Spring training Game 1: Bulls at Yankees
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- February
- 29
Here are the lineups
YANKEES
Johnny Damon LF
Derek Jeter SS
Bobby Abreu RF
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Jason Giambi 1B
Jorge Posada C
Robinson Cano 2B
Shelley Duncan DH
Melky Cabrera CF
Joba Chamberlain RHP
SOUTH FLORIDA
Mike Consolmagno RF
Ryan Lockwood CF
Addison Maruszak SS
Brian Hobbs DH
Trey Manz C
Chris Rey LF
Charles Cleveland 3B
Joey Angelberger 1B
Jon Kocsco 2B
Shawn Sanford RHP
Notes: Consolmagno is from Staten Island. Must be a thrill for him to play against the Yankees. … Sanford is USF’s closer. He has six strikeouts in 4.1 innings this season. … The Yankees last played the Bulls in 1982.
I’m headed down to the field to watch BP. The game is at 1:15 and I’ll live blog as many innings as I can.
UPDATE, 1:03 p.m.: The Yankees have Army paratroopers landing on the field. They always put on a show here.
UPDATE, 1:12 p.m.: They’re introducing all the assorted Yankees coaches and instructors. Yogi Berra received the biggest cheer.
UPDATE, 1:18 p.m.: They actually had a flyover after the National Anthem. Only the Yankees. Joe Girardi is at the plate with the lineup card. Baseball is imminent.
UPDATE, 1:21 p.m.: Goose Gossage threw out the first pitch. Joba motioned him to the rubber and he threw a strike to Posada. He still throws hard.
TOP OF THE FIRST
The USF kids are using wooden bats in case you were wondering. The Yankees don’t want anybody getting hurt.
Joba vs. Consolmagno: 2-1 pitch, fly ball to right.
Joba vs. Lockwood: First pitch, grounder to second.
Joba vs. Marusak: 0-2 pitch, popped to Damon behind shortstop. 8 pitches/6 strikes.
BOTTOM OF THE FIRST
Damon: 1-1 pitch, lines to right.
Jeter: Hit by a pitch.
Abreu: Single to right. Jeter to third.
Rodriguez: Sac fly to right, 1-0 Yankees.
Giambi: Fly to center.
END OF THE FIRST, 1-0 Yankees
Joba vs. Hobbs: Strikeout on three pitches.
Joba vs. Manz: Popped to third on a 2-2 pitch.
Joba vs. Rey: Struck out swinging on a full-count slider.
MIDDLE OF THE SECOND
Now pitching for USF: Zach Pietrzyk, a freshman right-hander.
Posada: Doubles to right.
Cano: Grounds to shortstop, Posada to third.
Duncan: Walks.
Cabrera: Sac fly to right, Posada scores sliding on. 2-0 Yankees.
Damon: Walks. Duncan to second.
Jeter: Groundball to left side … through into left field for a base hit! Duncan rounds third and will score and the Yankees lead 3-0.
Abreu: Here’s Bobby Abreu, the 18th batter of the game. This pointless statistic brought to you by the 18th Street Bar and Grill.
Abreu walks to load the bases for A-Rod.
Rodriguez: Base hit to left, two runs score. 5-0 Yankees.
Giambi: Fliees to center to end the inning. Four runs on three hits and no errors. Two left on.
TOP OF THE THIRD
Now pitching for the Yankees: Ian Patrick Kennedy
The line for Joba: 2 0 0 0 0 2 — 22 pitches/15 strikes.
IPK vs. Cleveland: Line drive to first on the first pitch. The Big G snaps it up.
IPK vs. Angelberger: Struck out swinging on a 3-2 pitch. The first base umpire punched him out on the swing. The perfect game lives.
IPK vs. Koscso: Grounds to third on a 2-1 pitch.
MIDDLE OF THE THIRD
Now pitching for USF: Redshirt freshman Matt Stull
Posada: Flies to center.
Cano: Single to left.
Duncan: Flies to left.
Cabrera: Infield single to shortstop. Cano to second.
Damon: Lines to left to end the inning. End of three: 5-0 Yankees.
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TOP OF THE FOURTH
IPK vs. Consolmagno: Base hit to center for the kid from Staten Island. Good for him. The perfect game is broken up. The crowd gave him a big cheer.
