Game 18: Yankees at Red Sox
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YANKEES (9-8)
Gardner CF
Jeter SS
Teixeira 1B
Swisher LF
Cano 2B
Posada C
Matsui DH
Cabrera RF
Berroa 3B
Pitching: LHP Andy Pettitte (2-0, 2.53).
Pettitte vs. the Boston hitters.
RED SOX (11-6)
Ellsbury CF
Pedroia 2B
Ortiz DH
Youkilis 1B
Drew RF
Bay LF
Lowell 3B
Varitek C
Green SS
Pitching: RHP Justin Masterson (1-0, 3.18).
Masterson vs. the New York hitters.
GAME THREE: The Yankees will and avert a sweep in an 8 p.m. ESPN game. Meanwhile fans will try and avert listening to Joe Morgan. … The Yankees lost 5-4 in 11 and 16-11. … It’s off to Detroit after the game. I have a 6 a.m. Northwest flight and may just stay up all night.
THE STOPPER: Good note from Elias via the Yankees: Tonight marks the 24th time in Andy Pettitte’s career as a Yankee that he will start in the final game of a series with the Yankees trying to avoid a sweep. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, in his Yankees career, has gone 17-1 in those starts – including one win in an abbreviated two-game series. Went 4-0 with one no decision in 2008 in such starts, including four road starts.
HISTORICALLY BAD: Saturday’s loss at Boston marked just the third time in franchise history that the Yankees lost a game by at least five runs in a game in which they had once led by at least six runs. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, it had not happened since June 5, 1956 vs. Cleveland, when the Yankees let a 6-0 lead slip and lost 15-8. It marked the largest lead blown against Boston since May 16, 1968 at Fenway Park (led 9-3 in the fourth, lost 11-10).
WHO’S HOT: Jeter is 8 of 21. … Damon is 9 of 21. … Swisher has reached base safely in all 17 games. … Phil Coke has thrown four scoreless innings in a row. … Matsui is 7 of 18.
WHO’S REALLY HOT: Robbie Cano (.366/.410/.634) is having the best April of his career. He has hit safely in all but one game and had five homers along with 15 RBI. He takes a 12-game hit streak into the game.
CLUTCH IN SHORT SUPPLY: The Yankees have left 27 men on base in two games and are 7 for 36 with runners in scoring position.
ON THE SOX: Remember, for news from the other side, visit WEEI.com and the Full Count Blog.
Back later with much more.
UPDATE, 5:44 p.m.: Nick Swisher just showed up in a black suit with red pinstripes. It zips up the front. He also had on a gray fedora. He looks like one of Al Capone’s henchmen.
UPDATE, 6:24 p.m.: Johnny Damon is out of the lineup with a sore right shoulder, a sore knee and a sore back. Girardi said he hopes Damon will be available tomorrow.
UPDATE, 7:14 p.m.: Alex Rodriguez just had physical therapy today. Girardi said “there is a chance” the third baseman would get in a minor-league game this week. That is Girardi-speak for he will get in a game this week.
UPDATE, 8:25 p.m.: No score through one inning. It was 60 degrees at game time, a drop of about 20 degrees from what it was this afternoon in Boston. All the seats are full between the dugouts. What a concept.
UPDATE, 8:52 p.m.: Nice situational baseball there by the Yankees. Two singles, a bunt, a sacrifice fly.
I’m not sure I’m bunting in the third inning of a scoreless game at Fenway Park. But it worked out for now.
UPDATE, 9:05 p.m.: As was widely predicted, using Angel Berroa at third base is not proving to be a great idea. He has made two errors so far this inning and cost Andy Pettitte a run.
This is a guy who up until yesterday had played one-third of an inning at third base in the majors. People used to complain all the time about Joe Torre going with the experienced player instead of the rookie. There is no difference in this case. Joe Girardi is using Berroa because he knows who he is. Ramiro Pena would be a much better choice. He won’t hit, but at least he’ll make the basic plays at the position.
UPDATE, 9:15 p.m.: Another hit for Robinson Cano. He has a 13-game hit streak. He also has hit safely in 27 of 28 games dating back to last season.
UPDATE, 9:56 p.m.: Pettitte is pitching well. But you can’t walk Varitek to start the inning. You knew that would come back and bite him.
Now it’s 2-1 Sox with the bases loaded for Drew as Girardi calls for the intentional walk of Youkilis.
UPDATE, 9:58 p.m.: Ellsbury just stole home on Pettitte. That is inexcusable.
But Pettitte does not hold runners well. If you remember, Aaron Hill of Toronto did the same to him two years ago.
Now the game is getting away from the Yankees.
UPDATE, 10:40 p.m.: That at-bat was No. 8,102 for Jeter. That ties Mickey Mantle for the most in franchise history.
Hey, it’s Mark Melancon.
UPDATE, 10:44 p.m.: Wow, a relief pitcher who can get three outs in a row. What a concept.
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it can’t get any worse
This is deja vu all over again — no clutch hitting.
Yeah, swisher is like 3 for his last 30. Real hot pete.
I knew Andy was good historically in these situations, but didn’t know he was THAT good. We’ll need him to continue to pitch as he has.
Hopefully, there’s a multi-run lead and Melancon can ease his way in…
Go, Andy! Go Yankees!
(for those of you who think it’s a loss already, go take the wife out for a nice dinner & a movie)
I’m not looking forward to listening to Joe Morgan and the other guy that does ESPN Baseball! Hopefully they can get a win but we only know that’s possible if Andy either pitchers a shut-out or goes deep like 8 innings deep lol
jay, it can get a LOT worse.
How soon we forget.
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NY papers are saying that Hughes is officially starting Tuesday, but we knew that, anyway.
Pete,
Any confirmation on Hughes?
NICK GREEN! COME ON!
From previous thread, for GB7: What’s the word on AJax? Better than Melky and Gardy? Because if his AAA stats translate at all to the majors he’ll be a force for years.
Hughes was announced a few days ago that he was starting in Detroit.
Trevor,
Really? It seemed more like the worst kept secret, but I didn’t see anything from Girardi or Cash.
There’s been no official naming of hughes as the starter.
Kat O’Brien and now Kepner are reporting it now so it’s likely. Kat is particularly good with sources inside the organizaton.
But there’s been no official word.
It does appear to be hughes. Let’s hope he’s able to given them 5-6 quality innings. Detroit has a good hitting team.
Teix,
AJax is a changed hitter. He used to have a high leg kick and a long swing. That’s all gone – his front foot barely leaves the ground, and he’s back further, allowing him to go to all fields. He’s become a dedicated student of hitting. I think people jumped on him because he’s relatively new to baseball, and doomed him as a “toolsy” guy with no real refined skills.
His stats down there don’t matter to me – it’s his approach that is important and that gives him a much better chance to succeed whenever he goes to the plate.
The Yankees need to leave him alone until rosters expand in September.
It’s the breaking pitch just off the plate that Austin Jackson is having trouble with. That’s probably where most of his K’s are coming from.
Definantly a better talent then both Gardner and Melky. Still needs to work on his pitch recognition.
Hughes is starting Tuesday? Melancon is already up? Looks like Cashman has installed a http://charlesgoyette.com/uplo.....705224.png in the office.
Why is Damon off today? This is an important game for us..
Pete – I truly feel bad for you. So much for the glamorous world of business travel. Are you planning on spending the night at the airport? Oh, such fun.
As always, safe travelling.
Is anyone going to be there tonight? Email me and we can get a little blog meet up dtferree@gmail.com
bodhisattva-Nothing wrong with a jack of all trades.
The issues that Jackson is having with breaking pitches is a big reason why he needs to stay in Scranton for the full season.
A player’s weakness gets around very quickly in the big leagues. Pitchers will keep throwing him breaking balls until he adjusts and learns how to hit them.
Jackson also has issues with not laying off high fastballs – which is something else major league pitchers love to exploit with young and inexperienced hitters.
Who’s hot? Damon. Who’s not playing? Damon. Who’s pitching? Masterson. A right handed pitcher. Great game to sit Damon. Awesome.
Damon could be sore from his date with the Green Monster last night.
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Is this really CB? Whoever wrote it, WTH are you talking about?
CB
April 26th, 2009 at 4:46 pm
Nick,
The tragic thing about Melancon was how his mama told him to be a good boy and never play with guns.
And now he won’t wear pinstripes. Insists on wearing all black to the mound.
Tell me I did not just see Gardner and Cabrera in the same line up…
Franco-All right. You think he’ll be seen next year?
And did you see my response to your post on Melancon from the previous thread?
Cano will be in the hunt for the AL Batting Title this season…..Nick in SF….Bulls cover by 1/2 point…..Great stat by Pete on Andy…..
m-It was joke that made sense because of a misunderstanding from a comment I made.
Hopefully Girardi starts to trust Jackson and Melancon and put them in a game.
Joe from Long Island
April 26th, 2009 at 4:48 pm
GB7 – Thanks for the update.
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Not a problem, Joe. Not sure what pitches Jackson struck out on, because I didn’t have the game on, but, I’m guessing that at least two were on breaking/offspeed pitches. That’s the main reason that he needs to spend the year in AAA. If it were me, after the season is over, I’d be buying a pitching machine, set up a batting cage and set the machine for curve balls. That’s his biggest flaw right now. After about a week, big league pitchers with good offspeed and breaking balls will eat him alive. They’ll continue until he proves he can hit them. He can hit just about anybody’s fastball.
Teixeiramvp (JobaCyYoung)
April 26th, 2009 at 4:40 pm
GreenBeret7-Is the word on AJax that he’s better than Melky and Gardy? Because he sounds like a dream come true, in the future.
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He’s as good as any of the other AAA center fielders, and, right now, that’s where he belongs.
I am a big Girardi fan, but his bullpen mgt. and lineup changes are getting to me.
Brett Gardner is the absolute worst hitter on this team. He is a very, very bad hitter.
So why is he hitting in the spot of the order that gets the most at bats? This is insanity.
Damon’s tough. He can play. Masterson has a history of problems with lefties. This stinks.
Teixeira,
Okay, it’s just that I’ve seen posts from both CB and SJ44 that I never would’ve imagined them making.
They’re the 2 most rational, sane people here and some of their posts were anything but that.
Ajax shouldn’t be ashamed of not being able to lay off the high FB. Most big league hitters have trouble laying off that pitch. It looks too good to hit.
AJax is making progress with plate coverage and pitch recognition.
Don’t know if anyone here has had a chance to see him live?
I saw him on Easter Sunday (Hughes game) after having seen him a fair amount at AA – and it really confirmed that the transformation I witnessed in him in ST is for real. Seeing him live again was eye-opening. I wish SWB was closer to me.
Glad to see Reggie has taken the kid under his wing.
Okay, so no one’s going to wait for the explanation of why Damon’s out?
So no one saw Johnny bounce off the Green Piece of Crap like a ragdoll?
GreenBeret7
April 26th, 2009 at 5:03 pm
Teixeiramvp (JobaCyYoung)
April 26th, 2009 at 4:40 pm
GreenBeret7-Is the word on AJax that he’s better than Melky and Gardy? Because he sounds like a dream come true, in the future.
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He’s as good as any of the other AAA center fielders, and, right now, that’s where he belongs.
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Right, no justification for rushing him. In fact, his progress should be persuasive in letting him stay put. We may have a player who’s ready to help us in 2010.
this is my huge problem with joe g.
why is damon benched and melky and gardner both playing? he insists on sitting the hot players. surprised cano and jeter dont have the day off too.
m- I was just going to say that. Damon went flying into the monster yesterday. Does anyone need to be reminded that it is metal? He could have hurt himself and needed a day off.
“Is this really CB? ”
Yes it’s me. Why is it that everytime I write to nick I get accused of being an imposter?
Damn you Nick in SF in Folsom.
M and Jennifer: I less bothered by Damon being rested than I am by the fact that Gardner and Melky are in the line up together. Here’s hoping they probe me wrong.
This is where missing Nady really hurts.
lol, Rebecca. Proofread before you submit!
Joe Morgan is garbage.
Mel, as a “Southern Gentleman” I wouldn’t have mentioned that. Snicker and think about it, yes. Never say it, though.
lol Rebecca wants to be probed wrong by Melky and Gardner? IMPOSTER!
I didn’t see anything in the last two games to get me upset. Rivera made a mistake, chit happens. Last night we saw a tired bullpen in April. Again our starting pitching as a unit hasn’t performed to expectations which wore out our bullpen. As the starting pitching improves so will the bullpen. Joba pitched in and out of trouble but his two seamer was working great, all those DPs. This will really help him in his development. The Grand Slam was a lucky guess, hind sight, should have started him with a breaking ball, no way he catches up to that pitch otherwise. Boston pitched around Texierra last night, five walks, they won’t be able to do it with Alex coming back. I liked what I saw of our team, fighting back yesterday, they were great, didn’t quit. All in all I’m looking forward to the rest of the season.
If Damon’s out, why wouldn’t Gardner and Melky both play?
Surely Damon isn’t a healthy scratch.
And until Gardner learns how to bunt there is no way he should lead off. If you are going to utilize your speed, they should at least be fearful he will bunt his way on. By doing that the first or third guys move up and then maybe you squeeze these slap grounders past them. The issue with Gardner as always he tries to work walks, but then late in the count is merely fighting pitches off. Either throw down some bunts or attempt to pull it every once in a while to keep people honest. His swing right now is like a tennis slice that just produces pop flys to the outfield. The ones during the Rays series were gret only because thhe OFers didn’t think he would drive it that far. Normal distance routine fly outs.
I am gonna miss this game tonight because of my lame-o job. Not cool.
Oh.
Oh dear.
I am never gonna live that one down, am I?
he did scratch cut his hand against that wall yesterday. Not to mentioned banged his body against that wall. It’s only normal he’d be scratched tonight.
Kodos: “We have reached the limits of what anal probing can teach us.”
Start of this series began a stretch of 32 games in 33 days. Guys like Damon are going to see the occasional day off.
“Joe Morgan is garbage.”
Fire Joe Morgan = FAILED !
When Girardi and Long convince Gardner to stop trying to work walks from the first pitch on, he’ll start hitting better. He’s not being patient…he’s being indecisive.
Girardi does rest players, in general, and Damon, in particular, at the oddest times.
Unless Damon’s injured, I don’t comprehend the logic of not playing his best lineup in a night game that hasn’t succeeded and doesn’t precede a day game?
What’s the criteria:
1) A winning streak that affords the luxury? No
2) A slump? No. If that, Swish would sit.
3) Fatigue? Not as evidenced in Damon’s performance.
4) Better defense for a pitcher that needs it? Perhaps, but, applied consistently, Pena would spell Berroa.
5) Protecting Damon’s health from the dangers of artificial turf? No?
6) Intuition? NO, that’s the previous Joe.
7) Because Girardi has the authority to do so? Hmmn?
I only hope Damon hasn’t sustained an injury.
I can’t infer any other arguable reason for resting him when facing a sweep in a nationally televised game when offense is at a premium because of an exhausted bullpen.
Too bad, Justin Christian’s not on the roster.
yanks will win tonight red sox pitching just as bad as yanks
Brandon he cut his hand?
CB: as long as you keep your “I’m a Bruney Believer” pin on, I’ll know it’s the real you.
Bodhisattva
I watched Grit bat yesterday, all hands, no lower body. He’s not long as a starter batting this way. That was not what I saw in ST, he’s reverted. Melky has improved but boy, he lacks baseball smarts. What strikes me most is how many of the hitters don’t have zone at bats. They should all read Ted Williams book.
“Brandon he cut his hand?”
Well after he hit the wall yesterday he was looking at it grimaced a bit and there was some type of red liquid on his hand.
red sox not winning no world series with this pitching staff their ace got killed yesterday
“I can’t infer any other arguable reason for resting him when facing a sweep *in a nationally televised game* when offense is at a premium because of an exhausted bullpen.”
BCS voters will be watching!
Bo knows… completely get what you are saying, but there were a few things I had issues with and they seem to reoccur with this team.
They can’t bunt and I mean simply sacrifice. Gardner not getting Posada over the first game, Berroa not getting the runner over yesterday. Even Damon’s bunt was up in the air and very luckyhe didn’t send a liner back to the pitcher.
Posada’s pitch selection lately has shown he isn’t on the same page with the pitchers or knows them yet. Maybe it gets better. And before I hear the whole you hate Posada. I love Posada, but he has been known to be weak in some areas, this is one. Watch Varitek and Molina handle pitchers. AJ was worked up, he couldn’t get him calm. He called for the same pitches over and over again to the same location in the same pitch series. Varitek makes pitchers eleviate from time to time to keep hitters honest. With fastball pitchers like Burnett and Sabathia he hasn’t done that. Move the eye of the hitter around. Varitek’s homer, AJ even said he should have nodded the pitch selection off, but the location was poor. Poor pitch, but poor setup by Jorge. Worst case there was a homer. Varitek is a low ball hitter that needs to get his arms extended with that swing. Even hitting the target was low and out over the plate. Jam him up inside.
Mental lapses persist. I know it’s Johnny and the Sox did it too, but how do you get picked off second base? Defensively too, we have seen the good and the bad so far.
Sac Flys or ground balls with men on third and less than 2 outs. For some reason they can’t seem to focus. I mean the announcers say it every game now, the pitcher is in trouble, our guys act like they are. That’s one of the big differences between a Youkilis and an average player. He stays within himself and has a plan at the plate. Melky had no plan yesterday, got up there hacking away. If you take a strike that is fine, but you are looking at one pitch to drive, not just drive any pitch. Productive outs continue to be a problem with this team.
And the bullpen, yes it’s tired, but Marte and Veras are our Oliver Perez pitchers. Lots of stuff, but you haven’t a clue what they will come out and do. Relief pitchers don’t have to be outstanding, but consistency would be helpful. You give up a run sure once in a while, these guys go thru total meltdowns.
Now do I believe much of this will get better, sure it can. Give Jorge more time with the staff to learn these guys, midseason it will be better. I never thought Cano would “get it”, but he has been, get Melky and some others to do the same. Arod back will help Tex a lot and Tex is usually a guy that does get those runs in. And how about some speed? Some hit and run. Create some action.
Flew to boston this AM today for the game this eve. Really warm day here for April. The bad news is I have to be in Houston the rest of the week. I really do not want to be that close to Mexico at this point re:swine flu.
I read some posts from ths AM about Sox fans being gleeful…I am not. This Sox team looks very exposed. SS, C, and the rotation is weak at this point. Beckett was pounded yesterday, Lester is OK at best and then what? The bullpen is weak w/out Materson IMO.
-dennis
Is Johnny Damon hurt, based on him not being in the lineup? Was this from banging into the wall?
nick,
I wear it pinned close to my heart.
there was some type of red liquid on his hand.
Fake blood? Boy, Red Sox don’t fall far from the apple tree.
Dellin Betances
6.1 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 6 K’s
Mike “I aiming for your job DAMASO
!” Dunn
1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K’s
Gosh, I can’t wait for these morons to announce the game tonight. If Buck/McCarver weren’t enough, we have to listen to Miller/Morgan talk about the Yankees blowing these past 2 games. Only Joe Morgan can make those 2 losses seem worse than they actually already were.
Nong,
Worse, yet. Steve “I was a GM once, no really!” Phillips is in the booth. And his pet topic is how mediocre AJ Burnett is.
Colin Curtis is tearing it up in Trenton 7 xtra base hits in 14 games. In 08′ he had 20.
Fine, I accept Damon needing a rest after hitting the wall.
I cannot accept the worst hitter on the team batting leadoff, though. Gardner shouldn’t be on our team. We have too many resources and cash to have AAA talent on the bench.
I agree with the folks that believe Boston is not a World Championship club. However, what does that say about our Yanks? Our starters are about on par with theirs, as are the lineups (though we are less clutch), and they have a significant edge in the bullpen.
Bo Knows, your summary is exactly what I watch…..
sorry that is doubles
What about Peter Gammons commentary from the Sox dugout???? Who will he have a lovefest with tonight, Nick Green, Lugo or R. Ramirez. It will be someone obscure who will have a massive impact this year. I guaranteed he brings up Bowden or Bard for sure and compares them to Joba. Ah, I miss Peter with his ESPN Cy Young prediction of Matt Clement or Willy Mo being the next Ortiz.
What about Peter Gammons commentary from the Sox dugout???? Who will he have a lovefest with tonight, Nick Green, Lugo or R. Ramirez. It will be someone obscure who will have a massive impact this year. I guaranteed he brings up Bowden or Bard for sure and compares them to Joba. Ah, I miss Peter with his ESPN Cy Young prediction of Matt Clement or Willy Mo being the next Ortiz.
dennis-costanza(sox fan)
April 26th, 2009 at 5:33 pm
Flew to boston this AM today for the game this eve. Really warm day here for April. The bad news is I have to be in Houston the rest of the week. I really do not want to be that close to Mexico at this point re:swine flu.
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You needn’t worry about swine flu unless pigs fly.
No reason to choke back the laughter, Dennis. Somebody was dying to say it, but, was to embarrassed. Me…I have no such shame.
Brandon: I’ll be impressed if there’s a game where Carmen Angelini does NOT make an error!
Well it says there is no clear cut World Championship club this year. Essentially it means you can say as of today it may be an NL team again, the team that gets hot. Rays don’t have everything working in their favor anymore. No career years this year, weaker pitching performances now. Yankees we know have issues. Sox are a very good club. But if that is Ortiz, wait until injuries kick in. Angels banged up. The Jays will cool. Imagine if they kept AJ though and McGowan, Litsch and the other kid whos name eludes me was healthy. Then I might be worried of them.
was ***too*** embarrassed
GB7,
Apparently I have no shame either. Where’s the morality police?!?
BTW, you may be southern, but you have yet to prove that you’re a gentleman.
f ing Manny, out at 2ND!! HA HA
“Brandon: I’ll be impressed if there’s a game where Carmen Angelini does NOT make an error!”
I’m starting to believe the OF is his future.
GB7.
Well said. LOL.
I really appreciate your support and understanding….:)
-dennis
Damon needs another day off?
How many days off does this guy get?
Guys, I have a solution to the Miller/Morgan/Phillips problem that should work just fine.
1) Locate your remote.
2) Locate the button with the letters ‘S’ ‘A’ ‘P’ (or, the settings option if you have an IO control).
3) Press button, or find option for audio language and switch to Spanish.
4) ENJOY!
John — good point on the Jays. If their pitching were healthy, they’d probably win the East. As it stands, I wouldn’t rule them out. They’ll stay in the hunt, I think. If the Yankees don’t find some semblance of a bullpen, they won’t.
Brandon: given that we’ve got no SS prospect close to ready, this does not bode well.
ESPN Classic has game 4 of the ALCS 2004 on now. Bad memories…..
