Someone mentioned the other day that they saw this type of analysis on the Pennant race ....so hererya go...
the Redsox ( Redsox Suck & Boston Sucks - just to be clear where I Stand - the best way for me to have free time in the Fall is too have the Bosucks in the A: series or the World series , cause why the F would I ever watch them...... that Mooky (give me a break) and MBJ,,,, maybe he could give someone a ............ well you get the Idea and apologies fro the Rant)
Ok on to the Analysis - and this is using today's Data, after last nights results.....
You see they have a 9.5 game lead,,, so the Yankees would need to win 10 more games before the end of the year than boston in order to get the AL east Lead,,,,, What does that mean,,, Boston has played 119 games - 42 games to go.... IF Boston was to go 21 and 21 essentially .500 badeball - and they are playing WAY better then that.... but lets say they do - NY would need to be 10 games better or 31 and 11 or .738 winning percentage - and BTW - NO team in the Majors is playing near that - although Boston is about .700 ball..
Going with the Felice Brothers and Run Chicken Run...
And the Black Keys - Weight of Love ---- If you are not familiar with this one,,,give it a listen....
And IF you have never seen Cheap Trick - what have you lived under a ROCK ?!?!? Tell you what you do - click on the Full Screen option and Put the Volume at MAX on both YouTube and what ever you are watching this on..
This is Cheap Trick ! Robin Zander (vocal) , Rick Nielsen (Guitar and then some !) , Tom Peter (bass) and Bunny Carlos (Drummer extrodinaire )
. MORE PEOPLE WATCHED THE INAUGURATION THAN EVER BEFORE
“The overall audience was, I think, the biggest ever to watch an inauguration address, which was a great thing,” the president said on Jan. 26, six days after he was sworn in.
Ample evidence refutes this claim. From the crowds to the television ratings, Barack Obama’s 2009 inauguration attracted a bigger audience than Trump’s.
The White House said 720,000 people attended the Jan. 20 inauguration in person, while Trump estimated 1.5 million. Both figures were disputed by fact checkers. But even if you take the White House at face value, that's still fewer than the 1.8 million who attended Obama’s first inauguration — the District of Columbia's estimate. These Assholes cant even Lie correctly
HILLARY CLINTON WON THE POPULAR VOTE BECAUSE OF FRAUD
Millions of illegal votes cost the president the popular vote, Trump told lawmakers in a meeting on Jan. 23.
There is no evidence that there were millions of fraudulent ballots cast, let alone enough to make up the nearly 3 million votes separating Clinton and Trump in the popular vote. Voter fraud is extremely rare, and the president appears to have acknowledged the reality of the 2016 election at least once — in legal filings.
“All available evidence suggests that the 2016 general election was not tainted by fraud or mistake,” his own lawyers wrote in a court filing opposing the recount efforts by a third party, as posted by The Washington Post.
MICHAEL FLYNN DIDN'T DO 'ANYTHING WRONG'
"When I looked at the information, I said, I don't think he did anything wrong. If anything, he did something right,” Trump said in an interview on Feb. 16. “The thing is, he didn’t tell our vice president properly.”
After asking for the resignation of National Security Adviser Michael Flynn — Trump said he did so for misleading Vice President Mike Pence about his sanctions-related discussions with Russian officials — the president said his adviser had done nothing wrong.
But Flynn had done something "wrong," and Trump knew about at least some part of it 18 days before he fired Flynn. The White House was informed in meetings on Jan. 26 and Jan. 27 that Flynn had exposed himself to blackmail by lying to the vice president about his conversations with Russians, the acting attorney general at the time, Sally Yates, later testified under oath. Trump was briefed by the White House attorney on Jan. 26, NBC News reported.
LOOK WHAT'S HAPPENING LAST NIGHT IN SWEDEN'
"We've got to keep our country safe. You look at what's happening in Germany, you look what's happening last night in Sweden. Sweden! Who would believe this?" Trump said Feb. 18.
The truth? Nothing happened "last night in Sweden."
Trump, criticizing Europe's refugee policy at a rally in defense of his travel ban, appeared to invent a terrorist attack in Sweden to make his point.
According to the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet, the Friday night in question was marked by mostly unremarkable news including an alleged drunken driver, an avalanche warning and a famous singer having technical problems in rehearsal. JERK !!!
