This is crap. Ted Williams didn't sit that last day in 1941. He was a man's man, told Joe Cronin to stick it and went 6-8 earning his place in history.

Joey needs to sack up, rip that lineup out of Aaron Boone's hands and pencil his damn name in the 3 hole starting in RF every day for the rest of the reason.

This thread is my favorite on Texags!

I probably account for 33k of the 34k views so far.

The fix is in. Joe Joe is playing tonight but he's not in the 3 hole. Boone dropped him down to the 6 spot. That could easily cost our boy an extra AB tonigjt. Do that the rest of the season and it could be 15-20 ABs of crucial time on task. You can't K if you don't play.

He salvaged one in his final at-bat to reach 187 on the year. That ties him for the 37th most all-time in a season with the who's who list of IanD esmond, Mike Napoli, Preston Wislon, and the OG Pimp of strikeouts, Bobby Bonds.

Bonds whiffed 187 times in 1969, breaking the record of 163 that Dave Nicholson had held from since 1963. Bonds would better his own mark with 189 in 1970, and hold on to that record like grim death until Adam Dunn broke in with 195 in 2004.

Here's a little Bobby Bonds trivia for you in passing. In 1973, he finished with 39 home runs and 43 steals, meaning he was one homer short of being the first 40-40 guy. But he actually DID hit that 40th home run in a game during the summer that was suspended because of rain and then never finished because it had no impact on the pennant race.

Mathguy64 said:

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187 and .198. Creeping ever closer. A good weekend and the Grand Convergence will be upon us.

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Not only that, but he's also in hot pursuit of more strikeouts than total base. 193 total bases, 187 average.

I checked with Aughra this morning and she said the Great Conjunction is nigh.

#188 in the books! Average down to .197 with at least one more at bat to go!

He got a second. So 189 and .196 and still 193 total bases. Big Joey could conceivably have a three way all on the same number! That would be mind blowing. A true statistical oddity to match all oddities. The Diamond Encrusted Gold Pressed Latinum Sombrero kind of special.

Damn. That's also 4 bases. The Grand 3 Way isn't going to happen. Joey is one selfish man.

But he's added a K so he's at 190 on the strikeoutometer. So we got that going for us.

191! Our boy isn't going down fighting.

Mathguy64 said:

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Finished 1-4 He's back down to .197 with K #191. The Yankees finish The Weeknd against the Mets and have a make up game Monday, then they start a set against Baltimore Tuesday. I'm going to say his BA crosses under his K total Monday.

Put your money where your mouth is.

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Well we know what you listen to

God, I hate Aaron Boone's face.
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How do you bench a guy hitting .107 in September with a strikeout rate of .536. This is the whole reason you got Joey Gallo in the first place.



You said you were excited, you dirty liar!

Fat Bib Fortuna said:

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This is like watching the Moon Landing. In fact it might need that audio put on it.

Joey Gallo gets the job done with a sac fly! 2-0 Yankees pic.twitter.com/8UVPCwRVHp

— Talkin' Yanks (@TalkinYanks) September 13, 2021

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Joey needs 4 more SFs to equal the number of moon landings.

Both numbers are on the rise as our boy puts up a valiant fight. 2Ks and 2 hits so he's up to 194K and .199. What will hit the 200 mark first?

jkag89 said:

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Fat Bib Fortuna said:

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This is like watching the Moon Landing. In fact it might need that audio put on it.

Joey Gallo gets the job done with a sac fly! 2-0 Yankees pic.twitter.com/8UVPCwRVHp

— Talkin' Yanks (@TalkinYanks) September 13, 2021

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Joey needs 4 more SFs to equal the number of moon landings.

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You half expect Gallo to look shockingly back at home after the run scores wondering what happened.

I am going to be so sad when he gets to 197 and .198, then promptly strikes out to go to 198 and .197, totally skipping over the convergence.

But this thread makes me so happy.

Here's what the rest of the season looks like for King Donkey as he goes after history


Sept 14-16 @ Baltimore
Really good chances to make the magic happen here. Even though Baltimore was eliminated from the playoff chase on May 28, Joey has been amazing against them, going 2 for 28 (.071) with 13 strikeouts - 46.4% strikeout rate. Since he was with the Rangers most of the year, he hasn't played at Camden Yards this year.

Sept 17-19 home vs. Cleveland
As Queen Elsa would say, this will be into the unknown for Joey because he somehow hasn't played against the Guardians all year. He has been spectacular at Yankee Stadium, though. 11 for 69 with 40 strikeouts, a 58% strikeout rate.

Sept 20-22 home vs. Texas (THE IRONY)
Oh the twisted hand of fate! The Rangers will be aspiring to lock up that #2 or #3 draft pick for 2022 by this time, and the Yankees will be madly flailing to stay in the wildcard race. This reminds me of the time at the Quidditch World Cup where Bulgaria played Ireland in the final. Ireland clearly had the better side, but Bulgaria had Viktor Krum at Seeker - the best player in the world. Fred and George Weasley bet on Ireland to win, but for Krum to get the Golden Snitch, and Ludo Bagman foolishly took the bet. Sure enough, Krum grabbed the Snitch even though Bulgaria was losing because he didn't want it to be a blowout. Same deal going on here, you've got the greatest strikeout artist in the game going up against a team that has been testing positive as allergic to winning for half a decade. Can Joey strikeout a lot but the Rangers still keep losing? I smell a 30 fo 30 coming.

Sept. 24-26 @ Boston
I was in Boston two months ago and that town had Gallo Fever, which is like Yellow Fever, but less throwing up pus. Why? Because the Red Sox have this series circled on the calendar as one of their last shots to make the playoffs and Joey Gallo is the fount of that hope. Why? Because he is hitting .130 against them this year and has struck out 14 times in 23 at-bats, an incredible 60.8% whiff rate.

Sept. 28-30 @ Toronto
Guess what just got exported north of the border? The single-season strikeout chase! Joey has yet to play at Rogers Centre this year, and damn you Canada with your stupid spellings. That's why your team hasn't won the World Series in 28 years, because you want to put the r before the e. Anyway, Joey is incredibly great vs. the Blue Jays - and why do they have to be BLUE - can't we celebrate all Jays? Anyway, he's 3 for 28 against them (.107) with 15 strikeouts.

Oct. 1-3 home vs. Tampa Bay
It's end of the year as we know it - and Joey feels nervous. Why? Because in the greatest statistical anomaly of all time, the Tampa Bay Rays, who lead the AL with 89 wins and are in the top 5 in ERA, are Joey Gallo's beetch. He's got a .300 batting average against them this year (6 for 20) and has an OPS of .967 against them. The only teams he better against are Kansas City, who is just terrible, and the A's. He does have 8 strikeouts in 20 at-bats against the Rays, but we don't want it coming down to that.

In other MLB futility news: https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-end-of-season-stats-races

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This year, Scherzer has gone 0-for-52 (compare that to 2019, when Scherzer went 10-for-55.) He hasn't drawn a single walk. His batting average and on-base percentage are both a perfectly round .000. That has him third all-time for most at-bats in a season without a single hit, behind only Bob Buhl (70 AB) and Bill Wight (61 AB) for the most all-time. But those pitchers also drew walks, meaning they didn't have a completely empty batting line.

As long as Scherzer goes hitless and walkless for the rest of the season, he'll have the record all to himself. If he does get on base, then the record goes back to Wei-Yin Chen, who was 0-for-44 with zero walks with the Marlins in 2016.

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