ALDS IST - NYY vs CLE

[Frayed Knot]

Well this game has taken some interesting turns!!


And if you didn't see the Encarnacion injury, I'd be shocked if he plays again this year.

[Guest cooby]

Goooooooooo

[Guest d'Kong76]

Jay Bruce again everybody, Jay Bruce!

[Frayed Knot]

Jay Bruce and Joe Smith ... ex-NYM heroes all over the field.

[bmfc1]

Ryder Ryan better be good.

[Guest Mets Willets Point]

Win this fucking game, Cleveland.

[ashie62]

Lets go seriously, I just used a racist word when I really meant "Guardians".

[Frayed Knot]

Have I mentioned recently how much I love the replay system?

Worst post-season pinch-running experience since Kolten Wong got picked off as the tying run for the final out of a game with Albert Pujols at the plate.

[MFS62]

Frayed Knot wrote: And if you didn't see the Encarnacion injury, I'd be shocked if he plays again this year.

What happened?
At work we were wondering why he wasn't in there against CC when we were able to see the in-game box score.

Later

[Chad ochoseis]

Sprained ankle; doesn't look good.

I was out at a really bad play and missed the comeback. NNow I'm in the lobby with a room full of people checking scores on their phones.

[HahnSolo]

Ramirez is due

[seawolf17]

All the MFY fans on my various feeds are going BANANAS over some sort of baserunning gaffe by some dude who came in to pinch-run. Tough noogies, MFYs.

[Guest Mets Willets Point]

Not a TRUE YANKEE, apparently.

[Chad ochoseis]

On WTAM (1100 AM, your Cleveland Clinic and Indians station), they're discussing 1986.

[Chad ochoseis]

HOLY SHIT! YAN GOMES!!!!!!

[bmfc1]

Yan more win and the MFYs are done.

[Edgy MD]

So much Yankee down-ness.

Who will replace Girardi?

[Frayed Knot]

YAN GOMES ... ALL-[crossout:3ktpc02f]BRAZILIAN[/crossout:3ktpc02f] AMERICAN HERO!!!

Edited October 7, 2017 by Guest

[Guest d'Kong76]

Thank golly, a loss there after all that would have sucked...

[Chad ochoseis]

...and I was sitting there thinking, "just walk or something so that we can get to Lindor with less than 2 out".

[seawolf17]

#lolyankees

[Centerfield]

Hey look. Baseball is fun again.

Mets. I can't imagine anything more miserable than our season.

Yankees. Hold my beer.

[Centerfield]

And now the Nate lose too.

Baseball is fun again. What time is the Mets game?

[Frayed Knot]

MFS62 wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: And if you didn't see the Encarnacion injury, I'd be shocked if he plays again this year. What happened? At work we were wondering why he wasn't in there against CC when we were able to see the in-game box score.

Bases loaded (or maybe just 1st & 2nd, I forget), Encarnacion on 2nd. Jay Bruce hits a soft liner up the middle but the shift has the SS behind 2nd base.
Gregorius catches the ball and dives towards 2nd to double off E.E. (my spell check keeps trying to turn that name into Incarnation)
He beats the fielder back to the bag but grossly twisted his ankle in doing so and then, to add insult to injury, came off the base because of the injury so replay review turned it into an inning-ending DP
just when it looked like the seriously, I just used a racist word when I really meant "Guardians" were poised to break the game open (3-2 Cleveland at the time when it had been 2-0 Yanx).

[Fman99]

I bitched about the lack of concurrent games in this round, but then I took a sick day (legitimately due to illness) and I've been watching playoff baseball non stop since about 3 PM or so, and I'll say, hey, maybe it's pretty good. Helps that the MFYs and Nats both lost.

[Frayed Knot]

Edgy MD wrote: So much Yankee down-ness. Who will replace Girardi?

The biggest complaint about Girardi tonight was that the Yanx didn't challenge the HBP which loaded the bases and preceded the Lindor Grand Slam
The HP ump immediately called that it hit the batter's hand but it certainly could have hit the knob of the bat.
The Yanx opted not to challenge -- though that's not usually the manger's call -- and the next batter, Lindor, banked a pitch off the foul pole in RF to bring the lead from 8-3 down to 8-7

At that point, what are you saving your challenges for?!?

[Lefty Specialist]

"Waitress, I'll have an extra-big helping of Yankee Pain. And plenty of maple syrup."

[bmfc1]

Good one.

[Benjamin Grimm]

"Crushing loss" and "Yankees" is always a good combination.

[Frayed Knot]

So even though these teams get a day off today before resuming on Sunday night (7:30) the bullpen that the Yanx lean on so heavily has been taxed pretty heavily and might have trouble bouncing
back if Tanaka finds himself in early trouble in Game 3

Between the games Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday each of their relievers has made two appearances except for Warren & Garcia who each pitched in only Thursday's game
Chad Green -- 2.1 IP / 52 pitches total
David Robertson -- 5.0 / 77
Tommy Kahn -- 3.0 / 37
Aroldis Chapman -- 3.0+ / 47
Dellin Betances -- 3.0 / 46
Adam Warren -- 1.0 / 22
Jamie Garcia -- 2.2 / 44