2022 American League Championship Series : New York Yankees vs. Houston Astros

[awz50]

17Ks by the Yankees

2 By the Astros

[BdotHobbs]

Originally Posted by fulltritty

Rivera used to do it all of the time.

Look I love Pressly but Rivera is the best closer ever. If the current day Astros had Rivera closing I would be much less nervous

[rman112]

Say what you want about Boone and the bullpen, but you can't waste RISP against Verlander. That's 2nd and 3rd w/ no outs was the biggest stretch of the game.

[BdotHobbs]

Originally Posted by oldgoldy97

As far as proving he wasn’t wearing a buzzer? I bet you believe OJ was innocent since the glove didn’t fit, too. Hopefully you’ve sent your telegram to Houston to let them know you got their cheating backs.

What a weirdo

[Melagoo]

beautiful way to end the night ... with a Yankees loss ... Go Stros!

[Onepocketj]

Welfare check on Pete please

[SupermanBrandon]

Im not sure who to cheer for. I hate the Yankees and the Astros.

[cnewby]

Guess we can't win it in 2.

[Astros19]

Originally Posted by oldgoldy97

There it was, the attempt to save face. “It’s a running joke” …..while trying to be a smartass. You had no idea it was boggling.



As far as proving he wasn’t wearing a buzzer? I bet you believe OJ was innocent since the glove didn’t fit, too. Hopefully you’ve sent your telegram to Houston to let them know you got their cheating backs.

Dude, I'm 61 years old. I think I know the difference between mind boggling and the mind bottling pun that's been thrown around here in the past.
As far as saving face, it's too late for you.
Go ahead and pick through every single post I've made on this forum, try to find ONE time I've defended the Astros cheating. You won't find one. Nodda, nothing, zilch. In fact, what you will find is posts from me describing my disappointment in my Astros for cheating. I've even gone as far as saying that in all my years of following my favorite team it sucks they finally won a World Series and it's tainted.
What I have done, and will continue to do, is make fun of you idiots who bring up the stupid buzzer rumor that was found by MLB to be false.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2020/...stigation.html

Read it and weep. I wasn't surprised that you would open up your pie hole though as you make a habit of making yourself look stupid.
That and you always seem to stalk me for some bizarre reason.
This is just one more notch on your stupid post belt. Wear it with shame.


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[spuds1961]

Originally Posted by Melagoo

beautiful way to end the night ... with a Yankees loss ... Go Stros!

At least they didn’t blow an 8 run lead to get eliminated only game one lots of series left.

[Astros19]

On another note, nice game Yankees fans. My stomach was churning until the very last out.
There is no ther sport as exciting as MLB Playoffs!

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[jhssketchcards]

So going all in for HR and “launch angle” approach cost the Yankees here. 17 Ks to 2 for Hou is the biggest in history of the playoffs. JV Ks 11, sets all-time postseason K record and breaks his own consecutive K record for playoffs. All of these teams spent big bucks investing in this “new” idea that Hrs will always win games even at the cost of striking out. No so much it seems.


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[rman112]

Originally Posted by jhssketchcards

So going all in for HR and “launch angle” approach cost the Yankees here. 17 Ks to 2 for Hou is the biggest in history of the playoffs. JV Ks 11, sets all-time postseason K record and breaks his own consecutive K record for playoffs. All of these teams spent big bucks investing in this “new” idea that Hrs will always win games even at the cost of striking out. No so much it seems.


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HR's are great, but you can't just hit HR's. They did a good job vs. CLE of mixing in walks/hits, and then hitting their HR's.

2 solo tonight, but multiple whiffs with RISP. It's what their big problem was during the season when they struggled.

[spuds1961]

Originally Posted by awz50

17Ks by the Yankees

2 By the Astros

Very telling they still don’t have enough contact hitters, 2 runs both on solo homers, until they can score by stringing hits together they will continue to lose. Solo homers won’t do it but an umpire with an inconsistent strike zone for both teams didn’t help either.

