Game 81: Yankees at Mets
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- June
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Sorry for the technical difficulties. But we’re back.
YANKEES (43-37)
Damon LF
Jeter SS
Abreu RF
Rodriguez 3B
Giambi 1B
Posada C
Cano 2B
Cabrera CF
Pettitte LHP
METS (39-40)
Reyes SS
Easley 2B
Wright 3B
Beltran CF
Delgado 1B
Tatis RF
Phillips LF
Castro C
Santana LHP
Andy Pettitte (8-5, 4.04) vs. the Mets hitters.
Johan Santana (7-6, 2.93) vs. the Yankees hitters.
ROSTER MOVE: RHP David Robertson was called up from Triple-A Scranton. LHP Kei Igawa was optioned back to Scranton. RHP Oneli Perez was DFA’d.
UPCOMING ROTATION
Monday vs. Texas: Mike Mussina
Tuesday vs. Texas: Joba Chamberlain
Wednesday vs. Texas: Sidney Ponson
Thursday vs. Boston: Andy Pettitte
Friday vs. Boston: Darrell Rasner
Saturday vs. Boston: Mike Mussina
Sunday vs. Boston: Joba Chamberlain
INJURY UPDATES
Hideki Matsui: The Yankees admitted that surgery was a possibility. “That would be the last option but we can’t rule it out,” Brian Cashman said. He had his knee drained again.
Ian Kennedy: Pitching today for Class A Tampa.
Phil Hughes: Two or three weeks away from getting in a game. “He’ll be back this season but I can’t say it’ll be on the major-league level,” Cashman said.
Brian Bruney: Throwing a BP on Tuesday. First game will be 2-3 days after that.
Chris Britton: Pitching in a rehab game on Tuesday.
UPDATE, 3:41 p.m.: The tarp is on the field. No word on game time. But Glenn Close just did the National Anthem. Keep those bunnies away from her.
Sorry again for the technical issues. I have no idea what happened. We’ll try and make it up to you with as many updates as possible today.
UPDATE, 3:47 p.m.: Now they seem to be getting ready to take the tarp off. It has yet to rain.
UPDATE, 4:22 p.m.: OK, we’re underway after a delay of 24 minutes.
UPDATE, 4:33 p.m.: Yes, that is our old friend Andy Phillips playing left field for the Mets. He’s in the outfield for the third time in his career.
A FEW NOTES ON THE PITCHERS: Santana hasn’t picked up a win since June 1, although he has a 2.08 ERA since then. The Mets are 9-7 in games he has started.
Andy Pettitte is 3-0, 0.43 in his last three starts. The line: 21 14 1 1 4 19. Can’t do much better than that.
UPDATE, 4:53 p.m.: Interesting little game within the game there as Andy Pettitte faced Andy Phillips. The two are very close friends. When Phillips was going through all of his family issues the last two years, it was Pettitte who helped himk through it. I’m sure they didn’t like the idea of facing each other. Phillips hit the ball well but flew to right.
UPDATE ON ROSS OHLENDDORF: Interesting news on Ohlendorf today. The Yankees are going to have him work as a starter at Scranton. They want him to work on his secondary pitchers, particularly his split-finger fastball. By going multiple innings, he can throw more pitches in game situations.
His numbers in the big leagues have been brutal this season. But i still believe some of that is a product of how he has been used. Ohlendorf was a one-inning guy in spring training, then he became a long reliever. Then he went to one-inning stints for a while.
Now he’s a starter. Keep in mind that he was a starter in the minors last season before moving to the pen. I think the guy has a big arm and competes. They just need to figure out how best to harness that.
UPDATE, 5:18 p.m.: Jeter has now reached base safely via hit or walk in 42 consecutive interleague games. I have no idea that is impressive or not. I guess it is. It certainly sounds impressive.
UPDATE, 5:23 p.m.: Big spot for the ‘stache. Bases loaded, no outs, down 1-0. The ‘stache cannot possibly fail here. The power of the ‘stache is limitless.
UPDATE, 5:24 p.m.: OK, RBI groundout and it’s 1-1. The ‘stache will take what it can get. The season has reached its midpoint today and Jason Giambi has 46 RBI. Raise your hands if you thought that was going to be the case.
UPDATE, 5:32 p.m.: Beyond taking the lead, which is always good, the Yankees made Santana work hard in the fourth inning. He’s at 74 pitches now. This guy is a six-inning pitcher on a good day. On a muggy day like this, he could be done soon.
UPDATE, 5:25 p.m.: It’s getting dark here at Shea. The Yankees would be wise to keeep the lead aftter 5 innings.
Meanwhile, Knicks draft pick Danilo Gallinari was on the field before the game. Maybe he’s the next Larry Bird. But he looks like a kid with skinny legs who is going to get belted around. He has Arn Tellem as his agent and he was here as well. The Big G (also a client) posed for a photo with the kid.
UPDATE, 5:45 p.m.: It’s raining. The Mets and Yankees could cure droughts around the world by traveling around and playing games. It rains every time they have a series.
