Game 119: Yankees at Twins
Posted by: Peter Abraham - Posted in Misc, Podcast on Aug 12, 2008 
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YANKEES (63-56)
Damon CF
Jeter SS
Abreu RF
Rodriguez 3B
Giambi DH
Nady LF
Cano 2B
Betemit 1B
Molina C
Mussina RHP
Mike Mussina (15-7, 3.27) against the Minnesota hitters.
Nick Blackburn (9-6, 3.60) vs. the New York hitters.
Notes: The worst road trip since the Joad family went to California has two games left. The Yankees are 2-6 and have been outscored 49-31. … Joe Girardi is 141-140 as a manager. … The Yankees start the day nine games behind Tampa and five games out in the wildcard. … Hey, the leading hitter in the AL is playing.
MIGHTY MOOSE: Mike Mussina is 22-6, 3.06 in 32 career starts against Minnesota.
GUESS WHO’S BACK: Damon is 13 of 22 on the trip with five runs scored and four RBI.
NOT INTO THE GROOVE: Alex Rodriguez is 5 for 26 on the trip with two RBI and five GIDPs.
Back later with updates.
HANK SAYS WAIT ‘TIL NEXT YEAR: Hank Steinbrenner has emerged from seclusion. Here are his comments to the AP in Tampa.
“I’m not writing off this season. They’re trying hard to win. There’s only so much you can do. They’re not supermen. I think it’s very simple, we’ve been devastated by injuries. No team I’ve ever seen in baseball has been decimated like this. It would kill any team. Imagine the Red Sox without (Josh) Beckett and (Jon) Lester. Pitching is 70 percent of the game. Wang won 19 games two straight years. Chamberlain became the most dominating pitcher in baseball. You can’t lose two guys like that.â€
“It’s not making excuses. It’s reality. That’s part of the game. That’s clearly our problem. We’re going to win it next year. If we need to add a top veteran pitcher, we’ll do that. We’ll do whatever we need to do. Next year we’ll be extremely dangerous.â€
UPDATE, 7:12 p.m.: Hank’s excuses will register with a lot of fans. But I agree with a recent blog entry from Joel Sherman. Every team has had problems, including the wild-card leading Red Sox.
When the Yankees were three games out on July 26 (only 17 days ago), there were injuries then, right? They added Marte, Nady and Pudge and everybody was talking about the pennant. This collapse can’t be blamed on injuries. This team remains capable and is simply playing poorly. The injuries might have been what kept them out of the Series. But there is ample talent to make the playoffs.
UPDATE, 7:24 p.m.: Phil Hughes is underway for Scranton. 1-2-3 first inning, 12 pitches. He’s throwing 103 with a 99-mph slider and now has a knuckleball.
UPDATE, 7:48 p.m.: Here’s Joe Girardi’s pre-game:
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UPDATE, 8:10 p.m.: Here’s a fascinating concept, you play the good players and they do good things. Johnny Damon hits a home run on the second pitch and it’s 1-0.
That’s an 12-game hitting streak for Damon.
UPDATE, 8:26 p.m.: Phil Hughes so far: 4 2 0 0 0 4. 57 pitches, 35 strikes.
UPDATE, 9:23 p.m.: Hughes is finished. 5.1 3 2 2 1 4. 84/50. He left with a 2-0 lead with two runners on base, having reached his pitch count. Mark Melancon then allowed two hits, leaving Hughes charged with two runs.
Meanwhile, Bobby Meacham is having another rough night at third base. Among the many things the Yankees need to address is the makeup of Girardi’s staff. Their inexperience is certainly a factor in this season.
UPDATE, 10:15 p.m.: Scott Proctor has a sore elbow that will need surgery and he may not pitch again this season. They should still try and trade Wilson Betemit back for him.
UPDATE, 10:54 p.m.: I take it all back. Betemit is awesome, even if they did just intentionally walk Cano to get to him.
Meanwhile, is it really 19-16 Boston at Fenway Park?
UPDATE, 11:10 p.m.: Unbelieveable. First blown save for Mo. Costs Mussina a win that he should have had.
Marte has been brutal. 7.1 innings, 9 hits, 9 ER.
UPDATE, 11:31 p.m.: No idea what is wrong with Jeter. He did foul a ball off his foot earlier in the game.
UPDATE, 11:42 p.m.: Jose Veras warming up for the Yankees. You really can’t like any of the options in the bullpen at this point.
UPDATE, 11:54 p.m.: There’s a woman sitting in front of the press box with a Doug Mientkiewicz Twins jersey on. He last played for the Twins in 2004.
Meanwhile I can spell Mientkiewicz without looking it up.
A-Rod is now 5 of 31 on the trip with two RBI. … Good fans here in Minnesota, not too many folks have left.
UPDATE, 12:15 a.m.: Nice work by Jose Veras. Edwar Ramirez is warming. He’ll face the top of the Minnesota order.
Meanwhile, the good people of Minnesota are fleeing the Metrodome in droves now.
UPDATE, 12:17 a.m.: OK, I’m calling a HR for Alex here.
UPDATE, 12:19 p.m.: Wow, I was right. Mark Feinsand of the Daily News is my witness. Just ask him. Not that calling a HR by a guy with so many of them makes me a genius. But still.
put a fork in it.. the season is over..
no pitching no clutch hitting.
“Joe Girardi is 141-140 as a manager.”
…
great first comment!!! way to show optimism!!
Jody Garrett – hitting .241 with RISP, 3 outs
Sweet! That lineup will score twice as many runs as last nights!
LOL
Better line-up. I cringed when I saw Betemit but eh what are you gonna do at least Molina is catching.
Garrett*= Gerut.
Clearly Giambi needs another day to rest…it is afterall artificial turf.
Who is the leading hitter in the AL?
As long as the lineup doesnt have the smelky man in it, Im all for it
Betemit…UGH
Hooray the pitcher is out of the lineup!!??!!?!
as long as the lineup has no smelky in it, Im down with it
Important for yankees to play with a lead tonight, big lead, too often you get sense if they go down its ova…sad to say I know
Fistt game of the 43 game playoff run….Back to sink or swim……
Tonight could be a good night – we’ve already knocked Blackburn off the mound early twice the season.
Gary Sheffield has been placed on waivers lets see if anyone picks him up
Hey, why didn’t Girardi rest Nady and A-Rod. They have “played a lot” lately.
In all seriousness, add Matsui to this line-up, return Giambi to 1B, replace Rasner with either Joba or Hughes in the rotation, pray to God Giese continues his Aaron Small imitation, and you know what, the season might not die a slow and excruciating death, after all.
no question who’s in charge in the motor city.
cant get along with the old man, c ya irod, c ya sheff, anyone else?
I’d pick up Sheffield if he wants to play 1st base or DH.
Giambi needs to get it going at the plate. The whole team does, obviously, but he has been too terrible this year with men on base and now would be the right time to start to change that.
Noooooooooooooooo….. Betemit is playing… WHY, WHY, WHY??? Girardi is an IDIOT!
Sheffield talking his way off another team? Huh. Didn’t see that one coming.
Go Yankees. Go Rangers.
Great high school documentary on.. through the fire.. espn classic. every one should take a peak
Francesa is utterly, completely clueless, LOL. He says the Yankees need a CF desperately and is now hot to trot for this kid McClouth (I’m sure I misspelled his name). Are we not surprised that he has no idea who Austin Jackson is? Sheesh.
Yeah, it worked out so well when he was playing first here the last time.
Just what the Yankees did. A guy owed 14 million for next year, with one good shoulder, one big mouth, who isn’t even hitting .250 this year.
Can’t have enough of those guys on a team.
Giambi is still number 2 on the team HRs and 3rd in RBIs. He can’t get it going if he don’t play.
He may be the $22M version of dave Kingman but he does work the pitcher, get on base and drive in runs (albeit not when they are in scoring position)
“Gary Sheffield has been placed on waivers lets see if anyone picks him up”
I don’t like where this is headed.
Genius Joe(GJ) didn’t play Damon in the first game coz it’s the turf and Damon’s brittle body may break to pieces. Now the same genius is playing Damon in the CF instead of DH. Terrific move by GJ. Now after Damon goes on DL coz of some injury we can all balme the bad luck injuries instead Girardi who shouldn’t have played Damon in the CF.
“Noooooooooooooooo….. Betemit is playing… WHY, WHY, WHY???”
is sexson so much better then beta that you’re gonna cry about it?
Just what the Yankees **need**….
“Great high school documentary on.. through the fire.. espn classic. every one should take a peak”
I know Telfair personally.
personally i think girardi has done a great job of using (and resting) damon this year and thats one of the reasons he’s having such a good year.
ray,
I wouldn’t worry about the mental toughness issue to much at all on Buchholz. Not at all.
That’s the kind of stuff that’s really not too surprising.
He doesn’t have that much experience as a pitcher as a whole given how late he converted to the position from short stop.
And the thing that Buchholz has almost no experience with – at all – as a pitcher is failure. No experience at all with dealing with adversity.
That’s actually not that uncommon for elite prospect pitchers. They are just so much better than the competition that they never get into trouble until the big leagues. Then they don’t know how to handle it.
That’s probably the biggest issue for Kennedy right now.
That’s the kind of thing experience will help fix with Buchholz. I wouldn’t worry about that much at all.
Though the caveat to that is that once fans and the media pick up on that theme it can spiral out of control quickly making it tough for a young pitcher to succeed.
The only concern I have with Buchholz is his fastball – movement and command. The other stuff will iron itself out.
It’s unfair to project any prospect as a front of the line starter, so that’s heavy burden to bear. He’ll be at least a good major leaguer. The mental stuff will sort itself out.
Not in the groove:
Alex Rodriguez is 5 for his last 11 with 2 doubles and 2 homeruns and 3 RBI over the last 4 games.
The BoSox or Rays will bite on Sheff. Maybe the Rays, because Sheff is from around there, isnt he?
PS Why is Giambi forever batting 5th?
Why must the Girardi-diot (a la Craig Carton) mix up the lineup every night? Get Betemit out of there, put the 9 best players on the field, and do your best Torre impression for 9 innings. You have an off day on Thursday to get everyone and their brother rest. He over-thinks a simple game.
Arod is 5-26? Must be getting close to October…
Al from Bk,
what type of a guy is telfai??
As we saw on Sunday, Betemit should never see 1B again. He’s a substitute at best, not a starter.
The team is infinitely better with Sexson at 1B. He has more walks (6) in 36 plate appearances, than Betemit has in 150 (4). Also, Sexson is a far better defensive player.
Another dumb Girardi move.
Glass half empty:
“Alex Rodriguez is 5 for 26 on the trip with two RBI and five GIDPs.”
Glass half full:
Since leaving Texas, A-Rod is 5 for 12 with 2 HRs, 2 doubles and 3 RBI.
Did A-Rod have -1 RBI in Texas for how lousy he played that cancelled out one of the RBI from LA?
Betsy–
Although I am gladly not listening to WFAN today. francesa has been on the Nate McLouth bandwagon since we played the Pirates this year. Typical of him has no clue only sees a guy one series and saus the Yankees MUST get him.
I agree he is a good player but now that the Pirates have dealt Nady, Marte and Bay away they are not trading McLouth. Well they could but if they do they should be stripped on their membership in the league.
Too bad Telfair thought more of himself than anyone else. He’s another SI jinx.
like most of you i looked at this lineup and my first words were “why is wilson *bleeping* betemit still playing for my team?!”
2 games ago the guy basically loses the game for us with his terrible play at first base so why not reward him by starting him? this is absurd. i’d rather see giambi/sexton. hell, id rather see pudge at first at this point..
Melky, Betemit, Sexon are all insignificnant. As long as Damon is in there, it doesn’t matter who the 9th place hitter is.
With a runner on 3rd, less than 2 outs
Melky will pop up to short.
Betemit will strike out on 3 pitches
Sexon will strikeout on 4 pitches.
Where is the injury bug hiding? in the clubhouse?- As a person he is a nice guy, funny cracks a lot of jokes confident. As a player I think he steps on some toes because to put it lightly he is very arrogant and it shows. This is why he has had trouble sticking in the NBA.
It’s a small sample size, but Sexson is hitting .269/.394/.423 with the Yanks.
Girardi’s love affair with Betemit continues…
To anyone now knocking Joe Girardi because…well, they can’t knock the players who can’t seem to hit, he’s one of the few bright spots of this team this year. With everything that this team has been through, I give him a lot of credit.
Another thing overlooked is this is his SECOND YEAR managing a team…and the NYYankees at that…the epicenter of an overly analytical and distrusting media (ahemPeteahem)and an overly critical, unable to take losing fan base. He hasn’t done everything right…but did Joe Torre do everything right in his 10th, 11th, 12th season as Yankees manager? Hardly. I don’t like losing, nor does anyone, especially after years of success. Unfortunately, this might be the year, or 2 years we need to rid of some cancers before we can start anew.
I think we should raffle off 1B to the yankees fans. Anyone of us can play that position as well as Betemit.
Bahhstin has the world’s biggest hypocrites. They trashed Byrd big time for ‘roids during the ALCS and now they think he’s the conquering hero.
Watch them go after Sheffield and the racists go hide.
Typical Bahhstin.
I checked out Sheff’s numbers this year and threw up in my mouth a bit.
Austin Jackson dreams of someday being as good as Nate McClooth, only 26 too. Too bad the Pirates will never trade him, not even for Hughes, Kennedy, and Melky. Heck, Hughes/Kennedy probably couldn’t even get us Houston Street.
Francessa does have the right idea, those are the types of players we need. “Yankee Stadium” players. Just like The Sox bring in Fenway Park players. McClouth does fit that profile.
The worst rosd trip since the Joad family went to California has two games left. The Yankees are 2-6 and have been outscored 49-31. … Joe Girardi is 141-140 as a manager. … The Yankees start the day nine games behind Tampa and five games out in the wildcard. … Hey, the leading hitter in the AL is playing.
Fix your spelling Pete!
“Giambi is still number 2 on the team HRs and 3rd in RBIs. He can’t get it going if he don’t play.
He may be the $22M version of dave Kingman but he does work the pitcher, get on base and drive in runs (albeit not when they are in scoring position)”
He’s got those rankings based on 2 productive months. Since June, yuck. He didn’t drive the ball a lick in July, and while he’s hit his share of solo homers, productivity is what this lineup needs: extra base hits with runners on, not strike outs because he’s trying to hit a 3-run bomb or grand slam.
Gary Sheffield would fill a huge need for the Mets.
Omar’s gotta get on it.
PS– What’s wrong with Sheff? Numbers bad?
clearly you don’t remember sheff playing first.
Al from BK
There is another one from coney island who is supposed to be the next great one
His name is Lance Stepheson any chance you know of him
And by the way how do you personally telfair, and do you think that their coach tiny morton, yes is a winner for those kids but doesnt teach the necessary values and principles necessary for telfair and high school kids to succed in the nba. Like respect, giving up the ball, defense, and lack of arrogance..
The only coach i know that has done that with kids in the projects in Bob Hurley who coaches for St anthony in New Jersey. And by the way the Miracle at St. Anthony is a great book, every one should read it!!
sheff will play great for the mets, thats the perfect situation for him
Hey Peter, you know it took your boy Joe Torre seven Major League seasons as a manager to reach the 78-Wins plateau in a single season, something Joe Girardi did in his debut managerial season.
Why don’t you ease up there, Petey.
Damon in CF get ready for a track meet
“Bahhstin has the world’s biggest hypocrites. They trashed Byrd big time for ‘roids during the ALCS and now they think he’s the conquering hero.
Watch them go after Sheffield and the racists go hide.
Typical Bahhstin.”
The racists have been hiding for several years do to the fact that Ortiz and Papi are Dominican.
Roll over comment from the last thread.
I cant believe people here are complaining about not picking up a soft tosser/37yr old/1.6 mil pitcher. Earlier it was.
“Why didnt we keep Farnsworthless?”8 plus era since being traded.
now
“Why didnt we get Byrd Sh!!t?”
Sometimes i feel like some of you just like playing the devils advocate.
Next year it will be
“Why didnt we resign Pavano?”
Francessa is an out-dated Yankee fan who doesn’t deserve to have a large audience.
If anything, Max Kellerman should be on YES.
“Bahhstin has the world’s biggest hypocrites. They trashed Byrd big time for ‘roids during the ALCS and now they think he’s the conquering hero.
Watch them go after Sheffield and the racists go hide.
Typical Bahhstin.”
The racists have been hiding for several years do to the fact that Ortiz and Manny are Dominican.
“The worst rosd trip since the Joad family went to California” LMAO
major props there al!
If you look at Telfair in this film, he’s in HS, and he’s believing his own hype. This has been his doom in the NBA. Same thing with former St. John’s guard, Omar Cook, who was supposed to be the next big thing.
well, at least Moose gonna pitch tonight…with the season in the books, i just hope that he get 20 Wins this season
I recall the yankees would take 3 hours or more to play a team and work the count against pitchers? What happened to this approach? Is the pitching that must better or do the yankees have a different approach at the plate?
“I think we should raffle off 1B to the yankees fans. Anyone of us can play that position as well as Betemit.”
Im in!!! Hell ill even throw left and catch right.
“Francessa is an out-dated Yankee fan who doesn’t deserve to have a large audience.
If anything, Max Kellerman should be on YES.”
Fattcessa and Dog are both past the prime no one has the ballocks to kick them out. I am not a big fan of Kellerman but hey hes a young broadcaster with some talent give him a shot. Fat Mike and that unrelenting coke head are becoming unwatchable/unlistenable.
Now thats a lineup.
couple of things about francessa
he was buried on here b/c he said a couple of weeks ago that the yanks would miss the w/c mostly because they cant beat the angels.
doesnt sound so crazy this week does it?
and;
mc louth is excellent and WOULD be a great pickup for the yankees. maybe not a practical idea as the irates are not likely to let him go, but to say dont get him b/c of ajax is pretty dumb with abreu, damon and matsui all leaving this year and next.
Wow, imagine what happens on this board if the Yanks are out of the playoffs come October. Could it get any more negative and reactionary?
Damon, Abreu, and Nady are the best hitting OF that Girardi could put out there. That line-up should be capable of hitting and scoring. A line-up like that should be able to support a defensive whiz in Molina and a streaky, limited Betemit.
Yanks are 4-6 over their last 10.
They are 4-0 when Betemit starts and 0-6 when he does not.
Just reporting.
“Francessa does have the right idea, those are the types of players we need. “Yankee Stadium†players. Just like The Sox bring in Fenway Park players. McClouth does fit that profile.”
Yankee stadium has a very large centerfield.
So if there is such thing as a “yankee stadium” center fielder he needs to be fast and take good routes to the ball.
McClouth is an awful centerfielder. Absolutely terrible. One of the worst defensive CF in the game.
McClouth is last in all of baseball in relative zone rating. He is 15 runs worse than an average centerfielder making him one of the biggest defensive liabilities in the game.
He is really a corner outfielder pretending to be a center fielder.
But if you look at him as a corner outfielder rather than as a centerfielder his offensive production is not nearly as impressive.
““I think we should raffle off 1B to the yankees fans.”
I think we should raffle off Melky’s at-bats. I think anyone here is a lock to see at least 3x as many pitches as him. And if they did get on base for some strange reason, at least they wouldnt slide headfirst.
The soft tossing contact pitcher Paul Byrd is now pitching in Fenway Park…..Let’s see how many hits of the wall that Jason Bay can hold to singles……
“I recall the yankees would take 3 hours or more to play a team and work the count against pitchers? What happened to this approach? Is the pitching that must better or do the yankees have a different approach at the plate?”
Kevin Longs job should be in jeopardy. I wonder if Mattingly would comeback as a hitting coach and Randolph as a third base coach?
Pat M,
To follow up on Kemp…
I know you’re a Cano guy. Would you trade cano in a deal for kemp?
I’m uncertain myself. Just wanted to get your take.
One thing about fatesca and Mad dog they have been around for about 20 years. So as much as you hate them, if they get you to listen to them, they obv are doing their jobs. Hence they make it intersting and want you to listen every day!!!
Fat Mike and that unrelenting coke head are becoming unwatchable/unlistenable.
can’t agree more.
CB thanks for the insight.. man you have some good info..
It is almost impossible to evaluate a player without seeing him all the time. seeing a guy 6 times a year makes it almost impossible to evaluate accurately…
Mclouth would be a CF now over what they have since they have nothing but to sel the farm for him would be insane…
CB what have you heard about or seen of from AJAx????
thanks…
If we aren’t making the playoffs this year i want to go down with the best.
Don’t play Melky ever again please. Don’t bench guys….. We are beyond resting players at this point. We are fighting for our playoffs lives.
Let’s make a run with the we got best.
SoS,
I thought the same thing about Mattingly, but it seems that he’s got a man-crush on Torre. Kevin Long, however, seems to be flying under the radar, and while he can’t hit for his players, he sure can give them a good scouting report, which the Yanks (for all of their preparedness) seem to disregard.
Additionally, I don’t understand where all of this McLouth talk is coming from. Just because FatBoy mentioned it? The guy has had one good year in Pittsburgh, and I’m not ready to say he should be a Yankee.
“Al from BK
There is another one from coney island who is supposed to be the next great one
His name is Lance Stepheson any chance you know of him
And by the way how do you personally telfair, and do you think that their coach tiny morton, yes is a winner for those kids but doesnt teach the necessary values and principles necessary for telfair and high school kids to succed in the nba. Like respect, giving up the ball, defense, and lack of arrogance..
The only coach i know that has done that with kids in the projects in Bob Hurley who coaches for St anthony in New Jersey. And by the way the Miracle at St. Anthony is a great book, every one should read it!!”
Great questions. I do not know Lance personally but I was acquaintances with some of his teammates and he is actually very quiet doesn’t talk very much but then he gets really animated during the games. His talent is through the roof hes got size, athleticism and a decent shot. He has to put on some weight as he would translate better as a 3 than a pure shooting guard IMO. Coach Tiny who I do know personally teaches a very agressive style of play, but the problem is like you said he teaches very little D or fundamentals he is a guy who likes to motivate and yell attack not really a great teacher. Tiny is a coach who likes to use his big gun he runs the offense through his biggest star like back when Sebastian was there and now with Lance. He puts his best player on display and lets him dominate, but at the same time the young man never learns the meaning of TEAM.
“I think we should raffle off Melky’s at-bats. I think anyone here is a lock to see at least 3x as many pitches as him. And if they did get on base for some strange reason, at least they wouldnt slide headfirst.”
So True!
if you dont like it dont listen, grow up.
this isn’t a forum to discuss racism, so get over the “boston is racist” bull. remember that pete is from the new england himself, so you single digit dopes are insulting the guy who gives you a place to talk about your favorite team.
it’s pretty amazing how a losing streak can bring out the worst in people.
I had a dream that Cashman walked away from the Yankees to follow Gillick to Seattle and Hank/Hal ended up hiring Steve Phillips as his replacement
Byrd will be a good fit for Boston as they can hit and we can’t.
Here are your official over/under lines for the New York Yankees tonight:
Total distance of balls hit by Wilson Betemit over all AB’s – 180.5 feet
First pitch outs made by all Yankee hitters – 7.5
Whiffs by A-Rod on off-speed pitches down in the zone – 3.5
Groundouts to SS by Derek Jeter – 1.5
Outside pitches pulled by Giambi, Abreu, A-Rod in total (including all foul balls) – 9.5
Double plays from Yankee hitters (included fly outs and line outs) – 2.5
Runners stranded in scoring position with A-Rod and Giambi at the plate – 4.5
Average number of pitches per inning by Nick Blackburn (no rounding) – 14
Times Michael Kay mentions the Damon/Christian/Melky CF battle – 5.5
Total Yankees left on base – 10.5
Inning ending double play balls unturned by Jeter/Cano/A-Rod/Betemit – 2.5
Pitches seen by Robinson Cano over all AB’s – 8.5
Jay Destro,
I didn’t make the comment about Boston’s racism, but I don’t think anyone equates the inherent racism that existed within that organization with ALL New Englanders.
very interesting read. That Mike Mussina sure is a smart guy he will do what he feels right I dont think at this point in his career money means that much to him
http://bats.blogs.nytimes.com/.....-of-famer/
mark
August 12th, 2008 at 4:42 pm
Jody Garrett – only hitting .241 with RISP, 3 outs.
Mark I wanted to respond to this
2008
RISP: .313/.389/.604
Tie game: .301/.343/.527
down 1: .298/.346/.503
down 2: .301/.369/.469
8th and 9th ining: out of 52 ABs he’s batting .346
I’m willing to bet that’s better than Melky
Gerut is hitting .357 (20-for-56 with six homers, three doubles, 12 RBI and 11 runs scored over his past 15 games and .343 (24-for-70) over the last 19 games with 14 RBI. He is also hitting .308 (16-for-52) with runner in scoring position.
“And by the way how do you personally telfair”
I went to school with the guy and had several gym classes with him.
I highly doubt anyone puts a claim in on Sheff with that contract. $14 mil. next year?
Detroit must be praying someone does so they can let them have him.
