The Official New York Yankees Thread

Johnny Abruzzo

Phillies played stupid and sloppy in the 2009 World Series - guess what - Yankees were the better team and that's why they won. Dammit.

Poncier

mace1229 said:

Poncier said:

mace1229 said:

Get_Right said:

The World Series are probably the only baseball games I watch all year. This was not complicated. The Dodgers had far better pitching and hitting than the Yankees. Yamamoto was so dominant and the LA hitters just ate up the Yankees pitching staff. The Yankees were simply outclassed. Yes, bad plays, maybe a few bad decisions by Boone, but when it comes down to it, the Dodgers were a much better team top to bottom.

Take away the 5th inning and it was a blow out. Even just take away Judge's drop and it's still a blowout,  

If the queen had balls...

I get that. I'm just saying I don't consider one team far better when it comes down to one at bat or one missed play almost every game.
Thats not far better, that's pretty evenly matched. A far better team doesn't need errors to win, isn't hoping for a 10th inning home run to come ahead, needing  shutout in the last inning to hold the lead, etc.
The yankees had their chances, multiple times in each game, and blew it. 

I mean, do you usually watch baseball?
This is the norm, not the exception.


The Dodgers were better. By what degree they were better is debatable and irrelevant. The Yanks were obviously a good team, but they lost to a better team. 
The Dodgers may not have blown them out every night, but they won series 4-1. The game they lost the threw a "bullpen game" out of necessity due to injury and they were pretty much expected to lose that game. Games 2 & 3 both ended with 4-2 scores, but neither was really ever in doubt. Yanks' lineup was dominated by Dodger pitching both games.

MayDay10

By that logic, the Indians were the same as the Yankees too.  The games were all pretty much close and came down to the wire and a few pitches.

Wobbie

so, is Boone's seat hot? running him out there year after year seems like the old definition of insanity.

igotid88

Wobbie said:

so, is Boone's seat hot? running him out there year after year seems like the old definition of insanity.

Club option. He'll probably be back

mace1229

Poncier said:

mace1229 said:

Poncier said:

mace1229 said:

Get_Right said:

The World Series are probably the only baseball games I watch all year. This was not complicated. The Dodgers had far better pitching and hitting than the Yankees. Yamamoto was so dominant and the LA hitters just ate up the Yankees pitching staff. The Yankees were simply outclassed. Yes, bad plays, maybe a few bad decisions by Boone, but when it comes down to it, the Dodgers were a much better team top to bottom.

Take away the 5th inning and it was a blow out. Even just take away Judge's drop and it's still a blowout,  

If the queen had balls...

I get that. I'm just saying I don't consider one team far better when it comes down to one at bat or one missed play almost every game.
Thats not far better, that's pretty evenly matched. A far better team doesn't need errors to win, isn't hoping for a 10th inning home run to come ahead, needing  shutout in the last inning to hold the lead, etc.
The yankees had their chances, multiple times in each game, and blew it. 

I mean, do you usually watch baseball?
This is the norm, not the exception.


The Dodgers were better. By what degree they were better is debatable and irrelevant. The Yanks were obviously a good team, but they lost to a better team. 
The Dodgers may not have blown them out every night, but they won series 4-1. The game they lost the threw a "bullpen game" out of necessity due to injury and they were pretty much expected to lose that game. Games 2 & 3 both ended with 4-2 scores, but neither was really ever in doubt. Yanks' lineup was dominated by Dodger pitching both games.

I don’t disagree the dodgers were better and played better. Just not to the degree I see.  

And having a few blow out games is pretty normal. Not every game, but at least 1 or 2.
 There weren’t any in favor of the dodgers. 

Game 1 could have gone either way and went into extra innings.
Game 2 ended with the bases loaded, one hit could have changed that outcome (just like it did the night before for the Dodgers).

Yankees don’t make 3 consecutive errors and they win game 5.
Judge finally got out of his slump and Ohtani didn’t seem to.
This could have easily been a 6 or 7 game series. 

Dodgers were better, I just wouldn’t call it “far better.”

Johnny Abruzzo

xavier mcdaniel

Johnny Abruzzo said:

it got late early..

Wobbie

just learned that homely aaron boone has a hot wife.

mookieblalock

mace1229 said:

Poncier said:

mace1229 said:

Get_Right said:

The World Series are probably the only baseball games I watch all year. This was not complicated. The Dodgers had far better pitching and hitting than the Yankees. Yamamoto was so dominant and the LA hitters just ate up the Yankees pitching staff. The Yankees were simply outclassed. Yes, bad plays, maybe a few bad decisions by Boone, but when it comes down to it, the Dodgers were a much better team top to bottom.

Take away the 5th inning and it was a blow out. Even just take away Judge's drop and it's still a blowout,  

If the queen had balls...

I get that. I'm just saying I don't consider one team far better when it comes down to one at bat or one missed play almost every game.
Thats not far better, that's pretty evenly matched. A far better team doesn't need errors to win, isn't hoping for a 10th inning home run to come ahead, needing  shutout in the last inning to hold the lead, etc.
The yankees had their chances, multiple times in each game, and blew it. 

