Carlos Rodón (#55, 31, LHP, 16-9, 3.96) vs. Tanner Bibee (#28, 25, RHP, 12-8, 3.47)
GUARDIANS
LF Steven Kwan L
DH David Fry R
3B Jose Ramirez S
CF Lane Thomas R
1B Josh Naylor L
RF J. Noel R
C Bo Naylor L
2B A. Gimenez L
SS B. Rocchio S
YANKEES
2B G. Torres R
RF Juan Soto L
CF Aaron Judge R
DH G. Stanton R
3B J. Chisholm L
1B A. Rizzo L
SS A. Volpe R
C Austin Wells L
LF Alex Verdugo L
Winning tonight would not just be great because it, you know, it would mean that they made the World fucking Series, but it would ALSO allow Cole to pitch Game 1 of the theoretical World Series, which would be nice.
Two good starts from Carlos Rodon seems to be asking for too much, so the Yankees offense might need to do a lot more.
IF Rodón pitches 5 innings, I think they win.
Unrelated, does Rodón remind anyone else of Javy Vazquez?
I can see some similarities, yes.
Yeah, this game is about starter length. Like I said yesterday, anyone getting <5 innings is going to have a rough game.
I love that the announcers spent all game shouting about how Cole is all about emotion, how he wears his heart on his sleeve, and Rodon’s take is that he’s like a robot and showed zero emotion until his day was over.
Was Porter one of the really bad umpires, or one of the truly abysmal ones?
Aaaaand Game 5 is under way with a missed call.
First pitch
Gleyber!
Soto!!!!!!!!! And…. why doesn’t Gleyber RUN? That was AWFUL.
See him slow down between 3rd and home? What WAS that?
No outs? Judge and Stanton? WHO THE FUCK SENDS HIM?
Someone who knows that their only chance to score is without RISP?
???
Stupid players. Stupider third base coach. STUPIDEST MANAGER.
I don’t hate that send. It took a ridiculous throw to get him.
If Gleyber hadn’t paused between 3rd and home, he’d have scored.
Just more Yankees un-fundamental baseball.
BEST RESULT!
This inning hinging on Jazz would not have been great.
Jazz greatest actor of our time?
Edit: maybe that replay convinced me.
The ump called it right away. The catcher did not object.
Can RIP Rizzo drive in a couple w/RISP?
First bases loaded fail due.
No, Rizzo cannot, more RISP fail.
How do they DO it?!!
Grrrrrr f*ing sh*t
If they could get 72 guys on base without scoring, they’d average 72 baserunners per inning.
Oof. And they didn’t even make him throw that many pitches.
This inning will haunt them if bibee settles down.
It was bad baserunning by Gleyber, but the send was correct. Just a great play by a dude who has been making tons of great plays this series.
Yeah fine with the send. Gleyber’s stumble/delay got him, but it still took a crazy throw. And add the Yankees showed, they could not be relied on to get the runner in.
Gleyber has always been a lazy base runner.
Yes, exactly. But even then he’d have scored, if he’d just run hard all the way, which is the proof that it was a good send.
A great play by a dude who has made many great plays with a great arm certainly enters into the equation. On the one hand you might gain a run. OTOH you might lose multiple runs. I don’t know exactly what the odds should be of scoring but I’m guessing it should be very high. It wasn’t a bang, bang play at the plate.
Somebody run a simulation.
I hate when Rodon wastes pitches like that second ball. But that strikeout was gorgeous.
Whoa.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaand yes, he got him. Nice inning!
What’s funny is that he did a great job, and yet you can see how he could easily do even BETTER, ya know? Sort of similar to Gil, who had a good outing in general, but there were so many places where he could have been better.
100%
Rodon
Wells has been swinging at everything, and then takes THAT?!
I don’t get it, they know he’s throwing strikes, why are they taking these pitches?!
That was maybe wells’ worst pas ever
He just fucking walked away without swinging at a pitch right down the middle with two strikes. Just insane.
He’s had a lot of them, 097/346 way better than Jazz 129/464.
They really needed to put the screws to bibee. Now he’s going to crush them for 7 innings
How do they AVOID scoring in those innings? It’s mind-bending.
Yes, that could easily happen.
But I don’t think so. They’ve been getting more offense, not straight WOE.
That play at the plate gave Bibee courage. I’m not big on team momentum, but when it comes to the pitcher, I’m a believer. IMO the plus minus was one sided.
