Game 37: Twins at Yankees
Posted by: Peter Abraham - Posted in Misc on May 17, 2009 
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YANKEES (19-17)
Jeter SS
Damon LF
Texeira 1B
Rodriguez 3B
Matsui DH
Swisher RF
Cabrera CF
Pena 2B
Cash C
Pitching: RHP A.J. Burnett (2-1, 5.36).
Notes: Thanks to my Journal New colleague Josh Thomson for calling in the lineup. He’s covering the game today. … The Yankees have won four straight and six of their last eight. They are 6-2 since Alex Rodriguez rejoined the team. … This will be the first time Robinson Cano hasn’t started and Pena’s debut at second base.
Check back for more later on.
Shameless plug: I’m scheduled to be on WFAN at 11:45 a.m.
UPDATE, 11:18 p.m.: According to Joe Girardi, Cano is just getting a day off. Swisher could get one soon (maybe Tuesday) and Alex will be the DH or get the day off tomorrow. … No Phil Coke today after his outing yesterday.
UPDATE, 12:17 p.m.: David Wells, now with TBS, did a press conference today on the anniversary of his perfect game. Here is Josh’s report:
As always, Wells had a lot to say. He talked about joining the media, how he went out with Cone last night and the perfect game was on TV, etc. However, he had a lot to say about steroids, including-
1. Players who are caught should be banned for life.
2. He suggested players who have been caught should be ineligible for the Hall.
3. He said he saw Clemens at a Toby Keith golf outing. He called him “Eli,” the old nickname Clemens once had for him, which meant everytime David talks, he lies.
“Roger didn’t like it,” Wells said. He went on to say he will reserve judgment but – “The facts that you have in hand, its pretty overwhelming.”
4. He said that maybe stats compiled using steroids shouldn’t count. He specifically mentioned A-Rod’s home runs hit against him while A-Rod was in Texas. “Should they count? No. Are they? Probably. And I’m OK with that,” Wells said.
5. He went so far as to say maybe steroid users should have their own league, or be allowed to use but not be eligible for the Hall.
Thanks to Josh for the report.
UPDATE, 3:14 p.m.: Chien-Ming Wang dominated today in Scranton in the first game of a doubleheader. 7 innings, 4 hits, 0 runs, 0 walks, 1 strikeout. 75 pitches / 49 strikes, 12 of the 21 outs on the ground. He has thrown 13 scoreless innings in AAA. Be interesting to see what the Yankees do next with him.
The radar gun in Scranton on the scoreboard is unreliable. But a scout I know who was there said Wang got up to 93. The lineup he faced included Travis Hafner, Tony Graffanino and Andy Marte.
Brian Bruney is expected to start the second game to get his inning in.
cano gets the day off.
probably arod tomorrow.
another walkoff?
ARod has played in the field every day since coming back. Thought he would be DH in a few games. His hip must be feeling good.
LOL Great Q & A with AJ:
http://www.nypost.com/seven/05.....038;page=1
He’s a very interesting guy….lost of fun facts, from the fact that he almost quit baseball after his trade to the Marlins, to the fact that he named his bats, to the fact that he broke his foot bowling while drunk, lol. Swisherlicious? Love it……….
AJ knows he’s not the most consistent guy out there, but it’s not for lack of trying. He’s going to be an big asset to this team…….maybe he’ll get it going today.
Bodh, love that quote you posted from Jorge about Alex in the prior thread – do you have a link for that? Thanks!
I don’t think Alex would put himself in jeopardy, so I’ll chalk this up to him feeling great and not to misguided bravado.
Glad to see Robi get a well-deserved breather.
Oh no! Kevin Cash is playing? ugh…
Cano needs a breather more than Alex does. They can DH Alex tomorrow.
why isnt cervelli getting the call today and cash is?
Which would be more beneficial, AJ pitching a shutout or Wang/Bruney combining for one?
It’s kind of a wash isn’t it?
Good to see Swisher in there again. If he gets hot he might have as many hits as strikeouts…. if he gets REALLY hot.
This is a good lineup. Cano needs a day off. He’s in a bad way at the plate right now.
Excited to see Pena flash the leather at second.
The Post has a story about how Tino Martinez told Tex on Friday to be more aggressive at the plate. He said that Tex was being too selective and was waiting on the perfect pitch to swing at. Tino told him to go into attack mode and let the chips fall where they may. Looks like his advice worked.
Edwar and veras should be out
where is angel berroa what a waste of space
Why so many days off Pete?
The only post that is mine is 10:48. The ones after that are not me. I changed my screen name last week and added (the original) and still someone is impersonating me. We really do need registration.
I am going out until later this afternoon, so any other posts in my name are not me.
Pena at second. I’m scared.
Link doesn’t work, than again the links for the post never work. I guess they don’t care about getting hits.
Q: You met your wife (Karen) rehabbing in Melbourne (Fla.) after the Mets-Marlins trade.
A: All I can remember is we spent the entire first night together and did nothing but talk the entire night.
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yeah right AJ.
I really do not understand this lineup. Why play swisher and cash? Cervelli and Gardner bring a youthful energy! Cash looks lost at the plate.
I’m wondering why Cash myself……..
Betsy
May 17th, 2009 at 10:51 am
Bodh, love that quote you posted from Jorge about Alex in the prior thread – do you have a link for that? Thanks!
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Here you go, Betsy:
“Alex is my teammate and Alex is going to be my friend forever,” Posada said. “I’m going to support him any way I can, and that’s all I’ve got to say, tell you the truth.”
http://www.nypost.com/seven/02.....154377.htm
http://www.nj.com/yankees/inde.....xeira.html
Some of the recent success, he said, has to do with his strength of his right wrist. Teixeira injured the wrist early in the season. Though he was healthy enough to play after taking a cortisone shot to help get rid of the pain, he said he only recently regained all the strength in his wrist.
With his wrist at full strength, Teixeira said he has had an easier time staying on the ball longer on his left-handed swing, which he uses the majority of his plate appearances.
“I’m confident that all the extra work I’ve put in has paid off,” he said.
It must be a good lineup if folks are complaining about it.
Everytime folks complain about the lineup, it seems to do well.
Girardi had Cash catch Burnett in Toronto. Maybe he rather have a veteran out there with Burnett.
It disgusts me that Swisher is still playing despite the lack of anything he has been doing as of late.
Cervelli is not ready to catch every day, Girardi has to mix Cash in there, but what does Swisher have to do to earn a seat?
I would love for someone to get some info on Damon & Jeter on how they’re feeling, especially Damon.
SJ-
Everytime I read something about Jorge, its that he should be ready by June. the 3-4 weeks estimated on May 4 seems about right to the people covering the team.
Thoughts? I hope he gets back early, but can’t rush it. He’s too important
Hi Everyone!
So, now I think I need to pretend I’m still on vacation. Seems like my guys in the Bronx (and on the road!) did pretty good while I was not watching.
Did Joba end up pitching last week with the bruised thumb?
I figured the best thing for them to do with him vis-a-vis the first inning blahs was to get him to pitch the first inning before the game started. Glad they got that memo!
The game they lost in Toronto – was that Burnett v. Haliday?
See, I did not watch, nor did I read the newspapers, and barely saw ESPN highlights. Though I was watching ESPN the night Melky got his walk-off – they had put up the 4-3 score, and I thought they’re ninth inning rally would fall short and one second later they flashed the 5-4 final. That was the closest I got all week to ‘watching’ a game.
i understad cano needs a day off, why not tommorrow against the lefty
I wonder why Gardner isn’t getting a start to give Swish a day off. Gardner certainly hasn’t been an automatic out lately and he adds a lot of speed to the lineup. I like Swish, but his bat has been looking slow. He NEEDS a day off and Gardner needs some AB’s!
Hi Doreen,
Nice to see your username in here again.
Hope you enjoyed your trip.
Joba pitched with the thumb but without incident, except for the usual rocky first inning.
Burnett opposed Halladay.
Enjoy your “first” game back.
Thanks, bodhisattva – it’s nice to be back home.
teddy
May 17th, 2009 at 11:36 am
i understad cano needs a day off, why not tommorrow against the lefty
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Cano, as Jamie Walker learned, breaks into a grin when lefites are brought in to face him. And then he hits them
Cano hits lefties. He doesn’t need a day off based on which side a pitcher throws from.
I don’t think you bring back Posada until his leg is 100%.
I figure that’s 4-6 weeks from the time he hurt it.
You want him back at 100% and nothing less.
If it takes a little longer, so be it.
Just means he will be fresher as the season goes on.
Betsy, Do you think A-Rod got some hitting “tips” from his cousin? He seems to be hitting the ball further.
Swisher needs to sit. At least for a couple days.
“The high-flying Yankees will get to showcase their skills on the national stage on Sunday, with the series finale with the Twins the marquee game for Sunday MLB on TBS. The station’s broadcasting team will include 20-year veteran Chip Caray, who will provide play-by-play, along with analysts David Wells and Ron Darling in the booth.”
so this game is on YES and TBS…might be interesting to hear the Wells commentary…
I think under normal circumstances, Alex plays in actual minor league games before coming up…he was expected back May 15th and I think we’re seeing why that was. All those walks mean something too
cano and swisher have been terrible lately. that is the ups and downs of baseball. 2 weeks ago texiera was terrible now he is on fire.. just need enough guys to be going at any one time to help the lineup..
again if they had 1 more bat on the bench then they could sit swisher today but they insist on so many pitchers …
aceves should be going no where he throws strikes which beside mo and coke(to many HR’s) no one else does. look at the walks from our pitchers terrible..
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/.....l#comments
Am I the only one who thinks signing Damon again should be a top priority? He’s an asset and no Gardner/AJax/Melky is going to replace him, period.
Swisher needs a day off. Love him but seems like he needs a mental break.
Pete talking about his post yesterday.
t- If you can go year to year with him you do it. But if he is looking for 3 years you pass.
the steroid post?
Hopefully we can get 7-8 solid innings from Aj tonight.
AJ is another one of those guys with great potential that hasn’t quite found himself. I don’t think he’s past the point of being able to, though.
Maybe he’ll get on a roll tonight. Let’s hope.
Thanks, bodhisattva – I remember that quote now. The media just likes to make facts fit their theories instead of theories fitting the facts…..The best thing to do is just to use our own brains instead of letting these sportswriters lead us around like sheep.
I’m not complaining about the lineup at all – just wondering why Cash instead of Cervelli.
Yeah steroid post, he didn’t say much about it.
I would like to have seen a Gardner, Melky, Pena, and Cervelli bottom of the order. Let the rabbits run and presure the defense.
Having said that Swish and Cash will probably both hit bombs.
Betsy
May 17th, 2009 at 11:51 am
I’m not complaining about the lineup at all – just wondering why Cash instead of Cervelli.
Let’s speculate about this a bit. Seems that two cathchers will be returniong soon. What to do with Cash and Cervelli? Cervelli can go back down to the minors, but what about Cash? Maybe we can get a bag of bats for him when the time comes if he can show a little during his time in NY?
Sorry not enough tea to spell correctly!
“No Phil Coke today after his outing yesterday.”
I wish it read “no Veras ever after all his outings.”
I hope Damon comes back.
Thought maybe Cash caught Burnett when he was in Toronto. But my research found that Cash’s last year in Toronto was 2004 and Burnett’s first was 2006. Seems like they are alternating Cervelli and Cash right now.
Great job on the radio!
Signing Damon should be a priority, but only to a sensible deal. And nothing more than a 2-year deal is sensible.
I think the Yankees will look to sign Holliday in the offseason. If they do, might be tough to bring Damon back.
rconn I agree. but Damon will be able to get more than 2 yrs on a deal.
Damon is a great guy. A very good player. And I like having him on the team. However, I think I would only go with a 1-year after this season.
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Hey all! Yesterday we started a forum “club”. It’s called the Official Positive Poster’s Club. We’re doing it lighheartedly but obviously some of us enjoy that there are a group of people who typically manage to keep the faith. So we decided to bond together and form a club.
Anyone can be a member – hence the opt in/opt out. If you see your name there and you haven’t opted in it’s probably because we think of you as a positive poster! HOWEVER, if your name is there and you didn’t opt it, you certainly have the right to opt out. And not all of the people who would choose to opt out are necessarily negative posters. Some, like mel, just want to reserve the right to “spit and cuss” during the game when they get upset about something that Yakees are or are not doing. I can respect that. It’s not my style but I can certainly respect it being someone else’s style.
Last night a few posters asked me questions about the “rules” and I did the best I could, wishing that other members were around to help out. I think I tried to point out the difference between whining, complaining, hostile posts and constructive criticism posts. Maybe one contains hostility and nastiness and the other is merely a statement of what one wishes could be the case?
Anyway, when you see the initials OPPC, you’ll know what it means. Membership is open – so long as you choose to remain positive!
Betsy
May 17th, 2009 at 11:50 am
Thanks, bodhisattva – I remember that quote now. The media just likes to make facts fit their theories instead of theories fitting the facts…..The best thing to do is just to use our own brains instead of letting these sportswriters lead us around like sheep.
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And the irony is, they think like sheep and lead the way for the lowest common denominator, not for the thoughtful fan, who sees through them.
I have a caustic email exchange w/a certain Daily News columnist that would blow your mind. If there was any doubt that the media approaches Rodriguez objectively, this is confirmation for such skepticism.
This is a guy I had had it with back in 2006 for his assails on Rodriguez, so I sent him my thoughts and away we went.
I don’t see the Yankees commiting another 100+ million dollar contract and tie up another position on the team.
Especially for a guy (Holliday) who is a good, but not great, player.
Unless Scott Boras’ asking price drops significantly, I don’t see that move on the horizon.
Plus, at least so far, Holliday is showing himself to be more of a Coors Field stat compiler than a star hitter.
Welcome back Doreen. Hope the vacation was great.
Let’s go Yanks! Continue winning
Matt Holliday would not be a good signing, imo. He’s overrated, as he played in Colorado.
He struggled mightily early on with the A’s and we do NOT need another $20million player in our lineup. We should sign a solid, sensible player and move on. Maybe Damon for another year if the market is thin for corner outfielders.
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Doreen, welcome home!!! Notice we’ve used your name in vain…
thanks, Trisha
From Seby’s Q&A with AJ:
Q: Nick Swisher?
A: Swisherlicious. We have a thing here that if you have a bad day, if you’re in the worst mood ever, whatever, just think Swisherlicious, and it’ll make you smile.
That’s what we need to do around here, just think Swisherlicious.
And that’s how you use a bench, finally Cano gets much needed rest and if Alex needs a breather later you caan put Pena at 3B and Sr. citizen at 2B. I like Cash catching Burnett b/c Pettitte will need Cisco and then we got CC going.
MLB Network is now playing the 1976 ALCS Game 5 between the Yankees and Royals. Of course, that’s the game with the Chambliss home run.
It’s especially cool because the broadcasting crew is Keith Jackson, Howard Cosell and ….Reggie Jackson!
I had completely forgotten that Jackson was in the booth.
Funny that he would sign with the Yankees in the offseason and the rest, as they say, is history.
Here is another example of why those who quote stats without context should be careful:
Jose Veras got a “hold” yesterday.
1/3 of an inning, 1 BB (who ended up scoring) and one hit, and he got a “hold” for that “effort”.
Anybody watching the game would say he wasn’t good.
But, the “stat” says otherwise.
Same goes for a guy like Holliday. Great numbers. Where and how did he compile them?
When you are being asked to spend the kind of money Scott Boras will for him, it takes a closer look at his numbers to determine whether its a worthwhile investment.
At least at this juncture, I think its safe to say the Yankees should pass on this one.
Q&A with Melancon:
http://www.scrantontimes.com/s.....es/1.21595
Why pay a premium for a player like Holliday when players like Swisher and Josh Willingham can be had for a song?
Saying nothing of Dunn, Abreu, Burrell signing for less money per year as a whole then Holliday would ask for on the FA. market.
Will be good to get Pena a couple of starts. Today at 2B and tomorrow at 3B.
Welcome back, Doreen. I hope you had a wonderful vacation.
Scooter10
May 17th, 2009 at 12:07 pm
I think the Yankees will look to sign Holliday in the offseason. If they do, might be tough to bring Damon back.
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Up to now, Matt Holliday hasn’t made the adjustment to the AL very well. Being in a contract year and a Boras client, things don’t bode well.
David Wells needs a psych eval…those points were all over the amap
“5. He went so far as to say maybe steroid users should have their own league, or be allowed to use but not be eligible for the Hall. ”
huh?
Boomer getting his TV chops going. Shooting to be the Charles Barkley of Baseball for the TNT/TBS crew.
Hey, you do what you gotta do to be a “star”.
Only problem with Boomer gettin’ on the Steroids Soapbox….
Given his hard partying ways as a player, I would bet he had a few illegal (greenies) substances in him when he put together his performances.
People who live in glass houses…….
SJ44, if you were the Yankees, would you sign Damon again? I’d give him a one year deal with another year as an option.
David Wells was a JUICER HIIMSELF. So shut up.
Boomer is calling the game today? His first day in the booth and it’s a Yankee game. Alright. Could be interesting.
Agreed on the hold SJ44, it’s a dubious stat.
It’s akin to how the Cy Young voting is based primarily on wins, instead of looking at how well the pitcher actually performed – ERA, WHIP, strikeouts, walks, etc.
For instance, Mike Mussina was easily the best pitcher on the Yankee staff in 2001, but who won the Cy Young that year? Clemens. Why? More wins.
Mussina got poor run support that year.
The save is another overrated statistic. K-Rod was at best the fourth best closer in the AL last year. Yet some will claim he had the greatest season of any closer. He blew 8 saves.
I like statistics. I think the best run organizations blend scouting, player development and statisitical anaylsis.
It’s just placing emphasis on the RIGHT statistics that’s important.
I have zero respect for Wells so I’ll be watching the YES broadcast.
Hey Pete,
You claimed Romulo Sanchez didn’t have impressive stuff. Well, scouting reports have him 92-94 topping out at 98 on his fastball with a solid curveball. His issues are weight related and sometimes he loses control. Sounds a lot like Brian Bruney from afar.
What caused you to call Romulo Sanchez someone with non-impressive stuff?
“Well, scouting reports have him 92-94 topping out at 98 on his fastball with a solid curveball. His issues are weight related and sometimes he loses control.”
Sometimes ? he’s basically Jose Veras 2.0 and fat.
Damon Comes Back next year. I’m Sure he will test the waters, and see that no one is going to give him more than 2 years, and he will inevitably end up back with NY with a 2 Yr Deal – around 15-18 million
I don’t get the “Eli” thing. What’s that a reference to?
Didn’t Ortiz say that steroid users should be suspended for a year?
Laura,
Depends how the season goes for him. If he has a healthy, productive year, I would look into a 1 year + an option deal for him.
If he gets a better deal elsewhere, I thank him for 4 good years with the Yankees.
I think Johnny may forgo a year or so to stay in NY.
He has shown to be able to play here and I don’t discount someone from playing just because of age. If you can still play, that’s what I’m looking for.
Its great to want to get “younger”. But, if “younger” doesn’t mean “better”, you become the Marlins.
I don’t think the Yankees want to become the Marlins.
Sanchez is just minor league filler. They aren’t getting back a stud for Eric Hacker.
If he was really something, they Pirates would have kept him in their bullpen.
He’s a guy to put on the AAA roster and see what happens and nothing more.
There is more to “stuff” than the radar gun. If you don’t believe that, watch some Kyle Farnsworth video.
“I think Johnny may forgo a year or so to stay in NY.”
I do too. I think that he’s genuinely happy here.
“There is more to “stuff” than the radar gun. If you don’t believe that, watch some Kyle Farnsworth video.”
And why would we want to do that? Didn’t we suffer enough watching him pitch when he was with us?
SJ I was really hoping to get our juvenile delinquent back, that would have been sweet.
BTW what are your thoughts on Colin Curtis and Eduardo Nunez who are starting to rake a bit in AA.
SOmething about the Wells perfect game and watching it again last night. This was in the midst of the whole Knoblach cant throw to first time period. How lucky was Wells that day that Chuck didnt make one of his signature throws there certainly were a few balls hit to him that could have resulted in that.
Sort of bummed that we here in NYC wont be able to see Boomer today.
So why did Wells even hold a press conference?
Brandon,
Forget about Tabata. At this point in his career, he’s a non-prospect.
Curtis has a very good bat. It will be interesting to see what the Yankees do with him. I don’t see him as an everyday player in NY.
He can be a future bench player or packaged to a team where he can play everyday and return the Yankees some help for the second half of the season.
Nunez? He really opened eyes in the spring. I love his bat. That’s a kid I keep and let him develop.
Greg….
“Four years later, Wells made his distaste for Clemens public in his book, criticizing the deal and saying most of the Yankees hated Clemens for plunking batters while Clemens was with the Jays. Wells, who was teammates with Clemens at the time, graciously mentioned that Clemens was the premier pitcher of his generation, too.
In addition, Wells said that if he was Mike Piazza during the 2000 World Series, he would have retaliated when Clemens threw a hunk of Piazza’s bat at the hitter. What Wells said he would have done is unprintable on a family blog.
Clemens, who is no Jerry Seinfeld, had a tidy comeback to Wells’s book as he nicknamed the pitcher “Eli” for “He lie.”
Clemens added, “Because if a story goes over 30 seconds, he’s lying.””
From… http://bats.blogs.nytimes.com/.....s-talking/
Again today, the most important Yankee game isn’t in NY. Its in Scranton.
