ALDS Game 2: Yankees at Indians
Posted by: Peter Abraham - Posted in Misc on Oct 05, 2007 
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Here are the lineups:
YANKEES
Damon LF
Jeter SS
Abreu RF
Rodriguez 3B
Matsui DH
Posada C
Cano 2B
Cabrera CF
Mientkiewicz 1B
Pettitte LHP
INDIANS
Sizemore CF
Cabrera 2B
Hafner DH
Martinez C
Garko 1B
Peralta SS
Lofton LF
Michaels RF
Blake 3B
Carmona RHP
Pregame chatter: So much for the idea of using Giambi. Torre said he gave no thought to taking Matsui out of the lineup. “It’s a different pitcher,” he said. “These are the guys who have done it for us.” … If Mientkiewicz’s ankle wasn’t OK, Giambi would have started at first base. … Torre still won’t say who he plans to start in Game 4. He is considering using Wang on short rest because of how well he pitches at the Stadium. Then Pettitte would come back for a possible Game 5. The Game 4 options are Mussina, Wang or Hughes. “All are viable,” Torre said. … One way or another, Joba Chamberlain will get in the game tonight.
UPDATE, 3:37 p.m.: The A-Rod postseason slump has so many weird angles. He’s 0 for 15, 3 for 31 or 4 for 46 (.087) if you back to his last three at-bats of Game 4 in the 2004 ALCS. His last RBI in the postseason was in 2004. On, and he’s also 0 for his last 24 in postseason road games. It’s truly hard to believe.
(Surgeon General’s warning. These Alex Rodriguez stats are printed without any opinion intended. These are simple statistics taken off Page 95 of the Yankees Postseason Media Guide. In the opinion of this writer, he’s a great player and a fine American. Or Dominican.)
UPDATE, 3:43 p.m.: Phil Hughes is the youngest Yankee to appear in a postseason game since Bill Stafford (who?) in 1960.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * BREAKING NEWS * * * * * * * * * * * *
Got this release from the Yankees:
BOB SHEPPARD TO MISS DIVISION SERIES GAMES AT YANKEE STADIUM; WILL SNAP STREAK OF ANNOUNCING 121 CONSECUTIVE POSTSEASON GAMES
The New York Yankees announced today that public address announcer Bob Sheppard will be unable to attend 2007 Division Series games at Yankee Stadium due to a bronchial infection. He will be replaced by longtime backup Jim Hall.
Sheppard is in his 57th season as public address announcer at Yankee Stadium. His forthcoming absence will snap a streak of working 121 consecutive postseason games at Yankee Stadium, including 62 games in 22 World Series. His postseason streak began on October 4, 1951, in Game 1 of the World Series vs. the New York Giants. The lineups that day included Joe DiMaggio, Phil Rizzuto, Yogi Berra and rookies Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays.
“Doctors are monitoring my progress,â€? Sheppard said. “And I am hoping to get back to Yankee Stadium to watch—and announce—Yankees playoff games long into October.â€?
Sheppard’s first game as Yankees public address announcer was on Opening Day, April 17, 1951, as the Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox, 5-0.
Get well soon, Mr. Sheppard.
UPDATE, 5:23 p.m.: Queen Latifah threw 15 warm-up pitches next to the Yankees dugout before she threw out the first pitch. Derek Jeter came out to give her a hug.
UPDATE, 5:44 p.m.: That is why you stick with Melky Cabrera. What a throw. He even had the presence of mind to pause for a split second and set himself before he gunned down Peralta. Huge play. Now we’ll see if the Yankees can use the momentum.
UPDATE, 5:53 p.m.: Throw a guy out at the plate, crush a home run nearly into the second deck. It’s a good day to be the Melkman.
Andy Pettitte has four innings to go. Then it’s Joba for two and Mo for one. Torre will cling to this lead like a life raft.
UPDATE, 6:10 p.m.: So much for passing the baton. Cleveland was clearly pitching around A-Rod there as he swung at ball three on 2-0. Terrible at-bat. That’s 4 for 48 and 0 for 17.
Jeters starts with a single and it’s wasted.
UPDATE, 6:35 p.m.: Andy Pettitte really has been a bulldog today. The Indians have four hits in four innings and he’s kept them off the board with the help of Melky.
The Yankees need a run or two to help him out. But Carmona has made only one mistake.
UPDATE, 7:06 p.m.: This has so far been a performance for the ages by Andy Pettitte. The big lefty has not dominated the Indians but he has been tough all day, to steal the slogan of a certain Texan.
UPDATE, 7:15 p.m.: Wow, what can you say about A-Rod at this point? Just that Fausto Carmona has been terrific, I guess.
UPDATE, 7:22 p.m.: There is no action in the Yankee bullpen. I think you go Pettitte at least the seventh if not the eighth. He has put the team on his back.
UPDATE, 7:27 p.m.: Joba is up now. Pettitte is probably batter to batter I would guess.
UPDATE, 7:30 p.m.: It’s Joba time. Gutierrez will pinch hit for Cleveland. Huge spot for the kid. What a job by Pettitte. But 6.1 is still a touch short.
UPDATE, 7:35 p.m.: Five pitches, inning over. The kid is amazing. But he still needs to get the ball to Mo. What a tension convention this is.
The Indians are 1 for 12 with runners in scoring position.
UPDATE, 7:38 p.m.: People, understand something. One of the Joba Rules is once he gets up, he comes in or that’s it. Multiple warm-ups are what take a lot out of the arms of relievers. So Torre could not have him up to start that inning. Plus, given how Andy was pitching, he deserved to go back out there.
Once a runner on base, Guidry went to the mound and almost certainly told Pettitte to pitch around Lofton to give Joba a chance to warm up. He needs at least 10-12 pitches before he gets to the mound. They handled the situation perfectly.
What a game. Meanwhile, Carmona has been a stud. Do you realize the Yankees have one run on three hits in the last 11 innings? Amazing.
UPDATE, 7:48 p.m.: This is weird. There are some sort of bugs on the field and the players are all getting bug spray put on them. That’s why Mientkiewicz was having problems during his at-bat.
UPDATE, 8:01 p.m.: Is this really happening because of gnats? Joba is clearly unnerved by the swarm of bugs on the field and has lost his control. He’s overthrowing everything, which has led to the wild pitches, walks and hit batter. What a mess.
UPDATE, 8:16 p.m.: Well, here’s another chance for A-Rod. He can end all the questions right here.
UPDATE, 8:22 p.m.: So much for that. He hasn’t got a ball out of the infield all series. Three pop-ups and three strikeouts. That was a tough at-bat but the postseason woes continue for A-Rod. One single and he’s a hero. Instead he’s still a headcase.
UPDATE, 8:26 p.m.: Now it’s up to Mo. I really can’t see how the Yankees win this game unless Mo goes two innings and they score in the 10th. Cleveland’s bullpen is better now that Joba has been used.
UPDATE, 9:00 p.m.: The great Mariano Rivera has done it again. In 114.2 postseason innings, he has allowed 10 earned runs. That’s an ERA of 0.78. His line: 114.2 70 10 ER 16 BB, 90 K.
Now is only the offense would do something to help the great pitching the Yankees have received.
Now Shelley gets a shot.
UPDATE, 9:05 p.m.: Mo is done as the Viz is warming up. This is where it gets dicey.
No surprises there…Get it done Andy!!!!!!!!!!!!
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO YANKS!
Why no Giambi at DH
IS THIS A JOKE? What does Matsui have to do to get out of that lineup? Strike out every time he gets up? Let Jason Giambi have a crack, he can’t be much worse.
Sigh. So much for Giambi. I knew it.
We play today we win today dasit!!
I told my co-worker when we return to work on Monday we will lead the series 2-1 and go for the win Monday!!
Bummer to see matsui in there at DH he looked really rusty at the plate. I hope he has a big day and makes me feel like an idiot for suggesting he should sit
Why Is MATSUI in the Lineup! Big deal he is a lefty facing a RHP, dude has not hit since August!
I have some strange confidence that Matsui has all of a sudden miraculously healed and will have a big game…
….why else would he be batting 5th?? (gulp, Torre, what are you doing?)
pete, shocked you didnt post that you think the slumping arod should be batting lower!!!!!! he was 0-2 last night, remember??
WHY THE HELL DOES HE CONTINUE TO PUT MATSUI IN THE LINEUP!
honestly, he has done NOTHING to deserve the spot. Shelley Duncan has. Giambi has done more than Matsui, but thats not saying much. Get your head out of your ass Joe, stop being loyal to the Vets.
Oh come on, its not like Giambi has hit anything either. I have more confidence in Matsui breaking out of his slump then Giambi.
You really ought to see me laughing here.
for the past month, whenever we rag on someone on the blog, they come through.
Whenever I see a squirrel, the Yankees win.
I saw SEVEN today.
Optimism Bus is ready to go! Who’s coming aboard?
LET’S GO YANKEES! WE WIN TONIGHT!
“Shelley Duncan has”
Um I like Shelley and all, but what exactly has he done to deserve the start?
let shelly play,matsui’s playing injured and he didnt even swing well yesterday.
matsui sucks, hasnt done anything since game 3 of 2004 alcs.
yet another one of torre’s boys who can do no wrong
at least giambi can work pitchers and get some walks
If Arod ever comes up to lead off the inning all they have to do is walk him and then Matsui is a guaranteed DP. Arrgghh. If Matsui doesnt hit today then he better not play game 3.
Come on Pettitte we trust you and we need a big one tonight!! Show Wang how a real pitcher pitches in a post season game.
too true jt. for my money we need to put a-rod eighth and have matsui bat clean-up.
Matsui actually moved up in the lineup.
Beyond stupid to have Doug M starting today. Giambi’s a lefty who can actually hit.
Doug M absolutely sucks as a hitter.
If Torre insists on keeping Matsui in the lineup, why stick him behind your best hitter? It just doesn’t make any sense. Unless the bases are loaded, why should Carmona throw a strike to A-Rod? If anything, Matsui should be batting seventh behind Posada and Cano. Torre has his own special brand of weirdness: he bats A-Rod eighth last year because he struggled, yet he keeps Matsui in the lineup and bats him fifth when he hasn’t had a hit in what seems forever.
If Torre wants to go with Matsui over Giambi or Duncan, fine, but does he have to put him behind A-Rod and leave Alex so completely without protection?
A-rod either ON THE BENCH or batting 9th….that’s the only way he gets in Pete’s lineup !
“at least giambi can work pitchers and get some walks”
He actually hasn’t been walking nearly as much as he usually does.
torre is trying to sabotage a-rod!!!!!!!!!!!
i have to say i REALLY don’t like matsui in the lineup tonight… i love matsui, but it seems to me like he might need a break. it seems pretty clear that he is not feeling 100%. why not use giambi instead?
quick, someone send a cameraman to Cleveland for when Matsui gets off the team bus…
matsui sucks, hasnt done anything since game 3 of 2004 alcs.
yet another one of torre’s boys who can do no wrong
Glad to see you’ve been following the yankees closely for the past 3 years, idiot.
Matsui is hitting under .200 for a month, looked feeble last night, and he gets moved UP in the order.
Wang melted down last night and Torre wants to bring him back on short rest for a Game 4.
Whatever happened to accountability and intelligent decisionmaking?
All I can say is, wow, the guy is going out on his own terms. I’ll give him that.
He is managing this team right out of the post-season again. Fortunately, unless the powers that be have also lost their minds, it will be the last time he does it.
It is numbing to understand his logic with Matsui. It makes absolutely no sense.
This series is going to have a ton of storylines around it now. If it didn’t have them already.
“Torre said he gave no thought to taking Matsui out of the lineup. ‘It’s a different pitcher,’ he said. ‘These are the guys who have done it for us.’”
Was he on a green-tea high and miss all of September or something? Matsui has been awful for over a month.
StandingO’Neill – I’m pretty sure that Shelley came in and hat a hit… Matsui hasnt had a hit in ages. At least Shelley hits the ball hard, all Matsui does is hit dribblers and double play balls to second base.
I hope that Joe knows what he’s doing here.
Best case scenario is that Andy goes seven and holds the tribe to two runs or less. This lineup will produce more than two runs.
StandingO’Neill, Giambi is 4 for his last 9. It’s not much, but better than Matsui.
If Arod sees a strike tonight I’ll be shocked. Arod should go up to the plate w/o a bat.
Matsui look lost at the plate last night, but, he also started off looking rather upset at the strike zone. Not like him at all. Even if he doesn’t get the best of calls he usually doesn’t show anything. To me, it shows he’s pressing. Those swings also look like contact swings to try and feel out a groove. I have a feelings the only thing thats going to get him out of it is at bats. But, I don’t think your going to get top production out of him this series.
to pete, its a bad night for arod when they pitch around him, he walks twice and matsui and posada fail to do the job.
typical ny media member
Here’s hoping that Matsui hits for the cycle or does something equally extraordinary to prove us all wrong.
That said, SJ44 is providing dead-on commentary as usual. This may be the playoffs that finally expose Torre’s decline as a tactician.
I HOPE I am wrong…but Matsui should not be in the line-up tonight…let alone batting him 5th. He’s batting 0.160 or so in Sept/Oct and looks pathetic.
Fun fact of the day: Hideki in Japanese is means:
Hi = Hit Into
De = Double
Ki = Play
An implosion by Carmona would be nice tonight and it would take a little edge off everyone both on the field and in here.
“StandingO’Neill, Giambi is 4 for his last 9. It’s not much, but better than Matsui.”
And, he hit a ball hard last night…that actually fell in for a hit!
Matsui is ahead in the count 2-0…with the bases loaded…and tries to pull ANOTHER outside pitch and rolls it over to 2B. He’s a good player, he’s just been injured and slumping and is pressing at the plate, trying to pull everything. That’s NOT the guy who’s going to force them to pitch to ARod. Jason and Shelley at least both had hits yesterday.
“matsui sucks, hasnt done anything since game 3 of 2004 alcs.
yet another one of torre’s boys who can do no wrong
Glad to see you’ve been following the yankees closely for the past 3 years, idiot.”
You can say that about the whole Yankee team since Game 4 of 04 Chief.
“It’s a different pitcher”??? So were the 30 some odd pitchers Matsui faced in September. Not that Giambi is any better, he stunk up the joint in September also, but at least he got a hit last night.
We can win tonight.
We WILL win tonight.
Until there are three out in the ninth inning, I won’t allow myself to think any different.
Just wish some of you would try along with me…
Both Matsui and Giambi serve no purpose at this point. Giambi can take a walk here or there, but he’s about done. Masui just has the deer in the headlights look at the plate. I have zero confidence that he will do anything productive.
Shelly Duncan should be the DH.
“Those swings also look like contact swings to try and feel out a groove.”
He needs to be looking to hit the ball the other way and up the middle. He’s not going to be cranking homers with his bum knee anyway. He came up twice when a single would have gotten the job done, but instead made weak outs both times trying to do too much.
Matsui did NOTHING to help the final playoff push, due to his injury. That’s not his fault, but it makes the “these are the guys that got us here” argument kind of pointless. I don’t know if it’s loyalty or “comfort” or what, but it’s wrong for right now.
G. Love, i totaly agree. no way they are going to pitch to A-Rod unless Carmona has a brain fart
I hear you guys. But the negative Matsui sentiment makes him my Reverse Lock (TM) of the night.
JT:
Stop being a clown. I never used the words “bad” or “night.”
You mention a simple statistic and the A-Rod defenders lose their minds. I hope he goes 6 for 6 and hits six homers, it would be a hell of a story. Why would I not want to cover the ALCS or WS?
“I have zero confidence that he will do anything productive.
Shelly Duncan should be the DH.”
Ok, that’s just dumb. Maybe he should have DHed yesterday, being right handed and all, but thinking he’s a better hitter than Jason and Matsui is just ignorant. Jason had a hit yesterday, same as shelley. I don’t care how good he makes you feel, Jason’s a better hitter than Duncan, overall AND right now. He should be DHing over Matsui tonight.
Torre most likely moved Matsui up in the line up because he is concerned about Cleveland’s left handed relief pitching options.
As it is right now, with the switch hitters, the line up alternates lefty – righty.
Not saying that’s the right thing to do, but that’s probably why.
There aren’t a lot of good options. I’d give Giambi a shot also but he also looked terrible for much of September.
This game is going to come down to pitching. We can debate line up all you want, this is going to come down to Pettite getting the ball to Joba and Mo with a lead.
Giambi not in the line up, he is having dinner with Marion Jones.
rebecca,
give it a rest.
save the YA GOTTA BELIEVE bs for the mets or something.
the yankees just need to go play good baseball, das it.
Hey all. I wish us all good luck this afternoon. With Damon’s home run in the first at-bat of yesterday’s game, and the 45 minute first inning we gave C.C., we might have thought we had this series in the bag. But these Indians are going to give us a fight.
After a while, it felt like Torre used yesterday as a tune-up game, being that we hadn’t played in a week. Today, we begin rolling. Let’s DO IT!
Maybe…just maybe…Torre will start the game with Matsui and if he still looks awful after a couple of AB’s…he’ll pinch hit Giambino against a righty or Shelly against a lefty.
Again, I hope Hideki proves us all wrong and has the game of his life.
Torre has done a couple of weird things but I really want to know why Hughes was pitching 2 innings of mop up duty last night. When I saw he was pitching I figured it would be for 1 inning just to get his feet wet, but 2 innings was crazy because now he cant be used for 2 or 3 games. If you go by the years that they had..Mussina should of been the one in that situation. He is the 1 that couldnt get people out all year. Now you have Clemens and Mussina or Wang going with no one to back them up. He could of put Igawa on the roster for mop up duty you do not used someone that is actually good and gets people out in that situation and now lose them for the series. Torre said if the game stayed at 4-3 he would of used Viz..so at what 6-3 he gave up the game??
Even though I really think Torre has to go, I do not think he will. Everyone talks about how good he is with the players..well if they think he is that good then let him be the team therapist because he is completely lost when it comes to pitching.
if matsui is hurt , giambi should be dh’ing
We need Matsui to pull a Rudy Stein tonight and lean in to a couple. Where’s Walter Matthau when you need him?!!!!
I’d give my left arm to have Englebert batting 5th tonight.
Matsui has been hitting behind ARod for most of the season. Matsui had at least 3 extended slumps this season. ARod did okay, and so did the Yankees. There are just no guarantees in life or in baseball. Last season Joe took all kinds of grief for messing with the lineup that got them there and now he’s getting grief for keeping the lineup that got them there. Poor guy can never win.
I wish Matsui was hitting better, but there is no better alternative. Giambi has been underproductive and Shelley Duncan is a rookie who came up and became, as the papers say, an overnight folk hero, but looking at the whole of his work, he hasn’t gotten much playing time, and when he has he’s been just okay. Given the fact that there is no real alternative, pray that Matsui breaks through.
And to quote Lou Piniella, “Let’s not doom and gloom” this whole thing.
Let’s Go Yankees!
Guys I was on a business conference call to Ohio yesterday and today. Everybody on the conference call was rooting for the indians.Today the only thing they talked about was Le bron having a Yankees cap and rooting for the Yankees.I just laughed so hard.It blew Cleveland away that Le bron would do something like that,so openly Ha Ha .
Pete you have probably the greatest Yankees blog in the world. The information on here is awesome, but everyone that vists this blog knows the Arod struggles in the playoffs. You don’t have to bring it up everytime he makes an out in the playoffs.
“We can debate line up all you want, this is going to come down to Pettite getting the ball to Joba and Mo with a lead.”
Yeah, you know what would help that? Having a hot hitter behind the MVP in the lineup so that he can actually get some pitches to swing at, maybe drive in some runs. Putting a man who, right now, is a DP machine because he’s trying to pull everything and has a bum knee is just masochistic.
Torre really does not want to be manager anymore does he?
Will he ever learn from his mistakes?
Is he just senile?
Its disgusting to see Pete harp on ARod’s numbers..
he was 0 for 2 with 2 walks.. thats the number we shud care abt..
and oh.. i guess this ARod stat is out there to give a pass to others.. i will be very interested to know Sheff’s, Jeter’s, Matsui’s splits since Game 4 alcs..
I’m going to whip a remote through my flat screen tonight if Matsui waves and slices a weak fly to left again.
This is an absolute disgrace and for the very last time, exactly why Torre has run his welcome.
STOP CATERING TO VETERANS WHO HAVEN’T PRODUCED!!!!!!!
No wonder why Arod is 4 for his last 40 in the playoffs – because he’s had LowerDeki hitting behind him.
I’m going to puke.
How about they win a game before worrying about game 4. Torre has lost 4 straight playoff games and 11 of 14. Can he stop the bleeding?
“I wish Matsui was hitting better, but there is no better alternative. Giambi has been underproductive”
How is Matsui, right now, a better alternative than Jason? Neither of them did much in September, but at least Jason got a hit in his only AB yesterday. He also has a better eye at the plate. He also isn’t injured.
Matsui’s not just slumping, he’s HURT. That’s what makes the difference.
It’s game two of the ALDS and people seem more concerned about firing Torre than the game that is yet to be played.
Amazing. Win the series. Put the Torre hatred away for the series. They aren’t firing him within the playoffs.
Worry about the off season when it begins.
Considering Hideki’s & Giambi’s health…no matter who you put in there…why not put Robbie Cano Don’t Ya Know in the 5 spot?
4th ARod – R
5th Cano – L
6th Posado – S
7th Hideki/Giambi – L
How do ya like dem apples?
I got news for all of you. A Rod’s numbers aren’t going up tonight. All of the pitches he’d get to hit are going to Matsui who will try to pull them all.
Matsui usually sucks against 2 seam guys and that’s what Carmona is!!! I don’t get it. This is Torre’s biggest fault as a manager. Loyalty is one thing, going with the guys that got you there is another, but a manager should go with their best guys. Matsui is hurt and looks useless at the plate. Giambi always plays better when he has something to prove. Put him in there, he’ll give you better ABs than Matsui.
I don’t get it.
The difference now Doreen is Matsui is hurt. That has to play into the equation.
If he is healthy, then its obvious he should be in the lineup.
However, he’s not healthy, can’t provide protection for Arod, and is a DP machine against a guy who leads the league in DP’s created (Carmona).
Its why, moving him UP in the order, let alone having him in the lineup, makes little sense.
I, like all Yankee fans, hope it works. However, the probablity of it, given what we have seen of Matsui for the last month, is slim.
Giambi would have been the better option. Nothin’ we can do about it now. Just have to hope the team can once again overcome its manager’s shortcomings.
Becoming a tired post-season theme with the Yankees.
Matsui is batting 5th.. lets all get in line behind Mets fans on the nearest bridge and jump off…
Seriously, it’ll all be about pitching. if Big Game Andy does what he’s supposed to do, the Yankees win with anyone hitting 5th.
I would have slipped Giambi in there myself but for some reason, these decisions often break in Joe’s favor. I have a feeling G-Man will get his chance tonight anyway.
