Game 102: Yankees at Royals
Posted by: Peter Abraham - Posted in Misc on Jul 26, 2007 
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Here are the lineups:
YANKEES
Cabrera CF
Jeter SS
Abreu RF
Rodriguez 3B
Matsui LF
Phillips 1B
Cano 2B
Duncan DH
Molina C
Igawa LHP (2-2, 6.67)
ROYALS
German 3B
DeJesus CF
Grudzielanek 2B
Butler DH
Sanders RF
Brown LF
Gordon 1B
Pena SS
LaRue C
De La Rosa LHP (7-10, 5.61)
Pregame chatter: Robinson Cano (7 games, 17 of 28), Hideki Matsui (6 games, 11 of 27) and Andy Phillips (6 games, 10 of 29) all have hitting streaks going. … Everybody is talking about the offense lately. But the pitching staff has a 3.00 ERA on the last six games. … The Yankees have won five straight road games, their best such streak of the season.
UPDATE, 7:43 p.m.: Here are the pitching matchups for the Baltimore series:
Friday: LHP Andy Pettitte (6-6, 4.12) vs. RHP Jeremy Guthrie (6-3, 2.88), 7:05
Saturday: RHP Roger Clemens (3-4, 3.72) vs. LHP Brian Burres (4-4, 4.33), 7:05
Sunday: RHP Chien-Ming Wang (11-5, 3.57) vs. RHP Daniel Cabrera (7-10, 5.04), 1:35
No word on what pitchers will “start” the completion of the suspended game.
UPDATE, 9:34 p.m.: Win or lose, tonight will be looked back as an important day in the season. The Yankees should now realize without a doubt that Kei Igawa doesn’t belong in the rotation. So he will get skipped with the day off coming Monday and Phil Hughes fits neatly in on Aug. 4 against Kansas City at the Stadium.
UPDATE, 9:51 p.m.: Wil Nieves cleared waivers and accepted an assignment to Scranton. He will report tomorrow.
Why isn’t Damon in the lineup?
Because we’ve got Duncan!
Could be Iggy’s last licks as a starter. Should be interesting to see how he goes about screwing this one up. I’m thinking he has something especially bad up his sleeve for tonight, a special kind of baddness that he’s been saving for just this kind of situtation.
interesting damon isnt in there today.. you would want as much offense today with iggy going.. i guess damon isnt completely back yet (i think he went 0 for 4 yesterday)
LC: they probably want to give him a rest against a lefty… although Joe normally does that with Abreu.
You know, Peter, you mention the pitching in the last 6 games, and something has been bothering me lately about what the NY sports show hosts have been saying. They say that it would be too difficult for the Yankees to catch Boston because they have too much pitching. My answer to that is, Matsuzaka, Beckett, wakefield, Gabbard, and Lester (we still don’t know what you’ll get from Schlling who was not very good before being shut down)is not better than Clemens, Wang, Pettite, Hughes, and Mussina. In fact I would say that NY’s rotation is better. 3 of the 5 pitchers Boston has are unproven rookies. Yes, Beckett is having a great year, and is living up to his potential and I would say that Wang is certainly his equal with his dominating sinker. Looking at the rest of the starters, I’d rather have evry one of the Yankee starters over the Boston starters except Mussina. What do you think?
LC
He’s played several days in a row and there’s a lefty starter?
Wow I just saw the interview MiLB had with Joba, and he really isn’t as chubby as I thought he was.
And his name is pronounced “Jah-Bah”, not unlike “Java” LOL
Another day, and Farnsy still on the team. I wonder if the couple of decent outings recently has increased his trade value.
Sean, there may not be that much of a difference between starters, but how about the bullbens?
Starting Duncan AND Molina?
That’s taking away a lot of offense during a game when you expect to be in a slugfest. I would have Damon in there.
Pete, good point about the pitching…I think the entire team is doing well…hitting, pitching, bullpen, coaching staff, beat writers (LOL)…Now all we need is for Cashman to pull a couple wabbits outts his hat, and then perfection could be obtained !!!
Batting Phillips ahead of Cano. That’s giving him some respect. Good for him.
Let’s make it 7 in a row
Rain delay in Boston-Cleveland game !!!
Boston has a nice 3 hour flight to tampa waiting for them after the game.
Hopefully, the game and rain delay lasts 6 hours.
I like our starters when Hughes replaces Igawa. Also, can’t rule out Chamberlain getting a call to start later if needed.
I hope Igawa keeps it together tonight. 2 runs in 5 innings is what I’m expecting.
Go Yanks!
The Boston death dive. 6 or 5 1/2 by the end of the night!
On Damon: he’s not in the lineup cause he bats left handed and we’re facing a left handed pitcher. we need a righty, Duncan, for balance.
As Joe said the other day, he wants to give Damon some days off and he wants to keeep Duncan in the mix. His comment today was “We can’t expect nine players to play every inning, we need to keep people fresh.”
“Starting Duncan AND Molina?
That’s taking away a lot of offense during a game when you expect to be in a slugfest. I would have Damon in there.”
Yes because Damon has been stellar offensively this season.
Please, Duncan > Damon as the offensive DH on the team for now.
Mike: Frankly, all year they’ve had a better bullpen, but they’re consistent relievers have been Papelbon and Okajima. Snyder’s been ok, but do you look for him in a big spot. Delcarmen has been ok since coming up recently, but he’s had too little exposure to really know. So you can compare Papelbon to Rivera (not really, because Papelbon has never done it in a big spot, remember A-Rod’s homer off of him in the 9th inning in Boston? but let’s say they do compare)and Okajima to the Vizcaino we have known and loved for the last 2 months (a big enough size sample to be convinced of his turnaround). Yes the rest of the Yankee bullpen is slightly worse than Delcarmen, Timlen, Vasquez, and Snyder, but they are no more reliable than the Yankee relievers.
This line up sucks!! Jose hitting 9th?!! WHY??
Just kidding, had to get a post in critizing it. lol
And Damon probably isn’t 100%.
The pitching staff has been doing great of late, indeed.
All these pitching staff debates are moot, everyone knows the Yankees are better than the Sox…in fact, if I remember correctly, the Webster Dictionary definition for Red Sox is as follows:
“A professional (scoff) baseball franchise based in Boston, Massachusettes know for its consistent inferiority to the New York Yankees.”
I would like to announce the beginning of the Shelley Duncan fanclub
I would like to announce that I wish his first name wasn’t Shelley. It is too close to:
“Surely you’re not serious.”
“I am serious. And don’t call me Shirley.”
Larry LOL, I love Leslie Nielse’s movies!! Airplane one of the all time classic movies.
“So you can compare Papelbon to Rivera (not really, because Papelbon has never done it in a big spot, remember A-Rod’s homer off of him in the 9th inning in Boston? but let’s say they do compare)and Okajima to the Vizcaino we have known and loved for the last 2 months (a big enough size sample to be convinced of his turnaround).”
Ok brother, so we can’t compare Papelbon to Mo because he hasn’t done it a big spot(Superb stats VS Yanks)
-but we CAN compare the VIZ to Okajima who has done it the whole season. Vizcaino on the other hand has been good for 2 months.
Just making sure.
Red Sox bullpen at the moment blows ours out of the water in almost every category. Saves, Walks allowed, Strikeouts, ERA, Blown Saves, etc
It’s no contest at the moment. All we got is Mo and the VIZ. Hoping this is the real Vizcaino, we still need another arm in there.
Our starters have been the winning pitchers in the last four games – first time that’s happened all season. We’re scoring early and giving them a lead to work with. I’ve got my fingers crossed that we can light up de la Rosa early and give Iggy some breathing room. He’ll need it!
Cabrera has been hitting well too and I’m sure Joe wants another look at Duncan before Giambi and Minky get back.Damon and Giambi are not being traded!! They wont agree to it. Also Cash knows they can still contribute a lot when healthy. Trading them now would be selling low. Moving Damon would also be a mistake considering Abreu has an uncertain future on the team and Hunter, Jones, Byrnes and Rowand would all cost more money than we should be looking to spend. Tabata is still 2 yrs away (assuming he stays on course).
In this run we are having guys are finally playing to their potential, but for the first time all yr Joe can also look to his bench for production. Melky has earned a spot, but look for it to be one of a 4 man rotation, not one of 3 outfielders next yr.
Duncan and Phillips have probably shown enough to have Cash settle for the every day players we have now. Any moves will be for a new set up guy cos we cant send Viz and Mo out every day. Anyone traded will be a mid or low level prospect. None of the 5 top starting pitching propects should worry about packing.
Sean,
I guess you’ve got a point. Things were different earlier in the season before Viz caught fire, but at this point I guess it’s just Mo, Viz, and a bunch of losers Vs. Paps, Okajima and a bunch of slightly better losers.
‘Jose hitting 9th why?’
Would you rather he hit clean up? He’s playing to hopefully nurse Igawa through 6 innings by calling a good game. If he can manage that, then anything short of 3 GIDPs and his at bats really dont matter.
Maybe their sitting Damon because they are going to trade him.
And Sean you are right about the pitching. Though Boston won’t hit too many long losing streaks though because their pitching gives the a chance to win every night and Delcarmen, Okajima and Pap are probably the best 7, 8, 9th inning trio right now. That is why they are tough to catch.
