Here comes the Moose
Posted by: Peter Abraham - Posted in Misc on Jul 18, 2008 
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Everybody will focus on the hitting, but the Yankees did some fine work on the mound tonight. The last 13 A’s went in order and the Yankees combined on 12 strikeouts.
Meanwhile, washed-up Mike Mussina improved to 12-6 with a 3.49 ERA.
Career pitching wins
34. Jim Palmer 268
35. Bob Feller, Eppa Rixey 266
37. Jim McCormick 265
38. Gus Weyhing 264
39. Mike Mussina 262
Joba Chamberlain will try and keep it going tomorrow. Oakland changed its rotation and will start Sean Gallagher. Justin Duchschererererer will go on Sunday.
Here’s hoping that Joba keeps that pitch count down.
I believe he earns the donuts back now, right?
Just the performance we needed to kick off the second half!
Moose for Comeback Player of the Year, yes?
Moose = HOF
I said in Spring Training that Moose would have a good year. Looks like I was right. Not that I am tooting my own horn or anything.
I’m sorry I can’t lie, I thought he would be a bum..he shut me up
I wish they’d supported him better with runs. I wanted him to get 20 this year. He should be at about 14 wins right now. If the offense wakes up and he stays healthy, maybe he still has a shot. I’d love for that to happen. I like the Moose.
Also, Brewers interested in pen help…keep Kyle performing well, and have them on speed-dial!
Great win tonight. We saw some things we haven’t seen in a while.,,hits w/ RISP w/ 2 outs, Cano with a long ball, Melky with 2 hits. Signs of life are good. Keep it up Yankees.
Can we deal Wilson Betemit for Jeff Keppinger ?
Wow!
I think Feller missed time because of WWII (God bless him) but for Moose to pass Palmer (fellow O) would be wonderful!
moose has saved this team.. he is so far exceeded expectations it is unreal.. I thought he was done…
The key is he is not walking anyone….. they have 3 legit sarters the 2 old guys and the stud young guy, if Wang was healthy they have a rotation and if Hughes wakes up fuggedaboutit…
Does this mean the team gets donuts now that Moose has 12 wins? Would love to see him pass Feller and Palmer this year in wins. His strikeout rate has picked up nicely in the last month or so.
Rebecca In my mind without a doubt. But there will be some who will give the nod to Hamilton. While his is a nice story, you have to give it to Moose. Hamilton’s was brought on himself. Mike’s was injuries.
I wish they’d supported him better with runs. I wanted him to get 20 this year. He should be at about 14 wins right now.
he’d have 17 wins w/ runs support right now. One thing he has found a way to do is win and by pitching good enough.
Just 12 months ago there was more chance of a Moose DFA than a Moose win, he figured it out big time.
The key is that we have to get consistent. Too many times this season, the Yankees have had awesome games like tonight only to follow them up with stinkers. They have to play like this every night. They have to get serious now. No more of the “it’s still early” talk ’cause it ain’t early anymore. It’s late and they need to get going.
Go Yankees!!
“But there will be some who will give the nod to Hamilton. While his is a nice story, you have to give it to Moose. Hamilton’s was brought on himself. Mike’s was injuries.”
So was Giambi’s back when he got the comeback award. Steroid related injuries.
Junkie to RBI king is a pretty big turnaround.
Stuart: I don’t often agree with you, but on that, I agree 100%
Jenn: I thought Hamilton got it last year for the NL?
“I’m sorry I can’t lie, I thought he would be a bum..he shut me up ”
He looked so awful last year – no one could blame you (SJ skewered him something awful!)
At least the chuckleheads who want to credit Moose’s success to Hank have simmered down. Jamie Moyer? not exactly .
hahahaha nice pete. justins last name was asking for it
As per his deal with Girardi, what junk food was Moose supposed to get brought back to the clubhouse when he won his 12th again? I know the ice cream is already back…was 12 wins donuts? I hope he writes it on his board again haha. Long live the MOOOOOOOSE!! Great pitching tonight (even better than his line would indicate since at least 1/3 of those hits were cheap) and nice to see him finally get some run support! Hope it’s Joba’s turn for some of that tomorrow too, cause he REALLY has gotten no love from the bats.
I didn’t think Moose would have the type of season he has been having. Imagine how screwed would we be without him..
The Phillies were recently working on a blockbuster with Colorado that would have netted them Brian Fuentes and Matt Holliday for something like Shane Victorino, J.A. Happ, Carlos Carrasco, and Lou Marson. Those talks have stalled, and the added payroll might’ve been a problem for the Phillies anyway.
interesting
and for some reason Jose Guillen is not in the KC starting lineup tonight.
If it wasn’t for Mike this team would be fried, toast! What have you. He has saved this season so far.
“and for some reason Jose Guillen is not in the KC starting lineup tonight.”
He’s got pop and an ok average. Makes a lot of outs. I’m sure the Royals would be happy to get rid of him. He’s a jerk and signed for too much money and too long.
sadly, I think Cliff Lee will end up getting CPOY, a former 18(?) gm winner who spent most of last yr in the minors. But we can still hope he chokes hard in the 2nd half so Moose can get it!! If he can’t win 20 this yr, it would be cool if he could at least have that. I don’t think Hamilton will get it b/c he already played pretty well last year, and was considered an ascending talent iirc.
