Jeter update: Day to day
Posted by: Peter Abraham - Posted in Misc on Jun 16, 2009 
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Derek Jeter was not available to the media after the game. According to Joe Girardi, Jeter is not sure when he was injured but thinks it could have been in the fourth inning on Sunday when Gary Sheffield broke up a double play.
Jeter a “hitch” in his step, Girardi said. It sounds like he might not play tomorrow night. But Jeter is traditionally a hard man to keep out of the lineup.
Chien-Ming Wang dropped “It’s a Boy” cigars in everybody’s locker earlier in the day. There were balloons and assorted gifts at his locker including a large gift basket from the team full of Yankees baby stuff.
Well this is the reason why we keep angel berroa around isnt it?!? LOL
***JUST KIDDING!!***
At least we have ramiro pena with solid defense and some random hits here and there like tonight.
Jeter will be back in a day or 2.
This is probably the best games for him to miss anyways.
LOL
He’s out for 3-4 weeks
Yanglese
jeter should just make sure he is healthy…whether that means playing tomorrow or takin a day or 2 off…he just needs to be healthy
Angel Berroa is Father Time and J.J. Wang is Baby New Year.
With the way Pena has played, no need to rush Jeter. Rather give him an extra day than bring him back when he is not 100%.
Time to drive the mercedes and out the ford in garage
Wow, Cano only saw 8 pitches in 4 AB’s. Go figure.
As of now, the Yankees, with CM Wang starting, are -210 favorites tomorrow. Incredible.
Chien-Ming Wang dropped “It’s a Boy” cigars in everybody’s locker earlier in the day. There were balloons and assorted gifts at his locker including a large gift basket from the team full of Yankees baby stuff.
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Aw
Lannan actually is not bad, and with wang on the mound, i may just put a few bucks on Nats +175
Offtopic, but if anyone likes the author Don DeLillo, I just read a screenplay based on his novella “Pafka at the Wall”. It’s a bizarre story largely based on “The Shot Heard ‘Round The World” between the Giants & Dodgers in 1951. The screenplay is downright amazing, and it looks like they are pushing hard to get it on film. The short story is also used as the prologue to DeLillo’s “Underworld”, considered to be his masterpiece. It is some of the best baseball fiction I’ve ever read. Actually, its just great writing regardless of whether you like baseball or not.
Heh, the day my nephew was born I went to the Yankee game, bought baby yankee gear and then went to the hospital…
Alex looks like he can use a day off, but with Jeter hurting, don’t think he will play both Pena and Berroa.
Lannan has allowed 1 ER in his last 15 innings. He threw a CG SHO against the Mets last week.
In his 13 starts this year, he has only given up more than 3 ERs in 3 of them.
He has a 3.51 ERA this year. He really isin’t bad. As usual, we always draw the opposing team’s best pitcher in every series. If Wang puts us in a big hole, it may not be realistic we can come back, despite their horrid pen.
So does that mean Pena will fill in tomorrow if Jeter is a no-go? or Berroa?
A-Rod is not getting it done
We are paying him a lot of money to hit HRs and drive in runs. Not leave runners on base and walk and hit .200.
He better start hitting HRs and he better start hitting them soon
I love buying Yankees outfits for the little ones
So cute
Zach, I have Underworld in my to be read pile. Now I’m going to have to check it out. I heard White Noise is rated highly also. Thanks.
Also off topic, Cormac McCarthy’s The Road. A-MA-ZING.
“He better start hitting HRs and he better start hitting them soon”
Or what? You going to DFA him?
Pete keep us up to date on Jeets!!
I thought the Yankees hate Chien-Ming Wang? That’s what randy keeps saying.. Why would they celebrate his son’s birth?
Scorpio, Underworld is definitely worth the time and effort. It’s up there in my top 5 favourite books. If you appreciate absurd and twisted characters with a postmodern twist, White Noise will not disappoint. I say this in a good way. DeLillo never ceases to amaze me.
