Game 17: Yankees at Red Sox (with roster moves and Joe Girardi audio)
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YANKEES (9-7)
Jeter SS
Damon LF
Teixeira 1B
Swisher RF
Cano 2B
Posada C
Matsui DH
Berroa 3B
Gardner CF
Pitching: RHP A.J. Burnett (2-0, 3.20)
Burnett vs. the Boston hitters.
RED SOX (10-6)
Ellsbury CF
Pedroia 2B
Ortiz DH
Youkilis 1B
Drew RF
Bay LF
Lowell 3B
Varitek C
Green SS
Pitching: RHP Josh Beckett (2-1, 3.79).
Beckett vs. the New York hitters.
GAME TWO: The teams are back at it today (Fox, 4 p.m.) after last night’s 5-4, 11-inning Red Sox victory. Mariano Rivera allowed a two-run homer by Jason Bay in the ninth before Damaso Marte gave up a solo walk-off by Kevin Youkilis.
SURPRISE, SURPRISE: The Yankees had won 86 straight games when having the lead after the eighth inning.
DOESN’T HAPPEN OFTEN: Last night was only the third blown save Mo has had in 44 chances on the road.
COKE IS IT AGAIN: Phil Coke’s last four appearances: 3.1 innings, 1 hit, 0 runs.
THINK GREEN: Former Yankees backup Nick Green is 10 of his last 28 with six extra-base hits. He has been playing shortstop for the Red Sox, filling in for an injured Julio Lugo and Jed Lowrie.
STREAKING ON: Robinson Cano has a 11-game hitting streak. He has hit safely in 15 of 16 games this season and 25 of 26 going back to last season. … Nick Swisher has reached safely in all 16 games this season.
BROTHERS IN ARMS: The three Molina brothers (Jose, Yadier of the Cardinals and Bengie of the Giants) all started behind the plate last night and combined to go 6 for 11 with 3 runs scored, 2 doubles, 1 homer, 3 RBI and 3 walks.
ON THE SOX: Remember, for news from the other side, visit WEEI.com and the Full Count Blog.
THE LATEST NEWS: INF Angel Berroa, RHP David Robertson and RHP Mark Melancon are on the way from Triple-A Scranton. They will replace INF Cody Ransom (right quad), RHP Chien-Ming Wang (sore hips) and apparently RHP Brian Bruney (right elbow). More on this later
Back later with updates.
UPDATE, 12:39 p.m.: Bruney is on the DL.
UPDATE, 1:02 p.m.: No word yet on the severity of Bruney’s injury. … Meanwhile A.J. is readying for his start by watching the movie 300. He has a Spartan warrior tat on his left arm.
UPDATE, 2:04 p.m.: Ransom on 60-day DL. Melancon won’t be here until 5:30. They’ll make another 40-man move later.
UPDATE, 2:17 p.m.: Humberto Sanchez DFA. He’s injured, so not sure if anybody would take him. Clarification: He has been released.
UPDATE, 2:30 p.m.: Bruney has what they are calling a strained flexor mass. His ligaments are fine, it’s a muscle injury. He will not throw for a week and they’re hoping that takes care of it.
It’s “mix and match” time in the eighth inning according to Girardi.
Ransom hasn’t had an MRI yet but they’re convinced his tear is serious and so he’s on the 60.
Also, Sanchez was flat-out released, not DFA’d. His inability to stay healthy caught up to him. The Sheffield trade hasn’t worked out too well. Sanchez was the key to that deal. They also got Anthiny Claggett and Kevin Whelan.
UPDATE, 2:37 p.m.: Melancon was not on the same flight as Robertson and Berroa as they didn’t get the news on Bruney until this morning. He will not be here for another three hours or so.
I’m looking forward to seeing him pitch. There has been a lot of buzz in the organization about Mark. Adding a 23-year-old power arm to the bullpen is a good thing. The Yankees have arms. But when they’re forced to call up a guy like Berroa to play third base, it speaks to the lack of bats in their system. All of the talent is in A ball.
There’s a decent chance Berroa will be a disaster at 3B. He has never played there beyond a few innings in spring training and at Scranton. It’ll be interesting to see to what extent — if any — this pushes A-Rod’s timetable up. It wouldn’t seem worth the risk to push him. But you never know.
UPDATE, 2:44 p.m.: Before you ask — and I know somebody will — they’re not moving Joba back to the bullpen. Girardi said they remain committed to him being a starter.
UPDATE, 2:47 p.m.: Here is Joe Girardi’s pre-game press conference. He was in the dugout. He talked about the injuries, the reconstituted bullpen, etc.
UPDATE, 3:50 p.m.: If you remember nothing else from this blog remember this: Never shake hands with Tim McCarver if you see him coming out of a bathroom. That’s all I’m going to say. Just don’t.
UPDATE, 3:59 p.m.: The Red Sox are honoring a 100-year-old former batboy today. Angel Berroa was happy to see the guy again. They were roommates back when Berroa played for the Boston Braves.
Usain Bolt just threw out the first pitch. We’re about to get underway.
Today is the 2,010th game between the Red Sox and the Yankees.
UPDATE, 4:10 p.m.: We’re underway. It’s a pleasant 83 degrees in Boston. Enjoy the game, everybody.
UPDATE, 4:21 p.m.: Swish is fun to watch. He saw nine pitches in that at-bat. He just sucked up 8-10 percent of the pitches Beckett might throw today. There is a lot of value in that.
UPDATE, 4:26 p.m.: Beckett has already thrown 31 pitches and it’s 2-0. What a shame, you hate to see bad things happen to such a good guy.
UPDATE, 4:31 p.m.: 2-0 Yankees as Beckett threw 36 pitches, 17 for strikes.
UPDATE, 4:36 p.m.: Big Papi looks d-o-n-e. His bat speed is non-existent. He’s hitting .258 since the start of last season and has yet to homer this season. Joe Girardi said he remains “scary” but long gone are days when the Yankees would pitch around him.
UPDATE, 4:53 p.m.: Wow, Burnett just made Lowell (his old teammate) look defenseless. … Burnett has now throws 24.2 innings at Fenway in his career and allowed one earned run. That is fairly well insane.
We at the LoHud Yankees Blog would like to welcome Mark Sanchez to the Jets. You seem like a nice young man. But here’s hoping Richard Seymour and Vince Wilfork snap you in half on Sept. 20.
UPDATE, 5:01 p.m.: Robinson Cano smacks off off the Pesky Pole and it’s 4-0 Yankees. That’s now a 12-game hit streak for Robbie as he stays hot in April. He has hit safely in 26 of 27 games dating back to last season.
The Yankees have proven to be pretty good at forgetting about bad losses, haven’t they?
UPDATE, 5:18 p.m.: The Yankees now have eight hits off Beckett and most have been smashed. Jeter is really hitting the ball with authority of late.
UPDATE, 5:20 p.m.: Sad news from the world of entertainment as Bea Arthur has passed away at the age of 86. You have it hand to Berroa for playing. He and Bea were close back in the 1950s.
UPDATE, 5:24 p.m.: Cano clubs one off the wall. 6-0.
Yankees are 3 for 7 with RISP. Nice work after last night.
UPDATE, 5:38 p.m.: Red Sox get their first runner to second base here in the fourth inning. A.J. has some work to do.
UPDATE, 5:40 p.m.: Burnett got squeezed there by Jim Wolf. Bases loaded and one out for Bay.
UPDATE, 5:42 p.m.: Why did 3B coach DeMarlo Hale hold Youkilis on Damon’s arm?
6-1. That can change in a hurry here. Burnett needs to quell the uprising.
UPDATE, 5:44 p.m.: That curveball to Lowell was sick. Lowell has K’d twice and seen eight pitches.
UPDATE, 5:45 p.m.: Like I said, things change in a hurry here. Yankees lead 6-5 as Varitek drills a slam into the Yankees bullpen.
It’s rarely simple and easy in this series.
UPDATE, 5:58 p.m.: Wow. Burnett has fallen apart. If the Yankees blow a 6-0 lead and lose at Fenway, the hot seat Joe Girardi is on is going to get mighty toasty.
UPDATE, 6:01 p.m.: Get the feeling we will see Mark Melancon in this one before it’s over?
UPDATE, 6:04 p.m.: Bases loaded, nobody out for Drew. Girardi has to come get Burnett, doesn’t he?
Last two innings: 1+ 6 6 6 2 2 and a HBP.
UPDATE, 6:06 p.m: Tex and Posada made that look good. Huge play in a tie game. Now this is the biggest batter of the game.
UPDATE, 6:08 p.m.: Burnett loses Bay with a 1-2 pitch that sails off the wall in center. It was a decent pitch, too, low and a little inside.
What a mess. From 6-0 to losing 8-6.
Burnett’s line through 3 innings: 3 1 0 0 1 1
Burnett’s line the last 2: 2 7 8 8 2 2. 2 HR 1 HBP. It was a Jekyll and Hyde performance, just like his career has been.
UPDATE, 6:13 p.m.: Raise your hands if you though Beckett would still be pitching in the sixth inning.
Prediction: The Yankees will re-take the lead in this game. I’m not saying they’ll win, but they’ll get the lead back. Then anything could happen.
UPDATE, 6:19 p.m.: Like I said … 8-8. It’ll be 9-8 in a minute when Tex drills one.
UPDATE, 6:22 p.m.: Of course, he’d have to swing to drill one.
UPDATE, 6:31 p.m.: Mark Melancon (No. 39) just jogged out to the bullpen with Mo.
UPDATE, 6:42 p.m.: There is no overstating the unreliability and inconsistency of Jose Veras. He literally could do anything every time he comes in. He’s either great or lousy, there is rarely any middle ground.
This time: lousy. Based loaded, one put for Phil Coke and a due-for-a-dinger David Ortiz.
Or a double play.
UPDATE, 6:49 p.m.: Wow, that was dumb base-running by Pedroia. Instead of Youkilis up with a runner on third, the inning is over.
Maybe he couldn’t see the play over Tex’s spike.
9-8 Red Sox. What are the odds it ends that way, 1,000-1?
UPDATE, 7:05 p.m.: Jeter had a chance there. The short bench is going to hurt the Yankees in the final innings. There aren’t many moves Girardi can make.
UPDATE, 7:09 p.m.: The little elf kicks one, two runs score and the Yankees lead. Not to pat myself on the back (well, screw it, i will), but I did predict they’d come back at 6:13 p.m.
UPDATE, 7:12 p.m.: Can the Yankees hold a 10-9 lead for three innings? Yeah, and maybe I’ll outrace Usain Bolt down Yawkey Way. Assuming he’s still here.
They Yankees need to keep scoring.
UPDATE, 7:19 p.m.: Has an intentional walk every worked out well for Girardi? Here’s a wild thought, how about having fewer runners on base in a game like this?
This team needs to get Robertson and Melacon in the mix and let them pitch.
UPDATE, 7:29 p.m.: Hope you had the over.
Remember when A.J. was pitching well in this game? Me, neither.
UPDATE, 7:49 p.m.: Blown call there on the Ellsbury steal. Another run would be huge in this game. Given the foibles of Edwar …
Meanwhile we’re closing in on four hours.
UPDATE, 7:53 p.m.: See ya, Edwar. Now Damaso Marte. What’s worse, his 15.43 ERA or that he’s signed through the end of the 2011 season?
UPDATE, 8:23 p.m.: So much for David Robertson. Yikes. What a mess this game has been.
Papelbon should be able to hold a 16-11 lead. But this would be the day he couldn’t if it ever were to happen.
Back later from the clubhouse with any news. Audio will be tough as we talk to Girardi in the concourse and it’s very noisy. His office is the size of a closet
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Abandon all hope ye who enter here!
I don’t know what Bruney’s injury is but hopefully he’s not done for the year.
Why couldn’t Vares get hurt or something? Always the guys who stink happen to stay healthy.
Will they have Manny Bay hit behind Fatso?
Let’s see Melancon!
Gotta go now guys. It’s been fun.
Yankees offense needs to step up. Go yankees
THINK GREEN: Former Yankees backup Nick Green is 10 of his last 28 with six extra-base hits. He has been playing shortstop for the Red Sox, filling in for an injured Julio Lugo.
Of Course, if he was with the Yankees, he would be hitting .100.
Unbelievably how lucky the Sox are.
The ripple effect of the roster moves from Chad’s blog:
http://community.thetimes-trib.....o-swb.aspx
Gotta think Melancon is your 8th and 9th inning guy today if Mo isn’t available. If Mo is, then Melancon can be used in the 7th and 8th. He’s been stretched out, and 2-3 innings is his normal outing generally.
AJ just needs to give us a solid 7 and we’ll be set.
Melancon may struggle at first. First MLB appearence, in Boston, in the biggest rivalry in sports. Crazy when you think about it..
However his makeup, the beastly balls he throws, coupled with Boston hitters not knowing whats coming…make advantage Melancon IMO.
We’ll see….but I am excited.
if they beat beckett, i consider this series a yankee victory. i just hate beckett so much. so much.
Let’s go Yankees!
Skimming through the previous threads. Wow. Some of them were doozies.
First of all, Mo coming in for 4 outs did not cost the game.
Secondly, why call the organization names for not bringing up Melancon until you know they’re not?
Finally, Brian Bruney.
(pat, see? don’t fall in love, he’ll break your heart!)
Hava molina
Burnett to Melancon to Veras?
I guess that’s our “A” game today.
“DOESN’T HAPPEN OFTEN: Last night was only the third blown save Mo has had in 44 chances on the road.”
Curious, Pete: In what time frame? I’m sure Rivera has had more than 44 changes to record a save on the road in his career!
Joe,
Any rookie/career minor leaguer would look good in that cesspool. I’m sure Ellsbury’s not the same hitter away from that park.
I’m glad for Nick Green, but why did it have to be the Red Sox?
The lack of hitting with RISP is really mind boggling.
There has to be a common thread to why these guys fail time after time with the bases full of runners and either zero or one out on the board.
If the pressure of being a Yankee is too much for them then Cashman really needs to continue flushing out the culture of the clubhouse out for guys who just play the game and don’t get caught up with the drama of it all.
This has to be Damon and Matsui’s last year here. We need new OF’ers who weren’t a part of this group that has struggled in these situations.
I think Texeira will be fine in these situations. I think Swisher also gives a good at bat and doesn’t seem to feel the pressure.
Cano, on the other hand, looks like the weight of the world is on his shoulders when he is up and expected to produce.
The guy is so damn talented. He really needs to go up there like Ortiz used to and just want to hit in those situations and think there is no pitcher who can beat him.
He has that ability.
Sometimes I think the influence of Arod has been a negative on this team. When other players see the best hitter in the game buckle under pressure it makes those pressure situations scarier than they should be.
Manny goes up in those situations without a care in the world other than hitting.
That’s what the Yankees need to do.
It’s not a talent issue.
It’s a psychological issue.
It’d be interesting to see if people think it was the arrival of Arod that made pressure at bats more pressured.
I don’t think the players are emulating Jeter since he still handles the pressure situations the way he always has. If he fails, so what. If he succeeds, that’s what he meant to do.
Somewhere along the way pressure situations for the Yankees became suffocating to these hitters.
That needs to stop.
And I’m not sure Girardi is the right personality to stop it.
dennis-
it is a beautiful day here and those damn red sox fans walking around have an unusually happy look on their faces. it’s really annoying
yeah last week , while i was watching he got drilled right off the helmet, fairly solid. there was no fisticuffs or anything. just a few histrionics from youkillis ,but nothing major.
my point is he seems to get hit a lot. he dives in ( just like jeter does).
the yankees can’t take up and in off the table because red sox nation is going to overreact when a yankee pitcher offends youkillis by going up and in.
jeter doesn’t overreact. he knows it’s the price he pays for diving in and taking ownership of the outside corner of the plate. youkillis reacts like a stuck pig and red sox nation is screaming for blood.
here’s the deal. the yankees have to ignore the irrational overreaction of youkillis and red sox fans at the ballpark and go up and in with youkillis just the way the red sox do with jeter.
joba needs to go up and in. every yankee pitcher needs to go up and in against youkilis. he’s locked in and that’s how you get him not locked in.
other teams do it. the yankees need to also. had they done it the whole game youkillis may not have ben so comfortable for the walk off.
not trying to rattle the sabers, but youkillis can’t have the whole plate just because he squeals like a stuck pig when he doesn’t get it.
“Of Course, if he was with the Yankees, he would be hitting .100.
Unbelievably how lucky the Sox are.”
right? like how they got so lucky last night when the yankee offense stranded 30 men on base and emerged from a bases-loaded-nobody-out situation with all of zero runs to show from it? man! those red sox! it’s all luck! that’s the only explanation!
Clark -
May even be Burnett to Melancon, depending on how the game is going.
They’ve got a new car….Girardi is going to want to test drive it.
I also don’t think that was SJ44 in the other thread – just didn’t sound like him.
Could Melancon throw > 92 mph?
Wouldn’t it be funny if Girardi made Melancon the closer today and he had to protect a 1 run lead?
Does Mariano throw > 92 mph, who cares if you get the job done.
Mark Melancon
Betsy I was thinking the same thing.
I’m pumped to finally see Melancon!
I interviewed Chad Jennings towards the end of last season, this is what he had to say about Mark Melancon.
“What else can I say. He’s a beast. Mid 90s fastball with movement. Hammer curve similar to David Robertson’s. Very thoughtful and polite, and willing to work. Attacks hitters, which is why his pitch count is low and his total innings high. I believe the hype that he’s a future closer.”
Total panic move to bring up Melancon.
They couldn’t wait 2 more weeks to get his extra arbitration year and a few more innings under his belt?
I wonder if Kevin Russo was healthy would he have gotten the call instead of Berroa.
Rivera
Melancon
Coke
Robertson
Veras
Ramierez
Marte
Alalbadejo
Jackson.
This is our current BP. Jackson goes down for Hughes come Tuesday. When/if Bruney comes back…Robertson goes back down. Bullpen would then be:
Rivera
Bruney
Melancon
Veras
Coke
Marte
Ramierez
Albadejo
Then, Girardi has a decision. Melancon, or Ramierez? This is all, of course, if Bruney is back. If not, Melancon basically takes his spot and this is our BP.
My prediction for Melancon: he’ll pitch one inning over the next three days, and be sent back down.
Kei Igawa will then be called up. He’ll pitch 24 innings, compiling a WHIP of 1.97.
“It’d be interesting to see if people think it was the arrival of Arod that made pressure at bats more pressured.”
I think they never fully recovered from 2004.
Since then the pressure has simply snowballed on them.
Bruney on the DL
Damn
I take that as a NO.
Can’t wait to read the non-sense that you people will spew out if things go bad for the Yankees today.
Yesterday you saw why the Yankees wanted Nady to start in RF.
Swisher left 5 on base and couldn’t get that run in with the bases loaded no outs. Just like Giambi used to do. If he didn’t walk or hit a HR, he couldn’t do anything.
You do not want a low contact hitter in that spot. Nady can atleast make contact and would have gotten that run in. With A-Rod out, we need people to drive in runs, not walk.
15 day DL?
I don’t get this. We are acting like the Yankees are the ones feeling massive pressure and can’t hit with RISP. How many men did the Sox leave on base, how many double plays did they hit into with pressure spots? Tex is starting to feel the pressure from the 2004 series he wasn’t a part of? Swisher? Jorge k’ed 3 straight times last night, left 6 runners on. One sac fly last night or Swishers ball getting past Lowell last night and it wouldn’t even be brought up, we would be talking about what a great win that was.
Just two things to add to the nores above. The Yankees Molina also had an ill-timed passed ball in the first that allowed a run to score. Sorry, but, his defense hasn’t been that great this year.
another stat to add to the Lengendary Nick Green…..5 errors in 11 games. Really solid with that .904 Fielding percentage. How bad is that? He made an error last night, and Fielding Percentage actually got better.
Perhaps Mo could have gotten the job done last night if he were throwing at the usual 93-94 mph instead of the 88-90 mph.
“I think they never fully recovered from 2004.
Since then the pressure has simply snowballed on them.”
Bingo. The team was never the same after 04. You can change the names and faces, but the common theme of unable to thrive under pressure remains.
CB,
Agreed about 2004. The only problem then is this pressure was handed down from Jeter, Posada, Arod, Matsui since those were the only players still on the team hitting wise from that season.
The bad part is apparently the above group handed that down to Cano, Damon, etc.
When/where does it stop?
I think Manny might have been a good sign for this team this year. Not just for the ability he has as a hitter, but for the attitude he has about hitting.
This group of guys should want to get up with the bases loaded and no out.
At times it feels like they’d rather any other guy other than them to be up in those situations.
Gardner fails to bunt right and gets the start over hot melky
Just two things to add to the nores above.
You can add this to the ***notes above*** also.
Who couldn’t see Bruney to the DL coming? It didn’t sound good…………
I can’t explain the poor hitting with RISP for the last couple of years – these are good hitters, it’s puzzling. I don’t think they’re thinking of 2004 now – that’s just sort of a convenient excuse.
why cant they Just leave melky out there for another day?
Swisher’s liner up the 3rd base line was a great play by Lowell defensively. Jeter’s hit up the middle was a great play by Pedroia. They made some nice plays as well as Varitek behind the plate.
For those that forget Damon was on the Sox in 2004. I guess since he switched teams he is feeling the pressure from that series he won?
Sad part is, we know we have a lot of players that start slow. If we play the Sox and lose we don’t want those players anymore lol.
“How many men did the Sox leave on base…”
Umm we are Yankee fans. Who cares how many the Sox left on base. We worry about the Yankees not the Red Sox.
My lineup today
Derek
DAMON (dh)
Tex
Posada
Cano
Swisher
Cabrera (rf)
Berroa
Gardner
My gut feeling is that matsui is dh’ing today.
Mark –
Mo is like real estate. It’s location, location, location.
The problem wasn’t velocity.
I would give Bay some credit too.
And it seems whoever puts on the Boston uniform turns into gold and becomes a clutch gamer, grinder, and winner..
Newest one is Jason Bay. A career loser who has never played important games and has put up stats on bad teams and was seen as a soft player… he comes to Boston and just get big hit after big hit and blends right in.
Marky,
You don’t really need to an explanation of why Gardner gets the start do you?
It will be interesting to see what 40 man roster moves were made, Had to be at least two.
SJ44,
Yes it really is a stupid plan. Joba in the bullpen serves no purpose. The bullpen is fine. You are overreacting to losing Bruney.
why is bruney on the DL, any updates?
You should pay attention to what the Sox did. Because it’s baseball, you don’t bat .750 with RISP. Was it the Yankees pitching or the Sox feeling the pressure in these spots.
