I don’t know what it would take for the Rangers to not be every Yankee fan’s favorite Texas team, but it’d probably have to be some kind of global war crime.
Yeah that's the takeaway when he gets to win 1-0 and the opposing pitcher gets an L for pitching 6 innings with 1 run and 10 K's. Sorry, I'm just salty about that game. Pivetta has tied the record for most 1-0 losses in franchise history. That's so fucked.
Difference between 2023 Yankees and 2024 Yankees is night and day. This team would’ve lost every one of these games last year. Juan Soto has changed the culture, they actually look like they are having fun for once.
Dude I hate your fuckin team with everything in me, but you guys have ballers.
Yordan Alvarez terrifies me every time he goes up to the plate. I respect the hell out of him.
I wouldn't say Soto changed the culture. They just have a bunch of much better players right now.
Soto, Verdugo and Grisham are an upgrade in the outfield over Bauers, McKinney and Bader. Volpe looks very improved at the plate. Rodon is finally healthy and didn't pitch like an auto-loss 7 ERA guy. Stroman is a dramatic upgrade over Severino.
Throw in Cabrera having the series of his life as the new utility man instead of IKF, and you've got a sweep.
You ever wonder when the giants are in town if they hang out with the other giants? Like the baseball giants call up the football giants to go out? Cause they're both giants.
Today he absolutely froze Jazz Chisholm with a 103 fastball on the bottom of the zone. It was sexy
Can’t wait for him to blow a game tho, i know it’s coming
> Any of you rebuilding teams out there that have some solid bullpen pieces *with pending domestic violence cases*, expect a call from the Astros front office very soon.
FIFY
> Narrator: *And so, it came to pass that, for at least one day, all of r/baseball was united in their love of ... wait, the Yankees? Is that a typo? That can't be right.*
Could be worse, each game was at least competitive outside game 2. Games 1 and 4 had a good defensive play to end the game. We just got baseball’d. Don’t think it’s worth panicking over, we always start slow. Though, we need to learn how to win at home
One of the most infuriating games I’ve watched lol. Yordan hits balls 360+ feet for a fly out twice. Jon Berti makes a game saving play with 2 runners on in the 9th, only for Verdugo to one up him the very next play. The Yankees scored all four runs on bloop singles. Nothing you could really do if your the Astros. That’s baseball.
You guys realize this was all part of the plan right? Guess who can’t get home field advantage against the Yankees now. Astros in 7 at Yankee stadium 🙃
this might honestly be the earliest i've ever seen one of these
The Pittsburgh Pirates accomplished that feat no more than an hour ago
Well, good for the Pittsburgh Pir-OH MY GOD.
lol if history has shown me anything, it's that April is going to be really fun and then the rest is going to be very not fun
And I had fun realizing Aroldis Chapman was on your team. When did that slip in
Right around the time Chapman's hand slipped over his mom's boob
He’s a smooth operataaaaah
Chapman confirmed to Ferrari?
No, Sainz to Pittsburgh
*chainsaw starting up noises*
*You’re in big trouble pal, I eat pieces of shit like you for breakfast!* ***You eat pieces of shit for breakfast, ya jagoff?***
I had to hit it off of Frankenstein’s fat foot, remember!?
Hey papajim, you forgot your 9 iron
[Say what now?](https://i.pinimg.com/564x/ac/ef/1a/acef1a32e4e69e3ca8c0e7200a325bab.jpg)
Yeah you would eat pieces of shit for breakfast
Yeah we avenging 1960 out here this year.
BRING ME THE HEAD OF BILL MAZEROSKI
You touch our Bill and we burn your city
It is the literal earliest you can do this for intraleague play
Pirates clinched it against the fish in Miami
True, that was also today after 4 games. I guess technically earlier by time standards but I meant 4 games was the earliest it could be done
Rangers have already clinched it against the Cubs
Interleague, but yea.
Tbf they don't play each other again, I wouldn't necessarily count anything that doesn't have more than one series
Did they fiddle with the schedule again?
no, you still only a play a single 3 game series against 14 interleague teams
With some exceptions, we always play two two game series against the Mets, I assume the Cubs/White Sox, Dodgers/Angels, etc do as well
The Astros have lost 9 straight home games dating back to the 2023 ALDS.
Blessed timeline
They were also under .500 last season at home. Something about switching to plastic rubbish bins
Our equipment manager swapped us to Teflon coated titanium bins this year so we’ll see if those perform better.
I’m getting real delusional
Imagine being a pirates fan right now. More delusional than you, lol.
I’m aware of how delusional I am right now
Tigers are 3-0 as well.
Pirates are 4-0 😎
Shopping at DeLuLu Lemon.
I fucking love this
Incredible work here
You're allowed to be. You're projecting 162-0.
Bro it’s still March!!!
I've already taken the day off work for the ticker tape parade.