Gleyber stumbled and they still needed an amazing throw to get him. Of COURSE you send him there.
What is with this fucking team and groundballs hit where they can’t be fielded?!?!
Verdugo got a big one yesterday.
Yeah, that’s fair.
There have been a ton of them, and I don’t think they’ve been even close to being evenly distributed.
But that probably has a lot to do with the very different hitting approaches of these two teams.
Josh Naylor… are you watching, Gleyber Torres?
Rodon and Gil both with those high pitches that will NEVER get swings on them. They need to stop that. Rodon then threw a pitch at the appropriately high level, and got the big K on Noel.
It’s so frustrating.
It’s so OBVIOUS!
Darling suggesting Rodon has some kind of tell for basestealers.
Interesting.
Does Vogt look a little like Russell Crowe?
Jesus Christ, that was one of the worst at-bats ever. How can you not put away that guy, Rodon?!
Amazing to have someone on your bench who can hit a little.
Rodon not being able to put away bo Naylor… Fuck
Also Naylor scoring from first when gleyber could not…
MUCH different play, though, since there were two outs. Same Soto hit with two otus, Gleyber scores easily.
Rizzo wasn’t holding him close and they’re were 2 out.
Darling with a good observation?
Fine, he didn’t collapse.
It’s one run.
I mean, whatever, I’ll definitely take him dominating the other guys if he struggles with Bo fucking Naylor, but it was still outrageous, especially since it took him ELEVEN FUCKING PITCHES to allow an RBI double to BO NAYLOR.
Cleveland doesn’t have judge,Soto or Stanton but they also don’t have Wells or Jazz.
In 32 ABs Wells has 16 KS.
WHY ARE THEY ALL TAKING PITCHES WHEN HE IS CLEARLY THROWING STRIKES?!
Because the Yankees are dependent on the kindness of pitchers walking them.
Bibee got courage from somewhere.
This is miserable
He’s lost the plate.
Rodon. Please. Strikes.
Hey look how strikes work out
I hate that pitch so much
When he throws strikes, he’s quite good.
HE IS STARTING YOU ALL OFF WITH STRIKES! SWING!
Taking the first two strikes sets up that pitch. It’s so frustrating.
Imagine if Jazz or Wells rose to the level of not great (hitting)
Jazz and Wells swing and miss a lot.
Their approach at the plate is no approach.
This is so predictable
How about they give Cabrera a start? Or Jasson?
Bibee has thrown five less pitches than Rodon through four innings than Rodon has thrown in three innings. UNGOOD.
Yeah. Truly miserable effort by the offense
Yep
https://x.com/riveraveblues/status/1847809412846768129?s=61&t=fhOaqwtc8q2TMSXUDRjPeg
That’s them all season.
Rodon and the Yankees needed that.
Now put some stress on bibee.
Wells finally doesn’t strike out, and it’s to ground into a double play. Are you fucking KIDDING ME?!
That’s 100% NOT what the replay is meant for, and yet, he sure seemed to beat that throw, so that sucked.
I thought volpe should have been stealing. Also that was a questionable review.
That was not stress.
If only Wells would strike out more.
Rodon had a five pitch inning in the bottom of the fourth, and Bibee needed a whopping seven pitches in the top of the fifth.
This is why Trevino should NOT have been on the roster. And if by some luck they make the WS, Trevino better not be on the roster. Trevino can’t hit, and he is a liability behind the plate with his inability to throw runners out. At least Narvaez is solid defensively, and no one can possibly look worse at the plate than Wells has for 7-weeks.
Agree. This way you can pinch hit for Wells or maybe even start Narvaez against a LHP. Even before Wells went south he was bad against LHPs.
Maybe both teams have a deal to let each others starters go long because of the overtaxed bullpens?
Jazz 125/450, Wells 094/335, Verdugo207/579 after a good game 1vs KC, Judge 179/771.
If Rodon would just stop wasting pitches, we’d probably have a colony on Mars by now.
Nice one
They’re never going to swing at those pitches, Rodon!
Kwan is at least a good hitter. It’s not getting beat by Bo fucking Naylor.
What sucks is that I think they were going to pull Bibee for the sixth if it was 1-0, but I think at 2-0, they might keep him in.
Would Boone pinch hit for either Jazz or Wells in a big situation?
No.
