Game 35: Twins at Yankees
Posted by: Peter Abraham - Posted in Misc on May 15, 2009 
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YANKEES (17-17)
Jeter SS
Damon LF
Teixeira 1B
Rodriguez 3B
Matsui DH
Swisher RF
Cano 2B
Cabrera CF
Cash C
Pitching: RHP Phil Hughes (1-2, 8.49).
TIME/TV: 7:05 p.m., YES.
Notes: The Yankees open a 10-game homestand with four against the ever-pesky Twins. Minnesota will be starting LHP Francisco Liriano (2-4, 5.75). … The Twins are 18-17 and part of a three-way tie in the somebody-has-to-win-it AL Central. Minnesota has won three straight.
This is a big start for Hughes, who pitched well in his return from the minors but poorly since, giving up 12 earned runs on 15 hits over 5.2 innings. With Chien-MIng Wang starting in Scranton on Sunday, Hughes may not be long for the rotation.
Johnny Damon carries a streak of 10 straight games with at least one extra-base hit into the game. But the big news tonight will be the debut of Alex Rodriguez at the new Yankee Stadium. Will he be cheered or booed? If he gets a few hits, he’ll be cheered. If not, he’ll get booed. He is how he performs at this point.
I am not covering the game tonight. But there could be an update or two along the way.
UPDATE, 7:36 p.m.: Just got home and caught the last inning. Nice to see that MLB is letting fans who have had too much to drink calls balls and strikes. Holy cow. … Meanwhile, interesting story via the AP: Cal Ripken Jr., the Hall of Fame shortstop who played in an MLB-record 2,632 straight games for the Baltimore Orioles, wonders what Alex Rodriguez’s motives were for using performance-enhancing drugs and plans to ask the New York Yankees third baseman himself. “I really want to know why,” Ripken said Thursday night at a banquet in Florida, according to The Palm Beach Post. “I’m going to make it my business to find out.”
A-Rod has long said that Ripken was his hero growing up and how thrilled he was to play with him for the AL All-Star team. If Ripken does ask any pointed questions, it could get uncomfortable for Alex.
UPDATE, 8:06 p.m.: Wally Bell rang up Johnny on brutal calls on both sides of the plate, no wonder he got tossed.
You usually don’t see that from Johnny. Tells you how bad Bell has been tonight.
UPDATE, 9:39 p.m.: That was cool, seeing GGBG fly around the bases on television. He now has two more home runs than David Ortiz. This game has the feel of a late comeback, doesn’t it?
Meanwhile, YES keeps showing shots of Kate Hudson like she is some kind of big deal. Are we that shallow as a culture that we need to see shots of “celebrities” like Hudson, Donald Trump and Bill O’Reilly to keep us entertained? Show us the game.
UPDATE, 9:55 p.m.: Joe Girardi, fired up again. He looked like he wanted a piece of Ron Gardenhire. This after he wanted a piece of Boston 1B coach Tim Bogar. I like it. Nothing wrong with sticking up for your players.
Meanwhile, Tex looked like he dinged his left wrist again based on how he shook it.
UPDATE, 10:46 p.m.: What a fun game to watch. Happy to say I called it at 9:39 p.m. Just had a feeling.
Two cool things: Brett Gardner was the first player to run to Cabrera to celebrate. And CC Sabathia was having a great time in that pile. This team really does have a good vibe.
Gardner has so much upside and he always has learned how to hit at every level after a slow start. He had two huge hits in this game or they don’t win. And Melky deserves all the credit in the world for hanging in after being beaten out of the job.
18-17, three in a row. Is it the start of something?
4 and 2 with arod in the lineup. tex looking a little better. arod with a few walks, why boo there best offensive player? because he cheated!!!so did hundreds of players…
how is big papi doing these days, toast at 33!!!!
Let’s go Yanks. Hopefully Cano, the “bad-ball” out-maker, will impress to-nite…
I will be there tonight to give A-Rod a standing ovation.
A-Rod will be cheered in his first at bat.
I think they’ll cheer him, if Baltimore was any predictor the Yankees fans there for the most part were very supportive. I think the cheers may give way to a few boos if the team is losing and he comes up in big spot and doesn’t get the hit/run.
To me Alex has been getting good looks/swings at the pitches but has miss the spot by just a tiny bit. I think he’ll get it all back sooner rather than later.
Gotta go now guys. It’s been fun.
I’ll say Teixeria gets booed more than A-Rod
Their is no reason for for any Yankee fan to boo A-Rod tonight. He cheated. He admitted it. That should be the end of it. He is coming back early from surgery.
I suppose that if you pay for a ticket that includes the right to boo anyone, but a fan who wants to see A-Rod succeed and the team win should be cheering tonight.
I cant believe how crappy this lineup looks!! Girardi shouldnt be allowed in the dugout again!!! Does anyone have the stats of tbd?
From last thread.
Has anything other subject besides baseball ever had as much life as this gravy and fries? Not like i dont have some blame for continuing to use it as a punch line.
Nick,
Do you ever watch Supernatural or Heroes? I like them more than Lost. Lost just seems a bit too fake for me.
mel,
Just got back and im headed out to let the kids swim in accociation pissed in pool. But that line was pretty funny. Im a big Red Wings fan and had a big poopy in my pants when anaheim tied it up.
Not sure if you read my last post to you. But are you starting to get worried that your Lakers are going to lay a big egg Sunday against an undermanned team?
it’s sad we have to talk about which player will be booed more.
Melky’s back and Cash is catching…
I don’t see why A-Rod would get booed tonight at all. The fans certainly won’t boo because of the admission to steroid use, they could boo because of lack of production but they’ll give him a few home games of futility before they start that.
Nitro’s right, if anyone’s getting booed during the game, it’ll probably be Tex.
The lineup is starting to look normal again. Sign of good things to come hopefully
Girardi had said that he was going to DH Alex today. I wonder what changed. Perhaps he wants to ride Matsui’s hot bat.
“I agree with Steve Phillips
Beltran, Teixeria, A-Rod are all great fantasy players and will put up the stats, but they are just not winners. They don’t impact the game the way their stats dictate they should. They don’t make their teams better.
Jeter, Pedroia, Pujols, Rollins etc. carry their team to victory.”
lol Phillips actually sad that?
Laura – I believe Girardi actually said that he’d DH A-Rod sometime during the homestand, not necessarily today.
Makes no sense to keep Matsui in the lineup, he is in a slump and has no chance against a power lefty like Liriano
Wish Cervelli was catching.
I bought last minute tickets to the game. Section 212 row 12 on the main level.
Anyone wants to come say hi, they should!
No Boos for any Yankees tonight!
A-Rod and Tex get hits and Phil has a “quality” start.
I’ll be at the AA Twins vs. Sox game in New Britain with my son’s little league team. Henry will be wearing his hat with a B and I with the NY.
Hughes’ ERA is still 4 times better than Wang’s.
*section 211
Steve Phillips is a moron. Look what he did to the Mets.
Should be Cisco.
they play a day game saturday so cash needs to play either fri or sat.
maybe cash caught hughes in the minors and he is a vet so maybe if phil melts down he can talk some sense into him……..
steve phillips is correct as often as my broken not functioning clock…
Is Liriano still a power pitching lefty? I thought he fell back to earth.
“Laura – I believe Girardi actually said that he’d DH A-Rod sometime during the homestand, not necessarily today.”
Oh, I thought he said tonight’s game. My bad.
stuart
May 15th, 2009 at 3:48 pm
they play a day game saturday so cash needs to play either fri or sat.
maybe cash caught hughes in the minors and he is a vet so maybe if phil melts down he can talk some sense into him……..
Good point!
I’m about to head to the game with a few College Buddies, I hope Hughes does his job tonight, especially with the return of Wang around the corner.
Cervelli & Hughes can do this, they’ve played with eachother before.
Lets go Yanks!
Typical Girardi… sits our hottest hitter in Cisco in favor of Cash
If Cano goes 3-4 tonight with 2 HRs, he’ll get the day off tomorrow in favor of Berroa!
I would have stuck with the hot hand and played Gardner again. Maybe given Swish the night off. I’m NOT complaining about the lineup, just giving my opinion.
I hope A Rod gets cheered. You know there will always be that select few who boo, and you’ll hear them. But it won’t be many. NY is known to forgive. I bet the ovation is loud and long. I think Texmight get booed.
Big start for Hughes, this has already been stated. The Twins have a lineup he can control, if he commands his pitches and doesn’t try to nibble.
Forgot to mention this earlier. Apparently Manny apologized to the Dodgers today. He can work out at the team’s facility but so far hasn’t showed up. Torre saying Manny was thinking and trying to process things. Yeah, ok. The only thing Manny’s trying to process is how he’s going to recover from losing $7 million in salary.
I don’t think ever in the history of baseball has a player been so forthright and brutally honest about how important money is to him. Wasn’t he quoted as saying he’d play in Iraq if they paid him enough? Oh Manny.
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/articl.....Id=rss_nyy
Al
May 15th, 2009 at 3:45 pm
“I agree with Steve Phillips
Beltran, Teixeria, A-Rod are all great fantasy players and will put up the stats, but they are just not winners. They don’t impact the game the way their stats dictate they should. They don’t make their teams better.
Jeter, Pedroia, Pujols, Rollins etc. carry their team to victory.”
lol Phillips actually sad that?
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How would such a loser like Phillips recognize a winner? It’s not as if he can draw on experience.
There’s no question in my mind that Alex will get booed and it might be as soon as his first at bat if he doesn’t walk or get a hit. Yankee fans just detest this guy – and they did so prior to the steroid revelations.
I have faith in Phil long term, but tonight? I see him struggling – the problem is, who can the Yanks turn to? Aceves just pitched 2 innings on Wednesday, so if he’s even available today, it’s only for an inning or two – he can’t give us 4 or 5.
I still prefer that Jeter not play – the Yankees are taking a calculated gamble that he doesn’t aggravate the injury and their gambles always end up costing them.
Hey I said the same thing about Cash catching in the previous thread, maybe about 5 times.
Right Brandon?
I am here to get some credit for coming up with the idea also!
Geesh.
;
Final comments on LOST and Moose Bars at the end of the previous thread.
What a crappy lineup. Why is Cash catching he is awful? Why is Swisher still playing he stinks!! This is just awful!! Joe should be fired!
And that was supposed to end with this:
“Jeter, Pedroia, Pujols, Rollins etc. carry their team to victory.”
More proof that Phillips needs glasses as Rollins has been in a terrible slump and hasn’t been carrying PHI anywhere. In fact, there’s talk of maybe moving him down in the lineup.
Cervelli can catch every game. If you’re expecting that, you’d better start expecting injuries, then.
Must take 3 of 4
Anything less is simply unacceptable. Cannot just keep treading water, we need to push through the .500 mark and stay there and continue to move up. Not go 2 games over, then go 1 game under, then go 2 games over, then back to .500 etc.
Holla – what Girardi did was nothing but intelligent IMO. Hughes has been struggling and he struggled with Cervelli catching him last game. He was successful this year in AAA with Cash as his catcher. Why not try what has worked?
Cervelli ***can’t*** catch every game
Sending Cash out makes sense….Whould have liked to see Melky and Gardner in the OF but, GGBG is a good weapon off the bench to pinch run.
“Makes no sense to keep Matsui in the lineup, he is in a slump and has no chance against a power lefty like Liriano”
did you watch the game last night?
Hughes needs to show some mental toughness tonight. Bear down, keep your team in the game.
Nothing more deflating then a 5 spot in the 2nd inning for MIN when we return home and are trying to keep a winning streak going.
“I agree with Steve Phillips
Beltran, Teixeria, A-Rod are all great fantasy players and will put up the stats, but they are just not winners. They don’t impact the game the way their stats dictate they should. They don’t make their teams better.
Jeter, Pedroia, Pujols, Rollins etc. carry their team to victory.”
This is the most hilarious thing I have ever heard. And I could totally see SP saying this too
“Typical Girardi… sits our hottest hitter in Cisco in favor of Cash”
seriously?
I’m looking for good things from Hughes tonight. Unfortunately, I didn’t catch his first start when he dominated, but even in his second start when he didn’t last that long, he looked a lot better than he did at any point last season…at least to me. The third game was a different story, but I think he can pull it together and give a quality start.
Steve Phillips is the luckiest man in America. How can a guy that is consistently wrong about everything still have a job?
That series with the Phillies next weekend should be fun
In our new bandbox, the two teams might score 60 runs in the 3 games.
“Typical Girardi… sits our hottest hitter in Cisco in favor of Cash”
“seriously?”
Maybe she means until Xavier Nady gets back?
Curious,
No he didn’t. He’s one of the chronic whiners daily on the lineup.
“Can’t keep treading water”. Why not?
What do you expect them to do with all of the injuries they have right now?
The season isn’t over in two weeks.
A month of now, if they are EXACTLY where they are today, 3 out in the loss column, and have Wang, Posada, Marte and Bruney back, and suffer no other injuries in that time, would you take that or be disappointed?
I’d take that in a heartbeat.
“Moose Bars are Mike Mussina’s charity candy bars, except I can’t find them on the website anymore.”
nick in sf-
don’t worry. there’s a new charity candy bar .
it’s called “the livan bar” .
as far as taste , it’s not very good , but it lasts a really long time
Again, the Yankees aren’t idiots.
If Jeter wasn’t feeling better he wouldn’t be playing. If the threat of further injury was high they would have put him on the DL.
Not rocket science. And certainly not a “gamble”.
trisha – Brett Tomko, an idea whose time has come!
May 15th, 2009 at 3:55 pm
Holla – what Girardi did was nothing but intelligent IMO. Hughes has been struggling and he struggled with Cervelli catching him last game. He was successful this year in AAA with Cash as his catcher. Why not try what has worked?
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Exactly how many games could Cash have caught Hughes in? Cash only played in 7 cames and 3 of those came when Hughes was already in NY.
I can’t wait for Jorge to return: he really makes a huge difference. If he is able to say healthy he will be our MVP this year.
Nick, what put a damper in my Lost watching is that I like to watch it in HD on my entertainment center..not on my computer. I even bought the episodes I was missing on itunes but cant get them to convert to WMA files to watch it on my PS3. I’ll probably wait for the DVD or rent it on netflix or something.
Steve Phillip’s friends know him as the “weather man.”
He’s wrong all the time but still employed.
Isn’t it rather early for interleague play? That series with the Phillies is going to be rough on the pitchers……..
Aunt Becca & Jennifer…
Just a guess, but I’d think it’s Cash b/c he caught Hughes in AAA. Having said that, however, CC & Pettitte have both talked about how involved Cervelli has been in each game, so maybe GIrardi’s just giving him a rest.
Hughes was brilliant when I saw him here in Detroit 2.5 weeks ago. I hope he can pitch like that again tonight… personally, I’m not convinced Wang is “right” yet, if he’s throwing 92 in AAA.
SoS,
I don’t care how they do it, they just need to win. I only caught the game from the third quarter and watched them get within 2. Then I turned off the game in disgust with 2 minutes left. And I never do that. Just win, that’s all.
I’m with you, miggs. Not complaining per se, but I’d rather see Cabrera in right rather than Swish, at least for today.
That lineup looks like the regular one except for the catcher.
Under normal circumstances ARod would still be rehabbing in the minors. He’s here now because he’s needed.
Booing him would be absurd and unfair.
“as far as taste , it’s not very good , but it lasts a really long time”
LOL
I wrote earlier today, the biggest news of the day for Yankee fans is they’re only 4.5 out of division, 3.5 out of WC.
Good all things considered.
Whining about injuries is for losers. Boston has nothing from Ortiz, Lester, Beckett, Youkallis has missed a week and they are 8 games over .500
Angels lost their top 3 pitchers, tragically lost their top young pitcher, and have been without their best player for almost the entire season. And they are 3 games over .500.
We are an older team, we may never be 100% healthy the entire season. So are we just going to concede? Every team has to play through injuries. It should never be an excuse.
Why would any fan have confidence in the Yankees’ handlinhg of injuries? Let’s see – the played Posada before he was fully healed and last year, with Alex’s quad injury, he came back at less than 100% and ended up out for an even longer period of time. Marte didn’t seem to get the rehab/rest/time he needed from his injury in ST – these are just a few examples.
talltenor
I was joking!!!
re: Posada…….and he is now out for an extended period of time.
Betsy,
You gotta stop bein so oblique in regards to Jeter!
We were worried and he was more than fine yesterday. So no more worries.
Phillies play at the stadium next weekend
Mets play in Fenway next weekend
Should be fun
“That series with the Phillies is going to be rough on the pitchers………”
If you like offense that will be a fun series to watch. Over under 15 on how many HRs will be hit.
I’d go over.
Cash caught Hughes on 4/12 only which would be just as many times as Cervelli.
Although, I don’t have a problem with it. Dude can’t catch every game and the game with Cash was immensely better
i thought Arod was supposed to get the night off and DH?
Didn’t the Yankees misdiagnose Kennedy too?
We have the worst medical staff in the league. I don’t see how anyone should be confident in them.
mel,
That’s what I was thinking. And then you actually have decent speed at all 3 OF positions, plus your best defensive outfield for Hughes who, let’s face it, may need the best defense he can get.
Hopefully Hughes can keep them in the game tonight. If he quickly falls apart or gives them 2 innings then he is definitely going back to AAA. Aceves will get his next start. Damon was right in what he said if you want to pitch up here then you have to show some toughness. Every single start last year and this season that Hughes has gotten hit around he says the same thing that he didn’t have good stuff and command. Well either tough it out or at his point he still isn’t good enough for the majors. Hopefully he can give them a good start or atleast be decent.
I meant specificially that it would be rough on the Yankees pitchers, lol…
Nobody is whining about injuries. Stating a fact about where the team is at isn’t whining.
Complaining about the lineup everyday? That’s whining.
Particularly since the folks who do it are never correct.
If Jeter and Matsui weren’t in the lineup last night, they lose.
They can’t sit Swisher today because Gardner against Liriano is a bad matchup. With Melky and Swisher in the lineup, that’s two more righties (since they are SH) to face Liriano.
I NEED SOME ADVICE ON THE NEW STADIUM
I’m coming up to the city next week and intend to take in the Thursday night Orioles game. I need some suggestions as to the following:
1. Are excellent seats at good prices available outside the Stadium at the 2-3 hours before game time
2. IS Stub-Hub a better option for purchase, perhaps on Tuesday before the game?
3. How good are the 200 level seats and how important is the row for the viewing experience
Thanx in advance…. would love to meet one or two for a beverage before the game
“Boston has nothing from Ortiz, Lester, Beckett, Youkallis has missed a week and they are 8 games over .500″
21-14 = 8?
