Game 58: Yankees at Red Sox (updated with Girardi pre-game audio and quotes from first-round pick Slade Heathcott)
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YANKEES (34-23)
Derek Jeter SS
Johnny Damon DH
Mark Teuxeira 1B
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Robinson Cano 2B
Jorge Posada C
Nick Swisher LF
Melky Cabrera RF
Brett Gardner CF
Pitching: RHP A.J. Burnett (4-2, 4.69).
RED SOX (33-24)
Dustin Pedroia 2B
J.D. Drew RF
Kevin Youkilis 1B
Jason Bay LF
Mike Lowell 3B
David Ortiz DH
Jason Varitek C
Mark Kotsay CF
Nick Green SS
Pitching: RHP Josh Beckett (6-2, 4.09).
TIME/TV: 7:05 p.m., MY9.
THE SEASON SERIES: Boston is 5-0 against New York, outscoring the Yankees 38-23.
RETURNING TO THE SCENE OF THE CRIME: A.J. Burnett allowed eight runs in five innings against Boston on April 25, kicking away a 6-0 lead in a game the Yankees lost 16-11. But Burnett has pitched well against Boston (5-0, 3.52) and at Fenway Park (3-0, 2.93) in his career.
ON A ROLL: The Yankees have won two straight, three of four and 19 of their last 25. They have won eight of their last nine series.
IN THE CLUTCH: The Yankees are 9-4 in one-run games and have come from behind to win a MLB-best 20 times.
THEY’RE HOT: Mark Teixeira has homered eight times in the last 14 games. … Nick Swisher is 12 of 31 with seven extra-base hits and eight RBI in his last 11 games. He has raised his batting average from .222 to .257.
HE’S COLD: Hideki Matsui is hitless in 16 straight at-bats, matching the longest streak of his career.
DESPITE THAT: The Yankees are 4 of 34 (.118) with runners in scoring position the last five games.
CAN ANYBODY ELSE CLOSE? Mariano Rivera has pitched in each of the last three games, throwing 42 pitches. He has worked four of the last five days, too.
IT’S GETTING BETTER ALL THE TIME: The Yankees have an ERA of 4.81, the lowest it has been since April 12 when it was 4.41.
THREE’S A CHARM: The Yankees are 21-0 when holding opponents to three runs or less. They have a streak of 31 such wins going back to last season.
WELCOME BACK: This will be Alex Rodriguez’s first taste of Fenway Park this season. It’ll be interesting to see how the fans respond given the sudden, inexplicable decline of David Ortiz.
Back with much more later on.
UPDATE, 5:23 p.m.: Brian Bruney threw all of his pitches in the bullpen and said he felt great. But expect the Yankees to proceed cautiously with him. Joe Girardi indicated that they want to see Bruney pitch another bullpen before “one or two” rehab games. If that is case, Bruney could be available sometime next week.
Girardi said he wants to stay away from Mariano Rivera, who has pitched three straight days. They also seem leery about using Phil Hughes again.
Talked to CMW, who said he’ll be good for 90-100 pitches tomorrow. Girardi said it would be more like 85-90.
UPDATE, 5:38 p.m.: Here is Joe Girardi’s pre-game interview session. Using my newly discovered editing skills, I was able to condense it and cut out the dead spots. Pretty fancy, right?
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Meanwhile the tarp is down but Boston is hopeful of getting the game in.
UPDATE, 5:50 p.m.: In terms of the Red Sox, Jacoby Ellsbury is day to day with a shoulder injury.
UPDATE, 6:14 p.m.: The grounds crew is gathering to pull the tarp, which would seem like a good sign. It’s sort of misting and very foggy.
UPDATE, 6:30 p.m.: So much for Donovan Tate falling like a rock to the Yankees, the Padres took him third which is where he belonged. Meanwhile, a hearty congratulations to our own SJ44. His nephew, Boston College catcher Tony Sanchez, was just taken No. 4 overall by the Pirates.
SJ44 has been telling us about Tony for several years now. Congrats to their family and here’s hoping Tony has a great career.
UPDATE, 6:31 p.m.: Tarp is coming off and the pitchers are going to warm up. Looks like we’ll have a baseball game.
UPDATE, 7:03 p.m.: We’re going to have an on-time start, a testament to the grounds crew. We’ll have news on the draft pick when it breaks but we’ll mostly be concerned with Burnett vs. Beckett.
Enjoy the game.
UPDATE, 7:40 p.m.: It would seem that teams cast signability issues out the window in the draft as Crow, Tate, Purke and Matzek all went in the first half of the first round. As for what’s going on at Fenway Park, Burnett is doing is “throw a million pitches” thing again on a foggy, raw June night. Beckett looks fairly sharp. He is 4-0, 1.98 in his last six starts.
Ortiz just homered to dead center. 2-0 Red Sox and Burnett in trouble again.
UPDATE, 7:48 p.m.: Burnett’s ERA is 4.42 in his career when he pitches with extra rest, 3.44 on four days’ rest. Tonight’s erratic effort isn’t helping that any.
UPDATE, 7:51 p.m.: That makes it seven straight games with an error for the Yankees.
UPDATE, 7:54 p.m.: Burnett can’t pick up A-Rod as Drew doubles in two runs. 4-0 Red Sox. Burnett has walked three batters and two have scored.
UPDATE, 7:59 p.m.: Pitching on extra rest of not ideal for an established starter. But a big part of being good is doing what the circumstances dictate. This is the Burnett so many reasonable people feared when the Yankees pursued him. He has thrown 61 pitches after chucking 43 in that inning.
How can a guy with that sort of ability need 43 pitches to get through an inning?
UPDATE, 8:04 p.m.: 4-0 in this park with the offense the Yankees have is not insurmountable over seven innings. But with the way Beckett is pitching and Burnett having maybe three innings left, it’s not shaping up like a good night for the pinstripes.
UPDATE, 8:20 p.m.: Just brutal. Nick Green? Really? Nick Green?
5-0 Boston and Burnett is done.
Can the Yankees draft somebody they can sign now and use in the fifth inning?
BREAKING NEWS: YANKEES TAKE HEATHCOTT, 8:28 p.m.: The Yankees have selected Texas HS outfielder Slade Heathcott with their first-round pick.
UPDATE, 8:38 p.m.: Heathcott has already had major surgery. Usually the Yankees take guys who get their surgery later on, so that’s a good sign. He an an ACL repair in November.
Hetahcott is a player with tools who wants to play pro ball and is likely to pass on LSU. He’s a guy with plus speed, a plus arm and plus defensive skills along with a good bat. He’s a lefty hitter. He’s repped by Darek Braunecker, who has A.J. Burnett.
We’re hoping to get a pool reporter on a call with him shortly.
UPDATE, 9:23 p.m.: Here’s a Q&A a pool reporter (it was me) had with Slade Heathcott:
How surprised were you? “I was pretty surprised. It’s indescribable.
(He said he was with his HS team at the state final four in Round Rock. They’re playing a state semifinal tomorrow night. Final is Thursday if they win.)
First round a surprise? “It was somewhat of a surprise. I had a feeling it might happen to a degree. But nothing was final. So it was still a pretty big surprise. I had (talked to the Yankees) quite a bit. I think it’ll be an excellent fit.”
LSU or pro ball? “Like I’ve said all along throughout this whole process, I’m in a win-win situation either way. I’m ready to get started if it works out. I’m just in an excellent situation right now.
Describe yourself as a player: “Aggressive, energetic, I play with a lot of passion and heart.”
Best part of his game: “I’m pretty rounded in my five tools. My hitting is probably the best out of the five.”
Negotiations with the Yankees: “I’m not sure about that. We’re going to negotiate through everything and I don’t have a clue how long it will take.”
He said he has Darek Braunecker advising him. He is A.J. Burnett’s agent.
Meet A.J.? “I did, I did talk to A.J. and his family. Back when I first met Darek, we went to a Rangers ballgame against the Blue Jays last year while they were in Dallas. We sat down with A.J. and his mom and dad and we talked then. It’s actually ironic now that I think about it. I guess everything happens for a reason. It seems like a good fit.”
He was a Red Sox fan: “I’m a Yankees fan now. I actually was a Red Sox fan. I’ve always been a Red Sox fan since I was little and I just kept with it.”
He said he did not pitch this season but he used to. His left knee (ACL surgery in November) is good.
“It’s sore from time to time. I came back in three and half months to try and help my high school team out. The doctor said it would be sore but it’s doing good.”
When will they start negotiations? “I imagine it’ll be after the season so I can focus on these games first. It’ll wait until right after this series.”
A reminder….
On the evening of July 1st, 2004, the NY Yankees outlasted the Boston Red Sox in an an epic, instant 13-inning classic. 5-4. Although a complete mismatch on paper before the 1st pitch, (Brad Halsey vs Pedro Martinez), the win completed a 3 game sweep of the Sox.
Despite winning 6 of 7 against the Yanks earlier in the season, the Red Sox left town after that game 8.5 games behind the Yanks (9 in the loss column) and a seemingly a demoralized team, in the midst of the beginning of the end of the Nomar Garciaparra era in Boston.
Three weeks later the Yankees beat Boston In Fenway on a Friday in the first game of a 3 games series widening the lead to 9.5 (10 in the L column).
The next day in game 2 the Yanks broke ahead 3-0 and then took a 9-4 lead into the 6th and a 10-8 lead into the 9th and lost 11-10 with Rivera giving up all three runs to blow the save.
The simple point is, NOTHING that happens in the next 3 days, good or bad, lovelh or ugly, will define or alter this season. The Yankees could sweep or get swept, give up 20 runs or 4 and there will still be 2/3rs of the season left where ANYthing can happen.
Just enjoy some baseball. Don’t panic and come running here with every ugly thought out of the darkest corners of mind. We all know what happened 7/1/2004 (and Yes reminds us weekly if we don’t) and we all know what happened in October of that same year.
It’s just 3 baseball games…
Really…
I don’t like that the Yankees are coming out and saying what a big series this is. By doing so, they are going to (even subconsciously) put pressure on themselves….something they do not need. I know SJ has said that the players don’t make big deals out of games like these, but it seems that for this series they are taking their cue from the manager (unfortunately). By Joe saying that these are big games, he’s implying that they have to take 2/3 or that would be a troublesome sign for his team. I don’t think he should be doing that – the manager should try to get his team to relax, not to be uptight.
A-Rod better put on the thick skin tonight. If not, he’s gonna get eaten alive.
Beckett’s been SICK lately. Hope he’s due for an off-night.
This should be fun.
I have absolutely no clue what’s going to happen. Every possible outcome of the series, from sweep to 2 of 3, is very possible in my mind.
i love how pete claimed that ortiz’s decline is inexplicable. such the diplomat!
Prediction:
AJ goes 6 innings and gives up 3 runs.
Ace, Robertson,and Coke all pitch tonight.
Yankees win 6-5 with a 2 run jack off Pap in the 9th.
It’s 50/50 if Mo pitches in the 9th.
haha someone just called into the michael kay show and mentioned max kellerman and was bleeped out, the espn music came on and then you hear kay saying “max wanted to leave”.
Gold!
really enjoyed that point stuckey. maybe some of the negative attitudes will be silenced. just don’t watch espn this week, where of course they are making this three game series out to be armageddon.
I think, Betsy, you’re really looking hard there to find something to complain about.
It IS a big series. Why not admit it? They may or may not be putting undue pressure on themselves, and even if they are we don’t know how it’ll affect their play, so relax and enjoy some fine baseball.
“A-Rod better put on the thick skin tonight. If not, he’s gonna get eaten alive.”
Explain to me what he’s going to experience tonight that he hasn’t before, boos ?
RETURNING TO THE SCENE OF THE CRIME: A.J. Burnett allowed eight runs in five innings against Boston on April 25, kicking away a 6-0 lead in a game the Yankees lost 16-11. But Burnett has pitched well against Boston (5-0, 3.52) and at Fenway Park (3-0, 2.93) in his career.
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That was a bad bad bad game. Bad memories
Hopefully some good memories tonight!
Tex & A-Rod back-to-back, expect to get a few boisterous boo’s.
Love to see Tex & A-Rod get back-to-back HR’s.
Wouldn’t be surprised to see them get back-to-back HBP’s.
Wasn’t Kellerman let go? I don’t think he chose to leave.
Thank you for calling out Ortiz, Pete.
NO ONE ELSE WILL….
IMO, it is a big series for us fans…However, the only way it becomes a big series for either club is if either team get swept. It is June 9th…
-dennis
The decline of Ortiz isn’t inexplicable, and you don’t even need to point to steroids. He’s getting old, he’s fat, and he’s been relying on “old player skills” for awhile now.
“Explain to me what he’s going to experience tonight that he hasn’t before, boos?”
Nothing much different. Just some steroid chants I’m sure. Perhaps some foam syringes.
Jake S.
Are you talking about Ortiz or Francessa?
-dennis
These are big games and will be managed as such.1st place team against the 2nd place team.
You control your own destiny. Win you gain a full game, loose and you loose a full game.
Can’t wait to wear my *2004 *2007 shirt into Fenway tomorrow night
Trevor, same ol’ same ol’ , I doubt an idiot in Boston is going to risk being jailed and trialed throwing a syringe on the field.
I just wish after 100+ years of rivalry, Boston fans would find something a little more creative than “Yankees Suck”
No ellsbury tonight
Dustin Pedroia, 2B
J.D. Drew, RF
Kevin Youkilis, 1B
Jason Bay, LF
Mike Lowell, 3B
David Ortiz, DH
Jason Varitek, C
Mark Kotsay, CF
Nick Green, SS
“Trevor, same ol’ same ol’ , I doubt an idiot in Boston is going to risk being jailed and trialed throwing a syringe on the field.”
I don’t know Brandon, those people up there seem to have the intelligence of a caller to Diet Coke’s show.
Ellsbury will certainly be out tonight, maybe for the whole series, and Drew has been hurting as well.
i like the idea of having gardy and melky in there tonight…it makes the defense worlds better…
>A-Rod better put on the thick skin tonight.
>If not, he’s gonna get eaten alive.
Pffft…Al gets booed constantly at home. He sees booing from the opposition as an escape.
Here’s an interesting line from Keith Law of ESPN.com regarding the draft this evening.
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Damon Oppenheimer (Bronx, NY)
Heathcott or Renfroe?
Keith Law
Heathcott. But I think the Yanks could grab him in the first and still get Renfroe in the 2nd if that’s what they want.
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That would be exciting, no?
Interesting lineup, I like it.
If I was A-rod I would enjoy the boos. If the opposing team’s fans hate me that much then I must be really good right? Your very presence insights such strong emotions, that’s gotta feel great.
A Rod has heard it all before from the drunken denizens of Fenway. Remember when they wore the blonde wigs last year? How did that go for the drunks? A Rod hit a game tying homer of Palelbum in a game the Yanks went on to win.
David Cone’s camera face June 9th, 2009 at 3:36 pm
haha someone just called into the michael kay show and mentioned max kellerman and was bleeped out, the espn music came on and then you hear kay saying “max wanted to leave”.
Gold!
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Seriously? LOL
I miss Max
I don’t think Max would have left if it wasn’t for some behind the scenes drama. I think I read he was not happy an hour of his show was taken away for Cowherds show
No matsui tonight, Damon DH, gardy in CF
“Ellsbury will certainly be out tonight”
Oh god there goes the rock to that team, faster than the wind, errorless CF, the next great CF in baseball.
When they stop booing Arod, Jeter, and Tex is when we have to start worrying. They don’t boo you if you suck. At least in visiting parks.
I gotta say, it’d be sweet to see A-Rod and Tex do some serious damage to the Sox this week.
Betsy –
If Joe tried to deny it was a big series, he would come off as an idiot. This IS a big series. We are 0-5 against them. We don’t see them again against August. If this isin’t a big series, then what is?
Saying it is not a big series is a cop out. The players don’t need Joe to tell them it is a big series… read quotes from then this morning.
So let me get this straight.
Matsui LOVES hitting in fenway, career .325 hitter.
Gardner is hitless against beckett. 0-8 with 4 strikeouts
and somehow swisher is suppose to play RF off the green monster? I’m interested to see how smooth he looks playing any ball hit off the monster.
Jake S
June 9th, 2009 at 3:41 pm
The decline of Ortiz isn’t inexplicable, and you don’t even need to point to steroids. He’s getting old, he’s fat, and he’s been relying on “old player skills” for awhile now.
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Since when is 33 old?
Yay no Matsui.
with burnett and cc pitching i doubt we will get swept. so even if we only take one the worst we would end up is tied with the red sox. I really think this team is past getting swept they are not the same as earlier in the year. we need strong start from wang and the bullpen to somehow hold up. hughes comes through big time this series
Uhh… the clubhouse leader (Damon) who never minces words said it is a big series and didn’t back down at all. Props to him for not sugarcoating it.
Hahahaha he isn’t 33 years old. I bet Ortiz is around 36-37
Keith Law just said the Pirates have a deal with Tony Sanchez with the 4th pick.
My only question of the lineup is has Swish ever played the Big Green wall in LF before? Based on his defense thus far it could be somewhat of a disaster but will wait until I actually see him play before making final determination.
Listen, it’s not big in the sense that if we lose we’re out of it. It’s big in that these are the division rivals we’re going to battle for the top spot all year and we have to prove we could beat them.
Since when do you believe he is actually 33?
How is that pronounced “Touche-ra”?
“If this isin’t a big series, then what is?”
The one in August.
Fact is nothing gets settled in June. Yankees sweep or get get swept and end result isn’t all that significant on June 11. 4 games up on June 11 is no big deal and 2 games back is even less so. This series is no bigger or smaller than the one they just played or the one they’ll play after it.
to evolution-the green monster is in left field…
This is the best Yankee lineup of the year.
pedroia
drew
youk
bay
lowell
papi
varitek
kotsay
green
thats the redsox lineup
“somehow swisher is suppose to play RF off the green monster”
That would be a very difficult task for anybody!
Where the heck if Matsui?
The guy is killing the ball and owns Fenway Park. Another LH bat against Beckett.
What is wrong with Joe?
IMO, Max had the best sports radio show that I have listened to and I hope that he somehow resurfaces somewhere.
“to evolution-the green monster is in left field…”
swisher is playing in LEFT tonight
Dove, I really hope killing the ball is a joke. He’s 0 for 16.
““somehow swisher is suppose to play RF off the green monster””
lol i meant LF
typo
I’m confused about Damon not playing LF as well. There must be an issue.
If we don’t win this series, it doesn’t mean much in the standings
It does mean that the Sox are clearly the better team though. If we’re tied in the standings and they are 7-1/8-0 against us, it is a non-debate.
Betsy
June 9th, 2009 at 3:33 pm
“I don’t like that the Yankees are coming out and saying what a big series this is. By doing so, they are going to (even subconsciously) put pressure on themselves….something they do not need. ”
I like the fact they arent afraid to challenge themselves. Yes, it could turn out to be detrimental if they dont get the job done. On the other hand, if they do get the job done by taking 2 of 3 it could give them the confidence they need to take things to another level. The one thing missing from the Yankees in recent years is the confidence in themselves that they are good enough to win in the post season.
Yankee teams havent had that killer instinct really since Game 4 of the ’04 ALCS. This is a mostly new group and they are capable of being very,very good. Or at least as good as their bullpen will allow.
Erica
June 9th, 2009 at 3:46 pm
I just wish after 100+ years of rivalry, Boston fans would find something a little more creative than “Yankees Suck”
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They were yelling the same thing at the AA game I went to Sat. night.
I felt like asking them if they just thought that up.
SJ, your nephew is going to Pittsburgh.
http://www.bb-ref.com/play-index/shareit/xQdy
Yankees vs. Beckett
If we’re tied in the standings but the Sox cream us, they’re better.
But if we’re up on them even by one than the team in first is the best team, regardless of record against, as the Mets learned last year to their chagrin.
The fans always try and give themselves a soft landing spot by saying it isin’t a big series. Even in August and September they will downplay the Sox series.
The players and manager feel differently, however. They could have given the usual “just another series” answer. They made sure they emphasized that it is an important series.
i was about to say that…u typed how is swisher supposed to play right field tonight with the green monster. so i said that the green monster is in left field and then i looked att the lineup and saw hes playing left…i figured you just made a typo or something.
Not an “Insider” but the title says it all:
“Pirates to take Sanchez”
http://insider.espn.go.com/esp.....dmlb_draft
Congrats, Tony, and SJ.
I think Nick Green has more errors than the entire Yankees infield combined.
So Pirates, huh?
I was hoping Girardi would start Gardner tommorow against Wakefield. Because if Gardner gets on he can run crazy on Wakefield.
At #4 no offense that is a bit of an over draft, but goodluck TONY ! and SJ !, screw you Bucs !
This is what it says:
Pirates to take Sanchez
Tuesday, June 9, 2009 | Print Entry
Posted by Keith Law
The Pirates are taking Boston College catcher Tony Sanchez. A predraft deal is done.
Dove,
As Pete said, Matsui is in the longest slump of his career.It’s painful to watch him attempt to run. Once Nady gets back I’m afraid we’ll be seeing far less of Hideki.
Yankees very high on Heathcott
gardner is 0-8 with 4 strikeouts against beckett
matsui is a .325 career hitter in fenway and he’s benched
If we lose tonight, i’ll be very annoyed because we didn’t run our A lineup out there.
Congrats SJ and family – can’t wait to “hear” the details
Even if we get swept, we are only 2 back
We sweep, we are 4 ahead
We lose 2\3, we’re tied
We win 2\3, we have 2 game lead
As others have said, all this series will do is determine which team is clearly better and the team to beat. It means virtually nothing in the standings, though we can get a huge leg up if we sweep.
This TIES the longest slump of his career. This isn’t unheard of for Godzilla. I think he has some juice left yet.
Well, if it frees up money for the Pirates to sign Sano, getting the best college catcher in the draft is a good pick.
I feel like Tony Sanchez is the Lohoud Blog offical player. Very exciting for SJ and his family and for Tony. No matter where he goes just from what he has done in working to become the player he has become he is a success.
The guy is killing the ball and owns Fenway Park. Another LH bat against Beckett.
What is wrong with Joe?
What is wrong with Dove, matsui is awful. 0 – his last 16 and the poor guy can’t run anymore.
Put Matsui on the DL with like some lame bad knees excuse cuz he needs a break and we need him to leave
BRING UP SHELLEY!!!!
I’m glad to see Ellsbury out of the lineup, because it seems like he hits well against us and I’m sure he would be running on Posada.
Matsui is 0 for 16, Beckett is a on a roll pitcher, why help sink Matsui’s confidence even more?
oh god, brett gardner has 5 hits in 27 career at bats in fenway park. .185 average
Swisher in the green monster = disaster
Gardy over Matsui = mindless decision
I guess Joe doesn’t want us to get off on the right foot.
Keith Law reporting that the Pirates are taking SJ44′s nephew (Tony Sanchez) 4th overall, and that a predraft deal has been agreed upon.
Not legally binding, but daaaaamn. 4th overall!
You know, it would have been more fun to see it as it happens tonight live. Still, WOW! #4, first round. What can ya say? Except, Congratulations to your nephew and your family, SJ44!
Boy, I’m glad Ellsbury is out. Ellsbury is part of the next generation of Yankee killers, receiving the torch from Ortiz. Bay, of course, received the torch from Manny.
MaineYankee
June 9th, 2009 at 3:58 pm
They were yelling the same thing at the AA game I went to Sat. night.
I felt like asking them if they just thought that up.
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Hahaha. According to my cousin who went to Harvard Law, the geniuses in Boston were chanting “Yankees suck” in the streets after the Patriots won the Super Bowl. They didn’t seem to notice it was a totally different sport.
Joe Sheehan of Baseball Prospectus discussed the very likely possibility of a “rapid early decline” for David Ortiz waaaay back in April 2006 when Ortiz signed his contract extension:
http://baseballprospectus.com/.....cleid=4963
Nothin’ to do with steroids and everything to do with his already being a full-time DH at such a young age. It was pretty clear that, when the decline did come, it was going to be less a decline and more going over a cliff.
—Keith
The lineup complaints seem very contrived to me, like you’re trying awful hard to find something to complain about.
Lets not awake a sleeping beast in Ortiz like we did last year with Carlos Delagado
Congratulations SJ44! Thats AMAZING news
“Where the heck if Matsui?”
He’s 6 for 31 over his last 10 games. He’s finally right where he belongs: on the bench.
“Matsui is 0 for 16, Beckett is a on a roll pitcher, why help sink Matsui’s confidence even more?”
He’s WAY worse against wakefield, are we going to sit him 2 days in a row?
8 for 47 against wake, .170 BA
Ellsbury hit a HR off Burnett back in April
“He’s 6 for 31 over his last 10 games. He’s finally right where he belongs: on the bench.”
That would make sense if the person playing in his place was better, but brett gardner is a joke.
The Pirates? He’ll be a Yankee in no time at all!
How can anyone know who is going 4th? Don’t the first three teams that pick still have a say in that?
evolution one of the leaders of the daily lineup rant..
girardi can’t win. bench matsui, play gardner. nah play matsui gardner can’t hit in fenway, BLAH BLAH BLAH
It never ends the whining about the lineup…endless BULL_HIT…
“He’s WAY worse against wakefield, are we going to sit him 2 days in a row?
