Monday, June 19, 2023

BOONE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THAT NOT SCORING MEANS THE YANKEES AREN'T HITTING WELL

"For the most part, we've been playing pretty well, we just haven't scored a lot."



Does this guy know what he's talking about? Look, by the eye test, by the fact that the Yankees are not committing a ton of errors, and the simple fact that the Yankees are hitting the ball hard, one can make the argument that the Yankees are playing well. But the fact of the matter is if we're losing games, if we're not scoring runs, and the fact that we are now 10.5 out of first place, the obvious notion is that we are NOT playing well.  That's just a fact.  But here is this idiot in his glory trying to get through the line of questioning on why the Yankees keep losing:

Call Boone Mr. Softee. I can't with this guy. And same on Mr. Steinbrenner for putting faith into a guy that embraces amateur hour better than anyone.  This is a guy that isn't qualified to coach College ball. It's outrageous.  Having Boone as our manager is torture.

In contrast, here's some quotes from Casey Stengel when the team played badly:

"Can't anybody here play this game?"  And how about this one? "Don't cut my throat, I may want to do that later myself." What's my point? Boone doesn't take this seriously.  



How about Billy Martin? That guy wanted all his guys playing as hard as they could? Remember what he did to Reggie Jackson when he thought Reggie was being "lazy". As This Day in Baseball writes:

"Jim Rice hit a checked-swing fly ball to right field. But rather than charging the ball and making an easy catch, Jackson allowed it to drop in for a base hit. To make matters worse, he lazily picked it up and tossed it towards the pitchers’ mound as Rice coasted into second base with a surprisingly cheap double.

Incensed, Martin immediately yanked his sensitive slugger in favor of defensive whiz Paul Blair. With NBC cameras zooming in on the action, Jackson ran into the Yankee dugout. “What’s going on? What did I do?” he screamed at his manager. “You didn’t hustle,” replied Martin. “You have to be crazy to embarrass me in front of 50 million people,” Jackson yelled. “You’re not a man. Don’t you ever show me up again, you [bleep].”

Why can't Boone get mad? Why can't Boone show some urgency? Why are we soft with our leadership? You see Texas Coach Augie Garrido lose it on his players?
That's someone passionate about this game.  There is no reason why a manager of a professional baseball team can't get alittle mad about a losing team.  Boone needs to rethink his role... because this garbage isn't cutting it.

Get mad or leave. We need to turn this team around and we need someone at the top who is truly passionate.

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