Game 155: Blue Jays at Yankees
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- September
- 23
Here is the lineup:
YANKEES
Damon LF
Jeter SS
Abrreu RF
Rodriguez 3B
Matsui DH
Cano 2B
Cabrera CF
Mientkiewicz 1B
Molina C
Mussina RHP (10-10, 5.01)
Pregame chatter: Yanks are facing RHP Dustin McGowan (11-9, 3.84). … Yankees have a Magic Number of 3 for a playoff spot. … Yankees have won 13 of their last 16. … Jeter has a nine-game hitting streak. … Now had Matsui has 103, Bobby Abreu is two RBI from being the latest to get to 100. … Thanks to Brian Heyman for calling in the lineup.
Rumor has it at the Stadium that Roger Clemens could be pushed back until Tuesday. That would hardly be a surprise. More on this as it becomes available. I’m off today, so there probably won’t be many updates. After yesterday’s debacle, I could use the rest.
Enjoy the game.
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Hey guys, I need a favor:
I won’t be able to follow the game today, so I need all of you to keep the OPTIMISM flowing!
Can you do it?
Big G gets the day off. Minky getting a lot of starts lately.
Who would start in his place? Andy? He’d be pitching on normal rest.
Nj.com is reporting it will be Andy, yes, on normal rest.
We can clinch tomorrow if everything falls right
Thanks Phil
I was at yesterdays game, oh god what a bad game. We won but it was painful!! And all those idiots doing the wave! UGH. I applaude the creatures, they didn’t do it. I didn’t either for the record.
Go Yankees! I wonder how Mussina will fare today against the Blue Jays. LOL, I think Mussina told Posada to sit this one out so he can play catch with Molina.
All this movement around the lineup cannot really be to the benefit of yesterdays hero. That said, he’s NOT a leadoff hitter by trade. So here’s to hoping that yesterday served as an awesome springboard towards a surge in these final games, and into the second season.
LETS GO YAN-KEES!!
E-ROC,
No, Posada needs an afternoon off after the long game yesterday. Posada caught mussina on Tuesday anyway.
Damon in LF, thank God. i guess Joe was paying attention yesterday. if Damon started in LF yesterday, Hughes probably goes 6+ innings of 0-1 run ball.
JeterFan23—I was just kiddin’. I know he Posada caught Mussina’s last outing and that he needs the rest.
Optimism…GO YANKEES….GO DETROIT ( I want them to PUSH us all the way into the division crowd AND a number 1 or 2 seed in the playoffs ) LAA and CLE need to lose….Tampa needs to do us ONE FLIPPIN’ FAVOR and that is HIT THE WHIFFLE BALL ! Al Reyes has single-handedly GIVEN the Red Sox 3 of their wins this year…without those 3 wins….the YANKEES would already be in first place….OPTIMISM….ALL WILL COME TOGETHER TODAY and the Yankees are winning today 10-3 !!! GO YANKEES…OPTIMISM RULES !!!
The team is better with Damon in LF and Giambi on the bench available as PH in a right spot. Hopefully, Torre leant the lesson from last year (Sheffield at 1B) and does the right thing rather than go for his loyalty nons-sense. If he goes with loyalty and the yanks tank in the post season, he dserves to be fired.
Hey has anyone seen this yet about A-Rod/Boras/Tampering/Cubs Ownership???
“A-ROD AGENT A ‘CUB $COUT’ STAR COULD BE PART OWNER: MAG
By DAVID K. L”
http://www.nypost.com/seven/09232007/news/nationalnews/a_rod_agent__a_cub_cout.htm
Hey Vito, I heard the lurkers said two days agi that fat boy Clemens was injured and you assured us the lurkers were talking smack and to disregard them.
Is anything you say accurate?
Hey Southside, I wouldn’t trust anything the Post ever says. I am honestly convinced that, like the times, the Red Sox own part of it. All the Post does, is print negative articles about A-Rod over and over and over again. In my opinion itsw all a stupid attempt to oust him. It’s horrible journalism, and sleezy is so many ways.
Dang Pete, another day off? You live the good life my man.
Clemens and Andy have swapped days. It is official, they want to give clemens time to heal.
Question, I guess it was kinda answered in a previous post. I was at the game and it looked to me like Damon would have gotten to some of the balls that dropped in front of matsui? I think Damon should be playing lf, with Matsui dhing.
Red soxs own part of the post too?
Jenn, I think that the reason he’s not always out there right now is a combinatino of two things: 1) he’s been injured all year, and no matter what he might say it will probably take the off season for him to get back to nomral, so he needs to rest up some days, 2) Matsui like Damon is making a lot of money not just to be a DH.
Also, its quid pro quo with both them. In Damon you get considerable range, and minus arm. Reverse Matsui.
