Game 149: Yankees at Red Sox
Posted by: Peter Abraham - Posted in Misc on Sep 16, 2007 
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Here are the lineups:
YANKEES
Damon LF
Jeter SS
Abreu RF
Rodriguez 3B
Posada DH
Cano 2B
Cabrera CF
Mientkiewicz 1B
Molina C
Clemens RHP (6-6, 4.45)
RED SOX
Ellsbury LF
Pedroia 2B
Ortiz DH
Lowell 3B
Drew RF
Varitek C
Hinske 1B
Crisp CF
Lugo SS
38pitches.com (8-7, 3.93)
Pregame chatter: Posada told us he’s feeling OK after the collision with Hinske yesterday and thought it was a clean play. He revealed that for the last three seasons he has had CT scans after the season just for his own peace of mind. … Giambi had his right elbow iced up, the result of being hit yesterday. He doesn’t think it’s a problem. … Molina will be catching Clemens for the first time. … Damon is 13 of 39 on the road trip. … A-Rod has gone 23 at-bats since his last home run. For him, that’s overdue. … Joba Chamberlain is available for two innings, having not pitched since Wednesday.
UPDATE, 8:33 p.m.: All the Doug Mientkiewicz haters say you’re sorry. It would be 3-0 if not for that play.
Meanwhile Clemens is 89-91 with his fastball, about what he was pre-injury.
UPDATE, 9:07 p.m.: Clemens is pitching well, as is Schilling. Amazing to see two guys their age still working a power pitchers. If it wasn’t for a blown call by first base umpire Tim Welke in the third inning, it would probably be 1-1.
UPDATE, 9:11 p.m.: Here is Jorge Posada before the game talking about yesterday’s play at the plate with Eric Hinske:
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Posada revealed that he has gotten a CT scan after the last three seasons just to make sure he’s OK after a long season of foul tips and collisions.
UPDATE, 9;13 p.m.: The Yankees will to add right-hander Tyler Clippard and left-hander Chase Wright before tomorrow night’s game against Baltimore at Yankee Stadium. Both were with Double-A Trenton, which won the Eastern League championship on Saturday night.
“Champions,� Torre said. “Maybe it’ll rub off on us.�
Clippard started six games for the Yankees earlier this season and Wright two. They are being brought back as a reward and aren’t expected to pitch much, if at all.
Three other Trenton pitchers – Alan Horne, Jeff Marquez and Daniel McCutchen – will join the team as part of a developmental program. They will not be on the roster but will work out before games, throw in the bullpen and basically get a feel for life in the majors.
All three right-handers established themselves as good prospects this season.
UPDATE, 9:25 p.m.: Quite a shot by Robinson Cano.
Meanwhile, it has become all the rage at parks to “throw back” a home run hit by the other team. Personally, I believe they should ejecy anybody who thows anything on the field. It’s a matter of time before some drunk drills his own player in the back of the head.
So, get this, somebody in the Monster seats throws it back on the field. It was relayed back to the Boston dugout. Once there, people sitting behind the dugout clamored for the ball and somebody flipped it to them. The guy celebrated like he won the lottery
So Sully in the Monsters seats has to throw it back, but O’B behind the dugout gets to keep it. Makes no sense to me.
That no-good Mientkiewicz continues to kill the Yankees.
UPDATE, 10:07 p.m.: What a job by Roger Clemens, who allowed one unearned run on two singles in six innings. At 87 pitches, they had about reached his limit considering he hadn’t pitched since Sept. 3.
Meanwhile, some drunk just ran out on the field, tried to high-five Hinske and stole Cano’s hat (No, I’m not making this up). The guy was tackled in left field.
Nice job by Fenway security, letting a fan get all the way to second base. In a Yankees game nonetheless.
UPDATE, 10:29 p.m.: The big wall giveth and in that case it taketh away. That’s ball by Giambi is a home run in any other park in the game.
UPDATE, 10:36 p.m.: There are better fielders. There are faster runners. There are more powerful hitters. But there is only one Derek Jeter and it is moments like that that make him who he is.
UPDATE, 10:53 p.m.: Joba Chamberlain’s ERA just skyrocketed to 0.50.
But he did whiff three in his two innings. Now it’s time for Rivera.
UPDATE, 10:56 p.m.: To appease the masses here, they just showed the Chargers-Patriots score on the scoreboard. (It’s 31-14 cheatin’ mighty Patriots). Most of the 36,533 are still here. Boston has Varitek, Hinske and Crisp due up in the ninth.
GO ROCKET!
Couple of things:
Posada or whomever is advising him just got even more in my book re the CT scan afetr the end of the season. With all the concussion issues with catchers (see Mike Metheny) it says a lot about him.
Will be interesting with Molina behind the plate in terms of I have heard that Rocket is very precise with t he cadence of his calls ie when no one is on base he asks that the signs be given as if there is someone on etc so should be interesting.
With Giambi and Matsui on the bench tonight we have a good one if needed even thouigh Matsui looks completely lost at the plate right now. Everyone knows he is pulling out and I assume he does as well so maybe a day off will help.
Afetr last night having the full bullpen available should be nice. I assume the same goes for the Sox.
I’d wonder if Posada’s teeth were knocked loose from Hinske’s collision. It did look clean. Nice to see him hang onto the ball. Wish it could have amounted to a difference in the game.
Keep your heads high everybody, the Rocket will be ready tonight.
thanks for nothing minnesota
we gotta win tonight, no doubt about that
Blast from the past:
http://tinyurl.com/2oog6m
Roger vs Manny – ALCS Game 3 (click to enlarge)
The Thrill of Victory
And
http://tinyurl.com/yoy9ut
The Agony of Defeat
I just hope Clemens is OK and is not trying to be a hero at the expense of the team. Hughes could go on regular rest.
The Twns laid down for the Tigers this weekend which keeps the pressure on.
TOUGH ALL DAY!!! GO ROCKET!!! GO YANKEES!! We need this win tonight!!
clemens is going to get rocked, hopefully the offense can wake up and pound loud mouth schilling. we’re going to need all the runs we can get.
I’m 100% sure Torre’s aware that Hughes is ready in case Clemens’ elbow acts up.
I’m not sure how receptive Clemens would be to a quick hook if he walks consecutive batters or if the Sox just get something going against him. We just have to hope he can admit when it’s enough.
Minkieweicz? Is Joe kidding? Does he know Detroit won again today? I understanding not playing Giambi but, my god, Betemit is not THAT bad a defensive 1b.
Minky, on the other hand, has looked dreadful at the plate since returning from the DL. Does Joe know something I don’t about Minky against Schilling? The stats say he’s 3 for 10. Big deal, not statistically significant enough to warrant playing someone who can’t hit.
Pete, just wanted to say thank you again for all you do!! Great blog!
Dr someone was impersonating you in the pervious blog entry. I called him out on it.
Good to hear Jorge is feeling okay.
These Joba rules are NOT helping the kid right now. He rots in the pen until JT decides to use him. His control is not the same as when he arrived because he is only pitching 2-3 times a week AT MOST. They need to pitch him 1 inning every other day to keep him sharp.
Kill-Schill-
I thought the same exact thing when I saw the line-up. Hope Joe knows something we don’t….
Did the Yankees ever say who the emergency third catcher would be? With both Posada/Molina in the line-up…should something happen to Molina, the Yanks would lose the DH if Posada went behind the plate. I know they were joking about Duncan volunteering to do it.
Doug K. tore up AA and AAA in his rehab. This will be OK.
Seperate topic. Ian Kennedy needs to be in the rotation next year. Right out of the gate. If Mussina needs to be traded to make that happen, so be it. If he nees to sit the bench to make that happen, so be it.
I so want Torre gone so we get a Manager that can handle a pitching staff and bullpen, without the sense of favoritism that currently exists.
Minky is 3 for 7 this year vs. Schilling.
I found this interesting:
Joba 2007 = Fernando 1980
http://www.bb-ref.com/pi/shareit/8wZ4
Hey guys, thought you might all find this interesting:
A squirrel crossed my path…I’m sitting at my desk, and outside the window there are cable wires, and a squirrel just walked across the cable…
Yeah, I feel it.
The Yankees will win tonight.
I don’t know about you but 2 and 1/2 is not a great leadover the tigers…we need to win this game not only for pride but aslo to stay in the playoffs
Rocket
http://tinyurl.com/24qrq9
Rebecca – it is a good omen!! GO YANKEES!
My girlfriend just asked me if I wanted to watch the Emmys with her tonight. Yanks vs. Sox on ESPN and Chargers vs. Pats on NBC…it was all I could do to keep a straight face.
Phil, where did you find that stat? Just curious because baseball-reference has Minky at 3 for 10 against Von Schillling lifetime.
Its so discouraging to see Doug Out in the line up.
http://mlb.mlb.com/stats/batte.....ngeBP=true
The post I made said he was 3 for 7 this year against Schill…not lifetime.
I have no life and I have nothing better to do but come on Yankee blogs and speak ridiculous nonsense about Ordonez winning the MVP and the Yankees not making the postseason. It is obvious I am very jealous about the Yankees having 26 world titles.
Phil night’s like tonight are why god invented P and P.
Emergency catcher not that this means anything but in the game I was out in Toronto when Molina was playing and Posada had the day off, Minky came out to warm up Kennedy when Molina had to get the gear on after being on base.
Phil: Yea, I was talking to my mom, and she was all set to watch the Emmys…
As a team, they are hitting .355 against him this year…and that includes Nieves going 0 for 2.
That last post was me imitating the idiot who doesn’t have a name and likes to come to this website on a daily basis.
What is “P and P?”
Watch the Emmy’s when you have the Yankees and Red Sox playing??? oh my….
And to whomever said that Doug looks dreadful since coming off the DL, be fair. He’s looked dreadful for the last four years.
I hope Shelly Duncan does come in the game at some point tonight. I don’t know if you guys heard this or not, but a 10-year old boy was at his 1st game in his life, and it was Red Sox-Yankee game, so it was even cooler for the kid. And to top it all off the kid was able to get Duncan’s autograph, the kid was estatic to get his autography, but when he looked at the autograph he became sad, because Duncan had wrote, “Red Sox Suck – Shelly Duncan”. Keep in mind that this autograph is for a 10-year old boy. Very unprofessional by Duncan. I hope Duncan gets in this game, and is booed. This is a horrible act by him.
news.bostonherald.com/news/regional/general/view.bg?articleid=1031894
Nice. Minky is hardly a conservative choice, so let’s hope the numbers bear out and Joes’ gamble pays dividends.
Tonight is a critical game.
Minky as the 3rd catcher? Interesting.
I’d love to see Duncan block the plate on a collision play.
You have to commend Shelley for speaking the truth. Sometimes the truth is vulgar and unpalatable but a man of courage doesn’t shrink from expressing it. Kudos to Shelley.
*MISSION CONTROL*
Throwing more than 40 pitches in a 13-minute bullpen session, Roger Clemens said, “I’m on.”
“My foot’s holding up fine, and for me that’s where it starts and ends,” said the 7-time Cy Young recipient.
Clemens has not lost in Boston since 1996, posting a 5-0 record for Toronto and New York.
He returns to the green-sardine-can for the first time since the Game 3 struggle in the 2003 ACLS. “I think we’ll see Boston more than three times,” said Clemens, alluding to the playoffs.
I’m sure Duncan meant it as a joke…maybe he should have used the word “stinks” instead of “sucks.” By all accounts in the media, he is a respectful, fun-loving person.
RedSoxfan44, I mean it’s clear Shelly meant it as a joke, the kid’s mom needs to chill out I’ve seen worse.
In a few years the kid’s gonna look at that autograph and laugh himself senseless.
Yeah, it was immature, but it’s still…so…funny!
I’m hoping Clemens and the bloody arm goes down in history as one of the greatest games ever pitched!
Oh my god the guy from The Road trippers is a host on teh E! Emmy red carpet show unreal/ I am convinced more than ever that that show is just a farce
I’d almost rather Doug bomb tonight and we win in spite of him. I fear if he does well he’ll get more starts in the heat of a pennant race.
Career stats:
Minky – .268/.356/.404
Betty – .260/.334/.440
Jen-
thanks!!
digya send in your deposit for next year’s season tickets? I was just talking about that con my dawgs y’ familia.
Phil P and P is picture in picture where you can have 2 shows on the screen at one time one large and 1 in a small box
and then Boston media has the audacity to show this kids face in a sad puppy manner, I mean my god it’s on white sheeted note book & I bet he doesn’t even like Shelly Duncan.
Lets go Roger, come up big tonight!
Gayle – oh, ok…I had never seen it written as P and P. I had always seen it as P in P.
I actually do one better for big events going on at the same time. We bring down the TV from the main level down to the basement and put it next to the big screen. Then take one of the DirecTV feeds and put it in the other TV so I can see both games next to each other. The Yanks, of course, get the big screen.
Phil that saounds way complecated for me but GREAT
Everyone riding on the OPTIMISM Bus:
We sorta voted on an unofficial motto last night and came up with ’27 in ’07. You should all add it to your name!
Behold the power of the fan base!
LET’S GO YANKEES!
I know there are an inordinate number of Betemit lovers on here…but their stats are pretty close overall the past five years (Doug has had a ten-year career to Bet’s five). After looking at that, I’d rather have Minky and his glove over Betty against a RHP.
Phil,
*Betemit: 14 HR 46 RBI*
vs
*Minky: 4 HR 16 RBI*
And before anyone goes crazy screaming one has 2 HRs more than the other or 5 BBs more than the other…I said “pretty close.” Not exactly the same. No need to jump off any ledges.
Brandon – I said the last five years.
With the way that celebs sign things, it’s a wonder how fans can figure what they wrote or who they are in the first place.
Most of the writing looks like a pharmacy prescription or worse.
Go Yanks!
you wanna go last 5 yrs. w/ pitchers too Phil
then I can argue Mike Mussina is better than Ian Kennedy
I’d rather have Minky at first in this game. You can’t give away runs in this game. Besides, sources say that Arod plays better when Minky plays first…lol….go ahead, check it out.
Whoo! Yankees are so winning this tonight! You all know it!