Quick, easy inning there for Santana. That gets him off the hook a little.
UPDATE, 5:59 p.m.: Another pickoff for Pettitte. He has a knack for it but that is just dumb base-running by Reyes.
It hasn’t been a classic matchup because of the five walks, but Pettitte and Santana have been impressive.
UPDATE, 6:09 p.m.: It’s starting to rain harder now.
UPDATE, 6:17 p.m.: Huge hit for Cano. He is 18 of his last 45.
It’s nearly pouring now.
UPDATE, 6:23 p.m.: The tarp is down and we’re in a delay. I’ll alert you if and when they determine a re-start time.
UPDATE, 6:50: The rain is letting up and the skies are clearing. They’re starting to pull the tarp. No word on a start time. Santana is done, he’s well over 100 pitches. Not sure on Pettitte. It’s usually a 45-60 minute window. Andy will fight them to stay in the game.
UPDATE: The game will start up again at 7:10 p.m.
UPDATE, 7:10 p.m.: Andy Pettitte, back at it.
UPDATE, 7:13 p.m.: Pettitte has allowed 12 homers this season, matching him with Mussina for the most.
UPDATE, 7:19 p.m.: That’s it for Santana, six innings as predicted. He has not won since June 1. Great job by Pettitte, too: 6 5 2 2 3 4. Other than the two solo homers, he dominated the Mets.
Now it gets dicey. Some combo of Veras and Farnsworth then Mo. Pettitte was at 88 pitches. Would it have been worth it to let him take his AB then come back out for the seventh? They do have the lead.
UPDATE, 7:25 p.m.: It’ll be Veras against Phillips, Castro and a pinch hitter.
UPDATE, 7:27 p.m.: Luis Castillo hitting for Phillips.
UPDATE, 7:32 p.m.: Ian Kennedy’s line from today’s game between the Single-A Tampa Yankees and Palm Beach Cardinals in Jupiter, Fla.: 5 2 0 0 1 4. 74 pitches/47 strikes.
UPDATE, 7:47 p.m.: By no means should this be intended as being critical of Joe Girardi. All managers play by the book. But shouldn’t the closer face the 2-3-4 hitters instead of the set-up man? Who cares that it’s the 8th inning? This is the game right here.
UPDATE, 7:54 p.m.: Stellar work by Krazy Kyle, with some assistance from Johnny Damon. Now it’s Mo for Delgado, Tatis and a pinch hitter.
UPDATE, 8:10 p.m.: If Rivera can close it out, the Yankees will have held the Mets to two runs in 18 innings at their park the last two days. Teams really do have their personalities set by starting pitching. It’s reason No. 1,324 why making Joba a starter was the smart move.
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From Kat’s blog;
Here’s some pregame news and the lineup:
David Robertson was called up from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Whenever he pitches, it will be his major league debut. Robertson said the callup came: “a whole lot quicker than I thought. I wasn’t really expecting it. I’m just glad to be here though.â€
Robertson had a combined 1.39 ERA in 29 games at Double-A Trenton and Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. He had allowed just 26 hits and 22 walks in 51 2/3 innings, and had 74 strikeouts.
We haven’t gotten the corresponding 25-man roster move, but Sidney Ponson is going to be starting Wednesday and Dan Giese is moving to the bullpen, so it’s neither of them.
Joe Girardi said of Ponson: “We like the way he threw the ball last night.â€
The Yankees are flip-flopping Mike Mussina and Joba Chamberlain in the rotation, since Mussina only threw 45 pitches in the rainout and Chamberlain threw 114 his last time out. Mussina will pitch Monday and Chamberlain Tuesday.
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan good afternoon everyboddddddddddyyy….robertson….well rested hope we get a peek today unless andy feels like throwing 9 innings of shutout ball..im col with that…lets go yankees….
any news on the roster move????
That might be the shortest game thread post in the history of LoHud.
DFA hawkins please!
he is garbage
I wondewr what Chris Russo will say if we lose today
Need a new alarm clock Pete?
Why cut and paste Kat’s entire entry? Why not just provide a link? I’m sure she’d appreciate the traffic.
okay here you go.
http://weblogs.newsday.com/sports/baseball/yankees/blog/
Kat’s blog is garbage.
Bye Bye LaToilet Hawkrap!
Good move for certain. Now if we can find a real lefty to replace the $ 46 million dollar Kamikaze pilot we’ll be making some real progress.
is this really true robertson got called up i wish it was for hawkins
It’s weird to see Andy Phillips in a Mets uniform…
Thank goodness, I was afraid that Pete had tried to recreate Sam Borden’s walk from Yankee Stadium to Shea and gotten lost on Randall’s Island.
Weather doesn’t look too good right now.
http://tinyurl.com/52sps4
I am at shea. They just put the tarp on.
Per Suzyn:
Bruney should be back right after the ASB
Hughes is a long way off – at least 3 more weeks before he can start throwing
Hawkins is too valuable in the pen as the million dollar mop-up.
RHP Oneli Perez was DFA’d.
who?
I gather the Yankees will demote the AG.