Moose will get to 20 wins this year!!!!
Guillen has back spasms –
http://canadianpress.google.co.....eNG5L1j9Nw
BBB – I think candy is back in at 15 Wins.
“I don’t think Hamilton will get it b/c he already played pretty well last year, and was considered an ascending talent iirc.”
good point.
Yeah, unless Lee tanks it’ll probably be him. I mean, consigned to the minors -> starting the all-star game?
I noticed that Hawkins did pretty well to close out the game. He didn’t have that normal hesitation taking the ball out of his glove before each pitch. I have to wonder if that hitch was giving some timing cues to the batters.
Mussina did pretty well after the first inning he did well. The first inning he looked like he was in for a tough night, but then get settled in. His pitches have movement and control. Amazing how poor he was last season to the change we are seeing this season.
I owe an apology to Mussina & all his supporters, as I was one of the more vocal anti-Moose guys here…..I gladly will continue to eat Moose mud-pies all season regardless of the outcome in the second half….I stated many times I thought by Memorial Day he’d be chum….
Where is SJ lately? I miss you Sj give us some of your observations..
Rebecca I am not as much of a negative nancy as I have posted, it is just the offense and the high dollar guys have really dissappointed this year…
Give Gardner until Damon comes back and if he does not pick it up send him down for more work. BTW why the heck did Gardner do a Melky on the slide to 1st.. It is a dumb dumb play.
good night all, Joba dominate Saturday and then we have something going.. Jorge will catch and Giambi will be in the lineup so the team offensively will be better saturday….
A note about Bob Feller. He already won 107 games by the age of 22, when he went into the service from 1942-1945. He made 9 starts in 1945 when he got out of the service late in the season. So he basically missed four seasons when he was 23,24,25 and 26 years old.
“Signing Mark Teixeira as a replacement for Manny Ramirez doesn’t make sense for the Red Sox, who don’t want to take on that kind of mega-contract.”
Nice to have the 2nd deepest pockets in MLB out of the running for our favorite 1B!
Krazy Kyle…doing good work..
They didn’t boo Kyle Farnsworth at Joyce Kilmer Elementary School. Second-graders generally aren’t the booing kind, and anyway Farnsworth wasn’t there to pitch. He was there to talk.
This was back on May 21, when Farnsworth couldn’t so much as warm up in the Yankee Stadium bullpen without getting booed. So the trip out to Mahwah to talk to the kids about a couple of his favorite topics was a pleasant respite.
“Kids that age are little sponges,” Farnsworth said. “They take in everything they can.”
Farnsworth wasn’t there to talk about the Yankees, or about life as a big-league relief pitcher. Sure, some of that came up, but his real purpose for being there was to educate the youngsters on fitness and nutrition.
“This is something I care about,” Farnsworth said. “So I can tell them a little bit of what I know. Fitness, working out, but also nutrition. That’s the most important thing. You can work out all you want, but if you eat bad food, it’s not going to do you any good.”
Who’d have thought it? Kyle Farnsworth — man with a message. And a worthy one at that. It may not be enough to make the guy a fan favorite, but it’s at least something to think about the next time you boo him.
rest of the article here:
http://www.nj.com/yankees/inde.....om_ny.html
BTW why the heck did Gardner do a Melky on the slide to 1st.. It is a dumb dumb play.
He WHAT !
SEND HIS A$* DOWN … I didn’t know that I was coming back from work.
crawdaddie –
Some detail from wikipedia:
On December 8, 1941 Feller, enlisted in the Navy, volunteering immediately for combat service becoming the first Major League Baseball player to do so following the Attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7. Feller served as Gun Captain aboard the USS Alabama,[1] and missed four seasons during his service in World War II, being decorated with five campaign ribbons and eight battle stars.
I don’t think its only about the money in the contract for Teixeira that is making them less likely to go for him. With Youkillis and Lowell where would Teixeira play? Deal Youk? I doubt it. Lowell isn’t going anywhere either.
tex will be a yank a met or a oriole that is it..
if the yanks want him you know the end of that story..
29, over pay, he will get 7 yrs…………
Stuart –
The O’s are primed to make another ‘tejada-like’ overplay for Tex b/c he is a B’more native and Angelos has apparently targeted Tex as their next cover boy.
Should be interesting to watch.
Bucholz doing a great job so far. 100 pitches in the bottom of the first. 2-0 LAA.
2-0 Angels bottom 1
“Bucholz doing a great job so far. 100 pitches in the bottom of the first. 2-0 LAA.”
He’s a bust. The Red Sox should trade him for whatever they can get.
Ah, another step toward fulfilling the 20 wins, perfect game, and WS ring prediction/hyperbole I made before this season
The Orioles are one of the the worst run franchises in baseball at this moment (Astros are worse). Horrible.
They have trading chips to start a rebuilding. Deal Sherrill, Roberts, etc. Get prospects. But no, they ‘need a 9th inning guy’ and the owner has man-love for Roberts. Nothing but mediocrity in their future the way things are going.
SA, I don’t remember the last time Kyle actually pitched poorly enough to warrant a booing. Which, uh, has me a little freaked out.
Bob Feller seems like an amazing man. He is as much an American treasure as Yogi Berra or Willie Mays.
