Game 56: Yankees at Twins
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- June
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YANKEES
Damon LF
Jeter SS
Abreu RF
Rodriguez 3B
Matsui DH
Betemit 1B
Cano 2B
Moeller C
Cabrera CF
Rasner RHP
TWINS
Gomez CF
Casilla 2B
Redmond C
Morneau 1B
Cuddyer RF
Kubel DH
Young LF
Lamb 3B
Harris SS
Blackburn RHP
Darrell Rasner (3-1, 1.80) vs. the Minnesota hitters.
RHP Nick Blackburn (4-3, 3.39) has never faced the Yankees.
Notes: Mark Feinsand of the Daily News reports on his blog that RHP Scott Patterson has been called up. No word yet on who is off the roster. Might be Shelley Duncan.
Back later with updates.
UPDATE, 1:04 p.m.: Morgan Ensberg was DFA’d to make room for Scott Patterson, who has yet to arrive at the Metrodome but is on the way.
Ensberg left without speaking to reporters. He was .203/263/.243 in 80 PAs. All that cost the Yankees was $1.75 million.
There will be a bunch of moves coming. A long reliever on Tuesday. Posada on Thursday. Jason Lane also has an out in his deal and they will at least talk about bringing him up. Whether he can do more than Shelley Duncan is the question.
UPDATE, 2:51 p.m.: Arrived at the Metrodome early today and saw the Twins run Brett Lawrie through a workout. He’s the best prospect in Canada in the draft. Lawrie is a shortstop and catcher who compares to Dan Uggla as a hitter and signed with Arizona State. Based on what little I saw, he has a terrific arm and a ton of power.
UPDATE, 3:10 p.m.: Scott Patterson is wearing No. 30, last worn by Cory Lidle.
UPDATE, 3:25 p.m.: Delmon Young, at least at the moment, has the worst looking swing i have seen for an MLB player (non-pitcher) in a long time. He is just helpless.
UPDATE, 3:36 p.m.: That was scary. I thought for a second that Nick Blackburn was dead. He fell on the mound on his back with his arms and legs akimbo and didn’t move for a few seconds. Frightening.
It looks like it got him in the mouth.
UPDATE ON NICK BLACKBURN, 3:47 p.m.: Good news for the Twinws pitcher. The ball hit his glove before hitting him in his nose. He did not lose consciousness or any teeth. He has been taken to an area hospital for an x-ray.
Based on how that looked at first, it seemed a lot worse.
UPDATE, 4:02 p.m.: Nice play by Melky. The Yankees look half asleep today.
Meanwhile, Scott Patterson is coming in to pitch. Chris Britton might as well wear flip flops and board shorts to the game for all it matters.
UPDATE, 4:40 p.m.: Now you know why Scott Patterson wasn’t called up until now. Meanwhile, he stood there and watched the ball instead of backing up third base. He never even took a step.
Meanwhile, Chris Britton finally gets to pitch. Girardi’s dog is back with the kids, safe and sound.
UPDATE, 4:54 p.m.: Four up and four down for Chris Britton. Now he’ll get 12 days of rest before he’s needed again.
UPDATE, 4:57 p.m.: That Wilson Betemit, he has a lot of power. Remember when he, Shelley Duncan and Morgan Ensberg were supposed to be these big factors off the bench? How has that worked out? Everybody, myself included, was wrong there.
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Hope Rasner can keep the good stuff going.
Good to see Patterson get the call…
why no giambi? he scorched the ball a few times.
Little benefits folks never hear about when somebody is called up to the big leagues.
If you spend one day on a big league roster, you get free medical and dental benefits for the rest of your life.
For a guy who has bounced around like Scott Patterson, that’s a pretty big deal.
Not all players who play MLB end up multi-year millionaires.
Its benefits like these which make the MLBPA the most powerful union in America and why it engenders such loyalty among its members.
I hope Mariano can get a day off today.
Can anyone make a case for Duncan to stay in the BX?
He seems like a GREAT AAAA player. We’ve seen it before with Shane, or Maas, had a great run last year in the tail end of 07 but he was given more than a fair shot in 08 and frankly failed.
He seems like a helluva nice guy, but Betemit (I’m not a huge fan of him) can at least play multiple positions, hit from both sides of the dish, and is a much better defender than Duncan. He may not have the raw power of duncan, but he also wont hit under .200 either…
Any thoughts? Why is Britton with the varsity team and not pitching?
Is it me or did it seem like Cano looked very demoralized at the plate last night …his body language looked awful… flipping the bat and catching it as he hit a pop up. Pete whats your take on his mindset.
americanbear: Be careful what you wish for–Mariano doesn’t pitch in blow out losses, either.
I hope the Yankees win the game AND have no need for Mariano
(don’t get me wrong, I love Mo, but blow out wins are fun)
Girardi said before this series he did not want Damon, Matsui and Giambi to play 4 days in a row on turf.
Its about looking big picture and trying to keep guys with histories of leg injuries healthy.
Today is Giambi’s day to sit. If he DH’s, you lose Matsui and Matsui leads the league in hitting right now.
“If you spend one day on a big league roster, you get free medical and dental benefits for the rest of your life.”
That is very interesting. I hope Scott really did get the call up today.
Free med & dental for life? Sweet deal.
yeah who predicted Matsui hitting .337 June 1st? and good luck to patterson I hope he does really well
Right on Rebecca,
However it seems like the last few years when he gets in a situation where he needs to pitch 3 days in a row or 4 out of 5, he is more apt to give up runs. If there is a way to keep him fresh, I’d like this crazy sub 0.50 ERA ride to continue.
Did anyone notice the over-abuncance of ‘new’ mustache’s last night? Damon, Olendorf, and I thought I saw something on Jeter’s face! But his could be b/c the game went til this morning and his was a 5′oclock shadow – haha.
I bet we see more of our with that stache today! Hey, it worked for Giambi… why not!
Giambi’s probably getting a day off ‘cuz of the ‘turf.
I’d think Duncan stays, ensberg goes. when Posada comes back, then Hawkins (or Britton/Patterson) goes.
Duncan’s had excellent ABs, hit in some bad luck, and had about 2 weeks of playing time total. in other words, he doesn’t look AAAA in my eyes. I’d keep him and use him against lefties for at least another 4-6 weeks before even considering sending him down.
man, Tyra Banks is ugly or what. She looks like some alien queen from a sci-fi movie
1201: You might be on to something…
yey scott patterson!!
We have like wasted roster spot – i love shelly but i don’t think he’s gonna get a chance for a big. Ensburg and Britton might as well not leave the hotel or the clubhouse – Joe G doesn’t even know they’re on the team.
Duncan has been a BUTCHER at first, making Giambi look like Tino. He was used vs RHPs so much I think b/c of the losses of arod and posada, with arod back and posada a week away at the max, Duncan’s shelf life is limited. Plus with Ensberg, I think no options exist, he would need to be DFA’d and the team on the hook for about 1MIL or more. I thought he signed a 1 yr deal for roughly 2MIL. I know this is the Yankees and money seems to be no object, but why throw away a million bucks when you can just send Shelley to SWB??
Giambi crushed two balls last night that easily could have been runs.
The first would have been a home run in most Stadiums, the second, a double down the line, had Morneau and perhaps a few exceptional defensive players, not been playing 1B.
Count on Giambi to pinch-hit today for Betemit or Moeller late in the game, if necessary.
I agree with a couple of others that I’m stunned Giambi isn’t in the line-up. He is right on every pitch at the moment so I don’t see any reason for him to sit.
The Yankees have signed Broussard, I wonder when they will give him a try. I think he is pretty good defensively. Loved Shelley initially, but the guy has Shane Spencer written all over him, unfortunately.
The reason has already been laid out by Girardi. He doesn’t want his guys with leg issues (Matsui, Damon and Giambi) playing 4 games in a row on turf.
He said prior to this series, they would each sit a game.
Last year this team dug such a hole for itself, everybody had to play everyday just to get back in the race.
Consequently, it was an exhausted team by the end of the season. Sure didn’t help them come playoff time.
This year, they have the luxury of being in a closer race and they are able to give their veteran players more rest.
That will help them when the dog days of summer kick in.
Its a long season and this is an old team with certain guys that have significant injury histories.
Girardi’s job is not just to think about today’s game. Its also about thinking long term.
Having guys like Damon, Matsui and Giambi fresher and healthy as the season wears on is important to their long term success.
No need to use them 4 days in a row on turf if you don’t have to.
i completely forgot morgan ensberg existed.
olddddddddddd neeeeeewssssssssssssssss PAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Players need to get there days off – it’s a long season as Mark Feinsand says:
“A year ago, the Yankees were 22-29, 13 ½ games behind Boston in the division and seven games behind Detroit in the wild card race. As we all know, the Yankees made the playoffs. There’s a lot of baseball left.”
On another forum where I post (actually I am the forum administrator there
) one of our posters keeps a pulse on the minors. I admit that I don’t pay a lot of attention to what is going on down below, but if it is of interest to posters here, I will be happy to do minor league updates based on what he posts on our forum.
So in honor of that, I figured I will give you the last week’s worth of what he posted and go from there. He’s been doing it for the past three seasons so if there is anything you want me to check on having to do with this season (any player) just give me a name and I can do a search on it.
If you are not interested in this stuff just let me know and I won’t bother posting it.
how does one join your forum, trisha? i’m big on following the minors.
Exactly what keeps Betemit on this team ? What does he offer ?
What does Betemit bring to the team? More than Duncan and Ensberg. That’s why he ends up staying.
May not be much but its more than the other guys.
“I will be happy to do minor league updates based on what he posts on our forum.”
In this vein, River Ave. Blues does a “Down on the Farm” post every day in which they run down the box scores of all the Yanks’ affiliates and add comments about what/how guys did. Also, Chad Jennings blogs about SWB and often has some stuff about the other levels as well. And Mike Ashmore’s Thunder Thoughts is good too, especially with the Tabata stuff that’s been going on.
The random Betemit hate is one of the funniest things about the comment section of this blog. Like, its not even limited to one or two people.
“Exactly what keeps Betemit on this team ? What does he offer ?”
The ability to fill in at any IF position tolerably and lefty pop.
“The random Betemit hate is one of the funniest things about the comment section of this blog. Like, its not even limited to one or two people.”
He strikes out a lot and didn’t make a splash like Shelley. Even though Shelley’s an inferior player, he’s likable and fun so people want him to play.
Chad and Mike do have some good stuff! I read it everyday.
it should be ensberg who is sent down.
I agree about Betemit. I think people are still sour over that period he had a zillion strikeouts. But he’s gotten better ever since he got those glasses, **as long as he remembers to wear them!