He should have been impeached for his role in having those US Attys. fired but I’m sorry to see him demoted, nonetheless
oneli Perez = six fingers.
Tarp on? It’s clear here.
Bob, We picked him up on waivers.
But the team still has to make a move on the 25.
Lets create some debate Steve Philips and BT are argueing on 1050, if it were a choice and you had to decide on Don Mattingly or Derek Jeter who would you take as your franchise player ?
6 fingers
yeah we still have Hawkins.. maybe I am thick in the head, what the hell does he do for the team?????
Why is he still on the roster???
Igawa at least is 6 yrs younger, Hawkins serves absolutely no purpose.. I just cannot understand…...
Perez is the guy with 6 fingers, they just picked him up about 2 weeks ago…
Rebecca it just rained by me.
Brandon: Jeter.
Rings.
Well Donnie’s 47 and Jeter is 34 so I’d have to go with Jeter. lol
Jesus Christ Hawkins stays
” Don Vito A. Bellamo
April 2nd, 2008 at 9:26 pm
Oh…and just so I am clear…Hawkins may be a heck of a guy, no argument there, but I will remain confident that he will not be able to perform anywhere near where he needs to, to be a contributor. I truly hope that I am wrong, but I see the pressure of being a NYY being too much for him. I would expect that he would either get traded or sent down by the All Star break. Just my opinion. ( let the insults begin ! )”
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The clock has STRUCK for LaTroy ? Let’s hope so !
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Before the back injury Mattingly looked like a shoo-in for Cooperstown.
Tough argument to take a side in.
Donnie was a great ballplayer.
In thier prime Bob.
Go get ‘em Yanks!
Kevin
Bruney can help if he just throws stirkes.. he had a whole new attitude this season and looked pretty good even afte giving up multi HR’s against the rays..
I expect a totally new pen before the end of July.. 4 new arms from last week.. mo, kyls, and veras will be kept the rest is up in the air…
Hawkins is just taking up space.
jennifer: Must be popping up east of me.
Hey Brandon
How many HR’s will Santana allow today?
They sent Igawa down.
I don’t think they’ll DFA Hawkins. I think at some point Cashman will find somebody to take him. Teams are desperate you know.
Brandon: Jeter.
Rings.
That wasn’t all Jetes, I’d take Donnie Baseball over Jetes as my franchise player in his youth, prime anytime.
I haven’t been here at shea since 2000 and now I remember why. Place is a dump. Yes the tarp is on but I don’t see any rain so likely they see something coming. Glenn close is singing the anthem. Wow.
Oh God…a Saturday afternoon FOX game against Boston with Moose on the mound…..I’m having a bad flashback.
Rebecca – I am about 5 miles from Shea and the skies are very dark here.
Hey Brandon
How many HR’s will Santana allow today?
The way the Yankees swing in these type of games when will they get the first hit w/ RISP is my question
Glad to hear bruney healing.
Mattingly vs. Jeter, pre-back injury it’s Mattingly in a landslide. He was a much more explosive player, hit for more power while still keeping hs average high. He was also brilliant defensively. Sadly, he was on teams that just had no pitching, and never had the chance to be in the post-season in his prime. No doubt, Jeter wound up having the better career, but based on potential when starting a team, I’d take Donnoe Baseball.
Does Donnie get a chance to avoid his fate of injuries, or he’ll be stuck with them anyway?
Bye bye Igawa
Bob: I was at the first one.
Which by now, probably doesn’t come as a surprise.
Here’s one person’s view of which NY team is better equipped for the future:
http://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/yankees/ny-spken275743369jun27,0,5300482.column
perez didn’t have full sized extra fingers. they looked like an inch long or so. like little nubs or something. just outside the pinky finger.
they are pulling the tarp!
The Pirates are starting someone named Ty Taubenheim. Thanks for holding him back when we were in town, Pittsburgh!
...Are they seriously showing the Chicago game on FOX?
WTF why are we getting cubs, white sox here in NY
“It’s weird to see Andy Phillips in a Mets uniform…”
Everyone looks weird in a Mets uniform…
can someone tell me why Fox is broadcasting Cubs vs. Sox game? WTF!
they went halfway and put it back on. Ugh
Yeah what is gogn on with FOX???
David Robertson’s curveball makes Crazy Eddie’s prices seem normal (ok, I’m showing my age).
jay destro, I’m glad we have someone on the inside at Shea. Stay safe and try not to breathe too deeply!
is anyone else getting the cubs and whitesox? im using Direct tv
I live in North Jersey there is no way i should not be getting the Yankees Mets game on FOX
My guess is it’s Cubs/Sox during the delay, but if they don’t switch, I’m going to be a little upset.
Ty Taubenheim? Is he related to Fyvush Finkel?
Did NY just job to Chicago?
I’d take Jeter if each is at his best… shortstops are much harder to find than power hitting first basemen. That said, Mattingly at his best is the # 2 1B in Yankees history, so I’m not down on him at all.
