Game 143: Yankees at Mariners
Posted by: Peter Abraham - Posted in Misc on Sep 07, 2008 
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YANKEES (76-66)
Damon CF
Jeter SS
Abreu RF
Rodriguez 3B
Giambi 1B
Nady LF
Matsui DH
Cano 2B
Molina C
Mussina RHP
MARINERS (55-86)
Suzuki RF
Reed CF
Beltre 3B
Ibanez DH
Lopez 2B
Balentien LF
LaHair 1B
Johjima C
Betancourt SS
Feierabend LHP
Mike Mussina (17-7, 3.39) vs. the Seattle hitters.
Ryan Feierabend has never faced any of the New York hitters.
Notes: The Yankees are 4-2 on their road trip and leave tonight for Anaheim. … The Yankees are 7-1 against the Mariners this season, outscoring them 58-24. … Mike Mussina is going for win No. 18. He hasn’t that many since 2002.
NICE TO SEE YOU: Bobby Abreu is 9 for 14 against Seattle RHP Carlos Silva in his career. Derek Jeter is 7 of 15 and Alex Rodriguez is 6 of 16. Robbie Cano of 5 of 11 with three homers. Update, 2:29 p.m.: This doesn’t matter now as Silva isn’t starting.
Back later with updates. It’s still early here.
UPDATE, 2:43 p.m.: Seattle starter Carlos Silva (bad back) was scratched and replaced by LHP Ryan Feierabend. He is 0-2 with a 6.53 ERA in four starts. Feierabend has never faced any of the Yankees. This can’t be good news for the Yankees.
UPDATE, 4:25 p.m.: That’s 205 homers for Jeter and 1,000 RBI. He’s tied with A-Rod and Winfield for 11th place in team history. The Big G is 10th with 206.
UPDATE, 4:34 p.m.: The Angels flipped their starters. Garland goes Monday and Weaver on Tuesday. They’re giving Weaver an extra day to get over a cut on his hand.
UPDATE, 5:11 p.m.: More history for Jeter. That last hit gave him 2,518 in his career, tying Babe Ruth for second place in franchise history. The record of 2,721 is held by Lou Gehrig.
UPDATE, 5:37 p.m.: That’s good baseball there, A-Rod getting picked off first with a runner on second and two outs. The Mariners ran a play and the Yankees (A-Rod and first base coach Tony Pena) fell asleep.
UPDATE, 6:02 p.m.: Why did Molina bat down two runs in the seventh inning? What is point of having three catchers if he’s going to be allowed to hit?
UPDATE, 6:05 p.m.: Meanwhile, Moose comes out of the game. Why did Molina stay in to hit then? It’ll be interesting to see how Girardi explains that. Molina was 0 for 7 on the trip to that point.
Or how the Yankees fell into fourth place. That, too.
UPDATE, 6:23 p.m.: Alex was 0 for 10 in the series. He’s 4 for 33 in his last 10 games at Safeco Field. … Meanwhile, Jose Veras does he has been doing pretty consistently lately and gives up a run.
UPDATE, 6:34 p.m.: The last 14 outings for Jose Veras: 12.2 innings, 15 hits (3 HR), 10 earned runs, 8 walks.
UPDATE, 6:38 p.m.: Unreal, they lost 2 of 3 against Seattle. The Yankees are now in fourth place, a half-game behind Toronto. They have not been in fourth place this late in the season since 1992.
“It’s still early here.”
But sadly late in the season for the Yankees and too far back in the standings.
I wonder if this was a bit of tongue in cheek?
Get win #18 for the Moooooooooooooose
Bobby Abreu is showing the Yanks that they need to keep his bat in ’09. He’s hit .375 with a .429 obp and .600 slug% in the last month. The Yanks are fooling themselves if they believe Nady is a comparable replacement.
I like Mussina’s chances for 20 wins.
I think if we land Tex we won’t need Bobby. If not, Abreu is needed.
Today’s game should be a win for us hands down. However, we all know how the Yankees play against crappy pitchers. I know we’re all hoping to give Moose another W towards his quest for a 20 win season. Just a look ahead to our series with LAA.
Pavano vs. Garland
Aceves vs. Weaver
Pettitte vs. Santana
Not horrible matchups…
And Favre just completed a huge pass for his first Jets TD. Great play action and nice fake by Favre for those of you who didn’t see it.
Thanks to reader Ben for noticing it too. I was a bit shocked to see Matsui at 1B. =)
One play one TD nice start for the JETS
Next Season:
SP Sabathia
SP Wang
SP Mussina/Lowe
SP Pettite
SP JOBA
Joba needs to start in the rotation and then move to the pen mid-season. At that point Hughes should be ready to takeover his spot. If not one of Kennedy, Aceves, McAllistor, Kontos, Hacker might be ready.
Bullpen:
CP Rivera
SU Melancoln
MRP Iwase (Japanese LHRP)
MRP Rameriz/ Patterson/Robertson/Albaladejo/ect.
MRP Veras/Patterson/Robertson/Albaladejo/ect.
MRP Coke
LRP Geise
Lineup:
SS Furcal
LF Jeter
1B Damon
3B Rodriguez
DH Matsui
RF Nady
2B Cano
-C Posada
CF Gardner
Bench:
-C Molina
CF Melky
IF Felepe Lopez
1B Rich Aurilia
–or–
LF Damon
SS Jeter
1B Matsui
3B Rodriguez
DH Giles
RF Nady
2B Cano
-C Posada
CF Gardner
Bench:
-C Molina
CF Melky
IF Felepe Lopez
1B Juan Miranda
Offer Arb. to Pudge(get sup. rd pick), Marte(1st +sup rd), Abreu(1st + sup rd.), (Giambi sup rd), Mussina(if he leaves 1st + sup rd.)
Lose 1st rd pick for CC, and possibly 2nd rd for Furcal.
We could have 3-4 1st rd picks (including this yrs), and 4-5 sup. rd. picks for next yrs draft.
Uh oh. I think Brady got hurt.
Whats up with Brady?
Iris
By all reports out here in LA, Teixeira is really happy with the Angels and Tori Hunter is really pushing hard for him to stay too. Also, Artie Moreno and Mike Sciocia really want him to stay as well and Moreno is willing to open the checkbook. You might not want to get your hopes up too much seeing Teixeira is pinstripes next year.
knee injury. The left one. Did not look good at all.
Brady got hurt?
Wow…I won’t say anything, but hey, the Jets are winning!
Rebecca,
Just saw the video clip of Favre’s touchdown pass. Looked impressive.
Favre looks good so far. Pennington-not so much
Giambi is a serious team player, taking Matsui under his wing at first base like that. There’s nothing like on-the-job training.
Brady who? lol Matt Cassell throws 50 yard pass to Moss from the 1 yard line.
Matsui at first??
Holy Cassel! lol
Brady got hurt!
Why are people posting football messages on a baseball site? I mean, I know the Yankees suck, but the same can be said for the whole sport of football. A militaristic sport played by a bunch of thugs.
The only two football games that really stand out in my memory are the Namath Super Bowl and the Doug Flutie BC game against Miami.
Inferior sport with too many Woody Hayes and Mike Ditka types. The most meaningless late-season baseball game is more interesting.
Neil,
Iwase may or may not come to the US. But there are two FA Japanese pitchers who have always dreamed of playing in MLB: one is Kouji Uehara of Yomiuri Giants, Matsui’s former teammate, and the other is Chunichi Dragons’ SP, Kenshin Kawakami. Uehara was one of the best starters in JPB but became a closer for the Giants a few years ago. Neither Uehara nor Kawakami is having a great season.
If Joba is to be back in the rotation next season, Yanks can use Uehara or Kawakami as an 8th inning guy. However, Uehara has been a little injury-prone in the past few years.
Aardvark, you should address your complaints to pabraham@lohud.com, I’m sure he’ll respond as warranted.
Or you can take your complaints to blog sponsors Lace and Stiletto. I’m sure you’ll find many sympathetic ears (bring cash).
Come on Aardvark, Brett Favre is the man! Brady is hurt at the moment and the Yanks are barely breathing so why not post a few football comments? I definately want Moose to get #18 today. GO YANKS !!
Where would Abreu land if the Yanks don’t bring him back? I say with the Mets.
Aardvark, you should address your concerns directly to Pete Abe, I’m sure he’ll give them the attention they deserve.
Or perhaps you could visit blog sponsors Lace and Stiletto, where you’ll find many sympathetic ears (bring cash, though).
Stupid missed field goal.
We’re going to need the Rays to pull themselves together for one last sweep against the Red Sox before they complete their collapse.
At this point, that’s probably too much to ask from the Rays. Winning a series might be too much to ask from them. They’re going to do their finest ’07 Met impression.
Aardvark -because football is back and some interesting stuff has already happened. Plus we are waiting for the Yankee game to start. No harm
brady left the game with a leg injury
Who is this backup QB? Matt Giselle?
Funny guy Nick…lol
So, back to baseball:
If the season ends this minute it’s White Sox at Rays, Red Sox at Angels, Dodgers at Cubs, Brewers at Mets.
Where do you think it goes from there?
Could there be a single-city WS (Chicago or LA)?
How did the Dolphins score their touchdown?
Noddle arm threw it I believe.
Imagine Dunn as a Ray? I mean I know this is the Rays first winning season in like a billion years but it looks as if they will continue to be great. Dunn is looking to sign with a ”winning team”.
They also showed some type of interest in him, too.
…Holeee….
I wish the Yankees could play with this sort of energy
Bye bye Pats!
Dunn will be a Yankee before a Ray!
What’s wrong with the Jets kicker?
clemons is trying to be the kicker for the jets
Mel: They said thigh injury at first
but now they are saying the Jets staff doesn’t even know
he got hurt and somehow there is not a single player including the punter who can try a extra point forget about a field goal
There’s no backup? Wow. Even major league teams have an emergency catcher.
So, Clemens might now be doing kicking duty?
Clemens kicking = sending Bobby Abreu in to pitch
I still say football sucks and the sox will catch the the rays. Most interesting series in the first round: Dodgers at Cubs.
Clemens looked decent. I thought most NFL teams had at least some sort of back up…
I won’t be sad if Toronto beats Tampa today. I worry about the teams in front of us, not behind us.
If we don’t make the playoffs, it doesn’t matter what the standings are in the end. Of course I want us to finish as high as possible, but I don’t worry about what the media or trolls say if we finish worse than third. Sticks and stones. It may even motivate these guys next season.
I agree, Aardvark — two historic teams, both long starved for post-season victory. Plus LAD is my NL team (the team of my long-ago first MLB game attendance), so some personal sentimental value there…
Mariners SP change…Feierabend
Shucks. I liked our chances against Silva. Now we have to deal with the unknown.
UPDATE, 2:43 p.m.: Seattle starter Carlos Silva (bad back) was scratched and replaced by LHP Ryan Feierabend. He is 0-2 with a 6.53 ERA in four starts. Feierabend has never faced any of the Yankees.
