Game 145: Yankees at Blue Jays
Posted by: Peter Abraham - Posted in Misc on Sep 12, 2007 
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Here is the lineup:
YANKEES
Damon DH
Jeter SS
Abreu RF
Rodriguez 3B
Matsui LF
Posada C
Giambi 1B
Cano 2B
Cabrera CF
Mussina RHP (8-10, 5.51)
Pregame chatter: Yanks are facing RHP Dustin McGowan (10-8, 3.90). … The Moose is starting for the first time since Aug. 27. This is his first start against the Jays this season. … The Yankees are 4-0 on their trip, 39-19 since the break and 44-21 since July 2. … The Yankees have outscored the opposition 29-12 on the trip so far. … A-Rod has hit in seven straight at 15 of 27 with 11 RBI and seven homers.
UPDATE, 6 p.m.: Shelley Duncan is on his way back from New York. He has a bone bruise on the left side of his pelvis and a small inguinal hernia. “It’s good news,” Torre said.
Duncan is day-to-day.
UPDATE, 7:46 p.m.: Sorry for the lack of updates but I can’t get on the wireless here at the Rogers Centre. Did I mention that Rogers is a wireless communications company? Apparently it’s one of the worst ones as they can’t even wire their own stadium correctly.
Meanwhile, Hideki Matsui proves once again that Joe Torre knows his team better than anybody else. He showed faith in Matsui and it paid off. I suspect Torre knows he needs Matsui for the postseason and building his confidence has to start now, not in October.
Anyway, I’m on dial-up and have a ton of work to do. I’ll check back in later.
UPDATE, 8:48 p.m.: All those who had Mike Mussina tossing a three-hit shutout after five innings raise your hand. The Moose has had a few line drives caught. But when he was going bad he had a lot of bloops fall in.
If Mussina is back and Clemens is healthy, the Yankees will have six starters. Not a bad problem to have going down the stretch.
UPDATE, 9:17 p.m.: Joba warming up. But do you use him one inning or two? It could depend on the score.
Meanwhile, just a prediction, but Mussina will be the Game 4 starter in any playoff series. Joe Torre will look for any reason to use him.
UPDATE, 9:57 p.m.: The streak is over. Mighty Joba has allowed a run. It was unearned, however. Meanwhile all those pitches blow him out until Saturday.
UPDATE, 10:06 p.m.: Joba threw 35 pitches. We won’t see him again until the weekend.
Matsui in left? Worrisome. With Moose going, we need all the defense we can get. Would prefer Johnny Angel out there.
Let’s hope Moose has some quality innings in him still… I wonder just how short of a leash is he on?
Moose has something to prove tonight. I hope he rises to the occasion.
I would think it is a short leash given that there are, what, 20 guys in the bullpen.
If moose can give 5+ innings of less than 3 run ball with a lead, yanks can unleash Joba, Krazy Kyle and Mo… yanks better handle mcgowan like the way they handled marcum.. I can see the bluejays give up on the game if the yanks get to a quick lead..
this has got to be one of the greatest second half records in history .
Yeah, surprising to see Matsui in left over Johnny. We need that guy healthy.
Would much rather Damon in left, but otherwise no complaints about the lineup.
Do or die for Mussina tonight, but we all know that OPTIMISM WORKS!
So, in other words, I’m not worried!
Igawa is already warming up in the bullpen.
Igawa. Ouch!
Hideki and his bad knees running around on astroturf, *and* *again* batting 5th instead of Jorge? Jesus H. Christ…
Damon must be a little sore after that catch last night.
I’d like to see Steve Phillips as a talk show host and doing an interview with Shelley Duncan.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOVxitMy47c
You’re right Rebecca
Ill start filling the tank on the Optimisim bus.
Oh look, its already half full.
LOL, Matsui in left field while Damon DHs. Torre probably thought about it and still made the wrong call.
I would have thought Molina would get the start over Posada because Mussina doesn’t like Posada. Yes, it’s THAT serious. It’s a joke, but it’s true.
I just hope the Yankee bats keep up the good work tonight.
At this point, I’m expecting 5 runs in 5-6 innings from Moose, and I think that would actually be pretty okay, all things considered. I love Moose, but I think he’s at the end of his line this season.
But if the Yankee line-up can give Moose the extra breathing room, even giving up 5 runs could be good enough to squeak by. And this is definitely one of those games where the more runs the Yanks can score, the better. I think Moose needs his team behind him to keep his confidence up, so he can go out there and try to save the end of his season.
Let’s hope he pitches like Moose and not mousse…
Jim Rome is a douche…so is chris everett….Shelley can take both of them on
Mike Mussina and a cast of thousands on the mound tonight.
*Playoff Seeds*
Loss
Column
Red Sox 58
Halos 59
Indians 60
Yankees 62
It’s all up for grabs, baby.
Cleveland is currently losing 5-1 in the 7th.
D-Man, nice touch! [Half-full already
]
Go Yankees!
Dr. A–Dude, are you saying that if the WC seed finishes with less losses than the division winners in the Central or West, we’d get the higher seed?
I posted this on the Matsui thread that died, but people looking for Yankee minor league stuff should check out River Avenue Blues.
Mike A. and the guys at River Avenue Blues do a great job:
http://www.riveraveblues.com/
Rebecca-
no.
that’s just to mark our position relative to the other division winners.
winning the eastern divison is very doable.
Home field goes to the better team, even if it is the wild card.
Dr. A–Okay, I thought that was the case!
TO THE DIVISION!
Oh, who wants to count how many times the Yankees mention the ‘hah’ game today?!
and by Yankees, of course, I mean Micheal Kay and co…
I won’t be counting, but ill fend a guess.. Ill say.. 25 times.
the Giambino at 1st I mean lets be honest 3 run HR for Betemit he’s bench the next day, Giambi hits one he’ll be on this lineup for a week ..
don’t do that disappearing act now Jason especially w/ Wussina pitching
He didn’y say “HA!” anyway, he said “MINE!”
_Home field goes to the better team, even if it is the wild card._
I don’t think so. Wild Card team won’t get the Home Field until they reach the World Series.
Matsui needs to relax and fix his mechanics. I wouldnt mind seeing him get a couple of days off.
DesignatedBlogger-I dont know what replay you watched but A-Rod clearly didnt say “Mine!”. I dont know that he said “Ha!” either but it was a lot closer to ha than mine.
Yankees win tonight….. 12-8 Final Score….on our way to 96-66, baby !!!! ( maybe enough for the #1 seed in the A.L. ? )
I still want Igawa Time.
1 inning or so to see if we could even go to him for relief in needed situations. ‘Cause he obviously isn’t starting.
yeah, i was always under the impression that the wild-card team never got home-field advantage until the world series… i guess i haven’t paid attention too much since we’ve been division winners for a while now.
Yankees lose 8-2 tonight.
Let’s hope Boston and Detroit lose too.
Torre will have seen enough by the time Mussina has thrown 40 pitches. Four relievers starting with Karstens will get the Yankees though with good run support.
Dude, guys, you’re not going to beat Vito’s predictions. That’s like impossible!
O.k. I was wrong, the wild card never has homefield until they make it to the WS & only if their league won the advantage.
Stinks, because a team with as bad a record as the Cardinals had l last year shouldn’t be given home field if a WC team outperformed them.
ummmmmmmmmmmmmm can matsui get a day off? i know he has been hitting lately and it might be tough to get him out of the lineup when he is this hot, but he could use a day…
…my word we need matsoo HEALTHY in the playoffs because he always seems to hit good pitching. he just gets locked in. going to be tough to do that with no knees though. i’m sure the turf will help that tonight though.
gianthinker,
that’s funny, cos to me he clearly says “Mine!” Either way, he doesn’t say “Ha!” Why would he say that? It doesn’t mean anything.
it can always be changed Mel. They changed it in basketball last year so that the division winners weren’t always seeded 1,2, and 3. don’t know if we’ll see that change in baseball.
“Either way, he doesn’t say “Ha!â€? Why would he say that? It doesn’t mean anything.”
but maybe he said “ha” because it doensn’t mean anything
I have a good feeling about Moose tonight. I think he has raised his necessity level and will pitch a superb game.
Mussina is aproud man and a professional. He will try like hell to prove he still has it.
Oh, man, if Moose pitches a good game tonight, then Torre might use him in the playoffs.
Dang, I just read my last post. I think I swallowed a tube of that optimism toothpaste that Rebecca is giving away from her blog…
Moose is pitching tonight not for the Yankees win or to pitch in October; he’s pitching for his career.
And by that I mean that Mussina knows what’s on the line, so he’ll pitch his heart out.
And the Yankees will win
I got it on the down-low that it was not really A-Rod who said ha or mine – it was Damon who is a trained ventriloquist and he threw his voice out on the base paths and made it seem like it was Alex. That’s what my insider buddy said to me…
we might be seeing some kind of combination of mussina, karstens, igawa, and desalvo early on
this could get ugly real quick if moose pitches like he has been lately
…and once again, we all have someone to laugh at…
Vito: I’m right there along with you!
I’m guessing Moose will not make it out of the 3rd inning
“Hideki and his bad knees running around on astroturf, and again batting 5th instead of Jorge? Jesus H. Christ…”
I am not a baseball manager nor do not pretend to be a baseball manager but I must agree that this move by a future HOF baseball manager is very difficult for me to understand after watching Hideki in last night’s game. I hope Matsui-san will have a great game tonight.
Oops … *nor do I pretend
i just had to share this, Joe Morgan said this today: Well the run differential means nothing. It is like OPS, it mean nothing in the grander scheme of things.
You guys, you know yesterday we all ragged on Giambi and then he went yard with three men on base.
Are we trying to make the same thing happen with Matsui?
yankees suck mike lowell will win the mvp and the red sox will win the world series. this blog site is going to turn into a boston fan club. im sending all red sox nation here. haha bitches. yankees suck
I’m giving Torre the benefit of the doubt and thinking that Damon needs a day to recover after his diving catch.
“ummmmmmmmmmmmmm can matsui get a day off?”
I’v been saying this all day but Torre must be ignoring me. Give him 2 days off and Jeter d.h. duties to rest his knees.
yet another reason we need registration
I hate to say this, but I really hope Moose gets ripped tonight so Torre doesn’t consider using him in the playoffs, if we make it of course.
Sushi has been struggling lately but he does have the 2nd most HR (23) on the team.
I just wanted to throw an idea on the Matsui issue. I think with the way he’s been making contact lately, he’s going to break out on his own, but if they were going to shift around the lineup, what about swapping Matsui and Abreu? I know it’s a pretty silly idea to bat a guy who’s slumping number 3, but it’s also silly to have a guy who’s slumping protecting A-Rod with how he’s been hitting lately. Matsui would most likely see better pitches in front of A-Rod and Abreu would provide slightly better protection behind A-Rod. As I said though, I feel like it’ll work itself out and until it starts costing the Yankees wins, there’s probably no great reason to move Matsui around at all.
“I hate to say this, but I really hope Moose gets ripped tonight so Torre doesn’t consider using him in the playoffs, if we make it of course.”
I’d like to add that if he bombs it will be more likely that
A. HE RETIRES.
B. WE TRY AND FIND A TAKER NEXT YEAR.
C. BECOMES LONG RELIEF FOR GOOD.
no consideration for a starting spot next year.
johnny damon – we welcome sox fans on this blog, but for meaningful discussions. if you’re going to make comments like that then just leave.
Carmine: It’s an interesting idea, but the problem is that Damon and Jeter aren’t slumping, and Abreu’s certainly not slumping…
Anyway, right now’s not the time you experiment. After we clinch the division, well, then by all means…
Johnny Damon
You are giving all Red Sox fans a bad rep….cool it!
I love the lineup criticism as most nights the payer in question ends up having a big game. I find it laughable that people think that they have their ‘finger on the pulse of the team’ better than the manager. Granted he does have some serious loyalty tendencies and some rookie issues (which seem to have been expunged, anyone seen Villone lately?), but the guy knows how to do his job. Period.
