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Clingan at Yankee Stadium today

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Clingan is one of the only people who could make Judge look small.

I don't remember seeing anything before today that Clingan was going to be at Yankee Stadium.



clutchpoints.com

Yankees' Aaron Judge dwarfed by Donovan Clingan in pre-NBA Draft meetup

The Yankees' Aaron Judge got up close and personal with UConn big man Donovan Clingan on Saturday and it was interesting.
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nypost.com

Donovan Clingan ‘not surprised’ Dan Hurley didn’t bolt UConn for Lakers’ $70 million offer

Donovan Clingan said he wasn’t shocked that his old coach, Dan Hurley, turned down the Lakers to return to Storrs.
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ninety-nine said:
DC must be a good-luck charm... the Yanks finally looked competent again yesterday! They'd been getting shelled lately.
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Considering where they are in the season, complaining about the Yankees overall performance to date would be similar to someone complainiing about this past season's UConn men's basketball team after losing in Creighton.

They hit a bump in the road for a week. Two starting pitchers are on the DL (I know, they call it iL these days), a couple position players got banged up yet they still have the most wins, best overall W/L percentage, best starter's ERA and second best run differntial in MLB.
 
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FfldCntyFan said:
Considering where they are in the season, complaining about the Yankees overall performance to date would be similar to someone complainiing about this past season's UConn men's basketball team after losing in Creighton.

They hit a bump in the road for a week. Two starting pitchers are on the DL (I know, they call it iL these days), a couple position players got banged up yet they still have the most wins, best overall W/L percentage, best starter's ERA and second best run differntial in MLB.
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The loss to DePaul would be more so equivalent to the Yankees losing a series in mid September when your 5 games ahead of the Orioles.
 
ucp990411 said:
First time Donavon has disappointed me. Wearing a shirt from the dark side?
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I'll give him a break. This time. He is a Yankees fan.

From last year's visit to Fenway Park when he and Newton threw out the first pitch:

“I'm a Yankees fan, personally,” Clingan said. “So it's a little ... This is still a good opportunity. I love it.”

www.ctinsider.com

Donovan Clingan, Tristen Newton throw first pitches as UConn men honored by Red Sox at Fenway Park

Dan Hurley and the Huskies were celebrated by the Red Sox Friday night. UConn won the 2023 national championship in April.
www.ctinsider.com www.ctinsider.com
 
FfldCntyFan said:
Considering where they are in the season, complaining about the Yankees overall performance to date would be similar to someone complainiing about this past season's UConn men's basketball team after losing in Creighton.

They hit a bump in the road for a week. Two starting pitchers are on the DL (I know, they call it iL these days), a couple position players got banged up yet they still have the most wins, best overall W/L percentage, best starter's ERA and second best run differntial in MLB.
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All true, but the Yanks haven't been playing that well against the top teams lately- Baltimore (both series this year), the Dodgers, Atlanta on Friday, and of course the Boston series. And a few of the recent losses were complete blowouts (17-5 to Baltimore? Yeesh), in which they struggled terribly against aggressive baserunning, to the point of absurdity (the Red Sox setting a franchise base-stealing record). In fact, the 7-6 Baltimore loss was directly attributable to a wild throw trying to catch a runner stealing third (who would have been out with an accurate throw). I think it was reasonable to worry about them sliding into a slump comparable to what happened two years ago after the All-Star break.

I'm listening to the pregame show right now, and Suzyn Waldman is saying that the team was concerned about their recent play, and was "breathing a sigh of relief" after yesterday's win. So it's not just me being myopic.
 
Scoe said:
The loss to DePaul would be more so equivalent to the Yankees losing a series in mid September when your 5 games ahead of the Orioles.
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Creighton not DePaul lol.
 
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Yankees and Red Sox fans in CT

Growing up in New Haven, I kind of felt like we were on the fault line between the two fan bases. The map (see link) seems to show the same thing. Bristol being west of the New Haven/Hartford line (if only slightly) would indicate more Yankee fans there...
 
Mazhude said:
Yankees and Red Sox fans in CT

Growing up in New Haven, I kind of felt like we were on the fault line between the two fan bases. The map (see link) seems to show the same thing. Bristol being west of the New Haven/Hartford line (if only slightly) would indicate more Yankee fans there...
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Bristol is actually light red on this map. I'd say there are slightly more Red Sox fans in this town. That was how it felt growing up, too, as a Yankee fan - for every two of us, there were three of them. Bristol used to have a Red Sox AA minor league affiliate and some of the '70s Red Sox stars passed through here, so I'm betting that had an impact on some allegiances. (At that time, the Yankees AA affiliate was in West Haven, which is still on the blue side.)
 
Mazhude said:
Yankees and Red Sox fans in CT

Growing up in New Haven, I kind of felt like we were on the fault line between the two fan bases. The map (see link) seems to show the same thing. Bristol being west of the New Haven/Hartford line (if only slightly) would indicate more Yankee fans there...
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Honestly around 1980 Channel 3 a very young Dennis House walked into Fortes Cafe in Meriden on a weekend the Yanks and Sox were playing and did a little show with the fans watching the game. WFSB felt Meriden was the center line of the state and wanted to get a feel for the fandom. Honestly a great day it was after we had already played a twilight league afternoon game so there were regulars and actual baseball players there and it was very split. But back then it was a mutual respect I liked many Sox players. Unlike now after moving to WesMass lol..
 
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