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Schadenfreude 367 (A Continuing Series)

Yankees - 000 002 500 - 7 10 1 Blue Jays - 023 611 00x - 13 15 1 " I expect us to go out and play well today. " Aaron Boone @_IAmNotANumber_ So fucking much for that. @JamotheDooD Bahahahaha wrong again you clown!! @Mr_CheeseHead So, expect the complete opposite of that @Jordirod2 Yeah if you swing at every first pitch and popup you'll win @DianeAlonge Hahahahahaha!!!! @Piff131 Update, they did not go out and play well today @Oghuz1014 This guy is a fucking moron Yankees Pushed To Br...

Schadenfreude 366 (A Continuing Series)

Yankees - 000 001 000 -  1  6  0 Blue Jays - 110 000 44x - 10 14  0 " By the end, the allegedly super polite Canadians were co-opting a famous Boston-favored phrase: 'Yankees S—!' " Yankees Unravel Late In Brutal ALDS Game 1 Loss To Blue Jays Greg Joyce, Post The good vibes the Yankees carried across the border are apparently worth nothing in Canadian currency. . . . The biggest Yankees bats came up small in key spots, Luis Gil got tagged in an abbreviated start and then Lu...

ALWC 3: Yankees 4, Red Sox 0

Red Sox - 000 000 000 - 0  5  2 Yankees - 000 400 00x - 4  8  1 "I guess the Yankees are bound to beat us in the playoffs every 22 years or so."  – Petagine in a Bottle (SoSH) Cam Schlittler's pitching performance (8-5-0-0-12, 107) was the only story worth telling from the Yankees' 4-0 win in the deciding game of the ALWC series. Schlittler spent his evening steadily – and seemingly without effort – firing fastballs at 100/101. He spotted his pitches extremel...

ALWC 2: Yankees 4, Red Sox 3

Red Sox - 002 001 000 - 3  6  0 Yankees - 200 010 01x - 4 10  1 If Thursday's Game 3 ends up being as evenly-matched as the first two games, fans of both teams will be completely exhausted. Game 2 was packed with no less tension, elation, anxiety, relief, and terror as Tuesday's opener.  Boston manager Alex Cora stayed with starter Brayan Bello for only 28 pitches and ended up using six bullpen arms. The Yankees slipped home a run against Garrett Whitlock in the eighth and ...

Asking @grok: "On A Scale Of 0-10 How Ass Are The Yankees"

And the perfect reply: 2008 ALDS - Beat Angels 3-2 in G4 to win series 3-1 2013 ALDS - Beat Rays 3-1 in G4 to win series 3-1 2013 ALCS - Beat Tigers 5-2 in G6 to win series 4-2 2013 WS - Beat Cardinals 6-1 in G6 to win series 4-2 2018 ALDS - Beat Yankees 4-3 in G4 to win series 3-1 2018 ALCS - Beat Astros 4-1 in G5 to win series 4-1 2018 WS - Beat Dodgers 5-1 in G5 to win series 4-1 2021 ALWC - Beat Yankees 6-2 to win "series" 1-0 * 2021 ALDS - Beat Rays 6-5 in G4 to win series 3-1 * : ...

Schadenfreude 365 (A Continuing Series)

UPDATED: Another Boone Blew It  Lament, Running on Judge's Rag Arm, & 2 Pics Yankees Staring At Unsettling Red Sox Reality With Season On Brink Mike Vaccaro, Post In an eyeblink, they are toe-tips-to-the-brink. In an eyeblink, the Yankees are looking at the potential of a postseason run that could be over after about 27 hours or so. In an eyeblink, the stubborn goblins that haunted them all season — bullpen, clutch hitting, second-guessable decisions — threaten to reduce this whole New Yo...

ALWC 1: Red Sox 3, Yankees 1

Red Sox - 000 000 201 - 3 8 0 Yankees - 010 000 000 - 1 7 0 Nick Sogard sprinted from first to second base in the top of the seventh inning as Aaron Judge ho-hummed the ball back to the infield. That explosive hustle (which Sogard had shown back in the third when he tagged and took second on a fly to center) put Boston runners at second and third, with one out. Pinch-hitter Masataka Yoshida singled to center on the first pitch he saw. Two runs scored and the Yankees' 1-0 lead was gone. That ...

In 2026, Our Robot Ump Overlords Arrive! Meekly Peek Their Heads Through The Doorway

MLB's Competition Committee has approved the limited use of an automated ball-strike challenge system for the 2026 season by a vote of 7-4. MLB owners, in control of a six-seat majority on the 11-member committee, all voted in favour of robot umps. So – at long last – has MLB finally decided to join the 21st century (with 1/4 of it in the rear view mirror), acquire some long-overdue common sense, and agreed that baseball games should be decided by baseball players? . . . Not quite. The new bal...

