Game 116: Yankees at Angels
Posted by: Peter Abraham - Posted in Misc on Aug 08, 2008 
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YANKEES (63-52)
Damon LF
Jeter SS
Abreu DH
Rodriguez 3B
Giambi 1B
Nady RF
Cano 2B
Cabrera CF
Molina C
Kennedy RHP
Jered Weaver (9-9, 4.37) vs. the Yankees hitters.
Ian Kennedy (0-3, 7.41) has never faced any of the Los Angeles hitters.
Notes: The Yankees have won two straight and four of their last six. … The Yankees are 2-2 on their 10-game journey across America. … The Yankees knocked around Weaver back on Aug. 2. He allowed six runs on eight hits in five innings. Betemit, Abreu, Molina and A-Rod hit home runs. … Still no Pudge Rodriguez (knee) while Melky returns from a four-game “rest” to play center. He’s 3 of his last 24 and has one RBI since July 9.
OVERDUE A-ROD: A-Rod is 0 for his last 15 with four GIDPs and four strikeouts. But he is .322/.399/.678 in his career at this stadium.
WELCOME HOME: Ian Kennedy, the pride of USC, is pitching at the Big A for the first time.
WHAT, AGAIN? RHP Chris Britton was optioned to Scranton for the 234th time this season.
Back later with some updates.
UPDATE, 10:09 p.m.: Pudge Rodriguez said his knee feels better and he hopes to play tomorrow. He tried squatting and felt some discomfort, hence Jose Molina. … Ian Kennedy was very happy to see everybody, he flew in yesterday. … Dan Giese will have 50 people at the game tomorrow. He was born in Anaheim, grew up in Riverside and his folks now live in San Clemente.
This is a nice story: Giese’s parents are having a party tomorrow night. Dave Robertson is going down for it. So is Johnny Damon. Nice guy that Johnny Damon.
UPDATE, 10:17 p.m.: Joe Girardi looked surprised when he heard what Joba said today (see previous post).
“I’m not going to speculate when he’s going to come back because I don’t want to put any pressure on him,” he said. “But players always think they can come back the next day.â€
Girardi went on to say that the Yankees will be “very cautious” with Chamberlain.
Within the organization, the thought is that Chamberlain could pitch in September.
UPDATE, 10:22 p.m.: I think Johnny would have caught that ball if Melky has not been so close to him. You have to love Johnny, going into a wall a month after be screwed up his shoulder doing the same thing. The guy plays hard.
UPDATE, 10:25 p.m.: Cue the “Kennedy stinks” posters. But only a fool would judge him now. He’s appearing in his 12th big league start and he has a grand total of 260 professional innings under his belt.
UPDATE, 10:30 p.m.: That’s 25 homers for A-Rod. 17 of them have come with the bases empty.
UPDATE, 11:17 p.m.: I’m not ready to declare Ian Kennedy a non-prospect. But that was pretty awful. A few of the nine hits were bleeders but there were a few rockets, too.
UPDATE, 11:45 p.m.: OK, here’s my Vlad Guerrero story:
I was covering the AA Norwich Navigators in 1996. They were a Yankees affiliate then. The new stadium in Norwich was huge and everybody was having having trouble hitting homers. The Yankees, in fact, ordered the dimensions changed in 1997. But in ’96, homers were few and far between.
The Harrisburg Senators come to town one week with 19-year-old Vlad Guerrero in the lineup. The first game, he crushes two over the right-field fence. I venture into their clubhouse afterward and tell him in my half-ass college Spanish that the Norwich players complained all the time about the dimensions.
“Not me,” he said with a smile. “No problem.”
The next night, Norwich won’t throw a strike to him. He walks his first time and in his second plate appearance, the pitcher is bouncing curveballs trying to get him to chase. Vlad hits a curveball off the bounce for a double off the wall. I couldn’t believe my eyes.
The Norwich catcher was a guy named Jaime Torres. “Did he really do that?” I asked him. Jaime confirmed it, shaking his head in amazement. Ever since then, Vlad has been one of my favorite players.
I asked him a few years ago if he remembered playing in Norwich. He didn’t. But I’ll never forget it.
UPDATE, 12:08 a.m.: Rasner is giving them a chance to win this game. Be interesting to see what happens with this spot in the rotation now. They might need to make a move tonight to get a long reliever type here tomorrow.
UPDATE, 12:21 a.m.: I should say Rasner was keeping them in the game.
Meanwhile, Torii Hunter is the man. 4 for 4 with a dinger, four RBI and a nice catch.
UPDATE, 12:53 p.m.: And that’s that. The Yankees have lost 8 of their last 13 games. They are 6.5 behind Tampa but still only three games behind Boston for the wild card.
Dan Giese against John Lackey tomorrow. Thanks to everybody for reading so deep into the night.
Britton is going to have enough frequent flyer miles to go to the moon at this rate.
hope Ian will do great tonight.
Britton is going to have enough frequent flyer miles to go to the moon at this rate.
i sure Britton demand to be traded at this point.
I dont like the idea of Ian having to deal with the pressures of pitching in front of his friends and family…
GO KENNEDY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
somebody go hide that monkey!
IPK needs to “prove” he deserve to be in the rotation.
Hope Kennedy doesn’t have a bad outing at home. Some guys get nervous.
Angels Stadium is the perfect place for Alex to break out of his slump.
Would love to get a win. So tired of the stop and go pace. We’ve been stuck on 11 over for close to two weeks now.
Chris Britton is going to kill someone…. GO IPK
I smell victory!
Let’s go Ian. Get your first win of 2008.
Please show up Yankees offense
The funny part re: Britton is that if Kennedy gets lit up tonight and Rasner needs to go a few innings, that means we will need another long man tomorrow to protect Giese, and that guy is probably Britton.
So, he might end up having to fly back to LA tomorrow morning, after flying from LA to Scranton tonight.
Maybe being benched for four days will wake Melky’s bat up a little. I still think he’s capable of being the .300 hitter we’ve seen flashes of.
Prediction: IPK pitches well, does not get the win, but the Yankees do. D-Rob gets the win out of the pen. IPK goes 6 with 3 runs against…. Quality start
Jorge – gotta DL someone for Britton to come back before 10 days
Jorge they can’t bring him back up unless their is an dl situation.
mel, if you think 11 is bad, remember when we couldn’t get off the .500 record with a win loss win loss ugh!
I bet Britton has been optioned down and up more times than innings pitched in the majors. He barely pitched in the majors as far as I can recall.
I know i posted this before but i’m reposting in here because more people will see it…
Off Topic:
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IPK prob give up 5 runs…..in 5 innings
7.41 era. wtfasldfkjalskfjls
Kennedy gets a no decision. Arod goes deep. Bullpen comes out sharp. In the end, Yankees will come out victorious!!
anyone know the option rules? I thought you could only be optioned so many times… Like Chad Moeller is out of options so we DFAd him twice, is it a service time thing?
Need to win the 1st game of the series… we should hit Weaver. All about Kennedy tonight though.
is kennedy’s changeup almost as good as cole hamales’?
Here’s hoping that the Yankees score often early (like, have a five run first) and thus lessen the pressure on ian
http://ballhype.com/video/nola.....tura_1993/
This is pretty good stuff.
I’m in Rebecca-early and often, give ipk something to work with
Glad to see Jose is catching. He calls the game better than anyone on the Yankee staff, and as Ken Singleton indicated, his use of a large glove gives the pitchers the steady target they need when things get tight.
Hope we don’t see IPK waving off any of Jose’s pitch calls.
how many options does britton have left? It can’t be that many…
great news about joba. let’s hope it holds. that’s a big sigh of relief, for sure.
quick personal plugs, which i hope are okay.
i do, as mel and i discussed, play music. some on the blog already know that. you can check it out at http://www.kaseyanderson.com or http://www.myspace.com/kaseyanderson
i also contribute infrequently to a buddy’s blog. it is NOT family-friendly: http://hey-idiots.blogspot.com
end shameless self-promotion.
enjoy the game, all.
kasey: what kind of music?
“I dont like the idea of Ian having to deal with the pressures of pitching in front of his friends and family…”
Agreed. I’d feel better about this game if he was pitching TO his friends and family.
“I’m in Rebecca-early and often, give ipk something to work with”
Joe….maybe you should re read your statement… this is certainly a “thats what he said moment”
Sorry, i have a dirty mind folks..
Rebecca,
Elevator music. j/k kasey.
I don’t know what genre kasey considers it, but from what I recall it kind of reminded me of Chris Isaak. Good stuff.
Kasey
seems those of us in san francisco just missed you! Where and when is your next gig?
12-5 yankees win,,,,kennedy goes 6 full and only gives up 2 !!!!
Melky stinks………………..
haha….. I’m on my phone, typed it quick and didn’t reread it – sorry rebecca.. Unless you don’t want me to be LOL
But I do have an early lead for comment of the night lol
Wwwwwwhat ? No Betemit in the lineup tonight ? What gives here ?
That’s nothing. Spend a couple days round my family…
“Melky stinks………………..”
His bat does, but he has to be the CF against the Angels. They’d take extra bases on Damon’s arm all night.
I hope IPK pitches lights out. Maybe having his friends & family will get some of that adrenaline going in him. I wish him the best of luck.
& woohoo hes coming home to california! GO IAN KENNDEY!!!!rock the house!!!!!!!!!!
rebecca my family is the same way. And i spent most of the last 10 yrs of my life riding in a bus with minor league baseball players. I’ve heard every kinda immature sick joke there is.
I feel better then rebecca lol
Oh and how do you get the quote boxes?
” this is certainly a “thats what he said moment†”
OMG. My little just-back-from-summer-camp nephew was saying “that’s what she said” every other minute when I was back east last week. ‘Cos that’s what the kids are saying at summer camp.
He was even providing the straight lines to try and bait me into joining in. When I told him to stop hitting the ping pong ball into the little puddle he said “I guess you don’t like playing with wet balls” and then looked at me with an anticipatory grin. I finally had to cave so we could resume the thrashing I was giving him.
Noneless, I’m happy for Joe and Rebecca.
And I’m predicting 8 runs for the Yanks tonight, 8 is the lucky number!
I made a tag line…. I’m now in the same category as “Trade Farnsworth!!” “Melky Sucks” and most importantly “Optimist Prime”
michelle; [blockquote] quoted text [/blockquote]
replace the []‘s with less than/greater than signs.
my younger brother is probably the worst in my family, but when he, my father and I are out at dinner together, the conversation can take a rather interesting turn. If this wasn’t a family friendly site, i’d share more details, but considering…
any update on Irods health?
I assume he will play in the day game Saturday anyone hear anthing on his knee?
thanks
Kasey you are a little more optimistic in tone then last year, do you agree with that assesment?
Todays homer predictions are…abreu and giambi
any thoughts on who you think is gonna go yard today?
alright I have about an hour ride home, talkto everyone during the game
Melky nady and arod go deep
abreu, arod and X….are my predictions..
If i predict, then it won’t happen, so I refuse to predict.
Anyone else watching the opening ceremonies?
“Kasey you are a little more optimistic in tone then last year, do you agree with that assesment?”
Kasey was complaining in 1998 that they didn’t win enough games. He’s a chronic complainer and a bastion of negativity.
steel, you for got to put the slash before the second block quote
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If every starter gets 2 hits, we’re winning.
Going to saturday and sunday games and wish IPK was pitching tomorrow. I grew up in nyc and moved to cali to go to USC. I actually caught Ian pitching a few games in college. I remember one game he was unbelievable, struck out like 17 or something and had a few comeback grounders. I hope he can return to that kind of form.
rebecca – i guess rock ‘n’ roll? the dead roses record from 2004 is pretty twangy and reminiscent of steve earle, the reckoning from 2007 is a little bit more raw and electric. somebody on the board said mellencamp-ish and, while i don’t love mellencamp, i suppose that’s close enough.
the new record will be much more raw and electric, stones/faces type stuff.
pete’s been kind enough to mention my records on the blog in the past. some people were kind, others not so. it’s an acquired taste, for sure.
scotty pap (did i get that right?) – i wasn’t complaining about a thing in 1998. but, certainly, i’ve been one of the more negative posters on the board since its inception.
im watching it
Was there even internets in 1998? Or were you like behind the gym smoking together or something
oh, and michelle – i probably won’t be back down to CA until late this year, early next. making the next record and playing some solo NW shows will take up most of sept and oct, and then i’ll shut it down over the holidays and pick up again next year.
IPK? Giese? The pen better be ready to go.
Kennedy did not impress me at all the two other shots he got.
Makes you think how low an opinion they have of Igawa. For good reason. Since the guy is dominating AAA.
/test/
Test
mel,
i think scottypap must have been hiding in my dorm room as my buddy and i watched the series and ate easymac. my god, that stuff was disgusting. and yet, delicious.
/blockquote/test/blockquote/
I quit!
tabata is hitting .455 2 nr 7 rbi in 4 rehab games!
No worries, Kasey. Not a good year for the negative fan. Wang, Posada, Matsui, Hughes, Kennedy, A-Rod not hitting with runners on, Farnsworth, and now Joba. I feel the pain. The cost of fixing the holes in the walls must be high.
use instead but
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oops the greater than or less than symbols.
Maybe the Pirates knew what they were doing.
kasey; I’m not averse to trying new things!
Hey, half the time i’m listening to Renaissance folk music…
“The cost of fixing the holes in the walls must be high.”
i’m not really a hole-in-the-wall kind of guy. much easier to just vent on a beat writer’s blog and call it good.
Kasey.
I am involved in a music school. Called Paul Green School of Rock Music, we have about 42 locations. Ever hear of us?
I’m almost scared to even watch Kennedy face major league hitters.
I just hope this team got their GIDP-itis out of their system
Why people expect folks to be one way (cheerleaders) on this blog mystifies me.
Part of what makes this blog fun are the different points of view from all who post. Particularly the regular posters (Kasey is one of the originals here) who are here each day.
Speaking of regular posters, where has murphydog been? Doreen, any idea?
When we aren’t dealing with crybabies, trolls and stalkers, the discussions in here are always interesting and always fun. Read some of the threads during the day. You will learn a lot about the Yankees and baseball.
Kasey has always been a fun poster here. He’s a little negative. So what? How is somebody’s life affected if Kasey, or anybody else for that matter, isn’t waving poms poms on everything Yankees?
If you don’t like a post or poster, ignore it. Folks who decide to self moderate this board to affect their views will only end up being frustrated because nobody is going to make this place robotic to satisfy somebody’s feelings.
In short, go with the flow, have fun, and don’t worry about trying to change someone’s way of watching the Yankees. It will save you a lot of time and aggrevation.
“Hey, half the time i’m listening to Renaissance folk music…”
such as?
lately i’ve been listening to:
the sex pistols – never mind the bollocks…
jimmy smith – root down!
muddy waters – hard again
nas – s/t
the replacements – please to meet me
nick cave – dig!!! lazarus, dig!!!
and assorted “official” bootlegs from pearl jam’s little june tour of this year
I am almost at a loss to think about raging Stuart teaching music.
evan (new),
Did I see that Ian has pitched at Angel Stadium before in high school or college?
stuart,
i absolutely have heard of school of rock. locations here in portland and in seattle. if memory serves, there was a big festival in seattle a few years back? my girlfriend at the time covered it for the music publication she writes for.
Hoping Kennedy will pitch great tonight. For all you people scared or think he’ll give up a lot of runs, stfu!, he is there best option. who else is going to pitch igawa?!?!?
kasey; Mediaeval Baebes and Faun. MB are fairly well known in rennie circles…
Faun is a small German folk band that a Dutch friend introduced me to and they are really, really good.
Blackmore’s Night is also excellent–it’s a rennaisance/rock hybird.
I can’t post links here to videos off all of them, because the filter won’t let me through, but if you’d like, I can email them.
I am an investor.. My buddy is the CEO..
more mellow in biz then sports..
I’ve been reading this blog about a year now, and my baseball knowledge has gone through the roof.
before I started reading, I couldn’t tell you who Phil hughes or Darrel Rasner were, nevermind Coke, Kontos, Melancon, Laird, Montero, etc….
Kasey: Pearl Jam’s “bootlegs” are on my favorites list….I love them…
also, i wasnt a huge bush fan, but i like what gavin rossdale is putting out now.
Speaking of regular posters, where has murphydog been? Doreen, any idea?
I think Doreen was around earlier in the week.
mel,
That I’m not sure of. I was talking about attending USC games. I’ve only seen him a couple of times at Dedeaux field at USC. He looked good the few times I saw him so I always had high expectations
SA,
I know. I was asking Doreen if she has any idea what happened to murph. She usually knows what’s up with him.
rebecca – sure, send over some links. info@kaseyanderson.com
michelle – i’ve loved pearl jam from day one. which, it dawned on me last week, was 17 YEARS AGO. nuts. odd to think that band’s been around nearly two decades, or that i was 11 when Ten was released. they’re one of the best live bands i’ve ever seen though. seen ‘em a ton of times.
Ooops! Sorry SJ44! I totally read that wrong. lol
“i’ve loved pearl jam from day one. which, it dawned on me last week, was 17 YEARS AGO. nuts. odd to think that band’s been around nearly two decades, or that i was 11 when Ten was released.”
Ten is on my All Time Favorite album list.
According to Michael Kay the Yanks did want to skip Pettitte’s turn on Sunday, but since they are so depleted is starting pitching they decided that they’d rather have Andy try and get through than go with Rasner. Apparently Andy has a “tired arm”.
I hope Kennedy doesn’t put too much pressure on himself pitching back in Cali for his first night back in the Majors. Hopefully the Yankees can take an early lead and IPK comes out hitting his spots to get some early confidence. The ump always seems to have a big impact on his starts, so hopefully the zone won’t be too tight. A series win here could start some momentum to the playoff surge that we need to go after the wild card/division.
I started liking PJ about 12 yrs ago. I saw them live and fell in love not only with their music but Eddie Vedder. Since then i have seen them in concert 20 or so times.. It never gets old and Eddie just keeps getting funnier…
“Apparently Andy has a “tired armâ€.”
well, nothing heals a tired arm like trying to pitch.
oh, wait.
it’s not worth risking injury and losing andy for an extended period. let rasner take his lumps and give andy a week off. it won’t happen, of course, but sending a depleted andy pettitte out there hasn’t exactly been a recipe for success the last two weeks.
Has anyone mentioned to the angels that they are already going to win their division, so it would be ok to take the next 3 games off….
[]test[]
SJ44=The Voice of Reason !
Andy has a tired, but lets send him out there…thats crap, seems the management is only concerned with the young guys’ arms. I would rather we lose the game rasner pitches, then lose andy for an extended period of time…Like it or not, we need Andy for whatever run we are going to make.
kasey: Sent, let me know what you think!
…if Andy has a tired arm, the best thing to do is make him pitch?
Wow, maybe the Yankees oughta get some new doctors
michelle – i saw them the first time at the fan club show at the moore theatre in 1995 (documented on the widely circulated bootleg p*** bottle men), and have seen them a ton since then, one of my favorites, in terms of sentimentality, being the 1997 show opening for the stones in oakland. my dad took me as my 18th birthday present.
rebecca – email received. i’m going to duck out for a bit, but i’ll check the links later tonight. thanks again for sending them along.
According to Michael Kay the Yanks did want to skip Pettitte’s turn on Sunday, but since they are so depleted is starting pitching they decided that they’d rather have Andy try and get through than go with Rasner. Apparently Andy has a “tired armâ€.
I would rather send Rasner out there rather than Andy and his “tired arm”.
If anything, anything happens to Andy..we be in a whole lotta trouble.
kasey: sure thing
On the good news for the bullpen front, Bruney threw only 2 pitches last night, Marte threw just 5 pitches, and Mo threw 8. All should be available tonight if needed.
I agree that it would be better to have Andy miss a start than risk injury. But I guess the team is feeling the pressure to win and they are not sure what they will get tonight and tomorrow with Kennedy and Giese.
Greetings,
My name is Steve and I’m a “long-time, first time”-er. A little background:
I’m in upstate, near Syracuse, I’m an accountant. My dad was a long-time college baseball coach (he won’t let me tell you where) and he still does some scouting.
My firm does some work for several of the minor league teams in CNY, so I’ve got some background and even some insight.
I’ll contribute where I can, but I won’t tease. If I know something, I’ll tell you. If I can’t say, I won’t.
That said, what prompted me to post was a prior thread regarding Pete’s awards and the mention of Foley’s. We were in the City last weekend and went to OTD after lunch at Foley’s. We stop there, without fail, on each visit.
Oh, and by the way, I do enjoy the variety of opinions that are presented on this blog. That’s what blogs are for, aren’t they?
Steve
“I dont like the idea of Ian having to deal with the pressures of pitching in front of his friends and family…”
So that’ll be the excuse this time?
Will A-Rod get a hit today?
wanzies/steve–I just graduated from Syracuse and went to a number of Chiefs games.
the 10 error game was awesome. Kept my friend and I coming back
But seriously, had lots of good times. Miss it already, though not the winter.
Welcome to the party steve…pick up your name badge at door and dont forget if you bash Melky 5 times, you get to bash Girardi once for free… This isnt a limited offer…
As for Britton, just because you send someone out on the roster doesn’t mean you have to “send” them anywhere physically.
Consdering the state of some of the Yankees arms right now I’d have Britton working out and staying in Anaheim, ready to join the club if Giese/Rasner/Kennedy needs to go on the DL in the next two days…. “injuries” do happen, you know.
Yeah, he’s been jerked around a lot this year… but he’s made a lot of money without doing a whole lot. Forgive me, but I think MLB minimum is a lot of money.
Really hope Kennedy pitches well and Alex remembers the purpose of going to the plate with a bat in his hand.
“Will A-Rod get a hit today?”
Hopefully, but if not today, maybe tomorrow.
Rebecca – The winters don’t help. I think it was around 70 today, so the snow is on the way.
Michelle b. – I’m not a basher. I was brought up to love the game, good, bad or otherwise.
