What a horseshit team. Memo: swinging for the fences each time doesn't work. How about last night when you hit balls on the ground and found the gaps, got men on and put up nine runs??? Well, just about four more units to go and this little experiment will be over. Goddamn juice in baseball eats you alive..... Let's see if Vin van get some of my money back in Cleveland. I had really hoped to be up at the All Star break but things are zigging when they should be zagging.:smoking:
I hope I had some fades out there because market watch says Vin's stock is dropping.
Standings: 46-37
On: 30-26
Against: 15-9
Totals: 1-2
$: +4.39
I hope I had some fades out there because market watch says Vin's stock is dropping.
Standings: 46-37
On: 30-26
Against: 15-9
Totals: 1-2
$: +4.39
Indians, says Vin.
This is a Jeckll and Hyde team said I.
Somewhat, said he. I just think Rodon was really bad. We got a good one on the mound for Cleveland tonight in Trevor Bauer. I just think the Indians will get to Ivan before we get to him. Both pens can go and protect a lead. Might be close if Ivan's got his good stuff.
Note: Vin is 0-3 so far this week. So is he due to win one or will the downward plunge continue? We shall see...
GLTA!
7/7/16 7:10pm MLB Baseball 964 Cleveland Indians -140* vs New York Yankees (I Nova - R must Start T Bauer - R must Start)
This is a Jeckll and Hyde team said I.
Somewhat, said he. I just think Rodon was really bad. We got a good one on the mound for Cleveland tonight in Trevor Bauer. I just think the Indians will get to Ivan before we get to him. Both pens can go and protect a lead. Might be close if Ivan's got his good stuff.
Note: Vin is 0-3 so far this week. So is he due to win one or will the downward plunge continue? We shall see...
GLTA!
7/7/16 7:10pm MLB Baseball 964 Cleveland Indians -140* vs New York Yankees (I Nova - R must Start T Bauer - R must Start)
Done BMC in. Calling it early. How did I know this shit would happen.... Vin is dumping (giving back everything he (I) won). Well, easy come, easy go. I have never bet on this many games of anything in any sport in one season. Maybe it's true what they say - if you play anything long enough you will lose. But there are some out there who have and continue to win long term..... but there's not too many of them! Maybe this will turn around ... Vin was down a few weeks ago.Come on Rock, Mickey loves you!
Standings: 46-38
On: 30-26
Against: 15-9
Totals: 1-2
$: +2.99
Standings: 46-38
On: 30-26
Against: 15-9
Totals: 1-2
$: +2.99
Well it doesn't look like my 6 man rotation prediction is going to happen.
Joe addressed it the other night when a reporter mentioned how good Tanaka is on 5 days rest.
But at least they are realizing that Refsnyder is better than Hicks right now as evidenced by him being in the lineup two straight games vs. righties.
In the lineup tonight.
They actually asked Joe why Hicks continues to get playing time the other day and his reply was he likes what he sees in his at bats.
My suggestion would be for Joe to see an eye doctor during the All Star Break.
Joe addressed it the other night when a reporter mentioned how good Tanaka is on 5 days rest.
But at least they are realizing that Refsnyder is better than Hicks right now as evidenced by him being in the lineup two straight games vs. righties.
In the lineup tonight.
They actually asked Joe why Hicks continues to get playing time the other day and his reply was he likes what he sees in his at bats.
My suggestion would be for Joe to see an eye doctor during the All Star Break.
Len - I remember him saying a week or two ago that a six-month rotation would mess up the roster. When prompted, he declined to elaborate and went on to the next question. I think Vin's wish that he be tarred and feathered (and possibly lit on fire) and make Tony Peña manager for the second half of the season is indeed a fine wish that management should consider, but they won't. (I believe Vin actually thinks Cashman gets his letters. I don't know I said (trying not to sound to sarcastic), I think an assistant might read them. Yeah, damn beauracracy said he.)
I wonder if or when we will see a four inning bullpen rolling barrage - Eovaldi, Betances , Miller and Chapman...
