Game 118: Orioles at Yankees
Posted by: Peter Abraham - Posted in Misc on Aug 13, 2007 
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Here is the lineup:
YANKEES
Damon DH
Jeter SS
Abreu RF
Rodriguez 3B
Matsui LF
Posasda C
Cano 2B
Betemit 1B
Cabrera CF
Wang RHP (13-6, 3.94)
Pregame chatter: The Yankees are facing Jeremy Guthrie (7-4, 3.22). He has been tough against the Yankees in two starts this season (12.1 13 4 4 4 10) … The Yankees are a curious 3-6 against the Orioles this season. … Melky Cabrera takes a 17-game hitting streak into the game. … Posada is back after a three-game absence with a stiff neck.
Thanks to my man Rod Boone, who is filling in for me today, for calling in the lineup.
Meanwhile, I leave you people alone for half a day and there are nearly 500 comments on defense. If all I did was post about A-Rod and the value (or lack of) defense in baseball, this site would outdraw Google.
But it’s great to cover a team so many people care so much about. Enjoy the game and stop cracking on Andy Phillips.
UPDATE, 9:35 p.m.: I was up in Connecticut having dinner with a friend and didn’t see any of the game until just now. But based on the box score, it seems like Chien-Ming Wang battled after the first inning and kept the Yankees in it. Good sign for him.
If Ron Villone gets through this inning, maybe it’ll be Joba in the eighth and Mo in the ninth.
Meanwhile, thanks to those who e-mailed so I could delete the racist comments. Turns out it was one twisted person using a variety of names. Best to ignore them.
UPDATE, 9:49 p.m.: This will be Joba’s first appearance at the Stadium. In talking to his Dad last week, I know seeing this will fulfill a dream of his. Mr. Chamberlain is working on coming out to see his son pitch. I’m looking forward to meeting him.
UPDATE, 9:54 p.m.: Big spot for the kid here, first time in the big ballpark in the Bronx. This will be interesting to watch.
UPDATE, 9:56 p.m.: Damn, the kid has guts. Shakes off the heater to throw his slider on a 3-2 count and fans Miggy Tejada.
UPDATE, 10:02 p.m.: Best part of that sequence by Chamberlain was how he went from clearly overthrowing to just pitching. He’s 21 and he has that figured out. There is undoubtedly going to be a rough spot or two but every game that he goes the 8th instead of the Viz is money in the bank for the Yanks.
Now he’s available Wednesday.
UPDATE, 10:17 p.m.: First blown save for Rivera since April. All typical bleeders, too. What gets interesting now is who pitches if the game goes to the 10th inning. … Lousy throw by Abreu.
UPDATE, 10:26 p.m.: The Big G comes though. Now the captain wins it.
UPDATE, 10:30 p.m.: I know that Joe Torre just wins accidentally but he’s working that DH spot very well and getting a lot out of Damon/Giambi/Duncan. … It’s funny to watch Duncan and Giambi celebrate.
I would have liked to see Giambi get in the line-up again today.
OH WOW! Jeter is starting? Fire Steinbrenner!
Wait… I think I messed that up.
I hope the Yanks continue to roll. It’s just fun when they win.
Great to see Posada back in the line up.
This site does outdraw Google.
“Rod Boone”? Sounds like a costar of Chest Rockwell’s.
Pete,
Any ideas on what kind of injury is bothering Wang (other than the finger and nail problem)? His last 5 to 6 starts have been absolutely astrocious with the exception of that Kansas City game.
Did anyone out there hear Michael “Special” Kay yesterday, during the game, mention a ceremony tonight commemorating A-Rod’s 500th homerun (with a fan giveaway too), and that tonight’s game would start at 7:15? I woulda swore I heard him mention this….
Wilson at 1B…I guess Joe reads the comments.
The only injury bothering Wang is an aversion to striking people out.
wood is good: I heard the same.
Pete,
I agree with you about Phillips. I love him. There is no need to look for a better first baseman this year. He is doing all they ask..do the Yankees really need another bat in that line-up?
As for Wang, he’ll bounce back just fine. I am not sure how his last 5 starts could be considered atrocious. The guy has won 13 games. Has he been a little off? Yes. Can you call it atrocious? I don’t thnk so.
Thanks for that, Rebecca–I asked Pete about it and he says the media were not informed of this, so he didn’t know anything about it. But my ears rarely deceive me. Guess I’ll find out tonight!
Andy Phillips is great on defense, I thought he would hit for more power.He will get in the game in the 6th inning when the yankees have the lead.
Any news on the 2007 unsigned draft picks?
Anyone in Boston?
How’s the Gagne bloodbath going up there ??
Andy Philips rocks! Anyone who is complaining about him has 1) probably never played a sport, and 2) is an ignorant fan who should shut up and appreciate what a hard working and important commodity a player like Andy is to a championship ballclub. It seems to me that a great number of very important hits and defensive plays have been produced by some of these players over the years (Boone, Sojo, etc.) that will never make an absurd amount of money. Appreciate them before the Yanks throw another defensive hack like Giambi at first with a huge contract.
Guthrie has pitched well against us and also well in general – but the probable pitchers scouting report on the main Yanks page says he has “run into a bit of a rookie wall” lately. Let’s hope that continues tonight!
Also, hopefully the home games will help improve our play vs the Orioles. Save for the first weekend of the season, all the series we’ve played have been at their park right?
LET’S GO YANKEES!!!
Munson15: That is very ignorant of you to say. There are plenty of good reasons to complain about Andy Phillips, but due to his lack of inclusion in the lineup I will refrain. Merely head back 2 posts to see the objective, if one sided, rational discussion as to why Andy Phillips should be sat down for now.
Wang has been atrocious in the last 5 games? Looks pretty consistent to me.
07/08 ANA 1 0 0 6.1 5 0 2 3
07/14 TB 1 0 0 6.0 7 3 0 6
07/19 TOR 0 1 0 7.1 7 3 0 3
07/24 KC 1 0 0 6.0 7 4 2 3
07/29 BAL 1 0 0 6.0 9 3 4 1
08/03 KC 1 0 0 7.0 7 1 1 3
08/08 TOR 0 1 0 2.2 9 8 2 3
For dinner tonight:
Saffron Risotto
Submitted by: anonymous
Categories: Cheese, Rice
Yield: 4 servings
Prep. Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Rating: Rate this recipe
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Ingredients
4 ounces onion, finely chopped
3 ounces butter
15 ounces rice
1/3 cup white wine
2 quarts beef broth, as needed
1/4 teaspoon saffron
3 ounces parmesan cheese, grated
Directions:
Put half of the butter in skillet and saute the onion in it.
Add the rice and saute a couple of minutes.
Add the wine and the broth,stirring well.
Simmer, uncovered,about 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Add the saffron and the parmesan and serve.
Just let Tampa Bay taken even 2 out of 3 in Boston and it would be the nearest thing to that Big Dig Tunnel doing a total collapse.
Dr. Acula:
The Gagne photoshops on Fark have been hysterical.
Man, if the Yankees turned on Farnsworth as fast as RSN turned on Gagne, he’d be pitching in Kamloops by now.
“Anyone who is complaining about him has 1) probably never played a sport, and 2) is an ignorant fan who should shut up and appreciate what a hard working and important commodity a player like Andy is to a championship ballclub.”
well that settles that.
i have no facts to back my argument so i’ll resort to personal attacks.
very compelling argument.
Jerkface, I’m sorry if I have offended you, or anyone else on the board. My explantions for what I said is that if you have played a sport, you completely understand what it is like to have a player like Andy out there everyday, regardless of how he is producing in the lineup, cause players like Jeter and A-Rod know that if they bounce a ball in the dirt, it’ll get scooped, or a pitcher knows that they will vacuum up anything that comes their way. The Yanks are a powerhouse lineup, with 2(!) allstars sitting on the bench half the time (Giambi, and Damon). I’m just agreeing with Pete, leave the kid alone. The Yanks produce enough to be able to leave him in the lineup to figure out his swing, or lay down a few bunts here or there. As for being rational, your name is jerkface.
Yankees Win 11-4….you can PUT IT ON THE BOARD !
My handle has nothing to do with rationality, although yes, that is my handle. It appears that many of the arguments for Andy phillips are based on this nebulous idea of chemistry and intangibles. How do you think A-rod felt when Ape couldnt keep his foot on first on his 2 barehanded throws?
Dr. Acula–
where might I find these photoshops?
Gagne has been sent down to AAA to work on his facial hair…
The Saffron Risotto sounds marvelous
Or how Pettitte felt when Andy messed up yet another pick off? THat is the 2nd or third time Ape has failed to throw the runner out at 2nd on a Pettitte pickoff move.
I for one fear the Orioles;
so I guess 7-2 Orioles, especially Wang has not been effective at all.
No way a no frills, right-handed, 28-year-old rook beats us three straight. No friggin’ chance.
I’m sittin’ right field, lower deck and I’m expecting a keepsake from Wilson (Iron Horse) Betemit.
Peter,
The Yanks are actually 4-5 against the Orioles this year. they won on 4/7 (A-Rod walkoff), 6/27, 7/27 (completion of suspended game) and 7/29.
Some people have some really negative transference going on with Andy Phillips…chill out. Did his foot coming off the bag cost the game? Has he made an error at first yet??? The yankees don’t need a power hitting first baseman. They need a good defensive first baseman and that is what Andy has been. Give the guy a break. He was on fire when he first came up a few weeks ago, so what if he is going throug a little slump…I think Abrue, Damon, Matsui, Cano are all examples that players go through slumps!!!
Rebecca -
Go to http://www.fark.com – look on the sports tab, and look in the comments thread for today’s and yesterday’s links for Yankees games.
There’s one of Gagne in a BoSox uniform but wearing a Yankees turtleneck.
Bob,
The only updates on draft pick signings are only rumor-based as the Yanks supposedly have deals in place for well above MLB’s slotting system, so they are being held up by the commish. Per various rumors, consider Weems, Suttle (3b from UTexas), Angelini (HS stud SS who turned down a scholarship from Rice) and Romine (HS catcher)as signed. Rumor is that they also have a deal in place for Brackman for close to 3 million, which is WELL above slot for the 30th pick.
Sadly, HS pitcher Greg Peavey has decided to honor his commitment to Oregon State after spending the summer in a league up near the campus (he did say that he and the Yanks were close on money though). The ambidextrous pitcher they took in the 45th round (I think) is likely headed back to school and there hasn’t been much out there on Carpenter, a pitcher who is likely headed back to college.
“I’d like to watch something else now. Maybe a comedy?”
Guthrie isn’t no frills…Dude was top-notch out of Stanford and Cleveland gave him little time to prove himself.
He’s got real good stuff..throws mid 90′s with good movement and control.
If only Giambi could function adequately at first base, we could get his bat in the lineup tonight. But I like damon at the top here.
The Yanks are actually 4-5 against the Orioles this year. they won on 4/7 (A-Rod walkoff), *6/27*, 7/27 (completion of suspended game) and 7/29.
they lost 4-0 on 6/27
Matty–
Thank you!
I’m thinking of printing it, and pinning it up on the wall =D
BTW, as much as I’m pounding the horrific Continental ads, it could be worse…
Anybody remember the AWFUL Taylor Hicks Ford ads that would play ad nauseum on YES last year?
At least we just get Derek Jeter making awkward hand movements this year.
http://i26.photobucket.com/alb....._gagne.jpg
The above link is the aforementioned Gagne photoshop.
“He was on fire when he first came up a few weeks ago, so what if he is going throug a little slump…I think Abrue, Damon, Matsui, Cano are all examples that players go through slumps!!!”
you are confusing 2 very different situations.
when Phillips was “on fire” for a week or 2, that was the aberration. when cano, damon, matsui, and abreu slump, that is the aberration.
BTW, not to get a cheap plug or anything, but Ron and Fez will be doing drive time on K-Rock tomorrow. 3-7.
i think damon will cowboy up and try to make a case for himself now that giambi’s back. the competition between these two could really make for some great play from the both of em. when we faced guthrie in the past our lineup was just as badass… but only in theory. i think mr. guthrie is going to be made to feel a little bit more overwhelmed the third time around.
and hey, john parrish is on the mariners now! so we’re golden.
People will stop cracking on Andy Phillips when he stops hitting like a pitcher. Unless he starts playing 1st and 2nd base simultaneously, no amount of defense can make up for his .217 average and .261 SLG and sub-.300 OBP since July 28th. He has been horrible for us since a random hot stretch in July. If it was a proven hitter hitting like a pitcher, I would stick with him, but he isn’t and he hasn’t shown the ability to perform at this level on an even semi-consistent basis.
“BTW, as much as I’m pounding the horrific Continental ads, it could be worse…”
i’m not talking about a daily regimen, or a twice daily regimen, who has time for that nonsense??
stop hiding behind those caps or pretending your hair doesn’t look bad and DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
now, i don’t own the company. i don’t know anything about it.
all i know is this is the BEST product on the market for the appearance of your thinning hair.
hey, i’m guiseppe franco, i’m not putting my name on the line for something that doesn’t work.
haha. the best part of that is when they mention his celebrity clientele, and all of a sudden he’s hugging gary busey. it’s the most inexplicable celeb “plug” ever.
To those who have been pushing for Kennedy to start over Karstens tomorrow based on his minor league stats vs Karstens’s bloated MLB ERA: Karstens gave up 1 run in 2 starts (12 innings) with 10 k’s at AAA before his most recent callup this year. Let’s compare Apples to Apples.
Who is the long man tomorrow if Karstens goes less than 4innings?
Hey, nothing against Phillips.
But if Torre is going to sit Andy against a tough, hard-throwing righty like Guthrie, I’d much prefer to see Giambi get a game every now and then at 1b.
How much more of a liability can Giambi be than Betemit, especially, if you only let either play 7 innings before replacing either with Phillips for defensive purposes?
I don’t like this routine where either Damon or Giambi has to sit every night. Together, they’re too valuable offensively to lose.
The Yankees offensive is going to hit a lull, sooner or later, and they will need both Giambi and Damon, if only because they get on base so much more often than either Betemit or Phillips.
I think it’s ridiculous for Andy to be out of the lineup. How many throws has he dug out of the dirt to save an inning? Timely hits also. If we take his hot streak out from when he was called up we may have lost 4 of them. this 4 game BoSox lead would be 8.
The facts are that the Yankees are currently WINNING with Andy Phillips at 1B and he is currently the best option that they have for the postion..so stop whining about him.
Andy is likely a career .240-.250 MLB hitter and slightly above average fielding first basemen. Torre will ride him while he’s playing well. Betemit will be their supersub of the future and will play some first. Minky will likely play some when (and if) he returns after September 1. Unless the bottom drops out and the offense needs a big boost, they are your first basemen for 2007.
damon has to play sometime. betemit is good enough to play a lot too. giambi can pinch hit later. it’s good that we have a lot of people to fill positions now. as the long as they keep winning, no one should be complaining (damon!).
go yanks!
Betemit will be the first basemen come late September/October, you guys watch!
Andy Phillips will be spot start(Wang?)/ Defensive replacement.
Giambi will get 60/40 Playing time with the Johnny “Many teams are interested in me” Damon.
You heard it here first!
since joba is a starter, why can’t he start for us on tuesday?
the liability of giambi at 1b is that he’ll hurt himself again. he’s a big achey sherman tank of a man.
how quickly we forget that pickoff play that may have saved us the game yesterday. courtesy of andy and andy.
mike f:
After Tuesday, who pitches the 8th every other night?
can’t risk joba’s arm. he is a RP for the rest of this year.
dont forget betemit is a 3b who used to play ss. i think he’ll be okay 1b.