Doesn’t anybody here get it? Girardi bases who plays by who’s pitching. If it is a left hander, he throws as many righties into the lineup as possible regardless of their effectiveness and vise versa for a righty pitcher.
That’s been the problem the entire year. He overthinks the matchups way too much. And while doing so he prevents the best team from taking the field every day. In addition, he some plays some guys in positions where they shouldn’t be playing therefore hindering the defense.
So its not neccessarily a love affair with Betemit, he just sees a righty pitching and automatically throws as many lefties into the lineup.
I had a dream that Cashman walked away from the Yankees to follow Gillick to Seattle and Hank/Hal ended up hiring Steve Phillips as his replacement
That’s not a dream it’s a nightmare.
“I had a dream that Cashman walked away from the Yankees to follow Gillick to Seattle and Hank/Hal ended up hiring Steve Phillips as his replacement”
No mark thats what we call having a nightmare.
Last question about Telfair, where is he now? Is he on an nba roster? Finally as it turns out that it is soo hard to succeed as Nba player from Coney Island. The hood never leaves your blood and you take those principles and ideas into real life, which really does not mesh. Hence Marbury who has been known as a punk and selfish player, and Telfair who cant get ride of his entourage just like Marbury.. Hopefully stephenson can prove them wrong!!
NongEyeJon
doesnt matter, this isnt a place to discuss social or political things including racism. just keep it to baseball.
bomber odds that is great..
we should get sheff back he would fit in well; he has diminshing skills but does not know that, he refuses to make adjustments, he is overpaid, he is old, he refuses to adjust for the betterment of the team. He fits in so well they should get him and hit him 4th and give him the contract extension also..
he is the classic Yankee player of this era the fantasy geeks best wish…
and Hank/Hal ended up hiring Steve Phillips as his replacement
That’s not a dream….that’s a nightmare.
you do have to see guys play alot in order to really know about them. after i read on here all the speculation about kemp, i called a freind in l.a. who i’v been to alot of games with when i lived there so i know he knows his baseball.
he was all over the cano for kemp deal, he’d do it straight up. he said kemp is about as dumb a player as you’ll find. young and talented but no game awareness. constant baserunning erros, the type that make your head spin.
at the same time, not having seen cano day to day, he couldnt believe the yankees would even think about trading him.
it doesnt change the dynamics in this case, one guy whos lackadasical for one who’s just not very smart, but at least you know what you’re getting into.
Can’t he just put the best possible lineup out there one time???
Folks!! Cashman is waiting for Lee to be put on waivers or Carmona. Man i thought you guys would have figured that out by now. Who needs a number 5 pitcher when we can get a 1 or a 2.
I believe in Cash.
HAHAHA SEASONS OVER LOL BOO HOO!
YANKEES NOT MAKING THE POST SEASON. THE SOX WILL WIN IT THIS YEAR (AGAIN).
HAVE FUN GOLFING, JETER! AND HAVE FUN WITH MADONNA, A-FRAUD!
These Boston schools can’t teach thier youth education for s…
Telfair was resigned by the TWolves
HAHAHA SEASONS OVER LOL BOO HOO!
YANKEES NOT MAKING THE POST SEASON. THE SOX WILL WIN IT THIS YEAR (AGAIN).
HAVE FUN GOLFING, JETER! AND HAVE FUN WITH MADONNA, A-FRAUD!
These Boston schools can’t teach thier youth education for s…
Nah, it’s called Fetal Alcohol Syndrome I believe. Runs rampant up there.
Stuart,
I’ve never been able to see Jackson in person. Only on video so take what I have to say with a grain of salt.
He is an outstanding athlete. Really outstanding. Physically has everything you’d want in a ball player.
He is still raw and still learning the game. He was more of a basketball player in high school than a baseball player and had a lot of learning to do in the minors.
That said – it’s remarkable how quickly he’s come in so short a time. He has clearly harnessed his physical talent and worked hard learning the game.
One of the best signs for him is the huge improvements in plate discipline and strike zone recognition he’s make in less than 3 seasons.
For a lot of guys who have raw power – the reason why they never show it in game play is because they simply don’t select the right pitch to swing at.
Jackson isn’t some huge power guy – but he’s got nice pop, especially for a CF.
A lot of the increase in power he’s shown is related to his improving plate discipline. If you look at his BB:K ration each year he’s been in the system it’s impressive how it’s improved.
My main concern with him now is that he’s been a bit of a streaky player. The good thing with that is that it shows what he’s capable of. But the question is can he maintain it?
This isn’t that uncommon with minor league players. Becoming consistent is often the last thing that comes.
It does concern me however because yankee fans and the NY media are not very easy on young players. I could see NY becoming very frustrated and down on Jackson if he’s brought up to soon and proves to be a streaky player.
He’s still learning. I think he needs next year in the minor leagues. He’s not a player I would push – he would benefit from more experience – especially in AAA where he’ll see pitchers who have thrown in the big leagues before.
Wonder where Gary “Burn the Bridges” Sheffield will end next?
“HAHAHA SEASONS OVER LOL BOO HOO!
YANKEES NOT MAKING THE POST SEASON. THE SOX WILL WIN IT THIS YEAR (AGAIN).
HAVE FUN GOLFING, JETER! AND HAVE FUN WITH MADONNA, A-FRAUD!”
Summer camp up in New England is out already, wow so soon. Easy kid no one is beating the Angels not even the almighty sucks dont believe everything Peter Gammons tells you.
“I had a dream that Cashman walked away from the Yankees to follow Gillick to Seattle and Hank/Hal ended up hiring Steve Phillips as his replacement”
LMAO Shut up! Ha Ha
“These Boston schools can’t teach thier youth education for s…”
apparently they dont educate thier youth too well wherever you were brought up either!
“HAHAHA SEASONS OVER LOL BOO HOO!
YANKEES NOT MAKING THE POST SEASON. THE SOX WILL WIN IT THIS YEAR (AGAIN).
HAVE FUN GOLFING, JETER! AND HAVE FUN WITH MADONNA, A-FRAUD!”
O.k. I get that your about 12. So you wouldnt remember Boston Massacre 1. But im sure youv seen #2. History seems to repeat itself. Dont get confortable there. Things in your rear view mirror are closer than they appear.
Pete, what’s up with the knocking Girardi crap? Have you noticed the Yankees are still in play-off contention with STARS no the DL… Wang 38 wins the last two seasons.. Jorge Posada and Hideki Matsui maybe the two best clutch hitters on the team… I think we should be saying GOOD JOB managing this team Joe not knocking him… You media people are clowns… Joe Girari has had some moments we could question, but not enough to continually crush him… Am I right?
“Can’t he just put the best possible lineup out there one time???”
Reminds me of…”CAN YA BEAT THE FLORIDA MARLINS ONE TIMEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!” Lol what a bum.
“It does concern me however because yankee fans and the NY media are not very easy on young players. I could see NY becoming very frustrated and down on Jackson if he’s brought up to soon and proves to be a streaky player.”
CB, you mean the fans that have decided that they never want Ian Kennedy to throw another pitch for their team? Or the ones that think Phil Hughes is the love child of Mark Prior, Carl Pavano and Ed Yarnall?
apparently they dont educate thier youth too well wherever you were brought up either!
Hey you don’t see me mistaking Red Sox blogs for Yankees blogs.
Why is everyone whining about Betemit starting? Offensively, he’s better than Sexson, JC or Melky — which granted isn’t saying much — and one of those four has to start. In the miraculous event that there’s a lead to protect, then I wouldn’t be surprised if the 8th and 9th innings are Sexytime.
Over @ Thunder Thought’s Mike Ashmore is reporting that the Yankees have released RHP Steven White. And Jeff Marquez is headed to Trenton.
http://thunderbaseball.wordpress.com/
Italiano,
As I’ve read the blog this year, I’ve noticed that Pete seems to dislike Girardi due to his not being as forthcoming with info about injuries, etc as Pete would like. It seems, as a result, that their is an ax to grind.
Tonights line up is arguably the strongest lineup Girardi has put together so far, Lets see how many games it gets used.
thunderfangabe I might sound heartless here but White was a waste of a prospect it’s about time.
“Whenever he retires, Mussina will make for a fascinating Hall of Fame argument.”
Along with everything else, I think they’ll take into account the fact that he got a lot of his wins on mediocre teams. Case in point…
Hey ITALIANO. Girardi hasn’t done his job and deserves to be ripped by Pete and all other Yankee fans who want to express their opinions.
Why don’t you go for a drive in your IROC-Z and chill out.
“HAHAHA SEASONS OVER LOL BOO HOO!
YANKEES NOT MAKING THE POST SEASON. THE SOX WILL WIN IT THIS YEAR (AGAIN).
HAVE FUN GOLFING, JETER! AND HAVE FUN WITH MADONNA, A-FRAUD!
These Boston schools can’t teach thier youth education for s…
Nah, it’s called Fetal Alcohol Syndrome I believe. Runs rampant up there.”
Dont be silly now I would really expect better from Boston area children, you know they come from good stock. Everyone knows people in New England are classy, friendly and rarely drunk.
“he was all over the cano for kemp deal, he’d do it straight up. he said kemp is about as dumb a player as you’ll find. young and talented but no game awareness. constant baserunning erros, the type that make your head spin.”
Kemp is not a “dumb” player. That’s the kind of nonsense people who don’t understand the game come up with.
Kemp is a great athlete who is still learning how to play the game. You can argue that he should still be in the minor leagues but the dodgers chose to push him very fast.
That’s very different from being “dumb” or lazy or having no awareness.
Fans watch player make mistakes and automatically assume they are “dumb” or “lazy.” It’s as if playing baseball the right way is knowledge they should just be born with.
Kemp is just raw. But that is a concern. I’d guess yankee fans would hate his game because they would not tolerate the kind of mistakes he would make.
But he’s immensely talented.
Tony they still will pitch around Arod I wish GI Joe would just put X in the 5th spot, he hits LHP and RHP stop F’n around w/ testing Giambi w/ RISP he’s under .200 w/ RISP
Hey, anyone know anything about reports to the effect that Cablevision is buying the Yankees?
haha brandon
i wasn’t complaining 
I just feel Girardi isn’t getting the praise he deserves. His first season has gone from a team looking like they had a good shot once Joba moved into the rotation along with Wang, Moose, Pettitte and Rasner to a team who is severely struggling because of injuries and lack of situational hitting…..
thunderfangabe how was Jhonny Nunez last week ?
And there are still people who love this guy. That is just beyond horrible. How is he even still in the majors?
Since the June 27 game at Shea Stadium, Melky Cabrera is 28-for-130 (.215) with four extra-base hits, three walks and a .244 on-base percentage.
and i should have said Thunder Thoughts….no apostrophe! i type too fast haha
Do we send Joba to the AFL to get his innings up?
“Pete, what’s up with the knocking Girardi crap? Have you noticed the Yankees are still in play-off contention with STARS no the DL… Wang 38 wins the last two seasons.. Jorge Posada and Hideki Matsui maybe the two best clutch hitters on the team… I think we should be saying GOOD JOB managing this team Joe not knocking him… You media people are clowns… Joe Girari has had some moments we could question, but not enough to continually crush him… Am I right?”
No, you’re wrong.
“Joe Girardi is 141-140 as a manager.”
That’s not knocking him. That’s his actual record.
Here is an interesting piece on just how horrid the offense is and how unproductive some of the big bats are with RISP
Monday, August 11, 2008
Clutchness and the 2008 Yankees
http://www.replacementlevel.co.....08_yankees
Hey, anyone know anything about reports to the effect that Cablevision is buying the Yankees?
LOL no it’s not true.
CB, I’m not ready to give up on Cano quite yet…Maybe this is just a fluke year, and I tend to go with that…However if the Dodgers were to sweeten the pot beyond Kemp then it has to be considered…It’s just that Cano in The Stadium and he’s still young as his potential is unlimited, I say he’s as close to being untouchable there
i didnt see him over the weekend because i was in scranton, but he didnt look too bad up in CT. he seemed like a nice kid too. maybe he will pitch tonight sometime after pavano is done.
E-Man I’m not talking about the record, I’m talking about the constant remarks he makes towards Girardi… Dont tell me no1 else see’s it…
CB,
I mentioned this on the last blog. Instead of unloading Cano. Whats your thoughts on trying to pry away Figgins from the Halos. They have too many out fielders and it wouldnt cost us an all star. The other option would be Dejesus?
cb, you may be right but that’s exactly what they said about vince coleman when he came up with the cardinals.
and you know what, he WAS just a dumb player. it does happen, im not saying kemp won’t get better but there must be a reason why the dodgers have been floating him if he so immensly talented. its not b/c they think ethier or pierre is better or that a jones is gonna come back.
im not saying dont do the deal just pointing out that there are reasons talented players get traded and you have to see them regularly to know why.
Ah, source of rumor: http://www.newsday.com/busines.....2841.story
The night is darkest just before the dawn… It starts tonight!! 15 game winning streak.
Sheffield Placed On Waivers
By Tim Dierkes [August 12 at 4:44pm CST]
According to ESPN’s Jayson Stark, the Tigers placed Gary Sheffield on waivers today. Sheffield recently expressed displeasure with his playing time.
I wonder if he ends up in Tampa or Minnesota
CB
I live in LA, Kemp dies make a lot of baserunning mistakes BTW he has 28 SB’s.
He is also hitting 298… The only chance the Yanks
have of getting him is because the Dodgers need middle infield help next year for sure and they do have a glut in the outfield and the Torre/Bowa connection.
I saw Ajax play on NESN but it is hard to evaluate someone in 5 AB’s but he did look pretty capable to me..
CB do you expect anything for Hughes and Matsui the rest of the year? I think they can help am I reaching for a life vest?
thanks again
“personally i think girardi has done a great job of using (and resting) damon this year and thats one of the reasons he’s having such a good year.”
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I agree. We FANS always want the ‘A’ Team out there, but Joe has played and he understands the grind. He has done a good job this year.
However…………………….
You rest guys so they are sharp for the stretch run and Post Season.
But THIS IS our stretch run. If we don’t play .750 ball, these guys can rest in October and all winter.
So Y’s guys, while I agree in principal, YESTERDAY was NOT a good time to rest anybody. It’s balls to the wall from now on.
The night is darkest just before the dawn… It starts tonight!! 15 game winning streak.
HAHAHAHAHA
This team might not win 15 total games the rest of the way.
You do realize Joe Torre’s career record was under .500 when he was hired as Yankees manager in 1996?
In fact, it was 774-1010 in 14 years of managing. He had exactly 5 winning seasons in his first 14 years as a major league manager and made the playoffs once. Losing all 3 games to the Cardinals in the NLCS in 1982.
You really want to bring up Joe Girardi’s record now?
Jane2 here’s the key quote
Nothing further after that. No phone call, no rehatch..nada
No contest …Kemp way before Figgins….Who eber says he a dumb player is not watching or just doesn’t know the game…He’ll be a household name in a less than three years….He’s going to be a real good ballplayer , a special ballplayer….
headed out now brandon but if i remember ill come back tonight and tomorrow and let you know if he was pitching and how he looked
yeah, I’d like to buy the yankees! Brothers and sisters, can you spare a dime?
Sheff has $14 mill on a contract for next year there is zero chance he will go to tampa or minny, if he did which he won’t I would be ecstatic and laugh my head off.
$14 mill. for sheff, that is funny.. the guy is hitting 220 with limited powerr, not exactly of high value..
Pat M,
I agree with you on Cano. I’d be very hesitant to trade him – very hesitant. If Joba is a 10 in terms of being untouchable I’d put Cano at an 8. I’d would take a very good deal for me to budge. I do like kemp.
Outside of everything else Cano is having a bizarre year statistically.
You can explain almost all of his underperformance this year due to his batting average on balls he puts into play (BABIP).
BABIP is due to both a hitter’s skill (ex. how hard he hits the ball) and some component of randomness.
He’s only hitting .270 on balls he puts into play – that is very, very low. In 2005 he was at .318. 2006 at .359. 2007 at .329. Hitters tend to settle in at their own range for BABIP so his .270 this year is far below his norms.
One way to estimate what a hitters expected BABIP is to take his line drive percent and add .12 to it. Cano’s line drive rate is actually up this year 19.8% of his contact. So his expected BABIP is closer to .320.
All things being equal you’d expect him to be hitting .310-.320 this year.
These things tend to even out so it wouldn’t surprise me if he had a monster year next season.
Yes, DFox, and it’s also always darkest just before it goes completely black.
Brandon,
Yep, whew, thanks.
I heard Kemp is really new to baseball did not play until high school and was a multi sport stud..
He is definitely talented and he is hitting leadoff now even though he can definitely move down in the order.. he is a physical specimen..
“You really want to bring up Joe Girardi’s record now?”
My personal opinion is that it’s pretty dumb. And it’s also pretty dumb to suggest that Girardi in his second year managing should be at the same level of competence as managers who have managed for ten years and better.
It won’t stop anyone from doing it, but it is pretty dumb in my opinion.
The night is darkest just before the dawn… It starts tonight!! 15 game winning streak.
You trying to call this organization the grim reapers of baseball or something… I guess this is the type of music your hearing too
NO MELKY! HOW COULD YOU SIT THE WORST CENTER FIELDER IN BASEBALL!
PAT M,
I wasnt saying Figgins is better than Kemp. I was trying to save us from giving up Cano and still get a better replacement in the outfield. It also would allow us to have the option to trade Damon if he can bring us back a needed player if neccessary. Figgins would be able to lead off.
Also isn’t Cano’s K’s actually down?
SoS,
I don’t see the angels trading Figgins – never mind to the yankees. They love him in Anaheim, Sciosia especially. He is the epitome of their team in many ways and one of the most versatile players in the game. It’s a good thought but i don’t think it would happen.
headed out now brandon but if i remember ill come back tonight and tomorrow and let you know if he was pitching and how he looked
Stay safe and give us an update when you can.
im assuming, since i havent heard otherwise, that sheff has been put on revokable waivers, which makes him no different than about half the guys in mlb this month.
im sure leaking that info is just a way of showing him that nobody else wants him at his salary (like the sox did with manny) and doing it to retaliate for sheff mouthing off again.
its really a non story, nobody is gonna touch that contract.
I think I might actually kill myself if Dolan was ever owner of the Yankees.
In my opinion the Yankees didn’t sign Byrd, who unlike Washburn, has pitched better lately and is a FA, because they made their deals in July, the team has been awful, and Girardi is now playing with the hand they’re dealt.
Anyone dumb enough to pick up Sheffield will get stuck with his remaining contract in 2009. Doesn’t his 12+M run thru 2009?
“Ah, source of rumor:”
They’re sort of looking like a Cablevision team right now.
“Yes, DFox, and it’s also always darkest just before it goes completely black.”
True, but Mike Mussina is pitching today, so it’s just a sign that instead of going black, it’s going to go towards the light. Afterall, wouldn’t it make sense that the pitcher everyone thought was done started the 15 game winning streak for the team everyone thought was done?
“The night is darkest just before the dawn… It starts tonight!! 15 game winning streak.”
I have no doubt this team has a winning streak in them. The problem is after the streak ends they turn around and go 3-12.
Ok on that note I see you guys later.
“but there must be a reason why the dodgers have been floating him if he so immensly talented. ”
Now that Bill Bavasi has been fired the biggest factor that keeps Ned Colletti from being the worst GM in baseball is the inexplicable fact that Jim Bowden still has a job.
If the dodgers trade Kemp it’ll be because of Colletti. Kemp is way too young to write off as “dumb.” He’s still learning the game.
And Vince Coleman is a terrible comparison because Kemp’s ceiling is much higher than Coleman’s. Kemp could be a 40 HR guy – you can live with a lot of mistakes with that kind of production.
My only hesitancy in trading Cano for him is because it’s so difficult to find middle infielders and I don’t think Kemp is a true CF.
CB, SoS-
I think Figgins and Santana were offered for A-Rod, when the Angels were exploring a trade for him after the 2006 season.
Sign Oliver Perez
Joe Torre is 2126-1829 (.538) as a manager.
So I’m thinking that I can’t totally figure out which series was the one that caused the Yankees to start to turn into a pumpking after that sterling start after the ASG but it did occur to me that when they were going good, they were doing everything right. The offense was clicking and they weren’t making mistakes – and then they slowly looked like they forgot how to play baseball.
And when we wonder why the Angels can manage to be on the spot and perky and so alert and sharp and we can’t do the same thing. So I figure one reason is that success seems to build upon itself and the more success you have the greater is your confidence, and the less you go out there and try to do everything yourself in one AB.
Confident teams play smart baseball. Desperate teams press and play sloppy baseball, press, and make mistakes. And the more desperate they get (i.e., the fewer games they have left) the more they press and the less successful they are.
Can that turn around with a few wins? I’d like to hope so.
So I guess I’m thinking that I can’t bring myself to say this team stinks or that the players are bums, but I can bring myself to say they are underperforming incredibly and playing abysmal baseball.
CB it sounds like Kemp would only need to be the Yankees CF for 1 year or so!!!
If the Melky-Robby tandem can’t see the handwriting on the wall by now then they’ve got zero for brains.
They’ll be known as ex-Yankees. Enough is enough.
a quick, first hand anecdote regarding the 8th inning relief pitching disaster from saturday’s game:
sitting in front of me was a Bronx-born marine, didn’t catch his name but i got to see his Semper Fidelis back tattoo after an LAA fan criticized Roman Tynan’s ‘God Bless America’ really, thanks, i needed that..
well, six agonizing runs into that dreadful display of bullpen mismanagement, our new militant friend decided that he had seen enough and trotted down to the barrier and chucked his brand new Joba home jersey (replica) onto the field, landing on the foul line.. X looked over as the LF security guard picked up the jersey, smiled and shook his head..
the section i was in, of course, erupted in cheers while the jarhead made throat slashing motions on the way back to his seat.. meanwhile, an LAA fan came hurtling down the stairs to cram an Angels’ cap on top of his head.
i then had to do my civic duty and calmly order SemperFi to “c’mon man, get rid of that sh!t”, being a good soldier, he complied and tossed the cap onto the field..
the result was an ejection for the marine and a place for me to kick up my feet as i watched the remainder of the “game”
while some folks got angry and others were filled with grief, i found the inning to be quite cathartic… a feeling that i though was going to be permanent, that is until the next day when i found myself screaming at JoeG’s back to leave Mo in the ‘pen until we had the lead..
CB,
I just thought that Figgins might be available because of the flooded outfield in Anaheim. He seems more like a utility player without a steady position. Im not sure what they lack in the farm or the majors. Just thinking out loud.
Dejesus?
“do you expect anything for Hughes and Matsui the rest of the year? I think they can help am I reaching for a life vest?”
I think Hughes is going to pitch very well for this team when he comes back. Very well. I’m not worried about him. The troubles he was having are due to the injuries. He’s throwing the ball very well and has added the cutter.
He’s a special talent. He really is. He’s going to be a good one.
I think Matsui will also come back and be productive in the line up. That’ll help – question is whether it’ll be too late.
Hughes will be fun to watch – he won’t be lights out like Joba but I think he’ll throw the ball well and have something positive to build on going into next season.
“It’s a small sample size, but Sexson is hitting .269/.394/.423 with the Yanks.”
Girardi’s love affair with Betemit continues…
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Dude – that’s because Sexy has seen NOTHING but LH pitching.
Tonight we face a Right hander. Against RHP:
BigSexy – .179 .282 .301 .583
Betemit – .266 .289 .422 .711
After what betemit did on sunday he should never play again!!! JOE GO TO H………..
If Cablevision bought this team, it would time to root for another team. Between Gabelli and Dolan they would turn the Yankees into the KC Royals in no time.
DFox, I said last night that I’m all in on this Moose start. I’m calling it a must win! So I’m with you.
Tonight Moose begins the comeback!
All this talk of Matt Kemp is reminscent of the “can’t miss” Austin Kearns, early in his career.
As far as the Yankees and clutch hitting, they haven’t been clutch in 6 years. They’ve been just good enough to get to the playoffs by beating up on the Rays and O’s. Those teams are better now. If I had a dime for everytime I said LOB!
LOB! in the last 6 years…..
As far as Gerut, see Coco Crisp. Anyway, Gerut would be a band-aid for this year.
Yanks went into this season with risk, having two kids in the rotation. It was an 85 win team going in. It was a year where they could have risk because they’d get 4.2 million through the turnstiles whether they’d win 84 games or 94. But something happened on the way to the trade deadline, Yanks won 8 in a row, the Manny debacle and Tampa stumbled. Seemingly the pack was falling back to us, hence the trades. It was fool’s gold. Thought this team would put together a 35-27 stretch and go .500 in all other games. It looks like that’s who the Yankees are.
A fifteen game win streak would be so cool right now…
After what betemit did on sunday he should never play again!!! I really think that joe will be gone after the season.
The Yankees wouldn’t need Matt Kemp as a true CF. He’ll be a good caretaker until A-Jax is ready in 2010 at which time he moves to a corner OF position.
I like Dejesus as a centerfielder. Light hitter for a corner spot.
Issue there – KC really doesn’t have many position player and very little hitting.
Dayton Moore is a very good GM and a smart guy. I think he’ll want quite a bit for dejesus.