For the people that play as the Yankees in baseball videogames, Betemit is SUPER useful in late inning spots. Whether it be pinch hitting, or running for Giambi. Shelley’s too much of a pull hitter, and his defense is suspect.
I “digitally” played against Blackburn today and he’s got some interesting stuff. He nearly had me shutout for 8 innings. Hopefully the real Yankees can do a better job against him in real life today!
What’s funnier about it is, these folks act as if the Yankees have appealing options elsewhere if they got rid of Betemit.
Duncan and Ensberg have been awful. No other way to say it.
You wish Shelley could have built on last season and the spring but it hasn’t happened. Friday night’s debacle at first has to give any manager pause about playing him.
I also don’t want to hear, “He needs more AB’s”? Where exactly?
Giambi looks like he may actually be back as a hitter. Matsui leads the AL in hitting. You can’t sit them for Duncan and Duncan hasn’t shown he can hit this year. He hasn’t been consistent at all.
Where does he fit right now? He doesn’t.
Betemit gives them better options because he’s a more versatile player.
Ensberg? Something tells me he’s in his final days as a Yankee.
Bench guys are disposable guys. You hope you catch a hot streak with them or they play a set position on your roste
If they don’t, as both Duncan and Ensberg have shown so far, you have to move on.
Betemit is better than both of them and should stay on the roster.
have you guys (and gals) seen patterson’s delivery? he sort of seems to fall off the mound. it is fun to watch. can’t wait to see if the announcers talk about it.
Rebecca,
When I click on your name to get to our blog, I get a site not found error. Looks like you have a type. It’s looking for .comh instead of .com
I mean a *TYPO
thunder, here is the web address. It is a “by approval only” forum. That way we don’t have to deal with trolls ever! It’s an ezboard forum so they just switched us over to YUKU (whatever that is!) and we’re having a little trouble getting it all figure out. But all you have to do is go to the REGULAR SEASON forum and look under Yankees. You’ll see a minor league report.
Unless you already have an Ezboard account under a different screenname, it will help if you use the screenname you have here since I will know it’s you and will allow you safe passage!
http://newyorkyankeebaseball.yuku.com/directory
whozat, for all I know he might be getting his information from one of the places you mentioned!
I will do the post in two different parts today because I have a feeling it will be pretty long.
Ensberg can’t be sent down. He is either kept or released.
All one has to do is look at what’s coming up roster-wise for the Yankees in the next week and you can see more transactions are in the air.
They aren’t sending down a pitcher today to add Patterson because they need the arms. That leaves Duncan (who has options) or Ensberg (who doesn’t) as the candidates.
It makes sense to send Shelley down today because you may have to save the Ensberg DFA for later in the week when Posada is activated. He also has options remaining.
They also have to add Dan Giese to the 40 man roster when he is recalled on Tuesday. To do so, they can either DFA Ensberg or place Hughes on the 60 day DL. With the latter move morer likely, they will send down either Patterson or Britton to add Giese.
That leaves one more move, Posada, on Thursday. Since Girardi has already said they are carrying 3 catchers for awhile, Moeller is safe.
That seems to be the time Ensberg will be DFA’ed. Since they plan to use Posada as a DH on some of the days he isn’t catching (presumably against lefties), there is less of a need for Ensberg.
They really need Betemit now since its likely he will backup all 4 infield positions.
thanks so much trisha!!
Hmmm. Seems it didn’t like something in the post. Oh joy. I apologize if this ends up posting something like 50 times! I will try to break it down to see where the problem is. GRR!!!
MINOR LEAGUE REPORT
05/23/08
Lance Pendleton had another good outing in Charleston and I think its clear that this guy is too old for Low-A ball and is overmatching the youngsters down there. In his last 4 games he’s thrown 20 2/3 innings and only given up 6 hits while striking out 20.
Carmen Angelini a player I was sky high on at the start of the season is only batting .245. But, he has very quietly gotten himself an eight game hitting streak and is batting .324 in his last 10 games. The way he is hitting I expect that to go up in the next couple of games.
The big news is Austin Romine is back from the DL and was 1 for 3!!!
In Tampa the big news is that Christian Garcia is back and pitched another gem in his 2nd game of the season. Yesterday’s line of 6IP, 2H, 0R, 1BB, 10K really has me excited!!!! Thats right I said 10 strikeouts. In 10 2/3 innings Christian now has 16 Ks and only 2 BBs. For those of you that don’t understand the significance of this thats a 2/16 BB/K ratio for a guy coming off Tommy John surgery. The guy has given up 1 earned run in 10 2/3, NEAT!!
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Feinsand just reported that Ensberg was DFAed.
http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/yankees/2008/06/source-yanks-to-call-up-patter.html#comments
http://tinyurl.com/6k7neu
Feinsand just reported that Ensberg was DFAed.
For those who really want Jeter off of shortstop doesn’t look like a change is gonna come soon.
Jeter’s glove work takes step in right direction
5/25/08
Carmen Angelini is now batting .364 in his last 10 games.
Austin Jackson is starting to hit, more later on this guy.
Mark Melancon continues to excel in Trenton. He now sports a line of 7IP, 2H, 1R, 1BB, 10K since he arrived from Tampa. I’m starting to see what all the fuss for this guy was about.
David Robertson, another little guy like Ian Kennedy, is continuing to perfrom well. Since being called to AAA his line is, 12IP, 7H, 3R, 8BB, 12K. The walks concern me. But his BAA sits at a very good .167
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5/26/08
Alfredo Aceves keeps on kickin butt!!!
…Different league, same result for Alfredo Aceves.
Making his second Double-A start, Aceves tossed a four-hitter Sunday for the first nine-inning complete-game shutout in the Eastern League this season as the Trenton Thunder blanked the Altoona Curve, 1-0….
…to remain unscored upon since being promoted from Class A Advanced Tampa. He has not allowed a run over 21 innings in three starts dating to his time in the Florida State League…
…Aceves, who signed with the Yankees out of the Mexican League, improved to 5-1 with a 1.57 ERA across the two levels this season…
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05/26/08
Also in Trenton Edwar Gonzalez continues to be white hot batting .346 since his arrival. And he’s batting .419 in his last 10 games.
In Charleston Zach McAllister finally had a bad game. The floodgates opened after Laird threw the ball away on what “would have been” an inning ending grounder. The errant throw allowed two runs to score.
In that game Jesus Montero was pulled after running out a ground ball. Hopefully it is just minor.
Down in Tampa Ivan Nova pitched another good game. After starting out the season very badly his last 2 games have been very encouraging. Yesterday’s line of 6IP, 5H, 1R, 2BB, 7K brings his totals for the last 2 games to, 14IP, 7H, 1R, 3BB, 13K. Much better!!!
Damon Sublett is hitting better. In his last 10 games his BA sits at .306
Hello Patterson!
I just found this out the other day…but why the heck did we claim Ben Broussard off waivers?
i signed up, trisha
“For those who really want Jeter off of shortstop doesn’t look like a change is gonna come soon. ”
Well, if he’s performing better on D, the change won’t have to come
Now he just needs to get his plate approach right, see more pitches. He’ll take more walks and get more hits.
They claimed Broussard off waivers for two reasons:
1. They need a 1B/RF for AAA since they have to make a decision on Jason Lane in the next couple of days. He either has to be called up or released. Either way, it leaves Scranton shorthanded and they probably see Broussard as helping in that regard for a few weeks. He has a Mid-June out in his contract.
2. They probably want to see if he has anything left to help the big club as a bench player.
One of those “take a flyer” deals that’s pretty harmless since Juan Miranda is hurt and he’s not blocking anybody’s path to the majors by playing.
“I just found this out the other day…but why the heck did we claim Ben Broussard off waivers?”
AAA needed a first baseman, and maybe he shows enough that he gets a shot. Why not?
Until he got hit on the hand, Jeter had the highest BA with RISP and was the only guy who stepped up an hit in a consistent way when Arod got hurt.
His defense has been better this season.
Unfortunately, he’s playing hurt right now. I’d still rather have him in the lineup because even when he’s hurt, he still can do things to help win games.
Can’t really say that about his possible replacements in the lineup.
The last guy on the team I’m worried about is Derek Jeter. He will be fine.
I just think its dumb to sign Broussard when all you have to do is send down the slumping Shelley Duncan and Morgan Ensberg
Whozat,
Jeter probably should have sat down a few days to get that hand of his to heal. I believe Girardi mentioned yesterday that Jeter’s hand is probably still bothering him from the Cabrera plunk. He walked 9 times in May after only walking twice in April so it looks like his plate discipline was better in May. Once that hand heals completely I think he’ll be back to his old self. At least I hope.
You can’t send down Ensberg. He doesn’t have any options remaining.
Duncan may be the next player to go this week.
Unfortunately, Scranton needed help now and the Yankees signed Broussard.
I don’t see why its a big deal. That’s what major league teams do all the time. Take flyers on guys to see if they can help them at some point in a season.
That’s how Brian Bruney made it to NY a few years ago.
Its also how Dan Giese looks to be finding his way to the Bronx.
MINOR LEAGUE REPORT – continued
05/27/08
Montero is okay!!! Yesterday he went 3 for 5 with a double.
Angelini was 2 for 4.
Edwar Gonzalez continues to kick ass, 2 for 5 yesterday. BA now sits at .349
Karstens continues to suck turnips.
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05/29/08
Lance Pendleton continues to show he too good for Low-A ball. Acouple of days ago he had a line of 6IP, 4H, 0R, 0BB, 5K. This cat should be moved up to either Tampa or Trenton IMO.
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05/30/08
Edwar Gonzalez continues to shred Eastern AA League pitching. Edwar went 2 for 4 yesterday brining his BA to .323 as he nears the first AB marker(100 ABs) Currently he has 99 ABs and his BA in his last ten games sits at .341
Kevin Russo has also been hot batting .405 in his last 10 games and his year to date BA currently sits at .318 in 129 ABs.
Jesus Montero has just recently reached the second level in ABs is batting .316 in 209 ABs. He is batting .375 in his last 10 games.
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06/01/08
Down in Low-A Charleston Jason Stephens continues to pitch very well. Friday against Hickory Jason had a line of 7IP, 6H, 0R, 0BB, 12K to bring his season ERA down to 1.64 for 4th place in the league standings for starters. Jason is also in the top 10 in the league for WHIP.
That’s all he wrote!
In Tampa Zach McAllister got roughed up in his first game since being promoted to High-A ball. Not unusual for Zach as he has a history of slow starting after moving to a new team. His second start will interest me greatly.
In Trenton Edwar Gonzalez and Kevin Russo continue to mash opposing pitching. Also Alfredo Aceves, FINALLY, only gave up 2 runs in 7 innings but got no socoring help. His ERA since joining Trenton three starts ago is a meager 0.78 having given up 2 runs in 23 IP.
