I am actually a bit concerned about Shatner. Last week about 20 women who worked for Blue Origin signed off on blog post by one of their number detailing how awful that company is. Much of the post was about the toxic work environment and the sexism, unsurprisingly, but it also said that Blue Origin's claims of making its space capsule safe are a lot of crap and that it's only marginally safer than the Space Shuttle (which was a lot less safe than any other NASA man-rated spacecraft). Blue Origin probably should be shut down by the FAA after such an accusation. And self-aggrandizing 90 year old men should not be flying on their ships. (I love Trek and I love Kirk, but Shatner is not really someone I have much fondness for these days.)
But enough of that. Let's talk about the happiest day of the year, the day the Yankees are eliminated from the playoffs! Yes, it's pure Mets fan spite. But sometimes spite is all we have. And we can still say that the Mets are the last NYC baseball team to make the World Series. (In fact, the Mets are the last NYC team in any sport to be in a championship series. Lean times in NYC to be sure.)
And I would argue that the travails of the Cubs and Red Sox were just as self-inflicted as those of the Mets. Certainly the Sox being the last team to have a Black player hurt them for a long time. If Epstein made them winners, it was by overcoming decades of bad decisions and not by overcoming curses and jinxes. He could do the same for the Mets, but I suspect he doesn't want to fight with Steve Cohen after leaving the Rickettses and John Henry.
Totally agree about wanting something new and unheralded. But I have seen a good chunk of the fanbase equate that with "untested managers don't work." So who know what SAC is thinking? (Can we hire better fans?)
Walking to a podiatrist appointment this morning (so it must not be that serious <rimshot>) I passed a class of ~third graders on the sidewalk. A kid was in a Mets Conforto shirt and Mets hat.
I purposely walked between him and my severely sleep deprived Yankee loving wife.
I might have saved a life today. If this toe nail fungus takes a turn for the worse, bring this story up at my wake.
The real problem with Nevin's send call is that it came super late, as Judge was pulling up into 3rd. If it was go the whole way, we could have seen a different outcome.
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Tell your friends and family of your intent and register with your local DMV or via www.donatelife.net, the national organ donation list. You can't use 'em where you're going and they can save the lives of folks left behind.
He posted a video yesterday. Not a lot of news other than he says he's still not guilty - and his obvious gall in upstaging the Dodgers on the eve of the WC game.
The statcast numbers I saw for the first inning single were 94 mph exit velocity, 345 feet. If those are anywhere close to accurate, that’s not a home run anywhere. The sixth inning shot we here Judge got thrown out was 400 feet, which should be out in a lot of places. Although probably not in Yankee Stadium either.
I didn't see the Stanton single in the first, only the one in the sixth, but like Craig I'm of the opinion that it would've been a home run in all 29 other stadiums.
Oddly, ESPN's broadcast team claimed that the 6th inning shot would've only been a homer in 11 parks, not 29.
I'm not buying it. Ball hit high on the wall not too far left of the 379 mark; maybe it stays in play in Denver, but I can't see any other park holding it.
As a Sox fan, it causes me greater distress to think Bucky Dent’s home run in ‘78 would’ve been scored F7 in 29 other parks, even if I’m not sure it’s true.
If it causes Yankees fans similar anguish to think Stanton would’ve had a three-homer night in any other park, I’m okay with it.
Joey Gallo’s ninth inning F9 would definitely have gone out most places though. And going back to back there would’ve put a lump in any Sox fan’s throat.
It's done with math, not hopes. A ball is falling as soon as it leaves the bat (go, gravity!), and at some point the vertical reverses direction. Re-calculate it, if you like. It's straightforward and Statcast has the data.
This site claims Stanton's hit in the 6th would've traveled 400 feet with an exit velo of 114mph. Ball was hit to left-center, and I don't know of any parks that are 400 feet to the power alleys.
The quality of that multi-person relay was a really undersold part of last night's game. Yes, Phil Nevin's brain exploded. He shouldn't have sent the guy. But if the Sox don't pull off a perfect 3-person relay, the run scores and Nevin is forgotten. Just like the Sox third-base coach's stop-and-go brainlock an inning or two later is forgotten because that runner just beat the throw.
