Game 70: Yankees at Braves (now with Sabathia update)
Posted by: Peter Abraham - Posted in Misc on Jun 23, 2009 
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YANKEES (38-31)
Jeter SS
Swisher RF
Teixeira 1B
Rodriguez 3B
Cano 2B
Posada C
Cabrera LF
Gardner CF
Wang RHP
Pitching: RHP Chien-Ming Wang (0-5, 12.30).
BRAVES (33-36)
McLouth CF
Escobar SS
Jones 3B
McCann C
Anderson LF
Kotchman 1B
Francoeur RF
Johnson 2B
Hanson RHP
Pitching: RHP Tommy Hanson (2-0, 4.08).
TIME/TV: 7 p.m., MY9.
STATE OF THE ‘STRIPES: It’s not good. The Yankees have lost four of their last five games and eight of their last 12. They trail the Red Sox by four games in the AL East.
INTERLEAGUE MESS: The Yankees are 5-7 against the National League this season and 15-15 in interleague games under Joe Girardi.
WANG ONE TIME: Chien-Ming Wang has gone 373 days without a win. He pitched better in his last outing (5 6 3 3 2 4) but not well enough. This game will be only his third since June 4.
DON’T SWING: The last time Wang swung a bat, he reached on a fielder’s choice then tried to score from second on a single. He blew out a ligament and tendon in his right foot and hasn’t been the same since. That was last June 15 in Houston.
A-ROD UPDATE: He is 1 of his last 19, 3 for 25, 5 of 43 and 9 of 59. Rodriguez is hitting .213 for the season and has one home run in his last 13 games.
POWER OUTAGE: The Yankees have hit one home run in their last four games.
CENTER FIELD COMPARISON: Melky Cabrera is 12 of his last 62 (.193). Brett Gardner is 15 of 43 (.349).
TWIN-KILLINGS: The Yankees have grounded into eight double plays in their last four games.
SWISHER THE ROAD DOG: Nick Swisher has 22 of his 30 extra-base hits on the road. He is at .302/.391/.655 on the road and .177/.373/.323 in the Bronx. Memo to Nick: Yankee Stadium is a good place to hit.
A LITTLE BETTER: The Yankees were 36-33 and six games out of first after 69 games a year ago.
TOMKO TROUBLES: His last three appearances: 3.2 6 7 7 2 4 with three home runs.
Back with more later.
UPDATE, 4:19 p.m.: Damon still has pain in his calf. He’s available off the bench. Day to day.
UPDATE, 4:28 p.m.: CC Sabathia just received treatment and feels good. They delayed his bullpen until tomorrow. He still plans to start Friday.
UPDATE, 4:49 p.m.: As expected, MLB denied Joe Girardi’s protest of Sunday’s game. No reason was given.
UPDATE, 5:28 p.m.: Girardi indicated that Cody Ransom would be here tomorrow. They have to decide whether Pena or Berroa goes.
UPDATE, 7:22 p.m.: We’re through one inning here in Atlanta, where it was 89 degrees at first pitch. So far, so good for the Wanger.
Yankees are 9-1 here all-time including the Series. Hope you enjoy the game.
UPDATE, 7:44 p.m.: The good news for Wang is that he ran the bases without getting injured. The bad news is that he has given up a couple of hits here in the second inning.
UPDATE, 7:49 p.m.: Nice play by Wang and Cano. He has squirmed through two innings.
UPDATE, 7:56 p.m.: Tommy Hanson just pitched around Tex to get to A-Rod. And of course Alex hacks at the first pitch he sees.
UPDATE, 7:58 p.m.: And Alex takes a half-swing to strike out on three pitches. He’s very rejuvenated.
UPDATE, 8:06 p.m.: A-Rod just let a grounder get past him, keeping Wang from a 1-2-3 inning. Girardi said before the game that his day off could come in this series. Cody Ransom at third base tomorrow? At least he would pick up a grounder.
UPDATE, 8:08 p.m.: Bad error there by Posada, who threw a rainbow into center field from his knees with the runner halfway to the base.
UPDATE, 8:11 p.m.: 1-0 Braves as Wang can’t pick up A-Rod and Posada.
UPDATE, 8:14 p.m.: Another rocket, this one by Anderson. Braves leads 3-0. Wang has allowed five hits in three innings and four of them were line drives. He is not pitching well at all.
UPDATE, 8:28 p.m.: Yankees have put seven runners on base in four innings and are scoreless. They are 0 for 6 with RISP and have left eight runners on, six in scoring position. The whole team is in an offensive malaise. The defense has been bad, too.