Jerkface said: “nebulous idea of chemistry and intangibles.”
Do you believe that ‘chemistry and intangibles’ don’t count at all when evaluating talent?
BJ
Chemistry and intangibles won it in 98, 99 and 00.
It’s going to get us to 27 in 07.
“Chemistry and intangibles won it in 98, 99 and 00.
It’s going to get us to 27 in 07.”
You forgot about 96, perhaps the best example of the bunch.
BJ
Hip Hip Jorge!
Well, the tides have turned at espn.com. It’s all Yankees, all the time.
This humble pie was especially tasty: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn.....d=tab4pos2
“dont forget betemit is a 3b who used to play ss. i think he’ll be okay 1b.”
This is little consolation to me unfortunately. Betemit has next to zero experience at that position, and attempting this impromptu tryout in the middle of a playoff run makes my hair cringe. It failed miserably last year with Sheffield. First base is far too important a fielding position to be holding tryouts now.
I wont argue that Betemit might be able to handle and grow into the position, but using him here just for his bat makes little sense. I would almost rather see Giambi out there.
All it takes in the playoffs is one blown play on defense and your out. I worry that competence now might translate into a Betemit getting the position, something that gives me as much confidence as Farnsworth in the 8th. Oh I forgot, but he has ‘big arms.’ Now I can sleep, sheesh…
BJ
Bill Simmons is too busy playing Madden (John, not Bill) to notice what’s happening… and when he does, it will be too late. Bwah hah hah haha
BJ–Ach!
Well, to make a really lame excuse, I was 10 in ’96, and not allowed to stay up for the games. The only thing I really remember was Jeffery Maier…
But I’ll take your word for it!
Kenny
August 13th, 2007 at 4:33 pm
Wang has been atrocious in the last 5 games? Looks pretty consistent to me.
07/08 ANA 1 0 0 6.1 5 0 2 3
Hey Ken, what’s the third column represent? Saves?
LC
“Chemistry and intangibles won it in 98, 99 and 00.”
And all this time I thought it was great starting pitching, a strong bullpen, and timely hitting.
I saw the lineup and just had to laugh out loud! Joe made a lot of people happy tonight.
First base is all about footwork, and Betemit is a pretty good infielder so it’s really not an issue putting him there.
“Chemistry and intangibles won it in 98, 99 and 00.�
I thought that it had to do with Bill Clinton being in office
R.Bizzler, thanks for the update, too bad on PEAVEY, REMINDS ME OF THE DANIEL BARD case a few yrs back.
Enoch–And the Padres, Braves and Mets didn’t?
The Yankees just had that much more of it
Yanks have had a problem getting to Guthrie early on, maybe tonites the night. We need a strong outing by Wang
We should be able to get to Guthrie tonight. As most of you know he was formerly a relief pitcher. His innings are way over his usual amount so his arm must be tiring. It has shown in his last few outings, a loss of control which has equaled more walks.
Wood is Good -
I heard Kay say the same thing.
Chemistry and Intangibles are like Aura and Mystique — they are certainly nice to have, but they’re not always that reliable. I thought the Yankees had chemistry and intanglibles working for them for the past two seasons; unfortunately, hitting and/or pitching took the days off, and they couldn’t get the job done alone.
Big Johnson
Nobody knows how good or bad Betemit will be as a first baseman. He has never played 1st base at the ML level. However, he has played first base at the Dominican Republic winterleague. Maybe that’s why the Yankees consider playing him at first base tonight. We’ll see if he is at least ” average “
By the way — I must have missed something. What is the signficance of Saffron Risotto?????
Mentz will not be back in 08, if necessary cut him if the Yanks have to ad a player to the 25 and 40 man come playoff time.
Doreen–
If you watch the games on YES, there are these really annoying commercials for Continental Airlines, where this really obnoxious guy does things like asks a hot dog vendor for saffron risotto and asks the usher at the opera he’d like to watch a comedy now…
I think people were making fun of it and the Yankees Bullpen, now that we have Joba, Viz and Mo
(please, correct me if I’m wrong!)
Doreen:
Saffron Risotto is a magical food that gives the Yankees the power of WIN~!
Rebecca:
shhhh, you’ll ruin it!
“Betemit has next to zero experience at that position, and attempting this impromptu tryout in the middle of a playoff run makes my hair cringe. It failed miserably last year with Sheffield. First base is far too important a fielding position to be holding tryouts now”
He’s played First Base in Winter ball.
This is not a 37 year old Sheffield experimenting at First Base with 1 week left in the season. Betemit has the tools and time to play the position well.
http://www.continental.com/web.....ations.asx
^^
Matty–
=X
Hey, I know it’s a stretch, but couldn’t we have Giambi at first for 6-7 innings and then bring in Phillips? I know he can’t throw, but he is OK on low throw scoops etc. at first!! Or, maybe Damon at first and Giambi as DH. Betemit is OK, but very new playing first. Just idle thoughts here by a Yank Fanatic.
“He’s played First Base in Winter ball.
This is not a 37 year old Sheffield experimenting at First Base with 1 week left in the season. Betemit has the tools and time to play the position well.”
I should have qualified my statement with ‘at the big league level.’ I also have first base experience, and at this rate, may try out for the position.
BJ
Thanks, Rebecca. And Matty.
That IS an annoying commercial. Most of them are! I don’t really get the connection with Joba, Viz and Mo (except maybe sound alike??), but I don’t want to ruin a talisman, so I’ll leave it at that.
GlobalWarming -
For that find, you may have a glass of my ’99 Bordeaux.
does anyone hate the sight of steve phillips as much as i do. all his predictions now are him trying to make sure espn’s costume department doesnt take his buck teeth back
And thanks, Global Warming for the audio-visual.
big johnson… wow… wow
Steve Phillips just makes me laugh. However, Simpsons > Steve Phillips, so I’m watching the Simpsons till 7.
I keep laughing when I hear people say Boston has nothing to worry about. Um, are you kidding? I know their team is good on paper, but letting a 14 game lead shrivel down to 4 games is extremely troublesome.
Steve Phillips is amazing. His big declaration today is, “The Yankees won’t make the playoffs”. He picks the Mariners because, “of their pitching”.
He cites the Yankees pitching as being in the “middle of the pack”. I guess he doesn’t count the fact that its a different pitching staff with the additions of Hughes and Chamberlain, the emergence of Vizcaino (I guess having an ERA of just over 1 for three months isn’t good enough) and the re-emergence of Moose (4-0 in his last 4 starts) as a dependable starter.
So, in Phillips world, a pitching staff that has Aramis Ramirez, Jeff Weaver in its rotation is better than the Yankees starting staff. Wow, is all I can say.
I get the whole, “I have to have a contrarian viewpoint” thing. However, this guy used to be a GM in MLB.
With opinions like that, he couldn’t get a job folding towels in a ML locker room.
Its my fault though. I keep hoping to hear some logical baseball talk on ESPN. Unfortunately, its all agenda setting gibberish and stupidity. What a shame.
ESPN has been gibberish, stupidity, and shame ever since Obermann left. Where have you been?
I got two words for you: Joe Morgan.
I got two more words for you: Who’s Now.
I got even more words for you: Rachel Nichols.
(well, that’s not a bad thing, but I just wanted to get a cheap Rachel Nichols joke in there. My game show idea: Make Rachel Blink)
Steve Phillips is an @$$ !
Steve Phillips used to be a GM? Dare I ask what team?
JGNYC
August 13th, 2007 at 5:14 pm
To those who have been pushing for Kennedy to start over Karstens tomorrow based on his minor league stats vs Karstens’s bloated MLB ERA: Karstens gave up 1 run in 2 starts (12 innings) with 10 k’s at AAA before his most recent callup this year. Let’s compare Apples to Apples.
OK…Karsten is a rotten Apple who has proven THIS YEAR to stink up in the majors…Kennedy is a GREEN Apple who has not yet been even seen my any major league hitters this year…which APPLE do you think has the better chance of succeeding ? Hmmmmm ???
Hurray! Betemit!
BOOOOOO!!!!!! Damon!!
BOOOOOO!!!!!! No Giambi!
This sums up my feelings on tonight’s lineup.
Rebecca –
The Mets. Phillips left in a sexual harassment mess. Ironically, he takes over for a guy who leaves in an alleged sexual harassment mess.
Rebecca
Phillips GMed the Mets into subzero and lost out on ARod which is why he hates Alex so much. The guy is a total jerk an just fits in with the ESPN imbeciles perfectly.
The only people who bash Andy Phillips are the No Maas idiots who never played baseball. They are never happy about anyone. A bunch of miserable stat geeks who make me embarrassed to be a fan. They are never pleased unless the Yankees beat everyone 20-0.
Go Andy!
Just wanted to point out a stat for any of you who just saw Steve Phillips’ analysis of why the Red Sox will make the playoffs and the Yanks will fail once the offense disappears.
He points to Boston’s strong pitching prevailing vs. the Yankees weak pitching with an outburst(mind you it’s lasted a very long time) of offense supporting it.
Meanwhile the Red Sox have posted a team ERA of 4.26 since the ASB and the Yanks have a 4.53. Gotta love the garbage they put on air, we’ve come along way since the beginning of the season and I’m ready for October.
Thanks much.
Just another reason to like the Yankees more!
Looks like the Red Sox are turning to their young fireballer. On NESN’s pre-game they announced that Clay Bucholz will start one of Friday’s doubleheader against LAA.
That’s probaly one of the worst teams to play in your debut!
props stewman. good job that pleases me
The only people who bash Andy Phillips are godless communists and philanderers.
What’s with the fruit color’s of the paintings lol?
KAJ
“OK…Karsten is a rotten Apple who has proven THIS YEAR to stink up in the majors…Kennedy is a GREEN Apple who has not yet been even seen my any major league hitters this year…which APPLE do you think has the better chance of succeeding ? Hmmmmm ???”
Considering that most young pitchers struggle when they come up from the minors, the answer is Karstens.
But Yankees fans are greedy after Chamberlain and Hughes. They expect everyone nowto come up and be awesome which is both silly and not fair. And even Hughes is still adjusting to the majors with two bad starts.
…..Who else just saw that?
And do we have an opinion on the artwork?
MAH GOD! THE SCULPTURE!!
I guess
The artwork is horrific. It looks like something someone would get at a Bar Mitzvah. I mean, GLavine got Jetskis, for goodness’ sake.
I laughed SO hard when that sculpture fell.
I gues I could crack on Josh Phelps
How great would it be if Jeter just clobbered A-Rod over the head with the plate and then revealed A-Rod was wearing a Bosox jersey?
God, they had to wrap it up with a Christina Aguilera song?
Jeezuz.
The Jeter thing was cute though.
When the sculpture fell, I only had one reaction…
“GOODNESS GRACIOUS!”
Matty:
The odds of that happening are about the same as the odds of Bobby Abreu pulling an Aaron Rowand face-cruncher.
That was very nice. Looks like the Yankees will pull out all the stops to get A Rod to stay a Yankee. Smart move.
A-Rod must be so embarassed right now.
Those paintings and that sculpture look ridiculous. I can pretty much guarantee those are going straight into storage.
They look like Andy Warhol paintings.
those paintings were pritty bad and the sculpture wasn’t much better and i laughed really hard when it fell
that would be your wildest dreams huh Matty? Go back to RSN homo
I expect better from the Yankees. That ceremony was pure lame the only cool thing was home plate
Arod likes modern art though, so I hope that’s working for him right now.
Other than that, who wants to create an ARod jet ski fund?
Oh. My. Wow…
what was with all of the rainbow colors? I feel like some hobo in the bronx could have done a better job or at least a comparable one
Uhm the Yankees could have kept that little ceremony to themselves….oh well it’s the thought that counts I guess.
That’s Peter Maxx’s work. That’s his signature style.
It was funny when the sculpture fell.
Well, how can A-Rod opt-out now????? It would seem very ungracious.
Wang needs a nice long outing to get back on track. Being at home will probably help.
Rebecca – he does? I did not know that
Ok someone has to take the upbeat position. I thought the sculpture was cool. The paintings likeness was outstanding, although I wish it showed him swinging a bat or something more baseball like than standing around staring at the camera. Good for the Yankees and good for us fans that we are just slightly closer to keeping A Rod now.
Hold on, what’s all this painting and sculpture stuff? What am I missing?
Yikes — the likeness of Alex on the paintings was nice, but those colors??!! Very much like yard sale items. Poor Alex. Those aren’t going on the walls in his posh home, that’s for sure. And that “sculpture”…words can’t do it justice.
Anyone remember when Phil Rizzuto was knocked over by the “Holy Cow” they brought out on Phil Rizzuto day. That was hilarious.
Chien Ming Wang vs. Baltimore on August 13:
IP H R ER HR BB K
5.0 9 6 5 1 4 3
Doreen,
Maybe Peter Maxx is someone Alex already collects? That might explain the choice by the Yanks.
Jim Johnson: that is insulting to Andy Warhol.
Fear Factor: Wang was solid for the for six innings, then imploded.
Why is Peter Max considered a good artist?
Wait, wrong start. Never mind.
Somehow I forgot you just like to predict that the Yankees will lose every single game.
That’s not a good start. Come on Wang, find the release point.
Let’s go, Wang!
Wow
Why do I think Phillips should be playing 1st tonight?
guess wang figures since he doesn’t have the turf to let everything roll to the wall this time, he should just put it on a tee and let them get it there by air tonight.
what the HALE ? does the Wanger even know that the runners are allowed to steal ? the jump that guy got was stupid !
Triple play time.
What’s wrong with Wang?
Maybe Wang is trying to give up some sort of pitching cycle?
Can we please start over? This isn’t fair.
Okay, who took Wang and replaced him with something else?
do ya THINK the Wanger is off his game tonight ? this is just sick….he looks totally rattled ! this is the 1st dang inning dude ! What happened to the calm kid we have all come to know and love…I shudder to think what Tejada is going to do… WHAT IS GOING ON ? This looks like IGAWA !!! Get Karstens Up ….NOW !!!
DEREK JETER! CLAP-CLAP-CLAP CLAP-CLAP!
this is uncharacteristic is it his nail?
The way this is starting we may see Karstens tonight and Kennedy tomorrow.
This is absolutely horrendous. What is the matter with Wang?
omg Wang. I love you, but damn 9__9
omg say it isn’t so…. holy sh%%T
Wang needs some saffron risotto.
DANG…and Kennedy IS pitching tonight for Scranton, so there goes THAT idea !
In Wang’s defense, Posada should have blocked that ball.
I’d like to watch a different baseball game now. How about one where Wang gets a 1-2-3 inning?
Wang has been crap for a while now. Igawa like, minus the home runs.
Dead arm, maybe? Velocity’s been a little down recently.
They need to pull Kennedy from his start. Wang doesn’t look right, and it looks as though we’ll see Jeff tonight.
Stef, since art is a very personal taste, I would hope they consulted with A-Rod when they had the idea of commissioning the work.
JeffNJ — I agree with you – after they unveiled the portrait-style, I thought they second painting would show a swing, or a stance or something like that.
There’s the Wang we know and love!
jason
August 13th, 2007 at 7:25 pm
The way this is starting we may see Karstens tonight and Kennedy tomorrow.
ZERO CHANCE OF SEEING KENNEDY tomorrow, unless they pull him off the mound right now….DOWN 3-0 already…man WANGER ..you are doing us NO Favors tonight !
