JUST TO SUM IT UP... CARRABIS IS A NOBODY WHO HATES THE YANKEES

If we're talking about cheating, we should talk about the Houston Astros.  If you watch Domingo German today being examined by the umpire staff during the Yankee/Twins game, you came away wondering what was actually said, but know that German was clean and the game continued.  Sure, it looks bad, but everything always looks bad if you're the Yankees because assholes like Jared Carrabis is the biggest twerp of them all loving to try and stick it to the Yanks because Alex Cora is an absolute turd and the Red Sox suck, plain and simple. Remember, Cora was suspended for a year for ACTUALLY cheating.

Carrabis sucks off the Red Sox every chance he gets and wondering from Barstool to Draft Kings seemed like a prick move all because he wasn't in the Barstool Documentary, I guess. I remember Portnoy's podcast talking about this creep leaving. It's HERE, Portnoy one year ago:

"I am under the impression that Jared is going to be leaving...he got a big offer from a competitor and we could have kepy Jared at less money then the competitor is paying him. He would have taken a hometown discount. But good for him..."

"Good for him" is like "F You dick, you're nobody without me" speak, but Portnoy is too much of a professional to say it.

The point is, Carrabis loves to point out when the Yankees "CHEAT".

If you're gonna be a total twit like Carrabis and tweet that the Yankees cheated today, remember how Bud Selig obsessed over PEDs champ David Ortiz after the Red Sox won the series in 2013 even though we all knew Ortiz wasn't REALLY baseball's darling and just a pawn for change in the MLB. Yet, Ortiz was a cheater in 2003 for using PEDs and it was swept under the rug because Selig loved the guy.  Double Standard, absolute BS.

Hell yes Rocco Baldelli! Domingo German is cheating, not putting up with that Yankee Bullshit #mntwins glad he called out the umps pic.twitter.com/EF6z8dJXlu

— Alex Micheletti (@AlexMicheletti) April 15, 2023

Rocco Baldelli was pissed today, Jared Carrabis was pissed (and no one cares), but to think for a second that the MLB and the Yankees were "IN ON IT" and the Twins and toolbox Carrabis wasn't is just pure BS.

Let's be clear, the Yankees have been screwed plenty a time in many years of Major League Baseball decisions. To accuse every Yankee and umpire of collusion and cheating today when there is no real proof of anything is outrageous.  

There is an expression that says "perception is everything". That means that what is seen can be construed as something bad (or good). In this case, bad because the haters have come out of the woodwork.  But I truly believe that this is nothing more than a misunderstanding.  Trolls have appeared. Collusion was NOT a thing and accusation or not, does this game between the Twins and Yankees really define the championship in 2023? 

What I mean is, are we all gonna focus on a meaningless game against the Twins in April where nothing actually happened?  After all, the MLB did nothing to the Houston Astros who cheated to a championship in 2017 and nothing to PEDs user David Ortiz. Why in the hell is a guess on cheating important in April 2023 really important?  Oh yea, I know why... it's because it's the Yankees... and Jared Carribas thinks he's important.

F off dude. You're nothing without Barstool. Way to try and stay relevant.

Yankees beat the Twins today: 6-1.

TWINS HAVE "TRICKS" FOR YANKEES IN GAME THREE

Maybe you are laughing like I am right now. I know Halloween is coming up because let's be realistic here, whatever "tricks" the Twins have planned for the Yankees aren't going to "treat" the Twins to a guaranteed game three victory. Can you smell the desperation?

"We've talked about him adding some -not getting too specific- but some tricks. Some things he hasn't really done a ton in the past."

THIS is what desperation sounds like, courtesy of Twins manager Rocco Baldelli. I guess a do-or-die game three is as good of a time as any to experiment with tricks. I wonder if it will be like a Moneyball type of approach but that didn't work well for the Oakland A's. Or maybe Jake Odorizzi will literally try to pull of a magic trick on the mound. Maybe he will create a new pitch. Who knows.....but it sure sounds funny.

I'm not trying to take anything away from the Twins, they had a great regular season and they are a much better team then the Yankees have seen in years. It's just funny to hear the Twins talk about pulling out "tricks" in a possible elimination game after they were so confident that they were going to "slay the dragon" and finally beat the Yankees. I don't see that working against Aaron Judge, Didi Gregorius or DJ LeMahieu. This team is dialed in right now, they need more than just "tricks" to beat the Yankees.

I'm not sure what "tricks" they could really be thinking about here. Maybe Odorizzi will rely on his off-speed pitches and stay away from fastballs because the Yankees have proven to be good fastball hitters. Either way, Baldelli says "Jake has the answers to anything that he’s going to see out there" but hopefully he has no answers for the Yankees offense. Tricks are for kids, not for champions.

Let the Twins pull out everything in their bag of tricks, it's funny but you have to admire them for not going down without a fight. Their fight just happens to involve tricks. As long as the Yankees continue to play good baseball then no trick is going to keep them from advancing to the ALCS.

Slay the dragon has turned into tricks now....but whatever. Game on.

--Jeana Bellezza-Ochoa
BYB Managing Editor
Twitter: @nyprincessj