I agree it’s not a time to experiment. I think Matsui will fix himself anyway.
dude get a life, u obviouly feel thertend by the yankees, maybe francona should take a page out of belidick’s book and cheat, he might as well all boston teams resort to dirt bag type things …..all boston fans are low life scum bags
hahhahahaahahhahahahaha
sox are superior
I’m not an MLB manager either, but putting Matsui between two MVP candidates should get him some pitches to hit. According to CBSSPORTSLINE.com, Matsui’s 2 for 9 against Mcgowan with one HR. Maybe he’s only in tonight because Joe will rest him tomorrow night to spare his knees. In any event, he needs to find his swing sooner rather than later so I can understand putting him in there tonight.
JJ
In all due respect you just stooped down to this guy’s level and became just like him with your comments.
And don’t feed the trolls.
I hope we can see Igawa get some work out of the bullpen. Maybe not in a tight situation straight away, but if there’s a comfortable lead, I think it’d be interesting to see how he responds.
Carmine, I think that Igawa needs some work IN the bullpen, not actually on the mound during the actual game. The Yankees currently have plenty of good options to explore and Kei is not one of them.
Extremely random question…who wins in a foot race, Giambi or Posada?
thoughts…
Giambi
How about Posada or Molina?
The mentality of a Red Sox fan is exceeded only by that of Alfred E. Neuman.
Vito: I give the edge to Giambi. He’s younger, and he looks like he’s in excellent shape
maybe Torre thinks putting Matsui in left can help him focus and get him out of his slump
SOS: That’s a tough one! Probably Posada, actually…
Carmine –
at least if Igawa pitches well there is little chance Torre will give him the ball in the playoffs.
Matsa ball will begin hitting in three weeks.
Only a week ago, Seattle was a major concern to the Yankees. A meltdown, schedule, overworked bullpen, and no days off have taken their toll with them.
i am very deeply feel sorry for you yankee fans because you are not winning the world series.and the bosox will win
Id go with Molina. Posada makes an inside the park homerun a close play at second.
SOS ‘How about Posada or Molina?’
i don’t care who wins this one, just as long as their wearing penguin suits…
Hideki is the consummate professional player and teammate. His recent struggles are short term. His pride won’t allow anything else. When real crunch time arrives, he’ll be there.
Saucy: Why am I suddenly thinking of Mario Party?
where is SJ44 lately?????
Interested to see what moose does, I am not too confident in his performance…
I guess Torre does not want Damon to spend to much time on the turf else I would play him in Left instead of Matsui…
I think Matsui will be fine. I will confess that as a Red Sox fan I am always nervous when Matsui is up against us. He always seems to have the ability to have long at bats, wear the opposing pitcher down, and then to even hit a pitch for a base hit that is out of the strike zone. As a fan of an opposing team I think Matsui more than makes up for any temporary short comings with his hustle and his bat. My two cents worth!
UPDATE, 6 p.m.: Shelley Duncan is on his way back from New York. He has a bone bruise on the left side of his pelvis and a small inguinal hernia. “It’s good news,� Torre said.
Duncan is day-to-day.
Peter – you just made my day.
Matsui should not be starting in left field. His knees are not going to respond well to the turf in Toronto. Poor decision making by Joe but what else is new?
I hope they have Igawa on alert in the bullpen. Mussina is probably going to get creamed tonight. Rios, Glaus, Stairs, and Hill are going to tee off on him.
Agreed, not worrying about Zilla, he will rake in big spots (last night withstanding). Right now it is time to separate the pretenders/contenders for the post season rotation/bullpen.
Stuart: He was around yesterday or the day before =)
Glaus is done for the yr.
so he will be raking no one…..
Shelley lovers of the world, UNITE!!
Here’s a cute clip of Shelley _sneaking up_ on Giambi for a MASH!
http://tinyurl.com/325zdl
AROD lovers of the world, UNITE!!
Here’s a short, slo-mo clip of um, um, ARod’s A-ssets !!
http://tinyurl.com/2mgv6h
Kind of off-topic, but I was reading an article that said the Rockies might look to deal Garrett Atkins for pitching this off-season and listed the Yankees as a possible suitor (I assume if A-Rod leaves). I think Atkins, unlike Matt Holliday who’s just phenomenal, is one of those guys who would fall a bit leaving Coors Field. I did some research and he has an overall OPS of .820, but only .747 on the road and a road batting average under .250. So, I dismissed right away the idea of that because you know the Rockies would want something good back for him considering he’s had back-to-back 100 RBI and 20 homerun seasons. But, that just brings me back to how impossible it’s going to be to replace A-Rod’s offense. Lowell’s the only good free agent third base option. We really need to find a way to keep A-Rod. Okay, I’m done.
what do you guys think shelly did when the doctor told him it was just a bruise?
Do you think he tore his arms off in celebration? Or maybe pushed him through a wall in excitement?
I knew Glaus was done for the year. For some reason I typed ‘Glaus’ instead of ‘Wells’.
A “small inguinal hernia”?
Damn, can someone please tell Duncan to forgo the rough sex until the off-season.
Dude.
As if Shelley does it any other way!
Giambi knows Shelley for more than 10 years. Shelley’s father wss the Oakland pitching coach when Giambi was there.
Dr. Acula – thanks for the link. That was, um, enjoyable!
JD seems like another knowledgable Sox “BOZO” fan, he, he. Idiots, the worlds full of them.
We need Mussina to step up…if not then I would bring Igawa out of the pen first. I do not know why I feel like giving this guy another chance, but we need Moose to show up tonight.
Those of you who hope he gets ripped so they dont use him if we make the playoffs are all out of your mind! Wins before concerning yourselves with the playoffs.
So after the doctors gave Shelly the good news, do you think he forearm-slammed them?
I sure hope not
I love it when I turn the TV channel at the exact right time!
WHOO! LET’S GO YANKEES!
Mike Mussina vs. The Toronto Blue Jays on September 12::
IP H R ER BB K HR
1.1 6 5 5 2. 0. 1.
Rebecca – I got you covered.
Fear Factor – you need optimism
Wow, the place in Toronto looks EMPTY. That’s gotta be demoralizing…Toronto’s not exactly a ‘bad’ team. Ah, guess that’s what happens when hockey’s in the air up north.
C’mon Yankees! Let’s go Yankees!
i hate to sound like im not observant but when did jawnny ditch the batting gloves?
I feel like i would have noticed such things
Anyone listening on the radio? Who is this guy with Sterling?
Couple days ago, I think. It’s working, for the most part….
So glad to hear the good news about Shelley! And I am rooting hard core for the Moose. LET’S GO YANKEES!!!
thank you rebecca.
Nice at bat for Bobby!
I think I already posted this but if Moose could pitch well enough to earn the 4th spot in the rotation then does anyone else think Hughes would be an awesome reliever (just for the playoffs)
*LATE BREAKING NOTES*
*Rocket Repairs*
Roger Clemens revealed he had “definitely done something to” a ligament there, which caused the muscles in his forearm to lock up in his last start.
“The problem I had was once the muscle locked up. The doctor told me he saw on the MRI that the muscle was pretty nasty. That’s when I lost my control and that’s the thing that concerns me. I can’t be out there not knowing where the ball is going. They said I had to be careful of the forearm, there’s some bleeding in it.”
Clemens is also dealing with blisters on his right foot, the one he uses to push off the mound. Clemens said he is changing his spikes and socks and trying to stay out of the hot tub – which he needs for his elbow – so his foot “doesn’t get moist.”
Clemens said he felt no pain in the elbow after his bullpen session. “I felt like I had a piece of wood out there (against the Mariners on Labor Day).”
*Pillow Talk*
Luis Vizcaino’s arm is fine, but he has a back problem. Vizcaino joins Posada as victims of Toronto hotel beds and ensuing soreness even though the Yankees switched hotels from their previous two trips. Posada came up with a severe stiff neck the last time the Yankees were in Canada.
*Shelley Duncan’s* hernia resulted from his famous wipe-out double play breakup against Toronto in August. “Evidently, it’s gotten progressively worse,” Torre said.
*Shell Shocked*
Tim Wakefield was bombed by the D-Rays last nite, producing his shortest start in a decade. A panicked Terry Francona said. “We’ve got to get his confidence back, throwing that thing, attacking the strike zone.”
“I don’t know particularly how to do that, but I think John Farrell will spend a lot of time getting him back going where he feels confidence when he lets that ball go,” said the clueless Francona.
*One Of Us*
New York Yankee infiltrator Eric Gagne pitched for the first time IN 16 days, giving up two hits and one run in the ninth. “I thought was very good,” said the crestfallen Francona.
*Titanic Denial*
David Ortiz insists the team is not panicking like “last year.” “It’s not like that anymore,” said Big Papi, as he bailed water outta the listing life raft.
As for his injured right knee, Ortiz took medication Monday, though he declined to specify what kind, to ease the pain.
*Moose* will be making his first start against the Blue Jays this season, going 21-11 with a 3.38 ERA in 39 career outings.
*Dustin McGowan* (10-8, 3.90) gets the ball for Toronto, which has lost four straight contests. McGowan is looking for his third straight win. The righthander is 2-0 against the Yankees this season and has allowed three runs and 10 hits over his last 16 innings.
*Ian Kennedy Lucks Out*
He has to postpone his wedding, which was scheduled for Oct 6th. (Dude, way to bail!)
When asked about the potential cancellation, manager Joe Torre said, “I didn’t get one of the invitations.”
Boston down 1-0 in the bottom of the first, Carlos Pena on 1st and 1 out
Man, Bobby being in front of Alex has been huge this year. He sees so many pitches and gets on base so much.
Tampa on top so far!
Good base running by Bobby!
Whew! I thought for sure they were going to punch him out there.
Go Tampa, GO! up 3-0
Nice ABs! Go Matsui!
Breakout time for Matsui? Either way, work this chump’s pitch count!
Holy cow, 3-0 Rays in the 1st! Of course if last night is any indication, no lead is safe for that team.
Boston down 3-0 on a BJ Upton HR
Hallelujah MATS!
YEAH MATSUI!
THAT’S JUST WHAT YOU NEEDED!
There’s the breakout! Keep it going!
Matsui!!!
Three back in the loss column by the end of the night? WHO’S WITH ME?!
Luck appears to be on our side tonight. Moose has a career outing, I can feel it.
Brendan Harris with the 2 out double. Runner on second for the D-Rays
Matsui’s actually had a pretty decent season
Both walks score- nice!
Wow, Lester is LABORING already.
Happiness is scoring 2 runs after 2 quick outs to start an inning.
Three back in the loss column by the end of the night? WHO’S WITH ME?!
I AM!!!!!
I don’t know whether I love or hate this home plate ump. One thing’s for sure, though. There’s no question whether or not a pitch is called a strike or not.
4-0 Tampa
I can hear the ump making those strike calls and I don’t even have my TV on.
Ha ha, 4-0 TB. Where are the trolls?
WHOO! LET’S GO MOOSE! BEST GAME OF YOUR LIFE TONIGHT!
LET’S GO YANKEES!
Angels put a five spot up in the first, though, given that they’re playing Baltimore, I’m not exactly surprised…
Godzilla!! Let’s go Posada!
Did any of you guys just lose the color in the feed?
Who’s more likely to have the best record in baseball, Indians or Yankees?
What’s up with the purple/green screen? He look more intimidating green though
Red Sox starting pitching is looking like a mess all of a sudden.
Go Moose Go!
That’s better
One down! Two more to go!
Former Yankees farmhand, Dioner Navarro walks.
1st and 2nd two outs for Tampa
Two down! One more to go!
hey pete i really need a feature right now where i can delete earlier posts that were dead wrong…haha joe is a genius for keeping matsui in the lineup, what do i know
4 pitches 2 outs!
Red Sox starting pitching is looking like a mess all of a sudden.
But I thought Lester was even better than Hughes? Boston also has all aces in their rotation right?
Ed
Pregame on the radio was Joel Sherman from the NY Post so maybe it’s him with Sterling.
Matsui still should be DH though….
