The Yankees mental skills coach used a video from the 2004 Sox to hype the Yankees in a comeback. Kay not happy.
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Please let it be 4 days in OctoberI want to see the video they showed the team.
If they have a Disney+ subscription, that would be easy enough! I was wondering if it was some in house made special.Please let it be 4 days in October
The real question is if the portrait of Michael Kay has a portrait of Michael Kay in the background.Does he have a portrait of himself in his office?
I was thinking it looks like he's got a reverse Dorian Gray situation going on there.Does he have a portrait of himself in his office?
Jack Easterby is looking for work.The Yankees mental skills coach needs a mental skills coach.
This makes sense but in reality it seems like as Red Sox fans we should be aware of the phenomenon of past failures of the team weighing on the psychology of players who were not around for them no?Oh please. It was almost 20 years ago. None of the current players give a shit about those teams. The Sox came down from 3-0. No other MLB team has. The Yankees were down 3-0. Most of these guys dont give a shit about laundry anymore.
You know, if it was me, and I was trying to inspire my team to greatness, I might tell them a story of how my team was down by a bunch of runs against our hatied rivals heading into the eighth inning of a Game 7 against a Hall of Fame pitcher and how we kept chipping away at the lead until we were finally tied and then how someone won the game with a walk-off dinger in the tenth. And while that might not be as cool as coming from 0-3 down, the theme would be to keep chipping away at a lead until you get the opportunity to win it. Also, the team that you're managing is the "hero"* in that story and not the busted losers.Oh please. It was almost 20 years ago. None of the current players give a shit about those teams. The Sox came down from 3-0. No other MLB team has. The Yankees were down 3-0. Most of these guys dont give a shit about laundry anymore.
"we?"This makes sense but in reality it seems like as Red Sox fans we should be aware of the phenomenon of past failures of the team weighing on the psychology of players who were not around for them no?
This makes sense but in reality it seems like as Red Sox fans we should be aware of the phenomenon of past failures of the team weighing on the psychology of players who were not around for them no?
If this was presented to a bunch of fans, I could see it being super tone deaf. But there are only 3 players on the entire roster that were older than 15 years old when this happened. Yes. We're old.You know, if it was me, and I was trying to inspire my team to greatness, I might tell them a story of how my team was down by a bunch of runs against our hatied rivals heading into the eighth inning of a Game 7 against a Hall of Fame pitcher and how we kept chipping away at the lead until we were finally tied and then how someone won the game with a walk-off dinger in the tenth. And while that might not be as cool as coming from 0-3 down, the theme would be to keep chipping away at a lead until you get the opportunity to win it. Also, the team that you're managing is the "hero"* in that story and not the busted losers.
* Not really, but from Boone's perspective.
I agree that the players probably care less about the laundry, but conversely, if ever there was a team that successfully draws on a magical thinking sense that they are part of tradition with a winning 'mystique,' it is the Yankees. Not only did they not go to that obvious canard, but they undercut their ability to, you know, tell the players to channel their inner Jeter. It is hilarious.This makes sense but in reality it seems like as Red Sox fans we should be aware of the phenomenon of past failures of the team weighing on the psychology of players who were not around for them no?
I don't disagree with you that the Yankee players were disgusted. I would think that they probably stopped listening to Boone awhile ago and while they probably want to win the World Series, at the end of the day most athletes believe that there's always another chance. If they don't win this year, there's always next.If this was presented to a bunch of fans, I could see it being super tone deaf. But there are only 3 players on the entire roster that were older than 15 years old when this happened. Yes. We're old.
The laundry doesn't matter, it's the story. I have a hard time believing any of these guys gave a shit. It's made worse because us fans found out.
This was the weirdest part to me. These three clowns were so concerned about this story, and thought that leaving the hole there was so important, and completely relevant to the mental coach shit. It sounded like they were so proud that their employer dug up a shirt and left the hole there to remind and warn everyone.I liked the part about the Ortiz jersey.
”This guy is still so far up in our heads we jackhammered the stadium to remove his jersey. And then we built a shrine around the hole to show how we’re so scared of his memory that we had to jackhammer the stadium.”
“OHMIGOD, ITS DEREK JETER IN HAL STEINBRENNER’S BAWX!!”I found Kay had a sense of entitlement and arrogance that as a Sox fan in NYC was a tough listen. He was a smug asshole. As his entitledment has been whittled down over the past 20 years, he seems to have gotten a little bitter, but he's still a smug arrogant asshole.
In anycase, there's no getting around the fact that no matter how good the Astros are, and they are, the MFY were a 99 win team with a shit load of high-priced talent (albeit more sized for the NFL than MLB) that got swept. That should not happen. It somewhat reminded me of a very good Celtics team coached by Bill Fitch quitting/spitting the bit and getting swept by the Milwaukee Bucks about 40 years ago. Adios Bill, hello KC.
I understand Boone has had his critics, but apparently the guy in the corner office remains a supporter. IMO Boone owns a fair chunk of this lackluster post-season, but he may escape the Fitch ending. But if the Yankees get off to a slow start in '23 maybe Jete's gets a call to put on the #2 again.
That would be a Waldman moment I would not want to miss.
But it would probably kill poor John Sterling.
OF ALL THE ROUTINE BUT MADE TO LOOK INCREDIBLY DRAMATIC THINGS!“OHMIGOD, ITS DEREK JETER IN HAL STEINBRENNER’S BAWX!!”