“I don’t see why its a big deal. That’s what major league teams do all the time. Take flyers on guys to see if they can help them at some point in a season.”
Because the only moves worth making are blockbuster ones that dramatically turn around the major league squad and turn them into immediate world-series favorites.
Sorry…
In Tampa Zach McAllister got roughed up in his first game since being promoted to High-A ball. Not unusual for Zach as he has a history of slow starting after moving to a new team. His second start will interest me greatly.
In Trenton Edwar Gonzalez and Kevin Russo continue to mash opposing pitching. Also Alfredo Aceves, FINALLY, only gave up 2 runs in 7 innings but got no socoring help. His ERA since joining Trenton three starts ago is a meager 0.78 having given up 2 runs in 23 IP.
Now, that’s all he wrote.
END OF MINOR LEAGUE REPORT
SJ44.
Thanks for the post re:benefits of being called up to an MLB club. I had no idea. It gives credence to the loyalty for the union amongst players.
-dennis
SJ,
What’s the scoop on Andy LaRoche of the Dodgers now that Blake DeWitt is their third baseman? Do you think he would be a good fit for the Yankees to go after? Do you think he could transition to first base or the outfield? If so what do you think he would he cost in personnel to aquire?
“e walked 9 times in May after only walking twice in April so it looks like his plate discipline was better in May.”
It’s still on the low side for him. He’s also not been getting XBH all season, even before the hand thing.
“Unfortunately, he’s playing hurt right now. I’d still rather have him in the lineup because even when he’s hurt, he still can do things to help win games.”
I guess…I mean, he’s been putting up a REALLY anemic performance since the HBP. I know he had a single yesterday late, but perhaps someone who was actually getting some hits with consistency would have made the extra innings unnecessary.
Right move to DFA Morgan Ensberg. Seems like a nice guy but he’s contributed nothing and I think they have given him more than enough chances to prove himself.
Dewitt is playing waaaay over his head. I don’t know if the Dodgers would move LaRoche. They might be dumb enough. Seems like a good trade target if he could play 1B. He wouldn’t be an all-star over there, but his bat would probably be solid.
Last I heard LaRoche hurt his thumb and I don’t know what his status is at this time.
I also don’t know if the Dodgers would be interested in moving him.
They, like the Yankees, have a lot of money coming off the books after this season. They also are transitioning into becoming a younger team.
Would seem to me that if LaRoche is healthy, he has value to them by staying in LA.
If their projection for him changes (as it did with Joel Guzman a few years ago) that’s a different story.
The Dodgers tend to overhype many of their prospects. You have really have to scout them well in order to determine which one’s are legit and which aren’t.
No idea where LaRoche falls in that regard.
thunder – I will absolutely give the thumbs up as soon as I can figure out how to do it!
Seriously, we’re kind of hating the new format they gave us and I never bothered trying to figure it all out because I thought they were just blowing smoke when they said they were upgrading all of the boards to this new format. (They did ours a few days ago.) So I have to figure out where the approval screen is.
If anyone else wants to check it out, please let me know here so that I can know it’s not a troll and will gladly let you in.
Be prepared though, it is not a blog; it’s just a good old fashioned baseball forum.
Ensberg will get a gig maybe even across town as the Mets could use a RH 1st baseman backup. I thought Lane’s option was that he had to be called up by May 31`st??
About the roster crunch going on this week..
SJ has already layed it out pretty well. Posada is coming back, Moeller needs to stay for at least a few games, Giese is probably getting a call-up. The expendable people mentioned so far are Duncan, Ensberg, Britton, Patterson and Moeller after Joe is confident that Posada is healthy. One name I haven’t seen mentioned is Hawkins. He’s not expensive and hes not very good. At this point in the season I think there are enough young guys close to being ready that Hawkins is expendable.
Hawkins, Duncan, Ensberg are all dead weight on this roster. Personally I think Ensberg should be given another shot but I wouldn’t really care if they cut him loose too.
“I thought Lane’s option was that he had to be called up by May 31`st??”
I think they agreed to extend it?
I heard on 1050espn that Ensberg was DFAd to make room for Patterson.
trisha,
it does seem a little weird to use, but i am messing with my profile. the ad right under the demographics box is annoying because it makes the box under it so far down on the page. haha. oh well, i will survive
A piece of trash like sex and the city beating down Indy at the box office (this weekend). Just plain sad.
Chad’s got a great update on his Scranton blog…
http://emedia.thetimes-tribune.com/Blogs/SWBYankees/tabid/552/Default.aspx
Ensberg was GREAT in the PED Era but now is just another player. I’d give Lane a shot at this point. And why keep on bringing up relievers and leaving Britton to paint new lines in the bullpen?? Either USE him or trade him. He is wasting his life on airplanes and they are ruining any chance he has to make a name for himself as a professional baseball player.
“I heard on 1050espn that Ensberg was DFAd to make room for Patterson.”
HALLELUJAH THERE IS A GOD !!!
I would expect to hear names like Randy Winn and Ryan Freel as availables when June turns into July.
trisha – Thanks for the minor league summaries, good stuff.
I feel bad for Ensberg. I saw him play down in Tampa, and he really seemed like a good guy, if you know what I mean. Signed autographs for as long as it took. Fooled around with the fans. And the postgame interviews that Kim Jones does, he seemed like a nice guy. Too bad he couldn’t produce.
I’m sure releasing somebody, even though the money is guaranteed, is not easy.
“I would expect to hear names like Randy Winn and Ryan Freel as availables when June turns into July.”
And I would pass on them just as quickly. Both are doing well against lefties this season, which is appealing, but their three-year averages don’t show positive splits in that area.
from Scranton Yankee blog.
I’d rather go Bill Hall or Jerry Hairston instead of Ryan Freel, I’d even take Jeff Keppinger.
McCutchen won points w/ Girardi for throwing inside in that game
I would take Ryan Freel in a NY minute. The guy can play multiple positions, hit lefties, run well and is fundamentally sound. All things the Yankees lack from their bench people right now. He also is the kind of guy who would thrive in a more competitive environment.
Those are the guys a team like the Yankees can take on. He won’t cost an arm and a leg (unless the Reds are unreasonable) and the salary is well within the Yankees boundries.
It also would give Girardi a bit of hammer when it comes to Cano. Right now, when he has wasted weeks (of which this is another one), they can’t bench him.
There is nobody that can take his place on the roster and contribute in a meaningful way.
If you have Freel on the team, that’s a different deal.
That’s the one guy I’d love to see them make a move on if possible. He would really improve the bench, IMO.
:”I’d rather go Bill Hall or Jerry Hairston instead of Ryan Freel, I’d even take Jeff Keppinger.”
Is anyone looking to trade any of those people?
Dennis: I don’t know if you saw my post the other night or not, but my friend got the tickets you sent, thank you
Brandon
He actually threw outside.
it went behind him.
On Yankee bp, they are talking about catcher who could go into the hall.
They mentioned Jason FairyTek. UM how can you even mention him!!
John Flash, said NO WAY!! Love Ya Flash!
Flash says Jorge borderline.
Don’t agree.
The troll is back! lol
Over under on how many names he will use today. I’ll say 12.
All these changes are interesting.
I say 14
“Flash says Jorge borderline.
Don’t agree.”
That’s your feelings talking. Torre stashing Jorge behind veteran catchers for a while hurt his case. He just hasn’t put together the resume. I think his peak has been great, he just doesn’t have the duration because he got a late start on full-time play.
Sj, who do you move for Freel? I know it’s obviously up to the Reds, how they feel about their need for him, and how ridiculous they want to be. But what’s fair value for a guy who’s Chone Figgins without the speed or average?
Then take a hike, you’ll feel much better.
anti-SJ
June 1st, 2008 at 1:31 pm
“I also don’t want to hear, “He needs more AB’sâ€? Where exactly?â€
You don’t ‘want to hear’?
Blah blah blah blah, blah blah blah…
signed,
SJ44-hater
RobC – Happy you liked them!
I just copied them from another forum, but I am happy to update them daily.
“Is anyone looking to trade any of those people?”
Bill Hall is already digruntled they benched him for Russell Branyan and the reason he was told was because they needed a LHB, he wants out and Milwaukee is listening to offers.
Cincy has never had longterm plans for Hairston Jr. or Keppinger they definitely will have both on the market. I heard it on thier broadcast the other night.
Ensberg was worth the gamble for the money. I’m surprised the Yanks didn’t send down Britton considering that he never gets to pitch.
No Jorge update today, has the day off. looking at Thursday.
Brandon, Keppinger is going to be out for a good while, and his mobility will be limited. He’s on the DL with a broken left kneecap.
I say 9
Ouch broken kneecap, that sounds awfully painful.
Varitek does not have HoF numbers but I have to give him credit for those 4 no hitters, those no hitters had alot more to do with him knowing the hitters & his pitcher and calling the games than the talent of the pitcher alone.
Flash was pretty spot on in his analysis.
GB7 I know, any ideal how long he’s out ?
You know, I feel a little bad for Ensberg, but then again, he wasn’t playing much.
idea*
Like the lineup for the second straight day… that’s a first for me.
I’m happy to see Patterson get a shot, and I will be even happier if Giese makes his way onto the roster.
For Ensberg, it was time to go. He just hasn’t been very useful.
It would be nice to get 7 innings from Rasner today.
Why are those kids on the field before the game?
Rebecca.
Great. I tracked the UPS number and saw that they were signed for…I have those seats and the ones next to them so if they get the sudden urge to throw a piece of pizza then please ask them to refrain…
All. Have a good Sunday.
-dennis
The Boston Socks can’t be too anxious to be playing a 3 games series vs. the Rays starting Tuesday even though it’s at the Green Sardine Can.
They realize that TB is no longer the team they used to push around.
All the Yankees need to do is take care of their own business with Toronto and let the other 2 beat up on each other.
“Ensberg left without speaking to reporters. He was .203/263/.243 in 80 PAs. All that cost the Yankees was $1.75 million.”
love your story Morgan and I respect your life but enjoy the free money
No idea, Brandon. It doesn’t say how bad the break is or whether it was also displaced. I wouldn’t think it would be before the AS Break, though. He went on the DL on the 14th of May.
Rasner Rasner He’s our man…. !!!
You know The Rookie was on last night. I wonder if that is how Scott Patterson is feeling today. You have to be happy for someone like that and makes me even happier when I think of how LaTroy Hawkins helped him when he didnt make he team out of Spring. He may not be the best of pitchers but sure seems like a good guy and for that alone I will route hard for BOTH of them.
Dennis: I’ll let him know
Serious Question Here….Do you guys think anyone should let the YES Network know that John Flaherty looks like hes going to invade Poland?
