Distracted by Hair: The 2017 New York Yankees

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He's at the "...goes out there and competes every fifth day"/"minimizes damage" stage

Andy K, Wednesday, 10 May 2017 21:24 (seven years ago) link

just trying to give the team a chance to win

mookieproof, Wednesday, 10 May 2017 21:52 (seven years ago) link

CC was a total beast that partial year with the Brewers. Only sporadically saw him pitch in his prime, but his stuff used to be lethal on right handed hitters as he could throw hard, down and in movement.

earlnash, Wednesday, 10 May 2017 22:23 (seven years ago) link

Katie Sharp‏
@ktsharp

Jacoby Ellsbury: 28th catchers interference, one shy of tying Pete Rose (29) for all-time record

Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Friday, 12 May 2017 16:21 (seven years ago) link

really questionable send from the third base coach last night

k3vin k., Friday, 12 May 2017 16:39 (seven years ago) link

needs updating, but

https://qph.ec.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-a8f50b0de224b5e7846e0bc253d60b88.webp

mookieproof, Friday, 12 May 2017 22:02 (seven years ago) link

spending a long time trying to link 'c'est lui c'est lui' to Lancelot.

Van Horn Street, Saturday, 13 May 2017 05:07 (seven years ago) link

http://www.hardballtimes.com/the-predictable-bias-of-mlb-network/

― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, May 9, 2017 8:20 PM (four days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i haven't been watching MLBN lately but this is depressing given that the original appeal of the network way back in the day was that it offered so much more parity than ESPN, which was the yankees/red sox channel for so many years

i'm guessing their nightly show is still more even than BBTN/the ten designated minutes of SC, but still, yikes

qualx, Saturday, 13 May 2017 05:40 (seven years ago) link

also i'd like to take this opportunity to state how much i hate THT's font and its gigantic diagonally-smeared punctuation marks

qualx, Saturday, 13 May 2017 05:41 (seven years ago) link

tanaked out

mookieproof, Monday, 15 May 2017 00:29 (seven years ago) link

Chapman to DL

Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Monday, 15 May 2017 15:30 (seven years ago) link

tanaka might be bad

k3vin k., Saturday, 20 May 2017 21:44 (seven years ago) link

tanaka has given up 10 homers and 22 runs in his last 14 innings pitched

meekseeks mill (voodoo chili), Saturday, 20 May 2017 21:59 (seven years ago) link

that is bad

meekseeks mill (voodoo chili), Saturday, 20 May 2017 21:59 (seven years ago) link

meanwhile:

Jacoby Ellsbury is the

— River Ave. Blues (@RiverAveBlues) May 20, 2017

meekseeks mill (voodoo chili), Saturday, 20 May 2017 21:59 (seven years ago) link

Piniella style!

http://www.espn.com/video/clip?id=19426654

Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 21 May 2017 13:21 (seven years ago) link

First-Place Yankees Aren’t Faring Nearly as Well at the Ticket Office

Those selling points have yet to turn around attendance at Yankee Stadium, where ticket and suite revenues through last season had fallen by a staggering $166 million since the end of 2009, the year the Yankees christened the new ballpark with their last World Series title.

mookieproof, Thursday, 25 May 2017 14:46 (seven years ago) link

What I hate about going to a game is just how expensive the food and beer is.

calstars, Thursday, 25 May 2017 14:54 (seven years ago) link

luxury hotel w/ a ballfield per Randy Levine

Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 25 May 2017 15:24 (seven years ago) link

the price of a team without much personality.

Van Horn Street, Thursday, 25 May 2017 18:38 (seven years ago) link

Kind of like your post

calstars, Thursday, 25 May 2017 18:57 (seven years ago) link

i stopped going when they stopped allowing stubhub phone/print urself tix. idk if they ever got rid of that and frankly i don't care

ein Sexmonster (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 26 May 2017 00:18 (seven years ago) link

Kind of like your post

― calstars, Thursday, May 25, 2017 2:57 PM (five hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I allowed my post to have long hair, to be fair.

