This Is The Laziest Team in MLB, and It's Downright Infuriating

[@Wolf-wc1js]

John Sterling said it best: they ran the bases like they were drunk

[@will27ns]

Boone is a joke. He runs the team like a country club and the players have zero respect for him.

[@johnperrigo6474]

That is an insult to all drunk persons.

[@Grahamster00]

According to Jomboy Media the Dodgers' scouting report just said something to the effect of "If you make them play baseball they will make unforced errors. Just put the ball in play and they will lose the game on their own."

[@shiftygypsy89migh41]

"talent over fundamentals"

[@angelbatista8756]

That’s why Dave Robert’s didn’t want to go back to LA for game 6 right lmao I came wait for next season ya just adding fuel to the tank I love keep it going laughable that bunch of nobody’s only talking crazy cause Yankees lost ya did it to the Dodgers back in 2018 too and they won two year later and 4 years after that and Yankees don’t gotta go over their budget or pay someone for two positions but won’t put him on the mount cause he can’t make the rotation lmao good luck with that contract I hope it was worth 700 million dollars to be ass in the playoffs lmao. Judge batted 67 less times than Ohtani and played 158 games meanwhile Ohtani played 159 games and saw 67 more At Bats that’s crazy that nobody talks about that. Theyll talk shit about Ohtani next year when they loss and Ohtani doesn’t pitch again dumbest contract if they pitch Ohtani because that wtf they payed him that much for cause he’s bat ain’t worth 700 million dollars he ain’t fucking Judge

[@joescott778]

@@angelbatista8756 Judge lost NY the game. They were rolling in G5 until Judge had the play actual baseball.

[@juliebraden6911]

Jomboy isn't exactly a great resource.

[@angelbatista8756]

@@Grahamster00 he ain’t nobody. But Dave Roberts a former player and Coach didn’t want to go back to LA he was scared

[@midsummerKNlGHT]

the sheer volume of examples in this video lol

[@TheRealOneMG123]

Oh this isn’t even close to all of them 😂😂😂

[@PhilKsDashcam]

@@TheRealOneMG123 I still remember that ball that Justin Turner dribbled off the 1st base bag that the first baseman misplayed. I think that lead to a 8 run inning.

[@Yeehaw-or7cx]

Ho buddy we’re just getting started

[@addsloth3041]

I’m a Giants fan, I was “rooting” 🤮 for the Dodgers because I could tell they actually cared. The Yankees were not deserving at all.

[@Platerpus7]

It’s not lack of caring for the Yankees. Dont be a fool. They didn’t open the locker room for an hour bc the team was all crying. If they didn’t care that wouldn’t be true.

[@addsloth3041]

@@Platerpus7 They should have shown it on the field. That’s all that matters to me. The examples in this video look like “I don’t care.” Maybe “we’re poorly coached” but they did a great job of making both of those look the same. No foolishness here. Just a pair of eyes.

[@Platerpus7]

@@addsloth3041 I totally agree it looks like that but they deff care.

[@metalry101]

Actions speak louder than words. Hustling, running the bases like you're not drunk, and catching the ball are all mental things taught in little league. They're fundamentals that should be expected to be executed at an extremely high level by millionaire professionals. Fundamentals are expected to be ingrained in any professional in any profession. It's not too much to ask. Just to show how talented the Yankees were this year, this series was pretty close, but the Yankees made all of these blunders. They pitched and hit as well or better than the Dodgers. They just didn't do most of the little things nearly as well. During the regular season they overcame it, but the margins are tighter in the playoffs and they couldn't keep it up or start playing clean baseball when it mattered. It sure seems like this is an organizational problem, but I feel like Juan Soto is part of it. He's locked in when he's hitting, but otherwise I feel like he's just waiting to get a chance to hit again. I feel like he's a modern day Ted Williams. Absolutely brilliant with the lumber, but going to cost you in the field.

[@hermanmelville3871]

@@Platerpus7the hardest part of being a Giants or Dodgers fan is when either plays the Yankees we’re stuck having to hope our arch nemesis wins.

[@seabrook1976]

I’m not even a Yankees fan but this team was an absolute disgrace to the uniform for how poorly they played.

[@angelbatista8756]

Lmao disgrace how they made your team look or because they had a rough series in their first World Series together ? Lmao

[@angelbatista8756]

They played better than the 04 Yankees…. Hater please say other wise tell me who in 04 put up numbers like Judge and Soto please

[@Deifus]

Volpe having more outs above average than everyone else combined is incredibly sad. He deserves better, and had his moment with the grand slam in game 4

[@FaerieHijacker]

Bruh he is a rookie, more time to think to get out of New York and bring his talent in other hustling teams.

