Tough call for Torre
Posted by: Peter Abraham - Posted in Misc on Apr 15, 2007 
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I agree Pete but its still a tough call for Joe since he has vowed to use Mo for only 1 inning per appearance this year
Krazy Kyle got away with a hanger there but we’ll take it
I think Joe did the right thing…Bring Mo in when we take a lead….it’s still early for season….if we don’t make a deal with kyle…We need to build up his confident level…Even though i am holding my breath now…Thank God…Joe is right…Kyle did his job
A question, maybe Pete or somebody else can answer this, why haven’t we been seeing those 100mph fastballs from Farnsworth? Is it cause he’s throwing a fastball with movement, like a two-seamer? Or something else?
all’s well that ends well. if we win this game, we could go home 4-2 on the trip.
one more thing,Joe did something which need a strong heart to do..Let Myer finished that inning…Let Kyle in…Great job
if we win this game,this should give a lot of peopel confidence.
Torre’s a genius if his pitchers don’t give up a run, I guess.
people…wrong spell…
Torturing us New Yorkers with two straight extra innings games on the west coast. Good thing there is nothing to do but stay in tomorrow as mother nature washes NJ.
It was a bad call putting Farnsworth in the game but, it worked out.
He almost threw away 3 pickoff throws to first, and got away with a hanger, but he got out of the inning.
Question I have is, do the Yankees chart warmup pitches by their relievers? If they do, and they got Mo up (fell asleep, don’t know if they did or not), they have to put him in the game, IMO.
Warming him up and not using him does him, or the team no good.
Minky now 0-23. Two first basemen, neither guy can bat .100. What a joke.
ya i think it was a good idea to put farns in another close game and i epect more of the same. I think joe’s trying to make farns comfortable in that situation that way if he sorts it out early we have a servicable reliever for the rest of the season. If he doesnt get him in and only pitches in blow out games like some people yesturday said then we’ll end up blowing out the other relievers in the bullpen. this way he feels the confidense that joe still thinks he can get the job done and who knows. although torre will probably blow out the bullpen anyway this way its more spread out. if farns can sort this all out our bullpen looks alot better
so, which starter pitches after Mo leaves before the 12th?
Do we have anymore starting pitchers? Aren’t they all on the DL.
Brian Bruney.
The more I see of phelps the less I like him he is perhaps the only 1st baseman worse than Giambi first baseman need to be able to scoop the ball. Both he and Minky are not hitting t least minky can field his position. By the way for those of you watching on gameday I finally have access t yes and both of minky’s outs have been well hit to the wrong spot. I hope its a matter of time until one falls in. later. Great catch by jeter, holy crap!!!
Man Jeter is putting on a highlight film today take away the two errors
Should be one, the second was all Phelps
To answer your question honestly, if Pavano had any guts, he should volunteer to pitch.
But, since he is “nursing an injury”, he will sit it out, lessening the pitching roster by another guy.
The more I see of phelps the less I like him he is perhaps the only 1st baseman worse than Giambi first baseman need to be able to scoop the ball. Both he and Minky are not hitting t least minky can field his position. By the way for those of you watching on gameday I finally have access t yes and both of minky’s outs have been well hit to the wrong spot. I hope its a matter of time until one falls in. later. Great catch by jeter, holy crap!!
sorry fr the repeat my computer on the fritz
Bruney is taxed, he shouldn’t.
Mariano hasn’t pitched in a long time, even if Torre said he wouldn’t he should use him for two.
I’d say if they absolutely HAVE to throw a starting pitcher out there it might be Mussina.
When was the last time Rivera pitched?
if u dont send mo out for a 2nd inning what happens if this game goes multiple more innings, bruney has been used an awful lot and mo hardly at all
c’mon – somebody homer! so i can go to bed.
Wonder if A Rod will get a another chance? I predict he gets the winning RBI
I second that sunny…
someone tell everyone minus A-Rod that homeruns are legal in baseball
Well, now we see if Torre was telling the truth about the, “only one inning for Mo” this year.