For the folks pushing Cervelli tonight, he can’t catch tonight and tomorrow afternoon too. Does it really make a difference which game he catches? Does Hughes need a personal catcher?
No and No.
Maybe P.Hugh works better with Cash, rather than Franky. Who knows. Also I wouldn’t go as far to consider Cervelli our hottest hitter…
“I meant specificially that it would be rough on the Yankee pitchers, lol…”
I wouldn’t bet against it. Philly pitching is awful.
Wonder do the Yankees draw Moyer. Batting practice during a real would be nice.
No Angel Eyes??
sorry ladies
Good one, randy. Unfortunately, I’ve never been able to find a Livan Bar that wasn’t well past its ‘sell by’ date. They still fill you up, but you feel pretty queasy after.
A-Rod will be cheered, however when he flys out he will be booed
Yeah, but the Phillies’ offense is much better than the Yankees…….After what Moyer said this spring about Alex (and especially after his own teammate was suspended), I would love for him to be used as a BP pitcher…….
86w183 : I bought tickets from Stubhub today for $50 less than face value per each.
Let’s see if Damon’s words resonated with Phil
3. How good are the 200 level seats and how important is the row for the viewing experience
I sat in the very last row of the stadium a little left of the plate.
It was a great seat.
I hope that Coke is close to being back soon. Back issues are troublesome.
http://www.nj.com/yankees/inde.....f_rec.html
Great news that Alex is feeling good…….when he works off that rust, he’s going to be a machine.
“A-Rod will be cheered, however when he flys out he will be booed”
Al, that sounds about right.
If there are no rainouts, the matchups should be
Myers vs. Burnett
Chan Ho Park vs. Pettitte
Moyer vs. Sabathia
Ha! Damon was correct, but if Phil bounces back credit goes to Phil, not Damon.
iF HE strikes out a few times, the boos will be somewhat understandable because that is what usually happens at the stadium but if he gets bood right off the bat, Im going to be pissed. I really am. Fans really need to learn how to get behind their players instead of kicking them when they are on the ground especially NY fans. Im from NY and lived pretty much my whole life in NY and Im ashamed and embarrassed sometimes with the things new york fans do. I really hope it isnt more embarassment tonight. Half the fans in the seats that you can actually hear arent even yankee fans anyway probably. I just dont get booing our own players – I mean yea, someone like pavano I can see but booing someone that has won mvps for you and even championships for you (in other cases.) To me, that is just messed up. What are people trying to accomplish? If you root for the yanks and you boo a yankee, you might as well boo the whole team because you certainly arent helping anything.
It will be just like a home game for Philly with our new ballpark
Should be fun though. High scoring games should be on the menu
I want Cervelli and I want him now!
Really, I’d like to see him catch tonight.
Not for any baseball related reason. It’s just that I’m going to the game with my wife tonight and I was hoping he could hypnotize her into doing the laundry.
Girardi said the same thing Damon did— Hughes has to learn how to limit damage and grind out a start, not let the game slip away in the 2nd-3rd inning.
I know it wasn’t received well in the Hughes fan club, but nothing Damon said was that bad. He is giving the kid a little kick in the pants. Let’s see how he handles it now that he has been challenged.
200 level, section 223-5, are great, rows 5-10 are fine, wait until day of game (especially if weather is iffy)and buy off stub hub. keep in mind tixs come down 2 hours before gametime (and prices are coming down right until deadline).
How many walks has Alex had in his extended ST and first 6 games with the Yankees. Seems like quite a few. That is really nice to see. That he’s not going out of the zone to make things happen.
200 seats are nice. Probably the best deals in the place.
It depends on which section of course.
“I sat in the very last row of the stadium a little left of the plate.
It was a great seat.”
Those were my seats of choice at the old place. Great seats.
We always play the Mets in the first inter-league series of the year, not this year though.
We play them in June, 2 weekends apart
We play @ Miami, @ Atlanta, and @ Shea Stadium 9 game road trip
After reading much of the previous thread I am dizzy from the contradictory statements made by our resident Guru -
Speaking for the every scout in the business he says “not one” would rank Hughes higher than a #3.
Later in regard to Ortiz he says you never can get unanimous agreement from scouts.
Then again this is the same guy who assured all of us that there was absolutely positutely no way the Yankees would go after Tex during the off season. Some of his faithful followers should keep track of his “absolutes”. I think many of them are the result of too many “Absolut’s”
Damon is a great hero and master motivator. But he can only do so much.
Phil has to do his small part as well for Damon’s genius to become apparent.
Way to parse the posts. Now, try using a real screen name. You don’t need to keep changing it to take shots at me.
I am FAR from anybody’s guru. Don’t agree with the opinions, fine by me.
Parse them to take shots at me? You are about one of 50 morons who come on here everyday taking shots at me.
Your position is neither unique nor different.
Dave,
I agree with you 100%.
But I honestly don’t think he’s getting booed. Or at least I’d be very surprised (and disappointed) if he was.
This town love its problem children. He’s definitely been brought down a few pegs. I think the rabble in the pit may identify with him better than ever.
I’m going and I’ll clap for him. I’m even considering breaking out the 13 jersey which has never been worn.
Nick in SF
May 15th, 2009 at 4:29 pm
Damon is a great hero and master motivator. But he can only do so much.
Phil has to do his small part as well for Damon’s genius to become apparent.
Vulcan Mind Meld?
Sun City Cynic you are due for a programming please report the programming centre – resistance is futile – assimilate into the BORG
407, Uncle E, Aunt Becca —
Thanx for the input… and I’d welcome even more
I look forward to my first visit to the new place… leaning towards the 200 level, but might go down closer depending on $$$
the 200 level looks amazing. it’s my goal to get seats there at some point this season…
86w183
on your first trip you will be wandering around a lot – you should go early – get your ya yas out under the O’Neill Banner – you can watch the game from almost anywhere.
Checked StubHub this morning and there were 3000+ seats. Just checked now and about 2300 sold today.
Legends Seats for $200 are still available if anyone is feeling rich and would rather sit in the empties than whine about them.
SJ’s criticism of Hughes was spot on in the previous thread.
He has to show some toughness tonight
I like the 200s. Main dugout and main infield are good.
But the best deals may be field outfield. Like 110, 111, 131, 132 etc. Those go as cheap as $40 right now on Stubhub.
It’s my goal to one day run my hands over the fine blue vinyl of the Legends Seats.
To Dream….The Impossible Dream…
Phil Coke is available tonight according to ESPN radio.
I sat in section 131 it was also very nice. Seats were really comfortable didn’t want to get up.
I sat in the Grandstand about 10 rows from the top and had a great view. Only problem is too many vendors standing in my way
It’s all about winning series now . . . especially at home. I’m not particularly thrilled with tonight’s match-up. We could use 6 innings of 3-run ball from Hughes. No more big-inning implosions.
If only I could spend the money I paid for my season tickets on stubhub tickets. I sort of screwed myself on that one.
John
May 15th, 2009 at 3:45 pm
Makes no sense to keep Matsui in the lineup, he is in a slump and has no chance against a power lefty like Liriano
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Putting aside that Matsui’s last AB was the game winning HR off a lefty and all.
86w183
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This year is different than any recent year. definitely wait and get tickets on stubhub. wait as long as you can, day of or day before. the tickets there go on a sliding scale with most sellers. So a ticket that you buy today for a game a week from now will be much more expensive than if you wait. don’t worry about the game selling out! the longer you wait the more you will save
86w183
Try Craigslist too I think it is less mercenary than STUb HUB which is evil
Steve Phillips hangs out with Anderson Cooper on weekends.
That is All. Enjoy the game my friends.
You guys are so lucky. I’m stuck here in Chicago. I haven’t even been to the new stadium yet.
Liriano hasn’t been Liriano for almost three years, and he was only that for 2/3rds of a year.
So is tonight the night we actually have a good crowd?
Weather is perfect, Friday Night
Why why why does Girardi always do this?
On Wednesday Cervelli executes a hit and run perfectly, setting up a run, and also throws out a runner in a rundown. Pretty good game for a rookie catcher, right?
On Thursday Girardi’s got him sitting on the bench!
Got my days wrong — but you guys know what I mean!
Sandy
May 15th, 2009 at 5:03 pm
Why why why does Girardi always do this?
On Wednesday Cervelli executes a hit and run perfectly, setting up a run, and also throws out a runner in a rundown. Pretty good game for a rookie catcher, right?
On Thursday Girardi’s got him sitting on the bench!
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Then it must be OK, because this is Friday.
On Thursday Girardi’s got him sitting on the bench!
Your indignation is a day late.
Why why why does Girardi always do this?
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he reads the blog, and gets a kick out of our daily gripes.
i swear i saw him giggling when he walked out of the clubhouse yesterday…
What are you talking about? Last night was Thursday and Cervelli played.
He’s not playing tonight because he won’t have the kid catch a day game after a night game. He will catch Joba tomorrow.
Its the perfect night to give him off.
Sandy, Cash is going to catch tonight and Cervelli will catch tomorrow afternoon. It could have been the other way around. It amounts to no difference. Relax.
did everyone leave the office early today?
oh wait, it’s not early any more…
have a nice weekend folks :p
Even when the lineup is
Jeter
Damon
Teixeira
Rodriguez
Posada
Matsui
Cano
Swisher
Melky
People will complain about the lineup. Are some of you ever happy?
Can Aceves go tonight?
Melky is the key to the Yankees success. I like Gardner but he looks like he’s unable to produce on a consistent basis. To me he’s leaning more to being a track runner rather than a baseball player. Girardi, made the right move in playing Melky tonight. Perhaps, I’m wrong, but, Melky looks more like a ball player with pure talent.
for the beginners out there catchers cannot play everyday unless you want them on the DL and unable to run by the age of 26.. see if torre destroys russel martin…
Cash is probably catching since he knows Hughes already.
aceves pitched 2 days ago why would he not be able to pitch tonight if needed??
7*7
Yeah…Where’s Mattingly?
I doubt it, Uncle Ellsworth – maybe for an inning or two. I don’t see how he can give us any length tonight given that he was just used on Wednesday. That’s going to be the problem if he’s used as a short man occasionally – using Aceves that way will preclude his use as a long man……..at least in that same week.
If the players read this blog, they wouldn’t speak to Pete. He’s always saying negative things which I think a professional journalist shouldn’t say sometimes.
Can’t believe so much of this post is about Cisco vs. Cash!!!
we’re not talking Berra vs. Bench here!
We’ve got other things to worry about.
Aceves main purpose in life right now is to shadow young master Hughes.
(BTW, we need both melky and brett)
“I am not covering the game tonight. But there could be an update or two along the way.”
Like if the fans boo A-Rod for instance … ? Showing your A-Rod love once more
TL,
Everyone knows what goes on in the blog. While Alex may not read the blog personally, one of his many handlers does. Pete has namedropped Alex before.
The Yankees read the blog, too. Not 24 hours after I suggested that the Yankees open up BP to a finite space and time period and perhaps use the old stadium parameters. Voila! It happens!
irony-
Of course not, is only if A-Rod goes 0-4. Than he’ll make comments like, “A-Rod, looks like he’s missing a little something”.
Need to keep this winning streak going
Hughes has to step up. All about command for him. Minnesota is a great fundamentals team. You put them on base, they will come around to score.
If that’s the case, M, he shouldn’t have pitched on Wednesday. I don’t blame Joe at all, though – the game had to be won. However, it cost us for tonight…….
Aceves has pitched 2 innings in the last 10 days
stuart
May 15th, 2009 at 5:13 pm
aceves pitched 2 days ago why would he not be able to pitch tonight if needed??
Stuart – I’m assuming this is a benign comment. At first read it read as snarky – that wasn’t your intention was it?
I know Ace pitched 2 innings 2 days ago – I was just trying to start a little chatter about Aceves. Who while not as dreamy as Fabio can be a very useful player.
Betsy,
Again. Don’t worry. Aceves is our burro. He’s strong and can handle it.
Aceves is not going to end up like poor Scotty Proctor.
Well then Hughes needs to tough it out and not put himself in the situation where we need to go to Aceves today
Is 6 innings, 3-4 runs really that much to ask from the #1 prospect in baseball in his 3rd season in the bigs?
Another bad outing is going to be brutal for Phil… getting booed loudly off the mound at the stadium and ticking off the veterans even more
For his sake, he needs to luck his way into a good outing today
I think Aceves’s main purpose in life should be to be faithful and loving to his beautiful wife.
She deserves nothing less.
In Florida S. L., Ryan Zink has 2 innings, 1 hit, 0 walks and 4 strikeouts. Romine has a solo homer. Tampa leads 1-0.
ajax batting above sixth for the 1st time this year…hes batting 2nd
Let’s do Phil Hughes a favor and trade him to St Louis. They have a former catcher with a PHD in pitching by the name of Dave Duncan. He can help Phil become the pitcher everyone thought he would be. The Yankees are waisting his talent by bouncing him around. As Jim Kaat once said it takes around 40 starts for a pitcher to settle in. The Yanks won’t do this.
With Duncan’s resume he is the one to help Hughes. Let’s throw in Duncan for a nice touch.
I don’t think Hughes will ever receive the right coaching with the Yanks and I hate to see all this talent wasted.
GB7,
Thanks for the update. Are you going to follow the Scranton DH, too? They’ve gone 40+ scoreless innings. Hitters, not pitchers.
“Liriano hasn’t been Liriano for almost three years, and he was only that for 2/3rds of a year”
That’s not true.
Liriano was good last year.
His stats are misleading because he had 3 bombs in the beginning of the season.. they sent him down to minors until august and then brought him back up.
In the minors, he was 10-3 3.43 era 121K’s in 123 innings.
It took the Twins a while to bring him up but after he came back in August, here’s his line:
6-1 2.74 ERA 60K’s in 65 Innings
That’s 11 starts, that’s not bad.
We better step up and we better win tonight
m
May 15th, 2009 at 5:35 pm
GB7,
Thanks for the update. Are you going to follow the Scranton DH, too? They’ve gone 40+ scoreless innings. Hitters, not pitchers.
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Yeah, I’m tracking both games, to kill time. I haven’t as yet, found the need to kill myself over every Yankee loss. A couple more losses, though, and there won’t be any more Yankee fans left.
“The Yankees are waisting his talent…”
I don’t know about that. Some say that CC is waisting his talent, but he seems to make it work.
Doug May 15th, 2009 at 5:40 pm
We better step up and we better win tonight
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Or what?
You’re not really in any position to give this team ultimatums.
GB7,
Reegie Corona debut? Has he been injured or was he promoted?
go new york go new york go
uncle ellsworth not trying to be a wise guy just thought the person who commented was not aware.
so far so good for aceves in the pen as the long guy, personally I like him there. His stuff scares me as a starter but as a 3 inning guy or so,he looks good the 7 times I have seen him. throws strikes compared to the other pen guys and has decent not great velocity, and appears to be a competitor..
“Reegie Corona debut? Has he been injured or was he promoted?”
promoted
Nick in SF
May 15th, 2009 at 5:43 pm
“The Yankees are waisting his talent…”
I don’t know about that. Some say that CC is waisting his talent, but he seems to make it work.
Ha Ha – Ok this makes up for the lame Aceves joke – just callin it as i see it
No big surprise but Alan Horne has been put on the DL again – this time with a bad hammy he suffered the other day.
It’s tough for any Yankee fan to expect anything out of guys like Horne, Christian Garcia, and Humberto Sanchez.
Tampa still leads, 1-0. Zink, 4 innings, 3 hits, 0 walks, 6 strikeouts. Zink is another very promising right hander…another big righty. 6’5″ and 230 pounds. Good stuff, most of the pitches, great control. Began in Charleston as a reliever, then moved into the rotation late last summer.
Tex starts to break out tonight
May 15th, 2009 at 5:45 pm
go new york go new york go
I was at a Nicks Cavs Play-off game in 1996? Where they gave out cassette tapes of this “song”
Knicks
Brandon,
Thx.
And the scoring drought has ended. Shelley the rainmaker with an rbi double.
I don’t joke about Mrs. Aceves.
I love her and want her to be happy.
Nick,
Next time you “see” her, tell her to let Fredo pitch over the winter.
Aceves trivia
his nicknames in México are Shely and Patón; the latter means Large Feet in Spanish.
He wears # 91 because growing up, he and his friends were huge Chicago Bulls fans. While they admired Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen, his favorite player was Dennis Rodman.
He got married in November, 2008.
m
May 15th, 2009 at 5:44 pm
GB7,
Reegie Corona debut? Has he been injured or was he promoted?
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Apparently so. I hadn’t seen that. Shelley Duncan was also activated from the DL, so roster adjustments had to be made.
Shelley Duncan’s RBI double scored Jackson, who had walked.
Yuck. ;(
I don’t know about that. Some say that CC is waisting his talent, but he seems to make it work.
LMAO…no, LMFAO.
People were doubting you yesterday, Nick, but you got your fastball back.
I meant to put that in quotes but I was laughing too hard.
“Legends Seats for $200 are still available if anyone is feeling rich and would rather sit in the empties than whine about them.”
86w183, I guess it depends on what you are willing to spend. I didn’t pay face value on my legends seat ticket, in fact I got it for more than $300 under retail, but I got it on Stub hub the day before the game, so someone must have been desperate.
In a NYC hotbeat I would spend $200 on a ticket to sit in those seats again if I could afford it. Remember that all of your food is free when you sit in those seats, plus your drinks minus booze.
Hey, there’s a “Negron” that’s playing for Charlotte. Any relation to our Negron? Or am I mixing things up. I know that Pena’s son plays, and Eiland’s son got drafted, no?
Thanks, Wave. Johnny Damon told me to toughen up. I think it worked.
Let’s talk about Jobber to the pen
calm before the storm?
Just browsing on ESPN and came across an article that had Ripken saying that he will make it his duty to find out why A-Rod used steroids.
I’m prolly gonna get flamed for this but I think this guy was and still is the most overrated player in baseball history… Why would his opinion even matter.
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/.....id=4168718
No, Jobber discussions are limited to days he pitches or after good Hughes outings. Let’s hope there’s a Jobber discussion later on tonight.
mini lineup:
1. D. Span, LF
2. M. Tolbert, 2B
3. J. Mauer, C
4. J. Morneau, 1B
5. J. Kubel, DH
6. M. Cuddyer, RF
7. J. Crede, 3B
8. C. Gomez, CF
9. N. Punto, SS
Can someone tell me why/how jennifer Love Hewitt is no. 10 on the Maxim hot 100. Don’t get me wrong I like her but what year is this?
It would be a huge mistake to bring Wang back up until is velo is at 94.
Zink, after 6 innings: 6 innings, 8 hits, 2 euns (earned), 1 walk, 7 strikeouts.