8 for 47 against wake, .170 BA”
He might need to.
EvoLuTioN, why not sit him 2 days in a row?
This seems like a good time to give him a rest seeing as he’s in a really bad slump right now.
“It’s big in that these are the division rivals we’re going to battle for the top spot all year and we have to prove we could beat them.”
“It does mean that the Sox are clearly the better team though. If we’re tied in the standings and they are 7-1/8-0 against us, it is a non-debate.”
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Neither is really relevant. Yankees don’t have to make their case at the end of the year. There isn’t a trial or a debate. They just have to have the record.
Frankly, the idea of going 0-19 against the Sox but still finishing ahead of them has a weird sort of appeal to me.
I still like GGBG.
Tonight Tex is Tux. It’s a formal affair.
“The Pirates? He’ll be a Yankee in no time at all!”
When he turns 28.
Stuckey June 9th, 2009 at 3:32 pm
A reminder….
On the evening of July 1st, 2004, the NY Yankees outlasted the Boston Red Sox in an an epic, instant 13-inning classic. 5-4. Although a complete mismatch on paper before the 1st pitch, (Brad Halsey vs Pedro Martinez), the win completed a 3 game sweep of the Sox.
Despite winning 6 of 7 against the Yanks earlier in the season, the Red Sox left town after that game 8.5 games behind the Yanks (9 in the loss column) and a seemingly a demoralized team, in the midst of the beginning of the end of the Nomar Garciaparra era in Boston.
Three weeks later the Yankees beat Boston In Fenway on a Friday in the first game of a 3 games series widening the lead to 9.5 (10 in the L column).
The next day in game 2 the Yanks broke ahead 3-0 and then took a 9-4 lead into the 6th and a 10-8 lead into the 9th and lost 11-10 with Rivera giving up all three runs to blow the save.
The simple point is, NOTHING that happens in the next 3 days, good or bad, lovelh or ugly, will define or alter this season. The Yankees could sweep or get swept, give up 20 runs or 4 and there will still be 2/3rs of the season left where ANYthing can happen.
Just enjoy some baseball. Don’t panic and come running here with every ugly thought out of the darkest corners of mind. We all know what happened 7/1/2004 (and Yes reminds us weekly if we don’t) and we all know what happened in October of that same year.
It’s just 3 baseball games…
Really…
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This bears repeating. If NY loses 2 of 3 people will lose their minds over nothing really. The Yankees have to worry about beating up on an injury depleted Mets team and sweeping the Nationals at home next week. If history has proven anything, it is that the teams will be within 2 games of each other in the season series by the end of September.
Stuckey, why?
Seems kind of cheap to me.
Gardner can atleast spray some hits around and use his speed to make things happen. He can bunt for hits, work the count etc.
Matsui can’t hit anything right now.
Gardner’s in there so he can steal home.
Ortiz is starting to heat up… .280 over his last 6 games.
I’m not so convinced we’ll beat the Mets, they’ve been getting good starting pitching lately despite the offensive mush.
“Gardner can atleast spray some hits around and use his speed to make things happen. He can bunt for hits, work the count etc.”
I wouldn’t count on it. 0-8 with 4 strikeouts against beckett, career 5-27 in fenway park
Gardner is also a Papel-killer.
Ortiz right now is batting over 300 with a few doubles right now vs. the Yanks.
Which is nothing compared to Bay, who’s hitting 533 vs. us.
now we have swisher playing off the monster and we have zero arms on the left 2/3 of the outfield
Nick, good point.
GGBG: Slayer of the mighty Papelbum.
“I wouldn’t count on it. 0-8 with 4 strikeouts against beckett, career 5-27 in fenway park”
vs 6 for 31 and what’s the beef w/ Gardy, Damon is the DH not Gardenhoser.
why does Youk,Bay, and Pedoria always seems to get against the yankees even if they are in a slump they feast on yankee pitching
SJ44-
Great day for your family. Congrats. Buying that catcher equipmnent turned out to be a great thing…
Shamelss BC(alma mater)plug. Thanks to SJ’s nephew, BC now has had a 1st rounder in the last 4 major sports drafts. baseball-hockey-basketball and football.
BC I am sure is very, very proud of Sanchez today. However, I bet SJ and family exceed that by 100 times…
-dennis
This is a 3 game series in early June. If they lose all three, they are 2 games back with 10 more games to play against Boston and almost 4 months of regular season left. It’s always nice to beat Boston, but this is hardly a critical series.
“now we have swisher playing off the monster and we have zero arms on the left 2/3 of the outfield”
You’re so right, our usual LF, Johnny Damon, has a cannon!
We have some sick career numbers vs. Beckett
Jeter – 14-41 (.341), HR, double
Damon – 13-38 (.316), 2 HRs, 5 doubles
Cano – 12-36 (.333), 2 HRs, 4 doubles
ARod – 11-34 (.324), HR, 3 doubles
Melky – 12-33 (.363), 3 doubles
Posada – 9-26 (.346), double
Swisher – 5-14 (.357), HR
“Gardner is also a Papel-killer”
He’s our Joe McEwing against Randy Johnson.
“You’re so right, our usual LF, Johnny Damon, has a cannon!”
No, he has nothing. but he can play off the green monster, and melky would be playing CF who has a cannon
SJ,
Let’s hope Law’s reports are correct! I’m sure you’ll let us know. When you mentioned earlier that you were in negotiations with a team last night and today I was figuring it was either the pirates or royals.
Congrats to Tony, you and your family.
And that has nothing to do with the money. I’m just relieved he won’t be on the sox!
Matsui isn’t particulrly good against Beckett anyway.
Ah…June 9th is full of entertainment.
I get to watch the draft, a high profile Yankee game, AND game 3 of the NBA Finals.
SJ, is popping champaigne somewhere laughing
, I’m sorry but top 10 ? top 5 ? They could have picked Weiters last yr. instead they took our Alvarez. Just WTH ? W/E CONGRATS to the SANCHEZ FAMILIA ! 
Andy on Kay in 5
Pirates to take Sanchez
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Thats great news!! He goes to the Yankees minor leagues development system. Congrats SJ and Tony. Before you know it, he’ll be wearing pinstripes for the big team.
Congratualtions SJ and Tony.
The only reason why this series is important is because we’re 0-5.
As tight as this race is, I’d like to win the season series with the Sox. 2 or 3 wins here would go a long way towards that.
“We have some sick career numbers vs. Beckett
Jeter – 14-41 (.341), HR, double
Damon – 13-38 (.316), 2 HRs, 5 doubles
Cano – 12-36 (.333), 2 HRs, 4 doubles
ARod – 11-34 (.324), HR, 3 doubles
Melky – 12-33 (.363), 3 doubles
Posada – 9-26 (.346), double
Swisher – 5-14 (.357), HR”
Don’t forget to list the OPS
Jeter- .811 OPS
Damon- .971 OPS
Cano- 1.011 OPS
Arod- .910 OPS
Melky!- .860 OPS
Posada- .778 OPS
Swisher- 1.042 OPS
ANGEL BERROA- .375 BA with .875 OPS
I don’t like to hear “it’s just three games” or “there’s still 2/3rds of the season left, so it really doesn’t matter”, eventually all those games where you said “it’s just one loss and there’s plenty of season left” can add up to being 6 games out of the wild card in late September.
With that said, I’m not worried at all about the Yanks right now and I’m certainly not worried about facing the Red Sox. I’m also not worried about losing to the Sox. If they do, I have complete confidence that they’ll make it up later, either head to head or by continuing to win series as they are doing now. The Yanks always seem to be in the game and at this point I don’t see that changing any time soon. If they slip for a few games, no big deal.
I’ll be watching Wang’s start with interest, I hope he improves and can get back to being himself. I wouldn’t be surprised if the Yanks went 5-1 over the next 6 games and I certainly wouldn’t be worried if they slipped and went 2-4. They’ve got the talent to keep winning games and I believe they’ll be doing that regardless of the occasional bump in the road.
Cano loves Fenway Park.
One day in the future I wouldn’t be surprised to see a Cano Pedroia trade, not surprised at all.
But that won’t be for a while, if it happens at all.
“It’s always nice to beat Boston, but this is hardly a critical series.”
This wouldn’t be a critical series if we had won at least one game so far this season. We haven’t. We have to take at least 2, not just for the bump in the standings, but for the guy’s mental state as well.
CB.
Hope you are well! Just getting into Boston on the train for the series. I look forward to it. The Yanks are clicking very well. The rotation turns are going very well.
-dennis
EVERY game against the red sox is big. They are our perennial nemesis and when you can win a game and ensure a loss to them its a doubly good day. It’s just as big as every other game in the year, I don’t know about you guys but I want the Yanks to win every single day.
Of course, it’s not the end of the world if they lose, never is. The only thing that would be the end of the world would be a nuclear holocaust, stray asteroid, or the sun going supernova.
But, what you don’t want is to be a game out of a playoff spot on the last day of the season. Then, you look back on the season and count all the games that you could of would have won.
Only bad numbers against Beckett is Teixeira & Gardner.
Danny,
But Gardner, our starting CF is 0-8 with 4 strikeouts
We also have no arms in the OF
DB, I agree with that completely.
Wow. Posada cathing 3rd straight game. Not that he can’t, but Joe hasn’t really liked using Posada behind the plate more than 2 or 3 days in a row.
SJ44,
Congrats to your family, sounds like Tony has exceeded all expectations. Obviously a huge reach by the Pirates (no offense intended whatsoever) but Tony gets to reap the benefits. Assuming he signs for slot money he will still make a LOT more than expected. Congrats!
It sounds like Tony is a very polished player so hopefully he tears through Pittsburgh’s system and makes the bigs ASAP.
Gardner is a better fielder than Damon, and Matsui is in a major cold streak. Makes sense to me.
“Wow. Posada cathing 3rd straight game. Not that he can’t, but Joe hasn’t really liked using Posada behind the plate more than 2 or 3 days in a row.”
Night game after day game i assume
Speaking of Swish. Does anyone know how much in bonuses he gets to throw pop up practice to our outfielders?
What does everyone think of a Matsui/Duncan DH platoon?
Would have to wait til after interleague of course.
DFA Berroa and call up Shelley? He’s killing it.
Or maybe adding another DH/PH would congest things with Matsui, Damon, Posada all sharing that role.
I’d just like to see Shelley on this team in some fashion.
SJ: whether the #4 comes true or it’s a few slots away, congrats, it’s quite a story. From enheralded player to high draft pick? Fantastic.
And he gets to leave Boston. That’s win-win!
Right.
Angel Berroa is a Josh Beckett killer! Why is he not in the lineup?
I’d rather see Shelley here than Angel Berroa…
Shelley isn’t on the 40-man, so we’d need to make a move there. And then i don’t think we could send him back down if he’s up, can we?
As an OF, Swisher has the same liabilities as Manny (limited range, bad arm). LF at Fenway is where he belongs; it’s an opportunity to give Damon a day off. Gardner is there for defense and maybe he can do something at the plate if they can get Beckett out of the game.
Thanks Phil, I hope your trade premonition stays as a lucid nightmare. I’d die if I had to root for the midget.
all of those fly balls in left field that cano hits are going to be doubles tonight
.361 career BA in fenway park
Shelley fits this clubhouse “style”, and he’s a weapon off the bench. Moreso than Berroa.
If you DFA’d Angel, then can you add Shelley?
I’m sorry, but to me the only real problem I’ve noticed with Swish is arm, otherwise he hasn’t done anything out there particularly grievous.
I really want to see Shelley Duncan up here. He’s such a good player, and on any other team he would be at least on the 25-man roster.
For some of you people suggesting this isn’t a critical series and it doesn’t matter what the outcome is, I wish you could have been at Fenway last April when the Yankees got swept.
Sitting in Fenway during the Sunday and listening to all the idiots chant sweep! made me sick to my stomach.
So don’t tell me these games don’t matter. Its a divisional opponent who happens to be our biggest rival. We have a 1 game lead on them, and I’d love nothing more than to sweep their asses to return the favor, and slam our foot on there throats by being up 4 full games in the middle of June.
Alot can happen between now and September. I realize this, but id much rather be in the drivers seat than sitting here come Friday saying how all will be well and that things will change come September.
DB, worse yet, I remember a Sox fan once saying he wouldn’t be surprised if the Papelbum made it onto the Yanks. Can you imagine?
“Thanks Phil, I hope your trade premonition stays as a lucid nightmare. I’d die if I had to root for the midget.”
That’s what I said after I first heard about the A-Rod deal. Now he’s one of my favorite Yankees. See, miracles can happen.
papelbum is going to be what the angels thought would happen to krod
I don’t know why they bother playing these games when everyone knows that games and pitcher/hitter battles are won on paper.
at least we don’t have mark kotsay in CF
I think this is one of the best lineups Joe’s put up this year. Matsui is clearly not hitting again, so no reason to have an automatic out in the lineup. Burnett is gonna pitch fantastic – he has something to prove after that last time. Great game I bet!!! Go Yanks. and I agree bring up ShDunk!!!
“I’m sorry, but to me the only real problem I’ve noticed with Swish is arm, otherwise he hasn’t done anything out there particularly grievous.”
Actually, he bobbles balls more often than he should. And let’s not forget his rocket launcher throws home that end up in the first row.
“One day in the future I wouldn’t be surprised to see a Cano Pedroia trade, not surprised at all.”
As much as I rail on Cano for his bad ABs and lack of patience, I think he has a lot more potential than Pedroia does. I hope that trade never happens.
Arm has been mentioned, Laura.
He does bobble balls in the OF smetimes I guess.
Matsui is really hurting/ Maybe he has to get his knees drained again.
Swisher will have cannon in Fenway’s left field. He has a bad right field arm.
I don’t like to hear “it’s just three games” or “there’s still 2/3rds of the season left, so it really doesn’t matter”, eventually all those games where you said “it’s just one loss and there’s plenty of season left” can add up to being 6 games out of the wild card in late September.
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That’s not the point. The point is, it’s really no bigger than any other game, or if you like, it’s really no bigger than any other game against a potential play-off team.
The 0-5 thus far this year is irrelevant. I know fans have a tough time with this concept, but those games have been played and lost.
The Yankees ARE going to lose 40 more games this year if they have a GREAT year.
The point is really a simple one – no one game should induce panic.
77513, Shelley can’t play the infield apart from a shoddy 1b and the Yanks already have a 4th outfielder. The Yanks will call back Ransom and dfa soon enough. Actually, as soon as he clears his 60th day in all probability.
“One day in the future I wouldn’t be surprised to see a Cano Pedroia trade, not surprised at all.”
I didn’t buy MLB 09 The Show just because of his mug on the cover and that stupid MVP trophy polishing commercial.
So I remain stuck on 2008 The Show until 2010 comes out.
That’s how much I dislike the midget.
I like Cano, I really do, but a lot of people think he’s going to be some special player, better than Pedroia ever will be. Well so far like Cano Pedroia was like 2 points off a batting title and like Cano he plays great defense. Unlike Cano he is more patient at the plate, faster, and has put together an MVP season. I’m not a big fan of the guy but given the choice between Cano and Pedroia how do you NOT pick Pedroia? (besides reasons of personal dislike, which I understand)
Ahhhh yes ……
The starstruck sillies of Boston watch the Yankees take batting practice with their mouths open then as soon as the beer goes to work the Yankees suck and they have no idea why except their neighbors and relatives have told them that’s the way it is.
Read the rest of my post, Stuckey.
I know. This series means a lot to the Yanks.
First, you don’t want to be shown up by the Red Sox for the 3rd straight series.
Next, you don’t want to let the Red Sox gain ground. We got to start taking more than a .5 game or 1 game lead. Sweeping them or taking 2 of 3 will put us in a good position come the All-Star Break.
Finally, it’s the freakin Red Sox! The Yankees have owned them every time up to 2003. It’s time to show Boston we are still the better team, and we could kick their butt any time any place.
Plus, loosing to th Red Sox with A-Rod and a hot hitting Teix in the lineup will mean no excuses.
Dennis,
Good to hear from you! You’re so lucky to be seeing the game in person. It should be a good one. I can’t see Beckett vs. AJ being a sequel of the last outing. I think this one will be a game in which runs are hard to come by.
Both teams are playing well. The yankees offense has really surprised me. The staff is coming around and hopefully will get rolling.
I think Beckett and Lester are on their way to getting back to being Beckett and Lester. Dice K…???? Not so sure what’s going on with him. I don’t think the way he pitched last year was sustainable and it looks like random chance is now correcting itself. You guys still have a lot of pitching, however.
It’s going to be a dog fight the whole year.
It kills me that you guys pick directly before the yanks today…
Why recall Ransom when Pena does a better job in that role?
Pettitte on Mkay
But, what you don’t want is to be a game out of a playoff spot on the last day of the season. Then, you look back on the season and count all the games that you could of would have won.
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Nor do you want to be 2 games out, 3, 10, or 20. You’re getting precariously close to the logic that it’s better to finish 10 games out then 1.
ALL you are saying is you don’t want to NOT make the playoffs, which is a no-brainer.
But to agonize over every loss is to perhaps really LIKE baseball, but to not understand it.
Check out Nick Swisher’s numbers. He’s sporting a .944 OPS (12th in the AL) and is 1 behind Carlos Pena for the lead league in walks. He always gets deep into counts and works pitchers out of the game.
Definitely not an everyday player though…
Why are people already panicking? I’ll never understand this site. I love it, but I’ll never understand it.
Top 4 picks set.
WAS – Strasburgh
SEA – Ackley
SD – Tate
PIT – Sanchez
And let’s not forget his rocket launcher throws home that end up in the first row.
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I believe those were first row fan appreciation nights. Free baseballs to a random 3 sitting in the first row with no nets to detour the throw. Swisher signed after the game. Who said you dont get your monies worth sitting in those expensive seats?
The Yankee offense has been unbelievable this year, far better than I expected anyway.
Gardner needs to take the George Costanza approach against Josh Beckett and just do the opposite of what he was doing before. Gardner needs to swing for the fences tonight!
LOL Melky Cabrera has more home runs than David Ortiz.
vb03, you are missing out on one of the greatest baseball video games ever. I got over it real quick.
The Sanchez to Pirates pick isnt official yet, is it? I’ll reserve my congrats until then.
Congrats on your nephew SJ44! Outstanding!
Brandon is Tate confirmed to go to SD? I heard that one was still up in the air and that he could slide big time.
Congrats to SJ and his family.
Look at what fox has as a look alike to Ortiz. Middle of the page.
http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/s.....motivation
(Danny
June 9th, 2009 at 4:19 pm
We have some sick career numbers vs. Beckett
Jeter – 14-41 (.341), HR, double
Damon – 13-38 (.316), 2 HRs, 5 doubles
Cano – 12-36 (.333), 2 HRs, 4 doubles
ARod – 11-34 (.324), HR, 3 doubles
Melky – 12-33 (.363), 3 doubles
Posada – 9-26 (.346), double
Swisher – 5-14 (.357), HR)
DUDE!!!
Thanks for Jinxing us. Watch him Throw a one hit shutout.
Its Beckett Not a scrub at pitching. Ask Jeter is Im over reacting!!
CB.
I am a lucky guy if not for the simple fact of marrying WAY over my head!
I think the baseball gods/karma are shaking hands with Dice K. His 18 wins last year defied logic.
I love this rivalry. Nothing better in sports..
Cheers CB.
-dennis
“I’m not a big fan of the guy but given the choice between Cano and Pedroia how do you NOT pick Pedroia? (besides reasons of personal dislike, which I understand)”
It’s not personal dislike of Pedroia at all that I’d pick Cano. In fact, I like Pedroia a lot. Like I said, I just believe that Cano has a lot more potential, I think he has more natural talent that Pedroia.
But I could very well be 100% wrong and proven wrong 100 times over.
“vb03, you are missing out on one of the greatest baseball video games ever. I got over it real quick.”
I can’t stand his mug. How much better is it than ’08?
I would rather have an Ortiz in decline than a “red hot” A-Rod. Integrity is classier.
Heathcomb at best will be Hank Blalock
Why would we waste our 1st round pick on that?
Go out and sign a projectable pitcher or perhaps a reliever who can be on the fast tack and come up in September
hello everyone
Its Beckett a scrub? NO he is top 5 pitcher in the league. Ask Jeter if im over reacting!
JINX
yankeeboy98, Shelley looked pretty wretched the last time he was in the bigs, he couldn’t hit a breaking ball.
Stuckey, for arguments sake I made it one..of course you never want to be out of the playoffs and there are always a handfull of games that you can put in the should have would have category. Every team wins or loses 62 games, its what you do in the other hundred.
Final game of the year, one game playoff in Fenway Park…Chien Ming Wang vs. Josh Beckett (CC being rested due to being used on 3 days rest 4 nights in a row to get the Yankees to this point)…both teams with 99 wins…
Pregame: Announcer A: On the Yankee side pitching is Chien Ming Wang. What a remarkable comeback for him, a great story, has lowered his era to 4.75 this year, gone seven innings each of his last 10 starts.
Announcer B: Yeah, Wang has done a great job…Amazing how far he’s come to contribute so much…
Game time, Wang does great, goes 8 innings, gives up only 2 runs…Becket goes five but he is scoreless…2-0 Boston in the top of the 9th, two outs, two men on, until…
Bam! Gritty, gutty Brett Gardner sends one over the green monster!
Bottom of the ninth, Mo on with a 2.12 ERA…bases loaded..nobody out…heart of the Sox order, Mo strikes out the side.
John Sterling: Strike Three! Ballgame over! YANKEES WIN! THEEEE YANKEES WIN! AND MO WAS MOLICIOUS!
Happy ending, Sterling makes a corny call, Yanks go home happy…a great fantasy…
Shut up grin. I suppose there is a lot of integrity in lying about your age, right?
“I would rather have an Ortiz in decline than a “red hot” A-Rod. Integrity is classier.”
Ortiz != Integrity, based on the Mark McGwire-like cliff he fell off of.
Jesus…The whiners will be feasting tonight on everything from lineup choices, to Yankee pitching to Any batter that swings at the first pitch to those that don’t hammer a first pitch get ‘em over fastball. For dessert, they have draft pick ala mode.
Andy Pettitte interview on The Michael Kay Show:
http://www.zshare.net/audio/611589854b368480/
Beckett was 3-1 with a 3.26 ERA against us in 08 (only loss was the 1-0 game vs. Joba)
2-1 with a 4.39 ERA against us in 07
It’s not like we always crush the guy. He has been lights out in his last 5 starts too
Hello Doris! Ready for the game?
The gameplay is more crisp, the hitting is more refined and a little harder and of course all of the rosters and stadiums are in it.
Big Grand Papi has stopped taking those Dominican Milkshakes
I dont know if they still update the 08 rosters, but when you play on-line the rosters are updated to that days roster.
Pedroia is overrated, he shouldn’t have won the MVP last year. Sizemore was a lot more deserving, even A-rod was more deserving than Pedroia.
Pedroia is helped a lot by hitting at Fenway, look at his home-away stats (.390 SLG in away games ahahah). The only thing I like about Pedroia more than Cano is his OBP.
It’s June 9th, Why is everyone going crazy?
Yankees will be fine.
“Heathcomb at best will be Hank Blalock
Why would we waste our 1st round pick on that?
Go out and sign a projectable pitcher or perhaps a reliever who can be on the fast tack and come up in September”
Umm…he reminds ppl of Blalock w/ the bat now. With more room to improve, the kid w/ his team 1 loss from elimination, hit 3 HRs to knock them into the next rd., oh if OF doesn’t work out b/c of the gifted arm he can throw 91 – 93 topping out at 95 as a LHP, one of the strongest arms in the draft. Yeh that’s Hank Blalock
lol at the Andy song.
I do agree that he shouldn’t have won MVP (Josh Hamilton, please) but the fact that he was legitimate choice can’t be laughed at.
GB7!
Good see you are in form! What time is the 1st Coors Lite?
I am 15 mins from North Station and then a cab to the hotel and then setting a record in having 2 quick ones before the game.
Hope all is well in Midway.
-dennis
“The gameplay is more crisp, the hitting is more refined and a little harder and of course all of the rosters and stadiums are in it.”
I’d rather not buy it if the difference isn’t very significant other than rosters, most of the time I wait 2 years in between buying sports games. I still have Madden 08 and NBA 2k8 lol.
Boogie Down Bob-
Blowme. Don’t lash out at the truth, if it wasn’t the truth you wouldn’t be so boogied up about it.
He learned to hit to opposite field as a young kid first, then learned to pull.
“The only thing I like about Pedroia more than Cano is his OBP.”
He’s got a K-Zone the size of a needle. Tough to throw strikes.
Grin, that, or lies and immature comments annoy him.
One of the 2.
Who is “Heathcomb”?
Hamilton shouldn’t have won either, should have gone to Sizemore.
Yeah Pedroia had one good year but he still can’t hit outside of Fenway. Lets see how he does for the rest of this year. I’d rather have Cano. Comparable fielding, better pure hitter, more power, less OBP.
“I would rather have an Ortiz in decline than a “red hot” A-Rod. Integrity is classier.”