Modell’s is finally selling Swisher name and number shirts….I just picked one up today
“Brandon: given that we’ve got no SS prospect close to ready, this does not bode well.”
Pena and Nunez are the only ones that come to mind.
Bought the Swisher one at Modells last week for $17. At the stadium I think they are $40 something or more just because they have the logo on the sleeve. And they didn’t even have Swisher.
m
April 26th, 2009 at 5:48 pm
GB7,
Apparently I have no shame either. Where’s the morality police?!?
BTW, you may be southern, but you have yet to prove that you’re a gentleman.
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My only defense is that I wasn’t born in the south. That’s my reason, so, don’t try changing my mind.
“UPDATE, 5:44 p.m.: Nick Swisher just showed up in a black suit with red pinstripes. It zips up the front. He also had on a gray fedora. He looks like one of Al Capone’s henchmen. ”
Photos or it didn’t happen.
No SS prospects close, but there are SS available in a trade. The key is eventually this pitchign talent accumulated should get you something significant in a trade back. Even Marquez and Betmeit plus some money got you Nick. If Joba is a starter and Hughes pans out he replaces Andy. Where eventually does Kennedy, Betcances, Brackman, Bleich, amongst others fit in? They are all starter.
I was watching the game last night with a friend of mine who happened to be a Red Sox fan (poor dolt) and I thought it was hilarious that while we were watching the game he launched into a diatribe about how the media HATES the Red Sox and praises the Yankees.
He was talking Fox, ESPN, etc. How they constantly bash the Red Sox in their presentations and take shots at them whenever they can.
He was completely serious.
My jaw almost hit the floor.
I just sat there and laughed considering how often myself and other people in here go nuts over how the Yankees are treated by the national media.
why is damon not playing? I think its time to start the “FIRE GIRARDI” campaign!!! wahhhhhhhhhh……. this team makes me vomit…
Swisherrocks- Which Modells? I went a few weeks ago and they didn’t have any.
Maybe Swish is going to shoot the next guy that blows the game up for the Yankees, taking the team completely out of the game.
Yeah Pete, pics please!!
Hey all. The very nice part of being out all day is that I have no need to go back through all the posts, many of which I am assuming are either angst ridden or total defeatist.
I on the other hand am feeling really pretty good about life. The way I have always tended to gauge games against “them”, in addition to the bottom line W or L of course, is to see how close they were to us in a W or how close we were to them in an L. I have never taken great heart when the scores have been high and we’ve beaten them by a run. Conversely, I don’t feel great pain to have gotten beaten in games where they were beaten up by us also.
So therefore I am really not feeling so bad at all. There is a relative absence of RSN gloating around here. Part of it could have been that local eyes are also fixed on basketball or hockey. But RSN are total fools, even if they sometimes act like it. They can’t be feeling that great that Beckett gave up 8 ER, Okajema hasn’t been giving them much, Masterson has had to be pulled from the pen and put in the starting lineup, and Lester has also had his problems.
I’m looking forward to tonight’s game and also looking forward to things coming together for the Yankees. In the near future they will have Arod back, Bruney healthy, and maybe they’ll even decide to keep Hughes around after Wang returns.
GO YANKS!
I don’t think anybody favors anybody.
I’m back guys.
That should read RSN are NOT total fools[
DJ Mitchell started strong, striking out 3 in the first two innings. was hit for a double and two singles, and 1 run in the third. Angelini has a single in two at bats and he’s been dazzling in the field. He’s fielded the only ball hit to him.
Adams is 2 for 2. Angelini (ironically enough) scores on an error.
NYY does have two other shortstops of promise in Garrison Lassiter and Addison Maruszak.
“I read some posts from ths AM about Sox fans being gleeful…I am not. This Sox team looks very exposed. SS, C, and the rotation is weak at this point. Beckett was pounded yesterday, Lester is OK at best and then what? The bullpen is weak w/out Materson IMO.”
Swear to God I had not seen this post by Dennis. This is EXACTLY what I was talking about.
Thanks Dennis for giving it from the perspective of RSN.
I like Johnny Damon coming off the bench. Although truth be told, I’m still not sold on starting Matsui over Damon. Funny thing about Matsui is he always comes around with the numbers when the years over despite some of the ugliest ground balls to 2nd you’ll ever see.
Damon smashed into the Monster pretty hard last night going after a ball so it could just be a day off since he’s a little banged up.
Dennis,
I feel for you re: the swine flu. I live 7 blocks from the school in NY where the outbreak occurred and one of the students infected lives in my building.
can the media question his juggling lineups and also how long is Gardner’s leach?…. goodness, I’m pissed and the game hasn’t even started…’little G’ prove me wrong and make something happen against Masterson
Trisha, I like your optimism.
Sounds like Swisher showed up in a zoot suit. What a character. I wouldn’t be shocked if he had showe up in a Red Sox uni.
wowzer Fran, I think you should move deep underground.
I can’t get to worked up over Swine Flu after Bird Flu turned out to be a dud. I mean how many people died form each to this point? And SARS was a real scary one, it took South Park about 3 days to parody it. Am I as crazy as you
Dennis- Stay safe.
Fran- What precautions are they taking for you? Is the CDC there?
The media was forced to praise to accomplishments of the Yanks in the 90’s….Many times you’d hear comments on how can you not like this ream…Good guys, hard working , no stars…So when the Yanks tanked in 04 with an AllStar team, they wolves were on the prawl….
Trisha.
Great photos from opening day. I was most impressed that you had a photo of yourself at the end. That takes guts as 90 percent of posters would not do that. We disagree a lot but as I have said before I respect your passion and honesty.
-dennis
wowzer Fran, I think you should move deep underground.
I can’t get to worked up over Swine Flu after Bird Flu turned out to be a dud. I mean how many people died form each to this point? And SARS was a real scary one, it took South Park about 3 days to parody it. Guess we’ll see.
There better be some pics of Swish and that suit, either here or his twitter.
Remember I mentioned that Tim Montemayor guy? Talk show host? He was following the game and he said something really odd. He (notorious Cubs fan) said that there’s something about this Yankees team that makes you want to cheer for them. He said it was like they’re blue collar and stuff. I nearly drove off the road.
But if you thing about it, he’s right. We’ve been the underdog for a while now. And no one currently on the roster wears a scarf.
Anyway, Colin Cowherd (what a tool) says that a good Yankees team is good for baseball.
Jennifer/Fran. Thanks.
JeffNJ. In Mexico the death total has gone from 26 to 81 in a day and a half. I am not an alarmist however I would like more info before traveling to a border state. IMO.
-dennis
Charleston is holding up their end of the system, scoring 6 runs in the third. Lassiter has a 2 run triple.
veritek is the worst hitter in the american league. this weekend is an aberration. the ‘devil’ rays r stinking it up. i have come down from the window ledge. we r gonna be ok.
Jennifer and Jeff,
We were told that if you have any flu-like symptoms to stay in your apartment and not go out and infect anyone else unless the symptoms get bad. However, you can be sure that if I experience any type of flu symptoms I will be at the hospital emergency room very quickly.
Fran for me to be able to feel that from “behind the enemy lines” you know there has to be something to it!
Seriously though, I have never felt happy after the Yanks have beaten “them” at the Stadium but gotten our butts handed to us in the process. Whenever that has happened it has reminded me that they are going to remain a problem for us. Well, and as Dennis pointed out in almost the same words I used, Red Sox Nation can’t be feeling terribly gleeful that despite winning two games they really had to fight like hell for both wings, and with a little luck on our side, both of them could have been wins for us. What makes me feel even better for our side is that we can feel pretty good that Bruney would have been a difference maker for us in that first game anyway – and he will be back with the team very soon.
Also, we were playing with our third-string 3B since we lost our second-string.
I just think we have a lot of good to be looking forward to.
Trisha, I’m with you.
wow I guess I have been pretty far out of the loop! I hadn’t heard a lot about the swine flu. Okay, I hadn’t heard basically anything.
I think I should go and check out the news…
“We were told that if you have any flu-like symptoms to stay in your apartment and not go out and infect anyone else unless the symptoms get bad.”
hmmm…. sounds a lot like me as a Yankee fan this weekend living in RSN.
I agree with someone’s sentiment about the mixing up of the lineups. There is little to no consistency. If such a big deal was made about Jeter batting lead-off, and Damon needs a day…give him 1/2 a day and let him DH. And take Matsui out. Things will become a little more stable with AROD, but who knows how many lineups we’ll see this year. I’ve always liked Girardi but the past 2 games…and this season, in fact, he seems to be over-managing.
Going to walk over and meet clients at the Cask before the game. I will follow the blog via IPhone.
Take Care.
-dennis
Thanks for the update. Some of us knew there was an explanation, hopefully nothing too serious.
“Charleston is holding up their end of the system, scoring 6 runs in the third. Lassiter has a 2 run triple.”
That’s great for Las
“wow I guess I have been pretty far out of the loop! I hadn’t heard a lot about the swine flu. Okay, I hadn’t heard basically anything.”
I told you guys since Friday, yeah it’s got alot of people nervous in Mexico and Cali, IDK how 7 kids in NY have it but it’s mild here in NY so….. just make sure you take your medicine and get checked up the minute a flu comes. There’s nothing else anyone can do right now other than that.
I could never figure out why the Red Sox and White Sox didn’t switch names for obvious reasons.
Brandon: they went to Cancún for Spring Break…
Pete: Thanks for the update on Damon. Ouch!
Brandon, unfortunately my ability to read posts on the forum is sometimes limited so I end up missing entire sections (and I will admit that if Pete keeps jumping threads, unless I find the thread topics rivetting, I usually don’t keep playing leap thread!)
So I obviously missed any discussion about the swine flu! That and the fact that I was probably tight as a drum all day Friday…
Brandon, the kids that got it here in NYC were in Cancun for spring break a week and a half ago and brought it back with them.
I know that it’s mild, but when it is in your building it is not mild enough.
“Brandon: they went to Cancún for Spring Break…”
It’s confirmed ? or you joking ?
Damn WTF is going on in Mexico ?
Well I got to go out I’ll talk to you guys later.
Damn Damon went on the Dl either last year or the year before after hitting the wall against the Sox. That guy gives max effort against his former “Idiots”.
Sorry guys caled away suddenly which has happened to me several times but I’m back.
Got to disagree with trisha here, who I respect and agree with often (I like the optimism). The way I see it if they played bad it’s that much worse that we lost. And if we played good then they played better.
That being said Melancon hasn’t integrated into the pen yet and our starting staff still needs to get it’s groove on, which it will. It’s too talented not to. And then there’s A-Rod..we know that with A-Rod we win game 1 at least.
I’m not panicking.
fran- So is there a cure for it? They are telling you not to go out, so will it get better on it’s own?
I agree, too close for comfort, i’d be at er too.
“UPDATE, 6:24 p.m.: Johnny Damon is out of the lineup with a sore right shoulder, a sore knee and a sore back. Girardi said he hopes Damon will be available tomorrow.”
in other words, johnny damon is johnny damon.
As per the CDC, the only thing you can do is repeatedly wash your hands, and if you’re sick, don’t go to work/school…and if you are flu-ish, go to the emergency rooms. You have to assume that much of the deaths in Mexico stems from the lack of substantial health care, or access to that health care. As a result, we probably need to put it into perspective. LAY OFF THE BACON!
Is everyone happy, now that they know Damon is sore. All from crashing into a metal wall. Geniuses those people up in Boston. HMMM lets make a wall, pad it, no keep it metal, players only crash into it.
Now to sound terribly out of it but what exactly is swine flu? Is it exactly what it sounds like, in terms of where it comes from? I’ve heard of mad cow disease and bird flu but I don’t know that I had really heard of swine flu…
jen, why had people been jumping all over Girardi for not playing Damon without even knowing the reason? That would be different!
Damon is fine.
Ok one last thing before I go
Jerry Reese drafted this guy to keep Ahmad Bradshaw on his toes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RNOiG52388
And introducing the Ramses Barden the guy that will make Manningham and Smith nervous
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b11Or3oMJWY
Swine flu comes from eating too many pork rinds and boco-bits on your salad.
The “Spanish Flu” pandemic of 1918-1919 that killed between 50 million to 100 million, was some form of swine flu.
Fran and jen, on another topic altogether, I have resigned myself to last place in our league. It seems that no matter what I try I can’t move too far out of last!
Anyway, I picked up Phil Hughes. That makes me really happy! I finally had to let go of Jeremy Guthrie.
***baco-bits*** on your salad
Jennifer, there is no actual cure but they are treating it like a flu with aspirin, fluids, etc. and I think I heard that the government is releasing mass quantities of flu vaccine for bad cases (which may or may not work). And one of the drug companies is working on a vaccine specifically for swine flu.
Trisha, not if I get there first. My team is pretty pathetic as well.
Well, the closest I’ve gotten to Mexico is Taco Bell! And the primary ingredients in what I ordered were chicken and cheese.
so damon isnt available today? so we have molina and who on the bench? anyone?
Trisha, it’s not transmitted by eating pork products.
Fran -
I swear I tried everything possible and even finally figured out my “problems” in terms of everyone else’s teams. My biggest problem is that I didn’t bother getting position players who know how to hit!
He he he. Well, that’s not entirely true, because avg. is not my problem. But that’s only one point. I cannot get what I need out of remaining free agents, and that is players with HR and RBI power. So at this point all I can say is that it is what it is. I will certainly try to make changes from time to time but I can see what I need was drafted by the more intelligent members of our league – that would be team owners 1-9, with me being owner 10!
But I do have a pretty nice pitching compliment. However, so does everyone else probably.
Fran -
Please take extra care of yourself.
My daughter works p/t in a hospital in LI. I told her to be xtra careful about washing hands, etc.
We should all be extra careful.
Dennis (red sox fan) – I understand how you feel. We’re supposed to go to San Diego for a wedding in Sept. Well, we’re going to go, but now I feel a little nervous.
Ramiro Pena. So Pena and Molina on the bench if Johnny can’t play. Um, A Rod, can’t maybe, you just rehab with the big team?
UPDATE, 5:44 p.m.: Nick Swisher just showed up in a black suit with red pinstripes. It zips up the front. He also had on a gray fedora. He looks like one of Al Capone’s henchmen.
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Dude, pictures! Come on!
So Damon seems to be sore all over. That sucks
Fran – thanks! If I had taken a minute to think about it I PROBABLY would have figured that out. Though isn’t bird flu transmitted through contacted with infected birds?
I wish they wouldn’t give all these animal names without some consistency in application!
Fran – thanks! If I had taken a minute to think about it I PROBABLY would have figured that out. Though isn’t bird flu transmitted through contacted with infected birds?
I wish they wouldn’t give all these animal names without some consistency in application!
I went to a Yankee game in Toronto during the SARS scare.
Mitchell is pitching a great game. His only real mistakes is allowing the 4 balls he allowed hit to Angelini. angelini has made the plays, though. He’d be so much better in the outfield. Charleston doesn’t have the young mashers on this team, but, they have a ton of speed, especially in the outfield with Almonte, Kruml and Mesa.
Again, it’s their pitching that will shine. Mitchell is doing to be good if he stays healthy. The big arm is Marshall. At age 19, a big 95-96 MPH fastball, good curve and a close to plus changeup.
Taylor Grote’s bat is coming around….another hit after banging a double into left field corner.
Fran – I am seriously now going to read up on swine flu, just so that I can understand what it is all about.
Be back!
Doreen, Thanks
A lot of viruses start from animals. They said AIDS started in apes. It’s only recently they are nmaing them based on the first animal known to have it. Imagine they just called AIDS “Ape Flu”?
Brandon: Confirmed.
I’d really avoid shaking hands with Tim McCarver now.
Lassiter with another hit…RBI
It must be nice for Terry Francona to trot the same lineup out there day after day- I wonder what that’s like???
I totally forget what its like to have a lineup that’s not inhabited by 9 glass objects.
John
You make very good points and most of them I’ve said myself.
In some order, yes Posada does not call a very good game, he never has, it’s his offense that makes him so valuable. Varitek, give the devil his due calls a hell of a game. There was a reason why Boston brought him back and it wasn’t the HR he hit. To my mind, strictly a guess swing but this is a man that that thinks right along with the pitcher. The hitting with RISP – it’s been crappy for years – Jeter is as bad as anyone. I fault Torre, who as a catcher should have stressed that all the time. Jeter only played for Torre until last year. Melky – too much attitude, no brains. Girardi, I’ve been a big fan since his playing days, great defensive catcher, he’s still learning managing and getting better. He was never stupid and I would rate his game knowledge with anyone. GB made a very good point about Gardner, he’s confused and to my mind regressed in his hitting approach. He needs a week off to work with video and the hitting coach. Fianlly, you can’t rework All Stars and make them do basics, this is where Tiexiera is so important, maybe they’ll learn from him. That DP to the catcher had me yelling, absolutely great play.
Many Yankees seem to have been hit with a strain of the RISP flu.
About the swine flu:
What’s really worrying right now is that the majority of those dead are 25-40 years old, which is one of the signs of the pandemic.
That Mexico doesn’t have the same healthcare is not really that reassuring, because it’s already in the US and with our ultra-hygenic facilities probably only a matter of time before the strain becomes more severe.
Wash your hands, especially after being in public…
“The hitting with RISP – it’s been crappy for years – Jeter is as bad as anyone. I fault Torre, who as a catcher should have stressed that all the time. Jeter only played for Torre until last year.”
Derek Jeter’s batting average with RISP:
2009 – .368
2008 – .317
2007 – .354
2006 – .384
2005 – .261
If Jeter were as “bad as anyone” with RISP this team would win 120 games.
And if you want to “blame” torre for Jeter perennially excelling with RISP over the past 5 years I guess you can.
When do they fire Cashman for assembling a $200 million glass house?
“In some order, yes Posada does not call a very good game”
I’ve brought this topic up from time to time over the last few seasons…
Just a point of fact.
“When do they fire Cashman for assembling a $200 million glass house?”
Why is Epstein looking to upgrade to a team where he doesn’t have to share a 3 by 6 cubicle in a 100 year old building? If the Yankees were to make Epstein an offer, he’d be gone in a Boston minute (which is equal to two chowdas and a three “Yankees Suck” chants.
Oy vey – a sore right shoulder, knee and back? Poor Johnny……..will the injuries never cease?
Mitchell had a great game going for 5.1 innings, until a pair of one out singles and a 3 run homer.
Mitchell 6.0 innings, 6 hits, 4 runs, 4 earned runs, 0 walks, 6 strikeouts, 1 HRA.
Not surprised Damon is out tonight; he hit the Monstah a couple of times pretty hard.
Pete, sorry about the early departure to Detroit tomorrow, but hope to see you while you’re here. I’ll be at Tuesday’s game (weather permitting… storms are forecast).
Jeff NJ
April 26th, 2009 at 7:06 pm
“When do they fire Cashman for assembling a $200 million glass house?”
Why is Epstein looking to upgrade to a team where he doesn’t have to share a 3 by 6 cubicle in a 100 year old building? If the Yankees were to make Epstein an offer, he’d be gone in a Boston minute (which is equal to two chowdas and a three “Yankees Suck” chants.
Not that I fault Cashman for every signing, think everyone knows his voice is as small as his frame, most of the time. But I would make that deal for Epstein in a second. I think Theo has a better grasp of player development and talent evaluation than Cashman. You have to think that Lucchino is just as bad as Big Stein and Bros Stein.
Nothing like a day at the beach to wash away this past week and get refreshed for the days ahead. What a great day today.
Firing up the grill for some steaks and settling in for some Yankees baseball.
The game will no doubt be on mute. Listening to Joe Morgan will only make me lose my appetite. Steve Phillips will only add to the agony. Its an easy decision.
Jen, the Yankees aren’t much better. They decided for whatever reason to do away with the padding in the outfield walls……so if any Yankee crashes into those, it will be the same (or worse, I think it’s cement) as crashing into the Green Monster.
Trisha, I know that you have brought up Posada’s game calling a number of times. I noticed that last night on the post-game show Burnett went out of his way to say that Posada called a good game. Almost seemed to me like too much.
miggs: Try the SAP button.
I don’t disparage Jeter’s talent and the stats back you up. This is a man that should have at least one MVP on his shelf. But for a man with an inside out swing and a man on third and one out, all I say is – watch. I was talking about basics, hitting to the opposite field, spoiling a pitch etc. And I won’t even begin on Alex who swings from the heels on the low outside pitch.
Bo Knows, there have been periods that Jeter hasn’t been good in the clutch, but over his career he has been very clutch. This year he’s been very good, especially with two outs.
Betsy
April 26th, 2009 at 7:09 pm
Jen, the Yankees aren’t much better. They decided for whatever reason to do away with the padding in the outfield walls……so if any Yankee crashes into those, it will be the same (or worse, I think it’s cement) as crashing into the Green Monster.
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YS has padding covering the concret walls. The old stadium had flexible walls, though.
I am shocked to see Berroa in the lineup instead of Pena. Andy Pettitte relies on his defense so much, and Pena’s glove is vastly superior to Berroa.
***concrete walls***
bdog375
April 26th, 2009 at 7:14 pm
I am shocked to see Berroa in the lineup instead of Pena. Andy Pettitte relies on his defense so much, and Pena’s glove is vastly superior to Berroa.
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He also needs runs scored for him.
This blog is great, but I don’t think it’s intended to be anyone’s primary source for news and world events.
Seems that the team is back to where it was last year: expensive players, poor results, worst thinking.
Whhy do we have D.Marte in NY, and Alfredo Aceves in AAA?
Why we call Rivera from bullpen when the team has not won yet?
Why is our team so consistent in letting go away the best players in the winter, and get the most expensive?
Makes you think…
Wow Don, those could be the three dumbest questions ever poised in one posting! Congrats!
I expecially like the Rivera one, I mean why do we call him when the team has not won yet? I guess we should only call him after they win, guess that will keep his innings down!
Wow almost 600 posts today with no game action yet. Don’t you people go outside?
If you were anywhere on the east coast today you had beautiful weather.
By “letting go their best players” do you by any chance mean Giambi and the RF ghost? Because they’re getting paid a quarter or less than what they made last year. The market judges.
miggs, half the postings are from 6pm on. Perfect relaxation time before lighting the BBQ.
GB, thanks – that makes me feel a little better.
Don Altobello-That may be the record for dumbest post EVER.
Normally I just tell people that I disagree then I state why but that was just too stupid…
It’s time to circle the wagons.
miggs: 90 F kinda crosses the line from ‘beautiful’ to ‘blazing hot’.
I hate the cold and winter. 90 degrees is beautiful to me.
miggs= I was outside working on my tan for 4 hours. I think I had enough of the outside.
New York Yankees baseball pregame on radio.
Hey Pat
You know the saying “Great men think alike etc etc. We’ve been in and around the game too long to differ much in opinions.