Inning over for Tampa but 32 pitches for Lester
Let’s face it, the Devil Rays need to put up 17 runs, but I still like the Red Sox staff getting beaten up before the Bombers come into town. Meanwhile, nice first two batters, Moose!!
Thanks Pat!
Moose could be a good situational guy out of the pen in the playoffs
He also could be a guy that could come in to pitch after Mo in any long extra inning playoff games.
It is a shame that he is now a “playoff mop up” guy but you can’t consider him for the playoff rotation. You just don’t know what you are going to get.
On another note, I am glad I didn’t start Lester on my fantasy team. 4 runs in the top of the first for Tampa
Hey Rebecca, is their any way I could convince you to put up a link to me blog on yours?
_Boston also has all aces in their rotation right?_
Dice-L ain’t not ace with his 9.54 ERA (last five games).
Is Moose really throwing 93????
let be realistic, he Red Sox will most likely come back they are in the top of the first.
in the meantime we have a headcase of a pitcher going right now. Hopefully he comes through. Come on mike!
Suzyn is sounding awfully manly tonight.
Moose could be a good situational guy out of the pen in the playoffs
Moose can’t deal with pitching on 5 days rest instead of 6. How`s he going to handle pitching out of the bullpen?
Best Team in BB will crawl out from under his rock as soon as the Sox slug their way back into the game. Like he did last night.
But, I’d be a little worried about the perfromance of the rotation recently because they won’t be scoring 10 runs against playoff teams.
MikeNYY: Sure…just wait for commercial! (Would you reciprocate?
)
Oh, we LOVE the HP umpire… that’s Jim Joyce.
Jim Joyce may be one of the worst ever, however he will have a spot in Monument Park upon his retirement.
Jim Joyce was the umpire on the RF foul line in the 1996 ALDS, when Derek Jeter hit a fly ball to Jeffrey Maier that was ruled a HR. That call has long been thought of as the turning point of that series.
So, we LOVE Jim Joyce.
I meant 4 not 6
Moose just got out of the first without allowing a run.
This game? SO OURS!
OK, Moose keep that up. All ground balls. Good work.
actually, the umpire was Rich Garcia
MikeNYY: Sure…just wait for commercial! (Would you reciprocate?
)
Already did it
http://riveravenuewatch.blogsp.....ripes.html
Great Googly Moogly – Moose put up a zero… I’m stunned (and pleased)
I love seeing Moose live around 90-91 mph. Maybe all that was wrong with him was that he needed some rest. You can’t survive in this league throwing 86 like he was.
A good job by the Moose in the 1st.
Whew! I figure we need to score six runs minimum to avoid a Moose-scapade
Mike NYY-
Lester’s been quite lucky even before the cancer rehab. His so-so ERA belies very poor peripherals with tons of walks and hits.
No, the umpire was Jim Joyce.
Can’t survive throwing 86? Dude, Trevor Hoffman lives at 85…I’d say he’s doing ok. And what about Jamie Moyer and Tom Glavine?
Boston’s being shutout by Edwin Jackson through 2
Mike: Done and done!
Moose is going to tire out pretty soon too by the way
moose doesnt seem comfortable on the mound. he seems to be taking longer with each pitch and doesnt have a good rhythm.. his confidence must be completely shot..
is it me, or does arod look like he’s put on a bit of weight again? not as lean as earlier in the year
Ah, the famous Jeffrey Mayer home run…I remember it well! That settles it then, I definitely love Jim Joyce!
Kinda sad how much time the Toronto Blue Jays own broadcasting team spends talking about the Yankees and the Red Sox…
Can’t survive throwing 86? Dude, Trevor Hoffman lives at 85…I’d say he’s doing ok. And what about Jamie Moyer and Tom Glavine?
That would be the other league….
Lester’s been quite lucky even before the cancer rehab. His so-so ERA belies very poor peripherals with tons of walks and hits.
A 1.40 K/BB isn’t that good….
Ok, good point on Glavine, Hoffman, and Moyer…they’ve learned to adapt and hit corners with pinpoint precision. I think Moose is definitely intelligent enough of a pitcher to do the same, once he comes to the realization that he has to.
I really hope Moose can win this game. Then we will have a very good problem with the pitching staff for the playoffs.
This umpire sounds like a rhino in heat every time he sees a strike….
Lester is struggling…Maybe they bring in Clay (Anyone need a laptop) Buckhole…
Okay, not our inning, but we still have the lead! C’mon Yankees! Let’s go Moose!
LET’S GO YANKEES!
NO IT WAS RICH GARCIA!!!
i hate when people get the facts wrong
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Maier
On October 9, 1996, the Yankees trailed the Orioles 4-3 in the bottom of the eighth inning when shortstop Derek Jeter hit a deep fly ball to right field. Right fielder Tony Tarasco moved near the fence and appeared “to draw a bead on the ball” [2] when the then-12 year old Maier reached over the fence separating the stands and the field of play 9 feet below and deflected the ball into the stands. While baseball fans are permitted to catch (and keep) balls hit into the stands, if “a spectator reaches out of the stands, or goes on the playing field, and touches a live ball” [3] spectator interference is to be called.
Right field umpire Rich Garcia immediately ruled the play a home run, tying the game at 4-4, despite the protest of Tarasco and Orioles manager Davey Johnson. The Yankees would win the game in the eleventh inning on Bernie Williams’ walk-off home run.
Ok, we all stand corrected. I love Rich Garcia, then. And I love Jim Joyce. The rhino in heat line made me chuckle out loud.
The thing about Moose is that he needs to realize that he is NOT a #1, 2 or even 3 starter! He is a solid 4 or 5 now…that means you have to change speeds like crazy, change arm angles, and be prepared to watch your strikeout stats disappear. No more challenging guys on the inside, etc. And if your manager benches you b/c you suck, then suck it up, shut your mouth, and be a good non-backstabbing teammate.
Uh, dude? You’re going to trust Wikipedia?
WHOO ONE OUT! TWO MORE!
I was at that Jeffry Maier game.
And could tell it was interference even from the stands.
And I was on the third base side. On the infield.
Two nights in a row without HD? That is unacceptable!
Man, I’ve been spoiled by the glamor and beauty of High Definition Yankee Baseball…
Drewsd, you got it. He needs to do all of those things, plus change elevation, maybe even go Laredo once in awhile, anything to keep the hitters constantly adjusting their eye level and trying to pick up the ball. That’s what the aforementioned crafty old guys have done, and it’s worked pretty well.
there goes the velocity – everyone start crossing your fingers
Hmm, the trainer is running out to check on Lester. He must be hurt. It couldn’t just be that he stinks on ice and is highly overrated. God, they just showed the replay, and he ever-so-slightly stubbed his toe during his delivery.
Rebecca, no however i looked on youtube and there was no video of it so i thought wiki would be a quick ref point besides for something like this i would trust it.
C’mon Mike! You can do this! Don’t let the men on base get to you!
LET’S GO MOOSE! LET’S GO YANKEES!
I think Moose will do ok if he can keep the velocity up around 88-89. If he dips any lower than that though, get someone up in the pen. I’ll be very please with 5+ innings with 3 or fewer runs.
5 pitch walk – UH OH
DP DP DP DP DP DP
Chad, how are you watching the Yankees and Red Sox games at the same time?? That is so rad…
see Moose is perfect for just 1 inning. any more and he gets in trouble
he needs a ground ball here!
I think I like Joel Sherman more than Suzyn. Well at least I like his voice more than Suzyn’s.
My “last” button on my remote is quite worn.
Lovely strike out! One more out! C’mon Mike! You’ve GOT this!
Lester needs 55 pitches and a 410 foot out to get out of the 2nd.
A swinging strikeout!! that has to be a good sign
yes! his offspeed stuff seems to be back on track…
Living outside the NY area forces me to get MLB Extra Innings, which comes in handy when it’s time to start scoreboard watching.
And he gets the strike out. Lovely.
NICE!
WOW. Nice play all around but Jason gets double kudos.
Nice play, CANOE!
YEA ROBBY! YEA GIAMBI! YEA MOOSE!
TWO INNINGS, NO RUNS! WHOOO!
LET’S GO YANKEES!
Cano is a BAD-ASS
Nice throw by Cano. And the ump gets the out call right.
Wow, Moose is holding up OK it looks like… Go Yanks!
Definitely was Garcia.
Moose gets through it! LOVE to see the swinging strikeout!
well – this MLB.TV isn’t too bad, but it won’t let me watch simultaneous games i think…
Dare I say win number 248 …
Let’s Go YANKEES!
Everyone put on your Devilrays hats ok?
what is the roger’s center gun showing for moose?
he hit 91.8 on gameday last inning
Please, let’s not start talking about 248 yet! But all signs point to yes.
the devil rays: Dont believe the hype. Unless that game is up 12735487 to nothing, i dont like the rays winning this game untill its over
_Kinda sad how much time the Toronto Blue Jays own broadcasting team spends talking about the Yankees and the Red Sox_
everybody wants to be a Yankee.
what the F?
I’m listening to boston announcer Jerry Remy right now – he’s so funny, only unintentionally.
I am so immensely sick of Jeter getting hit!
Wow what a brilliant move by Torre by keeping one of your best hitters in the lineup even though he’s slumping!
jeez – does jeter have a target on him or something?
I want Moose to take someone’s head off in the 5th – this hitting Jeter for fun crap has got to stop
I wonder if Bill Belichick has any advance scouts in Toronto trying to steal the Yankees’ signs.
…My dad picks a wonderful time to call me!
Let’s go Yankees!
I am following the games on Gameday. I live in Western Mass and there is no TV coverage of Yankee games. On Gameday for each pitch they give the speed, the break and the pFX. Can someone tell me what pFX is??
Thanks.
Maybe now that Moose sux he will retaliate so that he can curry favor.
I’m having trouble getting the game on SopCast…I think they posted the wrong channel on the guide. Does anyone know what the correct channel # is?
“I want Moose to take someone’s head off in the 5th – this hitting Jeter for fun crap has got to stop”
Yeah, because a free baserunner is exactly what a slumping pitcher should give his opponents.
We need wins, not to get into a pissing contest.
An elite reporter covering the world-renowned New York Yankees using dial-up. Cmon Pete, get wireless broadband. Is the paper really that cheap.
Jeter is seriously hurting man – he’s barely running the bases poor guy
Wow, Jeter looked REALLY slow on that hit and run. It’s tough to watch the Captain grow old but I guess it happens to everyone. Good thing he can still hit .320
Hey all! Can anyone supply me with the score and a fast current update please?
Stuck at work again……
whozat – we all know Moose won’t make it past the fifth. That’s why I said the fifth. I don’t know Clemens would let it slide.
I say crap on James Shields for not pitching tonight. I’d feel a lot better with him holding the Red Sox down than Daniel Cabrera in disguise.
Tampa got out of a bases loaded jam without giving up a run. WOW.
C’MON YANKEES!
Hinske just made the last out with bases loaded. Tampa 4-0.
So, how badly will the Rays get beat tonight? In other words, we all know they’re not going to hold their current 4-0 lead, and the game is likely to be a carbon copy of what happened last night…So what’s everyone’s guess on the final score?
Looks like the cap got hit again, huh?
Sheesh.
It’s weird, the Blue Jays have the look and feel of a (poor) moneyball team -very few stars, almost all white and everything has to come together perfectly for them to win – however they spend lots of money.
GreenTeaSucks – Wow what a brilliant move by Torre by keeping one of your best hitters in the lineup even though he’s slumping!
So you would sit the guy and not let him play out of his slump? That is so ridiculous. You Torre haters just have to pick at something. You should have so successful a career as this man.
Jackson needed me to make fun of him.
Are Nigel Stepney and Mike Coughlan now working for Bill Bellichick??
For those who don’t know Stepney is a Ferrari engineer accused of passing technical date to McLaren engineer Mike Coughlan in an industrial espionage case going on in Formula 1 auto racing.
aww…well at least we’re jacking his PC up. Let’s go Moose!
Ok, not our inning, don’t worry, we’ll get them next time!
