Winter is over, the hot stove is off. Spring training games are finished, now the season begins. Over the next 162 games the ten best teams will go on to the playoffs. This is the time when producing when it counts matters most and over the next 162 games the best players in the game will go to the playoffs. Wins and winning is all that matters and only wins and winning will get the best players and the best teams to the playoffs.
The NEW YORK YANKEES completed a banner off season obtaining several players who will play for the team to win and who know that winning as a team and doing all the little things that can help the team win is what matters most in the end. Paxton, Happ, Britton, Tulowitzki, Lemahieu, Voit, and others know that only wins, and not individual stats, are what gets a team to the playoffs. The YANKEE hierarchy was brilliant by not signing either Manny Machado or Bryce Harper to ten and thirteen year contracts for the amount of money each is getting that neither player is worth, and would have crippled the YANKEES for the decade ahead. Look for the YANKEES to win more World Series than the Padres and Phillies combined over the next decade.
With the blossoming of the YANKEES own core of youngsters who have bloomed and are now growing in the major leagues at the nucleus of this 2019 team, the YANKEES are set to recapture the division title in the American League East. The YANKEES will start this season with a handful of key players on the disabled list (DL), however the YANKEES as every other team will have to play the hand they are dealt and overcome obstacles put in front of them. Yes, the YANKEES can and the YANKEES will.
What is most promising is the future ahead. The YANKEES have been able to obtain many WIN METHOD youngsters with a bright future and an unlimited ceiling. Keep an eye out for Estevan Florial who has the tools to be the YANKEE center fielder of the future. There are also several starting pitchers in the minors that will step forward to be major league impact starters for the YANKEES.
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The season starts in a couple of days and a great season it will be for the YANKEES. Thank you all again for you support, your comments, and your opinions. All of which are posted with intelligence and wisdom far beyond any other site, blog, or forum in existence. LETS GO YANKEES.
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«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 400 of 1371 Newer› Newest»Tanaka will get tested tomorrow in Houston. Will need for our bats to continue to stay hot.
LeMahieu has been a gem offensively and defensively.
With the current Yankee teams physical condition winning the Astro series would be fantastic. Heck, I'd be happy with winning one game.
Tanaka, Loaisiga and Paxton the three Yankee starters in Houston.
Masahiro Tanaka RHP
NYY Lineup
B Gardner (L) CF
A Judge (R) RF
L Voit (R) DH
G Sánchez (R) C
G Torres (R) SS
G Bird (L) 1B
D LeMahieu (R) 2B
C Frazier (R) LF
G Urshela (R) 3B
This lineup looks to be the best we have right now.
Lets go Yankees.
Yanks hold 2-1 lead after five.
Yankee bullpen, Britton and Ottavino turn a 3-1 Yankee lead into a 4-3 loss. A really tough loss.
The 2019 season in ten game segments.
Games:
1 - 10 5-5
5-5 is marching in place and will not get the team to the playoffs. However the Yankees are not playing with anywhere near their full team.
Loaisiga tonight with an 8PM starting time. A big test for the youngster.
Last nights game was a fine example of what WIN METHOD and Deb F were talking about in their posts a day or so ago. All players contributions in any given game determine which team wins and which team loses. The Yankees got a great pitched game from their starter (Tanaka) last night. Six innings one run. Houston got a well pitched game from their starter (Verlander). Six innings three runs. The Yankees could easily have had a fourth run but yet another epic fail by Sanchez with men on first and third with one out and he pops up and he doesn't get the fourth run in. This the day after he hits three home runs, pretty meaningless ones, in a 15-3 rout of the Orioles. Production when it matters determines who wins not production when it doesn't matter in a rout. Last nights game then comes down to the last three innings and each teams bullpen. Houston's pen goes three innings and allows nothing giving their team a chance to come back. The Yankee bullpen fails miserably with Britton giving up two runs and Houston ties the game. The Ottavino goes one inning and gives up the winning run and the Yankees lose 4-3.
Games come down to producing when it counts and not how much and or how many any individual attains for himself.
Why are players like Britton and Paxton touted as "winning" players and shrewd moves in line with Win Method thinking when neither helped their teams win? Seattle and Baltimore did not win despite having these players for many years.
