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Post by kaybli on Oct 3, 2021 5:52:06 GMT -5
For all the permutations, just win and be guaranteed no Game 163 nonsense!
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Post by chiyankee on Oct 3, 2021 8:59:17 GMT -5
Surely they can beat Wacha, right?
The bullpen is going to get another workout.
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Post by rizzuto on Oct 3, 2021 9:17:04 GMT -5
Surely they can beat Wacha, right? The bullpen is going to get another workout. The Rays just seem to have our number and have for several years. I cannot believe the hits they put together yesterday, some well off the plate. Every single batter reached base, seven of their nine had two or more hits. Meadows had only one hit, but it was a three run homer. Diaz had no hits but one walk. The game before, every run came with two outs. It’s uncanny how many balls in play find holes. And, that team won 100 games with awful starting pitching. Insane. |
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Post by chiyankee on Oct 3, 2021 9:24:54 GMT -5
Surely they can beat Wacha, right? The bullpen is going to get another workout. The Rays just seem to have our number and have for several years. I cannot believe the hits they put together yesterday, some well off the plate. Every single batter reached base, seven of their nine had two or more hits. Meadows had only one hit, but it was a three run homer. Diaz had no hits but one walk. The game before, every run came with two outs. It’s uncanny how many balls in play find holes. And, that team won 100 games with awful starting pitching. Insane. 19 hits yesterday, they had! Most of them with two outs.  |
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Post by inger on Oct 3, 2021 9:34:25 GMT -5
Surely they can beat Wacha, right? The bullpen is going to get another workout. Wacha’s last six starts have been pretty decent. He’s only totaled 29.1 innings in them, but also has allowed only 19 hits and a 3.38 ERA. On the other hand, the last three years he’s looked like a hanger-on with a 10-16 record and a three year composite 5.20 ERA. He no hot Houston for five innings before being pulled in his last start on September 28. One glaring weakness is that he’s become prone to allowing the home run and regularly allows more than one hit per inning pitched. He throws a lot of strikes and can still strike batters out. He’s a bum. Let’s smash him. Our turn to get 19 hits… |
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Post by chiyankee on Oct 3, 2021 9:39:49 GMT -5
Enjoy with your Sunday morning coffee.
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Post by inger on Oct 3, 2021 9:58:38 GMT -5
Enjoy with your Sunday morning coffee. One of the few times I’ve actually been able to see the ball in mid flight on black and white. Then, to see it on the bounce in the parking lot is a double bonus! Isn’t it amazing how the announcing was all about the players and the game? No mid game interview of the manager to see if he thinks his pitcher will last five innings? No recipes for crab imperial? Thanks, Chi. |
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Post by rizzuto on Oct 3, 2021 10:16:04 GMT -5
Enjoy with your Sunday morning coffee. One of the few times I’ve actually been able to see the ball in mid flight on black and white. Then, to see it on the bounce in the parking lot is a double bonus! Isn’t it amazing how the announcing was all about the players and the game? No mid game interview of the manager to see if he thinks his pitcher will last five innings? No recipes for crab imperial? Thanks, Chi. Come on, Inger, you’ve never had Crab Imperial, have you? |
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Post by rizzuto on Oct 3, 2021 10:18:58 GMT -5
Enjoy with your Sunday morning coffee. In 1956, Mantle’s triple crown year, he still had to step gingerly and carefully even stepping on home plate because of his bad knee and osteomyelitis. Amazing what he did on one leg and half-sober. |
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Post by pippsheadache on Oct 3, 2021 10:36:45 GMT -5
Enjoy with your Sunday morning coffee. Nice clip, Chi. I think I will see Mantle's head-down home run trot on my deathbed. The World Series starting on October 3. Always on a Wednesday, Always in the afternoon. How very 1950s to have those shots of the batter and the pitcher that look like the cameraman was on his belly right in front of them, shooting upward. At least one of either the Yankees, Dodgers or Giants was in the World Series every year from 1949 through 1966. Despite the narrow range of participants, baseball was at peak popularity in those years. It wasn't until the early 1970s that the NFL began to definitively surpass MLB as the most popular sport in the US. But as far back as the mid-60s I can remember reading articles that baseball was "dying." They were very similar to some of the articles you can read today. |
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Post by pippsheadache on Oct 3, 2021 10:41:06 GMT -5