Looks like the Chiefs are fielding a stronger team than the Blue Jays tonight against the SWB Yanks. Shannon Stewart, Vernon Wells and Travis Snyder are all on hand for Jason Jones.
Wanzies/Steve; Yeah, can’t say I’ll miss them.
there’s usually a player or two subject to bashing per game. Tonight, it’s likely to be kennedy, A-rod and Melky.
Steve
How far away is Wells from returning to the Jays?
“Tonight, it’s likely to be kennedy, A-rod and Melky.”
Just tonight?
Wanzies,
Welcome to the board. Your intro brings back memories of Bobcat.
“Remember, they only tell you what they want you to hear”
Those were fun times.
wanzies/Steve: Wow…that would be impressive to see…my friend and I had some interesting nicknames for some of the AAA players we saw.
There was one, John-Ford Griffith, or something like that, we called him Connecticut because his name sounded impressive, like Yale
(I know, I know, so politically incorrect…)
Nothing unites the world and transcends the bickering (and worse) that accompanies differing political ideologies like the arts.
This may be one of the most beautiful Olympic Opening Ceremonies I have ever watched.
Just magnificent.
How do you think the conversation goes between Britton and Girardi every time he gets demoted? Or perhaps they have worked out a sign, like Girardi runs his index finger across his throat and Britton just knows.
Poor guy.
Hope Kennedy is ready to roll tonight. He could set the tone for this series with a great outing. And according to Joba, saying he’ll be more than ready when his DL stint is over and with Hughes quickly approaching, Kennedy better have his good stuff.
Oh and one last thing…c’mon Arod, get it going.
Great post on Jeter on Feinsand’s blog:
http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/yankees/
You gotta admit, Jeter has more memorable moments than just about any other player. Also, his numbers with RISP and RISP with two outs is good info. Funny how well he played as DH, Girardi should definitely rotate the DH while he has the opportunity prior to Matsui getting back.
pat – the talk is that Wells is on a rehab assignment this weekend only, in Syracuse and will meet up with the Jays on Monday.
mel – I remember reading the Bobcat posts. It was usually interesting stuff, and I never found him to be wrong, based on what I know of the business.
Rebecca – I don’t go to as many AAA games as I’d like; P&C is still a bit too stark for my tastes.
Jeff NJ
THANKS and thanks to Feinsand too.
Jeter haters go home.
Wanzies: make the drive to Rochester. Stadium there is like a mini-Camden Yards. Gorgeous and not located in an awful area like p&C
ChiSox up on boston 1-0.
trisha – amazing what 300 million buys you huh?
John-Ford Griffith, one of our many high pick position players who never amounted to anything.
The best part of the opening ceremonies will be the entrance of team USA led by Lopez Lamong!!
Rebecca – agreed. For all of the angst that was caused and the years involved in replacing the stadium in Rochester, they did a very nice job. Unfortunately, P&C was built to replicate the playing surface at Skydome (Rogers Centre).
kidjock, more than that, someone had to create and then choreograph all of that. That was truly a opening of unbelievable beauty. It really left me breathless (and of course moved me to tears).
The Olympics is the one thing that makes this very big world of ours seem compact and manageable for several weeks every four years.
* an opening
chisox 3 red sox 0
yes
Yes! Go Sox!
(White Sox, of course.)
Wanzies: they replaced the carpet with a grass surface…makes it much nicer, but it’s still in a horrible location.
YES GO SOX!
(White sox of course!)
How about that the parade of nations is organized by the number of Chinese keystrokes in the name of the country! Really very cool.
have a hard time with the Chinese Olympics due to the human atrocities inflicted by the Chinese on their own people.
Go Ian Kennedy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I posted this earlier. If anyone didn’t see it before, check out my blog. There’s an amazing video of an incredible five tool prospect.
Supposedly, it’s between us and the Dodgers.
trisha – the olympics are every two yrs now…alternating summer and winter..
So chad Jennings says that britton was already in the bullpen throwing a side session for SWB tonight, guess no ones too worried about how long giese and rasner will go.
that Sox score is meaningless if the Yankees don’t step up and get the W’s
the Ancient Greeks would drop their wars for the Games.
The athletes didn’t choose for the Olympics to be in China. Why should they have to suffer the consequences?
These ceremonies are pretty wild!
It also would be nice if Alex Rodriguez can use all 4 of his offensive tools tonight.
nazi germany held the olympics, so did cold war russia. the games are supposed to bring people together, and hopefully spur change in their culture.
Voice, that’s actually what I mean about the arts (and athletics of course) being things that can actually transcend the really obvious differences in political philosophies and also some of the attendant atrocities. Who knows what effect the unification of world athletics might end up having on any particular nation.
In any event, what we end up supporting is athletic excellence throughout the world and the spirit and will and endurance to rise to that level.
May God (or whomever or whatever else anyone may personally embrace as the ultimate good) bless them all and watch over them.
Girardi sounds like he’s STILL tired of kennedy.
IPK needs a good showing here.
Rebecca
Lopez Lamong from Syracuse NY is the USA flag bearer.
Too bad New York didn’t get the Olympics in 2012.
I’m glad to hear your music is doing well for you, Kasey. Its great that you’re able to making a decent living, doing something you love.
Speaking admittedly as an American-born taiwanese, I have no problems with the games being in China. They’ve really improved a lot it seems from 20 years ago. They’re still repressive and have a bad human rights record and whatnot, but I think continuing positive encouragement and free market trade will slowly convert them into more and more progressive ideas.
My taiwanese born family mostly hates China. Oh well.
“nazi germany held the olympics, so did cold war russia. the games are supposed to bring people together, and hopefully spur change in their culture.”
Yes kidjock!
Michelle, I actually meant every four years for summer and every four years for winter. Winter Olympics are really my favorite.
Rhapsody: Cool!
Clay: I wish they had won. My parents don’t, however.
“nazi germany held the olympics, so did cold war russia. the games are supposed to bring people together, and hopefully spur change in their culture.”
It certainly made up for them killing millions of Jews, persecuting millions and ethnic cleansing. Go Olympics and human rights! If they can hold a track race we can forget that they are a dictatorship and the people aren’t free. Yay!
his like dejavue remember 2006 when he was 0 for 22 going into California and decided to go high socks..I really hope he is more aware of his mistakes at the plate. Nady should be a big plus in this series, Abreu DH= Bobby AbreBonds
this is like dejavu * (speaking of mistakes)
“Too bad New York didn’t get the Olympics in 2012.”
Someone doesn’t live in Manhattan.
Lopez is actually from Tully NY, his life story is quite remarkable, he will be competing in the 1500 meter run for team USA. He recently received his USA citizenship.
Lopez Lomong is the American flag bearer for the Opening Ceremonies and he is one of the Lost Boys of Sudan. When he was six years old, he was taken from his family by the militia and forced to become a soldier, only to escape and run away to a refugee camp in Kenya. Then, at age 16 (he is 23 now), he was adopted by an American family, who are now coming to Asia to see their son run in the 1500m Track & Field event for the Beijing Olympics. Quite a story!
Vinny-B, what did Girardi say about IPK?
Rebecca, yeah, lots of people feel it would have been a big hassle.
Britton pitched one inning for Scranton tonight and gave up 2 runs.
IPK is gonna SHINE tonight and with the BoSux falling to the BlackSux, we will be only 2 games back in the race for AL East Champions ! ( Rays are a ghost )
The Olympics are a sham. it used to be strictly amateur and now it is all about money, selling sneakers and pros. Why are pro basketball players there? Would the Miracle on Ice be what it was with pros?
rhapsody: I actually went to a program they had in Syracuse about the Lost Boys and got to meet some up close. Really really touching.
jesse owens didn’t choose for the games to be in Berlin. niether did his Jewish teammate.
I’m Jewish, but even so, I don’t blame the athletes for competing in Berlin; i blame the German government for their crimes. The organizers who gave Berlin the games did so before the Nazis came to power, anyway.
it had more to do with, his tone. Girardi basically, reiterated what was said to kennedy, the first time he was up: Throw stikes. Do not get behind, in counts. etc.
“nazi germany held the olympics, so did cold war russia. the games are supposed to bring people together, and hopefully spur change in their culture.”
That was the original Olympic ideal. The games in Berlin were in 1936 – change 9 years later is better than never, I suppose.
I won’t shed any tears for Britton. The guy gets paid 500 grand.
Rebecca, I concur. And I refuse to drive/own any German car, to my wife’s chagrin. I cannot forgive BMW, Volks or Mercedes. Maybe stupid this many years later, but I just cannot bring myself to give them any business.
“”Voice, that’s actually what I mean about the arts (and athletics of course) being things that can actually transcend the really obvious differences in political philosophies and also some of the attendant atrocities. Who knows what effect the unification of world athletics might end up having on any particular nation.”"
Wouldn’t it be ironic if the opposite happened, and other countries decided to adopt communism.
Rebecca,
I don’t think anyone blames the athletes. They just want to compete. However, Nazi Germany was able to use the games as a propaganda machine and it fooled many and let their attrocities continue.
I’m not a huge Olympics fan. It’s hard for me to watch something good happening for a country that has such a terrible record of allowing freedom and even basic human rights.
I don’t blame the athletes for competing, but it still tarnishes my interest in the games.
There are very few days where anything happens that feels more important than Yankee baseball to me (I guess that can be good as well as bad!) but I have to say that between following the breaking story on John Edwards and then watching these Opening Ceremonies, today I have actually been distracted enough to put baseball in some kind of perspective! It will probably jump back to first place again by tomorrow, but I really don’t mind having a day here and there where the fortunes of the Yankees aren’t uppermost in my mind!
Reality Check: where did you see britton pitched for SWB? Jennings said “he threw a side bullpen session in the 2nd inning”.
Rhap,
Thanks for the story! Incredible.
–As were the artistic portions of the opening ceremonies. Hope you all were able to see it in HD, really amazing.
Michelle, in the box score of the Scranton game on MiLB.Com.
OMG: on a side not i am watching the white sox feed, who the heck are these “rednecks” calling the game for them..Wow, if i had to listen to the all the time, i would watch games on mute.
Michelle. make that minorleaguebaseball.com. Sorry.
YESSSS redsox grounded into a double play looks like the White Sox will pull this off..if only the Mariners had some sort of offense…and defense…
Who blamed the athletes for competing? I’m sure they’d compete anywhere.
I blame people who gives games to dictatorships that deny human rights and kill their own citizens. And they spin it like they are good people because they hosted some track events.
It’s BS PR. I’m sure in 1936 Germany was hailed for hosting the games. And for being such good hosts and treating black americans with respect.
Jane2,
I’m watching it in HD right now.
“Vinny-B, what did Girardi say about IPK?”
Singleton or Kay mentioned that IPK is not well liked in the clubhouse because he had an air of entitlement – as if he belonged there – while having a very thin resume.
michelle: the White Sox announcers are notorious.
thanks reality..thats interesting, looks like he gave up a two run homer.
“if only the Mariners had some sort of offense…and defense…”
They won 2-1 last night, bud.
Rebecca, yeah, but I am a wishy washy Protestant/Aryan type. Just cannot stand the historical villainy (and that’s a kind word for it). Sorry for your loss by the way.
“The Olympics are a sham. it used to be strictly amateur and now it is all about money, selling sneakers and pros.”
Don’t tell that to the athletes from, say, Bangladesh, Malta, and Vietnam. I’d bet that the majority of athletes are strictly amateur.
notorious – wow, the guy just said “get er done” on air.
I oughta count how many Edge commercials come on tonight..
Go AROD! Break that slump!
Reality: Thank you.
I think people need to be realistic w/ the expectancy of this game I mean we could just get our ass whipped, this Angels team is tough at home, to throw a rookie at them let alone Ian Kennedy who can get bat shy w/ this offense can lead to dangerous curves…
Keys:
We can’t rely on IPK (sorry but that’s the truth)
Alex Rodriguez needs to remember 3 out of his 4 offensive tools
Can the X-Factor continue to haunt the Angels
Jetes (NO GIDPs !)
Giambi (RISP you and Alex need to produce because if you don’t Nady becomes a leadoff man instead of a potential run producer)
Sadly, Marty Glickman and Sam Stoller were the two Jewish sprinters on the 4×400 relay in the ’36 Olympics, Rebecca and was never allowed to participate, due to political pressure. The only one that protested the decision was Jesse Owens.
Hawk Harrelson (the former Yankee announcer) announces for the White Sox, right?
Clay,
Cool, isn’t it. If it weren’t already worth it to invest in HD for Yankee baseball, this would do it.
Enjoy the game.
4 – 0 wsox
Yeah of course Mariners won 2-1 but look at the big picture…they are..the MARINERS. they’ve got the worst record in the AL
The idea that the Beijing Olympics are going to spurn change in China is a joke. Look at what the Chinese government has done in 2008 already: Violently cracked down on Tibetan protesters in the TAR and Western China; attempted to buy off grieving parents who lost their one and only child in the May earthquake; used the games to crackdown on the Muslim Uighurs; and, restricted the movement of known political dissidents. They weren’t even able to provide clean air and unrestricted internet access to the foreign media, like they promised. Way to go China!
I’m thinking that Kennedy will pitch a great game. Don’t ask me why since he hasn’t been my favorite Yankee! I guess that’s called the ability to be objective – (or foolish! Time will tell.)
Ken Harrelson, Darrin Jackson are the announcers…
I met Marty Glickman at a Jets game once.
Wait till someone strikes out and he says “he gone”, Michelle.
“notorious – wow, the guy just said “get er done†on air”
he says a lot of other things too. lol.
youuuuu can put it on the booooooooard
it’s ok. If Whitesox can take the series, he can scream all he wants.
Kenny Harrelson and Bobby Murcer used to do lots of the games together.
Hawk Harrelson (the former Yankee announcer) announces for the White Sox, right?
yes
angel- i already caught that…the yankee game couldnt start soon enough….wow…i was about to order my “redneck” dictionary on amazon.
I already feel like turning off these clown Angels announcers.
Can’t rely on Ian Kennedy tonight, the Yankees offense needs to produce.
I’m all nervous all of a sudden for Ian. I need a drink
Glickman was a great athlete and a Hell of an announcer. He was a football All-American for Syracuse U, and played pro football and pro basketball.
Vince,
I don’t know if he still says it, but Hawk Harrelson used to use the word, large, in place of big.
“Bobby, this is a very large game for the Yankees tonight.”
jesse owens was a saint.
Oh jeez, the Angel announcers are on fire. They pointed out how great hey are against the Yankees. Then they said, it didn’t matter if they threw cone or brought out GUIDRY, we would beat them. How pathetic is that for announcers. OK Angels announcers, sine ’96 when you owned us, we have 4 WS Champs, you have 1.
Did he just say that our offense was coming in strong? LOL!
Marty Glickman used to do lots of Jets games game, if I remember correctly.
imagine yourself as a very young adolecent, and a neighborhood friend, ‘play announcing’ a baseball game. It kinda what Hawk Harrellson sounds like. Only, you would sound more professional.
Oh God, the dreaded Chone Figgins.
Didn’t Guidry strike 18 ANGELS out in 1978?
A-Rod looks angry.
ex-Yankee Octavio Dotel just gave up a 3-run shot to Pedroia. ugh
Damn, BOS has 3 runs.
Octavio Dotel proving again you can never trust him. Gives up 3 run homer to Pedroia.
Good luck trusting Dotel in the 8th inning Ozzie. Seriously, good luck with that.
how do you give up a hr to pedroia wtf
uh oh…musta been a 3 run home run for red sox…its now white sox 4 red sox 3
he did not catch that.
welcome to anaheim. Home of the angels.
And that’s why you sign Torrii Hunter, bah.
damn I wish Gary Matthews were playing tonight.
Wow. Dang Torii Hunter!
Torii Friggen Hunter – already being a thorn in our side
there’s Angels in the outfield!
Wow which announcer is more of a homer Rex Hudler or the Hawk
16 pitches for blonde.
here we go folks..time to sink or swim
A-Rod looks angry.
Yeh I doubt that makes a difference
And after they get this out, only three more silly outs (meaning the top of the 9th.)
GO WHITE SOX!
“Wow which announcer is more of a homer Rex Hudler or the Hawk”
The Hawk. Listening to that guy makes me seriously ill. I watch his games with the mute button on.
Even more Disheartening news for me
Jay Glazer reports ” the MIAMI DOLPHINS signed Chad Pennington to a Two Yr deal.”
Oh gawd noodle arm is gonna play for my favorite team..i need a bucket and a bullseye…
harrelson: redneck
hudler: irritating
They need to keep Figgins off base. That guy is nothing but trouble.
Yes, he was, Rebecca. He was a class act until the day he died. Amazing that he ran as fast as he did, When he was growing up he was caught in a house fire and his toes were burned off.
Armageddon count #1 – they got Chone Figgins out quickly.
Did anyone catch the article Mark Feinsand did on Jeter? Very enlightening. Some of the Jeter haters should really give it a read.
only in China does Iraq get more applause than Sudan. Forget what I said earlier.
Gotta have you Kennedy
Well, Ian starts off with a first pitch strike. That’s progress.
that was a sharp curve ball. good hit
Michele b,
I’m sure Pennington is thrilled that he has settle for the crappy Dolphins.
for the 2nd night in a row, Cano is too lazy to lay out and prevent a hit. argh.
That was Giambi’s ball
is there something wrong with my tv? Why couldn’t cano get that ball from Aybar?
cano seems to have lost a step in the field, defensively speaking
Hey now clay…careful…there will me crappier teams than the dolphins this yr… mark my words..
Great catch by Hunter.
Man, White Sox relievers besides Jenks = precarious.
Vince,
I don’t know if he still says it, but Hawk Harrelson used to use the word, large, in place of big.
“Bobby, this is a very large game for the Yankees tonight.â€
He does. He is very irritating but he does give more than his share of laughs, where he comes up with some of that stuff boggles the mind.
In his defense though he is very passionate about the White Sox.
as a jet fan i am concerend, wont pennig divulge the playbook
wth was that?
anaheim. Where good things happen.
well that sucks– i hate torii hunter
“”Hey now clay…careful…there will me crappier teams than the dolphins this yr… mark my words..”"
Well, sure, NOW, because you have Chad Pennington.
wow, I don’t like Torrii hunter any more.
oh for the love of god !
here we go again with the bs. every game they start out trailing
this is hilarious…
Michelle,
Uh, you are so right….Grew up in MIA watching the Dolphins in the ’70s (yes, i’m old)….This is disheartening news.
I hope damon’s ok…
Hunter kills us in the top of the 1st and bottom of the 1st…
ARGH
What is Damon doing???? Melky would have had that with no problem. See this isn’t fair to Ian Kennedy. Someone has to catch that, whether it’s Melky or Damon.
ian’s AAAA player.
ran out of room!
Is Torii Hunter the new top Yankee killer?
YAHOO IN CHICAGO!
I wrote a rather fiesty defense of Jeter on Mark’s blog in response to some of the stupidity of the mostly idiotic fans who post there regularly now, Laura.
IPK stinks. He really does.
that ball seemed to be in the air for a while…i dont think melky covers as much ground as most center fielders
I’m not going to be upset with Kennedy unless he stops throwing strikes.
Way to shut the door Angels. Morons.
wow i’m not sure melky would have gotten that…
Man, Damon didn’t have a chance at that one. Should have backed off and gave it to Melky, he had a much better angle.
ipk is nibbling
Why didn’t we trade Kennedy when he had value?
Quentin!!!!!
That Quentin guy is putting together an MVP season.
This team just owns us.
To be fair to IPK, Damon should have made that catch.
come on Ian! Strikes!
Now Kennedy has lost all confidence, I don’t he’ll throw another strike.
well Hughes better hold his end of the bargain, because Kennedy and Cabrera. Oy.
melky definitely could have caught that, but backed off because damon was there
Kennedy is just too easy to hit. Now he’ll start nibbling.
those were the type of balls, that were hit off kennedy, last year in the bronx. Only difference, they were caught. Ian was lucky.
runs..
we need runs..and lots of them. Let’s go!
if johnny jumped he might have gotten that…luckily the fence gave and opened or else johnny would have been on his way to the DL.
rasner better be on his toes tonight, if kennedy cant keep it together. every ball with the exeception of figgins was scorched.
Those same Angels that helped out Tori definitely moved the wall in on Damon
I don’t think him giving up two runs is the end of the world. As long as he doesn’t start nibbling and going out of the zone, he has to leave the rest up to his defense.
We need to give him a chance. If he holds things at two runs he will have done a great job. Maybe he just had jitters. And if that ball is caught he’s out of the inning.
Barry Bonds woulda had that….
April fools.
Hope Johnny’s OK
We need the bats to answer back right here. Come on, Alex!
Wow! $6 lunch specials (including beer).
Those strip clubs have some great deals!
Uh people, that FLY BALL should have been the last out of the inning. When two outfielders get to the wall and are waiting for the ball, it needs to be caught. There’s no reason when 2 fielders are there one shouldn’t be able to come up with the ball.
It’s Kennedy’s fault that he got 3 ground ball outs in the 1st, but Cano missed one.
Kennedy is a AAAA starter.
Matt – I think that play with Damon at the wall confirms your theory of outfield wall mobility.
arod take a walk. please
BOOM!
i retract my statement
there ya go arod, nice. 2-1
Wow, that ball got outta there in 2 secs!
Now now, read my tagline!
Thats how you break out, A-Rod
Well you knew he was due.
An A BOMB from A ROD
I guess he (alex) guessed change up!
GREAT WAY TO MAKE UP FOR THE LAST SERIES! Good start AROD, keep it comin!
ah finally, lets go A Rod.
How unclutch. no one on base. Stupid arod.
I was about to curse him out for taking that 3-1 pitch and then bang.
you now you got ALL of it when they don’t even show it.
when some1 asked before the game I said Melky Arod and Nady go deep – one down, two to go
That was so not clutch, since it came in the 2nd, and not the 8th.
Lindenhurst wherever you are. It worked!!!!!