Yes we lost last night, but I believe we showed the world we can play with anyone. There are many games yet to be played.
I wonder how many stat frauds are killing Boone for taking Tanaka out of the game last night? Any move a manager makes turns out good or bad by the results the players on the field attain. The manager does not play in the game. If Britton and Ottavino do what they are paid to do, the Yankees win and no one will say a word about the manager.
Last nights loss hurt. More pressure on Loaisiga tonight which he does not need. Lets hope for the best.
Jonathan Loaisiga RHP
NYY Lineup
B Gardner (L) CF
A Judge (R) RF
L Voit (R) 1B
G Sánchez (R) DH
G Torres (R) SS
D LeMahieu (R) 2B
C Frazier (R) LF
G Urshela (R) 3B
A Romine (R) C
Bird who is killing himself on the bench.
Tony Stevens, Common sense. Players are on teams because they have little to no choice. If they are drafted by MLB teams (to make things easy) each team has one pick in each round. that means 30 players are drafted in each round of the draft. A player doesn't have to sign with the team that drafted him, but if he doesn't, if I am not mistaken he has to sit out a year and can then enter the draft again. Don't hold me to that. I could be wrong. Latin American players can be offered contracts by teams, but each team only has so much money they can spend. My point being players can be loved, liked, or interested in by WIN METHOD, and the Yankees have no chance in obtaining them. They may then try to obtain them down the road by the Rule 5 draft, trade, free agency. That is how a WIN METHOD who is on a poorer team and still be WIN METHOD.
Bad news.
Yankees right-hander Luis Severino will be shut down and not throw a baseball for six weeks due to a Grade 2 lat strain, the team announced just before Tuesday night's game against the Astros.
The injury is separate from the issue Severino reported during Spring Training, when he underwent an MRI exam on his right shoulder.
What kind of doctors are the Yankees using. Why didn't they find the lat strain in their original diagnosis. Did they see one thing and look for nothing else. I would think they should be sued for incompetence.
Yanks up 3-2 after 6.
Yankee bullpen blows second game in a row. Leading by 1 after 6 bullpen gives up 4 runs while Astros put Yankees down with nothing over the last 3 innings. Final 6-3 loss.
I don't see any intensity or urgency with the bullpen pitchers. Seems like they are afraid to throw the ball over the plate and are pitching from behind.
Paxton gets the start tonight and will try to prevent the Yankees from getting swept. What he does won't make any difference if the bullpen can't support him. I don't expect nine shutout innings from him.
Producing when it counts determines the outcome of games. The Yankee produced when it counted in both Astro games for the first six innings. Yankee pitchers out pitched the Astro pitchers, the Yankee hitters out hit the Astro hitters scoring more runs in the first six innings of each game. However, baseball games are nine innings and in the last three innings of each game the Astro pitcher and hitters produced far more than the Yankees at a very high rate and were able to overcome the deficit from the first six innings. Result, the Astros won both games by producing when it mattered most. There you have the WIN METHOD in a nutshell. Now keep in mind the season is 162 games, and only at the end of the 162 games we will know who are the best teams with the best players. There will be peaks and valleys for all teams over the course of the season, but in the end the best rise to the top. And every player will contribute to their teams results.
It would have been nice to have won one of the first two games of this series and playing to win the series, but alas we are playing not to get swept.
Paxton will be tested tonight.
James Paxton LHP
NYY Lineup
B Gardner (L) CF
A Judge (R) RF
L Voit (R) DH
G Torres (R) SS
G Bird (L) 1B
D LeMahieu (R) 3B
C Frazier (R) LF
A Romine (R) C
T Wade (L) 2B
Goal: Avoid the sweep.
Lets go guys. Play without hiccups.
CC is back and will make his first start Saturday. Let there be light.
Yanks down 3-2 after 4.
Paxton had little today. Yankees down 7-2 after 6. Looks like a sweep.
Yankees score 4 in 8th and try to come back but lose 8-6 and get swept by Houston.
Off day today. Start three game weekend series with the White Sox at home. CC makes his first start of season Saturday.
