Boston Boy | My Favorite Tweeter | NY Yankees & Jets Talk | Critiquing the Critics - The Hangover | Rooster Cup ‘23
Alright @YouTheReader, I’ll be honest I’m typing this from the Phoenix Airport a bit hungover. My flight isn’t until tonight so I’ll be here for quite a while…
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Boston Boy
Boston Boy texted me some crooked words about Anthony Volpe. I didn’t respond because I’d prefer to on Week to Week Notes, which could lead to some good repartee. Since the Sox fan texted me this Anthony Volpe is 3 for 8 (.375 batting average) with 1 run scored and 1 run batted in in 2 games. It would be a real shame if the local kid playing shortstop for the New York Yankees at 22 years of age could turn it around and makes Boston Boy eats his own 💩 words, a real shame.
My Favorite Tweeter
My favorite Tweeter was too busy cock-a-doodle-dooing while golfing in the Rooster Cup to chirp any Tweets this week. He did say he has some Tweets lined up in the drafts so look out.
NY Yankees & Jets Talk
6/8 ‘23
DJ is totally washed
Yeah, he kind of stinks
Basically saying the dude is to fat to play with the pitch clock is hilarious.
Haha that might make sense. I was shocked when I saw he got demoted, didn’t realize he’d been that bad
6/9 ‘23
How can you possibly not like this guy?
Has come back from 2 ACLs and an Achilles and wants to win. If they could have 2 double-digit sack guys the defense could be special
Indeed
They would be awesome but I think already enough spotlight on them with Rogers. Just go be a good team and make the playoffs.
And this is insane
Hixie !!
So bad
6/10 ‘23
I like Volpe a lot, but he is terrible right now.
Don’t give up. Derek Jeter stunk for a while. This kid is good. Don’t worry about it.
6/11 ‘23
This is so true. And that’s on Boone
This team is just plain boring. I am ready for the Jets
Gleybor blew this game - and our roster is terrible.
Caught the end, but Gleyber and Boone, yup, sounds right.
6/12 ‘23
Guys stepping up with Judge out - yeesh !!
Terrible
They’re due 🤞
Or they just stink
It’d be nice if Stanton could carry the team for a week, he’s had plenty of rest.
They stink. DJ is washed and hasn’t been really good in a couple of years. Stanton will get hot and then eventually get hurt again. Rizzo is too streaky. Volpe stinks right now, be his at-bats should not be so important - not every game should be 3-2. Gleybor lame play at 2b - is who he is.
Very frustrating.
This MIA DEN game is pretty insane.
It’s very sloppy
I like Denver
Spolstra’s a good coach. Best player is a no show and they are still hanging in. And yes this is chaotic.
Games like this when you can tell the guys really care show u just how insane of athletes they are. People are flying all over the place
Terrible call - Butler should be called for foul with that kick.
That is awful
Dude gets kicked in the balls and foul is on him? Spoelstra is a good coach. Told his best player to play better.
Jokic acting like it’s a mid-season game against the Timberwolves 😂😂😂
I don’t know who that dude is, but him saying thank you to Jokic is awesome!!
He has no reaction at all
Haha pretty cool how Denver was built, it kind of shows how the NBA might be wide open the next few years
They’re a real team
This was a little strange tho
Yes it was
6/12 ‘23
Sevy is cooked
Every single person involved in the construction of this roster should be fired
Yikes that was ugly
What a disaster. Luckily the Mets suck
Yikes (but I may be ok with it at this point). These teams stink
Sooooo bad. I wouldn’t mind gleyber in left
Did they give Volpe a hit on that one or is that an hour?
I think they gave him a double lol
He needs all the help he can get
Holmes blowing this for sure.
No chance this ends well
Wow
I would put King in for the 9th. I don’t trust Holmes sitting and then coming back out after that crazy of an inning. But man that was a hell of a job by him
Wow
Let’s go
I’m not sure Buck is gonna last the year. Feel bad for him - a year ago at this time, he was manager of the year material.
Ya. The Lindor contract is terrible
I’d be more worried about the washed old pitchers.
6/13 ‘23
No one on our coaching staff caught this? Had to be our AA catcher that helped him?
Maybe we need a third hitting coach?
I mean seriously no one thought “hey let’s look at what he has done in the minors his whole career?”
I can see myself - he is struggling with the inside pitch so overcompensating and “stepping in the bucket”. Looks very bad on sliders down and away. He’s a smart kid and hopefully, the guys in the minors will help. If Yanks want to save money fire the hitting coaches. We don’t score runs anyway unless Judge is playing.
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^This is interesting
IKF just stole home - wow !!
Wtf!
That was awesome
Stole second - the throw got past so went to 3rd. Pitched in full wind-up so he just took off.
That was awesome
Thanks to the Yanks & Jets fan insiders for keeping in the loop with NY Sports while I was gallivanting about in the Arizona deserts looking for my lost golf balls!
Critiquing the Critics - The Hangover
The original movie was gold. I’m too hungover to write about it. Let’s see what the critics had to say…
Either I’m hungover and can’t comprehend what Jordan means or it jus doesn’t make sense. U Go, dude.
James, we get it, you’re a sophisticated Brit who likes using big words like bewildering. Kick rocks, respectfully.
Brian what’s funny is I might have to rewatch this on my flight now.
Awful take Michael. I feel like this movie launched Bradley Cooper and Zach Galifianakis to stardom, no?
Rooster Cup ‘23
Last night being the end of the Rooster Cup ‘23, I asked each guy two questions individually. 1) What got them into golf? 2) What does the Rooster Cup mean to you? Here were the responses from Team Steve, I’ll save Team Weir’s answers for Saturday’s Recap on Rounds 3&4…
Team Steve’s
Team Steve’s Captain
1) Working in golf. Jay Monahan is my mentor.
2) Competition. Grit. Pride.
Bobby G
1) My dad used to live right by a mini-golf course. I’d always see it all the time and wanted to give it a try. Started playing mini-golf and then the next move was to start playing on local courses.
2) High school carnival that will never die. To me, it is the next iteration of competition where I want to be better than my best friends.
Skin
1) Started playing golf because it’s a good way to keep in touch with everybody. It’s a good reason to get everybody together.
2) Same sentiment, the Rooster Cup gets everybody together and brings competition.
Cogs
1) My dad played and it was something for him to do. He golfed at Blue Hill and was a part of the Celtic Club.
2) It’s all about friends playing golf.
Jimbo
1) Cog’s dad and mine would play together at Celtic Club. Tuesday nights they would take us to Broad Acres.
2) Bragging rights. It sets the tone for my year. I play golf with my friends all the time but I look forward to this the most out of all the rounds during the year.
Alright, I got some time to kill at the airport for No Football Friday. Cheers!!