The Dynasty Crumbles - the 2013 MFY Thread

[Edgy MD]

Well, we have some clues.

[list:1tly7lw5][*:1tly7lw5]It was an ALCS.[/*:m:1tly7lw5]
[*:1tly7lw5]It was Game Four at YSIII (or II, I dunno)[/*:m:1tly7lw5]
[*:1tly7lw5]Against the Rangers.[/*:m:1tly7lw5]
[*:1tly7lw5]It was a scoreless tie with one out in the second.[/*:m:1tly7lw5]
[*:1tly7lw5]It involved somebody named Roy. Somebody hateful, I would expect.[/*:m:1tly7lw5][/list:u:1tly7lw5]

[Edgy MD]

2010:

Bottom of the 2nd, Yankees Batting, Tied 0-0, Rangers' Tommy Hunter facing 4-5-6
b2 0-0 0 --- 7,(3-2) O NYY A. Rodriguez T. Hunter 2% 47% Flyball: CF
b2 0-0 1 --- 2,(0-1) R NYY R. Cano T. Hunter -11% 37% Home Run (Fly Ball)
b2 1-0 1 --- 6,(1-2) O NYY N. Swisher T. Hunter 1% 38% Strikeout Swinging
b2 1-0 2 --- 8,(3-2) O NYY L. Berkman T. Hunter 1% 39% Strikeout Looking
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Yankees 1.

I think Gesticulo the Great grabbed a ball hit by Cano that the rightfielder thought he still had a play on. The occupants of the seats are all like "Tough luck, Fucko."

The Yankees would lose 10-3. And these folks had to go home and live with themsleves.

[Frayed Knot]

What's the story behind this? What are they reacting to?

IIRC it was one of those 315-ft YS HR specials that the Texas RFer nearly caught and so the mooks are both celebrating the MFY run and mocking the guy from whom they stole the catch.


oe: beaten to the punch

[Benjamin Grimm]

Interesting! Thanks!

(Who's Roy? Was he the outfielder?)

[Frayed Knot]

Looks like the RF was Nelson Cruz

[Edgy MD]

You have way too much faith in my lipreading. But I sure hope he didn't say "Boy."

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

MFYs in the 18th NOW!!!!, A's have bases loaded off Mariano (entered with 1 on, bloop single, now Intentional walk). 1 out.

Freeman guy for Oakland uses same aB music as Muffy.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Game over!!!! as A's sweep.

[G-Fafif]

Lordy, that was sweet.

[Frayed Knot]

Yanx just lost in the 18th inning.
Their relievers had been holding Oakland down for most of the time I was watching (the extras) as the MFYs were getting the better of the chances - but then the A's got a runner on w/1 out in the 18th so they Girardi opted to bring in Rivera. Two batters and two hits later it was over.
Nate Freiman is your local hero in the east bay tonight.

Middle of the Yanx lineup: Hafner, Youkilis, Teixeira, et al were like 0 for 28 or something.

[Ceetar]

same runs/game as the Mets. (It's the pitching, and some bunching/timing/luck that's the difference in the records)

ineptitude! I love it.

[duan]

NY Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Gardner, B, CF 6 1 2 0 2 1 1 .284
Nix, J, SS 5 0 1 0 0 1 3 .249
a-Overbay, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .245
Brignac, SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .205
Cano, 2B 6 1 3 2 2 0 1 .282
Teixeira, 1B 5 0 0 0 2 3 4 .163
Hafner, DH 8 0 0 0 0 3 7 .220
Youkilis, 3B 7 0 0 0 1 3 6 .219
Wells, V, LF 8 0 0 0 0 3 3 .229
Suzuki, I, RF 7 0 3 0 0 0 1 .264
Stewart, C, C 6 0 1 0 0 1 2 .275
Totals 60 2 10 2 7 15 30 .242

that's a very metsesque box score. Notice the particular "two guys doing ok, but separated by 5/4 lineup spots so that it doesn't have any impact " That seems to have been our speciality.

[metirish]

Tuned in to YES for the last licks on this, great stuff.

Seriously, the A's are 41-27, amazing.

[Frayed Knot]

duan wrote: that's a very metsesque box score. Notice the particular "two guys doing ok, but separated by 5/4 lineup spots so that it doesn't have any impact " That seems to have been our speciality.