Francessa suggests moving Jeter to CF
“The night is darkest just before the dawn… It starts tonight!! 15 game winning streak.”
Cheesy Dark Knight reference, I love it! But like Brandon said this team might not win 15 the rest of the season.
CB
Matsui is going to Florida Thursday for games he can be back in 7 days or less and they have 2 days off.
he can help them.. I do not expect Hughes to have Joba stuff, because in my eyes(I am not as knowledgable as you) Joba has top top top stuff up there with the elite talented pitchers.
The way Hughes talks he seems smart enough to figure things out and his stuff seems very good also.
Joba will have his learning pains but if he stays healthy he has a chance to be a superstar..
SO THIS IS GOOD NEWS>
Girardi is an absolute genius! His cleanup and #5 hitter have a combined RISP average of .220. Not like it would be good idea to change things around a little considering they have done so well offesnively this year!
Can you say brain-dead? The guy needs to be fired cause he can’t make adjustments. His management of this team is pathetic.
Chef? RIP Isaac Hayes.
SoS,
From the last thread. What year was your humpless J-Lo at UH? She probably played for Dave Shoji. He’s been coaching for 30 years.
“Francessa suggests moving Jeter to CF”
Sigh. He can barely throw to first how exactly is he gunning down people at the plate.
“All this talk of Matt Kemp is reminscent of the “can’t miss†Austin Kearns, early in his career.”
There have been a lot of “can’t miss” prospects that have failed. As it is, Kearns is still a servicable player. Kemp has already shown more skill and results than Kearns. The only thing that troubles me about Kemp is his strikeouts. He also doens’t really walk that much. Still very young though, we’ll see.
Another mindless suggestion from Fat Mike
Didn’t he also suggest to teach Bernie how to play 1st?
“E-Man I’m not talking about the record, I’m talking about the constant remarks he makes towards Girardi… Dont tell me no1 else see’s it…”
I don’t see it. I think Joe has gotten a big pass this season.
Joe Maddon’s managerial record 225-267 (.457)
“Can you say brain-dead? The guy needs to be fired cause he can’t make adjustments.”
Wait, I thought he juggled the lineup too much?
Sigh. He can barely throw to first how exactly is he gunning down people at the plate.
Francessa or Jeter?
I know the splits, but I’d still put in Sexson. When it comes to players like Betemit, Christian, Melky, Sexson, I’m throwing splits out the window because they all bring varying degrees of failure to the table. I’d go with the best all-around player with the potential to change the game, and that’s Sexson.
“You do realize Joe Torre’s career record was under .500 when he was hired as Yankees manager in 1996?
In fact, it was 774-1010 in 14 years of managing. He had exactly 5 winning seasons in his first 14 years as a major league manager and made the playoffs once. Losing all 3 games to the Cardinals in the NLCS in 1982.
You really want to bring up Joe Girardi’s record now?”
Changing the point again I see.
Tigers signed Freddy Garcia
Kemp has a 340 or so OBP, he is not exactly Youkilis patient.. Players now are for the most part swing 1st and really do not look to walk, that is too bad looking for walks is a winning strategy….
Kemp visibly has many more tools then Kearns, off the bat he is significantly faster.
Haha…Jeter in CF.
Francesca has lost it the past few years although I do agree that it was Cano’s ball the other day. He thought this was a 94, 95 win team going in and is glad that there will be a new stadium because of “more room.” When I heard the last two comments from him, he lost me.
He’s always been down on Melky.
Jorge,
That sounds like Hank’s throwing in the towel.
I don’t know why, but that makes me feel really good about the rest of the season.
If Jeter is playing CF, then where to we play Mike’s man-crush, McClouth?
Gayle, when Mike starts talking about Bronson Arroyo, I shut the radio off; I’m going to do the same thing with McClouth (Mike: “I’d give up a ton for him). It’s annoying. I don’t expect him to know about all our minor league prospects, but Action Jackson is our top prospect. Mike should at least know that much.
“We’re going to win it next year,†he said. “If we need to add a top veteran pitcher, we’ll do that. We’ll do whatever we need to do. Next year we’ll be extremely dangerous.â€
Awesome. Welcome to 1980s everyone. History has begun to repeat itself.
“Francessa suggests moving Jeter to CFâ€
Well at least he’s move on from talking about Bronson Arroyo.
Not much of a Kemp fan.
mel,
I would say 94/95.
What would you say if your on a date and you tell the girl” you have beatiful green eyes” and she pulls out her green contacts?BTW she had a bum but not j-loish.
My comback. “oh i was talking about the shape of them”.
yeah todays comments from Hank are not wise.. He diminishes his reputation when he spouts off like this.. Hank bad idea, please be quiet..
“Next year we’ll be extremely dangerous.”
They’re pretty much in danger right now.
Nate McLouth – These are good offensive numbers for a CF and he appears to be improving.
.260 .335 .463 .798 Career
.277 .354 .517 .871 2008
However, it seems his defense to not so hot. And if that’s the case at 26, he will probably get worse when he hits 30.
“If you want to look at other fielding metrics, he’s 20 runs below average in BP’s FRAA system and Baseball-Reference has him at slightly below average in range factor per nine innings. None of these stats are perfect. RZR only takes into account play in zone, there are some serious criticisms of FRAA that I can never remember without a primer, etc. A better way to judge fielding is using something like UZR (ultimate zone rating), which takes into account both in zone and out of zone plays. When the guys that compile it (that would be MGL from The Book) last updated in early June (if you can find a more recent update, let me know), McLouth wasn’t listed as being among the best or worst centerfielders in either league, though some AL butchers, Andruw Jones, and Jim Edmonds clogged up the bottom of the list. That means that McLouth could well still be below average and at the bottom of the NL. It seems to me that McLouth is probably slightly below average in center field. Even if most fielding metrics aren’t perfect, they all seem to have him below average and even accounting for his high number of out of zone plays, it’s hard to reconcile those other numbers completely when I’ve seen him break very poorly on balls hit over his head with my own eyes.”
SoS,
LOL. “I was talking about the green gunk in your eyes”
(it’s called makapiapia here)
“Well at least he’s move on from talking about Bronson Arroyo.”
You sure he’s not the replacement at short?
I actually think those quotes from Hank are comforting… it shows that he cares about the team and the performance and is willing to do whatever it takes to rectify our problems (ie. Sabathia, Teixeria etc.) rather than just sit back and have blind faith in our current prospects/veterans.
“You sure he’s not the replacement at short?”
Don’t be silly – Posada will be moved to SS of course.
“Joad family” Tee hee.
Hank also said that he is not throwing in the towel on this season but that all of the injuries may be hard to overcome.
Phil doesn’t need to have Joba stuff to be an elite pitcher. I remember several quotes about his FB – he’s got a lot of late life to it and it just explodes on hitters (at least that’s how it seems). So, his 93/94 (and now he’s hitting 95) will be awfully effective in combination with his other pitches. Phil has excellent stuff, but he’s not a flame thrower. From what I can gather, it was his combination of stuff, command, control and makeup that made him a special prospect. When he’s on, Phil is fun to watch; he knows what he’s doing out there. For his sake, I really want him to pitch well when he’s recalled. I can’t imagine how frustrating the last year and a half has been for him.
again with the damon-jeter-abreu-astats!
when is it going to occur to joe that this isnt working?
“is willing to do whatever it takes to rectify our problems (ie. Sabathia, Teixeria etc.) rather than just sit back and have blind faith in our current prospects/veterans.”
I remember his old man saying this after the 1985 season.
“None of these stats are perfect. RZR only takes into account play in zone, there are some serious criticisms of FRAA that I can never remember”
FRAA doesn’t use play by play data. It uses aggregate data and makes assumptions about the average number of plays a player at a certain position makes.
RZR and ZR use play by play data and assess the actual number of chances each player gets in his area of the field instead of making assumptions like FRAA does.
Based on play by play data from zone rating McClouth has been 15 runs worse than a league average centerfielder. Worst in baseball. He’s well below average.
Don’t get pissed at Pete for printing Girardi’s record as manager. First of all, it’s a fact, so it’s stupid to get mad at someone for reporting a fact.
Second, Girardi is crapping on the media quite a bit lately – when he’s not outright lying to them. He has to expect – and quite frankly even deserves – a bit of a backlash as a result of that.
If he doesn’t learn to stop taking out his frustrations on the media he’s going to have a rather short tenure here in NY. Quite frankly I’m shocked at his level of immaturity lately.
Holy “Grapes of Wrath”, Batman!
mel,
lol. Damn!! That might have got me a second date. No seriously thats the truth to the story and i didnt want a second date. Thought that she could have just let me have that slick moment to as we would say back then “bust a move”. Wont go into more details than that.
BTW. Never used that line again unless i “accidently” did a three stooges poke in my dates eyes again.
Hank also said that he is not throwing in the towel on this season but that all of the injuries may be hard to overcome.
he is throwing in the towel just like Girardi has. Except he is not completely using injuries as excuses.
Wish they would just say, this is not a good team and stop trying to rationalize why they will miss the playoffs. Other teams have had injuries and survived.
Mclouth, like many other NL players look great in the NL. There are a ton of National League players playing prominent roles on their NL teams that could never do a thing in the AL. MClouth is hitting 275? that translate to about 250 in the AL. Although he is young. and probably will be better.
Girardi cracks me up. Damon needed a day off yesterday, now he is playing CF tonight? How bout DH last night and tonight?
Joe should know that they do not get any extra prize for having the most different lineups.
Byrd?? Sorry, Yanks should have grabbed him. At least he has experience, and he cannot be worse than Rasner.
Unless Hughes is due back, if so give him a spot
Girardi is a terrible manager. Last night proved it.
man, when even hank steinbrenner is talking next year, you know the organization has started to put this one in the books. yikes.
two KILLER jokes in this post, pete. the grapes of wrath and madonna reference slayed me.
Joba’s success may have been the best thing to happen to Phil… no longer are there any expectations on him. Joba has assumed the role of ace and stopper (that 1-0 game in Fenway vs. Beckett kind of cemented that) and Joba seems to have embraced that role as well… he loves the limelight and attention. The guy has like 4 commercials already and hosted his parties during the AS Game with Allysa Millano. Joba-mania has swept NYC and deservedly so.
Phil can now slide in behind Wang as the #4 (assuming we get CC) and just pitch without having the target on his back.
“Phil doesn’t need to have Joba stuff to be an elite pitcher. I remember several quotes about his FB – he’s got a lot of late life to it and it just explodes on hitters (at least that’s how it seems). So, his 93/94 (and now he’s hitting 95) will be awfully effective in combination with his other pitches.”
Doesn’t need great stuff just wish that stuff from the Ranger game would come back. My concern is the torque on his great curve ball and change up are related to the hamstring injury / push-off leg.
I heart Hank.
For his detractors… remember, it can be worse. Dolan wants to the buy the team.
I think we are going to see Cano traded this off season. His lazy play has become a cancer on this team.
the immortal darrell rasner starting tomorrow?
“For his detractors… remember, it can be worse. Dolan wants to the buy the team.”
Dolan at least lets his people run the team. He doesn’t meddle. He just appointed the dumb and stupid.
The Yanks have had worse western swings — they went 2-8 on a Pacific Coast roadie in ’95, hit a low point of 53-58, then won 26 of the next 33 to make the playoffs.
It can be done.
Of course it’d help if Moooooooose took over the role of David Cone from that ’95 team and if the Yanks wouldn’t squander the good starts they’ve received (Giese 6 IP, 1 ER; Pettitte 7 IP, 3 ER; Sid had 7 IP and 3 ER before he tired in the 8th).
Then again, to do that the team would need to replace the clean-up hitter with the guy who won the MVP last year. Same guy? Who could tell . . .
Hank to CC Sabathia:
Tell your agent to listen to what I say . Declare D|Free Agency!!!
Sabathia’s agent just had to change his underwear. lol
And now the Sox make the trade for Byrd.
You know the Yankees have given up.
Cano is either very sklow or very lazy. Nothing wrong with getting rid of him and getting a 2B with some speed and some hustle!
McLouth. Brandon Inge. Arroyo. Chamberlain as a set-up guy.
Why anyone takes Francessa seriously is beyond me. He somehow is on YES for 30 hours a week, not sure how that happened…
Trade Cano and get a 2B who hustles and runs down the line!!
“For his detractors… remember, it can be worse. Dolan wants to the buy the team.”
Selig would never allow that.
Nor would the other owners.
I’ll be all around in the dark – I’ll be everywhere. Wherever you can look – wherever there’s a man on third that does not score, I’ll be there. Wherever there’s a manager benchin’ a guy that leads the league in hitting, I’ll be there. I’ll be there in the way guys look at the ump when they strike out. I’ll be there in the way kids laugh when they ground into double plays when they know its ladies night at the club, and when the players are gettin’ fat on below 500 pitchers, I’ll be there, And whenever there is a one inning pitcher pitching two- I’ll be there, too
big game tonight as moose goes for number 16 in the win column
whos ur pick to go yard tonight ill go with Giambi,and Cano
http://yanksgamedaylive.wordpress.com is hosting an update on former Yankee Jeff Karstens as he takes on the Cincinnati Reds tonight at PNC Park in Pittsburgh
These aren’t you’re 90′s Yankees.
Melky is no Bernie.
The starting pitching is terrible.
No Stanton, nelson, Mendoza.
And A-Rod couldn’t pull a Brosius if he tried when it counted.
For once I think Hank is totally right on. I haven’t completely given up hope either, especially with the lingering possibility that Hughes could come back and pitch well, and that Joba could pitch again this year. But what team would be right in the thick of things w/injuries to their top 2 starters, especially one who just so happens to be the winningest pitcher in baseball over the last 2&1/2 yrs?
The only things I cant agree with are that no other team has been so decimated by injuries – this year alone the Braves and the Indians have had it as bad as us…but look how many months ago they were out of it.
I think you do have to give this team some credit for somehow managing to hang around, but then it is kind of hard to do that with the uninspired, flat lifeless offense we’ve been seeing of late. Which is why I also can’t agree with the “theyre all trying to win” bit. Some are trying to win, and nobody is trying to lose, but there is no way we can say all 25 men on this roster have given 110% of themselves 110% of the time.
Boston teams come up an’ they die, an’ the Rays kids ain’t no good an’ they die out. But we keep a’comin’. We’re the team that lives. They can’t wipe us out; they can’t lick us. We’ll go on forever, Pa, ’cause we’re the YANKEES.
McLouth. Brandon Inge. Arroyo.
You don’t think those 3 could help this team?
Are you blind?
When the owner throws in the towel, you are lost. Unless you are the Indians in Major League.
I hope Karstens gets bombed…the only reason b/c a competing fantasy team in my league is starting him tonight.
Peter’s jokes are certainly in….vogue.
I think Jeter has to consider moving from shortstop now that he is age 34. With his good running speed and excellent ball tracking ability, I could see him giving us a couple of memorable seasons at CF. Failing that, there is an opening at 1B. I had rather hoped that Jorge Posada would spend some time there, but who knows.
Wow. 63–56?
Does life matter anymore, Pete?
“whos ur pick to go yard tonight ill go with Giambi,and Cano”
ill take cano and nady
now who do you pick to leave a runner at 3rd with less than 2 out? (arod and……?)
ill take betamit
Inge is hitting .217.
Arroyo has an ERA of 5.44 in the National League.
Are you defending these guys? Seriously?
“And now the Sox make the trade for Byrd.
You know the Yankees have given up.”
Really? Paul Byrd will have an impact on the Yankees’ season? Let’s not kid ourselves.
“If we need to add a top veteran pitcher, we’ll do that.”
CC is a LOCK. 7y/140m.
Hank already said something along the lines of “this is the year to beat us” months ago.
Citing Girardi’s record as a manager, as if he’s been managing the Yankees for years, makes no sense. He managed a 2006 Marlins team that had exactly two players with salaries over $1 million to a 78-84 record. That was his only full season as manager to date … and it should count *against* him this season? Mind-boggling.
Girardi has undoubtedly made bad decisions this season. He has also made lots of good decisions, particularly in how he has handled the pen. The problem with Torre is he never seemed to learn from his mistakes. Let’s give Girardi the chance to see if he knows better.
“Wish they would just say, this is not a good team and stop trying to rationalize why they will miss the playoffs. Other teams have had injuries and survived.”
I know everybody has injuries, but there are degrees of severity, every injured player has a different value. I would argue that the teams in front of us have not had to deal with inuries as costly as the loss of their top 2 pitchers plus their starting catcher for the entire season, and that’s not even mentioning Matsui. A team like Tampa Bay can say, “oh, we’ve put 10 players on the DL this year too” all they want, but up until these recent injuries to Crawford & Longoria, it still doesnt begin to compare. The loss of 4 Al Reyeses and Cliff Floyds combined still only scratches the surface of the loss of 1 CM Wang.
PS, 12:01 is a great movie.
Black Yankee said: Mclouth, like many other NL players look great in the NL. There are a ton of National League players playing prominent roles on their NL teams that could never do a thing in the AL.
Yeah, you are so right. Guys like Xavier Nady and Josh Hamilton have flopped in the AL. Carlos Quentin’s struggling to change leagues too I suppose and oh … never mind.
Nice try.
“Then again, to do that the team would need to replace the clean-up hitter with the guy who won the MVP last year. Same guy? Who could tell . . .”
Stop hatin’ on A-Rod. He’s still hitting well over .300 with an OPS of 1.000 or so. His RISP numbers are a statistical anomaly. Imagine where the Yankees would be right now with a platoon of Wilson Betemit and Morgan Ensberg at third base.
You don’t think Inge can help the bench with his versatility? Heck, I’d rather have him in CF than the Black Hole.
After watching Kennedy pitch, I’d take Arroyo in pretty much a second.
I know I’m alone in this, but I really like hank. I think he kknows a lot more about the game than he lets on, and yet he’s not in denial of the situation, either.
…oh, but to add on to what I said before, I will agree there is no reason to make excuses for the offense. You can adjust the amount of runs they were expected to score to compensate for the losses of Matsui and Posada, and without those runs they’re still performing far below expectations. I would love to see Hank call them out for sucking with RISP, matter of fact.
You don’t have to have Joba’s personality to be an elite pitcher. I like Joba, of course, but Phil is my guy – in part because I like his laid-back personality. He’s mature for his age plus he appreciates his fans. This kid “gets it”.
You can’t measure how successful a player is by his endorsement opportunites. If Phil becomes a stud, I doubt he’ll have marketers falling over him for endorsements, but honestly? I prefer that he not have to deal with that. In any case, given Phil’s incredibly clutch performance in game 3 of the ALDS, I have no doubts about his ability to rise to the occasion. The fact that he told Joe Torre as he was being taken out of the game “this was fun!!!” says volumes about Phil.
I think CB had mentioned in a previous post about Buccholz that young pitchers often get frustrated because they are used to dominating every level they’ve ever pitched at. Those words could have been written about Phil. I’m sure he’s dying to get back on the mound in NY and show what he’s made of.
I don’t know, Hank doesn’t really seem like the seclusion type.
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Anyway, the beauty in a forum is that there are such divergent opinions, and equally forceful divergent opinions, that you can really feel confident that you are right pretty much no matter what you say because you will always have at least some company.
So when I make a prediction, I feel pretty good about it because I know I will have some company in the prediction and there you go. There will be posters who will be incredibly forceful in saying that position A is totally bonkers (let position A represent anything at all) and that their position, position B, is right on the money. People who support position A will be saying the same thing about position B. The point is that we are all doing the same thing here – coming up with our best guesses and figuring we’re correct. An opinion is just that – an opinion.
Now some posters’ predictions do turn out to be right much of the time, but it doesn’t mean they are going to be right all of the time.
That said, I have decided to predict that the Yankees will make a come back and will be in the hunt for the postseason. It is based on the same mix of knowledge and overall feeling that caused me to stay with Kyle and Ponson. (Yes I know, I was wrong about Igawa.)
I am neither stupid, nor blind, nor ridiculous, nor dreaming, nor anything else any more than any poster on this forum who says the exact opposite.
Some of us will hit it right. Some of us will have gotten it wrong. But it all boils down to the same thing. We’re all going with our best guesses. Nobody is any smarter than anybody else with this stuff – well okay, I have done well with my predictions…
1-2-3 for the rookie Sox pitcher!
Stop the BS about how great Girardi has handled the pen.
Whats the pens ERA this yr and especially the past month?
He leaves guys in way too long and if he wasn’t bailed out by the best pitcher in the game he’d be getting crucified.
Torre gets a bad rap now but I seem to remember he did a pretty good job managing the pen from 96-2001.
“Next Year”!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sad.Well this shows you can’t have so many young pitchers anchor your season or have so many prospects.
Giambi,Pavano,Pettitte(Unless he got HGH),Edwar,Rasner,Kennedy,Ponson(He did try to help us),Melky and Damon.
These guys got to go.They can’t play a whole year.
HUGHES WATCH
Thanks alot Baby Stein…it’s bad enough the players are playing like they’re waiting for next year, but now, thanks to your statements, they can do so guilt-free and all rested up for vacation.
“I know I’m alone in this, but I really like hank. I think he kknows a lot more about the game than he lets on, and yet he’s not in denial of the situation, either.”
Not alone at all. I’ve loved the guy from his first day on the scene. I’ve definitely taken up for him on other forums where I have posted.
With a runner on third and 2 outs, ARod is hitting .348/.531/.478.
Yet his other clutch stats are much worse.
Can someone explain how that ties into the fact that ARod is selfish/crazy/Madonna’s soulmate/doesn’t play the game right?
You can list any stat you want from A-Rod.
That’s all he is. A stat compiler.
He’s not a winner. I can’t remember a hit he’s had past the 6th inning in 2 months.
He’s hitting a soft 300. All solo jacks. He can’t drive in runs.
Hughes watch?
Another day of people saying he now throws 99mph.
Another thing we’ll be disappointed about next week.
“Torre gets a bad rap now but I seem to remember he did a pretty good job managing the pen from 96-2001.”
When you’ve got Mariano Rivera, John Wetteland, Jeff Nelson and Mike Stanton all on the same team, the pen manages itself.
Girardi doesn’t run his favorite pitcher out there until his arm falls off the way Torre did. His management of the bullpen is much better than Torre’s. Like any bullpen, ours is struggling right now because our starters aren’t getting the job done consistently, leaving the pen as a whole overworked and overexposed.
james_m that wasn’t really necessary. Isn’t there room for Yankee fans to disagree with each other yet still respect the other person’s opinion?
Fat Mike wants to trade Cano and Hughes for McLouth.Nearly drove off the road when I heard that.The season isn’t over but the time is now.
Alright, so I don’t comment that much, but I have to stick up for Rebecca, being called an idiot by someone who can’t even form a complete sentence. James_m, maybe next time you should go to school before you decide to call one of the most frequent commenters an idiot.
What Hank should have said:
“If they listened to me and traded Hughes, Melky, and Kennedy for Santana we’d be in 1st place right now and ready for title #27.
Enjoy watching Melky hit .200. Enjoy Kennedy pitching worse than Josh Hamilton’s 75 yr old batting practice pitcher. Enjoy Hughes rehabbing non stop every summer. I told ya so.”
ba with a runner at 3rd and less than 2 out is irrelevant. tell me what % of the time he scores that runner, it was a terrible 40% when this roadtrip started.
Papi, 3-0 Sox!
It’s sad to see Yankee fans wanting mediocre garbage on their team.
And this fascination with McLouth is unbelievable. He’s a .275 hitter. Career .259 hitter. He has hit 4 HR’s in the past 2 months! I know he’s better than Melky, but who isn’t?
For all the times I rip Cashman, reading some of these posts makes me realize it could be a lot worse.
“That’s all he is. A stat compiler.”
But a stat compiler who doesn’t like RBIs, apparently? What stats does he like to compile?
“He’s hitting a soft 300. All solo jacks. He can’t drive in runs.”
He hits home runs. He doesn’t drive in runs. Do you understand what words mean?
It wouldn’t shock me if they “juice” the gun up when Phil is pitching intentionally just to get the fans and scouts excited.
Though it isin’t very smart because when he comes up here throwing 90-91 smacked all over the field, then we will know it was fabricated.
Wasn’t Pavano allegory throwing 94 too?
And a 3 run bomb by Papi.
Red Sox all pumped up about the Byrd flying into town. 3-0 still no outs.
Torre ran scrubs like proctor and sturtze and quantrill into the ground. Mariano did pretty fine with Torre managing him in the pen huh???
Please. Torre also managed to 90+ wins every single year. I think he managed the pen just fine.
Kee-ripes. Sux leading 3-0 bottom of the 1st. And they’re home in their hideous little band box. Hope Texas remembers how to hit.
Bootsy, solo jacks are RBIs and do contribute to wins. And before you say A-Rod’s not a winner, think back to last April when he was pretty much singlehandedly responsible for every game we won the entire month. He’s pretty much the least of the Yankees’ problems right now.
Also, when you’re hitting a “soft .300,” your OPS is .750. Not 1.000. An OPS of 1.000 is crazy good.
Hank’s statement is fine. No one can say that he and Cashman didnt try to improve the team at the deadline. Unfortunately, the regular players arent producing and it could all be for naught.