Jeez, it’s like this has turned into the Red Sox fans of yesterday, cursed injuries, crying about just about everything. Mariano Rivera got beat, which happens a few times a year. It was a ball that didn’t cut over the middle of the plate in Bay’s wheelhouse and he cranked it. Give me the same situation any other time and I will take it.
The plays that killed them last night which are poor baseball plays on offense was Gardner’s lame excuse of a bunt attempt. Cano swinging and trying to pull the ball and grounding into a dp with the count in his favor, bases loaded none out.
Sox left men on base but they got the BIG hit off the best closer in history.
Whereas Teixeria swung at ball 4 against Papelbon in the 10th.
Why two, they only needed one for Berroa. Mark was already on the 40.
Any inkling of whether the Yankees placed Bruney on the DL as a precautionary measure for something minor like tendonitis or whether it’s a severe injury?
I mean, beyond tendonitis or bone chips, does a “minor” elbow injury even exist? Perhaps, a ligament or tendon strain?
It sounds very ominous to me but then again, last night’s lost may account for the fatalism.
Randy-
I agree. Teams have to come up and in if the plate is crowded. A good example is Carlos Quentin. He is all over the plate and I believe he led MLB in HBP last year.
-dennis
“Perhaps Mo could have gotten the job done last night if he were throwing at the usual 93-94 mph instead of the 88-90 mph.”
Pitch to Bay was all about location rather than velocity. He left it right in Bay’s happy place.
Pen is fine..Girardi just doesn’t use it right a lot of the time. Like when is he going to learn only bring in Marte to get the lefties out, he is not good usually vs the righties.
Jason Bay a .241 hitter with RISP last year. Jeez on the Yankees he would be thrown under the bus too.
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/articl.....p;c_id=nyy
“It’s definitely going to be different,” Burnett said. “This is the series and this is the rivalry everybody talks about. I finally get to be a part of it, so I can’t wait. It’s going to be exciting.
“I like coming here. I think that when you come to a place and your back is against the wall — that brings the competitor out and shows what you’re made of. I love it. I love coming to places where you’re the underdog and there’s no chance you’re winning today. That makes you rise up.”
**We keep saying this, but the Yankees have never needed AJ more than they need him today.
Jennifer –
Melancon wasn’t on the 40 man.
http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com.....p?c_id=nyy
John,
It does seem like the Yankees and Sox have switched places after 2004. Even though the rosters have turned over (No Sheffield, Giambi, Mussina, Schilling, Manny, Millar etc.), the results have stayed the same. They’re the ones getting all the breaks and we are not.
“A career loser who has never played important games and has put up stats on bad teams”
Next important game AJ Burnett pitches in will be his first and he’s been terrific for the Yankees.
sad to wake up today and see Melancon is already coming up.
They really need Bruney to be ok.
The odds of Melancon pitching better than Bruney has so far is a longshot. They needed Mark to be a complement to the pen (after May 15) and not a replacement for one of their best relievers.
So, does Melancon get thrust into the 8th right away?
Does it go to Albaladejo? Veras/Marte platoon?
I hate to point out more stats but Tex is a .325 lifetime hitter with RISP and actually batting .400 this year even with his poor start. The guy is just fine in the clutch. Want to kill him and call him not clutch for one at bat in one game in April that’s just ridiculous
UPDATE, 12:39 p.m.: Bruney is on the DL.
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Hope Melancon’s debut is better than Claggett.
Wow, so much happening today.
Boston Dave, I agree with you. Bruney has been lights out and locked down the 8th inning as a bridge to Mo. That now has to be re-established.
RELAX…
16 games into the season….
can’t wait to see Melancon, they are very very high on him. Look at his minor #’s they are monster like……
He was a stud at U of A a good baseball program…
Gardner ughhhhhh, why??????
“The Yankees had won 86 straight games when having the lead after the eighth inning.”
86? That number seems familiar for some reason. I guess, when it comes to the Yankees and Red Sox, good things – like holding a lead after the eighth inning or the Sox going a certain number of years without a title – top out at 86.
NEVER thought I would say this, but Joba was so much better in the pen that he should go back.
He is not an ace, point blank. He was lights-out in one to two inning stints, let him stick to that.
Let’s assume he gains back some velocity as a starter, what separates him from any #2 or #3 starter?
We’re leaking games away late, and that would not happen w/Joba in the bullpen.
oh by the way the stupid shaking the dice move by Papelbum after striking out Tex really irritates me, I hope he blows a save this series
Hopefully, putting Bruney on the DL was to prorect Bruney from himself. Apparently he fought the decision to even go to NY to be examined. He’s going to be needed for the long haul.
was to ***protect*** Bruney
Poor AJ… he just can’t catch a break. All of his games have come after terrible losses (Looking for our first win in Baltimore, the 15-5 disaster against Tampa, the 22-4 disaster against Cleveland, and now after the worst loss in years) where he has no margin for error.
He’s eventually going to have a bad game, but we can’t afford him to. and today he is opposed by Beckett who is a damn good pitcher himself. So runs might be at a premium.
Hope AJ is up to it.
dennis-
wasn’t Carlos Quentin knocked out for the year from getting hit with a pitch? i don’t mean head hunting either when talking about keeping hitters honest. you shouldn’t go up and in if you can’t control it.
burnett today will pitch as he pleases. i think joba was overly nice yesterday.
we’re going to find out pretty quickly.
should be a great match up.
GB7,
good point – I hope that’s the case.
I like Bruney’s spirit and if it’s just a precautionary 15-day DL stint, it would be a best case scenario.
I’m a little concerned that they already went to Melancon though. Can’t help but think they’d leave him down for a few more weeks if Bruney was going to be right back – but I guess they’re running out of legit options this early in the season.
Yeah… the chances of Melancon retiring 22 straight like Bruney did are slim.
This is not good news at all. The pen has taken a major hit. Veras, Marte etc. must step up.
typical yankee fans panicing my god ppl calm down.
If nothing else, the Yanks today became significantly younger. Baseball has once again become a young man’s game. No more juice, no more beanies.
No more miraculously rejuvenated careers. From this point on, the youth will/must carry the day. Thankfully, the Yanks are clearly winning the arms race. It seems that they’ve compiled 50-60% of the young power arms around.
im really starting to think Joba needs to go back to the 8th. i hear this guy is a power pitcher. a Fastball hitting 90-91? is That power? this guy is pitching like he doesn’t wanna be up there, with no passion no nothing, he was like out of it. he needs to get his crap together or go to the bullpen.
I’m not worried about Burnett at all today.
I am worried about our offense against Beckett and our depleted bullpen without Bruney and probably no Rivera today.
The Stranger, you sir, are a fool. Joba hasn’t even had anything close to his best stuff and he’s kept the Yankees in all the games he’s pitched.
When he comes out next time and pitches 7 shut out innings you’ll recant your ignorant statement.
Meanwhile A.J. is readying for his start by watching the movie 300. He has a Spartan warrior tat on his left arm.
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This is SPARTA!!!!!
beanies s/b greenies
the Joba to the pen talk is a little premature, IMO.
A lot depends on the success of Hughes’ starts, the rehab of Wang, can other’s step up in the pen?
Lost in all the panic, were the good performances of Alba and Coke. These guys need to continue to have good outings.
You’re right, we did become significantly younger today
From Ransom (32) to Berroa (31)
From Wang (29) to Robertson (23)
From Bruney (26) to Melancon (23)
rockks, his last outing was not that great..so hes due for a good outing
If Bruney’s out for an extended period, I will not be the one recanting.
MTM?????? Do you actually watch the games? No passion, yeah he exuded none after getting the double play balls. And while he didn’t pitch well he gave up two freakin runs, 2.
Boston Dave
April 25th, 2009 at 1:06 pm
GB7,
good point – I hope that’s the case.
I like Bruney’s spirit and if it’s just a precautionary 15-day DL stint, it would be a best case scenario.
I’m a little concerned that they already went to Melancon though. Can’t help but think they’d leave him down for a few more weeks if Bruney was going to be right back – but I guess they’re running out of legit options this early in the season.
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Yeah, I’m not happy about it, either. To me, it was as much a worst case scenerio as bringing up Austin Jackson, before they were ready. However, the list of injuries have made it a desperate and necessary move. Desperate times call for desperate measures.
Lost in all the panic, were the good performances of Alba and Coke. These guys need to continue to have good outings.
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They have been doing good. Hopefully they can build on it and continue to do well. We need everyone to step it up.
Just for my own sanity to decrease the Jobber to the pen talk.
You guys are literally acting like Bruney is the most irreplaceable part of the this team. WOWOWOWOWOWOOWOWOW, c’mon people – get some common sense in those heads.
“Meanwhile A.J. is readying for his start by watching the movie 300. He has a Spartan warrior tat on his left arm.”
now that is epic.
Hopefully Bruney’s arm is just sore and there is nothing wrong with his elbow and he just needs a couple of days off. From Pete Caldera “from early indication, its a two-week thing”. I hope he is right. Even 2 weeks is going to be bad for this terrible bullpen. They really need Veras to step up.
Is watching Joba learn to be a major league starter too nerve-wracking? I can see how it might be. Patience!
Is anybody on the team pitching with normal velocity?
Seems like everyone is down except maybe AJ and Bruney.
MO, CC, Wang, Joba, Coke, etc. are all down.
Heck, MO was in the high 80s yesterday in the 9th inning. Maybe thats why he got battered around.
“the Joba to the pen talk is a little premature, IMO. ”
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the Joba to the pen talk isn’t worth a response, IMO.
Rudy, you nailed it. Bruney has been a very pleasant surprise, but great teams overcome the loss of eight-inning set-up guys.
I wish this game was earlier. Then after, nothing but the NFL draft.
Bruney isn’t the most irreplaceable part of the team, but he has been the most consistent dominant arm out of the pen. VEras and Marte have the stuff, but it is an Olly Perez crap shoot which guy you will get out there. Marte was dominant last night and then lays a nice fat fastball over the middle of the plate. Coke and ALby have started to come around but were not good early. Edwar? he’s somewhere in between. Aceves should be back as well at some point for long relief. It’s 2 extra inning games where if they continued the Yankees have no options.
I want Joba to stay as a starter, what else are we going to do? take a chance on Ian Kennedy again? and everyone that checks this blog obviously are hardcore fans that care about what happens day to day so the ’stop the panic’ posts don’t make sense…ofcourse we are going to react to daily events of this team…if we were casual fans, we wouldn’t check in till the end of July…yesterday was a real deflating loss and bruney is a big loss, let’s just hope we have enough depth in the bullpen to get through this
if they beat beckett, i consider this series a yankee victory. i just hate beckett so much. so much.
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Amen to that, Kasey. Nice to see you around.
The season is 15 games old and our DL list includes
A-Rod
Nady
Wang
Bruney
Teixeria had a wrist issue for a week or so, Matsui is seemingly never healthy.
We always have terrible luck with injuries.
Boston Dave
April 25th, 2009 at 1:16 pm
“the Joba to the pen talk is a little premature, IMO. ”
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the Joba to the pen talk isn’t worth a response, IMO.
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Of course, you meant beyond your last response…..or, mine.
Randy-
I know what you meant by pitching inside is different from head hunting. Keeping a hitter honest and throwing at the head are two different things as you pointed out…
I have very little doubt that AJ will be dominant today. His stuff is a good as anyone in MLB and he has a great history of shutting the Sox down at Fenway. His disposition is perfect for this rivalry and NY in general IMO.
-dennis
Davidoff had an interesting note on his blog –
(link of the right side)
Only two swings in misses against Joba all night? Wow.
“Joba Chamberlain didn’t look great last night, unquestionably. *Just two swings and misses in 91 pitches*. I guess he deserves some credit for generating the four double-play balls – and he actually got a fifth, from Nick Green, a comebacker that he threw off-line to second base. As always…let’s give the kid time.
“Even 2 weeks is going to be bad for this terrible bullpen.”
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The bullpen is hardly terrible. When you look at the situations they’ve had to deal with already this season (3 1+ inning starts from Wang), they’ve done just fine.
The problem is that people continually raise their expectations far too high for all things Yankees.
Judging by the comments in here, hitters weren’t supposed to be able to even put the bat on the ball against Phil Coke when the season started.
The offense no matter what anyone says, even those that really hate Arod to the bone, will be vastly improved, pulling Ransom or Pena out batting at the end and plugging Arod in at #4.
“Just two swings and misses in 91 pitches. ”
That does seem low but he had a few more strikes looking.
It was clear that he wasn’t locating his fastball well and his slider, for the most part, didn’t have much bite to it (he did have a couple good ones in there).
If Joba is locating his fastball better, the swings and misses will come. He definitely needs to find a groove though.
He was far from his best last night (and still got out with just 2 runs – not bad eh?)
Randy-
Forgot to answer your question re:Quentin. He hurt his wrist slamming a bat in the dugout after a poor AB in late August I believe. IMO he was the leading MVP candidate until that point.
-dennis
I seriously **can’t** wait for the people that bashed Ransom, will bash on Berrora whenever he misplays or not coming up big.
Is it possible to put Cody Ransom on the 60 day disabled list? That way the Yankees wouldn’t have to DFA anyone.
Veras is the 8th inning guy now, Girardi isn’t going to throw Melancon into the fire that quickly.
LOL at AJ – I didn’t see 300, but it sounds like he’s out for blood today. All we can ask is that he pitch well and keep us in the game. I don’t expect the Yankees to hit Beckett…
One thing I was upset about this year again though is the Yankees lack of depth on the bench. I will never understand why Cashman can’t get around just signed a Ty Wigginton type player, decent bat, can play a few positions, estbalished and not ancient. Every year we get the miracle Cody Ransoms or Berroa or Ensberg type of projects while teams like the Orioles who aren’t even going to field a great team have these guys. Although I guess if you look at the benches of other teams they aren’t so hot either. When the season started Swisher, Molina and Melky are three decent bench guys.
the 25-man roster just experienced a 16% change in one day. I can’t remember any similar pre-September day.
…and I was going to avoid all things Yankee today after last night’s snafu. (Call me a fair-weather fan, if you will, but that was just a complete horror show.)
Wow the Mets where 2 for 18 with RISP last night. And the Yankees where 4 for 19.
I don’t know what the Mets overall numbers are with RISP but hear it’s pretty bad.
Two of the worst teams in baseball with RISP reside in New York.
Coke has done a very good job righting the ship – I give him credit for that. Alby has done a good job all year except for that one game in Tampa where he took one for the team. That’s good news. If Caldera is right and Bruney’s injury is just a 2 week thing, I would be ecstatic……….but that seems just speculation.
Rudy, you nailed it. Bruney has been a very pleasant surprise, but great teams overcome the loss of eight-inning set-up guys.
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If that’s the case, then shouldn’t the Yankees be able to overcome losing Joba in the 8th? He’s more helpful to the team as a starter.
Either they can overcome not having Joba in the 8th or they can’t do it without him. You can’t have it both ways.
“I will never understand why Cashman can’t get around just signed a Ty Wigginton type player, decent bat, can play a few positions, estbalished and not ancient.”
He did. His name is Swisher. He was on the bench until Nady got hurt.
Randy – My recollection is that Carlos Quentin hurt his wrist by punching the barrel of the bat after a strikeout …. so the HBPs didn’t get him, but his temper did.
I hope that the Sox win is good for your business. I assume that the happy Sox fans are throwing away money in their present (short-lived?) euphoric state.
What do we do with Ortiz? He’s worse than Varitek was last year.
And Joba …. has his stuff been this “ho-hum” all year? I know that didn’t really recover from last year’s DL stint. Right now, he’s a JAG (Just a Guy).
I wish Ortiz could rise to the level of JAG.
John, you can’t force a player to sign. The Yankees apparently offered Wiggington a deal, but who wants to be a bench player for the Yankees when he could be a starter elsewhere? He signed with the O’s because of playing time……
“One thing I was upset about this year again though is the Yankees lack of depth on the bench.”
When your depth gets injured then it’s going to look very much like the team doesn’t have any depth.
ARod + Nady means the bench would have been much stronger than the way it’s currently situated.
The Yankees had an interest in Ty Wigginton but he chose to go to a team where he’d likely have more AB’s.
“One thing I was upset about this year again though is the Yankees lack of depth on the bench. ”
John – the thing is, guys would get a better chance to play on other teams. That’s one of the reasons why they sign there.
Of course money talks – so if the Yanks paid more for those bench guys they’d follow the green.
RISP they are a little worse than the middle of the pack.
Just to give you a nice side bit of info though on the stat, the 2008 Tampa Bay Rays were the second to worst team in all of baseball with RISP.
It’s about scoring enough runs when you need to. Yankees score one more last night, you do enough to win.
“Right now, he’s a JAG (Just a Guy).”
It’s great when a “JAG” can pitch into the sixth and only give up 2 runs.
the way things are shaking out, Joba is needed in the bullpen.
He’s at the back end of the rotation. This isn’t a newsflash: #5 starters are replacable.
Joba may one day be the ace we all envisioned, but the situation now dictates a different course of action.
My argument today hasn’t been entirely cogent, but this is a pretty fluid situation.
So David Robertson is back, and now Mark Melancon. Well, I’m optimistic. Phil Coke, another product of the farm system, has turned out to be pretty good and reliable, save for one outing (he is flesh and blood, after all). These guys all have pretty good reports from multiple sources.
It’s a good thing Scranton is stocked with good arms. Otherwise we’d have to go on the open market. That was a pretty good plan of someone to stock up on young pitching.
Now, some of those excess arms need to bring back position talent.
That and get Alex back.
By the way, maybe Robbie should see a sports psychologist and maybe get over this issue with bases loaded.
It would be pretty crazy if, at some point this season, the Yanks have Hughes & IPK in the rotation, and Joba in the bullpen.
April, 2008 redux.
“He’s at the back end of the rotation. This isn’t a newsflash: #5 starters are replacable.
Joba may one day be the ace we all envisioned, but the situation now dictates a different course of action. ”
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Really? And whom would you replace him with? Tomko? Igawa? “Just sign/trade someone?”
If Joba is going to be ‘the ace we all envisioned’, he NEEDS to start and build his innings and get experience. How does he do that pitching 80 innings a year?
It’s been beaten to death, but I’ll beat it one more time: Mo has 2 pitches, that’s why he’s the closer. Joba has 4. That’s why he should start. If Joba was just a fb guy, then he’d only have enough to get 3-6 guys out.
JoeLI.
Re: Cano and bases loaded.
I believe Manny is so good with the bases loaded because he never realized they were loaded…Perhaps that is the way to go.
Raymagnetic – more than half of the batters Joba faced reached base. I acknowledge that he limited the damage, but his stuff was worse than Manny DelCarmen’s. As Muhammad Ali said to George Foreman (during “rope a dope”), “Is that all you got?”
Just an observation ….
anyone wanna play the **numbers game** for Melancon? the options are 21, 28, 39. He wore 41 in the minors and 26 in college, so my guess would be 28. and just for fun, he will choose 21.
there were 39 hits and walks combined yesterday. only 9 runs scoring was unusually low. joba and lester both pitched worse than the runs they gave up indicates.
a lot of random stuff happened yet it ended up a 5-4 game.
the red sox have a whole lot of problems themselves- shortstop,catcher,ortiz, ellsbury isn’t proven.,and their bullpen was all over the place last night .
the team that wins in the end will be the one who manages the inevitable problems that come up the best .
i’m not happy about burnett going today without having the benefit of an 8th inning guy and rivera there backing him up.
he’s pitching today pretty much by himself. to win this game it likely means burnett has to shut down the red sox and the yankees need to create a sizable lead going into the late innings so whoever goes in there to finish has some room for error.
Hi All,
I am a little bit late in setting up my cable deal this year for watching games. I have comcast and was wondering if Extra Innings is still the only way/best possible way to watch the Yankees games?
I’ve done this each year, and of course, from time to time games are blacked out. Any opinions or ideas are appreciated.
Best,
Michael
“By the way, maybe Robbie should see a sports psychologist and maybe get over this issue with bases loaded.”
I’d like to see a little more patience at the plate. (in those situations)
There are two schools of thought –
1) the pitcher needs to throw a strike. If you get a cookie, rip it.
2) if the pitcher is wild, make him throw a strike.
Cano came up after the pitcher hit a batter, and walked two guys. He swung at an 1-0 pitch.
In the old days (correct me if I’m wrong GB) – a batter would ALWAYS take one strike. Not working the count is a kangaroo court offense.
So Robertson gets sent down when Hughes comes up?
Seems like they want Jackson as the long man (despite the fact he was a short reliever in AAA)
“Raymagnetic – more than half of the batters Joba faced reached base. I acknowledge that he limited the damage, but his stuff was worse than Manny DelCarmen’s. As Muhammad Ali said to George Foreman (during “rope a dope”), “Is that all you got?”
Just an observation ….”
Joba didn’t pitch great but to suggest that he’s “just a guy” is more passive agressive nonsense that you like to come here and spew Brian.
randy: Stranger things have happened.
I wouldn’t get too wrapped up in the amount of swings and misses from Joba’s start last night.
That strike zone was a joke last night. It was unfair to Joba and Lester. Those guys were putting pitches right over the plate and Culbreth (who is moron) was not calling them strikes.
It’s stunning the game was so low scoring with a strike zone called as bad as it was last night and it was a testament to the pitchers and the defense that the game wasn’t a blow out.
After awhile hitters stopped swinging at strikes last night waiting to see what Culbreth’s zone would be.
It was a disgrace. He’s another ump who thinks he’s part of the show.
His little “kicking motion” when he was calling strike outs last night was a joke. He was Enrico Pallazzo.
2008 6 worst teams with RISP, 3 made the playoffs.
Dodgers .253
Brewers .245
Rays .246
Just thought that was pretty interesting. It’s part of the reason I don’t see the Rays making it this year. Combine this with career years from guys like Navarro, a healthy pitching staff, an overachieving bullpen and a trade that sent Edwin Jackson with his arm for Joyce (the opposite of making the Garza for Young deal).
The Sox are not that much better than us. However, they are a much more fundamentally sound team.
There is a reason all the experts picked them to win the World Series… it wasn’t because they “hate the Yankees”, it was because the Sox are built to win in October. Clutch pitching, great bullpen, lineup full of gamers who get big hits.
Brian (Red Sox fan)
April 25th, 2009 at 1:39 pm
Raymagnetic – more than half of the batters Joba faced reached base. I acknowledge that he limited the damage, but his stuff was worse than Manny DelCarmen’s. As Muhammad Ali said to George Foreman (during “rope a dope”), “Is that all you got?”
Just an observation ….
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In case you’ve been away since spring training, your number 2 pitcher (Lester) hasn’t been better than the Yankees’ number 5 pitcher. Last night was no different.