GP in 2007, Errors, Range Factor, Zone Rating
Johnny Damon (in LF): 28, 2, 2.47, .859
Hideki Matsui: 109, 3, 2.01, .822
I don’t know, that was strictly a guess. Stemming from my frustruation with their constantt negative bombardment of A-Rod.
Yeah Leo I was thinking along similar lines, but man what a story that would be if it were true….
peter a. – i agree about joba being a starter, but using your logic of 200 innings being more important than 60, was using mo for only 60 for his whole career a misuse of his talents? with the two seamer, four seamer, the cutter,and a possible change up, wouldn’t he have been a great starter too?
the red sox went through this with papelbon and both the red sox and papelbon came to the conclusion that 60 was better than 200 in thier case.
i don’t think it’s just the 60 vs 200 because it’s also a factor when a quality inning is pitched that matters ,not necessarily just how many. on the other hand i wouldn’t switch someone like santana to the closer role either. i’m just saying there’s more to it than just the number of innings in each role that determine the value of the role.
i personally thingthe yankees will like the red sox try out joba in both roles before totally commiting to one way or the other.
Matsui has 6 Assists vs. Damon’s 2 (and 1 in CF), not surprising.
I’m pumped for the Rizzuto ceremony. He was the best, I’m 21 but I have vivid memories of listening/watching him on WPIX channel 11, before cable ever got to the Bronx. Hearing Rizzuto makes me think of names like: Danny Tartabull, Mike Gallgo, Melido Perez, Randy Velarde, Patk Kelly, Jim Abbott, Kaminiecki, and so many more. Just awesome. The Yankees always do a great job with these things, and I’m clearly not struggling to get my hopes up.
“Also, its quid pro quo with both them. In Damon you get considerable range, and minus arm. Reverse Matsui.”
Matsui does not have a good arm, do people think he does?
also, do you think that good range and a good arm are equal tradeoffs? not even close. good range + bad arm >>>> bad range + good arm.
Matsui was abysmal yesterday, to the point where it looked like he was drunk. he pulled up on about 3 balls that were catchable. shades of late-era Bernie “and he’ll play it on a hop” Williams.
If the article is true, than there will be some tampering charges filed and Boras will be in trouble.
Rizzuto makes me think of Reggie, Bucky Dent, Graig Nettles, Ron Guidry, Bobby Murcer, Dave Righetti and Don Mattingly.
Matsui was horrible yesterday. And he doesn’t have a good arm, but I think that it’s an improvement over Damons. Moreover, he doesn’t get enough credit for having a very quick release when he actually gets to the ball.
But by no means did I mean that he has a good arm, just better than Damon’s. As for your equation up there, I completely agree. I was just trying to play devil’s advocate before. Trying to attack things from a different point of view.
Leonardo me too!! I was supposed to get tickets to the Jet game but that fell thru, and I ended up going to yesterdays Yankee game. Had I known that they were doing the Ruzzito cermomy today I would have gone to todays game.
I’ve been happier with how Damon has played lf, he has gotten to balls that Mastui wouldn’t, that saves more runs than throwing out runners (in my opionion).
By my vantage point at the game, I think two of the balls that fell in, in front of Mats Damon would have gotten too. That would have saved at least 3 runs.
“But by no means did I mean that he has a good arm, just better than Damon’s. As for your equation up there, I completely agree. I was just trying to play devil’s advocate before. Trying to attack things from a different point of view.”
i see, fair enough.
let me add that it is also possible that the outfield was really wet yesterday and matsui didn’t want to get hurt.
there has to be an explanation, b/c some of those balls were totally catchable but he gave up on them.
ITS STARTING. GO YANKS, TAKE CARE ALL.
I am preaching to the chior but that yankees are a very classy organization.
Auh Yogi is there
I had a family function, so I missed the game yesterday, but it sounds like it was a crazy one. I watched the condensed game on MLB and I’m so glad Melky stepped up! Good for him!!
OPTIMISM for a win today!! GO YANKEES!!!!!!!!!!!
This is a pretty touching tribute.
Yeah it is very nice.
If Clemens cat start Monday who will start in his place?
Andy is starting, it is official.
I hope Bill White agrees to go into the broadcast booth today for a visit that would be great to hear him again
Moose is gunning for victory Number 250, it would be nice to see him get it. I’m about to leave for work and I’ll have to miss today’s game too, so let’s play hard and notch another victory!
is anyone listening to the game on WFAN? I thought Waldman’s replacement yesterday was obnoxious…
until she returned today.
MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSSSSEEEEEEE
How does Wakefield have 16 wins this season? luck of the rotation order i guess.
Let’s go MOOSE and YANKEES!!!! Let’s PLAY BALL!
strap yourselves in….woo hoo!
That Moose call is so fricken cool, as a pitcher thats just gotta be sweet to hear a custom tailored cheer. Did that start in Baltimore or when he came to the Yankees?
1-2-3!
great start!
Nice start! MOOOOOOSE!
It was started while he was in the minor leagues in Baltimore.
MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSE! 1-2-3!!!!!
Rusty, I always worry that Moose might confuse the moose call with “BOOOOOOOOOOOO”.... like in LA when folks would shout “raUUUUUUUUUUUUUUL” at Raul Mondesi
Thought: If Vernon Wells comes back healthy next year. If Frank Thomas mimics what he’s done this year. If Aaron Hill continues to be the new Shea Hillenbrand. And if Rios remains healthy, the Blue Jays should be a very scary team, with very very good pitching. And at least as annoying as they’ve been these last two games. And I’m not only talking about the starters in their pitching staff. They’re bullpen (judging from this year) isn’t bad at all.
Well it looks like we won’t get any help from KC today. Tigers already up 4-0 bottom of the first with only one out. I wanted the Yankees to clinch at home, doesn’t look like that will happen.
Yeah the Jays will be a very good team, if they stay healthy.
Jennifer – there’s still a whole game to play, but it’s not looking good for KC, is it?
C’MON A-ROD!!!
The broadcast replacement yesterday was Joel Sherman from the Post. The day before it was wasshisface from the Daily News. Personally, i thought it was nice to have someone in the booth who could you know, SEE the damn plays on the field and had a confident statistical understanding of the team and the players. As a sportswriter, he could actually question some of Torres moves and seemed to have more insight into the Yankees then im used to from Waldman or Sterling – plus he wrote Birth of a Dynasty which was a superb book about the 96 season and the foundations of the same organization we have today, so hes legit.
But yea – he did have a super obnoxious voice, not as bad as Suzyn, but pretty bad.
Maureen, at least he can pawn it off as Moooooose in case the boos are well-deserved
OT: Anyone see the Philly Eagles uniforms today? sick.
UGH
2nd and 3rd no on out. Bear down MIKE
Hey Yankees Chick, i didn’t realize you were like, THE Yankees Chick till i clicked yer name. Dude you rock you’re hilarious, keep it up!
Boooooooooo
Moose needs to do better than this. Our bullpen was pretty used up yesterday.
And what do you know TORRE the regular 90 year old Mussina returns…. I cant wait to see batting practice in a play off game.
Alright…3 is the limit, now time to hold ‘em. Give at least four shutout innings after this and we’ll call it a quality start. Let’s go, Moose!
I still really want to know if the Moose call is a Bronx original or if we co-opted it from the fans in Baltimore.
Well. Thanks Mike, way to field your position there. The string of expletives id be shouting right now couldn’t be confused with MOOOOSE or BOOOOO, trust me…
What was that Jeter was doing?
Wonder if Pete still thinks the post season roster is going to have Moose as our #4. I’m thinking Hughes or even Kennedy with no Post season experience is better than moose right now.
one more strike!
Rusty, see above. The Moose call started while he was playing in Baltimore’s minor league system…for the Hagerstown Suns, I believe.
Trying to make the ump think he couldn’t catch it so he could get a double play.
Well, Moose’s scoreless streak wasn’t gonna last forever. Now we just need to answer back!! LET’S GO YANKEES – OPTIMISM!!
Jennifer – thanks! I’m watching Yankees and the Colts/Houston game, and I looked away for a second!
Hughes has been shaky. Kennedy’s barely played in the bigs. I’d keep Moose in and have the kids looking over his shoulder in case he needs to be yanked in the 3rd or 4th.
funny stuff Rusty
Thanks Rusty!
and jeez, COME ON moose. our bullpen is completely tapped out, we cannot go to them after 5 again.
Phil thanks man. I was hoping that was all us but whatever, if he holds them right here for the rest of the game and we can start to hit ol’ mutton chops here, i don’t care where it started.
Wonder what highschool must have been like for a kid with a name like Thigpen…
Matty with a leadoff walk…
Postive thinking, worked like a bunt.
Check out those mad mutton chops, I betcha they keep his ears warm
not to mention Curtis as his first. I remember a kid named Abraham Woody back in my day…poor guy.
Ha. Murcer just described McGowans ‘chops as ‘Old-Timey’. Love it.
The phillies game is already in the 6th inning,
Bases juiced for Jose.
Way to work the count Melky!!
I don’t know what i’m saying, maybe i’ve become miss cleo? LOL
Okay so i’m not miss cleo, I won’t quit my day job.
Yankees Chick- Nice blog site! I’ll be glad when Toronto goes home. They have depleted this team with this series. Moose has gone back to his bad habits. By the way, you are way more cute than Pete..lol Keep up the good work!
Okay but we did get some runs.
Jose!!!
Yes! Frere Molina comes correct fillin in for Jorge!!
Gotta love the Molina behind door #3
:COME ON moose. our bullpen is completely tapped out, we cannot go to them after 5 again.”
what do mean tapped out? we’ll throw edwar,bruney, farnsworth,igawa,veras, britton, karstens, olandorf, villone, etc, at em again if we have too. most of them only threw for one out. one big plus of the yankee bullpen is most of them are not good enough to get tired. the can stink multiple days in a row.
