"Stupid Little Rest Games": SOSH-ing some Yankee Fans

As some of you may know, I'm a bit of a connoisseur of hilariously terrible fans. I normally visit SOSH when  the Jays beat the Red Sox and delight in the hand wringing and gnashing of teeth induced by the littlest of setbacks.

What's SOSH talking about right now?

I guess I'll be happy either way, but I dunno, I really hate the Yankees. I don't  suppose the Mets have it in them to win a series against a good AL East team...

 Not very teeth gnash-y.

One nugget:

Heresy alert: R Martin says Stroman's stuff reminds him of Pedro stuff.

Shoot, Russell. You say such pretty things.


So I decided to mix things up and make fun of Yankee fans. River Ave Blues is a pretty decent Yankee analysis blog. They have game threads for each game and many of the posters are intelligent and rational baseball fans, but some are just hilarious in their drama.

It's delicious.

RAB complained a lot.

They complained about the lack of DH. A lot.

They complained about the strike zone. A lot.

They complained about Joe Girardi. A lot.

And they kept an eye on the Jays game.

Blue Jays not winning yet!

Soon, my pet.

Matz looks super beatable tonight. Bummer we're trotting out the C-lineup, but still.

The talk about the lineup started quietly, steadily increasing throughout the game until it reached a full tilt whinge.

Cespedes is 0-10 since getting HBP the other day. Maybe caught a break here.

They dissed Cespedes a lot.

Or he's just regressing a tad, he's not this good.

Not a believer in the bunch.

He is against the Marlins, Braves and Phillies pitching

See?

Keith Hernandez is drunk, BTW.

Keith Hernandez really amused me when he called the Jays/Mets game earlier in the year.

Maybe I just always thought of this:




Searching for the video, I found this from the New York Post.

lol Matz looks like he's gonna piss his pants.

These guys progressively found Matz less amusing as the game went on.

If something characterized this batch of fans, it would be that they really dismiss the opposition. They have only recently begun to accept that the Jays are a thing, that it isn't just the Yankees failing to execute. The Jays are actually beating them.

This is real. It's actually happening.

Man if Thor and d'Arnaud are both as good as they've shown in limited time, the Mets KILLED the Dickey deal.

Oh, shut up. It was mostly the right move at the time. It's just the contrast of it and things coming together for both teams in 2015 that makes magnified. The Mets meeting the Jays in the postseason would just be too narrative-y for my taste.

.Andddddd the Blue Jays are up.

Stroman was pretty fantastic tonight. I'll write about that later.

Fuck the Jays and their run scoring ways.

Baseball is so hard.

I don't think the division is happening guys, forget it.

They responded.

What would prompt you to say that in the third inning of a 1-run game, three weeks before the end of the season? Seriously.

Hope is nice, especially in the face of mounting evidence.

Smoak doubles. Jays 3-0

So good.

Forget the Blue Jays. They're winning the division. Which is why Mets fans shouldn't brag about knocking us out of the division. Already been done.

Why don't you let the Mets fans decide how they want to mock you? Have they not earned that right?

Load of defeatist crap. One win combined with a Jays loss before Monday and we control our own destiny.

When does hope become delusion?

What a dumb at bat by Didi. You've been working this guy all night and he's struggled to put away hitters. No reason whatsoever to swing at the first pitch, even if it's right down the middle. Work the count and get this guy out of there. What are you going to do, jump him for one single? Knock him out of the game and get to the weaker bullpen rather than going for one single for yourself.

How dare you try to get a hit, Didi? How dare you?

In general, this board did a pretty good job of policing themselves. For instance:

Guy 1:

Omg you had one job Boston. ONE JOB

Guy 2:

They won the series last time they played them. Maybe the Yankees should beat             Toronto once in a while. If you expect the dregs of MLB to beat that team on a                 regular basis, it ain't gonna happen.

See?

And again,

Man, Didi is really short on brains.. He's not a very good hitter against a tough lefty.. Just take a goddamn pitch.

 And the follow up,                    

Aren't most people not very good hitters against a tough lefty? That's why they're TOUGH lefties :/

Yeah.

I hate to watch Beltran run. He is so slow to and never has a good jump. I know that play was not really a play that he was going to get to but the point is he has almost no hustle. NEVER

I don't know how this guy comments on a blog while watching baseball, but I do it lounging in jammies on the couch. In such situations, I don't feel like I should be commenting on someone's "hustle."

Terrible pitch. Is Tanaka just scared of Duda or something? I don't understand why his splitter, which has been so sharp all night, is hanging every time this guy stands in the box.

Tanaka was pretty great for the Yankees tonight. That, of course, didn't prevent hyperventilating about specific pitches.

The following exchange was the best of the night.

Guy 1:

Can someone tell me why Chris Young is batting cleanup in the middle of September?

You put McCann there and roll the dice with ARod at 3rd.

That is a record-scratch. People call him out, mentioning the hilariousness of suggesting ARod play third and forcing McCann in night game before a day game.

This is no time for these stupid little Girardi games, batting Young cleanup is                 unacceptable it's not April.

 Stupid little Girardi games.

Why not? there was an off day yesterday, no time for these stupid little rest games.

If I ever have a band, it's gonna be called "Stupid Little Rest Games."  

Not much hustle there, Masahiro. I've run harder getting to the bathroom.

Demanding their starting pitcher hustle to first is sort of cruel. Though if Tanaka hurt himself, it would be kinda funny, not because I find joy in players getting hurt but because you know this would be the first guy to moan about "Why is he running? Stupid NL" etc.

