Just what we need, more rain
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It’s raining in the Bronx. But there is no word as of yet from the Yankees about the game. If such news does come down, it’ll be posted on the blog.
This is obviously the last time the Nationals will be in the Bronx this season. As such, the umpires control the situation. As it’s a day game, it seems likely they’ll wait to try and get the game in.
The Yankees are headed to Florida after the game, the Nationals back home to Washington.
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Chad Jennings
Sam Borden
Josh Thomson
Weather.com doesn’t seem optimistic there will be Yankee baseball. There doesn’t even appear to be a window
Pete,
Bring the sunscreen down here. It is smoking hot right now!
We may get the usual afternoon thunderstorms. However, the heat and humidity has really picked up this week.
randy I, you out there? Can you offer perspective on Wang’s start? I didn’t see the game. The guys from RAB seem to think it was pretty much the same as the Boston start except for the final line, i.e., velocity was up there, control wasn’t 100%, etc. Improvement in your eyes?
I was a little bummed that the “undefeated when holding teams to 3 runs or less” steak ended. But I’m glad Wang didn’t implode. The bottom of the 9th? As I said, I didn’t see the game, but I called the DP (and I called the final score, see yesterday’s game thread, post at 4:42) as I was watching the end on gameday. Although I was just trying a fancy reverse-jinx that didn’t work. Or could it be because Cano has the most GIDPs on the team?? I have no problem with him swinging away, bunting would have been exciting but not smart, and he had a great AB anyway. The only thing I second guess is not sending Alex but he’s not 100% so who’s to say the outcome would have been different?
Cano’s the reason we won the first game and he had half the offense last night. Another hit would have been great, but the opposing pitcher made his pitch and beat the Yanks. As they say, you gotta tip your hat to them. This kid Lannan grew up in Long Beach, NY rooting for the Yanks, good for him to get a W at YSIII and not have his crappy bullpen blow it for him.
SJ44 said something in the previous thread, whining about the whiners as he’s wont to do, that we should all go out and try playing baseball before we complain. It’s silly but a good point at the same time. Going to a game, you see how expansive the field is. How hard can it be to bloop a ball over an infielder’s head to score the run??? That thought creeps into my head from time to time, then I go to the batting cages and try to consistently hit a ball that is probably slower than Wakefield’s floating knuckler or Fossum’s floppy eephus pitch. I can’t imagine what a 95mph sinker would look like. Probably nothing, I probably wouldn’t even see it.
Anyway, good thing Cano’s a pro. He got beat and my tangent is over.
Cant wait to see CC with the bat.
Fan Interference June 18th, 2009 at 10:15 am
I haven’t blocked out 2004, and won’t until the Yankees atone, and win a World Series.
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I’ve got news for you. Yankee fans are not entitled to championships despite what you may think.
The other 29 teams are trying too.
And winning a ring in 2009 doesn’t erase what happened in 2004. MLB isn’t going to take the Red Sox rings away if the Yanks win in 2009 or 2010.
2004 is long gone. Get over it.
“SJ44
June 18th, 2009 at 10:17 am
Pete,
Bring the sunscreen down here. It is smoking hot right now!
We may get the usual afternoon thunderstorms. However, the heat and humidity has really picked up this week.
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yeah it’s like someone just turned on the humidity switch the last few days…feels like August humidity, maybe it will ease up in a few days..still hot though…nice interleague match vs the Marlins, lots of Yankee fans in South Florida and it might be treated as an event this weekend so curious to see how the crowds are…hopefully the hometown karma gets AROD going
Giuseppe,
A caller to WFAN or 1050 (can’t remember which) made a great observation: Mets fans act like the 2000 World Series was a generation ago, but Yankees fans act like they won that championship yesterday.
I have a friend of mine who has a kid who constantly whines and complains about the Yankees. He’s 16 years old, a big fan, and a very nice nice kid. He is though but clueless when it comes to baseball, except for video games.
He’s of the mindset, like many of the crybabies on here, that these guys are “pros and should be able to do anything at anytime”.
