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I think they’ll take three. That’s right, they’ll beat Johan Santana on Sunday. No namby-pamby predictions here.
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sweep, theyre gonna sweep
i’m with you
big comeback after the egg they laid in boston
Lose 2\3
Win tonight vs. Livan
Lose a close game against that rookie we have never seen
Lose to Santana
Option #5 is hilarious. I’m not nearly as optimistic as you Pete, I say they lose 1 if not 2. Sorry, my fan confidence has waned in the aftermath of the last 3 games.
I especially love the “suffocate me” option
“I’ve given up on baseball after watching the Red Sox games. Please come to my house and suffocate me with a pillow. ”
Funny stuff! I almost voted that, but I can’t vote against my conscience – I say SWEEP!
2 of 3.
Win tonight
Lose tomorrow
Win against Santana
Win tonight, win tomorrow, lose on Sunday.
If my prediction comes true, what do I win?
Watching the yankees play boston this week was demoralizing. However, I feel a sweep of the mets coming.
Suffocate me now has more votes than lose two and get swept.
It’s tough to sit through getting swept by boston, but its a long season, hopefully we’ll get 3 from the Muts and 3 from Washington, even if we win 5 out of 6 against them we’ll be 12 games over .500
Sweep!
Two to the good.
Here’s my vote:
Joe Mauer is ridiculous. The guy is making the rest of MLB look silly.
why do people predict a loss tomorrow????
its not every game against a guy the yankees never seen they lose….. and the guy nieve is not a rookie..and remember what they did against the lefty rookie the yanks have never seen in texas? 5 runs in the first 2 innings
im going to YS for the first time on sunday, im kinda bummed i pulled the santana game, but that can also mean a sweet come-back and or a sweep!!!
Listening to Kay. His sidekick Don, adamant that you don’t bring in a closer with men on base, they have to start an inning clean. I know that is how it is done now but I must be old. I remember Lyle, Gossage, Sutter etc.Those guys would laugh at how “closers” are handled today. Those guys came into the worst situations and weren’t offended. That was their job. I remember Lyle in 77 or 78 coming in vs Cleveland bases loaeded no out and he struck out the side on 10 pitches. That’s what they did.
why are you guys crowning johan? he just let up 5 runs in 7innings to the phillies a few days ago? what is so unbeatable about that?
“Joe Mauer is ridiculous. The guy is making the rest of MLB look silly.”
Mauer tooling on the Cubbies this afternoon?
and remember what they did against the lefty rookie the yanks have never seen in texas? 5 runs in the first 2 innings
Are you referring to Harrison? If so, they have seen him before. Last year, Harrison nearly shut the Yankees down.
Bill,
The game is watered down now. Between the use of the closer, and pitch counts, and unable to play in a little rain etc.
LAWL @ “suffocate me” getting so many votes. Me thinks the bridge jumpers have found a new way to let themselves go
SJ’s nephew locked up with the Pirates for a $2.5M signing bonus. Congrats to the young man and his proud uncle.
The SJ family unit is now ecstatic
*Pirates To Sign Tony Sanchez*
By Ben Nicholson-Smith [June 12 at 2:20pm CST]
According to Dejan Kovacevic of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the Pirates agreed to terms with their first round pick, Tony Sanchez, on a signing bonus of about $2.5MM. The fourth overall selection caught during his career at Boston College. The Pirates agreed to choose Sanchez before Tuesday’s draft began.
He will report to extended Spring Training before beginning to play at Class A West Virginia.
“Mauer tooling on the Cubbies this afternoon?”
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even if I just guessed, it would be better than 50% yes
2 for 2 with a HR and responsible for the only runs in the game so far
Does this team know how to read scouting reports or watch film?
Why are they so bad against guys they have never seen before? This guy Nieve that they are starting tomorrow pitched with Houston in 2006 and 2008. They can’t dig up some film and watch it?
why are you guys crowning johan? he just let up 5 runs in 7innings to the phillies a few days ago? what is so unbeatable about that?
Matt-
right now the Yankees are beating themselves, it doesn’t matter what caliber pitcher they are facing. 3 for 26 RISP, A-Rod struggling, Swish mental lapses, Cano being Bad Cano…the list goes on.
scratch that, Minny just scored 2 more to go up 4-0
“I don’t understand why Girardi won’t use Robertson?”
Pete what does Joe has against this guy
When’s the last time we put up an early 4 spot on the board and gave our starter some runs to work with?
Just play solid baseball and take the series. I don’t wanna see Swish making odd baserunning decisions or Girardi bunting a speedy pinch-runner to second or Damon dropping balls in the outfield.
“By Ben Nicholson-Smith [June 12 at 2:20pm CST]
According to Dejan Kovacevic of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the Pirates agreed to terms with their first round pick, Tony Sanchez, on a signing bonus of about $2.5MM.”
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perhaps SJ is taking his 10% and starting his own blog
I’m disgusted with this swagger-less team right now. I will be boycotting the subway series in the hopes that on Monday I hear positive news.
Sure, I didn’t expect them to play .800 ball. But these games were indeed important.
If you want to get suffocated with a pillow, at least have the good sense to do it at blog sponsors Lace or Stiletto.