Still, Gabbard has overachieved (tonight will be interesting cos he’s struggled on the road before), Wakefield isn’t looking nearly as solid as he was early on, Schilling is a question mark, Lester pitched well the other day but it is too early to say or sure. DiceK is pitching really well right now but is still prone to the occasional blow up.
It could come down to how the match ups end up in the head to head games. They really need Beckett to in each time out right now though and last night puts more pressure on the other guys to perform. Also we are putting up big numbers early in games right now. Seeing us get off to big starts must also pile on the pressure for them during games.
Overall the pitching probably just about balances out, but we are putting up way more runs right now. Beckett dominated last night and still got the L. 2 months ago they’d have scraped a win and we’d have been left scratching our heads and cursing them. Now we have momentum, and that is probably more important in this sport than any other. Adding Hughes and prob Joba can only add to our momentum.
Any thoughts on Star Ledger report? Yanks shopping Damon… ATL interested
I don’t see the connection between Abreu and Damon. Damon can’t play RF
Brian clearly i’m joking, every game some critizes the lineup.
Anyone who wants to bet that the Yanks are trading Damon, I’ll take their action. There is more chance of us trading to bring back Phelps (the Mets killer).
it really isnt a big deal playing duncan over damon, and torre has said that abreu sits against good lefties.
im not sure how comfortable i would be if we somehow move proctor and farnsy, and bring karsten and joba to take their place.. but given how bad those two have been.. its probably worth it.
Sorry Jennifer was quickly scanning the posts there!! One to many coffees tonight!
Any thoughts on Star Ledger report? Yanks shopping Damon… ATL interested
If we can get Rafael Soriano and a prospect or two then I say great deal
Yankee VIP:
so you are comfortable with proctor and farnsworth?
Gabbard perfect through 1.
I doubt Damon will be trading though
Gabbard perfect through 1.
The Red Sox are a lock for the WS
“There is more chance of us trading to bring back Phelps”
Now there’s a scary thought!
YankeeVIP – I doubt we’ll move em both. If we can find someone who’ll take Kyle and at least half his salary hes a gonner for sure. If not Proctor might go. But not em both. Karstens could become the long guy in the pen but we really need 7th inning guys more now the rotation is throwing well. Henn will probably get bumped cos we still have Myers and Villone as the leftys. And we’ll need to find a spot somewhere for Igawa when Hughes comes back. Though he really doesn’t seem suited to the pen though. Can we send a $45m guy to AAA again?
Atlanta is looking for pen help not to trade it away. They saw what happens when you get short handed last yr, they’re not sending Soriano anywhere. They’ll try to pry a lefty from Texas to go with Tex for Salty and a prospect.
Did Sizemore really start the Boston game with a bunt pop up to Varitek? Urghh!
Hi quick question for you all: Anyone going to the game in Baltimore tomorrow night?
I was thinking about driving up from DC to catch the game vs. the O’s as there are still tix available. Does anyone know if a ticket for tomorrow night’s game gets you into the continuation game as well?
Wow Youkilis hit .402 in May, .264 in June and is hitting .231 in July.
If he hits like that for another month we’ll catch em.
I’m going! And I actually had an extra pair up until 2 weeks ago.
sorry. Did you check their website? or stubhub, I know there are tickets on there.
igawa will go back to AAA no question about that. you cannot have a guy who walks so many guys in your pen.
River Ave – I have very little comfort with fansy and proctor, but at this point, its hard to start experimenting .. especially with a rookie and a guy just off the DL. Atleast proc and fransy have mlb experience. that being said, i still think you make the change .. given how bad the pen has been.
i would probably vote getting rid of farnsy over proctor if i had to choose
Gabbard perfect through 2.
Tiene leche?
BOOOOO Barry bonds treatment.
This sucks!!
Wimps – walking AROD!!
Make’em pay ‘sui!!
Only justice would be for Matsui to hit one out now . . .
Gutless pitching by the Royals…Godzilla needs to make them pay with a 3 run dinger…
Thanks Jennifer, but I was wondering if a ticket for tomorrow night’s game gets you into the continuation as well.
I would assume so. They want fans in the seats, and the “real” game starts 20 minutes after the suspended one.
I just looked on stubhub, most of the tickets are gone! I was shocked!
Sui’!! Thats not how to make them pay?
Yeah, but I checked the Orioles tickets earlier and they seem to have had tickets available.
Igawa time..
for hopefully the last time
Ok – Indians are on the board. 2-1 in the bottom of the 3rd .
Jennifer they were all bought by yankee fans
Gabbard no longer perfect…
How he is swinging on a 3-0 count is just plain silly !!!….Torre should bench him ( unless of course Torre gave him the green light…then Torre should bench himself ) wait…Torre sits on the bench all the time,,,he’s the manager…..nevermind….LOL ! That’s ALL OK…we will get to this bum sooner or later ( like the very next inning ! )
Rattachewy -
Igawa perfect through 1/3!
Enoungh until the 8th okay?
A HBP on a 3-2 count? By Igawa of all people?
NO WAY 9__9
KAJ, I’m pretty sure that hitters don’t swing on 3-0 unless they get a green light so it was probably Torre’s call. I don’t think it’s necessarily a bad call seeing as Matsui has been pretty good recently.
You dont swing 3-0 when pitcher is struggling to find
the strike zone.Bad move.
AAAARGH!!!!!!
rattacheway sorry Gabbard gave up a HR.. To bad for you huh???
You are one of the negative whiners… sorry about the HR..
Igawa perfect through 1/3!
JINXER
Thats payback for the captain getting hit last night.
Igawa still has a no hitter through 1/3
Damit!! I knew Iggie had perfect stuff and someone had to go and jinx him!!
SOS27 – Unfortunately I don’t think that was his intention. I just think he doesn’t any control.
One thing wrong except Iggie didn’t mean to hit him.!!
Yes Mike, I control the action on the field from my secret bunker far beneath the earth.
If that were true, then my HR call on A-Rod last night wouldn’t have happened. (look it up)
Tseng, it’s a bad move when it doesn’t work…LOL…That is more than OK…we win tonight 9-4 Final Score….put THAT on the board now !!!
…are they squeezin’ the K-man ?
Igawa is getting a little squeezed imo.
Hmmm, Molina looks like Posada + 30 pounds.
And if Cano had gotten the ball out of his glove, we’d be into the 2nd inning already. This game is going to drive me crazy.
He killing me watching him.
Wheres Karstens?
Boston leads 4-1
20 pitches to get through the first…When K-Man starts…you just know that by the 6th inning, the bullpen will already be in the game….That’s OK….as I said….9-4 the Yankees win tonight….Big inning coming up for the bottom of the lineup….How about a dinger from Molina ?
Sounds go to me KAJ!! Jose’s first hit as a Yankee a hr.
Dont be dissin the KMan
De la Rosa took even more than that. This will come down to a “battle of the bullpens” – oh my.
Go Kei, go!! pitch count is kinda high, but keep going.
Well we made that inning nice and easy. We’ll have to wait to see Jose hit a dinger.
Its okay Shelley. We’re still behind you
…that was just ugly…that kid needs to slow down and calm down a bit…that pitch was just terrible……yikes ! OK,,,now back to the action….Everybody get their ulcer meds ready,,,it is back to the K-man !!! LOL !
DeLaRosa is awesome. I bet he’ll surprise us all with a shutout tonight.
Watching Kei pitch reminds me of Leiter in 2005. Makes you wanna strangle a kitten.
Wait – a K for Kei? Did I see that right?
and let’s all welcome, our special guest Troll of the evening….NOT !
Hey wait a minute, kitten killer!! you do you think you are Bill Frist??
Well their goes the no hitter
Tell me about it LC, my flatmate aint gonna be happy when she wakes up and sees what happened to Buttons.
There goes the no-hitter . . .
Hope your kitten aint around.
I’ll say this…as bad as the k-Man it..it does not help that he is getting squeezed as well….The bats are heating up for the Yankees though…all will be well….
Watching Kei pitch reminds me of Leiter in 2005. Makes you wanna strangle a kitten.
Are you Michael Vick?
There is a kitten RIGHT within reach. SOMEONE TALK ME OUT OF IT.
This is still a 1 hitter! Igawa can do it.
There is a kitten RIGHT within reach. SOMEONE TALK ME OUT OF IT.
Just ask yourself
WWMVND=What would Michael Vick not do?
I’m calling PETA . . . Leave the poor kittens alone.
Tseng you jinxed him
Well their goes the no-tripler
What is the over-under for runs the yanks need tonight? 8?
7 runs last night….mark it down. 1 run tonight.
POOR KITTEN.
This will be a brilliant, 2 hit, 1 run, complete game for Igawa.
“Oscar ‘Da Grim Reaper”:http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=6844727 is making a visit to Kei’s career.
I hereby name Mike NYY to the lofty role of – Official Tsar of Jinx Prevention.
I sware to god this better be the last time I have to watch Igawa. He gives up a double and a triple on 1-2 counts! Cash should be shot for giving this guy a deal.
Winfield – You said that after the 21 run game and we came back with another bucket load. Have faith. Matsui’s gonna hit a long ball tonight.
Cmon ump, STOP SQUEEZING. My kitten is getting nervous.
I hereby name Mike NYY to the lofty role of – Official Tsar of Jinx Prevention.
Thank you sir
Today is indeed a great day
The Leader of the Shelley Duncan fan club and the Tsar of Jinx Prevention.
Man cleveland sucks,down 5-1 in 5th.Showing no life.
They are not helping.
ugh….