Seriously, I would have thought someone at YES would have taken care of that.
Only kidding. Please let me know after that game if they liked the seats.
Take Care.
-dennis
ok Keppinger is out 4-6 weeks coming off an injury he most likely is trade bait.
a few other things reading the wires Colorado might want Hawkins back
Whozat,
The Reds need pitching.
Guys like McCutchen, Marquez, perhaps even someone like Chase Wright. I’d also put Jose Veras in that mix.
Perhaps a veteran like Hawkins serves as a bridge to some of the Reds younger pitching prospects for their bullpen.
The Yankees have a ton of minor league pitching. So much of it, that they are going to have to make some pretty tough decisions in the off-season as to who they see as realistic options for the future.
Guys like Humberto Sanchez, Christian Garcia (although he’s struggling today), Andrew Brackman, Alan Horne, Zach McAllister, Dellin Betances, are guys with big futures for the Yankees.
I am not even talking about Hughes and Kennedy. Two guys I’m not giving up on being good ML pitchers.
After that, there is another group of talented guys who may not have futures in NY, yet have futures with other teams.
Depending on how the Yankees are viewing their guys, those would be the guys I’d use as bait to get a guy like Freel.
“Whether he can do more than Shelley Duncan is the question.”
well, it’d be awfully tough for him to do less.
just read yesterday’s game post. hilarious, pete.
Colorado wants Hawkins back? Well, ok, but only for Holliday and Fuentes if they pick up 75% of both contracts.
“Duncan’s had excellent ABs, hit in some bad luck, and had about 2 weeks of playing time total. in other words, he doesn’t look AAAA in my eyes. I’d keep him and use him against lefties for at least another 4-6 weeks before even considering sending him down.”
Are you serious ?
“The Yankees have signed Broussard, I wonder when they will give him a try. I think he is pretty good defensively. Loved Shelley initially, but the guy has Shane Spencer written all over him, unfortunately.”
when Ben plays like a major league player
good afternoon, brandon. see…i don’t lie
haha
“Depending on how the Yankees are viewing their guys, those would be the guys I’d use as bait to get a guy like Freel.”
Interesting that you categorize McCutchen in with Marquez, Wright and Veras. I’d certainly package Veras or Marquez in a deal for Freel.
Good lord – Rhona Kay just sang again…
Michael Kay somehow finds ways to make me hate him more.
never said you did thunder
, and good afternoon to you too
YIKES: There’s that and Michael Kay’s vest. I think he went to the Don Cherry school of fashion, or something…
I really hate MLB extra innings. Is it really too difficult to show every yanks game in HD?
hehe i know, just giving you a hard time. looks like they gave him #30. he wanted #70 though.
scott got to the clubhouse about an hour ago
got to send a thank you note to Rafael Chaves for teaching Ras that cut fastball
yikkes,
you steal that line from the departed?
Cincinnati may be willing to take what the Yankees deem as 2nd tier pitchers such as Chris Britton, Steven White, Jeffrey Marquez, or Steven Jackson to get Ryan Freel, Jerry Hairston Jr., or Jeff Keppinger.
At some point the Yankees will need to move some of those pitchers as progress is being made by pitching from Charleston and up the chain.
hold the mlb extra innings package has the NYY feed not the Minn feed!!! grrrr i don’t care what they have to say, i want to hear yankee talk!!!!
**hope** not hold…ooops
I’m paying close attention to what happens w/ Erick Threets and Brayan Pena.
Rebecca, I always thought that Don Cherry was sartorially resplendent. Kay’s vest made me think of Mission Control’s Chris Craft.
Pena was signed by the Royals.
and DFA SJ
Giese is getting the call, he was pulled after 1 inning.
Seriously, I’m getting really sick of having the “other team” feeds all the time.
As long as we’re talking about Michael Kay (sorta), his “Let’s do it!” before first pitch is really getting to me now.
Even more that his inelegant, amateurish “See ya!” HR call.
FIGURES!!!!! grrrrr i hate that!!!
Ensberg is one of the good guys. He was a guest blogger on Phil Hughes blog. Good stuff. Wish him the best.
http://philhughes.wordpress.com/
Lovely to flip to NESN just in time to see the O’s tie the game 1-1.
Bartolo Colon? I predict it’s just a matter of time before the tires flatten out altogether beneath the chubby body.
GO YOU WONDERFUL BALTIMORE ORIOLES!!!
I am pumped to see Patterson, I think he will make the best of his time. Too bad he hasn’t been here since April though
Well, the tires for Colon better not flatten out before he gets to see his buddy A-Rod.
If any of you have Extra Innings and are watching it through DirectTv, you should be getting YES feeds for just about every game, unless you live in the market of the team they are playing. If you are not getting it that way, I would check into it.
Christian got roughed up today, might be dead arm period
Steph, it will be an interesting watch. Colon will probably hope that they go flat enough that he can sit out Yankee games since we’ve owned the man forever it seems.
But I love Colon. He pitched so well for the Yanks…I mean, he pitched well for the Angels against the Yanks. It was always so nice to have Colon start out here because the Angels’ broadcasters always seemed to sound depressed if his start was against the Yanks. A-Rod 10 RBI game? Priceless broadcasting.
extra innings should put on the feed closets to where to watcher is. then i would always have YES. oh well, can’t do anything about it. stupid comcast.
why that SOB
great throw Chad !
Gomez does the head first slides too? Ugh, when will they learn that it’s not the safest way to do things?
Steph – what a killer it was having Colon pulled from that freakin Game 5 in the 2005 ALDS. We would have had that game, and the series, in the bag.
nice throw Moeller!!
Great throw there by Moeller.
and the curve ball on the outside corner should have been a strike
Yeah. Whenever the Yanks come out here, it gets a bit unbearable with the bandwagoners. Always saw Dodger gear before 2002. Then people suddenly realized that there was an Angel team at some point in 02 and started wearing their gear.
When Jorge returns what do we do with Moeller???
I REALLY don’t want to give the guy up again, for a million good reasons.
Is Rasner struggling yet?
trisha it’s a good problem to have
The Yanks are probably going to carry Moeller a few more days “just in case.” He’ll probably be DFA’d again, which I’m not too happy about. It’s hard to imagine him getting through waivers again. I thought he’d get plucked up the last time if not to simply make the Yankees struggle.
Time Warner Cable here…the bastards don’t even show any games in HD.
Well we better hope that the Orioles figure out how to do a little tire deflating today because BMORE’s pitcher may not be long for that game, and it’s only the top of the third.
3-1 SUX, runner on third, less than two out.
Oh yeah! Yanks own that stat.
How many errors have the O’s committed so far? 5?
Jackson in AA basesloaded drove in 3 w/ a double, 4-0 Thunder
after playing 12innings at 1b last night.. giambi wasnt going to play the field, so who do you put at dh – giambi or matsui, not a bad idea giving him a day off
molina and chad are much better defensive catchers then jorge.. thoughts on keeping jorge as a right handed platoon at dh with matsui for a few weeks and keeping chad/molina on the team.
This ump is awful. He won’t give Rasner a called strike if he threw it down the middle.
Razzy has the right to have a tough outing. Or inning.
hits are ok as long as they don’t result in ANY runs haha.
Rasner looks ticked off at himself
Ugh.
I didn’t realize their were errors involved. Should have though.
Already 4-1 Sux.
Sokay. Colon might cough it right back. Here’s hoping.
this ump is pissing me off
man, he isn’t getting anything today!
Well kids, we might see Patterson sooner than we thought!
Wonder if this is a pact between Rasner and Patterson to showcase Patterson’s stuff!
Joking.
Ump cost Rasner at least 2 so far. Casilla was out on that breaking ball, and the 2nd pitch to Cuddyer was clearly a strike. This guy better squeeze Blackburn the way he’s squeezing Rasner, this is ridiculous.
This umpire is terrible. He did not call strike three to the #2 hitter, missed the 1-1 pitch on the next three hitters. including Cuddyer.
What is the ump playing at?
WTF WHERE’S YOUR STRIKE ZONE !
That breaking ball was right in there. UNBELIEVABLE!
At least Rasner got out of that inning…but not before I tried to put my hand through the computer screen to throttle the ump.
I understand 1 pitch but he missed 6 strikes in that inning and cost Ras 2 runs
this is the best ump ever……………………………..
If this ump doesn’t squeeze Blackburn like he’s squeezing Rasner then Girardi isn’t going to be in this game very long.
what did I miss, I’m going to start watching it now…does Rasner look rattled?
So I’m sitting here, trying to watch the game, and my brother decides he wants to play MarioKart and just turns it on.
I’m angry.
“June 1st, 2008 at 2:35 pm
what did I miss, I’m going to start watching it now…does Rasner look rattled?”
ur missing a horrible ump
this ump is terrible
Well hell, what better time for Yanks to be patient at the plate! The way this fool calls them we might walk in all our runs.
Unless of course, he manages to find the zone only when the Yanks are at the plate…
No, Rasner was getting squeezed by the ump. He wasn’t even getting calls if he threw it right down Broadway. He eventually gave up at 2-run single, though 2 batters should have had called strike 3.
YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great news about Moeller staying!!!!
Made my day.
Bigger strikezone for Twins starter, the ump su-ks.
Wow. This umpire gives -nothing- to Rasner, so what do the hitters do? Swing at anything close. WTF?
That was godawful to watch.
Unfortunate that Kay and Singleton don’t have the same perspective or time, or they wouldn’t be talking about Rasner starting out slowly and would realize he got jobbed.
horrible ump? you know, I can be heard when I yell at my tv, have a special tv!! haha
“Great news about Moeller staying!!!!
Made my day.”
?? Seriously? I mean…I’m sure he’s a nice guy, but hearing that they’ll hang on to a third-string catcher for an extra week made your day?
you and me both Trisha
you and me both Trisha
“Unfortunate that Kay and Singleton don’t have the same perspective or time, or they wouldn’t be talking about Rasner starting out slowly and would realize he got jobbed.”
Well…Flaherty’s been saying it. They don’t all really need to say it.
Did you know we drafted Moeller back in the 1993 amateur draft(25th round) but he didn’t sign?
The news is that they are going to carry three catchers, not keep one for an extra week.
And being a rather fast learner, you bet your life that I want Moeller around this season. Yes indeed.
If sending him to AAA were a possibility and we could grab him if and when we needed him, then of course that would be fine.
But it isn’t a possibility.
Nice to see the ump take one of the grape
nice work Rasner!
Nice bounce back inning there D Razz.
Lets go bats!
Looks like Rasner adjusted to the guy’s “K-zone.”