This line up is a NY sportswriter’s dream. After A Rod goes 0 for 1 with 3 walks tonight, the headlines will read, “CHOKE ROD STILL HITLESS IN PLAYOFFS”. Ridiculous.
and our Starting pitcher’s ERA and Bullpen ERA.. #of blown holds and saves….
last i checked we didnt lose Game 4 alcs because of ARod.. we lost coz Mo-Posada could not hold Dave Roberts from stealing.. when the whole world knew he was there in the game to do just that..
the thing is, even if mastui goes 2-4 with 2 rbi. this is still the WRONG move. i hope matsui finds some magic but that doesn’t make up for this foolish decision.
Please fill us in on info from the pregame for those of us stuck at work. I can’t believe I’m going to miss the first hour!! UGH!!!!!
Just logging on as the pregame show starts on YES and, sure enough, folks are already out on the ledge because Matsui is in the lineup and hitting fifth. Last night we lost because of poor pitching and our 2-3-4 hitters going 0-14, IMHO. Matsui didn’t help out yesterday…but he wasn’t the sole reason we lost.
If you are Eric Wedge, the lineup gives you a perfect out not to pitch to Arod. No need to. Just walk him and pitch to Matsui.
Arod will get the Bonds Treatment the rest of this series. There is no logical reason Arod should see a strike in this series unless the guys hitting behind him hit.
The question now is, who will step up to become the run producer in the lineup? Not an easy question to answer.
“The A-Rod postseason slump has so many weird angles. He’s 0 for 15, 3 for 31 or 4 for 46 (.087) if you back to his last three at-bats of Game 4 in the 2004 ALCS. His last RBI in the postseason was in 2004. On, and he’s also 0 for his last 24 in postseason road games. It’s truly hard to believe.” *NEWSFLASH* Last night’s 0-2 with 2 BB can hardly be considered a continuation of ANY Slump…but here’s an idea, Pete. Go up to A-Rod and say EXACTLY what you just posted above to him, and see what kind of reaction you get. Try to emphasize that he is still in a POSTSEASON SLUMP and see if that will help him tonight or make him in a happy mood.. Tell him to focus on the slump ( ya know, BE the ball )….get his “mind right”.
The idea that all of a sudden Jason Giambi is a “hot hitter” is strange. He looked awful all of september. Not only were his numbers bad, his at bats were terrible Now, so did matsui. Minky can’t hit.
The idea that right now this game/ series depends on the marginal difference between matsui vs. giambi vs. minky just isn’t true. They’ve all been terrible. You can put Giambi in but you have no idea what you’ll get. He’s far, far from a likely bet at this point.
If people want to make the “play the hot hitter” card than Minky should be in the lineup everyday – he’s been much hotter than Giambi or Matsui lately.
“the thing is, even if mastui goes 2-4 with 2 rbi. this is still the WRONG move. i hope matsui finds some magic but that doesn’t make up for this foolish decision.”
Well that’s just dumb to say. What may seem foolish to an outsider, may seem like a good move to the coaching staff.
Wouldn’t be the first time the blog majority would be wrong on a lineup shuffle. Torre’s been pretty good in that department this year.
OMG BOB!
My thoughts are with Bob Sheppard, please GET WELL SOON!
I understand what you are saying about A-Rod, but he was walked twice last night and pitched pretty tough. If they walk him half the time it isn’t his fault if the Yankees struggle. I’ll appreciate that .500 OBP and complain instead about Posada and Matsui leaving the bases loaded, thank you.
Great point ~Adam – the sailing two-seamer is a concern.
Listened to the FAN today and Mike and Chris both agreed, without a doubt, that Torre would sit Matsui and DH Giambi tonight. They thought for sure that Joe recognized Matsui was hurting.
But, I guess they underestimated Torre’s undying loyalties to those older players who he wants to respect him so much.
Actually Doreen, there are three “better alternatives” to Matsui as someone to protect A-Rod:
Posada, Cano, and Giambi in that order.
I would have Cano and Matsui switch places.
Enjoy Seattle next year and 2009, Matsui, cuz that’s who’ll claim you off the waivers the Yanks put you on this offseason, if you aren’t traded there.
Nathan:
Jeter is 15 of 41 with six RBI in the last three division series counting last night.
Posada is 10 of 31 with 4 RBI
Matsui is 8 of 40 with two RBI.
Sorry, I guess this will disgust you even more.
Bob from NJ …you are 100% corrrect and IF A-Rod leaves, we’ll have the Vultures that call themselves the NY Media to place much of the blame on.
A-Rod will have 3 walks tonight
Matsui will have 3 GIDPs.
If anything at least Mattingly is getting a hands on lesson on how not to manage baseball games and will be better off for it.
Ummm Joe, did you not notice Matsui was 15 for 81 in Sept.? All you have to do is look at his splits and see that with that kind of drop from his normal numbers, something is seriously wrong with him. And that’s if you didn’t have a front row seat to seeing it happen over the past month.
Why can everyone else see it is a huge mistake and he can’t. I’m so frustrated with Torre anymore.
Phil did you even WATCH the game??
abreu 1-2 2b, 2bb, 1rbi
arod 0-2 2bb (.500 OBP -THATS GOOD!)
pete, dont take it out on me when you are the one being the clown…read the posts by section 344 and nathan who also agree you are lost and look dumb (like the rest of the ny media) with the arod posts cause he went 0-2 and walked twice!
Get well soon to the voice of God!!!
Giambi is a better option than Matsui because he is HEALTHY. Why is that so hard to comprehend?
Matsui has a bad knee. He can’t make contact, can’t drive the ball, and has been AWFUL at the plate for a month.
Giambi has swung the bat better than Matsui and works counts better.
This isn’t a debate about two healthy guys. Its a debate about one healthy guy and one playing on one leg.
Call some of us crazy but, we would rather have the guy who is healthy playing over the guy playing on one leg.
Keith: calm down…and no reason for you to take a shot at Rebecca for being optimistic and positive. This board is waaayyy too negative as it is.
I mistyped…I meant the 2-4-5 hitters.
Something historic happened in last nights game. Nothing earth shattering but it’s something that has never happened in playoff baseball before. I only heard it referred to in 1 media outlet today. Instead we get the hourly A-Rod watch. If that makes me a member of the defender club, send me the T-shirt.
you people that over-react to pete posting some of a-rods stats are worse than the media that actually does bash a-rod…
give it a rest.
Funny story told by Kim Jones on the pregame show:
A woman in a Cleveland jersey at last night’s game wanted O’Neill’s attention and thought Paul O’Neill was Jim Palmer.
I actually think Torre believes in his heart that moving Matsui up in the order will inspire confidence in him tonight and make him hit again.
It’s completely ridiculous thinking.
If Matsui had been hitting the ball hard but getting tough outs, it’d be one thing. This guy looks like he’s 65 out there right now. Torre rewarding him by moving him up is so illogical, you just hope it works. It’s complete wishful thinking.
I know he’s been great in the past, but he hasn’t hit well in a long time. How Bowa, Mattingly, Pena or Cashman don’t try to convince Torre that this is a bad move is beyond me. He’s sandbagging Arod into not getting pitched to.
I guess Hideki’s parents must be in the crowd. That must be why he’s hitting 5th. We should have let him hit 3rd to really give him that boost he needs.
Pathetic.
Joe Torre is your prototypical loyal to a fault guy. He’ll keep Matsui in the lineup if it takes an ambulance to get him in the batter’s box.
Jeter and Posada were not on base all night. Posada left 5 men on. Let’s sit him for Molina. Put Betemit at short. Let’s toss names in a hat and make up a lineup.
The Yankees stink and Joe Torre’s the village idiot.
Try and enjoy the game.
The playoffs are about making adjustments. You have to make them from game to game because the margin of error is so small.
You don’t have time to “wait” for someone to get hot, as you would in the regular season They are either hot or they are not.
Hell, this is a manager who, when he was winning Championships, though nothing of benching Bernie, O’Neill, Tino, Brosius, Fielder, Boggs, etc, for matchup reasons. Now, its the last thing he does.
There are so many ways Torre could have played this and NONE of them should have been batting Matsui 5th.
The #1 priority for the offense, and the manager, should have been, “how do we get Arod pitches to hit”?
Does anybody not waving the Joe Torre pom poms really think the BEST solution to this is moving Matsui UP in the order?
That’s the discussion here. He chose the path of least resistance with this decision. A far cry from his earlier days managing in the post-season.
For his sake (and Yankee fans), I hope it works. If it doesn’t, his reign as Yankee Manager is down to one more loss. No way he survives another first round KO.
What if A-Rod tonight goes 2-3, with a HR, 2 walks and 3 RBIs…will Pete fold that into the SLUMP stats and insist that he is only reporting the “facts”….Transparent, are you, Pete…SO TRANSPARENT…..How about not mentioning A-Rod just because he is A-Rod…and mentioning him WHEN something acutally happens ? did you SEE the game last night ? did A-Rod really get a whole bunch of quality pitches to swing at ? Do you really think with a TRULY SLUMPING LATELY ( not over PostSeasons going back 3 years ) Matsui is protecting him AT ALL ?…We need to blame A-Rod for Torre putting Matsui behind him the order…it is SO OBVIOUS that this is A-Rods fault and the NY Media is SO in the right to do all they can to run him out of town and keep mentioning the negative and ignore the fact that WITHOUT A-ROD…the Yankees are munching Cheetos right now!
No way A Rod gets any pitches. He should just take first base everytime, skip the whole song and dance.
Doreen,
Did Posada just have a surgical procedure in which excess fluid was drained from his knee? Let me know because I forgot.
And Joe puts Matsui 5th in the line-up. Wedge will walk Arod every opportunity to pitch to Matsui.
SJ44 …well put…but doesn’t this all boil down to being really A-Rod’s fault ?
Get well soon Bob
This will be good rest for Alex. Now he doesn’t need to lug that heavy bat with him to the plate, since with Matsui hitting behind him, he’s guaranteed not to see a single pitch in the strike zone the entire night.
Matsui is obviously hurting more than he’s letting on. Why the hell does Torre feel this loyalty to Matsui? Torre’s loyalty to “his guys” are going to get us bounced right out of the playoffs.
Doreen,
That was a great post. I agree. Sit Posada and play Molina.
In fact, after Matsui the guy who is most hurt is Jeter. Bench him and play Betemit.
This sounds like a Mets board.
Doreen,
The difference is, the other guys are healthy. Matsui is not. Its clear to everybody he is hurting. Its not a knock on Hideki. Its just the way it is.
At some point, even the staunchist Torre defenders have a hard time understanding the logic.
ALL of us would love nothing more than to see Hideki go 3-4 and be the star of the game tonight.
However, based on what we have seen for a month now, what are the realistic chances of that happening?
What Torre is saying is that Matsui on one leg is better than ANY other alternative he has right now.
I hope he is right. He job may depend on it.
Doreen, you are insane if you think Posada should sit.
Lets all move past the Arods stats, no one was saying they lost last night because of him – just stating what they are.
That said Matsui in this lineup at all in in-defensible. This guy is contantly in a streak – good/bad. And right now he is horrendous. Giambi hasn’t been that good this year but I have more confidence of him running into a homer then Matsui. Like everone here I hope Matsui goes 2-4 with a few ribbies – but it doesnt seem possible.
They need to win tonight, and Torre isn’t helping matters.
Everyone is assuming Matsui’s knees are now bothering him and putting his lack of production yesterday on that. After the draining, according to Gene, Torre and Cashman, his knee is fine.
Might he just be in a slump and his mechanics out of whack after having spent the latter part of the season changing his swing to accomodate the bad knee?
Maybe he’ll come out of it and it is not a bum knee.
this defines and perfectly depicts pete and the rest of ny media
http://www.nydailynews.com/spo.....humor.html
unless ur torre, cashman, or stienbrener whats the point of arguing over the lineup and what order the players r in….all we can do as fans is watch the game and hope for the best……………GOOOO YANKEEESSS
that lineup has to leave CLE drueling on themselves with Matsui after AROD!!! that is so dumb, no reverse psychology working here JOE! Gosh, I hope I’m proven wrong, but on paper, now and after that nitemare of a game last nite, I’m not feeling too warm and fuzzy about this. even more pressure on Andy….(shakin my head)
I promise from here forward to treat Pete’s facts about A-Rod the same way he suggests we react to Trolls. They are written to draw reaction, increase comments, are selfishly motivated and add nothing to the discussion.
GO YANKS!!!
Bottom line we need to score at least 3 runs in the first inning. We need to get in the pitchers head!
You know, everyone here is really, really touchy. I was not addressing moving Matsui up in the lineup, but addressing Matsui over Giambi and Duncan. Matsui says he’s no longer hurting. Maybe he’s lying — maybe even more than maybe. What if last night he was simply over-matched by Sabathia? Like I sarcastically pointed out above, Jeter didn’t get a hit, and neither did Posada – and Posada looked bad not getting a hit. Torre’s saying it’s a different pitcher, whom they’ve faced and had some success against. Posada has been getting the job done behind Matsui for a month — for the entire season, for that matter. I don’t think it’s a huge gamble. ARod’s also been getting it done with a slumping Matsui behind him. Cano doesn’t seem to respond to being moved up in the lineup, and I don’t think Joe wants to get into the whole mess that was last season.
I suspect if Matsui looks very bad tonight, win or lose, he won’t be in game 3.
And remember, while the offense was off last night, most people did not expect the Yankees to do well against Sabathia, the fact that they let him off the hook a couple of times notwithstanding. The problem last night was the pitching. In a 4-3 game, Joba, Mo and Viz come in and Borowski comes in. And there’s a chance to win it. Focusing on the offense here is missing the point.
ok Doreen, sounds great! (yawning)
Keith, that wasn’t Posada with the knee being drained, that was our beloved Matsui! who freakin is batting after AROD!
Torre is set in his ways and no matter wat happens he wont change them. You cant teach an old dog new tricks.
I think people are senstive about ARod because they’re already worn out by the stories of his postseason failures. The last thing I want to see is the “playoff slump” line dragged out after ARod has an ok game – it just shows that we’re going to see the same old story again and again unless ARod has a game-winning RBI, goes 4 for 4, or does something just as improbable.
If ARod goes 0 for 2 with 2 walks again tonight (certainly possible with a decrepit Matsui “protecting” him), remaining hitless with a .500 OBP, he is still slumping?
Okay, guys, seriously?
Lose the negativity. Seriously. What good will come of it? None of us are Torre; none of us can change the line up.
The hallmark of Yankees fans is that they always find something positive about their team and that they don’t crawl out onto a ledge.
That’s for Red Sox fans to do.
Step away from that ledge. The Yankees are nowhere near it. Positive thoughts, positive energy.
The Yankees WIN tonight. We split on the road and sweep at home.
Most of us called the Yankees in four, anyway…
What!! No Giambi !!
This is all *Torre’s fault* (this time it’s indisputable).
Oh, Rob L. —
Please – I was drippingly sarcastic there. Of course Posada should not sit. Nor should Jeter. Nor do I think Torre is the village idiot, tho I don’t agree with all his moves, nor do I think the Yankees stink.
However, I do hope everyone will enjoy tonight’s game.
Agreed, Rebecca.
Evening all. I have 3 points:
1. I think Torre is still shell shocked from the backlash of moving A Rod around the order last year. He is doing everything he can not to make lineup changes that could backfire or even open him up to criticism.
2. I think Pettitte turns it around tonight and when the series is over the talk will be comparing the Indians strong hitting in game 1 to their weak hitting for the rest of the series. Along the lines of “Lofton had 4 RBI’s in game 1 then went 1 fo 15 in the rest of the series”.
3. I accidently ran over a squirrel yesterday. It dashed out into the street and I couldn’t stop in time. Unfortunatley when I looked back in the rear view mirror, it was lying still in the middle of the street. Just thought you should know.
I don’t agree with Joe here. Matsui has been slumping horrenously for several weeks, which I assume stems from his injured knee. I think Shelly and Giambi should be the righty/lefty DH platoon for this series. Additionally, I like Giambi in the 5-hole. With patient hitters like Abreu and Giambi sourrounding Alex, he’s bound to see more pitches to drive.
That said, it’s not like Giambi has exactly been on fire either. So, does it really make that big a difference?
Jeff and you didn’t go back to make sure he was okay!!!
Why does everyone assume since Giambi hasn’t hit well recently that he won’t hit well going forward? He has as track record of being a great hitter. Even when his avg. dips, his .OBP and PPA have been very good. He’s a better weapon than Matsui right now and 20 x better than Doug M. He should NOT platoon with Duncan. Duncan is an HR threat off the bench.
Pete Said Last night:
UPDATE, 9:51 p.m.: Some of you Chicken Littles making comments should be ashamed of yourselves. The Yankees WON Game 1 the last two years and went on to lose the series. Beyond that, this team has come back from trouble time after time this season
AND THEN YOU ARE ONE SINGLING OUT AROD…BY THE WAY HE HAD .500 ON BASE PERCENTAGE LAST NIGHT
Phil–Glad to see someone agrees with me!
How about this? Bat A-Rod 3rd and have him protected by Jeter and Abreu???
pete…take a look around.
your posts on arod are absurd and make you look dumb
Sara–in that case, who would you bat second? Robby? Melky?
Robbie did well batting 2nd when he came up…
Guys, lay off Pete. He merely posted the stats of the greatest player in baseball and the highest player in baseball…and he even said he was just posting the stats and not making any observations. Like it or not, that is the type of attention A-Rod gets.
“Might he just be in a slump and his mechanics out of whack after having spent the latter part of the season changing his swing to accomodate the bad knee?”
First of all, any knee that had to have fluid drained out of it surgically four days ago isn’t fine. Maybe it’s better, and it’s playable, but it’s not fine. At least Giambi got a hit yesterday when given the chance. Matsui is pretty clearly pressing at the plate and trying to pull everything. He went into joe’s office weeks ago and admitted it and apologized for it. But he’s still doing it, and he’s stinking up the joint as a result. At least Jason’s healthy and not compensating for anything. And, at least he had a hit yesterday in his only chance. Matsui just looked lost at the plate. How can you not prefer Jason’s approach at the plate right now? Matsui had NO good swings. Jason, at least, had one. When you’re dancing on the razor’s edge, why wouldn’t you take that chance? They’re both “proven vets”.
There is no reasoning here. Matsui makes Joe comfortable, because he was a part of what they were doing for the whole season, so the last month doesn’t matter.
On another note just before the game starts:
There’s been a ton of debate over what to do with Joba in the future: Closer or Starter.
Look at what Beckett did in game 1? Look at what Webb did to the Cubs?
If you could have any pitcher on the yankee staff right now pitch 2 of the 5 games on an ALDS or 3 of 7 games of an ALCS/ world series who would you want more than Joba?
Joba starting 25%-40% of all their post season games is going to win them world series. He has two dominant pitches and a strong curve/ change. He might not him 101 as a starter, but he’ll mixing 4 pitches together and may dominate in an entirely different way.
Shut down starters win playoff series. Each year the yankees get bounced from the playoffs its because they run up against a team with better/ dominant starting pitching.
you can keep Jeter 2nd and abreu 4th or jeter 4th and abreu 2nd. either way he would have more protection
Jennifer, I just didn’t want to know. I guess if it helps the Yankees we can just assumed the squirrel was momentarily stunned as his life flashed before his eyes. He then probably went home making sure that when crossing the street he always looks both ways and waits two tail shakes before crossing. I assume he learned a valuable lesson. Either way, the squirrel will help power the Yankees tonight. It’s a done deal.
Why even mention A-Rod in this post? What do his stats have to do with anything? I guess it works to stir the pot and draw attention, because here I am. :-\
A-rod ‘protected by Jeter’, good one Sara.
EVERYONE chill.
Take a deep breathe.
The lineup doesn’t need to be shuffled. This team scored more than anyone else this season.
Their ace beat our “ace” in Game 1, thats it.
Now, Pettite needs to be the man and the bats need to be themselves and the Yanks will be fine.
Big gulps for all you nay-sayers. Everyone chill… unless we lose tonight, then RUN FOR THE EXITS. lol
Folks, we haven’t even seen the first pitch today. What is it exactly that is Torre’s, Matsui’s, Giambi’s, ARod’s or even Pete’s fault?
I keep trying to defend some of you as passionate fans, but you’re all well past passionate and quickly closing in on psychotic.
Give a squirrel a hug (for Rebecca), put on your jerseys and watch the darn game.
“First of all, any knee that had to have fluid drained out of it surgically four days ago isn’t fine. Maybe it’s better, and it’s playable, but it’s not fine.”
You are making an assumption. That is not fact. My knee was drained two years ago and it felt not just fine but great two days later.
“ARod’s also been getting it done with a slumping Matsui behind him.”
In the regular season, teams rarely give players the Barry Bonds treatment — unless they’re Barry Bonds. The Angels did it to ARod in 2005, and the Indians are doing it now. Putting a slumping hitter behind Alex is the best way to play RIGHT into the opponent’s hands in this case. At least Jason always puts up a good plate appearance, and the Indians would know that walking Alex could easily result in him moving to second on a walk to Jason.
Lori: Yes! Squirrel hugs! Half hour to go now…
I don’t think there is any debate on Joba any longer. The Yankees don’t have an ace. Joba is an ace.
Unless they trade for Johan Santana in the off-season, they need an ace. Wang is not one, nor will he ever be. Joba is.
Joba will be in the rotation next year. There is no doubt about that.
I wish Joba was a starter this year. Unfortunately, he was needed in the ‘pen. Next year, he will be the Game 1 starter (unless they trade for Santana) in the post-season regardless who is managing this team.
That has been the missing part of the Yankees arsonal for the last 5 years. The lack of a true ace.
half hour to go and and my job is acting up again
perfect timing
I like Ripken, Thomas and Granderson on TBS.
OK, this the game for which they got Andy back. Hopefully he can overcome Alex being pitched around and Matsui hurting.
Best big game pitcher in the majors. Go Andy, go Yanks. 27 in 07!
Time is NOT of the essence here. This is now a 4 game series and seeing IF Matsui can produce is risky.
Torre has to field his best possibilities and realize that Matsui’s contributions when the Yankees needed wins in July are still appreciated.
The idea that having your knee drained is a “surgical procedure” is misleading. Its a very simple procedure that gets done during a regular clinic visit all of the time.
The more important issue is what is the cause of the fluid building up in the first place. I haven’t heard what the specific issue with Matsui’s knees are.
PB, you don’t think it is a good idea? who is a scarier hitter right now, Matsui or Jeter? Yeah their ace beat our ace but their ace was no way lights out…hey everyone if you have been watching the Yankees the past few years it is the same old song…too many men left in scoring position…bases loaded one out and not one guy scores??? a good team drives those runs in, finds a way to. How many runs did the Indians drive in with 2 outs last night? at one point they were 8 for 8 with runners in scoring position!!! Come on! NOw I am not panicing and I think they will win tonight but Yanks mantra is leave men in scoring position and they need to stop doing that!
Must win game. I predict a 5-2 yanks victory, with Andy going 7.1 innings with 2 runs (both earned). He will struggle with his control a bit, allowing 5 walks, however, Mr. Pettite will recover with 4, count em, FOUR double plays.
