Comments on: Game 15: Yankees at Rays http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/04/15/game-15-yankees-at-rays/ A Yankees Blog by Journal News beat writer Peter Abraham Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:58:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: gargoyle http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/04/15/game-15-yankees-at-rays/#comment-311253 gargoyle Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:28:51 +0000 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/04/15/game-15-yankees-at-rays/#comment-311253 The only reason Damon is leading off is because he is a lefhanded batter. You don't want Cano, Giambi and Damon stacked together in the lineup. The only reason Damon is leading off is because he is a lefhanded batter.

You don’t want Cano, Giambi and Damon stacked together in the lineup.

]]> By: cardasian http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/04/15/game-15-yankees-at-rays/#comment-311249 cardasian Wed, 16 Apr 2008 06:51:07 +0000 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/04/15/game-15-yankees-at-rays/#comment-311249 I agree that Damon should not be the leadoff hitter. He isn't nearly as good at getting on base as several other hitters on the team. I'd go with this lineup order: Jeter Abreu Matsui ARod Posada Cano Giambi Damon Cabrera I agree that Damon should not be the leadoff hitter. He isn’t nearly as good at getting on base as several other hitters on the team. I’d go with this lineup order:

Jeter
Abreu
Matsui
ARod
Posada
Cano
Giambi
Damon
Cabrera

]]> By: miggs http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/04/15/game-15-yankees-at-rays/#comment-311229 miggs Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:29:45 +0000 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/04/15/game-15-yankees-at-rays/#comment-311229 "trisha- that post is pathetic. youre using the adversity that all baseball teams face during a season as a lame excuse. and almost doesnt count except for horsehoes and handgrenades." Amen Rich. Amen. “trisha- that post is pathetic. youre using the adversity that all baseball teams face during a season as a lame excuse. and almost doesnt count except for horsehoes and handgrenades.”

Amen Rich. Amen.

]]> By: OhioRick http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/04/15/game-15-yankees-at-rays/#comment-311218 OhioRick Wed, 16 Apr 2008 03:57:48 +0000 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/04/15/game-15-yankees-at-rays/#comment-311218 I don't believe the team can win with Damon as its leadoff hitter. He doesn't draw walks and he's a poor situational hitter. "Flamin'," as I like to call him, has had a Yanks career which mirrors that of Chuck Knoblauch's, a player who, like Damon, had his best years before he arrived in NY. Knoblauch, however, was able to help lead the team to titles in 1988-2000 because of his ability to put the ball in play and get on base. While Damon has enjoyed just one year in which he has drawn at least 70 walks, Knoblauch had five. Knoblauch's OBP of .393 in '99 will never be matched by Damon, who dropped from a .285 to .270 batting average in his second year with NY. His bad speed has dropped precipitously and he seems to be caught in a nasty spiral of unbelief in terms of his declining skills. The issue is who else do you use? Barring a trade, I think the best lineup would be start with Jeter, Cabrera, Abreu, Rodriquez... Cabrera. Mekly has shown he can lift the ball at times -- as evidence by his clutch sac fly in the win over Boston -- plus he can and will bunt. I'd bat Damon ninth. That way, what you get for him is a bonus and if he gets on, it offers a speedy baserunner for the top of the order. I don’t believe the team can win with Damon as its leadoff hitter. He doesn’t draw walks and he’s a poor situational hitter. “Flamin’,” as I like to call him, has had a Yanks career which mirrors that of Chuck Knoblauch’s, a player who, like Damon, had his best years before he arrived in NY. Knoblauch, however, was able to help lead the team to titles in 1988-2000 because of his ability to put the ball in play and get on base. While Damon has enjoyed just one year in which he has drawn at least 70 walks, Knoblauch had five. Knoblauch’s OBP of .393 in ‘99 will never be matched by Damon, who dropped from a .285 to .270 batting average in his second year with NY. His bad speed has dropped precipitously and he seems to be caught in a nasty spiral of unbelief in terms of his declining skills. The issue is who else do you use? Barring a trade, I think the best lineup would be start with Jeter, Cabrera, Abreu, Rodriquez… Cabrera. Mekly has shown he can lift the ball at times—as evidence by his clutch sac fly in the win over Boston—plus he can and will bunt. I’d bat Damon ninth. That way, what you get for him is a bonus and if he gets on, it offers a speedy baserunner for the top of the order.

