Best West Coast Win?

by jscape2000 on Aug 14, 2009 8:00 AM EDT in New York Yankees Analysis

As brilliant reader waw pointed out last night, the Yankee equipment manager must have brought the Jet Stream to Safeco to help power the Yankees to a win. Seriously, that guy should get a raise for figuring out how to get the scorn and derision of all those Yankee Stadium-haters past airport security.

Quick question for you, Yankee fans:

What's your favorite way to win a weeknight game on the West Coast?

I prefer the quick blowout, so that I can fall asleep on the couch in the 6th inning. Maybe you think the other way, and you hope for a tense game where the Yankees nurse a slim lead, and half the office stumbles in exhausted. Or maybe you'd rather see the Yankees trail into the late innings, so you're rewarded with a rally knowing most Yankee fans are disappointedly asleep.

Poll

What's your favorite way to win on the West Coast?

Early blowout!

268 votes

Slim lead!

2 votes

Late rally!

22 votes

Who cares? We won.

215 votes

507 votes | Poll has closed

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Quick Blow outs...

Considering I have to basically get up in the middle of the night for work ..ughhh.. quick blow outs allow me to go to bed at a decent time and sleep like a baby knowing the Yanks got a W… there is no way I can go to bed knowing that they are still playing even if they are losing by like 5..anything can happen with this team… example that 15 inning game with the Sux.. saw every minute made me late for work lol.. Worth it!

by Yankz09 on Aug 14, 2009 9:08 AM EDT via mobile reply actions

Love the West Coast blowout

I know I’m going to be awake until the final out anyway, but I don’t feel so bad about taking a break for a few innings to nail my GF with an 8-1 lead.

Saves time after the game for sleep. I’m all about efficiency.

by New York Sports Jerk on Aug 14, 2009 9:23 AM EDT reply actions

charming...

I made til about top of the eighth… then i was in and out til then… good win, hopefully they keep it rolling tonight.

by NumberSeven on Aug 14, 2009 9:46 AM EDT up reply actions

I might have put it differently...

but I agree with NYSJ. I can be a lot more attentive with my wife, without sacrificing my fandom, when the Yankees blow up the opposing pitcher(s) like they did last night. This earns me lots o’ “hubby points”, which can be redeemed for trips to watch my teams play in person. :-)

by waw on Aug 14, 2009 9:58 AM EDT up reply actions

Yeah I guess that is a nicer way to put it...

…oh well. I was never one for tact.

Plus she thinks mid-game action is good luck for the Yanks, so hopefully I’ll have a busy October.

by New York Sports Jerk on Aug 14, 2009 10:04 AM EDT up reply actions

Decisions, decisions

Yankees game vs. Nookie

No man should ever have to make this decision. As we all know, both cannot be done at the same time. I choose Nookie and catch the highlights next day.

by almonte96b on Aug 14, 2009 5:24 PM EDT up reply actions

5-0 in the top of the third

I went to bed.

Does this team ever blow a lead?

by django48 on Aug 14, 2009 9:58 AM EDT reply actions

hardly

by Brian5517209 on Aug 14, 2009 11:09 AM EDT up reply actions

We're not the Red Sox

we don’t have to worry about blowing a huge lead.

by nyyrocks29 on Aug 14, 2009 12:26 PM EDT up reply actions

"brilliant reader"

sweeeeet!

by waw on Aug 14, 2009 9:59 AM EDT reply actions

They look like killers again

For too long these last few years, the Yankees couldn’t take a punch, if you got them down, they stayed down… and I thought they were going to be that way again this year after the Washington and Florida series. But they’ve got that look about them, that they had in the 90’s. They can blow you out or grind it out, but they won’t quit. It’s amazing how much fun baseball is when you’re winning, and they look like they’re having fun this year. It’s not just buisness. keep taking those series, guys. 2 out of 3 and 3 out of 4 gets you to October in style.

by fredny on Aug 14, 2009 1:10 PM EDT reply actions

The fact that

they are no longer the uptight Yankees is great!! Even Jorge seems to be getting in on the fun. I truly believe that the reason this team has acted that way had to do with some residual Torre droppings left. Don’t get me wrong, Torre was good but he is way gone and these Yankees are different now. All the years of them getting ousted early in the playoffs showed that a change was needed. No they haven’t played a playoff game with Girardi but I like their chances of winning with these “New” New York Yankees! O..I don’t care how they win (sorry Raider haters) JUST WIN BABY!!

by Mondoas on Aug 14, 2009 4:58 PM EDT reply actions

You think it was Torre that made them uptight?

As opposed to Steinbrenner rampaging through the locker room? Could it be the more hands-off approach of ownership this season that has led to the team looking looser?

by waw on Aug 14, 2009 5:29 PM EDT up reply actions