Really still could use another inning from rodon who has been fine.
How is Rodon getting so rattled by this shit?! It’s two fucking runs!
MOTHER. FUCKING. BLOOPS.
If only Judge was a good center fielder.
I think some of that was also on Verdugo not pulling off, and judge trying to avoid him
Yeah, fair.
Fuck
I don’t get how THAT’S the reason you pull Rodon. Wouldn’t you much prefer Leiter to come in clean?
So much
Yeah bizarre. Rodon did what he was supposed to. And he’s still a better strikeout pitcher than leiter.
Leiter pitched the most yesterday, and HE’S the first one in? Boone making the worst possible decision, again.
Boone is punting just like Roberts did in game 5. No way the Yankees can lose 2 at home. HAHAHAH.
That was unlucky. Yankee offensive ineptitude not so much.
Like, they get that Leiter sucks, right?
I do agree with the IBB there.
After one pitch is weird
This is a bad move
It’s the new efficiency, punt game 5. See Roberts also.
Boone lucks out again. He’s been so, so lucky.
Squirrel girl better than being good.
Yes!!!
We get to see them not score again with 2 on and no one out!
It’s funny, he wouldn’t have pitched here if the Yankees hadn’t scored, so it’s kind of sort of a good thing that they gave up that second run. Kind of sort of.
Here we go.
Do we believe he’s hurt? Such a suspicious time for that to happen.
This is some BULLSHIT. No way is he fucking hurt.
Man, I despise in-game ads. How low will these people go?
FFS, Judge.
Let’s get it to Jazz
Fucking Judge.
Jesus f*ing Christ.
HOW DO THEY DO IT?
Close their eyes when they swing?
You gotta walk Stanton here, right?
I’d so walk Stanton.
And ahead on the count, too!
Lock of the century.
Fucking predictable
Incredible
Are they’re pitches you’re just supposed to take ahead in the count because you can only hit a ground ball?
Yes.
The Big Lug!
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NO FUCKING STOPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPARLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Oh my god
If it wasn’t for those two runs, Bibee never faces Stanton. High-larious.
!!!
Play off Stanton
They never learn. Does Vogt not know how bad Jazz is?
So, have we found the manager that Boone is smarter than?
What an unbelievably terrible pitch. What the fuck was he thinking?
How do you throw that pitch?
He swung and missed and four pitches a foot off the plate tonight. Including to start the at bat. What in the literal fuck was that?!
Seriously. I was just wondering how Stanton ever gets a hit street those two swings and how often he swings at breaking balls in the other batters box
So if they win this game, guys, who would you choose for MVP of the series?
Fastball down the heart of the plate
People strike out on fastballs all the time. But yes, I wouldn’t have pitched to him at all.
Having said that, Stanton isn’t obligated to ONLY crush good pitches. He has every right to crush mistakes. That’s part of baseball, too, right?
When’s the last time Stanton hit a ball out of the zone?
Stanton basically gave that at bat away with the first two pitches. Absolutely unbelievable
Taking him out NOW is so fucking stupid. The Yankees are THRILLED at this point to burn Cade Smith in the 6th and 7th inning against the bottom of the lineup, ya know?
Yeah. Smith here is a very Boone move
Man, it was CRUSHED!
Again, I repeat: I’d have so walked Stanton there.
Jazz 125/450, Stanton (now) 303/1213. Hubris. I thought he’d strike Stanton out but still.
The Indians’ manager really has to answer for that. I know I’d have gone to that bullpen. And I know I’d never have pitched to Stanton there.
But he did, and – wow!
After the DP, you maybe go for it. But you tell Bibee, only fastballs way up and sliders down and way away
They set up outside.
He just missed. Happens to our pitchers all the time.
These Guardians fucking CRYING is so fucking weird.
And Jazz strikes out
He’s key to the 2025 season, they gotta get him going.
Got a bad feeling I don’t want to watch this Mark Leiter inning
Chisholm is so fucking bad, how is that even a decision? Even Boone would’ve walked Stanton.
Boone really hates Stroman
Well, you can kind of understand that.
Yeah, I wouldn’t want that dude in a tie game, either.
The hubris of sticking with Leiter AFTER it was a tie game sure is something.
Another Boone level decision. I get the pen is short, but come on
Even more barrelled than the previous one. 117.
So what if you’re supposed to hit it? Then you’d better hit it. And few can hit it like that.
