Bully Boys

[jimbo92107]

Sure was fun beating the Yankees yesterday, wasn't it? The Twins hit four home runs in that game. How many games has happened in this year?

 

Of course, today A-Roid hit 3 massive, soul-crushing home runs by himself tonight, just in case anybody was wondering who the real bully boys are.

 

I wonder if Miguel Sano was watching that and thinking, "I can do that." I hope so, Miguel. Swing hard.

 

Meanwhile, the Twins still have a major problem with a lack of home run hitting power in their daily lineup. You can see that the Yankees have no such problem. They will never sign a Kurt Suzuki or a Shane Robinson. They don't want Joe Mauer, and they could care less that Eddie Rosario is a surprisingly good outfielder with good hands at the plate. They don't want Aaron Hicks, either, unless he starts jacking homers from both sides like Mantle. They don't want Torii Hunter. He's too friendly.

 

Bully Boys. As a fan, you don't want to hang out with them, and they won't hang out with your wimpy ass, either. You cheer, they perform; otherwise, stay out of their way. Oswaldo Arcia is a bully boy. Had kind of a macho streak that pissed off Twins management, so now he's in the AAA doghouse. He's not the greatest fielder, partly because it's just not his thing. His thing is standing at the plate and looking like he's not just going to hit your pitch over the fence, but then he's going to spit on your mother. It's a little bit frightening, like A-Roid. And the other Yankees.

 

Having a bunch of bully boys on your team isn't the only way to win a championship, but it's certainly one way to do it. The Yankees have lots of bully boys, including their new closer. Our closer didn't look much like a bully boy tonight. He was facing bigger ones.

[DaveW]

I mean it's an unfair comparison IMO. Sano, Rosario etc are all at the very beginning of their careers, the power will come.

 

The Yankees are a bunch of guys past their prime for the most part. Sure there is power, but there is a lot of slumps and injuries that come along with it.