I don't feel that bad about the sweep. We could have won at least two of the games and would have beaten their two best pitchers if out bullpen didn't fail so miserably. Lets look forward.
That is why individual players don't win games. Teams win games with the contribution of all players and when they win those players are the best.
I've been very happy with Clint Frazier this past week. He has trended to making solid contact at the plate and does not seem lost like thru spring training. Fielding still is nothing to write home about.
I can only hope that Boone does have one on ones with players who are not producing as they are expected. There should be no way he can be happy with the play he is getting from so many guys.
LeMahieu is the best player the Yankees have right now. Makes consistent solid contact. Hits the ball to all fields, doesn't overswing, and doesn't swing for home runs like a madman.
As of now the only Yankee pitcher listed for this weekend is CC for Saturday.
The Yankees have a two game series with the sux on Tue and Wed, Boone may be trying to set up who start those two games. Tanaka and Paxton?
Everyone on this team needs to get their act together, get their head in the game, and stop swinging for the fences all the time.
WIN METHOD fans, remember, the Yankees will overcome all roadblocks and obstacles thrown before them. Confidence, it is a long season.
Nine game homestand, three with the White Sox, two with the sux, four with the Royals. 6-3 would be great. Anything worse than 5-4 would not be good.
The Houston Astros swept us. They hit a few home runs, but most of their runs were scored via walks, singles, doubles, and triples. Two, three, and four batters producing when it counts to help their team win. A walk, stolen base and single will score a run, but not may be as flashy as a home run. The run scored is equal however. So the Yankees need to cut the crapola and play baseball, winning baseball, WIN METHOD baseball.
Heads up. There may be some precipitation influence at Yankee Stadium this weekend.
Happ has just been listed as starter for tonight's games.
We need to get in sync. The pitchers and hitters need to help each other out.
Vince/Brooklyn, In today's world far too many players are playing for themselves and they may say they care about winning, but in reality they don't. Case in point, and free agent usually pick any team he wants to play for. He may have to take less dollars, but few do.
The first light rain drops are just starting to fall. Game should still be played I think. I didn't stay at a Holiday Inn last night.
Teena/Bronx, now that is funny. But, lets go Yanks.
Still no Yankee lineup.
J.A. Happ LHP
NYY Lineup
B Gardner (L) CF
A Judge (R) RF
L Voit (R) DH
G Torres (R) SS
G Bird (L) 1B
D LeMahieu (R) 2B
C Frazier (R) LF
G Urshela (R) 3B
A Romine (R) C
Last time same thing. I wait and wait then post no lineup yet, and then it appears.
Sanchez on bench.
Lets play and win tonight.
LeMahieu has been worth his weight in gold. Great offense and defense.
Greg Bird is making it easy for the Yankees as he K's with the bases loaded and one out, not getting the run in for third. He will be sent to AAA. LeMahieu saves the day with a line single to right field for 2 runs and a 2-1 lead.
Sanchez not in lineup because he is on the DL with a mild calf strain. Another player goes down, but at least we have Romine who will get hits and not swing like a banshee every at bat.
Happ showing nothing tonight and is single handedly keeping the White Sox in the game. Yanks up 4-3 after 4.
Happ gives it all back with a extremely poor effort tonight. Gets no outs in the 5th and leaves with a 5-5 score and a man on first with no outs. This game should have been a laugher, but it is a battle.
Holder comes in and gives up 2 run HR putting Yankees down 7-5.
Game called with one out in seventh inning. It is a final, Yankees lose 9-6 on a pitiful display of pitching.
Wow is me. 9-6 loss.
1. How bad will it get?
2. Have we hit bottom yet?
3. Is the worse to come?..
4. Are we drowning?
5. How can one team have so many egregious injuries?
6. Can we play .500 ball thru April?
7. What happens if several players can't come back and help this season?
8. Why are so many pitchers doing so bad?
Help, the sky is falling
Will Sabathia restore some semblance of order to the Yankees. We do need a win.
CC Sabathia LHP
NYY Lineup
B Gardner (L) CF
A Judge (R) RF
D LeMahieu (R) 3B
G Torres (R) SS
G Bird (L) 1B
C Frazier (R) DH
M Tauchman (L) LF
K Higashioka (R) C
T Wade (L) 2B
Higashioka up for Sanchez and starting today. Voit on bench. Frazier DH. At least Boone is moving people around.