[@LuckyNeuron-ys8sy]

@@FaerieHijackervolpe to the dodgers lmao

[@samjacob1310]

Yankees fan here: no arguments from me. Michael Kay went on a rant talking about how bad the Yankees are. No hustle, desire, discipline and fundamentals. I’ve heard that they stopped teaching situational baseball in their Minor Leagues. On the biggest stage, the Yankees had to play disciplined baseball and refused. I was there for Game 3 and to see the lack of fight and desire in this team is disappointing. In addition, in my opinion, Yankee fans have been spoiled by the 90’s dynasty Yankees - thus the arrogance. (Broad statement)

[@evanvandeneinde7095]

I'm glad you can admit that about the yankees fans, as a yankees fan. buncha bandwagoners that are STILL highhorsing over being good in the 90's. and when they throw stuff on the field, and when they interfere and when they talk big game about a team that only knows homeruns.

[@bigbearkat2010]

@@evanvandeneinde7095 Sounds about right. They pulled the same crap when ump rightfully called Arod out for that glove slap incident.

[@samjacob1310]

@@bigbearkat2010 it’s all true. Ultimately the fans are spoiled and will never be happy unless it’s a World Series win. Jeter in an interview said something that dawned on me. When he got to the Yankees, there weren’t winning. So these high and lofty expectations weren’t on them. But when they won in the late 90’s, that’s when the expectations fully kicked in and that’s when the fan base (especially the younger generation) became so spoiled. Just appreciate the game.

[@ravenryuu]

Yankees = Hubris. In my very unprofessional and humble opinion - the Yankees need an extreme organization-wide culture shift. Possibly even with their fandom. Case in point - the Yankees fans' interference with Mookie Bett's play in game 4.

[@ps3udologue]

And the fans cheered, clapped, high fived and gave backpats while they were escorted out (there are videos). And apparently, people were coming up to that douchebag at sports bars asking for pics and his autograph. It's an inherent asshole culture they're cultivating over there. Additionally, they even cheered when Shohei got injured.

[@drewbaby299]

It's like the Cowboys. They think they are greater than they are just because they are on the Cowboys.

[@Alexander_Grant]

@@drewbaby299 Closer to Alabama than the Cowboys imo. Those kids are throwing tantrums out there when they're losing because they thought they were just by default the best. Nick Saban held that trash football program together somehow.

[@romegavadquez6310]

Relax

[@PaloVerde1414]

A notable difference between the Dodgers and Yankees historically is that the Dodgers have always focused on pitching while the Yanks have always relied on power batting. Historically they just out hit the other team. They’ve never had a top ace who wasn’t past his prime .

[@Harmelcon]

This video doesn't say it explicitly, but it demonstrates why Aaron Boone is so widely despised by Yankee fans. If the team makes so many mental mistakes and so many different types of mental mistakes, maybe the manager *is* the problem after all.

[@Ethan_01248]

Since when did Boone control what the players do on the field, us Yankee fans don’t despise Boone we just don’t like when he makes questionable pitching changes. Boone loves his players every single guy on that team he has a good connection to, he does need to tone it down on DJ and Rizzo though.

[@scullystie4389]

I have to agree. Dave Roberts got flak for years before winning his chips for being an over-manager in the postseason but his teams have always been fundamentally sound and very consistent in all facets of the game. Boone seems to think that just bringing positive energy to the clubhouse and pumping up his guys in the media is as effective as properly managing and coaching. Maybe this off-season will be a wakeup call that they can't sleep on the basics anymore. Maybe not

[@doublem347]

Exactly! If Boone doesn't hold them accountable, who will? Look what happened after Gleyber Torres got benched back in August. It's hard for lazy, lackadaisical to remain focused during a game that at times goes 100 MPH!!!

[@Harmelcon]

@@Ethan_01248 I didn't say ALL Yankee fans despise Boone, but plenty do if comments to the NY Post and KZbin videos are to be believed. A manager doesn't "control" a team like puppet-master controls a puppet, but he does more than fill out the batting order and change pitchers. He sets and enforces standards and requires that faulty fundamentals are never (or almost never) the cause for a loss. My guess is that there a plenty of Yankee fans who would see things this way.

[@metalry101]

I agree that it's on Boone, but I think there's blame to spread around. Cashman, Judge, and Cole deserve some too. Guys have reputations and culture matters. Look at the central divisions. Look at the Astros (as much as I hate those cheaters). The Brewers, Guardians, and Stros turn guys over, change managers, lose stars, and keep fucking winning. That kind of culture starts at the top, but players can erode it. Don't sign those kinds of guys. Physical talent is a lot, but it isn't everything. I don't want to throw much shade at Judge because everything I hear about him and see is that he's all class and leads quietly, but as the big money star and Captain, clubhouse accountability starts with him. Cole is the same thing on the pitching side. Most of this is on Boone and his staff IMO, but this is an organizational failure.