“He better start hitting HRs and he better start hitting them soon”
this is a threat ?
from Rob Neyer:
As predicted, Yankees scary
June 16, 2009 8:30 PM
I don’t suppose this is new news … but man, the Yankees are scary. Just now I’m looking at their season stats, and I see that they’re better than average at every position. In fact, they’re significantly better than average at every position except center field, where Brett Gardner and Melky Cabrera have been just average (but both have been fine defensively, which means the Yankees have gotten above-average performance from their center fielders, too).
Pitching-wise, we’ll see. While the Yankees certainly have the makings of a good rotation, CC Sabathia’s the only (sort of) sure thing, and overall their starters have a 4.89 ERA, 11th best in the American League and just a hair better than the Red Sox rotation. But it’s a different story in the bullpen. Red Sox relievers have the best ERA (3.01) in the league, while the Yankees are 11th there, too.
Are any of the hitters overachieving? Sure. Posada, Damon and Swisher are all well ahead of their projections and their career numbers. Are any of the hitters underachieving? No, not really. Except for A-Rod, who’s still rounding into game shape.
Barring serious injuries or terribly bad luck, the Yankees are going to finish the season among the league leaders in scoring. And they’re going to need to. Not because they’re pitching won’t improve; it probably will. Rather, because they’ve currently got the third-best run differential in their division, and only two teams from their division are allowed to qualify for the championship tournament.
Patrick,
The players love him, the GM… not so much.
Yanks open up as a big favorite, with Young Master Hughes sitting ready to answer the alarm should it ring….Maybe by the 6th inning the Wang-man will be getting tired….He’s going to rise to the occasion…..
“The players love him, the GM… not so much.”
Another absurd statement from the denizens of the Lohud blog.
What was the last nice thing Cashman has said about a player this year?
He’s just seemed generally cranky lately.
Wang: Hey Phil me nervous about tomorrow
Phil: Don’t worry man, just know I got your back
Wang: You.. have.. my ..back ?
Phil: Yeh Wanger
Wang: Thank Yusssse
Phil: What’s that suppose to mean ?
Wang: Friends ?
Phil: Yeh that’s gonna happen
“Chien-Ming Wang dropped “It’s a Boy” cigars in everybody’s locker earlier in the day”
How was his cigar delivery? Did he use the same arm slot for each locker? More importantly, was Eiland paying attention?
Lannan is the best pitcher the Nats have, and the one who gives them the only realistic chance at a complete game. If he doesn’t make it through seven then the Yanks will have a good chance to unload against the Napalm Squad that Washington calls a bullpen, but if not, Wang had better have a good outing.
If Jeet’s ankle is giving him a bit of trouble tomorrow afternoon, put Pena in and let Jeet DH or pinch hit: with Wang on the mound Girardi should want all the defensive range he can put on the field.
“How was his cigar delivery? Did he use the same arm slot for each locker? More importantly, was Eiland paying attention?”
I’m wondering if he left one in Yussse’s locker
“Offtopic, but if anyone likes the author Don DeLillo, I just read a screenplay based on his novella “Pafka at the Wall”. ”
That is one of my favoriate pieces of writing of all time. Absolutely mesmerizing.
Who wrote the screen play if you can say?
What a great movie that would make. The writing is already structured in a cinematic style that nods towards the camera as it is.
DeLillo never should have changed the title of that section in the novel. He should have kept the title Pafko at the Wall as it was originally published in Harpers rather than calling it the Triumph of Death.
“Zach, I have Underworld in my to be read pile. Now I’m going to have to check it out. I heard White Noise is rated highly also. Thanks.”
BTW Libra might be his best book. It’s not as ambitious as Underworld but the writing is much tighter and in ways more consistent. That is a great book.
Sterling fumbled that Teixeira 7th inning hit sooooooo badly.
Patrick,
Yeah, because Cashman has been so supportive of Wang during this tough time.
Do you read any articles?
Nick,
Cashman is the GM, he’s not Wang wife or shrink. It’s not his job to be supportive of Wang. (that’s a jock strap’s job, ba-dum-psh!)
The Yankees screwed up Wang’s rehab but I’ve hardly seen any evidence to show that they dislike the guy.