By the way, we definitely shouldn’t have a problem getting to Weaver.
A-Rod finally had a hit, a homerun!
Alex has awakened, undoubtedly an encouraging sign.
3rd hr for Arod against weaver in 10 ab
j,
Next time Arod is up please tell him to take the BB again.
Alright! No hating on Alex tonight…
and I guess Jason didn’t!
am i the only one who cant wait for giambi to be gone after this year? the guy is so hit or miss, k or hr. would much rather have a guy who hit for less power and better avg
i will say it everytime. funny thing once i pressed submit on the comment i heard the crack of the bat.
That’s Arod’s 60th homer vs. the Halos. Most he has against any opponent.
I’m having to follow the game on Gameday tonight. It looks like Ian started out throwing strikes and then started nibbling again a couple of batters into the lineup. Can somebody watching the game tell me if that is the case?
Oh, and go ARod.
Going to need 8 runs with Batting Pratice Kennedy pitching.
Nady just got under that.
i dont think this game is going to end 2 – 1.. it doesnt look like Jered has his best stuff either.
One down top of the 9th in Chicago
all the balls hit have been fly balls
UPDATE, 10:30 p.m.: That’s 25 homers for A-Rod. 17 of them have come with the bases empty.
Half his fault and half Damon/Jeter/Abreu’s I think…. damn DP’s in front of him lol
Could Torii run any slower?
wow, pete u still haven’t changed. Still trying to be negative about arod. wow wow, u never fail to impress me with your objective
I’m rooting for Ian, but I just don’t think his stuff is good enough to get major league hitters out. He doesn’t really have an “out” pitch. You can talk about throwing strikes all you want, but you need to have good stuff if you’re going to face a lineup like the Angels.
Wow, Varitek has his average up to .221 from .217. That’s what I call improvement.
2 down in Chicago, runner on 1st, 5-3 Chisox
Another shutout for CC, this one a five-hitter as the Brew Crew blank the Nationals, 5-0.
Ian Ken, LOL, career AAAA superstar.
“I’m having to follow the game on Gameday tonight. It looks like Ian started out throwing strikes and then started nibbling again a couple of batters into the lineup. Can somebody watching the game tell me if that is the case?
Oh, and go ARod.”
Well, he started ‘nibbling’ vs. Guerrero – the scouting report on Guerrero is probably to nibble, lol!
In a perfect world, IPK is pitching at Scranton right now and everyone is healthy.
2-1 seattle.
Kennedy will dominate when he’s traded to the NL Central next year.
“Wow, Varitek has his average up to .221 from .217. That’s what I call improvement.”
That’s called an all-star
Sabathia another complete game.
Yes, Pete, how dare A-Rod hit a home run when he’s leading off the inning? Since we all no he can hit them at will he obviously just does this out of spite.
“Another shutout for CC, this one a five-hitter as the Brew Crew blank the Nationals, 5-0.”
I’d be more impressed with CC if he were doing this against an AL lineup. He shutout the Nationals, who are probably the worst team in baseball. Probably not that hard for him to do.
Game!
how did melky pop that up. it was a fastball mid-out.
that pitch to melky was right down the middle. awful
well, it started promising.
even so, hold LA here and good things will happen.
positives for melky = he did work the count.
Red Sox lost.
Red Sox lose 5-3.
Trisha, you are an inspiration. I told you. You got the gift.
Fredo Corleone said August 8th, 2008 at 10:32 pm
That makes sense, Fredo. ARod’s spent about two-thirds of his entire MLB career playing for 2 teams in the AL West. OF COURSE he’d play against the Angels so many times.
5-3 Chisox I should have said.
white sox win.
and another pop-up from the melk man…it is high, it is not far, it is an out.
Redsox lost 5-3
lindenhurst I’m so glad you’re here!!! What a hoot. Anyone, you’re the one who told me to do it so you are the inspiration.
THAT A-ROD SUCKS, A TRUE YANKEE WOULD HIT THAT HR IN THE CLUTCHEST INNING: THE 9TH. OR THE 10TH. WITH MEN ON BASE HE NEEDS TO BE TRADED FOR SOMEONE THAT WOULD ACTUALLY PLAY THE GAME THE WAY ITS SUPPOSED TO. TRADE A -ROD FOR DUSTIN PEDROIA
*Anyway
Same old Kennedy
Why did Damon just watch that?
they are pounding the ball
this is starting to look l.ike igaawa vs detroit
BOS loses, thank God!
there’s Jetes rolling out the welcome mat at 2B
alright im done with kennedy….ughh i dont know if i can watch this, i might go watch the opening ceremonies since they just started out here on the west coast.
so glad I traded for CC at the beginning of the year when he was down. I also got Jorge in the same deal but I still win.
come on Ian, double play here
I just don’t think Kennedy is that good. Fine he doesn’t have a great FB. But his secondary stuff leaves a lot to be desired.
That beachball is sort of representative
Ian looks so tiny on the mound…
Long needs to work with Melky on his swing. I think his version of a power happy first 2 months got him thinking he can put em’ outta the park. He is dropping his elbow a lot when the bat comes through the zone, his swing has gotten longer and it is dragging. If he can think line drive up the middle, he would be a lot better off.
Unlike others, I’m not ready to give up on him even though he has gotten progressively worse over the years. I think he just needs to tweak some things in his approach and swing and get on the right track.
IPK, come on kid.
Kendrick kills the Yanks
This looks like pre-game batting practice
Let’s see how many balls are caught on the track!
cue ranser warming up in 2 batters
even the outs are bombs
Hold on…so it is A-Rod’s fault that there is nobody on base when he hits a HR ? I am not sure I get yer point, Pete ?
ok i’m ready to call it quits…..were they planning on putting Rasner on long relief in case Kennedy blows it early?
Michelle, the opening ceremonies are definitely worth the watch. Seriously.
Hey, Kennedy still has a chance to get the job done. I’ll be the hold out until I have to say uncle. Come on Ian. Show everyone how wrong I’ve been about you!
BoSux did their part and put up an “L” tonight !
“That makes sense, Fredo. ARod’s spent about two-thirds of his entire MLB career playing for 2 teams in the AL West. OF COURSE he’d play against the Angels so many times.”
Was thinking the same thing, yet he has more career plate appearances against the both the Orioles and Red Sox than he has against the Angels. They haven’t always had the imbalanced schedule.
You gotta admit he’s throwing strikes and isn’t afraid of contact.
What is wrong with you?
I’ve noticed that a lot of these other teams have their wives doing events. How come the Yankee wives don’t do more? Too busy counting their husband’s money?
“That beachball is sort of representative”
IAN JOE WANTS STRIKES!
Pete is right up there with the worst of the A-Rod bashers..sheesh. If A-Rod hits a HR, then it’s his fault because no one was on base. The man can’t win – I guess we have 10 years of these type comments to look forward to.
Not surprised that Ian is struggling. He’s only up here because the Yankees are desperate, not because he was ready or that the team felt confident in him
Dan McCutchen > Kennedy
at time of the trade, would’ve preferred to keep Cutch over Kennedy. And Ian is not changing my mind.
It’s amazing watching this kid pitch. He literally has no quality pitches. It just goes to show you how great the difference in competition is from the minors.
Now we go for the double play…
Please Ian?
This is basic…when you are just off the plate and not getting the call, then go RIGHT DOWN THE PIPE to avoid a walk, you are going to get crushed. Does the Yankees pitching coach know this ? or is IPK just not that good ?….I’m guessing IPK knows what to do and either can’t or won’t do it…..Come on IPK, WAKE UP, SON !
“I just don’t think Kennedy is that good. Fine he doesn’t have a great FB. But his secondary stuff leaves a lot to be desired.”
Simple – he ain’t ready.
He was not as good at AAA as he was last year. His command wasn’t nearly as good.
However, he’s better than our other options for this start (such as Igawa), and already on the 40 man roster.
Micheal Kay sure asks alot of stupid questions//
P.S. our offense is desperately needed tonight.
Girardi, about fit to be tied.
Figgins will be hard to double up.
So if ARod leads off an inning he should not hit a HR because it’s only a solo shot?!
I’d rather see Kennedy than Igawa.
“Michelle, the opening ceremonies are definitely worth the watch. Seriously.”
I second this.
Good boy Ian!
Big ipK there
well thats 2 ups and 2 outs for CHONE (pronounced SHAWN)
this ab could mean the game right here
Molina is just so magnificent. I love that guy.
Giambi is never in position for that snap throw. NEVER.
That was a -nice- changeup.
My opinion of IPK changes if he gets out of this jam….
uh, Ken, maybe beach ball night WAS a bad idea after all…
Kennedy is not ripe for the major leagues. What is seen may be as good as he’ll ever be.
They should’ve traded Ian Ken instead of Kartens to Pirates.
so much for thinking the rays had a chance of losing tonight after falling behind early…
Awesome.
Fran, his point is that, there is less pressure with no one on base. It’s great that he has homers, but he was trying to make a point about ARod being “clutch.”
Arod is batting something like .240 with RISP, while he is hitting well above .300 with the bases empty.
5-2 Rays
Nice job battling by Kennedy. I’m really rooting hard for the kid.
There you go, Kennedy. Way to work out of a jam kid and get tough. Lets put some more runs on the board here.
Glad we got out of that one. Come on bats, back to work!!
Kennedy just needs some toughness. He can do this.
“Kennedy is not ripe for the major leagues. What is seen may be as good as he’ll ever be.”
I agree with the first sentence, but not the second.
You don’t see too many pitchers in their second professional season, at 23 yrs old, pitching even halfway effective against the BEST TEAM IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES.
Nice job by Kennedy to get out of a jam.
Kennedy got by that on grits and gut.
It’s tough enough for a young pitcher to step up to the major leagues. When he has to deal with poor defense behind him, like Damon not making a play, and Jeter being out of position, it’s even tougher.
Give IPK a break.
Check it out kids! Almost NOBODY has been more brutal about Kennedy than I have. And I am totally in his corner. That should tell you that you need to stick with him and give him a chance tonight.
He’s throwing strikes. That’s what Girardi wants from him. And obviously he has some very GOOD stuff if you watched them swinging at air.
That’s better Ian. Now offense please do not wait up.
Damn, TB is leading SEA 5-2.
Good job IPK. Build your confidence and keep it close man.
On a side note, I don’t think we can ever claim that Damon doesn’t play hard…ever. The guy puts it all on the line every day out there.
I wish our entire team were like that. Damon can play and I don’t think anybody here will disagree.
Both pitchers with 42 pitches through 2 innings.
Joe T – Arod can’t hit anything but a solo HR when the he bats 4th, and the first three hitters make outs, lol.
let’s go offense !!! ( nice job, kid )
“Dan McCutchen > Kennedy
at time of the trade, would’ve preferred to keep Cutch over Kennedy. And Ian is not changing my mind.”
Cutch is 26 years old. He’s not a prospect. He is a fringe major leaguer.
That had to be a little confidence boost for IPK.
“Kennedy is not ripe for the major leagues. What is seen may be as good as he’ll ever be.”
A rookie pitcher with 10 starts. Smart call!
Does anyone know what the WCBS station is in Tampa?
I remember being able to hear Yankee games on the radio down here just last season.
Thanks -
Hey – point noted, but even though some of the solo shots aren’t clutch, they are still big HR’s. This one got the Yanks on the board and cut the lead in half.
JR; I agree re: Damon
It’s sad how many of you have given up on a 23 year old with 11 ML starts. When Kennedy is 30, and still pitching in Triple A then I will call him an “AAAA” player. Until then we really don’t know what he’s capable of.
“UPDATE, 10:30 p.m.: That’s 25 homers for A-Rod. 17 of them have come with the bases empty.”
Screw you, Pete.
“Cutch is 26 years old. He’s not a prospect. He is a fringe major leaguer.”
True.
23 yr old fringe major leaguer > 26 yr old fringe major leaguer
I don’t know if someone has said this already…
Jered Weaver, cut your darn hair! You look like a girl!
There…I got it out of my system…
I have to tell you that I am almost relieved that Pudge is out of commission for a little because I trust Molina catching these guys more than I do Pudge just because he’s been around them. If Pudge had caught Kennedy and Kennedy self destructed in a big way, there would have been no way for us to ever determine whether it was Kennedy or Pudge not knowing him so well!
JR Yankees
I agree completely about Damon. He always plays hard and works good at bats. I want him on my team any day.
There’s a fine line between nibbling and throwing quality strikes. He’s not nibbling tonight. He’s trying to throw quality strikes and the Angels keep fouling off his good pitches. That’s why they are such a good hitting team.
Its the difference between AAA and the majors. He probably threw a dozen pitches in the first two innings that would get AAA hitters out.
As Someone Else said, he’s just not ready for primetime yet. That’s why Eiland and Girardi weren’t doing backflips about recalling him. Its an emergency start because of need, not because he’s been lights out in AAA.
He doesn’t “stink”. He just isn’t refined enough as a pitcher yet this early in his career to be a dependable major league starter.
Don’t go by radar gun readings. Mike Mussina throws slower than Kennedy and he has 15 wins. Its about being able to work away from the middle of the plate.
That’s an art and it isn’t easily done this early in a pitchers career.
Hopefully, he can hold up and give them 6 innings. If he can do that, its a step in the right direction.
O/T for all of us Jet fans – The opening game should be fun – Favre and the Jets vs. Chad and the Dolphins. The Jets really better win that one!
UPDATE, 10:30 p.m.: That’s 25 homers for A-Rod. 17 of them have come with the bases empty.
Pete, you truly never get off this guy’s case … wonder if you have a boss that gives you garbage all the time like you hand to A-Rod!
Who gives a rat’s behind that Arod hit that with nobody on base? It’s a flippin run! Count your lucky stars that he hit the homer. Geesh!!!
i ordered a piece of hot apple pie with a slice of melted cheese on top. i think that was a very good choice!
Brian he’s just stating the truth Alex hasn’t been a good consistant situational hitter since 98-01′
big spot for arod here. a single here trumps a homerun
Damn, can’t catch a break… That doesn’t go over, Damon probably scores.
Lets go A-Rod… Drive em’ in kid.
Congratulations Bobby on being the Venezualen doubles leader!
Damn!
That said, I love Bobby. He is definitely going to be with the team next year if I have anything to say about it!
Niiiiiiiice Bobby!
Does anyone know what the WCBS station is in Tampa?
1010 AM is the WCBS outlet in Tampa.
bet they walk arod
Or not…
Lets go Giambi
That’s the way to get it done, A-Rod.
Oh GTFO I would have pitched to him.
well giambi needs to prove his worth here.
That’s what I would do. This is why we need Matsui or Nady behind A-Rod.
great, time for giambi to strikeout on a garbage pick
Make em Pay G
The Big G better show em whats up here.
alright giambi take 3 more balls.
“This is why we need Matsui or Nady behind A-Rod.”
Definitely agree with that.
Thats y 17 of Arods 25 hr are solo shots
UPDATE, 10:30 p.m.: That’s 25 homers for A-Rod. 17 of them have come with the bases empty.
Anything about this that isn’t true??? Not sure I understand why people have such issue with it. Pete’s stating a fact. Seems folks aren’t all to enamored with the conclusions this fact brings to light.
need to hope for a walk here
please walk ..please walk
do not swing here giambi
come on ‘stache-less
I would love for them to walk him.
If he’s going to get hammered – then let him get hammered. At this point, the Yanks need to figure out exactly how Kennedy fits into their plans for next season and they really don’t have any other options in the minors right now.
Guys like Rasner and Giese are not the future of the Yanks. Kennedy and Hughes is – so let them pitch to major league hitters and figure things out.
That can only help them to prepare for 2009.
I’ve always viewed 2008 as a season of transition, so maybe it’s easier for me to look at the big picture than some Yankee fans.
People need to be more patient with Kennedy. This is not exactly an ideal ball club for a kid to come back and face – especially considering that he’s pitching in front of his home folks.
dont swing giambi
work a walk or bunt!!!
(sarcasm)Look at ARod, padding his OPB(/sarcasm)
by the end of the season arod will be the mvp..watch..
Hey look! Tie game!
Good eye, Giambi.
Lets go X
patience…
yes, huge. lets go X
We’ll take it.
thanks Florida Yankee
Nice going Giam-BB. Take those RBI walks.
Ooooh, burned by the intent walk.
Awesome AB by Giambi – bat = shoulder.
I guess it’s just that we don’t need a homer by homer update on Arod since most of us are capable of figuring out that stuff ourselves.
Aren’t we here to root for the Yankees to win? What in hell is the benefit of having Pete trash someone who got us our first damned run?
I admit I don’t get it.
way to go giambi-sign him up for next year before he becomes a FA.
x justtt missed that one
Tie game! Go Big G.
cmon just wait for ur pitch X
Pete:
I think saying Kennedy stinks is wrong.But this ain’t AAA.This is a team in the streach for a playoff spot.No time for overrated pitchers.
He’s 23 and played good last year.Don’t don the pinstripes if you can’t pitch.We need him to pitch great not good.
i think people are looking into what pete said too much. he was stating a fact and people are still saying stuff about it.
“This is why we need Matsui or Nady behind A-Rod.”
Nady wouldn’t stop then from walking Arod. Matsui probably wouldn’t either.
Wow, Nady’s not even 30 years old. He’s young AND hot!! What a combo!
Giambi gets credit for that RBI but Alex was just as responsible for that run.
Weaver has had poor command tonight. And the Angels know Giambi is going to take pitches.
Despite that they give ARod the intentional pass.
lol yesssss!
HAHAHAHAHAHA!
what a lucky bounce
This is a TRIP!!!
little X !
X is the man….
hahahah, what a break… Guess that makes up for the ground rule double
AWESOME!!!!!!!!!
…wow, X has some major karma.
Maybe this is just our night
And a hit like that is why baseball is such a weird game.
Gotta love that, hits the 3b bag and drives in the run, don’t see that too often.
“Nady wouldn’t stop then from walking Arod. Matsui probably wouldn’t either.”
With Alex’s RISP woes, I think Matsui would.
damn it
cano why didnt you take one. sigh
Robbie.
Robbie.
Robbie.
D00d has no control.
Why.
Why.
Why?
Are you swinging at the first pitch???!
Nady really knocked the crap outta that one…
Robi how do you go from a wonderful 1st AB to that poor excuse of an AB
Alright, good inning…
Shut em’ down IPK, have a quick inning and get our offense back out there.
Tough luck for Cano, he ripped it but right at the SS.
In the box score – that will look like a line drive
did cano just swing at first pitch again?
Why should he take a pitch when that one was right down the middle. He got a good pitch and hit it hard, not much more you can ask.
I would make a comment about Robbie swinging at the first pitch after the guy had trouble locating the plate, but I won’t.
Robbie needs to take a page from the Abreu playbook – never, ever, ever swing at the first pitch.
Ever.
Love Nady
Robbie. *shaking my head*
Back to work Ian
HAHAHA did anybody else see what Weaver mouthed as he walked off the field?
“i think people are looking into what pete said too much. he was stating a fact and people are still saying stuff about it.”
Mike maybe we are being too hard on everything Pete says. But you have to admit that him pointing it out here is almost ludicrous since there was nobody on base, and Lord knows we need to score the runs!
Of course moron Cano swings at the 1st pitch…Let me guess the lead will not last 2 batters into the inning…
Jered Weaver—cut your hair!
Weaver has thrown 66 pitches in 3 innings.
He is not going to be long for this game.
His command has been poor – but the yankees have had good at bats.
i think robi gets caught up in the excietment.
Why aren’t you all complaining about Nady swinging at the first strike?
Weaver at 66 pitches.
johnny b what did he say.
“Why should he take a pitch when that one was right down the middle. He got a good pitch and hit it hard, not much more you can ask.”
Exactly. Some of the bandwagon “Cano shouldn’t swing at first pitch” people here don’t really understand baseball. When Cano is swinging at first pitches that are OUTSIDE the strike zone then that’s bad. But come on people, that’s his hitting style, and as long as he is swinging at first pitches that are in the strike zone, there’s NOTHING wrong with that, especially after they had already gotten the lead.
That AB right there by Robi could end up causing us the game. That was a horrific AB w. Weaver on the ropes he kisses his forehead.
nibbling again come on kennedey challege them
Biggest inning for Kennedy tonight right here.
“Why aren’t you all complaining about Nady swinging at the first strike?”
Because he’s hotter than Cano. (j/k)
Kennedy does not have good enough stuff to pitch in the majors..He knows it and that is why he gets scared to throw strikes. The Yanks over rated him a ton.
Someone Else –
Check Robbie’s splits –
He is simply an early count hitter – like it or lump it.
http://www.baseball-reference......1=canoro01
well there goes that warm bubbly feeling/
Brandon you’re wrong. Cano got a meatball and he ripped it. How can you rip him for that?
Tex..
mr. cano — see how tex takes pitches…and then hits HIS pitch?
That was some bad defense. But both balls were smoked.
just take him out.
Well that lead did not last long.
“never, ever, ever swing at the first pitch.”
Career first pitch swinging – .354
Just the facts.
And Kennedy gives it right back.
Please. Get the pen going. This isn’t spring training. We can’t afford losses.
Well, he’s throwing strikes. Now we need him to throw more quality strikes!
and this is why if you are Ian kennedy you don’t pitch to vlad guerrerro
Doesn’t that stat also reflect somewhat on the 1-3 hitters also though?
ARGH!!
kennedy sucks, i dont care what anyone says. they are pounding the ball and not getting any cheap hits. fine, hes young, then he should be pitching in this spot in games they have to have
and the lead is gone
An 89 mph fastball and decent change up is not going to get it done in the majors. Kennedy’s “stuff” is absolute garbage!! But everyone knew that already. I was right when I said the lead wouldn’t last 2 batters. Can Kennedy be an worse?
“Exactly. Some of the bandwagon “Cano shouldn’t swing at first pitch†people here don’t really understand baseball.”
