Random thoughts after a sweep and before heading to Philly

Welp, that sucked. The Yankees finally lost three games in a row for the first time this season and were swept in a series for the first time all season. But fear not Yankee fans, all is not lost. With all of the losing over the weekend, I felt it was time for another random thoughts post. So here it goes:

• No, really, that sucked.
• Hard.
• Sunday’s game was especially frustrating because Clint Frazier should have won the game for the Yankees.
• But no! The dumb things that hang all over Tropicana Field’s ceiling had to ruin it.
• I loathe that place.
• I’m so glad the Yankees are out of that shithole.
• Tonight they’re in Philadelphia, the city of brotherly love.
• It’s also a place where pitchers have to bat.
• Dun dun dun dun, dun!
• Maybe the team can escape with all of their pitchers in tact this time.
• Cross your fingers.
• And your toes.
• And what the hell, cross your eyes too.
• Speaking of hurt, Gary Sanchez…
• This is just not his year.
• What a bummer.
• Another bummer? The Yankees wasting a five-hit game from Giancarlo Stanton.
• Come on, guys.
• Jonathan Loiasaga is starting tonight.
• Let’s hope he goes as well as his first start rather than his second start.
• And oh my God, Domingo German on Sunday!
• YIKES.
• He admitted after the game that he wasn’t feeling his pitches.
• We weren’t either, dude.
• What a nightmare.
• I’m glad the Yankees were able to scrape together some runs on Sunday.
• Their previous two games weren’t great and even after scoring those four runs against James Paxton on Thursday, they had big trouble scoring.
• Hopefully, they’ve snapped out of it and can score again.
• This streak isn’t the end of the world.
• The Yankees are still 50-25 which is excellent.
• Things could be a lot worse.
• We could be Mets fans.
• Woof. They gave up seven solo home runs yesterday.
• The dagger being Justin Turner’s home run in the 11th which turned into the game-winner.
• I finally attended my first game of the year.
• It was Old Timers’ Day.
• My 20th in a row.
• Too bad the game afterward wasn’t so much fun.
• Still, it was a good day. A hot one.
• I took about 40 pictures of Jason Giambi alone.
• Having gone to the past 20 OTDs I can say how different they’ve become.
• We used to see a bunch of guys who played in the 40s and 50s and now there are only a few left.
• Dr. Bobby Brown is the lone survivor of the 1947 World Series winning squad.
• I know that’s how life works but it’s still sad.
• For instance, we won’t get to see Oscar Gamble’s crazy afro anymore.
• I had forgotten that he died and when he name flashed up on the scoreboard during the in memoriam part of the ceremony, I became sad. I even shed a little tear.
• For him and for Don Baylor.
• And for all of the others we’ve lost since June 2017.
• The game itself was a blowout!
• I’ve never seen anything like that.
• It was incredible.
• Nick Swisher’s home run was the most amusing part of the day.
• Of course, he’d be the one to hit a ball into the second deck.
• Back to this week.
• I’ve never been to Philadelphia.
• Yeah, I know.
• Well, not unless you count the few times I’ve passed through it while taking Amtrak down to Baltimore and D.C.
• I’ve always wanted to go.
• There are a few places I want to go to and stuff my face.
• And none of them are Pat’s or Geno’s.
• I’m not into cheesesteak because I don’t like the cheese they use.
• There’s a pub called The Good Dog that I saw on Diners, Drive-ins and Dives that looks incredible.
• The food is drool-worthy.
• I’d also like to get a Dinic’s roast pork sandwich.
• Those also look incredible.
• I saw that place on DDD too.
• I think Guy Fieri wants to make me fat.
• I would like for the Yankees to snap out of this lull they’re in.
• We were on such a high after the Seattle series.
• Or at least I was.
• I was so sick of everyone fawning all over them.
• I’m glad they came back to earth a bit.
• Seeing tweets about how magical Safeco Field had become was really testing my digestive system.
• So after Philly, the Yankees play the Red Sox again.
• Let’s hope we have a repeat of last time and they win two out of three.
• That would be nice.
• I’d like for them to score off Kimbrel, beat Chris Sale and keep Mookie Betts’ and JD Martinez’s bats silent.
• I may be asking for too much.
• A girl can dream, right?
• I’d also love it if Stanton’s hot hitting can stick around.
• I’m sick of people booing him.
• It’s very silly.
• Anyway, go Yankees!