Gosh! Half the lineup are AAA players.
Scoreless thru four.
CC making his first start goes five innings and is taken out. 0 runs 1 hit. Looked great. German in for the sixth. 0-0 game.
Yankees score first. Three runs in the seventh, all on real baseball, hits, walks, errors, bunts, sac fly. 3-0 Yankees after seven.
Final. Yankees win 4-0. CC 5, German 2, Britton 1. Chapman 1, = 0 runs and just 1 hit.
We needed a game like this. Finally.
Tamaks starts tomorrow in the rubber game for the series win.
The senior Yankee leads by example. CC breathes some life into his team. Higashioka with a great game with the bat and behind the plate. Hope Sanchez was watching and LEARNING.
Baby steps, one game at a time.
The tide will turn, our time will comm, and our goals will be fulfilled.
Let's close out this series with a win.
Masahiro Tanaka RHP
NYY Lineup
D LeMahieu (R) 2B
A Judge (R) RF
G Torres (R) SS
L Voit (R) 1B
C Frazier (R) DH
B Gardner (L) CF
G Urshela (R) 3B
K Higashioka (R) C
M Tauchman (L) LF
Bird on bench today. Gardner and LeMahieu flipped in lineup.
Tanaka crashes and burns today. Leaves with no outs in the 5th inning and the bases loaded down 4-2.
Yanks down 5-2 after 7.
Yankees go down 5-2 and never threaten after White Sox take the lead in 4th inning. Lose game and series. The Yankees have played three home series and lost them all so far this season.
Our Yankees are not playing well at all. It is my opinion, and I know the manager does not play in any games, but someone has to be held responsible, Boone needs to be replaced.
Off day tomorrow, then two games with the sux. Paxton and Happ starters for Yanks.
Boy oh boy the Yankees look bad right now.
Wins are all that counts, but we aren't winning.
Right now the rotation should include Tanaka, Sabathia, Paxton, Happ, and German.
Nothing happening today. I guess no news is good news.
Didn't the Yankees start last year 8-9 and then got hot and had their best run for the season.
Let's sweep the sux while their down. Wait, we are down too.
Would anyone in the world have thought tonight's Yankee/bosux game would feature two teams playing well under .500 baseball and two starting pitchers with a 0-3 and 1-2 record.
IMe thinks we need to get some bodies back soon.
Hope we take down the sux twice.
What do the Yankee players do all winter that as soon as they start spring camp and start training to do their job, that they develop all these all injuries.
James Paxton LHP
NYY Lineup
D LeMahieu (R) 2B
A Judge (R) RF
L Voit (R) 1B
G Torres (R) SS
C Frazier (R) DH
G Urshela (R) 3B
B Gardner (L) CF
A Romine (R) C
M Tauchman (L) LF
We have to go with what we got. Everyone else is out of action.
All we need is wins.
Greg Bird out again with a plantar fascia tear. On DL and may miss a couple of months. That is 13 guys so far this year. Mike Ford up from SWB. AA players better get ready.
Yankees take a 4-0 lead thru 4.
Final. Yankees win 8-0. All nine Yankees either scored or knocked in a run and everyone got a hit.
Yanks pound Sale and rout sux 8-0. Can't lose this series. Can win it tomorrow with a win.
Good win tonight, now to string a few more wins together.
Paxton really came up big. Eight innings, 0 runs, 2 hits. Harvey the ninth to mop up. Bullpen is well rested.
Sadly, the way Bird was playing he is no loss. His replacement is an upgrade.
Happ goes for Yanks tomorrow. Paxton will be a tough act to follow.
We need more games like last nights.
Lets do it again guys. Lets go Yankees.
Happy Easter folks.
J.A. Happ LHP
NYY Lineup
B Gardner (L) CF
A Judge (R) RF
L Voit (R) 1B
G Torres (R) SS
D LeMahieu (R) 2B
C Frazier (R) DH
M Tauchman (L) LF
G Urshela (R) 3B
A Romine (R) C
Lets do it again guys. Everybody hits.
