Subject: Yankees blew 10-5 lead in 1960s.
Stottlemyre in Fenway Park. Red Sox had pulled Yaz. I still vaguely remember. Now again.
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Then I searched the game logs for Mel Stottlemyre starting in 1965. Finally I found the game in 1968, the year of the pitcher, 50 years before almost to the day. Another message:
Subject: New York Yankees at Boston Red Sox Box Score, May 16, 1968 | Baseball-Reference.c
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50 years ago this month. 10-5 through 7 innings.
________________________First the 2018 game:
Wednesday, May 23, 2018
Start Time: 7:05 p.m. ET
Attendance: 31,304
Venue: Globe Life Park in Arlington
Game Duration: 3:20
Night Game, on grass
Rangers 12, Yankees 10| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | New York Yankees | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 1 |
 | Texas Rangers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | X | 12 | 11 | 2 |
| WP: Alex Claudio (2-2) • LP: David Robertson (3-2) • SV: Keone Kela (10) | |||||||||||||
Yankee announcers are having orgasms over rookie Gleyber Torres hitting home runs in the last three games and 4 of 5 games. The number of Yankee homers in the last five games has been: 5,4,5,3,4. And the Yanks lost the last two. Torres hit five homers in those games.
| Pitching | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | BF | Pit | Str | Ctct | StS | StL | GB | FB | LD | Unk | GSc | IR | IS | WPA | RE24 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CC Sabathia | 4.1 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3.55 | 22 | 90 | 57 | 32 | 6 | 19 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 21 | -0.453 | 0.86 | -4.8 | ||
| Jonathan Holder | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.60 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.061 | 1.84 | 0.6 | |
| Chasen Shreve, H (2) | 0.1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.15 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.052 | 1.50 | -0.4 | |
| David Robertson, BS (4), L (3-2) | 0.2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4.91 | 5 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -0.451 | 3.24 | -3.0 | |
| Dellin Betances | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4.71 | 8 | 28 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.008 | 0.64 | 0.1 | |
| Team Totals | 8 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 13.50 | 41 | 162 | 107 | 57 | 17 | 33 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 2 | -0.903 | 1.18 | -7.5 |
Start Time: 7:35 p.m. Local
Attendance: 22,879
Venue: Fenway Park
Game Duration: 2:55
Night Game, on grass
Red Sox 11, Yankees 10| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | New York Yankees | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 2 |
 | Boston Red Sox | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | X | 11 | 14 | 0 |
| WP: John Wyatt (1-2) • LP: Joe Verbanic (1-2) • SV: Lee Stange (3) | |||||||||||||
Yankee homers: catcher Frank Fernandez with bases loaded and center fielder Roy White with one on. Mickey Mantle in his final season was 2 for 4 plus a walk. The Mick hit his second single leading off the 9th inning. Horace Clarke pinch ran and was the tieing run. Cleanup hitter Andy Kosko flied out. Then Tom Tresh lined to second and Clarke was doubled off first ending the game.
As I had recalled Carl Yastrzemski (1 for 3; double) had been removed in a double switch after the six inning with the Yankees leading 10-5. Former Yankee MVP Elston Howard (2 for 2) had started the game for the Red Sox but he too had been removed in a double switch after four innings.
| Pitching | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | BF | GSc | IR | IS | WPA | RE24 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mel Stottlemyre | 7 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2.78 | 37 | 21 | -0.315 | 0.73 | -3.9 | ||
| Joe Verbanic, L (1-2) | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.51 | 3 | 3 | 3 | -0.568 | 3.21 | -3.7 | |
| Dooley Womack, BS (2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.32 | 4 | 2 | 2 | -0.189 | 3.33 | -0.1 | |
| Team Totals | 8 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 10.12 | 44 | 21 | 5 | 5 | -1.072 | 1.14 | -7.7 |
Mel Stottlemyre faced 3 batters in the 8th inning.
Joe Verbanic faced 3 batters in the 8th inning.
Joe Verbanic faced 3 batters in the 8th inning.
The first three Red Sox batters reached base in the 8th and Stottlemyre was removed. Leadoff hitter was safe on an error by Yankee third baseman Bobby Cox, who has been inducted into the Hall of Fame as a manager.
After these losses the Yankee record:
1968: 13-19
2018: 31-15
The 1968 Yankees were 9th among 10 teams, 7.5 games behind eventual pennant and World Series winner Detroit. Division play would start in 1969 and the American League would adopt the designated hitter (DH) in 1973. For the entire 1968 season the Yankees averaged 3.3 runs scored per game; AL 3.4. So far in 2018 the Yankees are averaging 5.9 runs per game; AL 4.5. The 1968 Yanks hit 109 home runs. The 2018 Yankees have 79 in 47 games, including a game suspended after six innings. So let's take it easy on the Gleyber Torres is doing better than any Yankee in history stuff.
1968:
| 1. | Yastrzemski • BOS | .301 | |
| 2. | Cater • OAK | .290 | |
| 3. | Oliva • MIN | .289 | |
| 4. | Horton • DET | .285 | |
| 5. | Uhlaender • MIN | .283 | |
| 6. | Davalillo • 2TM | .277 | |
| 7. | Buford • BAL | .282 | ** |
| 8. | Campaneris • OAK | .276 | |
| 9. | Harrelson • BOS | .275 | |
| 10. | Howard • WSA | .274 |
Baseballs are juiced. Wednesday, June 14, 2017
I've been suggesting to friends this season that too many batters are hitting too many homers too far.
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Deaden the damn ball before Aaron Judge kills a pitcher with a line drive. Friday, June 30, 2017
Aaron Judge is hitting Titlist baseballs like he's using a one iron. Some are going low and up the middle. Judge is going to kill a pitcher. Pitchers are not players but defenseless, though obnoxious, beings.
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In last night's game Judge hit a homer about 471 feet.
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