Well, at least that worked.
Wang needs to get his head out of his ass and pitch great for the rest of this game. Guthrie has been really good.
I don’t want to hear Ken Singleton say “Kevin MILLAH” ever again.
He needs to just start relying on his sinker.
Man, Betemit has no business playing 1st. He sucks so bad.
SMITH
August 13th, 2007 at 7:28 pm
3-0.
BALLGAME
Obvious Troll….pay no attention to the BoSux Moron !
DP is encouraging, c’mon Wang
Smith do you have a rock you can crawl back under?
Doreen at least they didn’t give him material things unlike the Mets. They gave Alex some interesting items. I would guess they spoke with his wife. Maybe?
Wow, I leave and someone calls me a homo?
Couple of things -
I’ve seen Peter Max’s work. Usually it’s very good. What the Yankees gave a-rod was EMBARASSING. There is just no other word to describe it. That sculpture is something that should go into a 10-year-old’s “Big Boy” room, rather than someone who is making 25mm/year.
If you didn’t see the “art”, this link is a pretty good representation:
http://img527.imageshack.us/im.....rapml6.jpg
(credit to HBox at ronfez.net)
I think we have to accept that we’re not seeing Kennedy tomorrow. What happens if Karstens has to come in in long relief tonight?
ill take the dp… aright we got out of this well rally.
SMITH,
If the game’s over, what are you hanging around for? Go back to SOSH.
could have been worse lets hope he settles down and gives our offense a chance
You Sofa Scouts are nuts.
You can’t win them all.
Wang will be fine. Jeez.
All things considered we are lucky he got out only giving up 3. Hopefully he will settle down and we will have finally figured out this pitcher.
Let’s just hope he settled down. Two straight groundball outs, including a GIDP, is promising.
I never thought I’d say this but Wang is killing us!
SMITH, Wang has been an AL ace longer than Beckett was.
Thank you God!!!!! OK that is over. Time to get back on track quickly.
Oh my god. He actually hit something hard. Throw a parade!
aright guys smith is obviously a troll you know the drill
Well good thing we’re averaging 7 runs a game. 3 runs is not winning this game.
man, that BUM DAMON needs to find another team…ALMOST hits a HR to start the game and ONLY comes up with a DOUBLE ? what a total waste of space, huh ? how does THAT help us ?
I didn’t know that Kennedy was starting tonight. Well, hopefully Wang will hold him from here. A couple months ago, I think we would have worried about the Yankees offense not scoring runs but now I’m confident they’ll score a bunch and they’re off to a good start with Damon.
YEAH Johnny!
this, quite simply is why wang will never be a true ace. Phil hughes, Joba chamberlain, yes, but wang a resounding no. He doesnt miss enough bats to be a legit number one
Yeah they need to pull Kennedy from his start – we might need him! The SWB game is still in warmup right?
I think Wang is still in shock over the crap they gave A-Rod
I really hope Damon starts hitting lots of doubles so I don’t cringe when I see his name, and not Giambi’s, in the DH spot.
im watching bronx is burning on espn2 and the yanks on my computer its kind of strange
Ron & Smith both….everybody put their fingers in ears and say together…..LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA…..LOL !
Lets just ignore the idiot. He will get bored and run and play in traffic.
SMITH: i was referring to the DP. seeing Wang get someone to ground into a DP, especially Millar, is encouraging. We like to be optimistic around here, especially a choice few of us (are you with me Jennifer!?!) so we find the joy in the little things. Seeing Wang get his DP is a good event!
Where’s BBB? She must have been trash talking Johnny Damon. I haven’t been, and he’s been doing pretty well.
No, but what he was last year is still a very valuable pitcher. And before this latest rough patch, he was the same pitcher he was last year.
Wang is very good. He’s not going to consistently dominate. But he isn’t this imposter either.
Jennifer:
Words hurt!
jason
August 13th, 2007 at 7:32 pm
I didn’t know that Kennedy was starting tonight. Well, hopefully Wang will hold him from here. A couple months ago, I think we would have worried about the Yankees offense not scoring runs but now I’m confident they’ll score a bunch and they’re off to a good start with Damon.
Amen, brother…we are only chasing 3 and we will get 1 or 2 this inning…here come DA BATS !!!
3-1!
Yep of course i’m with you!!
Also please lets all ignore this Smith idiot. He just wants to get under our skin.
See now we are down only by 2.
This is like that White Sox game.
There’s one back. Welcome to th Bronx, Orioles. Hope you weren’t sitting on those 3 runs.
okay so were on the board lets do this
I always find it disturbing if the pitchers lack any swing-and-miss strikes. Wang faced six hitters, no swing-and-miss strikes. When Mooooooooose has a similar result, it means he’s gonna get rocked.
What happened to that slider that made him look like Johan Santana against the Mess?
One start (or two) does not make a collapse, but if he doesn’t straighten out like that game in May he lost to the Angels (3 in the first, nothing in the next 7; Yanks honked 3-1), I’ll start getting worried.
And even if Wang has the pitching hiccups, Steve Phillips is a crackhead. If the M’s win the wild card and the Yanks are golfing on 10/1, the fact remains that no one in his right mind would actually PICK anyone who is even with the Yanks at this point to outpace them over the next 45 (or 47 for the M’s) games.
LOL Andrea…yeah I smacked Johnny around a little bit before the game. Gotta keep him motivated, ya know!
Meanwhile it is nice to see the wild pitch occur in our favor for once!
BLACK SEATS!
got em all back !!!….LOL….FRIGGIN LOL,,,,DINKS !
Bobby!!!!!
that’ll helpl!
LOL well that was quick. I knew they would hit Guthrie. We just need Wang to hold the Orioles down.
Nice, Bobby.
3-2 now!!!
oops…not quite…A-Rod will park one to make me right though…here it comes, trolls !
Bobby Abreu says “I’m better than J.D. Drew, and I cost less money.”
MVP chant
At least Wang kept it in the park.
And that is how an above-average shortstop ranges, Derek.
bbb homegirl whats going on!!! johnny damon sucks!!! i admit i trashed him earlier but hes back
Is it weird that I want Giambi to homer more so that I can see Shelley Duncan’s excitement than for the runs scored?
I get the feeling Smith might go away soon.
guys ron is alright he makes mature valid points. we should encourage guys like him to come on. guys they just caught son of sam… ILL!
I want Shelley to be celebrating his own home runs and not Andy Phillips’ sacrifice flies.
Ron– Derek Jeter makes that play in his sleep that play is his signature play.
Boston Yankee, I think that’s the whole thing! He’s back BECAUSE we talked trash about him…nothing like a little reverse psychology. That Johnny Damon is useless!
Boston Yankee: BBB and I figured out that the more we talk crap about Johnny Damon the better he does. so HE’S A BUM!
2 words. slug fest
Gayle: pay attention to the position on the grass. That’s farther than the Blake play yesterday.
I want the real Wang back.
has anyone else noticed that damons arm has gotten atleast 10 percent better in left?
putting the team in a hole from the start, Wang has been consistent all right – consistently astrocious, that is. at this point there isn’t a difference between him and igawa.
Lets go Wang, they got you some more runs!
I want Shelley Duncan to be my boyfriend. But I think I’d have to wear a helmet on our dates.
lol i know i read the blog daily. i know your scheme but keep it on the dl he may hear about it. the optimistic club is back in force
time for a DP!
…I really hope Wang isn’t hurt, and yes, I know I’m really late.
Keep them off the board. Groundballs are good.
Melky saving Wang’s ass.
We don’t need no stinking Gagne!
I love you Melky!
Melkman! Like to see Caca Crispy catch that one. Not happenning.
Wasn’t Wang having issues with his fingernail splitting? I wonder if that’s what’s bothering him?
Tienes leche?
Boston Yankee: we’re descrete. Johnny won’t know a think
Ugh. God Betemit has no business playing first.
Gameday question – does the trajectory of the pitches not work at Yankee stadium?
Love to hear a defense of wang now. second straight start he has done his best to take his team out of the game early. get karstens up.
I get the feeling Wang is shutting them down the rest of the day. My prediction, an 8-4 win.
Historically (i’m to lazy to look up the stats) Wang has struggled in the first and then settled down to pitch a heck of a game. 3 runs is nothing for our offense to overcome right now. No biggie.
Oh and I predict the moron trolls will be gone by 9.
I think we should blame this bad start on A Rod. That ceremony crap is messing up the rhyme of the team, and it made the Orioles want to beat/hate us even more!
Welcome back, Jorge
P’SADAAAAAAA
wow, Robbie Cano in his last 107 ab’s hitting .458. If he could remember how to hit in the first half he could easily win some batting titles.
Cano seemed unable to believe that he’d actually struck out.
Park one in the upper deck and shut up the detractors, Willy.
okay bronx is burning is over. REGGIE REGGIE
Sure, Wang is not his usual self. But, Other than the Roberts double in the first inning, he wasn’t as bad as his line suggests. My concern is that he looked tense in the first inning. I thought Wang could never get nervous.
4-2 YANKEES!!!!! MARRY ME BETEMIT
Yeah Betemit!!!
Well, Betemit certainly wants to play…
Peace out Smith, go back to watching Ortiz and ManRam strike out.
(sound of crickets chirping)
who wants Andy Phillips?
Holy Cow Betemit! Who’s looking like the better trade-deadline pickup now?
BETEMIT IS MY HOMEBOY!!!!!
I’m sure we won’t hear any more complaints about the lineup after this!!!!
But Andy Phillips saves 10 runs a game with his glove.
guys you know what is really disappointing? we didnt get that eric gagne fellow
Did our friend leave with his tail between his legs. We are now leading!!
Who say’s Betemit shouldn’t be playin!!!
I’ll say it again, Betemits offense Vs Right handed pitchers cannot be ignored. Start him over Phillips at 1st fulltime or a the very least platoon them.
Too bad we need a 1B that has average defense but can’t get the ball past the warning track according to Porky.
We’ll at least 10 more runs.
GW is absolutely right. Although I’d platoon Betemit and Shelley.
What’s Wong with Wang? Give him some runs and there’ll be nuthin Wong.
Anyone know what Andy’s numbers are against LHP?
Orioles announcers:
“Betemit is big… he has home run power. There’s a drive!”
hahaha way to jinx yer own team!!
Now that’s the Johnny Damon I’m used to.
Hold ‘em down, Wanger.
4-3 Yankees…Boston is up 1-0….which lead is more, Hmmm ?…Ya know what ALL, it is so cool to have another rep of the Nation rear it’s head to show us again how far up his own @$$ he can stick it !
awww. we miss Scott Proctor, dont’ we folks? We love Wilson, but Everyday Scottie was a trooper!
hey pete, did anybody scream “WILLLLLLLLLLLLLLSONNNNN!!!!”?
wait ron arent you a sox fan?
“Anyone know what Andy’s numbers are against LHP?”
.250 BA with 6 RBI and no HR in 40 AB’s.
Last 3 years for PHillips it’s .186 BA in 102 AB’s.
It’s a pretty easy choice.
SMITH, where did ya go? ;__;
By the way, wang is still the DEFACTO ace of the staff. but let’s stop pretending he’s pitching well. he has not looked great in over a month. thank god for the offense. he clearly can not be counted on to shut teams down right now.
I’m sure ole scottie will return to the form that got him traded from “PARADISE”, soon enuf!
Wang gotta hold em NOW!
How is Kennedy doing tonight?
Is it just me, or does “Markakis” sound like an alien breed from Star Trek or something?
Or a terminal illness?
I’m sorry, SMITH. You have… Markakis.
Matty: it mut have been those two male strippers from last night… “god it felt so good. but now i have to go to the doctors everyday to pick up my pills for my… markakis”
Can’t we be fans of rival teams without being mean to each other?
Hm. Hey Gang? Remind me what Smith’s hero Wakefield did in the 2003 ALCS?
Oh. Right.
Through 3 innings Kennedy line:
0 ER, 3H, 1 BB, 1 K
Until Wang puts up a few 0′s I’m gonna be wincing on ever pitch.
I must thank SMITH–he’s making me laugh really, really hard.
“Hi, I’m Terry Francona. You may not know this, but I suffer from ED. And because of this, I take… Markakis. It’s new, available from your doctor.”
This close up on Tejada’s gloves is making me dizzy.
Wanger’s back!
Wanger is dealing
Wang is getting stronger. He usually does as the game goes on.
And thanks for the stats, Global Warming.
Wakefield is throwing a no-hitter… lets hope I just jinxed it
Beautiful K there!
I’m a Star Trek Enterprise kinda guy.
We need Wanger to go 7, hows his pitch count so far?
“I’ll have the Saffron Markakis”
Just the kind of inning that Wang needed.
there is one ramar. guys is it just me or is ken singleton wicked into hitting streaks?
Please SMITH, easy on the caps. You can still get your point across without sounding like you have tourettes syndrome.
Sounds like the sinker is coming back.
Shutout by Wang through 3-1 innings!
meanwhile Oakland a’s leading Detroit pussydolls 4 to 2.
wanger has thrown 46 pitches
I think the helmsman had a “Markakis” on 1 episode. It was killed by an A_ROD Bomb!
Andrea–ROFLMAO!
BTW, why do we care that Ethan Hawke will be on centerstage? I mean, has he done anything relevant in the last 5 years outside of Training Day?
I’d rather watch an hour of Michael Kay smelling Jeter’s glove.
Kennedy has piched 4 shutout innings. His era is now 0.86. Sure glad we have the more experienced Karstens on the mound tomorrow night. If I could rule the Yankee world…
I love when Mrs. and Mr. Jeter are in the stands. They’re like, typical American. They’re so cute.
Shelley Duncan does not have Markakis but he gives it to people anyway.
Matty: follow up commercial; “Hi im don orsillo. you may not know this but idolize jerry remy. we have frequent bum-sex in the booth. but my little fireman doesnt work as well as it used to. so i use MARKAKIS! Markakis, itll getcha haaaaaaaaaad”
BTW, Jeter’s mom looks like Chloe from “24″ in her Mid-50′s.
Jeter’s dad? Al Bundy’s co-worker in No MA’AM.
Man-o-man, we need a run badddd!
Jeff Karstens is indescribably bad. I really miss Rasner. He wasn’t a great pitcher, but he was the definition of a reliable 5/ spot starter.
Rebecca: I’m glad SOMEONE thinks I’m funny!
jeter come on my fantasy team needs steals
OK, “Saffron Markakis” – Andrea’s the leader going into the clubhouse. Well played.
“Saffron Markakis” sounds like a Greek adult film star.
i feel like the yankees hate michael kay. i know for a fact mariano and jeter do
Yankees win 11-10,,,Boston Loses 2-1,,,which is better…Hmmm ? 14.5 game lead down to only 4.0 games and the complete ICEHOLES of the world come over to troll along…
You should hear Sterling pumping up the Peter Max portraits. AWFUL.
Matty: on the money re: Jeter’s dad.
Boston yankee:
Mariano Rivera, putting Micheal Kay in his place.
LOVE it!
id take a two runner right here
LOL, you guys are killin me with the Markakis stuff!
Boston how do you know for a fact?
I know for a fact that Mussina does, although that shouldn’t be a suprise considering how hateful Kay is of him.
those paintings suck
Markakis… for that not-so-fresh feeling.
yeah sterling is loving those paintings…”he really captured his look”
I heard Shelley Duncan doesn’t like Michael Kay either.
No A-Bomb from A-Rod
Meh. More 0s, Wang. The 1st inning was just a hiccup and a ton of bad luck.