“He’s a bust. The Red Sox should trade him for whatever they can get.”
Come on now, he pitched a no-hitter his 2nd ever start…he has good stuff as well, just doesn’t locate well enough yet. Then again, Hughes was pitching a no-hitter thru 6 2/3 in his second start….
Great way to start the second “half.”
Cano took some nice cuts. It would be great if he could turn it around.
And Ricky Samson had a nice debut.
“They have trading chips to start a rebuilding. Deal Sherrill, Roberts, etc. Get prospects. But no, they ‘need a 9th inning guy’ and the owner has man-love for Roberts. Nothing but mediocrity in their future the way things are going.”
Adam Jones will be good, Markakis is good, Roberts is good, and . . . um . . . a few arms.
Their first pick last year is a stud catcher whose name escapes me – and the new GM knows what he is doing. The owner is the problem. He is an arrogant lawyer who has no clue about baseball.
Someone Else; Considering the O’s were supposed to lose 100 games this year, they’re actually doing pretty well.
It’s all relative…
““He’s a bust. The Red Sox should trade him for whatever they can get.â€
Come on now, he pitched a no-hitter his 2nd ever start…he has good stuff as well, just doesn’t locate well enough yet. Then again, Hughes was pitching a no-hitter thru 6 2/3 in his second start….”
Wieters. They’re the Astros with better drafting
Both have godawful owners.
Yeah..I don’t remember the last time Krazy had a “boo him performance” either. I’m kinda freaked out too! lol
Buchholz is not having the best start..
“Their first pick last year is a stud catcher whose name escapes me”
Matt Wieters. He’s probably going to be really good, and ready in late 2009 or spring 2010.
While I can understand a player thinking about playing in his home town, I would also think that some thought goes to the actual team he would be playing for and how they look.
As a player moves along his career, the thoughts of post season chances start playing on the mind.
While the Yankees are going to have to fight to make it to the post season this year they have a higher percentage chance of making it than most other teams. It may not bring discounts, but it will make for a tougher choice. Being on the East coast for Teixeira and a few hours drive from “home” could be enough for him.
“Buchholz is not having the best start..”
Yep, 37 pitches thru 1 and 3 runs on the board. Then again Lackey has been god awful against the Sox in his career.
“Buchholz is not having the best start..”
Yep, 37 pitches thru 1 and 3 runs on the board. Then again Lackey has been god awful against the Sox in his career.
“Come on now, he pitched a no-hitter his 2nd ever start…he has good stuff as well, just doesn’t locate well enough yet.”
Yes, I know. That was my point. People are far, far too quick to call young pitchers busts. Hughes is several years younger than Buchholz, and yet people are calling him a bust already.
Absurd.
Who is Ricky Samson?
“Wieters. They’re the Astros with better drafting”
Nice job -
The O’s will find a way to screw up though, some laws of the universe are immutable.
“While I can understand a player thinking about playing in his home town, I would also think that some thought goes to the actual team he would be playing for and how they look.”
It’s true. I think he’ll be a Met. They won’t admit that they need to re-tool and they’ll just keep spending to try and patch holes. They’ll offer him a huge, unwise deal. The Yanks would have to beat it, and I don’t think they will. At least, I hope not.
“Who is Ricky Samson?”
You mean Rutherford Speckelston?
(Richie Sexson. It’s a running gag.)
“Yes, I know. That was my point.”
My bad for missing the sarcasm lol. But yeah you’re right. People jump on young pitchers way too quickly. What if the Yankees did that after Mo struggled his first year?…
when did this happen what did I miss !
“Who is Ricky Samson?”
That must have been a typo – he meant Dicky Suriname
Tis the bane of young pitching. They can look so good and disappoint, they can look so poor then turn into Santana. They can come up like Cy Young and then be gone in no time.
How the hell do the Red Sox own Lackey?
And Lackey is once again sucking against the Sox…I hate Pukelis.
“when did this happen what did I miss !”
Early. Meacham sent ARod and he bowled over the catcher. He was called out.
Brandon –
3rd out, 1st inning (?)
Brandon
1st inning. A-Rod ran over the catcher.
Brandon that was from Meachem sending A-Rod in the beginning of the game.
Meachem reminds me of Windwill Willie.
“And Lackey is once again sucking against the Sox…I hate Pukelis.”
Thank goodness Jason “asbestos” Varitek was there to put out the fire.
yeah, he’s an all-star.
whozat
July 18th, 2008 at 10:29 pm
“Bucholz doing a great job so far. 100 pitches in the bottom of the first. 2-0 LAA.â€
He’s a bust. The Red Sox should trade him for whatever they can get.”
It is kind of comical to read about about how Bucholtz is a “bust” when Kennedy and Hughes together have zero wins!
ahh thanks.
Sabathia just doubled in SF. That’s 2 HR, and a double so far this year for CC. Maybe if the Yanks sign him next year he can DH when he’s not pitching.
I just saw Feinsand’s report card – I take exception to this:
Jose Veras: B
One of the team’s nicest surprises, Veras helped make up for the loss of Chamberlain in the bullpen with a 1.98 ERA in June while Joba made his transition. Veras is holding opponents to a .209 average.
wtf does Mark F want? Can a brother get an A- for that?
ray (sox fan)-whozat was being sarcastic. Read his 10:39pm post
Sorry about that….thank you for pointing that out to me SA
SA – blogger advocate general!