Moose has not gone back to his bad habits. He is now facing a better team with much better hitters
at this point, I say let the Gator lace em up
Classic neverending Damon AB. LOVE IT!!
BOS 0 TB 2!
Rbi for DEREK JETER!
JETER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Clutch as always!!!
el capitan! he continues to amaze me every day
Yessss!!! Jeter is on FIYAH!!!
I’m on a bit of a time delay, but they showed Melky Cabrera and Robinson Cano in the dugout about 5 minutes ago with someone sitting in between them – anyone know who that is? I didn’t recognize him.
new game
How does a pitcher like Wakefield sweat from thowing with little effort in an air conditioned dome ?
yeah, wakefield is 16-11…you’d think he’s gotta come back to earth sometime.
no doubt randy. the matchups yesterday were killing me. That was one of things Sherman was questioning yesterday – why Joe feels so inclined to pitch lefty/right matchups even when the stats suggest otherwise or when we can’t afford to use certain pitchers for a single at bat or whatever. A matter of fact, Britton, Ohlendorf and i believe Bruney were all pulled after retiring the first guy they faced, and he left in the guys who gave up a walk or a hit, solely based on the matchup.
He then went on to worry about what Joe would do given the dillemma of ‘needing’ lefties like Villone, Henn or Igawa on the postseason roster so much that he would pass on bringing Hughes or Kennedy to serve as longmen. A valid concern, if you ask me – and it was nice to hear some intelligent criticism instead of the drivel i usually hear during the games.
Think they’re gonna win this one for the Scooter today! (and no, not the squirrel)
jets are stinking it up today
Not really watching that game. Flipping back and forth, I want to see Wayne get honored.
i wouldnt get too excited about TB though. they probably can’t protect a 10 spot if they wanted to.
Welp, at least we tied it. Answering back rocks! McGowan at 60 pitches…
i hear ya Jennifer…at least NY baseball’s in good shape. I always tell myself i’ll catch up on work sundays and its always the same unproductive channel-flipping story now that NFL’s back.
woohoo I just picked up Kevin Jones in my fantasy league. Early bird catches the worm
Now if only the Lions could beat the Beagles!
Nice comeback by Yankees. Let’s see if Mussina can have an easy inning to get the Yankees batting again. Go Moose!
quite a hole though…mcnabb’s finally woken up. maybe its the awful uniforms
theyre so bright they blind the DBs
NICE!! Go MOOSE!
Moose has not gone back to his bad habits. He is now facing a better team with much better hitters
Not really. Moose shut TOR down through 5.2 IP two starts ago.
LOL at those Eagles uni’s. Looks like it’s working though, unfortunately.
YEAH JOSE!!! Niiiice throw!!
WOW!!!! Molina and Minky!!! What a PLAY!!! Love it!
nice!
what a nice addition Molina’s been. we went through so many lame backups for Jorge (though I miss Sal Fasano’s sweet stache)
picking up molina was a great move – decent backup catchers are very hard to come by!
Good inning, now let’s get some RUNS!!!!
Dougie earned his starting spot for the postseason.
great inning
The person sitting between them was Wilson Betimit
Jenifer turn back to the Jets playing nicely now
Jeez it is nice to see a backup catcher who can not only play defense and can he ever but is not an automatic out
Minky again great de fense
Dr. Acula – I hope you’re right, because he would be my pick.
Good job by Moose. Let’s go A-Rod!
Jets just increased the lead, pending booth review.
dude, can we keep Molina please? Best Yankees backup i can remember since Posoda was still backing up Girardi. Not comparing the Molina=Posada potential, obviously – but ugh, remember Stinnet, Fasano and Nieves?
Yankees Chick, let’s just hope Molina hasn’t been SO impressive that other GMs are thinking they want him to start for their team. Cause I really want the Yanks to re-sign him! He and Jorge would be the best duo ever till Francisco Cervelli is ready.
Thanks Gayle!
I think Chien Ming swings a better bat than Nieves did. Ugh.
Cash and co have a lot of work to do in the off season.
Khoa, Moose has a higher lifetime BA than Nieves I think. Scary huh??
I thought our big catching prospect was the Jesus (Montero?) kid? Too bad we didn’t hang onto Dioner Navarro… not playing too bad for the D-Rays.
Great AB Alex!
Ha! Hilarious. I believe it.
I cant even remember who we got for Dioner, i remember he went to the Dodgers first, and then the Dodgers sent him to TB for Mark Hendrickson last season. Must have been a three way trade that i can’t recall, but i’m gonna roll the dice and guess that it DIDNT work out in our favor.
i have no illusions that tampa is going to win today, but if you’re a boston fan, you have to be concerned about not just your relievers, but your starters after beckett. how effective will 39 doughnuts, dice-bbb, and 100-year-old wakefield be? do you start lester in a playoff game?