Which means he will probably be flirting with a no-hitter against the Yanks
it is getting old…everytime a guy who hasnt faced the yankees everyone says hes gonna throw a no-hitter….
Aww, I wanted Silva
Well, the yanks don’t really do that great against the unknown. Hope I am wrong. But that has been the story season long..
Go figure…another manager that lies to the press.
Ralphie D,
I’m the most positive fan on the blog. I think that we’ve knocked out 1, maybe 2 rookies in the early innings. I challenge you to find more than 2 rookies that we were able to figure out and beat. Guys who were rocked by other teams.
Hmm Jets looking good so far and Brady’s replacement isn’t too bad either.
OMG!!Let’s go Yankees!!
let Moose got 18 wins!
Interesting comments regarding next year. However, the most intriquing is the ManRam. For those of you who say “no way”, “he’s a bad influence”, “he’s a clown” etc, check out the following article in today’s LA Times, in general, and, in particular, the comments of St Joseph (aka Mr. Torre)…you may be surprised.http://www.latimes.com/sports/.....293.column The Boston Press and the Sawx management poisoned the well as they typically do when it’s time for a big name departure under the most unpleasant of circumstances (Clemens, Pedro, Nomar, Big Mo, and now Manny). Imagine the psychological effect in Beantown were the ManRam to be haunting the Green Monster in Pinstripes!! Will it happen? Perhaps not, but it certainly should. If it does, the most positive effect will be on Arod.
I love Thomas Jones.
Bobby Abreu is showing the Yanks that they need to keep his bat in ‘09. He’s hit .375 with a .429 obp and .600 slug% in the last month. The Yanks are fooling themselves if they believe Nady is a comparable replacement.
D4-5 your smarter than this. Another year and he has been showing signs of decline you’d be crazy to do that and like we said if Nady isn’t a replacement then it was a bad trade altogether and if Nady is tradeable you do it.
“Another year and he has been showing signs of decline”
Wait, Brandon, where are these signs of decline? In the fact that he’s hitting TWENTY points higher than he did last year? Come on. He’s one of their most consistent hitters.
Ariel
It was not just the press that questioned Manny…the players themselves were tired of someone who they could not depend upon. The press did not invent the story of Manny shoved down a guy in his 60′s because he couldn’t give Manny the tickets he wanted.
I seriously hope the Yanks and Rangers give them opposing team another serious beating today.
This really screws me over, I had the Yanks on the moneyline locked in at -180 and now the pitcher change means the line becomes -230 and I think our chance to win has been diminished! Grrrrrrr!
Oh well, Moose still gets #18, it says here.
their*
Wait, Brandon, where are these signs of decline? In the fact that he’s hitting TWENTY points higher than he did last year? Come on. He’s one of their most consistent hitters.
I get that he’s producing but you don’t want to get stuck w/ one yr. too many, he’s an ageing vet who has been effected by everyday play. He’s not going to hold up for 3 more yrs.
Nick, can you explain how those lines work?
Nick,
Ready for some Byrd on Byrd action?
boooooo at substituting a lefty we’ve never seen before for Home Run Silva. Oh well, hopefully we can still get it done.
And to you Jet fans, even though I wish my boy Ricky Williams had 150 yards and 3 TD right now, Thomas Jones is the man and he is gonna repeat the havoc he wreaked in Chicago this year. And, looks like you get to face Cassell instead of Brady next week!
I would like to say that phil coke is such a breath of fresh air. Good for him.
Who is our CF next year?
“I challenge you to find more than 2 rookies that we were able to figure out and beat. Guys who were rocked by other teams.”
Mel: you are more positive than me, haha, but I’ll take this challenge. Just off the top of my head and within the division, Buchholz and Purcey, the rookie lefty with Toronto. And I think he dominated in his next start after he faced us.
Oh, and also the Liz guy with Baltimore iirc.
5-0 Philly in the 4th inning, Pedro getting rocked.
BBB,
I do remember Liz.
Pedro’s the Dr. Jekyl/Mr. Hyde of baseball.
Go Phillies!
Dr.J what channel ?
On the moneyline, you’re just betting the outcome of the game (no point spread, as is more common in football).
So a -180 moneyline means you have to risk $180 to win $100 (or $18 to win $10 — you get the picture).
In this case the odds were deemed worse with the pitcher change, and now one would have to bet $23 to win $10. Which are pretty crappy odds.
Argh. Varitek singles and scores on a Cora triple.
Who scores on a Crisp single.
Damn Dobbs and Werth = new Met killers ?
So, if the Yankees win, you get $10 and if they lose, you have to pay $23?
Uh, guys, check out what Milwaukee’s doing…and it’s not Sabathia or Sheets, either
Er, I mean San Diego.
Brandon — SNY.
mel, I don’t personally endorse such behavior, but yes: if the Yankees win with a -230 line, one would win $10 after staking $23 and if the Yanks were to lose, one would not get one’s $23 back.
Rebecca, who is pitching for the Padres?
What do you expect, Cy Young is pitching for the Padres.
Dang, Gaston is nuts. Purcey faced 6 batters in the 8th. His last 3 were single, walk, out to leave the bases loaded. 110 pitches. Worked out, but with they have a great bullpen. Head scratcher for sure.
Wonder how that noose is feeling around the Rays neck? I wonder if I have to start cheering for Minny?
Looks like if we lose today we will be in fourth place. At least the Orioles won’t catch us (probably)!
Good job by Chris Young so far and the Padres.
Interesting..
Cy Young, apparently.
What do you expect, Cy Young is pitching for the Padres.
LOL, ok Chris Young then. hahas
Cy Purcey pitched a great game for Toronto.
does anyone remember the 95 Mariners sudden “September-winning-streak” while the Angels suddenly collasped? their slogan was “refuse to lose”. now only if that could Yankee to the Yankees from now to the last game of the season.
Ray (sox fan)
There is absolutely no excuse for what Manny did to the elderly gentleman. However, the rest of the comments are suspect. I would suggest you check out the LA Times article for Joe T’s comments, the players’ positive reaction etc. Boston was obviously a bad situation for all and the Sox should have moved him after the 03 season when he wanted to go. But then, where would Big Papi be today? Manny is indeed unique and must be treated as such. Whether the Yankees choose to do so (it is assumed that if they do so they clearly would outbid any other team including the penurious Dodgers. I have not been a Torre fan, so I was most interested in his assessment since he is rather conservative.
Jamie Moyer is Mussina’s incentive.
I hope, with all my heart, that the Yankees treat Manny Ramirez like the jerk that he is and avoid him at all costs. The new stadium will not have a place in the outfield for him to relieve himself, or to make urgent phone calls. And the Bronx faithful will have little patience for his habit of refusing to run out ground balls. Hardly a shock that his current manager isn’t saying bad things about him – yet. Let L.A. keep him.
Who is our CF next year?
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Too soon to tell but it won’t be Melky Cabrera, Brett Gardner, or Johnny Damon that will be patrolling CF in the new Stadium.
ellen, it’s sad that a so-called state-of-the-art stadium won’t have a Port-o-Manny in left field. Oh well.
Crisis averted in Foxborough. Interesting Jets game on the telly. Go Davone Bess!
Golson is debuting
Why is everyone so unwilling to get Manny? Okay I understand he probably isn’t coming to the Bronx and I read everything that “happened” in Boston, but why would you turn down a guy who could help this team win?
Somethings are just not worth arguing about unless it happens, and in all likely hood, Manny won’t be Manny in the Bronx next year.
for one last time NY football Giants coverage will be at pinstripelive.livejournal.com
Who is our CF next year?
It might be Lastings Milledge via trade I hope it’s not another freaking vet.
Boo on Michael Young. He used to be so clutch.
The New England Patriots are on track for another undefeated season*!!!!
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* regular season, that is
Milledge has a .261 batting average
Manny Ramirez is a selfish, bad fielding, long haired fool who does not belong in pinstripes. We have enough drama with A-Rod. We don’t need another distraction. More importantly, Manny wants 25mil for 4 years. Frankly, he’s not worth it. Not at 37 years old.
Uh oh.
Go Chris Young!!
Meanwhile, I know the Dolphins will lose but, so glad they’re not embarrassing themselves today.
Brandon, when you say it “might” be Lastings Milledge, you mean that you have advocated for such a pickup before, not that there’s any other reason to believe it might happen, right?
I mean, it “might” be Coco Crisp too, right?
Milledge has a .261 batting average
How old is he ? what’s his upside ? can he defend CF until Jackson gets to the majors ? Can he play the corner OF if and when Jackson enters the majors ?
There is also Jody Gerut, there is also Willy Taveras and there is also Jeremy Hermidia
You Jets fans are in trouble
Ideas for CF -
Ken Griffey
Pat Burrell
Manny
Jay Payton
Giles
Ibanez
Corey Patterson
Jim Edmonds
This Jets game is very interesting right now
@##%$#%@$#!$#@$#
I mean, it “might†be Coco Crisp too, right?
Yup it might be..whoever it is has to be young…Jesus Chad is Reggie Milleresque right now !
Milledge may be young, but so is Cano and everyone is bashing him for his lack of effort. How do we know Milledge will be any different? Frankly, the Yankees have people batting over .300 but the people not batting aren’t helping this team either. Why not stay away from him and go for someone else. Still young.
doesn’t milledge have maor off field issues or is that just dukes?
Milledge has never had eefort problems, the Yankees have to get young hungry players w/ upside and versatility.
Milledge reminds me of Melky
Milledge reminds me of Melky
In what way ?
Whoo! A win! Yay!
And excellent timing, too. Just enough time to go pee before the first pitch =D
Jets fans can breathe now
Good defensively but lacking in production at the plate. When Milledge get’s hot everyone loves him, just like Melky. They are too streaky. They both are horrible at the plate.
Melky with dreadlocks. I think the only thing I heard with Milledge was something to do with excessive celebration.
As long as its not either Melky, Gardner, or Damon, I’m good.
Go trade for a young CF. Don’t rush Jackson… he can play left to when hes ready or move the guy we acquire to left.
Brandon, all I’m saying is there are more options than Lastings Milledge. Better options, and young options.
I see the Jets have the same problem the Giants have… get too conservative when you get a lead and allow the bad teams to hang around.
Good win for the Jets though, they needed it.
As for the Giants, I want nothing but domination of STL. Not a 17-13 game, a 31-10 game. Eagles crushed them, so should we. Plenty of Burress, Jacobs, Smith early and the 4th Q can go to Bradshaw, Manningham, Moss, and Hixon.
Good defensively but lacking in production at the plate. When Milledge get’s hot everyone loves him, just like Melky. They are too streaky. They both are horrible at the plate.
Not even close.
arm (Milledge)
speed (Milledge)
range (Milledge)
power (Milledge)
baserunning (Milledge)
Even when he was in NY, the only reason he was exiled was because the Mets hazed him and the fanbase jump on him for being an immature kid but you grow out of that, one thing that no one ever questions about him is he plays hard.