That play was, as you say, the turning point of the game. The Red Sox defense should be celebrated for causing it.
I object to Mr. Calcaterra's conclusion that the Yankees would have been better served playing any team other than the Red Sox to advance in the playoffs. He assumes facts not in evidence. There is nothing to support that any other team would not have crushed the Yankees any less than the Red Sox did, your honor.
Again, objection, assumes facts not in evidence. Does Mr. Newton have any evidence that Gerrit Cole would not have coughed up a bigger hairball against, say, the Blue Jays?
I don't understand how umpire assignments work, but short of drawing names or throwing darts, how on earth is Joe West the home plate umpire tonight? There has to be someone less controversial and less willing to insert himself into a game that him.
At least Angel Hernandez is in a series (again why?) so he can only ruin one game instead of the only game.
With this very likely being Joe West’s final game EVER, there has to be at least a 60% chance that this game gets branded as “The Joe West Game” in the annals of baseball history
Craig, the first inning ball would likely not have gone out of most other parks. 94 MPH exit velocity, very high parabola. Stanton pimped it like hell but it would have been a long flyout elsewhere. The one in the 5th inning, though....yeah, that's gone everywhere else.
Stanton admiring the ball for the world's longest single made me confident as a Sox fan that the game was gonna go our way. What a stupid thing for him to have done.
John Sterling's call of the first inning single was a thing of beauty. He was totally lost in his "It is high! It is far!" schtick, he had no clue what was happening. He was still calling it a "Stantonian blast" as the ball was back in Bogaerts' glove and Stanton was returning to first.
And no one is forcing the Yankees to not nudge him to retirement, or at least not starting to find someone to spell him from time to time and train a replacement. But this is the team that employed Scooter till, I think, six months after his death.
My favorite Sterling call (that I heard) happened several years ago. He had forgotten how many outs there were, and referred to a game-ending flyout as "out number two". Even as the PA system went into the Liza Minelli version of "New York, New York", which is played at the end of every Yankee loss, he never bothered to mention his mistake.
The guy makes a lot of mistakes but he was watching the game on a screen like the rest of us and, off the bat (in part due to the camera work), it looked like it was gone. He was very confused and, in this case, I don't necessarily blame him. Seems difficult to call these games in close to real time without being there, especially at his um...advanced age.
The Columbus Alive piece is probably going to be applicable everywhere. I live in Somerville, MA, and we had our preliminary elections in September. There were 4 candidates for mayor, and though there were no party affiliations next to the candidates, it wasn't hard to spot the Republican. He was crushed (came in 4th with about a quarter of what the two who advanced to the general election got), but the next day was sending out emails about fraud. If these guys are going to act like they legitimately were held down there, I can just imagine what they're like in places where it might be close.
Anyway, that means I'm a happy baseball fan after last night; even if the Red Sox get crushed by the Rays as everyone expects (although I've been joking with friends that we don't know how well the Rays do when they can't shuttle people to and from the minor leagues after every game where the starter goes four innings by design), it's been an unexpectedly good year and likely the start of a stretch where the AL Beast is going to be insanely competitive.
An hour before game time last night I decided the experiment in not having cable had run its course. I'm a Red Sox fan and there is a one game elimination game at Fenway. My father would be spinning in his grave if I passed on watching. So that worked out well. Gotta love Hulu Live though, no waiting two weeks for the cable guy. Just a couple of clicks to upgrade the account and instant ESPN. I'll probably keep it through college basketball season and then turn it off after March Madness next year.
Was in the beer line at the local minor league park wearing a Southampton jersey and a guy asks me if I'm from there. I answer no - never been to the UK. He responds, so you just like doing things the hard way?
Pretty much. Although I have to say Red Sox fandom has been okay this century!
No one is going to argue about Epstein's bona fides, but I'm not sure if bringing in the architect of the modern Frat Boy Front Office culture will cure what ails the Mets.