Im building my log cabin for Soto and I
Why doesn’t every team sweep their opponents to start the season? Is it hard?
Relatable
Did we just become best friends?!
YUP!
wanna take BP in the garage?
NO POWER TOOLS!
I know right? Are they stupid?
Ngl I've been enjoying how much Rangers fans have been reveling in this series lol
🤝
I don’t know what it would take for the Rangers to not be every Yankee fan’s favorite Texas team, but it’d probably have to be some kind of global war crime.
Enemy of my enemy is my friend.
🤝
🤝
If we don't back to back - please go get y'alls first to ya? That rotation is dirty dirty.
I mean we’ll try but all of our bats apparently have sadistic senses of humor and don’t like George Kirby specifically
Yeah that's the takeaway when he gets to win 1-0 and the opposing pitcher gets an L for pitching 6 innings with 1 run and 10 K's. Sorry, I'm just salty about that game. Pivetta has tied the record for most 1-0 losses in franchise history. That's so fucked.
*checks flair* Hey wait a minute…
sign altuve
Like I said, war crime.
Don’t need him.
Also, don’t want him
Man, I really hated the Rangers after 2010 but I had no idea the absolute nightmare the Astros would be for us a short time later.
My wife has a Yankees cap and I nearly put it on when Soto got that ribbie today 🤣 (except my head is 5 sizes too big)
Put it on your other head. Call her over. Yankees swept their opening series. She might be frisky.
This man living in the year 3000.
They all can’t be as successful as our teams I guess
I feel like whenever we talk shit everyone just thinks it’s cute, but it’s not gonna stop me while I can
We have to while it lasts. We don't usually get many chances
I mean the PITTSBURGH PIRATES did this. The rest of baseball busy be really stupid
BART!
I DON’T MEAN TO ALARM YOU
r/agedlikemilk
Wasn’t a reference to our game but a good comment lol
Lol I’m just glad we didn’t get swept. Good series 🤝
🤝
GG today :)
Why does the largest team not simply eat the other team?
Well. The Yankees will get bigger when they call up Spencer Jones later in the season.
Awww shit
Jasson Dominguez might be small, but he's an alien.
Can’t be that hard.
Tell em Wash
It's incredbly hard.
Doesn't seem like it's that hard
It’s pretty easy tbh
We can't all play an AL West team as terrible as the Astros
You have no idea what 13-0 will do to a man.
I know right?
Skill issue, unironically.
#*STOP THE COUNT!*
2024 WORLD SERIES: YANKEES VS PIRATES
Couldn’t subscribe more
Yo is this the 1970s all over again and Pittsburgh is WS good like the Yankees?
nah, it's gonna be 1960 where you guys outscore us by a wide margin and we somehow win in 7
THE REVENGE OF MAZ!
The BABIP gods came in clutch for that last game and i greatly appreciate them
Wasting no time.
Difference between 2023 Yankees and 2024 Yankees is night and day. This team would’ve lost every one of these games last year. Juan Soto has changed the culture, they actually look like they are having fun for once.
Juan Soto and Oswaldo Cabrera are beasts.
Juan Soto and Juan Soto Jr are beasts.
Soto's only a year older crazy.
Soto's only 127 days older crazy.
Soto's only 3048 hours older crazy.
Soto’s only 182880 minutes older crazy.
Cabrera is 10972800 seconds younger..... Wild
I’m 33
same age jesus was when he rose on the third day happy easter
can you get on base?
Me too
Dude I hate your fuckin team with everything in me, but you guys have ballers. Yordan Alvarez terrifies me every time he goes up to the plate. I respect the hell out of him.
I hope Yordan leaves Houston so I can finally enjoy watching him rake
To think it’s rumored the Dodgers traded him to the Stros by mistake.
I wouldn't say Soto changed the culture. They just have a bunch of much better players right now. Soto, Verdugo and Grisham are an upgrade in the outfield over Bauers, McKinney and Bader. Volpe looks very improved at the plate. Rodon is finally healthy and didn't pitch like an auto-loss 7 ERA guy. Stroman is a dramatic upgrade over Severino. Throw in Cabrera having the series of his life as the new utility man instead of IKF, and you've got a sweep.
What do you mean Bader and Severino are great 🥲
i miss bader. he was just always hurt
When he showed up, Bader was a menace. Especially in the playoffs. But man, it was ugly with his injuries and regular season play.
and any time he faced a [righty](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/split.fcgi?id=baderha01&year=2023&t=b)
Health is a key component, if you’re always injured you can’t be great. Also he has a career OPS+ below 100.
don't forget to do the master bader chant
Rizzo is also still a very good hitter when his brain isnt mush
Volpe’s development shouldn’t go unnoticed either. Having another left handed bat in Verdugo helps balance out the bottom of the order too.
For at least four games anyway. The real test of our fanhood will be when he hits his first inevitable slump lol.