OK I think it’s become clear that this ump is going to squeeze the zone for both pitchers. That third pitch to Jeter was a strike. So if he does it for both it’s not as bad.
If he squeezes the exact same way for both pitchers, then I do have less of a problem with it…but it still irks me. It’s pretty easy to tell it’s his first game behind the dish.
Come on Bobby!
ARod and this umps strike zone don’t bode well for Minnesota.
A-Rod, come on, let’s see some power!
this is a straight up horrible AB for Alex..just terrrrible
“you bet your life that I want Moeller around this season. Yes indeed.”
Why? Worried about Jorge’s health?
Just no DP… if he has to go down.
A-Rod K’s
big surprise
literally that AB made me want to poke my eyes out…damn right think about it, your better than that
what a joke that was how do you not score
“Why? Worried about Jorge’s health?”
I just want to be in good shape for any eventuality. After the Jorge scare, I want to know that we have a reliable catcher behind Molina.
Hey – Kenny Rogers is at the game!
Oops – my bad – it’s Jack Morris…
oh crap he called a strike on the corner
Thanks a lot A-Rod, now we’ll be 4 games behind sux in loss column after this game
this has got to be this announcer’s favorite line:
‘that little cutter’
I got so tired of hearing him say that last night when Mo was pitching
Good to see ol’ John Gordon in the Twins booth too…
Are you kidding me? we really have to watch ARod do this for 10 more years? It never fails with him. Amazing….quickly he puts himself in an 0-2 hole….then he goes into this swing at everything mode, he is so predictable.
Did he use the “little cutter” phrase yesterday? Missed the game because I went to go watch Fullerton-UCLA.
“Are you kidding me? we really have to watch ARod do this for 10 more years?”
YUP
I’m so tired of away team baseball announcers basically making up crap to talk about as they go along regarding the Yankees.
I dont know one person fan or media who thought the Yankees would win 100+ games and both Kennedy and Hughes would both be 20 game winners. Do these people realize what they are saying when they say it? Or does it just come out and they are unable to stop themselves?
I have a question. When YES puts on that clip about all of the Yankee great games, Michael Kay at the end is extremely hoarse and says something like “That is the greatest game you will ever see!”
Does anyone know what game that was to which he referred?
Yes, Steph he did, a lot
trisha-
That’s the extra inning game against the Red Sox. The very same game Jeter plunged into the stands.
“I dont know one person fan or media who thought the Yankees would win 100+ games and both Kennedy and Hughes would both be 20 game winners. Do these people realize what they are saying when they say it? Or does it just come out and they are unable to stop themselves?”
Hyperbole to be sure, but I doubt anyone would have gone UNDER on a “number of wins for Hughes and Kennedy thru 60 games” put at ONE.
Cano!!! 2 at bats 2 pitches 2 outs
CANO SUCKS
I think that’s the one where Giambi hit the granny in the bottom of the 14th against the Twins at Yankee Stadium.
I wonder what it is that Robi likes about that first pitch
Wow, Giuseppe, thanks! Now it is starting to feel familiar, but do you remember what happened in extras? I definitely remember Jeter’s header into the stands.
This is the reason you dont send down Gonzalez. Cano needs to ride the bench for a few games. He has no fear of sitting. No matter how bad he plays. Time to light a fire under him. Bring back Gonzo!! These one pitch at bats are beyond old!
Every time a hitter swings at the first pitch and makes a weak out, he should be fined $500. It’s inexcusable the kind of at bats some of these guys have been having, especially with runners in scoring position.
Cano Stinks!! Why do they continue to allow him to swing at the first pitch? How come Giradi does not but up the red light on the first pitch? Cano needs a week off
Didn’t Cairo or someone hit a double and Flash drove a single to left to bring him in?
Uh oh. Now we have a divergence of opinion on which game it was.
Actually, I want it to be the Aaron Boone game, just because I replay that homer in my head often!
Whichever game it was, why was it “the greatest game you’ll ever see!”?
anybody else remember
Murderers row and then cano?
how long ago was that?
-Tony
I guess you’re tired of those MVPs from A-Rod as well, eh?
Obviously, he makes all the difference in that lineup because look at how the team has finally started hitting since his return.
“anybody else remember
Murderers row and then cano?
how long ago was that?”
Sadly, yes. That embarrassment was two seasons ago, when we were still saddled with “I should be playing” Sheffield.
Nah, Aaron Boone’s game was on FOX, remember? “Deep to left-there it goes-and the Yankees are going to the World Series!”
Kay said it’s one of the greatest games you will ever see…but he actually uses that phrase a tad too often.
the yankees just look dead today
“That’s the extra inning game against the Red Sox. The very same game Jeter plunged into the stands.”
Who remembers who drove in the winning run that night???
Its June 1. Can we finally admit that Cano is now past the “slow start” talk? He is in a two month slump and from what iv seen from him today it might last quite a bit longer.
Agreed on the announcers talking crap. There was one crew, I can’t remember which one one, but they said ‘Nobody is going to believe at the beginning of the season they planned on starting Joba in the pen and then making him a starter during the season’
C’mon Raz, get outta this!!!!
Go Yanks!!!!
I think Cairo hit a double to get on and Flash hit a single to left field to bring him in for the winning run.
Boston took the lead in the 13th (I think) and the immortal Miguel Cairo tied the game with a double and John Flaherty ended it with a double in the LF corner.
This umpire is ridiculous. What vendetta does he have against the Yankees? Blackburn is getting a strike zone that is at least 3-4 inches taller and wider than Rasner.
“Actually, I want it to be the Aaron Boone game, just because I replay that homer in my head often!
Whichever game it was, why was it “the greatest game you’ll ever see!â€?”
Would Kay have had a call on the Boone game??? And was the Boone game really better than Games 4 and 5 of the 2001 World Series?
I think it was in Baltimore, YanksAngel.
I had to mute them their bantality and rank stupidity were driving me crazy.
Steph, good catch about FOX! I don’t think I even heard “and the Yankees are going to the world series” because all I remember is screaming at the top of my lungs for about five minutes, then bawling my eyes out, probably a mixture of relief and happiness, and then hoping that my neighbors didn’t think I was getting murdered since all of my windows were open!
Ok, been keeping up to date on via the phone. I know many of you love Alex and it is great he is on this team but he cannot handle pressure. Alex tries to do to much and fails horribly when he does.
Can’t believe he couldn’t even make contact and get a sac fly. Just not good.
Hey, is it possible the call was after one of the 2001 games??? I betcha it was.
If i can recall. Manny hit a homerun in the top of the 13th and we answered back with 2 in the bottom.
Guiseppe come on man. Really what does that mean to the team, his MVPs? nothing at all. The guy is a great player, maybe the greatest of all time, but I have a hard time rooting for him because for such a great player he is a mental mess. Last night perfect example when he got picked off 2nd base…why would you steal 3rd with the leading hitter in baseball up? To many mental lapses by ARod in big spots… we don’t see him anymore hit the ball to the gaps like he used to, everything he tries to hit out when people are on base…god I would just like to see a bases loaded single..never happens with him, last year he was on fire all year long but once again disappeared when it mattered. Grant it he makes a di
even the Twins announcer sounded surprised by the balls called
“but he cannot handle pressure. Alex tries to do to much and fails horribly when he does”
Does he really? Because his stats would tend to indicate the opposite.
To each their own though, I guess.
Well, I just looked it up on Youtube and I got the words a bit wrong, but I do remember it being on FOX very well. “Boone hits it to deep left-this could send the Yankees to the World Series-Boone, the hero in game 7!”
That was such a beautiful game…I remember jumping straight into my dad’s arms when Jorge hit the double, but when Boone hit the homer, we were going bonkers. Good times!
Want to relive it just because it’s fun to? http://youtube.com/watch?v=Obb2DI-9AA8
Yeah, Sierra chugged around to score the tying run on Cairo’s double.
Wow, this is like Ollie redux, no?
Sorry, Tony. But I don’t buy that argument at all.
They don’t give out MVPs to players who don’t get it done in the clutch.
Did you bother watching him in clutch situations last season? Look at what he did in the 9th inning alone.
A-Rod has also missed a lot of time this season. Wait until he gets into a groove and carries the team for awhile.
Need to hold them to just 1 here
Still can’t believe we left them loaded aarrgghh!
Rasner went to the well too many times and it cost him with the sac fly that was roped to right field. Should have thrown an offspeed pitch down and away like a changeup to try to get him to roll over after he saw him opening up on the inside pitch.
All things considered, that could have been a LOT worse.
Steph, wow thanks. That made me very very happy. I added it to my favorites. What a beautiful moment seeing Robin Boone in the booth watching his brother.
Man that was a magic moment. And that homer took off like a shot.
If Rasner can get of this with 1 run he will have done his job. Should be 3-2 right now anyway if the petrid offense hadn’t shown up with bases loaded and the heart of the order.
K-Rod and Pop fly Matsui… Damn… Yankees missed a chance to make this pitcher bleed
It could have been way worse, but Rasner is keeping the team in the game. He didn’t deserve a loss last time out, either, so it’s time that the offense does their part for him.
Nice job by Rasner there, anytime you can escape a bases loaded, none out jam with one run, that’s perfectly acceptable. They are very much alive with only a three-run deficit and the top of the order is coming up, a chance to establish a foothold in the game.
I’m gonna go find Cano’s career stats when he swings at the first and then goes against an 0-1 count.
I mean Bret. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve done that. Robin Boone is someone I used to work with…
how cheesy is that
‘You are hearby circled’
Guiseppe- I mentioned last year in my post to you…
“last year he was on fire all year long but once again disappeared when it mattered”
but he disappeard agaist Cleveland. Listen the Yankees need him badly to hit and to hit big in the clutch, but its frustrating to watch him, this year his avg with RISP is awful god awful, before the injury…..I just feel he has to many mental lapses in bigs spots that hurts this team when it matters….he’s not the only one, G…he couldn’t even hit the ball in the air to outfield today for a sac fly..he struck out!?!?
Yeah Derek! Getting that run right back!
I knew the second the ball left the bat it was going out. It went straight up and wasn’t going to be coming down anytime soon. Definitely a magic moment in the Bronx.
Jeter!!!!
That a boy, way to snap out of it.
That was such a crap call by their annuncers too. I didn’t even know it was gone at first, lol
Thank you for that, Jeter. Made the Twinkies’ broadcasters sound awfully unhappy.
oh my god, i hope he is ok
oh s… get well Nick
Poor bastard. He was down like a snow angel.
Ok another big AB for ARod…lets keep this inning going..be a cleanup hitter and drive the ball somewhere
Oh nasty!!!
