Lineup change for Boston
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- April
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Wily Mo Pena is playing center field instead of Coco Crisp.
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Peter Abraham
Oh goody.
Willy Mo has Light-Tower power, luckily though he also has the tendency to strike out.
Here’s to a 4 K game from Willy Mo!
I cannot hit curveball. Straightball I hit it very much. Curveball, bats are afraid.
This sums up Willy Mo in a nutshell.
Peter,
Why the change? Is Crisp Ok? Hopefully there are no after effects of that fall in to the bull pen.
I bet neither of those two are in centerfield next year, I bet Theo really regrets that extension to Crisp before he ever proved himself. He is a very mediocre player, even though he is young I don’t think he is going to stay long in Boston.
Just got back from a Greensboro Grasshoppers v. Lexington Legends game. Before the game, Koby Clemens was next to the dugout and I asked him what his father’s plans were. He said “Yankees”. Look out.
Were you wearing any thing to do with the Yankees?
No, I left my hat at home.
Oh, otherwise Id say he was just screwin with ya. But cool. I hope he is right
BTW, when I left in the 7th (to get home for the Yankees game) he had committed two errors and was 0-3 with a K. He plays 3rd.
I see Johnny is playing tonight. This guy is starting to bug me. He is able to play one day and not the next. Then he is pinch hitting in the 9th. Is he hurt or not hurt? It cant be in between. Either play everyday or go on the DL. I dont see why he cant start the game but yet he can get up in the 9th and play. He is startiing to bug me
Ouch. Tough game
Is that AA ball?
NYR, no, it is low A.
I hope Arod takes him out of the park next time he faces him for that.
Maybe NYR, he’s playing hurt. You know, kinda like he did all last year. Did that occur to you? lol
ha! take that matsuzaka!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you for making him pay for that, Jason. Very nice hitting the other way.
go giambino!!
wow, great to see giambi go the other way.
HBP on Rodriguez on the first ball… retaliation?
And perhaps he wasn’t given a choice to play last night either. He doesn’t make the final decision on if he plays or not.
Now if we can just hold these leads…
Unlike yesterday…
looks like the plan is to get guys on base… then dice-k isnt as effective.
no retaliation with a man on.just pitching up and in.
Wonder who Wright is going to plunk for payback. I say Varitek.
Matsuzaka’s lack class and sportsmanship. He hit Arod in his first pitch. What a Joke.. I hope expect Chase Wright. hit Big papi as well
Keep throwing to first Chase, agitate the fans.
I love how Matsui, posada and wang are all being activated tomorrow to face off against the devil rays. Too bad they couldnt make tonights game …
Mike Plugh if you’re reading this…
Do you think Saito will pitch four years of college ball (is Waseda a four year school) or maybe opt to go pro after a year or two.
Maybe to MLB?
TY –
he did not hit a-rod intentially. you could tell from his expression, and he wouldn’t especially with a guy on first.
This first inning is becoming eerily similar to yesterday.
agreed with randy 1.
not intended. Just trying to get inside… maybe brush him back.
I don’t think Wright will retaliate.
Posada is active, he may or may not play tomorrow, Matsui is eligible to come off tomorrow. Wang is coming off Tuesday.
Dice K really needs that rag arm Tavarez telling him how to pitch to ARod….Tavarez was imitating a scared person when gesturing to throw inside….Tavarez could not scare ARod if he was standing on the mound with a gun….go punch another watercooler you fool
someone call the pen….this could get ugly
start warming up the long relief – this kid is so obviously shaken up right now. Very little command and that is apparently his strong point.
oh boy
Chase needs to trust his stuff!! stop walking!!
OK i meant they are pretty much all coming back tomorrow – wang will be at the game tomorrow but wont pitch til tuesday.
He doesn’t lack class or sportsmanship. Japanese players are very honorable, the whole of their society. It could be a ball that got away like randy l said. Or if he did it on purpose, just because he’s a Red Sox doesn’t mean he’s classless.
If a Yankee pitcher had done it, there’d be no problem. It’s the game if it was on purpose. The same way some would like to get Clemens and have him pitch close to Big Papi to warn him.
Is the strikezone really that MUCH bigger in the minors, or what?
okay got out one tough pitcher. now get the next to ground into a dp.
one away, kid started same way last week, two striaght walks then got 3 outs with only one run. Then he settled down.
Oh settle down… sheesh.