It has nothing to do with understanding baseball. I’ve been following baseball for more decades than I care to mention. Trust me, I understand baseball. I’ve also been watching Cano since he came here and from what I’ve seen, he does better when he sees more pitches and waits for the right one to hit. That’s what he was doing when he was hot for that week in July. It can’t be a coincedence.
shouldnt
Really? People are surprised?
ian just isn’t very good, this is it for him.
he can’t put away the good hitters. one more start , bring up the phil.
Wow. Maybe Kennedy isn’t quite ready for the majors. I can’t believe how well he did last season, considering how awful he looks right now. He looks like a guy that was rushed to the majors. Now let’s just see if he can at least keep us in the game.
Nady doesn’t seem to have much use for cut-off men so far in his Yankee career…
who is brought up next?
we going to claim anyone going thru waivers?
At least Giese is pitching tomorrow.
No command gets you in trouble everytime.
IPK is getting hit hard. Nothing soft has left the bats off him tonight. Time to bring in the bullpen.
i have never seen a pitcher so dominate in AAA and so horrible in the Majors
Cano has a .300 OBP.
He’s not a good major leaguer.
The automatic signal from the 3rd base coach (tonight Tony Pena) to Cano should be to take the pitch under every circumstance.
if you have YES, they showed Weaver walking off in the top of the 3rd and they did a close up on his face and you could see him mouth “F***ING S***!”
it was priceless, my brother and I were cracking up. wow ah pull the plug on Kennedy
“he does better when he sees more pitches and waits for the right one to hit. ”
Nope – check the stats.
he has nothing on his pitches.
this is going to be a very long game
“Kennedy does not have good enough stuff to pitch in the majors..He knows it and that is why he gets scared to throw strikes. The Yanks over rated him a ton.”
CaptainsCorner, you are the most idiotic ‘fan’ on the blog. I don’t think you’ve ever posted something remotely intelligent.
The d00d ain’t an MLB pitcher…..
Yet.
He’s not polished enough. He should be in AAA. He should have started the season in AAA. He should still be in AAA. However, due to MLB injuries, he’s in the majors.
He ain’t ready, though.
Jeter batted .250 in his first 15 games in 1995. Was he a scrub?
No. It took him time to develop.
“i have never seen a pitcher so dominate in AAA and so horrible in the Majors”
Igawa.
cue rasner.
That wasn’t even a bad hop…
Razzie is up in the pen…
this is gettin horrible i mean he is behind every count..
kennedy falls behind in the count every single time!
Kennedy is starting his career exactly where Mussina almost ended his in last year. Someone get this kid a copy of Living on the Black
When you see other players on the Yanks swing at the 1st pitch it is because they think they can hit that pitch. I think Cano’s problem is that he doesn’t know what pitches he can hit. He isn’t swinging because he thinks he can hit the pitch…he just swings at anything.
Limit the damage, give them one more. Just don’t let the roof fall in.
Take him out now as we still have a chance
i hope ian still has his apartment in scranton.
Well this is not good
was johnny even running…im confused about what just happened..
I tivo’d the olympics..i should just watch them instead..
An 89 MPH fastball doesn’t get it done in the majors? How does Mike Mussina do it with an 86 MPH fastball?
The radar gun has nothing to do with this. He’s not ready to pitch in the majors yet. He’s only here because they have NOBODY else to pitch tonight because of injuries.
Add to it the extra outs brought about by the poor defense and you have the train wreck we are seeing.
He has to pitch to contact to survive. If they can’t make the plays behind him, that ain’t good.
Hey Joe, the kid aint got it tonight, when are you going to pull him???
everything that gets hit is up in the zone. He cannot get the ball low. When he does Jeet gets unlucky.
“Wow. Maybe Kennedy isn’t quite ready for the majors. I can’t believe how well he did last season, considering how awful he looks right now. He looks like a guy that was rushed to the majors. Now let’s just see if he can at least keep us in the game.”
I agree with this – he ain’t ready.
“Nope – check the stats.”
I know what the stats say. And I know what my eyes see. Hey, it’s my opinion. That doesn’t mean it’s right; just means it’s mine.
Hey I hope Kennedy quickly reinvents himself so we can win this game. But if he doesn’t, I am not going to do any great lamenting about it on the level of being disappointed in Kennedy since I wasn’t convinced he was ready for prime time anyway.
Oh well.
nice start once again buddy
58 pitches to get 6 outs??? Looking like a bullpen game tonite. Now understand why Girardi and Eiland approached Kennedy’s coming up with all the excitement of a root canal.
kennedy is going back to the minors tomorrow morning
“Yeah, let’s bring up IPK, he’s awesome!” has been the rallying cry of many of you.
Let me know when you are ready to admit he is not a major league pitcher so we can all move on and you can start to burn those Generation Trey shirts.
And let’s stop calling Hughes “franchise” while we’re at it.
Joba is the franchise. The other 2 are minor leaguers who aren’t ready for the major leagues.
I realize Kennedy is young, but he was a polished college pitcher. He doesn’t have a good fastball, and his breaking stuff is mediocre. What improvements do people see coming?
This is not like Hughes who clearly has an arsenal of outpitches. Kennedy’s stuff just isn’t made for the majors.
wow i mean wow
I hate the angels
Captains Corner
Cano’s Career first pitch swinging – .354
WHAT THE HELL IS WITH THIS DEFENSE?
this is like a slow pitch softball game
Is Girardi’s plan to let him suffer thru more batters and sacrifice this game?
Now this is getting ugly.
I’m sure we’ll get to Weaver but I don’t think we want this game to get too far out of hand.
“UPDATE, 10:25 p.m.: Cue the “Kennedy stinks†posters. But only a fool would judge him now. He’s appearing in his 12th big league start and he has a grand total of 260 professional innings under his belt.”
Oh really? So I guess only a FOOL would judge Kei Igawa based on his 12 or so career starts?
Cmon now..
Kennedy is snakebit. These last few hits were on good pitches.
That did not go too well.
Rasner should have started. He is ten times better than Kennedy.
thank you joe take him out before it becomes 8-3
ACEVES
Why hasn’t someone been warming up?
ok..might be time to just take him out of there before this gets out of control. I had hope for you Ian. I really did.
Nady seemed to take an Abreu-esque route to that ball, didn’t he?
Well he obviously can’t start in Minnesota on Weds.
He is done try again in ’09. As he has ZERO trade value now.
Despite not getting shallacked?? Michael Kay, what game where you watching?
I think IPK is pitching decently, actually. He is of course missing sometimes, but mostly on the corners. If he gets a bit more luck and better defensive plays, he is allowing a lot less runs…
3 innings….great.
Well, this game isn’t over. We can get to Weaver.
Oops I take that back
“I am not going to do any great lamenting about it on the level of being disappointed in Kennedy since I wasn’t convinced he was ready for prime time anyway.”
He’s here because there isn’t anyone else to pitch.
Its that simple.
Yikes. Kennedy’s ERA back over 8.
Except for maybe one of us I think we might all agree he still needs time down below.
9 hits. 7 runs. 2 innings of work. Wow.
And you didn’t want to give him up for JOHAN FREAKING SANTANA?
Or was it keeping Melky and his 200 BA?
dont worry, i am sure chris britton is a great guy to hang out with ian
IPK is not the answer….Razz ( another NOT the answer ) on the way in ?…I’ll take that as a cue to catch some ZZZZZZs and read the results in the AM…..PULL OFF A MIRACLE…..we can still win 12-5 right ? ( yikes )
If it wasn’t for Grandma Girardi, Joba probably would have been starting this game.
Although I don’t think it’ll matter, I think the Yankees are ready to tattoo Weaver and they can still win.
I really miss Wang at this point. Imagine how many more wins we would have.
And this is tougher to watch than Ponson. We expect Ponson to do bad, and even if he doesn’t we aren’t fond of him so we don’t care. But Kennedy, we all want to see do well, so when he completely bombs, which he has done all season, it’s that much more frustrating. It’s not just one bad pitching performance, it’s more of a, when is this kid finally going to break through and be the dominate pitcher that we all know he can be.
He went one more inning than I expected him to last, so I guess it was a quality IPK start.
ipk go bye-bye.
ipk 9 hits and 1 walk in 2 innings.
Get Kennedy out of this freaking game!! What a disgrace. Let him go cry in the minors..He doesn’t know why he was sent down to AAA…Does this game answer his question? Kennedy is so over matched with his absolute garbage pitches it is not even funny. What a piece of garbage…go get people out in AAA with that crap fastball and curve ball.
Ian looks like he is 12. Send him to Williamsport PA (LL World Series) to work on his pitches. Have him go through puberty…and then come back.
“Anything about this that isn’t true??? Not sure I understand why people have such issue with it. Pete’s stating a fact. Seems folks aren’t all to enamored with the conclusions this fact brings to light.”
Comments are like situational hitting or comedy. The situation and timing matters. Would have had more umpf if he struck out with men on bases and then the second time around he hit the homer with bases empty.
Are we going to blame Ian Kennedy from the piss-poor defense he had behind him that inning? Sure, he gave up hard-hit balls to Teixeira and Guerrero, but…
…they’re Teixeira and Guerrero. They’ve beaten better, more established pitchers in their time.
this is goin to be his last inning in the majors this year. offense needs to do some catchin up since the pitching is lettin them down..come on yanks show some life
well that was a pretty dissapointing effort
When does the Yankees game actually start? I’m sick of watching all the Angels batting practics.
““Yeah, let’s bring up IPK, he’s awesome!†has been the rallying cry of many of you.
Let me know when you are ready to admit he is not a major league pitcher so we can all move on and you can start to burn those Generation Trey shirts.
And let’s stop calling Hughes “franchise†while we’re at it.
Joba is the franchise. The other 2 are minor leaguers who aren’t ready for the major leagues.”
Ah, Idiot #2 decides to arrive.
You probably didn’t know the name ‘Joba’ until last July.
Kennedy ain’t ready ‘yet’. Neither is Buchholz. Neither is Homer Bailey. Two pitchers much more talented than Kennedy.
Some prospects (the superstars) have it from day 1. Some don’t.
Check out Johan Santana’s development. Sure took him a long time to become an ace.
Kennedy ain’t ever going to be an ace, but it usually takes awhile to figger it out.
Girardi is not a fan of Kennedy and I dont blame him. I want the kid to do well but I cant ever see him being anything more than a #4 in the A.L. I think he’d be much better in the N.L. This poor kid either leaves balled down the middle of the plate or pitches well and they get little dunk hits. Poor kid. I know he earned the shot but its tough to return to the pro’s against the Angels. Any of our other pitchers could have been hit the same way Kennedy was tonight.
Is it just me or did it seem like the Yankees weren’t trying hard to catch some of those balls? When we play these other teams, their outfields are running and diving for balls. Our guys (save for Melky) just let them fall in front of them.
My guess is they score two more runs here and it’s good night.
Rasner-please try and get us out of this
Looks like Kennedy hasn’t learned a thing all year long. He was pitching behind batters the entire game. Terrible defense too, Nady and Damon were dogging it out there.
can the angels get another bloop……
Nice play by the captn. bleeder in the infield and a bloop down both lines..
Now you see why Nady could not play CF.. They should have had Anderson at 2nd.. Keep it here and they are in this game….
There is no way to judge whether Kennedy is going to be a good pitcher or a bad one based on this year.
He is just not ready to pitch in the major leagues.
This start is not on him. He shouldn’t have been called up to pitch this game. This was simply unfair to him.
The yankees did this out of desperation – plain and simple. But for all of that desperation – Wang’s injury, Joba’s injury, Rasner’s ineffectivenes, etc. – to be placed on Kennedy’s shoulders just isn’t fair.
It’s really unfortunate. This is how you ruin young players. Not how you develop them.
I understand why they called him up. They had no other options.
But there is no way anyone can say that he just can’t pitch or is destined to be a AAAA pitcher.
“Let me know when you are ready to admit he is not a major league pitcher so we can all move on and you can start to burn those Generation Trey shirts.”
Only if you burn your Prospect Hugger shirt.
The outfield defense has been atrocious tonight. It didn’t really help. Back to the minors tomorrow to work on his breaking pitches.
This game may be over.
they actually scored 3 runs today, and we give up 5. funny isnt it.
I think IPK should still get another start its not fair to him to send him down when his first start is on the west coast against the best team in mlb
Darrel.
i hope he still have some trade value
What awful defense by Nady in RF in that inning. He could of threw 2 runners out on the bases..They definitely should of had Vlad who cant run at all. Terrible throw!!!
People still seem stunned when the when of the 5 worst defensive teams in baseball plays bad defense.
Girardi and Eiland are doing a slow burn over Kennedy. They’ve learned their lesson to never hand an untested rookie a rotation spot out of spring training.
look at that effiency. lol
I’m also curious, how is Tampa Bay doing so well in the standings? I’m looking at their offensive numbers, and they have 5 hitters today batting under .250. And 3 others under .280. Have their young pitchers been coming through that well?
Think about this….Ian Kennedy is our starter and when we need help, we turn to Darrell Rasner….THESE are YANKEES ? This is SO very sad.
“And you didn’t want to give him up for JOHAN FREAKING SANTANA?
Or was it keeping Melky and his 200 BA?”
No, actually it was the idea of giving Johan a long frackin’ contract that probably did it.
Alright, let’s go Ras.
With Rasner coming in so early, the Yanks will probably need to bring a pitcher up tomorrow.
“If it wasn’t for Grandma Girardi, Joba probably would have been starting this game.
Although I don’t think it’ll matter, I think the Yankees are ready to tattoo Weaver and they can still win.”
How, exactly, did Girardi cause Joba’s injury?
Get out of this crap Razzle Das
ouch.
in front of family
Ugh. Just ugh.
I wonder if they’ll give Alceves a shot at it?
nady is out of position, he plays left mostly.
“He is just not ready to pitch in the major leagues.”
Hmmm. Exactly what I had been saying.
Pittsburgh I don’t think we’ll have a lot of trouble getting back into this game.
And for once Girardi had a quick enough hook!
Obviously the Yankee Offense will need about 8 runs tonight.
Right here is part of the reason they did not want to bring him up. He cannot handle the major league pressure. They wanted him to do the rest of the year at Scranton and now this disaster may really screw him up mentally. That was why he was in Tampa to begin with. This will not help. He just isn’t tough mentally and the front office knows it. The Joba injury put them in a bind. Not to mention them being less confident in Igawa.
If you want to see a bust, don’t look at Ian Kennedy.
Look at Homer Bailey. Guy’s getting crucified out there.
wow….for the most part, the comment section is nowhere near as bad as i expected tonight. actual civility and common sense after 9:00 PM for once?
i’ve said this a few times on here, and i’ll say it again: Ian Kennedy is damned if he does, damned if he doesn’t.
he should have never been brought up. we keep on wanting to make this kid MLB ready so badly, and he’s barely had time at AAA. for god’s sake, leave him in AAA for more than three starts before you think he’s ready.
there were some good pitches there tonight. there were bloopers. there were defensive errors. there also was a young man who simply cannot put a series of good pitches together at the major league level. whether he ever will or not, i don’t know, but he can’t at this moment.
enjoy the rest of the game. Jered Weaver ain’t Cy Young either.
3 of the 9 hits were jokes and Damon could have caught the 2 run double.. would have been a good catch but he could have caught it..
Kennedy is 23 I am not giving up on him like you losers.. the same losers that probably gave up on Bernie Williams about 8 times if you were old enough to know who he was…
good job rasner. we are still in this game, especially with weaver looking questionable too.
Also, one last thing on Kennedy, I don’t care what anyone says, he was pretty much set up for failure tonight. First you have Girardi saying he shouldn’t be making the start, but he’s the only available option. They weren’t exactly demonstrating any sort of confidence in him. Then, a few hours before Kennedy is ready to start, you have Joba who informs the world that he will be back before the month is over, and remember, he’d most likely be the one taking Kennedy’s spot. He couldn’t wait until tomorrow to tell us the good news?
Good job by Rasner to get out of the inning
Thank you Rasner
Rasner wants back in the rotation
Okay, so we’ve kept Figgins off base all night and we’re still losing? That just isn’t fair!!
“I’m also curious, how is Tampa Bay doing so well in the standings? I’m looking at their offensive numbers, and they have 5 hitters today batting under .250. And 3 others under .280. Have their young pitchers been coming through that well?”
Yes.
Kazmir/Shields/Garza/Jackson/Sonnanstine, with Price in AA.
They ain’t going anywhere for awhile.
He’s young but I look at his secondary stuff (you can get away with a 88,89 mph FB in the majors) and it’s not impressive. Seems to have trouble throwing it for strikes at times. I think that’s one of the reasons why he struggles so much. Not the lack of velocity on the FB but shaky secondary stuff.
YESSSS Darrel.
Thank heavens for our 4 and 5, hey kids?
Aceves? He got hammered the other night in AAA. He’s less ready than Kennedy to pitch at this level.
May have to be Phil Hughes for the next start. If he’s got an 85 pitch limit, might as well use it at the major league level.
At some point, you run out of pitchers. No team has an unlimited amount of arms ready for primetime.
Joba is out. Wang is out. Pettitte is hurting. Hughes is rehabbing. This was an emergency start for Kennedy and as Fredo said, you now see why Girardi and Eiland were excited about it.
As they say, the tape doesn’t lie. Eiland watches video of all of the AAA pitchers. He knew his numbers in AAA didn’t tell the whole story about his pitching. They were just stuck tonight. They had nobody else.
Even Rasner is pitching hurt with a pretty nasty blister on his index finger.
Its a beat up pitching staff right now.
SJ44,
They are blasting the ball off of him. He’s just getting hit hard, that’s it.
Sure, not everybody can throw 93 plus. But Kennedy is like Homer Bailey at this point, who doesn’t appear to have any
kind of out pitch. Do we expect young pitchers to struggle, to
be inefficient? Sure, in most cases yes. But Kennedy, again is not some wunderkind who is trying to refine premium stuff. He has average stuff at best, and they are just ripping the cover off the ball.
What the hell is wrong with Rasner? He stinks, yet he just had a fabulous inning.
I don’t think many people outside of SJ44 knew who Joba was last July since he was just drafted oh, 3 months prior to that?
Idiot.
Kennedy is awful. He’s lost all of his trade value.
We’re in a pennant race. If he can’t make a quality start, he deserves to go. We can gain a game on the Red Sox tonight and possibly the Rays and we have a kid who has no business being in the majors stinking it up again.
I wish Rasner would walk up to Kennedy in the dugout and say “Were you watching that, college boy?”
Rasner is good. He saved the inning.
Thank you Mr. Rasner.
Kennedy is not comparable to Mussina. Moose has an outstanding breaking ball and changes speeds better than anyone. Kennedy throws everything on the same plane, and it’s all within 10mph (between 79-89mph).
Sorry, there’s no defending Kennedy and pimping his minor league stats. He was exactly the same pitcher tonight as he was back in April and May.
well that was pretty impressive it would be nice if Rasner can keep this up for a few moe innings
That just frustrates the HEll out of me. Now it is easier to pitch in relief tonight than last Sunday, HuH Rasner. These guys are all head cases.
“nady is out of position, he plays left mostly.”
Actually RF is his position. He has been playing RF for the last 2 years.
No more IPK this year. Back to work in the minors. Today could have been a time warp to last April and May.
He has to earn the right to come back. Maybe a September callup to work on his pitches in garbage games against major leaguers. He is clearly not ready.
My real question here is why was he so good last year, and so bad this year?
ian didnt throw like any curveballs lol
Is it still too early to rip Kennedy???
It’s one thing to say the guy had no experience… But it doesn’t take experience to have stuff, and Ian Kennedy had NOTHING.
There is nothing he throws that’s not mediocre or worse than that, both in terms of velocity and movement.
The Kennedy Experiment part II is over for a while. He just didn’t get a break though. It wasn’t the best decision in the world to put him in that spot. Hopefully he’ll take something away from it. Can’t see him getting another start.
Rasner made it look easy. This game’s far from over.
“There is no way to judge whether Kennedy is going to be a good pitcher or a bad one based on this year.
He is just not ready to pitch in the major leagues.
This start is not on him. He shouldn’t have been called up to pitch this game. This was simply unfair to him.
The yankees did this out of desperation – plain and simple. But for all of that desperation – Wang’s injury, Joba’s injury, Rasner’s ineffectivenes, etc. – to be placed on Kennedy’s shoulders just isn’t fair.
It’s really unfortunate. This is how you ruin young players. Not how you develop them.
I understand why they called him up. They had no other options.
But there is no way anyone can say that he just can’t pitch or is destined to be a AAAA pitcher.”
totally agree with u CB
““He is just not ready to pitch in the major leagues.â€
Hmmm. Exactly what I had been saying.”
But you seem to have missed the part where they didn’t have a choice but to bring him up.
He’s not out there because they wanted him to be or that you’re the only person in Christendom aware that he probably wasn’t ready.
He’s out there because they simply had no one else.
“nady is out of position, he plays left mostly.”
Are you sure? I thought I read that he had logged more time in RF than LF.
“Rasner wants back in the rotation”
And I for one want him back in!
“No, actually it was the idea of giving Johan a long frackin’ contract that probably did it.”
When they try to give that big contract to CC or Sheets or Burnett what will you say then?
These are the YANKEES! They don’t care about contracts.
They pay a AAA pitcher 5 mill to NOT pitch in Ny when 4 starters are hurt!!!
wow, who’s on the scranton shuttle tonight?
“He is just not ready to pitch in the major leagues.
This start is not on him. He shouldn’t have been called up to pitch this game. This was simply unfair to him.”
CB -
I wholeheartedly agree with point 1 and disagree with point 2.
Yes he cannot compete at this level of competition.
However, I don’t think given his performance at AAA that it is unfair to let him try to get out big league hitters. A lot of athletes fail, try, fail again, then succeed.
Since he has been everywhere, look at Favre career – failed w/ the Falcons, stunk with GB, then succeeded. (yeah, it is a stretch
)
“nady is out of position, he plays left mostly.”
I thought Nady was a natural RFer.
but before I go…can someone go punch Cano for swinging at the first pitch with the bases juiced and killing our rally ?….that is all…..over and OUT !
