MLB · Week of Sep 21–27
New York Yankees
4-2 this week · 93-68 overall · vs TBR, vs BAL
Misery Index · Meh · = from 47
Ben Rice's 40th and a 4-2 week have them toasting the broadcast booth instead of relitigating June.
The week, game by game
Each game's fan misery, from first comment to the next game. ● marks a blowup.
- Tue, Sep 22W 2-0vs TBR32
- Tue, Sep 22L 1-6vs TBR74
- Wed, Sep 23W 9-2vs TBR39
- Thu, Sep 24W 6-4vs TBR41
- Fri, Sep 25L 2-10vs BAL52
- Fri, Sep 25W 6-3vs BAL40
The emotional rollercoaster
Fan misery across the week, every six hours. Up is worse. Dashed lines are games.
Worst game: Tue, Sep 22, L 1-6 vs Tampa Bay Rays
In-game fan misery, every 15 minutes.
What happened
Four wins in six, and the grumbling downshifted to something like calm. A 2-0 shutout of Tampa Bay opened the week before a 1-6 dud dragged out the old refrain: "don't play like shit for 6 weeks in June and July every year and this won't happen." The 9-2 answer the next day turned it, with Ben Rice joining Aaron Judge in the 40-homer club. Even a 2-10 flattening by Baltimore got rinsed off by a 6-3 nightcap. 93-68, and nobody's panicking yet.
What fans said
“I'm still just stunned that Pittsburgh traded living actual human prospects for Doval.”
u/RIP_Greedo▲ 118frustration
“One Gerrit Cole elimination against the Red Sox was already too much to bear”
u/DJ_LeMahieu▲ 110despair
“Well, don’t play like shit for 6 weeks in June and July every year and this won’t happen.”
u/DowntownConference57▲ 107rage
“Boone can kick rocks for life. Never getting in.”
u/InNerdOfChange▲ 90rage
“Manfred is a baseball terrorist”
u/KyZei15▲ 39rage
“Excellent fucking job yet again by Brian cashman. Can’t even win the division with a $300M payroll.”
u/nyyth242▲ 35rage
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