Jets won!! Made it way too interesting, but in the end it was same old Chad.
This stinks!! I wanted us to face Carlos. We would have crushed him. I think it is a fake injury.
The Jets win a close game AND Tom Brady goes down. Talk about glory days.
WOW did that sound good off the bat!
Young potential OF via trades
Gholson
Hermidia
Milledge
Taveras
Spillborough
That’s what I got so far.
1,000 RBI
stat padder!
His average doesn’t show any of that. I agree he is better than Melky, sort of. But he still is lacking a lot. Yes he is young, and can grow out of immaturity, but the Yankee Fans will outcast him like the Met Fans did. We should go for someone young but with a little bit more experience than him
Yeah the Giants better crush StL next week. I wanted more Bradshaw on Thurs. but hopefully we will see a heavy dose of him next Sunday.
“Young potential OF via trades
Gholson
Hermidia
Milledge
Taveras
Spillborough
That’s what I got so far.”
Spillborough, Hermida and Milledge are the keepers off that list.
Brandon, I think the Phillies would deal Shane Victorino? I remember reading an article about the Phillie would deal him.
So impressed to see that Manny cut his dredlocks, the way he said Torre told him he would have to do as soon as he joined the Dodgers. I don’t miss Torre at all, I wouldn’t want Manny Ramirez in the Bronx unless it was to buy tickets to watch a game, and I won’t Bobby Abreu back next season. My wants are not many.
GO YANKEES!
Enjoy the game.
Jeter homers. His 10th of the year. I got a good feeling about this game.
perfect game/no hitter: he gone.
perfect game, no hitter and shutout gone for Young. Kapler homer, guess the HGH delivery was on time this morning
Brandon, I think the Phillies would deal Shane Victorino? I remember reading an article about the Phillie would deal him.
He’s an established player would cost more than a Gholson.
* want
A-Jax might have a shot at CF sometime next year.
Maybe we can trade Nady for Tabata to hold down CF until Jackson is ready.
Victorino is exactly the kind of player we need. Yes, yes to Shane!
Alex gets booed by Seattle and the Rangers. Ya think the Yankee fans will cheer for Alex when he’s gone?
I think the team realizes every at bat is a CLUTCH situation. Arod, Abreu have got it. Arod has not
A two-run HR by Ortiz gives the Sox a 4-0 lead. Ugh.
meant Jeter and Abreu get it and Arod does not
I saw yes to Victorino if the Hawaii little league team is part of the deal.
I read an article somwhere, can’t remember when or where, but it said A-Jax should go to AAA next year and stay there the whole year before they bring him up in ’10
Manny significantly trimmed his dreads, is wearing a uniform that almost fits him, is reporting early to work on his throwing from the OF, is actually running from home to first, is saying all the right things to the press and behaving well with the younger players and the fans, and is the reigning NL Player of the Month.
Whether all this is because Torre is a “players’ manager” who knows how to handle veterans or merely that Manny wants to do well so he gets a good next contract, LAD is reaping great benefits and their fans adore ‘his Manniness’ and want LAD ownership to ‘give the man his money!’
What happened in Boston stays in Boston.
Brandon, I would consider Ryan Sweeney, Reggie Willits, Chris Dickerson too.
Sorry, can’t type — even my own handle!
Not ‘icognita’ but iNcognita…
“I read an article somwhere, can’t remember when or where, but it said A-Jax should go to AAA next year and stay there the whole year before they bring him up in ‘10″
A lot of people think that he should be kept in AAA all of next year. However if hes hitting .350 with 15 HR’s and a .400 OBP in July/August he’ll be called up.
Ed- I doubt they will be traded, after all they where just acquired and are doing good
I don’t want Manny in pinstripes. He is a joke. A good hitter, but a joke.
Besides, he would probably love to stay in the NL and murder their pitching. I also wouldn’t be surpised if he didn’t come here because of his precious dreadlocks (which he would be forced to cut).
True Al. However, if he is doing that well and will only be a bench player when brought up to the Majors, I say leave him down. It won’t be helping him by putting him on the bench or playing him every 10 days.
Reportedly Manny went up to Torre in the dugout a couple days ago and said “do I know you from somewhere?”
Katie, giving that the Angels’ surplus of outfielders, Willits would be deal (he was close to being dealt this season). Chris Dickerson came up from the Reds’ farm.
I agree with incognita, Manny did what he did in Boston because he could get away with. They fostered the idiot culture (led by our own straight-laced Damon) and he ran with it.
I wouldn’t stop watching if the Yankees signed him. Not that they would, but you gotta like a bat that Mattingly described as one of the all time great RH hitters.
The Yankees have their own version of Willits in Gardner. So far, their skills consist of being able to run.
The X-MAN delievers again!!!!
X Man cometh
GO NADY GO!
nady gets it too
Brandon, I would consider Ryan Sweeney, Reggie Willits, Chris Dickerson too.
Ryan Sweeney would be just wonderful
Hot, hot, hot!
Manny and Torre are said to kid around a lot, but often about serious things like expectations. Doesn’t matter how humorously they communicate as long as they are getting through to each other.
Ed- Isn’t Willits a catcher?
The Yankees have their own version of Willits in Gardner. So far, their skills consist of being able to run.
true but look at Willit’s 07 stats, he has a better discipline than Gardner.
Katie, Willits is a OF.
Opps, sorry my mistake, just then.
I say out of the list. Ryan Sweeney.
“True Al. However, if he is doing that well and will only be a bench player when brought up to the Majors, I say leave him down. It won’t be helping him by putting him on the bench or playing him every 10 days.”
Kate if he is brought up it will obviously be a result of someone else getting benched. I believe that once they call up A-jax he will be given a decent amount of playing time, especially since they view him as the CF of the future.
Too bad we don’t have 9 right hand hitters. Well, 8. Gotta have Jose.
Oops. Forgot Jose is a righty.
Detroit’s bull pen is horrible….
man…these announcers on mlbtv sound like their calling a golf match
No matter what happens the rest of the season, I hope Mussina wins 20 games
Wow it sounds like a library at the stadium. Even Moose is making the glove pop.
Moose lookin’ good, the only bright spot of 08.
Seattle crew lifting their material from the LoHud blog.
Sturtze so good.
mel fill us in. What are they saying?
So I have a question. Why hasn’t Mussina been mentioned for the CY Young award? I mean he has to be at least a thought
Musina is 11 strikeouts short of 2800. He should make 3,000 by mid-season of 2010.
Yankeenate,
Well, Nady’s HR was a golf shot.
Who would be the arm wrestling champ of the clubhouse? I say Nady wins in the final against Big G.
***Mussina***
Jeet ties the Babe!!!!!!!
Congrats, Yankee Captain.
I think Moose will make the top 5 in Cy Young voting.
Katie- with the season that Lee is having he won’t win it. He should be in the top 3 though.
Congrats to the Captain. I would put my money on Posada in the arm wrestling contest.
“So I have a question. Why hasn’t Mussina been mentioned for the CY Young award? I mean he has to be at least a thought”
A thought but not a serious consideration. Although Moose has been solid he hasn’t been a typical Cy Young guy with high K numbers and a ridiculous ERA. Also the fact that the Yanks have a good possibility of finishing in 4th place doesn’t help his candidacy.
I agree Nick. And I think the Yankees would be stupid if they didn’t bring him back on a 1 year deal with maybe an option for the next year. Of course, for less money, but the guy has carried this team. He deserves to pitch in the New Stadium and have another shot at a World Series with us
I think it is deplorable that the Yankee PR people did not make sure that the Seattle announcer was made aware of the possibility of Derek’s achievement so that it could be announced. You want historic? That’s historic. You want amazing. That’s amazing. He certainly deserved to have it recognized. I think the Mariners fans would have celebrated it. I remember announcements made at other stadia when Yankees have tied or broken other records.
Arod is 0-9 this series?
Whats the story? We need him now.
We still playing the drinking game ?
Maybe the Mariners don’t care.
trisha I am pretty sure that that info was in the packets handed out to them. They just didn’t care to read it.
Farnsy on the mound in Minny, it’s a lock.
jennifer,
They talked about Girardi staying. They talked about batting average not being the best way to value a player (Giambi). Last night’s crew talked about if there was one flaw with Alex, it’s his RISP average.
They’re very fair with with the Yankees. Total opposite of the midwest guys.
“I think it is deplorable that the Yankee PR people did not make sure that the Seattle announcer was made aware of the possibility of Derek’s achievement so that it could be announced. You want historic? That’s historic. You want amazing. That’s amazing. He certainly deserved to have it recognized. I think the Mariners fans would have celebrated it. I remember announcements made at other stadia when Yankees have tied or broken other records.”
Don’t get so upset about it Trish. If the Yanks were still in contention these records would take a backseat to the results. Anyhow Jeter shrugs off every record he breaks so its not as if his feelings are hurt.
http://presspass.mlb.com/pp_viewer.asp?d=42418
Maybe the Mariners don’t care.
I know I wouldn’t if I were the Mariners, that’s your team.
38HotDogs,
The rule is you have to use your arm, not your nose.
“Arod 0-9 September 7th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
Arod is 0-9 this series?
Whats the story? We need him now.”
Do you plan on changing your handle every time he makes an out.
“So I have a question. Why hasn’t Mussina been mentioned for the CY Young award? I mean he has to be at least a thoughtâ€
Cliff Lee
I doubt the Mariners don’t “care”, just didn’t mention it.
Katie trust me they really don’t.
Wasn’t there a game last season involving the Yankees where the home stadium acknowledge the accomplishment of an opposing player?
I hate when that SOB points to 1B
BRB
The Yankees can file a protest with MLB and try to have the Mariners contracted.
I wish they had done it before that pitch!
moose, not cool.
Kei Igawa, and IPK for Cliff Lee straight up.
For cryin’ out loud… keep it down moose.
Damn
I agree Kate. For all the barking people do here about being “baseball fans” as well as Yankee fans, it amuses me that you might think (not you AL from BK) that an achievement like tying Babe Ruth would not be celebrated everywhere, as it should be.
If a player from another team tied the Babe in hits while he was in a game at the Stadium, I can tell you that the person would get a standing ovation when the announcement was made. THAT is worth celebrating in baseball and transcends team.
“Kei Igawa, and IPK for Cliff Lee straight up.”
I doubt Cleveland is that stupid. However they did give up CC so maybe they would do it. Shoot tell them to throw in Siezemore too.
“Wasn’t there a game last season involving the Yankees where the home stadium acknowledge the accomplishment of an opposing player?”
Mel I know I have seen it at the Stadium, and I know I have seen a Yankee accomplishment celebrated at another Stadium.
no I couldnt do that, I couldnt make up enough names and handles
Wasn’t Clayton Kershaw the Dodger’s Joba? Man, he is starting to look like Ian Kennedy on the mound.