They are not helping
We can live with Cleveland losing
Ugh, this could get ugly unless we score a ton of runs
Yeah…ugh.
Just stay calm LC
Just stay calm
kei igawa, i hate you. have fun spending the rest of the year in scranton
MAN…totally squeezed…All but one of those pitches could have easily been called a strike…this does NOT bode well….our 5th starter ( by default ) can’t get the ump to even give him ONE darn borderline strike call….this stinks !
Keep running Igawa.
Instead of letting Igawa pitch, why not give everyone else in the bullpen one inning of work each?
Kei meet Phil HUghes your sure ticket out of here
Okay…..
Bring on Sean Henn!!!!!!
ugh ugh ugh….
_Cmon ump, STOP SQUEEZING_
Is Tim Donaghy or Leslie Nielson behind the plate??
Instead of letting Igawa pitch, why not give everyone else in the bullpen one inning of work each?
Brilliant!!!!!
OK, perfect scenario upcoming…Igawa gives up another run…. then loads the bases….Torre takes him out…we are only down 4-0, facing THEIR BUM…we score 9 runs, our bullpen holds them and we win 9-4 to sweep the series…WHO IS WITH ME ???
pull him. before the game gets completely out of hand.
TWO TRIPLES IN ONE INNING.
THAT’S IT…..everyone say bye bye to Kiki the calico.
At least now they will pitch to A-Rod!
I hear there are some great Japanese restaurants in Scranton. Maybe we can all chip in a buy a gift certificate.
I think Igawa should be a lot better next year with a year to adjust. Should he be in the rotation next year if both Clemens and Pettitte leave.
Its hard to say we have to win this game, but…we have to..this is the easy part of our schedule and Boston or Cleveland will lose tonight….we didn’t sweep Toronto when we should have and now this Igawa..he is so terrible, its hard to watch…this Yankees team doesn’t play that good from behind, the bats get tight in their hands, 4-0, maybe we can come back but DeLaRosa looks sharp tonight and sometimes these not so good pitchers give us fits…get Igawa out now and send him back to Japan!!
OK…my plan is working perfectly….just walk the next 2 guys K-Man….please !!!!!!!!!!
Can someone please tell me that Hughes will be ready to start the next time Igawa’s spot comes up.
Disgusting inning.
I cant want till the Yankees say sayonara to Igawa!
WHO IS WITH ME ???
I AM!!!!!!!
But Shelley Duncan will have a walk off HR off of Octavio
Darnnit !…any chance he can sprain an ankle entering the dugout ??????
Dang, that was ugly. They must’ve known that he pitches up in the zone when they bid for him, right? Ugh.
I meant wait.
I’d call this a disaster, but that would be an insult to disasters everywhere.
De La Rosa looks sharp? What are you talking about
And kudos to the Yanks for thinking this game was expendable (or house money for the idiot who said that earlier today). No games are expendable when you trail by 6 games this late in the season.
To just give the damn thing away makes no sense. Igawa +_ a depleted lineup? Give me a break…
This is the last time we will ever see Igawa start agame for the NY Yankees. He might be gone this week.
Hey give Igawa a break
He`s not the biggest waste of money that started off in the Yankees rotation
oh well, it was a long shot to win with Igawa on the mound any way. Who here really thought he’d give a quality outing?
I’d take farnsworthless for 6 innings over this guy… sheesh.
MOLINA
I think we will have at least one more igawa appearance before hughes gets here. Don’t know what his fate will be after that – bullpen or AAA.
At least molina is making a good first impression but man, he is a BIG boy, huh?
And is there a worse pitcher in all of baseball when he gets ahead in the count 0-2 or 1-2?
it is a good day when Big Jose can stretch a double.
Have Faith.
Jose, Jose, Jose, Jose, Jooosssssseeeeeeeeeee, Jose
I’d take farnsworthless for 6 innings over this guy… sheesh.
Torre might be reading this, don’t give him any ideas…
Igawa must go. Just let Henn and Villone pitch his next start. They’re going to have to come in tonight anyway. It must be hard for Joe Torre to hide how much he hates sending this bum out every fifth day.
hopefully arod can get 500, 501 and 502 today too.
“Don’t know what his fate will be after that – bullpen or AAA.”
Only Cashman and Clueless Joe would keep this guy on the team. Just eat the contract and ship him back to the Far East.
Unfortunately, I think Igawa is going to get 1 more start. Hughes has 1 more rehab start to go, Sunday I believe.
Sunny – that would be phenomenal!
Monday is an off day, they can skip Igawa’s start thankfully…..
Why can’t they just get runners over
Is anyone up in the bullpen? Villone? Myers?
Anyone?
Bueller?
Is Joe Girardi’s voice cracking like a 13 year old boys tonight, or what?
“Unfortunately, I think Igawa is going to get 1 more start.”
Then the Yanks aren’t serious about making a playoff run. This is complete bullsh** and Cashman is a bullsh** GM. And Torre is bullsh** for letting Igawa start.
Igawa isn’t a bum. I mean the guy obviously works hard and I’m sure he isn’t TRYING to lose, he just isn’t good enough to pitch here.
_Igawa might be the worst signing in the history of baseball_
Hey, wait a minute, you forgetting when Boston had Saddam in Pawtucket during early 70s.
“Igawa isn’t a bum.”
You, sir, are an idiot.
Igawa is the worst pitcher in baseball. He’s an embarassment to the organization and should cause the firing of the GM.
Hey, wait a minute, you forgetting when Boston had Saddam in Pawtucket during early 70s.
Huh?
Keith, good call about the off day!
Hughes is on schedule for one more in Scranton then to pitch Saturday the 4th. Igawa will not be needed between now and then.
Kei Igawa makes the “Fat Toad” look like Cy Young himself. Mail this dud (not to be confused with dude) to Tampa and be quick about it.
This is defineatley Igawa’s last start. He can be skipped for his next start because of the off day on Monday. THANK GOD.
If there is a team in the big leagues worse than the Yankees at having the leadoff runner on second and moving him to third with the next at bat, I hope I never have to watch them play.
Ok, enough complaining. This 17-5 run by the Pinstripes has been awesome.
And the Yanks can do no more than hold pace with Boston. I’m afraid it’s WC or nothing…
I hope you rot, Cashman.
Two leadoff doubles left on base
Great, this feels like Edwin Jackson all over again. Hey guys, de la Rosa isn’t that good. Molina even got a hit off him. Let’s get going! 4Ks already??
At least they will actually pitch to A-Rod next ups. Cant walk the lead off man.
Can you say one of the worst signings in mlb? Why the hell did Cash sign this piece of garbage. I think they should just make him pitch the entire game. I think it would take him 300 pitches.
“Two leadoff doubles left on base”
That’s Yankee baseball this year and one of the reasons they won’t make the playoffs.
Good teams get those guys over and in.
Does Phil Hughes really need another rehab start? Iggy Pop could pitch better than this guy.
“You, sir, are an idiot.
Igawa is the worst pitcher in baseball. He’s an embarassment to the organization and should cause the firing of the GM.”
First of all, sir, I am a female. So it’s madam.
Second of all, do me a favor? Watch who you’re calling an idiot. Just because I disagree with you(I wasn’t speaking to you in the first place), doesn’t mean you have to resort to name calling. Act like an adult.
Guys – This is Igawa’s last rodeo at the OK Corral.
They have 2 off days in the next couple of weeks (next Monday and the following Thursday) and Hughes is only slated for 1 more rehab start.
Welcome back to the trolls and pessimists, this must have been a difficult stretch for you. Nobody missed you.
Foxwoods Resort Casino turning point of the game: Matsui swinging 3-0
Iggy is right up there with Pavano,
in terms of BAD investment
Well at least the Kei Igawa era will end soon.
Come on down Phil Hughes…
politically incorrect-
chill out. you tooo negative. you sound like one of the haters from that yankee board that imploded.
“Foxwoods Resort Casino turning point of the game: Matsui swinging 3-0″
AMEN!
And the ball was nearly over his head. Inexcusable baseball.
LC – I agree with you – he is not a bum just because he can’t pitch up to snuff. It would be different if he showed up late, never worked out, overate, etc.
you sound like one of the haters from that yankee board that imploded.
Mike is confused again
“That’s Yankee baseball this year and one of the reasons they won’t make the playoffs.
Good teams get those guys over and in.”
Are you kidding? They scored 70 runs in 6 games. Relax.
Who wants to bet that Phil Hughes will take Kei’s next start?
Question
Who has the least 1-2-3 innings out of Farns and ughawa?
My money is on UGH.
Wow… It’s all Jose today!
Nice bullet by Jose jose jose jose.
Alex will hit one out. except I don’t know if it will be #500 or #501.
Molina >>>>> Wil the Pil
I’d bet that one of the clubbies is boxing up Kei’s locker in da Bronx as we speak. He will be on the bus headed to Scranton, not the plane headed to Baltimore.
“Who wants to bet that Phil Hughes will take Kei’s next start?”
I wish but Hughes is scheduled for 1 more rehab start in AAA. We will probably have to deal with one more healthy dose of Kei Igawa.
That or DeSalvo. Same result though.
_It would be different if he showed up late, never worked out, overate, etc_
Sounds like David Wells and Giambi
For those just listening yankees.com has A-Rod’s at bats online.
Come on A-Rod!! Hum dinger-dinger!
Or so they say Global. I’ll believe it when he takes the mound in Scranton.