McGowan’s thrown near 60 pitches through three…
Let’s go Moose! Let’s go Yankees!
LET’S GO YANKEES!
Back hack there. That ball was low right out of the pitcher’s hand.
No one watching on SopCast?
Just tuning in to WCBS…anyone know what’s up with Susan Waldman?
- KMT
Tampa Bay currently still up 52-0, but most definitely will lose the game.
yeah – i’m pretty surprised by that inning too in Boston. Makes you really wonder about their lineup – I mean, it seriously sucks…but then again – the D-backs pitching certainly carried THAT lineup didn’t it?
By the way, besides the debacle with batting Arod 8th in the playoffs last year, I’d say that Torre has done an excellent job managing lineups and juggling players. The only problem I have with him is his or Cash-money’s devotion to Doug “POS” Mienkie-whatever and burning out every promising relief pitcher in sight
Over on NESN they are excited that Manny has garced Fenway with his presence.
Maybe we can ask him where Roger Clemens is.
Or Carl Pavano.
Can I please get a score?
Kevin,
Suzyn is taking the Jewish Holiday off.
Spags,
One out in bottom 3rd, Moose’s pitching, Yanks up 2-0…
2-0 Yankees
Wells is a warrior if he is really playing with a torn labrum man, that HURTS
Richard C, according to MLB.com:
The “Pitch-f/x” value is currently defined as the measurement of the distance between the location of the actual pitch thrown over the plate, and the calculated location of a ball thrown by the pitcher in the same way, with no spin; this is the value we provided in Enhanced Gameday last season as “Break”. The new Break value, which we feel is more appropriate for the common understanding of the term, is defined as the measurement of the greatest distance between the trajectory of the pitch at any point between the release point and the front of home plate, and the straight line path from the release point and the front of home plate. By this definition, a Barry Zito curveball will have a much greater Break value than a Brad Penny fastball.
Dude, is it me or did Moose drink CMW’s and Andy Pettitte’s secret ground-ball juice?
Seriously, right now I’m loving it!
2-0 yanks
Moose is doing a pretty good Wang impression so far. Never a bad thing.
Spags, 2 out in bottom 3rd, no runner on base, Yanks up 2-0
The D-Rays have so many horrendous pitchers…Kazmir is totally out-of-place there. I mean, I’ve never seen such ugly stats in my life! Their starting pitcher tonight makes Mussina look like he’s still in his prime…
And it’s not like they have a bunch of old guys on the hill…They’re all young and terrible! Who does their scouting? Mr. Magoo?!
Yeah, great job to get Adams on the grounder after that questionable call!
Every one of those balls to Adams showed up within the strike zone on Gameday. What gives?
MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSE!!!
Bronx Born have you ever heard of sarcasm?
“Meanwhile, Hideki Matsui proves once again that Joe Torre knows his team better than anybody else. He showed faith in Matsui and it paid off.”
What a bold move by Torre keeping Matsui in the lineup!
WOW that curveball was brutal! Whew!
Go Moose!
Moose has 98.6 reading. Oh , sorry, that’s his temperature
Chicago Dave:
Not attacking your argument or anything. I know what you mean, but look at James Shields’s K/BB ratio. It’s over 5, I believe. He’s been even better than Kazmir this year arguably. He has great control for someone his age.
Maybe – just maybe what Moose needed was a long time off…
For those asking about Sopcast, check this page for channels and direct links: http://www.myp2p.eu/MLB.htm
Hope that helps.
My Gameday doesn’t have the vertical “strike zone” rectangle anymore. Just the floating white dash near the bottom. How about you guys?
Wow! Moose! I’m LOVING this!
C’mon Yanks! He deserves some more runs! Let’s give them to him!
LET’S GO YANKEES!
The Moose is loose tonight!
Fantastic play by Alex!! MVP at the plate & in the field – I’m thinking Gold Glove too!
Stand up play by Arod…GO DEVIL RAYS!
Chicago Dave,
Tampa’s pitching obviously sucks. However, in the minors Tampa has a threesome that is pretty fearsome. David Price, Jacob Mcgee(a nasty lefty) and Wade Davis are all really really good pitching prospects. I know it was you always hear regarding Tampa, but just give them time. Plus they have Longoria and Breignac as the future left side of their infield.
aaand, nice 1-2-3 for the Mooooose!
Let’s go Matsui!!!
Rebecca – I think you are right about the secret ground-ball juice. This is great. But we need more runs. I would like HRs from Posada and Giambi this inning. To help my fantasy team.
Ya, with the Gameday strike zone box I assume they took it out because they didnt want to show up the umpires or something. It noticed it missing maybe a week or so ago. Just a guess.
Payoff time in Boston….Iwamura is up at the plate with two men on, two out…
Even if Moose gets knocked out in the 4th, he will have exceeded my expectations. I didn’t think he had 3 consecutive scoreless frames in him any more. The current Jays lineup isn’t really awe-inspiring.
That bad inninng in which Moose gives up at least 3 runs is yet to come.
Let’s go Rangers!
75 pitches for Lester already in the 3rd. Let’s get that Boston bullpen nice and tired!
freakin’ MLB – they put commercials into the freakin’ MLB.TV now…..money-hungry bastards
Mussina is effective today!
THANKS Paulo, and all!
well – there goes that
Mel – mine doesn’t have that box either
Matsui-san takes a walk!
Great AB by Matsui
Wow. Matsui draws the walk after being behind 0-2. Nice one.
Way to work the walk for Matsui! I’ve got good vibes!
C’mon Yankees! Let’s bring him round to score!
I miss Suzan. This guy is really boring me. His voice is soo dull. I feel like im going to fall asleep.
Moose has been consistently around 91-92 and even reaching 93 on Gameday. Is this accurate?
Luthien – I’m using the link you gave, but the links listed for the Yankee game aren’t working. It either says “channel is currently offline”, or I get a minor league game!
nate,
maybe too many complaints about location?
Yep. Good vibes.
Hopefully we are watching Matsui turn the corner tonight. It would make such a huge difference to this offense to have Matsui back to his old self!
Looks like the knees are doing ok for Matsui tonight!
Yay Matsui stole 2nd!!
McLovin: Yep.
Haha nice! We should be running a lot between McGowan’s being slow to the plate and Zauns arm
And now Matsui steals a base. Wow. Do our complaints lead to performance? Who should we complain about tomorrow?
Posada delivers!!!
Matsui has bad knees. Did he use an armored car to steal that base?
GreenTea, yeah seems like I have. But since you are always ragging on Torre, hard to tell when you are being sarcastic.. My bad..
that is exactly what i thought
Re: Tampa Bay’s pitching prospects –
Thanks to everyone for telling me about Tampa’s “real” prospects. However, you still have to admit they have come up with an awful lot of duds over the years…
@Chicago Dave – Just tried both of them and am getting “Channel Offline” for both also. They were working at the beginning of the game. Might have to keep trying every so often and see if they are back online.
mel,
The Warriors are looking like the sole hope for non BCS teams with TCU and BSU losing.
Who should we complain about tomorrow?
Steinbrenner’s cheapness?
Bases loaded, no one out. WHOO! LET’S GO YANKEES!
Boston down 4-0 in the 3rd. Giambi gets on!
According to Gameday, Jackson’s getting squeezed in Boston.
Enough with the HBP!!!
No warning from the ump? If he has no control, don’t go inside.
Nothing like new young pitchers nipping at your “Rotation Spot” to get you going !!!!! Mike has his mojo back.
matsui has found his bat,yeah baby!
mel – its like mlb got a million emails and decided they didn’t want the gamedayers/gamecasters of the world becoming mini umpires.
Why don’t we complain that we haven’t seen enough HRs from A-Rod.
WHOO! YEAH ROBBY!
WHOO!
Rubber stamp of last night in Bahhstin.
4-3 Tampa
Cano delivers!
Moose is going to have to dust someone. Even if these two HBP were unintentional.
Robbie!!!!! woot
Apparently the Blue Jays still have some ill will toward the Yankees…
Then again, they have a pugnacious drunk for a manager…Should we really be surprised?
LET’S GO YANKEES (and Devil Rays)
I sense the soft underbelly of the Toronto bullpen coming soon.
Gaawwwd Tampa sucks balls.
mel-
4-3 Tampa? Time to queue up “Best Team in BB” for some trolling.
Mike Pagliarulo has a very (un)interesting analysis of the Devil Rays franchise and their inability to produce talented pitchers. It’s very innovative.
Tampa Bay up 4-0 felt like a tie game. 4-3 feels like they’re already down a couple. Ugh. We need to put up more runs for that Boston scoreboard.
Carmine: do you have a link for Pags’ analysis?
Carmine -
What does Pags have to say? (He’s a complete idiot, of course, but I’m still curious what his “analysis” was!)
I just got home. I see that Rebecca’s optimism is still working it’s magic!
Whoo, we got Moose two more runs! Let’s make these runs stick! Let’s go Moose!
Let’s go YANKEES!
Melky has really been a POS lately.
OBP-ing .286 in Sep with a .300 OBP to boot.
Well, at least we got a couple. Only 3 hits, but PC is up to 85 so we won’t have to face him too much longer.
Right here:
http://blog.myspace.com/index......=295117044
It’s not so much that it’s bad. I just feel it does nothing but point out the obvious and feels very generic as does most of his writing.
Maybe we should try some of this optimism shiz on a TB blog. Oh wait, TB doesn’t have any blogs.
Wow – jackson just struck out two to escape the 3rd in Boston….pretty impressive
Tampa Bay is a joke.
MMMMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSSSSSSSSSSSEEEEEEEEE!!!!!
dontfirecash-
Tampa Bay blog.
Now THAT is funny!
Impressive? He gave up a single to Lugo, walked Pedroia, gave up a moon shot to Ortiz, and a double to JD Drew.
Just a thought
Red Sox loose today
Yankees win today and tomorrow
Red Sox would lead the division by 3.5 games with 3 games remaining against the Yankees.
I guess its a lot to hope for a Yankees sweep but if they manage 2 out of 3 the lead would be just 2.5 games and if they sweep it would be .5 games.
Sounds cool he Yanks can take the division by winning 4 in a row and with Kenedy Pettit Wang and Clemens it may not be such a longshot
Micheal T: You know what happens when we start complaining about people on this blog, right?
LET’S GO YANKEES! C’MON MOOSE! YOU CAN DO IT!
OK, that has to be Adam White’s (whoever he is!) writing. There is no way Pags would be quoting Newton’s Third Law!
Tampa Bay’s “fan” base consists of Yankees fans when they play the Bosox. And vice versa.
Chicago Dave:
He basically says they don’t have the money to compete with their rivals, ergo they have less risk in taking chances so they need to take those chances, build a core talent pool, yada yada, etc. etc. All new ideas.
rebecca-
You are on to me. I worked the magic on Matsui this afternoon.
But it doesn’t seem to work when we complain about the DRays. They just get suckier.
Pete you have no idea. The real problem is Rogers pretty much has a monopoly on Internet, Cable, and Phone throughout the Greater Toronto Area. Their service is horrible and the only thing worse would be there pricing.
Anyone of you guys have an iPhone? When it comes to Canada, under Rogers current pricing scheme it would cost someone around $395.00 a month for the same plan that’s offered in the USA for 59.95 a month. Talk about ridiculous.
If fuc*in’ Tampa Bay didn’t suck so much, the Yanks could have been two out in the loss column, assuming they win today.
anyone watching the game – does moose seem sharp? I mean, obviously he’s getting outs – but does he seem to have good command ie. are a lot of borderline pitches being called for balls?
evening all.
Wow this crowd is clueless on fly balls. I’ve counted at least twice where they cheered like it was a homerun, and it was well short of the wall.
Ken Singleton should teach baseball history. He has a lot of interesting stories.
Yeah Mike seems pretty sharp. Looks good so far.
Rebecca-
You are on to me. I worked the trick on Matsui earlier this afternoon.
Doesn’t work ehn we complain about the DRays though. They just get suckier.