Wang and Bruney’s outings today are much more important than the game at the Stadium.
The Yankees really need both guys back ASAP. Today could go a long way in getting them back.
Here’s hoping both have great outings today.
This team becomes better immediately when both guys are back on the active roster.
I DONT GET ONE WORD WELLS JUST SAID…MAYBE HIM AND CONE HAD TO MUCH TO DRINK LAST NIGHT LOL WHY COULDNT THE PRESSER BE STEROID FREE JEEZZZZ
I don’t disagree with anything Davif Wells said.
then again, am not an Arod apologist.
Trisha,
I’m touched to be in your club.
As long as I can continue to make snide comments about our worthy opponents to the north, I’m in
What about this INTL. FA. kid Miguel Angel Sano. He’s a 16 year old SS. prospect who can be had for “just” money in July….
How come Jose Veras is still on the team?… And the Fact that he is out of options in not an acceptable answer anymore.
Nobody needs to be anybody’s “apologist” to find humor in Wells’ comments.
Its great to get on the Steroid Soapbox. However, if you are Boomer, that’s a precarious place to be given his history of off the field exploits.
Especially when most of that is said for effect as he develops his TV persona.
Thanks SJ, I like Collin and Eduardo too. I really think Nunez is going to be special once he hits his stride and gets patient. They are shortening his swing from what I hear and this month he’s doubled what he has done in all of April.
Lets get to this guy early.
winds blowing to right field lol
SJ
Are you coming to Durham for the ACC playoff? I am going to try and make a least one game. I will consider myself a temporary BC fan.
Lets do this A. J.
Squeezed already
Let’s Go Yanks!!!!
put melky in right, gardner in center Joe. geez you don’t think out of the box do you?
heh
TBS jerks in the booth… including Wells.
“put melky in right, gardner in center Joe. geez you don’t think out of the box do you?”
With Pena playing we might need a PR late in the game, hence Gardner on the bench.
walk him
come on AJ
Elevate a fastball
“As long as I can continue to make snide comments about our worthy opponents to the north, I’m in”
Oh I guess I forgot to mention that the FIRST rule of the club is that members have to be willing to make continual snide comments about the opponents to the north. Sorry about that.
BP better be ready.
“come on AJ”
com’on AJ my those M&M boys are dangerous.
PENA !
PENA!
nice play pena!!!
Dey’s good.
That’s Defense!
Go Yanks!
The SS makes a nice play…
I love how Michael Kay things everything is an outstanding play. That wasn’t that big of a play. Anyone could’ve got that.
Great play by Pena!
And why is Berroa still on the roster? Swisher and Pena can obviously cover all the infield positions well.
so Pena is leading all rookies in batting avg and obp.
ROTY!
Way to pick it El Nino
Great play. A run saved is just as valuable as a run driven in.
Pena can pick it at any position. Probably the best defender on the team other than Teixiera.
That Pena is a keeper.
man. he got out of that inning but that’s just a brutal way to start the game. 23 pitches? it looks like a.j. is a what-you-see-is-what-you-get guy. i know a lot of people thought he had turned a corner after his time in toronto but it looks like he just isn’t a guy who’s going to be able to make use of all of his talent, at least not just yet. here’s hoping he’s a solid contributor and a piece of the puzzle for the yanks, but i think expecting him to be the “second ace” of the staff looks to be a tad too much. drag.
Tuned in just in time to get the tired old farm vs. free agent crap. And then I got to hear about how much money my team outspent the Twins by.
At least Boomer called them on it. The other guy was “Twins didn’t spend the money”. Boomer, “But they could have” and then he softened it by saying “they did well”.
I really wish they could find some original topics to discuss.
Tarheel,
I’m trying to move some meeetings around as we speak.
Trying to get there Wed-Fri.
Have a big dinner party I have to cook for on Saturday.
If one client is accomodating, I’ll be there Wed-Sun.
lol the crowed got silent fast.
trisha – Joe Girardi knows more than you do!
May 17th, 2009 at 1:18 pm
“As long as I can continue to make snide comments about our worthy opponents to the north, I’m in”
Oh I guess I forgot to mention that the FIRST rule of the club is that members have to be willing to make continual snide comments about the opponents to the north. Sorry about that.
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Imagine clappy icon.
88mph fastball throwing strikes in the zone. We need to get to this guy
That’s thinking too much Arod there Tex.
I hate when our pitcher battles through an inning and the offense goes down on 10 pitches.
9 pitch inning for Slowey
Have their own league? I dont think so. How many people exactly would be in that league currently? And sure he doesnt want arods homers against him to count. It makes his stats look better. David Wells was a great pitcher but he is really an idiot as a person. His comments are a joke. He totally disregards the fact that half the game probably cheated at one point and now, it is nearly impossible to say who used and who didnt in the past. So how can arods homeruns not count but all the pitchers who used and pitched against him do. And Im sure there were many. If I didnt know wells so well, I would never think the comments above were serious but because its him, we all know they are. Do us a favor wells, stop running your mouth all the time.
esp not a big fan of swinging at pitch 1
AJ will be helped more than anybody on the staff when Molina comes back.
The problem with AJ is, he gets too proud of his fastball at times, at the cost of using his other pitches.
Molina seemed to have a good rapport with him and forced him to use his other pitches.
Some guys just aren’t good throwing to a variety of different catchers.
AJ may be that kind of cat.
thats 4 innings over the last 2 games that have been 9 or less pitches
I see Burnett as a tough, get an out anyway he can, type of guy.
He’s not going to dominate a line up or throw a perfect game, ever. He walks way too many guys for that.
But, and SJ referred to this with the Joba vs, Hughes argument, he has that toughness that wills himself to get outs.
And guess what, he really hasnt pitched terribly. I can see him being a decent season pitcher but an absolute BEAST in the post-season.
I think we should hold off on the “Burnett’s a Bust” comments.
Great inning.
6 pitches.
Well would you look at that. A 1-2-3 inning.
SJ I love Molina but w/ Georgy coming back (who I really don’t like behind the plate) and Cisco and Cash (who I like) what can we get for Molina ? can we get BP help ?
good economical inning for AJ
Six pitch inning, 4 of them curveballs, and it made his fastball even more effective.
Much better sequence of pitches called by Cash in that inning.
Nice inning for AJ
Dr. Cox,
I missed it, are people saying AJ’s a bust after 7 games?
nice quick inning
nice 6 pitch? inning
It’s too bad AJ didn’t plant 98 into Gomez’s back after the antics on Friday.
“thats 4 innings over the last 2 games that have been 9 or less pitches”
and the yankees have won those games…its not stupid to swing early with these twin pitchers…they throw a ton of strikes (except liriano)
Solo jack im callin it
Brandon,
Seriously? You want to trade Molina? Cash & Cervelli go down when Molina comes back. Maybe you don’t resign him in light of Cervelli’s emergence, but I’d rather have too many catchers than too few.
it would be nice if the Yankee bats can make Slowey work this inning…
Brandon,
Cervelli is not ready this year to be the backup catcher.
Enthusiasm is nice but, he needs another 300 minor league AB’s before we have that conversation.
I’d keep Molina all year. Too many vets love throwing the the guy to let him go now. Use the off-season to move on and look for a backup catcher.
He didn’t get booed!
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May 17th, 2009 at 12:53 pm
I don’t disagree with anything Davif Wells said.
then again, am not an Arod apologist.
Apparently you have a different standard for Andy Pettitte, though.
Ironic.
kinda wierd that slowy is going to throw a perfect game on the day that wells threw one and he is in the booth on tbs
m, that’s a good point when it comes to the catching situation.
good catch, Angel
ok….so the yankees cannot hit these 5 era guys
i mean someone is hitting them
“I’d keep Molina all year. Too many vets love throwing the the guy to let him go now. Use the off-season to move on and look for a backup catcher.”
I know but if we are thinking about upgrading, I mean the bat is nonexistant so is the baserunning. I get what your saying but it’s something they might or might not consider.
Swisher needs to meet the bench for awhile.
Some one call the Yanks and tell them this guy only throws strikes.
Slowey @ 20 pitches
Now, Swisher needs to be dealt with. He is striking out looking WAY too much and is not protecting at all.
At this rate, Nady can’t come back soon enough.
Damn when Swish goes bad he goes baaaaaaaaad.
League is hitting .337 off Slowey for a reason.
Why have we made all the Twins’ starting pitchers look like Cy Youngs so far? They all have ERA’s, give up lots of hits, and get few strikeouts but we can’t hit them.
Sean,
Makes sense, especially since Jorge and Jose have injuries that could bother them throughout the season. Hamstrings, especially. And needless, to say, they’re old. haha.
ok – so maybe he gets rocked the second time through the line up
but why does Slowey have a 5-1 record? (must be getting some good run support)
Slowey is going to throw a perfect game today? Exaggerate much?
Brandon,
The Yankees got Molina for Jeff Kennard, an organizational arm. He has vitrually no trade value and Cervelli isn’t ready to be a backup catcher in the majors right now.
They will have to upgrade the pen at some point in the season.
Molina though, won’t be enough in trade value to make that happen.
Brandon, two weeks ago you want Molina catching over Jorge and now you want to dump him?
What?
Is it the eyes?
SJ what’s your take on Swisher. Is he playing hurt?
Brandon,
You’re talking of trading for another catcher? Boston tried and they couldn’t do it with a lot more than Molina.
But, yeah, always something to consider.
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All I can say to that is life without juice is like life without sunshine for some people!
Meanwhile, I hope you all heard David Cone talking about how the pitchers all love to have Molina catch them, ahem, AND how pitchers need to feel a sense of comfort with their catchers, ahem, and how AJ really hasn’t been able to settle in with one catcher, ahem.
Of course I didn’t say all of the same things and have people throw rotten tomatoes at me for saying them!
Bad pitch sequence.
man, Punto with a crazy ab
The Yankees have won the first two games of this series. How have they made their pitchers look like Cy Young?
Liriano is a very good pitcher. Slowey had 2 good innings.
Let’s not get carried away just yet.
damn punto really worked aj but nice play damon!
Oh, Damon. Good job holding onto that.
“Is it the eyes?”
IDK, must be.
Kevin Slowey, a man with a 5 ERA and an opponent’s against batting average of .337, is looking like Don Drysdale. If they need another walk-off tonight because they are in a 2-1 game with a stiff like Slowey it says a lot about how incredibly streaky this team’s offense is. This game BETTER be 6-1 Yankees in the sixth or there is something wrong. You can get shut down by Francisco Liriano and Roy Halladay, but Kevin Slowey should not be a Rubix Cube that is impossible to figure out.
GREAT pitch.
On the bright side, A.J. looks like he brought his stuff to the mound today.
2 seamer?
Nasty
lookin’ good. Let’s get some runs!
Good job AJ!
burnett lookin good, lets get some run support
I’m hoping the Yankees will have a better read on Slowey the second time through the order.
Poor guy didn’t have a chance. This is what makes A.J. so maddening, that he could pitch lights out like this every inning, but he doesn’t.
Wang is pitching lights out in scranton
3 IP 1H 1SO 1gidp 0R all on 30 pitches total
My take on Swisher?
I wish they had another OF on the roster instead of Berroa so they can sit him for a bit.
Despite the pleas of statheads, the 2008 and 2009 editions of Nick Swisher do not show him to be an everyday player.
Play him 2-3 days a week? He could be useful.
Everyday? It hasn’t been there for 2 years.
I like Swisher. I’d like him more as a part-time player. Which he is at this stage of his career, regardless of his age.
The bat just isn’t quick enough through the zone to make him an effective hitter, IMO.
Pitching duel brewing. Both pitchers are dealing. I was at David Wells’ Perfect Game. Still have my ticket stub and beanie baby
I can’t believe that was 11 years ago. I swear I remember it like it was yesterday.
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Yessir, thast’s my baby, nosir, don’t mean maybe!!!
So see I wanted Burnett so bad I could taste it. And I just really had the feeling that the Yankees would be getting the Burnett we are seeing right now.
I’m thinking we’ve rounded the corner gang. This guy will make grown men weep, that’s how good he’s going to be for us. Of course, there will always be the grown men here who weep just because they can’t deal with anything short of perfection. But for everyone else, you’re going to love this guy.
By the way, I have ALWAYS loved Boomer and always will.
Slowey has only thrown 20 pitches. We’ve got to make him work harder.
Thank you SJ that makes a lot of sense. I appreciate the response.
What if it isn’t 6-1 John? What are you going to do if they “only” win the game 3-2, have a fit?
Stop looking at stats and watch the game. Slowey is throwing well so far.
Unless they change the rules of baseball and make it a 2 inning instead of a 9 inning game, its kind of foolish to lose your mind over this game right now, don’t you think?
I hate to have to do this but did you all realize that Kevin Slowey is PITCHING A NO HITTER?
“what can we get for Molina ? can we get BP help ?”
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yes. for Charleston.
I can’t believe there are STILL people whining in the first two innings of a game after the last couple of games.
Unbelievable.
“Wang is pitching lights out in scranton
3 IP 1H 1SO 1gidp 0R all on 30 pitches total”
Doing it in AAA doesn’t mean much the way to measure him ia the velocity off his sinker and the key word is sink (down!).
It’s really difficult to believe that 1998 was 11 years ago. What a year that was.
AJax playing LF today. Wang sinker so far today looking prosaic, although he’s getting groundouts.
wang seems to be dealing
Is Slowey going to pitch a perfect game ?
Slowey perfect through three.
Ugh
“This game BETTER be 6-1 Yankees in the sixth or there is something wrong.”
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Detroit’s offense is pretty good. Slowey held them to 1 run over 6 innings 5 days ago.
Perhaps you should at least wait until this lineup gets to see him the second time through before crapping your pants?
why are they out in front of a 88 mph fastball? he doesn’t throw hard and hes throwing nothing but strikes.
“AJax playing LF today.”
versatility training for Sept.
Boomer in a serious moment reflecting on the 98 and 99 seasons and Michael Kay making a comment about him wearing a suit and tie.
c’mon now.
trisha,
It’s worse than a no-hitter. But I won’t say if because of the reverse jinx. Is Kay in the booth? I hope he shuts up!
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“I can’t believe there are STILL people whining in the first two innings of a game after the last couple of games.
Unbelievable.”
Angel, just the kind the OPPC posse would like to be able to weed the hell out of here!
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“I can’t believe there are STILL people whining in the first two innings of a game after the last couple of games.
Unbelievable.”
Angel, just the kind the OPPC posse would like to be able to weed the hell out of here!
As long as A.J. keeps the Twins down, the offense will explode at some point.
“I can’t believe there are STILL people whining in the first two innings of a game after the last couple of games.
Unbelievable.”
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May 17th, 2009 at 1:52 pm
It’s really difficult to believe that 1998 was 11 years ago. What a year that was.
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They also lost games that year, a few of them in quite frustrating manner too. Its amazing how 11 years makes people forget that, in their nostalgia.
Yankees on their way to getting no hit.
trevor- No worries, we’ll get to him.
““AJax playing LF today.”
versatility training for Sept.”
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the Yankees need versatility training for all of their minor leaguers, IMO.
I just don’t see what the point is. I mean if the Yankees go ahead later in the game, they’ll all have to pull a houdini and disappear immediately, lol.
Why post in a manner that makes that inevitable?
I was at cousins wedding when the perfect was pitched.
mel, actually Kay has already said it about twenty times!!!
So hopefully Slowley’s perfect game (sorry I went one notch down) will be disappearing soon.
He really is a d-bag – not that I mind him doing it in these cases – because he knows it’s a no no but continues to do it during games where the Yankee pitchers are the “beneficiaries” of his largesse…
twins are getting no hit too -.-
Angel – A tale told by idiots, full of sound and fury – signifying nothing.
They also lost games that year, a few of them in quite frustrating manner too. Its amazing how 11 years makes people forget that, in their nostalgia.
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All WS-winning teams go through slumps. There at times when it’s exasperating and people need to vent, but some really go off the ledge after two or three innings when things don’t go the Yankees way.
Another A.J. K.
I hope we see some more of that from Mauer.
Carl,
You spend way too much time fixated on the radar gun.
Kyle Farnsworth threw 98 and he has gotten belted around for years.
Its 88, with MOVEMENT and LOCATION. The latter two things are much more important than the radar reading.
Greg Maddox is a first ballot Hall of Famer and spent the last 15 years of his career throwing between 86-88 MPH with his fastball. How did he do?
Its not how fast you throw it. Its how well you locate and how much it moves.
That’s why they call it “pitching” and not “throw it as fast as you can”.
“The Yankees have won the first two games of this series. How have they made their pitchers look like Cy Young?”
They haven’t been able to hit any of the starting pitchers, despite all of them having 5.00+ ERA’s and high H/9 rates.
Liriano hasn’t been nearly as dominant since his TJ surgery. He walked 6 batters on Friday and the Yankees only scored on a solo homerun.
The Yankees won the first two games because of the Twins bullpen. They also used Mo for 2 innings last night, and they probably won’t have that luxury today.
Cabrera Vladimr and someone else.
“twins are getting no hit too -.-”
not w/ the M&M boys
forget Slowey…
If Burnett can join CC and Joba and get it going like this….
the rest of the AL is in deep deep trouble.
Bad play by Melky.
Bad play by Melky.
SJ44 Look at his record era and opponent batting average. This isn’t Greg Maddux.
wow Melky com’on 2 days in a row
Why does Melky always leave his brain on the bench…
This is not a good development.
“In this blog, people will whine and moan if the Yankees win the World Series but ONLY win 4 games to 1.”
And they will trash and trade every Yankee player “responsible” for the loss!
Dis-gusting.
Don’t look at his record scratch that.
lol @ the rays messing up their lineup card. interesting.
Nice, DP!
Top first: Eleven pitches, eight strikes for Chien-Ming Wang in the first inning.
1. Groundball to the mound on a 1-1 pitch.
2. Trevor Crowe struck out looking at a 91 mph fastball.
3. Best matchup of the day, Wang started Travis Hafner with a fastball away, got a swinging strike on a slider and called strike two on a fastball on the inner half. Hafner checked his swing on an inside fastball before hitting a routine grounder up the middle. It was a 6-3 putout because of the extreme infield shift.
Bottom first: Ladies and gentlemen, Shelley Duncan. Two-run bomb to left, his 11th of the season, has the Yankees in front 2-0. Unless Wang is regularly throwing his fastball 60 mph, the stadium radar is having a bad day. I saw only one accurate reading which had Wang at 90.
Top second: Ten-pitch inning for Wang who again retired the side in order despite throwing a first-pitch ball to all three hitters.
1. After falling behind 1-0, Wang got a called strike and a swinging strike before a soft lineout to first.
2. Fell behind 2-0 before a foul ball and a flyout to center.
3. Andy Marte popped up a 1-0 pitch, sky high to shortstop.
Top third: Wang faced three hitters this inning, and each at-bat followed the same pattern: First pitch called strike, second pitch ball, third pitch ground ball. Nine pitches, six strikes. Like on Tuesday, Wang is doing a good job keeping his pitches down in the zone.
1. Groundout to second.
2. Grounder past the third baseman for a single.
3. Routine double-play ball, 4-6-3.
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Damn, come on AJ
Perfect DP, just what A.J. needed.
Pena flashing the leather today.
AL to EL Nino ! DOUBLE PLAY !
YOU CAN ALL STOP CRYING NOW!!!!!
SJ44, didn’t realize that I was “losing my mind.” Guess I should tell my girlfriend to alert law enforcement in case they lose, as I might go on a rampage:) But, in answer to your question, obviously the main thing is to win the game, but eventually this team has to hit and hit on a consistent basis. Kevin Slowey should NOT be dealing against this team, sorry, he shouldn’t. There inconsistency offensively is one of the main reasons why, for more than a year now, this team seasaws back and forth between winning streaks and losing streaks (win 4, lose three, etc…). And this is by no means isolated. They essentially got shut down by scrubs all week (with the exception of Halladay and Liriano obviously) and have had to make comebacks because of that. You’re not coming back in the seventh, eighth, and ninth innings every single night.
Nice dp.
Let’s get a hit
Okay Bert Blyleven is a goober talking about Melky not having a strong arm. There are a lot of things that can be said about Melky some good – some not, but he DOES have a strong arm.
Random thought of the day. Penne is my favorite pasta.
90 mph for Wang ? he’s staying down.
I don’t know what Sr. Citizen is still doing on the team, Pena has that utility IF role locked down pretty good.
“forget Slowey…
If Burnett can join CC and Joba and get it going like this….
the rest of the AL is in deep deep trouble.”
BINGO!
Carl,
Stop looking at stats and watch the game. He is pitching well so far.
ANYBODY can pitch well in a given game. These guys are all ML players.
He is coming off an outing that he held down a good hitting team like the Tigers.
Here is an interesting concept…..
The other team has guys who can play too. Just because they play the Yankees, it doesn’t mean they are going to lay down and get belted around.
Last I checked, the score is 0-0. Even with my limited math skills, it tells me the Yankees aren’t losing and the game isn’t quite “over” yet.
how did the rays mess up their lineup card?
lol, that is fairly random, M.
But a good choice of a random topic.
Yes! Perfecto & no-no gone!
That should be an error
No-no gone, yay.
Jeter hustling down the line.
Hey if thats how we are going to get hits off this guy, Ill certainly take it.
Great hustle by the captain. VERY close play.
I think thats the first infield hit for Jete this season, at least that I remember seeing…
Yay! Jetes long infield grass helps him beat that out.
SJ44 They are taking pitches from a guy who has 4 walks this year. Hes pitching good today because we are making him look good.