Extra prediction: RBI for Doug.
Well said Lori… everyone needs to take a few deep breathes and realize that from here on in, the Yankees are playing against *good* teams. They’re not going to win them all, but that doesn’t mean it is time to panic or blame people or to start “closing in on psychotic”, as Lori so aptly put it.
“Phil Hughes is the youngest Yankee to appear in a postseason game since Bill Stafford (who?) in 1960.”
bill stafford went 14-9 at age 21 and age 22. bringing up young pitchers is not a new concept for the yankees. we just haven’t seen it for a while.
Sara, the Yankees will always have one of the highest LOB numbers b/c they have one of the best OBP% in baseball.
One night. One night the Indians drove in the runs and the Yankees didn’t.
They didn’t make CC Sabathia pay for being mediocre. O well. Lets not suggest we do something with the lineup that HAS NOT BEEN DONE IN 163 GAMES (if I remember correctly), ie bat Jeter behind A-rod. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
“In the opinion of this writer, he’s a great player and a fine American. Or Dominican.)”
Dominican-American?
ladies the yanks will be fine. bad starting pitching(wang in game 1) is really hard to overcome.. They will win today and win the series…
wang is good but not great and had a bad game.. the good news is many of the young guys got some action last night.
the starting next yr will be hughes, joba, pettite, wang, and either kennedy or moose or both.
ohlendorff will be in the pen with many good young guys and all things are good..
RELAX AND STOP WORRYING…
“I don’t think there is any debate on Joba any longer. The Yankees don’t have an ace. Joba is an ace.”
He has the potential to be an ace, just like Phil Hughes has the potential to be an ace. If you honestly expect Joba to be a number 1 starter next year then you’re crazy.
C’mon Andy!
I want Yankees – Red Sox ALCS IV!!!!!
PB i understand what you are saying. I don’t believe in messing with the line up either i was merely thinking out loud. But if the yanks lose this series they will go back to the 5th inning of last nights game and realize that was a pivitol moment. In teh post season you can’t let big opportunities pass you buy like that because they don’t come along often. look back to the days of tino and scotty b and Paulie O. they found a way to drive those runs in, a sac fly, a ball up the middle, whatever they had to do and these guys all just look like that want to hit a home run. Just put the ball in play Damnit!
Adam-
who are you calling crazy!
oh, SJ.
ok. carry-on.
I think Joba will be number one starter-like, although I don’t think the manager would start him in game 1. Probably game 2 or 3.
Otiv prediction: 8-2 Yankees…..BANK ON IT !
Hughes did look very good yesterday.
They just showed Matsui talking BP on TBS and he seems to be able to hit Mattingly. Lets hope that he does as well off of Carmona.
Nope. He will be the #1 starter next year. Just like Justin Verlander was in Detroit at 22 and King Felix was in Seattle at 19. He’s in that league as a pitcher.
When you throw 100, with a 90 MPH slider, a nasty 12 to 6 curveball AND a changeup, you are an ace.
He has better stuff than Hughes, has been more successful at the ML level, and will be the ace of this staff next year. Only way he isn’t is if they trade for Santana.
The guy already has one of the five best arms in the league. You don’t hold these guys back. They gravitate to the top on their own.
That’s why he will be the ace of the staff next year. Provided he doesn’t get hurt and they don’t trade for Santana.
Funny how all the same screamers who want to put Matsui in a burlap bag are the same glass jaws who quit on the team in April. How quick they forget it was Matsui’s huge July that turned the season around.
Next to Jeter and Arod there is no one on the team I’d rather have up in a big spot. No one. Not Jorge, not Cano, not Damon, and certainly not that dried up fraud Giambi.
You want recent proof? Check the Saturday afternoon slugfest w/ Toronto from two weeks ago when Hideki had clutch hit after clutch hit while limp-armed nobodies like Josh Towers threw pumpkins by Giambi with impunity.
Stop panicking and pull up your socks.
Here’s a thought. Enjoy the fact that this game gets your pulse up and makes you feel alive. There will come a time when we no longer care or can’t care. Enjoy today win or lose. Preferably win.
I was listening to Jim Rome today, and Indian fans are all in an uproar over Lebron James wearing the Yankee hat.
Does anybody care about lebron James
Why does Chip Carey hate America ?
SJ44 is insane.
Here we go.
LET’S GO YANKEES!
Five minutes until first pitch!!!
http://www.starbeacon.com/home.....7024447/xl
Who cares about LeBron?
No excuses, time to step up.
This team has been down all year they know what to do.
Yanks will scratch and claw to a win today and finish off the Tribe at home.
SQUIRREL POWER!!!
Pete, Bill Stafford was a very good pitcher for a brief moment in the early ’60s. (He was around when Roger Maris broke the home run record)
Speaking of King Felix…anyone else annoyed that he was given that nickname? Has he really earned that yet?
What a lame lead in
“This is an Indian summer”
What do you mean, Bill Stafford, who? The Yanks # 3 pitcher in 1961 and 1962 who won 14 each year and had a huge CG victory in Game 3 of 1962 Series.
For shame
why switch matsui and posada – matsui sucked so he moves him behind arod. Can someone explain torre’s thought process for that move
Looks like his sinker is up in the zone tonight, which is a good thing.
Craig Sager is celebrating Easter with that jacket.
LET’S GO YANKEES!
Already the opposite start to last night: Damon gets out instead of hitting a home run.
As long as the Yankees perform, as a team, the opposite as they did last night, we’re fine!
LET’S GO YANKEES!
bit early for that announcement Chad. It is the first inning.
I’n tired of Frank TV
Carmona is dealing. Everything Wang was suppose to be yesterday with that Sinker is what Carmona is showing.
Abreu showing bunt…
Not a good start, hopefully Pettitte matches 0′s because being in a hole already would not be ideal for momentum.
Not our inning, no biggie. We seem to have a thing against scoring early.
LET’S GO YANKEES!
chad, he got a flyout, a strike out with a sinker very low in the zone and a weak grounder to the pitcher on another sinker low. What game are u watching?
why switch matsui and posada – matsui sucked so he moves him behind arod. Can someone explain torre’s thought process for that move
How about JETER, PETER ? What kind of 2007 Postseason slump is HE in ?….Hmmm ? what are the statistics on JETER so far in the 2007 PostSeason ? are they good ?
Are you kidding me…after 1 inning you guys can tell how the entire game is going…
Gimme a break…everyone just calm down
Doesn’t look like Carmona’s sinker is bothered by having time off. He is dealing. Hopefully, Andy can match it.
I’ve already turned off the sound. I can’t stand the Pro-Indian cheering these announcers are doing.
I am counting down the days until November 20th and the premiere of FrankTv.
The 1961 Bill Stafford has a great Strat-O-Matic card.
I know, I know…his sinker is ok. I’m trying to be positive and think wishfully!
A ground ball is a ground ball.
LET’S GO YANKEES! YOU CAN WIN THIS, YOU WILL WIN THIS!
Great DP!!!!
that DP was all too similar to wang’s first two outs. Lets hope they dont have a three runs rally with two outs
deja vu
So any time they show Pettitte set, I’m reminded of the ’99 I think it was highlight video where John Sterling or someone goes “…his steely stare was a winning look…”
And he’s so right.
LET’S GO YANKEES!
haha yea carmona with his two weeks off guess he isnt TOO STRONG! What a joke – all the yankees coaches are good for is excuses and pathetic ones at that .
GOT HIM!!! Way to go ANDY!!!
Are we all back from the ledge yet…
CHIP CARAY IS A FREAKING HOMER! GOD I WANT TO KILL HIM.
THIS is a Number One Starter….Postseason Andy >>>>>> Wang will EVER be !
Is there some kind of contest going on between the New York sportswriters to see who can bash Arod the best? If there is I think you should point out that he didn’t walk fast enough down to first tonight. I mean c’mon, you call that walking? What a jerk Arod is. Those walks were very un-clutch. Not like Posada’s strike out with the bases loaded, I mean a walk there would have scored only one run, and really who cares about one stupid run, right? Or Matsui’s pop up, that guy could have dropped that pop up and we would have gotten like 2 runs. At least Matsui was clutch enough to not walk there. And you really cant criticize a guy like Matsui, just remember all those rings he’s won. You also shouldn’t forget Captain Clutch and his almost super human 0-4. That guy never ever fails when it counts. Never. Ever. And Melky hits eighth so his 0-4 really means nothing. I mean you cant expect a # 8 hitter to actually get on base, that’s just silly.
I’ll take an 0 for 4 with 2 strike outs and 5 men left on base day (which Posada and Matsui both had) over 0 for 2 and 2 stupid, chokey, un-clutch walks any day.
Andy knows how to get 3rd outs… already an improvement over last night. LET’S GO AROD!
This is not sarcasm so im gunna ask one more time can someone please answer or tell me what they have heard about it:
why switch matsui and posada – matsui sucked so he moves him behind arod. Can someone explain torre’s thought process for that move
Dave, Kevin Long is highly regarded as a hitting coach. Larry Bowa is highly regarded as a third-base coach. Tony Pena is highly regarded as a catching instructor. All of their coaches are not pathetic excuse-makers.
Dave – my only thought behind it is to wake up Matsui’s bat a little. Put him behind A-Rod to where he can get into position to drive in some runs.
the fourth graders i teach have better exuses than guidry’s excuses for wang blowing games
alright lets take some good ABs
lets go Arod!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Adam-
who’s in the starbeacon photo?
phil, i was really talking about guidry and kerrigan
man, that dude has a PINK hat on!!!
here i am. still at work. watching on gameday
all because i’m waiting on other people not doing thier jobs
A-Rod had his chance last night and he did what he did best which is what he did this at bat. He popped up. See you next year in a Cubs Uni Alex.
OK…now it does not matter WHO is up, A-Rod or not, first pitch swinging against this Indians Pitching staff needs to be a finable offense….I’m gonna jump on the A-Rod You Stink Sponsored by Pete Bandwagon if he does that one more time and makes an out.
A Tampa Yankee in King George’s Court
October 5th, 2007 at 5:25 pm
A-Rod had his chance last night and he did what he did best which is what he did this at bat. He popped up. See you next year in a Cubs Uni Alex.
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OH STFU !
wow great eyes in that at bat
Good eye Matsui!
LET’S GO YANKEES!
GODZILLA ! I will TAKE the WALK….Come on Jorge !!!
Well looky here, Matsui puts an excellent AB together. Something the first 4 Yankee hitters didn’t do.
Take a backseat haters.
That’s actually a good thing. Means Matsui’s head is in the right place and he’s not desparate to get up there and hack. This is good. Ok Jorge!
It’s amazing how different the strike zone is today from yesterday.
Finally, a good AB by Matsui. Exactly what we need to do. Just like Indians did to CMW last night.
Get Matsui on the bench, he sucks!!!!!
Nice, Matsui. Get this guy to think on the mound.
POSADA TOOK THE FIRST PITCH….Alert the Media !!! LOL
Posada starting to bitch about the strike zone, hopefully that’s a help not a hurt.
HaHa, even the gameday operator thought pitch 2 was a ball.
Before you people start in on A-Rod, just remember – we wouldn’t be here were it not for him.
I wish broadcasters didn’t feel the need to talk constantly during a game. Shut up and let me watch.
i like it: when hes throwing strikes u gotta swing. I like the at bats this inning much more than last so far – arod shouldnt have swung at the first pitch tho
work that count….good job !
The NY Sports Writers Arod Bashing Association (or the NYSWABA) postseason contest standings: By my estimate Peter you are currently in the lead today. But you better get ready to pick up your game because Joel Sherman of the Post is ready to say that his 2nd inning pop up just cost the Yankees the series. And Tyler Kepner of the Times is gonna do a story tomorrow about how Arod told Jeter and Posada and Matsui and Melky to go 0-16 yesterday.
I think you should do apost about how Arod put on an Indians uniform and got Damon Jeter and Abreu out 1-2-3 in the first. You have to keep an eye on Arod, he’s sneaky with his chokiness.
Can-00 Cano ?
can someone say pitchers duel
Well, you should all know by now the Yankees just don’t like scoring early in the game.
LET’S GO YANKEES!
I’ll say it again since so many “blog experts” were pounding the idea that Matsui would be a liability in this lineup prior.
It takes 9. Matsui looked good–Damon, Jeter, Abreu, A-Rod, and Posada did not.
Team effort folks.
wow…. If Matsui can’t slide into second (he stopped short halfway through) you need to bench him.
He’s a good player but has always been delicate
Captain America. Pick a new topic. That A Rod at bat was awhile ago. Focus on the current situation.
I heard that Carmona had more groundball outs than anyone in the AL… even Wang… is that true?
He looks pretty good today. Lets hope Andy can match him. Then it is good ol’ traditional baseball: clutch hitting late in the game.
Posada’s a sick man at the plate.
Just awful.
Andy >>>>> Carmona .. No worries, Mates !
when Carmona’s sinker is on he is dominant but we’re going to get to him
Carmona has absolutely filthy stuff tonight. This is going to be a very difficult challenge. I don’t see them scoring a lot of runs but I hope I’m wrong.
“I heard that Carmona had more groundball outs than anyone in the AL… even Wang… is that true?”
They both led the league with 32.
Relax about Matsui. It was a nice AB, but I would like to see him get a hit before we canonize him.
At least, Posada and Matsui worked Carmona. I think the second time around is going to be interesting for the Yankee bats.
I’ve come to a decision.
I will not read or respond to any negative comments tonight.
LET’S GO YANKEES!
Where did Craig Sager’s career go wrong? Is there no room in the booth for him?
great pitch, Andy !
this crap is fine during the season but this is a playoff game – enough with the ridiculous distractions – no one cares who is watching the game we wanna watch the game
The bitchin’ definitely hurt than helped.
queen latifa just said she likes the indians because of the movie and then went on to say that she is a yankee fan. Who do they pick in cleveland to throw out the 1st pitch?
LET’S GO YANKEES
3-0 count and he got the green light wow i wonder if the indians fans will b%tch about that as much tomorrow as the yanks fans did about it today
I was thinking that too Mel, Andy was getting squeezed on Garko. Luckily the bonehead swang 3-0
Queen Latifah > King James
Let’s finish Andy…throw strikes !
Yankees need to get on the board first. They look a little tight through 2 innings at the plate. And TBS continues to be terrible… are we seriously split-screening the game so baseball fans can hear from Queen Latifah? Are you kidding me?
Matsui played in 1,768 straight games between his time in japan an new york until he broke his wrist last year diving for a ball.
How is he “delicate?”
At some point facts matter. Yes he’s hurt right now but “always been delicate” is complete fabrication
someone stealing singals?
Come on Yankees! You can do this! Kenny Lofton is nothing.
LET’S GO YANKEES!
Global Warming:
Carmona has more groundball outs than Wang. They both have 32 groundball doubleplays
Please don’t let this turn into a Kenny Lofton series. It’d be nice to shut him down right now.
lofton=overmatched
How the HELL wasn’t the 3rd pitch of that last AB not a strike ? Waist high… DOWN THE PIPE ????????
Watch for the pickoff here.
?
Does Gwynn not realize 1st base is not scoring position?
how did the bat reach the mound?
that sonofa *****
Pettitte just broke Lofton’s bat… Racist.
I really don’t like Lofton in this spot..
Andy looks good. He is battling everyone on the Tribe lineup. He has to pitch Game 5 (if necessary
).
AWESOME PLAY BY MELKY!
Got him!! Yeah!!! Go Melky! That’s why he is on the field!
sit down Lofton…you BUM !
Is it me or does Tony Gwynn sound like Bernie Mac?
HOLY MELKY!!!
LET’S GO YANKEES! LET’S SCORE SOME RUNS!
HAHA! Guess it was the right move keeping Melky in CF! They will not be running again this series! Sweet!
My Kenny Lofton memory from his time as a Yankee:
After he was signed, he said he’d play wherever Joe Torre wanted him and that, if needed, he’d park cars to be a part of the organization.
Flash forward to July when he is openly and bitterly complaining about not starting every game leading off and playing center field. In that game (against Oakland, I think) he missed a fly ball and then jogged after it leisurely. Later he grounded to shortstop and didn’t run it out. The shortstop bobbled it and Lofton would have been safe.
Good times.
checking in from a hotel in philly –
i really thought this team was going to show up for the playoffs this year and win the world series. i thought they’d come out of the gate with something to prove, and some fire underneath them. unfortunately, it looks like the same show we’ve seen for the past two years in the alds. offense fizzles out and, at least last night, the pitching lets them down. dunno what to say about it, other than it’s a drag. hopefully they find a way to win tonight behind andy. i’m really disappointed in what i’ve seen so far from this team. you can write last night off as a bad time to have a bad game, but if they lose tonight, you have to wonder just how big an overhaul this team needs to figure out what it takes to win again.
i’ll be at game three. hopefully it’ll be a celebration rather than a wake.
YES!!!!!!
I love how confident I can feel when a single is hit to Melky with a runner on second.
THAT is why melky is here!!! HELL YES! that was a ROCKET!
*MELKYYYY*
That’s why you have Melky in the lineup.
Scalped!
Woo hoo Hooo Wooo Hooo
For all of the people who say melky is over rated or should be benched how about that!!!!!!!!!
What an arm. Not even close. How many center fielders in baseball get that out.
Keeping Cleveland from scoring first was enormous.
How amazing is Melky’s arm? He’s so accurate, every time.
steve phillips sucks
That’s why Melky has to be in the lineup. He saves runs every game.
Good one Pepper, lol
What a laser from Leche..
Next time Lofton digs in, chin music please Pettitte?
Did any of the baseball experts predict Kenny Lofton being the X-factor in this series? Redonkulous
Andy looks up to it so far.
I think we have a good one brewin’ here folks.
That’s why I don’t like Lofton in this series. He’s one of these players that will be motivated to show the Yankees and Torre that they were wrong in their mistreatment of him.
Their “perceived” mistreatment of him.
What a horse’s @ss!
his arm makes up for the complete lack of offenseive production – his arm is pretty much the only reasons he starts these days i feel
We’re going to score a crooked number this inning, I can feel it.
Gold Glove.
Why is the hat yellow now? And what’s with the yellow shades on the chica sitting next to him?
Remember it was also Lofton that was the first to back up Sheffield’s idiotic remarks about Torre being a racist.
BTW, let’s not celebrate the Matsui walk too much.
One of the problems with batting him fifth is, he can’t run.
Torre always sends the runners on 3-2 pitches. He couldn’t in that situation and it was a DP.
Additionally, a healthy guy on first gets to second on the ball that got behind Martinez.
While the walk was a good AB, what transpired after it is the reason why playing him is a risk.
Cano was robbed. No biggie.
LET’S GO YANKEES!
Tony, I agree… I dont usually think plunking people is worth it, and I’m not saying they should hit him, but it’d be nice to see the yanks show some fire
SJ…okay we get it Torre is an idiot. Matsui is a albatross around the neck of the team.
At least let the Yankees lose before you start with the relentless criticism. For now, at least, please just try to enjoy the game.
I mean, that is the point after all isn’t it.
MELKY HAPPENS!
MELK MAN!!!
MELKY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Tonight’s his night!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOW!
THERE WE GO!!!! confidence for the melk-man!!!!!!
damn i spoke too soon
The Melkman delivers!!!
Who saw that one coming??? MELKY!!!
And thats a pretty good 5 minutes for the Melk Man
As is always the case by TBS, great camera work (sarcasm) on the HR ball.
BENCH HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!
WAHOOOOOOOO!
Yes Pete…what to do about Melky ?
chip carey is such a punk!!
FIRE HIS LOE MIC
And I was literally just thinking about how few homeruns he hits. Love this guy today.
Melky!!!
now i can drive home in peace!
MELKMAN FOR MVP. Oh no MVP this series? That’s fine. Shelley almost killed him.
That’s why Melky’s in the lineup. lol.
Don’t think they’ll be calling for too many sliders. Shucks.
I’ll be the first one to say it… Melky needs to bat 5th for Game 3! LOL
*MELKYYYYYYYYY !!!!!*
Well how about that!!
Everyone on this board was killing Torre for the past two days.
Give him credit. Sticking with melky may have saved this game.
Huge HR…take a little of the steam out of the park…put some doubt in Carmona’s head
Good job Melky
you know what they say – The melk takes away and the melk gives it back!!!
MINKY
maybe i missed something, but where did the nickname ‘Leche’ come from?
what’s with the tbs announcer? gee, sorry to get a yankee run. hope it doesn’t wreck his day. how obvious can a guy be?
Now we’ll see how Carmona handles the lineup the 2nd time around.
Um, no one called for benching Melky, absolutely no one.
Almost as fun as seeing Leche hit the HR is watching Duncan celebrate the HR.
Saucy: Melky sounds like milk. Leche is spanish for milk.
LET’S GO YANKEES! WE HOLD CLEVELAND HERE!
Do you hear that ?
Do you hear that ?
SILENCE
saucy – melky sounds like milk which, in spanish, i believe, is leche
Leche means milk — melky — milk…get it?
they talk about carmona throwing in the mid 90s and being a sinker ball pitcher, did they even mention last nite that wang does the same thing. I guess u cant compliment a guy that sucked as bad as he did last nite – i think it was nerves more than anything. Sometimes u have to look at the stats – wang sucks away and is amazing at home and its getting hard to ignore
Alright Andy…don’t give it back…let that run stand up..
Let’s go!
saucy: Melky is close to Milky. Leche is Spanish for milk. Jeter calls him Leche.
Yankees Chick:
I know, Yankees can’t let the ancient one lace ropes all over the field. Plus in 1993 when I saw the Jim Abbott no-hitter Kenny Lofton and Albert Belle refused to sign a ball for my brother. Total prima donnas and we all know what Belle is…
*MELKY!!!!!!*
SEEMS LIKE HE ALWAYS FOLLOWSM A GREAT PLAY IN FIELD WITH HUGE AT BAT. GO YANKS!!!
Correct Jeff. Nobody called for benching Melky. But, there are always percieved “bad guys” whenever strategy is questioned here.
Whoever called out the announcers was right. Could they have been any less excited about Melky’s HR? Worst… HR… call… ever…
what a game! I’m feeling much better about this game. Pettitte looks “on”
Ok, no more explanation needed for the Leche nickname. I personally think his name is good enough, he does not need a nickname. Anyway, back to the game.
Melky lining up the Dairy account
C’mon Andy, hold the lead!
LET’S GO YANKEES!
well if Jeter calls him that, i guess it’s cool…
thanks to all that answered. i only know about 3 words in spanish.
Who?? Ja-son Mike something?? Ah yes. Love it when no names take over in a playoff series. Yay team!
it wouldn’t hurt to make lofton move his feet a bit. he does seem to be in a groove so why not. plus he did throw the bat that went at pettitte. not saying he meant to, but you never know.
Chip Carey has a small market mentality so all through the series he will pull for the underdog…even though he will say he’s unbiased.
Oh, andy really really needs to hold them here. Can’t give it right back. Come on Andy.
Saucy: Puedo ensenarte un pocito de espanol.
Or something like that.