Hell yeah, Moose!!!
guess it doesn’t matter – he’s made it through 4 innings with NO runs. amazing
MOOOOOOOOOSE!
WHOO! Dare I say it, but at this rate Moose could go seven…
C’MON YANKEES! LET’S GO YANKEES!
nate c:
His curve definitely looks very sharp tonight which is always a good sign for him. Good movement and he’s spotting it well and throwing it effectively.
“If fuc*in’ Tampa Bay didn’t suck so much, the Yanks could have been two out in the loss column, assuming they win today.”
Or the Yanks could have won the games they just lost to Tampa on nights when Boston lost as well. But whatever…
dontfirecash – Remember that we have gotten to beat up on Tampa as well… It’s just unfortunate that, due the vagaries of MLB scheduling, T-Bay is playing Boston now (when we would really rather see them playing a good team so that we might have a shot to make up some ground!).
Moose is giving a helluva lot more than I thought we were going to get out of him tonight. Thanks big guy.
I wanna be like mike!!!!!
Jennifer,
The crowd isn’t clueless, every ball hit high looks like it could go over the wall.
Like Kenny or Joe said, maybe the long lay off gave Mike time to think about what he was doing wrong. As opposed to going out there every 5 days and having it snowball.
McLovin:
I haven’t seen him hit any higher than 90 on YES but he has been throwing a tad harder than that 86 mph junk.
The crowds can be clueless. Even at Yankee stadium they stand up and cheer fly outs.
True, I did forget that the Yankees managed to lose two out of three to the Rays. How exactly did they manage to do that?
On a sidenote, you can sit front row at a Blue Jays game for under $20 if you buy off the street before the game. What would that kind of ticket go for in New York on any given day?
You gotta admit though, last night kind of hurt; I mean they were up 8-1 for crying out loud.
You got to feel for the Devil Rays in this series. They are the Sisyphus equivalent in baseball.
Somehow they have to get Jeter more rest. Even if they have to tie him to the bench!
Every inning that Mussina keeps the bullpen inactive is a plus. Keep Joba and Mo in tune tonight or tomorrow for work in Boston.
Tavarez in now for the fourth. Two on, two out.
Tally for tonight –
MVP Ordonez — 3-run homer.
A-Rod — 0
Someone compared Jeter to the Black Knight from Monty Python and the Holy Grail last night…classic.
If the Yanks beat out Detroit for the Wild Card, there is no way Ordonez will win the MVP…No chance!!
Not our inning, but no worries, we’re up by four!
C’mon Moose! Let’s do this!
LET’S GO YANKEES!
C’MON TAMPA! HOLD BOSTON THERE!
McGowan at 99 pitches. Let’s go Moose!!
So next year Moose pitches every other week and gets to 260+ wins in his career?
Man, let’s go Moose. Talk about bringing back the old form.
Sorry I ever doubted you, Moose. Let’s go Yanks!
haha rebecca, I like the optimism for TB
Moose Rocks!!!
Let’s go YANKEES!!!
Well, you know Torre is going to start Moose in the playoffs no matter what, so let’s hope he keeps this up from here on out.
Boston coming back from a deficit against Tampa Bay reminds me of Kevin Harvick says about Juan Pablo Montoya: It’s not a question of IF he will crash, it is a question of WHEN he will crash.
dontfirecash: Dude, it totally worked when they won the 1-0 game!
C’MON MOOSE! LET’S DO THIS! THIS IS WHERE YOU HOLD THEM! THIS IS WHERE YOU FIGHT! THIS IS WHERE THEY DIE!
Jeff Karstens wake up you are in the big leagues now
With Anthony in the booth for the daily news fifth, along with John and Joel, it is difficult to determine who is actually talking.
Hi Rebecca, glad to see your optimism tonight!
Nice!!!
Nice play by Robbie.
YEAH ROBBY! WHOO!
Wowie exclamation point
mad hops!!….to use the parlance of our times
Nice DP!!!
Moose: 5 shutout innings!!!
I love the DP
Sweet, Moose is DEALING tonight.
Mooooooose!!
FIVE INNINGS! 0 RUNS!
Who wudda thunk it?
OPTIMISM WORKS!
What a nice double play by Cano!
Gameday had that last pitch at 92mph. Thank God Mike is back into the nineties! I think he’ll be OK if he can maintain that kind of velocity, as it will make his offspeed pitches effective once again.
Rebecca = best commenter on the blog.
Thanks for the optimism. I think you work better than the squirrel, because Scooter is only around for the home games!
7 pitch inning you say? Sounds good to me.
Who on God’s green earth is this guy wearing Moose’s uniform tonight? I was worried we’d need 6 runs just to be in the game after 5 innings. We’ve only got 4 runs but by golly we’re ahead by 4!
I know … I know … OPTIMISM!!!!
Thankyeewwwwwwww R’becca
P.S. – When I said “last pitch” I meant the DP ball that McDonald hit.
This umpire needs to be tested for roids and HGH.
Where is SJ44 these days?
Um – I was away for a little bit – but is that right ?? Moose tossing a three hitter??????? Moose?!?!?!?!?!?
the one thing we can look forward to is bosox bullpen should be exhausted by the time we get there.
am i the only one kinda afraid of playing tampa the rest of the season.
Motown and Ranting Guy: You know, a squirrel *did* cross my path today!
LET’S GO YANKEES!
In all honesty, if the Devil Rays get a good pitching performance, they can hang with just about any team. The problem for them is they usually don’t get good pitching performances, but they’ve been getting some of those lately.
Eight Yankee k’s tonight…..and 3 hits?
pete i think you are right about building matsui’s confidence, but my main concern, and i think a lot of us commenting on the topic, is not that matsui couldn’t/wouldn’t hit again, but that he wasn’t because of injury/fatigue. i didn’t want matsui to get a day off because of his lack of production recently, but because i thought getting a little juice back in the legs would help him start producing again.
then again, what do i know. maybe he really is totally healthy, was just going through a rough stretch with the stick, and needed to fight through it. in that case, joe was right on the money, like you said.
used and abused
Whats the score now?
Not our inning, no biggie, still up by four!
Let’s go Yankees! C’MON MOOSE! YOU CAN DO IT, YOU ARE DOING IT!
LET’S GO YANKEES!
C’MON TAMPA! HOLD BOSTON HERE! YOU CAN DO IT!
Yanks sure are lucky to have 4 runs right now…Not that I’m complaining, mind you!
Negativity works too, as I’ve been here for the last 6 games.
God I don’t want Boston to get into Tampa’s bullpen.
Rebecca – A squirrel crossed your path? Was it a black squirrel or a gray one?
9 k’s
the cryptic one speaks !
no matter how this turns out, Moose deserves a lot of credit for coming in and performing the way he has. Fantastic.
Ranting Guy: Brown one. The black ones stay by the frats, I’m in off campus housing.
Youkilis is screaming and carrying on with the 1st base umpire, arguing about a called strike, and he didn’t get tossed out.
can you imagine – double standard!
In the 11:00 pm Detroit game, jorge can run out for merely muttering under his breath about an outrageous call.
3 pitches missed that were strike!
Cano’s glove work is so much better now
Youk crying about a strike call!? WOW Who would have thunk it. Him argue. NO NEVER!!
Mussina doing his best Phil Hughes impression. He’s now at 3 walks and 1K…just like Phil last night! Oh, and pitching into the sixth inning as well…
OK who can guess how many innings Clemens’ elbow has left in it?
5? 10? 20? 30? More?
To go from now through the end of a winning October (assuming a semi-quick hook by Mr Joe) he might need as many as 40.
Why not let him get out of it?
Good game for Mike though!
I hate Mien-worthless so much – worthless Boston cast-off
All in all, 5.2 innings, no runs (so far), I’ll take it.
okay, I see Kyle in the 7th and Mo in the 9th, but who pitches the 8th with Viz sidelined??
Jeez, let him try to get out of it.
Dr. Joba the hutt is available.
Tampa’s still holding on….
LET’S GO YANKEES! LET’S GO TAMPA!
Edwar Ramirez’ picture on Gameday looks like the love-child of Yoda and Spike Lee….frightening to say the least
Wait, why is Edwar pitching again? Didn’t he just throw two innings and over 30 pitches last night?
Can anyone read lips? What did Mike just say to Roger?
yup, they haven’t used Jabba since last friday, and don’t wanna use him tomorrow, cuz they want him available for Friday.
What happened?
Come on K-Ram, you can do this!
The last pitch for Frank Thomas was a strike! Well, anyway with his excellent performance today, Mussina just earned himself back to the rotation. So glad for him. He is as good as he used to be!
_What did Mike just say to Roger?_
“Hey Rog, how much are your AARP premiums??”
Wow, Edwar is all over the place…
Come on Edwar!! Jesus, get out of this!
I thought he was asking about the early bird special at the diner.
Mussina was only at 87 pitches, why the quick hook?
Cmon Edwar!!
The crowd kills me!! They thought it was gone.
easy as pie, Edwar!
K-Ram does his job !!!
Phew…That was a close one! Go Yanks!!!
Anyone else like the fact that Youklis compares himself and his passion on the field to Paul O’Neill? Maybe I have selective memory but I remember Paulie beating the sh!t out of the water cooler and getting pissed at himself, not whining to the ump after every call that didn’t go his way or after every time an opposing player looked at him cross-eyed.
WHOO YEAH K-RAM!
C’MON YANKS! GET US SOME MORE RUNS!
C’MON TAMPA! YOU CAN HOLD ON!
start…breathing….again
….sigh of relief….
Whew. Go Edwar.
Joe asked Mike, Mike must not have said YEAH I want to stay in. So Joe pulled the hook on him.
That was scary. I think Torre wanted to get Moose out before he had a chance to get the tie run to the plate.
Thank you Edwar! MAN that was nervewracking!
Meanwhile, great outing by the Moose!!
We’re outta that mess…………Now let’s hit
Drewsd – Nice description of Edwar! We at the “Empire” now have Joba D. Hutt and Yoda’s love child!
I realize I’m going way back to one of the first threads when he first pitched, but I like calling him Yoda rather than the usual “Initial (dash) First Syllable” tripe everyone seems to get now.
Chicago Dave…Torre is trying to break the record of how many days does it take to burn out a reliever with Edwar….I’d say he has a great chance
_What did Mike just say to Roger?_
“Rog, I told ya, your arm is stiff, cuz you’re using too much viagra.”
That’s kind of weak if Mussina said he was done at 87 pitches…
CHOCOLATE RAIN!!!!!!!!
I thought for sure that sounded like an extra-base hit or homerun off the bat.
Edwar didn’t look very sharp tonight. If he doesn’t pitch ahead of hitters, he becomes vulnerable.
Still, he deserves plaudits for extricating the Yankees from Mussina’s mess.
5.2 scoreless from Mussina. Not the absolute ideal, but only one out short of 6 scoreless. I’m sure Joe wanted to get him out on a positive vibe. Definitely a good performance.
Edwar got the job done, but with so many pitchers in the bull pen, why went for Edwar, who pitched two innings already yesterday?
Edwar also threw 31 pitches last night. I figured he wouldn’t be available today.
Scott Downs is actually a good reliever…If only Tampa had him right now! (Then they might actually hold that lead against Boston…sigh…)
Chicago Dave, not really considering he hasn’t started a game in a couple of weeks.
Oh come on don’t forget he hasn’t pitched in a long time.
Shirley – see my post above
Let’s see if we can end this game with more hits than the Jays.
If we use Joba, I really hope it’s only for 1 inning so he can pitch 2x against the Sox.
Is anyone warming up for the Yanks now? They can’t throw Edwar out there for the bottom of the inning, can they?!
Dave-
this hasn’t been Moose’s year. he’s only gone over 90 pitches a couple of times this year.
Joba for 2? Than Mo?
If we had Scott Downs, we would be 5 ahead of Red SOS.
More than would have been imagined from Mussina. A bonus. There might be serviceable innings left in the ole boy.
I think Joe definitely wants Joba available for 2 games against the Red Sox. I’d say the Farnsworth+Joba combo, then play the 9th by ear depending on the score then.