“I agree Kate. For all the barking people do here about being “baseball fans†as well as Yankee fans, it amuses me that you might think (not you AL from BK) that an achievement like tying Babe Ruth would not be celebrated everywhere, as it should be.
If a player from another team tied the Babe in hits while he was in a game at the Stadium, I can tell you that the person would get a standing ovation when the announcement was made. THAT is worth celebrating in baseball and transcends team.”
I agree Trish. However the Yankees are universally resented by other teams and fans. With great success and legendary history unfortunately comes tremendous jealousy from other fans and teams. As a lifelong Yankee fan I have made peace with the fact that fans of other teams don’t give Yankee legends the acknowledgement ad respect they deserve, yes even George Herman “Babe” Ruth.
In case anyone missed it.
http://www.nfl.com/videos?videoId=09000d5d80a96826
I too am outraged. I have filed my protests here:
Mayor Greg Nickels
Seattle City Hall
600 Fourth Avenue, 7th Floor
Seattle, WA 98124
and here:
Governor Chris Gregoire
Office of the Governor
PO Box 40002
Olympia, WA 98504
Garbage swing by Cano TWICE!
I think we should hire Cano’s dad to throw him batting practice everyday and sit next to him on the bench and have all rights to yell at him for being stupid. Maybe then Cano will be a great. Shoot, his dad wouldn’t cost that much.
““Kei Igawa, and IPK for Cliff Lee straight up.â€
I doubt Cleveland is that stupid. However they did give up CC so maybe they would do it. Shoot tell them to throw in Siezemore too.”
Thats the spirit Katie! I would throw in Chris Britton for Victor Martinez.
I guess someone got the day off from clipping poodles.
Relax, guys. They’re talking about Babe & Babes right now.
I hope Cano enjoys those breaking balls because he’s going to get a steady diet of it until he proves he can lay off them.
Molina shows Cano how it’s done. Ooops, two out. DOH!
cano… once again swinging like a 3 year old.
molina… couldn’t drive in a run with a golf cart.
Great approach by Mr. Robinson Cano!!
nice AB from Cano!!!!!!!!
He is everything wrong with the Yanks.. Terrible…
he is so stupid it is off the scales..
PATHETIC AB.
Maybe if Jeter gets another hit it will be announced as breaking the record. Maybe a tie doesn’t have the same umph.
I wouldn’t be surprised is Mr. Cano is not part of the New York Yankees next season….
Al-
Lol. That was funny. We could send them Giambi, Kei Igawa, IPK, and Chris Britton for Clif Lee, Grady Siezemore, and Victor Martinez.
18 down the drain.
Oh Moose. That just got out.
I only want a win. Care not I about 20 wins for Moose.
did jeter get the ball when he tied the babe
“he is so stupid it is off the scales..”
Ironic.
Looking forward to Girardi’s post game press conference regarding the injury to Tom Brady.
Cano topped off his sorry effort by blowing two bubbles on the way back to the dugout … after not even making a move to first when the catcher blocks strike three in the dirt.
Girardi’s eventually going to discipline the kid … when it doesn’t matter anymore.
“nice AB from Cano!!!!!!!!
He is everything wrong with the Yanks.. Terrible…
he is so stupid it is off the scales..
PATHETIC AB.”
Another childish rant from Stuart. The only way you trade Cano is for a big return a young star OF or young stud pitcher besides that you hold on to Cano. If we trade Cano just because we’re mad about not making the PS that is a bit knee-jerk. When hes hitting .340 next year for another team how many people in here will be pissed off at the Yanks for trading him.
Bronx Jeers September 7th, 2008 at 5:22 pm
“Looking forward to Girardi’s post game press conference regarding the injury to Tom Brady.”
hughes looks good today
Hasn’t Girardi learned, that as bad as Molina is at the plate, he will make contact more often then Cano? They should switch spots in the lineup.
Cano is simply immature. He gives the appearance of not caring, I think he does care but is somewhat lost.
Pot. Kettle.
“Al-
Lol. That was funny. We could send them Giambi, Kei Igawa, IPK, and Chris Britton for Clif Lee, Grady Siezemore, and Victor Martinez.”
It seems like great minds think alike. I cannot wait for hot stove just so I can read all the bogus trades. I remember last off-season someone actually said Matsui to SF for Lincecum was “imminent” lol.
34hughes they did get the ball for Jeter.
Paul Byrd pitches 6 and two thirds innings of shut out ball, and allows 3 hits in an away game.
Clearly, as you all have suggested he was a terrible pick up by the Sox and won’t make a difference for the Sox!
“Cano is simply immature. He gives the appearance of not caring, I think he does care but is somewhat lost.”
Two words, Larry Bowa.
I remember reading that too. That was when the Yankees were deep in the Santana trades. Yep, then SF had worries about his knees or something like that. That one was funny AL. I love reading all that stuff on hot stove because then you turn on the ESPN 2 hours later and the guy has signed on the opposite side of the world. Funny stuff..
Maybe they meant immigrant, not imminent, lol
Is it too much to ask for Alex to clutch here?
Come on, Alex.
“Paul Byrd pitches 6 and two thirds innings of shut out ball, and allows 3 hits in an away game.
Clearly, as you all have suggested he was a terrible pick up by the Sox and won’t make a difference for the Sox!”
Youk I didn’t say that. Don’t use a blanket statement like “you all” when making a point. I thought that Cash should have blocked Byrd to the Sux and obviously he is having moderate success for you guys.
If you’re thinking Moose could get to 20 wins, then you must think the Yanks will beat the Sox in the World Series this year as well.
Talk about the most impossible among all the impossibilities of the world.
And totally as a point of information for the person who said Manny considerably trimmed his dreds, unless he had turned into Rapunzel on the day he was traded and then got back to “normal” by trimming his Rapunzel-length hair “considerably” it just didn’t happen. Here’s video from yesterday’s game.
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/.....cmp=motion
“I remember reading that too. That was when the Yankees were deep in the Santana trades. Yep, then SF had worries about his knees or something like that. That one was funny AL. I love reading all that stuff on hot stove because then you turn on the ESPN 2 hours later and the guy has signed on the opposite side of the world. Funny stuff..”
My favorite parts of the sports year. Is hot stove and NFL draft, simply because of all the BS that surfaces especially on that joke of a network ESPN.
Phil Hughes 4 K’s so far. 1 out in the 3rd…. He looks good. The radar read 91
There ARod goes again, NOT getting the base hit with a RISP!!
Why wouldn’t anyone think that Moose could get 20 wins.
One has absolutely nothing to do with another.
That was aggravating.
well,
that was very ugly
very
seriously…
Yeah, very rude of Alex to walk instead.
Bad base running there, Mr. Rodriguez.
how the hell does Jeter get picked off there when the rundown was to Alex ?
Yeah. When the Santana hoopla was going on Al, Espn was saying the Yankees had gotten him and then an hour later they had the Met’s press conference going on. I was like what? Man I love the winter……
That was to make up for his “clutch” walk.
Did somebody miss a sign? Seems atypical for either runner.
You have to be kidding me. He got on base. They pitched around him.
Well, it looks like Arod has found a new creative way to kill a rally, and mess up with RISP
Um if Alex was running to second, that means Jeter was running to third.
“Yeah. When the Santana hoopla was going on Al, Espn was saying the Yankees had gotten him and then an hour later they had the Met’s press conference going on. I was like what? Man I love the winter……”
I still have nightmares about that news breaking. However I’d rather have Johan on the Mets instead of the Sux.
Jennifer that was sarcasm about the hit, but no doubt he’ll get blamed for the pick off…not sure what happened there but he could steal 2nd if Jeter wasn’t going.
Brandon, the way the play worked out, Rodriguez ran Jeter off of the bag. Somebody missed something.
Morons arod got picked off and that is why Jeter had to run to 3rd, really are you that stupid.. 2 guys cannot be on the same base morons…..
Man the Yankees look like they are falling apart…
If you had over 2.5 uses of ‘morons’ and ‘stupid’ for stuart’s last post, you win!
Good grief, the whinings of Stuart Little.
I dont even know if they’d be tolerable if they were coherent.
Can we take dibs on how many there will be on his next post?
angel why don’t you just get a brain..AROD GOT PICKED OFF, CAN’T you morons see that.
arod is AWOL when it counts MORONS…..
Stuart Little…seriously, how old are you. The only ones that I know who uses the word “moron” more than you would be 12 year olds.
Stuart, did you take your medication today?
Almost took Mike’s head off.
Moose… you’re looking particularly terrible now.
LOL. Well at least I can count on other people around here to make me laugh.
Get a brain? I dont know whether to be offended by someone who posts so incoherently and like such a spoiled child, telling me to get a brain or not.
I guess at least he didn’t call me a brain surgeon.
stuart are you drunk or hung ova, what the f you have to speak to posters like that ! We give you respect and you talk like your talking to your ass ! Again we conversate on this blog but don’t go on calling people morons when you know face to face you wouldn’t dare say that !
Whoa. Use of the word “loser” came out of left field.
Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition.
A-Rod is the worst franchise player in the sport. The guy just isn’t a winner.
stuart isn’t 12 he’s smarter than that it’s just today he’s acting like an immature pric** and IDK why !
imagine a team of 9 Arods they would not score a run after the 6th inning for the whole season.
they would have a lot of fans watch there games but no postseason games because Arod is a loser like his fans…
you fans are not even smart enough to see he got caught sleeping on 1st base with 2 on and 2 out…NAH it was Jeters fault he did not see that arod was going to get picked off because he is a loser.. NAH… ANgel are you Arod’s boyfriend????
lol, he wouldn’t Brandon. If he spoke like that to me to my face, I’d smack him upside of the head.
When ARod was hitting last week, it was because the games didn’t matter, now he is having a bad series and all of a sudden he isn’t doing it “when it counts”?
At least they broke up the no hitter before the 6th inning.
*sigh* tell us Brandon, share it us why young Stuart is showing this unappropiate behaviour
stuart, your manner is undermining your message, don’t you get that? You are exactly correct, that was Arod’s fault, and the people saying that Jeter was equally to blame are wrong.
But how does your excessive use of ‘morons’ and ‘stupid’ help you communicate your ideas?
stuart is actually right. A-Rod does stink. The guy couldn’t get a clutch hit this season. he has under 5 RBI’s in the 8-9 innings!!
The bat gets tight in his hands. He doesn’t have “it”.
If this team had Manny hitting 4th they’d be in 1st place.
And like anyone who has been watching baseball for 2 minutes doesn’t know two runners can’t be on the same base.
sometimes i think this has to be the most maddening team in baseball history.
ALl the real smart fans are not posting
And yet here you are post after post LMAO!!
7 k’s for hughes through 4 innings…0-0 score
Kind of funny image of 9 A-Rod’s on the field. “Diving stop by A-rod, flips to A-Rod and guns it over to A-Rod–double play! Nice work A-Rods.”
Nick in SF, all you try to do here is try to rip on stuart.
Like stuart doesn’t have a point that A-Rod stinks after the 6th inning??