72 pitches bottom of 3rd!! Way to go YANKEES! Make him work!
boooo that sucked. they got lucky :\
I HATE CBS!! THEY AREN’T SHOWING WAYNE!
Thats a shame. I love when they do that type of stuff during halftime. One of my favorite football memories was seeing LT’s ceremony during halftime and watching Phil Simms toss him a pass (that he almost dropped).
Jesus Montero is in short season A ball. He is a looooooong ways away and they don’t know if he’ll stay at catcher because he’s pretty big already as an 18 year old.
alright. Melky struck out. That means that he’s due for a gamechanging positive play now.
anyone know anything about kennedy??
Don’t forget that Molina can call a good game, too. I hope he does re-sign with us.
It’s official. John Sterling has crowned this the “Most Beautiful Day Ever.”
What a BS organization Toronto is. Only gives 100% when they know they are already out of the race.
My worst memory of LT was at RFK I was in the end zone and Joey T went down with a broken leg
I haven’t heard anything about Ian.
Wow you were there? Yeesh. that was gross.
Greg BLEEPIN’ Zaun….I can’t believe he got that walk.
looks like TB scored another one
hey guys Tampa is winning 3-0 in the 4rth thought you’d like to know
Yes I was I leaved in DC at the time
Please forget how Tampa Bay is doing. The proper mindset is to pretend that Boston has already won today’s game.
C’mon MOOSE! Let’s get out of this inning and leave those runners on base!!
What the hell was that replay from? scared me!! I was flipping back and forth and saw Jeter go down.
meh. i like to keep an eye on the enemy. thinking boston’s already won isn’t going to help the yankees win any more than keeping an eye on the scoreboard. i’m not the one wearing pinstripes (at least on the field)
If only the Yanks can find a way to shut down AA guys like Thigpen and Narvarro…..
20%... Navarro is on the D-Rays dude. Which game you watchin?
Alas, even given a 30-0 lead, Tampa Bay will still lose.
I concur 20%.
MELKY! what a weekend for the melk-man!!!!! WOW!
NICE PLAY@@
I know. Remember what Navarro did when we played Tampa Bay? The point is we need to crush these nobodies of the world.
MELKY DID IT AGAIN!!!!!
THE MELKMAN!!!!!
I told ya. Melky striking out earlier only means that he will make up for it later
YEAH BABY!! When are third base coaches gonna start respectin the cannon in center field? silly bit¢hes…
melk man did what guys, girls
Awful Moose a ten pich at bat to the Number 9 hitter an than give up a base hit
Rusty aren’t we better off that they don’t?
How many assists is that for Melky now? If he doesnt lead the league in OF assists its gotta be close!
rover – Melky threw in to home from CF and Molina tagged runner out at home!
rover – Melky threw in to home from CF and Molina tagged runner out at home!
What are Melky’s chances at winning a Gold Glove?
I don’t know how many of you know about this but I just found it…it’s a live feed of the game
http://wham1180.com/cc-common/streaming_new/index.html?refreshed=yes
ok – that was weird – I only posted once.
ty, sherri, much appreciated.
thanks for the boston score, guys.
When will teams learn that Melky leads the league with outfield assists from a CF.
I think 3b coaches are so used to us having bad arms in CF (Bernie and Damon) that they forget Melky has a cannon. Keep forgetting pls!
Melky made a strong throw…but don’t forget the love for Molina. He sold that “tag” and ran out of there.
does that feed work EVERY game Mel? or is it just this one?
Yes, and he sold it well!
not only should cashman sign molina, but don’t forget posada is not going to be an easy sign either. it’s going to take three years because jorge has seen bernie have go out on cashman’s terms. he won’t let that happen to him and will hold out for a three year deal.
i say give him three years at 12 million avg. a year. if the last year is a total waste, count it as a nice golden parachute for being the unofficial 2nd captain on the team for so many years.
after bernie, cashman needs to resurrect his loyalty image with core veteran players. the yankees need to not burn any bridges with jorge because players like him should stay in the organization as coaches or managers to pass on the torch.
this is guaranteedl be a hot topic this fall because a jorge three year signing flies in the
face of cashman’s younger and cheaper plans, but signing him is the smart thing to do.
I think that Navarro went to the Dodgers in the three-way deal for Randy Johnson.
TB tacks another one on
we really need to do our part
Ya know, the Angels musta thought we were dead in the water when they gave us Molina, back in July.
That’ll teach them to listen to steve philips
Isn’t that the WCBS feed that you get from the MLB media player?
Its John and Suzyn alright, but it looks like you dont have to go through MLB.com!
Yeah – i meant that purely as a bad-mofo gloat. Let them keep their short memories!
