August 8, 2013

Schadenfreude 165 (A Continuing Series)

Mark Feinsand, Daily News:
Welcome to rock bottom.

The Yankees suffered a humiliating sweep at the hands of the last-place White Sox Wednesday night, blowing leads in both the ninth and 12th inning to fall, 6-5. ...

Alex Rodriguez had a chance to be the hero in the 11th, coming to bat with two out and the go-ahead run at third base. The embattled slugger, on the field hours after appealing a 211-game suspension related to the Biogenesis PED scandal, grounded out to third ...
George A. King III, Post:
Lightning struck the Yankees twice last night and all but fried the Yankees' faint hopes of getting to October.

Needing one strike in the ninth to secure a much-needed victory over the White Sox, Mariano Rivera gave up an RBI single to pinch-hitter Adam Dunn that sent the game into extra innings. ...

With two outs, the bases empty and a 1-2 count on Tyler Flowers [in the 12th], the ninth-place hitter, Warren failed to field a chopper back to him. Alexei Ramirez followed with a single that put runners at the corners for Alejandro De Aza. And his triple scored the runners and give the White Sox a 6-5 victory ...
Kevin Kernan, Post:
See you in Tampa in February. It's all over. Get ready for 2014 and beyond. The Yankees are going nowhere this season. ...

The Bombers hit rock bottom, getting swept by a team that came into the week with the second-worst winning percentage in baseball and on a 10-game skid. In this series, the Yankees went 3-for-33 with runners in scoring position. The Yankees lost the final five of six games on this trip.

They have no chance to recover from this loss, the 14th loss in the last 20 games. ...

The Yankees, now 0-3 with Rodriguez in the lineup, are just one game over .500 now at 57-56. The Red Sox won again so the Yankees are 11.5 games back in in the AL East.

This is not 1978. This is 2013 and the aging Yankees have no chance to make a miracle run.

In the watered down wild-card race, the Yankees must jump over four teams. That's not happening either.

They are not a good team. They are not going anywhere.

4 comments:

Tom DePlonty said...

There's the old music joke about the violinist who calls the front office of the symphony orchestra, and asks to speak to the conductor. The person of the other end of the line is solemn and says, I'm sorry to give you bad news, but the conductor was found dead in his bed this morning, from a heart attack.

15 minutes later, the violinist calls again, and again asks to speak to the conductor. I'm sorry sir, but the conductor died this morning.

15 minutes later, calls again, same thing. This time the person answering is upset: I've told you, several times, the conductor is dead. Why do you keep calling?

The violinist says - I just love hearing you say it.

Zenslinger said...

That is some tasty pain.

hrstrat57 said...

Stripers on the low down?

Bliss, total bliss.....

laura k said...

The violinist says - I just love hearing you say it.

If I was still threading, I'd have to name someone The Violinist. It's just too good to waste.