Personally, I’m encouraged by his statement that they’re willing to sign a veteran pitcher for next year. Put CC in front of Wang, Joba and either Pettitte or Mussina and you’ve got yourself a quality rotation. We’re that close.
i sat behind the scouts at pavano’s outing thursday, he threw one pitch at 94, and stayed around 92 until he ran outta gas in the 4th.
How is hitting solo homers driving in multiple runs?
A-Rod is the softest clean up hitter in the game today. Pitchers love facing him late in a game this year.
“Hank’s statement is fine. No one can say that he and Cashman didnt try to improve the team at the deadline. Unfortunately, the regular players arent producing and it could all be for naught.”
There you have the alpha and the omega.
“Please. Torre also managed to 90+ wins every single year. I think he managed the pen just fine.”
Torre took his team to the playoffs every year because he excelled at many, if not most, aspects of managing. Bullpen use was not one of them.
How about this for a prediction – Yankees suck.
逆心ç†å¦
I’m out.
“Stop the BS about how great Girardi has handled the pen.
Whats the pens ERA this yr and especially the past month?
He leaves guys in way too long and if he wasn’t bailed out by the best pitcher in the game he’d be getting crucified.
Torre gets a bad rap now but I seem to remember he did a pretty good job managing the pen from 96-2001.”
Girardi deserves some grief handling the pen especially in the past few weeks. Two spots come to mind
1. Never should have left Marte in for over 40 pitches against Texas. The guy was struggling and hadn’t thrown that many in a few years, suddenly he turned into Damaso Proctor and ultimately got wild and shelled.
2. Taking out Giese at 83 pitches. I don’t care if there was an 85 pitch count on him. Managers have to stop being ruled by a pitch count. Don’t they have enough judgement and observe enough to see if a pitcher has it or not. Giese was cruising, making Vlad look silly at the plate. That was a Giese to Marte to Mo game. For whatever reason, Girardi made that game complicated by bringing in a cast of characters.
The problem is it isn’t last yr and A-Rod isn’t playing for a contract. If you haven’t noticed.
He’s the softest 1.000 OPS in the league. When was the last hit he’s had in a close game after the 6th inning?
When you want that solo homer to make it 8-2 in either direction, he’s your man.
You can defend him all you want. Last yr he was amazing. This yr he has been terrible in the clutch.
When we needed him to carry us he went on summer vacation.
“How about this for a prediction – Yankees suck.
逆心ç†å¦
I’m out.”
I can definitely get down with respecting your right to think that. And supporting the last part especially!
james_m :
Your a sad little man
5-0 Sox in the 1st. This night keeps getting worse.
Lowrie, YES 5-0 Sox!
The Yankee rotation was terrible the past 4 years. They were into the pen in the 5th inning most nights last year and the yr before. How exactly did Torre not handle it right???
Spare me the anti Torre crap. If thats the only good thing you can say about Girardi you are seriously stretching it.
Mariano is better today than he has ever been. How did Torre misuse him??
If you’re misuse examples are Proctor, Sturtze, Karsay, and Quantrill I’ll save you the post and laugh now.
You never heard Nelson, Stanton, Mendoza, Mo claim overuse.
Chobba with some words of wisdom.
Comparing Torre and Girardi is like comparing the Beatles and the Monkees.
Drive 4-5,
The problem with that is he’s making a “promise” he may not be able to deliver on.
What if CC goes to the west coast? Stays in the NL? What if Sheets stays with the Brewers?
Who’s the big name veteran they’re going to introduce in a press conference? Mike Mussina?
Is there a purpose to Hank talking to the press so much?
Oi, I bet this Boston game is much more depressing for Yankee fans than Ranger fans.
“Chobba with some words of wisdom.”
See what I mean? You’ll always have some who agree and some who don’t. It just means that nobody has a corner on the correct answer, just a lot of varying opinions.
GO YANKEES!
“He’s throwing 103 with a 99-mph slider and now has a knuckleball.”
WHAT?!
6-0 Sox! JD Drew yes!
How many events are in the olympics? I thought there are only 3, you know- gymnastics, swimming, and basketball.
6-0 Sox
The big difference in Boston’s case is that their big players are producing– Youkallis, Drew, Lowell, Pedroia, and Manny produced before he was hurt.
In our case, none of the players are putting up great numbers. Arod is having a sub-par season, Jeter is having an awful season, Cano is having a dreadful season, Melky is terrible, Matsui is out, Posada is out, Giambi is hitting .250 and .220 with RISP as well. The only guys who are approximating their season averages are Damon and Abreu.
And compare a rotation of Pettitte-Mussina-Ponson-Giese-Rasner to the rest of the American League playoff teams. See how it stacks up.
Of course the Yankee haters continue to harp on the $200 million doller payroll as a way to justify their lack of sympathy, which is fine. But nobody is earning their $200 million. This isin’t last years team with $28 million doller Clemens and a healthy Wang, with Joba in the pen shutting the door in the 8th, and a 960 run team. The names and faces are there, but nowhere near the production.
more importantly…
Can anybody give me a link to a site where I can figure out the television schedule for specific Olympic events without having to use an abacus?
Thanks.
7-0 Sox!
7-0 Sox
Geez, You forget to mention that Joba went down after that streak… Losing your second best starter usually isn’t good.
10-0! Papi again!
I stand corrected, Rebecca, from my statement a few nights ago…wow, that’s, um, ‘out of character’ for a Steinbrenner
10-0 Sox
Papi hit another three-run homerun.
Wow you want to feel bad for someone, feel bad for the Ranger’s pitcher.
But the good news is that the Sux typically use up all their runs and then fall apart in the next games. So let them keep hitting away!
Another bomb by Papi. Two 3 run homers in the first inning.
Pete,
I read Sherman’s post, and here is why I disagree with him. Yes, many teams have their share of problems like injuries, including the Red Sox. And it usually effects them in the standings. The Red Sox won the World Series last year, but they are not even first in their own division because of injuries to key players like David Ortiz and Dice-K. They are treading water and other healthier teams like the Twins and White Sox are nipping at their tails. The Yankees’ injuries were far more devastating than any other teams: an ace for 4 months, two great hitters and some good, young solid pitching. Watch what the Rays do now that Longoria and Crawford have gone down. They will come back to the pack.
trisha,
Go to your local NBC website. There should be a grid showing what’s on your affiliate.
Boy I hope Nolan ryan is attending the game lol……
hughes just hit 100!!
I hope Moose wins tonight. He is getting very close to 20 wins.
hank is not going to throw his team under the bus. too much is made of what is said as opposed to what is going on by transactions. what they do this winter will tell more than a comment by hank in the middle of august.
now why cant we do that of cy fledman.
I agree Fred, what’s the deal with Phil throwing 103?
What’s the AAA gun delta, 9 MPH now? I’d be happy to know Phil was hitting 94 with some consistency.
ursuline, I hope you know the stadium gun is exaggerated in teh minors and most major league parks.
Hey Bunny get bent. No matter how bad things are with the Yankees we always know we have the best team in the history of baseball. So it makes us pretty much vomit when Red Sox fans need to hang out with us. Now go and procreate in your coop.
Ron Washington is one mean s.o.b. At least only 4 of those runs were earned. Poor kid.
2 Home Runs and 6 RBI’s in 1 inning! Maybe a record tonight?
It’s amazing how it all comes down to A Rod on this blog.
If Bobby Abreu hits 2 fly balls we beat the Angels Sunday.
Derek Jeter is hitting behind one of the best leadoff hitters in baseball this year. Jeter is hitting .234 with a paltry .298 OBP with a man on first and leads the league in double plays.
We can go on and on,but the bottom line is that this is a team failure from top to bottom. Adding more hate and pressure to ARod is counterproductive in the long run.
hughes just pitched a 102 mph slider WITH HIS LEFT ARM!!!!!
Thanks Mel.
The Sox are treating the Rangers like we should have.
hank should not have made those comments…
the yare idiotic and BS.. They have enoguh talent to win with what they have.. Why would Hank give these lazy overprices woosies and excuse!!!
Bad idea Hank…..
Red Sux will win today they stepped on Feldmans neck and kicked his butt in the 1st inning that is what good teams do, when a pitcher is down they pummel him they do not hit into GIDP….
Who the hell is pitching that game in Texas?
Trish, That’s good News? It puts the Yanks another 1/2 game back. Duhhh
For some reason, I don’t think CC wants to come here and will take a discount to go to the White Sox or Dodgers.
Hughes just hit 100 again!
I’m so excited
Wow, Feldman of the Rangers just got schooled on in the first inning of the Sox game. Ortiz hit two 3-run homers in the same inning.
Yeah, that’s the same guy who held us to 2 runs over 7 innings a week ago.
Don’t worry though, I believe in this team. Good times are coming.
It looks like Hughes is throwing a lot of change ups….
I hpoe the Rangers can make a comeback
Josh Hamilton is gonna go nuts.
People concern themselves with what the sawx are doing too much. Look, you have their fans jumping on a Yankee site to get their rocks off. What a life.
These people shout anti-Yankee chants before grace on Thanksgiving Day. They’re mental cases. Forget about them.
2 runners on, 1 out… ortiz hits a 3 run HR, Arod would have GIDP
“the yare idiotic and BS.. They have enoguh talent to win with what they have.. Why would Hank give these lazy overprices woosies and excuse!!!
Bad idea Hank…..”
The way I look at it, they can’t play any worse, so maybe what he said will take some pressure off them. It can really only help, not hurt at this point.
Why shouldn’t it come down to A-Rod?
You don’t hear fans trashing Ryan Ludwick and Adam Kennedy when the Cardinals go bad. It’s on Pujols.
Like it’s on Papi in Beantown.
Vlad in Anaheim.
You don’t hear them blaming their 2-3 hitters. They put teams on their backs and carry them.
That is no way to talk to a lady. I thought Yankee fans had class. Oh yeah, they do just not first rate.
well if texas’s pitcher cant handle it he can call chan ho park for some support
i was watching the game the day the dodgers (think it was hoffman) left him in long enough to give up 2 grand slams to fermando tatis in one inning!
Maybe it’s just me, but I refuse to sweat the scoreboard right now and I hope the players aren’t watching them too much either. First the Yankees need to worry about winning games themselves. Enough games for it to even matter whether the other teams lose or not. The only team in front of us to worry about tonight is Minnesota.
With a runner on third and 2 outs, ARod is hitting .348/.531/.478.
Hey Jeremy are you sure those are this year’s stats because last time I saw arod in that situation, he only gets that run in less than 40% of the time when around 70% is good. I know Matsui has something like 80+% in that situation.
(Don’t worry though, I believe in this team. Good times are coming.)
Yes they are. Next year.
what a loser you are bunny.
“A-Rod is the softest clean up hitter in the game today.”
Carlos Pena? Scott Rolen? Justin Morneau? Magglio Ordonez? Jose Guillen? Jhonny Peralta? Garret Anderson? Frank Thomas? Adrian Beltre???
All cleanup hitters, all hitting for an OPS at least 100 points lower than A-Rod this season. A difference of 100 points is not a statistical anomaly, it is a major difference. And that’s just the AL.
mark,
wrong. Jeter=GIDP. Alex=K or >|
Can they please just win a game and also win every game from here on out?
KTHXBAI
Anyone have a link where i can keep up with how phil hughes is pitching tonight?
Just grabbed this from Chad Jennings SWB blog:
“As I’m sure you know, Phil Hughes is pitching tonight in Pawtucket. I’m not with the team, but Ed Price sent me an email this afternoon saying the earliest Hughes is likely to pitch for New York is August 23. Pettitte, Ponson and Mussina will go this weekend against Kansas City. After an off day, Giese, Pettitte and Ponson will start next week in Toronto.
That may leave Hughes to make one more Triple-A appearance, but that’s obviously not set in stone.”
Hughes Dynasty,
I agree with you. I just don’t think he wants to come to a big city like New York with this kind of media scrutiny. But maybe when we throw him such an insane contract all those dollars will blind his better judgment. Plus I’m a little concerned with the way the Brewers have been pitching him. He has to be due for a breakdown soon. Not sure I want him for 7+ years.
I don’t think we can assume that Sabathia will sign here.
A lot of teams have money and he loves the West Coast. Some guys don’t want the NY pressure.
Okay the soxs scored 10 runs in the bottom of the inning off the same pitcher. Now tell me the texas manager would have left the pitcher in there facing the Yankees giving up that many runs.
boston fans are pathetic.. they have a inferiority complex that is psychotic.
again whoever would go to a opposing teams blog to post needs psychological help.
that is all you need to know..
btw a win by 15 runs only counts as 1 win..
Everyone’s having fun this summer, except the yanks and fans. They are like the kid who has to go to summer school and write a 366 and a half page essay.
People need to stop blaming ARod for everything that is going wrong with the Yankees. He is pressuring himself at each at bat because he has no one else helping him. It’s very easy to sit here and say he should do this and that. Imagine how hard it must be to be a baseball player and play in NY and make more than every other player in the world. I feel sorry for ARod and I hope he wins several rings with us.
For anyone interested, Victor Zambrano pitched 4 innings today in the GCL, giving up 3 hits, 1 walk while striking out 6…
septic, I am not a loser. I have a great job at WalMart and live in a fine double wide by the river. Life is good!
TO ALL THE A-Rod Lovers (AkA Brandon),
Can you honestly sit here and continue to give me A-Rods stats and tell me you would want that guy up with a man on 2nd, 2 outs in the game that decides if we make the playoffs? You can give me his numbers to your blue in the face but the fact is clearly right in front of your face when you watch the game! How many times has the man come through in the clutch in a big game? Can you sit here and lie and tell us that because is OBP is excellent, his avg is good, his power numbers are on par with his MVP season last year that you would still want this guy up in ANY CLUTCH spot? That is why Yankee fans attack him and do not attack Jeter, regardless that Jeter has sucked it up this year. Jeter has earned his stripes, what has A-Rod earned that you attack Jeter but give A-Rod a pass? You are like computer stat nerds that have no common sense and fail to see the game for what it is. The big time players are suppose to be big in big spots! When has A-Rod done this to earn the praise you continue to give him, and at the same time continue to attack Jeter?
Anthony –
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/index.jsp
Then click on the baseball diamond to the right of SWB
I’d like to ask the manager why he mailed the game in.
“Trish, That’s good News? It puts the Yanks another 1/2 game back. Duhhh”
Okay I should have explained it more thoroughly.
1. The good news it NOT that they are winning tonight.
2. The good news IS that they tend to fall apart for a while after they blow their wad that way.
3. So the good news is that even though they might pick up one tonight there’s a good chance that it will end up hurting them in the end when they lose more games because of it.
“Chamberlain became the most dominating pitcher in baseball.”
Really? I mean, he looked really good. But the MOST dominating pitcher in baseball?
Uh, no.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a pitcher burn 51 pitches in an inning…
Stop quoting me OPS to say that A-Rod is so good.
That is why I called him the softest cleanup hitter in the game. When the games on the line and in the later innings all his numbers are meaningless.
He chokes.
It’s about driving in runs and he only does that in blowouts.
I thought it was a type-o when I saw the score.
guys id rather have up with the winning run on 2nd and 2 outs:
matsui
abreu
jeter
damon
5th best clutch guy on the team! yeah, id say that rates about $30M/yr!
AB,
You mean like ARod did last year?
They’re all great players. But none of them have to put up with the pressure A Rod does.
Where is Pujos carrying the Cardinals this year? As we speak they are 6 1/2 games out of first and 3 games out of the Wild Card.
Vlad’s a great player. He’s also a .183 hitter in the postseason. That’s .183 with a .258 OBP and a .233 slugging %. Can you imagine if A Rod put up those numbers???
A-Rod in the late innings is a guaranteed ground ball or K.
To the guy that said if boston wins it puts us another 1/2 game back we can only lose games 2 ways
1 Bos wins we lose (1G lost)
2.Bos off we lose (1/2 game off)
If we both win or both lose nothing happens
bunny = pathetic
Do the sox not have a web site of their own? Again what is a fan of another team doing in our site is beyond me. You are the type of fan that would prefer to watch us lose, than watch your team win. I guess 86 years of ass kickin will do that to you.Sad
Bunny it’s not rocket science to figure out that it’s extremely low class to go on the blog of another team and put up you team’s score with cute little exclamation points.
I agree with Stuart that it is a pathology with a lot of Sux fans who feel the need to hang on a Yankee forum. It’s that inferiority complex that keeps telling you that no matter that your team won all of two world series since 1918, you’ll still never be on par with the Yankees. You know it, we know it. Conversely, a few good seasons when the Yankees are not doing their best could never cause Yankee fans to want to hang out on a Sux forum. There is a cachet to rooting for the Yankees that transcends bad seasons. You know it and we know it.
It is what it is Bunny.
Last yr’s A-rod isn’t this yr’s A-Rod
I think we can all say that and move on. He’s not the same player.
Maybe he isn’t playing for a contract anymore. But he’s not the same hitter in close games and big spots.
Scott Feldman- 7 IP, 2 ER vs. the Yankees
Vs Boston- 10 spot in the first
This team is a joke.
Sheffield is playing tonight, they just said on the swb broadcast that he made it through waivers. I guess no one wanted that headcase.
The Sox do what they need to do. They put some runs on the board and finish off Texas early.
The Yankees? Every game is a struggle.
“Sheffield is playing tonight, they just said on the swb broadcast that he made it through waivers. I guess no one wanted that headcase.”
This goes for news here?
Sad, but true.
A-rod gets more hate than Bunny.
Everyone fails to realize that the Texas manager mailed that game in. Why is he still in the game after giving up 5 runs? let alone 10.
Efraim bummer that every team sends out their A lineup when they play the Yankees but feel they can relax with every other team. I know.
But that’s what happens when teams play the Yankees. You know it and I know it.
It is what it is Efraim.
Wow, Cy Feldman was so dominant against our offense, yet the Red Sox lit him up with 10 runs in one inning.
BUT I GUESS FELDMAN IS JUST HAVING AN OFF NIGHT…
Red Sox fans…
2 WS… not even back to back.
Can you say 3 peat?… 98,99,00
2 WS… so what. The Marlins ( no disrespect ) have done this too.
Bunny August 12th, 2008 at 7:50 pm
septic, I am not a loser. I have a great job at WalMart and live in a fine double wide by the river. Life is good!
That’s just precious.
Trish, You are wrong. They are 5-2 after double digit wins.
Where did all these posters come from?
This team needs a game where they put up a 5 spot in the first inning, and keep piling on.
god help us with this man at the helm for the next 15+ years. he sounds like a fan who knows a minimal amount about the game of baseball and the status of his team.
injuries? hey hank, try a sh!tty, overpaid and under-achieving line-up of quitters.
(sorry derek, had to be said)
Hank’s excuses will register with a lot of fans. But I agree with a recent blog entry from Joel Sherman. Every team has had problems, including the wild-card leading Red Sox.
When the Yankees were three games out on July 26 (only 17 days ago), there were injuries then, right? They added Marte, Nady and Pudge and everybody was talking about the pennant. This collapse can’t be blamed on injuries. This team remains capable and is simply playing poorly. The injuries might have been what kept them out of the Series. But there is ample talent to make the playoffs.
Well said Pete. This team still has the talent to make the playoffs. A few good bounces and they could end up in the WS. But the fact of the matter is that they are quitters and have mailed it in on Girardi. This happened in the Baltimore series when they got shelled the first game. It has been building all year but is now more evident than before.
This team does not respect Girardi who is clearly in over his head; and now they are quitting on each other, the fans, and the yankee organization with 43 games to go.
This losing streak will reach 6 games, which by that time, the season will be over and the WC out of reach. It is truly a sad day in Yankee history that we are watching a team with a shot, play like they are more interested in last place and getting to the golf courses than winning a championship.
“Where did all these posters come from?”
jennifer – Did ever see one of those nature specials when a large animal is taken down?
Jackals, Vultures, and assorted varmints
flaherty:”when johnny damon plays well the yankees score runs.”
well, he’s hot as hell on this roadtrip and we’re not scoring anything!
Some of the arguements regarding the Yankees failures have assumed that they were good to begin with, that money buys championships. Many pundints predicted the Yankees would miss the playoffs siting the age of the team and lack of pitching depth so you could say the Yanks are exactly where many expected them to be. Even the Yanks brass inferred this was a transition year. So let’s accept that, be thankful there are no more Giambi, Farnsworth, Pavano contracts and learn our lessons.
Everyone responds to pressure and adversity differently and winning is a learned event. This Yankee team outside of Posada, Rivera and Jeter has never won anything and in fact, many of the players have a history of coming up just short (Giambi, Mussina, Abreu, A-rod).
The Red Sox have learned this. It wasn’t until Schilling (as much as I hate him) brought that swagger that the Sox learned to win. Man for man the Sox are not that much better than the Yankees and you could even argue the other way. They have equally devastating injuries and clubhouse distractions but have gotten the job done. Something the Yankees, be it Joba/Hughes/Kennedy or Sabathia/Texeira/etc… will need to learn
(Scott Feldman- 7 IP, 2 ER vs. the Yankees
Vs Boston- 10 spot in the first
This team is a joke.)
The guy was good when he faced us but today he doesn’t have his best stuff. That happens. Even Johan Santana sucks sometimes.
Arron, well this time will be different.
“A-rod gets more hate than Bunny.”
Mel, not because of the reality but just because it struck me funny.
I think those who support Arod have to do what we do when we have to deal with other opinions that vary from ours – like what Trisha had to do when she supported Kyle and supported Sidney (not that I’m comparing the skill sets mind you) – ignore it.
BillyBall,
ARod’s career numbers with 2 outs runners in scoring position: .271 batting average, 35 Intentional walks, .401 OBP, .888 OPS with 50 home runs and 344 rbi.
Yea, I’ll take my chances with him any year but this one.
Feldman is pitching for the Rangers… remember him? The guy who shut down then Yanks June 30th 2-1 just let the Sahx put up a ten spot on him in the FIRST INNING… cripes – Yanks wish they had an offense…
Trish, The Sox are 5 games up on the Yanks. It is what it is!
Papi homers twice in the inning…
at least Yuklis whiffed twice.
Damon just made Girardi look stupid.
Good start, 4 runs away from what I asked.
And that is why Damon has to play every single day!!!
Oh, NOW I see why Damon wasn’t in the lineup yesterday… Seriously, Girardi should be fired NOW.
Girardi you arse… THIS is why you keep Damon in the lineup. I hope you learned your lesson you putz.
jennifer- I got your back Girardi August 12th, 2008 at 8:05 pm
Where did all these posters come from?
I’m thinking Bellevue Hospital now has added an additional “use the computer night” program with the patients.
Sunday, Monday and Tuesday now.
damon sending a message, shoulda been in the lineup yesterday lol
“The Yankees’ injuries were far more devastating than any other teams”
You keep thinking that Ben. Does it help you sleep at night? You forgot that the yankees also spend far more money than any other team. Here’s the worlds smallest violin just for you.
Wah wah wah…
This is it for us. No more losing. Like Team USA, this is our Road to Redemption, if you will. We need to win some games. C’mon boys!! Way to go Damon for creating a spark. Lets run with it…
Funny Girardi. You start the league’s leading hitter and he HOMERS to lead off the game! Now you’ve already scored more runs than ALL of last night without him! Maybe you should play him EVERY DAY?
What you’re talking about, Bootsy, is the difference between 1st place in MVP voting and, like, 5th place. He’s still the best player in the game and we’d still be much worse off without him.
Also, who else would you have hit cleanup? Matsui’s injured. Damon is a leadoff hitter, and one of the best in the game. Jeter doesn’t hit for power and never has. Giambi’s even worse than A-Rod with RISP. Nady’s been on the team for two weeks. Abreu’s questionable enough as a 3-hole hitter.
Moreover, did it ever occur to anyone that our RISP numbers might be better if we got men on base more often? Yes, that runs counter to mathematical logic. But for every opportunity we blow by not getting the runner home — and there have been countless — there’s also an opportunity we never got because we keep getting four-hit by junk pitchers. The offense is underperforming across the board this year. A-Rod’s supposed lack of clutch hitting (and I’m sure he’s had plenty of important hits over the course of the season) is the least of our problems.
and Damon says….. “I will chin check you next time you bench me for no particular reason.”
You just can’t manage, can you Girardi. Starting Damon was the wrong move tonight. I mean he went out and hit a HR instead of striking out. Well this game is lost.
Phil Hughes so far tonight: 3 IP 2 hits, no walks,3k’s. He’s thrown 43 pitches,28 for strikes. He worked his way out of a leadoff double in the last inning. Nothing overly
spectacular,but getting his work in and throwing a shutout.
Barely hanging on
August 12th, 2008 at 8:11 pm
Damon just made Girardi look stupid.
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apparently, that’s not as difficult as it sounds lately.
sa- That would explain it.
Thank god Damon is well rested..
Jeter just swung at ball 4.
And Capt GIDP whiffs… shocker.
Awful at bat by Jeter after Damon comes out and makes a statement. If Jeter can’t put together a decent at bat when they need him to during crunch time, they might as well make Damon the captain.
way to bail him out Derek
We heard so much about Aceves earlier in the season.