Can Gardner ever swing at strikes down the middle. What an idiot. He should be batting 8th!

Gardner single-handedly made the Jays' life difficult last Saturday. He was the only one to show up in that second game and generally is an annoying pest against the Jays. I honestly hate his stupid face.

Same guy followed up with this:

Very small sample size. Constantly takes strike 1, then fouls off a pitch, then strikes out. Does not have good baseball instincts.

Not having Arod in the lineup really changed the look of it....it's gonna suck when he has to sit in the WS NL games

Um.....of course he's going to sit. How else would ARod watch the World Series from his house?

Umps are so inconsistent on strike zone!

I love it when Yankee fans complain about the strike zone. It's the universal baseball fan condition.

Pitches right over the plate called balls for Tanaka. Pitches way low called strikes for Matz, who hasn't shown any control in the game. Just makes you shake your head.

Tanaka got so many presents versus the Jays last Sunday. The strike zone was a mile wide. He's a really great pitcher, but complaining about the zone for him....

I can't stop laughing that anyone would suggest AROD at third base. Ya, put your 40 year old, two hip surgery DH in a position to get hurt. That would be a good reason to fire Girardi I guess.

I know! That was really funny.

Why is it when we need the Red Sox to play well they SUCK LOL

Like when they took two of three in Fenway last week?

This lineup blows without McCann and Arod

                   You blow McCann and Arod

I laughed. I'm a twelve year old boy.

Guy 1:

I'm a realist, i don't think it matters unless toronto starts to lose again.

Guy 2 :

If you're a realist then you should be able to comprehend that we still play Toronto head to head.

Guy 3:

There's this to be said about your comment: a realist knows that Toronto has swept the Yanks, lost 2 of 3, and won 2 of 3; that they've been killing the opposition for weeks with power; that their starting pitching is better and their bp probably no worse than that of NY.; that they're without Eovaldi and Teixeira. Realism leads to this conclusion: yes, they will play 3, head to head against Toronto, IN TORONTO (where they're merciless), and that, therefore, it is highly unlikely they will beat out Toronto for the division.There is a perfectly human, indeed quaintly charming, quality to the optimistic scenario. But you mustn't think of it as "realistic."However, it also goes without saying that you can't predict baseball. Just don't bet your bank account on any Yanks-sweep-Jays scenarios.

That's some real talk.

Just have to laugh at this point. Girardi is managing as though he doesn't want to hurt anyone's feelings.

Is Joe hurting your feelings?

This guy really want ARod to pinch hit with Tanaka on deck. That didn't happen.

Girardi is such a lousy manager. Has no guts and no instinct for the game.

They would've intentionally walked ARod to face the pitcher.

So if they walk Arod then you send up McCann to PH for Tanaka. Hind sight

With Tanaka at 57 pitches. I actually wish some of these people managed the Yankees. This division race would've been over in April.

Tanaka gives up a solo homer.

What a dumb pitch by Tanaka. The guy was way late on your previous fastball. You  either throw one at the knees away, or you throw him a splitter in the dirt if you think he's cheating.You don't throw a guy hanging out over the plate a slider inside. I really don't understand what in the world these guys are thinking. Losing this game would just be pathetic. Matz had nothing and Tanaka was lights out. No way we should be losing this game right now.

Go for a walk.

And that's the ballgame, folks. That's why you PH ARod last inning, then PH McCann and take the lead. Bring in Wilson, Dellin and Miller for 4 innings. Tanaka is prone to the HR.

It's the sixth. Yes, your starter gives up a solo homer. You  definitely should've pulled him for a pinch hitter last inning and burned your already over worked bullpen on the first night of a series.  And your starter has only thrown 57 pitches.

Every mistake by Yankee pitchers ends up over the fence yet the Yankees don't seem to do the same with mistakes thrown against them. Very frustrating.

A follow up:

The Yankees are literally 3rd in BASEBALL in homers.

Seriously.

You absolutely cannot be making those kinds of mental mistakes in these kinds of games.

Joe Girardi pinch hit Ellsbury for Tanaka. Ellsbury has not been very good of late.

Commence RAB meltdown

Commence it?

Ellsbury, really? That's why Joe is a fucking moron

Worst manager in baseball.

In baseball? That is pure FYRE GOBBONS nonsense. Go read about the Washington Nationals. Go on.

So he pinch-hits with the only guy in the lineup less likely to get a hit than Tanak. You can't make this stuff up.

The offense is substandard without A-Rod, McCann and Tex. That's why they are losing, not Tanaka and Girardi. Two runs in six innings? Sign me up every night for that.

Seriously. This wasn't Tanaka's problem.

Girardi needs to be replaced in 2016

Ten people up voted that comment.

What do you expect trotting out this lineup during a playoff push? Kind of ridiculous.

The faithful have begun to realize that their team isn't that deep.

The Mets and Jays are simply better teams. Why is that so difficult to accept? Is it  such a shock that they're behind? They should still grab a WC.

                           The Mets aren't better.

They've finally started to admit the Jays might actually be good.

Wow. Just wow.So Girardi wastes his PH on Ellsbury, then double switches the pitcher into the 2nd batter due up next inning. You can't make this up. You really can't.When the pressure is on, Girardi loses his mind.

Then Juan Uribe did this

Embarrassed every night

EVERY NIGHT. I love it.

All over but the crying.