• Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.

MLB Playoffs 2017 OT:It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Caja 117

Member
been saying it all year but I honestly thought that the bullpen had turned the corner. but this wasn't a bullpen loss, it was a managerial loss

It is both things, at the end Robertson gave up that solo Homer to Bruce (Imo so far this series MVP) and Betances did what everyone knew he was going to do.

Sure I did.

However I'm sure you will tell me why I shouldn't have.

Geez, with that attitude forget it.
 
Girardi is responsible for the two biggest moments of the game. He’s a fucking idiot.

‘Oh, nothing gave us the indication that he wasn’t hit.’

How about Sanchez enthusiastically saying he wasn’t?

Fucking clown.
 

dickroach

Member
I stopped watching the game after the tanks were up by 4 or 5 cuz the hockey game started, but I zones back in in the 8th.
Also thank you auto-correct for changing that to tanks
 
It is both things, at the end Robertson gave up that solo Homer to Bruce (Imo so far this series MVP) and Betances did what everyone knew he was going to do.



Geez, with that attitude forget it.

You can't blame Robertson for that he was at damn near 80 pitches in 3 days.
 

Toth

Member
Wait, so you are telling me that after the grand slam you were expecting the Yanks to win this game?

Thanks Caja. The Yankees have come across as a very delicately balanced tightrope walking team that tumbles quickly when things go wrong and I hate to say this but the issue is Girardi.

Also I am an extremely optimistic person (and poster in OP). The Yankees patterns are just becoming too predictable.
 

Malo

Banned
Thanks Caja. The Yankees have come across as a very delicately balanced tightrope walking team that tumbles quickly when things go wrong and I hate to say this but the issue is Girardi.

Also I am an extremely optimistic person (and poster in OP). The Yankees patterns are just becoming too predictable.
If you have been optimistic, I don't want to see you being pessimistic.
 

Caja 117

Member
You can't blame Robertson for that he was at damn near 80 pitches in 3 days.
Robertson was in a two days rest. But Me pointing out Robertson giving up a Homerun is not critizising how good he is, he has been one of the best pitchers in yanks so far in the post season, so giving up a Homerun was more of like something that was due to happen.
 
Robertson was in a two days rest. But Me pointing out Robertson giving up a Homerun is not critizising how good ge is, he has been one of the best pitchers in yanks so far in the post season, so giving up a Homerun was more of like something that was due to happen.

Two days rest after throwing 3 innings and 52 high stress high leverage pitches.
 

dabig2

Member
Yes. Obvious choice.

We got this now. Straus was a beast tonight. All it took was that one error.

Edit:

Kyle Hendricks postseason career (8 starts):
1.98 ERA, 41.0 IP, 30 Hits, 11 BB, 36 K, 1.000 WHIP
#Cubs

Hendricks sure is something special. Good that Maddon and co. are putting their absolute faith in the young man. He's the present and the future.
 

StoveOven

Banned
I'm generally positive on Girardi, but he has a lot of trouble handling the bullpen. And when that's one your team's best assets, that's a problem. I'd fully support the Yanks bringing on a new manager next season.
 

Caja 117

Member
Two days rest after throwing 3 innings and 52 high stress high leverage pitches.
You are not getting what Im trying to say, this was bound to happen to him regardless of how well rested he was.

And Im confident that Girardi desision on not making the review affected the players mood in the dugout.
 

Mrbob

Member
Hendricks sure is something special. Good that Maddon and co. are putting their absolute faith in the young man. He's the present and the future.
And Joe didn't pull him early either which was amazing in itself. He tried though in the sixth.
 

Caja 117

Member
I'm generally positive on Girardi, but he has a lot of trouble handling the bullpen. And when that's one your team's best assets, that's a problem. I'd fully support the Yanks bringing on a new manager next season.
They wont just because this was suppossed to be a rebuilding season and they overachieved, but Girardi have cost the Yankees a lot of games with shit like that.
 

Toth

Member
If you have been optimistic, I don't want to see you being pessimistic.

With the Yankees and their youth, you prepare for the worst and hope for the best. That being said, some managerial decisions have been putrid this year and tonight was one of the worst losses since 2001/2004. This is not saying that the Yankees would have beaten the Indians in this series but the stunning loss after gaining such a huge lead against a better team only to blow it is beyond deflating of what had been a pretty fun post season run thus far.
 
Top Bottom