 back in 8th and trail sux 8-7 going to their last at bats in the 9th.

Mike Smith said...

Yanks down 8-7 after 8.

Mike Smith said...

Final, another loss 8-7.

Yanks23245 said...

Yankees go down 1,2,3 in 9th. Lose 8-7.

Sean Smith said...

It's new month. We score seven runs and still lose. Get swept by the bosux. have lost five in a row. In last place. Team the furthest under .500 ball since Girardi became manager. Think positive. It is a long season.

Frank Sergi said...

Who said it can't get any worse?

Quay Ho said...

Have we hit bottom yet.

Ty Keel said...

Off day. Can't lose today he said satirically.

Patricia Piper said...

All right people, get it all out of our systems.

Barbara Steele said...

We could go the route of the talk forums. Cleaned up for clean reading. Girardi stinks. Everyone on the team is old and stinks and over the hill. the newbies can't hack it. the team is the worst ever. The Steinbrenners don't care, don't want to win and are cheap skates.

Steve said...

Barbara, I know that forum. Been there. You cleaned it up nicely.

Yankeeforever said...

We will survive and rebound and the AL East will find out yet again what the Yankees are made of.

RLA said...

The first shall be last and the last shall be first. Lets go Yankees.

Gene A said...

We put the bosux in first by getting swept, now we can put the Orioles back on top.

will-i-am said...

Do over, do over, we start May today with a new series. The last game was from a series in April.

Chad Greene said...

Louie Louie tonight in Baltimore.

Erica Johnston said...

Lets go guys, you ain't as bad as you have been playing.

Norm Jackson said...

Louie Louie needs to get it altogether also.

Bud Light said...

Steven Fischer....Yes, afraud 2 run HR was great and much welcomed. It still does not negate the fact that he failed to get a runner in from third with less than two out in the first. In losing a one run game that run could have been huge.

Deb F said...

Bud, I think you have posted the problem of calmative stats. They numbers start to look good as they add up, but the constant failures are ignored.

Yanks23245 said...

Are we ready to win?

Steven F. said...

He hit a 2 run home run to give them a 3-1 lead and 2 run double to give them a 5-4 lead.

And you guys are going to sit and complain about his performance? You guys are really reaching at this point to place blame on Arod...

Sal Mineo said...

1-1 after 2.

Stan the Man said...

Yanks down 2-1 after 4.

Wilsonsway said...

Yanks trail 4-1 after 5.

Stan the Man said...

Yanks down 4-1 after 7.

Wilsonsway said...

Final another loss 4-1.

Deb F said...

This is not good and needs to change.

will-i-am said...

We out hit the O's, but they scored runs and we didn't again.

johnsondc said...

I think many have posted here about this seasons performance so far. Let me state a thought, what does everyone think what would be happening now if Mr. George Steinbrenner were alive and in charge? I'll put it mildly, I think the fur would be flying.

NJYANKEE said...

George would be ridiculing the players. There would have been changes in upper management and on field management. In other words a fire would have been lit. But then again Hank and Hal may be biding their time to get under the salary cap, get rid of the horrendous contracts and then make a big splash with the home grown talent and the acquisition of some very high end free agents.

Dane Ostroff said...

It may even be that afraud would have been booted off the team for his lying and cheating leading to his year suspension from baseball. George likely would have found a way.

Lori Kelly said...

When the Yankees lost under George Steinbrenner it was not dull. Right now losing is killing me.

Gus Papa said...

If George were alive we wouldn't be the way we are.

Sean Smith said...

Just say NO to losing.

KevMac said...

Small break for Yankees. The DH who cannot play the field or run, afraud is put on 15 day DL with right hamstring pull.

YankeeMike said...

CC goes tonight. Would be great to get on a winning roll without afraud.

John Hartnett said...

We need to produce when it counts. Wake up guys, play as a team.

candycane said...

Scoreless after 4.

Cory said...

Whoa Nellie, Yanks score 3 in 6th for 3-0 lead with O's at bat.

Stan the Man said...

Yankees lead 3-0 after 6.

will-i-am said...

The jinx is over, we are alive.

Cory said...

Four run 8th gives Yanks 7-0 win and will be a win for CC who threw 7 strong innings.

candycane said...

7-0 Yanks after 8.

will-i-am said...

Theeeeeeeeeee Yankeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees Winnnnnnnnnnnn.

Stan the Man said...

final Yanks win 7-0. Nice to say that again.

candycane said...

Do it again, do it again.

Augie DeFonce said...

A much needed win last night sparked by seven shut out innings from veteran CC Sabathia.

Linda Rice said...

Build on our one win. Baby steps can equal big steps.

Lori Kelly said...

Tanaka tonight. Make it two in a row.

Arthur Addison said...

Can only hope last night was CCs way of making a statement to the team.

Steve said...

We need to consistently hit when it counts. With the black hole out, maybe things will pick up.

sid greenberg,nyc said...

It's going to be a nasty cool damp evening in Baltimore tonight.

Saul Irving said...

As long as we win sid.

Ted Lilly said...

0-0 after 3.

Cory said...

0-0 thru 5. Will we score?

candycane said...

0-0 after 6.

Sal Mineo said...

0-0- after 7. Tanaka very sharp.

Cory said...

0-0 after 8.

Richmonman said...

Tanaka with a gem through eight. We didn't get him a run.

candycane said...

Betances in for a scoreless 9th. Extra innings.

candycane said...

Barbato blows it in 10th. Yankees lose 1-0.

Cory said...

You don't score you don't win. Not good. One win is not enough. Losing all three series is bad.

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