I hope he’ll be ok
Glad to see Blackburn get up, hope he’s okay
“He didn’t deserve a loss last time out”
I hate comments like these. Whenever you’re the 2nd best pitcher on the field, you deserve to lose. Rasner was nowhere near bad, but the other guy was was better. The better guy deserved to win.
oh, Bobby’s reaction, that’s got to feel awful
Looks like he spit out a tooth after getting up?
That brings new meaning to the phrase “knocking a pitcher out of the game”
Poor Bobby. That’s a tough break. For the Minny pitcher as well.
Unhappy Twins announcers are always a good thing, Steph.
Give it a rest Anthony.
he was laying on the mound like he was dead…and then he just got up like it was nothing
that has to be every hitters nightmare
That will leave a mark!
poor guy I hope he is ok.
I bet he is thinking I was 2 outs away from qualifing for a W
That could have been a lot worse. I hope the kid is OK
Bobby looks like he is going to be sick.
Oh God, I walk out of the room for a second and I miss a lot. I sure hope that he’s okay.
Abreu looks very upset about that play
The Yanks didn’t lose in the ALDS last season because of A-Rod. They lost because their starting pitching was abhorrent.
It’s easy to point your fingers at the guy with the biggest paycheck, but the reality is that the rest of the offense also contributed nothing.
he probably has a lacerated lip, I didn’t see any tooth spit out, but it looked like he turned in time to soften the ball scraping his face.
Wow, it really hasn’t been a good year for comebackers to the pitcher, has it? Young, Valverde, and now Blackburn? Ouch.
Twins broadcast was showing Moose Wang and Andy talking about getting hit by comebackers. Looked like they all had a story or two
“that has to be every hitters nightmare”
More so pitchers.
Looks like he turn his head just the right way so the ball did not have a full impact on him.
Yeah, Moose really took one once in his Baltimore days. I think Britton had to have reconstructive surgery on his face after getting one in his face back in the minors.
Infield pop on a 3-1 count. Wow. The Yankees are unclutch today
This is obviously off topic, but I got hit by a car once, flew through the air, and ended up breaking both bones in the bottom of my left leg, clean through to the point that my knee went to the left and my foot to the right. However, my first reaction was to sit up quickly because I figured if I could do that I knew I wasn’t dead. It reminds me of what Blackburn just did, popping up quickly. It’s just a reaction of wanting to overcome a scary situation, I guess.
The next quirky thing – the first thing I did was to feel for my teeth. I heard later that was also a common thing!
Cripes Gomez looks like he’s 12 years old!
Dang, that’s scary! I’m glad I’ve never broken any bones, but I just about destroyed my left ankle during a soccer game in 10th grade. Did just about everything BUT break the ankle itself.
I see the scouting has caught up to Ras
Wonder if he broke his nose. That supposedly hurts like hell.
BTW, here’s what the Yankee hitters did without A-Rod in the lineup and the second set of numbers is what they’ve hit since his return:
Melky: .210/.258/.306 and .306/.333/.361
Damon: .215/.261/.369 and .450/.488/.600
Abreu: .281/.370/.453 and .364/.429/.659
Giambi: .227/.400/.500 and .389/.463/.722
Matsui: .288/.329/.409 and .452/.531/.571
Jeter: .357/.408/.514 and .098.224.122
Molina: .152/.194/.212 and 250/.250/.321
For the exception of Jeter, everyone else’s production has improved dramatically.
That answers the question someone had weeks ago about whether these ball parks have X-Ray machines.
How do you all know Moeller is staying?
Talking about players being concerned for other players, I’ll never forget when Clemens beaned Piazza and just stood on the mound with a look on his face like “Hey can someone move that body, we have a game to play.”
I’ve since come to terms with the belief that Clemens is a sociopath. For real.
Joe, Kay announced it toward the beginning of the game.
yes.. Lidle was the last yankee to wear #30 (as they did not reissue it in ‘07)
However, it was assigned to Sean Henn this season (after the pitchers all traded #s in the offseason), had he made it onto the 25-man roster before being traded
“That answers the question someone had weeks ago about whether these ball parks have X-Ray machines.”
Laura, because Minny may not have one does not mean there isn’t one at the Stadium or in other venues.
Trisha-
I’ve broken my nose – twice. Once in a car accident where my nose was almost torn from my face.
Didn’t feel a thing.
The other time I was kicked in the face while trying to block a punt playing football during recess at school. The kicker kicked my face instead of the football.
I was 12 years old and it hurt.
G,
Your right everybody did contribute and the pitching was awful. No denying that, but G if you are the best player in baseball, isn’t your job to get the offense going in big spots? Even the first year he one MVP with the Yankees he was average with RISP, and was completely absent in the playoffs, same with Detriot and same with Clevland last year. He had plenty of chances to get something going when the team needed him the most and he was not there. All 9 in the lineup hit like crap…but ARod is the guy we lean on to jump start this offense…just like this year right? The offense has hit since he has been back, but is that because of ARod or is it a product of the schedule? Mariners, Baltimore and Minnesota? Its up for debate for sure. Good conversation thanks G
he gave you another 1 2 3 inning, come on boys, get him some runs!!
cano needs to get going here
they bobble it and still get him
Betemit swings at the first pitch, hits a dinky grounder to second, and can’t even beat out the error. Awesome!
Giuseppe, you know it might be the shock effect! My leg didn’t hurt right away, and I had blood pouring down my face and I didn’t feel any hurt there either, just that good old description of something warm and wet. I think when you go way beyond your pain threshhold your body probably just shuts down. Your car accident sure sounds like it has that hallmark.
“I see the scouting has cought up to Ras”
3 ER in five innings isn’t a bad start. Actually it is a better start than either Mussina or Wang. Plus the ump squeezed him in the first and the Yankee hitters (except Jeter) have been completely unclutch today.
Plus Betemit should sit right now due to lack of hustle.
Robbie good things happen when you don’t swing at the first pitch.
The difference in this lineup with Giambi instead of Betemit is staggering. If Betemit would actually hustle down the line we’d have 1st and 2nd no outs instead of runner on 1st 1 out.
I really want us to win, but this game is like watching paint dry!
Also about Ras – we all know what we saw that led to the first two runs, and it wasn’t Rasner being an ineffective pitcher!
For Cano:
1 pitch= out
2 pitches = single
so if he sees 4 pitches next time, maybe a double
Dang it. They just can’t seem to string anything together.
unbef….nlievable !!!
I can’t believe I just saw that
Ouch. This game hurts that much more now.
Nice work Leche
man that was ugly
I wondered about this. Forget the error part of it. When someone hits an inside-the-parker, how is it scored?
WTF Melky?
There is definitely an error in there somewhere.
the yankees never show up to play day games after night games…this is just gross
Well now that was just fantastic to watch… Got to be a Web Gem on Baseball Tonight.
So are you saying that it is impossible to get an inside-the-parker without an error? It sounds like you should be right…
if i’m managing this team, Betemit’s out of the game after not hustling. then i bet that won’t happen again
that play reminded me of manny cutting off johnny damons throw a few yrs ago.
although melky has an excuse he slipped and tried to save the play while manny is just a moron.
did he just say ’slick fielding Betemit’?
this game was lost when A-Rod struck out with the bases loaded
“although melky has an excuse he slipped and tried to save the play while manny is just a moron.”
I’m not saying it’s impossible to get an inside-the-park homer without an error, but usually there is someone who overruns the ball, doesn’t play it correctly, or makes a bad throw.
Not a great start by Rasner but where the hell is the offense and the defense today. Must be hung over since the oldies on the team (those above 32) had to play a couple extra innings last night.
Looks like there were no B-12 injections today.
good luck Scotty
But Steph, then my question would be – is it scored a homer?
Is Rasner pitching on regular rest today?
I think they scored it a triple and an error
Melky slipped because he continues to wear his pants too long. If you look closely, you see that his pants wrap underneath his spikes. Add a slick surface like the Metrodome warning track and you’ve got a recipe for disaster. Or a Mario Kart type skid and one for the blooper reels. Stop busting a sag Leche..
It depends on what the official scorer wants to rule. Like how Bobby got a triple when Gomez tried to dive and missed for the ball…that’s how an inside-the-parker can happen. It is ruled a home run, yes, if there is no error on the play. Otherwise, they are credited with a certain number of bases and then the rest go to the error.
I know I’m not making my question clear because I threw it in right after Morneau’s inside the parker.
This is a generic question. If someone hits an inside-the-park homer and there are no errors involved, is it scored as a homer? It seems like that should be an obvious yes, but then homers aren’t typically defined as balls that fall within the confines of the ball park – unless of course you’re playing in the Trop!
Yes, it is scored a homer if there is no error on the play.
“the yankees never show up to play day games after night games…this is just gross”
The Yankees are batting better in day games than night games this year (have there been any day games that -weren’t- after night games?):
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/teams/nyy/stats/bycategory?cat=Batting&type=35&year=season_2008&qualified=0&sort=22
Thanks Steph.
Good play by Cano.
Here comes ammo for the anti-Melky crowd. Inopportune moment for that sort of blunder, but he’s probably prevented more runs from scoring out there in centerfield than he’s caused.
Let’s see what Patterson’s got.
Days where 1/2 the posts are SJ’s are good days. I’ll say that.
So I see Clay Buchholz is in AAA. Does that mean he’s never going to be a good MLB pitcher either, impatient crowd?
Trisha,
It there isnt an error. Than yes its a homer and counted on their stats as one.
Pete how in the world can you kill Melky for that play? He fell down, he tried to still make a play by throwing it to Bobby. He threw it high.
You know you’re not wanted when they immediately bring in the fresh meat without thawing it out… Good Luck Patterson. Britton…you may want to invest in a voodoo doll
show me something Scott com’on
he looks nervous out there
I’m hoping Patterson gets out of this but I can’t really fault anything he does his first time out.
that’s got to give him confidence basesloaded in his debut he gets out of hit w/ a strikeout
Wow, nice job!
Now if our bats would warm up.
We have 4 games with Minny. I would love to sweep. I would be happy with 3 of 4…
Good job by Patterson to work out of it.
What’s Britton doing to Girardi’s dog now? We already know that he was at the top of the dome yesterday and shooting some bullets onto the field…
Jen…
If Melky gets up and throws the ball into the infield instead of trying some circus play to keep Morneau at second base, then the runner is at least held at third for Rasner. No guarantees he’s stranded there, but that was just an unnecessary play. Concede the triple and move on.
I’m not killing Melky, but he deserves SOME flack for that play.
Pete: The Chris Britton comments are hilarious.
off topic here, but did anyone see in the Rays game the other day (I turned to it on MLB.TV after the Yankees game) where fans had a sign with number of elimination games until they win the AL East.
I can’t understand all the hoopla over Snoop Dog! He’s pretty ugly to boot.