But still, Melks been doin that most of the season, you’d figure they might have figured that one out by now? Especially with what, Zaun at third today, and last night, Stairs? These dudes are slow, if i were Gibbons i’d be pissed that they were being sent home, especially with the top of the order coming up to get that RBI.
Navarro, Halsey and Vasquesz were used to get RJ, then Navarro and others were sent to the Dodgers for Shawn Green.
Navarro did exactly what he was intended for…..trade bait. Nice player though.
Tampa Bay won’t beat Boston. I knew Boston would win yesterday even though they were losing 6-5 going to the 9th. I think Boston players have a deal with Reyes under the table to throw every game where he has a save opportunity. Reyes has blown 3 in a row against Boston. There’s your 2.5 game lead for Boston right there.
MOOOOOOOSSEEE
WAY TO GO, MOOSE!!!!!!!!!!!
I feel bad for anyone who listens to Steve Phillips. I wonder if he really thinks the things he says or is he just ESPNs puppet controversial GM.
Moose with 3 R through 5 IP…he gets through one more and it is a “quality start.” He’s at 77 pitches now.
Wakefield is walking wounded.
7 hits (3 Xbases) and 3 walks thur 5. But moreover, that’s against a team he has historcially dominated.
speaking of the Sox and former players who really bloomed in their new surroundings, how about Carlos Pena?? Hes having an AMAZING year and nobody has really noticed.
MOOOOOOOOOOSE!!! That was a BEAUTIFUL called 3rd strike on Adams!
Back to the discussion on Scooter:
I’m 53, and for me Scooter brings back memories of Berra, Mantle, Maris, Ford, Kubek, Boyer and Richardson. My mother is a Yankee fan in her 80s and for her it’s DiMag, Bower, Martin, Reynolds and Stengel.
That’s one of the coolest things about Rizzuto, that he can bridge all those generations of Yankees fans.
“That Melky….he’s no better than a fourth outfielder on a good team….we should upgrade in the off-season….”
Can that be put to rest once and for all?
I’ve never noticed Yankees Chick as a commenter on here. Great site, Maureen. Keep up the great work.
Yeah i checked it out, we sent Navarro, a home-grown switch hitting catcher and Javy Vasquez (14-8, 3.79 btw) away for the Big Useless. God i hated signing that mongoloid redneck POS.
Dr. A, I think the Rays finally heard what Mattingly always says about Wakefield: slow pitch softball. They never used to hit him and now I think they have the past few times they faced him.
Go Yanks!! Let’s get some runs!!
I cant watch the game here so I was wondering what the throw to get Zaun at home looked like. I get the feeling that had the catcher been Jorge rather than Molina, Zaun would have been safe. Jorge cant block the plate or catch a ball on a hop to save his hide.
And now Boston has the bases loaded against TB in the top of the 6th down 4 runs with Papi at the plate. I think we all know the end result of this at bat.
Rusty we sent Brad Halsey too, and he stinks!
I can hardly stand listening to Steve Phillips.
C’MON A-ROD!!!
The TB collapse looks like its beginning to form
Papi just grounded a ball that should have been an easy double play but the pitcher kicked the ball in between first and second and no outs were recorded with a run in and still bases loaded. 4-1 TB
surprised it wasnt a Grand slam
NanjemoyEd-
you’re 53?
Wow! that’s old.
I mean, that’s before color tV or MTV, for goodness sake.
On the other hand, I bet those senior discounts must be sweet, huh?
Uh – did you watch the Boston game last weekend when Hinske absolutely plowed over Jorge? How about the huge 14-13 comeback vs Texas last season when Teixera hit him? Posada gets a bad rap for going with the swipe tag and not blocking the plate but he’s played very differently since Tony Pena came on as the first base coach. Molina is a great backstop, but i don’t think one has more ‘courage’ than the other.
The throw was perfect but Zaun slid behind him and he had to reach back and it looked like he just nipped him on the helmet or back before he got the hand in (but it was questionable wheter or not he actually got the tag on).
Ouch! Burn. haha
I’m surprised he is being left in to face Matsui after throwin 106 pitches and walking two straight batters.
Melky’s throw wasn’t perfect. It was slightly up the line, causing Molina to have to go out in front of the plate and towards third base, then reach back to “swing” tag the runner.
haha. damn, i haven’t thought of Brad Halsey in ages. But yea, he did stink. he was sorta like the weak precursor to Scott Proctor.
well, they tore through their pen as well yesterday, but unlike our situation, they dont need to rest for anything in oct.
Cano delivers.
Thanks for the description of the throw. I was thinking of Friday night where Jorge dropped an easy out at the plate on a throw from Abreu. Anyway, after King Lowell, TB pitcher walked in another run so it is 4-2 with bases loaded 1 out and Covelli at the plate.
YES!
Robbie Cano dontcha know!!!
adios McGowan
I cant believe they left McGowan in that long. Way to preserve your young pitcher’s arm and confidence, Gibbons. Of course, it’s good for us!
