Game 153: Blue Jays at Yankees
Posted by: Peter Abraham - Posted in Misc on Sep 21, 2007 
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Here is the lineup:
YANKEES
Damon LF
Jeter SS
Abreu RF
Rodriguez 3B
Matsui DH
Posada C
Cano 2B
Mientkiewicz 1B
Cabrera CF
Wang RHP (18-7, 3.82)
Pregame chatter: I’m not covering the game today and have some business to attend to in the city, so I’m not sure when I’ll get the lineup posted. Probably around 6 or so. So in the meantime, I wanted to set up a game post. … Yankees are facing RHP Roy Halladay (15-7, 3.82).
UPDATE, 5:43 p.m.: Ian Kennedy has been scratched from his start tomorrow because of upper back tightness. No word yet on who replaces him.
UPDATE, 5:55 p.m.: Now being hold that everybody is just moving up a day. So Clemens tomorrow.
UPDATE, 7:05 p.m.: Huge news out of San Francisco as the Giants have told Barry Bonds they will not be bringing him back next season. No chance he winds up with the Yankees, but he makes a lot of sense for some teams as a DH including the Angels. He’d be a cheaper, shorter-term investment than A-Rod for Arte Moreno.
It will be interesting to see if anybody makes a run at him.
UPDATE, 8:02 p.m.: Mike Mussina will start on Monday. … Harlan Chamberlain is in the house. … Humberto Sanchez (remember him?) is on hand and will work out with the team this weekend. … Word down in Tampa is that Manny Ramirez will not play this weekend for the Red Sox.
UPDATE, 9:21 p.m.: When Roy Halladay is on, he’s just about impossible to beat. No crime in losing to a pitcher like that. It’s a game like this that underscores how difficult winning the division is from behind with so few games left. Run into a hot starter and now you have another game to make up and another game off the calendar.
Toronto has no love of the Yankees and was going to play hard. Too bad for Wang, he pitched well enough to win on most any nights.
UPDATE, 9:51 p.m.: That’s 143 RBI for A-Rod, a new career high. Big hit for him given his recent slump.
UPDATE, 10:00 p.m.: Like I said, no crime to lose a game like that. … I should have known better. In a season of crazy comebacks, this would be the best one yet.
UPDATE, 11:19 p.m.: I can’t believe an AL East game is in the 13th inning and it’s not midnight yet. It’s about time for one of these guys to hit one out.
UPDATE, 11:44 p.m.: I have to assume Kyle Farnsworth has a bad back or a sore neck or something. Because if he is being passed over for the likes of Brian Bruney, then Joe Torre must have zero confidence in him.
That was a typical Bruney inning. Strikes guys out but does something to hurt himself and the team.
But if they could rally in the 9th, they can rally in the 14th.
wang hasn’t beaten the jays in over a year, lets change that tonight
Beckett vs the Devil Rays. Better hope we win against Halladay, not an easy task.
Good thing we’re at home though.
Not playing on turf is a definite plus for Wang and the Yankees.
Wang should be alright tonight, as long as he can get out of the first inning unscathed.
I was shocked when I saw the post for the game. I thought wow Joe posted line ups EARLY!! LOL
Let’s go CM WANG!
Play game, win game.
Believe.
.5 GAMES OUT AT THE END OF THE NIGHT! WHO IS WITH ME?!
Trying to get to the 1500 post mark.
Before the night is over, Beckett could be the first 20 game winner in the Major leagues in 2 years.
mel-
As a blog, were almost at the 150,000 post mark (put your cursor over the date in the comment boxes)
We need to give Roy Halladay a shalacking. His overdue one from the Yankees is coming tonight. CM Wang 7 innings of 1 run ball. ARod 2 run hr. Posada 3 rbis, jeter goes 2 for 4. lets go kill em. BTW Ortiz is resting tonight so hopefully Kaz dismantles the team’s focus and heart. Here’s to 10 K’s from KKKKKKKKKKazmir!!!
Dman,
Thanks. Is that for the month, year, when Pete upgraded the blog?
CY Wang!!
Mel-
I want to say for the year.. But I really don’t know..
This blog wasn’t getting 1000 comments a game up until a couple months ago, so it could be for the year..
Might also be from when they updated it. They might have added in a counter or a tracker at somepoint in the season..
The only time in the last 12 years there wasn’t a 20 game winner in both leagues was last year. So it’s not like it’s been ages since someone won 20.
Cool, there must be 2 comments between RollEZ and my 1:50 p.m. comment stuck in the spam filter
mel-
Or somebody might have posted in a previous entry.
Only about 600 away from 150,000.. Could happen tonight!
I hope TBA is ready to score some runs tonight.
personally – i would love to see us beat halladay because of the way that good pitching always gives us trouble. in the playoffs, we will only see good pitching.
i know this is blatantly obvious, but when we beat up on a bad pitcher it isn’t surprising to me. i’d love to see some big hitting tonight.
DMan–Should happen tonight!
We’re playing at home again tonight? Dang, I’ll have to miss the first 3 innings. I drive within about 20 blocks of the stadium on the way home from work, so I usually stay at work until the game’s already started just to avoid stadium traffic. I’d love to hang out with all my fellow ANSKY fans AT the stadium, but not in 10mph bumper-to-bumper traffic inching along Bruckner Speedway and the Major Dragstrip.
Hopefully we’ll be well on the way to a half-game deficit when I get home and turn on the game!
I think it might have been last year when the pitching matchup against TOR when it was Bush vs. Wang
From Stark’s chat: I was there over the weekend when he told them he was ready to go out on a rehab option, and they told him, “Hey Manny, the minor-league season ended two weeks ago. Where do you think you’re going to rehab? Guam?”
Regardless of whether we win the division at the end, the fact that NY is pulling even before the last week of the season just HAS to feel like a choke job in the making to the Sox and Sox Nation
Guam?
LOL!
Bwah-hah-ha-ha!
Pete,
Does the person who makes comment # 150,000 get a prize?
saw-c
Haha if thats the case ill be upset I pointed it out to everyone! =P
20-game winners have lost their glitter since the advent of specialization. Give me a quality start by Chien-Ming Wang, and a save by Mariano or whoever and it’s equally as good. Top it off with timely hitting and away we go.
DUDE! GUYS!
I’ve just heard that a *squirrel* knocked out power to 12 buildings on the Syracuse University campus.
….
Just like those popups, “You’re the 1,000,000th visitor to this site!”
Just make Halladay work. They’ve had success against him.
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Manny won’t be back this yr.
That isnt an easy injury to return from and we saw what happend last yr when injured players return and take too long to get the kinks out.
The D train
September 21st, 2007 at 2:18 pm
20-game winners have lost their glitter since the advent of specialization.
It’s the opposite. 20 game winners have added luster with the advent of specialists and closers.
Winning 20 nowadays takes repeated team success. Especially when no one completes games.
“I’ve just heard that a squirrel knocked out power to 12 buildings on the Syracuse University campus.”
um , since that’s not usually good for the squirrel, is this a good sign or a bad sign?
ESPN Power Rankings: Indians, Angels, Yankees, Boston(down from 1). Mets drop to 9th!
GO YANKEES!!!!!!!!!! This is the weekend!!!!!!!!!
Hey 27 in ’08, you’re math is off. 27 in ’07 is what I’m sure you meant.
Randy: It’s not likely that squirrel was Scooter, so I think we’re okay.
I might go sit outside and read for a little bit, see if any squirrel comes running around the backyard…
Randy – It’s a GOOD sign!!!! CM WANG will deal!
I would say I’ve seen a squirrel, because I live in a neighborhood where there are a TON of squirrels, so I doubt it means much for me!
I still wish we could have a Scooter sighting! I hope Minky is playing first, too!
Rebecca,
Make sure you take some nuts with you.
27 in ’08,
He could be the first to 20 in two years or he could be the one who was unable to stop a 5 game slide.
Randy –
Maybe that squirrel up in Syracuse just flipped the wrong circuit breaker instead of meeting his doom by chewing through a high voltage wire to 12 buildings.
Coulda happened ya know … maybe it was a frat hazing prank so was pressured into doing it.
No, really …
Cant wait to watch/listen to that game tonight.. Go Yanks!
er to *THIS game tonight rather..
GO YANKEES WOOOO HOOOO!!!!!
I wanted to pose a question that’s been on my mind for discussion.
I think we can agree that A-rod’s been accepted by the fans and many consider him a “true” Yankee. If Alex opts out this year an goes to another team would your opinion of him change? After playing here for only four seasons would be considered one of the Yankee greats? Would he be afforded “monument park” status? Would his jersey be retired?
Be honest with your answers, which may surprise you. I think it might shed some light on what Alex will be wrestling with immediately after this season.
Thanks for humoring me.
Mel..
I’d consider him a great player that played for the Yankees, but not a Yankee Great.. Theres definitly a difference..
as for arod and the glory, after 4 years, he falls short of monument park status. If Edwar Ramirez gets to wear number 31, a number that for ever will be Dave Winfields, i dont think Arod will get any mention.
GOOOOOOOO! YAAAAAAAAANks! WANG – DANG – DOODLE one more time to let it shine !! enjoy the night off Pete , you deserve it , I seen you on espn you look like you could use a break!! Beedub for the yanks!! GOOOOOOOOO! YAAAAAAAAAANKS!
i think the numbers that will end up in monument park of the recent era will be 2,6,21,42,46 and 51
If arod stay with the yanks, 13 will be there too
Awesome question, mel! My gut reaction is no; that he would not be eligible for the “monument park” treatment. But I’m struggling with why – it can’t just be the # of years, can it? I mean, how long was Reggie here (I really don’r recall)? Is it because there hasn’t been a WS win under his tenure? His numbers are incredible, though. I guess I need to ponder more.
I think scooter will rise to the occasion tonight. A memorable, inspired performance in honor of his cousin from Syracuse.
Jackson: 5 years.
Ellen,
I don’t think it’s the number of years. I think it’s a matter of the path, where the road ends. If he had a career-ending injury or management pushed him out then that could be rectified by owners down the road. But if he chooses to leave then…
Hi all.
Cool that we have an early game post going.
On the AROD question: Don’t think 4 years and out would make him a legend in Yankee history. Hopefully we won’t need to find out though because he’ll stick around another 6 years or more.
Reggie realized the spotlight shines brightest in NYC and always referred to himself as a Yankee and pushed this in the press despite his spending many more years out West.
Jeff, I think what he meant was – 28 in ’08
If we can manage it, today would be a huge win. Let’s hope the Yankees can continue their streak
I think A-Rod definitely has to play a few more years FOR THE YANKEES before he gets Monument Park status..
Mel,
Simple answer. Absent a World Series Championship this year, he will never be afforded All-Time Great, Yankee status.
No Monument Park. No retired number. No Yankeeography. None of those type of things.
He will go down as a great player who spent 4 years with the Yankees. Not a “Yankee”, if you know what I mean.
He has told friends he would love to be honored as an all-time Yankee. He knows the only way that happens is to stay in NY.
Its going to be interesting to see how that impacts his decision.
You pose an interesting question. it will depend on whether they win a championship and how much he contributes to that. After all, Paul O’Neill wasn’t a Yankee lifer, but he’s undoubtedly always going to be a “true Yankee.” But, he did end his career as a Yankee. Is there anyone in monument park who didn’t end their careers as a Yankee? I don’t know.
My gut feeling is, if he opts out and leaves, he will be persona non grata here in New York. It will be seen as a smack in the face.
I am an ARod fan and have always stuck up for him in discussions, especially with my husband, who says there is “just something about him” that he doesn’t like. I hope he stays. I will personally be disappointed if he opts out.
As Yankee fans we have a bit of tunnel vision. We think it’s the best thing since sliced bread if a player is a great Yankee. But other teams have had their greats and they extol them. Maybe there isn’t a monument park in other places, but there certainly are statues. If Alex is truly interested in legacy and history, though, the Yankees make a business out of celebrating that. Their retired players are always around; they have an old-timers day second to none.
BUT, Willie Mays and Hank Aaron were never Yankees, and both enjoy great status, reverence and have had the exposure, if they wanted it. So, to say Alex would only get those things if he retires a Yankee is not entirely true.
However, both Mays and Aaron played the larger part of their careers with one team. Alex would never really have a team associated with him if he keeps (s)hopping around. Look at Ripken and Gwynn – they were especially celebrated as HOFers this year precisely because they stuck with one team. Maybe Alex will see this. And though the Yankees are the third team, if they are the last one, it will be so much better for his “story.”
Reggie Jackson did not end his career as a Yankee.
Babe Ruth did not end his career as a Yankee.
Billy Martin also.
…off the top of my head.
Can anybody tell me how Reggie ended up working for the Yankees? From all accounts nobody liked him very much.
nolan ryan moved from team to team and his number was retired by half of the major leagues. So, for arod, it can go both ways
I take back Billy Martin…he made it into monument park as a manager in addition to his playing days.
I believe the Yankees were the last team he managed.
roger maris finished with the cards
Optimism,… Yankees win tonight 8-2
…Boston loses 53-0.
..Yankees pull to DEAD EVEN in the Loss Column.
..now only 1/2 game back.
…SO SCHWEET !!!
I believe Reggie came to work for the Yankees (and got his monument park day – I happened to be there that day) because of Steinbrenner coveting Hall of Famers and wanting him “in the Yankee family.” That, and no one else wanted him.
I hear the same things, too – he is supposed to be a prick.
elston howard ended playing for the Red Soxs and his number was retired
according to wikipedia….
“Jackson was inducted to the Hall of Fame in 1993. He chose to wear a Yankees cap on his Hall of Fame plaque after the Oakland Athletics unceremoniously fired him from a coaching position in 1991.”
O.K. lots of good examples, but A-rod would be leaving in the PRIME of his career. Does that make a difference?
I had forgotten about Elston Howard ending his career with the Sox in ’67 and ’68 until you said that. Just looked up his stats…can you believe he only had one year where he got 500 ABs?
It’s definitly not something that you can define… Its that whole ‘true Yankee’ thing.. It’s made up of moments.. Its like with some players, they reach a level of being basically ‘untouchable’..
Arod has moved closer and closer to that status this year, but, hes not at the level the Yankee Greats are at..
Did that make sense or am I rambling again..?
Vito: 53-0! Wow! Oh man, if that happened I’d never let my Red Sox fan friends live it down!
LET’S GO YANKEES!
Phil-
Thanks. After I posted, I did think of Babe Ruth, at least.
Dman,
You’re absolutely right and do you realize that the whole world mocks us for this “true Yankee” nonsense?
Whatever. You can’t understand it if you don’t have it!
But Mel – you bring up a good point, those players were definitely past their prime. A-Rod is right smack in the middle of his, with lots of records to be broken and set. Can’t see Steinbrenner (even in a scenario of diminished control, which I doubt in this case, anyway) letting ARod go.
Nolan Ryan – played for the Mets, the Angels, the Astros and the Rangers, right? He spent the first few years and underachieved with the Mets. Then 8 years in California, 9 years with Houston and 5 years with Texas. That really doesn’t compare to ARod. He spent huge amounts of time with the middle two teams, and still 5 years with Texas is a year more than Alex would have with the Yankees.
Roger Maris is a completely different situation. You can’t really compare his number being retired to anyone else who goes team hopping. And he didn’t really go team hopping. The poor man was miserable in New York.
Yankee: (*YAN*-kee) Noun. 1) One who believes winning isn’t everything; it’s the only thing. 2) One who performs in important moment. Syn: See CLUTCH. 3) One who embodies the work ethic of TOUGH ALL DAY.
Red Sox: (Red *SAUCKS*) Noun. 1) One who starts counting the Magic Number back in May. 2) One who recognizes only one year on the calendar: 2004. 3) One who has not yet seen the light.
Dunno, I’d rather be a true YANKEE…
Rebecca,
That’s definitely the post of the day! Bravo!
mel: Aww, I’ve never had that distinction! Thank you!
I forgot to add, though…
Yankees: 4) Optimist
Red Sox: 4) Pessimist.
Another reason we need edit buttons!
here are some fun facts on yankee numbers, that have nothing to do with anything, but they are fun, none the less:
the last yankee to wear number 3 was Cliff Mapes in 1948, 14 years after babe ruth wore it. Cliff Mapes was the last yankee to wear 7 before Mantle
Lou Gehrig is the only one who wore 4
Mike Gallego was the last player to wear 2 before jetes
Don Mattingly wore number 46 in 82 and 83
Cano has worn 22, 24 and 14
Joe Dimaggio wore number 5 from 1937 thru 1951, but for the 3 years he was in the military, Nick Etten wore it
Also, Joe Dimaggio wore number 9 in 1936
Bobby Murcer wore 1 and 2
Charlie Keller wore 99 in 1952
It is ironic that the origin of the word Yankee refers to a person living in New England.
* Word History: The origin of Yankee has been the subject of much debate, but the most likely source is the Dutch name Janke, meaning “little Jan” or “little John,” a nickname that dates back to the 1680s. Perhaps because it was used as the name of pirates, the name Yankee came to be used as a term of contempt. It was used this way in the 1750s by General James Wolfe, the British general who secured British domination of North America by defeating the French at Quebec. The name may have been applied to New Englanders as an extension of an original use referring to Dutch settlers living along the Hudson River. Whatever the reason, Yankee is first recorded in 1765 as a name for an inhabitant of New England. The first recorded use of the term by the British to refer to Americans in general appears in the 1780s, in a letter by Lord Horatio Nelson, no less. Around the same time it began to be abbreviated to Yank. During the American Revolution, American soldiers adopted this term of derision as a term of national pride. The derisive use nonetheless remained alive and even intensified in the South during the Civil War, when it referred not to all Americans but to those loyal to the Union. Now the term carries less emotionexcept of course for baseball fans.
Irony is the spice of life.