(do you work on a retainer basis or can a swing a pro bono deal?)
What really bothers me is how the Angels always own us and then play dead for the Sox.
lol
Rebecca, don’t you think that is how it goes with some teams. The Sox generally play well against the Angels although they did take two out of three from us in Fenway early in the season, but I know there have been just as many times that the Yankees play well against teams that the Sox struggle with when they play them.
I know Rebecca, and the White Sox do that too (remember the series last year where they were outscored 46-7 or something by Boston at home). But at least Houston and TB have kept them in check while being bad against us.
Moose is going to win the Cy Young award.
I guess Manny Ramirez has caused another ripple in the Red Sox muddy water. Henry said he was personally offended by what Manny said. Henry should consider himself lucky that Manny didn’t deliver the message in person or he probably would have knocked Henry down!
Bombshell: Agreed.
will moose get in before Clemens?
that is the question
Manny home run
Wow awesome location from Lackey on that one.
why is everybody surprised ? we won hence the Red Sox and Rays just can’t lose after that.
Given the whole mess that Clemens is currently in, I don’t think he will have an easy time getting in.
sign me up for a two year extension for Moose 2.0
think 9 per would do it?
Maybe Sexson will help the Yanks with the Angels. Someone told me today his numbers against them are pretty good.
“Moose = HOF”
Maybe with 38 more wins he will.
…And Garret unties it…
Garrett Anderson yard.
4-3 LAA
V – Moose can come in second, but Mo is going to win the CY
Is Anderson gonna tee off and get the RBI record like he did to us last year lol ?!?
Stick to football Clark Judge..
http://www.sportsline.com/nfl/story/10901933
Suffering through night-after-night of listless efforts by the Yankees. I swear, for a guy who produces such big numbers, Alex Rodriguez is one of the game’s worst clutch performers. Guaranteed, if there are runners on third and second and it’s close he won’t get the ball out of the infield. History will record his acquisition as the beginning of the decline and fall of the Yankees.
“why is everybody surprised ? we won hence the Red Sox and Rays just can’t lose after that.”
I’ll let you know if lohud let’s me sell my diapers here.
;>)
And a Red Sox fan updates us on Manny’s home run why?
That would be sort of weird if Moose and Mo were competing head to head for the Cy Young award. If this offense gets in order, it’s a very real possibility that Mussina can win 20 games.
sadly Clark Judge is right
Pete, did anyone ask Moose how the county fair was?
sadly Moose or Mo won’t even be considered for the CYA (Moose’s ERA is too high and Mo would need to be lights out all year for a division winner plus how can you justify giving the award to Mo when K Rod will probably set the record for saves in a season…)
hopefully rational fans like me will understand this and I won’t be peppered with anger from the rest of you
“History will record his acquisition as the beginning of the decline and fall of the Yankees.”
Buster Olney says it happened 3 years before A-Rod arrived in NY. These writers really need to get together and give us a definitive answer.
“plus how can you justify giving the award to Mo when K Rod will probably set the record for saves in a season…)”
Because saves are a function of opportunities. Mo’s rates are INSANE. K/9, K:BB, WHIP, they’re just godly. Mo has walked FOUR batters all season. In the same number of innings as KRod, KRod’s got 26 walks.
History will record his acquisition as the beginning of the decline and fall of the Yankees.
That was Mariano who blew game 4 right ? I didn’t know Alex was pitching in that series. 2005 it lingered the Angels owned us and that collision in RF my god if Bubba Crosby would have just let Sheff catch the damn ball, 2006 Detroit’s SP and BP was head over heals better, last year Cleveland had 1 ace Carmona and Lofton, Blake, Cabrara Grady Sizemore stuck thier foot up our as- …. we’ve been through this add nausea the whole lineup died out there.
Mo’s K:BB is 12.5:1. 4:1 is pretty incredible. He’s got a ratio THREE TIMES AS HIGH.
Wow. It really is incredible to be able to watch him in real life. He’s just mindblowing.
Brian, you’re wrong about Moose. In his last 15 games he has a 3.10 era, and that’s not counting tonight. At the end of the season, if he pitches in his current form, his era should be much closer to 3 than what it is now. That’s a very respectable era if you can come up with 20 wins somehow.
VERY costly error from SS Cora, 5-3 Halos.
Buster Olney says it happened 3 years before A-Rod arrived in NY. These writers really need to get together and give us a definitive answer.
It really started in 2001 and we felt it in 02′, in 03′ we owned the Red Sox mentally and Pedro. After that they left it on the field and Torre refused to bunt on Schilling and Dave Roberts had to bee the luckiest human being in the world he was safe twice on what could have been the last out. Ughh…and Kevin Brown
Another RBI for Anderson, maybe he really is after the all-time record again lol.
whozat: I’ve been writing that about Mo for a while now.
Alex was a symptom of the Yankees’ fall, not the cause.
The Yankees fell when they cultivated the crop of Derek, Jorge, Mo and Andy and didn’t bother to replace them.
While the ML Yankee team was at the top of the universe from 98-01 (01 counts imo—we were three outs from #27!), the farm system wasn’t being properly replenished.
The team’s fall had been written back while Alex was still playing for Seattle.
