SU says you probably shouldn’t slide head first into any base. Didi Gregorious tore some cartilidge in his wrist on Saturday by sliding into home plate and may miss the playoffs now. This would be a huge loss for the Yankees as he is probably the best hitter with RISP on the team facing either a left-handed or right-handed pitcher. Big, big loss if he can’t go. They can slide Walker in or Echeverria but neither is close to his value.
We have seen Gardner slide into first base trying to leg out infield hits and others have done it as well with several dislocating their shoulders. Maury Wills always went feet first. SU thinks it was Ricky Henderson who started the head first trend. But at home plate with the catcher’s shin guards ready to give you a concussion and jam your fingers? Ouch, ouch, ouch. Anyway, Didi is going to make it a go but if he can’t, this could hurt the team’s October chances. And by the way, why do the Yankees not try and win every game now? Pitch Cole in the 6th inning? Home field for that wild card game is important. Tampa Bay will make the next 4 games their personal playoff to have the Yankees play that game on the road or even still try and catch the A’s.
SU knows many on this blog are not Tiger Woods fans. “Anyone but Tiger” is their mantra. SU is a fan – he makes any tournament so much more interesting. Kudos to him for coming back from back surgery and winning a tournament for the first time in 5 years. He was very emotional – so out of character but good to see and good for the sport. OK, so he banged some porn stars along the way and cheated on his wife. Clearly that makes him presidential material in this country. The next step will be to see if he can win majors again and you have to think that 2019 will be the year.
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Don’t forget that sliding into home head first was how Gleyber ended up needing Tommy John surgery.
I know I am old but why would you ever slide head first, never makes sense and always has a higher risk of injuries. Feet first makes the fielder more apprehensive and less aggressive as he applies tag since risk is greater for defender.
Whose not a Tiger fan from the SU fan base?
I wonder if his ratings competed with the NFL yesterday? All we need now is one of those Tiger fist pumps and the place will go wild. I’d love to see that at the Master’s. The fans knock down the goal post… I mean the 18th hole flag in celebration
I agree with you on why Boone is throwing out players who are clearly not our best to offer. We were again lucky that Oakland lost yesterday.
OK… let’s see what we are made of during the next 7 games.
Didi is the heart and soul of our team. Torrez moves to short and Walker moves to 2nd base…..he does play 2nd… doesn’t he? Our defense gets a bot shakier but what can you do?
I’m not a Tiger-hater because of the porn stars and the infidelity. I’m a Tiger-hater because he’s almost certainly in the pantheon of steroid / HGH cheats, along with Lance Armstrong and Barry Bonds.
With Judge hurt for several weeks it was clear that this team lacked leadership. Didi is one of the few guys on this team that does tend to raise his game at the big moments. If he is out the Yankees chances of making it to the WS are minimal. Someone needs to step up besides Luke Voit!
Nice to see old man Eli find the fountain of youth in yesterday’s game. What a difference a half seconds time from the O line can make. Was it just me or did anyone else feel that the Texans were constantly going for the knees on every single tackle. The very first offensive play of the game Barkley had his knees cut out and it looked really bad. Luckily he was not hurt badly. I have not seen a dirtier team in years. The officiating in football is a complete mess. Trying to protect against concussions is a great goal but the unintended consequences may be worse.
I was at East Lake on Saturday. There was tremendous excitement around everything he did including fans 20 deep around the greens on every putt. He is definitely huge for the sport. I’m looking forward to next year when the young guns who were never intimidated by him can compete against him when he appears to have some of his golfing prowess back. Some of those players will likely succumb to the pressure that they think they are immune to.
I’m certain this topic deserves an entire post of its own, but I think the Yankees are one more Severino start away from making a decision on the starting pitcher in the WC game.
If Severino gives a pre-all-star-break quality start down in Tampa, I think Boone and Cashman will have an easy decision on their hands. You think anyone in the world is hungrier for a redemption WC start than 24 year old flame-thrower Severino?
If Severino’s final start before the WC game is shaky, with no bite on the slider and little control of the fastball, Tanaka jumps to the forefront…unless…
…the “bullpen game” tonight with reliever Jonathan Holder starting, goes great. Surely we will see all of the strong arm guys from the ‘pen tonight, and if everybody seems to be firing on all cylinders (still lots of question marks from Dellin, Chappy), then I predict in a one game home playoff game, we may give the ball to JA Happ, with an early move to the bullpen. This way, you feel great about your chances in the WC game, and still have the aces Sevy and Tanaka for the road games 1 and 2 in Boston, going back to JA at home again for game 3 in Boston.
These are my thoughts- would love to hear anybody else’s.