But, just sayin, questionable judgement on Gibbons part. I don’t care for the guy, I wish he would have let Lilly fight him last year, lol.
Just gave up a base hit scoring 1 run. Still 1 out still loaded, TB still looking like they have money on the Red Sox
so much for TB’s lead….not sure they’ll get out of this inning without losing it.
Anyone see Cano’s backswing hit the catcher on the mask? I officially do not like Gibbons, that guy just looks like a prick, im not surprised Ted Lilly and Shea Hillenbrand wanted to punch him in the damn face.
The Rays just cannot stand prosperity. They’re toothless.
anyway, heres an informal poll – who sucks worse, the D-Rays or the Lions?
Tampa is such a tease. They should open their own bait shop.
yeah, I’m a sap, I bit hard. I thought Tampa could win last nite. but no more. As Bush says, “fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can’t get fooled again.”(sic)
The D-Rays because they have to play the Red Sox 19 times a year for at least 16 guaranteed losses. The Lions rarely ever have to play the Patriots so the guaranteed losses are few and far between
At least Tampa’s “closer” won’t blow the game as usual. And people think the Yankees bullpen is a house of fire, Tampa’s pitching staff is like that movie Backdraft.
TB got out of it with a double play from Hinske. 4-3
LOL Tampa Yankee, I was thinking in terms of the Lions beating the Beagles today…doesn’t look like it’s gonna happen, sadly. 49-21 now, yuck.
Does anyone know what happened to Carl Crawford?
Amazing…I can’t believe TB got outta that one!!!!
C’MON MINKY!!
I believe Crawford is day to day with some sort of minor injury. Of course I’m sure he will be fine when it comes time to play us!
I agree with Randy I and his take on resigning both catchers…..I also hope they sign someone like Aaron Rowland, and right hand hitting fold glove CF…Move Melky to Right, as he has the perfect arm for right….
fumblitis!
DOUGIE!!!!! Woo Hoo!!
Thx Adams!
I just looked it up and apparently Crawford is scheduled to return to face the Yankees after missing the Red Sox series with a “sore groin” (otherwise known as being afraid seeing his BA drop below .300 when he takes an 0-15 collar for the series)
YEEEAH JOSE!!!! Clutch!!!
FASANO, NIEVES, STINNET never would’ve pulled that off
First Minky, now MOLINA!!! WOOOOOO!!!! 6-3 YANKEES!!!!!!!
Baby Bombers strike again: Robbie, Dougie, Molina
Not just because of the RBI at bat…but unless Cashman has or can find a young, up and coming C to eventually replace Posada down the line….it might be good to bring back Molina as Posada’s back-up.
Baby Bombers!! HA! I like that!
Well our magic number is stuck at 3. Now we can’t clinch at home.
“I was thinking of Friday night where Jorge dropped an easy out at the plate on a throw from Abreu. ”
well you”ve just let everyone know you have never tried to short hop a ball with a catcher’s mitt thrown in from the opposite direction from a runner who’s about to kill you.
that was not an easy play to make. i have no idea why the official scorer gave him an error on that play.
Dougie and Molina are not Baby Bombers. Molina is 32 and Mientkiewicz is 33.
can we please sign Guiseppe Franco or something so he quits the barber gig and i don’t have to watch this goddam commercial ever again?
maybe crawford does have a “sore groin�
I’ve lived in Flordia; the grrls are wild (well, they were in the 80s).
I got a great Joba t-shirt yesterday. it says HOT JOBA with a cup of coffee with Jobas number on it. On the back it has his number 62, and right on the back on the neck is a NYY with a website address soxsuckunlimited.com LOL my friend and I looked at it and laughed so hard.!
PAT M…..
September 23rd, 2007 at 3:29 pm
I agree with Randy I and his take on resigning both catchers…..I also hope they sign someone like Aaron Rowland, and right hand hitting fold glove CF…Move Melky to Right, as he has the perfect arm for right….
No, the Yanks need to definitely pick up Abreu’s option and keep Melky in center. They can move Melky over in ‘09 when Austin Jackson or Tabata will probably be ready.
Randy, I would hazard to guess that 96% of the posters on this board have never tried to do that…heck, I played up baseball through college and never tried it.
Swiiiing and a miss! Nice!
edit…baseball up…
Jennifer is the Yanks win today and tomorrow and Minnesota somehow beats Detroit tomorrow the Yanks will clinch at home.
Giuseppe Franco-
baby bombers in terms of pinstripe service.
Moose has a quality start…whether you like it or not, he is the #4 pitcher in the postseason rotation, if needed.
uno-dos-tres
MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSE!!!
Moose wants that postseason start!
TB put up another one 5-3
But they won’t be home, they will be on their way or in Tampa. We play a day game, they play a night game.
i’m feeling good bout moose. like someone mentioned earlier, this is a quality lineup. i think the month off (or however long Joe took him off) helped
BOS 3 TB 5 bottom of 6th.