Montero is 0-3. Romine is 2-3 with a solo homer and 3 run double. Laird is 1-2 with a walk.
KontosL 4 innings, 1 hit, 0 runs, 2 walks, 4 strikeouts.
Correction: Romine has a solo home run and a ***2 run double***
Per Kim:
Bruney threw 35 pitches today and felt great…….
Coke is available…….
Jorge is ahead of Molina, but still feels tightness in his hamstring
Nady swung the bat today…….no timetable on his return
Also no timetable on Marte
Thanks Betsy
You’re welcome, Uncle Ellsworth!
Tampa Yanks win the first game of their twin bill, 3-2.
great info betsy.
Marte concerns me…….I have a feeling that we won’t be seeing him for awhile
Betsy, I was half listening to Kim Jones. Do you remember which Twin she said was not in the lineup because he was home with his sick mother? I need to set my fantasy lineup and Pete hasn’t posted their lineup yet.
Thanks if you do remember. I just need to know whether or not it is Denard Spahn.
I think it’s Young……..definitely not Denard Spain.
Bets, thanks! I am benching Swisher tonight because I have too many players playing. That probably means he will have a break out night!
You’re welcome, Trish – good luck!
Let’s go Hughesie. So nervous about him today.
Go Yanks!!!!
Cone, Kay and O’Neill don’t complement each other physically at all. Looking at them reminds me of Frankenstein, Tonto and Tarzan from SNL.
I’m going to miss the Game Thread so
my vote for best snack in the twinkie genre goes to Funny Bones!
In my research I found something interesting all these snack cakes….
Ring Dings, Yodels, HoHos, Creme Cups Twinkies, CupCakes, Chocodiles, Ding Dongs, HoHos, Suzy Q’s, Sno Balls, Zingers, Devil Dogs, Yankee Doodles, Sunny Doodles
Funny Bones, Yodels, Fruit Pies….
Can also be used to describe the posters here.
Go YANKEE DOODLES!
Melancon relieved Kontos in the 6th inning with one out and a runner on first base. Gave up a single, then got the next two…one on a strikeout. Scranton leads 1-0 bottom of the 6th. Jackson is 0-2 with a walk and a strikeout. Scored the only run of the game on an RBI double by Shelley Duncan.
why did kay say not to look at liriano’s record because he has been 1 of the best pitchers in baseball…is he referring to 2 years ago?
Uncle -
Aww, we’ll miss you!
Ashamed to say that I have tasted just about everything you posted! I definitely went through a Funny Bone phase!!!
Delmon Young is out for the weekend.
Lets go Yanks!
COME ON PHIL! Even though I performed the cowardly act of dropping you from my Fantasy team, in real life I’m still rootin’ for ya!
Nasty breaking ball
good morning, good afternoon, and goodnight mr tolbert!
Hughes hitting 94 on the gun..
huge double play.
there ya go hughsie!
I’m not watching, since I’m here at work, but I’m rooting for ya’, Phil. You’re still my hero.
Good start for Hughes…
Now, let’s get some runs!
Go Yanks!!!!!
Think I will give some credit to Cash until proven otherwise!
That’s because I kept calling for Girardi to name Cash catcher tonight. He he he. If things go south (it won’t happen) I’ll blame it totally on Hughes.
Nice start for Hughes. Gameday has his fastball consistently at 93-94 mph.
Glad to see Phil threw primarily fastballs that inning. As a young pitcher, you have to establish the fastball. Plus everything was low. Good start there.
Sterling called HR by Jeter
Scranton wins first game of their double dip, 1-0. Melancon closed it out with 1.2 innings, 1 hit. 3 strikeouts.
Come on Tex get on base so we can get the A-Rod stuff over with.
COME ON, it was in the batters box. WTH
Wow that strike out by Johnny D, that ball actually clipped the other batter’s box.. This could bode very well for Hughes with that kind of strike zone..
well
Protip: When a ball is near the dirt, don’t swing Tex
Come on Kay, enough with the arod reception love fest. Its not a big deal. Its May already…geez.
Damon the Motivator 1
Damon the Batter 0
Or not..
He golfed that.
damn
damn…that pitch wasn’t even in the strike zone.
welcome to the Stadium, which is the size of a shoe box.
Watch him get rattled.
Good, he needs a little adversity. Now toughen up!
where was that last pitch?
Thats wasn’t strike..!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ball 4 was a clear strike to kubel
The umpires love squeezing the rookies.
come on Hughes
I really think at least 30% of the pitches hit for homeruns at Yankee Stadium haven’t even been bad pitches. We’ve seen a lot of guys hit stuff almost in the dirt or off the end of the bat and still get it out.
doesn’t look like hughes will get out of the second inning this time around either.
Home run appears to have scared him out of the strike zone.
Enough of Hughes, get another pitcher here
goodness phil cmon
Hughes is a b-u-s-t bust.
He’s getting squeezed
Seriously, Liriano’s ball hit the other batter’s box and we et 2 near strike walks?
Ball 4 is the same pitch that was called strike 3 in the first inning. I hate when umps are inconsistant.
1 solo home run and he falls apart.
Tex…How…
They should trade him for Santana .
gotta pick those teix lets go
Tex has butter in his mit. I’ve watched him miss two balls he should have caught.
F
Giambi nabs that…
Bad throw by Cano.
Bad throw by Cano.
Come on, that ball would have been out of any stadium.
These no doubt homeruns do nothing to support the “bandbox” theory.
Damn if Tex makes that scoop maybe Hughes gets out with only one run.
I thought Teixeira was this gold glove dynamite firstbase man. Guess its just another case of a player not being able to handle New York. We seen it time and time again in all sports.
I thought Teixeira was this gold glove dynamite firstbase man. Guess its just another case of a player not being able to handle New York. We seen it time and time again in all sports.
When Phil gives up a run i think he goes into that LOST time zone and forgets he’s the franchise. He needs to figure out how to get that time machine back to the 5th inning of texas 2 years ago.
Am I imagining it…or did the Big G make more scoops than Tex?
Quick show of hands: who has come to bury Hughes and not praise him?
It’s mind boggling but Teixeira so far hasn’t been as good as Giambi was at scooping balls out of the dirt.
36 pitches
texeria needs to make that scoup
Nice framing by Cash.
this would be a great time to “not give up a big inning” or whatever Damon was talking about
Posting it twice doesn’t make it true, PJH.
Nice curve
Giambi was playing first for 7 years. Tex has had what a month and 2 weeks? I think Giambi had more scoops too. And wally bell sucks
Quick show of hands: who has come to bury Hughes and not praise him?
Praise what? His fragile psyche? The guy needs to grow a pair and get people out.
throwwwww strikesssssssss
I’m here to root for my team.
Good. Hughes battled back there…
Now, can we get some runs?
Let’s Go Yanks!!!!!
i dunno what it is with young phil hughes..but he doesnt seem to have the mental make up of a starter in the big leagues
good work phil.. way to grind it out after giving up the bomb
41 pitches!
He just grew some hair on his chest ..good job.
that 3-1 pitch looked pretty good too….it seems that this umpire favors strikes to the right handed batters box side..
If you post that twice PJH, maybe he’ll start doing that.
need to get this kid some runs…..
well phil is only 22.. pitching in new york.. for the yankees.. not sure how many 22 year olds come in to that situation and pitch lights out in every start? give the kid a break
Good recovery as far as results….too much nibbling with the bottom of the order, though. He’s gotta make a living getting quick, easy outs on those guys.
let’s not worry about so much about the pitch count – if he just goes 5, but doesn’t give up 8 runs…we’ll take it
Posting it twice doesn’t make it true, PJH.
We have seen so many guys come to NY and not live up to their billings. Its a little concerning. We are paying a guy 180 million to play first base. If he cant hit his weight, he could at least pick balls out of the dirt that my 14 year old brother can pick.
That could have been worse
Well he battled there. Now that he showed everyone his toughness maybe a few easy innings would be a good idea
He may have gotten out of the inning, but 41 pitches isn’t anything to write home about.. Now the bullpen will eventually need to come in. Thank god they had CC give them some rest last night!
Nice job by Hughes to battle out of a jam. As much as we would love to see him just cruise through lineups, it’s innings like these that will actually teach him to be a better pitcher.
Good job Phil – much better than the Baltimore meltdown I saw last weekend… man…
He didn’t let it become a big inning. I’ll choose to look at it that way
Heard anyone boo?
anyone watching? how is the arod reaction?
I didn’t think Alex got THAT great of an ovation……….
Brush up on your Shakespeare, PJH.
He’s squeezing Liriano too….
Thats exactly the way to look at it, RS.
It was a good ovation. Not one boo.
Stadiums empty, lol of course not many booed
Nick in SF- I dont understnad why you think you’re so funny. You’re not. Stop trying so hard.
Nick in SF- I dont understnad why you think you’re so funny. You’re not. Stop trying so hard.
Nick is VERY funny.
They cheered him, no boos. I wasn’t expecting a standing ovation anyways, it’s not like he’s coming back from war. lol
So A-Rod haters can’t afford to go to a Yankee game? Nice.
It wasn’t a joke, PJH. I give the readers here enough credit to be able to tell the difference.
Lets go Robbie!
Swishy with a walk
Whats the alternate food topic of conversation tonight? lol
Liriano has thrown more balls than strikes in this game. At the very least be patient with him and get him out of the game early. The Twins bullpen is like ours…lights out closer but little else after that.
I thought Trisha said “twinkees” in honor of the Twins
Melkman is going deep.
I was washing dishes during Phil’s half of the inning so didn’t get to see any posts. But here is what ended up happening. Phil got himself into a jam and he got himself out of a jam. That is an improvement right there since it seems that he has been spooked by having runners on base. Also I was impressed that both Cash and Eiland went out to talk to him.
So what’s the point of all of that? Well in terms of what Phil did, he ended up doing fine. Yet to read some of the posts here you wouldn’t have known it – until the inning was over. I sincerely have to ask how some of you have the energy to fret per batter! And how some of you have such thin skin that you are ready to arabesque a pitcher in the bottom of the second inning, when all he did was give up a solo homer.
That of course is symptomatic of every game thread, every batter, and every pitch with some posters.
On another note, a lot of the legends seats are full. Too bad Pete’s not around because he loves to make note of “the empty seats between the dugouts!”
GO DA MELK!
UPDATE, 7:36 p.m.: Just got home and caught the last inning. Nice to see that MLB is letting fans who have had too much to drink calls balls and strikes. Holy cow. …
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Very Funny
Deep in the sky up above
<—- Fail
Sometimes I wish we didn’t get runners in scoring position so it wouldn’t be so painful to watch
Liriano at 34 pitches.
another ho-hum Yankee offensive inning.
So is it Girardi’s fault for not starting Gardner tonight or is it Girardi’s fault for not playing Melky yesterday? Hah
We can let twinkies be the umbrella for packaged desserts. I’d hate to blow a topic as expansive as desserts on one game!
One of my neighbors used to make jello with twinkies in it and she would poke holes in the twinkies so that the jello would go inside and mix with the cream from the twinkies. Very tasty.
cmon phil strikes..
i m sick of phil..the experiment is over…the kid is scared of everyone even the twins
Fastball velocity is way down. Command is off. Gonna be a long night for the Yanks.
Call me crazy, but it might help if he throws a strike
Michael Kay is beyond annoying tonight.
Michael Kay is gonna make me break my tv
Ripken made the same comments a few weeks ago pretty casually but the media didn’t pick up on it then I guess.
I’d like to ask Ripken whey I should believe he never used any sort of PED’s during his streak.
We could have had Johan Santana for this guy? Its comical to think about. Cashman is such a failure.
Please just throw strikes.
Nice grounder there.
How about strike one for a change?
Hey Kate Hudson is at the game, wasn’t she linked to Arod during the offseason?
Michael Kay can’t contain himself when he has O’Neill in the booth. He’s like a crazed schoolgirl.
there is no way any hitter is gonna be scared of phil..cause whatever he throws they are just waitin to hit cause they know hes not gonna throw many strikes
I think Kareem was linked to A-Rod in the off season.
PJH, with all due respect you have NO idea how Santana would have fared as a Yankee.
Thanks.
good job phil.. get to work bats!
Well it’s nice to see that at least movie stars can afford the legends seats.
He threw less than 20 pitches in the inning!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Phil is doing INFINITELY better than he did his last two games. So rather than concentrate on what he isn’t doing, why not celebrate what he is doing? Baby steps. But at least they’re in the right direction.
need that! Get to work bats
Nice pitches made, but, gotta stop the walks. It’s going to kill him and his innings.
PJH, with all due respect you have NO idea how Santana would have fared as a Yankee.
Thanks.
This statement is almost as laughable as turning down a trade of Hughes, Melky and Kennedy for Johan. Santana is the best pitcher in baseball. Far and away.
solid 3 innings so far…somewhat high pitch count but he battled in that 2nd inning..i also like how he has induced 2 grounders to 2nd by mauer who has been so red hot
TINO!
Santana
Sabathia
Wang
Pettitte
Joba
That would be the rotation if the Santana trade was made.
People say they never would have signed CC if they traded for Santana.
Please.
Santana makes only $5 million/year more than they paid AJ. Are you kidding? They sign CC and not AJ.
No one is touching that rotation.
Kevin dollas’
man Tino sounds like this down syndrome kid I went to hs with.
haha nice job cash.. lets manufacture a run here offense!
wow that ball died!!…good job cash
nice Cash
Yeah and so was Roger Clemens and he stunk out the Bronx his first season. So get a clue. You don’t know squat about how Santana would perform in the Bronx. Nobody does. And big whoop pitching in the NL.
Thanks.
Agreed. Phil has done much better than his last two starts. I’m rooting for him. We’re gonna need him anytime there’s a big injury or Joba reaches innings limit.
Let’s go Phil. The offense is gonna pick you up tonight.
at least kevin cash can hit, because the rest of this team cannot
“YankeesLuv
May 15th, 2009 at 7:53 pm
Hey Kate Hudson is at the game, wasn’t she linked to Arod during the offseason?
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ha who hasn’t? She looked good, but it looked like she just woke up
Trish you can’t celebrate after 2 innings. Let’s see him go 6 before we break out the party hats.
In Scranton, bottom of the first, Jackson walks, steal 2nd and scores on a single by Linden. 1-0 Scranton
Danger! Danger! The Yankees are losing by a run! Vanquish Vanguard ready to POUNCE! Danger! Danger!
Liriano is tripping a lot
Jetes with a walk
Yes Kate Hudson was rumored to be hooking up with Alex this off season so I doubt her being at the game is by coincidence which is great because she is closer to Alex’s age cuter than Madonna and less slutty than both Alex and Madonna..lol
miggs, I am definitely waiting and watching. But I am just trying to encourage the more skitterish among us to do the same thing. And also to point out he has done better this game, at the same point, than the last two. Hopefully that will continue.
Is all.
Tino is a special assistant to the general manager
I know Arod has personal seats, and thought maybe she was sitting there. Anyways they would make a cute couple. Anything is better than granny what’s her name. lol
wow damon is pissed.
wth damon that isnt cool..hes our hottest hitter…no matter where the pitch is
Damon, what is wrong with you? We can’t lose your bat!
Abysmal call…again.
Gotta say I thought that pitch was a strike.
Oh dear
Yeah and so was Roger Clemens and he stunk out the Bronx his first season. So get a clue. You don’t know squat about how Santana would perform in the Bronx. Nobody does. And big whoop pitching in the NL.
Thanks.
You apparently have NO idea what you are talking about. Do you watch much baseball? You need to be realistic.
Roger Clemens stunk out of the box. Right. How many World Series titles did he win with the Yankees?
Santana has a sub-1 ERA. That means its below one. I think its safe to say he would do just fine in the Bronx.
whats goin on
awful call
Really a stupid move by Damon, regardless of the call. End of the streak is on him.
Crap that’s not good Damon getting thrown out there.
Bad, bad strike 3 calls though. Both of them.
Whats the point in having him in there if he’s going to get called out on pitches like that?
Yikes, this lineup just got grittier and guttier.
Streak over.
Man I would have done the same if I was Damon. Clearly outside.
I agree erica, major upgrade.
since when has the strike zone been out to the batters boxes? that strike call might have been the worst i have ever seen not on a 3-0 pitch
Thats twice they were abysmal calls.
I dont like him getting thrown out, but those were both terrible calls.
Lets go ALEX!!
Come on Damon. Can’t get ejected in the third inning. Have to maintain your cool even though that call was complete BS.
always comes to arod
his batting music is even “amazing”
That just sucked
A Rod with the bases loaded.
Here we go!
It’s not safe to say what he would do in the Bronx. Playing for the Mets is hardly the same pressure as playing for the Yankees.
How can you blame Damon? Jeez, that pitch was in the BATTER’S BOX, and he was called out TWICE on pitches in the batter’s box on opposite sides of the plate even!
why is the gun saying 94 even on breaking balls?
I would have been pissed to.
Don’t blame Damon for being upset.
Wally Bell isn’t a good umpire. He’s especially horrible tonight.
Im calling A-rod pop-up.
Sucks about Damon, but he was 100% correct. And man, atleast he went after that ump with style.
need an A-bomb
Trying to hard A-God
<— Fail
Guess Johnny doesn’t get to break O’Neill and Mattingly’s record.
the gun has said 93 or 94 all night for every pitch I’ve paid attention to tonight
Cmon Alex.
damit hes trying too hard
Could Joe Girardi honestly be any more gutless!!! How can your players respect you if you won’t even go out there and scream and yell. It’s absolutely unbelievable to me that he continues to allow umpire after umpire control the yankees games by blowing calls. I used to love Girardi but I am fed up with his nice guy antics.
This is what I don’t get. Liriano has walked 2 batters in this inning, hasn’t been getting ahead of hitters at all, and Arod goes up there swinging.
relax relate release Alex!
Choke artist
It is safe to say. The guy is a stud. He is as dominating a pitcher as we have seen in the last 20 years. The guy is amazing. Do yourself a favor and watch him pitch tomorrow. Maybe you will change your mind.
0-4 with runners in scoring position now
He didnt even give himself a chance..he was pressing way too hard!
How do you even know what strike zone this umpire has?
not very clutch there alex..
He just doesnt look good right there. But I dont blame him, its going to take time.
A-Rod has barely been playing Jesus Christ.
I’m not blaming Johnny for being upset but cripes, pitchers have to suck that stuff up for entire games!
I aree, I would have expected either girardi eats that ump’s lunch or let Damon ring his ears.. They have let that ump off the hook with some bad calls.
Damnit A-Rod, how many times did he throw you that slider at the same location???
You’ve gotta be kidding me.
