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GoAwayPanarin said:
The "put balls in play" argument is so dumb. The Dodgers struck out more than the Yankees did this year and the NYY's 2 opponents prior to LA had the 2nd fewest and 4th fewest K's in the league.

K's are up overall which is what happens when guys are throwing cutters at 100 mph and have sliders that have insane tilt and break 2+ feet. Thats what the game is now and has been for quite some time.

Guys got cold at the wrong time and the other team has gotten the big hits that they haven't. Thats the bottom line. It's not like the Dodgers and their vaunted offense have been tearing the cover off of the ball in this series.

Boone needs to go, that much is clear as a baseline and Cashman should have been fired years ago but he's got a lifetime contract.
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I don't think you can say it's just going cold when the bottom eventually falls out of the offense every playoff run.
 
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LeetchisGod said:
The Yankees offense is full of black holes. They have been shut down by just about every starter that they've faced.
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Too many easy lanes. Attack this guy for an out, don't give this guy anything worthwhile and maybe he'll get himself out, worst case is a walk and we'll attack the guy behind him for an easy out so no damage.
 
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Going on Netflix the other day and having the splash screen start playing the docu about the 2004 Red Sox comeback reminds me that Cashman should've f***ing been fired after being in charge of that whole embarrassing debacle.
 
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GoAwayPanarin said:
The "put balls in play" argument is so dumb. The Dodgers struck out more than the Yankees did this year and the NYY's 2 opponents prior to LA had the 2nd fewest and 4th fewest K's in the league.

K's are up overall which is what happens when guys are throwing cutters at 100 mph and have sliders that have insane tilt and break 2+ feet. Thats what the game is now and has been for quite some time.

Guys got cold at the wrong time and the other team has gotten the big hits that they haven't. Thats the bottom line. It's not like the Dodgers and their vaunted offense have been tearing the cover off of the ball in this series.

Boone needs to go, that much is clear as a baseline and Cashman should have been fired years ago but he's got a lifetime contract.
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They also got more hits. You're thinking about it the wrong way. How you make an out (strikeout, ground out, fly out etc.) doesn't matter. But getting hits does.
 
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GoAwayPanarin said:
Getting on base does, they had basically identical OBPs.

The difference in the series is Freeman had had a few big swings. Yankees have gotten one.
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Look at LA's 3rd run last night. They put on a hit and run which caused them to stay out of the double play, and then Edman scores on bloop hit that very few other players would have scored on. Yankees can't manufacture offense like that.

Stanton, one of their only guys who can hit, is probably slower than anyone who posts here.

Then the safety squeeze where Lux was probably safe but had to stick with call because it was too close.

There is a truth to the putting balls in play and puttin pressure on the other team. Yankees don't do it often enough, too much feast/famine.
 
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Machinehead said:
I don't think you can say it's just going cold when the bottom eventually falls out of the offense every playoff run.
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Further to that, the Mets tagged LA in their two wins. So the Mets went from cold to hot in Game 2 LCS, then cold again for 2 games and then hot again in Game 5? Going cold argument is hogwash. It's the particular pitching in that particular game. The Dodgers just have more good pitching than others.
 
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will1066 said:
Further to that, the Mets tagged LA in their two wins. So the Mets went from cold to hot in Game 2 LCS, then cold again for 2 games and then hot again in Game 5? Going cold argument is hogwash. It's the particular pitching in that particular game. The Dodgers just have more good pitching than others.
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And the Yankees suck at offense and I'm tired of letting them off the hook for it.
 
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Machinehead said:
And the Yankees suck at offense and I'm tired of letting them off the hook for it.
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Remaining cordial here, but yes. After Stanton, there's not much threat left. Regarding Judge, we don't need to cover that. It wasn't better for the Mets. Alonso had a couple of big, memorable moments, but he was largely ineffective. JD Martinez sucking down the stretch and into the postseason was someone the Mets could've used. Iglesias bottomed out. I attribute that to good Dodger pitching, because it was uncharacteristic of him to swing at stuff 2 feet from the plate. Taylor was put in as a regular for his defense, so Bader was out of the lineup. Alvarez came alive a little late.
 
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they gotta win at least one right? just one? hell can I be greedy and ask for 2 so they Dodgers don't win at YS?

Dave Roberts can use a proverbial punch in the mouth for 2004. why not?
 
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Machinehead said:
And the Yankees suck at offense and I'm tired of letting them off the hook for it.
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Hold My Wallet Hal has us banking on players like Volpe Wells and Chisholm and 5c a pop bullpen (which has performed admirably) since he doesn't want to pay for proven talent and we're getting socked in the nuts for it.

Don't really want to include Jazz since he's been pretty good in the WS but for god's sake Volpe is about as clutch as I am and Wells as likely to hit the ball as I am. that's three automatic outs basically with two of them (jazz and wells) just as likely to ground into DPs as they are to strike out. it's bad, man.
 
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Hold My Wallet Hal has us banking on players like Volpe Wells and Chisholm and 5c a pop bullpen (which has performed admirably) since he doesn't want to pay for proven talent and we're getting socked in the nuts for it.

Don't really want to include Jazz since he's been pretty good in the WS but for god's sake Volpe is about as clutch as I am and Wells as likely to hit the ball as I am. that's three automatic outs basically with two of them (jazz and wells) just as likely to ground into DPs as they are to strike out. it's bad, man.
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I'm willing to give Jazz and Wells another chance because Jazz has had his moments (he should be batting way lower tho) and Wells has to be tired in his first year as a starting catcher (and should also be batting way lower).

I'm over Volpe. He's a warm body. Get a real shortstop.

And for god sake, we're trying to win the World Series with the worst power output at first base in MLB history.
 
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Look at LA's 3rd run last night. They put on a hit and run which caused them to stay out of the double play, and then Edman scores on bloop hit that very few other players would have scored on. Yankees can't manufacture offense like that.

Stanton, one of their only guys who can hit, is probably slower than anyone who posts here.

Then the safety squeeze where Lux was probably safe but had to stick with call because it was too close.

There is a truth to the putting balls in play and puttin pressure on the other team. Yankees don't do it often enough, too much feast/famine.
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Yep. Basically, just put a guy or two on base and swing for the fences is yankees offensive strategy for the last decade
 
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Watch the CT kid Ben Casparius mow them down and throw 6-7 scoreless innings, would be the perfect cherry on top of the shit sundae that was this series.
 
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