Be happy, folks.
Those 75 mph pitches will keep fooling them.
Brian, I didn’t see the crying. Even rewound to search for it. Where was that?
Bibee might have been. Which I think is understandable.
He gave up two runs! He pitched WELL. He shouldn’t be crying.
It’s not his record in the game, I think – it’s the Indians’ season.
If he LOST the game, I’d be fine with it, but it’s a tie game!
Did Boone not see Leiter pitching for the Yankees in the regular season?
Freddie Einhorn!
Get the DP back, nice.
Tim motherfucking Hill.
Be nice if Jazz or Wells or Verdugo could get hot (or if we had world peace.)
I do hold out some faint hope for world peace.
LOL!
Runs please.
Clay, I’m puzzled by your take on the Stanton HR. Fine, he doesn’t hit much out of the strike zone… maybe, I’d be interested at looking at all the other postseason homers. But let’s say that’s true. The catcher set up outside the zone. The pitcher missed. That’s part of the game, right? And you still have to make use of the mistake, which players fail to do ALL THE TIME. I mean, why demean Stanton’s performance when it’s been nothing short of spectacular?
Not Clay…and no one is taking away from Giancarlo for hitting that ball a ton. But he missed the spot by 30 inches. You just cannot throw a strike in that situation.
I mean, it was a joke.
Stanton had been great. And would absolutely win the MVP of the Yankees win this.
But there was also no reason to throw anything hittable there.
Well, no kidding. That’s what a mistake is.
And it WAS just that, a mistake – the catcher set up outside the zone.
Remember when Rizzo was a power pull hitter?
With two fractured fingers?
Maybe bat this dude ahead of Jazz fucking Chisholm next game, okay?
Cool. Still, why can it never be when the guys are on base?
Are they seriously going to the fucking bullpen for AUSTIN FUCKING WELLS?
LOL.
Come on Verdugo. Don’t hit into a DP Austin.
My god, man, have the decency to just fucking strike out!
Can they not?
I actually sort of get Vogt’s approach here. Smith was going to be burned after this inning ANYways, might as well let him rest against the two lefties. He’s made him pitch so much.
How good much Wells be behind the plate to justify THIS?
I mean, we’ve seen plenty of slumps. This is something else. It’s insane. How can anyone whose’s ever been good, let alone known for his hitting, be this pre-doomed in every at bat? It’s somewhere in that limbo between frightening and nauseating.
Trevino can’t throw, so that kinda forces wells as the primary.
Yeah. But they should really be pinch hitting for Wells in key situations. Put on the bunt sign when there’s a runner on 1st. Make him take pitches until 2 strikes.
So fucking bad, 091/325. Should Waldo have tried for the steal. The Yankees are playing 7 against 9.
7 against 11 (I’m counting Jazz and Wells for the opposition)
Classic Wells! Boone uses a pinch runner, but then doesn’t try to score with a pinch hitter, so now all you’ve accomplished is Rizzo’s bat out of the game. Good ol’ Boone.
Yeah, the Yankees never seem to run in likely dp situations.
Fucking ump.
Cano set a postseason record with 29 straight hitless at-bats on his way to a 3-for-40 (.075) showing in the Yankees’ nine postseason games in 2012.
Swisher was 091/473 in 2010 and 165 over 47 games for the Yankees.
That was a strike. It was on the edge, but it was a strike.
Umpires suck.
Both were strikes
He was calling borderline pitches for strikes earlier.
Is the ump going to fuck with Hill’s command?!
Fire this ump. Trying to start a confrontation in a CS game. Get the fuck out.
Yeah, it was ridiculous.
Especially since the technology shows (a) he was wrong, and (b) he’s not consistent with his previous calling.
Nice to know that other teams can be dumb baserunners, too.
Mantle 1960 game 7 got back in that situation.
Wow that was something
Waldo for the D
It would probably be rattling around right field if Rizzo was out there.
I know Fry kills lefties, but I’d still let Hill face him.
Take that, umpire!
I think this might have been some gamesmanship to get Fry out of the game.
What do you mean?
Bring in a righty, they counter with a lefty Manzardo, and pull Fry out of the game.
Tim Mayza CANNOT BE COMING IN IN THE EIGHTH
I was expecting Cousins, Mayza, Weaver tonight so … I’m not too surprised. He’s basically punting until the 9th.
Idk who else you go to with a short poem and trying to save good relievers for a lead.