IPK vs, Lockwood: Grounder to second on a 3-1 pitch. Consolmagno to second. Kennedy is struggling with his control and Posada just visited the mound.
IPK vs. Maruszac: Grounder to third.
IPK vs. Hobbs: Struck out swinging on a 1-2 pitch.
MIDDLE OF THE FOURTH
Stull still pitching
Jeter: Grounds to shortstop.
Abreu: Draws a walk.
Rodriguez: Draws a walk.
Giambi: Grounds to first, A-Rod out at second. Abreu to third.
Posada: Two-run triple to right.
Cano: E-6. Posada scores. 8-0 Yankees. Cano goes to second somehow, I had to take a call and missed it.
Duncan: Single up the middle. Cano scores from second. 9-0 Yankees.
Cabrera: Single to right. Duncan to second.
Damon: Infield single to load the bases.
Alberto Gonzalez hitting for Jeter: Grounds to second to end the inning. 9-0 Yankees.
TOP OF THE FIFTH
Phil Hughes now pitching
Hughes vs. Manz: Strikeout on four pitches.
Hughes vs. Rey: Strikeout on four pitches.
Hughes vs. Cleveland: Diving catch in right by Colin Curtis.
Massive changes for the Yankees. Posada stayed in to catch Hughes and Duncan is the DH. Everybody else is out. New players: Justin Christian (LF), Alberto Gonzalez (SS), Colin Curtis (RF), Cody Ransom (3B), Morgan Ensberg (1B), Nick Green (2B), Austin Jackson (CF).
MIDDLE OF THE FIFTH
I’ll have to head down to the clubhouse soon. But I’ll update this until then
Colin Curtis: Double to the gap in right. Nice day for him so far.
Ransom: Grounded to second, moving Curtis over.
Ensberg: Popped to short. Bad piece of hitting there with a runner on third.
Jorge Posada: Popped to left. 9-0 Yankees after 5.
TOP OF THE SIXTH
Kei Igawa and his sunglasses pitching for the Yankees. Austin Romine is catching him.
Angleberger: Fly to right. USF still has had only one man get on base.
Koscso: Walks on five pitches. Only Igawa could walk the No. 9 hitter on a college team with a 9-0 lead. What were the Yankees thinking when they signed this guy?
Wild pitch moves the runner to second.
Consolmagno: Draws a walk.
The clubhouse is open. I have to run. Thanks for reading. Back later with some notes and audio.
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Ticketmaster sucks
I hate ticketmaster
Dude, part of me wishes I was on the South Florida team, but seeing that Yankees line up, part of me…doesn’t.
Bryan: agreed.
How’d you like to go from facing Joba’s heater to Kennedy’s pin-point control on off-speed/fastball combo. Man, that would suck.
Hey, I might have missed a link to the game earlier, but is there a way to catch it on radio?
rebecca i looked on wcbs 880 website. doesn’t look like they will be broadcasting the game today
Rebecca:
Last thread, third post
Joba slated for 2 innings work today?
PS - If he gives up a couple runs his first exhibition outing it’s no big deal. So, if you tend to post irate comments questioning talent, management, coaching, preparation, and existence in general when a prospect goes to a 3-1 count for the first time, try not to comment until spring training is over.
rodg12: Danke danke
thanks rodg12
Ticket master is a ripoff!! $8.00 in fees for one ticket!! I paid almost $40 for a tier reserved ticket!!
Jennifer - don’t complain, that’s the CONVENIENCE fee you’re paying! lol.. at least you found tickets.
A $5 Fujifilm game tickets costs $13.65 with TM charges.
it’s a crime that the ticketmaster monopoly is allowed to commit highway robbery the way they do
I wonder if the college radio station will broadcast the game online….
Their closer is starting the game? Must be showcasing him for the league. There’s no way he gets in the game otherwise.
Their closer might be just a little stoked.
Please help!
When I try to reserve fujifilm and ConEd games online, the full price shows up. What am I doing wrong? Should I buy at the quoted price and expect the refund?
How did you guys get the fuji film tickets to be $5?? they are comming up at $14 for me w/o the charges?? helpp
I know we like to complain about TM, but which is worse: The overpriced service charges or a using a different ticket service that crashes every 2 minutes because they don’t have servers like TM’s?