MLB can moan all it wants about TV viewership. I'm sorry/not sorry, but my violin is in the shop. I subscribe to MLB.TV. Since I live in Iowa, 20% of the teams are blacked out.
they are assuring that cable deals in the future will have to acquiesce to MLBs demands like teh minor league did. MLB already has the past contracts, anything new will be gambling focused and let MLB dictate terms
The world needs more Pams.
I'm awestruck by people displaying that level of generosity. Tell Pam I think she's amazing.
Now we want to watch the documentary, too, since we read the "book". Enjoy your movie career! And thanks for sharing Pam.
I am actually a bit concerned about Shatner. Last week about 20 women who worked for Blue Origin signed off on blog post by one of their number detailing how awful that company is. Much of the post was about the toxic work environment and the sexism, unsurprisingly, but it also said that Blue Origin's claims of making its space capsule safe are a lot of crap and that it's only marginally safer than the Space Shuttle (which was a lot less safe than any other NASA man-rated spacecraft). Blue Origin probably should be shut down by the FAA after such an accusation. And self-aggrandizing 90 year old men should not be flying on their ships. (I love Trek and I love Kirk, but Shatner is not really someone I have much fondness for these days.)
But enough of that. Let's talk about the happiest day of the year, the day the Yankees are eliminated from the playoffs! Yes, it's pure Mets fan spite. But sometimes spite is all we have. And we can still say that the Mets are the last NYC baseball team to make the World Series. (In fact, the Mets are the last NYC team in any sport to be in a championship series. Lean times in NYC to be sure.)
And I would argue that the travails of the Cubs and Red Sox were just as self-inflicted as those of the Mets. Certainly the Sox being the last team to have a Black player hurt them for a long time. If Epstein made them winners, it was by overcoming decades of bad decisions and not by overcoming curses and jinxes. He could do the same for the Mets, but I suspect he doesn't want to fight with Steve Cohen after leaving the Rickettses and John Henry.
Totally agree about wanting something new and unheralded. But I have seen a good chunk of the fanbase equate that with "untested managers don't work." So who know what SAC is thinking? (Can we hire better fans?)
Congrats on Yankees Vanquishing Day to you! Here's hoping I get to celebrate my spite-filled Cardinals Go Bye Bye Day tomorrow. 😀
Walking to a podiatrist appointment this morning (so it must not be that serious <rimshot>) I passed a class of ~third graders on the sidewalk. A kid was in a Mets Conforto shirt and Mets hat.
I purposely walked between him and my severely sleep deprived Yankee loving wife.
I might have saved a life today. If this toe nail fungus takes a turn for the worse, bring this story up at my wake.
The real problem with Nevin's send call is that it came super late, as Judge was pulling up into 3rd. If it was go the whole way, we could have seen a different outcome.
Organ Transplant correspondent reporting for duty.
I know nothing about Dorland that isn't in the blurb our host posted, but white savior complex or not, major major kudos for donating a kidney. Having received a kidney transplant eight years ago, I can say that it has extended and materially changed my life. Donation, whether post mortem or living, to a friend / family member, via a chain, or to a random person is an unmitigated good.
Tell your friends and family of your intent and register with your local DMV or via www.donatelife.net, the national organ donation list. You can't use 'em where you're going and they can save the lives of folks left behind.
This just in: Trevor Bauer, still a dick. Back to you, Craig.
(Don’t know if omitting him this morning was an oversight or deliberate - saving him for tomorrow? - but either way I’m here for it.)
Do I really have to trawl through Twitter to find out what now???
He posted a video yesterday. Not a lot of news other than he says he's still not guilty - and his obvious gall in upstaging the Dodgers on the eve of the WC game.
Thanks.
Do admin suspended players get playoff bonuses?
Wonder if that’s voted on by the players….and if so, wonder how they’d vote.
Don't they vote on everyone, down to grounds crew etc. I bet they vote him something, but not a full share
For what it’s worth, the Would it Dong? account on Twitter rates Stanton’s sixth inning double as a homer in only two MLB parks.
https://twitter.com/would_it_dong/status/1445571308608131082?s=21
His first inning single didn’t rate at all. Take that however you will. Although it’s more fun to imagine those shots being homers everywhere else.