“Clearly, our bullpen and our team can’t continue to deal with this issue,” Cashman said, “especially when we have someone who can do the job better.”
http://www.newsday.com/sports/.....7049.story
Yankees GM Brian Cashman told me that Chien Ming Wang is in the bullpen unless Joe Girardi decides to make a change. Cashman says that Wang shouldn’t have a problem because “his contract says baseball player,” not starter and he “is sporting a 20-something ERA,” adding “We didn’t put him in this situation.”
http://stations.espn.go.com/st.....st=4212846
I guess, according to Patrick, those are affectionate quotes about Wang.
As Cashmoney said – Wang’s contract says baseball player, not starter.
Another bad start and it’s back to the pen.
From NYTimes
“Heathcott…. compared his game to Rusty Greer, an outfielder who hit .305 over nine seasons with the Texas Rangers.
“He went 100 percent all the time and put his body on the line all the time for his team,” Heathcott said. “That’s what I hope to accomplish.”
CB, the screenplay is co-written by DeLillo himself and a playwright from his publisher Scribner.
You are probably right about Libra being one of his most consistent works, as his biggest knock has always been that he can be too broad and meandering at times. Some critics go out of their way to attack him as arrogant, which I absolutely do not agree with.
You’ll be happy to know that the title of the screenplay reverted back to the original title, “Pafka at the Wall”.
The only problem now is getting funding for a short film.
I may be lending a hand in helping them target potential donors and funding…which I’m sure would lead to an eventual face to face meeting with DeLillo himself…which would lead to an exorbitant amount of stuttering on my behalf.
interesting choice of batting music this season for AROD
Amazin by Kanye
It’s amazing, I’m the reason
Everybody fired up this evening
I’m exhausted, barely breathing
Holding on to what I believe in
[Chorus]
No matter what, you’ll never take that from me
My reign is as far as your eyes can see
It’s amazing, so amazing, so amazing, so amazing [x2]
It’s amazing
I’m a monster, I’m a killer
I know I’m wrong
I’m a problem
That’ll never ever be solved
later in the song:
They like “Oh God, why he go so hard
Look what he’s been through, he deserves an applause”
Like I said, interesting choice of batting music
CB: White Noise is really good. The new one, Falling Man, was too abstract for me. I couldn’t follow it.
“the screenplay is co-written by DeLillo himself and a playwright from his publisher Scribner.”
Are you serious? That’s amazing. I didn’t know he had any interest in writing for film. Granted it’s been a huge influence on his work and I suppose it would be a challenge for him (especially in 90 odd pages!).
You are lucky man. Getting to meet him would be phenomenal. He doesn’t do much in the way of public events, obviously. The interviews he’s done are very interesting (though not too many of them). He always has fascinating things to say.
Good luck on the project. I hope it gets made. What a great movie that would make – especially if he himself spent time working on the screen play.
Regular reader/infrequent poster checking in …
Zach — that is really cool news. I was bowled over by that story when I read it at the beginning of Underworld, and have told more than one person that, if they couldn’t be convinced to read the whole book, they should at least do themselves the favor of reading that part.
And CB — thanks for the recommendation on Libra. That’ll definitely go on my list. To be honest, White Noise, the only other one of his that I’ve read, didn’t do a ton for me. But Underworld, uneven as it could be, had some terrific parts.
In a similar vein, if anyone is thinking of reading Infinite Jest but hasn’t, just go ahead and do it. My wife is reading that now and keeps reminding me of how great it is. And not an overly difficult read at all, contrary to how it often gets tagged.
White Noise is very good. Mao II is good – and the opening is great. What’s so interesting about the opening to Mao II is that you can see the nascent methods for Pafko at the Wall developing. It’s much shorter – but you can see how Pafko at the Wall is an extension of that opening. Plus the first part of Mao II is set at yankee stadium (though for weird purposes).
Agreed with you on Falling Man – though there are real moments of brilliance in that book. Underworld is a really great book. Amazing. If you haven’t read the opening you really need to as a baseball fan. Phenomenal.
Does Slade remind anyone of Ian Kinsler?