He can’t even field, and news flash maybe the magic juice isn’t legal anymore for Papi.
“Blowme. Don’t lash out at the truth, if it wasn’t the truth you wouldn’t be so boogied up about it.”
What a sad life you must lead if you spend your time trolling on the comment section of a blog.
kotsay better not be the guy that gets the big homerun today – it seems the sucky last guy on the bench is the one that usually has been the yankee killer this year (see kapler, gabe – dillon, joe, etc) – if the yankees are going to get beat they better get beaten by youk, bay and pedroia and not kotsay, green and varitek – they also better not get beat by the shadow of david ortiz….
“Who is “Heathcomb”?”
Beats me, let it slide, he knows what he speaks
its what you do in the other hundred.
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Agreed, but baseball is still a game of streaks and seasons. We’ve already witnessed how long a season is with the early success of the O’s, the more drawn out success of the Jays, and the “comeback” of the Yankees.
My ONLY point is proper perspective.
“This wouldn’t be a critical series if we had won at least one game so far this season. We haven’t. We have to take at least 2, not just for the bump in the standings, but for the guy’s mental state as well.”
Don’t you mean for your mental state they have to take at least 2?
If they lose 2 they’re still tied for first with a limping Mets team and the Nationals coming into town. I’ll take that.
This “comeback” thing is ridiculous, we were never that far out of it anyway.
sab-
The shadow of Ortiz is a solar eclipse…
-dennis
Hey Laura-
Been working late so I have been DVRing them and watching from the beginning when I get home around 8:30 or so
“Hamilton shouldn’t have won either, should have gone to Sizemore.”
Joe Mauer was the one who should have won the MVP last year. Much more deserving than Sizemore.
Pedoria was a reasonable choice given his stats – though those stats are highly influenced by playing at Fenway.
But it was Mauer who once again should have won MVP but didn’t just because he didn’t hit enough home runs.
Mauer and Jeter are both up the middle players who should have won MVP’s and didn’t because people didn’t take their positions and the tremendous relative value they represent into account.
Good One Grin!!!
Big Poopi is loaded with integrity lying about his age and juicing his way through the 2004-2007 seasons!
*2004 *2007
Mauer is having an MVP season this year.
Papi’s “inexplicable” decline? I think it’s very explainable, actually. He’s old, fat, and has a really slow bat. He’s lost the magic plain and simple. Easy to explain.
Does Baseball-reference.com have a stat for classy?
What? Nobody likes my one game playoff fantasy at Fenway Park?
“Been working late so I have been DVRing them and watching from the beginning when I get home around 8:30 or so”
Well, at least you get to see the game, albeit late.
He’s also probably off the roids now, as well. Seriously. I mean no one is presumed innocent anymore. Why not Ortiz.
dennis – its a night game – shouldn’t it be a lunar eclipse?
Papi has an AARP Card
“Unlike Cano he is more patient at the plate, faster, and has put together an MVP season. ”
Just because Pedroia won the MVP doesn’t mean that Cano hasn’t put together an MVP type of season. He just hasn’t won it.
Jeter has put together 2 MVP seasons and never won one.
“The shadow of Ortiz is a solar eclipse…”
Dennis,
They have to pull the plug on Ortiz. So far he’s produced 10 runs less than a replacement level DH. 10 runs less than replacement. That’s one win – already.
If the sox just pencilled in a random AAA outfielder with some major league experience – or even Kotsay at DH they would be much better off.
You can’t get sub-replacement level production from DH. You just can’t.
Fun fact of the day:
Pedroia has already grounded into 11 double plays this season.
dennis-costanza
June 9th, 2009 at 4:51 pm
GB7!
Good see you are in form! What time is the 1st Coors Lite?
I am 15 mins from North Station and then a cab to the hotel and then setting a record in having 2 quick ones before the game.
Hope all is well in Midway.
-dennis
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Can I count 12:01 AM this morning as the first Coor’s of the day? I had to call the distrubutor to bring the beer truck by. They asked me how many cases I needed. I just told them to back up the truck and I’d call them a cab.
Midway hasn’t floated away, yet. Not bad, but, I do miss the restaurants and the short walks to the park. Hope you have a miserable 3 days and a bad trip home, as long as all is safe. You know that I’d only wish you and Ray a miserable time during these games.
For what it is worth…it is dark and grey with light rain coming down up here in northern RI.
For all that everyone fears Da Monstah, the fact is that right field in Fenway is the MUCH harder place to play defensively, as there’s roughly an entire football field out there. I’d much rather have Melky’s range and arm in Pesky’s Death Valley than Swish….
Lets be honest the yankees are not winning tonight. Josh Beckett is way too dominant of a pitcher. He is on a roll and looking unhittable. I just hope he doesn’t throw a no hitter.
This “comeback” thing is ridiculous, we were never that far out of it anyway.
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*I* agree it wasn’t a big deal, but folks here thought Saturday was a “big” loss. Can you imagine the Yanks being more than 5 games out of a play-off spot again this year?
sab.
You are correct. Too quick to try get a cheap laugh and I am not very smart. That is a horrible combination.
-dennis
raymagnetic, I don’t think he’s put together a near MVP season.
He almost won a batting title, yes. But I don’t think he was close to mvp numbers in other areas, at least I don’t remember it that way. I’ll research.
Besides, A-Rod had one of the best seasons in MLB history that year.
CB,
Totally forgot about Mauer but you’re right. I was on the Sizemore bandwagon all last year so his name sticks in my mind but Mauer definitely had an MVP year.
Sweeney Murti on Francesa:
http://www.zshare.net/audio/61159446739fb3a3/
BDB-
If you want the play the * game let do it.
1996*: Andy Pettitte, Ricky Bones
1998*: Andy Pettitte, Chuck Knoblauch, Mike Stanton, Darren Holmes
1999*: Andy Pettitte, Chuck Knoblauch, Roger Clemens, Mike Stanton, Jason Grimsley, Daniel Naulty
2000*: Andy Pettitte, Chuck Knoblauch, Roger Clemens, Mike Stanton, Jason Grimsley, David Justice, Jose Canseco, Glenallen Hill, Denny Neagle
2001: Andy Pettitte, Chuck Knoblauch, Roger Clemens, Mike Stanton, David Justice, Bobby Estalella, Todd Williams
2003: Roger Clemens, Andy Pettitte, Jason Giambi
Want to trade our championships for yours? I’m game.
thats Ok costanza, we’ll settle it during the Feats of Strength at the family’s festivus dinner
Yeah Stuckey, I thought the Yankees were doing exactly what people asked, staying in it and keeping within striking distance until A-Rod returned, I was one of few people who when asked what to do to solve oour problems said nothing.
“Jesus…The whiners will be feasting tonight on everything from lineup choices, to Yankee pitching to Any batter that swings at the first pitch to those that don’t hammer a first pitch get ‘em over fastball.”
And those who whine about the whiners will be here before that.
Was a pretty good thread before that whining, GB.
CB- Agree. It has gone on too long. He is done IMO.
GB7- Thanks for all of your support and well wishes.
Pulling into North Station. It is not raining but has a very ominous sky. City has some fog as well. Much like GB7 at 12:01AM…
-dennis
Grin, dude, you started it. We’re not saying we didn’t hve juicers, we’re saying EVERY team had juicers.
By the way, Clemens was a Red Sock too, anyway. Just thought I’d mention it.
tarp on the field
I doubt it’ll be cancelled, but a delay would not surprise me.
Thanks for the roster education PHIASP.
Draft is looking to be very interesting tonight. The high school pitchers may have massively over priced themselves.
Over at BA they now have Tyler Matzek falling out of the top 8 (though law has him going at 6 to the giants).
Tarp back on the field
“Lets be honest the yankees are not winning tonight. Josh Beckett is way too dominant of a pitcher. He is on a roll and looking unhittable. I just hope he doesn’t throw a no hitter.”
That’s a joke, right? Damn, sometimes I can’t tell the fools/trolls from the sarcastic types. The Yanks should have no fear of that dude, they usually hit him well.
dennis,
you guys really should trade for nick johnson and dh him.
Enjoy the game. Stay dry!
SJ,
If the reports are true, big congrats to your nephew, you and your family. What an exciting day.
Regardless of any of the snipers in the press, I’m sure he earned and deserved that spot.
And if he’s in the national league we can still root for him!
dennis-costanza
June 9th, 2009 at 5:05 pm
CB- Agree. It has gone on too long. He is done IMO.
GB7- Thanks for all of your support and well wishes.
Pulling into North Station. It is not raining but has a very ominous sky. City has some fog as well. Much like GB7 at 12:01AM…
-dennis
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No doubt about the fog. I’ve often woke up and tried to figure out how I got inside of a lightbulb. that’s scary.
I’m 10 minutes from Fenway and it’s not raining here …
No prob, Grin. Just that you Sox fans seem to forget so you put him with hte Yankee juicers all the time.
“What? Nobody likes my one game playoff fantasy at Fenway Park?”
I did! It even has the requisite Red Sox Killer With A Name Starting With The Letter B in it (Babe, Bucky, Buckner, Boone…).
“And if he’s in the national league we can still root for him!”
Only until such time as the Pirates face the Yankees in the World Series . . . . oh wait . . . . never mind.
Weather.com shows a 0% chance of precipitation at 5:00 PM through 7 PM, yet the tarp is on the field and
How can these meteorologists be so wrong?
I’m 60 minutes from Fenway and it is lightly raining.
Lets be honest the yankees are not winning tonight. Josh Beckett is way too dominant of a pitcher. He is on a roll and looking unhittable. I just hope he doesn’t throw a no hitter.
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Peter Gammons, is that you?
What happened to Craig Hansen? I thought he was the “best bullpen guy” in the majors?
Thanks for all the kind words everybody, I really appreciate it.
Until they make the pick, nothing is official.
Tune in at 6pm on the MLB Network.
“What? Nobody likes my one game playoff fantasy at Fenway Park?”
I like how Wang is pitching and does well.
Thank you Stultus. I knew somebody out there would look at that and say, “That’s how our season should end!”.
Sigh, Grin, Sigh.
I know we should not “feed the trolls”, but they make it so difficult.
Grin, do you have any Yankee fan friends who you speak about baseball with in a reasonable fashion? I have some intelligent, passionate red sox fan friends with whom I have great conversations about baseball. You know, reasoned ans impassioned but without unecessary emotional baiting. You should try it some time.
We have the two most knowledgable, dedicated fan bases in the entire sport (maybe in all of US professional sports) AND a huge rivalry. There are so many interesting topics for us to discuss amongst each other. Random, inane, comments made only with the intent of riling up opposing fans (on one of their blogs) are so unnecessary.
I’ll tell you this: If I ever posted on Sons of Sam Horn or a similar type blog, I would never disrespect the Red Sox or their fans in the way you have done here. It’s a rivalry. We dislike the Sox. You dislike the Yankees. I get it. But our experiences as fans would be a lot better if we spent the time debating Beckett v. Sabathia rather than shouting insults at each other.
SJ,
Any updates you’ve heard on who the yankees are thinkgin about at 29?
They need to make sure that they sign the player but will they pass on one of the talented prep kids if they are there?
Also – have you heard anything about Scheppers shoulder? He’s throwing the ball very well.
Wow. Awesome news regarding Tony Sanchez.
SJ must be the proudest uncle in the world today.
Congrats to Tony and his friends and family.
The 2000′s Andy Pettitte went back in time and gave the 1990′s Andy PEDs?
Zach in Port Jeff,
The best part of the “Gammons’ Post” is this: “I just hope he doesn’t throw a no hitter.”
Yeah, me too. I’m scared. I hope he doesn’t perfecto us.
Stultus,
I hate when Beckett throws no-hitters against the Yanks. It totally ruins my day.
Yes Nick, didn’t you know? Only the Yankees have this power, which explains how obviously they are the only frranchise in baseball to have juicing players.
Congrats SJ and family!!
Really cool….
Now, Bob ryan just claimed that “if the yankees can’t beat them now (sox) they never will.”
ESPN. Where bias happens.
Marc Carig Twitter:
Girardi:Bruney could be back next week, would likely need to make at least one rehab appearance first. –Carig
Brian Bruney threw 25 pitches in the bullpen. Says he feels fine. No word on whether his pants were on fire. –Carig
SJ, I have been on another planet lately. lol. Was just wondering who is your nephew?
Who here is getting that bad feeling that we are jinxing ourselves into a no-no?
“raymagnetic, I don’t think he’s put together a near MVP season.
He almost won a batting title, yes. But I don’t think he was close to mvp numbers in other areas, at least I don’t remember it that way. I’ll research.”
Check out Cano’s OPS+ his 2nd and 3rd year in t he league and then look at Pedroia’s OPS+ this past year.
Pedroia may have won the MVP but his season was equal to Cano’s second and 3rd seasons.
The Yankees need to get back against the Sox in a big way.
Zach in Port Jeff,
I just hope Gardner bunts, that’s our only chance to get a hit tonight and not be totally humiliated.
Who here is getting that bad feeling that we are jinxing ourselves into a no-no?
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I’ll start.
Not me.
“The 2000’s Andy Pettitte went back in time and gave the 1990’s Andy PEDs?”
He had to first find Mike Mussina’s mother so she could show him how to get back to his teammates. Then during a flight to Cleveland, the plane went down… and 2000s Andy encountered 1990s Andy, and gave him the PEDs.
If Beckett is no hitting us, then Gardner needs to hit a bunt single
raymagnetic, OPS isn’t the give all and end all.
I like Cano but right now I think you need to give Pedroia props, he’s clearly the better player. This reminds me of the Nomar vs. Jeter arguements where the Sox were convinced Nomar was a better SS than Jeter. Obviously we have the upper edge there.
Im 6 hours on plane away from fenway and its gloomy here in So Cal.. Not sure if that helps, but i did save money on my auto insurance.
CB, They are waiting to see if any of the signability pitchers drop. That’s the last I heard.
I think the Red Sox are taking the same posture.
Stultus Magnus, I was waiting for that.
Where is trisha and her unabashed total positiveness when you need her?
I have to tell you that I just read a few posts here and had to do an “SJ” search here to see where Tony was going. I absolutely cannot imagine how SJ has to be feeling right now. I can’t think of a lot of things much greater than to be drafted by MLB – let alone drafted 4th!!!!! Of course I have tears in my eyes just thinking about how proud SJ has to feel. WOW is all I can say.
Just beautiful SJ. Just absolutely beautiful.
Congrats to Tony, SJ and family.
Ah, there’s trisha.
Speak of the devil.
The Sports Network reports that *the Rays have agreed to terms with pitcher Jorge Julio*. They’ve assigned the righty, who was recently released by the Brewers, to Triple A. The Rays released pitcher Chad Orvella to make room for Julio in Durham.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOO !
SJ44, congrats to you and your family – very cool!!!
PHIL HUGHES IS A STAHTIN’ PITCHA’!, how funny is that????
What positiveness do you need? Are people being negative about tonight’s game?
” They are waiting to see if any of the signability pitchers drop. That’s the last I heard.
I think the Red Sox are taking the same posture.”
Thanks SJ. That’s what I was hoping they’d do. They need position players but this draft is much more talented in arms.
Crazy situation – now looks like Matzek may be falling along with Purke and Turner and possibly Miller.
And then on top of that unclear where Crow and Scheppers are going.
It’s tough that the Sox are also looking for one of the high end arms to fall. They often spend big over slot later on in the draft at the latter rounds.
If Tyler Matzek happens to fall all the way down the draft and the sox take him…
“This will be Alex Rodriguez’s first taste of Fenway Park this season. It’ll be interesting to see how the fans respond given the sudden, inexplicable decline of David Ortiz.”
See Boston Dirt Dogs website for a clue of what is to come
UPDATE, 5:23 p.m.: Brian Bruney threw all of his pitches in the bullpen and said he felt great. But expect the Yankees to proceed cautiously with him. Joe Girardi indicated that they want to see Bruney pitch another bullpen before “one or two” rehab games. If that is case, Bruney could be available sometime next week.
Girardi said he wants to stay away from Mariano Rivera, who has pitched three straight days. They also seem leery about using Phil Hughes again.
Talked to CMW, who said he’ll be good for 90-100 pitches tomorrow. Girardi said it would be more like 85-90.
As a matter of fact trisha, we need some support. Someone said that Beckett would pitch a no hitter against us. I’m afraid we’re jinxed after all the responses of “no way”.
CB, Heathcott or Renfroe ?
“He had to first find Mike Mussina’s mother so she could show him how to get back to his teammates. Then during a flight to Cleveland, the plane went down… and 2000s Andy encountered 1990s Andy, and gave him the PEDs.”
I would see this movie. Let’s get the treatment to Sam Raimi…
Whats all this Beckett no hitting us crap? If it wasnt for the Yankees being Pedro’s daddy the title would go to Beckett. But that being said Beckett can call us stepdad.
Ed, SJ’s nephew is Tony Sanchez. It’s not official yet, but its being reported that the Pittsburgh Pirates will draft him with the 4th pick in todays draft. He played for Boston College and is considered the top catching prospect in the draft.
“What positiveness do you need? Are people being negative about tonight’s game?”
No, everything’s cool.
Observer283 -
I am more than capable of carrying on an intelligent conversation about our respective teams and or players etc. That being said and I am not trying to be mean about this but can we agree that the quality of comment on SOSH is far more intelligent than most of the moth breathers who post on this blog? I think if you look back it was not I who started the fracas. My first comment was that I would rather have Ortiz who is in a slump than A-Rod who is really just a great player reduced to a joke. I love how everyone jumps on Bill Simmons “maybe he is older than he is” far out theory and uses it as gospel on here. Would a well reasoned baseball fan capable of stable and intelligent conversation say stuff like:
Can’t wait to wear my *2004 *2007 shirt into Fenway tomorrow night
Hahahaha he isn’t 33 years old. I bet Ortiz is around 36-37
He can’t even field, and news flash maybe the magic juice isn’t legal anymore for Papi.
I apologies for lowering to the level of this board. So lets go.
Beckett is indeed better than CC and time will prove this because he will be pitching far longer than CC unless CC sheds a few pounds. Also let’s look where it counts:
CC’s postseason 10.45 ERA should I give you Beckett’s post season stats?
Some of the key branch point picks in the draft tonight are shaping up to be who does San Diego take at 3. Do they pass on donavan tate and pass on a high school arm or aron crow?
And then the next really interesting pick is Detroit at 9. If they pass on one of the talented high school arms those kids are going to drop a lot. If that happens then money will be a huge driving factor in this draft – more so than usual.
There is absolutely and unequivocally no way that Beckett will be pitching a no hitter against the Yankees. You can take that to the bank. The Yankees make Beckett more than a little bit nervous. It’s just the way it is.
Laugh at me if you want. Just wait and watch.
PHIL HUGHES IS A STAHTIN’ PITCHA’!: actually, I am the devil. You need a scorecard.
Grin, you did start it. Your first comment was an unfounded insult aimed at one of our players.
brandon,
at pick 29 I’d pick heathcott. I think renfroe will be there later on. heathcott won’t.
on the whole I’d much rather they draft one of the high school pitcher.
If there’s any chance of taking tyler matzek they simply cannot pass on him. they just can’t.
Grin, you did start it. Your first comment was an unfounded insult aimed at one of our players.
How is my opinion unfounded? That is laughable.
Wow, Mike Cameron suspended two games because an umpire moved into him with his shoulder.
These umpires this year are absolutely ridiculous.
Guys,
I wish I could say more but, I can’t.
I will post more in depth tomorrow on the entire process.
That said, I think I will run out and get some dinner-type stuff. I want to watch the draft at 6. Be back.
“Grin, you did start it. Your first comment was an unfounded insult aimed at one of our players.”
Trolls don’t realize that they are trolls. It’s an unfortunate by-product.
And I missed the part where Josh Beckett already threw a no-hitter. Wow.
So he didn’t even hit Jeter??
SJ44
June 9th, 2009 at 5:34 pm
Guys,
I wish I could say more but, I can’t.
I will post more in depth tomorrow on the entire process.
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Can’t wait to hear all about it!
Grin,
Go home. Go discuss with your fellow Red Sox fans how you plan on trading Ortiz and Lugo to the Padres for Adrien Gonzales, like one intelligent observer discussed on the Boston.com website yesterday.
FIX TEIXEIRAS NAME PETE! JESUS WE KNOW YOU SEE YOU MISSPELLED IT I DONT UNDERSTAND WHY IT’S SO DIFFICULT FOR YOU TO F-ING PROOFREAD YOUR WRITING.
Agreed, I would be fine with Heathcott in the 1st.
Matzek to the Sox would hurt, big time. He’s the one signability case I take in round 1. He or Crow, maybe even Purke.
Remember, the Yankees pick BEFORE the Sox in Round 2, so they may be able to snag a signability case there.
Within the next hour, this board will become completely unreadable.
“brandon,
at pick 29 I’d pick heathcott. I think renfroe will be there later on. heathcott won’t.”
CB I doubt Tyler drops past the Braves. That’s my choice too, Heathcott LH 5 tools, hits to all field, has a gun, what’s not to like, a perfect 1st and 2nd would be Heathcott then Renfroe or Purke.
Grin, if you need to me to explain, than that shows why you’re not getting any respect.
If any of you remember Compass Rosy who has posted here several times (the Mariner’s fan), her nephew was drafted by the Mets several years ago. He went to the University of Washington and his name was Tyler Davidson. He was having a tremendous career in the minors and then got hurt. That’s all I remember.
Son of Sam Horn is regional provincialism at its worst…
It consists of Curt Schilling and a bunch of Bill James wannabes…throw in a few budding accountants who know everything about player salaries and luxury tax threshholds.
This place may have its kooks, but SoSH absolutely frightens me.
“CB I doubt Tyler drops past the Braves. That’s my choice too, Heathcott LH 5 tools, hits to all field, has a gun, what’s not to like, a perfect 1st and 2nd would be Heathcott then Renfroe or Purke.”
Well, throw in Matzek, Crow, or Gibson into the mix, too, rofl.
If the yankees play this draft right they could do very, very well.
But they’re going to have to be willing to spend money.
There’s could be a ton of players falling.
Kevin Goldstein is reporting that the braves are now looking at mike minor at 7 as is BA.
Signability is driving the draft if the leaks are correct.
Zach in Port – Thanks.
Speaking of drafts, I always wondered how the Yankees landed an arm like Joba Chamberlain? Did no other team see his potential? If there is a backstory I’ll love to hear it.
I have heard more the likes of Adam Dunn BDB for some combination of Brad Penny, Masterson, Delcarmen, or Lowrie.
Until later guys. Let me be negative, damn we have no chance tonight, Beckett just owns this lineup in these types of games. I just don’t see us pulling tonight off and then Wang tomorrow w/ a pitch count, we’ll be lucky to take 1.
PHIL HUGHES IS A STAHTIN’ PITCHA’!
June 9th, 2009 at 4:35 pm
I like Cano, I really do, but a lot of people think he’s going to be some special player, better than Pedroia ever will be. Well so far like Cano Pedroia was like 2 points off a batting title and like Cano he plays great defense. Unlike Cano he is more patient at the plate, faster, and has put together an MVP season. I’m not a big fan of the guy but given the choice between Cano and Pedroia how do you NOT pick Pedroia? (besides reasons of personal dislike, which I understand)
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You don’t pick Pedroia because those “people” who “think he’s going to be some special player” are onto something.
It’s hardly going out on a limb to predict greatness for Cano. At least, it’s a no-brainer to me.
Some things are just apparent…or not.
Could some of these prep pitchers drop so far that the Yankees get 2 of them? I doubt it but that’d be pretty sweet
I love this site and I love Sosh, NYYfans is a total joke.
One mans opinion.
Cano so far has been a Jose Reyes type of player…great potential perhaps not yet lived out.
“Grin, if you need to me to explain, than that shows why you’re not getting any respect.”
Welcome to sarcasm man. Really did it get lost on you?
“I doubt Tyler drops past the Braves.”
No it doesn’t look like they are going to go with a high school arm unless Zach Wheeler slips to them which it doesn’t look like they will.
If they are thinking about Minor at 7 – well that’s worlds away from taking Matzek.
Right now if Matzek slips past detroit he could fall quite a bit.
He’ll never get to the yankees – one of the problems with having the sox pick right before.
If detroit or boston luck out and draft matzek…
“If the yankees play this draft right they could do very, very well.
But they’re going to have to be willing to spend money.
There’s could be a ton of players falling.
Kevin Goldstein is reporting that the braves are now looking at mike minor at 7 as is BA.
Signability is driving the draft if the leaks are correct.”
Agreed. I hope the Yankees’ ‘budget’ is a smoke screen.
The Yankees spent ~$7M or so in 2006. Joba has been easily worth over twice that, alone, so far. That doesn’t count all of the other guys in that draft (Kennedy/McAllister/Kontos/Betances/Melancon/McCutchen/Robertson) who could be viable major leaguers.
Spend $15M if needed – all it takes is one or two guys to pan out, and you save MORE than $15M per YEAR that you’d have to spend to replace that production.
Melancon is a stud. I have 0 questions about his ability or mental makeup.
Once he gets his 2nd chance, he will run with it and make everyone forget about “Heath Bell”.