My nephew, his dad and I constantly try to explain the real world to him yet, he refuses to listen.
So we did something prior to the draft to give him a life lesson. We took him to the batting cage.
We set the machine at 80 MPH, put a helmet on him (he’s a computer geek, not very athletic) and a bat in his hands and told him to just stand there. Don’t swing, just stand and judge the speed of the ball.
He was blown away. He couldn’t even comprehend on ANYBODY could hit an 80 MPH fastball.
We then took him out of the cage, set the machine to 95 MPH, had him stand outside the cage, and watch my nephew take some swings.
We then set the machine to sliders and curveballs and had him watch from behind the cage.
He was blown away by how difficult it is to hit a baseball. His eyes practically popped out of his head.
He had no idea of the actual mechanics, ie: the difficulty, of hitting a baseball.
It changed his entire appreciation to what these guys do for a living and has enhanced his enjoyment of watching baseball in the last 10 days.
Seriously, some of you should try it sometime. You will have an entirely different perspective about these guys if you do.
I thought teams were in charge of calling games before the game started, and control of delays and cancellations shifted to the umpires when the game was being played?
Anyways, it’ll be done raining in after a couple more hours, so weather shouldn’t be too much of a concern.
“Winning a ring in 2009 doesn’t erase what happened in 2004.”
Yeah, that sting will never go away.
Disclaimer: I am not complaining about last night, I am aware that no team has ever gone 162-0.
I will be happy if the Yankees continue to win series, which they will do if they win today (provided they play).
Does anybody remember in the ‘90s when the Yanks would try the double steal with runners at the corners (usually Gerald Williams on third)? I haven’t seen it in years, and was wondering aloud last night if they would try it. They didn’t and Cano hit into a double play after a tough at bat. That’s how it goes. Hindsight is always better than 20/20.
Rosenthal via MLBTR:
“One GM predicts that demand for Street will be so intense that he’ll command more in return than Matt Holliday will for the A’s.”
Yikes! Don’t see Cashman getting involved to that degree.
SJ-
Nice story, so true. I bet most of the whiners here have never step foot into a batting cage. I used to work at one as a 16 year old, the best part was all the free time to take some swings.
“I’ve got news for you. Yankee fans are not entitled to championships despite what you may think.”
Who THINKS that?? Want?? Yes. Entitlement. No.
You’re kind of insane today.
Can someone send me the link for the pitch-to-pitch thing for yesterdays game. Trying to figure out what pitch got past Posada during the Patterson at bat. Slider or Sinker?
“We then took him out of the cage, set the machine to 95 MPH”
Very wise…
If there is a rainout we should skip Pettitte’s start. They cut his salary by two-thirds and he is pitching down to that level. I feel more comfortable with Wang then Pettitte. At least Wang tries to throw strikes. Pettitte is nibbling until he has to come in and then he gets hit. Or when he does get ahead he nibbles and works it back to a hitter’s count. He’s lost his balls.
Dr. Cox June 18th, 2009 at 10:33 am
“I’ve got news for you. Yankee fans are not entitled to championships despite what you may think.”
Who THINKS that?? Want?? Yes. Entitlement. No.
You’re kind of insane today.
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I’m insane?
Uh, not exactly.
I’m not the guy who says the Yanks have to “atone” for what happened in 2004.
What the hell does that mean?
I’m also not the guy advocating for a bunt by a guy who probably doesn’t even know how to bunt.
Pena, Gardner, and Molina all know how to bunt because we’ve seen them bunt this season. They are below average major league hitters.
None of us have ever seen Cano bunt in a major league game so it’s preposterous to advocate a specific strategy when we have no idea if he could even execute it.