Over the last five years:
Betty – 36 HR, 45 Doubles
Minky – 37 HR, 106 Doubles
Ok Karl ravich on baseball tonight just called Carl Evertt the Boston great Carl Evertt unreal lol
Brandon – Betemit has a 5 year track record…that’s why I chose five years. Kennedy doesn’t. Minky has more ABs over that 5 year span. At this point in time, maybe Betemit has an edge on the offensive side…but I don’t think it is that large of a gap. My point is, I don’t think Minky is as bad as everyone thinks…and I don’t think Betty is as great as everyone might think.
Yankees win 9-4, as Clemens is find and Schilling gets shelled. After Rocket retires Rookie and Rat Boy, Ortiz gets one between the ribs as a payback for Giambi getting hit for no reason last night. Puke can cry all he wants, he leaned into that pitch, and since Boston is simply a bunch of bush league Idiots, managers & players alike, they took advantage of a situation and had their Kind Redneck @$$hole Beckett purposely drill Giambi. The umpires KNEW that one was intentional and also KNEW that Puke’s was not, hence the warning. ( by the way, why didn’t they just throw out Beck@$$ like they threw out Joba ? )….Ortiz gets ONE IN THE RIBS….Boston gets off of their game, and we win 9-4.,,,setting up the improbable, yet still possible 96-66 finish for both teams ( we go 11-2, BoSux go 6-6 ) and the final nail in the Boston Coffin this year gets one step closer…..GO YANKEES….OPTIMISM WORKS….Tonight starts 14 games in a row that the Yankees need to ( AND WILL ) treat each one like a playoff game. After taking care of Boston tonight…..Baltimore, Toronto and Tampa will be the next teams to get steamrolled by the Yankees Juggernaut…….27 in ’07 ! RIGHT ON !!!
Torre should pull out all the stops for this game. Use the entire roster if necessary with the exception of Pettitte, Wang, Hughes, and IPK.
Yesterday I thought Torre just might use the entire roster during that long inning. I was almost expecting him to have a new pitcher throw every other pitch.
Phil,
Betemit 5 yrs. in the league & developing HR pop, 25 yrs. old
Minky 9 yrs. in the league & diminishing day by day power 34 yrs. old
Betemit has offense Mr. Eyechart doesn’t
Minky has hit shilling well.
the tigers go to cleveland.
the Yanks need to win tonight..
No I don’t have season tickets
I’ll probably end up spliting a plan with a friend next year.
And to the guy who said his gf asked if he’d watch the emmys with her. I’d never ask my boyfriend that. The Yankee game would be on. NO if’s ands of buts.
my posts are not bing posted!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jets game is now a 7 point game with three minutes left…
Roger goes 5 decent innings. Bullpen comes up big. A-Rod, Damon, Melky, and Cano with the big bats.
Jets still have a chance. They need a 3 and out.
Mientkiewicz since the beginning of 2004.
1109 AB, 181 singles, 68 doubles, three triples, 25 HR 125 BB.
.250/.332/.384
Betemit in that period
887 AB, 182 singles, 45 doubles, 4 triples, 36 HR
.260/.335/.482
Jets lost 2 seconds. The whistles were vown at 2:57
Lets hope for a blocked punt.
haha – go Shelly!! that’s funny….
Come on Clemens solid start tonight, Joba for two, mo for one… series victory, keep the Tigers at 2 1/2 back…. A Special thanks to the Twins this weekend for um… nothing! lol
THREE AND OUT!
Did the twins actually take the field this weekend?
Please keep the Jets updates coming – they have the freaking KC/Chi game on here
I’m bored with the Minky vs. Betty argument. Come playoff time, I bet Big G gets most of the starts at first.
Re: Shelly Duncan autograph – Have you ever been to Fenway Park for a Yankee game? My goodness – everyone in the place(kids & grandmothers included) is screaming ‘Yankees suck’ from the very first pitch. The mom of this kid must be kidding – she exposed her son to much worse than what Shelly wrote just by bringing him to the ballpark! Maybe she would have preferred that Beckett write down what he was caught on TV ranting in Yankee stadium. No newspaper coverage of THAT to be found in the Boston Herald.
Cotch!! WOO HOO. Nice catch.
Phil – by most do you mean every?? lol
Maybe Shelley heard the kid yelling yankees suck.?
That’s the first time I’d seen the Cingular commercial with Rocket and Debbie that just aired on ESPN…pretty funny.
Duncan is classless, I wouldn’t expect anything more though. Maybe it was a joke, still its just a bad example. I guess Duncan is upset and realize he will never have a true professional career. So he hit few homeruns, once pitchers see him enough he will be as long lived as your Kevin Maas godsend
I mean this in the nicest way possible, but it baffles me that anyone thinks post 2003 Doug Mientkiewicz has something to offer a team in a playoff race.
BETEMIT
in August .714/1.286/.714 10 RBI, 9 BB in 7 ABs
in September .667/1.200/.600 4 RBI, 6 BB in 5 ABs
DOUGIE
in August AA & AA
in September .000/.000/.000
again I don’t understand this move !!!
ACH! MCCAIRENS! HOW DO YOU MISS THAT?
Geez Justin had it in his HANDS!!
Justin stinks!! thats why he became a cast off last year.
ugh – come on JETS!!
Catch the ball!!!
Cotch hurt!
Jets are making this very exciting and interesting.
Pitchers in Minnesota aren’t a happy group. With nothing to lose, I consider their performance completely suspect in the past few days. Right now I’m looking forward to the Boston series being over.
Jets need sticky stuffs on their hands.
YES!! COLES!! you da man!
Of course there’s nothing wrong with adults chanting “Yankees Suck” and wearing shirts that say the same. Not that there’s any responsibility on them for what the young impressionable kids in Boston are exposed to.
“Remember this my son, Samuel Adams Ortiz O’Reilly Jr. – there’s nothing wrong with being an arse towards the other team. It is honorable and expected of a young lad in New England. Just remember to cry foul in your lager when they do the same to you, as it is immoral and despicable. Now eat your 2004© brand hot dog before it gets cold.”
Recievers have sticky gloves i believe anyway.
FIRST AND GOAL – COME ON CBS TAKE ME OUT TO THE GAME I DON’T CARE ABOUT DAAA BEARS
Mientkiewicz is an automatic out. At least when Betemit gets a hold of the ball it travels a long way. Alphabet Soup swings for the fences and hits a pop fly.
I made an error in calculation.
Betemit is
887 AB, 146 singles, 45 doubles, 4 triples, 36 HR
.260/.335/.441
I don’t think anyone thinks he’s great. But he’s decent and getting better. Doug is awful and getting worse
bye bye MFY, You’re joking about being classless right? Please tell me you’re joking? Please tell me you did not mean to write what you just wrote about a person being classless when your Red Sox team is the epitome of being classless throughout the years. Pedro telling Jorge he was going to hit him in the head with a pitch. Tavarez telling Dice K to how he should hit AROD with a pitch. Beckett screaming obscenities at Joba. Red Sox fans repeatedly yelling Yankees Suck all game, and these are just a few examples off the top of my head. Yes you Red Sox folks are full of class.
1st and Goal!!!
P.S.: Coles needs to score a TD for my fantasy team.
OH NO
Tipped pass.
& Ray Lewis saids game over
JUSTIN I HATE YOU!!
Well….it was fun while it lasted!
Don’t despair Jets fans, Clemens looks excellent, he adjusted to the Ravens defense, and that past to McCairens should have been caught!
I have a good feeling about this QB!
So close!!!
Go Ravens!
Mangina the rat brings karma onto his crap team cya rat man
and Belichick resigns till 2013 have a great day NYC!!
Justin ruined this last drive! 2 passes he messed up.
awwwwww ray ray why must you do that to me??
my g/f just bought me a Chad Pennington jersey – hope he doesn’t lose his job! lol
Saying he looked excellent is a bit too much.
exactly raymondmagnetic, how much can you fault a man for speaking the truth, however unseemly.
You can’t expect a Res Sux fan to make such fine moral distinctions.
ALOT of pain for NYC today, more to come tonight.
Vito .. off on a major rant … you are the man.
I expected Lice-K to hit either Jeter or A-Rod on Friday. I wondered why he got no warning for the high tight one to Jeter and the plunking of his favorite target, A-Rod. Of course it was a coincidence the one he was told to hit by a teammate. NO warning? And Joba got thrown out after NOT hitting Youkilis, who whined to the ump? It reeks of bias.
If anybody checks out the stats I’m sure you’ll find that A-Rod is Matsuzaka’s favorite HBP target. But being told to hit him is just a coincidence of course.
So fast forward to this weekend … Wang would plunk the Sox b*#&H in that particular situation? This gives Beckett the right to ‘retaliate’ on Giambi? Only as seen in Sox Nation.
Lesson 1 to Youkster: Giambi didn’t whine.
Lesson 2 to the Youkster: Clemens is pitching tonight so get off the bench and take what you got coming to ya. Or, Varitek or Pedroia should be glad to take your place.
Lesson 3 to the Sox: Be glad there isn’t someone like Bob Gibson available for a short term contract next time you’re playing NY.
OK my blood pressure is coming back to earth …
Detroit looks like they intend to make us sweat. Should be a fun 14 games…
ooooooooh the Jest Lose.
xryanx: I believe Ben Roethlesberger lost his first game.
E-ROC,
http://www.dailymotion.com/rel.....-lewis_fun
I hate it when the Ravens defense gets bored because they let people back into games. It gets annoying.
That right raymond I said it, but all the scenarios you described are with adults. So these kids here and see us drunk fans, but we never direct it at the kids. Granted this kid was young and stupid, I mean why would he want a yankee autograph nonetheless from Shirley Duncan. Either way he took it to another level.
Thanx for the vid, Brandon.
Very bad day to be a NY sports fan… so far…. the Yankees will change all that. I suspect a rested Rocket is going to have something to prove in Fenway tonight and an injured Schilling is going to be lobbing some BP fastballs up there.
bye bye MFY, surely you jest. Are there not kids at the games hearing the chants of Yankees suck? I’m sure a bunch of kids heard what Beckett was yelling at Joba because there are always plenty of kids sitting behind the dugouts at games. I honestly don’t see your point.
*GAME NOTES*
Top Reasons Why Red Sox-Yankees Are Soooo Long:
1) commercials breaks are a half a minute longer
2) Pitch counts-Friday’s game racked up a combined 398 pitches (198 thrown by Boston, 190 by NY), compared to the avg of 293 per game.
Raymondmagnetic, you forgot the Fenway fans taking a swipe at Sheffield as he fielded a ball in the right field corner.
So a little 10-year old Youkilis wannabe got an autograph that’s infinitely less insulting than what a 10-year old Yanks fan would hear just by walking into Fenway park with a Yanks hat on. On the other hand I’ve seen 10-yr old Sox fans in Yankee Stadium being treated with respect while worse crap comes from their own mouths.
Keep on being like yer hero Youki … keep crying to yer momma.
Adam, that is exactly why I wanted Betemit playing he slap that fastball to Ted William’s seat he eats those BP Fastballs, w/ Special K it’s a BB or a K.
I think everyone has forgotten that the Yankees are 6-2 so far on this road trip. I forgot myself.
Yankees fans have thicker skin than to let something like ‘Yankees Suck’ get to them.
Am I right?
You got that right Ranting Guy. I was up there for a tampa/sox game a few years ago. They were yelling Yankees suck, selling Yankees s*ck bumper stickers. It was awful.
What time does everything think this game will be over? I’m guessing 11:45.
‘Becca … the taunting stuff is amusing! Sox fans are so cute when they do that aren’t they?
That kid doesn’t get Duncan’s sense of humor!
hey it must mean we’re pretty F’in good to be hated so much lol
Ugh, both NY teams are 0-2 to start the season. Missed the Jets game and turned off the Giants early
Of course they do, Rebecca. I think the point here is – ah never mind, there is no point.
GO YANKS!
I’ve heard terrible things said/yelled/chanted at both stadiums by both sides of the rivalry. It goes both ways.
Ranting Guy the Red Sox have been getting away with a lot of things against the Yankees and the Yankees never complain but you constantly see Boston fans and players complaining about the Yankees. It amazes me.
Jenn: Too late! I have class tomorrow!
Ranting Guy: Very amusing!
i’m sure someone would give that kid some decent cash on e-bay for the autograph
I like the new motto
good enough to be 5.5 games back
I’d buy it.
AWFUL LINEUP BY TORRE…IS IT TOO LATE TO FIRE HIM?
damn now i have to outbid you Jennifer
So, Jets fans:
Clemens or Chad for QB?
I’m actually going with Clemens here.
And I’d outbid all of yah for that autograph!
Its time for boston to show our hitters some resptect and Clemens will get them to by drilling Ortiz in the ear. He seems like a great guy, but its time to shake things up. Im tired of watching our hitters get hit by bostons pitching every year. From Soriano to Jeter to Giambi. Enough is enough.
Be ready for a rocket in the noggin Sox.
To all the Tigers opponents. Can you show some sack and be spoilers for once. It seens like we’re going to have to win 90% of the year to take the wildcard. Thanks to the central division. All I want is for sheffield to be at home watching the Yanks celebrate their 27th. Priceless.
Bettimet at first, Doug late replacement.
The whole “Yankees Suck” chant makes no sense. Who is it suppose bother or get to? Seems like every time there’s a bench clearing brawl in Fenway between these two teams the crowd starts chanting that.
As for other teams fans the chant usually occurs when their team is winning the game, it usually doesn’t happen when the Yankees are winning the game.
I think Chad will be back next week if he is healthy. Even though Clemens showed us something once he got comfortable.
Hi, Ufntiuss
OOOOOOOOOO, just announced on NBC, there was a second camera recording audio. What cheaters. The Jets are requesting another investigation. There will be a greater fine if they are caught a second time. Also, The Bus and Collinsworth calling for a larger penalty, the Commish is going to go through the roof if tis is true.
vader are you being serious?
jennifer: I think he is.
Anyone know who will come in, if Rogers gets bombed or is hurt? Would it be Phil or did they send him home already?
Igawa to the rescure? Didn’t he have his one great outing in relief against the Red Sox?
Youkilis not in the lineup tonight?
Yes, Andrea Krammer had the story
edit…rescue
jennifer: Maybe Kei? No idea.
Wow just read on a jets message board that they are being investigated for wiring their d line men.
If Roger comes out early it might fall on Kei or Karstens. Let’s go Rocket.
so with Molina in the line-up, don’t we need MORE offense, not also take out Giambi/Betemit…. sounds like we have two weak spots instead of one.