GIEUSEPPE FRANCO!!!!!!
Shelley Duncan will have Michael Kay liquidated. “He was insolent.”
How does Kay keep this job?
jennifer: michael told a story about how he asked jeter how it felt to have all those guys he played with playing in the old timers-game. Michael kay said he was flabergasted that jeter said “im not old!” then walked away.
i mean that might not be hate but hes obviously a nuisance
I heard that Michael Kay is allowed to live because Shelley Duncan doesn’t kill women
ramar: If Joe Morgan is employed, than Michael Kay doesn’t have to worry about job security.
this just in,,,Wakefield has a No-No through 4 whole innings…MLB has made a new rule that THIS OCCURANCE pushes the Boston Lead over the Yankees all the way back to 14.5 games….DANG !…and I thought we had a chance to complete the comeback…oh, well there is always next year….
really bbb? tell me what you know. and lol to the last two things matty said
Cowboy down
I heard Posada can’t stand looking at Kay.
ok, I’m not even saying this to be funny–but how much does Michael Kay ACTUALLY sound like the Saffron Risoto guy?
BOSTON CAN ONLY SCORE ONE RUN AGAINST TAMPA BAY!!!! NOW THAT IS PATHETIC!
Wang probably could have gotten the DP. Maybe a mistake there.
Wow Wang you had the out at second!
Michael Kay is a complete jerk…He shows no emotion when the Yankees hit a home run or something GOOD happens for them, but when the other team turns a double play or hits a home run, he sounds SO VERY HAPPY ! He needs to go announe for Boston, I never have the volume up when I hear that ICEHOLE…he is a modern version of the ever annoying Howard Cosell…….
wang had a brain cramp on that one.
Andrea…just a little….
Wang should have had a DP there.
and the Wanger did NOT throw to 2nd on that one because ???? DANG ~
The only good thing I can say about Kay is that he is not a homer.
Andrea – I used to work in radio so I’m very good with voices. They don’t sound alike. Saffron Risotto guy is kind of effitte. Kay is a lot of things, but femme is not one of them.
Does anyone see the similarity between Joe Morgan and the Hamburgular in the mcdonald’s ads?
Smith: say what you want about the Yankees, but don’t be racist.
Just give Shelley Duncan the green light and he could build the new Stadium by himself in time to open in ’08.
Smith, you are way out of line. Keep that garbage out of here.
aright thats it ive had a enough. racism is not allowed. that is despicable. get the ffffffffff out
Uh Smith?
Being annoying is one thing, being racist is another. Especially considering that your “savior” coming into this year was Dice-K.
Come on, one more.
Just email Pete. This is getting out of control.
SMITH
August 13th, 2007 at 8:19 pm
WAKEFIELD WITH A NO-HITTER THROUGH 5 INNINGS!
AND THE YANKS HAVE CHINK MINK WANK
..sometimes the medication works, and sometimes it doesn’t…
Ok. I guess maybe saffron risoto and Kay are both just super annoying and that’s the similarity. my bad.
aright im writing an email to pete im all for freedom of speech so if you want to be an idiot and make a fool of yourself on this blog fine. but racial slurs are not okay
niyeeeeeeece
At least Yankee fans never have to resort to racist BS.
One run works just fine for us.
Pete can ban posters, right?
Terry Francona has lost his mind. He’s batting Wife-Beater Julio “.296 OBP” Lugo leadoff.
hey smith-
once peter a sees your comment how long do you think your comments will last on this page? your ip address will be blocked too . have a nice life.
I figured the trolls wouldn’t be out tonight. Guess I was wrong.
I live in Boston– unfortunately. And that stuff is typical up here– unfortunately. And this guy is just plain unfortunate.
It’s really pathetic how the trolls operate.
Everyone on the board has done a great job tonight of ignoring him or just taking him for the sad jerk he is.
He gets no reaction from the board so he has to resort vile racist comments to try to get some kind of reaction.
Sounds pretty desperate…. kind of like a certain team…
Just ignore the Boston trolls, even the typical classless racist nonsense. It’s expected from his type.
if someone emails Pete, whatever. But telling Racist McRacistson that he’s out of line only seems to encourage him. We seemed to be doing well ignoring him. Maybe we should go back to that?
Yeah I am NOT cool with the racial slurs on this blog either. This f-tard needs to ride out on whatever sheep it rode in on.
I believe that racial slurs are out of line
Smith, if Wang is so bad, what’s the deal with Matsuzaka?
It should be noted that Andy Pettite, CMW, Roger Clemens, and Mike Mussina all have better ERAs than Tim Wakefield.
I think we’re stuck with him until the Yankees win and Boston lose like always. Pete is off tonight.
okay i just sent an email about the last comment.
doesnt it feel like matsui has been a yankee forever?
Or Okajima?
ok, I love Jorge, but his bat and helmet are freaking vile!
Oh, Boston Yank, I was just kidding about Shelley not liking Kay (although I bet he doesn’t, the force of Shelley cannot abide such idiocy. lol)
Kennedy
5 5 0 0 2 1
Michael Kay knows absolutely nothing about baseball players in general.
why does everyone say email and nobody do it. i just did cause it seems like nobody else is
um, can somebody get the racist the hell off the board?
5 shutout innings for Kennedy.
dude shut up, that is ridiculous.
Hopefully the troll is posting from his cell phone, then Pete can publish his phone number. He may even get a call from a woman for the first time.
Kennedy pwns my soul.
bbb it would be better if he loved kay and whenever he saw him he made a b (bb) -line to him with that smile and gave him a huge pound then a bear hug. id pay to see that
Boston Yankee: I think Pete has the night off tonight. Just ignore it. We’ve grown accostomed to the trolls lately.
Wow, what’s all the booing at the Stadium about?
Andrea,
Point well made. Tonight was very good because everyone ignored the troll.
His only purpose is to be inflammatory so that the discussion bogs down and attention is drawn to him rather than the terrific baseball the Yankees are playing.
The fans of some teams are dying for a distraction from what’s going on between the lines.
I guess some Boston fans would rather stick with Gagne instead of Okajima becasue the much more effective pitcher is Asian.
I see a hanging breaking ball coming here.
Not so much…
Come on, they need to enlarge this lead.
yea were the booing. and would michael kay shut up or talk about baseball. WHERES VIN SCULLY
Yeah Pete can ban ip’s So this little idiot can’t just make up a new email address.
Wow very strange putting the bat on the ground. We need to get Kim down there to find out why.
Froemming is a very, very large man.
LOL Boston Yank, Kay’s pansy ass would go down like a ton of bricks. Shelley will crush him!
Andrea–it was probably someone with the nets missing a foul ball.
It happened to my cousin last month–we sat in those boxes, and we were on net duty, and he was too short to get the ball, so they booed him. I laughed at him, and was very gald it wasn’t me diving onto the net!
You have to do what I do – turn off the YES audio and listen to CBS-AM. Yes, it’s Sterling, but it’s better than Kay’s inanity.
Boston yankee: I’d totally pay to see that too!
You know what would be fantastic? A cage match between Shelley Duncan and Mike Lupica.
a switch hitter is like two plaers in one? WHAT
Betemit doing another thing that Andy Phillips does not do.
Here we go. 2 on. Let’s get a hit.
LA LECHE!
18 Straight!
Everyday Melky delivers!
LECHE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nice AB Melky ! LOL !!!
OOOOOWEEEE!
they need to make betemit shirts someone needs to come uop with something clever. my got melky shirt is lonely
The Melk man delivers!! I need my to get myself one of those t-shirts.
…That sign is great!
The Melkman delivers!!! Yay 2-out RBI!
A hit Johnny. PLEASE????
Matty: I can’t deal with Suzyn. I’ll take Kenny Singleton over Suzyn. That’s basically how I decide.
18 and counting!!!!
is there any reason to not be happy about how the yanks are playing right now, except that good things dont last forever. but bbb, andrea, jennifer we deserve it for sticking through the bad times and being positive
that was cute!! I’m not the clever!!
18 straight, where are you steve phillips?
DAMON YOU SUCK.
HAHAHAHAHA!!!
Do they have “Melkman Delivers” shirts? I have a Got Melky? one, but I want one of those too!
I’ve had faith all year long.
i missed it what did the sign say? Johnny damon YOU SUCK!
sheeeeeeeeeeeeeet
Corey, as unusual, takes a horrible route and outruns his mistake.
Aww, Damon! But, as we now have a bigger lead than Boston, I won’t complain
michael kay’s sign got ripped up classic
It said Michael Kay is my Hero.
The kid just wanted to get on tv and he knew he would if he had a sign like that. There is no way on gods green earth he actually thought that.
i know you have jennifer
CB: that makes me sad.
I went to Fenway this weekend to watch some minor league games. I decided to be noncontroversial and just wore a hat of the minor league team we were with (a tampa affiliate) and a Jackie Robinson t-shirt. I guess some Boston people hated me anyway, then.
steve phillips is the definition of a moron. You can look up idiot in the dictionary and there is a picture of Steve Phillips..Kazmir for Zambrono anyone?
I’m talking about the Melky Cabrera: Priceless one
Phillips? Isn’t that the X-Met guy who got canned cause he knew NOTHING!
Ron
August 13th, 2007 at 8:39 pm
HAHAHAHAHA!!!
did I miss that change of this blog over to 2 year olds ?
I would be worried if Steve Phillips was praising my team!!!!
Nieves is batting for Scraton he is hitting .194 with 3 rbi.
I feel so much better with Jose behind the plate, there is no way we would have swept if Nieves was behind the plate.
F U NAVARRO! you had the gosh darn ball and dropped it!! would have been 0-0
BBB: Where’d you get your got melky? shirt? I want one so bad and I can’t find them anywhere anymore except mlb.com and they’re $25 on there!
now Wakefield has a no-hit through 8 and 2/3.
jennifer: I agree with you, but it makes me so sad that Nieves is doing so poorly. I love him. I even got a Nieves t-shirt. He’s just so happy to be anywhere. I wanna go to a SWB game just to see him!
anyone hear about igawa and the waivers?
Boston yankee: nope–any news, or are ou just asking?
…good thing we got that run o-o
Now that’s just weird. Damn it Wang.
I think tomorrow is d day we will know something.
Wow that didn’t look like it would go out. Such a free and easy swing.
Andrea, I got it in Modells in North Jersey (Paramus)…it was only like $15 cause I cheated and bought it in a kids size, lol.
ahhh why wang? you never give up homeruns.
eeeek…yeah good thing we got that run!
My technique for dealing with trolls– especially racist ones– is simply not to read their posts. You see the name, you simply skip to the next. That way there is no way you can react. Takes a little self-discipline, but it works.
Great, now he’s walking people.
Hey not sure if you guys noticed, Wakefield has a no hitter through 6. Bout time he had a good outing. Boston only holds a 1-0 lead though, but the weak bullpen will blow that as soon as knucklemouth gives up a hit.
bbb which one? there are two.
BBB: i’ve looked all over at every Modell’s I’ve been too! aw man
wow, wang must really want to keep the “he’s not an ace” argument going, because he sure isn’t pitching like one.
c’mon, through a strike here…
Peter, just a quick note. I know site registration sounds like a pain. But it’s easier than you think, and as a result you’ll be able to ban trolls. That’ll improve things for everyone. And when you add racism to the usual stupidity? All the more reason to kick them to the curb.
i agree with this year, after everyone avoids it, it just becomes kinda sad and pathetic.
there we go!
Get Michael Kay drunk enough and he might challenge Shelley Duncan to an arm wrestling event.
You’ll be able to hear Kay’s bones crack in the middle of the Battery Tunnel.
oh dammit belial is a stupid troll too goddammit why do they come out.
and no i haved heard news
HAHAHA NO NO HITTER
maybe i’ve just never paid attention to wang’s facial expressions, but he appears to have zero confidence in his stuff right now. and, judging by the results, maybe he shouldn’t.
Thank you Carl Crawford!!!!
No hitter is over. Wonder when gag-me is coming in to get the Red Sox another loss?
Yeah I’d really wish we had to register. And maybe Pete could let someone monitor the posting when he is gone and delete the obviously disgusting posts.
It’s so funny these two morons were gone when the Yankees were kicking butt and they return when Wang does a little poorly. I’m sure once the no hitter is broken up they will leave again.
Boston Yankee: I knew you’d get worked up about your favorite troll being back. Ignore him like the rest of them. Or I’ll come up to whatever the hell lake you’re on and smack you with Jorge’s dirty bat!
That Boston lead is about to die a horrible death.
Jennifer, I think it was the one on route 4. The bigger one of the two.
NO MORE NO HITTER FOR WAKEFIELD ! Leadoff single and he easily steals 2nd base on the Whiffle Ball pitcher…SWEET !
I love Carl Crawford!! Nice job of breaking it up.
I’m trying not to pay too much attention to Boston while the Yankees are still playing, but Carl Crawford is being held in very high esteem at the moment…
Harley,
I too have been thinking about that for awhile. Registration gives some accountability, but can the trolls just register anyway and post a way? Seems like it may not be fool-proof.
The Sux are going to wish they brought some bats with them. TB is about to tie them.
Hopefully we’ll be 3 games out after tonight. I bet those sox ppl are crying in their melky, he he. Their boards are full of the “Sky is Falling” losers.
I think the bigger on is the one on 17.
What was in the shopping center? Kohls or Burlington?
Did the Sox/DRays game start at 7? That’s going super fast…
BBB
Think I could find said shirt at the Plaza? Paramus is only like 10 minutes from me
jennifer…
It’s actually pretty simple. I moderate at a political/cultural site, and while you rarely have to do it, it’s nice to be able to weed out the truly offensive.
Josh it is fool proof when you can ban ips
Boston is GOING DOWN ! Both tonight AND for the season…ALL THE WAY DOWN….NO PLAYOFFS FOR YOU !!!
Yeah, Carl Crawford is our boy – at least for tonight!
Wonder when we’ll see Joba tonight.
BBB and jennifer: I love that we’re talking shopping on a Yankees board. But I NEED that shirt!
Sounds like we are all from the same area.
Peter bans trolls all the time, he is just not online tonight.
looks like Pena almost put one out…
Outstanding reaction time from A-Rod on that bounced curveball.
looks like Pena almost put one out…Carlos
Being that Wakefield can’t throw a complete game there isn’t much to worry about. As long as Tampa can stay within one until the imploded bull pen takes over they should be alright.
Jennifer: I *think* it was the one with Kohls but I could be wrong, my memory really sucks.. if this helps at all it is the one not by Paramus Park Mall…
Rebecca: I’m not sure abt the Plaza, maybe in that sports store by McDonalds? I can’t believe these shirts are so hard to find! Melky deserves better than that!
belial
August 13th, 2007 at 8:54 pm
“NO MORE NO HITTER FOR WAKEFIELD ! Leadoff single and he easily steals 2nd base on the Whiffle Ball pitcher…SWEET !�
And wakefield doesn’t choke (unlike wang) and still has the shutout through 7.
you forgot to mention that they are TATTOOING the ball off him now…I would LOVE to see either Wakefield come out for the 8th OR the SUPER FANTASTIC HAPPY HOUR that is the Boston Bullpen come in to save the day ! LOL….this makes at least 4 trolls out tonight…is it a full moon ! BaBye Boston and all your icehole fans….you had fun leading the division for most of the year, didn’t ya….after game 162, you’ll be singing a sad song, ding dongs !
two-out hits are sexy.
Ask the 2005 Nationals, numb-nuts.
Nice steal Alex!