Is Melky planning on ever getting a hit again?
Angel – I totally gotcha. There were plenty of posters here Jonesin for him to be brought up.
Too bad no one wants kennedy now
Should’ve traded kennedy, melky, tabata, and another pitcher for santana
Nady played RF for the Pirates.
Wow Melky you are horrible right now.
This is where in the short term the reworked trade for the Pirates is really hurting the Yankees. Coke and Kontos weren’t near MLB ready. Karstens was. If the Pirates had taken Coke and Kontos, Karstens would be a candidate for the rotation now. He obviously was not the long term answer but could have played a role this year.
As for Kennedy, I can deal with him getting hit a bit since it’s all part of the learning process for him. He’ll learn from it. Sometimes the only way to learn is to deal with adversity and battle through it.
It’s like a high school student who aced their studies and goes off to college and struggles a lot. Does it make sense to go back to high school or plod through college?
As is, I think Kennedy will go back down and Rasner will get the start against the Twins. And eventually Hughes and possibly Pavano could fill that role. I certainly have more faith in Phil than Ian right now, but I won’t right Kennedy off yet.
And Angel, I also totally understand that he was up because the Yankees were pretty much out of choices.
Too bad we couldn’t get Johan for IPK and Melky.
So, are we gonna be saying hello to Britton again? They are gonna need someone since Rasner is being used today
This is like SJ44′s fantasy. The team crumbling. His call of dead in May may actually work out. Congrats, SJ.
“When they try to give that big contract to CC or Sheets or Burnett what will you say then?”
I’ll say that the Yankees aren’t afraid to spend money now that 80mil came off the books.
what’s up with people saying Kennedy doesn’t have any outpitch? His changeup looks pretty good to me. Of course he needs to control his fastball on the corners better. He needs more seasoning at AAA, I agree with that. But to say that he doesn’t have a chance seems a bit ridiculous.
Man, if only Molina could hit the ball with a little more force…
Tons of long flies, but only one home run to show for it.
and why didn’t we go after Torii Hunter as a FA this past winter? Because we had Melky?
would you take johan santana for kennedy and hughes now?
“I don’t think many people outside of SJ44 knew who Joba was last July since he was just drafted oh, 3 months prior to that?
Idiot.
Kennedy is awful. He’s lost all of his trade value.
We’re in a pennant race. If he can’t make a quality start, he deserves to go. We can gain a game on the Red Sox tonight and possibly the Rays and we have a kid who has no business being in the majors stinking it up again.”
Um, Joba was drafted in 2006. As in, July, 2006.
He made a name for himself in Hawaii, in late 2006.
Some of us, on this blog, were tracking his progress through the minors throughout 2007.
You ‘non prospect huggers’ had no clue who he was until he was dominating in the majors.
At this rate, maybe we’d be better off bringing up Hughes for his next start, even if it’s like 80 pitches, I’m sure he could last more than 2+ innings…
With Kennedy’s “stuff” he is going to need a lot of time in the minors. The only way he can possibly get people out in the majors is if his curve ball becomes a really good pitch and all of his pitches are working every time he pitches. His fastball is nothing, his change was his only good pitch tonight. So right now he only has 1 decent pitch, his stuff is just not good enough right now.
Its only 5 – 3, we arent out of it yet…cmon boys.. lets gooo
Love some of the idiots on here tonight. Ripping Kennedy (deserved) but now praising Darrel Rasner like he is God…seriously are you guys memory-deficient? You don’t remember his last 8-9 starts where he has been basically bombed for 2 months? It’s 1 inning, wow great, let’s see if he keeps it up.
i dont think i can say this anymore..
ian’s stuff does not translate to the majors.. he throws offspeed stuff.. its great for AAA, but there is a big big difference with mlb hitters. they can hit a freakin curve ball!!!!
Bring up Hughes for the Weds. start in Minny.
The Yankees will decide when Joba pitches again, not Joba.
Its great that Joba is amped up and thinks he can pitch in a few weeks.
Until the Yankees say so, it doesn’t mean a whole lot.
As others have said, Kennedy was pretty much set up for failure tonight. He started because they didn’t have anybody else who could make the start.
On the road, against the best team in baseball, for your first start in the majors since late May.
And some of you are surprised at the results? A tad harsh.
Its not Ian Kennedy’s fault the entire pitching staff is beat up, he drew the short straw tonight, and he isn’t refined enough yet to be a quality major league starter.
Pretty tough assignment for him this evening. Kind of hard to kill him over this. Especially when he didn’t get a lot of help from his D tonight.
Some weak AB’s just now. Gotta do better than that.
Kennedy has marginal stuff. He just doesn’t have one good pitch to set up another. Out of fairness, he was brought up too soon and the small sample of 2007 was exaggerated. Very similar to Tyler Clippard.
“Should’ve traded kennedy, melky, tabata, and another pitcher for santana
”
And have everyone here call you an idiot for actually going after an all star proven pitcher??? Noooooo
The huge mistake this year was not doing the Santana deal. Or trading that package for Haren. Or Sabathia.
Now? You couldn’t get 2 sticks of gum for IPK and Melky.
“As for Kennedy, I can deal with him getting hit a bit since it’s all part of the learning process for him. He’ll learn from it. Sometimes the only way to learn is to deal with adversity and battle through it.”
Yep. He’s getting schooled in the School of Hard Knocks, literally. Just hope he learned something from it.
“So, are we gonna be saying hello to Britton again? They are gonna need someone since Rasner is being used today”
Hopefully Britton didn’t actually leave Cali. Maybe he is back at the hotel ordering room service and watching HBO.
Sorry Ian you don’t get another chance. You wouldn’t be up right now, but everyone on the Freaking Pitching Staff is hurt. Go back to riding buses in the Minors.
Congrats Someone Else. Pat yourself on the back and lick your monitor. You’re a better fan than anyone who didn’t follow the amateur draft as closely as you while some of us were busy supporting the actual Yankees and not the “someday” Yankees.
You’re a gem. Mwah.
Really no reason to be all over Kennedy. He may not be ready but that is a lot different than being a crappy pitcher. He needs more time and he was called up to spot start during a desperate time.
Same with Chase Wright last year and look what happened to him. If it weren’t for all of the injuries, IPK would have pitched in Scranton tonight.
And a lot of people are right…throwing him out there tonight to the LA wolves probably was not the most ideal situation. Poor kid, he just needs more time and I feel like he can be a solid #4, maybe an average #3.
“nady is out of position, he plays left mostly.â€
Nady can play all three OF spots but is actually mainly a RF. He could start there next season if we dont re-sign Abreu. He’s only mostly played LF for us because Damon’s arm is a liability and Matsui is hurt.
Rasner just checked out his blister.
“You ‘non prospect huggers’ had no clue who he was until he was dominating in the majors.”
That’s not true. They mentioned him and his 100MPH heat a few times on Yes before he came up.
“Pretty tough assignment for him this evening. Kind of hard to kill him over this. Especially when he didn’t get a lot of help from his D tonight.”
It’s his D’s fault he fell behind every hitter and gave up line drives and hard hit balls?
Dumb. Give him a pass for trying??? Dumb. Dumb.
Lets go Ras
Damn good effort X
Another misplay by Nady in RF. Terrible defense by him tonight. He looked like Abreu on that play..
“Kennedy has marginal stuff. He just doesn’t have one good pitch to set up another. Out of fairness, he was brought up too soon and the small sample of 2007 was exaggerated. Very similar to Tyler Clippard.”
Tyler Clippard wasn’t 25% the prospect Kennedy is.
Cashman’s phone was ringing off the hook about Kennedy during the trade deadline.
Is it just me of does Nady play a brutal right field?
x just missed that one…
bobby wouldn’t get that close to the wall.
I think Kennedy was better tonight than he was at the beginning of the season but he still has some work to do.
Get out of it here, and we can make up the runs.
GLove, we get that you are not high on Phil, but there is no need to tell people what they should and should not and can and can not call him. There are plenty of us out there that think this kid is special and will be a stud. It’s fine if you don’t agree, but insisting that others share your opinion is pretty insulting.
As for Kennedy, I’m not blaming the Yankees for bringing him up; they had absolutely no choice. However, I do think there is a very good possibility that he is a AAAA pitcher. He shows nothing – I don’t see any glimpses of potential with him. His stint last year was a fluke – hitters have caught up with him. Granted, I’ll admit right now that I am extremely frustrated, and granted I’m not showing the patience I so often preach regarding young players……
Ok, what the hell is wrong with the outfielder’s tonight? Poor judgement on where the ball is and what they need to do to catch it. I swear, we will find any way possible to blow games. Pitching, hitting, fielding.
well that was quick for the third member of Generation Trey!
Just jumping in now. Too bad about Ian.
I hope you guys abused Cano for swinging at the first pitch in the third inning when Weaver had absolutely nothing.
That was close. Nady almost had that. I thought that was gone when it was hit. Vlad is sooooooooooo nasty.
for a while this place was civil…
someone, tell me, is there a more banged up rotation in the league?
Probably.
is there a more banged up rotation on a contending team?
I don’t know. Enlighten me.
Hopefully Britton didn’t actually leave Cali. Maybe he is back at the hotel ordering room service and watching HBO.
LOL
“Congrats Someone Else. Pat yourself on the back and lick your monitor. You’re a better fan than anyone who didn’t follow the amateur draft as closely as you while some of us were busy supporting the actual Yankees and not the “someday†Yankees.
You’re a gem. Mwah.”
You’re the type of idiot that would have literally jumped in glee if the Yankees had dealt Hughes+Chamberlain for Santana on July 31st, 2007.
Idiot.
Man, I wish this team had some defense.
I’m afraid Kennedy may become persona non grata in the Bronx. When your organization doesn’t appear to have faith in you and you wind up throwing a stinker your first time back … I can see him becoming a lifer at SWB with Igawa.
weak arm of damon let that run score
27 give it up with the stalking nonsense. It gets old.
Have mommy tuck you in for the night and let the adults play here.
If you have nothing to add of any substance, go to bed. Tomorrow will be a better day for you.
Its amazing how dumbed down the game night threads get when school is out of session.
Memo to Yankees–get some defense! What is wrong with this team tonight?
I think at this point, Chase Wright and Igawa have to come into the equation or a waiver deal (Byrd?) has to get made.
IPK needs to spend the rest of the year in Scranton. I’m sick of him and his “I belong in the majors” proclamations.
He belongs in Scranton and he needs to develop.
“would you take johan santana for kennedy and hughes now?”
go away and never come back.
“I think Kennedy was better tonight than he was at the beginning of the season but he still has some work to do.”
Move over Bob Costas!
dammit
Stop falling in love with prospects!!
They are supposed to be used to get us real live all stars who are good now.
You figure out the 3 not to trade. AJ, Joba, Melancon and you package everyone else.
You think if Santana is on this team they aren’t in first?
would be sweet to win a series opener
wow this team is terrible….
Spirited performance by those Yanks today. IPK is officially a non prospect we should have traded him for someone useful. Now waiting on disappointment number 2 Hughes to show up. Back to 6.5 out.
“Pretty tough assignment for him this evening. Kind of hard to kill him over this. Especially when he didn’t get a lot of help from his D tonight.â€
Pretty hard to believe what your saying after Kennedy gives up 9 hits and 3 extremely loud outs.
Britton pitched tonight at SWB – so who comes in tomorrow?
nice D by Nady.. He has not made the plays tonight… they need to make the plays….
Nady is not even remotely fast enough to play CF, you guys must be dreaming>>>
why not give chase wright a shot. he actually won one game last year before the meltdown.
“Memo to Yankees–get some defense! What is wrong with this team tonight?”
Do we know what time they got into LA? Sometimes, when they arrive late, they are very sluggish the next day. Some of these guys look like they are running in place.
Nady has looked very good in left. Just an observation.
They need to wake up out there.
The defense could have been better. But Kennedy was awful. That just isn’t up for debate. Where does he go from here? He’ll be 24 by the start of next season. Back to AAA where he will string together more good performances and then come back to the bigs and get rocked? Probably so.
He could not have been worse tonight. The defense didn’t help. But when you can’t get anyone out, that says plenty.
Tha Angels are damn tough, and Kennedy could have gotten a better draw his first time back. But again, they smoked the ball. He was bad. Very bad.
Is it just me of does Nady play a brutal right field?
Bobby never even gets to that ball. Nady has been fine in RF the only thing I saw wrong was his throw off the line, but he’s been an upgrade.
I have a feeling that Damon is going to start playing a lot more of CF from now on. The Yanks need all of the offense that they can get with this pitching. Yanks can not play Melky everyday anymore. He got his chance and he is useless. Damon should play CF like 4 times a week and let Melky play in the bigger ballparks.
kei igawa should never be allowed to wear pinstripes ever again
“Another misplay by Nady in RF.”
What other misplay? I’ll give you the throw in not hitting the cut off man but if you’re talking about the little blooper when IPK was in you’re wrong. You guys wanted Damon and Nady to dive at those bloops? All that does is turn a single to a double or triple if they dont catch it. Letting it fall in front of them was the right play by both Damon and Abreu. And that sliding attempt was no gimme either.
Am I wrong about what I said SJ?
Didn’t think so.
Run along now and be happy that the Rays are winning and the Yanks are losing.
Go to the other blogs and crib their notes so you can pass off their work as your own.
Go SJ Go
“However, I don’t think given his performance at AAA that it is unfair to let him try to get out big league hitters. A lot of athletes fail, try, fail again, then succeed.”
TK,
It was unfair because they knew he was not ready. They knew. Chaves knew. Eiland knew. Girardi knew. Cashman knew. They all knew. That’s why they didn’t call him up earlier. That’s why they didn’t fill him in to start tonight immediately after Rasner’s poor start. That’s why they wanted Giese pitching this game.
That is until Joba was injured.
Forget his performance in AAA. Numbers don’t mean all that much at some point.
He was pitching much better last year when he was called up than he was recently at AAA. Much better.
People focus so much on minor league statistics – it’s very misleading.
For pitchers what matters much more than their numbers is the quality of their pitches. Kennedy was not throwing his pitches well enough in AAA. He just wasn’t. And the organization knew. But they called him up on the off chance they could catch lightening in a bottle.
This is how you ruin young players. Don’t blame the yankees – they didn’t have much of a choice. But the probability of any kind of good outcome resulting from this was low.
His performance in AAA was statistically great but was not going to be good enough to get major leaguers out.
Some people think pitchers need to throw 400 innings in the minors before they are ready for the bigs.
Kennedy has thrown 200.
Rasner pitching like…. “he who’s name shall not be spoken” against the Sox in relief
Meanwhile Carlos Silva is a joke and a disgrace to major league pitching and the Mariners have been worse than the Yanks in the field tonight.
“Bobby never even gets to that ball. Nady has been fine in RF the only thing I saw wrong was his throw off the line, but he’s been an upgrade.”
Agreed – We’ll have all year in 2009 to dissect him in RF imo.
We are still in this game, our offense needs to live up to the Billing.
Yeah Someone Else — I would have traded a guy who threw a near no hitter and a guy throwing 100 for Santana last year.
You really know me well.
Don’t hurt your brain and try to think for anyone other than yourself bud. It might cause more actual damage than you’ve already done to yourself.
Kennedy stinks. He hasn’t won a game this year. He pitched exactly the same way he pitched earlier this season which was pathetic and I don’t have a right to be mad?
Gimme a break you stooge.
“Since he has been everywhere, look at Favre career – failed w/ the Falcons, stunk with GB, then succeeded. (yeah, it is a stretch)”
no, it’s not. it’s perfect proof that you have to stick with your youngsters. you have to learn to crawl before you learn to walk. i think it’s a perfect comparison.
as someone who was never down on Darrell Rasner, I can come on here and say that it looks like he’s getting the job done and should get a look at getting his spot back.
i agree captain, our offense needs a boost. melky should stick to the milk route. NADY/DAMON/ABREU aint terrible
Note to Self:
These are the same people who wanted Nady in CF the past week.
80% of prospects turn into crap or become average. There’s only one santana.
I don’t think that Girardi likes IPK and this outing gives him his excuse not to use him again.
has Abreu been coaching nady about playing near the wall??
The yanks have not made any plays defensively tonight. Jeter did not get an error on his flub also.
wow. kennedy blows.
“IPK needs to spend the rest of the year in Scranton. I’m sick of him and his “I belong in the majors†proclamations.
He belongs in Scranton and he needs to develop.”
Consider his development over, he is a nibbler that is all he’ll ever be he is like the Mike Mussina of 07 with less pitches and less command. Paging Phil Hughes p.s. bring the guy who dominated the minors and Indians last year not the guy from this April.
It’s ok to be careful with Joba, but not with Phil? Ludicrous. Phil is a very, very imnportant part of the future of this franchise and he should not be treated just like any other mediocre minor leaguer. He is not nearly ready to pitch in the big leagues yet. He needs to get into a rhythm and work on his pitches in an environment where wins and losses don’t matter. I would greatly prefer Phil to have at least 2 or 3 more starts in AAA before being called up. Most of you thought Phil wasn’t ready when he as being hammered, but now after three brief rehab starts, he is?
Britton pitched tonight at SWB – so who comes in tomorrow?
Oh he did? I didn’t realize that.
Seriously, maybe they should just grab someone in Cali off of the streets.
They have an arm..they are good to pitch for the Yankees. How much worse can it be.
27,
Look at you! 10 year old little tough guy! lol
Don’t worry, when I’m done with your mom, I’ll tell her to come home and tuck you in.
I switched to Nightline. I’m going to be watching on MLB TV for a while.
Haren would have been the one to trade for. Good arm and good contract.
You are a moron if you would choose Hughes and IPk over Santana.
Moron.
Please, X-Man, Bobby Abreu is not a good role model in the outfield.
CaptainsCorner-You’re on to something there. I wouldn’t be surprised one bit to start seeing Melky as our #4 (#5) OF. Getting Abreu, Nady and Damon (or Matsui if he were to come back) would be much better offensive OF for us.
This is when you see the true Yankees offense do they respond by flailing away or actual patient ABs
Hitting Coach Kevin Long,it’s the time that you must do something and contribute toward Yankees.
The other team is making defensive gems, this likely means I can get to sleep early tonight.
“Nady has looked very good in left. Just an observation.”
God knows that I’ve been in love with Nady since he arrived, but he is not that fast of a runner. He just doesn’t seem to go hard after balls. He’s not jogging a la Manny, but he’s not racing like Melky or Abreu. I just don’t think he’s that fast of a guy.
So the question now is… who’s next? With Geise pitching tomorrow, Rasner with a bit of a blister and Andy pitching with a reportedly “dead arm” the Yanks need to get another arm in the bullpen ASAP. Any thoughts?
And for my 2 cents about IPK…he was disappointing no matter how many excuses you can come up with. His pitches have little movement. There’s 48 games left. They cannot give him another start in ’08.
Jeter would be 2-3 if he played against our defense.
“Consider his development over, he is a nibbler that is all he’ll ever be he is like the Mike Mussina of 07 with less pitches and less command.”
And most thought Mussina was done after 07 and he has come back with an amazing 2008. Just because Kennedy has struggled, doesn’t mean he’ll never get better.
I’d still choose Hughes over Santana.
i realize I might be the only one, but even so…
I would greatly prefer Phil to have at least 2 or 3 more starts in AAA before being called up.
—
So another 2-3 weeks of kennedy/rasner? WOOHOO!!!
As I recall Favre did not fail with the Falcons.
Egotistical coach Jerry Glanville didn’t want him!
SJ44,
Why would my mom get with a blowhard who plagiarizes others work???? She avoids quitters like you.
Laura-Yeah, I dont think Girardi likes IPK at all. He’s made several comments over the season about him.
This is 3 separate times this year that IPK has come up and stunk up the joint. Leave Razzy in the rotation at least he gives some innings.
“These are the same people who wanted Nady in CF the past week.”
I never wanted Nady in CF. Once I heard him say that he couldn’t play the position, I knew that we shouldn’t use him there.
“Haren would have been the one to trade for. Good arm and good contract.”
And would have taken Hughes+Kennedy+Jackson+Melancon+Montero to land, heh.
Oh Bobby, right down the middle.
Laura, I just meant that Nady has looked very good in left, so what he is doing tonight is not looking like Nady we’ve been seeing, is all.
“His performance in AAA was statistically great but was not going to be good enough to get major leaguers out.
Some people think pitchers need to throw 400 innings in the minors before they are ready for the bigs.
Kennedy has thrown 200.”
CB – I respect your opinion
And clearly it was the necessity of the situation which created the opportunity for IPK to be in the spot he found himself tonight.
HOWEVER (stephen A. smith style
) IPK has not been a typical pitcher in the minor leagues – he had extensive college experience in a high level program and he is older than the typical minor league pitcher.
He may not have been ready according to the people you cite – (although you and I both know they would deny your claim.) but he was the most ready of the options available.
Athletes either compete or they don’t. IPK didn’t get it done and he has shown that he could before. I think it is between his ears to a large extent.
nice inning
well arods back to his old ways.
FYI, Nady has played 45 games in center. The results suggest was considerably less than adequate.
they asked for your mom too someone else
I think bringing up Hughes for the next start will put him in the same situation as Kennedy tonight. He has only three outings since the dl. He needs more time. Even if he pitches well I think it stunts his development. He is working on a slider and trying to perfect the change. Can he do that in the majors – don’t know.
I would rather go with Rasner than call for Hughes next week. Give him a couple more starts at SWB.
Realistically, who are the other choices. Igawa has to be put back on the 40 man after he was just removed. However, if it is rush Hughes vs. throw Igawa to the wolves, I am all for that. Aceves just got shelled.
BTW, I think the Yankees look a bit flat since they rallied to take the lead and then kennedy gave it right back. Weaver threw what, 5 pitches the last two innings.
Yankee offense since we gave up the lead: 0 baserunners. Always a good sign that they are done for the night.
Rebecca… PLEASE don’t open that can of Santana beans! LOL
How many innings is Robertson good for?
