Game 27: Yankees at Indians
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- April
- 28
YANKEES
Cabrera CF
Jeter SS
Abreu RF
Rodriguez DH
Giambi 1B
Matsui LF
Ensberg 3B
Cano 2B
Molina C
Mussina RHP
Mike Mussina vs. the Cleveland hitters
Notes: Cleveland will start LHP Aaron Laffey, who has never faced any of the Yankees. … The Yankees are ending a stretch of 18 road games in 21 days. … Jorge Posada is officially on the DL as of yesterday and Chris Stewart is here and wearing No. 38. … Johnny Damon is 13 of his last 32 with seven RBI and seven extra-base hits. … Matsui returns to the lineup after two days off. “I didn’t retire,” he said.
UPDATE, 5:58 p.m.: Jorge Posada flew to Birmingham, Ala., today to meet with Dr. James Andrews. No word yet on his status. Tonight will be the first game the Yankees will play without Posada on the roster since Sept. 1, 1996.
UPDATE, 6:38 p.m.: It’s up to 47, the tarp is off the field and the skies are clear. It won’t be awful but it’ll still be cold.
UPDATE, 7:07 p.m.: I sort of follow minor-league players like stocks. I have certain guys I try and check every day. J.B. Cox is on that list. He chucked two innings for Trenton yesterday against New Britain 2 2 0 0 0 1. He was with Trenton in 2006 and pitched well before he missed 2007 with injuries. If Cox pitches well, he could get a chance in the majors this season.
UPDATE, 7:16 p.m.: 0 x 3 with RISP in the first off a pitcher who seemed to be begging to give up a few runs. That’s 2 for 23 in the series. (Note: Please do not take this as some kind of commentary on the Yankees or part of some secret agenda. We’re just passing along a statistic that would seem to be of interest to educated readers).
UPDATE, 8:04 p.m.: They should give The Big G a blanket to smother the ball with. Then he could pick up the ball with the blanket and step on the bag. That would work better than the glove at this point. (Note: I am not actually suggesting this; it’s a joke. The comment was no way intended to besmirch Jason Giambi, the New York Yankees or Joe Girardi, all of whom I hold in the highest regard).
UPDATE, 8:20 p.m.: The Moose has done a great job for four innings but Aaron Laffey has been even better as the Yankees somehow have yet to get a hit. Laffey has retired 12 in a row. (Note: Laffey has in fact retired 12 in a row. This is a statistic and should not in any way offend certain Yankee fans or be seen as an indictment of the manager. I’m sure the Yankees are trying very hard).
UPDATE, 8:31 p.m.: The Moose has allowed two runs in his last 11 innings.
UPDATE, 8:42 p.m.: Guess I jinxed Mussina (Note: It wasn’t intentional. I would never want anything bad to happen to the Yankees). Now Albaladejo is warming up. Why did they bring Chris Britton up?
UPDATE, 9:07 p.m.: Two little infield singles and next thing you know it leads to four runs. Now we’ll see what the bullpen can do for four innings.
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You mean Chris STewart didnt want #21 lol
PS The link doesnt work
Matsui returns to the lineup after two days off. “I didn’t retire,†he said.
No, but while he was out they fitted him for catcher’s gear.
I thought Britton is wearing # 38?
Laffey dominates.
Yuck. Matsui playing the field.
Let’s go Yankees!
Ps. I had a thought. I haven’t posted in the comments section in a REALLY long time, but I’m looking at them daily. Anyway, what does everyone think about Barry Bonds being an offensive solution? I know he is a really big wench, but he is still an offensive force, and if you don’t think so, look at his page on Baseball Reference. He can make the Yankees lineup better than Detroits, even with Jorge out of there. I think if JOrge is lost for 4-6 months, which is certainly possible, the Yanks need another offensive force in there.
I just wanted to know what everyone thought. I’m torn. I know Bonds has a lot on his plate, plus his personality is just terrible and he is known as a cancer. But would he be different on a good team that has a chance to win? Who knows. What’s the feeling here?
Pete is 2nd guessing Girardi again. Why would he mention how good Damon is hitting if Girardi has him on the bench? Seems like a subtle criticism if you ask me…
i wish Stewart took #21
JS54,
Of course that was Pete’s point. But is Damon sitting just because we’re facing a lefty?
I might want Damon in there over Ensberg too, unless A-Rod still isn’t ready to play 3B…
A blog is all about second guessing.
What ever happened with Matsui’s new wife? Has anyone ever seen her? Is she for real?
I’d rather have Matsui in the lineup over Shelly or Ensberg anyday.
Matsui haters need not reply.
Moose will have trouble getting his curve and changeup over the plate. Couple that with the fact that they are facing a left-handed Nobody, long, long night for the Yanks awaits.
Put this in the loss column already.
Hopefully no one (no Yankee, that is) will get hurt.
Well you gotta get Matsui in there at some point or he might start forgetting how to hit.
Anyone know who Laffey has been compared to? What type of pitcher is he?
VT, Id love to have Bonds hitting behind A-Rod instead of GHiambi
Please look at this logically:
Damon needs a day off (hasnt had one in a bit). You might want him to DH with the way he is hitting BUT with the weather conditions tonight you dont want AROD to re-aggrevate his injury so you have him DH and not play the field.
Matsui has had 2 days off so you put him in the field.
Thus you need a 3rd baseman thus you get Ensberg.
Giambi has had 2 days off so you want him back in as well.
It all makes total sense to me
sore quad, freezing weather. makes sense to DH A-Rod.
If Laffey is left handed and crappy, he will most likely throw a shuout.
unless A-Rod still isn’t ready to play 3B…
He isn’t. At least not tonight in the arctic Cleveland weather.
“VT, Id love to have Bonds hitting behind A-Rod instead of GHiambi”
you don’t see the irony in this post? not at all?
Stewart is wearing #38? Hope the Matt Nokes groupies aren’t up in arms…
Matsui has a sense of humor!
Also, do any of you guys realize how lucky the Yankees have been not to have to face Fausto Carmona or Cliff Lee in a four game set?
How did we manage that?
Rebecca we get them BOTH next week instead lol
“Moose will have trouble getting his curve and changeup over the plate. Couple that with the fact that they are facing a left-handed Nobody, long, long night for the Yanks awaits.”
The Moose could be painful to watch. But as for the Cleveland kid pitcher, the Yankees should bunt all night long. If the conditions are going to be such a joke, make the most of it. Let’s see their guys slip and slide and strain their quads.
Oh an Rebecca we managed that because of the rain postponment and that Cleveland had to play a DH just before the series
Is forfeiting this game an option? Has there ever been a forfeit by a team in MLB history?
gayle: For real? At least we’ll be home then!
Why does Girardi feel the need to bench a player when he’s hot. First it’s Matsui. Now Damon. I assume he’ll bench Melky next if Melky hits another clutch homer tonight.
Stewart is wearing #38? Hope the Matt Nokes groupies aren’t up in arms…
Just you wait till they get back to the Stadium. They’re going to let him have it. This guy Stewart’s not a real Yankee
“Pete is 2nd guessing Girardi again. Why would he mention how good Damon is hitting if Girardi has him on the bench? Seems like a subtle criticism if you ask me…”
So? I think Pete is just pointing out the facts and letting us come to our own conclusions. It’s true, Damon is on a hot streak right now and he’s not playing tonight. Is that a good decision? We’ll see.
09/30/1971 – New York at Washington – AL – The last American League game played in Washington ended in a forfeit win for the New York Yankees. The Senators were leading 7-5 with two out in the ninth inning when souvenir hunters stormed onto the field. The field could not be cleared and the umpire had no choice except to call the game. The fans had been unruly most of the night due to the fact that the club was moving to Texas for the 1972 season and some had run onto the field in the eighth inning delaying the game. – New York Times; 10/01/1971, p 49 (Yankees)
06/04/1974 – Texas at Cleveland – AL – It was 10-cent beer night in Cleveland. The Indians had just tied the score at 5 with a sacrifice fly and had the winning run at third when hundreds of fans jumped the right field fence and attacked the Ranger’s right fielder Jeff Burroughs and other players. Chief umpire Nestor Chylak, who was struck on the head, declared the game a forfeit win for Texas. Six fans were arrested. – New York Times – 06/05/1974; p 35 (forfeits)
09/15/1977 – Baltimore at Toronto – AL – The Orioles were behind 4-0 in the bottom of the fifth inning when manager Earl Weaver asked umpire Marty Springstead to have a tarpaulin that was covering the Toronto bull pen area removed. The game was being played in a light rain and Weaver felt that the tarpaulin posed an injury risk to his left fielder. The umpire refused and Weaver pulled his team from the field. Springstead waited 15 minutes for the team to retake the field before declaring the forfeit. – New York Times; 09/16/1977, p 93 (Orioles)
07/12/1979 – Detroit at Chicago – AL – In the most ill-fated promotion in baseball history, thousands of fans overran the Comiskey Park playing field during “Disco Demolition Night” between games of a doubleheader and caused the Chicago White Sox to forfeit the second game after losing to Detroit 4-1 in the first. Umpire Dave Phillips declared the field unplayable after an hour and 16 minute delay and postponed the game. Later American League President Lee MacPhail ruled the game a forfeit win for the Tigers. – New York Times; 07/13/1979; p A16, Washington Post; 07/14/1979; p C2 (Tigers)
08/10/1995 – St. Louis at Los Angeles – NL – Baseballs were distributed to fans as they entered Dodger Stadium. The game was delayed in the 7th inning when some fans started throwing their souvenir baseballs onto the field. In the bottom of the 9th with St. Louis leading 2-1, the first batter, Raul Mondesi, was called out on strikes. He started to complain to umpire Jim Quick and was ejected. Dodger manager Tommy Lasorda was ejected as well. The fans became upset and started throwing the balls onto the field again. The umpires brought the Cardinal team in from the field while the grounds crew cleared the field. When play resumed, the fans again bombarded the field and the umpires forfeited the game in favor of St. Louis. New York Times, 08/11/1995, p B9 (Dodgers)
“Anyone know who Laffey has been compared to? What type of pitcher is he?”
Laffey doesn’t have great stuff but he was an extreme ground ball pitcher in the minor leagues (60% of contact resulted in grounders).
He’s a decent prospect – not great. Not one of the Indian’s top ten.
Last year he threw around 40 innings in the majors and was pretty good 4-2 with a 4.56 ERA and a WHIP of 1.34.
The thing about him that was interesting was that even in the majors last year his ground ball rates did not go down. He was still getting 59% of contact resulted in ground balls.
rebecca actually we could miss them again when they hit the stadium next week as Lee is scheduled to pitch April 30th and unless the Indians are off that Monday before the series we will miss him..Carmona is scheduled to start on SUnday May 4th against KC so we will miss him it looks like for sure
But Matsui was doing well, too, and he sat 2 days in a row. For cryin’ out loud – you all knew the deal from spring training. Damon and Matsui are sharing time.
BOnds.Can’t believe I get killed for saying Joba should be our Set-Up man all year yet some people think Bonds could actually help us.His offense isn’t better then his media circus he will bring.
I mean we already have GHiambi and HGH Pettitte.WE don’t need anymore people who will cause anymore PR problems.
I am a huge Matsui supporter.
On another front, we could have 9 iterations of the Babe in the lineup and lose a game to a pitcher we haven’t seen before…
“Why does Girardi feel the need to bench a player when he’s hot. First it’s Matsui. Now Damon. I assume he’ll bench Melky next if Melky hits another clutch homer tonight.”
Our lineup is lefty heavy. We have faced a left-handed pitcher 3 nights in a row. Girardi is obviously working each lefty in and out of the lineup so that we can have an extra right-handed bat for each game. Damon has played against the first two lefties so it’s his turn to sit.
One of Torre’s greatest strengths was working guys in and out of the lineup while keeping them all relatively happy. It’s a necessity with this team the way it is constructed, we’ll see if Girardi can succeed at it.
Don Vito A. Bellamo:
I believe our path is clear: open the beer taps, hang the disco ball, advertise a “free sod” promotion and give away some baseballs.
If all else fails, channel your inner Crash Davis and turn on the sprinklers.
thanks don Vito. I had no idea the 70’s is such an unruly decade in baseball.
“We need to get rid of Torre and get a good numbers guy in here like Girardi”
Looks like Girardi hasn’t looked at a stat sheet since the 1st game.
The 70s were an unruly decade.
“Why does Girardi feel the need to bench a player when he’s hot. First it’s Matsui. Now Damon. ”
well, Matsui and Damon play the same position.
If Girardi needs the DH spot to rest someone, one of those two guys have to sit.
this isn’t rocket science.
If the Big Blue can win in Lambeau, the Yanks can win in Cleveland. lol.
“I mean we already have GHiambi and HGH Pettitte.WE don’t need anymore people who will cause anymore PR problems.”
yeah, b/c those guys have caused so many PR problems during the seaoson.
oh wait, they haven’t.
i’m not saying Bonds wouldn’t bring a circus, you are right, he would.
but where are all these problems Pettitte has brought?
just like all the people who thought Pettitte wouldn’t be able to pitch through the distractions.
nonsense. if you admit what you did and act with humility, the fans will forgive you.
right or wrong, that’s how it works.
I wish Damon was in the lineup but I can’t think of a way to fit him in. Damon is a bit better than Matsui in LF and he is swinging a hotter bat (imo).
I love this Yankees team and I am just overjoyed that we’ve had 4 nationally televised games in a row.
ESPN, FOX, TBS, ESPN
Gotta love not having to stream it on the computer.
Laffey is a soft tossing lefty? This gets better by the second. Seriously, BET THE HOUSE ON THE IDIANS TONIGHT. Its the lock of the year. Im calling every bookie I know and betting the max with everyone. I should be driving a Bentley come next week.
It’s funny how last week a ton of people were saying how Damon is done and he should be DFA’d etc etc now everyone wants him in the lineup. Just goes to show you how fickle some fans are.
any word on cle lineup?
The weather may keep Sizemore out.
Boston Dave on CBS SPortsline it says he is available to pinch hit only.My opponent this week in the fantasy league has him on his team so it came up
A LHP that the Yankees haven’t seen before? For anyone that isn’t familiar with how the Yankees work, they will probably get 2-hit by this guy and we will be listening to the announcers talk about the “plus stuff” that Laffey has. Then he will give up 14 hits and 9 runs against the Royals his next game out.
But I’m optimistic
I’m guessing the Yanks knock out the Lefty in the 4th…
Everyone, ignore Hugh. It’s obvious that he’s merely a moronic troll. And definitely not a Yankees’ fan.
thanks gayle…
Advantage Yanks
Agreed Trisha – Yanks always seem to do terribly against pitchers they’ve never seen before. Even a high school sophomore could look like Cy Young against NY if its their first time facing our boys.
Matsui seems like he has a pretty good sense of humor…
Instead of Ensberg, how about alberto gonzalez, let him get some play time.
I’m going to not bet on Laffey here.
NotFunny, if you’re new to the blog, we ignore the trolls here =)
I benched Sizemore in favor of Ellsbury on my fantasy team, but who knows if it’ll do any good.
Yeah V, Im not a Yankee fan…I only have the NY logo tattoo’d on my elbow….but Im a much bigger fan of money and this is an opportunity to make alot of it. Last I checked, the Yankees dont pay my bills…well after tonight they will.
Rebecca,
You should be banned here for having Red Soxers on your fantasy roster. That’s a conflict of our interest!
“Yeah V, Im not a Yankee fan…I only have the NY logo tattoo’d on my elbow….but Im a much bigger fan of money and this is an opportunity to make alot of it. Last I checked, the Yankees dont pay my bills…well after tonight they will.”
Well, let me wish you happy bankruptcy.
mel: Hah, Ellsbury is my only Red Sock. Have a bunch of Indians and White Sox though.
Who is this experienced pitcher that Francesa keeps bringing up that the Yankees need?
What team is giving away quality starting pitching?
As if it’s that easy to get.
Anyone else think about making the AG our permanent first baseman? He’s shown a hot glove at third, SS and second, no doubt he can excel at first as well. Now he becomes an emergency infielder for the other positions as well. Duncan can stop being shuttled between infield and outfield, getting some stability by staying in the outfield and Giambi goes into the DH only rotation.