[@phillipambrose8857]

Yankees fan here and I couldn't agree more. And I remember Boone in July or August defending Verdugo for practically walking to first on one of his million groundouts and being disgusted. And who can be surprised that on the biggest stage they did what Boone allowed them to get away with all season. Its poetic that the play that sealed our season featured 2 Yankees showing no effort while Betts, a superstar on the level of Judge or any Yankee is absolutely motoring down the line like no player has done for us all season. What's the excuse for them now Boone? Why can Betts and all the Dodgers actually play like they care for and respect the great game while your group looks like they have not a care in the world for the occasion being the greatest stage in the sport, nor the thousands of fans who paid through our nose for tickets and overpriced chicken buckets to watch that shower of shit, or even for themselves as highly paid professionals. We don't win with this manager. I can almost guarantee this organization keeps Boone and I can guarantee that Boone does absolutely nothing to address the key issues we face and we are all back next year bemoaning this failure of a manager next offseason.

[@ding174]

Actually with no salary cap it’s obvious the Yankees care more about the money than for the love of the game. They get paid millions and get bonuses for making the World Series and “oh well…” I bet they practiced just like they played. Devil May care attitude and forgetting that it’s the common folk who actually pay. Just like Las Vegas raiders fans. They pay to watch a losing team from the get go. People. Go figure.

[@michaeltrujillo4149]

​@@ding174 Raiders fan here. Al Davis cared about winning in every aspect of the game. His son, however, can't even get a winning haircut. So I don't trust him to make good decisions for the future.

[@jasonhowell7763]

Dodgers fan here. It was wild to see all that happen and wilder now looking at everything that's come up, like that scouting report. I hope this is a bit of a wakeup call to the Yankees, and I hope we'll see you for a rematch soon. I still want to see Judge vs Ohtani unleashing their full power. (Hopefully the dodgers pitchers will stay healthy for it too)

[@christianirizarry5661]

Not sure if it was that time but Boone saying how verdugo was banged up and that’s why he wasn’t busting it down the line just for verdugo in a later interview to say he’s fine 😂 that epitomizes this team.

[@phillipambrose8857]

@@christianirizarry5661 It was at that time yes and it just goes to show there is zero accountability on that team if all the other blatant evidence wasn't enough. Boone didn't even ask him why he wasn't hustling. If he had then they can coordinate their bullshit excuses so they are all reading from the same hymn sheet. He just ran in front of a camera to make excuses for a failing player without even asking said failing player why he was failing. And then Verdugo is like injury? What injury? 😂 I'm just ready for Boone to be gone. The worst manager in my Yankee history.

[@angelzaragoza9952]

-Scariest part of all this?! They won the ALCS and got to the World Series!!

[@taskdon769]

AL teams in general are mostly terrible.

[@yugdails]

AL teams this season were not the best

[@bigbearkat2010]

@@taskdon769 It's how the Tigers were able to get into October this year

[@angelzaragoza9952]

@ -Don’t say that!! Say, they need a little more effort and polishing when it comes to their gameplay.

[@matrixphijr]

@@taskdon769 The Orioles were the best AL team and they not only choked away the division but then choked again in the playoffs. Hopefully they get back to what they were the year before because that team was fun to watch and a great middle finger to the Yankees/Red Sox/Astros status quo in the AL.

[@debtpeon]

It wasn't Rizzo fault. It was Cole's fault. Any ball hit to the right of the mound, Cole must hustle is ass over to first. Rizzo responsibility is to cleanly filed the ball.

[@chiapets2594]

Filed the ball?

[@cameron9054]

That play wasn’t really Rizzo’s fault. He started to charge it and get momentum going to the base, but it had weird spin because it hit the end of the bat. By the time he had fielded it, he couldn’t have covered. For this, I blame Cole for that play. Mind you, the other two errors weren’t his fault, so all of the runs were unearned.

[@dooickouski]

My KZbinTV free trial ended an inning and a half before that nightmare in game 5.

[@mondoseguendo6113]

You lucked out.

[@aT_TooL]

Fan of insert team here penis

[@hrs795]

Good for you

[@mastercko]

The Cole-Rizzo play from WS Game 5 is all on Cole. Rizzo was playing that ball purely to field it due to its high spin back to where he came from, which took him away from the base -- with the (well-founded) assumption that his pitcher would be covering the bag, as is his literal job in that kind of play. You can see him transfer the ball and ready himself to throw it. By the time he saw that Cole wasn't there, there was absolutely no way he was going to beat Mookie (who was booking it at full speed) to that bag. All him hustling would have achieved would be to silence the unfair criticism about how he didn't apparently hustle enough.

[@generatorx]

Agreed, its Cole's responsibility to run to first on a ball that is hit toward the 1st baseman. Cole would have been waved off had Rizzo been in better fielding position.