LET’S GO YANKEES!
rbi machine grady sizemore? He had like 80 rbis this yr – these guys are morons
nice play
Great defense…nice Andy…one more…let’s go
Man K! Great play. The hands team is paying off so far. Imagine Sheffield playing first, uck I think I just threw up a little.
Very smart play by Minky.
Absolutely fantastic play by Minky.
Defense has been enormous in this game.
I can’t even imagine Giambi trying to make that play
that is why we have mienkicantspellhisname on the field, too!
Come on get this ass-dribble guy!
NICE!!!!!
YEH BABY !!!
one word – GAMER
Great work Andy!
keeping that lead-off double from scoring was KEY.
feeling VERY good about the yanks tonight!
I love Andy Pettitte! This is why he came back to NY. To be in situations just like this.
YAH ANDY! WAY TO HOLD THEM!
LET’S GO YANKEES! LET’S GET ANDY SOME MORE RUNS!
LET’S GO YANKEES!
cricket
cricket
cricket
dr. robert jarvik scares me
Joe’s lame moves so far this post season:
1)Letting Wang Stay in late in the 5th knowing (or not knowing, since he left him in) he had nothing.
2)Matsui behind AROD… WTF is the matter with Torre? Doesn’t want to hurt Matz feeling?
Let’s go Yankees!!
CB – I was thinking the exact same thing after that play. Can you imagine where we’d be now!
Due up: single to right, single to left, homer to center. 4-0 Yanks
oh yeah!
crickets..
Scud – I feel that a Yankee eruption is about to occur also
SWEET!!!!!!!!
rally time!
Whoo Derek! LET’S GO YANKEES! BRING HIM ROUND TO SCORE!
So far so good Scud
Great inning.
Jeter on board. We’ll just call him the rally machine. lol.
CB-
to be fair, it’s hard for giambi to come up with web gems when he’s holding a slice of pizza in his glove.
You guys notice that the Guy annocing the game hates the yankees everything they do someong good its like yea a home run and when the indians do something good its more like YEA!
good call on the hit and run
It gets Jeter over, I’ll take it.
LET’S GO YANKEES!
WOW GREAT DEFENSE SO FAR THIS GAME
that was a good play… glad abreu was running!
if they pitch to him he needs a hit
i sense a double off the wall
i mean jeter, not abreu!
now they’ll walk bonds…
This would be a great time for Alex to step up.
JETER SCORING IS HUGE – COME ON AROD FIRST RBI SINCE 2004
If I’m Wedge, there’s no way I pitch to Alex with first base open.
bad swing
it’s A Rod time.
Tough all day,
There is simply no way Giambi makes that play. None. Even if he’d caught it he’d never have prevented the run and gotten the out.
None at all. That was an outstanding physical and mental play minky made. I’m not a minky fan but he deserves credit.
404.827.1700
That is the number to call to complain about the horrible coverage on TBS.
AROD needs to see the ball, don’t think he’s seeing it!
no, that was a bad swing
not good
f*ck man
Not that time, but A-Rod will come through.
LET’S GO YANKEES!
good pitch, this guy is good, we need Andy to stay perfect.
dammit he went fishin’
This is so getting into ARod’s head. He really needs a hit. Any kind of hit.
wang on his good days has a sinker thrown that hard with that much movement – come on gwynn dont be ignorant
Carmona attacked Arod right there.
In no way did they try to pitch around him or even nibble to work around him.
Not at all.
That at bat and that unscored run are on ARod.
It’s not good when your 4 and 5 hitters are automatic outs.
I don’t want anyone saying that A-Rod is not in a slump. This guy is stone cold once the playoffs come around. He needs to bring Jeter home at that at bat.
Arod just cannot handle the post season… Unbelievable.
Wang throws just as hard and has just as much movement he pitched yesterday you fat idiot
jeter doesnt score from first on that hit from abreu
Leadoff single by the Captain and then nothing else. Bad, bad job.
sit matsui down!!!
Ok… Enough of Mr. Automatic out. Matsui looks like a child at the plate. He is so overmatched.
Got to get him out of there now.
Guys, we need to send positive vibes A-Rod’s way.
He’s thinking about it. Friggin’ New York media. A-Rod’s at his best when he’s NOT thinking about it.
Anyway. We still have the lead.
LET’S GO ANDY!
LET’S GO YANKEES!
I give A Rod a break there, this pitcher is outstanding. Only significant hit they have was on his 3rd pitch, a slider. I repeat, we can win, but we need Andy to stay perfect.
Tony Gwynn is no idiot…not by a long shot.
Wang did not have that type of movement yesterday. So Gwynn is correct when comparing Wang yesterday to Carmona today.
well matsui isn’t getting it done – talk about automatic out – put giambi in his place already
Did A-Rod really think Carmona was going to give him a straight fastball 2-0?
Well that stunk…hopefully a defensive stop like that won’t propel them like it did last night.
I say again, WHY IS MATSUI HITTING IN THE 5 SPOT?? WHY IS HE EVEN PLAYING?
Our offense is definitely cold thus far. They’re not hitting in situations. Not yet as bad as our 20 consecutive scoreless innings last ALDS though.
This team is heartbreaking.
Carmona threw some filthy pitches to A-Rod. A-Rod couldn’t do anything with it. Tip your hat to Carmona.
Calm down on arod This guy is good u see anyone getting a hit off him
oh goodness.
count em down 9 outs to Joba
Bad AB by Arod, worse AB by Matsui. Not surprising given Matsui hasn’t hit in a month.
But, that’s life. Andy needs to pitch a shutout. Only way they win this game. The bats are dead again for another post-season.
Rebecca, I’m w/ you , we didn’t make it this far to have it stuffed in our face and go through the same sh*t they all will come through so will ALEX DAMMIT !!!
“Ok… Enough of Mr. Automatic out. Matsui looks like a child at the plate. He is so overmatched.
Got to get him out of there now.”
Will you pipe down? This whole lineup minus Melky looks overmatched. Your not going to bench anybody.
we for sure can not extend his contract..u gotta drive that run home.and not k..put the ball in Play alex come on for all us yankee fans
With Carmona pitching as well as he is, that run is on Arod. Scoring with an out off Carmona will be much easier than getting a hit.
He threw nasty pitches to ARod but in that at bat it looked like alex was pressing. That was Carmona winning two battles more than yankee hitters failing. Giambi’s not hitting those pitches either.
Here is why Torre has set himself up for failure. He’s said that Matsui is “not a question” in the 5 hole. But after an 0-4 tonight, and he goes for Giambi tomorrow out of necessity, it becomes a panic move in the eyes of the media, because he’s going against his word.
Why does this team play so flat in the playoffs now? What has gotten into their heads that they can’t put up runs? Are they scouted to death? Do opposing managers just know how to pitch to the Yankees? What is it?! It’s maddening!
i love tony gwinn, but its really bothering me that he both of these guys are clearly not being neutral. i dont expect the announcers to be pro-yanks like the YES guys or anything, but since it is a national broadcast i feel like they should be neutral.
Come on Andy, you can do this!
LET’S GO YANKEES!
Phil wat r u talking about? Im not talking about wang yesterday obv. Im taking about wang usually. You think gwynn has never seen wang before. He just said no one has a sinker with that kind of movement with that speed talking about carmonas sinker and wang DOES! I didnt say gwynn was an idiot but if he didnt know that he is being very ignorant.
Why can’t that run be on Abreu or Matsui? My goodness everyone likes to point fingers.
AP needs to get out of this!
if pettitte gets thru the fifth it should be joba for two and mo for two if we are still winning
It really is maddening. You can’t count on any of the bats…it goes beyond facing good pitching. They are out of it mentally when it comes to the playoffs.
It’s been the story since 2004…pitching is that more important now.
what the hell was that?! that should have been a DP…
terrible job by cano terriable
gotta get the lead run
Does anybody know a website where I can stream the game? I was listening on espn radio and it cut out for mike and mike…I’m going nuts help me out.
It’s the whole team…the whole lineup that shrivels up.
Nobody is pointing fingers at one guy…it’s a team thing.
8 outs to joba
Andy should not have touched that. You can’t even blame it on a reaction because he’s seen a thousand ground balls and he should know to let that go. Also, Cano’s got to get the lead runner.
Well, one way to avoid listening to the horrid play by play and analysis, not to mention those soul killing TBS commercials, is to MUTE the damn TV and put some music on to go with the picture.
AC/DC live. (Original lineup)
Deep Purple live. (Original lineup)
Black Sabbath greatest hits.
Led Zeppelin greatest hits.
Free greatest hits.
Extra bonus for watching Andy stare down hitters to “Highway to Hell”
Nice pitching
7 outs to joba
This is huge AB in the game. They HAVE to get Peralta here.
I don’t want any part of Lofton with RISP.
Andrea,
Because the higher percentage at bat to get a run home is with less than 2 outs.
Dave, read james post about Gwynn…it was in response to that, not to you.
one for eight with runners in scoring position and I cant say im surprised. That has been our mantra all yr when we are losing- dont hit when there is a guy on second or third unless ur name is jeter
whats andy’s pitch count? anyone anyone, buller buller?
MLB.com put down your money an listen to all the games
7 outs to Joba but this game is so important I’d bring him in the sixth inning if Pettitte is in trouble. He can take care of 6 & 7, Mo 8 & 9. Remember, we’ve got tomorrow off and we don’t play until Sunday night so there’s plenty of time to rest.
C’mon Andy…one more
what about that strike zone?
oh thought it was a response to me cuz i said something very similar
What’s Peralta rolling his eyes for? He’s lucky that wasn’t strike 3.
home plate umpire is forcing Pettitte to strike out guys 3 times in order to earn one official strikeout. So if you’re scoring at home, tonight a full count means 3 balls and 4 strikes
Joe M. what do you do, work for MLB. I have a suscription but it doesn’t stream at work.
There’s gotta be somewhere online to hear it
Migames: What is “buller, buller?”
Andrea,
Anytime you have a man on third with one out against a great pitcher that batter has to put the ball in play to score a run.
Against a guy like carmona being able to score a run with a ground ball out is an enormous advantage. Enormous.
That’s not just “blaming” alex. That’s baseball. I don’t think he’s a “choker” or a guy who can’t play with pressure on.
He just needed to get his bat on the ball there. Absolutely.
Ugh.
Where was that 2-2?
60 pitches for Pettitte
6 outs to joba
SIT DOWN!!!
West Coast: there were 0 outs when Abreu was up.
wow great job by pettitte in tight situations
61 pitches for Pettitte.
Ump can’t squeeze you on a swinging strike!!!!!
LET’S GO YANKEES!!!!!
Thank you Pettitte, you have been marvelous.
Same can’t be said for the Yankee bats(minus Melky).
Like I said. Peralta struck out 3 times in one atbat for the second straight time
Can’t help you than
Pettitte is sick tonite! Joba better start stretching!
Harly: HAH! Brilliant idea!
Oh, and by the way,
THAT is why you have Pettitte pitch game to.
LET’S GO YANKEES!
Pettitte is dealing. Man he better come back next year and years after that.
Whole Lotta Love. K!
61 pitches for pettitte… should make 6 or 7
Gets some runs bottom of the lineup! Start it up Jorge!
And that my fellow fans is how you get out of innings with 2 outs. What a difference a day makes – one guy gets 2 outs and can’t get a 3rd to save his life. Tonight’s guy gets the first guy on and then pitches like a master. Wang could learn a thing or 2 here.
Six more outs and then Joba time!
Huge strikeout. O.K. Ol’ Hickory’s accent was starting to bother me, but he’s the only one who knows what he’s talking about and is actually calling out the plate ump on the Yankees’ behalf. Don’t they know that Posada’s like the only guy who whites his nails?
this ump sucks
Great job by Andy. Especially since Diaz is squeezing the crap out of him behind home plate.
He continues to hit the glove and Laz continues to call balls. Brutal.
It would be nice if the offense can give Andy some wiggle room.
Phil…should be about 50 but with Laz Diaz’s strike-zone he’s added about 10 pitches to Andy’s PC.
it so sad people are panicing man. So what matsui and arod arnt hitting? Its a team game!!!!!!!!!!!! And were winning btw so whats there to be so afraid of? Im sorry but panic is not in my vocabulary for the Yanks!!!
SJ–right on dude
Dave i was taking about Gwynn sorry i have a very short with these morons after yesterday
YAnkee chicks
that wat i was talking about tony was alrite but the main annocer hates the yankees
I know this is stating the obvious, but Andy Pettitte is a really good clutch pitcher – talent and brains. Getting squeezed by the umpire only reinforces that conclusion.
It would be nice to get a few more runs cushion, though.
we need another run – some breathing room please
It is utterly amazing to me the number of people who are so quick to bash this team, specifially for “not showing up” in the postseason.
Don’t you realize that there are so many variables in a game of baseball, and that chance plays so much more of a role than in other sports?
If a hitter strikes out or pops up in a big situation, he “didn’t show up”? No, he’s facing a good pitcher. Or he missed by a fraction of an inch. Like ARod said – there are tons of 2-20, 0-12 streaks every season. It is perfectly normal, and well within the realm of statistical probability.
But it happens in the postseason, against a Cy Young contender, and all of a sudden they “have no fire” and are “fizzling”. Melky looked bad yesterday, right? I guess he didn’t show up yesterday, but today decided to. But if he strikes out in his next AB, then he has no fire (for that at-bat).
Some of these comments are honestly making me sick.
high and tight
Jorge needs to do a kiss and make up with us here!
Is Ol’ Hickory Tony Gwynn?
pettitte and carmona are both pitching very well. we just need to hope that we get to their ‘pen soon and that pettitte can hang through 6, then we get JOBAMANIA!
thank you very much Jon, You have verbalized it so well.
Nice AB Jorge…work it
whatever happens its a solid at bat by po
ol’ hickory! i love it
and yes, thats him
Anyone have a pitch count on Carmona? Let’s get him out of there and really go to work.
When the Levee Breaks. Heh. Here’s hoping.
Nice, beautiful AB…keep the line moving…
Did I miss something? Jeter was never on third.
said very well Jon
Okay, Yankees, this time, let’s get Jorge around to score!
LET’S GO YANKEES!
now let’s manufacture a freakin run with the leadoff on! bunt here!!
Nice, now lace a double to the corner Robbie!
why not joba for two and mo for two? Neither has pitched in a week and we have tomorrow off – might as well
Carmona at 62 pitches
You can’t bunt with Posada. He’s slow.
its hard to bunt with who bats behind him
please no bunt. Dont bunt, dont give up an out
of course, no sign of a bunt,,,what count will they give him the sign to bunt? anyone know? 2-1?
why doesnt torre ever bunt put the ball in motion pressure teams to make mistakes he truly is an awful manager
What do you know
Yeah, Mr. Announcer, but Posada’s sloooooow.
damn
wow good hit horrible spot
Ok Diaz, which is it?
That exact same 1-0 pitch was a ball for Andy last inning, but Carmona’s getting that spot every time. That’s weak
Jon – agreed with all your points but this is the “business we’ve chosen.” It’s a small sample and anyone can go into a slump for a week or two but in the playoffs you are going to be judged by that sample. It goes with the territory.
Robby doesn’t bunt well…
LET’S GO YANKEES! COME ON, LET’S SCORE SOME MORE RUNS!
why? just bad! i don’t understand why they abandon the bunt
WE NEED ANOTHER RUN
Crap. Oh well. Another bonus to the music? Don’t have to listen to the towel-waving hooples scream and shout.
anyone notice how awful the call on melkys homer was?
“So much for passing the baton. Cleveland was clearly pitching around A-Rod there as he swung at ball three on 2-0. Terrible at-bat. That’s 4 for 48 and 0 for 17.”….and Pete…who gave him the green light on 2-0 ?…If the coach says take the pitch,,,do you think he would TAKE THE PITCH ?….BASH BASH BASH…let’s all Bash A-Rod !
Promising inning killed quickly. Hold ‘em again Lefty!
Can we keep the leadoff man off this inning
You know the Yankees are on the edge of breaking through. They will.
For now, LET’S GO ANDY!
LET’S GO YANKEES!
all three yankee homerun calls have been awful
sometimes you need to manufacture runs torre sits around waiting for 7 run innings its why this team hasnt won in forever
The camera angle to right field is awful too. I didn’t see Damon’s ball on repeated viewings. Didn’t see Melky’s either.
It’s really not just A-Rod. He has some extra weight as our cleanup hitter, but we can’t give Posada a free pass. He drew the walk just before, but he’s had some weak looking at-bats so far.
yea the only run in the game and it was a home. The call was – where is that ball going? (IN A HUSHED TONE) iT WAS SUCH A bad call i thought the ball was foul
7-8-9 Lefty, don’t let that gnat Lofton scratch his way on. He can’t hit you.
“Can we keep the leadoff man off this inning”
YES!
Can’t bunt in that situation. Posada can’t run. Hit and run? Maybe. That’s still risky. They just aren’t hitting and they can’t get Kenny Lofton out. Amazing.
so they take us to the bridge last nite and then make us muddle thru this one run lead the rest of the game? thank god we have tomorrow off!
NO
my god andy – leadoff runner has been on three innings straight
I guess not.
It’s impossible to EXPECT to hold the Indians to a shutout, so we need Andy to stop them for another inning, but we need at least another 1-2 for some breathing room. I’d feel good if we could get to the 7th to hand it over to Joba and Mo up by 2 or 3.
It’s unbelievable…I had a bad feeling about Lofton in this series.
Alright Andy, shut’em down.
Rocket needs to hit lofton tomorrow change his perspective a little bit
Lofton is making me physically ill. Let’s serve up a 6-4-3.
carmona – 67 pitches and pettitte – 62
There goes Kenny Lofton, AGAIN. Batting .833 right now in this series.
This game has the feel of “when” we lose the lead, not if, that we won’t get it back.
wtf i love how lofton sucked when he was a yankee and hes good again
It’s time to scratch and claw for runs no matter how. They don’t have to be pretty or long, just as long as they cross the plate. It’s that kind of game right now.
Matsui, Posada and Minky are also O-fer the 2007 PostSeason…throw them under the same bus you throw A-Rod under, OK ?
lofton is a sad sad sad man
I love the stat TBS put up last inning:
Pettitte is 14-2 when given the lead in the postseason.
Lofton on to lead-off the inning is never a good thing.
Wow a bunt. Teams do that, huh.
leadoff man on three innings in a row – eventually u are going to get burned
HOLD vibes everyone.
“wtf i love how lofton sucked when he was a yankee and hes good again”
He was never given proper chance by Torre because of his loyalty to Bernie.
Hey Kenny, that chain’s bigger than you old man.
Ugh…ok…Andy, just like last time.
nice bunt!
Matsui Posada yes under the bus minky hits 9th for a reason
who’s behind the plate tonight?
someone needs to hand Carmona the Yankee lineup card…he apparently does not know who he is pitching to….
this is getting as predictable as the leaves falling off the trees….
oops 5 outs to joba
I have never heard so much NL talk in a AL game… the silly announcing continues. I know they are NL guys, but if they can’t call an AL playoff game find someone who can.
can perez pitch after going two innings last nite?
One of Torre’s best abilities was to put players in a position to succeed. Bad managers not only miss that opportunity, but frequently put players in a position to fail.
Joe’s doing that to Matsui now.
Laz Diaz is behind the plate
Remember when Nbc did the games in 96 and they had good announcers who talked all game about the looming specter of Mariano Rivera like he was Death
4 outs to Joba
Atta way, Lefty!
Once again another big moment for andy
Ok…Andy…one more.
I could be wrong, but I think the sac bunt helped the Yankees. Lofton could easily have gotten to 2nd via the steal if the batter had been patient. Instead they sacrificed an out for it. Ok one more to get out of this Andy!
“One of Torre’s best abilities was to put players in a position to succeed.”
That is why we won so much in the post season in the last five years!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Big time hitter here…c’mon Andy
BBfan, please note the past tense. Thanks.
3 outs to Joba
then we start the Mo clock
LMAO!
Lofton got BURNED!!!!!!!!!
Couldn’t happen to better guy! You’re out!
woooohooo! what a move! YOU DA MAN!
BWIWHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH!!!
THERE we go PETTITTE! What a move! Get that pesky KENNY outta there. Could not have picked a better person to pick off
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW
Incredible pick-off and even more incredible mistake by Lofton.
Take that Lofton!!!!!
Yes!!! Big time play…big time!!!!!!
Hah! Kenny caught to the strains of “Strange Kinda Woman” — and no, I will never ever ever watch Frank TV. Ever.
Great pick-off!
Well you all know it’s not an Andy Pettitte game without a pickoff!
YAH ANDY!
LET’S GO YANKEES! LET’S SCORE SOME RUNS NOW!
there you go Kenny thats the brain dead rally killing player we remember
HA! Picked off! Holy crap is Andy awesome tonight. Dumb play by Lofton making 3rd out at 3rd. Glad he’s an Indian, not a Yankee.
Lofton is an idiot!
Can’t show any more guts than Andy Pettitte has shown in the first 5 innings of this game.
Its a rotten the bats are dead again for another post-season. The poor guy has zero margin for error.
Wow, you just cant’ say enough about Pettitte right now.
Absolutely terrible baseball move…NEVER try to steal third with two outs.
We still need more support for Andy. It’s again not safe to assume Joba and Mo will not give up 1 run over 3 innings even as good as they’ve been.
Good job Lefty now let’s get some runs! Minky then top of the order.
That is how you compete in a big game, CMW! Watch and learn for Game 4 because if there is a Game 5, you ain’t pitching it.
Finally his arrogance gets the better of him…
With two outs why the hell is he even off 2B….
Jerk
Huge play from Pettitte. Absolutely HUGE!!!
Gotta get some runs now.
What a selfish decision from Lofton. Way to run your team out of an inning trying to prove you “still got it.”
YAH ANDY!
It’s not an Andy game without a pickoff!
LET’S GO YANKEES!
Pettitte picked off Lofton… He is a Racist.
1. Listening to John and Suzyn, instead of TBS announcers, is not bad. Mark Feinsand this inning pretty good also.
2. Andy is something else. One more inning.
3. Kenny Lofton really screwed up.
I agree re: the sac bunt. It was a bad play and it gave away an out needlessly.
It was also dumb to try and steal third in that situation. Lofton is already in scoring position. He got greedy and made a dumb play.
trying to steal third base with two outs and a good hitter up? thank you lofton!
SJ44,
Get the feeling that Andy feels he’s alone on an island? That’s 4 innings now, that he’s gotten out of jams?
Pettitte is great today. Score more runs to support him. Go,Yanks!!
Let’s silence that crowd at the Mistake by the Lake even more.
Most pitchers are lucky to get a few pickoffs for an entire career and here’s Andy with 10 just in his playoff career. Outstanding !
Pitch count through 5…
Pettitte – 70
Carmona – 67
What is Pettitte’s contract thru?
SJ-
Last night the “rotten” bats were dead for another post-season game. Tonight, Carmona is simply dealing some filthy stuff aided and abetted by a home plate ump who is giving less quarter to our guy.
