Game Thread Yankees vs. Braves Wednesday 7/4/18, 1:05 pm

[Lillie]

Sabathia vs. Teheron

Lineups to follow...

 

[cagedlion]

Team needs to improve on getting hits with RISP. Yesterday, team was 1-11. Gregorius & Stanton lead team
with leaving runners stranded. Can’t bat third & fourth in the batting order and not get runners in.
And what’s with swinging at pitches that never reach the catcher’s mitt? Eventhough they won last night,
it sure didn’t feel they did. And please.....do not want to see Walker in this lineup. He’s just not contributing.

 

[yankeesince59]

Team needs to improve on getting hits with RISP. Yesterday, team was 1-11. Gregorius & Stanton lead team
with leaving runners stranded. Can’t bat third & fourth in the batting order and not get runners in.
And what’s with swinging at pitches that never reach the catcher’s mitt? Eventhough they won last night,
it sure didn’t feel they did. And please.....do not want to see Walker in this lineup. He’s just not contributing.

Yup...I posted earlier that the Yanx are 1 for 23 with RISP in the first 2 games w/Braves...pretty impressive, huh?

 

[Yankeefan5545]

Todays battery will be Biggie & Higgy, Game 1 the Yankees beat themselves. Last night they almost a repetition. WTF was Boone thinking putting Shreve out there? Had the Yankees lost both Boone & Shreve would have been running from lynch mobs. They need to get Toe back up and in there, kid was clutch on both ends, likes his team. Last couple of nights the squeeze has threatened to wash my mouth out with soap.

 

[cagedlion]

Cashman is so full of shit. When Tanaka went down with hamstring injuries in both legs
while running the bases, I, for one, knew it would be longer than the original 10 day DL.
Then it was upped to “weeks”. Knowing everything about Tanaka, it’ll probably be months!
What gets me most about this situation, Cashman thrusted on all Yankee fans that Yankee
pitching can be remedied through “internal options”........meaning the farm system.
How’s that working out for you, Mr. Legend? Waiting for him to get someone outside the
organization, is like watching grass grow. He seems to be in no rush....or he’s not even
entertaining the idea. Stubborn tool!

 

[cagedlion]

Cessa, Cole, Hale, Loaisiga,.....add to them Gray, Warren, Shreve.... and what do you have?
The “internal options” that have failed miserably!

 

[cagedlion]

Biggie needs to be that reliable anchor that helps steady the ship.

 

[Yankeefan5545]

I thought Biggie pitched well enough last year to get a contract for this season. This season he's doing pretty well and has to a point anchored his portion of the staff. Sevey is the ace, Biggie is steady Eddie keeps team in game. German is a flake, Gray a total loser. In the case of Tanaka I have no words. This is topped with an offense that is either feast or famine. I'd have to go on record and say that if Cashman thinks his pitching can be solved internally the either no or short playoff appearances will be seen. With Boone as the puppet manager Cashman has his scapegoat

 

[Lillie]

Gardner -LF
Judge -RF
Hicks -CF
Stanton -DH
Gregorious -SS
Torres -2B
Bird -1B
Higashioka -C
Walker -3B

 

[Yankeefan5545]

With each plate appearance I see by Walker it brings to mind an old Gene Piney Tune

"In the eyes of the world, I'm a loser just wasting my time, I can't make a dime."

Gotta get that man out of New York.

 

[Lillie]

Watching The Pink Hatters until The Yankees start 0-0 in the 4th.

 

[cagedlion]

If Washington cannot take one game in this series says they are overrated, but to be fair, they have had more than their
share of injuries to their pitching staff. GMs will not sell the farm for a has been refill pitcher. This is exactly where
Cashman resides, somewhere other than Yankee Stadium.

 

[Lillie]

If Washington cannot take one game in this series says they are overrated, but to be fair, they have had more than their
share of injuries to their pitching staff. GMs will not sell the farm for a has been refill pitcher. This is exactly where
Cashman resides, somewhere other than Yankee Stadium.

 

[Lillie]

Happy Birthday George Steinbrenner.

 

[Lillie]

Biggie gets out of trouble.

 

[cagedlion]

I can see Cashman checking out city playgrounds looking for “cheap” help, with the hope he’ll
strike gold somewhere between Canarsie and River Avenue. LOL.

 

[Lillie]

I can see Cashman checking out city playgrounds looking for “cheap” help, with the hope he’ll
strike gold somewhere between Canarsie and River Avenue. LOL.

 

[cagedlion]

Damn. Pinkies take lead over hitless Nationals in 7th inning, 2-0.

 

[yankeesince59]

Gardner, Judge, Hicks....whiff, whiff, whiff.


...spiffy.

 

[cagedlion]

Atlanta pitcher threw one legit strike in the first inning.....all of the rest were pitches in the dirt and first
three batters were swinging at dirt! That’s the way it’s been going of late.

 

[Mattingly23NY]

Another cable conundrum here today. BoSox game is on NESfknN, and the Yanks game will not broadcast until t/Bosox game is over, WTF, again and again and again ...

Even Mediocrity is dead, with MLB Broadcasting...

 

[Lillie]

Damn. Pinkies take lead over hitless Nationals in 7th inning, 2-0.

Pink Hatters will win I'm sure.

 

[Mattingly23NY]

I can see Cashman checking out city playgrounds looking for “cheap” help, with the hope he’ll
strike gold somewhere between Canarsie and River Avenue. LOL.

Maybe this old man will go hang out at Children's playgrounds, no I am not Aqualung...
" sitting on the park bench" ...

 

[Mattingly23NY]

Watching The Pink Hatters until The Yankees start 0-0 in the 4th.

Same here, BS isn't it?? forcing us to watch effing Boston WTF ... I'm going to write my congressman!!!

 

[yankeesince59]

Bird starts the scoring with a 2 out single...Di Di scores...1-0 good guys.

 

[Mattingly23NY]

Baboone looks like Craig Counsell or Brad Ausmus wearing that stupid Fkng pullover. Is he ashamed to wear pinstripes???

 

[Mattingly23NY]

Hey hey a live Twitter feed of the game in process-

 

[Lillie]

I'm watching the Game on YES with Kay and O'Neill all he talks about is Food.

 

[Lillie]

Stanton Hits a Bomb 4-0.

 

[Mattingly23NY]

I hear gone Gone-Carlo started rubbing Bengay on his balls just so he would get hot...

A three-run bomb on an O-2 count, Yankees 4; bad guys zero. If Teheran had a big curveball I'd say he reminds me of Oil Can Boyd, without the bottle of MD 20/20 in his back pocket...