Ramiro Pena, Kevin Cash and a slumping Nick Swisher in the lineup.
Couple that with Arod still getting his stroke going.
That’s half the lineup John consisting of cold hitters.
Its pretty hard to expect an offensive juggernaut in that situation.
Just have to keep grinding and see how they do the second time in the order against him.
Jeter almost caught, but luckily is safe.
Nevermind, he had one in baltimore, but the point I was making was that hes not legging out infield hits as much as he used to, good to see him leg one out
lol. Ump wanted to change his mind.
John,
It’s 3 innings. Slowey just shut down the Tigers. Relax.
I’ll go on record as saying I think the Yankees will score over the next 3 innings.
The Yanks haven’t seen Slowey yet this year. The second time through will be different.
Jeter getting some lucky breaks on the basepaths. Both plays were really, really close.
Carl, isn’t that the point? He has 4 walks this year, which means he throws strikes and has control.
Beauty of a drag bunt by Damon.
Damon can bunt!
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The Yankees have been playing GREAT ball. Stop looking for splinters in the weeds and things to complain about. Start looking for what’s right in front of your nose for God sake! They’re winning. They are not perfect because they are human, just like us.
see that – 2nd time through the line up
SJ44 I’m overreacting a bit. We should be aggressive though.
LOL last season Damon
“I don’t know how to bunt” this season “Sure coach !”
Small Ball! I love it!
This is how I teach my players how to play!
I would love to see a sac fly here too lol
No its not the point hes hittable.
SJ
Good luck to your nephew. I dont know if you have been to a game at the Bulls stadium but it’s a great ballpark to see a game.
Right down the road, MiLB just finished renovating the old Bull Durham Stadium. It looks real nice.
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More from Chad on Wang:
Top fourth: Eight-pitch inning for Wang. He’s thrown 11 pitches, then 10, then 9, now 8. He’s at 38 total pitches, 26 for strikes.
1. Fell behind 1-0, threw two called strikes, then got a line out to first.
2. Groundball to first on an 0-1 pitch. Wang covered the bag.
3. Facing Hafner again, Wang’s first pitch was a ball, his second was a 91 mph fastball that Hafner grounded to the shortstop on the right side of second base.
Don’t look at pitches! He won’t walk you. Just won’t.
Tex your killing me there.
Slowey is obviously not going to be walking anyone, but Teixeira continues to take pitches with a runner on third and one out.
Would love to see the overhead view on that called strike.
Even a pitcher with a bad ERA can have a great game and be unhittable at times though, Carl.
You know, even though that was a great pitch. YOU MUST PROTECT!
If its close with two strikes, you have to take a cut, just HAVE to.
If Wang is still sitting on 90-91, I’ve still got my doubts regarding his arm strength.
If this guy is throwing pitches all over the plate, shouldn’t our hitters at least be able to foul pitches off with 2 strikes?
I dont care what Slowey’s record is that was a nasty pitch to strike-out Tex.
Keep getting in 0-2 counts. It works well.
why do the yankees even bunt the guy over to third…seriously this team cannot get a sac fly worth their life. it is probably more worth it just to swing away with a man on 2nd and no outs
Thanks Tarheel.
I was at Duke a few weeks ago for that series and drove by the Bulls Ballpark a few times.
If I go, I’m looking forward to seeing it.
Not likin’ the velocity from Wang. You can get AAA hitters out with 91 MPH sinkers. A little tougher to do at the ML level.
Will be interesting to see the scouts gun readings. Evidently, the stadium radar gun has been malfunctioning today.
pathetic
According to Gameday those last two strikes to Tex where balls inside…oh well, still have to protect…
That was right down the middle.
Tells you how out of sync A-Rod still is. He needs a few more games to start raking.
well – if nothing else, they did a good job on the pitch count this inning
where is the stat that is runner on 3rd and less than 2 outs
because this team cannot get him in. what is so hard about hitting a fly ball. you can fail and still be great. is this offense so bad that they cannot even fail?
Is there anyway in the world the Twins wouldn’t have scored if it was Mauer, Morneau with a runner at 3rd and 1 out?
Need to get that run in. Especially in a pitchers duel. Could end up being the difference, you never know.
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That was disapointing
“If Wang is still sitting on 90-91, I’ve still got my doubts regarding his arm strength.”
He’s staying down, that’s just not good enough.
What a waste of an inning.
Leadoff guy gets on and steals second, then Joe Girardi takes the bat out of one of the hottest hitters in the league to have him bunt, only to have Tex watches strikes go over the plate, and A-Rod fall into an 0-2 count on two 89 mph fastballs down the middle. A wasted chance to score a run and now the 5-6-7-8-9 hitters will eat up our next two innings. A.J. better put up a zero all day.
small ball’s great, but again, valuing runners on 3rd w less than 2 out.
The 2-1 pitch to Tex was a ball. Fairchild missed that pitch and it changed the entire count.
The 2-2 pitch was a great pitch. That’s almost impossible to hit because its heading toward your hip and breaks to the inner half too late for you to react to it.
Sometimes, a pitcher makes a great pitch. In that case, Slowey made a great pitch.
4th inning prediction: Robinson Cano with a pinch-hit walk-off single…. 3rd straight walk-off, why not?? lol
“Leadoff guy gets on and steals second, then Joe Girardi takes the bat out of one of the hottest hitters in the league to have him bunt”
I think Damon did that by himself.
How does Adam Lind have that many homers? Wow.
Tex went 20 for 20 yesterday. Count your blessings and stop complaining.
Or don’t.
These are not machines. As long as the Yankees keep winning, just keep cheering.
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so why do Umpires feel significantly less “on their game” this year than year’s past…or is it just happening with the Yankees?
Girardi didn’t take the bat out of Damon’s hand. Damon was bunting for a base hit.
A guy doesn’t try a drag bunt if he is sacrificing.
Try again to second guess the manager. This team, have a clue about the game situation.
here’s a stat for all of you:
Yankees starting pitching over the past 7 games (including AJ so far today through 4)
ERA: 3.37
If AJ goes 7 innings today (fair estimate?), they will have about 50 innings (averaging about 7 IP per start).
that includes a tough start for AJ last time out and Hughes giving them just 5 innings.
I’m already sick of FSN North coverage. They’re so stupid.
I can’t wait for this series to be over.
/end rant.
we hit, we can’t pitch
we pitch, we can’t hit
come on burnett, need to get some scoreless innings because our offense SUCKS
Is this the one inning of each A.J. start where he blows up?
This “time” not “team”.
Sorry for the typo.
“so why do Umpires feel significantly less “on their game” this year than year’s past…or is it just happening with the Yankees?”
I’m thankful this isn’t the NBA. NBA refs are infinitely worse than these guys. Wally Bell on Friday came pretty close though. Terrible strike zone.
Jorge Vazquez 2-3, 2 doubles
Que boca tan sucia Carlos
vb03
I agree thank God.
Am i the only one uncomfortable with Wangs fastball sitting at 90-91? Does he still not have his leggs back or is his 94-96 velocity history? I just think his sinker was heavy and hard to pick up because of how hard he threw it. If its down to 90 then the hitters in the majors have more time to react and capitalize on mistakes. Do you think hes ready to come up even if he hasnt ampped it up yet?
Trisha -
I saw my name in the OPPC, and wondered if someone had opted in in my behalf – nice to remembered even though I was missing for a week.
So, if I choose to post during games, would the rules of the OPPC allow saying, for instance, “man, that was not such a great inning?” Just want to be clear – 
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We had a great time, but it’s always good to be home. Athough I will say that having to put on jeans and a sweatshirt this morning instead of shorts and a tank top was not appreciated. And shoes. Yuck. Was just getting used to my flip-flops.
Today’s a multitask day – half listening to the game in the background; downloading photos; sorting and starting the laundry (ugh); and whatever else comes up. Let’s Go Yankees!
lol. I think Barkley’s underestimating how good an athlete Wells is.
Little known fact…..
The Yankees were thisclose to getting Nick Punto in the off-season to be their utility infielder.
If Alexi Castilla didn’t lose his mind and put himself in the doghouse for some off-season stuff (eventually getting sent down to the minors later), they probably would have made that deal.
I’ve always liked Punto as a reserve player off the bench. Good fundamentally, and can play 3B, 2B, and SS.
I think Wang should stay down until he builds the arm strength to hit 93-94 on the gun with his sinker.
SOS,
If those gun readings are accurate, he needs another start in AAA.
Not good enough to be in the rotation yet. His sinker has to be at 92-94 for Wang to be Wang.
“Little known fact…..
The Yankees were thisclose to getting Nick Punto in the off-season to be their utility infielder.”
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he obviously really wanted to stay in Minny though. If he wanted to play for NY, he could have. The Yanks went after him, and IIRC, he waited (and hoped) to see if Minny would resign him.
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Doreen, someone actually nominated you! Well to accentuate the positive I guess you could say “wish we could have gotten a few more runs there.” I myself have been known to say “we need to get this run in” and then “drat” when it doesn’t happen
If you are ever uncomfortable with feeling you are too restricted, you can always opt out if you need to.
But heck it would be sweet if people could find a way to chill and look at the game as a whole and not as a pitch by pitch drama! Ain’t ever gonna happen, I know it.
Bad job there. You can’t walk a guy 0-2 when he hasn’t proven he can hit the ball.
Bad sequence to Span there.
AJ, Span ? really, I mean really…
I vote for Wang staying down in AAA a little more and get that arm strength up. But then again, I don’t have a vote.
come on burnett, stop this threat
Everyone keeps saying Wang throw 94-96mph sinker which is not sure. Mostly Wang sinker sits around 90-93 range. When he throws 4 seamer will be 94-95mph.
Based on what I see from Wang’s pitching, he keeps most his pitches down in the strike zone with good movement.
In my opinion, movement and location is much important than speed.
Is Wang really sitting at 91 or does no one know for sure?
Walking Span there and Tolbert in the first inning was just bad pitching.
Ah, Christ, AJ, you had that guy 0-2. Can’t walk him, espeically if it pushes a guy in to scoring position. If he gives up a run here, that would be disastrous. Knuckle down and get this guy.
Very, very bad pitch sequence by Cash there.
Span has not been on Burnett’s fastball the entire day.
No need to throw 4 straight curveballs after you have him 0-2.
Bad job by Cash in that situation. AJ should have shaken him off and thrown a fastball at either 2-2 or 3-2.
SJ:
Agree with you 100% on Punto. I was itching for that deal to go through. Its those little moves that make or break an off-season, imo.
Just like Molina a couple years back.
AJ, just blow your fastball by him
come on AJ..
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I’m LOVING me some Burnett!!!!
“here’s a stat for all of you:
Yankees starting pitching over the past 7 games (including AJ so far today through 4)
ERA: 3.37″
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down to 3.30
(again, if AJ goes 6-7 IP today, they’ll also be averaging 7IP per start over that span)
Good job getting out of it.
Time to do something about Cy Slowey.
There ya go, AJ. Good job of pitching there.
This game is going so quickly, and now we’re in the 5th. If we weren’t looking so weak against Slowey, we’d be talking about how tough AJ’s been.
Good job, AJ. Let’s go bats.
78 pitches for AJ
“which is not sure”
I need to edit button. which is not true.
The rollover on our rotation is ridiculous. Pettitte tomorrow. CC the next day. Man I can’t wait until Wang is healthy.
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Is that the real SJ? He never sits and calls plays like that!
I’m L’ing my A off at anyone saying what a pitch sequence should be. Like you’re there and know.
“Based on what I see from Wang’s pitching, he keeps most his pitches down in the strike zone with good movement.
In my opinion, movement and location is much important than speed.”
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Jessica,
yes of course. But Wang did have his sinker closer to 94-95 pre-injury IIRC. He could still be effective at 90 but if the drop in speed is related to injury/strength, then they need to make sure that is resolved first.
Best case scenario is that Burnett goes 7. He’s at 78 pitches now.
Interesting to see who the first out of the bullpen is today.
AJ’s doing great, but am I the only one who thinks that Cash is just…kind of…I don’t know…awful? He’s diving all over the place for stuff that should be easily caught or picked. I don’t know if that’s his style or what, but it’s just not very settling. I thought he was supposed to be here because he was sort of good defensively. I have yet to see that from him. Plus, some of his sequences have been mind-boggling.
More from Chad on Wang:
Top fifth: Another 10 pitch inning, eight for strikes. Is there a chance Wang could start the second game as well?
1. Wang missed with a first-pitch changeup, and clean-up hitter Chris Gimenez would up grounding a 2-1 sinker down the third-base line for a double. Wang threw six more pitches, all strikes.
2. Groundout after a called strike one on a 91 mph sinker. Runner moved to third.
3. Shallow flyout to right field after a called strike one on a slider down in the zone.
4. Another groundout to first base, again after a called strike one.
I’d like a solo HR here.
Watching AJ so far as a Yankee, he’s like Pettitte in this degree…..
He doesn’t like to shake off a catcher. Like Andy, he wants to see the pitch called and execute it. Doesn’t want to think too much out there.
Not a criticism of him. Andy is the same way and that’s why he and Jorge have had the relationship they have had over the years. Andy trusts Jorge and is comfortable in what he calls in a given sequence.
AJ hasn’t found that comfort zone with anybody but Molina yet.
Its a tribute to the quality of his stuff that he can put up zeroes and not be comfortable with a catcher.
With Posada scheduled to come back before Molina at the present time, it will be interesting to see how Girardi plays it.
Please. PLEASE stop looking at strike three. Kid’s not going to walk you.
Slowey is zeroed in on the inside corner. He doesn’t miss it.
Everybody is giving up on that Maddox-like moving fastball on the inner half and Slowey is spotting it perfectly.
That’s just good pitching beating good hitting.
Swish!
Ump’s giving Slowey an awful lot of the inside, but at least he’s consistent. They just have to adjust, and maybe move back in the box a little so they don’t keep getting jammed.
Swisher with something positive.
legit hit.
Another stat for you all:
Detroit vs Slowey (5 days ago) – 1 run over 6 innings
Detroit vs the other teams they’ve faced over the past 5 days –
46 runs over 41 innings
that pesky Slowey…
“Everyone keeps saying Wang throw 94-96mph sinker which is not sure. Mostly Wang sinker sits around 90-93 range. When he throws 4 seamer will be 94-95mph.”
That sinker at times would top out at the high 90′s, today from reports it’s 92 mph and he’s sitting 90, 91. He is not ready at all, he needs to build his arm strength back up AAA hitters will let you slide ML in the AL won’t be as forgiving.
Did Swish get a soilid hit up the middle
WooHoo! Stop the presses! Swish off the dish!
SJ,
I read an earlier post of yours that you said that velocity isnt important. Is Wang an exception to the rule due to only having one pitch(i.e. Rivera)?
Trish,
Whats this O.P.P. thing you got going?
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Hey I owe all an apology because I thought we had plated a run that inning. Too busy finding silly songs. I know.
Can we please protect the plate with 2 outs?
And today was a bad day to sit Cano. He would have gone up there hacking against Slowey and not get called out on strikes.
Melky a nice, run-scoring hit now is just as good as it would be later
I mean, really. Where do people get off questioning Burnett’s pitch sequence?
I mean, it’s almost as bad as someone questioning Posada’s ability to call a game.
I mean who would be silly enough to do that?
We’ll probably see Cano later this game PH’ing for Pena if it stays like this in the late innings.
Melky WTH ?
Slowey’s pitching pretty damn well. Where is the guy with the 5 ERA and .337 BAA?
Melky and Damon have the most purposeful foul tips in the line up.
aaaaaand as I say this Melky swings and misses lol.
got to give credit where credit is due. Slowey is pitching great.
Ron Darling failing to mention that the Twins have been so successful because their division sux.
Oh com’on it’s Ramiro Pena !
On the bright side, we probably would have already lost this game last year. At least we have the pitching now to keep us in the game when our bats are cold.
boy, they’re making slowey look a lot better than his numbers would indicate he is.
god, I hate these M&M boys.
You know something. At this point if I was Joe, I would park his butt on the bench for a couple of games. For the last three games he’s been going through the motions. Cano is doing the same. If it’s in the same area code they’re swinging. I vote hungover.
Okay, swing if it’s inside, lay off if it’s outside.
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SoS, yesterday we kind of spontaneously decided to form a forum club for posters who know how to remain positive. We thought it was kind of good to be able to band together and do the best we can to avoid the per-pitch whining that is the hallmark of this forum. So DT gave it the name of the Official Positive Poster’s Club. You can see we have people who joined up and then others who were automatically nominated.
I guess the major rule is that you have the ability to remain positive and stay away from the nasty trashing posts that pervade the forum during most games!
Oddly enough, nobody nominated rconn23!!!!!
It must have been a wild Saturday night yesterday.
Brandon- something they said on TBS? They do realize how many of the starting 9 started the season in the minor leagues, right?
With Slowey too, you can’t get him out of the game early when he’s on because you never get a chance to extend AB’s. Just gotta keep putting zeros on the Twins’ side of the board.
More:
Top sixth: Eleven pitches, seven strikes. The radar showed one 92 mph sinker this inning, the highest velocity I’ve seen. That said, most of Wang’s pitches have shown up as 50 or 60 on the stadium gun, so there’s a good chance he’s hit 92 or higher and it just hasn’t shown up properly on the stadium radar. Wang is at 59 pitches, 41 strikes.
1. Threw two straight strikes to Tony Graffanino, missed with a 91 mph fastball up and in, then got a chopper to third on a 92 mph fastball.
2. Called strike one, missed outside with a slider, shattered a bat for a routine grounder to short.
3. Four straight fastballs. The first two were balls, the second was fouled off, the fourth was a flyout to left
Detroit’s offense is on fire. They scored 14 runs yesterday and after falling behind 6-0 today, they scored 8 runs to take an 8-6 lead.
Slowey is just great today. He really is.
Gotta hope Burnett can stave off the big bats in this inning.
this inning should be a hard one for AJ
Trisha,
Yeah, its me. I’m waiting for a phone call from a client to see if I can move an appointment so I can go to the ACC Baseball Tournament next week.
Since the game thread seems to have more regulars than whiners, I figured it was ok to hang out here for awhile.
If you blame the Yankee hitters you are not paying attention. To this point Slowey is nasty.
“Slowey’s pitching pretty damn well. Where is the guy with the 5 ERA and .337 BAA?”
On any given day, it is possible for a pitcher to have a very good game?
Ok so the gun is off. Hopefully hes 92-93-94
“Brandon- something they said on TBS? They do realize how many of the starting 9 started the season in the minor leagues, right?”
I mean he took a mound visit for a rookie
twins should score this inning. probably their best chance
Damn, Pena almost got to that one too.
Okay SJ. We always need to try to figure when it’s you and when it’s your stalker!
Darn, that would have been a good play.
will this be the inning that burnett unfolds
usually when he gives up one run in an inning, it turns into 3 in a snap
“On any given day, it is possible for a pitcher to have a very good game?”
It can’t be!
But seriously, he’s been locating as well as I’ve seen in awhile.
Need to keep the Twins’ bats in check.
hey, joe – enough already
SOS,
Yes. In Wang’s case, what took him from being a non-prospect to a borderline ML all star was one pitch. A heavy, 92-94 MPH sinker.
Without that pitch, he doesn’t have enough weapons to be an effective ML pitcher.
He needs that bowling ball sinker, and you only get it from throwing hit harder so it doesn’t flatten out, for him to be back to normal.
Evidently, the stadium radar gun has been malfunctioning in Scranton today. I will be interested to see/hear the scout gun readings on his outing today.
It should be 1-0
Anyone with bad numbers can have a day where they pitch great.
That’s just baseball.
“ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — An error on the Tampa Bay Rays’ official lineup card forced starting pitcher Andy Sonnanstine to bat in Sunday’s game against Cleveland.
The Rays listed Ben Zobrist and Evan Longoria as the third baseman on the card given to the umpires before the start of the game. Longoria was supposed to be the designated hitter.
After the top of the first, in which Zobrist played third, the game was delayed 13 minutes as the umpires discussed the matter among themselves and individually with Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon and Cleveland manager Eric Wedge.
The umpires pulled the Indians off the field midway through the delay.
The Rays lost their DH position due to the error, meaning Sonnanstine replaced Longoria in the third spot of the lineup. Longoria was available to come off the bench.”
Wow – sucks for the Rays…
um, maybe i just don’t read the threads enough anymore but am i to understand that trisha has started some sort of club within the people who post in the game threads? i’m confused.
I think Slowey is looking pretty good today. His control has been good. He’s getting his pitches exactly where he wants them for the most part.
Burnett’s been as nasty as Slowey.
BURNETT HAS BEEN PHENOMENAL!!!!!
I think so anyway!
Good old-fashioned pitcher’s duel.
what was that about unfolding??
Melky swung at five pitches, the last three, further and further out of the strike zone. No, he’s mailing it in. Last year isn’t that far back. He’s doing the same thing again, he feels secure and here we go again. Look at Cano’s stance, he’s back to where he was last year and slumping. If these two are to be rescued, someone has to take charge. Melky’s two throws yesterday and today, tell me he’s paying attention.
“Yes. In Wang’s case, what took him from being a non-prospect to a borderline ML all star was one pitch. A heavy, 92-94 MPH sinker.
Without that pitch, he doesn’t have enough weapons to be an effective ML pitcher.”
thank you! i know there are many who believe “wang didn’t win 38 games in two years without being able to win when his sinker was off” but the fact of the matter is he just didn’t have the secondary pitches to be a decent ML starting pitcher without that sinker. sure, he won games when he didn’t have his best command but, without that pitch, he’s now mowing through lineups, that’s for sure. his secondary pitches were mediocre at best.
