In discussion the Austin Jackson and similar catches last night I heard Bill Ripkin say that the Willie Mays catch in the '54 World Series wasn't that great. 1. The catch had impact, the 111 Game Indians were supposed to swab all over the Giants. 2. Willie racing what seemed an extra long sprint to close the gap. 3. over the shoulder catch plus a responsive throw back to the infield 4. Damn Mr. Ripkin I did agree with you.
If Zimmerman & Tanaka are on could be quite a duel. This team needs to start stringing hits and move traffic or go down the tubes. My vocabulary went right down the toilet when Holliday did that GIDP and the Yankees failed in the 9th and against former Yankees Greene. You can get all the guys you want but until they are cohesive success will not come.
Judge needs to get out of this awful funk. Aside from a few homers since the break he's clueless at the plate.
Gardner -LF Ellsbury -CF Judge -RF Sanchez -C Gregorious -SS Holliday -DH Headley -1B Frazier -3B Torreyes -2B
Just saw a disturbing stat on Tanaka. Since 1913 he has had the highest ERA (14,81) of any pitcher with 5 or more starts.
Looks like the rain delay put Tanaka off by one run!!!! Yankees went down like a three pin bowling strike in their half inning. 1-0 bad guys.
^^^^ saw that A. Jackson catch, was a nice play indeed, but no fkng way could one compare it with Mays incredibly historical catch. Mays catch was voted as the best catch ever in baseball for OF'rs.....; and no doubt the best catch I've ever seen in MLB, shit even the NFL.... wtf Ripkin's drinking; a cup of his brother's sweat n tears. Billy couldn't carry his brothers jock strap in his playing daze; and he's never been worth a shit as an announcer either.....If Billy didn't have a HOF brother named Cal, we'd never know who he is/was, and he'd be unemployable....
An all-around ball player Eldersbury ain't it!!!! He fields a single into a run scoring error.......way to go you jackass!