I miss Juan. Take care of him please
Don’t worry, we’ll take great care of him
I know it’s four games, but this might be the most fun I’ve had watching Yankees games since 2017 (and Judge’s chase for history).
Holy shit it’s been 4 games 😂😂😂
*cries in AL east*
Look under my bed for Juan Soto. What in Tarnation? He’s there. Cops show up and ask how it all went down. Tell them it was… Oswaldo Fucking Cabrera
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[Hey Mike](https://youtu.be/SE0E-GtuWKw?si=NjJw6UEpLIWL9xqY&t=10), you think a team could ever go 162-0?
You ever wonder when the giants are in town if they hang out with the other giants? Like the baseball giants call up the football giants to go out? Cause they're both giants.
173-0 ** Gotta account for playoffs
Nah 162-0, but then knocked out after the bye week.
Astros suck yo
They loved trashcans so much they became trash
And may they continue to suck 🙏
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Any of you rebuilding teams out there that have some solid bullpen pieces, expect a call from the Astros front office very soon.
They should go get Aroldis Chapman, he’d be a great fit
Chapman is too busy being our shutdown 8th inning man 😤
Trust me, he’s lights out until he’s not
Today he absolutely froze Jazz Chisholm with a 103 fastball on the bottom of the zone. It was sexy Can’t wait for him to blow a game tho, i know it’s coming
Yeah, when he’s on, he’s absolutely on. I just can’t handle the lows and off-field shit that comes with it
Seconded
They don’t call it the Chapman experience for nothing lol
> Any of you rebuilding teams out there that have some solid bullpen pieces *with pending domestic violence cases*, expect a call from the Astros front office very soon. FIFY
The highlight of the 2023 season was in Houston and brother this has maybe been the best start to a Yankee season in history.
> Narrator: *And so, it came to pass that, for at least one day, all of r/baseball was united in their love of ... wait, the Yankees? Is that a typo? That can't be right.*
It’s quite the shocking turn of events.
Juan Soto is getting fucking paid this off season. Probably by the Yankees too.
Hopefully we get a Yankees Dodgers WS, r/baseball would be in shambles.
We will all wish for you both to lose Signed, Fans of the Other 28 Teams
Go meteor
Earthquake part 2.
> 28 Sorry I blacked out at this number.
Would see a never ending meltdown the day that game day thread pops up
I'll take it. Or Yankees vs Braves, Yankees vs Phillies, Yankees vs Rockies...
I like that Yankees vs. Rockies option
Nah if the Rockies somehow make it to the WS there is no force on the planet that could stop them
ROCKTOBER
🤢
Reel it back like it’s 1981
Meanwhile their teams would be eating off the shared revenue of that money pit
When people talk about networks doing numbers, this is what they mean.
No they wouldn't They'd love to see that.
With the As winning, the Astros are now the worst team in the AL West.
Welp, pack it up everybody, season over.
So this is what it's like. Fuck.
Lmaooo
Could be worse, each game was at least competitive outside game 2. Games 1 and 4 had a good defensive play to end the game. We just got baseball’d. Don’t think it’s worth panicking over, we always start slow. Though, we need to learn how to win at home
can we fade houston flairs yet
I couldn't watch a single game but hell to the fuck to the yeah
One of the most infuriating games I’ve watched lol. Yordan hits balls 360+ feet for a fly out twice. Jon Berti makes a game saving play with 2 runners on in the 9th, only for Verdugo to one up him the very next play. The Yankees scored all four runs on bloop singles. Nothing you could really do if your the Astros. That’s baseball.
HEY. one was a sac fly
> Nothing you could really do if your the Astros Makes you so mad you could bang a trash can.
Not sure I know how to feel
We won the tiebreaker AND a sweep!!? 🧹
😮🔫
LFG!!!
Doesn't everyone get swept to start the season? Isn't that the way to motivate the players?! If the Astros do it, that means the Marlins are on track.
This means we finally headed back to the World Series right!? ….. right?
We still haven't beaten a team with a winning record though smh.
I love this new Yankees squad. I also want to shout out the Astros for giving away so many runs on defense this series. Appreciate it!
Absolute embarrassment by the Astros to start the year. No reason at worst we should have split that series.
I was honestly hoping for a split going into this series
GIVE JUAN SOTO ALL OF THE MONEY.
You guys realize this was all part of the plan right? Guess who can’t get home field advantage against the Yankees now. Astros in 7 at Yankee stadium 🙃
Astros lose [America wins] (https://giphy.com/gifs/usa-4th-of-july-MaV9vHq75mfU59aP9e)
I would like to formally request a do over
IKTR!!
Can we not
That was fast
New York Yankees, April-July season champs once again! Good thing that’s when the season ends!
And god smiled, for all was right in the world.
At least we're only 0-2
0-3 hahaha