By that you mean that 1rst inning one would not have been a home run? That doesn't seem plausible.
I wasn't watching for the second one, but if that tweet is accurate, maybe it was a little too low, but it surely had the distance for all parks
The statcast numbers I saw for the first inning single were 94 mph exit velocity, 345 feet. If those are anywhere close to accurate, that’s not a home run anywhere. The sixth inning shot we here Judge got thrown out was 400 feet, which should be out in a lot of places. Although probably not in Yankee Stadium either.
I didn't see the Stanton single in the first, only the one in the sixth, but like Craig I'm of the opinion that it would've been a home run in all 29 other stadiums.
Oddly, ESPN's broadcast team claimed that the 6th inning shot would've only been a homer in 11 parks, not 29.
I'm not buying it. Ball hit high on the wall not too far left of the 379 mark; maybe it stays in play in Denver, but I can't see any other park holding it.
As a Sox fan, it causes me greater distress to think Bucky Dent’s home run in ‘78 would’ve been scored F7 in 29 other parks, even if I’m not sure it’s true.
If it causes Yankees fans similar anguish to think Stanton would’ve had a three-homer night in any other park, I’m okay with it.
Joey Gallo’s ninth inning F9 would definitely have gone out most places though. And going back to back there would’ve put a lump in any Sox fan’s throat.
It's done with math, not hopes. A ball is falling as soon as it leaves the bat (go, gravity!), and at some point the vertical reverses direction. Re-calculate it, if you like. It's straightforward and Statcast has the data.
This site claims Stanton's hit in the 6th would've traveled 400 feet with an exit velo of 114mph. Ball was hit to left-center, and I don't know of any parks that are 400 feet to the power alleys.
https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/gamefeed?date=2021-10-05&chartType=pitch&legendType=pitchName&playerType=pitcher&inning=&count=&pitchHand=&batSide=&descFilter=&ptFilter=&resultFilter=&hf=exitVelocity#660938
the launch angle may have been too low. That's all I can think.
The quality of that multi-person relay was a really undersold part of last night's game. Yes, Phil Nevin's brain exploded. He shouldn't have sent the guy. But if the Sox don't pull off a perfect 3-person relay, the run scores and Nevin is forgotten. Just like the Sox third-base coach's stop-and-go brainlock an inning or two later is forgotten because that runner just beat the throw.
That play was, as you say, the turning point of the game. The Red Sox defense should be celebrated for causing it.
I object to Mr. Calcaterra's conclusion that the Yankees would have been better served playing any team other than the Red Sox to advance in the playoffs. He assumes facts not in evidence. There is nothing to support that any other team would not have crushed the Yankees any less than the Red Sox did, your honor.
In a do-or-die game, your starting pitcher needs a better line than 2 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 2 BB, 3 K, and 50 pitches.
Again, objection, assumes facts not in evidence. Does Mr. Newton have any evidence that Gerrit Cole would not have coughed up a bigger hairball against, say, the Blue Jays?
When a pitcher says, "I got plenty left in the tank," they generally don't.
Willing to cut Cole a bit of slack after his September injury and his COVID case. It simply might not have worked out for him no matter what now.
I don't understand how umpire assignments work, but short of drawing names or throwing darts, how on earth is Joe West the home plate umpire tonight? There has to be someone less controversial and less willing to insert himself into a game that him.
At least Angel Hernandez is in a series (again why?) so he can only ruin one game instead of the only game.
With this very likely being Joe West’s final game EVER, there has to be at least a 60% chance that this game gets branded as “The Joe West Game” in the annals of baseball history
he'll get a world series assignment. Book it
Do I have to?
Craig, the first inning ball would likely not have gone out of most other parks. 94 MPH exit velocity, very high parabola. Stanton pimped it like hell but it would have been a long flyout elsewhere. The one in the 5th inning, though....yeah, that's gone everywhere else.
Stanton admiring the ball for the world's longest single made me confident as a Sox fan that the game was gonna go our way. What a stupid thing for him to have done.