Yea now they are pulling it again. And after it started. Raining. No lines on the field yet. We got a wait ahead of us.
ahhhh put the NY game not the CHI game back on!!!!!!
Jay maybe they are dumping the water off.
June 28th, 2008 at 3:45 pm
Mattingly vs. Jeter, pre-back injury it’s Mattingly in a landslide. He was a much more explosive player, hit for more power while still keeping hs average high. He was also brilliant defensively. Sadly, he was on teams that just had no pitching, and never had the chance to be in the post-season in his prime. No doubt, Jeter wound up having the better career, but based on potential when starting a team, I’d take Donnoe Baseball.
Exactly I love Jetes but give me Donnie Baseball over him any day, I don’t wanna hear this crap about look at his fingers it has rings, let Donnie Baseball and him switch places in the eras they played baseball, there is no chance he has one ring. Stick finally wised up and brought players that could contribute and George was a big factor in the FA market w/ giving Stick the $$$ resources to obtain them.
Donnie Baseball had Paul O’neil and Jim Leyritz, doesn’t anyone think had he had Darryl Strawberry, Pettitte, Mo as a CL and Cecil Fielder DH the Yankees wouldn’t have won a championship ? Eh enjoy the game I’ll be back later.
Lazy bum.
Everyone relax, cleary we are getting this Chicago game while the NY game is delayed, but I’m sure they’ll switch back when there’s baseball at Shea.
Well, Perez was a short lived fling. Maybe he makes it through waivers and he fills a spot in the sticks. I’m really disgusted about the Igawa deal, though. The Yanks finally get their left handed bullpen ace, and then send him down. Why are they trying to bury this kid. Cashman just likes old guys. Why else would he keep Damon, Abreu, Jeter, Pettitte Rivera, Mussina, and Rodriguez when you have young studs like Gardner, Robertson, Jackson, Melancon and Igawa withering on the vive?
Don’t worry, the game will be on.
Rebecca,
I get the privilege of watching a “preview of the world series”. gag.
Side note, yesterday’s White Sox highlights showed Nick Swisher and a teammate doing the hand shake thing after a HR. The funny part was they ended it in the Captain Morgan’s stance.
Think Ponson could get that endorsement? Maybe do the stance after each K?
they are showing it until the yanks game starts
“David Robertson’s curveball makes Crazy Eddie’s prices seem normal (ok, I’m showing my age).”
LOL. I remember those wacky Crazy Eddie commercials “It’s insane”
I also remember the owner went to jail..or something like that
mel: I saw the captain morgan thing.
Igawa looked pretty sharp last nite but he is very inconsistent.
Hence, Bosox/Yanks series coming up.
I know Vasquez pitched for the Yankees but this ain’t the game I want to be watching! What’s up with that?
Okay just saw on the screen. Rain delay.
Phew.
Hey, stop complaining guys, at least yours will switch to the NYY/NYM game when it starts.
Javy Vasquez is pitching for the White Sox.. I just had a Game 7 ALCS flashback.
He was just described as a talented young right hander. At what point are you not considered young anymore? I mean, the guy is in his 30’s.
tarp is now gone. Give en 20 mins to prep and we should have baseball
It would have been nice if Fox could have mentioned the rain delay and said they’d join Yanks-Mets when it was over. But this is the same network that cut away from a game mid-batter to show NASCAR, so not really much of a surprise.
I hate rain delays.
mel: Ponson should do a mug shot stance after every K.
Hello Everyone
Is anyone going to the Friday Game 4Th of July???
Mattingly (before the injury) was an incredible player. In 1985 (before the steroid era) he drove in 145 runs!!
The guy also won 9 Gold Gloves.
Jay: Thanks!
UtilityMan: I’d ask for tickets, but that may draw the ire of this board.
Hurray for David Robertson.
UtilityMan,
I’m going to the game on the 4th. Should be a good time
Rebecca, the only way to beat this streak is to keep going to games. Or succumb to it and go back to Italy. Or send me to Italy. Or send me to the Stadium. Some combination of the above will surely work.
4:20 gametime
4:20 PM start of the game.
YankeeJosh – I am not a fan of Fox, but in their defense Jeannie Zelasko did say we would get the Cubs until the Yank/Mets started.
Nick,
One side for swinging, one for looking?
Game 81! The half way point. We can just double everyone’s stats to project their season ending numbers!!
Rebecca, I’m please to see your Bruney infatuation hasn’t waned.
I retract my scathing complaint last night about the promotion of Igawa. I’m thrilled it wasn’t long-term. But once again, the front-office’s roster decisions baffle and exasperate me.
By demoting Igawa, the Yankees now have no one who can take a bullet and save the bullpen in a blow-out until Giese can pitch again in 5 days.
Once they promoted Igawa, they should have retained him long enough for Giese’s arm to recover.
Hawkins threw 30 pitches yesterday. When is he available again for mop-up duty? Certainly not today, and probably not tomorrow.
God forbid neither Pettitte nor Rasner last five innings. What are the Yankees going to do? Waste Robertson on mop-up duty.