Back in the day when the Angels and Yankees had these old teams the question came up who had the older team. I was doing good upholding the Yankees but then the ruling came down and I lost. “The Yankees were in an earlier time zone”. Sic transit
Suzy talking to Mark Melancon.
Jeez thank God I have been watching the NFL draft non-stop this weekend. Trying to avoid the sweep, after we should have been going for the sweep how embarassing. Hopefully this is an aberration and this team isn’t this gutless.
The NFL draft is finally over, although it was a great one for the NY Jets.
Mmm, time to watch some playoff hockey pre baseball. Let’s Go Devils!
Very unhappy with my Giants. Not that the pick was bad, but you can’t gamble on a draft pick being a star to replace an A-one type reciever like Burress. If he’s a bust, the Giants will be terrible. Should’ve (any maybe they still will) gotten Edwards or Boldin.
Rebecca-Should be a good one.
Let’s see if my Devils can salvage my weekend.
Let’s see if my Devils can salvage my weekend.
it’s a new day!
Wow I been busy with the Jets that I didn’t notice Melancon got called up all I can say is thank goodness!
Don Altobello
April 26th, 2009 at 7:17 pm
Seems that the team is back to where it was last year: expensive players, poor results, worst thinking.
Whhy do we have D.Marte in NY, and Alfredo Aceves in AAA?
Why we call Rivera from bullpen when the team has not won yet?
Why is our team so consistent in letting go away the best players in the winter, and get the most expensive?
***Makes you think***
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Judging by your questions….apparently not.
Mark is on now!
any time Betsy. I was wondering why they put up the solid walls instead of the flex walls, though. Makes no sense when you’re trying to protect your multi-million dollar players.
Al from BK
He was only called up becuase Brian went on the DL.
I am still laughing about Rebecca’s typo. That was pretty good.
GB
YOu’re in fine form. Classic Snark. POINT!!
Good news on Alex. Looks like he’ll be in a minor league game this week. He should be back soon.
Al from BK(Mark Sanchez is a NY JET!)
April 26th, 2009 at 7:42 pm
Wow I been busy with the Jets that I didn’t notice Melancon got called up all I can say is thank goodness!
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Will he be as gutless as the rest of the team if he gives up a run or two?
Don Altobello, I don’t think your post was dumb and I have a problem with people calling other people names or being overly harsh about something they write, so I will at least give you my best shot on your questions. And incidentally you are far from the only person here who has questioned why we have Marte, so I would have to think that the majority wouldn’t consider that too “dumb”.
“Whhy do we have D.Marte in NY, and Alfredo Aceves in AAA?
Why we call Rivera from bullpen when the team has not won yet?
Why is our team so consistent in letting go away the best players in the winter, and get the most expensive?”
I am one of the people on this forum who happen to think Marte is a very good pitcher when used properly. He really has done a very nice job overall. When he isn’t used to get too many outs, I think he keeps the Yankees in the game. One bad pitch Friday night was the difference (though it was hardly lost by the bullpen).
I think I know what you meant about us only using Mariano once we’ve won the game. I would think you mean just bringing him in when we are leading. At home, it is not unusual for a closer to come in with a tie, in an attempt to keep the score tied and hope that the home team wins in the bottom of an inning.
About letting go of players. I was very sad to see Abreu go. But I always believe the organization has a plan that is probably a lot more comprehensive and thought out than what we may want or be thinking.
Those are just my opinions. I think the Yankees did an excellent job this time around and got some phenomenal free agents. I wasn’t sold on Tex, but he has showed me how wrong I was.
GB
To temper my enthusiasm, subtract 10 percent for “barrels and fishes” but still a definite point.
Gammons looks like he’s hiding a little something under his papers.
Bo knows
April 26th, 2009 at 7:46 pm
GB
YOu’re in fine form. Classic Snark. POINT!!
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I’m in a ***fowl*** mood. I must have the bird flu.
Pete..Northwest Airlines…Logging those World Perks miles….
GreenBeret7
At least you’re not mad, cause you could have mad cow.
Bo knows
April 26th, 2009 at 7:49 pm
GB
To temper my enthusiasm, subtract 10 percent for “barrels and fishes” but still a definite point.
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I don’t know whether to just take the points or act like most of the board and stomp my feet, hold my breath and pout for not having it my way. At age 60, am I too old to be spoiled?
Gammons looks like he’s hiding a little something under his papers.
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A flask?
game time approaches, predictions anyone?
jennifer-Etch A Sketch loss
April 26th, 2009 at 7:51 pm
GreenBeret7
At least you’re not mad, cause you could have mad cow.
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I’m just happy that i’m not a male chauvanist pig, or, else….
I’ve been watching the Manager’s Show for two reasons: I have no desire to tune into ESPN any earlier than absolutely necessary; and I wrote Kay a question to ask Girardi and I want to see if he is going to do it.
jennifer-Etch A Sketch loss
April 26th, 2009 at 7:51 pm
GreenBeret7
At least you’re not mad, cause you could have mad cow.
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I should have taken the cheap joke and answered, “Mooo”.
Prozat time for GB7….He must have missed his 4:00 meds…..Let’s get this win and get the hell out of Boston….Should have won Friday, should have won Saturday, need to win today and only lose 1 game in the standings….I hope somebody explained the strike zone to Melky….
At the rate Jesus Montero is hitting, he’ll be in Trenton sometime in June.
http://www.minorleaguebaseball.....pid=524968
Oops. Sent it to the wrong place.
Funny though that Kay was just talking about how Ortiz didn’t say too much about Pedro’s headhunting but had a lot to say about Joba! I mentioned that a few days ago!
“Will he be as gutless as the rest of the team if he gives up a run or two?”
As long as he doesn’t give up 16 I’ll have no problem with him. Seriously Boston has been in our heads since 04 we can’t seem to beat them in a big game or when we are in a position to win I think its a mental stigma.
Pat M
April 26th, 2009 at 7:56 pm
Prozat time for GB7….He must have missed his 4:00 meds…..Let’s get this win and get the hell out of Boston….Should have won Friday, should have won Saturday, need to win today and only lose 1 game in the standings….I hope somebody explained the strike zone to Melky….
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I don’t need no stinkin’ meds.
p.s. Can I have some of yours.
GB
And here I thought the blue face was lack of circulation, but then again you have been circulating havn’t you. About 4,00 RPM I figger.
Unfortunately for those of us who had prayed that Molina would be catching Burnett, it seems that it ain’t gonna be the norm. Girardi just said that Posada would be catching all of the pitchers and that Molina would catch a day game after a night game because, said Girardi, in the playoffs Posada would be the primary catcher so it is necessary for him to catch all of the pitchers.
I don’t have to like the answer, but it obviously makes nothing but sense.
Oh look my 3 favorite people in the booth. YEAH!!
The air is oppressively heavy. I cannot imagine being in the ballpark.
Is the Brett Gardner era ever gunna be over???????????
Earlier this afternoon I saw something truly sad and ugly in downtown Larkspur, CA. I want to share it with you all, but I have to warn you, it’s not for the weak, the frail, or the faint of heart. Click only if you have the fortitude and courage to look into the heart of our pathetic foe:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9.....477287171/
For those interested in watching the game it is also available on espn360.com
Bo knows
April 26th, 2009 at 7:59 pm
GB
And here I thought the blue face was lack of circulation, but then again you have been circulating havn’t you. About 4,00 RPM I figger.
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Not much circulating, lately. It’s been about two weeks since I’ve met a new “wife”.
Hey Pat
I see you noticed the vibrations as well. I figger the governor valve is stuck in the open position.
I just want to thank Steve Phillips for informing us that the yankees have the worst era in baseball.
Let’s go yankees! No sweep. Please!
I thought Pete said it was Gardner, Jeter. Looks like Jeter was grabbing the bat.
da worst era is cause of wang’z strugglezz
anyone noticed that the 3 stooges are wearing the same suits with 3 different ugly ties?
Nick-you should have keyed that car!
“I just want to thank Steve Phillips for informing us that the yankees have the worst era in baseball.”
Yeah and while we were all wise enough to mention Wang as a big part of that, he didn’t see the need.
Tool.
I’m hating this broadcast already. It feels like Morgan was given a sensual massage by the Red Sox, he is so fawning over them.
Never mind. Actually it’s the way it should be. Gardner ahead of Jeter.
mute button on
I want a win tonight for no other reason than I deserve it. We ALL deserve it!
Last 2 games were pretty tough. I spent a lot of time slaving in a hot Yard today and yesterday.
Is it too much to ask that the weekend ends on a high note?
I don’t think so.
Pettitte will pitch us to an important win tonight, he’s never been flustered in a big game and this will be no exception. 5-2 Yankees.
So what exactly does Steve Phillips bring to this booth? They identified a problem with the worst two man announcing team in baseball and added the worst ‘in studio’ personality they had? Whoever came up with that idea should be fired.
GGBG — Gimme a Groundout Brett Gardner.
S.A., I’m going to see if Sterling and Waldman are in sych enough with the television action, timing wise. If so, I will mute the television and listen to them.
sa- thought the same thing!! write red soxs stink or something like that.
Awful camera angles. HATE IT.
Mics turned up.
trisha- I did the same thing, it is a pitch behind, oh well better than listening to those 3 stooges.
Let’s pause and try to make the booing dramatic. A joke.
Can’t wait until the “radar gun” reads 100. I give it three more pitches
ESPN games are the worst. They always seem to happen when the Yankees are struggling I can hardly watch this game.
What a theory, yes they aren’t booing Tex because they have Mike Lowell
Ouch…made Masterson look pretty good in that inning.
tex seems to like the high ones
I nice idea, but I guess they can’t contractually, would be having one Yankees regular announcer and one Sox announcer for these games. At least you would have guys who cover the teams and know what they are talking about.
LOL-Masterson is throwing harder than Joba. Seriously: what is the deal w/ a lot of our pitchers (CC, Joba) not being able to crack 95+ on the gun? It’s not the gun…
“Can’t wait until the “radar gun” reads 100. I give it three more pitches”
Was just gonna write that. That’s a ridiculous gun, Pettitte will be at 95 mph all night according to ESPN.
Well the Yes gun Friday night had Lester hitting 100 Joba 95. Take 5 mph off usually. Love how they try to make it dramatic.
Andy will throw a fastball at 93 at some point I am sure.
Guys just keep in mind that this case of Influenza can be prevented with washing ur hands and keeping clean.
Now on the Giradi watch, please let’s not make a mistake by firing Joe at this moment. It April let’s not go crazy.
Follow us on twitter on Yankeesvoice.
Stay vigilant.
Come on Yankees! Beat these guys. I want to be up by two games.
lol I really don’t like Youkillis attitude in general but how can you argue with him taking his team photo in a Fu-Man-Chu? That’s pretty classy. Something about a guy with a mustache.
John April 26th, 2009 at 8:13 pm
What a theory, yes they aren’t booing Tex because they have Mike Lowell
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Who said that? the fools on espn? I have them muted.
S.A.: I might have considered it, but the driver was inside! We chatted for a minute, his accent was so bad I think he must have had chowdah stuck between his teeth. The gloating was as obnoxious as you’d expect.
He said “you seem like a smart guy, why aren’t you a Mets fan?”
I said “I was – in 1986.”
Then I left.
Please no sweep. If they can just win tonight they’ll be 2 games over.500 and one behind the Sox.
Considering all the injuries and only playing 6 home games so far, that’s not bad at all.
Also I just threw together this peppercorn glaze for the steaks I made… fantastic. I may have to open that restaurant after all.
Tex is pressing too much. He is swinging at too many high fastballs especially with 2 strikes when he is supposed to be a patient hitter.
I always liked Nick Green and he would be a better utility guy then anything we have.
Nick in SF…..Nice set of wheels..Porche Targa maybe…..GB7, I have plaenty of meds, an assortment of pain killers, anti-inflamatories….No Prozat….There was a time when both Millar and Morgan always spoke highlty of The Yanks, must been out of respect as they kept kicking everyone’s ass….
Miller is usually annoying but has been hiting the Red Bull all afternoon?
Every time I freggin blink, the redsox are always on base…urghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Girardi may have “reformed” his relationships with his players and the media – but his moves as a manager still mystify: Gardner batting leadoff is insane. If Damon is out why not keep Jeter leadoff where he’s been doing great and move Cano into the No. 2?
Ditto someone above who questioned why Pena is not playing third with Pettitte pitching.
jen, I just did the same thing. I’ll take a pitch behind rather than listen to those fools! This can actually work out okay.
Pat M
April 26th, 2009 at 8:18 pm
Nick in SF…..Nice set of wheels..Porche Targa maybe…..GB7, I have plaenty of meds, an assortment of pain killers, anti-inflamatories….No Prozat….There was a time when both Millar and Morgan always spoke highlty of The Yanks, must been out of respect as they kept kicking everyone’s ass….
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You have anything that makes selective posts invisible? They’re already unreadable.
Wow, John getting all excited, than it didn’t go out so far.
Sit down Green Elf.
Morgan: Pettitte can’t overpower Ortiz with the fastball….umm excuse me Joe but have you realized that he’s got a goose egg in the HR column?? Anyone can overpower him right now.
Kevin, because Brett is actually pretty good at lead off.
So Nick, has your understanding of the rivalry been enhanced as a result of that exchange?
What a freakin riot! I swear I thought that the elf had a homer the way Sterling started the call! And since their call is ahead of the television, I was sure it was out!
Nice double play. Hit is on the nose? um would have been a 5 bouncer to the outfield.
Oooh yes big play to save some pitches for Andy.
Economical inning.
I’m hoping that the home plate umpire is calling balls and strikes right away, because he’s about 5 minutes late with the signals.
Good baserunning. Ellsbury is a poor mans Brett Butler. Gardner is a poor mans Ellsbury.
Rich – i think Goose at 55 years old could overpower Ortiz right now.
Miggs, peppercorn steak is one of my very favoriteS!!!!
Hahaha Nick
I’m surprised that dude didn’t have a “Honk if you love Hobbits” bumper sticker on the back of his car too.
Hopefully there is a save situation tonight so Mo can have a come back performance and we can get a look at Melancon!
my quick trusty calculator tells me that the yankees team era without wang is 5.29.
*disclaimer- “quick” was the operative word.
I can’t stand Joe Morgan.
That’s actually a pretty sweet insight into Swisher from Steve Phillips. I can hate on him but that was good. Swish looks up before he takes his AB to remember his grandparents.
Who’s worse, Joe Morgan or Tim McCarver?
I think Morgan might actually be the least annoying out of the 3 tonight, amazing.
John on speed tonight, he’s +annoying
Honk if you love Hobbits
That is the funniest thing I have heard today… Nice!
Masterson looks overpowering so far.
we miss- the mute button is your friend.
Geez every time Kevin touches the ball they have to scream yuk? Um it is a routine play, give me a break.
Oh no, not the Joba to the bullpen discussion. UGH!!
Is Justin Masterson the next coming of Cy Young?
Yankees approach to Masterson should be the same as others with Wang.
GB7, I just scan the author and I know to move on….Selective readings…You just know who’s who after a few years…..
oh, boy. Andy be good.
Gotta have better AB’s than this so far.
1,2,3..1,2,3. Here we go.
William Buckner
April 26th, 2009 at 8:27 pm
Who’s worse, Joe Morgan or Tim McCarver?
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Tim McCarver. Joe just sounds like a drunk uncle trying to give you advice on how to score with a hooker.
McCarver sounds like a guy who spends hours in toilet reading his word of the day toilet paper and then trying to formulate a sentence that sounds amazingly intelligent but in the end is just nonsense.
Yankees always struggle against rookie no-names just watch us go hit-less into the 5th against this kid.
Bronx Jeers: it was intense and stressful. For a second it felt I was in Brookline and I wondered if I was going to make it out alive.
Sox called up Bowden today for just this game, I am already calling Gammons man crush for tonight.
Pat M
April 26th, 2009 at 8:30 pm
GB7, I just scan the author and I know to move on….Selective readings…You just know who’s who after a few years…..
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I’ve got to learn to do that. Maybe by the time that I get to be your age.
I have ESPN on mute and listening to Sterling now. The timing of the radio is a few seconds behind the picture, but its better than Morgan, etc. in real time!
is anyone concerned jon miller is going to explode in his pants when talking about kevin youkilis?
Wow if they won’t give Andy those calls will be a long night
“Yankees always struggle against rookie no-names just watch us go hit-less into the 5th against this kid.”
You mean that Justin Masterson is pitching a no hitter into the 3rd inning?
Let us wait and watch…
Pettitte struck Youklis out once, maybe even twice in that at-bat.
Yeah….John Miller has already exploded.
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/articl.....p;c_id=mlb
Another outfielder pitches in a game.
Nancy just got owned…beautiful location so far from Pettitte.
In today’s “Times,” Harvey Araton brought up Joba-to-the-pen. He says the Yanks would be better off with him there, throwing hard for up to two innings, rather than having him start & worry about pacing himself.
Araton said Hughes as the #5 starter would be better than Joba (presuming Wang makes it back).
as they went to the last commercial it sounded like miller said hughes pitching for detroit on tuesday…??
and how long are they going to talk about how youkilis holds the friggin’ bat???
Pete – Did you know the Red Sox had the highest average ticket price as of 2008?
miss Paulie
if you have dvr u can try to sync it up
Typical ump squeezing a Yanks pitcher in Boston.
I thought I saw Barry Goldwater in that old video of Joe Morgan at the plate. Wild, wacky stuff.
Andy’s looking good so far, pitches are nice and crisp
I’m so tired of jason bay.
Youkilis, Youkilis, Youkilis……
Masterson’s no rookie, but if the Yanks can crush Beckett and Lester then theres no reason to believe Masterson can’t be hit. Pettitte is working quickly tonight so far.
not FOR detroit…IN detroit****
thunderfangabe, I’ll be at Tuesday’s game v. the Tigers (weather permitting), and I sure hope Hughes won’t pitching for *them*.
Seriously, wish I was at the game. I hate these ESPN announcers.
Oh god we will talk about the Tex and Lowelll playing third the whole game now
Jason Bay is your new Yankee killer, if Boston didnt have enough already.
Andy’s getting hit hard
Shows you how strange baseball is. The hard hit balls were caught, the soft ones were hits.
Suzy is an idiot, those weren’t hard it. Bay was off the end of the bat, the other was a looper over second.
Can I listen to some intelligent baseball anywhere?
Oh no, now Morgan is talking basketball?????? What the heck
Jason Bay looks like something that came over on the Mayflower – either that or someone plowing on an Amish farm.
Yeah, really hard Sweet.
another recap on youkilis’s homer?
hehe talltenor…i caught my mistake
im going to be in detroit next week…wish it was this week!!!!!!!!!!!
now, its time to lick the celtics clean, like joe buck had to cleanse the bruins with his spittle.
“All the seats are full between the dugouts. What a concept.”
you’re not that ignorant, Pete
Why do these ESPN announcers seem to be having such a hard time accepting Tex choose to be a Yankee instead of going to Boston?
What are the odds of a fire breaking out in the ESPN booth?
Logic dictates they’re not good, but if there is a God he’ll know (and do what’s right).
John April 26th, 2009 at 8:39 pm
Oh no, now Morgan is talking basketball?????? What the heck
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Maybe they give their opinions on how the NFL draft went down next?
“Andy’s getting hit hard”
Yeah wow. I was hoping Girardi would pull him.
*maybe they will
Why are we recapping the fact that Varitek resigned with the Sox??? Do we not know this.
Actually Phillips adding something of value other than the obvious
“The timing of the radio is a few seconds behind the picture”
If you have DVR – Pause it for a moment then hit play.
Erica,
Because of MIKE LOWELLL!!!!!!!!
erica, because to work for espn or fox or nbc or any network, you are inherently a boston fan
Yeah, I thought that was out of the park. What? No commentators talking about the bandbox that is Fenway?
Jon Miller’s intonation is what gets me: he always sounds like he’s asking a question.
Its funny that every player the sox get off the scrap heap manages to become an all-world player. Lowell, Ortiz, etc. all yankeekillers.
Got it, thanks! Duh.
In a way, I’d rather have Sterling prep me for any bad news before I see it:)
Yes- so the ESPN guys recapping the fact that Tex signed witht he evil empire everytime Tex or Lowell come up tonight is definitely something to look forward to. Is anyone taking a shot everytime they flash on Theo Epstein?
PreteFunkEra
Duh- I forgot about it.
And that ball just died at the wall, I thought it was going to hit.
That ball by Varitek looked like trouble. Nice to see it fall short.
Need to make Masterson work a little here, he’s been cruising so far.
“Jason Bay looks like something that came over on the Mayflower”
Is that true, GB7? Does he look familiar?
Jon: ‘that was so close to a homerun’
Joe: ‘who are these guys in the gray uniforms?’
Jon (looking off screen): SHRUG.
Joe: Youkilis?
Everyone looks in confusion.
Andy is getting tagged left and right. If we don’t score some runs, and fast, we aren’t gonna stand a chance, because these balls are only going to stay in the park, or find our players’ gloves so many times.
Thank God Pettite!! Please give us 1 win this series. I can’t stand any Bosux player and I MEAN any!! Bay looks like that alien that came out of the ship in Close Encounters of the third kind…lmao!!…. Sorry kinda harsh.lol
if theo was a yankee, the gorilla suit would be constantly mentioned.
Pettitte..sorry
Theo Epstein is on ESPN’s Top 1 list of Hottest GM’s
I was hoping that when Pittsburgh was having their mid-summer sale that Cashman would have landed Bay, regardless of his less than stellar glove…..Nothing wrong with Nady, I just think he’s the lesser of the two…..I got blasted here for that…
yankees are batting…no baseball talk please…thanks, jon!
Jon Miller is a-okay.
Joe Morgan is the anti-Christ.
i do also notice the emphasis on the negatives of the yankees and the positives of boston.
I love the Yankees, but I will admit- Theo Epstein is easy on the eyes. Clearly ESPN has a crush on him too
Reading this board, I can’t understand why you are down on Matsui. Sure he is old, but he still looks like he can hit. Not only that he is one of the smartest hitters I have ever seen. When it comes to clutch situations, he is the only Yankee I fear.
“Its funny that every player the sox get off the scrap heap manages to become an all-world player. Lowell, Ortiz, etc. all yankeekillers.”
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And actually, Lowell was a throw-in as part of the Beckett trade. That’s how horrible he was.
The thing with Lowell is that in any other park he would continue to be horrible. His swing works perfect with the green monster.
Hey Lowell, hows that hip?
huge by the grass
Melky..does a body good.
Yeah nice play by Joe Morgan’s crush there.
oh no… lowell the god just missed a ball.
guess tex is ok afterall.