I honestly don’t know. I guess I’d rather go in knowing I’ll get screwed on service charges instead of watching someone else’s server go down at 10:01.
Bryan it’s not Ticketmaster..its the Yankees with all the ticket plans and premium lotteries and all the other bs that hardly leaves any tix for the general sale.
Ticket master must be in the pockets of the govern’t. Why doesn’t the govern’t do soemthing a little usefull like looking into why ticket master can charge $3.00 more than a ticket costs! UGH!!
Make sure it’s a Fuji game (I did the Tigers game), then make sure you’re only asking for Tier Reserved or Bleacher seats. They came up as $5 for me. Good luck.
Drew, so true and i think its soo wrong. Does anyone know why that happened to me?? DO u need a code, if so please tell.
Yea i did, on the ticket specials page but its not working for me….uhhhhh
offer explicitly states that all tier reserved, tier box, tier mvp and bleacher seats will cost $5. So how can they try to sell me a tier mvp seat for $65?
By the way, I sat behind the plate at PNC for the last two games of the 2006 season, and paid $22 for the privilege. I know the Pirates and the Yankees are worlds apart, but the fact of paying $65 bucks for an upper deck seat is galling. No offense to lovers, and I am one, but the Stadium is a dump. I can’t wait until 2009, when we’ll being $80 for the privilege to sit in the upper deck.
tier BOX mvp are 65 bucks. it’s not the same as tier mvp
thats the same problem im having with the bleachers. I really do hate ticket master. I think my left button on my computer is going to wear out ive clicked it so many times for these tickets..
why are the bleachers comming up 14 on mine…is my computer just messed up or something??
I am a retard who has had this same problem for the last 4 years. In fact, as I was typing, I remembered!
Thanks
Bleacher seats ARE $14, I think?
Ashley: Bleachers cost $14.
A tip for the fuji $5 games: They don’t really sell out right away. Not last year anyway. If you have a chance to go to the Stadium, just go and get the tickets that way. Then you’ll have your choice of seats, and you don’t pay the fees. Then they’re really $5 games. That’s what I did last year. I bought a bunch of $5 games on opening day.
I’m a moron. This isn’t the first year I’ve had this problem.
Woo hoo! Got my tickets (for a random game on June 30th) I have never seen ticketmaster move that slow, and yes I can’t stand the fees. But I’m in TN and taking my 3 kids for their first (and last) trip to the stadium ever, and first trip back for me since 2001 before I moved down this way. The stadium is very special to me, as I am sure it is for all of you, and can’t wait to share with my kids. Anyway, I am VERY excited…hoping for a victory against the Rangers that night!! Go yanks.
Rebecca, Yea but not with fuji film dates they are $5 there.
Re Ticketmaster:
I always have them send me tickets via email. They CHARGE $2.50 per ticket. So I paid $7.50 for an email! This monopolistic behavior is criminal. The problem is the demand for tickets is so high, the prices on the secondary market will be much higher than any convenience charge.
This has been your baseball economics lesson for today. Thank you.
Mike, I decided to go with just the tier box seats which are right next to Tier Box MVP for $20 bucks less. The only difference I see other than being cheaper is not being as closer to homeplate…still pretty good seats as far as I am concerned.
Is there any point in continuing to search for tickets at this point, or is it likely they are all sold out? I’ve been searching since 10am on the dot and nothing…
If anyone is interested, I was just able to get 2 sets of 2 tickets for the final friday game at the stadium against the orioles, so there might be a pair left. theyre up in the nose bleeds, but its still the final friday night game so its pretty cool.
If anyone is interested, I was just able to get 2 sets of 2 tickets for the final friday game at the stadium against the orioles, so there might be a pair left. theyre up in the nose bleeds, but its still the final friday night game so its pretty cool.
agreed jashell if you can get the ones right next to them. i got a couple of day games lasy year right next to the mvp and loved them.
and yeah. i’m thinking you’ll get to see the yanks smash the rangers. i’m hoping to go either july 1st or 2nd
MikeEff,
Yeah I was able to land about 2-3 sections down from the tier mvp, which shocked me that I was able to get that close. I was also hoping that a Monday night game in June would not sell out in minutes. Good luck finding some for another game, gotta go no matter what.
My suggestion for those unable to get tickets: Bite the bullet and look for single seats.