It’s really sad. We had an entire graphic set up for Mauer and Morneau, almost as if they were a part of our team. The M n M boys, what an insult to Mantle and maris. I cant believe they’re allowed to make that insulting comparison on air. I guess it’s Kay, so Im never surprised.
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“um, maybe i just don’t read the threads enough anymore but am i to understand that trisha has started some sort of club within the people who post in the game threads? i’m confused.”
um, no dear, you MISUNDERSTAND. Someone else suggested it. I merely listed the names.
Let’s get a few runs now
“On any given day, it is possible for a pitcher to have a very good game.”
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Just ask Bobo Hollowman. He threw a no hitter in his first major league game after 3 relief appearances. He won two more games in his career.
If Wang comes back up here without his bowling ball sinker being at least 93 mph, he’ll get shelled again.
Trish,
Iv always wanted to join a gang but couldnt decide which one was beating the other up. So i stayed on the sidelines. Im excited!! When do i get jumped im!?
He’s not mailing it in. Please.
Did you see the movement on those pitches? Those pitches are moving out of the strikezone at the time the hitter is taking his swing.
That’s not “mailing it in”, that’s good pitching.
Geez, did Melky “mail it in” Friday night against Joe Nathan?
Have a little perspective.
Burnett at 93 pitches. He’ll probably come out for the next inning with the bottom of the order up, but after that it gets dicey with the bullpen.
Slowey’s been downright filthy.
“Since the game thread seems to have more regulars than whiners, I figured it was ok to hang out here for awhile.”
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funny how a 4 game win streak can do that
we’ll do our best to keep it that way…
Umm excuse me? Pitching duel?
Obviously no one sent the teams the memo that those are not allowed under any circumstances for the health of this blog. People will spend the whole thread criticizing the offense, if one of those happens!
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wow, slowey’s only at 68 pitches after cash’s AB
Does Slowey even throw anything other than an 88-mph fastball? I’m watching on YES and the gun has pretty much everything at one speed. I think he has a curve and changeup but it seems like he’s beating us by spotting the fastball on the corners of the plate.
Melky is mailing it in now?
Sheesh. Surreal.
o/t clayton kershaw tossing a no-no thru 6 vs marlins
Man, Punto has a cannon.
Kay with more “Hughes to the bullpen” nonsense.
I think AJ comes back for one more — it’s the bottom of the line up…
The Yankee lefthand hitters are waiting on a mistake…One of those backdoor fastballs gets too much of the plate….
Tex two-run shot???
it doesn’t get better than that strike 3 pitch to Cash
ok,Tex…let’s do something here…
to the 7th we go
“Umm excuse me? Pitching duel?
Obviously no one sent the teams the memo that those are not allowed under any circumstances for the health of this blog. People will spend the whole thread criticizing the offense, if one of those happens!”
Isn’t it sad that it’s at the point where there can’t just be a real good game going on, fingers always have to be pointed somewhere.
Ugh. He smoked it though.
i mean, really…sheesh
Just need to keep holding Minny down until this offense can do something.
We couldn’t ask for more from AJ today – great game. I’d love to see him get a win, but the important thing is he’s matched Slowey zero for zero and given us innings.
“it seems like he’s beating us by spotting the fastball on the corners of the plate.”
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that’s what opposing teams used to say about Maddox.
the movement on Slowey’s fastball has been outstanding. perfect location.
just thank AJ for giving the Yanks a chance for a 5th straight W.
trish,
id like to nominate m,miggs,sj,cb,gb7 in the gang.
Cash got key hits, home runs with the Red Sox, and as expected, he’s worse than a little leaguer with us.
A 1-0 walkoff would be something else. Only a few innings away from that.
I keep on thinking Kay is saying “cat night”
Come to the game and get a free cat!
Let’s face it, this is going to be a tough loss for whichever team loses. This has been an awesomely-pitched game on both sides. What the Yankees have going for them is they won the first two. The Twins are looking at getting swept.
its important for burnett to get a quick inning here
no letdowns vs. the bottom of the order
People are focused more on the negative (Yanks being shut down) than they are on the postive (AJ pitching great)……but that’s no surprise.
Melky’s big hit for the walkoff was a Texas Leaguer. He didn’t exactly smoke it. Nathan on his fourth consecutive appearance. I just went to Gameday, on that Melky sequence other than the last pitch, the breaks were 5 to 6 inches. Four out of the five pitches were out of the strike zone.
Brett Marshall is hitting 96 mph in A ball today.
I don’t believe we should be in a pitching duel with this guy. We can’t afford to be in one with him. This may be Burnetts last inning. No Mo. Slowey has a low pitch count and we have to use our bp against M&M.
Wang pitched a 7 inning complete game shutout. 1 strikeout, 4 hits, 0 walks. 91 pitches, 52 strikes. 12 ground outs, 8 fly outs.
Jackson 0-2 with a walk
Linden was 2-3 with a homer, Shelley Duncan was 1-3, 2 run homer.
“The Rays listed two third basemen on their lineup card on Sunday, causing them to lose their designated hitter.
The plan was for Evan Longoria to DH and bat third on Sunday, but he was listed at third, along with Ben Zobrist.
Since he didn’t take a position in the top of the first, the Rays have now had to go to starting pitcher Andy Sonnanstine as their No. 3 hitter.”
-rotoworld
Another quality start from Roy Halliday …… ho hum !
but he got the hit, right? with 2 outs (where matsui and swish did little) and the Yankees got the win – ultimately, that’s what matters
gomez will be running
come on burnett
“I don’t believe we should be in a pitching duel with this guy. We can’t afford to be in one with him.”
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give it a rest. we get it. you think Slowey and the Yankees offense sucks.
Linden what’s gotten into him ?
Great, Gomez is on base. Just concentrate on the hitter, AJ.
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SoS, mel already opted out. I put the others in (miggs definitely would opt in I think). I know a few of them are here. If they choose to opt out, they can say so.
Are you pining away for Roy Halliday, Vince? Do I need to point out that we have a pretty good pitching duel going on here at the moment?
I don’t think he sucks. I think we should be beating him.
Yeah, Cash hit a terrific .207 in his Red Sox career. He was pretty brilliant.
Clayton Kershaw with a no-no through 5 1/3.
(pitch count is too high to go 9 IMO)
aj is reallllllly working himself into trouble now
Can’t lose this hitter. Focus on the hitter.
now we have got a problem
hit definitely scores a run with gomez
….not looking good
Could really use a DP here.
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“People are focused more on the negative (Yanks being shut down) than they are on the postive (AJ pitching great)……but that’s no surprise.”
Bets, are you sure you don’t want to opt in?
“I don’t think he sucks. I think we should be beating him.”
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are you watching the game on tv or on mlb.com?
because if you’re watching the game, then you’d see he is dealing.
The Tigers thought they should be beating him too.
BIG strikeout of Span.
Oh my God. That was a beautiful pitch.
Jeez, that pitch was ridiculous.
See, that’s the same pitch Slowey keeps throwing, except his fastball is 7 mph slower.
Wow. What a pitch on the punchout.
Don’t you get tired of it, yanks? You did the same thing yesterday. Appeared like the proverbial prophet of doom and then had to run away with your tail between your legs when the sky didn’t fall.
Why do that to yourself?
dammit !
Someone tell Michael Kay Okajima caught Damon with the inside move.
Big two out hit from Tolbert. You just gotta hold it here now if you’re Burnett.
Kershaw through 6. Still no hits but he’s at 94 pitches.
Yuck. Base hit. Game not over, guys.
Can you imagine a pitcher with Slowey’s control and Burnett’s? You’d be watching a right handed Sandy Koufax or Bob Gibson.
That missed opportunity with Jeter on 3rd really looms large now.
This could have been a 1-0 game from either dugout.
WOW GOD DAMMIT
god damnit…..melky where the hell are you throwing the ball?
gotta keep it at 1 run here….tough with mauer up…great
damn
I still believe we will take this game. Burnett has pitched a beautiful game.
LET’S GO YANKEES!!!
yanks can keep themselves in the game here, or they can pretty much lose the game
How do you give that up to a .182 hitter? Baseball makes no sense sometimes.
Also, I really can’t put in to words how much I effing hate Carlos Gomez. I honestly think I’d have to use great restraint not to punch him in the face repeatedly if I saw him on the street.
Big out here. If he can hold it to 1-0 he did his job, and if the Yankees lose 1-0, it’s on the offense. You can’t get shutout by a guy who throws 89 mph and came into the game with an ERA in the 5′s.
I don’t like the way this game is going. Even if Burnett gets out of this, who do we go to to get Morneau out the next inning?
Oh yeah, and Slowey is WELL on pace to throw a CG shutout.
shoot me
Some wild pitches by A.J.
And Kay keeps stating the obvious.
Dicey here. Dicey. One more hitter A.J. Keep the game in reach.
if there was such a thing as a half-error, Melky would lead the league.
Hold him here Allan James!!!!
Come On AJ!
….gotta keep it at 1
I think you might have to get in a line for the whole punching Gomez thing, Donnie.
“How do you give that up to a .182 hitter? Baseball makes no sense sometimes.”
Donnie – asked and answered.
“How do you give that up to a .182 hitter? Baseball makes no sense sometimes.”
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unless he is hitting .000, I’m not sure what’s confusing you so much.
lol
Cash is downright awful behind the plate.
LOL Nice stop Cash, nice pitch A.J. What a joke.
You gotta be kidding me.
Terrible job by Cash losing the ball. Damn it.
Okay, now that Punto walk hurts twice as much.
That’s basically AJ’s career in a nutshell.
Walks a .191 hitter to extend an inning and gets beat by a .162 hitter in a RISP situation.
Follow that up with 2 WP’s in the Mauer AB and puts the team in a big hole. That’s just bad, bad pitching.
That’s what is so frustrating about him. Great, great stuff but, almost finds ways to put himself out of games.
Like now……
Kevin Cash needs to be DFA’d. Honestly, this guy is completely worthless.
Gotta get the bullpen in now. Wish we had a lefty available.
a mysterious force attracts the yankees to .500
girardi keeps the starters in way too long.
it’s a quality start but two wild pitches allowing a run to score? i’m going to go ahead and say that’s poor, poor pitching from aj that at-bat.
Boston Dave,
Im surprised you havnt nominated nyph113th yet.
Trish,
Uncle Elseworth, raymagnetic.
Either way this is A.J.’s last hitter.
well thats game considering the yankees cannot get a hit off an 88 mph thrower
this is kevin cash, the guy who caught the knuckleball with the red sox, took pitches and worked at bats with the red sox, and got key hits and home runs with the red sox.
Kevin Cash, with us, looks as if he doesnt even care about this team. i bet nobody on this team even knows his name, our pitchers say, hey catcher, give me the ball.
Brian Cashman has to get rid of this worhtless bum/ red sox in yankees clothing.
ok now – maybe long long layoff hurts Slowey…
It’s Baseball…stuff happens.
How sad is it that we don’t have a good lefty who can come in to get Morneau out when Burnett is well over 100 pitches?
The Red Sox would have Okajima in this game in a flash, the Rays have Howell, etc. This complete lack of trust in the bullpen (which of course is warrented) is going to wear out our starters.
SJ, You can see it coming
27th game this year, this staff has walked 5 or more guys in a game.
The #1 reason they rank near the bottom in pitching.
Walks have killed this staff so far this year.
Aside from CC, nobody else seems to be improving in that area. Not good.
mother f’er.
I still do not think this game is close to over. But its so hard to sweep a team 4 games.
tough situation for girardi…either way you are second guessed…you like aj in its your fault…you take him out and the reliever gets hit, its your fault
Says a lot about the bullpen that A.J. is nearing 120 pitches.
Come on, AJ. Finish this inning off.
A.J. is out of gas. He needs the hook.
boy, this is the third consecutive outing in which aj has thrown more than 110 pitches, the second in a row in which he’s topped 115. if we’re all aware of his injury history, how is girardi keeping him in, especially when he’s obviously tiring and losing command.
how was that Cash’s fault?
AJ missed by a mile and the ball bounced all the way up over Cash’s mask.
was it a passed ball? no.
Big situation for Alby right here.
not aj’s fault the team cannot get a friggin hit
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“Says a lot about the bullpen that A.J. is nearing 120 pitches.”
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because AJ never throws over 100 pitches?
cmon now.
Oh dear
The way Slowey is pitching they may have to hope he makes a mistake, or that they can get to the bullpen sooner.
burnett is going to drive me crazy for 5 years
Don’t Mauer and Morneau ever strike out?
Am I being negative if I say that so far, AJ hasn’t lived up to the contract?
Biggest mistake of this inning was walking Punto.
“how is girardi keeping him in, especially when he’s obviously tiring and losing command.”
Because he’s got nothing in the bullpen?
Coke, Bruney and Mo all unavailable. It’s like picking between differently spiked chairs to sit on.
Slowey’s only at 73 pitches. Unless they do something they haven’t done all game, and actually work a few ABs, and get a few hits against him and get him out of the game, this one’s in the books.
They manage to actually make him work, and do SOMETHING to take away that inside corner, and they’re still within striking distance. But their plate approaches so far have to been very good.
great hitting and great pitching. either or. rarely in the same game.
the offense today looked like an absolute joke since the first pitch
yeah ok, the guy is going to throw strikes then swing you damn bat!! chances are you are going to get something good to hit
so TB’s pitcher has to hit and they are still winning 6-3…good for them
“burnett is going to drive me crazy for 5 years”
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as long as he can give them outings like this, he can drive you insane as far as I’m concerned.
Andrew – have you seen some of the guys in our bullpen?? Coke and Mariano unavailable today, AJ was throwing LIGHTS OUT, no way you go to the pen when he’s at 100 pitches.
Anyone know what happened with the AAA game?? Gamecast is showing X’s for the 7th 8th and 9th as if the games been cancelled
Come on Alba.
“because AJ never throws over 100 pitches?
cmon now.”
He’s gonna be gassed by mid-August.
Either gassed or injured, at this rate.
Almost every start he throws 110 or more.
Alby can get us out of this spot. This is why I wanted us to get to Slowey though. No knock on our O no Knock on him. We knew this inning was coming. We had to score some runs to win this game.
Pat M,
Yup, and for the second start in a row with him, Girardi stays with him too long because he has no confidence in the bullpen, and the game gets away from him.
Baseball is a game of domino effect. You have to be able to minimize damage and not stay with starters too long.
When a guy is walking .191 hitters, and giving up hits to .162 hitters in the late innings, its clear he is losing it.
Add to it, 2 WP’s and you can’t stay with him as long as Girardi did.
I understand why. No confidence in the bullpen.
Two starts in a row, the same thing takes place with him.
The walks though, are killing this staff this year. If that’s going to keep up, this offense is going to have to score 800+ runs to overcome this kind of pitching this year.
Very, very tough to do in this division.
….game can be lost here with alba
ten bucks says he walks him
I’ll still take 2 runs in 6 2/3 innings…It’s not AJ’s fault the Yankees didn’t hit today.
Who trusts Alby to throw strikes?
Alby + A power hitting leftie with the bases loaded = potential recipe for disaster
Hold on to you hats, folks. This is gonna be a bumpy ride.
“the offense today looked like an absolute joke since the first pitch”
That’s what happens when you go against a guy who is dealing. Slowey has it going on today. Nothing the offense can do about that. Now, we have to hope that the long wait negatively affects him.
Andy Sonnestine just hit an RBI double…
“Biggest mistake of this inning was walking Punto.”
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that walk hurt.
the ump was giving AJ some generous calls (and Slowey) throughout the game. It did seem like the ump tightened up a bit there.
oh well. AJ ran out of gas. he pitched well.
Yankees must be trailing. The idiots are now visable, again.
the offense today looked like an absolute joke since the first pitch
yeah ok, the guy is going to throw strikes then swing you damn bat!! chances are you are going to get something good to hit
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Not with the way Slowey’s been pitching. He’s been good today. Sometimes you just get outpitched.
boston dave, what part of portland are you in. i live in the nw part of town, though i’m out of the country right now.
Huge!
Alby has gone 7 straight appearances without giving up a run.
but you guys dont care about stats.
“Andy Sonnestine just hit an RBI double…”
That’s ridiculous, Longoria must be laughing in the dugout.
Free day off and your replacement does what you do.
Excellent job by Alby.
Nice job, Alby.
comeon offense
GOD BLESS ALBY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
“Andy Sonnestine just hit an RBI double…”
How stupid must TB feel that they don’t even know how to fill out a lineup card?
burnett did a good job!we’re going to win this game..just have this feeling
Great Job,Albie!!!
I just hope AJ’s arm (or any of our SPs for that matter) doesn’t fall off ….and no, this has nothing to do with his injury history. How many pitches did he throw today? I understand Joe doesn’t have confidence in the pen, but you can’t keep pushing your starters like this – they will have nothing left (and it’s only mid-May)
Nice job getting out of that jam. Now please, please score runs. If the Twins get to the ninth with a lead, there’s an almost 0% chance Nathan blows the save again.
Kershaw no hitter through 6. Free live look in on mlb.com sorry if posted.
lookls like albaladejo threw enough strikes to get the power-hitting lefty out.
hopefully they can do something against slowey, though 2-0 looks like 10-0 right now.
Praying that Slowey’s control suffers because of that long inning.
Wow. Alby’s got huge ones. That was not at all expected. GREAT job of pitching.
Got scrape a couple here, boys. I don’t like waiting until the 8th to try and come back, and I don’t like the odds of beating Nathan twice.
I’m hoping we can hit a couple RBI doubles, Laura
“That’s what happens when you go against a guy who is dealing. Slowey has it going on today. Nothing the offense can do about that. Now, we have to hope that the long wait negatively affects him.”
That says it all. You know gang there are going to be games where we have to be gracious enough to suck it up and not point fingers.
7 now
if the bullpen holds the twins down i think the yanks have a legit chance
SJ, The bb stat sums it up….GB, you’re right, the walk to Punto opened the door…Yanks need to respond in this ab
kasey,
I’m technically just over the border in Vancouver, WA right now and have a hotel here for the day/night.
I may head to Portland tonight and will definitely be there tomorrow and perhaps Tuesday checking out the city. Any suggestions?
Can we send Swisher to the bullpen while on days off or slumping?
That was ginormous. Put on those rally caps!
That’s a solid job by Albie.
That’s a tough inning for him.
You could make an argument, with Coke, Marte, and Bruney available, he’s out of there after the Punto walk.
Girardi rolled the dice on that one and it turned up snake eyes.
Didn’t pitch bad and didn’t pitch great. In a pitchers duel though, one bad inning sometimes costs you the game.
Gotta find a way to come up with late inning magic again.
A-Rod is going to jack a home run and Cano will have a big pinch hit RBI.
Boston Dave, AJ did pitch very well – but because he gave up 2 runs, people are going to kill him. It’s odd – most people don’t think he’s that good, yet when he gives a performance like this (which is very good), they criticize him for hit.
PH for Cash?
“Wow. Alby’s got huge ones. That was not at all expected.”
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for people who have a clue, it wasn’t all that unexpected.
Alby since May 1st:
7.1 IP, 0 ER
“Boston Dave, AJ did pitch very well – but because he gave up 2 runs, people are going to kill him.”
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you can call them “people”. I have another name for them
A-Rod!!!
A-ROD COULDN’T COME BACK QUICK ENOUGH!
GONE!!!
The wild pitch really hurts right now.
Okay, one more.
1 down, two to go.
Hopefully that long inning affected him.
AJ pitched 6 innings of shut out ball and gave up 2 in 6 2/3 innings. How is that merely not great/not bad?
Swing at strikes.
No. 27 is on point so far.
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so the YES Network thinks it’s the top of the 7th
“May 17th, 2009 at 3:19 pm
A-Rod is going to jack a home run and Cano will have a big pinch hit RBI.”
Ahem.
I simply can’t rejoice in that HR because you know – it’s tainted. LOL!!
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“The wild pitch really hurts right now.”
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m,
as long as it still doesn’t hurt after the game, no biggie.
how about a 3rd straight walkoff???
No.27…you are looking good so far
Matsui!!!
Alex!
See Cano getting that bat and going to the cage in the dugout?
Matsui doubles. Looks like that long layoff hurt.
Put Gardner in, NOW!
trisha i want in the club!
hey, it looks like slowey is sloweying down a bit.
see what i did there!
sorry.
Matsui!
good point, m
HAVE TO GET THIS RUN IN
kasey, sweet thanks. will do.
“for people who have a clue, it wasn’t all that unexpected.
Alby since May 1st:
7.1 IP, 0 ER”
And that is the greatest illustration of premature worry and negativity! These people spend so much time puking that they don’t even know that they can release themselves from the puking!
The biggest thing with AJ are the walks. The walks kill him and many of them come after he is ahead in counts.
O’Neill made a great point in the broadcast about not wasting pitches all the time when you are ahead 0-2 in the count.
Its little changes he has to make. If he makes them, these outings go from good to great.
ARod with a bomb and Matsui with a double and the “Team That Never Quits” is back in the game.
Swish great bunt
trisha
yes please!i wanne be a member!
a BUNT…man, alive…this is a different team
Come on guys. Lets get this run over.
Nice bunt Swish.
great job swish
wow that was a great, great bunt by swish
Sacrifice successful.
considering matsui has 2 peg legs
c’mon Melky
NO!!!!! this team needs to stop bunting
bottom line, they cannot get a sac fly or get in the guy with runner on 3rd and less than 2 outs
why give away the outs?