Dodgers won the worst division in baseball
Brewers needed CC to become superman just to win the wild card in the weak NL central
Rays had unbelievable pitching and defense. They didn’t win because of their offense.
“Stranger things have happened.”
rebecca-
that sums up my hopes for the day. but you’re right, there’s still a decent a chance to win today.
at 4:00 at fenway today, i think there’s going to be some funky shadows so it may be a pitcher’s duel until the shadows go away.
dennis , ray, any thoughts on fenway at 4:00?
GreenBeret7 April 25th, 2009 at 1:48 pm
Brian (Red Sox fan)
April 25th, 2009 at 1:39 pm
Raymagnetic – more than half of the batters Joba faced reached base. I acknowledge that he limited the damage, but his stuff was worse than Manny DelCarmen’s. As Muhammad Ali said to George Foreman (during “rope a dope”), “Is that all you got?”
Just an observation ….
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In case you’ve been away since spring training, your number 2 pitcher (Lester) hasn’t been better than the Yankees’ number 5 pitcher. Last night was no different.
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I was going to say the same thing…Lester had the game lost until Mo couldn’t close the door…
Can’t see them keeping Robertson over Jackson. If we can get 5 starters to go at least 5-6 innings, then the long-man shan’t (is that even a word?) be an issue.
I want to hear chants of Huuuuuuuughes. Not Yoooook.
Hopefully we won’t be graced with an appearance by poopoobone.
“There is a reason all the experts picked them to win the World Series… it wasn’t because they “hate the Yankees”, it was because the Sox are built to win in October. Clutch pitching, great bullpen, lineup full of gamers who get big hits.”
You should probably go to one of the RS blogs, you’d have a much more enjoyable time there with the rest of your Red Sox brethren.
AJ better step up today. This is why we got him- to pitch big games in Fenway.
We didn’t get him to beat the Orioles and Royals.
And anyone who’s surprised by what happened to Mo last night shouldn’t be.
You’d be lying if you said you didn’t notice that Mo’s been missing his spots.
He gets a pass, because, he too is coming off shoulder surgery. But people expect him to be some kind of demi-god. He’s just a very good pitcher.
By the way, maybe Robbie should see a sports psychologist and maybe get over this issue with bases loaded.”
I’d like to see a little more patience at the plate. (in those situations)
There are two schools of thought –
1) the pitcher needs to throw a strike. If you get a cookie, rip it.
2) if the pitcher is wild, make him throw a strike.
Cano came up after the pitcher hit a batter, and walked two guys. He swung at an 1-0 pitch.
In the old days (correct me if I’m wrong GB) – a batter would ALWAYS take one strike. Not working the count is a kangaroo court offense.
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Normally, I’d say that, “Yes you’re correct.” However, last night, it looked like they were pitching around Swisher, but, hoping he’d swing at a bad pitch. The second pitch to Cano was a mediocre fastball down the center of the plate. Cano put a good swing on the pitch, but, it was on the ground, straight at Pedroia. It hurt, but, no more than Molina’s passed ball in the first.
Lord almighty, how bad are the Washington Nationals?
GB7 – I’m too lazy to look it up, but I’m sure that Lester’s strikeouts to IP is quite good. His stuff (the object of this discussion) has been close to what it was last year. The results are, alas, mixed.
I saw Joba when he came up, and when he was starting last year (before the DL stint). His stuff had the “wow” factor back then – not now.
Unless his doctors strongly advise against it, Alex will be activated during the 1st full week of May.
He may start off as a DH for a few games then it’s a go for everything.
After this we go to Detroit, then come home to the Angels, then play 2 each with Boston and Tampa at home
Schedule isn’t going to get any easier. We cannot drop series’ and go under .500 or Boston is going to run away with the division. Their healthy and firing on all cylinders now.
Brian (Red Sox fan)
April 25th, 2009 at 1:55 pm
GB7 – I’m too lazy to look it up, but I’m sure that Lester’s strikeouts to IP is quite good. His stuff (the object of this discussion) has been close to what it was last year. The results are, alas, mixed.
I saw Joba when he came up, and when he was starting last year (before the DL stint). His stuff had the “wow” factor back then – not now.
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How many wins are they giving for having “stuff” with bad results, now?
” but his stuff was worse than Manny DelCarmen’s”
brian (red sox fan)
apples to oranges. start delecarmen and see what he has.
that said, joba isn’t right. the difference this year is that burnett and sabathia are here. yankee starters are going to keep coming at teams every day.
the red sox are by no means a power house. teams are finally pitching low to pedroia and way up out of the zone which he chases. ortiz may be in serious decline and it’s not going to be pretty how he’s treated when he’s chased away as always happens with the present red sox management .
so before you get too happy about joba hitting a little speed bump with velocity you might want to look at the potholes in the red sox road because they are there.
If I were Girardi, I’d DH Alex upon his inital return. Keep Pena or Berroa, more likely Berroa if we had to make a move to clear his spot, at 3B and hold of on Alex fielding as long as possible. That way Alex can go more fielding drills and give the hip a little more time to get stronger.
” His stuff had the “wow” factor back then – not now.”
“not now” an be a very short “now”.
His hits to innings pitched are quite good as well.
29 hits in 24 innings pitched for a 1.50 whip to go along with a 4.88 era and a 1-2 record.
Seems like he is right on track for the same season as last year.
I didn’t watch the game, but I don’t need to be wowed by Joba. I just need him to put us in a position to win. Which he did, albeit laboriously.
Who is this Delcarmen? Is he a starter I’ve never heard of?
randy-
Very well written.
The not hitting with RISP only hurts it you do it enough in one game to result in a loss.
I said before, and I think it’s worth repeating that last night, stellar, and I mean STELLAR, defensive plays took HITS away while runners were in scoring position. I know on paper it looks like nothing, but having seen the game it means something to me. First time bases loaded, Cano gets robbed of a double and it results in one run rather than 2 or maybe even 3.
But that’s really irrelevant, since that’s why there’s defense on the field, right?
I can’t believe I take 2 hours to do some stuff around the house and there are new Yankees on their way to Boston. Calling up Melancon shows the Yankees are more interested in filling their need smartly than in saving a few dollars, which more than a few people here were afraid they’d opt for. It also must mean Bruney’s going to be out for awhile, although one could argue that even 15 days is a lot when you’re talking about the bullpen.
It’s a darn shame, because Bruney had the 8th inning role sewn up, and I think everyone was rallying behind him. It stinks because now The Yankees are starting from almost scratch again to try and get that 8th inning guy. I wonder if Girardi is going to put Melancon right in it, or if he’ll give him the 7th for a while to ease in. But still, who gets the 8th? No one’s been as consistent as Bruney. But everyone has shown glimpses of solid performance. They all have to step it up now.
The Yankees do look like they need a new approach with guys on base, especially late in games. If someone hasn’t already, they need to be told you can’t hit a 10 run homerun, no matter how far it goes, and more often a slap hit is going to do the job. I’m sure they’ve been told, but to put it into practice, eh.
Wow. What a day, huh?
And the season is only 15 games old. When people said this team would look different on May 15th, they weren’t kidding, but this is ridiculous. It’s still April
And the people complaining about depth? When your A-string gets injured and you need to play your B-string, that means your C-string is your depth. No one has A-string quality C-string players. usually.
M, he’s a great pitcher………Mo will be fine.
Joba isn’t anywhere near the same starter we saw last year.
Last year he was dominating. Throwing mid-high 90s with ease. Slider was filthy. Command was excellent. He had a swagger to him too.
Now he looks like Daniel Cabrera.
Doreen,
We’re only in this position (over .500) because we had depth. I don’t think people understand that.
Betsy,
I wasn’t complaining about Mo. Just want people to put things into perspective.
1. Crap happens
2. Mo’s a historically slow starter
3. He’s coming off of surgery
4. When a team sees you enough times, they’re going get sometimes.
5. Don’t blame a 4-out save opportunity for Mo’s poor location. It’s been that way all season.
I’m not a worry-wart, just the opposite.
Scorecard sales will be brisk in Bahhstin today. Most of their fans don’t even know who their own players are until their somebody tells them.
Too many came out of the woodwork after ‘04 which shows why they have lousy exterminators up there.
Very true comment about Joba…always lokoing for the breakout, but it doesn’t seem to come……Bruney news seems bad. He was one of our best players so far…….uggghhh.
Very true comment about Joba…always lokoing for the breakout, but it doesn’t seem to come……Bruney news seems bad. He was one of our best players so far…….uggghhh.
Randy – I agree with everything you just said. The Sox also have their share of problems (though I think Pedroia covers the low pitch a little better than you give him credit for).
Here is the 600 pound gorilla (re: “stuff”). Papelbon hasn’t had late life on his fastball at all this year – not once. He struggles to get swings and misses on high fastballs , and is tinkering with a slider to get them off his fastball. His splitter is lousy – he is avoiding it.
So I’m an equal opportunity doom sayer. Papelbon is becoming like KRod (or I’m sure you’ll remember “Full Pack” Stanhouse). He really struggles to have clean innings, because he can’t just blow his fastball down Broadway. THAT should be the major Sox concern.
After the injury last year I am sure Joba was shut down from doing much of anything or much offseason work. His mechanics were a disaster in spring training. It will take him time to iron it out and will be fine if there is no injury.
The positive to take away from it was with not great stuff he gave up only 2 runs and pitched with less. It is something that no one was sure he could do.
I for one am not concerned and most nights agaisnt another teams 4th or 5th starter, the Yankees win the game.
If he’s doing the same by midseason than start to be concerned.
Clutch pitching, great bullpen, lineup full of gamers who get big hits.
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Really? Their bullpen with the exception of Papelbon didn’t like quite so great last night. The Red Sox left their own village of men on base. Eventually someone got a “big hit” but it took them long enough, didn’t it?
Joba is a 5th starter who has started 3 games, in two of which he has handed a lead to the bullpen…exactly what more are you asking for? “Stuff” helps, but is not the be all end all.
If he was 2-0 and not 0-0 would anyone be having these discussions?
Joba should be a starter but I wouldn’t be surprised if he is reverted back sometime in the future.
Rotation of CC Sabathia, AJ Burnett, Andy Pettite, CMW and Phil Hughes.
Bullpen of Melancon, Joba, Coke, Marte, Veras and Mariano.
Not bad idea on “Paper”, but I still like Joba as a starter.
MO’s velocity and location are off too.
Very un-MO like to throw that pitch to Bay right in his happy spot. He looked gassed.
It was ironically 2 years ago to this day when Torre used MO for a 5 out save in Fenway and he wound up (combining with Vizcaino) to give up 5 runs in the bottom of the 8th, 3 of them charged to MO. We blew a 4 run lead that night and proceeded to get swept.
Then a week later, the Sox tattooed him for 3 more runs in a blowout game.
I can’t kill Girardi for any moves he makes today or if he tries to stretch AJ out. Trying to navigate a close game in Fenway without your 2 best relievers is not an easy task.
Cody on the 60-day DL makes sense.
Joba didn’t need to throw 95 last night.
He needed to locate his fastball.
He consistently missed Molina’s glove. If he can locate, he’ll be fine. When he gets a couple ticks on the velocity back, if he’s still locating, he’ll be great.
“Who is this Delcarmen? Is he a starter I’ve never heard of?
m-
local boston kid who made it through the ranks and throws hard and has some success.he could pitch in the yankees bullpen, but comparing him to joba is just silly.
a few years ago while waiting to meet with a friend whose the manager of the rochester red wings at the team entrance at pawtucket, a kind of homeless looking guy was asking pawtucket red sox players to sign some photos he had. everyone passed by, but delcarmen. he stopped, took his time, made small talk with the guy, looked at them one by one and signed a few. it made this guys week.
just a small thing , but it showed he has something in him besides just being a talented player.
M, you’re the furthest thing from a worry-wart, lol. Mo is the least of our worries. I still think there is no way Mo should be pitching beyond 1 inning at a time. Girardi seems like he’s feeling the pressure with the way he’s handling the pen, a far cry from last year when he actually showed faith in people.
“Joba is a 5th starter who has started 3 games, in two of which he has handed a lead to the bullpen”
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exactly. It’s amazing how many doomsday fans there are even with their beloved Joba.
I worry about what these fans will do to Hughes if he ONLY pitches as well as Joba has so far.
“Melancon won’t be here until 5:30″
Will they give him Ransom’s jersey to wear on the mound like the Rangers did with Gabbard/O’Day?
Ransom the sacrificial lamb with the 60 day DL move.
“Joba should be a starter but I wouldn’t be surprised if he is reverted back sometime in the future.”
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maybe when the Sox get Smoltz, they can move Beckett to the pen. Or they can just move Buchholz up.
Papelbon, Beckett, Ramirez, Masterson, Okajima…
Melcancon will be late, Swisher is warming up in the pen.
Igawa had a rough 1st inning. Gets the first out, followed by an error from Miranda, a strikeout followed by a 2 run homer. He gave up a leadoff single in the 2nd, but, got a DP grounder and a strikeout. He’s leading 3-2 though because of a 3 run homer by Shelley Duncan.
randy l,
Right over your head.
Who doesn’t know Delcarmen? Gammons had proclaimed he would win some kind of award. I forget.
I was teasing whoever compared Joba to Delcarmen, but it was more of a jab at Gammons.
For whatever reason, Delcarmen hasn’t lived up to his expectations. I suspect it’s between the ears. But if we’re ever behind, he’s the one I want to see run out of the ‘pen.
“Schedule isn’t going to get any easier. We cannot drop series’ and go under .500 or Boston is going to run away with the division. Their healthy and firing on all cylinders now.”
Yep. AJ needs to stop the bleeding. We can’t spiral out of control, we have a tough schedule upcoming.
Pat, Ransom may have become the sacrificial lamb in 2 weeks when Alex gets back. The Yankees may have opted to keep Pena at that time.
“Ransom the sacrificial lamb with the 60 day DL move.”
And I hope he enjoys every day of it, sorry but that guy was pure garbage, the Yankees were probably going to realease him once Arod returns anyway.
Can’t believe we had no one better to play 3rd than that guy, anyone off of the scrap heap that can handle the lumber and get some singles would have sufficed.
Ransom showed why he is a minor leaguer. Honestly if the Yankees were to waive him today, name me one team that would claim him, they wouldn’t even for their minor league depth.
Sanchez DFA’d
Some folks on another board are blaming AJ for Joba’s issues, LOL. Burnett isn’t the first pitcher to mentor another pitcher and I think he’s giving Joba great advice. The idea that you don’t have to throw the ball through a wall is what the Marlins and Jays pitching coaches tried to instill in AJ and it finally clicked in with Halladay. AJ is not telling Joba anything that a competent pitching coach would not say.
I doubt he’s specifically advised Joba to throw 90-91 – maybe Joba is just having a hard time putting AJ’s advice into practice. It took AJ awhile to get his desired results…….Also, we really don’t know exactly what is up with Joba to the point where we can say what’s causing his struggles.
ZERO chance Joba gets sent back to the bullpen.
I’m just wondering, where the hell is his fastball? He seemed to have some heat in K.C., but nothing consistent has been shown. Poor conditioning? Bad mechanics? Combo platter?
“Joba didn’t need to throw 95 last night.”
boston dave-
i don’t usually like hearing the phrase because it’s so overused but the ball looked like it was “coming out of his hand” funny. you might have seen the same thing. it just looked odd.
i definitely think joba needs to be on watch just in case there is something there causing this . we don’t want this to evolve into another wang situation that started velocity and worked into something else.
personally i’m not going for the on purpose throwing 5mph slower. 2-3 i’ll buy but not five.
Betsy,
It’s unfair to be hamstrung like that. If Mo’s not going to be able to go more than 3 outs, we’ve got problems.
Anyhoo. Mo said last night, the 4 outs was not the issue. He’s very upset about it, and I expect a string of holy cow! appearances from him.
Like we’ve noticed Mo is not in late season form. Nothing wrong with that. People just need to accept that he’s human.
boston does have problems but there pen is not one of them..
they have a real good pen.. you say there lineup has issues I say you have a point..
BTW the yanks are not playing with a guy who in his sleep will hit 280, with 35 Hr’s, and 105 RBI’s. He will be back in 2 weeks…
the Yanks have answers to any pen problems so relax..
the yanks need to get wang, CC, and Joba going and then it is full steam ahead..
the yanks are in much better shape then last yr.’ jorge is back, tex ove giambi(no comparison), 2 guys in CF not 1(both big question marks), aj and cc over whoever, and many many young good arms for the pen..
All is well they blew a game they should have won, it happens…
Girardi is handling the pen fine. Asking him to manage yesterday without his best setup reliever and his starter only going 5.1 in a close game isn’t something that is easy.
He has given everyone a fair chance. Some guys have thrived in it (Bruney, Alba) others have struggled (Edwar, Marte, Veras, Coke early on). Coke is starting to come around and Joe is trusting him a little more. Veras showed good things the other day. Even Marte had a nice inning.
If we had won, it would look a lot better.
“personally i’m not going for the on purpose throwing 5mph slower. 2-3 i’ll buy but not five.”
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Well, I do agree with that. Do you recall what he was throwing in his earlier starts? I don’t remember velocity being an issue.
Wow, at Sanchez…….
Rick
April 25th, 2009 at 2:09 pm
“Scorecard sales will be brisk in Bahhstin today. Most of their fans don’t even know who their own players are until their somebody tells them.”
Rick, that is a tired generalization and stereotype. I grant you there are some bandwagon fans that jumped on board a few years ago.
However, I find that both Sox and Yankee fans are among the most knowledgable fans in baseball.
It’s a shame Sanchez had to go out like this. He was supposed to be a dominant setup guy and now he’s useless to a team that could use another bullpen arm.
Girardi having a “short hook” on his relievers has little to do with his trust in them, rather his obsession with lefty/righty.
Delcarmen is a Jose Veras guy. Throws hard can be good at times and terrible other times. I would take him over Veras for sure, but clearly if you are talking about the Sox bullpen it’s Papelbon, if Saito stays healthy, that kid from KC that pitched last night could be solid, Oki is done as far as being dominant (the two pitch pitcher with the crazy motion has been figured out), and then Delcarmen and Lopez.
Anybody want to claim how great that group is?? The difference is Masterson and their potential minor league guys.
Yankees need consistency
I haven’t watched Saito a lot, but the herky-jerk motion starts like a Dice K Nomo mimic doesn’t it?
Do you guys notice how we are nitpicking about the mechanics, velocity of all of our starters, except AJ Burnett and Andy Pettitte. Hmm wonder why. See my point. If guys go out and do their job, all that other stuff becomes pointless.
I mean we’ve heard about Sabathia’s location and velocity, Joba’s velocity and endurance and heaven knows we have heard enough about Wang’s mechanics and velocity.
Yet we have heard nothing about Andy or AJ’s velocity, mechanics, location, endurance. Note the differences in performance of the questions being asked about Sabathia, Joba, Wang and the silence about Andy and AJ.
Anyone know why they would DFA Sanchez rather than just put him on the shelf? Just wondering if they are rule bound to make that choice or if it is strategic ie they are they hoping that their chances of slipping him through will be greater if he is injured?
“It’s a shame Sanchez had to go out like this. He was supposed to be a dominant setup guy and now he’s useless to a team that could use another bullpen arm.”
The shame is that guy spent far more time on the DL than as an actual pitcher. Now you want to talk about overrated, he makes Ian look like Koulfax reincarnated when it comes to appearances on the mound.
Any chance the Yankees take a flyer on Vizcaino??? He struggled to start here, but overall wasn’t so bad. He had 3.5 scoreless innings for the Cubs before they needed space. Sinker ball pitcher. I think worth a flyer for a minor league deal
Are the Yankees so confident that no one would pick up Humberto, as opposed to putting him on the 60 day?
Fran and Cal
Very true but 60 days for a quad is taking one for the team in a different kind of way.
Sanchez never got over the Humb.
i don’t think anyone picks Sanchez up to be honest…he’ll be back
Where are the Scranton Yankees, that it is going to take Mark so long to get here? Or did they tell him to pack for a while and he needs time to?
Igawa gets tagged with a pair of 2 out solo homers. Scranton down 4-3 in the bottom of the 3rd
“Poor conditioning? Bad mechanics? Combo platter?”
All of the above, he’s not at 100 % so you’ll only see it in spurts.
As for Melancon’s call up, this is not minor league ball you screw up here everyone calls you a bust, I know he was needed because Bruney got hurt but my mind keeps telling me this is a rush job. I also keep on thinking what a humungous bust that Pittsburgh deal is and Marte should be traded ASAP, IDK package him w/ Sanchez and Kontos to FLA get yourself Leo Nunez or ship him to a team that needs a BP arm and get something in return, maybe Atlanta would be interested in doing a Jordan Schaffer for Marte deal who knows but I’d be ready to deal or we can entice the Mets Marte for F-Mart, get him out of here already.
Luckily, Sheffield has, for the most part, crashed and burned. Otherwise, that trade is beginning to look like crap on a stick.
I’m holding out hope for Whelan and Claggett, but Sanchez at this point bears a striking similarity to a big pile of goo. Dude, it’s called getting into and staying in shape. Look it up.
As Pete said, Humberto’s not injured. Could be the Yankee realize that he wasn’t going to realize his potential. I wonder if his weight/conditioning factored into his virtual DL status.
“Very true but 60 days for a quad is taking one for the team in a different kind of way.”
look at it this way… Ransom gets a big league salary for 60 days instead of being unemployed in two weeks.
scranton’s in Rochester this weekend.
“any chance the Yankees take a flyer on Vizcaino??? He struggled to start here, but overall wasn’t so bad. He had 3.5 scoreless innings for the Cubs before they needed space. Sinker ball pitcher. I think worth a flyer for a minor league deal”
Oh, hellll nooo, not under any circumstance do I want that guy back in NY. Their is a reason the Cubs sent his funky behind packing, he stinks to high heaven.
It is unfortunate that Gammons bragged so much about Delcarman.
He can be very inconsistent, but in 7 games and 9.1 innings so far this year his ERA is 0.00! So that isn’t too shabby.
I’m wondering who’ll be on the 25-man when I see the Yanks on Tuesday, here in Detroit.
Randy I ( The Original Tin Cup )…You must agree that there is some concern that Chamberlain hasn’t dialed it up to 97 or so….He needs to display that on occasions….I recall during the spring outings that the guns were reading 89-91 ….97 heat is such a weapon….Now is this the by product of starting role edurance or is there something going on…..I understand bringing it down a notch or so, but when you can gas it up at 98 + you dodn’t go away from that ….For all his struggles he has kept the team in position to win his starts….It’s a long road from being a 1 inning wonder to giving quality starts every 5 days…He’s learning..
green- I guess that is a difficult place to get a flight?
Can’t fathom the Sanchez move, considering how highly the organization regarded him and how often they touted his ability.