[@drdoom246]

Poor defense and laziness is a symptom of poor coaching. Replace the manager and change the culture. Or it will be more of the same next season.

[@ComradeArthur]

When I watched the ALCS I thought it was weird fluke plays that kept letting Cleveland back in the game. Now I know it was the truly rotten fundamentals of the Yankees.

[@billcook4768]

It’s been all downhill since they got rid of the Assistant to the Traveling Secretary

[@Wolf-wc1js]

Forget about assistant to the traveling secretary, they should’ve hired Constanza as their hitting coach. The guy was ahead of the curve on using Launch Angle techniques

[@mazhar1980]

💯 the Costanza era Yankees never did this weak lazy shit.

[@Ethan_01248]

The Yankees placed top 5 in runs per game, runs, homeruns, RBIs, walks, OBP, SLG, OPS, OPS+, SF, and IBB. Their hitting isn’t the problem

[@monumentofwonders]

Very funny. For those who get the joke.

[@alhollywood6486]

He quit to go work at the jerk store.

[@Spartan0427]

Thank you for just breaking it down and not crapping on them just for the hell of crapping on the Yankees.

[@robloxvids2233]

As an impartial viewer of the WS, I couldn't believe how fundamentally sloppy they were worst I've seen in almost 38 years of watching baseball. How does Boone still have a job?

[@RM-fb6sj]

Haven't seem anyone mention soto's lack of hustle on a mookie pop fly allowed edman to score from 2nd in game 1 or 2. Also in game 1, rizzo caught a fly ball over his head in right field which should have handled easily but was nowhere near.

[@mazhar1980]

They tolerate this so we should assume the Yankees think fundamentals in baseball is just not important. You are what you emphasize.

[@derkaiserzen]

Well, do you remembered what they (and New York Media) called Cleveland Guardians that plays and emphasise the fundamentals of baseball in the last 2 years of Playoff they met? "Disgusting Style of Baseball". For them it's "3 True Outcome" or bust.. and its busted this years

[@delphic464]

You lollygag the ball around the infield. You lollygag your way down to first. You lollygag in and out of the dugout. Do you know what that makes you?

[@Big_Stink]

A lollygagger

[@nickhughes8179]

Anthony Rendon??

[@nickhughes8179]

Anthony Rendon??

[@Jonnybuoy16309]

Lollygaggers!!

[@glennjellenik7325]

lolly-gaggers

[@benkofi8570]

Rizzo wasn't at fault in game 5 of the world series. He made sure he fielded the ball which didn't lead him to the bag. He didn't run afterwards because he realised he wasn't beating mookie to the bag. He then looked for a play elsewhere and ate the ball when he didn't have one. Rizzo did his job, Cole didn't.

[@MrOccyc]

& Cole got a pay raise.

[@benkofi8570]

@MrOccyc Tbf the guy is a great pitcher, but he had the chance to stop the bleeding when that play was developing but he didn't because he couldn't be bothered to cover first. Inexcusable in my eyes

[@jaymax6127]

Rizzo is still at fault because he played as if tomorrow was guaranteed. Rizzo along with every Yankee should have been playing with a sense of urgency on every play especially when your facing elimination!

[@bethanyh1637]

Cole deserves most of the blame, but when you look at the wide shot of the play, no one was covering their bases properly. Rizzo was on his own.

[@billlong8385]

The ball was spinning crazily,, Rizzo was being careful not to become the new Billy Buckner. Cole should have run to cover until waved off.

[@monumentofwonders]

This lack of hustle and baseball I.Q. is just disgusting. I follow a team, where this kind of thing just never happens, players hear about it or get benched, or even sent back to the minors. Part of it is just tradition. The Yankees have all this tradition, and wearing the Yankee uniform should be all a player needs to give it his all on every play, but the team has devolved into guys that just don't have enough pride to hustle and play better.

[@daveh4208]

All true, but unfortunately, they are like the Cowboy's in the NFL...feel entitled and think it's just going to be handed to them.

[@whitededits]

Verdugo blowing a bubble while casually misplaying a single-into-triple in the World Series

[@TheFreelanceTeacher]

Hey, $99 zillion dollars doesn't buy what it used to.

[@brandocalrissian3294]

i waited for that world series my entire 35 years on this planet and i am so glad it went the way it did. the yankees looked absolutely terrible. imagine if the dodgers were at full strength? the yankees would have been swept. they had the dodgers at 70% and still couldn't do anything.

[@n_snafu]

let's be real, it was a sweep. Yanks only won G4 because the Dodgers used 3 rookies and a retiring Hudson to pitch, and still kept the game close for 8 innings

[@alecbarrett3607]

the amount of times Boone defended lazy play this year was mind boggling.