Another bases loaded “gimme” and no runs scored?!
so the strike zone is from one batters box to another, but only belt high
odd………
now 0-5 risp…..just another day watching the yankees
Come on Matsui… my yorkie would have been safe.
yeesh…cant one guy get a big hit…lets go hughes!!!
Liriano at 59 pitches.
Nothing from that.
I’m already sick of Bert Blyleven, lol.
Now the loser pitcher Hughes will give up a few runs. Seems to always happen this way
Jeez, how clutch.
Ryan – a manager arguing balls and strikes is an automatic ejection.
Damon can’t get himself thrown out………..not with the way he’s hitting and the way the rest of the team is not.
Raise your hands if you’re not surprised the Yankees didn’t score?
Jays have scored 7 runs without getting an out in the 4th inning.
I expected the Yankees to score
Spiced Ham May 15th, 2009 at 8:13 pm
Now the loser pitcher Hughes will give up a few runs. Seems to always happen this way
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why is he a loser?
The problem with this team is they arent a slap team. And they need to be. Like Damon.
*raises hand*
Anyone who is criticizing Damon, WATCH THE GAME. Look where the pitches are. Pull up Gameday.
Don’t just sit there all proud behind your computer and bash a guy when you aren’t even watching the game. Think of what it feels like to be up there with 2 runners on base, no outs, and to have a pitch that was so far off the plate call you out on strikes, after you have already been KILLED by a horrible pitch in your first at bat.
It’s not the called strike or a missed pitch, it’s the INCONSISTENCY. Why don’t we put you out there in that spot and see if you handle it so politely if he calls you out on that pitch. I know that I definitely would have probably said enough to be ejected in that spot myself if that happened with that kind of emotion on the line.
This game reminds me of a May game at the stadium against the Mariners 2 years ago.
That night, Chuck Merriwather was behind the plate and put on his usual horrible performance.
The key to the game though was when Gerry Davis blew a call on a Willie Bloomquist steal of second base.
Bloomquist was out by 3 feet, called safe, and that play cost the Yankees the game.
After the game, Davis admitted he blew the call.
I don’t think Bell will make the same admission.
hate to be a debby downer but thats game
And he’s on his way to giving up those runs
Yes Kate Hudson was rumored to be hooking up with Alex this off season so I doubt her being at the game is by coincidence which is great because she is closer to Alex’s age cuter than Madonna and less slutty than both Alex and Madonna..lol
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HAha That’s Hilarious Man !!, A-Rod will make it up LATER…. I GUARANTEED YOU THAT GUYS.
since when has the strike zone been from the black…of the batters box
Hughes please don’t give up a 4 spot
Story of the Yankees.
Miss a huge opportunity with a runner at 3rd, less than 2 outs, and the other team tacks on huge insurance runs.
YOU HAVE TO SCORE WITH A RUNNER AT THIRD AND LESS THAN TWO OUTS. I don’t care if Nolan Ryan in his prime is on the mound. You don’t go up there trying to hit a freaking grand slam, you put the bat on the ball no matter what.
its the 4th inning how is that game?
Yes Kate Hudson was rumored to be hooking up with Alex this off season so I doubt her being at the game is by coincidence which is great because she is closer to Alex’s age cuter than Madonna and less slutty than both Alex and Madonna..lol
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HAha That’s Hilarious Man !!, A-Rod will make it up LATER…. I GUARANTEE YOU THAT GUYS.
It would still be nice if the Yankees scored – they’ve had plenty of chances. They shoot themselves in the foot……. a lot.
have any insurance runs scored yet? is scoring in the 4th inning during a 1-0 game “insurance runs”
Hughes sucks.
Can we just admit it?
I hate this offense.. Double, 2 BB and they can’t get a freakin run out of it.. Now Phil on the verge of imploding
Toronto up big, it would be nice to stop losing ground to them after winning that series
Phil needs to learn how to get out of these situations. and for christma’s sake he’s only 22. Give him a chance.
I was hoping they score. I don’t understand the mindset that expects the worst possible outcome. Sounds like a certain way to make myself miserable watching baseball.
Its bad enough be surrounded by people like that, lol.
come on
i guess we’ll be lucky if hughes makes 5 innings
“Atul May 15th, 2009 at 8:20 pm
Hughes sucks.
Can we just admit it?”
Haha, please. He has not even made 30 career starts yet. Get a life.
Hughes is battling better than he did in his last start. That’s a positive.
The negative? No command of anything so far tonight.
That’s killing him right.
here we go..
Hughes has got to be able to get Gomez out. I don’t care if it’s a sac fly or a groundout. You can’t walk such a free-swinging hitter.
I can’t believe you are getting all flipped out over the umpire tonight. How about the atrocious game that Jerry Meals called????? SJ I think it was maybe your imposter unless it was you who said that you weren’t going to blame the umpire for a Yankee loss, yet Meals was the reason we lost. If you remember Robby came up with the bases loaded in the 9th and because of two messed up calls he had to change his entire approach and the Yankees lost the game.
If players blew up every time an umpire was inconsistent, there’d be no team on the field!
Again, I don’t care what Johnny does and what he doesn’t do. But hitters need to keep their cool. Cripes we’ve seen bad calls on the bases and we’ve seen bad calls behind the plate. Why pick tonight to get all self righteous about it?
“hate to be a debby downer but thats game”
That’s a joke right? Please tell me that’s a joke at one freaking nothing in the 4th inning.
assuming Hughes can find the strike zone…
of course – it helps if the ump isn’t blind
2 little outs. Please Phil
Can we get this guy out of the game before its 5-0?
Angel, you always manage to make me laugh out loud!
Nice catch by Da Melk.
what happened to his command?? I thought he was reknown for that?
What’s frustrating about Hughes is that his stuff is so impressive. He gets such good movement on his fastball and cutter and his curveball has a nice bite, but he just hasn’t had any command of his stuff these last 3 starts. One he learns to trust his stuff he’s going to be a tough pitcher to hit.
Who exactly is scoreboard watching Toronto on May 15th?
Have you ever been through a 162 game season???
This will be a five-inning outing if we’re lucky.
sunny615
May 15th, 2009 at 8:24 pm
assuming Hughes can find the strike zone…
sunny615
May 15th, 2009 at 8:24 pm
of course – it helps if the ump isn’t blind
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The blind leading the blind? lol
when hughes curve is doing what he wants it to do like in detroit hes a different pitcher…
Good job considering Hughes is pitching
Good for Phil Hughes. He’s battling.
He’s grinding. 5th inning will be his last.
Anyone who blames Hughes has no clue.
It all comes down, yet again, to our OFFENSE. Hughes is battling through some impossibly tough jams, but we continue to fritter away CHANCE AFTER CHANCE AFTER CHANCE AFTER CHANCE….
How many free passes does Liriano need to give away before we make him pay? If a Yankee pitcher walks the leadoff guy he always seems to score, but if we get a leadoff double, we strand him 85% of the time.
The pitcher giving up 2-3 runs in 5-6 innings is a GOOD START. What’s NOT good is the fact that we score ZERO while he’s on the mound.
Bring out the bullpen early again, at least he was able to get out of that jam though.
btw, if anyone is interested, I went to the Toronto series Tuesday and I have a ton of pictures. So far I have ones up of Swishers new hairdo, and Brian Bruney’s shaved head, along with a few of who I think is Mariano. They are on my blog: http://alleitersbullpencatcher.blogspot.com/
Hughes is doing a Dice K impersonation tonight.
Good job by Phil by avoiding a disaster, that could have been much worse
At least Hughes is taking baby steps, learning how to pitch out of jams. Too bad the Yankees’ bats are asleep and can’t give him any run support.
Matt: You forgot to mention we only have one hit.
Hughesie is battling
Good for Hughes for getting out without giving up many runs. What people forget is that the hitter sometimes help pitchers out. So if the Twins weren’t as patient. Maybe they swing at the close pitches.
How much more of a failure can this team be?
That’s one way to kill a rally.
How is Swish not safe there? Jeez
How many times has this happened to the yankees in the PAST WEEK????
Unbelievable.
This team just gives away every opportunity.
I don’t care if it took a perfect play to get him. You’re down 2 runs, you’re not the tying run, and you’ve had trouble scoring. Don’t give it away.
Finish this sentence:
Phil Hughes is _____________________.
How the heck does Swisher get thrown out on that play?
How? He should have been standing up.
Wow, is this a joke? You’re young starter has been battling all night and probably could use a breather, and the Yankees get two outs on 2 pitches?
think that tag missed him…close tho…i missed the actual play and saw it on slow mo…kinda surprised the play was that close
matt, perfect post.
Pitching without any offesive runs on the board puts the pitcher in a very defensive posture where he has to worry about every pitch rather than pitching his game.
I blink and there is already 2 outs?
Could they please work the pitcher and make the inning last a bit this game, please?
Sad inning. Just sad.
Horrible inning.
1 minute inning, nice and tidy
8 pitch inning by for F.L.
Hughs needs one of those.
8th pitch inning.. what a load of hits!
I am so sick of these losers. Im willing to give the other guys the benefit of the doubt, but do any of these commentators even care.
Please join my petition to have michael kay fired, he doesnt care one bit. they sit there laughing and laughing. not even bengie molina gets thrown out at 2nd on that play.
this is another one of those games where you just scratch your head and wonder…i just hope hughes and the pen can keep this close until the yanks offense wakes up…
Phil Hughes is _.
learning
phil hughes is battling.
Letting Liriano off the hook.
8 pitches.
That helps him extend longer and keeps the Yankees from getting into their weak pen.
Liriano has almost 60 pitches in the first 3 innings.
What does our brilliant offense do?
8 pitch inning.
Unbelievable.
Hughes has pitched a good ballgame all things considered, but we should have 3 runs on the board AT MINIMUM with the way Liriano was pitching. How can anyone even blame the pitching anymore?
Our offense continually puts our pitchers under enormous pressure by not scoring even gimme runs. Even last night, they had 1st and 2nd, no outs, after they tied the game up, and CC had to battle through a do or die runner at 3rd, 1 out the next inning because they couldn’t even score the go ahead run.
Everything that happens to the pitcher is irrelevant if you don’t score any runs. When he thinks that any mistake is the game, he’s more prone to be too fine and actually make that mistake. If our pathetic offense could get us an early lead, maybe the pitchers would have a chance to settle in and pitch better.
Yankees players have one common attribute: they can’t hit with any one on base.
What a team chemistry.
Would love a nice quick inning here for Phil. He’s at 82 pitches right now
Liriano is at 67
hughes needs a quick 1-2-3
A quick inning would be just what the doctor ordered.
Ooo big tex
1 more Phil
look at that wingspan (lol cone)!
That was a no doubter
wow he crushed that lmao
Phil Hughes is terrible
morneau…goin damon in the 2nd deck
ouch
Honesty this should be ALOT worse.
We are still in this game!
Morneau CRUSHED that ball.
But I’m sure the same people will be making their “launching pad” argument.
Damn
One more out.
Again, this wouldn’t be a crushing blow if we even scored ONE run tonight. When you continue to not score, the other team goes up their loose, and your pitcher goes out there under a tremendous amount of pressure.
I don’t care if it’s Phil Hughes or Josh Beckett on the mound. When you don’t score runs, your pitching gives up more runs as well, and it all goes round and round.
the yankees are not a good baseball team, and this game is a perfect example of why…the twins know how to play baseball, and the yankees just….they just play baseball very poorly
It’s a combination. The offense hasn’t been good tonight but, neither has Hughes.
Both have been equally disappointing.
safe to say this is Phil Hughes last start for NY.. Wang will be up soon to stop the bleeding..
what a frustrating game…yanks are fortunate to not be down 8 runs I guess
The tears in this thread are lovely.
Phil is at 93 pitches.
Its 3-0. 3-0! 3 runs is nothing.
Was Morneau’s first homer a no doubter also? Or a new stadium aided?
Offense needs to wake up…
I think that HR of Morneau’s would be one in any park in the country. Especially the second one.
Why are the same people who are so vocal around here when the Yankees are losing, never heard from when they’re winning.
Asinine.
I want the whole Angels or Boston lineup to replace ours.
HIT THE DAMN BALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
All of this goes around the league, considering that every team other than the Yankees uses advance scouts.
When a pitcher knows that your team struggles with RISP, they don’t feel as much pressure when you get runners on base, and they make better pitches on you.
Everything builds on itself. The lack of hitting gives opposing pitchers confidence, diminishing the hitting further. When you don’t hit, you don’t pitch well because the pitchers try to be too fine and nibble too much. When every game you are pitching in is do or die, the bullpen can’t hold it as close because they are under so much pressure day in and day out and mentally it wears on them.
This team beats itself, plain and simple. Not only on the field in their actual performance, but just in its mindset. They look defeated as soon as a runner is in scoring position, and you can see that they are all pressing now. It’s not that Boston is better or anything like that, it’s that they, as a team, believe they can get it done, and they do.
Hughes is done for the night. Time for Aceves.
Michael Kay has been Michael Kay, the same “me me me me” loser who’d rather laugh like a weasel than care about the yankees. if he is not the biggest yankees hater there is, i dont know who is.
I’d like to see them let Hughes go out for the 6th but it wouldn’t surprise me if he was done.
3 ER in 7 innings – fine. 3 ER in 5 inn. — not so good.
I hope Hughes comes out for the 6th.
1. I don’t believe that’s the real SJ. He doesn’t post during most games.
2. I think Phil has done a pretty darned good job. 3 runs, with two of them solo homers, isn’t terible. He’s gotten himself out of jams. That’s a good thing. If the Yankees could score runs for him he might have even walked away with a win.
3. I doubt this is Phil’s last start.
Phil shuffling off to Scranton again…..
the 2nd homerun would have been out in the grand canyon
Come on Yankees. Down 3 runs, not 30. Fight back
Matt, really get a grip.
The Twins could have 2-3 more runs in this game. It’s not just the offense.
Hughes also hasn’t pitched well. The two go hand and hand so far this evening.
I love how everyone is bridge jumping again. This team has won 4 out of 6 games, and we haven’t even gone through half of our at bats yet, and everyone is insisting that the team is “terrible”.
Hughes isn’t ready to be on the major league roster. He’s made that clear. At this point, I’d even say he’s become just another pitcher, because this is the third time he’s been up, and the last two times, he’s been pretty bad. At some point, they’re going to have to decide if it’s something fixable, or if they should trade him while he still has some value, and let him be someone else’s problem. I don’t think he’s off limits anymore at this point.
But that doesn’t mean the game is over. Phil has done his part to make the offense’s job harder. But 3 runs isn’t impossible.
phil’s giving it all he’s got with his 4 seamer/cutter. gotta get something off speed though. that’s his thing to work on. i just hope he gets to work on it for us and not someone else.
Scranton must be a nice place to live…it seems like most of the players the yankees bring up play like they want to go back there
I agree with Trisha. He doesnt have his stuff and only gave up 3. He will be an effective pitcher one day, just not in 2009
Bill from NJ May 15th, 2009 at 8:42 pm
3 ER in 7 innings – fine. 3 ER in 5 inn.—not so good.
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don’t they consider 6ip 3er a quality start nowadays.
Ever see a pitcher with worse control than Phil Hughes? Maybe he should try to pull an Ankiel because this pitching stuff is not for him.
How was this guy EVER highly touted? I cant recall a “can’t miss player” that misses location so much.
Every pitch is opposite where the catcher sets up. Maybe when they want it inside, they should set up outside. He might hit location.
Just a horrible offensive approach.
The pitcher has walked 4 guys in 4 innings tonight. 3-1 pitch, you are the #9 hitter, down 3 runs. I don’t care if you hit it hard if you make an out. Take a pitch, let him get himself in trouble with the top of the order coming up. You don’t have the talent to be up there trying to hit it out in that count.
JEter!!!
Jetes!
Hughes may not have “pitched well,” but he’s limited the damage to a reasonable degree. What isn’t reasonable is that here we are in the 5th inning and YET AGAIN the Yanks have ZERO runs and TWO hits. How many chances have they wasted, AGAIN? Watching this pathetic, overrated lineup is like watching groundhog day… they find ways not to score. The lineup where leadoff doubles go to die…
Sometimes it seems the opposing team has an easier time hitting homers than the Yankees. But ya gotta take them when you can!
As Angel aptly pointed out, the complaining whiners are nowhere in sight when the Yankees are winning. Nice way to support your team.
Wow, here’s an unbelievable stat. Hughes has yet to take the mound with a single run of support. In his 4 starts this year, the Yankees haven’t scored until AFTER he left the game.
I know he has had some short outings, but to not have a single run scored in the 15+ innings Hughes has pitched is pretty amazing.
Hey look, Jeter just homered. Does Hughes come out for the next inning?
Funny how that works. The next guy goes deep.
3-1 is still a game folks.
Trisha, it’s me.
He isn’t really throwing the ball well. Grinding better but, not pitching better.
Will he get a another start? Depends on how Wang throws on Sunday.
So sick of watching Phil Hughes! Im not giving up on the kid he is just 22. But we have heard this kids name for years and he has never done anything. I think he needs to just get his work in a triple A for atleast this season and the next. If we have an injury bring up Ace he is much better than Hughes at this point. Atleast he throws stikes and saves the pen.
They’re not out of this game. They’ve never been out of it, but I digress.
Woah, a rare Gardner base hit
BG! Lets go Yankees!
kazmir got roughed up big again today and the scary thing for a rays fan is that he was sitting 88-89..whats up with that..
nice hit gardner!!!
don’t they consider 6ip 3er a quality start nowadays.
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That’s what I thought a quality start was
“Ever see a pitcher with worse control than Phil Hughes? Maybe he should try to pull an Ankiel because this pitching stuff is not for him.
How was this guy EVER highly touted? I cant recall a “can’t miss player” that misses location so much.
Every pitch is opposite where the catcher sets up. Maybe when they want it inside, they should set up outside. He might hit location.”
Exaggerate much?
“Woah, a rare Gardner base hit”
hey why dont you grow up a little…the guy just had a homer and a triple 2 games ago
Trisha,
Nah, he’s been pretty bad. I know he’s gotten out of trouble, but the fact of the matter is, he’s put himself IN that trouble by having very little command. He’s not being aggressive on most batters, and when he IS going after guys, he’s getting hammered. I think the kid’s got talent, but he’s just scared to use it, because he gets ahead of guys, and then nibbles. I hope he goes back down and fixes it, because I’d hate to lose him. But the front office doesn’t have the same attachment to players that we, as fans, do, and if he doesn’t get his stuff together at some point, they’re going to flip him for something, and not take the chance that he never figures it out, and they get nothing back from him.
If Hughes were to pitch the whole year with the Yankees. We would be saying a lot of good than bad. It’s not like he was up here for one full season. He was either injured or they already had their 5 starters.