OBAMA BUGGED TRUMP TOWER
On March 4, Trump tweeted that his predecessor had wiretapped him.
On March 5, former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper told NBC News in an exclusive interview that "there was no such wiretap activity mounted against the president, the president-elect at the time, or as a candidate, or against his campaign."
Later, the Justice Department confirmed this in a lawsuit in September saying that the department and the FBI “have no records related to wiretaps as described."
RUSSIA INVESTIGATION IS 'A MADE-UP STORY'
“You know, this Russia thing with Trump and Russia is a made-up story. It’s an excuse by the Democrats for having lost an election that they should have won,” the president told NBC News’ Lester Holt on May 11.
"This Russia thing" is very real.
The U.S. intelligence community confirmed that Russia interfered in the 2016 election in a interagency report released in early January,and the FBI was investigating Russian efforts to aid the president before the outcome of the election was decided, The New York Times reported. A probe is being conducted by special counsel Robert Mueller — in which four former Trump campaign officials have already been charged — while the House and Senate intelligence committees continue to investigate as well.
What's more, Trump was warned by the FBI in the weeks after he secured the Republican nomination that Russians would try and infiltrate his campaign.
And despite the Trump team’s insistence that they had no ties to Russia, The Washington Post reported that at least nine people in his circle had contact with Russians during the campaign and transition.
Did I say 100' s of indictments have been handed down, and 5 Guilty Please entered - Witches be damned !
COUNTERPROTESTERS IN CHARLOTTESVILLE LACKED A PERMIT
“There were people in that rally — and I looked the night before — if you look, there were people protesting very quietly the taking down of the statue of Robert E. Lee. I’m sure in that group there were some bad ones. The following day it looked like they had some rough, bad people — neo-Nazis, white nationalists, whatever you want to call them. But you had a lot of people in that group that were there to innocently protest, and very legally protest — because I don’t know if you know, they had a permit. The other group didn’t have a permit,” Trump said Aug. 15.
And counter to Trump's defense, the white nationalists were also not particularly quiet in the first protest Friday. Men with torches marched while chanting “blood and soil” — a Nazi slogan — and “Jews will not replace us.”
AMERICA PAYS THE MOST IN TAXES
"We pay more tax than anybody in the world. We’re going to reduce taxes," Trump said Aug. 10.
This was one of Trump's most frequent complaints on the campaign trail and one of his most repeated falsehoods.
Tax reform “is going to cost me a fortune — this thing, believe me, believe me, this is not good for me,” the president told a Missouri crowd on Nov. 29.
This is false. An NBC News analysis of the House tax plan — the only piece of tax-related legislation that had passed in Congress at the time of Trump's statement — found that it would personally save the president $20 million. His family was estimated to save more than $1 billion based on his reported wealth and his 2005 tax return, the only publicly available return.
so - time to say that the Redsox are just better than the Yankees this year. They have beaten up on the bad teams, and the Yankees have not... example : the Sox are 10 and 2 against the Orioles and the Yanks are 6 and 6 ,..... the Sox are 9 and 4 against Tampa - and again Yanks are just .500 .vs them at 6 and 6..... So it really matters not that the Sox beat up in the Yankees they will win the Division on the Strength of their record agains other teams... IF you are really a Die hard New York fan look at this,,,, the Redsox are 8 1/2 games up in the AL east with 50 game to go....If the Sox go 25 and 25 - they play .500 baseball a long drop for the near .700 pace they are playing today,,,, but lets say they do play 25- 25..... the Yankees will need to be 9 games better than that to beat them or 34 and 16 - HA ! fat Chance of that happening.... let's hope NY can at least hold on to the WILD Card lead - that's 3 1/2 this morning,,, and they will get to host the Wild Card game against either Mariners or Oakland...
A positive out of Saturday - Chance Adams pitched well - 5 innings 3 hits, 3 Earned runs,,, 83 pitches - with 53 Strikes ,,,,, a decent outing in a very hostile environment...
The Hitting - Frankly SUCKS !! Yes they miss Aaron Judge in that line up - and no one has stepped up... Didi is trying - others are just floundering... the last two games they have 2 runs on 6 hits, ain't winning no games like that - they are a Collective 14 for 93 in the Series - hitting a Paltry .151 against Redsox pitching.... the Sox - hitting .311 .vs the Yanks,,, and ok - if you leave Thursday's blow out - out of the data they are about .225
SO - If you are Really Hopeful - the Yanks win the Wild Card - NY hosts and wins the one game playoff that gets them in to the Division series.... You then get to play the Houston Astros in the 1st Round, and Boston gets Cleveland - and BTW NY Is 5 & 2 against the 'stros this year......