To whomever suggested Ellsbury is en route to a career as a “Yankee killer.”
Well if that comment isn’t just a textbook example of Boston paranoia, Boston-player-hyperbole, then there is no defintion.
Ellsbury can go and get it, and he has great speed. He is not exceptional in any other way, shape or form.
The more I read, the more I shake my head.
If it was sarcasm Grin, then yeah I was totally lost.
Jonathan Mayo thinks Matzek goes at 8 to the Reds btw
Ellsbury HAS een a Yankee killer. That doesn’t mean great player, it means he plays great against us. He’s killed us this year.
I don’t even think that’s controversial OR negative.
Oh my bad I’m reading old updates, Matzek will not be picked by the reds
scorpio,
I believe Joba was coming off an injury. That scared most teams off.
Am I the only one who thinks Stealth had a private non traced phone call with Strasburg, told him to ask for a ridiculous contract and have him fall to us? Phone call came after he sent Strasburg a video of him in Yankee stadium in pinstripes coming out in the 8th inning to get it to Mo.
“Jonathan Mayo thinks Matzek goes at 8 to the Reds btw”
He updated that – matzek not going to the reds. Unclear where he lands if he gets past detroit at 9.
Mr. Positivity
June 9th, 2009 at 5:43 pm
Melancon is a stud. I have 0 questions about his ability or mental makeup.
Once he gets his 2nd chance, he will run with it and make everyone forget about “Heath Bell”.
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Well, yes.
There are two groups of people posting on here regardin Mark Melancon:
A). Those who have seen a good deal of him
and
B). Those who haven’t.
The A Group puts off the B Group by what they consider, intractable statements about how good he will be.
But I think that is because the B Group doesn’t understand that the A Group actually has a working basis for saying so.
From what I’ve heard of group A Melancon will be a stud.
“Cano so far has been a Jose Reyes type of player…great potential perhaps not yet lived out.”
You are REALLY selling Robinson Cano short. I wasn’t going to continue but you are really underestimating how good a player Cano really is.
He had a bad 2008 by anyone’s standards, but he’s an outstanding player based on what he’s produced so far in his career.
Ellsbury HAS een a Yankee killer. That doesn’t mean great player, it means he plays great against us. He’s killed us this year.
I don’t even think that’s controversial OR negative.
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So from that small sample size you are predicting a career of Ellsbury as anathema to the Yankees? That’s the controversial part, my friend.
He stole home. It was very dramatic.
Yet when he comes to the plate, I say, ‘Oh, good – only Ellsbury.’
I don’t say that when Youkilis is up.
S.o.S.
June 9th, 2009 at 5:46 pm
scorpio,
I believe Joba was coming off an injury. That scared most teams off.
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Thanks S.oS, their loss our gain!
raymagnetic, Jose Reyes has also had a great career. But he could be even better and he hasn’t been.
Same with Cano. A little more patience, smarter baserunning perhaps, and we have on our hands a HOFer. But right now he’s not.
And Bodhi, it’s called a prediciton for a reason. No clue if it’s going to be true, but he has played great against the Yankees and those trends tend to continue.
I will say as a Sox fan Ellsbury is a decent player who someday may be great but he isn’t there yet.
I heard that MLB is going to have a minumum height requirement in the league. They way that short guys are making it hard to use the K-ZONE. Hobbitt is going to have to find a new job. I heard Lost is looking for a Hobbitt for next season.
Robinson Cano is nothing like Jose Reyes.
I heard that MLB is going to have a minumum height requirement in the league. They way that short guys are making it hard to use the K-ZONE. Hobbitt is going to have to find a new job. I heard Lost is looking for a Hobbitt for next season.
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I also heard that Rogaine may be looking for a new spokesman.
Why do the Sox pick before the Yankees?
LOL Per Kim, we should watch Batting Practice today to see how Jeter would react to a pie in the face…..she asked him about it, lol
raymagnetic
June 9th, 2009 at 5:49 pm
“Cano so far has been a Jose Reyes type of player…great potential perhaps not yet lived out.”
You are REALLY selling Robinson Cano short. I wasn’t going to continue but you are really underestimating how good a player Cano really is.
He had a bad 2008 by anyone’s standards, but he’s an outstanding player based on what he’s produced so far in his career.
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Oh, dear. 100 percent Raymagnetic, am I with you.
Here’s one issue w/people realizing how great Cano is. We’ve gone over and over the “too smooth to notice” indictment of people who don’t get that smoother equals better, so I won’t bother with that.
If Cano’s ridiculous hitting talent manifested in terms of sheer power, it would shout at people more.
I don’t know, after all, how you explain the phenemon of “hands”. Except to say a player has them.
Cano has “hands.” He really, REALLY does.
In 1988, when the Edmonton Oilers played the Boston Bruins in the Stanley Cup Finals – a friend of mine – a Bruin fan – said to me, in all earnestness:
“Well I don’t see that Boston is really being outplayed. It’s just that every time that No. 17 guy shoots the puck – it goes in.”
That No. 17 guy was none other than Jari Kurri.
“Why do the Sox pick before the Yankees?”
As I understand it, our pick is because we failed to sign Cole last year and thus was based on our 2007 record.
Love how Jeter and MO made no bones about the fact that they need to start beating the Sox
No problem scorpio. Thanks for asking the one question that i know something about. I feel like i fit in here for a second.
We need AJ to pitch like the fire baller we paid for. If he has his breaking stuff working he is pretty much un-hittable.
The Sox better not take Heathcliff or that SS
You can only laugh at the posters who see nothing but gloom and doom. Look at the lineup folks. The only position the Red Sox are clearly better than is in left field. The Red Sox bullpen is better, but Papelbon has a 3.81 ERA against the Yanks and a bunch of blown saves. That’s it. The Yankees starting pitching is better. Tex matches up well with Youkalis. I’d give a slight edge to Pedroia because he hits for his career 60 points higher at home, but Cano is actually a better road hitter than he is at home and he kills Boston. If Varitek, Ortiz, Green, Kotsay or the currently ( and usually) injured Drew beats you then you really have something to complain about. This Red Sox team is ripe for the taking.
AJ… no grand slams to Varitek this time
Beckett is going to be very tough. AJ cannot give up the key insurance runs he seems to always give up.
We have a fundamental disagreement on the player’s upside.
I don’t consider Ellsbury to have the kind of talent to become a life-long thorn in the side of the Yankees – or anyone, else, for that matter.
Let’s see how the career goes.
Who did the Yankees send to represent at the draft? I know the Blue Jays sent Pat Hentgen and the Orioles sent Ben McDonald.
Betsy, the Yankee’s first rounder is from last year, their real first round pick went to the Angels.
The Sux have the edge in the most important part of the game…. the bullpen.
Papelbon, Delcarmen, Saito, Ramirez, Bard, Okijima…. or basically their entire bullpen has ERAs under 3.
Yankees/Sox games are usually almost always decided in the pen.
“Who did the Yankees send to represent at the draft?”
I read somewhere it was going to be Tino.
Ellsbury has a .713 OPS.
A .713 is not good.
Cano’s was .715 last year and people wanted to throw him in the stocks.
Ellsbury may develop into a good hitter, but right now, he has some work to do. He’s fast and has a good glove though.
We better draft a Jeter replacement at short, or a power arm.
What a miserable day for a baseball game
Rainy, high 40s/low 50s, wet
Really hope AJ can find that curve today in the cold weather.
I think Joe D has been hangin out with Fatcesa too much.
“The Sux have the edge in the most important part of the game…. the bullpen.”
You really think the most important part of the game is in the bullpen
How many bullpen guys are in the HOF? How many starting pitchers and position players are in the HOF?
I’m tuned in to MLB Network. I’m hopeless. A real baseball geek. My husband is starting to wonder…
Joe Mauer is the only non-Yankee I voted for the All Star game. Left third base blank because I don’t want Longoria to have more votes than Jeter.
Agree about the Ellsbury glove. Ellsbury is what the Yankees advertised Gardner to be: a guy who gets a good jump and who has great speed. He just doesn’t have an arm to speak of.
He makes outstanding plays in the outfield.
Basically, ever Red Sux is a Yankee killer… Bay, Manny, Ortiz, Pedroia, Lowell, Youkallis, Ellsbury
The only guy who has been kind of quiet against us in recent years is JD Drew
Tom in N.J.
June 9th, 2009 at 6:05 pm
Ellsbury has a .713 OPS.
A .713 is not good.
Cano’s was .715 last year and people wanted to throw him in the stocks.
Ellsbury may develop into a good hitter, but right now, he has some work to do. He’s fast and has a good glove though.
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Brett Gardner has a higher OPS and OBP than Jacoby Ellsbury this year. Ellsbury is overrated cant even mention him in the same breathe as Cano. Robbie Cano is great hitter.
He may be a despicable cretin, but at least Bud Selig is smooth.
Not.
Doreen,
You left 3rd blank? I thought you were the one who was telling us to vote for Yankees. ARod will have the numbers to support the vote by the time the ASG rolls around.
You want to see why Ortiz is having trouble this season, watch how slow his hands react to the pitch….SJ, once again savior this very special moment…..I hope Tony goes to KC, an organization on the rise…..
Okay, you’ve known you’ve had the first pick forever.
Are you really going to take your whole 4 minutes? lol
Our bullpen has killed us against Boston so far
Game 1 – Obviously was MO, then Marte gave it up in extras
Game 2 – After AJ choked, we actually got back the lead on 2 separate occasions and lost. The pen gave up 8 runs in the final 3 innings.
Game 4 – The game was 4-3 for a while and Aceves gave up a 2-R HR to Bay to make it 6-3. We scored a run in the bottom of the 8th and had Papelbum on the ropes but they had all the insurance they needed.
Game 5 – Game was 4-3 again. Veras gave up insurance runs to make it 6-3 (what else is new).
the captains on
UGH. We really have to sit through Selig announcing every single draft pick?
The man is a cold fish.
They should have borrowed David Stern for this. He can read a cue card.
Clare -
If you read my post, you’ll see I left out ARod. Between his injury and right now, how he’s hitting, he’s not an all-star.
Now, Joe Mauer was my only non-Yankee. Jorge missed a lot of time. And Mauer is really, really good.
I waver (see Nick in SF, I remembered) between choosing as a Yankee fan and choosing as a baseball fan. On balance, I voted as a Yankees fan.
First time I have ever watched the draft. This is really very very cool!
Thanks, Patrick and Swingsandmisses……..
Jeter says he has no idea how he’d react to a pie in the face, but he’d like to get a chance because it means they won the game – he was sort of laughing the whole conversation about the pies. I wish people would rid themselves of the misconception that Jeter is a stick in the mud
Zero charisma.
4 mins between each pick is too long. No fans involved. This is boring.
Angel, the 4 minute thing is a pain in the butt. If they do that per player we’ll be here next week!
Oh, Clare, also I didn’t tell anyone just to vote for Yankees; I said I didn’t see anything wrong with choosing guys just because they were Yankees.
“First time I have ever watched the draft. This is really very very cool!”
This is the first time it has been aired.
This is so exciting to watch. For some of these kids, there life will never be the same and they are about to be the names everybody is talking about.
Woops *their
Nick in SF….Took the Bombers tonight at + 145.00….
I guess they are all going to take their whole 4 minutes.
4 minutes of talking head time. Ack.
If they’re going to televise this, they really should have someone with more charisma than Bud, MC-ing.
Suggestion two: they should have bussed in a group of Jets fans to boo all the picks.
Doreen,
The Rangers are giving 2 tickets to everyone who votes 25 times (for Rangers, presumably).
Its especially strange taking the whole 4 mins, if the above reports of pre-draft deals are correct, lol.
Pat M,
You’re guy Tyler Matzek might be falling in the draft do to contract demands.
Lots of teams are going to regret that a year from now.
Looked like the orioles were going to take him at 5 but supposedly both they and the giants might pass on him.
If he gets past detroit at 9 he could fall a ways.
77513
June 9th, 2009 at 6:10 pm
Tom in N.J.
June 9th, 2009 at 6:05 pm
Ellsbury has a .713 OPS.
A .713 is not good.
Cano’s was .715 last year and people wanted to throw him in the stocks.
Ellsbury may develop into a good hitter, but right now, he has some work to do. He’s fast and has a good glove though.
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Brett Gardner has a higher OPS and OBP than Jacoby Ellsbury this year. Ellsbury is overrated cant even mention him in the same breathe as Cano. Robbie Cano is great hitter.
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Every team over hypes its speed guy. It’s the Willie Wilson syndrome.
Clare -
Seriously?????
That’s just wrong.
A roving band of drifer Jets Fans booing people…
haha do you hear that weather guy?
vin –
Well that’s true. But I have a feeling that even if it had been aired forever, this would have been my first time watching it. I think it’s because of SJ’s nephew that I’m watching it!
Why did they even bother to televise this draft?
The MLB draft is so dull. Nobody even knows who 99% of these kids are, and they won’t be ready for years, if ever.
Atleast in the NBA/NFL draft, the players can contribute immediately
“I wish people would rid themselves of the misconception that Jeter is a stick in the mud”
so true Betsy
Bodisattva: from thread way back A Clean Well Lit Place = Great Story
We always hit in Fenway and nearly always hit Beckett.
In support of SJ, I’m watching the Pirates pick. Come on Tony!
I remember watching the draft on ESPN the year Brackman was drafted.
Selig needs to do the MLB Draft drunk or something. Liven things up!
pat -
Me too! I’m really excited!!
Uncle Ellsworth (Expert texpert choking smokers don’t you think the joker laughs at you?)
June 9th, 2009 at 6:25 pm
“I wish people would rid themselves of the misconception that Jeter is a stick in the mud”
so true Betsy
Bodisattva: from thread way back A Clean Well Lit Place = Great Story
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LOVE that story. You rock, dude.
So was anyone else out there awoken around 3:30 this morning by ridiculously loud thunderstorms???????????
Underlining now????
The first 2 games in Fenway last time lasted 4 hours and 21 minutes each
Keith Law took all the suspense out of that, lol.
JORGE Sanchez?
Erica – newly OPPC
June 9th, 2009 at 6:27 pm
So was anyone else out there awoken around 3:30 this morning by ridiculously loud thunderstorms???????????
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Wasn’t everybody? How are you feeling, Erica?
Jorge Sanchez?
Congratulations SJ and Family!!!
pirates took s
SJ’s nephew.. glad he did not go to boston
congrats
YAY!!!! Congrats, SJ44!!!!
Bud just called SJ’s nephew Jorge–is he really Jorge? If not, Bud is typically doing a terrible job.
Jorge Sanchez?
Congrats SJ.
Congrats SJ! Your family must be just thrilled.
Did Selig butcher Tony’s name or is it really Jorge?
Jorge Sanchez??
Is Bud Selig a Sanchez Truther????
Congrats, SJ!
congrats sj.
Congrats SJ44 and to your nephew!
Did Selig say Jorge Sanchez? Or am I hearing things?
That Jorge threw me off, too.
Wow – they’re saying he’s major league ready, SJ44. That’s amazing!!! He must be so happy. Cloud 9, indeed!
I have to believe that his real name is Jorge. I can’t imagine Selig would be that stupid, nor the person who wrote down the name.
Would they?
“The only position the Red Sox are clearly better than is in left field.”
Actuually, it’s not so clear. JD is currently 1.8 wins above a replacement player. JB is only 1.5.
Fourth overall!! Congrats SJ!!!!!!!!!!
What a goof Selig is. Jose Sanchez ? And B.C. is in Chestnut Hill – - not Chester Hill. Outrageous.
Any way, congrats to S.J. Be proud.
CONGRATS SJ
SJ, He’ll be playing at PNC Park by 2011….
congrats sj and tony. life’ll never be the same. enjoy it.
SJ – congratulations to your nephew and your family.
Trisha – saw your post about Beckett earlier. I believe that he’ll have a bad game since he’s on my fantasy team and my players are awful!
Woo hoo! Go get ‘em Tony. Here’s hoping he has a great career.
Maybe Selig took my advice is hitting the sauce? Unless Jorge is part of his name
Bodhisattva, I am feeling so much better. Thank you for asking. I actually feel like my strength is coming back. I am going to attempt a normal dinner later on tonight.
I thought it was hilarious how cranky everyone at work was today cause everyone was woken up in the middle of the night
SJ –
Just WOW.
Are any of those kids there? If they are do they get introduced?
Congratulations SJ44!
And with the Pirates being one of the Yankees’ psudeo farm teams, it could really work out for the Yankee-fan uncle.
How exciting!
Congrats Pirates on drafting a guy who projects to a back up catcher with the 4th pick
http://www.mrbauld.com/hemclean.html
Ah, Hemingway. A lot of loneliness and alienation hidden behind a toughn manly facade. But, aren’t we all.
I need a drink…
Ballamore
Fran-
Hahaha. My dad was saying he wants to pick up Swisher on his fantasy team and I begged him not to ruin the Yankee season like that
Just keep Tony away from Tabata.
We are good trading partners with PIT
We’ll acquire Jorge Sanchez in a couple years
SJ,
Congrats to Tony, yourself and your family. What wonderful news.
It’s been fun hearing about his development. Never would have guessed that a blog would lead to us getting invested in who the pirates pick in a draft!
He’s in a very good situation. He’ll move very fast in the pittsburgh system.
He’s going to play in the show.
Heh, maybe hitting the sauce will give him a shred of charisma.
Fran -
Did you get my email? We still have time to set out lineups if you want to make the trade now.
Congrats on actually being a jerkface, and not just projecting to be one.
A little dutch courage, perhaps, Angel?
Back up catcher is at least a major leaguer. Come on, 4th overall and the ‘biggest question is his bat’? I know its cool that Sj44 posts here and is his uncle or whatever, but that doesn’t make the pirates any less dumb.
so what’s it going to take for the yankees to trade for jorge sanchez?
I am running out for a while. Be back later on tonight. Here’s hoping for a Yankee lead when I return. Happy viewing everyone
Bud Selig: clearly loopy and or hammered.
lol, he needs something Tom. Dutch, swedish, irish.. just something, lol.
So… what pick number is the Yankees again. I need to times that by 5 minutes (plus commercials) so I know how far away their pick is, lol
CB…..Tyler will get his dough regardless of where he’s picked……He’ll never get past Boston if he lasts that long….
Jorge us his given first name.
Thanks everybody. 13 hours straight of negotiations worked out.
Get this…..5:57pm, a thunderstorm knocks out the power!!! It comes back on 2 minutes before the pick.
I’ve cried 3 times in my life: when my mom died, when ET died, and tonight.
What a night for our family!
A Yankee win and it caps off the evening.
Thanks again for the support everybody. I really, really appreciate it.
Talk tomorrow.
I’m not sure if anyone else has seen this. Interesting article about the “wind tunnel” at NYS from the AP.
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The barrage of home runs at new Yankee Stadium is being caused by shorter dimensions, not weather, according to AccuWeather.com.
The meteorology company said Tuesday that 20 of the 105 home runs hit at the $1.5 billion ballpark would not have gone out of the old Yankee Stadium.
Speculation has centered on whether there is a wind tunnel in right field caused by either the open concourses or the slope of the stands, which is less steep that the original Yankee Stadium.
AccuWeather agreed with the conclusions of Greg Rybarczyk of hittrackeronline.com, who said in April that right field in the new ballpark was shorter. The Yankee insist that the dimensions are exactly the same.
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http://www.recordonline.com/ap.....-1/SITEMAP
The article goes into specifics about the differences in the dimensions. Right field is shorter 4-5 feet on average and up to 9 feet in spots!
LOL Selig has to be on something
Congrats to you SJ and to your nephew!
SJ44 June 9th, 2009 at 6:40 pm
Jorge us his given first name.
Thanks everybody. 13 hours straight of negotiations worked out.
Get this…..5:57pm, a thunderstorm knocks out the power!!! It comes back on 2 minutes before the pick.
I’ve cried 3 times in my life: when my mom died, when ET died, and tonight.
What a night for our family!
A Yankee win and it caps off the evening.
Thanks again for the support everybody. I really, really appreciate it.
Talk tomorrow.
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Congrats again!
It was definitely an SJ thing, though if I knew when the Yanks were drafting (I guess I can figure it out. Hint: it will be a multiple of the number 4…) I’d like to see it just because.
However, I have now turned back to the Pregame on YES. WAH. Soon enough I will be banished to NESN.
Does SJ stand for Senior Jorge?
According to a study by AccuWeather.com, 20 of the 105 home runs hit at the new Yankee Stadium would not have gone out of the old stadium.
The increase in home runs is reportedly being caused by shorter dimensions, not wind or any other weather phenomenon. There had been speculation that a wind tunnel in right field was a primary culprit.
Source: Associated Press
“I wouldn’t want to be that old. An old man is a nasty thing.”
“.Tyler will get his dough regardless of where he’s picked……He’ll never get past Boston if he lasts that long….”
I agree. It’s just that I would love for him to get his money from the yankees.
I’ve read that he’s been clocked in the playoffs up to 99? I don’t know if I believe that but like you’ve been saying he’s the whole package.
I was concerned the orioles would take him – they have good young pitching and the last thing the AL east needs is more arms. Wheeler is good but he’s not nearly as good at Tyler.
Boston doesn’t often go huge in round one. They tend to spread their over slot money in later rounds over many picks.
Oh SJ, I cried too!
Angel-Yankees have the 29th pick
Okay, for anyone who knows, what did Randy Levine say that everyone on WEEI was goofing on?
Trisha, OK. The trade is done.
“I wouldn’t want to be that old. An old man is a nasty thing.”
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“I hope I die before I get old”
Congrats SJ44. I’m so happy for you and Tony.
I hope you have a great time tonight now that all the work is over (for you, at least).
lol @ Zack looking anything but excited.
They got the hat on him pretty damn quick, didn’t they? lol
Erica, glad that you are feeling better.
Tom in N.J.
June 9th, 2009 at 6:34 pm
http://www.mrbauld.com/hemclean.html
Ah, Hemingway. A lot of loneliness and alienation hidden behind a toughn manly facade. But, aren’t we all.
I need a drink…
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SLice of life, no tidy ending. What makes Hemingway great – especially short story form. And the pathos – flows naturally; doesn’t need to reach for it. Ahh. Great story.
22 picks away x 5 minutes each pick.
110 minutes away?
*snort*
Fran since I’ve never done a trade before I don’t know exactly what happens now!
For anyone who knows, exactly what did Randy Levine say that everyone on WEEI was goofing on?
Tom / Bodi
makes me think of a this poem
Acquainted with the Night
by: Robert Frost
I have been one acquainted with the night.
I have walked out in rain — and back in rain.
I have outwalked the furthest city light.
I have looked down the saddest city lane.
I have passed by the watchman on his beat
And dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain.
I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet
When far away an interrupted cry
Came over houses from another street,
But not to call me back or say good-bye;
And further still at an unearthly height,
O luminary clock against the sky
Proclaimed the time was neither wrong nor right.
I have been one acquainted with the night.
I don’t know anything about programming, but was it smart to have the majority of this draft go up against live baseball games?
Secret Jorge?
Angel-
4 mins each pick. Snort! Snort!
As a guess, Tony Sanchez could report right to the High A Lynchburg Hillcats, be a spring training invitee next spring in Bradenton, then on to AA Altoona and AAA Indianapolis during 2010.
Angel – on second thought…
Anyway, when you are picking #27, how thrilled are you with the guy anyway.
I’ll read about it.
Trisha, just sent you an email re: the trade.
I would guess that Tony Sanchez’ name (at least first name) is Jorge. That’s what MLB.com has him listed as. By the way, his autographed baseball card is already on EBAY for $1.04
I wonder what they do during those 4 minutes, Buddy?
Consult their magic 8 ball? lol
Draw names out of a hat?
Play rock, paper, scissors?
I can see how this All-Star voting is going to go. The women are going to stuff the ballot boxes base on eye quality. I knew they should never have allowed them to vote.
At least I always used my voting privileges for more quality and substance. I always wrote in Ann-Margret and Barbara Eden for their brains….
im a little nervous for a game in June
Montero back in the lineup.
@Nick in SF -
A few days ago on XM radio they were discussing that very thing. The consensus was there is no perfect time to do the draft. They also felt that only people who were interested were going to tune in anyway.
Perhaps if they get a bit showing tonight, ratings-wise, next year will be different. Tonight will gauge the interest, so to speak.
I had to allow 1 minute per pick for the Cold Fish to get up on the podium and creep everyone with his rambling and pursed lipes after each pick, lol.
** Perhaps if they get a good showing tonight.
CB….I’ve spoken to guys who have had the dish assignment on some of his games….His fastball jumps about 5 feet from the plate…I watched him early in the season, and he’s the real deal….94-95 is his comfort zone…He has dialed it up to 97-98 the other night @ Anahiem Stadium in his relief spot…..
I heard Ohli is going to have Sanchez write an essay(why he should catch him) before he can be behind the plate in his starts.
And the correct answer is:
*Play rock, paper, scissors.*
SJ, I’m so happy for Tony and your family. This kid has an awful big fan base before he’s even played one moment of professional ball……I can’t even imagine how excited you must be…….wow, really joyous news.