LET’S GO YANKEES!
all the living players who have plaques in monument park should get together in an unprecedented move independent from the yankees (because he can’t give one to himself) and give steinbrenner a plaque when the new yankee stadium opens. he deserves it while he can appreciate it. jeter could present it. it would pay tribute to george as a lifetime achievement award for what he has meant to the yankees from the players themselves.
‘Cano has worn 22, 24 and 14′
i can see Cano being the answer to an aflac trivia question in 20 years. “who was the only Yankee to wear #22 after Clemens?”
rebecca you kinda bomb i dunno
Keith: Is that supposed to be a compliment? Thank you? I dunno…
Samuel Johnson would be proud
“Rebecca–27 in 07! Nothing beats Optimism!
September 21st, 2007 at 3:37 pm
Yankee: (YAN-kee) Noun. 1) One who believes winning isn’t everything; it’s the only thing. 2) One who performs in important moment. Syn: See CLUTCH. 3) One who embodies the work ethic of TOUGH ALL DAY.
Red Sox: (Red SAUCKS) Noun. 1) One who starts counting the Magic Number back in May. 2) One who recognizes only one year on the calendar: 2004. 3) One who has not yet seen the light.”
If anyone is going to this Jays series then the fans have to get a “Stay Rod” chant going. He deserves it in all 4 games not just the last one.
Doreen,
Ding Ding Ding! We have a winner! You’re Poster #150,000.
That is ironic. I laughed at the story about the petition to take the “Yankees” name out of one of the little leagues in New England. Although, I can understand the kids would be distressed to wear the armor of the Evil Empire.
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migames,
Very interesting. Jeter likes to make like the number 2 uni was the only one in his size. (Did Ponson got David Wells’ old uni?) While others have suggested that he was given the low number as an omen. What do you think?
Has Alex always worn 13? Didn’t Dan Marino wear 13?
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randyl,
Good idea. Who’s still alive? I think the vets on the current team should get together and give Steinbrenner a “token” of their appreciation. He’s made a bunch guys very rich.
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How bad are the Pirates & Cubs? 7-7 bottom of the 3rd.
“Whatever the reason, Yankee is first recorded in 1765 as a name for an inhabitant of New England.”
Babe Ruth started his career in Boston THAT long ago?
Captains Corner: I’ll be at the games Saturday and Sunday…I’ll see what I can do.
Yah he needs some big rounds of applause.
And of course, a few curtin calls for the homeruns he’ll be hitting =]
Rebecca,
I know you couldn’t post the pictures, but which ones are in your dictionary under these entries?
http://www.hawaiiwinterbaseball.com/
Yankees players are on the Sharks roster.
I just noticed the game isn’t on YES tonight, it’s on MY9. I hate when there’s no YES postgame.
Mel:
Ooh, you just gave me a great idea for a blog post!
Anyway, under Yankees, we find pictures of Joe DiMaggio, Yogi Berra, Phil Rizzuto, Derek Jeter (especially by that CLUTCH part!)
Under Red Sox you have pictures of Dane Cook and Ben Afflek! And maybe David Ortiz…
cool guys:
5:00PM on 1050am ESPN radio, Michael Kay will have a simulcast with Boston’s radio show. Fans will converge!
Pat: I know, I don’t like it much either, but better on My 9 than not on at all!
Anyone catch a Yankees line-up for tonight, perchance, on Mike & The Moron?
Not yet
MY9 > Fox
and
MY9 > ESPN
Damon lf, Jeter ss, Abreu rf, Rodriguez 3b, Matsui dh, Posada c, Cano 2b, Mientkiewicz 1b, Cabrera cf, Wang p
Kennedy was scratched from his start tomorrow, with a strain in his back. They are just moving all of the pitchers up a day. I hope it is nothing serious.
Cool, Minky gets the start! Thanks CaptainsCorner.
You did not just say ‘Kennedy scratched’.
Ian, you are STRONG! YOU ARE NOT HURT!
*ahem*
No line-up complaints.
OH NO!!!
I was looking forward to seeing Ian, I hope he’s okay.
So does that mean I see Hughes pitch?
Reggie won 2 WS with Yankees. And Big Stein viewed Reggie as his personal hire for the team. By pure numbers and longevity, Reggie would not have made Momument Park but in terms of his impact and Stein’s affection for him, he did.
Better to be safe than sorry with Kennedy.
The benefit of having 6 good starters.
Its also why its a fruitless exercise to worry about the rotation for next year. Pitchers get hurt every year and you can never have enough pitching.
That’s why, if possible, I wouldn’t trade any pitcher in the off-season, including Farnsworth.
Keep everybody and let competition sort out who’s in and who’s out.
Competition for jobs is what turned this season around. No reason to mess with a winning formula.
DAMN IT! Kennedy was the only starter I haven’t seen this season and I was supposed to see him tomorrow. Damn it.
Wonderful, that’s all we need is Mussina to face Burnett. Or does that mean Pettitte faces him?
I assume Torre will discuss the severity of IPK’s strain at 5:00pm.
If you hear anything, CaptainC, please post.
Thanks
Is Kennedy really not starting?? Or maybe there are trolls afoot??
I hope Kennedy is okay. But this illustrates why imo you don’t trade any of the starters in the off-season. With Pettitte, Wang, Hughes, Moose, Joba and Kennedy, you are 6 deep and one injury doesn’t kill you. If somehow Moose is traded and then one of the kids or Pettitte or Wang goes down you are left scarmbling. Depth is a very good thing.
Jennifer: Clemens was scheduled for Sunday, so if they’re just moving everyone up, they’d move Clemens to Saturday, Hughes to Sunday.
As long as I don’t have to see Igawa anytime again this year, I’m not going to panic.
have a good weekend everyone.
we should be in 1st the next time i visit this place!
i know we have a lot of starters for next year, but are there any free agents that we would consider for the right price?
i think we’re seeing how you can’t ever, ever have too much pitching
Pete – I think you need to set up a chat room on here for gametime! that way we can all stop constantly refreshing and converse in real-time
ps: kill-schill(ing): you win the best alias ever award
SJ44,
I agree with your general principle but disagree about Farnsworth. Like Meyers before him, he is so limited in what he can do that he takes up a valuable roster spot and forces the rest of the bullpen to be over-worked. He can pitch one inning every other day. He can’t pitch back to back days, can’t come in in the middle of an inning and can’t pitch more than one inning. That really limits his effectiveness. He’d have to be Jobaish quality wise to be worth carrying and he’s not. If he could be traded, I’d take my chances with someone else.
And a good Yontev and a bearable fast to everyone observing Yom Kippur.
saucy,
Going camping? Where will you be that you can’t log on? lol.
Hey! I hope we’re tied in the loss column by the end of the night.
thanks Yankees Chick, does that earn me a date with you?
Mike & Mad Dog just confirmed Clemens will start tomorrow due to Kennedy’s bad back.
The best FA starters on the market are Schilling and Carlos Silva.
Its slim pickings out there this off-season.
SJ,
I agree with Josh. Farnsworth will never actually be competing for a job on the staff next season. If he isn’t traded, he’ll be on the team, and that’s a roster spot he’s shown again and again that he doesn’t deserve.
I agree with keeping everyone else, but Farnsworth must be traded. Even if it’s for a few low-level prospects. Just get him off the team.
The Yanks are 3 – 0 when Igawa pitches on a Saturday. I’m glad Guidry & Torre dismissed that little stat.
Personally, I’ll be glad to watch The Rocket pitch tomorrow’s game as I’ll be attending.
The downside is that the Yanks might be better with a healthy Kennedy in the bullpen as a long man for the playoffs than Phil Hughes.
Kill Schill–
גמר התימה טובה
Here’s to hoping Ian’s back heals itself fast! IAN WE NEED YOU!
nate c,
Someone posted the list a couple weeks ago. It was atrocious. One you wouldn’t touch with a 10-ft. pole. Hopefully, Andy comes back and Mussina keeps dipping into that fountain of youth. The best options are inhouse. Pettitte & Clemens are the only ones worth picking up. lol.
http://www.mlb4u.com/freeagency.php?order=position
My we have come a long way since this:
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/standin.....d=20070529
all i have to say is, thank god barry “balco” bonds is leaving town for good after this weekend.
go wang, go tba, go yanks, go d-rays.
Torre is on Mike and the Mad Dog on WFAN.
He said:
-Duncan and Chamberlain bring a fun attitude to the clubhouse.
-Torre is most proud of Chamberlain shrugging off the Lowell HR and patting Guidry on the back during the mound conference to show he wasn’t concerned.
-Moose has the inside track as the 4th starter but they will keep looking at it.
-Kennedy has a mild upper back strain. Nothing more was said about it.
-Once you get a postseason berth, setting up your number one starter for the ALDS is more important than the division because one extra home game is not enough of an advantage.
-Big G will get some playing time at 1B during the playoffs but Minky is now a big part of the 1B mix.
Torre on WFAN, part II:
-Despite reports about Wang automatically starting game 3 at home, he is considering it…but nothing is set in stone.
-A-Rod and Jeter’s days off will happen to benefit them in the long run, regardless of the status of the division race.
This season, more than any other season, has reminded me that the baseball season is a LONG season and you have to see it all out.
It also reminded me that the back of players baseball cards can tell you what to expect more than any month or two can.
Whoa. Chamberlain patted Guidry on the back?
Dude. I love this team!
edit: there should have been a comma after will happen.
Thanks for the transcription, Phil. Don’t believe too much of it tho’ It sounds like coach speak. Nothing is set in stone because a lot’s going to depend on how the seedings fall. Lots of baseball left!
TODAYS LINE UP
J. Damon lf .258
D. Jeter ss .318
B. Abreu rf .285
A. Rodriguez 3b .308
H. Matsui dh .289
J. Posada c .335
R. Cano 2b .303
D. Mientkiewicz 1b .250
M. Cabrera cf
I was looking forward to Kennedy’s start.
tonight
1 Damon
2 Jeter
3 Abreu
4 Rodriguez
5 Matsui
6 Posada
7 Cano
8 Mientkiewicz
9 Cabrera
wang
OMG, is anyone listening to the simulcast on ESPN radio? What a bunch of baloney – all the Boston fans keep saying it doesn’t matter if they don’t win the division – now all of a sudden – it doesn’t matter anymore???? All we heard in NY all summer long was how pathetic the Yanks were being 14-1/2 games back in the division and now that they are breathing down the Red Sux necks, it doesn’t matter – I believe this is called “revisionist history”! They say they are so over the Red Sox/Yanks “thing” – NOT! And they never will be. GO YANKS!
*Okay, guys, follow my lead*:
A-Rod has been slumping pretty awful lately; he’s what, 2 for his last 30 or something like that? Shouldn’t we give Betemit some playing time?
Betemit is a God. It is only a matter of time before he is enshrined in Monument Park. Why is A-Rod starting over him???
Yeah that A-rod is crappy. What a waste of a roster spot. lol.
boston is so nervous
He needs to stop squeezing the sawdust out of the GD bat.
YEAH AROD OPT OUT AND GET OUT OF HERE…
I mean, we could even have Shelley starting at third! He needs some more at bats! A-Rod needs a day off to get his stroke back!
(Good work everyone, keep it up!)
AROD IS NO MIKE PAGLIARULLO
Pags is no Mike Blowers
Mel;
Interesting question on A-Rod and his status in Monument Park if he opts out after this Season. I agree with DMan in that there are great players who played for the Yankees, and there are great Yankees who deserve a place in Monument Park. The ‘true yankee” thing is really a subjective judgement.
I always considered Reggie Jackson the former, a great player who played for the Yankees. His presence in Monument Park is because of his contributions to the 1977 and 1978 World Championships. Dave Winfield, who played more years than Reggie for the Yankees (9), and is a HOFer, is not in Monument Park… Why? (a)because he never one a Yankee World championship and (b) he and George hated each other.
By the way, unlike an ARod “Opt out” opportunity (a) Reggie was not signed after the 1981 Season by Steinbrenner and was offered a contract by Angel’s owner Gene Autry. Winfield was traded to the Angels in 1990 at George’s insistence.
And although Babe Ruth didn’t wind up as a Yankee, he was sold to the Boston Braves by Jake Ruppert in 1934 – not a choice he would relish.
Ellie Howard didn’t finish as a Yankee because he was traded to the Red Sox in 1967 – something he didn’t have a choice in either.
IF CHIEN MING IS WANG I DONT WANT TO BE RIGHT!
Mary Ellen – that is so typical of red sox fans! and now you know if they do win the division, it will be “yankees suck, you guys are losers!!!” with no mention of the fact that they blew a 14 game lead.
Mike Blowers is no Alvaro Espinoza.
Alvaro Espinoza is no Andy Stankiewicz
Wow, seems like an idiotic comment at ESPN: “Beckett (19-6) is 9-3 after a Boston loss.”
Hmm, that would make him 10-3 after a win, right? So, it doesn’t really matter, now does it, my dear ESPN?
Roberto Kelly
Danny Tartabul
reggie jackson didn’t finish his playing career as a yankee but hes in monument park
And Alvaro Espinoza is no Toby Harrah ..
nor was Eddy Stank … thats right migames
LathamJoe and everyone who participated in our little roundtable here,
Thanks for the great comments. Seems like we’re all on the same page. Not enough service time, championships, and leaving in the prime of career would hurt his chances of being immortalized in Monument Park.
The reason why the question came to my mind is that every ball player, every man even, wants to leave a legacy. What will Alex’s legacy be? To be a man among players? Or be a god among titans?
How much money would it take for another team to lure him away from all that history, tradition, and legacy up by going to another team?
In my heart, I want to think he wants to stay and be the greatest of the great. But, I’m just a sentimental fool. All the “experts” out there think (hope) that Alex will bid his adieu to an unforgiving city and ungrateful fanbase.
Defense matters,
See Scooter10′s 4:49 p.m. post.
ANDY Stank … whatever sorry
*GAME TIME NOTES*
*Fear And Loathing in Fenway*
A September lead of 7 games has been squandered only 3 times in history. The last time–1938 Pirates (Arrrrrrrr)
Jayson Stark (ESPN Mag) “Boston is facing a historic collapse, the greatest collapse of all time.”
(Hartford Courant) “Eric Gagne was given plenty of rope Tuesday, enough, it turned out, to hang himself.”
Gorden Edes (Globe on Tuesday) “It’s unlikely the Yanks can the catch the Sox.”
Gorden Edes (Globe on 48 hrs later) “How much can Eric Gagne, be counted upon to contribute on those autumn nights when the last outs are the toughest to get?”
“The answer last night: Not a chance.”
Scott VanPelt (ESPN Radio) “Red Sox Nation is collectively fainting.”
Tim Kurkjian (ESPN Mag) “This is UNBELIEVABLE, WHAT IS HAPPENING ?” (emphasis original)
Bob Ryan (Globe) “Can’t we trace pretty much all of it back to Yogi Berra? Wasn’t it Yogi who pointed out that ‘If you ain’t got a bullpen, you ain’t got nuthin’? After watching games this past week, who among us would dispute that notion?”
Dan Shaugnessy (Globe) “It’s done some serious psychological damage.”
“Obviously you would like some momentum going into the playoffs, but the whole key is actually getting into the playoffs,” said loser Jonathan Papelbon, who allowed a two-out, 8th inning grand slam Wednesday.
The Sox insist they are in postseason tune-up mode. Yeah, that’s why they used 6 pitchers on Wednesday.
*The Dalai Gagne*
Meeting with the press Wednesday, Gagne outlined his new pitching philosophy.
“This game is unbelievable, sometimes they go your way, sometimes they don’t, the reason they didn’t go my way Tuesday was because I didn’t think positively.”
“From now on I’m going to fill my brain with positives.”
Gagne has pitched 15 times for the Red Sox, giving up 14 earned runs in 14 innings, for an ERA 9.00 (that’s not a typo). He has 1 win, 2 losses, and 3 blown saves.
Francona says “we will stay with him. We believe, even when other people don’t or it’s hard to believe.”
Sox GM Theo Epstein says, “this is a guy, for starters, that has never failed” (that’s not a typo, either).
“When I look at the process of the Gagne trade, I think it’s extremely sound.”
*Hide and Seek*
Curt Schilling’s next start has been pushed back from Saturday to Tuesday.
The Sox wanted to hold Papi out and avoid 4 consecutive games on artificial tuff, but besieged by the Yankees, they have no choice but to play him tonight.
Ortiz is 1-for-14 with seven strikeouts in his past four games and 5-for-34 in his career against Rays pitcher Kazmir.
*Dive! Dive!*
The Sox are 10-11 record since Manny left the lineup.
The juggernaut Sawx lit up Toronto’s scoreboard, racking up a grand total of 5 whole runs, during three game set.
Their bullpen has a 6.20 ERA over its last eight games and a 5.12 ERA in its last 18 games. “Those things happen,” said fatalist Jason Varitek.
The bullpen has also coughed up 15 runs in the 8th inning, in the past five losses.
Grasping with their finger nails, the Sox hold their smallest lead since April 19.
*Me*
This blog IS influential. The Boston Herald has picked up my phrase, the “ghost of 1978.”
Mel – i agree… i think a-rod wants to stay in ny and stick with one team, but the fans have made him second-guess that decision. plus you’ve got boras influencing him, and i’m sure boras is encouraging him to declare free agency. the best scenario would be for A-Rod to do well in the playoffs this year (to secure the fickle fans’ love) and then have steinbrenner offer him an extension package he cant refuse.
we’ll see.
I’m hoping IPK is ok. Given how conservative the Yanks generally are with young pitchers, I wonder if he will pitch again this season.
*Another Bataan Death March*
This picture says it all !!
http://tinyurl.com/yt7b86
The _doomed faces_ of Red Sox Nation.
