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Saturday, September 23, 2017

Yanks Clinch a Wild Card!

The Yanks are officially ahead of schedule.  Greg Bird slugged a 3 run jack, and that was pretty much that, though the Yanks added two more runs late.  Sonny Gray gave up a jack, but precious little else in his 6 inning start.  Then it was Green, DRob and Chapman and that was that.  They could not have done it without Judge, Sanchez, Severino and the other kids.  And that what's made them so fun to watch so often this season.  And they're only going to get better.  But what the hell?  Let's win it this year and start the new Dynasty, now.

posted by Kalel9 @ 4:14 PM

17 Comments:

At 4:17 PM, Blogger Mike in Mississippi said...

Pretty big deal considering where this team was just a year ago — and they could be even better next year if they have a good offseason.

 
At 4:22 PM, Blogger Rich said...

Repost:

Rich4:12 PM
Postseason clinched. That three young players emerged as stars makes this special.

Let’s check some other boxes.

 
At 4:33 PM, Blogger Rich said...

The only thing that prevented them from running away with the division was an inconsistent pen, for the first time in a long time.

 
At 4:48 PM, Blogger Kalel9 said...

Also, Sanchez missing a month, and Bird being misdiagnosed for multiple months. And Didi missed 3 weeks.

 
At 4:49 PM, Blogger Rich said...

I will also give credit to Girardi for largely sticking with Bird, and watching it pay off.

 
At 5:00 PM, Blogger Kalel9 said...

Bird's had two crazy year's in a row. He deserves a massive post season.

 
At 5:01 PM, Blogger Rich said...

I would love that too.

 
At 12:29 PM, Blogger Rich said...

Judge pushing toward 50.

 
At 1:59 PM, Blogger Mike in Mississippi said...

That’s crazy especially when you consider his nearly two-month swoon.

 
At 2:14 PM, Blogger Rich said...

Mike, as I mentioned a while back, you really called the bottom on his slump. WTG.

 
At 2:35 PM, Blogger Rich said...

Without the motivation to dig too deeply, Gray’s ERA+ is much much better than Quintana’s this season.

 
At 5:03 PM, Blogger Mike in Mississippi said...

What did I say was the end of his slump? That HR in the last game against the Sox? He drove that ball with such authority I just figured the timing was back.

 
At 5:12 PM, Blogger Mike in Mississippi said...

Also, considering the rookie HR record, how large is this awful replay decision looming right about now?

 
At 5:13 PM, Blogger Mike in Mississippi said...

OK, I'm not sure what the problem there was, so just cut and paste this address:
https://www.mlb.com/video/judges-rbi-triple-stands/c-1293749383?tid=63817564

 
At 5:28 PM, Blogger Rich said...

I don’t member the details, but there was a point when he started hitting again when you said you thought you he turned it around. And the timing was spot on.

 
At 12:03 PM, Blogger Rich said...

I didn’t even know they were playing today. Bird and Judge each with a HR. It would be nice to see Bird get above .200 before the end of the season.

 
At 12:46 PM, Blogger Mike in Mississippi said...

Judge now owns the rookie HR record.

 

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