When I spoke to Vin this morning he was beyond frustrated. It seems like there's no coherent strategy, he growled. Getting a read on this team is trying to make time with a foreign girl who don't know English - kind of interesting if you get a smile or a giggle but most probably ending in a late date with Rosy Palmer. This 0-4 week and the team is getting to him. So today he told me he was benching himself until after the all star break. Sucks to stop on an 0-4 run and a decimated profit margin but maybe it's for the best. We shall see if he changed his mind. Wouldn't be surprised....
I wonder if or when we will see a four inning bullpen rolling barrage - Eovaldi, Betances , Miller and Chapman...
When I spoke to Vin this morning he was beyond frustrated. It seems like there's no coherent strategy, he growled. Getting a read on this team is trying to make time with a foreign girl who don't know English - kind of interesting if you get a smile or a giggle but most probably ending in a late date with Rosy Palmer. This 0-4 week and the team is getting to him. So today he told me he was benching himself until after the all star break. Sucks to stop on an 0-4 run and a decimated profit margin but maybe it's for the best. We shall see if he changed his mind. Wouldn't be surprised....
I was all set to pick the boys to win tonight, said Vin earlier. For Papa Midnight (Pineda) to beat Rodriguez but I saw this morning that Boston moved up Wright, the knuckleballer, who was supposed to start tomorrow night.
We ended the first half well, I said. Our boys were hitting the ball for a change.
Ended was the key word in that statement, says Vin. They've all been on vacation and those bats might have cooled off. And you can't argue with the Boston numbers. Those guys know how to hit the ball. Papa Midnight had a great June but he lost it when he pitched in Chicago. Guy's still gotta have the fear on top of him - digging those fingers into the ball, worrying if the placement willl be there. Toi make matters worse he usually has these damn melt downs with two outs, so in his case, getting a few outs might not necessarily calm him down.
But, said Vin, Michael might have his head on straight tonight and pitch a good game. Even if that happens, Boston will still get some hits and runs. Evenb if Done BMC and Robo get the call for the last four innings. I just don't think we will be able to keep up. They just can't hit Wright's knuckleball. Take Boston.
GLTA!
7/15/16 7:05pm MLB Baseball 965 Boston Red Sox +105* vs New York Yankees (S Wright - R must Start M Pineda - R must Start)
Hard to believe there's plus money on the Sox. A little suspicious, but the boys are at home and I guess a lot of people out there still believe in Pineda. Sports radio here is really playing this 10-game homestand aginast the Redsox (3), the Os (4), and the Giants (3) as absolutely critical. Hard to argue with them.
Let's see what team takes the field tonight. I hope Vin is right about the pitching. Last time we faced Wright it was like he was throwing a goddamn whiffle ball those pitches moved around so much. And we had the Yankees so that was not fun to watch. Let's hope we get a similar result tonight.
We ended the first half well, I said. Our boys were hitting the ball for a change.
Ended was the key word in that statement, says Vin. They've all been on vacation and those bats might have cooled off. And you can't argue with the Boston numbers. Those guys know how to hit the ball. Papa Midnight had a great June but he lost it when he pitched in Chicago. Guy's still gotta have the fear on top of him - digging those fingers into the ball, worrying if the placement willl be there. Toi make matters worse he usually has these damn melt downs with two outs, so in his case, getting a few outs might not necessarily calm him down.
But, said Vin, Michael might have his head on straight tonight and pitch a good game. Even if that happens, Boston will still get some hits and runs. Evenb if Done BMC and Robo get the call for the last four innings. I just don't think we will be able to keep up. They just can't hit Wright's knuckleball. Take Boston.
GLTA!
7/15/16 7:05pm MLB Baseball 965 Boston Red Sox +105* vs New York Yankees (S Wright - R must Start M Pineda - R must Start)
Hard to believe there's plus money on the Sox. A little suspicious, but the boys are at home and I guess a lot of people out there still believe in Pineda. Sports radio here is really playing this 10-game homestand aginast the Redsox (3), the Os (4), and the Giants (3) as absolutely critical. Hard to argue with them.
Let's see what team takes the field tonight. I hope Vin is right about the pitching. Last time we faced Wright it was like he was throwing a goddamn whiffle ball those pitches moved around so much. And we had the Yankees so that was not fun to watch. Let's hope we get a similar result tonight.