Im not sure who is worse..Mike and Chris or the people who think their words are gospel.
Anyone else think about making the AG our permanent first baseman?
No.
Jimmy: AG can’t hit well enough to play first.
Chris was saying the other day that nobody should question anything Tony LaRussa does because he’s a hall of fame manager. A caller asked him how many times he questioned a move by Torre who is also a HOF manager. He responded by saying basically “well it’s not the same thing”
Murph–You think Matt Nokes is available and in game shape? That sweet lefty stroke has been missed, not to mention the Piazza like defense behind home plate.
Jorge with a bad shoulder throws better than Nokes and Pizza.
1B is a much bigger concern than I thought it would be…especially with Posada’s bat out of the line up. The Yankees need good offensive and defensive production from 1B
Only 45 degrees ?!?!?!? It must be that Global Warming!
Someone get Al Gore on the phone.
If I had to pick my ideal kind of Yankee fan it would be someone who thinks that the Yankees are far more important than money and to prove it has a job to pay their bills and doesn’t rely on bookies, and especially would never bet agaisnt the Yankees. Probably wouldn’t ever bet on them either, meaning that going to a bookie to place a bet on a sports team is akin to a business proposition, while rooting for your favorite derives from raw passion.
Raw passion would never be caught dead in a business proposition where money is involved.
G. Love:
Been meaning to ask. Now that the strike is history are you like a one armed paper hanger with projects? Too many green lights? Not enough?
I don’t think the redhot Matsui was really being benched the last couple of games. I think he was on his honeymoon.
Hope the Chase Wright fans don’t revolt because Stewart is wearing his number…
Once ARod can play 3b again, we have both Shelley and Ensberg at first (when Giambi isnt playing).
Last season when we had Mientkiewicz, it was “Defense at first is so overrated. We just need offense.”
now it’s “we just need someone who can play defense at first”
relax. sure, giambi is horrible at first and is playing too much, but Shelley and Ensberg are at the very least passable options.
it’s ok if we don’t have an all-star at every position.
the pitching will determine the outcome of 2008. not first base. if giambi is still playing horrific defense and offense for much longer, i cant see girardi giving him as much PT.
Jax,
Yeah I agree with you…I heard that too and was wondering the same thing…
Who would be available anyway? Anyone have a list?
i could never draft a boston player on my fantasy team. the one year (05) we had an auto-draft and i accidentally forgot to put beckett on my “exclude list” and auto-drafted him. i was able to trade him away though before the season started.
so what catcher do we want? I want Mirabelli just cause he can own the Red Sox, especially vs. Timmy Knuckelball
the (incredibly) short trip from idiot to genius:
on saturday morning i was on here saying the yankees had cut moeller loose too soon and that they should trade for inge.
i was roundly dismissed as an idiot and called a troll
apologies now being accepted……
bphill,
Mirabelli is a jerk and one of the weaker options at C. The Sox know he can catch Wakefield and decided against keeping him, instead keeping one of the weaker offensive catchers in the game (despite his good start).
I like Damien Miller if Moeller doesn’t clear. Either way, unless Posada is out for the season, backup catcher is the least of the Yanks worries. Get a guy who can catch the ball and hit .225.
The difference between .225 and .275 for a backup catcher over the course of an entire season is about 5 total hits. Five.
JMO
April 28th, 2008 at 5:40 pm
the (incredibly) short trip from idiot to genius:
on saturday morning i was on here saying the yankees had cut moeller loose too soon and that they should trade for inge.
i was roundly dismissed as an idiot and called a troll
apologies now being accepted……
You’re a genius? The Yankees should hire you to work in their front office and replace Cashman at the end of the season? Good guess?
If you want, I think we can track down a gold star for you…http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/thumb_135/117524536035×1f5.jpg
there you go Congratulations.
I missed my draft, and it’s why I ended up with Ellsbury, but I think my Yankees–Joba, Phil, Melky and Bobby–make up for it =D
If Molina can stay healthy, I don’t care if he can hit or not, he showed us yesterday just how good his arm his. Yankees lineup should be good enough to get by him.
not looking for a gold star, i just want the ppl who called me an idiot to apologize.
JMO, don’t hold your breath.
Looks like they were taking the tarp off the field in Cleveland.
Molina’s D is solid…and interestingly he is batting over .300 in a little over 100 ABs since he became a Yankee, I believe…
Maybe putting on pinstripes full-time will elevate his offensive game…
JMO,
If trading for Inge was ever an option, you’d get the gold star.
Either way, your opinion doesn’t deserve being called an idiot.
Let’s go Yankees!
ghost of articles past – thanks for the link. i guess.
don vito, i wanted to tell you i was at a seat cushion night at busch stadium in 1987 vs. the mets.
pennant race was on, cards losing and tommy herr got a hit to tie the game in the 8th, about 1/3 rd of the cusions were thrown onto the field and play had to be stopped and the fans threatened with forfiet. when order was restored i think it was herr that hit the game winner in the 10 and down came the rest of the cusions including mine.
i think it was the last seat-cushion night.
bphill,
This is gross, but Molina madre needs to bottle her milk and send it to the Yankee farm.
Molina calls a good game.
Anyone have a Moose prediction for tonight?
I’m thinking somewhere along the lines of 5IP 4ER
This game will be a blowout one way or the other. Yanks will either HAMMER this young kid (2 2/3IP 7ER) ish or get no hit by him.
Prediction: 8-5 Yanks win.
Godspeed, Georgie.
I hope you receive good news and that your stint on the DL won’t be THAT long.
Check that…just looked at his stats and Molina is batting .297 since he became a Yankee…still not bad in 111 ABs…
Like others have said here on the board, if he can stay healthy it might not be so bad-not Jorge, though…the rest of the team has to pick it up…
The Molina Brothers look nothing alike!!!!
“Tonight will be the first game the Yankees will play without Posada on the roster since Sept. 1, 1996.”
We knew this would happen sooner or later. Just not this soon.
Good luck to Jorge’s shoulder.
well thats my problem with this blog, which is my favorite blog. there is an orthodoxy here and you’re cool if you are on the blog’s side of it and you’re an idiot or a troll if you dont toe the line on:
rocket: yeah he probably did something but its still a witch hunt…
pavano: make every possible joke about the guy being lazy and not wanting to pitch. (i do believe that doctors actually diagnosed his injuries and directed his recovery)
igawa: is a jerk especially b/c he wears sunglasses on the mound. (not hearing things like that about kennedy)
mussina: hes not that bad, dont complain about him. (c’mon, the guy sucks…)
santana trade: it was a great move not to do it and anyone who thinks differently is a troll.
anti-mussina gets called every name in the book (and phycically threatened) even though he is one of the more informed ppl on here. its just because his opinion of the yankees isnt as positive as others on here.
Britton switched to #47 when he was brought back up
Wow, mel, that IS something, isn’t it?
this is my favorite blog but there is this orthodoxy on here that is just rediculous.
if you condemn clemens or pettite for cheating, you are self-rightous.
if you think mussina sucks and should be pulled from the rotation, you’re a troll.
if you say cashman should be fired, you dont know baseball.
but go ahead and take every nasty shot possible at this blog’s preferred targets:
igawa’s a jerk who wears sunglasses
pavano is lazy and faking injuries
stay within the lines and you are safe.
I can’t look at that 1996 line without getting a knot in my stomach.
It’s just…it’s like…I can’t put it into words…
JMO,
What’s with the pity party?
We don’t all hate you.
Don’t worry, be happy.
Life is Good
Rebecca – You are precious in your youth….
(I am being sincere and complimentary.)
mel – I think I am going to follow your lead on the positive attitide to the (sometimes) negative posters who show up. Probably the only way to deal with it.
JMO – life is good, you are a Yankee fan, most storied franchise in sports, the owner is not afraid to spend money to win, the farm system is stocked. Don’t worry about people who may or may not be defending Clemens, etc.
Joe,
In light of today’s news on Clemens, good idea to put the disclaimer there.
Moose’s line tonight:
5 6 2 2 1 2
i am actually very happy, as i always am a half hour before the yankees first pitch. i was bumming b/c the experts on here dumped all over my inge suggestion and i was ridiculed for saying they shouldnt have cut moeller. they werent genius ideas but they were pretty good. but i got worked over by several of the poobahs who enforce the orthodoxy on here. so i figured i take some time to rub it in thier faces. and take the opportunity to stand up for some others on here who routinely get treated shabily b/c they dont toe the line.
Lets Go Yankees!!!!!!!!!!
“if you condemn clemens or pettite for cheating, you are self-rightous.
if you think mussina sucks and should be pulled from the rotation, you’re a troll.
if you say cashman should be fired, you dont know baseball.”
not directed at you JMO, but in general, the non-trolls who typically say these things don’t have reasonable, viable, alternatives to back it up and/or are often overreacting to present frustration. if someone gives a good alternative, great. if not, its going to be taken more often than not as senseless whining.
either way, everyone is entitled to their opinion, informed or not. as long as its respectful of everyone else, no problem.
Joe: Good thing I don’t have any roommates that could have seen just how much you made me blush!
It’s true though, I’ve never known a Yankees team without Derek Jeter, Jorge Posada or Mariano Rivera.
ignore the man behind the curtain
Rebecca, I’ve been following the Yankees since the 1964 World Series. I have long blamed myself for their downward spiral after that, and was very happy when they won in 1977, my “curse” finally being lifted.
JMO,
trading for Inge would be fine, if the Yanks could get him cheap. It’s unlikely they could.
He is signed for the next 3 seasons at about $6M a year. The Tigers have money so it’s not like they need to dump salary, especially a reasonable one.
The Tigers aren’t going to help out a team competing for the wildcard with them if they don’t have to.
Just because Inge wants to play every day, doesn’t mean the Tigers want to deplete their bench of one of their most valuable utility guys.
I won’t venture to guess what the Tigers would want in return, but it would probably make many of us wince or laugh.
Good idea, sure. Even better idea if it had a remote possibility of ever occurring.
JMO, Please explain to me how firing Cashman during the season helps this ball club? Can you think of any suitable replacement to take his position?
It’s annoying when people trash cashman after every lost and stay mute when we win the game. It’s childish… thats all.
Most people on here know that Roger Clemens and Andy Pettite used HGH. We don’t need people taunting us with childish human waste on the blog…
How did Mike Mussina do in his last start?
Anyone see Daniel Cabrera’s line in the White Sox-O’s game?
6.1 4 2 2 7 2
7 walks!
Jenks replaces Vasquez in the top of the 9th, up 2-1.
Double, steal, RBI single, pick off at 1st.
dang, Jenks just cost me a win in fantasy
Daniel Cabrera is the Dellin Betances of MLB.
How many people predicted that
Baltimore, Tampa Bay, Oakland, and Florida
would all be in first place in their division after 25 games
????
crazy…..
Joe: 1996 was the first year I knew about the World Series, but I wasn’t allowed to stay up to watch the games!
1997 I followed a little more (but still didn’t know anyone on the roster besides Derek Jeter, Paul O’Neill and Andy Pettitte), 1998 some more (but I went to summer camp late June-August!) and 1999 was the first season I started following on Opening Day.
moose: perfect 6 innings interrupted by rain. upon the game being called and a 4-0 win made official, moose finally gets his perfect game after being SOOO CLOSE at fenway that one time when carl everett (who i loathe entirely, almost as much as manny or youkilis) broke it up with 2 outs in the ninth.
those arent my opinions, was just pointing to the ones that always get shot down here.
anyway, i see cano going 3 for 4 tonight and batting .345 from today on.
LETS GO YANKEES!!!!!!!!!
damn, you had to bring that game up. moose’s almost-perfecto was on my birthday! damn that carl everett!
JMO
didnt mean to say they were. just saying that people who give good alternatives are more likely to be taken seriously than those who just say “Fire Cashman, Mussina sucks, etc”
holy crap.
Pete: thanks for posting that little stat about posada. you don’t realize its been THAT long since he’s not on the roster until you see the date in front of you. it certainly made me appreciate jorge and his importance to the team that much more.
i PRAY the diagnosis is not the worst possible case.
At least now Posada will have time to go open a can on Gino Castignoli, if he so chooses.
TROLL WARNING
The lack of games being played tonight may result in higher than normal troll activity.
If ignoring doesn’t work, at least try deep breathing. It makes for a more pleasant environment for your fellow commenters.
Who is our best left hand hitter facing lefties?
Last 3 years stats facing lefties.
MATSU .308 .370 .498 SO/AB 16.4%
DAMON .305 .376 .424 SO/AB 15.6%
ABREU .277 .363 .400 SO/AB 23.1%
GIAMB .238 .370 .473 SO/AB 29.5%
I don’t think Girardi did not know about this.
I hope that he tries to do something better before.
I really hope everything’s alright with Posada. I know I’m going to miss seeing him out there.
pat,
I dunno. Some might be licking their wounds after being swept by the Rays (who are turning out to be a nice little team btw) for the first time ever. Have we ever been swept in a 3 or 4 game series by TB?
off topic but thanks if you can help
Motown, Jimmy 27, et al. – off topic for a minute.
Anyone familiar with commercial leases? If so, fast question. My church leases out it school building and has a lease term that says we have the right of inspection given reasonable notice. Inspection is defined as having the right to see that lease terms are being met. That’s the only lease term that gives us the right to go into to building in a nonemergency situation. The school renting the building has jerked us around for a long time and aren’t sure they are going to re-up. (We gave them two more weeks to give a final answer.) If they do, it will just be for one more year. That’s our decision. Well we have a potential serious suitor who wants to see the building. If we tell them that we want passage to the building sometime next week (reasonable notice) and tell them its for purposes of showing it to a potential lessee, can they deny us passage? We can define potential lessee to them as someone interested in long-term starting next year but wants to see the building now.
If you know, thanks. This is not my forte but since I have been designated as parish atty. they expect everything to be my forte!
maybe Guisseppi Franco can help us get through Posada’s absence?
pat,
good point. ignore the trolls please.
JMO, I am still a believer in Kei Igawa. I will continue to believe in him and say so. It doesn’t matter if I get shot down. It’s my opinion and that is what a forum is all about.
On the other hand, I don’t feel the need to shove it down peoples’ throats.
mel,
when i think of sweeps, there is only one (5 game) that i can think of.
the rest pale in comparison.
wow
we are stuck with Steve Phillips for those of us watching on ESPN tonight
great….
Oh dear. Steve Phillips is going to be “broadcasting” the game in the ESPN booth?
Boston Dave: I think the mute button is more than called for in this instance.
MLB Extra Innings has the Cleveland feed (instead of YES). I guess that’s still better than ESPN.
Trisha,
sorry- no experience in that.
Steph,
no doubt about that.
the trolls in here are bad enough. we dont need to listen to trolls broadcasting the game on top of it.
Phillips will trash A-Rod by what, 7:35?
The game’s on YES as well, so if you’re in the NY market, you don’t have to listen to Steve Phillips.
Unfortunately, I have MLB.tv. I don’t feel like starting it up, so I guess I can start the audio with Waldman and Sterling and watch the game on ESPN.
I hope Mussina has another good/solid performance tonight
Will there be game?
No negativity necessary by posters on this board. Steve Phillips will provide it all this evening even if Mussina were to throw a no-no.
Phillips will trash A-Rod after he gets done trashing Moose, I’m sure. Then he’ll need someone else to talk about.
There be game.
Moose line predictions: 5 2/3 innings, 7 hits, 2 runs and 3 BB, 3K’s.. Yanks win the game though!!
Rebecca – The beauty of this blog – besides Pete – is bringing together people who otherwise wouldn’t know one another, and who join together in rooting for the Yankees.
Boston Dave, I have the YES feed through Extra Innings, as well as the Cleveland feed. Maybe that’s a deal with DirectTv?
Jimmy27 – thanks for looking!
Thanks, Rebecca.
I wish we had a set lineup
lead-off walk – that’s a good start!
trisha.
really? that’s no fair
alright. 2 on no outs
Joe–Yep.
Paolo–Welcome.
gotta capitalize on this!!
trisha – sorry, I don’t deal with leases.
Lucky Jeter looked like 4-6-3
nice to see Jeter avoid the DP!