“ARod with a bomb and Matsui with a double and the “Team That Never Quits” is back in the game.”
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too bad we have so many ‘fans’ in here that do quit.
go Yanks!
Melk = Clutch.
i won’t lie. i don’t see that sac bunt working out at all. matsui will stay on 3rd. melky and cano are not the guys you want trying to move a runner.
Need a good AB here from Melky.
If a sac fly, one would think it needs to fairly deep.
Come on melky, work that count.
“NO!!!!! this team needs to stop bunting”
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couldn’t disagree more.
you dont fix a problem by doing the wrong things right.
you find a way to do the right things right.
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What would be real sweet is if they could get enough runs here for AJ to win this game…
ralphied, you are in!
Melk sac fly!
tie game!
FINALLY A SUCCESSFUL SAC FLY!!
niceee!!!!!!!! gj melky!!
i stand corrected.
small ball, baby!!!
Nice job!
Beauty of a sac fly to tie the game.
Melkster gets the job done.
wow, unbelievable
what an absolutely horrible throw
AJ thanks you, too
That throw was horrid.
Denard Span channeling Johnny Damon’s arm with that throw! lol
Good read by Robbie Thompson.
New ballgame!
Okay, maybe we didn’t need Gardner on that sac fly.
Yankees will win.
wow what a play punto
Good work. Matsui runs hard even though it looks like it’s killing him.
Wow!
SJ, that’s true about the walks. I still suspect AJ will be better in the 2nd half…..or when the weather warms up. I’m sure he’s frustrated as well…He did pitch very well and he did give us innings, and that’s important. I’m getting uncomfortable with leaving SP in there when they are tired….isn’t that how you get hurt (or one of the ways)?
can Albie keep it going?
wow that is some catch!
Dave,
Get off your soap box. Guy comes in with the bases loaded against a great hitter like Kubel, who’s a lefty, is not the best situation for a right handed pitcher. I’m not doubting Alby’s ability, because he HAS been reliable lately. But look at his last outing. He got himself in trouble, and then worked out of it, but in this case, getting in to trouble was not an option. Seriously, I’m not bridge jumping here. That’s a tough spot for a guy to come in to, and he didn’t just work the batter, he straight up went after him. That’s all I was saying.
What a grab by Punto.
Wow. That throw was worse than Melky’s:)
Great job, by A-Rod, Swish, Matsui and Melky.
Good grief what a catch.
Melky mailed in a sac fly.
This team refuses to give up!
Go Yanks!!!!
great play by punto, but im not sure that was necessary
back to 0s
im surprised, usually the yankees cannot get the man in at 3rd with less than 2 outs
….now who pitches? albaladejo? ahh the bullpen is scary bad
Yes!!!!
Yes!!!!
excellent inning!
Rob Thomson >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Bobby Meacham
All tied up. Nice!
Behave Yankees bullpen
another walk off win for the yankees??
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This team refuses to give up!
Go Yanks!!!!
You never lie
“Melky mailed in a sac fly.”
LOL
Trisha,
Count me in.
boy, i wish i could wave a magic wand and get 3 new bodies into our bullpen
Punto’s catch was unreal, as he slid 8 feet to the right spot….
UPDATE, 3:14 p.m.: Chien-Ming Wang dominated today in Scranton in the first game of a doubleheader. 7 innings, 4 hits, 0 runs, 0 walks, 1 strikeout. 75 pitches / 49 strikes, 12 of the 21 outs on the ground. He has thrown 13 scoreless innings in AAA. Be interesting to see what the Yankees do next with him.
The radar gun in Scranton on the scoreboard is unreliable. But a scout I know who was there said Wang got up to 93. The lineup he faced included Travis Hafner, Tony Graffanino and Andy Marte.
Brian Bruney is expected to start the second game to get his inning in.
Come on, Albaladejo. Get a nice quick inning and keep the momentum going.
BTW, arod has had less than 50 ab’s and he already has 3 hrs.
Big poopi has over 144 ab’s and has zero. What is wrong with that dude?
come on ably, no walks here
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“I simply can’t rejoice in that HR because you know – it’s tainted. LOL!!”
LMAO!!!!!
Angel,
I was thinking about writing the same thing about the SF! lol
so is Pete typing up his anti A-ROD/ steroids piece right about now after his 2nd HR is as many days? This blog is becoming unreadable w/ the constant attacks, enjoy the rest of the game everyone and hopefully the Yanks can pull out the win
Clutch homer by Alex
“Big poopi has over 144 ab’s and has zero. What is wrong with that dude?”
That shipment from the D.R. didn’t come in this year.
SJ,
Can you recall the last time we had a pitching staff that walks as many people is these starting 5? Im sure its going to turn around but it seems like everytime i look at the stats at the end of the game. They have 4 plus walks. Is that the pitching coach to blame?
what is with this bullpen and leadoff walks?
they love them
The stars are aligned for A-Rod to have anohter walk off opportunity in the ninth. Depending on what happends in the 8th, he could the first or second batter in the ninth.
lead-off walks score. it’ll be 3-2 minny after this, if not worse.
All the bridge jumpers are gone…floating around in the Hudson.
I guess its just the OPPC now.
Lets go Bull-pen.
i wish brian cashman was here to see how bad this bullpen is
Leadoff walks score. Let’s hope this adage doesn’t ring true.
You strike out a guy with the bases loaded in the biggest spot of the game and now you can’t find the zone?
hmm brett tomko…can we get some more aceves?
Boo walks
Oh my god, this bullpen is so bad. Remember a couple years ago when Pettitte and Clemens pitched out of the bullpen on their throwing day? I think we’re getting close to that point.
Get Cash off the team.
WTH was that, Cash?
“Big poopi has over 144 ab’s and has zero. What is wrong with that dude?”
mama don’t take, my steh-he-roids a-way-hay-hay-hay
mama don’t take, my steh-he-roids a-way-hay-hay-hay
pitching change for the bottom 3rd of the lineup?
Kevin Cash stinks, I guess we know why the soxs let him walk.
now they are really working themselves into trouble
leadoff walks score 80% of the time, correct me if i am wrong
why in the hell are you giving them a free base, WHY?!?!?!?
Another walk. Ugh.
I lost track of today’s total. Its either 6 or 7 and rising.
Can anybody on this staff but Mo throw strikes?
Its unbelievable how many walks they give up every day.
That’s the kind of stuff that puts pitching coaches on the hot seat.
Nearly 40 games into the season. You can’t keep that up.
This is how you lose close games. Leadoff walk, SB, bunt the guy over, and a SF.
Bad, bad pitching once again by the Yankees.
Alby looking shaky.
wow hes so lucky lmao great play
ugh. come on
I mena, c’mon.,..do not let them get another run so quickly!
Nice play by Alby there.
That was a huge play right there.
Nice play, Alby. Great move there.
good job by alba!
Wow, awesome break for the Yankees.
Good play by Alby. Caught the runner off second. Kept dp in order.
GREAT play by Alby!
Donnie,
whatever… you can keep doubting the Yanks. You ripped AJ. He pitched well. You ripped Alby. He got it done. You ripped Cash as if he’s not their 4th option and showed even more ignorance.
if you’re confused, so be it. but when you’re consistently wrong in your underestimations of the Yankees on a Yankee blog, don’t be surprised when you get called out on it.
nice! 2 more quick outs, please
That is not really SJ is it?
Kershaw with his no hitter has been sitting for a long time.
Cash looks tentative back there.
2 more Alby
Not gonna get any DP’s with Alby in there.
That’s a nice play by Albie. Ran the guy back and handled it the right way.
Big, big out.
SOS,
1991. That was the last time I remember a Yankee pitching staff walk this many hitters every game.
kevin cash is just awful!
wait nm he lost
<—- Fail
Can we please get their 8-9 hitters out for once?
This game is on the arm of Alby now.
this bullpen is so bad that it is actually scary
literally scary
wait nm he has it stil lol
<—fail again
joe, agreed
we need a dp…
Alby’s pitches are up in the zone.
Gomez is getting a free pass so far because the game is close. I’m looking forward to Andy drilling him in the ribs tomorrow
Meanwhile, is it just me or Cash is having a tough time stopping bouncers … ?
this is the difference between boston and us
we have jonathan albaladejo in a tie game in the 8th
boston can choose between about 3 or 4 shutdown guys
its really embarassing
Another problem this staff has had all year? They can’t get the bottom of orders out consistently.
If you look at the bottom of orders in their box scores all season and #8 and #9 hitters reach base way, way too much against this staff.
Its a real struggle and Dave Eiland has to find a way to improve this staff.
They may not be great but, they have to be able to throw consistent strikes and dominant bottom of orders.
strikes please!
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“why in the hell are you giving them a free base, WHY?!?!?!?”
My guess is that it was not intentional.
come on
Stop walking #9 hitters! This bullpen is ridiculously inept.
WHY WALK NICK PUNTO? WHYYYYYY
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wow awful. We praise Alby and what does he do? Pushes the lead run to third. Nice job.
Alba is trash. None of these bullpen guys throws strikes.
carl, you had me all confused!
S.O.S. : don’t think you can blame Eiland for wildness by the staff starters. Just different types of pitchers now, we have a lot of power pitchers. With power pitchers you get walks, usually. But you also get strikeouts. AJ has always walked guys. Joba, and Hughes (now) are young, too. Used to have guys like Moose — pinpoint control. Just a different staff…
This is hard to watch.
tomko?
giveth, taketh, etc.
why not aceves??
are you kidding me?
hey, now somebody else has to get out of a bases-loaded jam because of walks. it’s like passing the baton!
Alby gets a Bronx cheer as he goes into the dugout.
C’mon, GGBT, you can do it. Ground ball.
Oh lord
what in the world was brian cashman thinking going into this season
if it was not for that play by jonathan, he would have let the first 4 to reach….just embarassing
Girardi is asking a lot of Tomko here.
Tomko’s wife could be more effective here …
Wow, bringing Tomko in.
Tough situation, I can barely watch this inning >.<
“this is the difference between boston and us”
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another difference is the two team’s records over the past 5-8 games.
I’ll take the team with the 6-2 record and the starter’s ERA in the mid-3′s.
Another walk to a .180 hitter. That’s 8 today and climbing.
Just awful, awful pitching. Worse pitching staff in the league for a reason. They can’t throw strikes to anybody.
That’s why Girardi stretches out the starters too much.
Hard to have confidence in a bullpen that is now averaging 8 walks per 9 innings, when you kick out Mo’s numbers out of the equation.
I absolutely LOATHE our bullpen.
instead of putting in aceves, we got lucky to get the final out from alba the last inning without him walking someone, nope, we wait until he walks the last guy. instead of with 1st and 2nd, nope, joe girardi made his decision he wanted to wait til the bases were loaded.
How do you struggle with the bottom of the Twins lineup?
the yankees bullpen is beyond description
how can a team have that good of a rotation, and that bad of a bullpen. what a joke
Sorry Rishi the look in is back on
Aceves would get outs. It would be too easy for Girardi to use him.
Instead Girardi opts to bring in another failed major leaguer.
Why does Girardi wait until the bases are loaded to make a pitching change? Albaladejo had bad control this entire inning.
again, bullpen sucks.
The front office failed to address this issue year after year.
8 walks so far?
Hey Tomko hasn’t walked anybody this year.
4 hits in 1.2 but no walks.
No hitter over
so bad, just so bad
LOL Is he really going to walk in the go-ahead run?
>how can a team have that good of a rotation, and that bad of a bullpen. what a joke
this is the bizarro 2008 season
come on tomko…please
COME ON BEAR DOWN!!!
bret tomko is our 8th inning man
someone take that in and think about it for a second
“how can a team have that good of a rotation, and that bad of a bullpen. what a joke”
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take away 2 of the top 3 setup men from almost any bullpen and see what happens.
it’s tough to handle the loss of Bruney and Marte (you have to give him the benefit of the doubt that he was pitching injured earlier this season)
Can anyone throw a strike???..this is beyond pathetic.
So who goes when Brian is back? You have your choice out of any of the clowns out of the pen.
Alby
Veras
Edwar
can we start DFA’ing some of these terrible relievers
this has been going on for a while now
“we have jonathan albaladejo in a tie game in the 8th
boston can choose between about 3 or 4 shutdown guys”
Really. Have you been keeping track of Boston? Do you remember their premier guy Javy Lopez? He was DFA. Their pen has been getting trounced.
Our 8th inning guy’s name is Brian Bruney. He’s on his way back.
I see we’re in some trouble, here.
My buddy called me from his car and is illegally speaking on his cell because he can’t rely on Sterling to give him the goods. Unfortunately for him, I’ve been watching Wang and now Bruney on MiLB and have turned only a cursory eye to our game.
Omfg tex
wow tex!!!
great play by tex
WOW…great play tex!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111
I just want the Yankees to go ahead so all the idiots will go away.
Nice one Teix.
That kid can pick it!
Wow we have a first baseman.
Nice job Marky Mark.
WOW!
What a play!
Wow, now that was a nice play by Tex.
Remember all the years some of us have said you need a glove at first base?
That’s a reason why.
Great play by Tex!
strikes man. Strikes!
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Tolbert a .184 hitter up. Please no let down.
no letdowns here
come on get this last out
Wow!
Defense is good thing!!!!!
ok – one more please
Great throw from his knees, that is awesome, wasn’t able to get much on it. But got it home.
OK now they gotta get out of this. That was too good a play to waste.
wow Tex!
Hey guys, watch Melky’s at bats now and what they were a couple of weeks ago. I don’t try to convince anyone. You got a chuckle, good on you. But four swings out of the strike zone are not performance.
even if brian bruney comes back healthy, this bullpen is a huge problem that needs solving sooner rather than later. i know cashman can’t just go to relievermart and pick up a couple of solid pitchers, but he has to understand that, more than anything else, the thing that is prohibiting his team from making any kind of serious run at the division, is the bullpen. and, last i checked, it’s his job to do something about it. yes, his hands are tied to some degree and yes, tomko MAY (repeat, MAY) get out of this unscathed (i doubt it), but they are playing with fire every time somebody not named rivera comes out of the bullpen.
Imagine if that were giambi or swisher??
oh my frigging god
THROW A STRIKE!!!!!!!!!!!!
“again, bullpen sucks.
The front office failed to address this issue year after year.”
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they had one of the best pens in baseball last year.
Bruney and Marte got hurt. They thought they had more depth in the pen than this.
relax.
I can’t watch this bullpen pitch. (or at least attempt to pitch)
Oh Man, that was an unbeleivable play by Tex.
Not only great stop, but throw from the knees unbalanced, unbelievable.
wow tomko
Way to battle! This is baseball!
Sometimes…I really love this team.
unbelievable, come on guys lets get some runs
mauer leads off the 9th
Wow I was very nervous watching Cash going after that.
Whew.
“whatever… you can keep doubting the Yanks. You ripped AJ. He pitched well. You ripped Alby. He got it done. You ripped Cash as if he’s not their 4th option and showed even more ignorance.
if you’re confused, so be it. but when you’re consistently wrong in your underestimations of the Yankees on a Yankee blog, don’t be surprised when you get called out on it.”
I ripped AJ? What are you looking at? The only “negative” thing I said was that you can’t give up the third out to a guy batting .182, when you’re up on him 0-2. That’s not ripping him, that’s common sense. Go look at past posts, I’ve been one of AJ’s staunchest supporters. AJ was tired, and it showed. I wasn’t ripping the 6.2 innings of shutout ball he pitched before he lost it, just because I pointed out that losing that out was going to mean trouble.
Alby’s managed to load up the bases now, by not finding the zone, with one out. But I’m wrong for doubting him with when he comes in with the bases loaded against a good left handed hitter? Explain that to me. I’m all for being positive, but not blind faith.
And I completely understand that Cash is their 4th option. But 4th option or not, he’s been awful behind the plate today. I don’t think expressing distaste in that is really all that out of line.
Seriously, dude…enjoy the game however you see fit. But straight up attacking people for a having a differing opinion than you is just as bad as bridge jumping.
I’ll also point out that I willingly admit when I’m wrong about things. Seriosuly, there are far worst people you could choose to attack than me. Get over yourself.
your killing me here
We score here. Is Mo available?
Woo hoo! Nice work – Hail Tomko, hail Tex!
ok now get some runs!
Whew! Got out of it.
OH BABY YOU, YOU GOT WHAT I NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED!!!!!!!!!!
WoWWWWW
YES!!!
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Those are your New York Yankees.
That’s Mark Teixeira.
That’s Brett Tomko.
NOW SHUT UP!
All of a sudden this team is making the big plays…
Getting the big hits…
Just like the Yanks of old!
GREAT job of pitching by Tomko. That guy may just reinvigorate his career.
Some awesome D by Tex, and a popup to the catcher to end the inning.
Let’s go Yankees (and lakers)
COLLECTIVE “whew” for all of us. That was crucial.
and another long lay-off for Slowey
was that last pitch high??
Im excited we got rewarded, but how can a pitcher or a group of pitchers be so inept, its almost like starving for food and having food right next to you, and deciding not to eat it. Go 2-0 with the bases loaded twice and then throw ball 3 and get rewarded with a popout.
Wow!
Who needs a drink after that?
get some runs
I’m trying to go back and dig up the “Tex is a $160M bust” from 10 days ago.
the same people are whining about something new today.
have some faith!!!!
Tomko’s stock just spiked upward…….Texeria, enough said…
Speaking of Mo. I’m thinking that having Mo pitch two innings yesterday totalling less than 30 pitches and then getting the day off today, could be less taxing on him then pitching an inning each day. Anyone know?
“OH BABY YOU, YOU GOT WHAT I NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED!!!”
BUT YOU SAY HE’S JUST A FRIEND.
nothing falls around span, that guy gets every ball
I like Aceves but I don’t think he can pitch 2 games in a row. He’s not really a reliever.
If they get the lead, I guess it’s Mo even though it really shouldn’t be.
Tie game? I don’t know. I guess Tomko
As O’Neil said, we have to win this game.
Otherwise it will be big let down.
Dave,
That’s not a good argument though.
This is ML baseball. You don’t have to have all all stars out there. However, you have to be able to throw strikes.
I don’t care about injuries. That doesn’t stop a pitcher from throwing strikes.
Its not just one guy.
Ramirez and Veras aren’t hurt and were here all last year. Neither guy can throw strikes.
In fact, had Veras done his job yesterday, they probably would have had Coke or Mo available today.
Its a very, very bad bullpen Dave and the injuries aren’t the only reason. Somehow, they have to throw more quality strikes.
Brett Tomko got the job done. You know what? He gets the ball again until he shows he isn’t up to the task.
That’s what you have to do when you only have one guy out there (Mo) you have confidence in.
slowey could pitch into the 10th inning, that is embarassing
Bills bullpen is a disaster
Donnie,
for a “staunch supporter” of the Yanks, you sure do criticize them on a play by play basis.
get this! in any given game, there are good plays and there are bad plays!!! woo hoo!
I’ll let you get back on your roller coaster though.
With Bruney coming back very soon, these guys could be pitching for their jobs (Veras, Tomko, Albaladejo). Unless of course they just get rid of Angel Berroa.
This would be a HUGE winning weekend for me if the Yankees pull this out.
My little league (well not so little, they are 15-18 years old) wins Thurs, Friday, Sat and hopefully tonight, the Yankees hopefully pull this one out to make it 5 in a row.
AND this is the weekend where I finally am committing to quitting smoking!
I think this weekend is going to be the start of lots and lots of good things to come.
What say you all?
Mo is up lol
starting to gel….
Man, guys ripping on Cashman for the bullpen, remember that Bruney and Marte are out and Veras was pretty good last year. I don’t think you can expect Cashman to think he was going to be bad this year — and Veras may still turn it around. I’ve been tough on Cashman for other things, but I think he figured he had three solid 8th inning guys, plus Coke. Unfortunately, with most relievers, you don’t really know what you’re going to get from one season to the next. A guy who was great last year can be awful the next.
Mo warming up?
Bloop and a blast starts with a bloop.
love those bloopers
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hmmm mariano warming up….he must be feeling good
Oh look SJ, Mo is warming up. Your argument yesterday was pointless.
<———– Needs to wait until the game is over to complain
a run would be good here
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COLLECTIVE “whew” for all of us. That was crucial.”
Benny, I’m opting out of that one and I’ll tell you why. I don’t get nervous about the possibility of a loss. So I can tell you that when things like that happen I’m not on the end of my seat.
That’s why you never see me wretching on this forum. Seriously.
(I will admit that my postseason persona is different. Unfortunately I am a bundle of nerves in the postseason.)
trisha is acting like she is in third grade with her OPPC. What a goof ball.
Bullpen isn’t Cashmans fault guys, Relax yourselves.
Bullpen was good last year and should be better as the year progresses.
Bruney & Coke will serve primary roles, Veras, Edward and others can be used as two out guys etc.
Bullpen will be managed better, have faith :p
Lets hope Tex his a double triple homer so tomko can stay in
Burnett walked 86 guys last year, which ranked 5th in the AL. To put that in perspective, guys like Dice-K and Daniel Cabrera only had a couple more walks than he did.
He also had the most pitches per inning in the AL, second only to Lincecum in the league. The only way you get length out of him is if you stretch him out. Take him out after 100, you’re going to get 5.1 inning masterpieces.
table setters. I love having Damon on the team, he always seems to come through. Tex’s turn.