UPDATE, 8:39 p.m.: A-Rod flies out to right field. He is 1 for 7 since his rejuvenating rest period and a sparkling 9 for 61 (.148) this month.
UPDATE, 8:56 p.m.: Another “Well, he did OK” outing for Wang. 5 innings, 6 hits, 3 runs, 3 earned runs, 1 walk, four strikeouts. He wasn’t very good, he wasn’t all that bad. He was OK. That third inning blew up on him when A-Rod fanned on the groundball with two outs and nobody on.
If this was an American League game, he would have stayed in for another two innings or so. He threw only 62 pitches, 42 strikes.
UPDATE, 9:05 p.m.: Wow, another GIDP. That’s nine in five games. Yankees are 0-7 with RISP and have left 10 runners on base in six innings. In essence, nearly the whole team has stopped hitting for two weeks.
Girardi’s seat is getting warmer by the day. But it’s going to take somebody in the Steinbrenner family to decide he’s out. Brian Cashman is not going to can his manager in June.
UPDATE, 9:13 p.m.: Nice to see Hughes get his work in when they’re down 3-0. Then again, the odds of the Yankees have a lead any time soon seem pretty slim.
UPDATE, 9:26 p.m.: You know what’s astonishing? The Yankees still lead the wild card.
UPDATE, 9:37 p.m.: Posada didn’t even bother to run to first base. Pretty grim. Unless something changes, the Yankees will have lost nine of their last 13.
Back with more later on.
Don’t swing the bat Wang!
I forgot that Wang is gonna have an at bat. Just stand there Wang!!
Can the Yankees please start winning some games
Who should get the call to the bullpen to replace Tomko? He is the weakest arm in the bullpen and maybe we bring up Kroenke to have two lefties out of the bullpen.
Some stuff from Posada:
http://www.nydailynews.com/blo.....is-cr.html
I think its safe to say that Wang will strike out looking…
A guy that hasn’t won this year vs. a guy who hasn’t lost. Hopefully, not for long.
thaaaaaaaaaaa Yankees Win!
I just cast my vote for Brett Tomko on the All Star Team
Hanson has walked a lot of guys since getting promoted, hopefully the Yankees have their old school grinding approach ready and they can run him out of the game through walks, 3-2 counts, whatever, by the 5th inning and get into the middle of the Braves’ pen. Honestly the approach is half the battle: making easy outs needs to end tonight.
for those experts on this blog that say “its only june its too early to worry”..and crucify the “ledge jumpers and debbie downers”
Michael Kay just got on his show and said thats its NOT too early…he said that its been enough time to see the patterns….he said 3 of the 9 regulars are playing up to their capabilities (Tex, Cano and Melky) – he said jeter and posada are OK but nothing great and that damon is horrible (in the field), matsui is done and if this is the Arod thats going to show up the yankees are in trouble…
not that i listen to anyone on this blog who thinks they know what they are talking about – but if i’m going to listen to anybody i think michael kay may be somewhere near the top of that list – he sees what going on on the field and in the clubhouse, he knows the other teams and what they are capable of doing and he says its just about the time to put up or shut up…not wait until september (Like the LoHud Saints do), not june games mean nothing (like those same saints say)and he especially said that its unforgivable to lose 2 out of 3 to the nats and marlins….
if you have a beef take it up with Kay – although i happen to think he’s right…..
Personally, I’ll be happy if Wang gets an at-bat, for no other reason than it means that he’s lasted more than an inning or two…heck, I’d love to see Wang go 0-for-4 this evening.
What about me??
I was your big boy prospect 5 years ago and I have yet to be called up!! But 68 1/2 year old Angel “Sweet Touch” Berroa is still on this horrific team? What about me?? What about
E R I C D U N C A N
“The Man, The Myth, The Failure”
(Back to some RBI Baseball.. Need to be careful though. I have a tired arm and this is NOT a contract year *cough CC cough*)
“I just cast my vote for Brett Tomko on the All Star Team”
I did as well. Hopefully we can start a colilition to get Tomko on the AS team like the Dodgers fans did with Manny.
CC Says its Joe G 120+ Pitch Counts
I must admidt I was livid on April 16th when CC was pitching in the cold wet weather 122 pitches in a 9-0 or something like that game. It was incredibly stupid! In April no less.
Now the CC should say something crap! No his job is to pitch. He most likely isn’t counting his pitches and it isn’t his job. Also, in the heat of the moment they all want to stay out there. It isn’t CC’s job to get him out of there. It is Joe G’s job and quite frankly he sucks at it. Joe G did the same thing in FL and he killed their SP’s arms and he was hated for it. Because the Marlins owner was a jerk, the press went Pro Joe G. He did a terrible job IMO.