Knowing that I just wanted to be in the building, I was able to get singles for three 4th of July weekend games vs Boston, plus the Sunday Mets game.
Wow Stephen, you did good.
That was smart and very lucky of you!!
i usually get tickets from my cousin who sends a list of available sunday games from his plan that he doesn’t plan to use, via email.
didn’t get an email from him yet. hope putting all my eggs in one basket doesn’t come back to haunt me. he sends that out every year.
When the season gets underway, more tickets go on sale. They hold on to some for the various ticket packs. Michael Kay announces on broadcasts when more Red Sox games have become available and such.
For those who didn’t see the USF radio link in the other thread
http://cbsplayer.streamtheworld.com/index.php?DB_OEM_ID=7700&CALLSIGN=WQYKAM
Damn I wish I had speakers on my computer
Good Morning! Today’s the first day of baseball. Never mind that other teams have been playing for a few days. lol.
Couple of things. Steve Phillips is still a moron. I guess he missed the tips on how to pronounce Japanese names. Absolutely butchered Kuroda’s name. He’s drinking the Torre Koolade (good luck to him, btw).
Jennifer, I absolutely love Tiffany Blue. Especially when it’s wrapped around something special.
I hope that the Yankees do well but don’t embarrass the college kids. And for heavens sakes, take care of the ball!
Go Yanks!
ticketmaster is the worst but at least you can download the yankees schedule to your calendar now at http://www.mysportscal.com.
If the 1010 sports link doesnt have the game you can also sign up for USF BULLS live stream of the game here http://www.gousfbulls.com/
stepehen:
that is exactly what i did. i got awesome first row of the upper deck single seats for the 3rd of july and the 5th of july against the sox. i have seats to the 4th with a friend.
i mentioned this before, but i love going to the stadium solo. i love meeting the folks around me and have a great time bonding with other yankee fans
rich:
i totally agree. the red sox should be ashamed of the way they behaved against those college guys. show some sportsmanship for christ sake
Jennifer: see if you can steal headphones from someone in your office!
Joba is trash talking.
There’s already some trash talk going on here. Joba Chamberlain spoke at a U.S.F. banquet recently and said he’d buy dinner if the leadoff man gets on base. What if he gets a hit? “That ain’t gonna happen,” Joba told The Tampa Tribune.
I just put it on, I am getting sound out of my tower. I’ll try it and see if it works.
“i really hope the yanks don’t play hard, unlike those unclassy red sox- 27 walks? c’mon, they coulda let the college kids get a few strike outs, right? they coulda dropped a couple flyballs!
sounds ridiculous, right?”
They could have been swinging the bat however instead of taking 27 walks. Especially when they’re already up by 20 runs.
saucY-
Can you get me on your cousin’s email list? Jk
Thanks for giving the link to the game from the last post.
buddy I was thinking the same thing.
I’ve got the stream on now but I have to leave in a little bit =(
Is it on now?
have we determined which radio stream the game is going to be on?
http://cbsplayer.streamtheworld.com/index.php?DB_OEM_ID=7700&CALLSIGN=WQYKAM
It should be coming on now.
yeah it’s spring…. yeah nobody cares what the final score is… but as a Yankee fan and a UCF student… a win over USF is just grand lol
ok thats the one i have on…thanks!!!
ME too. woo hoo. I just hope no one complains to be about it.
I think my stream is 10 minutes or so behind
well the game isn’t on yet…at least it isnt on my computer yet
JoeT: My brother, a UCF student, will agree with you as well
A lot of these horrible ticket prices and available problems are due to that terrible decision to make ’scalping’ legal. Now ticket agencies buy up all the tickets the second they go on sale and re-sell them for outrageous prices. You would think with the stadium selling over 4 million tickets a year, they would be easy to get.
If they would repeal that law, everything would change.
Talk about robbing from the poor to give to the rich!
The game doesn’t start until 1:15
Some car commercial just came on.
Tickets cost that much because you are willing to pay. Its pretty obvious to teams how much you are willing to pay, because Stubhub is basically an open market situation and they can see the sales. Sucks, but it comes with the sport being popular.
trying to see if I’M still on the list, buddy.
last year, i guess he lost my email, but luckily it got forwarded to me from my dad…
this station has more commercials than cbs radio
they are streaming it live!
they just advertised the game coming on!!!