[@Ethan_01248]

A lot of the fly balls that were showcased were hits because of a lack of communication I would say from 2015-present they’ve been the worst team at calling baseballs the amount of injuries and collisions that have happened because of not being able to call the ball is too many. They need to establish that trust that if someone says they got it you back off, I think it’s tough for them to do that given how many roster moves they make. Trent Grisham is undoubtedly one of the best fielders ever, he may make a bad play here and there but most people are able to brush it off because the plays he does make are always incredible. In that game against the Reds that bobble really didn’t matter given the situation being 8-4 top of the 9th. Hopefully Cashman has a brain this free agency. Speaking of Cashman making a video about his trade/free agency acquisitions history would probably be a good video

[@oldatarigamer]

Best HR Derby team in Baseball, but the World series ain't Home Run Derby

[@LuckyNeuron-ys8sy]

They live and die by the longball

[@AlexEich]

I can’t believe you’re still ripping out the hearts of yankees fans everywhere while they’re still mourning… Good job keep it up.

[@JAFrk]

Seeing how the Yankees made it to the WS, I'm not surprised that Japan won the WBC. Japanese players play to win, (many) American players play for money.

[@gabrielsandoval7331]

The Yankees may have the upper hand historically against the Dodgers in the WS, but I don’t know how they can possibly top the level of embarrassment the Yankees suffered at the expense of the Dodgers this WS.

[@Valaran1]

As a lifelong Yanks fan, I hate giving this a thumbs up. But damn you're so right.

[@Metsbat14]

I think some of these were genuine errors (like the ones where they 'didn't watch the ball into their gloves'), but yeah, they do seem to be doggin it out there. A lot of examples of things that would get you benched in high school lol Good stuff man.

[@willsnyder2190]

The amount of videos you've uploaded on the Yankees collapse in the World Series is soup for this Orioles fans soul

[@davidbondy2250]

1:23 we just going to ignore that beautiful hurdle by Josh Smith? That was amazing.

[@culturalhouse2643]

Fielding drunk, running bases drunk, throwing drunk. The whole team drunk.

[@halflanding1900]

Complacent cause they have so much offensive firepower.

[@captainsteroid2454]

I get winded trying to run from one end of the yard to the other, yet I could hustle better than the Yankees this year. That should NEVER HAPPEN. ☹

[@snorlaxownsz]

As a Yankees fan, it's frustrating. This stuff wouldn't fly under certain managers from the past and now it's just ingrained in their culture

[@robertaBooey69]

I saw Soto do that three times in the ws can’t imagine all season not running to pop ups

[@jonlanier_]

The Dodgers' scouting report on the Yankees was: Highly talented team, lacks fundamentals. Put the ball in play, and they will beat themselves.

[@theonionpirate1076]

Another weak point mentioned in the Dodgers’ report was outfield positioning, and I thought Judge was playing oddly far to right when Teoscar hit his double. Not sure if he might’ve gotten there otherwise.

[@christianirizarry5661]

A culture shift for this organization is much needed!!! And as a Yankee fan all I can do is hope and pray it happens.

[@josephcooter5763]

That involves a rebuild. Which I, as a fan, want to see happen. But sadly know will not happen.

[@user-Simon1957]

Only Volpi plays well, somethings a mistake, but he is always focused

[@theonionpirate1076]

0 seconds ago What really stings is that none of the blunders of the 5th inning were actually indicative of their typical mistakes. Judge had no errors all season, Volpe was a gold glover, and while Cole didn’t always get to first as fast as he should, he got there, and Rizzo always played first brilliantly. That’s why I actually saw the collapse as being due more to a failure of mental conditioning than anything else. Judge overthought his play most likely due to the grandness of the stage, and under pressure after his error Volpe made his own, and then Cole was just so glad to have gotten a weak grounder he let Rizzo handle it instead of hustling to guarantee it. As for Rizzo, I think the previous two errors may have been why he played it safe, but I was confused why he didn’t at least try to sprint and dive to the bag. While poor fundamentals and management lost game 1, I think the game 5 collapse was mental. All year the team seemed to have no ability to pick themselves up. What they lacked was mental. I think this being many of their first World Series, they were nervous. It could have been their second or higher had a certain team not been a bunch of hopeless cheaters, but it wasn’t.

[@LuckyNeuron-ys8sy]

Fire that clown Boone and rebuild the entire lineup. The only reason they looked good on paper was bc of judge and soto carry job in the regular season

[@enderlain385]

Don't listen to this guy Yankees. You're perfect just the way you guys are. Downvoting this vid so they don't get any ideas.

[@tommyrochester6240]

Boone needs to hire a fundamentals coach and they need to establish an ongoing program internally to get every player’s fundamentals right. It doesn’t how humiliating the players might think it is. It doesn’t matter how much they’re paid. There’s nothing more humiliating than having a scouting report explain your team can’t field a baseball…and then be proven correct in the World Series.