Now the lines of communication are broken, because Joe G lives in that world of it is as I say it is. He is a control freak, and by definition there is no real communication. There is talk and orders. Joe G’s days are numbered. I thought with the earlier winning streak he would last the season, but now (no disrespect here SJ) I believe there is better than a 50% chance he is fired at AS break and deservedly so IMO.
I don’t trust anything this “Benjamin Linus” has to say. Too much bad history.
Responding to randy in the last thread: the ’78 Yankees were a team that was officially in disarray; this is nothing.
for those of you who are interesed – Kay also said that Jeter should have bunted in that situation last week…”thats what your leadoff batter should be doing in that situation” were his EXACT words…he also said that a double play is what you don’t want and bunting eliminates that disaster…again I also happen to agree..
what i disagree with kay on is that you MUST have ketchup on your burger and fries – he doesn’t like condiments…
Eric,
I am only 61, not 68 1/2.
Luis Vizcaino is available to help out in the BP. Wouldn’t that be special?
Luis Vizcaino is available to help out in the BP. Wouldn’t that be special?
I like A-1 sauce on my burger. It’s not chopped ham; it’s chopped steak.
Nick what about on the fries? (oh no not the gravy on fries thread again!!!)
Yes, I like steak sauce on the fries too. I don’t care what they say in France.
This is from a previous thread:
“He is a question to all you self proclaimed baseball geniuses. Why odes Swisher not have the second most runs scored if he has the second highest OBP?”
People seem obsessed with Nick Swisher today.
The above question has an easy answer.
Nick is 2nd on the team in OBP. All the players who have more runs scored – Damon, Cano, Teixeira and Jeter – have significantly more plate appearances than Swisher does, and bat higher in the lineup than Swisher does. So it’s not surprising they have scored more runs – Swisher’s so-called poor baserunning (a perception caused by a couple of glaring baserunning mistakes) has nothing to do with it.
Nick is 22nd in the AL in OBP, 28th in SLG, and 37th in runs scored. I think that means, for all his perceived faults, we ought to let him play for us.
I like mayo and ketchup on my hamburgers (mayo on the bottom bun, ketchup on top the burger).
Down goes the ship for 2009! Sox “soft-schedule” will build up their confidence as the build steam up to the all star break and run away with the AL East! Best team in the American League, best record!
nuf said
It’s not early when 40% of the season is behind us.
Michael Kay just said that people who put ketchup on their burger and fries should be banned 50 games..
people who get caught putting A-1 Sauce on their burger and fries should not only be bannned from baseball but also never be eligible for the HOF..ala Shoeless Joe and Pete Rose …
sab
June 23rd, 2009 at 3:52 pm
for those of you who are interesed – Kay also said that Jeter should have bunted in that situation last week…”thats what your leadoff batter should be doing in that situation” were his EXACT words…he also said that a double play is what you don’t want and bunting eliminates that disaster…again I also happen to agree..
what i disagree with kay on is that you MUST have ketchup on your burger and fries – he doesn’t like condiments…
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Kay in the past would go on rants about how he hated when Jeter bunted, he was too good of a hitter to be bunting.
My sincere apology Mr. Berroa.
I like mustard or BBQ sauce on my burger.
Don’t mean to offend but I’ll take steak sauce, mayo, or gravy on my fries before I take them with ketchup.
In fact, I’ll mix all of those together on put it on my fries before I eat them with ketchup.
“The ‘78 Yankees were a team that was officially in disarray. This is nothing!”
nick in sf-
yes, but what changed things?
lemon in for billy.
seriously, if sabathia is out even a short time this team is in big trouble.
do you actually feel a winning streak in this team at the moment?
i don’t. temporarily the wheels have come off . wang, posada,arod are all question marks and now sabathia. this isn’t good.
i also don’t have a good feeling about tonight with wang though i would be very happy to to be wrong. often an athlete points everything towards a peak game like wang had to with the ultimatum start and a new baby being born, it’s natural to have a letdown.
the yankees need wins right now. they are not going to come easy with the present condition of the team.
A1 sauce on a burger is good, too!
You don’t have to trust me..
JACOB MADE ME VOTE FOR TOMKO
Really looking forward to the game tonight. I will be cheering for Wang all the way. I don’t know much about the braves, so we’ll see what sort of challenge they give Wang at the plate.
You can do it Wang. Keep that sinker down and let your defense get the outs.
Can we get rid of joe girardi dave eiland and the whole coaching staff???
if girardi tells sabathia to put A-1 sauce on his burger but sabathia defies him and puts mustard and mayo – and then gets food poisoning – can he tell the media that it was girardi’s fault?
“Do you actually feel a winning streak in this team at the moment?”