I notice people saying Edwar didn’t look sharp , think about it even w/ K-Ram not being sharp he gets out of a bases loaded situation w/o allowing a run & a 2 out situation to boot. How many of our pitchers have done this ?
Point is he got the job done.
So what are the odds Mussina starts on Monday against the Orioles? Anyone?
This year against the O’s, Moose is 1-2 with a 4.32 ERA in 25 innings and a 1.12 WHIP.
Come on, Jetes…Don’t take another collar tonight!!!
So than Kyle, Joba, Mo.
Torre looked Moose right in the eye, giving him the option of staying in, and Moose said he was done.
I don’t have a problem with it because he was being honest and he had to be a bit spent.
This is his first start in a few weeks. Its tough to ramp up and have 100+ pitches in you after that type of layoff.
Add in the emotion of the night, he was pretty animated all night, and its not surprising he was spent.
This was a huge start for Moose and the team.
We don’t know how many pitches Clemens has left this season. Its nice he is trying to gut it out but, let’s be honest. He has ligament damage in his elbow. He is on borrowed time.
Its awfully tough to depend on Phil Hughes and Ian Kennedy to compromise half your playoff rotation and expect positive results.
If Moose can give them anything close to what he gave them tonight, it gives them another option for the rotation.
At this point of the year, you take whomever you can take that can help you win games. Regardless of past failures.
Its definitely a start Moose can build on. He has to feel good about his performance tonight.
Again, Edwar pitched 2 innings last night for 31 pitches. Not entirely bizarre for him not to be “sharp” tonight.
Cumberberg – good call on the O’Neill comparison. That really annoyed me when grossface compared himself to him. I don’t recall him running out of the baseline, whining, etc. Also, Youk noted that his Yankeeography runs daily. How does he know that?
Edwin Jackson made it through 6, but he’s now over 100 pitches. I have to think Boston will be seeing Tampa’s bullpen starting next inning…
Tampa still holding on!
C’MON YANKEES! C’MON TAMPA!
I was driving back from Maine with my friend, she was reading the article to me, I almost drove off the road when she said he compared himself to Paulie!
And how funny he says that Yes runs Paul O’niell Yankeeography everyday. He must have his tv tuned to Yes.
I’m dealing with my worst nightmare, I’m on a job in New Hampshire, I can get 880 in the car, but not in my hotel room. So, I’m left to listen to Steve Phillips call the Mets vs Braves on ESPN or watch the Sawx. Ahhhhhhh!!!!!
Edwar deserves kudos for retiring the side without yielding a run, but he also merits a mild rebuke for walking his first batter.
Were Viz healthy, I’m quite sure Joe would have forsaken Edwar and used Viz instead.
Don’t get me wrong, I have tremendous admiration for Edwar’s perseverance but he still makes me skittish, albeit so does every Yankee bullpen arm except joba and mo.
Here comes Joba!!
Carmine
September 12th, 2007 at 9:23 pm
Again, Edwar pitched 2 innings last night for 31 pitches. Not entirely bizarre for him not to be “sharp� tonight.
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Carmine, if anything it tells us how useful he can be day to day. The correct move tonight would be Joba 7th, Ohlendorf 8th & 9th to test him up here
Motown/Jennifer — So what if we’re running Paulie’s Yankeeography daily? Who the f*ck is Youklis to complain about it?
WHOO! JOBA TIME!
Yes, I agree Vader, by now, the Supreme Court should have pronounced listening to Steve Philips “cruel and unusual punishment” and proscribed it.
Darth-
Sawx game aint’ so bad. Remy is taking about crashing his car in the players’ lot. hahahhaha! You think the pressure is gettin’ to them.
Good question, and for Kevin’s info Yes does NOT run Paul O’niell Yankeeography everyday! LOL
Drewsd-
Proctor=Vizcaino=Edwar
i hope that you’re wrong with that prediction Pete…that would be misplaced trust by Joe in Moose… he’ll get the win and he pitched decently, but its still a crap shoot with him. id much rather go with hughes or kennedy.
Dr. Hopefully he crashed it into a players car.
* IT’S JOBA TIME !!!*
…
Oh yeah, I’m not saying Edwar shouldn’t have come in. But he was able to work in and out of trouble. Just offering an idea as to why he might not have been sharp.
100
Gameday stinks, has Joba thrown a pitch yet?
I can picture Youkilis drinking beer and eating cheez-its while watching Paul O’Neill’s Yankeeography all day and crying.
I can’t watch the Sawx, since I will most likely jinx them into a win.
good that the cap, didn’t need to run
Howdy folks,
Great game so far!
Geez, K somebody already, will ‘ya?!
YEAH JOBA!
Dude, I dunno about you guys, but I think ERAs of 0.00 are really awesome
That’s more like it!!!
Joba!!!!!!
joba struggles,
Or watching what Paul does than standing in front of a mirror doing the same thing. Maybe he’ll start to practice how to throw his helmet or take a bat to the ump instead of a cooler.
okay, do they begin “stretching” Jabba out and bring him back for the 8th?
You know they want to turn the boston games into 6-inning contests.
Wow….JOBA!!!
That was such a beautiful K to end it too. Joba Rules!!!
did Joba just trow a 90 mph slider to strike out the last guy?
:adds Vernon Wells to IT’S JOBA TIME !!! K victims list:
Tampa’s ‘Pen is now in the game…
C’mon Tampa!! You can do it! You hold Boston HERE!
The Joba rules will change come playoff time.
com on’ warm up THE BIG O
Matsui gets one hit after being like 2-32 and that proves that Torre knows better than anyone???????????
If my hs teachers graded me as easy as Peter grades Torre I would have finished first in my class.
Ooooh Joba!
Woot! Perfect time to use him too. Gets the off day and then hes ready for Boston!
Joba “lights Out” Chamberlain ,earning his pinstripes big time!!!!
Pete,
I disagree. I think Moose will be the Game 3 starter.
I don’t see how Clemens will hold up with ligament damage in his elbow.
I hope he can but, realistically, its a lot to ask of a 45 yr old guy, despite the cortizone shots.
Either way, Moose is going to pitch in the post-season. Especially if he can build on what we saw tonight.
The whole Yankeeography comment makes me think Youk has a bit of an inferiority complex about Yankees, etc. He’ll never be as good, or as beloved as O’Neill, and deep down inside, he’s gotta know that.
Glover Ks Pedroia to start the bottom of the 7th…It’s too good to be true!!!
was that a 90 mph slider?
Pitching change in Tampa … one run lead, one more time through the lineup. And the Pedrioaphile whiffed to start!
From where I come from, tie goes to the runner. Bobby, you were robbed.
Remember when the Devil Rays’ bullpen was pretty good? Danys Baez and Jesus Colome in 2005. Well, everything on the Devil Rays was good against us in 2005.
Does anyone else get annoyed when YES cuts away to Fox News? I’m not about to stop rooting for my team because of politics, but perhaps a more “Fair and Balanced” news outlet could utilized (as in ANYONE BUT the propaganda machine that is Fox “News”).
MICHEAL KAY JUST SAID SQUIRREL IS SCOOTER!
YOU ALL DID IT! WHOO!
Did Michael say that the squirrel was back on the pole yesterday?
Did Michael say that the squirrel was back on the pole yesterday?
hey again all. Whats the score now?
Motown – Every moron in Sox Nation has to know that. And Paulie’s gotta be laughing his @$$ off.
“Does anyone else get annoyed when YES cuts away to Fox News?”
I would use the word sickened.
SCOOTER
SJ,
He will have to do it a few more times before the end of the year, and I don’t tink he will get those chances.
Ranting – can you imagine what Paulie thought when he heard about the article. Bwahahaha.
I’ll take Fox over Olbermann anyday.
Spags–Still 4-0
How the heck does he walk squirrel face, and nancy?
if there happens to be another, little massacre in boston shortly, will they give us a tea party on the way out. naw.
Yep, typical D-Rays’ reliever…gets two quick outs and then walks the next two… Here it comes!
_Does anyone else get annoyed when YES cuts away to Fox News?_
is that what it is? The Reichstag logo they used threw me off.
Cmon 2-out rally! Go Jorge!
Thanks Becca-Squirrel!
He will get the chances. Perhaps as early as next Monday against the Orioles.
I don’t see the Yankees bypassing Moose, even if it means they go to a 6 man rotation for a week.
JMO but, I think they are going to give him a big look down the stretch because I don’t think they really believe Clemens can hold up. They will need him if that’s the case.
Tampa Bay gets out of a jam again. Can they hold on? The suspense is killing me.
Why couldn’t the Rays ‘pen serve meatballs like this to US????
Tampa’s STILL holding on!
OPTIMISM EVERYONE! OPTIMISM!
Big night in Trenton. They come back from 2 down with a run in the 8th and the winning run in the bottom of the 9th to win 3-2 over Akron.
They now have a 2-0 lead in the Best of 7 for the Eastern League Championship.
The Gulf Coast Yankees won their championship. If Trenton wins two more games, it will be the first time in a long time the Yankees have had two minor league teams win championships in the same season.
_MICHEAL KAY JUST SAID SQUIRREL IS SCOOTER!_
Hey! That’s was my line. I wanna a check.
Clemens pitching with ligament damage…I don’t see that turning out well for anyone concerned. I’d be surprised if he does well in his next start.
Does anyone else get annoyed when YES cuts away to Fox News?
Its like Steve Phillips, of the news world
I caught the cry-baby Youk bastage balling over getting rung up on a check swing strike 3 call…I swear, that dude totally personifies the Nation as they call it….Cry-Baby outta shape loser….hey, but that’s just my opinion…
I always wondered how people who were naturally right-handed decided to bat left-handed as children. Ken Singleton was just talking about how he originally batted lefty as a kid, but then tried the switch hitting thing. Matsui’s a natural righty too, though why he started batting lefty is a pretty awesome story. I’m naturally righty and could never ever picture myself comfortably batting left-handed.
DrAcula: I agree, I am a witness.
Yes, six more outs for Boston. Can Tampa really hold on?
Tampa WILL hold on and the Yankees are poised to pull withing only 3 games in the loss column…this is gonna be SWEET !
Tampa got through the 7th with no runs scored … PHEW!!!! Sox bottom 3 come up in the bottom of the 8th. WAITER .. NO MEATBALLS PLEASE!!!
scooter being the squirrel, that was us:
http://migames.wordpress.com/2.....d-scooter/
LOL!
JD Drew just dropped a routine pop-up!
all dhat dough down da drain.
WHY WOULD YOU BRING IN JOBA FOR TWO?? Don’t you want him there in Boston for at least two games????
Why is Joba pitching a second inning?
I sense we are seeing the outing before the first bending of the Joba Rules. I bet Joba will be available Friday
and there it is, the hardest ball hit against joba
Yeah, I don’t understand why they wouldn’t pitch Farns here so Joba is available on Friday.
K!!
RIGHT NOW…JOBA…PLUNK THIS JERK !!! DO IT !!!
C’mon Joba! YOU CAN DO THIS!
LET’S GO YANKEES!
…did that 3rd pitch back Porky Pig off the plate ?
I’m as pro-Torre as anyone can be but why is Joba pitching a second inning? Now he can’t pitch until Saturday, meaning he can only pitch once against Boston this weekend. We have a 4 run lead. If it was 2, I can understand.
STAIRS IS GOING DOWN !!! ( get it?..like downstairs…)
Let’s go Joba!!! One more out!
See…if your gonna walk him anyway, you may as well break a couple of ribs….right ? ( totally joking, of course…Matt Stairs is a stand up dude, cough, cough….right ? )
I think toronto is picking off our signs.
is jaba saying to jorge “who was that guy with the moustache that talks like james carville?”
Vito-
Hah.
Come on Joba! Lets do this!