Can someone send Elie Manning a comb and some gel.Seriously, he looks like he just rolled out of bed.
jennifer: You mean the Pats are being investigated, right?
Please?
Why isn’t espn onto baseball? Enough with the NFL>
Is anyone watching this game on sopcast? If so, could you reply with the link? Thanks.
Yes the pats.
GAME TIME!
LET’S GO YANKEES!
OH JOY!! Our favorite announcers for this game.
Last throw-down of the _regular season_
http://tinyurl.com/2x7dhf
Here’s the highlights of the greatest rivalry in sports(whaya year).
Great, Joe Morgan
Any announcers are better than yesterday’s.
Jenn – I hate all of the announcers for ESPN, I end up muting the TV half the time….
Oh, god not Morgan
Not sure that I agree with that
I think it is time for Mute.
Dunno, the college football guys can be fun to listen to, and some of the Sportscenter guys are okay…
…but I’m with you all on the baseball thing.
If Giambi is ok, why is he not in the lineup? Or did Pete mean he WILL be ok?
Giambi’s elbow is sore. He was hit in the same place as he was during the Toronto series.
Guys we’re 6-2 on this road trip. Detroit finished today 7-2 in the same span. They’re tuned in. Yanks gotta be too. Detroit’s got 3 @ Clevland coming up. Clevland is tied with Anaheim right now, so we got two BIG reasons to root for Clevland the next three days. After tonight we **should** have an easy schedule, but everyone knows how we’ve looked against the AL East this year. Detroit **should** have an easy schedule after The Tribe. Looks like a fun two weeks ahead of us. GO YANKS!!!!
Come on Yanks
Mel – Youkilis is a limp-wristed wuss. This afternoon he gave Mr Fancona a note from his mom saying that that mean Mr Wang gave him such big a boo-boo on his wrist when he threw that pitch, it hurt his feelings too much to play tonight. He’s going to bed early tonight she said, and asked if Mr Francona could ask his friend Dustin if he wants to sleep over.
OK, it is not a MUST win, but it is pretty damn close. Minky at 1st? Are you kidding me? Earth to Joe, there is this guy Betemit on the bench, or maybe the arm basher. In addition to his handling of the pitching staff, this is the other thing that drives me nuts about Joe– his lack of urgency. He manages as if he is leading the division or wc by a wide margin. Not , Joe.
LET’S GO YANKEES!
Youk, was a drama queen. He didn’t need to roll around on the ground. He was doing it to be dramtic. Like all the red soxs fans say Jeter hangs over the plate, thats why he gets hit. Well Youk hung over the plate.
Wait, so we’re all ragging on the Mient man?
Watch him go yard tonight.
Hope so!
We should not be hoping to face anyone. Remember last year when we were hoping to play Detroit? That turned out phenominally. We have to show up to play no matter who we play, so there is no sense in rooting to play because we have no control over it. You just show up and play regardless of who you have to play. There is no sense in being dissapointed over who you play because you have to beat the best to to be the best.
Giambi’s probably not in the lineup because Posada’s bat is hot and we need it. Torre probably thought Posada needed to clear the cobwebs from between his ears after blocking the plate like a real man, so he’s the DH instead of sitting on the bench, free-basing midol like Youkilis probably is. I’m sure Giambi is ready off the bench, and he’ll get some PH swings tonight.
Great long delay between radio and tv
I hear it before I see it.
Aww, I was hoping Drew wudda knocked that out.
No matter.
LET’S GO JETER! LET’S GO YANKEES!
ALso Matsui isn’t hitting, so that is why he isn’t playing.
nice work Nanc!!
Me too Rebecca!!
Yeah Jeter! Whoo!
LET’S GO YANKEES! COME ON BOBBY BRING JETER IN!
LET’S GO YANKEES!
I think this Ellsbury is more annoying than Manny
One more thought on the whole Duncan thing. What on earth is a ten year old Red Sox fan asking a Yankee for an autograph for? I can assure you at ten years old I wanted no part of a Met or Red sox autograph.
Let’s all try being optimistic about Mint-Cave-Itch at 1st at least until he’s had a couple AB’s!
C’mon A-Rod! You are soooo overdue to…y’know…
LET’S GO YANKEES!
Yankee Josh I thought the same thing.
Ah, well, not our inning. We’ll get them next time!
LET’S GO ROGER!
LET’S GO YANKEES!
Rocket ready to launch…
OK Rocket – one last regular season start in the Fens. Kick some as$!
Can we place odds on who he hits?!?
Oh my God, Damon!
Ach, c’mon Yankees, you can do this!
LET’S GO YANKEES! Double play here!
Good hands Damon
funny comment by Clemons about the “bloody sock”! LOL
Hate letting pitcher off hook in the 1st. Same with last 2 games. Adam, we have facing us 4 games with Toronto next weekend and they are bringing Halladay, Marcum, McGowan and Burnett. That is not easy. It is very, very hard. IMO the WC will be pretty much settled in the next 4 games. Go Cleveland!
What was “bloody sock” comment?
Clemens said Curt could keep the bloody sock.
LET’S GO YANKEES
Johnny looks like he’s playing in the Metrodome.
I would rather see the Tigers play Boston than California.
This Year: announcers said that Roger had a blister or something on his foot and that was effecting his elbow somehow, so Rocket said he feels fine now and “left the bloody sock at home” or something like that.
yeah, basically as Rebecca said – was a dig at Curt to keep the bloody sock.
Crap, run scored.
I am surprised he ran on Damon…..
C’mon Yankees, one more out! You can do it!
Another run and pitcher in trouble without a line drive or hard hit ball in the inning. These walks and poor defense are killing the Yankees this series.
MINKY!!!!
Way to go Minky!!! Great play.
so we ALLLLl stand corrected – go dougy!!
Minky! Defense matters!
if giambi was at first that was a run easy
So Mint-Cave-Itch looks good so far!
Listening to Sterling. He’s raving about his “mancave itch”
Well, if that’s what happens when we rag on the Mient man…
I so called it.
Anyway, it’s only one run. Like we haven’t come back from that before.
C’MON YANKEES! LET’S GO YANKEES!
Is Clemens doing OK? I cant actually see for myself … working late so I just have GameDay going. Looks like a few pitches at 92 but mostly he’s in the mid-upper 80′s. Any visible reason for concern? Anybody? Anybody? Bueller?
Defense Kills
Mike Lowell has taking about re-joining the Yanks next year (he did so again this week), I wonder if he can play 1st base.
Chuckle.
Pena is screening out Manny.
Clemens has nothin’
We need Mientkiewicz!!!
Optimistically speaking, I am hoping the Yankees will actually take a few pitches…
CMON Yankees, let’s get this game going!
Roger looks okay.
Clemenss looks like toast. And so does Schilling, throwing “hit me”, belt high 90 mph fastballs to every batter he’s faced. He even threw in a hanging 85 mph slider to Abreu.
Not that it matters.
hey at least Melky didn’t slide into first
This is depressing. 38stitches is throwing 88mph meatballs and we can’t do anything with them. It looks like BP.
Yankees are giving away innings to the other pitcher. Swinging at first pitches, not working counts. Sorry, but the Yankees are LUCKY they’re not playing to avoid a sweep tonight. THey need to start being patient. Schilling is a shell of his former self. Need to make him work.
I hate to see it. We are going to lose this game.
was that 1 2 3?
He is using the DiceK game plan. Chuck, duck and pray.
Worked for him too.
Is Youk out for the rest of the season?
Have faith guys.
We can do this, we can win1
Err.
Have faith guys.
We can do this! We can win!
Toast is up, 1 down.
To “bye bye MFY little brother”:
like that tool dane cook said on FOX, dust off that dvd from 4 seasons ago. you can’t watch any other sox championships (they all occurred before the camera was invented).
i’m 31 and the NYY’s have won 7 times in my lifetime.
see ya in october:)
Uhh, Mr. Joe Morgan person: Yankees fans KNOW it was a clean play
LET’S GO YANKEES!
1st pitch swinging, 2 down.
i don’t see why you’re saying we’re going to lose – it’s 1-0 and if Damon catches that ball it’s 0-0…. I’ll take Clemens over Shill anyday…. i’d take myself over schill lol
Adam-
Schilling is trying to get ahead and throwing weak fastballs right down the middle of the plate. Working the count just for the sake of working he count, and letting those pitches go by isn’t a smart game plan. Of course, it would be nice if they could do something with them
why hasn’t anyone complained about the announcers yet
i think the hinske slide was a clean play. but morgan goes out of his way to side with the sox. if it was the other way around he prob would call it dirty. hes just mad that the 98 yankees were better than his reds.
Tigers won. We will lose this game. My early to mid september optimism is slowly fading
matt – ur lucky to have those extra 10 years on me… we’ve “only” won 4 in my lifetime.. hopefully 5 in another month
Check out Roger’s sneakers.
I think they’re a mesh-canvas blend (white w. black stripes)
Walking Julio Lugo is like walking Cano. Only worse, because Cano actually has power and Lugo can steal.
3 down!
C’mon Yankees! Let’s try this whole offense thing! You know, the part where you see ball, hit ball and run to base?
Yeah. Let’s try that.
dougy using the body!!
you know i admit to being all over the why is he playing first!! but playoff time i’m perfectly fine with him at first, damon in left, and matsui as the DH…. Giambi off the bench late in the game for Kurt Gibson moments every game works and then Betemit can play first after we pinch hit for Doug
Schilling can’t get this line-up out in the center of the plate all night.
Michael- True, but I don’t think it’s ‘for the sake of working the count’, the more pitches he throws, the less effective he’ll be. I think we all agree that h doesn’t have the stuff anymore. He’s a junk baller now. GOtta make those guys work, that’s when the Yankees are their best.
Hey matt, Typical yankee defense to defer to the past. Lets focus on the season at hand. As Tony Soprano says ” Remember when is the lowest form of conversation”
Nice hit Minky!
clemens is not getting the close calls off the plate. schilling is throwing meat right down the middle and the yanks are popping it up. they need to take their heads out of their arses and get a sense of urgency. and this will all start with a mientkiewicz single….
Dude.
Ragging on people really works! GO MIENT MAN!
LET’S GO YANKEES!
Where all the mancave itch haters now???
Minky is not an automatic out!
Holy crap. Doug is on fire!
Now he’ll play every day for the rest of the year and cost us the playoffs, but we might as well celebrate this game.
#52:
“Is Youk out for the rest of the season?”
He was ‘outed’ long ago.
And once you’re out, you’re out.
This is starting to smell like one of those “Torre is a genius and/or lucky” moves.
Are you kidding me? This isn’t the 1985 vintage Roger Clemens out there tonight Joe. Not to mention, that Molina is the best on the team at hitting first pitch “get me over” fastballs.
he must know the defense signals…. hate the pats
…Dude, he was SO safe.
oh wow… i want a replay on that.
Terrible call. I dont need the replay.
WHAT?? Damon was safe!
Excuse me for being oof subject for a moment.Has there been any thread about Trenton winning the Eastern Finals?
VERY safe, very bad call umps.
SAFE ALL DAY CHECK OUT THAT REPLAY!
what a joke…. clearly safe… not acceptable to miss that. worst case he has to assume its a tie.
that call was horendous
BUTCHER!!!
Who says their isn’t an anti-yankee bias.
Joe SLAP the UMP upside his face!!
LOL Ranting Guy!
Another bad call against Johnny.
That wasn’t really ecen that close.
a call that bad can kill a potentially big inning and sway a game. yes, they need to keep going but that is garbage.
and even though they got a break the drunk sullys will fail to notice it.
that cost us a run.
We had a run there. Just didn’t show up on the scoreboard, is all..
Torre’s desperate. The seams are coming undone.
oof=off
what kills me is the ump got in Torre’s face for questioning the call, and Torre begged off.
YA GOTTA WORK THE REFS
I will say it agian. Schilling has crapola out there. I hope it isn’t another one of those nights where we hit line drives and get beat by seeing-eye grounders.
Yup, we’re at least tied up here.
how did you get Torre’s desperate out of a blown call at first base costing us a tie game?
Pedroia 1st pitch, 1 out.
when is someone going to formally appeal to MLB regarding the absolute travesty the umpiring has become? this is the damn major leagues, if they can’t find competent umps to call the game, then they need to switch to some sort of computerized system, sensors in the ball, sensors in the bags, over home plate.
I would much rather have human judges, but i’ve seen so many incredibly bad calls this year for many different teams, this has got to stop, postseason berths are hanging in the balance and this sh*t needs to be way tighter than it has been. shameful.
I want to throw my kitchen sink at the ump. Seriously, do they keep any record of how many times they make a bad call?
OK kiddies .. my work is done so I’m driving home in a few minutes. I haven’t listened to a game on the radio in ages … anybody know what station I can look for it on? in NYC of course.
wicked curve and splity
not only does it cost a run, its less pitches for schilling, it takes the bat out of abreu’s hands with a runner on, damon could have stolen 2nd? … etc etc etc.
Ranting Guy:
Its on 770 WABC
Sounds like that gambling NBA ref got a new job as an MLB umpire.
We just need instant replay, challenges and the like…
Works fine in football…
wcbs
Ortiz strikes out!
i dont know rusty but i cant remember a year where the umpiring was this bad. its horrendous and really hurting the game.
880 wcbs
ahh i remember 03 game 4…. i was there… standing and clapping for like 5 full minutes in full Yankees gear…. thinking i was lucky enough to be at Clemens’ “last game”
Peter I’m surprised you’re focused on the Yankees Red Sox game… what with the Patriot Cheaters playing the bolts and all.
1-2-3, 2Ks this inning!
Great inning.
C’mon Yanks, you had the offense thing going last inning, not your fault the umps blew a call, let’s keep it going!
LET’S GO YANKEES!
Think about any bias in warnings for HBP … any blatant bad calls … any conspiracy theorists out there? I have no opinion on it … it seems to go both ways (just like Youkilis) for all teams. I’m just curious what people might think.
Thanks for the station Ellen
Great inning by Rocket – - – Now we need some RUNS!!!!!
Wow. That inning was impressive, and completely took me by surprise. Roger was on the corners with pretty nice gas.
stationS thanks!
Ranting – I’m wrong – its WCBS 880 (Brain lock from watching Schilling pitch)
I’m sick and tired of these blind umps! This is total BS!
I guess it was the blisters.