Okay it is the one on rt 4.
I know my shopping in Bergen county!!
How many division titles has Boston won?
How do the Red Sox know about getting a division title? If it wasn’t for their back door wild card, they would still believe in curses and ghosts and goblins in beantown. Scary stuff.
btw, winning these kinds of close, low scoring games gets you division titles.
LOL….and when is the last time Boston won a division title, MORON ??? How many years in a row have the Yankees come out ahead and actually won the division, knucklehead ? What would Boston know about winning a division title ? I swear, is the IQ average in Boston THAT much lower than the national average ? Dude, I know that you ride the short bus to school, but you really need to go to be now..there is school tomorrow.
BBB: I’ve seen the standard Cabrera tshirt–the blue with the interlocking NY on the left side of the chest and CABRERA and 28 on the back, but no “got melky?” So he’s got shirts out there. That’s good at least.
2-out walks are almost as sexy as 2-out hits.
Kennedy imploded in the 6th
5.2 7 3 3 4 2
He has very poor control tonight(42 strikes, 37 balls)
Jorge, upper deck. Make. It. Happen.
_And wakefield doesn’t choke (unlike wang) and still has the shutout through 7._
How exactly has Wang choked? Isn’t he still winning this game?
Speaking of choke….
1977 = 2007
jennifer: Is there any other better place to shop than Bergen County? 201 for life =D
Yeah I was watching on gameday. Maybe the zone was tight? Or he just lost it.
2-out RBIs give me tiny orgasms.
By the way, the red soxs might be up. But they have scored 1 run against a pitcher we pegged for 6 runs. Oh red soxs, you guys are funny
That really worked well, but could have been really bad. What was Matsui thinking?
Nope. Like 8 malls within 30 minutes. great place to shop!!
LOL I should know my bergen county shopping too, I grew up off rt 4 in the next town over from Paramus…it is amazing how quickly I can forget this stuff after a few years of not living around there!
I am seriously appalled they are so hard to find, haha…t-shirt justice for the Melkman!!
Posada’s missed being in the line up, apparently…
Eba, Eba, Undala!
Boston scoring ONE WHOLE RUN on Tampa…what an offensive juggernaut ( troll gets out dictionary here )…Boston has 14.5 game lead dwindle down to only 4 games..with now 45 games to play…GIVE BOSTON THE DIVISION CROWN NOW ? What a maroon !
Hip, Hip, Jorge!!
And yes, 201 represent!
who was on the mound when boone hit that homerun?
hip hip
Guess you guys/gals are not taking my advice. Problem is my technique only works if I don’t see regurgitations in response posts. Try it, it is soothing to the soul.
awesome: The KKK and the Red Sox Nation rejoice hand in hand!
Two-out runs rule!!
Watching the Boone homer, Wakefield actually threw the knuckleball exactly where Mirabelli wanted it.
BBB: Next time you see got melky shirts, buy them for all of us! We’ll meet up at a modell’s in bergen county somewhere and celebrate!
Trolls out in full force tonight.
Next year, Pete has to change the blog to a registration only blog.
The influx of these 10 year olds on a nightly basis ruin the game threads.
Yeah guys let’s all vow not to feed the troll(s) tonite…I have been very guilty of it in the past but close 2-run game tonight, lets all put all our energies into rooting for our boys!!
andrea youre right two out hits are sexy
Cano is hitting .320 with a good OPS vs. southpaws.
I keep watching the replay of Boone’s home run on the actober site. It’s one of my favorite memories ever
Cano’s due.
You mean this one Ron
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....038;search
or this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....038;search=
The trolls only come around at the beginning of games. They’ll be gone very soon when the Yankees win and Gag-me blows it for Boston.
This Year: I’m trying to ignore. It’s a bit easier when they type their posts in all caps.
LOL Andrea, I certainly will! Melky will appreciate it and Shelley Duncan will give us elbow high-fives…fun times!
Damn! I really wanted Robbie to get a hit there.
hey, where was everyone when Boone hit the homerun? I was out of the country
Great, Andrea. Let’s start a movement!
Gary Glover sucks at baseball.
guess what..Boston should beat tampa bay…it isn’t really that impressive that they are up 2-0.
Need a shutdown inning from Wang here.
He is struggling but, he battles and that’s positive.
I have more of a problem with Posada calling for a changeup to Patterson than Wang executing the pitch poorly. IMO, its the wrong pitch to throw to Patterson.
He has a buggywhip swing, can’t handle hard stuff on his hands so, there is no reason to try and fool him.
That LH swing can turn on changeups. If I am catching, especially with 2 outs and nobody on, I bust him inside and take my chances pitching that way.
Trying to fool him was the wrong way to go, IMO.
I was 8 when bill buckner let that ball go underneath his legs
im going to get a custom duncan jersey
BROWER!?!?!
I really don’t want to see any Jim Brower tonight.
what is joba doing?
distant second place? are you high?
Ya, friggin Rays pen is awful
So, when do we see Joba?
SMITH, Ron and Belial….SCORING MORE RUNS than the other teams wins ballgames…You guys are idiots, just like all Boston Fans, players, etc. In case you don’t know,,,you have NOT WON ANYTHING YET and even if you are too stupid to figure it out…YOUR 14.5 game lead has been SMACKED AROUND like your tiny a$$e$, all the way down to 4.0 games….Go back to your own little world of idiot Boston fans and check back with us after the season is over…ADIOS F***Heads !!!
I celebrated with my family when Wade Boggs won his 1st championship ring
smith, i hope the red sox don’t blow it open because that’ll prove they can’t win close games.
see, i can’t help but feed the trolls. their comments are so irrational and incoherent that they’re amusing. you can hear the fear behind their words and that amuses me too.
I was in college when Roger Clemens got his 1st ring
migames: i was at the foot of my parents bed (theyre sox fans) when he hit it my dad was like okay go to bed and turned off the tv.
BBB: NO! Shelley will break my elbow! Maybe I’ll take a helmet smash? At least I’ll have the protection of the helmet… I’m still a bit miffed I didn’t get to meet him. I could have gone to work with a broken finger from him shaking my hand!
Haha I want a Duncan jersey too! They really should make some…the people have spoken!
oh, and no Brower pls…we want Joba!!!
Hmm… Red Sox trolls…
Welcome to the blog.
Gotta love shutouts against the juggernaut that is the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Must be great after the tragedy of what happened last night. Wakefield pitching at least 7 so Gagne doesn’t have to come to the mound – great idea. We try to do the same with Farnsworth.
I’m sure they would like to save Joba for tomorrow if possible with Karstens on the hill.
Please no Jim Brower. I’d rather see Ron Villone.
It’s worth noting that Boston was just 10-9 against TB in 2006.
We’ll probably lose the Karstens game. Farnsworth can throw 100 pitches in relief.
okay bbb ill order two
When Buckner hit that ball, I was probably sucking on a bottle, the whole six months of me.
>_>;;
I’d still rather see Edwar up here than Brower.
Manny gave Papa Markakis.
or Britton.
omg… I’d love a duncan shirt.. you know he’s my man!!!
Jim’s just warming up for this inning. I think we will get Joba to start either the 7th or 8th.
Painting.
You guys got to try and stop feeding the trolls. This is their “free night” since Pete is off. Its what they live for.
Just ignore them and they will be gone tomorrow night.
Well, if they did get Farnsworth up, we could probably count on the Yankees to put up a five spot…, and then you can put Brower or Villone in, who, while not the best, are capable of handling a seven run lead
Global Warming…
I’d take Britton too. Edwar just intrigues me with his change and I don’t think he got a fair shake his first time through.
I was sucking the bottle when Bucky hit his homerun
Yeah, they might WANT to save Joba for tomorrow night when Karstens pitches, but with a 2-run lead (for now, hopefully more soon) we need our best in the game!
Nice K by Wang there to get out of the inning. He has gutted it out thus far!
Papi, I meant. Damn it. I ruined it.
I do not want Brower in a close game. He is awful.
So if your Torre what do you do?
2 Run lead and Chien Ming Wand is at 92 Pitches(55 Strikes).
Do you start the inning with Joba?
Go with Wang and keep him on a tight leash? Have Vizcaino warming.
okay kat, ill order you one too
Wilson Betemit doesnt switch hit, shelley duncan tells him what side to hit
Betemit looks awful right handed. Wonder if Joe considered putting Phillips in to PH. Is already the 6th and we’ll need a defensive replacement soon anyway.
Can we give Jim Brower a chance? I know he wasn’t great his previous 2 appearances, but come on, the guy was having the season of his life at AAA. Relief pitchers always emerge out of nowhere, lets at least give him a fair shake.
NAH GAWD IT’S SHELLEY DUNCAN
Equating the Sox and their fans with the Taliban and/or KKK lacks class just like using racial slurs against players. It’s beneath any true Yankee fan who loves the team, the City, and the game to engage in such stupidity. Our team represents the most cosmopolitan city in the country and our Stadium is the most ethnically and economically diverse Park in baseball. We don’t need to demonize either the competition or its fans.
yay Shelley!
Wahoo… Shelley!!!
…Guess they want run #7 pretty bad…
# migames August 13th, 2007 at 8:49 pm
“i agree with this year, after everyone avoids it, it just becomes kinda sad and pathetic.”
What is the point of responding to the trolls? Bringing up old yankee memories doesn’t help.
Shelley should be playing over Damon at DH. Lets see if he can hit another HR.
OH GOD. HERE HE COMES
Tom Brady is a Yankees fan.
That’s got to hurt.
IF ONLY ANDY PHILLIPS WAS PLAYING WE WOULD BE WINNING 4-0 WHICH IS BETTER THAN 6-4!!!!!1one
Shelley will go upper tank in left.
isnt it worth it: i know, i know…im sorry
Andrea– The Modells near me in Edgewater right on River Road had the shirt this weekend not sure about his week
Shelley’s gonna end that ball’s life for it’s insolence later.
i bet belial and smith are the same person haha he just wants to seem like there are alot of them.
Andy Phillips also looks bad hitting righthanded.
Wang is not doing well for the last two games.
However, you cannot judge a play by just a few games.
Here is the season statistics before today’s game.
#49 Tim Wakefield REC 13-10 | SV 0 | ERA 4.71 | WHIP 1.33
Season 24 145.1 143 79 15 51 84 13 10 0 91.6 1.33 .259 4.71
#40 Chien-Ming Wang REC 13-6 | SV 0 | ERA 3.94 | WHIP 1.29
Season 21 139.1 144 61 6 36 67 13 6 0 95.2 1.29 .273 3.94
It does not appear Wakefield is doing better than Wang so far this season.
Andrea–Oh, you know it.
gayle: where’s Edgewater compared to New York? I work in White Plains…
wangers ERA is seriously inflated due to his last appearance. it was 3.6 prior to the chicago game.
Jeter didn’t even move. That’s a hit most of the time, but still.
Do you know what I’d like?
Since Mariano comes in to “Enter Sandman”, I want Joba to come in to “Jesus Christ Superstar”.
Didn’t Wakefield once set a record by allowing six homers in a game?
matty: lol. that’d be awesome.
Joe tried to get Wang through the 7th but, unfortunately, he didn’t help him and this is an easy call.
Roberts is less dangerous a hitter from the right side.
Just need Villone to do his job.
Wang battled but, his location is still a bit off.
However, he still got them to the 7th with a 2 run lead. Its not up to the bullpen to do it job.
Edgewater is below the gwb
Edgewater is near Paramus in between the Lincoln Tunnel and GW bridge just south of fort Lee take the Palisades from White PLains or however you would notrmally go to the Bridge instead of going ont he bridge get off in Fort Lee and head south towards the Tunnel on River Road.
Villone having gravity issues.
here’s hoping our future employee Johan will shut down Seattle
Wang did his job. Let’s see Joba in the 8th
…that could have been really ugly.
Illiterate, too?
Hopefully Villone will get thru the inning, and we can use Joba for 8 and mo for 9.
Mo can work the 9th today right?
Edgewater – best views in New Jersey. Some of the highest rents too. I dated a girl from there. She was beautiful.
Joba has to sit for 2 weeks. Torre rules.
id like to see someone hit shelley
villone didnt fall because shelley duncan didnt want him to fall
see how he reacts
You know the funny thing about the trolls. They are pushing the number of posts up. Which will push up the cost of advertising on the site. Which will get Pete a raise and help continued improvements of the site. Post away trolls. Its all good.
Plus Joba will finish this one up, Gagne will blow Bostons lead and we’ll all go home happy
Thank you for defending Andy. We enjoy watching him play here! He seems like a nice guy, too.
I want to get a place there, but it is way out of my price range. You have a beautiful view of Manhattan.
6IP 8H 4ER, responsible for the runner on first.
sorry, i’m not impressed. in his last 10 starts, how many times has wang allowed less than 3 runs? somebody, quick! here’s a hint: once.
Boston Yank, I would pay good money to see that! I so wanted one of those punk ass Blue Jays to throw one punch..he would have WHOOPED them!
When Smith goes to sleep tonight, Shelley will be waiting for him.
Wang’s hit a rough patch. It happens. If they can win when it does, that’s big.
He better check under his bed for Shelley.
oh god and here comes kasey and his POSITIVE attitude
I have lived here for 7 years (moved from the city) was able to buy relatively low compared to what the cost is now. There are lots of newer developments both rental and own all along the river.
Edgewater also is home to many Yankees during the season. The location makes it very easy to get to the stadium.
“Interesting” meaning…bad?
Corey’s plate discipline made Cano look like Nick the Stick.
Do yourself a favor Smith. Cool it while you can.
Its quite easy to get IP addresses from this blog and unless you want your mommy to get a call from somebody with the newspaper regarding your activity tonight, I suggest you quit while you are ahead.
Come on Villone, we need a scoreless inning here
Kasey, pitchers slump just like batters. By your flawless logic Wang is somehow supposed to be immune to this?
The best starters give you a chance to win even when they don’t have their stuff…that is just what Wang did tonight.
For a small man, Corey has a HUGE swing.
Not good.
Gayle… you have Yankees as neighbors?? When are we all going to be invited over!?!
Sj, which is it. We can’t go after the trolls but you can? It’s fun ripping on his sorry ass sometimes.
I love the save by Kay there
The ball gets away from Posada and…. IN TIME…. Is Redman
Good news is if Joba only pitches one inning tonight, his exile is only one night, so we’ll get him again on Thursday.
Was that an earned run?
Villone! GAH! You don’t do that in a two run game!
And that’s not doing any favors to Wang’s ERA.
I’m sorry Wed.
come on ronny
Pete’s back
Thanks PETE!!
Took care of our friend.
We need to score a few give Joba some breathing room, i’m sure he’ll be nervous.
Two Wild Pitches in an inning
Villone needs to be gone
Sean Henn can do better than this
hahaha matty he walks into his room before saying good night to mommy and daddy. turns on the nightlight and shelley walks out from behind a curtain in a wicked deep voice: “ive been waiting…”
So, is it Joba for 1 then Mo, or Joba for 2 and rest Mo?
That is OK…we’ll put up a 2 spot in the bottom of the inning…GO YANKEES….Update from Boston…PapelPug pitching in Boston, just in time to BLOW THE SAVE….BOO-HA-HA !!!
Actually Jeff we’ll see him on Wednesday.
Not going after his ass Jeff. That’s Pete’s job.
Just trying to help clear up the clutter is all.
Geez, what a bad way to give away a run. Man, between Jorge not handling a pitch and a bad WP, a giveaway run.
One pitch away from Villone doing a great job.