Is there any reason we don’t give him a shot to prove himself?
I’d start him w/ Molina. The guy can really call a game w/ the rookies. Rasner w/o Moeller is a sad story.
Where did that come from? And no, geniuses, JD sitting did not lose us yesterday’s game, just as his HR doesn’t guarantee us a win.
Players should play within themselves, not look to the manager or Johnny to get them pumped up.
Bobby always runs hard out of the box.
time to see if Arod can make something happen (I’d be happy with a single)
Does anyone else notice that there seem to be a lot more choppers in the domes than outdoors?
In the third inning Drew and Pedroia have been on base 6 times…
wow Pete, you are relly all over Damon not playing. It is actually a smart move when u consider Damon is the exact type of player you want to give a blow to. (even during a losing streak) Damon not playing last not is not this teams problem…….I think Yankee fans and writers now feel its a birth right to make the playoffs. Wake up kids!! 13 years in a row is pretty special but not the norm……Stay balanced please.
“Is there any reason we don’t give him a shot to prove himself?”
because he was injured when he first got to AAA, and then since he’s come back, he’s been rather mediocre at best?
Hit and run that didn’t work out. At least they are being aggressive.
Oh the strikeout brothers are in the house!
Johnny Damon? When did we get him? Was he here yesterday or did we just pick him up off of waivers?
And Arod still finds a way to get the DP…
“Trish, The Sox are 5 games up on the Yanks. It is what it is!”
And, Yankee groupie, the Yankees are up 12 World Series trophies on the Sux. Now take your exciting 5 game lead in August and rotate on it!
Arod is forcing himself out of a slump…..it wont work that way. Ask Cano, it only gets worse.
mel
August 12th, 2008 at 8:15 pm
Where did that come from? And no, geniuses, JD sitting did not lose us yesterday’s game, just as his HR doesn’t guarantee us a win.
Players should play within themselves, not look to the manager or Johnny to get them pumped up.
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I’m talking about how Damon in the lineup changes the dynamic of how a pitcher pitches to this lineup – instead of a 2 pitch instant out that is Christian, Damon can work a count, hit, homer and run. As Damon goes, so goes the offense (sometimes) so yes, I think taking Damon out of the lineup for no intelligent reason other than a rook has better “numbers” against lefties in a small sample is stupid. Damon, by far, is the better player, and having him in the lineup gives this lineup (however lame) another weapon.
And there is everyones K Rod.
this guy has become such a head case he makes mental patience look stable. He is worse than Jack Nicholson with a frontal labotamy.
I hope Moose has his good stuff tonight. He didn’t last time but he won anyway.
top of the 1st observations.
jeter swung at ball 4 minimum 2 times, he is total hacker.
arod, what can you say.. hey anyone know how many 3 run HR’s or salamis’ he has hit this year?
they could have made Blackburns life more difficult but of course they did not..
Why hit and run on a 1-2 count? Makes no sense since your probably going to get a pitch out of the zone…
A-Rod is very pathetic. It’s the same freaking pitch every single time, how come the greatest player in the game can’t make a simple freaking adjustment?! If I had a nickel for everytime A-Rod whiffs at that slider down and away I’d have more money than he does.
“And, Yankee groupie, the Yankees are up 12 World Series trophies on the Sux. Now take your exciting 5 game lead in August and rotate on it!”
That was hysterical and I actually just got weird looks for laughing aloud
Please stop playing the injury card. Again, lets compare injuries with the Sox (I unfortunately have a friend who is a huge Sox fan). Schilling has been out for the entire year. They lost Beckett in the beginning of the season. Dice-K (who is 11-2) was out for over a month. Papi on the DL for over two months. Colon has been out for awhile. Lowell was also on the DL one or two times.
I’ve been a Yankee fan my entire life and I refuse to blame a lost season on injuries. It’s plain and simple – most of our guys have not played well.
Ummm Trish, we’re 19 world series trophies up on the Sux.
that was almost expected – sad to say…
Sheffield on waivers…..lets trade Sexson for him
“We’re going to win it next year. If we need to add a top veteran pitcher, we’ll do that. We’ll do whatever we need to do. Next year we’ll be extremely dangerous.â€
Hank should not make a statement like this until the Yankees get eliminated. There should be no talk about next year right now.
Is it true that Phil Hughes left with an injury tonight? WFAN is the only one reporting it. Anyone have a link?
Um Alex was protecting the runner, trying to foul it off, since that would have been all he could do with it.
Dear Yankees,
You’re pathetic to the highest degree.
But, in the same way parents are devoted to their offsprings, I’ll still always love you
and be the last fan standing.
“trisha- you are such a pleasant person when the yanks suck. i’m almost tempted to pull against them.”
That’s because I know in the end they will jam it in your face “bob”! So I have no reason not to be pleasant!
That looked like a strike to me.
yanks have 26.. not 22… that is championships…
tubby- what in the world are you talking about. I am listening to the game just completed his 4th inning of work.
Chris – thank you!
marc – typo?
“Where did all these posters come from?â€
I wonder something along those lines too….where did all these Yankee fans come from and where were they when Sam Militello was one-hitting Boston.
What a cannon.
First off A-rod is not the best player in the game…
Second off I think A-rod has a curse
Third Off lets trade the looser
Hughes line so far tonight:
4 2 0 0 0 4 – 57 pitches, 35 strikes (1 2B hit)
It’s scary thought when Jose Molina is the MVP of the team (after Moose of course)
OT- But for those following the Olympics, Phelps swimming tonight. Men’s 200m Butterfly Final Live-10:21pm EST
http://results.beijing2008.cn/.....e/SW.shtml
c’mon Moose
ARod can’t catch a break with you people. He was trying to protect the runner and you still complain. ARod should have signed with a team that appreciates him which isn’t this one.
But what have they done for you lately Trish? A lot of dust on those OLD rings. It is about the here and now not the year 2000.
the red sox could lose .
getting ten runs in the first inning tends to relax a team.
and texas can hit.
Pete – u really sound more and more infantile daily. We get it pal, u don’t like the yankees and u hate joe girardi because he doesn’t care in the slightest about writing stories for you.give it a rest pal. Ur routine is tiring.
Nothing here about a Hughes injury either.
Has Pudge thrown anyone out since he arrived?
Geeze I cannot believe I put 12. I really need to atone.
YANKEES ARE 19 WORLD SERIES UP ON THE SUX!!!!!
People complain if the yanks hit and run they complain they do not hit and run. they complain when they bunt they complain when they do not bunt.
DO ME A FAVOR AND STOP THE DAMN WHINING.
STOP IT.
sunny,
Like I said yesterday, when any of the complainers finally get the manager’s job, they can put any lineup they want.
Girardi doesn’t do things nilly-willy.
I’m not directing this at you, because you put a lot more thought and logic into it than the ‘Girardi sux’ crowd. It’s just the Girardi bashing is so old already. It’s been a tough long season and people get so emotional they can’t even see straight.
BTW, what is it about midwestern broadcasters that makes them think they’re getting robbed on both sides of the ball? Is it small-town syndrome?
4th off. You can’t spell.
Trish,
Must have been a typo. But we have 26 rings to their pitiful 7. I just love to throw that one back in their face for their whining that the Yanks haven’t won one yet this century.
Way to motivate the team and the fans, Hank! Sometimes silence is golden, but Hank has obviously not learned this yet. Pete is spot on with his rebuff. No fan should buy into this cop-out.
(A lot of dust on those OLD rings.)
That doesn’t matter. That they exist does. The Yankees are the most successful sports franchise in history. Nothing some troll says will change that.
JR Yankees
It is bs. Someone trying to push peoples buttons. There are a lot of people on here tonight trying to do that.
Nothing here about a Hughes injury either.
He is heading back out for the 5th inning now.
“Phil Hughes is pitching tonight in Pawtucket. I’m not with the team, but Ed Price sent me an email this afternoon saying the earliest Hughes is likely to pitch for New York is August 23.”
http://emedia.thetimes-tribune.....enton.aspx
Bunny, I am a Red Sox fan too. Unlike you, however, I am not a total d*uche bag.
Perhaps the rest helped Damon?
Must be my valve. LOL.
Boston is going to end up with 20 runs by the time that game is over.
pavano so far:
4.0 5 2 2 0 3
Ummm Kay, 2 wins since 1918 and I guess that makes you a dynasty. Pertty lame one for a lame franchise. LMAO!!!!
Yep, definately somebody trying to mess with us.
I’m never giving up!
“Bunny, I am a Red Sox fan too. Unlike you, however, I am not a total d*uche bag.”
Best post tonight.
understood mel… but girardi IMO did not have a good reason to take out Damon yesterday. If Damon had hurt legs or something, say so, and I can see it, but to arbitrarily take out one of the AL best hitters because a rookie who’s been playing for 2 months has better “numbers” seemed a little silly.
ARod can’t catch a break with you people. He was trying to protect the runner and you still complain. ARod should have signed with a team that appreciates him which isn’t this one.
He is making 30 million, banging madonna and 5 strippers from Scores, and is making 30 million dollars. You really think he cares if he is appreciated by the fans. If his delicate feelings are hurt that bad, he should go back to one of those stat padding teams like Texas where there is no pressure.
Nady has cooled off a bit lately.
“Perhaps the rest helped Damon?”
cause and effect is hard to pin down but joe has been getting damon regular rest throughout the season and he’s having a great year.
Looks like a lot of computers are being used tonight at Bellevue..
Clay — that would put you in a higher class than Hank the Tank
well at least things are back to order. That lead off HR scared me.
Pavano just bumped into Hughes. Both will be out until 2014. LOL!11!!!
trying to protect the runner by whiffing on a pitch and missing by several inches doesnt really help does it?
2 DPs in 2 innings, just not that surprised. Yeah the first one was A-Rod trying to protect Abreu but its an excuse.
You know what they say…
Leadoff walks always come around to score…
Except with the Yankees!
Nady hasn’t been the same, Long must have gotten a hold of him.
i would really like to see the yankees forget about hughes for this year and not put the kind of pressure on him that will likely ruin him if they persist on rushing him up to again to save the day.
how many times are they going to try that?
how’s it worked out so far?
the season’s not over , but hughes is not the answer for the problems they have at the present.
What a surprise the lead off walk never moves from first base.
Gotta love the Yankees, Cano ahead in the count swings at a pitch almost in the dirt and GIDP. I bet he’ll get congrats from Girardi..
Randi, it is a 12-2 lead now. I got to go, one of my “clients” is knocking on the trailer door. Does anyone have change for a $20 bill?
It seems that’s all the Yankee fans can say for the past 8 years is the 26 WC’s! Tutalu
JR Yankees
People like them need to take the long walk off a short pier.
Btw Hughes just completed his 5th inning of work 2 hits 66 pitches, might have 2 more innings in him.
Hughes line:
5 2 0 0 0 4 – 66 pitches, 41 strikes, 4GO/7FO
(You really think he cares if he is appreciated by the fans.)
Yes I do and I think that is one of his problems. He doesn’t want to be booed by the fans so every time he’s at bat he’s trying to hit a 5 run HomeRun. If the fans would stand by him he’d perform better. Yankee fans think that they are entitled to go to the playoffs. We have to earn the right to go to the playoffs. If the Yanks don’t play better then they don’t deserve to go. It’s as simple as that. It’s not the end of the world. It’s just very upsetting and disappointing.
“Looks like a lot of computers are being used tonight at Bellevue..”
I think they call it “Internets Tuesday” at Bellvue (from what I can recall).
Hughes continues to blank the PawSawx through 5 innings. Never in serious trouble except for letting up a ground-rule double.
I think he’s around 65-70 pitches.
Good one Damon
Christian would’ve gotten that ball!!111!!!11
Comon Damon, gotta get to that ball.
Comon Damon, gotta get to that ball.
Giradri will def. sit Damon tomorrow. He’ll need to rest his sack.
Well Bunny, 2 is a lot lonlier than 26. And Bunny, don’t shortchange your client.
oo here is where we collapse!!1
randy l,
Agreed that Hughes is not the savior. But he really needs to pitch after missing so much time.
They really need to take the bubble wrap off and let him take his licks.
He knows that the pressure got to him and that he needs to attack the hitters. The good news is he recognizes what was wrong and is not in denial.
This is not good at all.
john- as said earlier in the entry it is bs. It is the same person posting with numerous names.
We have our chances early and blow them.
Typical.
Hank is truly an idiot, and it burns me up. Not only is he giving up on this season, but he’s such a soothsayer that he knows the Yanks will win it all next year. As if these things are so much under his control. What a buffoon!
This isn’t a big deal – I mean from what I’ve seen teams never score with 2 on and none out
Haha outfield defense is HORRIBLE. Not that Abreu should have caught that but if Melky were playing there’d be 1 out man on second.
I think the best lineup Girardi can put out there is:
Damon LF
Jeter SS
Abreu DH
Rodriguez 3B
Giambi 1B
Nady RF
Cano 2B
I. Rodriguez C
Cabrera CF
Someone made a good point earlier, by benching Melky we get to see Betemit or Big Sexy play. Is the advantage they give on offense equal to what Melky gives on defense? I’m not sure but I really want to get Abreu out of RF because he is the worst outfielder in the majors.
good one damon!!!
“But what have they done for you lately Trish? A lot of dust on those OLD rings. It is about the here and now not the year 2000.”
Lately. 12 straight postseasons, 4 rings, AL East champs in most of those years. Bye now interbred monkey freak.
If Melky was in CF Young probably would have stayed at second base.
WTF? Why did Molina call for that pitch right down the middle?
ok so benching melky has cost us one run already.
come on Moose
“Haha outfield defense is HORRIBLE. Not that Abreu should have caught that but if Melky were playing there’d be 1 out man on second.”
And we’d be down a run
I’m just sick of Cano’s lazy attitude and free swing BS
“Tutalu”
Hysterical! What is that a Hawaiian name?
I wish that we knew how to do that.
“If Melky was in CF Young probably would have stayed at second base.”
he’s got a decent arm, but this is just silly. the ball was deep enough where both runners should advance on that fly ball.
Girardi’s got a squeeze box. That’s the problem.
i hate to say this but damon cost us two runs this inning. the linedrive he didnt catch and his poor arm.
Pete, you looked great during Girardi’s pre game interview. Nice Ralph Lauren polo!
The Sox are leading 12 -2. Ouch, 2-1 Minny.
Moose doesn’t have his good stuff tonight.
2-1 Twinkies, I guess the games over now
interesting watching the season unfold from the perspective of a pirates or royals fan…
I don’t like Betemit playing instead of Melky.
It’s crap.
I hope the Yanks (specifically our 2-9 hitters) are learning what to do when you hit .213 and you have a runner on 3rd with less than 2 outs.
People in here are amazing, they are calling for Melky to be benched, he is. Now they complain. seriously you can’t make people happy.
COmon Moose, get it together, this is a weak offense and you’ve allowed 5 hits in 2 innings.
think the Yankees can come back from 1 run down.
sacrifice fly? what’s that?
says the entire Yankees franchise
when everybody was joining the demote melky parade today, i pointed out that damon is no cf. it only took him 2 innings to prove me right.
Can we get Gardenhire to talk to our young players?
That might be enough. Have we hit our quota against the great Nick Blackburn?
that was a work of art, not flashy so you fantasy geeks and superstar lovers would not like it but 2 runs like that..
adam everett who cannot hit did his job.
I have no problem with damon in CF but his fielding cost the yanks a run, just be fair….
yeah cano with his usual pull the ball(really a ball) to the right side for no reason in the 2nd. He may learn his plate discipline from Captn. Moonroof… Who should have walked at least twice.. Lets see if the superstars can beat the common folk tonight, we will see…
Nice…Twins are 5-7 already the first time through the lineup….
“I have no problem with damon in CF but his fielding cost the yanks a run, just be fair….”
no. no it didnt.
It’s not Damon’s fault Moose has been terrible so far.
Kay sounds like a cheerleader for the Twins. I understand that he’s frustrated with the Yanks but they are still paying his salary.
Well, now that we are losing this team is probably going to keel over and die. I guess I’ll catch you guys later.
I don’t get this diving business. The Canadian divers weigh almost twice as much as the Chinese. How are they suppose to generate less splash? breaking the laws of physics?
Texas is trying to fight back. Now 12-6.
pavano’s night 4.1 7 5 5 0 3 2
he’s got velocity but looks like he’s still got quite a way to go.
Kay has always been a drama queen.
So are we going to rip on Moose now? Our most consistent player all year?
Please tie this up Yanks. Please?
I bet we’ll be retired in 9 pitches the next inning.
Cue yet again to the postgame: “Blackburn is good . . . I mean he just doesn’t give you much to work with. I liked our approach tonight, but you also have to give the pitcher his due.”
again melky defenders it is true he will save some runs but it also is true he does not create as many runs as he should ..
see mental midgets that is the problem.. the Yanks offense sucks so they need to sacrifice defense to make up for Melky’s ineptness, not real complicated even a moron can figure it out..
We do not have Willie Mays on our roster…
only 2 double plays so far for the offense… Blackburn has average stuff they should hit him hard…
Folks:
Lots of trolls on the blog tonight. Please ignore them. It must be free beer night in Boston.
Again, ignore them. Responding just brings meaning to their sad lives.
Thanks
Here come the Rangers. 12-6 and Boston just got hosed on a call that gives the Rangers 2nd and 3rd with one out.
Late to the party tonight and missed the comments, but did CC’s agent wet himself when he heard Hank’s comments?
Seriously, are the comments vague enough to avoid tampering, obviously not specifying a player.
Phil pitching a gem tonight som far. If anyone is there, would be great to get a first hand report.
How about CC, Joba, Wang, Hughes (back to his old self from end of last year). NICE!!
Then some serious reinforcements within 1-2 years coming up from AA and A this year and Brackman.
mel-
he’s a kid.
(Sarcasm alert) Good to see everyone remaining calm and not going crazy after the Twins took the lead. (Sarcasm over)
It would be funny if the Rangers somehow came back and won that game. 12-6 now
Betemit should not be on this team. I do not understand why they like him.
I like how Kay & Flaherty are getting their digs in. They’re not saying anything but the truth. The Yankees lack fundamentals, they can’t get a sac fly to save their hides.
Other than Moose going for 20 wins there’s not much to root for on this Yankee team right now.
“It must be free beer night in Boston.”
Either that or they’re really excited about the Byrd trade.
hmmmm
I saw something very interesting tonight. The suits they wear are almost like shark skin. They aren’t sewn together.
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/spo.....etail.html
Maybe the Chinese don’t have it.
Can you really be considered a switch hitter if you cant hit from on side.
Here’s my new designation
S/SO
Switch Hitter/Sort Of
“When the Yankees were three games out on July 26 (only 17 days ago), there were injuries then, right? They added Marte, Nady and Pudge and everybody was talking about the pennant. This collapse can’t be blamed on injuries. This team remains capable and is simply playing poorly. The injuries might have been what kept them out of the Series. But there is ample talent to make the playoffs.”
There’s no cut & dry formula for “when it’s the Manager’s fault”. Injuries are not his fault, occasional bad luck is not his fault. Unmotivated teams are his fault, leaving a pitcher in to give up 7 runs and 0 outs is his fault, not putting your best team out is his fault.
Johnny Damon is the only one who came to hit today.
who gave molina the 3-1 hit sign?
I went to pee and missed the top of the 3rd. What did that take, 2 minutes?
What was that, 10 pitches? Almost got it right..
Yankees are a lot like Texas… Never give up.
Down 2-1 the Yankees are swinging the bat with purpose, making the pitcher work, taking pitches, not GIDP.
The Rangers, down 12-2, have clawed back to 12-7.
I like teams that don’t quit.
Don’t worry, folks, it’s okay if we just keep on losing. Hank says so.
Evening, folks.
So we think Papi’s wrist could give out at any time, right?
“see mental midgets that is the problem.. the Yanks offense sucks so they need to sacrifice defense to make up for Melky’s ineptness”
well you may be a mental giant but so far this game betamit hasnt scored a run and putting damon in cf has cost us one.
i belive that puts us one more in the hole than with melky in cf.
if we were benching melky for a real offensive threat, it’d be one thing, but for betamit???!!!
Danob another bullet
guess he needs to rest up
“The Rangers, down 12-2, have clawed back to 12-7.”
How cool is that.
Damon another bullet
give him a rest
4 Train UT1,
Love the Sam Militello reference:)
Now if anyone remembers Fred Talbot and Frank Tepedino I’ll REALLLLY be impressed lol
“I went to pee and missed the top of the 3rd”
You need to pee NASA style to catch these at-bats.
trisha- how demoralizing would it be if they lost the game?
Only we need to win!!!
“I went to pee and missed the top of the 3rd. What did that take, 2 minutes?”
The pee or the 3rd?
How cool is that.
Would be really cool if the quitter Yankees would play with the same intensity and purpose and a Texas team that has no business coming back on Boston.
But as a side note, pretty cool. Kinsler is up with runners at first and second.
I have to grab some dinner but if anyone can give me exact times when swimming or gymnastics will be on live I would really appreciate it. I am embarrassed to say I just cannot get a flippin handle on finding out the approximate times, let alone the exact times.
Be back in a bit.
GO YANKEES!
good inning by moose
12-10 Boston
12-10 Boston
And oh yeah, I expect the Yankees to have put 3 or 4 runs up on the board, so let’s get working on it Yankees!
Damon gives 1 Damon takes 2
3 R home run Kinsler..
12-10 Boston…. YANKEE QUITTERS LOOK NORTH TO SEE HOW A TEAM DOES NOT GIVE UP.
Lets go Rangersssss
Red Sux 12 – Rangers 10 and still batting in the fifth!! This one aint over, baby! LOL
12-10 Here comes Texas.
That would be one heck of a comeback!
12 innings played in the Metrodome thus far this series — 1 run to show for it.
uh-oh…12-10. wouldn’t that be great to see texas come back
“Love the Sam Militello reference:)
Now if anyone remembers Fred Talbot and Frank Tepedino I’ll REALLLLY be impressed lol”
Hmmm, not sure but what about Jim Mason, Fred Stanley and Sandy Alomar up the middle or Jim Revering, Dave Collins and a washed up John Mayberry at first.
ARGHG^*#(^%*#$@*#$!!!!!
I had the under-21-runs in the Sox game.
We`d better friggin win tonight
And now back to 1-2-3 innings.
Yankees goal this inning… see 15 pitches
Boston troll seems to have died down quickly once the Rangers put up a 10 spot.
Hughes pulled after allowing a double and walk in 6th. Melancon on.
10 runs against zink… a craptastic version of wake. It was bound to happen… the yankees need to motivate if they want to win this game. With their lackluster roadtrip so far, doesn’t look good. I’m always hopeful, but I’m also realistic… outlook grim.
I had the under-21-runs in the Sox game.
That knock at your door are the bookies… Better not answer it.
That’s all for Hughes – left 2 on in the 6th and Melancon is coming in.
the sux gonna loose this game hahahaha
Haha on the Sux score.
However, Coco did make a catch that was incorrectly ruled. It should really be 12-6 I believe. Another argument for instant replay.
Not looking forward to Rasner tomorrow. That game will be brutal.
OK, the Boston/Texas game is way more amusing than this one. Go Rangers
Do something Yankee bats
Well there is 8 pitches and 1 out. 7 more pitches and 2 outs and order will be fully restored with the Yankees.
WHO IS GONNA STEP UP ON THIS TEAM!!!!!
at least this time – Jeter is having a gutsy at bat – albeit a whiffy one.
“Damon gives 1 Damon takes 2″
that’s innacurate. young would have scored on the single anyway, and damon would be in the game if melky was in cf.
its:benching melky -1, starting betamit 0, thus far. (i assume that giambi would be at 1b if melky was in cf)
jeter needs to be moved to #9 in the order. at least till he gets hot.
So if the Rangers won what would it mean if we lost, nothing. Take care of business here and don’t watch the scoreboard. We need to not lose 5 in a row.
Are we looking at 6-4-3 again??
Please no DP
Please no DP
Please no DP
hay! where did all those bosox fans go?
oh mr. melancon…
WHO IS GONNA STEP UP ON THIS TEAM!!!!!
My money is on Gene Monohan the trainer.
ARod is swinging at balls that are too low. He needs to look for something out over the plate.
And Ortiz is back to being Ortiz…
Melancon – wild pitch then 2 run single.
Hughes final line for tonight:
5.1 3 2 2 1 4 – 84 pitches, 50 strikes – 2.70ERA
Melancon came in and gave up a single to allow the 2 runners from Hughes to score. Inning still alive for Melancon.
i may not like astats, but im rooting like hell for him, as i always do…
let’s go Rangers! (stomp stomp stompstompstomp)
I dont believe in jinxes. But if I needed convincing – Bunny’s comments would be nice evidence.
The lady said she had a John at her trailer, LOL.
Would it be rushing Melancon to bring him up now?
I’m trying to figure out when was the last time we got 3 hits in an inning.
2007?
Melancon also threw a wp.
A-rod stinks!! hands down stinks!!!
14-10 Boston. Jeesh!
Uh oh. Boston got 2 on Youkelis Homerun.
When in the name of “Chicken” Stanley will this team put up a 6 spot in one inning to put a pitcher in a comfort zone ?