They need to save the A-bullpen arms, Veras and Farnsworth and Edwar (?), for winnable games.
Come on Cashman.
Nice curveball to end the ending. I want the Cubbies to win, but I don’t want Javy to get hammered.
Good afternoon,
I just want to say history does repeat itself. Ponson pitched just as good if not better than his previous debut with us. If i was Girardi i would tell him to keep drinking what he was drinking before the game.
I dont know if that Igawa is our bullpen savior was serious or not. AAA has his name written all over him.
Gotta go camping in a zoo today. Pray i dont get eaten by a lion.
Fran,
I must have missed that. My apologies to the Foxies.
Rebecca Nick’s in San Francisco. You know mellow dude, mellow part of the world. Maybe he doesn’t feel the pain the way we do around the Bronx. Too far away to get the intense vibes. I’d say you might want to stay home for a while. Really. Stay home and hang with us during games. Please. Stay home.
Speaking of Kat’s blog….
Pete, is there a reason why do not have a link to her blog?
You have the link for many other beat writers.
In fact, you have links to so many blogs which are just junk…..
Per Kevin Goldstein @ baseballprospectus.com, 6/25/08—
David Robertson: As a small righty, Robertson doesn’t pass the scouting sniff test, but he keeps getting hitters out, easing concerns about his height. In over 130 innings as a pro, he’s yet to give up a home run, and in 28 appearances between Double- and Triple-A this year, he has a 1.74 ERA and 71 strikeouts in 49 2/3 innings. With a low-90s fastball and outstanding slider, Robertson may not have Melancon’s upside, but he might get the call sooner.
almost done prepping field
On an unrelated note. I just saw Rebecca on an old youtube video. She is as cute as a bug in a rug!
Speaking of Kat’s blog….
Pete, is there a reason why do not have a link to her blog?
You have the link for many other beat writers.
In fact, you have links to so many blogs which are just junk…..
She’s a joke. She’s the one who called all the Nebraska hospitals trying to “verify” that Joba’s dad really was in the hospital and when no one would give her info speculated that he wasn’t really sick and something else was going on.
jason jones to aaa. yay.
SoS27, I wouldn’t be so concerned about the lions so much, just don’t hang around the primate house too long.
Clay/Joe: color me mortified. Which video?
All right, blog poll. I have tickets for the game on 22 July against the Twins.
Do I go or not go? Fairly decent seats. Lower level, main reserved.
An afternoon with Joe Buck-Ugh
Hahaha…
Joe Buck’s an idiot…
Never turn down baseball tickets.
Jay,
Thanks for the updates. Hope you check in once in a while, some of us are stuck watching the Chicago series.
when they cut the Cubs game i was like _
thank you
“Nice curveball to end the ending. I want the Cubbies to win, but I don’t want Javy to get hammered.”
Javy should have his arm fall off for his stinko performance in Game 7 in 2004.
An afternoon with Joe Buck-Ugh
An afternoon with the TV muted.
Rebecca – Go for it. Law of averages.
So three “goes” and one “don’t go”
“Gotta go camping in a zoo today.”
You don’t read a line like the one above much.
“She’s a joke. She’s the one who called all the Nebraska hospitals trying to “verify†that Joba’s dad really was in the hospital and when no one would give her info speculated that he wasn’t really sick and something else was going on.”
If that is true she should be ashamed of herself. What goes on with some people?
Rebecca – Park it.
Don’t go Rebecca, you’re a jinx.
There is lot of infatuation here with the prospects.
Just becuase they were good/great in AAA, does not mean they will succeed in ML. See what is happened to Ohlendorf and is happening to Edwar. And see what happened to Giese once there there is tape to watch from his outings before.
Robertson was great in AAA. But, his conrol is still iffy and in ML the hitters do not swing at non strikes like the AAA guys do. So, it is important that we temper our expectations about Robertson at least initially.
Having said that, let us hope he will be off to a great start, build his confidence and help the team.
Rebecca,
You and some other guy were trying to save the field at Yankee Stadium.
Rebecca – I am willing to give you one more chance to turn your record around! Go for it.
anyone catch the All Star Commercial?
pretty neat especially wit Jeet and A-Rod in it
lol David Robertson doing the lineup
Rebecca,
Go. You’re due for a win.
Hahah Robertson doing the lineups. Classic.
We cannot lose to a team that starts Andy Phillips and Tatis.
DAVID ROBERSTON SITING!
Also, the ASG commercial makes me want to cry because I am willing to do almost anything for tickets…
going to the Tampa game tonight to see IPK…. i’ll give some updates when I can
Ha! Nice lineup job by David Robertson… “I don’t know any of these guys…”
“She’s a joke. She’s the one who called all the Nebraska hospitals trying to “verify†that Joba’s dad really was in the hospital and when no one would give her info speculated that he wasn’t really sick and something else was going on.â€
If that is true she should be ashamed of herself. What goes on with some people?
It’s true.
If she has a blog archive, you can go back to the time he was in the hospital and find it. I haven’t been back since. It was disgraceful.
Joe: Ah, yeah That one didn’t go over too well.