Anderson just made it more costly
Mo’s K:BB is 12.5:1. 4:1 is pretty incredible. He’s got a ratio THREE TIMES AS HIGH.
Wow. It really is incredible to be able to watch him in real life. He’s just mindblowing.
I hope he becomes our pitching coach in the future.
I do like how Brian made his observations more in sadness than in anger.
“That’s a very respectable era if you can come up with 20 wins somehow.”
True. But he’d have to be the wins leader. He doesn’t have the gaudy K numbers or the big innings totals you like to see from a Cy Young winner. If Lee and Duchschehsherere tank in the second half (certainly possible, given how Lee has been throughout his career and D’s absurdly low BABiP), Mo could sneak in. But probably not.
The Yankees “declined” for one reason, if you can even call it declining, because when you make the playoffs you sound spoiled calling it a “fall” or decline. They couldn’t do well in the playoffs because their rotation wasn’t solid enough and they didn’t have a power pitcher to go head to head with an ace on another team. That’s why I feel the Yankees can actually compete this year in the playoffs if they make it because they finally have that power pitcher.
“I hope he becomes our pitching coach in the future.”
If he wants to. I dunno if he does. Maybe he’d take a role as a scout/instructor in the Yankee latin american academies.
If Moose had been in the All-Star game he wouldn’t have pitched until Sunday at the earliest probably. With 66 games left, he might get an extra start at the end of the year since he started tonight, which could be important in the quest for twenty wins.
I know the Yankees weren’t paying too much attention to the farm system, but it’s not like their pick came up and they said “pass”
“because their rotation wasn’t solid enough”
Yes.
“and they didn’t have a power pitcher to go head to head with an ace on another team.”
No.
One big pitcher does not a championship team make. You need quality depth. People can talk about Beckett all they want, and he certainly helped…but the offense drubbing the Indians and decent performances from their other starters were just as important.
“But he’d have to be the wins leader. He doesn’t have the gaudy K numbers or the big innings totals you like to see from a Cy Young winner.”
I agree. He’s certainly right there for wins, and I think with his experience he has a better chance of being consitent in the second half compared to Lee and Duchscherer.
“I know the Yankees weren’t paying too much attention to the farm system, but it’s not like their pick came up and they said “pass—
True. But they consistently made bad picks. And they weren’t doing well getting high-upside signability guys in the later rounds.
D Fox
Agreed. You can outslug mediocre pitching but good pitching usually beats good hitting.
Kendrick breaks it wide open, 8-3
Angels blowing it open
“One big pitcher does not a championship team make.”
I disagree.
When your #1 starter goes out and gets absolutely hammered, to me, that’s the tone-setter for the series. Of course it’s not everything, but it puts you down one game right away. Maybe that’s why the offense fails, because they don’t have that strong starting performance from the #1 starter in game one. I think you need that, and I think Joba will give it to them.
“Angels blowing it open”
Nice, you get the best of both worlds if the Angels can win and no save for K-Rod.
Boston is just another average team on the road.
The Yankees screwed up. They should have built a little league stadium like Fenway instead of the new Yankee Stadium.
Has there ever been a Cy Young winner who wasn’t selected in the ASG game?
Hopefully Duchscherererer gets a big raise in his ERA this series.
Wow, not to take any credit away from CC’s fine performance so far tonight, but having a 4-5-6 combination of Bengie Molina, Aaron Rowand, and Jose Castillo in your lineup doesn’t exactly strike fear into a pitcher’s heart. No wonder the Giants have trouble scoring runs.
Has there ever been a Cy Young winner who wasn’t selected in the ASG game?
I don’t know.
Not this year though. Mo was there Tuesday night.
“When your #1 starter goes out and gets absolutely hammered, to me, that’s the tone-setter for the series.”
I didn’t say that it’s fine to have a crappy game 1 starter. There’s a lot of ground between a guy who can go “toe-to-toe” with a Cy Young candidate and a guy who gets shelled.
Angels blowing it open
que raro
“Has there ever been a Cy Young winner who wasn’t selected in the ASG game?”
Yes, Pat Hentgen (Blue Jays) in 1996.
Yankees to be only 4 games back in the loss column to the Dastardly BoSux in about an hour….Sah-WEET !
That SF Giants lineup is just..oh my..
Aaron Rowand cries himself to sleep
Bombshell: Thanks!
I wouldn’t be complaining if Mo won the Cy Young, either.
Only Manny can make a (non) play like that.
Joba showing his sensitive side on the ESPY commercial is hysterical!!!!
J-Dawg: What do you mean fine performance? I don’t see any HRs from CC!
The reason why Hentgen wasn’t selected to the ASG but still won Cy Young? He went only 8-6 in the 1st half with a 3.86 ERA, but then 12-4 after the break, 2.58 ERA with an astonishing 7 complete games just in the 2nd half!!!!
Micah Owings just hit a pinch hit single.
Yankees to be only 4 games back in the loss column to the Dastardly BoSux in about an hour….Sah-WEET !
Hard to believe really, as bad as we’ve been this year.
For all the talk about how much better Boston’s pitching is than the Yanks, as of right now they’ve given up 8 fewer runs than we have. Granted they’ve played 2 more games, but you get the point.