Atta boy Mr. 30 mil.
In the name of progress:
That Arod flyball out would have gotten the runner in from third if there was a runner there.
Why is A-Rod always trying to hit a HR? Somebody should tell him it’s ok to hit a single every now and then.
90% of this blog wanted to hire Joe G…..now the same 90% question his every move? Take a stand people…stay consistent because u have little credibility in the land of people who actually know something about baseball.
Boston up by 4 again….
Hughes hit 99 in the 5th.
“Hank is truly an idiot, and it burns me up. Not only is he giving up on this season, but he’s such a soothsayer that he knows the Yanks will win it all next year. As if these things are so much under his control. What a buffoon!
ZMan7777,
George predicted “we will win it all next year” right after the 1997 playoff loss. That worked out pretty well. Hopefully, soothsaying is a skill that runs in the Steinbrenner family.
when pretty boy a-rod and slumping jeter start to hit like they should then we will get 6 runs in an inning..
And the A-Rod follies with runners on continues.
c’mom big G
Dumb question but when was the last time the Yankees had a big inning, I mean like 5 or 6 runs in an inning
Nud, once they let Torre go, I wanted them to hire Girardi.
Now that he’s here, I question some of his moves.
That’s my stand!
nud,
i was in favor of joe g, and i think he’s doing a good job so far. not a stellar job, but its a joke that ppl blame the team’s woes on him. this is all about our 2-3-4-5-6 hitters, not melky, not girardi, not kennedy.
Bobby meachem, you are a killer.
i hate meachum
so 2 hits against some guy named nick blackburn.
this is by far the most pathetic offensive team ever.. they just flat out dont care or they are just playing so tight/tense.
im starting to thinks its the latter.. and if thats the case, it rests solely on girardi’s head.
this team is full of failures.. fire meachem!!!
why Meacham hold abreu at 3rd?????????????????
Third base coach might have cost us the game…
Fire Mechem I think that is someone everyone can agree on.
Brilliant Meachem. The throw went in to SECOND BASE. Abreu could have EASILY scored on that.
Richie sexson grand slam is the last big inning i remember
MEACHEM U IDIOT!!!
That hold will cost us
Brandon-Santana HR counter update
Please note – Meachem held a runner up at third.
And now guess what? our best RISP hitter is up…….brilliant job bobby meachem.
MEACHAM STINKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow what a nice single, this team really doesn’t like scoring runs
we really need a pick-em-up baseknock right here!
Why is everybody all over Arod. There was a fast runner on base and he hit a deep fly ball. Its not his fault Abreu didn’t tag up and score from first.
However, it is Wave ‘Em Round Meacham’s fault Abreu was held up at 3B instead of scoring.
Meachen, f**k you.
big hit nady????
The replay showed the ball was still HITTING THE WALL when he was rounding third. He would have EASILY SCORED. Meachem costs us another key run, brilliant.
meachum is fitting for being girardi’s 3rd base coach. we have bowa and torre we have the wildcard lead. 100% sure of this.
Bobby Meacham is not an ace.
HOW F-CKIN STUPID IS THIS TEAM.
THEY ARE PATHETIC MORONS..
INEXECUSABLE…
X FACTORRRRR
Nady just picked EVERYONE up.
X!
That Nady guy was a good pickup. Glad he’s on our team.
X to the rescue, again.
meacham!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Okay the moron got lucky on holding Bobby. But than he sends Giambi from first. He is lucky the ball got away from the catcher he was a dead duck!
can someone explain what it is when a yankee gets a hit with a runner on base?
YAY! The x-man does it again!
Did anybody else see the umpire point to the plate when Giambi missed it/ Who says the umpiring is awful?
Bobby M. got bailed out.
Pena to third. Tim Raines to first.
Meachem is the luckiest guy on the Earth right now.
Not only did Nady bail him out by getting the hit, but Giambi should have been held at third base and should have been out at the plate!
Meachem almost made two key mistakes on back to back plays wow.
it is still inexecusable..
terrible, meacham better get a brain or fire his ass…
nady ist krieg
Hey cano you really suck!!!
hehe
Nady obviously didn’t get the memo.
One swing Cano to go!
Giambi out by a mile, thank God the catcher dropped the ball. F**k you Meachen.
Good God will somebody in New York please give Meacham the axe.
Nice first pitch swing Robbie. Did you see everyone else work the count?
Robinson Cano is about as sharp as a bucket of baseballs.
George sent him to the minors after an error. Where’s George when we need him. Send Meacham to Trenton where he can pick up after Pavano. 5 ER in 4.2 IP. Thank god we won’t have to hear of anymore discussion about Pavano helping this team this year.
NADY THE SAVIOR
X is CLUTCH !!
“HOW F-CKIN STUPID IS THIS TEAM.
THEY ARE PATHETIC MORONS..
INEXECUSABLE…”
stop shouting.
Xavier Nady was a tremendous addition…
Bobby Meacham would be a tremendous subtraction…
What of these is the most boring of all:
(a) Watching Olympic diving
(b) Watching Olympic beach volleyball
(c) Watching Pizza bake
(d) Watching Yankees offense
Cano is a big rally killer. He just loves swinging at the first pitch.
And there is my boy Cano…
The Grim Reaper of rallies. Cashman needs to trade Cano while other GM’s think this season is an anomaly.
Giambi was thrown out by 5 feet if the ball was caught. Yet, there was Wave ‘Em Round Meacham sending the slowest runner on home! Doesn’t get better than that.
what is even funnier is the only guy who gets his with risp is a former pirate..
Love the Nady!
WHy can’t Cano take a pitch? The skipper should be all over his ass, if we had a coach, that is.
cano wants another 2 hours game
another 1 pitch out
Girardi is an idiot. how u talk to a baserunner whos head is away from the ball. He should be talking to the worst 3rd base coach in baseball
lol ok so that makes more sense. i was wondering how giambi scored from first
THAT is why i’ve been pushing for them to put nady in the 3 hole, abreu as cleanup and arod 5th. that puts them in order of clutch-ness.
lol ok so that makes more sense. i was wondering how giambi scored from first, been watching on gameday
cano and melky smoke to much pot
I still like Cano. I think this season is just him getting unlucky with his BABIP. Anybody know his actualy numbers since the all star break?
On second thought, as bad as Willie was at third, he’d better than Bobby.
Heh. Meachem is damned if he does and damned if he doesn’t on this blog.
Trade Cano. Please. Please. Please.
14-11 boston
Anyone else working on a Bobby Meacham voodoo doll?
Lets go Texas, there is another run!!
OK you can get on Meacham for holding Abreu, but sending Giambi was the right move. It was with two outs and very unlikely that Cano would get a hit and they would of needed a good throw to get him.
lol….. this boston game is more assuming
thank god for nady – cashman is a genius
(Heh. Meachem is damned if he does and damned if he doesn’t on this blog.)
It does seem like he makes at least one mistake a week. If I did that on my job I’d be fired.
Maybe the players should just do the OPPOSITE of whatever Meachem signals. That would work out great…like the Seinfeld episode where George did the opposite of what he would typically do…and things starting working out for him.
Mike –
.327 in July
.281 in August.
14-11 Boston, 2 on, no out, Delcarmen in.
by the way if the bullpen gives up the lead you can blame that on john ” i have weird hair cuts all the time” flaherty
Clay: George predicted “we will win it all next year†right after the 1997 playoff loss. That worked out pretty well. Hopefully, soothsaying is a skill that runs in the Steinbrenner family.
The 1997 team was excellent. That prediction (for 1998) doesn’t amount to going out on a limb.
angel, im not on the axe meacham bandwagon, but you’ve got to admit, that was consecutive really bad calls by him. and the # of guys who’ve been thrown out by large margins has been alarming this year.
14-11 Boston. Rangers have tying run at the plate with no outs.
c’mon Moose
Rangers about to tie this thing. 14-12, 2nd and 2rd no outs.
“cano wants another 2 hours game
another 1 pitch out”
Cano is a career .350 hitter when he swing at the first pitch.
How many times are they going to show that Everrett home run? That’s the third time we’ve seen it tonight.
cano wants another 2 hours game
that’s because there are great Salsa dancing clubs in downtown Minny.
Major props to the Texas Rangers.
14-13 Sox, man on 3rd, 1 out.
Who gives a s**t about the Sox? Worry about our team.
Moose doesn’t look good today.
Moose has been pretty bad so far. He needs to get his pitching together, because if we have to count on the ‘pen for more than 3 innings we are screwed.
This offense scores a high water mark 3 runs and the Moose has to give it back…
“lol….. this boston game is more assuming”
and what exactly is that game’s assumption?
craptastic.
Farnsworth in with the bases loaded, 2 outs.
TIE GAME RANGERS!
If we win and Boston does then our win means next to nothing.
its amazing that we have amateur hour as our coaching staff. i won’t even mention the guy who bats minor leaguers leadoff in critical games against a team 1.5 games ahead of us in the wildcard. but we went from having an all-star coaching staff of former managers and future managers to guys who if they were fired by the yankees would never ever ever work in mlb again. seriously, who would ever take on meachum, long or eiland? a far cry from stottlemyer, bowa, zimmer. there’s no one baseball smart that can talk things out with girardi and that’s one reason why we’re so far back now.
I’m not saying it wasn’t, but it didn’t end up hurting them. I could see complaining after the fact, if it cost them a run. And considering the amount of wailing going on the times he got someone thrown out at the plate.. well its just a bit odd to see him being killed for being conservative too.
Cano is a career .350 hitter when he swing at the first pitch.
Was .370 last week. But as I said last week. Three yrs does not provide enough history to make a legitimate statement that Cano is better served swinging at the first pitch.
Now teams have figured him out and he can’t hit the first pitch.
14-14 lol. wow
Tied at 2 TD’s a piece in Boston.
This game is taking forever unlike yesterday’s game that went by so fast that if you blinked you missed it.
But just saying’
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!
14-14 tie.
And the score was 10-0 at one point?
Adam Everett! Yankees’ pitching is just reaching an all time low..
…And they give it right back. This team stinks.
TK,
How is his slugging and OBP? Come on, he’s been awful for most of the season. 25 games worth of batting average doesn’t change 100 horrible games from him.
14-14 in Boston now. Where are the Boston trolls that spent the last few hours in here? Holding onto their Jason Varitek jerseys for dear life?
The Yankees may not be a very good team but, if the Red Sox blow a 10 run first inning lead at home and lose the game, the trolls need to stay behind mommy’s aprons until school is back in session.
14-13 Rangers back in it…
Remember when the Yankees could hit like that…
Now that was a change up
The should’ve brought in Paps when it became a save situation.
They should’ve brought in Paps when it became a save situation.
trisha
Yeah I think in the first inning. Nice to see the team didn’t give up. Unlike a team I watch and love. lol
“Cano is a career .350 hitter when he swing at the first pitch.”
I see this written all the time So I don’t doubt it but he’s swinging at the first pitch all the time and now he’s hitting .260.
14-14 at Fenway. This team would have been hiding behind their gum bubbles.
I do like Eiland and Girardi. However, I really miss Mattingly and Bowa.
The Rangers and Sox have scored more runs in six innings than the Yankees have in a week.
It’s easy for Texas to fight back because nobody expects them to do anything. The Yankees have nothing but pressure to deal with. That is much harder to overcome.
Oops, sorry.
Oops, sorry.
And Brandon needs to add another HR to the Santana tracker.
Dave in Pizza Hut,
There are skimpy bikinis in beach volleyball, Dave.
Whats with the next year crap out of Hank? Byrd to sox and we dont block it , what gives? We need George!!!! Daddy would have never let us go with 3/5 of our staff either washed up or aaa pitchers at best.
yeah, it looked to me like cano got a good pitch to hit and just missed it last time up.
that plus giambi and nady hitting solid liners is a good sign.
looking for something big from astats this inning.
So ya see it’s 15-14.
BUNNY! WHERE ARE YOU BUNNY!!!
We have a real pitcher’s duel at Fenway….now 15-14 Texas leading the Sox in the top of the sixth.
“What of these is the most boring of all:
(b) Watching Olympic beach volleyball”
dave in pizza hut-
two person beach volleyball is physically tougher than baseball.
granted
you can die playing baseball, but you can feel like you’re going to die playing high level beach volleyball.
beach volleyballl players are in much better condition than baseball players. just look at kerri walsh
as an example:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/h.....555338.stm
and texas takes the lead …. wow.
SJ,
Cano has not been awful for most of the season. He was awful in April. In May he hit .295, in June he hit .287, in July he hit .327 and so far in August he’s hit .281. Not what we expect but far from awful.
…What the heck is going on in Boston?
15-14 Texas. My GoD!
Anybody else think Pandora.com is one of the greatest inventions in mankinds history
Haha…forgive me, I just became a Rangers fan. Man, I’m going to watch BT tonight.
15-14 Rangers
Adam Everett’s career OPS+ is 69! He’s worse than Melky.
I’m sorry I was busy watching the Texas offense in my split screen damn those mofos can hit
Boston is as flawed as we are. Their bullpen is no good. If we could get a run going we could catch them.
you guys do realize that byrd is owed $1.8M the rest of this year and we have hughes, joba and pavano all coming back, right?
that and…..he sucks!
Oh Boy…Wilson “Let the Ball Roll” Betemit is up.
Hey all – haven’t been around in a while…living life a little, enjoying the Olympics and keeping an eye on the Yankees.
Here’s hoping things get A LOT better VERY soon!!!
each team scored two td, and Texas went for the two point conversion and got it.
“Where are the Boston trolls that spent the last few hours in here?”
I don’t consider myself a troll because I will show up no matter what…lol
“Anybody else think Pandora.com is one of the greatest inventions in mankinds history”
play it all day long in my gallery. customers are always asking about it. listening right now.
i can’t believe my eyes – Betemit saw 8 pitches… hell just froze.
Bobby Meacham and Mike Harkey were Giradi’s choices from outside the organization. Rob Thomson, Tony Pena, Kevin Long, and Dave Eiland were the suggestions of the FO.
Lets rub it in to Sox fans so more come out, not too smart. And then we lose on top of it. Brings them out again.
Go Rangers!
What a crazy game. I’m sure there will be lots more runs scored.
Forget the Sox.
Just forget them.
If we don’t start winning it won’t matter.
I seriously think Carlos Gomez can catch a sac fly on the RF line if he were to start from the LF line.
Feldman needs to buy a lottery ticket. He gives up 12 runs, 10 in the first inning, and end up with a no decision! lol
Jeter looked like he was bored talking to Pudge. lol
“Meanwhile, Bobby Meacham is having another rough night at third base.”
Paging Willie Randolph… paging Willie Randolph…
Beach volleyball players may be in “better” shape than baseball players, but can they eat innings?
I think not.
http://myteamrivals.typepad.co.....angels.jpg
Well, if we could just WIN A DANG BALL GAME, while the Sux Bullpen implodes and the Rays start their swoon vs Oakland tonight….I could stop pulling wings off flys for sport for at least the next couple of days….
“Boston is as flawed as we are. Their bullpen is no good. If we could get a run going we could catch them.”
They have Beckett, Lester, Dice K
What do we have? It is what separates them.
“TK,
How is his slugging and OBP? Come on, he’s been awful for most of the season. 25 games worth of batting average doesn’t change 100 horrible games from him.”
I thought you frowned on stat geeks SJ – you know the numbers as well as I do. He had an awful april/march and has been hovering around a .300 average and a .643 OPS first half, .923 OPS second half.
You don’t like his attitude and that is your prerogative – just don’t distort the facts.
“If we don’t start winning it won’t matter.”
Doesn’t work that way anymore. Winning isn’t good enough. Other teams have to lose now.
My love for Molina never wavers.
…What the heck is going on in Boston?
a team is trying to win a game.
I love you, ray !
cano and melky must learn with molina
12 pitchs and a walk
Paging Willie Randolph… paging Willie Randolph…
paging in your dreams
Sheffield hit two dingers today. I guess he’s trying to impress people who may claim him off waivers.
The Rangers/Red Sox game is wild
Any other fans of the band Kinski here? Sorry to be so off-topic, just curious
I wouldn’t be shocked if Cano is traded this winter. I think they are at wits end with him. Maybe Torre thinks they can get him focused and motivated. A lot of teams would take him especially with that contract. You can find a decent 2b.
We won with Sojo, Mariano Duncan, and Andy Fox playing 2b. While Chuckie K couldn’t throw of course.
interesting Nady is the one hitter not touched by Kevin Long’s teaching…and he has been so far our light.
Anyone know what Hughes really hit on the radar gun?
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/f.....A960958260
if you can, take a quick scan at this article from october 96. you can tell that joe g doesn’t have a relationship like this with any of his staff. and the sad thing is, can you really, outside of maybe pena, compare any of them to the amount of knowledge that torre had his first year with the yanks. i mean imagine if even bowa was the best coach this year, i’m sure things would be a lot different.
There goes the Captain
JETER!!!
He’s got an edge alright!
oh s*** Jetes got a basehit
Jeter didn’t try to do too much with that swing. Good approach by the Captain.
here we go, nice timely 2 out hits tonight, i like what i see. hopefully it is a sign of things to come….or maybe im too hopeful
Mission Moose 16 is back on track.
Any guesses on where Sheffield ends up?
“Sheffield hit two dingers today. I guess he’s trying to impress people who may claim him off waivers.”
I’d guess it would take more than that for a team to sign on to paying him $14M in ’09.
i mean bench coach and not best coach. although….
I guess he really does have an Edge.
TK,
I’m not distorting the facts. He’s been one of the biggest disappointments on the team this year. That’s undeniable.
Do you really think they expected him to hit .260 this year and need a big push just to get to .260?
He’s had a terrible season and he’s having an awful roadtrip right now. His defense and effort has been deplorable for the last 3 weeks.
He’s a talented kid but, he’s immature and he has done nothing to help this team this year.
Who knows, perhaps they will put up with him and bring him back.
If he doesn’t get an attitude adjustment and decides to bring some effort to the ballpark on a daily basis, he will play himself off this team. As he almost did in June when the Yankees almost shipped him to LA.
c’mon bobby, get on i can feel an astats-bomb coming
“They have Beckett, Lester, Dice K
What do we have? It is what separates them.”
We have Jose Molina!
“Mensh” whenever I see a comment that elevates the Sux over the Yankees and then see it is the ONLY post under the name of a poster, I never believe for a minute that it’s written by a Yankee fan!
By the way, nice job by your boys to cough up a 10-0 lead!
nice job jeter….hopefully this will build some confidence….3 two-out RBI’s
Jeter looks hurt. uh no.
Whoa Jetes!
Big spot for ARod with 2 on and 2 out. He can help extend our lead with any sort of hit. Will he do it?
Why would you sell low on Cano? He`s one of those players that rely almost exclusively on average. When he gets unlucky with his BABIP then that goes down and basically destroys his whole value. The past two years he`s been lucky. This year he hasn’t.
Derek Jeter, this guy’s got an Edge.
Tonight’s Texas Ranger lineup featues no player hitting under .285.
With any kind of pitching, they could pound the Angels into submission.
He looks hurt.
Jeter is always trying to play hurt. All he is doing is making the injury worse.
Can’t say that I thought capt. DP I mean DJ was going to get a hit there but thinking about it again….. Derek Jeter? That guy’s got an edge.
“Any guesses on where Sheffield ends up?”
Detroit
It would not shock me to see him go to Boston. With Ortiz hurting they need a dh. I know he is ‘itching about dhing in Detroit, but the soxs are leading the wild card, so he might not care. Although he can’t block anything right?
One thing that might stop the soxs is his salary for next year.
Any guesses on where Sheffield ends up?
TB, Minny or the Mets
Crawford to have surgery on hand
Two-time All-Star outfielder expected to be out 6-8 weeks
That not good at all. He and Longoria out will certainly hurt.
Yes, Bonser. the Yanks sure love t-ing off him.
Is there a better run organization in MLB than The Twins ??? Angels are good, however they spend money….The Twins are so efficient from top to bottom…..
A-rod sucks!!
thumbs up again for arod
damn… i really though he’d come through there.
Runner on second no out for Texas!
Sheffield stays where he is. No sane team actually thinks he`s worth his contract.
Ugh, A-Rod needs to go on one of those crazy hot streaks where he carries the team.
“Big spot for ARod with 2 on and 2 out. He can help extend our lead with any sort of hit. Will he do it?”
Nope.
Alex being Alex.
A-Rod, very clutch yet again. Not even against Boof Bonser…
Nobody is taking on 14 million dollars to bring in Gary Sheffield. That’s even before you get to dealing with his BS.
He will stay in Detroit because nobody wants him for that price tag, his declining skills, and the BS he brings to every club he goes to.
“Bobby Meacham and Mike Harkey were Giradi’s choices from outside the organization. Rob Thomson, Tony Pena, Kevin Long, and Dave Eiland were the suggestions of the FO.”
Andre Robertson would be better. Never a good sign for job security when the third base coach is the topic of conversation. Like an offensive lineman in football, anonymous is the best bet.
I think it’s asking too much for A-Rod to get a hit that means anything..
…..Don’t ask me
A-Rod is useless. Dispicable. More so since it was against Boof Bonser. Ugh!
SJ –
The team needs to get younger and more athletic (we agree on that I believe) – I think the new contract made Robbie press early in the year and he has been improving since that.
It has been a disappointing year – but dumping him this off-season would be selling low and would hurt the team in the long run – imo.
16-14…..texas
Arodis pulling everything what is up with that?
If I can see it can’t he?
Stop pulling the ball and just get singles with 2 men on base..
the twins have had I think 3 or 4 guys in scoring position all night and 3 have scored, is that correct?
thanks..
I was really hoping that ARod would come through there.
nobody is going to pick up sheff’s poison-pill contract for next year. the only way he leaves detroit is if he pisses them off so much they pay off more than half his 2009 salary just to get rid of him.
16-14 Rangers now!
George Costanza for hitting coach.
could the mets use sheff i mean how long can you ride someone like fernando tatis?
trisha – I am a Sidney supporter and also put my money on Arod starting to hit again.
August 12th, 2008 at 9:03 pm
And oh yeah, I expect the Yankees to have put 3 or 4 runs up on the board, so let’s get working on it Yankees!
Just sayin’…
Why does A-Rod make 9x more than Xavier Nady? Can anyone answer that for me?
stuart, arod flied to right last time up
Please Moose don’t give the run back!
I got $ 70 bucks on the line that the Mets close out tonight’s game. It’s 4-3 Kunz (thier Joba) will pitch the btm. 9th
Kung Fu Chicken
August 12th, 2008 at 9:54 pm
I just received an emial from Minister of Foreign Affairs in Ghana. Looks like I inherited a boatload of money!! Who knew! wooohoooo
Will you be getting yours in blazing copper?
- I apologize but with all these Ford commercials I feel like im being brainwashed. Yesterday I asked my gf if she thought Derek Jeter had an edge. She said no, she’s a red sox fan.
Ugh they can never make it easy can they?
Yet another superb crucial at bat by Alex “RISP” Rodriquez.
When the chips are down he’s the go to guy.
c’mon Moooooose
“Why does A-Rod make 9x more than Xavier Nady? Can anyone answer that for me?”
Because he’s a much better player??
PLEASE strand this run.
Can I ask where this ‘Cano is .350 when swinging at the first pitch’ comes from?
His 2008 line when he swings at the first pitch (and it’s fair):
.235/.232/.309
That. Is. Not. Good.
George Costanza for hitting coach.
George Costanza for starting pitcher
My Sox are going to claim Sheffield off waivers as long as he can make it to Boston by the next inning to pitch out of the bullpen!!!!!!!!!!
(Why does A-Rod make 9x more than Xavier Nady? Can anyone answer that for me?)
Because Arod is going to be the all time home run champion. Nady is having a nice year but there is no guarantee that he will do it next year. ARod will be great for years to come as long as he doesn’t get injured.
“Why does A-Rod make 9x more than Xavier Nady? Can anyone answer that for me?”
apparently cash and hank kept bidding up against each other and came up with the reasonable figure of $300M.
Come on Moose! You are as tough as they come.
“Because Arod is going to be the all time home run champion.”
note the lack of any mention of winning and rings….
Mike NYY we all saw Costanza coaching up Danny Tartabull on that episode of Seinfeld. I bet he could make A-Rod hit 60 homeruns.
That Marlon Byrd who was tormenting the Yankees is 5 for 5 tonite. Good to see him spread it around a bit.
(My Sox are going to claim Sheffield off waivers as long as he can make it to Boston by the next inning to pitch out of the bullpen!!!!!!!!!!)
Your bullpen might be taxed for the rest of the series. I think you have used everybody except for Papelbum.
I have to admit, the A-Rod haters are starting to become amusing in a way. Its almost just part of being a Yankees fan.
Clutch pitching is so sweet.
CY MOOOOOOOOSE!!!!!!
“I got $ 70 bucks on the line that the Mets close out tonight’s game.”
Brandon, you shouldn’t gamble. You’re an emotional guy.
HOW do you blow a 10 run lead?!?! Yanks have to win this game. What inning does Pudge pinch hit for Betemit?