Crazy amount of commercials, but the game is coming on now
‘The bulls step out of conference’
Understatement?
YEAH!!
i’m going home for lunch now….
and to see if i can find me a set of headphones!
you’re not kidding about all those commercials!
Rebecca - I was LMAO at that comment. Yeah, “waaaaaaaaay out of conference”.
CBS usually has a lot of commercials at the beginning of the game too…probably cause they can’t guarantee when they’ll have commercials during the game, you know? Especially with guys like the Red Sox drawing 27 walks.
Is anyone else hearing the “passing gas” commercial?
Oh my god please tell me I am not hearing a commercial about passing gas
That was a…erm…nice commercial?
Derek Jeter and Robbie Cano at 2nd?
Couldn’t that get a little crowded? I know the slash writers would love it, though…
Well, apparently Jeter and Cano are both playing second today…
whoo hoo just what i wanted more commercials
So great to hear some baseball- thanks for the link!
I heard that commercial, too. It’s for stopping smoking, but a pretty juvenile way of getting attention for it.
And apparently both Jeter and Cano are playing second base…
Is this game inaccessible via Gameday? Boooo!! Boo mlb.com, BOO Ticketmaster! That wait this morning was waaayyy too much for my ADHD!
Also, ? for my fellow MLB audio users…I got an email from them a while ago saying they were going to auto-charge my credit card for this year’s subscription. Did they do that yet or do they wait till after ST? My better half handles all the finances so I wouldn’t know from bank statements if the new subscription has begun yet. Also, do they reset your password or is it the same as last year?
Bulls must have all LH pull hitters if Yanks are playing Cano and Jeter at second.
I guess that’ll help Jeter get to more balls hit up the middle.
Let’s see what those UPenn guys say now.
You know, I would like to hear one pitch before I have to go…
I AM SO FIRED UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Whoops, disregard my prior audio question…I should have read all the posts first haha. Thanks for the radio link Rebecca!
BBB: We’re all listening here
http://cbsplayer.streamtheworld.com/index.php?DB_OEM_ID=7700&CALLSIGN=WQYKAM
BBB–
same password they usually charge after sp
me too drew. it’s kinda fun doing the live blog thing here while we listen…
I LOVE THE YANKEES!!
Or maybe Jeter’s playing on the 2nd base side because he goes to his right much better than to his left.
YAAAAY YANKEE BASEBALL!!! I’m excited!!
And today is the first day my kitten Joba gets to see (er, hear) his namesake pitch! w00t!
Wow sounds like theres a lot of people there.
it’s just ST but Juan Gone has hit a 3 run shot off Johan
raymagnetic
You beat me to that one.
Brandon maybe that will shut a few people up.
So, guys, why did I tell my adviser i could meet him at two today?!
I could have put it off till four…
GOOOSE!
BBB - I use MLB.tv, but I assume they charge at the same time. I called and they told me that my card will be auto-charged on March 7. If you want to be sure about yours though, you can call their customer service at 866-800-1275.
1 down, thanks bobby
Yeah, the radio stream is a little behind.
Anyway, I’m off, because Henry Tudor needs some lovin’
Can somebody help me? Trying to get some tickets. I click on the little green T on the schedule. I follow the prompts and get stuck on the security check page. It says “Type both words separated by…….”. No words are coming up to type in. Does that mean it is busy.
Any other way to get some tickets today?
Thanks
If Michael Kay or John Sterling were announcing this game, that ball would have been hit DEEEEEEEEP to right field and… caught.
.471? Wow haha.
looks like the radio stream is a bit behind the live pete blog
Pete do they have a certain number of pitches they have to reach? or is it just two innings?
JoeT…as a UCF alum I agree!!
MAN!!!Its baseball time!!! Woo hoo!!
so true Jenn but he isn’t going to be that bad, you can tell he won’t be super Johan but he’ll be good.
I still have no regrets
P.S. thanks guys for the 1010 link
I like this announcers! I vote for them to replace sterling.
no strikeouts joba? he must be rusty.
say it aint so:
you’re SO right…expecially sterling. he can give you a heart attack
me too Jenn
Thanks for the clarifications on MLB Audio guys. 3/7 would be a good date for them to charge, I want to catch most of these spring games especially @ Virginia Tech.
