Torpedoes

On Saturday afternoon I settled in to watch the Yankees 2nd game of the year.

I mentioned to Kathy that it was odd that I could just sit on my ass and watch a game on a Saturday afternoon, but there aren’t any kids around anymore.

There’s time to relax!

And I was looking for the Yankees to win and play well, but my God!

They hit homers on the first three pitches of the game.

Three different guys homered in the first pitch they saw.

A fourth player homered in the first inning.

“They hit like that and they’re going to score 20,” I said.

They did.

Judge hit 3 homers.

They won 20 to 9.

During the broadcast, Michael Kay noted that a couple of guys on the team were using a new style of bat that pushed the barrel down towards the label.

The bat was a little odd looking, but as Kay mentioned, it is within the rules and other players on other teams were using it last year.

Well.

The story blew up!!!

“The Yankees are cheating!”

MLB reiterated on Sunday that the bats had been reviewed and that they are regulation.

Perfectly fine.

Judge mentioned that he doesn’t use the bat type because he’s had good results with his usual bats.

On Sunday, they hit 4 more homers.

Jazz Chisholm, who likes to stir things up, mentioned after the game that he “loves his new bat!”

That only made anti-Yankees fans even more excited about the cheating noise.

It’s all nonsense, of course.

The Brewers were serving up meatballs by the dozen. The hitters, who are usually behind at the start of the year, were on every pitch.

The bats are fine…

…but I’m not sure about the ball!

MLB likes to use juiced balls now and again.

In any regard, Judge was walked three straight times to end the series.

There’s an idea!!!

“Imagine standing on the mound and looking in at him,” I mentioned to Kathy.

“For sure,” she said. “He scares me and I’m not even in the park.”

It was great fun.

Torpedo bats!

Go Yankees!!