I have noticed with runners on base and less than 2 outs that Yankee batters seldom advance the runners. In other words, batters no longer are willing to sacrifice their at bat to move the runners up a base. I would say that this is a MLB trend.
IF Hicks were as aggressive as the Mick or Rickey Henderson, Lou Brock or or or - he would have scored on the passed deflected ball... Torres picks up Bird. Bird touches home plate, 4th time in 16 gms.
Judge sets bail with a stand-up double off the center-field wall. Rays center fielder plays like a goofball thank God. Then again as hard as Judge crushed it 109mph line drive rocket; not even Clark Kent could have got 2 that....
Between batters being selfish in order to inflate their numbers and the fact that the game we once knew has been bastardized by over-emphasizing the HR and hence making strikeouts acceptable, there's no longer justification most batters' mind, to do what's best for the team as a whole.
Same shit...bases loaded, 2 out, 2 strikes and Andujar swings as hard as he can trying to hit a 5-run HR. ...note to selfish Yankee batters, sometimes a single will do just fine.
Pathetic display of baseball by the Yankees against a tram like Tampa. Two men get hits, Stanton & Sanchez fuck up wet dreams and fil, best Bird & Hicks can do is walk. Andujar can't get hits every time. End result 1 fucking run. Yankees should be up 4 or 5 to nothing.
Michael Kay must have after game plans. He is lambasting Rays’ pitcher, Yarborough, for taking an excruciating long time between pitches. His annoyance takes away from the game. Paul O’Neil is laughing at Kay’s impatience. What Kay should be annoyed at is the missed opportunities by this team.
DD back to hitting line drives. Didi picks up Judge, Run #2. Stanton grounds out to Third, fails to advance DD; on 2nd. Sanchez continues to struggle, goes down swatting at thin air, like a conquistador waving his cape. Bird walks, DD steals third in a close throw. I guess he figures no one's going to advance him without a long ball so he takes third; & that could have been the third out at third. Hicks walks Bases Loaded. Andujar goes down swinging. Andujar starts the count 0/2. Seems Andujar 2 often Works count 0-2, a bit impatient. An aggressive swinger pros and cons. Bases Loaded nothing to show for it. Prophetic...!!!
Damnit Sanchez, how many freaking times are you gonna pull that lackadaisical shit?...I know the pitch was in the dirt but instead of trying to block it, you tried to make a backhand snag...and allowed the runner to reach 2B.
I was just going to suggest that Boone should bat Stanton in the nine position of the batting order.......and then I hear, “ There it goes.....” Boom. Now, Sanchez goes yard. Wow. Yankees up 4-0.
Stanton 7 Sanchez final produce but a s my old buddy Alice Cooper once sang "We still got a long way to go"