Rebecca is a little self important. There are 55,000 there. it doesn’t matter whether you go or not.
I can’t count on anything from Ian Kennedy this year. Others have pulled ahead of him on the radar. He’ll need to re-group over the winter and try it again next spring.
Damon has been hot for a long time now. It’s not just being hot. He’s this good.
Denny: It’s a joke/superstition/whatever.
And wasn’t Johnny on the DL last year?
Clay,
It was a fathers day present. I dont know if i should take it as a compliment or my wife trying to cash in on the life insurance.
Rebecca, your heart was in the right place.
Denny, Rebecca is Optimist Prime. She is very important!
Not to rain on anyones parade but doesn’t it seem all these Yankee callups have great numbers at Scranton but when they get on the mound up here they can’t seem to throw strikes or get batters out? I seem to remember Edwar Ramirez and Ian Kennedy have ridiculously good numbers at Sranton yet it didn’t translate into success in the big show. Karstens had 11 strikeouts the other day. Is the international league hitting that bad?
Santana or IPK and Hughes???
hmmm
Great move
Well, remember when I was whining about Jeter’s lack of pop…uh…nevermind.
Safecrack – we won’t know how great that move was for another few years.
I hate games on fox
Yay Bobby!
I say go. I don’t think they’re losing becuase you’re there, more like despite you being there. You’ve just been unlucky so far – but they’re bound to win, and then the streak ends.
Abreu’s on fire. That hit against Smith was just incredible. The concentration and hand-eye coordination required for it..my God.
Tim McCarver’s analysis of Bobby is making my ears bleed.
Rebecca,
I’d gladly take the tickets from you, but my luck this year at going to games is about as bad as yours.
Got to make him work a little harder, boys. This is a Pedro-in-his-prime situation. Santana’s many things, but he isn’t a 120-pitch horse.
Oh, Brandon must be in pain…
Ivan Drago doing lineups for Mets
Did he just call him “John Santana?”
Joe Buck and Tim Mccarver…....it doesn’t get much better than that, maybe acid in your ears, but other than that, Greatness.
I hate games on fox, they are so stupid in the booth
“Santana or IPK and Hughes???
hmmm
Great move”
You mean Santana’s 91mph fastball(3 less than last year)/homerun pitch or Wang,Kennedy and Melky. Id say great move is correct.
My favorite new show (that I just started watching) is Dexter.
Yes, the lack of Damion Easley, his average glove, and .252 career batting average was a dreadful loss.
I’ve been watching Dexter since the first episode. Interesting concept.
Andy. Strike zone. Find it.
Rebecca – tell Andy to find the strike zone! He usually listens to you!
or not.
come on Andy
Which is better usage “sighting” or “siting”?
July 22 is my best chance to see a Yankee home game this year, I’m trying to figure out a way to get to that game. And/or the 23rd.
Denny
Stop being rude to Rebecca. She is the nicest person on this blog.
Clay
That is a great show!! I just bought season 1 for 20 bucks
Rebecca’s so self important when she instructs our pitchers.
Andy. Throw a bleepin’ strike.
And those hitting instructors that fail to understand that it is possible to make outs on pitches outside the strike zone generally aren’t hitting instructors for very long.
Andy, this is no good. Strikes.
this win one lose one is killing me..
id rather see geise get another shot over rasner. geise’s stuff seems a bit better and he was just wild yesterday, where as rasner doesnt have anything good, just crafty (i.e., needs luck).
id say matsui is out till the allstar break, they will bring gardener up to see if he is legit (then maybe trade melky).
Is it Andy, or the umpire? Some of those pitches did not look like balls.
WTF ANDY!!!
“peaceful”
Didn’t Manuel (jokingly) threaten to knife Reyes if he challenged his authority again?
I hope Pettitte finds the strike zone very quickly.
Come on
Hi Pete
Wow Pettitte getting squeezed. Unbelievable how much our pitchers have been squeezed this weekend. The first pitch to Wright was right down the middle even and Gameday confirms it.
I think the Kat-Joba’s dad incident was blown somewhat out of proportion. She was fact-checking, which is what a reporter does. Did she make a mistake and maybe go over the line? Possibly. But no reporter is perfect. For those who care, this was her defense of the whole matter: http://weblogs.newsday.com/sports/baseball/yankees/blog/2008/04/message_from_kat.html
Aside from Pete and lohud, the Newsday Yankees blog is the best newspaper blog for providing timely and accurate information, which is really what I care about. I also like that any reporter covering the game posts there. I personally really enjoy reading Reiber when he’s at games.
Andy, DP here.
Dont give him that pitch again
Has Melky/Gardener reached dead horse status yet?
Strike zone doesn’t look very consistent to me… That’s a strike, though! Nice K by Andy!
That’s better Andy – one more.
Wow still cheering Delgado I hear
Anyone know if we can watch the game in Sopcast? If so, what channel?
VRSCE, thanks, though I’m not sure that’s necessarily accurate…
Phew thought Delgado hit that out but it was just a flare.