(note the lack of any mention of winning and rings….)
Those will come as well. It might not be this year but Arod will win at least one world series as a Yankee. I have no doubt.
gutsy effort by Moose
note the lack of any mention of winning and rings….
Because A-Rod starts, is part of the bridge to Rivera, and is named Melky Cabrera
let me start by saying that I want A-Rod on this team until he hangs up the cleats for good…that being said…these stats this year for him….STINK !
.
Man on 2nd .147
Bases Loaded .143
Close and Late .229
Scoring Position .239
Scoring Position & 2 out .213
.
How he has an average of .313 is amazing ! He needs to start stepping it up….and like, NOW !
.
Also, Marlon Byrd is 5-5 tonight and has elevated his average to .300. I guess he just needed to feast on some AL East pitching to find his swing.
“My Sox are going to claim Sheffield off waivers as long as he can make it to Boston by the next inning to pitch out of the bullpen!!!!!!!!!!”
As he is walking to the plate – he’ll demand an extension and accuse you of various ‘insensitivities’ if you refuse.
Brandon, you shouldn’t gamble. You’re an emotional guy.
Trust me it’s in the bag
barely, ONE ring in 14 years as a yankee, THAT’s what you expect? that would make his contract a bigger disaster than pavano’s.
who the heck is Gio Gonzalez and why is he pitching for the As tonight?
“How he has an average of .313 is amazing ! He needs to start stepping it up….and like, NOW ! ”
That will happen when the rest of the team is hitting below .300 He generally doesnt have to worry about guys on in front of him or being close when it’s late. lol Maybe it’s just a small sample size anomaly.
Not an A-Rod hater but the guy is as un-clutch as they come. He wears number #13 because Dan Marino did. How ironic, two great players with no rings between them.
There was a poll on SI or ESPN (forgot which one) that asked MLB pitchers who they were most afraid to face in a tight spot…guess where A-Rod ranked?
#10
Enough said, A-Rod scares nobody.
Moose is really gritting this one out. Doesn’t have his best material tonite, but he’s making it work so far in a close to must win situation
“Mike NYY we all saw Costanza coaching up Danny Tartabull on that episode of Seinfeld. I bet he could make A-Rod hit 60 homeruns.”
Don’t mean to be pimping my blog, but that Costanza clip is posted there. Just click on my link.
It always makes me laugh.
Bunny
August 12th, 2008 at 7:33 pm
10-0! Papi again!
Bunny that was so cute! Can you please hop in here and give us an update now?????
RIshi Gio is one of the A’s top pitching prospects.
Giambi either walks, whiffs or hits a dinger.
Maybe Jeter should hit leadoff so he can’t hit into a DP in the 1st inning.
Boston is so excited about picking up Paul Byrd that the entire team is completely out of focus.
If Cano swings on first pitch, he needs to be banished to minors.
LOLOLOLOL @ bunny…..nowhere to be found now eh??
There really is nothing better than seeing a Sux troll shut up by their own team’s maximum suckage.
Thanks, Brandon – so we can expect decent things from him
Anyone know any sites that give RISP splits by month?
“apparently cash and hank kept bidding up against each other and came up with the reasonable figure of $300M”
Funniest post of the night.
C’mon this is your chance to put the game away
Interesting
YEH BABY ! Run me my money !
“HOW do you blow a 10 run lead?!?! Yanks have to win this game. What inning does Pudge pinch hit for Betemit?”
kidjock, you should have been here earlier when ever sux troll in the universe crawled out of their sewers at the same time to bust our chops about the 10 run lead! It was priceless, especially the three cent special who calls herself Bunny!
The Mets didn’t blow the game for Santana. He must have threatened to kill somebody if he didn’t get a win.
Just got in and saw the Yanks score- Go Yanks!!! and the Sox score- what the heck is happening there? Was my grandmother pitching for the Rangers and the Sox tonight?
I know a lot of you hate hearing this, but the Yankees have to get Manny on this team next year. I agree he is declining, so shorten his contract and give him 2 years, $50M. He’ll play for that.
The guy is a natural born killer. I think there’s something wrong with him actually. Its like he doesn’t remember any of the previous at-bats in his career when he’s at the plate. He’s like a goldfish. His memory is only a few seconds long.
All he knows is that there is a ball coming, and he has to hit it with the big wooden stick. And boy does he do it with perfection.
Just picture him behind A-rod. The amount of pressure that will be taken off A-rod will stop him from pressing.
Manny a Yankee in 2009. We can make it happen.
“HOW do you blow a 10 run lead?!?! Yanks have to win this game. What inning does Pudge pinch hit for Betemit?”
kidjock, you should have been here earlier when every sux troll in the universe crawled out of their sewers at the same time to bust our chops about the 10 run lead! It was priceless, especially the three cent special who calls herself Bunny!
And the Mets bullpen has officially held onto 1-run lead to get the win.
“Can I ask where this ‘Cano is .350 when swinging at the first pitch’ comes from?
His 2008 line when he swings at the first pitch (and it’s fair):
.235/.232/.309
That. Is. Not. Good.”
Career numbers – as stated in the original post – check http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/canoro01.shtml
Bet please remember your Bobby Coxs roots
Well, you have to take points off for the purple lips and frosted hair. And Nady is much cuter. Right ladies?
Alex Rodriquez will never be accused of being a contact hitter.
pat,
Is your name Pat DelCarmen?
c’mon beta, just lift one to the OF and bring that run home. be the anti-astats here!
ARod will be great for years to come as long as he doesn’t get injured.
Not in New york. He can’t handle being a Yankee.
Hey why aren’t the fans screaming about Betemits # 14
That’s Sweet Lou !
SONOFAB******
OMG ARE THE YANKEES THE WORST!!!
I’m with you there, Mel
Betemit is less than useful… worthless.
That guy really sucks. We couldn’t even trade him if we wanted to.
Don’t forget-Michael Phelps race at 10:21pm for those interested
What a surprise, Betemit with the K.
When is phelps on so we can see some clutchness??
1st and 3rd one out and nothing.
“Career numbers – as stated in the original post – check http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/canoro01.shtml”
Ah, career numbers – his 2008 numbers stink though, and it’s not ‘bad luck’.
Betemitless couldn’t even sac fly in a run…
really how inept can 1 team be when it matters???
It i like ground hog day, the same thing over and over again..
they just suck..
He pulled his head off the pitch before it was 5 feet from the plate…..Damn that’s bad…
manny is a quitter.
I think it was asking too much for Betemit to hit a sac fly……
It’s sad when our offense can’t even score agains Boof.
is it really too much to ask them to do SOMETHING with runners on? Perhaps then everyone doesnt have to feel like they need to homer.
Robinson Cano is another Rod Carew.
man Kevin Long is lucky I’m not the GM I’d fire him at 5 AM for this crap hitting.
(Well, you have to take points off for the purple lips and frosted hair.)
I thought that I was the only one who noticed that his lips were discolored. I wonder what that is from.
mel
That was my maiden name.
Is 30 runs close to the single game runs record?
so we just HAD to bench melky in cf to get betamit into the lineup eh?
damon in cf has cost us one run and betamit at teh bat just cost us another.
like i said, i can see benching melky for, say mastsui, but for betamit???!!!
A-Rod is just not a money player. Trade him to the Royals where he can hit 50 homers in peace and not have to worry about big hits and the like.
I’ll take Gordon, Greinke and Soria.
we should get some type of special payment to watch this horror show.
they are so inept when they have RISP it is staggering and all the Bill james fans do not tell me it is bad luck, it is just stupidity over and over and over again…
“Ah, career numbers – his 2008 numbers stink though, and it’s not ‘bad luck’.”
You’re being a tad generous
Yeah, they aren’t good.
Boston Comeback
Lets not be so quick to talk trash
Two players Girardi likes that i just can’t understand:
1) Betemit
2) Melky
Though it seems he is losing a little love towards Melky, i just don’t get how frequently Betemit finds himself in the lineup when he is mostly ineffective.
Texas reminding us in Boston, they are still Texas.
16-15, 2 on, none out.
If you guys aren’t careful bunny may come back. Now 16-15 Texas with Boston threatening for more.
It isn’t that Betemit didn’t try to get the sac fly. I mean how many Yankees have been able to deliver that run from 3rd lately? Don’t think we should get down on poor Wilson necessarily.
Betemit stinks.
Scott Proctor is having season ending surgery. I wonder how much of that is to blame on Torre.
“He’s like a goldfish. His memory is only a few seconds long.”
Hysterical!
“Is there a better run organization in MLB than The Twins ???”
pat m.
that’s what i’ve been trying to say all year.
the twins really do teach their players to play twins baseball at every level. everyone is on the same page.
stan and stu cliburn are at triple a as manager and pitching coach and just spit out players who can help at the major league level right away.
stan has more experience managing than giradi, and stu has more experience as a pitching coach than eiland.
and these are their triple a manager and coach.
“man Kevin Long is lucky I’m not the GM I’d fire him at 5 AM for this crap hitting.”
If you were GM, Brandon, the bullpen would be Taschner/Threets/etc., and the coaches would be changing weekly.
trisha – it’s lile clockwork; every time the Sux get a big lead or have an early game, the trolls are crowding the board. As soon as they start losing we get to have real baseball talk.
error for Texas 16-15, still no outs.
I’d really like the Yanks to win this one. It’s been awhile.
Cano swung at ball 2 at his feet, and weakly grounded out. Why this coaching staff continues to let him hack away is a mystery. He should be taking all the way in that situation.
and here come the freaking red sox…
oh look Robi was awake there.
skeptic. manny quit on the red sox because he was just as sick of them as they were of him. i agree he quit, and that’s a sin in the world of competitive sports. he wanted his money, and because he didn’t get it, he stopped playing hard.
manny was wrong, but also brought those bums not one, but two world series rings. i think they’re even now.
The Red Sox are still going to win that damn game.
“Two players Girardi likes that i just can’t understand:
1) Betemit
2) Melky”
Injuries are such that he’s somewhat compelled to use these guys moreso than he’d probably like. Not much that can be done about that, but it does speak to a lack of depth.
skeptic that is 1 bad and innaccurate post.
Betemit is not playing because of Melky and again Melky has like 11 RBI’s in over 2 months that is Adam Everitt like.
Betemit with his 287 OBP is slightly better hitter then Melky and his 297 OBP…
So according to Flaherty the problem is the Yankees are too talented,,,, That is Bullsh-t..
Bull….
I am really not impressed with Girardi.. You have Betemit who strikes out 33% of his total at bats and is batting .250 in a situation where at the very least we need a sacrifice and you don’t pinch hit for him? Sorry, righty vs righty be damned, pinchhit for the bum.
Then we have Pudge on the bench hitting .290ish and we let Molina stay in with Moose just about done? Moline is batting .130 with runners in scoring position! The yankees offense is bad enough without the bad managerial decisions being thrown in the mix.
Don’t even get me started on Meacham..
That’s exactly what I mean Long can’t teach situational hitting, Bet swings at that pitch like if he was trying to hit a 500 ft shot instead of making contact he swung through…my god FIRE LONG ALREADY
What does Kay not understand? You cant expect Betemit to hit a sac fly its a surprise when the guy makes contact to begin with
Here’s how good the Twins organization is: they figured out they needed to get rid of Livan and then they did it!
(Don’t think we should get down on poor Wilson necessarily.)
He’s never done anything. It is not just tonight. They guy doesn’t add any value to the team. I would rather have Miggy Cairo back at this rate. We should have kept Mientkiewicz.
kidjock….you can ask any number of people on here. I post on here sometimes when the Sox are way behind and I really make an attempt not to talk trash.
Sweet Lou!
How soon they forget.
Betemit and Molina is like having too pitchers hitting in your lineup.
Oh, and add ARod and Cano to that list. That makes 4 pitchers hitting in your lineup. That’ll win some games…righhhhhhhttttt..
“Robinson Cano is another Rod Carew.”
cano this year does remind me of carew.
of course carew is about 65 now.
“manny was wrong, but also brought those bums not one, but two world series rings. i think they’re even now.”
They were even when $20 million in checks cleared every year.
If I was a billionaire – I think I’d want this Phelps character to apply for a position as lifeguard
“trisha – it’s lile clockwork; every time the Sux get a big lead or have an early game, the trolls are crowding the board. As soon as they start losing we get to have real baseball talk.”
kidjock I think it is both selfish and classless for Sux fans to show up during our games I don’t care who they are. If there is any time Yankee fans should be able to hang out with each other without any interference or jabbering from “them” it’s during our games. I don’t personally care if they want to talk baseball to anyone who wants to talk baseball with them at any other time. But during our games is just wrong.
meanwhile – Michael Phelps is a freaking machine…
do you think he can play baseball?
If you were GM, Brandon, the bullpen would be Taschner/Threets/etc., and the coaches would be changing weekly.
they’d be in the minor league system being tuned up by Rafy Chaves or Scott Aldred or Nardi, not at the pro level.
I will vouch for ray the (sox fan), he is a regular and quality poster here on LoHud.
He’s also in deep denial about his love for the Bronx Bombers and may end up in therapy or worse before he figures things out.
can Moose go for 1 more??
then send Mo for 2 iinings haha
It sounds like Phil was good tonight, by the way, with his velocity pretty solid at 93/94. From what I can tell (from what posters on other boards are saying), he was working on his breaking pitches (mostly the changeup) and didn’t throw the FB that much. Someone speculated that the Yankees probably told Phil to work on his pitches and forget results, and that’s a good idea. So far, so good.
Poll Question:
Do you send Moose out in the 7th?
(I say yes!)
Yeah juggy that is shrewd. since we have a bench full of big time clutch hitters like; melky, irod, christian, and sexson.
yeah that is a no brainer to put in one of those studs…
really do you wake up this stupid or you get hit in the head during the day?
ANd IRod has been tremendous so far for the Yanks so if they pinch hit him it is a for sure run just like last night you stupid MORON…
“What does Kay not understand? You cant expect Betemit to hit a sac fly its a surprise when the guy makes contact to begin with”
Forget about Kay, he’s only thrown a baseball 8 or 9 times in his life.
wow that was too close..
I think the Yankees should sit around and watch Michael Phelps for some inspiration. There was a time when they were as determined as he is.
Good thing Damon was hustling.
stuart,
if melky was in cf tonight, the twins would have one less run.
if melky hit in place of beatmit, we’d have the same # or runs, most likely.
therefore, if melky was in cf and beta on the bench, we’d be at least one and maybe 2 runs further ahead.
Ray – I’m not talking about you or the other Sox fans who want to talk baseball, I’m talking about the trolls who just want to stalk people and spew crap.
I don’t mind Sox fans coming here as long as they don’t just come to trash the Yanks although we`re doing a good job of that on our own.
Big out for Texas there.
OK, 1st and 3rd, nobody out. Anybody betting on 0 runs?
com’on Bobby sac fly pleeeeeeeeeease !
get them home
here we go….c’mon Yanks…crush them here!!!!
Well, this looks quite promising…
I’ll place bets on at least 2 runs.
Last call everyone?
Good job by Texas pitching. Holding Boston to just 5 runs in the last 6 innings. Think they miss CJ Wilson, out with season-ending surgery?
nick in sf-
only after they milked every inning out of him to the tune of a 14-9 record with him starting.
if the twins make the playoffs , i guarantee the players will give vote a full playoff share.
So far so good with the Sux kids.
They must have burned their pen just a little tonight. Obviously Texas must have done the same.
1st and 3rd, no one out, cross your fingers, we score two or more moose is on the mound in the 7th
“Do you send Moose out in the 7th?”
Only 92 pitches, bit it was a hard 92. I’d see how this half plays out before sending him out for the 7th.
im just saying that the increased offense you get from benching melky and playing betamit isnt a net plus when you figure in damon not being a major league cf.
id make that trade off for matsui but very rarely (and never in minnesota or tampa) for the likes of betamit/sexson.
ray (sox fan)
August 12th, 2008 at 10:22 pm
kidjock….you can ask any number of people on here. I post on here sometimes when the Sox are way behind and I really make an attempt not to talk trash.
I wouldn’t lump you in with the trolls who come here just to get folks riled up. I can’t say I mind talking about the sox since I live in Boston but I can’t stand when you get that college aged preppy kid who just wants to yell Yankees Suck and talk about the 2 rings. That’s not intelligent baseball conversation. You’re good people though ray.
can someone tell me how many time this year damon and jeter had consecutive hits..
i bet its not alot.. i dont understand why that combo just doesnt work
“I think the Yankees should sit around and watch Michael Phelps for some inspiration. There was a time when they were as determined as he is.”
Next year the Yanks are going to trade in the standard issue pinstripes for PINSTRIPED SPEDO LAZRs.
NASA – get on it!
Bobby is good at beating out those DP balls.
I think we got a break with that call
Holy, we got an RBI!
1st and 3rd…not outs.
Worst case scenario: Bobby K’s and ARod GIDP.
bobby swinging first pitch?
lol @ the Boston pen. Everyone but Oka let inherited runners score.
Anyone got a site where I can find inherited runners scored stats?
The tide is turning!
We will overcome!
Let’s Go Yanks!!!!
that was nearly HORRIBLE SITUATIONAL HITTING
A fly ball scores a run, my god Bobby consider yourself lucky there.
Abreu is channeling his inner Cano
Thats one of the perks of being left handed you get to 1st .1 second faster
Not bad…
they really hit into another DP..
they suck it is staggering… abreu got lucky the umps suck as much as the yanks do…
“if the twins make the playoffs , i guarantee the players will give vote a full playoff share.”
His appetite would accept no less.
Yeah, some of us are DVRing the Olympics. Thanks
Yahoo!
I do care about Sux fans interfering during our games I don’t care who it is. This damned blog is open and people are here just about 24-7. There is PLENTY of opportunity for them to talk baseball. Why during our games??? Let them watch their own games or go to their own forums or just be quiet and sit in the background. I consider them a jinx.
It’s too bad that Tampa doesn’t have to play a stronger opponent. Oakland just isn’t that good.
Cano = Carew…Man how fast has his stock drop…..He’ll come back, he’s a prime talent……
He was out. We have been on the wrong end of a lot of those, blue must have thought his foot came off the bag on the stretch. This answers the question of whether to bring moose back out. First batter on, Moose leaves.
2-0 Oakland
c’mon astats, put this one away here!
We could really use a huge inning like the angels had against us just so that the offense feels better about itself and gains confidence
How many easy double play balls have the Yankees hit this year? Talk about poor situational hitting. That was a horrible call, Abreu was out.
I am starting to agree with the FIRE KEVIN LONG crowd. I mean how many guys have to go into the tank until you have to start wondering about this hitting coach? One or two guys OK, it happens, but the whole frikkin team…COME ON!!!
““if the twins make the playoffs , i guarantee the players will give vote a full playoff share.â€
His appetite would accept no less.”
How does the bandwagon handle at altitude in those twisty mountain passes randy?
Christian is a CONTACT hitter and can be used.
Yes, what was I thinking.. Of course Molina, a lifetime backup and career .200 hitter would definately be a better selection for a hit rather than Irod who is currently batting .291 this year with 323AB and a hall of famer life time avg of .302.
I conceed my stupidity and your point is very well taken. You, my friend, are a genius.
line up when Matsui comes back
Damon-CF
Jeter-SS
Abreu-RF
Arod-3B
Giambi-1B
Nady-LF
Matsui-DH
Cano-2B
Pudge,Molina-C
WE HAVE TO MAKE THE PLAYOFFS
c’mon arod – insurance runs
Not really into the Olympics but I know the swimmer Phelps was going for the record of 9 or 10 gold medals tonight, 2 chances to do it. What happened if somebody can enighten me?
Someone just went yard in Oakland.
c’mon A-Rod send this one out of here
“meanwhile – Michael Phelps is a freaking machine…
do you think he can play baseball?”
if I recall correctly, the last time the best player in the world from another sport tried to play professional baseball, it didn’t work out so well.
they really hit into another DP..
they suck it is staggering… abreu got lucky the umps suck as much as the yanks do…
Stuart I said the same thing in my head, that was near putrid situational basehitting.. had it had been 1 out this is another busted situation w/ RISP. A FLYBALL , HOW HARD IS THAT !!!
Come on, Oakland!
Forget about Kay, he’s only thrown a baseball 8 or 9 times in his life.
Ya and that was against the wall of the studio during a commercial.
to whoever is wondering about ray (red sox fan)
i will vouch for him too as a well respected poster.
nick on the other hand…
nice…how predictable alex
come a-rod do u ever want to be called a winner?
DP A-Rod.
After the 6th inning he can’t get a hit. It’s like a curse.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA oh my lord is that 3 DP’s for A-Fraud tonight??? He is such a bum it is a disgrace.
jesus christ arod – it’s getting harder and harder to root for ya. Yer killin’ me dude.
Now lets see people rip Alex for that. If the runner wasn’t going, it would have been a base hit up the middle.
A-JOKE! He should be giving back 3 million for everytime he kills a rally. But then again we don’t want him to starve to death, so that might be a bad idea.
Man, Kazmir has not been the same since the ASG.
geez arod…another GIDP.
DP-Rod!!! No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Unclutch-Rod…
Let’s hope the bullpen holds up.
Oh Alex..
Wow, I’m stunned: A-rod hits into a DP. It’s been what, a day or so since his last one…
Sox trolls who show up during games are a jinx?
For whom?
does it seem to you guys that astats uses that nice easy swing when the hr swing is called for (runner on 1st w/ 2 out last night and tonight) then goes with the homer swing whenever there’s a RISP or a guy on 3rd with less than 2 outs?
The only good thing about that out is that Alex gains no points on his BA tonight, he really has swung like crap tonight and thae first time he gets it right is when the situation comes back to bite him.
FIRE KEVIN LONG ALREADY
ARod is just in a bad place right now. It happens to all hitters at some point. He will eventually snap out of it.
Arod is S-T-ruggling
And what a shock people rip him.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA oh my lord is that 3 DP’s for A-Fraud tonight??? He is such a bum it is a disgrace.
I guess you are not watching the game live?
“Man, Kazmir has not been the same since the ASG.”
No he hasn’t. He’s struggling in a big way these days.
VORP (Value Over Replacement Player) is a counting stat. So the more at-bats you have, the more chances you have to earn it. It’s not a rate stat. VORP is offense-only – it does not measure a player’s defensive contribution.
Yankee leaders by Value Over Replacement Player:
Alex Rodriguez 53.7
Johnny Damon 32.2
Jason Giambi 28.9
Bobby Abreu 24.1
Derek Jeter 22.6
Hideki Matsui 21.7
Xavier Nady 8.4 (only as a Yank)
Jorge Posada 8.1
Robinson Cano 3.1
Melky Cabrera -4.2
According to VORP, Mike Mussina has provided more positive value at the plate this year than Melky. Not to pick on him, since I love his defense, but this isn’t an issue with Melky. It’s the issue with a front office that let this situation linger too long with another center fielder (Johnny Damon) on the roster.
Nick in SF is obsessed with randy. Get over it, Nick. It’s creepy.
moose’s back…tanks god
I somehow doubt Kevin Long is telling them to go out there and hit into double plays.
“Now lets see people rip Alex for that. If the runner wasn’t going, it would have been a base hit up the middle.”
It’s amazing how many uneducated Yankees fans there are.
I swear.
Mike Lowell has a strained right oblique muscle.
Oh well.
Ben Francisco just threw four pitches nowhere near the strike zone for a leadoff walk on Ellsbury. Ridiculous.
Kasmir at 49 pitches after 2 innings. He hasn’t been pitching well lately at all. I hope that continues.
Do you A-rod supporters understand that A-rod is not built to be the #1 option? He needs someone behind him who is the “clutch” hitter to get the pressure off. The guy tries to be too perfect, which is the reason for his poor performance.
Feel free to take a look at this site for player’s “clutchness” numbers. A-rod is last in the league!!!
http://www.fangraphs.com/leade.....38;month=0
“How does the bandwagon handle at altitude in those twisty mountain passes randy? ”
not too well, but it is by design.
livan is pitching badly on purpose for the rockies so they’ll release him and he can come in and save the day for the yankees.
“ARod is just in a bad place right now”
I don’t know – isn’t the Mall of America nearby?
nice to see Pudge catching BP sessions in the middle of the game, he should learn the staff quicker that way.
Does ANYONE ever even vote for the Chevy Player of the Game??
We all know Melky stinks. We don’t need to see useless stats proving it. Is the sky blue???
If Abreu is standing at 1st, that’s a base hit. Of course, you would only realize that if you were ACTUALLY WATCHING THE GAME.
How did Mooes throw an 85 mph fastball past a major league hitter?! Pitching has nothing to do with the radar gun.
I’m not going to sit here and make excuses for Alex failing but how good would you be at your job if you were divorcing your wife who was sleeping with Lenny Kravitz and Madonna was trying to get you to convert to her brand of voodoo?
A lot of people forget that last year A-Rod was hitting game winning homeruns left and right. A-Rod for MVP 2009! lol
jennifer, I just think back to last spring and how Alex carried this team for so long and ignore the other comments. Men, not machines.
mike lowell left the game with an injured back??? how???
