For now.
Tomorrow’s another day and the Yankees can always start a new streak. We knew it had to come to an end sometime, didn’t we? Didn’t we?
The problem, as I wrote yesterday, is that I got spoiled with all the winning and now I’m sulking. Also, tonight’s game against the Braves was totally winnable with so many “if only’s” dancing around in my head, most of them having to do with Teixeira.
Kuroda wasn’t as sharp as he’s been lately; he was serving up some juicy pitches. But the offense sputtered with men on base – again – and couldn’t pick him up. And then once that guy Kimbrel came in to close…Well, forget about it.
What a weird stance.
But he sure can throw hard, and he made our hitters look silly.
Very glad to see Swisher back!
A great win streak preceding the loss is what allowed me to get over it realitively fast. I was also getting greedy and wanted to see how high the streak could extend. Kuroda wasn’t good but the loss was mostly on the offense again. The RISP issues need to improve. It’s no longer just a small sample size but hopefully the law of averages will correct it soon. Oh well at least Swisher looked good on his return back.
Exactly, Leo. At least Swisher came back strong. The RISP thing is something that needs to be addressed. I’m sure every team goes through it, but it’s such a glaring weakness on an otherwise superlative team.
Oh, well. Let’s start a new winning streak tomorrow.
Hopefully we can just play consistently for the rest of the year. [As long as it’s not consistently BAD, of course!]
As long as we get our issues cleaned up in time for the playoffs we’ll be good. Moving on…
I still don’t get why Tex didn’t score from third on a single. There were already two outs so he should have been running and even if he isn’t the fastest runner he should have made that, don’t you think? They didn’t show a replay involving the whole field and didn’t really explain what happened there. It was very frustrating, that’s for sure. I’m sure Tex is kicking himself about a number of things from last night’s game.
Yes, we knew the run would end eventually but this was a game they totally should have won. The Braves’ weren’t good in the field and we still couldn’t score the one more run it would have taken to tie it or two to win. I know there’s no such thing as an undefeated season in baseball and our boys have been on a great tear, but this was not a positive loss in any way. Okay, one more good thing…we didn’t want to go to Citifield on a string of wins…that’s exactly when The Mets would have floored them. So now, we can take the home series with a win this afternoon, give the team a day’s rest and then continue the new winning streak. GO YANKEES!!!
Tex is sloooow, Audrey. I agree he should have scored, although the throw was perfect. He could have at least tried to barrel into the catcher but maybe he was afraid of getting injured?
You’re right, Diane. The Yanks didn’t capitalize on the Braves’ mistakes in the field and it was costly. I do like your “strategy” for going into the Mets series. LOL
I’m getting worried about A-Rod. The sabermetric stats are showing just how bad he’s been doing and the complete lack of power. He’s striking out a lot more as well. He’s got 3 more months of regular season to go to normalize them a bit or he will continue in what is obviously an age related decline. Maybe Jeter can share some of his fountain of youth drink with A-Rod. Otherwise this could be the beginning of a long 5 years.
This loss hurt. Not just because it snapped the streak, but because the game was totally winnable. The Yankees had TWO runners thrown out at the plate, and the Braves 4th run was avoidable if Teixeira could’ve come up with the hard grounder, like he’s done before… Oh well. On to the next day.
This loss hurt. Not just because it snapped the streak, but also because the game was totally winnable. The Yankees had TWO runners thrown out at the plate, and the Braves 4th run was avoidable if Teixeira could’ve come up with the hard grounder, like he’s done before… Oh well. On to the next winning streak.
I don’t know what to say about A-Rod, Leo. When things were turning around for the Yankees, he was the one who hit that clutch grand slam and he’s been getting on base. Is he hitting with power like he used to? No. And he’s been striking out a lot. But so has Cano. He’s been awful with RISP. I wish both of them would get hot and stay that way.
Tex said that ball was hit at him really hard, Juan, and he does get most of those grounders so I’ll give him a pass. But he should have scored!