Melky has really impressed me with his ABs this year.
Thankfully Jeter didn’t GIDP there.
Jeter tries his patented 4-6-3 play but the Indians will have none of that.
i think no matter what the outcome, the yanks are going to have to start using jorge at 1B. i know he has taken grounders there and i think he actually played a few innings there, but his future might have to be at 1B or DH, at least part of the time. he cant be any worse than giambi and he’s certainly a better hitter. and molina is certainly a better catcher.
Good break there. We better score a couple this inning.
lets make Laffy Taffy work!
Trisha – a believer in Igawa? What are your thoughts on the Easter Bunny and Santa Claus?
JMO – OK you’re right … you got me on the Igawa thing.
that sounded like a HR off the bat.
Cmon Alex… just get the run home now.
The ay Abreu hit that you woulda thought it was going out…
A-Rod needs to get at least one of those runs in.
Quite an accident that we have two on. I have a rhetorical question, a frustration point, but not a whine by any stretch of the imagination. WTF with Jeter and his GIDPS?!
Thanks I feel better.
My guess for Moose tonight? 3 hitter going into the 7th.
Don’t ask me where that came from. Just said the first thing that came to mind.
Guess not. 2 out…
eh
bats need to get hot eventually
Oh~~~~
Does Arod lead the league in infield/foul popups? And I’m just askin’, not hatin’!
Was that Hideki Irabu as the bat boy in the Yankee dugout?
they need to adjust ARods contract
rather than bonuses for his career HR, give the guy a bonus for doing his job and getting a run home from 3rd with less than 2 outs.
he has been popping out more often than i can ever remember.
is that Hideki Irabu in the dugout!?!
ok obviously it’s not, but can he catch?
Ellen – thanks anyway.
ANSKY – Santa? Love him! Easter bunny? Love him!
Nick,
i cant see how he wouldnt be in the lead for that
Nick, I was thinking the same thing….I have NEVER seen a guy pop up so much in all the years I’ve watched baseball..
Laffy looks like a mix of David Wright and Scott Kazmir
yikes
that sucked.
Let’s go Moose
The Yankees strand more people than Oceanic 815.
That said, on a normal night, the Abreu and Giambi balls are home runs.
Giambi and Bobby put nice wood on the ball. Betcha before the night is out…
Warning track power from the Big G who has been getting “Good at bats” apparently. Here I thought he has a 177 batting average.
RISP…………runners in stranded position, again….. This team could be 5 games over .500 with just a few timely hits..
Why do our hitters NEVER cut down on there swing go make sure we get the run in instead of trying to hit 500 foot bombs? We MUST have one of the worst percentages in all of baseball from getting that runner in with less than 2 down. All of nothing hitters, they need to swallow that effin pride and play baseball the right way!!!!!
geO
April 28th, 2008 at 7:16 pm
Laffy looks like a mix of David Wright and Scott Kazmir
yikes
He looks like Micah Owings?
Can any stat wizards give me A-Rods avg with RISP this season? He seems popup/strikeout prone in those situations. Not even getting good wood on the bat.
That was two hard hit balls that sounded like they should have produced more than outs. But as long as ARod keeps popping up, it seems like it will do no good to get anyone on. If they have been pitching him in and in and in, as Michael Kay was saying, why hasn’t ARod made adjustments? Everyone always talks about making adjustments, but I never see it on the Yankee side. I see other teams making adjustments, but not Yankee hitters. Pitchers, yes; hitters, not so much.
Nick,
I don’t think there’s a stat for that (though I wouldn’t be surprised at all if there were), but anectdotally, yes.
Have all of Giambi’s hits been homeruns this season?
Kennedy vs. Laffey would’ve been a good matchup.
Slow the swing down Alex and make contact. It could result in an RBI on many occasions.
Rebecca-
what does that mean? – I’m lost.
Mel, I remember Giambi getting at least one hit into right field.
Why is Giambi constantly in the lineup? Not only that, Girardi feels the need to move him up, ahead of Matsui.
Matsui has, arguably, been our best hitter. Is he in Girardi’s dog house or something.
Giambi has been terrible outside of two games and he still gets start after start. It makes no sense. Why did we call up Duncan if we weren’t going to bench Giambi against lefties?
Right away, this bonehead move by Girardi pays off, Giambi hits an easy fly ball to right field on a 3-1 count with 2 out and runners in scoring position. That should’ve been Matsui in that spot!
I’m so sick of seeing Giambi in the lineup, what is the deal here?
Rebecca, as a Lost geek, I can say with statistical certainty that the Yankees actually strand more people than Oceanic 815.
Unless you count those that didn’t survive the crash, in which case we won’t be able to say that until…. um, sometime in mid-May at this rate.
I haven’t seen this many stranded since the last Gilligan’s Island episode…..
tight strike zone tonight…
not good for Moose
Uh, Giambi hit that ball pretty damn hard. You people are retarded.
Mel, of 11 Giambi hits this season, 5 were HR.
Did Clemens have sexual relations with Mindy? Vote now.
It looks like Moose is throwing a good mix of pitches tonight.
I am telling you. Aliens came down to earth just before the start of the season and the Yankees are the Cubs and the Cubs are the Yankees.
remember in ST when giambi was going the other way and knocking the cover off the ball? just like he did in oakland in his mvp year? im sure he doesnt have any hits to LF yet and he’s hitting 170.
he wont even go to LF with RISP and 2 strikes.
$20M doesnt get you much anymore
Nick: LMAO! I haven’t seen LOST in ages, need to get Season Three on DVD and catch up.
Nice strike out from Moose!
Boston Dave, OK…now you STOP with that A-Rod Bashing !!!
DIRTY!!!
Nice first inning for Moose. Keep it up.
I don’t understand that strikeout pitch looked exactly like the pitch that was a ball before it. I can’t figure out if Moose is gunna have trouble with that outside strike or not.
Beauty of a pitch.
Rebecca,
Very eerie reference there, the Oceanic 815.
good evening everyone.
So sad reading this.
Jorge Posada flew to Birmingham, Ala., today to meet with Dr. James Andrews. No word yet on his status. Tonight will be the first game the Yankees will play without Posada on the roster since Sept. 1, 1996.
This is the difference between the teams of the last few years getting bounced in the 1st round versus teams in the late 90’s winning championships. We had baseball players that were all for the good of the team versus personal stats. Are you telling me that Bernie Williams in the late 90’s or Tino wouldn’t have cut that swing down, hit a fly ball into the outfield and scored that runner from 3rd? Those teams would have made Cleveland pay and pay dearly for that missed 4-6-3. This team, just continues to try and hit 500 foot bombs. But to be fair, those teams had much better starting pitching, and the bullpen was, well… I don’t need to tell ya.
Nice Moose!
16 pitches that inning
trish,
Thanks. Again, anectdotal, but that means there’s hope.
Did Hafner argue that called strike 3? Gameday showing Moose getting the ump love.
Clemens hooked up with Hannah Montana???????? What’s this world coming to???
One down, eight to go…
That ball was not hit hard by Giambi, he got under it.
Giambi’s batting average entering tonights game: .177
Against lefties this season, Giambi is batting: .000
That’s right, he doesn’t have a hit against a lefty. He’s been awful.
He has 5 homeruns, but we’ve lost three of the four games he’s hit homeruns in. Either way, I don’t care how many homeruns you hit when you can’t do simple things, like get a hit. HE HAS 11 HITS IN 63 AT BATS!
He’s awful and I think he’s probably the main reason why the Yankees just aren’t scoring runs this season.
His only asset this season has been his OBP, but that doesn’t help us when he’s serving as protection for Arod.
That pitch certainly didn’t make Matsui look very good.
Not sure if it was brought up by Zito may go to the pen. I think this might be the first pitcher in history who got worse once he went from the al to nl.
SDJohn -
Do you really believe these guys are trying simply to pad their statistics? I doubt it. I think they’re going at it the wrong way, but they are trying to score the runners.
And the offensive futility continues. By the way, Ensberg sucks.
Mel, I definitely haven’t given up on Giambi.
I think there is more than hope. But you know some of the posters here. Come on. Anything short of a Yankee shutout where the offense scores at least 10 runs is grounds for raging and criticism!
Great 6 pitch inning.
GREAT commercial on YES!
sd john
you are absolutly right about that. the 90’s yankees were the best team i’ve ever seen at capitalizing on the opposition’s mistakes, it was uncanny. you throw to the wrong base, both yankees would move up and come home without a hit, you miss getting the lead runner, the yankees turned it into a 4 run, 2-out rally.
this is a different team.
Hopefully the at-bats will get better the second time through since they have not seen this pitcher before.
I mean the one with the car and the animals, not the gross hairy guys and Old Spice.
Great, Laffey’s settled down. Lots of AO, so maybe one or two will do us a favor and leave the park.
Pale hose tie it up in the bottom of 11th.
‘Lost’ season three starts off a little slowly (and has some VERY DISTURBING BOSTON RED SOX CONTENT) but ends very well and is highly worth it if you enjoyed seasons one and two.
Much like Arod’s season 2008 has started off pretty slowly but will also end very well and is highly worth it if one enjoys late October/early November NYC parades!
Man, this Laffey’s stuff is ELECTRIC ! I wouldn’t think even an all-star team’s lineup could even bloop a single in on him…Give this dude a $200 million 10 year contract right now….put this one in the L column and let’s hop on the plane back to NY ( oops, sorry, a troll just invaded my brain )….and now back to the game….
Nick: I saw the Red Sox episode. Best LOST ending ever.
I didn’t see any episode after January, though, cos I was in London an didn’t get TV (wasn’t going to pay for just four months)
Doreen, of course they are “trying” to score the runner, but when you don’t cut down on your swing or make any adjustments whatsoever and continue to fail getting the job done, than I would say they are defintely going about it all wrong. When other teams come up in a situation with runners on 3rd with less than 2 down, you don’t see them swinging from there heels, especially with 2 strikes. We do. Do you see Giambi, Arod, EVER simply try and put bat on ball and score the run? NEVER. Shorten your swing give yourself more bat control and do YOUR JOB
Does it seem to anyone else that this balls are not moving today?
Is $28m ever going to buy a sac fly?
EDIT: these FLY balls
Boston Yankee, with RISP, Arod is hitting a resounding 136.
Usually I can’t stand the guys that call the games for ESPN but this team isn’t bad outside of Steve “I traded Scott Kazmir for Victor Zambrano but still act like im smarter than everybody else in baseball” Phillips. Hershiser is pretty good.
I wonder if Jeter is every going to lay out for a ball again.
Giambi has 2 doubles to left field in Yankee Stadium alone.
Lost has been fantastic this season
SDJohn –
I agree they need to do those things; my quarrel was that it seemed you were saying they were being selfish in their approach. I had just posted that I don’t understand why other teams seem to make adjustments at the plate, and many of the Yankees don’t seem to. O they don’t seem to know how to.
Nice fast inning for Moose – that’s 2.
Nice job by Moose in getting the 6-4-3 DP.
At least Moose looks good…
Some time this season the Yankees will put together 3 hits in a row. I still am holding out hope on this.
Trisha – just saw your email, not really my area. Does your state (RI?) have any statute regarding the rights of landlords? The right of inspection seems pretty clearly defined in the contract as not to cover the prospective tenants inspection, but again, I would check with your state’s precedent in that area. Although, with a state as small as RI, I would guess you don’t have lots to research. Sorry I cannot help here, but good luck.
Speaking of 3 hits in a row, have they won 3 in a row yet this year?
I’m too scared to un-mute my TV. The radio broadcast team is good enough for me for the play-by-play.
Trisha – meant to say “just saw your post”.
Phillips is a moron, but it was Duquette who made the Kazmir trade.
Yea, they won 3 in a row last week. Jesus.
giambi thinks he’s still the cleanup hitter, in fact he’s a #7 hitter and needs to do a much better job at the plate. arod can swing for the fences, thats kind of his job but giambi, you’d think hed be trying to help the club somehow, knowing he’s hitting .170, but 6 years of having him here its clear, hes never going to cut down his swing to score a runner, he’s never going to hit a gb to the left side, not even with a runner on 2b, and he still hates dh’ing even though he is incapable as a fielder. nice guy, but way less of a ballplayer than his stats indicate.
We all know that cold weather isn’t their fav.
Dr. Cox, the air is cold and heavy and because of it the balls are not going to travel too far.
Yeah, the Yanks have won 3 in a row twice so far this year. No sweeps yet.
Yeah, the Yanks have won 3 in a row twice so far this year. No sweeps yet.
Dr. Cox; Those comments, and your name, made me LMAO.
for anyone watching YES right now, i would just like to say that derek jeter does not own a ford edge, according to NY state public records. so. liars!
Doreen,
Yes they did at one point. Once.
2 for 23 w RISP this series?????? You would think that just by the law of averages, something would fall in for a hit………..
MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSEEE
He’s not done…just give him time. He is what…close to 40 years old? Give him a break. Now all those who were just recently booing him will stop now.
Yanks need to hit with RISP..thats my main concern.
Kevin
Or twice, sorry…
But I think she was being sarcastic.
Jeter does not own an Edge, but the assistant to his assistant does…………..
Sorry, Keith, but I had a busy week.
Giambi also has a HR to left on the road….so 2 doubles and a HR to left so far this year….that’s pretty close to ZERO hits to left,,,right ?
Frits – Derek lives in Florida, not NY, so maybe he keeps the Edge there.
A hit for the Yankees would be nice.
Doreen, we agree then. I guess I need to stop comparing these guys to those guys because it’s a much, much different team. I love em just as much, but dear got it’s frustrating watching these guys fail at almost EVERY facet in the game that those teams excelled in. I just thought Girardi would instill some of those values of playing the game the right way to EVERYONE, no matter how far or how many HR’s you can hit.
Laffey seems sort of a joke to be honest. He wont last very long, as long as we get some key hits and make him rattled pitching out of the stretch.
Here comes Jeter’s first HR.
Motown, thanks.
I have been multitasking while watching the game – googling leases. I think your idea is a great one. I’ll check out our general laws.
Jeter could own his Ford Edge in Florida or Michigan, not just New York.
I got mine in blazing copper.
its possible. but when the records showed a hummer and a ferrari(?). not sure about the ferrari, maybe it was something else, but def. a hummer. and there was no edge. he probably keeps it in florida in a special climate controlled garage, away from prying eyes.
I hope that helps. Seems to me that landlords would have some sort of rights in that instance. Unless your state is very pro-tenant.
great all those hits to LF and he’s hitting .170. can we find anyone else who can bat .170 so we can give sign him for $20M?
I hate homeruns!!
I do not own an Edge. Therefore, I am not Derek Jeter.
I’d say it appears that Jeter is not running as quickly as usual. I wouldn’t be surprised if he is nursing something or another. You know Jeter will never complain. I actually wish he would because then it would at least explain some of the down times he has.
Does David Cone, who was a favorite player of mine, actually pay any attention to what goes on with the Yankees now? I’m growing tired of him as a broadcaster. He just called Jorge out for not being honest about an injury. Didn’t Jorge say it felt better and he was throwing one day with no pain, then the next it was back… meaning, he was being honest with how it felt and it just didn’t respond well the next day?
SDJohn,
I don’t understand why you need Girardi to “instill some of the values” of the late 90’s team. You talk like Torre wasn’t the MANAGER of those teams.
Motown, the only thing I can tell you about my state at this point in time is that we are the only one in the northeast already in a recession, while Mass. Conn. and NH all have growing economies.
so I was hoping this game was going to interfere with my studying…unfortunately I have been able to study with hardly any interruptions.
I am looking for something eventful to happen soon!
Gee, I guess it was so worth having a night game for the box office!
Coney making excuses for Jeter
Jeter is really making those Penn profs eat their words, huh.
See JMO, there is complaining and there is complaining. You wonder why people come down on you. It’s enough to say you think Giambi isn’t doing his job.
Isn’t it?
I’ve already said I believe in Giambi and think he will help the team. I don’t feel the need to say it ad nauseum or talk about his deep hits that didn’t translate to homers, etc., his great picks out of the dirt, his diving catches at times.
It’s enough for me to say I believe in him.