[rman112]

Judge is really hurting them. How often do you see him chase a 2-0 breaking ball? He's trying way too hard, and it's left him antsy. Same thing as during the HR chase.

[Astros19]

Correct me if I'm wrong but I'm pretty sure the Astros left more men on base tonight than the Yankees.

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[spuds1961]

Originally Posted by rman112

Judge is really hurting them. How often do you see him chase a 2-0 breaking ball? He's trying way too hard, and it's left him antsy. Same thing as during the HR chase.

At least during the chase until the last batch of games he was still getting on base this postseason he just doesn’t look like the same hitter.

[rman112]

Originally Posted by spuds1961

At least during the chase until the last batch of games he was still getting on base this postseason he just doesn’t look like the same hitter.

You can see it in his hands. They kinda drift towards the plate because he's so anxious to hit.

[RW3FAN]

Altuve now 0-21
WTH is wrong w the little guy?

[rman112]

Originally Posted by RW3FAN

Altuve now 0-21
WTH is wrong w the little guy?

Combined with Yordan, they're 0 for their last 30. And they're 4-0. That's how good the Astros are.

*Actually it looks like Altuve's 0 for his last 19, not 21.

[spuds1961]

Originally Posted by Astros19

Correct me if I'm wrong but I'm pretty sure the Astros left more men on base tonight than the Yankees.

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Yep Yankees hardly had anything going for most of the game, 2 on in the first Donaldson ended that threat 2 on in the 3rd and Donaldson and carpenter ended that threat I think there might have been one other time but that’s about it.

[fulltritty]

Originally Posted by SupermanBrandon

Im not sure who to cheer for. I hate the Yankees and the Astros.

That's why I'm rooting for the Padres to beat the Phillies. I hate the Phillies and I hate the Astros.

[fulltritty]

Originally Posted by RW3FAN

Altuve now 0-21
WTH is wrong w the little guy?

Originally Posted by rman112

Combined with Yordan, they're 0 for their last 30. And they're 4-0. That's how good the Astros are.

*Actually it looks like Altuve's 0 for his last 19, not 21.

That was the only bright spot for the Yankees last night was that they pitched well against both of them and those two didn't beat the Yankees.

I'm not going to be one of those fans and blame the umpire; although clearly he gave way more latitude on balls being called strikes to Verlander. This loss was clearly on Boone and Cashman.

Cashman's pickups of Montas and Donaldson stunk when they were needed most. If Donaldson made simple contact, especially towards third base, the score would have been 2-1 Yankees and the whole game probably would have gone a different direction. He is the strikeout in key situation and not run out play king.

Boone continues to mismanage what little bullpen is left after the injuries. Schmidt got lucky in the first inning he pitched. That should have been the end of him. Instead, Boone trots him out again to give up two homeruns. Starting Carpenter when he hasn't faced real game pitching since August 8th and Verlander is tough on lefties was setting the offense up for failure.

[jhssketchcards]

Originally Posted by fulltritty

That was the only bright spot for the Yankees last night was that they pitched well against both of them and those two didn't beat the Yankees.

I'm not going to be one of those fans and blame the umpire; although clearly he gave way more latitude on balls being called strikes to Verlander. This loss was clearly on Boone and Cashman.

Cashman's pickups of Montas and Donaldson stunk when they were needed most. If Donaldson made simple contact, especially towards third base, the score would have been 2-1 Yankees and the whole game probably would have gone a different direction. He is the strikeout in key situation and not run out play king.

Boone continues to mismanage what little bullpen is left after the injuries. Schmidt got lucky in the first inning he pitched. That should have been the end of him. Instead, Boone trots him out again to give up two homeruns. Starting Carpenter when he hasn't faced real game pitching since August 8th and Verlander is tough on lefties was setting the offense up for failure.

FWIW Ayanna walked Alvarez twice… once “unintentional” 4 straight up away) and once intentional. Yanks didn’t exactly go after him.


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[KhalDrogo]

Bader is the real NY home run champ.