October 8, 2024

25 thoughts on “Yankees.com: HR-in-all-30-parks done, Soto’s next goal? Postseason

    1. On a 3-0 pitch. That was beyond dumb.

      Nice to see Stroman getting a save. Nice to see Boone using his brain letting a starting pitcher out of the bullpen go long. He did this with Nestor too.

  1. As long as we’re playing “what if” on stealing home – apologies as I’ve clearly thought about this too much over the last 10 years – baseball’s greatest recent missed-opportunity-for-drama may have been in the 2014 WS, Game 7, bottom 9th, 2 out, with the Royals down by 1 and a runner on 3rd (Alex Gordon, not too slow at the time). There’s a LHP (Bumgarner) facing a RHB (Salvy Perez). Bumgarner was pitching up and out of the zone, and it didn’t seem like he was paying any attention to the runner. If there ever was a moment for a straight steal of home, that was it…

    1. Me, too.

      Note: “Salvy” has to be among the top unconvincing americanized nicknames ever.
      Any competition for the top honor come to mind? (Has anyone ever been called “Domingy?”)

  2. Stayed up long enough for Soto’s bomb and then went to bed thinking that should be enough. Fortunately, I was correct. Yay win!

    4 games up with 11 to play as this division race is just about over. I wouldn’t have thunk it in July. With Wells, Torres, Judge, and Soto hitting plus the arrival of Jasson and some combination of Gil/Cole/Rodon/Cortes capable of throwing gems, I’m starting to get optimistic for the postseason. Somebody talk me down.

  3. Stanton getting another day for The Martian. Are they just giving him rest or does Boone plan on platooning them?
    phenom back in the lineup. Waldo hitting over 300 since the beginning of July, Volpe around 210. Is there any threshold in which Waldo would see serious PT in the post season over phenom?

    Hoch: Giancarlo Stanton said that he is fine physically and that he has been out of the lineup the last two games for matchup reasons. He has been told that he will play tomorrow.

  4. Andrew McCutchen probably isn’t a Hall of Famer but he’s had a good career and seems like he loves the game. Hope he sticks around in baseball when he’s done playing.

    1. McCutchen, by the way, is in the UPPER echelon of, “Oh shit, right, they were a Yankee, weren’t they?”

      My off-the-cuff lineup of “Oh shit, right, they WERE a Yankee, weren’t they?” It doesn’t count if they were Yankees as prospects before being traded (like Doug Drabek)!

      1B Youk
      2B Mark Bellhorn
      SS Troy Tulowitzki
      3B Mark Reynolds
      LF Jay Bruce
      CFAndrew McCutchen
      RF Billy Butler
      C Pudge
      DH Lance Berkman
      P Bartolo Colon
      P Derek Lowe
      P Kevin Brown (he maybe doesn’t count since his involvement in 2004 was so prominent)
      P Jeff Francis
      P Jaime Garcia
      Closer Armando Benitez

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