After all, he threw 6 innings of 1-hit ball against the sox before he hit the wall.
JoeT-
It was Roger’s last game.
Of 2003.
A loss too. Wasn’t that against our boy Beckett?
Becca- I think baseball is slow enough. Plus what would a manager have to lose if he “lost” the challenge. There are no TIme Outs to take away. I think they need to get good Umps. If that’s possible.
WHY is Manny wearing a diaper on top of his head?!?!?!?
I think the ghost of Eric Gregg is calling the balls and strikes for boston.
Come on Alex work your magic.
does anyone have the link to where you can watch games online?? i dont have a tv where i am. thanks alot.
Looks like a shower cap.
Arod – let’s make it #53.
Torre – Manager of the year??
I am so sick of Joe Torre sleeping in the dugout! All year!@
When I see him next week in Tampa (since my seats are right next to the dugout) I am bring a sign that says, “Joe Torre Shares His Sleeping Pills!”
I am so sick of Torre’s laziness! What an embarrassment.
On another note:
The only player that has enough balls to talk about the lame umping all year is Chipper Jones! More people need to step up and force MLB to hold these umps accountable!
_WHY is Manny wearing a diaper on top of his head_
he’s trying to become an astronaut
Schilling hasn’t made a single quality pitch yet. I hate these games 100x as much as when you get dominated by stuff like Beckett had yesterday.
Manny has a diaper on his head because he has s#*@ for brains.
OK I’m going see ya.
Have faith guys.
Our time will come.
Joe should have gotten himself thrown out on the poor call at first.
Look on Gameday where those three “out” pitches were. Each one was in the center box.
And under 90 mph.
This is sickening.
does anyone have the link to where you can watch games online?? i dont have a tv where i am. thanks alot.
Manny’s condition is also known in scientific circles as “Fecal Cortex Syndrome”
schilling threw a nice splitter to arod (2nd pitch). thats it. he is missing his spots and the yanks havent made him pay. he is throwing strikes for sure, they need to sit first pitch fastball and hit some line drives.
Did Joe just say he thought Pavano was in the starting rotation. I forgot he was ever even on this team.
Regarding Doug Out,
It was a nice play and he occasionally hits a home run. He is an offensive drag on the team, with a .289 OBP and .372 SLG. At best he is a defensive replacement. I would have taken last year’s version of Carlos Pena over Minky. This year’s version would have been a coup. I will not apologize for saying that the Yanks should never have signed him to start at 1b, because there was no evidence that he would do markedly better than he has done.
Why should we apologize because of one random play in 162 games when he has been getting LOTS and LOTS of outs(not the good kind) before now?
did he say joba 2-3 innings? does 3 warrent a week off? lol
Off topic, but the sports gambler in me thought the Pats -3 were the lock of the year tonight. But my dislike of all things New England sports cost me some $$$$.
2 or 3 innings? Ha!
We’ll strike soon. The next inning I predict.
Hmmmm.. Come on Yankees…
I thought NO over TB was a lock, and we know how well that went…
C’MON YANKEES!
Jamie-
You can check out mlb.com and sign up for MLB.tv…
Jamie,
http://www.myp2p.eu/MLB.htm
@Jamie – You need to have “Sopcast” installed and then go to this site: http://www.myp2p.eu/MLB.htm and look for the Yankees @ Boston game
Rob S-
I am with you completely. We had Carlos Pena at oine time, and he can field as well as Minky. And he had some power and upside given his age and pedigree. (Statement of the obvious).
Minky has nothing other than Proven Veteran (TM) status, which is more overvalued by the Yankees than anything.
suprised clemens got the call on drew. he is not getting anything else close.
Rocekt is so out-pitching Schilling tonight. Too bad results are what mater.
Wow. 4 K’s in a row!!
my posts are not working..
what is up with this???
Roger is getting squeezed (especially on the Varitek count) and he’s still K-ed four in a row.
i doubt anybody here was upset when they let pena go last year. i believe his contract forced them to call him up or let him go and they didnt have room for him on the big league club. minky is doing exactly what they brought him here to do. when you have groundball pitchers (wang, pettite) you need solid infield defense. nobody here knew pena was going to hit like this.
Debbie: I had a lot of trouble earlier but changing my name did the trick.
LET’S GO YANKEES!
im liking what i am seeing from rocket. can you imagine if he was getting the close calls?
great call by the 1b umpire classic…
the angels were right the sux get calls at home….
another joke….now the ESPN guys are babbling about Mariano and Posada as Free agents.. Mariano is going no where.
stuart
Air Jeter!!
Yeah Roger! Yeah Jeter!
C’mon Yankees! Let’s get us some runs!
lets get to 38hotdogs!!!! clemens is shutting em down and setting it up for joba.
Thanks for posting the interview from Jorge.
While we’re at commercial, I wrongly picked the New Orleans/Tampa Bay game and the Seattle/Arizona among others.
yeah I see some rotissiere geeks are upset the Yanks do not have Pena at 1B.. I forgot these guys new a career nobody would become great at 26 yrs old. he almost got DFA’s during spring training…..
Alright Yankees. Lets put some runs across here
debbie – posada is going nowhere either.
that was a nice play by jeter
Great info on the minor league guys.
Robbie cano Doncha know.
Robbie!!!!!!
ROBBIE CANO!!
WHOOOO!!!
WHOO!!!
Robinson Cano = Schilling Killer
BAM!
ROBBIE!!!!
I had a feeling that would happen tonight. Way to go Cano.
ROBBIE RULZ!!
Yes! Cano beat Schilling again!!
Someone get Curt a box of tissues. He looks like he is going to cry.
Boston Dave-
You are exactly right, Minky is doing “what he was brought here to do”. I just wish we brought someone here to hit the baseball, which is what a first baseman needs to do.
lets put the carlos pena talk to rest.
“08/16/06 – Carlos Pena exercised his OPTION and received his release from the team to pursue a major-league contract.”
the yankees would have had to make room for him and call him up to the major league roster, or let him leave.
back to the pre-game conversation about Shelly Duncan being classless…. Cano hits a game tying homerun and the “fenway faithful” break out the “Yankees Suck” chant…. i think Shelly is fine lol
Ah, Mient Man just got under that one!
Love the Schilling frustration when he covered 1st on Melky’s play.
That is 7 str8 outs that have gotten the center box on Gameday by Schilling. (The Cano HR did too).
ANd everyone forgets that the red soxs let him leave too. Maybe he wouldn’t be this good under the bright lights of Yankee Stadium. maybe he is only good because he is playing in front of 10,000 people.
Whoo, whole new ball game now!
LET’S GO YANKEES!
michael T – this may come as a surprise to you, but defense matters. do you think melky would be playing if not for his defense? i know first isnt the most important defensive position, but once again… what free agent 1b would you have signed this offseason? shea hillenbrand? there werent any and sheffield apparently wasnt an option.
Evacuate all ten-year olds from Fenway! Fans were chanting Yankees s-ck after the Cano homer!
Hold them Rocket and we’ll get some more runs!
But, somehow we made room on the roster for Minky. The point isnt that we should have had Pena, it is that committing the first base spot to an old guy who has proven he ca’t hit isnt good roster management.
Cano has owned Schilling the last couple of games.
We go back to the same argument that has been going on this blog since day 1 regarding first base. For this season at least with all the other offense this team has going we can afford to have not the traditional numbers on the offensive side of first base. I say for this year. There is really no point arguing it for now as we have the team we have and at this point nothing can be done. next year it is a different story.
Rocket is fired up. hitting 93 on the gun and hitting his spots for the most part. we have the bullpen rested and ready to go if needed… just need a couple more runs off schilling.
i was standing next to schilling on friday and he is a wide man.
can someone explain to me why when espn does the updates, they enlarge the update picture and shrink what everyone is actually watching.
gayle – agreed. and nobody has come up with a legitimate, reasonable alternative anyway. cashman had very few options in the offseason at first.
Michael T – again… your alternative? that was a legit option for cashman.
Are they showing the squirrel pole?
look at the old man motor!!
Nice!
i smell crow
Great play by old man Roger.
Great play on both ends by Minky and the Rocket!!
holy hell he’s gonna need a new hip!
Okay, the next time you all want to rag on the Mient man and the Rocket, I’m not complaining.
LET’S GO YANKEES!
Read my name
when in doubt read it again.
I would rather start Alphabet soup than Giambi.
For every run the G-spot gives us he gives away two with his defense.
wow, the pats are making the chargers look like eric gagne tonight. 24-0
Boston Dave-
But offense maters too. And defense at center is much more imprtant than at 1B, so I can stand a guy who hits weak like Melky.
But MInky hits like a utility infileder and plays first base. Other than DH, it is the easiest defensive position. The team with the highest payroll in baseball ought to be able to get one who can put up at least leaue-average offense, if not better. The fact that the feee agent market sucked is actually an argument for wasting that precious roster space to keep Pena last year. At the time, the list of pending FAs was set. And God knows, I wouldn’t have been banking on Andy Phillips, who is even worse. I guess we were afraid of losing Sean Henn.
Boston, they are playing this well from the video they had from a previous game.
Michael–
Ask Gary Sheffield if it is the easiest defensive postion. I say this again why do we need to have huge numebrs at every position we already are if not leading in the top 5 in runs scored.
Defense Matters
I think Giambi can be serviceable at first base if used sparingly. He’s normally good on scoops and what he gets to. Limits are his lack of range and his lack of any throwing arm. Start him there almsot everyday and he wears down and everything goes wrong like Friday.
The Indians have a good bunch of pitchers going this week.
Nice swing at the first pitch Jeet.
Let’s go Yankees!!
Time to put some hits up, Shilling’s got nothing.
you may think it’s the easiest position (1b) but it’s definitely one of the most important – Dougy’s ability to pick it gives the infielers such confidence out there.
Has Schilling gotten a swinging strike since the first inning? Or a called one for that matter?
I agree Gayle. We don’t need the All star at every position.
Michael T -
pena wasnt a sure thing last year. neither you, i, the yankees, the red sox, or even the great buster olney knew he would do this with the rays. in a playoff race it was not a real option to call up pena when they had sheffield coming back and a stacked lineup offensively. if anything they needed minky more last year.
You don’t need to be crude.
I am done worrying about Minky tonight, as we have plenty of guy who can’t hit. It is so frustrating when a pud like Schilling isn’t even executing and we get ourselves out. Just like with DiceK.
Pitcher’s duel.
Schilling: So what now, Jack Sparrow? Are we to be two immortals locked in an epic battle until Judgment Day and trumpets sound?
Rocket: Or you could surrender.
LET’S GO YANKEES! WE HOLD BOSTON HERE!
hey pete stop stealing my “sully” derogatory comments. hahaha. keep up the good work pete.
Nice of the Chargers to show up against Shady Brady and Bill Belicheat.
I hate when people use our money as an excuse. The fact is we don’t have a defense/offense minded 1st basemen. Since 1st base is involved in almost every play I would say thats a pretty important defensive position. The ability to take away doubles doesn’t hurt. The ability to lay down a bunt, hit and run, RUN instead of shuffle (what Giambi does)is priceless. As far as betemit is concerned he is almost as bad as giambi defensively with half the power. I still prefer alphabet soup.
agree, no need for the crude statements.
Pete I Don’t think the guy threw it back. It missed his glove.
JoeT – you’re right. people cant just look at errors when judging defense either. its the scoops minky makes (see giambi on friday) and the great defensive plays that are just as important as hits on the offensive end. if giambi hits a HR but doesnt make the plays minky made already today, we’re probably still worse off. he’s saved at least 1-2 runs. and minky has a hit and another well hit ball to boot. i could be wrong but i think he did hit .300 last year so its not like he’s awful.
Michael T,
Please give this dumb argument a rest. We’ve gone through this 1,000 times on this blog this year. The Yankees lead the Major Leagues in runs scored. Offensive production is the LAST thing wrong with this team.
Jeez. Watch the ballgame.
You know what’s funny about the people on this blog? Most of you absolutely KILL the lineup when it’s posted and about 80% of the time, the ones you killed are the ones who are helping out the most.
I was thrilled to see Minky back in the lineup. I’d rather have DEFENSE on my team than a slug who can’t field, can’t run, and right now, can’t hit. YOU DON’T NEED ALL STAR NUMBERS AT EVERY POSITION.
If the team we are fielding right this second is the team we field for the rest of the year, I’d be very happy. Yes, even with Molina in the lineup.
Boston Dave,
Do you ever really need Minky? I agree there isn’t much use complaining about it as this is our team and we should just cheer on the team. I just took exception to PeteAbe saying we should apologize for disagreeing with the Yanks getting Minky because of one stinkin’ play. I really like this site, but I don’t like his Minky overrating.
Deep to Left,
Numbers or not – there is NO offensive production the last two nights.
I don’t care what happened two months ago, there is no offensive production NOW.
Rob S – who would you have signed to play first base this offseason?
Ach, c’mon Rocket! You can do this! Just two more outs!
Boston – glad you agree – i think the play in the first inning was 2 runs by itself
Giambi may drive in 1-2 runs a game, but he can easily give away 2-3+ on the other end
Best record in the majors since the all-star break… ever since we started getting the pitching straightened out, yet you folks still whine. Unbelievable. All we have to do is lose a game and the hankies come out. It’s baseball. You don’t win every game. We’ve won 2 out of every three games since June 1st. Get over the 1st base thing. THERE WAS NO GOOD FIRST BASEMEN AVAILABLE THIS PAST OFFSEASON. Either give it a rest or name the alternative. This really is silly.
just get through this inning and lock it down with joba!
rocket! rocket!
rocket doesnt look hurt to me… can you believe we may have a 6 man rotation going forward when we didnt think we’d have 3 guys not that long ago??
Are they chanting “ROG-ER”??
Whatever helps!!
Nice catch Damon.
I love Johnny Damon in left.
nice take johnny!
JOHNNY DAMON WITH THE CATCH!
Yeah. We’re winning this game.
Johnny plays the hell out of left field, his arm isn’t even half bad for a left fielder….
One question:
Home field advantage in the ALCS is decided by the season series, right?
At this moment, we lead 9-8…
yeah johnny!!! that sort of almost makes up for the first inning… lets get to schilling now.
good show
ack – i believe the best record overall is all that matters (whatever their “seed” is)
I probably would have kept tried out Pena last year and platooned him and Andy Phillips. Let the best man win. Same with this spring training. We knew he had a good glove and his offense would have been better than Minky’s, guaranteed. I was never a Minky fan, so I am a little biased. I could handle a .750-.800 OPS from a 1b. Pena could definitely get that. That is a high water mark for Minky.