Van Horn Street, Friday, 26 May 2017 00:44 (seven years ago) link

i still haven't been to the new stadium. i mostly blame the mta for that tho

mookieproof, Friday, 26 May 2017 01:05 (seven years ago) link

judge finally batting third

k3vin k., Thursday, 1 June 2017 23:51 (seven years ago) link

judge is the current AL MVP front runner btw

k3vin k., Saturday, 3 June 2017 01:02 (seven years ago) link

i don't want to look like a frontrunner

mookieproof, Saturday, 3 June 2017 01:07 (seven years ago) link

bro i wish i looked like judge

k3vin k., Saturday, 3 June 2017 02:08 (seven years ago) link

btw i grew up in new york state as a yankees fan

k3vin k., Saturday, 3 June 2017 02:09 (seven years ago) link

you don't say

qualx, Saturday, 3 June 2017 02:12 (seven years ago) link

hehe

k3vin k., Saturday, 3 June 2017 02:16 (seven years ago) link

yet somehow also a pats fan and secret dubs fan?

mookieproof, Saturday, 3 June 2017 02:16 (seven years ago) link

i am not a pats fan!

k3vin k., Saturday, 3 June 2017 02:19 (seven years ago) link

i don't really like football that much anymore but my team is the eagles

k3vin k., Saturday, 3 June 2017 02:19 (seven years ago) link

okay, weird, but i guess that's punishment enough

mookieproof, Saturday, 3 June 2017 02:24 (seven years ago) link

tbh i'd honestly be interested in how that happened

mookieproof, Saturday, 3 June 2017 02:26 (seven years ago) link

judge is the current AL MVP front runner btw

Trout still the leader in all meaningful categories.

Van Horn Street, Saturday, 3 June 2017 02:27 (seven years ago) link

tbh i'd honestly be interested in how that happened

― mookieproof, Friday, June 2, 2017 10:26 PM (one minute ago)

not too complicated -- 90s kid growing up in upstate NY so obviously yankees. parents went to grad school at syracuse, followed melo to the nuggets. dad grew up in lancaster and is an eagles fan, so they were my team

k3vin k., Saturday, 3 June 2017 02:30 (seven years ago) link

ah, an amish family (j/k)

mookieproof, Saturday, 3 June 2017 02:32 (seven years ago) link

while i do follow those teams and care about their success, this is the league pass/MLB.TV era now -- i'm just as much a fan of the league as a whole and interesting players and/or teams and follow accordingly. and because players generally don't receive the recognition they deserve unless their teams are winning, sometimes i root for the team too. hence i often root for the clippers even tho as a fan of the game the team pisses me off

k3vin k., Saturday, 3 June 2017 02:35 (seven years ago) link

this is a much more common sentiment on ILH than ILB i've noticed, y'all are so sensitive and old fashioned! like when i posted that judge comment i wasn't rubbing it in or anything, just pointing it out as a fan of the game

k3vin k., Saturday, 3 June 2017 02:36 (seven years ago) link

judge is the current AL MVP front runner btw

Trout still the leader in all meaningful categories.

― Van Horn Street, Friday, June 2, 2017 10:27 PM (ten minutes ago)

yeah but realistically with him missing 2 months and the angels being a AA team without him his chances aren't great. judge is the best player on a first place team. obv he's gonna regress tho

k3vin k., Saturday, 3 June 2017 02:39 (seven years ago) link

a cosmopolitanism that is admirable in these troubled times

it's cool -- just as long as you never divorce joey votto, of course

mookieproof, Saturday, 3 June 2017 02:40 (seven years ago) link

the amish generally look down on that

k3vin k., Saturday, 3 June 2017 02:43 (seven years ago) link

you're right, although i think it's good? team sports fandom is about hatred at least as much as it is about support. i mean, i legitimately am interested in the yankees because i hate them (and i don't even have a particularly good reason to)

you're not *that* young but i feel like this is a result of fantasy sports? would you root (hypothetically) against judge if he was facing your fantasy pitcher?

mookieproof, Saturday, 3 June 2017 02:55 (seven years ago) link

yeah i think the combination of fantasy and easy access to any team's broadcast has led to an increase in what you call sports cosmopolitanism. twitter too -- i can follow any team's beat writer i want to and have a better idea of whats going on in the clubhouse than people could have decades ago. plus i imagine national columnists like zach lowe or jonah keri are just a lot more informed about aspects of the league, story lines that otherwise would not have gotten the same attention. i mean i read fangraphs every day, that site pretty much sums up how i consume baseball and i imagine the same is true of a lot of sports fans these days

people are always surprised that i don't do fantasy, but i don't. believe it or not from how often i post to ilx i do try to limit the distractions in my life, and i always worry fantasy will consume me. i have to study like 5-10 hours a day

k3vin k., Saturday, 3 June 2017 03:02 (seven years ago) link

<3

mookieproof, Saturday, 3 June 2017 03:04 (seven years ago) link

duke does suck tho

k3vin k., Saturday, 3 June 2017 03:05 (seven years ago) link

:p

k3vin k., Saturday, 3 June 2017 03:05 (seven years ago) link


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