Yankees are 12-3 since the break. Today is a rare house’s money game. Even with a loss tonight they still won the series and then would need to take 3 of 4 from Baltimore.
The team is only 4.5 out of the wild card and if Cleveland loses no ground is lost to them tonight. It makes sense to let Hughes get his pitch count up. I’d rather live with Igawa for a start more if needed than rush Hughes back before his pitch count is high enough and have him injure himnself again. There are still plenty of games left. Right now Igawa is a better option than Clippard, DeSalvo or Wright. Hughes will be here soon enough.
And this game is still not over yet. A comeback is always possible with the bats as hot as they’ve been.
I’m not sure they will “rush” Hughes to take Igawa’s next start, since they have already said publicly that he is making another start at SWB. However, I bet Igawa isn’t making his next start. Karstens is set up to take the ball Wednesday. Maybe Matty DeSalvo gets another chance.
People, it is basically a done deal, Igawa is out of the rotation. First need for a 5th starter is Sat the 4th, 4 days after Phil’s next start. Igawa is going down, hopefully to Trenton.
politically incorrect-
“If anyone is bothering to watch that Indians/Red Sox series, they’d see Boston is a very good team that won’t have a real bad slide, so NY is going to have to play each and every game with a playoff mindset.”
If you want to use that logic, we took at least 3 of 4 from a team that took 2 of 3 from them at Fenway, and 4 of 6 from Detroit and Cleveland. The Yankees aren’t going to go 62-0 the rest of the season, so please stop acting like it’s Armageddon because we might lose this game.
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.....a_vbdafa_1
perfect game in process in the minors.
If Hughes isnt ready we can always go with Karstens.
He should be ready.
At least with DeSalvo I feel like he battles not that Kei isnt I am sure he wants to do well but maybe it just looks better with DeSalvo
Well, they said it would be online but it was blank even though nothing happened. Another brilliant technological addition by MLB.
Yay Matsui!
Aye, Matt DeSalvo might be worse than Kei Igawa…
Karstens would be a nice lift though.
Lets go guys. Its still the 4th inning,we will come back
and win this game. Think possitive.
This team has a new attitude,they will battle back.
GO YANKEES!!!
I smell a comeback.
DeSalvo got smacked around tonight.
I have a nasty feeling tonight is the end for KMan and the beginning of the end for Duncan. Igawa is one of these guys that I always feel is about to turn it around but just never seems to. I doubt he’ll get too many opportunites here though with all the pitching we’re producing, but who is gonna take him off our hands after the year he has had?
I guess once you forget the posting fee, his contract isnt so bad if he could just show a little improvement. Maybe in a big park he’d do OK.
politically incorrect, have you been watching the Red Sox this year??
On May 29th, they reached 21 games over .500. And, at the start of play today, they were … 21 games over .500!! They have basically been playing .500 ball for almost two months now. They are 25-25 over their last 50 games. They are not unbeatable. They have been losing as many games as they have been winning for some time now, and their lead, though large this late in the season, is not insurmountable.
Btw, I think the Sox have a great team. They are definitely drifting right now, though.
“I smell a comeback.”
No, you just smell bad.
We can’t win every game and taking 3 out of 4 from the Royals is acceptable.
However, Kei Igawa is unacceptable. I don’t care how many times he’s trying to work out in the OF or stretching on the stairs, he can’t pitch in the major leagues.
The posting fee is a sunk cost. Gone. His salary dictates he should be able to be traded at $4 mil a year (for who cares what). If not, he should be DFA’d. With the amount of young quality arms we have he is a waste of space in AAA or even in the GCL. And eating the remaining $20 million over 5 years is something the Yankees can afford considering how much of a disappointment Igawa is vs how much they spend.
He and Moose back to back has the ability to decimate the bullpen. Anyone is better than him. Joba (even though the nay-sayers will say the Yankees should be cautious with him), Karstens, anyone. Kei Igawa cannot be permitted to pitch for a team with playoff aspirations.
But on a positive note, let’s hear it for Andy Phillips. The “kid” (not that young) continues to do the little things. And Jose Molina having a big inning last inning. Certainly an upgrade from Nieves.
That much?
It’s 4 games in the loss Column behind Cleveland. Major League Baseball teams lose games. One game does not a season make.
By no means am I writing off the game, but there is absolutely no need to panic tonight.
Thanks for stopping by Shelley, be sure to give Giambi a high 5 on your way out.
The 5th spot in the rotation is going to get skipped the next 2 turns!!! 2 off days in the schedule. Check the link if you like:
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/te.....nzaSki0bYF
We are done with K- D-U-N, Done!
Torre said Hughes is ready to go after one more start on the radio today with Francessa
I bet some of you guys acted this way after they lost to Tampa and Toronto. When are people going to realize that the Yankees are NOT going to win every single game?
This team is very front-running. They can expand a lead and blow teams out. But they cannot show guts and come back to win games.
Arod got them a few, but they are not a “gutty” “gritty” team, imo. And this game is showing that.
Politically Incorrect,
You have an opinion, which is negative, that is fine.
Did any one call you an idiot for that?
You can not call others idiots if you do not like what they write. Just like many of us ignore your comments, ignore the comments from others if you do not like. If you want to comment that is fine too, but there is no need to call names.
Who throws a 79 mph changeup above the letters and lives to tell about it?!
Disgusting.
Boston leading Cleveland 9-5 in the 6th inning.
Jordan,
Nice take. I’d rather not sell low on Igawa. He’s not going to get anything, so let him pitch in Scranton and maybe in a year or two he learns something and shows he deserves another shot in the Bigs with some role.
But he shouldn’t be on the Major League roster once there are better options. However, Clippard, Desalvo etc haven’t proven to be better options. IMO Karstens and Hughes obviously are.
I’m with you on Igawa what a waste of a rotation spot on any ML team let alone the NY Yankees. He will go down as the biggest blemish besides Weaver on Cashman’s legacy as a GM.
This game aint over. Phillips is getting his head down and doing his bit, Jeter is always capable, ARod has more 9th inning RBIs than, well probably the whole KC team. Cabrera will get a big hit in this one too.
The big question is whether we can hold them at 4 runs.
I say send him to Seattle.They will take him.They need a
starter and they can make the money back by the Japanese
fan base there.
If your reading this Cash,do it. Its o.k. we forgive you
only if we dont see him again.
Have you ever seen a pitcher go 0-2 more on a guy than walk them?
De La Rosa is at 70 pitches and the KC bullpen must be running on fumes after the whooping we’ve delivered the past couple of nights.
BB- you are absolutely right but trolls have no class.
TKinDC, check the schedule again, they get Monday off, they need a 5th starter Saturday the 4th. Which happens to be Hughes’s regular start day. Igawa could be gone after this game.
it ain’t pretty, but he’s holding them at 0-4.
hmm Phil make his next start for the big club August 4th. Even though I am leaving for vacation the next day, I think i’ll buy tickets.
“This game aint over.”
lol. This game was over a long time ago…in fact, it was over when they announced Igawa as the starting pitcher.
There isn’t the necessary fight in this team for a comeback win tonight. I hope I’m wrong but I’ll bet any amount of money I’m not.
If Cash can keep his job through till next season, a big winning streak is coming. Noone will even remember Igawa. His legacy will be 10 Championships as GM.
Question – How many big mistakes did Red Aurbach make?
A – Nobody knows, nobody cares – overall he won a lot.
If Igawa can get through 5 innings with just allowing 4 runs, it’s not a terrible start. Keeps us in the game. Certainly not good, nor worthy of remaining in the rotation but not a total disaster either.
The only good thing in this is that I’ve got tickets to that August 4th game, against these same Royals. I’m already looking forward to seeing Phil (No-Hit) Hughes.
You think they’d bring up Jeff to be the long man? When does he pitch next?
You are right Jeff NJ – I made the mistake of listening to Suzyn. I would bet a troll’s gonads that Hughes makes that start!
Wow he took that off the ground. Jose is hitting 1.00 for the Yankees
MOLINA!!!
Gotta love em.
somewhere a tear fell from wil nieves’ cheek
Igawa needs to stay in the minors for a full year, don’t trade him, its not worth it, you’ll get nothing for him now…maybe he does better in the minors and next summer, some team takes him in a trade, a 4 million dollar a year lefty pitcher could be worth it to them, or he is a spot starter for us due to injury or something…just don’t ever bring him back up for a long time, let him pitch in the minors, out of sight, etc…this Yankee team needs to play better and come back after being down, we should have at least 1 run with 2 leadoff doubles, that’s not a good sign….again I know we can’t win them all, but, with the amount we lost early on, we kind of need to win as much as we can now so when we start playing Clev, Detroit, Boston, CA, we can afford to lose a few and still be there in the end…
Joe from Long Island – I am Kat from Long Island and I also have tickets to that game. I seriously cannot wait!
“So he will get skipped with the day off coming Monday and Phil Hughes fits neatly in on Aug. 4 against Kansas City at the Stadium.”
you’d think. but cashman seems intent on defending his decision to sign igawa.
he’s awful. absolutely awful. and he has been all season. he’s making cashman and the scouts look absolutely clueless.
LET’S GO YANKEES
Wonder if they’ll send Igawa str8 down to AAA. No point takin up a spot if he’s done. They must have half expected him to get shelled tonight and had a response ready. Doubt they’ll deal him before deadline but they might wait for it to pass first rather than further harm his value by demoting him again.