Don’t worry they will start bending the Joba Rules..if we need him…he’ll pitch one on Friday and one on Sunday….mark my words….you watch…
STRIKE THREE !!!
why is joba being asked to throw 30+ when we play boston in a crucial series on friday? give joe credit he will sabotage anything he can with this pen. and moose better keep pitching good if joe wants to use him in game 4 or the only good thing about game 4 will be when joe realizes that his stupidly using moose cost him his job.
One more strike please…
Jesus I hope we score some runs in the top of the 9th so Rivera doesn’t have to be used.
Vito- I really dont think so.
They are stretching him out, the Joba rules are an evolving set of rules.
Wicked curve by Joba on that 2-1 pitch. Wow
Here it comes…
Jabba rules just changed.
well, it acutally started two weeks ago, when the brought him out to pitch a 2nd inning against the sox. But he pitched two against KC, and two today, cuz they want to stretch him for Boston games and for the playoffs.
we can turn those games in 5 inning contests. Starter to 5, edwar/viz in the 6th, Jabba in 7th/8th, then Mo.
so expect to Jabba ready for Boston on Friday.
Hows about that wicked Slider for the k?
what the…
No worries, it’s an unearned run.
shacks!!!
35th pitch….here’s the very last one he can throw…according to the manual !~
Well we knew it had to be coming sometime.
crap
Ahhhhhhh! Unearned run =\
Peter and co your wrong about Mussina being the 4th starter in “any” series.
In the ALDS the Yankees will only use 3 pitchers. That’s Wang, Pettitte, and Clemens.
MLB has added extra off days to make it so teams can you use their top 3 Starters in a 5 man series with normal rest.
So……..people need to cool it on Mike Mussina who deserves some nice credit for pitching a nice game.
I’m actually glad that happened he needed to get scored on ..
what the HALE happened ?
and to top off the night joe will use mo for 4 outs. i mean you cant do a worse job
what happened? :-0
Yuck…inning should be over.
Ya that clearly shouldn’t count towards Joba.
Well, glad they’re taking Joba out.. Hes thrown enough.
yeah that’s charged to a-rod
well its unearned so the streak really isn’t over.
Still has an ERA of 0. Let’s go Mo.
totally OK…Mo gets the 4 out save, no need for him tomorrow as we win that game 10-1….and we are ready then to INVADE FENWAY !!!
Gotta make that play.
You hate having to burn Mo for a two inning outing.
Joba wasn’t at his best but, he made the pitch to end the inning.
A bad error. Let’s hope it doesn’t start a rally.
Did someone see the error, was it a wide throw or something else?
unearned run… still 0.00
Dude, guys, a run scores, yeah, but: It’s an UNEARNED run. Yankees are still up.
Don’t worry, Joba will be fine. He is, Joba, after all!
Wide throw by A-Rod. Doug tried to save it, but too wide.
Nice Optomism Uncle Vito!
mientkewitz shoulda tagged the runner when he inexplicably rounded 1st after touching the bag, hes in play there. awful awareness on his part
must be saving kyle and RossO fer temarra
Should have been Igawa Time in the 7th, Joba in the eighth, and then another kid from SWB in the 9th. :/
I’d rather Joba give up a run in a game where we lead by a few. He was statistically bound to give up a run at some point.
Boston down to its last 5 outs…Crunchy Bran at bat with an 0-2 count and nobody on….
If Matt Stairs scores, its charged to Joba. Come on Rivera
C’mon guys….Optimism…we can do this!
Yah its ok. The Yankees realized that all this winning was probably making us kind of bored, so they figured, here, we’ll make it a 3 run game and you can see MO get a save. Enjoy.
See?
ugh – it’s the never ending inning
Thanks
So Joe effectively eliminated Joba from 2 games of the Red Sox series by pitching him 2 innings tonight with a 4 run lead and Farnsworth available. Unreal. And I don’t want to hear this “the Joba rules are about to change” defense. It’s nothing but speculation based on a George King article.
a lot of nervous 2 out action going on here.
what is happening?!
why didn’t minky tag the runner when he took the turn?????????
Won’t Stairs still be unearned since A-Rod’s play should have ended the inning? Unearned runs confuse me sometimes.
Carmine-
they ruled the last hit an error on ARod. The run that scored was unearned. Jabba’ ERA is still zero, point, zero zero.
Global Warming, only one of the two ALDS’s have the extra day off. The other one would require 4 starters unless you want Wang to go on short rest. The team with the top seed gets to decide which series they want.
in Boston, Crunchy Bran strikes out…4 outs to go there too…
Right, but still his first run at all. I just meant nothing against him.
Too much babying. Joba has more than earned the right to finish his business and get that 3rd out.
niiiiicccccceeeeee
YES!!!!
C’MON YANKS! LET’S DO THIS!
TAMPA STILL UP! TWO OUT IN THE EIGHTH!
Whoo! That was close.
ALso the Joba rules have changed, even though he pitched almost 2 tonight, he can still pitch on Friday, just not back to back days.
Sah-weet MO !!!
K baby! Love it.
mo is da *MAN*!!
Man, what a beautiful ending to that inning!
We should really trade the bum A-rod for allowing a run to score.
Mo always gets the out when we need it. and Joba still stands at 0.00 ERA. Nice!!
Inning over.
I expect a tack-on run and then Mo finishing up for his 26th(?) save.
Yes! Strikeout! We can always count on Mo!
How can you depend on a guy pitching with ligament damage in his elbow?
At best, its wait and see. If he’s hurt, Phil Hughes isn’t pitching Game 3 of a 5 game series. Mike Mussina will unless he falls off the map again.
If Clemens can pitch effectively, obviously its a non-issue. However, that’s a big question mark right now.
an insurance run please
stop the madness Joba gives up a run , OMG I rather would see his first ER come in the playoffs then in a meaningless inning … jesus people this is the type of stuff I can’t stand, if anything applaud Arod what he did could be what makes Joba in his next relief appearance shake off a run scored
to those who are bitching about using joba for two innings and taking him out of the boston series, we need to win this game. Joba is the best option to pitch the 8th inning. We worry about boston when we play boston, right now, we need to win this game. I think pitching Joba in the 8th inning is a good idea
one, two, three 8th in Baaston.
whats the boston score?
Well, that wasn’t a very enjoyable inning, but all is well now.
Joba probably needs to see extra pitches like this. He’s gonna have to be a big part of October if NY makes it, and he’s gonna have to pitch two innings some times.
Besides, it only helps him in the long run to try to have to work out of trouble.
One more inning, Yanks. And c’mon Tampa!
Spags- 4-3 Tampa, top of the ninth.
migames-
exactly. have to play this like theres no tomorrow now.
carmine,
when you are a natural righty, you can still use your right hand as your dominant hand when batting lefty. your right hand is on the bottom and controls the bat. when you hit righty, you still let your right hand dominate. it’s just the top hand.
by having your dominant hand on the bottom of the bat give a lot of control. so lefty hitters that are right handed are often your high average hitters. carew, boggs, brett, and now cano.
handedness doesn’t make much difference on what side you swing the bat.
in golf hogan was a natural lefty who hit righty. in today’s game,
mickelson is a righty who hits lefty. you just let your dominate hand always be dominant whichever side you hit or swing.
you can also train your non dominant hand if you want to put in the time. most people just don’t try, but it can be done.
migames – we could’ve won this game with Farnsworth who has been doing very well lately. I think we’re all afraid that Torre is trying to force a decision to bend the Joba rules on the Yankees management b/c he is just atrocious on arms/shoulders in general. The man has no logic to how or why he uses relievers and is content with destroying promising futures if it means saving the occasional inning.
TY Kurt
Hey, that error helped Joba’s k/9 ratio
Do you guys think the Yanks’ offense is good enough to carry Mientkiewicz’s bat in the playoff?
He’s an automatic out.
SJ,
You’re right but those three games in August scare the sh@$ out of me.
Simply asinine bullpen management on the part of Torre tonight.
Farnsworth – 7th
Joba – 8th
MO – 9th
It’s not that freaking complicated.
“to those who are bitching about using joba for two innings and taking him out of the boston series, we need to win this game. Joba is the best option to pitch the 8th inning. We worry about boston when we play boston, right now, we need to win this game. I think pitching Joba in the 8th inning is a good idea”
Agreed. It’s laughable that some people want some rookie or Farnsworth pitching the 8th of a 4-0 game. Farnsworth has had a nice couple innings but he’s still Kyle Farnsworth. Besides, no one knows if the Joba rules have been altered, so it’s not worth speculating Jobas availability.
The lead in Boston is just an illusion. SOS are toying with those pitiful DRays – they will break their hearts with 2 outs in the bottom of ninth.
Lets go Yanks! Lets go Rays!
Yea Melky! It’s been a while since he’s gotten a nice hit like that! =D
The SOS still have a better chance of winning tonight than the Yanks.
Nice double Melky
Perhaps there’s Farnsy Rules in place. He’s been pitching well lately and we don’t want to overuse him either.
Cano tired Accardo out so Melky could get a hit. Gotta love Robbie, always taking care of his BFF!
wow, they junked that call.
THREE MORE OUTS! LET’S DO THIS YANKS!
THREE MORE OUTS!
LET’S GO YANKEES!
Good job by Michael Kay that time seeing that. I hope they conference or something.. that’s awful
A very, very bad call againt Jhonny!
Now I’m more nervous about the DRays game than this one.
Lets go Mo!
1 down.. Pretty damn quickly too.
WTF WAS THAT??? Baseball badly needs some instant replay – this is ridiculous
Drewsd, if farnsworth is that good, he will come thru in boston, we cant speculate if we will need joba in boston. we need to win this one. its all good
This is the worst year of umpiring I have ever seen.
The number of blown calls this season is just unbelievable.
Not just against the Yankees, its happening all over baseball.
How does the second base umpire miss that call? Its right in front of him and its not even a tough call?
I guaranteee you, playoff games will be decided by bad calls this year. Its inevitable, given the number of guys who have had awful seasons working games.
Instead of freaking out over every PED story, MLB better get their umpire situation straightened out this off-season.
They have had an AWFUL year.
Stupid calls like this can only go against the Yankees.
Annnnnd 2 outs.
SCREW YOU WELLS – CHEATERS NEVER WIN
That’s baseball justice.
Mo is just incredible!!!
GAME!
7 in a row baby!
bueno….one more for the books.
Guess its time to watch the sox [shudder]
We win!!! Now, how ’bout them D-Rays?
how hard would it be to have an umpire watching on a tv to overrule that blind ump? baseball needs to get some technology going. can you imagine if that bad call decided a world series.
lucky seven in a row. things are getting interesting.
Phew! Nice win! Really stressful for a while there though. But the Yankees got it done (Thank you Mo!) and Joba’s ERA is still 0.00! Woo Hoo!
And Moose gets the W!
Sah-weet victory !
WHOO! SEVEN!
4-3 TB over Boston – Lugo up
sadly, had TB held on yesterday – they’d be talking sweep fer pete’s sake
Alright everybody, I hope you enjoyed todays trip on the Optimism bus.
We’ll be running daily from now until November.
The gas tank will always be half-full, so have no worries!
Go Yankees!
k, whats the final, and whats happenin with boston?
dont even say stuff like that randy
lugo walks
Al Reyes just walked Lugo to start the inning.
TTTTHHHHHEEEEEEE YANKEES WIN!!!!
We win even though we only have 3 hits…and big hits they were – especially Robbie’s 2-run single.
All that remains is for Boston to lose and today will be complete.
I wonder how many people will get on Wells for such a bush league play. Probably none. But if this was A-Rod, it would be all over the news.
Yanks win, 4-1.
Lugo walks, none out.
don’t kill the messenger…Reyes just HAS to make it interesting as he walks the leadoff BoS*ck in the bottom of the 9th…
lugo on first – pedroia up – no outs
lead man on in the bottom of the night – Pedroia up….UH oh
_How does the second base umpire miss that call? Its right in front of him and its not even a tough call?_
I’m tempted to think the ump is in hock
need DP to hit into a DP
Reyes is absolutely awful… Another blown save comin’ up!!!
C’mon Tampa! Hang in there, you just need 3 more outs.
Way to start the inning Al. Please don’t screw this up.