[@dominicjojola3838]

I love THE GAME. I support players who also love THE GAME. Not just coming from a Yankees’ fan, but a baseball fan, the lack of respect and effort from these young men who seem to think that holding the title of Yankee is ‘end all be all’ I’m glad and feel 0 ounce of sympathy or remorse for their terrible loss this postseason. They EARNED it and unfortunately that seems like the only thing I can say they really earned, too bad :(

[@hjermsted22]

Cleveland would have been a more interesting World Series opponent for the Dodgers to face.

[@generatorx]

Some of these plays are not the result of laziness, but rather mental mistakes. Looking away before fielding the ball, infielder not letting the outfielder catch a pop up, but instead attempts a Willie Mays over the shoulder catch. The errors (be it from lack of effort or just careless play) cost them the WS.

[@wizard1687]

I'm more convinced than ever that gambling influences have a panoramic effect on the outcome of pro sports

[@MMuraseofSandvich]

I think the culture shift needs to come from the players. If the coaching is emphasizing dominant pitching and long balls, fine, that's on them. The players should say, "We'll work on that once we're done practicing defense because that cost us 2 games in the World Series." Those guys have good camaraderie, they're clearly some of the most talented players in baseball, they just have to build the machine that gets outs even when teams like the Dodgers challenge them to play better defense. As a Dodger fan (because Kirk Gibson, Nomo, Shohei, and Yamamoto), I'm happy that my home team won a "full-season" World Series with an injury-riddled roster, and proved all the haters wrong and with minimal trash talk. As a baseball fan, I wish the Yankees played cleaner and fought harder for every play, their fan base absolutely deserved better than to watch them fumble the baseball and implode defensively. Gerritt Cole deserved better backup, even if he should have run for that 3rd out on Mookie's grounder.

[@charliegone1652]

Yanks got a lot of talent...but they just don't know how to channel it to WS win. I mean, the Dodgers were hobbling and still beat them soundly.

[@rushrush1209]

There's absolutely no excuse for not running hard on groundballs. Yankees were a talented team, but lacked discipline and executing the fundamentals.

[@RIP_Greedo]

For most of these players it's a coaching problem. Boone is the players' best friend, not their manager. Look at how little effort we see from Jazz or Gleyber in this video. At least Gleyber was eventually benched (and seemed to improve afterwards) but Jazz not even dropping the bat is a disgrace to the uniform. He's fast enough that he actually should have some hope for an infield hit in a lot of situations, and yet he plainly just gives up if he doesn't hit a homer. Some of the other guys on this team just literally cannot run quickly, physically. DJ wasn't lollygagging on that almost DP, he just can't run because he's a 36 year old with chronic foot injuries. We know about Stanton's issues. Rizzo is also stiff and infirmed. Coaching can't solve these issues; that's really a roster problem.

[@trevorsabo1824]

Lazy is actually an understatement. It’s like watching the 9 Stooges out there. I played a lot of little league back in my youth, and we did better fielding than this team. That’s no joke. And I don’t even blame the coaching staff - these are issues that should just be known - even by your average player. No heart, no hustle. For the amount of money these guys are making?… pay cuts ALL AROUND. Absolutely unacceptable. They let their fans down, their city down, and each other down. ✌️❤️🇨🇦

[@jerrymclellan4711]

They must be very confident in their contracts. Wonder what they look like.

[@fuhbox]

I'm surprised to not see the Pittsburgh logo on the thumbnail

[@LunaT-u8v]

The Yankees were fortunate to be playing in the weakest AL we've had in probably a couple of decades, and would've lost a series to all four NLDS teams (And I picked Dodgers in 5 in the WS). I don't even think getting rid of Boone solves the problem anymore, as it seems to be systemic. Players like Torres have been lazy for so long that they're turning other players lazy. This is not an issue isolated to only this season, it's just when it became too obvious to ignore.

[@chrislewis5069]

That's ok gerrit cole brother, they practice that all the time covering on any ball on the right side thst the 1st basemen could possibly field

[@ZacharyDarkes]

As a Yankees fan this was absolutely pathetic, the Dodgers deserved it because they actually played.

[@nymets1104]

Watching the Yankees in the WS made me wonder how they ever got there

[@em2attic]

Dodgers came to play baseball, Yankees came to play home run derby and it didnt work.

[@TREEHUGGAH1]

totally agree!

[@martino5742]

As a red sox fan, this is positively beautiful

[@むるやる-q7n]

Without the errors, the Yankees would have won Games 1 and 5. The Yankees do not know baseball.

[@robertleggio9733]

Errors are part of the game, that’s why they lost

[@RM-fb6sj]

Without the doyers giving up homers in game 4, they sweep the yanks.