Burnett should bean the first two Sox and then flip off the fans while grabbing his jock with his glove. A message must be sent.
Detroit passes on tyler matzek and selects jacob turner. I guess they liked his fastball. Detroit is generally not too concerned with signability.
Interesting – 3 prep pitchers are selected in the top 9 and the guy who was considered to be the top guy – Matzek – is not selected.
SJ44
June 9th, 2009 at 6:40 pm
Jorge us his given first name.
Thanks everybody. 13 hours straight of negotiations worked out.
Get this…..5:57pm, a thunderstorm knocks out the power!!! It comes back on 2 minutes before the pick.
I’ve cried 3 times in my life: when my mom died, when ET died, and tonight.
What a night for our family!
A Yankee win and it caps off the evening.
Thanks again for the support everybody. I really, really appreciate it.
Talk tomorrow.
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Thanks a lot for ruining the end of the movie for me. I’ve never seen it and was going to watch it this weekend. No point now.
Last season, I paid attention to the draft, hoping that Rick Porcello would fall to the Yankees, more accurately, wouldn’t get taken by the Tigers. Porcello is a Jersey boy, so I wanted him to do well. And I hoped the Yankees might be involved there.
My feeling is, if you have a particular interest in the draft, you will definitely watch.
The BA with RISP is scaring the hell out of me. =/
That’s a great poem, Uncle. Thematically, similar to Hemingway’s story. Frost is always a good read.
It’s also one of the few poems in the English language to successfully use the Terza rima scheme.
Very nice. I should read more Frost.
….and how about….
Shall I say, I have gone at dusk through narrow streets
And seen the smoke which rises from the pipes
Of lonely men in shirtsleeves, leaning out of windows?
My favorite poet^^^:D
Just got home –
congrats to SJ and his family. Wish he could have gone to the Yankees, but that’s life. And you never know what happens in the future.
Again, congrats to SJ.
Do some of you have lists that you are following for the draft, so you can keep track of who’s still available, and who isn’t picked when they were suggested to?
Thats true, Doreen. I don’t expect to ever be interested in the Pirates pick ever again, lol.
But because it was somewhat “personal” so to speak, I’m following along.
Pat M,
After you brought up Matzek’s name I did some digging and I was sold quick.
High school arms like that just don’t show up often – not left handers.
Tyler’s going to fall. He’s asking for a ton of money – supposedly more than porcello is asking for (which quite honestly is crazy – he’s not close to porcello…).
I’m still not willing to commit to hoping so but if there’s a chance tyler winds up on the yanks…
“im a little nervous for a game in June”
josh, I’m not nervous for two reasons:
1. The Yankees come into Boston in first place
2. I know they are going to win this year’s World Series so I’m not too worried about any losses they may sustain – not of course that they are going to!
About Beckett – hell I’m calling that the Yankees will hit him as soon as the first inning. Don’t be surprised if Jeter hits him well tonight.
GOODBYE YES NETWORK. I’LL MISS YOU!!!!!
“The women are going to stuff the ballot boxes base on eye quality. I knew they should never have allowed them to vote.”
Funniest thing I’ve read in awhile.
Lets go Yankees!!!!!!!!
anyone know of any video streams?????
Game on. Go Yanks! (& Penguins).
SJ44:
congrats to your nephew and you.
and thank you for all the updates. You are a class individual.
Birches is one of my favorites. And of course, Stopping By the Woods on a Snowy Evening.
@Doreen: I thought the consensus was that there was no perfect time to play the World Baseball Classic. But the draft???
Ok, there is no perfect time, but maybe a better time? Eh, minor complaint. I’m sure Bud knows best.
CB, I say he’s better than Cole was …Also he pitches in a very tough and competative league….Tyler is all about the money…The Scott Borus factor….
*gives GB7 noogies on the head*
My time of day is the dark time
A couple o’ deals before dawn
When the street belongs to the cop
and the janitor with a mop
And the grocery clerks are all gone.
When the smell of the rainwashed pavement
Comes up clean, and fresh and cold
And the streetlamps light
All the gutters with gold.
That’s my time of day.
My time of day…
(I had the great good fortune to be in the musical Guys and Dolls locally and this was my favorite song. The words and music are sublime.)
anyone vote for Swisher on their all-star ballot?
believe i will be going with: Ichiro, Granderson, and Swisher
either that, or Damon
Crap, Matzek to Rockies.
Coach -
http://sticktv.net/
The thing about eye quality and the right to vote. Laughed til I cried!!!!!
Rockies take Matzek. They are very lucky. What an arm to get at 11.
Surprised by that – rockies usually doesn’t break the bank at the draft.
Angel – A tale told by idiots, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing
June 9th, 2009 at 7:04 pm
gives GB7 noogies on the head
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Free noogies from an Angel…mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
GB7: SJ was referring to the actress Emma Thompson in… um… that famous movie she was in. I cried too when her character died. It was a very emo film.
I don’t know anything about programming, but was it smart to have the majority of this draft go up against live baseball games?
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MLB doesn’t expect to get a lot of viewers for the draft. The timing allows each broadcast team to discuss the draft during the games, which a long-term plan to increase interest.
My favorite baseball draft term is “projectable.” If you’re drafting a guy – especially in the 1st round – shouldn’t you be able to “project” him to be a good MLer?!
I cut myself after I saw that one, Nick.
anyone have any Absinthe? I could use one.
Thanks Trisha
and the Kansas City Royals (my 2nd favorite team) select Aaron Crow
@Nick in SF -
Yeah. Bud Selig knows best. Uh-huh.
A few people suggested All-Star break – day before or day after. The argument against that was that many drafted players are immediately signed onto the rosters of the late starting minor league teams (I’m thinking, like the S.I. Yankees), and it shortens the amount of time teams have to sign the players some of whom need to decide about college.
Other people suggested, at the very least, doing it on a Monday, which is usually a travel day with a reduced number of games (like yesterday). There was no real good argument against that one.
I think this is just a new thing for MLB and there dipping in with their toes to test the interest level before they go in whole hog.
** that would be THEY’RE dipping in with their toes.
LOL. That was for your Barbara Eden comment.
matzek to rockies is better than matzek to red sox, no?
Ahhh way to get it started Jete
My sister bought me back two bottles from Prauge last year, Uncle.
I have one bottle left….
Stuckey makes an interesting point. Thank you.
Just got home, looking forward to a great series.
SJ44 I just read your nephew was taken by the Pirates. Congrats to you and your family. Its a great day.
Beckett looks sharp, like he’s already locked in.
Tom in N.J.
June 9th, 2009 at 7:11 pm
My sister bought me back two bottles from Prauge last year, Uncle.
I have one bottle left….
how is it?
Do my eyes deceive me? Is it raining there?
Tex is getting booed more than Damon did.
beckett perfecto is still intact
Oh, before I forget, congratulations to Tony & your family, SJ!
miggs – it’s been two batters. relax
I hope Tex walks, I want to hear the A-Rod stuff.
Hey guys, I don’t think we should talk about the Yankee-Red Sox game. I think we should focus on more important issues like whether Adam Lambert is really gay or not.
Dang Green to the A’s… He was another candidate to drop in the draft
Mick I was just making an observation. It doesn’t take more than 2 batters to see if a pitcher looks sharp and his stuff looks good.
You don’t like my comments, scroll past.
Lambert is gay
At least Tex is making him work. Jeter went up there as if Minka is in the dugout waiting for him.
Perfecto is gone!
Tex knows how to handle Beckett, foul off until he can get a walk.
That sounds like the typical booing that Alex gets.
Think Papi feels guilty at all when he hears Arod getting booed?
“Tex is getting booed more then Damon did”
Because he’s hot right now and they know the Sox missed the boat.
Weak chant. Probably the weather.
Well there went the first part of the no no.
“Beckett looks sharp, like he’s already locked in.”
I didn’t get that, especially with the outside, shoulder-high pitches.
Red Sox fans hate everyone.
including all their own former players
Time to get to work AJ
“Because he’s hot right now and they know the Sox missed the boat.”
True, but you would think that their hatred for Damon, who actually played for them and switched sides, would be more than for a guy that never even put on the uniform.
Angel – your eyes do not deceive you. It is raining there.
Come on AJ!
Boo Arod for what? Their world series mvp got caught with fertility drugs, they shouldn’t say a peep.
miggs,
Not good to make a comment like that today. The psychics have Beckett throwing a no hitter. Very sensitive subject.
Is this Boston or London with all the fog?
“Boo Arod for what? Their world series mvp got caught with fertility drugs, they shouldn’t say a peep”
because just like Texeria, Arod stiffed their franchise.
: )
Is it possible to pack people so tight in a ballpark as the fire hazard in this tiny place ? How does anybody get in and out of aisles to hit a restroom ? Or, do they leave at all ?
strikes please
comeon AJ, get your things together here
stupid hobbit
Its June 9th, 50 degrees and raining in Boston. Awful.
Uncle,
Well, I didn’t hallucinate or cut my ear off. However, it’s a very odd, almost lucid, drunkenss.
Come on AJ
“Is it possible to pack people so tight in a ballpark as the fire hazard in this tiny place ? How does anybody get in and out of aisles to hit a restroom ? Or, do they leave at all”
don’t know. Cuz too busy trying to estimate how many rats must be in that stadium
Burnett needs to throw strikes today. He’s not going to get away with walking the Red Sox 5-6 times.
strikes please AJ
lets get a 123, cmon aj
It’s that time again…
Yankees vs. Bosox…
Let’s Go Yanks!!!!
Matzek, Crow, Purke all off the board…
any night you can get 37,000 red sox fans sitting in the cold rain it’s not a total loss no matter what happens
Laura there where alot of Teixeira stuff in the Boston papers today. How he could of been a RS and the whole negotiating stuff.
So that likely reminded RS fans what they missed out on. He barely got booed in April but now he’s hot and so are the Yankees. It factors in.
“Is it possible to pack people so tight in a ballpark as the fire hazard in this tiny place ? How does anybody get in and out of aisles to hit a restroom ? Or, do they leave at all ?”
I’m not a big person at all but you are packed in like a sardine with no elbow room, especially if you sit near someone who is at all meaty. There is also no room to walk in front of people in your row, so when I’ve been there I’ve just sat for the game.
to borrow a quote from Nom@@s:
kevin youkoulis looks like a gay jack-in-the-box
SJ44,
that is fantastic news!
congrats. When I saw he went 4th my jaw dropped and stayed that way for a minute.
Very nice!
Now go Yanks!!!!
I can’t stand looking at Pukelis. He looks like someone whose got a Confederate flag hanging in his living room.
Put him away AJ. I’d love to see Youk go down on strikes.
If you’re still out there, Buddy B., it’s J.A. Happ going for the Phillies vs. Johan.
You know where I want to go with that!
“any night you can get 37,000 red sox fans sitting in the cold rain it’s not a total loss no matter what happens”
0-2 walk
Moustache alert!
Is that a lip toupe AJ is grooming?
Check it out…!!!
“So that likely reminded RS fans what they missed out on. He barely got booed in April but now he’s hot and so are the Yankees. It factors in.”
Makes sense.
cmon aj, you had him 0-2
Uncle Elseworth,
Didnt get a chance to thank you for the Pettitte win yesterday. I think he should give you a signed ball at the very least. Actually from Mo as well. Without those 4 wins they wouldnt have the combo win/save record.
Draft not breaking well for the yankees. All of the leaks on the high school arms falling haven’t panned out. Most of the guys rumored to be asking for a lot of money have been taken.
The trends from the draft from last year on teams taking guys regardless of asking price continue.
things starting to unravel for burnett rather quickly. THROW SOME STRIKES!!
Come on AJ. Challenge those sissies!
“I can see how this All-Star voting is going to go. The women are going to stuff the ballot boxes base on eye quality. I knew they should never have allowed them to vote.
At least I always used my voting privileges for more quality and substance. I always wrote in Ann-Margret and Barbara Eden for their brains….”
Sexist Jerk!
Like that!
Burnett with a fledgling ‘stache!
They pitched the same inning pretty much.
from rotoworld.com:
“Pirates drafted Boston College catcher Tony Sanchez fourth overall.
A polished product, Sanchez is a fine catch-and-throw guy with an iffy bat. If he turns into a .250 hitter with 15-homer power, the Pirates should be pleased. He’s advanced enough to potentially debut next year. The Pirates would prefer not to need him then, but Ryan Doumit is so injury prone that the quality alternative is a necessity.”
Apparently they don’t like his bat… We’ll see.
No Purke, ah well.
Just let us pick before the Penguins start, please.
josh June 9th, 2009 at 7:27 pm
things starting to unravel for burnett rather quickly. THROW SOME STRIKES!!
ZOMG!!1111 A WALKS!!111 ATROCIOUS!!!111
Take a pill dude.
Congrats to SJ and family! Glad he didn’t fall to the soxs. I wouldn’t be able to root for him.
“things starting to unravel for burnett rather quickly. THROW SOME STRIKES!!”
Is that what you call unravelling? Seriously?
These guys look so, so young (draft guys, that is). The ARE so, so young.
Where can I keep an eye on the draft?
cb,
any ‘signablitlity’ guys still on the board?
Mlb.com has it live
Trish,
Immagine all the sweating and bad oder from the arm pit to shoulder tight seating in that piss hole. You would need a cup of coffee grains to get the stench off the rim of your nose.
AJ was a little pumped up in that inning, if he can settle down a bit he’ll be fine
LOL this is pretty impressive
http://www.battingstanceguy.co.....09-edition
S.o.S.
June 9th, 2009 at 7:26 pm
Uncle Elseworth,
Didnt get a chance to thank you for the Pettitte win yesterday. I think he should give you a signed ball at the very least. Actually from Mo as well. Without those 4 wins they wouldnt have the combo win/save record.
I’ll take it. But really the Yanks did all the work.
It is actually a pretty cool streak – to me anyhow.
jen,
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/articl.....;fext=.jsp
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/events/.....ve_app.jsp
Do Burnett & Beckett have matching necklaces? lol
whoa I have the game on NESN via MLB Extra Innings and god, what we had to put up with without HD!
Thanks everyone
This Thread needs some DEB!
i like the fact that robbie battled for an 8 pitch at bat.
“Trish,
Immagine all the sweating and bad oder from the arm pit to shoulder tight seating in that piss hole. You would need a cup of coffee grains to get the stench off the rim of your nose.”
I am not lying when I say it is a gross little park. One game I went to my seat was at the very end of the row, and a very big Red Sox fan was sitting near me. He had his seat and half of mine. I was literally squished into the pole at the end of the row. I don’t know if he was just rude by nature, didn’t realize that someone was actually in the seat next to him, or was punishing me for having a Yankee cap on!
just in case anyone cares, I’m now laid up at home for next 2 weeks with a shattered ankle in a hard cast.
Uncle Ellsworth (Expert texpert choking smokers don’t you think the joker laughs at you?) June 9th, 2009 at 7:33 pm
This Thread needs some DEB!
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Noooooooooooooooooooooo
Keep working counts.
Flaherty sleeps with Josh Beckett? Beckett this Beckett that.
Goo BC #4 overall!!
Whats up with this deborah thing?
Doesnt Beckett/Popelbaun and Youk have that punch me in the face look? Cant remember a team having so many of those types at the same time.
That was a ball.
“any ‘signablitlity’ guys still on the board?”
Not many. Right now Shelby Miller is on the board – but he’ll be gone very soon. He wanted over slot at $4M but that wasn’t nearly as high as the demands being made by the other teams.
Right now the guys who i think could fall to the yankees are the injury guys – Gibson and Scheppers.
If Scheppers is there at 29 it’ll be a tough call. He won’t be that expensive to sign as he has no leverage.
And on top of that he can pitch in the major leagues right now. He could easily pitch out of the yankee bull pen this season if they drafted him.
He reportedly hit 101 in his last game in the independent league.
“This Thread needs some DEB!”
I am going to ask the baseball gods to pretend you never said that!
Eck being pretty solicitous of the Yankees.
Swish what up!
Now that’s hilarious
whats a DEB?
Nick-
I’m Happ-ily here.
S.A.
I missed that thread – I want to be entertained.
The My9 Speed gun shows every pitch to be 95-96 mph – including breaking pitches,
“just in case anyone cares, I’m now laid up at home for next 2 weeks with a shattered ankle in a hard cast.”
I care. But when life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Nothing is better than forced rest. Just think you don’t have to feel guilty about not being at work, you’ll get a ton of sympathy, and you can watch Yankee games late into the evening if there are any late games without having to worry about getting up for work!
Lucky you.
Ridin this wave
June 9th, 2009 at 7:35 pm
just in case anyone cares, I’m now laid up at home for next 2 weeks with a shattered ankle in a hard cast.
Rent “Rear Window”
Ridin this wave: I don’t recognize your handle, but I’m sorry to hear about your ankle. Get well soon.
thanks cb. what’s the nature of schepper’s injury? anything that won’t clear up soon?
Nothing happening yet, but at least the Yankees have carried Beckett into some deep counts. That’s definitely a key for success.
A deep count can turn a decent/good hitter into a great hitter.
whats a DEB?
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For those of you that don’t know, just consider yourselves lucky. If you are still curious, take a look at say last night’s or the previous game thread and be on the look out for a poster by the name of DEBORAH
Don’t know.
What’s a Mon-ta-gue?
Shockingly, AJ not getting same spots as Beckett, shockingly.
“Immagine all the sweating and bad oder from the arm pit to shoulder tight seating in that piss hole. You would need a cup of coffee grains to get the stench off the rim of your nose”
cringe.
and yet Francessa (and others) rank Fenway Park over Wrigley Field.
I don’t see it.
Has Posada been behind the dish for any of AJ’s wins?
Veeck, you are so right! hahaah
Ortiz still scares me lol
2-0, 3-1, 3-1 every count
come on AJ, 2 walks now in 1 inning
Ridin this wave June 9th, 2009 at 7:35 pm
just in case anyone cares, I’m now laid up at home for next 2 weeks with a shattered ankle in a hard cast.
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Damn. Sorry to hear about that. Feel better
.288 OBP?? Man.
RenataD
June 9th, 2009 at 7:27 pm
“I can see how this All-Star voting is going to go. The women are going to stuff the ballot boxes base on eye quality. I knew they should never have allowed them to vote.
At least I always used my voting privileges for more quality and substance. I always wrote in Ann-Margret and Barbara Eden for their brains….”
Sexist Jerk!
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Calm down, lady. It was a joke for the young ladies that spent the last three days drooling over players’ eyes and other non-baseball assets.
This game is over Beckett is too good. Brunett has no command.
Yankees need reinforcements they should of traded for Nate Mclouth.
Good think you are here, Buddy, or I might have made another hapless joke.
Burnett has to get out Ortiz here.
i am totally going to enjoy watching ortiz strike out here!
“Yankees need reinforcements they should of traded for Nate Mclouth.”
does he pitch…?
what did I say
can you believe that stuff
I mean, we all had to see that one coming.
wow
Bodh – I am hoping that you are discussing Jacoby Ellsbury from experience. He is Native American and so am I so I have watched him since he came up for the injured CoCo. Imagine this rookie playing in the WS and batting lead off. He had some excellent at bats including a homer. He is a great leadoff because he can hit doubles consistently. When he ends up on 2nd base it is almost an automatic score.
He can catch balls over his head plus run forward to catch a ball most CF let one bounce. But I think he is best running towards left or right field to catch a ball. His grace just adds to the beauty of catch. When he is on the base paths, look out. He had more steals than anyone last year – 50- I believe and he platooned with Coco.
He worked out last summer and put on 15 pounds. It doesn’t slow him down and I think it gives him a little more punch.
He did get plenty of rookie of the year votes. He is about 24 so has many good years ahead of him. I would take Jacoby Ellsbury over any current center fielder.
Now THAT sucked.
Are you serious? I KNEW Michael Kay would jinx us when he said Ortiz isn’t killing anyone.
Well looks like big papi, is back on the juice.
Well that sucked.
wow that is so embarrassing i am so pissed we better come back and beat the living tar out of them. UGHH i hate the redsox more than anything in the world
Seriously is anyone surprised?
Burnett on a full week of rest= spotty command.
Kudos to Burnett to following the path of all Yankee pitchers prior to him.
Yeah…
That guy is toast.
Here comes the Red Sox kiss *** commentary.
Pinstripes will prevail…
Dynasty is Destiny…
Despite Big Papi…
Well done, Johnny B.
Karma works in reverse too, FYI.
“i am totally going to enjoy watching ortiz strike out here!”
uhh……..
“what’s the nature of schepper’s injury? anything that won’t clear up soon?”
It’s very complicated. He had a significant impingement in his throwing shoulder last year which caused him to have to be shut down right before the draft.
Very unclear what the specific medicals on him are. The pirates drafted him in round 2 but looked at his medicals last year and didn’t sign him.
Scheppers was able to avoid surgery and reportedly did shoulder strengthening exercises.
Recently he’s been medically cleared by the renouned shoulder surgeon Lewis Yocum (who is the angels physician…).
He’s spent the year in the independent league and just looked awesome. Sitting high 90′s and throws multiple pitches with good command.
The concern with him is still that shoulder and will it hold up over time.
Elbows are one thing but shoulders are very different. Tough to bet on a bad shoulder.
But talent wise he’s the second best arm in this draft to Strasburg. Huge arm.
Curtain call for a 2 run homerun???? Really?
How can you take a curtain call when you are batting .197?
S.A.
I missed that thread – I want to be entertained.
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Uncle E:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....re=related
Papi
Seriously?
I could have hit that one out.
Will Burnett ever have a game with good command?
I hate Burnett always have
career underachiever what a f-in bum
I want to cry. AJ’s got nothing (too much rest?) and the eye drops are kicking in for Ortiz.
Let’s go AJ, let’s go Yankees.
Be back later, with a better result I hope.
Sure you do, Johnny B … sure you do.
Ortiz was due, plain and simple. Just like the Yanks are due against the Red Sox
Does Posada even know that Burnett throws a change-up?
My heart dropped.
Leave it to that bum Burnett for making Ortiz look like a hero again.
He allows Varitek to do it last time – now Papi.
I’m sick.
Why does Ortiz have to be hot at the wrong moment?
Don’t worry; he’ll go back to sucking once we leave town.
Not that Burnett is throwing a lot of strikes, but that zone is a little inconsistent.
I have never, ever said this before this early, but this game is over. Sox win. Worry about tomorrow.
That was impossible.
Will red sox EVER stop having the last laugh at the Yankees expense?!?!
The zone isn’t inconsistent, Burnett isn’t throwing strikes.
“Does Posada even know that Burnett throws a change-up?”
Posada can call for it, but if AJ won’t throw it, what can you do?
Make Burnett throw 130 pitches tonight. The guy needs to step up.
“I have never, ever said this before this early, but this game is over. Sox win. Worry about tomorrow.”
Then I can honestly say this is the first time I have questioned your sanity.
Here comes another walk
hey AJ, Ortiz is barely hitting .200. How the hell do you give him a homerun?
That wasn’t a great pitch, not exactly a sign of anything with regards to Ortiz. Stupid commentary.
Well, that’s the end of that ballgame.
You will see what a real ACE pitches like now. Beckett will do what a number one guy does and hold that lead.
By the way, AJ stinks.
Red Sox OWN the Yanks this year.
Once again AJ Burnett has no command of his fastball. None. No clue where the ball is going.
It’s remarkable how many times he misses his spot. Remarkable. You could see it from the first hitter. He just doesn’t command his fastball.
Hard to believe that Ortiz could hit a home run off a guy who is one of the hardest throwing pitchers in the league.
That just shows you how bad AJ’s location is. Ortiz’s bat is so slow now. Terrible pitch.
I HATE DAVID ORTIZ and his FAT steroid self. I am FURIOUS! I literally jumped up and *screamed* at the television. He had only hit TWO home runs! WHAT IS THIS CRAP?
UGH! I HATE HIM!
Wow, another free ride to a #8 hitter.
Get Aceves ready.
Yeah this is looking like a quality AJ Burnett start. Not going to throw any strikes, going to throw only four-seamers right down the middle when in doubt.
Nice effort tonight, Aj.
Shave the stache and get your s$%^ together.
Bum.
nice, walking the number 8 hitter. 3 walks in 1.1 innings now for burnett. glad to see he showed up when he needed him to go 7 innings tonight
Lets take into account that AJ is on a lot of rest. Don’t an easy position to be in.
Does anybody actually trust Burnett in a big game? I don’t at all. Way too many walks and homers. There’s a reason he usually pitches to a 5+ era.
I blame Gardner why cant he attempt to climb the wall and try to catch that homerun ball.
Sarah,
Since you addressed me, I already have acknowledged his defensive abilities.
He does not walk enough for a leadoff.
My experience is my eyeballs.
Why are we the one team in baseball that still can’t get Ortiz out? I think he’s hit two of his three HRs against us now. Our advance scouts must suck.
What the heck AJ? Come on
Ok, so Papi takes the lead in the Ortiz/Gardner homerun race. But it’s only June 9!
yeah i put my foot in my mouth haha. perhaps i should try reverse psychology next time and say hell get a homer
So are the 110 minutes up for the 29th pick yet? lol.
wow he looks horrible… his fastballs are not even close to the strikezone
If Burnett cant command his fastball he is useless.
