r/baseball • u/CosmicPegasus Hudson Valley Renegades • 7d ago

Players Only THE NEW YORK YANKEES HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED FROM 2026 WORLD SERIES CONTENTION

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u/NotJoe1232 New York Yankees 7d ago

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u/PolarBailey_ Seattle Mariners • Brewers Bandwagon 7d ago

Hey baseball is like that sometimes. You outscore one opponent 17-2 just to get swept in heartbreaking fashion the next.

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u/ahappypoop New York Yankees • Durham Bulls 6d ago

At least we got the opponents correct. If we had slammed the Rays 17-2 and then got swept by the Sox it would've been way worse.

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u/PolarBailey_ Seattle Mariners • Brewers Bandwagon 6d ago

I mean that would've been like Crack cocaine to me

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u/TreyUsher32 New York Yankees 6d ago

That's the thing that blew me away the most. Maybe the hate over in Boston just fuels them?

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u/PolarBailey_ Seattle Mariners • Brewers Bandwagon 6d ago

As a former Boston fan for decades, yeah that hate fuels me to this day

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u/Trees-Are-Overrated New York Yankees 7d ago

Me too Ishii, me too

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u/Zaknoid New York Yankees 7d ago

Damn this is a sad pic. Whats the context here?

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u/tdmatchasin Cleveland Guardians 7d ago edited 7d ago

Japanese pro wrestler Tomohiro Ishii. He probably lost a match and is doing as backstage interview. I forget the specific context, but this picture/quote of Ishii is kind of a meme for internet wrestling fans.

Side note: Ishii is one of the best wrestlers on the planet. Dude is like if Oddjob was a little shorter but still just as likely to fuck you up because he somehow won't stay down. If you've got 13 minutes, this is one of the best matches of all time & features him.

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u/nightlight97 Philadelphia Phillies 6d ago

As soon as I saw the link, I said to myself, “This has gotta be the Shibata match, right?” Can’t even remember how many times I’ve watched this match, but dammit I’m watching it again.

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u/just_Okapi Tampa Bay Devil Rays • Philadelphia Phillies 6d ago

It's no Ibushi vs Yoshihiko but it's REALLY good.

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u/ceilos456 7d ago

Did not expect to see a NJPW explanation here. Very cool

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u/KingTalkieTiki New York Yankees 6d ago

There are dozens of us, dozens!

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u/carvythew Toronto Blue Jays 6d ago

Shibata-Ishii

Omega/Hangman vs. The Young Bucks

RVD vs. Cena

The top three matches to get someone into pro wrestling.

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u/Duckyx44 Anaheim Angels 6d ago

the dude in the picture, Ishii, lost his belt to a man named EVIL. EVIL was the leader of a faction that was notorious for interference. The match is 12 minutes long, 10 minutes of Ishii being beat up by everyone in the group. He gets about a minute or so of offense, then beat up again and loses his title. It was also at a really big show in a super important stadium (think the Madison Square Garden of Japan) and is usually considered the worst match of Ishii's career, of which there are very few matches like that for him.

The match is not good, in case you were curious. but it did spawn this popular wrestling meme so yay?

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u/Internal-Plantain-56 New York Yankees 7d ago

You people can't hurt me more than Aaron Boone, Jazz Chisolm and Trent Grisham already did.

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u/JinFuu Houston Astros 7d ago

It is very impressive that this is only (tied for) the second longest gap between World Series wins for the Yankees considering how long they've been around.

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u/HondaDaccord 7d ago

Big Tom 😔

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u/A_N_T Texas Rangers 7d ago

Big Tom

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u/janemba617 7d ago

Big Tom!

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u/Moooboy10 7d ago

This is the last place id expect to see the buddyfight logo

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u/Lineman72T Los Angeles Dodgers 6d ago

Aww. Here, friend. Here's a sharp dressed Ishii playing the love interest in a J-Pop video to try and lift your spirits

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u/xorcism_ Boston Red Sox 7d ago

Ironic because there won’t be a next year because of you guys lmao

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u/theAmericanX20 Cleveland Guardians 7d ago

I mean, Yankees started it, Red Sox flirted with it for a little bit, and LAD took the baton and ran. Y'all could have at least passed it to one of us on the way across country. Lol

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u/NamiRocket Houston Astros 7d ago

The Yankees being that team is ancient history by this point, though. Like, not even trying to dog them, but they just haven't been the Bankees for like a quarter of a century almost.

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u/theAmericanX20 Cleveland Guardians 6d ago

Lol you know what they're 2026 payroll is? 342.8 mil. Only LAD and NYM were higher. They're still the "bankees" they just get injured a lot or whatever their issue is. Don't act like they're some broke ass franchise. I will give you that they have been home grown talent a bit more than they were in the hay-day, but yeah, no, they're still spending like mad.

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u/NamiRocket Houston Astros 6d ago

That's just it, though. There wouldn't be "only LAD and NYM" with the Yankees of 25 years ago. They'd be outspending literally everyone to win. That's my entire point. They still pull great players away from other franchises with big paychecks, but it's halfhearted compared to the ship George used to run.