Isn’t it?
Jeter DOES own a Gillete Double EDGE razor, I’m told…
“derek jeter does not own a ford edge, according to NY state public records”
Since when are people’s vehicles public records? Are you a DMV employee?
A DP would be awesome here, Moose. Or a K.
c’mon Moose..get out of this
iron glove strikes again!
That should have been an out at third!
Maybe Jeter Leases an edge.
You people grousing about Giambi and his salary are completely missing the point. His value to the franchise has little to do with his defense and his production at the plate.
It’s all about marketing. Giambi is a huge draw within the Caucasian-American community. When the Yanks return to the Stadium tomorrow night, pay special attention to how the Caucasian-American media crowds around Giambi, and look at how many Caucasian-Americans there are in the stands.
The non-overseas t-shirt rights pay for his salary all by themselves!
He had no chance, they showed a different angle
Here we go, offense sucks, Moose can’t hold them forever. Any other fielder would have gone to third there.
Wow you guys are tough. You can’t assume you get an out at 3rd on a sac bunt. Be happy he got the out.
According to Cone he made the right move by going to first. Of course if you all know more than Cone, I’m willing to listen.
EricVA,
Torre had guys like Martinez, Williams, Girardi, Knoblauch, Raines. When guys like Giambi started getting signed in 01 and Arod’s trade wether he tried or not to instill how to play the game the right way. He obviously failed at that. I thought Girardi, (more of the disciplinarian) would make them listen to his baseball philosophy moreso than Torre did. That’s all.
SDjohn
I thought the same thing about the late 90’s teams always getting timely hits. Then I started watching Yankee Classics on YES and realized they weren’t as clutch as I had remembered. Or at least in the games I watched.
I figured winning multiple WS had a way of making my memory selective.
That a way, Moose. One more out.
Moose is doing a good job of changing speeds. That was a beautiful pitch.
Pedro…chill out a little. Nothing bad has happened.
come on…1 more
Pete: RISP stat: LOL. It really did seem as though Laffey was all but offering them the lead on a platter with fries and a supersized drink. He seems to have been energized by their inability to push even one of those runners across. Although in fairness, I guess Yankees pitchers respond the same way when they get out of jams.
Did you watch the other angle. He had no chance, the runner was already sliding into the third when Jason picked the ball up.
Whenever Giambi has to make a throw, I’m happy with an out at any base.
That looked like strike three.
nick: Blog comedian du jour!
trisha, the discussion about giambi started after he failed once again to score a risp. im sure plenty of ppl would have been gushing again about arod had he hit a hr there. just because several ppl commented about another giambi failure, its repeating it?
and then as you are typing that comment, he screws up again by bobbling the ball.
but constant praise (jeter, arod) is perfectly acceptable?
SDJohn,
They also had GREAT starting pitching
Cone, El Duque, Wells, Clemens, Pettitte, etc.
The 2000 teams DID NOT have that. It had nothing to do with Torre. Didn’t the Yanks get to the playoffs every year under him? Obviously they were doing something right.
Eric VA -
You gotta learn to ignore the background noise. There are people here who are fidgety unless they can find a reason to complain. If there isn’t one, they’ll make one up!
Nice job by Moose.
I still think Jeter is having a problem with his quad. He didn’t run quickly to first, he didn’t move too far to grab a few balls, and he missed one altogether. Not Jeterlike.
Trisha,
Yeah I know. I’m here all the time but usually don’t comment during games because of the craziness that surfaces. Plus, with the Extra Innings package, I can’t watch Yankees games and sit at my computer unless it’s an ESPN game.
Trisha,
Bad defense is *very* Jeter-like.
just froze the play on my tivo and looking at it right now. the ball just hit giambi’s mitt and his hand is reaching for the glove and the runner’s back leg is just about exactly 1/2 way between the bases. thats an easy play at 3b.
Any sort of out pitch would be nice for Moose. Even when he has decent stuff he can’t put batters away.
C’mon Moose you can get outta this!
MOOOOOOSE!!!!!
that was awfully close!
Super job by Moose pitching around the error. He is looking good again tonight.
Trisha – you may be right about Derek – it is really cold there and his leg could be bothering him.
the MOOSE, the MOOSE, the MOOSE is on FIRE……
Sloppy..but the job was done.
Kevin
Time to take off the mittens! This butcherboy defense has got to drive Moose crazy.
Boy, Giambi had me worried there. Moose picks up Jeter and doesn’t let the runners score.
What a battle by Moose. The two seniors getting the out.
I wonder whose fanbase is more ticked off right now? Yankees or Indians?
JMO, ou haven’t seen me or anyone else, I believe, praise Arod or Jeter. But I don’t feel the need to overstate the obvious when someone isn’t producing. I also don’t feel the need to trash Yankee players.
I’m just saying that I think that anyone who wants to post a complaint can do so by making a statement and leaving it at that. Nobody here needs to read constant whining and complaining. It gets old and also detracts from the enjoyment of the game.
That said, I realize it’s everyone’s right to say what they want. But it’s so much more pleasant when posters aren’t puking up their guts with constant complaints. Hell we’re still in April. It’s not like someone has blown the season yet!
EricVA,
I suggest you re-read my original post on the subject before you try and argue about something I obviously pointed out in the post. I’m not trashing Torre or Girardi bro, so chill out and realize what your arguing about. The orignal post stats exactly that.
Thank God. Giambi again with the bobble. But we escape that.
Maybe now we’ll be patient and make this young, inexperienced, rookie pitcher work.
Taking pitches against pitchers like Laffey is all you need to do. Make him throw a lot of pitches, get tired, throw out of the stretch, and make mistakes.
People like Cano, who are in terrible slumps, should not be continuously swinging at the first pitch. They know he might and they throw something high or outside and he goes right for it.
Some run support for Moose would be nice.
giambi should be the backup catcher, he blocks the ball better then he fields it
Hi Amanda,
Read your blog entry for yesterday…I like your positive outlook on the current Yankee “storm”…good way to look at things!
I too believe it will work out…
Moose is doing his job. Time for the offense to do their part.
“Any sort of out pitch would be nice for Moose. Even when he has decent stuff he can’t put batters away.”
Clearly and demonstrably false.
But you do have a short wick when it comes to Yankee frailties I’ve noticed – or what you perceive to be Yankee frailties!
Thanks Dynasty!
Doesn’t matter. They’re getting no-hit. When is the last time a team won despite being no-hit?
Wow- when did this become a Red Sox circa 2001-2003 blog? The degree of negativity and reactionary comments has reached a new high.
Giambi is on the team, for better or worse. He is swinging a bit better. A-rod can’t play the field right now, so DH is locked up. You could play Shelley- but it’s no better defensively.
Moose is throwing well again. The ball is not going to travel well tonight. Need to manufacture a run, but its the third inning.
Little patience.
Keith I guess we’ll just agree to disagree on Jeter.
Fran, it seems that you and I and several others trusted that Moose was going to be able to be a mainstay for the rotation.
So it looks like if we get one hit tonight it’ll be impressive.
Popup to the left side. Giambi using all fields. Good sign.
This is just embarrassing. These guys are making millions of dollars and they can’t get a hit off of this nobody?
Ok SDJohn,
I read your original post and still stand by everything I said. I’m totally chill…just pointing out that I think differently than you. It’s ok to disagree.
Has Laffey even broken a sweat? Make him work!
That went by too quickly
Back to work Moose
Hello offense? Are you there? It’s me…wake up.
Zito is being moved to the bullpen according to ESPN the Magazine. THAT is one expensive reliever.
Horrible half-inning. The Yanks need to make this kid work, they’re giving it away to him right now.
It’s not an opinion, its a pretty widely accepted fact.
This is frustrating to watch.
That was an absolutely pathetic performance that half inning. Swinging early in counts and whacking dribblers to second rather than getting solid contact followed by a weak popout on the first pitch.
We need to take PITCHES and swing at the pitches that we know we can drive. This is ridiculous.
Where’s Damon?
Is this pitcher that good? Our 3-4-5 hitters go down like little leaguers.
Maybe they are depressed over losing Jorge. Still, no excuse.
ARod wasn’t really running too well either on that ground out, I thought.
This is just a continuation of the same old story of late – unknown pitcher manages to befuddle a veteran offense. Again, can’t they learn some new tricks?
Jeter and Arod are both definitely playing hurt. Jeter hasn’t ran to 1st in his at bats, or dive to field a ball. Arod didn’t even run at all in his last at bat. Maybe he can’t drive the ball because he isn’t using his legs, because his at bats have been awful.
CC –
1967 was the last time.
Sorry…couldn’t help myself.
Eric VA,
So you think Giambi or Arod are making adjustments or cutting down on their swing to get runners in from 3rd with less than 2 down? R u serious? or are we talking about 2 different things here?
I just hate to see them waste a great effort so far by Mussina, who now has to go back out there before even being able to catch his breath…
Pete, my but we’re a little defensive. (lol)
Anyone know where the Yankees misplaced their offense?
Offense? Anyone? Beuller?
SDJohn what team do you coach hitting with? Your insights are invaluable.
Well sadly I do. If you watch A-Rod, he just isn’t driving the ball at all recently. Both Giambi and A-Rod are popping up a lot, which makes me think they are trying to hit sac flies but missing.
trisha –
Now that you are the current arbiter of what are and are not appropriate comments for this blog, please be good enough to post a clear set of rules so that we do not inadvertantly offend your exalted self.
Kid has a no hitter through 4. What a wreck. Hey I just found the Yankees Offense in the dumpster down the street. I’ll try to get them to the Bronx in time for tomorrow’s 7:05 start.
It would be nice if the offense could even get him the tiniest bit of breathing room. That first inning could very well come back to haunt them.
Pete: relax.
Keith,
Huh?
KB – Absolutely the truth. You will always be able to count on certain of us to keep the faith and certain others to fall apart.
cc – let me see, when’s the last time a team won despite being no hit. Well it actually did happen you know. But I can tell you the last time a team won when they were being one hit deep into the game. Try this weekend when the Rays got to Clay Bucholz who was pitching a one hitter going into the 8th.
I wouldn’t worry about tonight being a no hitter with us just in the fourth. If you know anything about the Yankees you know that they always struggle against pitchers they haven’t seen before. You also know that most teams with a new pitcher need to go through the lineup at least once to figure the pitcher out.
If that isn’t good enough, well as long as we don’t let them score any runs, they can take a no hitter into the 9th and if we hit one out we win the game.
In other words, try not to worry.
orel says moose is a hof’er, phillips says no.
gotta agreee with phillips there.
The coaches/trainers may have told Arod and Jeter to be careful with their legs today due to the cold.
Honestly, I just want to get out of this game without more injuries.
Not sure why the Giants think that Zito will be able to get people out from the bullpen.
KB,
Good points, but I’d have to disagree with the Shelley comment-from what I’ve seen he’s better than Giambi at first…
However, I still think Giambi can produce at the plate, but we’ll have to wait and see…
Remember a couple of years ago…2006, I think…he was terrible the first half and then outstanding the second half…
Barry Zito moved to the bullpen, the most expensive reliever ever.
what’s up with all the qualifications on the updates?
From ESPN, the Tigers just called up 3 minor league LHP (two from single A) to face the Yanks.
Can we get the Giants to put Pavano in their bullpen too?
What is with these comments from Pete after his general game comments? What has ticked Pete off? Somebody was talking about an critical article before? A link please?
VRSCE -
I guess you missed this part of my post.
“That said, I realize it’s everyone’s right to say what they want. But it’s so much more pleasant when posters aren’t puking up their guts with constant complaints. Hell we’re still in April. It’s not like someone has blown the season yet!”
Complain away!
but heres the thing trisha, what you call “losingthe faith”could just as easily be a cold, hard, and accurate assessment of this team. you have to at least the possiblility that this just isnt a very good team. thats not my opinion but there is nothing wrong with anybody who believes it.
I’ll settle for a Yankees hit tonight.
Moose at 64 pitches. Get the bullpen ready.
If Igawa pitched against the Yanks..I mean the major league Igawa and not the AAAA pitching one…would the Yanks even hit him?? Every single inning they go down 1,2,3 against anyone whether it is CY or a AA pitcher, it is pathetic and kind of hard to believe!!!
Melissa – There was a NYYFans article positing that Pete is too anti-Girardi. It was discussed during the day here. I think Pete wants us to get the sarcasm, in a sarcastic way.
EricVA,
We will agree to disagree, but you have to give yourself a good chance to hit a medium fly ball in the outfield. The best chance at doing that is cutting down on your swing. You don’t have to swing all out to hit a fly ball deep enough to score that runner. If you think Arod was making an adjustment, we will have to agree to disagree. As far as Giambi goes, this guy REFUSES to make any adjustment to “his approach”. But Moose is doing one helluva job keeping us in this one. Hope that continues.
Melissa,
Pete is making fun of the readers who take his comments and then rip him for every little thing he says.
Either that or he found out that Hank Steinbrenner is a loyal reader of the blog.
Oh no, Moose losing his command?
what is with Pete’s disclaimers in parenthesis after his comments does anybody know?
cc- good one
“UPDATE, 7:16 p.m.: 0 x 3 with RISP in the first off a pitcher who seemed to be begging to give up a few runs. That’s 2 for 23 in the series. (Note: Please do not take this as some kind of commentary on the Yankees or part of some secret agenda. We’re just passing along a statistic that would seem to be of interest to educated readers).
UPDATE, 8:04 p.m.: They should give The Big G a blanket to smother the ball with. Then he could pick up the ball with the blanket and step on the bag. That would work better than the glove at this point. (Note: I am not actually suggesting this; it’s a joke. The comment was no way intended to besmirch Jason Giambi, the New York Yankees or Joe Girardi, all of whom I hold in the highest regard).”
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I believe Pete is now officially giving us his “commentary” on *the article* ???
pete is cracking me up…
Melissa,
Some other blog wrote an article slamming Pete for slamming Girardi.
He’s being sa-tir-a-cal.
It’s too early in the season to be anti-Girardi. Give the guy a chance. A lot of what has happened is not his fault. The injuries, the bad weather, the God awful schedule, the nonexistant offense. Not his fault.
For love of the Yankees, can we please get Moose some run support?
trisha –
I am not complaining about the Yankees or even your self righteousness, just pointing it out. In case you were unaware.
Another nice inning by Moose. Offense needs to come alive at some point. Or at least get a hit.
JMO -
I absolutely agree with what you said. I have seen posters actually post “This is not a very good team.” I have never felt the need to make a comment to them even though I don’t agree. That is their right. I’m talking about the over-the-top constant whining posters who need to bitch about every pitch and every AB and down every player who isn’t on top of his game and cry about everything and everyone. The ones who wanted to dump Matsui and Damon after about two games!
To me that’s pure craziness.
I’m watching this Dontrelle Willis commercial. Has he even taken the ball for DET? That’s a contract that’s going to come back and bite them on the butt.
LMAO, Chi Sox and Baltimore suspended in the 12th!
Can we break up this no-hit crud?
Dynasty- I can see the argument, but its not like we have Olerud on the bench. Shelley is certainly younger and probably more mobile, but we won’t suddenly be saving runs defensively there. And without a DH (Arod locking that down), I think you have to give Giambi at-bats.
Trisha- thanks. Hard to believe that its the lawyers (aka scumbags) who are not overreacting! (yes, I’m a lawyer too- comment directed at JMO)
I don’t know why Pete is a reporter when he could easily be a comedian.
Man, Matsui almost hurt himself with that swing.
Colin
April 28th, 2008 at 8:16 pm
What is with these comments from Pete after his general game comments? What has ticked Pete off? Somebody was talking about an critical article before? A link please?
.
Suffice it to say that if you go to NYYFans dot com, you will see what ticked off Pete…
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The offense went straight home after the Chicago series. They are home on the couch waiting for Paradise Hotel @ 9
“LMAO, Chi Sox and Baltimore suspended in the 12th!”
It’s been raining in ChiTown all day. I was surprised they even got that game to the 9th.
Lawyers eh? I’m studying for my property final which is Wednesday. This finals business for 1L law school sucks pretty much more than anything, ever.