Please notice the COINCIDENCE of course, and always a coincidence, of Masterson giving up his first hit after I mentioned his no hitter. And to think that people actually believe that baseball superstition that you can break up a no hitter if you mention those words before the 5th inning. Who would be ignorant enough to even believe that stuff?
You got it baby. And every single time it happens I believe it more and more.
I of course respect those who think it is total hooey and balderdash.
do you bunt?
It can’t be an E5- it must be the grass’s fault
hardwired, are you insane, jon miller is like listening to michael kay or jerry remy, lick the sox clean. friday it was all about how beautiful boston is and that loser ted williams, the bum who batted 200 in a world series, teddy lost the ballgame.
glad we have mark “the glove” texiera and not mike “ooops” lowell
Nick in SF
April 26th, 2009 at 8:45 pm
“Jason Bay looks like something that came over on the Mayflower”
Is that true, GB7? Does he look familiar?
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How would I know? I was on the Santa Maria.
texeira
Look at my uncle putting down that bunt.
berroa is showing to me that he would have been a better choice than ransom, in hindsight of course.
“Hey Lowell, hows that hip?”
Ask Dr. Albaladejo
Okay okay nice job Angel…put the ball up the middle Brett.
Lowell was a blue chip Yankee prospect guys…..A real sac bunt….
Lowell came THAT CLOSE to having to use his Life Alert device.
is gardner ever going to hit?
nice bunt by Berroa. I’ll take that every time.
I just don’t have any confidence in Gardner. Wish i did but he’s just not that good. He looks overmatched.
Wow….poking fun at BG….these ESPN guys are clearly impartial.
hey bg does the job
GGBG got it done!!!!!!
what is that? a manufactured run?
thunderfangabe… not being able to watch or listen at the moment (I’m at work), I thought you meant the ESPN guys had said that! Either way… I’m just hoping the weather forecast for Tuesday is wrong!
Well done Brett, all you need to do…now the captain with an RBI opp.
gardy gets the job done! feel like thats the first time he got a man in from 3rd with less than 2 outs with year
Nick in SF
April 26th, 2009 at 8:45 pm
“Jason Bay looks like something that came over on the Mayflower”
Is that true, GB7? Does he look familiar?
I think if GB came over on the Mayflower He’d be a sox fan.
I’d suggest a colony that he may have been part of but I’ve off the age jokes
A-Rod sounds like he is only a week away, I am ecstatic
JB (Blue Jays Fan)
He just got his legs under him. Before this he looked awful at the plate. It seems after he got his knee drained things started to click for him.
Trish
“Please notice the COINCIDENCE of course, and always a coincidence, of Masterson giving up his first hit after I mentioned his no hitter.”
Just like yesterday Fox mentioned the grandslam before Varitek launched one…wish the announcers would shut it when they are at bat..
The bottom of the order produces a run. Good going by the Beloved and the Disenfranchised.
someone please send joe a program from scranton…it says angel likes to be called ain-gel not ahn-hel…do some research, mr. morgan
Honestly…I wouldn’t mind if the ESPN broadcast booth would just blow up randomly.
^^Oh forgot. Gardy’s the leadoff.
I wonder if that was the grass’s fault too??
Am I crazy? It’s entirely possible, but my take on Miller is he’s unpretentious. I’m probably way wrong.
LMAO on the comments about the Mayflower and the Santa Maria!
Well done!
Why didn’t Boston want Tex? MIKE LOWELLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!
if brett gardner can get 3 hits in 10 at bats in the world series in his career, i know, thats a long shot, he’ll have a better avg than that weasel, bum, loser ted williams. why doesnt jon miller say that.
Haha Morgan’s lover screws up 2
ahahahaha, lowell is too funny
everyone remember these days when you boo a -rod in two weeks. we need him badly.
not a good inning for the best 3rd baseman in the history of the world
Yeah, team work! GGBG may be overmatched, but he did what many of the elder statesman on the team have failed to do for the last 4 years.
Not lisening to the 3 stooges but it sounds like a typical NYY game reading your comments.
Its amazing those guys, the whole station, gets away with their biased garbage.
They need a competitor. Any decent station will knock them off their perch.
Lowell can’t even bend down. The inning stays alive.
It’d be nice if Tex can smash this.
Thanks, Mikie.
Making excuses for Lowell….how about he just effed it up?
Now only did Lowell blow another play but he just did a good impression of Peter Gammons drooling on himself when he tried to spit.
forget it..too late
tex’s ball sails out at the stadium…
sorry to get you nervous, talltenor
i hope the weather holds up for you!!
Leaving that runner at third is gonna come back to bite them. Got a real bad feeling about this game, and would have liked that second run.
tex gotta get it going
Ouch JR
Whenever I see Bay, the word “hayseed” instantly flashes in my mind.
Invariably.
jon miller likes sausage too im sure.
All 3 of these stooges love the 9 inch sausage
ESPN Everything SOx and Patriots network has no competition, and never will. They even tried to ruin the English Premier League by acquiring its rights. they love chelsea, the red sox of football, and hate manchester united, the yankees of football.
sox fans love those 9 inch sausages
Terry from NH, that stuff always drives me crazy too. It’s like they’re willing it to happen.
Jason Bay is Canadian.
No wonder they are so fat and ugly in Boston — look at the garbage they eat.
::crossing fingers and chanting ‘please please please dont send a-rod to trenton this week’::
i cant get out of work early this week to allow myself time to go find a damn parking spot!!!!!!!!
http://thunderbaseball.wordpress.com/
Oh come on Angel
NongEyeJon
April 26th, 2009 at 8:56 pm
Ouch JR
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Is that you Gammons, posting from the Red Sox dugout?
Thanks for holding all of that disgusting cash with my food, idiot.
Tex will look a lot better with the 3 time AL MVP batting behind him.
There is a rumour in Toronto that the Blue Jays and Red Sox have discussed Rios for Bay. The Blue Jays would never do it unless Bay agrees to a contract extension before the trade. We would never take 6 months of Bay and give up 6 years of Rios. Bay wants to play here.
JR,
YESH
Hey Donnie, got anything positive to say?
Any chance you could be medicated before games and that way maybe you wouldn’t find spies hiding in the stands?
Or are you seriously that skitterish? While that runner at 3rd may come home to bite us, is there any chances that the runners they’ve left on base will come back to bite them? Or are the Yankees the only ones who can be bitten and stung?
yankees pitchers have a lot of trouble throwing to second for dp balls
NongEyeJon
April 26th, 2009 at 8:57 pm
Jason Bay is Canadian.
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So is Sidney Crosby. Go Guins!
Oh and now we have “Love Fest: One Elf, One ESPN Crew”
got thunder season tickets, hope a rod comes .
NongEye:
That was good.
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How many more times throughout the game are the cameras going to show Epstein standing in his suite?
lol @ Suzyn. Dating herself by saying her grandfather was at the 1918 World Series.
how many times will we hear how pedroia can get hot at any time? cant everyone?
“Teixeiramvp (JobaCyYoung)
April 26th, 2009 at 7:39 pm
Very unhappy with my Giants. Not that the pick was bad, but you can’t gamble on a draft pick being a star to replace an A-one type reciever like Burress. If he’s a bust, the Giants will be terrible. Should’ve (any maybe they still will) gotten Edwards or Boldin.”
Dude your questioning Jerry Reese ?
Hey guys, sac flys, bunts, scoring runners from first, are going to be more important this year then 3 run home runs.
Despite Ortiz’s struggles, I don’t really want to face him with 2 on. He’s due.
there’s espn, helping other teams figure out andy pettitte, got to know what youre looking for. espn, is there anyway to get youkilis to not get a hard hit ball or a walk.
Was that Theo?
Anybody know if he’s at the game?
Trisha,
It’s not just leaving THAT runner. It’s that Andy’s getting hit pretty hard (outside of the grounder Berroa booted), and there’s just no chance we keep them off the board. The sooner we get a second run, the sooner it’s okay for Andy to slip up and allow a run. With as hard as they’re hitting him, it’s GOING to happen, and I’d rather have a lead when it happens.
Also, go back and look at yesterday’s posts, when AJ was crucified, and I defended him. It’s got nothing to do with being positive or negative, it’s just how I see things.
Does Theo Epstein ever wear a tie? He seems to always be in casual-Friday dress. Just wondering.
unreal…we can’t make the plays
wow… just wow. what a weak arm.
What I can’t take is watching wasted call ups, I mean Ramiro Pena could have started at 3B tonight right ? and have people not paid attention to Eric Duncan.
what a loser!
i have thunder season tix on top of the home dugout so im not worried about that part…its the parking that is a nightmare…working 40min away and not getting out until 430 is not helpful for a 705 start time.
when clemens came, they were running a shuttle to several offsite parking areas. wait time for the shuttle was approximately FOREVER. im not really wanting to do that!!
PEDROIA IS BREAKING FOR FIRST!
Good lord almighty, can A-Rod just skip over the minor league games, please? This is pathetic.
Omg, Arod cannot come back soon enough. This inning should be over by now.
My goodness Joe Morgan says some spectacularly stupid things.
Hey, did you know he’s a Hall of Famer?
Joe Morgan SHUT UP ! that throw was thrown like a spike throw drom a QB
How typical.
Damnit, Berroa stinks. Can’t wait for A-rod to be back in a week or two.
where is papi’s oppo home run, is he off the juice?!?!?!
Alex come back now!
Can Girardi please learn that no one’s going to produce offensively from 3B until A-Rod gets back so he might as well just play the best defensive 3B on the team…which is clearly not Berroa (cough cough Pena cough cough)?
Trisha, nice Opening Day pictures!
Will you bring me to a game sometime?
Total suckitude. Can’t hate on Angel, but man alive, our runs of Masterson come at a premium.
“We are a better team without the greatest to ever play it!!!”
from a QB *
So, now that we are all pining for AROD, how long will it take for people to actually want Angel Berroa back?
Donnie, I hear what you’re saying. I just think it’s easier to be hopeful than to feel dread. Or something.
Everyone, get off Berroa if you’re on him. He’s not a natural 3B and it wasn’t his fault that Tex didn’t pick it.
My opinion of course.
I don’t think they’re dissecting this enough.
I want to punch every person in the face who said they’d be better off without A-Rod.
way to go Pettitte, picking off the little elf.
BYE HOBBIT!!!!!
Now that thrilled me.
More astute baserunning by Pedroyer.
Keebler elf got picked off.
I cannot wait for Alex comes back. Absence makes the heart grow founder.
swisherrocks, i agree. i never bought that argument, because it isn’t sound at all. people will say it’s because of the playoff performance, but frankly, without him, we don’t even make it that far this year.
i know everyone would rather trash berroa and joe morgan, but i agree with him there. teixeira was trying to throw out ellsbury before he caught the ball. still a bad throw, but one that teixeira would normally come up with. and i hate joe morgan as much as the rest of you, just happen to agree here.
Sit down Dustin Pedophile. Oh wait, that’s your brother
“I want to punch every person in the face who said they’d be better off without A-Rod.”
That’s going to take a while. There were a lot of idiots saying that. If memory serves, the owner of this blog said it as well.
“Everyone, get off Berroa if you’re on him. He’s not a natural 3B and it wasn’t his fault that Tex didn’t pick it.”
Trisha it wasn’t exactly a good throw ?
“way to go Pettitte, picking off the little elf.”
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Pettitte is screwed now. Pedroia is going to talk to all his buddies and they’re gonna steal Pettitte’s shoes tonight while he sleeps.
Is it mean that I find it enjoyable when Pedroia shakes his head in disbelief?
I particularly enjoyed it when the ball went through his legs yesterday but the look on 2B right there was pretty good too.
Joe Morgan mentioned earlier Pettitte’s delivery is easy to read. I believe he is 2nd in pick offs in mlb history, behind Steve Carlton!
Clay, thank you for looking at them and liking them!
And of course I will take you to a game sometime.
Both teams have had a messy series so far.
Wild pitches, passed ball, catcher’s interference, HBP, pick off, blown saves, blown 6-run lead, errors that lead to runs…
You can never just get a nice, crisp game with the Yankees/Sox.
Pedroia-inspired schadenfreude, pat.
I said that ARod’s injury was a blessing in disguise. I still feel that way.
Masterson is a kid. We need to rattle him. Don’t we have anyone on the roster who can foul off 6-7 pitches in an AB?
Does anyone else feel like vomiting when they go to the stadium, sit in the bleachers, look towards all the best seats and see that they are all empty on a weekend in the first weekend of the season, Its disgusting… I just dont understand. All those seats are what right now? Sold and no one is coming, partly sold and they cant lower the price on the rest OR just not selling because the prices are so outrageous.
eITHER way, the yanks have to be losing some cash because of not selling out this early in the season. This last sunday, the stadium was 4000 less than capacity. I couldnt believe in the first weekend series of the season and th stadium was not even close to sold out.
Its just mind-boggling why the organization would put itself in this position. And all the real fans are in the bleachers and the teirs which are packed and probably just as pissed as I am when they look at where their seats used to be and see the seats and empty and we didnt even have a chance to buy tickets for them.
Brandon, yeah but he’s ours and he’s doing his best.
You know how I go.
Swish has a good start towards a golden sombrero
Clay Bucholz,
A blessing for whom?
Could ESPN show Pedroia six or seven more times in the next 15 minutes? I don’t think they’ve shown him anywhere NEAR enough tonight!
Seriously, this is getting ridiculous.
“I want to punch every person in the face who said they’d be better off without A-Rod.”
Sherman and Lupica first please.
Cano is going to knock one out of the park. His swing is aces right now.
Pettitte is screwed now. Pedroia is going to talk to all his buddies and they’re gonna steal Pettitte’s shoes tonight while he sleeps.
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Not to worry. They’ll fix the shoes and put them back.
20 minutes to defend the elf getting picked off.
A blessing in disguise for Alex or for the team, Clay?
Has Shrew Robert’s book come out yet? Or does it keep being put back to coincide with his return to the majors?
“does anyone think that pedroia hanging out with his dirt bag brother is worse than Arod with yuri sucart”
Imagine if Pedroia’s brother hung out with Yuri Sucart? That would be really bad.
Did i say out of the park? I meant over the infield.
mute button people, mute button.
Angel, the term is ‘pedroiafreude’ and it’s catching faster than the swine flu.
joe morgan has always loved robinson
“Brandon, yeah but he’s ours and he’s doing his best.
You know how I go.”
He might as well have spiked it
Yeh I know.
Robbie sure is having a pret-tay good April
sill,
he has always loved him, but his logic about him being a good hitter there…was illogical.
“…and Pedroia breaks for first!” – possible meme?
What’s so shocking about that. The word is lackadaisical.
haha Nick. I like that.
Sounds better than Keeblerfreude or Hobbitfreude, for sure.
“joe morgan has always loved robinson”
Prbly the first time I ever agreed w/ him last season.
Hey dave, the Yankees didn’t depend on the economy tanking when they started the Stadium several years ago.
I actually don’t have empty seat angst. A number of us think that since the Yankees have so many nonseat venues when fans can watch the games, people with tickets are not always in their seats.
Anyway, I think it’s better not to heavily stress about things you can’t change. Just love your team and keep rooting for them, and the rest will eventually take care of itself. Don’t forget with a brand new Stadium, attendees are still like kids in a candy store. More of the seats will fill up as people are finished examining all the new nooks and crannies.
JMO
posada has not looked good in this series, at all
I’m really liking Robbie’s approach this year, so far.
Joe Girardi what do you think of RED HOT Pedroia?You know he can get hot at anytime?
so the sox lovefest is over, and now the yankee hateration is starting.
Any chance we see Melancon tonight? It’s risky as hell, if it all blows up what does it do to his psyche?
If it’s close, who else do you trust? Tough call.
sill,
In Robinson’s case, it’s probably because he’s a smooth second baseman.
But, Morgan is the biggest reverse-racist I’ve ever seen given a microphone.
Argggghhh. Sterling’s fake HR call.
“Keeblerfreude or Hobbitfreude”
No freude about it. He’s a real elf.
“He might as well have spiked it
Yeh I know.”
This is getting really old, these bozos ripping our pitching. Maybe if Wang didn’t have a 35 ERA we would have a better team ERA!
nice baserunning Robi
matsui starting to heat up
I am SO loving the rediscovered Robby
Pettitte is going to break Kenny Rogers’s pickoff record this year.
I miss Arod’s tac on homeruns.
We could use those right now.
Jon: Pedroia almost caught that.
Thats why i hate melky cabrera
Melky why ..
Why did it have to be Melky there? Seriously. Get a man in scoring position, and his ability to work a pitcher goes right out the flipping window.
My kingdom for a two-out base hit.
highest era after three weeks?
they make it sound like it is october already.
how bout ripping our inability to score runs with runners on.
rally killer
melancon is a level-headed guy.
Gee da melk, coudln’t you have taken one pitch at least???
Oh baby you got what I need but you say he just a friend.
Melky.
Seriously? First pitch swinging? Even Robi takes the first pitch. We’re trying to knock Masterson out of the game, not get an early flight.
The lack of discipline there was unreal. How about treating the AB as if it were important?
Melky = hacker. There’s never a reason to throw him a strike.
Girardi just gave EXCELLENT answers about the rotation. The answers made total sense. Why couldn’t Mo, Larry, and Curly figure that stuff out. I seriously don’t get the lack of perspective with some of the stuff they say. It ain’t rocket science.
That Pedroia pickoff was a red sox plan to have youkilis lead off this inning.
“Thats why i hate melky cabrera”
I don’t hate him, but that’s why I can’t call him anything more than a #4 OF. Seriously I’m praying whatever Colin Curtis is doing in AA continues because he’s starting to show a smart bat.
I mean a good AB by Robi then followed up by a good AB by Matsui then what was lost in all this was Robi’s heads up baserunning from 1st to 3rd and then Melky first ball swinging for a HR no doubt.
yeah if schilling makes the hof, pettitte better.
trisha -
I hope your right but I am really talking about the actual attendance on sunday. I have had sunday season tickets for 10 years and almost every single game has been sold out or very close to it for those ten years. Now, this sunday was not only a weekend but the first weekend the new stadium was open and when they announced attendance, it was 4000 less than capacity. And capacity is 6000 less than the old stadium I believe. So all in all there were ten thousand less fans than the old stadium being sold out. And it was pretty obvious when looking at the seats that the teir and bleachers and all the worse seats were completely packed and even overflowing while all the best seats were almost completely empty areas.
And i understand the economy was not expect to be this bad when they started building but certainly the economy was struggling when they put the tickets on sale and decided on the final prices. I mean they should have accounted for it then and lowered the prices for now. I mean fans LOVE the yanks but not at the expense of choosing to buy season tickets or put food on the table and a roof over their heads. Ya know? Its just pretty obnoxious to look at the area my seat used to be and see it empty while i didnt even get the option to buy better seats for some reason. I just dont understand that at all. Why force all the best seats to be 80 game packages? There has to be a better way. Hopefully, the organization will come to their senses next year and prices and packages will both go way down because it is out of control.
HOLY COW! WE FINALLY GOT YOUKILIS OUT!
Melk is ridiculous. Thats why he’s a fourth outfielder, where is the discipline?
gomer
April 26th, 2009 at 9:11 pm
Joe Morgan mentioned earlier Pettitte’s delivery is easy to read. I believe he is 2nd in pick offs in mlb history, behind Steve Carlton!
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Pettitte’s second, but Kenny Rogers is the only one with more. 102-93.
Maybe I was a little bit too hard on Melky but first ball swinging because he had the hole at 2B but he doesn’t know yet how to take a smart AB w/ that hole in 2B.
whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy can they not get a hit with risp >_<
8-9-1 in this lineup are just sad.
Great point, thunderfangabe. All the more reason for Joe to see what he has.
We already know what Edwar, Veras and Marte are bringing to the party (stains on the carpet, ripped drapery, etc.).
Brandon,
Hate might be strong…yet, the fact that he’s still swinging at the first pitch, in a situation like that, it shows there is absolutely no maturing whatsoever. He has completely plateaued and actually regressed. I can’t stand that I know what he’s going to do in that situation: ground ball to the right side, or a pop-up to left field.
I love Andy but he is not a HOF’er. Schilling has 3000 K’s but really has only had about 4-5 great seasons. I don’t see him as a HOF’er either but he probably gets in.
Dr. Dave is that you?
Al: true, but unfortunately the Yanks aren’t elligible to win the “not including games started by Wang” division.
Can Cano tell Melky how much better it is to see more than one pitch??? How can you get a read on a pitcher just going up there hacking away? Again no plan or clue when you walk up to the plate. That is purely why Melky is on the bench.
He just struck out Jason Bay again.
Pedroia’s brother — Your statement certainly seems spot on.
They just mentioned ALL those games that the yanks have supposedly sucked or the pen so they say. Outside of yesterday, every game they mentioned was WANG and not the pen. Yet, they did not mention wang the entire time they were talking about all those runs scored against the yanks. ESPN is just atrocious sometimes.
And the yanks are above 500 with their ace last year pitching like garbage and their best hitter last year and this year on the dl. I would say they are doing pretty darn good. Apparently joe morgan disagrees but luckly i know far more than him nad baseball is not my job.
i love how the morons in the booth dont mention how close that 2-2 pitch was. and now, the inning continues.
Amazing ump giving the Sox another extra out.
NongEyeJon, I don’t want to lose him, because he’s useful but not in everyday ABs, he has smarter ABs when he is actually fighting for something off the bench, that’s why I think he’s a 4th OF.
talked with him many times when he was in trenton and scranton. he is very chill and laidback, but he is in the zone when it comes to his job. he doesnt let it get him all freaked out though. he wont spaz. he just wants to pitch.
Melky hits the occasional HR, and Gardner the occasional seeing-eye-single. Other than that, they’re both sub-.250 hitters.
YES uncle its me. I came back to write some novels for you guys because i know you missed them.
wanted to bash espn and joe morgan with you guys too.
Yankees, just win baby!
Psst. Hey. Your caps lock is own.
oh my.
king of the world struck out.
how about we give andy some run support.
It is also on. It does NOT own.
lowell the america league rbi later AFTER NOT EVEN A MONTH OF PLAY!!!!
Are they serious? I mean they never saw mike lowell strike out before? He is not exactly an mvp over here. His career is practically over.
Hopefully, the Yankees win this game so that all the drivel that the espn crew is spewing will be rendered useless and irrelevant.
No more of this “Well without Wang, our ERA would be…”
Bottom line, Wang’s part of ther team. His stats count too. If every team could disregard their worst pitcher, their numbers would be better too. That’s a lame excuse.
Also, I’m not sure I like Girardi’s answers on the rotation. I know he’s got to be positive but come on. “As soon as we get everyone back we’ll be fine”. Huh? Who’s gone? Bruney for 2 games? Wang has missed one start.