Nice 1-2-3 for Joba! Man I missed typing that! Fun times to listen to these radio guys discuss his epic greatness.
SONOFAB****
Clutch HBP! hahaha
Charge the mound, Jeter!
BBB: The VA Tech game will be on YES. Don’t know if you get YES.
hit jeter. CLEAR THE BENCH!!!!
BBB: that was stupid of me to say. If you got YES you probably wouldn’t subscribe to mlb tv.
you know bobby will walk
Yeah Bobby!!!!
i love the hit and run!!!!!
nice hit n run Joe
A hit! Woot!
Man, not a good idea to hit the captain! Oh well, hit and run!
Come on a-rod, show us the $$!
lets see an abomb
Andrea: I don’t get YES but I do get Sopcast!
I have used it for less than a year tho, so I don’t know if they broadcast exhibition games.
Jeter is in midseason form. Does anybody get HBP more than Jetes?
nice sac fly Alex
nice sac fly Alex
big G flies out….
OK so bobby got the first hit of the year.
Booo, why does everyone seem to hit Jeter?
AND he got the last hit last year ( homerun in 9th )
nice palindrome !
hey guys u can listen to the game on the radio at:
http://www.1010sportsonline.com/
I don’t know if I’m late on this, but here’s a link to the radio broadcast from the Tampa sports station:
http://cbsplayer.streamtheworld.com/index.php?DB_OEM_ID=7700&CALLSIGN=WQYKAM
It’s Friday afternoon, the Yankees are on the radio, and I’m in a great mood! Have a great weekend everyone!
man they started replaying the 1st inning by mistake, I felt like Desmond on Lost.
K!
3 pitch k for joba!
K! Joba pwns.
BBB: I have NO clue how sopcast works. but if it’s on YES, I assume you’ll at least be able to see clips somewhere.
K for Joba
a-rod gets the pop-up!!
Alex caught a pop up!!!!
Lol, they have a guy named Chris Ray…can A-Rod pls hit a walkoff grand slam against him?
i wish they would call what kind of pitches he was throwing
These announcers are pretty good, but I wish they could tell us what the pitch selection has looked like..
Dman: EXACTLY. give us something.
Mike they are he said struck him out on a a 3-2 slider
maybe they can’t tell what kind of pitches they are, but surely they could see the difference between a FB and a slider…
Yeah they were starting to be more descriptive w/pitch selection in the 2nd. 1st inning they gave us nothing!
So who’s next, IPK?
posada lost the ball too lol.. thats gonna happen a lot with joba this year on that slider…
only 1 K per inning? cmon joba u can do better
i missed that, thanks brandon
not on all of them though
YAY JORGE!!
HIP HIP….JORGE!
HIP HIP !
Hip hip Jorge!!
robbie being patient at the plate…i like it
Thank you very much to everyone who posted the radio feed.
I wonder if the announcers KNOW what kind of pitches they’re throwing.
c’mon shelley!
I like the get-em-on, get-em-over, get-em-in thing they’ve got going on. I hope Shelley continues.
http://cbsplayer.streamtheworld.com/index.php?DB_OEM_ID=7700&CALLSIGN=WQYKAM
Broadcastin the yanks game 2day
Nice discriminating AB for Shelley
Yay small ball!
jorge chugs home!!
I love when Posada slides, it’s so messy. Like no one ever taught him how.
Thaks Uke. We’re all over it.
*thanks*
that was an interesting tidbit on Johnny
Maybe this is a good opportunity to play small ball for them. Lord knows they need it.
ok c’mon cap! split their outfielders
yeah i didn’t know that about JD either.
No problem, thought I’d share the wealth for those who didnt see it further up
Finally yankee baseball has begun
did i call that???!!
Pete doing his best Michael Kay impression.
if you want to listen to the game go here:
http://cbsplayer.streamtheworld.com/index.php?DB_OEM_ID=7700&CALLSIGN=WQYKAM
At work and the radio is blocked, what did they say about JD?
A grandslam for Arod here would be a nice way to start the season =]
we got that sean, but thanks!!
ok lets see that A-Bomb
Im sitting in Contracts class hearing about Expectation Restitution and Reliance damages and the 18th street bar and grill joke made me laugh out loud… lol the professor asked if I was alright. I tried to play it off as a cough, dont think anybody bought it though.
