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A rod just said Yankees had 3rd most errors in bb

As you know, I don’t follow the American League. But I do know baseball when I watch it and see it. I know an approach to the ball I know when a guy plays stuff off the wall. I know backing up. I know posture and fielding confidence.

So I just learned the Yankees had the third most errors in baseball for the first time just now. And yet simply by watching I’ve been saying since game one this was the worst defensive team I’ve ever seen in the World Series. I’m going to guess that very few if any World Series have had a team that had the third most errors in baseball. So as much as it might sound like hyperbole that I was piling on the Yankees?

I probably was dead right.

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11 Comments

August West

Oct 31, 2024

Yankees are tough when the slugging is on….when it’s not, they are mid.

Worst defensive inning ever in a WS

Java

Oct 31, 2024

Replying to

I agree. Mostly because I disagree with your premise about hitting. We all remember the moments but I think the playoffs are all about a hit starter becoming unhittable for 2-3 weeks. And if you can have two? You’re unreal.

I think of Maddie baumgarner. The nationals with scherzer and strassberg. All the Braves pitchers you mentioned. Yeah agree w you there in only one ring. The Astros had Justin juiced verlander and usually 1-2 other top guys.

to me you have to play good d if you’re going to build on pitching. And you have to have lockdown pen. You need a horse of a starter and usually 1 other guy step up.

So what did La have? It changed every series. Flaherry literally alternated every start between being an ace and sucking. With no middle ground. Yamamamamoto got rocked in opening game vs pads and then was unhittable in game 5 and out dueled Darvish. And was an ace versus the two ny teams. So yeah. I guess he’s one though he only gave La one each series.

Flaherty gave La one each series too but he also gave one away.

They only let buhler pitch about every ten days and he got rocked by sd. And lost. And then he just destroyed both ny teams both in critical game 3s on the road.

So yeah. Not sure how to justify my horse theory here but they clearly got stellar performances multiple. from each of those 3 guys. And la wound up winning a couple bullpen games. Which I’d say was a surprise. And even after losing a bullpen game in game 4 to the ya js they basically went back to ack and won a bullpen game last night.

But I thought their offense. And most offenses as the weather cools. Tend to die