“hey why dont you grow up a little…the guy just had a homer and a triple 2 games ago”
I am grown up, I don’t know how much more I can grow!
Tex noooo
Yes, Trisha, because as we all know, the Yankees are on this board while they’re in the dugout and reading our comments, and if we aren’t supporting them, they’ll curl up and won’t be able to hit with men in scoring position… oh, wait a minute…
good AB, BG.
Damn dp
That IS the definition of a quality start. 6 IP, no more than 3 ER.
Back in the game now.
I think I’d go to Aceves here.
Teixeira really annoys me..No more excuses for this 160 million dud.. Useless he is!
don’t they consider 6ip 3er a quality start nowadays.
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That’s what I thought a quality start was
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Not in New York, apparently.
A no/no “may” be considered one.
On a good day.
why not let gardner steal 2nd there?
Girardi boggles my mind sometimes. Every time Gardner gets on base in a close game he should steal. Every time.
Especially with Tex up to stay out of the DP.
I kinda feel a bit embarrassed wearing my Mark Teixeira jersey to Yankee Stadium next Wednesday. This is disgusting.
Alba.
I think I would go to Aceves too.
igotid88 May 15th, 2009 at 8:45 pm
don’t they consider 6ip 3er a quality start nowadays.
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Yes, but some don’t believe that language rings true. For instance 9IP with 4ER isn’t a QS but 6IP with 3ER is?
I can’t get behind that.
SJ,
I don’t care if he gives up runs. The point is, he’s keeping his team in the game and they CONTINUE to not capitalize. It’s one thing to go out there and give up 7 runs in 2 IP like he did his last time out- that’s the pitching’s fault. However, when you keep your team within 2-3 runs all night and they just can’t score, that’s hardly the pitching’s fault.
The fact of the matter is, their offense is usually of the “too little, too late” variety. They make it look good at the end when they are down 6-1 and score 3 in the 9th, but they really don’t get it done and it’s obvious to anyone watching the games.
If the score is 5-1 and your offense is flailing away hopelessly, do you think your focus to hold the deficit is the same on the mound as it is in a 3-2 game where you feel like you can still win?
lol he called him Joe Torre.
Michael Kay needs to listen to Vin Scully for an idea how to call a game.Someone needs to tell him it isn’t about him.The Yanks have bases loaded and they are chatting up Tino which is fine.Kay never called a pitch.Scully is 80 years old and he can tell a story and call the game at the same time.It’s getting near the time to turn the sound off and call your own game.
Albaladejo. Really? Like, seriously?
Good lord, why?
What are they waiting for to use Aceves?
I’m a little confused.
WOW
“Yanks22
May 15th, 2009 at 8:47 pm
So sick of watching Phil Hughes! Im not giving up on the kid he is just 22. But we have heard this kids name for years and he has never done anything.”
DUDE HE IS 22, were you at your best 3 years out of your teens?
Not smart my friend!
shut up and let him pitch stop crying.
Not a great or even good game for Hughes. Walks hurt his legth….Morneau hurt the score. Even at that, it was a Hell of a lot better than his last two games. He did a great job against Mauer, tonight, and that hasn’s been easy for anybody else to say.
I’m sure its been asked already….where is John Sterling?
Aww Dutch Hugo. Whine all you want to. That’s really attractive in grown men, you know, whining like babies.
Have at!!!
I’m not really second guessing or anything. But this just seems like it would have been a good situation to use Aceves in.
igotid88 May 15th, 2009 at 8:45 pm
don’t they consider 6ip 3er a quality start nowadays.
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Yes, but some don’t believe that language rings true. For instance 9IP with 4ER isn’t a QS but 6IP with 3ER is?
I can’t get behind that.
Walks hurt his ***length***
Why did they cut to Alex after Jeter hit that homer…and this game is NOT over folks….so don’t go giving up on them yet!
Matt, that’s probably not the real SJ so ignore him. SJ doesn’t post in game threads. If he does, he lets us know. SJ has a stalker.
How many innings can Aceves give anyway after pitching 2 innings two nights ago?
There’s really no part of the team that should be spared criticism. The SP has been up and down, the pen has been a disaster and the offense has curled up and died in some crucial situations. Perhaps the Yankees have one or two more wins if they’d been able to squeeze out one or two more runs with RISP.
Dont know people are killing Phil; he is only 22 years old and still has lots to learn. He wasnt even supposed to be in the rotation this year, so to kill him is nuts. Whats more concerning to me is just how bad Tex has been so far. He has been truly awful
# RS May 15th, 2009 at 8:46 pm
Wow, here’s an unbelievable stat. Hughes has yet to take the mound with a single run of support. In his 4 starts this year, the Yankees haven’t scored until AFTER he left the game.
I know he has had some short outings, but to not have a single run scored in the 15+ innings Hughes has pitched is pretty amazing.
Hey look, Jeter just homered. Does Hughes come out for the next inning?
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That’s what I said yesterday.
“Perhaps the Yankees have one or two more wins if they’d been able to squeeze out one or two more runs with RISP.:
As would any baseball team. Obviously.
Miggs,
I’m guessing Gardner was probably having a hard time getting a read on Liriano, which is why he didn’t run.
Matt,
Liriano is a pretty good pitcher. It’s not always just bad offense.
Hughes?
As Cone said, he battled. Best thing about this outing.
for years of seeing hughes…..the guy is 22 yrs old..
can’t see the game so obviously no opinion on his pitching but again the guy is 22….
in the minors this year and next. is that punishment you are making him stay next year also!!!!!!!!how do people come up with this..
yanks can they get a big hit or was the other night there allotment for a week…
Yep, plenty of blame to go around Betsy. For everyone on the team.
They’re not out of this game though. They still can win it.
Sterling isnt doing the game? Wow- lets hope its permanent
SJ just noticed your earlier post.
Okay.
What’s the deal with Sterling?
come on Alba
Tex really shouldn’t be spared criticism just because he’s going to eventually turn it around. We have to believe he will, but good players sometimes have bad years- it’s not impossible to believe he wont. That said, he probably will – but it’s now one and a half months in and he’s done relatively nothing. He’s also not playing spectacular D – even Kay mentioned he’s been surprisingly poor at scooping balls.
sterling was doing it earlier..
BTW- I have a 20-month old kid. Whats everyone else’s excuse for staying in on a Friday night?
Why does it seem like our pitchers pitch scared whenever a batter reaches base?
Unless they have someone doing voice modulation, Sterling is doing the game.
Anthony Mason woo!
So they pulled Sterling AND Suzyn off the air?
the yanks are walking so many guys it is insane. look at the stats. abeledajo may be a good pitcher if he had a clue where the ball was going…
One man I would not want to fight. Anthony Mason.
Hughes is 22 years old!!!! Calm down everyone
Mase!!
Notice he had “Only One Mo” carved into his head.
Wow- how great would it be for Bill O’Reilley to take a shattered bad right in the skull? A guy can wish…
Yanks just won 4 out of 6.
Though of course I want them to win every game, I’m pretty chill with them messing up sometimes.
a bad year for tex would be 280, 25, 95 not 202 and junk
get to work bats
Obviously, Miggs – but we’re concentrating on the Yankees here and I’m fairly certain the Yankees are the worst in the league with RIS……and it’s likely not even close. They also score most of their runs via the HR – again, despite the calendar changing year to year, it’s the same team.
Kate Hudson ? wasn’t she linked to …. since when does she come to YS and of all the nights tonight ?
Lead off homer Alex. Come on.
My excuse is, I’m cooking for 25 college kids tomorrow in Boston.
My nephews last regular season game and Im saving my energy. LOL
Albaladejo and Veras are very similiar. Their fastballs have good velocity and movement and their breaking ball is pretty decent. The inconsistancies come from the fact that they have little to no command and their success depends on the ump’s strike zone and the aggressiveness of the lineup they face on a given day.
The stars are out at YS tonight. Like watching a Knick game.
Guys does anyone remember how many games did Al win as a Yankee before he was traded to blue Jays. Are we going to give up on Hughes the same way?
I live in Minnesota. Nothing to do here, lol.
I’m also keeping a low profile from Twins fans.
We Miss Paulie May 15th, 2009 at 9:02 pm
So they pulled Sterling AND Suzyn off the air?
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What the heck are you talking about? They are doing the game
Kate Hudson us back with Owen Wilson.
For those who care about such things.
Are there more people in the seats because of Alex?
What are you cooking, SJ?
Something relatively easy with those numbers of college kids, I hope for your sake, lol.
Is Nick gonna go deep?
Mario May 15th, 2009 at 9:06 pm
Guys does anyone remember how many games did Al win as a Yankee before he was traded to blue Jays. Are we going to give up on Hughes the same way?
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These guys would’ve wanted Roy Halladay gone if he was here.
You’re more informative than Perez or TMZ, SJ.
“Are there more people in the seats because of Alex?”
That’s part of what they pay him to do.
“Kate Hudson us back with Owen Wilson.
For those who care about such things.”
This has to be an imposter. No way SJ knows that. LOL
Guess not
Swisher is a hack
If Hughes had been pitching against the Yankees it would be a no-no.
Swish has now struck out 100 times in 34 games.
Kate Hudson us back with Owen Wilson.
For those who care about such things.
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Oh I thought they broke up again.
Nick Swisher has been ridiculously horrible lately. When does he ever not strike out? And how the hell do you start the season so well and get back to this crap. .219 hitter is back.
Angel,
Surf and turf. Steaks and lobster for the team.
Should be fun.
Swisher needs a day off. Or 2.
igotid88 May 15th, 2009 at 9:12 pm
If Hughes had been pitching against the Yankees it would be a no-no.
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Boo hoo, the umps suck – did Bell make ARod swing at a pitch down by his ankles with the bases loaded?
Liriano has walked his 6th batter and we have how many runs??
Our team BA is really pathetic. Of the first 6 hitters in the lineup, only Damon is hitting over .275.
“Swisher needs a day off. Or 2.”
Or 10
Francisco Liriano – 100 pitches with 50 strikes and 50 balls. 6 walks issued. Yankees still score only 1 run. Ugh…
Hey, Trisha just called me attractive. Thanks!
By the way, I’m not whining, I’m actually screaming at the top of my lungs. Just doesn’t come through over the Internets.
Vin,
Two weeks ago, they were dining in the same restaurant I was at in Miami.
Who knows, maybe they had a spat since then! LOL
six walks through 6 innings
none of them can score
how can you combine for 10 base runners in 6 innings and the ONLY RUN YOU SCORE IS ON A SOLO HOME RUN ARE YOU KIDDING ME
The point is that Liriano is NOT a good pitcher right now.
His ERA including the 6 IP 1 ER tonight is 5.24 on the season. SOMEBODY IS HITTING HIM. Obviously, not us.
Tonight he has allowed 4 hits and 5 walks. NINE baserunners. How many runs do we have? ONE. On a HOME RUN.
That’s pathetic. It’s not that he’s a good pitcher, it’s that we’re just terrible. A-Rod is up there with bases loaded on 2/3 last hitters walking, and he goes up there and swings at 3 pitches in the dirt and strikes himself out.
this is just a sad game…i always find myself torn between giving the credit to the pitcher for pitching out of jams or taking credit away from the yanks for not getting it done…i guess the trends leans towards the latter
Yeah what’s with all the celebs tonight? I haven’t seen them like this all year, is it because of Arod?
Wow. You’ll be popular with a menu like that. Sounds good.
I hear lobster is pretty reasonably priced up that way lately.
Melk:
1st AB: 2 pitches
2nd AB: 6 pitches
3rd AB: 1 pitch
not so good.
it is BA with RISP. the yanks other stats are quite good. you need to get big hits on occassion the yanks rarely do…
hold them and liriano is done for the night…
key hits, by not trying to do to much…
S.A.
That’s what I heard too, they are off again.
alby > coke
oof
“Wow- how great would it be for Bill O’Reilley to take a shattered bad right in the skull? A guy can wish…”
You’re a guy??
Coke should have stayed injured
these M&M boys are killlllling us
I don’t think I can take much more of these Twins announcers. They’re so hokey.
The Twinkies making it look rather easy tonight. C’mon, why can’t the Yankees hit the ball like that? What’s so hard about that?
When a pitcher’s ERA is 5.24, somebody is hitting the guy. He has walked the bases loaded, he has walked runners into scoring position, and he would have walked in runs for them too if they just stood there and let him. A-Rod’s at bat did not see him swing at one strike.
And there we go, the put away runs as usual. What do you freaking expect when we score 1 run off a guy who has allowed TEN BASERUNNERS?
They do this to themselves. I don’t care how many runs the bullpen gives up, they are losing because they can’t buy a hit with a runner on base. The bullpen has lost them maybe 2-3 games this year. How many have they lost because of a lack of clutch hitting? Probably 10.
Mommy…yankees are poo poo.
i’m getting tired of losing…
Who likes being over .500?
Put your hands down, Yankees.
What’s even more pathetic is that we are getting consistently stomped AT HOME. Of course, that’s what happens when you build a bandbox for a team that has no power. More like a homefield disadvantage when every other team can put the ball in the seats and you can barely hit it past shallow outfield.
Matt,
Exhale. He’s made the pitches he’s had to make tonight.
That HR may be enough.
Tough to give up 3 bombs in a game and win. Especially when you don’t take advantage of opportunities.
Swinging on the first pitch from a guy who has had five walks. Bad. Really bad.
its a 5th through the season now…kinda late to be early
This loss would potentially be on our offense…. way too many blown opportunities…… A-Rod had a huge chance and man I am really getting tired of seeing Tex choke at bats away
actually what’s worse here is the lack of offense… where are the bats???
Folks the Yanks stink right now.. Take a series from 1st place Jays and couldn’t build on that against a guy who walks 6 guys… Under .500 again.. tired of this team!!
Maybe it’s time to root for another team in the same city.
“What’s even more pathetic is that we are getting consistently stomped AT HOME. Of course, that’s what happens when you build a bandbox for a team that has no power. More like a homefield disadvantage when every other team can put the ball in the seats and you can barely hit it past shallow outfield.”
a team that has no power???? what are they..second in the league in homeruns?????…yea i think they are..
Terry from WAH – so who is holding a knife to your throat forcing to you to root for them?
No one.
I’m listening to WCBS via Gameday and its Kay…not Sterling. Weird.
“i’m getting tired of losing…”
rodney, it really bites. The thing is, the Yankees spent so much money on so many players, what left is there for them to do?
They just 4 of 6.
Ge’ez Matt, you are crying way too much.
Next, we will hear the “season’s over” out of you.
“Maybe it’s time to root for another team in the same city.”
I’d rather take a bullet to the head.
Come on Yankees. Time to rally
Donald Trump: “I think I’m going to buy yankee stadium.”
Ortiz was benched for this evening. He’s at .208/.318 with 15 RBI. Think Teix takes a seat any time soon? He’s only slightly better at .200/.333 with 19 RBI. Makes you wonder.
So many whiners… so little time.
melky had ended 3 innings today
kevin cash does not exactly bode well as a leadoff hitter
“Maybe it’s time to root for another team in the same city.”
mmx, don’t do that. The Mets will break your heart.
HERE WE GO YANKEES, HERE WE GO!
(CLAP, CLAP)
oh God Elizabeth Hassleback is at the game..we are cursed!
8 era, should be a 123 for the yankees!
What’s up with the glass enclosure in the bullpen?
It seperates them from the game, looks , feels dumb??
Get in the game!
“Terry from WAH”
“Maybe it’s time to root for another team in the same city.”
I’d rather take a bullet to the head.
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Maybe. Really tired of watching Yankees players being left on base innings after innings.
I hear ya SA.
This is the time. 2 innings until they have to face Nathan.
Is it neo-con night at the park?
Angel- Suck this.. I can say whatever I want! I never said I was forced to root for them. I’m saying what alot of people are saying “the team stinks right now”.. If the truth hurts then go fly your angel azz somewhere else! I’m stating the facts!! The record proves it, the stats prove it.. and the ERA proves.. What else can I tell you.. For them money they are getting paid- THEY STINK RIGHT NOW!! Done with you!
Worst offense in baseball
Should be pretty easy for the opposing starter.. just don’t give up HRs or make sure they are solo HRs. We can’t score any other way
Allowed a run in 3 consecutive outings. This is the night where he breaks the streak.
yankees are here to lower pitchers era folks
8 era, should be a 123 for the yankees!
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LOL
So true.
We’re never going to get a winning streak going
This offense is just too inconsistency.
Oh jeez, the cranks are out in full force.
“For them money they are getting paid- THEY STINK RIGHT NOW!!”
So if they were paid less, they’d stink less?
Swisher is absolutely killing us
Does he do anything besides strike out or walk?
I dont think Hughes pitched as bad as many of you *cough cough MATT* are complaining about.
If we get some runs that inning with the bases loaded, 1 out, we are looking at a possible W for Phil.
To me, this looks JUST like the start of the Toronto series where we had plenty of chances but just couldnt capitalize.
Its amazing how a whole of random meaningless words manage to look like this if you look at it cross eyed:-
wah wah wah wah wahhhhhhhhhhh wah wahhhhhhhh
wah wahwahwahwah WAH WAH WAH!!!
Its deja vu moment sponsored by “The Shining”
Back under .500
So much for winning 3\4. And if we hit, the starter will probably get shelled or the bullpen will blow it
Just too many holes and not enough consistency
this team seems to have no fight
the worst this is … our two most expensive free agents…Tex and Alex… the Texas 1-2… are being given the chance to drive in runs and guess what… they are stinking up the stadium……..
inside the park homer
Yes Pat, they probably would stink less! Can you name one player who is playing to what he makes? Get back to me in a couple days.
EPIC
Tex can’t handle pressure. We should have gotten someone like Pat Burrell who is a proven winner and hits in the clutch
GGBG
Holy crap!
GGBG!
Well would you look at that.
WT HECK
YEA GARDNER!!! FASTTTTTTTTT
Gotta get those homers somehow, by hook or by crook.
GGBG!!!!!!!!!!!
WOWEE!
Wow!
Gardener strikes again.
Hey guys, Derek Jeter had not blown his 150th fart until July twelfT or fifT of last year.
Thank god for empty seats so no one touched it.
Brett Gardener Home Runs: 2
David Ortiz Home Runs: 0
WOW Gardner!
Big Tex!
Brett!!!
Solo HRs do nothing for us right now.
Down 2 runs against Nathan is insurmountable.
Nice Tex, now tie this **** up A-Rod
nice
Okay, a mini-rally in the works… how ’bout tying the game or something. Just don’t end the inning.
try pronouncing twelfth Kay, no its gotta be twelft
come on arod!!!!