[@MyTwoCents2]

Yeaahh.. they were on vacation.. but. dodgers came workin.. all year too we were in 1st place.. good job men 💙

[@MrNaturalSez]

5 July 2024: "Tony Hustle" **quits** before reaching home plate... against the Red Sox no less.

[@Alex.8081]

Not a NY fan, so for me I hope they keep all their LAZY Players and also Aaron Boone who is so passive and too buddy-buddy with his players! So for me, I like NY to continue their Lazy Ass approach! To be honest that's their trade mark and this is why for 15 years they have not won the WS and I hope it continues for a very long time!!!

[@Yesmanman2334]

Trent Grisham on the Yankees pisses me off the most

[@RyanFlynn36]

As a Yankee fan, its outright embarrassing to see these plays that are routine get fucked up. Also love how you said “bite you in the ass”.

[@FindingGreenOS]

We watched the division championship series which was my first time watching the Yankees apart from when they played my team one series this year and I was shocked. I said to my better half there is no way they are going to beat the Dodgers, he said "but they have good hitters", my point was hitters won't do shit for you if they go even a little bit cold and this is the way you defend. I could not believe this team made the World Series. No wonder my fav team (NL) swept them.

[@skeletonrebellion]

This 2024 Yankees team is lucky that George Steinbrenner wasn't alive to see the laziness, lack of focus and poor communication that happened in Game 5. There would've been a hurricane of trades and firings coming down on the team like Aaron Boone from the Boss that would've made the NY Post sports pages within 24 hours. Right now, his son Hank needs to ethereally get in touch with his dad's spirit and start showing some stones on this ballclub for 2025 by re-hiring Joe Girardi and cutting loose some dead weight players like Gleyber Torres who costed the Yankees a chance to make postseason history by forcing a Game 6 in LA after being down 3-0. Teams under Steinbrenner's watch had the killer instinct to find a way to seal the deal and win championships while facing playoff adversity and unfortunately this one wasn't one of them.

[@otaviofrnazario]

You know Hank is dead since 2020 right? Hal is the one running the ship

[@skeletonrebellion]

@@otaviofrnazario That's who I meant. Thanks for correcting me. Didn't know that but you get the point.

[@michaeldipietro5010]

I wouldn't have been a believer of the bad rap the Yanks if one play against the Orioles (I'm a fan) in the series before the AS break. The Yanks won the 2 previous games and more than likely would sweep the Birds after taking the lead in the top of the 9th. However... Volpe boots a ball hit by Mountcastle, which should have been the final out of the game. Later, Mullins hits a routine fly ball that Verdugo misplays allowing the winning run to score. Really, I couldn't believe what I have just seen. The 5th inning in game 5 was brutal to watch had I given a crap about the Yanks.

[@WarrioroftheWest7]

Yankees 2024: talented, but lazy. I think when it comes to talent the Yankees and Dodgers are about equal. Where they differ is heart and effort. The Dodgers craved the Championship, the Yankees didn’t seem to care.

[@brandonk1287]

Glayber had Javier Biaz energy.

[@ARGCDG]

If the dodgers scouting report doesn’t motivate them next year , nothing will.

[@sumguy8]

That was cole's base to cover, he shouldn't stop covering until the Rizzo says he's got it. Cole is to blame solely.

[@BroheiOhtani]

I love the Yankees so much but if we're all about rules and being the best, start making it a rule to hustle and run out every ground ball or something

[@SONICX1027]

Yeah, I doubt the Yankees will change

[@hectormontes7664]

It’s the culture of the team and fans. They feel like they just deserve to be handed a championship.

[@campbellhoare4152]

Gerrit Cole should not of been annoyed at Rizzo because he could of went over to the base to help him shame of Cole.

[@egomez1524]

It's crazy to me how joe girardi got fired after game seven to the astros in 2017. Meanwhile, Aaron boone continues to be manager. He must be best friends or has dirt on the gm.

[@bigbearkat2010]

Getting a lot of mileage out of a HR from over 20 years ago

[@IRanOutOfPhrases]

Commented once already on this topic, but figured I'd make another remark, with some more easily visible numbers. Rizzo is NOT to blame for the Cole gaffe. By the time Rizzo had the ball and was mostly standing up again, Betts needed just another 1.5 seconds to reach first base. I'm overestimating him at about 13 meters away there, where I have Rizzo just under 10 meters away. Betts is going around 8.6 meters per second. Rizzo is flat footed, starting from 0. I looked up Usain Bolt, and in the first 10 meters of the 100m dash, he's moving at 5.4 meters per second. And keep in mind, that's the speed he gets to at the END of the first 10 meters. Bolt can also attain that speed with a block start on a surface designed for running fast, as opposed to running in a thin layer of sand while wearing pants and shoes note designed for speed. I'd say it's likely that Betts even beats Bolt to the bad in this lopsided race. Rizzo is also NOT as fast as Usain Bolt. I think it's certainly reasonable to say that on average, Betts is travelling twice as fast Rizzo could ever possibly hope to attain regardless of how much he hustles to where even if Rizzo was 10 meters away to Betts at 20, Betts still wins the race. (Also, the further away we make Betts, the faster his speed becomes anyway since I'm doing 13 meters divided by 1.5 seconds = 8.6 m/s) For those who disagree, what numbers am I getting wrong here?