Sanchez was the centerpiece of the Sheff deal and a player Dombrowsku, as recently as a year ago, acknowledged he regretted relinquishing.
I wouldn’t be surprised if the Tigers re-claimed him.
I wish I understood why, if Cashman had to choose between two lesser evils, he opted to allocate the 60-day DL slot to Ransom and to waive Sanchez.
M, Sanchez is injured……someone will probably take him. Why not? What does he cost?
Bruney doesn’t have a personal doctor like Nady did, does he? I didn’t really care that much about X so I didn’t mind waiting a week for the diagnosis but Bruney is too important and cool for them to make us sit and stew while they huddle over his MRI results.
mel- Pete said Humberto is injured.
DT
April 25th, 2009 at 2:29 pm
Sanchez never got over the Humb.
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No question, Sanchez has truly been Bah!! Humbertobug.
So Humberto Sanchez DFA’d. He had such promise. Trouble is, he couldn’t stay off the DL.
Trades can be so hard to evaluate right off the bat. Sanchez was acquired, along with Claggett and Kevin Whelan from the Tigers for Gary Sheffield. It was supposed to be a good deal for everyone, Sheff included, as he was going to be “reunited with people I love” – Dave Dombrowski and Jim Leyland, from the Florida days.
Well, Detroit loves Sheff so much, they’re eating $13M this year to not have him play for them. Whelan has not snifffed NY, Sanchez keeps getting hurt, and Claggett, while he might continue to develop, got clobbered last week.
Nobody did well from that deal. History is full of trades like this. (Lest anyone with a short memory start to post nonsense, ask Theo and Boston about Eric Gagne.)
Maybe, Pete can shed some light on the issue.
Just to clarify, Sanchez was flat-out released, not DFA’d. The initial info they gave us was corrected.
“Very true but 60 days for a quad is taking one for the team in a different kind of way.”
Such is the case when you’re garbage, should be lucky he still has a job in the Majors.
If someone claims him do they have to put him on the 40?
Something tells me Melancon isn’t getting the Mirabelli-like police escort to the Fens.
Who is pitching Tuesday’s game is Wang is on the DL?
Pete better change that Damon to Ransom on the post, nearly craped myself that he was hurt now for an extended period of time !!!!
Bruney good news
Great Bruney news.
I didn’t think you could change a players status, ie DFA Sanchez if they were injured.
I wonder that to ks, I mean waiving Sanchez over Ransom for Berroa ? that’s not good on Sanchez.
GB or CB or anyone think we can swing this
Kontos + Claggett + Marte for Leo Nunez
Marte for Fernando Martinez
Marte for Jordan Schaffer
Marte for Milledge
Laura… Pete Abe’s been saying it’ll be Hughes. I’m going to be there; will try to post during the game but definitely after.
heres the solution
sign pedro martinez – he’ll take over for wang until he returns – if/when wang returns pedro goes to the bullpen to be the long reliever or 7/8 inning guy (depending on bruney’s elbow)..you keep hughes and ipk and igawa and jackson and larry, moe and curly in the minors where they belong for the rest of the year
if pedro pitches like he did in the wbc you have a solid pitcher with balls of steel for the playoffs (unlike wang) – if he stinks it up you cut him and lose the $5 mil you signed him for…if the yankees are worried about $5 mil at this point in the history of their franchise then maybe they should become the penny pinching florida marlins…
lets not make history repeat itself by bringing up not ready for primetime pitchers from the minors that aren’t going to do the job just yet…
Oh nevermind. I feel much better about everything.
This is why you don’t get your knickers all up in a bunch in the beginning of the season. We haven’t even gotten through April and already, the team has changed since Opening Day. Who knows what it will look like by the time the All Star Break gets here.
jennifer-Etch A Sketch loss
April 25th, 2009 at 2:32 pm
green- I guess that is a difficult place to get a flight?
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Nobody wants in and everyone wants out. Empty planes one way don’t make a lot of money.
Unfortunately Humberto is landing in the same boat as Alan Horne.
Both guys could have added something to the bullpen this year or going forward but looks like they just may be two guys who never make it.
throw Cox in there too, another guy who may never pan out.
Is there a doctor in the house?
What the hell is a strained flexor mass?
Sanchez was always a dog. He had that rep with the Tigers too. He’s content to long toss forever.
Oops. My bad. I thought Pete said he’s not injured. Last I heard he was at Trenton.
So, then, it’s clear that it’s a case that they were frustrated with his inability to stay healthy.
Some accountability falls on the player. You want to feel sorry for the kid, but he needed to show that he can stay healthy some of the time.
Was there a typo in the last update?? Whats wrong with Damon????? Does Pete mean Ransom?!?!? Don’t scare me!!!!!
“Damon hasn’t had an MRI yet but they’re convinced his tear is serious and so he’s on the 60″
get off the tall bridges. Pete means Ransom, not Johnny.
anyone think the Yanks will resign him?
“Laura… Pete Abe’s been saying it’ll be Hughes. I’m going to be there; will try to post during the game but definitely after.”
If it’s Hughes, don’t we need to make another roster move?
Pete…. fix the Damon thing.
Interesting that they wouldn’t wait for the mri before 60 daying him.
“It’s “mix and match” time in the eighth inning according to Girardi.”
Oh, no now Girardi will consider himself the high profit of game management in late innings and we will see more of the garbage like the KC game he blew. Girardi should learn the concept less is more. I shudder to see him mix and match with his little charts in the dugout. Enjoy the ride with that folks could get bumpy watching micro Joe.
Yep, couldn’t stay of the DL. Gotta cut his broken, malingering butt.
I mean, the guy was on the DL for four years. FOUR! Can’t have that, right?
Only years later he discovered how to avoid injury, pitched 150 or more innings 11 years in a row, recorded a no-hitter and won his team a championship.
Remember that guy’s name?
Hint: He’s from Toms River.
dt- Auh let them jump.
Pel, not sure. But Sheets had the same thing.
“Ransom gets a big league salary for 60 days instead of being unemployed in two weeks.”
And the Yankees get to add another player now rather than 2 weeks from now without losing another guy off the 40 man and a chance to re-evaluate their utility inf. position 60 days out. Win/win.
Not complaining just recognizing the move for what it is.
The Sheffield-Sanchez didn’t work out as either side wanted. History is full of things that don’t work out.
Great story – a reporter was interviewing Dwight Eisenhower about his youth. Ike told of spending a summer day in Kansas at a swimming hole with his best buddy. Ike relates that he wanted to grow up to be a major league baseball player, “just like Honus Wagner”. His friend said he wanted to be president of the United States. Ike said “Neither of us got what we wanted.”
Sign Pedro?????? Have you seen Pedro pitch lately? he was a disaster last year.
And he is not a guy that will sign just to pitch.
He’ll be back with Manny in Dodger land.
If the Yankees wanted to spend more money this year they should have just signed Cruz who signed cheaply with the Royals and he could have been added insurance in the pen and I guy that could have been as good as Bruney for the 8th inning.
Damon?!! I hope Pete means Ransom……………good news on Bruney
So now the last name for that Sheff deal to have any meaning is Whelan.
I guess with A-Rod back soon, its better to pur Ransom on the 60 day to clear the roster spot
Brandon….I’d say no to all of them. For the talent that Milledge has, something is wrong with his thinking processes. Ruben Rivera clone?
“Damon hasn’t had an MRI yet but they’re convinced his tear is serious and so he’s on the 60.”
This is Ransom, right?
damon??
I am still a big Hughes fan.
Pete said all Spring Training wait and see that Hughes will play a big role.
This kid is going to win people back, trust me, he has the makeup to go get it done.
Just look back to the few years of hype around Pelfrey before he put it together last year.
Well that’s good news on Bruney.
“What the hell is a strained flexor mass?”
As opposed to straining your mass flexor in the state of Mass.?
The Yankee doc must be thinking – why did I take this gig?
I never get a weekend off.
Good news on Bruney.
As for the Sheffield trade and how it worked out, it could be said that just getting rid of Sheff made the deal an automatic “yes!” and the particular pieces picked up in return were icing on the cake. I don’t know that that should be said, but it could be said.
Clagett & Jackson
“Brandon….I’d say no to all of them. For the talent that Milledge has, something is wrong with his thinking processes. Ruben Rivera clone?”
GB he’s HR derby w/ expletives, lets cut our losses now
Brandon, I wouldn’t count Claggett out, just yet. He’s at least a close mstch to Albaladejo.
Ransom has no kick coming — he got more of shot than he ever deserved. Grossly overrated defensively too.
the ones in bold i would do.
**Kontos + Claggett + Marte for Leo Nunez**
Marte for Fernando Martinez
**Marte for Jordan Schaffer**
Marte for Milledge
Alright fine GB, but Pleeeeeeease get Marte out of here !
Interesting, Brian the PA Red Sox fan. So Joba doesn’t excite you anymore. Shocker.
To be tired of Joba is to be tired of baseball, I think the saying goes.
It is good news that there’s no ligament damage. Bruney killed himself trying to prove Harold Reynolds wrong.
Hope to see him back sooner than later.
To those thinking that the Sheff deal was a bust, the mere fact that the trade got rid of Sheffield makes it a win for us regardless of how those other guys turn out.
GB7.
Hope you are feeling well.
Great day here in SAV.
-dennis
The Yanks must really think that Pena can not play 3rd base. But they never really gave him a chance. He didn’t play it in spring training and this season he has played there a few innings and never made an error or looked bad. I am surprised they are not even giving him a chance. Berroa is an AWFUL fielder. His hitting will not make up for his defense.
Getting rid of Sheff was the key to that whole deal.
He has always been a nightmare during contract years. Abreu had to play in right. He would have been a distraction all year. Was old. He was getting hurt.
The Tigers must have loved making that move and paying that contract extension,
Even this year they just released him, not to deal with him. Let the Mets enjoy him now. If he ever starts hitting he will want a full time spot, money or will want to be traded elsewhere.
Berroa should put some ketchup on his sock to make sure the Sox don’t lay any bunts down.
Brandon, Marte was actually decent last night but he just made one bad pitch to Youk.
Good news regarding Bruney.
And, could some of you please stop calling players garbage? In spite of the success or failure they may or may not have, and how disappointed you personally are in said performance, they are not garbage. They may play like garbage, but THEY are NOT garbage.
Done with the PSA. Thank you.
They should move Joba back to the pen. Bring up Kennedy.
“Damon hasn’t had an MRI yet but they’re convinced his tear is serious and so he’s on the 60.”
Good one. Pete’s like: been kind of dull around here lately. Let’s see if I can spice things up a bit.
“They should move Joba back to the pen. Bring up Kennedy.”
you are funny. the only way he’s going back to the pen if he kept on getting injuried.
NickSF-
I am considering a Yankee bet today to insure I am happy either way. That is Pro Bowl like betting at its finest.
Mel-
Nervous at all about the Lakers up 2-1? The Celts up until game 3 looked old and slow.
-dennis
What I don’t understand is why outright release Sanchez instead of just DFA’ing him?
I know he’s been injured and stuff but why give up on without at least giving you a chance?
damn. that Alison Larter is so freaking hot in that movie ‘Obsessed’. Anyone else seen the movie?
“could some of you please stop calling players garbage?”
Yes,I think *debris* is the proper baseball lingo.
Is this a consensus?
Foregone conclusion: Red Sox will sweep this series.
Nick in SF – Joba never excited me, but he certainly scared me.
I don’t think that noting Joba’s diminished stuff makes me tired of baseball, though. I’d prefer to think that it qualifies me as an astute observer.
dennis,
I’m always nervous. Unlike Detroit, Utah is NOT a legit 8-seed.
Utah’s a tough place to play. They played their worst game possible, and they still had the ball at the end of a one-possession game. Hoping for a different effort and better result for game 4. I don’t even know when it is, that’s how wrapped up I am in this stupid Red Sox series.
pat m -
i am concerned about joba’s velocity . between you and me , i’m concerned about anyone that gets a lot of coaching on the yankees.
read some humor into that, but you know what i mean. i like much better burnett ,sabathia, pettitte, and mo being ready made. they are what they are and don’t need much or get much coaching.
go AJ . we need his “A” game today.
They should move Joba back to the pen. Bring up Alison Larter; great curve(s).
Pete…I think you posted yesterday’s pregame under today’s lineup by accident…
dave April 25th, 2009 at 2:49 pm
They should move Joba back to the pen. Bring up Kennedy.
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No
“I’d prefer to think that it qualifies me as an astute observer.”
brian( red sox fan)
i think it shows you like to show up after a walk off red sox win.
i might have missed you , but i didn’t notice you on the blog when the red sox were 2-6.
>They may play like garbage, but THEY are NOT garbage.
Melky may everwhiff at garbage pitches, but THOSE PITCHES are NOT garbage.
dennis-costanza(sox fan)
April 25th, 2009 at 2:47 pm
GB7.
Hope you are feeling well.
Great day here in SAV.
-dennis
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Good afternoon, Dennis, and thank you for the words. Hope you and the young Ms are doing great, also. Have a safe trip back to Mass.
I was doing just fine until about 10:30 PM last night and at about midnight, I had a total relapse. I don’t know if I can survive the day out. Getting very dark…I see a bright light. Looks like The Mick, Roger, Lou Babe and Joe are waiting for me. (They probably want my beer).
Oh brother – Berroa at third. This should be an adventure. Why exactly is Pena on this team if he never plays?
Regardless, Alex’ timetable should not be sped up. There is absolutely no reason to rush him- he needs to take as long as he needs. I know he wants to come up and help ASAP, but a player always wants to do that. The Yankees must be cautious with Alex.
What did we do before google?
A flexor mass is the muscle group that stops the elbow from excessive torque and helps to avoid damage to the ligament. A strain is common in repetitive overhead throwers. Peavy had it in 2004 and missed 5 starts.
In other words, if you stop pitching when it gets “cranky” and re-strengthen the muscles, your odds of visiting Dr. Andrews decrease.
john –
yes pedro was horrible last year – but it was also his first year back from surgery..he pitched pretty good in the wbc…again if it doesn’t work out you cut his butt after 2 weeks…total loss $5 million – thats peanuts to the yankees..if he pitches anywhere close to the pedro of 5 years ago then you have our version of john smoltz and a “TAKE THAT” to the red sox…
if you bring hughes up and he gets lit up (a really good chance)then you’re looking at the very least another full year to gain his confidence back – probably more…
keep hughes in the minors until september – give him 3 or 4 starts in pressure free games and see what he’s got…we have enough of 5 innings starters right now – we don’t need anymore..
heres another thought – pitch up and in to youkilis his first time at bat – none of this nibbling on the outside corners just so big crappi can be happy…that and lets hit one of their batters first so that if beckett retaliates he’ll get thrown out..because you know he’ll be headhunting today to do what he does best and that is intimidate…
Melancon has “power arm”? humm
No pedro
Mel-
Me too. I was born nervous. I think the Doc cut my umbilical cord and then had to administer some deoderant..
Anyone else disapointed not to have the NFL Draft early in the day as usual? This would have been a nice “brunch” leading up to the first pitch. I will be watching the game with mute on as the Fox team makes Hawk Harrelson look well prepared.
-dennis
Damon is not on the 60day DL, Pete.
There’s a draft today? What happened?
Please have mercy on Berrora’s defense.
Its scary how thin the Yankees depth is. Actually they have no depth.
Tom in N.J. (#1)… love the Dante quote! “Lasciate ogni speranza, voi ch’entrate!”
“Brandon, Marte was actually decent last night but he just made one bad pitch to Youk. ”
It was a tease like Knicks basketball
Betsy,
I think Pena doesn’t play, because Pena was Ransom’s replacement, not ARod’s. Ransom and now Berroa are ARod’s replacement. So Pena is the utility guy. I suspect we’ll see more of him for late inning defense than we did when Ransom played 3rd.
Uh, the yankees have more depth this year than they’ve had in years.
Think about it.
Last year, who would have replaced A-Rod? Alberto Gonzalez?
And we had Phil Hughes and Ian Kennedy in our rotation last year…and Rasner as the back up.
I’ll take the 2009 Yanks over the 2008 Yanks 24/7/365
yea. Ali Larter is better looking than I had expected. My girl friend “made” me go see it with her.
Randy , I hear ya…..AJ needs to pound the ball on the rh hitters hands all day…..Lots of saw dust today from both pitchers…..One thing that I can assure you of is that for the next 5-7 years we’ll be entertained with the Lester, Youklis, Pedroia , Buckholtz vs Hughes , Chamberlain, Cano & Texeria matchups and who’s better….The Yankee Red Sox thing is alive and well for years to come….
$5 million isn’t a lot? He’s a pitcher than can’t break 90 mph anymore.
He’s 37, was terrible in the NL last year, hurt the year before, had a 4.48 era three years ago.
And how can you say that there’s a really good chance Hughes gets lit up???? Trying it also costs the Yankees nothing.
Why isn’t melky playing?does anyone know his numbers against beckett??
Betsy,
BTW, I agree about ARod. He needs to be on ARod time, nothing else.
Watching Lowell layout for that catch last night, well, it was both encouraging and scary!
Pete – thanks for the Girardi audio. It’s great stuff like that and the frequent updates that make this blog the awesome success that it is.
(how was that? I sounded sincere right? now where is that dollar you promised?)
Randy – touche and guilty as charged.
In some ways, it’s easier to post here in the off-season, when the baseball discussion is more hypothetical.
If the Sox lose today, I promise to post something in praise of Burnett (who I assume will be a majos component).
“yea. Ali Larter is better looking than I had expected. My girl friend “made” me go see it with her.”
Dude I saw Annalynne McCord on Wedensday, makes Ali Larter look like a side dressing.
While I dearly love Brian (Red Sox fan) as a person and think he is one of brightest and wittiest buys I’ve ever known, I also think that he has the ability to be a pompous self-righteous ass, kind of, (no offense Bri) and I agree with whomever it was that made the observation that you were nowhere in sight when your guys were on the losing end last night.
While I don’t particularly care whether or not you get excited by Joba, Joba is one hell of an exciting pitcher. That you don’t get to see him as often as you do becomes your loss Brian. I didn’t read everything you posted as I did a quick skim and rather saw responses to your pugnacious observation. So though you may have covered this, I would be a bit worried if I were you that your “red hot team” came within a strike or so of being knocked off their streak, and you came by the win in a pretty unusual way. Good luck with Okajema, if you haven’t already talked about his prowess. I know for sure your pitching doesn’t scare me, starting or otherwise.
I’m sure this is my “oh we’re playing them?” surliness coming to the fore, but Brian, wouldn’t you be happier spreading your happiness on Sons of Sam Horn during this series? Just curious.
Love to Mary.
“majos” = major.
Doreen, good points about Pena. I just hope Berroa doesn’t cost the pitchers precious outs and pitches by being an utter disaster at 3rd…….
Cano didnt hit a fly ball with a man on third and less than 2 outs and Mo gives up a homer in Fenway.
Thats the story of the whole game. Im not buying into the whole “sky is falling” attitude of most of the media and most Yankees fans you find on these boards.
PS. Im starting to wonder who I find more annoying – obnoxious Sawks fans or whine and cheese Yankees fans?
Anyone else having this problem?
PS. I grew up in the Bx and have been a diehard Yankees fan since my eyes opened back in ‘80.
Something tells me that igawa’s not real good. 4 innings, 8 runs (6 earned). The good news is that Scranton’s fighting back. Jackson is now 2-3 with an RBI double and hitting .425.
Living in Indiana, I have to watch the Cubs game on FOX again.
I’m so sick of the Cubs.
Good news about Bruney, calm down everyone!!! Alex is back in 10 days.
5 mil is alot for the marlins – not the yankees (it better not be for the price of tickets they charge) – martinez looked real good in march – i like to go on latest performance and not what happened 1,2 and 3 years ago – if he sucks cut him…if he doesn’t he’ll be a HUGE part of the pitching staff..
i wish hughes comes up and pitches lights out the rest of the year – enough that even if wang does come back he has to start out in the bullpen – i just really don’t see that happening – and he’ll be pitching against the tigers not the oakland a’s – i think its too much to ask from a 23 year old kid that hasn’t had much experience in the majors..
Betsy -
I hear ya! May the 3rd base baseball gods be with Berroa!
Eric Duncan adds an RBI single and now hitting .325.
Not to harp on a simple typo, but that really freaked me out for about 10 seconds until my brain kicked in and I remembered it was Ransom with a muscle tear, and he’s the guy on 60 day already mentioned. You’re gonna give somebody a heart attack with a type like that Pete!
Oh, you guys are talking about Pedro. Thought it was someone else because Pedro doesn’t look a day under 42.
After I saw Alison Larter in Obsessed, I went home and strained my flexor mass.
And I wish Beyonce was my fiancee.
On to more important matters than Brian’s feelings about the Yankees.
I am happy for Berroa, happy that we are getting a guy who has played in the majors and won’t therefore hopefully feel intimidated, and hope he can handle 3B. I just got in and came right to the forum so haven’t found the update on Brian.
Girardi still has my total vote of confidence. As somone (not I) aptly pointed out last night, it’s always good to try to lay back and discover if there is a method to his madness rather than to condemn his moves.
And as someone else even more astutely laid it out this morning (not I), in light of potentially not having Bruney, his attempt at winning last night’s game in the bottom of the 8th made even more sense.
Okay, fingers crossed about today’s game. AJ is my ace man. Here’s hoping.
I have a few functions I have to be at this afternoon but hope to join up before the end of the game. Hopefully I will show up and there will be Yankee reason to rejoice…
Indy, everyone is sick of the Cubs.
@kill.schill, that would be the famed Al Lieter. The next coming of Dave Righetti or so we hoped
“In some ways, it’s easier to post here in the off-season, when the baseball discussion is more hypothetical.”
brian (red sox fan)-
that we agree on. i don’t talk to red sox fans here on the cape about baseball when the two teams are playing each other. one side or the other is always going to be testy.
i feel good about burnett , but i don’t know what’s backing him. no matter what happens this weekend , neither team is going away. neither team is good enough for that to happen.
“Good news about Bruney, calm down everyone!!! Alex is back in 10 days.”
Since I have to get ready to go out and don’t have time to track it down, could you give me the news on Bruney in 25 words or less, Steiney?
Thanks
Between Posada behind the plate (never having worked with AJ so far this season) and Berroa at 3rd…. AJ better be on his A-Game.
That was a ’sense of humor’ check, Brian the PA Red Sox fan.
Fail.
Anyone else had trouble listening to pregame audio?
Sanchez released?
Wow they didn’t even DFA him. Must be a real dog in his rehab….
I didn’t expect joba to throw 98/99 but i didn’t expect 90-92 either…aren’t the yankees a little nervous about his velocity??
