Going Off On The New York Yankees

Or as I said the other night on Twitter… the Zombies.

They’re a loser.

Fans are pissed… even now.  I mean what an embarassment that this team couldn’t get it done.  But look, this is what happens when teams are streaky. You never know what you’re gonna get.  Now look, I blame Boone. Not just for the Wild Card game, but for the entire season.  I mean, being honest here, the players have to be responsible for a one game loss like that, it’s embarassing, but I have always said and I will always believe that if you don’t have the right leader leading the ship to victory, you ain’t gonna win anything. 

Joe Girardi was a pretty damn good manager, but even he was let go because he couldn’t win in the playoffs. It comes down the leaders. 

We’ve seen Michael Kay launching on this team and on guys like Joey Gallo for weeks.  I’m thrilled he did because it needed to be said.

Gallo was the wrong guy to pick up and now it looks like we have control for him for next year. OMG. Sure, defense is solid with Joey, but that’s about it. He was exposed in New York. You gotta wonder what will happen to this guy.  The city is too big for this guy and will literally eat him alive. And it showed… he was cracked.

Suzyn Waldman went off the other night.  Audio here, but here is what she said:

“If what they think they’re doing offensively is the right thing, then they either have the wrong players or they aren’t paying attention.  We can go through this pitching staff, who did what and who didn’t do what. The thing that happened this year Sweeny to me, is they did not hit. And we saw this at the beginning of the year, they were supposed to pummel everybody… “

“Did you not see how good this offense was when they didn’t have big people in there? When Giocarlo Stanton is at his best, he can’t be pitched to, but that is not all the time. I’m not saying you have to lay down a bunt, I’m really not, but there’s gonna be other things that you can do. Look at the Red Sox. Look at Tampa Bay, they hit. They have scored more runs than anybody, so they’re not just sitting there and playing small ball, but when they need it, when they get men on and they get them in. And there were stakes tonight, why in the world would anyone send their runner, just from third base? You play at this level, you’re gonna make mistakes you’re gonna lose.”

“How long do you do this with Gary Sanchez? How many years do you do this? They keep bringing in people, and look, we love Gary Sanchez, he’s trying, they change his catching every single year, they bring in a new person. How many catching instructors? And if they’re gonna go with the way they’re doing, that alot of veteran catchers won’t do, this together, knees down cause you can’t move, alot of veteran catchers do not do it. If theyre gonna keep changing him. I mean maybe, and it’s too late now, I thought they were gonna have a great offensive catcher. If he isn’t Johnny Bench who cares if he hits 40 home runs. We’ve seen that before and it works. But if they’re gonna do the same kind of offense, who knows what they’re gonna do. I dont know how along with the same thing, banging your head against the wall.”

I mean Suzyn came off hot and she should. Someone within that Yankee group, announcer or management needs to be HONEST. The team is trash with the exception of a few guys.  But this is a perfect example of failing up.  Guys in high back office positions that are more fascinated with a big name than actually winning are in charge.  We need a change and we need it fast.

Even CC Sabathia was going off.

Larry Brown Sports writes:

“He questioned how the Yankees could lose to Boston in 2018 and 2021 with the same core, while the two Red Sox teams were radically different and overhauled.

“Our core lost to a team in ’18 that’s not even the same Red Sox … Mookie (Betts), Jackie Bradley, (Andrew) Benintendi … they traded all them,” Sabathia said, via Chris Bengel of CBS Sports. “We still have the same core. We come back to Boston four years later and lost to a completely different core … What the f— are we doing wrong?”