No, but I didn’t feel it when it happened last time.
Let’s hope Wang can shut down McCann and make Francouer swing at more junk than he’s ever known.
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/articl.....8;c_id=mlb
I see we have Michael Kay’s mom posting on the blog today.
Jacob once approached me when I played for the Royals minor leagues back in 1951 and told me I would be a special player for the Yankees one day.
They aren’t firing Girardi in season. They haven’t fired a manager in season for almost 20 years. Its not going to change now, nor should it.
The guy should and will get the full year.
Hal and Cashman hired him. They aren’t pulling the plug in season. Its not how they operate.
Only Yankee fans can demand the manager be fired when they sit in a playoff position on June 23.
Do they have to play better? Of course they do.
However, if you are going to assign blame, why do the players escape blame? Its on them to play better.
There is only so much a manager can do once the game starts.
This CC “controversy” cracks me up. The guy is a horse and he had some soreness. Now, it has to be Girardi’s fault, right?
This is like the, “if the pitchers pitch poorly its because of Posada”.
Players tell the manager and trainer they are good to go. The manager plays the player. The player breaks down, the manager gets the blame.
Tell me, what would you do if you were the manager? If Bruney, Arod or CC tell you they are good to go, you play them or you sit them?
I don’t think Bob Lemon is available.
And Posada is a question mark? Because of injury fears? Or…?
People in the Netherlands (and elsewhere in Europe) put gigantic globs of mayo on their fries. It is probably the most disgusting thing I’ve ever seen in my life.
“Michael Kay just got on his show and said thats its NOT too early…he said that its been enough time to see the patterns….he said 3 of the 9 regulars are playing up to their capabilities (Tex, Cano and Melky) – he said jeter and posada are OK but nothing great and that damon is horrible (in the field), matsui is done and if this is the Arod thats going to show up the yankees are in trouble…”
Michael Kay is a tough judge. We have 8 regulars with an OPS over .800 and it’s not good enough for him.
His knocks on Posada and Jeter are way off base. The average AL catcher has an OPS of .717, Jorge’s is .892. The average AL SS has an OPS of .712, Jeter’s is .819.
You can go up and down the lineup and pretty much find every one of our regulars is hitting among the AL leaders at the position.
The problem is they’ve been all slumping together, NOT that they are poor hitters or have had poor seasons.
Hey Pete, any word on Ransom? Eligible to come off the DL Wednesday. Heard anything about what they are going to do?
Randy,
What if CC doesn’t miss a start? What if they erred on the side of caution and lifted him Sunday, even though he could have pitched?
Isn’t that as much a possibility as him being injured?
The team is in a slump. They aren’t in disarray.
The ’78 team was fighting with each other, fighting with the manager, the manager was fighting with the owner. THAT’S disarray.
This team is in a slump. When its in a slump, fans want everybody fired. Especially in this talk radio era. This is nothing new.
String together some series wins and everybody comes off the ledge.
Do you know the New York Yankees have the 3rd best record in all of Major League Baseball? Does anybody realize that? 3rd best record! It doesn’t seem like it with all the whining about this team. Relax!!
Relax it’s only JUNE 23rd
Kick back and watch Mr. Wang pitch a no no tonight.
Jeter has been at or near the top of ML SS all season. What the heck is Kay talking about?
Can’t a losing streak ever just be a losing streak in Yankee land?
I will be perfectly happy if Wang just doesn’t slip backward.
“If a guy feels comfortable with Cervelli, then I have to try to do the same thing when I work with him.”
“It’s more of my job. I have to get adjusted to them; they don’t need to get adjusted to me. I’ve got to find out what they like to throw, what they like to do in situations, what their ground ball or strikeout pitch is and what they’re able to do on a consistent basis. It takes a lot more than most people think.
Buh buh Posada didn’t change his game calling behind the plate!
Bob Lemon was also helped by the return of Catfish Hunter.
Maybe Joe Girardi will be helped by the return of Chien-ming Wang!
Bad Scooter June 23rd, 2009 at 4:11 pm
Do you know the New York Yankees have the 3rd best record in all of Major League Baseball? Does anybody realize that? 3rd best record! It doesn’t seem like it with all the whining about this team. Relax!!
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Seriously, if you never looked at the standings you’d think the Yanks were battling the Nationals for the #1 pick next year from all the ridiculous moaning here.
WYH you are exactly right. Our lineup for most of the season has been performing well. The problem is that they all seem to slump at the same time. Unfortunately they also decided to slump right when our pitchers began rounding into form.
If the offense can break out of this slump the Yanks will get on a roll and win a lot of games. I think it all starts with A-rod. He has to start hitting asap.