Honestly, panic buttons are like Staples easy buttons around here.
The point is they are all almost ready to play again but not in time to help us not get swept.
another pop up, no runners advance. Hopefully we wo’t have to deal with those two for a few a long while, and hopefully they come up with the bases empty.
ok almost out of it – its easy to push the panic button with two straight walks and no one out with DO, manny and nancy coming up.
ok Dave, take a step back from the ledge. You’re a Yankee fan right? Calm down, Wright is going to come up big tonight.
do not think this is the case BUT how great would it be if Manny was on the decline and had a crap season…
I do think that Tek may be done and they owe him as he just got an extension a couple of years ago…
good velocity with wright tonight. maybe a fast gun.
no runs in the first inning for wright. awesome.
Good stuff!!!!!!!!
Now that is how you come back, gotta love the fight in this kid, makes up for weaknesses.
nice job working out of trouble, wright.
I wasnt on any ledge – just said it was easy to panic after those first two walks – i am shocked that no run came across the plate.
Chase “Houdini” Wright.
Every batter is 3-2 with him. 30 Pitches in the first inning, at this rate he will be lucky to go 4 or 5 innings.
Yay! Bullpen again!
watching the game on mute is no fun, but morgan and miller are horrible
Wright got out of first innning with a strike out. Ortiz, Manny and Drew were all out with two on base. This should build the confidence of Wright from second inning onwards.
Do we sense a victory?
yeah, joe morgan contributes nothing to the game, and has the dullest voice. but you have to hand it to jon miller – his japanese sounds pretty good!
Damn, Nieves just got robbed of his first hit.
BB Fan-
I think, from Friday’s game, I’m not going to sense a victory until we get the third out in the bottom of the ninth.
the ONLY thing that I’m worried about right now… Wright facing this order the second time through. Agree with Randy – he’s got some good stuff. Hopefully, he can harness it, and keep it for the next couple of innings or so.
we get 5 innings from him, I will be content.
remember: he came from AA this past week.
paul…totally agree if Morgan gets a sore throat he is going to need to go to a proctologist…
Have some faith in your players. Is it really that hard?
They’re hitting him hard, even if they’re not all falling in for hits.
Nieves hit hat hard.
are my eyes deceiving me ? nieves hit a ball hard. i hope he can learn to hit and fast. the mendoza line would even be most welcome.
Yankees will win today.
The Yankees will win…....................
He definately threw it up and in there on purpose. You could tell Tavares was telling him to do it on the video they showed. When you throw it in there, that can happen so it was intentional but still unintentional
Mickelson – that was pretty funny.
I’m going to think about that for the rest of the night.
heh.
He cant throw 5-10 pitches to each hitter.
chase has just to work down in the zone, and he should be ok
i don’t think tavares was telling him to hit a-rod. he was motioning that he should go up and in, to brush him off the plate and “scare him.”
Chase is settling down
say chase throws pretty decent, and gets the win, do we bag karstans and keep chase?
I do not think it was intentional to hit A-Rod.
He was just trying to push him off the plate.
A-Rod was surprised and did not react quickly to get out of the way.
It resulted in a additional run, without an A-Rod homer. It is good.
the best part of winning tonight is beating Doorstop with a rookie right out of double A (really out of A ball.) The 100 million dollar man aginst the league minimum man
Guess he’s not settling down.
I know, he threw up and in on purpose so it is debateable wether Tavares was tellin him to hit him or not. I just dont think it is a coincedence that Tavares told him to hit throw it up and in and he hit him
Can someone tell me if the ump is squeezing the zone for Wright? I can’t watch the game because I’m at work, and they keep saying that over at the yankees.com message board, so how are the umps doing tonight?
Chase had control problems prior to this year.
Houdini Wright on his way to walking the tightrope and walking 5+ batters.
Let’s hope the offense can hit Mats some more.
keeps falling behind every batter
whoever does the best will stay up once wang and moose are back. We dont “bag” the rest- we send them to triple A and call on them as needed or keep them in the pen as long relief. They arent a lost cause at that point.
How many runs the Yankess will score this third inning?
Will A-Rod hit a homer?
the ump seems to be doing alright so far. Giambi hit a pitch well otu of the zone.
I thought they were squeezing him a little at first, but I think it was fair that inning. He normally is right around the plate even on pitches called balls. Now if only he can get some quick innings. The pitch count is not his friend but I hope Torre lets him pitch a long game if he is doing well.
