Game Thread Yankees vs. Indians Sunday 6/9/19, 1:10 pm

[Lillie]

Good Job Tarpley.

 

[cagedlion]

[QUOTE="Mattingly23NY
This is why I do not like Chapman. First he gives up a hit. And he walks the second batter.
When we heard Enter Sandman you knew the game was over...

Someone needs to write a song Enter Glassman....[/QUOTE]


There will never be another ‘Sandman’......not in my lifetime. I am so grateful that
Mo brought so much pleasure in exacting the primary example of what ‘relief’ means
in baseball. He took that one pitch and perfected it to every batter.

Chapman lives on his high speed fastball....but it is straight as an arrow & hitters
are pumped to hammer that pitch into far away sights.

 

[Mattingly23NY]

Batters get on base..he got the third out by a ground ball...

His whip is .89 this season

You comparing him to the greatest reliever of all time is a bit unfair.


Btw did u see my message to you

We will have to agree to disagree brother.

Imo Stats are great indicators of/for many aspects, but there is none for intangibles.

Yep, he's got some great numbers, BUT as I've said b4, he allows way to many runners on base via hits, walks and wild pitches to be elite, when compared to the greats, of which he falls short too often for my expectations.

It's not just Mo I compare him too, it's many of the greats from 62 on.

One needs to compare players for a baseline relative to performance. Stats can be misleading in many ways; especially when performance is not relative to stats.

A closer shouldn't open doors of opportunity, they shut 'em or slam 'em.

That's how I've felt when he was a Red also, too wild, too many opportunities allowed.

They should have a stat for tension levels when a closer throws as few pitches possible, without one single hitter being on base. Measure blood pressure, tension, stress of the fans, players et al, when a Reliever Mo's ' em down with ease consistently almost always.
Vs- when the Closer comes in and builds the tension of allowing the tying run on base, followed by the winning run on base, after a prior throwing/pickoff error.

I'm surprised he didn't throw a few to the backsto.

Rollie Fingers threw approx 1/2 his closer appeancesj pitching 2-3 innings.

Like Mo, Rollie even Goose and many others, one grew accustomed to a sigh of relief upon their entrance, knowing runners should not just get on base, at al ...

The highest standard is the goal, and reference point.

Yep, I read your PM's, and thank you very much.
I hope your Son is the next Jerry Kramer.
I look forward to hearing about his season, and your proud comments.

Take Care.
PS- Super Bowl III was Epoch, one of a kind, as Legendary as they come. Johnny U vs Broadway White Shoes and Mink Coat Joe. I was in High School back then.

 

[cagedlion]

Some late night news in sports related world:

David Ortiz, “Big Papi” , was shot in a night club in the Dominican Republic. He was rushed to a
hospital. No word on his condition.

Cashman has approached Toronto Blue Jays in reference to righty pitcher, Marcus Stroman.
Looks like Cashman will burn the midnight oil in talking with SF Giants about lefty Madison Bumgarner.

 

[cagedlion]

With every starter that goes down with an injury, the bullpen will be overworked to the point of
being useless......German is the latest casualty...he”ll be 10 days on the IL.