Oh Jesus I thought that was leaving the yard the way he looked
Well, that’s better.
Settle in, Andy.
“Wow Pettitte getting squeezed. Unbelievable how much our pitchers have been squeezed this weekend. The first pitch to Wright was right down the middle even and Gameday confirms it.”
He was missing. I trust the ump my more than Gameday.
No, ny2cali.
Looks like Andy might be taking some cues from Sir Sidney on how to squirm out of trouble.
Angel: Yes.
Got fooled on that one. Delgado took a big swing but Andy buried that fastball in. Nice pitch for the 1-pitch out.
How was I being mean to Rebecca? I just said it doesn’t matter if you go or not. So you may as well go. Relax, Versace. Get a grip it’s a nice day.
K, then i’m calling PETA and reporting equine cruelty next time its brought up.
If Matsui has the surgery, do we keep Justin up, or bring Brett up? Not that Christian did bad, but Gardner is the higher prospect isnt he?
Giambi has never been affiliated with Husky and Starch as Buck suggested.
Don’t know if you counted my vote automatically but PLEASE DON’T GO.
I wouldn’t even have to ask if that was my track record!
nycali,
Looks like only tvants. I’ve never used it, but if you want to try, here’s the link:
http://www.myp2p.eu/broadcast.php?matchid=13944&part=sports
Joe Buck: “Here is Giambi…who looks like he just got off a casting call for Starsky and Hutch”
....or a late 70’s/early 80’s adult film.
haha Pedro using the excuse of tipping his pitches
Um, I don’t buy that “tipping pitches” BS. Pedro’s getting hit in great part because he’s at the end of the rope.
Poor Church. That looked like it hurt.
Why cant Pedro admit hes just not good anymore
VRSCE,
Don’t worry about it. I already e-mailed Pete about Denny. I suspect, he might get banned.
Oh boy. This is the Twinkies’ Johan.
How does Santana’s loss of stuff look???
Wow, so far this is really ugly.
Wow umps really stretching the Met strikezone but not the Yankee
Figures. Santana gets everything near the plate and Pettitte has to throw it down the middle for a called strike.
Not to mention how many times the Yankees have seen Pedro… I think some of the hitters have figured him out.
...Headed for the alcohol. Like now.
How can they not realize the changeup is coming on strike 2?
cano needs to be moved out of the 8th spot. move cano up infront of posada to give him protection
If Santana has bad stuff I do not want to hear people say what IPK, Hughes, Giese, Rasner, etc have.
I do not want to hear about the contract. They are going to pay more this off season to pitchers. May as well have the best.
Sopcast has notices about people being banned if they stream MLB games. I figure MLB went after them once it started being posted on blogs.
The alternate source will be next as soon as they get wind of it. I bet on it.
Somebody get a call to the dugout. Fastballs for the first two strikes, then, the changeup.
j/k. I know that they see the pattern. I just wanted to be a know-it-all.
Darn I have tickets for next Saturday, was hoping to see Joba not Moose. Well I guess I have 4 tickets for next Sat for sale. Let’s go Yankees.
Andy’s gonna have to pitch his heart out today…got faith.
Wow the Mets 6-9 hitters are terrible.
This is year one of a SIX-YEAR contract. You cannot just discount the fact that just as important as Cashman’s unwillingness to surrender his prospects was his unwillingness to give a well-worked pitcher a massive contract.
“cano needs to be moved out of the 8th spot. move cano up infront of posada to give him protection”
Especially since Cano will hit like an All-Star for the rest of this year. At least that’s what I think he’ll do.
Didn’t Boston use the ol’ “tipping pitches” excuse with Gagne? Now that was hilarious.
to think we could have had Santana!
I smell a grueling pitchers’ duel here.
Santana looks good, especially with the ump giving him that outside corner to RHB, the same pitches he would call a ball when Pettitte was pitching. That’s just great.
sos27 youre making things up. down 3mph from last year? not quite.
07: 91.7
08: 91.1
try not to make crap up
Jeff NJ, this is the new, better Moose. I would love to be at that game! Not as much as I’d want to see Joba, but…
Nice play Jeets
Yeah im going to next Saturdays game too, could have sworn it was Joba
Thought Jeter couldnt go to his left?
Andy,
It’s Andy! Get it done.
Glad to see Robertson joined the team, I think he’ll stick. Good to get the first real new young blood reliever here. Just a matter of time before Melancon joins him. That will be some sweet set up men.
As for Ohlendorf, may as well try him as a starter if he can get some more pitches going. He has been getting killed by the 2nd time around, often even by the 2nd inning.
Ugh. I have White Sox vs Cubs. I hate FOX.
Which do you think is the greater disparity? That between the NL and AL in MLB or Eastern conference and Western conference in the NBA?
MCarver is crazy Andy pitch for another 4 years he barely made this year lol
I don’t think Andy getting to the Hall of Fame is such a stretch if he keeps pitching for a few more years as well as he has this year. Especially if he can get another ring or two in that time.