Personally, I hope he is out of this game because its a long season and the WORST thing you can do is overdo it with Mo in April.
Either Torre is going to have to stretch out his starters more, or his bullpen is going to be shot by Memorial Day.
The way he handles a pitching staff boggles my mind at times.
Hmm…I just noticed despite all of the complaining about Torre and the pitching, we’ve held the Athletics scoreless for 10 innings tonight. Not too shabby.
I agree wwith you jeff im saying abreu get on and its up to arod
at the moment, I’d take the bat boy hitting the winning rbi – my eyes are getting twitchy.
awful. simply awful. nobody can say this is a good offense.
my money is that AROD wins it too just a feeling walk off homer his next at bat…………this could be exhaustion talking??
Josh, I agree with you.
I think the FO may be forced to call up Britton (or Bean or Beam) tomorrow. Or well, later today. This pen is going to need help. Rasner or Henn sent down perhaps?
I can, thanks.
The Yankees can lose this game now. I’ve accepted it.
Arod – i beg you – homer at the top of the 13th so I can go to sleep.
Let’s say – hypothetically – this game goes past the 12th or 13th inning…the Yankees have no one left in their bullpen, and no starters they could even use to pitch since our only healthy starters are Pettitte, Rasner and Igawa. I think Bruney is just going to have to be the wing man tonight and take this one for the team…Joe is probably going to leave him in there as long as this game continues. And considering Bruney threw so much yesterday, I can’t see this game lasting much longer…
Announcer introduced this pitcher as Brian Bru-nay
“my money is that AROD wins it too just a feeling walk off homer his next at bat…………this could be exhaustion talking??”
probably, since they are in Oakland.
with all the complaining about wasting the pen, it’s not like Torre had a lot to work with in the beginning – the first week, no starter lasted beyond the 5th, and since then – the offense can’t score enough runs to wina game… so what are you going to do?
I agree with Adam.. I can’t imagine this turning out well unless Bruney has a quick 12th and the yankees score in the top of the 13th.
Its the A’s, let’s not send up balloons. They are an awful offensive team, which makes last night’s meltdown all the more painful.
Shutting out the A’s is not any cause for celebration. Especially when you have to use your entire bullpen to do so.
My guess (and this is a pretty long stretch) is that if this game somehow went to the 14th or 15th edit, Joe would have no choice but to use Pettitte, and then call up someone else to pitch tomorrow. Other than that, I have no idea. I almost want the A’s to win it just so Torre doesn’t have to face that decision…he really has his hands tied here as far as what to do.
bulldog bruney gettin it done hells yeah!!
PS does cairo have pitching experience??
Part 1 complete.
Now we just need that run (or two)
Anyone else impressed with rookie Travis Buck? I happenned to pick him up for my for my rotisserie team when I heard he made the roster, but he gets a hit every night, had the big hit in yesterdays extra inning. Beware of him when he gets up next inning.
kinda wierd alex #13 can maybe win it in the 13th maybe its just wishful thinking
Sorry ’bout that, I meant “14th or 15th inning.” It’s been a long night, lol…
“PS does cairo have pitching experience??”
He will by the end of this game, lol…
no way you can call someone up tomorrow. that means flying them cross country to start a game that happens in 15 hours. I would just think that is logistically impossible.
I don’t care, just end this please!
The only way I could see it happening is if they’ve already possibly made the decision to call someone up and have arranged a flight to Oakland, unknown to us right now. I agree it’s a long stretch, but there’s no way Bruney can pitch anymore than 3 or 4 innings…
One main drawback with the idea of using Pettitte and calling someone up for tomorrow is that the Yankees generally have a short leash on the callups. If that guy only lasts 4 or 5 innings, the bullpen would be in for another long adventure. Whereas Pettitte should be able to last 6+ innings.
But I agree, I don’t really see any choice other than Pettitte if Bruney is taken out of the game…
oh well there goes my theory
I feel bad for Bruney if he has to pitch beyond this inning..