Melancon will don #39 for those who now want to run out and buy his jersey.
http://i41.tinypic.com/oigm84.jpg
Dave, 21 yr. old Annalynne McCord.
The Sheffield trade hasn’t worked out but it was a whatever deal anyway. The Yankees didn’t have a place to play Sheff and the Tigers picked up his full salary anyway. Unfortunate that Sanchez didn’t work out, but it’s not some huge deal.
Girardi is going to mix and match the 8th and 9th today to get 6 outs?
Out #1 – Robertson
Out #2 – Marte
Out #3 – Albaladejo
Out #4 – Coke
Out #5 – Melancon
Out #6 – Veras
And if there are extra innings, we always have that stud Steven Jackson ready to dominate.
“Melancon was not on the same flight as Robertson and Berroa as they didn’t get the news on Bruney until this morning. He will not be here for another three hours or so.”
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not a huge deal but considering the use of the pen last night, you’d think they’d just send Melancon on the same flight just in case Bruney had to go on the DL.
If he didn’t, you send him back. It’s not a long flight.
#39?
3 outs on 9 pitches or less? I like it!
“The Sheffield trade hasn’t worked out but it was a whatever deal anyway. The Yankees didn’t have a place to play Sheff and the Tigers picked up his full salary anyway.”
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It’s easy to evaluate now but there was a time when Sanchez was a top pitching prospect. If he didn’t have some question marks, there’s no way the Yanks would have gotten him.
High risk high reward deals, by nature, don’t always work out.
I’m glad Robertson is staying up. He has performed well at every level & hasn’t given the club a reason to send him back down. He and Melancon can give is a good 2-4 innings if needed. Eventually one or the other can be the set up to MO.
I think we’d all be pleased if Melancon, Robertson, & soon Hughes did what it takes to keep them in the BIGS.
Melancon will be there in time to save the game, striking out Pedroia, Ortiz and Youkilis on one pitch. He’s so good that the umps didn’t want to waste time having him throw 9 pitches.
Angel Berroa looks like 50 cent (a sr. citizen version of him I should say)
The Berroa jokes never end. Even when he hits 70 next week.
Very disappointed that they rushed Melancon
He isn’t ready for the bigs and we lost his extra arb. year too.
Berroa is 2-5 with a double off Beckett
what TV station is the game on?
Clever, m!
Why should the Berroa jokes end? He hasn’t.
What team will take 3 yrs/$12 million for Marte in this economy?
Game is on Fox
50 cent?
Berroa, “If I had a penny for every year I’ve been around, I’d be a berrrry rich mon.”
“Game is on Fox”
thx S.A
Begrudging credit to Dustin Pedroia. He absolutely bailed them out yesterday.
He was moving to his left on the second theft of Jeter, then covered major ground to his right in the blink of an eye. It was a sublime play, probably even more impressive if you were watching it from the stands.
One of the best defensive plays I’ve ever seen live was by Homer Bush, at a Triple-A game against Syracuse. He actually had incredible range, an underrated facet of his game. If he hadn’t suffered that hip injury early in his career, he had the potential to be a star player (was still a important cog to those Yankee teams).
Don’t look now, but Torre’s LA Dodgers are a very good ball team….Young team with a nice blend of veterans….
Isn’t Melky Cabrera 5 for 8 against Beckett or something good like that? Why NOT start him??
So Eric Hacker, Anthony Claggett, and Steven Jackson were worth keeping on the 40 but Sanchez wasn’t?
Looks like the Nationals found their closer
Are people really upset that Sanchez was released
That guy is about as healthy as a deep fried chicken sandwich with bacon and side order of refried beans.
Oh no…Sydney Ponson, here we come.
Jerry Reese – Please get us Braylon Edwards or Boldin today
Don’t look now, but Torre’s LA Dodgers are a very good ball team….Young team with a nice blend of veterans….
That’s exactly what we are a blend of veterans & young talent. Except we don’t play in the weak NL West.
Watch the sox pick up Humberto Sanchez and turn him into the best 8th inning guy alive.
Trade Marte for Lastings Milledge
OH I’d pee in my pants w/ joy if he got us Braylon and Darrius Heyward-Bey.
“Trade Marte for Lastings Milledge”
Like today.
Am I the only one still ticked off that we gave away yesterday’s game?
Raymagnetic: at least you get to enjoy that sandwich when you eat it.
Thanks for the update on Bruney – NOT.
Later.
“Am I the only one still ticked off that we gave away yesterday’s game?”
Well
“Today is a new day” – Nick Swisher
Nick in SF,
Very true and also very funny.
Can someone explain to me what the difference is between DFA and releasing someone. What difference does it make to a team?
Wonder what team out there could use Miranda? Since he’s out of options and no use to the big club, he needs to be packaged in a trade. Hopefully Marte can turn it around, cause with his $$Deal$$ we are stuck with him.
“That guy is about as healthy as a deep fried chicken sandwich with bacon and side order of refried beans.”
Damn bastard is eating and typing at the same time
“Can someone explain to me what the difference is between DFA and releasing someone. What difference does it make to a team?”
DFA you get 10 days I think to let teams take a chance on you via trade if not traded you get reassigned to the minors.
release – A team pink slips you to FA. Meaning hit the road jack.
To quote Warren Zevon:
Enjoy every Sandwich.
GeorgeinJax: Miranda is not out of options. How do you think they recalled him and then sent him down if he was?
“Can someone explain to me what the difference is between DFA and releasing someone. What difference does it make to a team?”
DFA means designate for assignment. A player will go on the waiver wire and if a team claims him you usually work out a trade. (you have 10 days)
Released means adios, goodbye, so long farewell. (like a free agent)
lets get this game going!
One of the real downside from losing last night, will how much more putrid it’ll be listening to Yankee hater Tim McCarver and to a lesser degree Joe Buck
NFL draft or Yankee baseball ?
You’re right on Miranda LEO, my bad!
However he is a very talented player with no available position now or in the near future on the big league club.
Other than serving as an occasional pinch hitter he has no role, thus we need to deal him while he has value
My TV will be on mute. I’ll be listening to Susan and John. Although their not much better.
I’m sorry I can’t listen to them. Only reason I had them on against the Indians is to see how they viewed the new stadium.
Harper M – I can assure you, you are not. I had to get the kids out of the room after the bases loaded fiasco for fear of collateral damage.
Of course, one game constitutes 0.62% of the season. Hell, the entire 3-game series represents 1.85% of the season. Looking at it from that perspective, I find it easier to mitigate the frustration.
NFL draft, Yankees game. So much going on!
I knew McCarver was disgusting. I can’t stand him.
So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, goodbye Humberto Sanchez?
NFL draft, Yankees game. So much going on!
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two words: Mark Melancon
“Am I the only one still ticked off that we gave away yesterday’s game?”
Try and find a positive and focus on it.
Mine?
The name Marco Scutaro is now one step closer to obscurity.
Also, Berroa will help bring some of that old Yankee Stadium mystique into the clubhouse as he spins yarns of lore like the day when his Pappy first took him to see Joe DiMaggio play.
The question isn’t will it’s when will Jerry Reese kidnap a player.
NFL Draft
One of the most exciting days of the year.
David Robertson being called up is a move until after Sunday’s game when the announcement is made that Steven Jackson goes back to AAA and Hughes replaces Wang in Tuesday’s game in Detroit.
The Yankees get the benefit of using Jackson in either of the 2 Boston games if necessary.
“So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, goodbye Humberto Sanchez?”
Yes Nick, can’t you hear the lovely voices of Marta, Gretl, Brigitta?
Oh wait, those are the three new dancers at Stiletto. Nevermind.
“two words: Mark Melancon ”
Jerry Reese
gotta love the Fox’s promo of the rivialry.
So in other words, the Yankees have no interest in keeping him. If they did they would have DFA him?
Jerry Reese got nothing on Melancon.
so that’’s it for ransom?Will be see him again?He has looked terrible at the plate and pena is a better pinch runner….
Um Who cares about John.
Uh, Pete, that does deserve an explanation…
Help! I just realized Fox was showing Cubs/Cards in my area. Does anyone know of anyway I can watch this game?
No I don’t wanna see you Papelbum.
Papelbon is so unprofessional.
It will be hard toi get over yesterday. Cano’s HDP was sick. Neither he nor Melky have got that killer instinct.
haha, Pete why am I not surprised.
“Jerry Reese got nothing on Melancon. ”
Giants fans would disagree.
They really should move Joba back to the bullpen. I would rather have affect 70-80 games than 20-30 games.
“Help! I just realized Fox was showing Cubs/Cards in my area. Does anyone know of anyway I can watch this game?”
MLB Tv.
That news on Bruney sounds a lot better than it did yesterday…
Let’s Go Yanks!
“If you remember nothing else from this blog remember this: Never shake hands with Tim McCarver if you see him coming out of a bathroom. That’s all I’m going to say. Just don’t.”
Oh. God…
TXYankee
Move.
Kenny R: A-Rod **could** be back on May 8th.
Stafford getting boo’d
I hate Papsmear
Word on the street is don’t shake hands with Alex either. or touch his hair for that matter.
Ist pick of the draft. QB Matthew Stafford by the Lions.
SA,
me too. I hope he gets prunk.
Ed – go get them Melancon April 25th, 2009 at 3:57 pm
NFL draft, Yankees game. So much going on!
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two words: Mark Melancon
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LOL!
I’m nervous for Marky Mark
@ Pete’s 3:50 update. Ewwwwwww. Just disgusting.
Oh joy my two favorite people doing the game. I am so thrilled.
SA, no worries. he will rock Fenway. hehe.
“LOL!
I’m nervous for Marky Mark”
I ain’t if he sucks it’s simple it’s too early for him.
I still think Cash is working on a trade. There are too many arms in the upper levels – Scranton and NY – and too few position players. Veras, Edwar, Bruney, Albie, Aceves, Melancon, Robertson, Jackson, Claggett…and Kei, of course. You have to do something with them, and I think after things settle a little bit, somebody/ies is/are going. Whether it’s Lastings Milledge, Elijah Dukes, or someone else, I think a deal is to be made.
If you remember nothing else from this blog remember this: Never shake hands with Tim McCarver if you see him coming out of a bathroom. That’s all I’m going to say. Just don’t.
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How did I miss this?
Ew!
Ew!
Ew!
By George I think you’ve got it!
Enjoy the game, will try to catch up via dvr as time allows…
And go Yankees.
man this is so unfair. FOX is showing Cubs and Cards
Ed,
MLB TV has blackout restrictions too. I can only get audio.
lets go AJ!
“man this is so unfair. FOX is showing Cubs and Cards”
just go get MLB Tv. its cheap and decent.
“If you remember nothing else from this blog remember this: Never shake hands with Tim McCarver if you see him coming out of a bathroom. That’s all I’m going to say. Just don’t.”
If that was a Fenway Park bathroom, he was probably standing in line since 2 pm.
God…
I just HATE Beckett.
Such a scumbag.
TXYankee,
there’s black outs in Texas?
Does Jeter not seem to be running hard?
Nice job Damon
Damon = Awesome.
What in the world are the broadcasters babbling about? I didn’t really hear boos for Tex. It was much worse in Baltimore.
mlb.tv won’t help. Blackouts during fox games.
Can those of you who are sociopaths please stop the racial comments? Enough. Go someplace else.
mlb.tv has blackout restrictions for games on fox
Rams select Jason Smith
Rams pick Jason Smith.
I love Swisher, but he’s not a cleanup hitter. He just isn’t.
It feels like A Rod has been on the DL for 3 months already.
Yes it’s a topsy-turvy world.
Most Red Sox are white.
No White Sox are red.
Only one Yankee is orange.
Wow, Im glad that Buck and McCarver aren’t partial towards the Sox or anything. Not that I was expecting anything less.
Miggs
Jorge could be cleanup, except for his disgraceful performance last night.
Wow lets talk for 20 minutes on the mound.
I’m having significant trouble switching back and forth between this game and the draft.
ryan- nfl.com has the picks and count down up.
Jets need to trade up and get Sanchez.
We really need to make Beckett pay for being a big cheat who avoids suspension when he so obviously deserves it.
good AB by swish right here
letting beckett punch himself out
work that count, Swish.
Good AB by swisher here…
GJ SWISHER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GREAT AB by Swisher!
Swisher bats in the first run!
Swisssssssssh !
swish!!!!
YES NICK!!!! EXCELLENT AB!!!!
Swish **really** hates Beckett.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgZi-zaOshQ
That’s why Swish is in the middle of the lineup. Worked that count…saw every pitch, and got one that he wanted. Good at-bat.
Swisher making me eat my words. I’ll take that every time.
Chance for a big inning here.
Doncha’ know?
A run!
Let’s get lots of those today
Great AB huh?
Come on Cano. Work it!
Keep the pressure on!!!!!
Let’s Go Yanks!!!!!
Big hit, very big hit, by Swish. Two strike rbi single by Swish, who has been slumping, and a hit with RISP a day after the fiasco yesterday.
Well there appears to be no hangover effect fron lat hight…This is a good thing
beckett’s @ 30+ pitches now, no?
miggs,
check out the video I posted. lol
nice power swing there.
Robi your ABs w/ RISP needs to improve.
make beckett work. we’ll get to him later. real good ABs from everyone right now.
KC Chiefs pick Tyson Jackson
Suazyn, for all her critics, makes good points. This is the time to get to Beckett, before he gets his rhythm. Go Jorge.
Got to get to Josh here, he isn’t sharp. You don’t want him to find it next inning.
30 pitches
Can they make Beckett pay? They have guys on the ropes all of the time, and don’t finish them off.
how many pitches ?
There you go. A 2-out hit with RISP. Nice.
Yesssssss!
Pete, Can we start calling Melancon Joba Jr? Just a suggestion.
NO hangover from last night. GOOD WORK PPL!!!
Posada making up for those 2 lester k’s yesterday.
nice job Po!
2-for-3 with RISP. Stop the presses!
Beckett knows Matsui has knee problems, and tried to sweep the leg.
Yeah, I’m going on the record with that.
An attack from Godzilla is imminent…
that was a sick change from Beckett
come on Sui
>An attack from Godzilla is imminent…
We shall wait for the sleeping giant to awaken.
Herm Edwards giving draft strategy that’s like Steve Philips teaching a GM class.
big play by Lowell on Jeter, or that inning would have been a lot worse. (better for us, worse for them!)
Well waddaya know, WOLVERINE COMMERCIALS!
Wow…Beckett looks really ineffective.
Need a quick inning from AJ.
Aaron Curry #4 to Sea
I dont know much about Angel Berroa, he was rookie of the year in 2003, how did he end up in the minors?
Beckett’s @ 36 with my count.
Pete, you should ask Josh Beckett to shake Tim McCarver’s hand after the game.
Look for the Jets to take a chance on Frederic Weis.
Let’s lower that ERA, Aj!
Bronx Jeers,
Hysterical.
What a gnat.
damn midget
Ortiz is listed at 33? He is 33 like I am 53.
Ortiz can’t run ’cause that fork sticking out of his back is slowing him down.
Big DPapi!
quick work by burnett. KEEP BECKETT WORKING!!!! i want to go enjoy this nice day, but dont wanna mess up the good mojo
Gameday agrees, those first 2 pitches to the elf were strikes.
Doreen, check out the pitch count for AJ.
I agree, I dont believe Ortiz is 33 for a second. Add three more years to that.
“Ortiz is listed at 33? He is 33 like I am 53.”
LOL, nahs..he’s like Berrora, 70.
9 pitch inning. I’ll take it
Ortiz and Berroa are actual descendants of Columbus.
I think they’re his grandkids or something.
It will be very interesting to see how Beckett does this inning. Does he get it together?
Got to keep at him, AJ threw a quick inning.
Jets trade with the Browns. Jets are now on the clock!
Jets trade w/ Browns
Wonder if Angel was so Fenway when it was first built.
Mark Sanchez is a NY Jet
I didn’t even get to finish writing “let’s hope the bottom of the order make beckett work”.
What are the Jets doing ?
Awesome….J-E-T-S….JETS JETS JETS
So they are bringing Mark Sanchez to NYC
i know a lot of you guys like gardner but i haven’t seen why…he can run but that’s about it
Dirty looks like a Jet
Fools these broadcasters. It was originally said Alex would be back May 1st (by his doc). The Yankees pushed back that timetable erroring on the side of caution to May 15. I hate when other broadcasters do the game and have no clue what they are talking about.
No way is Jeter older than ortiz.
nice DJ.
Before the announcement Mark Sanchez in the green room put on the white and green cap.
Having # 14 on the Yankees is the kiss of death. I think Lou was the last good one.
Jets traded up? Sanchez will be a Jet.
Gardner: Take the bat off your shoulders son.
Sanchez is a Jet.
At least they dont deny their crush on Derek Jeter
Hopefully this Sanchez kid is good.
That spiral in Giants Stadium IDK. Good luck Mark.
47 pitches through 2 innings….I’m liking it so far. Just keep attacking AJ
They also said that Beckett pulled back his appeal and served the 5 games.
Am I crazy or did I read that MLB lowered the suspension from 6 games to 5?
Yes it was originally 6.
I’m happy so far!
Jets traded DE Coleman, QB Ratliff, DB Elam and a 2nd rd. pick
m- yeah, so that would mean his appeal was heard?
Let’s get another quick inning AJ>
You guys are lucky that you can see the game. I can’t watch it on FOX because they are show CUBS/STL and MLB Extra Innings has a blackout. That leaves me with ESPN Gamecast, which I like better than MLB’s Gameday.
NYC is going to love Mark….I thought he should have stayed at USC, but he’s a Jet and that’s real good news….Now get a good reciever..
brandon- What do you think? good pickup?
Angel apparently can’t see Teix’s glove.
Jennifer,
I don’t know, Sanchez is a little risky. Spent a lot of time on the DL.
Berroa gets his first putout. Thanks to TEx.
I might have missed this earlier…and I know this is the “Yankees”, but did anyone see Tortorella flip his S%*# last night?
“No way is Jeter older than ortiz.”
Jeter birthdate is June 26, 1974.
Ortiz birthday is November 18, 1975 so that would make Jeter older.
m- Knowing the Jets luck, he’ll be a bust.
“brandon- What do you think? good pickup?”
It’s good, he has high upside now he needs a #1 WR
ray- That is if you believe Ortiz’s birth date.
Jennifer,
Just teasin’. Humberto? Mark?
AJ getting squeezed. Again.
Andre Smith looks like a big baby w/o facial hair.
Andre Smith is lucky…his post-season “regimen” was bizarre, and that’s being kind.
how many inches did those last 2 pitches drop ?
That was just NASTY!
i like aj, he’s nasty
Oh geez Mel, you made me nervous. I was asking about the Jets pick up.
Jets traded DE Coleman, QB Ratliff, DB Elam and a 2nd rd. pick
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Let’s see if Brett Favre holds a press conference saying he wants to come back bawling his eyes out.
wow those looked like 10″ breaks lol
burnett’s curve is filthy.
If Ortiz is 33, I’m the Queen of England.
If Burnett’s suspension wasn’t cut a game, would he be available today?
I realize MLB sometimes reduces suspensions but in a conspiracy theory, MLB and Fox really wants this matchup.
Just got in. Has AJ looked as good as that last pitch?
ray,
That’s funny that you think we need help with math.
Didn’t you know that the Yankees have the smartest fans?
brandon,
Is that the guy who made the bad decision of running his 40 without his shirt?
Ray: The circumstances of Ortiz’s arrival to the united states suggest he might be closer to 50 than 30
I was against the signing at first, but thank god we got Burnett.
Filthy breaking ball. Lowell had no chance.
Duh, Beckett I mean
M,
Smith is that guy…who left the combine…and yes, ran with his moobs hanging out.
wow.aj looks dominant
they were 10″ on gameday
m -
3 on 9 YES!
Jennifer,
I will grant you that there is the possibility that Ortiz was taught how to count birthday years by Tejada!
AJ looks tremendous. Beckett as per a previous post looks like “just a guy”…
-dennis
Oh geez Mel, you made me nervous. I was asking about the Jets pick up.
-I know.
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Damn you RAIDERS !
Great my fantasy cast is making up things again. They just told me that becketts pitch count was 55 and then magically it was 41.
Stupid Raiders…always doing something…stupid.
ump has a tight strike zone – but he’s being consistent on both sides.
That was the Giants guy
Ortiz was 33 when he was with the Twins …..
http://www.homeruncards.com/im.....-ultra.jpg
Miranda gives Scranton an 11-10 lead in the 10th inning. after Jackson struck out, Eric Duncan had his 3 hit and 2nd double.
Beckett’s curve is nasty. Just nasty.
Guys – CC, AJ and Tex were all great signings. When Wang comes back, and CC gets it together, it will be a FILTHY rotation. Remember, it’s still April, and we’re hanging tough. This will work out.
Joe from Long Island:
Right-on…
“Miranda gives Scranton an 11-10 lead in the 10th inning. after Jackson struck out, Eric Duncan had his 3 hit and 2nd double.”
just curious. you think they’ll bring duncan up any time soon?
dude, seriously..who would wear a Brewers jersey to a Yank/Sox game?
epic fail.
ROBBIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
“Stupid Raiders…always doing something…stupid.”
It literally makes no sense for them and they took OUR GUY !
jack biatches
robbie!!!!!
That’s it!!!!
Now, what happened yesterday? I forget…
Let’s Go Yanks!
OUCH
My 4:59 post was before Swish’s string strike 3.
Cano! He knew it was gone. See him drop his bat?
That swing was just a thing of beauty. Reaches low and away and just a solid rip.
swisher is very vulnerable to curves
Beckett’s a jive sucka
Keep pushing up that pitch count..
I think the first round of the NFL draft will take longer than the Yankee game, if that is possible.
I’m listening to the radio, because I can’t stand FOX, Buck and McCarver.
I know John and Suzyn have their critics. However, I’m listening to them give an intelligent discussion of the Yankees’ season to date, and how Bay hits against Mariano, etc….
They may not be for high school kids. But, for this adult, they provide what I think is intelligent discourse.
Is Beckett a “JAG”?
Atta boy Robbie!
Matsui was running on that one.
Nick Green can’t field, ahh the memories of him playing for the Yanks 3 years ago.
lets beat beckett to a pulp.
Now Angel looks like he is 46.
Dee
April 25th, 2009 at 5:01 pm
“Miranda gives Scranton an 11-10 lead in the 10th inning. after Jackson struck out, Eric Duncan had his 3 hit and 2nd double.”
just curious. you think they’ll bring duncan up any time soon?
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All depends on whether there are more injuries to who they are to. He’s not a real good defensive player at 1st or 3rd. He’s learning the corner outfield spots. He’s just now starting to hit with authority this year. He’s finally healthy.