They’re all no Russ Davis. I rarely ever read about that trade in discussions of lop-sided trades. We got one of the best first basemen of his generation and a very solid reliever for a third baseman who never mounted to anything and a decent, at best, starter.
Yankees Chic,
Yeah, you got the wifey, too. I wonder what she thinks? lol.
Breaking news (I think): Barry Bonds says he will be playing next year, but it won’t be in SF (see mlb.com)
Breaking News: B*nds will not return to San Francisco.
Dude, please, for the love of all things holy, RETIRE.
Bonds is a cancer that no one will touch.
too bad about Kennedy I think the 6 man rotation has helped there startes with increased rest…
Rebecca, I think I’ve made the “great minds think alike” comment to you before
)…Though I barely beat you to it this time.
I’m not surprised that Bonds isn’t coming back to the Giants. He had to have been pretty upset when Bruce Bochy told him that he wasn’t going to play much down the stretch. As big of an egomaniac as Bonds is, I could see him playing past the age of 50 if his knees hold up. He would play that long just to extend uh, his so-called home run record.
You know what…if Steinbrenner was 15 years younger, Bonds is exactly the type of free agent he would have thrown mad money at to come to the Bronx.
I know everyone hates Bonds, but steroids or not, the guy is an incredible player. If the asking price isn’t too high and he can stay healthy, he’d be a great addition to any lineup. He’s still a power hitter(who also doesn’t strike out a lot) and is a walk machine. A lot of that’s just stating the obvious, but I just wanted to point out that I’m sure more than a few teams will at least look at him.
Some in Boston are thinking the Sox are coasting a little to rest their studs for the playoffs, because the wild card is nearly guaranteed. To a degree maybe they should, BUT they could find themselves too rusty to suddenly turn in the switch for a best 3-of-5 first round series.
Out guys are playing well although not particularly hard, like as if it’s a NY/Bos environment every game. Guys who need a little rest are getting some, while everyone’s being allowed to keep themselves in sharp playing condition. The rotation will be shifted a bit to start the playoffs if needed. Nobody should be getting 9 or 10 days rest between starts, which I believe is actually bad for a pitcher trying to maintain a good feel for pitching at a critical time.
If Sox Nation are telling themselves the Sox are restfully gearing towards the playoffs rather than the last week of the season, who are they fooling? Why would the Sox not want to be assured of home field in the first round, and/or that we don’t, that we have to travel, and that we have to play the Angels in the first round?
Great minds do think alike.
How else would Optimism work?
I so wanna make an Optimism t-shirt or something…
I’m sure bonds will have NO trouble getting a contract. sure, i hate him as much as the next guy/gal, but i respect his talent and contributions. i do NOT want the yankees to get him, he’d be overpriced and he’s like sheff (clubhouse cancer), but i’m sure he’ll have plenty of offers.
I would be SHOCKED beyond belief if the Yankees even tried to get him–it’s the last, the absolute LAST thing the Yankees need.
Yeah, I have a fairly strong opinion on the subject…
The Yankees clinched the division pretty early last year and we all know how well that rest helped us. Best offense in baseball shut out for 23, I believe, consecutive innings at one point. They really should be playing to win the division. I can understand not playing Manny who’s injured and wanting Beckett able to start Game 1 etc., but if someone CAN play, he probably should. Until you have your playoff berth and IMO, the division itself mathematically clinched, you shouldn’t be cruising in second gear.
First gear, rather I guess. I don’t know why I even made a driving metaphor.
Let Bonds play for Boston … he’ll fit right in with the other guys (Manny, Papi) who have been known on occasion to stand & admire their homers. Sox Nation hardcores will wholeheartedly support their over paid, lazy, old, arrogant, selfish mercenary Barry (as they do Manny) so they will become more hypocritical than ever. That kind of support probably wouldn’t be coming from the more level headed Soxmeisters that have constructively posted here. Just the hardcores.
This would make it convenient for all the pitchers in the league too. All the guys you’d most want to bean would play for the same team, so they’ll miss fewer games due to suspensions.
I definitely didn’t mean the Yankees should get him. He’s the last thing we need. But if, for instance, A-Rod doesn’t opt out and the Angels cannot pursue him, Barry and Vlad back to back would be something.
Do you think A-Rod genuinely would like him, or that it’s just a media thing?
Btw, Rebecca, I secretly had dreams of having my friends being able to print out a t-shirt for me come November, something with “Word Series 2007 Champions” on one side, and “Tough all day” on the other ;o)
The Boss was willing to take a chance on a few troublemakers in the past (see Dwight Gooden, Darryl Strawberry, Pascual Perez), but I would check to see if the sky is falling if they were willing to make a run at Bonds.
Boston’s cruising in neutral right now. Engine off.
Yeah, even better. Thanks for saving my literary device.
igawa should start tommorrow
I’m not A-Rod’s publicist or anything, but I think that it would definitely be a good idea for A-Rod to completely alienate himself from Bonds. A-Rod doesn’t need all of those clouds hanging over his head if he makes a run at the all-time home run record. I don’t suspect A-Rod of anything for a minute, I just think he needs to keep his name as far away from Bonds as he possibly can, just my opinion.
Furthermore, Carmine, their metaphoric ignition key is turned off, so their steering wheel is locked while the ’07 Soxmobile is pointing at a huge freakin’ tree.
Wouter: Go for it!
I can see that you’d want to rest your guys. But some of those players are not resting they’re recuperating. Oka, Gagne for a while, Manny is injured. By the way, Boston doesn’t need rest, they’ve been “resting” since the ASB. They got off to a hot start and couldn’t maintain the pace. Excuses, excuses. I have no doubt that Francona is trying everything in his power to win the last 5 games or that he won’t try to win the next 9.
I think the division can be won while resting your guys. That’s what MOY candidates do.
You can’t just “rest” your guys when playoff seedings are still up in the air. I think that Francona is trying to win, but his players aren’t cooperating. I also think the pundits and red sox nation are just in “you don’t need to win the division” excuse mode.
Dwight Gooden was “in trouble” but not a “trouble-maker.” Strawberry was a troublemaker, but more off the field than on.
Last off-season, SF was letting Barry hang for a while and there was not one iota of interest from any other club. I don’t think it should be much different this time around. It’s too much baggage. It’s too much money.
BUT if he is signed by someone, it will be in the AL and he will strictly DH. So, if that happens, we as Yankees fans will have more Barry Bonds than we can stomach. It’s actually been okay with him in the NL, because except for the landmark HRs, we don’t have to hear about him too too much.
I seriously doubt that the Red Sox are okay with losing just to get their ducks in a row for the playoffs. But, how else should they spin it?
Let’s Go Yankees!!!!
Here’s to hoping.
I feel like too many people have looked to the Cardinals and Tigers of last year as instances where limping into the playoffs can still lead to October success. But that doesn’t mean you should aim to suck. You still actually have to play against the best teams in baseball and, as was stated before, you can’t just expect everything to fall into place because everyone’s well rested.
Becca…..8-2 Yankees….meditate on that OPTIMISTICALLY !
looking to the future, barry bonds, DH for the 2008 Baltimore Orioles…you heard it here 1st
All 4 teams who stand to be in the AL playoffs are excellent teams. It’s not going to be an easy run, no matter what. I like the Yankees’ chances, because there’s been this easy, consistent pace and frame of mind going on. No desperation, no taking anything for granted, no panic, just going out and doing the job. Just a few more games…
Yeah, I really doubt Francona doesn’t care about these losses. If you’ve been in first place for 90% of the year and you honestly don’t care whether you take the division or wild card, then you’re not a good manager, IMO. And I’d give Francona a little more credit than that. I think he’s just trying to spin a slump in a positive light.
Doreen- You’re right about Gooden. I shouldn’t have labeled him a “troublemaker.” As a baseball fan I would have loved to see what might have been if he would have stayed clean. Wow.
Game time is fast approaching!! Hopefully Roy takes a halladay from his usual efforts against us!!
Bonds in k.c. sounds better.
Lets go Yankees!
Who’s pumped?!
Bonds in Baltimore makes sense. Angelos has been in denial forever and a day about the fact that the Orioles need to rebuild and thinks they can compete every year by signing high-priced players instead of trying to acquire good young talent.
k-dawg… you are fired for that horrible pun!!!
IT’S ALMOST GAME TIME!
LET’S GO YANKEES!
If they’re really ‘resting’ (and ‘recuperating’ as Mel said) the Sox should be able get it in gear (sorry Carmine) and dish out a couple butt-whuppins’ in their final series or two of the season. If they can’t go through with a little tune up like that before the playoffs, the Sox have really been in trouble and they’re doomed.
Yankees Chick- Sorry I have too many of those. I don’t know if it’s a blessing or a curse!
What time is it? Game time, hoo!!
i feel like i haven’t seen the yankees in years. i love days off for the team, but i hate them for me.
game time!
Rebecca–27 in 07! Nothing beats Optimism! ……..are you ready for an 8-2 Yankees Victory ??? ( 96-66 ON THE WAY…and a GREAT SHOT at Best Record in the A.L. !!! )
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27 in 07
28 in 08
29 in 09
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Can you say DYNASTY ???
I can’t stand Hawk Harrelson or WGN’s coverage of White Sox games, but I like how they do what they call Picks to Click, meaning who they think will perform well in the game. I think we should start having Picks to Click!
Ranting Guy,
What you say is true. But you can’t just flick the switch. That would imply that they haven’t been trying. What I’m trying to say is that the Red Sox weren’t all that baseball made them out to be. They are not far superior to the Yankees as we’ve heard all season. I took real offense to that, because I knew my Yankees didn’t suck.
J-Dawg: In the off-season, I’ll give some fiction writing lessons on my blog. Will help you avoid bad metaphors
Ranting Guy
The Soxmobile metaphor continues. You said tune-up. I hope that was unintentional. Amazing, either way.
Vito: OH YOU KNOW IT!
Time to go home & catch the 3rd inning … avoiding stadium traffic on the way home from work.
Rebecca it’s your responsibility to keep the optimism flowing so ANSKY’s ahead when I get home and turn on the TV! The force is strong with you.
(queue sound of heavy mechanically aided breath, resonating light saber and clomping boots)
I bet the Giants go hard after A-Rod. If he doesn;t come back tot he Yanks I think their is a good chance he goes there. Nobody else really fits
Strike one…game on!
Mel – ‘zactly right, yo.
Carmine – tune up and gear metaphors were as accidental as the one in your name.
Gotta go now … see ya.
Ranting Guy: I’m working on it!
Guys, I do need your help tonight, though.
See, it’s Kol Nidre and I’ve got a lot more to repent for this year than in years previous, and good vibes while repenting isn’t the easiest thing in the world, so I need your support tonight!
…Though plays like that from Jeter sure help!
Jeter…one away.
Let’s go Yankees – - -
Nice play Jete, what knee?
I guess his knees are feeling better
That was really nice, Jeter.
I often forget about the automobile reference in my name.
Thata way Jete
C’mon Wang, you can do this! Find the plate!
LET’S GO YANKEES!
1-0 Boston
2 outs, come on Wang!! It would take at least a double to score that slug Stairs!
Right, Yanks, LET’S GO SCORE SOME RUNS!
LET’S GO YANKEES!
Wow bobby wasn’t afraid of the wall there.
While between innings, Rebecca, I’ll go ahead and sign up for writing lessons!
Johnny’s got legs.
Lets go Yanks!
Nice slide JD.
Damon’s sexy calves did all the work that time.
Ahhh Yankees baseball. Im so glad you’re back on. I missed this yesterday!
…Johnny…errr…you were kinda out by a mile.
Ah well. Still early. LET’S GO YANKEES.
Come on now…does Zaun have THAT bad of an arm that we have to test him 1st inning ??? Jeter totally gets on base now….
see ??? DANG !
Rats.. Oh well
Damon would have scored
Derek Jeter is one hitter that I would not want to face right now. He’s absolutely locked in!!
Hi all – who is this on the radio w/Sterling?
Nice double for Jeter! Sucks that Greg Zaun picked now to throw someone out…what is it, his 3rd CS all year? lol
LET’S GO YANKEES!!!
Come on A-Rod take him deep.
You know guys, every night that I read and post here, I see people clamoring for features on the blog and keep thinking to myself “_I have those at my site_”. The ability to edit posts, registration to keep people from posting under your name, a chat feature, etc. But for some reason, I have two users that post regularly (whom I appreciate tremendously) and I wonder why I can’t more people to stop by. I’ve never knowingly offended anyone, and the replies I get from people here suggest that I’m not disliked or anything. I know there’s a lot of fan sites out there and I never set my site up with the intentions to take posters from this blog or anywhere else.
Regardless, it sucks to put time and money into something that has what I see people saying they want and wondering how long it is before I pull the plug on it.
Sorry if my post is selfish and horribly off the game topic. Rant off.
Go Yanks.
come on AROD…slump OVER NOW…just make good contact !
A-Rod will stay…My guess is Cashman overwhelms Bore-Ass with an extension, taking advantage of the 30 mil from Texas. No other team will have that luxury. But if he opts out…he’s gone…I can’t imagine A-Rod not wanting to own the record books as anything but a Yankee. He really follows history…
WTH is he swingin’ at ? Grrrrrrrrrrrrr !
So close…
…That was good contact, but didn’t get much.
Ah well, no worries. We usually don’t score in the first anyway, especially at home. We’re hitting Halladay fairly well.
LET’S GO WANG!
LET’S GO YANKEES!
UUUUUUGH f’n Sterling & his premature calls!
damn. well atleast he made solid contact.
as usual, gameday made that fly out look like it was against the wall…
Being more selective, driving deep..
I think he’s coming out of it
We were just unlucky that time. On a normal day, Zaun would have a hard time throwing out Jason Giambi on a pair of walking stilts. Let’s go Wang!!
OK…I’m calm…it was not THAT bad of a pitch…but still ball four….he is teasing us with these warning track jobs, though……That’s OK…get that Halladay pitch count UP !!!
Where’s BBB?
Johnny, you useless bum!
(cue a stellar performance from Johnny Damon for the rest of the game)
sheesh.
not good.
LOL…Johnny Damon sucks!!!
They always say when A-Rod is hitting to right center he’s on the ball. A long out but a good at bat.
Wolf,
Just registered for your site will activate later….
Wild Wang…settle…settle….easy….take it easy mahn !
ouch!
Let’s go CMW ! Bottom of this order is WEAK…you can strand that BUM at 2nd…YOU CAN DO IT !!!
Boston hitting Beckett. 1-1 and Beckett in excess of 30 pitches.
Anyone notice KC leads Detroit 3-0 already? man they are ready for the off season…
Wolf…
Whats wrong with you? there’s 10 million people out there and you post on a thriving blog that you want its loyal followers to leave? How would you feel if someone posted on yours and tried to steal your ONLY other blogger?
*A Pennant Race Update*
rays tie game.
Beckett struggling in – 2 walks and 29 pitches thur 2/3.
Meanwhile Beck@$$ is gonna throw over 30 pitches in the first inning at Tampa…already has given up the tying run, 1-1 now, and has 2nd and 3rd on with 2 outs…
Tampa tied Boston 1-1. Sorry I won’t keep updating that’s annoying.
All right! One more out!!
D Train, I’m pretty sure you mean Tampa is hitting Beckett
Count is now 2-2 on Gomes with runners on 2nd and 3rd with 2 away.
The Yanks should take a run at Bonds. As a DH, he would be one of the elite players in the league. The Yanks wouldn’t need him to even DH everyday, which would help minimize the injury risk. A short term, 20 mil per season contract would easily be worth it. For anyone with moral qualms, we already have Giambi and we had Sheff, so why not complete the trifecta? Bonds batting between Jeter and A Rod would be insane. He’s still one of the game’s premier hitters.
way to go Wang…keep pounding the zone !
Tampa and Boston tied, Tampa two on and two out.
YEAH WANGER!! Way to get out of it!
Great work pitching around a lead-off 3 bagger!
That is like missing an extra point in football, it ALWAYS comes back to haunt you.
Now we put something on the board
Clutch pitching from Wang right there, that’s what aces do!!
Wang did great and Gomes took strike 3 looking with 2 in scoring position ( BUM ! )
Way to wiggle off the hook, Wang!!
Beckett not on his game tonight. 34 pitches. 1-1.
the fact that beckett already gave up a run and has already racked up 20+ pitches bodes very well for us…
the yankees need to score some runs now!!
LET’S GO YANKEES!
LET’S SCORE SOME RUNS!
As long as the Boss is drawing breath, Bonds will NOT be a Yankee !
Arod and Bonds are best friends, right?
Isn’t the commie pitching against Kazmir? Go Kaz!!
and Beckett is yelling at himself walking off the mound
OH GOD NO! NO NO NO BONDS IN PINSTRIPES!!!!ONE STEROID CASE IS ENOUGH.
Why?
Umps bail out Beckett.
he must be entering a dead arm period. No control over his curve and changeup. Fast ball is up. And up was charitable and _gave him_ a strike three call on a high pitch, bailing him out wth runners on 2nd and 3rd.
pitch out at 34 w/ 2 walkd in one inning.
Bonds and A Rod are friends, yes.
…Double plays, generally, are not how you score runs.
COME ON YANKS, YOU CAN DO IT!
i don’t want to see anyone other than Doug Mientkiewicz playing 1B for the rest of the season – case closed.
let’s get some hits guys, comeon!!
BBB: we’re totally off our game. We gotta start trash talking Johnny before he gets up again.
We have enough DHs already. I would rather spend some cash on the BP and 1B. Maybe convert Godzilla to 1B.
We could trade Damon or Giambi and get some value in return after signing Bonds. Bonds would be a huge upgrade over either of them at DH. Or teach Damon and Matsui to play 1B over the offseason.
MINKY at 1B for the rest of the season and playoffs. It’s his time of year….