#52 – i know. do the fans think that chanting roger is going to mess with his psyche?? its just going to pump him up to shut them up.
I wasn’t a big fan of trading Proctor, in that I think he’s a serviceable reliever who could eat some innings. The only reason to trade him imo was to take away one of Joe’s toys and force him to use Joba and Edwar.
Still, if Proctor had to be traded, I would have liked the proposed trade for Ty Wigginton better. Good righty bat who can handle it at first. Still, if Phillips doesn’t get hurt, there’s nothing to complain about.
darn he’s overdue.
And yes, I would have said that before the season.
jumping on the first pitch curveball? must have been really looking for it….
Rob S – you are full of crap. no sense in continuing the conversation with you. but just in case you’re not, can i get some lottery numbers?
At this rate, Schilling can pitch a double header after this game.
c’mon let’s go Yankees!!
Good game going here.
Rob S – whatever. i am done talking to you.
Joba should be warming up.. they need this game and Clemens is near the end.
there offense is not very patient tonight.
they are doing absolutely nothing tonight.
YankeeJosh – hopefully Betemit will be useful. I like him better than Wigginton. he seems like he’s one of the guys who would only do well on a small team like Tampa. we’ll see I guess. I liked Proctor alot too but he was so similar to the other guys they have and torre ran him into the ground.
Ah, we’ll get them next inning!
Anyway, it’s JOBA TIME!
terribe offense tonight. what are the odds of the Yanks winning a pitchers duel?
Melky is near getting a day off slump at present….
Anybody knows MVP Ordonez’s line from today?
Probably Joba comes in now but I’d wait and keep Roger for a few outs.
gotta get something going SOON.
is it Joba time????
Debbie – offense has been somewhat unlucky also. they have alot of hard balls right at fielders. one of those nights so far.
ack,
Wild cards can’t have home field until the World Series.
There really making schilling work.
not sure if anyones mentioned this, but except for the 8th inning on friday, the yankee offense has scored about 4 runs over the past 4 games, bad time to go into a group slump, hopefully they put it together here over the last 3 innings
shilling 70 pitches. what a joke… they are doing nothing off him..
I guess that miscall at `st is no big deal like the bloomquist call. eh whats a win or a loss mean!!!!!
Boston Dave,
I’m just looking at it that the Yanks are a bit too left-handed. Wiggy would have balanced the line-up out a bit. Betemit is just another lefty in a line-up filled with them. Yeah, he switch hits in name only, as he’s been awful from the right side.
Either way, even if it was a mistake it wasn’t a huge mistake. And if Phillips diodn’t get hurt, there’d be no debate as he’d be in there now.
If someone doesn’t want a HR ball, turn around, find a child, and give the child the ball. The kid would probably appreciate it….unless the kid has an idiot father who throws it back.
oh it’s my favorite time…. it’s JOBA time!!!!
JOBA TIME
Detroit @ Cleveland for a huge 3 game series starting tomorrow. byrd, westbrook, and sabathia going for the indians. rogers, verlander, and robertson for detroit.
we will know alot after that series while the yankees get Baltimore… and NO Bedard or Guthrie!!!!
well…
*IT’S JOBA TIME !!!*
picking on Youk???
Get real.
Joe Morgan: Youkilis dives over the plate, that;s why he gets hit all the time. Same as Jeter.
Ach, c’mon Joba! You can do this! All of Yankeedom has faith in you!
Yankee Josh – i guess you’re right. though i think shelley could fill in somewhat.
seriously fans.
What’s the delay? Blown call?
Peter,
what kinda receiption did Jaba get when he walked in?
Joba should listen to the cathcer.. badsequence… bad bad bad..
3 straight sliders….
good thing its crisp and lugo coming up. if they bunt, lugo will strike out anyway.
Cano doesn’t want to put that hat back on, don’t blame him.
some numbnuts ran on the field and stole Cano’s hat – i don’t know why professional athletes don’t knock these people out….
or why a person would do that in a 1-1 game in the 7th inning, now he can’t watch the ending…. dumbass
classy fans
well, if i could pick a guy to hit here for the sox…. lugo is it. lets go Joba!!!
Yeah…why don’t you give Cano a new hat?
What the HELL is on Manny’s head?
Ok, fine with me. Stats are available to everyone.
Pena(age 29)
2003 .332 .440 .772
2004 .338 .472 .810
2005 .325 .477 .802(79 games)
2006 .351 .424 .775(18 games)
Minky(age 33)
2003 .393 .450 .843
2004 .286 .318 .604
2004 .340 .363 .703
2005 .322 .407 .729(87 games)
2006 .359 .411 .770(91 games)
Come on give him the High Hard One!!
ok not that high lol
that might be a little too high… throw it just above the letters.
nice strike out!
yes!!! good call guys
oh dear god, why is igawa warming up?
BIG K!!!!!!!!!!!
Why is Kei warming up?? please no lol
IGAWA?~??!?!?!?E#@!?#?!@#
Rob S – here are the only stats I am interested in.
Rob S # of posts – 26
Rob S # of intelligent posts – 0
Maybe Igawa is just getting some work in?
Boston Dave and mel:
Thank you.
Let’s win today anyway.
Please no Kei
haha dave
i like that joba isnt afraid to throw in… ellsbury is good at hitting low and away. keep it in on him.
Quick poll who would you prefer:
A. Kei Igawa
B. Chris Britton
C. Sean Henn
you can’t say none of the above! lol
high heat again?
Yeah Minky!
THAT A BOY JOBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Wonder if Giambi makes that play and beats Jacoby to the bag?
Go Yankees!
How’s that, Boston Dave?
And that’s why they call it JOBA TIME!!
WHOO!!
COME ON YANKEES!! LET’S GET JOBA AND MO SOME RUNS!!
yeah baby! another run saved by minky!!!
arguments aside… he’s had a great game tonight.
I’m scared, they just showed Igawa.
2+ Gems by Minky (who I had buried, shame on me!)
Wow, Minky’s glove is keeping us in the game.
Can I have choice D?
Minky is the man!
Unless we score 4 Joba’s coming back out. With the Tigers winning this is a must win game
JMHO
Good job by Joba to get out of that. But hopefully he learns from that at bat for next time. You get to 0-2 on Hinske with fastballs, then play around instead of going right after him. This is Hinske of all people!!!
Now if the Yanks can only be patient with Tuddy. Start swinging at good pitches.
Clemens owns Boston
this year:
12 inn; 4 hits; ERA 0.75
making a great case to start game two. Yanks wanna use Wang at home cuz his ERA is about 2 runs lower at home.
igawa did shut down the sox earlier this season… can lightning strike twice? lets score some runs just in case…
A couple of random thoughts:
Minky is an unbelievable asset at first. That guy can play on my team any day of the week. His defense is simply resplendent. Anything at all that he gives us on offense is purely bonus. There is no logical reason to use Giambi there.
Igawa was actually warming in the pen. I cant think of any conceivable situation that would warrant using him tonight. That he is even warming up makes me physically ill. I’m sure Torre will hand him or Britton the ball to sabotage the game in the near future.
BJ
Josh – Giambi wouldn’t have to beat him to the bag, he wouldn’t have caught the grounder
52 = would u prefer to not have a pitcher? because i’d consider it lol
Minky is a vacume at 1st.
this inning is our chance, even though it’s the bottom order
lol #52
I was dead wrong about Minky. Mea culpa. Mea maxima culps. Modern equivalent: My bad. My badest.
call me stupid but I’m calling a big hit by minky right here
culps=culpa
there is a swing and a miss from schilling… hit the pine melky
Minky delivers twice tonight!!!
Minky gets a hit!!
hehe I have ESP ……………or is it ESPN I always get confused
IS Minky reading this blog in between innings?
Minky is making me look like a fool. I’ll take it as long as the Yanks win.
So should we just decide now who we want to have a great game tomorrow and start ragging on them now?
Yeah, Mientkiewicz!
they lose the DH.. because Posad will have to go in to catch, he hits 5th.
this is why they need 3 catchers like I said before…
bye bye DH
JoeT, yeah I’d consider subbing for a pitcher in that situation.
Giambino’s in the game!
We’ve lost our DH now. I hope it doesn’t go into extras or Torre has to start managing like he’s back in the NL.
are the folks at Fenway louder than usual, or does ESPN just have wacky microphones?
so is posada gonna catch now? won’t we lose the DH then?
they have 2 new catchers
do we lose the DH?
well, hopefully giambi makes a case for himself here as well
you’re right Becca – you know who sucks? Posada, Minky, Can, Jeter, A-Rod, Damon, Matsui, Melky, Abreu…….
too much? only one person a day?? – i’ll go with Matsui then, he needs to turn it on again
posada has his catcher’s gear on…
ok THIS is where I get confused. Since the DH is now in the game, that means the pitcher is “batting” now. So either the pitcher has to bat, or Joe has th PH for the pitcher every time now, right?
I think Joe Morgan is confusing bullpen catchers with actual catchers. Unless some secret 40 man roster moves were made…Morgan, as always, says something idiotic with zero research.
I guess Jorge is going to catch, but assume the pitcher bats down in Giambi’s spot so it shouldn’t be an issue. I don’t think Giambi was going into the field anyway.
yup – but at this point by the time Joba, etc. comes up, they’d be done pitching anyway
WOW!!!!!!
Damon, get this done!!
LOOK AT THE GIAMBINOOOOOO
YES yES YES!
Melky is awful!! He is a strike out machine.. I dont know what Torre sees in him. Does he even have a hit in this series?? Just pathetic…I love seeing Mienk play 1st base especially if he is going to hit.
tom brady to randy moss… again… 31-7
YEAH GIAMBINO!
C’MON DAMON! BRING THE MIENT MAN IN!
LET’S GO YANKEES!
Good baserunning by Giambi to get to second on the throw.
I guess both 1b are showing why they should play.
Damn it, Damon.
That is one of those that would have been a home run, or at least scored the guy if it were a regular park.
Giambi leaves for a pinch runner?
Now I’m confused.
ugh…. captain clutch needs to get it done here. i cant believe how close that was to a HR…. cmon derek.
Is Damon absolutely kidding me? Swinging at the 1st pitch that is no where near the plate…That is beyond pathetic!!!
Andrea, correct. The pitcher would bat in Molina’s spot. Unless the Yanks have someone else to catch as an emergency catcher.
Why aren’t you running, MINKY????
Giambi was coming out anyway, pitcher goes in that spot
is this a bad time to mention the play on Damon at first earlier in the game?? you know, where Jeter should’ve had a sac fly on the next inning, instead of the inning being over
michael T – i know… so close yet so far
I guess they couldn’t run on contact since the ball was in the air. With the infiled back, that shoul dhave been at contact. Even Joe Morgan knows that.
Did Mienk forget to run???!! What is he doing in that situation…Wake up..
Let go Cap!
JoeT – the umps owe us a call… that is still bs
at least the ump is being consistent. he didnt give roger those calls either
Schilling is dodging bullets.
Great job by:
1) Torre not pinch running for Minky
2) Minky running on contact
3) Damon getting the run in.
4) Cashman not having a third catcher on the bench
Isn’t Johnny the king of fly outs?
YankeeJosh: but does it HAVE to be the pitcher? it can be a pinch hitter, right? (if they don’t want to continue using the same pitcher, of course).
It is either Larry Bowa or Don Mattingly or Joe Torre’s call whether the runners go on contact or not. It is not Minky’s call.
I hate it when they do this. Throw the ball.
…I am so gonna be dead of a heart attack at 30.
I am not happy with this inning.
Andrea- Yes, the pitcher can be pinch hit for, but that would mean having to switch pitchers at the start of the bottom of the inning. The Yanks bench is deeper with 40 man rosters in September.
we have 2 catchers on the bench, none of them named Posada though
like i said when the pitchers spot comes up he’s going to be done pitching anyway so pinch hitting isn’t a big deal, Joe would end up pinch hitting for the minor league catcher anyway
i assume this is schillings last inning. anyone have a pitch count?
Captain Clutch!!!
Way to ‘sock’ it to Schilling!
3 meetings at the mound and still Jeet comes through!!
YIPPPPPPPPPEEEEEE!!!!
2 catchers on the bench not named Posada? Who, please tell us?
JETER!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SUCK IT SCHILLING!!!!
CAPTAINNNNN CLUTCHHHHHHHHHHH
HELLLLLL YEAHHHHHHHHH D-ROCKKKKKKKKK
EL CAPITAN!!!!!!!!!!
YEAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CAPTAIN CLUTCH!!!
where is the Yankees Suck chant now?????
DJ delivers!!!
CAPTAIN CLUTCH!!!!
WHOOOOO!!!!!
WE ARE WINNING THIS GAME!!!
Go Jeter!!!!! The captain comes up big!!!!!
LETS GO SULLIES
This is why Derek Jeter is less than a god…. but more than a man
WOW, the captain comes through again!! What a game.
I was about to type that we should start ragging on Jeter for luck…guess not.
YES YES YES THANK YOU JESUS!@!!!!!
And it doesn’t matter!!!!!!
Captain Clutch!!!!!
JETER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
huge hit by the captain
Such a light hitter, that Jeter.
i have no idea who they are, but Joe Morgan said Torre told him there are 2 other catchers on the bench – who cares now – GO JETER LOL
Now I am happy!
Schilling actually deserved worse.
Hopefully Joba has another good inning in him.
Hit ‘da showers, Tubby!!
That’s right where Bucky Dent’s homer landed!!
Oh yeah, he was our SS that day, too
Wow!!! a three-run homerun for Jeter!!!!!
Captain Clutch!!! YES!!!! And where is Curt going?!?! HAHAHA!!
Bucky WHO??? There’s a new shortstop in town, Boston!!!!!!
Where oh where has my RSN troll gone?
gone gone over the left field wall
all you punk posters singing his praises now were calling for him to be pulled yesterday and friday… hypocrites
Never trust Joe Morgan…there ARE NOT 2 catchers on the bench. Joe Morgan reports things with zero research. They brought up two BULLPEN catchers to catch all of the arms in the pen.
YankeeJosh: I still dont’ get it. This is why I can’t do National League. All the pinch hitting gets confusing!