Remember Alex: relax, relate, release
That was pretty awesome. I thought he would get a homer that way before he ever hit one over a wall.
“Can you name one player who is playing to what he makes? Get back to me in a couple days.”
Days not needed. Melky Cabrera, Brett Gardner, Ramiro Pena… Paychecks don’t hit, throw or field a baseball, humans do.
“Tex can’t handle pressure. We should have gotten someone like Pat Burrell who is a proven winner and hits in the clutch”
HAHAHA! Did you watch ANY baseball pre-2008????? Pat the Bat couldnt handle his big contract and was considered a bust in Philly for the longest time.
Thank you for that. Just going to show the level of intelligence on this blog.
Actually I take that back…I really honestly love this blog and love coming here to talk baseball. And for the most part, the people on here are quite educated about their sport.
But this guy is a moron.
how don’t you pitch to a hurt Arod ?
Okay, let’s go Matsui!!! Go Yankees!
Damn it. A walk does nothing for us. I’m 90% sure Matsui won’t deliver here.
I wonder who the last Yankee was to hit an insider?
I could smell Kay’s breath through the tv when he said the upcoming pitcher’s name
this scumbag trying to pronounce the pitchers name, why dont you stop thieving the fans of an opportunity to enjoy baseball without hearing your sickening marbles in the mouth voice.
What reading skills Dr. Cox! I’m clearly criticizing him when I’m saying he’s pitched well enough to win this game and that it’s the fault of the offense! Just a brilliant deduction.
Don’t criticize someone if you can’t even figure out the right person to direct it towards.
Godzilla needs to be patient…
“how don’t you pitch to a hurt Arod ?”
He may only have 3 hits but one was a fastball that travelled a long way in Baltimore.
I’d add Cervelli to that list too, pat.
last yankee to inside the park? ricky henderson? maybe?
Mastui has been the hottest hitter in the league in this situation.
Scranton and Tampa sweep their double headers. Robertson closed the last 1.1 innings perfectly with 3 strikeouts. Jackson was 0-2 with a run scored, stolen base and a strikeout. Igawa gets the win with 5.2 shutout innings.
Montero and Romine were hitless, but, Montero drove in the winning run with a ground out.
Trenton leads 4-2. McAllister gave up 2 runs in 7 innings. One run unearned. Kevin Smith has a solo homer. Whenel has one perfect inning in relief with a strikeout.
Charleston being held up by rain.
Figures Pat would use guys making 400-500K to make a point.. Nice try, but try again! There’s one and only one guy and his name is ALBERT PUJOLS!!
I don’t even want to think how Sterling called it.
“I’m 90% sure Matsui won’t deliver here.”
Wow, he’s batting over .100, isn’t he?
Give me 10-1 odds?
Helping the pitcher out is Matsui when he’s barely avoided throwing two wild pitches to start off the at bat. You can see how hard they are pressing at the plate
Come on Godzilla.
Please throw Matsui a strike.
Swisher is awful right now.
“I dont think Hughes pitched as bad as many of you cough cough MATT are complaining about”
I totally agree with this. And I guarantee you that Girardi will feel the same way. And seriously, Girardi’s opinion kind of trumps the lohud disgruntled!
BTW, when they showed the replay of Gardner’s homer, he wasn’t even huffing!!!!!
My favorite posts here are the ones where a poster makes some kind of unequiovcal negative statement about one of the Yankees and then that player’s next AB/pitch/whatever totally makes the poster look like an idiot!
Just sayin’
“I dont think Hughes pitched as bad as many of you cough cough MATT are complaining about”
I totally agree with this. And I guarantee you that Girardi will feel the same way. And seriously, Girardi’s opinion kind of trumps the lohud disgruntled!
BTW, when they showed the replay of Gardner’s homer, he wasn’t even huffing!!!!!
My favorite posts here are the ones where a poster makes some kind of unequiovcal negative statement about one of the Yankees and then that player’s next AB/pitch/whatever totally makes the poster look like an idiot!
Just sayin’
Swisher the freaking hack, do something for the love of god
fire this guy he is worthless.
Swish-Splash?
Swisher. Take Take take.
Can Swisher please break out of his funk by not trying to be a hero (take pitches, please!)?
Angel
I stand corrected. Should have put …. at the end of my list because there are others too. I hate when people think salary makes someone a better player.
so many opportunities
can the yanks cash in finally…?
Two weeks ago, I’d feel great about having Swisher up here.
Tonight? Not so much.
Prove me wrong, Nick.
“last yankee to inside the park? ricky henderson? maybe?”
I was guessing Melky.
Come on, Swisher. He’s due, isn’t he?
Dr. Cox, almost every fan on every Texas Ranger message board said that Tex cannot hit in the clutch and that he will drive us Yankee fans crazy. I thought he was jealous for saying that at first but he’s turning out to be right.
two balls down the middle.
This is painful to watch.
Swisher 0-2.
Correction:
“makes someone a better player.” should have been makes someone a better AB.
I wanna watch Gardners inside the parker but we have to PAY FOR GAMEDAY now. -_-
Fail
Another bases loaded opportunity gone in a flash. Aaarrrggghhh!!!
Get off my team Swisher
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
once again…!!! yanks can only score on home runs
well that wasn’t good.
Thats twice with the bases loaded.
Can we please never see Swisher and his nonsense act again? Please!
Sigh.
Well, I mean…at least he didn’t strike out.
But that second pitch should have been obliterated. No reason to not swing on a fat pitch like that. Oh well.
How can you walk 8 men and have none of them come around to score? That’s frustrating.
i miss nady.
why does everybody thinks they need to hit a HR?????????? F>>>>>>>>>KKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
When was the last time there was an inside the park home run by anyone at Yankee Stadium?
When was the last time a Yankee hit an inside the park home run at Yankee Stadium?
Anyone know?
this is insane…how many chances are they gonna get…
Damn
a single…. a cheap blooper……….. will score a run………………
Well, no one has it with RISP today. Twins or Yankees.
Nick is just helpless up there now. That hurt.
The bottom of the order next inning, and then Nathan. Ugh.
I’m sorry but Swisher plays shoddy outfield defense and is awful at the plate. Can we bring Abreu back?
And to those wondering, last inside the park job before tonight was Ricky Ledee in ’99.
8 walks and none of them scored…
RISP and clutch hitting aren’t in the Yanks vocab..
0-7 risp
yankees have to be last in the league with runners in scoring position
Swisher = useless
Come back soon, Nady
damn you CASHMAN for bringing all of these moron Free Agents here…….
Dr. Cox, almost every fan on every Texas Ranger message board said that Tex cannot hit in the clutch and that he will drive us Yankee fans crazy. I thought he was jealous for saying that at first but he’s turning out to be right.
I dont know man. Last year when the Yankees were up 3 runs and Teixeira hit that grand slam in the 8th to put them up, that was pretty clutch. But then again it was off Edwar Ramirez.
0-7 w/risp??? ***holds nose***
pat
May 15th, 2009 at 9:45 pm
Angel
I stand corrected. Should have put …. at the end of my list because there are others too. I hate when people think salary makes someone a better player.
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It aggravates me too. Its the kind of excuse mentality that small market teams like the Twins (see Star Tribune today) propagate. Its bizarre that fans of a so-called big market buy into it, though.
It’s so obvious what’s wrong with this team, and it’s their approach at the plate.
Nobody other than Jeter is up there trying to get a base hit. Whether it’s Matsui’s horrible 2-0 swing trying to hit one out, Swisher standing there to take 2 called strikes over the plate starting off the at bat, or A-Rod chasing all those pitches in the dirt off Liriano.
Every hitter is up there either trying to draw a walk or hit a ball 500 feet. Hitters like Teix and Swisher are so tentative that they are falling behind in the count on meatballs and striking out a ton, while guys like Matsui are trying so desperately to hit a home run that they’ll swing at a 2-0 pitch off the plate when the guy has almost thrown 2 wild pitches.
When the approach is consistently bad, who can you blame? The hitters aren’t getting it done, but something is clearly wrong with the approach.
6 hits, 8 BB, 2 runs, both of which have come on solo HR. The offense is the single most crushing aspect of this team right now. I expect it to pick up when Teix and A-Rod get going, but right now their inability to score runs is the single most important reason they are losing games right now.
Swisher really isin’t a Yankee-type player
We like OBP guys who can actually hit. Not who strike out 180 times.
Robbie, Nick was not a free agent, he was acquired via trade. We got rid of Wilson Betemit. There’s really nothing to complain about.
Without Damon, our entire lineup is on a cold streak. The only thing they can do is walk (but not score) and hit occasional homeruns.
I’m a girardi supporter but he’s becoming too passive right now…. he’s reading the sport’s pages too much…. afraid of making moves in the line-up…..
come on Tomko
what is up with swishers home/away splits
all of his homers are on the road, and his RBI are like 21-1 home vs. away
What needs to happen in order for this team to succeed is that Tex gets moved down to the 6 slot, Nady recovers and plays right field and Swisher is the bat used off the bench.
I’m not talking about Nick… I’m talking about Tex and Alex….
That’s precisely why Girardi named Nady the starter.
He would have driven in runs. He is a .280/25 HR hitter. In a lineup that struggles to drive in runs, he would be very valuable. Unlike Swisher who only walks and Ks
He spews all these meaningless stats, why doesnt he spew what the yankees record is when he’s not commentating our game. I know were at least 2-1 against the BLue Jays, does anyone else know what other games he did not do.
by the way, i am not asking anyone to murder Michael kay, but it might be condoned by authorities. (Please answer my prayers)
yanks are in the game right now, tomko could end the game with a bad inning
Tex and Alex…who just doubled and walked in that inning. I’m not really sure what you’re complaining about.
Tomko – Another geniuse acquisition by Cashmoron
here we go mark, lets get something going
come on lets get a brawl going
gardner and gardenhire in a steel cage
Hope this wakes Tex and the Yankees up. Doubt it though, they just aren’t good
suprise suprise GI Joe only Yankee ready to throw it down.
Gomez wasn’t even running in the baseline. What a goon.
tex does a have valid point…he was not in the baseline
Its actually incredible to hear the twins commentators justify Gomez running out of the baseline, lol.
omg why did they just show Brian Roberts break his arm
Sean Serritella,
Im a member of SABR so the “clutchness” of a ball player is kind of a disputed topic with me.
That being said, Tex is the type of person that gets into his own head, even when he is hitting well, and doesnt get a hit.
Now put that philosophy into his slum, magnified in New York all the while his biggest enemny being himself, and we are going to be in for a long season with him.
I just hope he figures it out soon though. And from the likes of it recently, he might have turned a corner.
Tren wins 4-2. Win for Mcallister and Whelen gets the two inning save with 1 hit allowed and 3 strikeouts.
Edwar coming in to pad the twins state
can comeone, i dare anyone to defend why edwar is in the major leagues
HE BRINGS NOTHING TO THE TABLE
*slump
Tex is a wussy
Gomez was on the grass. Should have been in the line. I think I’ve seen him do that before.
Angel, what are they saying?
I like the fire from Tex.
Calling out Gomez on that trash. You know Tex cares.
Girardi looked like he wanted a piece of Gardenhire. I would have paid to see that.
How is this a moment to say “I hope this wakes Tex and the Yankees up”?! It’s not a matter of being woken up, it’s a matter of almost breaking your arm/wrist. Base runners do what Gomez did constantly, and that’s why that dangerous play is even an issue for first basemen. Teixeira is completely right to beef at Gomez about it, and I love Girardi getting all over Gardenhire about it. Looked like Gardy wanted no part of GI Joe. He must have read all the stories about Girardi going to the gym every day.
I want to see Girardi kick some ass. He can take anyone on the twins.
“can comeone, i dare anyone to defend why edwar is in the major leagues
HE BRINGS NOTHING TO THE TABLE”
I’ll defend him. He’s got a filthy out pitch and when he’s on he’s unhittable.
“gardner and gardenhire in a steel cage”
Gardner will just head butt him Jack Bauer style with his exorbitantly humongous head and Ol’ Ronnie will be down for the count.
great play by edwar
right on cue, edwar gets a guy out
in that case: all of our hitters are useless (maybe now we can get something done)
“Gardner will just head butt him Jack Bauer style with his exorbitantly humongous head and Ol’ Ronnie will be down for the count.”
thanks for makin me laugh lol that was good
That’s a throw’s problem, not the runners. What is Gomez supposed to do, move out of the way?
Dr. Cox, you must have a lot of money because it costs dough to be in the SABR.
Trisha, don’t try to talk logic to these people. It’s useless. haha
Donnie – That Teix overreacted and it was out of frustration. Gomez was right in running where he did.
I think they’re blind, as well as partisan, lol.
I was away, what happened between Joe and Ron?
Ahh the ol’ dying kid wishing a big leaguer a homerun.
Never gets old.
How the heck did Michael Kay already find out that Gardner promised some kid a home run?
Nothing like a little bad blood to start a 4-game series.
Man, I just got home and am reading the comments here. I’m sad to hear that the Yanks have walked 8 times, had 6 hits, and only scored two runs. This team is just failing horribly with RISP.
Damon’s got to cool it next time. We can’t have him out if he’s the only one slugging the ball, I don’t care if the ump is blowing calls. Where was Girardi? He’s gotta protect.
Lets win this thing
Oh, good lord. He was clearly inside the basepaths, and ran at the bag at an angle. I VIVIDLY remember the Brian Roberts/arm-breaking-incident, and plays like that can seriously hurt someone.
I recall listening to their announcers and finding them absolutely putrid, so it doesn’t surprise me.
Edwar vs LHB
.286 8 BB 11K
His out pitch is a changeup and he doesn’t throw that hard. If he can’t get lefties out, what purpose does he serve on this team? He has walked almost as many lefties as he has struck out, and they have hit him as well.
this could be our only inning because nathan is always tough
heart warming story about the kid in the hospital…its nothing crazy if that happens to arod but for gardner to do it on the same day is nuts..maybe someone up there ^^^ had a stake in how that ball bounced away from span..kinda crazy
We need to get something here.
Time to put on your rally caps, socks, shirt..whatever!
Let’s win this damn game
Need runs this inning.
It’ll be a lot harder in the 9th.
Matt, the Yankees need some one that will tell the Yankee batters how to bat and the Yankees need to listen to him. The thing is, no one will because they’re all veterans. The Yankees need to use the Jimmy Johnson approach were you bring in players that will do things, “your” way, not “their” way.
Stultus, definitely agree about Damon. I love the guy with everything I have but he doesn’t do us any good if he’s on the bench. Hell if every player freaked out over bad umpiring the only people on the field would be the umps!
Stultus,
Girardi came out and TRIED to defuse it, but Johnny got thrown out almost immediately, so he didn’t have time. He had a right to be upset, as the umpire was giving Liriano the outside AND inside calls, and did it to Johnny two straight ABs. He had every right to be pissed, and I don’t blame him for blowing up like that.
It may be time for Mr. Chamberlain to introduce Mr. Four Seamer to to the back of Mr. Gomez tomorrow.
Then we will see if wants to continue running out of the baseline.
Gomez is known for that.
Paul Konerko almost threw down on him for the same reason last year.
LOL Man, Girardi is losing it
The pressure is getting so much that he doesn’t know how to deal with it so he gets into brawls
I like the fire, but he is doing it for the wrong reasons. He is doing it because he knows he is dead man walking and is frustrated,
Let’s go fellas!!! Time to put up a couple runs and get this “crowd” into it.
I would have loved to see girardi put fat gardy in a figure-four leg lock and have him tap out. Haha.
Fire is nice, but runs are better.
If we lose, Gomez/Gardenhire have the last laugh
Just take the walk
Tex wants to hurt someone…Gomez better watch out…and what a way to start a 4 game series tomorrow someone will fight! lol
I don’t think Girardi is dead man walking…they’re a 500 club enduring lots of injuries to key players…so let’s get the violin out and praise him instead! lol
Bottom line though is, Damon getting thrown out didn’t hurt them.
Gardner is 2-2 with a HR.
The other guys just haven’t come through with RISP.
What’s wrong with running out of the baseline?
Isin’t that Gamesmanship, like stealing signs?
The Twins have practically handed us this game with 8 BB and we haven’t capitalized. The back end of the Twins pen is actually pretty good. You can’t expect to come back every night when you give away chances. Sometimes you have to just stop making excuses and drive some runners in.
Kevin Cash is awful.
I’d rather have Cervelli in this at bat.
Jeter followed by God
Unless Nathan is going to give up 2 solo HRs, this game is lost anyway
Just can’t hit with RISP. Haven’t for years, don’t see when we will.
There are going to be plenty of games like this.
not to change the subject, but now Tito is sitting Ortiz for a couple of days….anyone else think he’s just off the juice too and isn’t taking the female hormone drugs like Manny and isn’t right?
No bench option hurts again.
Not good to have to use Cash in that situation.
Dazz,
No. Running out of the baselines is like a running back taking a hand off, running out of bounds to avoid a linebacker, and then running back in bounds and coasting in to the endzone. It is all kinds of illegal.
B.G. Tex A-ROD our lives may be in your hands.
Tom in N.J.,
Girardi was arguing with Ron because of what happened with Tex and the Twins batter. I forgot which Twins batter. The batter ran out of the base line and into Tex.
What can you say? It’s NOT THE PITCHING.
The fact that they are only down 2 right now is a testament to just how good the pitching has been. When you score 2 runs on 2 solo shots and have 13 other baserunners, you have to stop making excuses and you have to get it done once in a while.
Back under 500
Guess that ends the chance to take 3/4
We’ll get the split if we’re lucky but I wouldn’t count on it
Donne – Blyleven – enough said.
Every single time, I may feel a vague shred of sympathy for him and the whole HOF thing, I have to listen to one of these broadcasts and am cured of any vague sympathetic feelings immediately.
It’s one step forward, two steps back for this team…….it’s out of synch. When their pitching is good, their hitting stinks; when their hitting is good, their pitching stinks. This game should be tied or the Yankees should have the lead – but then, how many games could we say that about? I know they’re trying, but at some point they have to execute. At some point, it’s going to stop being early. Alex, of course, will get on a roll once he works off the rust – I’m playing a wait and see with Tex because he’s been dreadful. Let’s say Tex does bounce back – that still doesn’t help the rest of the team with RISP. These types of games are going to kill the Yankees……
13 LOB
Ouch. Only 2 runs are on HRs.
Doesn’t matter how good the pitching is, not going to win many games like that. They just don’t execute
“Guess that ends the chance to take 3/4″
Does a loss tonight count for 2?
Matt might need some Pepto-Bismol.
Sean Serritella,
Thanks.
we all know how this ends- edwar gives up a run and yanks get two back to lose 5-4
if i ever have a dream in which michael kay is tortured and murdered, i pray i never wake up.