The Dodgers were the far better team. Take off the homer glasses.

igotid88

mookieblalock said:

mace1229 said:

Poncier said:

mace1229 said:

Get_Right said:

The World Series are probably the only baseball games I watch all year. This was not complicated. The Dodgers had far better pitching and hitting than the Yankees. Yamamoto was so dominant and the LA hitters just ate up the Yankees pitching staff. The Yankees were simply outclassed. Yes, bad plays, maybe a few bad decisions by Boone, but when it comes down to it, the Dodgers were a much better team top to bottom.

Take away the 5th inning and it was a blow out. Even just take away Judge's drop and it's still a blowout,  

If the queen had balls...

I get that. I'm just saying I don't consider one team far better when it comes down to one at bat or one missed play almost every game.
Thats not far better, that's pretty evenly matched. A far better team doesn't need errors to win, isn't hoping for a 10th inning home run to come ahead, needing  shutout in the last inning to hold the lead, etc.
The yankees had their chances, multiple times in each game, and blew it. 

The Dodgers were the far better team. Take off the homer glasses.

They weren't that much better. 

igotid88

What if the Yankees don't give Cole that extra year and he becomes a free agent?

Wobbie

igotid88 said:

What if the Yankees don't give Cole that extra year and he becomes a free agent?

they’ll give it to him and I guess anybody would do what cole is doing, but it strikes me as greedy on his part.

but, as I said, anyone would do it. maybe I’d feel differently about him if he had bothered to cover first base.

Cliffy6745

He negotiated that contract and has every right to do what he’s doing…and yeah, they’ll pay him…they better 

mookieblalock

igotid88 said:

mookieblalock said:

mace1229 said:

Poncier said:

mace1229 said:

Get_Right said:

The World Series are probably the only baseball games I watch all year. This was not complicated. The Dodgers had far better pitching and hitting than the Yankees. Yamamoto was so dominant and the LA hitters just ate up the Yankees pitching staff. The Yankees were simply outclassed. Yes, bad plays, maybe a few bad decisions by Boone, but when it comes down to it, the Dodgers were a much better team top to bottom.

Take away the 5th inning and it was a blow out. Even just take away Judge's drop and it's still a blowout,  

If the queen had balls...

I get that. I'm just saying I don't consider one team far better when it comes down to one at bat or one missed play almost every game.
Thats not far better, that's pretty evenly matched. A far better team doesn't need errors to win, isn't hoping for a 10th inning home run to come ahead, needing  shutout in the last inning to hold the lead, etc.
The yankees had their chances, multiple times in each game, and blew it. 

The Dodgers were the far better team. Take off the homer glasses.

They weren't that much better. 

They were. And the national league was significantly better than the American League. The Yankees had the easiest cake walk ever to a World Series. Them losing to the Dodgers was a forgone conclusion. 

SPEEDY MCCREADY

igotid88

5 pm to sign Cole

Wobbie

igotid88

igotid88 said:

5 pm to sign Cole

They agreed to stay together 

Cliffy6745

lol what? they didn't even have to add the year?

igotid88

Cliffy6745 said:

lol what? they didn't even have to add the year?

They're going to work on a deal

igotid88

Yankees offer Soto a qualifying offer. Get a draft pick if he signs elsewhere. Not to Gleyber though 

Wobbie

the yankees made out well. I don’t think you want to guarantee another $36M to a pitcher who would then be 39.

igotid88

The Yankees didn't offer the extra year. They called his bluff. Now they're working on a deal because Cole doesn't want to leave.

Wobbie

igotid88 said:

The Yankees didn't offer the extra year. They called his bluff. Now they're working on a deal because Cole doesn't want to leave.

if not an extra year, what kind of deal could they be offering? I think he’s getting his four years; no more money, no more years.  maybe some sort of option at the end.

igotid88

Wobbie said:

igotid88 said:

The Yankees didn't offer the extra year. They called his bluff. Now they're working on a deal because Cole doesn't want to leave.

if not an extra year, what kind of deal could they be offering? I think he’s getting his four years; no more money, no more years.  maybe some sort of option at the end.

They can probably add some money to his existing deal and defer at the end

Wobbie

igotid88 said:

Wobbie said:

igotid88 said:

The Yankees didn't offer the extra year. They called his bluff. Now they're working on a deal because Cole doesn't want to leave.

if not an extra year, what kind of deal could they be offering? I think he’s getting his four years; no more money, no more years.  maybe some sort of option at the end.

They can probably add some money to his existing deal and defer at the end

why would they do that? $324 isn’t enough?

mookieblalock

I bet teams were falling over themselves to give a massive contract to a 34 year old pitcher who missed 3 months last season with elbow inflammation. 

igotid88

Wobbie said:

igotid88 said:

Wobbie said:

igotid88 said:

The Yankees didn't offer the extra year. They called his bluff. Now they're working on a deal because Cole doesn't want to leave.

if not an extra year, what kind of deal could they be offering? I think he’s getting his four years; no more money, no more years.  maybe some sort of option at the end.

They can probably add some money to his existing deal and defer at the end

why would they do that? $324 isn’t enough?

They don't have to since he backed out of the opt out. I don't really know that much.

Poncier

mookieblalock said:

I bet teams were falling over themselves to give a massive contract to a 34 year old pitcher who missed 3 months last season with elbow inflammation. 

You forgot "too fat to cover first base".