Other than ARod taking a cut at a bad pitch on a 2-0 count, they are simply getting beat more than beating themselves. (With a dash of bad luck thrown in on the breu and Cano lasers).
Ok Pettit is on fire
Anyone else sees this game like 2001 Game 3 ALDS Jeter flips to home Giambi out at the plate Yanks win 1-0 against Okland, well Melky guns down Jony Peralta.
Just a Though but lets see if Game 2 of the 2007 ALDS is won by the Yanks I know everybody knows it but if they win home field advantage gets shifted to the Yanks
i think its time to turn the tv off and listen to jon and suzyn… this tbs crap is making those 2 sound like geniuses
only 46 days 2 hrs to Frank tv
FOUR YANKEES STARTERS….count ‘em FOUR, are still Zero for 2007 PostSeason Pete….MENTION THEM ALL !!!
Carmona is dealing.
Pitchers duels are great, but there doing horrible things to my nerves.
A SQUIRREL!
SQUIRREL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Squirrel!!!
squirrel is in CLE now!
OMG – It’s a SQUIRREL!
Yeah a squirrel
SQUIRREL SIGHTING!
Uhoh Cleveland has its own squirrel
That has to be the stoopidist base running error in postseason history, and by a veteran, noless.
Why in the world would you steal 3rd base with two outs??
Jeter took a 1st Pitch…ALERT THE MEDIA ! Oh, I forgot…if your last name is not Rodriguez, the NY Media cares NOT !
SQUIRREL CITING! That’s great news!
It’s not a lucky squirrel unless it climbs the foul pole
IT’S SCOOTER !!!
OMG, did they bother to audition Thomas before hiring him? He is absolutely awful.
Tony – Maybe it’s OUR squirrel. They put him on the team bus!
Oh boy, Frank Thomas speaking was tough to watch.
This Chip Carey is unlistenable….I don’t like to complain about it but he’s a complete jerk…
‘Is that one of the lucky squirrels the Yankees were crowing about in New York’
Are you kidding me…if that is an unbiased comment from a national broadcaster then I’m Harry Carey.
any trouble this have inning an its Joba time
this offense is a disgrace. overpaid losers. 2 hits through 6 innings?? it’s great to see them doing their usual choke job in october.
They just don’t hit in the post-season. Haven’t since Game 3 of the ’04 ALCS and aren’t now.
The last two post-seasons have been especially painful. Not even good AB’s from anybody. Just automatic outs up and down the lineup.
Some of it is pitching but not all of it. Its just a horrible offensive team in the post-season.
Just gotta hope Andy and the rest can throw a shutout. Its like the 1-0 game Andy pitched in the ’96 WS. He has to be perfect the rest of the way. He is getting no help from the offense.
well the squirrel is definitely a good sign!
Gab: we get it after your tenth post on the subject…you don’t like Pete’s post giving A-Rod’s stats. Get over it.
“Crowing about in New York”? This guy’s anti-New York bias is laughable. Crowing has a very negative connotation. What a joke; I never thought I’d say this, but I can’t wait until the playoffs go back to Fox.
Damon .143
.
Jeter .143
.
Cabrera .167
.
Cano .200
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Abreu .250
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And the OTHER FOUR at .000…..Oh yes it’s not the Yankees AS A TEAM that can’t hit their way out of a paper bag….IT IS ALL A-ROD !!! Sick,,,totally sick !
Sager does the NBA games for TBS/TNT, but doesn’t contribute much during the game, usually interviewing celebs courtside. Must have a passion for the game because he actually sounds like he knows what he’s talking about.
What is Frank Thomas yacking about? Andy Pettitte is pitching brilliantly and he wants to talk about the pitch sequence to A-rod?
And I for one am getting an overdose of Curtis Granderson. He’s all over the place.
This is the game right here.
Top of the order plus Victor Martinez.
We get through this, the game will be won.
Okay, let’s keep the leadoff batter in the dugout.
shut up Kuba, it is too a lucky sign!
i positively despise this horrific broadcasting crew.
my favorite line of the postseason so far has been:
“you know, if you score more runs, you’re going to end up winning the game”
WHERE WAS THE CUTOFF MAN?!?!??!?!
3 more outs andy – come on buddy!
There goes the lead
god, can we ever get the leadoff guy out? game will at least be tied now.
Damn, damn, damn.
the triple call was ten times more animated than the homerun call f^ck meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
I guess triples are more exciting than homeruns.
One bad thing about the Lofton pickoff was he had Sizemore at 1-2. Damn! Doubles defense, Minky?
ok Andy will need his most magic yet to get out of this one.
Don’t think we can catch lightning in a bottle this one last time.
Hate when the fans get into it here…not good.
There goes this game. Another leadoff baserunner (now 15 of the 16 innings of this series, the Indians have had the leadoff guy on) and Abreu misses the cutoff man.
Another putrid post-season from the Yankees.
there goes the lead….game over
lucky ducky
ONE.
2 outs to joba
andys unbelievable
I’m watching this and still have no idea how Andy is pulling off this magic!
2 more outs
really a strikeout or a popout is nessecary here
this board get so pathetic. the yankees are winning. calm the f down people. you are acting like a bunch of red sox fans, for the love of god. this is truely pathetic
SJ44..
If that is the real you.. you are a ridiculous. Just go get some anti-depressants and give the rest of us a break.
lay off Granderson, he’s a ball player, not a professional annuoncer.
Chip Carey should be arrested for all his subversive commentary.
I would bring Joba in here to try for the K and then let him pitch the 7th and then bring Mo in for the 8th and 9th. We do have a day off tomorrow.
Hafner’s lost Andy. Put him away!
AP is trying to make the high wire act even tougher. Leadoff doubles and siongles aren’t tough enough so let’s try a triple.
LET’S GO YANKEES!
last three innings, torre should go to the pen – who cares about pitch count. Pettittes consistenly not being able to get out the leadoff batter is too risky
SJ44, you can leave now with that kind of talk!
1 out to Joba or do you leave Dandy Andy in?
NICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TWO.
wow just wow
ONE MORE OUT ANDY
pettitte deserves a freakin GOLD MEDAL tonight
Yes, Lefty! Don’t let up with Victor.
This is the key inning of the game. Cleveland’s big hitters up.
If Andy gets one more out this is huge. Sizemore and Haffner may not get up again.
ANDY !!!!!!!!!!! AWESOME ANDY !!!!!!!!!!!!!
HUGE K, and these 3 idiots say nothing. They might as well wear CLE hats
Pete… doono what to tell u .. i was pretty sure u wud include Posada and exclude Sheff (i asked for his stat).. and yes Matsui ( 8 for 40… is bad No).. and it took all of 2 ABs from ARod in the Post-season.. for u to start complaining..
sometimes u are worse than the trolls.. u show double standard.. while we are supposed to have patience after game 1 loss.. u will show patience for only 2 ABs for him..
what a HUGE strikeout! we could still be in the lead!
OK, if that doesn’t f***** fire up the Yankees, then nothing will.
WAY TO GO ANDY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
C’mon Andy…just one more out
WEAR UR HEART ON UR SLEEVE ANDY
Its Its Its Joba Time!!!!!!!!!!!
BIG GAME ANDY DOES IT AGAIN!
THREE. There goes the what?
RIDONCULOUS
Andy is a god
Holy crap
HOLY CRAP!!!!
YES!!!!!!!!
Look at Pet!
HOLY MOLY
pettitte is AMAZING tonight. pure gold.
now let’s get him some RUN SUPPORT!
Sad, sad, sad the way this board sways like the wind.
Pettitte so rocks! Is it Joba time??
UNBELIEVABLE
PETTITTEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Give the man some runs
That is GUTS!
Be inspired offense especially you A-Rod!
ANDY IS THE MAN!
andy is pitching with everything he’s got. what a game
ANDY PETTITTE!!!!
CAN YOU SAY SQUIRREL MAGIC?! CAN YOU SAY WHOOOO!!!!!
LET’S GO YANKEES!
Wow! He is incredible
Andy Pettitte you are simply amazing.
How do you spell Andy Pettitte? A-N-D-Y P-E-T-T-I-T-T-E…I mean C-L-U-T-C-H………YEAH!
I, for one, could care less what the announcers say or don’t say! we are playing “some” ball.
YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
KISS MY GREEK ARSE CLEVELAND… AND YOU ANNOUNCERS ON TBS…!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Uh re Joba, I think they should stick with Andy, he is dealing. Some insurance runs would be outstanding here.
That is why he’s here…that is the reason…
Nobody bigger in big games.
there is your ball game SJ44, stop offering your “results-basedâ€? analysis and enjoy the f’ing playoffs
LETS GO YANKEES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That is just an amazing job by Pettitte. If the other guys on this team rose to these moments like Andy, this team would actually be dangerous in the post-season.
An absolutely amazing performance.
This guy DESERVES to win this game. It would be nice if the offense can feed off this momentum.
If Joe leaves Pettitte out there after this, when he can get Pettitte out of there on a great note, then we know he has no brains. This game screams Joba and Mo combine for 3 innings. That is why you have them and that is why you love the days off in this series.
HALL OF FAME PERFOMRANCE
Whitey Ford reincarnated!!
What can you say that hasn’t been said before?
I’d still like a a few more runs.
AWESOMENESS!!! Andy, Andy, Andy – if you don’t get the win tonight, it will be a crime. Wake up offense and help your pitcher!!
And you gotta love his enthusiasm too – at the end of last inning with the pickoff and again with this K. I must say, I don’t see Wang and even some of the fielders getting fired up like that.
This is the first time we’ve seen true yankee baseball in the post season since 2003.
Its inconceivable to even think that Andy ever left.
There is absolutely no way you take pettite out of this game before the 8th unless he hits 110 pitches or so he says he’s gassed.
He has to pitch the seventh. No question.
I can hear my father downstairs describing to my mother exactly why Andy Pettitte rocks so hard. It’s awesome.
SJ44
Keep your negativity coming. I think it might be good luck
we need more runs. come on a rod, break out of the slump right now.
SJ – should they take andy out?
Tommy Iommi’s shredding. Andy guts it out. Who cares what the announcers have to say?
i hate dane cook
I AM AMAZING! ONE MORE INNING AND IM GIVING THE BALL TO THE HUT BABY!!
Andy’s at 80 pitches and dealing. I’d definitely leave him in until a runner gets in scoring position.
i LIKE JEFF NJ COMMENT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE INNING – u wanted his best magic yet well YOU GOT IT
can this team score some runs for andy??? come on!!! WAKE UP GUYS!
“Pettitte so rocks! Is it Joba time??”
With the way Pettitte is pitching do you really want to go Joba for 2?
I don’t know it’s a tough decision.
Andys only at 80 pitches, pulling him might be a little premature. If Andy does get in a jam next inning though– you most definitely go to Joba.
“SJ44 October 5th, 2007 at 7:02 pm
There goes this game. Another leadoff baserunner (now 15 of the 16 innings of this series, the Indians have had the leadoff guy on) and Abreu misses the cutoff man.
Another putrid post-season from the Yankees.”
Get off the ledge, will you? Jesus. I used to respect what you had to say, but you’re acting like a little child lately.
“Has memserized this Cleveland attack” – what does that even mean?
Pettitte is now at 80 pitches through 6. Gotta stay with him in the seventh. If he gets in trouble, you bring in Joba.
If you leave Andy in how would you know hes in trouble
that was ALL Squirrel
“SJ44..
If that is the real you.. you are a ridiculous. Just go get some anti-depressants and give the rest of us a break.”
YEAH!
Too much negativism.
No need to be so miserable.
Cabrera, Hafner, and Martinez, gutted like a catfish. Shades of Game 5, ’96 W.S., Wow!
Pettitte goes one more inning, yes?
I WOULD TAKE PETTITTE OUT NOW – he cant get the leadoff batter out and its getting risky. Leave it on a good note and bring in joba for two with the day off tomorrow there is no point not to
Best part of that inning- Roger Clemens walking to congratulate Andy. Pettitte is putting on a clinic in how to pitch during the post-season. You make a mistake, and you go back and get three outs to strand that mistake on third.
Now it’s time for A-Rod to get this monkey off his back and get a hit. A single’s fine, just get on base. I don’t care about the media, they’re gonna follow the story. But it’s gotta be on his mind, and it’s time to end this. And help Andy out with some more runs while he’s at it.
Is it the same commentators who call the Yankee Stadium games?
A Rod time here.
the announcers suck can you imagine if the Indians got on in play like that
awful play – was that not a testbook play good for us
Relax A-Rod! If I see that forced grimace, then you’re pressing.
arods shot
I think Pettitte will start 7th.
If he gives up lead off hit then Joba will come in.
hahah
Did you hear how sad the play-by-play guy when Cabrera booted that grounder from Abreu. If that was Cano, he would have been destroying some decibals.
bring andy in the 7th
How many October’s are there?
Why do we care about taking Pettitte out on a “good note”? This is not Phil Hughes in June.
Absolutely NOBODY prouder of his best buddy than Roger. Let’s go guys, RUN SUPPORT !
If they show me that stupid stat one more time I’m throwing something.
oh the same guy that is absolutly awful – i dont think cleveland fans hope carmona is another jaret wright
lawnmoxer – mayb cuz we are winning by a single run. Ud rather take andy out on a bad note?
4-49
ughhh
“Why do we care about taking Pettitte out on a “good noteâ€?? This is not Phil Hughes in June.”
Dead on Lawnmower
This is getting monotonous…
Where was the pitch sequence for Andy against Hafner or Victor Martinez?
Well, he’s making it awful easy for a lotta lazy sportswriters to get out the old copy. Damn.
ok its official, A Rod is not good in the postseason. He better turn it around soon.
carmona looks really good tonight… the only mis-step he’s made was the pitch to the melk-man.
let’s work some counts and get past him ASAP!
We get this series back to New York, A-Rod will be fine.
LET’S GO YANKEES!
Pettitte needs to pitch a game 5 on the road, if it happens right?
u cant blast arod for this – they r pitching him real tough. If he doesnt start hitting when they go home and face westbrook and byrd. Then, u guys can rail on him
Dave – he’s dealing right now so I’d trust him with the 7th. He’s at 80 pitches.
come on
Abreu needs to run now.
All things point to the playoffs deep in A-Rod’s head. He’s wound up tighter than a drum.
If these announcers knew the Yankees at all the would tell us if Joba was warming or if he wasnt
A-Rod is waiting for a clutch hit in the ninth inning.
Great outing by Pettitte.
K. Same ole A-Rod. Trying to hit it 600 feet now. How about a nice single up the middle to break out of your slump?
Maybe we put the squirrel ON Arod’s back. Then the monkey has to get off.
Okay let’s just let him rake in the regular season and leave him off the post season roster.
OK guys – there is no reason not to bring in chamberlain next inning no reaosn whatsoever. Leave andy on a good note cuz he is prolly pitching again this series
Andy has been flirting with disaster all game long. Get him out when he picked up the team big time and let the bullpen do its job. Would you rather have an 80-85% Pettitte after all those pitches or a 100% Joba?
Hope the automatic puts up a good at bat.
AROD is mental right now… he is a severly high priced head case….Unbelievable someone with so much talent can just suck so bad.
This is why any argument about how bad Jeter is, is just futile.
I wouldn’t give up on A-Rod yet. Sabathia wanted nothing to do with him. Carmona is dealing. It happens.
Ok Sound is back off. I can’t listen to these guys. I’d rather sit her in my hotel room in silence.
it’s simply amazing that this offense can’t score some lousy runs. Unbelievable. A-Rod and Matsui…useless!
hey ill cut Alex a slack Carmona has been great
how is it “official”, jeff? carmona is getting EVERYONE – not just a-rod. let’s see how he does against everyone else before we start drawing up documents and taking them to be notarized as “official”
playing Matsui is not looking like the right move. I hate to be negative, but we really need more runs.
Hey Hideki, Joe won’t do it but why don’t you just take yourself out of the lineup? You cannot drive the ball against a quality pitcher.
Why put in Big G in place of Godzilla there?
That shot of Abreu was so funny, almost reminded me of cartoons where some pitcher throws a ball that hard that the bat just crumbles…
On the other hand, I would feel free to give up on Matsui. Giambi is a perfect fit for Westbrook and Byrd.
They have no idea about the Yankees.
If they did, they would talk about Lofton’s past with the Yankees.
They haven’t and IMHO that suggests a lack of credibility.
“Pettitte needs to pitch a game 5 on the road, if it happens right?”
ABSOLUTELY.
He just sucks!!!!!
Joe, get Matsui out of there. The only thing is going to break out of are his shoes trying to pull everything.
I am so irritated at this line up.
ooh that was a GREAT catch
can chip caray love the indians any more?
OK…I’ll finally give you that A-Rod is still a Post-Season Bum…but this year, so far, he is on a FULL TEAM of PostSeason Bums…so he SHOULD NOT ( but WILL ) stand out.
A-Rod, Matsui and Posada should be ashamed of themselves. what a disgrace this offense is. you get that unbelievable inning out of pettitte and you come up with this crappy inning??? what a JOKE.
….Okay, Posada was ROBBED. Yankees’ offense is so close to breaking out…
LET’S GO YANKEES!
Matsui grounds out to the right side in every at-bat.
Andy is a bulldog, and he’s team isn’t doing much to help him. What is Andy’s pitch count.
JOBA TIME !!!
nice catch and then chip carrey decides to put unjustified mustard all over it he makes me ill
who cares about 80 pitches. These are the same guys tomorrow that will whine and complain tomorrow to mike and chris if pettitte messes up next inning. WAHHH Why didnt torre put in chamberlain Waahhh. two innings for chamberlain one for mo – with no game tomorrow it is the best and safest thing to do. Of course, torre the worst manager of the bullpen in history wont do this
WHERE IS JOBA?!?!!?
I stay with Pettitte in the 7th. If it doesn’t work, that’s baseball.
Andy stays in the game as long as he can.
I’m not a Giambi fan either, but is Matsui a better option than him?? and why bat him 5th??? put cano 5th for all I care. Matsui is a rally killer.
carmona is dealing. wow, i didnt think he would be this good
Arods had a tough night but he will have on more at bat in the 9th…
Look chick, I want it not to be true as much as anyone. I want A Rod to be MVP of every game. However you have to admit, he looked terrible in that at bat. Granted Carmona is having an awesome year and is formidable. Anyway, hopefully he proves me wrong next time up.
I hope nobody is bashing A-Rod, Carmona is dealing. None of the Yankees are having success.
Like I said 3 outs to Joba
isnt westbrook a sinker ball pitcher as well
This isn’t about ARod or Matsui failing or being “automatic” outs.
This is about a pitcher with dominant shut down stuff being at his best.
Carmona has great stuff. Not just good. And he’s been nasty.
Their best chance to score again may be another home run because stringing a bunch of hits against him is going to be too tough.
this announcer is such a tool. pettite pitching a brilliant shutout, carmona also dealing but still down a run. leaves the inning with this quote:
“pettite nursing a one run lead” after screaming his guts out on a nice catch by sizemore.
These announcers need to get a grip. Fine, be enthusiastic. But for chrissakes, be so for both teams about equally.
Andy is at 80
Giambi’s gotta start this game. He has the capability of launching one and Matsui just can’t drive the ball at all right now. He’s either in a tremendous slump or isn’t letting on about how bad his knee is.
TBS is that a Cleveland station, what a joke
Sabathia and Carmona are excellent pitchers, sometimes you need to tip your cap and call them your daddy.
I think A-Rod, Matsui and the rest of the Yankee bats will devour Westbrook and Byrd at Yankee Stadium.
Also, leave Pettitte in there. Learn from Sweet Lous mistake.
If Andy can shut them down for one more, we can maybe hang on with Joba and Mo…. PLEASE ANDY!!!
Big mistake here. This is why you have Joba and a day off. Joe must think this is regular season game in June.
You don’t pull Andy, Andy doesn’t want to come out are you nuts!!
2 outs to Joba
Announcers pimp the narrative. When it comes to the Yankees and almost anyone, the narrative is usually about the plucky underdogs taking on the Evil Empire.
It’s trite, boring, and lazy. Which is why I’m currently listening to Deep Purple play “Space Truckin’”
Lead off man out. Nice.
Chip Carey, the main announcer during this game is making me crazy. He sounds like he’s in love with the Indians. This is saying a lot, but I’d rather hear Joe Buck than this clown.
First sign of trouble they need to bring in Joba…( wait,,,wasn’t a lead off triple last inning trouble ? )…but wait,,, maybe I have my foot in mouth…Andy mows down batter number one…ANDY ROCKS !!!
for those of you who want joba for the 7th, pettitte has thrown 80 pitches. he’s not coming out you idiots.
Figures TBS plays the Indians song from the movie Major League… lol
Just looked he is at 82 pitches YOU DON”T PULL HIM!! NOT FOR MO CERTAINLY NOT FOR JOBA.
WTF is with Chip Caray openly pulling for the Indians?
this is the right choice. keep andy in there
Chip Cary needs to stop screaming every time the Indians do something well against the Yankees.
He must still be pissed about ’96 and ’99 when the Yankees beat the Braves in the WS.
sj if it doesnt work thas baseball, no, if it doesnt work thas bad managing
Sweet Lou didnt have Joba and Rivera. This should have been an easy decision but Joe has to show loyalty even to a fault. He cant just tell Andy he did a great job and let the kid who saved our season help win this game.
You stay with Pettitte…
Good or bad, you live with Pettitte tonight.
joba and mo eighth and ninth at least – even if they do that they can easily pitch on sunday
I’m surprised that Joba isn’t warming up.
Good Lord guys, they’re winning. How about some positivity. Arod never hits Carmona, what’s the surprise. Get off the guys back. Each postseason is it’s own entity…people really need to stop running up numbers like 0 for 17 over the last blah, blah, blah.
WHERE IS JOBA!!!!!
That is why you take out Andy right there.
That was close.
man…that was close….game nearly tied….1 out double.
ok Joba time.
time for some JOBAMANIA
Wow could the announcers be any happier? Again you leave Andy in, this is his game!
Shoot…Lofton again
im going to remember all the ppl that made these ridiculous comments and see if they are the ones crying about it later
thank god
That inning is on Torre for continuing to run hapless Matsui out there. 2-0 count and he flails at a ptchers picth beating it into the dirt. Arod may have struck out bu tthe pitch sequence was impossible. If he swings at either of those first 2 pitches he raps into a DP and then Carmona paints the corner hard on 0-2. Even Pete Abe should understand the difference. Also, the Yankees have hit every mistake by Carmon hard tonight. Unfortunately he hasn’t made many and 3 of those were right a someone.
Thank goodness for the high wall.
So now I put on the radio over the computer, but they’re behind like 2 pitches. Just can’t win. Hate being away from home during these games.
Yikes. A matter of what, five feet? Make that two.
You are one mistake away from disaster and you cant have a guy pitching at 80% effectiveness when you have someone who is 100% and dominant as well.
this is stupid…a must win game! andy has been great, but hardly dominant…eventually he’s going to give up a run. you’ve gotta go to joba if you get the chance. off day tomorrow…he can go 2 and still be available for game 3.