“If Bruney, Arod or CC tell you they are good to go, you play them or you sit them?”
That’s true, wasn’t CC asking not to be taken out of Sunday’s game? Bruney basically lied and A-Rod didn’t want to sit.
Move on, nothing to see here. The guys gotta be more upfront so the manager can make the appropriate moves.
I’m actually looking forward to watching this Hanson kid pitch. Supposed to be pretty good.
“People in the Netherlands (and elsewhere in Europe) put gigantic globs of mayo on their fries. It is probably the most disgusting thing I’ve ever seen in my life.”
I love it and I do it all the time. Except I don’t put globs of mayo on the fries. One glob of mayo on the side and let the dipping commence.
Like I said, in my world, anything is better than ketchup.
Please WANG take the out,you got a child to feed!!
The problem with the feast or famine slumping of this team is it leads the team to play mostly .500 ball with a few swings up and down.
The team needs to get consistent production from it’s regulars and players on this team need to pick one another up when someone is scuffling offensively.
As long as the team keeps going all or nothing, it’s going to be tough to gain a foothold in the division.
I don’t understand why the team goes into the bucket like this together. It really doesn’t make sense.
This team has two problems:
1. When they slump at the plate, they seem to all slump at the same time. I don’t know what anybody can do about that.
2. Carl Pavano Syndrome. Nobody wants to ask out of the lineup because they don’t want to be labeled as another Pavano. Cashman and Girardi have told these guys time and time again to be upfront and honest about how they feel. Yet, they still don’t do it. That’s the peer pressure coming from guys seeing how much the team hated Pavano for his 4 year vacation as a Yankee.
One issue, you can’t do anything about. The other they are practically begging guys to be honest with them.
I don’t know what else they can do other than that.
Loving GGBG in the lineup.
Frankly, if Kay says something I usually just ignore it. He is wrong far more often than he is right.
Loving Swish in the two hole
The last thing anyone needs to hear is SJ44 on the state of the team. He’s the same person who advocated trading everyone last year. Hard to take him seriously when he is so pessimistic.
sj44-
the reason i say disarray is i simply think cashman doesn’t get everything done that need to be done in a timely fashion.
for instance, sabathia doesn’t get checked out yesterday because there was a make up game and the trainers room was being used. he would have had treatment had it been open.
you mean there are no other ways to get treatment in the city of atlanta. i do see the simplicity of doing nothing. it’s easy.
i have no problem if that’s the way the yankees want to wing it, but let’s get rid of management and let the players run things then. kind of like sandlot ball or maybe a well run cape league team.
i just don’t see cashman going the extra mile or doing anything unusually good , and i mean absolutely nothing cutting edge. are the yankees just going about their business like everyone else?
if they are and i think they are, what’s up with that ?
this is a team that is supposed to excel and we see all kinds of shoddy management practices.
it’s just not what the yankees are supposed to be all about.
until they prove otherwise, i’m sticking with “disarray” .
The bullpen has improved (ERA/WHIP/BAA):
Robertson 1.84/1.23/0.157
Aceves 2.32/1.00/0.219
Bruney 2.61/0.48/0.088
Rivera 3.25/1.08/0.245
Coke 3.64/1.08/0.196
Hughes [June Stats in bullpen] 2.08/0.81/0.161
SJ44
How about fines. If the team finds out there are hurting and didn’t tell them. Hit em’ where it hurts. in the pocket.
With fries, I generally like just salt and pepper.
Sometimes I like putting a little ranch dressing on my fries
Do you know the New York Yankees have the 3rd best record in all of Major League Baseball? Does anybody realize that? 3rd best record! It doesn’t seem like it with all the whining about this team. Relax!!
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Seriously, if you never looked at the standings you’d think the Yanks were battling the Nationals for the #1 pick next year from all the ridiculous moaning here.
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That’s why most posters just skip over the “we suck, the season’s over” posts, and just talk to the people who actually have a leg to stand on with their posts…..or is that just me?
What a mistake, Swisher will just be busy clogging the bases hitting in the #2 hole. Signed, Dusty Baker and Harold Reynolds.
“I love it and I do it all the time. Except I don’t put globs of mayo on the fries. One glob of mayo on the side and let the dipping commence.
Like I said, in my world, anything is better than ketchup. ”
Arggghhh
Yeah in Netherlands you can buy a cone of fries and right in the middle they squeeze out a huge pool of mayo. Sometimes I saw people eating just the mayo after their fries were done. It’s still disgusting no matter how much mayo you put on.
I like my fries with ketchup. I love ketchup so much sometimes I put ketchup on the ketchup.