Rumor has it the Yanks have a 9:45 flight to New York tonight
Okay, all together now…….We want a hit, we want a hit, we want a hit………….
This is a generalization and not to be confused with ragging on the Yankees.
PLEEEEEEEZE …… how about some serious run production.
So, which Yankee is going to get the first hit tonight? Because we are not getting no-hit.
Keep in mind, if Arod could hit a fracking fly ball, the Yanks wouldn’t even NEED a hit to be leading this game.
This guy is averaging 10 pitches an inning. The Yankees should be embarrassed by their hitting performance or lack thereof.
Rob- law school gets a lot better after first year, just hang on.
We want a single, just a little single, S-I-N-G-L-E, single, single single…
(was an old summer camp jingle we used to do)
Hit coming up shortly…
They are acting like this guy is Cy Young.
That looked like an awfully low strike to Ensberg when he got the K.
Rob NY – you have my sympathies. Maybe you can answer Trisha’s question about leases. Does a tenant have a general right to bring in potential new tenants? She’s got an interesting fact pattern up above. Pop quiz!
VRSCE – you ATTEMPTED to point something out that was totally false. This is what you said:
“Now that you are the current arbiter of what are and are not appropriate comments for this blog, please be good enough to post a clear set of rules so that we do not inadvertantly offend your exalted self.”
So once I pointed out that I said everyone had the right to post what they wanted, you pulled a classic bait and switch and changed your entire premise.
The things that are righteous in my life are my God and my Yankees. I don’t pretend to be someone I’m not. I’m not insecure about the Yankees.
Now since I believe in letting other people enjoy the game, let’s put this to rest shall we?
Thanks Motown Yankees Fan and mel. I was just curious since he didn’t usually do that
Hey! It’s a baserunner!
Whatever it takes to get Cano on base.
That’s not what I meant!
Cano gets plunked in the digits. Well, they’ve got a runner on now.
Well if the Yankees are going to play like this every time it gets cold, this collection of players are doomed in October, right ? I mean, last time I checked, the World Series is played in the cold, right ?…UNLESS….the Yankees are going to purposely win only the Wild Card and make sure every team they play either in the AL or the World Series is a warm weather team…but wait….they have to find a way to throw the all-star game too, because they won’t be able to win any home games because it will be too cold for them to play…..right ??…I wonder why the highest paid team in baseball can’t play worth a &*^(*&^(*&^(* !!! in cold weather, but the teams they are playing AGAINST find a way to do it….Quick, someone write a report on this and get back to me…
i think pete’s being oversensitive about it. i like pete alot, and i’ve noticed an anti girardi bias too. nothing wrong with that its his blog, but i have noticed it. seems like it has to do with girardi not treating the press the way torre did.
but i say, too bad, dont give the other team any information they dont already have unless you cant avoid it. its nothing against the press, its just that anything they say, in esseince they are saying it directly to the opposing manager.
Todd
You got your Hit
So, has Laffey been suspended yet?
OW! Did you see Robbie grab Pena’s hand at first base.
Does Molina have a hit since returning from the DL?
Laffey might be better than advertised. He had a 2.80 ERA last four games of last season
trisha -
Very feeble.
Hey, Pete, do me a favor: take your own advice and don’t feed the trolls. I came to check in on the game and the overdone commentary is a lot more public than the comments you’re responding to, and is just feeding the negative commentary I hear about the blog.
Keep it simple, chief; and thanks for a solid blog.
That stunk.
And the drought continues . . .
Okay, Pete is going a bit overboard with the sarcasm. He shouldn’t let what other people say bother him. This is his blog and he can write whatever he wants on it.
Pete, ignore all the advice you’re getting to change your style. Do your thing! You’re the best in the business!
very frustrating
This is disgraceful. I’m really sick of watching this team roll over and go flaccid when they face a rookie pitcher for the first time.
It’s happened often enough that there is clearly some ridiculous kind of disconnect going on with the entire organization.
We bring a rookie up to start and the other club destroys him. Every other team feeds us a rook and we turn him into Cy Young.
Is this lineup such a spoiled bunch of babies that they can’t hit without video and prior at bats?
Oh, this offense is just painful to watch, even if it is only on Gameday. I’m sure they are all sick of travelling and I have heard reference that there have been flu and cold bugs going around, which may explain the anemic hitting to a certain extent, but this is painful.
You know, I can handle a loss. It’s this no hit thing that is making me nauseous.
KB, I think it’s because of our training where they force feed us looking at all sides of an issue that we are able to keep a cool head!
Okay I will officially say that this Cleveland kid is pitching a no hitter. I think the “rule” is that you wait until the end of the 5th. So I think I’m in time!
Expect a Yankee hit in the 6th!
I said this before the game started in this post and a few people argued it:
“A LHP that the Yankees haven’t seen before? For anyone that isn’t familiar with how the Yankees work, they will probably get 2-hit by this guy and we will be listening to the announcers talk about the “plus stuff†that Laffey has. Then he will give up 14 hits and 9 runs against the Royals his next game out.”
All that’s left is for the Royals to destroy Laffey. Oh yea, and for the Yankees to get a hit or two.
I don’t think Pete is being oversensitive…I think he is making a point. Last fall he claimed that it doesn’t matter who the Yanks manager is, even though a TON of readers claimed the Yankees would be more energetic and healthy and the bullpen would be “handled properly.” Now that we have much of the same, he’s showing how people were wrong. We all do it here, don’t we?
At least we’re witnessing history in the making. Here’s another one for you, when is the last no-hitter by an Indians pitcher?
cold has nothing to do with it, this offense is poorly equiped for post season games. this is a hr or nothing offense which cannot manufacture runs even with the opposition is setting them up. in the ps against the best pitching, hr teams go home.
I’m glad Pete hasn’t taken the criticism to heart.
*yikes*
Maybe we should stop complaining about the lack of offense…it’s almost like the baseball gods are saying, “Oh yeah? We can make it worse!”
We can has first baseman?
Aw man. They nearly had him picked off. Giambi should have gotten the tag down quicker.
Better check Laffey’s glove for illegal substances..
Testing on new phone
Oh God, do we need anymore proof that Giambi sucks at first? I can’t take watching this anymore.
nice throw by Molina, too bad someone wasn’t there…
If Don Mattingly had the glove on either hand it would be a much easier play!
no…cold is the excuse of the day….go with it…this is not a bad team…it’s just cold….cold is bad…M-kay ?
Giambi is SoooOoo low to first….
Good point. The Yankees score 100 runs a game! How about doubling that, baseball gods?
Yanks bats struggle against an unfamiliar soft-tossing rookie. Where have I seen this script before?
Ok, just hold the line, Moose, we have the top of the order up in the 6th, that’s when we start to break through. I mean they, not we. It’s only we after they get a hit.
Meanwhile, the Giambi legend grows.
Oh, jeez. Now Moose is having issues.
Come on now, calm down Moose.
Oh, and wake up bats.
We need a real first baseman. They had Blake out by a lot and yet again Giambi blows it. Defensive is important, and any competent first baseman bakes that play. SO frustrating, because the way it’s looking, that could cost us some runs and maybe the game.
Okay I predicted a 3-hitter for Moose. Am I over my quota?
OK…I’m going to go out on a limb to say that the Indians will score one run here, at least…..so unless the Yankees score a run,,,,,their hope of having the game called after 30 scoreless innings due to it being REALLY COLD is all but gone !
What issues is Moose having?
With the offense stuttering, I say we need a play at the plate. Forgo the double play and stop the guy from scoring.
How come Yanks never get bloop hits???????????
Oy to the Vey
That is like the 5th or 6th time already this year that Molina has thrown to Giambi and he has not even come close to tagging the runner any of the times. Any other person or statue gets the runner. I can’t wait until he is gone next year.
Phil Allard is pooping his pants in anger.
Doreen, I think Moose has looked great.
Yankees lost.
Len Barker, 1981
If there are any complaints that people can levy at Girardi, it’s that he continues to play Giambi at first despite the fact that every single game, Giambi either makes an error or doesn’t make a play that any competent first basemen would make.
An out would be nice.
CaptainsCorner
April 28th, 2008 at 8:38 pm
That is like the 5th or 6th time already this year that Molina has thrown to Giambi and he has not even come close to tagging the runner any of the times. Any other person or statue gets the runner. I can’t wait until he is gone next year.
Exactly right! This isn’t the first time. Molina has made tons of good throws and Giambi just can’t finish. It’s maddeningly frustrating.
So far I don’t think anybody can complain about Moose’s outing. He hasn’t gotten a lot of help at the plate or in the field.
“How come Yanks never get bloop hits???????????”
Because they work the count to 3-2 then strike out.
Moose has done a good job- broken bat hits happen. If Moose gives you 6 innings of 2 run ball, you sign for it every night. Bats need to wake up, despite my normal pessimism, I think they will tonight. Getting out of this with one run would be huge.
So, has anyone ever seen a triple play?
I have a feeling this is the inning that Moose loses it. I sense the nibbling…
So did I trisha. Those first two hits — first one good, pitch, second a bloop hit.
and that’s a wrap, folks….congrats to the Indians for winning the game in “sudden death” and the impending No Hitter by the Indians’ Phenom mister,,,uh..what’s his name ?….whatever….I’ve seen enuff of this crapola for tonight….good night, ALL !
we had mienkewitz! i said at the time that they should never have let him go.
I’m not saying that Giambi has to be Don Mattingly with the glove. But he at least has to give you the bare minimum. He hasn’t done that in any game that I’ve watched (and I’ve watched them all).
They have 400% more hits than we have in this one inning
Motown: 1999 or 2000, unassissted, Oakland at Yankees. Not a pleasant memory.
haha pete’s cracking me up with his updates and use of parentheses tonight. he doesnt have it out for girardi or anyone really. hes a member of hte press, the yankees dont sign his checks. the lohud paper is lucky to have him besides proctor (and ohlendorf!) pete is the hardest working man in baseball
This one’s not on Moose. This is on the pathetic showing of this vaunted millionaire filled offense.
They need to make changes to this team. They need a leadoff hitter sparkplug (Gardner?) and they need some guys who can handle a bat and are not feast or famine always swinging for the fences types.
Motown -
In fact I have. But I don’t think I’m going to be seeing one tonight.
KB – I think we’ll take this game too.
Public Service Announcement: Two and a Half Men will air in 18 minutes…
wow Moose really loves to hit that wall
A triple play would be excellent right now. Or a K and then a DP. Or a foul out, infield pop out, or a grounder back to the mound and then a DP.
really? come on Moose. let’s hope the Indians are also having issues with RISP.
Games like this make you not want to watch the inning. It is pathetic how bad they are against lefties they have never seen before.
Thank God, we got an out.
trisha,
True, the inning could have gone a lot better if Giambi makes that play…and then there was that bloop…
2 more to go…
ugh this could be a big inning
OT: did anyone see the game/highlights of the Astros/Cardinals game yesterday? If Farnsworth gets suspended 3 games, the pitcher on the Astros (forgot who it was) needs to be suspended. The guy sat there and yelled in at home plate to NAME THAT MOLINA!! (Yadier) and then throws way up and in to cause the benches to clear…. he better get suspended
Who’s tired of hearing that our offense is going to “turn” by all the media types? That we shouldn’t worry about it…??
On another note: I’ll bet Moose is kinda of pissed off right now.
c’mon Mooooooooooooooooooooooooose!
Now can I get that DP, Moose?
They need M&M’s. Bring back the M&M’s!
We got an out, but now Pronk is up….
Anyone else holding their breath when that was headed towards first. It’s sad because in a little league game I would feel confident their 1B makes that play. 20 million dollar first basemen for the best franchise in sports, not so much.
Moose has every right to be mad. There should be two outs now and one of the runs shouldn’t have scored.
I have to say that I think Moose has been phenomenal. He has been throwing first pitch strikes and he has been bearing down.
He has more than done his job.
Two runs right now seems insurmountable.
inning = Yankees.
A-Rod should takes notes from Hafner on getting guys in from 3rd with less than 2 outs.
Arod look that is what a sac fly is, and you make $20m or so more then Hafner does.
at least it wasn’t a grand slam.
“Moose has every right to be mad. There should be two outs now and one of the runs shouldn’t have scored.”
Moose should be mad right now because the Yankee offense against rookie lefties.
I thought Moose needed ice cream.
“Now that you are the current arbiter of what are and are not appropriate comments for this blog, please be good enough to post a clear set of rules so that we do not inadvertantly offend your exalted self.â€
That kind of comment is seriously rich from someone who went on and on at SA for saying something they deemed inappropriate the other day.
Pot meet kettle.
Hmmm, a guy cutting down his swing and hitting a fly ball to the outfield to score the run. That must be sweet. Wish Giambi or Arod would watch that.
At some point, you have to ask the question I’ve asked all year. How much longer do you play a .170 hitter at first who may be the worst defensive player in baseball?
For the 10th game this season, he has made a play at first that has cost them. That’s almost 50% of the games this year. He’s a disaster.
If this team isn’t going to hit, they can’t sacrifice defense for offense.
They are a putrid offense right now and Girardi wants to change the lineup every day. That’s fine but, you can’t sacrifice defense for an offense that is non-existent.
It makes it too tough on the pitchers. They try to pitch too fine and that’s a recipe for disaster.
Moose has pitched well but, you can’t pitch perfect games just to stay in them.
To keep them at 2 is good pitching. Unfortunately, he has an offense that can’t hit. A shame because the guy is pitching well enough to win a road game.
One more out, Moose, just one more out. 2 runs is nothing for the Yanks. They can score 2 runs in their sleep. Maybe not while they’re still in Cleveland tonight, but later on, sleeping on the plane.
I kid! One more out now and the Yanks go boom in the 6th.
That too. The offense hasn’t done its job at all. Moose is really pitching a nice game, but he has been given zero support.
Y’know what – I have -not- been in on any of the ‘DFA ___’ bandwagons.
But if Giambi doesn’t have 15 HRs by mid-May (yes, a joke), he has no business on this team – his defense makes him a net negative contributor unless he starts hitting like a superstar (unlikely).
Steph
If Giambi makes that play no runs score this inning. I’m not sure how any stat can quantify that. Not only would it have been an out, it would have erased a base-runner, the one that scored. And the sac fly would have been the last out. If everything played out similarly.
Giambi is not delivering at the plate well enough to justify this continued playing time at first.
ESPN keeps saying that Laffey is pitching brillantly. Sorry, but that is a mega overstatement. The truth is that the Yankees are stinking up the place with their offense. Any other team would be knocking this guy around.
will you guys please stop knocking on giambi, you’re making this very unpleasant for trisha. the fact that he is right in the middle of (and not in a good way) everything that’s going on so far.
Pete…
Love the extra commentary in the updates section. Be careful though you could be violating the secret rule buried in the Patriot Act about obvious comments about Yankees. George Bush and his thugs are going to come calling.
Well Trisha- i’m not a lawyer, i’m a law student but I have a little insight into your situation. Generally when you give someone a lease you give them your rights as a landowner; specifically your right to possess. Don’t quote me on this but I believe that while you may not have an absolute right to entry there is a right, with notice, to inspect the property. They will probably have to be there, unless they agree to not be I would think. I’d be willing to bet that there is some relevant state statute that would give you the pertinent information regarding bringing in a potential buyer though.
Not sure if that helps but my 0.02¢ nonetheless. Oh and thats 1/8 a billable hour so roughly 50$ for my fee as well.
Odds Mussina gives up a GS.
House is on in ten minutes!
Okay, Moose gets out of this one with two runs.
Everyone in the meantime needs to say that Laffey or whatever his name is, is pitching a no hitter. Make sure to use the words.
No, I’m not superstitious. It’s just, er, factual!
Moose walks the batter to set up the force at home
I’m not defending the offense, but a groundball pitcher in the cold is tough to hit, period.
Steve Phillips is almost as bad as Joe Morgan. He loves the sound of his own voice.
TOLD YA!!!!
MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSE
2 runs should not be insurmountable – of course the Yanks need to get some hits to get back those runs.
How are the Yankees being No Hit. What have I missed?
Nice damage control by Moose!
It’s a bit of a miracle Cleveland only got two runs there.
Now, I need the Yankees to get a hit so I can go watch House without feeling guilty.
