JOEY GALLO'S YANKEE MOMENT

I love watching Joey Gallo hit a home run.  The issue is he doesn't do it every single time and let's be honest, that's his bread and butter.

Anthony Rizzo proved that he's a New York Yankee. The dude is on fire and hopefully that stays. As a Yankee, Rizzo is 8-24 with 3 homers and 6 RBIs. He's batting .333. Nice start. Will it continue? You never know, that's baseball. 

Joey Gallo has 1 home run, 5-27 with 3 RBIs. He's batting .158. 11 strikeouts. He's struggling. Will it change? It will, but I have my doubts right this second. Last night however, he made me very happy... as a fan, for the Yankees, for him. He had his Yankee moment and it was glorious:

JOEY GALLO HAS ARRIVED IN THE BRONX pic.twitter.com/wZpOZLttr2

— Eric Hubbs (@BarstoolHubbs) August 6, 2021

What makes Gallo's homer so special was it put the Yankees on top in a packed stadium and pretty much put everyone on their feet like it was a playoff game. Notice that? Just freaking incredible, something that's bigger than the Yankees and Gallo right now. In this world of COVID we needed that... we really did.

But Joey Gallo can be fixed so he's doing that more consistently. All Joey needs to do is get back to HIS swing, and you can tell that that he's getting to the baseball alittle too quick right now. He's probably all hocked up and wants to impress us Yankee fans, but the thing is, he's too excited. If Gallo can sit back and fall back into his regular swing, not get to the ball too fast, not lunge, he's gonna be fine. 

But Marcus Thames needs to recognize this and fix it. It's not my job to tell you. You can just tell when you look at his swing. He needs to be less excited, get comfortable and get back to HIS swing and not worrying about impressing us fans. It will come regularly if he does that. Stay back.

Look, these acquisitions are exciting. I have no doubt that Gallo CAN contribute, but I wanna see it... I want to see consistent wins from the Yankees. Trust me, it's starting to happen, but as a sometimes critic, I always want more.

Congrats Joey Gallo, you're a Yankee... let's keep going!