We have to beat Eovaldi some time. Might as well start tonight.
We owe Eovaldi some payback. Lets go Yankees. Hope Happ finds what Paxton did last night.
This game helps set the tone for the season. A split is a waste of two games with the sux. A win sends a message to a team in disaray.
Just say no to the sux. Especially if they are red.
Yankees down 3-1 after 4.
Gardner 7th inning grand slam puts Yankees in front 5-3 after 7.
Final. Yankees win 5-3. Sweep the two game series with the sux. Gardner the hero. Happ finds his form after giving up two home runs in the first two innings.
Yanks conclude homestand with a four game long weekend series against the KC Royals. German, CC, Tanaka, Paxton are the named starters. Lets keep moving forward.
German tonight and if he keeps developing as he has, builds confidence in his arsenal while throwing strikes and challenging hitters, he could become a very high calibre top of the rotation starter for the Yankees.
Last night's game demonstrated eloquently exactly what the WIN METHOD is all about. Happ, the starter pitches 6 1/3 innings allowing 3 runs for a quality start. Three relievers, Kahnle, Ottavino, Chapman, pitch 2 2/3 innings allowing 0 runs earning a hold and a save. Then there is the inning when it mattered most, down 3-1 Frazier a hit, Tauchman a walk, Romine a walk, bases loaded one out Gardner up, with a 0 ball 2 strike count Gardner hits a grand slam home run into the right centerfield bleachers for a 5-3 Yankee lead and eventually the win. Everyone contributes to a win. The biggest hit of the game by Gardner, but his HR means little without the three guys getting oun base before him. WIN METHOD rules.
Two options for the KC series if all four games are played. Win 4 or at least 3.
Deivi is learning in Tampa A ball right now. 36 outs, 23 K's. To many walks and hits. But he has the talent to get better and better.
Not losing a game in the Royals series would be a fine outcome. Lets go Yankees.
Gardners grand slam didn't have to go 450 feet or have 110 mph velocity or whatever loft angle to be worth 4 runs. Just more meaningless stats to satisfy the ignorance of the stat frauds.
Domingo German RHP
NYY Lineup
B Gardner (L) CF
A Judge (R) RF
L Voit (R) 1B
G Torres (R) SS
D LeMahieu (R) 3B
C Frazier (R) LF
M Ford (L) DH
A Romine (R) C
T Wade (L) 2B
Ford in as DH. Lets earn another win.
coryankee, I think you explained the WIN METHOD very well. I at bat may determine the final outcome of a game, but it is all the plays of the game that build to and make for that at bat and the perceived hero.
German not sharp. Yankees down 3-1 after four.
Yanks down 3-1 after 6.
Yankee bats anemic again, no consistency. German allows 3 in six innings, bullpen gives up 3 more in three innings. Yanks go down 6-1.
Yanks lose 6-1. Not a good start in this series.
CC for second start of season tomorrow. We need to win.
The Yankee engine is not firing on all cylinders and not makes for the type of play we are seeing.
Again, rain may play a part in tonights game with the Royals.
I feel confident tonights game will be rained out. Rain to be here around 6pm and game is 7pm. Rain looks to be extensive and heavy.
That might mean a double header Saturday. Could do a day/night type.
Latest on weather..taking a little longer to get here, now looks like after 8pm.
If we play we need to win.
Teena/Bronx....it looks like the rain is training west of the city until at least after 9PM. Might get the game in and maybe finish it.
CC Sabathia LHP
NYY Lineup
B Gardner (L) CF
A Judge (R) DH
L Voit (R) 1B
G Torres (R) SS
D LeMahieu (R) 3B
C Frazier (R) RF
M Tauchman (L) LF
K Higashioka (R) C
T Wade (L) 2B
All those missing names. Tulowitzki, Gregorius, Stanton, Andujar, Sanchez, Bird. Hang in there guys.
Scoreless after two.
Gardner two run Ballantyne blast puts Yanks up 2-1 after three.
Yankees up 5-2 after 6.
Final. Yankees win 6-2. Even series.
Win one lose one won't get you to the playoffs. We are better than that. Time will tell.