Just really makes you bang your head becasue if our bats had just picked it up a little bit the first half we’d be right there with them.
Angels are just blowing the Sox out right now.
Is it cruel of me to enjoy this?
“Bombshell
July 18th, 2008 at 11:18 pm
Is Anderson gonna tee off and get the RBI record like he did to us last year lol ?!?”
Well he’s half way there now lol.
Make that 7 fewer runs than us. LOL
Bombshell-
That was pretty impressive.
Rebecca: Sabathia hasn’t homered yet, that is one blemish for him!
On the mound he is in total control. Fred Lewis singled to start the game for the Giants but was quickly erased by a double play and CC has set down the last 17 while striking out eight. He’s only thrown 68 pitches.
I really hope Jobs puts on a show tomorrow, my mom will be at the stadium.
Just imagine what a great 1-2 punch Joba and Wang (or Wang and Joba) can be next year. And what a great #5 Hughes can be if he even approaches his potential.
Is it cruel of me to enjoy this?
Hell no!
Enjoy it when you can.
Knowing the Yanks this year, we’ll probably be all moaning about where the offense went tomorrow.
Great game today by the offense and pitching.
Good debut for Ricardo Seximundo, too.
[i]“Has there ever been a Cy Young winner who wasn’t selected in the ASG game?”[/i]
John Denny, for one…Don’t know if there are others.
Timlins in now, we ain’t seen nothing yet!
Roy Halladay has got to be in the mix for the cy too….7 complete games! GO/AO of 2.07…121 K’s…He has been fantastic for a pretty crappy team.
Yeah, I really hope Joba is great tomorrow also. He should shine considering how incredibly weak the Oakland offense is. We saw it tonight. They don’t have 1 hitter on that team who actually scares you.
Red Sox are just throwing BP now…crazy bad pitching the last 3 innings.
BTW – I forgot about this, but when Maddux won the Cy Young in 1993 he didn’t get selected to the ASG. He was only 8-8 in the first half, but went a ridiculous 12-2 in the 2nd with a 1.79 ERA with 4 complete games.
I love that I went with the “buy low” thing on CC…. can’t believe someone traded him to me. Even better then that is the Sox losing.
So how did the Giganto Smexy running gag start again?
How sad is it that after all Torre did for us, we miss Bowa more than we miss him?
“Roy Halladay has got to be in the mix for the cy too….7 complete games! GO/AO of 2.07…121 K’s”
Oh. Right. That’s who it’ll be if Lee and/or Duch lose it. Doc looks just ridiculous this year.
“So how did the Giganto Smexy running gag start again?”
A lot of people complaining about him would call him sexon or sexton or saxson or Ricky Sexson and things like that, so we just started riffing on it.
Joba Commercial: tryout to host the ESPY awards.
http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/bab6136542
You gotta love captain Tek, that average just keeps a tankin’!
Watching highlights.
Alex is pointing to the crowd behind home plate after crossing the plate.
Chrissy just gave Greg a kiss on tv. Aren’t they kind of old for PDA?
I’m torn between rooting for Rocco or Greg.
“How sad is it that after all Torre did for us, we miss Bowa more than we miss him?”
No hating on Joe today. It’s still his birthday anywhere west of the eastern timezone
“Joba Commercial: tryout to host the ESPY awards.”
HA, that’s hilarious. I haven’t seen that before.
“I’m torn between rooting for Rocco or Greg.”
Rocco! I rooted for Greg through too many blow ups and choke jobs, I can’t do it any more lol.
Wow, the Angels catcher has a worse BA than Varitek does. Why wasn’t he in the ASG?
Rocco, because I feel bad he didn’t win the US Open and I couldn’t root against Tiger
Yeah, Rocco. Norman can take home his trophy wife.
Well then, I’ll have to hit up more online dictionaries for more ways to refer to the Magnus Venustus
The Greg Oden one is pretty funny too.
“I like Barack Obama but I went to high school with John McCain.”
Magnus Venustas, rather
Pat; That is hysterical!
The batting averages for those catchers are bad, but check out Omar Vizquel’s current BA. Yuck.
I’m rooting for the Shark (Norman). He was always a favorite of mine as a kid. His daring, go-for-broke demeanor cost him many majors, but that was also a big part of his appeal and what made him so much fun to watch.
P.S. Watch out for Padraig Harrington, the defending champ is only three back.
Aaron Rowand just went deep off of CC. Good thing too, because the other hit in the game could’ve been called an error.
hey hey hey, lay of Tek…. he’s only down to .215, something a handful on this blog can do, but he tries real hard
not a good thing Nick – CC + shutout = fantasy points! lol
I still have Erik Bedard andd Phil Hughes on my fantasy team.
(No, I don’t play fantasy baseball seriously, at all!)
It is a good thing I have Aaron Rowand on my fantasy team.
Nick in SF: Did you see the missed call by the 1st base ump in the top of the 3rd that led to Milwaukee’s first run? Rickie Weeks was out by a step…but he was called safe.
Pretty good company that Moose is about to join, he is only six wins away from Mr. Genuine Jockey.
At least Tek can do a good job defensively. Right? Or is it the intangables?
I got lucky this year, picked up Milton Bradley and Brad Lidge for Ichiro and Varitek at the start of the season.
Bah, reminds me that I still have Andy and Moose benched on my team for the sake of the Yankees.