Look at berrora!
good hitting AB.
matsui is running pretty good
Beckett’s pitch count has got to be up there.
Pete- It’s a good thing I know your sense of humor, re: Mark Sanchez.
Does Gardner look overmatched…like he regressed…not that progressed a tremendous amount?
Yankee fan and patriot Fan? Oh Pete, how could you, Please don’t tell us you are a Laker and Flyer fan too.
regardless of what the numbers and people say. Berroa looks like a ballplayer who can hit
Can someone please explain why Tim McCarver pretends to know anything at all about baseball. He just argued his case why Matsui has had problems adjusting to American baseball. Matsui was an allstar until he started having injury problems…not problems adjusting to the two seam fastball. What a moron.
wtg brett gardner
And Tomko gives up the game tying homer in the bottom of the 10th inning.
Gardner needs to paint an aluminum bat to look like maple.
73 pitches for Beckett and Jeter leading off the 4th. Setting Beckett to go no more than 5 innings this game
Nutball Gazette
What makes you think he is a Yankee fan? He is the beat writer for the Yankees, that doesn’t mean he is a fan.
73 pitches for beckett….
Ryan,
I’ve ultimately come to my own conclusion that McCarver and Buck just talk to hear themselves talk. Facts mean little. Their voices in their own ears and millions watching at home? Everything.
Beckett @ 73 pitches thru 3 innings.
Beckett is in the low to mid 70’s for pitch count
Thats why Brett Tomko can keep wishing he’s called up.
I’m rooting for Eric Duncan to figure it out. I don’t know what role he would have on the Yankees, but, according to Pete, the kid works hard. And he’s been at it for a few years now.
I know he’s been in the system for too many years now, but anyone who keeps at it, and works hard, should be rewarded.
Srsly what the is up w/ Al Davis he not only messed up his draft but as well as ours !
Gardner needs better at bats than he has had lately. A few more games like this and you have to think about making a switch for a game or two.
Eric Duncan is having a Daniel Murphy 08′ only he’s a better athlete/fielder
i love aj..
“Gardner needs to paint an aluminum bat to look like maple.”
LOL
that last pitch was a wicked 2 seamer. too high though.
Pete is a New England fan…..a Red Sox fan in disguise.
Hey All,
Any advice on whether or not Extra Innings would be a better buy over MLB.TV? I live out of market and want to watch the Yankees games in Chicago. I’ve done EI before and enjoy watching on my TV.
Thanks in advance,
Michael
Ellsbury may be the most overated player in all of baseball. Other than speed and defense what does he do well?
Burnett, 36 pitches thru 3inn
Burnett is the model of efficiency today. I don’t care about the strikeouts as long as he gets them when they’re needed. 37 pitches in 3 innings.
Pete ragging on the Jets…. hmmmph.
At least the Jets get a first round pick.
Didn’t the Pats lose theirs for cheating?
Oh wait, that was last year. my bad.
Yankees 27
agreed.
Also burnett has thrown 37 pitches….
The Angel Berroa comments about him being extremely old make me laugh every time haha
Jetes, 2 for 3 for the day.
Come on Johnny work the count and force him out of the game.
I love how our lineup makes pitchers work. And what’s really scary is we dont even have arod in the lineup. Swish, jorge and others will see so many fast balls they wont know what to do with themselves.
Jeter’s been playing well all season, but he always seems to play well against Boston.
LOL @ the Red Sox trying to make like they didn’t want Teixeira. You’re better than Rosenthal. Don’t tell me your idol is Gammons?
wow, Jetes getting the sign to steal?
Yikes ! Jeet’s legs are looking tired today.
varitek is so bad lol
im lovin me some aj burnett!
just catching up on the Yanks. Read the posts from last night and I have to say this.
Folks, this team has many deficiencies right now but the make up is far better than last year. I gripe as much as the next person but the reality is that they don’t have the “down and out” feel they had last year.
If they hold on today, they have tomorrow night in their favor and that would be 2 of 3 in Boston meaning they would still have not lost a series since Baltimore.
Considering they do not have ARod to protect Tex, Posada, and Swish, they are doing fine.
Cmon Yanks, lets get another 4 runs today and even this thing up.
Jeter should have been out by a mile there if varitek got a good grip on it
Beckett will be warming the bench soon:) Go Tex!
Melky has good numbers agianst beckett.Why not play him???
I don’t remember Beckett ever throwing this many curve balls. Looks like the only pitch he knows where it is going.
Damn you Oakland. Damn you. They took our pick and Crabtree landed on the 9ers.
Tex’s OBP is getting a nice bump today.
yeah jeter’s getting super slow
Tex is taking Giambi and Abreu’s walk rate. This will be nice when Arod returns. Never knew how patient he was.
I’m loving this 0 AB for Teixeira right now.
That’s 3 PA in a row, where Beckett didn’t want any part of Tex. Why?
swishers late on the fastballs and waving at the curves
John — I’ve been saying that for a year and change now. His OPS+ was BELOW 100 last season. The guy is Brett Gardner and everybody in baseball puts him up there as a shining example of Boston’s superior farm system. My contention is:
Lester — Joba
Papelbon — Wang
Pedroia — Cano
They have us beat because Youkillis is a homerun hitting all star but the amount of productive players from the farm are a lot closer than people want to believe.
Was that Jersey Joba?
Beckett is the only individual player I totally despise on the Sox, and I just love watching him flounder!
I just wanna shave that “whatever it is” on his chin!
Will the Giants pick Harvin? Is he a WR?
“Beckett is the only individual player I totally despise on the Sox, and I just love watching him flounder!”
you like Papelbon? He’s not as much of a jerk as Beckett but he’s #2 on the Sox as far as jerks go…
CANO IS ALL UP IN YOUR A$$!!!!!
not the most tasteful joke since she just died dude
Robbie!!!!!
Robbie Cano, dontcha know
robbie!!!!mvp mvp mvp mvp
CANOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ROBBIE!!!!! How’s that for that BA with RISP
Cano = clutch hitter today!
good lord Cano!! you have fire trailing you!
Cano, looks so damn good
“That’s 3 PA in a row, where Beckett didn’t want any part of Tex. Why?”
Sox fans would say because his wife likes shopping!
Rob, plus I love how they make it seem like he’s so young. He’s 25. Cano’s 27. The guy was in the minors for a while.
Go Robbie!
They’re hitting with RISP today!
Manny Cano
Robbie swinging for all fields today.
CANOOOOOOOOOO! Josh Beckett — the OTHER former marlins pitcher.
Cano hits a little bit, doesn’t he…
Let’s Go Yanks!
Robbie’s got Beckett’s number.
What an easy swing. Looked like such an easy fly and it just kept carrying.
The new patient Robby Cano. We can now call him Robinson as I guess he is now maturing. This is the player we thought we had, but I was doubting he could ever turn into
When Robi farts does flames come out ?
“What an easy swing. Looked like such an easy fly and it just kept carrying.”
It’s the Fenway Park wind tunnel.
hahahaha
Most hated players, in no particular order?
-Beckett
-Papelbon
-Youkilis
-Schilling (honorarium)
Peter-
This stuff about Berroa is great. I am reading the blog chuckling, and my wife is looking at me funny. Keep it up.
“Sad news from the world of entertainment as Bea Arthur has passed away at the age of 86. ”
Bea was my favorite Golden Girl. At least she got to live a long and fulfilling life. She will be missed.
Cano looks so relaxed at the plate, excited about this young man’s future….and other news can Gardner be delegated as the late inning pinch runner for good? He sucks
I just went to SOSH and posted a big
(twice)
don’t worry, I said Ray sent me.
Hey boston fans…. last night you hit mo. Today, we tattoo your “ace.”
Schilling, Hated Emeritus.
Just for Men must sponsor the Sawx. “Your beard is weird!”
how many pitches is burnett at
Best case scenario:
Hughes fills in for Wang and does fine.
What do we do with Wang?
For all of the talk about AJ toning it down and not throwing the fastball as fast as he can I’m seeing a whole lot of 95mph fastballs coming off his hand.
Pete your joke about berroa at the time of the Arthur passing is tasteless. You’re a tool and a schmuck.
I loved watching the Golden Girls.
Most hated BOS players
1.Papelbon
2.Beckett
3.Pukelis
4.Schilling
5.The Hobbitt
m-
You’re forgetting Clemens.
Burnett at 46
Big Pap-up strikes again
Pete is right. Ortiz is D.O.N.E DONE
David, thats what you get for talking smack.
Josh…
He’s got no respect I tell ya, no respect.
Let’s wait till we get out of Dodge before calling Ortiz done. Please.
Hey Pete, why all the Berroa age jokes? He’s only 31. Look, I don’t like him. Heck, I don’t even know that much about him, but he’s only 31. That’s not even that old for sports.
They should start playing taps whenever Ortiz comes up to bat. LOL!
I love when those front running sox fans get quiet. Love to feel their depression.
Burnett is at 50 pitches
Eric..
Berroa is almost as old as Pete.
My god if he can throw that changeup like that it is no longer fair to allow AJ Burnett to pitch in MLB anymore.
wow @ that changeup. that’s not even right to be able to throw that.
Gonna be heading out to see the AAA guys in Trenton. Enjoy the rest of the game.
Whaddayaknow Robi Cano??????!!!!!!!!
The Golden Girls is awesome.
Bad joke. Not nice.
Hughes will still have a pitch count this year, once Wang is healthy if they don’t need him he will go back down and come back up the end of the year.
Did you guys see Youkilis duck away from the curve? And then laugh about it. Hard to hate for that.
That changeup and curve to Drew were just filthy.
C’mon AJ.
lol @ mccarver thinking a fastball is coming
Burnett’s not sharp this inning. A lot of balls out of the strike zone.
3 straight strikes called balls.
well here we go
Of course Hughes is going Tues nite , who else do we have Buck? Do your homework.
Posada those are bad calls, challenege him. Posada’s pitch selections from time to time sucks. It’s to fine. When Suzuki hit the HR off of Sabathia he threw the same pitch same spot 5 times in a row.
i see why youu guys tune fox out sometimes..
You have to use height in the zone too. Up down as well as in and out. Posada doesn’t call a game at all like that
Umpire calls missed: forgivable.
Fox commentators saying bad pitch selection: retarded.
Damn…can’t let them back in the game here…
DP needed badly!
Afternoon all. Was everybody else crazy excited to hear Melancon was on his way up? But I guess we should be focused on this game, which is not over yet.
What’s going on w/ Johnny at LF ?
John…
I wonder if Hughes is lights out and Wang gone till the All Star break, what they do.
Bear Down AJ!
It was a bad pitch selection, 6-0 why are you attempting to be fine with your pitches, make a struggling hitter hit the ball.
Right here high fastball why not???
man Burnett has his curve workin, dont get on Posada for calling it so much
god, do we ever need a DP here!
At PC Richards !!!!
sit down mikey!!!
Nasty!
ok, will take a strike out:)
Then Hughes probably stays in. Although Wang injur is weakness not a speific injury so won’t be that long.
noioooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Why are these guys so hard to put away?
right over the plate…
yikes..
absolutely disgusting…its JASON VARITEK
bad pitch
this is unbelieveable. I’m not watching this game. Awful.
yeesh…
variteck of all people
well on second thought, that DP was necessary! oh boy!
What type of pitch selection is Posada calling here ?
Oh the indignity….a slam by no less than Varitek.
wooooooow
Perfect, don’t jam Varitek, set up on the outside of the plate so he can extend his arms. Makes sense
To Jason oh come on!! he is awful.
called that GS to my daughter.
these announcers are awful. Two of those curves that walked bay were strikes. Bad call by the umpire.
K was a little late, but whatever.
I wish I would of knew if Jorge Posada was catching today because I wouldn’t of started AJ Burnett.
Yeah can Posada be the everyday DH yet?
In fantasy baseball.
Burnett is nibbling.. and it is costing him badly. Those walks killed him. I hate Varitek!!
well you know McCarver and Buck are happy now, b/c they got the most boring game to call last weekend when we got wallopped by the Indians on national television. Now they have a game to call
Can we make the assumption that Molina / Burnett is a better duo now?
Well, nothing will be easy against the Sox. Oh the days when we were in their heads….the Sox now are in ours.
I’ll make the assumption that anyone is better than Jorge Posada behind the plate.
a lead is never safe at Fenway, bad calls by Jorge, here we go again
rob, im glad i wasnt the only one who noticed that. the curves @ 1-2 and 2-2 to bay were strikes. but w/e. we’re still up 1 and hitting burnett. no LOB’s!!!!
Like literally that was a horrible pitch to throw. You know he hung the last one you set up outside, your getting away from jaming anyone and allowing a slow ball hitter to extend his arms WTF ?
wish we still had homefield advantage like the red sox do. too bad the yankees only care about a wine and cheese crowd that doesn’t exist anymore. its really sad seeing a full stadium in boston and comparing it to our new pathetic monument to greed. can the management wake up already!
Rob NY — 2009 The Road to Redemption
April 25th, 2009 at 5:47 pm
Yeah can Posada be the everyday DH yet?
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Gotta agree with you, there. I can’t believe that Posada called for a pitch doewn the middle like that. Even a minor league catcher would never let a pitcher do that.
Third GS given up by Yankee pitching.
You don’t throw three straight curves trying to paint the outside corner and after not getting the call keep throwing it to the same spot. That is stubborn and silly. Worst case senarios are homers too, so why not jam these guys up inside so they can’t extend???
I am sorry, I have not liked the way Posada has been calling games this year.
They teach you to vary the sight hitters can zone in on. One wasted pitch up in the zone takes them away from focusing on the same spot. They keep throwing to the same side of the plate over and over. It’s very stubborn
I leave for a bit and now it is 6-5.
Ehhh, Burnett just did that because someone told him that people weren’t agitated enough on PeteAbe’s blog.
the nerves have returned, and I was enjoying a relaxing game
Burnett made one bad pitch there.
His pitch count will still allow him to go 6 or 7 while Beckett is done after this inning.
As long as Burnett can shake it off they’re fine.
AJ Burnett had a 0.46 ERA vs Boston in Fenway, that’s before Jorge Posada called his game.
Watching the game on mute, these announcers are making me sick.
knew this game wasnt over as long as posada was behind the plate catching…esp since molina and burnett have been terrific
“Gotta agree with you, there. I can’t believe that Posada called for a pitch doewn the middle like that. Even a minor league catcher would never let a pitcher do that.”
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It looked to me like he wanted the outside corner. No?
Damn, we really could have used that 6-0 lead to give our bullpen some breathing room. A 1-run lead at Fenway is not enough.
And of course Beckett gets 2 quick outs.
and this is where our offense predictably goes to sleep….
That is exactly why people have been saying that Molina should catch AJ and not Posada. Absolutely terrible pitch calling there. 3 curveballs in a row. Then a 1st pitch fastball to captain finished when they can’t touch his curveball. Posada’s pitch calling is a joke. Girardi has to pair AJ and Joba with Molina.
OK, so Varitek hit a salami. Why are you ragging on Posada for that? Burnett was getting squeezed on previous batters and made a mistake over the middle of the plate. Do you think Posada called it right down the middle? Burnett had been throwing inside a lot, going outside is not an instantly bad idea.
If Posada had set up inside and AJ missed over the middle, you would be ragging on him for that. When a pitcher misses his spot, don’t blame the catcher.
So we’re all turning on Jorge now?
Sheesh, that’s harsh.
come on Gardner, make Tito pay for sending Beckett back out there
Gardner looks helpless.
Can we make the assumption that Molina / Burnett is a better duo now?
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I’m sure Posada called a fastball right down the middle of the plate to Varitek.
C’mon, have some common sense.
UPDATE, 5:40 p.m.: Burnett got squeezed there by Jim Wolf. Bases loaded and one out for Bay.
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Bottom line AJ was squeeze, game would be totally different if the ump would call a game PROPERLY!!
nice. 102 for beckett.
Brandon If Melancon doesn’t K the first batter he’s a bust “I LOVE ME SOME ME !”
April 25th, 2009 at 5:51 pm
AJ Burnett had a 0.46 ERA vs Boston in Fenway, that’s before Jorge Posada called his game.
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Posada didn’t tell Burnett to lose his command.
Yanks win this game you watch. Still annoyed by the umpire behind the plate. He really screwed burnett against bay. These announcers are the worst I’ve ever heard. I hope they get a terrible cold next time we are slated to listen to them.
Also I thought about this in the 1st inning. Giardi should of played Melky today over Gardner he can’t hit a 95 mph fastball with his slap swing. He has no chance.
yankees need to put gardner back on the bench, he hasn’t shown the ability to hit major league pitching at all.
berroa looks like he can still handle a bat and same with melky, if those two round out our lineup the gaping black hole at the end will be much less
Why couldn’t it be that AJ just missed his target? It happens.
Why assume Posada called for that pitch? Is a scapegoat that necessary?
“I’m sure Posada called a fastball right down the middle of the plate to Varitek.
C’mon, have some common sense.”
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It looked to me like he wanted it low and outside and Burnett missed badly. I could be wrong.
Posada’s game calling has always been a bit questionable. He’s still a good catcher but his pitch selection isn’t the best. Never was.
Varitek is on steroids. It is very unusual for a player to have been so bad to become good again.
John…
I have a feeling Hughes will make it impossible for Wang to return to the rotation. If he’s on a roll we won’t remove him from the rotation and by then Wang will not have pitched for too long and his arm strength will suffer.
Here we go…as someone said, the offense will predictably go to sleep. Burnett’s “nerves of steel” will no longer exist. I know, I sound like another woe-begone Yankees fan, but if they lose this game, it will be even more crushing than last night…and that is hard to do.
Posada should not catch A.J ever again, 3 straight curves, did no once go inside to Youk, and when Varitek came up every person in the park was expecting Jorge to call a strike that would bust him in and go away with the breaking stuff. I know Posada is a far superior catcher to Varitek but whenit comes to calling games Varitek along with molina are leagues ahead of him
Someone used the word ’stubborn’? That’s the exact word that came to my mind after that series of unfortunate events.
can Gardner sit the rest of the game? Put in Melky, this is embarressing
I’m not going with the “It’s the umpire’s fault for squeezing Burnett”, bit. He threw a bad pitch to Varirek and it cost him, badly.
Joltin’, theres no chance they hold back Wang if hes 100% because Hughes is cruising
Or he just got a fat mistake pitch right down the plate, Rob.
I think I could have hit that pitch, lol.
I figured Varitek was done after last season, but it looks like he is definitely looking to prove some people wrong about his ability to still play. Hadn’t counted on any production from him this year.
i hate da home plate UMP
Ump is squeezing AJ now. Awesome.
Here we go…
“AJ Burnett had a 0.46 ERA vs Boston in Fenway, that’s before Jorge Posada called his game.”
Looked to me like Burnett missed his spot. Better chance it was a bad pitch than it was a bad call.
GB — results Burnett has had with Jorge v. those with Jose. Which would you prefer?
Correlation is not Causation, I know, but I think we can agree that the only reason Jorge is behind the plate is for his stick, and not his defense or game calling. That salami is all on Burnett. He tossed up a meatball and got hammered, but that’s not why I would prefer Jorge to DH.
Posada also didn’t try to establish the inside of the plate. Literally that pitch to Tek to a hitter that is looking to extend his arms for power, how about inside corner make him think they’ll pitch inside. That was just a horrible call and very risky in a stressful inning. I don’t want to rag on Posada but the guy and his game calling is just nonexistant.
Ok, when Varitek was up, what was the worst thing that could happen? A homer. What does he need to hit a homer, arms extended. Why would you set up on the outside of the plate to let him extend instead of jamming him up with a fastball inside?
Why when Drew is struggling to you call the same pitch three times in a row when you didn’t get the call the first two times and there, the worst case senario is a 3 run hr that cleans the bases 6-3?
It is calling a bad game.
Gardner is a pathetic excuse for a NY Yankee starting center fielder. It’s the harsh truth because he cannot handle the bat at all.
GREAT TIE GAME JACOBY HR
turning on posada now? hes been a terrible catcher his whole career…has no business being a #1 catcher just cause he can hit…molina 20X the catcher posada dreams to be
Yank ‘em.
damn tied up
Well I am out, here come the whiners.
Wow…they are now in AJ Burnett’s head. This is awesome. Unbelievable.
burnett with another meatball. or was that posada too?
Homeruns to Varitek and Ellsbury? Are we cursed?!
aaaaaaaasdfsdafsafdasfd
Yikes!
I swear the Curse is reversed. The Curse of the Arod.
this is absolutely pathetic
That’s a wrap.
Ugh
Wheels are falling off the bus.
What has happened to AJ? It seems like he’s completely lost it……..and apparently he cruised throught he first 3 innings.
Well Burnett has turned into batting pracrtice now. Especially when this loser hits one out. I knew when they mentioned how good his numbers where against Boston that it would be a negative in this game. It always works out that way for the Yanks.
If we lose this game ill be crushed
why does this have to happen every single damn time we play at fenway, just disgusting
why the hell is posada setting up outside for ortiz?
AJ should be calling his own game
Now they got to pull him he’s lost any rythmn he’s had.
This team is done, to say the least.
this team is really good…at giving away games
Wow. This is embarrassing. Just embarrassing. It was a 6-0 lead twenty minutes ago.
Red Sox struggle in the beginning, we struggle in the end. Its been this way the last five years. Terrible.
I have a feeling Hughes will make it impossible for Wang to return to the rotation. If he’s on a roll we won’t remove him from the rotation and by then Wang will not have pitched for too long and his arm strength will suffer.
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Not going to happen.
If Wang returns to being Wang, Hughes goes back to Scranton no matter how well he’s pitching.
Besides, that’s a good month away. Something else could happen (ie: injury to another starter) which could keep Hughes in the rotation.
But in a perfect world, Wang returns to form, Hughes pitches well, no more injuries occur, and Hughes gets sent back to Scranton when Wang returns.
It doesn’t matter who the Yankees get up in the bull pen because with Jorge behind the plate, the Red Sox will rock them too.
Girardi needs to admit Gardner just isn’t a major league hitter and he needs to be reserved for pinch running, he isn’t even an amazing defender according to UZR
A terrible catcher his whole career?
Is it time for the land of hysterical hyperbole already?
This homeplate umpire is absolutely atrocious. I’m not going to solely place the blame on him for AJ throwing those two meatballs, because really, those pitches were way too far up in the zone, but seriously, when you squeeze a guy like he’s been squeezing AJ, you really don’t have much of a choice other than to try to pound the ball in where you know it won’t be called a ball.
Rob NY — 2009 The Road to Redemption
April 25th, 2009 at 5:57 pm
GB—results Burnett has had with Jorge v. those with Jose. Which would you prefer?