The Yankees are coming! The Yankees are coming!
politically incorrect,
Giving up against the Royals in the 5th inning. Come on brother, it’s the friggen Royals.
4-0 is nothing.
So, like, back up catchers get hits and throw guys out from stealing bases? huh, who’d of thought
Thanks YankeeJosh.
Normally I’d agree with you on the fact that they should keep him in AAA, however in this case I cannot. And the only reason I can’t is because I just see him sitting at SWB for the rest of this season and most if not all of next season posting respectable numbers. Unfortunately, so have DeSalvo, T-Clip, White, etc.
Igawa came here as a #4 starter at absolute best. Everyone knew that and admitted it going in. Now that he’s been exposed for what he is, a pitcher with some decent movement but absolutely no command, he is useless. All ML teams out there know about him and know his ceiling is pretty low barring a miraculous development of a gyroball.
With the amount of great arms in the Yankee system he’ll just road block the way for capable arms ready to move up (i.e. Alan Horne still in AAA while Colter Bean takes up a spot). With no real chance of development and no sign of having a higher ceiling Igawa would just be a hassle. Sell now and get any kind of a 26 year old position low level prospect hoping he turns into a great role player.
This team has no guts eh? Getting 2 guys on in 2 str8 innings. They are certainly giving themselves a shot at it.
august 4th would fit very nicely into my schedule of saturday games as well lol. I walked out of the last start with Igawa on a Saturday and would rather sell the tikcets than have to sit through another one of his starts in person it is bad enough watching them on tv
Not sure why it isn’t obvious to everyone, politically correct is the nightly troll. Just ignore him.
Your aren’t kidding. I was at the game against Boston, when Jeff got hurt
First I thought I was going to get sick cause Jeff was hurt. Than I thought I was going to get sick cause I saw Kei come out of the pen. That was his one and only good start.
With regards to my last post, AA for Horne obviously.
Gayle, I agree, I have the Saturday package and ate my tickets last week with Igawa pitching. Turned out to be a good game, but I don’t regret it. My next game after that is the night Sheffield returns to the Bronx, Thursday the 16th.
I dunno with Igawa man. I’d send him down give him a couple of months with Nardi to work on his control. Give him a shot in spring. He can possibly be a back up incase some of the young guys struggle, or he could impress in spring and we’d get better value on a deal. Selling now is absolute bottom dollar. He’d be better in Tampa than on the AAA team anyway. He needs his control and delivery looked at. Not just a chance to throw more innings.
Will they walk Alex? 2 on 2 out?
La Rosa is such a wuss.
Okay NOW Kei can earn one stripe! Hit someone!! Thats all we need is Alex to get hurt.
Jordan,
You give a fair take. I just think Igawa is a lefty and it’d be best to try and build up his value a bit before either trading him or seeing if he might do smething in the pen someday or improve at all.
But we both agree he should be nowhere near the Yankees now.
What was that for? Let’s go Godzilla.
Matsui comes through again.
This team has no heart.
Why did alex rodriguez just fall on the ground?
Jesus!! I thought the tie goes to the runner.
And that friggin’ rolling the hands over and hitting weak ground balls to 2nd base!!!!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!
Joe he is drilled on the top of the foot.
Arrrrrgh. Those poor kittens never stood a chance.
wow, jete and abreu are just killing us tonight.
Igawa is untradeable… who would take him?
I wish the Yankees brought over a mediocre japanese reliever to be his friend… (okajima)
Pete,
Glad to hear Nieves accepted his assignment to SWB. He’s a quality guy with a great attitude. And it’s nice to know that if Molina or heaven forbid Posada go down he’s available to come back up right away.
Terrible call!!!
12-5 Boston leading Cleveland
Before tonight’s game, Abreu
against righties 290/374/446
against lefties 233/302/291
Oy vey. I’m an 18 yr old female, I should be at the mall or something. Not pounding my fist into the wall.
politically incorrect,
get out of here dude. The yanks have won 6 in a row. I want them to win tonight as much as anybody but you don’t win every freakin’ game. So chill with the negativity. And don’t criticize Matsui, he’s been one of the best hitters in mlb in July.
Yankees are 0-11 w/RISP!!….and EVERY game is important.
Can Molina and Igawa communicate well enough for Molina to explain ‘drill the next guy’?
he was safe
That replay makes it look like a bad call.
He shouldn’t have to. Okay Kei here’s your chance.
“Yankees are 0-11 w/RISP!!….and EVERY game is important.”
AMEN!
Games like this are why NY will be sitting home this postseason.
Is there a Red Sox thread we can all crash to say hello to Pol. Corr. on his turf? Maybe 25 Yankees fans opinions would go down well?
Ahhh the trolls are going to make my head explode. Please tell me fellow lohud bloggers, do you go to Red sox boards and try to annoy people? I sure hope not because it is truly pathetic.
“Arrrrrgh. Those poor kittens never stood a chance.”
I had four kittens before tonights game
Seriously, we get it polly. Now isn’t there anywhere else in the entire interweb you could go?
Erroneous broadcasting. Yankees did not post $50M for Igawa. Did not post about the same amount as Boston did for Matsuzaka. They should really do their research and stop spouting wrong info. 3rd worst behind White Sox and Red Sox broadcasters.
Wow, that Cano is smooth, that play was pretty.
LC – extremely acceptable to give up the mall for the Yankees
Although Igawa could go 6 inings here. Better idea, wait and drill Gordon next inning. I bet if he started acting a bit crazy Igawa could be a scary dude to face off with.
Pete you really think he doesn’t belong in the rotation at all? imagine hughes wasnt coming back. dont you think this is the kinda start they expected from kei and should be able to handle? we certainly can give run support no problem recently.
now he looks like kei Young if he does this for another inning , six straight and counting
Yankees have 6 hits and 0 runs, 4 by Melky and Molina.
Royals have 5 hits and 4 runs.
This is a wierd game.
PLEASE Yanks, take advantage of this.
My cat’s got fleas, anyone know how to get rid of them, the over the counter medicine doesn’t seem to be working, I only ask cause she’s a huge Yankees fan and wants to enjoy the rest of the season without scratching? She also seems to believe that Igawa is pitching well, except for that secong inning, I agreed with her!
Jeter killing them tonight!!Not as bad as Matsui.. 3 and 0 pop out in the 1st and bases loaded out.
the KC announces just said the Yanks paid $52 mill in posting for Igawa the same as Matsuzaka!!!!!!
They did not make a big deal about the play at 1st…
nothing going right tonight except that error… let’s do something right. the lead guy has been on a bunch and twice with doubles…
Jeff NJ-
_Wow, that Cano is smooth, that play was pretty_
I agree, Cano is smooth and pretty
Brian you’re right, he does look like he could go nuts.
I’d have signed up for 6 IP, 4 R from Kei. It’s funny – big win streak – one bad game (not even over) with the #5 starter pitching and a few of you are treating it like apocalypse now.
For the record – Igawa’s pitching and Damon + Posada are both out of the lineup.
Relax – it’s one game. Things are still going well – this is Kei’s last start. After that – every starter should give us a puncher’s chance.
If we can get into the soft underbelly of their bullpen maybe we can still make something of this game.
Stuart-
Jetes did get HBP (and hard) last night.
Cano showing good patience.
Ratacheway must be bumbed Gabbard got lit up. too bad for rattachaway I guess now he will become a lester fan!!!
Duncan show some patience….do not strike out please
AL-
_a few of you are treating it like apocalypse now_
just ignore the troll and lonely losers.s
Wow Stuart, I wish they’d do research before they spout off crap. They gave incorrect information about Roger too. They want to make us look like the BIG BAD Yankees.
Joe, your cat sounds very wise. Perhaps it knows how to get rid of the fleas. Did you ever think of asking it?
A run here would be sexy.
I’d like to see some retalitation for Jeter. Especially if this game gets out of hand. Have Igawa drill Gordon right in the ribs. Or bring in Farnsworth to start throwing beanballs.
… here comes the hook…. we get 4 2/3 IP vs. KC’s bullpen.
It’s a winnable game kids.
Yeah these broadcaster do blow and its funny because many people complain about old homer sterling
Gabbard cant pitch on the road.
Tonight is a perfect illustration of why the Yankees need to find room in the lineup for Giambi.
It’s very difficult to come back from a 4-run deficit with only one genuine homerun hitter from one to nine.
Every home broadcaster is a homer. Sterling just goes over the top from time to time.
ANd everyone can’t point out Sterling cause we are in the largest market in the country.
do we put posada in? molina has crap numbers against righties and we need some runs.
Hey, Ron Benbow, thanks again for the plug.
Brian,
Actually she’s not that smart, she felt like Igawa was a good risk, didn’t trust our system to establish minor league pitchers, and want’s to trade for Texiera. I said yeah, this coming from the girl who eats the same thing everyday. She like’s the name players, I told her she’s living in the past.
For those of you who don’t know, Schilling is a hardcore PC gamer…he’s addicted to the game Everquest. Here’s some excerpts from an interview with him:
Q: With your traveling schedule, how do you find the time to actually play the
game? When and how often do you play?
A: On the road when my family doesn’t travel I play every night, and usually
very, very late. I have a Dell laptop that I play on. At home I play almost
every night. Depending upon the circumstances, sometimes I can pull an all
nighter
Q: So how hard is it to explain to the other players in the locker room exactly
what Everquest is and why you play it? And have you managed to hook anyone else
into playing the game?