If Matsui gets another at bat, Giambi should hit for him. He can’t do any worse.
I think chip caray just had an accident in his pants.
I’m guessing Joba’s warming now. Time to shut this game down.
ok jennifer – ur right dont go to our savior this yr – the best reliever in the majors – whatever
A-Rod had a bad atbat, but Posada had the worst atbat of the series last night with the bases juiced. Right now, no one’s bat is contributing or separating themself offensively. Blaming A-Rod is counterproductive. Right now him having a poor start to the postseason falls right in line with the rest of this lineup. It’s GAME TWO.. relax. Once he’s 0-10 start talking
Oh god, Kenny Lofton.
Can we please get this guy out?
Not to mention the hottest hitter on their team coming up next. Is anyone even warming?
Andy has been a bull dog this game, you don’t pull him.
FINALLY!!@!
Okay, I’ll second guess. No way does Lofton handle Joba.
Come on Andy, if you can get out with a man on 3rd with no outs, you can get out of this one.
I hate Lofton.
C’mon big man! Two more outs.
chip carrey does the Braves game so maybe its the Indian thing or he so anti Mets Hes anti new york
Intentional BB time?
Intentional unintentional walk?
WHAT HAS PETE ABE GOT AGAINST A-ROD AND HIS FANS?
A walk and you bring in Joba. No doubt.
who still thinks joba shouldnt have started this inning – again there is absolutely no reason not to bring him in here- hasnt pitched in a week/ no game tomorrow.
Yeah, he’s BEEN a bulldog this game, that doesn’t mean he is going to last forever. they NEED this game. you have to go to joba
andy looks gassed….take him out now.
Joba needs to get up!
Joba going to come in with 1st and 2nd 1 out.
Joba time Now
I would like to know where these pitches are. Apparently the ump decided to squeeze Andy when he could least afford it.
JOBA TIMEEEEEE
Ok – but you can’t give Lofton anything he can hit. As much as I hate having two men on, you had to pitch around him.
I don’t hate that…Lofton is killing the Yankees.
It’s Joba time.
YES! JOBA TIME!
There you go, Joe. That’s why you’ve got the big kid in the pen.
Joe messed this up big. Hopefully joba can get out of this…ridiculous
Okay, they are pulling him. Lets hope Joba isn’t too amped up.
Andy deserves huge props he gave this team exactly what he needed.
wow, huge test for joba!
GOOD JOB BLOG MANAGERS – u criticize joe torre as the monday morning quarterbacks but all make the same stupid mistakes as he does during the game.
whew! kudos for Andy!
JOBA TIME!!!!!!!
(I had only just recovered from last night’s tragedy)
i dont give a crap about him being a bull dog hes been lucky the entire game getting out of jams. You have a missle in the bullpen, you bring in the weapon. period.
Now we’ll really see what this kid has in him. Doesn’t get more pressure than this.
again….clueless Joe…Joba should have started this inning…but wait until things get OBVIOUSLY BAD to bring in the reliever….SICK !
Andy:
You were BRILLIANT. You more than anyone else deserve the win tonight.
LET’S GO JOBA!
LET’S GO YANKEES!
(Optimistically speaking, I’d probably sell my soul if it got the game back on YES…)
Shocked that Andy did not challenge Lofton. C’mon Joba, show them your cheese!
Joba had to get ready fast…hopefully he’s ready
andy was a beast tonight. battled through a lot of tough spots, made great pitches when he needed to.
hey gabriel..you dummy. andy threw 80 pitches coming into the 7th. he was pitching sooooo well. he wasn’t going to start the inning with joba.
now everyone own up to the fact that joba should have started the inning. Now u r asking a guy with no post season experience to get two outs with two on – alittle stressful for himn
Oh BTW this isn’t bias but this Ump Has called at least 15 pitches balls that have been strikes for Carmona cant Yesterdays Ump Bruce Freheming call every game
This is actually the first time I am nervous this game.
If the Yankees lose, it is their offense to blame – Posada, Arod, Mr. Automatic.
Can’t argue with Joba here, but I am a little worried that he is too pumped up and walks the bases loaded.
TBS has the score as 1-1…great job TBS..
Your credibility suffers by the minute.
tbs is by far the WORST station in the history of television. They have up that Cleveland has a run right now. Are you FQW$#R%#@R@#R kidding me?!!?
the score isnt 1-1
this is where joba becomes a legend
B YANKS-
You act like andy was unhittable tonight. He was far from it..he battled his way through 6 and did a great job. but, eventually it was gonna catch up with him. Torre has got to go to joba for 2. they NEED this game
Even if this doesn’t workout, can all the first guessers please don’t say “see this is why you bring Joba in to start the inning”. It just means you guessed right, not that you are smarter than Torre. ANyway hopefully it works out and the issue is moot.
Why the 1-1 score? GOD TBS is horrible
Why does the scoreboard say 1-1?
Oh come on!! Andy has gotten outs when he need them. No need to second guess Joe on this!
Trolls, go home & look for your lives.
Great job, Andy. Go Joba.
“now everyone own up to the fact that joba should have started the inning. Now u r asking a guy with no post season experience to get two outs with two on – alittle stressful for himn”
David theres nothing to man up to. Do you look at life with blinders on? All you had to do was look at Cubs game 1. You don’t take out your best starter with 80 pitches when he is dealing.
Christ, some people are unreal.
can someone tell TBS, that although we know chip is rooting for the indians, that the score is still 1-0 yanks and not 1-1 as their scoreboard shows
B YANKS HE has been in trouble all game – Joba hasntpitched in a week and wont tomorrow. WHY NOT START THE INNING WITH JOBA. now he is bringing him in in the middle of a tough inning with no experience
Irregardless of how it turns out…this is the most fun I had watching a Yankee playoff game in a long time.
I just can’t say enough about Andy…just what the dr. ordered!
TBS is HORRIBLE. Joe goes to get the ball from Andy, incredible performance, and where is the camera? Unbelievable, they only showed AP’s back when he got back to the dugout.
I will reserve my opinion on Joe for this game until the game is over.
But the pattern seems to be no different from what he has been doing most of the season.
I only hope that Joba is not nervous and walk people given it is his first post season appearence
GLOBAL AND those some ppl are u. When u have joba in the pen who hasnt pitched in a week that is exactly what u do. you are unreal
dear god i love this man
JOBA!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOW
Ok. He’s cool. No, better than that: Joba RULES!
Gwynn pronouning him Joe-ba! Do your homework or watch Sportscenter once these last two months.
Thank you Global at least someone with some sense!
Exactly JT
not one fastball
F***** stud!!!!
One more to go…
C’mon Joba
cojones of steel. three sliders.
Joba acts like this is just another day at the office! love it!
JOBA !
How many doubles has Joba given up? Please only a single here or better.
it’s like some of you are rooting for Joba to blow it to prove you were right that Joba should’ve started the inning. DOn’t be that guy, root for the Yankees!
These announcers will do their level best to curse Joba.
Show ‘em Joba !
Joba’s composure was just amazing there.
Given the situation I thought he’d be overthrowing. Looked completely in control
f#ck yeah!
thank god how nerve racking
yes, and total pitches for Joba? 4?
so NICE…so VERY NICE !
JOBBBBBAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
I have a man-crush on him
Andy had a great game.
Sure he gave up hits, mainly lead off.
But, remember Indains are good hitting ball club.
WOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOO
PEPPPER NEEDS NEW SHORTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LET’S GO YANKEES!
Five pitches for Joba?
BRILLIANT!
LET’S GO YANKEES! BREAK THIS THING OPEN!
OMG, my stomach hurts from this. Have. To. Remember. To. Breathe. He is amazing.
Dave did you miss the Chicago game? Ace on mound he pulls him with 85 pitches!!
Jesus doesn’t matter, Joba got it done.
THAT is why you bring in Joba to start the whether Andy has 80 pitches or 8 pitches or 180 pitches. He just shut them down on 5 pitches and it wasnt even close.
You never root for games to be this tense but then their the ones that live on forever
JOBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
start the inning I meant to say.
We usually score after Joba comes in the game.
Joba is my Jesus.
I’ll defend Joe, and I never defend him. HIs only mistake was not bringing Joba in against Lofton with first base open. No jitters re a walk. Let him throw. Other than that?
I’m not complaining
Joba is amazing!!
i just punched myself in the chest way to hard after those two outs haha
did you see the flames spit off the 99 mph heater ??
THAT GAVE ME THE CHILLS!
GREAT JOB-A!!!
jeffNJ–got the same feeling. lots of folks would rather be right than have the kid and the yankees perform well. egos rule, unfortunately
MAN CRUSH….HE’S BARELY LEGAL
5 pitches… 2 outs!! Welcome to the playoffs Joba!
Joba RULES!
Baserunners – - – PAHLEEEEEZE ! …. and lot’s of them.
What kind of stones does Joba have to come out and pitch back to back to back breaking balls against Gutierez and then bring a 99 mph heater at the next guy
FILTHY! He looks like he can handle the big stage so far.
SCORE SOME RUNS!!!!
Maybe Joba can throw a couple of FB at the Indians logo and knock some teeth out of that hideous grin.
Torre didn’t anything wrong. You can debate Andy/Joba starting the 7th, but as soon as Andy got into trouble Joba got up.
Crap he is dealing!! UGH
why can’t Cano work a count?
Dave, you are absolutely right. This is another Joe “trusting his guys” moment. Andy was brilliant, but getting out of those jams takes it out of you. It was perfect situation for Joba at the START of the inning. Now he has a mess in his 1st postseason appearance. I love Joe, but he does not have a clue about managing his pitching staff.
Joba got out of that quite nicely.
But I still think it was the right move to have AP start the inning. I mean, he could also have had a 1-2-3, he’s been doing great. You stick with guys like that.
Anyway, hats off to Andy.
(note: gotta credit Cashman for this, he got the best FA pitcher on the market last year, for a good price)
JOBA!!!!!!
Just sick…the kids is just sick.
I am keeping my comments til the game is over i have too much pacing to do but if I see another stupid Frank catelano commercial I am going to throw my TV out the door
we need another run if for nothing else some comfort
WHOA that was NOT a strike!!
Pete getting on Andy a little saying 6.1 is a little short
When you have a great pen like Joba and Mo you start the game looking for when to drop the hammer Andy was pitching a shutout it wasn’t his choice to come out
Guess my comment was a bit dated. Glad I was wrong.
Joba has nerves of steel.
Imagine what he will do as #1 starter in the future.
It is very well possible, they will convert him to closer when Mo retires.
they both swung at 1st pitches! what the hell? arent they professional hitters?
Damn two pitches right back to the pitcher!
Blind pig meet acorn. Minky’s going yard.
Absolutely fearless stuff from Chamberlain there.
You know the Indians are thinking “Ok, just keep up with the fastball, cuz he throws 100″
Boom, three sliders, good night. Smart, smart, pitching
Carmona said he wasnt intimidated by the names on the back of the jerseys. I guess he doesnt realize the Yankees dont have names on the back of their jerseys.
I guess Joe is so sure that this will stay a 1-0 that he isn’t phing for Doug.
whats the phone number again to complain about TBS??!?
Petitte’s performance tonight shows what a big mistake it was letting him go to Houston…04 doesn’t happen with him in pinstripes…
Tampa I was going to say the samething. LOL
Carmona is the greatest pitcher in the history of pitching, at least that’s what I think the announcers just said.
Can everyone just relax…why are we 2nd guessing Torre now…
It’s unbelievable…if Torre shifted his seat to the right in the dugout…there’d be 10 of you saying he should’ve shifted left.
Just enjoy the performances.
Good point VOIII
Would have to think it would’ve been different
What the heck is that tag by his neck.
he takes the pitch down the middle and swings at the ball in the dirt wtf?
What’s up with the bugs???
lol those bugs
Yuck. What are all those bugs buzzing around Carmona’s head. Now that’s sick
Maybe Carmona made a “Faustian” bargain after last years horrible performance and 1-10 record.
Hey smucky fans there is a bug in his face, you boo??
6.1 is a bit short? Jesus I know you’re probably rooting for the Red Sox to go all the way but can you calm down a bit?
uh-oh. the lucky Cleveland gnats.
Man K is pigpen. They are swarming.
The bugs are going to stick to Dougs disgusting helmet.
Couldn’t they have fogged for bugs beforehand???
Any doubts if Skip Caray is auditioning for an ESPN job ?
Could Eric Wedge be dumb enough to take Carmona out in the 9th ?
Let’s hope.
It’s amazing that Carmona is the same guy who coldn’t get anyone out last year as cleveland’s closer.
If we had men on, he’d PH for Doug, but seeing as it’s two outs, and our weakest hitter, you keep him in for the defense.
OH, well. Nice at bat. Let’s go Joba!!
Guess the Yanks like seeing Joba pitch as much as we do!
LET’S GO YANKEES!
I wonder if Joba Senior, Harlan is at the game?
Carmona or Borowski for the 9th? Call it now.
Joba will sail through 8th.
However, Yanks have to score one more run for Mo’s 9th inning.
A swarm of bugs descends… clearly God wants the Yanks to win 1-0.
Joba’s used to sold out crowds and he’s used to 55,000 people chanting his name. He’s good to go.
pat wedge would have to be a total idiot to pull him. Lets hope he is.
bring on Borowski! then the Yankees score 6!
Rebecca – I’m sorry, but I just have to tell you. I was at my son’s ball practice earlier and there’s hardly any trees out there – dirt ballpark. And over by one of the buildings, I looked over there, and a squirrel was peaking around the corner. I have no idea where he came from, but I couldn’t wait to get home and watch the game!!
How many pitches does Carmona have? And it definitely wouldnt be Borowski because they dont trust him very much. They understand that he is just a closer in that he gets saves but their best relief pitchers are the Rafaels and Jensen.
Hahahahahahhaha they’re putting bug spray on the players now ROFL
They’re breaking the bug spray out.
Jennifer
Just wanted to see if we could all agree on something tonight.
1 – 0 with Joba and Mo pitching….all the numbers say the game belongs to the Yanks right? NOT.
Tribe can come back with CC and Fausto for games 4 and 5 and then what ?
Sherri–You know it.
LET’S GO YANKEES!
I don’t have a problem with how Torre played the 7th. He played it the right way.
You have to start the inning with Pettitte, given the way he pitched. Even if it didn’t work out that inning, it was the right move, IMO.
Just a shame the offense can’t get going.
Okay good. LOL I’m hoping he pulls him though.
Too funny everyones spraying each other.
Jeter is spraying on his cologne, which as doubles as bug repellant!
that squirell is doing everything he can to get us a win hes brought a plague of locusts down on the Indians and supplied the Yankees with deep woods off
CC on three days rest? Bring him on.
Uck I hate playing with those bugs, hopefully that hurts batters most.
Nice behind home plate angle. Couldnt see anything especially the location of the pitch.
What the heck is with the bugs, this is gross. They are all over Jobas hat.
C’mon, Joba!!
Hes also brought a herd of fat woman to Cleveland, what of they were here already sorry
Of course the swarm of bugs is distracting Joba, could you have asked for better timing if you are the Indians?
I’m getting itchy just watching the game.
Gnats are you kidding me
Come on Joba, you can do this!
LET’S GO YANKEES!
I think that last one was a strike!
oh god – comeon Joba!
Damn those bugs, must be getting to Joba.
Can they call a bug delay? and bring on the field crew to fumigate?
That 3rd pitch was a damn strike. Ump must have had a bug in his eye
Where the heck did those bugs come from?!
Maybe the bugs are in the Ump’s eyes?
Bug delay?
this insect situation is getting a bit gross
If the bugs cost us this game and therefore this postseason then it is clear God is mad at the Yankees.
they need to spray the grass at the Jake bad! that’s insane!
This is BS, we are getting screwed by the bugs. We had everything lined up perfectly but of course something beyond the Yanks control has to make things difficult.
I really can’t believe that these bugs are going to throw off the Yankees rhythm.
Cleveland is an armpit…imagine having to deal with flying insects why you are playing in the postseason.
They came out of no where. I think they released them.
OH GROSS!!!! They are all over him!!! I’m starting to itch.
OMG That was really really gross. How can this not be affecting him?
They showed Joba’s neck, that’s GROSS
ewe, thats so gross!
Craig Sager must die. They cut to him at the most inopportune moments, only to have him talk to the drum guy for 15 minutes or to advertise “Off!” Bug Repellant. GET BACK TO THE GAME!
man they are all over Joba. This is ridiculous, stop the game!
Wow, this is unbelievable. You couldnt have written a script for this kind of luck.
Hey guys, this whole situation is
ok Joba does NOT wild pitch. EVER.
these bugs are on a sabotage mission!!!!
This is getting beyond ridiculous. The morons that are the Cleveland’s ground crew need to be fired!
Come on Joba. You can do this. Ignore the bugs. They are nothing.
LET’S GO YANKEES!
This is absolutely ridiculous
Joba, forget the bugs!! Get this out!!
Joba…Joba…Joba.. !!! Time to Bear Down, Kid !!!
Hey guys, this whole situation is BUGGING me, if you know what I mean.
Bring in MO Now!!! we need this game…..
Oh Jesus, Joba, please get this done!!
What the heck is this?
yanks inability to score more runs will most likely doom them.
what, do these bugs just come out at 7:45 on the dot?
HOLY
I LOVE ME SOME MINKY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOW MINKY!!
WOW!! good thing we didn’t ph.
Minky!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow. Man K again!
Playing under these conditions is a little silly.
Whatta play!
Take that Chip Carrey…this guys is an ass!!!
Minky!!!!!!!! Unreal. What reflexes. That was astonishing.
Call the game until the swarm dissipates. Seriously. I think its been done before…
dougie!
you can keep the 2007 world championship ball, minky!
Wow that was ticketed right for his face. That might have killed him if he didnt catch it.
What a break. Perfect position for Minky.
did you see mientkicantspellhisname mouth “DID YOU SEE THAT?”
They weren’t here last night…..weird.
What’s up with CLE’s lameass field?
My heart is pounding out of my chest!!
C’mon Joba…bear down kid…get this guy
Are the Yankees playing the Cleveland Indians or the Washington Gnats ?
OH DAMIT!!
I”m SICK!!
Let’s go Joba, channeling that Kenny Lofton hatred that has served him so well thus far in the series.
oh my god! what now?
Those !@#$%^&*() bugS!@!!!
!!#*(&@$^%!*%*(!#(*%#!*&(#
i actually might cry right now
Come on, Blue…don’t squeeze the Chamberlain !
Damnit!!!!!!
Damn those bugs. It’s a Cleveland conspiracy
We’re still tied. It’s not a blowout, we’ll come back and win this for Joba and Andy.
LET’S GO YANKEES!
frick
Leadoff walk and they do what they have done the entire month of September….throw wild pitches.
What an awful way to spoil a Pettitte start.
Couldn’t save that one…Chip Carrey…please…
You are really embarrassing yourself.
vinny, you win for best pun of the night
This is f&*Ked UP !!!
He cant grip the ball to throw the slider. It is obvious and the reason why he has throw two wild pitches and hit a batter. This is complete crap.
What a ridiculous way to lose a lead. Snakebit. Period
I find all those bugs awfully suspect…..
We need Mo right now….nice try kid…but that HAS to get you the hook…!!!!!!
joba does not throw wild pitches. these bugs are seriously f-ing with his concentration. look at the close-ups – - – there are a million bugs stuck to his face and neck!
this is as depressing a game as I’ve seen in a while…..what is up with these bugs??
This is the most revolting thing i’ve seen.
Man, **** this. ****ing bugs. ****ing umpire.
sickening
I feel sick. Our team has shown no ability to score runs when we need it and we all know how Joe manages the bullpen on the road or in extra innings. I feel like turning the game off now.
If they magically disappear in the top of the inning . . .
THIS IS CRAP!
WHAT THE #UY#*&#$*&#()$*&#*(&$
Where the HELL DID THESE BUGS COME FROM
what did Torre say to Joba?
They’re all over his face and he can’t see. That’s gross. That many bugs isn’t normal. What is going on?
i’m getting all itchy just watching this. SO nasty. they are EVERYWHERE
By the way, the bugs will disappear when it is their turn to pitch, or they will magically congregate around our hitter.
This is the most unbelievable thing I have ever seen.
last year the rain,this year the bugs
well, we’ll have to hit their pitcher in the 9th – hopefully the bugs will affect
it’s all set up for a-rod to end this next inning. keep the faith.
I think they released them. This is crazy!!
after this batter, Joba needs to come out
Poor Joba.
i don’t believe in god.
BUT.
if these bugs are gone in the next inning….
i MAY have to become a believer and know that he hates the yanks.
Joba + bugs = CHOKE
Is there ANY REASON why this game hasn’t been delayed?
this really is ridiculous…bugs killing the yanks playoff lives?? who would’ve thought?
I am so nauseous.
Joba is showing some toughness, but it’s Mo time.
no more bug spray on anyone. the damn stuff is of course slippery.
Winning run at second? Jackass, it’s the bottom of the 8th!
He has completely lost control because of this. I never thought anything would faze Joba but apparently locusts werent on my radar to worry about.
He’s staying WAY too long with Joba here. He can’t throw a strike, wake up Joe!
I am disgusted. Viz is up in the pen!
you cant make this stuff up!!!!!!
why did he get up Viz not Mo?
did caray just say “winning” run on second?
Peralta’s mom must have been on crack when she named her son
He is saving Mo for game 5.
Positive thoughts everyone. There’s still an inning to play. This is anything but over.
LET’S GO YANKEES!
the birds have started flying south and the warm weather is good for insect breeding so theirs no on to eat them
It’s not as if the Indian batters appreciate the bugs either.
its the fulfillment of the 5th trumpet blast of revelation
F*** YOU MOSQUITOS !!!!
You may as well go with the best you have and that is not Viz. If Joba gets the ball over the plate, they cant hit it.
How is not wiping down his neck, there are literally dozens of gnats on it.
Yes, when he said “winning run on 2nd,” my 9-year-old said, “Stupid, it’s only the bottom of the 8th!!!!!”
nate c.
October 5th, 2007 at 7:32 pm
this is where joba becomes a legend
—————————————-
The bugs better stay out there!!
Because we all know Joe does not bring in Mo in a tie game on the road. Even with the season on the line.
this is it, its time for arod to step up if he get an ab
I feel bad for Joba… that was unreal.
Ok, top of the lineup do something for chrissakes! One run and then leave it for Mo.
that is absolutely a travesty with these bugs! their grounds crew must have been called up from the minors!
Oh god, that was a NASTY inning. I blame this on a Cleveland conspiracy.
I hope some of those bugs get to Carmona too =P
Cleveland is a swamp.
Can we get the bugs to hover around Carmona now please?
let’s see if it’s an equal opportunity swarm in T9
friggin’ bugs… friggin’ dirty mistake on the lake city
we are NOT gonna fall victim to Cleveland Bugs and lose this freakin’ game….A-Rod is coming up HUGE with the rest of the top of the lineup against WHATEVER STIFF Cleveland wants to feed us….GO YANKEES !!!!!!!!!!