Love when the announcers are so dead wrong when saying something irritating. And how often it happens.
Verdugo (c)
At least it was to first and not second.
Verdugo, so consistent.
Verdugo hit it too hard.
Verdugo’s contact quality is nearing good bunt territory
can you get negative exit velo?
Just think Verdugo’s only the third worst hitter on this team at 200/561.
Nice.
With how well Cousins has pitched, maybe Boone didn’t need to overextend Holmes, Kahnle AND Weaver every fucking game.
I was wondering why he never used Cousins who was pretty good in the regular season.
He DID have the long layoff, but at LEAST in Game 2 with the four run lead, ya know?
Ohhhhhhhhhhh…so maybe his contacts have been blacked out.
Oh, come on.
Wells calling pitches: anything but the fastball
how about outside and high?
COUSINZ!
Jake motherfucking Cousins.
Now – score. Somehow. Score.
Cousins was nails
Maybe if Boone hadn’t buried Cousins in the playoff Holmes and Weaver wouldn’t hav been overused.
That ninth inning in Game 2 was particularly egregious in that regard, right?
Clase up against judge and Stanton again
If he gets Judge, he HAS to just walk Stanton.
Apparently not.
Walk Stanton, dude!
Hey, whose side are you on?
I’m just irked at the illogic of it all.
Really. There’s no one else in the lineup until it’s turned over
That’s legitimately shocking
He might be pitching around him.
Well, have to hope to get to Clase in the tenth.
Jazz looks like a Little Leaguer taking cuts against Clase.
What do the Yankees do in the 9th? Weaver I guess.
Weaver for the 9th AND 10th, I suspect. Or maybe Cousins to “steal” one out in the 9th.
Good for Jazz.
Chisholm.
Odd.
Curious.
Would have liked to have Rizzo up here.
Yeah, Cabrera at least has the hint of a threat of a HR though.
Rizzo didn’t stand a chance.
Rizzo literally got a hit off of Clase just last night.
Yeah, therefore he would get one tonight.
I’m super happy that Kwan would come up if anyone gets on base in the 9th. Super duper happy.
First pitch? Don’t want to give Jazz a pitch to steal on?
Yeah, SUPER dumb decision.
Why the hell wouldn’t Cabrera take a pitch there? What an idiot, and what an idiot Boone is for not having him take a pitch.
The Yankees have no idea how to use speed.
Boone could’ve told him to take 1.
Boone was taking a nap.
Cousins with 29 pitches isn’t coming out. So… Weaver I’d guess
It’s Weaver, but I thought they might let Cousins pitch to Naylor.
Who is left? Mayza and stroman?
Yep, Mayza and Stroman. Figure Mayza gets the 11th, and Stroman the 12t…oh, wait, I forget it’s not getting to 12 if Mayza pitches the 11th.
Encouraging. Especially if it goes 10 the Yankees are unlikely to score considering who’s coming up.
Are the Yankees ever capable of just blowing a team out?
I mean, it’s the playoffs, ya know? You SHOULDN’T have blowouts unless you’re punting like Roberts.
WHY CAN’T ANYONE PUT AWAY BO FUCKING NAYLOR?!
Liking Oswaldo.]
And Weaver.
Volpe doesn’t hit home runs and Wells and Verdugo up after him.
Do you try to get more outs against weaver?
I guess you want mayza for kwan and manzardo though
You 100% stick with Weaver for the 10th.
Is there a question? Of course.
Stick with Weaver or turn your king over.
So, how’s everyone holding up?
They just keep throwing aces out of the pen. They must be like 90% to win this.
We got Leiter at the deadline.
When’s the last time Volpe hit a HR?
This ump is all over the place
At least wells can’t hit into a dp
Cockeyed optimist.
That is hilarious.
Go Martian here? No way.
Best pa from wells in weeks
Yes! Nice. Amazing.
Get back to the top of the order…
Come on. WP. PB. Errors. Blind squirrel.
Oh, RISP.
Gotta give Verdugo credit for forcing them to rush that toss due to his speed. They knew it would be tough to double him up.
SQUIRREL GIRL!
Verdugo unleashes his ultimate weapon. Soft ground ball to set up the appearance of a difficult double play
Diabolical
What’s Verdugo’s average exit velo.
Playoff baseball.
Rocchio, late in games, has been our friend.