Bunting a 97 MPH fastball is not easy to do even for well established bunters, so asking a guy who hasn’t bunted in years to do so is an asinine suggestion.
i’m sorry, i usually agree with sj44 but the “you don’t know how hard the game is until you’ve played it” thing is absurdly weak. laughable.
sj44, have you ever tried to write a novel? do you still recognize bad writing when you see it?
have you ever tried to play guitar or piano? do you know bad music when you hear it?
how many acting classes have you taken? do you know a poor performance when you see one?
bottom line: runner on third, less than two outs, not getting that runner in is bad baseball. yes, the game is difficult. that’s why these men are paid millions of dollars to play it. because they’re incredibly gifted and work incredibly hard. they OUGHT to be better at it than some teenage kid who can’t hit an 80mph ball.
they just lost to the worst team in baseball, and lost another game in the standings in the process. if you want to argue they should get a pass, go for it. but find a stronger argument than some teenage kid being unable to catch up to 80mph.
There has been a lot of annoyance with the comments in the game threads and the total lack of baseball knowledge or maturity displayed there. But remember, people who are actually interested in baseball itself are watching the game, not glued to the computer screen. Game threads are for people who are more in need of feeling like one of the gang than of watching a game.
It’s not so hard to understand. You see the same thing at the Stadium. There are people there for the game and people there to enjoy being one of the crowd. Some times they get in each other’s way but everybody knows there are lots of people just there to get drunk together, scream insults together, and even sometimes cheer together. They don’t need to know a huge amount about baseball, or watch the game very closely, to enjoy these moments of togetherness.
It’s the same on the blog. Game posts are for people who, if they ever go to the park, are more into the ‘fan experience’ than the game.
Nothing wrong with it, just two different needs being met.
The nice thing about a blog, though, is that we can avoid these people if we want to, watch the game with intelligent interest and pleasure, and come back on another thread when there is somewhat more likelihood (though no certainty) that people who share our point of view will be posting. If not, there are other venues to go to where the likelihood may be a bit higher.
Easy, really.
Kaseya, he didn’t say that no one can appreciate the difficulty. Read. He said his nephew couldn’t appreciate it nor can some suicidal whiners.
His words: Seriously, some of you should try it sometime. You will have an entirely different perspective about these guys if you do.
Notice the word “some”
*his friend’s kid. Pardon me SJ.
Get real
Gameday called it a curveball.
BREAKING:*First round pick Tony Sanchez can’t catch up to 80mph fastball and yet can’t appreciate the difficulty of baseball!!*
Just kidding, Lara08
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I beg to differ. I watch the games and keep the game thread open. At times it enhances the experience of the game – usually when they’re winning
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I’ve become addicted to the game threads. Unfortunately.
I think I’ll take up cross-stitching during the games again.
I just happen to be a person who multitasks. Like now. I’m making copies and commenting here and doing laundry. It doesn’t preclude my understanding of the game and it doesn’t indicate the level of my involvement in watching the game.
We’re all wired a bit differently.
What really shocks me more than anything looking at the comments at the end of the game last night is that people were actually surprised that Cano GIDP there. Baseball is a game of averages and numbers and you have to go by what is on the back of a player’s baseball card. While Cano is great at starting rallies he has never ever been the one to finish a rally. When we had that walkoff win vs Nathan a little while back I was estatic at the time that they decided to walk Cano to get to Melky. And this is coming from someone whose favorite player on the Yankees has been Cano.
Stultus Magnus June 18th, 2009 at 10:58 am
BREAKING:First round pick Tony Sanchez can’t catch up to 80mph fastball and yet can’t appreciate the difficulty of baseball!!
Just kidding, Lara08
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I can take it Stul, LOL. That would be pretty funny! I’ve ruined the kid’s pro career before it started.
kasey a
Wasn’t there a pitcher on the mound who gets paid, is talented and works really hard to try and stop the hitters from driving in the run or are only Yankee pitchers expected to do that?
“I was estatic at the time that they decided to walk Cano to get to Melky.”
So was I, I thought Gardenhire had gone insane. Sure Cano doesn’t strike out a lot and maybe he wanted a force at every base (did that load the bases? I don’t remember), but I still thought it was a bone-headed move.
cool story SJ