Pedrioa pops out to Left. 1 out, runner on first.
what’s wierd is that the yanks won by scoring 4 runs on 3 hits… gotta love them walks
Alright, two more to go.
Hold on, Reyes!
Rat Boy out on a weak fly to left….2 outs to go !
Pedroia flies out.
Man on 1st, one out.
LETS GO RAYS!!!!!!
1 and 1 on Ortiz…
Chicago Dave
September 12th, 2007 at 10:30 pm
Reyes is absolutely awful… Another blown save comin’ up!!!
Dude, and I say this in love, SHUT UP !
papi up
1 ball 1 strike
Hey don’t forget the Melky hit in the 9th.
they are pitching to Ortiz ? FUDGE !
come on!!!
3-1 to Ortiz…
I could not BELIEVE they missed that play!! My son was saying, “So, what? We won!” I said, “Yes, but what if that play had been to decide a World Series?” That was just scary.
He cant hit. He got nuttin.
Well, they’re not really pitching to Ortiz…
Ortiz Homers… Red Sox win.. =\
Sorry folks.
3-1? Just walk him…….
I can’t wait to hear Joe’s rationale for pitching Joba 2 innings with a 4 run lead, effectively eliminating him from 2 games against Boston. Oh wait, I won’t hear it because nobody will have the cajones to ask him.
uh-oh
just had to see that coming.
I cant even believe it…and not because the Sox are good but because the Rays are THAT bad.
F&&&&&&K
UN-Flippin-Believable !
Yep, like I said…Reyes is dogs#%t…
That just sucks.
you have to be kidding me.
sox win 5-4
Optimistically speaking,
I hate David Ortiz.
God, Al Reyes is useless. He should be eliminated.
Tampa is such a tease.
man the d-rays dont do us any favors whatsoever
wow, Fuc* you Al Reyes.
That kind of weak sauce ain’t happening when WE come to Fenway.
DID HE REALLY HOMER? Whats the score?
Well, you knew that was gonna happen…
How bout them Rays?
Bah, that sucked.
Why did I have a feeling that was going to happen. Stupid Big Poopi.
Clearly I was being too optimistic about Tampa Bay’s bullpen holding up – there’s a reason why they have the worst record in the majors…
Still, we win. Every day is a constructive day when the Yankees win.
I don’t know if anyone else was watching, but Ortiz just hit a walk off home run to beat the Devil Rays- damn it!! vWe can’ t catch a break in the division, but the wild card looks good
who’s the RF for TB that tanked on that catchable ball
why. why.. pitch to him.. especially with manny out..
this is why tampa will never be good
crap crap crap crippity crap
crap crap crap crippity crap
Just got home. Red Sox news depresses me, but what can you do.
I have no idea why Joba pitched 2 innings in a 4-0 game. One inning would have been perfect. Farnsworth could have pitched the 8th and Mo the 9th. That would have made both Joba and Kyle available for 2 of 3 Red Sox games. Really baffling.
im starting the stopwatch to see how long it takes the sox “faithful” to show up once their team has actually won so they can boast.
whatever. we still have the lead in the WC. Believe!
For anybody that couldn’t see the game on TV or MLB tv or whatever…
Delmon Young might have had a chance at catching that HR ball but he ran to far towards the foul pole… Spun around and reached out but it was to far to the other side..
A so-called “closer” with an ERA pushing 5.00 (BEFORE the Ortiz homer)…How do we ever lose to the D-Rays?!
Damn Delmon Young, he could’ve caught that, it was one row back!!!
the D-Rays are a Butta Face.
The pitch to Ortiz was RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE. WTF?
oh well, goodnight all. The Yanks win, & all they can do is worry about themselves, not the other teams. THATS SEVEN BABY!
if they can’t keep a 7 run lead – what makes you think the Rays could hold a 1 run lead??
spags, if you have a comp to post on a blog, why can’t you follow any of the scores?
reyes blows
Anyone see that Ortiz homer? Just showed it on YES. fly ball, bounced off a guy’s hands in the front row in right. If Tampa has a competent OF, it would have been caught for an out.
How the hell did the Yankees lose two out of three to the Rays a week and a half ago?
Take care Spags,
See you again tomorrow. Same Optimistic time, Same optimistic blog..
Wow that was weak, Im sorry. Hah
True
D-rays pretty much just rolled over…again.
walks the lead off batter, and then throws a meatball on a 3-1 count.
on the other hand, digya see the sawks’ reaction – boys, boys, never let us see you sweat, it only makes us stronger.
Seriously!! Why didn’t he try to catch that??? aaarrrgghhh….I really thought they were going to lose tonight. oh well.
Beckett’s No Clemens-
Yah I saw it, Young over ran it.
The NESN announcers sounded shocked he didn’t catch that.
Hi Yankee Fans – remember me?
In case you don’t I’m not here to troll or boast. I don’t do that.
Anyways, just wanted to say good luck on Friday-Sunday, and here’s for a great series! Best of luck!
Now if that isn’t the epitome of teams rolling over for the sox I honestly don’t know what is. Delmon Young apparently didnt even make an effort to catch that, and why did they even pitch to him in the first place. Gotta wonder, would TB have pitched to A-Rod in the same situation?
nice catch delmon. there is a reason why the devil rays are a last place team.
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“im starting the stopwatch to see how long it takes the sox “faithfulâ€? to show up once their team has actually won so they can boast.”
Ansky, 3 minutes. Impressive!
We are at the mercy of two idiotic managers. Torre burns Joba for the bosox series and # 70 whatever pitches to ortiz with noone behind him, This ain’t rocket science, but these guys are really stupid when it comes to handling pitchers. I mean really stupid.
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yeah that was about the weakest walk off HR I have ever seen. I don’t care anyway, I don’t think we’re catching them for the division lead anyway. We’ll take care of them in the ALCS if they can get there.
big bright spot – in the last three days, the sox’ pen had to pitch 14 1/3 innings. they were so desperate, they even used Gagne.
goodnight all. I gotta go do some work.
I stepped away from my computer and came back to find the Red Sox won. You kind of knew Reyes was going to give it up in the 9th.
firewalls suck as much as the rays
Well, since tampa did the Yanks no favors, a sweep is in order this weekend.
baltimore and tampa really know how to lay down for the red sox
can anyone find out how many come from behind wins the sox have had over these 2 teams in the eighth inning or later…seems like alottttttt
We just won 7 in a row. Joe Torre has managed to manage a significant come back.. he has not burned out Joba… give your whining a break… we won.. we won.. we won..
How can you walk Lugo? Let Lugo hit the ball! Reyes handed the game to the RedSox. Unbelievable.
The Yankees are 40-19 since the All-Star break, the best record in the major leagues.
Al Reyes is definitely not on my Christmas list.
It’s about time that Baltimore laid down for us the rest of the season…especially with Bedard out.
Only if they didn’t start 21-29.
I just came home, we are 3 out now right?
If they can get there? Oh we’ll be there, but Cali Angels of A are going to put you out of your misery in the 1st round!!!!
we leave Boston Sunday night only 1 back in the loss column and after the sweep ….taking all of their confidence with us !…great win 4 the Yankees and another lucky break for the Evil Nation….good night all !!!
Ahh don’t fret on about the Red Sox.
We won, and thats important.
Go Yankees!!
My guess is that if the Joba rules have been amended at all, we’ll see Joba available for one inning Saturday and one inning on Sunday.
He threw 35 pitches tonight, which is his max. No way he’s getting less than two days off imo. With a Saturday afternoon game and a Sunday night game, I think that’s how they’d tweak Joba’s rules this weekend.
Joba the Head Hunter,
“we’ll be there, but Cali Angels of A are going to put you out of your misery in the 1st round!!!!”
What side of the fence you on?
Ortiz did it again????
Well, by my trusty stopwatch it took less than 20 mins for the trolls to show (im not counting soxfan44 b/c he seemed to have a grasp on the English language and general manners)
So thats 20 mins to:
-send wicked sweet texts to paulie, little sal, guffa, tommy and matty
-chug as many Sammys as possible
-pray at the awkward altar of Papi
-make an apointment at the tat parlor for yet another sox logo tat. sweeeeeeet
-catch the T back to southie(sudbury) before the bandwagon crashes.
yup, just enough time.
The Sawx have such wicked smaaat fans. Oh, by the way, Paplebon is such a clam.
SJ could not bre more right about the bad calls around the league this year. I am not accusing them of anything but these are the same guys whose uniion recently refused to have background checks done on them after the Ton Donaghey scandal.
Dont worry about Boston our bad start this year pretty much gave them the division we need to keep winning and whatever happens will happen. Right now we are in the wold card lead and we need to take care of that and if we do the divison may happen.
I am off to the game tomorrow night hope for the sweep and a good outing by Kennedy I was there for his stadium debut and was very please he is a battler which I like.
I hate the sux, and that we have to watch them celebrate yet again as they win the pennant sucks beyond belief
:”(
Peter, can you ever admit when Torre makes foolish decisions? Can you admit he has no idea how to manage a pen? Burned out so many arms over the past 4 years – thank god we have “rules” governing his use of Joba, though he did his best to screw things up by allowing him to throw 35 pitches with a 4 run lead. Now Joba is out until Saturday. Brilliant.
If he wanted Joba to pitch the 8th, then have Bruney pitch the 7th. If he wanted Joba to pitch the 7th, have Farnsworth pitch the 8th. How difficult is it for old man Torre to figure out?!?
Atul, right on. Neither Pete nor any other beat reporter will challenge Torre with a probing question. I guess it is about friendly access. But jeez, can you ever ask a constructively critical question? Burning Joba tonight is totally irrational. I have a feeling, though, Cash is watching and that Torre is going to be spending more time in Hawaii next year.
Atul, This year:
Are you guys paying attention? Chamberlain had not pitched in 4 days. He also threw only 12 pitches in the seventh inning.
His pitch limit is 35 or 40 an outing. If you don’t send him out for the 8th inning, you’re going to get Brian Bruney or Kyle Farnsworth. Do you really want to risk Detroit picking up a game on the Yankees? Because at that point, they had already won.
Here’s a little hint for you: Bruney and Farnsworth are not reliable. Bruney has been awful since he got called back up and Farnsworth is Farnsworth. Here’s another hint for you: a 4-run lead on turf on the road means zippo, especially with the Yankees having stopped scoring.
You want Bruney in the game? You lost me there.
Peter: My family lives in Canada, so I can tell you it’s no surprise the wiring in Rogers’ own building doesn’t work. They have a well-deserved bad rep for spotty performance, arrogant customer non-service, and some really shady billing practices. Just brutal.
Kudos for all your hard work on this blog – your posts are the best source of real-time coverage going, and funny, funny, funny. PeteAbe rocks, Joba Rules, let’s go Yankees (and the squirrel too)!!!
jennifer :”Or watching what Paul does than standing in front of a mirror”
It’s “then”, not “than”. Basic english. School is good for you.
Did Delmon Young run in a circle?
Doing a little stalking, are we, Mark?
Series win to the Yanks! Keep it up, guys.
baltimore and tampa really know how to lay down for the red sox…
Or, they understand that they CANT lost to teams like that, while NY squanders chance after chance to put them away.
Peter,
If you can’t put Farnsworth in a game to get 3 outs with a 4 run lead against a non-playoff team with the 3rd worst offensive output in the AL, then he should never be used. Forgetting the fact that you yourself have had to grudgingly admit that he’s pitched well of late? You’re letting your personal feelings about managers/players get in the way of objective analysis and reasoning, and it’s obvious to many of us who read the blog.
Bottom line – if you can’t trust Bruney or Farnsworth to get 3 outs in a game with a 4 run lead, then they shouldn’t even be on the team. Oh by the way – Rivera got 4 outs and came in to the game in the 8th, so we really only needed them to get 2 outs.
Instead, Torre’s bungling of the pen has cost us Joba for 2 out of the 3 Red Sox games. Would you rather have Farnsworth pitching in Toronto with a 4 run lead in the 8th or in Fenway with the game on the line Peter?
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