Ok, what’s good for the goose is good for the gander. Let’s work the count and make them throw under these same conditions. Joba didn’t give up a darn hit – we can do the same!
The plague has conveniently amassed onto Jobas mound.
Unbelievable timing!
Can’t keep walking people or throwing wild pitches. Bugs or not.
The bugs were there for Carmona. You didn’t see him walking people, did you?
Unfortunately, a bad job by Joba. It happens, its baseball but, it happened at the wrong time.
Especially with the 200 million dollar dead bat society lineup.
Leadoff walks kill you. Gave up a run without a hit that inning. Not the way to win games.
about $50m worth of hitters due up…is a run possible ?
I honestly can’t believe the yankees are going to lose this game because of bugs. because of f#$*ing bugs.
Is there some rule that says you can delay the game for bugs. completely blame that on the bugs there
If there is any hope left for A-Rod at all, he has to win this game for us. He comes up 4th in the 9th so if anyone gets on, he must keep drive in a run in order to keep the game out of Joe’s hands where he can butcher the 9th and extras by leaving his best reliever on the bench waiting for a lead that might never come.
Implosion by Fat boy. That was funny. Welcome to playoff baseball Joba the goo.
I need a shower.
Those bugs better be swarming Carmona too.
2 hits from the lineup with the best avg, most homers – can they please get something going
and can we get rid of this damn dane cook or whatever his name is in these playoff commercials
Unreal inning gotta hope we can find the sticks….never seen anything like that …..c’mon guys ease up on Joba…he was clearly affected by the bugs
the players need to keep the pitcher out their and let the bug get to him
listen I’m part latino that sh** ain’t no joke pitching w/ mosquitos in your face , the F***KERS better still be out there !!
let those bugs go up his nose and in his ear!
This will forever be known as “the bug game”. Wait on Fausto, make him suffer like Joba did.
It’s hard to blame Joba for the two wild pitches when there were so many disgusting little flying insects on his neck!
I think they had a delay for bugs either here or in Detroit this year
he’s been on the bench for 30 minutes, lets hit him.
They do say the postseason tests ones nerves.
I guess the logical question is: Does Joba possess the ‘eye of the tiger’ when it matters most?
I hope Mo comes in in the 9th so we don’t have to find out in such a close game…
Man Cleveland is a dump!
plague, pestilence. frogs grasshoppers what is next?
“Canadian Soldiers”? Blame Canada!
Gutty move by Wedge to leave Carmona in there..you know Joe would never do this..
Uhh guys?
The game is TIED. We’re not losing, we’re tied. Bit of a difference.
Joba gave up one run. Any other night, when we’re up by two or more runs, one run means nothing.
We have the top of the order up.
LET’S GO YANKEES!
i have honestly never seen anything like this.
and honestly it seems like they are getting worse by the minute!!!
lovely! let’s work a count on this guy, paaallleeeezzze!
The flag in center field is not moving. The damned bugs have it held hostage.
Mo’s not going to come in the ninth unless the Yankees are winning, because either he blows it or he has to pitch two.
We need one of those clutch homers right here captain.
Are the bugs this bad in cleveland all the time? Are these Indians used to it so only our guys are bothered?
You can’t kill Joba, the bugs got to him. They were all over his head/face ears. it was disgusting. Who wouldn’t be distracted?
bugs or no bugs – these guys cant hit right now – 2 hits from this lineup – come on
Apparently it is affecting our hitters more than theirs.
Do the Indians play with the bugs regularly? Seems like they are only affecting the Yankees.
will this forever be known as the bug game if they lose?
BIG mistake running out their starter for inning 9…and we ARE gonna make them PAY !
Carmona doesn’t seem to be bothered! wad up with that?
He will bring Mo in no matter what. This is a must win game.
SJ44
Seriously just go away.
The gnats weren’t half as bad in the top half of the 8th as they were in the bottom of the 8th.
So Joba was lights out in the 7th and all of a sudden loses contrl the next inning? Naw.. the 5000 gnats had nothing to do with that
JETER!!! UGH!!!!!!!
You have to spray bug spray directly on your skin. I think that’s where the Yankees went wrong, they were spraying their clothes only.
Although ironically, they didnt get a hit against Joba, two HBP, a BB, a sac bunt and 2 WP’s. I would love to see us get an inning like that where we score a run we desperately need.
I hear you jennifer, but its the playoffs… lets get the job done, right? He’s a Yankee, isn’t he?
They’re showing all these stats. What are their averages when batting through a swarm of gnats?
Sit down Jeter. Nice 1 for 9 series so far.
Psshh, Carmona is still dealing bugs or no bugs. We can’t hit this guy.
that’s OK…Boo-Boo and A-rod…A walk and a BLAST !!!
Let’s go Bobby
Carmona is Dominican these flying Ants do nothing to him or Mo
The bugs don’t looks as bad for him as they were for joba.
The bugs don’t seem to bother Carmona. Then again, he is facing a team that is done hitting for 2007.
What a horrible way to give a game away. Gotta hope for miracle now and miracles have been in short supply in the post-season for this team in recent years.
terrible at bat for jeter!!!!
swung at 4 balls
Well here is another chance for A-Rod.
MVP! MVP! MVP!
“The bugs were there for Carmona. You didn’t see him walking people, did you?”
i didn’t see the indians spray their pitcher all over with slippery bug spray either. what a dumb a. thing to do. screw the bugs. forget the spray.
Let’s go Alex time for redemption
ok A Rod, one more chance to avoid the back pages.
come on ARod
THE MVP IS DUE
There is no way to explain, or rationalize, this team’s inability to hit in the postseason. It’s embarassing.
Thsi is not fun. It’s not even emotional, it’s just irritating to watch. To spend an entire summer as we did, and then come out so limp on offense the first two games, after being a dead offense last offseason, it’s just ridiculous. There is no excuse or explanation for it, other than they aren’t delivering.
This team should be disgusted.
Bobby just needs to belt it. I can’t watch if this incredible effort by Andy goes to waste in a loss.
Come on Alex, show some of that 9th inning magic that you had ALL FRIKKING YEAR LONG>
Well, here is A-Rod’s chance. He can come through when we need him most, he can go down again, or he can pass the baton and take a walk. Lets see.
Bugs or no, you cant be throwing the ball to the backstop with the season on the line.
Dammit let’s go A-Rod.
The Pitcher is in the midst of a plague. It’s now or never.
AROD…..
OK…a single and a BLAST !!!!!!!!!!!!
“i was a little concerned about Carmona…”???
Do they wanna go tuck him in when it’s his naptime?
Maybe the want to get him a moist towlette to wipe the bugs off?
Are they kidding me with this partisan s–t??!!
Worst announcers ever.
Um Randy they probably did it in the clubhouse.
C’mon A-ROD – We reallllly need you to do something here.
Prediction:
If Alex delivers here, there will be moronic posts against Pete when, in fact, Pete wants Alex to succeed as much as any of us.
If Alex fails, there will be posts saying he is worthless and we should resign him.
Jesus, he looks done.
Make him PAY,,A-Rod…YOU CAN DO IT !!!!!!!!!
If A Rod strikes out here…
Of all the gutless Yankee teams of the past four years, this one takes the cake. Chamberlain fits in well with this colassal choke artists who can’t adapt to their surroundings or be bothered to show up when the pressure’s on. We’ve had to sit through four years of this and it’s getting sickening.
When does the front office make changes? What does Torre have to do to lose his job? Steal from the company trust fund?
Come on Alex
shouldn’t resign him.
AROD can’t bear the papers tomorrow if he can’t come up here!
Hahahahahaha…. Thanks for the comic relief, Mikey!
did i mention chip caray is a fool
Who the heck is the announcer who keeps saying winning run?
It’s the go ahead run
This guy is pi$$ing me off
time to shut up the critics
all we need is a hard hit ball…let’s go ALEX !!!
well, maybe a new bat will help…?
PLZ AROD
Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeaaassse
Mikey,
get out of here! go back to BOSTON
Comic relief? I’m not laughing. This is embarassing.
win or lose this has been a hell of a ballgame
Even with first base open carmona is attacking arod.
no one pitched around him tonight.
I’m seriously going to be sick.
Chamberlain .. “colassal choke artist”?? Seriously, Mikey… Have you even turned on the TV?
Adios A-Rod
Mr. April does it again.
Have fun in Chicago next year. You’re a disgrace.
Sit down A-Rod. Ha, that is incredible. I don’t wanna hear anybody complaining about the bugs, because Carmona dealt with it and he did just fine.
I wish I could say I’m shocked.
oh man
DAMN IT AROD
DON’T RESIGN CHOKER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
Hell of an ab, but in the box score it comes up as a so.
Where is our offense?
Another choke job by Slappy McBluelips. Classic performance there by Mr. May.
so am I the only one w/ a sick to my stomach feel right now
Arod needed to not swing at that.
Still a tie game.
LET’S GO YANKEES!
I know A-Rod didn’t come through, but he put together a good at bat. He’s nearly there.
MVP MVP MVP…
Yeah and replace Alex with Wilson. That is a joke, you are all jokes.
Look – the game’s still tied, right???
Jennifer he isn’t getting paid to have a quality at-bat in that situation.
Let him opt out.
Damnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
DAMN DAMN DAMNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
And ENOUGH WITH MATSUI TOO, he’s hurt damnit Torre. Put Giambi in.
At least tonight it’s a bit easier to say why with the pitching performance, but yesterday was pretty awful.
wow, I just can’t believe it….I really thought he was due to come thru
I wonder where Harlan is right now. Hope he enjoyed his fat son’s implosion.
A-Hole does what he does best: choke in the biggest situations.
All it’s going to take is one big hit and you guys will forget all about A-Rod’s troubles.
i want arod to succeed SO badly
mariano time
ARod: 0-4, 3 Ks, 3 LOB
Rebecca and Sherri, don’t you realize that now the Yanks can lose it in the 9th?
Another K on a ball out of the strikezone. Now 0-18 and 4 for his last 50.
The guy just can’t hit in the post-season. I don’t want to hear about small sample sizes, bugs or any other excuses. He can’t hit in the post-season.
What does that mean? You don’t pay over $200 million dollars for a guy who can’t hit in the post-season.
Its to the point now where its embarrassing to watch the futility of this team in the post-season. Nobody can hit. Been that way for the last 15 post-season games and its not changing until you change the faces.
What a joke.
Another K on a ball out of the strikezone. Now 0-18 and 4 for his last 50.
The guy just can’t hit in the post-season. I don’t want to hear about small sample sizes, bugs or any other excuses. He can’t hit in the post-season.
What does that mean? You don’t pay over $200 million dollars for a guy who can’t hit in the post-season.
Its to the point now where its embarrassing to watch the futility of this team in the post-season. Nobody can hit. Been that way for the last 15 post-season games and its not changing until you change the faces.
What a joke.
This is unbelievable.
I thought he’d come through. I really did. I thought for once, Arod would do it. He’d give us something to cheer about in the playoffs.
I am shattered right now, with the sinking feeling that Mo will give up the game. Why?
Our offense is where it always is, laying down and dieing when we need 2 runs but scoring 16 runs when we only need 8. The Yanks are the king of the tack on runs, the meaningless home runs, the stat padding. That is why we have such a terrible record in 1 run games because we cant score when we need to. I think we have under 10 hits for the entire series.
Guess Matsui can’t be blamed for Alex not getting any pitches to hit.
I can’t take this comments thread anymore.
A bunch of hypocrites and whiners who simply support the hot hand. If A-Rod hits a homerun there all you complainers salute him. He strikes out and you want him to go to the Angels next season. You aren’t fans you’re fairweather fans in coward’s clothing.
SUPPORT YOUR PLAYERS.. Because when Alex succeeds you can all just disappear.
thats 4-50, mind boggling
I still want you back in pinstripes A-Rod
LOOK – who would have predicted the BUG PLAGUE???
will a-rod ever get another hit in the playoffs?
Cleveland’s bull pen depth is now a enormous advantage.
That’s why it was unfortunate that Joba had to come in for Andy earlier rather than later. In a 1-0 game anything can happen.
Unfortunately it did. Flying ants
where is pete with his magical “BLOCK IP ADDRESSES” admin power when we need him?
Let him opt-out..I’m with Pete now….the dude just Can NOT come up with the hit in the clutch situation in the playoffs as a Yankee….sorry to say it…but let him play somewhere else….I can see where this game is going…CLE scratches out a run in the bottom of the 9th and we go home facing elimination….reality s*cks !
I don’t blame ARod for locking in and swinging away. Not like Matsui is going to hit a game-winer for us.
If Mo can put up a zero Ilike our chances as Carmona is tiring and left a few picthes up that inning. I think he’s close to done.
They are in a lot of trouble with Mo and Viz…..
I can’t understand why Arod doesn’t just hold the bat loose and take a short compact swing like he did with the game winning hit off of Papelbon. Trying to jack everything will create huge slumps against top notch pitchers.
And to think, Scott Boras thinks his guy is worth $30 million. With playoff performances like these, I’m not sure if anyone is going to give him a dime.
you guys are…UN-EFFIN-BELIEVABLE! ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! The guy hit .450 this year in the ninth inning in the pennant stretch, he’s had six at bats so far, and quite honestly that one right there was pretty good. It’s not like the rest of the lineups been teeing off. Jesus Christ himself would’ve been cut by you guys for not preventing the crucifixion.
I’m off this blog you people are sick
He is done. The papers will rip him apart tomorrow and he won’t be worth a sh*t the rest of this series or any other if the yankees advance.
Just unacceptable. 0-6 2 walks… 3 SO… 4 LOB….The big donut…
Just unacceptable. How can he be worth 35 mill a year.
whatever happens, let’s give joe the credit for making the right move with mo. season probably on the line, you win or lose with your best.
no Weaver 03 WS redux.
To all you A-rod detractors:
We wouldn’t even be watching this game right now without him.
He can’t hit the post season?? Go look at his numbers. It is only recently since the media picks apart EVERY SINGLE AB!!
“Another K on a ball out of the strikezone. Now 0-18 and 4 for his last 50.
The guy just can’t hit in the post-season. I don’t want to hear about small sample sizes, bugs or any other excuses. He can’t hit in the post-season.
What does that mean? You don’t pay over $200 million dollars for a guy who can’t hit in the post-season.
Its to the point now where its embarrassing to watch the futility of this team in the post-season. Nobody can hit. Been that way for the last 15 post-season games and its not changing until you change the faces.
What a joke.”
Guy, we’re not in the postseason without his bat.
And that…is not a joke.
Lofton is a pain on the ass. Good that he was put out.
Sherri, quit blaming the bugs. Cleveland has to deal with it too. That is looking for an easy way out.
Can imagine the headlines and newspapers tomorrow
good at bat but he threw you nothing but inside and down and balls…take the walk!!!!
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
this lineup is an embarassment to the real murderer’s row. They only thing that they kill are eachother. And can arod get the ball out of the infield for once – he doesnt even have a flyout. pathetic.
Here’s to Mo being Mo and the Yankees scoring and winning soon.
GIAMBI BETTER BAT FOR MATSUI IN THE 10TH
5 hits last game, 3 hits this game. 18 innings worth of at bats and 8 hits. That is disgraceful.
Well, we’ve never lost a game becuz the opponent city was situated over a Hellmouth. But there’s a first time for everything.
i haven’t posted here in decades cause of the strict terms but i have to say; people calm down, enough with the sick stomach stuff…
Good question Yankee. This blog has become unreadable.
Yea. We got Lofton out.
Please.
This is a total disgrace. But for those of you who think Carmona could deal with the bugs better, well why not? He pitches in this hellhole all season. He is use to it. Joba I am sure has never experienced that. I have never even heard of it. Now Torre will lose the game by NOT bringing in Mo because the Mo rules are to not use him in a tie game on the road– even with the season on the line.
ARod can play for my team for as long as he wants. I won’t waffle and blame him for everything. I support my players and still believe in A-Rod.
Two games does not a post season make.
And our only runs have come on 3 HRS and an excellent double by Abreu. Bobby has been the best player this series.
Gutierrez, sit down.
u think theres going to be a 10th? doubt it
As for blaming the bugs, Joba was clearly unnerved. Everyone else is dealing with them too. But that doesn’t make the impact on Joba any less significant.
This is Joba’s mess. Not A-Rod’s, not the bugs.
i can imagine the headlines if we lose this game, the knats and indians stomp on the yanks
this lineup looked good against the Royals…dunno what went wrong…
Arod and Barry Bonds can line up all their MVPs trophies. I wouldn’t want either of them playing for me in October. They are the “best” players of their generation with a combined total of zero rings.
You can have ‘em.
Our best pitcher (arguably) is in the game and it is tied in the bottom of the ninth. This game is very winnable. Everyone calm down.
This Year 27 in ’07, are you seriously telling me that you think this is a common occurance in Cleveland? You have to be drinking.
Now, we go to the 10th!
Vintage Mo
two inngs for mo no?
Easy 1-2-3
Great inning for Mo.
LET’S GO YANKEES! WIN THIS HERE, WIN THIS NOW!
JASON JASON JASON JASON JASON
GIAMBI
JASON GIAMBI
MATSUI NEEDS TO GET ****OUT****
well, Arod aside, what about Jeter’s horrifying at-bats? our clutch captain!
at least their hitters aren’t doing a damn thing with these bugs either…
the yanks got WORKED by carmona tonight.
bullpen? please??
Small schools, right now I don’t give a sh!t what he’s done in the 9th inning of regular season games. You can take the 9th inning BS and throw it out the window because he didn’t live up to those numbers just now in the 9th inning.
People, please take notes.
This is where the fans and the hypocrite fans make their leap of faith.
Somebody saying A-Rod is not worth 200 million because he’s not hitting in the postseason is case in point. Unbelievable, these are the same people who were BOWING during the 162 game stretch.
Folks, this is a Game of 25– NOT ONE.
“Guy, we’re not in the postseason without his bat.
And that…is not a joke.”
Damm Straight GLOBAL WARMING.
Couldnt have said it better myself
Can SJ44 just go into therapy already, you are such a coward
i think there is plenty of support for arod, but these numbers are bordering on the absurd, matsui has been equally awful –
hopefully the scratch out a run here so mo closes it in the bottom of the 10th
have Mo sit next to Arod… maybe it will rub off
Will Joe let Matsui hit? And if he does will Matsui pay back that respect and stupidity with a homerun?
you guys need to take a major chill pill, the whole stupid team is slumping offensively you can’t just blame A-rod, especially knowing we’re not even here without him.
That 9th inning by Mo just goes to prove that a vet can handle pressure better than a rookie. Mo dealt with the bugs. Maybe next time Joba just needs to man up a little bit.
Guidryball…
two games do comprise a significant amount in a 5 game set. Also will have to face Fausto again in a Game 5….no es bueno
Some of you are so negative, it is a wonder you can get out of bed in the morning. Don’t you fear you’ll trip and break your neck with that first step out of bed? Why take a chance getting up?
Let’s Go Yanks!!!
8 pitches for Mo. It’s possible that Joe can stretch him to 3 innings tonight. This is the season.
opt out arod. please.
I wonder if we leave in automatic out Matsui. Actually I wonder if Carmona comes out again or who they use since some of their best guys went two innings yesterday.
Anyone else sick right now with an excess of adrenaline? I’m almost nauseated with the progression of this game.
There is plently of blame to go around for this being a 1-1 game. those Damn Knats, Alex, Damon, Matsui, Jorge, need I go on?
Alex and Doug seemed to be the only ones putting on outstanding ab.
or CC….
I Love This!!! Go Yanks!!!
Come on guys, think positive.
The Yankees can win this, they will win this.
LET’S GO YANKEES!
Geez Pete- lay off ARod.
Have you seen the other Yankees’ hitting these past two games?
It’s an affliction the whole team is suffering from.
I wonder where all the fuel for the ARod hate comes from in NY?
WTF is matsui doing in??
Do you not think Global that re-tooling this team with the money you save by not re-signing Arod can’t “get them into the playoffs”.
Look, the guy is a helluva player. But, for whatever reason, he can’t hit in the post-season. Like, he can’t EVER hit in the post-season. Can’t even get a single HIT.
Is that worth 35 million a year?
Last I checked the Yankees aren’t the Colorado Rockies. They aren’t just “happy to be there”.
Isn’t it about winning in the playoffs.
There is no logical explanation for his post-season failures. However, they are there and its four years and running.
Is that worth over 200 million? Not to me.
They won 26 championships before Arod got here. I am sure they can win more if they decide to go in another direction.
You can’t pay that kind of money for this type of playoff futility.
Yanks are 8-60 thus far. .133
There’s your 190MM team.
Everyone who’s dissing a-rod needs to stfu. NO ONE is hitting. It’s an absolute disgrace, but it’s NOT A-rod’s fault. This TEAM is disgraceful. They need to get a run this inning, because we all know the bullpen = joba + mo + cross your fingers
A-Rod can go to hell and make his $500 million a year for all I care. Who the hell is going to want to pay this guy the $$ that Boras will demand (what is it up to now: $30 MM per year?) Nobody. Give me Paulie, Brosius, Bernie, guys that can hit in the clutch. Take his Stray-rod loser and tell him to shove all his $$$ and MVP’s where the sun doesn’t shine any more.
If we don’t pull this one today, it’s over in Game 4.
So much has been written or said or blogged on about A. Rod.
At this point, there is not much more so say.
The results speak for themselves.
There’s only 1 person that can figure it out and that’s Alex Rodriguez.
Mo threw 8 pitches – of course he pitches the 10th with an off day tomorrow
This guy hasnt pitched 2 innings and the been used the next day all season long.
i try so hard to stay positive, but I actually just thought about my hotel in Tampa where I stay for spring training! ugh!
Blaming A-Rod is fanboy nonsense. And this game is not over yet.
Hey didn’t he throw last night? No Perez Rules?
YEAH he is out of the game!! woo hoo.
Damnit, JOE. STOP STICKING WITH HIDEKI!
if yanks don’t score in next two innings, i could see joe pulling a gm 7 ’03 and letting Mo work 3. day off tomorrow and you worry about sunday when you get to sunday.
1-1 in games is the only goal right now.
and then been used, I meant to type.
got to win it now and tonight
so yeah A-Rod needs to come through their – but in 9 innings, we have 3 hits…. it’s not all a-rod
Anyone who wants to make a decision on A-Rod because he just struck out should be excommunicated as a Yankee fan.
If I’m Cashman and Steinbrenner negotiating with Arod’s agent next time, I am definitely bringing in the post-season stat charts.
“Eye of the Tiger” this guy don’t have.
there** lol my bad
But the last time I checked…the Yankees only have 3 hits. That means that other guys aren’t getting it done either.
I’d rather have Kaz than this imposter!