Correlation is not Causation, I know, but I think we can agree that the only reason Jorge is behind the plate is for his stick, and not his defense or game calling. That salami is all on Burnett. He tossed up a meatball and got hammered, but that’s not why I would prefer Jorge to DH.
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That’s BS. A steady diet of Molina batting .220 year after year is not appetizing.
So Ortiz can go the other way an extend which is what he has been trying to do
“AJ should be calling his own game”
Aj can shake off any pitch he’s not happy with Posada calling.
Girardi should pull him now. He clearly has nothing left. Girardi will wait until it is like base loaded and then say oh maybe I should get him now.
varitek is eating is HGH-fruit cup
Has someone already gone out and spoken to him. he is getting very frustrated.
Oh I’m sorry did I call that one???
People bagging Gardner.well Melky stinks aswell.Melky always starts the season with a few homers.then he switches to automatic out mode
Cashman needs to trade Kennedy and someone else for a CF,then we call up AJax in september
out and low over the plate for ortiz……what in the hell?
I guessed he would set up away too on 3-1
the psychological edge continues
You know when Ortiz is hitting him Burnett has nothing left in the tank for this game.
Again girardi will keep waiting and waiting and waiting. When Shrek gets a hit you know you have nothing left. Girardi has been terrible this year as far as leaving the pitcher out to dry. I know he doesn’t trust the bullpen but when the starter has nothing left you have to take them out.
This series is turning into a nightmare. Now Youkilis is up.
Damn Burnett lost it real quick. If he’s not smart it could be 6-9 here
How do you look that good for the first 3 innings and that bad for the last 2?
Gotta get past this!
They need to test that apple sauce that Varitek was wolfing down.
Well…this got ugly in a hurry. Right now, I don’t see any way we win this game. Bullpen is worn out and AJ looks done. I know it’s early, and anything can happy, but really, I’m not expecting much at this point.
Boy the Yankees make you sick, dont they?
It’s called character boys and girls and we don’t have it. They do. They stand up to their opposition and dare them to beat them. You-kill-us, Pedroia Ortiz Varitech Lowell all have chips on their shoulders and since the Arod fight where Varitech kicked his ass it’s never been the same.
So for 3.1 innings, Posada calls a great game, and, then forgets how? Hard to believe idocy like that is allowed to go unchecked.
Come on!
this can’t all be posadas fault, AJ is a grown man he should be shaking off posada if he doesn’t think its a good pitch to throw
anyone who defends posadas catching abilities (lack of) needs to lay off the yankee kool aid.
Let guess a Youk the Puke hit or walk then Girrdi realizes that AJ is done. Does he sleep on the bench like Torre also?!
“Well…this got ugly in a hurry. Right now, I don’t see any way we win this game. Bullpen is worn out and AJ looks done. I know it’s early, and anything can happy, but really, I’m not expecting much at this point.”
Ditto. Not watching anymore. Enjoy your Saturday night Yankee fans by turning off your TV’s and going outside on this beautiful day!
Who would you like to bring out of the pen then? They have no long reliever
Or Ortiz is back on the juice.
UPDATE, 5:58 p.m.: Wow. Burnett has fallen apart. If the Yankees blow a 6-0 lead and lose at Fenway, the hot seat Joe Girardi is on is going to get mighty toasty.
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really why? because the ump missed calls that would have ended the inning? Cause after that AJ completely lost it. Yep good reason for the hot seat to be hot.
Oh and never mind he lost 2 third basemen, and his 8th inning guy. Yep Good reason, nice to feed the idiots on here.
Hard to believe ***idiocy*** like that is allowed to go unchecked.
Well, its been fun folks.
…a little too late for that.
It’s called IQ and game calling JJ and Jorge today doesn’t have either.
I’m not going to trash AJ today – I have no idea what happened to him after such a good start. I didn’t like Jorge catching him in Fenway for their first start together since ST, but I can’t blame Jorge for that. It’s just a terrible performance…….but I still think he will come up big for us this year.
“People bagging Gardner.well Melky stinks aswell.Melky always starts the season with a few homers.then he switches to automatic out mode”
I’m sorry but melky was never as terrible as gardner, even last year. Gardner practically K’s looking every other bat, and when he doesn’t K he hits a weak grounder
That last post was not mine.
That last post was not mine.
Joe ? You watching this?
There’s a chance we could get swept this weekend.
Game is over. Hopefully we at least win one tomorrow. Oh, how I HATE the BoSUX !
but jorge can hit!!! he must be a great catcher!!! come on people!!!
at least you’re all not watching the game with Red Sox fans in the other room.
I need to get outta here…
completely sickened to see this collapse. How does AJ just completely lose it all the sudden? Nice DP though!!
HUGE!!!
wow that was too close for comfort, looked like posada took way too long to release that ball
What in gods name has happened? Give a pitcher the lead and he gives it back. Damn!
And could this pitching staff stop walking people?
YES!!!!! Good DP Tex. He makes it look so easy.
I can’t believe it either, GB7.
It’s just incredible the stupidity that gets posted on here.
Yet other stuff gets filtered for no reaon.
thank god we actually have a legitimate first baseman
That was huge by Tex. Giambi doens’t do that. What a difference from last year.
whew. Tex is so cool on that play.
Still in danger here.
nice play by tex
reason*
Well see you guys tomorrow this team is giving me Ulcers, and I”m not ragging on Posada all I’m saying is that if molina was calling the game I highly doubt the Red Soxs get 5 runs in the 4th, this is just one game but it hurts if we ge swept so be it suck it up and move on. I’m just curios to see what happens with A.J and molina now
run boston dave run!
1..more…out
Giambi at first would have been a disaster is all i keep thinking when you see those throws.
They have Pettitte tomorrow who has bene terrible against Boston his last couple of starts. But then agan most of that was Manny hitting 600 feet homeruns. I am so happy Manny isn’t here anymore.
I didn’t see the pitchese, but AJ can’t lose it after bad calls and I’m sure he would agree. It was just a bad performance……and yes, if he didn’t like the pitches Jorge was calling, he could have shaken him off
GreenBeret, all the games the Yankees got blown out in, Jorge was catching. Molina is a much better game caller than Jorge.
Ouch, Dave. That’s gotta be painful.
Now’s the time to drop in the curveball.
Pete – Any sign of Melancon yet? Is he there?
yea manny isn’t hitting 600foot bombs anymore, but Bay is instead
absolutely pathetic
Good job, Girardi !
dammit.
GB — That isn’t what I asked. Would you prefer the results that Jose gets from our pitching staff in general or those that Posada gets? You can argue that the offense makes up for the lack of defense and that’s fine but don’t try and tell me that BS smells like a rose, because it doesn’t. I already know why Posada is our catcher, he is one hell of a hitter, but behind the dish he isn’t very good.
The 2 homeruns are on Burnett, I understand that.
That diet of Molina wouldn’t be any worse than the Sox steady diet of Variterrible, and they managed to get to game 7 of the ALCS last year.
Jesus Christ, I hate Jason Bay, and wish nothing but bad things for both him and his family.
you just can’t keep this team down.
GAME OVER!! Fox and the Yanks don’t mix!!
Let the Pollyannas say what they will, this is absolutely pathetic.
iM taking a yankee break. they are such a disgrace and embarassment/
Let the Pollyannas say what they will, this is absolutely pathetic.
This is embarrassing.
BAY… i hate him.
These crappy hitters killing the Yankees. Varitek Ellsbury Bay.
What happened to Burnett? Jeez…
if burnett doesn’t make lowell look silly he’s done
A hanging curveball…Girardi you think he is finished now….8 runs later?
Or not.
He has nothing and is tired – they’ve got to get AJ out of there. What is the point? Do the Yankees value their SP’s arms?
Perfect time to call for that, I love it. This guy does throw 95 doesn’t he? And has a slider.
Angel,
they are yelling into my room and I’m silent.
I’m moving out in less than a week otherwise I’d beat the crap out of them.
how long do you stay with aj?
Yeah, let’s just keep pitching to Bay with first base open. Because he hasn’t already killed us every single time. F*CKIGN RETARDED
Just a horrible job of pitching by Burnett today.
The Varitek and Ellsbury HR’s were on pitches that were straight down the middle.
Yeah it’s all Posada’s fault that AJ threw pitches straight down the middle.
this was an abomination
Wow…utter collapse. Unreal. This team has shown absolutely no heart and no ability to bear down when they need to. This is disgusting on all levels.
still got 4 more innings to get back in it.
I’m putting the NFL draft. Yeah this team doesn’t need Arod
posada calls an awful game, despite burnett just falling apart here
“I hate Jason Bay”
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I hate when they throw a guy fastballs who can’t hit the offspeed stuff.
th yankees are like murphys law, what can go wrong will go wrong and it has for the yankees, stuff like this makes me believe that the curse is real, how else can you explain how ridiculous this is
Gut Check time again for the Spankees. I’ll be surprised if they don’t just fold. Again, a team that starts the season with no heart. Overpaid underachievers….AGAIN !
And now we see how a guy with Burnett’s arm never pitches to less than a 4.00 ERA.
Damn. I have to say Joe rolled the dice there.
Looks like AJ got flustered. Emotional guy. Sometimes it works for you, sometimes against.
The way Jim Wolf has been calling this game – you figured it was going to be high scoring.
He’s been squeezing both guys. Somebody should tell him the entire ball doesn’t have to cross the plate for a strike.
I’m sorry but melky was never as terrible as gardner, even last year. Gardner practically K’s looking every other bat, and when he doesn’t K he hits a weak grounder
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Ya don’t think so?
Melky after May 17th 2008:
.239 / .287 / .293 2 HR, 18 RBI in 276 ABs
Melky after June 7th 2008:
.218 / .268 / .282 2 HR, 10 RBI in 206 ABs
Looks like the fox Saturday game is the new My9 curse.
Yeah, not worth it Dave. Hopefully Karma will make them pay for that kind of crap.
At some point you have to make a statement. Unfortunately, the Yankees have made two very loud statements of the wrong kind on back-to-back days.
At some point you have to make a statement. Unfortunately, the Yankees have made two very loud statements of the wrong kind on back-to-back days.
well, that’s all she wrote. AJ looked good for 4 innings but unfortunately, he is not pitching for a team that has hitting ability. Yanks need to look to tomorrow and try to get one from Boston.
I wish George Steinbrenner still was his old self. He’d ream into these guys after the game. I’ve defended Girardi since last year but his managing has been downright awful.
AJ deserves the blame for this, but how many high scoring games have been called by Jorge this season?
This team is a joke.
“If the Yankees blow a 6-0 lead and lose at Fenway, the hot seat Joe Girardi is on is going to get mighty toasty.”
Why?
Call up Igawa. he was never this bad
Funny I still think this all goes back to burnett getting squeezed by the ump and inning back. If that doesn’t happen, he doesn’t have to be too fine. I really felt that worked against the yanks big time. Don’t worry though we’ll pull it off.
I agree with Pete, Girardi is and should be on the hot seat after these two messes.
Way to feed the idiocy on here, Pete.
Honestly.
I call a 1-2-3 inning by Beckett. All of the momentum with the BoSox and the Yanks will show their lack of guts.
the Yanks are cursed
I hate the Red Sox, and why the heck is Bay hitting so low in the lineup?
If the Yankees lose this game, I will be sick. Seems like Beckett always pitches like trash against the Yankees but still somehow manages to win.
“Yanks need to look to tomorrow and try to get one from Boston.”
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Or they can keep playing today since they’re only down 2 runs with 4 to go.
It’s almost as if Boston is daring the Yankees to put forth their best shot, which is never quite enough.
Damn the Eagles got Jeremy Maclin.
Quite frankly some of you guys are just as bad as the bandwagon Sox fans.
This is a Sox/Yankee game and there is a two run difference in the sixth inning and the game is over???
No true Yankee or Sox fan would adhere to that in my opinion.
OK so far this season:
- Lose on opening day
- Lose first 2 games to crappy Orioles
- ARod surgery
- Matsui bad knees
- Tex has tendinitis
- Ransom sucks, then goes on DL
- Setup man Bruney on DL
- Wang pitches brutally 3 games then on DL
- Nady on DL
- Mo blows save against Red Sox in game 1
- Burnett loses game 2 with 6 run lead
This team really gets you sick sometimes.
Boy the imbeciles really come out in hoards when the Yanks are losing.
These guys will throw at us anytime they damn please…their HATRED IS SO DEEP.
I was wrong…for now.
I still think Burnett is going to be big for us – it was a terrible game and for some reason he just lost it. I have faith in him.
M, I’ll tell you…
Jorge Posada started 13 games this season. In those 13 games, Yankee pitchers have given up at least five runs seven times. The Yankees have given up, with Jorge catching, at least 10 runs four times.
“Wow. Burnett has fallen apart. If the Yankees blow a 6-0 lead and lose at Fenway, the hot seat Joe Girardi is on is going to get mighty toasty.”
Pete, you may be right. This team acts like it’s afraid of the other teams, and that is not Yankee baseball. They’re afraid of making a mistake, they’re pressing, trying to make something happen that isn’t there. Blowing a 6-0 lead is simply inexcusable, someone needs to be accountable. This team is not prepared to play day in and day out.
good AB Jeet. just gotta get back to what we were doing in the 1st 4. make beckett work, punish him for his mistakes.
Yeah, and you never see any of these halfwits when things are going good, Guiseppe.
Get something going here and get Beckett out
Wow. Burnett has fallen apart. If the Yankees blow a 6-0 lead and lose at Fenway, the hot seat Joe Girardi is on is going to get mighty toasty.
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Give me a break, Pete.
Girardi is not going to be on the hit seat regardless of what happens this weekend.
That comment is right up there with “the Yanks are a better team without A-Rod” about a month ago.
If the Yankees blow a 6-0 lead and lose at Fenway, the hot seat Joe Girardi is on is going to get mighty toasty.
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I’m sorry, but what utter crap.
Someone in single A would of hit those 2 pitches that Bay did from Mo and AJ. He isn’t a good hitter but when you lay meatballs right over the plate anyone is going to hit those. AJ clearly had nothing left but like Girardi has done so far this year he will leave the pitcher out to dry rather then go to the bullpen. The only time he takes you out of the game is at 120 pitches no matter how you look before that.
“Quite frankly some of you guys are just as bad as the bandwagon Sox fans.”
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ray,
welcome to the game thread. It turns into a cesspool the second the first pitch is thrown.
us yankee fans deserve better than this
Is there anyone in this room who didn’t think something bad was going to happen when AJ walked the leadoff hitter with a 6 run lead?
Sometimes you just pump the fastball down the middle and whatever happens, happens. Yankee pitchers don’t have that attitude. They do it with the bases loaded instead.
da ump called it fo beckkettt .. wa a bum
How could he call that pitch when Burnett didn’t get it
Captain – the bullpen is battered and bruised. Sometimes you ask your pitchers to gut it out.
LOL. SA. That was succinct.
Another strike for Beckett when the pitch is 4 feet off the plate. Love it…
o wow, now he calls a strike on the corner, this umpire should be fined
burnett gets squeezed three straight and beckett gets that bs on 3-1
what a GIFT from the ump.
I’m not liking how this game will again turn into a battle of the bullpens, when our closer is coming off his worst performance in 2 years, and we don’t have a legit set-up man.
The only people putting Girardi on the hot seat is the media. Cashman and the Stein’s are thinking people who aren’t looking to fill column inches.
Girardi has to leave soon. I can’t stand those losses anymore.
gotta love it
3-1 to Damon and he Beckett gets a strike 6-8 inches off the plate
forget all the drama, forget the details. if the yankees win one game this weekend, they are one game behind the red sox
they are not out of this one, and they have tomorrow.
WOW DAMON!
8-8 damonn yeshh
Johnny D !!!!!!
This and last nights game were so weird. Those calling for girardi’s head are know-nothings. Remember, it’s a marathon not a sprint. It seems like the yankees lose every series in the beginning of the year, then they come back and win 2 out of 3 for every series after may. Relax… youk and pedroia aren’t hitting 400 every year BOOOYAH!
JUSTICE!!!!!!!!
Positively Damonic!
Damon with a freaking payback!!
You know I just hit on something here…they hate us so much more than we hate them and it drives them. They use their hatred as a tool. We can not stare them in the eye and face them down anymore, just don’t have the right guys for that. at least not now. maybe this is their century.
oops Damon Hr, I take it back.
Love you Johnny Damon !! YEAHH BABY!!
Johnny D!
Johnny D!
I LOVE YOU DAMON!!
Thank you Terry Francona.
damon!!!!!let’s win this!!
I love you Johnny Damon.
Unashamedly.
god bless tito francoma
Thanks you Damon hitting against the Idiots….
there we go, lets keep it goin
exactly what i was saying we needed to do. LETS GO!!!
Both Francona and Girardi should be fired for this game.
HAVE SOME FAITH. IF YOU TURNED UR TV, YOU ARE NOT A FAN.
FFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU Beckett…
Nice move Francona – pulled a Girardi or Grady Little….
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!
Nice prediction by Pete
YES DAMON
Everyone back off the ledge. You whine about the team having no guts and heart, some fans are worse.
As long as they don’t give up, we’ve got a chance.
Positively DAMONIC!
HAVE SOME FAITH. IF YOU TURNED UR TV OFF, YOU ARE NOT A FAN.
Sterling: “It’s a Johnny Rocket”
Tex should be homing it a fastball from Delcarmen and launch one.
Giradi wont last the year…thats for sure
beckett and Burnett = wash today
I love how that pitch (two pitches ago) was in the exact same spot that AJ got called ball 4 just before the grand slam. I don’t care if you call it a strike or a ball, but make up your mind and be consistent.
Granted, it worked out in our favor, but still, this guy is terribly inconsistent, and I can’t stand that.
Pete’s a regular Kreskin I tells ya.
Pete,
I’m going to join the “are you joking?” chorus.
and we are back in business!
Maybe we can have scientist combined Posada and Molina into one lol, and what a pitching dual, what sport is more unpredictable than baseball?
sorry as I was saying. Youk and perdroia aren’t going to hit 400 for the rest of the year. So we just need to relax a bit and have some perspective. Besides, as anyone can see this game is far from over. Geez, Fenway is a launching pad to right field;)
>make up your mind and be consistent
#1 complaint by everybody.
“I’ll be surprised if they don’t just fold. Again, a team that starts the season with no heart. Overpaid underachievers….AGAIN !”
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You’re suspended from the blog for a week!!
We MUST win today. Lets go yankees!
And Eric Duncan contiues to get hits. He’s 4-7 with 2 doubles, 3 runs scored, 2 RBIs, a walk and a steal. Jackson is 2-7 with a double, 1 RS, 1 RBI but 3 strikeouts. Shaelly duncan is the big bat. 3-7 with a homer, 2 RS and 6 RBI. Scranton wins in 13, 17-14.
goes to show how crazy baseball is…most people expected a pitchers duel today and we have this…
I love how this “pitching gem” is a joke. Now the bullpens are gonna be so important. After last night, who knows what we’ll get. Will Melancon be brought in, in a tie game?
Hey, now Giuseppe has taken to bashing Pete. You really are an equal opportunity schmuck.
Sometimes stupidity just reins supreme on comment boards…after ONLY 16 games.
Oh ..now the same people ready to commit suicide are probably jumping up and down …Damon hits a 2 run blast to TIE the game. It’s FENWAY …no lead is safe
Oh ye of little faith …
GO Yankees 2009 !!!
is melacon goona pitch today because pete said he wuz sussope to arrive at liek 5 30 ????
*that would be reigns …
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no matter what the outcome today, something has to change with this team. considering 2008, after how many blow ups and choke jobs will it take for Girardi to be under fire? no matter how you slice it, the Yanks have underperformed ever since Joe took over. they need to get a good winning streak going, a good run, and soon.
a little high, no?
this game is not good for my blood pressure…goodness
Why is EVERY game between these two teams a PSYCHODRAMA?
dammit – Delcarmen looks pretty good with that slider
Classic pitching matchup today !
Maybe its time to give Eric Duncan a chance at third. He’s hitting 360, 4 for 7 today for Scranton. Get him on the 40 man roster.
So when will we see Melancon?
If he does pitch today, it will be baptism by fire, that’s for sure…
Let’s Go Yanks!!!!
Swisher sweets
Have you seen Duncan play this year at all, GB7?
Has he changed something in his approach? I dont recall seeing him put up numbers like his has so far this year consistently before.
And Eric Duncan contiues to get hits. He’s 4-7 with 2 doubles, 3 runs scored, 2 RBIs, a walk and a steal.
—- Well I’m quietly getting excited about the re-emergence of Eric Duncan. I guess not quietly anymore.
Swisher! Gotta get Swishy home
ZMAN7777 April 25th, 2009 at 6:22 pm
Hey, now Giuseppe has taken to bashing Pete. You really are an equal opportunity schmuck.
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I don’t care who it is. If someone says something dumb, I’m going to call you out for it.
That’s probably why you don’t like me very much because you’ve been called out a number of times.
People surprised to see Burnett sail along for 4 innings and then fall apart apparently haven’t been following baseball for the past few years. It’s been the guy’s m.o. his whole career and a huge contract and a telephone that talks Chinese aren’t going to change that.
On the bright side, he’s about due for a phantom injury and a month or two on the DL.
yo pete has mark melancon arrived yet?
swisha houuuuuse
Age aside, Berroa’s wearing a JV uniform today. The Yankees normally don’t allow manufacturer logos on their actual on-field uniforms, but Berroa’s sporting a Majestic Athletic logo on his left sleeve below the Yankee Stadium patch. (That’s the normal position for retail jerseys.) Guess the equipment guys had to scramble to get him a jersey for today’s game. Maybe the Fenway souvenir stand? I wonder about Robertson & Melancon’s jerseys…
See a high pitch
Cano come on swing at strikes…
How do these two announcers stay so calm when involved in a donnybrook such as this?
lol randyhater check out Burnett’s stats against the sox last year bro, get a clue
Some of you people need to chill and get a hobby…..Are you kidding me …fire Girardi on April 25 because we are playing a meaningless April game in Fenway….A week ago Burnett was the man now he is garbage….Come On there is 5 MONTHS LEFT and many moves and trades to be made…..If this was September I could understand….Too many of you guys want to win games 10-0 and be 162-0….Remember in baseball you win 50 lose 50 and its what you do with the other 62 that makes the difference….Relax
Every pitcher has bad outings. I just hate that our bullpen is over worked from the last two games.
Is anyone warming up for the Yanks? AJ should have been pulled last inning – does Joe want to blow his (and CC’s arm) out?
did he just say the “experiencd boston bullpen with okojima and javier lopez?
I hate how Cano has 2 great at bats then swings at anything and doesn’t run hard to 1st base.