A: Not really since the only non-baseball opinions that matter to me are my wife
and kids. She obviously hates the game, but my youngest son Gehrig who’s just
turned 6 thinks it’s ‘the bomb’, as he says. Where the hell does a 6 year old
learn that phrase? Anyway he LOVES to sit there and watch me play. I’m close to
starting a character for him and letting him give it a whirl with me helping
him. I walk around like I can’t see anything sometimes, letting him point out
stuff for me to pull or fight. He HATES the spiders outside Karnors. They give
him the creeps, so I’m under orders to kill every one I see when he’s sitting
there.
Hilarious.
Wow that was a great double play!!
Molina’s a burner.
Very good point Matt about Giambi.
LOL Girardi said “crotch”.
And UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Molina WHYYYY??
jeter can’t do that …wow tony
Joe, I hope your cat survived that one. I bet it was close.
Bob that can’t be real!!
mOLINA IS SO DAMN SLOW….
I do not think Jeter makes that play..
they need to plug away and give up no more runs…man they cannot do anything in the clutch tonight,
unbeleivable…
Shelly’s gotta take out the 2b.
LC are you callowed to say that on tv? LOL
Can we all start calling Sterling by his real name please.
It’s Harold Moskowitz – google it or wikipedia it or whatever.
Cold hard facts.
Brian he did.
Jennifer,
It’s real…not only does he pull all nighters to play video games on road trips, but also admitted to not caring about his teammate’s opinions on anything…and he’s also a huge nerd.
This is from when he was with the D Backs just to be clear.
Some of Sterling’s nicknames (often heard after a Yankee home run)
Bobby Abreu: “El Comedulce!”, and “Bobby Abreu as sweet as candy…”
Melky Cabrera: “The Melk Man delivers!”, “Do it the Melky Way!”, and “The Melk Man always knocks twice!”
Robinson Cano: “Robbie Cano! Don’t you know?”, and “Cano can do!”
Johnny Damon: “Positively Damonic!”, “a Damonic Dinger by Johnny Damon!”, “Johnny on the Spot!”
Jason Giambi: “The Giambino!”
Derek Jeter: “Captain Clutch”, “El Capitan!”, “a Jeterian swing…”, and “a Jeter jolt”
Tino Martinez: “The Bam-Tino!”
Hideki Matsui: “A thrilla by Godzilla!”
Doug Mientkiewicz: “Man oh Mientkiewicz!”, and “Dougie do right!”
Jorge Posada: “Jorgie juiced one!”, and “Jorgie jacks one!”
Alex Rodriguez: “an A-Bomb, from A-Rod!”, and “How A-Rodian!” and “Alexander the Great conquers again!”
Gary Sheffield: “The Master Sheff!”,”A Sheff Special!”
Bernie Williams: “Bernie goes boom!”, and “Bern baby Bern!”
David Justice: “Justice is served!” “Justice prevails in New York!”
Shane Spencer: “Shane Spencer! The Home-Run Dispenser!”
Joe-
your cat may or may not have fleas.
Have you tried Advantage Flea Control ?
Some cats actually scratch due to allergies. Then you have to see your vet for an antihistamines.
politically incorrect,
Go to sleep.
OK Kei, get 2 outs then hit someone as hard as you can (about 46mph).
Take him out so there is no relay to 1st
That politically incorrect fellow reminds me of a wrench or a hammer….
I live in Florida, have the Extra Innings package through sports in demand and have had to put up with these terrible Royal announcers for 4 nights, why can’t we get 1 night of Yes? What exactly are the Royals doing with their share of the revenue money from us anyway? I have had to resort to muting the TV and putting the Yankees radio broadcast on via the internet but its like 3 pitches behind….on another note close calls at first on Matsui and Molina, good defensive plays, Jeter with that line out, I think its just one of those nights where the ball is not finding the hole at the right time, Royals playing good defense, etc….oh well… Molina is a great addition, light years better than Nieves, good pick-up Cashman!!!
jennifer, pls pls pls tell me that you had to look those up somewhere. otherwise, i think the lohud blog is going to have to hold an intervention for you.
Jennifer,
LOL I have no idea, but I hope so. Crotch is such a funny word.
Sterling hasn’t used Alexander the Great conquers again in a long time. I actually liked that one.
Or so he at least has to jump
Check it out for yourselves:
http://everquest.allakhazam.co.....ail91.html
Scythehands Voxslayer is his name…this is too funny.
Wow I never thought kei would make it this far in the game.
Well now you can’t hit someone, since someone is on third.
What is the record for most triples in a game?
Here’s what I don’t get… why Igawa??
He can’t pitch obviously. Clippard, C. Wright, DeSalvo are all better options (considering you don’t want to rush Joba, Kennedy, Horne etc).
I’d much rather see DeSalvo still up or Clip rather than Igawa. Lesser of two evils.
Kei’s 27 yrs old (around there I think – someone else can check that)… he’s not getting better.
To be honest – I’d take Hideki Irabu over Igawa. Anyone remember the first three months of the 1998 season? Irabu may have been the best pitcher in the league then. Of course we know how it ended for Humpty Dumpty. But point is I’d take Irabu over Igawa.
Joe I know absolutely nothing about cats. I do know a little about fish. If your fish have fleas they’re in big trouble.
“Go to sleep.”
And miss the thrilling comeback you dolts predicted? No way…
Irabu always dominated the Tigers. Someone pull up his career numbers vs. Detroit
Three triples given up by Igawa.
NICE. And now a double.
COME BACK SOON, PHRANCHISE.
haha yes Cumberberg i got it off his wikapedia page.
wow 3 triples, Igawa blows. Oh well if we keeping taking 3/4 and 2/3 we’ll be in good shape.
i’m not saying i had a whole lot of respect for 38pitches before, but wow: Scythehands Voxslayer? i’m actually a little surprised he didn’t name his character 38pitches. that’s more in keeping with his ego.
Let Henn pitch the 7th, 8th, and 9th.
Those lsst two pitches right there ladies and gentlemen are why Kei Igawa does not belong anywhere near a white interlocking NY.
Flat 88 mph fastball up and over the plate followed by a disgusting “breaking” ball that hung up ready to be belted into right center.
3 triples 4 doubles? I think every hit was for extra bases.
Verra,
The real problem is not really the fleas, but that the fleas are red sox fans
It is about time to get Igawa off the mount!!!
CLippard, Desalvo, and Igawa are all the same not ready for the big leagues. If you think Desalve or VCLippard are legit big leaguers you are delusional.
Igawa whenever he hangs a pitch like every 12 pitches or so it is hit hard. He has given up like 4 doubles and 2 triples today.
he hangs his breaking ball all the time… He is a joke…
Iggy is a Triple / Double machine !!!
Al,
Check Clippard’s and DeSalvo’s respective lines tonight for AA and AAA.
Brian,
I haven’t looked lately, but I don’t see any fish. Now that you mention it though…
Bruney let’s see if he can find the strike zone.
he has regressed this yr.
Hey Pete who is getting called up tonight for Kei?
AL – age isn the issue with Igawa. He is used to playing in a league where you can pitch up in the zone. He gives up so many homers cos those were singles in Japan. They arent generally as physical, dont ahem take their supplements as much, and play more small ball. He needs to adjust his game cos he has the ability to strike guys out. He just has to locate better so his hits arent all homers. He is the best option until Karstens / Hughes is ready to go. He has more big game experience as well. Plus we have a load of dough invested in him. So if the call is even close, hes goin to pitch.
(Clippard got sent down to AA cos he is in free fall. We may never see him in NY again.)
Let’s have a 10-run inning in the 7th…
politically incorrect-
1-Being overly negative is as bad as being overly positive.
2-I never predicted a Yankee comeback, but like any loyal fan, I hoped for one.
3-It’s obvious you’re only 12.
4-It’s also obvious you’re not a Yankee fan.
Just wondering, did KC give Iggy a standing ovation when he left the mound ??
Stuart,
You are right, Bruney has regressed. However that is not really surprising. You could see it towards the end of last year. Now we know why Arizona released him.
I wouldnt worry about fish if you dont have any Joe. Unless you did have some before you got the cat. If that is the case, I wouldnt recommend replacing the fish until the fleas have eaten your cat.
dear politically incorrect,
will you be back tomorrow? i’m wondering because you seem to think that if the yanks lose this game, their season is over and none of the next sixty games matters. in fact, based on your comments, you seem to think that games are won or lost in the first couple of innings. presumably the only reason you’re still on the board tonight is because you feel the need for a dramatic “i told you so! i told you so!” post that you’ve probably already written and are just waiting for the final out in the ninth to post.
regards,
cumberberg
LC dont sweat Pol Inc. Try to enjoy the game and Pete will ban him soon enough.
I’m going to buy Everquest tomorrow (isn’t that a really old game?) and make it my sole mission to kill Scythehands Voxslayer every time he appears. I’m not working, so I have time on my hands.
Sorry Curt, but you are fair game online.
politically incorrect is actually not a wrench or a hammer but very much a tool….. clown
we’ll all be rooting for you tonyb…
Greinke is a kid we should get. So young, nice arm, tons of upside.
Mentally unstable, yes, but he’s worth the risk in my opinion.
Brian M,
Ah I’m such a sucker for trolls LOL
Kei should definitely have drilled Gordon then he might not score on the double
And Pena could have tripped his son up as he rounded 1st.