They’ve been bad. Obviously I believe they’re going to get better, but to say everything will be fine is a little presumptous.
“Can Cano tell Melky how much better it is to see more than one pitch??? How can you get a read on a pitcher just going up there hacking away? Again no plan or clue when you walk up to the plate. That is purely why Melky is on the bench.”
Really Robi can’t, it took Robi 5 – 7 mths. to readjust himself in everything he wanted to do to become better, Melky is in a mindset where he thinks he’s Manny when he hits HR and has good ABs, that’s why I love him winning games for us off the bench and not being afraid to be aggressive but it hurts him. The Yankees hate it, hate it when he wastes ABs like those.
i wrote later i meant leader
Go Andy! I guess after last inning he decided to take it out of the fielders’ hands and strike out the side.
dave, my hope is that the organization is working on a way to help with the tickets that aren’t sold. The thing that strikes me though is that there are going to be a lot of people who are wandering around the stadium or are in the lounges or restaurants, who have tickets. Those seats are also going to appear unsold. That’s why I am thinking that with the passage of time at least those people will make their way outside, once the nicer weather comes, and sit in their seats.
I have to say that Pettitte has looked magnificent.
the outstanding pitching coach?
is boston’s pitching much better than the yankees this year? sans wang.
GGBG
April 26th, 2009 at 9:28 pm
I love Andy but he is not a HOF’er. Schilling has 3000 K’s but really has only had about 4-5 great seasons. I don’t see him as a HOF’er either but he probably gets in.
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Shilling’s no HOFer. Not with 11 losing seasons in 20 years. His numbers are built on longevity. That’s the arguement for keeping Blyleven, Kaat and John out.
Win or lose, it’s great to see Andy so sharp. He should be up 1-0.
On another note, is there a whiter team than the Red Sox? Seriously?
Even their damn pitching and hitting coaches look like Greg Marmalard.
SWINE FLU OUTBREAK IN NEW YORK.
Huh, the Red Sox don’t arrive until Monday of NEXT week.
Dumb.
Youk made that play look difficult. He’s good at that.
yeah they all worked out. baldelli on the dl, penny era over 6 and smoltz still on the dl.
good pick ups.
3 out of those 4 will get hurt this year.
Wow they really are stroking the sox ego here. Bragging about the sox signings and slamming Tex, CC and AJ.
“No more of this “Well without Wang, our ERA would be…”
Bottom line, Wang’s part of ther team. His stats count too.”
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It depends on the context. Wang’s starts are outliers. When people say “the Yankees have the worst ERA in baseball” it’s misleading.
Enough with Theo Epstein.
Lowell looking a little tentative in the field tonight. Not complaining just observing.
Gardner is back to being overpowered every at bat. I like Brett, but he has to start hitting some line drives and do something more than get up there being defensive at every at bat
Brett when I see that I keep thinking what are you waiting for ?
miggs, I actually do think everything is going to be alright and come together. So I think Girardi’s answers were factually correct (the injuries) and spot on (my opinion that things will all come together nicely.
JMO
Back to Glory, Berroa was MVP so he obviously knows how to hit. But I think the thing he had going for him more than anything was major league experience. Playing in fenway isn’t the easiest thing in the world for a newerbie.
JMO
I was wrong about Jeter. Jeter is the man.
“Wow they really are stroking the sox ego here. Bragging about the sox signings and slamming Tex, CC and AJ.”
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are you surprised?
Tex is due for a big hit.
Gardner is so bad. Melky will be the starting CF by June 1st. I’m pretty confident in saying that.
And Jeter continues to serve notice that he is far from done. At least at the plate.
“It depends on the context. Wang’s starts are outliers. When people say “the Yankees have the worst ERA in baseball” it’s misleading.”
Yep
Brett Gardner is a complete waste. He is an automatic out. How many times has he struck out looking? Better yet, how many times has he struck out without lifting the bat off his shoulders? I don’t want to hear about his speed being a “game-changer.” You have to get on base to change the game.
He doesn’t even play a good CF. He stinks going back on the ball and his arm is a noodle.
But hey, he sure can run really fast!
berroa was rookies of the year, not mvp
Once again:
You can’t swear in the comments section. You can’t abbreviate curses, etc. You can’t call the manager “a homo.” You can’t make crude sexual comments. You can’t use ALL CAPS.
I understand that some people are stupid and cant make their points about baseball without resorting to such idiocy. There are plenty of other blogs for you. Go there. Just stop posting here.
Thanks.
I’m curious if Masterson is on a pitch count. He was on an 80 pitch count last game.
He’s approaching 80 now.
can’t the sox fans come up with a chant better than “Yankees Suck”?
“Berroa was MVP so he obviously knows how to hit”
Just another poster that started following the game over the last few years….
According to Sterling/Waldman will start playing games this coming week.
Trisha,
Yea but the organization also decided to spend some of our money on bulking up security to try to ensure that the real fans cant actually get to the better seats without a ticket despite the facts that most of them are completely empty. I mean i was able to move from the bleachers to the upper main deck on the first base side but i left to get food and came back and had a problem with security trying to get back in after sitting there for half the game and this was in the seventh inning. So security was stopping me from going to empty seats in the seventh inning and this was not even in the really good lower main seats but the upper part of the split level. I dunno but seats like that never had security in the old stadium. It is like the equivalent of the loge with security. Why block off seats that are empty anyway?
damn
Actually Tex is due for a lot of money this month in return for NO BIG HITS…
That would have been a HR at YS.
Darn that died at the wall.
should have been a hr.
KP,
No. They can’t. That would take effort and creativity.
I thought Tex had it there. Damn…it
I have always believed competition amongst teammates is a good thing. Tex and Gardner are having a nice battle for the lowest batting average on the team…that’s about the most exciting thing about this team!
Pete,
I couldn’t care less personally but if you’re going to critique the comments you probably shouldn’t be allowing names like
“Pedroia’s brother likes little boys”
“Tex is due for a big hit.”
The equalizer is behind the plate, srsly if anyone is more responsible for how good the Red Sox have been it’s Jason Varitek. The Yankees w/ all thier additions have lacked a game caller, Molina is that but he doesn’t have the bat. Hopefully the kids in the system are learning to call better games where Posada lacks.
Why do you think there are all these Cialis and Viagra commercials during baseball games?
Sterling had to have given everyone listening a little thrill with that one.
Sorry, I meant ROY
Sorry Pete – didn’t know the NO CAPS rule. Berroa is still a joke though.
This has sox win written all over it, we haven’t given Andy any support against a kid pitcher in a must-win.
GB7 -
I agree with you. I don’t think he should get in but the fact that he led the Sux to the WS and the bloody sock and enough other stats probably get him in.
“The equalizer is behind the plate, srsly if anyone is more responsible for how good the Red Sox have been it’s Jason Varitek.”
Tek is overrated as a game caller IMO. I’m sure I’ll get slammed for that but the Sox backup catchers probably have similar #s from the pitchers.
I’m sure Nolan Ryan’s catcher had good #s too.
Why do people overreact to one out?
Ted Williams made outs 60 percent of the time when he hit .400. People who watch one strikeout and write “this guy is no good” look like dopes.
Have some perspective.
berroa was not rookie of the year, he STOLE rookie of the year. Dont ask me how but matsui was clearly the ROY that year.
According to Sterling/Waldman will start playing games this coming week.
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I guess it would have been more informational if I had said Alex Rodriguez begins playing in games this week.
Who hits below .200 first – Tex or Gardner?
Berroa was MVP of the greater Santo Domingo men’s senior “slowball” league.
Right now, the only hot hitters in this lineup are Cano, Matsui and Jeter, while 8-9-1 are Mendoza-like. Tex really needs to start stepping it up.
come on….lead off walks NEVER end up well
Andy.
1) KP – The chant seems pretty appropriate in regards to this series.
2) HOW do the guys who wrote Fire Joe Morgan manage to resist re-starting the site after listening to this man each week? (Screw Parks and Recreation, Ken T.)
3) Gardner’s swing has reverted to a flat-footed uppercut. He was getting his lower half involved during spring training. This is last-September-Brett…and that’s not a good Brett (and, yes, I know he has the RBI tonight).
Oh lord please. Please get Andy through this inning without any damage.
Thanks
Ok, full assessment of the weekend. It is hard to see that the Red Sox are more than 2 games better than the Yankees.
This has been more of a “bad break”series for the Yankees than anything else.
Back to Glory -
Who would you put at 3b in Berroa’s place?
Pedroia’s brother likes little boys
April 26th, 2009 at 9:42 pm
we could have had mike cameron and bill hall instead of BG, Melky, and Ransom, but Cashman decided he was going to 95% in spending and the whole way.
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Give me a bleepin’ break. Cameron is 36 years old, has declined defensively, hits the wrong way for the Stadium, and Ks a lot.
yeah put this season in perspective. we can say up until august that it is only the XXX game..
nothing that happens here matters.
we’ll see when it comes to the final week, and we are 2 behind boston for first that these games dont matter.
Pedroia’s brother,
If Pete is going to police the comments he probably shouldn’t be allowing immature names like yours. If he isn’t, no big deal. Like I said, I couldn’t care less.
Is it just me or is pettite the only gamer on this staff?
Teixeira’s worth to the Yanks is hard to quantify. How much emphasis do you place on the type of D that serves as a security blanket for the entire infield?
The Yanks haven’t had a 1B w/his acumen since Donnie. He’s worth every penny of his contract. Over time, this will become self-evident.
Pete
I feel the same way. That is why I think that Chad Jackson and Laurence Maroney should be given another chance. Also, everyone should have just forgotten about Ellis Hobbs getting beaten on a Super Bowl losing touchdown catch. It was just one play.
“This has been more of a “bad break”series for the Yankees than anything else.”
Friday – 1 run scored on two bases loaded, no out situations is a bad break?
Saturday – giving up 16 runs is a bad break?
Really?
Are you trying to say pedroias brother doesn’t like little boys? Facts point to that he does, just like bucholtz steals laptops. facts are facts man
One thing that’s positive so far this early season, is how great a heathly Derek Jeter is….
Come on let’s get a DP here.
bill hall? dont think his number this year have been any better than melky’s
i agree, facts are facts. and the fact is, that pettitte has lost the strike zone
“Tek is overrated as a game caller IMO. I’m sure I’ll get slammed for that but the Sox backup catchers probably have similar #s from the pitchers. ”
He’s called 4 no hitters, is it a coincidence that when Tek went up in the lineup and was put in more games in 03 – 04 that they actually broke through as a club and have been one of the better pitching teams in the AL for a few yrs. now. Just watch the impact Matt Weiters will have for Baltimore, we need to be ready for things like that.
does anybody know if Masterson is on a pitch count? Have they mentioned it on ESPN?
I know injuries always happen and girardi said that there is a point in the year for every team in which the injury bug really hits them hard but we dont have arod, wang, nady, bruney and ransom and the season started less than a month ago. I have a feeling the injury bug will hit us again but i think the team is doing pretty well for missing that talent. And CC and tex have not really turned it on quite yet. Plus, we could have just as easily won the last two against boston the games were so close.
Obviously Pena – and the yanks woudl still be winning this game if I was the manager and I did that. OR call up a hot bat from AAA and not a guy who can’t play third at all. Does that make sense or am I way off that Berroa and his stone hands and bat with a hole in it have no busines at third base in a red sox game
dave, the problem with being allowed into other seats, especially with all of the restaurants, lounges, etc., is that if someone owns that seat and wants to come back there for two innings, then you are where you don’t belong.
pettites losing it, need to get someone warming
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Boston Dave
I have no problem with this name:
“pedroia’s brother likes little boys”
It is true, accurate and something you wont hear or read about from ESPN or few other news organizations.
when is melancon actually going to pitch out of the pen up here? What day?
This is not good…walks are not good.
Melancon should have been up here three weeks ago. He never should have left. He should have come out opening day and pitched for the yanks.
“He’s called 4 no hitters, is it a coincidence that when Tek went up in the lineup and was put in more games in 03 – 04 that they actually broke through as a club”
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you’re right. It has nothing to do with Pedro Martinez, Curt Schilling, Josh Beckett, Jon Lester, etc
It’s all Varitek.
Come on, Andy.
Pena has a good glove but can he play 3b? Are you going to throw someone whos a rookie or call someone up for their first game to play in Fenway?
Berroa’s not a stone hands defender – not great but not stone hands. He was the best option to play 3b now until ARod comes back and it doesn’t have to do with his bat.
Dustin Pedroia is an Underwear Gnome
Pettitte is making their worst hitters into hard outs. I mean walking captain finished, ellsbury who stinks and even Nick Green he went to 3-2 on him.
Back to Glory,
You are 100% correct. There’s no excuse for Angel Berroa being on the 25 (or even 40) man roster. He brings NOTHING to the table, except a few Pete Abe jokes. I can live with someone not having a bat if he can catch the ball. Pena can do that. Berroa is a complete waste and so was Ransom for the same reason.
One more…get papi….pleasee. He’s due…just let me be due another game.
looks like veras getting ready to warm up?
they may be thinking melancon shouldnt make his first appearence at fenway.
wow these commentators are ridiculous. Why dont they just bend over and take it from everyone on the red sox team. Its just insane how these guys have a hard on about everything the sox do
83 rbis in his mvp season – HA! How many mvps have 83 rbis and are not leadoff hitters. Worst MVP EVER!
and papi is a member of the crab people
Melancon is a big boy…he can handle Fenway. If not, what’s the point.
The Red Sox installed more benches in an already tight dugout.
Players looked liked they’re bunched together.
Pedroia’s brother likes little boys
April 26th, 2009 at 9:48 pm
you’re right bod,
but cameron has got to better than these two bumbling idiots. i just really want bill hall.
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I happen to disagree. Have you seen Cabrera’s OPS? It’s nuts. The Yankees issue is he’s in and out of the lineup. He’s 24 years old, and still in the develpmental stage as a hitter. To expect him to come off the bench as if he’s Mark Loretta or Ruben Sierra – in other words, like a veteran PH – is a ridiculous expectation. Even Cano, who is a much more gifted hitter, would have trouble adjusting to such a role if he weren’t used to it.
They blew it when they waited a day to send him down last year, killing any option on him. To expect him to be productive coming off the bench – esp as a switchy – is a ludicrous expectation. Considering all the jerking back and forth, his numbers are impressive.
Either make him the CF, trade him, or use him as a late-innings replacement.
As for Gardner, his OBP and slugging speak for themselves.
“Boston Dave
I have no problem with this name:
“pedroia’s brother likes little boys”
It is true, accurate and something you wont hear or read about from ESPN or few other news organizations.”
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I don’t have a problem with it either. But if Pete is policing the blog and trying to keep immature idiots from posting swears in the comments, he shouldn’t allow names like that one. Who cares if it’s true or not?
If you don’t like Pedroia, fine. None of us do. That doesn’t make it cool to be an idiot.
damn it
Get a real name and stop impersonating. You don’t deserve the name of the greatest yankee fan of all time.
ball game folks
well not scoring, it was only a matter of time.
Why not bust his hands ?
How do you give up a double to Ortiz. He is cooked.
Ballgame.
I *REALLY* hate that ballpark.
Sigh.
That is what happens when you walk guys. Even Shrek who is finished can get a lucky fenway hit.
“I have no problem with this name:
“pedroia’s brother likes little boys”
It is true, accurate and something you wont hear or read about from ESPN or few other news organizations.”
me neither!
Well, because Justin Masterson is Cy Young, is this game over? This is what happens when you walk the lead-off man.
Trisha,
See what I mean about that second run? Andy’s getting shelled, and the ball eventually found it’s way into an open spot.
Back in my hotel now… and I think it’s time to kill the ESPN audio in favor of John & Suzyn.
And right there is one huge difference between the two teams: hitting with 2-outs and RISP. Soooo frustrating.
drewhas 2 Ks, but watch a grand slam .
Clearly David Ortiz “got prepared” for this series. And on a totally completely unrelated note, I wonder when those other 103 names of PED users are going to come out.
I wanna throw up….Ortiz…honestly Andy?
When does this ever end well, when you walk someone. Just pitch to the guy.
Pedroia’s brother likes little boys
Are you a low life, no class or just brain dead. What kind of header is that? Despicable.
“Yankees suck”. Really? Seriously?
Stay classy, Boston.
NongEyeJon
April 26th, 2009 at 9:55 pm
Melancon is a big boy…he can handle Fenway. If not, what’s the point.
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Don’t waste your worry on Melancon.
Im really starting to think the Yankees will never beat the Red Sox
Do sox fans know how to chant anything else? Like hmmm maybe lets go ….. (i can’t say it).
Holy crap, from the tone of some of those comments I though Papi went yard. 2-1 (at this moment) is not exactly “ball game.”
“That is what happens when you walk guys. Even Shrek who is finished can get a lucky fenway hit.”
um- if that fenway wall wasnt there, ellsbury wouldve scored
tRISA- there were thousands of empty seats all in the best sections. If someone comes back, I could just move over a seat. Or down one row or up one row. Or walk across the aise. They are ALLL empty.
JD Drew is due…just like Ortiz
hung it, and got lucky
Considering Masterson was on an 80 pitch pitch-count last game, I’m guessing he’s done after 6 innings tonight.
That gives the Yanks 3 innings (assuming they don’t score next inning) to hammer a tired Sox pen.
I’m curious about something. Do fans at Yankee Stadium regularly chant Red Sox suck during Red Sox/Yankees games?
would of liked another curveball there to ortiz…another bad pitch
MELANCON
MARK!
Mark is up.
Wow they were sleeping.
Wow….are the Yankees even in this game?
Now this is getting embarassing.
That broke my heart
How does that happen?
OMG!!! What the heck was that?!?!?!?
this team is a joke. a steal of home are you joking!!
Andy fell a sleep…….
R u kidding me? This isnt the playoffs guys – you shouldnt suck that bad!!!!!!
Is Posada awake?
That’s crap.
wow.
Yanks22
April 26th, 2009 at 9:57 pm
Im really starting to think the Yankees will never beat the Red Sox
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Wow. Helluva community here. Night.
PATHETIC!!!!
The ball was down the middle in a happy zone for lefties.
Please leave Mark in the pen, don’t put him in until Molina calls his game.
Have to love Andy sleeping on the mound tonight. That was embarrassing for him…Letting a minor leaguer run wild on you.
The embarrassment continues
Great job Jorge.
Goodnight Irene. This team doesn’t have it. Sorry folks.
And a brain lock. Pettitte is still on the mound, winding up.
This game is now, over….get out the brooms baby.
what a joke
I think boston is right – YANKEES SUCK!
Ok, the Yankees fundamentals SUCK!!!!!!!!
there is the height of embarrassment for the Yankees. How does Posada not see that.
Enough of Posada. He has become worthless.
Another meltdown by the Yanks…
4-1 lead. Yikes.
WHEELS
COMING
OFF
CART
Where’s the focus? Where’s the hard-nosed professionalism? OMG!!!
5th inning and the wheels feel like they’re coming off. Sad because Pettitte was pitching a gem.
Just awful, the game is falling apart again.
Last place here we come!
This is the Boston massacre.
If this doesn’t light a fire under their a$$ they’re a bad team.
9-9 3rd in the division, ugh. I’m out folks gonna watch Jets draft highlights again.
Angel…no they dont chant red sox suck..they actually dont chant anything in the stadium anymore!
The Red Sox remind me of us when we used to be good.
And the inning started with walking Varitek who is hitting 215.
This is the worst three game series the yanks have played in quite some time against boston. HORRIBLE playing, embarassing fielding, lack of clutch hitting, bad pitching
I am so, so, so, so sick of this team right now. They embarass themselves nightly.
Andy needs to snap out of it and keep them in this game.
Okay…now I’m thinking it’s ball game. This is going to be one of those games that gets mentioned next winter when somebody writes a memoir about the dysfunction of the Yankees. “When Ellisbury stole home, that told me that nobody was invested in winning,” yadda, yadda, yadda.
What could have Posada done? Andy was in the zone.
This is a nightmare.
We have no good starters.
Well there goes this game. A good catcher comes out to make sure the pitcher is ok after that. Posada is pathetic. This team is as weak as weak can be. Just embarrassing getting controlled by a minor leaguer.
nothing but heartbreak with this team
good night, ALL…anytime,EVER,we get swept by the Sox…I AM HATING LIFE !!!
Yanks22 — Exactly.
Pettitte was getting knocked around. The balls were falling in. It was a matter of time. But guess how it started? Lead off walk.
And the Yankees are not even this game. The offense looks asleep against Masterson and this team is just nowhere to be found
Pete: Guys it is just 18 games.
Starting to be as repetitive as a Joe G press conference.
That’s the 3rd time in 6 years that somebody has stolen home on Pettitte. Mike sweeney for KC, Hill from Toronto and now, Ellsbury.
Well I’m not talking about the new stadium really, lol
More asking if historically at the old stadium if this happens.
Stealing of home was just adds to this embarassing weekend.
Aaaaaand over to “In Plain Sight” we go. Screw this. I have better, more enjoyable things to do than watch this team suck.
“there is the height of embarrassment for the Yankees. How does Posada not see that.”
Exactly that steal wasn’t on Andy, Georgy fell asleep and didn’t even block the plate.
i wasn’t watching the game…how did elsberry steal home….isnt that impossible?
Sadly, there isn’t one Yankee starter right now of whom you can say, “He’ll stop the slide.” I don’t believe Girardi will last the season, though he’s hardly the biggest problem.
he tripped onto the dish….
Yanks need to pick Andy up here. badly
If Ellsbury was on the Yanks someone would get beaned for that when they come up. But ofcourse the Yanks are too weak for that.
pedroias brother – you are just learning that? I could have told you that two years ago. Wake up and smell the coffee guy!
yanks suck,
texeira is garbage, posada blows, our pitching is embarassing and we cant hit if our lives depended on it.
sabathia is a major bust as well.
cashman and girardi need to be fired asap.
Nobody but himself to blame with 3 walks, though.
Oy vey
That was pathetic! But at my first ever Yankees game, A-Rod stole home and it was a pretty big deal, the crowd went wild!
About as annoying as half the people who project their word vomit onto this comment section night after night.
massacre 3 game disaster. lucky early in the season.
friday night meltdown.
saturday could not hold a 6 run lead.
sunday, just not make the plays.
boston hit better in the clutch, make th elittle plays, and man it up on the mound when it matters.
maybe see melancon tonight… total total terrible 3 game series.. blame girardi all you want, it is the players who wet there bed.. aj gave up a 6 run lead, veras and others looked like they would pee in there pants while on the mound, they have any pitchers who can dominate? You figure for all that money maybe someone could dominate!!!
7th in league in runs scored like 26th best ERA……….
This will not go over well on the blog but oh well.
We’re down 4-1. It’s still Fenway Park. It’s only 3 runs. We cannot expect to score less than 4 runs and win games. Period.