Gotta homer up and go with the Yanks today.
Must win time against a pitcher just back from a 2-week stint in the minors, says Vin. He'll be under a lot of pressure. I know he's a lefty but let's hope we don't have a knuckleball hangover and can knock him around a bit and the Big Man can keep the Redsox sluggers at bay and get us to the bullpen.
GLTA!
7/16/16 4:05pm MLB Baseball 918 New York Yankees -124* <small>vs</small> Boston Red Sox (E Rodriguez - L must Start C Sabathia - L must Start)
Standings: 47-38
On: 30-26
Against: 16-9
Totals: 1-2
$: +3.99
Must win time against a pitcher just back from a 2-week stint in the minors, says Vin. He'll be under a lot of pressure. I know he's a lefty but let's hope we don't have a knuckleball hangover and can knock him around a bit and the Big Man can keep the Redsox sluggers at bay and get us to the bullpen.
GLTA!
7/16/16 4:05pm MLB Baseball 918 New York Yankees -124* <small>vs</small> Boston Red Sox (E Rodriguez - L must Start C Sabathia - L must Start)
Standings: 47-38
On: 30-26
Against: 16-9
Totals: 1-2
$: +3.99
The starting pitching on this team is an absolute joke.
And the hitting is not far behind.
What do you do with a struggling pitcher who was sent to the minors?
You bring him up to straighten out vs. these stiffs.
This home stand should finally bury them to the point where they will be sellers at the deadline.
And the hitting is not far behind.
What do you do with a struggling pitcher who was sent to the minors?
You bring him up to straighten out vs. these stiffs.
This home stand should finally bury them to the point where they will be sellers at the deadline.
All these things are true gentlemen.
When I saw Vin today, he was leaning back on a bench staring into the sun next to the remnants of some custard donuts and cigarettes. The papers were sitting there in a stack - unmolested.
Vin, what are you doing, I asked. Staring at the sun s not a good idea.
Vin sat up and took his glasses off, blinked a few times and asked "who's the President?"
Shit I thought. He's been staring at the sun too long and has gone potty. "Obama." I said. "Barack Husseing Obama."
Vin made a face and rubbed his temples. "Fuck, OK," said he. "What year is it?"
"It's 2016."
Well damn, says Vin lighting a smoke. I had been thinking I might ave walked into a time warp and it was 1982 and Reagan was in the White House and we were the generation that might face Armageddon....
Vin, said I, are you OK man?
Iwo Jim, said he, still looking like he was somewhere else. Those goddamn Jappers burrowed into those mountains like moles. They never surrender. We found some Japanese soldiers decades later. Never surrender. A country smaller than the state of California .... and many historians say we were lucky to beat them....
Vin, have some water said I... let's go inside.
I remember when you told me about the Ko-Shin said he. A single elimination tournament involving every high school in Japan to get a single champion. One game. Lose and you're done. Win move forward and live to fight another day. Tanaka won that tournamentt one year and was runner up another. That's two a-days, brutal training regimes, warrior shit.
Vin you've been outside too long, said I. You should lie down before the game.
Tanaka he muttered as I helped him to his feet. Tanaka will save us. Our boys defend the block tonight. The man from the land of the rising sun will lead by example.
So that's that. Samurai up. Shogun up.
GLTA!
7/17/16 8:05pm MLB Baseball 978 New York Yankees +111* <small>vs</small> Boston Red Sox (D Price - L must Start M Tanaka - R must Start)
When I saw Vin today, he was leaning back on a bench staring into the sun next to the remnants of some custard donuts and cigarettes. The papers were sitting there in a stack - unmolested.
Vin, what are you doing, I asked. Staring at the sun s not a good idea.
Vin sat up and took his glasses off, blinked a few times and asked "who's the President?"
Shit I thought. He's been staring at the sun too long and has gone potty. "Obama." I said. "Barack Husseing Obama."
Vin made a face and rubbed his temples. "Fuck, OK," said he. "What year is it?"
"It's 2016."
Well damn, says Vin lighting a smoke. I had been thinking I might ave walked into a time warp and it was 1982 and Reagan was in the White House and we were the generation that might face Armageddon....