Guys:
Please ignore (or continue to to do so) this “Politically Incorrect” dolt. He changes names, uses a fake e-mail address and even changes ISPs so he post his Red Sox fan nonsense.
I’m trying to block him as best I can but I have work to do and some of his comments slip in. So just ignoring him seems to be the best medicine.
Thanks
Jordan,
mentally unstable+New York=Karl Farnsworth
They’ll be showin ths come back for years on the YES network
Letting Dotel go, or not signing him for two years was a bad move by Cashman. He was coming back from TJ surgery and not 100% last year. We let him have the season for rehab and didn’t get any rewards. Dotel and Viz would make a nice set up tandem.
‘Mentally unstable, yes, but he’s worth the risk’
My fav sentence in a post here to date. lol.
LC,
Exactly. Except younger. He can’t be any worse than Farnsworth. Haha.
Guys,
I am beginning to think that fatigue becomes an issue with this team. And I think Torre has a point about being able to rest regulars. He can do that in the outfield but the infield is iffy. Now that Molina is here I think Posada will be able to catch a break. But you look at how many games these guys play in a row, plus the travel, like they have to go to Baltimore probably right after this game is over. What do you guys think?
Brian,
I agree. Thanks
karl=kyle
Josh I have to agree we should at least have had a decent option on a 2nd yr for Dotel. He was never going to produce until July at the earliest.
Brian,
He is unstable. I don’t think it’s much of a pressure thing, more of an introvert problem. I forget exactly. I just remember reading last year that he fell apart because of a personality issue or something to that effect. I don’t care if he calls himself Florence Nightingale and sits in a corner wearing high heels. If the kid can get people out, he’s worth a shot.
No problem Joe. I’m here to help. And silliness seems like the best way to get through this game.
Thanks Pete!
A shutout, as predicted.
I guess that’s the end of the joy ride.
I know nothin about him Jordan so I’m not arguing with you. I just liked the line. I think teams can survive crack pots up to a point but eventually they always get run out of town. Remember Boston put Manny on waivers a few years ago, and San Diego will see Barrett and Bradley get into it before the yr is out.
I know Abreu has had a Dow Jones type of year – ( ok, a bad day for this analogy) but I wouldn’t mind seeing him on the squad next year.
We need all of the offense and OBP help we can get and he wears opposing pitchers out.
Is it just me or has it gotten very quiet around here?
Bronx Born,
I agree with what you are saying. One of the major criticisms of this team has been how thin/ non-existent the bench has been. The team has been ripped for that for months.
Now when there are more players hitting, and some new guys in the mix (phillips, duncan, molina) who actually add depth people are worrying about the everyday line up even more.
You can’t have it both ways. You can’t say you want a deeper bench and then not play those guys. They are there because its a very long season and they all need breathers.
At bats will be scarce but with the age of this team and physical problems key players have had rotating players in the second half is a must.
They’re not playing .650 ball throwing the same 8 guys out there every day.
Is that fake Pete or real Pete who posted? No underline under his name makes me think it is fake pete.
No, I know, Brian. I was just saying as well. Sorry if it came across as edgy.
Barrett and Bradley fighting would definately be entertaining.
Greinke sufferred from what sounds like an episode of major depression.
That’s a very common condition and not that big a deal. Millions of people have it and do fine.
I’m just glad this series is almost over. 4 straight days of listening to these awful Royals broadcasters and having to watch their blurry pictured broadcast is killing me.
The bench has been horrible all year – exacerbated by the fact that Joe T. never seems to trust young’uns until he has no choice, like Melky or Cano.
I am actually happy the Giambi is getting healthier. I think that we are going to get to see him enough to make an assessment about whether he can play first or if he is going to be a bench player.
If you hear Joe T. on the FAN today he was very clear that Melky’s defense and energy are vital to the success of the team. I was so happy to hear that he gets it about this.
So hopefully after last year’s fire drill to get Sheff and Matsui back in the mix, we have time and enough wins to really figure it out.
I want Melky in CF just about every day. If Giambi can play 1B great, otherwise I prefer Damon in the game as DH or spot OF and Giambino as a terrifying stick on the bench.
dontfirecash – - -
re: troll
given the fact that the troll is not chirping, my vote is our fearless leader squashed him!
The thing with Abreu is the length of the deal. I think I’m right in saying he has an option. At the same money it is touch and go, but maybe the best option available.
He isnt giving us much of a spark but Jones and Hunter are going to cost more in yrs and dollars than we should get into. Byrnes is an energy guy but he asked Arizona for a deal similar to Pierre or Matthews Jr. Rowand could probably get a pretty similar deal somewhere.
I like having Damon and Melky giving the guys on the corners some days off. It keeps guys fresh and means if Damon goes down again we’re not too badly exposed. Someone like Gardner could come up then and have a shot. Maybe by 09 Tabata will be ready or someone else will have come through. I suppose it will be close enough to the end of Damon’s deal to spend big to pick someone up then if Tabata regresses.
All in all I’m not crazy about it but he is probably the best option.
Anyone heard any updates on Minky? Pete any news?
Rattacheway comes out of the basement. nice troll…. reruns on TV vland not available????
WHat is it like to be a loser of life??
Terrible game tonight, Yanks did zero right. No clutch hitting or pitching. Igawa hangs 10 pitches per night minimum…..They hit 7 of them every game..
send him down, they cannot afford any more of his lousy starts…
My understanding is that the club option on Abreu is $16M for 1 year. Not great, but better than locking up an old/declining outfielder like Hunter, Rowand et al for 3 to 4 years.
The best thing out of this game is that Igawa proved once again that he is a disaster and Torre cant spin it that he was good and should stay in the rotation. I would rather see Hughes develop and work with Clemens..that will be fun to watch every 5th day. Igawa is a mess and looks like he was never ever on a mound before. It is hard to believe that he was successful before but now has to be reminded after every pitch to keep the ball down and batting practice isnt a good thing.
Igawa is E-gone-a
Viz, Proctor and Farnsworth all didn’t pitch tonight. Tomorrow is going to be like a doubleheader for the pen. Two innings in the suspended game and then the regular game. Having Henn close up saves the pen and is not entirely bad.
Picking up Abreu at $16 million on his option doesn’t seem like a good move given how he’s played and what he’d likely get on the market.
The length of the deal is obviously attractive.
One of the things that I haven’t been able to figure out is if the Yankees decline the option and Abreu goes somewhere else what would they get as compensation?
He’d be a type A player. Picking up a first round pick and supplemental for him wouldn’t be bad.
Alternatively they could sign him, pick up some of the money, and trade him like sheffield for prospects.
I like Eric Byrnes quite a bit. Does a lot of things well and Arizona clearly doesn’t want him. Runs well, hits for some power, average. Main issue is where you play him. He could go to center and move melky to right? They might be able to get Byrnes for a three year deal which would work well with Tabata/ Jackson’s development.
The other guy available in the off season who’s interesting is Kosuke Fukudome from Japan. A lot of people like him. He’s a true free agent – no posting fee. After Igawa, don’t know if the yankees are going to go back into the Japanese market.
Igawa is signed for 3 nore years. What do they do with him? He’s worthless.
Imagine how Igawa is going to feel when he’s hanging out all by himself in the locher room in SWB for the rest of the year? Man, I bet he wishes he had stayed in Japan. He probably was rich and had tons of girls. Now, he’ll sit there not being able to talk to anyone and thinking of the good ol’ days.
maybe Igawa will go back to Japan!!!!
Else he better learn some things in the minors and before next yr. he is 27 so he can improve but his breaking ball sucks and at 91 mph he needs more then a fastball.
3 out of 4 everybody….whoever thinks that we just had 2 win this game is outta their mind. we keep winning series like we have been….2 out of 3,,,,3 out of 4,,,everything is coming up roses !
I’ll be pissed if Igawa is sent down to AAA. He better be going to Tampa(A ball) because he will be occupying a spot in Scranton that should be reserved for Alan Horne.
what do they do with igawa? he will pitch BP to the minor leaguers. he isnt good enough to pitch to mlb. im normally optimistic but this is just ridiculous. and can the kansas city tv stop showing pena and his dad everytime they talk about one it is getting so irritating. idk if yes is doing it but we get it. theyre related. get over it
The KC announcers are very excited. BTW that is Pena’s first walk in 65 games… He makes Cano seem disciplined at the plate…
65 games without a walk!!!!!!
Henn is looking good as usual. 25 yr old been up and down for 3 yrs but never seems to get any better………
I do not understand why Torre is obsessed with thinking that Henn can get major leaguers out. Just because he has a left arm and throws hard does not mean he will be successful. They send him down every month and bring him up and hope he will get people out. He has good stuff but he is not mentally ready for the majors.
these kansas city guys are elated that kc is winning. you can tell they dont do this often. something is creeping down their legs if you know what i mean
They have no one in the pen who can get people out regularyly except mo and vizciano…
that is it… they need to improve the pen..
Truthfully…while I hate Kei he didn’t lose this game (OK, yeah, I know he’ll get the loss but that’s not what I’m talking about). He gave up 4 runs over almost 6 innings. Moose did just one run better yesterday. But not scoring any runs won’t win you any games.
stuart do you have mlb tv? these guys are horrible. i hate away games. the guys on the road are so biased and get so excited. OMG THESE ARE THE YANKEES. BOING
CB-
Check out Abreu vs. Byrnes for OPS+.