I thought Grady Little manages in LA?
jeter comes through
Now if Varitek wants to meet with Curt, he’ll have to go to the clubhouse!!
This game reminds me of a game 7 in Arizona. Schilling vs. Clemens, 1-1 in the eighth and then a tie-breaking home run (In 01 Soriano, this time a 3-run shot from Jeter).
Lot less on the line but still a lot on the line.
Hope outcome is different though.
I’m so glad the good lord made Jeter a Yankee!!!
Michael T –
I hope you feel better about this inning now
38 pitches batting practice!
Go Yanks!
With the lead now, it’s safe to say Posada is coming in to catch. You go with your best defense now. However, if it stayed tied, maybe Duncan or one of the other kids could pull emergency duty as a catcher. Too bad we lost Josh Phelps? Naaah.
This is awesome, absolutely beautiful Jeter!!!!!
He hit that a mile – and Schilling has now been rocked.
Cool, Abreau keeps it going. C’mon AROD, let’s finish it off.
where are the trolls ? come on idiots, what do you have for us now ?
all you punk posters singing his praises now were calling for him to be pulled yesterday and friday… hypocrites
captain comes through… always a gamer
That’s o.k. I want to see Joba bat!
Now its time for Arod to come out of his little slump of swinging at everything in sight.
im telling you. less than a god, more than a man
yea!!!!!!!!
they almost got the camera back on at ESPN before Francona came out to get Francona – looks like Torre took over for the Sox lol
WAY TO GO JETER!!!!!! GO YANKEES!!!!
Dr. Acula – get outta my head! LOL
we own them. f’in own them. miller said schil pitched good. from now on 4 runs and losing the game is good. espn is a freaking joke.
Hey Boston – su casa, mi casa!!
GAME OVER MFrsn!!!
relax uncle vito, they’re still going to beat us for the division… we need to win as many as possible to make sure we can play them again in october
i honestly shat myself during that at bat.
Should we take Joba out and save him now?
Yankees + 8th inning = SHOWTIME!!!!
mel: I think so too. I’d like to see Joba bat as well…
humongous hit.. huge if they hold on epic hit by the captain…
they need this game BAD..
WOW.. He killed it. Giab=mbi missed an HR by 24 inches…
Joe Morgan is clueless the Yanks do not have any addtl. catchers on the roster, but they should…………
This is the problem with the national games the announcers have no clue about the teams they are covering that night. They cover the team for that night and thats it. I say why not have 1 local announcer from each team do it much more interesting then the lamness shown.
38homers.com
Alex wants his piece now.
Andrea-
In the National League, you can double switch. You take out a pitcher and a position player at the same time and flip their spots in the order. So normally the player that made one of the last outs of the previous inning will be in jeopardy. The new pitcher takes their spot in the order, which won’t be up again for 7 or 8 hitters so as to delay pitching the automatic out. It forces NL teams to have stronger benches since bench players have to be used.
The Captain simply Rocks!!!!
Andrea,
He does remind me of the Babe.
mel – i dont want to see joba bat against the sox. i would leave him in to pitch.
cmon arod, that was ugly
Whoo!
C’mon Yankees! Let’s win this thing!
miller is going on about delcarmens fastball. like it matters. “shut down arod” hey miller we are winning.
It took 8 innings for someone to complaine about the announcers im shocked
Keep Joba in one more inning
Love seeing Joba gets so pumped with Jeet’s homer!
Arod looks like he is getting ready for the post season…jk!! What is he swinging at???!!!! Why is Viz warming up??? This is a must win, Torre leave Joba in….
yeah guy’s i’m sorry – i should’ve took into consider my sources before posting… i’m better then that lol
go Yankees!!!! come on Vizz
san diego staging a comeback… 31-14 with the ball in the red zone
Is it part of the Red Sox dress code to have ridiculous facial hair?
I love the emotion Joba is showing! Jeter had that look on his face like yeah you just got rocked.
I’d leave Joba in. You have Viz and Farnsworth for tomorrow. This is the last dangerous game on the schedule and I want to secure it. That said, I think Viz is coming in.
haha….great Joba dugout view
Yankee Josh: yeah, I’ve seen that happen, and it always makes sense at the time, and then when I try to make sense of it, I can’t figure it out. And when I try to figure it out in the AL, like right now, I just cannot figure it out.
just let Joba bat. It’ll be more fun that way
ARod has been pretty crappy this whole series. He has spoiled us, but it just goes to show that the offense is merely mortal without him. The idfference between above average and freakin’ great is the year he is having.
Joba’s got a little Belushi in him.
*Ring-Ring-Ring*
Hello, is this Boston?
You need to come to the parking lot; your carriage just turned into a pumpkin
Those of you confused by why Igawa was warming up – isn’t it customary for pitchers to do a ‘pen session on their throw day? With the Yanks chock full of young pitchers along for the September ride, it shouldn’t be a surprise for some of them to get some work in during a game.
Matt DeSalvo was doing in late Friday night, as well…
Boston Dave
September 16th, 2007 at 10:44 pm
san diego staging a comeback
LOL… c’mon B Dave, even with the ball after the fumble on the kick off, do you really think this is “staging a comeback”?
LOL
Deep to Left!
mel: What I loved most was during the at-bat Jeter was smirking and looked like he was holding back laughter about Schilling’s meetings on the mound. Was like Jeet knew he got to Schilling and it was just a question of which pitch and how far.
LOVING IT!
_Is it part of the Red Sox dress code to have ridiculous facial hair?_
steroids cause male pattern baldness, so they compensate with bad facial hair.
Boston Dave, are you even watching this game(the football game)?
Lets be glad Captain came through to give us the lead and not get ahead of ourselves.
Nice, strike outs Pedroia.
that was D D D DIRTYYYY
1 more JOBA!!!!!!!!!!
Was that Joba’s curveball to Pedroia?
Lowell HR
1st earned run for Joba….
Oh well, at least it was just for 1 run.
Aww, well, Joba had to give up an earned run eventually.
It’s only one run and we’ve still got the lead!
Watching Joba… already thinking about how sweet our rotation is going to be next year. Hughes, Joba, IPK, CMW, Andy…
there goes Joba’s cherry….see him K this next guy
this is the best.. the sullies will be pumped. they will ignore they didnt get a guy in from 2nd with 0 out. or that their rookie of the year got embarrassed. hahaha.
Well you knew it was going to happen sooner or later. But that was a terrible pitch. Time to get Mo up…
That was a Fenway fly.
Jeter lives up to his title.
BY THE WAY apparently, the fan who ran onto the field was the guy from a facebook group titled If 100,000 people join this group, I’ll streak at the last Yankee-Red Sox game….he may not have streaked, but it looks like he lived up to his word…
Love Joba’s reaction to that.
PB – of course i dont think san diego has a shot but figured id keep it interesting
Posada should go out there and settle him down..He never does that with the young kids. That is why Molina works better with them. Joba is way too pumped up..
That ball might have stayed in the Stadium. Death Valley in the Stadium.
Bye Bye MFYs….
how are you feeling about the $200m you dropped on Lugo, Drew and Dice K these days ?
TAKE A SEAT NANCY!!!!
BX 12 Fordham Rd
You called it.
This is the first time I have been able to see Joba pitch, wow.
Joba RULES!!! He just shrugged that HR off and went after the next guy. GOOD JOB, JOBA!!!
Great recovery Joba! Whoo!
LET’S GO YANKEES! Let’s get enough men on base that we get Joba his first major league At Bat! You know he’ll get that run back!
Bye Bye MFY – jealousy’s a bitch, eh?
Migawd, Joba’s ERA just soared to .51!
Uncle Charlie!
Wow – I guess maybe this guy should start next year after all.
Well, that 0.50 ERA still looks mighty nice.
Everyone see Joba’s reaction after the homerun? Just shrugged it off like “Oh well”.
Fastball 99 mph
Slider 90 mph
12 -16 hammer curve, priceless
That’s how you pitch with a 3-run lead.
Solo HRs will not bet you.
Steve Phillips – in a pitiful attempt to take yet another shot at the yankees several weeks ago
“well, we’ll see how Joba comes back after giving up a run.”
Joba’s throwing curves now. Nice to see.
Joba would probably hit hr if he came up.
its gagggggggggggggggggg-ne
oops should be…
12-6 hammer curve
(parody on the MasterCard commercial)
STOP. GANGE TIME!
Eric Going Going Gagne on the hill – - – Great News!!!
Time to pour it on, then pour on the MO ! Great job by Joba, really. One pitch that missed in the only place Lowell was gonna hit it….Total luck for THE BUM…I’m ready to face him and the rest of the idiots IF they make it to the 2nd round…..GO YANKEES….This will make 5 out of the last 5 and 9 of the last 12 ….WINS agains the BoSux….Nice job for a team that is supposedly DEAD, huh !!! 27 in ’07….NOTHING is gonna stop us, especially the lowly Boston Idiots !
I still love me some Joba.
It would have been spectacular to see him finish with a 0.00 ERA, but his reaction to that was ALMOST worth him giving up the HR to see his reaction.
UPDATE, 10:36 p.m.: There are better fielders. There are faster runners. There are more powerful hitters. But there is only one Derek Jeter and it is moments like that that make him who he is.
Amen brother, amen…
All I’ve heard about Joba was that he’d shelved the curve and change when they put him in the pen. But that curveball is NASTY!! Not just a show pitch there. 2 strike outs with the curve in that inning.
Glad he’s mixing it up. Hitters have to think curveball. HIs inside pitching makes them nervous about going to the outside part of the plate so that curveball away is brutal.
And the homerun, was 98 and up and in out of the zone. Not a bad pitch just fast reactions. All good for Joba. In some ways it is good to get an earned run out of the way now. He came back with the strike out. Great poise. Now we have seen how he handles it before the post season.
miller is pumped that gagggg-ne threw 95. what about the guy throwing 99 last inning? what a joke
There are better fielders. There are faster runners. There are more powerful hitters. But there is only one Derek Jeter and it is moments like that that make him who he is.
Peter – that’s the best way i’ve ever heard it worded…. as good as he is, he’s still underrated in what he brings to the team.
Not that Mo hasn’t been a dominator recently, but I’d really like to get that run back.
Ooh…Gagne…so scary ! ERA of over 8 with the BoSux…he is truly someone to fear….I’d like to see how much PostSeason work this fat boy gets…
Jona knew he was going to give up an earned run eventually. No biggie.
Yanks must have a date after the game, they are in total hack mode.
** I LOVE USING THE FIRST PERSON TO REFER TO THE YANKEES!! ** I am part of the team!! WE must do it!!
Oops meant hitters have to think fastball wih Joba. Makes the curve even more effective.
Charge the mound ! Throw him out ! That was a JOBA pitch, he was trying to hit him ! ( oops, for a second I reacted like an Idiots Fan ! ) LOL
Geez, Pete – I agree with JoeT. How perfectly said was that?
Brian M, he didn’t shelve it cause they moved him to the pen but because slider and fastball are his best pitches. Change and curve are developing.
Charge the mound ! Throw him out ! That was a JOBA pitch, he was trying to hit him ! ( oops, sorry again ! )
oh so that’s the guy they traded for lol
LETS GO MO!!!!
*ENTER SANDMAN !!!*
Umm… obviously “Jona” was a typo – my bad.
Boston Fans = Ugly Trolls = Scum of the Earth = Lifetime Losers ( did I miss something Mr. Cutey Pie Impersonator ? )
LET’S GO MO! LET’S GO YANKEES! WIN THIS NOW SO I CAN GO TO SLEEP AT A REASONABlE HOUR!
Bye Bye MFYs…
okay…
so how do you feel about the fact that I have seen more Kennedys killed than you have seen Red Sox WS titles ?
Melky in Sep:
.190 BA
.483 OPS
Seems like the Yankees have this year, in addition to a DH a DAO (Designated Auto-Out). Passed from Minky to Abreu to Nieves to Damon to Cano to Matsui to Cabrera.
..Our house, in the middle of _your_ street..
..Our house, it’s our _casa_ and _ours_ to keep..
..Our house, in the middle of _your_ street
..Our house, that’s where we like to _sweep_..
Something tells you that you’ve got to move away from it
Bye Bye MFYs, how did it feel Friday Night when your team showed just how much heart it really has ? How did you feel when Jeter went yard on your precious Curt boy ? Loser.
Come on Mo!!! Throw strikes…
Bye Bye MFYs:
You don’t think. You are not capable of that.
You just HOPE, you just PRAY the Yankees don’t make the playoffs.
Good night.
C’MON MO – GET US THE SAVE!!! WHAT A CRAZY WEEKEND!
Bye Bye MFYs, what’s gonna happen when your mother comes down to the basement and looks under your mattress and takes your paper girlfriends away ?
miller is pumped. i mean why doesnt he wear a yas jersey
Here we go!!! This stupid Captain Moron….He always gets on base against Mo…
How do you walk Veri-toast with a 2-run lead??
Must say, as someone who was cursing at Torre yesterday for leaving in Wang to face Ortiz, Joe looks brilliant going with Dougie to start at first and then going with Giambi for Molina in the 8th — knowing that if they got the lead, it probably wouldn’t matter that the catcher’s spot came up again.
Two more…
LET’S GO YANKEES!
Veri-toast…hehe…that’s funny. Ok, 1 out, 2 to go…Let’s go MO!!!
Come on Mo!!! 1 more!!!!
is it just me or is Veritek the most overrated player in the game?? People talk about him like he’s one of the best players in the game… while he’s very good, and a very good defensive catcher (in everyway, blocking, calling a game, working with the pitchers) I still thinks he’s incredibly overrated
One more out!
LET’S GO YANKEES!
Just keep saying 2004 like it will have something to do with 2096, ya MORON !!!!
Why does no one remember not to feed the trolls?
C’mon Yankees! One more out! C’mon….
Why must anyone feed the trolls? It just continually clogs up the boards and gives them the attention they crave? Why stoop to their level? And guess what? When you reply with insults or disgusting comments (Kennedy deaths), you are even worse than the original troll post.
Pete, I can’t wait for registration!!!!!
Good night.
miller told me its not over. he thinks i cant count outs.
oh yeah, it’s Yankees and the Sox…. nothing is easy
oh shizzle….