Ok, now we get the last Laff! Come on Yanks, pound this punk!
dontfirecash
April 28th, 2008 at 6:33 pm
Moose’s line tonight:
5 6 2 2 1 2
Moose’s actual line
5 7 2 2 1 2
If you could all bow down to your computer screens, it would be appreciated.
Moose weathers the storm! Now let’s hit!
Over 90 pitches.Man with Hughes having thrown 95 in 5 innings and Kennedy the same way they are really killing this bullpen.I expect Hughes to be as good as everybody say he is.
But Kennedy and Mussina are looking more and more like 5 inning guys.Barely at that.
No, the Indians would have scored at least one run anyway. 3 singles in a row. Guttierez-Michaels-Dellucci. It would have been 1-0 Indians.
I know they won’t DFA Giambi, but is there a chance he could be sent down to Scranton to get his act together? It’s just painful to watch him. (That seems to be a running theme in my comments tonight)
Let’s score some runs this inning gentlemen.
2 runs there is good form, imo.
As for Peter’s comments. Screw the trolls. What good is a blog if it doesn’t have the writer’s personal opinion? That’s what I’m here for, at least.
Also, Girardi sucks.
SJ, how about this-
Three-fourths of the Yankees rotation is on a pretty strict pitch count, and often struggle to economize pitches (Mussina, Hughes, Ian). Giambi’s defense makes them throw more pitches, causing the bullpen to have to warm up and get in earlier. If Giambi makes that play, it saves Mussina a lot of pitches and maybe he can go another inning.
Defense is so under-rated in this game.
Nice way to get out of the inning Moose with only giving up 2 runs, considering it was bases loaded with no outs.
Whoo!
Moose did a good job getting out of that. Considering Giambi has no right EVER standing on a field with a glove. His gloves should be burned. I really don’t understand what the logic is by playing him there. If Matsui was hitting .100 and dropped 1 out of every 7 balls they would never let him LF, I don’t get the reasoning.
As far as the offense 2 runs looks like 20 to them and too much to over come at this point. A hit would be a start but I guess that is too much to ask against a AAA pitcher.
THANK GOD!!!!!!
Melky!!!!!!!
A HIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A cheapy, but I’ll take it
Thank you, dear Melky. An infield single.
Rob NY, thanks. I think you have hit it square on the head. They own the rights. If the lease doesn’t specify a situation, I think they can tell us to pound sand if they want to. And I absolutely am not into deception.
Incidentally, professional courtesy dictates that you should charge me less!
I haven’t laughed so hard in my life, keep those posts coming Pete.
SJ44,
what play did Giambi make that cost them?
Who is better than Melky??????
And Jeter gets away with a squibber! 2 on!
SJ44,
I’m wondering if Cashman is telling Girardi they need to find out NOW if they can keep Giambi on the roster or not. I can’t imagine any other reason to keep him in the game at this point if it’s not to reassure ownership you had no choice BUT to release him.
It’s craziness that he’s still playing.
Wow, is luck starting to turn our way? Can it be true?
Oh Yeah!!!! Here we GO!!!!!
Wow Melky has been shuting me up this year.But sadly only him and Molina are our best hitters.
Hey, what is this? Two hits in a row? Guess G-d really wants me to watch House.
The haven’t hit all year V. Didn’t hit yesterday, didn’t hit Saturday and really haven’t hit the entire season.
A couple of games here and there but, they haven’t hit w/RISP all season.
Its not 2 or 3 or even 10 games. Its 27 gamds and its enough to sense a trend.
That trend is, they can no longer afford to play Giambi everyday.
That’s an inning where no runs score if you have a real first baseman playing tonight.
At some point, you have to come to the conclusion that you can no longer sacrifice defense for offense in the lineup.
Its ironic because Giambi isn’t even hitting. Melky Cabrera is a bigger offensive threat than Giambi right now.
They can’t blow the entire team up. That will happen in the off-season.
But, they can start by getting Giambi off first base. That would be a step in the right direction.
Can we stop saying the Yanks don’t get any breaks now?
1st and 2nd no out. Life is looking a lot better now with the heart of the order coming up, though Laffey is still dealing.
There are 4 innings left.
This is a loss in past seasons with Torre; that’s always how I felt.
I feel that Yankees at least have a chance with Giardi. Dunt know why, just a feeling.
Anyone else have this change in feelings?
what is this? 2 hits?
wow
Uh, how about some thanks for the person who REALLY brought this about?
I SAID “NO HITTER” BEFORE THE 6TH INNING!!!
P.S. It works every time. Don’t ask me why, it’s part of the mystique of this marvelous game.
Don’t tell the Yankees there’s a runner in scoring position. Maybe they’ll get a hit. Yeah Bobby! Bases loaded and no out!
And they’re loaded!!!!
LETS GO AROD EARN YOUR KEEP!!!!!!!
A-Rod 2nd chance to drive some runs in today
Okay, why did they have to load the bases? They know that they don’t produce under these situations!!
Hmm, what’s this?
Arod with the bases loaded, none out! Hmmmm.
Thank you, trisha…not what else can you bring about for us?
Collin, KB and I already said we thought we’d take this game.
Fran said so before.
We’re with ya.
Right Center field Alex
Man, A-Rod is huge. Look at his legs!
Then don’t tell them that the bases are loaded. Say there’s only a runner on first.
Come on, A-Rod. Just about anything can get at least one run in except for an infield fly, a K, or a foul out.
hhhmm…interesting
He has been falling behind every count. Its hard to hit when your behind
Dynasty, how about a granny?
ARod has been rolling over the top of a -lot- of pitches lately. Ground fouls to the left side, ground outs to 3B and SS. Something’s gotta be wrong with his command.
Yes
Trisha,
I meant: “now what else can you bring about for us?”
NICE HIT BABY
Well, that’s one way to get a man home.
Oh no, Arod’s L – O – N – G swing is back…Can you imagine what he’s going to look like at age 39 or so?
Whew! Thanks for getting hit, Arod.
RBI for Laffey!
HAHAHA, I’m not even surprised.
That’s one way to do it. A-Rod gets the painful version: HBP RBI.
command –> mechanics I meant (said command when he was HBP, heh)
Perfect! Good to take one for the team A Rod!
That’s an RBI with RISP, Arod! You DA Man!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’ll take it!
pinch hit Duncan here
A-Rod got bailed out right there. A-Rod is definitely not feeling his swing lately. When it’s good, it looks effortless. Lately, it looks like he’s swinging for a 5 run homer.
Left Center field Jason. Don’t try and pull everything
Yeah! An RBI with RISP!
And here’s where the G-Man gets that run back. Come on Jason!!!!!
Hopefully Giambi is patient and makes the kid work.
ive been all over melky for past two years hes my boy. love him as the leadoff hitter of the future. hes learning to walk more but really really needs work with his bunting, thast an easy tihng to learn. that being said, where is it in damon’s contract that HE MUST bat leadoff every game? i know hes hot lately but when he does his slumpy thing he deserves to bat ninth and melky first
If Giambi = GIDP, then someone at the game needs to break one of his knees…( I am pretty sure I am joking )
May is going to be a better month for A-Rod. You heard it here first!
wheww no dp!
actually a productive weak grounder for Jason
I’ll take it
better than a K!
Never been so happy by a HBP and a weak grounder to 1st EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Or perhaps a slow grounder?
He tied the game. He did not hit into a DP. He did not K. Give him credit.
Well lookie there. A tie score. I’ll even take that out by Giambi. Come on Matsui!
lol, Did ESPN just show Shelly Duncan smacking high five with Jeter?
MoBoy
Agreed Kennedy and Moose are not top pitchers right now. They weren’t asked to be aces, just fill a role.
Kennedy will get better … sooner better than later I hope … but the consensus is he’ll most likely get better at some point.
Moose won’t get much better than he is, although giving up just 2 runs in 5 innings so far isn’t a disaster and neither was his last game. We can only hope he does this more half the time. Not much more was expected from him either, other than to maintain it for bout 150-170 innings.
Lemme guess..they walk Matsui to get to Ensberg who has a K waiting for us ???
And Matsui hits a weak grounder and the Yanks take the lead. Not bad. Productive outs, at least.
If only we didnt know Pete… we could easily mistake his “Notes” to come from a high school kid.. wait make that elementary school kid..
thanks God we know Pete.. he needs a red bull and then he blabber like a real old Baseball expert..
Who said we couldn’t manufacture runs?
Man, this has been the cheapest 5 runs I’ve ever watched. Rofl.
Any way you can get ‘em!!!! GO YANKS!
Who cares? Runs are runs. It’s a cold night. We lead. Be grateful!
Super-ultra extreme small ball………
THREE RUNS AND NOT ONE BALL HIT OUT OF THE INFIELD …CLASSIC
wow…what a maroon the CLE mgr is….thanks , ya DOLT !
Hopefully may is a better month collectively for the yankees
Looks like Laffey became unhinged.
But he’s still doing better this inning than a typical Farnsowrth inning.
Finally, some offense. Don’t stop now!
pathetic
The Yankees knock Laffey out. Take the runs any way you can.
I love this blog! 20 minutes ago people were saying that this team, THIS TEAM, would strugle to get 2 runs. Fast forward to now where they got 3 falling out the dugout.
and who in their right mind trots out the moose the next inning ?…he is old, it is cold…HE is cold…warm up a reliever and tell Moose,,thanks, but no thanks, fella…
Dave,
The pickoff throw at first. Any first baseman makes that tag and Moose gets out of that inning unscathed.
can someone tell me our this author is able to afford to goto every yankee away game? and where does he sit? in the stands, or in the media box?
how much a game u think he getes paid ? lol
Good thing Arod got hit because otherwise he would of struck out. Look at that the Yanks just made contact and scored runs..Amazing..
Wedge kept hte kid in because Giambi and Matsui are both lefties. Technically, the kid did his job, and got them to ground out. They were just too weak of groundouts to get the force at home.
Good thing those Yankees are swinging meager bats right now, or the Indians would be out of this inning.
Don Vito:
Just wondering, how old are you?
i drafted melky on my fantasy team and the 1st comment on the comments board was about stupid draft pics i.e. melky cabrera. and this was from the guy who drafted a jones! who’s laughing now? melky is a top 100 guy now and jones is worthless!
Trisha – we said the Yanks would win. We did not say it would be pretty!
don v, didnt you call this a loss and head to bed?
Bobby’s single was into left field. That was the only hit out of the infield.
And a cheapy by Ensberg gets another run in!
Unbelievable haha
The Yankees are the luckiest team on the planet right now.
People, is this the will of the baseball gods or what?
Ensberg hit the cover off that one.
Super-ultra mega extreme small ball
4 runs is 4 runs… but seriously, this Yankee team can just hit.. Knocking the crap out of the ball.
This is almost hard to enjoy.
Almost.
Tearin’ the cover off the ball! The 968 run offense is back!!!
I’ll take runs any way I can get them this season.
Way to crush the ball Morgan!!!
dude SMOKED that ball !
Did we just score 4 runs with one ball hit out of the infield?
just went to starbucks, the score is 4-2…what happened? WOW!! I guess I will never leave again!
I say you send Moose on for one more inning, even though that does mess up my prediction (damn)
I hope Kay was being deliberately ironic when he said “4-2 Bombers” going into the break.
if this was cleveland scoring on plays like this on the yanks….i think id be pulling my hair out…but since its not…. WOOOOOOO lol
Scooter, that is funny.
PLEASE tell me the Moose is in his cage for the night !
As Cano casually jogs to 1st base…Does he ever run hard to 1st??!!
By the way, you just missed all the sexy slave girls walking onto stage in the Star Wars edition of Deal or No Deal (a.k.a Pete’s favorite show). All I can say is WOWWWWW.
House is the best show in the history of the universe.
Possibly the most stupid commercial of all time ….lets slow it down …5-4-3-2
Reverse psychology works again…
Take moose out, he has done his job an earned the W
Alby’s pitching.
I love sarcastic Pete!!!
Destiny – Fran and I predicted this win before the game even started! Then KB and Collin added to the karma!
I know that at least the four of us are pretty gleeful about that. I just wish we could somehow share the patience gene with some of you only because it is so much nicer to go with optimism and reap the rewards than to worry your way to a good situation!
And by the way – I thought I would repost my 6th inning prediction.
trisha –
April 28th, 2008 at 8:32 pm
Okay I will officially say that this Cleveland kid is pitching a no hitter. I think the “rule†is that you wait until the end of the 5th. So I think I’m in time!
Expect a Yankee hit in the 6th!
YA GOTTA BELIEVE!!!
At what point of the season do you think Jensen Lewis’ right arm will start to fall off?
cc – so what is it you were saying about a no hitter?
Kay is hilarious, talking about the bullpen having to get 12 outs!!!!!!!!!! LOL
This has been one strange game so far.
Jessica Alba has good stuff he just needs to trust it more.
Pete – Awesome comments tonight!!!
I wonder if they would pitch Joba again tonight?
hey I was just going with Don Vito’s reverse psyc
dontfirecash April 28th, 2008 at 6:33 pm
Moose’s line tonight:
5 6 2 2 1 2
Moose’s actual line tonight:
5 7 2 2 1 2
Nice!!
Come on Allballsdropinoffof, settle down and get this out!
Captain agree about Jessica. I know Dellucci isn’t typically a ground ball hitter but I’d like to see a groundout.
what was with that weak 2 hopper abreu threw to 3b which had no chance of getting the runner? good thing the other runner didnt move up.
cc – cool.
Albie coming up huge!
Nice inning by Albaladejo. Now Kay can talk about 9 more outs for the bullpen.
Wow. You go Jessica!
Tell you what though. I definitely think the Yanks want to tack on another three runs if they can. I’m not predicting it but you don’t ever want to be in the situation where a bloop and a blast can doom you.
Nice comeback Allymcbealho!
Nice pitch..maybe eventually he can replace the psycho combo of Farns and Hawkins
alby did his job. nice work!
Pete some of the readers you’re not exactly addressing directly with regards to some possible topics they may or may not have specifically conjured at one time or another on the blog might feel a tad besmirched if they made the connection that you were implying (which you’re clearly not) that you could be talking about them or any possible thoughts they could have shared with the rest of us although you’re clearly not specifically implying any such instances of any such occurrance may have ever happened.
Not that there’s anything wrong with that .. .”
Looks like Cash made a decent trade getting this guy! I like him better than Farnsworth (or Hawkins) already!!
Albie threw some quality pitches in that inning to get out of it.
Now, I’m guessing its Crazy Kyle in the 7th.
Leave Alby in for another inning or go to Britton for the 7th? Then Joba and Mo to close it out.
Albaladejo has been consistant.
Okay, now it’s there for good. I support Kyle.
R2D2 and Chewbacca! I wonder if that’s the real J.E.Jones behind the voice of Darth Vader.
Yes, Albaladejo is really making a case for himself…
I don’t have the YES feed tonight. No word on Posada yet, I take it?
i think kyle farnsworth might be hurt… apparently he hurt him self against the whitesox also… along with bruney whos done for the year
c’mon Melky
Yanks should be able to hit Julio he is another Benitez.
Jessica Alba?
If Jessica Alba were pitching in a bikini she would strike everyone out because their eyes would NOT be on the ball.
However, she would run the risk of any batter accidentally ‘laying down a bunt’ if she were to throw a pitch a tad lower than belt high.
Uhh .. Beavis, you digress … huh huh huh huh …
I wish we honestly had enough other quality arms in the bullpen that we could reasonably avoid using either Farns or Hawkins in this game, but I just don’t think that’s possible… (sigh)
No word on Posada.
He needed 22 pitches to get out of the 6th. I don’t run him out there for the 7th.
Jensen Lewis = Scott Proctor
I am willing to believe that Joe Torre’s use of the pen last year might have had a lot to do with some of the pitchers’ lack of success. So I think the relievers who have been here deserve some time to see what they can do under a new manager. Bruney was proving it already. To me, Farnsworth is also a different (read: better) pitcher under Girardi.
I may be kidding but she’d do as well as Igawa or Pavano if not better.
Got me again, JMO
SJ: We hear no word until tomorrow. You, given your sources, will likely know before then
Clearly a trap.