Nobody will know what could have happened if Joe PH Giambi for Matsui
Make that 8-61
Another strikeout. Of all the things he could’ve done in that at-bat, aside from swing at obvious balls, he strikes out swinging. All that talk about laughing at himself more this year than he ever did. All that talk about it being a new season. Pointless. That’s 3 strikeouts tonight for A-Rod. 3 left on base. Peter, you say he can answer all the questions right here. He did answer. He cannot handle the postseason pressure. He is a historic choke-job in the playoffs now. Historic. If he goes to some 2nd rate team, like his Rangers were, it will forever be a part of his legacy. He is an exhibition baseball player. When pitchers good pitchers relax, or mediocre pitchers make mistakes, he’ll kill you.
But when the chips are down, and it’s batter vs. pitcher, and every hit counts, he’s overmatched. Four years we’ve heard about his offseason cleansing ritual; he’s changed, he’s grown, he’s different. No, he’s 0-forever when it matters. That’s what he is.
People say “but how will we win without A-Rod?” Every other team has found a way. We can’t find a way WITH him.
It was fun to watch him this summer. But the absurd comedy is far too old to be anything but disgusting now.
Go root for the Mets you yahoo, whoa
Another great AB by Matsui. Wonderful move playing a guy who can no longer hit anything out of the infield.
The great thing is, if you are one of Torre’s favorites, no matter how bad you are, you never are taken out of the lineup.
“I can’t understand why Arod doesn’t just hold the bat loose and take a short compact swing like he did with the game winning hit off of Papelbon. Trying to jack everything will create huge slumps against top notch pitchers.”
Agreed. Sure as hell not worth $35MM per. Get a contact hitter and some pitching help. We will need some back of the rotation help next year with Clemens gone and moose washed up. We will also need some more depth in the bullpen beyond Mo/Viz. As this series demonstrates (Sabathia/carmona) good pitching beats good hitting every time anyway.
Wow that is all this guy can do, pop the ball up. I am so sick of watching this team play. They are disgusting and just about irredeemable in every facet with the exception of Joba, Ian, and Phil.
Scott Brosius post season splits: .245/.278/.418
Now please go away.
Yanks this season vs Perez:
Cano 0-1
Giambi 0-1
Matsui 1-1
Rodriguez 0-1
why in lord’s name is Matsui even still in the game? I just can’t get over it?
“Small schools, right now I don’t give a sh!t what he’s done in the 9th inning of regular season games. You can take the 9th inning BS and throw it out the window because he didn’t live up to those numbers just now in the 9th inning.”
jax, you’re an idiot. Why don’t you pick apart Posada for not getting a hit this series, leaving more runners in scoring position. Or Jeter? All their great hits in years past mean nothing now. What have they done for us lately? Hell, Babe Ruth hasn’t gotten a hit for us since 1935, I think he’s as much to blame as anyone else.
2 MVPs in three seasons and you guys wanna castrate him. Please move to Boston and leave us real fans alone to cheer on our team with dignity.
I remember once upon a time, playoff baseball use to be so fun to watch.
It is up to Robbie!!
I can’t take this blog anymore.
Can we create a forum where ACTUAL Yankees fans who are not on the brink of insanity can come and discuss ball games?
Who’s with me?
8-62
The Yankees aren’t being patient. Cano should be benched for that at-bat right there. How the hell do you swing at the first pitch like that? Especially now?
All right, Mo. Hold ‘em another inning. Let’s get Borowski in the game. (Imagine a team that’s afraid to put their closer on the hill in playoff extra innings at home.)
you cant compare brosius with a-rod, brosius has had some monumental postseason home runs with the yankees, wasnt he the world series MVP in ’98 too or was that ALCS?
I don’t care if this team doesn’t make the postseason without him. Since when is the goal just to get there? I’d rather them not go at all than embarass themselves like this. Why get some false sense of hope when they’re just going to let us down again?
Nice 10th inning, by the way. These guys haven’t even sniffed a run since Cabrera’s home run. This might be the worst offensive display I’ve seen from this team in a postseaon game and that’s saying a lot considering last year’s meltdown against Kenny Rogers.
How much more of this until we either start trading or letting the dead weight go?
Wow…this really is an exercise in futility…
This lineup is atrociously bad in the playoffs.
And this isn’t a small sample size. This has been going on since 2004.
Home plate umpire likes Indians pitchers’ low pictches. He almost calls every low pitch strike. It’s unfortunate that Wang did not pitch with this home plate umpire.
Oh God, We can’t score anything right now.
And if I see one more freaking Frank TV commercial, I will freaking put a hole the size of a chair in my tv. UGH!!!
Where the hell is our bench? Get Matsui out of there, ENOUGH OF THOSE STUPID ROLL OVER GROUND BALLS. BENCH HIM!!!!!!!!!
DUNCAN, or GIAMBI, HELL, I’ll take BETAMINT at this point.
Once again everyone in the line up is 0 for October and of course Arod will take the blame. I’m not saying he couldn’t have been the hero there with a single. The teams with nothing to lose are dangerous. We have 2 damn hits tonights.
This offense cannot hit good pitching plain and simple. It’s been the same story for years. If it’s not Tampa in July at the Stadium, then they shrink.
Torturous now waiting for the inevitable bunny hop at home plate and Russo at 10am tomorrow.
Bottom line, you want to be the highest paid player in the game, you have do something in the post-season.
Nobody is saying he has to hit .800.
However, when Kenny Lofton has more hits in two games than you have had in the last THREE post-seasons, sorry, you are going to get criticized for it.
Yes, he had a great. Yes, he is a great player. But, he is an AWFUL post-season performer.
Is that worth the money he and Boras are looking for? Not if I am the GM.
i’m no met fan. what’s the point of helping us get here if he’s just gonna wilt under the pressure. OPT OUT!
I wish this blog could get rid of some of the dead weight.
so Bobbt Flippin’ Abreu is the ONLY Yankee that can actually HIT in the 2007 PostSeason against the INDIANS ?…Yes…we should expect to win this game,,,,NOT !…What do we have past MO in the bullpen to avoid a game winning run now ? Nothing…that’s right NOTHING !
if this series is decided by BUGS….
i will either laugh or cry.
probs both.
3 hits in 10 innings, at least arod had a quality AB in the 9th, but how about Matsui – there is no reason for him to be out there – in fact i’d be happy if they left him in cleveland after the game
Harley, you don’t know what the hell you’re talking about.
Brosius hit that monster homerun against Arizona on Game 4 at the stadium when it counted, did you forget that?
I’ll take .275 and .417 any time compared to your “boy” A-rod. You must be a redsox fan in disguise. now you stfu
Where is Chad Curtis when you need him?
Yup, Alex is THE MAN if you want to see a 6 RBI game in May against the Royals.
When it is do-or-die, win-or-go-home, he looks positively scared and confused. He doesn’t relish the pressure.
Therefore, he really ain’t worth the mega-bucks.
*YOU ALL NEED TO STOP TALKING ABOUT A-ROD*
Seriously.
The Yankees have what is it, two hits? Three? Most of the Yankees don’t have a hit tonight.
Anyway. The game is *Tied*. Let me re-iterate. *TIED*.
Whatever happens, one team has to win three. We’re going back to New York, and the Yankees haven’t been home since Yom Kippur weekend.
yeah, AROD and the rest of the lineup hasn’t produced the hits…however, the rest of them aren’t playing for the largest contract in history either!
And what GuidryBall is your definition of an “ACTUAL” Yankee fan?
I would like to know what everyone thinks is wrong with this team. Tonight we got great pitching so it cant be blamed on the pitching. I honestly believe this team does not contribute offensively enough. We need players who understand situations and who are ok with choking up on the bat when the need arises. The dumbarses swing for the fences no matter what the situation. Evidence, Posada’s AB with bases loaded yesterday. He has a 3-0 count and instead of assuring us of a tie game by choking up and getting a bat on the ball he takes three big hacks and strikes out. Same as the rest of them.
So MIKEY:
You would rather not be in the playoffs at all right now and instead watching the Tigers play Cleveland?
I didnt think so, so shut your trap
Keep Grady off the bases Mo. He’s Dave Roberts circa 07.
why didnt the yankees request to suspend the game during the 8th?
hard to hit that 3 run homer with no one on base joe!! thats joes managerial style sit back like buddha hope the players have enough talent to make him look smart.hasnt worked lately has it george?
if matusui murdered mr bigelow would joe bench him then or no?
Seriously!!! Thanks, Rebecca!! C’MON YANKEES!!! Who was it that once said, “It ain’t over ’til it’s over!!”
torres loyalty can be irresponsible at time and by keep playing matsui it really is
I can’t recall in our recent postseason history when a reliever uncorked two wild pitches in a clutch spot in the eighth inning to flush a game. Again, I don’t care what Chamberlain did in August and September. We needed him TONIGHT to get one more out and he failed. Bottom line.
Carmona had pitched ONE HELLUVA game. You can’t blame the offense on this one. They are pitching WAY over their heads right now. The Yankees just need to somehow win this game and go back to NY tied at 1-1.
I’m curious when Torre will go with some PH. I thought he’d hit for Matsui. Hopefully there is an 11th inning to see some offense by NY.
Come on, get off Alex’s back, the whole team is not hitting.
posada is a D&&K with ears great year i never liked him in the playoffs hes a walking double play at best
I’m just tired of knowing that my team won’t and can’t get a hit when they need one. I’m just tired of it. I want to tell every Yankee player to their face how much they let their fans down.
Jeter’s Future Wife gets the award for first person to bring up A-Rod’s salary during the playoffs! Congratulations! now shut it.
An ACTUAL Yankees fan is someone who sticks with a player. If you hate of your own players and he puts the team on his back and carries them into the playoffs, then you either eat your words, or find a new team to follow
i mean it was a nasty lefty vs a struggling lefty and we have shelly who can put us up with 1 swing and he came thru last night. i just dont get it.
Carmona had filthy stuff tonight. Nobody hit him. Nobody. And I’m going to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume the ‘boy’ wasn’t straight-up racist. The latter, btw, belongs in Boston. Not here.
And SJ, whom do you have at third next year? Betamit?
scary thought after Mo we are in trouble
For those who have NEVER played or pitched with bugs all over the place, let me tell you it is NOT easy…..I know first hand.
how long can Perez go tonite?
I’m with you gator but I will say this I am not sure god is a yankee fan anymore
Mikeys either a Red Sox troll or a Mets fan on top of the Brooklyn Bridge
good pitching beats good hitting, its a fact…carmona was nasty tonight, he made one mistake, and melky hit it out. Other than that, he earned every single out. the yanks just need to put together some quality at bats against their pen. now lets support Mo and get out of this inning and with this damn game!!!!!
Sizemore is burning up Mo’s pitch count if at all there was a chance he could pitch the 11th.
Even though I am critical of A-Rod, I dont hate him. I appreciate what he has done, am disappointed at what he hasnt and truly believe that he will opt out just to get away from NY. Even though he is miserable in the postseason, I would still keep him if wanted to come back b/c without him there would be no postseason.
Yeah I’d like to know who all these people who want Alex gone would replace him with. Who replaces 150 rbi?
Answer that question, and make it legit.
2007 Yankees, it sure didn’t seem to affect Carmona, Mo, or Rafael!
For some reason Mo does not miss the bats much these days.
Hey.. Pete.. Joba’s ERA is 5+ in post-season shud we trade this bum.. oops.. i forgot we only talk abt ARod’s failures..
and hey wait.. u asked why wud u not want Yanks in ALCS.. simple.. its easy to kill the team.. it took 2 ABs for u to start going to ALCS game4 04..
look at the Mets club.. its a lot easier to rip when they are down… u are no different than the others in NY Print media.. u are more accessible and read the comments for a change… but u aint no different from J Sherman
God Please Rivera, Pleaaaase.
Shhh Mikey,
Joba is immune from criticism here. How dare you blame him for two wild pitches that gave up a run. Don’t you know there were bugs out there?
Harley, you silly..
we have Mike Lowell at 3rd next season!
Yeah but actual fans can also criticize players when they are performing poorly.
A. Rod and the whole team for that matter are struggling offensively right now.
That is true.
Blind allegiance doesn’t make you a better fan.
a rod has to make that play…he sucks
Torre’s expression there was priceless…he showed exactly what we all are feeling. ha!
jeter would have gone into the stands to catch that ball
Dive A-Rod, Dive, don’t lean over, Dive damnit, Diveeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!! Cries
Damn Joe Torre for not using Giambi yet. I don’t want Joe back next year win or lose. His time in the Bronx is done.
As for A-Rod, he isn’t the only one sucking right now. It’s the entire team. No one’s really hitting. Tip your cap to Carmona and Sabathia (although we did get to him kind of). But, if we do lose this round and that’s a big IF, then I can’t give A-Rod the money he’s asking for. Sorry.
Until then, IF we lose this game, just think back to the Oakland series in 2001 and pray.
Nice job Posada.
Its been amusing watching SJ44 become more unglued as each inning progresses.
What a f***ing joke
Nice throw there Jorge!
Hellmouth.
game over
that is on AROD
how disasterous is this going to be.
Show DOUG YOU IDIOTS!!! is he okay,
you’ve got to be kidding me.
this is a joke! poor pettitte
and mariano!! he had that K!
God, this is a disgrace.
They can’t even play fundamental defense.
Start booking tee-times for next Tuesday.
Yes A-rod has sucked but there is no bigger tool in this series right now than hip hip Jorge.
Oh God, wow, good job Posada, good way to choke there.
the sad part is we are beating ourselves. joba a walk and 2 wp’s. now this.
eric you’re a joke. get off this board
Passed ball and error?
“Do you not think Global that re-tooling this team with the money you save by not re-signing Arod can’t “get them into the playoffsâ€?.
What exactly is out there on the market that can replace A-Rods production?
You are right though on a point, they are not the Rockies…so why try to save money when the Yankees clearly have room to spend with many contracts coming off this year and the next.
Retool you say? The Yankees have been doing that with the mix of competing. We’ve seen that this year clearly.
Let’s get something out of the way, they are not going to rebuild with this fan base, you and I know that. These fans can barely take it when their team fails in the playoffs, can you imagine them during the state of rebuilding and missing the playoffs a year or two?
If this was Football and A-Rod was the QB of the team and his play affected his whole team, I’d agree with you. He would have to go–but this is not football. It’s Baseball, individual performances shouldn’t affect the other 24. The other 24 which are *just as responsible as A-Rod* for postseason failures.
MO FREAKIN’ RIVERA….WAY TO BATTLE !!
The Yankees are cursed??
PB, you better be joking. Where has your almighty Jeter’s bat been so far this postseason?
In my only non optimistic post of the night:
I would sell my soul for John Sterling announcing this game right now.
So people here are still blaming A-Rod? That’s cool. He probably had something to do with Joba throwing those wild pitches to extend this game.
i agree that arod has played poorly again but so has jorge and matsui but all will be blamed on arod. he will opt out and if i was him i probably would too.
This isn’t even funny anymore. It’s absolutely pathetic how this team finds ways to piss games down the drain.
Oh, and I hate Chip Carey with a passion.
This is an astoundingly, shockingly and unbelievably unlucky game for the Yankees.
It might not be our year with this team.
WTH Happened ????????????????????
why is rivera pitching to hafner?
Cue up the Mo has lost it and is not effective anymore posts. Regardless of the outcome, you know they are coming.
HMMM, no one answered my question.
I see that Jorge is a bum now too, so who exactly would we replace him with next year. SInce it seems we are getting rid of players we think are bums.
the inevitable is getting closer….
He gets the strikeout, but ACTUALLY GETS ON BASE because of the dropped ball? Are you kidding me? How often does that happen? And it happens tonight, in this situation?
This is maddening! Seriously, this is just a torturous affair.
How many times are you going to fail tonight in huge at bats Pronk?
3 out of 5, right?
Do you think the Yankees can’t find a third baseman Harley?
They don’t need all stars at every position. How has that worked out since 2002?
I mean, really, do you believe the franchise will go out of business if they don’t re-sign Arod.
You have to do SOMETHING in the post-season. If not, how do you justify paying that kind of money?
Do you really think he is going to be better next post-season in NY?
At some point, you just have to move on.
This could be possibly be Torre’s last game in a Yankee road uniform unless there’s a huge turnaround.
we could play 30 innings and the Yanks might not score
Maybe Torres needs to learn how to manufacture runs from Wedge.
Mikey, Pete, Sj44..
Was that ARods fault that Posadas throw sailed?
He should have been sitting behind the ump waiting for the ball, what’s wrong with him
wouldn’t having a double play be a possibility with hafner on first be a better option?
Brian Cashman is so right in focusing on developing quality young starters. Having a strong offense is great, but as we see once again, these lights-out hard throwers stifle even juggernaut offenses like the Yankees. Looking forward to the day (soon) when it’s the Yankees with the shutdown starting rotation giving other teams fits. Big, big ups to Andy for more than holding his own today. Too bad our hitters haven’t enjoyed quite the same success (except for the Melkman). Wish I could say I’m hopeful they’ll pull it out, but after Mo and Joba, the Yankees’ bullpen is a wee bit scary, and coming back in extra innings is tough, to say the least. Oh well…
Do I smell a wild pitch to end it?
This is the kind of game that rips your heart out. But it’s not over.
This series is another joke, but for some reason I’m not laughing. At least the Arsenal are keeping me happy.
glad i was wrong.
Zion, hard to manufacture runs when no one is getting on base.
this is so brutal on the die-hard fan….
Randy, no not when Pronk has been horrible all night long.
Sherri: Exactly.
My ear might be playing tricks on me, but I think I just heard Chip Carrey say, ‘We’ll get a guy to third’
JK
here’s something positive…. if this game keeps going at this pace, eventually it will be morning and these bugs will dissipate.
to me, cleveland looks exactly like the yankees of the late 90′s, they are HUNGRY
i dont know the #’s but isnt rivera better vs lefties
Again, no one cares to answer my question.
One more MO !…although, really, what’s next ?…another 1-2-3 inning for the Yankees and then we put some Stiff on the mound to give up the winning run in the bottom of the next inning ?….this team plays the PostSeason like the Cubs…
little m…that is so right
SJ, I hope your buddy A Rod doesn’t get wind of your posts saying the Yankees should cut bait because he can’t hit in the postseason. Man your thanksgiving dinner will be awkward.
A-Rod causes chicken pox, if some are to be believed on this blog.
zion – how did wedge manufacture a run so far?
Wow, I had a fever when this game started and was shaking with cold like hell. Now I’m sweating like a pig. Atleast its taking care of the fever.
I am not using bugs as an excuse – OUR team wont
I am sick and tired of the lets jump on Arod stinks postseason bandgwagon yes it always does seem to come to him in certain situations but please tell me for at least the past 3 seasons where Jorge Posada has been????, Where has Hideki Matsui been, where has Jason Giambi been??
Where with the excpetion of this evening has our starting pitching been??
This team wins as a team and loses as a team you cannot put the blame on one person some of you it seems would rather not have made the playoffs each year then made it and lost. My other team is the Phillies please dont tell me that it is better not to have made it. You are not going to win every year you make attempts to improve every year and if anyone tells me that losing Arod is an attempt to improve yourself then you are sadly mistaken.
No matter what the outcome tonight (I Have high hopes) I will be there on Sunday and cheering loudly whenever any of our players come up. YOu may think that it is clueless but as a fan I am an equal opportunity blamer
All right, SJ. Fair enough. But you didn’t answer my question. The game is about scoring more runs than your opponent. Whom do you have at third next year? Who replaces the production we got from third base this year? I’ve got plenty of time. Give me a name or two and explain why it’s a move beneficial to the team.
GuidryBall haven’t you learned yet, *EVERYTHING* is Alex’s fault. The bugs, Damon not getting a hit, Joba throwing wild pitches, Jorges throw that sailed.
Interesting…where might that pitch be?
have you no faith in your team, you pussies!? root for your team and shut up!
we need the magic of shelley duncan, spirit coordinator extraordinaire…
Lay off A-Rod…yanks will get out of this, and a doug mientkiewich homer wins it in the 11th.
JOE GET OFF YOUR BUTT!! He moved into it!!
Are you kidding me?
Well at least this inning is interesting.
He SO stuck his elbow in there!!!!!!
Garko didn’t even flinch?!?!?
blue=garbage. that’s ridiculous
A-Rod this – A-Rod that. The guy is 1/25th of the roster. Not a one man game. Never was-never will be anything else.
Hey Joe, get out of your chair at least and say something.
Oh God, I can’t watch this.
I am pretty sure I’m gonna be ill…
Please just end it, Cleveland, so I can go to sleep.
A-Rod exhaled and caused the batter to move into Mo’s pitch and cause the HBP, according to bloggers.
Why did we walk a lefty when historically Mo has been much more effective against lefties than righties with that cutter?
One good thing…at least Lofton won’t get up.
what a great sport. this intensity is priceless.
C’mon Mo – one more strike…..
he moved into the pitch!! WIll these announcers wake up, or are they asleep like joe.
what a bunch of crybabies.
What this board needs is not registration, but an IQ test.
Because Wang lost yesterday, I see SJ44 go one with the “wang is not an ace” nonsense again, this after weeks of saying Hughes is not a mlb pitcher.
Now folks are continuing the same stunt with Arod they did all of last season.
Always what-have-you-done-for-me-lately.
God forbid Rivera give up a run here, or they’ll be clamoring how he doesn’t belong in the HOF.
Sunny weather fans…
that two seam fastball that rides in on righties is a curse for mariano. i have not liked that pitch for a while. anytime a guy wants to leave his elbow out there like that he can get a free pass.
one more STRIKE, MO ! you can DO IT !!!
Granted Rebecca may be over enthusiastic and optimistic alot of times, but honestly most of you should just find a different passion in life than baseball…or at least come to an understanding of the game…..Arod IS the highest paid player in baseball, but Jeter and everybody else aren’t that far behind him…the whole team is putting up a weak effort offensively but this is a 5 game series…not a one game playoff…relax and let the chips fall as they may…SJ, I agree with alot of these other people…you used to post informative interesting info that I used to search the blog just to find…Now I find you quite annoying and very “flow with the tide”…team’s doing good and you compliment the good parts of the team, they’re not doing well and there are tons of problems to fix….go back to your old unbiased opinions please
WAY TO GO, MO!!!!!
yeah mo!
Way to go, Mo!
There we go. Now let’s pick up a run and go home.
it’s not like AROD is a superior gold glover at 3rd. he’ll go somewhere where he can play short, if he doesn’t perform here in the Post-s
Maybe a pinch hitter for Minky here.
Ok Mo, great job.
Minky gets PH for unless we need a sac. Start it up Melky!
Well onto the 11th. I wouldn’t think that Mo could go out there in the bottom half.
ah,,,,we live to fight another inning !
Nice job Mo
Never thought I’d say I’m happy that the bottom of the lineup is coming.
Alright, everyone EXHALE!
Hey, did you hear? TBS has a new show coming in November, “FrankTV?” Just in case you missed one of the 1,456,253 commercials they’ve run for it so far.
WE GO ELEVEN!!!
LET’S GO YANKEES! LET’S GO YANKEES! EVERYONE ON YOUR FEET, THIS ISN’T OVER YET!
Yes!!! Rivera!!!!
90 pitch inning or so….now WHAT ? Viz ?