Now, its up to Joba and Vizcaino to shut the door. I doubt Mo is available tonight.
I want a bigger lead.
I’d say no to Joba…He’ll be needed with kAAAArstens pitching tommmorow.
Pete is the BEST !
I don’t think Joba is going to get used tonight. he would have pitched the 7th inning otherwise.
They should just save him for tomorrow with Karstens on the mound.
i feel like somebody called it that it was one person… wow that person must be very smart
so how does that fifth run get charged to wang? that’s really unfair. i wish they’d change the rule so that relievers are responsible for runners who are not in scoring position. you’re a reliever, you should be able to get out of a spot like that even with no outs.
Joba could be getting his first major league save tonight.
Joba’s warming up!
With Bedard pitching on Wednesday the Yankees need to win this game tonight.
I wouldn’t worry about saving Joba for tomorrow to protect a lead that may never materialize.
The next two games the pitching matchups actually favor Baltimore.
They lose this game and there is a possibility they could get swept in this series. I don’t think that will happen even if they don’t pull this game out but there is a risk.
Win this tonight and they only need one of the next two to take the series.
so how does that fifth run get charged to wang? that’s really unfair. i wish they’d change the rule so that relievers are responsible for runners who are not in scoring position. you’re a reliever, you should be able to get out of a spot like that even with no outs.
And just one of the many many reasons why ERA is a terrible stat.
So much for that. Joba warming.
I would so love an extra run or two right now.
YAAAAY PETE!
Joba is pitching the 7th, i’d like if they gave him a run or two to work with.
One of the joba rules is no more than 35 pitches. So there is no reason to save him for tomorrow if you are thinking along the line of long reliever.
That was practically in the dirt. WTF?
PapelPug gives up a 2 out WALK…GO PAPEL-PUG !
andrea you saw me call it. that is so sad…
Why are people thinking that Rivera won’t be used?
Thankfully Bruce is retiring after this year.
Joba in a high pressure situation, lets see how he reacts.
If Joba has a quick 8th, might they leave him in for the ninth?
JOBA TIME!
Man, Froemming missed 5 pitches in that half inning.
Hope he has the same strikezone for Joba.
Guys who are 100 pounds overweight shouldn’t be umpiring. They get lazy and Bruce has been mailing it in for years now.
He can’t retire soon enough.
Awful job with balls and strikes that half inning.
Yay Red Sox. You beat a team that is 27 games over .500.
PapelPug gets the save,,,Boston now up by a FULL 4.5 games…( well that will be back to 4.0 in about 30 minutes ) and only 44 games to play….4 game lead 44 games to play….that is HUGE ! We have NO BUSINESS thinking we can catch them, especially because we only play them 6 more times….DANG !
No thats Mo’s job.
That’s under, of course.
“But based on the box score, it seems like Chien-Ming Wang battled after the first inning and kept the Yankees in it. Good sign for him.”
yeah, something like that. or he went 6+ and gave up 5 runs on 8 hits, putting his team in an immediate hole and continuing to give up runs after they’d handed him the lead, throwing only one 1-2-3 inning.
either way.
Calm down JobAa!! Pretend you’re back in Tornoto.
WOW! JOBA!!!!
“Guys who are 100 pounds overweight shouldn’t be umpiring. They get lazy and Bruce has been mailing it in for years now.”
hilarious. and true.
im going to make some shirts “Good Joba”, “Joba well done”, “It’s a dirty joba but someones gotta do it”
Boston yankee: I’ll take one Dirty Joba t-shirt!
One batter, One K
was that a slider or a change to strikeout tejada?
FUNNY Boston!!!
K
oh no the troll is back
Joba shakes off Posada to throw the slider again to K Tejada.
Love it!!!
I love the stadium love for Joba.
That’s gotta do wonders for your confidence.
Shelley Duncan to close it in the ninth?
Wow. Joba shook off Jorge twice and threw that beautiful slider for strike three. After Mo’s cutter, it is my new favorite pitch. The Joba slider.
ooo, you guys crack me up!!!
If Joba has a quick 8th, do you leave him in for the 9th?
IS THAT a SERIOUS QUESTION??
Settle down folks, I love Joba too but think here.
Hate to burst your bubble, but I’ve already seen the Good Joba and Joba Well Done t-shirts outside the stadium.
You know what they say about Joba…
He’s no Gagne.
KYLE WHO????????????
Boston Yankee: Me too! Sign me up for a dirty Joba!
I am unbelievably jealous of EVERYONE at the Stadium tonight. I’ve got tickets for Sunday. What are the chances I’ll get to see Joba?
How far out of favor has Kyle fallen. This must be eating him alive. A kid a 21 year old kid who has pitched 4 innings his entire major league carrer is pitching HIS INNING!!
Millar got out, as opposed to last night. Crowd chanting Joba!
What about Joba the Hut? Are those floating around too?
I ask because I thought they said Mo was unavailable during the pregame show.
I demand “Joba the Mutt”, and he’s escorted to the mound by Kim Jones in a gold bikini.
tough not to love the kid, huh? real impressive.
WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW!!
I don’t even know what to say!!
Joba was f’ing pumped after that K.
mike ct: we can only hope
Yes, the Joba the Hutt shirts were out there, also.
gotta love that fist pump.
How ridicolous must it be to hear your name chanted at the stadium after you’ve faced two batters?
Joba’s slider might be the best slider anyone has seen since Randy Johnson’s in his prime
why not Joba in the 9th? Mo is gassed from last night.
Guys, no offense, a 21-year old kid should NOT be shaking off Posada.
KK
Awesome Phil.
Jobaaaaa!! Woooooo!!!!
What a Joba??? Oh, Sterling…
KIM JONES. GOLD BIKINI. MAKE IT HAPPEN.
Wow!!! That’s all you can say. He’s amazing.
13 pitches. C’mon, one more inning Joe.
wowowowowo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
because they’re not going to let a 21-year old rookie making his 3rd major league appearance close out a one-run game with the best closer of all time sitting in the bullpen, jeff.
Shows he has faith in what he throws. Although I wonder what Jorge thinks about it.
LOVE THE PUMP FIST…..
yea matty i dont like that much either. but as long as it works… hey ill take it
Andrea, I got tickets for Sunday too…let’s try to will a Joba appearance!!
That was crazy! Go Joba! Step aside, Mo! (just kidding)
But seriously, wow.
BBB: where you sitting? I’m not a stalker or anything, just wondering…it would be funny if we’re close…
Boston yankee: THANK you. that’s what I’ve been trying to say! She’s not a beast, she’s just not HOT. And I don’t like her as an interviewer. Fire her, hire me!
kasey, it is that type of thinking that let Mo pitch 3 pitches in the 1995 ALDS and then taking him out for Jack McDowell who promoptly blew the game. Sometimes, it’s worth going against convention.
Joba and Phil on the bench together. Love it. We should be seeing that for years to come.
I need to buy a Joba the hutt t-shirt!!
OMG Jamie Walker annoys me. He looks like the lawyer from The People vs. Larry Flynt.
Joba is the man. That was pure, unfiltered filth.
guys kim jones is ugly
They should tell Joba to tone down the fist pump. Other teams won’t like it. Just like we can’t stand k-rods fist pump.
Also from my selfish perspective I have tickets Thursday so it would be nice if Joba gets a 2nd inning and can’t pitch again till then.
“Joba was f’ing pumped after that K.”
“gotta love that fist pump.”
“LOVE THE PUMP FIST…”
Wait so Beckett, K-Rod, and Papelbon can’t show emotion but Joba can…
\kid pitched damn well
Mo for the 9th other than the obvious now Joba only needs 1 day of rest before the next start. Joba rules say 1 day off for every inning pitched.
How many days since there has been a sighting of Farnsworth
THAT TOP 8th WAS BREATHTAKING HOLY COW!
IF IAN PANS OUT THE WAY THEYRE TALKING ABOUT CAN YOU IMAGINE OUR ROTATION FOR THE NEXT 10? YEARS
HUGHES
WANG
JOBA
IAN
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on the shake off of Posada:
I get where you guys are coming from and Posada is the veteran who knows the league, but it is ultimately the pitchrs call.
Kim Jones is not ugly. She’s no supermodel, but she’s not ugly.
YanksSox: i have been a huge critic of beckett but i say it because it shows immaturity. joba is a kid so i give him a pass
yeah I don’t like the fist pump either.
Agree somewhat, jennifer. but I would not say anything to him NOW to temper that wonderful youthful enthusiasm.
“kasey, it is that type of thinking that let Mo pitch 3 pitches in the 1995 ALDS and then taking him out for Jack McDowell who promoptly blew the game. Sometimes, it’s worth going against convention.”
mother of god. i love the kid, too, but let’s not compare jack mcdowell in 1995 to mariano rivera in 2007, shall we? the kid’s 21, he’s still getting used to coming out of the bullpen, and if he goes 2 innings tonight, they lose him for 2 days again. why do that when rivera’s in the bullpen? it makes zero sense. it’s not “unconventional,” jeff. when you have the best closer in the history of the game available and a one-run lead, you use him.
I can’t wait to see this kid as a starter. I know we need him in the pen, so i guess I will have to wait until 08′…
Would love to see a couple of 10+ k games!!!!
JUST ENJOYNIG THE MOMENT FROM THE KID IN HIS FIRST STADIUM APPERANCE…RELAXXXXXX
I think they need to put out an apb for him. Get out the bloodhounds.
Three more outs! One run games make me nervous as hell, but the more of these we win, the better for us in the long stretch.
maybe jorge signaled him to shake him off wanting a slider all along. good question for peter to ask after the game.
It was a subdued fist pump.
“kasey, it is that type of thinking that let Mo pitch 3 pitches in the 1995 ALDS and then taking him out for Jack McDowell who promoptly blew the game. Sometimes, it’s worth going against convention.”
Did you just compare Jack friggen McDowell to modern day Mariano Rivera?
Mo should be closing the 9th. Period. Joba is pitching awesome but the 9th is a whole new ballgame. Why even risk and implosion?
kasey, I hope you’re right. I don’t want to have to say I told you so if Mo blows this game. I hope you’re right.
Yes, he should shake off Posada. If Wang did earlier in the game, he wouldn’t have thrown that changeup to Patterson to give away a run.
The pitcher has to be comfortable with the pitch he wants to throw. I don’t care how hard he throws, big league hitters will sit on 2-2 and 3-2 fastballs and eventually catch up to them.
By my count, he has shaken off Posada three times in his three games on 2-2 and 3-2 pitches and has gotten three strikeouts.
As Jorge learns what he likes more, they will be more in sync. But, right now, don’t mess with what’s working, IMO.
DONTFIRECASH..DO THE MACARENA
Damn bloops.
Mo, c’mon! No drama today, please?
Though if I struck out a major league hitter I would probably do a pretty sweet dance on the mound.
Rumor has it Farnsworth was last seen having dinner with Ed Whitson and Steve Karsay.
If Mo is ok to pitch, you go to Mo.
Let’s not kill the kid with two inning appearances every time out.
You go to Mo in the 9th inning and take your chances. That’s a no brainer.
I don’t have a problem with the fistpump. Positive emotion never bothers me on the field.
Joba is very different from most young pitchers because he has tremendous confidence in the slider.
He actually feels that it helps him get back to his proper release point so it settles down his command. That’s one of the reason’s why he feels so comfortable throwing it down in the count.
Jorge has probably caught very, very few young pitchers with that kind of confidence in their breaking pitches.
It’ll take them some time because of that to learn how to work together.
Until then Joba should do what makes him comfortable.
“I don’t have a problem with the fistpump. Positive emotion never bothers me on the field.”
Completely agree, but you can’t have it both ways. It sucks when the opposing pitcher does it, but when you own pitcher does, it feels extra sweet.
“Though if I struck out a major league hitter I would probably do a pretty sweet dance on the mound.”
I would do a whole freaking jig if I could even be allowed on a major league mound.
Rebecca August 13th, 2007 at 10:06 pm
Three more outs! One run games make me nervous as hell, but the more of these we win, the better for us in the long stretch.
one run games are the bread and butter of baseball. i love that nervousness
“kasey, I hope you’re right. I don’t want to have to say I told you so if Mo blows this game. I hope you’re right.”
me too. last night and mora tonight have me a little scared that he’s headed towards his annual august swoon.
okay so smith jones belial… so pathetic wow… so not only is he a troll hes a schizo?
Typical Mo hit, Now bear down and get a strike out.
Two innings followed by two days off is, in no way, killing the kid.
let’s GO MO !
Good lord, Mo has been making things interesting the past two days.
haha rebecca no argument there.
GEE KAJ WHO DO YOU THINK IT IS? IT ISNT LIKE HE HAS A GENERIC LAST NAME AND TYPING IN ALL CAPS?
Kasey: Why the hatred of Wang? All he has done is lead the majors in victories and the Yankees in innings since the start of last season. They would be screwed without him.
He is a sinkerball pitcher, so he pitches to contact. He doesn’t strike a lot of guys out but he gets a lot of grounders.
Just because the Yankees are doing so well and you can’t make your usual doom-and-gloom predictions, there’s no reason to give Wang a hard time.
This is starting to feel like a championship caliber team.
JONES
August 13th, 2007 at 10:11 pm
MO ABOUT TO BLOW IT! LOL
Gee, I wonder who this d*ck is ?
i like the emotion too, and I have never bashed anyone elses pitchers for doing it either. Of course I dont like it when other pitchers do it becasue it means they just did something good for the oposing team, but I think it is good. It fires up the team!
Boston Yankee: But so much more fun when you win them!
haha jennifer good call
Oh sweet
Great play by Melky
OUT AT THE PLATE!!!
nice play posada! may have just saved the game…
Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!
He must be in boarding school and he is running from computer to computer.
MELKY!!!!!!!!!
MELKY, LOL. THAT WAS AWESOME!
WOW They actually tried to score on that!! ANd than advance!!
holy crap, i love you melky.
That’s just some good baseball by Melky – I love when a player backs up aggressively! That’s being a professional.
That throw from Melky was PERFECT.
I know I say it a lot, but Melky > Gagne.
MELKY FOR MVP. YES REBECCA THATS FFFING BASEBALL
I kid from new england in boarding school? and a racist on top of it? No, it couldnt be.
God, I love Melky
MO SHOULD HAVE BEEN BEHIND POSADA
I wish we could clone Melky!!!!
I wonder what Steve Phillips things of that play by the Melkman?
NO!!!! ;_;
OH
Terrible throw by Abreu
Rivera has been shaky lately
damn. I won’t say it but….
Hmm. I guess two great throws is too much to ask for.
Sigh.
Looks like Smith is now Jones again.
Why have the baseball gods cursed Mo with these darn bloop hits through out his carer.
And here come the massive second guessing that Joba should of stayed in……..sigh.
god damnit mo’
that is a twist of emotion
shame. melky bailed him out and mo couldn’t make it stand up. he’s back to being not exactly right.
why did they even pitch to Roberts?
Damn throw way too high, was in time.
crap
Uh, pardon me, first guessing here.
Joba….
yeah, jeff. this happens to mo in august. he’ll blow a few more before the year’s over.
who is up for the Yankees.
First blown save in a long time. Just get the win.
Jones, that’s kinf pathetic.
geez…two bloop hits.
coulda seen that one comin – Kay even called it
Can’t lose this game
It’s ok, now Mo will get the win instead. Better for my fantasy team.
i dont even know what to say… and mo may be over the hill as far as im concerned papelbon hasnt proven there is a hill hes still young a lot can go wrong
The g-man with a walk off?