This out is huge, they have to lead off with John Santana
yup- Jeter has no range at short
“Wow the Mets 6-9 hitters are terrible”
#2(Easley) is a STIFF also, as was #5(Delgado)...save yesterday’s game 1…weak hitting NL club…DAMN
It was going to be Joba for that Saturday game, but Girardi flipped Joba and Moose in the rotation. There’s an update about it in the previous thread, I think.
How do you feel about that choice, Fire Girardi?
Seriously? Ramon Castro?
Is it me or does it look like Andy’s getting squeezed?
Funny that McCarver is being complimentary to the Yankees. So is it just that he sucks up to the Red Sox? I thought he pretty much trashed the Yankees whenever he got the chance.
I hate fox.
Actually, I’m not sure hate is a strong enough word.
Hey, it’s andy phillips!
I was wondering where he landed.
i am really beginning to be annoyed by the number of announcers that seem to always need to say something negative about Jeter’s range…especially after good plays that he makes.
check castros bat…theres gotta be something in it
a homerun pitch when santana is next…is rediculous…no excuse for that
Okay, maybe I should keep my mouth shut..
Johan’s decrease of velocity began apparent in the first half of LAST year. He’ll still has outing where he hits the mid-90s consistently, but he pitches more often in the low-90s.
The reality is that Santana’s fastball is not nearly as important as his changeup. If that pitch is deceptive enough, he won’t need to throw in the mid-90s with the FB. Look at Edwar (when he has his fastball command, and isn’t forced to pitch backwards and expose the change-up.)
Oops.
but Rebecca, Fox has the best news channel!
Did that homerun come right after Andy shook off Jorge?
For me, moving Joba sucks, but for the team its better.
Well that eliminated a cheat out for next inning.
Andy is struggling some today.
That’s just great. Probably the worst bottom of a lineup out there, and they get a run. That’s one more than we can afford.
Bugsy: Don’t even start with me. Seriously.
well then, Fire Girardi, you’re an idiot.
I see Girardi stretching Andy to 115-120 pitches today if he’s effective. He came out of his last outing early because of the rain. The pen isn’t as beat up as it could have been, but they aren’t fresh.
how pathetic… he has the pitcher on deck, santana has his “a” stuff and he leaves a fastball right over the plate!!! They must teach that in the bible…
Funny how some hate Fox while others hate CBS, ABC, NBC and CNN.
Umm how am I an idiot?
Melky needs to go yard.
I only hate Fox during Yankee games, and most of the time its Yankees-Sox because McCarver is just stupid, and Buck seems to be in love with the Sox
Anyone think that Santana isn’t trying to pitch the game of the century today? Let the Yankees see what they gave up.
The problem for the Mets is that the Phillies are going to turn it around, and leave the Mets in the dust.
Melky isnt too good from the right side of the plate, hes better from the left
Fire Girardi…my guess is bad genetics.
Why is giving up a HR to Castro such a shocker? He has alot of power…he just doesn’t get a lot of playing time.
his HR #’s over the previous 3 years:
‘05- 209 AB 8HR
‘06- 126 AB 4HR
‘07- 144 AB 11HR
Kevin
I don’t know why Santana would hold a grudge. There’s no indication he favored the Yankees over any other team that wasn’t in Minnesota.
Andy needs to go yard here.
its fine if we lose this game because we have rasner going tomorrow
Come on Pettitte…hit your 2nd homer.
Nice AB Andy.
Rebecca – I know u posted this awhile ago – but if you don’t go to that game against the Twins, I’d be interested in buying them from you, i’m going to be in NY for a few days during that series
um, its a shocker becuase pettire didnt need to actaully have to pitch to him with santana on deck… way to look up those stats tho’
I have a friend who swears that Zelasko is a cross dresser or something. He thinks she was a guy at one point.
It’s no surprise, Castro always plays better on days that his childhood idol, Livan Hernanzez, pitches.
Im gonna go out on a limb and say the Phillies sweep the Mets next weekend
Rebecca- it’s true.
Fox news anchors wear the skimpiest outfits and have the longest legs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1qAnx-_LmY
This isn’t encouraging. Sigh.
pettite doesnt have the chops to go head to head with santana, cant afford to make dunb ass mistakes
This is just…I mean…
I’m not really watching this, right?
Thinking optimistically, it’s still just the third inning, we can still win this…
Yankee hitters need to get it going.
Hey JoeT I’d be willing to take up a collection so you can offer Rebecca a price she can’t refuse!
damon seems to be back into his bad ways
I can’t stop visualizing Santana in a Yankee uniform.
Damn you Brina Cashman.
JoeT: Sorry man, but the tickets aren’t up for sale.
Well if the umps still feel the need to squeeze Pettitte, this could possibly be a bad inning
McCARVER, SHUT THE #@%# UP!
Andy pitches better from behind than with a lead anyway, this is all ok.
Rebecca I think yesterday’s game really did you in. You sound punchdrunk now. It’s one game. It happens. The score was lopsided. Yankees have won lopsided games.
Desperate in the 3rd inning down one run? Not cool.
imagines her Santana ship scenario all over again