Weaver needs a haircut. He looks like a 14 yo girl.
“I’d still choose Hughes over Santana. I realize I might be the only one, but even so…”
Actually, I would to. I think that very soon, Santana is going to start breaking down. The guy has got a million innings on that arm. At some point, something has got to give. They are already reporting that his fastball isn’t as fast as it used to be. Signs of things to come I say.
I love the “Kennedy needs more time in the minors” solution. It basically means, I have no idea how to fix him, so let’s hide him in AAA even though he’s proven he can pitch there.
Unless he adds 5mph to his fastball, or develops a consistent curveball (he’s going to be 24, if it hasn’t developed by now, its not going to), tonight’s Kennedy is the one you’re going to see in 1 year, 2 years, ect.
“Hitting Coach Kevin Long,it’s the time that you must do something and contribute toward Yankees.”
You trying creating magic with Melky and Molina and A-Rod being 0 for men on base.
Uh, yeah Ian Nobody. If the Yankees are not willing to sacrifice a win or two for the future of one of their prized pitchers, then they have no business being in this business.
And would have taken Hughes+Kennedy+Jackson+Melancon+Montero to land, heh.
And the GM that makes that deal should be hung infront of the bat at Yankees Stadium’s lobby.
Also if and a big IF Matsui comes back he is going to have to DH. So Damon would be playing CF and Nady LF. So why waste anymore time get the pitcher..Melky out of the lineup now instead of waiting anymore time. I am glad that Girardi FINALLY realized and admitted that he is useless.
I’m not sure what’s worse, the pitching or the hitting. They are so pitiful.
sj and 27
you’re both acting like 10 yr immature brats…quit it and lets get back to trashing the guys in pinstripes (or grays).
When does Sidney pitch again?
At this point, what’s to lose by bringing Chase Wright in ??
yeah Haren would be the one to trade for…Oakland only got 4 ML players. 2 starting pitchers , gonzalez and someone else..
the yanks have 4 MLB legit players running around in SWB and Trenton everyday………
AZ decimated there minors in the last 12 months…….
the yanks have either been too quick or just a bit behind the pitches today. damon leading off the first was too quick, abreu was too late, etc etc.
yanks are not a playoff team.
Which one of these pitchers who cleared waivers do we want. Zito or Silva. Silva or Zito. Hmm. Can’t seem to make up my mind.
TKinDC,
“Athletes either compete or they don’t. IPK didn’t get it done and he has shown that he could before. I think it is between his ears to a large extent.”
You just described my golf game lol
It may sound strange, but IPK will get a chance to pitch the game during his next turn. They will do every thing not to kill his confidence for good. Also, there is really no other choice at this time. Bringing Hughes now will be a mistake. He needs to pitch at least one more time at SWB.
can we trade for kendrick.
These bloops are getting on my nerves.
“Actually, I would to. I think that very soon, Santana is going to start breaking down. The guy has got a million innings on that arm. At some point, something has got to give. They are already reporting that his fastball isn’t as fast as it used to be. Signs of things to come I say.”
You realize Santana’s fastball is still better than both Hughes and Kennedy’s right?
Also killing us is the luck that these LAA hitters are having. These bloopers are annoying as hell.
Luckily still only back 3. Either the ChiSox or the Twinky Sticks will win the Central. We can overcome whoever doesn’t. We really need to just get in the Playoffs and go from there.
No one can get Kendrick out still…unreal.
12 hits in 4+ innings. Great job by our pitching staff so far.
Can Kay please shut up already!!! If the pitches where in on Kendricks hands where they should be he would not be hitting so much. When the pitches are right down the middle of course he is going to hit those pitches.
Wow Kendrick is the New Man-Ram against the Yanks.
Maybe a change of scenery would be good for Ian. Like the NL? Look at Karstens. He’s on his way to being the ace of the Pirates. Total d-o-m-i-n-a-t-i-o-n.
“You realize Santana’s fastball is still better than both Hughes and Kennedy’s right?”
It may be now, but Santana was looking for a long term deal. What’s he going to be like next year or the year after that? Hughes is what? 22, 23? We should have a while before he starts losing speed on his fastball. Plus, it isn’t always about the speed. Location is key. So is movement. Farnsy throws 100mph and sucks.
at least arizona has upton who is like a man of a plyer and melky is like an infant.
When you see these many bloops it just adds to BABIP and this Angels team probably has a .700 BABIP tonight.
Great play Cano.
this is how it works with the retards on this site. Over the next 10 yrs. every time hughes or kennedy do not produce the mental midgets will talk about 9 win Santana..
they always forget to mention the huge contract and years or the other guys included in the deal which none of us know the details..
but the bottom line is the lemmings will be talk about this crap for the next 10 years.
get a life fools.. it is really old..
nice to see robby run more.
Wow Cano now that is a web gem.
I am glad that IPK proved that he is not a major league pitcher in front of his family now he cant gloat and say that the Yanks did him wrong.
“AZ decimated there minors in the last 12 months…….”
Yea but they got Danny Haren. And if they continue to draft well they will replenish quickly.
Would you give up IPK, Melky, and Hughes for Haren??
A 27 yr old ace? This isn’t 2003. We know how to build a farm system. A system where it is always reloading. you can afford to trade prospects now.
“You just described my golf game lol”
Ugh – mine too brother!
yeah ok laura… santana has speed, location, AND movement, AND experience.
“Which one of these pitchers who cleared waivers do we want. Zito or Silva. Silva or Zito. Hmm. Can’t seem to make up my mind.”
Both would be worse than Igawa, heh.
Kennedy sucks. It’s like moon discovered by humans.
hard to beleieve kennedy was picked before joba.
It would be different if Kennedy showed a glimpse of promise this year. He’s been horrendous nearly every time out.
cc sabathia had his fourth complete game victory for the brewers tonight. peter gammons reports that with the money the red sox saved on jason bays contract, they will sign him.
all you need to know about yankee trader is he would even remotely think of getting zito or silva.. those are some good manageable contracts for productive players!!!!!!!
really tell me you are joking and really not that stupid????
it’s very easy to build a farm system when you dominate an entire continent(latin america!)
“It’s not so much here, it’s that I know what I can do,†he said. “That was the main thing I was battling with (in New York). It goes back to trying to be too perfect. You’re giving them too much credit in the big leagues. These guys in Triple-A aren’t much different. They could be big leaguers tomorrow, and some of them have played in the big leagues. It’s not so much the hitters, it’s myself.â€
Kennedy has a chance to make it in the majors someday, but an attitude change has to happen. Confidence is good. Arrogance is not.
peter gammons reports that with the money the red sox saved on jason bays contract, they will sign him.
Sure they will
Yanks still got a chance here. Cmon boys, I now our offense is good enough. Get some ducks on and kill one.
alright come on Giambi, start something here
“hard to beleieve kennedy was picked before joba.”
Only because of Joba’s triceps injury at Nebraska.
what about the money the yankees get from losing giambi, mussina, pettitte, abreu, pavano??
I swear, if Igawa pitched a single CG shutout, the morons on this blog would be calling him a future Cy Young candidate. If Joba pitched a stinker, we’d have morons calling for him to be DFAed, lol.
I’d still choose Hughes over Santana.
i realize I might be the only one, but even so…
You aren’t alone. Me too
John..
NO I would not.. I think Hughes will be great so I would not make that trade..
We will see in about 3 years who is right until then enough with the Santana CRAP>>>>
“peter gammons reports that with the money the red sox saved on jason bays contract, they will sign him.”
Well they don’t need a set-up man b/c Hansen is already the best 8th inning guy in the AL! . . . what?
When the Yanks have a deficit to make up they call up the local restaurants and get their appetizers heated up for when they get there. Seriously this team has no fight especially against the Angels they poop their pants as soon as they land at LAX.
I really think Howie Kendrick looks like Little Inez Sutbbs from the movie Hairspray.
all bow your heads and worship the omnipotent…… trisha
laura,
Santana is not even 30 yet. He is lefty. This whole losing velocity thing is overblown. He’s not breaking down. He’s an amazing athlete.
Again my point is this. He still throws harder than 2 21yr olds. And hes ten times the pitcher.
Anyone think Kennedy will have half the career Santana has??
I am not Jeter basher.
Still I find his defense last few days atrocious.
Previoulsy, he was not good going to his left.
Lately, he was not reaching to balls to his right.
I hope it is becuase he is hurt.
If not, we are in trouble.
“cc sabathia had his fourth complete game victory for the brewers tonight. peter gammons reports that with the money the red sox saved on jason bays contract, they will sign him.”
They’ll probably try. Not sure it will work. Sabathia has indicated a preference for the other coast.
please do something useful Yankee bats
“yeah ok laura… santana has speed, location, AND movement, AND experience.”
Yes, he does NOW. How many more years will that be the case? Phil Hughes is young, talented, has potential and is cheap. I had no problem with the Yankees choosing not to do the Santana thing. Our current dire predicament hasn’t changed my mind.
I can’t wait til A-Rod goes yard again down 8-3 in the 8th.
weaver is throwing garbage over the plate and we are missing it.
If you don’t hate Ian Kennedy you’re a communist.
/Trisha: And obviously he has some very GOOD stuff if you watched them swinging at air.
Haha, unintentional funniest/dumbest comment of the night. You win the prize! Haha.
Weaver is hanging that changeup almost everytime. If only we had real hitters who could hit that..
“what about the money the yankees get from losing giambi, mussina, pettitte, abreu, pavano??”
That money is being withheld for a pitcher named Carsten Charles Sabathia.
xavier nady. wow
Wow X.
Thank you X
X!
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Marry me Nady! HR!
“I am not Jeter basher.
Still I find his defense last few days atrocious.
Previoulsy, he was not good going to his left.
Lately, he was not reaching to balls to his right.
I hope it is becuase he is hurt.
If not, we are in trouble.”
He could have made one play tonight apart from that where are you getting this from? I remember a couple of web gems the last week or so. And he’s errorless in 26 straight.
Nady is absolutely clutch!
X rox
cano triple.
Nady isn’t clutch. There was nobody on base. What a loser.
And Robbie follows his lead!!!
here comes a melky pop up.
Robbie Cano – don’t you know?
“Again my point is this. He still throws harder than 2 21yr olds. And hes ten times the pitcher. Anyone think Kennedy will have half the career Santana has??”
Not Kennedy, but Hughes might if he can stay healthy.
I think that we will drive ourselves crazy rehashing the Santana deal. It didn’t happen. He’s not a Yankee. He’s not going to be a Yankee. I’m over it already.
SHUT UP Hudler, you didnt do anything as a big leaguer. SHUT IT
The Yanks get one run back. Only down by 2.
“Man, I wish this team had some defense.”
When the pitcher had worst performance, it would affect the players’defense.
IPK should prove himself in real solid and sharp pitching.
robbie missed that by like an inch.
okay, more than that, the wall is taller than i thought, but okay.
hahahah hit him on the head. lol
Holy Cano! Doncha know!
Get him in somehow
Hahaha Canseco play, awesome!
lol vlad’s hilarious
still in the game, they will knock weaver out soon and then its pen v pen
that hit VLAD in the noggin…HAHAH funniest thing i’ve seen in weeks…
can melky hit it out of the infield?
Cano should have watched more pitches!
Tsk Tsk!
alright come on Melky…. just put it in play
Man, this Nady guy cant hit worth a lick can he? LOL!
Damn, thats a homer for Cano too in most ballparks!
Baseball is crazy.
That would have been a home run if Cano worked harder.
Come on Melk-man: deliver!
Melky please situational hitting
great 0-2. where is the squeeze play?
Put the ball in ball Leche
Can Melky please get the runner in from third?
MELKY DID SOMETHING STOP THE PRESSES
good AB !
Productive out.
HEY!!!! Melky!! welcome back
Melky is determined not to get a hit ever again.
a productive out for the melk man!
Good at bat by Melky to get the run in. Yanks are within 1.
Melky’s always good for a ground out.
6-5
This game isn’t over yet
I just had a mild heart stoppage this team got the runner in with less than 2 outs.
With even half decent pitching, this team would be in first place by 83 games.
“Cano should have watched more pitches!”
Very funny, TKinDC.
Maybe Arod can learn some hitting tips from Nady?! This game really stinks. Weaver really doesn’t have good stuff today. The Yanks started out having good at bats against him. Until Kennedy messed everything up and it took a little bit out of the Yanks sails. If they only had a decent pitching performance today I think they definitely would of had a good chance to win this game.
Thank You
laura,
You realize that if we continue to draft and scout well we won’t just have one Hughes. We will have 5-10 of them.
I know you all hacen’t seen a good system here since God knows when but that is where we are going.
You can take from that well because the well is bottomless.
After Hughes you got Brackman, Cole, McAllister, Marshall, Heredia, de la Rosa, Coke, etc.
“Nady is absolutely clutch!”
But it was only a solo shot and it’s not the 7th inning.
molina is about to tee off on one.
110 pitches wow.
Weaver at 101 pitches.
109 pitches for the brother of a great disappointment.
I come home from a long shift at work to find that Ian Kennedy has taken a dump on my unfaltering confidence and the Yankee offense has actually made the flight from Texas.
weavr just said a bad word.
coke is a reliever… and cole hasnt even signed yet. hes asking for 10 million.
Wait, Weaver has given up as many home runs as Johan Santana? That’s a lot.
Weaver is absolutely done. However here comes Arredondo, Shields and K-Rod.
Amount of confidence I have in Rasner to keep them scoreless this inning: really low. We love to give runs back, please be different this time.
I smell another tease coming from this team.
At least they don’t quit.
Okay now we hoold them here, and we get a few more runs in, and then everyone goes home happy!
Don’t know why I wasted my time watching Nightline. The crap was entirely predictable.
Back in it. Now we need to stop them somehow.
Imagine if our D made any plays tonight?
isnt Arradando the guy who we won the game off of the other night?
Melky Cabrera = championship!
Hasn’t had a hit since last month.
Melky driving in the runner at 3rd with 1 out is a sure sign of either the apocalypse or that the Yankees will win this game.
I’m choosing the latter.
“and cole hasnt even signed yet. hes asking for 10 million.”
This isn’t the Pirates here. The Cole deal is done. They just aren’t announcing it til the 15th.
But it was only a solo shot and it’s not the 7th inning.
Yup so Arod like down 3 and he hits a HR, but w/ the bags juiced an infield bloop seeing eye single…
I kid. Has Nady not been an Angel killer or what.
Big props to Weaver, he got knocked around but unlike Kennedy he gutted it out and got through 6 innings with the lead.
Good Job,Nady,Cano,A-rod,Giambi.
Come on!Everybody pray God for Yankees’win,please.
“And he’s errorless in 26 straight.”
That is how you measure his defense.
Do you realize how many balls which should have been outs are becoming singles because of his poor defense?
Melky gets one hit a month.
Let’s get ready for Sept, Melk!!
LOL. Which poster here is going to spin the world in reverse so we can redo the Santana deal.
F’in get over it.
“You can take from that well because the well is bottomless.
After Hughes you got Brackman, Cole, McAllister, Marshall, Heredia, de la Rosa, Coke, etc.”
That may be true, but the people in charge of the Yankees felt that Hughes (and yes Kennedy) were worth keeping even though there may be more jems left in the well.
I posted it earlier that I think what the real decider in the Santana deal was the years and the money. I know that we like to think that the Yankees have 400mil available to spend, but in truth, they don’t. They also don’t want to spend more than what they are spending now. If they had done the Santana deal, wouldn’t our payroll have ballooned to over 220-225Mil? That’s a lot of baseballs. I could be wrong, but I really think that the Yankees decided that for once, they weren’t going to throw money at the first sexy player that came knocking.
What inning does everyone thing Rasner will last till?
I’m guessing he’ll get taken out in the seventh.
“Melky Cabrera = championship!”
Wow – pour me some of whatever you’re having!
Stay strong Ras cmon boys.
did I miss something did Giambi do something tonight ?
Whose throw day is it tomorrow?
Kennedy? Rasner?
You can really sense that Brandon wants to trash X.
“That is how you measure his defense.
Do you realize how many balls which should have been outs are becoming singles because of his poor defense?”
Look at the sabermetrics, they’re clearly better than last year and his FPCT is over .980. He’s not the greatest defensive SS by any means whatsoever but you can’t complain at his improvement.
Vlad is super ugly…super ugly….
I still believe in Ian. He’s got the tools. Last year he showed what he can do at his best.
Send him back to AAA after this, and keep him there. Next year, let him compete for a job in the rotation.
Ian’s a competitor. If he fails to stick on the roster, it won’t be from a lack of trying.
Wow Vlad swings hard
Balfour in to face last night’s hero Ibanez in the 7th, 5-3 Rays 1 on 2 out in Seattle.
Rasner should have started. He’s earned it.
We only scored off of Arredondo because the defense got sloppy.
Holy pitching Darrell Rasner.
think he thinks he has something to prove?
Can the offense step up now ..we will see
Someone had A-Rod, X and ? in the HR sweepstakes earlier. Who was the 3rd guy?
do you think Ras has earned his job back?
Nice inning for Rasner
get back to work Yankee bats
Rasner is finally slotted in the right role in the pen. I think he’ll be more effective this way than as a starter.
Ok, so apparently, Rasner is a better relief pitcher than starting pitcher. Someone tell Girardi.
SIT DOWN
VLAD
I think IPK will be a very successful Pirate one day.
do we have our replacement for Ohlendorf in long relief?
Cole’s agent is Bora$$ I doubt his deal is done. It isn’t an hour before the deadline….
“Rasner should have started. He’s earned it.”
It’s easy to say that in hindsight. But he got absolutely clobbered in his last outing against this team.
nady since joining the yankees .357 4hr 11 rbi n .444 in august… i still dont get it why he is not batting 5th
Igawa was loving Kennedy’s start tonight.
“Cue the “Kennedy stinks†posters. But only a fool would judge him now. He’s appearing in his 12th big league start and he has a grand total of 260 professional innings under his belt.”
Pete,
not for nothing but has IPK been good in ANY of those 12 ML starts?
he could be just a AAA pitcher
This is our chance Yankee fans, Top of the Order leading off. We need to tie it better yet take the lead. Nice Battle we have given them.
“Someone had A-Rod, X and ? in the HR sweepstakes earlier. Who was the 3rd guy?”
Melky.
Balfour continues to be unhittable, gets Ibanez so the Rays still lead 5-3 going to the 8th.
True dat!
Wasn’t it approx 8 unearned runs? It was like a Chone Figgins horror movie!
(think willie randolph plays him?)
“Vlad is super ugly…super ugly….”
You will note that I did not elect him into the baseball hotties club…and with good reason.
“Haha, unintentional funniest/dumbest comment of the night. You win the prize! Haha.”
And you win my undying gratitude “mj” for posting only once all evening and making that your one post.
And for your information, “mj”, Kennedy did throw some very good pitches. Just not enough of them. Kay? Now grab your blankie and jump back in the crib you jumped out of to make your one post, right “mj”?
Cool.
pat:
JoeT 28 in 09!! August 8th, 2008 at 7:32 pm
Melky nady and arod go deep
I also like Rasner as a reliever better than as a starter.
pat; i’ll tell you, after the game or he hits the home run, whichever occurs.
Did Gammons really say C.C would sign with the Red Sox?
Darrel Rasner has become Dan Giese.
I just hope Giese doesn’t become Rasner. Body snatcher style.
“I think IPK will be a very successful Pirate one day.”
well said but he is no Cecilo Guante
Dereck Jeter has been having an off season at the plate.
Even with that – he’s been the best shortstop in the American league.
You can believe it or not. Even with him not playing up to his standards with the bat he’s been the best overall shortstop in the AL.
He has the highest relative zone rating and second highest zone rating of any SS in the AL this year (he and orlando cabrera had very nearly the same zone rating – jeter leads in relative zone rating).
That means he’s gotten to more balls than nearly any other SS in the AL.
Jeter also has the second highest OPS in the AL. The only other SS in the AL having a better season with the bat is Jhonny Peralta – who is a terrible fielding SS and shouldn’t even be playing the position.
Best fielding range of any SS in the AL. Second highest offensive production of any SS in the AL.
That’s an all star season. Not bad for an off season.
“not for nothing but has IPK been good in ANY of those 12 ML starts?
he could be just a AAA pitcher”
His first four were effin’ brilliant.
Except for the one outing against Tampa, his last eight have been effin’ awful.
Somewhere between lies the real Ian Kennedy.
Captain starting the rally….Abreu or A-Rod goes deep count on it.
“Rasner is finally slotted in the right role in the pen. I think he’ll be more effective this way than as a starter.”
I agree. I think Rasner could be a very good long man out of the bullpen but he’s not going to be a very successful starter for the Yankees. We do need him to start for us right now though.
Melky Cabrera is an embarrassment to the most hallowed position in all of sports.
“Did Gammons really say C.C would sign with the Red Sox?”
Of course he did he says whatever best favors the nation.
looks like i spoke too soon. the idiots and trolls have arrived for the night.
….
what is it with this team and the love affair with the GIDP?
“Did Gammons really say C.C would sign with the Red Sox?”
Only in the Twilight Zone. First of all, BOS doesn’t need him. If they went after him, it would only be to annoy us. Second, if CC doesn’t want to play for us (which is the rumor), he most certainly doesn’t want to play for them. Finally, I think that CC will look to stay in the NL where he is truly a stud among men.
The whole reason not to start Rasner because the Angels were just going to light him up again has lost some of its brilliance.
Or maybe 2 innings of giant hacks and circling bases took the zip out of them.
well all it takes is one swing. next inning arod giambi and nady.
groan
Well the Yanks never hit Shields or Krod so the game is most likely over…I hope I don’t have to see Krod and his disgusting and annoying little dance. Funny how people thought that Joba’s fist pump was bad but what Krod does is 100% times worse.
8 pitches –
ugh
Who would have thought, a DP?! Start those damn runners Girardi, you dumbass.
“what is it with this team and the love affair with the GIDP?”