Lets get Patterson a win here
The one who should be killed on this blog is Wilson. He jogged to first assuming he would be out and first. Well if he would have run hard he would have been safe. How can someone who has the potential to be cut make a play like that. that is LACK OF HUSTLE. Melky’s play was not.
Nice base hit for Melky, he needed that after the play in center field in the last inning. He’s always shown a knack for that, doing something good with the bat after a mishap in the field.
I hate these double plays, yuck.
Bronx Liason – yeah but I don’t think that’s a play they practice much! I think the Melk did what he did when he did it and did the best he could.
this is by far the most boring baseball game i have ever seen…thank god I didnt pay to see that
Eric Duncan has a double and HR today 4 RBI’s.
Another DP? Seriously?
Igawa, can’t disagree. I’m trying my best to watch it but would almost prefer to channel surf!
Still too inconsistent at the plate. We’re going to fall back to .500 after the huge win yesterday because we can’t score runs yet again. They sleep walked through extra innings yesterday and got lucky the pen held it long enough for them and continue to sleepwalk today. Can’t win if you can’t score runs. Not Rasner’s fault one bit.
And an inopportune time to struggle at the plate considering both the teams we’re chasing (boston and tb) both are going to win today.
Even when they are winning I can’t sit thru these games anymore.
Just ugly, bad baseball this team plays.
Cano should be sat down until he gets his head out of his butt. I am sick to death of seeing him flail away ate very bitch and then pout when nothing good happens.
Betemit should have been pulled off the field for jogging to first like that.
Seems like Britton is going to pitch as often as Pavano is going to pitch this year.
I’m not giving Betemit a pass either. Lack of hustle and lack of thinking are just as offensive to me. He’s a major leaguer and should know better.
And Trish:
I know he was trying his best & all. But you don’t make that play up here.. You pick yourself off the ground, fire the ball to the cut off man and keep a slow runner at third. No excuses. Not killing him, but also not going to ignore an egregious mistake.
Love to see Patterson get his first win today, but the Yankees look terrible today. Bad swings, double plays, yuck
Rasner is no longer an ace
Bronx, it all happened so fast that I think Melky was surprised not to be on his feet. But I wasn’t it watching it closely enough to say he should or shouldn’t have done something so it is possible that you’re right in your assessment.
Maybe Girardi wants to use Britton for mop up but the Yankees haven’t had the opportunity for a while unfortunately.
“Still too inconsistent at the plate. We’re going to fall back to .500 after the huge win yesterday because we can’t score runs yet again. They sleep walked through extra innings yesterday and got lucky the pen held it long enough for them and continue to sleepwalk today. Can’t win if you can’t score runs. Not Rasner’s fault one bit.”
Yes, they’re sleepwalking their way to a third loss in 10 games. How -dare- they?
I need to multitask and this is the game to do it. I’m going to take this to the car but guarantee I’ll be back before it’s over. I mean, it shouldn’t take me an hour and a half…
whoaaaaa a chris britton sighting
A Britton sighting!!!1!!!one!!112two!!!1
What’s this Rasner’s not an ace talk? What more does the guy have to do, he is the man. Enough of the Rasner is not an ace stuff, it is so ridiculous.
Trish,
The greates game you will ever see was the extra innings with the red sux. jete dove into the stands and John Flahretty, the last guy on the bench had the game winning hit. That was the game that every player, on every team was used…except Nomar…I believe Nomar left the sux very shortly after that game.
Now that’s a shocking sight – Britton actually throwing a baseball. Girardi must be desperate.
Well, Girardi has to throw him in a game if he doesn’t want him to get rusty…but considering all of the time he has been with the club and not pitched, I wouldn’t be surprised if that were the case.
Now who wants to bet that if Britton gets into this game, he might go down to bring up someone on Tuesday?
Britton is throwing, so I guess he wasn’t really slipping chocolates to Girardi’s dog. Whatever the case may be, I hope that he changes from flip flops to game shoes if he ever comes in.
Man, our guys can not field in this stadium.
LADIES AND GENTLEMAN…NOW ENTERING THE GAME BECAUSE THE POOL IS CLOSED…CHRIS BRITON
seriously why did they never use him before?
Pete Here comes ya boy
What’s the opposite for a human victory cigar, cause that’s what we need to call Chris Britton
Bobby “I’m Afraid Of The Wall” Abreau strikes again!
Atta boy Chris!
(wow that was hit hard!)
Red Sox win. Three in a row in Balitimore. They did not pitch around Millar.
what a lifeless team
Ok it took awhile but I did the numbers, And I’m not beating up on Robi but Robi Cano has 1,621 ABs prior to today in 352 ABs on 0-0 he’s batting .348/.347/.523 w/ an OPS of .870 on the first pitch, that’s is how talented he is, but someone needs to tell him to cut this shhhh…
In 805 ABs after the 0-1 count his AB ends w/ this line .273/.294/.418 w/ a .712 OPS
he has 161 stikeouts and 16 walks w/ this type of AB. So out of his 227 MLB career strikeouts 71 % of time it’s helped by Robi. I don’t see any batting title in his future until he gains patience.
A-Rod can’t hit a fastball inside at all today it’s almost painful to watch, and Matsui pulling off every ball. This team really just goes into “give up” hack away mode any time they’re down more than 1 or 2 runs late.
C’mon, Pete. You’ve gotta be smarter than that.
The guy threw over 40 pitches and was tiring.
How many short relievers are used to throwing that many pitches – especially in their major league debut?
Patterson was fine.
I hope they keep him for a couple of weeks and send Britton down on Tuesday because Girardi certainly isn’t going to use Britton anymore now that he got his token relief appearance.
I am glad the team showed up today…including Arod. Players on the Twins who make the major league minimum have to show him how to hit a sac fly and he still can’t figure it out.
looks like this team is already on the flight home
Alex looks like crap today..there is no other way to put it. Matsui, Robi, the best swinger out there is the guy on huge slump Jetes, but hey what can we say.
is anyone starting to get a sickening feeling that the yankees may just be a .500 baseball team this year? they can not stay above .500 for anything. the series against toronto is going to be tough. they are going to have to take full advantage of the crappy NL teams they are going to face after KC.
Good work Brandon. Its scary to see his average so high on first pitch swinging. He might be the easiest batter for a pitcher to scout. Throw a ball(bouncing it in is preferred) on the first pitch and you’l get him out. Im sure Carew had more patience. Time to find someone else to compare him to.
Sunny that would be pretty amazing considering they play tomorrow.
How about that, Girardi? Britton can get outs!
i hope they are not on the flight home they play one more in Minny
A comeback would be nice today, however, with Pettitte pitching tomorrow, I am confident we will win that one to take 3 of 4. Not sure how anyone could complain about that.
Nice job Chris. Did his job right there.
The Yanks have a time machine and have already played tomorrow’s game, I guess…so their brains are on the plane ride home.
“is anyone starting to get a sickening feeling that the yankees may just be a .500 baseball team this year? they can not stay above .500 for anything. the series against toronto is going to be tough. they are going to have to take full advantage of the crappy NL teams they are going to face after KC.”
No, I’m not. They’ve won 8 of their last 10 before tonight.
They aren’t going to win 80 straight. Get used to a loss now and again.
Umpire hasn’t called these pitches strikes all day and then punches Betemit out on them. This guy is beyond awful. At least be consistent between teams and innings. Send him back to the minors where he belongs- umpiring games that don’t matter.
They just now are hearing that Ensberg got DFA’d? I can’t wait until we leave this place. These guys are such tools.
SoS it’s really sad, he is a superstar in the making, but his dumb ABs is what screws him, think about that in 352 ABs on 0-0 he’s batting .348/.347/.523 w/ a .870 OPS..I don’t know many ML ballplayers w/ that type of statline but he cheats his ABs at a ridiculous rate.
Jeff I agree…Yanks have a great chance to win tomorrow night with Andy on the mound. Taking 3 out of 4 is great but the they should have won the game today. They left way too many men on base…oh well. they must be tired from last night
Today hasn’t been a good day and it isn’t over yet, but they can come to the park tomorrow night energized and ready to put this game behind them. They’ll face Livan Hernandez, whom they dominated last year when he was still with the D-Backs. He is 6-2 so far, but don’t let that fool you. His ERA is 4.60 and hitters are batting .330 against him. He can be had and the Yankees can eat him for dinner.
Has anyone else noticed that a LOT of pitches are being called strikes in the last couple of innings that were balls for Rasner?
and that strikeout just adds to his 71 % of his forced strikeouts
Yeah, I already turned off the sound on the game and just click back to it to see the game while browsing now.
Well, at least we didn’t get shutout.
The Yanks look like exactly what you would expect from an old team. Long game yesterday, early game today…and they have nothing. Or you can just say if Arod showed up today and can hit a sac fly, and or get 1 hit they could of won. Someone get Arod his medication… Yanks need to get younger but we have known that for years.
Well that isn’t a good thing, considering they have a game tomorrow night.
sara,
Take a deep breath. Its one game and they just finished playing 12 innings. They have Joba finally ready to pitch where he belongs. Posada coming back Thursday. Young stud relief pitchers getting ready in the minors. Lastly, we’re only 6 games back. I would say ” We got them where we want them.
As today shows Giambi is a huge part of this lineup, from a patience and intimidation standpoint. I’d rather bench Matsui over him right now if someone had to get a day off in fact. Matsui’s pulling off everything, he looks like he needs it.
Both strikes against Melky are balls.
And they’ve also got more than 24 hours to go until tomorrow’s game. Today was just…bad.
“Now you know why Scott Patterson wasn’t called up until now.”
Uh why, because his Major League debut wasn’t especially good?
Also, Betemit hasn’t played especially poorly, and he does in fact have talent. Not much you can expect out of a guy who comes off the bench every once in a while.
Thank God that’s over.
I don’t ever want to see this unp again, he called a horrible game.
Nothing I hate more than inconsistency in umpiring. What a joke. If he called pitches like the 1-1 to Melky strikes for Rasner we would have probably been within reach of a win, and who knows if they score a run or two more if it’s close instead of being way out of reach in the last few innings.
If you want to appreciate Michael Kay, trying listening to Suzyn Waldman for a while. Yeow!
Well I came back in time to see the last out.
As an aside, Joe Nathan is a very good pitcher.
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SoS I agree that they are not in a bad position. much better than last year that is for sure. It is just frustrating that every winning streak they go on only gets them back to .500. Plus, everyone is saying they are an old team, they show it after a long game…the youngins didn’t exactly give them much today either. they all have been playing pretty sloppy the past few games…errors and base running blunders.
Man, that umpire was beyond bad today. Inconsistent from inning to inning, pitcher to pitcher. Strikes called balls and balls called strikes.