Man these walks are horrible.
They can still take 3 of 4. They can even still take 4 of 4, of you want to get technical. Every starter the Yanks throw out for the rest of the series can win.
Thanks for filling me in Donnie and Trisha. I don’t know, bottom line is I’d rather have Johnny D in there right now. I didn’t know he got ejected so quickly.
It’s funny, I’m following the game now via ESPN gamecast and pitches out of the zone are being called strikes. Has it been like this all night? Is the ump at least consistent with his bogus zone?
Edwar, when’s last time he saw the mound?
Back under .500.
Are we ever going to get a streak going? Always one thing or another with this team. Maybe they just are not good enough. The pieces are there, but they just don’t know how to execute or come up with big hits. HR or bust.
Frustrating team to watch, so much talent, so little results.
Swisher’s act isnt as funny when he sucks, is it?
Yawn… Edwar Ramirez…. lulling us to sleep yet again.
Why do the Yankees continue to carry so many useless players on their roster when they have some talent down in AAA? Where is Shelley Duncan off the bench to pinch hit for our weak hitting replacement catchers?
if the “aforementioned” happen, i’d be screaming in my dream “I’mmmmmm lovin it”
Or, how bad the Twins offense is.
All depending on how you look at it Matt.
stop “acting” like youre in the club house.
We’re seeing how big of a loss Nady is right now.
We need all the hitting we can get right now and guys to drive in runs. What use is OBP if we can’t drive anyone in?
Be nice to have a .280 hitter with righty pop and send Swisher back to the bench
can’t even kill hughes tonight. didn’t do great, but a decent start
we left 13 guys on base. 8 walks and none of them scored. what a waste of talent this team is
Uh, no. If you were actually paying any attention to the broadcast, the Twins are #1 in the AL in runs scored since Joe Mauer has returned.
Just because you don’t like what someone says, it doesn’t mean it’s wrong.
Nady sucks
SJ44
May 15th, 2009 at 10:13 pm
No bench option hurts again.
I was thinking the same thing…remember when Chili Davis and Straw were waiting on the bench.
Oh no…Veras
It sucks that Hughes is gonna lose this game. I think he was better than Liriano. And to think if the Yankees hadn’t scored those 10 runs in Detroit after being shutout for 6 innings. He could have been winless.
I don’t understand this.
Edwar can’t get the last out? Joe has to use another guy to get one out…. Veras for that matter?
Does Girardi have a clause in his contract where he gets a bonus for using EVERY arm in the pen? They’re losing, its not even like he’s protecting a lead.
Betsy
I could think about 5 games…and all against the RS where a hit or 2 here or there and a sac fly or 2 would have gotten them wins. Perhaps they would be 5-0 against the RS and not 0-5.
Despite the starting pitching being inconsistent and the pen being bad a lot of their record has to do with their inability to hit with RISP.
No doubt the offense has been terrible.
The problem is that Swisher is a great complimentary part when you have the hitters around him, but when he is forced to be your run producer, you’re in trouble. The loss of Posada makes it hurt so much more.
Angel – A tale told by idiots, full of sound and fury – signifying nothing.
May 15th, 2009 at 10:16 pm
Matt might need some Pepto-Bismol.
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Matt and Doris The Stealer Of Dead Womens Names both need their didies changed and their ya yas.
great, Veras!
Stultus,
Not…really. I mean, it’s not the worst I’ve seen, but there have been more than a few times he’ll call something WAY out of the zone a strike, and three pitches later, it’ll be in the same spot, and get called a ball. But he hasn’t favored one team or the other. He’s been consistently inconsistent, if that makes sense. He’s pretty bad, but he hasn’t really effected the outcome of the game or anything.
Liriano was the worst pitcher we were scheduled to face this weekend too. Guess we will have to settle for a split and stay at .500. When is this team finally going to put a streak together?
Let’s hope it is sooner than last year when we were basically a .500 team until winning some meaningless September series to pad our record.
“I was thinking the same thing…remember when Chili Davis and Straw were waiting on the bench.”
And Ruden Sierra.
GJ Veras
RUBEN Sierra, too.
Wow does our bullpen stink! NOT
Does Kay have another line besides “do the Yankees have a rally in their bones”?
DOH! He said it before I could submit.
GB- what have I dont to upset you this evening? I actally thought I was pretty good
do they have a rally in their bones, im pretty that youre a cancer michael kay, so you should by all rights have cancer in your bones. but there is never justice. the good guys like bobby murcer
Matt,
Mauer has been back for a week. Last I checked, the season has lasted longer than a week.
But, keep crying. You are entertaining all of us with your woe is me act tonight.
Trevor, it’s why I won’t get too high when the Yankees win. Right now, they are a mediocre team – this is what mediocre teams do (win a couple, lose a couple……repeat pattern over and over). Ok, if they lose this game what they’ve done is give back one of those Toronto wins. They just can’t make any kind of good win or good series stick……
Next up Gardner, Tex and Alex
Edwar and Veras got it done
Veras! I knew it would happen. 9th inning magic?? Now we’ll see what Gardner and the big bats can do. Will A-Rod and Tex be booed?? Or celebrated for their heroics?
They don’t have a rally in their bones.
Nathan is the 2nd best closer in baseball. Lights out.
Unless he is going to give up 2 solo shots, we’re done.
Wow – Fire Michael Kay, I’ve had two cousins die of cancer. You might want to get a reality check here…..
That was a joke about Veras…I thought it would be 6-2…
Gardner has put up some very respectable at bats in the absence of Damon. I’m impressed.
Fire Michael Kay,
Mute your TV!! Hell, that’s why I got cable…so I’d never have to listen to Sterling call a game again.
BG!!!
Their talent dictates they should be a 100 win team
Their execution dictates they should be a .500 team
Which one are we closer to? We can create an all-star team, it means nothing if they can’t hit in a big spot.
Too bad he flipping fell
All right, another mini-rally in the works! Can they score with a guy on third with no outs?
This kid is exciting. I like the grit. And the guts.
gardner is on fire
Someone wants there starting job back.
nice one Brett G.!!
he could have had a back to back inside the park
Joe Nathan, shut up. Gardner beat you. Stop insisting that he didn’t touch first.
Tex!!!
Fire Michael Kay- I lost my father to pancreatic cancer. take a hike you worthless swine
Nice
A-Rod Think 07!
Whoah, have to say that I’m not sure if Damon would have homered and tripled… Way to step up Gardner!
Dear lord almighty, can they get Brett home
Gardner is really fun to watch when he’s not watching called third strikes. That was great.
Come on Arod, but hero moment now!
A-Rod’s spotlight. How ’bout a walk-off, PLEASE?
Man that solo home Coke gave up is big now.
Brett Gardner is on FIRE tonight!!
WOO HOO!!! BOY DO THOSE YANKEES STINK!
No rally in their bones?
Uh, wrong.
Oh, that Tex. Such a waste of money.
Kay STHU !
The Coke home run obviously really hurts here…Pinch runner for Tex??? You know Arod is going to over swing here…
could it be??? a 9th inning comeback win?
Come on Alex
come on Alex
GGBG is having a heck of a game. Good thing Damon got thrown out of the game.
Right now, Antones, they are what their record says they are. Despite injuries, they have had numerous chances in numerous games to do some damage and they simply haven’t. If they don’t execute, it doesn’t matter how much talent they have (or will have, when the injured players return). This is not a negative POV, it’s just a realistic one. One step foward, two steps back……..
he’s going to over swing
Third pitch was a ball.
That was so NOT a strike.
that was a BALL
The umpire strikes again…I hope he doesnt decide the game here
WOW that 2-0 call was terrible
**** the ump i hope he dies
Wow, replay shows just how awful that call was.
AGAIN????
This is really a joke…
twice? come on ump
Those aren’t even strikes.
A ball nowhere close called a strike.
Make that 2.
What in God’s name is Wally Bell looking at?
UMPIRE IS TERRIBLE!!!
he walked 3 times in that AB
Yep, it was Donnie.
That umpire should be tested to see if he’s on PED’s. Although, in his case they’d be performance eliminating drugs.
I don’t want to kill Coke even if they lose this game – he hadn’t pitched in several days.
Doris, sorry about your father……..
if he walks, i pinch run ramiro for tex
Pinch runner for Tex? Who, Burnett? We got nobody!
why are some comments in boxes?
Someone needs to deal with this ump under the O’Neil banner
4 times in that AB
Six balls thrown by Nathan, now that idiot Swisher
Betsy- thank you. 3 years ago. awful, awful disease and pancreatic is literally the worst you can get.
Oh yeah, Ramiro Pena! Hahaha, I forgot about that guy.
DOH is me.
Way to take that 5-0 pitch, Alex! Who knew you needed 6 balls to take a base these days? WALLY BELL KNEW!
Matsui send us Home with a W
Matsui?
“Pinch runner for Tex?”
Pena ?
I’m so nervous.
Please Matsui.
Matsui has had bad swings today. Hopefully he looks better against a righty. Please no DP.
Nick- Ramiro Pena or Homer Bush
It’s gonna come down to swish…
Oh yeah Swisher ain’t up yet, hope Mats ends it
If Godzilla doesn’t end the game, Swisher and Cano better break out of their funks or *they’ll* end the game on the wrong note!
Good at-bat by A-Rod
Please no doubleplay here.
Anything but that.
why no bunt?
It stinks because they know any pitch close is a strike…
How sweet would it be to win off Nathan and also know he wouldn’t be available tomorrow afternoon?
Because Matsui isn’t a good bunter.
Matsui might have to throw himself across if Bell calls the same thing he did for Alex.
They have no excuses here. They have their chance, it’s time to take advantage.
“It stinks because they know any pitch close is a strike…”
And some that AREN’T so close!
Doris, my friend’s mom had pancreatic cancer – devastating. My cousin died of bone cancer at 44 2 years ago and one of my other cousins died of ovarian cancer in October. I know people get upset about stuff and I do too – I say thinks in anger that I don’t mean. This kind of thing? Beyond the pale.
Doris, my friend’s mom had pancreatic cancer – devastating. My cousin died of bone cancer at 44 2 years ago and one of my other cousins died of ovarian cancer in October. I know people get upset about stuff and I do too – I say thinks in anger that I don’t mean. This kind of thing? Beyond the pale.
pinch hit shoeless joe jackson to lay down a bunt
Back home, we usually call useless idiots “Wally’s”.
Tonight, I can see why.
some kind of sacrifice would be nice here..
is a 4 seam fastball all that Nathan throws?
Wow. My name links to a gameday snapshot of Alex’s at bat. How terrible is that.
Thank god those missed calls to A-Rod didn’t change the outcome of that at bat. It’s ridiculous that an umpire can take matters into his own hands like that and change the complexion of a game.
Truth is that TYPICALLY I’d rather face just about any closer than Nathan, Papelcrap included. Tonight just might be our night!
Ah come on mats
Betsy- sorry to hear that. its actually much less common in women
Nice swing. Typical Yankees.
FFFFFFFFFf matsui you
Lots of pitches for Nathan.
Pitching 4 days in a row.
Damn matsui.
Still Nathan over 20 pitches and needs 2 more outs.
what a wasted at bat!
you saw that slider coming, we’re going to lose by 1 aren’t we
Good Christ Almighty, Hideki. That was terrible.
And of course, here comes Swisher to swing at pitches in roughly the exact same location.
It’s all up to Robbie.
Yikes. I hope Mrs. Matsui was folded up for that.
OMG what a play jesus christ.
come on Robbie!
in all seriousness, why didnt he pinch him berroa and bunt there? it would be a tie game right now
SON OF A
Crap. That was a good play by Morneau.
It looed like Matsui was going to swing at anything in that at bat…
Fck Canadians
Unbelievable play by Morneau, but again, this game is over if we get the job done earlier.
Cano could win the game
Come on Melk
You know Arod is not healthy yet…
Melk can win the game
dammit
At least it wasn’t a DP. Cano’s gotta come through here.
Steal home Tex!!!!
Lets go Melky!
Damn Swisher is useless.. who cares about his clubhouse personality when he can’t win us games.
Work the pitch count, Melky…
Oh boy, it’s Melk or go home.
I absolutely do not like Melky in this situation. I really, really don’t. Hope he proves me wrong, but I’ve come accustomed to watching Melky swing at garbage over his head, trying to bang it over the freeway in these situations.
Too bad Matsui wasn’t able to get the runners over. They know that Nathan throws strikes and Melky is over aggressive.
Haha Melky. Great decision, this guy always chokes
Lets go Melky!
vs Joe Nathan
It seemed like Matsui was going for the home run with that swing.
No team in baseball has hitters that swing at more balls in the dirt than the Yankees.
Big reason why they are so poor hitting with RISP.
Up to Melky now.
Game win!!
Melky, do something!
Wow!
why isn’t the ump calling those intentional balls strikes??????
YEAH!
MELKY
I JINXED IT !
WOW….
MELKY
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
All of you bagging on Melky can SUCK IT!
Melky!!!!!!!!!!!
Melky AGAIN!?!
Yeap I knew it
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
I will promptly go and feast on my feet now. Thank you, Melky.
OVer .500!!!
Melky! Oh wow! YEAH!!!
Oh baby!!
This Melky Moment!
Gardner + Melky = Yankee Magic!!!!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
WOO HOOO!
Melk man delivers!!! (What was that Donnie?)
Melk man delivers!!! (What was that Donnie?)
Melky!
Great great win.
WOW!! Melky is the last person I expected to get a hit there. Nathan was probably on fumes. He is definitely not available tomorrow.
this win will be the start of a something great!! awesome ending!!!
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Yessssss!!!!!!!
Yankees Win!!!!!!!!!!!
go Melkman!
“They don’t have a rally in their bones.
Nathan is the 2nd best closer in baseball. Lights out.
Unless he is going to give up 2 solo shots, we’re done.”
ye if little faith.
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
*THAT WAS MY DA MELK!!!!!!!!*
MELKY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
tylaaa
May 15th, 2009 at 10:44 pm
Haha Melky. Great decision, this guy always chokes
WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH – run along now
is it any coincidence that melky seems to turn it on when garnder plays well?
MELKMAN! LECHE! MOO MOO DRANK!!
And that’s why you need Gardner and Melky
MELKY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A great win, but you can’t keep having it come down to this kind of hit, it’s not going to happen every time.
Yes!
Melky and Gardner!
Cats and Dogs living together…
“All of you bagging on Melky can SUCK IT!”
SHUT UP !
Yeh Melky !
that’s a very good win. too bad tex got hurt again. or worsened the existing injury.
i hope everyone saw who was the first to reach melky! speed kills hehe.
What a mistake to intentionally walk Cano in that spot. Pitch him off the plate, yes. Walk him, no way.
Next time somebody posts that this team has no heart, they should be banned from here.
Melky got pie-d
Not bad for a bunch of over-paid no heart losers…..
I <3 MELKY
Melky!!! Taking the pitch the other way. Now THAT is situational hitting!
MELKY!
Melky got pied!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That was freaking awesome.. I told ya Melky has to play!
That’s got to be a huge lift for NYY…..and a devastating crusher for the Twins. Not for the season, but, for the start of this series.
and yes, it was a 9th inning comeback! whoa!!!
wow…melky and gardner need to play tomorrow..give swish a day off
Malky doesn’t even know enough basic english to do a short postgame interview without a translator?
That’s the kind of approach you want to see more with this team. Melky goes up there looking for a pitch to hit with runners on base and makes the pitcher pay. If you are up there trying to walk in that spot he gets ahead of you and all of a sudden you find yourself in a defensive mode.
Hot damn! Big win! Fire Michael Kay’s WOOOOOOO’s went out of the box. I might be lactose intolerant, but the melkman is making a believer out of me.
I still don’t understand why Cano didn’t strike out on that IBB. What’s wrong ump!?? Those were right on the corner!
The difference between Matsui and Melky is that Melky tried to put the ball in play. Matsui swang for the home run.
I’ve criticized the pitching and the offense – execution wise – but I have never questioned this team’s heart, not once.
Gardner and Melk…The big heroes tonight.
Too bad they can’t take 3 of 4.
Can I dare dream of Damon, Gardner, and Melky in the outfield tomorrow? Give Swisher a mental break for a few innings?
The young guys did it for the Yankees tonight. Awesome.
They came back and won AND Nathan threw 27 pitches on the 4th day in a row he has pitched.
That means he’s not going to be available tomorrow.
Hopefully this is the start of something big.
I don’t think Tex got hurt. Had a good swing on a 94 Mph fastball in the 9th.
Melky sees Gardner bringing his game trying to get the CF job back. And says “Oh no you don’t”
yeap, it sure was! they acted like they won the ALDS! lol
this all started b/c of B Gardner…he promised a cancer patient today that he would hit a homerun!! and he delivered!
“that’s a very good win. too bad tex got hurt again. or worsened the existing injury.”
His wrist looked fine when he singled Gardner in
Melk melk melk melk
Great comeback. But doesn’t change the fact that Wally Bell should be fired. Worst game behind the plate I’ve seen since Livan Hernadez “struck out” 16 Braves in the 1997 NLCS.
Angel, where are the whiners and cryers now? I especially want to hear from the poster who said game over in the 4th inning!
Hey, everyone should go back and read the posts as Melky was coming to bat. You REALLY sounds like fools, those of you who were flying around as members of the vanquish vanguard!!!!
I guess it’s really deep in your marrow because if you know how ridiculous all of your posts look right now, some from the beginning of the thread, you’d tape your fingers together rather than look so darned wrong!
Sean, you’re so right! that’s all we needed with bases loaded!
Wow, what a win??? You could just tell nathan had nothing tonight. Matsui struck out on a ball that looked more like nathan rolled it in and swisher almost won the game right before melky and if not for a huge play at first, we would have won the game an out earlier. I dont think Ive ever seen nathan be so bad in my life. Luckly it happened against us. TALK ABOUT MOMENTUM !!!!!!!!!!! And the great thing is wang is coming back, tex looks like he is totally out of his slide and arod looks real close to hitting again. Swish also looked good at the plate so everyone who was struggling seems like they are waking up.
best win of the year at home?
Well at least they have Nathan out of the picture for at least one game……I read 12 or so negative comments right before Melky hit his walk off 2 run hit…..This place is very unique to say the least……
I loved how A-Rod didn’t chase those pitches. Tex gets a base hit. Sucks for Swish
. Melk man wins it!
Srsly this was Brett and Melky’s night
Slimfast
Without that inside the park HR this team would have been dead.
Trisha,
I will gladly admit to being wrong in my foolish post. Melky really came through there. Being incredibly superstitious, though, perhaps I will keep doubting these guys, because I’d say they prove me wrong about 75% of the time!