“When’s the last time we put up an early 4 spot on the board and gave our starter some runs to work with?”
Well, it can’t be often as we are leading the AL in comeback wins…
Congrats to the Sanchez family, that’s for sure.
From what SJ44 has said, Tony worked extremely hard and it paid off.
Last year he faced the yanks and gave up 2runs in 6innings….im not sure how that is shutting the yankees down? and they seemed to hit him pretty well this year….nieve is not a good pitcher
Tim McCarver is the voice of reason on WFAN? I need a beer
“When’s the last time we put up an early 4 spot on the board and gave our starter some runs to work with?”
I don’t remember, I wanna say Texas. When was the last time we were on the good side of a blow out game??
Girardi used Robertson 2 days ago
Yesterday in the 8th inning was NOT the spot for him.
Re: Yankees not being able to hit pitchers they haven’t seen before. I was a charter member of that club last year. It would frustrate the heck out of me. So I decided to keep track this year.
Problem is that the facts get in the way of the appearance.
The Yankees have faced 12 starters this year they hadn’t seen before.
Yankees record in those games? 9-3.
Bring on the guy from the minors.
Last year he faced the yanks and gave up 2runs in 6innings….im not sure how that is shutting the yankees down?
My apologies, I just recall a rookie pitcher and the veteran Yankee line-up not getting much done.
Scorpio, A-Rod had the clutch double ( damn near HR) that put us up yesterday. Cano didn’t get anything good to swing at. Swish…..yeah I cant defend his baserunning last night. But his mohawk is cool!
Scorpio -
Blowout games are few and far between for us. The offense just doesn’t put the hammer down on other teams. Part of the reason why the bullpen is so taxed. These guys have to pitch high leverage innings basically every game.
rmel –
IIRC, Joe has put Robertson into some high tension situations before and he admittedly wet his pants. He wants to ease him in this time up. He pitched well day before yesterday, keeping Boston off the board so we had a chance to win it against Papelbon. That was the game that JoPo flied out to deep left to end it.
“If you want to get suffocated with a pillow, at least have the good sense to do it at blog sponsors Lace or Stiletto.”
Better then suffocating on Red Sox gear. Also a blog sponsor!
Pete, SJ should do a guest post on the process of Tony getting drafted.
Can you make that happen?
“Cano didn’t get anything good to swing at.”
And yet he swung away…
Joekuh – Wang, throw your FB for strike 1.
June 12th, 2009 at 3:31 pm
Scorpio, A-Rod had the clutch double ( damn near HR)
Not going to take anything away from A-Rod, clutch? uhm… sure why not, but that was in the 7th inning. They had men on base every single inning and nothing. Kenny Singleton said A-Rod’s struggles is compounded by Cano who doesn’t give him protection, hard to argue with that.
Lonestar: I guess you are right. I read and listen to peoples’ opinions, including the radio “experts” and so much of it is:” how would so and so feel if they put him in the pen?”, “how would he feel if he was taken out in the middle of an inning”, “how would he feel if he were moved down in the order.” The point is to do things for the good of the team and win games, not to worry about feelings.(I don’t mean be obnoxious to your players, I mean making legitimate game decisions) It’s a game played by grown men.
“IIRC, Joe has put Robertson into some high tension situations before and he admittedly wet his pants. He wants to ease him in this time up. He pitched well day before yesterday, keeping Boston off the board so we had a chance to win it against Papelbon. That was the game that JoPo flied out to deep left to end it.”
Really one game I can think of the Cleveland game is the only one….Give him a shot
Scorpio, good point. I and a few other people were pining for Posada to take his rightful place in the 5th hole today.
“Scorpio, good point. I and a few other people were pining for Posada to take his rightful place in the 5th hole today.”
That’s been discussed ever since Posada came back. Cano shouldn’t be #5
game post up
11th hour –
yankees gave pettite a 3 run lead vs the rays this past monday – but he gave up a homerun to the future HOF Gabe Kapler (batting .173) to tie it in the 4th inning only to go ahead and win it 5-3…
yankees gave cc a 2 run lead against those same rays last saturday(Ok so its not a 4 run lead but a 2 run lead for an ACE against a team that has 4 of their starters out – and subsequently 4 benchwarmers playing should have been more than enough)only to see him give up 2 homeruns to super subs ben zobrist and willie aybar – and eventually lost the game 9-7…
I hope to God they win tonight.
They need it.
I need it.
I’ll be there with bells on, hoping that a sweep happens.
At least we’ll thrive in one “rivalry”.
I hope to God they win tonight.
They need it.
I need it.
I’ll be there with bells on, hoping that a sweep happens.
At least we’ll thrive in one “rivalry”.
They need a huge start from Joba tonight. Period. Just get this thing going. Enough BS. NO WALKS!
My conservative guess is, we’ll pick up a game on Boston by the time the weekend’s out.
The Yankees will redeem themselves and right the ship. It would be good if they picked it up in the RISP department.
Haha, I voted for the “suffocate me” option, which is definitely how I felt last night. But being realistic, I expect the Yanks to win at least 2 out of 3. The Mets team is way too depleted with injuries.