Is Eric Duncan a late bloomer? mind you anything is better than Ransom or Berroa
Angel – Tales told by idiots, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
April 25th, 2009 at 6:24 pm
Have you seen Duncan play this year at all, GB7?
Has he changed something in his approach? I dont recall seeing him put up numbers like his has so far this year consistently before.
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Only a couple of games, this year on the internet. Two things are different that the previous years. He’s healthy and he’s not trying to pull every pitch.
i just cant wait until we get outta Fenway, i have a strong feeling that we are going to do some serious damage after this series
I think the Yanks will need to see a greater sample size from Eric Duncan than this current hot streak. Sure, he’s been the minors long-enough, but this might be a fluke after all he’s been through.
Please Randyhater – it’s one game and people (elsewhere as well) want to trash him and call AJ a bum. He had a bad game, a terrible game – he had to do a better job, but it’s still just one game.
posada chases one..
good job melky i mean posada at swinging above your head.
BUM
How many more years does Posada have left on his contract? Is it 2, can’t remember.
Grrrrr. Cano & Posada both fall for the same trick.
Add me to the “this ump sux” chorus. I hope he gets a bad review for this game.
if we can find a way to win even one of thses, it’ll be a successful trip. we were in position to win last night, and have a chance to win today. That’s all you can ask for…
Burnett has thrown 91 pitches.. how is that Joe blowing his arm out?
Unless the Yanks put up a 5 spot..which is most likely not happening they don’t have the bullpen to win this game.
Haven’t yet read a post but I just got in and had been in a restaurant where the game was on. Needless to say it was a very bad experience under the circumstances since the game was 4-0 when I got there. Nothing quite like being in a restaurant “behind enemy lines” and getting to hear the entire restaurant and bar cheer every catch up run and then the two-go ahead. Unfortunately I was on my way home when we tied the score.
I will now try to settle in and hope we get some luck.
Giuseppe, I don’t like you because you’re arrogant and full of yourself.
well I’m happy that my Jets got Sanchez so all in all not a bad day even if the Yankees lose their 8th game of the season, only 52 more losses to go until we lose the guaranteed 60 games that every team losses. I wonder if some of you will make it to 60 losses
Duncan still isn’t a ML quality defensive infielder. He appears to being really well (or, better than average) playing corner outfield. That’s gotta help keep him healthy, by not doing so much bending and stretching. always had back trouble.
Let’s hope Veras picks up where he left off in his last outing. This first batter will be telling.
Veras with a chance to show that Wednesday wasn’t a fluke.
These announcers are awful. Seriously, I hate when the Yanks play on nationally televised games. They don’t know anything about the other team, and they don’t know anything about the yankees. It’s a big joke. They use baseball cliches that make you want to cut your ears off. They are the polar opposite of insightful. They make me want to shoot my face, or cut my ears off.
I’m sure red sox fan’s feel the same way.
ZMAN7777 April 25th, 2009 at 6:32 pm
Giuseppe, I don’t like you because you’re arrogant and full of yourself.
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Good for you.
Maybe you’ll like me more if you had something interesting to say once in awhile that wasn’t completely off the wall and insane.
thses should be these.. my bad…
Gosh, I hope the Yankees can win this one. Wouldn’t want Girardi on the hot seat.
Strikes, Veras, strikes.
He did always seem injured, that’s right. There must be something to his perseverance and determination, if he’s stuck with baseball despite how frustrating it must be to be constantly setback with injuries.
Well it can only be good for the Yankees if he finds an approach for him that allows him to be productive. Has to be good for his confidence.
good start for veras
this ump has a strike zone the size of shoebox.
*snickering at Guiseppe*
Does Ken Rosenthal think Joe Girardi really cares about Nick Green? I mean, FOX is RIDICULOUS.
I hate the the way captain finished stares down the pitcher. It is very annoying. Like his looks at someone is going to help him hit. As he strikes out. It is amazing that anyone would throw a fastball down the middle of the plate to him like AJ did.
For a network that tries to build an audience by showing Yankee games every other week, they sure do love to pump up the opposition. “Whatever you can do, they can do better.”
Nick Green isn’t a better option than Ransom. at least defensively.
Greeeeat. Hit 9 hole hitter.
Where was that first pitch, ump? Wild Veras is back.
Nick green just took one for the team, move out the way man
Guess Veras’ last performance was a fluke.
Ehh, Buck and McCarver just need something to talk about, John.
Because of that, they frequently say stupid things.
How many of these hits on the wall would be hits at the stadium.
Well the regular Veras that stinks has returned. If noodle arm isn’t in LF the runner is out.
Team full of choke artists.. ahhh money well spent
yea it really is funny how FOX loves to bash the yankees, but without them no one would watch their pathetic saturday broadcasts
yikes
let’s see if he calls or the same pitch same spot again
That tendency to say stupid things to fill airtime also extends to Ken Rosenthal.
The Yankees need to score at least 4 runs in this game to have any chance of winning it, because right now the Suxs bullpen is far Superior to ours!
I wonder if the Yanks ever tried to change Veras mechanics? He is all over the place. He really should be in the minors but he has no options yet.
joe buck is by far the worse, talk about riding your fathers coattails
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Please tell me you just forgot the wink on the Girardi hot seat comment.
These announcers are like listening to my sister speak about baseball. And she doesn’t follow it.
k, hbp, 2b, BB = Veras
There wasn’t even a shot that Veras was going to get Pedroia out. He is all over the place, and “CaptainsCorner” you’re right..his mechanics are absurd.
These 2 weeks are going to be BRUTAL without Bruney. The rest of their bullpen besides Coke is all AAA guys.
Okay, big spot for Phil Coke.
If you don’t like the announcers mute the television.
Wow – Yankee bullpen is horrendous…
Angel – Tales told by idiots, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
April 25th, 2009 at 6:36 pm
He did always seem injured, that’s right. There must be something to his perseverance and determination, if he’s stuck with baseball despite how frustrating it must be to be constantly setback with injuries.
Well it can only be good for the Yankees if he finds an approach for him that allows him to be productive. Has to be good for his confidence.
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At one time early in his career, he had kind of a corkscrew type stance, much like Mattingly’s. It’s the same sort of thing that lead to back problems for both players. Now, he’s more straight up and hitting the ball everywhere. Hopefully, that’s the key to his emergence as a hitter. From what I’ve seen, it’s a strong, level swing, though he still strikes out a bit too much…nothing like before, though.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but wasn’t the bullpen supposed to be a “strength” based off of last year’s performance?
Trevor I did that. But if you want to defend the schmucks who were trying to compare someone or something to frank sinatra be my guess.
Why can’t Cashman construct a decent bench and pen? He has the most resources in the game – why didn’t we take a flier on Saito or trade some of this excess AAAA pitching some something of value? Instead we have to watch Veras and Marte suck daily.
Tough spot for Coke here.
I’m closing my eyes
Well our Bulpen is getting worked over
I can’t wait until the Yanks get out of Boston. I want to see Melancon pitch and see what he can do.
Veras has always stunk…he is the right handed Felix Heredia
Is Coke going to be suspended for that pitch? lol
Boof,
Good analogy. I hated Heredia.
two good pitchers in the bullpen, Robertson and Melancon, I bet neither gets in to the game until it is lost.
pat,
Didn’t think one was necessary.
No walks!! Make him beat you damnit.
Dustin what an idiot
Folks:
Please don’t post in all caps. Please don’t post that somebody sucks. We’re all watching the game, we know.
If you are too simple-minded to make a salient point, don’t post.
Thanks.
good job there phil
“thats a bad baserunning play by Dustin Perdroia”
These announcers are astute!!! Shoot me please.
Too bad Jeter didn’t push his BFF down on that play.
HBP came back to bite.
Hey pete, Calling someone an idiot and then miss spelling = classic
dumb play by the leprechaun with Youk coming up next.
Coke gets it done. The kid is a keeper, he certainly doesn’t get rattled. 1 run game
im surprised that McCarver said anything bad at all about Pedroia, hes been riding his sack for 2 years
Not the smartest base running move by Pedroia. Not often that he pulls a rock on the field.
what a gay Dunkin Donut commercial!!
Correct me if I’m wrong, but wasn’t the bullpen supposed to be a “strength” based off of last year’s performance?
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Based off whose performance? Theirs or the starting pitchings? Because this year the starting pitching has forced the overuse of the bullpen early in the year.
That was probably the best that could be expected…
Veras hitting Green on the 1-2 pitch really hurt.
nm i’m the idiot.
Smurfy gets tagged out..The bullpen has been a man or 2 short for the last couple of years. From bad relievers to people Cash took flyers on that everyone in America knew wouldn’t be good here. Like Farns and Hawkins. Every off season Cash either spends time on the offense or starting pitching NEVER the bullpen. That is why it has been so bad.
This game better not come down to Nick Green getting hit by a pitch and scoring the winning run.
pinch-runner, please?
Don’t worry guys we have out amazing part of our line-up comming up, the cant buy a hit GGBG, and our 50 year old 3rd baseman
Pedroia should use rogaine.
Just a gutless performance by AJ
This is like Brown/Vasquez in game 7.
The Yankees are going to win this.
Even if the Yankees lose here today I’m pretty sure that the season series will end somewhere in the neighborhood of 10-9 or maybe 11-8, in our favor. Players more often than not will play to their baseball cards and the Yankees will win 95 games (+)(-) 5.
Is it possible some of your comments aided in whipping the caps typing posters into a bit of a frenzy?
Why can this team not get a proper bunt down. Gardner last night as well
Of course Berroa can’t lay down the bunt. Why should we expect anything different?
Why isn’t Melky running for Matsui? Let me guess Girardi needs him to play defense for Swisher. I hope he stops doing that it makes no sense.
Our lineup is not deep after posada.
Pete we need more Berroa jokes. SEriously they are pretty funny
AHYAYAYAYA>…McCarver just said Berrora was the ROY in 1973.
this game could go 4 hours!
The yankees need another bat other than AROD
even McCarver thinks Berrora is old, he just said he won the ROY in 1973
That would actually make Berrora in his 50’s. Pete’s jokes are catching on.
gardner might as well bunt here
I miss the days when the Yankees’ lineup used to have good hitters from top to bottom.
I wouldn’t mind so much if the Yanks sacrificed a little offense for defense, but our offense has declined since 2007, and our D hasn’t really gotten better either.
Wow, Pete. Did you just hand McCarver that old Berroa 1973 joke?
If you did I hope you washed your hands afterwards.
Melky should’ve pinch-hit for Gardner.
Yeah… it’s Girardi’s fault that AJ and the entire team have no guts
Give me a break. These high priced mercenaries just melt in the NY spotlight.
Just a gutless performance by AJ
This is like Brown/Vasquez in game 7.
Are you kidding me…Beckett gave up 8 runs also…..bet you would love to have him on the Yanks….Chill people Chill
what is gardner looking for exactly???
Like Gardner and the girl swing has a chance to hit a hard throwing pitcher..It’s funny when he attempts to hit. Keep taking pitches right down the middle…
Hopefully Gardner will just K and not GIDP.
John,
A walk.
Looks like the hip replacement working out well for Berroa, scooting back to 1B.
Seriously – Gardner is a 5th OF/PR. What is he doing as out starting CF??
This is why we should have gotten Derek Lowe
A clutch performer who has a track record in big games. One less year too.
AJ has never pitched a big game in his life.
Not that I would advocate it here, but has Girardi used the hit and run at all this season?
I feel like even the 2007, who led the league in runs, played more small ball than this team.
brett has 3 walks this year, why does he choose to sit on so many pitches to hit??? Please get on for a change
run scoring double here
Wow! I stand corrected
Bret “The Hitman” Gardner lets do this!!! Good hit and run
Way to go CSI Gardner!!!!!
ill still take it!!!
Jeter better not hit into a DP.
I am just thinking about the 2 morons that are announcing tomorrow night too…jeez…I don’t know which pair is worse? McCarver/Buck or Morgan/Miller?
Hey look, a hit and run!
Btw, I forgot Berroa had replaced Matsui at 3B, which is why I originally said I didn’t advocate a hit and run in this spot.
Tex will win this game for us!
I miss the days when the Yankees’ lineup used to have good hitters from top to bottom.
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Seems like the offense hasn’t really been a big issue. They’ve scored at least 4 runs in every game but one and have scored 8 runs today off Josh Beckett.
Besides, it’s tough to anticipate losing A-Rod and Nady over the winter.
I’m pleased that Brett got on base but that at bat was horrible. He was lucky to get that hit, he looks so over-matched it’s scary.
Well Captain please no DP!
Thank God.
Now if we can jsut plate a run if would be great.
PLEASE NO DP!
Let me guess here is Captain DP….
Did Berroa really have a hip replacement?
Come on Sac Fly Derek.
Gardner should take 2nd
Come on Jeets.
Pleeeaaaseee.
Nice hit & run by the dynamic duo.
Gardner needs to try and steal 2nd…
Gardner should run, no dp please
Of course Jeter will K here…
Steal 2nd so he doesn’t GIDP!!
let brett run, varitek can’t throw out runners
Teams don’t blow games like they did yesterday and recover, especially against a good team like Boston.
In 07, MO blew the save in the series opener and we proceeded to get swept.
That’s why Girardi used MO for 4 outs… he knew how big it was to get that first one.
I’ll take a fly ball….just no freakin DP’s.
That’s a lot of venom for Burnett. He got tattooed in the last two innings he pitched but he was due for a clunker. Maybe I am just a Burnett fan the way I was a Farnsworth fan and I’ll have to go down with the ship but I still am on his bandwagon and think ‘with his stuff he can be a great pitcher for this team.’
Silly Varitek Jeter isn’t Melky, he wont swing at balls over his head.
Gardner needs to steal here. The chances of Jeter hitting into a DP is higher than the chances of Varitek throwing out Gardner.
why not take 2nd?
Beauty
C’mon Jeeetah!
Good job by Gardner. Jeter needs a fly ball otherwise it is Damon against the lefty and that will be a hard at bat.
Nice job, Gardner. Now get the run(s) home.
drive them in!!!!
Base hit here would be great!
Swung at ball 4 brutal
Damnit
Of COURSE he Ks….
Thanks for that info on Duncan, GB. Interesting and appreciated.
Ouch Jeets.
captain choke
just wow
Oki sucks, come on Johnny, sit on your pitch with him
Some patience from Jeter EVER would be nice…A leadoff hitter is supposed to take pitches or walk when the 3-2 pitch is in the dirt.
Delcarmen is nasty, wish he was in our bullpen lol. Lets hope Melancon turns out to be our Delcarmen.
Does anyone call the high fastball more than Varitek?
a clutch hit would have been nice but i guess thats asking to much as a yankee fan
What has happened to the Yankees team that can’t score runs when they need them? Critical hit here or there is absent, for what seems like since 2004. Just amazing.
I’d kind of like to know what in God’s name Jeter was swinging at. That was just…ew.
just walk.
just walk.
just walk.
Horrible swing by Jeter. Need a big hit by Damon.
Maybe something will happen where Beroa can steal home…
Did everyone just read Beckett’s lips on Damon’s HR?
A hit wasnt even necessary. A ground ball to the right side, or a fly ball would have done fine. Damon already did his damage for the day.
Mark-Cant Touch This (from I Phone)
April 25th, 2009 at 7:06 pm
“Delcarmen is nasty, wish he was in our bullpen lol. Lets hope Melancon turns out to be our Delcarmen.”
Peter Gammons, is that you writing as Mark??
OHHH BABY!!!!!
Poor Dustin
The NY Giants select Hakeem Nicks
Down goes the elf lol
TAKE THAT LEPRECHAUN
Defense won the game for the Sox yesterday, it could lose the game for them today!
Pete,
Do the rules about calling people names apply to the ump?
Yeah, Damon!!! Errr, Pedroia?
Thank you Bill Buckner!!
Thank you Bill Buckner!!
A bit of luck!! Nice play MVP!!
Thank you Smurfy….The little man who couldn’t
MVP!!
Pedroia’s Bill Buckner moment?
Wahoo!!
Sheesh, this game is your typical Red Sox vs Yankees back and forth rollercoaster.
The G-Men select WR Hakeem Nicks.
McCarver is a f’ing idiot.Suggests Girardi could pinch Melky for Damon…Wow!!
omg that is just embarrassing
WOW!!! Pedroia having a tough inning and a half.
That was gift from god.
THANK YOU GOD IN HEAVEN!!!!!
THANK YOU BASEBALL GODS!!!!!
THANK YOU, THE SPEED OF BERROA AND GARDNER!!!!!
Just, well, thank you!
This is turning into a high school game. For the love of Babe Ruth, does no one have pitching this year.
Did they resign Buckner to play second base? Cause…you know…
Yeah, I took the easy joke. Sue me.
Sending her thanks to the Keebler Elf for that little lapse.
How big is A-Rod going to be when he comes back and they can no longer pitch around Tex?
I know I’m the joykill…but who pitches the next couple of innings?
game not over get some more here.
The Hobbitt is having an off day.
thanks mr. mvp
Stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid
ignore that baserunning gaffe we just need to SHUT these bums down now
And there is a play to solidify my point. All baseball knowledge is gone, this is like watching the game in the movie Sandlot.
Damon giveth, and Damon taketh away
More, more !…
Errr. Never mind. Baserunning gaffe.
Yeah, to Brett Stinkin’ Gardner for keying that inning.
i don’t have words to describe that, what the hell was he thinking???
And, now Damon puuls a rock on the bases. something is haunting this ball park. Not many clean games when these two teams play.
Ok as Damon falls asleep….With this bullpen that was a move that can not happen.
lol, I think the giveth aspect is more important. Seeing as he’s giveth twice today.
Tough to get a ball to go under leprechaun’s glove – he only has three inches to bend over.
well can’t get mad at Damon, he’s drove in the last 4 runs but can our bullpen actually hold them?
2 outs, there is no way you take the bat out of Swishers hands. UUUggggghhhhh. That was worse than the Pedroia play. It’s not like it’s a hit and run or you want to steal, it gets you nothing.
We took Hakeem Nicks? His prospect profile says he runs a 4.6 forty? What’s THAT all about? We better trade our 2 + for either Bolden or Edwards. That’s all i’ll say. Reese hasn’t exactly been money picking up WRs from the draft.
Damon is already in scoring position with Tex on first and Swisher up.
In a game like this, you cannot make that mistake. They’ll need every run.
Put Melancon or Robertson in please. Albaladejo pitch yesterday.
I need some tums.
Ugh Puke.
Come on Alba
friggin scrubs all of them in the bullpen
Kevin Youklis does not make out. Unreal. Here we go again.
Come ON!!!
Um Berroa you can try to field the ball…1 pitch and the game is just about tied..Great..
A-Rod can’t come back soon enough. He’d have been all over that.
Hey, Ray (sox fan)….did your dog Yaz use Fenway as a personal tree? Another strange series here between these two teams.
NongEyeJon, I don’t think you were being a killjoy since the same question probably went through all of our minds. It certainly went through mine.
I just walked back in the room….did McCarver just compare Youk to Pujols?
I don’t get why Reese is holding on to so many picks. They can still trade for Edwards. They have 2 number 2s 2 number 3s 1 4 2 number 5 6 and 7.
Girardi should go to Robertson in this inning. Girardi is expecting way too much out of Alba. He isn’t that good to begin with asking him to pitch the 7th is a joke.
to compare any current player to pujols is blasphemy, pujols is the best hitter i have ever seen
DP please..if the baseball gods are listening.
Back in 1973 when he won ROY, Berroa would have had that liner.
Alby pitched like 7 pitches yesterday. I hope he’s fine.
did anyone else catch McCarver saying Berroa won the ROY in 1973? funny, and appropriate, slip.
Is there a law that says the Yankees can’t ever come inside on Youk… All the pitches he has hit this weekend have been outside or in the middle..
Youkilis is so good! I can’t believe how good he is. When did this happen. I hate it so.
bring in robertson! they’ll smack his curve into the ground –> DP
Yeah, Albaladejo didnt pitch much yesterday.
Maybe we should have just walked Youkilis with the bases empty. The one way he can’t kill us is with a stolen base.
He needs to pitch Lowell inside like they do to Jeter. Otherwise they are making it easy on him to flick the ball to teh outfield.
Can’t figure who is more Boston lovers, ESPN or Faux. Either way, somebody is smooching.
I simply can’t get over just how inconsistent this homeplate umpire is. It’s just mind boggling, some of the calls he’s making.
This is just unreal. This bullpen is a joke.
Now, that’s the ball game.
This team can’t do anything right.
Great.
So far, Gut check OK…but it AIN’T OVER….right ?
I hate this rollercoater.
This is when the pen being used day in and day out comes back to bite.
I am soooooo over this.
That didn’t just happen. Please God wake me up and let me find this was all nothing but a bad dream.
“He needs to pitch Lowell inside like they do to Jeter.”
You wanna rescind that?
Kee-rap. What’s it going to take to win this game?
No, Don Vito, it’s over. The bottom of the lineup coming up over the next two innings. That’s ball game.
this is just asinine, can we find anybody that can get 3 outs without giving up a bajillion runs
What a great bullpen we got! Best in baseball.
Who else can we put in? Our pitchers really know how to pitch.
Like I said….The CUBS of the 21st Century this team is… so far…..DAMN !
Again why not use Robertson or Melancon. Albaladejo pitched yesterday. The Sox seen him already.
This team and the manager is starting to fustrate me.
I don’t know how this team can actually get over 2 losses like this…and YES, I think this game is over. Any lead we get, we give up. Plain and simple. They ask to pay exorbitant amounts of money for this?
This is AJ’s fault. Hate to say it.
Ray is slipping. He usually has a smiley face posted by now.
It’s over….
Once again what I just said…The pitch should of been down and in..But nope high and up all he had to do is flick the ball. Love this bullpen of AAA guys. Even finished players look good when you throw meatballs.
Has any Yankee other than Cano hit a ball off the monster the last 2 days? Boy do we need a righty bat in Fenway.
lol, DT. I like Ray a lot, but I wanted to run over his last smiley face.
GreenBeret7
April 25th, 2009 at 7:15 pm
“Hey, Ray (sox fan)….did your dog Yaz use Fenway as a personal tree? Another strange series here between these two teams.”
Hey GB. Its always interesting with these two teams.
As Yogi said….it ain’t over till its over with these games, I don’t care what the score is.
Who do you go to in this bullpen? Seriously? There’s almost nothing there.
Mark-Cant Touch This (from I Phone)
April 25th, 2009 at 7:18 pm
Is there a law that says the Yankees can’t ever come inside on Youk… All the pitches he has hit this weekend have been outside or in the middle..
Yeah, David Ortiz and Youkillis’ mom approached Joe Girardi before the series and said i