Vin, said I, are you OK man?
Iwo Jim, said he, still looking like he was somewhere else. Those goddamn Jappers burrowed into those mountains like moles. They never surrender. We found some Japanese soldiers decades later. Never surrender. A country smaller than the state of California .... and many historians say we were lucky to beat them....
Vin, have some water said I... let's go inside.
I remember when you told me about the Ko-Shin said he. A single elimination tournament involving every high school in Japan to get a single champion. One game. Lose and you're done. Win move forward and live to fight another day. Tanaka won that tournamentt one year and was runner up another. That's two a-days, brutal training regimes, warrior shit.
Vin you've been outside too long, said I. You should lie down before the game.
Tanaka he muttered as I helped him to his feet. Tanaka will save us. Our boys defend the block tonight. The man from the land of the rising sun will lead by example.
So that's that. Samurai up. Shogun up.
GLTA!
7/17/16 8:05pm MLB Baseball 978 New York Yankees +111* <small>vs</small> Boston Red Sox (D Price - L must Start M Tanaka - R must Start)
11 hits and only three runs. Goddamnit. That was the first thing Vin said to me today before going into a rant about Charlie Brown being the main reason the boys can't get the .500 monkey off their backs.
This is the most frustrating damn team, he growled. Tanaka has to throw damn near a perfect game to get a win. I really though lady fate was going to get out of the car on us again. If she lets you up her shirt and down her pants she's ready for it and expects you to get in there seal the deal right then and there. She don't stay in the mood forever.
Yeah, I agreed. Same old Yankees - can't hit in the clutch.
Vin sighed. At least with Tex out we're getting hits. Hopefully that continues.
This guy tonight for the O's, says I - Gausman - the papers say he's been good against the Yankees over his career. Showalter moved him back from starting against the Rays yesterday just for that purpose.
But he's not having a good season, says Vin. He's having a terrible season matter of fact. I think we can hit him.
But will we actually score?
That's the big question but if we get the hits, you'd think the laws of mathematics would dicatate we's have to start scoring at some point. (You'd think that.) Maybe we're due for a breakthrough. And Ivan's on extra rest so maybe he can turn in the kind of performance that got him in the rotation in the first place. Bullpen should be ready to go if we have a lead. I like our chances. Yankees win tonight, said he. Buy Jobu some damn rum and let's keep hitting the ball.
(I don't know about this one. I think one of these pitchers is going to get shelled. Let's hope its Gausman. The Yankees need to string together some wins and so does Vin.)
7/18/16 7:05pm MLB Baseball 910 New York Yankees +102* vs Baltimore Orioles (K Gausman - R must Start I Nova - R must Start)
This is the most frustrating damn team, he growled. Tanaka has to throw damn near a perfect game to get a win. I really though lady fate was going to get out of the car on us again. If she lets you up her shirt and down her pants she's ready for it and expects you to get in there seal the deal right then and there. She don't stay in the mood forever.
Yeah, I agreed. Same old Yankees - can't hit in the clutch.
Vin sighed. At least with Tex out we're getting hits. Hopefully that continues.
This guy tonight for the O's, says I - Gausman - the papers say he's been good against the Yankees over his career. Showalter moved him back from starting against the Rays yesterday just for that purpose.
But he's not having a good season, says Vin. He's having a terrible season matter of fact. I think we can hit him.
But will we actually score?
That's the big question but if we get the hits, you'd think the laws of mathematics would dicatate we's have to start scoring at some point. (You'd think that.) Maybe we're due for a breakthrough. And Ivan's on extra rest so maybe he can turn in the kind of performance that got him in the rotation in the first place. Bullpen should be ready to go if we have a lead. I like our chances. Yankees win tonight, said he. Buy Jobu some damn rum and let's keep hitting the ball.
(I don't know about this one. I think one of these pitchers is going to get shelled. Let's hope its Gausman. The Yankees need to string together some wins and so does Vin.)
7/18/16 7:05pm MLB Baseball 910 New York Yankees +102* vs Baltimore Orioles (K Gausman - R must Start I Nova - R must Start)