“Malky doesn’t even know enough basic english to do a short postgame interview without a translator?”
Kim Jones said earlier this year he’s shy about speaking English on camera.
Give it up for that chunky Melkman! Even Gardner couldn’t catch the Melkman when he gets up a head of steam!!! LOL!! He and Gardner (and Arod) are the heroes of this game.
Give credit where credit is due dept: I admit I am one of the biggest critics of Arod’s choking at crucial moments. But, he had one of the best at bats I’ve ever seen from him, and he was robbed twice in that at bat. He was a major reason why the Yanks were in position to win this game. He was clutch!! No more Achoke from me.
This is the kind of game that can turn a season around.
Keep the kids playing. Sweet.
Good job by Phil Hughes for keeping them in the game.
“I loved how A-Rod didn’t chase those pitches.”
Best AB of the whole game. It will be overlooked but that was the AB other than the Melky GW.
Enough with the Melky vs. Gardner crap. There’s no win tonight without either of their contributions.
Melky needs to learn one word in English “Win”
If brett hit a double, would he have been the first one to hit a cycle in a game he didnt start??
hE IS ON FIRE!!
Donnie, and that is really stand up of you! Seriously I didn’t even see the names, I just kept reading the posts. Good for you though. Heck at least your recognize it. Most of the others will just do the same thing next time without giving it a second thought.
I can’t calm down!!!
This team scratches and claws its way back into almost every game. Very impressive! I was pretty down on Melky after last year, but he seems to have a really good approach at the plate right now. Hopefully he keeps it up.
“Good job by Phil Hughes for keeping them in the game.”
Um, let’s not get crazy here.
Before it gets swept up in the euphoria from the comeback, how about a moment of thanks to Phil Hughes. He’s not close to the pitcher he could be, and he had some problems tonight, but he didn’t blow up and he didn’t put the team into a hole it couldn’t get out of. He won’t be around much longer, but thanks, Phil. That was your win too.
Veras is now a winning pitcher…2-1! What a great comeback! Melky’s collecting the walk-offs this season.
Girardi should play Gardner and Melky in the outfield for a couple of games and give Swish a couple of games off. Gardner has really looked good and they can use his speed. They should ride the hot streak. The only time Swish gets on base he gets thrown. That is the 2nd time in a week he has done that. Or do it at least until Swish looks better. I have seen enough of Swish’s terrible at bats.
pat
May 15th, 2009 at 10:54 pm
“Malky doesn’t even know enough basic english to do a short postgame interview without a translator?”
Kim Jones said earlier this year he’s shy about speaking English on camera.
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I don’t blame him. Heck, I speak English and I bet they’d have to subtitle me so people could understand me, lol.
“Good job by Phil Hughes for keeping them in the game.”
Absolutely. And whether the major league pitchers on this forum like the way he did it or not is frankly tough. He got the job done.
Against all odds the Yanks come back. Gutsy performance from Hughes tonight considering he was average at best. But he battled and kept them in the game and that’s all you can ask.
Actually, that’s not quite the worst a Yankee fan has seen Nathan in recent years. Remember the 2004 ALDS Game 2?
Mo blows the save and the Yankees go into the 13th inning I think it was tied at 5. Hunter hits a go ahead HR in the top half of the inning and Nathan is in there for his 3rd inning to try to close it out. Nathan gets the first hitter out but then walks the next two hitters on 8 straight balls. A-Rod comes up and drives one deep to left center that almost goes out and one hops over the wall. They then walk Sheffield to load the bases and Matsui lines one into shallow right. Jeter busts it from 3rd and scores the game winning run.
I got 50 bucks says tex never goes back under 200 this season.
What an awesome game. You got your Hughes shucking his SoCal soft upbringing and battling through having no curveball to put up a serviceable start, a terrible strike zone getting your hottest hitter ejected but the offense still scratches back in what I would call “late 90s” fashion–get Liriano’s pitch count way up, get into the bullpen and crawl all the way back.
This is making for an interesting series, I am pretty confident Joba will be introducing his fastball to Carlos Gomez’s general vicinity tomorrow afternoon, that should be interesting. This was the one game where the Twins had a clearly superior starter scheduled to take the hill compared to NYY, so I like the Yankees’ chances of having an excellent series if they keep playing good baseball.
YEAH MELKY
Rodriguez isn’t hitting much, but, 8 walks in 7 games with 4 strikeouts isn’t bad. He’s still getting in some good swings. The 4 RBIs had a lot to do with 2 of the wins.
Also looks like Long spaooed Gardner upside of the head to wake him up. They’ve apparently been working on some things, because he’s not looking for walks. Give them both credit for retooling the swing.
No, they need to get Cano back. His lead foot has drifted back behind his back foot by about 12-18 inches, again. Swisher is having the same issues that Teixeira has been going through. He guessing and guessing wrong on everything, though he did have two solid shots, tonight.
Truly remarkable performance by Gardy. This could be his emergence. Please give Swisher(every other at bat a strikeout) the day off. Can’t believe with Oneill in the booth, Gardy promised a cancer patient a HR, ala Seinfeld. Who knew Damon’s ejection would be the turning point!
tylaaa
May 15th, 2009 at 10:44 pm
Haha Melky. Great decision, this guy always chokes
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I hope this game has taught you a lesson.
the melk truck delivers, great seeing brett congratulate him too, the inside the park was great, both our cf-ers delivered, good stuff
Oddly, I felt ok with Melky at the plate. How great for Melky – he’s worked hard for his opportunity and he’s taken advantage of it……He’s come up with some huge hits this year – no question – this was a HUGE hit. It was so nice to be able to complete the comeback instead of falling just short…………..
Melky also has the honor of being the first Yankee pied by AJ…………and Kim said in ST that this had never happened on YES before, so now he’s in the record books!
This or the Angel’s game are neck and neck for the best games of the year – I guess I’d have to give it to this game, though, because it came on the heels of 2/3 from Toronto and solidifies those games.
Its funny we were talking about phil not being able to battle and keep the team in the game when he doesnt have his stuff early but tonight, he did do that. I REALLY think this was a good sign. Phil is going down but he will be back and at some point, he wont leave.
“Good job by Phil Hughes for keeping them in the game.”
Um, let’s not get crazy here.
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The kid battled. He wasn’t the greatest tonight, but it could have been much worse and it wasn’t. Phil should get some props too.
Do people realize Brett almost had 2 inside the parkers tonight ?
Anyway it was a gritty 9th inning per AB
Brett w/ the triple
Teix knocks him in
Alex walks
Robi IBB
Melky GW hit
Phil Hughes was better than his last outing. So there’s that.
Melky and Brett need to play
And Swisher needs to go to the bench
glad I got home in time for the ninth. You know for all the Yankees struggles, they have never been worse than two games under .500. A week ago, the Yankees were old and finished.
Joba is gonna pitch the first inning in the BP lol
Brandon, absolutely agree that A-Rod’s at-bat was huge and a great job on his part in that 9th inning. He looks a lot more comfortable at the plate than he has in years’ past, in terms of laying off bad pitches in big spots and taking what the pitcher gives him–granted, it’s still early and he could revert to his flailing style while trying to do too much, but that’s really promising that he isn’t chasing as much as he used to.
Honestly if he keeps that approach going forward his hits are going to come in bunches once he really gets his pitch recognition and timing back 100%.
Everyone is delightful tonight…enjoyable!
What an ending! Got in to follow Matsui at the plate.
It would’ve been a shame for them to lose a game in which Liriano actually struggled.
espnews is saying that Brett Gardner promised a cancer patient (kid) that he’d hit a homerun. Lucky thing Damon got hisself kicked out. And that ump was a bum!
Haven’t read through the game thread, yet. But I’m sure there was a lot of cussing and spitting as they left a small army on the bases.
Woo Hoo!
Swisher can suck a lemon, Gardner and Melky must play
Kyle
May 15th, 2009 at 10:28 pm
They don’t have a rally in their bones.
Nathan is the 2nd best closer in baseball. Lights out.
Unless he is going to give up 2 solo shots, we’re done.
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Wow, he should have stepped back from that ledge!
Veras got 1 out and recorded the win
S.A. – don’t bother. There are some people who are just lemon suckers in life and would prefer to pull out a microscope to try to find a negative than see the positives right in front of their noses. Unfortunately, nothing exempts then from being Yankee fans or from posting on this forum.
Their pennance should have to be to go back and read this whole damned forum from the beginning of the game to see just how ridiculous they sound.
Keep it going tomorrow with Joba and our new starting catcher. Play him every day, bring the energy, youth and speed of Gardner.
Hey, could somebody tell me what happened with Carlos Gomez? And Girardi and Gardenhire? I missed most of the game and was watching gameday the last three innings.
Thanks
Is that a serious story about Gardner and the cancer patient? It’s late and I’m gullable.
If so, that is really remarkable.
Swisher will Sit tomorrow. Gardner Damon and Melk
brett’s a good guy. he would do that. about the kids.
Phil did a good job of hanging in today’s game. But he threw too many balls (43-50 ratio). He got the big outs when he needed to, but walked too many guys and fell behind in too many counts.
Man when this teams bad they look AWFUL but when they are good they look AMAZING!!!
I cant help but think this is the yanks far more than the scrubs we saw a week ago or so. I really think arod’s return did something to spark the team just by his arrival. The yanks have been on a tear since he got back winning the last two series and now, the first game of this series by battling it out. They arent just winning the blowouts but the close ones and the come backs. I cant help but think that those wins mean more than winning 8 to 2. I like the never give up attitude that this team has all of a sudden. It certainly seems like this will start the yanks on a big home stand. We will have to wait and see but I cant imagine that they don;t tear it up in NY in the next 9 games.
I just wanted to reiterate how terrible the umpire Wally Bell was tonight.
Okay back to my celebrating. Gooooo Yankees!
Lost in this game was 4 solid innings of ine run ball from the bullpen of Albaladejo, Coke, Ramirez and Veras. Three of those 4 get hammered on this board daily. The only only that gets any respect is the one allowing the run…though, he’s been out about a week. It’s not like Mauer is “The Chump Of The Month”.
“Hughsie”
Wow
And I thought “Cervey” was the worst
Hughesie is a terrible nickname, you need to step up your game GI Joe and fellow Yankees.
Rachel
May 15th, 2009 at 10:45 pm
WOW!! Melky is the last person I expected to get a hit there. Nathan was probably on fumes. He is definitely not available tomorrow.
Melky 2009:
Late & Close: .438 .500 .625 1.125
Tie Game: .333 .429 .667 1.095
Within 1 R .297 .366 .541 .906
Within 2 R .333 .393 .588 .981
Within 3 R .350 .400 .567 .967
High Leverage: .292 .346 .458 .804
Kay said Brett told the kid he would try and try he did.
tylaaa
May 15th, 2009 at 10:44 pm
Haha Melky. Great decision, this guy always chokes
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Tell us again about Haha Melky. The choker.
Tex needs to take care of that wrist. Not in the mood to watch him spend the season hitting below .250 while making it worse, and then having to have surgery in the offseason. And then end up not being the same hitter afterwords…
4 solid innings of ***one*** run ball from
Oh mel be serious. When’s the last time you were here during a game? Do you really think there has to be anything at all going on for their to be a lot of cussing and spitting here? Cussing and spitting is a way of life for some of the posters here, even when the Yankees are winning!
Tonight was no exception.
I HATE Day games after night games, a night after a great win
You don’t even get to enjoy it long. When we lose, I love day game after night, but not after a great win.
4-0 sox
“I just wanted to reiterate how terrible the umpire Wally Bell was tonight.”
Can’t the Yankees do something about this? Can’t they file a grievance with MLB and bring video footage of those calls? Those two to A-Rod were so bad, it was almost like someone paid him to blow them. No ump can be that off.
The Giant is awakening from his slumber. Loved the way Girardi went after Gardenhire. That and Garner’s inside the parker provided the electricity. Blue Jays and Sox hear our footsteps.
I also liked the fans response when arod came up for the first at bat – good for them. Way to stay classy and be fans of the team you root for. If arod came up for his first at bat in the new stadium and got bood immediately, it would have looked disgusting.
“Lost in this game was 4 solid innings of ine run ball from the bullpen of Albaladejo, Coke, Ramirez and Veras. Three of those 4 get hammered on this board daily.”
GB, the problem is those guys are so inconsistent. They are good one game, then God awful the next. Veras is practically schizophrenic.
The Twins are pitching Blackburn a righty tomorrow. Gardner better be in the lineup and Swish on the bench.
Could we all have been wrong about Gardner and Melky? Many of us, me included, didn’t think either of them belonged in the bigs, now look. I know it’s early still, but you gotta love the huge smile on Gardner’s face as he came in the dugout after that inside the parker. That kind of enthusiasm has just got to fire you up. He reminded me a little of Roger Maris who would often get a little embarrassed over all the attention when he hit a homer.
This team does have a lot of veterans, but the youngsters are starting to look better and better as time goes on. Maybe our farm system is better than we thought.
Seattle is bad. Really bad.
GreenBeret7 May 15th, 2009 at 11:09 pm
Lost in this game was 4 solid innings of ine run ball from the bullpen of Albaladejo, Coke, Ramirez and Veras. Three of those 4 get hammered on this board daily. The only only that gets any respect is the one allowing the run…though, he’s been out about a week. It’s not like Mauer is “The Chump Of The Month”.
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Agreed. I’m not gonna lie, my blood pressure shot up like crazy, but those guys were pretty solid today. They deserve some lovin too.
from the replay, it looks like that runner (Gomez?) did come in on the line on his way to first as if trying to initiate contact with Tex…
I like this new fired up JOE!
Ump had a short fuse tonight. Usually, they let veterans jaw a little more before tossing them. Maybe it was Damon using his bat to give a tutorial on what the strike zone is that did it, lol.
The Stadium was the most alive and focused it’s been all year so far. Good to see.
Laura, I think Meals was a ton worse than this guy tonight. Nothing was done about him. (If you remember he’s the one that Jeter actually talked about in the postgame, they were so upset with his umpiring. And poor Phil was on the losing end of that one.)
Greatest game ive ever been to. Fitting that it was my first game at NYD. It’s time to put Gardner back in. This is the type of player that NEEDS to play when he’s hot or hell cool off quick. Swisher needs to earn his job back, maybe when melky takes his midseason vacation
Great game
I had no idea Brett promised a cancer patient that he’d hit a HR – is that true? Wow…..
That’s right Joe G., give Swish, an apropos name given he has struck out 17 of last 34 AB’s, THE DAY OFF, damn it.
I think we learned the day after that Meals-umpired game that they “assess” the umpires againt some laser etc and there might be reprecussions (i.e. not working the all star game or something), but nothing more than that
#%(&$# Seattle laying down.
Tomorrow, if the score dictates it and the base is clear, I’d be walking Morneau every chance I get. He’s the difference maker on that team. Tough as it is, work through Mauer as best you can and walk Morneau. That’s a tough 3-4-5-6 to get through. (Mauer, Morneau, Cuddyer, and Kubel).
trisha,
Just sayin’. I was cussing & spitting until I left after the 5th. And then I was cussing & spitting in the car as radio jock kept trashing the Yankees and giving play by play of every futile at bat with RISP.
I got home and jumped on the computer and it was 4-3 with no outs. And then the Melk-man delivered!
Melky’s the starting center fielder fair and square.
But Gardner needs playing time. Even stupid radio jockey said that he’s a spark plug.
What’s our record in games where somebody gets ejected and we don’t commit an error?
# Laura – Win together, strike out alone! May 15th, 2009 at 11:12 pm
“I just wanted to reiterate how terrible the umpire Wally Bell was tonight.”
Can’t the Yankees do something about this? Can’t they file a grievance with MLB and bring video footage of those calls? Those two to A-Rod were so bad, it was almost like someone paid him to blow them. No ump can be that off.
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That’s what I thought they should’ve done in the Meals game where Hughes was given the short end of the stick. Don’t they have quest tech?
Laura – Win together, strike out alone!
May 15th, 2009 at 11:13 pm
“Lost in this game was 4 solid innings of ine run ball from the bullpen of Albaladejo, Coke, Ramirez and Veras. Three of those 4 get hammered on this board daily.”
GB, the problem is those guys are so inconsistent. They are good one game, then God awful the next. Veras is practically schizophrenic.
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You can say that about 90% of the bullpens this year. If they can keep from going everyday to these guys, they’ll straighten it out.
Man did Gardy put some left hand english on that inside the parker!!
trisha are all your posts just complaining about other posts in some way, let it go, good win. wear a smile
S.A.–The sun will come out tomorrow
May 15th, 2009 at 11:14 pm
GreenBeret7 May 15th, 2009 at 11:09 pm
Lost in this game was 4 solid innings of ine run ball from the bullpen of Albaladejo, Coke, Ramirez and Veras. Three of those 4 get hammered on this board daily. The only only that gets any respect is the one allowing the run…though, he’s been out about a week. It’s not like Mauer is “The Chump Of The Month”.
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Agreed. I’m not gonna lie, my blood pressure shot up like crazy, but those guys were pretty solid today. They deserve some lovin too.
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You need to be cold and heartless like me.
Really these umps should have mandatory eye tests. Where is questec?
mel, you know Angel pointed out something extremely factual and that is some of the same people who are always there to slam the Yankees are nowhere in sight when the Yankees are doing well or they never bother saying anything positive. Obviously that is not referring to you. It is unfortunately just a distant memory now, but what a great night we had the other night when Gary G. came on later and chastized everyone for being either bipolar or discussing food.
That gamethread was great because inbetween cheering the Yankees on, we had a blast talking about french fries. None of the whiners were in sight and it was a joy, especially for those of us who really don’t get bent out of shape during games. But for us to have the complainers stay far away, unfortunately the Yankees have to be leading by a lot.
“trisha are all your posts just complaining about other posts in some way, let it go, good win. wear a smile”
James, hang out here and post for one entire game and then give me advice. Until then, enjoy the game in your own way.
Actually James maybe you have the right idea. Show up after a Yankee win and act all happy. Maybe I’ll do the same thing! Then I’ll have no posts to criticize!
Nobody here was complaining when the ump was giving Joba all these calls that they were clearly balls couple weeks ago. Now you complain about this umpire. You cant have it both ways. Go ahead have Joba throw at somebody. His list is growing evey day. Somebody some day is going to cause harm to him. Then you will wonder why.
Team Run Differential -21
Out of last place in team ERA, thank you Cleveland (should have beat the Rays tonight).
Did anyone mention Swish was a big factor in moving up the runners to 2nd and 3rd.
Thank you Suzy I stand corrected -18
what a game!
Welcome to NY Tex! Great game. It’s games like last night that keep us all watching throughout the summer!