The biggest difference between Redsox and Yankees this year is that Boston is winning their games against Bad teams,... yup - Teams they should feast on - they are !
Example - Boston .vs Baltimore 10 and 2 - yes the O's are a terrible team and yet they are 6 and 6 against the Yankees ! Ex #2 - Tampa Bay Rays - Sox are 9 and 4 against them and again the Yanks are just 6 and 6 ,,,,, Boston .vs the Yankees you ask - Ha they have a losing record ,,,, 4 wins 5 losses,,,, with a 4 game series set for Fenway this weekend.
WTF was that
Now lets get to yesterday's game - Awful - Sonny Gray is not the same pitcher in NY as he was in Oakland. he Stunk .... game up 5 runs in 7 hits - 6 consecutive hits in the 2nd inning,, and that was pretty much the game. Gleyber Torres forgot to cover 2nd base on one play and then did not get over to cover 1st base on another ! ugh - and Shane Robinson - the Yankees right fielder if you did not know,,, caught a laser of a line drive then threw home - god knows why - Romaine had the presence of mind to get the ball to 2nd base to complete the double play. There is one you don't usually see the olde 9 - 2 - 6 double play,.... oh and Stanton whiffs with the the Bases loaded and the pitch hitter Neil Walker swings at the 1st pitch and end the 8th with a double play ground out... and Mr Stanton had not one but 2 Ground outs to the Catcher !!! TWO !
So the Yankees go to Boston 5 1/2 games out of 1st place.... Lets do some quick math:
Series Result
Bosox Sweep = Yankees 9 1/2 out - chance of winning Division pretty much over
Boston wins 3 of 4 = Yankees 7 1/2 out yea - about the same ..
They Split - Yankees = 5 1/2 out - yea - still the same
Boston loses 3 of 4 = Yankees 3 1/2 out - ok maybe a shot at the Division
Yankees Sweep = Yanks - 1 1/2 out... now we are talking - don't hold your breath for a sweep...
I have had so much going on it is hard to find time to do this.... however..
I am a bit worn out by bitchin about the POTUS,,,
- He IS a Liar .
- He has to know that Russia Meddled in our election process.
- He kew about that meeting at T Towers with the Russians,
- He might as well have Kissed Putin's ass
- He is a Liar.
- He acts like a man compromised by Someone or Something when it comes to Putin and the Russians,,,, why else is he such a pussy when it comes to them. ??
- Where are his tax returns ?? I maintain that those would give us much info.
- He is a Liar.
We must stay strong. What happens now with him is NOT normal... it is not presidential and it snot right. Keep listening for the Non denial and the switch....... where he and his apologists will not exactly deny what is being said ,, but then pivot to oh " what about" this and what about that- and or mention, Clinton, Obama, democrats, or HEY the Economy is doing great - as if that Justifies their support of a Tyrant. - so what if the POTUS is compromised by Russia and tells bold face lies about near everything ...., as if what ever "they " did makes his behavior excusable..I truly believe that those that are touting him today will be embarrassed by the end game in the future.
I was glad to see that nearly all (FOX news included) came out in support of CNN and the CNN reporter that was "banned" by the Whitehouse from attending a press Briefing last week. I guess that defending the 1st amendment of a Free Press is no where near as profitable as defending the 2nd amendment. and let me say that the POTUS telling his supporters and the rest of us to Not believe what they hear on the "fake" news - only believe what HE tells them amounts to what a Tyrant would say and BTW have said, see Mussolini, Stalin, etc
Let's move on....
Saw the Tedeschi Trucks band at SPAC a few weeks back during that super humid week ,,,, it was on July 3rd,,,, Marcus King Band & Drive by Truckers were the opening acts ,,, DbT were really good,, played an hour set that rocked the place,,, I'd see them again.... and Of Course - Tedeschi Trucks band was Awesome !! As usual,, they opened with "tell the Truth" a Derek and the Dominos cover, and highlighted the set with a Wings cover - of Let me Roll it, and "The Letter" along with their own - Bound for Glory, Midnight in Harlem, I pity the fool, and the Encore of Statesboro Blues. WOW ...