Wow, they ARE pinch-running for Wells.
Trevi in for the steals.
I guess Weaver can’t walk anyone.
I will say I kind of called it a fraction of a second before it happened.
Ah, RISP fail.
Hate losing Wells for this shit.
I get it. But it still sucks, especially since wells isn’t that slow.
Soto!!!!!!!!
If they lose this one, I mean, come on, you had Juan Soto up with the go-ahead run on second.
I hate the inclarity of the “going around” rule.
Why are ALL of the umps in this series inconsistent with their calls!?
Mr. Soto says, enough with this RISP fail. Boom! Boom!! Boom!!!
OMG
PAY HIM ALL THE MONEYS
YEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS !
SOTO!
SOTO
Could not tell that would go.
15 FUCKING YEARS LETS FUCKING GO
I’m leaning towards signing this guy.
Ok weaver. Lock. It. Down.
Wow. They have a lead and didn’t allow a sharp base hit to the first batter (Kwan!)!
Happy? 😉
Elated.
But almost elated.
Yay, 2024 AL Champions!
Congratulations on your American League champions.
AL champs!
YAY FUCKING MO
Maybe this Weaver guy shouldn’t have pitched in Game 2.
Hang another pennant in the Bronx, albeit 15 years between.
AMERICAN LEAGUE CHAMPIONS!
What a great series. Stressful, but great.
Winning is stressful. There was no stress in 2023. 😉
Who is MVP, Stanton or Soto? Just give it to them both?
Vogt deserves a share.
Stanton
Gotta be Stanton. I mean, HAS to be Stanton.
Maybe Vogt can get a share for his refusal to walk Stanton.
Doesn’t count. Just trying to even out the managerial column to make it a fair contest between the players.
Still didn’t come close to Boone, though.
Can the Mets give us a true Subway Series, or must we put up with the interminable LA people?
Interminable… people?
Weak matches
boring
https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/interminable
Interminable means they continue endlessly.
Los Angeles has been described as interminable in a number of ways, including its sprawl …
Yes, sure.
But we’d better hope they prove ultimately to be terminable.
For we mean to termine them!
We were pretty luck along the way, walks, Vogt, bleeder yesterday, error today. But also some historic, clutch home runs.
They were just as lucky with bloops and Yankee miscues.
The Yankees genuinely had a few more moments of coming through.
Incredible that we’re finally going back to the Series. 15 years ago I think we were all here doing the same thing, basically.
We need Old Thurm Fan.
Battlecat was on the field celebrating.
If only Judge can catch fire…
_
By the way, as Stanton was ON FIRE, I suggest our nickname for postseason Stanton should be the Towering Inferno.
Anybody remember NoMaas? they had this hilarious graphic they made in 2009 of ARod, a Centaur with a flaming sword with the background being LAA’s stadium in flames. I feel like Stanton deserves the flaming sword meme treatment.
I can’t believe this team is World Series bound.
I don’t want the Mets. NY against the Ex Pats for the 12th time is how it should be and Ka Ching for television. Get to watch a lot of Yankee Dodger highlights Cookie Lavagetto, Billy Martin, Podres, Don Larsen, Koufax, Reggie, Mick and The Duke
F’em Dodgers.
Boone: “they love doin’ it with each other”
A Boonerism too far.
Closest team we can remember!
Most important is NLCS game 7. I don’t care who wins.
may whoever gets the NLCS play cleveland-like defense in the WS
Ben Smith The “re-sign Soto” chants are very loud from the Yankees fans here at Progressive Field
I was surprised by how much cheering there was for Yankee moments. the stadium WAS loud after all the Guardians fans left.
Stanton wins the ALCS MVP.
Extremely well-deserved. Monster series, 4 HR in 5 games. Wow!
Another crazy stat on mlb.com: Stanton has 8 hits against Cleveland in the postseason all-time. All 8 are HRs. Next longest such streak (all hits are HRs) is 5 HRs (Thome vs Red Sox).
So Vogt kept figuring, let’s see him do it again.
I know this is a cliche but they really seem like a tight knit group. I guess Boone deserves some credit.
I agree. Chemistry this year seems better than I’ve seen in a long time.
I don’t know, you think Boone has the ability to get them to like each other?
Could be, though. No reason his historical badness as an in-game manager and awful post-game press blather have to mean he’s not good at that. They clearly do really like him, despite all the harm he does them.