Mo is tired, he worked hard yesterday.
The greatest closer of all time is still the man to put on the mound in a save situation. not a 21-year old pitching at the stadium for the first time. lets get the W.
if Kay hadn’t been babbling about Mariano’s no blown saves since April, this wouldn’t have happened.
I hate you, Jinxael Kay.
Always those darn bloop hits. Mo pitched fairly well imo, a pitcher can´t do much against those soft pops.
Let´s just get this win in the 9th or extras.
even if the yanks win this is a morale loss
There is absolutely positively no “second guess” of bringing in Mariano into any game if he says he can go.
If he’s available he’s in the game.
I’ve followed Joba pretty closely since he was drafted and love his game but the idea that bringing Rivera into a one run game could be questioned is absurd.
It’s just going to have to be one of those ole walkoff wins to rile up the Yankees some more.
You know, Duncan’s up third.
This should be interesting.
I hope Mo’s okay, am a little worried.
no jennifer the D MAN!
Phillips, Cabrera, and Duncan due up.
While Mo’s control might not be great, none of those hits were centered on the fat part of the bat. Just a run of bad luck. It happens.
How can Kay say the throw was alittle high? It was very high. If it was lower he would have been out!
geez that was not a smooth inning.
Orioles trying to play AL East spoiler. Too bad they can’t beat anyone other than the Yanks or Sox.
Hopefully seeing Farnsworth warm up will be enough incentive to score this inning!
That was such a bad throw by Abreu
What killed us was Torre using Wang/Villone instead of Chamberlain in the 7th.
I KNOW MO JUST BLEW A SAVE, BUT I JUST FIGURED OUT THE NICKNAME OF THE FUTURE OF THE YANKEES…
JOBA THE HEAT!
“even if the yanks win this is a morale loss”
what the hell is this supposed to mean? ha!
Could Abreu have made that catch?
Its Mo’s first blown save since April 20. Kind of hard to kill him for that.
The two runs they gave away with wild pitches, especially the one in the 7th, came back to haunt them.
Just have to win it in the bottom of the 9th now.
All pitchers go thru highs and lows. It is just mo’s low. better now than October.
I think we’ll be seeing Giambi third.
The worst part of this will be having to pitch Vizcaino in the 10th if we don’t win it here.
oh sorry Boston. just got it. duh.
Shelley with the walk-off HR. I called it
Wow… Mo disappointing tonight. Maybe the Yanks have a nice little Joba vs. Mo thing going down…lol No win for Wang and Melkman bailed him out.. Better get the win now..c’mon boys..
yea if someone is questioning bringing the closer in to close then they either dont know baseball or are a little too exuberant at jobas success. but still morale loss even if they win… god im crushed. LETS DO THIS
How many innings will this go before Torre brings in Farnsworth? Torre made the right move bringing in Rivera. It just didn’t work. Abreu plays lousy defense for everyone.
DUNCAN WILL NOT BAT
Shelley is going to walk off and rip Larry Bowa’s arm off.
Mo is fine. Let’s not get crazy, he gave up a few bloop hits on a day after he threw a lot of pitches. He’s going to vulture a win tonight.
Still I just envisioned something for the first time:
Mo setting up for Joba!
Can’t complain about putting Mo out there tonight, tho’ it’s worth noting he had nothing last night and extended himself as well. And yes, these were bloop hits, but that’s not entirely an adequate excuse. (Mo’s command was only marginally better tonite.) And sure, Abreu’s throw was up.
But watching the 8th and the 9th? You can’t help but think…
Future? Meet Past. Past? Meet Future.
This game isn’t on Torre. Please.
They have Mo on the mound with a one run lead in the 9th. I’ll take my chances with that everytime.
PLEASE WIN FARNY WARMING UP
Ohh no Farnsworth is warming up
uh oh. Farnsworth warming…
Oh no, Farnsworth warming….
sucks they have to go extra now.
damon better start looking for a job cuz melky is the sh!t!
This game is on Villone more than anyone else. The run he gave up was inexcusable and took away the cushion they had.
Those flairs against Mo are like seeing eye ground balls against a dominant power sinkerball pitcher. No one can square up on this cutter and the flares are the only thing that lead to “productive” at bats.
This game the offense has to pick up Mo. He’s done it enough for them this season.
I love Andy and all, but the Gman should be pitch hitting for him.
oh an pray to god this doesn’t go 10 we will see kyle. we put out the apb to early.
Geez, Farnsworth warming up.
oh good god.
Gotta win it now…Kyle’s warming up for the 10th.
Farnsworth in the tenth? Oh no. Please. Help.
Yikes..Farns.
Farnsworthless warming up? Oh god.
Andy Phillips sucks.
khoa: having a blown save is never a good thing. the win is obviously wanted and welcome but you cant come away with total happiness. or that could just be the way i am i dont know.
This game isn’t on Torre. Please.
They have Mo on the mound with a one run lead in the 9th. I’ll take my chances with that everytime.
Yeah but Villone with a 2 run lead in the 7th?
If the Yanks win, it means they can gut out ugly wins as well as blow-outs and nail-biters. Winning games like this builds morale. Ace struggles. Closer hiccups. Yanks (hopefully) still bear down and pull it out. Builds confidence and shows professionalism.
Every single poster had the same reaction to Kyle warming.
managers, do you pr for Jason? He can’t run. but what if we don’t score than who plays first? Can Jose?
Oh Captain, My Captain.
hahaha all the farns comments are brilliant hahaha. i think torre is warming him up so the dugout sees and they want to win now
We better score this inning because THE FARNS is lurking to pitch the 10th.
Breaking:
Peter Max just did another piece of artwork:
http://img470.imageshack.us/im.....obanx9.jpg
As for Villone in the 7th, it goes back to them not wanting Joba to come in the middle of an inning. I think they better drop that rule quickly. Torre is hamstrung with these rules right now.
Where is Viz?
I thought Melky might have a chance to score on that.
Giambinoooo!!
Could one more person please post the fact that Farnsworth is warming up?
the big g, you gotta love him.
KIM JONES GGGRRRRRR
End this sucker.
It is so nice to have Giambi back.
They had Farnsworth up.
That’s when you knew the Yankees were going to win it this inning.
We love you, Melky.
JETER!!!
MELKY!!!
GIAMBI!!!
Ok a win for Mo. Hey Smith, the Yankees won a one run game, go tell red sux nation!
the YANKKEEES WIIIIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Okay doesn’t matter!!
the yankees win thuuuuu yankees win.
Great win
that’s a big win. that could have been a real heartbreaker, but it turned out to be a big win. you know this team is playing well when rivera does his best to blow two straight games and they wind up winning both.
*IT’S DESTINY*
The Captain delivers! Great comeback guys!
gotta love jeter’s super weak walk-off infield singles
Though I think Duncan just decked Giambi. Get the Medics!
captain clutch… its a win and hopefully they dont see it like i do as a morale loss
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!
ugliest win of the year, no doubt.
Cold out tonight Kim?
Man, look at that morale loss there. Surely, a Pyrrhic victory.
Oh wait. Nope, they’re pumped. Nevermind.
Let’s go Twins!
LOL……bring out the trolls !…..sweet 1-run victory,,,,4 games back & 44 to play….Yankees Rule !
As for Villone in the 7th, it goes back to them not wanting Joba to come in the middle of an inning. I think they better drop that rule quickly. Torre is hamstrung with these rules right now.
Why even have Wang start the inning in the first place?
The rules are good. Chamberlain is a starter and the Yankees future ace
Far from being a “morale loss” this is a huge win that will only give them more confidence.
The ace of the staff has an off day, a run scores on a wild pitch, and a cheap run on some flares ties the game in the ninth off the team’s rock of gibralter.
They manufactured that run out of sheer will.
Give Giambi a ton of credit. He’s come back and hasn’t complained one iota about not being back in the line up.
And the star of this game was Melky. He just changed this game dramatically with his glove and his legs.
Looks like a line drive in the paper.
A WIN IS A WIN
Giambi is really swinging the bat well since returning. Going to need to get him so more at bats.
My morale is doing pretty nicely just now.
And, we dodged the Farnsworth bullet again. Whew!
“And, we dodged the Farnsworth bullet again. Whew!
It was practically the last 3 outs of the game for the Yankees hitters right there. I’m sure they were aware of the lurking Farns heh.
JOBA THE HEAT? NO ONE LIKED THAT? THAT’S GENIUS! COME ON!
JOBA THE HEAT!
Well time for me to go to bed. Busy day at work and still have a load of work to catch up on! Why can’t work stop while you’re on vacation.
Giambi was impressive again. Great move by Torre to let him hit against the righty and he crushed that ball. Obviously Jeter wins it with a man on 3rd and 1 out.
Mike,
Its the right call to put Villone in, given the situation, in the 7th.
He has to get lefties out and he was one pitch away from having a solid outing.
Looks like Vizcaino was unavailable tonight so, its Villone’s inning.
I don’t want to see them use Joba for too many 2 inning outings because you lose him for two days and they need him.
What a great win!! Another game they lose in May.
Now, this team picks up someone when they fail. Its great to see.
Now, its Jeff Karstans turn. Give them a solid outing tomorrow and they will hit Cabrera.
Great to see them pick up Mo!!!
over 900 comments wow
OH MAN… what a win!!!
30-10 in the last 40 counting the suspended game. Not too shabby.
I love Giambi off the bench. It’s just like “ho hum, here’s Andy Phillips. Out. Melky. I hit you with a pitch. OH CRAP. I FORGOT ABOUT YOU.”
Love it.
Now we just need Johan to be Johan so we can be in sole possession of the wild card, even though I don’t want the wild card, I WANT THE DIVISION!!
I wonder how big the rock is that all the writers who labeled us dead is.
Wow – the replay showed Melky was running at the crack of Jeter’s bat with the infield in. What a great read of the play.
Melky’s intangibles tonight:
+ 1 for Baserunning
+ 1 for Backing up in center field.
I really liked Joe trusting Giambi in that spot and pinch hitting him for Duncan. It showed guts, it was the right move, and it paid off. Well done Joe.
Oh, and who the hell else pitches the 7th? Jeez, guys. You dont give anyone a break. Joe did very well managing this game. Villone is a great 7th inning guy.
Woooooot! Morale-busting nothing, that was A GREAT WIN!!! Thank you Giambi and Jeter!!!
If anything it should boost their morale. It is always nice to run into trouble and out of it once in a while. Now they know that they can score a run when it is REALLY needed. As long as it doesn’t become a daily recurrence, a win like this once in a while is a confidence booster.
Boston won.
Detroit Lost.
Seattle winning 2-0 after 1 inning. Johan Santana pitching for Minny.
At the very least tonight we will be tied for the Wild Card, if Seattle loses– Alone at the top!
guys im saying my opinion is that its a morale loss MY OPINION… im a pessimist so once again its as i see it
I guess those who didn’t want Giambi on the team anymore need to re-evaluate their position.
You don’t change the “Joba Rules” under ANY circumstances.
This is a 21 year old kid with less than 150 professional innings. You don’t drop the rules. You use him smartly, which they have.
His long term future is much more important than the short term gain.
Come on, guys. We all know Mo blew the save on purpose. He just wanted to see if they could come back from it.
Couple of things from tonight:
Villone in the 7th is I think as much as fact that they probably wanted to stay away from The Viz tonight than anything. Proof of that was that he was not warming up in the bottom on the 9th along with Farnswroth.
We win yet another 1 run game in the 2nd half. This game would have been over way before that point earlier in the season the team would have not done well after the first inning 3-0 lead forget about coming back like that in the 9th.
Gotta go to Mo in the 9th no doubt about it. He will have the day off tomorrow and we will have a well rested Viz if we need him.
I had a bad feeling about this game once the sculpture fell of the easel never a good sign but the team fought hard.
Lets go Karstens keep the train moving.
Boston Yankee….a pessimist…..WHAT?!!?
Nice to see the rapport btw A-Rod and the Captain. It has been improving all year. Saw it after Alex belted number 500. Saw it here after Derek’s game-winning hit. Guess the Spring training dugout confessional did the trick.
This is the type of win you need to keep the streak alive. Gutsy baseball at the end picking Mo up.
For some strange reason this season is starting to feel like 1995-1996.
I love having Duncan on this team. He like a little kid! They just showed video of him on one of the homeruns, shouting it’s out. than pumping his fist. these games are so much fun to watch! they are having so much fun!
ugh seatlle up 2-0
I’m ok with the days off for Joba in between, but would it really hurt him to come in with a man on 1st? I can’t imagine it would, but what do I know. I did call the blown save, but I’m happy Mo vultured the win and more importantly that the Yankees won. Imagine we win tomorrow with Karstens? That would be sweet.
Bedard has been just about as good as any pitcher in baseball and with him going on Wednesday and Karstens going for the yankees tomorrow this was an absolutely enormous game.
Two months ago they lose this game, no question.
Great boost. They’ve been so bad this year in close games they need to win the ones that come up now.
You can’t say enough about Joba. His scoreless inning was critical because he was facing the heart of the orioles lineup. That was the Orioles best chance for taking control of the game and he shut them down.
Now they only need to win one of the next two to capture the series. It’ll be very interesting to see how Hughes pitches against Bedard on Wednesday.
Another fantastic win. The Yanks are winning all kinds of games these days. On a night when are ace and closer weren’t sharp, they were able to squeeze out the tough win.
Play of the Game: Cabrera throw to the plate. Can this guy play or what? He single handedly saved and ultimately won the game for us. There is nothing more exciting than the anticipation that builds in the stadium as a throw from the outfield heads home in time to beat the runner.
Was there any doubt that Jete would deliver?
Seeing Farnsworthless warming was enough to make me grab the antacid, thanks to Jete we didn’t have to suffer through that.
Abreu should have ended the game with an accurate throw. The ball was there in time but too high.
Giambi needs to get into this lineup on a regular basis. Sitting him simply makes no sense. He possesses one of the fiercest bats in the league, and the fact that he is part of our bench is somewhat comical. Damon will have to rotate in and out of the outfield, but Jason is and should be our DH.
Can anyone imagine putting Arod on the bench as a pinch hitter? I realize Giambi doesn’t play the field, but his offense is of that caliber. I realize Joe is working him in slowly, but things need to continue in that direction.
BJ
haha andrea none of you you dont get a shirt!
We could win with Karstens tomorrow. As Jeter says the games aren’t played on paper.
jennifer: that’s the way I feel. It’s fun to watch this. I was watching in the beginning of the season when they weren’t playing well and still taking time out to look at the good moments, the good plays, but this is just fun to watch. All the young kids. I don’t mind Joba’s fist pumps. I don’t usually mind a standard fist pump–it’s the droping to the knees every time k-rod saves a game that gets me.
anyone notice on the post-game that they didn’t even show the “art work” when showing the pre-game festivities?
I’m going to Modells tomorrow at lunch! Getting a Got Melky shirt!!
i expect very little out of karstens tomorrow. (SJ44, you keep spelling his name wrong and it’s driving me nuts! are you doing it to spite me?!)
cabrera can be great or awful, depending on his control.
they need to find a way to eke out a win tomorrow, as bedard has been a monster this year.
and i don’t know how many people wanted giambi off the team. at least how many sane people. i just wanted them to use him correctly, and joe has done so. this hasn’t been sheffield v2.0, so far.
18 games for the melkster, love this kid!
i wonder why they didn’t warm up farnsworth tonight.