I am embarrassed to be a Yankee fan today.
Lidle
Nice job comparing a guy who died tragically to a guy who commited a crime against a child. Those two are exactly the same. Congratulations on winning the award for moron of the year.
Steal of home should ALWAYS be an automatic third out.
Posada should be taken out of the game disgraced.
Our starters are a disaster and our bullpen is a disaster, and our fielding.
Our hitting is so-so.
How? How did EVERY SINGLE ONE of our starters get rocked?
Stealing home is a major momentum problem. Glad Andy struck out the last batter. Not Andy’s fault for the first runner or stealing home. Should be a 2 run game. Now we get to see Melancon’s debut. Bet he is excited.
Pettitte looked like he completely lost his focus. Umm duh you have to pay attention to Ellsbury a speedy runner at third.
They need to get out Boston and regroup.
Andy doesn’t even check runners on 2nd or 3rd… never looks.
i don’t care if it’s april 26 or september 6, getting swept in boston, and especially in this fashion, is not a reflection of a yankee team headed in the right direction.
Wow, I was hoping Stuart had gotten less hysterical and prone to hyperbole since I saw him last.
Possibly not.
im only continuing to watch to see melancon pitch or else i’d turn this debacle of a team off and get some rest
Have we officially bottomed out? Is Posada aware that he’s wearing body armor & Ellsbury weighs 170 lbs? Why am I asking rhetorical questions?
I *so* want to be upbeat, but gee…
Inexcusable walking Jason, and allowing the steal of home. All on him.
saying cc and tex are busts is dumb. but the fundamentals so far have been really lousy.
Break out the Xanax and Paxil!
Its all over. Let the hand-wringing and nail biting begin.
This place turned into a complete sewer at exactly 9:57.
That’s my signal. In the words of Michael Kay “See ya!”
ye – I’ll talk to someone on your behalf about having the season canceled. clearly, your points are valid and not at all reactionary.
Salt in the wounds…Getting it in every fashion….Wake up call guys ?????
“If Ellsbury was on the Yanks someone would get beaned for that when they come up. But ofcourse the Yanks are too weak for that.”
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why would you bean someone for your own bad play?
They should have thanked Ellsbury for attempting it… they just messed up.
Posada defensively has never been great. He had a beautiful 8th inning yesterday, he never learns. never blocks the plate but he can hit…
pettitte walking junk hitters a formula for success…
the sux are the late 90 yankees, relentless, tough, and smart. we are the old sux, some superstars, depth not great, fundamantally not sound…
Actually, this is the New York massacre.
New York is being massacred, not Boston.
Honestly the Yanks could score ten runs and I’d still put the smart money on the Red Sox to win.
“This game is now, over….get out the brooms baby.”
why is it raining?
Boston came back from 6-0 yesterday, have some faith.
This inning will be a tell-tale sign of how much fight this team has. If we go down 1-2-3, we’re folding.
Lets look at how long these espn morons drool over ellsbury’s historic steal of home.
This was not ellsbury’s brilliance but pettitte’s horrendous and inexcusable lack of awareness.
As sad as the momentum is – we still can’t hit. This team cannot manufacutre runs. It either hits enough home runs to win or it loses.
Pettitte is the same as every other Yankee starter 1 thing happens and then they just lose it. How many times this year is Girardi going to try walking a batter for it to not work out?? Keep managing scared. Mangers that do that and don’t win get fired…
Why does every single scoreboard on mlb.com have a different score (4-1)than Gameday (3-1)?
The Sox play how we used to play with heart, with pride, with grit. They actually care about playing hard at home they never give up on a game. I hate to use this as an excuse but none of our players are hungry because everyone makes 10 million+ a year. Terry Francona is a great manager who has the respect of his team, Girardi is the opposite a hot-head who couldn’t lead a bunch of pee wee leaguers. I am done with this team for now and the foreseeable future, until they start playing with heart I will not be supporting them.
DT-We’re at Fenway Park and we’re emotionally drained.
We’re not going to win this game.
I am ashamed right now to be a Yankee fan.
I know its early but you just have to laugh at this….It seems for the past 5 years any move the Sox make it work and any move we make it back fires……wow
cano is really seeing the ball well
Yanks/Sox in Fenway Park. This game isn’t going to end 4-1 Sox. Not saying the Yanks will win but more drama will ensue.
This is just pathetic. How can Steve Phillips have a job? I didnt think it was possible for ESPN to get any worse on Sunday Night Baseball but adding Phillips has done the job.
GB I’m going to ask you a simple question, I know alot of ppl overreact but when your catcher falls asleep there and I’m going to be honest Posada tonight is calling a so so game because I still can’t believe he didn’t bust Ortiz in the hands…anyway how do you not take Georgy out of this game, and I’m scared of them bringing in Melancon because I just don’t have faith in Georgy handling him.
Meanwhile Robi seems to be the only Yankee awake for this series.
Can we actually get an extended freakin rally? Or is Posada going to do nothing again this weekend?
pete’s buddy the swish down to 295 in BA.
Pete likes him cause he has personality and talks to him.. call me a old fashioned guy I like players that win and produce… If you want a circus you just have to look at arod..
those old boring yankees of about 98, that team really was boring. I was bored from all the wins. it was terrible….
I love the Cano
Never mind, they just fixed it.
CaptainsCorner-Logistically walking him was a smart move but with the way this has been going I knew it would bite us in the end.
“emotionally drained”. That’s hardly an excuse. Wonder if the hot Tiger bats are giddy in anticipation right now?
“emotionally drained”. That’s hardly an excuse. Wonder if the hot Tiger bats are giddy in anticipation right now?
Dave-
Lets look at how long these espn morons drool over ellsbury’s historic steal of home.
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They actually mentioned Ellsbury and Jackie Robinson in the same breath. Amazing, isn’t it?
This Sox love fast is disgusting. It started from the very 1st inning. When Miller said lets listen to Tex get booed…When he didn’t get booed Miller didn’t know what to say. It is soo annoying already. Good thing tvs come with a mute button. Where is the sox mascot Gammons? How can he possibly miss a game?…
yea its just so beyond ridiculous that you have to laugh at it, the red sox can do no wrong and we cant do anything right, dont worry things will change…its a long season
Now let’s see… Berroa plays so far away that Ellsbury can walk half way home without worrying about picked off. Pettite doesn’t even look at the runner on third. And Posada doesn’t even know he’s coming home. Awesome job on the fundamentals by the Yankees, huh? This team is getting harder and harder to pull for. They’re like an intensely stupid Goliath. Even when they win…
sux 5 hits 4 runs.
yanks 6 hits 1 run, sound about right. cano going to get a meaningless hit soon……..
no clutchness, zippo…
This is beginning to look like the Rangers today, v. the Caps. Are the Sawx in the Yankees’ heads?
Please tell me somebody didn’t really comment that the Yankees should bean Ellsbury for stealing home.
Good lord.
So players shouldn’t try?
How about you bean yourself? Do us all a favor.
“pete’s buddy the swish down to 295 in BA.”
good thing BA isn’t necessarily as important as OPS.
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ZOMG !!!!
sill-Hey genius, 3 runs vs. the A’s come in mind?
Posada and his contract are just a waste.
The Yanks have battled back all year. The pitching may stink, but they don’t quit. (only some fans do)
Well at least Cano is becoming a beast of a hitter, please come back soon A-rod
. And I doubt we see Malencon
Angel: “Boston sucks” is the chant of choice. In the stadium, in the subway cars, in bars, on the street.
we make young pitching look very good more often than not.
pedroia brother- glad you knew melky will never learn to walk but what about BG? I didnt hear what you said about him…
Just Googled “who gives a rats arse” and it returned the 2009 Yankees team picture. Fascinating how this internet works. Amazing stuff.
At least Swisher hit the ball this time. It’s been awhile.
cant wait to hear what Joe Moron I mean morgan says about melancon
Bowden is their Ian Kennedy. I wouldn’t get too excited about him. Not to say he’s going to be bat shy like Kennedy has been. but he’s about a 4/5 starter.
After the way they played this weekend Jeter should call a players only, closed door meeting to get the yanks heads out of their a$$e$!
Yes, Pete, unfortunately someone did.
Too much “anything less than a championship is a failure” Kool-Aid.
“Posada and his contract are just a waste.”
That’s not true, his bat is not a waste, it’s just almost everything else.
Peter, you’re 100% right.
Cano should steal second, third, and home instead.
teixeriamvp – stop being soo melodramatic. We have four solid pitchers who are not pitching solidly this weekend.
time for matsui, bring it home.
I’ve been championing Girardi since before he was hired. And I’m THRILLED that Torre is gone. But I think it’s pretty obvious that the team is even MORE asleep under Girardi than they were under Torre. And they were like Sleeping Beauty after 2001 under Torre. (Not to mention what he did to one poor wretch in the bullpen after another. Proctor ought to be able to sue him for damages.
I always get a kick out of how racially diverse the fan base in Fenway seems to be.
huge AB here for Matsui
good riddance masterson
Cano is the only one who always hits. Can someone please help him attempt to score some runs?!! Tex pretend it is May and start to look like the real Tex…
Brandon If Melancon doesn’t K the first batter he’s a bust “I LOVE ME SOME ME !”
April 26th, 2009 at 10:08 pm
GB I’m going to ask you a simple question, I know alot of ppl overreact but when your catcher falls asleep there and I’m going to be honest Posada tonight is calling a so so game because I still can’t believe he didn’t bust Ortiz in the hands…anyway how do you not take Georgy out of this game, and I’m scared of them bringing in Melancon because I just don’t have faith in Georgy handling him.
Meanwhile Robi seems to be the only Yankee awake for this series.
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Do you really want to throw a 88-90 MPH fastball on the inner side of the plate to Ortiz? Unless Pettitte has a secret screwball pitch, that’s the only way a lefty gets inside to a lefty.
I am not embarrassed to be a Yankee fan. I am proud to be a Yankee fan. I will always be proud to be a Yankee fan.
I will say, though, that probably the most embarrassing thing that can happen to a team in a game, is having the other team steal home. I still haven’t been able to breathe right since that play!
DT-Sigh. You’re right, but this series has been a murphy’s law series.
Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.
Pete
Maybe the Yankees should score 52 points on a Hall of Fame coach while going for it on 4th down in the 4th quarter because, you know, we were just giving the team a chance to stop the 4th down play. Good think karma won in the end. That would be classier, right?
Why is damon sitting when he is RIGHT in the middle of a hot streak in fenway!!??
The Yankees offense this year has been pathetic at times and at times very good, i just hope when A-rod Gets back things improve in the hitting with RISP
Aw, shucks. I wanted to see Matsui rip one of Masterson’s offerings.
“I always get a kick out of how racially diverse the fan base in Fenway seems to be”
Please!
This club needs a five game winning streak real soon….
I am not embarrassed to be a yankee fan but i am embarrassed that the team is playing embarrassing baseball right now.
Someone named Hunter Jones – a rookie – is now coming in to face our lineup.
Can we please make him a little uncomfortable? Take some pitches? Foul some off? Make him work?
“teixeriamvp – stop being soo melodramatic. We have four solid pitchers who are not pitching solidly this weekend.”
What’s interesting to me is that the best pitched game of the series was w/ Molina calling the game. After that it’s been near pinball baseball, so what happened ? it can’t be they all just started to suck.
Do we now get stymied by Howard “No One Ever Is To Blame” Jones?
“I am ashamed right now to be a Yankee fan.”
Come on, grow a spine! *This* game isn’t even over yet.
Hunter Jones?!?!?! LOL!
“Proctor ought to be able to sue him for damages.”
lol Negligent Supervision for the win!
I predict a BB to Hideki and a clutch hit from Melky…
please please please
Gardner should steal first.
Look at that the Red Sox manager giving a kid a chance in the bullpen, I hope joe would do that..
lets get some hits off this youngster
dave- did you read Pete’s post? If you did you wouldn’t be asking.
UPDATE, 6:24 p.m.: Johnny Damon is out of the lineup with a sore right shoulder, a sore knee and a sore back. Girardi said he hopes Damon will be available tomorrow.
Teix – we are playing a hot team – in their park no less. The Red Sox will cool down. The Yanks will play better.
As long as guys are trying and not giving up ABs – have some faith.
Attention “Pedroia’s Brother Likes Little Boys”
Change your name or you will be banned. This blog does not allow such crude language. Have some class, please.
It’s not funny.
6 hits in 5 innings and we can only score a single run
trisha-Which is why I’m embarassed.
Let’s go through key events this series that changed everything (Murphy’s law):
1. Forget bases loaded stuff. Up by 2, bottom of ninth, best closer ever on mound vs. Manny’s replacement gives up game tying HR. Later, Youk, the most hated Sock, wins it.
2. One of the worst hitters in the league is up against a pitcher who historicaly owns his team, and he gives up a grand slam, then gives up a HR to one of the worst power hitters in the league to tie the game
3. The team comes back and ties it only to have the bullpen blow it
4. 2 errors at 3rd lead to unearned game tying run
5. Ellsbury steals home
6. Hitter who they elected to face after intentional walk drives in two more runs
What else can go wrong?
It would be nice if Gardner can steal tons of bases. Oh I forgot he hasn’t figured out how to get to 1st base yet.
damn, well hit by Matsui
it’s up to Melky
“Do you really want to throw a 88-90 MPH fastball on the inner side of the plate to Ortiz? Unless Pettitte has a secret screwball pitch, that’s the only way a lefty gets inside to a lefty.”
Ortiz is in so much of a funk I doubt he hits an 85 mph pitch in his hands.
you guys are absolutely amazing. ive read this blog for a couple years now and ive never written a single comment. so after ellisbury stole home, i came on here to see what pete thought. i also wanted to see what you “fans” would be writing. one dude is telling posada how to call a game. really dude? cmon now. another is complaining that the red sox fans have the audacity to chant “yankees suck”. this is major league baseball, not little league. you ever been to a yanks sox game at the stadium? try and count all the “boston sucks” chant. you wont have enough fingers and toes. but the most amazing part of this all is the panic that just hopped out of the screen and punched me right in the grill when i read the comments.holy moses. relax. its astonishing. 9-8 with no arod and wang with an era higher that most of your baseball iqs is not that bad. its a long season. enjoy it. you guys arent. its baseball. its a game. im a huge fan, but it doesnt alter my life like the way it does to some of you. ok, now enjoy the rest of the game, its far from over. excuse me, im gonna go get some ice for my face. that panic punched me good. go yankees.
Brandon If Melancon doesn’t K the first batter he’s a bust “I LOVE ME SOME ME !”
April 26th, 2009 at 10:12 pm
“Posada and his contract are just a waste.”
That’s not true, his bat is not a waste, it’s just almost everything else.
that is very true. But even his bat is suspect. Perhaps we should get rid of matsui, and just keep Posada as a DH. He can sleep during each half inning and not have to worry about all the other things a catcher must do.
DT-I have faith in the team but not this series.
when is hughes pitching??
This BS about blaming bad pitches on the catcher (whoever the catcher is) is beyond stupid. The pitch to Ortiz wasn’t that bad….low and outside. Pettitte’s mistakes besides forgetting about Ellsbury were the walks.
Lets see can they get a hit with RISP here.
is that okay pete
Melky he’s a rookie be patient you’ll find it…oh forget it.
I say again: Hunter Jones?!?! LOL!
that AB was more embarrassing than the steal of home
3 pitches Melky really???? Two way out of the zone???
Bah.
Ofcourse AAA Hunter Jones can get people out. But the Yanks AAA people can’t get anyone out. As Melky swings at the dirt and then over his head. Please tell me Austin Jackson will be ready next week Melky and Gardner are AAA fools.
dave- Tuesday, cc is tomorrow.
What the hell is Melky swinging at? That looked similar to what he swung at against Oakland with the bases loaded and no out.
and again i have to ask, where is damon??? Girardi knows he is 9 for his last 20 right?
Matsui hit that good but our weekend luck reared its head again. No such thing as a clutch hit for us.
melky is a wasted piece of trash. hunter mahan made him look like a fool
melky blows.
panayioti-What are you talking about he’s hitting well.
This has been an awful weekend for all NY/NJ sport teams in season (hockey, baseball).
Can Melancon play CF?
Here comes the overworked bullpen. I really don’t see how the Yankees can pull out this game.
dave
He’s hurt, obviously. What do you think, he wants to sit?
So BoSox youngsters get the job done…do ours? I mean, it is utterly unbelievable how inept our team is. I’ve been a supporter of Cashman, but no more. This team is not built to win.
relax,
welcome to the game thread.
Even when the Yankees are winning, people criticize the team.
When they are losing, it’s a cesspool.
When they are losing to the Red Sox…. well…. it’s like this.
Melky is useless.
I’m done with this game once Melancon is finished pitching.
Do we keep trying CF with Gardner and Melky? Or do we go back and try to get Cameron from Miwaukee?
How much does Melky suck? Oh, let me count the ways.
Melky saw 1 strike and took it and even that was a borderline strike, He swings at 2 terrible pitches.
Very clutch at bat
One team hits with 2-outs and RISP. The other team doesn’t at all. It’s been that way since Friday. 7 LOB now thru 6. I have to believe the Yankees lead the league in LOB. Sad.
How about getting rid of the impersonators that infest the board?
Well at least this is our last game as the hell hole know as Fenway
dave, if you watched the game yesterday you’d know why damon isn’t playing. That would include pinch hitting.
dave- Did you read what I posted to you? He is banged up. He crashed into the wall yesterday and is sore. Ever think that maybe Joe knows what he is doing?
At this point I can’t figure out who is worse Melky or Gardner?!
The juxtaposition of Steve Philips’ praise and Melky’s K was not kind.
Wow, Girardi really doesn’t want to use Melancon, or Jackson. Is there anyone?
This team is in trouble. They’re hurt, and they look lost. When they get people on base, they don’t drive them in and when people get on base, the pitchers lose focus. This is a mess……an embarrasing mess.
things are looking better already. Berroa didn’t make an error!
3 automatic outs tonight Melky, Berroa and Gardner. That’s just terriffic.
Two simple things I would have done before this game. First, Cano would have been moved up in the order to hit behind Tex or in the 2nd spot in behind Jeter. Second, I would have sent Berroa to wash the towels. Pena should be starting. I would rather have a solid glove you can count on then a washed up first round pick.
Stupid Yankees…
i wanna see melancon against the heart of their order
Melky can never lay off a low breaking ball at his feet, always has to swing at it and either swings and misses or barely makes contact, very frustrating to watch.
What happened to Burnett and Pettite?
What happened to our great pitching?
Now our “good” starters are getting rocked.
Andy looks like he’s on his way to a quality start and kept them in the game (3 ER).
They need some hits with RISP and last inning might have been their best chance (off Hunter Jones… ugh).
ZMan
We haven’t hit with RISP in about two years.
“This BS about blaming bad pitches on the catcher (whoever the catcher is) is beyond stupid. The pitch to Ortiz wasn’t that bad….low and outside. Pettitte’s mistakes besides forgetting about Ellsbury were the walks.”
I know Pettite had some fault, but the game calling GB come on man I love Georgy too, but other than his bat his game calling is just not there it’s mediocore at best. It’s almost like we have to go old school w/ him and call pitches from the dugout at times.
Brandon If Melancon doesn’t K the first batter he’s a bust “I LOVE ME SOME ME !”
April 26th, 2009 at 10:19 pm
“Do you really want to throw a 88-90 MPH fastball on the inner side of the plate to Ortiz? Unless Pettitte has a secret screwball pitch, that’s the only way a lefty gets inside to a lefty.”
Ortiz is in so much of a funk I doubt he hits an 85 mph pitch in his hands.
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Ortiz is not a hitter that I’d be playing games with, regardless of what he’s hitting.
Garardi made the right move. Made no sense to use Melancon here in the 6th. Especially since the Yankees didn’t score.
Kettle
I missed that one, and Pete probably did too. Email him on it. People are seriously mentally disturbed.
Wow…there #9 has been on-base twice….hmmm…how bout ours?
“Wow, Girardi really doesn’t want to use Melancon, or Jackson. Is there anyone?”
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Melancon was warming up and Andy is pitching well. Why would you take him out?
Well, coming up it’s at Detroit and then home for LAA (who are struggling, but always seem to beat the Yanks)
Ellsbury comes up and ESPN turns on the mic’s to enhance the volume of the cheering.
my bad I just read petes posts about damon – i figured he was feeling sore but he is tearing it up at the plate so i figured he may be able to come in at some point.
I love Joe – i have t he utmost faith in him right now. I just thought he was being too overprotective but if he is hurting, he is hurting.
I don’t want to see Melancon.
Murphy’s law says he gets rocked and he loses all confidence and procedes to be our worst pitcher for the rest of his career.
No thanks.
GGBG April 26th, 2009 at 10:25 pm
ZMan
We haven’t hit with RISP in about two years.
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It is more than that, it seems like it has been years since we’ve hit with risp.
“he’s got good speed and he’s gunna be hard to catch” VOMIT.
I with Gardner was Ellesbury, Elllesburry is not that great but at least he gets on base sometimes
Mark on the Iphone — Do you have some trick for keeping up with these threads or do you just get a thumb work out flicking your way to the bottom of the page?
I really wish that Melancon did not have to make his major league debut in this type of game. But the Yanks are obviously done scoring runs for the night so what is the difference.
BTW, Ross Ohlendorf beat Jake Peavy today.
GGBG: You’re right, but the impact has only been magnified this weekend. It’s sickening.
Boston Dave-He wasn’t pitching that well.
I would hve left him in to though.
I loved Girardi last year, but now even though we’re off to a better start I think he’s doing worse than last year.
Get it together Joe.
Ortiz is trying to hit the ball the other way. An inside pitch on his hands is the way to go. Same as yesterday. He hasn’t turned on any pitches this year so why wouldn’t you jam him up? A ball on the outside of the plate asks to be hit the other way. What he is trying to do isn’t it?
where is melancon so I can mute this game and do something useful
Anyone want to talk about how great Andy’s pickoff move is? That’s two guys he’s picked off tonight.
BTW, Ross Ohlendorf beat Jake Peavy today.
How does that trade look now??
I’ve had enough with the stupid comments, personal attacks, etc.
Zero tolerance. Either stop or you’re out. If you want to be a moron, go someplace else.
So basically everyone is going to try running on Pettitte now. Is Ortiz next..well if he and his .230 average can get on base that is.
Hey not to worry the Amazing part of our line up is coming up, the 50 year old, and cant buy a base GGBG
RISP avg. is overrated.
If you drive in more than your fair share of runs I don’t care if the avg. is in the negatives.
They have to score.
Brandon If Melancon doesn’t K the first batter he’s a bust “I LOVE ME SOME ME !”
