Game Thread Yankees @ Angels Wednesday, August 31 9:38-pm ~EST

[Mattingly23NY]

Cole 10-6 3.31 ERA
vs
Sandoval 4-9 3.05 ERA

 

[Mattingly23NY]

Cole vs the Angels over the last 7 games has averaged a 1.92 batting average against, with 15K/per 9-IP.

 

[Mattingly23NY]

Ohtani in 17 AB vs Cole
3 Hits/ 7 SO/ .176 B'Avg/ .222 OBP%/ .235 SLG% / .458 OPS

In other words Cole has owned and embarrassed Ohtani.

 

[mrmel29]

Note to nevin….. the packed houses of the last couple of nights are there to see judge hit not be intentionally walked by you employing Strategy for a team in the shitter.

 

[Mattingly23NY]

deGrom throwing 102 mph smoke vs the Dodgers on Sports Net LA.
Strikes out 2 in the 1st IP, including Freddie Freeman.

 

[Mattingly23NY]

Note to nevin….. the packed houses of the last couple of nights are there to see judge hit not be intentionally walked by you employing Strategy for a team in the shitter.

Typically during Yankee games in Anaheim 50% of the crowd is wearing Yankee navy blue. From 84 through 89, about 75% of the crowd were Yankee fans in Anaheim. Angel fans were definitely a minority!

Was even better from 95 to 2005, there were times I swear there were only 10% Angel fans 90% Yankee fans!

 

[Mattingly23NY]

deGrom through 3 IP
4 strikeouts
1 base on balls
No hits Zero
9 pitch third inning
On the season- 50 strikeouts to 3 Walks, BB.

deGrom was drafted in the 9th round of 2010, and the 272nd overall pick.
How in the hell did that happen, without anybody seeing or knowing what he had?
Was it because he's played for Stetson University? Still...

 

[Mattingly23NY]

Another 9 pitch inning in the 4th from the deGrom!
He's on fire Fuego Rojo

 

[Mattingly23NY]

Those last two pitches, the 3rd and 4th, to Judge were clearly balls. He swung at the 2nd one knowing the UMP was going to call it.

And these guys wonder why MLB is going to eliminate their jobs with an automated strike zone!

 

[cagedlion]

Cole and Sandoval are hooked up in a pitching duel. Through 4 innings, Yankees have 1 hit, Angels have 3.
That’s it folks!

 

[cagedlion]

Wouldn’t you know it, two players I dislike on this team have the only 2 hits…..Hicks & Donaldson.

 

[cagedlion]

And the tradeable Gleyber Torres drives in the Yankees sole run.

 

[cagedlion]

Hicks drives in the Yankees 2nd run of the inning. NYY 2 LAAA 0 top 5.
Can Cole hold Angels in check?

 

[cagedlion]

Cole gives up a 3 run gopher to Ohtani…..Yankees losing 3-2….bot 6. IKF & Donaldson**make huge errors
to extend inning and it cost Cole’s dominance over Ohtani.
If Cole is this team’s ace, Yankees are in real trouble. He just cannot battle through
teammates’ mistakes. He loses it.

** note these two were obtained from Minnesota for Kraken Sanchez & Gio Urshela.
Thank you, Brian Trashman.

 

[Messiah717]

Overall, this team has fallen in all areas.

 

[cagedlion]

Yankees are losing more series since ASG. Not good heading into September.
You cannot win games with 3 total hits!

 

[Messiah717]

Yankees are losing more series since ASG. Not good heading into September.
You cannot win games with 3 total hits!

With a loss they will wrap up their worst month since 1991. The chances they blow this division are very good.

 

[Mattingly23NY]

Bottom of the 8th
Holmes comes in. I can't watch this clown anymore. First pitch is 6 feet high and over the Batters head!

Ryne Duren like wild pitch. Duren wore coke bottle glasses. What's Holmes excuse?

Judge leads off the inning in the top of the 9th.

 

[Mattingly23NY]

Artie Moreno is one tight assed cheap owner. These Angels uniforms are Fugly, Little League type garbage. The worst uniforms in MLB and Little League too!!

 

[Mattingly23NY]

After all these years Haloes "string bean" Reliever, Herget, is harder to watch than Holmes, with his 82 mph fastball. .

 

[Mattingly23NY]

Donaldson swings and misses for strike 3 at a weak 75 mph curveball down in the dirt, pathetic! From Herget. Herget reminds me of the type of guy that turns perfectly well-intentioned men into bullies, wanting to kick his ass after School.
Just because he's so pathetic. The kind of guy that make nerds look fashionable, NOT!

 

[Majorball]

Bottom of the 8th
Holmes comes in. I can't watch this clown anymore. First pitch is 6 feet high and over the Batters head!

Ryne Duren like wild pitch. Duren wore coke bottle glasses. What's Holmes excuse?

Judge leads off the inning in the top of the 9th.

 

[Majorball]

Why didn't Boone do a double switch putting Cabrera to 3rd base and Rizzo goes into Donaldson spot, I hate Boone

 

[Messiah717]

Why didn't Boone do a double switch putting Cabrera to 3rd base and Rizzo goes into Donaldson spot, I hate Boone

Boone and Cashman both need to go once this collapse is complete.

 

[cagedlion]

Yankees, with tonight’s 3-2 loss, lead TB by 6.0 games and guess where these Yankees are headed?
Yep, Tampa Bay.

I have a terrible feeling about this.

 

[Messiah717]

Yankees, with tonight’s 3-2 loss, lead TB by 6.0 games and guess where these Yankees are headed?
Yep, Tampa Bay.

I have a terrible feeling about this.

You should. This team is in complete collapse mode.

 

[cagedlion]

Yankees are in spiral mode. They have one of the most inane lineups put on the field by a flatline
manager & out-of-touch GM.

 

[yankeesince59]

Said it before and I'll say it again, the best thing for the Yanx moving forward is to have a complete collapse and completely miss the PS...that way, maybe Hal will fire Cashman and Boone.


...sorry, but that's how I feel...furthermore, if the Yanx somehow let Judge go elsewhere, I may stop following them at all, after 63 years.

 

[Messiah717]

Said it before and I'll say it again, the best thing for the Yanx moving forward is to have a complete collapse and completely miss the PS...that way, maybe Hal will fire Cashman and Boone.


...sorry, but that's how I feel...furthermore, if the Yanx somehow let Judge go elsewhere, I may stop following them at all, after 63 years.

I look at it this way Ron. This team is not winning a World Series so what's the point? 23-31 in the last 54 amounts to a third of the season. They're just not the team that had the great start.

 

[stampedehero]

Yankees vs. Angels - Box Score - August 31, 2022 - ESPN