Well, if Tex does not hit into a DP, Alex will be the guy with the big hit…..If Tex does it, that is even better.
“Its a very, very bad bullpen Dave and the injuries aren’t the only reason. Somehow, they have to throw more quality strikes.”
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SJ44,
I agree. I said yesterday that it’s a shame that they really need to add a piece of two to the pen.
My beef is more with people that say that Cashman or the front office did nothing as if we knew the pen would be this bad or BOTH of their 8 inning guys would be hurt.
The pen is bad. But almost everyone here was applauding the depth and potential of it in spring training.
I am choosing to look at the positives (such as Alby going 8 straight outings without giving up an earned run) rather than the negatives (it wasn’t always pretty).
make no mistake about it though, I agree that they need to be better.
ok, boys…a run here…it’s Tex’s turn for a big hit
Lets go Alex
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dam tex just missed it…good swing
Damn he just missed it. Alex just a single. That is all I want.
Can Alex do it again?
Here we dgo Alex.
We want another A-bomb.
A hit will do too.
Think on base Alex
Man, Tex just missed that pitch.
So much for the “jet stream”.
That’s why the media should have waited longer before declaring the place a launching pad.
What happened to that wind tunnel the Yankees were supposed to have?
i’m sorry, i don’t love that mo is up and burnett has thrown a combined 350 pitches over his last three starts. this is may. i know girardi’s not working with much of anything and you trust you players but, man. there are only so many bullets in a gun, especially when that gun is your nearly-40 closer, who also happens to be the only reliable pitcher in your bullpen, and who had, as of last week, been dealing with “arm strength issues.”
Rivera pitched 2 innings yesterday and is warming up again today?
Did the playoffs start already?
Okay Arod hit, now it is up to Matsui.
Pump some Black Betty at the Stadium.
Well that’s just pitching scared.
easiest base ever, it hit his shirt. Up to Matty. Must see TV.
Matsui crush Mejars
big spot here
I have a strong dislike for Ron Gardnehire. I used to not think much of him, but after he yelled at Tex that ticked me off. Tex has all the right to yell at that punk (former Met). In fact I think Tex should have decked him.
We will score runs this inning.
Matsui will come through.
is the yankees do not score here they are in big trouble with mauer and morneau leadoff off the next inning and the bottom of the order for the yankees due up in the 9th
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Thanks!
Yes, Dave, there ARE good plays and bad plays. I don’t think being disheartened by bad plays, and cheering good plays, is entirely unacceptable.
A while ago, I said IF they don’t do what they hadn’t done all game, and work Slowey, and scrape a couple runs, then that was the game.
And you know what? They DID work him and scrape some runs.
Like I said, watch however you want. If you want to be entirely optimistic, and believe that they can win any game at any time, that’s fine. No one’s going to take that away from you. But at the same time, don’t attack people for watching the game differently than you, especially when they aren’t calling “OMG SEASON OVER” after every out.
I watch the game as it happens. Until the 7th, our offense looked very flat, and didn’t look like they were going to figure Slowey out. And then they did, and I acknowledged that. It’s not like I’m still saying, “I don’t care that they tied it, they’re still going to lose”.
And for the record, baseball IS a rollercoaster. Teams (and players) have high high, and low lows. So I don’t take offense to that at all.
For those who love the pitching aspect of the game, you have to love what the Twins have as far as young starting pitching…The run 24-25 year olds out there who already understand the art of pitching
Wow lots of special things happened on this day.
Kay doing his best let me jinx them attempt.
And why is it that Giambi’s HR seems like it’s on syndicate through YES ?
get a run somehow here
2-0.
Godzilla will be clutch!!!!!
take all the way….
Trisha, sure seems like the estrogen is at an all-time high today. Please, call Manny, get him to give you his doctor’s number, ask for the same medication and hopefully things can get back to their normal level.
I hope Matsui realizes it’s 3 – 0
Bruney wasn’t impressive in his one inning for scranton. 2 hits, 1 run, 0 walks, 1 strikeout. 17 pitches, 12 strikes.
jen, I’ve always liked Gardenhire. Maybe we were just seeing frustration coming from him when he yelled at Tex.
He swung at ball 4
That might have been ball 4…
swing at ball four!
I don’t envy the yankee pitcher in the 9th inning. Mauer, Morneau and Cuddyer.
swung at ball four there
come on take 3 in a row what are the chances he is going to get 3 striaght strikes? come on matsui, get your head on the game
Ball 4 by matsui as usual
Donnie,
fair enough. for lack of a better word, perhaps I “miscategorized” you.
cut me some slack though… there are so many of ‘those types’ in here.
wow
he swung at ball 4 twice
Horrible AB. Swung at ball 4 twice.
Damnit!
SWING AT BALL 4 TWICE!
swung at ball 4 twice!!
How is Melacon doing after his trip back to SWB?
wow…i really cant believe matsui did that
got up 3-0 and swung at ball four. twice. that is an awful at-bat from matsui. awful.
IDIOT!
ugh, that sucked. Am I allowed to say that President Trisha?
Pathetic at bat by Matsui- he swung at ball 4 on 3-1
ok – I know it’s hard…but three quick outs here…
“I don’t envy the yankee pitcher in the 9th inning. Mauer, Morneau and Cuddyer.”
Pick your choice of death
Well…that was certainly deflating.
yikes…
Middle of the order due up in the 9th, bottom of the order for us
Yikes
2nd strike was borderline. Its not like it was in the dirt. Not a good swing on strike 3 though..
ha-ha we all screamed the same thing!!
at 3-0, i was thinking that Matsui was smarter than their guy swinging 2-0, but as usual, we cant taken whats given to us. We dont eat when starving, dont drink when thirsty. Same team, but we can still win this game.
un-fricking-believable
i cannot believe this
when you are ahead 3-0
JUST TAKE 3 STRAIGHT PITCHES…he obviously does not have the zone, what makes you want to start swinging at things, come on man!!!!!! now rivera for his third inning in 2 days vs the meat of the order, not that it really matters there because the yankees will have 678 due up in the 9th
they are going to lose this game
How does he not take that last pitch?
Unlike the opponents, Yankee hitters bail out a guy out of the bullpen who can’t throw a strike.
Matsui swung at 2 balls no where near the zone.
Why? Let him walk you.
Very bad execution in some of the little things that decide games today.
And ball 5, he has the worst discipline in these situations.
The 3-1 pitch you should only swing at if it is right in his wheelhouse. That is a terrible approach in a huge situation.
Um, check out Matsui’s Wikipedia page:
“He is currently living in Forks, Washington. He is married to Alex Rodriguez.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hideki_Matsui
matsui swung at ball 4 twice in that at bat, and he should have at least made contact on that second one.
KAY STHU !
Morales never gave in to Matsui…Hey folks those were all strikes, borderline maybe, but certainly too close to take……Did any of you who are critzing Matsui ever play ball ???
I’m holding my breath….
Why is Rivera in there? I could see if it was 3-2 and a save siuation and the Yankees needed him to close. But it’s a tie game, no need to over-use Mo in now.
“wow…i really cant believe matsui did that”
really? i’ve seen that at-bat from matsui way, way too often.
That was the worst AB I have ever seen in a big spot
Wow. Take the walk, it was right there for you
Well if they’re going to win this it will another walk off.
Well, you don’t take 3 straight pitches. Its not little league.
He should have taken the 3-1 pitch and put the kid in a situation where he had to get a strike. Overall, a bad AB and he bailed out the rookie.
Oh well, its done now.
9th inning.
God I hate the M & M boys.
Have I mentioned how much I hate these M & M boys??
so who gets the walkoff? Swish? Melky? or Cervelli?
I get the feeling Mo isn’t going to be sharp today. I wouldn’t have used him here, would have left Tomko in.
come on Mo!
this loser continues calling them the m n m boys. this michael kay is ntohing but a pig. he thinks he’s smart. why doesnt he call them what they are against the red sox, the m and m minor leaguers.
come on mo, i have a bad feeling for some reason…ahhh
Pat M: Don’t bother. Did you see the posts? Matsui was called “idiot”, didn’t “have his head in the game”, “stupid”, “pathetic”… The doomsayers and bridge jumpers can’t be reasoned with.
and mo’s cutter is back at 90mph. i wonder why.
Mo is pitching? Ridiculous……..way to take care of your closer, Joe
Zooboy
May 17th, 2009 at 4:04 pm
How is Melancon doing after his trip back to SWB?
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Coming off a good outing.
Set him up nice for that baby.
Rivera shows ‘em how it’s done.
Shut up Morneau.
Just call them Mauer and Morneau…it’s their names. And, Kay should know better.
Um, check out Matsui’s Wikipedia page:
“He is currently living in Forks, Washington. He is married to Alex Rodriguez.”
That’s funny.
Once I was looking up Hall & Oates on wikipedia.
It said they met in their high school bathroom when they were teabagging each other.
RS and Dr. Cox the same person?
“I wouldn’t have used him here, would have left Tomko in.”
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I’m shocked he didn’t. Gotta hope for the best but it’s really questionable.
LETS GO MARIANO
“Man, Tex just missed that pitch.”
“Damn he just missed it. Alex just a single. That is all I want.”
Damn Man-Matsui didn’t just miss it he missed it by two feet!!
sunny
Swisherlicious
where the heck did that miss?!?!?
Morneau looks like WWE’s John Cena.
m’s Lakers off to a good start.
Josh,
I’m guessing that Mo told Joe he was fine and wanted to pitch.
Perhaps Mo feels he needs more work to strengthen his shoulder.
There is no way Girardi is putting him in today unless Mo wanted in.
Joe ain’t that stupid to do it on his own.
Bronx Jeers
And to think when I was in college I used that to cite a source for a paper.
That was until professors became hip to what a load that site is.
Bronx Jeers,
Wait, so Hall and Oates met while having a tax protest in the bathroom?
I’m glad to see the Yanks getting some left field time for Jackson. Next is to get him some time in right field. When he does come up, that’s where he needs to break in at for the first few games.
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look whos up we better win
God I love Mo. I wish the rest of our bullpen had even half as good of command as he did.
They really need to win it this inning.
Pat M, that 3-1 pitch was a ball and really wasn’t that close. There’s a difference between calling a player pathetic and an at-bat pathetic – Matsui’s at bat was just that. It was terrible – up 3-0 and he goes down like that?
mo is the man
If there is one guy by the deadline that I would attempt to get it’s Joakim Soria b/c I’d actually feel confident w/ this BP.
Nice work Mo – Walk-off Time!!
Yay Mo!
good job by mo.melky will hit a homerun
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I absolutely heart Mariano.
never been so happy to be wrong. No way in heck Mo would pitch a second inning if they don’t score here.
Okay, Melky, Cervelli, and Robbie in the 9th.
Even if we, God forbid, DON’T pull this out, this has been a GREAT series from a baseball standpoint.
Good job Mo, Yankees need this right now. Veras is warming
what an easy game when you throw strikes, way to go Mo
The next time I visit the Confessional box, I’ll have to confessa sin of sacrilidge…I questioned the great Rivera a few weeks ago…..Gladly take the 10 Hail Mary’s….
if the yanks don’t win it this inning they are in big time trouble because YES showed Jose Veras warming
if veras comes in 1-100 odds that he walks the leadoff man
Pete’s 3:14 update has a scout telling him Wang’s sinker was hitting 93 today.
If that’s the case, he’s pretty close to being ready.
93 with good sink is where he needs to be.
Time for another walk off win!
Eric Duncan ties up the game in Scranton with his first homer. Jackson is 1-1 with a walk.
Mo is the best. Now get a run
Eric Duncan 1st homer of the year. First run driven in in 67 ABs.
come on, we got the m and m boys batting for us this inning, oh wait they’re not on our team. then why does michael kay play thme up and come up with nicknames for them….
I had a student copy and paste a wiki entry and hand it in. The whole article.
Idiot, did’t even remove the numbers for the endnotes, or the headers.
cc, swisher, bruney fishing…..can’t miss TV
We need to win right here. The bullpen is on fumes.
The other teams in the AL East just keep on winning. I’m beginning to think the only way we can make up ground is to beat TOR and BOS ourselves.
“this loser continues calling them the m n m boys”
Well, technically, they are M & M boys.
I Guess its going to be 3 walk off hits in three days
1st Stadium HR SWISH!!!
Tom – that is worse than idiotic
comon guys works some walks here, get gardy in and steal a bag
Swish goes yard
Correction, Swisher, Melky, Cervelli. Robbie if anyone gets on.
Brandon,
Why would you think the Royals would have any interest in trading Soria? Next to Greinke, he’s their best pitcher.
They have a shot to win that division.
Soria is untouchable.
Peter’s post said he hit 93, but didn’t specify it was the sinker. Getting that sinker right is definitely key.
How can we expect to win with Swisher, Melky, Cano, and Cervelli due up?
This is a good pitcher they have in here too.
Why isn’t Aceves up ? Veras? Sheesh……
Swish walks, Gardner pinch hits and turns the wheels on. It’s so simple
“Eric Duncan 1st homer of the year. First run driven in in 67 ABs.”
tease/wuss
*pinch runs
SJ,
I have no doubt Mo said he’s good to go. He always will.
I think given the fact that it was a tie game, and Mo has pitched a lot lately, I’d have kept Tomko in. If Matsui had gotten the go ahead run in, then I’d have gone to Mo.
I know it would have required Mo to be warmed up, but I think today was a day to only use Rivera if needed for a save.
Veras = runs for the Twins. Win it now please
SJ44
May 17th, 2009 at 4:14 pm
Pete’s 3:14 update has a scout telling him Wang’s sinker was hitting 93 today.
If that’s the case, he’s pretty close to being ready.
93 with good sink is where he needs to be.
Time for another walk off win!
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I’d like to see Bruney and Wang both get one more game in Scranton.
Let this guy walk you.
Gardenhoser !
Trisha, Betsy is positive, add her to the list: she knows when A-Rod is happy, sad, hungry, or lactating.
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Good job by Swisher
Will the Melk-man do it again?
Great walk. Pinch run Gardner here?
We have to be able to score in another way other than a HR
Someone hit the ball in the gap or something
Would love to see Melky get another walk-off against the Twins. Show them how dumb they were to settle for Gomez in the Santana trade.
Gardy!
This stadium still has the “roar of the crowd” that the old stadium has.
This is why BG was on the bench. For this purpose.
LETS GET HIM HOME!
Great bunt.
GJ MELK!! Single Cervelli!
good bunt Melk
My Da Melk!!!
Why…would you not give Gardner a chance to steal before you sacrificed? I don’t understand the call there.
uh!why not steal??
Would have been smarter to see Gardner steal 2nd the Melky bunt him to 3rd.
oookkkk…..melky is one of our better hitters right now why is he bunting….let gardy steal and then bunt him over, no?
Gardner going to steal 3rd?
is cano up?
cash, then robbie
These games are giving me an ulcer.
Can Gardner steal 3rd or is that too risky? The pitcher is a lefty.
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Oh my God. Don’t look at the eyes.
Damn Gardner!
no Cash – “Cervie” is in there
TERRIBLE BASE RUNNING!
AH! So close…
Damn what a play by Mauer
Fail
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO gardner STAY AT FIRST, THEN ALL WE NEED IS A SAC FLY!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Oh, for the love of..
Why. Just…why? There was one out. Why the HELL would you do that?
WHAT A HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE WASTE!!!!!!!!!!!!
STOP BEING GREEDY!!!
that’s bad baserunning!!!
why???????????????????????
I don’t think that was worth the risk. Would have had 1st and 3rd one out.
Not a good play by Gardner at all. That’s when swagger bites you in the butt.
Just stay on third and give Cano the chance to drive you in.
Lots of mistakes by the Yankees today.
That was a huge gamble. One he lost.
seems like a similar play from that other inning…
Should have gone spikes up…
So much fail
i’d like to know whether wang “got up” to 93 or was hitting it consistently. that difference is important.
matsui’s at bat was pathetic. no two ways about it. the guy has been called a “professional hitter” by everyone who matters in baseball and that at bat was anything but.
What the…?
Gardner CANNOT do that. Give Cano a chance to hit a sac fly
Great. now unless Cano hits a HR, we’re going to lose. Veras in the 10th.
great play by mauer, horrible decision by gardner
I like the hustle. Pick him up.
GRITTY GREEDY BRETT GARDNER
Great play by Mauer.
that was just horrible. good lord.
Gardner ran through the sign. Too bad. Still gotta get a run.
JoeT 28 in 10!! May 17th, 2009 at 2:14 pm
4th inning prediction: Robinson Cano with a pinch-hit walk-off single…. 3rd straight walk-off, why not?? lol
Just throwing it out there – not that a single will score him
So many dumb moves by the Yankees today
Awful
Ack. What was he thinking going home? Was he sent or did he go on his own?
ok, but no.27 predicted a Arod HR and “huge” RBI for Cano…here’s his chance
that is the game right there
horrible decision by gardner, now unless robbie hits a homer, its veras……jesus crist
Now we need an extra base hit.
a sac fly wins the game…very very bad baserunning
That is going to come back to bite them.
Gardner ran through the coach, besides. Too in love with his speed?
Terrible read by gardner
I can’t believe Gardner did that. I really can’t. Oh well.
bad choice by Gardner, but the game is not over yet.
If it takes an amazing play to get someone, does it mean it was that horrible a decision?
Dammit the only way Brett would have scored there is going air bound. Still bad play.
He ran through the stop sign too.
He’s not a good enough player to EVER run through a stop sign.
A very, very bad play by Gardner.
Gardner should have faked the dive and hurdled it over!
Replays and hindsight work wonders.
Horrible base running by Gardner. With only one out he would have been on third. I know Pete absolutely loves him but this guy just is not major league ready…
Kudos to M Kay (no fave of mine) for calling out Gardner on that play. YES has become a true propaganda outlet.
before cano strikes out and we go to the 10th, can someone please explain to me what the yankees see in jose veras?
Cano pick him up if you can
What a stupid decision to run.
that was a good play on both ends, cannot blame gardner at all guys
opt out: Gardner blew it there. Ok opt me back in.
“Gardner should have faked the dive and hurdled it over!
Replays and hindsight work wonders.”
Willie Mays-Hayes style…
One of the dumbest moves I have ever seen.
He took Matsui off the hook for his 8th inning AB, now nobody will remember that lol
What a dumb play by Gardner – terrible.
would have been game over damn. Oh well
That would have been GW sac fly there.
gotte give cervelli credit for that hit…he’s doing very well
And see? Cano hit the ball in the air.
We would have won the game right now. UGH
laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaame
really, really stupid move by gardner.
schmuck.
There was the win…
Supposed to be gritty…not greedy!
I’m assuming that it’s Ramirez coming in.
Thanks for costing us the game Gardner
thompson blew that one, now veras will blow this one. Girardi should be fired for using veras here.
Please bring in Aceves. PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAASEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
when you have a game in your hand and have a chance with a sac fly to win it…..how the hell can you run into an out
oh my god, now we have to watch jose veras walk everyone and the bat boy
bad baseball…mental lapses
do you think we get Nathan in the bottom of the 10th?
Damn, he could have scored on that just there.
Oh well. Not over yet.
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Guess it’s time for my obligatory I don’t like extra innings games.
its just the luck that goes agaisnt us, i dont know if that wouldve been a base hit up the middle or not, but against the red sox, Mijares aint gettng a body part on the ball…
if he does get a body on the ball, it’s not going right back to the pitcher….and mauer isnt smart enough to hold onto the ball and run back to home.
It isin’t even a debatable play.
You are on 3rd with 1 out, with Cano due up and a flyball to win it.
Why even attempt that? A low percentage play.
By the way…Tex wins this game for us.
That’s not hustle, that’s stupidity.
Robbie Cano can hit a SF to win the game. Its not like Kevin Cash was the next hitter.
If they lose today, they have nobody to blame but themselves.
Too many fundamentally stupid plays today to expect to overcome them like they are meaningless.
Speed is nice but, its the most overrated commodity in the game if you don’t use it correctly.
In that instance, Gardner didn’t use it correctly.
what are you talking about Thompson told him to stay at third.
Rob- he ran through the stop sign
Well, rookie mistake. He’s still a keeper.
Game should be over by now
some please tell me what the yankees see in jose veras
this guy STINKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You’re all turning into the nasty group I’ve become accustomed to. Calm down.
You know I’m not at all upset by Gardners decision. If he makes it, the game is over and he’s a hero. It took an amazing dive to get him so how can you blame the kid for trying? It’s not like the game ended on that play or anything and who knows if Cano would have driven him in anyway.
Aceves on.
This game is taking years off my life.
ACEVES YEAHHHHHHHHHHHH
Rob- Really, was he supposed to stand in front of Brett? He was told to stop at third.
Rob Thomson was too willing with Gardner’s speed.
taking bets here: jose veras will walk the first man
I got no work/errand done today and am exhausted
oh nevermind it is aceves….hmmm interesting i like it 100 times more than jose veras
And the game would have been over has Gardner stayed on third, because that would have been deep enough to get him home.
Angel -
I think so – but, it would be easily forgotten if it resulted in the win. If it results in a loss it compounds the error.
I don’t think it was a fake to first so much as Mauer realizing he would have a tough play on Cervelli, who runs pretty well.
Nice spin by Michael Kay praising Gardner but, its a stupid play with a .300 hitter up next.
It should be Ok for a Yankee announcer to say, “That was a bad play”.
When you run through a stop sign, that’s a bad play.