Nice cut off there by Damon..
1 double play blue plate special please!
Here comes a DP with Stairs!
Evening all!!
we should trade for kazmir….he pitches great against boston, is a left hand pitcher, he is only 23, and our lineup would be Wang, Kazmir, Hughes, Joba, Kennedy…..that would be awsome
thats right wang.. keep that sinker low, he’ll top one for a DP soon.
Damon is fine in left…Giambi is untradable…Matsui to 1B where his fundamental approach will allow a smooth transition. Bonds is not the Bonds of old…He is playing in AAAA league.
The 5-9 hitters in the Socks lineup couldn’t scare the pitching staff of the Low A Savannah Sand Gnats.
Thanks Mr. Stairs.
Mike,
Kasmir would cost us one of Joba, Phil, or Ian. If I am trading one of them I want JOHAN!
Nice.
Okay, Yankees, let’s score some runs please!
LET’S GO YANKEES!
Great play by Alex. I also think Alex is very close, he will hit one very soon.
Great play.
Although Kasmir in pinstripes would really stick in the craw of Mets nation
What an arm on A-Rod.
Nice play by Alex & Minky!
“we should trade for kazmir…”
Yeah TB is likely to trade a stud pitcher who makes less than a half mil a year.
Andrea: you’re right, we have been slacking! He comes up 3rd in this inning so…Johnny is a rotten lazy bum! Bench him!!
“Mets Nation?” More like Mets shanty town.
If Gameday is accurate, the ump in the sox game called a pitch way inside a strike!
DOUG!! Don’t give up outs.
The Devil Rays are actually putting together decent AB’s against Beckett. You dont see that very often.
You Suck Johnny Damon!
Lets go here Melky.
ack…1 and 2 pitch outs dont really help our case. Cmon bats!
Johnny is terrible!
Thanks, VOIII.
Mickey, You obviously missed the part of my post about my intentions. I’m not going to clutter up the discussion here to explain myself – feel free to contact me if you like.
So, does anybody else think that ARod is primed to bust out of his slump during this series? Toronto games always seem to have some heavy ARod quotient involved.
Geez Michael 3 for 33 is just a “little” slide?
4-0 KC
Ah, okay, don’t worry guys. It’s one of those we’re-gonna-score-late types of games.
Least everyone in the ‘pen is fresh!
Someone please explain why Minky is playing. It seems that as soon as he got hurt we took off. I never wanted to see him man first again.
If we can just keep shutting THEM down at least and get to their bullpen, at least maybe then we’ll score….maybe?
Damn it, Johnny. At least take some pitches!
wolf, I think Alex is very close to busting out of it.
VOIII,
idk about that, we got alot of other great players in the minors and i wouldnt mind including a vet like abreu or damon………also if we traded for johan we would have to include prob joba and hughes… kazmir for austin jackson, johnny damon, and desalvo
ugh. halladay is really dealing. at least wang is matching
Big mistake by Doug bunting there which allows Doc to have a quick inning.
GB to FB ratio tonight – Wang (6/3) Halladay (6/1)
Anyone knows the numbers for the year for these 2?
We aren’t trading for anyone so just let it go right now.
Damon, you no good, pathetic, piece of trash. There, he should do fine the next at-bat! I’m not down on him at all, I’m just using Andrea and BBB’s reverse psychology!
got this off nomaas, not sure if it is real. But if it is LOL!!
* “I have to think positive because it happens,â€? the Red Sox reliever said one day after allowing three runs in the eighth inning of a 4-3 loss to the Blue Jays. “I have to keep fighting – fighting, fighting, fighting. This game is unbelievable. Those check swings I had yesterday, sometimes they go your way, sometimes they don’t. That time, they didn’t, and the reason they didn’t was because I didn’t think positive.â€?
A Florida…: wouldn’t you rather see Minky at first than Giambi? Especially with Wang on the mound.
Florida Yankee: I think that’s a little harsh. Did you not watched the last few games Mientkiewicz started?
Beckett at 51 pitches after just 2 innings.
Anyone watching the soxs game? Why the injury delay?
A strikeout of the Big Squirt!
Down only by 0.5 by the end of the night…WANG is dealing and Beck@$$ is gassin’….already thrown 51 pitches in only 2 innings…You’ll see the Boston Bullpen ( TOTAL JOKE THAT THEY ARE ) in the 5th inning at the latest….Thank you Tampa for what you are about to do ! A-Rod is hitting a HR tonight and driving in 3….GO YANKEES !!!
Ugh, cheap hit.
There is no injury delay. Just Hinske got nicked on the arm and was begging for some camera time.
arod is slumping becuse he starting to feel the presure of october………..i see bonds going to tampa, that would be i great lineup
jennifer, Hinske was hit by a pitch
CMW > Zaun….here comes the K !!!
Let’s get some runs!!
I guess he took a page out of pukealous’s book?
jennifer-
Gagne said that wednesday. check out my post from 6:15 PM for more fun
Right now this game looks like a mirror of the 2-1 game we just won against Baltimore.
That’s fine by me.
LET’S GO YANKEES!
That Sheff trade doesn’t look so bad now, does it? Whelan is a legit power pitcher who will be in AAA next year Probably in the Bronx by June. Sanchez is a question mark, but if he comes all the way back to form after TJ surgery he’s next years Joba…Maybe 09 Joba. Claggett is still a plus arm with potential. Johnson Trade looks even better…Congrats to Cash whom everyone was bashing in June…
Wolf…Not picking on you, but…ARod is hitting .250 against Jays this year with one HR.
Boston scores, now 2-1 on Ortiz’ RBI.
Lets go Yankees!!!
Red Sox just scored and have a runner on 3rd with 1 out.
C’MON JETER!!! We need a run!
Nice to see CMW battling out again. It seems to me like it’s always a struggle for him against Aaron Hill though, and I’m not sure why.
Joba’s father made it.
Robbed.
wow…sadly, that was a good play!
Harlan is in the house!
JOBA’S DAD!
No way we’re losing this game!
LET’S GO YANKEES!
Kazmir is not our friend, threw a first pitch RIGHT DOWN THE PIPE to Ortiz and we are SO LUCKY he didn’t crush it for a Homer and ONLY got tagged for a 1-run scoring single. Maybe he wants to make it easier for Big Papi next time and just REALLY put it up on a TEE for him….SHEESH !
nice on Joba’s dad.
VOII, the sheff , johnson, and even the jaret wright deal were all great trades……big ups to cash
Harlan’s here!! There’s one proud papa!
Thanks for the KC- Det update, jennifer. I guess Jair isn’t the second coming of Mark Fidrych after all.
Minky has been invaluable since he came back. I don’t think our success had anything to do with him being injured. If anything, his “leave nothing” play on the day he got hurt should have been a great motivator for the team.
Toronto 0 for 6 with RISP so far. Hope that keeps up all night. Anybody for a jack from Alex this inning?
VOII, the sheff , johnson, and even the jaret wright deal were all great trades also the pettite signing was great……big ups to cash
I get to see Roger pitch ANOTHER GAME this year!!
Kazmir > Lowell ( just struck out !…Thanks Mike ! )
let it loose Arod.
I like Roger and all but it seems like EVERY single game i’ve been to this year Roger has pitched!
C’mon A-ROD!!! You are way over DUE!!!
Mike,
Tampa would never do that deal…Damon cost to much and they have a load of younger versions of him. Austin is still very raw. High high ceiling but very raw. Desalvo is a throw in. Kasmir is worth almost as much as Johan. Johan can be had for one of the big three plus a Tabata and Horne type package
ughh 3-1 boston
Again, like I said, we’ll get them late in this game.
LET’S GO YANKEES!
Too early to gloat about the Sheff trade, but I still am glad his negativity and stubborn persona is off the team. The RJ trade couldn’t be any more one sided, not sure how Pags only rated it a C.
Dammit Hill!
He’s getting close!
darn, wild pitch by Kazmir Boston now 3-1
Loser Kazmir just wild pitched another run in. I hate TB, they suck.
Who got the error in the game tonight? I was at my son’s baseball practice and missed the first part of the game.
this is just sick…that was RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE….Maybe it is AROD that needs the Tee ? (joke )…Oh’ well…Our bullpen blows THEIR bullpen away…..time to grab couple cups o’ suds !
“Wolf…Not picking on you, but…ARod is hitting .250 against Jays this year with one HR.”
D’oh! Didn’t realize that. I guess it was just all the other drama I was thinking of. Thanks for filling me in though, Mickey.
wow halladay is good. he’s at 42 pitches through 4!
4-0 KC still… Thats a plus.
Damon. played a double into a triple.
Kazmir is fallin’ apart,,, 3-1 BoSux…STILL not out of the inning,,, 2 outs and 2 on….DANG !
late in the game is fine with me.
Kazmir is at 51 pitches too! Oh well, looks like they’ll get into the rays pen.
lol Varitek also hit by pitch. Loaded up
Did anyone see where Francona has the flu….just wonder if this will circulate in their clubhouse the way it did the Tigers? (not wishing that on anyone!)
Kazmir has completely lost control for TB. I wish some people could see Dewayne Staats and Joe Magraine. They are absolutely terrible. I would rather listen to Gilbert Godfried and Fran Drescher do a game than those two morons.
Have faith guys.
OPTIMISM!
VOIII, i would love to have either one of those guys but not for the price of any of the big three, and i think cashman would agree….
Jeff,
Trade looks good compared to early returns when Sheff was killing the ball and everyone was calling for Cash’s head. The yankees did get 2 legit prospects and a live arm. for a grumpy selfish ballplayer. One that can Hit sure but the Yankees offense is strong with out him.
Crispy Toast struck out, left them loaded.
good work Kazmir!
YES, the Yankees of late like to score LATE!!
3-1 Boston after 2 and 1/2.
Idiot Kazmir just struck out Crisp to end the inning and his head was so far out of the game that he didnt even realize it was the third strike. He stood there waiting for the catcher to throw him the ball back.
Jeff, that’s the big payoff for me regarding the Sheffield trade. I couldn’t stand his negativity. If Claggett, Whelan, or Sanchez pan out well, I’ll consider the trade a huge success.
I can attest to the painful facts as stated by A Florida Yankee
I still think Tampa wins tonight…Boston’s BP is a mess and Beckett using up his arm…
2 outs, but Wang please don’t go to 3-ball counts on everybody!
nice!!
This looks like a duel, hopefully we will break out of it now!
Nice K.
Okay. Yankees. You are getting a GREAT performance by CMW.
So let’s help him out, okay?
Walk, bunt, base hit. Simple as that.
Believe in yourselves, we believe in you.
WE WIN TONIGHT!
Nice K Wang!
That’s much better!!
DMan
September 21st, 2007 at 8:12 pm
4-0 KC still… Thats a plus.
I have to disagree…if ANYONE of the Yankee’s management is thinking of COASTING into the playoffs and being OK with the 4th seed Wild Card,,,I want Detroit pushing us as long as possible so that does NOT happen. I am NOT buying that bag of rocks and we need to push for the highest seed we can get. Home Field advantage in ANY series is huge and no one with EVER convince me that it is not.
Go, Yanks! Give Wang some run support!
Put on the Mets game, and look at the Marlins pitchers cap. It is drenched with sweat!
jennifer: i’m a little delayed right now, but anyway…pretty much every game I went to last year Moose was pitching. So I’d rather go to Clemens games every time. He’s at least a little exciting!
The UMP in Tampa forgot to put on his Boston Uniform…Beck@$$ is getting pitches both off the plate AND high off the top of the zone rung up as Strikes…it’s sick.
We’re gonna give everything that we’ve got ’til it’s over and victory’s won!
I was looking foward to seeing Ian pitch.
I’ve seen Roger at least 3 times this year.
YES, Posada gets us going.
LET’S GO YANKEES! C’mon, make THIS your inning!
Yeah it looks like he is getting pitches in the other box called strikes.
Thank god that got through. 2 pitches, 2 outs would have been really bad.
Mike, One of the big three for Johan is a good deal for the Yanks. one we keep him out of Fenway, two we add a lefty to the rotation…besides he’s friggin JOHAN SANTANA….I wouldn’t do more than one though. If I knew for sure that Minny wants to keep Johan he does not go to Boston. I would just sit back and let the big three grow up together.
Again..Beck@$$ had a K giftwrapped….Joshy Poo is gonna need to send that ump one HALE of a Christmas Present !
i hope the yanks take abreu’s option then trade him for some minor league bats or maybe a young lefty pitcher……hes not gonna be this good next year so i think we should sell him high…hopefully it has simmular results of the sheff deal
Uncle Vito-
Well I agree with you in principle. I’ve said a bunch of times that I don’t like the practice of to much rest.. Teams should stick with the regular rest schedule they use all season, but to often when a team knows their playoff bound, they give guys to much rest..
Thats my feeling anyway
2nd 3rd one out!! WOO HOO
YEAH ROBBY!
C’MON MIENT MAN!
Come on lets score these runs
Uncle Vito, Completely agree plus I want momentum…Yankees are deep enough for resting a player or two while still going all out.
Robby absolutely killed that ball. That’s one of the hardest line drives I’ve seen in a while.
Let’s go Minky. Sac fly, ground to first, single, double, triple, homerun, reach on an error. Do not strike out or line out.
here comes MINKY ! Thanks Cano and Jip Jip…here we go ,Rebecca !!!
Dear Doug,
Don’t bunt. Thanks.
Alright, now the wheels are starting to turn ….
Of all the times to have a slow runner like Jorge on the basepaths. LOL
Come on, MINKY!
UGH
UGH
….
Like I said. Late in the game.
LET’S GO YANKEES!
I just nearly choked on a roll when Staats called Lugo ” a former Devil Ray great:
WTF was Posada thinking?
Jorge, Jorge, Jorge … that was a boneheaded move.
oh good god. WHAT WAS THAT?!?!
Florida Yankee, what part of FL are you in?
The Tigers are coming back
jennifer: me too. Believe it or not, Ian Kennedy i s the only pitcher I haven’t seen yet this season! I’ve even seen freaking Kei Igawa!
WTH ????
It’s Menky Time!!!!
I saw Igawa too, it was actually one of his better games. The game where Jeff broke his leg and he came in, in relief.
Detroit is coming back on KC ….see my earlier post…in the big picture…this is GOOD for the Yankees !
-I love Joba
I am in Sarasota
Why didn’t Bowa tackle Jorge??
The game isn’t televised for Me……….Was Posada right to run……..he gets thrown out often.
CMW wants no part of Matt Stairs.
Mike,
Like the possible Abreu option and trade idea. Abreu is replacable. Fukigima from Japan maybe. Better yet Arron Rowan from Phillies. Place him in center melkman in right and damon in left an nothing hits the ground out there. Abreu has some value and may bring in some real talent when the F/A pool is so thin….
Pete’s still giving us updates on his day off.
jennifer: me too. I came up out of the tunnel just in time to see the ball hit Karstens in the leg. I stopped dead in my tracks.
Gomes chokes again for TB…HE has left 4 on in 2 ABS…meanwhile…Beck@$$ is up to 77 pitches in just 3 innings !!!
The first baseman caught a ball going into the stands near the tarp. If Jorge was faster he would have been right, but since he’s not he was wrong.
Nice, another K
Jennifer 27
UPDATE, 7:05 p.m.: Huge news out of San Francisco as the Giants have told Barry Bonds they will not be bringing him back next season. No chance he winds up with the Yankees
Peter….NEVER say NO Chance…if you just put the jinx on and I EVER see that Jerk in a NY Uniform…YOU are to blame ! ( 99% joke there ! ) LOL
Dude, guys, is it me or is this game going incredibly fast?
I am watching the Yanks game on sopcast so I am way behind everyone but I agree with Jorge’s attempt to score. You dont expect to get many chances versus Halladay.
Fukudome. I like Abreu better. Sorry, guess I shouldn’t have cursed.
Jennifer 27
Thanks for being My eyes :>)
Okay, bottom of the 6th officially counts as late in the game. Just so you know.
Uncle Vito –
You realize this just sets us up for another colossal gag job by the BoSox bullpen! That will really get the stomachs churning in Beantown.
Rebecca, games always go fast when you have 2 pitchers dealing.
Nice job Wang!!
Two innings ahead of Boston/TB (3-1 Boston).
Definitely a fast game tonight.
Florida Yankee-Tampa here.
yeah its going fast. Boston game is only in top of 4th, we’re in bottom of 6th. Same start time.
Good pitching duel here.
Mets won.
As far as Bonds is concerned, it is always fun when bad things happen to bad people
I think we have enough lumberjacks without adding Barry and his ego to the mix. I agree with Pete he will stay on the West Coast, probably Oakland so he can stay close to his meds/BALCO buddies.
Thanks Jeff, I knew it was fuku something
… I like abreu better too. But better that Fuku or Rowan plus a few good prospects?
Johnny, you suck!!
Rebecca, it’s totally breezing by. But the good news is, it will be late in the game soon and we will score runs because of that.
Why is someone warming up? Doesn’t Wang have a low pitch count?
why are villone and bruney warming up???
alright, we’ll get em’ next inning.
Wolf: Let us hope!
LET’S GO YANKEES!
JOHNNY DAMON is a waste of a roster spot!
Wang is at 82 pitches through 6…. i guess that means jsut 1 more and if he gets in trouble…
Remember: For the last couple of weeks, the 7th has been our inning! It can hold true tonight, let’s go Yankees!!
meanwhile, halladay is posed for another complete game (65 through 6)… they should have 2 runs already.
I think we can get used to Joe taking it easier on starters (especially Moose, Clemens and Pettitte) down this final stretch. Save some bullets for the post season.
if we can get rid of giambi i wouldnt mind having bonds at dh…he would hit over 50 Hrs at dh and wouldnt cost as much money (prob 7 mil a year)…..
beckett at 85 pitches through 3 1/3 innings… will they have to stretch him just to make it 5 and get the win??
ugh @ Aaron Hill.