I really don’t think that thinking “Jessica Alba” when trying to say “Albaladejo” makes it easier.
Sometimes I want Kay to shut his mouth forever.
Poor Jeter gets a hit out of the infield to be robbed.WEll it’s the thought that counts.Maybe he will one day get those hard to come by singles.
trisha – Are you serious? Just wondering…
That cost me a point in fantsay baseball – Derek is on my team
And here’s Farnsy.
oh no..Krazy Kyle
Chicago Dave – serious as rain.
i say get albie out of there, tigers coming in tomorrow, try to keep everybody to one inning so they’re all available tomorrow night.
Mark Melancon
2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K’s
3.94 ERA
GO/AO 2-1
Pete’s disclaimers are HILARIOUS.
As for Chicago Dave complaining about arms in the pen…Frankly, if they refuse to TRY anyone that’s not Farnsworth and the Hawk, they’ll never know if they DO have other quality arms.
Girardi clearly like Albaladejo, and with reason. But yeah…if they’re never going to throw Britton, why do they have him on the roster?
Pete – I love your blog — but you are a better blogger when you don’t read the comments section!
I’m not blaming you — I’d get annoyed, too. That’s why I’d never read the comments.
Remember, it’s a BLOG (YOURS!), not a message board.
SJ44,
gotcha. I can’t disagree.
I thought you were going to say the bunt, which I didn’t think was a bad play.
Giambi needs to come down with a mysterious injury that forces him to spend time in Scranton. I do think he can find his swing there and earn a part time spot back on the Yanks, but Duncan really needs a fair shot to win the position.
AAAggghhhh Farns hold onto your hats everyone…
whozat – That’s a good point!
trisha – Don’t believe the hype. Farnsy will always be Farnsy, period.
Now that was smoke!
1 more Krazy Kyle. 1 more
Farnsworth is throwing very well so far tonight, but dont be fooled. He will implode. Maybe not today Maybe not tomorrow but soon and for the rest of his life!
Chicago Dave, it’s because I don’t believe the “hype” that I’m able to remain objective. I believe my eyes.
Kyle is such a good tease… I’ll give him that!
I don’t want to jinx Farsny, but he’s */* on the way to a *-*-* inning!
Brandon,
didnt Melancon have a couple tough games early?
It seems he hasnt been giving up any runs lately. Any idea what his ERA/#s over his last few appearances are?
trisha – I am a Kyle Farnsworth supporter!
I like Farnsworth also.
House is incredible.
VRSCE – Awesome. And we both are so on the money with this.
If Farnsworth pitches well this year and nets the Yanks a sandwich pick or something, I’d be happy.
Farnsy comes through!
Anybody know when the appeal is going to be heard?
Now we gotta win this one for Farnsy!
I don’t believe my eyes. A 1-2-3 for Farnsy. Amazing…
I’m thinking Hughes will have a good one tomorrow against Rogers if it’s not drizzling and/or soaking wet. Or at least he’ll have a better one than Rogers. If he can go 6 at least decent innings, and Pettitte follows with 7 strong on Wednesday, the pen is more rested for Kennedy’s start.
Not that I want or expect Kennedy not to do well .. just giving him a little breathing room in hopes he’ll start coming around. Just in case.
Hafner and VMart down
give credit where credit is due. nice job Kyle.
on another note, the Sizemore injury has really helped the Yanks pitching over the past 2 days.
Where is all this Farnsworth love coming from all of a sudden?! All it takes is a single 1-2-3 inning, huh?
nice work nut-job!
wow Krazy. Great job!
“Chicago Dave – serious as rain.”
He’s been basically the same guy. He was great for the first two batters…and then three straight balls? He got a 1-2-3 inning, which I am enthused about. But…he does the same stuff. Sometimes he’ll be really good, but when he gets in tight spots, he just starts throwing balls. Neither he nor Bruney did ANYTHING to show they were performing differently.
Will this ever become routine? A 1,2,3 by Kyle in the heart of the opposing teams order? What is Kyle doing now that he wasn’t doing last year? less velocity and more movement? mixing up the slider more? What?
I don’t think they should risk Joba, as his hamstring isn’t 100% yet.
Is Joba pitching today? If he does then he would probably get the next 2 games off..against the Tigers
So you take that excellent inning from Kyle, send him to the showers for the night, let him recover tomorrow and maybe pitch him wednesday.Maybe a little Chris Britton? Or did he pee in Girardi’s red bull or something..
Nice Farnsworth inning.
Melancon has pitched 16 innings now for the season. He hasn’t given up a run in his last 10 innings (6 appearances).
He’s starting to find his mojo again. Great news for the Yankees.
You watch Farnsworth work an inning like and you just wish he could bottle it. It changes the entire makeup of the bullpen if he could ever find that level of consistency.
He has talent, if he learns to control it, he will be a great pitcher
Arod a YES candidate for player of the game? Seriously?
No, really?
Kenny Rogers seems to have lost the “S” on his chest ever since the whole PEDS thing blew up. Something tells me he’s not eating his spinach anymore.
This is a very different Farnsworth from the one who pitched under Torre. Don’t underestimate his psyche and the effect Girardi’s confidence has had on him.
VRSCE, I’ll tell you what drives me crazy. The Kyle detractors are sitting like vultures waiting for him to make a mistake. So if the guy should give up a run, they will all go ballistic and start with the “I told you so’s.” That is patently unfair because if you look at his whole body of work, giving up a run now and again does not take away from the really good stuff we’ve been seeing from him.
Joba warming in the pen – nice inning by Kyle.
Steven Jackson
1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
0.00 ERA PT/S 21-11 GO/AO 1-1
Scott Patterson
hmmm…. PT/S 17-11 GO/AO 1-0
1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K’s
5.06 ERA
Kei Igawa
GO/AO 7-5 
5.0 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 3 K’s, 1 HR
3.58 ERA PT/S 95-61
Damon pinch hitting for ARod. I don’t like that
Chicago Dave -
We’re easy!
Joba’s up in the pen.
When Arod scored before he was limping…but who knows what the reason is..
Phillips actually making sense talking about Joba
Damon has been hot lately, I disagreed with him not being in the line up to begin with.
The question is – should Farnsy be left in for another inning?
As long as A-Rod isn’t hurting, I’m fine with him sitting to get Damon an AB.
Abreu sure strikes out a lot, doesn’t he? Still, I think he’s been one of the most productive guys in the offense since the season began, so I guess we can live with the Ks.
Suzyn just guessed Arod’s bad quad was hit by that pitch.
Jensen Lewis on pace for 92 innings this season. I wonder if they want him to reach 100 just for the heck of it.
Trisha I love your enthusiasm, I really do, but you can not tell me that Farnsworth is anything but inconsistent and soft. He is really good when his stuff lines up with the stars like it did tonight but he is a walk and a homerun waiting to happen. His body of work? Is bad, really bad. Like my name now says, he is a Mirage. Thirsty for a good late inning pitcher he comes in with his hundred mile an hour fastball, his nasty slider, throwing strikes and mowing guys down. Then you realize he isn’t that at all.
Wang is Taiwan – I suspected that too. Poor Alex.
“Brandon,
didnt Melancon have a couple tough games early?
It seems he hasnt been giving up any runs lately. Any idea what his ERA/#s over his last few appearances are?”
read what SJ just said… the thing w/ TJ rehab is you usually start slow, you get your feeling first, then worry about throwing strikes, it looks like he’s starting to gain his velocity now hence having more GO than AO.. like SJ said he’s gaining his mojo again.
“Chicago Dave, it’s because I don’t believe the “hype†that I’m able to remain objective. I believe my eyes.”
No, trisha, you believe the radar gun. If you were watching, you’d see him continuing to miss the plate more often than not.
A-Rod has to be tweaked, at the very least. There’s no way he is pulled for a pinch hitter in a 2-run ballgame just to give Damon an at bat.
It might have. I saw it bang off the top of his right leg and hit his left leg, though.
edit…A-Rod’s leg has…
I hope A-Quad is alright. We don’t need any more injuries!!
Steph-
So if he was hurting, you’d want him to hit and wouldn’t be fine with Damon getting an at bat?
Sorry, couldn’t resist
Someone made Peter angry.
arod got hit in the left leg
Have to hope A-Rod’s okay.
Getting hit in that cold weather has got to feel even worse.
Bleh, you know what I mean, lol. I had a long day.
RE: Farnsworth – All I know is that when I went to the opening game of the Yanks-White Sox series here in Chicago, I saw the exact same Farnsworth I have seen for the past couple of years. His control was erratic, and guys had some really good hacks at the ones that were in the strike zone (including a booming homerun by Pierzynski). So, I’m not sold on this whole “Farnsworth is a new man” deal.
SJ,
Melancon gave up a run on the 25th, but other than that, yeah he has been very good over his last six appearances (11.1 innings)
Chicago Dave, I was also a Kyle supporter last year. I won’t say that he always made it easy, but I watched the quality of his stuff and that’s what made me stick with him. When I see quality I always think there has to be a way to refine it.
I saw the same thing in Daniel Cabrera by the way. The guy has great stuff. So does Damasco Marte, and so, by the way, does Jore Julio. But they all need to find a way to control their stuff better. I always think that with the right pitching coach…
Got hit in the leg and the cold probably makes it sting more. Probably pulled him so they could treat the leg.
*22nd
It looked like the pitch hit ARod’s left quad then might have glanced off his right. Which one is the bad one?
(And, yes, I know how ridiculous I sound talking about ARod’s quads. I will quickly slap myself in the back of the head after typing this).
Big insurance RBI-double by Hideki there.
Nice double by Matsui to score Damon. 5-2 Yanks.
GODZILLA STRIKES!!!!!!
yipee Matsui! (went with rhyming there)
I’m guessing they are giving Alex extra time to get treatment on the quad before heading back to NY.
Nice, Matsui. I will always appreciate you. Insurance run just in case Farnsy come out again.
Whozat, you’re wrong. I don’t watch the radar gun. I watch the location and I watch hitters swing at air.
At this point in his career, Farnsworth is what he is. He has a live arm that can show flashes of brillance. However, more often than not, his fastball and slider flatten out and he becomes extremely hittable. With no movement on his pitches, he becomes a top-stepper or tight-rope artist. He’s not going to change.
thanks for the Melancon update SJ44.
I would think Alby has shown he deserves a spot in the pen. If Ohlendorf returns to short relief they quite possibly will have the top pen in the league (Mo and Joba included).
When Joba moves out, they’ll still have a very good pen if just one more guy steps up (Melancon, Cox, Farnsworth). That doesn’t seem like a stretch.
I think the ball hit A-Rod’s right leg first and then bounced into his left leg. It looked like the back leg was hit first.
Peter sucks black shlongs.
Maybe we should leave Farnsy in and save Joba for the next game…
Joba really shouldn’t be out in this.
I secretly was rooting not to see Joba tonight.
My sister has 4th row behind the Yanks dugout tomorrow night (I was invited but can’t go) and how great would it be for a Hughes start with Joba and Mo finish?
Chicago Dave – the journey of a million miles begins with a single step. The season is long and there is plenty of time for you to see whether you are right or wrong about Farnsworth.
Great hitting, Matz!
About Kyle…He was giving up runs every other time out there, until his last three outings. Today, very good. Hated to see three straight balls, but he got the out. But, last time out…22 pitches, 10 strikes? He didn’t give up a run, but geez…
He’s the same guy, Trisha. The results have been fine for the last two weeks or so, yeah…but he’s still not coming out and consistently throwing strikes. 5 walks in 11 innings? That’s really not ok for a setup guy. You just can’t bring him in with runners on, you can’t bring him in in tight spots. I think he could be good for situations like today, come on in the 7th and start the inning. But I want Ollie and Veras to get shots at late-innings spots to see if either can take over for Joba when he moves to solidify the rotation.
“When I see quality I always think there has to be a way to refine it.”
Trisha – People have been saying this about Farnsworth ever since he was still a fresh-faced kid with the Cubs. The problem is – as Rob pointed it – Farnsworth has never fulfilled his promise and he never will. He has raw talent, but he refuses to allow anyone to teach him how to better himself. Besides, it would be one thing if he was a rookie, but he’s long past that now.
You know, suffering the consequences of Giambi’s defense still wouldn’t be bearable if his batting average were 100 points higher. And that’s sad because it would still be more than 30 points below .300!
Sacrificing defense for actual offense would still be tough. This? Cripes.
If he actually WERE to use a blanket to smother the ball instead of a glove (as astutely suggested somewhere above) would he use a right handed blanket or left?
Girardi is doing all he can to get Giambi going. He put him in front of the Yanks’ hottest hitter, Matsui, to see if he could get some good pitches to hit. Oddly, Jason’s OPS this season is on par with Abreu…but his average is abysmal. He’s only at 66 at bats, and I try to withhold judgement until at least 100 ABs into the season…but I just don’t know. I like Duncan’s energy and would like to see him get a little more consistent playing time to see if he can produce.
I’d be weary of sending Farnsworth out again. Maybe get Britton some work.
Man, House gets better each episode.
Can’t wait until A-Rod finally gets 100% healthy and we can get rid of Ensberg. Man, he is painful to watch!
“I watch the location and I watch hitters swing at air.”
Do you also watch them walk to first base 4 times per nine innings? Did you also watch him miss the plate more than 50% of the time several days ago?
You called Wang inconsistent, and used that as a reason for disliking him as a pitcher. And yet you believe in Farnsworth?
What?
Joba time
Whozat, Westerner, and anyone else who believes Kyle is a wash – or whatever you want to call it.
We’ll see at the end of the season. To me saying that a player will never change is almost humorous since we see players change all the time. Pitchers reinvent themselves, add new pitches, and refine their stuff.
JOBA!!!
Its Joba time. Since no one else can be trusted with a 3 run lead. Farns wasn’t trusted but they needed someone to pitch the inning and he actually got the job done.
we’re going to need to put Joba Rules on Joe G
Giambi is his own late-innings defensive replacement.
I would have liked to see Joba sit this one out. I mean, if he even has the slightest lingering leg problem, let him rest!
God I can not stand this freaking bug talk. It’s so annoying. Hershiser says “he didn’t have to throw a pitch” but the problem is Joba was a rookie… he isnt going to just stop pitching.
I’m not sure Kyle is a wash…just stating his inconsistency and the reason for it – lack of movement on his pitches. I would LOVE to see Kyle change and become consistent…but at 31 years old, I just don’t think he will.
If he keeps throwing 2 pitch outs, he’ll be fine…
Whozat -
Try getting your facts straight. And don’t interpret for me. I NEVER said I disliked Wang. I said I wished he’d be more consistent. I love Wang. I love Giambi. And I believe in Igawa. So I don’t know what you’re talking about.
Please don’t tell me what I’m seeing either. I know quality when I see it. I believe Farnsworth will continue to progress and it doesn’t matter what you or anybody else has to say about it. I don’t care that you may not agree. We’ll see by the end of the season.
I am not a person who dislikes any player wearing the pinstripes. I believe in all of them. The first time I throw one under the bus, remind me. I leave that to you guys.
Nasty slider!
trisha – I’ll give it to you if you can quote me one concrete example of a real change Farnsworth has made to his approach to pitching since he broke into the bigs.
Obviously Joba, Gene, Girardi, and Eiland feel Joba’s leg is ready to go or he wouldn’t be in there.
Trisha
Kyle Farnsworth is a not a reinvent type pitcher. He is what he has always been. He’s not 23. He’s in his 30s and will always be and always has been a headcase in tight situations. No one’s saying ballplayers can’t change, but if it didn’t happen in the first decade of his career, it ain’t happening now.
Just Nasty!!!!!!
WOW the last batter had no chance..I love watching Joba pitch..
Another good inning for Joba and the bullpen. Probably see Mo in the 9th for the save.
Westerner, you may be absolutely right. I don’t think you are but if it ends up that way, I’ll have to be the first one to say so and say I had it wrong.
But I see something happening and I believe in it. It just may be that I’m onto something here!
“I would have liked to see Joba sit this one out. I mean, if he even has the slightest lingering leg problem, let him rest!”
he pitched yesterday. He was fine. He looks fine today. So…
I do wish that they didn’t feel the need to put him in tonight, but…
And Brandon…there’s nothing wrong with back-to-back nights. He had two days off before, he’ll have tomorrow off. It’ll be fine.