MLB

Albuquerque Isotopes (AAA-Rockies) Score In All Nine Innings In 21-10 PCL Rout

Isotopes - 731 111 142 - 21 27 1 Chihuahuas - 000 007 102 - 10 17 2 The Albuquerque Isotopes scored in all nine innings on Wednesday, routing the El Paso Chihuahuas 21-10 , in a Pacific Coast League game. Brendan Samson (mlb.com) wrote : "In addition to hanging crooked numbers in all nine frames, the Isotopes also became the 21st full-season MiLB team to score 20 runs in a game this year." Is 1 considered a "crooked" number? . . . I have not taken a survey, but I don't think so. Albuquerque ha...

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Roman Anthony Agrees To 8/130 Extension; Two Actual Nicknames!

  The Red Sox signed outfielder Roman Anthony to an eight-year extension worth $130 million . Anthony, who turned 21 in May, made his debut on June 9. In 47 games, he's slashing .276/.392/.417 for an .809 OPS (126+ OPS, 5th best on the team). His .392 on-base is tops on the team. Molly Burkhardt (mlb.com) reports : The extension will begin with the 2026 season and includes escalators that could bring the overall value up to $230 million. The deal includes a 2034 club option for $30 millio...

Schadenfreude 364 (A Continuing Series)

Monday Texas 8, DAAAYANKEESLOSE 5 (10) Yankees Will Play Closer Role 'Night By Night' After Devin Williams' Latest Meltdown Greg Joyce, Post When the Yankees acquired two closers at the deadline, they recommitted to Devin Williams as their ninth-inning guy. Less than a week later, that job is more up for grabs. A night after Williams blew a save and gave up a run for the fifth time in his last seven outings, Aaron Boone indicated he would be more fluid with who his closer is on a give...

Schadenfreude 363 (A Continuing Series)

Ouch . Friday Yankees - 000 330 312 - 12 15  2 Marlins - 000 040 603 - 13 12  1 Saturday Yankees - 000 000 000 - 0  2  0 Marlins - 100 100 00x - 2  4  0 Sunday Yankees - 100 000 200 - 3  6  0 Marlins - 030 300 10x - 7  9  0 Never-Say-Die Marlins Storm Back For Stunning Walk-Off Win vs. Yankees Christina De Nicola, mlb.com The Marlins handed the Yankees their first loss on the road when scoring 12 runs or more since July 24, 1940 , vs. the St. L...

10,000 Wins

The Red Sox beat the Nationals 10-3 on Saturday afternoon, evening their record at 45-45. It was the franchise's 10,000th regular season victory. Boston is the second American League team and the tenth major league team to reach 10,000 wins. The franchise has 108 postseason wins. Here are the franchises with more than 5,000 wins, as of a few days ago. Also: The second-longest World Series championship drought is 56 years, held by the Brewers and Padres .  . . . Weird.

Schadenfreude 362 (A Continuing Series)

Since May 29, the MFY have the worst record in the AL East: 13-19. Blue Jays   21  10 Rays    19 12 Orioles  18  13 Red Sox  16 14 Yankees  13  19 They were just swept by the now-in-first-place Blue Jays, who scored 36 runs in the four games. Toronto has not been in first place this "late" in a season since 2016 . OH SHIT . . .  BUFFY GOT THE BROOM OUT ! And he waved it  in the eminently punchable face of the pompously annoying Michael Kay...

Wilyer Abreu Cracks Inside-The-Park HR And A Grand Slam (Only 6th Time In MLB History)

Wilyer Abreu led off the bottom of the fifth with an inside-the-park home run . Three innings later, he donged the first grand slam of his career. The Red Sox rode a seven-run first inning to a 13-6 victory. Abreu became only the sixth player to hit an inside-the-park home run and a grand slam in a game -- and the first player to do it in 67 years. The others : June 5, 1890 - Jocko Fields, Pittsburgh Burghers (Players League) July 4, 1923 (G1) - Everett Scott, Yankees August 4, 1930 - Charlie ...

Schadenfreude 361 (A Continuing Series)

The Red Sox have a 10-5 record in the month of June, with five of those 10 victories against the Yankees. June 7: Red Sox 10, MFY 7 June 8: Red Sox 11, MFY 7 June 13: Red Sox 2, MFY 1 (10) June 14: Red Sox 4, MFY 3 June 15: Red Sox 2, MFY 0 The 2-0 shutout on Father's Day turned the MFY bats into wet noodles. With subsequent losses to the Angels, 1-0 (11) and 4-0, the Yankees have not scored a run in their last 29 innings. As you can see below, that's a grand total of four runs in their last f...

WTF: Rafael Devers Traded To Giants

The Boston Red Sox traded Rafael Devers to the San Francisco Giants on Sunday in exchange for pitchers Jordan Hicks and Kyle Harrison and a pair of prospects (outfielder James Tibbs III and pitcher Jose Bello). The teams had been discussing a Devers deal for the past few weeks. Devers, in his ninth season with the club, had been the last member of the 2018 World Champions still in a Boston uniform. He's also in the second year of a 10-year, $313.5 million contract. Initial news of the trade st...