How do you give up a double to this little smurf???!!! With 2 strikes!!! That was a really bad pitch…
Oh come on Mo.
ooohh…so scary…not quite…your bat boy ( I mean Lugo ) can pitch a tent on 2nd Base…he can sleep there overnight !
Come on Mo! One more out!
com’on Mo…
SQUIRREL POWER ACTIVATE !!!
I really can’t take a week to 10 days of this next month…my heart won’t last…
another maalox moment…
I don’t think I can watch this.
whew – thought he hit ellsbury and brought up Ortiz.
Walking Tek was the true crime of this inning.
you guys are so soft
Come on Mo!!!! Keep the ball away…
im with u andrea – this is really nerve wrecking
this game is over, mo is going to mo him down
I’m with you Rebecca. Heart attack at 30.
c’mopn guys, was there ever a doubt?
Come on!!!!
where’s that put away pitch
Ortiz is waiting….please end this NOW!!!!!
Have to get him here
Lets go MO…you got this!!!!!
My heart is pounding…….
Man. Those are good pitches too.
Mo throw a different pitch!!! They know what you are going to throw…
YOU MUST DESTROY HIM!
even if (when) the yanks pull this out… you have to respect the red sox… october should be interesting
Jesus
C’mon Mo…
OH MOTHER OF CHRIST
UM….. ALRIGHT…. STILL WINNING… IT’S ONLY BIG PAPI
MO > PAPI
Yeah. I think someone needs to call the ambulance now.
What is going on?
Are you kidding me…
I hate to say it..but this game is over…Mo and his 1 stupid pitch…Doesnt he know that they know exactly what he is throwing??!!! You dont fool them…THROW SOMETHING DIFFERENT!!!
jeez… c’mon mo
This is not good at f-cking all
man, he was up 0-2 on pedroia…
Like most big game blown saves for Mo, walks and a hit batsman. Geesh. Here’s hoping he’s got enuf left to pull it out.
From consecutive 0-2 counts to this. Good grief.
Man…I wanted to go to sleep…my heart is beating so fast…where else can you get this in sports??
dont fall behind papi!
bases loaded for david ortiz.
Man, I’m shaking so hard I can barely type.
Bases loaded – Ortiz is up.
I’ll be back in a minute. I need to go throw up.
you walk pedroia to face ortiz????
If we lose this game, we will lose the WC
I can’t take this
How do you walk the smurf to pitch to Ortiz…?????
i need a drink
shelly duncan comes in, hadouken’s big papi we win the game!
All year Mo has been bad.. simply bad! How many blown saves now? Add one… (I hope I am wrong) Mo is reaching retirement years!
he can not go 3 balls on ortiz
‘Steven’ King is spelled with a PH dude
Patience, patience patience…
Mo will deliver.
Jax, I hear ya on Jobas fastball and slider. He could easily be effective with only those 2 pitches. Thats why I thought we’d only see his curve and change once he moves to the rotation next yr.
Incidently what are people’s thoughts on next yrs rotation?
Assuming Andy comes back we’d have
Wang
Pettitte
Muss (Cash said they have him written in and He is makin 11M)
Joba
HUghes
Kennedy
Others such as Igawa wont get a sniff. But who out of the other 6 gets bumped?
I want to see Joba in the rotation and I like Kennedy. He is polished and ready. I’d like to see Hughes go to AAA to sort out his mechanics and get back to 95 -96mph. Doubt it’ll happen though. He could come back if Muss or Kennedy struggles. We could deal Igwaw for a reliever. I’d send him with a CF prospect to Atlanta for Gonzelez. Any thoughts?
This is really one of the worst Rivera performances I’ve ever seen, and he hasn’t even lost the game yet.
WC, it sounds like panic, but I agree.
THROW SOMETHING ELSE!!!!!
get this guy
i hate espn
dom•i•na•tion – Pronunciation [dom-uh-ney-shuh n]
–noun
a) beating Boston 9 outta last 12
b) winning 4 consecutive series
c) gett’n smoked by a 45-year-old pitcher
d) being pantzed in front of ya family on national TV
[Origin: 1918; sale of Babe Ruth to Bronx]
Phew.
THANK YOU JEEBUS!
Jeter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
thank you god almighty
POP UP BY BIG UNCLUTCH!
i shat myself twice this game…
Ah, okay.
Guess Mo just wanted a little drama, is all.
Oh Yankees….
SUFFER RED SCUM
Hammer of the Gods Wins!
Thank you lord
Yes!!!!! The Yankees win!!!!! Rivera just made the game too exciting for me!
I CANT BREATHE.
Win #2 for Joba!
Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yankees win!!!! 2.5 up in the WC, win the season series over the Sox 10-8….see you in October Red Sox fans….you wish you were us!!!!! 26 championships and counting!!!
Thank God.
Rivera was just awful. A hit, two walks, and a HBP from a closer? Horrendous.
Sorry this all sounds so negative, but it’s still sinking in that we actually won this game. That, and I’m also recovering from all the nauseating Mientkiewicz worship.
looks like i picked the wrong time to stop sniffing glue
our Cpt Clutch is better than yours!! still 2 1/2 up!
I take back what I said…But to be honest I do not trust Mo with a 1 run lead.
Yankees win Season Series.
I think it’s pretty clear that Yankees > Sox. They can have the best record in baseball, hasn’t worked out too well with teams who have it entering the playoffs.
WOW – loveeeeeee itttttt
if we had all gone to the game i hear Mass has a very good hospital for all of our heart attacks
I need a drink to steady my nerves after that…
I am now going to collapse into a little puddle.
MEAN POP UP in the CLUTCH with the GAME ON THE LINE, Leetle Papi…..Write down these numbers ; 11-2, 6-6, 96-66. They WILL mean something !!!
Who would have ever thought we’d win the season series vs Boston after going 1-5 in those first 6 games.
Wow. Ok. I think somebody needs to teach me some breathing exercises.
I couldn’t sit still for the last 4 innings.
you guys need to calm down… this series proves these two teams are so evenly matched that they are destined to face eachother in october… nothing to brag about here even though we took two out of three… be glad the Yanks took care of business and can continue to fight another day for the wild card…
Jeter is tonight’s MVP…
*TAKE THAT FATPU*** YOU GO DRIVE SAFELY NOW !!!!*
WHO WOULD OF THOUGHT THAT THE YANKEES WOULD HAVE WON THE SEASON SERIES AGAINST BOSTON? SERIOUSLY, WHO THOUGHT IT AFTER THE WAY THE SEASON STARTED OUT?!!??
O.J SIMPSON ARRESTED LOL
Yeeesssss!!!
Please send all may mail to the Miami Heart Institute.
I know there are a lot of Torre detractors among our Yankee fan brethren, but starting Minky and spotting in Giambi was pretty rock solid tonight.
Maybe manager do good things some times.
got to think long and hard about multi-year Mo deals for big cash at this point…..
My God, I cannot take much more of this. I just cannot. Thank you, Mo.
I guess that’s what normal teams have to go through every 9th inning…. I think we’ve taken MO for granted the last 11 years?
Winning the season series is still sinking in too. Hard to believe.
The anticlimax: the most important thing is that we’re still over 2 games up on Detroit.
Woohoo!
Nice,
For some reason I don’t think this will be the last time we see them this year.
PHEW….
To my fellow DC native re:
“this series proves these two teams are so evenly matched that they are destined to face eachother in october…”
Yanks have won 5 of last 6. What exactly does that prove?
I was about to have a panic attack.
Nice job Rivera on the comeback there
Yes, I’d like to give MINKY props because he did a very good job tonight, as well!
huge win. another easy no doubter !!!!!!
can they ever win one easy against the sux..
huge win not for the division(ain’t happening) but for the wildvard.
detroit and cleveland for 3, we need to kill the orioles…
I still can not believe we got through that 9th inning.
everyone relax about mariano… he has been great since april and he gave up one hit. yes, he didnt have his control tonight but got out of it. how many times have people doubted him over the past few seasons? he always makes the doubters look bad in the end. until he doesn’t, im not doubting.
I still wish Detroit would lose some games. That’s a huge win and not just because it’s NYY-BOS, we need to keep our very slight breathing room.
TK
I’m with you but most on here would never agree about Torre. Too much hating not enough realism. Torre pushed all the right buttons tonight.
I really need the Yes postgame tonight with all the interviews right away etc but not going to happen so as usual will count on Pete to provide some great audio
TK in DC –
I think the Yankees have won the last 9 of 12 and have a much better record since the break. anything can happen in the playoffs, and boston would have the extra home game… but you have to say the yanks would be the favorite at this point.
Gagne is out of his slump. Watchout. He outpitched Joba and Mo tonight; surprises nobody if he dominates in the playoffs.
jeez he knows how to make things interesting.
loved the giambi pinch-hit.
the best part about jete is that he’s only good for fifteen homers max, but you know that they will come at exactly the right moment.
chalk up another W for JOBA THE HUTT
well, here’s to hoping that the yanks show up to play baltimore tomorrow. we’ve played them poorly this year and i feel like the yanks let down after these games against the sox. they really need to stay focused. especially with cabrera on the mound. no more one-hitters for him.
where’s Rebecca and Jennifer ?
*Dammit that’s now 14 series out of the last 19 that we have won in the 2nd half of the season*
Joba for closer, Rivera for setup. Start the petition.
Is there a more polarizing player among Yankee fans than Mientkiewicz?
Vader…I think you are right…if the Yankees can get past the Angels in the 1st round. I tell you one thing, I will be the biggest Indians fan over the next two weeks.
(-. . –. .- – .. …- .. – -.– .-. ..- .-.. . …),
Gagne pitched one inning and Joba pitched 2. How do you know what Gagne would have done had he pitched another inning?
gagne looked better… but it isnt hard to look better than the 16 ERA he was throwing out there before. okajima has lost it so it doesnt matter too much. they would be in deep trouble if gagne didnt turn it around.
Gayle, Tune to WNBC at 11:45. Mike’d Up usually has some good stuff, if you can handle Mike Francessa.
random punctuation:
I would be surprised if ANYONE outpitches Joba in the playoffs. but I agree that gagne is not the problem for BOS that he once was.
Ted – i aint signing that.
Negativity:
There was zero pressure on Gagne, maybe when he gets a chance to maintain a lead like Joba has done we can compare apples to apples. Until then he is just a freak with a soft head.
It would be nice if there was a post game, but ofcourse not because of stupid Nespn
Jeter’s home run was crucial to the win of this game, but without Minky’s great defense, the Yankees may have lost the game.
like i said, mariano has made his doubters look like fools every single time. relax will ya? he has been great since april.
Live to fight another day……….Go Derek……Go Team.
If Joba stays in the pen, I suggest his nickname be Jaba the Save, if he goes back to the rotation, Jaba the Win.
Jeremy, yes there is…his name is Andy Phillips. But defense wins championships (ask the Tigers) and I would rather Mienkiewicz or Phillips, if he were healthy, at 1B every game of the postseason than Giambi.
Jeremy:
“Is there a more polarizing player among Yankee fans than Mientkiewicz?”
Have you heard of this young guy they have who goes by A-Rod? Apparently there has been some ink about him in the local tabloids!
The best part is all across New England, DVD players are hard at work helping Sox fans go to sleep.
We know Dane Cook is one of them.
yes I got to take back some heat Minky came up big tonight.
P.S. get out of here w/ that JOBA for closer stuff , no way he makes it pass that type of inning, SANDMAN showed he still has the nuts to stop big situations.
All I can say is Wow!!!! I had to force myself to watch Mo put the hurt on big papi… yikes what a game!!!!! this is why I love baseball and love the Yanks!
Whoever said yesterday that Jeter should be benched better shut the f up. Jeter is the heart and soul of the Yankees.
A-rod is the bonafide super great star, but Jeter is the heart and most accomplished TRUE Yankee since Micky Mantle.
Enough said. GO Yankees!! I love you.
Brandon: I’m Rebecca–had to change my name to get past the filter!
LOL! Nicely done Twenty-Three Grannies
6 out of the last 7 games, 9 out of the last 12 games and 4 series IN A ROW, we have beaten the BeanEaters….Yes…we are SO AFRAID to meet these Idiots in the playoffs….They SO scare us…Nice job in the series….The sweep didn’t happen, yet we have 4 series coming up against the bottom of the barrell….TIME TO BREAK OUT THE BIG GUNS !!!
I like to touch myself and I have no friends, lookout!
interesting that the angels and indians have the same record now. well, obviously i’m rooting for the indians to beat detroit, but if we get WC, makes me nervous to face sabathia and carmona in a short series, even if we did sweep during the regular season… but i guess anything is better than playing those damn angels in the first round.
Jets Lose
Mets Lose
Giants Lose
Thank God for the Yanks! All is right with the world.
Bye Bye MFYs
September 16th, 2007 at 11:25 pm
YANKEES WIN THE WORLD SERIES!!!
oh, wait….
Hey Momma’s Boy,,,the Yankees will make your words come true…now OFF TO BED TIMMY, there’s school in the morning !
Squirrel + Optimism Rebecca
what a game !!
hey rebecca.. quite a game.. wow!
Uncle Vito…Yankees have to keep it going…as we saw a couple of weeks ago, this team is prone to letdowns following an emotional Red Sox series.
Still have to win series, still have to hold off the Tigers. It’s not over yet and a lot can happen in two weeks.
im not counting on anything, but boston does face a tough series at toronto starting tomorrow. wakefield, lester, and daisuke will be asked to get the sox back on track… good luck with that. if toronto takes 2 of 3, and ny sweeps, at least it would be interesting.
Who are Burres and Leicester for the Orioles? A couple of nobodies but probably big trouble for the Yanks. At least C.C. is pitching against the Tigs on Weds.
Jonathon,
Watch out for what you wish for, I wanted the Tigers last year and we all know what happened there. This year all I want to do is make the dance and go from there.
Pete – Since Anaheim and Cleveland split the season series 5-5, can you find out what the next tiebreaker is for seeding? Records against the other playoff teams?
Jonathon, your right we are 14 for 19 in series after the ASB, we need to continue this vs Baltimore, Toronto & Tampa
Peter, the Cano HR was not thrown back on the field. The video highlights of the game on MLB.com clearly show the ball bounced off wall behind one of the seats and came back onto the field, no one even touched it. Just an FYI.
Lawnmower – the league would probably jsut let the Red Sox pick. they seem to root for them whenever possible.
