What was that Glenn Frey song? The Sweep is On?
1st and 2nd, 2 out, Chisenhall down 0-2. Green throws a pitch in that the ump calls a HBP. The ball clearly hit the bat and Sanchez caught it. Sanchez is yelling for his manager to challenge, and he doesn’t. If he challenges, the inning ends and we stay up 8-3. He doesn’t challenge and the next pitch is hit by Lindor off the foul pole for a grand slam.
It was the only time a manager is completely dependent on the outcome of the game. Challenge, and the inning ends and we win. Don’t challenge and face an MVP candidate with the bags full. It was asinine. Girardi was full on fuck head tonight. I wanted Green to be up early and he was. I was even calling for Green to come in in the 3rd, but Joe stuck with him. It was his only good call of the game. CC then retires 12 of 13 and Joe pulls him while he’s rolling. Green wasn’t as dominant, but he got out of that inning, but the idiot ump and our moron manager gave the Indians an extra base runner and an extra out, and we paid for it
It was the worst managerial decision in baseball history. His replay decision effectively wins us the game. Instead, he sticks his thumb in his ass and loses. I’m done with him. He lost all his goodwill with that dumb decision. He needs to be allowed to walk
Joel Sherman in NY Post: "Girardi's Legacy Will Forever be Tainted by this Debacle"
Pete AbrahamVerified account @PeteAbe 10h10 hours ago
John Farrell moving up the playoff managerial rankings thanks to Joe Girardi.
Good one Pete.
He’s entirely right. Slam Farrell all you want, Girardi went from managerial stud to managerial dud in one night. The playoffs is when the best are supposed to shine and Girardi turtles. Then he has the audacity to say he “didn’t want to break Green’s rhythm.” This the guy who has more mound visits and catchers visits than any other team. Take responsibility you shit head. He’s dead to me
Girardi is being destroyed everywhere, and not just for the challenge failure, some of the other moves in the game as well, and for his postgame excuses. This really might be the worst game a manager has ever had.
Cashman: “We Are Getting Under The Threshold Next Year”
By Mark Polishuk | October 6, 2017 at 12:43pm CDT
The Yankees have long sought to reset their luxury tax penalty clock, and with payroll now finally nearing the tax’s cutoff point, GM Brian Cashman tells Joel Sherman of the New York Post are committed to getting under the $197MM threshold this winter.
“We haven’t had [offseason] meetings like this, but the exclamation point is we are getting under the threshold next year,” Cashman said. “[Greg] Bird is our first baseman moving forward because obviously we believe in him and also because of the cost control. The most important factor is if Bird is worthy enough to be our first baseman and our answer is yes.”
We only need to upgrade he manager. This team is ready to rock, especially if we get Otani