Whatever "love" he was getting from Yankees fans in the past month might have ended again last night, fairly or not.
Oh it's very fair.
John Sterling's call of the first inning single was a thing of beauty. He was totally lost in his "It is high! It is far!" schtick, he had no clue what was happening. He was still calling it a "Stantonian blast" as the ball was back in Bogaerts' glove and Stanton was returning to first.
I would love to mock him but someone pointed out that the man is 83 years old and now I just feel bad.
Mock away. No one's forcing him to call games 10 years after his Sell By date.
This is very fair. OK I'll mock.
And no one is forcing the Yankees to not nudge him to retirement, or at least not starting to find someone to spell him from time to time and train a replacement. But this is the team that employed Scooter till, I think, six months after his death.
As someone who heard Sterling call games 25 years, I assure you you're being to kind.
Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night’s Stantonian shore!
Quoth the Raven “Nevermore.”
My favorite Sterling call (that I heard) happened several years ago. He had forgotten how many outs there were, and referred to a game-ending flyout as "out number two". Even as the PA system went into the Liza Minelli version of "New York, New York", which is played at the end of every Yankee loss, he never bothered to mention his mistake.
The guy makes a lot of mistakes but he was watching the game on a screen like the rest of us and, off the bat (in part due to the camera work), it looked like it was gone. He was very confused and, in this case, I don't necessarily blame him. Seems difficult to call these games in close to real time without being there, especially at his um...advanced age.
The Columbus Alive piece is probably going to be applicable everywhere. I live in Somerville, MA, and we had our preliminary elections in September. There were 4 candidates for mayor, and though there were no party affiliations next to the candidates, it wasn't hard to spot the Republican. He was crushed (came in 4th with about a quarter of what the two who advanced to the general election got), but the next day was sending out emails about fraud. If these guys are going to act like they legitimately were held down there, I can just imagine what they're like in places where it might be close.
Anyway, that means I'm a happy baseball fan after last night; even if the Red Sox get crushed by the Rays as everyone expects (although I've been joking with friends that we don't know how well the Rays do when they can't shuttle people to and from the minor leagues after every game where the starter goes four innings by design), it's been an unexpectedly good year and likely the start of a stretch where the AL Beast is going to be insanely competitive.
An hour before game time last night I decided the experiment in not having cable had run its course. I'm a Red Sox fan and there is a one game elimination game at Fenway. My father would be spinning in his grave if I passed on watching. So that worked out well. Gotta love Hulu Live though, no waiting two weeks for the cable guy. Just a couple of clicks to upgrade the account and instant ESPN. I'll probably keep it through college basketball season and then turn it off after March Madness next year.
Red Sox and Southampton. To quote the guy to me at Spring Training in my Mets shirt and Indians hat, “you poor bastard.”
Was in the beer line at the local minor league park wearing a Southampton jersey and a guy asks me if I'm from there. I answer no - never been to the UK. He responds, so you just like doing things the hard way?
Pretty much. Although I have to say Red Sox fandom has been okay this century!
No one is going to argue about Epstein's bona fides, but I'm not sure if bringing in the architect of the modern Frat Boy Front Office culture will cure what ails the Mets.
Yeah, I am not sure replacing Good ol boy Sandy , with Alpha beta theo is the right move in 2021.
OTOH - who would be a BETTER "Freelance gambling Editor" for Fox than you... Also - pls. post tomorrow - we can handle the tooth.
You mean like we’d pass it around?
MLB can moan all it wants about TV viewership. I'm sorry/not sorry, but my violin is in the shop. I subscribe to MLB.TV. Since I live in Iowa, 20% of the teams are blacked out.
they are assuring that cable deals in the future will have to acquiesce to MLBs demands like teh minor league did. MLB already has the past contracts, anything new will be gambling focused and let MLB dictate terms
Step 1: Make in-person attendance incredibly expensive.
Step 2: Turn local broadcasters into gambling shills.
Step 3: Make it difficult/impossible to watch online.
Step 4: Cry about declining viewership.
Manfred, man.