Although, fries in honey mustard and blue cheese dressing are also yummy
A 10-5 streak will cure all ailments……It starts today
Cashman = Moby Dick
Randy = Ahab
Sabathia said he feels better. Nothing today. Light bullpen tomorrow, about 20-25 pitches. Still plans to pitch Friday at Mets.
Mayo is disgusting.
Cano, batting 5th…geez.
I thought Girardi turned a corner when he slotted him in the 6th spot on Friday, that was before A-Rod was taken out of the line-up.
Guess not.
I hope Wang swings away as crazy as that may sound.
Just don’t run.
Joekuh – If the Red Sox were behind us in the standings, people would give the Yanks credit for having the 3rd best winning percentage in MLB. However, you are dealing with a lot of people who are just to shortshighted with the Yankees b/c of their recent play.
Joekuh – The Wang will love to sink again! June 23rd, 2009 at 4:30 pm
Do you know the New York Yankees have the 3rd best record in all of Major League Baseball? Does anybody realize that? 3rd best record! It doesn’t seem like it with all the whining about this team. Relax!!
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Seriously, if you never looked at the standings you’d think the Yanks were battling the Nationals for the #1 pick next year from all the ridiculous moaning here.
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That’s why most posters just skip over the “we suck, the season’s over” posts, and just talk to the people who actually have a leg to stand on with their posts…..or is that just me?
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I actually just read the comments section anymore when I’m bored and trying to kill time.
This place has become over ridden with ignorant, talk radio driven type fans.
fries in honey mustard
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Fries and some honey mustard sauce is a good combo too
kelvin de leon 3 for 3 with a double in his first rookie ball game…
I wouldn’t want to live in a world without ketchup. lol
“Hard to take him seriously when he is so pessimistic.”
damn, if sj44 is pessimistic what does that make me ?
I could go for some anything in honey mustard.
The Swisher and runs thing was a poor question I’ll admit, but the point, which more than one person missed, is that he doesn’t drive in runs as effectively as a contact hitter should. Swisher is a low contact hitter, his stats repeatedly show it. On top of that, he has no base running skills. He completely mis-read Jeters steal of 3rd the other night, while it worked out in the end, it was not on purpose. Not to mention his other mentallly challenged decisions on the base paths. Sure, he has a high OBP, but he is a base to base guy. He is not bringing a runner from 1st to 3rd or from 2nd or 3rd to home. At least, not as much statistically as anyone else. The numbers bear it out.
He belongs in the 7th hole, no deeper in this lineup.
yes, anything.
JENNIFER
June 23rd, 2009 at 4:29 pm
SJ44
How about fines. If the team finds out there are hurting and didn’t tell them. Hit em’ where it hurts. in the pocket.
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To begin with, that would never get past the union.
Hey V, try learning how to read.
Where do you get that I’m being pessimistic?
Have mommy teach you how to read. It will make your life much fuller.
Randy,
There seems to be conflicting reports about CC getting treatment yesterday. Feinsand is reporting that he did get treatment yesterday and is throwing today.
How do we even know if he NEEDS treatment?
Isn’t it true that we won’t know anything until he throws today? The only way you “treat” a mild case of tendonitis is with anti-inflammatories.
I don’t think he needs to be at the ballpark to receive them.
They are losing so, everybody makes the leap they are in “disarray”.
Last week, Michael Kay called them the best team in baseball. This week, its panic city.
btw, I wrote the above post before checking todays lineup…I’m not going to whine about it.
That’s what we are going into battle, so be it. Let’s get a win tonight. I hope Swish goes 4 for 4 and drives in 5.
Atlanta is filled with Yankees fans. Our hotel is 75% Yankees fans, as they are coming from every state in the Southeast and beyond.
The local sports talk, however, is talking college football’s top 30 players.
SJ,
I have to disagree with you about Pavano syndrome influencing players.
I remember Damon pulling his “I won’t hit the DL” game from day one here when he was injured/out of shape early in his Yankee tenure.
I think Jeter and Jorge influence the “tough it out to the detriment of the team” attitude more than Carl Pavano ever did.
Jeter puts on the brave face, plays with a broken hand that he could have healed in 2 weeks and tanks a season offensively because he never let his hand get better with some time off.
It’s Jeter’s way of ignoring injuries even when a little rest would help the team that has influenced this team and all of the players that come here more than anything.
It’s admirable that Jeter is that gutsy and will play through anything, but at the same token it can be argued that it’s a form of selfishness that hurts the team.
“How about fines. If the team finds out there are hurting and didn’t tell them. Hit em’ where it hurts. in the pocket.”
Will the union accept a 5 million dollar fine for CC or A-Rod?