Tanaka tomorrow, weather permitting.
Think about it fans, baseball is the greatest games. Wins over the entire season, 162 games, the truest test of the best of all sports. Lets go Yankees.
Great if we can win the next two games and win this series.
Masahiro Tanaka RHP
NYY Lineup
D LeMahieu (R) 2B
A Judge (R) RF
L Voit (R) 1B
G Torres (R) SS
C Frazier (R) LF
M Ford (L) DH
G Urshela (R) 3B
A Romine (R) C
M Tauchman (L) CF
Gardner out, Tauchman in CF, Ford DH. Watch Ford today, just a feeling.
Judge HR in 1st and Frazier HR in 2nd give Yankees early 2-0 lead after two innings.
Yankees up 6-0 after 5. Should be more but umpires and NLB review make stupid but even worse, a wrong call taking a 3 run HR away from Torres on a ball into the stands that the left fielder was reaching into the stand for and possibly may have been caught, but was touched by a fan on the stands side of the fence. It was a HR.
Judge takes himself out of the game in the sixth inning after lining a single to right field. The injury was on the swing of the bat, looked to be his left side, and likely an oblique. Judge likely headed to the DL. That will make 14 players so far this season. Lets see what the facts are because this only my opinion of what I saw.
Judge injury is left oblique. On his way to hospital for an MRI. We can only hope for the best.
The 2019 season in ten game segments.
Games:
1- 10 ...... 5 - 5
11- 20 ......10 -10
Still marching in place and more injuries that are significant.
Final. Yankees win 9-2. Judge left game with oblique injury. Have chance to take this series with a win tomorrow.
How many guys can go down for one team. This has to be the most in the history of baseball.
TheregoestheJudge.
A good win and a bad loss in one game.
Look at all this on the bright. Come the playoffs the Yankees will be a well rested team ready to roll.
Paxton tomorrow for the series win and get over .500 ball as a team.
Who do the Yankees have left to bring up tp replace Judge?
After tomorrows game Yanks go on a ten day nine game western trip. Angels 4, Giants 3, and Dbacks 2. Tough time for that kind of trip right now.
Happy Easter everyone.
No matter what happens this season will be a positive. The more this team accomplishes it will be a feather in their cap. Every win will be achieved with the input from every player who dons the Yankee pinstripes this season. Because this team will use an inordinate amount of players just to put 25 men on the field each game. Yes you can guys. Play WIN METHOD baseball and not for yourself. Yes you can.
Even our minor league teams are being decimated by the injury bug. Matt Sauer, 2017 2nd round draftee by the Yankees is out for 2019 and will undergo Tommy John (TJ) surgery. The kid was a real solid WIN METHOD find. His career will now be backed up for at least a year or two.
With Judge going down, it just puts more pressure on the pitching staff. Will some one or two step up to carry the load.
James Paxton LHP
NYY Lineup
D LeMahieu (R) 2B
L Voit (R) DH
B Gardner (L) CF
C Frazier (R) RF
M Tauchman (L) LF
G Urshela (R) 3B
M Ford (L) 1B
A Romine (R) C
T Wade (L) SS
This lineup could have been a spring training road trip lineup.
The stat frauds must be going berserker than normal for them, Gardner, Frazier, Tauchman batting 3,4,5.
Hope Paxton doesn't allow many runs, or better yet, any runs.
“Clint Frazier is not winnethod, not winmethod at all” - Win Method
Wonder what the oddsmakers would have the Yankees at making the playoffs if they knew this would be the lineup before the start of the season.
Every time I see a post about hitting the bottom, we keep heading lower.
Sanchez will be first back in 2 or 3 days. Then Stanton and Tulowitzki in another week or so.
No word on Judge yet.
Bad news. Judge injury pretty significant, on DL, no timetable on his return.
Paxton does it, Yankee lineup does it, and Frazier 3 run HR ices it. 6-0 Yankees after six.
Green and Ottavino give everything away and more allowing six runs without an out in the eighth putting the Yankees down 6-5 in the eighth. HORRENDOUS effort from both.
Romine second 2 out RBI single of game tie it at 6 after 8.
Romine, the best backup catcher in baseball wins it with RBI single in 10th.