Saw Lynyrd Skynyrd at Bethel Woods on a beautiful evening a week ago, Saturday,,, the Marshall Tucker Band opened for them,, and although one of my favorite bands,,, they need to stop. Doug Gray who provided them with great vocals for years and is the last surviving member of the band cannot sing a note anymore , and although some of the songs sound the same - this is NOT the MTB... 38 Special was outstanding,, it took a while ot get the Audience into the set ,, but they played for over an hour , and literally played all of their recognizable songs. This is Donnie VanZant the brother or Ronnie (died in that Plane crash) and Johnny (current singer for Skynyrd since 1980') Donnie is still the lead singer and Guitar player for 38 Special - they played a cover of Feelin Stronger everyday, and then a their songs, What if I'd been the one, Fantasy Girl, Wild Eyed Southern Boys, Caught up in you, Hold on Loosely,,,
Skynyrd was terrific as always,,,, played all their usual stuff along with a few we had not heard live in the previous 3 shows we have attended,,, Travelin Man - with Vocals and video of Ronnie VanZant cut into he live feed which I thought was outstanding, Whiskey Rock and Roller and they opened with Workin For MCA, Played Tuesday's Gone, and Curtis Lowe, Simple Man, and Red White and Blue ,,,, you usually get one or the other of those songs not all... any way great show at the best place to see a concert in New York !! I'll post up Ronni singing it later in the Blog
Basibol - Yankee fans get ready for one game wild card playoff game against either Seattle or Oakland..... Yankees are losing too many games to bad teams, Mets, Rays, Royals, they will never catch Boston in the AL East,,, the Bosox have a near 6 game lead. and I doubt the Yanks are going to lose the 5 game lead they have in the Wild Card Standings,... so I bet the yanks host the Wild card game against Seattle - so probably will be able to setup their Rotation to have Severino go against King Felix to see who will play in the Division series against Either Cleveland or Houston, while Boston get the other team - based on the Final records for those teams.. Today - would be Boston Cleveland , Yankees/Mariners .vs Houston..... We have a few more games,,, on Aug 1, 14, 27 and Sept something.....
Work is going well,,, we are doing Dock work - woof its been hotter than hell out there,,, so trying to Limit that an hour or Two a day,,,,, did Wallpaper removal and paint job in a kitchen, Laundry room, hall way , stains and upstairs hall,,, Removing Wall paper is hateful work !! and I don't like painting,,, so hopefully we get some wood work (Deck or Addition) for the next project or Vinyl siding ,, those I really enjoy,,
Painting - DAY #1 - 1/2 the ceiling complete in one room,,,,, I hope to get the walls and trim done in that same side of the room before we move the Furniture back..... I find myself a bachelor for dinner tonight - wonder what Semi Delicious meal I will have ?!?!?? Onto Painting Day #2.....
SO - I don't blame justice Kennedy or maybe I DO .... Knowing who this ASSHOLE of a POTUS would nominate for a Supreme court justice , knowing it would be someone with exactly the opposite views that he has ,, - how could he resign ?? And now We have a nominee - who is exactly that - Pro-Life to the point he wrote a long article praising Justice Renquist (I think) who wrote the opposition view on the Roe .vs Wade ruling . A Ruling that now is sure to be overturned . He will vote the other way on LGBT issues, on same sex marriage, etc etc,,,, so last night - even if if you did not know it your life and this country just changes forever - or at least for decades - certainly for the remainder of my lifetime....
There is new movie out - a sort documentary about Fred Rogers ,, MR ROGERS ! It's called Won't you be my neighbor - and its rated PG 13 - Parents Strongly cautioned .. Wait What ?? PG 13 - what part of Mr Rogers was PG 13 ??
I see a new Disney offering - Christopher Robin..... I am a bog Pooh fan - well actually Tigger...... but we will see about this one...
4 kids and the coach still in that cave, hope they all get out Safely - no further loss of life is needed.
There was a Lunch Lounge yesterday that was to be all LIVE music ..... and unbelievably - either NO one Requested or they did not PLAY any Rolling Stones, WHO , Grateful Dead, J Geils band, Queen, Zepplin, Pink Floyd,
