Welp.

The Yankees lost Sunday 8-7. It’s not that they lost, its how they lost. German was cruising in relief, the offense clicked, then, Aaron Boone happened.

Boone, who I’ve been very critical of, happened, again. He has no feel for his players, players momentum and game situations. None. German is a starter, he could have gone longer. And, Chad Green has been good lately, and yeah he was bad, Judge could have made a play in Right Field, but it should never have come to that. Beyond that, Boone must have no confidence in Aroldis Chapman, zero. Either that, or he’s hurt. The whole thing sucks. As a fan, I’m still mad and salty.

As he was walking to the mound, Boone should have recalled Saturday Night. He went to get Gerrit Cole, and Cole emphatically said No!, plus some other words. Cole stayed in, the Yankees won and were in position to sweep the Astros and take 5 out of 6 on the road. But, Boone can’t help himself, the Yankees lose, and it’s 4 out of 6. All that momentum, gone, with Boston coming in for 4 games starting Thursday. In the Boston series 3 out of 4 is a must.

If anyone has seen the movie, Dave, with Kevin Kline, it’s a movie where Kline, the President’s lookalike steps in for the real President after he has a stroke. As his staffers are trying to get ahead of the media one says to another ‘what are we going to do with the Vice President?’ ‘Send him on a goodwill tour of Africa or something…’, and he the staffer who suggested it was serious. I tell you, as Boone was walking to the mound, to relieve German, I was thinking ‘what are we gonna do with the manager? Send him to Africa, it doesn’t even have to be a good will thing’.

With the All Star Break, I am taking a breather from the Yankees, but will probably be back Wednesday with a series preview against the Red Sox. Game 3 of the NBA Finals is tonight, so I will be back with a recap of that in the mean time.