When You Don't Have Baseball Brains, It Shows!

He just showed all of baseball what not to do. He gambled big time against Alex Cora and the Red Sox and it bit him in the ass. I used to make fun of Joe Girardi and his binder back in the day but Baboonie doesn’t have a binder. He doesn’t even have a brain. He’s the real life Scarecrow from the Wizard of Oz. He has no brain, only bad analytics. 

I think Casey said a lot of what I feel in BOONE & THE ANALYTICS DEPARTMENT LOST GAME 1 FOR THE YANKEES. Boone pulling Max Fried after 7 innings and replacing him with Luke Weaver was asinine! I guess Baboonie wanted to save him for his next big start in March? It’s a big contributing factor to the loss….you need to trust your ace more in these scenarios. It doesn’t make sense to go to the bullpen too quickly. You just don’t know who doesn’t have it on any given night. But that’s not the only problem.

It’s the same story. The offense didn’t do enough last night. Yes, Garrett Crochet is a freaking beast of a pitcher, but the offense still could’ve done more. If Anthony Volpe (or as I like to say VolpE6) can make something happen it’s not impossible. More importantly, by the time Aroldis Chapman made it into the game the Yankees LOADED THE BASES WITH NO ONE OUT…..and couldn’t bring runners in! The Yankees can’t get out of their own way. They just can’t stop failing! 

So we have two big failures in pulling Fried too quickly and then not driving in runs. What else? Benching Jazz Chisholm until late in the game is a joke. He’s too much of a spark plug. Some people are irate that Ben Rice did not start. I get it, I think it’s a valid point. However, I’m okay with him not starting and leaving him as a powerful bench guy for an opportune moment. That’s okay. Rice on the bench should ALWAYS find a way into the game at some point. He’s been hot as of late. Not plugging him in was the mistake….because Boone has no brain. Thank god Baboonie wasn’t a manager way back when. I swear if this was 1927 he would’ve benched Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig! He has no common sense.

You always need to put the best team on the field, but when you have a short three game series you have to be even smarter. There’s no room for error here. Play the guys who are hot and maximize the opportunities. This is exactly what Baboonie did not do. 

Brainless bubblehead Baboonie doesn’t have the brains it takes to win….and we saw it again last night. If he only had a brain, he’s the new scarecrow.