Do you A-rod supporters understand that A-rod is not built to be the #1 option? He needs someone behind him who is the “clutch†hitter to get the pressure off. The guy tries to be too perfect, which is the reason for his poor performance.
Feel free to take a look at this site for player’s “clutchness†numbers. A-rod is last in the league!!!
WOW, $300M doesn’t buy much clutch nowadays. lol.
Moose is our MVP this season. I would like to get a few more runs. Veras hasn’t been good lately and we need some cushion.
MooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooose
Moooooooooooooooooooooooose!!
Jonathan NY, welcome to the blog (or to your new screen name).
randy and I have had a respectful back-and-forth for some time. But thanks for your input, as it is.
The sentiment to fire Kevin Long is ridiculous. A-Rod is one of the greatest players of all time. He’s got to stay out of so many double plays. It’s on A-Rod, not Long.
The same “advice” Long apparently gave last year made the Yankees a dominant offense. All of the sudden he forgot how to coach?
Nice job by Moose -
Girardi came out to the mound at exactly 100 pitches and checked on him. Glad to see Moose finish the inning.
Looks like Mikes night is done. Didn’t have his best stuff tonight but he grinded it and gave the team what they needed.
mike lowell left the game with an injured back??? how???
ohhhh and that’s not good.
Scorpio I support him because he is one of ours.
“It’s amazing how many uneducated Yankees fans there are.
I swear.”
You’re the King. Tell us.
Pedroia just got his fifth hit of the night. Ellsbury scored to tie the game at 16-16.
16-16
16-16. Freakin’ Dust-mite
Uh Oh
Tied game in Boston
Pedroia is 5 for 6.
PUDGE IN THE BULLPEN, WHERE HE BELONGS
Boston teams come up an’ they die, an’ the Rays kids ain’t no good an’ they die out. But we keep a’comin’. We’re the team that lives. They can’t wipe us out; they can’t lick us. We’ll go on forever, Pa, ’cause we’re the YANKEES.
MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSE!
It’s amazing how Pedroia is more clutch than any of our hitters
Blaming the hitting coach because the greatest stat compiler ever coming off one of the greatest seasons ever can’t hit with runners on all the sudden?
Makes sense.
I just looked up Bob Fellers stats. His 1946 #’s are sick
42 starts/ 372 innings/ 25-16 record/ 2.18 era/ 348 k’s
They walked Ellsbury and he comes around to score. Walks will kill you. Someday pitchers will learn this lesson.
19-16 sux
Youk just kicked a field goal.
19-16
Next season’s day 1 lineup:
LF-Johnny Damon
SS-Derek Jeter
RF-Xavier Nady
3B-Alex Rodriguez
DH-Manny Ramirez
1B-Mark Texeira
C-Jorge Posada
2B-Robinson Cano
CF-TBD
Drool…
The question of Cano or Pedroia that was posed last yr and all winter has become a joke.
Alex is the ’08 Most Valuable Playa.
Pedroyer ties it up, but I wouldn’t be too sad to see a little more from the bullpens.
“Pedroia is 5 for 6″
Be nice to have a second baseman who produced like that.
and boston retakes the lead … damn it
and that’s why the Red Sox boxscore has nothing to do w/ us.
Texas just gave up the lead. That’s really too bad.
“Feel free to take a look at this site for player’s “clutchness†numbers. A-rod is last in the league!!!”
Nooooo, it can’t be not our ARod!!!!! He’s our 300 million dollar man. We got him for the next 9 years.
Wow. Nice going Cashman.
girardi and the yankees whould watch the last 3 innings of every red sox game to see how a team with some heart plays the game.
Crap Poukilis
I guess Boston is trying to prove that they can score without Manny.
I hope bunny doesn’t come hopping back.
Most runs scored in a game by two teams……49
August 25,1922 CUBS 26 Phillies 23
“It’s amazing how many uneducated Yankees fans there are.
I swear.â€
Didn’t know you needed an education to be a yankee fan?
ok now how hard is this. we’ve seen the other team move runners over and score them with productive outs for the last 5 days, you think they understand how it works now?
move him over and flyball him in for one freakin time!
Fredo Corleone
August 12th, 2008 at 10:49 pm
Youk just kicked a field goal.
19-16
That is easily the funniest thing i’ve seen all week. Good job.
We’d be retiring Youkilis’ number if he played 1b in the Bronx.
Thanks Twins.. really walking Cano is this a joke
lets see if Girardi counters with melky like last time
Cano works out a BB – He’s coming around!
Wow. What a surprise? The Rangers give up a lead…good thing the Yanks couldn’t do much against them.
The question of Cano or Pedroia that was posed last yr and all winter has become a joke.
Only for this season. In the end Cano will have a better career than Pedroia.
Why is Betemit on this team still?????
why the hell intentionaly walk cano??
We’d be retiring Youkilis’ number if he played 1b in the Bronx.
I agree here.
double steal?
.
Glad to see Cano not swing at the first pitch on an intentional walk. I expected he would.
Why does Nady always have to have such a giant swing??!!!
The same “advice†Long apparently gave last year made the Yankees a dominant offense. All of the sudden he forgot how to coach?
Possible Yankees have forgotten how to hit, field and run the bases; and it is basically the same team.
Yesssssssss!!!!!!
and he gets a big hit
shocking!!!!
youk what a show off
I guess everyone can get lucky at some point.
Perfect! Betemit is at his peak, let’s trade while he still has some value.
Can we put an end to these posts about next years lineup already.
Why not put Pujols at 1b and Hamilton in RF and Holliday in LF. Go all out.
Bet w/ you it’s love and hate…This guy seriously drives me nuts, so much potential yet so much stupidity.
yes, an actual baseknock, way to go beta.
that makes it damon in cf:-1
betamit batting:+1
its a wash.
Did that just happen? Betemit!
I guess Girardi is a good manager now that Betimet drove in a run
Thank you for the breaking pitch, Jesse Crain
http://fowlballs.blogspot.com/.....ation.html
“Pedroia is 5 for 6″
Be nice to have a second baseman who produced like that.
Arizona State Sun Devil… Played for Pat Murphy, either hit and field or carry the water cooler.
Would love to have Pedroia at 2nd base over Cano.
Wilson says shove your Proctor jokes, Peter.
Great job by Cano. Maybe he doesn’t understand the game we play here in the United States.
Cano must have went to the Jose Reyes school of base running.
This was probably discussed earlier, but I’m lazy and won’t search…
Is the consensus that Phil Hughes is coming up now? What about Hank’s statements? Was it just excuses?
wow – this team just loves those double plays
So how much do you think it would cost to bring Cano’s dad up to the ‘States to travel with the Yanks so he can pitch BP to him every day. Seems that the hottest streak he had was after his dad kicked him in the pants and told him to play hard.
Feldman looks like Cy Young against us last week.
He gives up a 10 spot tonight in Fenway.
Cano is our Manny – there’s another Robbie being Robbie with no accountability
Did Cano just forget how many outs there were?
No, Betemit stinks, don’t buy into the fluke hit. He sux more than he shines.
Wow I didn’t realize until I looked at Gameday that Papi hit two 3 run homers in ONE inning.
So, apparently Marlon Byrd doesn’t just kill us. That’s an error, but he’s 5-6.
“Why does Nady always have to have such a giant swing??!!!”
Man – have you seen what he has done this year? Why would you mess with that?
The kid with no brain gets doubled off. He never seems to amaze. But why should he care he got his $$$ guaranteed and it doesn’t seem like the manager cares enough to address anything with him….
Do the Yankees lead the league in committing DP’s??
With a Yankee win we should have a Ticker Tape Parade.
“Can we put an end to these posts about next years lineup already
Why not put Pujols at 1b and Hamilton in RF and Holliday in LF. Go all out.”
Actually I’m penciling in Gehrig circa 1931 at 1B.
That play shows that Cano’s head isn’t always in the game. That is something he can overcome.
Any chance this bum Marte can hold this lead?
The same “advice†Long apparently gave last year made the Yankees a dominant offense. All of the sudden he forgot how to coach?
The thing I dislike about Long is he tries to make every one a HR hitter instead of a contact situational hitter..look at Arod he took the credit for him, but Melky earlier in the season Long was preeching how he has power potential that he has yet to use…FOR WHAT ? Melky was already good, I missed the 3 -4 hits Melky would give us, Brett Gardner came up and Kevin Long already had him trying to drive the ball 400 ft to the porch in BP…sometimes hitters aren’t meant for it, I’d take a situational smart hitter over a power bat any day.
Jesus Marte….
You can always count on Cano getting into a double-play. Hitting or running, he’ll find a way
19-17. Tying run coming up.
“Cano is our Manny – there’s another Robbie being Robbie with no accountability”
Manny hits and gets on base and is as clutch as they come.
Please don’t compare a guy hitting 250 with an OBP of 300 with thw GREATEST RH OF THE PAST 30 YEARS.
Marte continues to be a disaster on this team. When is Girardi going to stop pitching him in the 8th inning??!!! Yet another pitcher who so far can’t pitch in NY.
““Can we put an end to these posts about next years lineup already
Why not put Pujols at 1b and Hamilton in RF and Holliday in LF. Go all out.â€
Actually I’m penciling in Gehrig circa 1931 at 1B.”
Think we can convince Yogi Berra to catch and Don Larsen to pitch?
Kay: Looks like Marte is emerging as that 8th inning guy, a bridge to Mariano – BALL SLICED DOWN THE LEFT FIELD LINE FOR EXTRA BASES!
marte – prove your worth darn it
Kazmir closing in on 70 pitches in the 3rd inning.
f***
here we go again with marte
Jen, Bunny would be an idiot to hop back in (which means we should probably be seeing her) because only a person with a marginal IQ would do flips over taking the lead in that game and gloss over the fact that you blew a 10-run lead. Yankee fans would be puking about giving up that kind of lead and talking about how LUCKY we were to pull the game out – and they’d be right. And then they’d dwell the rest of the night on blowing the lead.
One season does not prove that Cano is terrible, let alone that Pedroia is better than him.
I have no idea what has happened to Cano this season. But given that his approach has remained identical, and plenty of players thrive (see Anderson, Garrett) without great plate discipline, I’m not even close to giving up on him. Maybe the contract has gotten to him.
He’ll be back. Trust me.
I think we’ve seen 3 DIFFERENT ways to hit into a DP this game.
With nothing to play for at this point, we could try to break the team record for most double plays hit into for a season. Something to shoot for.
Oh look, everybody, Yankee Fan Idiot #1 has arrived – say hello to CaptainsCorner!
Strikes Marte
Marte’s good numbers were against NL hitters who aren’t as good as AL hitters. We should not be surprised that he’s not doing as well with us.
I’m very surprised Veras isn’t out there. He’s earned the right over Marte, who IMO has not impressed as a Yankee.
You know, I was expecting more nastiness from Marte, not his best impression of Felix “The Run Fairy” Heredia.
C’mon!
Marte your more special than this, find yourself please.
Wish I could trust on cano, but really why would I?
Watching the games tell me he has his head up his ass more times than not. Casual in the field, ZERO plate discipline and now careless on the bases.
Mariano should pitch the 8th and 9th everyday. we need him because the rest of the bullpen stinks.
Cano is still going to be great. He just needs a kick in the ass. He has all the tools to be a very talented player. He just needs to hussle more and develop patience at the plate.
Has A-Rod left any more men on base lately ?…the LOO !
That’s it…
Gotta go to Mo!
Now Marte needs to be pulled. Can’t lose this game because you’re feeling loyal to Marte.
Why is this feeling like deja vu from the other night?
Put Mo in!
So if I am Girardi, i have seen nothing that would make me pull marte.
so I am going to leave him in and see if he can get out of this mess.
I thought MArte was supposed to be our LOOGY?
Now he’s our 8th inning powder keg?
Molina just chewed out Marte.
Nibs, if Hank the Tank can start talking about next season and guaranteeing things, we can speculate on opening day lineups. Adding Texeira and Manny to the lineup is not unrealistic.
Wow…this Marte character isn’t really that good, huh?
Marte fails again.. I’m not very impressed. Hopefully he shows something down the stretch because he would fit very nicely as a lefty setup man next year (if he can pitch well).
Congrats Yanks, you’ve found a left handed version of Krazy Kyle.
anytime the red sox have to bring in okajima and papelbon after leading 10 -0 in the first is not a total loss.
though a loss by the red sox after blowing a lead that big would have made my day.
as it is , it may take them days for the bullpen to recover.
wakefield being out could really hurt them by what it does to their pen.
“Cano is still going to be great. He just needs a kick in the ass.”
Yeah but just how far do you think Bowa can kick?
How bad has Marte been?
That trade could end up looking awful for us in the long run not to mention the short run. Think we could use Karstens right now?
Guess Veras and Edwar aren’t the set-up men of the future.Wonder if Nick is crused.
Girardi should of slowly brought Marte into the later innings. It is obviously a little different closing for Pitts. in last place then pitching for the Yanks. Veras should of pitched the 8th…
Brandon,
I don’t have the game where I am…what did Molina seem to be saying to Marte (obviously, you probably can’t lip read)?
I hate baseball. I hate this season.
I hate everything.
Hahahaha I can only laugh at this point. Pathetic..
I just threw up on my cat.
ive seen it all now
Saw that coming. Every pitch Mo threw was up in the zone missing his target.
OMG.. Mo
WTF MO????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
Oops. Looks like Mariano has hit that point in every season where he has a few bade games in a row.
disaster strikes again. This the first blown save for Mo?
We can’t buy a win.
My god…
Poor Moose.
is JT going to blame this on Pudge too ?
phuck the yankees. im done watching them this year
This team really sucks. I don’t know how such a great collective bunch of players, can do so poorly.
Nothing left to do but just laugh.
Mother******
Marte may be the worst Deadline pick up since Gagne. At least they could stash Gagne as a mop up man.
disaster strikes again. This the first blown save for Mo? He shouldn’t even have been in.
ARE YOU KIDDING ME – IS THIS A JOKE
I mean “Crushed” like that ball.
Hopefully this isn’t the blast that kills this season.
great… just fin great
Wow…Rivera just gave up a 3-run homer? You have got to be kidding me. If this isn’t the nail in the coffin for a season, I don’t know what is.
An now Mo joins the fray….
this is so f*ing sad it is just funny.
The Yankees just suck so friggin bad. I don’t even know what to say.
we`re screwed
The disaster Rivera continues……Not a save and Mo looks like Benitez…Just AMAZING!!!!
marte is the product of the weak NL. never be tricked again by nl stats. poor moose wont’ get his 20 wins.
“Think we could use Karstens right now?”
That he started his Pirates career with 15 scoreless innings means nothing except that he’ll be that much worse when he returns to earth.
He managed to get a 3.78 ERA in his first stint with the Yanks. His extreme flyball tendencies predicted disaster. Disaster is what happened.
Woww this may become our worse loss of the yar and that is hard to do.
Girardi lost confidence in Veras after the 2 jacks the other night.
Wow all those stupid plays all game long such as Cano baserunning come back to haunt them wow what a shock.
this team is so stupid the players are so undisciplined the team that plays right scores.
this team is pathetic and it is undeniable.. they are morons ..
Next year, we bring in CC, Tex AND Manny….our rotation will be a combination of :
CC
Joba
Wang
Andy ?
Moose ?
Hughes ?
Aceves ?
.
and our TEAM of bats may actually start playing AS A TEAM ???…Looks good to me….
Ummmm? Yeah? The only reason I am watching the rest of the season is just to see Moose get 20 wins. I hate you!
#16 for Moose denied.
This is just a terrible season.
Still have high hopes for the team? Even the star closer gets clobbered.
Unbelievable.
Let’s get it back guys.
Garrr me mateys. This ship has sunk.
You know who I feel bad for. Mike Mussina. This is why he’ll never win 20. This game was a W.
u gotta be kidding me can anything more go wrong with the Yanks this season
Way to screw Moose out of a win.
“Saw that coming. Every pitch Mo threw was up in the zone missing his target.”
Exactly, that at-bat didn’t look good from the get go for Mo with the pitch location.
and there goes a win for Moose – at least the chase for 20-wins was something to watch for…
I need some pepto
This team is just imploding all levels. Looks like all of those DP’s will again come back to haunt them.
On a night that Boston blows a 10 run lead, they still come back to win, and this team, blowing chance after chance, blows a lead. And it wasn’t Mo’s fault entirely, he made one bad pitch. This team failed to score again with a runner at 3rd and 1 out, and Cano got doubled off for no reason in a spot with Damon coming up next with runners on.
All the mistakes add up. This team is giving away their season.
“wakefield being out could really hurt them by what it does to their pen.”
That guy does eat some innings. Probably some consideration given to that fact when the made a move for Byrd.
Fruitbat coughs it up. LOL.
The Sox win 19-17 after blowing a 10 run lead.
This loss would put the nail in the coffin.
somehow that must be pudge’s fault…or a rod
So now let’s have the offense pick up Mo.
There goes Mikes 16th win
Just horrid.
The bullpen officially sucks.
i just wanted a nice smooth win where i could go to sleep early and this is what i get
AHH
I am physically ill..
This season is Murphy’s Law personified.
Red Sox give up 16 runs yet stll win.
Hey Good News the game isn’t over. Melky can pinch hit and Big Hank says we going to be extremely dangerous next year. I can’t wait!
It’s hard to believe, but this is the biggest disaster of the year. On a night where Boston comes back from blowing a 10-0 lead, Mariano gives it up with a ton of help from Dumass Marte. Unbelievable. If you didn’t believe it before, this is the end. Oh, and don’t say “the game’s not over.” Yes, it is.
hey lets try to hit a HR this inning instead of doing the little things that usually works out doesn’t it???
Marte 0 and 2 on 2 guys that get hits..
watch these softies crumbled like little babies
Meaningless September games at the Stadium to close it out?
GET RID OF DAMASO GAGNE NOW!!!
The game isn’t over by the way.
The Yankees should have scored a few more runs before. Opportunities have been there.
But Marte really isn’t good. Did he do that in Pittsburgh do? Or did he just come in for 1 hitter there?
I blame Long for that too.
How is Girardi managing that pen now?
Come on offense.
If they weren’t dead already this would surely kill this team.
A good team would have a hard time bouncing back from all the punches to the gut this roadtrip.
i’m speechless if we lose this game, that may be a loss we never recover from this year, WOW
Veras has been GREAT all year. Suddenly marte is on the team for a couple weeks, and takes over the 8th inning? He’s done absolutely nothing as a Yankee to earn that spot over a guy who’s been doing it here all year. Just ridiculous.
It has been said before and it is true. The Yankees think that they are the Cubs and the Cubs are playing like a true Yankees team should. It is bizarro world HELL and we are just SO DAMN LUCKY to have to watch this garbage until this team finally puts us out of our misery by either NOT making the playoffs ( likely ) or getting their @$$e$ handed to him EARLY instead. Good night, friends….I can’t take this POOP any more.
Bronx Jeers,
I just threw up my cat.
Dematso BUST Marte
Marte=bust
No way we’re winning a game where Mo gives up a 3-run homer.
Cashman must go
Rivera has been dreadful…Young hasn’t hit all year and every pitch was a perfect pitch for him to hit up in the zone…
I hate Girardi. He’s awful. He had Veras warming up for a while, so why not bring him in to start the 8th, or at least finish it after Damaso Farnsworth again blows up. Mo shouldn’t be pitching in the 8th inning.
Skrew this, phuck this team. Phuck this season.
Phuck baseball.
I’m phucking done with baseball.
Pete would say it is Girardi’s fault to bring Mo in even if it was a save situation
Mo has blown so many games this season when game is tied, if it did not happen Yanks would be leading the WC. Not to blame Mo, but that is how snakebit the team is right now.
I just knew it-leave Marte in to let Minny tie the game.
Guess we won’t be picking up his 6M option-more money to spend on CC!!!
Now it’s Rivera in a tie game again. Mussina just lost his chance at his first 20 win season.
Yeah at least we had the chase for 20 to watch with Moose. Now who knows. I am ILL!!!
Just end the damn season already. I can’t stand this ineptitude any longer.
Tonight’s game is a perfect example for why judging how good a pitcher is by the number of wins he has is just a bad way to judge performance.
Moose was great again – and yet he gets nothing to show for it.
If Moose doesn’t win 20 games and we hear baseball writers not voting for him for the hall of fame because he never won 20 games this season will be even more sickening in the future.
Just inexplicable – the variety of ways this team blows games.
i guess the yanks will try and just go back to hitting a home run to attempt and end it
maybe thats why they lose about 90% of extra inning games on the road
oh yeah and the fact that they have no clutch hitting or bullpen
Damaso Gagne was a real find.
Now MO has joined the fun…. what a disappointing season.
Next thing we know, Joba will come back and be awful too.
Thats the only other thing that could go wrong.
Hey, who wants to start the campaign with me?
FIRE GIRARDI
people keep saying the Yanks are unlucky that is not true they are STUPID .SO stop the BS excuses. Yeah Cano got unlucky on his smart baserunning or Marte on his bad pitches to a guy who has 10 MLB AB’s..
they deserve it they are stupid and play bad baseball.
bottom line
Turn out the lights. The fat lady has sung.
This team does not have the fight to score any more runs.
“And it wasn’t Mo’s fault entirely, he made one bad pitch.”
Any 0-2 pitch close enough to take deep is a PUTRID pitch. That is Mo’s fault. But he was merely throwing gas on Marte’s fire.
That just cost Moose his 20. Unbelievable.
If Marte had done his job, we wouldn’t be in this spot…
My question is, going forward, if we can rally and win this game, what can we do to fix this bullpen…
As it stands it’s either Mo or no one…that won’t work the rest of the way…
What do we do?
Well when it rains it pours braniacs. Anyone still think this team plays in October…HAHAHA, good joke. We haven’t played even poor baseball, we’ve played embarrasing baseball. And now our perfect closer has given up a rare save, the luck isn’t falling either. Face it people, just not this year, enjoy football season and get ready for 2009.
take,take,take,take,take,take
I don’t see how the Yanks will touch this bullpen now.
It’s amazing how many bad players have their way against Yankee’ pitching. In this game only, Everett and Young.. just great.
I hate the month of August
Aaron, it’s the curse of thinking it’s fine to have Sux posters here “talking baseball” during our freakin’ games.
Where’s the jinx Nick? THERE’S your jinx.
easy second guess, but I didn’t like him bringing in Mo for 5 outs. I would like to see Robertson get a shot at the 8th or even Edwar there, not Mo. Girardi is having a bad couple of weeks.
I really feel bad for Mussina. This is the year he was going to win 20 games which would have an inpact on his Hall of Fame chances, if he does not reach 300 wins.
If they lose this game, they are pretty much done. Boston came back from blowing a 10 run lead and we blew a game we had in hand. There is no way they will recover, not only with the team they have on the field, but mentally, from a loss like this if they don’t score and win it.
Are there tears in Rivera’s eyes?
Pick-up Marte option then trade him.
You got to pick up that cheap option.
How is Girardi managing that pen now?
Making Joe Torre look like a genius.
Whoever still thinks or hopes the Yanks will make the playoffs, should go buy a Powerball ticket, because their chances of winning the big prize are much higher!!
There is a point where even the most optimist have to give up and accept the fact that the Yankees have this year the worst team possibly in the last 15 to 20 years. Not talking about individuals, but as a team.
Everyone knows that the Yanks aren’t coming back from this..They should give go home now.
CB,
Explain that bit to the people who trash Johan Santana here. Thanks.
Jeter, he’s got an Edge.
“But I agree with a recent blog entry from Joel Sherman. Every team has had problems, including the wild-card leading Red Sox.”
The Red Sox lost their winingest starter and best power pitcher? I must have missed something. Yes, losing Ortiz was big.
But since Spring Training the Yanks have placed on the DL Pettitte, Wang, Joba,Bruney, Hughes, Matsui, Giambi,Damon and A Rod. Jeter probably should have been DL’d for his hand injury.
Compare that Ortiz, Beckett and Dice K. They missed the fact that Schilling was injured when they signed him. That’s not so much an injury as it is mismanagement. Lowell now appears headed to the DL as well. Sorry, but there’s no comparison.
I’m not making an excuse for the Yanks poor play. Of course they should be better regardless of the injuries.But Joel Sherman compares the Yanks and Sox injuries for one reason. To grab a headline. Unfortunately, Pete fell for it too.
“FIRE GIRARDI”
Yeah. Damn him for inflicting boatloads of injuries and dancing around naked on the field when they have RISP.
Im sort of hoping for a DP here. I can’t bear to watch Alex in that spot.
GIDP
Alright Bobby you are set up…. don’t disappoint…. be the ball… GIDP be the ball GIDP
@Mike – omg. The game obviously is not over since one team has to have more runs than the other after 9 innings or more.
And this by far is not the biggest disaster of the year. I remember A-Rod stealing 3rd 2 nights ago, Yankkes giving up a lead and getting 8 or so runs in one inning 3 nights ago. How can this be a bigger disaster? The whole season is one, blame Girardi. He’s in control.
Hey Michael Kay…you don’t carry a team with singles you dope!
Jeter is 4 for 4 against Reyes. I’m just surprised Nathan isn’t in yet. It will most likely come down to A-Rod again.