The Yanx main problem--not just yesterday but over the last six weeks or so--is that their 'April surprises', the veteran fill-ins for the injured troops, have come back down to earth after their hot starts. I guess that whole thing about the uniform making you play better has a limited shelf life.
Vernon Wells BA: April - .300; May - .221; June - .095
Travis Hafner BA: April - .318; May - .179; June - .114

And even the guys who have come back haven't helped much; Teixeira is giving them less than what Overbay did, and Granderson only seems to be playing sparingly since his re-return.

[Ceetar]

oh, well hello Out of the Playoff Picture.

[Edgy MD]

Offense seems down. I wonder how hard it is for many teams to see their situation in context. How many of my guys are hopeless and how many aren't really doing that much worse relative to the leaguewide trends?

I remember once reading an essay (probably by Bill James) taking Mickey Mantle to task for retiring after hitting .237 at the age of 36, not realizing that his full line of .237 / .385 / .398 // .782 was absolutely nothing to sneeze at in 1968.

Lucas Duda may be our 36-year-old Mickey Mantle. He may be told he's the problem, and feel like the problem, but the real problem is surrounding him with Horace Clarkes and Tom Treshes in the lineup.

[Chad ochoseis]

[Frayed Knot]

Yanx sitting at 7 games above .500 after splitting a four-game series with the Rays. They've been as high as +12 and no lower than +6 since that high point.
But they're also sitting right now at -1 in RS/RA and have been around that break-even mark for a while, while virtually all of their above-.500 record dates from the early part of the season:
April = 16-10
May = 15-13
June = 10-11

With a division that's entirely over .500 at this point (Blue Jays currently in last place at 38-36) hanging near or even slightly above the break-even point isn't going to guarantee you of anything and, even assuming they can maintain this pace, six games above sounds a lot better in June than it does in September. IOW, they're going to have to either keep up their pythagorean magic for the next 85 games or the infusion they're counting on from their aging wounded is going to need to be a reality rather than just a hope.

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

Yanx sitting at 7 games above .500 after splitting a four-game series with the Rays. They've been as high as +12 and no lower than +6 since that high point. But they're also sitting right now at -1 in RS/RA and have been around that break-even mark for a while, while virtually all of their above-.500 record dates from the early part of the season: April = 16-10 May = 15-13 June = 10-11 With a division that's entirely over .500 at this point (Blue Jays currently in last place at 38-36) hanging near or even slightly above the break-even point isn't going to guarantee you of anything and, even assuming they can maintain this pace, six games above sounds a lot better in June than it does in September. IOW, they're going to have to either keep up their pythagorean magic for the next 85 games or the infusion they're counting on from their aging wounded is going to need to be a reality rather than just a hope.

Oh boy, is this great!

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Snooze's back-page scoop all about A-Rod's forthcoming return. That's going to be a disaster too.

[Ceetar]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Snooze's back-page scoop all about A-Rod's forthcoming return. That's going to be a disaster too.

PR disaster, but it's almost definitely going to help them, perhaps too much.

But even if they keep up this 'pace' they're not in the playoff picture.

[Edgy MD]

It ain't going to help them if Robinson Cano ends up on the same back page.

[metsmarathon]

i'm rooting for arod to have a thoroughly bonkers-good 2nd half, and for the mfys to fail to make the playoffs for other reasons. maybe they'll even offer him an extension!

the result of this will be that the mfy will be convinced that he will be a part of hte solution moving forward, and also this will thoroughly confuse the soulless mfy-faithful.

[ashie62]

The Mets will have a better 2nd half than the MFY's

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

Ashie62 wrote: The Mets will hve a better 2nd half than the MFY's

From your mouth ...

[ashie62]

It kinda looks like MLB jumped the shark on Biogenesis so...

I hope Arod hits .310 with 25 hrs and 70 rbis just to screw things up more for next season..

[Ceetar]

KYLIGHT IN OPEN OFFICE /DEN 3 LARGE BRIGHT BEDROOMS,1.5 BATHS, COMPLETELY YANKEETIZED REC ROOM IN THE BASEMENT,SEPARATE LAUNDRY AND OODLES OF CLOSETS.

NOT A SELLING POINT

[Edgy MD]

A-Rod vs. the Paratrooper. Twitter catfight.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I don't get it.

Is Cashman saying saying Arod was lying, or does he feel as though Arod's forthcomingness prevents the Yankees from lying?

[Ceetar]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I don't get it. Is Cashman saying saying Arod was lying, or does he feel as though Arod's forthcomingness prevents the Yankees from lying?

Saying the first, meaning the second.