I was trying to find the stat to see if we lead the majors, but couldn’t.
Brian in 702 you just get a TV?
IPK had 3 good outings for the Yanks last year.. Are you that stupid or you have a bad memory?
Look it up..
I think Rasner is one of those pitchers where he’s more effective when the other team doesn’t see him 2-3 times through the order.
As a long reliever, he can be effective.
“Jeter also has the second highest OPS in the AL. ”
Wow – that is an eye-opener! I would have though middle of the pack.
CB, I agree with your assessment. But that says more about the decline of AL shortstops than of Jeter.
Having great production out of positions like shortstop and catcher allowed us to compensate for lesser offensive players like Melky. With Jeter not hitting anywhere near his career averages, terrible play out of Cano and Melky hurts more.
who saw that one coming?
strikes Rasner. please
erm. don’t pitch to torrii hunter?
Hmmm…that hurts.
Torii’s bat flip is, in my opinion, as offensive as Manny’s posing.
Game over, unfortunately.
another lovely jinx by mr kay…unreal
This has all the makings of another frustrating loss. Damnit.
oh crap
Of course
unforgivable that Girardi didn’t at least hit and run during that last at bat. This guy sleep walks though too many games sitting there waiting for a 3 run dinger to bail him out.
So maybe it’s not time for Rasner’s Yankeeography quite yet.
That’s a tough run right there.
That’s pretty much game over. Great job from our pitching staff!
I really hate that smoke after they get the HR…
whats with all the smoke>
IPK and DR. The stink bros
down by 2….still in this big time
Someone’s up past their bedtime.
going into tonights game the yanks have 106 GIDP.. like 6th most in MLB..
THe AL AVG for GIDP is 94…
The Red Sox have $40-50M coming off their books this off season.
They will spend it.
Getting Bay really stabilizes their pay roll for next year – they have a very productive bat signed for $7.5M.
Clay Buchholz has pitched very poorly this year. They have no 5th starter. Tim Wakefield is over 40.
They have problems in the pen and may prefer to keep Justin Masterson in the pen next year. Michael Bowden may or may not be ready next season.
Giving pitchers long term contracts isn’t something the Red Sox do.
But now that they have Bay and have so much money coming off their books it’s realistic that they will make a run at signing CC.
Great job by Ras
Cano and IPK for Kendrick straight up.
Kendrick is good, but not THAT good.
Rasner did a decent job.
Kendrick is 4 for 4. He is another Yankee killer.
“Torii’s bat flip is, in my opinion, as offensive as Manny’s posing.”
Can we bring back Farnsy for one more mid-thigh fastball?
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/.....;type=exp2
GDP ranks for all major league teams. the Yankees are 7th.
Ohhhh you could be tempting fate w/ this one.
Well, that’s about all we could have asked for from Darrell. So props to him for keeping this close.
If Bruney can escape this, we still have a real chance, no matter what the maniacal defeatists say.
Yanks are making Hunter look a lot better then he is. He is WAY too cocky with that bat flip considering he isn’t that good of a hitter. But 80 mphs fastballs right down the middle anyone can hit that. Another pitch right down the middle to Kendrick…
Darrel Rasner had done his best today.I still thing Rasner is better than IPK.
“The Red Sox have $40-50M coming off their books this off season.”
LF, catcher, where else? Timlin?
“Cano and IPK for Kendrick straight up.”
Trigger officially pulled!
Ron -
Yep.
7 runs on 15 hits…. wow
Bruney should have gotten the surgery
you mean…were NOT going to re-sign carl pavano!
Another BP fastball thrown by a Yankee pitcher.
“yankees suck and won’t make the playoffs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
From your lips to Satan’s ears?
Bruney hasn’t been impressive 1 bit since coming back from the injury. He isn’t throwing as hard as he was and his straight fastball is still…..straight.
Rasner pitched well. He gave up a 2 out run in the 4th, and that homer to Hunter. Rasner is best served in the long man position. He can get major league hitters out.
…and there goes the game.
thats the hit that broke the camels back.
Bruney just has a knack for pouring gas on the fire, doesn’t he?
And there’s the game…well when you throw 3 AAAA pitchers out there then you expect this.
aren’t third basemen supposed to play the lines in the late innings? Arod was like 20 feet off 3rd.
bruney is awful… absolutely awful
aside from mr optimistic max kellerman, who else thought bruney was anything but bruney of old?
I’m gonna go grab a Brugal and mix in some vanilla vodka
I CAN BE THE MESSIAH PEOPLE!!! PLEASE BELIEVE IN ME AND I WILL DELIVER THE GOODS!!!
“Cano and IPK for Kendrick straight up.â€
Trigger officially pulled!
Point the business end at your head if you would do that deal.
oh crap
over.. the angels can hit with RISP.. not like our gang of softies….
the angels hit guys in when they get in scoring position the yanks do not , even tonight a walk to giambi and a bleeder by Nady.
this team is so unclutch…
5 runs for the Yanks is like 2 games worth of runs, say all you want about our pitching but the disappointment continues to be the lineup….
Can’t win when your pitching staff gives up 16 hits in 7 innings.
time to scoreboard watch.
I really hate the Angels if this team somehow by a miracle makes the playoffs they should pray they don’t get this team.
“LF, catcher, where else? Timlin?”
Bay is signed next year to play left. In the end they’ll bring Varitek back on a one year deal.
Very, very hard to improve your pen on the free agent market. KRod will not pitch there with papelbon their. Very few good middle relievers on the market. That’s one reason why I can see them take a very long look at Sabbathia. Can’t upgrade the pen directly so if you improve the rotation you can decrease the number of innings thrown by the pen.
well u knew the pitching would fall back to earth eventually.
Amazing that we’ve controlled Figgins all night and are still behind the 8 ball.
Hope he keeps it here to make the angels use sheilds and k-rod
Bruney has never been good. The notion that he ever was is flawed at best.
why would you nibble if you throw 95mph. mind blowing is what it is. challenge the hitter
ladies and gentlemen… your 2008 world champion anaheim angels!!!
Never say die. Heart of the order next inning.
If the Yankees are serious about winning games, then they will win tonight.
Glad Pete got some Vlad stories and how Tori Hunter is such a good player.Sad Pete has nothing Yankees related to talk about.
If this team gets any worse Pete will start with updating us with Patriots training camp news.
“Bruney has never been good. The notion that he ever was is flawed at best.”
I know. I could never understand why Girardi was so anxious to get him back…other than the fact that we are short on pitching.
We need to sign Mark Teixeira and a starter this offseason.
My favorite FA starters go in this order;
1) C.C. Sabathia
2) Ben Sheets
3) A.J. Burnett (if he opts out)
4) John Lackey (if they dont use the club option, which they will)
5) Brad Penny (if they dont use the club option, which they should)
6-10, can go in whatever order)
Oliver Perez, Ryan Dempster, Paul Byrd, Derek Lowe, Jon Garland
We’ll also have to make decisions on our two FA’s (Mike Mussina/Andy Pettitte)
But we definately have to sign one of those 10, preferably Sabathia or Sheets, to help solidify our staff. Sabathia or Sheets would be huge because we’d have a true ace. That would make Joba and Wang that much better.
Oh wow.
Oh wow it gets even funnier.
what the heck was that.
Fabulous baseball play.
….bad night for Bruney.
Why does Michael Kay keep calling them the A’s…
mel
If I had let him, he would have broken my heart again.
Get Bruney off this team….He has absolutely zero control…This is REALLY embarrassing…
I guess bringing in Edwar in a close game would be too obvious a choice. God, I wish Don nie had gotten the job. This guy is truly awful– as in worse than Torre. Who could have figured that was possible,
Bruney is pathetic. What was he trying to throw there, 200mph? So pathetic.
We now have a candidate to rotate out when Melancon is ready
(always look at the bright side of life)
How many more times is Michael Kay going to call the Angels the “A’s” – I count at least four times already in the last two innings… must be jet lag…
good night guys. Let’s go Giese tommorow!
I’ve never been a Bruney fan but you have to give him a little bit of a pass. He worked very hard to come back from that injury.
That’s said – he’s just not ready to pitch at the major league level right now. He’s nowhere near his form pre-injury.
They should send him down and call up another arm. Scott Patterson perhaps.
It was not a good idea for the yankees to say that they wanted to see Bruney throwing in the mid 90′s before they would call him up. He just started overthrowing in the minors to show he had his arm strength back. That’s exactly why he constantly runs into trouble – he overthrows.
nice play arod,took away an assist. lol
So…Giese tomorrow
wow bruney sucks lol
Oh my goodness, horrible.
How embarrassing…
Baseball is all about stats. I wonder what the winning percentage is when your starter gives up 9 hits and 5 runs in 2+ inning? My guess is less than 5%.
Give the Yanks credit for making it a game. Rasner did a fine job. Unfortunately, the Yankees need to replenish the long reliever spot in the bullpen ASAP, as in immediately after tonight’s game.
Lets go Mariners!!!
Bruney sucks, Rasner sucks, Keneddy sucks BIG TIME!!! WOW, what a bullpen………
They should send Bruney down tomorrow. He’s looked awful ever since he’s come back.
wow – a 1 run game with arod giambi and nady coming up and we’re down by 5
Bruney only throws FB’s and has no command, now that’s a great choice with the game on the line. And great play by A-Rod there!! Nice of him to drop that ball.
Bruney’s got good stuff guys, he just doesn’t have it tonight.
this team is a joke…you could just sense the Angels weren’t done teeing off on this BP
well it looks like arod is due for a meaningless homerun here.
Time to get 5-6 runs. lol
sigh
Alright i’m really out this time….Time to catch the opening ceremony on Tivo.
is it me or does it seem like all of the yankee pitchers tonight are only throwing fastballs? lol
Nice to see the Red Sox Nation here in all it’s moronic glory LOL This guy must have been the President of the Manny Ramirez Fan Club LOL
burney is a worse farnsworth. kennedy is a aaaa player. i vote kennedy skunk of the game.
The wheels fell off this season.
Girardi is a disgrace. He is an abomination as a manager. And on an unrelated point, I am not entirely interested in hearing that Hunter is “the man”. Pete, tell it to your Boston friends,
who taught junior how to use the ctrl-c button?
The bullpen has been GREAT this year, in case novices haven’t paid attention.
It will be better when MM is up!
lol knee buckler
“Baseball is all about stats. I wonder what the winning percentage is when your starter gives up 9 hits and 5 runs in 2+ inning? My guess is less than 5%.”
A starter has given up 5+ runs and 9+ hits in less than 3 innings 21 times this year, and only Nate Robertson on 7/30 has not lost the game. So yeah, 1/21 = 4.7%.
Sometimes I wish I was a fan of a team that was actually good.
Unfortunately we are going to see this type of pitching performances 6 days a week…except when Mussina is pitching. Or when Pettitte gets back on track. I am sure that Cash and Girardi know that the season is over by now. With all of the injuries they have no one to send out there that can get people out. Giese going tomorrow? Is he supposed to last more then 3 innings? It stinks but everyone knows they don’t have the pitching to get it done. Especially after Joba went down….
That’s it, my “I’m a Bruney Believer!” button goes back into the drawer.
When Yanks lose they GOT BEATEN by double digit runs!!! COME ON. BRUNEY – YOU SUCKER GO BACK TO MINORS & TAKE KENNEDY WITH YOU!!!! SUCKERS!
There’s our boy!!! 30 millions for that?!
I don’t know who’s worse.
IPK, Rasner or Bruney
“Nice to see the Red Sox Nation here in all it’s moronic glory LOL This guy must have been the President of the Manny Ramirez Fan Club LOL”
He’s so mesmerized with hanging out on a Yankee forum that he must have forgotten to check the final score of his own team’s game.
OK F*** it let me jinx this sh**
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Good job Jason, nice swing at ball four.
anything good on tv right now?
Why is the Scranton staff pitching in the majors?
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Forthworth is better and serious than Bruney.
Forthworth is better and serious than Bruney.
Forthworth is better and serious than Bruney.
Joe Girardi’s wrong decision hurt and beat the team again.
Joe Girardi’s wrong decision hurt and beat the team again.
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Joe Girardi’s wrong decision hurt and beat the team again.
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Joe Girardi’s wrong decision hurt and beat the team again.
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Joe Girardi’s wrong decision hurt and beat the team again.
GIRARDI IS A JOKE TOO…
mixing drinks right now
Our big guys sure put up a fight there! Way to go offense.
Percival closes it out in Seattle, Rays now 7 up on the Yankees with 46 games left to play…ain’t happening, the Rays have the division, it’s all about the WC now. We have enough games left against the Sux and Twins to do something about it but we have to play SO MUCH better baseball in all departments. Not sure if we have it in us honestly.
the called strike before was a ball too.
No Wang, Joba, Posada, Matsui
Just too hard to overcome
Pedro,
you’re a loser. Giambi had to swing at ball four because he got cheated on ball strike 2. I guess you sp&cs are blind.
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Nick in SF,
I put mine right alongside my “Tres Hombres” button or whatever it was they were calling Joba,Hughes and Kennedy this Spring.
17 HITS, 7 INNINGS – that tells you ALL! JEEEZZZZZ…
Tampa wins 5-3. Yanks 6.5 out with 40 some odd games left. This season should officially be about 09 from here on out. Keep Hughes, Joba and Melancon down on the farm.
For some odd reason, Suzyn declared that Bruney had “looked terrific” since coming back. Is she on drugs?
Bruney has always been firesale waiting to happen — so much in common with Farnsworth.
Tampa just closed it out…our season is officially in the can.
The div race is over.
The Rays are not being caught now. It would take a Mets type collapse.
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Bruney should hit Hunter for his stupid little bat flip. Someone should tell him he isn’t good enough for that type of nonsense.
anyone see austin jackson as a september call-up to see his potential?
“Our big guys sure put up a fight there! Way to go offense.”
Can you blame them for giving up after watching those pitching performances? It must be so deflating fielding behind that crap.
given the state of the starting pitching it would be amazing if they make it to the playoffs this year.
I do not want to see Kennedy pitch again in a Yankee uniform in 2008.
Well you have to admit we’ve done a heck of a job for a team playing without most of its original rotation and with players who have come back from injuries and some of our top players still out, some for the season.
Credit to hanging in the way we have. Neither of the teams in front of us have had this kind of “misfortune” and we’re breathing down the neck of the one right in front of us.
Plenty of season left for us to get the job done, even though I know it doesn’t feel like there is.
Onward and upward.
GO YANKEES!
I’ve just about had enough of Bruney. I wonder if Melancon can get to LA by game time tomorrow. IPK needs to get sent back down to get bullpen help.
cb… if 50% of the posters here were as insightful as you, this would be one helluva blog!
“Brian Bruney Suck.”
Have you told your shrink about these fantasies?
Cannot believe that – Bruney is still in the game, I guess Yanks ‘brilliant’ manager thinks we lost already… and he’s right, with HIS coaching we’re done for the day. SUCKERS.
Would have been dif had Rasner started?
Hey Bruney, it’s time to hurt your foot again and go back to the minors.
Is Pedro a troll or just a clueless whiner?
“The Rays are not being caught now. It would take a Mets type collapse.”
The Mets lost it all with just a few weeks left to play. We’ve got a month and a half left. I’m not saying that we’re going to make it (not with this pitching!), but there is still a chance.
Pedro do not make fun of the clutch guy Arod.. Peter said Arod has 7 non solo jacks this year..
they should tell him when he gets up late in a game it is the 1st or 3rd inning….
the level of posts go way down when the Yanks lose.. the level of intelligience on the blog now is not real good…
angels 7 of 17 with RISP tonight… sounds Yankee like..maybe the Yanks can hit another solo HR in the 9th…
220 million
well…. pregame I called Nady, A-Rod and Melky go deep…. hopefully Melky goes deep in a YANKEES WIN
“Can you blame them for giving up after watching those pitching performances? It must be so deflating fielding behind that crap.”
Agree 100%, all about starting pitching folks. Out of 171 games pitched with a game score as low as Kennedy’s tonight, only 12 of the teams managed a win…that’s 7%.
trisha the sj44 negative brigade will not like that positive attitude in a bad loss
I meant only 7 non solo jacks for the best player in the game my mistake..
“Is Pedro a troll or just a clueless whiner?”
Yes.
Oh boy not for nothing but I’m getting pretty hammered right now.
“Giambi had to swing at ball four because he got cheated on ball strike 2. I guess you sp&cs are blind.”
He sure showed the ump!! He’ll never miss a call again.
“anyone see austin jackson as a september call-up to see his potential?”
No. To get called up in september you have to be on the 40 man roster.
The yankees cannot afford to burn a 40 man roster slot on Jackson until he the moment they feel he is ready to contribute.
Jackson won’t be eligible for the rule V draft for two more years.
They have way too many players to protect to place players on the 40 man earlier than is absolutely necessary.
This also applies to Melancon. If they call him up to help win games – that’s fine. But not for a cup of coffee.
Both Jackson and Melancon will be brought to NY after the minor league seasons and get a place in the clubhouse and get a sense of the team. But they won’t be activated just to get a taste of the majors.
before you get all up in Girardi’s arms, please remember that the Yankees are still in contention for the Wild Card.
It’s a miracle they still are, but the fact is, they still are.
Girardi’s done something right.
It’s may not be the ideal time to say this, losing by five runs, but the truth is that the Yankees are having a rather incredible season. Yes. Really: Incredible. Two of the pitcher on your opening-day rotation have a total of zero wins. Your ace is gone. Your all-star catcher, who seems to be a clubhouse leader, is gone. Matsui is gone. You have a new manager. Your replacement ace is injured. Not one single person on the team, with the exception of Mo, is really even having an above-average season. All this, and the team is really within sight of a wildcard slot. That’s incredible. You’d expect the Yanks to be 20 games out of first. I’m amazed at this team. It’s the best season in a long time — if you count “best” as meaning playing above expectations, given the circumstances. Really. Anyone care to refute?
“Oh boy not for nothing but I’m getting pretty hammered right now.”
Pouring a crown and coke right now…
They need to regroup and come out tomorrow not only ready to play, but ready to win. Tons of pressure on Giese now.
why not hit christian there. melky is not hitting
In order for the Yanks to be a “real” playoff contender next year these things must happen:
1)CC must be signed, no matter the terms or years just do it!
2)Yanks should sign Tex, however if another 1B can be had they should pull the trigger.
3)Somebody else must play CF, hopefully Ajax but it might be a bit early for him.
4) Hughes must look like the real deal not like the turd he looked like in April.
5) A-Rod needs to be told that his contract is up after 09.
Melky attempting to hit a major league curveball that was funny…..
Melky 0 for life! Great player we have there in CF. To think somebody said he was the new Bernie.. what a joke.
“trisha the sj44 negative brigade will not like that positive attitude in a bad loss”
This team does not have what it takes to be a consistent winning team…biggest weakness is consistent offense
So how can we improve it next year…
Sign Tex for 1st….becomes your no. 3 hitter
Sign Manny…yes I said it…there is no one in our current lineup that scares the opposing pitcher…make him the DH…he will behave once in pinstripes and being a DH, less Manny being Manny times
resign Abreu, Pettitte and Moose (for less then they are getting now of course…Abreu 2 yr deal…Pettitte and Moose to 1 yr deals)
Trade Matsui…see if you can get a decent CF for him…if not, trade him for whatever…
forget C.C….Brewers are abusing him…lots of innings pitched for an overweight guy..I just see injuries in his future….forget Sheets…always hurt
Maybe look for another arm in the bullpen ( I cant think of anyone off hand)
Melky becomes 4th OF for defensive replacement or maybe Gardner
Lineup:
Damon CF
Jeter SS
Tex 1st
ARod 3rd
Manny DH
Abreu RF
Nady LF
Cano 2nd
Posada C
Rotation
Joba (ACE)
Wang
Pettitte
Moose
Hughes
what does everyone think…any ideas, or criticisms?
betiment might get a start tommrow at first
Pouring a crown and coke right now…
Doing shot nu,mber 5 right now
Appreciated benny. Not an enjoyable evening but baseball is still a great game.
I wonder what the Kennedy apologists will say now ? This guy is barely a prospect. The fact that Cashman thinks he is, says a lot about his lack of baseball knowledge.
“It’s a miracle they still are, but the fact is, they still are.
Girardi’s done something right.”
Did he tell the rest of the league to suck? Nice of him to do that, I guess.
Tie run on double deck! It ain’t over!
“A-Rod needs to be told that his contract is up after 09.”
is that even an option?
nick the tying run is arod. chances are slim
Is this the same guy we refused to give up for Johan? That was a minor lapse in judgement. We should trade him to the National League, “Where Batting Practice pitchers throw near Perfect Games”
Goodnight all. We’ll get ‘em tomorrow.
That fact that trisha flashes a smiley face at the creepiest troll poster on this board… that’s not a great fact.
D’oh, we lost while I was typing that. It’s my fault.
“Al from BK
August 9th, 2008 at 12:49 am
In order for the Yanks to be a “real†playoff contender next year these things must happen:
1)CC must be signed, no matter the terms or years just do it!
2)Yanks should sign Tex, however if another 1B can be had they should pull the trigger.
3)Somebody else must play CF, hopefully Ajax but it might be a bit early for him.
4) Hughes must look like the real deal not like the turd he looked like in April.
5) A-Rod needs to be told that his contract is up after 09.”
I don’t think all of that has to happen. If the Yanks sign CC, the rotation could be CC, Wang, Mussina, Pettitte, Joba. If the Yanks get Teixeira, the line up will be helped and we should be able to live with Melky’s bat.
they should send kenndy down to the minors at 3am. lol.
It hurts one’s eye to read some of these posts.
It’s an uphill climb, but making up 3 games in the loss column isn’t impossible on August 9th. In case you havent noticed, the 2 teams ahead of the Yanks in the Wild Card race have serious holes of their own. For one, both are much worse on the road than the Yanks.Both teams have bullpen issues. Both teams have offenses that can be shut down.
