Hell with that. Yuli sux! I've been drumming him hard for half a year and he took it personally. Don't jinx a hot baller. He sux.
As someone who lived near Fenway for several years, I can say that’s a solid “Yankees Suck” chant at Minute Maid right now.
Go back to..."Dusty knows what he is doing...". There are reasons he kept Yuli in the lineup. There are reason he kept Pena in the 2 hole, even when he was struggling. There was a reason Dusty kept batting Chaz against RHP when he was struggling against it.
Altuve is waiting to hear the first "**** Altuve!" chants at Yankee Stadium before he starts mashing.
The sort of clout that JV has, getting close calls comes with the territory. Can't buy that with money, we're very fortunate to have him.
To be fair, Taillon is not a major strike out pitcher and he was also knocking off a lot of rust. Cole will probably get double digits SO's tomorrow. Can't leave this many guys on base. Won't be able to win with 3 solo HR's and a Maldy double.
The unlikely heroes besides Verlander, Pressly, and the other pitchers were, yes, Malldy, McCormick, Gurriel, and PENA! Where were the Astro BIG GUNS? Hope they start firing tomorrow. And Tucker's muff with the bases loaded gets the wimpy tap of the year award.
I despise this idiotic format.. gives the road a huge advantage if they manage to steal one of the 1st two, this is why playoff series should be alternated w/ the NLCS & ALCS.
