October 8, 2024

37 thoughts on “Yankees.com: Yankees secure AL’s top record thanks to Guardians’ loss

  1. They’ve been a below 500 team for the past 90 games. I don’t think HFA is going to make a difference. The phrase “they are what their record says they are” does not apply when they had two such different seasons in one. A crazy first half that had us thinking 1998, and a second half that had us thinking sadder thoughts. And to end the season in this type of run might be a hint of what’s going to happen next week.

  2. They haven’t been good at home this year, 6 over at home, 19 over on the road.I know that’s just an anomaly but I don’t think HFA means much if anything this year.

    1. It means they’ll probably get by the round in which they have a by(e).
      It means they’re less likely to have a dismal flight home after a loss.

  3. Really this team is utterly unpredictable. A couple of players get on a roll (Stanton and Volpe?), and you have a chance – and they have players like that.
    A couple of starters allow almost nothing four or five starts in a row – and they’ve done that this year.
    Or they could all suck at once. The probabilities are probably about equal.

    1. I think Volpe has been unleavened, there’s hope for Stanton to get hot. LF, 1B, SS and now C have been bad most of the year. The Martian’s not hitting any better than Verdugo.

      Wells July/August OPS 941/936; September he’s hitting 113/407. What happened? Has anyone seen a cogent analysis?

    1. If that would work, you’d have to think it would be a really, really good thing for him to do in any event, wouldn’t you?

  4. So with a whole series left and a slew of records on the line, Judge decides to sit… and the season ends without him getting another hit.
    Fantastic.

  5. Apparently adding Rice is not enough to desiccate the entire field.

    Also, I worry that neither Rice nor RICE will be adequate to overcome Rizzo’s hand injury.

    1. Things that get better when you add Rice:
      – Soaked electronic devices
      – Soup
      – Burritos
      – Hopefully the Yankees, but I’m not betting on it

    2. Sorry for exposing you all to such obvious and terrible puns. Despite a grueling process, I can’t seem to find a grain of humor.

    3. San Francisco Mission style. As good as La Taqueria is (no rice), I’ll take El Farolito over it any day. Not too much rice, well prepared, adds appropriate flavor / texture / balance. Of course, I’d take either of them over the national chains, which give the Mission style a bad rep because they do the rice all wrong and in too large a quantity.

      I hope you wouldn’t advocate for San Diego style? Rice belongs in a burrito way before fries ever will…

    1. Surprised not to see Ruth on that list. Apparently he fell short by 1 PA in 1923, and < 10 PA in 1921 and 1927.

  6. Judge marks the 7th time in MLB a player has 700 PA and a 700 SLG. The last one before the PED era was 1932 (Sosa, on PED’s, did it in 2001, what an odyssey). Lou Gehrig did it twice, in 1927, and 1930.

  7. At 179/617 I don’t see how Boone goes with The Martian and it looks like Waldo is the best offensive 1B. Maybe they’ll use him to pinch hit.

    Posted before Verdugo got that hit.

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