See, football doesn’t bother me. The Jets have alternated good years and bad years since 2002.
Last year was a good year, so my expectations for this year aren’t that high. I am still very impressed with Kellen Clemens.
Bye Bye MFYs come backs of the night:
1)One word: “Buchholz� Call me when Joba throws his no-no.
2)I’m feeling that even if the Sox lose this game, they will still win the division. I’m also thinking that the Yankees won’t make the playoffs. So I’m feeling pretty good, thanks.
3)Just keep saying “1978� as if it has something to do with 2007.
4)Actually, I’m watching today’s football highlights. How’d your teams do?
The one I’ve been waiting for is, I am Rubber, you are glue, what ever you say bounces off of me and sticks onto you.
Whew! Why does it always come down to Big Poopi?
I’m going to the game tomorrow!
Vader…you are right, can’t root for any specific opponent. All you can root for is for the Yankees to continue to play well, win series and take that momentum into the playoffs.
Brandon…true
I know we like to win and winning sometimes seems all important. But I remember way back (before most of you were born) when Robert Kennedy said it is not whether you win or lose its how you play the game. There is no question in my mind that this Yankee team and underline, bold face the word team, knows how to play the game. it is the beauty of baseball, i think the sport that requires the most skills that you can watch individual players, plays, defense and offense all requiring mucho skill. I just truly appreciate those skills. Watching Jeter reach for that drive or how you knew he was going to come through in the clutch. This is baseball at its finest and truly I count myself among the blessed to watch it. I love this game.
I’m a jerk who can’t even post with a name. I have to use dots and dashes to post and what I say is idiotic.
Mo didn’t have his best stuff, but was still gutsy enough to come out with the save. Joba showed he his human with the hbp and hr to lowell, but perservered. Derek showed why he is the captain. Clutch ph by the Giambino and clutch d by minky. Guys picking each other up. I really like this team.
The moronic BoSox ownership needs to do something about the security in that toilet before one of their drunken frat boy and his liquid courage hurts someone.
That was a disgrace, the players needs weapons on the field.
Looks like WordPress ate my comment, so I’ll try again:
“Nice job taking care of Big PopUp! (Sox fans where I work love it when I call him that)
Now let’s take care of the Orioles.”
This series will really get into the Sox heads.
Schilling on fumes, pitching with guile, and it probably won’t last, since he showed tonight that he can’t blow a FB by someone anymore when it really counts.
Beckett is pitching well, true, but I’m glad he had his yearly great game against the Yankees on Saturday, and not in the playoffs.
Honestly, who else is left on that staff?
Manny has an oblique, and look what it did to Abreu this year. Papi has a knee and shoulder, kind of like what Jeter is going through. Lowell is having a career year, but who else after that?
Fumes, baby, fumes.
Bottom of the ninth, Mo with no control tonight, bases loaded for Papi, and he POPS UP.
If the Yankees have a 6-1 homestand, this gets interesting.
I suspect that the Sox will have a bit more difficulty on the road beating teams with wallballs ad pop flys in the bottom of the ninth.
Just keep winning. And they are not even hitting that well lately…maybe this is the slump–prior to an October explosion.
MFY – do you even watch the Sox? if you did, you’d know that Burres and Leicester have both beaten the Sox in their only starts against them this season.
My friend is a Red Sox fan. her away msg current says “I heart the Red Sox…..and Joba a little bit.”
Now that says something.
WHAT’S UP WITH OJ LOL
A few things:
Mo showed us that he is extremely capable of bending extreme amounts and not breaking. In other words he sent thousands of Yankees fans (including myself) in to severe cardiac stress. But its the win that counts.
Joba getting beat for a homer is good news. I think he was extremely due and thats what happens when you miss location. No matter how hard, it gets hit. Those curveballs are unhittable after the 98 mph fastball.
Its best to have him let up a run now so he can rebound, instead of waiting til the ALDS or something.
Thank god Doug started at first tonight. Would have been a different game and we could have easily lost. Too bad Joe did not have enough common sense to start Mientkewicz yesterday when he had the leader for groundball outs in the ML pitching. We might have ended up with a sweep.
We just need to win and keep winning and we will be fine. Dont root to play any specific team. Remember Detroit in 06.
Big win, now we win the season series with Boston so if we tie their record we win the east.
Now its time to run the table and go 12-0 to end the seasonand win the east. Goodnight.
13,
I hear what you’re saying. The level of play between these two teams is on another level. Selig should rule that the World Series should be the Yanks vs. the Red Sox because the NL has nothing this good to offer.
A 7-2 road trip. I’ll take it.
Andrea- It says that she isnt a real Red Sox fan. If she were she would want to kll Joba.
THE CAPTAIN – LIVING LEGEND… YOU’LL TELL YOUR KIDS KIDS ABOUT THIS MAN….ENJOY IT WHILE IT LASTS CUZ THEY DONT MAKE EM LIKE JETES EVERYDAY…..PETE – PERFECT WAY TO SAY IT
go NYR – I didnt think Joba missed on location to Lowell. Lowell was just sitting fastball and got it. it was out of the zone up. where was posada set up?
Go NYR: I brought that to her attention. Her away message has changed.
But it also tells me that his ability is so amazing that even a Sox fan has to take notice. She claims she was more amazed by how he shrugged off the Lowell home run.
But I agree with you more. She only really cares about the Sox when she can trash talk a yankee fan. It’s a little annoying.
I just read these two things on SOSH:
The thing to take from this series is the Red Sox were very close to sweeping. That, combined with signs of life from JD Drew, makes me much more comfortable going into the playoffs than the two bad innings that wiped out all the other dominance this weekend.
AND
With a 2-2 count he threw Jeter a good pitch that he popped up—It just went 5 rows into the seats. That’s baseball.
My conclusion: You guys who are arguing with Red Sox fans are lowering yourselves…
Joe, great decision to play Minky tonight. I concede I was totally wrong. Great gut call. Kudos to you. I apologize for doubting you.
Miguel – anything in there about the yanks taking the last 9 of 12 from the sox?
Miguel-
how did they spin gettin 2 hitted by a 45 year old at home.
Thanks Des Blog. Glad to know of another purist and lover of the game.
They pile up 17 runs in two days (losing the opener) and then they can’t buy a hit off of Methuselah
Dr. Acula that was a hilarious comment
I was, as I often am, wrong about Doug Out tonight.
I still wouldn’t start him again, but it worked out tonight.
i can’t remember a season like this one. it saves money on stress tests. if watching the 2007 yankees doesn’t kill you, your heart is fine.
that’s another series win. that’s all they have to do. keep winning series and run the table. i’ve been hard on mientkiewicz all year but he came up huge. hitting and fielding he did it all. gotta tip my hat to him. he rose to the occasion. and clemens. wow!
It also must be killing the Sox fans to see Jeter (Enemy #1) hit the game winner, while Clemens (Enemy #2) and Joba (New Enemy #1A) held them to 2 runs.
CT_chris you forgot
Rodriguez (Enemy #5 getting a GW RBI)
Right on Boston Dave…
Signs of life from JD Drew? He was 3 for 12 in the series with 5 strikeouts and 1 run scored. I guess a sign of life can mean a faint pulse but a faint pulse can also mean close to death. Hardly encouraging.
GUYS!
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Rebecca; I’ve seen those. Awesome.
Newsflash: The Angels are playing lousy baseball right now. The Yanks can beat them this year.
On a more important note, the Yankees MUST avoid the traditional post-Red Sox mini-slump. Laying an egg and losing 2 or 3 games to the Orioles this week is not only unacceptable, but could be permanently damaging. At a *minimum* we need to see the Yankees with a 4 game loss column lead over Detroit come Wednesday night. At least 4 up with 10 to play *should* be good enough.
I want this to be the postseason of revenge…take out the California Angels in the first round, Boston in the ALCS and Arizona in the World Series, all while making the postseason as a Wild Card which means we left Detroit out of the dance. The only stone left unturned would be the Marlins, a stone they themselves turn on a daily basis.
Who had the worst week ?
a) Brittney
b) OJ
c) Patriots
d) Red Sox Nation
Miguel – my thoughts exactly, my good chap.
Answer:
e) Bill Belichik ($500K poorer)
some people say they don’t want to play the Angels, I say to be the best you gotta beat the best and I got to know if we can beat them, Therefore I want the Angels there is unfinished business that we need to fix w/ them.
Miguel: California Angels? Wake up, man, it’s not 1986 anymore
Seriously, though I agree with you. I love the idea of the 2007 Yankee Revenge Tour.
The only difference is that the Yanks will have the WS home field advantage.
definitely not the Pats or Belichik, not after tonight.
It has to be OJ, with a gun??
“I want this to be the postseason of revenge…take out the California Angels in the first round, Boston in the ALCS and Arizona in the World Series,”
Then Tattaglia, Barzinni, Mo Green… we will settle all debts…
Brandon: I agree with you 100% but for a different reason. Wanting to play a team because you dominated them in the regular season is bad, bad karma. Baseball is a game where statistics tend to equal out over time. I think it would be a horrible matchup to play Cleveland, and frankly, I’m scared to death to play them. The Angels, on the other hand….it’s time for us to start equaling out that score ourselves.
Darrin: that was sarcasm against a team who can’t figure out where they play. Although when I first started watching them (in 1986)they were led by Wally Joyner, Mark Langston and, surprise, Reggie Jackson.
Don’t forget Carlo
All those naysayers shold listen to the Minky interview that Susan Waldman did with him from the field after the game. It is on mlb.com just forward it. It is worth the listen.
Don’t forget Jim Abbott
#9…you understand.
Brazinni was a pimp
This interesting note for the Tigers to come back on the Yankees they would need to go 11-1 and the Yankees
9-4.
Minky will replace Phillips on the playoff roster if they make it. he can definitely field and that allows them to either srat giambi at 1st or do whatever. the guy is a very ggod fielder and betemit covers the other infield postitions with Duncan in the OF…..
huge win top 5 of the yr.. root for Cleveland the next 3 days…
Darrin, I agree in that sense too but I see it this way, the Angels he kicked our asses for sometime now, Detroit last season dominated us. I need to know if this Yankees team has the nuts or stones to go against them and advance in doing so. I need to know that this is not the same team that walks into the playoffs and gets there asses whooped, I need to know if this team is weak for the playoffs.
What good is the 2nd rd. ? it’s a consolation prize I want this team to get strong minded, play w/ a chip on thier shoulders in 2007 & beyond.
(Derek Jeter to Michael Kay in postgame interview): “I told you, never ask me about my business, Kay”.
Minky gave a great interview. He was honored to be in the lineup and did great tonight.
For the record, I have been very much in favor of starting Minky because I like him. I also liked Andy Phillips. I am a big fan of sound defense at 1B. Most of all, in a lineup full of bashers and .300 hitters, the last thing the Yankees need is another basher. What the DO need is great fielding. Minky with his great D and 2 hits came up BIG tonight.
As for Betemit, I freely acknowledge that he has a had some big homers for the Yankees, but I don’t like him. He strikes out WAY TOO MUCH and his defense is ordinary at best. I pray Joe does not start Betemit.
Darth-
first of all it’s “Barzini”
and the line is “Tattaglia was a pimp”
these are my people.
sorry for the misspelling folks I’m multi-tasking right now
Brandon: There is no argument. We completely agree.
Re: Betemit. Did anyone see the game where Melky was in the dugout cutting up (I know – shocker) and he was putting an empty sunflower seeds box on his head, and Betemit walked by, and Melky tried to put the box on his head and he batted it away and looked really annoyed. I just kinda wondered what his rapport was with the rest of the team?
Sherri Betemit has no problem on this team & it was a playful interaction like a big brother to a liitle brother.
Sherri, Betemit has no problem on this team & it was a playful interaction like a big brother to a little brother between him & Melky.
I’m sorry I’m doing too many things at once
Get this:
Sox have lost 8 of Shilling’s last 10 starts!
Dr. Acula, according to that SOSH that means he due for a win
Brandon – ok, I just wondered.
Dr. Acula,
I’m a little off tonight, but as Fredo said…..
http://www.thegodfathertrilogy.....msmart.wav
Virgil Solozzo looks like a young Joe Torre
Why was Cabrera playing a prevent-double defense with the bases loaded when a single to CF could’ve won the game for Boston? Jeter should’ve never had to run out to CF to catch that final out. Cabrera should’ve caught it. All’s well that ends well but Cabrera was playing too deep.
You forget that hitter was David Ortiz ? I’m more suprised Melky came in so quickly that was good positioning for Melky.
Star Wars theme
George-The Emperor
Torre-Darth Vader
A-Rod-Boba Fett
Mo, Jeter, Damon, Matsui, Posada-Imperial generals
Theo Epstein-Luke Skywalker
Schilling-Han Solo
Ortiz-Lando Calarissian
Ramirez-Chewbacca
C3PO w/ Gammons voice
R2D2 as him/itself
Who’d be Princess Leia? I’d say Kimberly Jones (hair dyed dark brown and made into headphone hairbuns LOL) but she’s a Yankees gal
Schilling in Han’s classic garb (white shirt, black vest, etc.) alone would have me rolling!
Pretty good idea but I like the Godfather better, mainly because they win in the end (the Rebels win in Star Wars).
But if you’re gonna keep that going, I suggest Heather Graham’s character from Anger Management for the Princess Leia slot.
re: commercial
my main issue with that is that i don’t think manny has the charisma that chewie does
and Schilling lacks the the potential for personal growth that Han Solo undergoes throughout the story (of course I mean emotional growth…Schilling has no problem with the physical growth)
Re Melky’s position, the following has been mentioned on Yankee radio many times over the years. (Also, you may remember the hit Luis Gonzalez got in 2001? It was a bloop single). The point: the Yankee outfielders (or whoever decides where they should be standing) should be mindful that if a batter happens to hit a ball in the air against Rivera, it’s more likely to be a soft fly ball or blooper. Many times the guys have been standing near the wall, so a softly hit ball will more easily drop in. Mariano is a ground ball pitcher by a lot. Your late inning relievers who give up a lot of fly balls are better off having their fielders standing near the walls.
Ugh I have class at 8 am!!
I’m really just trying to do my part towards 1,000 comments on this post (This is number 998) lol
999
1,000 yeyyyy
ok seriously, going to sleep
GO YANKEES!!!!
no matsui…what is wrong with torre…i understand loyalty but in this case it is irresponsible