April 26th, 2009 at 10:25 pm
“This BS about blaming bad pitches on the catcher (whoever the catcher is) is beyond stupid. The pitch to Ortiz wasn’t that bad….low and outside. Pettitte’s mistakes besides forgetting about Ellsbury were the walks.”
I know Pettite had some fault, but the game calling GB come on man I love Georgy too, but other than his bat his game calling is just not there it’s mediocore at best. It’s almost like we have to go old school w/ him and call pitches from the dugout at times.
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Has nothing to do with loving Posada or not loving him. He was calling a great game yesterday for 3.1 innings and for 4.1 innings today. Did he forget how to call games after that one deadly third of an inning? Come on, Brandon…you’re smarter than that.
I’ll admit that I’m still reeling from Friday and Saturday and I blame myself for caring so much about it.
I’m not listening to TV. John and Suzie will have to do.
Once Joe Morgan referred to Whitey Ford’s ghost – he got a 10 game suspension from me.
“Boston Dave-He wasn’t pitching that well.”
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I disagree. He had one bad inning out of 6.
He gave them a quality start if you’re considering he is only responsible for 3 of the runs.
If you go 6 and give up 3 ER at Fenway, that’s pretty good.
teixeiramvp – you are saying that because the entire bullpen is horrendous right now. If Joe had maybe one person he could rely on outside of Mo, he would look a lot better right now. Thas why i was praying for the day melancon would finally pitch so he can be moved to the eighth inning in a lead and that day is today!!!
Who would’ve thought that Andy would be our most reliable pitcher?….
ZMAN –
I was pretty upset about it during our last playoff stint and basically all of last year. Seems the same this year.
There are no run manufacturing single, single, walk, double, single kind of innings with this team. If we hit home runs, we score and have a chance to win. If we don’t, we don’t and we don’t.
I can’t say it happens every single outing but Pettitte has had the 5th inning yips at times. If you remember the same thing used to happen to Ted Lilly. It was almost like Knobs when his throwing problems started. It would be a self-fulfilling prophecy. With Lilly he would be going like a house of fire and then the 5th inning would roll around and he’d lose it. Come back out for the 6th and things would be fine.
Can we borrow some of those runs that we scored yesterday towards tonight’s game?
Let’s see what we can do against their rookies…do we think we can actually do something?
RISP is NOT overrated. It defines this team.
Yanks must get to Bowden. The Sox are taking their chances with the young guys.
Dave-true
What next? Bring on da Tigahs!
Andy’s got a good move when the man is on 1st, it’s 3rd he needs a little work on.
Sox version of Ian Kennedy here.
one, melancon is wasting his talents in scranton and two, melancon, bruney and mo in close and tie games would basically mean the game is over after the sixth innings for opponents!
Look how pathetic the Sox think the Yanks are they are pitching 2 guys just up from AAA. That is really emabrrassing.
Haven’t they been hyping this kid that he can throw high 90s????
ZMAN7777-No, pitching does.
More often than not we score the runs.
“BTW, Ross Ohlendorf beat Jake Peavy today.
How does that trade look now??”
While we’re concerned about the results of mediocre former Yankee pitchers would you like to buy Rasner back from Japan?
“RISP is NOT overrated. It defines this team.”
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while I can’t argue that RISP is very important, the Rays were one of the worst in baseball last year with RISP. They did ok.
If the Yankees pitching, in general, were pitching to their ability, we wouldn’t be talking about RISP.
panayioti-What are you talking about he’s hitting well.
This has been an awful weekend for all NY/NJ sport teams in season (hockey, baseball).
Ya, you are probably right. I am so pissed right now with the fundamental lack of attention that this team has I am ready to take the ship down. I cannot believe that a team of this talent can function with such minor league quality on a daily basis. In the Oakland series, ball hit to Jeter could turn 2 but instead throws home where there is no catcher.
Damon falls asleep in yesterday’s game and gets picked from second.
Posada throws wide on a pitchout – runner is called safe, but the throw should have been on line. Tonight, does not see a runner stealing home.
There are many more blunders like this that are just inexcusable for a team that has as much experience in the majors. Who’s fault – players, Girardi, Cashman, combination… doesn’t really matter, because these blunders prevent winning streaks which is the cure all for everything ailing this dysfunctional organization.
how come everytime i post on here someone has to impersonate me, and its not just me, Pete its high time that you try to incorporate registration, some real moronic and immature people on here
Melky is not a professional hitter…If you cannot reconize the difference between his horrible an as opposed to Matsui’s says it all……He has no conception of what the strike zone is….
yea and the yanks habe no high hopes for melancon – he is just an arm cuz the yanks have a diccimated pen after wang or the pen according to espn let up all those runs in the first few weeks. ESPN is just a joke in these games
is it over yet
You knew this series wouldn’t end well after MO blew that game.
We had to have that game, set the tone for the entire series. Same thing happened in 07 and we got swept then too.
when do we get rid of swinging scrubs and pop up machines like gardner and angel baroa
This guy will dominate the Yanks.
Are we really bringing up Ohlendorf again? I hope he’s great for the Pirates, but that doesn’t change whether it was a good trade or not. I don’t think he could have made it in New York, to be honest. But the point is, I don’t think even one person disliked that trade at the time, so don’t criticize it now. Was Cashman supposed to know Nady would blow out his elbow? Nobody but Theo could have seen that one coming.
kettle,
len bias was defended by espn and has been every year by Bill Simmons. When other people have lives cut short Bill Simmons is upset that Len Bias’ death cost the Celts more championships. ESPN = class
This losing and poor play is getting very old, very fast. They need to pick it up… A LOT.
Girardi will be gone by June 1st if they dont change…
And Brett Gardner is suckin it up again. This now marks 9 days where i have said SEND GARDNER DOWN.
He needs to learn how to hit/get on base before you can use your speed to steal.
Ohlendorf? seriously, that ship has sailed. We have to move on. It would have taken an apocalyptic-like turn of events for him to see the Yankee rotation.
He was never going to blossom w/sporadic appearances from the bullpen.
Pettite just had the one rough inning, he gutted out a decent start, when you get no run support what do you expect, this is one of the worst baseball weekends in a while
We just can’t compete with a team like Boston who plays the game the right way in all 3 phases and knows how to win.
When we pitch we don’t hit and when we hit we don’t pitch. Maybe we overestimated our team.
I’ll admit that I’m still reeling from Friday and Saturday and I blame myself for caring so much about it.
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I hate caring too much lol
at this point in time the red sox have a stronger team will, a stronger focus . they try harder and are more in to it . the yankees have players that are into it, but there’s a scared third baseman, a battered pitch staff, a coaching staff that doesn’t know what button to push.
you have to be in denial to say the yankees are strong right now. they’re not. they really need to do a major regrouping and play some weaker teams. they need put this series in the rear view mirror and never look back at it.
right now they are just not as good as the red sox.
later may be another story. it’s up to them.
Do we now make Bowden look like Bouton?
please leave Bowden in for the 8th when the Yanks have some hitters up
NY massacre ladies and gents.
WOWEEEEEEEEE Those redsox really know hot to draft em. They must be like human computers!
Pettitte showed a hell of a lot more heart than Burnett did yesterday.
TexMVP
RISP avg is how teams like the Angels consistently score runs. Singles and doubles are more common – and therefore more consistent – than home runs. It’s great to have a lineup where anyone can hit the ball out but when that’s what they’re all trying to do it’s wildly inconsistent.
You score runs consistently when you work pitchers, foul pitches off, take your walks and get a hit or two. That’s how the Dynasty teams did it. That’s how we need to do it now. Stop trying to drive every pitch, take what the pitcher gives you – don’t try to drive every pitch, don’t try to hit a 10-run homer and be willing to pass the baton.
A low 90s fastball same pitch over and over and Bowden is so great why?
can gardner hit the ball on the ground for once? he’s not a major league hitter.. and he can’t bunt.
It is really hard to score runs when you have Gardner, Melky and Berroa in the same lineup. Tex and Posada not hitting..Really the only people hitting are Cano, Jeter and Matsui. So Berroa and Gardner can’t even hit a AAA guy..
I just tuned in again to see Melancon and I get to watch Gardner and Berroa flail at pitches. This is gonna be a long season.
theo is better than brian tho – i will give them that much. Brian just spends a ton of money, theo actually puts some thought into hit signings. Except for swisher- that was real solid.
GGBG-Angels don’t score runs.
“We just can’t compete with a team like Boston who plays the game the right way in all 3 phases and knows how to win.
When we pitch we don’t hit and when we hit we don’t pitch. Maybe we overestimated our team.”
we’re not overestimating our team, they just need to put it all together at once, which will happen, this team is too good for that not to happen
Getting shut down by the back-end of the back-end of the Boston bullpen. Let the good times roll.
I despise this 8-9-1. Please, find someone who stands a chance.
“right now they are just not as good as the red sox.”
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it doesn’t help when you’re missing one of the best players in baseball. Take Youk away from the Sox and they aren’t sweeping this series.
yea letting ellsbury steal home really showed how much HEART pettitte had in this game. GIMME a break! Pettitte was not good and burnett just stunk. It was stuff, not heart
The Yankees are averaging almost 6 runs per game this season. It doesn’t matter what the BA w/ RISP is, as long as we score runs. If someone scores from first on a double, does that not count as a run since he wasn’t in scoring position?
GGBG let me tell you this again, no one I repeat no one is scared of you, and no one I repeat no one will be careful when pitching to you, please do us all a favor and stop waiting till you get two strikes to swing at the ball.
Nice – we suck
Wow, their rookies just dominate…ours….ugh.
Jeter swung at those pitches like they where 99 mph.
Luigi-I agree.
The 2nd half run will be legendary.
Schedule isin’t going to get any easier
3 @ Detroit who have a killer offense facing Hughes, CC, and Joba
4 vs. LA Angels who own us regardless of what their roster looks like
2 each vs. Tampa and Boston
followed by a trip to Baltimore which always kills us early in the season especially in Camden Yards.
Then we face Toronto and their great pitching followed by Minnesota and Philly….
This team better get it righted fast.
anyone can be the mayor of a pile of garbage like the city of boston.
“Two simple things I would have done before this game. First, Cano would have been moved up in the order to hit behind Tex or in the 2nd spot in behind Jeter. Second, I would have sent Berroa to wash the towels. Pena should be starting. I would rather have a solid glove you can count on then a washed up first round pick.”
Josh:
That’s the best post I’ve seen in this thread for about the past 30 min.
Everyone knows that Swisher’s numbers were going to level out. Face it; he’s an average player at best. There’s a reason Nady beat him out in spring training.
Also, I’m completely baffled as to why Girardi has shown so much horrible judgment in who to start at third. Pena was the obvious choice from the start. Ranson, Pena, Berroa; none of them can hit. Pena is the the best defender. Pretty simply solution. So now with Ranson out, Girardi is actually dumb enough to start this washed up never has been in Berroa. The guy has made TWO errors that cost the team a run. Yet Girardi will stubbornly keep starting him while the kid who can actually make the routine plays sits on the bench!!
silver lining:
after tonight we can go back to Michael Kay instead of Tim McCarver, Joe Margan and Jon Miller.
A buddy of mine in DC and I made an over/under bet on Girardi lasting past Memorial Day. I took the over…
Nice – we stink
*Morgan
KP-Exactly
the thing that gets me is that the sox bring up young pitchers that pitch….we bring up pitchers that are afraid and sink
Bowden would be the 8th inning guy on our staff.
we are missing arod and nady and they are missing lowrie and lugo hmmm i wonder whos hurting more…
Paplebon Delcarmen and Ramirez is unavailable for them. I know they haven’t seen these rookies but you have to score against these Sox youngsters.
Of course, the Red Sox young players all shine while ours all flop (except Cano).
Their bullpen outside of Okijima has owned us too. Whereas we don’t have a single reliever (including MO) who can get Sox hitters out.
Argh. Why? Why?
So who is worse Melky or Gardner? Yanks should just pick 1 and get rid of the other. Bring up Duncan or Miranda. There is absolutely no reason to have them both on the team. I also expect it be only a few more games until Girardi plays Pena at 3rd. Really what is the point of Berroa. He cant hit and cost them runs in that inning.
“3 @ Detroit who have a killer offense facing Hughes, CC, and Joba”
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killer offense but suspect pitching.
these are the types of series that the Yankees win easily if their pitching is on.
man ESPN loves Boston
in other news, Gardner still sucks, he looks like a little leager at the plate
200 Mil – .500 baseball team:It’s clear she doesn’t know much about baseball.
Why didn’t you tell her we were missing three major players, including an MVP candidate?
The Red Sox have played 12 of the first 18 at home.
Before we call them the 1923 Yankees, let’s wait at least 1-2 more games.
Melancon!!!
listening to morgan and mccarver is like torture – everything they say is the equivalent of word vomit and chalk on a blackboard. Get a clue guys!
Here comes Melancon. Come on now Mark!
“Paplebon Delcarmen and Ramirez is unavailable for them. I know they haven’t seen these rookies but you have to score against these Sox youngsters.”
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very true. The Yanks have nobody to blame but themselves if they go scoreless against Hunter Jones and Michael Bowden.
The Savior is here…MARK
He’s a bust.
Nice one Mark, demolished that bat and great concentration to catch the ball
ice water
Al from BK – Bro, this is going to be a long season. Concentrate on Mark Sanchez and the Jets instead. Atleast something to get excited about, though its 4 months away until NFL starts.
imagine if melancon got nailed by the bat – that would be a perfect ending to a perfect series
–Bat shatters–
Ans so the Melancon era begins!
boston dave,
we could go back to
‘there it goes, see ya, and the red sox walk off with a win.’ michael kay, the biggest loser on the face of the planet, worse than any espn or fox, because hes our home commentator and its as if hes the away.
somebody’s gotta tell Melancon that you don’t throw the ball there to Pedroia
LOL the elf hits it to the short part of the park and Miller says that’s the wrong way to hit it? OH right, he should have hit it to right field…
Sterling is already butchering his name.
Eek! First AB is a chuck and duck broken bat. yikes!
This series has all the ear-marks of a classic massacre. Mariano blows the save Friday night, Burnett blows 6 run lead yesterday, today Ellsbury steals home etc. I just hope things change once A-Rod returns, because right now this team has no guts.
papi scares me here
this is our future
Well there’s something positive.
Does anybody still tout Gardner and Melky over Ellsbury …That seemed to be the talk of spring Training…379 is still short for a power alley Miller my putz….
my bad
There’s Mark Melancon. Ill take it!
ESPN is trying to sway the ball over the wall with there camera. Nice angle there….
Ellsbury, Pedroia, Ortiz
Down 1-2-3 on 4 pitches.
MARK 4 PRESIDENT!
Melancon sure works fast!
Man, I love this guy.
Very impressive are words we should get used to hearing when Melancon pitches.
this is my first viewing of Melancon. I like him…. The first positive thing of tonight.
Still down 3. More Xanax and wine.
Malencon welcome to the big leagues young man, Marte you suck lol
One inning, no hits, top of order. . . way to go!
Very impressive inning by Melancon! Too bad that is the only thing that has been impressive tonight.
Melancon the savior
What a weekend to have an early season meltdown,a sweep by the dreaded Sawx. The injuries all around have hurt the offense, defense and pitching, but veterans needs to pick it up. Their experience is why they get paid the big bucks. We had two games in this series and gave them away.
Tonight, Andy was OK until he started walking hitters. Posada’s job was to watch Elsbury at third and remind Andy to check him. He had the clear view and Andy had his back to him. Yesterday, Posada’s catcher interference error with no one on base led to problems. It’s a lack of concentration by the veterans. It’s a bad performance by the pen. Lack of hitting with RISP. They had so many chances in the first two games.
Clearly, with the injuries, the best lineup is not on the field right now. But, Borroa doesn’t cut it. Use Pena. He gives you better defense at third and the offense won’t be that different. Gardner has to do anything he can to get on base. Bunt every time at bat if he has to and use speed. Damon was needed to try to capture tonight’s game. Your best outfield is Melky, Swisher, Damon with Matsui as DH. Gardner can’t be in there unless he uses his bunting capability and speed. He could have been a late game D replacement for Damon if Yanks had lead. If Damon need a day off, it could have come in the next game against Detroit.
They better get their heads together. Here’s hopping that Hughes has got his game together (he’s done well at Scranton) and can give them a boost for the long term when he starts this week.
“papi scares me here”
Doesn’t matter, the Yanks don’t have a comeback in them anyways.
Yeah Melancon is here to stay.
easy gas. now THERE’S a pitcher!
Welcome, Mark Melancon.
Well that was something positive. Mark looked ready there.
Just like Coke shows confidence which is what you want.
That was a nice inning,
Pedroia’s bro,
as bad as Michael Kay may be, I don’t think he’s anywhere near as bad as the Fox and ESPN crew.
Although I think the Yanks will beat the Sox this season, the Sox have perhaps the best announcers in baseball. That’s the only thing I’ll concede to the Sox, despite what happens in April.
Um, you’re hired.
Well done Marky Mark!
Do you guys think Swisher is better as the first guy off the bench for us? Ever since he’s been put in as am everyday starter, he’s been struggling like crazy.
four pitches for Melancon to retire the 1, 2 and 3 hitter in the Boston lineup. This kid is never returning to Scranton. Good for us.
Good job by Melancon..
Look…if that’s the one thing I can take out of this series, then Mark Melancon’s first inning, will be it.
FOUR PITCHES!
Melancon is more than the silver lining, he is our future.
hmmmm 95-96..throws strikes..not named veras or marte…sounds like new 8th inning guy till bruney gets back
Melancon’s FB was 94-96 mph with movement.
Melancon should have taken the broken bat and whipped it toward the Red Sox dugout. (then claimed it was a ball of course)
In late 1988, I saw McCarver step out of a cab along Broadway, between 67th & 68th Streets. First thing he did was spit onto the sidewalk.
Very nice. Could have used that yesterday.
Pretty nice way to start your career. Three up and three down. You know what, would we be worse off if we dumped everyone in the bullpen, except Mo and then bring up Scranton’s bullpen. In all honesty, they couldn’t perform worse.
Melancon = beast.
how many pitches was that – 5 against the top of the order. Yeaaa, melancon is already more reliable than everyone in the pen not named mo
Hey look guys, Mark Melancon just mowed down the top of the Red Sox lineup on 5 pitches – all strikes.
By the time Bruney is back, Melancon will be setting up Rivera.
Melancon – wow. How heavy was that fastball to Ellsbury if it exploded his bat like that. Impressive.
“it doesn’t help when you’re missing one of the best players in baseball.”
totally agree. they need him back.
“What a weekend to have an early season meltdown,a sweep by the dreaded Sawx. The injuries all around have hurt the offense, defense and pitching, but veterans needs to pick it up.”
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does anybody here not think ARod would have made a difference in this series instead of Berroa??
he is back in a week or so. the Yankees starting pitching can’t be much worse.
they will turn it around. Like I said, take Youk away from the Sox and where would they be??
ARod is coming to help.
Bowden was throwing the same unimpressive stuff. They will score some runs here.
let’s see if Tex can get it going here in the 8th, Swisher hasn’t looked good at the plate lately, that Nady loss is starting to hurt more now that Swish has gone back down to earth
LOL it was 1 inning guys and no one on the Red Sox has ever seen him. Let’s take it easy cowboys
Boston Dave-I’m forcing myself to be optimistic.
Yanks are better.
But this game is theirs.
imagine a reliever that does not nibble and pee in his pants against the big bad sux.
if the radar un was right he is a hard thrower 94 and 95….
imagine throwing strikes what a concept…
“Bowden was throwing the same unimpressive stuff. They will score some runs here.”
agreed.
bowden has fallen behind every hitter. do we think we can make him pay?
Finally a positive…..fantastic job Melancon.
tex is hitting 222 – come on man!
FOUR PITCHES!
Easy little fly out there by Tex. Jeez this team is something.
Hey guys, long time reader, first time poster!
Melancon looks great!! Unfortunately, the team hasn’t. Something needs to be done about 3rd base(Arod needs to be back soon), and our pitching needs to get their acts together. Our bullpen shouldnt have to be pitching so many innings in the beginning of the year. Unbelievable.
Tex looks awful..Good thing April is almost over.
ooo now everyone loves arod and wants him back – keep that in mind when everyone is booing him for no reason by his second week back. JUST remember how much we are missing him right now
They’re not even facing the RS best relievers and still going down easy.
You watch. Texand A-Rod in June will be beautiful.
boston dave,
i can ignore these losers on espn and fox because theyre just jealous losers, like ken rosenthal, peter gammons, buster olney.
michael kay is the so called Yankees homer, but all he does all day on espn radio is bash the yankees and then during the games, he talks about the other team, or the other teams beautiful city.
the sox easily have the best commentators as do the bruins and celtics and patriots (jim nantz).
OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH the redsox have more answers now of course!
theres petes hot hitter
wow, bowden is unhittable. we go out with a whimper. this is the tell-tale sign of the lack of fortitude this team has. they just want to leave.
joe morgan is the dumbest person on the planet – im convinced
Pathetic. His fastball doesn’t even look like it has life. Mustg be that motion jerk which they aren’t timing it. Cano will crush one.
Swept by the Red Sox. ouch! That does not feel or look good.
I always liked A-Rod.
So the love-fest/man-crush/bromance has moved from swisher to melancon. Gotta love fickle yankee fans.
“Melancon should have taken the broken bat and whipped it toward the Red Sox dugout. (then claimed it was a ball of course)”
There was no intent.
(Repeat 30 times)
“Boston Dave-I’m forcing myself to be optimistic.
Yanks are better.
But this game is theirs.”
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as painful as this has been… not having ARod is as huge as any loss in baseball short of Albert Pujols.
Teixeira is off to his annual slow start. Once ARod comes back, that has to help.
Their starting pitching has been as bad as we could have imagined. It will be better.
Melancon could help the pen right away.
There is reason to be optimistic. It just would have been nice if the Yanks started playing to their potential from the get go.
It looks like Swish lost his cape…
“Swept by the Red Sox. ouch! That does not feel or look good.”
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Aww shucks. Only 16 more games against the Sox to win another season series against them.
I can’t say it happens every single outing but Pettitte has had the 5th inning yips at times. If you remember the same thing used to happen to Ted Lilly. It was almost like Knobs when his throwing problems started. It would be a self-fulfilling prophecy. With Lilly he would be going like a house of fire and then the 5th inning would roll around and he’d lose it. Come back out for the 6th and things would be fine.”
Trish,
Pettitte’s biggest problem was the walks. He walked Varitek and Ellsbury. Then it came back to bite him. THat is inexcusable. He did a good job battling through the 6 and not completely unraveling like Burnett, but Pettitte neeeds to know better than to walk those 2 guys.
i went to bring sunday paper to recycling in kitchen, missed melancon’s inning! wow!