Stuart (and others):
Please stop personally attacking people with your comments. If you can’t post in a civil fashion, please don’t post. I’m not going to allow this blog to become a forum for insults.
Thanks.
YankeeDiva
Great point!!!
And he is still here.
Hughes is throwing 102mph!!
“Brandon, sorry but I have to disagree. Only 12 year olds talk like he does. This isn’t unusual for him.
“NAH… ANgel are you Arod’s boyfriend????â€
I rest my case.”
I agree Angel. Stuart argues like a little kid. Kind of like the guy who was always talking smack in 4th grade saying things like “I know what you are but what am I” and “Know your stupider!”. Things like that indicate that Stuart is a kid who has had one too many pixie stix.
***Stuart*** *** a new insult book***
Mike with a good strong inning. Lets get 3 or more runs for him!
Hughes is throwing 102mph!!
Guess the speed is back uh?
“Hughes is throwing 102mph!!”
Really, I just won a free trip to the Bahamas and a Lamborghini.
honey,stop that & play nice.
Raul Ibanez has 102 RBI’s the best PLayer in the game (laughing) has 91 rbi’s.
Arod may get 100 Rbi’s, actually he will get hot once they are eliminated from the playoffs…
Arod is so soft it is staggering and only astute fans with the keen eye of the likes of angel and Brandon cannot see what the whole world can see.
Who is a bigger dissapointment Arod or Cano.. Cano is just a dumb player, I met fans in the bleachers last week who were much smarter then Cano and at least 3 of them had teeth and possibly a job…
Yeah let’s have a poll who was the biggest bust this year Arod or What do you know it’s RObinson Cano!!!!!!!!!!
umm 102? Your on something, because I’m watching the game and yeah, maybe you meant 92 mph
This is such a lifeless team (silly insults aside), this blog has been the most fun part of the season. Thanks all!
I’m not quite sure what provoked it though, lol. As far as I can see no said that it wasn’t a silly or aggravating mistake.
But really does one need to babble incoherently for paragraphs at a time about it either? lol
Trisha,
1. Check the video from the day Manny reported to LAD and compare. Dreads were obscuring the letters on his back, but have been significantly trimmed since.
2. If you were referring to Joey’s Poodle, I’ve noticed he doesn’t comment during games, even said (slight snark) that unlike some he prefers watching games to blogging. Weird, but hey, to each his own.
Its never Arods fault. If the yankees has a few placed quality at bats of either hits or outs from the # 4 spot in the lineup things would be different. I would venture to guess if the #4 guy who has been in that spot all season long was able to produce 8 good at bats in key game deciding situations over the past 6 months the Yankees might only be 3 or 4 out right now.
As the #4 hitter he gets the most chances with the game on the line and not only does he fail most of the time, he many times makes more than one out
Stuart, why do you watch the games if they make you so angry?
I thought we were buffoons (note – correct spelling) and it was taking its bat and ball and going home?
Make up your freaking mind.
yeah, i don’t get Molina hitting there either. Pudge has got to hit.
Arod appears to be having on of his strongest games of the year. Isn’t it amazing.
Wow – don’t feel bad for being away all day…not only is the game frustrating, do we really need to take all this out on one another? I guess it’s easy when you never have to see the people you are talking about. Seems a little bit like cowardice to me.
because I am a Yankee fan not a cano or arod fan…
let’s trade those losers and get a team we can be proud of.
Hey is Freerbrand(whatever his name is) another great lefty!!!!!!Laugh..
This guy stinks and we have 2 solo jacks… That is pathetic off a pathetic pitcher.. A good team buries a loser like this , he would have thrown 105 pitches in 4 2/3 innings.. The yanks are losers like the astute Brandon and Angel ….
That was very astute of you.
Typical Yankees. They sense a loss and start packing it in real early.
9 k’s for hughes now through 5….still a 0-0 score…71 pitched 56 strikes…looks good
They really need to trade Cano this off season. He is exhibit A for the lack of life, lack of good at bats, lack of hustle.
Just got in, and turned the game on. Looks like the quest of a 20 win season for Moose is all but dead. Just like this team. Fourth place here they come.
Hughes: 9 K’s through 5 innings. 71 pitches, not bad.
Anyone surprised at how easily Andy Murray beat Nadal?
lol, I’m going to watch the game – I’m not in the mood to deal with the non-medicated today.
Arod is so soft it is staggering and only astute fans with the keen eye of the likes of angel and Brandon cannot see what the whole world can see.
Your really getting on my last F’n nerves, everyone on this blog knows I’m a fan of Arod and when I rip him people question me as an Arod hater, don’t F’n act like I never ripped him or can not see, just last night I was doing that.
I think we can all safely say that Girardi is one terrible manager.
To take a team with this kind of talent and finish in 4th place?
That is special.
I love Phil Hughes; he’s such a good AAAA player.
“9 k’s for hughes now through 5….still a 0-0 score…71 pitched 56 strikes…looks good”
Good to hear. Hughes should stay down there and get it right for a larger sample size.
You cannot hold Cano as accountable as Arod.
Reason 1 Arod is a much better player with better skills
Reason 2 Let Cano bat 4th all year long like Arod does with Abreu Jeter and Damon in front, I `ll bet the results would be closer than you think
Reason 3 No team expects or counts on a # 8 hitter to win games for them
Does Coke have what it takes to survive in the bigs? If so, he needs to be in the ‘pen next season.
“2. If you were referring to Joey’s Poodle, I’ve noticed he doesn’t comment during games, even said (slight snark) that unlike some he prefers watching games to blogging. Weird, but hey, to each his own.”
Incog, I wasn’t referring to Joey’s Poodle. Glad you mentioned that because I wouldn’t want him to think I was making a disparaging comment to him. Guy has never been anything put polite to me.
nice inning for Coke
* but
Well we got thru an entire inning with no cocaine references.
Another good inning from Phil the II
We can’t hit Ryan Freiraband and can’t win a series from the hapless Mariners. pathetic.
“Arod is so soft it is staggering and only astute fans with the keen eye of the likes of angel and Brandon cannot see what the whole world can see.
Your really getting on my last F’n nerves, everyone on this blog knows I’m a fan of Arod and when I rip him people question me as an Arod hater, don’t F’n act like I never ripped him or can not see, just last night I was doing that.”
Brandon nothing that guy says should be taken seriously. You are very fair in your analysis of Arod and others and anyone who is in here daily knows that about you. Its funny how Stuart considers himself an “astute” fan.
Coke is a flash in the pan, he can’t strike out anyone. Another guy putitng up meaningless Sept. stats like Kennedy and Ohlendorf did.
Dunn is legit though and Marte is a proven commodity.
Anyone els watching Hughes start? If everyone could see it I guarantee all those people who want to trade him would change their mind…Totally dominant throwing 94. Way to good for triple-A
Brian hopefully Rafael Chaves is fixing him like he did for King Felix.
“Coke is a flash in the pan, he can’t strike out anyone. Another guy putitng up meaningless Sept. stats like Kennedy and Ohlendorf did”
it must be true since you said it
So why didn’t we get Byrd? He just won his fourth game (shut out the Rangers for seven innings) and his record with the Sox is 4-1 with that one loss coming against Halladay. Surely he is an improvement over Rasner.
Time to call off the dogs.
Put in Gardner, Miranda, Ransom, Christian etc. time to try the young guys out. I’ve seen enough of these overpaid mercenaries.
Forntoso – I think that the theme for this season has been “we can’t.”
If I have to look back on a few things I wonder to be pivotal, I have to wonder what would have happened if Girardi traded for Pudge but didn’t throw him into a game the minute he hit land, especially because that was the Angels series. His first few times out were dreadful. I really thought it made nothing but sense to have Molina catch that series especially since he knew the Angels better than anyone else. I think we were on our 8 game roll at that point. It seemed to go downhill from there.
The other game is the one at the Stadium where Cano screwed up in the 7th and opened a floodgate and we ended up losing the game. I also what would have happened if Rebecca stayed home from that game since she said that every game she went to the Yankees lost – and she took her Sux friend there to boot! (I’m superstitious enough that I would have stayed home because if I didn’t I would bear the Italian guilt of having screwed the Yankees season. Superstitious baseball fans know who that goes. Ha ha.)
But seriously, I consider that game at the Stadium the most pivotal game of the season, or maybe stated another way, that loss was like the final nail being put in place, to me anyway.
Hey at least i get to see a great game pitched by hughes
His head is not into the game at all. He takes a 2-2 pitch which in TB he crushed twice and mistimes a swing on a 3-2 fastball low and away, he’s guessing the wrong pitch it’s 4-2 Bautista knows a walk hurts him a solo doesn’t so he’s definitely throwing a fastball, that was horrific.
aceves is going to dominate
“Anyone els watching Hughes start? If everyone could see it I guarantee all those people who want to trade him would change their mind…Totally dominant throwing 94. Way to good for triple-A”
Hopefully he can harness that and get his confidence back. Most importantly he needs to stay healthy, but yes I still think Hughes can be a #2 or 3 starter.
Our secret weapon is in the bullpen, no problem.
That’s because Theo is a better GM than Cashman.
While Theo sold his baggage like Manny and picked up 2 pivotal role players in Korsay and Byrd, Cashman was busy trading away our crown jewel Jose Tabata for a 6th place hitter and a relief pitcher. He thought Ponson/Rasner would carry us to October.
Difference between the two GMs and franchises right there.
the good thing is that if the past is any indicator, Arod should have a monster 2009
Pathetic.
“Time to call off the dogs.
Put in Gardner, Miranda, Ransom, Christian etc. time to try the young guys out. I’ve seen enough of these overpaid mercenaries.”
I agree 100%.
No on packs it in quite like the 2008 Yankees.
I second that, bring the kids in at least its fun to watch
Cashman over the years has proven he is totally clueless when it comes to pitching
Can we fire Cashman and sign Theo?
Theo goes out and sees he needs SP. So he gets a proven vet in Byrd. He realizes he needs an extra OF so he gets a good one in Kotsay. He needs to get rid of Manny and everyone knows it and still gets Jason Bay for him.
Not to mention his young players Pedroia, Ellsbury, Lester, Youk are actually GOOD.
Do we really want Cashman rebuilding this pitching staff?
He has proven he knows nothing about pitching.
JJ, you’re our only hope.
Good luck JJ
I hope Girardi gets fired so I don’t have to come to this site to see the manager get ripped every day. Next time we should run the managerial choice by Pete to see if it’s ok or not. This site has become a big downer.
The Angels should effectively end our season.
Pavano, Aceves, and Andy going.
“That’s because Theo is a better GM than Cashman.
While Theo sold his baggage like Manny and picked up 2 pivotal role players in Korsay and Byrd, Cashman was busy trading away our crown jewel Jose Tabata for a 6th place hitter and a relief pitcher. He thought Ponson/Rasner would carry us to October.
Difference between the two GMs and franchises right there”
“Crown jewel”? That is a bit generous for a guy who was batting .248 and missed several games because of his bad attitude. Over valuing prospects is a bit silly this is why we have Austin Jackson hes the real deal and not a terrible fall back option. Oh and we got Xavier Nady who is a pretty decent player.
Giambino’s final plate appearance in Seattle as a Yankee?
Sea Net – I was just about to ask who was pitching the next three (I think that means Aceves goes on Sunday, too, right?) – it’s my last game at YS and I want it to be a good one (i.e. a win:) )
“The Angels should effectively end our season.”
Impossible. The season was effectively over when the recently exhumed TIm Wakefield beat Andy Pettitte.
“Do we really want Cashman rebuilding this pitching staff?
He has proven he knows nothing about pitching.”
Agreed. However who replaces him? Unless the guys name is Theo Epstein I have little faith in thrusting a new GM into the fires of NY.
Thanks to everyone who provided the updates on Phil Hughes – very encouraging signs, hope this continues.
Cashman will probably give an insulting offer to Sabathia and then go sign Oliver Perez to $75 million and continue to rely on Generation Nay members like Hughes and Kennedy.
And if Aceves does well the rest of the year, he’ll probably guarantee him a spot in the rotation next year too.
$200 million dollars for 4th place should spell the end of him. Otherwise, Hank is no different than James Dolan– gets false promises and manipulated by the GM and only cares about ticket sales and attendance. Somebody needs to be accountable for this year— and Bobby Meachum is not the only guy.
Al from BK that was a 19 yr. old who made his AA debut and had high upside at a young age that we gave up on.
Well, barring a miracle comeback in the 9th, this game will pretty much seal the deal on their season, if it wasn’t sealed before.
After they lose this game, I’m finally going to stop contributing my time and passion on this team that, at least this year, is not deserving of it.
I really am very sad today. Coming into this season I was so excited. Sure, the predictions weren’t very favorable, calling this as much of a “rebuilding” year that the Yankees, with their infinite money, can have. But I was excited nonetheless. We were seeing so many new, up and coming faces, and who knew what could come out of them. Imagine if Wang hadn’t gotten injured and pitched an entire Wang-esque year. What if Hughes lived up to what was hoped for him this year, and showed solid stuff all year. Even if Kennedy were bad- that would be just one chip. We had Cano, one of the most talented young players in the game, coming off a monster second-half. What if he continued that second half into this year? We had A-Rod, who despite a cold playoffs, put together another MVP year last year. We had Posada, fresh from a new contract, coming off a career year. We had Joba, who would hopefully be in the rotation soon.
Just thinking back on the hopes and excitement of Spring is making me sad today, because almost everything went to the toilet this year. Sure, Moose and Pettitte (although not really anymore) had a revival. But besides that, I can’t think of many positive things that came out of the season. Joba proved he was capable of being an effective starting pitcher, but then got injured and now he is back at square one, building up arm strength again. Who knows if this will be a recurring problem for the rest of his career- that maybe his shoulder can’t handle the rigors of starting pitching?
I’m going to stop, as the Yanks are about to lose, and my time wasted on this team will be over after this game.
Until next Spring.
uh oh cano
Cano smell a miracle???
Sorry.
Can Putz throw at Giambi in the dugout?
wouldn’t you love it if Cano hit a homerun right now?
I don’t think Theo is going anywhere. He sold his monkey suit last year.
spirit of Carew please
We stink. Time to dump these bums starting with Veras and Edwar.
I would just love it if cano didnt hit into a DP
cano will pop out
missed that by a mile
Smiroff it is
“Cashman was busy trading away our crown jewel Jose Tabata for a 6th place hitter and a relief pitcher.”
I think it’s safe to say that Tabata had lost “crown jewel” status. More importantly, the Yankees did get two very solid commodities in return. Cashman made some iffy decisions this year, not the least of which was the reliance put on rookie pitching that was not ready. However, it’s very difficult to argue against his deadline trades. They may not have produced the overall result we had all hoped for, they were the right thing to do.
is it time for Wilson??
Betemit in the driver’s seat!
Now not quite as much.
Enrique?
Wilson. Homerun? Please?
They’re going to crash
vintage hughes boys and girls
Woodrow Wilson.
betemit will hit a walkoff grand slam
cano coming thru as usual.
he must be related to Arod, 2 utterly terrible clutch players..
“Al from BK that was a 19 yr. old who made his AA debut and had high upside at a young age that we gave up on”
Honestly I don’t care a lot of guys have upside. Until he turns into Manny Ramirez I could care less about what hes doing in the pirates minor league system.
disgraceful.
you cant win a series against the worst team in the AL?
for shame.
Yay, the Yankees are now in 4th place. Good job there Yanks.
Go easy on Betemit, he’s just trying to fit in on the team.
Sigh, such a waste. Welcome to 4th place.
unreal. the amount of talent that this team has. i dont care about injuries, every team has their injuries. this is a matter of just not showing up. Arod has been a disgrace among many other.
if we had an actual bench, then we wouldnt have to rely on a guy like betemit.
““Al from BK that was a 19 yr. old who made his AA debut and had high upside at a young age that we gave up onâ€
Honestly I don’t care a lot of guys have upside. Until he turns into Manny Ramirez I could care less about what hes doing in the pirates minor league system.”
Besides I’m putting all my eggs in the A-Jax basket. If Tabata turns into a star then I owe you a personal apology.
lol at this team.
It doesn’t feel like 9 games above .500.
It feels more like being the worst team in baseball.
Every day I turn on the game and it’s the “how will they lose today?” feeling.
ladies and gentalmens
round and applause for our 200 thousand doller million payroll 4th place team!!!
our offense is great..
they are so clutch and patient it is great to watch so many proffessional hitters…
who has more prof AB’s Robinson genius Cano or Alex big game Rodriguez???
Throw in Giambi with RISP and you get a 4th place team… Good effort, way to battle, now the BS starts on the post game show, tip your cap, good stuff, blah blah balh..
Arod sucks, cano Sucks look at the #’s……
We have Peter with only about 4 snide rips at Girardi and the Yanks today, Peter a little off his game today.
The Pat’s looked great today peter maybe Brady will only be out 8 weeks or so……Panic in NEw England, that brings a smile to my face……
What a putz. Valiant effort by Betemit. That was the last appearance in Seattle by several Yankees.
BTW, shame on whoever is poo-poo-ing Hughes. 8 shutout innings with 11 K’s on 94 pitches is impressive on any level. His mind is in the right place. They need to stop trying to change him. The kid knows how to pitch.
Wait, the baseball season is still going on? It’s Brett Fav-ruh time, baby!
Cano only left 4 men on base and could not get a runner in from 3rd with 1 out because he is a HACK…
On a team of Hacks…..
8 ip for hughes 11 ks 3 hits 94 pitches 75 strikes 0 walks..still 0-0
Why does it suprise people that he sold Tabata low? Cashman doesn’t know how to evaluate talent, he is the same guy who thought Ian Kennedy was a top young pitcher.
Well hopefully there are some entertaining quotes from Hank to look forward to after today.
Welcome to 4th place New York Yankees!
And on to LA to finish them off.
“Nick in SF
September 7th, 2008 at 3:11 pm
This really screws me over, I had the Yanks on the moneyline locked in at -180 and now the pitcher change means the line becomes -230 and I think our chance to win has been diminished! Grrrrrrr!”
I was right about that part, at least.
Pete-
Likely Yankees will cling to 4th place.
I’m prepared to have a rebuilding year in 2009 if necessary, rather than keeping players who are no longer at the peak of their careers, but on the slippery slope of a downward spiral.
The Yanks should all get off-season jobs with FedEx, they’ve been mailing it in since July.
“BTW, shame on whoever is poo-poo-ing Hughes. 8 shutout innings with 11 K’s on 94 pitches is impressive on any level. His mind is in the right place.”
Mel, we have no idea where his mind his. This is a great effort, but you do need to accoutn for the level. These are largely taxi squad guys who’s only hope for the MLB team is someone getting hurt. Very few legit prospects at this level. It’s pitching the junior varsity game. You don’t believe me?? Consider this. The pitcher shutting down Hughes’ teammates is 113 year old Bartolo Colon.
I say the Yankees bench all of their players the rest of the season (except those who deserve, Mussina and yeah that’s the only one). And they either
A) Bring up all the young guys and let them play
B) Or pick the first 9 people that walk into the stadium that day.
That would be classic entertainment and hey who knows, maybe the guys on the bench will realize how blessed they are to be playing baseball, especially with the Yankees. And maybe some people nobody knows about will get to shine…
I think Rigamortis isn’t as slow as this season is for the Yanks. This is the “nail in the coffin!”
“I’m prepared to have a rebuilding year in 2009 if necessary”
YT, in case you haven’t noticed, you’ve just lived thru a rebuilding year.
Fredo,
I’ll take the 8 shutout innings/11 K’s. Thank you.
At least both NY football teams are 1-0. Its Jets/Giants time now. This team is only worth watching for player development and monitoring certain players.
Do you think the guys in the club house even care?
If I were Derek Jeter I’d take a bat and hit everyone over the head. Starting with Cano……….
Consider this. The pitcher shutting down Hughes’ teammates is 113 year old Bartolo Colon.
I resent that statement. I am the 9th starter on the World Champion Boston Red Sox..I still know how to pitch, and will be doing so in October.
I bet Cano and Melky are laughing and smiling in the club house right now. Talking about how they can’t wait to get to LA for the night life..
“I say the Yankees bench all of their players the rest of the season (except those who deserve, Mussina and yeah that’s the only one). And they either
A) Bring up all the young guys and let them play
B) Or pick the first 9 people that walk into the stadium that day.
That would be classic entertainment and hey who knows, maybe the guys on the bench will realize how blessed they are to be playing baseball, especially with the Yankees. And maybe some people nobody knows about will get to shine…”
I like the way you think Katie.
This was a rebuilding year? What has been rebuilt?
*rigor mortis
This game did speak volumes about the state of this team.
They couldn’t grit it out to help a teammate get a win toward the first 20-game win season he’s ever experienced in a nice career. That goal has now become unlikely.
Thet saw the scoreboard and knew this game also meant sliding into 4th place. Shameful – very shameful.
Whatever happened to Yankee pride ?
Girardi’s lack of managerial ability is showing more by the game.
I know it’s one bad year offensively, but maybe a new philosophy and better team chemistry would be better in 09. More athleticism too. I would love CC, Wang and Joba as the top 3. Plus, Tex and his bat and defense takes care of 1B. Trade Johnny or Matsui and get some pitchers. Gotta get younger somehow.
Nick,
Yankee Stadium
Thanks Al. I’m about to buy a ticket to FL and meet with Mr. Steinberner himself. He could pay me half as much as he is paying G.I Joe, and I guarantee I’d at least have this team in the post season.
Mel:
Take it all you like. Those are guys who will never see the light of an MLB field unless multiple injuries occur. There is nothing close to major league about where he is.
He’s pitching great, but look at the other guys who’ve pitched great in this series. The lowly IPK, Devern Hansack, etc. It’s light years from real MLB play.
That said, Hughes has a chance to be an important contributor to the big club in the not too distant future.
“This was a rebuilding year? What has been rebuilt?”
A new stadium, complete with mystique and aura…..
“This was a rebuilding year? What has been rebuilt?”
This is a transition year which is followed by a subsequent rebuilding year.
Vince,
You think the Yankees chose to lose? I know we’re all frustrated, but some of you need to get a grip.
Line of the day: “The season was effectively over when the recently exhumed TIm Wakefield beat Andy Pettitte.”
“This was a rebuilding year? What has been rebuilt?”
Fair point, Nick. Let’s call it a transitional year.
If Aceves has a good start I’m sure the crack Yank Mgmt team will quickly anoint him a contributing member of the 2009 rotation.
This upcoming series should be a barrel of laughs.
I hope so, this has the feeling of a last-gasp year.
8 innings of domination for Phil Franchise. He hit a little speedbump and had two rough starts, but since then his velocity has been up, and hes been untouchable. I think its time to bring him up and let him finish the season out with the Yanks. after losing this series is there really any reason not to start to get the young guys ready for next year?
No doubt in my mind Kennedy isnt part of the Yanks plans, but the fact Joba is going to the pen means that Hughes will be counted on in some capacity. No reason to keep running ponson out there.
Is it too early to start talking about the Curse of Arod?? How many more years is he under contract? Not only that, Texas is no longer paying part of his salary. What team would even want this guy??
“This was a rebuilding year? What has been rebuilt?”
1979 – 1995
To be fair, you can say the bullpen has been rebuilt or reshaped or whatever, and a lot of kids from the minors are closer. Eh, semantics.
“Let’s call it a transitional year.”
From severely flawed to total garbage.
Losing this game sucks.
But, good to hear Hughes doing good today for SWB.
Angels next-yikes
“Line of the day: “The season was effectively over when the recently exhumed TIm Wakefield beat Andy Pettitte.—
Oh wow, I lol’d.
It’s in the hands of the baseball gods now…remember what happened to the Mets last year? Who could have seen that coming?
And what about how well the Rockies played in September last year? Could anyone have predicted that?
Boston has 12 straight games against the Rays and Blue Jays…who knows how that’ll go
The Yankees must do the improbable and sweep the Angels…
Do you believe?
if you have an mlb.com subscription, you can watch the scranton game for free. you need to hurry tho, strickland in trouble.
whats up, all? I kept my word and stayed away for a week as promised.
“From severely flawed to total garbage.”
Need to bottom out a little to make your way back up.
So… Who thinks Cashman walks away after this year?
The best part about Hughes start is he’s seemed to fix his main problem, which was lefties were hammering him. I’ve watched all his starts down there, and it looks like his change has really come along. The cutter is a work in progress, but looks like it may be an asset. The best thing is that hes been able to dial it up to 94, with real nice movement.
I dont understand the point they are trying to make by making him stay down there. Thats one of the main problems I have with this season. Why make him stay down there while the big league club is limping to the finish line?
“It’s in the hands of the baseball gods now…remember what happened to the Mets last year? Who could have seen that coming?
And what about how well the Rockies played in September last year? Could anyone have predicted that?
Boston has 12 straight games against the Rays and Blue Jays…who knows how that’ll go
The Yankees must do the improbable and sweep the Angels…
Do you believe?”
Oh boy. In addition to the trolls the optimist crazies are also out in full force.
He (Hughes) has been very good his last 3 AAA outings. Encouraging!
“So… Who thinks Cashman walks away after this year?”
Considering how many offers he’ll get, I think he will.
If we couldn’t win a series against the Mariners(!!!), how could we ever sweep the Angels.
“He (Hughes) has been very good his last 3 AAA outings. Encouraging!”
Likely because this is what he needed all along a few weeks in the minors to get his stuff in order.
Girardi with his typical Nero like analysis.
Magic # is 12 with 19 to play.
If I were Derek Jeter I’d take a bat and hit everyone over the head. Starting with Cano……….
What exactly makes you think Jeter cares more than any of the other overpaid millionaires? Maybe its time to consider that Williams/Martinez/O’Neill/Pettitte/Posada etc. were the real leaders of those times and he was just along for the ride.
Now is not the time to experiment again with Phil Franchise.
I love when Mussina does interviews
Yeah, Al, again, I agree with you. He will probably be getting offers from Philly and all those other places. The only question, will he get enough money or will he even care? Will he want to be on a team that doesn’t have the resources to just do what ever they like?
I have a feeling he will test the market, and I don’t know I kind of have a feeling he will stay but it’s about 50/50 I’d say
without a doubt, i can deal with the red sox trolls, but the optimistic people are beyond me. this was another example of how poor a manager girardi is. for those of you who think this is a rebuilding year, where are our young players in the lineup now? on the roster? they are nowhere to be found because our farm system is years and years away from bringing up productive major leagues. add to that, the horrible, embarassing draft where we pissed away a first round pick this year and it will be a long long time before we’re back on top again. once cashman and girardi is gone, and we have real baseball people here we’ll have a chance. i’m not optimistic for the next 3 years.
Baseball is unpredictable…we just won 2 out of 3 against a first place team, then we followed that up by losing 2 out of 3 against a last place team…
Who can say what will happen against Anaheim…
Brian,
Today was Phil’s last day of pitching for Scranton. Maybe we do see him in the Bronx again this season.
“Yeah, Al, again, I agree with you. He will probably be getting offers from Philly and all those other places. The only question, will he get enough money or will he even care? Will he want to be on a team that doesn’t have the resources to just do what ever they like?
I have a feeling he will test the market, and I don’t know I kind of have a feeling he will stay but it’s about 50/50 I’d say”
I think Cash is gone, he doesn’t like the pressure of NY and it shows.
Not even the comedic stylings of Hal Holbrook from Fletch 2 could cheer me up.
breaking news
ian kennedy just finished watching the game from the scranton clubhouse and issued the following statement:
“i thought we played well today, the offense lookd outstanding. a couple of those balls that were caught should have been hits”, said kennedy.
“its just a game, nothing to get too upset over. we played well and you win some you lose some. im happy with the results of todays game, i wouldn’t change anything we did today”
Al, Who do you think replaces him?
The bright side is there’s a chance our next year draft picks will be protected.
I can CC something that could make me optimistic for 2009.
Nick, i can CC that too
So I guess you guys will be watching the Dodgers next year?
well brady done for the year
“Al, Who do you think replaces him?”
Someone who is currently not a GM. I wish it was Theo but he would never leave the lap of Henry up in Bahstin.
look, nick you’re right in the sense that if we got cc, or another #1 type and wang was healthy and maybe we had tex or another 1b that could actually field, we might be looking at a very different season this year. but it’s really sad how we’re not developing young players at all. it’s disheartening. this team is old. and we’re starting to look like the 80s yanks with not developing young players and bringing in free agents who don’t mesh. you look at the sox and you see them signing free agents but also with guys like lowrie and padroia and you have to be concerned that this isn’t just a 2 year blip on our record.
“well brady done for the year”
Source?
Not having a baserunner since the 3rd. Castro led off the 10th with a double and advance to 3rd on error by Josh Wilson. The ball went into the dugout and Castro came home, but they sent him back to 3rd.
If Cashman comes back he has to be 100% committed to winning next year. He can’t just sit back and hope against hope that these 21 yr old kids in the minors iwll save the greatest franchise in sports. He has to be proactive. He has to be willing to give out big contracts even though he might not want to (CC) and may have to trade players he doesn’t want to (Hughes/Cano), but he has to be on board with putting a winner on the field next year.
He can still rebuild, but not at the expense of losing at the ML level, we are not the Royals or Tampa. He can’t compromise our chance to win for development like he did this year.
I would hope Hal articulates this very thing to him before giving him an extension.
Al, breaking news on Yahoo Sports.
At least the more we lose, the better pick we get in the draft next year. LOSE MORE!
This has not been a rebuilding year. This was a bottoming out year. At this rate 2009 or 2010 will be the rebuilding year if we are lucky.
“Al, breaking news on Yahoo Sports.”
Wow, I thought it looked like a sprain and nothing more. This must mean ACL or Meniscus.
Al, I just read the article too about Brady.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/ne.....;type=lgns
Matt Cassell will still lead them to the playoffs.
They still have Bellicheat, Moss, Marroney, Welker etc. and their defense is rock solid.
Shelly Duncan with the walkoff HR off Edgar Martinez. Could’ve used him in Seattle today.
go to rotoworld al
“well brady done for the yearâ€
This weeks was the only time Belichick left him off the injury list and look what happens.
“Matt Cassell will still lead them to the playoffs.
They still have Bellicheat, Moss, Marroney, Welker etc. and their defense is rock solid.”
Likely. However at least my Jets now have a shot of beating the Pats next week. The past several years it has seemed like the Jets lost by the time they showed up at the stadium especially the way Brady has played against us.
ha ironic that what happens when you lie all the time
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/ne.....;type=lgns
Brady done for ’08
Today was the first time in 3 years that Tom Brady wasn’t listed on the Pats’ injury report, or so was reported this morning.
Spoooooooooky.
If we don’t get CC… well, other shoes to drop. I’m optimistic about the pitching.
That’s ” Fletch Lives” actually. You can’t make a mistake like that with a classic but thanks for thinking of me.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/ne.....;type=lgns
Brady out for year with ACL tear.
Sorry Pete.
Patriots will still make the playoffs. Instead of winning 12 or 13 games, without Brady it will more like 10 or 11.
Still a very good team.
What’s Daunte Culpepper doing now? Any chance he says hello Pats?
“Today was the first time in 3 years that Tom Brady wasn’t listed on the Pats’ injury report, or so was reported this morning.
Spoooooooooky.”
Spooky indeed. Imagine if this whole thing was made up to psyche out Mangini and next week Tommy boy pulls a Willis Reed and throws for 400 yds and 4 TD’s.
I think the ball to Mike’s chest affected him. Said it didn’t affect the way he threw. But he said it took 2 innings to shake it off.
Tom Brady out for the year with torn ACL
sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news;_ylt=Aj2W_sYK_xGezs7QXu0RqcJDubYF?slug=ms-bradyoutforyear090708&prov=yhoo&type=lgns
“Tom Brady out for the year with torn ACL
sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news;_ylt=Aj2W_sYK_xGezs7QXu0RqcJDubYF?slug=ms-bradyoutforyear090708&prov=yhoo&type=lgns”
That kinda kills my Willis Reed theory. Pats will still make the playoffs with Kassell at QB.
Your Willis Reed ananolgy is a little off. In several ways.
Pete’s going to be devastated.
Brady out for the season? Look for suicidal hints in Pete’s posts this week. Welcome to the Champs to chumps club Pete! And don’t let us hear you blame the possible upcoming Pats’s poor season on injuries!
Bronx Jeers, Hal Holbrook wasn’t even all that funny in the movie. Shame on me.
“Pete’s going to be devastated.”
I’m sure Pete knows already.
“Pete’s going to be devastated.”
Well, for all the unfair shots Pete has taken at Girardi it is the reward for him
And it is Karma for Pete saying he doesn’t wish the Jets luck.
Bronx Jeers
Between the Mets, Favre, and the Giants… the Yankees are going to fade into oblivion in this town until hot stove season starts.
Apathy is going to surround the franchise for a while.
This is the way the season ends
This is the way the season ends
This is the way the season ends
Not with a bang but a whimper.
my apologies to T.S. Eliot, but I just felt paraphrasing The Hallow Men is very appropriate.
“And it is Karma for Pete saying he doesn’t wish the Jets luck.”
This is true. Pete really hurt my feelings when he didn’t wish my Jets luck.
No worries Nick in SF. You can never go wrong with a Holbrook post. It’s like pizza or sex. Even a bad HH reference is still pretty good.
Katie
September 7th, 2008 at 6:53 pm
Do you think the guys in the club house even care?
If I were Derek Jeter I’d take a bat and hit everyone over the head. Starting with Cano……….
______________________________________________________
In case you haven’t noticed, or, just chose to ignore it, Jeter’s season has been part of the problem.
Uh Oh don’t let Pete read this!
Silver lining: Tom Brady will now be available to pull the lever at Yankee Stadium.
There is no way the Jets can lose to Sam Cassell. Pace, Jenkins, Harris, Rhodes, Revis, Lowery need to reek havoic on him.
It will be an embarrassment to lose to the backup QB with Favre.
The whole team has been horrible- not just a select few
ESPN is using John Saunders, a backup NBA/NCAA anchor as an NFL analyst to assess Tom Brady’s injury? They couldn’t find anyone else?
“There is no way the Jets can lose to Sam Cassell. Pace, Jenkins, Harris, Rhodes, Revis, Lowery need to reek havoic on him.
It will be an embarrassment to lose to the backup QB with Favre.”
Next weeks game went from a test for how far the Jets have come to a game they should win. The Brady-less Pats barely beat KC and they stink.
R-Tek,
That is as amusing as NBC using Keith Olbermann as an NFL analyst/host.
“ESPN is using John Saunders, a backup NBA/NCAA anchor as an NFL analyst to assess Tom Brady’s injury? They couldn’t find anyone else?”
Joe Girardi? ” Tom will be fine. 75% of the NFL has a torn ACL.”
And the guy who should be starting in Yankee pinstripes is pitching for the Mets tonight.
The team has finally quit.
Did you watch that final 5 innings?
They have phoned it in. Now is the time to play gardner, hughes, etc.
IPK actually watched the NE/KC game today with his sunday ticket package. He had these comments for the Boston Globe:
” Its nothing to be really worried about, players go down all the time. I really don’t see an issue with it, so the guy got hurt you still have to carry on like nothing happened. Plain and simple its not devastating they will overcome and if they dont who cares its only a game right?”
This team’s a joke. I would not want to be Pete Abraham between now and October. Could you imagine being require to write about this team? I’d rather clean latrines.
Dolphins, Chargers, and Mets all lose.
It was a good day.
Bronx Jeers
good one!
Wouldnt it be great if Cashman actually had prospects to play the last 3 weeks?
There isnt a single minor league position prospect for the team to look at in September. I wonder if any of the other 30 major league teams can say that.
hank hal,
Mets are playing a DH tonight. Santana vs. Hamels. Philly up 1-0.
Why don’t you like the Chargers?
Actually Austin Jackson would be one. I’d actually like to see them throw Duncan into the fire. Sink or swim at this point. He was supposed to be a huge prospect.
Charges beat the jets in the playoffs.
Green Beret7, et al.,
Jeter has not had a good year given his high standard – but at no time has he mailed it in. The point is you can’t say the same for a number of his teammates.
We have put all of our eggs in the CC basket. If he doesn’t come here, there is no successful off-season. We will be a 3rd place team without Sabathia. And the sad part is he doesn’t even want to come here. He is a mercenary who will only come here if we give him double what LAD does.
If we don’t get Sabathia, Iwill cry.
Nick in SF September 7th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
I too am outraged. I have filed my protests here:
Mayor Greg Nickels
Seattle City Hall
600 Fourth Avenue, 7th Floor
Seattle, WA 98124
and here:
Governor Chris Gregoire
Office of the Governor
PO Box 40002
Olympia, WA 98504
Too Funny Nick!
Oh. I don’t care for Philip Rivers. And they’re overrated.
wow two awful calls against the Phillies.
Jeez, Clint. Get a grip.
We don’t have any prospects to play. We only have fller/bench players like Melky, Duncan, Ransom, Gardner, Miranda etc. Jackson is the only position prospect worth anything, everyone else is atleast 3 years away in Charleston. Generation Trey is Generation DL.
Isin’t it sad that all we have to look forward to is our young relief pitchers? So much for the farm.
Jeez. Clear path for Indy. Can’t even touch Peyton Manning.
Anybody ready for some basketball?
Clint we’re not getting Sabathia. He does not want to come here. As long as the Dodgers give him $100 million, he will go there. We missed the boat with Santana. We had a chance to get an ace and we whiffed. Santana genuinely wanted to play in NYC and enjoyed the atmosphere whereas CC wants to runaway into anonymity on the West Coast.
We put our eggs in Hughes’ basket more than anyone. If he doesn’t develop into who we thought he was, we are screwed. Throwing obscene money at question marks/headcases like Sheets, Burnett, or Oliver Perez does not solve the problem. That is like trying to use chewing gum to fix leaks in the roof.
yes, very excited to see the knicks
Yes, Pepitone. Bynum’s ready to go. You know who’s announcing the date of his surgery tomorrow.
these yankees suck
Matt Forte-50yd TD run for the Bears
Anyone watching the Mets game? They did an awful job getting the field ready for todays game. The field looks like mud. It is a very sunny day. They could have used the drying agent to get the field in better condition.
It is amazing to see how many people here know CC Sabathia personally. Just because some reporter claimn an unnamed friend of somebody believes/wants/thinks something doesn’t make it true.
Take a Midol and see how things play out for cryin’ out loud… if it’s a disastrous offseason you’ll have plenty of time to cry in the spring.
Hughes today… 8 scoreless innings, 4 hits, 11 K… that’s something, isn’t it?
Thomo
September 7th, 2008 at 8:31 pm
Green Beret7, et al.,
Jeter has not had a good year given his high standard – but at no time has he mailed it in. The point is you can’t say the same for a number of his teammates.
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Who has “mailed it in”, then? Any proof of this statement?
Reports are that Brady’s done for the season. This very well could be the last post in the history of the LoHud blog. Cherish it, and pray that Pete can make it through the night.
How does someone throwing 8 innings in Triple A get you to the playoffs?? Enough with Hughes. He got rocked everytime he came up.
sounds like phil looked great, lets go hughes
in other news, it sounds like tom brady is done for the year … a tough break and i hope he comes back strong next year … even as a jets fan … seems like a decent guy
but hey pete to cheer you up, maybe you and girardi can watch the dvd of “the patriots road to perfection – the story of the 07-08 pats” on the way to anaheim
well i guess its still a dynasty … like the yankees still are
steve
September 7th, 2008 at 8:47 pm
“yes, very excited to see the knicks”
Please tell me you said that tongue in cheek.
mel
You think there is any chance the Patriots pick up Duante Culpepper?
I’m guessing Pete is a huge Patriot fan? Isn’t that kinda odd – to root for the Yanks and the Pats?
Brandon,
Bring back the Santana HR counter. At least we have something to look forward to. 23 and counting.
Yikes, Pete. They’re bringing Chris Sims in for a workout. Can we have the dad instead?
ray,
No. But maybe he should’ve waited a few more days to retire. NBC announcing Chris Simms getting a look-see.
Are you watching this game? Manning looked horrible in the red zone. Timeout, couple of delay of games, settled for a field goal.
I think the Pats should give Culpepper a call
Josh,
Pete is a Patriots fan because he grew up there. That’s why people here accuse him of being a Red Sox fan. If he is, he doesn’t show it. He’s harder on them than the Yankees.
He says he’s not a fan of teams, he’s a fan of stories.
Josh- Pete is not a Yankee fan. He is a Yankee beat writer.
Oh sorry, I just assumed he also roots for them. So who does he root for then?
SA,
Gotta see if the Cassel kid can handle it. He did go to USC. That counts for something.
Besides, isn’t that how Brady got his chance?
lol who cares if we get Sabathia or not?
Joe Girardi will still be managing the team!
Alot more cap tipping, it’s early, that’s baseball, it happens sometimes, to come.
Chris Simms is being brought in. If he passes his physical, he’ll likely start next week.
E-Man
Short team memory? I guess you don’t recall Joe T always tipping his cap.
mel-That’s true. Just have to see how he does. Who do the Pats play next week?
Don Zimmer didn’t tip his cap, he only tipped his combat helmet.
No updates I guess Pete is traveling or mourning.
R-Tek :
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Benny and the Jets
lol.
Madden mentioned that the crowd has not affected the Bears.
And then Al Michaels talks about piping in noise.
Jennifer,
It wasn’t nearly as much as Girardi has tipped his cap. He’s become a broken record after a loss.
The NY Bretts? That will be interesting..
e-man of course it was. Go back on yesnetwork if they archived it. It was all the time!
Gutless, overpriced, underachievers not worthy of wearing pinstripes. As I’ve been saying, BLOW this team up. Losing 2 out of 3 to the worst team in baseball is unacceptable. Lifeless like their clueless manager. Cano needs to be traded while they can still get something for him. He’s a Lazy Dog and needs to go.
Brian Cashman has turned this team into a disgrace over the last 7 years after the Gene Michael/Bob watson teams faded away. Why those idiot Steinbrenner boys want to keep him is beyond me. Girardi has completely surprised me by being overmatched this year and this team quit on him, and it would make sense to bring in a veteran manager who knows his way around running a team. This team needs a complete overhaul, starting with players who want to play, like a Shane Victorino, and Joey Votto/or Ryan Howard via trade,and Orlando Hudson (Cano and Melky must go)
and Sabathia through free agency. Tex is not worth the money and years he’ll want. Cashman always ignored his bench, which has to be upgraded, also by trade or short-term contracts, or even quality players cut for money or numbers reason after spring traing. Betemit just stinks, as do all the stiffs Cashman keeps bring up, like Jason Christain and Gardner, who can’t hit or bunt. This team ca be over hauled in one year if a real baseball man in the front office and on the bench are brought in as quickly as possible afer the World Series and before the winter meetings. Cashman has brought in a bunch of mismatched, old, lazy players combined with incompetent young players and pitchers, the kiss of death which either can be rectified rather quickly with the money coming off the books, or the alternative will be the 1980′s all over again.
The Yankees have become irrelevant on Cashman’s watch.