Final. Yankees win 7-6 in 10. A game that was a laugher, that turned into a nightmare, finishes as a win with Austin Romine the hero, tying and then winning the game with 8th and 10th inning RBI singles.
Stan the Man, I know you meant well and I probably would have agreed with you at the time, but please don't post a win before the game is over.
I'm glad the Yanks came back, it would have been a really sad loss. Green and Ottavino better get their act together. Especially Ottavio. He gets paid far to much for what he is doing.
Yankees head to California for their first west coast road trip. Play four games against the Angels M,T,W,H nights. Only Happ and German named for the first two games so far.
Paying attention to the Yankee woes right now and how they are trying to hang tough, baseball fans are getting a great lesson in the WIN METHOD, and just what it takes for teams to win games. The importance of all players, the one who fail and the ones who produce over the course of a full season. The WIN METHOD shows individual stats to be the sham they are, again and again.
We are playing very short handed and we go west to play 9 games against 3 teams that are lying in wait to trounce the big bad Yankees. 5-4 would be wonderful. Heck, I could live with 4-5.
It is a little after 5am in California and all the Yankees should be sound asleep. Hope Happ keeps us in the game and we get another win.
The Yankees just have to keep grinding and win games any way they can. Loved Romines three RBIs yesterday, everyone a big hit when it counted.
Lets go Yankees. Make the best of this road trip. We need wins.
No long home runs can be a good thing for a team. There is nothing wrong with home runs, but there is plenty wrong with the fools who try to track velocity, launch angle, and hang time. All meaningless garbage consumed by garbage eaters, aka stat frauds.
Lets go Yankees.
J.A. Happ LHP
NYY Lineup
B Gardner (L) CF
L Voit (R) 1B
G Torres (R) SS
C Frazier (R) LF
M Tauchman (L) RF
M Ford (L) DH
G Urshela (R) 3B
K Higashioka (R) C
T Wade (L) 2B
Four left handed bats in lineup tonight.
If our starters keep us in the game we can win any game even with our backup lineup.
Tonight will turn into morning here in the east while the games plays out. A win will not hurt those of us watching tonight.
2-2 after 4.
Still 2-2 after 7. Happ has done his job for 7 innings. Lets get a couple of runs.
Onto extra innings tied at 2.
11 innings in the books. Still 2-2. Come on guys.
Yankees score 1 in 12th, but Chapman blows save allowing a run. 3-3 and going to the 13th.
Yankees score 1 in 14th for a 4-3 win.
Final. Yankees win 4-3 in 14. A win is a win.
It looks like it was a grinding win last night. Chapman blew a save in the 12th. Urshela came up big offensively and defensively. A nice WIN METHOD win where so many contributed.
German, CC, Tanaka penned in for next three games. Happ kept us alive with seven innings making one really bad pitch costing him a 2 run HR, the only runs he gave up. The worst of the relievers was Chapman blowing a save in the 12th and adding 2 more innings to the game.
Frazier rolled his ankle late in the game last night. Stayed in game with ankle taped over sock and pants. Says he will play tonight. I hope so.
A good start to the road trip. A win tonight would be great. Hope each starter keeps us in the game and gives us a chance to win.
My take on a fake stat WAR. WAR is a fake statistic that is overused in my opinion. I just dont think it should be used in discussions. Basically, man made stats and formulas can be created to tell you anything you want them to. That makes them fake.
Hobbs.....The old standard stats are always fact based. Anytime someone tries to create something with numbers they can manipulate, that formula is instantly fraudulent, and therefor meaningless.
Domingo German RHP
NYY Lineup
D LeMahieu (R) 3B
L Voit (R) DH
B Gardner (L) CF
G Torres (R) SS
M Tauchman (L) RF
M Ford (L) 1B
A Romine (R) C
T Estrada (R) 2B
T Wade (L) LF
Frazier not in lineup. Estrada at 2B with Wase in LF. Now the backups are going down and the backups backups are getting action.
Knowing Boone, I believe it is his normal thought process. Protect the player for a game. He still would be available if needed however.
German to throw a gem and we get another win. Everyone contributes. Lets go Yankees.
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