Yet at the sametime I want the win
seriously though do any position players on the yanks have pitching experience???
Pleeeeeeease hit it out, Jason.
I really think Joe should have used Mo for 2 innings…if someone else needed to close later tonight, then so be it. Worry about winning now rather than later…
yesssss giambiiiiiiiiii
oh giambi i love you
The GEEEAMBEEEENOOOO!!!!!
GIAMBI!!!
Please don’t blow it now, Bruney.
The Giambino
thank god
YES
Start fluffing the pillows, the Giambino went deep!!! Man he has his moments, still can’t wait to be rid of his contract, but that’s a discussion for another day.
GIAMBI!!!
YESSIR!!!
F*&*^ YES!!!!!
I’m Sorry I hated on you Giambino
Giambino!!
Bruney please close this game!!!! It would be nice if Rivera was still in this game to close it. Hopefully Bruney isnt too tired.
bruney has lugged an awfuol lot of innings, one more tonite brian u can do it, they cant hit that FB!
how bout some insurance?
Seee yaaaa~~~Giambino~~!!
yay giambi!
ugh minky.
dear god why are we running
hey joe, cano is not fast.
Two caught stealings by Cano tonight? Man, stop running!!!
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
3 more outs, I cannot wait to go to bed
Yay! Minky got HBP! SUCCESS!!!
Well, if Poor Bruney’s arm doesn’t fall off, he gets the bottom half of the inning.
come on…one more run…
Man Minky got on base!!! Good lord halelujah now if Cano hadn’t ran…
Are Giambi and Posada going to be stealing bases tomorrow?
i still think Cairo should be the 13th inning specialist………………who’s with me?
Calling a hit and run with Mientkiewicz at the plate…smooth, Joe. Very smooth.
I’m not putting this one in the win column yet. Baseball is a tricky sport…sometimes all it takes is to see your opponent get one hit like that and it sets you off. Here’s to hoping we can close it out, though, guys…
OH My G~! Why was Cano running? Don’t tell me it’s Torre’s decision again!!
That’s a choke job by Bruney.
Bruney has got to be kidding me!!!
ugh leadoff walk… DAMN
Bruney’s losing it…he’s topping out at 90 – 92 MPH this inning. Poor kid…
Bruney can’t throw strikes now…
oh stop with drama bruney
Bruney looks tired man i hope he could get through this
did any one else jut notice bruney has a giant cross tatoo on his arm bada$$
How often does a team commit 4 errors and win? No doubt Torre will mention that.
talk about a crushing loss if it happens
Tough to blame Bruney but, man the 4 pitch walks and pitching from behind are just killers. Hope the kid can get through this because he is showing some guts out there. Would be nice for him to be rewarded for it.
velocity only in low 90′s
Quote From Redsox Fans from Sosh
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hunter05
“Goddamnit that greasy SOB. Why couldn’t Torre pinch run Kevin Thompson again”
grunherz5x5
HGH Power ….. activate!
MidnightC
@#$% It had to be Giambi. HAD to be.
” When will pitchers learn that you cannot give him soft stuff inside? Argh!
Why does Redsox Fans thinks Giambi still on Steriods? [/quote]
worst defense in history of mlb
Win or lose, Bruney’s going to need like a week off, lol. I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s optioned to Scranton just so the Yankees can call someone else up for the bullpen.
Posada’s gotta catch that ball…
More great defense. Nice way to help out the tired pitcher.
One down.
Oh my God, I seriously thought that ball was gone…
If Bruney gets out of this inning, it’s going to be purely by luck. He’s throwing in the low 90′s and his location is off.
that was to close i almost turned off the tv it looked like he just missed it common 2 more outs
Watch out my man Travis Buck is on deck. The kid is clutch.
Poor guy’s arm is gonna fall right off after this game.
Come on Bruney!!! 1 more out!!