You’re right trisha; first time I’ve ever blogged.
The stars are aligned. No way, after that, that the Sox lose this game.
Seriously people, I’m just providing good fodder for the moron list for Franco at the end of the game (yes, this is the first time I’ve blogged, but I read often).
OF COURSE this game isn’t over!
i called two homeruns for ortiz tonight. maybe burnett should be the one in the pen. how long do we have to put up with these walks.
Or try a red sox forum…whatever floats your boat…
now we all get to watch aj walk the number 9 hitter after going 0-2
lupus en fabula
I had a feeling Burnett because of the full week of rest would be shaky.
Command isn’t great to begin with but you start him on a weeks of rest doesn’t help.
AJ at 42 pitches already.
this is just infuriating. watching big *POOPY *hit a homerun is like the cherry on top. For a second it was nice to look at the fenway wall and see THE YANKEES LEADING by one game. If we lose this game I SWEAR i will be done with the yankees tomorrow because tomorrows game just *SCREAMS* disaster!!
here it comes
“Calm down, lady. It was a joke for the young ladies that spent the last three days drooling over players’ eyes and other non-baseball assets.”
Sorry. I just hate when men discriminate a woman. Couldn’t tell that you were joking
good one u roid freak
Wow, Arod.
Sriously, Burnett is going to get into trouble today. He’ll be out erly, and then the bullpen is in.
We’re gonna have to make Beckett work.
As murphy’s law continues, always, always for the Sox. Always. Breaks in Yanks Sox games NEVER go our way.
7 staight error
great game so far
nice play there A-Stall. that’s the second time he’s flubbed on throws in the past 3 games
7th straight game with an error. 12 more to go.
“So are the 110 minutes up for the 29th pick yet? lol.”
:lol
Actually you can blame me for what Burnett has done so far – or not done. You see, if the player is on my fantasy team, he will invariably stink.
40 somethin pitches
with wang pitching tomorrow this could get really bad…
Burnett is getting squeezed in absolutely ridiculous fashion tonight. The at bat to Lowell saw him throw 2 straight pitches right over the plate that were called balls, and gameday supports that.
I want no excuses from Burnett.
Week of rest doesn’t cut it for me.
this is gross to watch. Once gain we buy an all-star and cant step up and perform under the bright lights
come on A-Rod, just dumb not going to first
Shut up, Deborah.
Quick – last hit by Arod – when was it?
Arod continues to have brain fart after brain fart. Why are you throwing to 2nd base and not 1st.
then he makes the tougher play lol
A-Rod going Redeem Team there. Throw strikes to Drew and get the offense back out to grind Beckett.
big ab here
Can someone tell the Yanks that just because they broke the errorless streak doesnt mean they should also have the most consecutive games error streak?
In all seriousness it is FAR, FAR, FAR from over, but the whole vibe and feeling is awful.
The odds of that happening in that situation are ridiculous.
homer saturday vs the rays.
looks like hes finding it now
Wasnt sure where the yankees are playing tonight. Ortiz homered and Arod is making errors, I know we are in Fenway.
You shut up, “Angel”
“If we lose this game I SWEAR i will be done with the yankees tomorrow”
DEBORAH, this may be the first time I have ever wanted the Yankees to lose to the Red Sox!
Thats why I didn’t play fantasy baseball this year.
Umm, isn’t the ball wet?
AJ is just plain dreadful. A fastball right down the middle to a guy with no bat speed..Why doesn’t he throw it under hand to Ortiz? Have to love how AJ thinks of just throw the ball down the middle of the plate. Like last time against Varitek when he gave up the grand slam.
Okay, now I’m serious. Game is over. No way we score four of Beckett.
Lazy fly ball, of course it’s a double.
geez, this is only the 2nd, but this could be bad
cb, thanks a lot. i know a bit about shoulder issues. you’re right, it’s tough to come back and blood flow to that part of the body is quite minimal. let’s hope that the yankees can make some smart picks.
burnett whats happen to the big talk yesterday?
BP from AJ.
would derek lowe have done this. what a terrible signing
Ball is just tailing right back over the plate.
awesome… burnett’s got crap today, bring in franchise.
darn
wow, i thought this team was different. guess not
The Yankees are pathetic against Boston.. If they don’t beat Boston, then how can you win the division, seriously?
Geez, what an atrocious 0-2 pitch, ugh.
This just sucks
Burnett is beginning to be a dissapointment.
Oh my goodness, that was not good at all
AJ AJ AJ
A-Roid A-Roid A-Roid
nice job you losers
IT WAS 0-2!!!!!!!!!!!!
Who’s awesome?
Put your hand down A.J.!
OMG COULD the game get any worse? I hate the Red Sox, Burnett is on my LIST and there is nothing more embarrassing then getting beaten by these idiots. I HATE the red sox. Whats up with Burnett? He can pie and have fun but he cannot PLAY.
ok, before we get embarrassed, lets put Phil in, please!!
Ok, this is going to be a mirror of Burnett’s last start here. Early runs from the Red Sox followed by a Yankee win.
Why would my name being in quotes? It is actually my name, lol. Not quoting anyone.
That one’s on Arod as much as AJ.
Blowout in the making.
Good night.
Burnett chooses not to throw his changeup. He’s never liked throwing it.
He’s a two-pitch pithcer. Curve and fastball. He has command of neither tonight.
For the 100th time, Posada has nothing to do with A.J. Burnett not being able to find the strike zone.
He is the Kyle Farnsworth of starters. Million dollar arm, five-cent head.
Burnette was a big mistake.
Great pitching by Burnett. Falling behind hitters. Hanging pitches. Walking hitters….
I’d like to think it’s “only” the second inning. Stop the bleeding!
“Hard to believe that Ortiz could hit a home run off a guy who is one of the hardest throwing pitchers in the league.”
cb-
i think for whatever reason burnett is being too low key. he’s got this relaxation thing going where he doesn’t attack hitters.
this isn’t the aj burnett that the yankees were looking for.
We probably lost two of three in this series.
But tomorrow is a crap shoot.
Burnett another 4 years HIP HIP HOORAYYYYYYYYYYYYY
was hoping we finally got that pitcher (Burnett) who could go into Fenway park and pitch with ice-water in his veins.
maybe not…
good ol 4 pitch walk to mike lowell started this
i guess we see bett tomko soon
52 pitches for AJ.
im callin a comeback!
What’s wrong with AJ tonight?
What a freaking disaster this inning is. Walking the #2 hitter, Arod’s error, and now a 2-run double on an 0-2 pitch.
Caramba!
Estos Red Sox me enojan!
Fuerza Yankees!
Sounds good to me, Nick. I can work with that.
This heading for 4-11 cr*p against the Sawx and Rays is really annoying (yes, tomorrow’s game is tag-the-toe and zip-the-bag done for the Yanks before it starts because Wang is like the 2000 version of Jose Lima or the 1981 version of Steve Stone — from a top starter to compost in one offseason). For $82.5M/5 AJ should get his effing head straight.
Because I doubt you are much of an Angel you sound MISERABLE. You were given the WRONG name by your parents.
ouch. AJ stilll thinks it’s that 16-11 game.
why not throw a curve ball in the dirt on an 0-2 count. I don’t understand.
On a brighter note, even if Beckett shuts us down, he’s already thrown, we may be able to get him out early and get into the bullpen.
Amazing how he used to own the Sox, he switches to the seemingly cursed uniform and he cant get anybody out.
Wasn’t AJ the Red Sox killer?
I really hope so, Nick.
But I highly doubt it.
dont blame a rod, it is easy to fall asleep with all the balls that burnett is pitching.
didnt aj pitch almost lights out in the past against boston? isnt that why we signed him?
Impossible
June 9th, 2009 at 7:54 pm
Okay, now I’m serious. Game is over. No way we score four of Beckett.
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Since when?
AJ is incapable or unwilling to adjust when and if he doesn’t have everything clicking for him. If like tonight he has no control of his four-seamer he just keeps throwing it and eventually throws it down the middle. If he has no command of his curve he just throws four seamers all night. Plan B doesn’t really exist for him. Really annoying to watch because of the fact that you also see the occasional start where things are all clicking for him and he’s unhittable.
Good to see the Redsox trolls are in the building.
Throw ur freaking 96 mph fastball down the the middle
Throw ur freaking 96 mph fastball down the the middle
There are no excuses. Burnett needs to suck it up and find a way to get outs. Boo hoo you can’t throw your breaking ball. Suck it up and use your other pitches and stop just grooving fastballs.
“Burnett is beginning to be a dissapointment.”
Beginning????
YEs, let’s get into the best bullpen in the league.
This game sucks.
face it folks, the yanks are thoroughly psyched out and intimidated by Boston and have no chance to beat them.
for being a tatooed tough guy, AJ sure acts like a scared baby on the mound.
this series has all the earmarks of a sweep.
Thier bullpen is not Veras and Ramirez.
0-6 against the sox this year. i want to shoot this ugly looking beard freak up at plate.
Managgia!
Questi Red Sox sono noiosi!
Forza Yankees!
What a disgrace.. The inning would of been over if Arod knew how to throw to 1st base. I am glad the Yanks gave Burnett $85m and now he can’t find the plate. The bullpen is going to be shot by Sunday. Wang will probably have another 2 innings performance tomorrow and then CC will have to save them Sunday.
tomorrow is a crapshoot??
You must be kidding the Yankees have the non-ace ace pitching who is terrible against the Sux
17-1 tomorrow
bodhi, Burnett is ON.
“The Yankees are pathetic against Boston.. If they don’t beat Boston, then how can you win the division, seriously?”
Seriously? The Yankees marched into fenway field in August of 2007 and swept 5 games in a row from the hapless Sux. Need I tell you the rest?
The Yankees who played the Sux earlier, the ones without Arod, the ones with a struggling Tex and a struggling CC, are hardly the same team you’re watching now.
Has the OPPC now been officially dissolved?
Sorry meant to write Beckett.
It is still early. This game is not over. We’ve score 6 plus runs off of Josh before. AJ needs to hold it here.
at least now ill get to watch the magic/lakers game
Who’s the long reliever tonight? Tomko?
at least there’s the draft
have to turn it off. I hate watching that team win, in that frickin park
What a disgrace this guy is…
If AJ can only go 3 innings today this could end up being an ugly week if Wang has nothing…
we are blamming this signing on who?
1)hank
2)hal
3)girardi
4)cashman
he looks horrible
Impossible, something makes me think you could be a RSN troll.
For anyone who excuses Posada, he is hardly free from blame here. His catching style is to nibble nibble nibble on the corners, and when a guy like Burnett has bad control, that’s a recipe for a LOT of pitches. Burnett is nibbling on the corners and falling behind every hitter as a result of that approach.
The Yankees pitchers BEAT THEMSELVES by not throwing strikes. It’s embarrassing.
This is not a good inning – I hope Hughes is available… or Aceves.
Yes, Deborah. I’m miserable.
So miserable I don’t need to abuse my caps key to make a coherent point.
You spend your time whining and overreacting on here, and I’m miserable?
Good deal.
This is not Arod’s fault. AJ needs to get someone out.
As a member off the OPPC, I’m not allowed to call this game over.
We have a shot to win. But in my humble opinion, it looks really bad early.
60 pitches in two innings. That is not getting it done.
Is anyone up in the pen?
if aj is going to be wild , he ought to throw up and in more to make things interesting
f-ing A dude, throw strikes!
And with Wang going tomorrow we might be starring at a sweep.
You have to blame AJ for this. Terrible job.
Hughes is not available. He’s never pitched in back to back games in his adult life.
omg he got an out!!
Beckett’s arm has stiffened up…we got this…
every batter he gets behind then starts throwing strikes
Bay just missed that.
trisha, nah.
I’m just depressed.
I don’t mean anything I say, but overreacting is a good way to vent.
Only 22 minutes until our 1rst Rnd draft pick
A. J. Burnett has done little else but being a good pie thrower.
Maybe it’s he that needs some bullpen stints.
They must be losing. The usual suspects show up like clockwork.
It’d be amusing if it wasn’t predictable.
4-0 with beckett and that bullpen. we are fudged
Finally
It’s nostalgia night for Ortiz. He can retire happily after tonight’s game.
I knew when A.J. came to the Yanks those numbers against Boston would turn around.
i am not calling this over, but i am really embarrassed for aj giving up a deep homerun to a man who has all but lost the ability to hit them.
Relax people – it’s A) a Regular season game and B) the 2nd inning. Plenty of game left.
burnett sucks. he was great against the dead sox with toronto, and now he’s just a punk.
Well, at least Burnett wasn’t staked to a six-run lead that he could blow.
At least, he stunk up the joint early.
Unfortunately, folks, Beckett ain’t blowing this.
Do yourselves a favor and watch the draft. Yankees up soon.
Look on the bright side, CC vs. Penny should be a laugher.
Forget about the score. Our bullpen is going to be DEPLETED by Burnett and Wang.
Well, this game isn’t over. *shrugs*
“It’ll be interesting to see how the fans respond given the sudden, inexplicable decline of David Ortiz.”
Did anybody catch the fans’ reaction? I didn’t get to see it.
Dude he’s obviously rusty, that’s what 7 days rest does to you.
He has nice breaking ball command but his fastballs are all over the place. I like AJ a lot, but he has to keep us in the game.
“For anyone who excuses Posada, he is hardly free from blame here. His catching style is to nibble nibble nibble on the corners, and when a guy like Burnett has bad control, that’s a recipe for a LOT of pitches. Burnett is nibbling on the corners and falling behind every hitter as a result of that approach. ”
Its not Posada. Go get your eyes checked. AJ just sucks tonight. Posada can only do so much and if Burnett can’t execute then thats BURNETT’s problem. Not posadas.
“if aj is going to be wild , he ought to throw up and in more to make things interesting”
Totally agree, if you’re gonna end up walking the dude, hit him instead and put the fear in them!!
Burnett is beginning to be a dissapointment.
“Beginning????”
been trying to give him the benefit of the doubt. He needs to cool off them cream-pies, until he gets his sh*t together.
I actually expected him to be a better pitcher, then CC. Shame on me
AJ threw 19 pitches in the first,this inning 43 pitches 4 runs
wow!!
dont blame a rod, it is easy to fall asleep with all the balls that burnett is pitching.
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for $25 million dollars you’d think he could afford a box of nodoze – hell isn’t his agent a pharmacist?
so i guess aj is channeling his inner kyle farnsworth. gotta get his through at least 5 innings today.
wow I see what SJ means now about coming here during the games! This game is early still, the yanks often score more than 4, and the yanks have some of the best hitters in the league. Beckett is not untouchable.
This inning took half a season.
The game is over. Who are we taking in the draft?
Burnett has been the disappointment of the season so far though.
I think you can blame Arod.
That grounder was served in a platter. Has to make that play.
All the chirping about Yankee Stadium, that ball Drew hit was a 270 foot mortar. Only in Fenway is that a hit.
Girardi won’t do it. But I would pitch Wang in this game to clean up the garbage and pitch Hughes tomorrow. They know they will only get 3-4 innings tomorrow out of Wang why not just let him pitch tonight when Burnett is finished with his batting practice. Hughes will give them more of a chance to win then Wang will. Otherwise the bullpen is going to be abused having to use it tonight and tomorrow.
Remember how we signed Burnett because of how he dominated the Red Sox last year? I guess he left that in Toronto?
Right now it just seems like the yanks are simply intimidated of the sox. complete reversal of roles. they’re in our heads.
I don’t think Phil Hughes is going anywhere.
impossible
the redsox hittters are all professionals and they bring their A game against elite pitchers. Unlike stupid a-roid.
i agree with sunny u guys need to chill yall sound ridiculous
AJ has no idea where his ball is going half of the time. He routinely misses his target by 3 feet or more.
Interesting tactics here by the Yanks. Have Beckett sit for ages and get a bit cold and stiff. Cunning plan.
beckett looks so nasty…
well you could see that coming he cant locate his fastball, lets hope this offense has some runs in them.
Hughes to Joba to Rivera, that was a really dumb comment.
Sorry.
How are we down 4-0 already?
Burnett blows.
Yankees losing. Mets winning. Help me.
Well you find out something new about your team everyday, Burnett can’t win the big one and we can’t beat the Red Sox. I feel like we are cursed.
ok guys remember the last game burnett was dominating and beckett was struggling just have to wait
thank god the lakers are on tonight. I really would kill myself if i had to sit through this disaster of a game..
can we atleast throw at ortiz head i hate that smuck
AJ Burnett is Joe Dirt.
how bout before people start saying the game is far from over, you wait for the yankees to get a hit.
Eiland said not long ago that AJ is close to being dominant…
Well,..
I wish I could make $82 million and be bad at my job.
Another error, another big inning. It would be nice to win at least 1 game against the Sox.
THe Gun on My9 every pitch is 95-96 lol even the breaking balls
Early still it is…
In this game at Fenway Park…
Yankees will come back…
a hit would be nice considering we have 0 so far
Excuse me for saying that if we can’t beat the Sox we’re in huge trouble.
Burnett has been a disappointment. Period.
can we at least get a hit now?
Trisha, that was 2006. You know, the last time our team won the division only to choke in the playoffs because Torre forgot how to manage.
And at 0-7 as of tomorrow against the Sux and counting, this is ugly. The beanheads haven’t won a season series from our boys since 2004 (ARGH). That won’t hold.
Beckett looks unhittable tonight, damn, let’s at least get his pitch count up!
The extra rest was half way intentional. There was a rain out Friday. He was suppose to go Sunday. Didn’t go yesterday because Girardi rather he’d pitch in Fenway instead of Pettitte.
Hopefully he’s not on too much rest as long as they can control it.
“Eiland said not long ago that AJ is close to being dominant…”
he must have been talking about something besides baseball.
Burnett should have taken the suspension
“this isn’t the aj burnett that the yankees were looking for.”
No it’s not. Unfortunately this is exactly the AJ Burnett who pitched for the Jays the first half of last season. Exactly the same.
The notion that AJ had somehow turned a corner second half of last year appears to be without much merit.
When AJ talks about how much he’s learned about “pitching” (e.g. from halladay, etc.) that’s much more a comment about how little he understood about it before than where he is now.
He may have learned more about pitching but he’s still not even remotely close to being a pitcher.
It seemed like Beckett was disappointed he didn’t hit Jeter on the wrist with that pitch.
“I think you can blame Arod.”
Arod didn’t give up a friggin bomb to the corpse that is David Ortiz after walking the leadoff hitter on 4 pitches. And then give up a two out rocket off the green monster with a pitch that missed the target by 2 feet.
AJ is pitching poorly.
Is there a reason why Arod makes mental errors and throws the ball to 2nd base instead of 1st? I remember he did it recently and the runner was also safe at 2nd base. Maybe he should get his head back into the game and out of Kate Hudson’s bed. Arod has been awful at the plate, making mental mistakes, didn’t run out the ground ball the other day. He needs to get his head back in the game.
I know it’s early but if the game keeps up like this Girardi needs to get thrown out today
If we can’t beat the Red Sox?
We have a pitcher who is throwing Batting Practice tonight. How does that translate into “can’t beat the Red Sox”?
I have to say, I don’t have nearly the faith in Boston’s invincibility as many here.
Gibson taken.
AJ , We need to squeeze 6 innings out of you tonight…Don’t want to go to the pen this early…Killer if it comes down to that ….
We all know the road to the pennant goes through Boston, we are not going to contend until we can beat this team. You’d think we would get up for a game against our biggest rivals on the planet!
Annnnd he actually DOES have a no hitter going.
That is so ironic.
nice to see the offense firing on all cylinders tonight
The Yankes have been getting the second best for a long time now and I’m sick of it. Of the Schilling Johnson tandem we got Johnson they get Schilling. Of the Becket- Burnette- Pavano tandem we get 2 of the 3, but the Sox get the pearl in Becket. Of the Bay- Nady outfield, they get Bay we get Nady.
Whats it going to be this summer? They get Nick Johnson and we get Tyler Clippard back?
i definitely see signs that the yankees are going to win this game. ‘we are almost diminating’ beckett.
Right. If he can settle down and mop up his own mess, that would be helpful.
what channel is the laker game on? espn tnt or local?
AJ should be embarrassed. Down 4-0 and only in the 2nd inning?!
Beckett 1-2-3…just great.
I’m pretty sure Burnett came into this season with a career ERA under 1.00 at Fenway. That number shot up this year.
Stuckey June 9th, 2009 at 3:32 pm
A reminder….
On the evening of July 1st, 2004, the NY Yankees outlasted the Boston Red Sox in an an epic, instant 13-inning classic. 5-4. Although a complete mismatch on paper before the 1st pitch, (Brad Halsey vs Pedro Martinez), the win completed a 3 game sweep of the Sox.
Despite winning 6 of 7 against the Yanks earlier in the season, the Red Sox left town after that game 8.5 games behind the Yanks (9 in the loss column) and a seemingly a demoralized team, in the midst of the beginning of the end of the Nomar Garciaparra era in Boston.
Three weeks later the Yankees beat Boston In Fenway on a Friday in the first game of a 3 games series widening the lead to 9.5 (10 in the L column).
The next day in game 2 the Yanks broke ahead 3-0 and then took a 9-4 lead into the 6th and a 10-8 lead into the 9th and lost 11-10 with Rivera giving up all three runs to blow the save.
The simple point is, NOTHING that happens in the next 3 days, good or bad, lovelh or ugly, will define or alter this season. The Yankees could sweep or get swept, give up 20 runs or 4 and there will still be 2/3rs of the season left where ANYthing can happen.
Just enjoy some baseball. Don’t panic and come running here with every ugly thought out of the darkest corners of mind. We all know what happened 7/1/2004 (and Yes reminds us weekly if we don’t) and we all know what happened in October of that same year.
It’s just 3 baseball games…
Really…
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Reposting this again-I think we all need the reminder
Looking like 0 – 6 with 12 to go. Something needs to change (actually pitching, hitting and defense all need to). Not even weak Yankees teams got spanked by Boston this badly.
“It would be nice to win at least 1 game against the Sox.”
They play them 18 times and have only played 5 already so the odds are in your favor.
S.A., you’re 100% right.
But I want to beat them SOOOO badly…
winning the season series against boston may not overly affect our standings, but news flash, to win the world series we will have to beat them in the playoffs, and it will be us and them.
lakers are on abc
Johnny B-Lakers game on ABC
CB is correct. The Yankees singed AJ partly because he totally dominated them last year.
The problem with that reasoning though, is AJ’s ERA was almost over 5.00 when you take out his starts against the Yanks.
This is AJ Burnett. He is what he is. Next start he make take a no-hitter into the 8th. But you get junk like tonight also.
why is this guy out here again?
bod obviously I am so with you. After all it wasn’t the Red Sox who started the game in first place tonight. And their diva Matsuzaka really got shelled Sunday.
Too much sweating around here for too little reason.
A-Rod’s error extended the inning. That doesn’t change the fact that AJ’s location seems to be sent from hell. It’s the pitchers job to get out of jams. AJ needs to get his stuff together in the future; tonight is a loss cause. I’m not being negative; just making an assumption based on what I’ve seen from him tonight. He’s got nothing tonight and he’s not going to find it either.
We’re an excellent team. It looks to me like the Sox just get more psyched to play us.
Yankees fans lose not…
Your nerve, your guts, your will to…
Proclaim, Let’s Go Yanks!
The Twins take Kyle Gibson. Great pick.
Not much left for the yankees.
Their big decision will be whether or not to take a chance on Tanner Scheppers.
It’s hard to comment on scheppers without knowing his medicals – and the angels just passed on him and their doctor is yocum (who evaluated scheppers).
But scheppers is by far the best talent left. He has a huge arm.
If they draft him and he’s winds up healthy this could be Joba redux.
if melky’s was strike three, that was definitely a strike.
terrific another walk
lets see what big pop up does here
throw dirt, kick dirt, you still wont be able to throw a strike
At the very least AJ should show some emotion.
Look like you care, you bum!!!
AJ why don’t you throw another pitch right down the middle to the finished guy..
leadoff walks are bad news.
Who else pitches now? Cant waste Aceves…
The Sox just have our number I could totally see us going something like 6-12 against them this season, heck we’re half way there.
Sure must be fun to be a fan of Boston, knowing that they will humiliate and embarrass their hated rivals the Yankees in every game.
The whole Yankee organization should be ashamed of itself, fielding a team that can’t even compete with Boston. IMO, the Red Sox would like at least a little bit of competition, which NY just can’t seem to muster up.
Last time AJ pitched we were winning 6-0 early and lost…
So this time we’re down early…
Doesn’t anyone think the Yankees know how to comeback in a game (20X)?
THROW IT INSIDE!!!!!!
or give him a sodftball to hit out.
“to win the world series we will have to beat them in the playoffs, and it will be us and them.”
I don’t think they will be facing us in the ALCS. I don’t see them making the playoffs period. But time will tell.
A.J. needs to be replaced by Aceves.
every single friggin count
2-0, 3-1, 3-0
this guy is killin em
It’s dejavu all over again.
tomko is a better option
So is it true that BECKETT HAS A NO HITTER going?
“Is there a reason why Arod makes mental errors and throws the ball to 2nd base instead of 1st?”
