Game Thread Sunday 5/22/16 Yankees @ A's 4:05PM

First season series win over Oakland since 11, now go out and kick some Blue Jay butt!!!!!!!!!

 

I know how many games are left in the season - but it still warms my heart to see both Toronto and the Astros in last place. I'll gladly take all the laughs I can get any time. Yanks were crucified when they were 8 games under .500 and 7 games out on May 5th.

May 22 is fair game.

 

...Yanx en fuego.

 

I don't think any of the AL East Teams have a lock on the division. Like to see the Yankees take the division but I still feel they have more ifs than most, Used to be the Yankees covered their what ifs but that has declined since the '12 season. All teams have there "problems" but I'm only concerned with the Yankees,

 

Health will be the Yankees' biggest issue as the season
moves along.

 

Tuesday is the return of the chemist. Hicks back to the bench & Refsnyder back to triple A.

 

...makes a lot of sense doesn't it?

 

health,

and-

I hope they put a tracking guide on their freight of bats, ensure they make it back home...

Happy Be-lated Birthday Tote, hope your day Yesterday and Today/ - Weekend, Your B-Day, was/is a good one... Now ice the cake ....

a 4 game sweep of all things, a true gift...?

 

Yeah, it must be all part of the plan.

 

Nice to see both the Offense and Pitching in sync, but like Rick said who knows whats going to happen when Girardi inserts A-Roid back in the Lineup. Now it's time to watch Steph Curry and see if the Warriors can go up 2-1 on the Thunder.

 

It's already been an issue- the injury to Bird has already negatively impacted this team especially with Tex struggling. Yup, wouldn't surprise me if the injury bug bites the Yanks.

 

Easy to understand if we realize the Yanks just aren't going to:
A) release Arod
B) bench him for a prolonged period unless he's in a horrible prolonged slump.

Ya never know, he might still have a few more HRs left in him- and Refsnyder will be back, and Hicks wasn't quite thought of as being the savior when the Yanks acquired him.

 

...evidently.

 

Yanks' first 4 game sweep of the A's since '79 and second time (Cleve '99) the A's have been swept in four at Oakland since moving there in 1968.
It is hard to sweep any team in a 4G series - even a struggling banged up bad team like the A's.
The A's swept 3G from the Yanks back in April.
Also the longest win streak by the Yanks since last June and their first 4G sweep in three years.

Holy Smoke, the thought just crossed my mind,
..... this could eventually be the high point of the season. ugh

 

Let's save the pom poms for getting north of .500 and a positive run differential. They are still scoring <4runs/game.

 

Play the skids, bench the kids, the pom poms gone, once again fuck you Cashman, Joe grow a pair.

 

...rah rah !

 

Come Tuesday your 4 & 5 hitters in the lineup will be batting 193 & 194, I don't see a whole lot of success with that in the heart of the order.