Go Wanger!!!
I don’t want Bonds here.
mike, no bonds
Aaron Hill, don’t you have somewhere else that you have to be?!?!?
I’m with Boston Dave, he’s a cancer and a bum.
And we would have to pay most of Giambi’s salary to move him, why bother?
no bonds…please…
A little off-topic, and I don’t know if this was posted already, but from Baseball America:
“Salcedo Update
Posted Sep. 20, 2007 9:37 am by Chris Kline
Filed under: Daily Dish
A few weeks ago, after Edward Salcedo burst upon the international scene as the ‘it’ guy, several media outlets reported the 16-year-old Dominican shortstop had signed with the Yankees. Then there were rumors he had signed with the Mariners.
But in reality, Salcedo’s agent Scott Boras is still taking offers, and it appears the rumors of Salcedo signing were merely ploys to try to get other clubs to react with higher offers. So far, no one has met Boras’ asking price for Salcedo, rumored to be in the $3.5 million range.
At least five clubs are currently in negotiations with Boras, but the Yankees and Mariners aren’t considered to be players at this stage in the game. Surprisingly, medium-market clubs including Cleveland have emerged as being active suitors, according to several sources.
Salcedo, who only turned 16 on July 30, was expected to sign in early August, but Boras is apparently willing to wait. Calls to the Boras Corporation were not immediately returned Wednesday.
“This is a high priority guy a lot of clubs are after, and his agent is playing that the right way right now,â€? said one international scouting director. “He’s got all the time in the world. They’re just waiting for the biggest offer.â€?”
Absolutely no Bonds whatsoever.
No way does Bonds ever hit 50 again especially in the Majors. The stats he’s putting up in AAAA ball don’t add up in the AL…
BeckJerk… 92 pitches thru only 4 innings…
I have been a Yankee fan for 18 years, if we had Bonds it would not extend to 19, so please, no Bonds.
Bonds was a FA last year and only Oak and SF took any interest. And that was with 756 looming.
now at 44, and with all the slumps he had this year, not sure if anyone will ante up for the bonds-circus.
idk why everyone hates bonds who cares if he is juiced and is a jerk-off…The dude can hit the ball and hit it far…. its not realistic but i wouldnt mind to see him in pinstrips….i can see him going to TB, lke boggs, mcgriff, tino, ect ended there careers
Ach, c’mon Yankees! Let’s get outs!
LET’S GO YANKEES!
CMW + GDP = AOK
DANG….where’s JOBA ???
bonds is a jerk and would be a cancer to the club….imho
The thought of Bonds coming here makes me puke, and to change the subject, come on Wang! It’s time to dig out of a jam!!
mike, for one, clubhouse chemistry does matter. second, even at DH he’ll probably spend time on the DL. third, he isnt half of the hitter he used to be and is no lock to be a great hitter. his OBP would be good but its not worth it.
Nice play.
Great play by A-Rod!
LET’S GO YANKEES!
if we had just gotten to halladay for 1 of those runs… or at least gotten his pitch count up. crap.
Get out of the inning only giving up 1 run and we could be ok.
GREAT PLAY, A-ROD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NO WAY!
what a rocket by abreu… UGH
J-Dawg, 35 years for me and I have to agree that a signing like Bonds would get me considering otherwise, which is saying a _lot_.
Thankfully, it’ll never happen.
Jesus Jorge catch the ball.
Come on Torre…we need to win THIS GAME…who cares if CMW gets another win OR the Cy Young….FOCUS NOW….WIN THIS GAME…..CMW is gassed…we need a fresh arm NOW !!!
ughh
…Okay, I should hold my thoughts to the end of the inning.
Got the message.
I guess they knew what they were doing warming guys up…. this is awful.
Sheesh … that was a gorgeous throw from Abreu, too.
I believe it’s JOBA TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’ll tell ya…THIS is what is gonna kill us down the road…Torry has no idea WHEN to take out a pitcher….UGH !!!!
Sigh. That blows. Some sloppy baseball today
We need to hold it here we can come back!
sorry that scoree decision is spot on he had the ball in plenty of time JOrge has problems with those plays he needs to hold the ball and the glove with both hands just like he did when he got run over by Hinkse. You wonder if that has had some effect.
UGH the tigers went ahead.
This game should be 1-1
Jorge cost us a run on the basepaths and now another on that play. He’ll have to hit a 3-run homer to regain our love again
Did anyone hear how Michael Kay just called out the official scorer?
I agree correct call. That ball was there, if he held it it would have been an out.
DON’T WE HAVE A BULLPEN ? ARE THEY SUSPENDED…ALL OF THEM ? Come on JOE…does Wang need to give up 4 runs this inning for your to wake the %*&%&*^ UP ???
I am on the optimistic bandwagon but remember these are what games look like in the postseason so we better get used to it. good pitching all the way through no number 5 starters to beat up on
ugh…terrible game by Jorge…grounded into a DP, ran himself out into a DP at home plate…now this
Bonds is a non-issue. Too self centered. Horrific clubhouse presence. Not the Yankee mold. A destructor of team chemistry. ALL THE WRONG REASONS.
ok, not bad at all.
Now we make our come back!! it is only 2 runs!!
great play dougie… lets go yanks!!!
Bob Sheppard still isn’t back
Two runs?
Like we haven’t come back from that before.
LET’S GO YANKEES!
NICE dp
Whew, thanks Minky. Good play by someone who knows how to play 1st base.
that was painful
abreu was right on target
Kazmir just got a HUGE bases loaded K…now if he can just take care of Sugar Puffs, all will be OK !!!
Yeah, Mientiewicz is useless. Nice DP, Minky!
Seriously, can’t they get a different recording? Ugh.
Now it’s time for the bottom of the 7th, our inning!
That wasn’t Bob Sheppard….
bases loaded 2 outs and Coco Crisp strikes out again. 2nd time tonight he left the bases loaded.
varitek and coco both struck out with the base loaded
Ok where’s the people saying they didn’t want to see Dougie Fresh playing first anymore?
It’s hard to be mad at Jorge considering all that he’s done for us this season but his mistakes are killing us tonight.
what’s annoying about the TB game is Beckett is pitching well. I want to see him get shelled and lose any chance at a Cy Young…in case voters just look at 20 wins and overlook that Sabathia has pitched better.
Michael Kay called out the official scorer, and he also provided the worthwhile trivia that the biggest comeback ever was against the Boston Braves in 1914. Worthwhile, but wrong. Actually, the Braves did the coming back, won the pennant, and won the Series to boot. Worst to First, Original Edition.
Honeycomb also strikes out with the bases loaded and the BoSux waste a prime chance to put the Devil Dogs away..
Agreed Scooter. Jorge just had one of those games.
68 pitches for holliday
I think Wang is done for the night. With Halladay and a 2:0 lead, the Yankees doesn’t looks good.
Jorge will atone for his mistakes. You watch!
what a catch by elsberry….wow,
YEAH, that’s what we needed from Alex to get this going.
Time to string some hits together.
FINALLY!!! A base hit for A-ROD!!!
A-ROD!!!!! Let’s go Matsui, tie this game up!!
Okay, just a single for A-Rod, but it’s a good sign.
He’s gonna heat up just in time!
Hey, Yankees Chick, doesn’t my clever alias warrant a kiss?
Samuel: Yankees look just fine to me.
Posada redemption.
i dunno about strike 2 to matsui… low and away
A-Rod has hit the ball hard all 3 times tonight. Only one hit but he looks better at the plate.
what was he swinging at?!?!
here comes the 2 run homer !!!
It’s Jorge time.
Halliday looks almost unhittable and he’s going all 9 innings.
The Yankees need to get the lead-off hitters on in the next two innings.
You can’t hit that pitch. My god.
i’ll say this about beckett. i’ll bet he leads the majors in most pitches per inning. he’s at 100 through 5 IP.
foobar-
beckett isn’t throwing well. he’s at 100 pitches thur 5 inng. Now their beat up bull pen has to pick up the slack after tossing 4 innings on Wednesday and with Dice-BB scheduled for tomorrow.
games over in boston here comes jon switzer 9.89 era
Definitely an awful night for Jorge. The baserunning more than anything else is aggrevating. He’s got to stop making dumb decisions with his baserunning. The mistakes are starting to pile up with him in that area.
I’m more ticked off with the Royals blowing a 4 run lead than this game. I knew Halliday would be tough tonight. He always is against the Yankees.
The bats have really struggled since the KC series. Aside from two 8th innings in Boston and the 12 inning barrage against the Orioles, the bats have been silent.
Some of that is good pitching some of it are guys chasing at too many balls in the dirt.
At this point, you just have to play through it.
But, they do have to have better AB’s this weekend because the Blue Jays will pitch them tough.
crap
Cumberberg… he doesnt even lead his own team in pitches per inning… daisuke throws 100 through 4
LIke I said Jorge will do something in the 8th.
My god, halliday is frustrating to watch. Why do the Red Sox hit this guy? His ERA at the Stadium, on the other hand, is 0.42.
Just noticed the Detroit score.
So we’ll win it in the bottom of the ninth. No biggie.
LET’S GO YANKEES!
boston dave, ha! i forgot about dice-bb (as dr. acula dubbed him).
i hate to say it but elsberry is gonna be very good, he is like damon in his prime but much faster
Tampa Bay may have been better off bringing in Barry Switzer or Alfalfa Switzer.
thhink i just saw, maddon take kaz out, was busy, not sure think i did
Good Night All….gotta take care of the family…I’ll check back later and hopefully Rebecca will have WILLED the Yankees to this win….
This might not be our night. Good thing we have a cushion in the wild card race.
yankees are gonna win this game i feeel it…im telling u guys the last time i felt like this was the come back against boston….
OPTIMISM, people!
how did the Blue Jays get away with paying Halliday 13 million a year?
He signed a 3 year $40 million extension through 2010.
This guy ranks with Santana as the best pitcher in the AL.
Mike and Rebecca, I sure hope you’re right!!! GO YANKEES!!!
That’s the spirit! We are going to win this game!! You gotta believe!!
Hold up…Torre brought out Wang to start the 8th…I am sorry, but that is just plain stupid. If the Yankees win ANYTHING this year, it will be DESPITE the complete insanity of multiple Torre moves and non-moves with pitchers and relievers…..Un-flippin’- believable !
i lost that feeling….lol
…Okay, Joe, this is a bad K-Ram night. This is where you get someone else up and ready like NOW.
LET’S GO YANKEES!
Damn Not good, not good at all. He just made the hill a little higher to climb.
Well, this is horrendous. As bad as Edwar has looked tonight, that Rios HR was not a surprise.
by the way, I’m adding ESPN’s Keith Law to my Enemy’s List.
Edwar still makes me skittish precisely for this reason. He’s far too susceptible to the long ball.
…holy crap he listened.
Vito Wang didn’t start the 8th.
This is the one risk with Edwar on the post-season roster. HE can torch an inning in a hurry.
Not their night. Didn’t hit, ran the bases horribly and got outplayed. It happens.
Go back at it tomorrow and hopefully the bats get going. This team needs to hit to win and they have hit much the past two weeks. That has to change.
Edwar needs to step it up. I hope Torre gives Ohlendorf a good look, I think he could really be useful come October.
so who’s next?
SJ: It’s the eighth.
Six outs to play, the Yankees will play all six.
we cant rely on edwar in the playoffs in big situations, he needs to work on his other pitches rather then just his change …but i realy like this guy and hope he becomes less predickable
The Axis of Evil won tonight — Mets, Red Sox, Tigers, Indians.
You could see tonight happening a mile a way. Halladay pitches great against us and the Sox were starting Beckett. Gotta hope for a comeback or the Sox pen to blow the lead. Falling 2.5 back would again make the division really tricky. As for the Wild Card, no need for concern yet.
Yeah i’d think i’d rather see Ross. Maybe he wasn’t warmed up?
i like olendorf the dude gets alot of DPs and i think torre should deff put him in the playoff bull pen
Why are you guys giving up?
Seriously. The only game that’s officially over is Cubs/Pirates.
YOU PLAY 27 OUTS!
HAVE SOME FAITH!
Did you folks see that ball fly out of the stands at Rios? All class, you Yankee fans.
We knew we wouldn’t win every single game, so if we don’t come back we brush it off and return tomorrow. I’ll be there so i’ll bring them luck!
Just ignore it.
Know we come back!
It ain’t over ’til it’s over….
Yes! Aaron Hill has been retired. We still have two more at-bats, there is not an ounce of give-up in me!
Sherri- That’s right, just like Yogi said. And later, Lenny Kravitz sang it!
Yeah, not Edwar’s finest hour tonight for sure.
4 runs w/5 outs to go? Not likely, but definitely not impossible either. Let’s go Yanks!
Ohlendorf isn’t going to be on the post-season roster. No chance. He’s a September callup and that’s it.
The guy has been a relief pitcher for two months, with mixed results, and he isn’t Joba Chamberlain.
Edwar is what he is. A nice 6th or 7th inning guy. He’s not an 8th inning guy and isn’t going to be depended on to get key outs in the post-season. He’s just too erratic.
Its why I don’t get caught up in the division race nonsense. Just play the game that’s in front of you.
We are seeing tonight why Toronto is tough right now. Their 1-4 pitchers are probably pitching better than either the Yankees or Red Sox guys are right now. There is no pressure on them and they are just going out there and dominating.
Just get in. That’s all I care about. If they can win two games this weekend and the Royals win one in Detroit, the magic number is one. If that happens, I am one happy camper.
It’s certainly far from over right now, but Giambi not even swinging at a pitch?
Totally NOT cool.
Ninth inning, guys.
We can do it.
Disappointing showing for the offense and Edwar, but it happens. Just not our night and we weren’t going to go undefeated for the rest of the season. Just gotta turn it around tomorrow, thats all!
dohman just struck out the side for TB….TBs bull pen is impresive 2night
With BJ Ryan back next year, Toronto could be trouble down the road, although their offense isn’t terrifying.
whatever the game plan the yankees have for halliday, they better rethink it. yeah, he’s a good pitcher, but they are having really bad at bats. it’s not just this game, he’s almost always given them problems.
The disappointing thing about tonight so far is that Halladay’s pitch count was so low. Our batters didn’t make him work and foul off tough pitches. The way Wang was dealing, if this had become a battle of the bullpens, with Job and Mo, I’d have liked our chances. Hoping for a comeback now.
KC needs to make there comeback NOW!! down 1 in the 9th one out.
Yeah, it seems like Halladay is always getting Yankee hitters to expand theiir zone and swing at borderline pitches. Taking a different approach to him in the future would be good, although I certainly dont know what that approach is.
Yankees have 16 relievers!! WHOA
I see Giambi is in as a defensive replacement
Did they super glue farnsy to the bench ??
good 1-2-3
Who would have thunk it, we’d get a clean inning from RON!
Here we go…
nice inning for villone
Uncle Vito – †his ¡s ®eallÃ? mÊ
September 21st, 2007 at 8:02 pm
Down only by 0.5 by the end of the night…WANG is dealing and Beck@$$ is gassin’….already thrown 51 pitches in only 2 innings…You’ll see the Boston Bullpen ( TOTAL JOKE THAT THEY ARE ) in the 5th inning at the latest….Thank you Tampa for what you are about to do ! A-Rod is hitting a HR tonight and driving in 3….GO YANKEES !!!
Here we go!! C’MON YANKEES!!
It is all up to German.
Watch the trolls come back. They are already starting
the only thing that i dont like about the yankees depth chart is we dont have a legit Pinch runner for the playoffs
Okay well the Tigers won, if we want to lower the magic number we have to do it ourselves.
YES!!! Johnny Damon gets us going!
That’s the kind of at bat by Damon we needed all night. Great job taking balls and fouling off pitches!
DAMON!!!!!!!!!!!!! Way to go!!
Johnny D, startin’ it off!!!
Agreed Mike, the only speedy guy is Damon, and more than likely he wouldn’t be on the bench.
ok, we still have plenty of life here.
ooooops captain you choker
And looks like the soxs will win score now 4-1
naw the sox will choke
YEAH BABY!!
Here comes MVP!!
I’m not sure if Halladay is tiring, but the Yankees are having much better at bats this inning.
Every now and then the yankees totally get away from their approach of working counts and getting to the opponents bullpen. Halladay pitched a great game but Yanks helped him out. They can be so hard to watch at times…Still think the division is theirs though. Boston is out of gas….
Bobby!!!
Come on A-Rod, cut it to one!
yanks will win now!
MVP, MVP, MVP….
Okay one run! Need 4 more!!
Nice, RBI AROD!
A-ROD!
You picked a great time to break out of your slump!
now we win!!!
YEAH!! Come on Matsui, keep it going!!!!
Come on Decki’
VOII, but BOS is winning and we’re losing…u sure they lose the division?
Matsui up!
GAGne is gonna pitch the eigth for boston
That’s got to help Alex
he sucks, he needs more rest!
You knew it would come down to this.
Let’s see what happens.
LETS GO YANKEES!!
KEEP THE FAITH!!!!!
cmon Posada!!!!
See, we have the tying run up. As a lesson, don’t ever give up!!
Well, it’s up to Jorge…..
time to make up for this game jorgy!
YES@!!! YES!!!! YES!!!!!
Great, Matsui. Roll over another one for a weak grounder to 1st. Only good thing was no DP.
…
WHOA!! we are still alive!! I thought it was over!!
Matsui can’t work out his mechanics nor can he work a count….he needs more rest!!!
WOW great call!!
Bobbled!!!! woohoohoo Squirrel Power!!
shelley time? downs is TOUGH on lefties
This game is meant to be ours!!!!!