Yeah Johnny bounce if off that pussey toad.
Here we go….
Barring a double play, A-Rod will come to plate…
Now he hits Jeter? What the F?
First A-Rod, then Jeter? Um…hello?
chase might have to man up
Dice-K is digging himself into a hole
ok , i don’t care if matsuzaka meant it or not. the yankees should pick their spot and send a message back that if you can’t go inside without hitting someone, don’t go in there.
Barring a triple play A-Rod comes to the plate
Now retaliation is in order…
Who do we pick to be hit?
Ortiz, Manny… Niether can steal a base…
busting Dice K out big time will make up for the pain of losing the last couple of nights….would love to hang a beating on him and welcome him to the rivalry….this is different than the Kyoto Whale Killers vs. Osaka Pokemans rivalry he may be familiar with
Manny with two outs no one on
Chase ” Never confuse me with Jaret” Wright
Another Hit by pitch great Matsuzaka on Jeter. I want Chase Wright hit Manny in eye.
i don’t think we can afford to “send a message” with wright on the mound.
Man even when D-Mat has control problems he has throws few pitches… now if Wright could have control issues and throw fex piches.
The message will be sent in beating him, not hitting their players.
both times dice k hit someone there was a man on. I dont think a pitcher would ever hit someone intentionally with a man on.
“kyoto whale killers v. osaka pokemon”? there’s no need to go there. you can not like the guy because he’s on the red sox, but let’s not be so culturally offensive.
rock him again giambi
we are all just wishing because it’s not torre’s style to retaliate.
How is that culturally offensive?
DL…it is not culturally offensive….Pokeman was created in Japan and they have killed whales….correct ?
it’s a fast gun.
because, it’s reducing japanese people to your stereotypes of them.
take it
Giambi is making him pay for the hit batters. Gotta love him, our forgotten slugger.
Giambino Bambino
if that didnt fall i would have been pissed- stupid shift and giambi cant even get bloops to fall in for a hit at times. Thank god it fell in.
Ha! Take that defensive shift and stick it! 8^)~
jack up that pitch count with men on base!
dice k at no point today has looked like he is worth 100 million dollars. He is no pedro – thas for certain
DL…forget about it. I will reserve all my “stereotyping” for my next rap album…
Folks it is offessive.
Let us stay out of it, enjoy the game and the rivalry. No need to bring Japan in to it.
honestly it was more a jab at their league than anything else….
Now is the time to drill Manny – Two out, no one on….
Plunk Manny time?
why would wright put someone on base for free … its only a three run lead. And it would prove nothing at this point.
damn, maybe he should have plunked him
its true- every sock breaks out of their slump against us – whats with that
uh..oh
Thug manny showboats like a bum finding a half smoked ciggarete. The old days that would of resulted in a hit batman!
when you get your timing down against a guy like Wright it has to be like hitting BP with all the soft toss rubbish
well… I guess it’s safe to say that maybe Gator should come out now.
ouch
ok, time for a strategy change. just for fun. let’s pitch really high and tight.if it hits em ,it hits em.
Why isn’t varitek getting one in the ear here?
Flight 9812 now leaving for Newark….there will be a driver waiting to take you to Trenton…
Yikes. Which way back to Trenton?
Nice of Wright to throw extended BP today.
Four four baggers with two outs… you kidding me?
glad Wright did not cost $100m
So Jeter has been hit, A-rod has been hit, the Sox hit FOUR HRs, and Willy-Mo isn’t walking with a limp??
hey..you throw enough 82 mph pitches without excellent location to an MLB lineup and this could happen…I would think
Hey! Wait a minute, is that Jaret Wright!
Don’t worry, I’m sure Minky, Melky and Nieves will hit back to back to back HRs….
OK, Nieves gets his first of the year now as a HR off Dice-K.
(just seeing if Pete’s ESP power has rubbed off on us here)
nieves should switch up his signs. it’s not likely the red sox are stealing the catchers signs, but it looked like they knew what was coming.
for someone who throws the speed wright does, up and in is a necessity. he’s got to do something to make them more uncomfortable.
I think they knew what was coming ‘cause Wright throws a 90 MPH fastball and an 89 MPH change-up…
I wonder if my DVR can just fast-forward to Casey Fossum
I have not seen Bean much, what is his deal ? minor league guy with cult following of some sort ?
Colter Bean…no es bueno