I know it’s a huge jump and a different position, but by watching the video of him I see the small quick powerful speedy Kinsler type… could be just me.
Pena is shockingly solid. Not scared of 2-out situations.
Osi: “Brady, tell me how my ring tastes. ”
Just heard that on NFL Tonight.
And the first image on SC after the Soas story?
Big Papi.
Maybe there’s a subversive whistleblower working behind the scenes in Bristol.
Dom DeLillo sounds great… I recall seeing him at a rare book signing once:
http://tinyurl.com/m6aqtd
Let’s hope this works. Alex hit like you’re hitting against the Yankees.
Has Posadagate crippled LoHud?
The truth is still out there.
I was just checking the game thread when CC gave up the homer to see what the reaction was here…I’m sorry I can’t watch a game and follow this thread. I get too pissed off. Anyway, my assumptions were correct, Posada bashing.
I guess nobody seen that CC shook off Posada’s first call and CC went with the slider. On top of that, he put it right in the guys wheelhouse. The idiots on this site that bash Jorgie for that should be ashamed of themselves.
DB: I wasn’t around during that part of the game, but please consider the possibility that some of the Posada bashing you read might have been satirical; this whole thing is a big running joke – for some.
Some of it might have been real, unfortunately.
Hi Nick, I know yours was satirical and a couple of the others..but a few didn’t look like it. It’s always one of the problems with messaging and comments. There’s no voice inflection to know what someone is really saying. Perhaps it’s not such a good idea to feed the baboons anyway. They always seem to rip the vinyl off the roof.
SamVa, I didn’t see Slade bat, but Ian Kinsler has a very distinct stance and swing. He swings with everything he’s got. We’d be very lucky indeed if Slade amounted to what Kinsler has become.
He is such a raw talent, a baby. It’s really a crap shoot. He’s got to stay healthy, round out in his build more, and most importantly..eat, sleep. drink, and crap baseball while love doing it. God bless him and I hope he does. It sounds like he’s already been through a lot in his life.
mel hall the latest exyankee convict
Don’t agree with the take of Pete and other writers this morning that losing to the Nats is embarrassing or tragic just by it happeneing.
This is baseball. On any given day, any team can win.
The Nats may lose a record number of games this year but they have managed to win a game with the Phillies. the Mets and the Dodgers on the road.
That looks to me like the company you might not be embarrassed to be in come October.
Off Topic question:
Anyone know where to find out what draft choices get by place chosen in draft?
i.e. 100th pick gets $100k or 600th pick gets $10k as examples?
Thanks
Joe,
Baseball America will publish a list of signees and their bonuses later in the summer. You can also check their draft blog for up to date information.
pat -
I’m with you on that.
I also have to disagree with people who “disregard” the win, simply because it was against the Nationals. Seems to me a win is a win, and what you’re supposed to do is accumulate as many as you can, trying to get the most out of anyone.
Pat,
IMO, too many fans and members of the media look at baseball as if its college football. In college football, good teams roll over really bad teams with regularity. That doesn’t always happen in baseball because a starting pitcher on any given day can control ANY team.
Even the 1962 Mets, widely acknowledged to being the worst baseball team of all time, won 40 games.
That’s what seperates baseball from other sports. For one day, ANY bad team can win a game if their pitching shuts down the opponent.
Thx SJ
Doreen,
Exactly. Especially since Posada was to blame for CC throwing a bad slider last night! lol
There are no “discounted” wins in a baseball season. Again, its the college football mentality seeping into baseball fans minds. You don’t have to have “impressive” wins to impress pollsters. You win and you move onto the next day.
Its why taking the daily temperature of a baseball team is a wasted exercise. People still do it but, its a waste of time.
Well CB a couple of months ago Uncle Ellsworth and I were talking about Ayn Rand and I ended up rereading The Fountainhead, now your glowing endorsement of Don Delillo will ensure I pick up ‘Underworld’ on my way home from B and N. I am always looking for inspired works. Thanks.
LoHud Yankee Blog, not just for Baseball anymore.
Good blogpost, thanks a lot!