Just 4 back in the L column!
J-Dawg: yeah, that call was pretty brutal. But the way CC was dealing tonight, probably didn’t matter too much. Then again you never know how things will unfold…
And that’s a final in Los Angeles of Anaheim!
oh Milton Bradley in a Yankee uni we’d have 2 bad asses
the Brewers dispatched their top special assistant to watch the A’s play the Yankees. Haudricourt speculates that the Brewers might have an eye on Huston Street, who is under team control through 2010.
We have a scout in the house
Sox officially lost.
That makes a lot of sense for the Brewers to get Street.
That makes a lot of sense for the Brewers to get Street.
But would they settle for less after the price tag.
I’m hoping the Yanks can land Jeff Keppinger and Mark Loretta those 2 would shore up our bench. It’s going to be interesting if they follow Casey Blake too.
We picked up 1 game, let’s collect em all and keep going!
“I’m hoping the Yanks can land Jeff Keppinger and Mark Loretta those 2 would shore up our bench. It’s going to be interesting if they follow Casey Blake too.”
Would really love Mark Loretta on the bench. Not sure about Blake though.
“Mark Loretta”
With his sweet .326 OBP and lack of slugging? Well…if all it costs it Betemit
Yeah I mean he’s better than Betemit, and can actually field as opposed to Betemit’s sorry attempt to call himself a 3rd baseman.
With his sweet .326 OBP and lack of slugging? Well…if all it costs it Betemit
That’s my thinking, Sexson from the RH side makes Bet exspendable, Loretta or Keepinger or Blake would be an upgrade.
cheeses, Torre looks like he’s gained 30 pounds in his Dodger road uni.
Kep’s a better hitter, but he’s playing pretty much every day over there. Loretta’s not as good, but a lot more gettable, I figure.
With Bruney close to returning, do we send down Giese….or try and get rid of Hawkins? A bullpen of : Mo, Farns, Veras, Edwar, Robertson, Bruney, Melancon/Giese is absolutely sick.
Loretta vs LHP 2008 .354/.466/.583
Keppinger would be a sweet get for this team. I wonder what the price tag would be for him ?
Kent & Nomar are still playing ball?
Aero: I imagine Hawkins is next one gone.
We’re looking at
Mo 9
Farns 8
Veras 7
Edwar 6 (or 7/8/9 in blowout)
Geise (long)
Robertson (6/7 or 7/8)
Bruney
Who wudda thought on 1 April our bullpen would be this sick?
“Keppinger would be a sweet get for this team. I wonder what the price tag would be for him ?”
I’m pretty sure he’s their starting shortstop at this point. And how much would he really play here? How much are you going to sit Jeter or Cano? I figure the marginal upgrade from Loretta to Kep wouldn’t be worth the increased price.
“get rid of Hawkins?”
Yes. Giese can throw more pitches and gets more outs.
Giese is the long man so I would say Hawkins goes.
“Who wudda thought on 1 April our bullpen would be this sick?”
Better than Villone, Henn, Vizcaino, Myers lol.
I’m curious if anybody knew who Keppinger was before hit hit the triple off of Santana, last night. I can see getting him as a super-utility player, by, for God’s sake why would anybody want a second utility infielder on a team that needs an actual hitter off of the bench?
i must admit that moose & giambi have carried the team so far
i would include arod & damon, but they’ve been injured for extended periods of time
not sure if i would offer moose an extension though… if he continues for the rest of the year, he makes a strong case… but if he goes back to a 4.5+ era… sorry
I’m curious if anybody knew who Keppinger was before hit hit the triple off
I did.
“I’m curious if anybody knew who Keppinger was before hit hit the triple off of Santana, last night.”
I have him on my fantasy team lol.
“I’m curious if anybody knew who Keppinger was before hit hit the triple off of Santana, last night.”
yeah, we’ve talked about him before. We had begun by talking about Freel, and Brandon brought Keppinger up. That was right before he came off the DL, before the Yanks played the Reds.
“I can see getting him as a super-utility player, by, for God’s sake why would anybody want a second utility infielder on a team that needs an actual hitter off of the bench?”
Given the composition of the bench, a super-utility guy is more of a need. And Keppinger’s a pretty solid hitter for a bench guy.
“if he continues for the rest of the year, he makes a strong case… but if he goes back to a 4.5+ era… sorry”
A 4.5 ERA is still league average. I would very much not mind having that at the back end of my rotation next year.
If the Dodgers score holds up, they will be tied with AZ for first at 47-49. Yuck.
1) I’ve heard of Keppinger but know nothing of him.
2) If Moose keeps this up I’d do a one year deal and then re-evaluate after that.
3) I can’t believe how much Arizona has fallen off since starting 20-8.
Mets or Cubs will make easy work of the Dodgers in the ALDS.
The Cubs will demolish them for sure, but the Mets? Too many guys in their lineup who could go cold (see: Yankees offense 2006-07), plus the Dodgers have outstanding playoff pitching with Billingsley, Lowe and Kuroda, plus a dominant late inning bullpen.
I’ve heard of the Keppinger report.
Rays and Phillies both took back division leads today.
I’ve heard of Keppinger but know nothing of him.