Arod with 3 rbi’s
lets see if big G can keep it goin’
JD has most stolen bases in the last 10 years
Baseball is Back! and not soon enough in my opinion.
chamberlain looked good huh?
JimL:
they said that damon has the most stolen bases in the AL in the last 10 yrs
i’m SO stoked that baseball is BACK.
Nice thanks!
Call now for fish oil. No meat oil allowed on Fridays during lent.
Ian Kennedy in 2 pitch
I love him
Ooooooooooh, I can get a free bottle of Omegaberry fish oil capsules! But wait, there’s more! Call now and get a free bottle of youth serum!
I love Ian, hez THE MAN
IPK BIG K!
123. thank you Ian
Do I smell a perfect game?! lmao
Pete are you trying to jinx it? You know we never say the word!!
hahaha, just ask the patriots about “perfect”
robbie cano!
i’d like to see everyone get a hit…
I think IPK should groove one for the kid from Staten Island, Mike Consolmagno. He should be leading off the 4th, I think.
oh shelley
drat it
Consolmagno just got a hit good for him
Welp, if anyone had to break up the perfect game at least it was the Staten Island kid w/the name ending in a vowel!
Now THAT’S cool… that guy will be telling that story over cold beers for the rest of his life.
agreed BBB
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HYSTERICAL PETER!!!! I CAN HEAR WALDMAN SAYING IT NOW
Pete you jinxed the perfect game.
truly funny pete
Am back…what I’d miss aside from the Yankees scoring five runs and picking up right where they left off?
Nice way to end it Kennedy.
it’s been fun rebecca, they handed out 3 walks to the yanks. jeter and a-rod batted them in
Great play by play Pete, GO JOBA!
MikeEff: Thanks!
my pleasure…
These college announcers are truly much better that Sterling and Waldman.
No love for Bigalow Green Tea after Torre? That’s always good for a few lives drops in the game.
Pete, you need a William Bartman Jewelers drop in the 4th inning and tell your buddy Feinsand he’s on deck for the 5th.
Its not a Yankee game unless there are 30 live drops per 9 innings!
*than*
jeeeeeesh.
bobby…back to his BB self. i love it.
Every time Abreu walks, an angel gets their wings.
hey SJ. hows it going?
BBB LOLOL
damn he was so close to having a story to tell
Abreu in a contract year is a very good thing for Alex.
HIP HIP !!!
First and only triple of the year for Jorge
Yeah Jorge!
Can we hire these announcers? Pretty please?
Jorge with a triple?! This game rocks!!
Jorge- still rolling.
Life is good Mike.
Great thing about baseball. No matter when you go, something can happen you rarely see.
Jorge hits a triple! Amazing.
gayle: don’t be so sure. Remember that time Girardi got a triple in the playoffs? Never know.
That must have been some shot if Giambi scored from 1st.
Robbie, hon, I know it’s spring training and doesn’t matter, but don’t they tell you not to swing at 3-0?
cano swinging at 3-0?
BBB -
Great hit, Jorge!
Mercy rule time. Time for the regulars to get their running in, a quick 9 holes and onto their evening reservations at Bern’s Steak House.
Sending good thoughts and wishes to Bobby Murcer.
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3270102
Pat,
Not really. Jason has wheels now! lol
Cano w/ a cheapy
King Albert just rocked Duaner Sanchez’s fastball out of the park
work that count shelley!!
“Robbie, hon, I know it’s spring training and doesn’t matter, but don’t they tell you not to swing at 3-0?”
Depends. If you see a pitch you like, why not swing 3-0? I mean…the guy usually grooves one. Pick a part of the plate and a pitch, and if you get it…swing!
GO SHELLEY!!
Probably pull regulars after Phil’s inning.
Now, if we could do this against Boston on a regular basis…
SJ
Maybe its all the running in ST.
don’t worry rebecca, we will!
I hope they start pulling the regs. get Tabata Jackson and Gardner some field time in this game.
After all of the bashing for what the Sox did to BC with the 20 walks, etc- don’t guys have to start taking some cuts at 3-0 to avoid doing exactly the same thing?
the AG steps in…
Gonzo is in !
MikeEff, I LOVE the optimism!
like the Office mention…
i’m just having a ton of fun listening to this rebecca!