Wow, what a gift. C’mon Yanks, take advantage of this. C’mon Cano.
now we win!!!
now we win!!!
now we win!!!
now we win!!!
Did you just hear doc say the f word!
Its up to Robbie!! Robbie is due!!
LETS GO YANKEES!!!!
Keep it going!
Hi, Denise!
Exciting time to tune in
They won’t ph shelley for Robbie.
wowowow….i thought for sure that was the game….fewww….i have great respect for hallady and i think he is the one of the best pitchers in the AL, but im glad to see him gone……go Yanks go CANO
CLEVELAND WINS
Gagne hasn’t come in yet. Still hope he will in Toronto.
i would pinch hit here….. hope i’m wrong. downs is not a good pitcher for cano to face
come on Tampa, you can get to Delcarmen!
meant TB
Lets go ROBBI!!!
Joe wants this game. Pr for Jorge.
Gotta pinch run for Posada. Tying run. Molina can come in if we tie it. You need someone who can score on a close hit. Good call by Torre.
halliday just said some bad words. he’s got a bad temper.
how about a three run bomb to really set him off!!!
Downs won’t fool him, Robbie has seen him several times this year!
Yep Joe is awake!! Someone spiked his green tea.
Lopez coming in to pitch for Boston
It is up to Big G.
HOLY COW!!!
1 more
Now it is up to Jason!! Good to see fight!!
One more run.
uh-oh ITS MAGIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!
that’ll work!!!!
Robbie!!!!
get the shot glasses ready!!
cmon Gimabino!!!
LETS GO YANKEES!!!
GIMABI DOES IT!!!
TIE GAME!! Yeah JasoN!! WOOO HOOOO
*DID I OR DID I NOT TELL YOU WE’D SCORE LATE?!*
YAAAA …..cmon GIAmBINO
WOW.
THIS is why we love this team!
HOLY CRAP! NEVER WOULD HAVE THOUGHT IT. GO YANKEES!
Big G delivers.
HOLY SH** !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YESSSS!!!!
YES!
close up on halliday please. smile.
Giambino!!! Yes!!!!
Get Joba up now. He pitches 10th and 11th if needed.
halladay is crying
Don’t Stop Believin’
Now it is up to the Melk Man!!
YEAH!! I knew that Downs wouldn’t fool anyone!!
HEY GIAMBI! you da man!
HOLY $HIT…..WOW IM SPEACHLESS…..im tellin u guys i felt it
I just jumped so high, I think I sprained my ankle when I landed…. But it was worth it! Haha
OMG!!!!!!!!!! UNBELIEVABLE!!! WHAT A YEAR!!!
He should pr for Jason.
OMG! The ghosts of the bronx are at work tonight!!!
and (some of) you guys wanted to ditch Giambi for Bonds!!! PLEASE!!!
what a game!
Wooo Hooo!!!!
Dude. Guys.
You know when they bobbled the Posada ball, you KNEW something awesome was gonna happen!
this is the yankees i no…..lets go bombers
Rebecca,
Seriously, why do I ever doubt you? Even PeteAbe had this game written off.
I know the runner on first doesn’t mean anything, but you want someone who can beat out the force.
Somebody tell me theres not something special about this team. Tell me! I dare you!
Jason’s run doesn’t matter
I just frightened shes looking at me like I have three heads. I almost hit the set off the sprinkler system with my hand!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
wow
OMG!!!!!!11111!!!!1 I KNOW IM LATE BUT THESE YANKEES ARE INSANE!!
the Posada bobble… the Cano broken-bat squeaker….. its meant to be!
absatively…posilutely no negativity
Rebecca you called this one early tonight!
LETS GO YANKEES!!!!
Boston Dave,
I’ve been drinking SKY Vodka all nite, I am feelin good now!
i just got home in time for this!! Wow….
Melk needs to stay within himself!!
cmon melk man
Be a hero Melky!
WoW
Oh man the Bronx is ROCKING
Something magical about this Team!!! also this Blog
I turn off the computer for a while yankees go down 4 – 0 I log back on and read all your comments with Yanks tying it up….Wow! this is more fun than watching the Game…
Denise – I am about to hit the Grey Goose… got it ready to shoot
Extra innings we go!
(150,000 plus posts for Pete.)
XTRA INNINGS
Okay extras, who pitches?
YES!!! YES!!! YES!!!
Oh what a comeback inning.
NOW we have a game.
MELK-MAN!!! DO IT!!!
oh well, at least we have another chance
Okay, so we go to extras. No biggie, we’re the home team.
WOW!
no matter…. it’s a new ballgame!!
Joba Joba Joba!
Joba and the top of the order?
oh well, extra innings!!! I’ll take it!! Thanks Giambino!!!
Alright thats ok Melky. Momentum is on the Yankees side now.
ight JOBA time?
Hey Rebecca – those runs late enough for us?
UUUMMM grey goose
Does Mo pitch?
Reckon we’ll see Joba?
we need to win this game to demoralize toronto for the rest of the series!!! Joba for 2!
As I said earlier, there is not an ounce of give-up in me, and there is also not an ounce of give-up in this team. Never say die!!
Boston Dave,
the first two were shots! I had a rough week, save the Yankees games…..so now I’m mixing my vodka with half soda and half tonic
the Blue Jays must be the Philistines in God’s eye or something. I can’t believe the Yankees just tied that game.
Now, Joba goes 2 innings, if necessary and then Mo, I suspect. Or vice-versa perhaps?
It is games like this that show why last licks are important. What a game
Nope Mo time.
i got lots of booze and plenty of grey goose… too bad most of you are in NY (though im the one stuck in boston)
I’d rather go with Joba here as opposed to Mo, as he can be stretched out a bit but tie game at home usually means the closer is coming in.
and it is Mo.
This is exciting.
ITS MO TIME!!!
Mo in.
Magic in the Bronx this season!
The current comeback is always the best.
ENTER SANDMAN!!!
Anyone else surprised Joe went to Mo instead of Joba?
I know the conventional wisdom calls for your closer at home in extra-innings.
I’m waiting on AROD’s #53 bottom of 10th.
i have a feeling shelly wins this game somehow
I told you all, we’d win this late.
I thought we’d have like a five run seventh or eighth, but the ninth is okay by me.
LET’S GO YANKEES!
I’ll be boozing it up at the stadium tomorrow
The reason I’d use Joba is that he can go 2 easily. You don’t want Mo going 2 innings if it can be avoided. Joba for 2 with a chance to win. Then use Mo. The liklihood of having to use Rivera two innings decreases and he’s more likely available for tomorrow if needed. Not a huge deal, but in this case I think it’s the better strategic move.
But Joba hasn’t pitched since Sunday and in a cameo appeareance at that.
Shelley ph for Jose?
I just love how the Sox fans have conceded the division….it cracks me up! they are all bailing.
Mo in?
Halladay is pissed!
top of the order in the bottom of the inning…. lets hold em here and let ARod seal the MVP in the bottom half
It’s a little late in the game for my nerves, but I’ll take it anyway I can get it! IT AIN’T OVER ‘TIL IT’S OVER!!!!
Looks like Mariano’s velocity is way down…
Anyone see the Squirel tonight?
1 more
we wont see joba 2night cause where gonna take it in the bottom of the 10th
nice jennifer… have one for me
You put your best in the top of the tenth to pitch knowing you have the top of your line-up coming up to end the game.
Mo’s control looks better tonight…
I like using Mo here. Use your best pitcher and then progressively best pitcher. Not sure if he would use Mo for 2 but probably, this inning looks like it is moving fast. Worse case then Joba for 2, Viz for 2 etc.
YES!!!
LETS GO YANKEES!!!!
Oh man Yankee Stadium is pumped tonight! Nobody went home!! I love it!!
WOOHOO! Only 10 pitches.
Good vibes from Mo….
I predict a walk off of the upper deck RF variety
The bottom of the 10th we go!
Come on Yanks, just one run!
LET’S GO YANKEES!
can you say “paint the corner” ?? Yeah Mo!!!
nice inning for mo only 10 pitches
alright lets go baby !!!
ortiz went yard, Sux lead 7-1
Mo’s lights out. 1-2-3 on 10 pitches.
This team is something else.
WAY TO GO, MO!!!! NOW, here we go!!!!
Why would ARod ever want to leave this? I doubt he will.
Mo shutting them down just like he always does! Great job, and now we’ll win this game!!
Big Papi just hit a homer,and the sox lead it 7-1
I can hear the Sinatra getting queued up!! cmon Yanks!
Give me this win Baseball Gods and I promise to fast until sundown tomorrow.
Here we go yankees, here we go!!!
Damon, Jeet, Abreau, AROD
Sure Dave
I think the comeback against the Indians down 6-2 2 outs in the ninth with no one on and the A-Rod walk-off was the best comeback.
Let’s finish this
idiot, this is not the time for THAT
who is that?
SOme smuck ran on the field? Throw him in jail!!
Lets do this Yankees!!!!
Look at all the people still at the stadium! EVERYONE can feel it this year!
damn idiot fan trying to take our momentum !!!
If the Yankees can pull this out they’d stay 1 back in the loss column. It’s not terrible if the Sox win. The trouble would be Boston winning and us losing.
We win this Boston’s toast…They will watching the highlights tonight in beantown and shaking their heads…
wow, The Toronto station is showing the fan on the field… looked like she fell to the field and started crying. they usually dont show that.
y dont they ever show the fans that run on the feild
I HATE it when that happens. Terrible.
maybe Tampa can come back too!
Overbay sucks
Was that Josh Phelps?
hey kill Shilling I’m fasting anyone cause I’m a member of a distinct group “Jews for Jeter”
That looked like ball 3 to Damon..
It was a girl. usually it is drunk men.
cmon JEEET!
Let’s go Captain Clutch!!!
They don’t want to encourage other idiots to do it.
Alright Jeter. Show them why you’re the Captain!
we need a base runner.
This is the type of game A Rod wins with a big hit and gets massively more credit for the win then anyone else. But I’m ok with that, as long as we win.
i can’t believe the Rogersnet showed that! I love it! even though that person is spending the nite in a Bronx jail….can’t be pretty
Joba warming.
JOBA up!!
wow, almost safe.
JOBA IS WARMING UP!!!!!!!
Bobby, keep it alive for AROD.
Or do we want to wait and have Joba?
Come on Bobby!!
Randy, we don’t NEED a base runner,. we can certainly settle for a solo HR.
JO-mentum.
nice game for Joba’s dad to finally be able to come to the stadium
that fan who ran onto the field should be locked up. Picked a really bad time to do a stupid thing.
I would prefer to end this now.
This is where you wind up shortening the pen. Mo is dominant for 1 and then Joba for 2 gives you 3 innings. If you use Joba who is not a huge step down from Rivera first, you could get two from him then 2 from Rivera if needed. Right now I’d rather leave Rivera in for another inning.
No lets’ do it now. We can watch Joba tomorrow.
oh whatever, I’m not surprised by any Yankee that wins it….
Let’s hope we don’t need Joba
I knew this game couldn’t end under 3 hours.
Nice of Boston to wear down the Tampa BullPen for us next week
LETS GO YANKEES!!!
well if he hit a walk off, he’d have to be running around those bases. that’s close enough to a base runner for me.
BATTLE, BOBBY, BATTLE!
I say Rivers for 1 more (if needed)
Mo only threw 6 pitches? if so, he should come back in
agree, we can see Joba tomorrow. Let’s get this done!!
Rivera*
Good AB so far!!
….
ARODS UP….
MVP MVP MVP!
MVP-time!
there’s my base runner.
Now it is up to MVP
Who is Rivers Boston Dave?
We really need an edit button huh?
Abreu epitomizes patience!
YES!!!
LETS GO AROD!!
#53, lets see it now.
arod!!!
A-ROD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AROD wins it right here
Perfect! Let’s go A-Rod!!
Sometimes Fate writes the script.
Of COURSE it’s up to Alex..
RANDY, base runner? we are tied….
are they chanting MVP?
Mo threw 10 pitches, I would leave him in.
The only good thing about the game being extended – Joba time! (with Harlan here to watch)
It is GO time.
A Rod needs to end this mini-powerslump! Would you guys pitch around him here? Its gutless, but possible.
Ah, to the eleventh.
OH
11th inning. should have been a double.
he was safe!!
wow, that hurts
oh I thought we’d get it there.
No problem.
Mo or Joba?
Oh what a night…………
Damn…nice play
Man. Almost!
it’s JOBA time!!!
Alright, Joba time..
crap, alex smoked that one.
leave that Rivers guy in
then go to Joba for 2 if needed
ugh! thought he could beat it out!
Joba shuts em down, dad’s first game here, great comeback…the story just might write itself, Pete!
well..
*IT JOBA TIME !!!*
…
It’s Joba time.
yeah, I hear that Rivers guy is pretty good!
Harlan Chamberlain comes to The Stadium for the first time.
He HAS to see his boy pitch. It’s in the script.
Shout at the Devil!
Harlens there to watch!
Wow, what a first trip to Yankee stadium that he (and anyone else whose first trip it is) has had!
How many K’s did Halladay get tonight? Seems like everyones at bats looked better tonight. What a day off will do for ya’.
ok, they’re going to make me cry…… GO JOBA!!!
1st pitch strike
If Mo changes his name to Rivers then he needs a different first name, how about Mario!!
Joba hits triple digits.
YEAH!!! 1 down.
Break him off something
Marty Rivers?
Pretty good setup guy, if I remember right
1 down.
The best thing about Pete having the night off tonight is that he doesn’t have to rewrite his entire game story!
Buzzed upstairs? Is kay watching the same thing?
freeze him with the curve
joba needs to slow it down and make his pitches. there’s no rivera behind him. he needs to throw strikes.
COME ONE JOBA, just do what you do best
Come on Joba. Lets get out of this inning and we’ll win it in the bottom half
Why did they pinch run for Thomas?!? LOL, just kidding!!
Joba nervous?
nice save Giambino..
Big G flashing some glove.
calm down Joba we all believe in you more important I believe in you !!!
wow quick feet by Giambi!
2 down.
Come on Joba, one more out!!
Don’t you think having Minky play so well at 1st gives Giambino a little incentive?
my first trip was Aug 18, 2007 vs. Tigers. I sat about 20 rows up from the Yankee dugout and saw Clemens pitch a gem, Farnworth pitch a lights out 7th and Rivera to close it out…and I got to booooo Sheff…..the weather was awesome, as was the game! it made me so happy!
Back door again?!
i think Joba could tell him the slider is coming and they still wouldnt be able to lay off… nasty!
Joba, just take a deep breath. You can do this!!!!!!!!
Joba finishes them off.
YEA!!!!
Nice inning for Joba.
Anyone else’s heart racing?
YANKEES! WIN THIS NOW!
hey Adams… you can do it against Papelbon…. but you aint getting to Joba!
He gets the Job-a done, just like always!!
Joba, you da man!!!
Joba, you da man!!!
there’s a base open. zaun up next. oh never mind!!! way to go joba!
WHEW!!!! Okay – here we go again!!!!!! Harlan was very happy!!!
jobaAAAAA!!!!! 5 sliders NICE!!! now lets get joba the win
L Yeah Joba
That’s my boy!
Molina was able to catch that last slider finally. I bet Papelbon wishes he had that slider to get Adams out a few nights ago.
listen, I’m an unstinting, unequivocal heterosexual but I love this kid. I want to give him an Isiah hug.
Come on Yanks!! Time to win it in the bottom of the inning…Joba will probably only pitch 1 inning so they dont lose him for 2 days and Torre will bring in the crap to pitch. So lets win it now!!!
Mighty Zeus, come down from Olympus.
Hurling thunderbolts.
Welcome to the Hall of Heroes.
Who next will step up?
Gojiru?
Molina?
Robbie?
And if this game happens to extend for a while, at least the Big Hertz is out of the game.
YEH BABY !!!!!
*:adds 2 more IT’S JOBA TIME !!!
K victims: …*
Okay here we go. We do it now!!
why isn’t this on the YES network for MLB Xtra Innings? i haven’t watched YES in quite a while.
I know Denise…. it seems like YES isnt on much at all.
No it is on MY9 tonight.
Jose lets win it now!!
if Matsui was right, he rips that ball
geez, what do the batters think? Joba can pitch like 3 innings? why doesn’t Matsui ever work the count anymore?
why in god’s name are you swinging on 3-1?
Matsui has looked awful…He swings 3-1 like it is 3-2. Take a pitch already.
damn Matsui just missed a HR twice in that AB he is coming around though
Denise,
Game is on My9 free tv locally, so Extra Innings probably uses the cable channel that carries the game
So, i’m watching the game on sopcast and my dad who is a sox fan (not a very big one) comes by the pc and can’t quite recognize number 62,so he asks me, is that clemens? So I reply, no! the younger version….
CMON MOLINA
I hear Posada wants $36m to come back next year…anyone else hear that?
Denise 3/36M I’m assuming?
The yanks will offer 2 but will have to come around and give him the 3rd year
Nothing wrong with Matsui swinging at 3-1.
Molina does it also….Does anyone have patience???!!
$36 million for how many years? 3 years?
Please stop swininging on 3-1 counts, will ya?
Denise, what is your source?
Nothing wrong with Matsui swinging at 3-1, but MOLINA? cmon
com’on Accardo throw a golpher ball
Lets end this right now Robbie.
ROBBIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Apparently, because the first nine innings were played so fast, we need to play another nine.
Nah, against Accardo, you want to work the count, especially when you’re the lead-off hitter.
Matsui needs a break? why not rest him now? i don’t get it? Maybe Torre really is going for the Division…i’m surprised, I thought he’d rest instead of try to win
they have to bring Joba out again. we need to win this game.