We gotta get rid of Farnsworth already. Torre is playing with a short bullpen, especially with the Joba rules. By the way, I still think Karstens will be sent down after tomorrow, probably for Edwar.
Anyone notice the blog is about to break 1000 comments??? That is huge!!! Wh
aw, Boston Yankee….I want a shirt!
I go out to do an errand, I come back and find a blown save, a win, a perfect inning for Joba, some bigot got kicked out, and 900+ posts in the game thread. Wild!
Jennifer, I personally enjoyed a series of three shots they showed immediately after the win… first it was Melky and Robbie, cheering and celebrating like they do jumping around and such; then they showed Jeter and Arod walking together, smiling and celebrating and such; then they showed Shelley and Giambi with the classic elbow smash. It was GREAT!
I think Pete should do an update when this blog breaks the thousand comment mark
Joba only pitched an inning so he only gets one day rest. I wonder if Mariano is looking over his shoulder. lol.
Hitting Melky with the pitch and the O’s get punished by Giambi and Jeter. Nice catch by Matsui on Patterson. Give credit where credit is due; Brian Roberts is one tough out. Terrific victory tonight.
ok so who is going to shoot to be the 1000 comment??? lol
When they win games like this, it does give you really good feeling….
Melky with the throw, you won’t see that in the box score…Joba’s performance in the eighth, simply dominating…Melky knowing how to run the bases in the ninth.
It’s the intangibles. They weren’t working in May, they’re working now.
It’s good to know that if one player has a bad day (like Mo did, or like Wang’s first inning), the others are there to pick them up.
Oh, and a cool tidbit: *The Yanks haven’t scored less than 7 runs at the stadium since they lost 14-4 to Tampa on July 20*
i want 1000.. so uhh seattle is still up
I don’t think I have been that excited at the end of a ballgame before…
#1 – The Orioles are a pain in the @$$. They have a great offensive team and exploit the same problem the Yankees have with the Angels: speed on the bases.
#2 – Joba Chaimberlain is an animal and Gagne has already given up more runs as a Red Sock than Joba will give up the rest of this season.
#3 – Mo scared me yesterday, scared me again today. Every cutter inside I was cringing, afraid he was going to hit the batter. Mo will regroup.
#4 – If the game wen’t into the 10th inning, I would have turned off the tube with Farns coming in. I bet half the stadium would have walked out (OK, exaggeration).
#5 – Our bench is really contributing: Betemit and Giambi in particular. It is awesome to watch the DH spot juggled: Damon, Duncan, Giambino. What a 1-2-3 punch. With Duncan and Betemit, Joe has the flexibility of screwing with the other teams management because all every team does is bring in young left handers who throw 93+ out of the penn every time.
#6 – The Melkman delivered a friggen chocolate shake tonight. YOU THE MAN!
Jeff NJ,
I enjoy your posts but on the “Joba rules” I think you’re off the mark.
Nardi Contreras may be the best pitching development coach in baseball and he knows Joba better than anyone in the Yankees organization.
Nardi is the one who has put the Joba Rules into place to protect him. They should not diverge from what Nardi thinks is the best thing to do at all.
When is the last time the Yankees had a talent like Chamberlain? Talent wise he really is on the King Felix, Verlander level. He’s going to anchor the staff for 10 years. You cannot take any chance with his arm at all.
“Oh, and a cool tidbit: The Yanks haven’t scored less than 7 runs at the stadium since they lost 14-4 to Tampa on July 20″
That’s really a great stat.
Frank,
I think Pete’s going to wait on his wrap up thread until this one tops the K mark. Maybe they’ll have it on the ESPN ticker. lol.
“The Melkman delivered a friggen chocolate shake tonight.”
LOVE IT!
Chocolate shake with whipped cream and cinnamon flakes!
As much as we all hate Farnsworth, and I hate to say it but, we may end up needing him.
They are an arm short in the bullpen and Kyle could be that guy.
If Kyle can get his head out of his butt and give them 10-12 good innings the rest of the way, it could help them win some games.
The one guy short in the ‘pen (from an effectiveness standpoint) is worrying me more than anything about this team right now.
I do not know if something is wroing with Mariano, and I hope nothing is wrong, but his contol has not been there and I doubt that he will be available tomorrow. With Joba and Mo probably out for tomorrow I guess Viz closes and crazy Kyle is going to set up…lol
Right Peter,
Torre made Bradford hit Cabrera. He also made Giambi get a single against a lefty who throws sidearm thus throws pitches which come more across the plate than a normal lefty was a no-brainer. He made the Orioles to push the outfielders back to prevent-double defense so Cabrera could advance to 3B on a single. He also made Jeter tap one towards 2B on purpose. Yeah, Torre did some great things in that inning.
Yes, Torre did accidentally manage the Yanks to a win tonight cuz that last frame was a gift.
Then again what do I expect from a constant Torre defender like you?
The reliever was a righty – good move by Torre batting the LEFTY Giambi
I was just looking at the play by play. 2 of the 5 ERs given up by Wang were on wild pitches. So, I’ll give Wanger one more bad start in the next 2 outings before getting concerned. Another thing abou Wang is that lefty heavy lineups can kill him if he is not dealing. Especially lefties with speed.
Thinking about it, lefties should run to third base. Otherwise they have a shoter distance to cover to get a hit than righties.
I.e. Having Giambi pinch-hit against an unusual lefty was a no-brainer. Bradford’s pitch goes across Giambi enough time for Giambi to time the ball and hit it. I’m just guessing that Giambi does at least o.k. if not great against him.
I kinda agree about Farnsworth still being able to contribute to this team. Hopefully the success of the younger players will allow him to lose some of the ego, drop a little velocity for control and get in some quality. If nothing else we can toast his arm in long relief!!!
The one thing I’m trying to figure out is why the Orioles record is so bad. That team is pesky, and has decent starters. Roberts is a very good player, Mora and Tejada solid. Obviously they give the Yanks trouble, gave Boston trouble. Just watching them this year, seems like their record should be much closer to .500
“The Stadium crowd has already embraced Joba..”
“I wonder why…”
Hah! Brilliant!
I just want to be a part of the 1000……
n/m
Chad Bradford’s a righty, so bringing a lefty in to pinch hit was a good move. and I’m no Torre apologist so this is actual praise.
I just wanted to comment on an incredible game and form part of a record breaking night. This is the year of the 1,000 runs for the Yanks and the thread of 1,000 comments for the blog. What a time to be a Yankee fan!!!!
now, if Minnesota can find a way to beat Seattle, it’d be icing on the cake.
Now come on Minnesota!!!!!!!! Make my night complete!!
I was sweatin bullets. Man am I glad this game’s over. What’s up with Wang?
Matthew:
Their manager had something to do with it. They are above .500 since getting rid of Perlozzo. I don’t think that’s a coincidence. They will be dangerous in the future if Leo Mazzone stays on as the pitching coach and they can keep the core of their line up.
What you don’t seem to know, Peter, is the “accident” that Torre wins by is a payroll advantage of $50 million.
this season is different, that’s all i can say.
It’s striking how this game mirrored Boston’s loss yesterday but then ultimately led to the opposite results.
Like Boston yesterday, the yanks were in control of this game and allowed the game to get tied up late just when you think the contest is all but over.
But unlike Boston yesterday, the Yankees had the fortitude to come right back that next inning and score to gut out a key victory.
let’s try to make it over the 1000 comment for pete!
rabble.
I thought we reached 1,000 already.
Wang will be fine. The Yanks are just spoiled with this guy who came out of nowhere and all of his games were automatic. Take a look at Beckett, he’s won some games this year where he hasn’t pitched his sharpest too. Once Wang got out of the first he got ahead of batters for the most part and got outs. The rest doesn’t matter.
Lets Go Yankees!!!
Melky’s performance today is why, even though I buy the theory and think it’s a great tool, I am not a card carrying primate.
You simply cannot reflect Melky’s value to the Yanks today in a stat: Melky’s Win Share totals won’t necessarily reflect what he achieved today, but let’s be clear on something – this game does not get won without Melky.
I hope they give Joba an extra day off here and there just to make sure he isn’t overworked and too much pressure applied to him. I think we should get Bruney back up in the bullpen over Brower.
Thanks Pete for thinking about us when you’re off and having dinner. What a guy Pete is to give us his thoughts
“I.e. Having Giambi pinch-hit against an unusual lefty was a no-brainer. Bradford’s pitch goes across Giambi enough time for Giambi to time the ball and hit it. I’m just guessing that Giambi does at least o.k. if not great against him.”
Chad Bradford is a righty.
Come on, let’s get it to a thousand!
JRVJ
I totally agree with you. I have an ongoing war with Steve Phillips (and all the other trolls) for labeling Melky “Nothing more than a 4th outfielder. I love every minute that he proves them wrong. People seem to forget he turned 23 years old yesterday. He’s only getting better.
I cannot agree with you more, JRVJ ~ Melky is an asset to the team, and the stats just don’t show it. He contributes on and off the field!!!
They should play the out field in even more when theRivera is pitching. That would have been a 1-2-3 inning.
990 comments, so close…
Is Shelley gonna end up putting somone on the DL with his celebrations or what? I think Giambi might send him for a trip on the DL though
Great win…way to grind it out
SJ said “As much as we all hate Farnsworth, and I hate to say it but, we may end up needing him.”
SJ, the yanks really need to put this issue to rest. I realize we are short one man in the pen, but worthless really needs to be moved. His list of failures is staggering, and there really is no reason whatsoever to expect him to change. There is also no room on a playoff contender for that deadbeat, he really is that awful. Anything less is pure sabotage.
I really hope that experiment is over as it has failed over and over and over again.
Repeat after me, ‘Farnsworth is hopeless.’ Further, the fans cant stand him, and getting booed every time he comes out will certainly not help him elevate his game to merely awful instead of downright dreadful.
I am utterly astonished how mesmerized coaches and owners are by velocity to the point of believing the radar gun over the box score. Simply amazing.
Time to complete this face lift with one more crucial move. As successful as the Yanks are, and I anticipate they will be, I cant imagine Farnsworthless in a weaver like situation in the bottom of the 12th of game seven. All of this will be for nothing…
Hopefully Edwar gets moved soon.
BJ
I literally groaned when I saw Farnsworth warming in the bullpen. When was the last time he even pitched??
Karstens. 9 inning complete game shutout tomorrow night. Put it in the books.
This win is a big momentum game for the Yanks. It shows that we dont giveup and a blown save can be overocme. The gritty, gutty Yankees.
Edwar pitched 2 innings tonight. 5 Ks. One fluke run.ERA under 1. The collective IQ of the Yankee braintrust as to him? Zero.
pete,
just saw your earlier comment asking me why the wang hate.
i don’t hate wang. he’s going to be a great 3rd starter when hughes and chamberlain round out. right now, he’s the best starter on the yankees and, statistically, one of the best in the game.
in his last 10 starts, he has allowed less than 3 runs one time. once. over his last two starts, which span 8.2 innings, he has allowed 13 runs.
i know you love the kid and you wrote a book on him. that’s awesome. by all accounts, he’s a great kid with a bright future. but he’s been up in the zone and falling behind hitters for six weeks now, and they need him to be better. is he a “true ace?” i don’t know or care. i have no idea how you quantify that. his numbers are certainly great, but – all things being equal – tell me you’d take wang in a must-win game over anybody on this list:
santana
halladay
smoltz
peavy
beckett
lackey
carpenter
bedard
oswalt
if you want to make it an interesting conversation, you can add penny, sheets, webb, verlander, zambrano, haren and sabathia to that list. but, for me, there are nine, maybe ten pitchers i’d want on the hill before wang in a must-win game. that’s two rotations worth.
i’m not saying he’s a bad pitcher. he’s a very, VERY good young pitcher who’s going to help anchor the yankees staff for the next five years or more. but to pretend his outing in toronto was just because of the turf and his outing today was just a gutsy battle isn’t giving the whole picture. he’s been off his game for six weeks. it’s a testament to his sinker that he’s getting by, but let’s not pretend he’s been lights out over the last six weeks.
We got 1000
1000?? Or am I too late?
1,000…wow
Joe L, love the optimism, but did you take your meds tonight?
Too late… oh well!
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.....8;did=milb
HaHa, Lil’ Mo also blew the save and got the win. Bruney needs to get his confidence back and fix his attitude before coming back up.
Peter, “we’re bigger than US Steel,” ~ Hyman Roth.
Id take Wang over Beckett, Smoltz, Lackey, Carpenter, Bedard, Oswalt and Peavy. Maybe even over Santana because we always find away to beat him
Why stop at 1000?
We’re 2 games clear of Cleveland & Detroit, but can’t seem to shake ‘stupid Seattle’ as someone here fondly calls them.
This Year — That was the whiskey talking
Bourbon or Scotch? If the latter, I hope Dewars.
The Igawa Clock ticks down: 14 hours 35 minutues
Wang, when he’s on, is better than nearly any of those pitchers.
“this year” was the 1000th post
“Joba the Heat”.
That’s a good one.
Lil’ Mo???
How about Mini Mo? lol
Mo is not done! He’s not over the hill and not washed up! He gave up bloop hits!
Would you rather see him give up screamers? He made good pitches and the hitters got lucky. Wow! It’s baseball it’s a long season. Rivera will blow a save on rare occasion. Relax.
Some of you guys deserve Benitez as your closer.
Do I win a prize?
This year–The honor and the glory.
In other news, Minnesota scored. It’s now 2 1 Seattle.
As for Wang? Someone please send me the memo that back to back bad starts mean you can’t pitch anymore.
Sometimes I’m ashamed to call myself a Yankee fan when I hear such nonsense.
We’re so spoiled, it just seems like years ago that Mo cut through the heart of the Blue Jays’ lineup like a hot knife through butter.
Hey, I live in Boston (under protest and not for much longer). That deserves a prize, right?
I was disgusted that Mariano was allowed to pitch tonight after going 4 outs yesterday which ended up being a gutty outing that any other reliever in history would’ve blown. To stick him out there today after he obviously didn’t have it yesterday was a joke. But, Mark Feinsand will be happy. How do I know? Because I’ve heard him on various radio appearances and I know how he thinks. And, I read his columns in the NY Daily News.(He gets to go on Yankee radio by virtue of that). He’s mighty powerful, too.
Wang and Santana both seem to be off their game.
Torre is such a poor handler of the pen. He has burned both Joba and Mo before Karstens. Dumb. Especially because Joba threw only 13 pitches in the 8th.
“tell me you’d take wang in a must-win game over anybody on this list:
santana
halladay
smoltz
peavy
beckett
lackey
carpenter
bedard
oswalt”
kasey, I want Pettitte on the hill in a must win game.
But, I would take Wang over Halladay, Smolts, Peavy, Beckett, Lackey, Bedard, Oswalt, and Carpenter.
I just wouldn’t take him over Santana.
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Circa early 90′s….at my nowhere bar tonight.
mr loverman….
Joba!
mr loverman…
Joba!
Rivera is not over used at all!!! At the beginning of the season and then again during the summer he always goes threw this where he gets hit because his location is off. It is usually 2 or 3 games at a time. If the outfield is playing in alittle bit more like they should of been then that is an easy catch for Abreu. The outfield always plays way too deep with Rivera on the mound, all of the slap hitters always get these alittle bloop hits. Very rarely do you see a double off the wall or a ball hit that hard to the outfield where the fielders should eb playing that far back.
“But, I would take Wang over Halladay, Smolts, Peavy, Beckett, Lackey, Bedard, Oswalt, and Carpenter.”
You may be the dumbest human being alive.
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