June 30, 2024
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It seems everything for the Yankees is falling apart. Some like to point out that the Yankees' record in June is 13-12. "And that's a bad month!" they say. Fair point.
But, over their last 15 games, they are 4-11.
In 2022, the Yankees went from the best team in baseball to an also-ran.
Here is this week's question:
If the Yankees fall apart again, like in 2022, should the manager, coaches, and/or general manager be fired? Would any (or all) of them be to blame? Does the problem lie with the owner? Or, is this simply baseball - where it is difficult for teams to stand out and the Yankees are simply failing as pat of that greater dynamic?
In short, who is to blame... or is no one to blame?
Remember to respond respectfully. No belitting nicknames. Etc. You know the expectations. Discuss and debate respectfully. Let's maintain the high standards that differentiate us from so many other sites.
Thank you.
Boone and the coaches will of course take the fall. Players, except Soto, on expiring contracts will be allowed to walk.
Of course that won’t fix anything. The fault is at the top. As long as Steinbrenner only allows half measures, unless they catch lightening in a bottle, they will not take the next step. Something about the definition of insanity.
Steinbrenner wrong headedly is fixated on thinking that he should not have to pay X number of dollars for a championship team. That may be true over the entire 30 teams but it is not his reality. He does not seem to grasp the ramifications of long term high dollar contracts. He is willing to pay top dollar and…
they're manured the field
and now
Things can only get better.
never are to blame the nattering nabobs of negativism
it's their function to note the entropic state of everything
and to inform us that the future's quite, quite certain
in that the end is always at hand
I'm going to sound like a broken record on this point, but what I said what must be fixed after the 2023 season is still a problem today, and most of it never even touched directly on the 40 man roster. I believe if you change enough of all the other areas, inevitably, the 40 man roster would be changed too.
Dr. Christopher Ahmad in a fine surgeon, and I've heard him talk about different injuries, or how to help to prevent them, but I'm pretty sure his words outside of straight healing timelines, what he tells them is basically ignored.
After the 2019 season, the Yankees changed the strength & conditioning team, and after another injury to both Judge…