Same reason Burnett can’t throw a strike tonight except when he leaves them over the middle of the plate. Is he thinking of Kate Hudson too?
What is with all the walks? Even Ortiz is hitting HR’S !!!
Ah, back to the Big Popup.
if youre gonna walk him you might as well throw it at his head
Who is left for the Yankees to take? Where does anyone see it going.
I wonder if his mechanics are all over the place because of the extra days rest…Or it just so happened in this start. He has no idea where the ball is going.
Can we pull AJ already!! He has been behind every batter and the one he went ahead of hit a bomb. Do we need to be behing 6-0 before we pull the plug?
Early still it is…
In this game at Fenway Park…
Yankees will come back…
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Keep it to four runs maybe A.J can give us 5 innings, but i doubt it. and When Beckett does come out of the game the best bullpen in the MLB comes out.
The way the A.J is pitching this game is over see you guys tomorrow. A.J is pathetic tonight. Lets go CMW and Lets GO CC and lets take 2 of 3.
Burnett has 38 balls and 34 strikes I would say that is not good
Okay, as of right now we’re in first place. Guess what? Neither the game, the series, or the season is over.
If the Sox were so great, why are we in first?
Trisha- how can you even compare a team from 2 freakin years ago to this team? 0-5 (soon to be 0-6) clearly speaks for the record. It’s great you’re optimistic and all, but at least speak about current events… Sure the Yanks have made some combacks, but this team wilts against Boston this year..AJ is absolutely pathetic and I hate to admit he pitches for the Yankees. By far the most disappointing signing! Like i’ve said in earlier posts, AJ can’t pitch in the big games period!!
That’s the Big Sloppy I have come to know & love this year.
AJ a pro??
Ha career bum is what he is
Great post SA!
Eiland said before the game that they are looking for AJ to go deep tonight. Ok.
2 picks until the Yankees’ turn
“If they draft him and he’s winds up healthy this could be Joba redux”
Really? Well if there isn’t much left for the Yankees then I would roll the dice and take him.
When you pick as late as the Yankees do you have to take chances.
trisha, yeah hes got a no hitter through THREE INNINGS. whoop de doo
i think this game is more ugly than the games wang had in the beginning of the year
Tomko warming up..It is going to be 10-0 in a minute, and the Yanks don’t even have a hit yet.
another 2-0, wow.
Burnett Is A Bum!! Stealing Yankees money,.
every single count starts 2-0
of course he is going to get hit
Burnett just has to make it through 5 if that’s possible.
There’s something you don’t see often- back-to-back homers off of Johan Santana. Howard and Ibanez doing the honors.
This outing is Wang-like (circa April ’09), only with more pitches thrown.
this is some of the worst control ive ever seen..
I guess they will not have AJ throw on 6 day rest again
Boy, it’s a good thing A.J. is not a thrower anymore and he finally learned how to pitch.
I think they missed a sign. Lowell doesn’t straight steal.
Mike Lowell must have money on tonight’s game.
This has nothing to do with whether or not the Yanks can mount a comeback. Of course they can.
This is about AJ reeking…HR to Big Papi who is beyond stink right now? Oy vey.
did anybody else hear Kay say that “he was gonna jerk it out”
Burnett will fix what…
It is that ails him tonight…
And the Yanks will win…
if i was a boston hitter just stand there and wait for your walk
tishbi,
Um… the Sox traded Hanley Ramirez for Beckett.
Well, I have another game to worry about, with much higher stakes, although you wouldn’t know it, reading this thing.
My hockey team is facing elimination in the Stanley Cup Finals.
The Yankees are down 4-0 in early June in a game at Fenway that hasn’t even reached the fourth inning. So I’m not going to kick in doors over this one.
(Although my father walked out into the driveway and smashed the windshield when we blew that 2-0 Series lead to the Dodgers in ’81 – but the stakes were high).
God, AJ might as well be blind-folded.
Looks like Papi is back to being harmless
. That was short-lived. Maybe if I keep typing, I can pretend that the hockey game really hasn’t started, or that it won’t even be played – ever.
That’s the play that turns the game around
Hey guys, the Yanks just proved they’re not giving up. If they were they would have let him take the base.
Maybe AJ should have just took the suspension.
“There’s something you don’t see often- back-to-back homers off of Johan Santana. Howard and Ibanez doing the honors.”
Didn’t Johan give up a ton of dingers last year? He has trouble with the long ball.
“Sure must be fun to be a fan of Boston, knowing that they will humiliate and embarrass their hated rivals the Yankees in every game.”
Yeah, like if the Yankees were in 2nd place but managed to beat the first place Red Sox I’d be dancing in the streets of courser because it means SOOO much more to be in 2nd place as long as you beat the Red Sox.
YAWN!
“Doesn’t anyone think the Yankees know how to comeback in a game (20X)?”
I sure do. That’s exactly why I haven’t written this game off in the, uh, 3rd inning.
For those interested, Blow Sox about to pick.
“At the very least AJ should show some emotion.”
burnett just seems very unfocused. getting pissed can with some people bring some focus.
it wouldn’t hurt for him to show some attitude out there.
rather than take him out early, i’f i were girardi, i’d leave him in there for 110 pitches to take a ten run embarrassment. maybe that would get his attention.
5 walks for burnett already. good job man, you are really making it easy for the yank fans!
If Im Boston I walk up to the plate w/no bat.
Sorry, too negative.
this is just unreal.
Walk walk walk walk!!!
Robbie Cano, Don’t Ya Know
why do we always look like a bunch of high schoolers when we play in this park. what the heck
Pedroia’s bettah
5 walks. Burnett is a horror.
Great now lazy Cano falls asleep in the field…
At least there was only one pitch to give up that hit
i guess burnett was shave his mustache after this game
AJ did this to himself. He didn’t throw strikes, fell into hitters’ counts, and when he got a ball put in play the fielders were on their heels because he didn’t THROW STRIKES.
Sox will probably take Scheppers now.
3 run homer to nick green?
Wow Cano. What else can you say.
that cano play is a total bi-product of burnett’s suckiness…regardless cano has to make it
Has he been ahead of any batter this game?
waste of money haha
2-0, 3-1, 2-0, 3-1, 2-0
when you compare cano to himself last year though, he has improved a lot in the field. i think hes gone 50 games without an error, whereas last year he actually got benched a game last year because he was so bad
I’ve been AJ’s biggest supporter and there’s just not much for me to say other than that this performance is pretty darn lousy. He’s pitched and dominated in Fenway before, but again – not as a Yankee. He’s going to be out of the game before the 5th – he’s just killing the pen tonight. Wow, just a very, very disappointing performance…..I feared he would have trouble on so many days rest, but he had to do better than this.
RalphieD (OPPC all day) June 9th, 2009 at 8:15 pm
this is some of the worst control ive ever seen..
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Yeah. Outside of a Detrol LA commercial, that is. lol
geez, AJ needs to come out!
I thought A.J. was good vs. the Sox.
5-0 Sox.
unbelievable
nick green. wow
Can’t blame Arod for this inning.
He’s down on every single hitter, we better pray for a miracle with Wang tomorrow and CC needs to dominate.
“Trisha- how can you even compare a team from 2 freakin years ago to this team?”
I don’t. This team has the team from two years ago beat hands down. Good point.
Jeez louise, get the bullpen warmed up!
big sloppy, nick green, get this dud out of the game. just absolutely embarrassing…
doesn’t look like anyone is taking signability into account. They’re going on pure talent this year it seems. Scheppers seems to be their last choice… why not?
0-7
Im a big red wings fan. We’re getting old, youll have many more years to win cups.
I’m going to scream if the Sox take Scheppers.
Finally Girardi
wow AJ you really showed us something today!!! good job man!!
I would be running off that mound after that performace!
It was 6-0 Yanks over Sox when things started to unravel. So maybe Girardi is pulling AJ one run too soon now.
Well with the way Beckett is pitching, and Burnett has not, this game looks over. Hopefully we can take 2 of 3..what a bum.
Burnett can singlehandedly tax the bullpen for a few days with this flop.
Cashman should have him take his suspension and get his head together.
Nick Greeen really
Swish totally misplayed that one..Thanks to Cano and Arod the score could be 2-0.
NICE KICK BUDDY!
how does a ball go over your head in left field in Fenway? Obviously Swisher was out of position so where were the bench coaches?
That was dreadful! Work the bullpen with Wang on deck tomorrow.
Finally a joke of a performance by Burnett is over he should burn his uniform like proctor
Take a shower, AJ. You earned it.
Go punch the wall. Maybe we get some insurance money back.
You suck, plain and simple.
You show up for Red Sox games.
Girardi didn’t even say anything to him or slap him on the rear. He just took the ball.
tomko… this should be interesting to say the least. Aaron Small anyone?
At least all of us can get to bed early tonight, I’m gonna catch my tivo’d stuff.
Everybody Relax….We have Wang going tomorrow night. Nothing to worry about. Uggghhhhhhhhh
Burnett set the tone by coming out and giving it nothing. All of the bad fielding plays are the result of fielders on their heels because of his inability to throw strikes, which directly burned him by putting extra insurance runs on base.
All they have to do is THROW STRIKES, and the Yankees pitchers can’t even do that. They all nibble nibble nibble with their 95 mph fastballs. Cry me a freaking river. Burnett was incredibly out of whack and didn’t even make any adjustment whatsoever.
Michael Kay should say AJ was bad because he does chew….
Send Burnett to the DL w/a phantom injury and put in Hughes.
He’s killing us.
cb,
any predictions?
draft a reliever and send him to boston ASAP!
Stanny46 (Where’s Carl Pavano these Days?) June 9th, 2009 at 8:14 pm
Great post SA!
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Stuckey deserves the credit for that post. All the way at the top, just re-posting.
This game is a disaster so far, no other way to say it. But, the world and season is not ending.
Yanks on the clock!
Whew! Scheppers is there for the Yankees now.
Laura,
He gave up 23 last year, but ’07 was much worse for him, with 33 round trippers surrendered. I was referring to the back-to-back part being rare against him.
Okay whats the deal on the red sox pick?
CF Fuentes is the Sox pick. Yankees on the clock
If it is true that…
Beckett has a no hitter…
Soon it eludes him…
He’s thrown more balls than strikes 44/40 so far.
This is just sad right now. $80M for this???
we paid 16 million dollars for this, folks. a career .500 pitcher who can’t find the zone half the time he pitches.
think of the kind of crap you could buy for 16 million dollars.
AJ Brunette………….pitching like a girl..(sorry ladies,no offense)
Hey Burnett: Maybe you can spend less time making whip cream pies and actually throw strikes.
Hey Yankees: Can you guys beat the Red Sox just once this season? I just want to see with my own eyes that it’s actually possible.
Hey YES: CURVEBALLS AREN’T 95 MILES PER HOUR.
Shouold have signed Lowe instead of the Pie Man
The ONLY bright side I see in this mess is that the Yankees still have a great shot of making the playoffs, and if they do end up facing Boston in the ALCS, they will be absolutely due for a winning series.
Frank & Beans
June 9th, 2009 at 4:42 pm
(Danny
June 9th, 2009 at 4:19 pm
We have some sick career numbers vs. Beckett
Jeter – 14-41 (.341), HR, double
Damon – 13-38 (.316), 2 HRs, 5 doubles
Cano – 12-36 (.333), 2 HRs, 4 doubles
ARod – 11-34 (.324), HR, 3 doubles
Melky – 12-33 (.363), 3 doubles
Posada – 9-26 (.346), double
Swisher – 5-14 (.357), HR)
DUDE!!!
Thanks for Jinxing us. Watch him Throw a one hit shutout.
Its Beckett Not a scrub at pitching. Ask Jeter is Im over reacting!!
********** I am not happy. it was tempting fate*************
The walks were the killer. That and he couldn’t find the plate.
oh my god, a first pitch strike
GO BRETT!
how can you watch burnett pitch and blame alex and robbie? that ball was screamed at cano, and even with alex’s error, burnett still walked 5 and gave up many hits.
Yankees pick next!
Now that the Yankees pick they don’t talk about the current draft. Color me shocked.
At least we didn’t have to wait until 11:00 to wonder if the bullpen was going to blow a close game. So much for Mo isn’t available today, and who would pitch the 8th or 9th inning.
Good thing we have a pitcher going tomorrow who we’re confident can get a win for us.
Not.
Come on, Brett Tomko! Just get this out and then the tide can turn.
come on Tomko
HA first pitch strike then 3 balls.
Todd — you’re wrong. Girls throw way more strikes.
“it’s a good thing A.J. is not a thrower anymore and he finally learned how to pitch.”
That’s the thing – when AJ was making all of those statements about learning from Doc and how much he’s learned about his body, yadda, yadda, yadda…
That was much more about how little he understood at baseline.
If you’re paid $1 a year is it really that big a deal that you get a raise of 100%? Big deal you’re making $2 a year.
That’s AJ. He understood so little about pitching even if he tripled that amount over the past two years working for Halladay it still doesn’t translate into him understanding much about pitching.
Gutless performance tonight. It really was.
Yankees on the clock…
Burnett lets the pressure/crowd get to him.
Relax everyone. One stupid game.
that’s a mistake taking him out. we don’t need this game at this point in the year, but burnett needs to start taking care of his own messes.
if i were the manager,i’d embarrass the guy into getting his act together.
maybe we should make tomko a starter!
i think burnett should refund all the yankee fans tickets
and then he should pie himself in the face… with a poison ivy pie
“He gave up 23 last year, but ‘07 was much worse for him, with 33 round trippers surrendered. I was referring to the back-to-back part being rare against him.”
I knew he had one year that was a HR disaster for him. I thought it was last year, but I guess not.
Its funny. I got blasted on this blog for ripping cashman on the Burnett signing last start.
Can’t believe they shelled out so MUCH MONEY For a very average pitcher. 5 YEARS?
Cashman is brutal with pitcher signings, but this isn’t news for anyone.
Relax everyone. One stupid game.
And what about the last six before his win vs. texas?
no lead is safe in Fenway – I don’t care WHO’S pitching
Blow Sox take Fuentes.
Slade Heathcott
There’s always AJ’s next start. I can’t believe some of you, if a pitcher or any player in general does bad you want to literally run them out of town. Have some faith. I don’t believe signing AJ was a mistake at all.
AJ Burnett hung more balls than Kung-Fu.
Yanks take Slade Heathcott.
Did not pick the guy with the bum shoulder!
Gross game, will we ever beat this team?
LOL Poison Ivy Pie? Never heard of that variety.
What do you think about the Yankees pick?
im so sick of these heinekin commercials
Slade heathcott.
SA Thanks! Missed that…by the time I noticed it…I already posted.
A 5 run deficit in Fenway Park with 6 innings to go is not insurmountable. But Burnett had to go. He had nothing tonight.
We took the OF. That was predictable and highly predicted.
I am a crazy optimist, but I think Wang will look filthy tomorrow night – and I mean that in a good way. And the Yankee hitters will tee off on Wakefield. For a national and international audience!
Slade Heathcott! Welcome to the Yankees!
Right now, a hit would be nice.
What were his issues?
LOL, this is hilarious. A gutless effort from an intimidated baseball team.
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Someone tell us about Heathcotte?
Zachary Heathcott-welcome to the Yankees
Slade Heathcott = I like the pick
we need to get 5-tool position players in the system
Heathcott? Bet we’ll never see him in the majors.
now how out a ss to come up after jeter is gone
The thing with Burnett is that he’s basically a fastball pitcher and the Red Sox are a great fastball hitting team. Burnett should never pitch against the Red Sox if they were to meet in the playoffs.
I agree with everything that Nick in SF just wrote.
Wang is coming off an injury, what is AJ’s excuse?
AJ’s outing tonight was worse than Wang’s last outing.
“Thanks to Cano and Arod the score could be 2-0.”
Humorous.
I will continue to support AJ because he’s a Yankees and I like the guy a lot, but I don’t know what you do with this guy. The Yankees spoke out when Phil got bombed in Baltimore……..well, this is the same thing except that it’s a vet doing it. They won’t call him out, but you have to believe they are disappointed in him.
CB, I’ve sort of been wondering why people assume someone that throws hard is talented. Pitching is a skill, so wouldn’t someone who actually knows how to pitch (even if he’s a soft-tosser) be considered much more talented than just a crazy hard thrower? I’m not even referring to AJ here, just in general. You could say that someone who can throw hard is talented at that one thing – throwing hard.
AJ is going to be here for a long time, so we can’t just give up on him. He and Eiland and the coaching staff need to sit down and figure something out. This guy was lights out against the AL East in his career- is he now scared of Boston because of last out? I know he’s really into being a Yankee – maybe he’s just putting too much pressure on himself. Either way, something has to change……the Yankees need this guy.
AJ has the whole rest of the season to turn it around.
5 tool player in health
With a name like Slade Heathcott…he’s pretty much guaranteed to suck. Guaranteed!!!
Would you rather have Peavy?
AJ will be fine, but this offense needs to get something going. Whats with the silent bat syndrome?
BHow bout a freakin hit already?
come on Tex, let’s get it started here!
Ball 3 swinging.
Are you going to obssess over any possible Yankee loss? Are you going to be angry and/or inconsolable if the Yankees lose a game? I have not given up on this game by any stretch of the imagination, but I am also very well adjusted to any games that we win or lose. It’s a long season. I just can’t get too worked up because the Yankees may have a potential loss in any game. Maybe it’s because they have won so many in such great and dramatic fashion that I don’t fall apart when they aren’t winning in dramatic fashion.
Just my opinion but some of you overreact on a per pitch basis.
“Has he been ahead of any batter this game?”
Yeah, he was 0-2 on Youkilis and he walked him. He was 0-2 on Drew and he gave up a 2-run double…
sans cojones
I’ll sell my firstborn nephew for a hit here.
It’s been that awful a day.
Trish, this team hasn’t proven anything yet and the Yanks had Torre then so the advantage goes to 07
The Yankees selected Slade Heathcott out of a Texas high school . He’s projected to be a 5 tool player with plus speed and power.
Somebody needs to tell Beckett this is not the Post Season…
;-(
Hey CB – what you got on Slade Heathcott
Nick in SF
June 9th, 2009 at 8:27 pm
I am a crazy optimist, but I think Wang will look filthy tomorrow night – and I mean that in a good way. And the Yankee hitters will tee off on Wakefield. For a national and international audience!
Slade Heathcott! Welcome to the Yankees!
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I don’t see why Wang shouldn’t pitch well – he looked great early on in his last start but tired. Agree that Wang will be good tomorrow.
We just need to use the B Bullpen tonight and save Gangsta and Hughes for worthier innings.
Thanks Tex!
at least ex is getting on so alex can pop up.
not trying to run Burnett out of town. But he has not really been a good pitcher this year. He had 2 FANTASTIC starts in April where he stopped 2 losing streaks. Since his choke job in Fenway on that Saturday afternoon, he he not looked too good. he is supposed to be a lock down #2 starter. He looks like more like a borderline #5. At least he is good with pies.
Yankees Drafted an outfielder that was wearing a Redsox jersey.
How Sad is that!!
What Curse!
Tampa Bay also passes on Scheppers…
i assume he has bad medicals
Tampa Bay also passes on Scheppers…
i assume he has bad medicals
Pitching around Tex ‘cuase Alex isn’t Alex??????????
A-Rod needs to redeem himself
Becket’s no hit bid…
Not in the cards on this night…
As Yankees come back…
“LOL, this is hilarious. A gutless effort from an intimidated baseball team.
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Is that what your pals on SOSH told you to post? Slither back there will ya?
Does anyone have insight into what the off-the-field issues are that pushed Heathcott down into Yankees territory? Is it a situation where he’s from a broken home or something?
so what are heathcott’s off field issues?
Arod make your self useful here
Arod make your self useful here
Oh give Alex a break.
He’s crashing a little bit now.
He’ll be alright.
Looks like Tex is the only one who came to play today
AJ just killed the pen…We’re going to need another reliever up here.
I don’t think it makes AJ a bad guy for saying everything he said in the off-season. I really think he meant it..
Alex:
1. Bat off shoulder
2. Swing
3. Hit ball
Arod better start hitting or the Sox will keep walking Teixeira.
3 hanging breaking balls to A-Roid and he just stares at em
Slade Heathcott
6’1 196 lbs
bats left
From Texas HS TX
HA.
omfg you are the worst!
Scouting report on Slade:
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/events/.....=heathcott
Heathcott is a very interesting high school outfielder with plus tools across the board. Even after November ACL surgery, he runs extremely well, has a plus arm from the outfield and can really hit for average and power from the left side of the plate. He’s an intense competitor, but there is some concern over character issues off the field. The team that gets those questions answered could be the one to take him on Draft Day.
Parents with addiction issues, I think.
Gee – them and a large percentage of the country.
anyway, just a rough game. what can you do???
beckett looks great, gotta tip your cap.
Boy – no one has a prettier, smoother swing than Arod.
At least he thinks so.
He should bat with a mirror in the LH batter’s box.
So the Yanks are paying Burnett big, big bucks to throw pies and have nervous breakdowns vs the Red Sox.
Great, just great.
Sure do complain a lot for fans of a first place team
The scouting report mentions something about his character is a weakness… what’s that about?
Arod looks scared at the plate
Arod looks scared at the plate
Yankees need to stop scoring so much.
why didnt tex take third?
No hitter’s gone
That means Heathcott will have the gritty-gutty gene as a result of his terrible family environment to get him to the majors, not like that pampered middle class Tanner Scheppers!
Pedroia…blows the no-no…
Positive: we aren’t being no-hit.
“Trish, this team hasn’t proven anything yet and the Yanks had Torre then so the advantage goes to 07″
Perhaps not to you Terry.
HARDEE HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR!
Buh bye second part of the no no.
posada needs to pop one out here…
if anyone wishes to read about the new draft selection (Slade Heathcott)
http://riveraveblues.com/
the best yankee site, on the net
There they go with the amorphous “character issues off the field.”
What kind of euphemistic BS is that?
Sean Serritella — so how did Burnett dominate the Sox for years with the Blue Jays? It is not that simple.
why does anyone here back up alex rodriiguez.
The guy is a joke. No one should support him. He is a jerk, not a team player and sucks in the big spots. He is the opposite of a clutch player. He is the very opposite what you guys cheer for in players.
A-rod get of this team
baseball america predicted the Slade pick. Impressive.
http://www.baseballamerica.com.....68312.html
Embarrass the guy? What should we do to AJ? There’s nothing you can do about a guy pitching poorly…..I refuse to believe he didn’t try out there (I would never say that about any Yankee). Since that’s the case, I don’t see any purpose in embararssing him. What, make him wear a dunce cap? If he has any pride, and I’m sure he does, AJ is angry at himself. The man is a Yankee regardless of whether people like him or not, whether they liked the contract or not. If something is broke, you try to fix it.
What’s the scoop on Slade Heathcotte?
comeon jorge get us back in this thing
Well there goes history.
Is it better to get your A$$ handed to you when the guy throws a no-no?
At least then I chalk it up to freakish greatness by a guy who when he’s on is one of the best in the sport…
WELL NOW WE GOTTA WIN
“beckett looks great, gotta tip your cap.”
Jeter, is that you?
“Someone tell us about Heathcotte?”
Very good athlete. Very fast. Tore his ACL earlier this year and played this spring and was still very fast.
Cannon arm. Was a good pitcher and could throw in the low to mid 90′s.
Generallly thought to have a good bat and projects to hit for power and average but there are concerns with his swing.
Big question on him has been his family situation. His parents both have trouble with the law and it sounds like they haven’t been very involved with his life. There’s also been some question about him and “character” issues though I’ve never heard specifically what those are. Seem like a lot of guesses based on his parents.
Overall he’s a good pick at 29. But not that exciting. Nothing close to Gerritt Cole.
Hughes to Joba to Rivera
June 9th, 2009 at 8:35 pm
why does anyone here back up alex rodriiguez.
The guy is a joke. No one should support him. He is a jerk, not a team player and sucks in the big spots. He is the opposite of a clutch player. He is the very opposite what you guys cheer for in players.
A-rod get of this team
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I have much greater loyalty to him than to you.
So get lost, bozo.
Hey, have you heard the news? Dewey Cox died.
WHIFF
I hope Posada launches one right now.
fudge
we are on the edge of a comeback here.
Michael Kay just referred to Beckett as “Burnett” – twice.
arghhhhh
>Dewey Cox died.
He walked hard.
I hope some of you won’t be on here when Alex goes on a tear again (this is his ST), singing his praises…….
I’m not thrilled with the defense this team is playing lately. An error in 7 straight games?
At least they got a hit
Thank God that “rescue Me” is on tonight.
despite the score in this game
this red sox team doesn’t scare me.
it wouldn’t surprise me to see the yankees beat them by 7-10 games.
Stultus Magnus
June 9th, 2009 at 8:35 pm
Pedroia…blows the no-no…
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Now, that’s a pity for little Dusty.
Ok I like Slade Heathcott now. He’re’s why…
I just read on a site that his baseball role model is Mickey Mantle. Huh?
Did he watch 61* or something? He was like 4 when Mickey Mantle died.
What # is the next Yankees pick? 75?
