The Brian Cashman/Aaron Boone run New York Yankees are a fucking joke.
Just blatant arrogance and stupidity.
I’ll set the scene for last night in case you were wisely asleep.
Finally in the 6th and 7th they managed to break through and get on the board.
Entering the bottom of the 7th inning they led the Angels 3-1.
This was a game they needed to have coming off a terrible series in Colorado.
Michael King came in to relieve Luis Severino who actually looked solid for a change out there.
Get 9 outs from the pen and you escape with a win to begin the week.
King entered this one having been quite inconsistent lately, posting a 5.27 ERA over his last 8 outings.
Shohei Ohtani stepped to the plate representing the tying run with two outs and a man on first.
Now you obviously know Ohtani has been superhuman this year at the plate.
He’s been especially scorching hot over his last 16 games with 9 homers and an OPS of 1.335.
What I’m getting at?
He’s not a guy to fuck around with when the game is on the line.
Boone opted to intentionally walk the lefty slugger and load the bases for Mickey Moniak.
Severino got Moniak to line out to right and escape trouble.
Don’t let Ohtani beat you there, and leave it in the hands of quite literally anyone else.
Moniak’s been good, but he ain’t the runaway MVP.
This was the result.
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
That precious 3-1 lead you worked so hard to get?
His postgame presser was as infuriating to listen to as expected.
While that is a good rule to follow, there are always exceptions.
Ohtani should be getting the Barry Bonds treatment at this point.
While Mickey Moniak has put together a very nice season for the Angels, he’s not Shohei.
You get beat by Moniak, you live with it.
You allow a struggling pitcher to challenge the hottest and best bat in the game?
You deserve all the misery that follows.
Boone said he NEVER CONSIDERED walking Ohtani.
Treating the 5th inning with more urgency and desperation than the 7th inning.
What the fuck are we doing here?
And if you’re going to pitch to him you have to be extremely careful.
Getting ahead 1-2 to throw that pitch?
Staying up til 1am to watch this team is torture I’d expect to see in Guantanamo Bay.
Witnessing Boone continue to mismanage this team is a form of masochism.
And Hal Steinbrenner truly wonders why the fans are angry.