“that was a good play on both ends, cannot blame gardner at all guys”
Whose down with OPP?
lets go AL
I’m not turning into anything, Stop.
I am perfectly calm, lol.
HE RAN THROUGH THE STOP SIGN
ABV: anybody but Veras
i understand 1 out, sac fly and we win. but he had a chance and he took it. seeing how far mauer was from the plate and a split second away from throwing to first, he had to take that chance. it’s sad you guys are hating him for that
Good to not see Veras out there
Poor base running by Gardner. He completely blew through the stop sign. At the same time, great heads up play by Mauer showing his own gritty and guttiness.
Man Aceves good start.
If Mauer is 6’3″ instead of 6’5″, Gardner is safe. Tall catchers do have value.
Top of the Yankee order coming up next?
who’s the next three up for the yankees?
How exactly did Thompson blow that, Rob?
He put up a stop sign. Do you think he should not have done that?
Good. At least if Minnesota breaks through here, it won’t involve that jerkwad Carlos Gomez.
Any other catcher he can do that on. Mauer is too smart of a ball player.
Thompson pointed but he sure as hell wasn’t yelling NO, NO, NO like he should have been. It was very passive coaching from a guy who has been tremendous all season.
I saw Gardner heading hom in that situation and could only think of one thing… RUN FORREST RUN
Dummy… but they’re still gonna win
Top of the order, Benny. Jeter, Damon, Tex.
I think most people thought Mauer would make the throw to first to get the out, which would have allowed Gardner to score easily. So, I like the thinking, it just didn’t work out. If Mauer threw to first, everyone would be talking about how smart the play was by Gardner. Mauer made a terrific play to get him. Hats off to him. The game isn’t over yet.
Guys, I’m sure Gardner was 99% sure Mauer was throwing that ball to 1B in which case he would have been safe easily. It might not have been a good gamble, but it was an instinct move.
Jeter Damon Tex A-Rod. I love our chances if Aceves can close the door this inning.
-Why did Melky bunt? Why not let Gardy steal instead?
-Gardner should have held on 3rd and waited for Robbie to hit him in.
If I’m making those calls, why can’t Girardi?
Nice. Aceves could go two?
Wow, that was some piece of pitching by Aceves. GREAT job.
Alex walk off??
Really smart move when they brought both Aceves and Tomko up.
SJ44 -Nice spin by Michael Kay praising Gardner but, its a stupid play with a .300 hitter up next.
It should be Ok for a Yankee announcer to say, “That was a bad play”.
When you run through a stop sign, that’s a bad play.
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Your post would make sense had not Kay clearly stated that it wasn’t a good decision.
Is there not enough to nitpick here? You have to make things up. Jesus.
Dooreen it aint going another inning
Very nice job by Aceves. Another guy, along with Tomko, pitching himself into the mix.
Top of the order coming up? Do they have another run in them today?
Anyone else notice Cervelli has his right hand exposed while the the pitch is coming?
That’s an injury waiting to happen.
good job by aceves
Melky bunting was the smart move.. Gardner trying to take home with 1 out was a dumb move.
Exactly, Doreen. If his gamble had of paid off, which is what he took, I can’t see half of this angst and handwringing. Because it would have been a game winner.
Should he have gone through? In hindsight probably not, but the fact that it took an awesome play to get him in the end shouldn’t be discounted either.
good inning by aceves, joe making a smart decision not to use veras, shocking I know. Ill never fault brett for actually trying rather than standing with cement in his shoes. however, i agree with runner on 3rd less than 2 out, but then again, our team struggles with that more than any other team..
The old rule is never make the 2nd or 3rd out at 3rd base or at home…..Especially the 2nd out…..Running thru a stop sign is a fine…..
Doreen, I don’t remember how many pitches he threw yesterday but Aceves was brought up with Tomko to go long.
Even though we haven’t been able to capitalize on them yet, I like all of the sac bunting and playing of the small ball the Yanks have been doing today. It is good to see Girardi is trying to instill in them it is not always necessary to swing for the fences.
I can’t fault him that much b/c if he were safe we’d be on his nuts for a week. I like his guts but it was dumb, but credit Mauer I mean that’s just an amazing play by him, it really was, how many catchers don’t make that throw to 1B, Brett did this in the minors last yr. and scored, Mauer was just amazing.
Last year.. Joe would have had Melky swing away
I liked Gardner’s move when he went home. I thought it was agressive.
Why do they name the player of the game before the game is over? Would it kill them to wait until the last out?????
How is Joe mauer player of the game when the friggin game is not over ????
Someone hit a HR please.
Only way we’re going to score
All i know is that was bobby meachums fault!!
I dont care what Aceves does next inning. He better have a spot in this bullpen. He’s been nails since being called up. Time to dfa one the walk a thon pitchers.
win it here!
We Miss Paulie,
I’m almost certain Girardi is not the 3rd base coach. Correct me if I’m wrong.
Joe Mauer is the player of the game?
What if we win on a Damon walkoff?
Is he still player of the game?
hopefully we win the game here and all is forgiven for Gardner.
Here’s the only thing I think Gardner can be thinking. He hits third and see Mauer with the ball and thinks the throw to first wilol get Cervelli, thus making out number 2. That takes off the sac fly possibility so Gardner tries to force the issue by running home.
Still a bad decision, but a split second one, and it’s the only way it makes sense.
Great play by Mauer though.
Not that Mauer is bad choice, just that, well, the game isn’t over.
No, he said BOTH things. He said it was a bad play, then the next two times after the replays said “its a good play if he scores”.
I guess you can choose which comment to like or hope the guy just sticks to one POV.
A rookie running through a stop sign in a tie game with a .300 hitter on deck is a bad play. Its not even debatable.
Done now. Hopefully, the top of the order can work some magic.
E-gawa,
No one is debating that Melky bunting was a good move. It was. However, Gardner should have been given a chance to steal second first, so that the bunt would then move him to third. Then you have 2 cracks at driving him in.
aceves started a bunch in the minors
Gee, Rob, your powers of prognostication are awesome.
By the way, the replays show Gardner ran on his own.
That was a great play by Mauer. From Gardners stand point he couldn’t assume that Cervelli was going to be safe. If Mauer throws to first then Gardner is safe. If Gardner holds at 3rd and Cervelli is out then he’s on 3rd with 2 outs.
If Mauer had gone 3 more feet farther for the ball then Gardner is safe.
Crazy play all around but not that terrible of a decision on Gardners part.
Dear Jeter, stop being terrible
come on….get the bat to alex.
KP, wow really? Thanks for clearing that up.
I also like having Melky bunt. The more they bunt successfully, the better. I know Gardner could have stolen 2nd base, but getting your players to bunt in bunt situations and getting them used to doing it is not a bad thing.
Plus, it forced Melky not to swing for the fences.
trisha, can i opt in??
KP: It’s not worth it. Every loss is the worst one ever and every win is the biggest one of the year on this forum.
Game over!!
You’re not going to keep getting these chances. End it now. They still have Nathan when they take the lead off Veras, Edwar etc.
Game time!
DAMON!!!!!!!
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GAME!
wow insane!
JOHNNY
Johnny Damon!
WALK OFF BABY !
Johnny!!
I told ya, I love Johnny Damon!
Three days, three walk off wins.
This team is awesome.
damon!!!
Johnny Rocket
Kay said it’s a good play if he scores?
Wow! Three walk offs!
A weekend of Magic.
Now, is Damon the player of the game??
This is fantastic! Could it be the ghosts have finished unpacking, finally???
amazing…go damon!!!
Alright Damon!
Sometimes faith is rewarded. Lately its been rewarded a lot.
WHAT. A. GAME!
Most satisfying win of the season. Great great game!
And of course, this journeyman Crain is making easy work of us.
Wow! There is magic in the air!
Bring the damn PIE !
woooooooooooooooooooohooooooooooooooooooooooo
this guy hits no doubters!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The PIE is comming!!
Way to go Johnny D!
Different hero every day!
Nice to see Gardner get off the hook.
Damon is showing the Yankees that he wants to stick around.
you’ve gotta respect three walk-off wins in a row.
I am LOVING IT
JOHNNY!!!!!
That is three crushing losses to a team that played NYY as even as it gets.
Another walk-off win!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Go Yankees!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
get the pie ready.
get the pie ready.
Oh Johnny boy!
3 Staight Walkoff WTBOMBGERS
Pie Man on the loose!
the twins have been trying to hang in there all weekend and then all of a sudden the yanks send them home sad
What a series!
Big assist to Gardner there, setting up the dramatic finish.
Hoping for a blowout in favor of the Yankees tomorrow night, so that we have no need to use Mo…or Veras.
Keeping an eye on the Boston game. They had the bases loaded and only got one. So what does Seattle do? Ties it up.
LOL AJ! Damon got pied
The come back kids!
“And of course, this journeyman Crain is making easy work of us.”
lol
aj got him
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Okay, which member of the OPPC wants this tag for tomorrow? Please?????
Damon talking about sleeping in.
Happy but tired team.
Mother hen Suzyn cleaning up, there. Lol.
“Dear Jeter, stop being terrible”
Yea 2 for 5. That guy is awful.
Get a grip.
Contract year performance or not, I am going to be VERY disappointed if they don’t at least OFFER Johnny a year-and-an-option in the off-season.
i gotte say…these games are a lot of fun to watch!
Kim Jones plotting with Johnny to get AJ back.
wow, Johnny!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
3rd walk off in a row – does it get any better than this?
YES missed AJ’s pie routine again…..agh!
wow, Johnny!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
3rd walk off in a row – does it get any better than this?
YES missed AJ’s pie routine again…..agh!
I would offer to help, Trisha…but I’m back on the road tomorrow until the weekend
Why was Burnett charged with 2 ERs?
Those runs were because of Cash
Suzyn Waldman cleaning Damon’s face.
That’s one of the best ballgames I’ve watched in a long time.
Giving the other team nine walks, they had no business winning that game, but they found a way. Good vibe about this team right now. Good vibe.
Great defense by both teams, Tex, Mauer, Damon, Pena. Wow.
Betsy – they showed it in a slo-mo replay
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Okay, who called the game “lost” at any point during this game? *Raise your hand*
And if you raise your hand, any chance you can STFU about this stuff in future games since it just makes you look foolish? You know the old saying, that’s why they play 27 (or more) outs?
GRR!
“What a series!”
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how about one more walk-off for the Yanks tomorrow?
who’s turn is it? Tex? Cano? Cervelli?
you make the call…
AJ needs to be pied……..but then, when he is, he’s going to get back at the culprit by giving him a Gatorade bath….lol. See what you learn in ST?
“Yea 2 for 5. That guy is awful.
Get a grip.”
Yeah I knew someone would comment on that. Loosen up your panties are on too tight.
minnesota has gotta be devastated
The Twins just can’t win in the Bronx. I think that’s 11 in a row and like 20 of 23 or something crazy.
“Why was Burnett charged with 2 ERs?
Those runs were because of Cash”
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Cash didn’t throw any wild pitches did he?
go back and watch the game again. it’s pretty obvious.
Dave- I’ll take a normal win tomorrow, pleae
this is way too stressful
I love how A-Rod has injected this team with that positive energy.
yay!!! thanks!!
Must suck to be on the Twins right now. Three straight walk-off losses is tough to take.
I don’t think that was a bad play at all by Gardy – if Maur (Sp?) tries to be the hero and make the throw to first (like 99% of catchers would have) Gardner scores and the game is over
Yay Damon!
“minnesota has gotta be devastated”
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can you imagine if it were Minnesota with 3 straight walkoffs against the Yanks?
ouch.
the Yanks need to ride this wave of great starting pitching and some clutch hitting all the way to the postseason…
Rish thanks, eventually you can help out.
Boston Dave, will you do it please? Just think once you do it you don’t have to look it for at least, well, 31 days if everyone takes a turn!
Who cares if Minnesota is devastated. The Yankees have had enough of their own problems to pity another team.
“C
May 17th, 2009 at 10:46 am
another walkoff?”
hehehe
“C
May 17th, 2009 at 10:46 am
another walkoff?”
hehehe
It’s not that I mind the walk off hits, but, it’s the having to come from behind late in so many games to get to that point, especially, this early in the season.
can we just get a normal win??? jesus these games are hard to watch every single day
can’t we just get a normal…say…7-3 or 6-2 win? lol
go yanks
JOHNNY DRAMA!
Rishi,
it’s stressful for us…
but the Yanks players look like they’re having the time of their lives (and its working!)
One thing that baffled me? How does Arod gets skied by Melky for Damons helmet? He like a foot shorter. I guess the hip isnt fully ready yet.
I would love to hear Sterling during that Gardner play in the 9th. He must have been confused as heck
These are the games that the Yankees used to lose last year. A lot. So I’m pleased.
how many guys have worn #17 in the past 2 years? shelley, cash…i forget the rest!!
nice use of “injected” ARodHasAThingForGeriatrics
Great win for the yanks!
sigh…
I think Alex started a new tradition – the helmet toss, lol
Great job by Aceves……and, forgotten, very good job by AJ…..on the mound and off it, lol.
I love looking at this team jumping up and down like little boys, lol
Rofl at Johnny Damon Jumping in the Pack. Go back and watch it lol
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“Must suck to be on the Twins right now. Three straight walk-off losses is tough to take.”
Really. I always have some compassion for things like that, unless it’s the Red Sox.
I do not feel bad for the twins. They yankees need these type of victories, it helps the teams confidence. If we were on the receiving end of those losses, other teams would be going for the jugular. Lets go the jugular tomorrow.
I do not feel bad for the twins. They yankees need these type of victories, it helps the teams confidence. If we were on the receiving end of those losses, other teams would be going for the jugular. Lets go the jugular tomorrow.
Must stink for the Twinkies right now, that would be tough. I wonder what the record is for consecutive walk-off wins. Can somebody contact Elias? Pete?
Another win for Aceves as well.
I liked him last season. I hope he stays and keeps it up.
I think he’d prefer to be a starter, maybe even elsewhere, but being with the big club in the pen has gotta beat starting in Scranton.
Does Gardner owe Damon a watch or something?
# Boston Dave (in Portland, OR) May 17th, 2009 at 4:48 pm
“minnesota has gotta be devastated”
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can you imagine if it were Minnesota with 3 straight walkoffs against the Yanks?
ouch.
the Yanks need to ride this wave of great starting pitching and some clutch hitting all the way to the postseason…
Trevor May 17th, 2009 at 4:48 pm
Who cares if Minnesota is devastated. The Yankees have had enough of their own problems to pity another team.
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1) If that had happened to the Yankees, this blog’s newly formed OPPC may not exist…
2) I don’t pity Minnesota, but I care because we play them again tomorrow and hopefully these 3 wins translate to another win tomorrow.
We have played 16 games at the new stadium
Only in one of those games has a starter recorded a win (Pettitte vs. OAK)
Infact, a starter has decision in only 5 of the 16 games.
And don’t forget the defense. Zero errors since last Wednesday’s win in Toronto. Love the timely hitting. Not just the walkoffs, but late-inning hits to come back. As soon as Minnesota took the lead, we came right back. I don’t even mind the lack of hitting in the early inning if we’re going to continue to get great starting pitching and clutch hitting late in games. That, plus bullpen is a recipe for a championship.
walkoff or blowout…a win is a win and i will take them ALL
trisha – AJ – the OPPC has your back!
May 17th, 2009 at 4:43 pm
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thunderfangabe – YOU…ARE…IN!!!
Okay, which member of the OPPC wants this tag for tomorrow? Please?????
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Trisha,
I’ll be at park tomorrow through Wednesday. Next time I’m in-game I’ll volunteer.
SA – I am AFRAID for the people that had to listen to that on the radio
A-Rod took the helmet back from Melky and Melky slapped him in the face lol
Yankees are 7-2 since alex returned. I’m just saying.
GB, I would like blowouts too, but hey – I’ll take this. This team is getting done late in games – whatever mistakes they make early in games or however inconsistent they are offensively, they are doing the job. They’re also building up confidence in themselves – and that can’t be taught.
My favorite LoHud post of the weekend was Friday night, down 2 runs, the guy said “great, now we can’t win 3/4 in this series.”.
Not just conceding that game, but also a game to be named later. Classic. And now we go for the sweep.
AJ needs to be pied……..
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Lay off AJ. Iv been enjoying watching the healthy version play for us. Lets not risk a neck/eye/nose or anyother injury. He givith not taketh.
Little Dusty & the boys are down 2-1.
That Gardner play was a great hustle play and Mauer was definitely going to go to first but Cervelli was too fast. Speed giveth and speed taketh on that one. It was upsetting to see Girardi giving Gardner a dirty look coming back to the dugout. He should have been congratulating him on trying to make something happen. These are the kinds of heads up plays that wins games, it can’t be all home runs.
trisha – AJ – the OPPC has your back!
May 17th, 2009 at 4:40 pm
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GAME!
Is there room for one more?
here is what Johnny is on pace for:
133 runs, 210 hits, 41 2b, 9 3b, 46HR, 123RBI, 14SB, .324AVG
contract year or not, this guy is en fuego! he still gets to every fly ball he should get to as well.
keep him in pinstripes
apparently it’s whipped cream, not shaving cream…much easier on the eyes etc
I wonder how Francesa will open up the show. He’ll fine some way to undermine the 5 game winning streak.
I can’t forgive you for games you haven’t blown yet.
“The Twins just can’t win in the Bronx. I think that’s 11 in a row and like 20 of 23 or something crazy.”
They are going to come in pissed tomorrow.
Call me crazy, but this team is a lot like the Rays of last year.
None of our hitters are leading in offensive categories, CC is leading the team with just 3 wins, and we’re getting production from young replacement players like Pena, Cervelli, and Gardner.
Oh yeah, the Rays led the majors with 10 walk-offs last year and the Yankees already have 5 with 3/4 of the season left.
Still talking about the Gardner play on YES?
Meh, I’m over it.
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bod, thanks!
“walkoff or blowout…a win is a win and i will take them ALL”
Thats the long and short of it. I will take any win.
Also, what is with feeling bad for the Twins? I dont play that was, I play to win and want to crush all opponents and step on their throat.
Baseball is war lol.
Hahaha I have to say that reading the SOSH Yankee game threads is pure comedy. Some delusional Sox fans coupled with a few cretinous ones and some poor Yankee fans who feel like doing their game threads there. But they are so delusional it’s laughable that I just wanted to share.
http://sonsofsamhorn.net/index.....038;st=320
Guys, I am all for being positive, but this whole “club” thing that Trisha has started is extremely lame. This reminds me of high school and the art of being popular or whatever you want to call it.
Do we really need to be a part of a club to be positive? I mean come on. Posting each person’s name in each of your posts is a tad ridiculous. I hope this isn’t going to be a daily trend.
Dutch Hugo,
great point.
Pena’s good play in the 1st. Tex with the amazing stab and throw from the ground to save the game.
The D has room for improvement but it’s as good as it’s been in a while.
Of our wins at the stadium -
vs. CLE, Jeter tiebreaking HR in 8th inning
vs. CLE – Posada go-ahead HR in 7th
vs. OAK – Pettitte wins
vs. OAK – Walkoff in 14th
vs. LAA – Tie-breaking hit in the 8th inning by Melky
vs. LAA – Rally from 5 down, Posada walkoff hit
vs. MIN – Walkoff hit off Nathan
vs. MIN – A-Rod walkoff HR
vs. MIN – Damon walkoff HR
So if you look at it, we have only had one “normal” win at the stadium, when Pettitte won.
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vader – YOU ARE IN!
Trisha – I want in!!
and I think that Aceves is good enough to get a number out of the 90′s now!! My one day of leading the “Aceves to the bullpen” group before he got called up worked out well lol
Rishi, thanks! I’ll catch the replay of the pieing later…….AJ is a really a cool dude.
What do you guys think the Royals would want for Joakim Soria ?
The way Damon is playing, the Yankees might neeed to find room on their roster to bring him back next year.
What you like about this team is if one guy doesn’t get you somebody will demeanor, now if only we can do this to Boston.
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Yanks -
1. you are one of the most negative posters here so don’t worry about having to be a member of this club
2. GET IT STRAIGHT. I DID NOT START THIS CLUB. But I do list the members.
If you don’t like it, tough. If people like you cried and complained less during games maybe nobody would have come up with this club.
Seems that a lot of people do like it bucko.
“What do you guys think the Royals would want for Joakim Soria ?”
Joba Chamberlain for starters!
No chance they give up one of the top five closers for peanuts.
LOL I just saw the replay – AJ has that pie thing down to a science!
Great win. The Twins are a tough team, coming off a three-game sweep of the Tigers. They could have taken all three here, but their BP has the same issues as ours.
Interesting BP use by Girardi. He did not use either Veras or Edwar in this game, and is working in Aceves and Tomko, who, so far, have rewarded his trust.
As Bruney and Marte come back, it’s looking more and more like Veras’ and Edwar’s time in the Bronx is coming to an end. How do you justify sending anybody else down?
Brandon,
How about Veras & Molina?
“The way Damon is playing, the Yankees might neeed to find room on their roster to bring him back next year.”
Careful
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“The way Damon is playing, the Yankees might neeed to find room on their roster to bring him back next year.”
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find room?
“How about Veras & Molina?”
Throw in Edwar too.
“Brandon,
How about Veras & Molina?”
I wish.
So only people who are in the “club” are positive Trisha? I am confused.
I am pretty sure I haven’t added much negativity to this blog. Being a realistic fan doesn’t make you a negative poster.