Enjoy with your Sunday morning coffee. In 1956, Mantle’s triple crown year, he still had to step gingerly and carefully even stepping on home plate because of his bad knee and osteomyelitis. Amazing what he did on one leg and half-sober. Yes it was. And sometimes he wasn't even half-sober. Although the public had no idea at the time. He was supernatural. |
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Post by pippsheadache on Oct 3, 2021 10:58:58 GMT -5
Surely they can beat Wacha, right? The bullpen is going to get another workout. Even if they beat up on Willie Wacha, who would be available to pitch a Monday game? And then a Tuesday game? We may not have seen the last of Brooks Kriske.🥶 |
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Post by pippsheadache on Oct 3, 2021 11:11:17 GMT -5
Surely they can beat Wacha, right? The bullpen is going to get another workout. The Rays just seem to have our number and have for several years. I cannot believe the hits they put together yesterday, some well off the plate. Every single batter reached base, seven of their nine had two or more hits. Meadows had only one hit, but it was a three run homer. Diaz had no hits but one walk. The game before, every run came with two outs. It’s uncanny how many balls in play find holes. And, that team won 100 games with awful starting pitching. Insane. One thing the Rays do is bust it all the time. In games that had no bearing on their post-season, there was Wendle going full-tilt on a routine grounder, Kiermaier hustling to take an extra base, Arozarena running wild on the basepaths, even old man Cruz giving it all he had on a soft ground ball in a blowout game. I think it's how you SHOULD play. They're a chippy team and I would love to see the Yankees squash them like bugs, but they are a cocky balls to the wall squad who love to eat your lunch. I wouldn't mind seeing a little more of that from the Yankees. |
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Post by rizzuto on Oct 3, 2021 11:14:37 GMT -5
Enjoy with your Sunday morning coffee. Nice clip, Chi. I think I will see Mantle's head-down home run trot on my deathbed. The World Series starting on October 3. Always on a Wednesday, Always in the afternoon. How very 1950s to have those shots of the batter and the pitcher that look like the cameraman was on his belly right in front of them, shooting upward. At least one of either the Yankees, Dodgers or Giants was in the World Series every year from 1949 through 1966. Despite the narrow range of participants, baseball was at peak popularity in those years. It wasn't until the early 1970s that the NFL began to definitively surpass MLB as the most popular sport in the US. But as far back as the mid-60s I can remember reading articles that baseball was "dying." They were very similar to some of the articles you can read today. I had no idea that the World Series always started on a Wednesday in the afternoon. Thanks for that, Pipps. Indeed, I thought the same about the cameraman and the angle spliced into the action sequences. Golf in the 1920s, baseball in the 30s through the 60s, and boxing and horse racing always vying for second during the early to mid 20th century. NFL (and boxing) in the 70s was filled with legends. NBA in the 80s had to have been it’s peak - so may future Hall of Famers. College football seems to have always been near the top without any real lags in popularity. |
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Post by rizzuto on Oct 3, 2021 11:27:27 GMT -5
The Rays just seem to have our number and have for several years. I cannot believe the hits they put together yesterday, some well off the plate. Every single batter reached base, seven of their nine had two or more hits. Meadows had only one hit, but it was a three run homer. Diaz had no hits but one walk. The game before, every run came with two outs. It’s uncanny how many balls in play find holes. And, that team won 100 games with awful starting pitching. Insane. One thing the Rays do is bust it all the time. In games that had no bearing on their post-season, there was Wendle going full-tilt on a routine grounder, Kiermaier hustling to take an extra base, Arozarena running wild on the basepaths, even old man Cruz giving it all he had on a soft ground ball in a blowout game. I think it's how you SHOULD play. They're a chippy team and I would love to see the Yankees squash them like bugs, but they are a cocky balls to the wall squad who love to eat your lunch. I wouldn't mind seeing a little more of that from the Yankees. It’s the main reason I was happy the Yankees let go of Robinson Cano (with the hope Gleyber and Sandwich follow). His lack of urgency bothered me greatly, not because of him specifically, but the erosion of the game I grew up watching in the 70s. The fundamentals, the hard-nosed plays at home plate, breaking up double plays, the plunking for showboating, and the lack of patience for uninspired play. The ethos to never make yourself bigger than the game. There is something to be said for humility, self-respect, composure, and grace. Today’s culture has the decorum of a community bedpan. |
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