Wrapping it up from Angel Stadium
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First things first:
Wins for Yankee managers
1. Joe McCarthy 1,460
2. Joe Torre 1,150
3. Casey Stengel 1,149
Torre said this milestone meant the most to him because he grew up in New York when Stengel was managing the Yanks. “This was my lifetime,” he said. “I’m very proud of this.”
The clubhouse was full of praise for Andy Pettitte, who shut down a good team in a game the Yankees really needed.
“What he did was special,” Jorge Posada said.
And everybody was buzzing about Joba Chamberlain’s 8th inning. He threw 11 of his 15 pitches for strikes and struck out the side. His second pitch to Vlad Guerrero was 100 and the gun here is slow.
“He told me in the dugout that it was the best he had,” Phil Hughes said.
Joba was humble afterward, which is a good sign. Here is the audio of his brief interview session with a few of us:
Brief because it was closing in on 2 a.m. back in New York. He said he was able to locate the 100-mph heater. “I was happy I stayed outer half with that,” he said.
Locating a fastball like that? Yikes.
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I always wanted to do that
the yanks need to add a arm to the pen, either villone or henn nead to go, prefereably Villone goes…
7 days till they expand the roster, that will help for blowouts and pinch running
i need to get a joba shirt. this guys is ridiculous
Hey Pete,
Is this you next to Joe in the dugout? How do you always get the best seat??
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/.....p;team=nyy
the KC royals have given up only 7 more runs then the Yanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Man our pitching has not done there part his yr…..
we need 1 more arm in the pen and we need hughes and moose to pick it up immediately
zip it stuart.
YanksAngel,
Yup, that’s Pete. Man it’s sad when we recognize the media guys, too. lol. I see Brian Hoch and Feinsand, too.
I keep missing Joba’s innings. I wish Yankees.com would feature him more than they do. What, he made 15 pitches, 11 of which were strikes? And he retired the side? Why can’t I see more of him in action!
Anyone else unable to connect to the Joba audio? Just keeps buffering for me.
Joba’s arm is going to fall off if the Yankees let him pitch 100 mph for every pitch he throws. Look at Eric Gagne. They should bring him into a starter roll sooner rather than later to force him into more of a longer term finesse roll, especially if the Moose keeps sucking azz.
Breyten, what are you talking about? Stef, I thought it was just my computer. Satying up to around 1:00 AM to see Joba was worth it. I mean, I even knew that slider was coming to Vlad, but after that heater Vlad had to think. From what Flaherty was saying it sounds as if the slider is so good, that even if you know it is coming it has fastball spin and you can’t lay off it. Just amazing.
Joba’s sliders just make the hitters look silly…
Chris NYC: LOL
The Joba House Rules: Go to Joba’s roster page on yankees.com and they’ll usually put videos of some of his innings eventually.
No way I could see the game last night — I fell asleep about 10:05 p.m.! Anyway, looking forward to catching the encore, mostly the latter part of the game. I want to see Joba’s work. He certainly has not disappointed, has he?
Doreen: I tried. I LOVE watching Joba pitch. But I got this new job that makes me get up at 5 and I just don’t make it the whole game!
Andrea -
LOL! I give you credit for even trying.
You know, it’s all the Dodgers’ fault! But I supposed there would have been teams in California eventually, anyway. Hate the 10 p.m. starts!
andy pettitte is the definition of testicular fortitude .
In the mets-padres game yesterday, they had pete pasquerelli the espn podcast guy and they were asking about Joba.. He was questioning the ‘Joba Rules’ that were followed on monday night game when the yanks needed to win the game (as boston and seattle had already won).. It is not like you have to abuse him, but if you can win a game by putting him in with a lead you have to take that chance..May be not on Monday becos yanks still had to use Vizcaino or someone for the next inning but if the situation arises in the future, there is no point in letting him pitch every other day or so.. Who can predict if he would be needed to pitch the next 3 days or not.. may be all games would be blowout wins or blowout losses.. This late in the season, I think you gotta go with the best options..
blackaccord: stick to the Joba rules. He’s more important than one season. If you break the rules for one day, you know Joe will break them for the rest of the season.
I wake up early, so the late starts are brutal for me. I listened to the game on the radio last night, and somehow even if I fall asleep I get the game through osmosis. I was half awake for Joba, and I heard that the “Melkman delivered.” Pettitte is really coming through this year. Even in the begining of the year when the Yanks couldn’t score a run for him.
I stayed up specifically to watch him pitch last night. Man, am I glad I did! That was fun.
Enough talking about the rules. They are in place and, IMO, the more people talk about the rules, the less they talk about the kid. He’s the real story, not the rules.
I watched this kid pitch live a lot this year. I knew he was good and I knew he could help when I first heard discussions about calling him up when I was in Tampa in early July. In talking to him a few times, I also knew he had the head for it. This kids makeup is Jeter-like. Nothing fazes him and he is not scared of any situation. Its a tribute to the way he was raised, as with Jeter.
However, I had no idea he was this good. Especially adapting as quickly has he has to coming out of the bullpen. That’s not an easy transition. Which makes it important to have rules in place.
While Joba was fun to watch last night, the story of the game was Andy Pettitte. Once again, he stops a losing streak and gives the team everything they needed. He’s the Anti-Mussina. Just a terrific performance in a must win game.
I think we have to be honest here, folks. While they may be called the “Joba Rules”, I think we all realize they are the “Torre Rules”. They are protecting the kid from Torre as much as they are protecting him from himself.
That’s another issue for another day. Let’s just enjoy the win and the day off.
they arent torre rules . theyre rules imposed by cashman because torre cant manage a bullpen .
fact .
Chris,
That’s what I meant.
i wonder when Joba is going to uncork his real fastball.
Andy is the Yankee ACE. Five wins this August. If he had gotten some run support early on, he would have had 15 wins by now,
Torre had a talk with the Moose,could he be pulled from his next start?
Congratulations to Joe Torre for surpassing old Case on the Yankee mgr win total.
“Enough talking about the rules. They are in place and, IMO, the more people talk about the rules, the less they talk about the kid. He’s the real story, not the rules.”\
well put!
wow Bob, nice to see you.
Here i thought i was the only one who responded to such old posts
Audio is not working, again.
Pls fix it. Thnx.