Alex has brought the yankees a curse. How dont you see it
i guess big effort by AJ..
5 walks he is a joke… 90 + pitches.
he is the ultimate tease………….when will he live up to his hype, he is only 32… what a joke………
bodhisattva – OPPC member – Destiny Wears Pinstripes June 9th, 2009 at 8:33 pm
Parents with addiction issues, I think
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So how does that translate to him having issues?
>Michael Kay just referred to Beckett as “Burnett” – twice.
Oh, if only that came to fruition.
Long Black Hearse
Clear Blue Sky
Preacher says his words
Grown Men Cry
Women start to faint
Dark Grey Sky
Simple Wooden Box
Preacher asks Why?
Hey, Have you heard the news?
Dewey Cox Died
Put him in the ground
Start to shovel dirt
Grown men turn away
Can’t bear the hurt
Fell Out of a tree
Landed on His head
Rushed him to a hospital
There pronounced dead
Hey, Have you heard the news?
Dewey Cox Died
No, Say it isn’t so, Dewey Cox Died!
Flowers Everywhere
Children Cry
Guitar on the ground
God himself asks why
Long Black Hearse
Clear Blue Sky
Preacher Says his Words
Grown Men Cry
Hey Have you heard the news?
Dewey Cox Died
Why?
Hey, Have you heard the news?
Dewey Cox Died
Today!
Dead!
Can someone text Michael Kay….he keeps referring to Beckett as “Burnett.” Burnett is the guy in the clubhouse punching walls after destroying this game.
A lot of pressure on Wang tomorrow night. This game is over.
“Michael Kay just referred to Beckett as “Burnett” – twice.”
Wishful thinking.
nick
“Humorous.”
What is so funny? AJ was horrible but the extra runs were given up after the errors. He had 2 outs and Arod made the error and then he gave up 2 more and same with Cano.
BTW, Beckett is showing that an ACE holds an early lead, unlike fat CC.
Becket = ACE
Sabathia = not an ace
Burnett is just what he is – a .500 career pitcher. Don’t know how the Yanks expected to polish a turd with that signing. He is what he is.
Uncle Buck now on WGN…….John Candy rocks!!!
Lets play walk a batter. Tomko says no.
Why don’t we take college players, this Heathcott kid if he even makes it is 5 years away.
save us Tomko
Hmm, what else to watch tonight… Magic/Lakers, Conan, Stephen Colbert is in Iraq. Lots of good options.
Stupid Yankees organization there morons.
They could of drafted Brett Jackson
Brett Jackson will be a much better player than Austin Jackson it is not even close.
randy l.
June 9th, 2009 at 8:38 pm
despite the score in this game
this red sox team doesn’t scare me.
it wouldn’t surprise me to see the yankees beat them by 7-10 games.
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No, that wouldn’t surprise me, either. I’ve been thinking we will win the division by 7-8 games. I guess I lack the requisite Red Sox paranoia that Talk Radio requires of me, but their lineup, though good, isn’t transcendent any more without Manny.
Their starters, though good, aren’t shut-down. Their BP is very good at the moment, but BPs are flaky by nature.
Hughes to Joba to Rivera
It’s easy to root for a guy who isn’t a jerk, is a team player and doesn’t suck in the big spots.
It takes a real Yankee fan to root for the problem children.
Get on the bandwagon or stop whining about it cause he’s all ours for the next 9 years.
Anyone who believes in curses should now be a cubs fan
Dear Brian Cashman,
Please don’t sign any more Marlins from the 2003 team, mmmkay?
And, if you could get me those TRS reports by tomorrow that would be great.
Randy
Brett Jackson is if you combined Austin Jackson with Brett Gardner, all the athleticism combined with amazing grit and speed
Tomko got squeezed on that 1-2 pitch. Youkilis’ eye just bought him a second life at the plate.
Boston is so much better all around. The Yanks desperately need to win division this year because Boston isn’t going to lose a playoff series if they have home field advantage.
i love yhe idea that whatever happen after an error is not the pitchers fault. he still has to get outs.
aj is responsible tonight, not cano and not alex.
Slade Heathcott is a 2009 LHP/OF with a 6’1”, 196 lb. frame from Texarkana, TX who attends Texas. Slade is an outstanding two way prospect. He has a great pitchers build and pitches in the low 90′s. He locates his pitches well and has an outstanding curveball with late sharp break. His curveball was one of the best at the event. He also mixed in a 78 mph change. Outstanding total package on the mound. He also shows big time arm strength from the outfield and was gunned at 94 mph. He has a good swing at the plate with good bat speed. He drives the ball to all fields and makes hard barrel contact. He looks very comfortable in the box and made hard game contact.
Sevrox, relax yourself. Truly disrespectful to Call burnett a turd. Hop off the damn blog if your not going to support the team.
I’m upset about his start as well, but still support the team as a fan. Game isn’t over until the ninth inning.
jennifer
June 9th, 2009 at 8:39 pm
bodhisattva – OPPC member – Destiny Wears Pinstripes June 9th, 2009 at 8:33 pm
Parents with addiction issues, I think
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So how does that translate to him having issues?
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I’m with you, jennifer
Look at the Gameday for Yankees pitchers and Red Sox pitchers and try to deny that the umpires aren’t squeezing us in ridiculous fashion tonight.
The pitch Melky was called out on was 3 inches outside, and Tomko and Burnett have thrown pitches over the plate at the knees that have been called balls.
That was a joke. Tomko and the Yankees should be sitting on the bench getting ready to hit right now.
he is ten times better then alex looser roidriguez.
guy is a joke. if i saw him on the corner of the street i would kill him so we can take away the curse he has given the yankkes
“despite the score in this game
this red sox team doesn’t scare me.
it wouldn’t surprise me to see the yankees beat them by 7-10 games.”
Absolutely.
“Stupid Yankees organization there morons.
They could of drafted Brett Jackson
Brett Jackson will be a much better player than Austin Jackson it is not even close.”
im sure youve never seen either of them play but thanks for the insight
slade heathcott…just sounds like a baseball name
Arod was jumping away from the breaking ball both times like he has never seen 1 before. He has just looked plain awful. I don’t know why any team would pitch to Tex with 1 or 2 outs with Arod on deck. Maybe Arod needs more days off or to DH more because he looks like a shell of himself.
“Are you going to obssess over any possible Yankee loss?”
Yes, to me they should win every game. When they lose, I don’t like the way it feels. I will never give in and allow my feelings to say that it’s ok when they lose.
tex’s best friend
June 9th, 2009 at 8:42 pm
i love yhe idea that whatever happen after an error is not the pitchers fault. he still has to get outs.
aj is responsible tonight, not cano and not alex.
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Have the “it’s Jorge’s fault” contingent appeared yet?
Funny how Ortiz can only somehow play well against the Yanks.
I would dread having to face the Sox in the playoffs, ever since game 4 2004 ALCS they have absolutely dominated and intimidated us. Bringing in softies like Burnett and Pavano hasn’t helped.
CB
Thanks for the breakdown on Heathcott.
Ranking: #2 (100) — as of 4/21
Strengths:
Slade Heathcott is the premier high school bat in the 2009 MLB Draft and is a five-tool talent. He hits to all fields and has plus power. His arm strength might be his biggest strength, however. He has been known to hit 95 mph. He’s an above-average runner with great instincts on the bases and can play all three outfield positions.
Weaknesses:
Heathcott underwent ACL reconstruction in the off-season but has shown plus speed this spring even though he wears a knee brace. Some scouts are worried about character issues in his past.
The Future:
Slade Heathcott has emerged as the top high school talent in the 2009 MLB Draft. He won’t fall past the tenth pick.
http://www.withthefirstpick.net/slade-heathcott
“i love the idea that whatever happens after an error is not the pitchers fault. he still has to get outs. ”
Exactly. He’s supposed to pick up the position players by getting the hitter out.
“So how does that translate to him having issues?”
Jennifer,
Here’s a quote from RAB’s Heathcott report:
“The off-the-field issues are a concern, because with that kind of upbringing you do have to worry about the kid’s ability to discern right from wrong”
Was he raised by wolves in the woods?
BTW, Beckett is showing that an ACE holds an early lead, unlike fat CC.
Beckett = ACE
Sabathia = not an ace
More on why Slade Heathcott dropped from riveraveblues.com:
“Although there are no concerns about his intensity on the field, some teams have been scared off by character issues. Heathcott’s father is in prison on drug charges and his mother is out of his life for similar reasons, which is an obvious red flag. He was also ruled academically ineligible for the playoffs last month.”
The last sentence leads me to believe he’s very signable.
I love how the Yanks play great baseball and then they play Boston and they forget how to play ball. The teams whole game just goes down the toilet.
“Funny how Ortiz can only somehow play well against the Yanks.”
Did you see that pitch? Stevie Wonder could have hit that one out.
He joins the game!
Ranking: #2 (100) — as of 4/21
Strengths:
Slade Heathcott is the premier high school bat in the 2009 MLB Draft and is a five-tool talent. He hits to all fields and has plus power. His arm strength might be his biggest strength, however. He has been known to hit 95 mph. He’s an above-average runner with great instincts on the bases and can play all three outfield positions.
Weaknesses:
Heathcott underwent ACL reconstruction in the off-season but has shown plus speed this spring even though he wears a knee brace. Some scouts are worried about character issues in his past.
The Future:
Slade Heathcott has emerged as the top high school talent in the 2009 MLB Draft. He won’t fall past the tenth pick.
“Sevrox, relax yourself. Truly disrespectful to Call burnett a turd. Hop off the damn blog if your not going to support the team.
I’m upset about his start as well, but still support the team as a fan. Game isn’t over until the ninth inning.”
This is a perfect post. Good job!
“Sevrox, relax yourself. Truly disrespectful to Call burnett a turd. Hop off the damn blog if your not going to support the team.
I’m upset about his start as well, but still support the team as a fan. Game isn’t over until the ninth inning.”
This is a perfect post. Good job!
“I love how the Yanks play great baseball and then they play Boston and they forget how to play ball. The teams whole game just goes down the toilet.”
They put too much pressure on themselves.
Eh I wanted Brett Jackson from Cal-Berkley…but Heathcott is a good upside pick.
AJ just didn’t have it tonight, I think we could see that from the start. Can’t blame Arod and Cano for tonight. That and Beckett has just shut us down. We better win tommorrow though! I need a drink.
“this red sox team doesn’t scare me.
I agree.
what a throw
“The teams whole game just goes down the toilet”
A lot of it has to do with the starting pitcher. That tends to set the tone for a game.
“Have the “it’s Jorge’s fault” contingent appeared yet?”
Hopefully Brett Tomko is taking one for the team tonight.
June 9th, 2009 at 8:41 pm
Why don’t we take college players, this Heathcott kid if he even makes it is 5 years away.
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Al,
If he’s talented enough to forego College he’s usually more valuable than guys who either choose or are forced to further build their resume in college.
It’s not an absolute though…Sometime pitchers with college experience are more mature and easier to groom when they’ve had college competition.
hmm remember we were up 6-0 and the sox came back to beat us? PAYBACK TIME?
“A lot of it has to do with the starting pitcher. That tends to set the tone for a game.”
Bingo
I’m watching with the sound off.
The discourse was about “not being able to win at Fenway.”
Unbelievable. The guy pitched a dud. That’s it.
and the hole gets a bit deeper, but it will make the comeback all the more sweeter!
The only time you’ll see the words ‘clutch’ and ‘Arod’ in the same sentence is when he double clutches a throw to 1st or 2nd…….
Girardi better only use Tomko and Veras I dont care if there arms fall off.
ok so it’s 6 – 0 is this where the miracle comeback starts
Why do the Yankees play scared in Fenway?
If he surrounds himself with the right people it won’t be an issue. I don’t read anywhere that he had drug issues. Just that his parents were low lifes.
this game had a bad feel from the moment jeter swung and grounded out at the first pitch.
They’re not playing poorly. This is beyond poor — it’s embarrassing.
““this red sox team doesn’t scare me.
I agree.”
Maybe not you, but they sure scar our Yankees.
Rachel
We get it. You don’t like Alex. He looks terrible, has never done anything productive on the field, you object to his off field life and Pena should be playing 3B. If they lose tonight it is all his fault. You’re right and anyone who supports him is wrong.
Feel better?
It was almost 9-0
Roid Rage from Ortiz
Papi is a fat slob……………….
ortiz is going paul o neill
Ortiz thought that he got his mojo back. He’s disappointed to learn that he did not.
thats gotta be the best moment of the night seeing ortiz flip out
6-0 early lead, time for a little payback for their comback earlier in the season?
AJ choked tonight. We already know Wang chokes against Boston. My guess is Jumbrotron will also choke like he did against Tampa. There’s a good chance we might get swept.
aj didn’t have it tonight!!!!
he is a tease fools.. now we will hear the to many day off nonsense…
5 walks 90 pitches 2 and 2/3.. unacceptable.
This is extremely embarrassing. When you have to pitch Tomko you know you have zero options in your bullpen. It is plain old pathetic to throw out that kind of garbage at a good hitting team. Let Cashman build a bullpen and then they can talk about being in the play offs.
wait….. i thought it was the new yankee stadiums fault that burnett was giving up a ton of homeruns?
*rolls eyes*
119 pitches thrown by Yankees pitchers in 4 innings. That’s unreal.
it really is obscene to think the sox scared the yanks…thats just lunacy…they are just playing better against them…its really that simple
Oh no,”Rescue Me” isn’t on until 10:00……I’ll mercifully watch the NBA finals or even the NHL. Anythin has to be better than this………Did I say before that this Yanks team is downright scared of the Sox?
If this game ends up being remembered as the game Big Papi returned, I will never forgive AJ Burnett for that. Never.
you know the loss isn’t bothering me as much as seeing ortiz hit that hr. i hate that guy and was hoping he could stink some more until they are forced to cut him, the satisfaction of seeing the manny suspension and ortiz’s decline was something to look foward to.
did I mention how much I hate Josh Beckett?
Wow the game thread is OUT OF CONTROL with trolls and bridgejumpers…
What a bunch of quitters posting.
Man up and root for a comeback.
Lets get to Beckett this inning!
Goal for this inning: another “hit” and maybe even a run
You cant blame the hitters and the rest of the team. The starting pitcher didn’t give them a chance to compete. Burnett mechanics has to get straighten out, this is 4th start in row where he has lousy command of the fastball.
oh my god swing at the damn curveball.
rephrase- swing and hit the curveball
“Dodgers outfielder Manny Ramirez on Tuesday made his first public comments since being suspended on May 7 for violating Major League Baseball’s drug policy.
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“‘That’s in the past,’” Ramirez said. ‘Whatever happened, that’s in the past. I’m coming to play my game and move on. What happened, happened. I spoke to [owner] Frank McCourt, I apologized, I spoke to [manager] Joe Torre, my teammates and I’m ready to move on. *I didn’t kill nobody, I didn’t rape nobody. That’s it*.’”
Yeah, he definitely gets it.
I just pray the Yanks win the division & the Rays or Jays get the wild card…
I don’t believe the Yanks are scared by the Sox, come on, be serious. Their SP got smoked – there really is not much they can do about that.
The people who complain about A-Rod are fighting a losing battle.
1)The guy has a contract that even Jesus Christ couldn’t move. He’s going to be a Yankee for the next 9 years. If that’s a problem for you, you better find a way to deal with it or go root for another team because the guy isn’t going anywhere.
2)The Yankees are a better team with Alex. The record proves that. Notice how well Tex is playing? Do you really think that’s a coincidence? Alex makes this team better; plain and simple. He lengthens the lineup and gives the pitcher one more guy to worry about.
3)Alex is playing partially hurt. The doctor said that he wouldn’t be 100% after the surgery and we are seeing that he was right. Still, Alex at 85% is better than 90% of MLB at 100%.
People, we need him. He’s ours to keep. Come to terms with that and you’ll be a happier Yankee fan.
“Have the “it’s Jorge’s fault” contingent appeared yet?”
People need to stop with that. Do they really think the game would be any better with Cervelli or someone else in there. AJ didn’t have it.
oh manny being manny
The whole Wang situation is still showing up to bite the Yanks. Having CC and AJ pitch on extra rest was not a good idea
great call ump. way outside.
The rain out didn’t help either.
You just can’t pitch like Burnett did. Not when you’re facing a good pitcher on the other side. You know Beckett’s not giving up 6 runs.
The team is 0-5 against the RS and he pitched like crap tonight.
Not even 5 innings. Couldn’t complete 3 even. Just brutal.
As other referenced, funny how he had an ERA under 1 lifetime against the Sox comes to the Yankees and is lit up.
Here’s info about Heathcott that I got from espn…
Heathcott has first-round tools, but lack of polish and some questions about him off the field have pushed him down into the second/third-round range. Heathcott is a tremendous athlete, a plus runner with good bat speed and a strong build that should lead to average power down the road. His swing is rough, as he bars his front arm and drags the bat through the zone, which limits his ability to square up balls if he doesn’t recognize pitches very early. His front side is a little soft as well. He has the speed to play a plus centerfield and has plenty of arm strength, but could use work on his reads on flyballs. He’s probably going to be a slow developer in pro ball, but the upside is an impact power/speed bat in centerfield.
Come on! Wheres the offense!
what is that black or brown spot on the right leg of beckett
This is all on AJ, no excuses. Not A-Rod, not Jorge, no one but AJ. There was no guarantee that the Yanks would have beat Beckett even with AJ’s best stuff but man, to pitch like AJ has over the past few starts is simply brutal.
The moral tones here are priceless.
We’re “scared” of the Red Sox?
This game is “embarrassing”?
The starter pitched a dud. As a result, the hitters are a bit laconic.
Pitching-hitting symbiosis.
There is nothing else going on here.
You’re right, Joe Mama. Wang is still hurting us. And does anyone feel he’ll give us anything tomorrow. I don’t.
Great job by Gardner he makes contact atleast breaks up Beckett strikeout streak. Gardner deserves a cream pie.
from a poster on the river avenue blues forum (on Slade Heathcott):
I don’t care if he can read or not, just hit the damn ball.
Pretty sure Shoeless Joe couldn’t read, and I don’t think Manny is going to be splitting the atom anytime soon
I mentioned this a few weeks ago, AJ Burnett will be the best # 5 pitcher in baseball in 2010….He’ll also be the most expensive as well…..He’ll bounce back and get on a roll…Don’t turn on him, he’s going to come around and end up 16-8…..
“This is extremely embarrassing. When you have to pitch Tomko you know you have zero options in your bullpen. It is plain old pathetic to throw out that kind of garbage at a good hitting team. Let Cashman build a bullpen and then they can talk about being in the play offs.”
Garbage Rachel? The guy gave up an earned run and hardly gets into any games. This team has more come back wins than any other team in the majors, and that is a testament to the bullpen that has held the other team while the offense does its thing. Sorry you’re embarrassed by the team. I’m sure the players will all lose sleep tonight over your endless criticism.
Notice that there are others on this forum who actually aren’t falling apart or raging because players on the team they supposedly root for may not be having such great nights. It’s called loyalty and maturity.
the yankees arent scared of the sox. we’ve just had crappy pitching against them and when we did get a good pitching performance we didnt hit.
this game isnt over but if we lose it really isnt the end of the world, you wouldnt be able to tell though by the meltdowns ppl are having here
We are on our way to the Fastest Yankees/Red Sox game in the modern Era
“There was no guarantee that the Yanks would have beat Beckett even with AJ’s best stuff….”
True, but AJ snuffed out any chance they may have had – regardless of how slim it might have been. And you can’t tell me that being down 5-0 in the 3rd doesn’t have a negative affect on the hitters. I don’t care how many come from behind wins they have. That sort of thing saps your spirit, especially when you are facing a pitcher as good as Beckett is.
Joe Mama
June 9th, 2009 at 8:57 pm
The whole Wang situation is still showing up to bite the Yanks. Having CC and AJ pitch on extra rest was not a good idea
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I’m not sure why anyone who’s seen his last start and previous two appearances would assume he won’t pitch well tomorrow.
If he can’t give us length, we’ll have Aceves and Hughes ready.
How many hits did we have last night off of Sonnanstine, he of the 7.0 ERA-5-6 hits? We’ll be lucky to get 3 hits off Beckett, let alone a run.
What would be the makeup of our team now if we had made the trade to the Marlins for Beckett and Lowell??? Hmmm. No A-Rod?? No return of Clemens?
This is the time I wish George Steinbrenner was running the team.
ITPS
What did Papi lose it about?
You’re right, Joe Mama. Wang is still hurting us. And does anyone feel he’ll give us anything tomorrow. I don’t.
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You guys blaming Wang on AJ’s implosion(s)? Give me a break. AJ hasn’t shown up in the last month. Paid to pitch like an ace and so far NOT.
I haven’t been this embarrassed to be a yankee fan in awhile. We can’t win one game out of six against our biggest rivals. Just sad really.
Hey what a concept you throw strikes and you get outs, red sox are a good team but give me a break the Rangers just came there and won 2 out of 3
Did someone on here say that John C. Reilly died? (Dewey Cox?)
Carl
June 9th, 2009 at 9:03 pm
This is the time I wish George Steinbrenner was running the team.
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Because Hal-Cashman has run them to the top of the division?
Blog Poster June 9th, 2009 at 9:04 pm
What did Papi lose it about?
3-1 pitch and popped up.
Kelvin Ace and Trisha: I support the Yanks and have done so since 1967 – I can call Burnett a turd if I so desire, thank you very much. Don’t be so concerned about other folks’ opinions of players, regardless of whose team they are on.
Get over it, moral majority.
The Ohio Pork Product Council indeed. Good the playground mentality is in gear.
bodhisattva
No because he would have some nice words to say about this game.
Al from BK
June 9th, 2009 at 9:05 pm
I haven’t been this embarrassed to be a yankee fan in awhile. We can’t win one game out of six against our biggest rivals. Just sad really.
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I’m just not getting the “embarrassment” thing.
At all.
Veras warming up?!
“What would be the makeup of our team now if we had made the trade to the Marlins for Beckett and Lowell???”
Who could we have traded for Beckett/Lowell? We had no pieces back then and the Sox gave up an all-world player in HanRam.
I’m not about to jump off a bridge, but the Sox SP (and I said this a few days ago) IS better than the Yankees. Except for Beckett/CC , which is a wash, all of the Sox starters are better than the Yankees. Forget the Sox, though – the Yankees starting pitching just isn’t that good. CC will be fine, but he’s really only had one very good stretch of 4 starts. AJ is a mess right now, Andy is holding it together somehow and Wang is still in recovery so to speak. That said, the Yankees are still a very good team and should compete at least for the WC……..I just would not assume a playoff spot.
I thought Burnett owned the Red Sox in Fenway?
“You guys blaming Wang on AJ’s implosion(s)? Give me a break. AJ hasn’t shown up in the last month. Paid to pitch like an ace and so far NOT.”
He won last 2 games against texas
JORDAN STAAL!!!!!
I’m not blaming Wang I’m saying that th elack of control was partially due to the fact that AJ hasn’t pitched in 6 or 7 days, it’s not Wang’s fault. It’s the fact that they rushed him back and then plugged him in which resulted in CC and AJ having extra rest
What happpened to the optimist fanboys and foolgirls. It’s hard to defend a bunch of multi-millionaire chokers.
Jorge PassBallSada
I don’t want to play boston anymore. They’re mean and they make the Yankees play bad.
“I’m just not getting the “embarrassment” thing. ”
Neither am I. 2004 was embarrassing. This is just a bad night. Big difference.
“I’m just not getting the “embarrassment” thing.
At all.”
Not being able to beat the only team that matters, that is embarrassing. We will never be taken seriously if we can’t beat these bozos. Can’t win 1 of 6?! Jeez.
Aceves should start…
Tomorrow, instead of Wang…
who is not ready…
“I haven’t been this embarrassed to be a yankee fan in awhile. We can’t win one game out of six against our biggest rivals. Just sad really.”
I’d be more embarrassed to admit to be a whining nonstop complaining self-entitled Yankee fan than I would to be embarrassed by a team that’s in first place, despite a spate of injuries, and having a bad game, something that is statistically guaranteed in the game of baseball.
In fact, if I were as EMBARRASSED as some of you say you are, I seriously wouldn’t even bother watching the team, nor admitting to being a Yankee fan. So I’d say you all have bigger issues than you even know.
I on the other hand feel honored to root for this team on their best game of the season and on their worst. The honor is for me to root for the Yankees – not for the Yankees to have me as a fan.
All this, and how in the world is this team in first place?
And yet, they are! Even if they lose tonight!
Miraculous! That they even won a game, as they looked northward, full of fear, at the prospect at facing the Mighty Red Sox.
“We get it. You don’t like Alex. He looks terrible, has never done anything productive on the field, you object to his off field life and Pena should be playing 3B. If they lose tonight it is all his fault. You’re right and anyone who supports him is wrong.”
Please explain to me how saying that Arod looks terrible at the plate and that error hurt them in that inning = he has never done anything on the field, Pena should play 3rd base and the loss is all his fault…? Yeah those 2 statements sound the same…
Look at the bright side….If we don’t come back & win this game, we will have lost all 6 times vs Sox, yet will still be tied for 1st place……