I doubt a 500 dollar fine is gonna do anything for anybody.
Patrick, get over it, stop the mayo hate. When I was a kid, during spring break I worked at a place that made ketchup, it ain’t much better.
Speaking of fries, again, if you are in NYC, visit Pommes Frites in the East Village. They have like 30 different types of dipping sauces. Some mayo-based, others ketchup-based. It’s that cone of fries you were talking about.
Wang looked better in his last outing, hopefully he doesn’t disappoint again tonight.
Looking forward to the game, it’s time we win one.
Joe, so was Miami and we seen where that got us. Doesn’t really matter who the Yanks play in front of now. They just got to get themselves straight. Hopefully, the ARod rest will help. This team seems to live and die by his hand.
I don’t have a huge problem with the team slumping offensively. What I have a problem with is the shoddy defense (Melky, Damon, and Swisher have each made errors that led to a run in games which the Yankees lost by 1 run). Also, not being able to bunt (Jeter) and not being able to hit a sac fly (Cano) in situations where the game could have been tied WITHOUT A HIT is what bothers me.
Hitters can go into slumps. But great teams don’t slump on defense and advancing runners.
PeteAbeAnd now Rambo II. It’s like the Tribeca Film Festival in here.
41 minutes ago from TwitterFon
PeteAbeYankees watching The Dark Knight at Turner Field.
about 1 hour ago from TwitterFon
Now I need to check the blog and Twitter???
“Angel Berroa
June 23rd, 2009 at 3:54 pm
Eric,
I am only 61, not 68 1/2.”
Angel who you trying to fool ? Pee Wee Reese till his last breath still couldn’t understand why he was replaced late innings for you.
Stultus Magnus
agreed. best fries. I never thought I’d dip fries in a mayo based sauce. But it is soooo good. My friend and I once at the large size by ourselves. lol
“Sure, he has a high OBP, but he is a base to base guy. He is not bringing a runner from 1st to 3rd or from 2nd or 3rd to home. At least, not as much statistically as anyone else. The numbers bear it out.”
The problem with all the available statistical information on line is that it is easy to check things out.
With runners on 1st and 3rd, Nick has 8 PA’s with a double, two singles, 3 walks and 4 RBI’s. With runners on 2nd and 3rd, Nick has 5 PA’s with a grand slam and 4 walks. So actually, in the situations you chose, he’s been superb.
It is fair to say that overall, with RISP, he hasn’t been that productive in knocking in RBI’s – a SLG of .383. But he hasn’t hurt, with an OBP in those situations of .409. He has moved the lineup along.
That’s why I agree Nick shouldn’t be batting 3rd – 5th. But he’s an excellent #2 when Damon isn’t in the lineup, and he’s fine batting 6th where he gets most of his ABs
“Patrick, get over it, stop the mayo hate.”
Can’t stop. Won’t stop. uh-uh uh-uh
UPDATE, 4:28 p.m.: CC Sabathia just received treatment and feels good. They delayed his bullpen until tomorrow. He still plans to start Friday.
The big difference between this year and last year is that last year the Yankees were almost as far back in the WC race as they were in the division race whereas this year they’re right there for the WC.
Oops, with runners on second and third even the great Nick Swisher couldn’t have hit a grand slam. He hit a three run homer, and got the other RBI on a bases loaded walk.
It’s also worth noting that Swisher is probably their most patient hitter and something like half of his at-bats go to full counts.
If the Yanks keep facing guys they have never seen before this will help them see more pitches
JENNIFER,
I know, it’s great there. If I weren’t away for work, I’d head there now and grab a cone. Some of those mayo dips are insanely tasty.
But the haters will never get it.
Disarray is when you have to eat your french fries like you’re living in Belgium. Or when your slugger is suddenly batting 6th in a platoon and then gets a 5-game suspension for bunting against orders from the manager and the manager tells the beat writers that the owner and the slugger are both liars.
That’s disarray.
any suggestions on what to dip chicken fingers in?
I’m thinking honey mustard or BBQ sauce…
UPDATE, 4:49 p.m.: As expected, MLB denied Joe Girardi’s protest of Sunday’s game. No reason was given.
well there goes taht
There is no way the Yankees will win that FLA protest. GI Joe should just focus on the upcoming games.
Chicken fingers go in honey mustard. That is a fact
Although, I have tried those in blue cheese as well and would recommend.
Chicken fingers go in honey mustard. That is a fact
Although, I have tried those in blue cheese as well and would recommend.
Anyone here living in NYC who may have reluctantly given up fries (because they don’t want hydrogenated oils):
Better Burger has some impressive air fries. For vegetarians, their fake hot dogs are also great. We sometimes grab a hot dogs/air fries bag before we head to the Stadium
At the risk of starting a giant war-
Do people put ketchup on eggs here?