The season is not over. The chances of winning the Division are slim. But if the Yanks can find someone to take IPK’s spot and Hughes & Joba come back in 3 weeks, a September rotation of Mussina, Pettitte, Joba and Hughes can do some damage.
trisha – my advice to you is to start drinking heavily.
“This guy is barely a prospect. The fact that Cashman thinks he is, says a lot about his lack of baseball knowledge.”
Coming into this season he was ranked by baseball america to be the 45th best prospect in the minor leagues.
They base those rankings on the consensus evaluations of scouts including those outside of the yankees organization.
If the yankees were wrong about him – then so was a lot of baseball.
Lukas M.- Nice post. I dont think the GM of the Yankees knows anything about baseball either.
Not getting Johan cost us a title this year.
Kind of perfect for Jeter to make the last out….Since that is what has done all year..make outs..
“GIRARDI IS A JOKE TOO…”
Kevin Long and Cashman,too.
Surpised people thought Bruney was gonna be good.He had nearly as many walks as innings pitched in the minors….just like now.
Wonder if anyone still has those stupid “Save the big Three” shirts.
“I meant only 7 non solo jacks for the best player in the game my mistake..”
Not to split hairs but in my school, 25-17 never equalled 7.
trisha – my advice to you is to start drinking heavily.
Trisha it really isn’y a nasbad thing turning to lalcjohol at thias toimee
Ryan, I am someone who never looks beyond the season until the season is over. But there are plenty of people who do like to talk about trades and the such.
If you don’t get them now you will definitely get some tomorrow. (Never know if there is going to be any discussion after a loss…)
Nick,
Who’s creepy?
BTW, Trisha. You were right. This is the most awesome Olympic display ever.
The the movable tile thing was unbelievable.
Bad game, bad day. But tomorrow’s another story.
Everyone ought to read that.
Well this game sucked.
Try and win the the next 2 games..
Another depressing loss by the Yankees. Hw many of these do we have to live through this year while TB is just chugging along widening the gap? Again, we let an opportunity to make up ground on atleast one of the two teams ahead of us go to waste.
THis team really is disheartening. I hate it. Good night all and better luck tomorrow as we’ll definately need it.
The people who are already thinking about next year are complete jokes. This team is 3.5 games out of the wild card and 6.5 out of the division. They are getting Joba back very soon, and Hughes should also give them a huge lift.
For a good part of the remaining games, you’re looking at a rotation of Joba, Mussina, Pettitte, Hughes, and Ponson.
Are people going to honestly try to say that you don’t think that rotation is good enough to make a legitimate run? If they could just make the playoffs and you have Joba, Mussina, and Pettitte, starting a majority of the games, they can content with ANY top 3 on ANY team. For this team, it’s just a matter of making the playoffs. Once they are in, they can make a serious run. They have the offense, and when Hughes and Joba come back, they have the pitching.
Anyone want to play the Joe Girardi postgame drinking game withg me?
1 drink for each time Girardi says “the Angels ‘pen is good”
2 drinks for each time Girardi says “IPK just missed his spots”
2 drinks for each time Girardi says “the Angels had good swings”
3 drinks for each time Girardi says “we have to start playing better”
“Not getting Johan cost us a title this year.”
No.. relying on 2 rookie starting pitchers and a manager learning on the job cost us a title this year.
I think Mike is pretty funny, and also pretty accurate. Why would you call him a creepy troll? I don’t remember him ever saying bad things about you. Oh well.
Nick the fish and Brandon – I don’t need to drink behind a baseball loss. I, like a lot of the other women on this forum, understand that tomorrow is another day.
Night now!
mel: mike the “sj44 negative brigades” guy.
Giese v. Lackey. Lackey is due for a bounce back against us. Looks like a loss. Hopefully Giese does better than Ian “nibbles” Kennedy.
“Bad game, bad day. But tomorrow’s another story.”
You go Mel!
Trisha no fun.
We need trade a CF..
Melky no power, no contact…
Rebecca,
It’s amazing how some people can’t understand the impact of having placed 5 starting pitchers, a valuable bullpen pitcher, your 3rd baseman, catcher, left fielder and DH on the DL.
I hate fox games.. isn’t this the third week in a row we’ve had to watch a fox game? or 3 out of 4 weeks? There are other teams out there can’t they do those games.
HUGHES AND PAVANO A.S.A.P., PLEASE LORD!
We need trade a CF..
Melky no power, no contact…
Melky for Jody Ferut
trisha- its already tomorrow.
Does Mike ever discuss anything related to the Yankees? Or just comes here to stalk SJ44? Thus-kinda creepy trollish..
Oh wait..I’ll be named to the SJ negative brigade too now. lol
Big game tomorrow.
Maybe tomorrow will be a Sangria day. I need to find a nice recipe.
If Bruney still isn’t 100%, he shouldn’t be in the bullpen. Girardi is going to use the guys he has in the bullpen. You can’t blame Girardi.
Brandon, I can respect whatever works for someone. Truly I can.
I have to tell you that I feel a lot worse when we lose games that Andy starts than something like this. Sux loss also makes it feel that much better.
Yankees broke fans’s heart again and again.
The Meljk Man, Aceves, Kennedy for Nate mcClouth
“trisha- its already tomorrow.”
And so it is! I have a feeling today is going to be a great day.
gerut has been crushing the ball for san diego. i dont think they would trade him as hes not even arbitartion eligble.
True, I don’t think he’s ever said anything bad about me in particular, yet somehow I still find it creepy that his apparent sole purpose on the blog is to periodically appear to make insulting remarks about one of the blog’s most thoughtful posters. The next intelligent baseball-related response he makes to one of SJ44′s posts will be the first.
Well said, Sigmund.
Hey really I understand if people feel negative right now and want to debrief so I will leave you to it if you want. Hopefully we can take the next two games.
nice job by girardi tonight. who wouldn’t want your long man pitching in the 7th inning of a 1 run game? listen, i understand he was pitching well. but rasner has pitched well before and then blown up (last week vs. baltimore). this is what pitchers of his caliber do. it’s not a knock on him at all, but he is who he is. if you get through 6, and it’s close, you ahve to get him out. otherwise what’s the point of having such a talented bullpen. we need to do EVERYTHING we can to hold 1 and 2 run deficits. torre did this. girardi has been terrible with it. terrible. always asking bruney/marte/ramirez to get outs with runners on his ridiculous. they can each go 1-2 innings, let them start it, get a quick inning, and get teh offense back on teh field. don’t get greedy with your LONG RELIEVER!!!!
Rebecca-I’ll wager a Mr. Hank Somethingorother will take a crack at refuting that here shortly…count it
gerut has been crushing the ball for san diego. i dont think they would trade him as hes not even arbitartion eligble.
For Melkys Cabrera straight up I’d do it.
BTW Mike Ashmore has video up of Mhonny Nunez for anyone interestedd
Paddy, Rasner was only barely responsible for the damage done in the 7th. I believe Bruney came in with just one runner on base, and it was him who gave up the other runs. Even still, BRUNEY shouldn’t have been in there either in my mind, Girardi is going to just overuse this guy and then he will be useless when his arm falls off. It’s time to pick up a solid starter before this gets out of hand 2 out of every 5 games results in the bullpen pitching 6 or 7 innings.
It makes me angry really.Bye,Postgame.
Uh, Kennedy pitching Wednesday according to Girardi.
so…Yanks get shelled in game 1 of the series making this the 4th straight series they’ve lost the 1st game and tomorrow it is Geise vs Lackey. Not looking good.
The offense appears better but the pitching couldn’t be any worse than it is right now. Pitching is in shambles right now
Joba–no guarantee when, or if he will be back
Pettite–very hittable lately and too inconsistent
Moose–the rock of the bullpen, but you don’t expect him to win each start
IPK–obviously not ready
Wang–can’t count on him for 08
Rasner–neither a starter or long-reliever
Ponson–tick, tick, tick….boom at some point
can someone post what joe said on the postgame?
Uh, Kennedy pitching Wednesday according to Girardi.
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSS !
He said that Ian has to get better before his next start, which is Wednesday…
J,
Wel the big shocker is that Kennedy is still on for next Wed at the Twins.
well lets do some math here. kennedy gives up hard hit balls all night + turf in minnesota = balls that are hit up the middle roll to the wall.
Kennedy pitching Wednesday = Hughes is not ready yet and there is no one else to trot out there. Not sure that it’s a vote of confidence; more likely evidence of a lack of other options.
Good at least I know before hand to go out Wed. and there is no reason to watch that game.
lots of time between now and Wednesday.
Yep.
I don’t like Alex’s influence on Xavier. He’s becoming a stat padder, too. Their offense is meaningless with the pitching in shambles.
Hey, all those Aruban athletes in the Olympic procession looked sober. So I guess it’s just Sir Sydney.
“Uh, Kennedy pitching Wednesday according to Girardi.”
Girardi doesn’t seem to have that much control like Torre did. It’s more of a group decision now. So we’ll see about this.
All he really said was Kennedy’s in the rotation RIGHT NOW. That doesn’t mean anything.
Eight losses in 13 games – wow. And the injuries have been relentless this year, no letup whatsoever. It’s like all the injuries of the last 2-3 season rolled up together and then some.
Johnny is a good teammate.
http://bats.blogs.nytimes.com/.....to-dinner/
Giambi in the 5 spot … CAno making easy outs w. the SP on the turmbuckle…Bring up Kei Igawa
Girardi says Kennedy will pitch Wednesday.
What else is he going to say? I’m all for giving Kennedy shots but I think when Cashman and Girardi talk, Ian won’t be pitching Wednesday.
Kim Jones trying to get a rise out of young Ian
If the Yanks had ANYONE to go out there then we know that Kennedy would not be getting another start for this team this year. But Cashman has no one else to pitch for this team. Girardi even just said that we know that Kennedy is not ready.
Ian saying he’s not too upset about tonight’s outing.
I’m now remembering what it was that bugged me about Ian…
GRR!!!
“Uh, Kennedy pitching Wednesday according to Girardi.”
I don’t want to see Yankees lose again.
Ian sounding a little delusional on the postgame. Was surprised Girardi came to get him in the 3rd.
Aw, that’s nice of Johnny
I’m with E-man. If Girardi said what he really felt, it would destroy Ian’s development.
Does Ian know that the Yankees are trying to get to the postseason?
I seriously do not think the boy gets it at all. There is something not computing there.
im more disappointed now abount how ipk handled that interview than how he pitched….he seemed happy with his performance….very surprising
i think giese goes atleast 6-7 innings tommrow giving up 1 run.
“Uh, Kennedy pitching Wednesday according to Girardi.
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSS !”
No worries Brandon the IPK drinking game will be developed by then and I will be actively participating in it.
Trisha-
I understand what you’re saying but I try not to take too seriously anything that’s said to the media. Ian may be measuring his words because he doesn’t want to appear too depressed. If he talked about how he stunk and they were over-whelming him, many might assume he wasn’t tough enough.
“i think giese goes atleast 6-7 innings tommrow giving up 1 run.”
I agree. When Giese faced them in relief a few weeks ago, he had that team taking some of the worst swings I’ve ever seen them take.
Kennedy obviously lives in the same world with Igawa. Pitching awful and talking like he pitched a gem and didn’t really think he did bad. He said he was surprised that Girardi took him out when he did?!?!!! Also said it was only 2 doubles and some singles…That was funny. That is the 1 thing that I liked about Hughes after he pitched bad he would say I stink…Kennedy sounds like a fool and is way too cocky. Joba is cocky but he has a reason to be..Kennedy stinks and he doesn’t.
The whole stat padding idea is a real case of fuzzy logic.
Kennedy sure is an optimist isn’t he.
“im more disappointed now abount how ipk handled that interview than how he pitched….he seemed happy with his performance….very surprising”
RalphieD this is exactly the stuff I pointed out about Ian when he was up before that used to drive me crazy. I’m happy others got to witness it firsthand.
Mommy Nunez we got him in th Gonzo deal
giese is one of those guys who you cant beleive is 30 and hasnt not caught on with a team for a whole season until now. the yankees made the mistake of removing him from the rotation after one bad start against the mets.
evan,
agreed definitely doesn’t have to be bruney. but rasner is responsible for giving up a solo bomb to hunter and a single to kendrick. sure, this could happen to anyone, and rasner had been good, he’s not going to be perfect. but that’s the problem! in that spot, you NEED someone to be perfect for an inning or two at a time! darrell rasner has a career history of being a certain kind of pitcher. even when he is pitching well, every pitch he throws increases the chance he’ll be that pitcher again. once you get past the point of needing him (6th latest), you have to go to your guys in a tie, 1, or 2 run game (robertson, ramirez, marte, veras). period. we are at that point in the season. our long reliever should not be pitching the 7th. no matter how well he is pitching, there is a reason he is the long reliever, and again, this is no knock on him, just the truth.
also, kennedy’s postgame? yikes, get a clue dude. “you’re not that upset”. you have guys fighting everyday to make the playoffs, you’ve given us NOTHING all year, just got bombed in a big start, and you’re not upset? that’s either a big problem or this kid is a moron.
Yankeejosh, I didn’t think of it that way and damn I would much rather think you are right than to think the kid is so overlyconfident/delusional. Still I would have felt better if he pointed to ANYTHING that he felt he needed to do better. He said he thought he had a good outing.
Well I’m sure they’re going to work with him between now and Wednesday. If he is a wash on Wednesday I would have to believe that he is through for the season if there is anyone at all to put in his place.
Rasner has a blister and it doesn’t seem that they are even considering starting him for that reason, at least not in the next go round.
Some of those questions were stupid.
“Do you think you should start next time?”
Uh no Kim, I think they should send me back to AAA.
DId you think you pitched well
“Yeh I did”
I was shocked at how laissez-faire Kennedy was in the postgame. “I made good pitches.” Um, did we watch the same game, Ian? Yeah some bleeders went through, but there were some long loud outs too in addition to the 9 hits. I didn’t think he’d be “devastated” per se, but usually when a starter has a bad outing it’s written all over their faces how disappointed they are in themselves, and IPK looked like he didn’t even care.
Also he said that it was his 1st start back so that can be why he didn’t pitch well and the Angels are the “best team in baseball” so that is another reason. Give me a break even if he faced the worse hitting team like the Giants I doubt he would of beat them.
Trisha- No doubt, I would have at least liked something too acknowledging that he felt badly that he couldn’t deliver a win. He looked a bit shell shocked to me. He might be afraid of saying the wrong thing, or perhaps he needs to keep the positive mindset to focus. I’m choosing to believe Ian’s trying to focus on the positive. There’s no way he can believe that tonight was a good start.
I have to admit… that was a pretty pathetic interview by Ian– totally in denial
Usually, the postgame after losses is full of vanilla quotes like
“I thought (pitcher) threw the ball great tonight” – Girardi
“Tip your cap” – Jeter
“we need to play better, its embarassing” – Damon
“(pitcher) was nasty tonight, best i’ve seen him” – Arod
I think Ian is in the twilight zone
If Ian Kennedy isn’t upset about a 2 inning performance where he gives up 5 runs on 9 hits, then my question would be how many runs does he have to give up to get upset?
Really, how can you not be upset after what we saw tonight?
“Tip your cap†– Jeter
“we need to play better, its embarassing†– Damon
“(pitcher) was nasty tonight, best i’ve seen him†– Arod
just following the script.
Thanks for Playing, Kennedy-
Time to go to Scranton to make the Harrisburg Defenders look stupid.
I give Ian credit it takes balls to have a kool-aid smile after that type of performance. BALLZ
So Kennedy has been going to the ‘Kei Igawa School of Sure I Only Lasted 2.1 Innings But I Think I Pitched Well’?
YankeeJosh,
Andy Pettitte is as tough of a compeitor as there is. I admire the way he sincerely admits he let his team down when he pitches badly. It’s clear that he expects to do better. After the last game he said he was sick to his stomach about how he pitched.
Statements like that dont make Pettitte look weak. Just the opposite.
IPK’s interview made himself to look weak,like he couldnt bring himself to accept that he needs to do better. Besides having very little movement on his pitches and no curveball, IPK’s biggest weakness seems to be between his ears.
Bronx Jeers,
The whole stat padding/meaningless homeruns things is a LoHud Blog joke.
I wonder, though, if Nady regrets being traded to such a crappy team? I kid, I kid.
It amazes me Chase Wright can never live the 4 HR night down ..after that game he was distraught…nearly in tears, went to AA and took number 4 just to make a mission out of his journey back to the MLB scene..but he continues to get shafted..meanwhile I didn’t blame Kendall for the whole game but damn he had a face like if he lost his virginity 3 minutes ago w/ a hot chick.
IPK looks like Alfred E Neuman
Acts like him too.
first of all, kennedy’s job was not to “throw some good pitches.” kennedy’s job was to pitch well. big difference, as we saw.
it’s absolutely disgusting that the kid would refer to what he did out there as “a good outing.” no wonder girardi and cashman were disgusted with him.
that’s a shame. tough to learn from your mistakes when you won’t admit you made them.
You know, not to beat a dead horse here but I spent many posts talking about Kennedy’s post-game interviews when he was up before and how he was never upset only to have to forum guru correct me and tell me my thinking was off.
I am happy that so many of you got to at least hear the same kind of stuff. I don’t know seriously if he just isn’t real bright or if he is too stuck on himself – and I am being serious here, because he basically is NEVER upset with his outings and has basically always said he thought his starts were good and he didn’t really have anything he needed to work on, etc.
Does he think these are practice games? Does he realize this is about the Yankees winning? Does he understand that you get to a very critical point in the season and that 5 ER in 2+ innings isn’t the formula for success if you want to be playing in October?
I’m just throwing that stuff out. I sure don’t know what he’s thinking. But at least, again, you got to see firsthand the things I was talking about when I said his attitude during his postgame interviews bothered me when he was up before!
Geeze I hope Eiland gives him so good advice by Wednesday.
“I give Ian credit it takes balls to have a kool-aid smile after that type of performance. BALLZ”
He’s smoking the same stuff as Ervin Santana 2 weeks ago…”If I give up 5 runs or less in a start I have done my job” LOL-o-rama
it will take me months to get over that ian kennedy interview. the mixture of frustration and “i can’t believe he is acting like this” to the point of laughter is too much to handle.
Unfreakin believable another losy outing by a pitcher.How is Cashman picking these guys.We couldn’t beat Weaver,Please!if the team is going to be this bad,do you need a 200 million payroll?
I cannot believe what I just witnessed Ian Kennedy saying to the media. He had that stupid smile and wasn’t too concerned with his outing. You have most of the team busting their butts to make the post season, and we have you smirking saying you aren’t concerned. You are shocked that your manager came and took you out with 2 on no one out in the second giving up 9 hits!! (granted some dropped) BUT 9 HITS!! Ian you SUCKED tonight, what part about that don’t you understand!! You didn’t give your team a chance to win!!
You have some of the best guys in the game to watch in Mussina and Pettitte! Mussina said he didn’t’ have his best stuff last night and PITCHED 7 INNINGS!! Giving up ZERO runs to one of the best offenses in baseball!
After that interview (even though the pitching is so thin) I don’t really see how you can give him another start up here. I don’t think I am overreacting when i think Cash should get on a plane and sit down and speak to him. You need to own your poor performance, don’t sit and shrug it off this isn’t spring training, where you can turn the page!
/The whole stat padding/meaningless homeruns things is a LoHud Blog joke./
Oh. I’m not sure I get it but I’m sort of new here so…
Why not Raz on Wed. Didn’t look terrible tonight. We need to put the best guy possible out there every day.
Drive 4-5, I agree completely with you about Pettitte, his obvious competitiveness and drive to win is one of the reasons why he’s one of my favorite Yankees. Kennedy doesn’t seem to think he needs to fix anything to help the team win some games. Really explains the whispers about him not being Cash and Girardi’s favorite prospect.
jennifer,
i totally agree with you. i don’t care how thin the pitching is, having that kind of attitude after any loss, let alone one in which he performed at that level of bad, is not acceptable. sending him right back down now, when he is fully healthy, would send a message. and it appears that message is one that needs to be sent. it isn’t his first time acting this way. i’m not a girardi fan, but you have to think he would have no tolerance for that.
I didn’t watch the post game, but from the sound of the description here, Ian Kennedy was pathetic…
He should take the lead from his buddy Joba. If Joba took the mound and gave up anything close to 5 runs and only lasted 2.1 innings, all he’d be talking about after the game is how he let his teammates down, he didn’t do his job, and he needs to pitch better. Ian Kennedy is 1/10th of the pitcher Joba is, so he should have no problem admitting he was bad like Joba does, even when he doesn’t pitch all that badly.
Hi mel,
Just wanted to thank you for posting that article about Fred Lewis this morning. How incredibly sad, but it seems like he has handled it remarkably well. I did know who he was, but I don’t get to see him play much since I live in CT and we all know the Giants aren’t exactly ESPN/FOX material now that Bonds has gone. It’s funny because I usually don’t like seeing athletes demonstrating after they get hits, etc., but it goes to show that sometimes it’s not them showboating but doing something that is personally important to them. All I know is that was an inspirational story and I will always think of it when I’m driving in heavy rain.
Hey I enjoy your posts and your sense of humor. Thanks.
Kennedy came with a reputation as a bulldog. Somebody who gets by on guts and guile, not a remarkable cachet of pitches.
If his mental game is not right, then he is not right. He doesn’t have a 99 MPH fastball that he can crank out. He doesn’t have a Mariano cutter. Or a Marte slider.
Kennedy’s supposed strength is mental toughness. So he is trying to preserve that. He wants Girardi to think that he believes in himself.
However, it is clear that he is not there yet. He is nibbling on the corners because he just doesn’t believe in himself. Quite frankly, he needs to be in the minors so he can truly build that confidence.
Kennedy. Ugggh.
Him and Hughes have absolutely killed us this year.
you just can’t go to war with names like Kennedy, Rasner, Giese, Ponson, etc and expect not to get your butts handed to you by good offenses and LAA, dang it, that is a GOOD offense…