Yanks
May 17th, 2009 at 4:56 pm
Guys, I am all for being positive, but this whole “club” thing that Trisha has started is extremely lame. This reminds me of high school and the art of being popular or whatever you want to call it.
Do we really need to be a part of a club to be positive? I mean come on. Posting each person’s name in each of your posts is a tad ridiculous. I hope this isn’t going to be a daily trend.
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Think you’re missing the point. It’s an ironic commentary on how self-flagellating and tediously negative Yankee fans are on this thing. I think her point is, it’s time to spoon feed positivism to this sorry lot by drawing a line in the sand. At least, that’s my reading of it.
No way we should bring back Damon
Colin Curtis is ready to replace Damon next yr
Plus Jorge Vasquez could get moved to the corner
Damon did well for us in 4 yrs here, but it is time to move on. Get younger.
go Mariners!
The Sox avoid both King Felix and an injured Bedard in a 3game series.
Losing this series would not be good for them…
The walks weren’t good, but otherwise AJ did a good job keeping the team in the game. Which is all we ask of our pitchers.
If people like you cried and complained less during games maybe nobody would have come up with this club.
Grow up, you “positivity posers” do not own this blog.
Halladay wins and is 8-1. Insane. I love that man.
“No way we should bring back Damon
Colin Curtis is ready to replace Damon next yr”
He might, might. Not a definite.
“No way we should bring back Damon
Colin Curtis is ready to replace Damon next yr
Plus Jorge Vasquez could get moved to the corner
Damon did well for us in 4 yrs here, but it is time to move on. Get younger.”
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uh, define “ready”.
I’d prefer my starters to have some MLB experience. Even the Jay Bruces and Colby Rasmuses of the world take time to develop at this level.
Curtis isn’t close to that level.
Betsy
May 17th, 2009 at 4:53 pm
GB, I would like blowouts too, but hey – I’ll take this. This team is getting done late in games – whatever mistakes they make early in games or however inconsistent they are offensively, they are doing the job. They’re also building up confidence in themselves – and that can’t be taught.
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I appreciate the walkoffs and the late inning comebacks, but, so many, so early is what overworks the bullpens. They need for the offense, all of them, to start showing up early in the game.
I feel so included Trisha lol
Love the pictures btw, thanks for sharing them
If they can get Damon for a 1yr deal or a 2yr deal/option with conditions, it’s a no brainer.
you can bring the young guys in to platoon and give Damon a rest.
i still do not think jose veras should be on this team
Things looking up:
1. Yankees willing to play small ball, and bunting more.
2. Starting pitching has been much better, and Wang should be back soon.
3. We found a long reliever who can throw strikes in Aceves.
4. The defense is much improved.
5. Our hitting is improved also, especially in comeback wins.
6. If Bruney can come back and stay healthy, our bullpen will be better. If you trade Veras, your likely to have to take another struggling reliever in return.
Some of those people in your club are pretty negative. I’d recheck membership if I were you.
if we get a walkoff win monday, i may have to run to the oppc
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Christina, the opt in/opt out is there for a reason. People for the most part have opted in. You can do the same thing. Some people have decided not to. That’s okay too.
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Bod has interpreted it correctly.
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But please everyone stop saying I started this club. I picked up a suggestion from someone else and just listed the names.
*Boston Dave* – please will you take this tomorrow? I shouldn’t have to do this every day.
Thanks.
Mehdi also in SF
SOSH reads more like Sons of Fog Horn Leg Horn.
I want to hear what the coaches/scouts who watched CMW pitch today have to say, the numbers sound good but I hope the sinker was where it needs to be
GB, I agree ………I do wish they’d work in a few blowouts here and there, lol
AJ HAS to cut down on the walks and late 2 out hits
With AJ, it’s always that 1 inning. Same thing happened in Boston, against Tampa (both times), Toronto, today etc. Sometimes it is the end of the game, other times it is earlier like the Boston and home Tampa games.
He’s been ok so far. Gives us a chance to win.
“i still do not think jose veras should be on this team”
Agreed.
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“Some of those people in your club are pretty negative. I’d recheck membership if I were you.”
E-gawa, again I just listed the names as they came along. If someone goes negative, they can always be opted out.
“if we get a walkoff win monday, i may have to run to the oppc”
You’ll be welcomed with open arms, even if we don’t get that walkoff!
Its amazing that some of you people are still coming up with things to complain about when the team has won 5 staight games and 3 stairght series. Go become fans of Philadelphia temas, you will fit right in.
Matsui won’t be back, and Damon can spend some time at DH.
If he hits .300, 20 homers and steals 25-30 bases, how do you not try and bring back a valued lefty hitter with speed and savvy, for another year?
If Matsui weren’t back this year, Abreu would have been a steal at 5M to DH.
For selfish reasons, I’d like to start getting CC, AJ, etc. some wins on their record.
Either the bullpen blows a lead when a starter is in line for a win and we have to rally, or we give the starter no run support while they are in the game and they get a ND .
Betsy
May 17th, 2009 at 5:10 pm
GB, I agree ………I do wish they’d work in a few blowouts here and there, lol
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Alex is back, and his mid-order presence will soon better define the entire lineup, leading to those “big” innings that are escaping us. Mean time, we’re find new ways to win every day.
I’d have to see the club rules before signing up. I’m probably more positive than most, but I do like to take my shots when/where warranted.
I can’t believe how many of you are trying to defend Gardner’s play. It was bad, bad BAD baseball because of the situation. If there are two outs, it’s worth the risk. But with one out he MUST make certain that Mauer throws the ball. Otherwise its too risky.
I’ve written several times I think the Yankees will keep Damon on a one year deal with a vesting option… about $ 7.5 mill per year sounds about right in this market. Matsui and Nady will not be back. Damon can be the primary DH and still be more useful as a part-time OF than Matsui.
I’m really started to get excited about what this team could be when healthy.
people seriously need to chill about gardner’s play…if he was safe, all of you would be saying how smart of a baserunning play it was. mauer made a hell of a play (mentally and physically) to get gardner
Charleston lost 5-3 on an error by the 1st inning. Marshall was ok, but, too many walks, Angelini was 1-5.
Charleston pitchers gave up just 3 hits, but a ton of walks.
Marshall’s line: 5.0 innings, 2 hits, 3 runs, 3 earned runs, 4 walks, 3 strikeouts, 0 HRA. 5.35 ERA.
Mesa was 1-2 with an RBI double. Joseph was 2-4 and Grote was 2-4 with 2 doubles.
Trisha, can you iron my shirt?
IMO, the Yankees have a chance to really start building off these types of games, where you start to think you can win most games as long as you are within 2-3 runs.
The rub here is if the pen can keep you in those types of games. I really do not have a lot of confidence in Veras, Edwar or Allbie and if Girardi tries to use Coke for more than a few outs, it gets iffy.
Aceves, to me has earned a spot for more work and I really hope guys like Melancon and Robertson can get another chance…oh by the way Bruney pitched toady, not looking at the results just hope he feels good tomorrow and he will back this week with Wang in tow.
I think this series will be looking at as starting to get this train rolling.
I’d like to see them go after Mauer next year. We pick up a gold glove catcher and block boston. We could have Jorge as the DH/back up or even 3rd.
I’m definitely going to defend Gardner – SOOOO many ways that he scores and is the HERO.. how pumped would everyone on here be if he scored on that?? it’s the best play all year, etc.
Mauer makes the throw, he makes a bigger pump-fake, he’s 1/2 a step slower, etc. etc. Gardner scores and is on the back page as our hero
We need to win a 10-2 game
We can’t go through 6 awful relievers every night to win games
Wow Mo’s hair is very different!
LOL the media asking AJ about the pieing……AJ wasn’t going to do it, but Mo egged him on (as AJ said, he wasn’t going to mess with karma, lol)……
Trish, I’m sorry – Cervelli’s eyes are no match for AJ’s…..
When did MO get hair? is he waring a tupay?
Cream pies seem to be the order of the day at No. 1 East 161st Street in da Bronx.
It would be funny if none of our starters wins more than 10 games and our bullpen records 60 wins lol
When was the last time there was 3 walkoffs in a row. YES said August 1972. I looked up Boxscores and could not Find 3 wins in a row at home
Bets, no question that AJ has great eyes.
so ahh…. sweep tomorrow??
Heard Wells’ voice and turned the volume down. Hope his back is feeling better.
Vtred – I can go for that, all of our starters win 10 and the pen wins 60
CC 10
AJ 10
Joba 10
Hughes 10
Pettitte 10
Wang 10
Pen total 60
= 120 wins…. SOLID
what a game.
Burnett got the win?
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A good Yankee win. Way to keep the faith OPP.
Positive posters don’t always live in Pollyanna-ville.
We just stay far away from Doomsville and Gloomsville.
There are 27 outs. A game is never over until it’s over. (Hey Yogi, gets down with OPP too)
The season has 162 games. One game, one series, one week – don’t make a season.
Take the test. Which one are you?
1) Matsui sucks! What a piece of garbage! Trade him. DFA him. We will never win now. Chalk this one up in the loss column. That AB will lead to a long losing streak. This team has no heart. Fire Girardi. Fire Cashman. Fire the beat writers. $13 mil for this bum!
2) Ugh. Tough AB for Matsui. He swung at ball four. He’ll get them next time. This game isn’t over yet – 2 more innings and the score is tied! At least he went down swinging. Matsui scored on a SF earlier, at least he did something positive today.
What do you guys think about hughes going back to AAA? I don’t think that’s beneficial at all because he has nothing left to prove there, i don’t want him to get stuck as an AAAA pitcher. Should we put him in the pen for this season?
carl – Aceves got the win
I believe Aceves got the win
bases loaded, no outs and Bay at bat…not good at all
Thanks
Did you guys see that about the Rays making a mistake in the lineup card and thus losing the DH for the game?
Interesting. I guess Maddon needs some new Buddy Hollys.
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Thanks DT. Maybe I’ll save that as the official test.
ok – no runs scored…crazy
EvoLuTioN, IMO he needs to back down, when Wang is ready, to keep working on his craft and to get more experience, but at 22 years old he is far from a AAAA player.
He may never become a stud, but I think he will be a very good pro.
Also, that play Tex made with the bases loaded, makes you really appreciate defense and there is no way Giambi is able to make that throw.
I saw that too Bronx Jeers.
Of course Soninstein(spelling) goes 1-3 with an RBI
Imagine this place if Girardi did that?
The internet would break.
Trisha,
Kudos to the concept of OPPC. To whomever the founder.
Point taken. Negative Nellies, Complainers, and Bridge Jumpers are what they are.
You just come across as trying so hard, to move this concept forward so fast. Because of this, readers naturally assume your are the head fan in charge.
We are all happy with the Team results lately, there is certainly reason for optimism.
Thanks Rish. I’m gonna switch over to the Seattle game. No matter what happens I have faith in Masterson to blow it.
Jennings had Wang topping out at 92. He needs more mL starts.
Look at that. Boston left the bases loaded, and are making some noise in the bottom half. While I would love Boston to play extra innings on a get away day, I’ll take a Seattle win in regulation.
I love the walk offs as much as anyone, but it would be nice to go into the 9th with a nice 5 run cushion. Just sayin’.
“Interesting. I guess Maddon needs some new Buddy Hollys.”
Or less Vino before the games.
Team Mexico is 5 for 7 w/ 4 doubles a HR and 3 RBI in Trenton’s double header
Tom in N.J. May 17th, 2009 at 5:33 pm
I saw that too Bronx Jeers.
Of course Soninstein(spelling) goes 1-3 with an RBI
Imagine this place if Girardi did that?
The internet would break.
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Let’s hope CC didn’t see it and gets some ideas.
He might sabotage Joe’s lineup card just to get some swings in!
ugh, the Joe Girardi show is the worse show on TV lol
Damon gets credit for winning the game & rightfully so….But the play Texeria made in the 8th with the bases loaded saved the game….
Colin Curtis? He who has never played a game above AA? Who has a career MiLB OPS of 0.724? He will replace JD? (career MLB OPS 0.793, this year over 1.000).
Good call Dude~!~!
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DerekT, I think it was actually thought of as a fun thing to do. So we’re having fun with it. It’s probably comic relief as much as anything else!
I think what may drive some of us OPPC types crazy is that we’re there supporting the Yankees and do so through wins and losses. You know that the forum is pretty typically a hotbed of negitivity and pessimism and a lot of it happens before a player even has a chance to “earn” that. God forbid it actually happens.
But no I’m not pushing anything or that isn’t my agenda. I’m just going with it. Heck I know how to be my own powerhouse of positivity because it’s just the way I am. I never need an army with me. But I have to admit it really is a lot more pleasant to have a positive and hopeful atmosphere than one where people are always ready to call it quits.
JMO
Not that I have anything against Cervelli but, why did they remove Cash from the game? I thought he was actually doing a good job behind the plate besides that one run scored.
Colin Curtis’ ceiling is as a fourth outfielder in the majors. Nothing more.
Johnny Damon is an all-star caliber player.
It’s fine to want to get younger, but you don’t replace Damon with someone like Curtis.
Reading back over the thread – it looks like 9 out of 10 were against Gardner trying to score in 9th.
It took a great play by Mauer to get him. I can’t get on Gardy for the hustle. (but if the Yanks were down a run, it wouldn’t have been pretty to lose the game on that play.)
Many assumed Cano would have hit a SF to win the game in the 9th if Gardner stayed on 3rd.
I’m not so sure Minny Gardner wouldn’t have walked Cano to load the bases. (with Jeter up next – looking for a ground ball)
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“I love the walk offs as much as anyone, but it would be nice to go into the 9th with a nice 5 run cushion. Just sayin’.”
Ain’t it.
Jones,
They pitch hit Cano for Cash. That was why they replaced him.
Cano pinch hit for Cash so Cervelli came in…
Dr. Cox- they have to fill up the time slot somehow. Replaying the Joe Girardi show 4 times a day is what the Yesnetwork relies on to get by the day.
The last time New York had three consecutive walk-off wins was August 27-29, 1972.
I wasn’t watching the game, but I saw a highlight on the Gardner play… It’s hard for me to be critical (especially after a win) other than saying you don’t run through a stop sign. I hope the 3B coach gives him hell. But otherwise I thought it was an exciting play and I liked it.
Cano would have hit into a DP if it were 1st and 3rd 1 out. We all know that!
Damon gets credit for winning the game & rightfully so….But the play Texeria made in the 8th with the bases loaded saved the game….
good point. That was some throw from his knees.
“Not that I have anything against Cervelli but, why did they remove Cash from the game? I thought he was actually doing a good job behind the plate besides that one run scored.”
Were you watching the same game? Cash was garbage behind the plate today.
Someone posted on the RAB game thread that AJ said the team watches game replays together – I missed him saying that, but if true, that’s a great thing that they continue to bond………..
Funny:
Series At A Glance
New York leads 3-0 (as of 5/17)
Details [+]
Friday, May 15
Minnesota 4 Final
NY Yankees 5
Saturday, May 16
Minnesota 4 Final
NY Yankees 6 in 11
Sunday, May 17
Minnesota 2 Final
NY Yankees 3 in 10
Monday, May 18
Minnesota 7:05
NY Yankees PM ET
G. Perkins vs. A. Pettitte
Schedules: MIN | NYY
MLB Scores
Sunday, May 17th
Oakland 7 Final
Detroit 11
Minnesota 2 Final
NY Yankees 3 in 10
Chi White Sox 2 Final
Toronto 8
LA Dodgers 12 Final
Florida 5
Arizona Postponed
Atlanta
Philadelphia 8 Final
Washington 6
Colorado 4 Final
Pittsburgh 11
Cleveland 5 Final
Tampa Bay 7
LA Angels 0 Final
Texas 3
Baltimore 4 Final
Kansas City 7
Milwaukee 8 Final
St. Louis 2
Houston 6 Final
Chi Cubs 5
Cincinnati 1 Top of
San Diego 2 7th
Boston 2 Top of
Seattle 2 6th
NY Mets 8:00
San Francisco PM ET
Newark Star-Ledger
Ex-Yankee David Wells says steroid users should be banned from baseball after first offense
New York Yankees’ Mark Teixeira says regaining strength in troublesome wrist has made difference
New York Yankees beat Minnesota Twins, 3-2, in 10 innings, on Johnny Damon’s home run
I really like what I’m seeing from Aceves. I think he can be a really valuable 7th/8th inning guy for us. Then if Bruney and Marte come back and are effective, we’d have 5 solid options in the pen: Aceves/Coke in the 7th, Bruney/Marte in the 8th, Mo in the 9th. Maybe Hughes can be our long man when Wang returns, and all of a sudden our bullpen doesn’t look so bad at all…
Sorry, that was the wrong copy…was supposed to be:
Game notes
David Wells was in the broadcast booth for TBS on the 11th anniversary of his perfect game at Yankee Stadium — against Minnesota. In a neat coincidence, John Hirschbeck was the first base umpire that day and again on Sunday. “Quick game if I remember,” Hirschbeck said with a laugh. “It was an exciting day, I will say that. Yankee Stadium was going crazy, leading up to it. It was fun to be a part of.”
Joba vs the Orioles this week.
Should we all start the Aubrey Huff Target Practice club too?? lol
Kay just said on the Joe G. show that Coney and O’Neill don’t like the pie in the face routine……..sheesh, no offense, but they are really sticks in the mud, lol
*Official Positive Poster’s Club* – Opt in/Opt out
Members: Trisha, Rebecca, Boston Dave, Nick in SF, Angel, SoS, DT, Pepitone, S.A., pat, Dr. Cox, Giuseppe Franco, Pat M, Jeff NJ, Fran, Tex, Laura, bodhisattva, Doreen, ed, rishi, saucy, miggs, SJ44, cb, GreenBeret7, raymagnetic, uncle ellsworth, ralphieD, Roger (new amsterdam yankees), thunderfangabe, vader, Joe T 28 in 10, BBFan
Hadn’t noticed BBFan’s post. Just wanted to make it official.
Hi Trisha, just caught the end of the game. I was positive that the Yanks would win
If you want me to list the names one day this week just let me know.
So ya think the Yankees will bring Wang back? Or maybe one more start in Scranton?
You know I’m all for the power of positive thinking and it is dis-heartening to know that all the negativity this blog sees when the “chips are down” scares away some good posters.
And Trisha’s club or whatever it is is just a reaction to this negativity.
However I am scared that this club could serve as the first step in a series of unfortunate events that will eventually lead to this:
http://tinyurl.com/qkxea2
“The last time New York had three consecutive walk-off wins was August 27-29, 1972.”
Fun to look back at the old box scores on baseball reference.com
Aug. 27 was a double header with KC.
Royals led both games 5-0 at one point. Yanks won 7-6 + 8-7.
Cele Sanchez scored the winning run in both games. (Hoss Clarke SF and Johnny Callison single)
August 29 was a 7-6 win over Texas. (down 4-2 at one time)
Johhny Callison won that in the 11th on a single.
So it was three straight games back then – but not three straight days!
Trish, can you define positive? I mean, just cause someone doesn’t look at things through rose colored glasses doesn’t make them negative. Your club is hilarious, its message is lost with its exclusivity and therefore makes it a negative. But why try and prove that point, to someone who watches a baseball game, and only wants to hear positive things.
*Official Positive Poster’s Club* – Opt in/Opt out
Members: Trisha, Rebecca, Boston Dave, Nick in SF, Angel, SoS, DT, Pepitone, S.A., pat, Dr. Cox, Giuseppe Franco, Pat M, Jeff NJ, Fran, Tex, Laura, bodhisattva, Doreen, ed, rishi, saucy, miggs, SJ44, cb, GreenBeret7, raymagnetic, uncle ellsworth, ralphieD, Roger (new amsterdam yankees), thunderfangabe, vader, Joe T 28 in 10, BBFan
Bronx Jeers
Fran, thanks! I’m tired of getting beat up over our happy club!
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“Your club is hilarious,”
YAWN! It’s not MY club. It was a group effort.
“its message is lost with its exclusivity”
apparently not
“and therefore makes it a negative.”
Then it should fit well here.
“But why try and prove that point, to someone who watches a baseball game, and only wants to hear positive things.”
Don’t have a clue what you’re saying.
Plus I’m tired of being the spokesperson for the group – because I am not.
If you want to join, here is the test
1. Take the test. Which one are you?
1) Matsui sucks! What a piece of garbage! Trade him. DFA him. We will never win now. Chalk this one up in the loss column. That AB will lead to a long losing streak. This team has no heart. Fire Girardi. Fire Cashman. Fire the beat writers. $13 mil for this bum!
2) Ugh. Tough AB for Matsui. He swung at ball four. He’ll get them next time. This game isn’t over yet – 2 more innings and the score is tied! At least he went down swinging. Matsui scored on a SF earlier, at least he did something positive today.
See ya now.
“Hi Trisha, just caught the end of the game. I was positive that the Yanks would win
If you want me to list the names one day this week just let me know.”
How about you let Flam do it.
Who is Flam?
I wasn’t listening to the game on the radio, but my buddy said that Sterling’s call of that 9th inning play with Gardner was that he called it a DRAG BUNT!?!?! WTF is up with Sterling and how is that guy still the play by play man of the most famous baseball team on the planet? I wish they would just make Flaherty & Singleton the radio guys. I can’t even bear to listen to Sterling and his crappy calls any more.
Bruney should return sometime this week and if Alfredo Aceves is sent down and Veras is not DFA’d, then I’m convinced that there’s no justice in this world.
Aceves has not had a bad outing since being brought up from AAA.
I am sooooo Positive!
I am sooooo Positive!