Crappy game. It happens.
Let’s get em tomorrow!
matt..matsui should get the day off tomorrow.
I want to believe that Pete was being tongue-in-cheek about Patterson. How anybody could take shots at a guy pitching in his first ML game, in the Yankee pinstripes to boot, is beyond me.
Strike zones greatly expand late in a game like this. When there’s a deficit of at least three or four runs, the home plate umpire is always eager to expand the zone in an effort to get the game over with and get back to the hotel.
“Crappy game. It happens.
Let’s get em tomorrow!”
Yep.
I would like to think that we would have lost this game despite the umpiring. It would make me utterly sick to think that the umpiring was that one-sided that we lost solely on the basis of that.
Better 5-1, or whatever it was, than 2-1. That would have really hurt because two of those runs definitely should not have been there. THAT was definitely the crappy umpiring.
Darrell Rasner didn’t hit a wall. He’s another victim of no run support.
The team will need to score runs against the good pitching of Toronto on Tuesday.
For the Thunder – Jason Jones gets W #8 and A-Jack has another 7 RBI today. Thunder win 9-3.
That was a pretty boring game except for the obvious Nick Blackburn play
Jones, J (W, 8-1) 6 5 1 1 2 6 0 2.28
Ground outs-fly outs: Jones, J 10-1
See Chris Britton actually played a full year in the majors.Scott Patterson like Kennedy only dominated AA and AAA.
it was boring because once again, the offense disappeared.
“I’d rather bench Matsui over him right now if someone had to get a day off in fact. Matsui’s pulling off everything, he looks like he needs it.”
Hey Matt, here’s a little news flash…
Going into today’s game Matsui was leading the league in hitting and had an 8 or 9 game hitting streak where he was hitting .518 or something ridiculous like that.
At least have SOME CLUE as to what you are talking about.
Jason Jones is quietly pitching very well.
“See Chris Britton actually played a full year in the majors. Scott Patterson like Kennedy only dominated AA and AAA.”
gotta have a debut sometime. can’t gain ML experience if you’re not given a chance. hopefully he gets another one.
for some people, you’re only as good as your last game. For others, you’re as good as your stats say you are.
This was just another instance of the yanks getting dominated for no other reason that I can see other than they were lifeless. Tired from yesterdays 12 inning game? Perhaps, but the Twins showed up… it happens and these are pros, and they need to show up too.
well it does look like the yanks are holding try outs for the bullpen right now – Patterson… Britton…
I’m not sure how Girardi graded their performances today, but I hope Cox and Melancon gets a shot soon too.
Sunny you can’t win every game. They just won 8 out of 10.
Some days you just aren’t going to have it. They just won 2 hard fought nailbiters back to back.
Let’s step away from the ledge.
“well it does look like the yanks are holding try outs for the bullpen right now – Patterson… Britton… ”
Ummm sort of. Or maybe they were the only guys available today in the pen besides Hawkins.
Veras, Ramirez, Rivera, and Farnsworth all pitched the last 2 games and Ohlendorf threw 45 pitches yesterday.
“I’m not sure how Girardi graded their performances today, but I hope Cox and Melancon gets a shot soon too.”
Why? Did Britton do something to disappoint in his 1.1 perfect innings? Or maybe it was Patterson giving up a run in his major league debut. Yeah, the guy is a total failure. Let’s send him right back down.
I’m not on any ledge, in fact, far from it, but it is disappointing that the offense seemed pretty asleep today. It was a winnable game and given their current standings, they need to win these types of games as well as the blow outs and the nail biters. As great as last years post-ASB run was, I’d rather they not have to go through that again to reach the post season.
didn’t say britton was a total failure… you need to stop reading into things. but I wouldn’t mind seeing what these guys can do at the major league level. Wouldn’t you?
“Or maybe it was Patterson giving up a run in his major league debut.”
good call, miggs.
already losing 4-1 at that. nowhere near costing NYY the game. i think he did a nice job for his first time. looked nervous and just trying to settle in.
I agree I would like to see Cox and Melancon.
But I also wanted to see Patterson and I hope they pitch him again soon.
thunderfangabe are you really friends with Patterson’s girlfriend?
That was wild how you broke that news on the blog last night. Good work.
I would agree with patterson and britton… I hope they get more opportunities.
miggs,
Thanks! Yes, I am. We have been friends for a few years now since he started in Trenton in 2006. They are both very nice and very cool people. Really proud of him. He is a good guy. they deserve good stuff to happen to them.
Some people didn’t believe me last night and that was ok. I knew who I talked to so no reason for me to get upset about it. Everyone was cool though eventually. haha
I read on mlbtraderumors.com that the Rockies could be interested in LaTroy Hawkins. Maybe if we package him and some pitching prospect we could get someone like Fuentes.
i thought Patterson looked decent out there. talk about a small sample, though.
i’ll take a loss like this if it means it comes in between winning games in bunches. Rasner continues to show he belongs in the rotation with, while not his best start, certainly keeping the team in the game for close to six innings. Posada can’t come back soon enough, and this team’s bench needs a shot of something other than failed prospects and over-the-hill major leaguers.
Kudos to Giuseppe Franco!
It was that extra inning game with the Sux.
And these were the calls of game:
12th inn.”1-2, he loops that to left field, gonna be a tough play. Jeter on the run, makes the play! And flies into the stands! Oh what a play by Derek Jeter!”
13th inn.”That one’s drilled deep to left field. The Yankees will win the game! The Yankees win the game! The Yankees win the game! Miguel Cairo scores! A pinch hit single for Flaherty. That’s one of the greatest games you will ever see! The Yankees win 5-to-4, in 13 innings, and they sweep the Boston Red Sox. OOHHH WHAT A GAME!”
A few thing on Robinson Cano, guess what Robi this your life unless you change it.
In 1,621 ABs prior to today on 352 ABs on 0-0 he’s batting .348/.347/.523 w/ an OPS of .870 on the first pitch, that’s is how talented he is.
HERE’S THE BAD
In 805 ABs after the 0-1 count his AB ends w/ this line .273/.294/.418 w/ a .712 OPS he has 161 stikeouts and 16 walks w/ this type of AB. So out of his 227 MLB career strikeouts around 71 % of time it’s forced by Robi.
On 0-2 Robi is batting .187/.193/.243 w/ an OPS of .436 resulting w/ 77 strikeouts on that count alone in his 4 yr. young career
In 302 ABs Robi your 0-2 counts should you live to see more pitches have led you to 123 K’s (54% of his career K’s are forced here) and 6 BB you’re batting
.207/.241/.246 w/ an OPS of .487 THAT WILL BE THE REST OF HIS CAREER IF HE DOESN’T CHANGE IT OR SOMEONE GIVES A DAMN TO PREECH PATIENCE !
I think rather than just keep trying out minor leaguers, we should try and package a few and get a setup man like Fuentes or try harder to come up with some package for Grabow or Marte
Anyone else getting used to the fact this is a .500 team yet?
Still sticking to my guns though…
Worst to first in 2008!
(just don’t know how they’ll get there yet!)
I don’t think Patterson did all that great, but its worth seeing him have a few more chances to really make the call. His “style” of pitching is a bit odd. Hard to say about his command as the strike zone was nearly impossible to figure out with this umpire.
Betty really isn’t all that good a player. Ensberg being DFA’d isn’t shocking, these past few weeks its like he was already gone from the team.
Britton didn’t get a strike out, but I thought he worked quickly and it was a quick inning.
Karstens seem to be born unlucky. Has a chance to come up and he gets a groin pull.
“we should try and package a few and get a setup man like Fuentes or try harder to come up with some package for Grabow or Marte”
Marte would command A and B prospects , Jackson plus Horne, Fuentes the bidding starts w/ Philip Hughes..none of that is reasonable for thier price tag.
“Anyone else getting used to the fact this is a .500 team yet?”
we’re 8-3 in our last 11, we won 2 in Minny, if we take tomoorow’s game we take 3 out of 4 in Minny something Boston didn’t do. BTW my math tells me that means we win a series.
How about the Melkman? HAHA he is awful!
Your stats are true, Bradon. 8-3 in the last 11 is great.
But the overall record is…
28-28.
6.5 back.
BTW, that math tells me they are a .500 team at this point.
I’m not saying they might as well be aranging deck chairs on the Titanic. I do think this team could make the playoffs.
But right now, and for the first two months of the season, they have been at the .500 mark.
brandon is the biggest homer on here. he will probably bend down for any yankees player or coach.
PeteAbe,
I still don’t know why Patterson wasn’t called before now…is it because he gave up ONE run in his debut? Or struck out Gomez with the bases loaded in his debut?
Forgetting to back up a base is something that shouldn’t happen but does from time to time. It had zero impact on this game. I understand you have a slight man crush on Britton (I’m just kidding…I think), but there is no reason to draw as hasty a conclusion as that on a guy that gave up one hit after getting out of a jam the inning before.
Also, ThunderfanGabe…
They are good people, and he DOES deserve to have good things happen to him, but there was a reason Scott getting called up had not been released to the press by Scott or the Yankees. Until everyone involved has been spoken to professionally (Ensberg), they don’t like to release that stuff. You don’t want to find out you got DFA’d by Peter’s blog here, and the Yankees don’t want it either. Hope I don’t sound like too much of a jerk, but it’s a pretty fragile situation when guys careers are in the balance and nobody knows if it is them about to “die” (DFA’d). Ok, sorry for preaching!
I can’t stress enough, though, Scott deserves this as much as anyone “deserves” being a big leaguer. Great dude…
Joe,
It’s all good. I didn’t say anything about anyone but Scott. People can comment on anything they want here. Oh well. I’ve got no problem with you though.
JMO, but I think both Patterson and Britton could have done a better job attacking the stike zone. Altho, some of that could have been the fairly bad and inconsistent calls of the umpire…
thunderfangabe…you are right, you didntt. Pretty nitpicking by me looking back at it.
Hopefully he gets another shot to atone for the mortal sin of not backaing up a base!
I’d like to see the same research for Cabrera because he’s falling into the bad habit of swinging at the first pitch too.
HaHa this is a .500 team? Someone didn’t watch last year.
Santana wins 6-1. Sorry Nick this is a .500 team at least so far.
Nick, have you watched the first part of this season?
Do you know what the chances are of this team going 70-36 like they did last year in the second half to secure a WILD CARD berth?
Things are much, much different this year. You spoiled, post-96 Yankees fans. Think its your birthright to be in the playoffs EVERY year.
Wish y’all knee jerks were around in the 80’s.
Again, my math isn’t great, but this team is 28-28, which means .500.
Hopefully they turn it around. Still some time, 2/3 of the season remains. Keeping fingers crossed!