Last year, didn’t he switch his wind-up in the last month? But he’s back to the old one now, I think.
Trisha – take a deep breath and relax.
Joba didn’t fist-pump. He’s losing his passion for the game. Sad.
It will be sadder still if anyone uses what just happened as “evidence” for their “theory” about a “formula” that can’t be “changed”.
filthy inning by jober
Bronx Liaison – HE IS WHO WE THOUGHT HE WAS!!!
Well, 11 pitches and he’s out of the inning. Guess that won’t strain his leg too much after all…
Trisha:
You must be VERY patient if you believe in Igawa haha.
11 pitches for Joba…
Chicago I just believe what I am seeing. Again, I’m willing to wait it out and see if what I think is real, is indeed real.
But you guys can’t lie in wait and jump all over him if he gives up a run now and again! It happens to relievers.
Okay, Robbie hit that hard. You know he’s going to come through eventually…
Nick in SF April 28th, 2008 at 10:00 pm
Joba didn’t fist-pump. He’s losing his passion for the game. Sad.
+1
here’s an example of Joba being used from the BP not having that much of an effect
Peralta .247
Garko .227
Blake .224
yeh ….
“Try getting your facts straight. And don’t interpret for me. I NEVER said I disliked Wang. I said I wished he’d be more consistent. I love Wang.”
I never said you didn’t love Wang. I said you disliked his pitching. We had a lengthy fight about it. I remember. You called me a stupid robot, incapable of thinking for myself. It was super-fun.
This ump loves to call that low pulled-up strike.
More drum
Mo time
You can really tell Matsui is swinging the bat well when he is staying with that outside pitch…and staying in so much that he still got his bat head out and pulled it into the RCF gap.
When he’s off, he bails on pitches and pulls off the ball.
haha @ Rob NY..
Dennis Green audio should automatically interrupt any mention of Kyle Farnsworth – on this blog or in normal conversation.
Yankees sure didn’t waste time in the top of the 9th. I guess Mo was dying to get in quickly.
Now these guys are approaching their ABs like they just want to get the game over with. They must all be sick of the cold!!
I hope they’re bringin out Mo…saw him and Britton warming up.
Yanks batted like they have a plane to catch.
Dr. Cox, there may not be many more patient than I! But believe me it is replete with rewards, one being that I am pretty much able to go through any kind of game feeling that we could end up winning it, no matter how bad things seem.
P.S. Remember what I just told you all about Jorge Julio? I knew that from watching him pitch in the past and seeing how good his stuff really is. But more often than not be wasn’t able to control it and so got a reputation for not being so good. But I saw the stuff that was there and figured out that if someone could help him control it he would be pretty damn good.
That’s how I view things, always from the positive and never from the negative.
Maybe they just wanna get home
At this rate Mo’s gonna pile up the saves this year…
“I never said you didn’t love Wang.”
guys, this is a family blog.
mo is in!
Whozat, I don’t think that was a quote!
What I said about Wangster was that it drove me crazy since I knew he had such good stuff! That was really a positive.
They must really want to get out of Cleveland ASAP so they can get to sleep sooner.
I loved the Joba fist pump, but I think I love the calm walk off the mound even more. It’s like he’s saying: “This is so easy. I am just toying with you mortals.”
Matui’s double to secure the lead has really given tempo to the game. If Joba and Mariano close it right, this will be a good solid win in this cold weather.
“P.S. Remember what I just told you all about Jorge Julio? I knew that from watching him pitch in the past and seeing how good his stuff really is.”
Trisha. Julio was pitching in a game where his team is down three runs. There is zero pressure in that situation. Julio is a carbon copy of Farnsworth. Throw either one in the 8th inning of a one-run game against a strong lineup and they will melt the great majority of the time.
C’mon. Julio and Farnsworth can dominate in the minors with their fastballs. In the majors, a 95+ mph heater will get laced if it’s middle.
Just 2 MO!
Can someone find a link to that blog or article or whatever it was of someone bashing the great “PA”?
hmmm –
OK, the truth must come out. Pete is anti-Girardi. He actually e-mails several of us every day to give updates on how much closer Girardi is to getting fired because of his efforts. He regularly uses bar graphs and other empirical data to support his efforts. He actually has commissioned Joe Girardi snow globes showing General Joe shivering outside of Yankee Stadium after his inevitable December firing, frost actually forming on his nose.
A true example of Pete Abraham’s blinding hatred for Joe Girardi is this: When it came time for Pete to have his picture taken for his About the Author mug shot, Pete was in a sour mood and didn’t want to smile. The photog, being a true pro, worked hard to get a smile out of Pete, but alas, no smile was forthcoming. Finally, the photog said, “Pete, picture Joe Girardi as manager of the Nippon Ham Fighters.”
The rest, as they say, is photographic history.
Matt, i think it’s on NYYFans.com
Salvaging a split after the way the first two games of this series went is huge, especially since the offense still isn’t really clicking.
Just 1 MO!!!!
Eliado Rodriguez joins Scranton
just to play devil’s advocate….
what was Farnsworth doing differently in 2005 when he dominated for both Detroit and Atlanta…
and subsequently convinced the Yanks to give him what was, I believe, the richest deal in terms of avg annual salary for a middle reliever ever ???
Bronx Liason, you are absolutely wrong about Julio. I’ve seen him pitch with no pressure and I’ve seen him pitch with great pressure and I’ve seen him blow it both ways.
I also have seen how very good his stuff is so therefore never underestimate what he could end up becoming.
Mo gets a lot more saves when the Yankees offense isn’t blowing teams out. This might be a career year for him, which says a lot.
Nice “Joba The Great”, Nice.
Thanks “hmmm”
P.S. WE JUST WON!!!
Mo!!!!!!!!!!!
Another save for Mo – great job by the bullpen.
Nice win for the Yankees and they finally get to come home.
so we split, not bad.
How does the umpire just decide umm I am not going to call that pitch a strike even though it is right down the middle??!! Wake up..
Please, more drum.
How sweet it is to win again. We split the series, not bad. With the first two being pretty close and winnable if not for some blunders.
After a day of vicious blog-troversy and bitter recriminations, a great Yankee win for MIKE MUSSINA!!!!
Yay! Happy thoughts for the flight home! Above .500! Awful road trip over!
Joba! Mo!
Happy thoughts, folks, happy thoughts.
Trisha you are absolutely wrong on Julio.
He is a horrible pressure reliever. Ask any Mets fan about him. Give it a rest already.
Put Farnie and Jorge in a beer league and I’m sure they’ll dominate.
Mo has really had a resurgence so far this year. Gone are his early-season struggles of recent years! GO MO!!!
Fran – high fives!
By the way, nobody is a better closer than Mariano. Nobody.
Good win!
Game over and the Yankees win.
they won! started off rocky and ended with a BOOM! can’t complain with that!
9 home games, 18 road games, just 1 game out of first!!!!!
I’m going to sob uncontrollably when Mo retires.
Ah, a win by Moose and a save by Mo; my fantasy team is pleased
Who would of thought that the Yanks would win 5-2 in a game that Moose pitched..Bad start to the game it only took the Yanks 5 innings to wake up but a good ending..
I have to give this team a ton of credit – losing the first two games of this series against a very good Indians team and then coming back to split, beating the reigining Cy Young award winner in the process…..just outstanding. With all the frustrations, this team is 1 game over .500 and that is after an incredibly grueling, unforgiving schedule.
I’d like to give props to Moose as well. I’ll take 2 runs in 5 innings most nights from Moose and on a night as cold as it is in Cleveland? That’s very solid pitching from the old man and I’m really happy for him. He was such a terrific pitcher for a long time and I’d like to see him end his career on a decent note; he’s really doing a fine job in his role.
i liked how Cone described Mariano. he put it better, but said something like “Mariano has shown us perhaps the greatest combo ever of velocity and movement”
Considering all the injury hangups, the offense not clicking, and Hughes and IPK struggling, a record of one over .500 after this road trip is a pretty damn good.
anybody have any anti-mu$$ina sightings lately
or did he already lose the bet?
Trisha -we knew it and of course the Yanks will beat Rogers tomorrow night!
Well Joba and MO gave WAng his A.L. leading 5 wins and Mussina he’s 250th win all in two days.THey are the gift that keeps on giving.
But it’s sad Fransworth name continues too be seen as great everytime he gets a 1-2-3 inning.
Too bad he can only be used every other day and never for two innings.But hey he got guts.
Great win. We needed this.
Our pitching is fine, our offense has been the problem.
And with the final out recorded, Pete attempted to set fire to the press box in a fit of rage and was last seen slashing the tires of the team bus.
nice win well done. ANYWAY i got a nostalgic trivia question i cant find the answer anywhere we’ll see who remembers more about the late 90s dynasty years. how many consecutive postseason starts did orlando ‘el duque’ hernandez get? it was something absurd i remember him being a great big game pitcher. plus remember that sweet commercial with everyone in the club doing the leg kick dance? then they showed conie in the bathroom coming up with his own move hahaha. get back to me
Bronx -
I’ll try this one more time and if you don’t get it you don’t.
I KNOW how ineffective Julio has been. I KNOW how ineffective he can be. I also KNOW how great his stuff is because I’ve watched him pitch and I’ve seen each pitch he throws. Each and every pitch. He has dominating stuff. So I’ve always figured that if he could find a way to control and refine it he could be a GREAT reliever.
I will stay with that if you don’t mind. And even if you do. I don’t give up on people. That’s my right. I know good stuff when I see it.
And since we are not walking Peter Principles as human beings – I certainly know that I’m not – there is always room for change and growth.
The Joba-Mo combo reminds me of Mo-Wetteland in ‘96. They really make it a 7-inning game.
I forgot about him. Was he around when Moose pitched those 7 solid innings against the White Sox?
Good win
Joba The Great ur hilarious
Fran – time to kick Detroit to the curb! They have a little payback coming at the Stadium, especially pine tar Rogers!!!
See ya tomorrow!
silly me i meant postseason WINS. sorry i’ve been in argentina for 3 months im losing my grip on the english language by the minute
Let us not forget that someone trolled earlier today (was it “Hugh” or was it “matt”?) that he had placed a $1,500 bet on the Indians with his bookie. We need not worry for his safety, given the hollowness of the claim, but it’s worth a chuckle.
so when they convert Joba in mid June, I’m betting JB Cox will be the 7th and 8th inning guy. Melancon if he keeps up his pace we might see him in August. Robertson is a darkhorse, I still say Albaladejo is better than Bruney.
Pete: Loved the parenthetical explanations!!
Great stuff and ten cent head = Jorge Julio
And you’ve seen EVERY one of his pitches? Are you his wife or something? Otherwise there is no other reason to watch a Julio give up gopher balls like they’re going out of style.
It is a pretty sight when this team wins, I must say.
Anyone know the status on Rodriguez. I think he left in the 8th.
The Yankees were 3 under .500 after 27 games in 2007. With all the injuries and the drama they’re a game over. Seems like they’ve avoided the traditional craoppy start that had become a tradition under the former manager.
Turns out, Farnsworth can be a semi-reliable arm in the ‘pen without Captin Hook hovering over his shoulder all the time.
Nick in SF,
I forgot about that. Def worth a chuckle.
“Great stuff and ten cent head = Jorge Julio”
I’m not diagreeing with that assessment at all! But I always focus on the great stuff and think there has to be a way to change a ten cent head into something a lot more valuable. That’s why I am always willing to wait and watch when someone has great stuff. Maybe it takes one special player/manager/coach to help them turn the corner.
Girardi speak: A-Rod’s hurt.
You could tell by watching Arod that he is not 100% so why is he playing…especially the field yesterday..IF he reinjured it then it wasn’t smart.
Celtics/Hawks is nail biting right now….
I just read Pete’s updates. HYSTERICAL!
Took Alex out because it was cold and damp. Said they’ll see how Alex feels tomorrow – may give him the day off.
Hmmmm. Moose just said that Farnsworth has a new pitch…
number 8:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/pi/gl.cgi?n1=hernaor01&post=1&t=p
he won 8 straight DECISIONS.
I smell a Bibby dagger coming soon
Haha, love the clarifications on posts. Pete must have been getting bombarded with venomous emails from people who read too much into his game blogging comments.
ensberg seems like a cool guy
Nice to see Ensberg a new face being interviewed besides Damon.
Morgan Ensberg is funny – who knew
Tonights scoring was like watching a 4 run bunt.
They couldn’t do that again if they tried.
It can only be a real dagger if Kevin Harlan is on the call. It’s a rule.
Then you better go find another blog, LA Law, lol.
Yankees still need Hughes to pitch OK
Ensberg is funny! and looks much cuter in glasses.
italicized stuff killed me, pete. well played, sir.
What? Arod is making it sound like a real injury!
and we have a series Hawks tie it 2-2
Josh Smith,Joe Johnson and Mike Bibby might be up for the challenge
The Bruney injury will prove to be a blessing in disguise. Bruney, while somewhat reinventing himself this year, simply added to the team’s unfortunate stockpile of pitchers with straight fastballs (Hawkins, Farnsworth). His misfortune opens the door for Albaladejo, who Girardi may not have been afforded the opportunity to otherwise. His pitches have greater movement (note the DeLucci strikeout) and he has less of a propensity to implode than either Bruney or Farnsworth. Add Albaladejo to another up-and-comer (Melancon, Cox?) and the Yanks may be able to have an answer for the Joba quandry. Even so, Joba, like Ramiro Mendoza before him, may be too valuable of bullpen asset to justify a move to the rotation. Hopefully, Kennedy and Hughes will pitch well enough to not force the Yanks’ hand.
“What? Arod is making it sound like a real injury!”
what he said ?
Felt it grab running out of the box. Was only at 50% by the time he ran home. Will take tomorrow off and it will be day to day from there.
Admitting injury to the media could result in a fine.
Will Pete’s blogs continue to drip with sarcasm from here on out? Has anyone ever jumped the shark…realized the error of their ways, and then jumped back? Maybe we’ll get a first here…we know how those tabloid bloggers love to be first…
that PA vs. NYYFans.com is pretty entertaining lol
Suzyn reported on the postgame report that Alex WASN’t hit by that pitch on his bad quad, but that his original injury is now feeling worse.
“Even so, Joba, like Ramiro Mendoza before him, may be too valuable of bullpen asset to justify a move to the rotation.”
Not an apt comparison, methinks. Different roles, different stuff, different potential. Loved Mendoza, though. Very underrated contributer to the 90’s teams.
Alex certainly made it sound like it would be more than a one game break. He kept mentioning how Jeter did it right by taking off a few days and getting closer to 100% before returning. He mentioned that he felt closer to 75% when he came back but now it was closer to 50% (when he scored the run). I would not be surprised if he misses the Detroit series.
Alex said he probably pushed it to come back but he wants to play so badly. Said he would spend tomorrow getting treatment. Said that Derek did the right thing with the 6 days off and he’d probably miss a couple of games.
Great blog Pete… I don’t get how you pointing out stuff makes you an anti-yankee fan… I guess everytime AROD gets up in a close game and runners on when I say “the score is too close, he won’t get a hit.. he only comes through when we are up big or down big” makes me a anti-yankee fan..
Pete your one of the best bloggers and a great writer.. I’ve become a reader of LoHud because of you… don’t change a thing!
Of course Joba’s skill set is on a much higher plane than Mendoza’s. But the point is the Yanks were always a better team with Ramiro in the bullpen. The difference is Mendoza would have been used as a fifth starter and Joba a No. 2 or 3. Nevertheless, the ideal situation is to have the starters make it a harder decision to make.
don’t fire cash ….
I went out right after the game and as I was turning off of my block I was thinking “someone predicted a line reallyyyyy close to what Moose actually threw” and was thinking I needed to check it when I get back in…. great call man
I think we should predict the lines before every game lol
MO was DYN-O-MITE!
I almost stopped watching the game because of that annoying kid doing the oddball dances on the backstop. I was almost hoping Krazy Kyle would come in and imitate one of those Major League scenes where Sheen tags the maskot.