Joe Morgan kicking the Yanks when they’re down. It would help if he only knew what the hell he was talking about.
The Yankees don’t have any prospects in the minor leagues? Really? Pure, unadulterated crap.
p.s.
has anybody happened to see the # of home games the Yankees have played vs. the Sox?
go take a gander if you haven’t
NongEyeJon-Be fair, you know they want to do well.
They have come back from three runs twice and made a nice comeback vs. the Rays.
Geez guys, we’ll sweep Detroit and all will be right.
Sox with the win tonight have won 10 in a row. I just hope we can stay close enough that we are not out of it when A-Rod returns.
Right now, without hesitation, it is very easy to assert that the $150M Red Sox are a far better team than the $200M Yankees, no doubt.
They can’t hit the Sox version of Ian Kennedy.
YES therein lies the difference – hughes who would be one of the youngest players in the league evew now has taken years to develop – ya know like when he was 17 and 18 years old. And the sox have buckholz – IN THE MINORS ALSO.
And the sox have all these pitchers they dont need minhor leaguers and the yanks have no one except CC sabathia, aj burnett, andy pettitte and joba chamberlain. Oh and their ace the last three years and 2 time 19 game winner.
So boston has more answers but WHERE????????????
Hopefully Damon can ph tonight.
I don’t even know how to feel about this team.
Atleast last year, you knew we’d probably miss the playoffs because we had 3 rookies in the rotation and it was a semi-rebuilding year and you knew we’d be better in 2009 after we go crazy in free agency.
What do we have to look forward to now? What else can Cashman possibly do to fortify the team? He spent $423 million this winter and the results are the same.
>Brett Gardner
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THE sox have smoltz and the yanks have hughes and kennedy so the sox must be better of course. Who wouldnt want a 42 year old coming off back surgery over one of the best prospects in baseball
6 up and 6 down for Mr. AAA…Good thing we have Berroa and all the other garbage coming up in the 9th.
So is this rock bottom in April?
And the nightmare continues.
Papelbon strikes out the side.
Or whoever is in in the ninth.
bowden > melancon???
The way that guy throws, he’ll have elbow trouble in no time.
Guess Melancon wasn’t good enough for Espn.
Red Sox about to win their 10th in a row.
They’re going to run away and hide with this division. We have no one to blame but ourselves.
Well there is a good chance we get swept here, its not the end of the world.
Tex is due to come around
The Pitching will Improve
And Cano only gets hotter as the weather gets hotter, I believe going to get a very special from our man Robi
Pack ‘em up for Detroit
John
April 26th, 2009 at 10:47 pm
“Bowden was throwing the same unimpressive stuff. They will score some runs here.”
Really impressive how many runs they scored on Bowden there.
Johnny boy….your crystal ball cracked?
“Right now, without hesitation, it is very easy to assert that the $150M Red Sox are a far better team than the $200M Yankees, no doubt.”
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good thing they don’t hand out awards for April.
it’s the same thing every year. In case you didn’t notice, even when the Yankees were winning the division every year, the Sox were out front in April.
And I thought this game would end at midnight.
Eastport April 26th, 2009 at 10:55 pm
Red Sox about to win their 10th in a row.
They’re going to run away and hide with this division. We have no one to blame but ourselves
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Your an Idiot
The Tex/Gardner race to .200 is going to be a fantastic finish. Looks like Tex wants it more!
Well we know how the Yankees always fare against pitchers they’ve never seen. I guess this shouldn’t have been a surprise.
I guess I’m happy there will be no YES postgame tonight. It would be too depressing.
“Right now, without hesitation, it is very easy to assert that the $150M Red Sox are a far better team than the $200M Yankees, no doubt.”
Correct. At the end of the game they get the April 26th championship trophy. Hopefully ESPN will stick around and show it.
AL from BK
ARod is probably 20 games away from returning. The most we will probably be back is 5-6 games and that’s if things go very bad.
5-6 games in Mid-May is nothing.
that dumb comment above about ex boyfriends was not me.
Maybe we weren’t as good as we thought we were. This is embarrassing
ZZ-ABSOLUTELY NOT!!!
jesus… does nespn swallow too? wtf wipe your lips guys some is spillin out
Hard to bad mouth a team that is kicking the living sh-it out of yours
We can take solace in one thing: the steal of home will not be the deciding run in the game tonight.
That would have been too much to bear.
This team is a disaster and has all the same problems as last year. Plagued with injuries, no bullpen, giving up leads, no run production.
Pathetic.
I’m not that good to have two posts back to back.
the first is a fake.
very uninspired game tonight by the Yankees. Completely flat. Cannot believe they couldn’t hit this kid yet. Then again with the at bats tonight Kei Igawa pitching for the Sox they would be claiming he was a great sign.
Yankees will get back on a roll. This team is too talented. Tex with Arod will see more production. For those constantly complaining about Arod there is no denying he will be a huge upgrade.
Really like what I am seeing from Mark though.
Jeter the range right.
Randy I, I agree with you, Boston showed it’s resolve last Friday night when they came from behind 7-0 vs Baltimre and they have not looked back since….As much as we dislike Joe Morgan, whet he just said is correct,Boston is set up better than the Yanks right now…And it starts with the top of their order….They play with a team concept…Yanks will get rebound and this will be the low point of the season….Friday night and then again Saturday had effects on both teams….Sox have come from behind in all three of these games
good reach jet.
There’s a play a younger, better defensive SS makes. Come on Derek, dive for one like you mean it!
“Your an Idiot”
Ummm…. Idiot….. it’s.. You’re and Idiot. As in… you are an Idiot
Ok….Let’s boo Melancon, now. He gave up a hit.
Munson zz AND ALL YOu other tools. Why are you wasting your time in a yankees blog as sox fans. Go back to your fellow ignorant uninformed fans
come on Mark
1 inning was good to get his feet wet. Now Girardi will let him get smacked around..
Need Cano to hit cleanup.
Pete – the name imposters are out in force.
I’m done for tonight. Adios peeps.
Prediction: DP here.
If Melancon walks Van Every, will he get the same abuse that Veras gets ?
Even Melancon’s losing it.
Please Melancon. You’re the only silver lining.
This division race is over unfortunately. We couldn’t even beat them… who else will? Kansas City? Texas?
Im still waiting to hear moron I mean morgan talk about ALL of these redsox answers that the yanks dont have??
What are they joe? Im dying to hear your keen insight over here, Your brilliance is overwhelming
“Go back to your fellow ignorant uninformed fans”
And here we are talking about swallowing… ummm, you know what
Pot meet kettle
So much for Melancon getting three outs. Seems all he was good for.
On a side note… will Sox fans be calling for Bowden to stay in the pen??
melancon looks like pinochio
How many times does Miller have to say Bay is 8th in the league in RBI?
Wonder if he’s feeling nervous now….
Uh oh
Oh boy, this not good.
Poor Mark. Oh well I liked what I saw before people got on base.
Lol, best guy in the pen besides Mo right? This blog is hilarious.
rough time for melancon right now…yeesh
I wonder if nesn pays nespn money to talk about the sox or they just do it for free.
Great way to get his confidence up Girardi…
is it me, or did the home plate ump not call that until bay ran to first.
Did Tex lower everyones expectations by the media putting it out there that he’s a notoriously slow starter?
Steve Phillips once again showing why he cant’ find another GM job.
“melancon looks like pinochio”
LOL good call
Unbelievable. I know he’s a rookie, but Van Every? Seriously?
pat – well one comment was a joke and the other was actually a serious comment about baseball. BIG DIFFERENCE.
Thought berroa was going to chuck that one away too. Need to play Pena. Don’t care about the bat. A hit here or there or an adventure every ball hit to third?
lol i guess i was wrong.. melancon = bust!
kidding but this dude has to throw strikes
“I wonder if nesn pays nespn money to talk about the sox or they just do it for free.”
why would they be singing praise for a team getting swept. seriously.
Mahlanson is another Veras
Can look good one day and gets smacked around the next.
“How many times does Miller have to say Bay is 8th in the league in RBI?”
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LOL – every Lowell or Bay at bat we’re reminded
Oh no
He has strangely lost his command.
Awesome range on Youklis’ ball up the middle by Jeter, huh? What a joy this team is to watch…
if Melancon can get out of this unscathed, he can go back to being everyone’s savior
Can I be the first person to pre-judge Melancon’s entire career if he gives up a run or three here?
I mean, how good could he be if he gives up a run right? Perfection or suck. There is nothing in between for the TRUE Yankee fan…right??
“Swept by the Red Sox. ouch! That does not feel or look good.”
Yeah the Red Sox fans said the same thing when we marched in there in August of 2007 and swept them 5 straight games. You see where that got us.
I don’t think you can take much from sweeps other than they’re best forgotten quickly.
Yet another reliever who can’t throw strikes.
Relief help has to be Cashman’s top priority right now. Go out and get another team’s closer.
PAT – HES HITTING 222 AND no one cares. If arod starting the first month off hitting 222 every paper in the country would be talking about it using one avenue or another.
I give Melancon a free rookie year.
I love this kid.
Mark starting to toughen up here.
whats he shaking his head for? he basically swung.
Girardi needs to be fired. It’s clear he can’t manage a bullpen and doesn’t understand what each guy’s role should be. Using some of these guys for multiple innings is just idiotic.
If Boston was playing now how the Yanks are all ESPN would say is its still early, its only April, they will be fine and they have had some injuries. Including the best player in baseball. But ofcourse not they will just go on and on how bad the Yanks are. Please tell me that another Yankees game is not on ESPN again this year. They are just brutal.
Amazing hoping all over Mark already.
Let’s see if he gets out of this. This is the difference between him and other pen guys.
Come on one more out.
Melancon wiggling out of a based loaded no out jam?
“Mahlanson is another Veras
Can look good one day and gets smacked around the next.”
Seriously???
This is the kid’s first EVER appearance in the majors!
Even Big George is more patient !!!
Son of the Melon !
This is what Cashman gets for rushing him. Melancon was NOT ready and should not have been counted upon to be a savior.
As usual, they panicked and set the guy back, just like Hughes/Kennedy.
showed some guts there
Confidence boost +5
And there you go. He will be a good contributor this year.
nice. melancon is godddddddd
Takashi Saito = Byung Hyung Kim ??
cmon Yanks
Melancon escapes unscathed!
ON A HILL IN A MANGY CITY, A SAVIOR IS BORN!!
they talk about melancon when he is walking ppl about how he cant find the zone and then, he strikes out tek and they are talking about ellsbury
Melancon = awesome.
Is it too early to make Melancon our set-up man? I already trust him more than any of our other relievers, besides Mo.
Ladies and gents I think this is the start of the Melancon era.
E-Rod = Fail lol
these idiots gave him no credit on espn. i mean he battled out of that nicely and they basically acted surprised like it was a total fluke and gave him no credit.
melancon just wanted to show he can work out of a bases loaded jam
we need a good line for him after an inning.
melancon is dancin’???
anyone?
Guys he’s very good. I knew he would get out of it. It also helps none of the RS seen him before.
Looks like he lost his command as soon as he moved to the stretch. Nice job getting out of that jam.
This division race is over unfortunately. We couldn’t even beat them… who else will? Kansas City? Texas?
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Yeah why even play the remaining 144 games idiot
Melancon is a stud ok?
This is the type of pitcher you build a bullpen out of. Power pitchers who can throw heat. We need to get rid of guys like Ramirez and bring up some arms from the farm teams.
Great work by Melancon. If he can escape that jam in Fenway then it’s not hype – he’s got the goods.
Unfortunately, the 1.85% of the season that this 3-game series represents is circling the drain…
E-Rod
This is what Cashman gets for rushing him. Melancon was NOT ready and should not have been counted upon to be a savior.
As usual, they panicked and set the guy back, just like Hughes/Kennedy.
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You were saying? Idiot.
Season over for the Yanks! Well we always have the Jets and their new QB!
If this is what you get for trusting rookies then maybe all isn’t lost after all.
Time for Hughes.
I come out of this game strangely confident.
“If Boston was playing now how the Yanks are all ESPN would say is its still early, its only April, they will be fine and they have had some injuries. Including the best player in baseball. But ofcourse not they will just go on and on how bad the Yanks are. Please tell me that another Yankees game is not on ESPN again this year. They are just brutal.”
Hey man I’m with ya!
BTW; NESPN has the Wed night game!
Great job by Melocon btw!
berroa is not good.
i may be a more sure third baseman than him,and i’m 60.
and i didn’t play third base.
and i’m in a wheel chair.
(just kidding about the wheel chair)
i’d play the kid there.
aside from the mistake pitch to Pedroia, Melancon got all ground balls
good sign
onions Melancon
I like him. I say we keep this one.
yeah i didnt write that last comment about papelbon. i actually know how to spell . d-bag.
I’m going to go out on a limb and suggest that Cano hurt his right hand on that second to last swing against Bowden.
He was shaking it and grimacing.
Cross your fingers…hamate bone issues are no good.
I guess Ellsbury get the Player of the Game, eh? Sheesh…
Anyone comparing Mark to Veras clearly doesn’t know anything about him or sen him pitch before. This kid will be a staple as a setup guy or eventual closer for the Yankees if he remains healthy. He’s that good. And he never gets rattled. The mental part is the best part of the kid.
get Damon ready to pinch hit
Hope this thing can end soon, so we can tuck our tails and head to Detroit.
This should be an exciting bottom of the 9th…Let me guess an easy 1,2,3?
Wow, can’t believe some people here are ready to call the season a failure already. There’s like 140+ games to play. Unbelievable.
Lets see how much heart this team has right here….
Saito with the fake Dice K / Nomo wind up. Do they teach the motion over there or something?
So whats the magic number until the Yankees are eliminated from the playoffs?
horrible Jorge
just horrible
Nice job Jorge…2-0 needing base runners and he swings at what looked like ball three.
the only good thing to come out of this is the end of the sox love fest in the announce booth.
As the always bright Posada swings 2-0. I knew it would be a good inning. Does Ellsbury get a medal or car for stealing a base?
So what’s the difference between taking human growth hormones and having stem cells injected into your elbow? Apart from the practical aspects aren’t both of these things performance enhancing drugs? Hope his elbow doesn’t explode!
Dumb at bat by Posada. Just swung at ball 3.
Yankees playing like they just want to hop on a plane now. Not sure why I am still watching. Body language tells you they don’t have a shot
still waiting for morgan to start rattling off all these answers that the sux have and the yanks dont …. That is a bold comment to make without any evidence or actual words to back that up
Not the best weekend for Jorge
the espn crew spout so much garbage it is laughable.. bucholtz is proven but hughes is a 22 yr old failure..
they have no idea about either teams minor league players. they are just spouting nonsense.. ellsbury appears better the nour Cf’s but he is a 270 hitter at best.
the lovefest for the sux is classic…these guys would not know montero if he ran over them in a car…is bowden 22 or 26 they gave me 2 ages, what is it???
joe morgan and fatso and the loser GM make millions and they do no research where can I get a job like that???
Awesome… Berroa, Melky, Ransom, Molina, Brett, Gardner etc.
Great depth Cashman.
“Teixeiramvp (JobaCyYoung)
April 26th, 2009 at 10:50 pm
I always liked A-Rod.
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+1 and I’m sure Tex can’t wait to have that protection in the lineup, having Swisher as your cleanup hitter is laughable
Hi gang,
In my opinion the outlook looks really bleak for Girardi right now unless The Yankees perform well in the next two series. He’s gonna get roasted over the coals by the media in the next few days over this likely Boston sweep and I’d be surprised if management hasn’t already taken notice that the team is underperforming under him.
Looking ahead to the next two series we face the Central division leading Tigers and the Angels. The Tigers are playing good baseball right now and The Angels for some reason seem to own The Yankees.
Although I’m inclined to think that Girardi will be given some extra rope due to the fact his bullpen has been decimated and A-Rod is still out with injury I do think if we get swept in either of the upcoming series combined with a series loss in the other (1-6 in our next six games) then combined with this likely sweep it could mean the end of the Girardi-era.
Just my opinion
People, yes it was promising to see Meloncon dominant the 8th and work out of a bases loaded jam. Looks like he may be a big help this year, we could definitely use it!
However, let’s not rush to judgment in either extreme. Saying he’s now the new 8th inning guy is almost as bad as saying he can’t cut it after the bases first became loaded.
Bruney was doing pretty good before going to the DL. It’s still Bruney and Mo. Hopefully Meloncon can prove himself at this level and help out in the 6th and 7th innings.
I sat through the bamboo chutes under my finger nails that was the ESPN crew just to watch Melancon pitch.
It was worth it.
captains corner – he gets to be talked about the entire rest of the game even though it was far more posada and pettitte than ellsbury who was responsible for the run.
Would they replay Gardner stealing home a million times?
anyone want to hazard a guess as to how much total time they have devoted to showing and/or talking about the steal of home???
LGV, too many people have bought into the anything-less-than-a-championship-is-a-failure mantra, ridiculous as it is.
“Would they replay Gardner stealing home a million times?”
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not a chance
Miller and Morgan are ripping on Posada…they even get it…Girardi needs to become a manager and let all feelings/friendships take a seat in the trunk if he wants to keep his job
relax: You are so right.
at least we are leading the league in pop-ups
This team has absolutely no depth. It is pitiful that a 200m team has no bench and a garbage bullpen.
We’re not in the Red Sox’ league
However, we will beat up on most other teams like we did Oakland, KC, Cleveland etc.
We’ll still make the playoffs, but Boston is a FAR FAR superior team.
jldraw – wrong.
It’s April. We’re 9-9 without Arod, and our closer and best pitcher blew the first two games of this series.
Girardi has not cost this team wins.
Relax.
seth I wil lteach your little mind something, AROD is not repalceable.. he is a jerk but he is there best player by far. You do not replace guys like AROD.
No I am wrong the sux have Nick Green at SS a yankee retread, he is great my bad. ask the espn guys.
18 games into the season get a life….
I had a feeling we would be a .500 team without A-Rod and just look at where we are exactly .500! The bullpen always concerned me I wanted us to pick up a vet reliever for some depth on the cheap but everyone said I was being paranoid now we see you can never have too much depth in baseball.
NHYankees – melancon had pitched close to 11 innings with a 0 era and under 1 whip in scranton. He was also dominating in spring training. I wouldnt say he is the eighth inning guy with bruney around but with no one else being reliable for NY right now and bruney out, yes, melancon may very well be the best we have. One or two more outings and girardi will prolly actually use him for the eighth. When bruney is back in two weeks, melancon seventh bruney eighth and mo ninth. I dont think that is much of a stretch.
another pathetic excuse for a baseball game. do these guys care as long as the checks clear?
It’s pretty funny that on the night we can’t use our established relievers a guy like Melancon comes in and pitches well.
I really hope Girardi/Cashman wake up and make the bullpen: Rivera, Melancon, Bruney (when healthy), Robertson, Coke, Marte, Aceves
if Melky and Damon can get on, Gardner will get a chance to tie it up
Wow,
Are the Yankees really going to score one run against Bat Masterson, two AAA pitchers and a guy coming off arm surgery?
I know it is early but I wonder if Girardi will have a pep talk with them after this game. Losing the game, getting swept is fine but they look absolutely dead out there. From pitchers not doing there jobs pitching long in the games, to batters swinging at anything in sight. They just do not battle out there at all. They look like how the Mets do in September.
Dave
It has nothing to do with Alex. He’s held up to expectations no one could deliver on.
Just wondering why there hasn’t been more buzz about Tex not exactly lighting it up yet but people have gotten on Ransom, Gardner and Melky who have significantly lower upsides.
Shocking, thst Joe Moron doesnt think it matters that Arod is not here. Yea, what does the best player have to do with sweeping or not?
jldraw, I took the over on Memorial Day when I bet my buddy on whether or Girardi would last that long. Not looking promising, so far.
Girardi is in wayy over his head, so is Cashman for that matter.
Time to clean house and get competent people in here.
i knew jonny shuld get in here at some point.
hopefully he sends a foul ball right into the booth and takes miller and morgan out.
Where was this single when there was a RISP?
I will never, ever, ever berate Jorge for not blocking the plate again. After watching what the became without having him for the long haul last season, I quickly came to realize one single play at home is not worth the risk of losing him. It’s that simple.
Olé all you want, Jorge. I’ve got your back.
Teix, CC, and AJ have all been busts so far.
They’ve had their moment (Teix’s defense, Burnett’s game vs, Tampa), but they have been major disappointments so far.
“Girardi is in wayy over his head, so is Cashman for that matter.
Time to clean house and get competent people in here.”
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at what point is it the players job to perform?
Nice people up there in Boston. Run a guy out of town then boo him when he comes back. That’s classy.
Yanks will be fine, I am starting to have serious reservations about the cf situation though…
V Torch…well said.
I can’t believe we just got swept by this team. They don’t even have any superstars. How is this possible? Its just a collection of guys with facial hair.
That’s a HR at YS.
Well, at least we can’t blame today’s game on the bullpen
“Where was this single when there was a RISP?”
C’mon Trev, we know the team forgets how to play baseball when there are runners on base.
We’re not in the Red Sox’ league
However, we will beat up on most other teams like we did Oakland, KC, Cleveland etc.
We’ll still make the playoffs, but Boston is a FAR FAR superior team.
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Yes a three game series is the equivalent of 162 games. I must hand it to you, you are an absolute genius…
Man – get in off the ledge folks.
Mo blew it Friday.
AJ blew it yesterday.
Pettitte did what he does – he kept it close.
RISP not so good all weekend.
Not exactly describes a loser team.
Guys didn’t get their jobs done, plain and simple.
Chill.
Melky did well, and JD gave it a ride, but this one had loss written all over it long ago. ‘Night, all… looking forward to Hughes on Tues.!
Sickening weekend.
I still don’t see how we only score one run against Masterson, Bowden, Jones and Saito. In Fenway. That’s a disgrace.
KP
April 26th, 2009 at 11:18 pm
“Nice people up there in Boston. Run a guy out of town then boo him when he comes back. That’s classy.”
Almost as classy as Yankee fans who will chew up and spit out their own players and boo Arod like crazy.
Just wondering why there hasn’t been more buzz about Tex not exactly lighting it up yet but people have gotten on Ransom, Gardner and Melky who have significantly lower upsides.
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Maybe because Teixeira is a notorious slow starter and it’s expected. At least it should be expected.
Same thing with Sabathia.
bah. I expect the guys to bounce back against the Tigers.
Melancon, Hughes, and the prospect of Alex coming back will pull the guys out of any funk they’re in.
If you’re giving up after 18 games, just turn your fan card in. You don’t deserve it.
Go Yankees.
Very disappointing.
Let’s get out of here and get the job done in Detroit.
Night all