]]> By: Anti anti-anti http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/04/15/game-15-yankees-at-rays/#comment-311207 Anti anti-anti Wed, 16 Apr 2008 03:42:06 +0000 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/04/15/game-15-yankees-at-rays/#comment-311207 Shon Beshi Beshi Ghoom, son Shon Beshi Beshi Ghoom, son

]]> By: Dee http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/04/15/game-15-yankees-at-rays/#comment-311206 Dee Wed, 16 Apr 2008 03:39:56 +0000 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/04/15/game-15-yankees-at-rays/#comment-311206 I just walked in and heard Farnsworth 1-2-3 in the 8th??? This reminds me of Pete's infamous aliens in Central Park... I just walked in and heard Farnsworth 1-2-3 in the 8th???

This reminds me of Pete’s infamous aliens in Central Park…

]]> By: Dr. Cox http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/04/15/game-15-yankees-at-rays/#comment-311205 Dr. Cox Wed, 16 Apr 2008 03:27:00 +0000 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/04/15/game-15-yankees-at-rays/#comment-311205 Don Vito...I know you and I have had out difference and Im not trying to start anything now... But cmon, man , work on your insults. I see 3rd graders dish out better ish than you do. Don Vito…I know you and I have had out difference and Im not trying to start anything now…

But cmon, man , work on your insults. I see 3rd graders dish out better ish than you do.

]]> By: PittsburghYankeeFan http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/04/15/game-15-yankees-at-rays/#comment-311204 PittsburghYankeeFan Wed, 16 Apr 2008 03:26:58 +0000 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/04/15/game-15-yankees-at-rays/#comment-311204 Who cares about the Sox now? Wake me up in August, please. I guess the bat speed is down for Big Papi--that's what happens when you take HGH and have to stop. Compare the size of his arms this year to last year... Who cares about the Sox now? Wake me up in August, please.

I guess the bat speed is down for Big Papi—that’s what happens when you take HGH and have to stop. Compare the size of his arms this year to last year…

]]> By: Brandon (supporting the new movement "Alex being Alex") http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/04/15/game-15-yankees-at-rays/#comment-311203 Brandon (supporting the new movement "Alex being Alex") Wed, 16 Apr 2008 03:26:15 +0000 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/04/15/game-15-yankees-at-rays/#comment-311203 "Only a matter of time before JB Cox makes his way towards Trenton. McCutchen looks very good so far……." Cox is improving McCutchen was dominant tonight, so was Robertson. “Only a matter of time before JB Cox makes his way towards Trenton.
McCutchen looks very good so far…….”

Cox is improving McCutchen was dominant tonight, so was Robertson.

]]> By: Drunken Master http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/04/15/game-15-yankees-at-rays/#comment-311202 Drunken Master Wed, 16 Apr 2008 03:25:28 +0000 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/04/15/game-15-yankees-at-rays/#comment-311202 "Stop hammering Girardi for putting in Farnsworth. He’s on the team. He needs to pitch. He did well tonight" Worst thing that could have happened. Farns is just setting us up for a bigger fall in a more important game down that road. Farns has always been a tease like that, going back to his Chicago days. “Stop hammering Girardi for putting in Farnsworth. He’s on the team. He needs to pitch. He did well tonight”

Worst thing that could have happened. Farns is just setting us up for a bigger fall in a more important game down that road. Farns has always been a tease like that, going back to his Chicago days.

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