Posada triple - how did that happen, did someone fall down?
last year Po loped around the bases for a triple when Girardi was announcing a game, and then YES showed Girardi’s 1996 game 6 triple. Was hysterical - Posada made Girardi look like Rickey Henderson or Ty cobb by comparison
here comes Phil
time for the franchise
I missed a few minutes, who all got pulled and who replaced them? Thought I heard something about Colin Curtis?
I want to see (er, hear) Gardner…
Love the simple play-by-play Pete. Easy for me to read the important stuff while keeping up the illusion I’m actually working.
Michael Kay, take note.
Michale Lupica, take a leave of absence.
Matsui-san, take a few shots of shochu, have some Kobe beef, and get your knee better.
The Yanks starting lineup against a couple freshman pitchers isn’t fair (at least it’s not mid-season when the batters have had a few months working on their timing) but I’m sure the kids are happy to be playing against them.
K #1 for hughes
Colin Curtis is as fast as Gardner more power.
meanwhile ATL 10 LAD 2 in the 5th
but remember it’s ST
ACTION JACKSON IS IN !!!
so did everyone get a hit except giambi?
Great job by Girardi, with all the running he’s making them do Posada now can get triples.
K # 2
1 more Phil and you can call it a day
go phil!
any reading on the velocity on his fastball?
the kids are DEALING today
Who’s for striking out the side?
2 K’s, woot!
Can’t wait for an Action Jackson AB! Nice to see our old buddy Nick Green too.
Brandon i had that taping on my TV
frits:
they haven’t been giving us much regarding what kind of pitches and no radar
nice showing by our young 3
This may or may not be a stupid question, but do the college kids get to use aluminum bats?
Brandon: Thanks for the Yankees West update =D
wood bats
Flam: No.
that is a quick OF
Jackson 4.3 speed
Curtis 4.4 speed
Christian 4.3 speed
Nice hit Curtis! From their commentary his speed sounds impressive…
Woohoo! Why are we the home team?
The radar readings aren’t necessary right now.
Everybody is just beginning to get going so, you won’t be seeing guys throwing full throttle.
For the first couple of outings, its about location, working on your pitches, and coming out of each game healthy. Velocity comes later.
Thanks for the game updates, Pete. Great stuff.
Yah Curtis is a solid player.
“This may or may not be a stupid question, but do the college kids get to use aluminum bats?”
only if Mussina is pitching.
This one is for Hank and all those yankee fans who wanted a Big Trade:
Santana’s line for today
2 4 3 3 0 1 and a homer 13.50 era so far
The Big Three Today
5 1 0 0 0 5
Pete please stay to see Horne pitch!!
One thing we are seeing that’s encouraging. Productive outs.
The last couple of years, the Yankees have gotten away from moving guys over, hitting behind runners, making productive outs, etc.
Its only the first game but, it seems its something they are working on and that’s good news, IMO.
Am I right in that no Yankees have been struck out yet?
billy james: THANKS I LOVE IT
I think I got Christians speed wrong he is the quickest out of everybody in the syatem other than the S.I. kid Almonte
I should go write down Johans line for my co-worker.
i believe you are correct rebecca. igawa up. hmmmm.
it’d be nice to see igawa make a comeback…
what igawa lacks in physical strength, mechanics, and strike-out ability he makes up for by keeping balls up in the zone and inducing a lot of fly balls.
Igawa up…there goes the shutout.
Haha j/k…new year, clean slate for everyone, even the puckered face highball throwing sunglass wearer!
Better Igawa pitching now than Game 7 in october.
also, if he can’t get a guy out by inducing a fly ball, he just walks them. that way they can’t hit home runs. excellent!
ball 4. i guess that’s no surprise. if the play book goes as usual. they will hit the next one out of the park.
Looks like Igawa can’t find the plate against college hitters either.
He’ll be starting the season in the Scranton rotation.
Igawa makes my blood pressure go up
Christian is extremely fast. He is in the Brett Gardner range of speed.
Unfortunately, Collin Curtis is not fast at all. If he were he’d be an interesting prospect because he’s a decent hitter, but lacks power.
pitee-full as uncle jed clampett would say
damn you Igawa making Romine hit the ground
see? those last two probably would have hit homers. better safe than sorry.