Two down.
just hit it at somebody!
oh god, the oakland announcers gave me a heart attack
“Deep to LEFT!!
no”
Bruney’s gotta reach back and buzz him with a 95 er…
Alright this is getting good… freaking commentator
Brian Bruney…the straight up TRUTH.
rally caps are such a stupid look for a team
Game Over! Yes.
hard earned win right there, hopefully we can get some innings out of our starters the next few days.
THANK YOU
I take it back, Buck sucks. Good win tonight everyone, sleep well. See you here tomorrow at 4.
YES YES YES YES YES!!!!!!!
STRIKE OUT!!!
THAT’S GAME! NIGHT EVERYONE!!
yesssss bruney baby how the hell did arizona rule 5 this guy talk about dumb hey their loss is our gain
BRUNEY!!!!
Game over!!! Yankees win!! Oh Yankees winnn!!!!
i’m surprised bruney can lift his arm for the high 5 lineup!
bruney was going on fumes…
I’m about to get me a Bruney t-shirt…
thank God giambi didn’t walk in the 9th, since Torre had KT stretching to pinch run.
Tip of the cap bigime to Bruney. If he can give up some of his guts to Carl Pavano, we could have a helluva starting pitcher.
Big, big ups to Bruney. That was really needed!
man,i almost stop breathing…i can’t stand another extra inning lost…
A good win.
Goodnight.
I have to hand it to Rasner. Not a great performance, but he settled down after giving up 3 in the first and gave the team a chance to win. That is all we wanted.
Todays game did wonders for the bullpen era
WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Even though our starters didn’t go deep into the games,but it’s enough.The reason for these two games is going extra innings.This kills us in these two games.We have to remember Kei and Ranser is our no.4.5or6 starter.
All pitchers did the great job..After first inning,there are 12 innings for three hits…OH!My God!Great job!Our offense and defense have to be better than this…I don’t blame offense becuase this will happen when you meet good pitcher.But defense…Come on…We need to have better defense to help out pitchers.
This was not a tough decision for Joe. He more or less had no decision. Events basically conspired to force him to violate one of the Holy Tenets of Baseball (you know, the one about closers on the road in tie games), and it worked out for the best.
But enough about Joe. What a gutty night for Brian Bruney.
Nice job, SJ44, showing confidence in this team since you were already chalking this up as a loss after the 1st inning.
Great job by Rasner and the pen for holding this team scoreless for the last 12 innings.
I don’t care if they are the worst hitting team int he league or the best hitting team, holding a team scoreless for 12 innings is outstanding.
Shocking. A perennial playoff team found a way to win despite their shaky defense and missed opportunities.
“I don’t blame offense becuase this will happen when you meet good pitcher”
Are you talking about Blanton?
I won’t be caught by no-name-pitcher.I judge this base on his performance tonight,but i agree with you about offense.We need to give pitchers more runs to work with.It’s kind of painful to watch low score game.That’s why i believe Clement will sign either Yankees or Redsox.
I like the move of putting in Mariano in the tied game because if you waited for a save situation and he coughs up a run and the game is tied again, he is stuck in there until the thing is done.
Best to get him in and out and let Bruney carry the load.
As for overworking the pen I think Torre has done a good job. He has had to use everyone a lot because the starters have struggled (nothing he can do about that despite some people here blaming him?!?), but he has gone back to Farns even after his struggles, has used Myers for full innings and not overworked Mariano or Proctor. So far so good.
Lets just hope Pettitte can go at least 7 innings.
I think the pen will be OK though because Kartens and Wang are on the way back and Igawa, Muss and Andy will routinely go 7 innings once they settle into a groove.
Once we get there this is the deepest pen we’ve had in at least 5 or 6 years.
I think our pen will be the difference between us and Boston this year.
that was one of the most nerve wracking games of the year so far. thank god Giambi caught a hold of one late. he needed that. hell, i needed that. god, it’s only april.
just for the record 2 different brian’s just posted…mine was the short one and i will now be Brian S.
I question why Torre took Rasner out as early as he did. Pitch count was fine. Bullpen was worked hard the night before. Why not ride Rasner a little longer.