I am still basking in the Championship, but I will be here jibber-jabbering with you. If our analyzing, critiquing and jibber jabbering bothers people, well that will just be too bad for them. Let them be miserable about our fun.
Matt Moore to get TJ surgery. That is a major blow to TB.
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It was precisely because of the Yankees prior history that those reversed calls were so momentous. They reversed not just one but 2 calls. In my long memory, I can't remember a single other instance where that happened to the Yankees. I can think of number of bad calls that went their way in big games. Soxsport mentioned Jeffrey Maier's interference with Derek Jeter's fly ball that was ruled a Home Run. I remember Reggie Jackson in the World Series against the Dodgers deliberately remaining in the base path after being forced out at second ond base and obviously sticking his hip out to deflect the DP relay to first base that would have ended the inning.
It is only two weeks so there is no reason to panic, but based on the performance of the team for these two weeks there is not much about which to be encouraged.
I appreciate your cynicism. Baseball wants good TV ratings in the post season. The Yankees provide that. Conclusion-- The Yanks making the playoffs is good for baseball. That's why I am never surprised when teams bend over and hold their ankles in trades with the Yanks at the trading deadline.
I haven't clocked them, but my betting is that Bernie was faster. They maybe comparable in that Bernie was also not a good base stealer. But Bernie could fly, especially going first to third.
I am keeping my fingers crossed about Pedey. Hopefully, it is just a strain and some inflamation got in there. We can't afford to lose him. He is the sparkplug for our offense.
The ump was ridiculous at the end of the game. Plus, replay is ********. We lost the game on an inconclusive replay that should not have been overturned.