They’re just being aggressive and I can’t fault them for that. Even in Little League you’re taught to take a rip at a 2-0 or a 3-1 pitch.
why were molina and matsui swinging 3-1? 9__9
i’m watching on extra innings and i’ll be honest the canadian feed has a really excellent announcing team. they seem really knowledgable about yanks, which you never see on the other teams feeds.
Nothing wrong with Molina swinging 3-1 on a pitch down the middle, either.
dangit. here we go again….. JOBA do your thing!! So what song is Joba coming out to? Did he stick with Indian Outlaw or change it to something else?
dave – the toronto guys are alright except i cant take when they say “out” like “oot”. and rios is oot. there’s another oot.
other than that, not bad.
3-1 pitch down the middle? If he takes it, you are asking how he can take a pitch right down the middle. No need to overreact pitch to pitch, folks.
Sherri – he came out to Shout at the Devil
strikes joba strikes.
Jason
damon
jeter for the 12th?
LC, Matsui and Molina took good swings, Molina was close for a basehit, Matsui missed a HR twice.. they were good ABs
That is absolutely idiotic to give Posada who is 37 a 3 year deal. Posada and Mo should both get 1 year deals with a team option. He is already now not good defensively are they really going to want a 39 year old back there?? That is what got the Yanks in trouble in past years…Giving longer contracts to older players.
sit down zaun!!
former Yankee that I’m friends with…i’ve been in court with him all week. and had lunch with him,etc. Jorge will remain a Yankee regardless of Torre staying or going, (although I think he stays since Sweet Lou isn’t going to be available). he wants to start and end in Pinstripes and just wants to be compensated. believe me, if Jorge comes back, chances are Mo and Andy will return…they are a clique ( Jeter is in the clique too, but we all know he’s not going anywhere)
jobaaaa
NAAAAAASTY!!
captains are you sure posada is 37? i thought he was 35
Boston Dave-
“deeep! deeep! oooot of here, Aye!”
filthy slizzzziddeerrr…
I hope Ohlendorf is warming up because I’m not pitching Joba for 3 innings if I’m Joe
Sherri- As great as Joba’s been, he can switch to “Another One Bites the Dust.”
ok he is 36 and would be 37 next season… you’re right
the active “original ’98 Yanks” are definitely a clique. the clique got a bit smaller when Bernie was “ousted”. in Torre’s eyes, they can do NO wrong….
I can’t wait to see him start, although I can’t help but wonder if he could close for us when mo is gone.
Wow this post is going to get way over 1000 comments. Especially if we win
Former Yankee? Is that Denny Neagle again?
Denny talks with Jorgie and Jorgie wants 3 years at 12 per?
the 3rd year in the posada contract would be tough… but posada has already defied the odds having a career year at 36. how many catchers in history have gotten better with age like this?
i’m sorry, the vodka is getting to me, I meant the original “96″ Yanks!
Joba >>>> Universe.
LET’S GO YANKEES!
Brandon, lets hope we don’t have to worry about it. We win it in the 12!!
They won’t pitch him longer he is near 35 pitches.
Gotta score here or we have to see Farnsworth.
Yankees PLEASE score here.
And Joba is INSANE.
:adds 2 more to IT’S JOBA TIME !!!
K-victims:
I love Joba – the blog the night the Yanks game ended at like 4am was 1600+ posts… that was a bad night (ending in yanks loss)
and another one down…and another one down….another one bites the dust!!!!
does Joba wait to fist-pound Jeter everytime after an inning? that’s cool…
got a weird error message here
did they run out of commercials or something they never stick in between innings lol
I guess they did all the commercials they were supposed to, no commercial break inbetween innings.
I have a feeling Jeter is going to have a big part in the ending of this game this inning.
btw who saw Humberto Sanchez in the dugout
LETS GO YANKEES!!
GIAMBINO time!
Let’s get Joba win number 3 here!
Jorge has already talked about moving to first base later. I’d have to consider giving him 3 years. There is no one who can replace him.
However, Molina needs to be re-signed. Great defense and can hit a bit. He really guided Joba well through the 11th inning.
Hey, I’m gonna get you, too! Another one bites the dust!!
I love the no commercials here.
Okay it is Melk man time!!
Giambi take a ##### pitch!!!!!???!!11 We do NOT want to see Farnsuseless in this game…
captains corner-
we’ll have a little talk later about posada. there’s a game to be won.
and now’s the time. i don’t even want to think about who’s coming in next.
C’MON GIAMBI!! Let’s DO IT!
Jorge just turned 36 in August, he is 2 mos older than me….yes, Den still talks to former teammates, not just on the Yankees, but several players. they form a bond while playing. he played with Dimitri Young while in Cincinnati and we’re all going to see the last baseball game played at RFK this weekend, Dimitri plays for the Nationals.
YankeeJosh – agreed
com’on MELK MAN DELIVER
Are you sitting on jury with Denny Neagle? My condolescences. Watch yourself. That boy’s a notorious cooz hound.
they also must have not paid the HD bill lost it at the beginning of this inning
viz warming. Lets not have to use him and get it done!
Duncan should pinch hit for Melky. His at bats look like he is in A ball.Pathetic….
C’mon Melky!
on another note…. cleveland won. angels down 1-0…
good AB Melky…. work the walk
Joba lowered his ERA to an insane 0.44
Okay it is up to Johnny.
Yes, bring SHELLEY iN!!!
Yes, Jorge does want to move to 1st…he is an incredible gamer and could be a run (if there was one) for co-captain….apparently, he is a mentor to many new guys. very vocal.
nice try Melky ..damn this Toronto BP
Where’s Shelley?
Johnny-go-yard
0.44 is that true?
When your ERA is lower than the number on your back, you know you’re really good.
Denise – Jorge definitely should be co-captain.
Joba is the real deal, and we’re lucky to have him!!
Let’s see if Damon can do it for us!
ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Denise, since the vodka has loosened your tongue, what other clubhouse secrets can you share?
Okay so we see Viz
UGH does 13 win it in the 13th?
com’on Viz I BELIEVE IN YOU !!!
…I was totally right.
Because you can’t just play a baseball game in 3 hours if it involves the Yankees; it has to be a five hour affair!
Viz pitching scares me. His arm must be really bad because he should of been the 1 pitching down 2-0 not AAA Ramirez and Torre never pitches him anymore.
ughh….whos pithing for the yanks?
well, Accardo is prob done. we got through the best of the Toronto bullpen. It will be up to the Viz… and then we score in the bottom half with Jete, Abreu, and MVP-Rod
ok, 13th we’ll need to finish this.
Jeter, Abreu, Arod.
I like our chances.
Kill-Schilling
not sitting on jury, but I’m good friends with his family and his nephew drowned last summer. we’ve been attending the trial all week. (negligence trial) it’s been horrifying…believe me.
With whom is Denise sitting on a jury?
Jennifer:
Holy crap. In a season where everything is ‘fitting’, that’s…umm…fitting?
Okay, if Viz holds them here, we’ll be in good shape because Ricky Accardo usually doesn’t pitch more than two innings. The Jays will need someone else for the 13th.
Ooh, that’s rough. Sorry to hear that. My condolensces.
yeah 13 in 13
We need to end this game!! They’ve got another game in 14 hours!!
that was a good joke
I’m surprised he is still friends with Yankees players. He hasn’t been on the team… in what… 5 years? Or has it been longer?
this is a big inning…. cmon Viz
13 IN 13
nice
and Reed Johnson with the strike oot
ha ha Phil, i should shut up, but…..i will tell you that Paully O’Neil was a chair thrower under distress! Brosius was the perfect gentleman and Aaron Boone impersonated gay guys very well! and that’s it!
13 IN 13
to go for
27 in ’07
C’MON 52!!!
Gameday has it at 0.44, so I guess it’s true.
this game is being watch by the Sox in their clubhouse right now.
damn you blue
13 in 13 is perfect.
nice recovery giambi
we’ll take that.
LOL Sherri with the numbers. I’m with you!
Denise, last question: what do the players really think of Big G and the scandal / pituitary gland / weight loss?
Kill-Schll
it’s been 7 yrs! he signed a 5-yr deal with CO Rockies after winning the WS with the Yanks. certain players just hit it off…I’m not saying they are best buddies by any stretch, but ….
Lye Underbay grounds out. 2 out!!
low and away, low and away
Wow Giambi, you almost just gave me a stroke.
Denise,
I bet it’s Breaking News on ESPN lol
what is BIG G?
giambi
Big G = Giambi.
what is breaking news?
Okay, is it just me, but I would MUCH rather see Minky on 1st…..
one more out, let’s go vizcaino.
Come on Viz get him out!!! We will win it in bottom of the inning!!!
give him slider down!
Please tell me that Farns. is not available today…
UGH, no problem
nothing changes Viz, I still believe in you !!!!!
grrrrreat.
I’d rather Rios walk rather than hit.
Phil,
oh well, they think that he made a choice and he has to live with it one way or another. the non-growthers, as they call it, just kinda shake their head and keep quiet for the most part about it. they feel that for every choice you make, there is a consequence,when you are on a “stage” in MLB.
they werent giving in to Rios anyway…. Joe Inglett is toast
damn you blue !!!
pitch looked good to me
we do need Minky on 1st, but Torre is sacrificing that for “Big G” bat speed
Stop fouling off pitches. Strike out and let us walk off.
one more one more one more…..
he says that NYY is hands down the hardest place to pitch…fans are so hard on you, they think (or should I say we think) they should be super-human
Come on Viz, let’s get to the bottom of the 13th!
Let Toronto get their hopes up.
Now shut it down!
Terrible pitch by Viz….
not good
it figures the guy who relaced the Hertz kills us now hill
ground out is what we need, s/b no problem against HIll
lets get nasty Viz !!!
com’on baby !!!
For goodness sakes.
Cmon, Viz get him out!
Torre should start playing the bench at this point. I mean really, going into bottom of 13th (assuming we get this final out). we really need to rest for October, period
13 IN 13!!!!
Poor Aaron Hill…
NOBODY BEATS THE VIZ!
LET’S GO YANKEES!
Molina is a pro.
YES!!!!
nice play jose!
Nice play Molina.
I have a good feeling about Jeter here.
It’s go time.
This is the inning!!!!!! Seeing Giambi at 1st base is scary. I hope Torre doesnt give in to letting him play there in the play offs, if they get there.
changing name to take pressure off Arod.
LETS GO YANKEES!!
way to go luis!!! now for some squirrel power.
that was a long ass half inning
Jeter or #13 will get the job done here, and I don’t mean #13 Dan Marino either!
No offense Pete
But on games like these, I’m glad I’m not you.
Hopefully the Yanks will end this game in this inning.
*DAMMIT NOBODY BEATS THE VIZ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*
Whatever happens, I better not see Sean Henn tonight!
love Joba:yup, good feeling here with Jeet too.
what did molina do I have gameday?
Yes, Giambi makes me very nervous at 1st. C’MON YANKEES!! THIS IS YOUR INNING!!!
Here’s a question, if they use up everyone tonight – who’s available out of the pen tomorrow?
Jeter delivers.
jeter threw the 5.5
OPTIMISM RULES!!!
YEAH Captain Clutch!
Yeah Jeter!
COME ON BOBBY! COME ON A-ROD!
Brilliant prediction genius.
genius
September 21st, 2007 at 9:46 pm
naw the sox will choke
yes Jeet, good start!
CAPTAIN CLUTCH!!!
Giving Giambi extensive time at first in the playoffs would be very un-Torrelike.
I’ve been a Mientkiewicz basher since the preseason, but watching Giambi and Mientkiewicz play first is night and day.
The thing is, Giambi has to be in the lineup for every playoff game. In any short series, leaving Giambi’s bat out of the lineup is negligent. If that means sitting Damon, so be it.
And Jeter does his thing yet again.
Come on Abreu we need a big hit!!!!!
Duck on the pond
CAPTAIN CLUTCH!!!
So far – the rested ones are Ohlendorf and Henn… GASP!
SAFE!
Abreu doesn’t.
Of course the Captain gets a clutch hit, that’s Derek Jeter being Derek Jeter!
sunny: good question
whatever happened to bobby the bunter
13 in 13…. MVP MVP MVP
Sunny,
Rivera will be available tomorrow, Edwar and Villone probably. And Viz, since Torre always uses him. Esoecially since he’ll probably only go 1 tonight.
Ok nice hustle at least. Come on A-Rod.
send abreu?
it just doesn’t get any better than this.
MVP, MVP, MVP
Why is Abreu swinging at the 1st pitch??!!! Toronto batters are having really good at bats and the Yanks are being easy outs…
i guess not…
An Arod homer coming up
Jeter should have been stealing. With Abreu up, you don’t send him.
If I were Wolfe, I would pitch to ARod as if my life depended on him not getting a hit.
Jeter swung at the first pitch, CaptainsCorner. Was that an easy out?
anybody know the yankees record in extra innings this season? seems like they’ve lost most… of course they can change that tonight.
just missed!!!
DAMNIT
C’MON A-ROD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i guess no 13 in 13 then
Not quite out of the slump yet, but close.
i ment yes replays of previous arod homers
OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHh SOMEONE UP THERE LOVES BRIAN WOLFE
We need a Walk off HR from A-ROD!!
ughhh man
just missed it.
matsui is gonna do it….i hope
zaun doesn’t throw well. good time for abreu to steal. i think the blue jays are the worst team in the league for throwing out runners.
Please send Bobby.
C’mon Matsui…..puh-leeeeeeeeeeeeeeze. I’m starting to worry about these boys for tomorrow!!
The Yanks are 3 – 6 in extra innings games this year.
You are getting very sleepy.
C’mon Matsui!
thanks phil
send bobby!!
I wouldn’t send Abreu. No need.
Matsui is due, he’s 0-5 tonight!
damn, left hander.
come on Matsui!!
he’s throwing offspeed into the dirt… just run!!!
ohhhhhhhhhhhhh
If the count gets to 2 strikes with 2 outs, you send the runner.
Matsui, PLEASE DONT SWING ON 3-1.
Well, one Kennedy is pitching is Yankee Stadium in this series, too bad it isn’t Ian.
i comfortable with Molina at the plate
Matsui walks!
Wow.
Molina, LETS GET THIS DONE!
yay a walk! all we need is a single come on boyssssssssssssss!!!
JOR – GE JOR – GE!
Molina wins it here with an RBI single!
i mean JO – SE JO -SE
It’s JoMo time!
Molina should not take the bat off his shoulder.
LETS GO YANKEES!
not asking for much jose, just a bloop
do we really NEED to win the division? other than taking it from BOS, yes that would give me and many others, great pleasure, but we all know that just gettin “in” is all that matters…so if you’re manager now, do you surge on for the division or rest, since the Wildcard is all but ours?
C’MON MOLINA!!! Too bad Posada isn’t catching. If he was batting, we might have this DONE!
ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
On to 14.
or not! *sigh*
….
Wow. This might not end before midnight, and it could have ended before 9.30!
my God, we’re going to the 14th
lame ending to the 13th.
Let’s finish this right here!!Let’s go Mo(lina!)
ughh 14th this is BS
who’s left in the pen?
Henn, Farns time is slowly approaching. The Yanks will be sorry when it does..
14th inning. seriously though, I can’t believe we’re in the 14th and it’s only 10:30.
denise – division would be nice and give the yanks some good momentum… and more importantly home field advantage.
ah – bruney -
* make that 11:30
now, I don’t really care who wins, I’m too tired! I’ll have to turn on ESPN in the morning….good nite all, have a rough emotional week and I’m drained. see ya here tomorrow, gametime!
you mean 11:30?
Great, Bruney’s up O__O
and tommorw is a 1:00 game….that must suck
Damn It!! (Direct quote from Jack Bauer!)
Farnsworth must be in witness protection. Bruney will lose this game.
…Oh man. Bruney, for the love of g-d, THROW STRIKES!
the wild card isn’t ours yet. we need a win tonight to help nail down the wild card.
ugh, I get home from work in time to see the 9th inning and now I see Bruney.
Come on Bruney, NO leadoff walk!
10:30?? ah – not an east coaster…
well, I’m pooped, so I’ll find out tomorrow.
nite denise
Guidry is already calling the bullpen.
NO LEADOFF WALK
Nite nite Denise! See you tmrw!
Bruney scares me in this situation….
Bruney close to walking the leadoff batter? NO WAY.
Sherry, where do you live? CST?
Bruney throw strikes…do you know what that is!!??
Keeping the faith! LET’S GO YANKEES!
bailed him out…. phew
yes…CST
thank you russ adams!!!
Surprised Bruney is in over Farnsworth. That was ball 4. Bruney got help there.
That’s NOT a leadoff walk! Good!!
looking good
K is good!!
NICE JOB, BRIAN. Jesus Christ.
Okay, I have like no love for Brian Bruney right now.
Optimistically speaking.
take that back
Thank you Bruney…You piece of ######…A meatball to 90 year old Zaun
good game good nite…im out…..GO YANks
Bruney.
aaaaaaaaaaahhhhh. that hurt.
unreal
Bruney sucks. He should have gone with Ohlendorf, not sure what he has against Ross.
why isn’t farnsworth in this game?
It’s trivia time….
Why is Bruney on this team?
damn damn damn
hell
uggghhh…
Just to be clear, they’re booing — they’re not saying Bruuuuuuuuuuuuney.
And to think he was so upset about getting sent down earlier in the year…
DAMN IT!!
this turkey won’t be here next year what a dog can’t throw strike one
That’s all right. We came from 4 down in one inning, surely we can rally from 1 down as well!
Well, the instant we saw Bruney coming in, we knew he was giving up runs. He’s pretty worthless, and should never be used unless the Yankees are hopelessly behind. Good job Brian.
Damn you straight to hell, Bruney. Nice.
someone remind me again HOW much Farnsworth gets paid and he isnt pitching in this game? uuuuuuuuuuuuuugh
because Gagne isn’t
It will be a shame if we lose this game because of a Zaun hr, after we had that incredible comeback AND lost Joba for 2 games.