MOOSE is having a good game! Good enough anyway to keep us from having to go to the bullpen to early.
Randy
I think I am probably among the majority of people in this country who have never tried to short hop a ball with a catcher’s mitt with a runner bearing down on me. That being said, I was just commenting on the fact that just about every major league catcher, whose job description I might add is to be able to handle that exact scenario, would have made that play that Jorge bothced with ease. And the guy didnt even run Jorge over, he just slid into home plate.
But I am not really criticizing Jorge, just thinking that Molina is better at blocking home plate. That doesnt in any way make up for Jorge’s far superior offensive skills, just an observation on my part.
5-3 TB
Mike was banged up, the rest did his mind and body good.
I’ll tell you, Dr. A, that Ty Cobb, he was one helluva player!
Yup, TVs were black and white on 15” screens. No computers, faxes, xerox copies, cds, dvds,or vcrs. Telephones were hard wired only, had dials instead of buttons and you had to go through the operator to place a call on your party line.
You’re right that those senior discounts are great. I just wish that you could still get tooty fruity ice cream.
baby bombers in terms of pinstripe service.
Not to nitpick, but then Cano isn’t a Baby Bomber because he’s in his third season with the club.
Jen-
where digya get the shirt?
Did you stay for the whole game yesterday?
And Jaba is smokin’ His stock is poppin’
http://tinyurl.com/2wth68
pat m-
you’d let abreau go after this year? he seems like he’s fitting in well after the horrible start.matsui is the one who worries me. i wish they’d get him a first baseman’s mitt and have him at least try to learn what to do with it. first base isn’t as easy as most people think. outfielders approach ground balls in a much different way. infielders are easy to convert. outfielders are another story, but it’s worth a try because of matsui’s bat.
Yes if we win today and win tomorrow and detroit loses tomorrow we clinch the PROBLEM is that the Detroit game isnt until night time so there will be no on field or in clubhouse champagne popping as the team will be on a plane to Tampa.
Also dont forget tomorrow after the game is rookie hazing where the rooks have to dress up in whatever they is put in their locker
this is really Cano’s 2nd full season so he is still a baby bomber because he hasn’t hit FA yet
You know, last Yankee home run was Matsui last Wednsday vs Baltimore. Thats crazy.
Oh I forgot the rookie hazing was coming up. Can’t wait to see pics!
Rusty, that is actually a good thing because it means we’re scoring runs w/o the long ball
Jennifer –
Not to throw cold water on your Joba shirt but after this year, he won’t be issued a football number (62)and the same applies to Phil and IPK.
So what do you think they’ll do to JOBA???
Tivo says he was safe…I need to see a different angle.
Dr. no I got the one with a cup of coffee on the front.
I didn’t stay for the entire game, I left at the top of the 10th. I had dinner plans and I was already very late. One thing that really bugged me was the WAVE!! I hate the WAVE. I was maybe the only person who didn’t stand up and do it.
NanjemoyEd-
I’m just curious, did they use paper money in those days?
I mean I’ve seen pictures of US currency, but to actually use them – man that blows my mind.
ps I’m glad you have a sense of humor.
Who has to dress up? Joba, Hughes, Edwar, Ian, Minky, Molina? who else? Its all first year Yankees right (because I know Minky and Molina have been in the league for a while)
weird call on that play, something tells me the umps gave that to the Jays due to the call on Zaun at home.
Hughes asked for that number, as did Joba. I don’t think they are switching.
Sherri, JABBA THE HUTT for sure! THAT WOULD BE AWESOME
d-train, he wants a number that adds up to 8. also I would think since he has had success with this number he won’t change it.
No, vets from other teams don’t dress up…just rookies.
and then make one of the guys dress like lea and another as chewy.
D Train, I think Joba will want to keep #62. IIRC, he chose it b/c the numbers add up to 8, in tribute of his friend who passed away and had always worn #8.
Thats a shame. Matsuzaka kind of got the bleep end of the stick then since he played for years in JAP
oh YES why do you have to remind me of Giants football
oh look a must win for us today as the tigers beat KC
Rusty I agree, there was no way he was out.
Raymagnetic….The Yanks need to find some balance in their BA….Rowland is superior to Abreu defensively by a large margin, and his offensive numbers are not that far off…Plus he’s younger and improving…...Abreu is on the downside of his career, & he sucks defensively….I say he goes, along with Farnsworth…..As for Jackson & Tabata, it could be several years before we really see them in the Stadium…...
Short end of the stick for Dice-K? No, it was all in good fun and he had a blast with it. It gets him that much closer with his teammates. Even Ichiro did it way back when. As did Matsui.
you think Reyes will be back in the 9th for TB if they can hang on another inning?
It is just the rookies dressing up. And I would assume it is just the “major” ones. Ian, Phil, Joba.