[@rushrush1209]

You're correct. Rizzo has to focus on fielding the ball and he was expecting to toss the ball. Cole needed to be hustling to first base and didn't.

[@samuelwyatt7846]

Rizzo did a bad job of fielding the ball. It had an exit velocity of

[@IRanOutOfPhrases]

@@samuelwyatt7846 this argument is better, but I still think it falls short. I do agree that if he got it with momentum, he easily gets to the bag before Betts. But the 5th inning ball seemed to be cutting back towards the second-base side more than the 1st inning ball did. The first inning ball was also a tad slower (43mph vs 50mph) allowing more reaction time from Rizzo to make sure his angle was right. That's certainly enough to be the difference maker on that half overstep that happens in the 5th. I'm not going to say he fielded it greatly, but I don't think he fielded it poorly. He was adequate. And its exactly why you'd want to make sure your pitcher is always covering first. Rizzo did in fact due his job well enough to be able to get the out. Its hard to say he did bad there given that he did enough that should have warranted an out. There's also another major difference between first and fifth inning: Cole gets all the way to the infield dirt before peeling off. You can actually see Betts easing up on his trot when he gets to the part of the line where it's double striped (idk the term for that extra line, lol.) Conversely, in the 5th inning, you can noticeably see him crank it to a fast gear at that exact same sport on the base path. It comes nearly immediately after he recognizes Cole stopped running. Honestly, THAT should be the most telling part in all of this. Betts and Cole both see Rizzo fielding it. And they had exact opposite conclusions to who would get to the bag first. If Cole mirrors his efforts in the first inning, I wonder if Betts would have stepped on the gas like that, or would he have just coasted it out as he did in the first inning. Cole's lack of presence is what spurred Betts into high gear. So sure Rizzo could have fielded it better, but he did well enough to where it still wasn't his action that resulted in the lack of an out. Rizzo's performance there still results in an out as long as the pitcher doesn't get caught cutting corners.

[@watashiwasmartphonega6601]

I feel bad for the pitchers fr. This is the worst kind of team to pitch for.

[@doublem347]

Oh man, this video is so fitting!!! It's like a laziness disease with this team!

[@cJeremy]

that Torres' bobbled loose ball shit was funny af.. it allowed ohtani to tie the game up later. what an idiot.

[@19trebor53]

Careless and lazy is disgraceful.

[@llydrsn]

The. Yankees probably were watching "Who's on First" before the game

[@JHollowayNetwork]

But they didn’t get any of the Top-tier free agents anymore by the time it came to 2024.

[@MrOccyc]

Wait til they sign Soto for half a billion dollars and he’s batting .256 and not even walking out that ground ball to 2nd base.

[@ColeH99]

Sometimes it makes me mad on how players don’t run out every single play. Ik they’re most likely going to be out but u can at least run and try and put pressure on the fielder

[@lovecraftscat2420]

To be fair, Cole just pitched like his 40th pitch of that inning. He was gassed.

[@E.P.1]

It's okay their owners get what they pay for. 😂

[@martino5742]

No excuse besides existing lower body injury to not sprint out every grounder. They should just imagine theyre playing the Yankees, thus no ball in play is a sure out

[@jonathansfv3109]

The Dodgers scanning report said the Yankees are talent over fundamentals just played baseball and the Yankees will destroy themselves

[@evolancer211]

Didn't the scouting report for fame 5 say put the ball in play cause Yankees will make mistakes

[@IRanOutOfPhrases]

I don't think it was specific to game 5, just the series in general.

[@rizkyanandita8227]

Rewatching from the 5th inning on made me realize that the Dodgers while not playing with their food, are attacking them slowly and decisively. No big play, all of the big one are happened due to the Yankees self inflicted. The game leading sac fly happened due to Catcher interference on Shohei, who could not make any contact due to injury. If they get him out they would be on 2 out when Mookie at bat.

[@ding174]

Dodgers fan because I don’t like the Yankees to win. Yanks played sloppy thinking they had an insurmountable 5-0 lead. Someone should remind them that: “IT AINT OVER TILL THE FAT LADY SINGS!” There was nobody singing during the whole game, until the final out when the dodgers won. Then they played Sinatra! HAHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAH!