Game 10: Indians at Yankees (new Yankee Stadium home opener)
Posted by: Peter Abraham - Posted in Misc, Podcast on Apr 16, 2009 
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YANKEES (5-4)
Derek Jeter SS
Johnny Damon LF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Nick Swisher RF
Jorge Posada C
Robinson Cano 2B
Hideki Matsui DH
Cody Ransom 3B
Brett Gardner CF
Pitching today: LHP CC Sabathia (1-1, 4.50).
INDIANS (2-7)
Grady Sizemore CF
Mark DeRosa 3B
Victor Martinez 1B
Jhonny Peralta SS
Shin-soo Choo DH
Ben Francisco RF
Kelly Shoppach C
Tony Graffanino 2B
Trevor Crowe LF
Pitching today: LHP Cliff Lee (0-2, 9.90)
CC Sabathia vs. the Cleveland hitters.
Cliff Lee vs. the New York hitters.
HOMES OF THE YANKEES: Hilltop Park (1903-12), Polo Grounds (1913-22), Yankee Stadium (1923-2008), New Yankee Stadium (2009- ).
NEW PARK IN TOWN: Yankee Stadium is the first new AL park since Comerica Park opened in Detroit in 2000.
CC SEES THE TRIBE: CC Sabathia was drafted by Cleveland in 1998 and was with them until last July when he was traded to Milwaukee. He was 106-77 in 237 starts.
BRUNEY’S THE BEST: Bruney’s last five outings: 4.2 0 hits, 0 runs, 0 walks, 10 strikeouts.
LEE VS. THE YANKEES: Cliff Lee is 3-3, 5.62 against the Yankees. He beat them last May 7, throwing seven shutout innings in the Bronx.
CANO’S CONSISTENT: Robinson Cano has hit safely in 8 of 9 games.
BILLY BEANE WANTS HIM BACK: Nick Swisher has been on base in 16 of 32 plate appearances.
Back with more later. My flight lands around 9:40 and then comes the mad dash to the park.
UPDATE, 10:18 a.m.: I’m in a car but my colleagues from the paper just texted to say that RHP Dave Robertson was called up to replace Xavier Nady on the roster.
UPDATE, 12:09 p.m.: Just arrived at the Stadium thanks to an outstanding job by Dave the car service driver, who got us right to Gate 4 where the press entrance is.
After getting up at 4:30 a.m., the fun part of the day is ready to start. Keep checking back as there will be lots of updates.
UPDATE, 12:12 p.m.: John Sterling just introduced George Steinbrenner, who waved from a private box next to his wife, Joan.
Now the West Point Band is performing in center field.
UPDATE, 12:15 p.m.: 
Here’s a photo of Yogi Berra, who was in the press conference room (we have one those now and it’s great) talking about the first pitch he’s going to throw out.
UPDATE, 12:17 p.m.: It is very good to see my friend Jack Curry of the Times here today. Jack was hit by a car in Philadelphia on his way into the stadium to cover their opener two weeks ago. But he is here working with his arm in a sling.
UPDATE, 12:26 p.m.: This is cool, John Fogerty is playing Centerfield in center field. They’re showing highlights of great Yankee CFs on the scoreboard.
UPDATE, 12:30 p.m.: And now a great center fielder, Bernie Williams, is playing his guitar in center field. Fittingly, it’s Take Me Out To The Ball Game.
UPDATE, 12:33 p.m.: Bernie finishes up as people chant his name.
UPDATE, 12:55 p.m.: They introduced 40+ former players along with the players from both teams. The former players are lined up along the infield in special jackets.
UPDATE, 1:00 p.m.: Kelly Clarkson (baby’s got back!) sang the anthem and the flyover was perfectly timed.
UPDATE, 1:01 p.m.: Whitey Ford and Don Larsen just took some dirt off the mound.
UPDATE, 1:03 p.m.: Yogi Berra came out alone and threw out the first pitch. They should have had Posada go out there with him.
UPDATE, 1:05 p.m.: We’re about to get underway.
UPDATE, 1:16 p.m.: A few firsts …
First pitch: CC Sabathia to Grady Sizemore. It was a fastball outside that was called a ball by Tom Hallion.
First out: Grady Sizemore grounded to Mark Teixeira, who tagged first base.
First strikeout: Sabathia struck out Victor Martinez with a 2-2 fastball in the first inning.
UPDATE, 1:17 p.m.: This is really cool. Just before Jeter his, a bat used by Babe Ruth to hit the first home run in the first game at the original Yankee Stadium was placed on the plate. The Bambino belted a three-run circuit clout to help beat the Red Sox 4-1.
Jeter then picked it up, pretended for a second like he would use it, then gave it to a bat boy.
Jeter should have homered but he flew to center.
The bat is on loan to the Yankees from the collection of Richard Angrist and will be displayed in the Yankees Museum until the All-Star break.
UPDATE, 1:21 p.m.: Damon gets the first hit at the new place, a clean single to center.
UPDATE, 1:24 p.m.: Thanks to my colleague Kevin Devaney Jr., here is the audio of the pre-game press conference Joe Girardi held:
UPDATE, 1:27 p.m.: Who do you think will hit the first home run at the Stadium for the Yankees? Vote on the LoHud.com Yankees page.
UPDATE, 1:50 p.m.: No score through two innings. Meanwhile, the “Yankee Trivia” is now hosted by some perky girl named Tara and the volume on her mic is set to “make everybody deaf.” It’s very annoying.
Meanwhile, the pennants are atop the frieze, a welcome addition since the Cubs games. The retired numbers are now painted on a wall in left field that everybody can see. That was a good addition as well.
UPDATE, 1:56 p.m.: The crowd is dead quiet. Dead. But Opening Day, especially this one, figured to bring out a lot of pretenders.
UPDATE, 2:19 p.m.: What a play by Cody Ransom. He dove to snare the ball off the bat of Ben Francisco and from his knees threw out Jhonny Peralta at the plate as Posada blocked the dish with his knee.
UPDATE, 2:20 p.m.: The crowd is just brutal. Yankees come to plate and there is barely a smattering of applause. I don’t know if the crowd is quiet or the design of the stadium is the reason, but it’s like being in church so far.
UPDATE, 2:56 p.m.: CC is in bend-but-don’t-break mode. He has put nine runners on base in nine innings but allowed only one run.
Meanwhile, the Yankees need to get something going against Cliff Lee as they trail 1-0.
UPDATE, 3:01 p.m.: We have the first home run in the place, a solo shot to center by Jorge Posada, the great underrated Yankees catcher. Now it’s 1-1.
For Posada, that’s 223 homers, moving him past Don Mattingly into seventh place in team history.
UPDATE, 3:12 p.m.: This report from the AP:
New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez took another step in his rehab from right hip surgery, hitting three home runs in 49 swings during his first full batting practice session.
A-Rod homered to right, left and deep left-center on Thursday. He hit numerous liners and had several other balls land near or off the outfield fence.
UPDATE, 3:13 p.m.: Sabathia started the inning with 105 pitches. … The Yankees are 0 for 7 with RISP. They have left 10 on base.
UPDATE, 3:22 p.m.: The Yankees got their money’s worth out of Carsten Charles today as he tossed 122 pitches. Unfortunately for him, that only got him through 5.2 innings.
It’s 1-1 and Edwar Ramirez is in.
UPDATE, 3:42 p.m.: I’m falling asleep and not because I woke up at 4:30 a.m. to catch a flight. This game is boring.
1-1 after six.
UPDATE, 3:44 p.m.: Kyle Veras just walked DeRosa to start the seventh before Martinez hammered a double to right.
Mark Melancon. Mark Melancon. Mark Melancon.
UPDATE, 3:49 p.m.: Well, that was brutal. Walk, double, two-run double. 3-1 Indians and Marte in to try and clean it up.
UPDATE, 3:54 p.m.: Damaso Marte hasn’t been much better. He hit Choo then when Francisco bunted, he threw a change-up to third base and the runner was safe. Then came an RBI single.
4-1 Tribe and still counting.
UPDATE, 3:59 p.m.: And Marte gives up a slam followed a long solo drive by Martinez. It’s 10-1.
The crowd is chanting, “We want Swisher.”
Now they’re booing Marte as the inning finally ends.
Marte is a one-lefty-at-a-time guy. He’s dangerous otherwise.
UPDATE, 4:03 p.m.: God Bless America now comes with a musical accompaniment. It’s like a Disney song now.
Meanwhile, remember those West Point Cadets who unfurled the flag before the game? They got obstructed view seats in the bleachers. How to honor the troops.
UPDATE, 4:07 p.m.: Anyway, it’s 10-1 and half of the wealthy folks in the Legends seats have left the place. They’re probably checking their tickets, figuring that $2K meant they’d see a win for sure.
UPDATE, 4:24 p.m.: Hey look, Robertson throws strikes and gets guys out.
UPDATE, 4:48 p.m.: Boy, this is grim. The place is just about empty and the Yankees are down 10-2 in the ninth. Not exactly how they dreamed it would turn out.
Back with more later on.
LETS GO YANKS!
” My flight lands around 9:40 and then comes the mad dash to the park”
sounds like like pete and sj44 are on a collision course.
I watched the fourth inning of AJ’s game against the Rays last night.
How cool and poised was Swisher? He didn’t even look at Garza. Wasn’t rattled at all. The in the bottom half when AJ came up and not so in on Longoria the result was classic. That is the way it’s done. Very good to see a AJ protect our batters like that. How different Swisher’s reaction from Longoria’s
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So the Yankees and the NYPD are being sued by the ACLU on behalf of some dude from Astoria for being forcfully ejected from the stadium after attempting to go to the bathroom during the singing of God Bless America.
As much as I want to support the troops and show solidarity, when stuff like this happens it’s time to end GBA.
I’ve had my share of run ins over the years with the stadium security. A major bunch of AH’s if there ever was one.
Has Lee really been as bad as his ERA indicates, or has he just been unlucky?
Lonn Trost on with Joe and Evan at 10:30ish on WFAN(in case anyone wants to listen)
“BRUNEY’S THE BEST: Bruney’s last five outings: 4.2 0 hits, 0 runs, 0 walks, 10 strikeouts.”
wait, everyone here said he should be sent to AAA after Spring Training….
reason #10000 why Spring Training numbers are meaningless
Anyone else hear about this? http://www.instadiumsolutions.com/ I just read about it in ESPN the mag. Fans are texting security to alert them or unruly fans, health problems, violations, etc
Bronx Jeers:
Couldn’t agree more. The security at the park is jsut atrocious. Bunch of wanna be rent-a-cops with too much power and authority. I was ejected back in 04 for arguing with a Mariners fan.
Before the morality police come out on patrol, believe me, it was light-hearted banter going back and forth between two fans. Both of us were even smiling. When i get removed, the fan actually even interjected and tried to intervene. It didn’t matter. Ive done some stupid things to get kicked out of some major events in my day, so seriously stupid things…but this was by far the least.
Anyway, go Yankees.
LETS GO YANKEES! I’ll be in class during the game but hopefully I’d be able to follow on GameDay lol
First hr in new stadium? Torn between Swish and Damon.
Aj tell your professor/teacher that today is a religious holiday and you can’t attend class.
13 pitchers? Sounds a bit unnecessary if you ask me.
Free Booze
tex hits first homer in new park.2 bombs today.
Yes, you have to attend church at the “Cathedral”.
Anyone else think it’s the coolest thing that Jose Molina wears rosary beads instead of Phiten? I mean, that’s so…Madonna.
WhooHooo! Let’s christen the new cathedral with a Dubya!
Thanks to the person who gave the heads up on the mlb.com coverage. It seems to be in standby mode. How about you guys?
It’s sort of windy today here in NY.
Let’s see if the “jet stream” to RF is in effect.
Yankees dont need one more pitcher until Wang’s next start. Hopefully Wang gets it together, but they need a long reliever just in case he needs more time to get it together. But they definitely need more than 3 bench guys (Molina, Melky and Pena). Not overly threatening….
Lee was so good last year because he had pinpoint location with his fastball letting him throw it in every count. He almost never missed. Early this year, just like throughout 2008 he has been missing spots and he doesn’t throw hard enough to get away with it. 17 hits and 5 walks in tn innings is bad… not Wang bad, but bad.
Eager to see what the Yanks do roster-wise. I guess they are waiting to confirm that Nady needs surgery so they can put him on the 60-day DL, freeing up a spot on the 40-man roster. I just hope they get a bat for the bench and not another pitcher… 12 should be plenty as long as Wang goes at least two innings next time.
Bruney’s six outings in nine games is a bit of a concern. There will be a number of close games where they need to let him sit out so building up the rest of the pen is a must.
UPDATE, 10:18 a.m.: I’m in a car but my colleagues from the paper just texted to say that RHP Dave Robertson was called up to replace Xavier Nady on the roster.
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Thanks Pete!
yeah M–it’s still in standby mode—i think it’s coming on in 3 minutes
Bringing up a pitcher was the right move. Need to get through the weekend. Don’t need a 5th OF or a 5th IF right now. Wang & Joba (?) on the horizon.
I went in to school at 730 this morning in order to take a test early because I told my professor that I had an important appointment I could not afford to miss at 1pm. hahahaha
Maybe they will hold an extra pitcher until Cash signs someone? There are still some okay bench players on the market.
Patrick – Agree, doesn’t make much sense
I meant throughout 2007 with Lee when he struggled… oops
MikeEff,
Thanks.
Lee is due to break out. If he’s locating today, then it will be a long day.
Bringing up a pitcher was the right move. Need to get through the weekend. Don’t need a 5th OF or a 5th IF right now. Wang & Joba (?) on the horizon.
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Yes they need another bench bat. 3 is not enough, especially when those three are questionable at the plate at best.
Is it the shoes?
April 16th, 2009 at 10:21 am
Aj tell your professor/teacher that today is a religious holiday and you can’t attend class.
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That is exactly what I did today. How can you not watch today’s game from start to finish if you are a Yankee fan? I would love to be in the Stadium today, but I was there for the first Yankees-Cubs game.
I can’t say I’ll enjoy this game-it would be inappropriate for me-but maybe it’ll be a nice distraction.
13 pitchers is insane. And we are still left with a situation where none of the EIGHT (ugh) relievers is a long man.
m,
what is the ? mark with joba????
Tex,
The bench is a little short. But until Wang is right (haha), gotta protect the pen. He’s scheduled for tomorrow, no?
Does anyone else have mlb.tv working? Mine is continuously “loading” – not sure if it is not up yet or if my office is blocking
Wanted to watch for another 15-30 minutes until I head out to the Stadium.
Lets see what Robertson can do…If he keeps up his minor stats having Bruney and him would be awesome in late innings
The bench is a little short. But until Wang is right (haha), gotta protect the pen. He’s scheduled for tomorrow, no?
Saturday
Protect the pen by sending one down and bringing up Aceves for long relief.
Dont forget, Tex is still a question against lefties with his wrist, Matsui is not hitting, Gardner hasnt done much lefty on lefty, and Ransom is Ransom…. Still think we need 4 benchers.
Wang pitches Saturday. Tomorrow is the Jobber
Coach,
The ? means that I can’t say for certainty that he’ll pitch because they skipped him once already, no? Basically, I was too lazy to look up the scheduled pitchers. I still am and am counting on the good people here to -enable- help me.
*certain
CC
Joba
Wang
AJ
Andy
Wow, not the original rotation.
I bet Joba’s pumped.
Is it just me, or has Pete seriously raised his game recently?
I’ve been reading this blog for years and it just seems to be getting better and better.
More info, better content, faster breaking news, etc.
Since the season started the man is on fire.
M,
No problem. Thought you were saying he was a question mark in general. They skipped him to line CC up on normal rest. He goes tommorow, Wang saturday.
What does SJ44 do that he has inside info with Yanks players?
I like his insight
I think its pretty amazing but Bruney has actually struck out all 5 of the last 5 batters he’s faced. Maybe he just needed to change his uniform to #38….
Yeah the rotation has changed. Thanks to skipping Joba and letting CC start the home opener.
Interesting Joba is now the number 2. Burnett 4th starter?
Sabathia vs. Lee
Chamberlain vs. Reyes
Wang vs. Carmona
Burnett vs. Pavano
Yesterday was Jackie Robinson day, today is Championship Day.
A day to celebrate the past, present, and future.
All players to wear #27.
Trevor,
If the playoffs started today, I’d give the ball to my new, favorite unflappable Yankee. No, it’s not Swish.
Jobber is going to be put in different places because of his IP limits, so he won’t always be matched up with the #5.
the yankees called up a reliever b/c they don’t have a player on their 40 man roster right now who fits the need they have.
Miranda is completely redundant (as long as Teixeira is ok) and they don’t need Cervelli.
they are waiting to put Nady on the 60 day DL until he sees the team doctors.
once that happens, it frees up a spot on the 40 man, and another bench player will be added.
relax guys, they won’t be carrying 13 pitchers for more than a few days.
it’s TEMPORARY.
I’ll be in DCA, hopefully they’ll have the game on tv at an Airport Bar, But in DC they’ll probably have some $hitty local redskins show on… This is just such a sad sports town.
Lets Go Yanks, Great Road Trip, I see a 10-6 Start to the Season.
“I think its pretty amazing but Bruney has actually struck out all 5 of the last 5 batters he’s faced. Maybe he just needed to change his uniform to #38….”
well, he wore 42 yesterday
The thing I like most about the team this year is their fight.
Last year’s team doesn’t win the last 2 games of that series. No chance.
They battled back after blowing leads in both games. They scored late inning runs that mattered. They didn’t melt in the clutch.
Most of all they looked like they actually cared. If this team plays at close to maximum effort for most of the season they are going to win a lot of games.
“The thing I like most about the team this year is their fight.
Last year’s team doesn’t win the last 2 games of that series. No chance.”
Agreed.
I really like Robertson’s ability, but I fail to see the wisdom in carrying eight releivers. Five of the seven on the team now have had the last two days off and are well rested. The only reason the bullpen got stretched was the combination of using too many guys on Saturday and Wang messing in the bed on Sunday. That’s not likely to happen again.
Miggs,
Don’t forget Pete has the iPhone now so he is constantly updating and posting new stuff. I have been reading here for over 2 years now and he is getting better and better.
This is the first and last site I check daily…not to mention the numerous times throughout the day.
By far, the best blog/info source I have come across and his longtime posters (you know who you are) are pretty good at contributing as well.
Well, for one, they’re not waiting for Alex to bail them out with the homerun.
But they need to take advantage early on.
what time do the festivities startgetting covered on mlb.com. mine is still in satndyby mode.
Robertson will be more useful than Miranda or J-Rod (does he have a nickname yet?).
They’re not throwing newbs out there for the inaugural series.
coverage starts on YES at 11:30 – could the earlier poster have been referring to 10:30 Central?
The bad news is that Cliff Lee is way overdue for a huge game;
my guess:
8 innings, 3 hits, 0 runs, 0 walks, 7 strikeouts.
thanks rishi
First homerun at stadium will be by Travis Hafner.
Welcome back Mr Robertson…
My grade for Yankson the first long road trip = B+
Girardi did a great job of shifting things around to keep Swisher in the lineup until the Nady injury settled the everyday position for Nick. I love Nick & he’s been & will be GREAT for us, but let’s not dog X. Nady has been a solid performer. He reminds me of Paul O’Neil, No big flashy play, just steady & productive. I wish him well in his recovery. I’m thrilled that Dave Robertson has been brought back up. He looked great last season & this spring. I doubt he see’s the minors again. Our rotation is coming into their own, Wang will get back on track for his 18-20 wins and all will be fine in our Yankee universe.
Yessssssssssss robertson aka the k artist is back
Hey Pete, under “Homes of the Yankees” you didn’t mention that they played at Shea for two seasons during the renovation, 1974-5.
“Robertson will be more useful than Miranda or J-Rod (does he have a nickname yet?).
They’re not throwing newbs out there for the inaugural series.”
J-Rod was his nickname when he played for the Cardinals.
don’t have high expectations for this game, folks.
CC tends to bomb in big games.
Morning All. Happy Opening Day.
The sun is shining, mid 50’s with a little breeze and wish I was sitting in the stands.
The team got in late last night so hope they all slept fast so they are rested and ready to go today. Caffeine, Red Bull and adrenaline will be sure to help A win for the Opener would be nice.
People have been there since 7am. lines are huge.
Swish on XM 175
Lee will fall back to somewhere close to his pre-’08 numbers. The Yankees have to be much more agressive with him than they were last year.
Robertson is up now next is Melancon.
Melancon won’t be up before May 15th.
Can’t believe the Yankee Stadium Nazi Squad kicked some guy out for heading to the bathroom during SSB & GBA. Didn’t he explain he was on his way to kill himself?
And I can’t believe the dope is suing the Yankees.
George,
Who you sending down if you keep Robertson? They’re not going to carry 13 pitchers for very long.
Something else,
Thanks. Don’t know much about him. How’d end up with the Yankees?
“Well, for one, they’re not waiting for Alex to bail them out with the homerun.”
how fricking stupid are you, anyway?
“Last year’s team doesn’t win the last 2 games of that series. No chance.”
I couldn’t agree more. To me, their fight was evident in the first game of the season when CC was all over the place. Unfortunately, the bullpen couldn’t keep the O’s in check, but still have to love the fight.
“Robertson is up now next is Melancon. ”
I’d take that. It would mean everyone on the 25 man roster was healthy and performing well all the way into late May.
“And I can’t believe the dope is suing the Yankees.”
What do you expect. He’s a Sox fan.
Robertson isnt staying.
Yankees will have a better game than everyone here seems to think…
Jeter on 1050
Why do we need thirteen pitchers?
Seems to me we could use a bat more productive offensively than Pena or Ransom so we could pinch hit for them when necessary. IMO that means Duncan, Rodriguez or Miranda.
I like Robertson but I just don’t see the marginal benefit in another pitcher.
i was planning to take a long lunch today to at least watch part of the game, but my boss invited me to lunch at 11:30 or 12…inconsiderate, don’t you think!? Now the question is, do I attempt (and most likely fail) to not see any scoring updates or anything until I can actually get home and watch the recording? Or do I just see as much as I can online and still watch the recording when I get home?
Also, anyone worry that without having another 8th inning guy we can trust that Bruney may get burned out too quickly? It seems like we’ve been in a lot of close game situations where he is needed so far this season and I worry that he’ll wear out. He has been awesome so far, which I love considering the multitude of people writing him off here during ST.
Anybody know what time the actual ceremonies start? I know that YES is coming on at 11:30, but I don’t think that the ceremonies start before noon.
Our Pitchers at SWB AAA are looking great. The team is 7-0
If anyone in the rotation falters we don’t need a free agent. By The Way!!! Robertson had 10 K’s in 5IP.
Individual Stats (Pitching)
Player W L ERA
Ian Kennedy 1 0 1.50
Jason Johnson 0 0 3.72
Phil Hughes 1 0 4.50
Mark Melancon 1 0 0.00
Anthony Claggett1 0
David Robertson 0 0 0.00
Kei Igawa 1 0 9.00
Brett Tomko 1 0 0.00
Steven Jackson 0 0 4.15
Alfredo Aceves 0 0 11.25
J.B. Cox 0 0 0.00
Zachary Kroenke 1 0 0.00
I will hit the first home run at Yankee stadium. It will be an inside the park HR on a slow ground ball to 2b.
Yes, I am that fast.
ceremonies start at noon — what did jeter say on 1050?
Pete – Home of the Yankees: You forgot Shea… sad as that is to admit.
If Robertson gets a shot and carries his success from the ST and with SWB he’s going to stick. Jonathan Albaladejo and Coke have been far at best.
what a ding dong: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/.....1732AU.DTL
NYY will have 22 games in 23 days. An extra pitcher is going to be more useful than an extra fielder.
Off Topic football: John Madden announces his retirement. Wonder if he just couldn’t go on now that Favre had walked away.
Hi M,
Pena is the one going back down when Alex returns so he can get more at bats & playing time. He will likely be called up again later to spell Jeter some. I envision some sort of platoon with the captain over the next year or 2. Ransom is just what he is – a Utility player you can plug in anywhere in the infield. There is no sense picking up a free agent when Alex will be back in 2 weeks. We have a weak bench, but we will have to suffer through that until Matsui & Damon’s contract end this year.
Also keep in mind they are probably waiting to find out if Nady is a 60 day dl’er. If so Robertson or an arm will be sent down and someone will be put on the 40 and brought up.
I haven’t seen anyone bring up the positives behind the Yanks not sending down Alba/Coke after Monday. I view it as Girardi and Cash honoring their efforts by not sending them down. Think about the message that would send to two guys who don’t have a ton of experience… “eventhough you were used in a blow-out, and you’re probably the last 2 guys on the staff, we value your effort and ability.” Of course AJ and Andy eating so many innings makes the non-move look fine.
Or am I reading too much into it?
GB7-
We had seven relievers, and stud starters. I know Wang has had issues, but 8 relievers aren’t necessary. Being able to pinch hit for Ransom and Pena is worth more, IMO.
“Off Topic football: John Madden announces his retirement. Wonder if he just couldn’t go on now that Favre had walked away.”
Maybe the bus needed a new transmission, and he wasn’t willing to put that kind of money into that thing?
For those of you worried about Bruney burning out, he only threw about 30 pitched in the last 2 appearances. Joe wanted to make sure we got the wins in both games. I’m sure we’ll see more of Edwar, Veras, Marte and Coke (if he ever gets his velocity up!).
Trust me, the bullpen will be fine this year.
GO YANKS GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We have Melky as the extra outfielder, we don’t need a 5th outfielder, a lights out strikeout specialist in the pen sounds great to me. He is the future set up man, just as Mark Melancon is our future closer.
George,
We can actually pick up two players: Alex & another position player. Can’t carry 13 pitchers. It’s temporary.
Alex is taking batting practice this weekend. He’ll be back before we know it.
If Coke can’t find his velocity, I’d send him down.
Missed Jeter, but Cashman & Tex coming up on 1050.
I think the Yankees probably know what they’re doing here with having 13 pitchers at the moment.
“Also keep in mind they are probably waiting to find out if Nady is a 60 day dl’er. If so Robertson or an arm will be sent down and someone will be put on the 40 and brought up.”
This makes sense to me.
We just need to wait a few years until the minor league position player depth is as strong as the pitching.
coverage on mlb.com just began for all interested
Actually, he threw 8 on Wednesday and 10 on Tuesday, my bad. The point is, I wouldn’t worry about him or our bullpen, we have too many good arms down in Scranton and some serviceable arms right now. We need A-rod back ASAP, to help ease the loss of X-man.
Albaladejo & coke will settle down too. Veras has looked pretty good. Accross MLB a lot of pitchers are having control issues with mechanics and trouble keeping the ball down. It’s early we’re above .500 let’s not panic.
What does SJ44 do that he has inside info with Yanks players?
I like his insight
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He is really GB7 , he is just trying to get more posts in. LOL
jint – is it the YES crew or another crew?
Just can’t keep up the pace that Bruney’s being used. 7 appearances in 9 games.
Billy
April 16th, 2009 at 11:10 am
Melancon won’t be up before May 15th.
Any particular reason for that date? Do they avoid an arbitration year if they wait that long i.e. are they giving him the Longoria treatment?
I wouldn’t be overly concerned about Bruney. He’s only thrown 72 pitches in the 6 games, and 17 were in his first game. That’s 12 pitches a game. He hasn’t pitched in 3 straight games, yet.
so i have a final tomorrow at 1pm and must prepare by studying 7 essay questions each covering a range of about 25 yrs of american history… Im in the library, but so tempted to go to the bar and catch this game.
timing could not be any worse.
right now it is mlb.com reporters till noon then they will begin to mix in some yes coverage i believe of the pregame ceremonies and then bob costas harold reynolds and jim kaat are going to be calling the first inning
Melancon’s arbitration clock starts early if he is brought up before May 15. I see them holding off on Melancon as long as possible. They want him and the other relievers to go multiple innings to build arm strength.
T-Bone, don’t take my comment is being overly worried or ready to freak out by any means…just a casual observation/question. Trust me, as a fan of Bruney’s fire and passion on the mound, I am a big fan of his and have been glad to see him in the former Joba role and used in the situations where he has been…I just hope if we have a lot of these 1 run leads or tie games in the 8th, there are other guys that can be trusted in those situations, and I believe there are.
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Just curious- but do you really think Nady is that massive of a loss? Especially since Super Swisher has emerged as everyone’s favorite player? Isn’t it amazing how those headaches of trying to figure out how to give everyone playing time seems to work itself out
that Swisher/Burnett look like they are having a lot of fun
I am watching Swischer being interviewed on YES and he is becoming awfully close to being my favorite Yankee on the team.
“The place sucks,” said Pedroia, directing his comments to the local newspaper when he added, “I come from your town. You should embrace me. I play for the Boston Red Sox. You haven’t had a lot of major-leaguers come out of your city.”
Nice guy that dusty pedroia.
So happy to hear Robertson is back – firmly believe he’ll be a cornerstone of the bullpen.
its really great of mlb to do this for all of us out of market ny fans (boston). but its such a tease i wish theyd give us the whole game.
Will miss John Madden. He and Pat Summerall were my favorite broadcast team. They were perfect together. Summerall just anounced the play and Madden took it from there. He was the first I believe, to use the telestrator. Love his ‘BOOM’ and ‘WHAP’ calls when describing plays. Never thought he and Al Michaels had that same chemistry, though I love Al Michaels as a play by play guy. Wonder who will replace Madden in the booth.
I just heard on XM that Don Mattingly is at the stadium. That will be awesome.
Yeah, Pedroia is real classy.
erica
i think the nady injury is huge. we have a lot of old guys that will need rest. when they get days off to be able to plug in a guy like nady as opposed to melky is a significant difference.
especially with guys like ransom (until arod returns) and gardner in the lineup on a regular basis
Where was Pedroia referring to?
“Also keep in mind they are probably waiting to find out if Nady is a 60 day dl’er. If so Robertson or an arm will be sent down and someone will be put on the 40 and brought up.”
So your theory is that the Yanks called up Robertson today, and tomorrow when it’s clear Nady will go on the 60 day DL they’ll send down a reliever and call up a hitter?
That makes sense only if the Yanks don’t want to call up Miranda. Personally, I don’t think Duncan or Rodriguez (I don’t see anyone else being called up right now as the extra position player) are much better than Miranda but I guess the Yanks might see things differently.
You guys all know that Pete is SJ44, right?
jint….nlb channel is broadcasting the game… Bob Costas, Harold Reynolds and Jim Kaat calling it
Pete or anyone else…does anyone know if the camera angle from behind home plate, regarding the safety net, has been addressed?
bryan hoch’s voice sounds eerily similar to joe girardi’s
“Just curious- but do you really think Nady is that massive of a loss? Especially since Super Swisher has emerged as everyone’s favorite player? Isn’t it amazing how those headaches of trying to figure out how to give everyone playing time seems to work itself out”
Any manager would love the problem Girardi had. Depth wins championships. Nady is a huge loss just from a depth perspective.
Jennifer-
Did you read that Pedroia’s brother was arrested for rape? Yuck.
Hughes – it’s in the article I posted…he disparaged his hometown etc – the reporting implying b/c his brother was charged with child molestation…not cool
coach6243,
thanks i did not know that i will def be leaving the library to go watch it. if only they could simulcast it online so i could stay in the lib and try and work.
Pedroia’s brother is an accused pedophile.
holy crap – that man is 99!!!
Anybody else see A.J. walk over and give Swisher a smooch on the the cheek while Swisher was talking to Kim Jones?
He looks good for being 99.
i wish i had yesnetwork coverage
Hughes- His hometown.
Dorris- Yes, nice family there.
he looks good for 99…
apparaently peter gammons said pedroia’s family was recieving death threats and that was partly responsible for his slow start… certainly reasonable when you have something like that on your mind
What place sucks? Oakland?
I saw it!, Tom
Per the roaming reporter on 1050, Girardi would feel okay with putting Ransom in the OF.
Jeter was the only one to take BP (because he always does).
wow that man looks good for 99
woodland california
Vin…if that is true the place will go crazy.
I was at the Stadium in 95 when he hit that homerun against the Mariners in the play-offs…what agreat feeling, that I will never forget.
its interesting bc pedroia does look like some kind of woodland creature
Tom,
aw I wish I could have seen that
jint51 and Billy
Agree with both of your assessments regarding X-man. Due to Matsui’s knees and Posada’s age, you can never have enough depth. A-Rod is another question mark, you don’t know how he’ll respond after his setback and if he’ll be back to normal after the whole offseason fiasco. Nady was a good option to have, Swisher’s doing great, but let’s not forget, he can’t keep up this pace, folks, he is a 20-25 HR guy with a .260 – .280 AVG, let’s not started getting a plaque ready for him in Monument Park.
Don’t get me wrong, I love the guy and Cashman stole him from the ChiSox for the ever useless Bet-he-can’t-hit. I just think that are options down on the farm aren’t the answer right now, it’s too early to bring up A-Jax, let him get a full season of AAA ball under his belt, let’s not rush him, he could be something special. A trade may be in order, not now, but let’s see what the next few weeks bring, and then we can re-assess later.
so who gets loudest ovations today… mattingly, rivera, swisher, bernie, jeter
Robertson should keep his suitcase handy. Once Nady’s situation is established, Cashman will be looking for a corner OF. Frank Catalanotto is available at the major league minimum of $400,000. Not bad at least until somebody better shakes out as the season moves along.
http://www.theonion.com/conten.....=a-section
Gotta love the last line haha
“While Mr. Met has admitted that he is not yet accustomed to Citi Field, team members have said they are already feeling very much at home in the new ballpark after losing their first game to the Padres.”
Pedroia was born in a woodland? Like where fairies, trolls, & unicorns live? Ahaaahhaaa.
these guys hosting this mlb.com show are pretty dreadful
That must be pretty special for that 99 year old man to have been at the opening of the old Stadium and now this one.
what old man… bob sheppard isnt in the building is he?
“Vin…if that is true the place will go crazy. ”
I’m pretty sure it is, because they were interviewing Mark DeRosa at the time – who revealed he was a Yankee fan as a kid and his favorite player was Mattingly. Then the XM guy said casually, “Yeah, he’s here.” And DeRosa acknowledged that he saw him. It’ll be unbelievable. It was too bad he couldn’t make it to the Stadium in September.
Jint…the Yes network interviewed a guy who was at the opening of the old Stadium in 1923 and is now at this one.
oh thanks… i got excited for a moment and thought wed be hearing from mr.sheppard
does this mlb.com pre-game feed switch to the Yes feed? or do I need to open another feed?
whoa mattingly is here?!
Billy
April 16th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Melancon’s arbitration clock starts early if he is brought up before May 15. I see them holding off on Melancon as long as possible. They want him and the other relievers to go multiple innings to build arm strength.
Good to know, thanks for the info. Assuming A-Rod doesn’t come back earlier than his doctors predict, May 15 could be a huge day in the AL East, insofar as that’s the day we’ll see the return of A-Rod and David Price, along with the Major League debut of Matt Wieters in Baltimore and Mark Melancon in New York. Should make for some real exciting baseball.
im not sure if the mlb.com feed is going to switch over to yes but i know this little roundtable with these two dofuses will end at noon and then i think they are gonna go live to the stadium
“At 11:30, MLB.com/Live will air a half-hour show featuring hosts Mike Siano and Justin Kutcher in the studio and Hal Bodley, Bryan Hoch and Noah Coslov in the ballpark.
It will continue at noon with coverage of pregame festivities online as well as on YES Network, with MLB Network adding its highly anticipated touch to the historic countdown beginning at 12:30 and simulcast live on MLB.com.
The simulcast will include the ceremonial first pitch and a free live look-in during the first inning with no blackout restrictions, while out-of-market subscribers to MLB.TV Premium can get their feed of choice from start to finish through a high-speed connection and enjoy it all in HD quality. ”
from mlb.com
jint,
Thanks. Sounds like we’re in the same boat. Except you’re on the Mayflower and I’m in the SS Minnow.
I have a hard time believing that the Dodgers would be cool with Mattingly being here. But I am really hoping its true. The place will completely explode. Okay, I will completely explode!!!
The funny part is I was telling a friend the other night that I was really wishing Mattingly could somehow be there
Heyman keeps bringing up the cost of the stadium.
current players- Jeter, swisher, Mo
Former- If Donnie is there him, if not Willie, Tino, Paul.
They said they were going to have a few surprises for the ceremonies. Maybe Mattingly is involved in one of them or is one of them.
m,
lol
Why didn’t Torre come ere with Mattingly for today’s game?
ESPN and WFAN both talking about whether Texiera will get booed.
Why in the world would Tex get booed? I mean, he’s a slow starter but this the Home Opening Day for cryin out loud! They think he’ll get booed because he didn’t hit three home runs and drive in a dozen runs in the first week?
And – just to add – if by some chance he does get booed those fans who boo him should be ashamed of themselves.
Tex, starting today, please stop taking fastballs right down the middle. That is not sound strategy.
Nick
I assume Torre’s a little busy managing the Dodgers.
jint51 if you’re out of market, just an fyi Verizon Fios added YES Network to markets outside the tri-state area
Lorenz is too much. “No drive by kissing in this segment”
i cannot imagine the reception Pavano gets when they announce him…
the sad part is some dumba…. will probly boo tex
Heyman has been awful since he has joined WFAN. His columns are still good tough.
“I have a hard time believing that the Dodgers would be cool with Mattingly being here. But I am really hoping its true. The place will completely explode. Okay, I will completely explode!!!”
If it’s true, then it goes to show how much the Dodgers respect history and the game. Would be tremendously interesting if Torre were there also – wonder what kind of reception he would get?
Why would you boo a player playing through an injury?
Glad Mattingly came. It’d be cool if he came against the Dodgers’ wishes. But it’s not like he’s the manager or anything.
My DVR is already set for Pavano vs. the Yanks on Sunday
Afternoon, everybody! Feels like fall and we’re in the play offs!
lol i hadnt even thought about Pavano’s reception. it’s gonna be BRUTAL.
thats good to know but thankfully i wont have to put up with boston much longer… after this week i will be in ny for the rest of the summer
Jennifer – Bernie too.
Wonder if Alex came up for the opening ceremonies.
if Mattingly is there, that would be awesome, it’s actually possible for him to be part of the ceremonies than fly back to Seattle and make the game, the Dodgers-Mariners games is a 10:10pm first pitch, long day for him but I’m sure it’s worth it if it is true, can anyone confirm?
A-Rod really should have come up here for today’s game… he couldn’t have done his rehab activities after the game? He could fly back at like 4 PM
They are idiots if they think Mark will get booed. No way will he be booed.
Tampa, i have the out of market YES network…they may cover the pre-game stuff but it blacks out all live games so you still have to get the baseball package. although if you have fios, you have MLB network which has the game today.
dodgers gotta game tongiht no way torre comes out here. as much as hes disappointed some fans with the book it would be a great surprise
can’t wait to go on monday
It would be funny if Torre was here. First the fans gotta hear Manny wants to play in cleveland and then torre and mattingly show up at yankees opening day haha.
forgot the library i need to get home and watch this game…
Teixeira won;t get booed
This guy will be there in spirit today. Enjoy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tPlMdn3dnE
good to see I’ve re-joined the ranks of being impersonated. Previous comment was not mine.
I’m going on Sunday. In 2007, I went to opening day – Pavano pitched.
On Sunday, my first game of the year at new stadium, I see Pavano again for Cleveland.
The guy has made like 30 starts in 3 years, but for some reason, I always seem to catch him start.
Anyone know what Time Warner Channel the game will be on in Outer Banks North Carolina?
Why don’t new stadiums implement retractable roofs? I understand noone likes a dome, but there has to be a way with today’s technology to have a retractable roof and still have an aesthetically pleasing stadium. The number of rain delays is absurd.
lol. I knew that wasn’t jennifer. But I don’t think you’re being impersonated. She doesn’t sound like a troll. Just giving her opinion.
>Loyalty works both ways, Yankees, and its something you cannot buy.
You’re absolutely right. The Yankees offered him a contract that he turned his nose up at and he went for the bucks in LA.
“Why don’t new stadiums implement retractable roofs?”
A couple of hundred million reasons. $
tampayank
April 16th, 2009 at 12:05 pm
if Mattingly is there, that would be awesome, it’s actually possible for him to be part of the ceremonies than fly back to Seattle and make the game, the Dodgers-Mariners games is a 10:10pm first pitch, long day for him but I’m sure it’s worth it if it is true, can anyone confirm?
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Why would Mattingly fly to Seattle? The dodgers are playing San Francisco in Los Angeles.
Torn between listening to Cashman on 1050 or watching Jeter on mlb.com.
Burnett’s not on the DL. Please stop, I just defended you.
only DL move is Nady to the 15-day…
Jennifer, they said not sure if Nady will be on the 15 or 60 day DL. They are waiting to hear from the team doctor.
Pat:
If I remember the discussion correctly, it was more like 900 million reasons. LOL!
The yankees have already played 11% of all their road games for the season.
It’s been a very nice start for them given that schedule and the injury to Alex and Wang’s ineffectiveness.
When the season started most prognosticator’s picked the Sox to win the division. And that was both those who were more traditional in their evaluations and those who were more sabermetrically inclined (despite the projection models which had the yankees on top – most numbers people I read picked the sox).
And the big factor that was in the Sox advantage was their pitching depth both in the rotation and pen. In addition they had a deeper team in terms of position players.
AJ, Andy, and Joba were all major question marks. That’s what we heard. Who would pitch the dreaded 8th inning? Veras, Ramirez, Bruney, Marte and Coke weren’t on the same level as Okajima, Saito, Ramirez, and Masterson. Plus the Sox had Buchholz, Bowden and Bard read to go.
What’s going to be interesting for the rest of this season is how that hypothesis of depth gets tested between the teams. The yankees will not have Alex for a good chunk of games. Nady is out. Wang is still not back in game shape after missing so much time last year.
The Sox too have mounting problems. Dice-K is out. Lowerie might be done for the season. Lugo is hurt again. Ortiz isn’t looking very good.
Both teams have issues and it’s likely the team with the deeper pitching will come out ahead. Tampa looks very good again and will likely be there at the end.
The Sox were supposed to have the advantage based on their pitching depth. It’ll be interesting to see how the rest of the season plays out.
““Why don’t new stadiums implement retractable roofs?”
A couple of hundred million reasons. $”
OK, well then why didn’t the yankees build one? that is a non-issue for them.
CB,
Nice reality check there. We know what happened the last time the Sox had pitching depth. They traded away Cornrow Arroyo and they paid the price.
Pel (…and nothing of value was lost.)
April 16th, 2009 at 12:14 pm
>Loyalty works both ways, Yankees, and its something you cannot buy.
You’re absolutely right. The Yankees offered him a contract that he turned his nose up at and he went for the bucks in LA.
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He took less money per year for the extra 2 years. At least get it straight.
Any truth to the rumor that Michael Kay is dating Kim Jones?
E
Because even for the Yankees 900 million dollars is a lot of money.
Yogi joked he didn’t know that he was throwing the first pitch. No one told him. How’s that cool leather jacket he’s wearing?
When you take into consideration how hard it is to even get money to build a stadium, it’ s no surprise re roofs. People lose there mind over the stadiums cost now.
m,
yogi is gangsta, no joke. lol
enough with the band, lets get started!
fran- that is not me.
cannot wait to go to the stadium – was supposed to go tomorrow, but I’ve got tickets for Tuesday now…
1050 and WFAN have had great coverage, so has YES. Trying to listen to all 3, it’s challenging.
Fair enough. I guess it was wishful thinking. I am interested to see how their revenue will be this year with the $2600 seats that don’t seem to be selling too well.
Great updates Pete. Thanks for keeping those of us informed who cannot shell out $2k for an opening day seat. There does look like a bunch of luxury seats still open.
to whoever was worried during the exhibition games, the flags are all back…
Kim can do better then MK… right??
Why do the Yankees need a retractable roof? The Bronx is not South Florida or Phoenix or Seattle where rain and heat are a huge issue. The amount of money it would cost to add a roof isn’t balanced out by how many rain outs it prevents. If you want to watch the game in a temperature controlled environment stay home.
is that a baseball guitar?
How are you guys paying for these tickets? 3rd mortagage?
Supposively, the bleachers are sold out for the next 2 years.
Most appropriate….The great John Fogerty
John Fogarty is a good start
JohnC – That rumor has been going on for a while.
Rishi
April 16th, 2009 at 12:26 pm
is that a baseball guitar?
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Yep. Must be his Louisville Strummer
Joe Torre wins the Yankees four World Championships, they basically run him out of town when he should have been the manager last year, and now you wonder why we didnt make the playoffs, and he’s not here today. Loyalty works both ways, Yankees, and its something you cannot buy.
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Torre didnt win us four titles. The team won. Any i would have loved to see how Torre would have done last season with the pitching we threw up everyday (minus Mussina and sometimes Pettitte).
We respect Torre for what he did with our team, but he certainly was not the sole reason we were so successful.
Buy tickets off of StubHub…I’m thinking of buying one for Monday night.
m – friend with season tickets and friends whose companies have box seats…
Jennifer, actually didn’t think you would ask that, but just in case…
Yeah Bernie!
BERNIE’S PLAYING!!! nice touch
Bernie singing Take Me Out to the Ballgame
baseball’s back in the bronx
bernieee<333
Bernie!!!
Bernie back in CF!
Bernie!
id love to see this mlb broadcast crew calling yanks games regularly love kaat and costas
good Lord I pity all the masses that are not Yankee fans.
Andrew – I wouldn’t mind watching the game in the rain, the problem is that they don’t play in the rain.
m – Bleacher seats are not that hard to get for many games.
Seeing Murcer on the video almost popped out a tear
You gotta think that Fogerty’s guitar goes in the museum.
Suzyns crying – so am I
i was getting down on the stadium,reading all the negative reviews, but it sure does look beautiful packed with fans on a bright sunny day
They’ve got the crowd microphones turned down because the stadium is definitely loud for Bernie.
In the car in time for “Centerfield!” and in the house in time to see Bernie!!!!
Yay!!
I can’t believe the tears in my eyes.
time for the goosebumps
“Suzyns crying ”
Oh Lord you can’t be serious?
i love this about the yankees…
If we were looking to see if the under achieving years of Pettitte and Jeter had to do with injuries. I think thats been answered. Jeter looks to have much more pop in his bat than last year. Pettitte has pitched 2 excellent games this year and hasnt run into much trouble.
UNDER ACHIEVERS this year.
Tex
Matsui
Anyone at third base
Wang
Damon
With Alex out and all these guys not stepping up. How are we only a game and a half out of first? How is it that weve scored at least 4 runs every game? Hmmm. Depth and pitching keeping us in games maybe? This year we wont have to bash our way into the playoffs. Our pitching will get us there.
What a difference a year makes. The great thing about this is all the under achievers will play to their potential soon enough and we have a huge pickup in 3 weeks. Only the best player in baseball. So long every year slow starts. Hello consistantcy.
btw,
Those experts had it totally wrong. Look at the east standings and turn it upside down. To think they have the nerve to call themselves experts.
im loving the jackets
Damn I am jealous!!
hey – they all got that jacket…I want one!
m,
Penny, Smoltz and Saito were generally considered to be the more rational, smarter moves than signing AJ and Andy. That’s what we heard over and over. The Red Sox had created tremendous depth for minimal dollars.
Cashman on the other hand had fallen back to the old ways and was simply spending money foolishly while Theo was making the purely rational cost-benefit analysis inspired moves and making out like a bandit. Penny was just as good a signing, in many ways, as AJ. And Penny cost much, less and came on a minimum risk contract.
Another way to look at it was the Sox had taken huge risks on come backs from injuries. But that’s not the way it was framed. Great depth. Minimal commitment. How could you not love it?
The Sox had a huge amount of money coming off their books last year. They could have signed AJ or Lowe if they’d wanted to. I understand why they did what they did. They chose to allocate part of that money coming off their books on more players probably hoping 1-2 of the 3 would pan out.
It’ll be interesting to see what happens this year as those decisions on how to allocate funds is going to be tested. With Dice-K out and Buchholz also hurt I believe it’ll be interesting to see how Penny and Smoltz contribute.
And Nick Green is now their starting SS. Imagine if Nick Green were the yankees starting SS. Even if it were for only a limited period of time Yankee fans and the media would be up in arms about why the Yankee’s FO hadn’t been smarter and gotten more depth, like the Sox do.
I thought it would be a toss up between the Sox and Yanks but I thought they’d win in different ways. I thought the Sox would have to outscore the yankees by a good margin to win. But if Ortiz doesn’t come back, Lowerie is out for a long time, and Ellsbury really can’t get on base, it’ll be difficult for them to generate that much offense.
And then it’ll come down to what it usually does – pitching.
sound cool, Pete. Thanks for the updates.
pat- My friend just record it and texted it to me it was sooo loud.
Wow – the John Foggarty thing was just the best ever!
sounds cool!
Everyone got cool jackets.
those jackets are awesome
Hey, I’m a huge ARod fan, but Albert Pujols is the best player in baseball. Sorry
Time to say the Sacred Words: Play Ball.
Great to see the “Old Screwballer, Luis arroyo after 45 years. what a great ‘61 season he had. Never forget whitey Ford Day. They had a large Lifesaver’s tube on the field, when they lifted it, out stepped Luis Arroyo.
Wow, Ricky…
jennifer
It was obvious. You could see people cheering loudly but it didn’t sound loud.
nobody told bernie he wouldn’t be playing live – you could see him say “i have no sound” before realizing the music was starting and starting to pantomime
Speaking of expert predictions. I predicted that the Marlins will be this years 08 Rays. Im sticking to it.
Anyone here about the California high school team that has 3 no hitters in 6 games? I wonder what the record for the fewest games to get 3 no no’s is?
i think they would have called “Mattingly” by now, right?
Anyone else think those performances were pre-recorded? My tv could have been messed up but Fogerty tried say something to the crowd and the mic wasn’t on and then Bernie wasn’t playing but the song was.
The BAM-Tino!!!!!!!!!!
“Imagine if Nick Green were the yankees starting SS”
Don’t really have to, do we? He’s pretty much the Yankees starting 3B.
they really got everybody for this
no mattingly ?
Pepitone with a white beard. Now I feel old.
Paulie still looks like he can play! Why not, Nady’s hurt, give him a chance! LOL!
maybe they save mattingly for last get the biggest ovation
Kaat looked like a lobster. holy cow!!
no Mussina?
yeah, maybe Mattingly will be out of order and go last….?
“You gotta think that Fogerty’s guitar goes in the museum.”
Maybe it goes in the HRC.
My first “pets” were two gold fish-Dave and Winfield.
No Donnie baseball
oh yeah no mattingly
The Yankees could have asked a lot of other players/coaches that turned them down for whatever reasons too.
pat
April 16th, 2009 at 12:41 pm
Pepitone with a white beard. Now I feel old.
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I think he colors it for affect. You’ll notice, not even a touch of gray in his wig.
S.O.S.
I’d check around Johnny Van Der Meer’s back to back no-hitters to see if someone else on his team tossed one around then too.
“Don’t really have to, do we? He’s pretty much the Yankees starting 3B.”
Sure. But the yankees version of Nick Green is going to be replaced by Alex Rodriguez.
The Sox version by Julio Lugo.
And Julio Lugo has pretty much been Nick Green plus a smidgen the past few years.
Lugo was supposed to be a bench player this year.
That’s a far cry from the Ransom – Rodriguez situation.
Clear the SeaGulls, Big Dave has just stepped onto the field!!! LOL!!!!
WHY WASNT MOOSE HERE
green- What are you talking about? Did I miss something? FYI someone is on here impersonating me.
no mattingly ?
Job constraints??
Jennifer, the idiot that made the last comment to you is a fake.
Here comes the **booing** for Pavano. can’t weird!!
Do Kay and Sterling really have to take turns introducing the Indian coaches and equipement managers? Come on now.
haha they boo the strength and conditioning coach…sweet
Wait that doesn’t sound like something green would say either.
this reception for Pavano needs to be better than what Tex got in Baltimore
WOW, That was awesome!!!!
I think it was between Yogi & Paul for the biggest applause.
And 880 cuts away, nice job.
SO how bad was it.
Wow…listen to those boos for The Rajah of Rehab!
BOOOOOOOOOOO!
wheress pavanoooo
booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
pretty good, Jennifer…dead silence to boos
Booing Pavano lol
CB,
Good point. I would like to mention as i did yesterday that if it was A.J. or C.C. that started out 0-2 with a 9 era. Throwing homerun derby every time out. They would be on the front page of all sports sites. Headlines would read the over paid busts. But yesterday i didnt see one of them talking about the over paid Dice K that could end being a terrible deal. Has had arm fatigue twice in as many years and cant get past 5 innings. 100 mil?
Pavano was ready for that.
Loved the Boos for Pavano.
Hey, careful not to high 5 Pavano too strongly there…it only takes one good shot and he’s on the DL for 4-6 weeks.
No boos or cheers heard in the stadium from YES until….Pavano. Then the boos were clear.
pavano lol
Carmona should come out with midges
Pavano was totally ready for that intro. Bernie is the MAN!
GGBG
April 16th, 2009 at 12:46 pm
Hey, careful not to high 5 Pavano too strongly there…it only takes one good shot and he’s on the DL for 4-6 weeks.
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I say got for it
Where was Moose???
CB,
That’s why I didn’t get upset or irritated with the writers. Because in my heart, I knew this team was going to be special. I always think that, but off the charts special this year.
Just look at the starting rotation. All ones & twos. Smoltz is a half. As in half a season. Why does he deserve so much attention? Because that’s the only wave they had to ride on.
They were banking on getting Tex, and now they have to work out something with Bay.
Anyway, we saw through the bias. No way you can look at an older Papi, broken down Lowell, brokeback Drew, and Manny-less rotation and say it was far superior than ours.
We didn’t mind the criticisms of the Yankees. They were valid. But keep it real. At least acknowledge that Boston would have serious issues as well.
Reynolds and Costas? One doesn’t belong.
Maybe the boos busted his ear drum and he won’t be able to pitch.
why dig up mound and plate, leave them
I hope Wang doesn’t reinjure himself when he runs out to line up
Alex is kicking himself right now….
YAYYY YANKEEEEEES!!!
The Star Wars music is just awesome. Freakin’ Awesome!!!!!
When are they going to fire Sterling and Kay? They’re an embarrassment and they should be replaced.
What an incredible day!!
Pavano will be out 4-6 weeks with hurt feelings…
at least X gets introducede
is that star wars music lol
Ok, Suzyn needs to just shut it and let the intro’s happen.
nice hand for aj
I always thought it would be hilarious if the crowd went nuts when the visitors’ assistant equipment manager was introduced or something.
My friend and I have done silly stuff like that at games for a team in the Independent league.
see – no boooos for CMW
number 42 God
My kids will remember this.. too bad I couldn’t get them to the stadium…
fans had the good sense not to boo wang or any other yankee
nice hand for AJ
Let me know what kind of reception Swisher gets. It should be huge.
Did u guys get a chance to read the Tim Marchmann SI.com report on Yankee stadium… abhorable…
I can’t hear radio on phone can’t get the person off the phone.
Jeterian ovation for Swisher
Actually, I think Alex did the right thing.
of course Nick gets a huge round of applause lol
jint51
April 16th, 2009 at 12:51 pm
is that star wars music lol
Yes, isn’t awesome. Take that Lucchino!!!!!!
“I’d check around Johnny Van Der Meer’s back to back no-hitters to see if someone else on his team tossed one around then too.”
Thanks i will. I would have thought GB or CB would already have it answered by now.
Stadium is not as loud as I thought it would be.. maybe not as many echoes??
no better uniform in professional sports
So Tex was cheered right? I couldn’t get the person off the phone to hear! And what about Swish? Good ovation?
man – don’t you miss the high school balloons and rally line from Baltimore???
wheres challenger the eagle!!!!!
Any word on nady?
Give me Dewayne Staats!
“Actually, I think Alex did the right thing.”
I didn’t at first, but after I thought about it for a while, I agree. It’s more important that he focus on getting back to the team than going to the opener.
f16s… im gonna wet my pants
lol @ Kay: Seeracyorse, Newwwwwww Yawrk
Rishi
April 16th, 2009 at 12:54 pm
Jeterian ovation for Swisher
Rishi
I miss the boxes of fire and cowbells.
Damn i didnt get a chance to watch the ceremonies. They should have held on to the star wars music till the sox came to town.
Is it too much to ask to have these pop singers sing the song as written instead of throwing ‘runs’ in where they don’t belong?
“I miss the boxes of fire and cowbells.”
Funny, jen! I wouldn’t be surprised if the TB players are sick of those damn cowbells.
junk in the trunk
good job, Kelly Clarkson
What would really be cool is Arod jumping out of an f16 parachuting onto the field..as yogi throws out the first pitch…LMAOL
“Is it too much to ask to have these pop singers sing the song as written instead of throwing ‘runs’ in where they don’t belong?”
Lest you forget. She’s an American Idol alum. That’s all they know how to do is insert runs in songs for no good reason.
She did a nice job with that, I thought.
Are they doing Cotton Eye Joe in the new stadium? If so, someone should tell Cashman that the 90’s are over.
S.o.S.
April 16th, 2009 at 12:54 pm
“I’d check around Johnny Van Der Meer’s back to back no-hitters to see if someone else on his team tossed one around then too.”
Thanks i will. I would have thought GB or CB would already have it answered by now.
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what was the question?
Wow, I guess the game will really start at the scheduled time.
Laura- You have to think that bothers the Rays players as well.
haha Don Larsen and Whitey Ford are stealing dirt again.
Doreen
Could be said this was his first test of focusing only on playing baseball with no distractions.
Ha ha only person that got booed on both sides was Pavano.
“haha Don Larsen and Whitey Ford are stealing dirt again.”
At this rate, they must have enough for a whole garden.
I had to hit the mute button on Waldman. This is a disgrace. I’m going to have to listen to the Indians radio broadcast at this rate.
I once heard somebody give an explanation for Vander Meer’s no hitters. 1. The 1938 Boston Bees were an awful hitting team; 2. The 2nd one came at the first night game ever at Ebbets Field and the glare from the lights made it really hard for either team to see the ball come out of the pitchers hand.
Still doesn’t take away from what Vander Meer did, though.
Kelly Clarkson has a great voice, but I’d have preferred someone who we’d more likely look back on in 100 years and be impressed.
Who is that, though? Aretha? Beyonce? (She was good enough for the Obamas, which says something). Where’s Bruce?
all this ceremony is meaningless without a win…
“Ha ha only person that got booed on both sides was Pavano.”
The fans shouldn’t have even wasted their breath. They should have remained silent as a way of letting him know that he wasn’t even worth the effort.
Someone Else
April 16th, 2009 at 12:59 pm
Is it too much to ask to have these pop singers sing the song as written instead of throwing ‘runs’ in where they don’t belong?
hahahah. Seriously. “For me, for you, dog, the runs were not hot”
And yes, junk in the trunk….doesn’t she know that pinstripes are slimming.
Time for Baseball
I guess no Donnie?
oh great now im gonna cry. thanks a lot YES Network.
is today’s game being broadcast on radio in the NYC area? If so, which station?
Check out the carpet in the picture of Yogi in the press room. Pretty sweet.
Let the goosebumps rise
880 am.
pat -
And allowing this to happen without distractions.
If the Dow is up, the Yanks will win; otherwise, a lost.
the down is up 23 points so far, but game has yet to start.
Kay got back up to the booth quickly.
Tremendous Opening Day ceremony!
Now…
Let’s Go Yanks!!!!
“I guess no Donnie?”
Aren’t the Dodgers in LA playing the Giants? I don’t see how Donnie would have been able to leave his current team to pay homage to his old one. Can’t imagine that the Dodgers ownership would have been happy with that.
GB,
There was a california high school team that has thrown 3 no hitters in 6 games. Has any other team in any level(not little league)thrown 3 in lesser games?
The more you hear Jeter’s speech from last year, the more you realize how perfect it was.
Did Willie Randolph have on pinstripes or Brewer blue?
“I guess no Donnie?”
Dodgers have a game this evening.
‘Who is that, though? Aretha? Beyonce? (She was good enough for the Obamas, which says something). Where’s Bruce?’
Aretha I get, but did you actually say..Beyonce ? Bruce ? are you kidding me ?
“Did Willie Randolph have on pinstripes or Brewer blue?”
Wearing a Yankee jacket.
c’mon CC – let’s do this
“What would really be cool is Arod jumping out of an f16 parachuting onto the field..as yogi throws out the first pitch…LMAOL”
Awesome idea. Just make sure they have a jumpy for Alex to land on. Dont want to aggrivate the hip.
“UPDATE, 1:00 p.m.: Kelly Clarkson (baby’s got back!) sang the anthem and the flyover was perfectly timed.”
Agreed Pete, I said that as soon as Kelly walked out. She should have her own spot on the roll call.
AHHH HERE IT GOES
It was posted earlier that there was a rumor that Donnie was there.
Crowd sounds loud on the radio.
Correction, I didn’t mean Kelly Clarkson should have her own spot on the roll call…her ass should.
and the roll-call lives on
did i miss Yogi’s first pitch?
i can hear the creatures
Bob Costas and Hugging Harold Reynolds on mlb network. Something seems right with this announcing duo.
If anyone thinks Aretha would have done a straight version of the NA, I would think not.
Awesome “We’ve got beer” chant – The creatures have been waiting for way too long to break that one out.
Arod was actually going to parachute onto the field but only if they let his cousin fly the plane.
S.o.S.
April 16th, 2009 at 1:06 pm
GB,
There was a california high school team that has thrown 3 no hitters in 6 games. Has any other team in any level(not little league)thrown 3 in lesser games?
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I’m sure there was, but, I don’t know.
I do know that about 10 years ago, the White Sox had a minor leaguer that threw 3 no hitters in one year, and two in a row. I’ll try to find his name. He may have gotten a cup of coffee, but, not much more.
“If anyone thinks Aretha would have done a straight version of the NA, I would think not.”
She definitely would have Arethatized it.
“Arod was actually going to parachute onto the field but only if they let his cousin fly the plane.”
Nick, you are making my sides hurt.
Didn’t Sizemore hit that 900 ft shot vs Wang in the playoffs Kay ?
C’mon, just 25 more of those.
yahoo has some pictures up.
Did YES cover Yogi’s first pitch?
The Star Wars music is always there.
It’s the Emporers themes during the opposing intros and then
the rebels theme during the Yanks.
You just have to there early to hear it.
YES showed it when then came back from break…let’s get the K
that place is packed!
Damn CC wanted that one
even the gameday operator is being sentimental. video of the first pitch (wish it was a strike) is up…
Tom Drees, 1996.
http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-3946283.html
pressure, what pressure?
CC!
ATTA BOY CC
Keep track of all the firsts and you can win bar bets for years!
rats my wife was talking about spoiled yogurt…
No way it happens, but it’d be absolutely awesome of the first game at Yankee stadium were a perfect game, lol.
I wish that CC would rubber-band his left pants leg. I noticed in the last game, that he does it after every pitch. It’s probably a part of his routine, but he’s going to pull something bending over like that!
Ive always loved costas calling games but forgot how much of a professional he really is.
he really does his homework. most of what he said in that first inning was informative. not sitting there asking dumb questions to players like kay does all the time.
ugh
Nice bat
Everyone touching Babe’s bat for luck.
If your the Indians, this is pissing you off a bit, but it’s tradition.
Good one Nick.
Let’s go Yankees!
good job Johnny!!!
so mlb network telvising the game in black in white. i know were putting an emphasis on tradition but come on
I’m already tired of the whole “this is the first ‘…’ at Yankees stadium” saying by Michael! This will get very, very annoying.
Can those of you watching clarify where that pitch was from Lee? I am only able listen and Suzyn was emphatic that the pitch was “RIGHT OVER THE MIDDLE”.. HE HE.
Johnny Damon gets the 1st hit… well who would have said that 7 yrs. ago.
Wonder if Vegas was taking bets for “today’s first” at the New Yankees Stadium. First hit. First Homer
Who got the first hit at the new Yankee stadium? Why, it was Johnny Damon!
hit Tex…ok, Godzilla…let’s do it
C’mon Swish. Make ‘em pay for that HBP!
first hit…damon…first hbp…tex
Ouch. Check to see if that ball has a flat spot after hitting one of Teixeira’s guns.
man – I had swish and thought they announced Godzilla
Quickly…enshrine Johnny Damon’s “first broken bat in the new yankee stadium”….. enough already Kay.
Lee needs to watch it…tooooo close to Swish too
Cliff Lee didn’t like that Swisher struck out Kapler?
anyone predict fullcount here ?
Who does C.C. plunk?
a. Siezmore
b. Hafner
c. Martinez
d. ??
Yes, we definitely need Xavier in the booth.
cmon Swish!
first catcher to get hit in the cup in the new YS hehe
Chris
April 16th, 2009 at 1:21 pm
I’m already tired of the whole “this is the first ’…’ at Yankees stadium” saying by Michael! This will get very, very annoying.
Same crap on the radio feed. Even the broken bat.
full count…
GB7 –
Just getting back to you one part of one of yesterday’s topics …. the word “Tora” does, in fact, mean “Tiger”. Ya should’ve bet the dog, the house and etc.
I shot off an e-mail to our friend asking for a reminder of her connection with the phrase Tora Tora Tora (or the movie) and anything it may have meant. I think her grandfather or grand-uncle was a general in that war and he (or his journal) was somehow connected to it. Been a looong time since we’d had that conversation though, so I can’t remember so well. Let you know what she says when I hear back.
First HBP ball not going to Cooperstown?
all of Swisher’s swings this season have been locked in.
ok….Posada’s turn…he likes those doubles in the first inning, right?
Let’s get the first RBI’s here Jorgie.
Every time I blink swish is in 3-2 counts…I love that he makes pitchers work.
damnit…drive in a run JORGE!
“I wish that CC would rubber-band his left pants leg. I noticed in the last game, that he does it after every pitch. It’s probably a part of his routine, but he’s going to pull something bending over like that!”
m,
Thats his only workout routine he has. Its 3 second crunches. Keeps his mid section flat.
dammit I wanted Robi to get an AB there
A come on we had to score in that situation.
Is anyone else trying to listen to CBS on the internet? I thought they were supposed to be broadcasting the game today.
First scoreless inning!
:::tears:::
anyone in NY watching on MLB? Not sure if it’s blacked out…
damn I wish we woulda got atleast one run that inning. Atleast we made Lee work
Pulling for Matsui to end the early season funk with the new yard’s 1st homer.
Well, they got that out of the way. Hopefully, the butterflies are gone and we can take this one.
At least they made him work.
Marlins-Atlanta game on MLB here in Central NJ.
ANSKY
April 16th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
GB7 –
Just getting back to you one part of one of yesterday’s topics …. the word “Tora” does, in fact, mean “Tiger”. Ya should’ve bet the dog, the house and etc.
I shot off an e-mail to our friend asking for a reminder of her connection with the phrase Tora Tora Tora (or the movie) and anything it may have meant. I think her grandfather or grand-uncle was a general in that war and he (or his journal) was somehow connected to it. Been a looong time since we’d had that conversation though, so I can’t remember so well. Let you know what she says when I hear back.
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Thanks for the info, ANSKY. My father-in-law was a pilot of a B-25 and shot down over Germany. 3 years in a POW camp. He let me read his journal that he kept. a definate no-no, then. They shot POWs for keeping them. It was an amazing work of art and history. It’s now in the Mighty 8th Air Force Museum in Savannah, Georgia.
Sam
you need to pay MLBTV for that – I got my tranistor going
um, we are not bowling here…
when cliff Lee becomes free agent? We need to sign him.
Costas and Reynolds are making fun of CC’s pants.
1:32 “m” is not me.
Sam
April 16th, 2009 at 1:29 pm
Is anyone else trying to listen to CBS on the internet? I thought they were supposed to be broadcasting the game today.
IN colorado and am getting the WCBS feed via MLB.com
Doreen – You can tell it’s me by all the smileys
April 16th, 2009 at 1:32 pm
Marlins-Atlanta game on MLB here in Central NJ.
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Here on LI too
And Reynolds just came very close to stepping into the ‘asians = work ethic’ stereotype. “These guys”?
Marlins about to sweep braves in Atl, watch out NL east
way to fight back and get Choo out after going 3-0 on him…cmon CC!!!
Nick,
LOL. What did Reynolds say when Costas came back with, “You people don’t understand”.
“And Reynolds just came very close to stepping into the ‘asians = work ethic’ stereotype. “These guys”?”
oh no, he didnt just said that.
m
Everyone knows when you’re not you.
There goes Mike again with this first crap
I just got home to watch the game….how loud was the cheers from the crowd when Nick Swisher was either announced or took the field?
good pitch good hit and that means we need chin music
P.S. that was the weakest 2 strike cheer I’ve heard.
ahh common CC….u had him 1-2….K him!
for those watching on yes… have the rectified the camera and net problem
man, these indians are good.
jint51 -
I haven’t seen a shot from that camera so far.
c’mon CC
they don’t show the “behind home plate” shot a lot so I don’t know yet
‘for those watching on yes… have the rectified the camera and net problem’
Can’t tell yet.
you have to get the #8 guy out
GB,
Interesting stuff on Drees. 3 no hitters in one season at the AAA level. If just reminds you that no matter what you do in the minors. It doesnt guarantee success in the majors.
Wow GB7 now there’s an interesting bit of history. The perspective from his journal must have been pretty intense to read. Was he aware of the risk he was taking as he was writing it?
hello – it’s 2 strikes…get up people
is Nady out for season?
Attention – there is a child who has taken the day off of school who is impersonating regulars – he’s already impersonated jennifer, GB7, and m.
If a regular says something godawfully stupid, it’s probably this ignorant piece of ****, and not the actual poster.
well thanks for that
not enough common folk to make it as loud as the old place
Kay forgot to say “first walk”, but he did mention that CC got out of his “first jam”.
A lot of pitches that inning. Needs to get it under control and go 7.
MLB Network isnt’ showing behind the plate either
I really think there is an issue with out the sound translates through the TV – someone who was/is there can let us know, but it sounds on TV like Spring Training…
Bobby Murcer
Showing Bobby Murcer from Opening Day 2007….honoring Bobby Murcer right now on YES
the Bobby Murcer talk is making me cry
Costas and Reynolds just waxed poetic about how, despite the cost, the sightlines and views from the stands are wonderful, no bad seats. No mention of the obstructed-view seats due to the restaurant.
Now they’re going on about the video screen.
Scooter & Murcer missing out. Man the guys talking about Murcer getting me all emotional.
Matsui – please do something here…
Robi Ramirez
And Reynolds just said that Cano “got lazy” last season!
Release the hounds!
do we not take pitches anymore?
luvin the ‘09 start for Cano…. and geez, Matsui just barely gets any sort of speed to 1st base!
“not enough common folk to make it as loud as the old place”
Michelle Beadle was on ESPN this morning and said just the opposite. She said it definitely looked like a lot of hard core fans going in and not alot of “suits”. YES has the crowd mics way low.
matsui cant even get the ball out of the infield anymore.
Well, at least it wasn’t a DP. Just the first “force out”.
MLB.com will probably have a complete list of “firsts”, they had one for the Cubs exhibition.
Matsui trots out another grounder
Reynolds calling Cano lazy in 08. That will get the subject of the last couple days going again. Went from Asian to lazy. Good start Herold.
Ransom – repeat yesterday, please…
Swisher is seeing 4.5 pitches per PA. Near as I can tell that’s 5th in the league behind Giambi, Cust, Ortiz and Figgins. Impressive.
>have the rectified the camera and net problem
It looks like their shooting from behind flying trapeze.
Who will hit the first homerun at the new (and very expensive to build and very expensive to see in person) stadium?
Today, Kelly Shoppach 3 run homer off of his former battery mate: Ruben Studdard!
Studdared burns out by June and is done for the season!
Matsui is done
At what point does Cano bat 5th ahead of Posada? Sometime soon, I’m thinking. Many thought he’d be there last year. It looks like he’s finally ready.
that was a walk, man!
Wells is in the Bleachers
ANSKy
April 16th, 2009 at 1:40 pm
Wow GB7 now there’s an interesting bit of history. The perspective from his journal must have been pretty intense to read. Was he aware of the risk he was taking as he was writing it?
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Yeah, he knew the risks, but, he and quite a few kept diaries to document names of other POWs and guards/commandants and the atrocities. They were used in some of the trials. They were written on candy wrappers, toilet paper, card board. Others made entries, drew pictures and made sketches of the camps and gallows.
The Mighty 8th Air Force Museum looks like an interesting place, GB. If I ever find myself down in GA, I’ll cheack it out. I’d love to read on your Grandfather’s journal.
Why does everyone decide to come and talk in my office when I want to listen to the game?
Do they do daily drug tests for announcers? Reynolds said the one thing players remember about Yankee stadium is the green grass. Im not sure that makes the top 100 list.
09 Gardner is to pop ups the way 08 Jeter is to DPs.
Reynolds calling Cano lazy in 08. That will get the subject of the last couple days going again. Went from Asian to lazy. Good start Herold.
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Wait, what? Cano is Asian?
Does anyone know where I can listen to the game online? When I stream 880 through their website it is the news, not the game. Same with iTunes.
Thanks.
matsui and wang need to go play in tampa a bit.
they’ll both come around but one more start like wang had is one more too many..
poor matz, he has a heart of gold.
Reynolds is just trying to say as many obnoxious things as he can so he doesn’t get into trouble for any of the particulars.
So what going on. At work, game cast blocked. Need updates.
S.o.S.
April 16th, 2009 at 1:40 pm
GB,
Interesting stuff on Drees. 3 no hitters in one season at the AAA level. If just reminds you that no matter what you do in the minors. It doesnt guarantee success in the majors.
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Larry Himes remark that you can’t go by three games as a reason for not calling Drees up was stupid. It was a pitiful team and inthe most notorious hitter’s park and league in pro baseball. One of those teams he no-hit had the Indians AAA team of Baearga, Alomar, Ramirez and that group.
“Reynolds said the one thing players remember about Yankee stadium is the green grass.”
Would have to say the next ballpark I see that has grass colored something other than green would make a more lasting impression on me.
Dr. Cox,
CC not looking so sharp, but he’s only given up one hit & one walk.
Man left in RISP in two innings, but they couldn’t cash in.
No dice Capone. MLB has a lockdown on internet telecasts.
0-0 top of the 3rd, Sabathia at 45 pitches w/ 1 out, lots of full counts
2 walks. Sizemore at 1B, threat to steal with one out.
Dr. Cox -
Not much, really.
No score.
Guys have been on base for both sides.
Indians are up, one out, CC just walked Sizemore and DeRosa is up. It’s the top of the 3rd.
Cc needs to find the strike zone…what is going on…
Archbishop Timothy Dolan in the booth with Suzy & The Blindman.
uh oh this CC I remember, please leave
Tom in NJ
April 16th, 2009 at 1:50 pm
The Mighty 8th Air Force Museum looks like an interesting place, GB. If I ever find myself down in GA, I’ll cheack it out. I’d love to read on your Grandfather’s journal.
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It’s something else. They have a complete B-17 on the floor. Monsterous thing. Great place of historical artifacts and displays. “Bombs Away” Curtis LeMay was the 8th’s commander at that time.
Don’t let Reynolds get anywhere near Bronco Stadium in Boise, it might blow his mind.
Well, at least when CC misses, he misses low.
i mean sheesh – outs please…
back to back walks.
I told you that girl was awful! She needs to go!!! It was horrible listening to her voice in btwn innings! At least turn her mic down!
“Wait, what? Cano is Asian?”
lol S.A.. Not yet. Its still early in the game though. Wouldnt be surprised if he does.
Dr Cox…bleacher creatures “got beer”…. lots of other great traditions… it’s good to be home again
DP Please.
Back to back walks, 2 on, 1 out, top of 3rd.
let’s get a DP
Bronx Cheers,
Even audio?
I need to bring a radio in to work.
argh
come on CC
a K would be good here…
UPDATE, 1:56 p.m.: The crowd is dead quiet. Dead. But Opening Day, especially this one, figured to bring out a lot of pretenders.
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I literally just said the same thing on another site. Its ridiculous that they cant get the real fans there
WTF were they thinking ?
BEAUTIFUL DP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mel:
CC has generally been a fairly tough guy to steal on. Even Victor Martinez through out well over 30% of would be basestealers with Sabathia on the hill.
Dairik Jetah
Oh, lucky duck. V-mart popped up to Jeter in the hole, and he doubled up the runner at 1B. They were on the go.
My prayers answered..WOW a DP. I’m going to play mega millions right now..brb
Nice play by Jeter. CC definitely needed that. Can the crowd actually make some noise?! They are soo quite, even during the introductions.
lol S.A.. Not yet. Its still early in the game though. Wouldnt be surprised if he does.
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Hahahahahaha.
ok…
I’m calling it:
Home run this inning!
Nice heads up play by Jeter. Got Sabathia out of a big jam. He’s gotta settle down and get his control. 55 pitches in 3 innings.
el capitan
Looks like the bad CC is here for the day. The schedule is as follows
Bad start
Good start
Bad start
…
Who’s in charge of audio production at YES?
Don Capone:
Enjoy:
http://stream2.wtsnam1270.com/
Way to hustle Jeter.
I think they should give Cano some credit for the dp. He was telling and pointing Jeter to throw to first.
I think it gets louder at Marlins games.
Anybody who needs to hear the game:
http://www.freebaseballradio.com/NYyankees.html
click on the wtsn 1270 link.
OK – so now someone is impersonating me…fun times
I think before anyone judges whether these are “real fans” here, wait until the Yankees score. You know in the last several years that’s the way it goes. No REAL noise until after the scoring actually starts.
If any Yankee hits a HR today I think it’ll be Robi or Nick
uh – we no longer make the pitcher work??
Damon and Tex swing at the 1st pitch??! Lee has been absolutely smacked around his 1st 2 starts. The Yanks have to be much more patient and actually look at pitches.
^For Paul to be right, it’s up to Swisher.
Maybe the crowd is dead quiet because the bats are dead too? If you can’t hit the guy at least make him work.
The Mets faithful were loud and rowdy every pitch during Opening Day at CitiField. Come on Bronx.
Damon and Tex doing Lee a favor here by swinging at the first pitch.
Swisher for president
Gotta love Swish
well done Swish…can Posada get them in???
Swish is the man!!!!
It’s it ok to have a man crush on Swish ?
They don’t want the real fans there. They squeezed out loyal fans through their ominously named “Relocation Program”. I was a season tix holder for 10 yrs. Seats were up from 3rd in main reserve. They “Offered” me seats in the far reaches of LF for more than twice the price. And I know a lot of long time st holders who were similarly shown the door. They want the suits. Sad.
Swish!!!! Having fun and dealin. Nice!
CANO should be in this spot now!!!!!!
ahhhhhhhhhh……Swish………..
I agree – Cano should be up
dow jones is still up
Swish is hotter then hot. Too bad there are 2 outs. I think Cano should bat 5th after Swish while he is still hitting. Posada needs to be moved down. Also is Matsui really healthy?!!
Posada – having as bad game
Paul: I’m a little hazy
P.S. no offense to Posada but Robi should be batting ahead of him.
Posada reaching for that pitch. was ball 3.
I wish Cano were hitting there in Posada’s spot…
“Looks like the bad CC is here for the day. The schedule is as follows
Bad start
Good start
Bad start
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He hasnt allowed a run yet? 6 shutout innings vs. a good offensive team is a good start in my book. Cant expect him to pitch 8 innings every game out.
are you kidding me
If it were my decsion I would bat my two hottest hitters right behind one another. Posoda has stranded 4 men already.
Posada, AGAIN, reached for a pitch down and FAR FAR away and breaks his bat into an inning ending grounder.
Prrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrresssssssssssssssssssing.
Posada has 9 rbis already this season. He can produce. Just having a bad game.
Three innings played, 4 men left in scoring position. EVERY INNING it’s happened. This has to stop. It was a huge problem last year, and it ended up killing us.
Soriano
“Real Fans” sit in the far reaches of LF just to be in the stadium.
Mr. “No one is laughing” has yet to do anything with the bat and has left 4 runners on base.
Perhaps it is time to smile, drink some red bull and relax. Killing the Yankees as a #5.
Looks like the bad CC is here for the day. The schedule is as follows
Bad start
Good start
Bad start
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How exactly is this a bad start? Hes given up 1 hit in 3 innings, no runs.
Can geiko please bring back the Caveman. These money with eyes commercials are freakin annoying. Someone got paid for a dumb idea.
It’s not only that it’s that Georgy has a good eye he doesn’t need protection, Robi is the hotter hitter right now and everytime he comes up w/ no one on I feel like that’s a wasted AB.
Yankees have left 11. How does this happen???
Hey Jorge, no ones laughing.
CC’s pitch count is ridiculous
C.C. looks very shaky today with bad control. It is unbelievable that we cannot get hits off the worthless cliff lee. Last year was absolutely pure luck for him he is not a good pitcher.
Watch the Indians score!!!!!
lol “Mr. No One is Laughing”
CC really has no control today.
Cc’s control is kinda off today. Maybe opening a new stadium nerves?
Michael Kay is terrible.
GB7
I did a little research on the guy who I’m pretty sure is my friend’s grandfather. Where can I send you a link?
If you don’t want to post an e-mail address here, that’s cool no problem … I’ll ask Pete to forward the link to you.
Pat, I was not derogating the seats, but rather making a point about the steep increase in ticket prices. I have sat all over the old stadium. But the seats they “offered” were, I bet, three to four times what they cast across the street. Real non-suit fans (like me), cannot afford those prices– and they know that. Conscious decision. That’s my only point.
hitters look too anxious, Tex and Posada especially
CC just doesn’t have good command of his fastball. It could be nerves like he probably had on opening day against Balt. Also like he could of had in the playoffs.
I will puke if this run gets in…why can’t the Yankees do the simple stuff like that…
Ransom!
RANSOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
wow cody
Sweet play, Ransom!
“C.C. looks very shaky today with bad control. It is unbelievable that we cannot get hits off the worthless cliff lee. Last year was absolutely pure luck for him he is not a good pitcher.”
Wow. This is utterly ignorant.
You think a guy gets a sub-3.00 on pure luck?
D00d’s a good pitcher. Closer to a 3.50 guy than a 3.00 guy, but he’s good.
I got him for cheap in two of my fantasy leagues
(didn’t start him today, though).
Nice play kid
‘I will puke if this run gets in…why can’t the Yankees do the simple stuff like that…’
You missed the Tampa game ?
Well finally Ransom !
Web gem for Ransom!
Nice play by Ransom and Posada. What was that background music?!! Alittle loud.
RANDSOME YOUR SO HANDSOME
RANDSOME YOUR SO HANDSOME
That was the game changer.
this crowd really is awful
Dynamite play on both ends.
I hope Peralta is ok, that didn’t look pretty.
STAND UP PEOPLE – this crowd is terrible
Lee had 1 really good year. I wouldn’t say he is a good pitcher because of 1 good year.
yuck…
Damon’s arm should make that an error. Ugh.
jorge with the knee. nice block.
Sabathia is not having a good game here…
Aw, man. That stinks. Let’s go. Shut it down, CC.
Another pitch right over the plate by CC..
How does Jeter not even try to throw home?
Thank G that wasn’t a homerun.
This is a grind it game for CC. Doesn’t have his best stuff, but he is grinding this game.
‘STAND UP PEOPLE – this crowd is terrible’
It really is, we’ll see more of that.
P.S. a bad game is 1 ER in 4 IP Rishi ?
Unless CC gets a 1-2-3 5th, he’s not pitching the 6th.
He’s having command issues.
ANSKY
April 16th, 2009 at 2:15 pm
GB7
I did a little research on the guy who I’m pretty sure is my friend’s grandfather. Where can I send you a link?
If you don’t want to post an e-mail address here, that’s cool no problem … I’ll ask Pete to forward the link to you.
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Hey, thanks, ANSKY. email is yank71523@yahoo.com. Any other thing not referring to this, I’ll just delete. I love history.
Its a shame we should have at least 2 runs.
“Lee had 1 really good year. I wouldn’t say he is a good pitcher because of 1 good year.”
3.79 in 2005, 4.40 in 2006, horrible 2007, awesome 2008. Not a stretch to say he figured things out.
His ’stuff’ isn’t great, but when on, he’s got pinpoint control. That’s what made Maddux great, and what made 2008 Mussina great.
:shrug: He’s a good pitcher.
did damon lose the ball at the last second
OK, first of all, the runner on first was very fast.
And second of all, it’s one run through four innings. What in the world is wrong with that?
You guys need to lighten up.
1) after that incredible play by ransom you as a pitcher absolutely have to find a way out of that inning with 0 runs.
2) As a former Cy young winner it is absolutely embarrasing that he would throw a ball anywhere near hittable on an 0-2 pitch. You are taught in Little league as a pitcher that 0-2 pitches are a set up pitch and should never ever be hittable.
CC with 75 pitches..WOW..25 more then Lee.
Can we score some runs please
Cliff Lee should be out of the game. Our O is terrible in the clutch.
The crowd sounds normal to me.
Ok boys, this is freakin Cleveland, not some good team. Time to loosen the pants, pull the heads out, and play baseball.
We need a 4 run inning.
ugggggggggggh, and the 2-7 Indians get a win at the stadium opener!!!!
cc is having some serious control issues so far
i think he has only gotten ahead 0-1 to one or two hitters, thats it
Even if CC’s not having his best game, the offense needs to get moving here.
Crowds tend to be more laid back during day games. Might explain why it sounds dead. Also Yankees are doing absolutely nothing offensively.
Doreen this crowd sucks, I’m sorry but they literally do.
Relax..CC has given up 1 run in 4inn. It would be a big difference if the score was 3-1 yanks.
Cody flashed the leather. Big hit this inning too so everyone can say A-Rod who?
Lets Go CANO!
Swisher Brandon (I LOVE ME SOME ME !)
April 16th, 2009 at 2:22 pm
‘STAND UP PEOPLE – this crowd is terrible’
It really is, we’ll see more of that.
P.S. a bad game is 1 ER in 4 IP Rishi ?
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I more concerned with all the 3-0 counts and ridiculous pitch count.
CaptainsCorner
April 16th, 2009 at 2:20 pm
Lee had 1 really good year. I wouldn’t say he is a good pitcher because of 1 good year
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you’d better check Cliff Lee’s career numbers. He’s had one bad year in a hitter’s haven
http://www.baseball-reference......cl02.shtml
Bernie in the booth with John and Suzyn
They literally suck Brandon? Are they all drinking through straws sumultaneously? All sucking lollipops?
I think they should just tell Damon to throw under hand. Maybe he can hire that hott u.s. softball pitcher chick to teach him how to sling it in. Maybe he should throw like a girl.
This shoudn’t be surprising to anybody.
C.C. has never been a gamer. Just go look at his history.
Get that stupid net out of the way!!!
You guys are ridiculous. I can’t even believe the reactions that all of you are having.
I’m in shock.
‘I more concerned with all the 3-0 counts and ridiculous pitch count.’
It’s his 3rd start of the season, why would it concern you ?
kelvin please get a life.
Bernie in booth woth John and Suzyn
Suzyn just told him that in the clubhouse yesterday Jeter and Posada shushed everyone so they all could listen to Bernie perform on TV. That’s cool.
cc will be fine, be concerned about matsui.
Matsui’s lucky. That pitch looked pretty good.
ALB3
April 16th, 2009 at 2:27 pm
You guys are ridiculous. I can’t even believe the reactions that all of you are having.
I’m in shock
“I feel shocked, Cotton”
The way I see it – CC got squeezed a little in the 1st inning, and ever since then he’s been a little apprehensive. Even if he doesn’t have his best stuff (not sure he doesn’t), compare that to Wang who gets crushed when he doesn’t have the sinker working. CC is grinding this start out – not something just anybody can do.
take a pitch for crying out loud!
Matsui trots to first again…should have put him on the stop watch
At least we have been starting each inning with the top of the order lol. BECAUSE NO ONE SCORES.
What’s with the first pitch swinging? How about trying to run up the guy’s pitch count??
“you’d better check Cliff Lee’s career numbers. He’s had one bad year in a hitter’s haven”
My point was that he is ok. Not a Halladay unhittable type pitcher. I think today is more of what the Yanks aren’t doing then what Lee is doing. Swinging early not looking at pitches.
Lee doesn’t even look that good at we can’t hit him..We only have 2 hot batters (Cano and Swish) the rest have off and on games.
timely hitting would help a lot too…
Take a pitch or two…
Jorge shushing the clubhouse again? ummmmmmmm…..
ok, Jeter – hero time
Let’s go Jeter!
“What’s with the first pitch swinging? How about trying to run up the guy’s pitch count??”
Because if you let him throw his pitches without swinging, you’re down 0-2 before you take the bat off your shoulder.
Can Matsui score on a triple?
Mark, think about what you just said…
Wait did Randsom bat??
The Yanks aren’t looking too good today. Sabathia has terrible control and the lineup isn’t getting clutch hits. Prove me wrong Jetes.. PLEASE!
gotta quit leaving guys on base… ready Captain?
Come on Jeter. A hit anywhere, please.
the lower deck crowd reminds me of ‘Weekend at Bernies’
I got a feeling Gardner had something to do w/ that pitch.
question is can matsui score from third on a single.
“‘I more concerned with all the 3-0 counts and ridiculous pitch count.’
It’s his 3rd start of the season, why would it concern you ?”
I donno? cause we didn’t pay him 161 million dollars to come and try to adjust himself on the mound?
Are we gonna give him 3 postseason starts to let himself adjust to postseason atmosphere too?
I think its just becoming more and more apparant that CC Sabathia is just not a big game pitcher. You would have better luck with Burnett than Sabathia throwing him out to a game as important as this.
Lee will walk him to pitch to Damon
Crossing my fingers
Bases juiced. A salami would be nice right now.
Lee wanted no part of Jeter.
we’ve only left 5 on so far through 3 innings. the day is young, and 3 more are on base.
Loaded up for Johnny!
Well this is the Yankees big chance for the 5000 time. Can Damon get a hit?
Eh, lefty on lefty. Darn you!
MATC, it’s April
ridiculous
outcome: flashes of 2008
This is just sad
Lets see how many people we can leave on base before the end of the game….
8 over 4
Groundout. 0 for 567563453 with RISP
This baseball team just absolutely kills me. When is that AROD guy coming back. It can’t happen soon enough.
“I think its just becoming more and more apparant that CC Sabathia is just not a big game pitcher. You would have better luck with Burnett than Sabathia throwing him out to a game as important as this.”
its becoming more and more apparent your not a yankee fan…
How frustating…Everytime they have guys on base they ground to 2nd.
8 left through 4?
Ever. G.D. Inning. Four innings, 6 LISP. They don’t deserve to win this game, honestly.
Where’s the noise… seriousely…
I am hating how we are leaving a small village on the basepaths.
I cant even watch this anymore barely. this team is a DISGRACE!!!!
I agree Donnie.
GB7 – check your e-mail …
How we miss you ARod
Seriously, though, the high pitch count, hitter favorable pitch count, AND the fact that the three hits the Indians have are all doubles is a concern.
But it appears that the 2008 Yankees have surfaced on opening day and that critical hit the Yankees need is buried somewhere at home plate in the old stadium.
Does anyone know if all the “ghosts” that haunted the old stadium were move, will be on display in the museum or were banished with the whole Papi jersey fiasco?
and this crowd is PATHETIC. LAME!!!!!
“I think its just becoming more and more apparant that CC Sabathia is just not a big game pitcher. You would have better luck with Burnett than Sabathia throwing him out to a game as important as this.”
its becoming more and more apparent your not a yankee fan…
CC isnt the problem, we have left 8 men on base through 4 innings. that is the problem. it is only 1-0.
Well lets see how much longer CC can keep it at only 1 run..I don’t sense it will be much longer. Yanks had tons of chances.
Updates, people. PLEASE
Im going through withdrawels!!
UPDATE, 2:20 p.m.: The crowd is just brutal. Yankees come to plate and there is barely a smattering of applause. I don’t know if the crowd is quiet or the design of the stadium is the reason, but it’s like being in church so far.
Jesus. The whiners are out in force, today. I’m shocked. It’s 4 innings of a 1-0 game. not 10-0 in the bottom of the 9th of game 7. Give the snot slinging a rest.
Butt Selig?
f Bud… fake as they come…
Selig in the booth with Kay and Ken
Bruney not available today
It’s all my fault. I just realized I didn’t have on my lucky pink slippers but they are on now.
So Costas asked Selig if he should seperate the record book or have the prior steroid era more recognized. Selig said no that its like seperating the 80’s cocaine era. Didnt know coke made you hit balls farther or pitch harder. How can you compare the two?
Once again loads of barerunners and Alex fails to drive in anyone!
Lee has thrown as many pitches as CC only Cleveland had one good at-bat. Still close game.
ok, thanks, ANSKY. Much appreciated.
I know it’s early but this is still pathetic. The at bats theyre having with RISP are pathetic. They should be ashamed of themselves.
“I donno? cause we didn’t pay him 161 million dollars to come and try to adjust himself on the mound?
Are we gonna give him 3 postseason starts to let himself adjust to postseason atmosphere too?
I think its just becoming more and more apparant that CC Sabathia is just not a big game pitcher. You would have better luck with Burnett than Sabathia throwing him out to a game as important as this.”
And people wonder why Yankees’ fans are considered idiots.
Name a single pitcher who’s never had a bad start to a season :rofl:
“I cant even watch this anymore barely. this team is a DISGRACE!!!!”
Could Catallanotto be the difference maker? LOL
As usual, so much hysteria here… one would think you people have never seen a baseball game before.
Too many corporate fans at Corporate Stadium!
With a whimper, the stadium opens.
Selig should be banned from the new Yankee Stadium.
Pete,
You got to do something about the copycats. We all know that pat’s slippers are pinstriped.
Guys watching TV, are the 2635 seats all filled up…
CC isnt the problem, we have left 8 men on base through 4 innings. that is the problem. it is only 1-0.
Well said. EXACTLY the problem!
Whiners: It’s 1-0. If you can’t handle that, try munching a bag of Cheetos and taking a little break from the game. You’ll feel much better.
“How frustating…Everytime they have guys on base they ground to 2nd.”
That’s what Cliff Lee did all last year. Hint: it’s not luck.
‘Name a single pitcher who’s never had a bad start to a season :rofl:’
Sid Finch
(srsly was that arguement stupid or what ?)
And thank you Pete for confirming how church like this crowd is.
Grind it game for CC, least he is holding it to a run.
Our offense is terrible this game. No such thing as a timely basehit through the first 4. But I’m not sure, don’t know too much about baseball… Are there 5 more innings left to play? Last time I checked it was 9 innings in a ballgame.
Relax, its 1-0, game is still certainly in reach.
watch what you say about ticket prices, bud!
the last two innings really made me sick
This is really disappointing- the crowd is despicable. I am going to be siting in the bleachers with a buddy of mine tomorrow, so hopefully we will be able to be a part of the real fans’ noise.
He’s at 86 pitches.
well in the next inning we have Tex, swish, and Posada(Should be Cano) I say Tex pops up Swish walks and Posada finds a way toend the inning before Cano comes up..What do you guys think?
sos “Can geiko please bring back the Caveman. These money with eyes commercials are freakin annoying. Someone got paid for a dumb idea.”
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is there a company with more different themes to their commercials than geiko? and they are all horrible. caveman, gecko, money with eyeballs,.. i know i’m probably missing more.
meanwhile, progressive has it right!
cc respects Grady way too much.
Name a single pitcher who’s never had a bad start to a season :rofl:
ME! Ok, it was slow pitch league and the average guy looked like the Octo-Mom meets John Kruk. But it took 3 games to give up more than 3 runs.
Nathan, haven’t heard a head count yet
LES Tom: Are you a real LES guy, or are you one of the yuppies that migrated there?
Costas was making the point that all eras have something tainting them and perhaps baseball should acknowledge all of it instead of steroid hysteria demonizing a handful of players and making them bare the brunt of the “cost” of that era.
No cocaine doesn’t let you hit the ball farther, but plenty of dog tired players used a little toot to get ‘em doing. The seventies was all about uppers and downers, cocaine and pot depending on the circumstances.
Bud Selig – MLB CommASSioner…
All these walks. Grrr.
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True. But the LUCKY rally slippers are pink.
My husband gets angry that I have my 6 year old believing in them.
“That’s what Cliff Lee did all last year. Hint: it’s not luck.”
He can be had today though. They Yankees should have at least two runs by now.
CC should seriously just concentrate on the batter.
nice throw!
Posada Power
Michael Kay, O Neil, and Singleton are probably my favorite combo of Yankees announcers. Good chemistry, honest analysis. I think Michael Kay is underrated too, with all the hate he gets.
And nice fielding by Posada today. Excellent throw just now.
CC THE STRIKE ZONE IS ABOUT A FOOT HIGHER! TRY AGAIN!
“is there a company with more different themes to their commercials than geiko? and they are all horrible. caveman, gecko, money with eyeballs,.. i know i’m probably missing more.”
Horrible or brilliant? You just recalled three of them off the top of your head.
Nice throw, Jose!
Atleast the Yanks are playing good D today even if they aren’t hitting.
Jorge is back!
Posada! Woot.
two good defensive plays by jorge…hopefully we can give him a break for Runners left on base so far today.
Looking more and more likely Indians will hit first homerun. I bet it will be either Shoppach or Crowe.
“The best part of my night is when I can go home and watch a lot of games”.
Bullcrap. He’s all about the money.
CC will be out after 5…
“CC THE STRIKE ZONE IS ABOUT A FOOT HIGHER! TRY AGAIN!”
Had the same problem in his first game. Except this one he just isn’t looking aggressive.
ahhaahaaha. Bud Selig goes home at night and watches baseball games while eating Cheetos.
pat,
Was that really you? sorry.
Next in booth after Selig: Kelly Clarkson to speak on natural vs artificial
CissC is scared of the strike zone lol
Well for not having good stuff today CC has done an okay job to bad the Yankees buy a hit.
He’s done after this…he has thrown 96 pitches.
You people who keep saying it’s okay that its only 1-0 are not paying attention. I still feel like we will win this game if we can keep it to about 2-3 runs but Sabathia just has absolutely no control and that has to be somewhat concerning. Even worse then that is a runner on second for 3 out of 4 innings and no runs. Come on yanks!!!
Despite CC having a hard time he still has only let up 1 run in 5 innings. If you said that before the game I would say “HELL YEA”… the Yankee offense just can’t catch a break. Damon swung at a pitch inside.
The crowd is dead because there is NOTHING to cheer about. The bats have gone cold with RISP and Sabathia is pitching like crap.
This could be CC’s last inning he is at 94 pitches…
Anyone know what teh crowd sounded like in the exhibition game?
100 pitches for CC
if you look at cc’s history, you dont worry because he never starts well.
PULL HIM NOW!
where can i find a stat for first pitch strikes, because that should be embarassing for CC today. i would say he is throwing them about 15% of the batters
The crowd is nervous.
gameday shows 101 pitches and 59 strikes
Come on man pull it together!
This is a big batter, cause I don’t trust the Yankees Offense at all.
If I were at this game I’d be pretty damn quiet too.
don’t know how many are first pitch strikes though
Maybe cc is overthrowing because of the lack of run support.
c’mon…need a K
at least some people are waking up out there
Is the strike zone tight today for CC> It shows a lot of strikes being called balls on gameday
Is the strike zone tight today for CC> It shows a lot of strikes being called balls on gameday
Here comes the crowd. I guess they put down their beers for a minute.
yesssssssss……..
CC is pissed
The crowd at the Friday exhibition game was ok, not great, but it was an exhibition game after all. My concern then was that there are so many reasons for casual fans to NOT be in their seats.
BAM
Well CC is not pleased with himself…
Thank goodness that inning is over, too much Selig.
Bout time..
Absolutely love the intensity from C.C. Sabathia. You can just tell he wants so badly to succeed.
Gritty start for CC. Only 1 run down. Lots of time to score left in this game. If that’s CC on a bad day, I’ll take it.
he did not pitch well today, but he kept the damage down
most likely done for the day. 5 innings 1 run is not great considering our bullpen is horid
Time to build another island, recruit, then strand them without any food.
Time for some new Mystique and Aura. (Or, if they are busy, Lace and Stelleto.)
bullpen is gonna be taxed after today and tomorrow
The crowed sucks CC just got a huge strikeout and they didn’t cheer its like they don’t know what a strikeout is.
Man, the nuts around here will never be pleased unless CC goes 35-0 with 35 perfect games.
Yeah, his command was off. But 1 ER in 5 IP is OK. The same guys whining about CC’s 1 ER in 5 IP were probably cheering on Burnett’s 2 ER in 5.1 IP in the 3rd game of the season.
hey CC is struggling but lots of credit for getting out of that jam, he battled, he’s probably done for the day I’m guessing being over 100
Way to battle CC!
Thats how u get out the inning.
i dont understand why people are hating on CC for what they wanted Wang to do his last start…they say “why cant wang grit one out when he doesnt have his best start”…..well thats what CC has done today
i dont understand why people are hating on CC for what they wanted Wang to do his last start…they say “why cant wang grit one out when he doesnt have his best start”…..well thats what CC has done today
Also, on the pregame today it was mentioned that some of the players didn’t like how the upper deck doesn’t hang over (or near) the field at all anymore. it did feel further away when i was up there.
Big K for the big guy. This start is completely different than his first in Baltimore. Today he seems to be just off the plate (trying to be too fine?), in Baltimore he was all over the place (particularly up with the fastball).
well those fans should in the seats so they pump the crowd up.
Ever notice how the theme on this board quickly resembles the phrase “beating a dead horse”. (no animals were injured in that statement)
There’ something slightly disturbing seeing grown men in Yankees uniforms (costumes) who aren’t on the team.
2-3 run inning breaks open now!
Remember, we are facing a 1-7 team that is probably just as amped as we are and a desparation to win. Cy Young on the mound, despite 2 bad starts for him.
I guess that was CC’s Jaret Wright impression
Wats: “Our Bullpen is horid” are you serious?
I have Cody Ransom hitting the first HR at Yankee Stadium bottom of the fifth.
definitely a smallish strike zone, especially around the knees
Anyone who is concerned about CC because of this is an idiot. So a guy is struggling with his release point and command… yeah, that’s a first in baseball history! Jeez
now if only the offense can help out cc here…
bullpen is gonna be taxed after today and tomorrow
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really? did you miss the 3 hour conversation about how they have 13 pitchers now?
I’m leaving CC in for 120-130 pitches if I’m Joe. He’ll feel a lot better if he pitches 6 innings of 1 run ball and the team will feel better about it, too.
Jeez Lee is throwing the kitchen sink to Tex. Everything he’s got.
MESSAGE TO JOE GIRARDI:
IT’s APRIL 16TH!!!
DON’T BLOW OUT ANYONES ARM!!
Phase 3: Alex took BP today and looked good. 3HRs in 49 pitches.
http://www.google.com/hostedne.....QD97JNL0O3
Curveball, changeup, fastball, slider… ouch
This Yankee “offense” is a joke today. Damon doesn’t even look like he cares up there. Even Jorge’s AB’s have left something to be desired. This is really, really underwhelming. And I’m soooo disappointed in the crowd. The Yankees brass deserves that for making the stadium as yuppie friendly as they did, but the players dont deserve the stands to be filled with these corporate robots.
On a scale from 1 to 10, how disgusted is the ghost of the Babe by all this?
His left hand is bothering him. He keeps shaking it.
“Gritty start for CC. Only 1 run down. Lots of time to score left in this game. If that’s CC on a bad day, I’ll take it.”
Me too, Doreen. Is it possible that CC will now be referred to as GGCC?
I think Tex’s wrist is still bothering him. He hasn’t had good swings since coming back.
tex keeps on shaking his left wrist after every foul ball. was it the left or right wrist that is injured
Man Tex…. if he is still hurting, should just bat lefty on lefty.
3 called strikes on Swish
This crowd is a joke. Maybe cowbells should have been handed out.
Is that ‘HYAH’ really necessary? I wish umpires would get fined for that sh**.
‘Wats: “Our Bullpen is horid” are you serious?’
Mark, give him a break, he’s new.
I know Russ but the problem is the yankees are making Lee look good. We have left 6 men in scoring position. 6! and its the 5th inning
and Lee decides to pitch well on our Opening Day? go figure
Look guys – they’re ‘making Lee work’ by not swinging at the first pitch. Oh, wait, that was 3 straight called strikes.
WOOOHOOHOHOOHOH!
“I guess that was CC’s Jaret Wright impression”
As long as he doesn’t do a Pavano impression.
posada!!!!!!
POSADA!!!!!
First home run!!
Hip Hip Jorge!!
a co8uple ab’s too late, but we’ll take it!!! no L for Sabatthia
HIP HIP ?
HIP HIP!!!!
Saito…YES!!!!
In play, run(s)
how fitting for it to be Posada with the 1st homer!
Crap. Guess Mr. “No one is laughing” is now giggling. Excuse me while I wipe egg off my face.
Hip Hip
Posada is awesome
i’m calling back to back right here
Hip Hip Jorge!
Looks like Wells caught the ball.
Jorgey jucied one!!!!:)
Sorry to hear that the corporate crowd is as lifeless in person as it sounds on tv. Here’s hoping the proportion of real Yankee fans will rise once this opening day is over. As to CC, he’s doing his job, it’s the RISP factor that’s holding back the Yanks today. They just need to continue to hold Cleveland to one run and and the lineup to break out and drive in some of thoses baserunners. Unfortunately, it looks as though the Yankees hitters have now reawakened Cliff Lee from the slumber he’s been in this season – bad timing, dudes lol. But even if the Yankees lose today, if CMW can get back to being CMW soon, this rotation is going to be awesome.
jorge!!!!
YEAH!!!!
Good afternoon Babe Ruth.
Horhay! lol
So glad for Jorge, he’s one of those guys that it’s fitting that he have the first homer at the new stadium.
First homer.
cant say hip hip… too soon. a-rod may cry.
cant say hip hip… too soon. a-rod may cry.
cant say hip hip… too soon. a-rod may cry.
Brand new ball game
LOL at these people saying CC pitched like crap. Yeah, 1 ER in 5 innings so far is awful…
Like someone above mentioned, Burnett’s 5.1 IP and 2 ER received fair amounts of praise. And yet CC, without his best stuff, gets ridiculed. Unbelievable.
I agree on the fans though, awful energy. Unless it is due to the new stadium somehow.
did they ring the bells? i love that, and i’ll miss it if they stop! yay jugs!
teixeira’s left hand looks like it’s bothering him . i don’t know if they should be having him in there right handed.
I just wish he did that with two men on:(
THANK YOU JORGE. FINALLY someone shows up with the bat!
Hip hip Jorge!!!!! Now THAT’S what I’m talkin’ about!!!!!!
Is the crowd at least cheering for that HR?
At least they can get that ball back. 1st homerun in the new stadium. And it tied up the game!
ok…he hit one out, but he needs to loosen up still.
hip hip
If Cano gets on base we could drive Lee over 100 pitches as well.
Robi working the count
dont’ think they posted that Jorge’s HR puts him past donnie in yankee history – if they did and there was no cheering, it’s just wrong
This Cano is great.
Well Posada made my prediction bad. Darn him
Mr. ‘On Base Machine’ Cano with the BB, lol.
Cano works the walk…
Cano working walks.
Always good to see that.
Please god dont pop up on first pitch
if cano was 5th like you all wanted, we may not get that homerun.
WOW Pete is right! It is way too quiet there! Jorge should be getting a curtain call for the first HR in the new place and they are as quiet as if it where just another base hit. Can’t really say the cream of the Yankee Fan Crop is there. I really am afraid it is going to be like this all year. I can just picture the guy in a blazer and suit pants telling me to be quiet when i go sunday soooo sad!
Laura they cheered but it was not loud at all.
Cano with a walk
I actually did hope that Posada or Jeter would drive in the first run at the new Stadium. Only, I wanted it to be the first run period, not only the 1st by the Yanks!
I’ll take it though. Finally someone shows up and it’s a switch hitter so Mantle is smiling down!!
This is where not having Nady hurts. Matsui terrible against lefties (and righties too I guess lol)
we leaving 6-7-8 up to the ‘pen?
they found matsui’s weakness….
Batting
“UPDATE, 2:20 p.m.: The crowd is just brutal. Yankees come to plate and there is barely a smattering of applause. I don’t know if the crowd is quiet or the design of the stadium is the reason, but it’s like being in church so far.”
Alot of suits and richie rich type people at the game today. I’m deeply jealous when a majority of those people can’t tell Veras and Rivera apart.
Boomer in the bleacher seats is awesome though.
<— Sad now but going to the game tomorrow!
“Just because Sabathia is Hispanic isnt why I am cheering for him, and olot of you uptight, Anglo white folks really need to go cheer for the Mets in Suburbia, We own the Bronx now, just enjoy the visit.”
wth i did not say that…whos impersonating me…and why me?
Marlins 8-1 and headed to Washington, Mets chasing WC already
but seriously, he cannot hit inside pitches.
If this was old Yankee stadium Jorge gets curtain call. Matsui looks better at the plate:)
looks like this battle will go to the bullpen.. how good is the Cle bullpen?
Damn, Matsui can barely run…
well there’s a first, Matsui beating out the throw to 1st!!
matsui needs to go. i’m sorry. he’s done
“Laura they cheered but it was not loud at all.”
These must be the polite Yankee fans. The rowdy bunch will be in there tomorrow.
wow – Matsui!!
LOL I’m sorry but Martinez has to catch that
infield hit for Matsui.
C’mon GGBG. Or a WP.
Now Ransom up…Can we have a pinch hitter please?
These must be the polite Yankee fans. The rowdy bunch will be in there tomorrow.
all the rich people are there today. the real fans will show up tomorrow
c’mon Cody – show us what you’ve got!
Jesus, Matsui looks awful.
OOPs. Ransom
we make jokes, but matsui always gives 100% when he is out there. doesnt always equate, but i want someone who cares, and sometimes some of our boys just dont seem to care.
Time to leave the island on base.
sorry to ask again – did they ring the bells after the home run?
Jesus Christ
apparently there was a curtain call, they just didnt show it live
“we make jokes, but matsui always gives 100% when he is out there. doesnt always equate, but i want someone who cares, and sometimes some of our boys just dont seem to care.”
i agree but i also want someone who can actually hit the ball
how many days until a-rod gets back?
I remember Matsui did the same thing in the playoffs against the Indians in 07, game 3, our most recent playoff win. His knees were a mess and he needed surgery like a crackhead needs a hit, but he hustled down the line and beat out the throw by half a step, sparking a go ahead Yankee rally.
Thats my man, I know he’s running out of gas but Matsui does the Yankees proud.
10 men left on through 5
both Lee and CC r at 100+ pitches
Can O’Neil play 3rd?
OK, I feel good about next inning. Lets hope Gardner gets on base and from there we will be in business. Lee is at 103 pitches. He’s about as done as Sabathia.
The crowd that was at the Cubs game has more energy than this one and that was an exhibition game. Yankees Stadium is turning into Giants Stadium
So far this year, this Yankees team is lacking clutchiness.
can’t pinch hit this early with a three man bench!
7 runners left in scoring position….uhh
Glad they scored, but we’re up to 7 LISP in 5 innings. This is just embarrassing. They could be winning this game something like 6-1 at this point, but aren’t.
also, anyone wanna organize a field trip to the Bronx today so we can kick these yuppies’ azzez after the game? haha, only half kidding.
10 left through 5.
last year i was at the stadium for a game in the summer vs. oakland where the yankees went 12 innings and won when molina was HBP with bases loaded. We left 21 men on that game. 21!!!
throw CC out there and tell him to attack
CC is back out there? is that smart?
Sabathia on a mission? I hate Choo, he always kills me in MLB The Show 09.
I really hope we real fans will still outnumber the fakes in the blue blazers and pink yankee hats. Everything about the new place is like the old but the fans. WE GOTTA MAKE SOME REAL YANKEE FAN NOISe! I know 99.9% of you guys are real fans we gotta pick up the slack and bring back home field advantage!
Is Tex’s wrist still an issue? Maybe that explains his low batting average.
surprised CC is still out there
Tex has never hit in April.
Another 3 weeks of Ransom and his .107 average. How exciting..
“So far this year, this Yankees team is lacking clutchiness.”
Short term memory much??? Allow me to take you back in time. About 18 hours in time. Didn’t El Capitan come up with a pretty clutch hit down in St Pete?
UPDATE, 3:12 p.m.: This report from the AP:
New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez took another step in his rehab from right hip surgery, hitting three home runs in 49 swings during his first full batting practice session.
A-Rod homered to right, left and deep left-center on Thursday. He hit numerous liners and had several other balls land near or off the outfield fence.
Ransom saved a run before. Take what you can get.
The Indians don’t have a bad bullpen so don;t get too confident, but the Yankees are more to blame for Lee’s success, not Lee.
i know some real fans will be there Sunday
Is anyone even watching Tex and saying he has a bad wrist or are we all making assumptions watching gameday?
I would rather see CC with alittle command then Ramirez.
CC now officially has 10 BB and 9 K for the season.
5 BB for CC. Sheesh.
CC wants to atleast get to the 7th from the looks of it. Geez is this guy a horse or what, he doesn’t even look fatigued.
What is this? Let’s see if we can blow out CC’s arm before the All star break?
wow 50 balls for CC
Russ: I saw Tex Shake his hand after he fouled off a pitch on his last at bat..Or maybe he is just off too a bad start..who knows>>>
Sabathia pitched a bad game, just suck it up and take a seat big man. Don’t blow your arm out 3 weeks into the season.
It’s like a battle of offensive ineptitude. Which team can leave more men on base.
‘What is this? Let’s see if we can blow out CC’s arm before the All star break?’
No genius he’s just built a different way.
Man – the Archbiship with all this baseball knowledge
You also have to remember that these people have been at this stadium since 10 this morning. It is a long, long day.
Laura, i had to laugh at the “lacks clutchiness” comment…I feel like we’ve already won as many late close games this year as we did all season last year.
CC pitched through poor control, he didn’t pitch a poor game. The offense is the reason they lose if they do.
The new Archbishop knows his baseball.
Yanks Brass should have done something to ensure the right crowd would be able to fill those seats today.. They’ll make their money throughout the year… Pathetic…
Everyone who went to this game payed 5 billion dollars/seat. You aren’t going to get many raving lunatics in that price range lol
CC is doing his job as he’s keeping his team in the game
121 pitches and counting…
“No genius he’s just built a different way.”
Yeah you say that now..
If CC’s ERA is only 3.63 when his control is a little off like this (yeah, it’s still only mid-April) then I can’t wait to see when he finally gets in a groove.
They are really seeing CC’s pitches well.
“CC pitched through poor control, he didn’t pitch a poor game. The offense is the reason they lose if they do.”
Sorry chief but 5 walks and 120+ pitches over only 6 innings is a poor outing.
122 pitches for CC. I wonder what Josh Johnson is thinking right now.
update: cc now has 10 K and 10 BB
95 mph on pitch 122
Cc’s out and getting a standing ovation
It’s about time.. geeze
He has no command inside he can’t throw his breaking pitches for strikes, and hes having trouble putting people away, if he faced a better hitting team like lets say Baltimore he would of been crushed..but with that said not bad when he didn’t have anything working.
It is definitely a tough crowd. CC should’ve left to a roaring standing O.
“I wonder what Josh Johnson is thinking right now.”
Didn’t know there was a rain delay.
I’ve got a feeling the quiet crowd will be more of a mainstay than you all think…most of the seats are a lot more expensive and the average fan was already going to struggle to make as many games this season due to the economic woes…on top of that, everyone has already said the new ballpark does not appear to keep in the noise as well as the old park did.
Way to battle CC. Didn’t have his best stuff today but he battled. Haven’t seen this is years from a Yankee starter.
“had to laugh at the “lacks clutchiness” comment…I feel like we’ve already won as many late close games this year as we did all season last year.”
I always laugh at the lacks “clutchiness” theory too, as if it’s something you can buy with a prescription.
It’s funny how teams that aren’t clutch one season, suddenly become incredibly clutch the next. A lot of times folks, luck plays a very heavy role.
StrawthatStirs:
Define “the right crowd,” please.
For having a lot of control problems today, sabathia gutted out a Hell of a start. Most others would have given up 4-5 runs by now. Same can be said for Lee.
‘Yeah you say that now..’
Dude the pitch count is one of the overrated tools in baseball, this is actually why more ML pitchers have gotten hurt, because they don’t know how to push themselves.
“Laura, i had to laugh at the “lacks clutchiness” comment…I feel like we’ve already won as many late close games this year as we did all season last year.”
That may be true, but clutchiness is also characterized by getting hits with men on base and two outs. We haven’t seen too much of that this year save for Jeter in that game the other day.
“Sorry chief but 5 walks and 120+ pitches over only 6 innings is a poor outing.”
Maybe for CC it is, but what do you expect? 8 IP, 0 ER? Jeez.
If this qualifies as poor, then what the heck was Wang’s most recent outing?
“Ralphie, that was not a nice comment earlier, I am totally embarrassed for you. Matsui need to pack it in and become the laundry maid I have always dreamed of, my Tokyo Joe.”
i did not say that..somebody is impersonating me..i would never say something so disgusting
He got the standing O? Wasn’t very loud, though.
“Way to battle CC. Didn’t have his best stuff today but he battled. Haven’t seen this is years from a Yankee starter.”
Moose. Screaming at Joe not to take him out of the game lol.
are they really chanting “Boston sucks”…
good job CC, way to battle but gets some ice on that arm!!! lots of pitches thrown
Billy – overuse is overuse, rain or shine!
you guys keep sayin how the cost of the tickets bring out the rich quiet snobs….Is this going to be a problem in the playoffs now?
Minus the walks, CC wasnt that bad.
Edwar please dont let anyone hit one out of the Stadium
Ransom strikes again.
“Sorry chief but 5 walks and 120+ pitches over only 6 innings is a poor outing.”
With 1 run over 6, isn’t that the definition of a “quality start?” I’m not saying this was a great start, but I think poor is too strong of a word IMO. Wang has had 2 poor starts…
WTF MAN!!
that should have been an out
I don’t understand everyone complaining about this particular crowd. I said before it sound normal to me because this is the way it’s been for the last several years. The crowds are quite until and unless the Yankees are actually in the middle of scoring. They don’t cheer for men on base, they don’t help to get rallies started – they cheer AFTER they’ve been satisfied. This is no different than last year and the year before. It has nothing to do with the cost of the seats and “realness” of the patrons.
Giambi digs it out?
The Indians also had the best scouting report on CC out there. Yanks face Pavano coming up but they don’t have much of a scouting report :X
dammit Cody
c’mon Edwar…
What in the godforsaken hell is the point of Texiera if he can’t hit and can’t pick it at first. He is completely useless.
Come on Randsom that might cost us big time!
Matt, itll probably be an even bigger problem in the playoffs. God willing, cause if its a problem then, it means we’re in the playoffs.
“If this qualifies as poor, then what the heck was Wang’s most recent outing?”
Very poor.
“Box seats suck” not “Boston sucks”
The first “real” game is tomorrow although it won’t be the same as a regular Fri game as it it’s another stupid day game.
I may be the “first” to do jumping jacks during GBA.
Come and get me coppers!
“Dude the pitch count is one of the overrated tools in baseball, this is actually why more ML pitchers have gotten hurt, because they don’t know how to push themselves.”
It’s not August.. It’s April.. his 3rd start of the season.. he wasn’t pitching that great to begin with.. There is absolutely NO reason to keep him out there that long.. I’m not a fan of the pitch count either BUT I am fan of common sense.
Whatever, pitch counts are the key for a max effort guy like Pedro Martinez. CC was still dealing on his last pitch. He has proven pitch counts can be thrown out when he’s on the mound.
Ask Jim Kaat, who knows a little more than you do about pitching.
“What in the godforsaken hell is the point of Texiera if he can’t hit and can’t pick it at first. He is completely useless.”
What in the godforsaken hell is the point of Ryan if he has no clue about the game of baseball?
thanks, neil – I thought of that after I posted…
well Pete said it’s quiet, I think he’s a lot of experience to compare
ugh
“CC pitched through poor control, he didn’t pitch a poor game. The offense is the reason they lose if they do.”
He wasn’t any better Lee, who everyone says the Yankees let off the hook. If not for some bad baserunning, a very nice defensive play by Ransom and a lack of clutch hitting by the Tribe, CC would be having a miserable day. 10 baserunners in 5+ just isn’t going to do it. Probably nerves, as he also cited on opening day down in Balt, but it was not a great effort by any stretch.
Cano just saved a run
WTF ? hold the ball ! someone !
Ransom should feel like crap right now.
WOW, WE CANT CATCH A FREAKING BREAK.
This is what we get for building a yuppie stadium. Sigh. My deepest apologies to the Babe.
and now Grady Sizemore…yuck
Joe is overthinking again…. oh my god, Sizemore is going to smoke Coke.
Edwar didn’t look bad. He got two weak grounders.
God please let the good Coke show up, I wanna feel high not low.
“CC is doing his job as he’s keeping his team in the game”
I just really don’t understand at all the criticism of CC for this game.
Pat M is completely right – CC did his job today keeping his team in a game and doing so on a day when he simply didn’t have his best stuff.
This was a solid performance. He didn’t have his fastball command and despite that he gutted out the game and got by through pitching with what he had. That’s impressive.
That’s what separates good pitchers from the very good to great ones. Even without his best stuff he gave them innings and only gave up one run. That’s what matters.
Oh dear
very big point in the game, just ONE out cmon COKE!!
“BANK ON IT!”
Well, Coke, you better pay off here. This is where it counts.
Coke huh? I guess you can’t win them all.
It seemed like a scoop that Tex could of made. But besides Ransom’s .107 average he hasn’t fielded good at all. He made the hard play not an easy one.
Well it’s not your fault Edwar you got an out(Thanks Cody) and a soft ground ball. Come on Coke….
coke will walk sizemore, see you in 5 minutes when I’m right
Phil Coke vs. Grady Sizemore. I don’t like our chances.
yeah, Girardi is overmanaging again. this totally sucks.
Can’t blame this loss on the pitching… we should have put up 5 runs by now.
Not a good way to open up the stadium. Losing to the 2-7 Indians???
why put Coke in a situation where failure is highly likely after the rough start that he’s had? hopefully he can embrace it and get the out and pick up his self esteem
I’d wish I could say I thought this was going to end well…but I’d be lying.
All right, Coke. Let’s see that ‘08 form.
CC? I’d say first home start as a Yankee, and facing his old team. Considering how bad his control was, a fine pitching performance. All things considered.
Cano just saved a run there through sheer effort right there. Nothing “lazy” about that play.
The number of second baseman who can make that play to stop the ball and save that run is very small.
Oh goody, the pen to the rescue
I can’t watch this…c’mon coke
1-0 count. impending fail
Coke hasn’t been good at all. Hopefully he can come threw here.
w00h00!!!!!
I believe in Coke i say he gets the Job done..lets see if he slaps me across the face
YES COKE !
BEND BUT DON’T BREAK…
ahhhh he did it! Thank you Coke!
I cannot believe this ballgame is still tied. The ghosts have to have something to do with that.
see i knew it would work out! Ha!
big, big out right there.
Sizemore helped him out bigtime
Indians pulled a “Yankee”
I love being proved wrong.
wow, I’m surprised
overall though, this has been by far the worst, most unenergetic, sloppiest game of the season. 10 men left on base, not the greatest defense, poor command by CC. we gotta break through on O
Oh, thank the lord, or the archbishop.
Girardi isnt overmanaging. he sees something getting a bit out of hand and tries to change it. sometimes it works and sometimes it doesnt
Oh ye of little faith!
Time for the offense to do it’s job.
his fastball had more life.
Didn’t the Babe win the first opening day with a 3R HR to make it 4-1?
All we’re missing is a 3R HR…
It’s time to give the hitters some of Swish’s red bull. Hopefully he can hit 1 out. Otherwise no one else will do anything.
now will the offense please put up a 4 spot to put all of us at ease, you have to win the first game
using Coke in the 6th is now overthinking?
If Yanks take the lead I can see
7 – Coke
8 – Marte
9 – Mo
Nice job Phil…. can someone find a 3B for the next three weeks?
Ransom has as many ERRORS as RBI and has the same number of HR as the posters on this blog. He’s a substandard utility man and a horrendous every day player
Good Coke
The Dow is up strongly!
LET’S GO YANKEES!!!!!!
(if the yuppies at the park won’t cheer our Yankees then we might as well do it on here, right?)
That first pitch fastball strike to Gardner is getting a bit old. Give this guy some roids and make everyone pay for it.
You guys are all absurd and no nothing about baseball.
Marte better not see the field.
The Indians have a good bullpen. Perez, Betancourt then Wood. Gardner is back to his girl swing.
Another F-in pop fly from Gardner… will he ever learn?
Bad call
The Indians have a good bullpen so don’t expect too much.
Whew, I need a drink.
Wow,Joe is showing a lot of faith in Coke based on a handful of games in September and a good spring training.
Paid off there, however.
Doreen – You can tell it’s me by all the smileys
April 16th, 2009 at 3:24 pm
StrawthatStirs:
Define “the right crowd,” please.
Doreen – If I have to, then you’re part of the problem..
Who sits on this message board for a whole game, get a life.
LOL Russ. I got 5 on that.
Lets make sure Lee leaves this inning please
“Nice job Phil…. can someone find a 3B for the next three weeks?
Ransom has as many ERRORS as RBI and has the same number of HR as the posters on this blog. He’s a substandard utility man and a horrendous every day player”
And is only starting for a couple more weeks.
Cody Ransom is not the biggerst problem this team has, lol.
that guy’s shirt said “Teixeria”…wonder if he even knows
7 – Coke
8 – Bruney
9 – Mo
As for Gardner, dude chill he’s been on base today even did what you said he couldn’t learn.
When it is not a bad call? You should be counting good calls.
Am I seeing more tobacco dippers this year? Swish, AJ and now CC. Or am I just noticing it?
This offense can’t do much today…
Does Cliff Lee today give us hope for CMW on Saturday?
Billy i agree with you Marte is a diseases. And we have a good Chance to loosing this game thanks to our brilliant offense..
“Another F-in pop fly from Gardner… will he ever learn?”
What we need is a little Lou Brown school of managing… “everytime I see you hit one in the air, you owe me 20 push-ups.”
“I just really don’t understand at all the criticism of CC for this game.”
Neither do I, considering what we got from Rasner and Ponson last year. This guy is a God send. He didn’t have his good stuff yet he managed to keep the game in check. How can you complain about a performance like that? I guarantee you that no one in that dugout is complaining (except for CC himself, who is probably very disappointed that he didn’t go longer in the game).
at least lee is done soon. 111 pitches. three innings to fight the cleveland pen.
Bruney should be available today. He’s only thrown 18 pitches between the past two outings.
For those watching on television, is the “net problem” fixed?
these AB’s are horrible!
way to make Cliff Lee work
next up: Tex, Swisher, Posada. We better get something done there.
I see that CC bought himself a Soprano style North Jersey casa feo.
Apparently his “best stuff” is arriving via freighter around the Strait of Magellan.
He did his job though and that’s all that counts.
I won a pool by picking Posada to hit the first HR!
Thanks, Jorge!
Here’s some meaningless stats..
CC’s first 120+ pitch game in 2008 happend in July.
July 18th – 123 pitches in an 8 inning loss.
He didn’t have one 2007.
If you browse through his pitch counts.. he looks pretty normal.
Why burn a pitcher for 1 out in a tie game? Arggh.
‘these AB’s are horrible!’
It’s not like they are going against a stiff
Jose Veras? Uh oh.
“that guy’s shirt said “Teixeria”…wonder if he even knows”
I had to rewind the DVR to see that… that’s what you get for shopping at the outlets.
Close your eyes.
jose veras:
over or under 3 walks this inning
We have Melky and Pena on the bench, that is one scary bench.
CB, Too many here see things in black and white…CC did a great job today against what very well maybe the Centeral Division winners this season…..Lee is also throwing a great game as well
In that commercial with the guy painting pin stripes on his car, the address on the door of the house is “420″.
what what!!
don’t lip it!
Jose Veras = Kyle Farnsworth
Good, at least Veras is missing his fastball up in the zone :/
3-0 on the first hitter….just as expected with veras
Oh Veras makes me so nervous.
WHEN ARE WE GOING TO LEARN ABOUT VERAS!!!!
What do you guys think of going after Aarron Rowand he’s a righty and plays a A type CF. According to MLBTR the Giants are looking to unload him. I like the idea. What do you guys think?
there 1 walk
4 pitch walk. Game over.
Nice four-pitch walk. Great start to the inning Jose.
Oh here comes Veras the walking man! well see you guys tomorrow lets go Joba.
When he’s missing the strike zone, Veras’ delivery is especially difficult to watch.
4 straight balls to a .189 hitter. Ugh! Here we go.
“Why burn a pitcher for 1 out in a tie game? Arggh.”
When Coke has been horrible this year.
Tex will start off with either a double or HR…either way he will end up crossing the plate this inning…love the fearless predictions with no repricussion!
There are times when I irrationally hate players. This is one of those times.
i don’t understand why jose veras is in the major leagues, he cannot throw a thrike
lol
Coke couldn’t have thrown to a few more batters?
And that will do it. Thanks Joe Girardi and Jose Veras.
game over
Well, it was a bad call by Girardi bringing in Veras considering the magnitude of this game. Too bad we lost. It was a close game until Veras.
I hate this bullpen.
Okay, I wrote that before the double.
Can Jose Veras really be this bad!? I dont even care about the double but the walk on 4 pitches is inexcusable.
Here we go again with Veras coming in and walking everyone. This guy better watch out because if he can’t throw strikes, there’s plenty of guys they can call up that will.
Well that sucks.
Veras
Veras and his leadoff walks are going to send his arse back to Scranton
m – seriously, especially when you opt for VERAS in his stead!
and he walks the leadoff man on 4 pitches. I HATE VERAS. this is not just getting caught up in the moment, either. I seriously hate this guy, walking heart attack, makes Farnsworth look efficient.
Oh, now a hit. of freaking course. I hate you Veras.
This makes me long for Torre’s circle of trust…which Veras was NOT IN.
Not putting in Robertson is going to be hard to explain for Girardi.
ah yes the great jose veras throwing the game away again.
Bring in Bruney early…
Why?
can someone tell me why jose Veras is on this team. He has to be the worst pitcher i have ever seen. the heck would you put in a guy who lets over 40% of the first guy he faces on base when you have their 2 best hitters coming up after him? why girardi? why? tell me why
Jose Veras S*cks. We need to get rid of him. Put in Robertson or bring up Mark!!!!
Girardi needs to lose his job Veras cannot handle pressure! This game is important, dammit!
And that could be the game. And to think, everyone was complaining about Sabathia.
I hate Jose Veras with every fiber of my being.
The bad Veras is in Yankee Stadium
Ship Veras out and keep Robertson.
oh man
No Bruney. Right now you have to forfeit the game. Yanks aren’t going to score another run and Veras blew it.
You can’t curse in posts. They’ll get deleted and you’ll get banned if you keep it up. This blog is part of a newspaper.
Jose Veras is not a good pitcher. This will be the second game he’s blown for us.
That’s strike 3…
If Veras has control you could walk Choo and look for Francisco to hit into a DP. But looks like that may not be an option.
…and game.
Take him out and send him to Charleston so he can learn how to pitch.
THANKS VERAS!!!!!!
DFA DFA DFA. What a useless pud!!!!!!!
That woke the crowd up
Ballgame, good job Girardi!
Game ova
it will actually be interesting to hear why girardi put in jose veras. I do not understand why. This guy SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Game over.
theres the ballgame. I hate Veras so much it hurts.
If Jose Veras ever pitches another game for the Yankees, it will be entirely too soon.
Matt:
Don’t think Rowand’s contract would be especially appetizing to the front office. You want them to pay him $12M per season thru 2012?
Veras is a hot mess…
Horrible pitch selection by Posada. It was SO OBVIOUS that he was sitting on that pitch. Did Posada see the way he reacted to the 2-2 breaking ball? Just pure stupidity.
F Veras
Pete- If you manage to get near Girardi ask him what he sees in this useless idiot who can’t throw strikes!
Veras is terrible and that’s not a sudden judgement
FIRE GIRARDI
What a joke this is. Jose to AAA asap.
Well, if we lose this game, it was meant to be. Really. We got off the hook so many times. It feels like it wasn’t meant to be.
But I’m hoping for a rousing comeback.
We can get two runs back. Dont want to give up anymore than 3 though.
Little late Girardi – you should have put Marte in before Veras and let Veras sit on his Kiester and blow tomorrows game. I’m getting off, this game is done. Good day everyone.
I can’t believe they DFA’d Giese over Veras. He’s such a crap pitcher.
Veras just blew the opening game at Yankee Stadium. DFA him immediately, the Yankees have better relievers in AAA.
Can we put Veras on the Scranton shuttle ASAP?!?
Well, the offense lost this game today. Sorry folks but the Yankees aren’t pulling this one out. They just burned the bullpen and now you are seeing where the glaring hole is on the team – outside of Bruney and Mo… it gets scary.
Joe Girardi has to be the worst manager in baseball right now.
I hate to say it because he’s our manager, but it has to be true. He is given so much depth in his starting lineup, his bullpen, and his starting rotation and look at the decisions he makes.
Absolutely unacceptable. You have Robertson available and Marte. Use one of them. Veras has been terrible this season and walked the first hitter. His stuff was everywhere.
Posada should have called Girardi out to the mound to remove him. This is ridiculous.
Walk, Double, Double, Pink slip. Quite the outing Jose.
wow, Joe G doesn’t realize this is the first game at the new stadium? You HAVE to win this game as if it was a game 7.
okay maybe I am exaggerating.. but you don’t bring in Veras as horrible as he has been.
F*ck. Joba -> BULLPEN.
You know how people say you need to get to the later innings to win a game? Well, you also need good pitchers in those later innings to win games.
Paging Nick Swisher, Paging Nick Swisher
literally any other person besides veras would have been a good choice: the GUY CANNOT THROW A STRIKE. HE CANT. Is girardi really that dumb that a bunch of fans on a blog can know what is going to happen and yet he can’t. jesus, it is like he is blind
Dear Jose Veras,
Stop touching baseballs.
Thanks,
The Readers
Well thank you veras and the Yankees offense for ruining my day. I better hear news that veras is gone after this game:X:X:X:X:X:X
Damn it Veras
I keep saying this. Veras cannot throw strikes and has no place on this team. Terrible. Just gave up the lead.
ALB3 — agreed.
Wereyou guys dissing Jose Veras last season ? geez it;s a bad outing it’s not like he stinks.
This team fails
This stadium fails
This pitching staff fails
Girardi fails
Veras should retire from baseball
Yuppies stink
Like I’ve been saying, folks…I don’t trust anyone in this pen except Mo…
And maybe Bruney…gotta acknowledge his recent success….
FML
I never trusted Veras. Even last season.
this bullpen besides mariano and bruney has nothing. literally, nothing
and now a HBP
this isnt girardi’s fault. you cannot just throw bruney out there everyday…
Man. This game has just started sucking.
What a joke.
This is ridiculous. Now I see why people have reservations about his bullpen.
ALB3 you are an idiot.. Veras has stunk this yr. but pitched about 3 innings.. go drink your milk and take a nap fool..
ALB3 you are an idiot.. Veras has stunk this yr. but pitched about 3 innings.. go drink your milk and take a nap fool..
This is brutal to watch. I’m not a fan of our bullpen at all. Someone needs to step up.
oh gosh. i hope they have a classic comeback in them. this is brutal.
Bases loaded no outs and people said the bullpen was a strength.
Enough of Veras. What do they see in him? Bring up someone who throws strikes.
And still no outs.
amazing.. he threw that pitch like a little leaguer….
hhhahaha. This game is gonna be a blow out.
veras and marte just can’t be trusted.
will be 6-1 after shoppach
Bruney pitches in the ninth of a 7-2 game, but Veras and Marte get the call when it’s tied?
lets see:
walk on 4 pitches
2 stright balls then a double
another 3-0 count then another double
hit by pitch
fielding mistake
another single
and again the bases are still loaded and no one is out and the yanks are down 4-1: not to mention it is the 6th inning and the yankees have left 10 men on base
And still yet no outs.
This is not good
There is an expectation that major league pitchers should be able to get outs.
wow, wow…not good at all
This stadium is cursed. I mean seriously. Lets be real here. The late great Babe Ruth will not tolerate this yuppie garbage.
DFA Veras and fire Girardi. I’m out guys, enjoy the rest of this god awful day.
Jeezus – This Sucks!
New rules:
1) If you’re in the bullpen, and you walk the first guy you face on 4 pitches, immediately walk off the mound and walk to Scranton.
2) Pitchers’ fielding practice. Every day.
and that the 2-7 indians shouldnt be putting runs up against us.
and that the 2-7 indians shouldnt be putting runs up against us.
You guys are all forgetting about the ghosts of Yankee Stadium! We will win…in the bottom of the 9th, with a walk-off hit by Jeter!
Or maybe, we’ll just continue to embarrass ourselves..
The bullpen is a strength it’s just one game and stop overreacting, some of you this season are going to sound bi-polar.
Maybe the pen isn’t as good as thought to be ( middle relief )
this bullpen is brutal…they just do not have anyone who can throw strikes, bottom line
Well we now know that Veras and Marte are diseases. I would like to see Malecon and Robertson but Marte would never be sent down he makes too much money even though he sucked last year too..But Veras I want him gone:X
Among the many overreactions on this board, this sentiment isn’t one of them: Jose Veras isn’t very good.
This may end up being a positive though. Girardi clearly has a fixation on Veras, mainly because he pitched well early in the year.
This should cure that.
“stuart April 16th, 2009 at 3:52 pm
ALB3 you are an idiot.. Veras has stunk this yr. but pitched about 3 innings.. go drink your milk and take a nap fool..
”
Showcasing your intelligence, huh?
Don’t bother posting anymore, “stuart.” I have a feeling it doesn’t get much better than that.
I’m tired of these crap relievers. Screw these scrubs, call up Melancon and give Robertson lots of innings.
“Mark Melancon. Mark Melancon. Mark Melancon.”
LOL LOL Pete. But seriously, yes please . . . not hating on Veras, but wow . . . But again, if half the village of runners the Yankees put on base earlier in the game had been driven in, this might not have been the blow it is now.
swisher brandon: name another reliever besides mo or brian that you would give the ball to bottom of the 7th tie game at fenway
you have to be able to get at least of of the 8 guys at the plate this inning out – GMAB…I don’t get to suck that bad at my job
5 losses.
wang terrible in 2 games.
pen blew the KC game and today.
An sabathias bad 12st outing..
Children it happens. Good thing if Veras does not get it together they have options and should use them(Melancon, robertson, etc.)..
Veras must throw strikes…
Uh. You have nowhere to put that Crowe.
John Kruk is insane:
http://thesportshernia.typepad.....rukie.html
Girardi needs to get a clue. He’s a moron.
Steve, I’m pretty sure the ghosts of *Yankee* Stadium think Yuppie Stadium is a mockery and that’s why this game is going the way it is. Expect more failure in the next 80. I dont think they like this park and we wont have success without them. I know it sounds dumb but how would you feel if Wall Street yuppies took over your house….
Wow….a blowout loss on the home opener to a 2-7 team. Way to go team, way to go. What an embarassment.
“Bruney pitches in the ninth of a 7-2 game, but Veras and Marte get the call when it’s tied?”
this. is a legit gripe.
other than that this game thread became unreadable once the lead was given up. unreadable.
Hey moron, throw a strikit helps
this is getting ugly
HA HA! Oh wow
that other stuart is a fraud…
clown..
Marte walking in a run….this is getting ugly.
what a disgrace
Here are your 2008, I mean 2009 Yankees.
Bullpen in 2/3 of an inning – 4 hits, 3 runs, 3 earned runs, 1hb, 1 walk.
Hitting – 17 LOB; 0-7 RISP
Swisher Brandon (I LOVE ME SOME ME !) April 16th, 2009 at 3:54 pm
The bullpen is a strength it’s just one game and stop overreacting, some of you this season are going to sound bi-polar.
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Veras can’t throw strike he does not deserve to be in the bullpen he is feast or famine..there is no room for a feast or famine guy in a bullpen.
‘Well we now know that Veras and Marte are diseases. I would like to see Malecon and Robertson but Marte would never be sent down he makes too much money even though he sucked last year too..But Veras I want him gone:X’
Clear case of over thinking, overreacting, and not making sense. These are ML relievers they aren’t all perfect, they have thier good and bad days. This is the latter. More often than not it won’t be like this.
Wow.
Guys in the bullpen who can’t throw strikes? And they’re here, why, exactly?
Honestly has Marte gotten anyone out yet this year? He is just brutal. Girardi is pitching people in the 7th inning(Veras & Marte) who should not be pitching late in games. They are not late inning relievers. But everyone knew that when Veras come into the game that he would give the game away. Marte stinks.
Good job Veras, good job Marte, just great great going.
Bases loaded walk to the #9 hitter. That’s two useless pieces of garbage.
how come Marte is only very good when he is not with the yanks??
lucky they signed him for 2 more yrs.(I think)…
time to bring in swisher to strike out the side.
“The bullpen is a strength”
The CLOSER is a strength… the strength of 10 men. The rest of the pen is a crapshoot.
BBB
i would cut veras.he truly sucks.
Ballgame.
this blog is glitchy. Can’t seem to catch my typing…
Hey Girardi – you moron, Marte can’t throw a strike. Get him out
1ST GRAND SLAM!
Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
‘Veras can’t throw strike he does not deserve to be in the bullpen he is feast or famine..there is no room for a feast or famine guy in a bullpen.’
It’s just a bad day that’s all it is.
Marte should go to Scranton as well after this game!
Well we have found our achilles heel, this bullpen is like the 08 Mets how do we expect to win ballgames with 6 out of 7 relievers being unable to hit the side of a barn?
nevermind. MORON!!!
WHAT!!!
This game is officially more embarrassing than Wang’s start.
and that’s the game
Marte should finish the game. Let his arm fall off.
THIS
TEAM
IS
A
DISGRACE
Grady’s a cutie but that wasn’t cute.
Get Swisher back on the mound.
Wow, just wow….
a grand slam???? pathetic
As soon as Girardi took Coke out..I said why?? He gets the guy out let him go out for the next inning. But ofcourse not. Bruney should be pitching now but ofcourse not because he pitched yesterday in a 7-2 game. Marte is totally useless.
Awesome.. Thanks Joe.. Hal, Hank, George.. We fans appreciate all that you’ve done to ruin a great thing.
Veras & Marte are complete garbage.
Well, that’s that. An ‘excuse me’ grand slam.
The good news is that this embarrassing game bodes well for tomorrow. I expect a bounceback effort.
Hey Brandon is the bullpen still a strength?
Keep counting Pete.
Today I’m thinking Tabata and his cougar bride are looking mighty fine to me.
I’m just glad its over and CC blew it out for no reason today what a wash.
its not over, still 3 innings.
baseball sucks. I miss the old park. I cant handle all this yuppiedom. I need to go listen to the Ramones.
And for all the CC critics on the board today, he kept the damage to 1 run, which is more than we can say for his successors. And what is up with that crowd? Even the boos are weak. And now they’re getting embarrassed – not the greatest way to open the new house. Bummer dude, but as they say, it’s only one game. Hope they respond the way they did in Tampa by taking the next 2 lol.
this is not a bad day Brandon, this is just disgraceful.
This is the Cleveland Indians for heavens sake. They are supposed to be the worst team in the AL this season. I was expecting a sweep by the Yanks…Looks like it’s goin to be other way round. Bad inauspicious start the the new stadium.
2-7 team makes the Yankees look like fools.
Time for Swish to warm up.
I feel bad for Marte. He needs to be put down. Not literally, just pull him. Poor thing.
As I’ve said before, what’s ANYbody’s fascination with Marte. Will somebody please explain what he’s EVER done — against lefties or anybody else (aside from one decent year)?
Hey Girardi you dumb bunny… how about getting Marte outta there crapster??
anyone watching? is marte getting booed out of the bronx yet?
anyone watching? is marte getting booed out of the bronx yet?
anyone watching? is marte getting booed out of the bronx yet?
Opening day obligatory post
Welcome to the new Yankee stadium, where tradition is lost.
Yuck. Nice opener boys. Hopefully, they won’t piss away the rest of the series like this.
this ballpark is filled with fail and building it was a HUGE mistake. Yuppie Stadium, the house that greed built. Believe you me guys, there’s a reason why this trainwreck is unfolding before all of us today. It’s called karma.
You’re a complete loser Girardi and Cashman. Get the #$% out of our organization. You both completely suck and I am so sick of the both of you. Cashman doesn’t know how to build a team and Girardi has no clue how to manage anything.
ok everyone not named Mariano or Brian in this bullpen is suspect. Marte, Veras, Edwar you are all on notice. Wonder when Cash will make a move.
If there has to be a silver lining in this is that it’s so early in the season, and you can already tell that you won’t be able to go through the season with this bullpen. Trades have to be made, players have to be sent down. Moves will be made. Otherwise 3rd place is assured.
Other than that this is an embarrassment for those players today. That bullpen is a joke.
So what we’ve learned today is that our starters need to go 7 innings.
Where the HELL is Brett Tomko!
He should have broke camp.
This would have never happened if he came up.
Instead we have this turgid miasma.
Ronan Tynan….the only good part of this inning.
Was the crowd actually chanting “We want Swisher.”?
Oh boy here’s Dr. Ronan again.
First GRANDSLAM at new stadium.
forget veras
marte threw 21 pitches and gave up 7 runs.
I thought Monday at Tampa couldn’t be surpassed in suckiness but today takes the cake not to mention our offense looks 75 years old out there that didn’t help.
just our luck that entire team “gets it together” for this game…I thought it was bad when the Mets lost their home opener – at least that game was competitive…this is ridiculous
wow great trade marte-nady just great
You know I’ve been screaming for Melancon and Robertson- two although inexperience, pitchers who can throw strikes.
Never been a fan of Veras. Plenty of pitchers similar to him around baseball; great stuff but no command.
Girardi better leave Felix Heredia..I mean Marte out there for the 8th inning also. Melancon are you ready yet?
Tex’s New Best Friend has it right. Why did we have Veras and Marte in there with Swisher rested and ready to go?!
What was the crowd chanting?
Why to start off the new Stadiums history.. At least the stadium is filled w/ fake fans to witness it.. Karma?
‘Hey Brandon is the bullpen still a strength?’
Yes it is. This is one game not the end of the world. And if you remember last season alot of you same fans did the same crap and the BP basically stood on thier head all season.
Brandon I agree with you if you get hit hard its okay but when your in the bullpen walking someone unacceptable especially when we have a one run lead. I’m not over reacting do you see this inning believe me half of the time you will get this from Veras or Marte. One day Veras looks like Mariano the next he looks like he has no right to be in the major leagues and a pitcher like that brings down a bullpen.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Ronan got a new musical arrangement.
WOW the level of discourse since the pen imploded shows some real astute baseball minds.
really you 18 yr old morons have a brain?? One clown wanted to keep Coke in, then again the other day he wanted to take him out before his KC implosion.
Man you idiots are all geniuses after the fact……
the season is over they are 5 and 5 and the orioles will run away with the division…
CLOWNS.. yankee punks are as dumb as other teams punks…
WOW the level of discourse since the pen imploded shows some real astute baseball minds.
really you 18 yr old morons have a brain?? One clown wanted to keep Coke in, then again the other day he wanted to take him out before his KC implosion.
Man you idiots are all geniuses after the fact……
the season is over they are 5 and 5 and the orioles will run away with the division…
CLOWNS.. yankee punks are as dumb as other teams punks…
“This is the Cleveland Indians for heavens sake. They are supposed to be the worst team in the AL this season. ”
Wrong. Many have chosen CLE to win the Central. These guys are not push overs.
Too bad such a nice day had to take such an ugly turn.
Gotta be a little concerned about some of this bullpen.
now the will score 5 useless runs.what a bullpen.i guess swisher will pitch next inning.
Door prizes for those who warned our bullpen is a total disaster.
Karma hurts. This is what you get for tearing down my house.
like i said before the season…everyone is forgetting how much of a concern the bullpen truly is…
so…is everyone done sucking the “great” potential of the bullpen’s col< now?
thank you.
“ok everyone not named Mariano or Brian in this bullpen is suspect. Marte, Veras, Edwar you are all on notice. Wonder when Cash will make a move.”
Oh, you forgot someone! Abaladejo, haha. I said it before the season started, the bullpen is bad. And not many listened. Oh well. I’ll take my Joba to the pen idea, and be quiet. Maybe this will wake the Yankees up about that.
Inexcusable performances by Marte and Veras. That’s simply not up for debate.
The bullpen, in it’s current state, is not a strength.
How can anyone possibly say otherwise. If you do, you’re saying so with no factual basis.
Can you imagine what the team ERA is? My guess is something over 20.00.
Tex’s New Best Friend
April 16th, 2009 at 3:59 pm
its not over, still 3 innings
Plenty of more time for the bullpen to implode. I think Cleveland should see if they can outscore the Rays.
This just sucks. Ruined my day. No need to watch highlights now.
DFA MARTE!!!!
GAHHH!
DFA MARTE!!!!
GAHHH!
Good thing I didn’t pay $500 to go to opening day. I would of sent my receipt to NL pitcher of the year Marte. What a totally useless person taking up a roster spot. Girardi better not waste another person in the bullpen…
This is also the Indians who have won a total of 2 games. It’s pretty bad that the Yankees, on Opening Day, are losing 10-1 to this team and the way they’ve been playing.
can anyone predict what in the hell girardi is going to say when he is asked the question: “joe, why did you decide to put in jose veras in a tie game in the 7th inning when he has a history of walking everyone and the bat boy”
I used leave for this?
This is the part where they score 4 runs and lose 10-5. What an absolutely joke of a day.
Whats the fixation of Girardi with Veras, every time he comes in, he messes up! thank you!
‘Brandon I agree with you if you get hit hard its okay but when your in the bullpen walking someone unacceptable especially when we have a one run lead. I’m not over reacting do you see this inning believe me half of the time you will get this from Veras or Marte. One day Veras looks like Mariano the next he looks like he has no right to be in the major leagues and a pitcher like that brings down a bullpen.’
Your not overreacting ? Dude it’s one game
It’s like if Kobe goes 0 for 20 all the sudden he sucks as an NBA player ? Everyone is overreacting today.
m,
I think it might be more merciful to put down Marte — literally — than keep trotting him out there late in the game and in high pressure situations like he’s a a good pitcher — not just to him, but to all of us and other Yankee fans everywhere. I think that would qualify as a mercy killing.
Melky hitting for Tex. It is obvious that his wrist is hurting…
tex’s wrist…
Look on the bright side…maybe the rich yuppies won’t come back.
“joe girardi and dave eiland didnt care about winning this game or the royals game, why shoudl any of us.”
I understand being upset about this game, but this is just a stupid statement.
Awesome either Tex is hurt or Girardi is giving up
Both reasons suck
Cashman is the architect of this mess. It’s on him, plain and simple.
Totally crappy way to open up a ballpark. The bullpen is going to cost us a lot of games this year.
what a moment in yankee history. melky pinch hitting for tex.
hahaha bye marte. he’s gonna be booed a lot.
Get off Girardi’s back. He has to put someone in the game, problem is nobody can get anyone out. Bruney and Rivera are all we have right now. Bruney has thrown basically every day, so he couldn’t put him out there. It’s pretty much a guessing game for Joe. When Veras got into trouble, everyone said go to Marte…maybe that’s why he was reluctant. Girardi has limited options, he’s trying to get the most out of it.
The crowd was chanting “we want swisher”.
stuart- Stop being such a homer! This bullpen is horrific and has early signs of being Mets 08 or Rays 07 bad. Seriously 10 games is enough of a sample size this team should be 7-3 but the Joba game, this game and others have all been soiled by this mess of a bullpen. I’ll be totally honest I only trust Mariano and Bruney everyone else has 0 control and 0 fortitude. Girardi played favorites while picking this pen and he is getting burnt early because of it.
Laura: No, the Indians arent pushovers. Only the Yankees are. PATHETIC!
I cannot believe what this team has become. Remember when they used to have pride? LOL!!!!!! Guess they left that in the old Stadium along with the ghosts of Ruth, Gehrig, Mantle, Munson and Joe D.
Babe’s house isn’t gone yet. The Yankees need to move back there before it’s too late!
I can’t recall an uglier Home Opener. Another embarassing game.
Veras seems to be a mop-up man at best.
Marte could be the new Farnsworth.
Maybe Wang pitches and inning to work on mechanics. If not, Marte should finish out even if it takes till midnight.
Brandon, you’re wrong and you know it. Last season I preached that the bullpen was a strength. Because it was.. LAST SEASON.
This season it is obviously not a strength and you are forgetting one key aspect of bullpens. They are very volatile from year to year. There are very few relievers in the league that are consistently good year in, year out.
It is very obvious that Veras has returned to his old ways of great stuff and terrible control. I don’t know what is wrong with Marte but he hasn’t been good since being traded. Bruney has stepped up but everyone else has regressed.
and getting on base. rally time. i turned my office chair upside down…
so the yankees are losing and now people hate this stadium?…i dont get it…
That’s two games in the past week the Pen let get badly out of hand. A shakeup is needed.
As for the Nady/Marte trade. Marte stinks, but who knew Nady would get hurt. At least we didn’t give up anyone really good.
jose veras brings nothing to the table over calling up mark melancon
Tex’s best friend. But Marte came in because Veras was inept. But yeah, Marte was worse. That 4-1 score looks pretty nice now.
If the crowd is chanting “we want Swisher”, they may just have redeemed themselves.
Brandon, no one’s overracting. Veras has been absolutely awful this year in every game he’s been in. Just terrible. He wasn’t particularly great last year, either. This is not Kobe having a bad night. This is a bad pitching continuing to pitch poorly.
HAHAHAHAHA “we want swisher”
what a loser marte and veras. worse pitchers than swisher LOL
Kay just confirmed the crowd was chanting “We want Swisher.” YES showed his pitching highlights. Hilarious.
“Marte is a one lefty at a time guy. He’s dangerous otherwise.”
Well, isn’t it great that we signed him for 3 years. Ugh!
Robertson has been prone to bouts of wildness himself in the minors–if he doesn’t get his curve over his control and success are both limited. To deem him a strike-thrower with excellent control is not exactly accurate. Melancon, on the other hand, does in fact pound the zone but the question is how immediately does he get comfortable in the majors once he gets called up.
Boy this place gets dumb and dumber when the Yankees lose a single game.
Veras and Marte must go to hell
Here’s the ood news. I’m going to the game tomorrow so I’ll get to see the Yankees first win in the new stadium!
This team will be lucky to finish .500 with only 2 decent pitchers in the pen. I’m glad they brought up Robertson but the sad truth is Veras should have never even made this team.
rally
“UPDATE, 4:03 p.m.: God Bless America now comes with a musical accompaniment. It’s like a Disney song now.”
as if Kate Smith’s version didn’t sound like it came out of a classic Disney movie…
’stuart- Stop being such a homer! This bullpen is horrific and has early signs of being Mets 08 or Rays 07 bad.’
AL not to call you out but last season you said the same crap and then you couldn’t say a thing for the rest of the season.
I’m going to say this now Yankees fans = Bi-Polar
Your up and down w/ no sense of logic at times.
At least Melky got on base. This team brings me on such an emotional roller coaster. I find myself switching between loving and hating them way too often.
Marte has actually been quite good against lefties, except when playing for the Yankees.
http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/p.....2008/21622
any chance of a yankee rally right now? my gut tells me no but i sure hope so
Once the ump started squeezing Marte, I knew it was a done deal,…. stepped away…. and now get this lovely 10-1 to look at. It is only one game, and we can easily take the next 2, but our bullpen is SO WEAK and the only way we make it past the 1st round of the playoffs is to make some major ‘pen changes/trades.
Brandon: I’m not so much worried about the bullpen as the ghosts. The Yankees are supposed to win games like this. They always have. Today, it was the polar opposite. EVERYTHING went wrong. I’m very superstitious and as far as I’m concerned, what happened here today bodes about as well for the upcoming season as a 1-15 start does. Now watch us get no hit by Pavano on Sunday. Just frickin watch! I knew the ghosts were not gonna like this yuppie nonsense!
“This team will be lucky to finish .500 with only 2 decent pitchers in the pen. I’m glad they brought up Robertson but the sad truth is Veras should have never even made this team.”
Now that you know this you can go back to flipping burgers in BK.
the yankees have literally done everything wrong this game. everything
Are trolls impersonating everyone or is everyone feeling manic in the last 30 hours?
Steven Jackson, Tomko, Claggett .. they aall can throw strikes.
My buddy is a huge White Sox fan and he is laughing about Marte. He has clearly lost it.
The bullpen was good last year. But Cashman still hasn’t addressed the fact that the bullpen hasn’t had an 8th inning man for a couple of years now. Bruney has been good, but I still don’t trust him totally. He is another one who either has command or doesn’t.
You guys are ridiculous to listen to. It’s one game, will you please shut up for God’s sake. Our bullpen has been a strength, sometimes these things happen. How can you really place blame at ALL on Cashman. He’s built a pretty darn good team here. I guess he deserves to burn for signing C.C. , Burnett, and Tex. Most of you are a disgrace to the Yankees Fan Base.
Disgraceful performance on opening day, and especially DISGRACEFUL CROWD. They are dead silent. The Yankees should be embarrassed.
Holy hysteria in here.
John and Suzyn are just now reporting the A-Rod story that Pete posted exactly an hour ago. Pathetic.
Who is coming out to pitch the 8th?
Marte didn’t start the fire, but he sure added a ton of fuel to the problem. He sucked last year after he was exposed to American League hitters, and he’s proved so far this year that it wasn’t a fluke. Another poor signing by the GM boy wonder. We would be much better off with Brett Tomko or one of the young guns in the minors.
rally, and killer.
Figures this year we have the starters but no bullpen, last year we had the bullpen and no starters. This team didn’t pick up a single veteran arm this off-season because they felt good with this collection of failures! Anybody Juan Cruz, Brandon Lyon any of those guys would have been better than Veras/Marte or any of these other loveable losers.
Hey Jorge, nobodies laughing. muppet.
CaptainsCorner what does having an “8th inning man” have to do with today’s collapse? They were demolished in the 7th inning, not the 8th inning. Rivera and Bruney are fine. Ramirez and Coke do what they do which is mediocre. Veras and Marte are flat out bad and a waste on this roster. Robertson and Melancon need solid roles on this team ASAP.
8 more to go
rally, killer and less of a rally..
Cashman shouldve signed Juan Cruz!
People that are saying it is only game 10 and there is no need to worry about about the bullpen are just being stupid. Now if you we have a bullpen that can’t throw strikes that is something to worry about. Now how do you judge a bullpen? You judge them on consistency, the Yankees bullpen is feast or famine great for one game, horrible the next game, great one week, disastrous the next. You know what I call that a bad bullpen!
I only trust Mo, Burney, and even Coke you know why? they may get hit but they don’t walk people!!
…one more time – Why was I told that picking up Jose Cruz was a terrible idea for a 4th Round Draft Pick ???
‘Brandon: I’m not so much worried about the bullpen as the ghosts. The Yankees are supposed to win games like this. They always have. Today, it was the polar opposite. EVERYTHING went wrong. I’m very superstitious and as far as I’m concerned, what happened here today bodes about as well for the upcoming season as a 1-15 start does. Now watch us get no hit by Pavano on Sunday. Just frickin watch! I knew the ghosts were not gonna like this yuppie nonsense!’
Maybe you need Jesus in your life
Hope Veras and Marte destroy their elbows tonight somehow and never pitch again.
Yankees are a solo homerun machine, but when people are on base, they forget how to hit.
It stinks to lose this game. But if they lose to Pavano then I am really going to go nuts. They better smack that loser around. Unless ofcourse he gets a cut that morning and doesn’t pitch.
really bad
Wait…..Girardi was given depth in the bullpen?
after Mariano and Bruney, not much depth…
Cano hasn’t given up.
“Disgraceful performance on opening day, and especially DISGRACEFUL CROWD. They are dead silent. The Yankees should be embarrassed.”
How do you expect the crowd to be? If I were there I would have left half an hour ago.
bad grammar on my part. Not nobodies. Nobody’s.
this is when we need a bench player to hit.
Yankee Trader,
I stand corrected. You’re right. Marte has been good against lefties — except since he’s been with the Yankees. So perhaps he should be used only in that role — pitching against lefties wearing the uniform of some team other than the Yankees.
So the pen sucked today so what. It not like this team can score more than 3 or 4 runs. As a team the yankees suck right now.
As mad as I am right now and as embarrassed as I am by parts of our bullpen right now some of you are acting like our team is actually bad.
-This is the best team in the major leagues and it is not even close. We have tons of arms throughout the farm that will fill in if someone is not getting the job done. Veras had a sub-4 era last year and you simply cannot use Marte against Right handed hitters. Once we get Arod back and figure out what we have in centerfield, our team will be the ones with a 10 spot on the board quite often. People need to relax and understand that most of these problems will sort themselves out.
MEMO to all you posters who are down on CC, hate Cashman, have given up on the season after 10 games, want the new stadium torn down, or have otherwise jumped off the band wagon:
Please stay off the band wagon and away from this site. GO away, grow up, learn some patience, and then (maybe) come back.
plus now Tex hurt his wrist yet agian.
‘People that are saying it is only game 10 and there is no need to worry about about the bullpen are just being stupid. Now if you we have a bullpen that can’t throw strikes that is something to worry about. Now how do you judge a bullpen? You judge them on consistency, the Yankees bullpen is feast or famine great for one game, horrible the next game, great one week, disastrous the next. You know what I call that a bad bullpen!’
How does consistancy get judged in 10 games ? dude it’s not even a month, what do you think it goes from 0 to 60 at the drop of a switch, no BP arm goes 0.00 ERA ..none they have the ups and downs, this is just a bad bump.
Get Ransom the hell out of here! Swinging like a girl.
That was a pathetic at bat. You cannot except to score runs when you have 2-3 automatic outs in a row every time through the lineup when your are missing your #4 hitter.
The bullpen is horrible after 10 games
Really 
They’ve played 10 games, 10 freaking games. It’s like every time they lose the idiots come out in abundance.
I think spring training for wang,matsui,veras,marte,ransom should’ve been extended a few months.
Having Cody Ransom on this team is an absolute embarrassment.
Can I get my $ back for the DirecTV baseball package? We are sooooo bad – again!!! No hitting. Poison ‘pen. It’s going to be another long season in the Bronx.
After a week amd a half of baseball, is there anybody who really thinks we are going deep into October with this roster (and don’t start jumping up and down that the seasaon is only 1/16th over)? This team is 5-5 and will probably end up with 85 wins tops. A $200 million team with a .500 winning percentage – folks, the joke’s on us.
$2,000 seats; a dog and beer for $15; enforced patriotism (including physical abuse and expulsion if you dare oppose).
See y’all next spring.
Cody Ransom is going to be sorely missed when A-Rod comes back, right ?
Oh please the team will be lucky to finish over .500 because of the bullpen?!?! That is beyond asinine.
Signing veteran bullpen guys as FAs has worked really well for the Yankees in the past decade, so I’m sure Brandon Lyon or Juan Cruz would have really made the difference between “finishing over .500″, not signing Burnett, Sabathia and Teixeira. Should have saved Teixeira’s money to spend on the bullpen, huh? What a joke.
Get your head right. So many talented arms in the system, two guys imploding will only mean that other guys will get a shot going forward until something clicks.
I’d rather see Girardi go before Eiland.
Dont overreact people, but did anyone else forsee Ransom not coming through with runners on?
Looks like it’s time for this again:
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“what does having an “8th inning man” have to do with today’s collapse?”
If they had a real 8th inning man then Bruney could move down to the 7th inning. Where he is probably better suited. Then you would have Coke and Ramirez for the 6th. Veras is too wild to pitch in the 7th or 8th innings.
I’m starting to believe in the curse of the New Yankee Stadium.
I understand it’s only a week into the season, but Veras is not the answer….You just don’t know what you’re going to get day to day…..Farnsworth all over again….Marte has a great arm, but can be spotty….Melachon pack your bags, and say goodbye to AAA ball….
Well, now we know. The Indians can really hit.
Erase. Too bad our stopper wasn’t pitching tomorrow.
Srsly LOL at the overreactions on this board.
Melancon and Robertson deserved to make this team they are young and hungry, Veras and Marte are 2 lazy vets who think they have a job on lock. If you want good pitching you need someone who actually cares to throw strikes and study line-ups.
Fire Eiland. lol You guys are clowns. Is he out there throwing balls and throwing BP fastballs?
Srsly LOL at the overreactions on this board.
And my error.
Yankee Fans are far worse than this team. Show some support. Cashman is not to blame for this, neither is Girardi. Veras and Marte had bad days. If they have more switch up the bullpen. Last time I checked there is still over 150 games to go..
you tell me theres no one in AAA whos better than ransom? the guy is atrocious. yeah, he made one good play, he also made a terrible play with that bounced throw.
CANT HIT, CANT FIELD. SEND HIM DOWN.
Get off Girardi’s back.
These are the guys he has, cannot just throw Bruney out there everytime you want an out.
any way we can trade marte or is he locked in
One word: Cheetos!
Ah … well at least Robbie Cano is hitting over .400
Veras and Marte need to be traded….very soon. I never liked Marte from the start. maybe thats just me though
“Meanwhile, remember those West Point Cadets who unfurled the flag before the game? They got obstructed view seats in the bleachers. How to honor the troops.”
Now why do I find this funny?
Because it is so perfectly messed up.
The Yankee heirarchy strikes again!
2k for a seat and Jeter and Texiera don’t even play the whole game? All that money and a billion dollar stadium on opening day to see Robertson, and Pena? Wow
“How does consistancy get judged in 10 games ? dude it’s not even a month, what do you think it goes from 0 to 60 at the drop of a switch, no BP arm goes 0.00 ERA ..none they have the ups and downs, this is just a bad bump.”
qft!
marte has to be one of the most overrated relief pitchers around. Why re-sign this guy? He’s a homerun derby. Bring up the kids and give them a chance. These older guys have no fire at all, send them down and make them earn it.
‘Farnsworth all over again….Marte has a great arm, but can be spotty….Melachon pack your bags, and say goodbye to AAA ball….’
Farnsy was lights out for us w/ GI Joe and Eiland. Melancon is not ready this isn’t AAA.
I find it odd that there seems to be people who only show up here when the Yankees are awful.
ummmm – we could have used pitching like this last inning… not complainin’, just sayin’
Guess the Yanks could have used my services on the mound after the Sizemore vs. Marte at bat. Veras and Marte need to be worked out of the scheme here. Melancon, baby.
Hello Robertson
a depressing first game at the Stadium and I thought the Mets had a bad opening at their ballpark
Brandon it’s not an overreaction to say that Veras is a bad reliever and Marte has been bad since he was traded. Veras has basically been responsible for 2 losses out of 10 games so far.
It’s time to face reality on Veras and Marte (hint: they only do low leverage). If they do, they’ll be fine.
How does consistancy get judged in 10 games ? dude it’s not even a month, what do you think it goes from 0 to 60 at the drop of a switch, no BP arm goes 0.00 ERA ..none they have the ups and downs, this is just a bad bump
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Is Marte on a bad mountain cause he has been sucking since last year..and when does Veras learn that you can’t walk the first batter with a one run lead..when that changes tell me and ill chill on the bullpen.
THE THIRD BASEMAN!!!!!!
Omg a pitcher beside Swisher who can get the side out without giving up a run.
Veras is awful, need to do something with him. And Marte, my god we are stuck with him for 3 years.
Just out of curiosity did Tex hurt his wrist again? Or was he just pinch hit for because of the score?
Cody Ransom, that weak hack he took was not good. He makes some good defensive plays, that’s why they got him, but he was a 4th/5th OF at best for the Giants. He’ll be a memory in less than 30 days.
Good inning by Robertson, good young pitcher.
Robertson shows how to do!
A great team is a team without a weakness and this team has too many to be great sadly. Something needs to be done and soon about this failpen. This is going to be 08 Mets all over again if we can’t find strike throwers for the pen. Also Melancon may be young but I bet that he would throw strikes and go at batters I prefer that to the guy who walks the ballpark.
Could have used that the previous inning
Pavano must be loving this game
Don’t dis Marte.
I step away from the radio for 2 seconds and Robertson gets finishes the inning. Nice quick work.
Saying the season is over because of a few games. Saying C.C. Sabbathia was a bad signing based on one start. Saying that Wang has lost it because of two bad starts.
Those are overreactions.
Saying there are concerns in the bullpen because guys who have little or no proven track records are pitching poorly is not an overreaction.
Veras isn’t exactly a “lazy vet”–he didn’t have a job circa 3 years ago until the Yankees picked him up off the scrap heap. To say that he is somehow complacent and that’s why he is struggling is silly–he’s just not that good because he can’t throw strikes consistently. To me he is the guy who should be replaced by Melancon. Not off the roster but buried in low-leverage situations.
Marte is more of a concern to me because Coke hasn’t been able to recreate last year’s September and put pressure on him as the go-to lefty reliever. At this point they both look like gambles coming out of the ‘pen.
The Ransom experiment has to end. Now he can’t hit or field and he is an absolute mess out there. Play Pena see if he can hit. If not try Berroa or if they have anyone else from the minors. Berroa isn’t a good fielder but atleast he can hit.
DB
April 16th, 2009 at 4:24 pm
Just out of curiosity did Tex hurt his wrist again? Or was he just pinch hit for because of the score?
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I think it is the score, Jeter is out too
why is marte this bad?
logic says robertson stays, verA$S goes.
hey cashman, nice work on the bullpen! cashman is the problem, people. wake up.
My blood boiled before when in a tie game someone on this board said Marte would be pitching. He couldn’t hit the broadside of a barn from 10 feet away. He’s hasn’t been the same pitcher since Girardi let him go to multiple guys last year.
Note to Mike: SHUT UP WITH THESE FIRSTS ALREADY!!!!
Teixeria didn’t hurt his wrist. It was a case of Girardi waving the white flag.
this can get worse. Pavano can beat Burnett on Monday.
Anyone know where I can try out for the Yankees? Pete, hook me up, I want to try out for the Yankees. I’ll make the team I am better than half the players.
THESE PRETZELS ARE MAKING ME THIRSTY!!!!!!!!!
Patrick
Brandon it’s not an overreaction to say that Veras is a bad reliever and Marte has been bad since he was traded. Veras has basically been responsible for 2 losses out of 10 games so far.
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Saying he’s a bad reliever misses the point. He’s bad when the score is close, as evidenced by his 0.38 WPA last season. When the game is out of reach, he’s fine.
‘Brandon it’s not an overreaction to say that Veras is a bad reliever and Marte has been bad since he was traded. Veras has basically been responsible for 2 losses out of 10 games so far.’
Yes it is overreaction.
‘Robertson shows how to do!’
He did it when they were up by 9, you think the motivation in the AB is the same as if it were a tie game ?
I have a feeling that this is the beginning of alot of “over reaction” that will carry on thru the seaon.
9 runs to lowly Tribe.
Ouch that really hurts.
Robertson shows what I have been screaming about for 2 weeks this kid should have broke camp he has good stuff and more importantly he wants it, he cares.
They need to find a way to get to at least June (hopefully the Allstar break) before calling up Melancon. He’s mowing everyone down in AAA right now, but its still way too early in the season to think about him.
We had the chance to have the score like this early but we didn’t. It isn’t Martes fault. He still sucks though.
Can Veras be sent down? Or does he have service time?
What a fantastic idea. Come in from the bullpen and throw strikes!
Looks like Veras should start packing after the game. Don’t worry, Scranton isn’t that bad. I recommend the Lackawanna Coal Mine Tour or check out a SWB Penguins game. If you’re lucky, Sno Mt might still be open.
Brandon, Are you defending Farnsworth ???? He was a disaster for just about his entire tentur in the Bronx..And he’s doing the same thing in KC…..If things don’t improove with those two real soon, changes will happen quickly
The sad part is that if we could’ve put up more than 1 run, a rally against Perez wouldn’t be impossible.
Big day for the Duncan Brothers for Scranton, today (yes, I know they aren’t brothers). Eric was 3-4, 1B, 2B, and 3B hits, 1 RBI, 1 Run scored (hitting .364) also an error at 1st. Shelley was 2-2 with a homer, 3 walks, 3 RBI. John Rodriguez was 1-5 but a homer.
Aceves got hammered in 5 innings.
Melancon got the win with 2 innings, 3 strikeouts, 0 hits, but, 2 walks.
Girardi’s a bum.. He gave up.
This may surprise some, but I’m more concerned about the offense than the bullpen. The bullpen can be addressed. Guys can be moved in and out. However, we are stuck with this lineup for the foreseable future. This is exactly what happened when Alex was out last season. No one stepped up and carried the load. They can’t just sit around and wait for him to return. Who knows what condition he will be in anyway. They need to start hitting w/ RISP. Otherwise, 3rd place here we come.
How does consistancy get judged in 10 games ? dude it’s not even a month, what do you think it goes from 0 to 60 at the drop of a switch, no BP arm goes 0.00 ERA ..none they have the ups and downs, this is just a bad bump
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Is Marte on a bad mountain cause he has been sucking since last year..and when does Veras learn that you can’t walk the first batter with a one run lead..when that changes tell me and ill chill on the bullpen
I guess spending 1/2 billion on starting pitching has it’s faults. We can’t pay any good relievers. This is why Boston will kick our butts. And the first Grand Slam goes to the opposition. Great opening day in the new park.
CaptainsCorner
April 16th, 2009 at 4:12 pm
The bullpen was good last year. But Cashman still hasn’t addressed the fact that the bullpen hasn’t had an 8th inning man for a couple of years now. Bruney has been good, but I still don’t trust him totally. He is another one who either has command or doesn’t.
Just out of curiosity, what 8th inning man that you trust is available right now?
Veras & Marte plus Ramirez, all should be banned from the New Stadium, just for what they’ve done Today!!!
“‘Brandon it’s not an overreaction to say that Veras is a bad reliever and Marte has been bad since he was traded. Veras has basically been responsible for 2 losses out of 10 games so far.’
Yes it is overreaction.”
Get off the Veras bandwagon, he sucks and he has single handedly ruined 2 well pitched games (one by Joba and one by CC)
m
The sad part is that if we could’ve put up more than 1 run, a rally against Perez wouldn’t be impossible.
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The lineup is weak against LH pitching, at least for now. That’s where Nady will be missed.
‘Robertson shows what I have been screaming about for 2 weeks this kid should have broke camp he has good stuff and more importantly he wants it, he cares.’
I don’t even know what you was watching. It’s 10-2 when he was relieving, not 2 – 1…he has talent but still alot to prove.
The problem is and will continue to be Giradi’s stupid matching up of relief pitchers. He goes to 4 relievers in an inning, neither of which has had a chance to get any kind of momentum going, and what does he expect to happen? Girardi needs to let guys get out of their own jams, because it’s a lot harder to come in with runners on and get guys out on your first hitter than to settle in and focus on the hitters after a walk.
The lineup just can’t get timely hitting. Its been like this for years now. Doesn’t matter if its a righty or lefty.
‘Get off the Veras bandwagon, he sucks and he has single handedly ruined 2 well pitched games (one by Joba and one by CC)’
And 2 games is the season right. Who cares which SP pitched that game what’s the need in pointing that out ? Again you yes you overreacting.
this bullpen will look drastically different 3 months from now.
OH YEAH BRANDON? WHAT ABOUT MARTE GIVING UP A HOMERUN DOWN 9-1 ALREADY??? ANSWER ME BAFOON
I’m in favor of calling up Shelley Duncan and Berroa and sending out Ransom and Veras… agreed?
This of course assumes no FA signings or trades
Veras sucks and it’s not just this season. He sucks now, he sucked in the past, and he’ll suck in the future.
Brandon im sorry but you have to Admit that veras and Marte are not good relievers they are too inconsistent to be good.
“Can Veras be sent down? Or does he have service time?”
No he is out of options
“Yes it is overreaction.”
no it’s not and the numbers back me up, you fail
Michael Dunn won’t be in the Trenton bullpen for long. SW-B is calling and he may see time in NY by mid year.
Get off the Veras bandwagon, he sucks and he has single handedly ruined 2 well pitched games (one by Joba and one by CC)
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Wasn’t Coke the one who did the real damage in the Joba game?
The offense is more of a factor than the pen though. When you score 2 runs on 8 hits, 6 BB, and a HBP, you should be EMBARRASSED.
They had chance after chance to blow the game wide open and they let Cleveland stay in it. What happens when you give another team 3 or 4 more chances than they deserve? Any team in the major leagues would have creamed us if we let them stay in this kind of 1-1 game as long as we did.
Carl
The lineup just can’t get timely hitting. Its been like this for years now. Doesn’t matter if its a righty or lefty.
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They beat Tampa Bay twice with late inning rallies and cameback against KC. You are mistaken.
Well, I see the trolls, idiots and slugs are out in force. Pathetic jerks without a life.
They’ll be disappearing by the 2nd inning tomorrow. when the board becomes tenable again, I look at the board.
Petition to Have A-rod Back by April 24th please! Even at 70% A-rod is better than what is at third.
‘OH YEAH BRANDON? WHAT ABOUT MARTE GIVING UP A HOMERUN DOWN 9-1 ALREADY??? ANSWER ME BAFOON’
Did I say he performed well today ? No. Is he more often times than not going to suck ? No. Again another overreaction and now I see rage setting in to you, would you like a hug
The yankees look just pathetic today. 12 Lob, Tex is looking feeble, Girardi is making all the wrong moves with the bullpen. He’s going to be gone before the all star game if he keeps up this video game like managerial style.
This should be a fun postgame today.
‘no it’s not and the numbers back me up, you fail’
Yes it is, last season shuts you up. Victory.
Its just another game fellas, no need for ledge jumping
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Nah, let em jump.
A 0% A-Rod is better than anyone the Yankees have at third
pat -
that’s the worst part of these games.
‘Its just another game fellas, no need for ledge jumping’
Cap, they’re basically canon balling off it.
Did I say he performed well today ? No. Is he more often times than not going to suck ? No. Again another overreaction and now I see rage setting in to you, would you like a hug.
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I would trade Marte for a bag of balls if i could. What has he done since becoming a Yankee, Was a good last year? No! is he good now? NO! he brings down the bullpen and were stuck with him for three more years..I can’t see him getting better.
GUYS LIKE BRANDON AND GB/SJ44 WERE SAYING THE SAME THINGS LAST YEAR ALSO! “GUYS ITS APRIL” , “OVERREACTING” , “CALM DOWN ITS ONLY 10 GAMES”
BEWARE OF THESE GUYS I THINK THEY WEAR RAINBOW COLOR GLASSES.
Well, that and all the people ready to give up in April.
well hopefully Joba has his stuff tommorow and the team rebounds, hopefully hitting w/ RISP will improve
CENTRAL CT YANKEE
April 16th, 2009 at 4:36 pm
Petition to Have A-rod Back by April 24th please! Even at 70% A-rod is better than what is at third.
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