Ohlendorf is warming up… a little too late
So now the Yanks will have a dead tired team tomorrow. No Joba for 2 days after a terrible loss today…Bruney maybe you can try out for the little leagues.
Well, look at it this way, Bruney will the the entire month of October to prepare for next year.
Just got back…Nice comeback…too bad that Melky couldn’t finish the job ! Now we had to rely on Brian Flippin’ Bruney ?…that really stinks….no way THIS BUM makes the playoff roster, right ?…Oh, well….TIME TO COME BACK AGAIN, ALL !!!
and we had to burn out our pen for no goddamn reason. F U Bruney! GRRRRRRR
Joes probably saving Farns for tomorrow.
it ain’t over. keep it at one run. come on bruney.
Warming up Ohlendorf now is like closing the barn door after the horses get out. Too late, indeed.
Not to worry guys, we still have their second baseman on our payroll he will find a way to win it for us in the bottom of the inning take heart.
FINALLY
….
What the hell just happened?
Okay, Yanks, come on. Win this thing already!
Good thing we have one more inning. Cmon Yankees, just 2 more runs!
Farnsy’s neck is sore, apparently he strained when he stuck his head up his a$$
Nah we’ll need Ohlendorf in the 15th. We’ll score one here.
Time for Comeback #2: The Sequel!!
ok…last chance. Let’s go, Yankees!!!
Chill guys, im telling you their second baseman is in the bag, he will make an error and win the game for us.
Yake it to the bank.
question: Cashman (or whoever it is?) just mentioned that Farns might have back problems, and John kind shushed him, then 5 seconds of dead silence. Is Farnsworth’s back condition public knowledge?
Squirrel we need you !!!!
Let’s go, Robbie Joe!!
Kay got me psyched
way to fight those pitches off robbie…. lets go
SQUIRREL POWER INVOKED!!!! C’MON SCOOTER!!!
why the hell aren’t there Bruney Rules?
Do we have Shelley pinch for Melky?
squirrel power “invoked”??? Excellent, let’s go squirrel power!
giambino owns this guy
Nick in SF- Bruney rule #1: He never should be allowed to pitch on a day that ends in “y.”
now – wasn’t there a guy around here arguing about how great bruney was a few days ago?
…that would be a yes.
LETS GO YANKEES!!!!
Should we establish the “Bruney rules”?
It’s Shelley time!
Shelley!
SHELLEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bruney …why are u here,And i wonder why Torre sticks to him having so many other arms there.Bruney doesnt deserve the pinstripes..But dont worry gang the Yankees will make noise in october.
Unfortunately, you have to hold back some guys arms for tomorrow. Hence going to Bruney. Once they go to him, you know its game over. He’s garbage.
I’d like the folks on the blog who DEMANDED Bruney to be the 8th inning guy earlier this season to ‘fess up.
Thank God he won’t be anywhere near the playoff roster.
They are still in great shape for the WC. The bats just have to get going. They haven’t hit much the last two weeks.
Way too many guys chasing balls in the dirt for two weeks now. Its messing up everybody’s stroke.
Hopefully, they are more patient the rest of the weekend. I see a lot of jumpy guys at the plate and there is no reason for it. They are in great shape for the playoffs.
They need a week of good offense heading into the playoffs. Getting shutdown by Halliday is one thing. Getting shutdown by the Joe Kennedy’s of the world is another.
Too many guys chasing too many bad pitches. Hopefully, they got it out of their system tonight.
or maybe Betemit now?
bench cabrera and bring in duncan
SHELLY!!!
Who will be the hero after Shelley ties it?
We are easy going to win here the mutant will hit a HR for us, and the second baseman is in the bag
I kinda wish we would have just lost in the 9th
Angels are down 5-0 at least….
When was the last time the Yankees won in extras?
Just curious.
No shelley
Yankee offense – please come back – we need you!
LC, no way. This way if Toronto gets a win they get it only after taking a beating.
But have faith!!!
SJ44 – stop posting your name and see if i can guess your posts anyway… they are almost always the same exact post
If we lose, at least we wore out Toronto’s bullpen too :S
LETS GO YANKEES!!!!
OH NO I wanted Mutant to hit the walk off
I’m usually not one to second guess the manager but I dont like this move.
c’mon Betemit
that was ball 3 !!!
NO WAY!!!!! that was way outside
NO WAY, very bad call
i don’t know why the team would be dead tired. They had a day off yesterday.
Its just an extra innings game. Its not a big deal except you would have loved to see them finish off the comeback because it was so great.
Either way, they have a 5 game lead for the playoffs with 9 left. They are in great shape. They just have to get back to working counts and stop swingning at so many balls out of the strike zone.
Once they do, they will finish the work they need to do to make the playoffs.
I think I might go cry now. Yes, I know. It wouldn’t be the first time, either.
That hurt.
NOT a STRIKE!!!! The ump went into “i wanna get out of here” mode. F*ck!!!!!
here’s a question – if Shelley was sustituted for an AB but never even got to the batters box – does that even count?
Nice choice by the way there Torre. ugh.
i hope shelley slaps bruney in the face
yasssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss there is a god!!!!
NOW THAT is a class A choke job!!
OH SO CLSE now 2.5 behind
thats gotta hurt
Theeeeeeeeeeeeeee Yankeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees Loseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
that was horsesh!t
The ump was ready to go home, that pitch was low and outside.
What an anti-climax. Ok, tomororow the Rocket puts us back on track
Tough loss with the Sox winning. Not devastating as we’re still in good shape for the wild card but a really tough loss and damaging to the division hopes.
how the hell does he call 3rd strike, 3rd out in 14 innings on THAT PITCH????
They should have left Shelley in!
oh well, still was an exciting game and we’ll get them tomorrow.
Nite all.
Sunny615- I think that it counts when his name is announced.
they need to take 2 of the next 3 and can still win the division.. otherwise, next stop cleveland
Wow, the most devastating and worse loss of the year.
Sorry Joe but I’m not very happy with this one. Should have left Shelley in.
I think the AL East is probably over. Boston would really have to collapse and probably lose the next 2 at Tampa for us to win. Hopefully we can get the rotation in line for the ALDS.
bad call, wouldn’t you know. They fought hard, but it still hurts. Going to bed now. See you all tmrw. Same bat time. Same bat channel. GO YANKEES!
genius, the loss when we scored 8 in the bottom of the first to tie it up was more devastating.
Robbed. Oh well, Yankees had their chances, can’t blame it all on the pitchers. Some nice holds there for 6 innings. Back tomorrow. Raja time.
nite everyone…. keep the optimism anyway
I’d have given Shelley the shot. All Betemit does is strikeout.
At this point, I’d really consider leaving him off the playoff roster because I don’t know what he provides.
They have Giambi and Minky to play first. Alberto Gonzalez is a better glove than Betemit and both can’t hit. At least Gonzalez can run.
Shelley can give you a RH bat with pop off the bench. Betemit can’t hit at all from the right side.
When you think about it, he has no real value on the post-season roster. Especially since all he seems to be able to do is strikeout.
It will be interesting to see if he makes the cut. He certainly hasn’t done anything in the last month to earn his way onto the post-season roster.
strike my a@@….
seriously that’s not a strike at all!
We’ll bounce back and win tomorrow, we made one great comeback, two wasn’t in the cards. Have a great time on here during the game tomorrow, folks! I won’t be on, because I have to work, YUCK!!
its not that important,like the wild card.
genius, why are you here?
you obviously aren’t a yankee fan
i dont get you people
Worse loss of the year? Hardly. Its just a loss. They are still in good shape for the playoffs, which is all that matters.
Let the Red Sox and their trolls get caught up in the division. Its meaningless. Once the post-season starts, everything is even again.
Would have been nice to win but, it wasn’t in the cards. Three more games left in the series, just got to pick it up tomorrow.
I would have definitely given Shelley a shot.
sj44-
we knew this was going a tough series with the toronto big three dealing the way they are right now. looks like a split of the series will be very nice if they can get that.
i know the wild card odds are stacked in the yankees favor, but i’ll feel much better when they actually wrap it up.
tough loss , but good to get to halliday. joba ‘s role was expanded a bit. arod had some good swings. i agree that the hitters are undisciplined right now. it’s like they’ve forgotten they are a team that wears down pitchers.
RAUL
September 21st, 2007 at 11:50 pm
Bruney …why are u here,And
—————————
I think..Ramirez…why are u here….
IP:0.1
ER:2
It would be nice if the Yanks had another catcher on the bench. Duncan should of pinch hit for Molina when they had 2 runners on. Molina swing at pitches no where near the plate. It was pretty pathetic. Torre should of let Duncan hit, all Betemit does is strike out..even though that last pitch was in the other batters box. But the Yanks looked like they were sleeping in every inning except the 9th. Now they will be exhausted tomorrow and no Joba for 2 days, while the Tigers play Kansas City who wont even show up to the games…Great..
_If we lose, at least we wore out Toronto’s bullpen too :S_
Don’t think so. Their bullpen is very well rested…2 complete games Vs Sox and a day off yesterday. On the other hand Joba is out for 2 days atleast. Mo may not be available. Farnsworth is probably not available.
funny how bosox fans boast after winning 1 game against the friggen d-rays after they had gotten spanked by the yankees and blue jays over the past week
my take win or lose they showed me heart tonight, coming back from 4-0 vs Roy Holliday we tied it and it took 14 innings to finally beat us on a crooked strike 3 call. Get’em tomorrow boys
Hey! The Sox weren’t going to lose ALL of their remaining games, just like we weren’t going to WIN all of ours. No worries – let’s win the next one
Randy,
I’d gladly take two in this series and hope the Royals can win one game in Detroit. If they can, the magic number (for the playoffs) is down to one and they will get that in Tampa.
Toronto is tough right now because their pitching is strong and they have no pressure on them. Their best bet to break through (offensively) is tomorrow. Marcum has shown signs he is tiring out.
Tomorrow would be a good day for the bats to get going.
I agree re: Arod. The best swings he has had in the last 10 days. Hopefully, its the start of another hot streak for him.
I really could care less about the division. Just get in. That’s all I want.
Frankly, if they can get in and have the chance to rest some guys for the final series in Baltimore, that’s in the Yankees best interests. Some guys could really use the rest.
Edwar Ramirez needs to stop coming into games that matter. He’s not good.
A total waste of a great performance by the bullpen (except for Mr. Bruney). Sigh . . . Oh well – maybe they’ll get it together tomorrow. Almost makes one think that maybe Goose Gossage is right about where Joba’s future should lie (see yesterday’s NY Times 9/21/07). He is beyond awesome . . .
xryanx he was off tonight nothing more, this Toronto just beat him tonight, he can still pitch in games that matter.
Why are they going to be so tired? They had a day off yesterday, Posada didn’t have to play the last 5 innings of the game, and Mo only threw 8 pitches.
This was not such an exhausting game. Hell, for 14 innings, it wasn’t even that long. The 9 inning game last Friday night was longer AND more exhausting.
Its one loss. They weren’t going undefeated the rest of the year.
MGW: I’m liking the OPTIMISM!
ABSOLUTELY NO WORRIES ! I said that the Yankees would go 8-2 over the last 10 games and THEY STILL WILL…just like I said 3-1 vs. Toronto, 2-1 vs. Tampa and 3-0 vs. O’s…puts us at 96-66 still…AND Tampa is gonna pound the BoSux the next 2 games….so in actuality we will be DEAD EVEN with The Idiots after play Monday Night at 91-65 each, with US holding the tiebreaker advantage and 6 games to play….GO YANKEES FOREVER,,,,,tonight showed us in the 9th inning that we NEVER SAY DIE !…tough loss, but NO BIG DEAL…we are RIGHT BACK AT IT in the AM and the Blue Jays are as tired as we are and THEIR Bullpen is JUST as spent as our….It will come down to the BATS and “HEART” and we have them smoked in BOTH CATEGORIES….Good Night All,,,see ya tomorrow !!!
I wonder why Vallone wasn’t called to pitch the 14th. Maybe Joe is figuring he may need him for tomorrow. All I know is that as soon as Bruney entered the game I got up and got ready for bed. Brunet reminds me a lot of Shaun Chacon. He did a good job for a short period of time but is too inconsistent.
I hope I dont have to see Bruney again in a Yanks uniform..He is the right handed version of Henn. I am surprised with him that he didnt walk the bases loaded and then walk in the winning run or something and that is how the runner scored. I would of wanted to see Olendorf pitch before Bruney…I have seen enough of that loser. Is it too much to ask him to give them 1 scoreless inning??? I guess so…
I’m a Sox fan but I actually agree with SJ44 about whether it is important to win the division title. Of course you always want your team to win the title, but quite a few teams in the past few years that were the wild card entry ended up winning the World Series. Even as a Sox fan I would be quick to add that I don’t think for a moment that the Sox have the division tied up after tonight, but the division title is nice but definitely not necessary.
Philip Hughes pitches tomorrow
No Class Trolls, their entertainment value is infinite. Good night again, ALL !
sj44-
i don’t care about the division either. just getting some wins and wrapping up the wild card is all that matters. going into tampa only needing a win would be very nice.
the yankees need to run on toronto if they get the opportunity. the last time i checked they were last in the league in league in preventing steals.
This just in Hughes goes tomorrow and Clemens back to Monday he felt something in his leg torre says he is ok but precaution didnt want him to go tomorrow
Villone pitched the 9th inning. He wasn’t available.
Once you get to the 14th inning, you don’t have a lot of options. Ideally, when you are the home team, you are supposed to win the game earlier in extra innings.
Just wasn’t meant to be tonight.
Clemens is out for tomorrow..Bad hamstring….what an old #### of crap..
PS: Peter – thank you again for all you do. This blog is the best thing going – molto grazie and please keep up the great work.
This is why you can never have enough pitching. In one day, they lose Clemens and Kennedy for starts.
Hopefully, Hughes pitches well tomorrow. More importantly, they have to hit and, like Randy said, be more aggressive on the basepaths tomorrow.
Going to have to manufacture some runs the rest of the weekend. When they do, it usually gets the offense going.
Anyone that thinks that the Yankees settling for the Wild Card #4 seed, with LAA the likely #1 seed IF that happens, and will liken NY’s chances to any of the other Wild Card teams lately that went on to with the World Series simply can NOT see reality. How much of an ADVANTAGE will it be to play a team that CLEANS OUR CLOCK REGULARLY both in the regular season AND in the playoffs with THEM having the Home Field Advantage ???? Seriously, you all have to be out of your minds, IMO !!!
Farns. wasnt available so the Yanks are lucky that he couldnt hurt them in this game. Or it probably would of been over a couple of innings earlier..
Did you feel that way about Clemens last Sunday night? They are probably just playing it safe with him. Why not? That’s what you do when you have some breathing room, which they do.
No sense running him out there if they can put it off for a few days.
Vito,
Calm down. All you have to do is win one game and you have home field advantage.
Two years ago, the Yankees did just that in Anaheim. Unfortunately, Randy Johnson spit the bit in Game 3 and changed the momentum of the series.
Even with that, they had a 2 run lead in Game 5. They just couldn’t finish the job. The field and the crowd had nothing to do with it.
The most overrated commodity in baseball is home field advantage for the playoffs.
Do you know how many teams with home field advantage won their series last year? One, that’s it.
It doesn’t mean a thing. You just play the games in front of you and see how it shakes out.
For an older team like the Yankees, with guys like Jeter, Matsui, Giambi, Clemens and Wang a bit nicked up, its best to get the rest heading into the post-season.
The Yankees are 2-4 in their last 6 post-season games. Its not like they have been lights out at the Stadium in the post-season the last few years.
Its not a big deal.
When you get to the 14th you just throw guys to the wall and see what sticks. Really it’s a total crapshoot on what a pitcher does that late into the game. It’s a loss tonight, but I like our mindset and the drive that we showed while coming back. That kind of drive will really serve us well tomorrow and the next few games, and I can’t wait until we’re in position to clinch a playoff berth!
BREAKING NEWS: Trolls trying to report Clemens with an injury….TOTALLY WRONG MADE UP STUFF…..( it’s so funny, as we are STILL so very close the La-HOO-sers, they find the need to troll over here on the one night that their team played any good recently ) tomorrow silence will rule again as their 100 million dollar BUST will stink it up for them….they only PRAY the the Dice-Dink pulled a hamstring as they would have a much better chance to win the game, calling up some minor league stiff…..OUT !!!!
Uncle Vito is a total tard.
Roger Clemens-S-Yankees Sep. 22 – 12:38 am et
Roger Clemens, who was moved up to Saturday because of Ian Kennedy’s sore back, has been scratched from his outing because of a leg problem.
Definitely not a banner day for the Bombers. Phil Hughes, originally expected to go Monday, will start Saturday on four days’ rest.
Source: The Journal News
Related: Phil Hughes
for wanger: did a good job, pitty wang
for torre: i don’t known what he thinks about that game, planning to lost the game
So, I think I finally understand how a guy with Bruney’s stuff gets released from Arizona. I’m sorry, but the guy has loser written all over him. His body language. The way he responds to adversity. His inability to throw strikes when he needs to. His lack of concentration on the mound.
He’s just got some bad energy around him and sometimes looks like the team and the game is the last thing he’s worried about.
I don’t blame him. It’s an extra inning game which we all know can go either way. I just think I’ve seen enough of him to know what he is.
That said, the offense was horrid tonight. Melky seems like an automatic out again. Arod had some great swings though, which was nice to see.
As for conceding the division, I’m not. Boston can go on and lose their next 4 the way they’ve playing. You knew they were going to win with Beckett on the hill. After him though, that rotation (and pen) is a huge question mark.