TWiB Notes - Aug 14 thru 20

[Frayed Knot]

Braves get to do the NY/NY thing back to back, except in their case they still have to travel since it's the Yanx in Atlanta for a three game set starting tonight.

Yanx are in a precarious position right now. Not just in last place AL East but just two games over .500 and a skinny +1 in run differential for the season.

So a sweep would drop the Yanx below the waterline in both categories which is something not seen in Yanquiland this late in the season in about three decades.

And I'm pretty sure that Gerrit Cole pitched Saturday and so isn't on the slate again until after this series is over.

[MFS62]

Ozzie Albies is out with a "tweaked" hamstring problem. It must have been all that running around the bases he did against the Mets.



Later

[Frayed Knot]

He was pulled mid-game Sunday night a couple innings after an awkward slide.

[Frayed Knot]

8-2 Braves, still batting in the 3rd (1 out).

NYY starter Clarke Schmidt's night is done.

[Frayed Knot]

11-3 is your final in [CROSSOUT]Atlanta[/CROSSOUT] Cobb County, Georgia.

Yanx now find themselves one game over .500 (60-59) and -7 in RS/RA differential.

[MFS62]

Angel Hernandez' discrimination lawsuit against MLB has been rejected by the court.



https://sports.yahoo.com/angel-hernandezs-lawsuit-accusing-mlb-of-racial-discrimination-rejected-in-federal-appeals-court-154840021.htmlhttps://sports.yahoo.com/angel-hernandezs-lawsuit-accusing-mlb-of-racial-discrimination-rejected-in-federal-appeals-court-154840021.html



Later

[Frayed Knot]

5-0 Braves, still batting in the 4th.

A 3R HR by Ozuna in the 1st

A 2R HR by Acuna in the 4th

[Frayed Knot]

5 - Zip is your final in Atlanta as the Yanx get one hit to drop below. 500

[Frayed Knot]

As the Yanx begin life as a sub-.500 club for the first time (this late in the season) in 28 years and they do so by

hosting the BoSox. They're 3G in back of the 4th place Sawx so they'll need a sweep both to tie for 4th and to

get back over .500. Aso, seeing as how they're 6.5 games behind Toronto for the final WC slot (w/SEA & BOS

in between) they pretty much need at least two wins this weekend and probably a sweep on that front too.



So how does the top of the 1st start? 2B, 1B, RBI-1B, 3R-HR

So if YLDBs are looking for a replay of 1978's 'Boston Massacre' things are not off to a good start.



btw, this is also an APPLE+ game so lots of NYY & BOS fans aren't even going to see this one.

[Frayed Knot]

And in top 2nd with the Red Sox still batting it's now 7-0

[Frayed Knot]

8-3 final in the Bronx.

I'm determined to find something to enjoy about this season dammit.

[Frayed Knot]

Ahhhhhh, nothing like getting home mid-afternoon and flicking on the tube to find the Sawx up 6-0 in the 6th.

Last night they scored 4 in the 1st then three more in the 2nd. Today it was a 2nd inning GS that kicked things off.



That Judge then HR'd while I was typing for the yanx first run and first hit of the game is but a minor annoyance.

[Lefty Specialist]

Gerrit Cole 6 runs in 4 innings. Yanx looking like the wheels are falling off.



Well, misery loves company. My loudmouth Yankme friends have gone silent these days.

[kcmets]

I'd tune in, but I have YES Network blocked by parental control on my boxes.

[MFS62]

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I'd tune in, but I have YES Network blocked by parental control on my boxes.

[Frayed Knot]

Lefty Specialist wrote: Gerrit Cole 6 runs in 4 innings. Yanx looking like the wheels are falling off.

That's two losses on Cole starts on a row, something they can't afford even if everything else is going right ... which it most definitely is not.



0-7 this week [MIA x 2, ATL x 3, BOS x 2] while being outscored 45 - 15 (34 - 4 over the last five)

[Frayed Knot]

Toronto traded for ex-StL SS Paul DeJong at the trading deadline 18 days ago. I hope the guy they traded away wasn't very valuable as today they DFA'd him.

Clearly the Jays' problem was that they didn't play the Mets often enough during these past two-plus weeks.

[Edgy MD]

The Mets might want to pick him up, if only as a prophylactic measure.

[Frayed Knot]

Astros losing tonight to red hot Seattle, but Jose Altuve has notched his 2,000th career hit in the process.

[Frayed Knot]

Yanx give up a run in top 9 to go down 6-5

They get the first two runners on to start bottom 9 [2B, HBP] but go out K, K, FO

8th straight loss





Just minutes earlier, the Braves also gave up a tie-breaking run in top 9 [bases loaded walk] then went out 1-2-3

[MFS62]

If you know anyone going away to college, let them know they can get free MLB tv for the rest of the year.



https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-tv-free-for-college-students-for-rest-of-2023-seasonhttps://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-tv-free-for-college-students-for-rest-of-2023-season



Later

[Edgy MD]

Last-place Nationals give manager Dave Martinez a two-year extension.