Has the knack for clutch hitting
bats .291 overall w/ a 2 strikes
RISP .333/.409/.475
w/ the game tied .306/.364/.478
What happened to Kuroda today? He had a CG shutout not too long ago, no?
Keppinger’s real advantage over other utility players is that like Randy Velarde, he can play the outfield as well as the infield. Freel’s biggest asset is speed. His biggest problem is staying healthy. Doing face plants on walls don’t impress me when they end up on the DL. Freel’s a decent outfielder, but, as an infielder, he’s a decent outfielder.
Keppinger is better than Betermit and A-Gon combined. that’s for sure.
“Keppinger’s real advantage over other utility players is that like Randy Velarde, he can play the outfield as well as the infield.”
Well, sorta. He’s really not played much outfield in the last couple years.
Anyway, he’s basically the reds starting SS. So I doubt he’s going anywhere for any kind of reasonable price.
Anyway, he’s basically the reds starting SS. So I doubt he’s going anywhere for any kind of reasonable price.
so send them Gonzo and Betemit
“so send them Gonzo and Betemit”
Um…why would they want the two of them when they could just keep Keppinger?
Hairston is considerable for a utility guy, he could play the outfield and the infield. too bad, he’s on the DL though.
“Hairston is considerable for a utility guy, he could play the outfield and the infield. too bad, he’s on the DL though.”
He’s also playing WAAAAAAY over his head.
Loretta’s the most gettable. Given that the role is to give Jeter a day off every now and again and MAYBE give cano a day off against a tough lefty, and maybe PH for Melky sometimes…the potential extra gain above Loretta doesn’t seem worth it.
Whozat is Keppinger seen that highly in Cincy’s management ?
Loretta’s the most gettable. Given that the role is to give Jeter a day off every now and again and MAYBE give cano a day off against a tough lefty, and maybe PH for Melky sometimes…the potential extra gain above Loretta doesn’t seem worth it.
speaking of an ex-Red Sox player, so far Eric Hinske played for 3 AL East teams. Red Sox, Blue Jays, and Rays, I wonder which AL East team he will end up next year? Yanks or the O’s? a Rookie of the Year that’s been bouncing around teams.
Whozat is Keppinger seen that highly in Cincy’s management ?
Brandon, if it wasnt for Alex Gonzalez’s injury, Keppinger would never been a full time SS. do you think if he would mind going back as a bench player? given that he have proved he could be a full time player.
Ed, those are the type of batters I feel this lineup is missing, here’s another couple of things I like about Casey Blake
2 outs RISP 08′ .326/.491/.488
tie game .318/.400/.500
down 1 R .313/.386/.497
men on .328/.421/.516
and defense at 1B/3B/RF
I’m not sure that Keppinger’s really a full time player. Sort of like Jose Molina. The more he play’s the bigger the chance that his holes get exposed. There’s a reason he’s been on 4 teams in 5 years. He’s hit for good averages, but, he keeps moving around. Even KC gave him away for next to nothing.
if my memory serves me right, I read something that the Yanks were looking into Blake. if Sexson doesnt plan out from now til the deadline, Blake would be a fine addition to our bench OR as a 1B.
GB7 that’st what he is imo, to maximize Keppinger’s ability he is a utility/PH player.
Ed his addition shouldn’t have anything to do w/ Sexson, he can fill in spots in RF/1B/DH or 3B if Alex needs a day off of 3B.
He’s a tough out in the lineup that’s for sure, especially in situational hitting and that goes for Kepp. too.
call me crazy but after watching Ryan Sweeney making a leaping catch at the wall on a “limited space” foul terrority (something Bobby wouldnt do) and gunning down A-Rod, makes me wish that he was on our team.
call me crazy but after watching Ryan Sweeney making a leaping catch at the wall on a “limited space†foul terrority
He’s a good hitter too but he’s a LHB something we have a surplus of.
Is one or two extra “flashy catches” by Sweeney going to make up for the lost offense from a rather anemic bat, Ed?
He’s a good hitter too but he’s a LHB something we have a surplus of.
what is exactly too much LHB? lol…
Is one or two extra “flashy catches†by Sweeney going to make up for the lost offense from a rather anemic bat, Ed?
I think he’s a good hitter, he wasn’t really given a chance when he was with the white sox.
He doesn’t hit for any power and he doesn’t steal bases well enough to be a singles hitter. He also doesn’t or at least hasn’t shown that he can hit left handed pitchers.
Tank
July 19th, 2008 at 1:39 am
“Mets or Cubs will make easy work of the Dodgers in the ALDS.”
That would be a trick. I think they all play in the NL. If the dodgers can squeak in to the playoffs their rotation could put them past the Mets. The Cubs look like a pretty potent post season team right now. One the short series start two front of the rotation pitchers can carry a team.
It seems like offense can get you there but you need shut down pitching to win the world series. That has been the Yankees problem, not the absence of chemistry or homegrown talent. I think Joba is a step in that direction. Maybe Wang or Hughes will get back in time, or Moose could keep dealing.
“2008 is the Year of the MOOSE”
If Mussina were to make it known that he wants to pitch one more year and would prefer that he finish out his career as a Yankee, he could be offered a 1-year deal at much less money with the idea that he’s no more than a No. 5 starter.
What hangs in the balance is what the team will make for offseason moves and the health of Hughes.