I’m not a stat-head, but Abreu has never been as bad as Byrnes was last year. I like Byrnes personality, but we don’t need a 3 year contract with him.
With Ichiro getting around $19M/year hitting a million singles, I OK with Abreu, who seems to be well liked by A-Rod and Bowa as well as a mentor to Cano and Melky.
I agree, we are winning series, one after the other. That will keep us moving up in the standings.
I don’t think it is necessarily Torre’s decision to bring Henn up.
it only seems bad because theyve been winning a lot. seriously why are we mad about winning 3 of 4? these are the people coming out who predicted the yanks demise two months ago and just want to reaffirm their manhood
TKinDC
I as well have a man crush on byrnes. but the thing is byrnes is an upgrade with the glove. the yanks need a good fielding right fielder. since paul, right has had great arms but not so good gloves. byrnes has both. i say trade abreu for byrnes and valverde ahha
Here is my bullpen vision:
I think in a few weeks we are going to have Joba in the pen, Karstens as the long man, Villone and Myers as our lefties, Farnsy (please God please) in Detroit – its in the NYPost, so it must be true.
Henn down, Viz in the 8th or emergency 7th’s, and the HAMMER of the GODS closing out World Series.
Don’t wake me, this is nice!
come on no shut out
Turn the page.
okay the announcer just came… wow im glad to be gone with these guys. I would have prefered a loss two days ago or yesterday so you coul be on a roll going into the next series and build igawas confidence. but i say 3 of 4 AINT BAAd. ill take it
TAFKABFB –
Just because Abreu doesn’t like catching balls near the ground, the fence, teammates, mascots, kentucky blue grass, fescue, pohanna and large weeds doesn’t make him a bad fielder.
He does have a very good and accurate arm and good range.
Unfortunate loss tonight – - – seeya later.
Pete –
BIG THANKS for screening persistent trolls. NICE JOB
You guys keep Igawa. We don’t want him back.
I blame YOU
West Coast
July 26th, 2007 at 7:26 pm
The Boston death dive. 6 or 5 1/2 by the end of the night!
Igawa will be sold for $.50 of the day back to Japan in the offseason (hopefully). Thank the lord our organization can take a financial hit in Igawa and Pavano and not miss a beat. Hopefully no problems w/ Hughes next rehab start and we’ll see, as Pete says, on Aug 4th.
Ship Farnsworth for a bag of balls and promote Joba for the bullpen.
_The KC announcers are very excited._
That’s the thing about being us, everybody acts as if their Game 7 when we come to town. It’s an extra element we have always have to face. You think KC didn’t circle this date in their calendar months ago. They probably don’t even know who they’re playing tomorrow.
According to wiki, “Igawa” is japanese for “wet blanket”
way to kill the momentum, Iggy. I mean, we all where hoping for the best, but dreading the worst. I don’t get that feeling on other days, even when Moose pitches.
Joe just said they’re not skipping the number 5 starter. *sigh* Credit YES postgame.
ya know I am not sure igawa goes to scranton that rotation is crowded with the promotions of kennedy and chamberlain. trenton is pretty full too, welcome to tampa iggy!!
UPDATE, 9:34 p.m.: Win or lose, tonight will be looked back as an important day in the season. The Yankees should now realize without a doubt that Kei Igawa doesn’t belong in the rotation. So he will get skipped with the day off coming Monday and Phil Hughes fits neatly in on Aug. 4 against Kansas City at the Stadium.
Peter, you could not be more correct. Nobody should care how much money we wasted on this man. Trade him, send him down, make him the bat boy, whatever. If you are getting shelled by KC, you belong in AA ball !
igawa is horrible..i love what cashmoney is doing with theyoung arms but kei igawa was not one of his finer moments
bring up hughes please
120 hours (5 days) left in the trading deadline
Yankee fans once again pretending *their* something special.
hahahahaha
Jennifer just because they are not skipping the number 5 doesnt mean that the number 5 is Igawa maybe they bring up someone anyone to fill the one start (karstens maybe)?? just the idea of seeing igawa again makes me sick and the problem is after watching his potgame interview he doesnt exhude (sp??) any confidence whatsoever that he knows what he is doing or not doing. In some respect you do have to fill badly for him, he has been an utter disgrace in America and probably very embarassed.
At least he didnt go running after this start.
Torre saying that they wont skip Igawa makes absolutely no sense. Why would they want to give up his game and gave the team no chance to win…when they dont have to?!!!!??? He is ABSOLUTELY clueless out there!!!His performances are just as bad as his post games. He basically said he doesnt know how to fix himself and he will try to do better next time..Well thanks alot…Hopefully everything goes ok with Hughes next start in AAA and then he will be up here. The organization cant be that stupid to leave this disaster in the majors.
Laughable-
should you be playing dungeons and dragons with 38-doughnuts?
Eric Byrnes is nothing. The Yanks would never sign him. He is Bobby Kiely with more energy..
Igawa literally has pitched well in 1 game this yr. agaginst Boston out of the pen.. Really in about 20 games 1 good outing… If he pitches again I am going ballistic… He said baseball is a game of adjustments but he has made none..
he said he hung pitches, wow how insightful.. I could tell that and who the f am I!!!!!!
Igawa sucks, period…………
nice clutch hitting tonight.. Especially Matsui on the 3 and 0 pop out that is unexcusable. Yeah pop out but not on a 3 and 0 count……
who is pitching in the makeup game???????????What one of our stellar pen guys will do there artistry…
Torre did not say Igawa he said the #5 spot….He did not mention Igawa..
He better be done…….
“should you be playing dungeons and dragons with 38-doughnuts?”
I’m too busy reading your hilarious comments. Very creative.
Igawa 11 starts and 1 relief appearance..62 innings.. avg 5 innings per outing.. ERA 6.70..WHIP about 2..
the guys stinks… he has 2 wins and it is AUgust….CLemens has 3 wins in 7 or 8 starts and a ERA over 3 pts lower.
this guy cannot pitch for a team in a playoff drive….
PATHETIC………
Darrel Rasner and Karstens who I think are marginal at best are better options then him let alone Hughes…..
I dont think Igawa is coming back. Boy has he been horrible. But dont be down too long. Just think of the big upgrade were getting; Phil Hughes!
Igawa will go to AAA but Karstens Hughes Ohlendorf and Chamberlain will all be in NY before the season is out. Plenty of room for Horne in Scranton. Clippard will hopefully make it back there too if he pitches well again.
now Ben,,,we don’t know for SURE abou that, now do we ??? LOL….go to bed Ben,,,as will I….Go Yankees
Ohlendorf is not pitching well wither.. his #’s stink….
Can we lock Igawa in a room with Guissipe Franco and incinerate the key?
Ohlendorf unfortunately pitched poorly again tonight coming out of the pen.
Hopefully he’ll settle down as he build arm strength from the injury.
These are Eric Byrnes numbers this year:
.310 14 HR 54RBI 26 Stolen Bases with a .371 OBP
There are not that many players who put up those numbers from the center field position.
Last year he hit 26 HR and had 79 RBI’s and I believe he was hitting lead off.
He’s not a super star in any means and his OBP is poor but you wouldn’t have to pay him a lot of money either.
He’s not ideal in any way but I do think the team needs to get away from the mentality that they need an all star or big name at every position. That has not served them well.
They’ll have to make some decision on who’s going to be in the outfield next year.
Bobby Abreu has been problematic to say the least this year. $16 million for one year next year isn’t an unreasonable thing to consider but he’s far from ideal, never mind at that money.
Japan
July 26th, 2007 at 11:28 pm
You guys keep Igawa. We don’t want him back.
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Hey, I hear that The Hanshin Tigers really needs his help now.
Looks like Iggy won’t be back EVER. Trade him to the Cardinals for Rick Ankiel or John Rodriguez.
Anyway, we had our opportunities; just didn’t get the clutch hits. Can’t win them all. Let’s go sweep the O’s.
It’s really going to be ironic if the Yanks miss the playoffs by a game or two.
Hughes is ready to go. He was a better pitcher than Igawa even with a bum ankle and hammy.
CB you would have to pay a lot of money for Byrnes. His numbers are nice and Arizona wanted to lock him up but he was asking wayyy more than they anticipted. 5 yrs 50M were the numbers I heard. Considering Matthews Jr’s deal, he might get it or certainly close to it.
Brian M,
I actually was under the impression that Arizona really didn’t want him.
Byrnes seems very eager to sign there as he’s a west coast guy and been successful there. For what it’s worth I’ve heard him say he would give Arizona a “home town” discount.
Arizon is absolutely stocked with talented young position players, outfielders in particular. They look at Byrnes as teh guy who’s keeping Justin Upton’s spot warm. They have a lot of good young outfielders and don’t need him.
I could be completely off on this and not sold on him. At anything close to Pierre or Matthews money i wouldn’t consider it.
I was guessing that he might have a bit of a rough time this off season because of all of the talented centerfielders on the market. It’ll be the exact opposite of last off season. With Ichiro off the market that changes a bit. But there is still Hunter, Jones, and Rowand all ahead of Byrnes.
I really have my doubts about Abreu. I’d even consider going with Damon, Melky and Matsui, were it not for how poor the outfield defense would be.
We’ll see. However it is I don’t want on a big total money, long term deal. Hopefully tabata will be ready in three years.
Iggy doesn’t belong in New York, period
we have to lose at some point.
being upset about this loss is nuts.