Girardi should have taken the Protest out after the 7th inning, that’s why they lost. Or, Girardi should have rested the Protest once a week like he was supposed to. Or, Girardi should have made the Protest bunt.
Damon with another minor lingering injury.
Now its the calf. He has the ongoing shoulder issue. The twitch in his eye (LOL). Its always something.
As much as his bat is needed this year I cannot wait until this offseason to dump Damon, as well as Matsui. How do you regress on catching routine fly balls?
Get rid of 2 DH’s approaching 35-36 and bring in some guys that can play defense. Austin Jackson and a FA?
I have a real good feeling about tonight.
GO BOMBERS!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9aE4k6kldc
“As much as his bat is needed this year I cannot wait until this offseason to dump Damon, as well as Matsui. How do you regress on catching routine fly balls?”
There’s an answer to that but this is a PG-13 blog.
yes, ketchup always goes on my eggs
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/basebal.....gm4_nyyatl
1996 yankees world series video for freeeee.
Do people put ketchup on eggs here?
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It depends. If I’m having scrambled eggs alone, I have to be in the mood. So it’s sometimes.
But if I’m having a bagel with egg and cheese, I have to put ketchup on it. With a little salt and pepper
Looks like it’s that time of the year again where Damon starts to fall apart.
His foot, neck, back, finger, eyes, hands, arms, back, shins, knees, backside, neck. Did I miss anything?
Two toolsy kids who may well be in our outfield of the future:
Kelvin De Leon (3-4 2B, SB, SO) and
Eduardo Sosa (1-3, HR, 2 RBI’s BB)
in GCL action today.
Hoping they drop into my lap by way of Staten Island shortly
Colin Curtis needs to step it up in AAA, he already hit his first XBH off a MLB pitcher. So hope he continues to hit more XBHs and provide good D, surprisingly he’s playing CF but can play the COF exceptionally well..
By virtue of this most recent offensive slump the team went through (I’m using past tense since it will end tonight) team wide again I think there is no chance Damon and Matsui get to return.
The objective will be to find players who aren’t prone to collective streaks like these guys are.
How you find those players I don’t know. It seems like the players come here and share a brain.
Sosa and DeLEon already starting thier assault on the US
Porkroll, egg and cheese with salt, pepper and catsup on a roll….
Actually I think one was a liar and the other was convicted.
sj-
i agree tendonitis is a tough problem to treat. from my personal experience it comes on slow and takes a long time to get rid of , and very rarely stops you from playing unless it’s severe.
you would think some ultrasound or some electrical stimulation or something would exist in the trainers tool box for tendonitis . whatever they did today they could have done yesterday i would think.
that’s all i’m saying. no one thing cashman doesn’t do is the end of the world , but i think cashman is consistently a day late and a dollar short.
i also like the word disarray because it’s good mental practice as i misspell it at least three times before getting it right.
i’m trying t get gb 7 to use the word as i expect him to spell it at least 5 different ways.
PeteAbe: Yankees now watching Miracle On Ice. A-Rod seems engrossed.
What are the next round of excuses given when Wang gets rocked tonight?
Tonight starts another series in which the Yankees are playing a team that they are clearly superior too. I hope they can start to play up to their capabilities and get out of this funk. This is another series they should win
Joe Girardi, do you job, get the roster to play to its ability
Interesting factoid courtesy of fan graphs
the red sox are deadlast in GB% from their pitching staff and have a LD% of over 20, but their FB/HR% is amongst the leagues lowest.
Where as we are middle of the pack in everything, but are 2nd to last in FB/HR%
ADam June 23rd, 2009 at 5:16 pm
What are the next round of excuses given when Wang gets rocked tonight?
Wang rocked tonight lol
One was a BORN liar and the other was convicted.
Brandon WILL I AM 1 PEREZ HILTON 0 LOL !
June 23rd, 2009 at 5:07 pm
Sosa and DeLEon already starting thier assault on the US
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Yup, Mojica at short and Flores in left also on roster.
“Patrick
June 23rd, 2009 at 4:10 pm
People in the Netherlands (and elsewhere in Europe) put gigantic globs of mayo on their fries. It is probably the most disgusting thing I’ve ever seen in my life.”
Have ye actually tried it, Paddy, or are ye a simpering ninny?
Grow a set, laddy…
Wang is going to have another terrible outing… AWESOME
Cy Lannan against the Sux
Over under on 5 runs?
I take the over
come on yanks stop digging such a damn hole for yourselves, LETS GO.
Lannan is pitching against the Red Sox tonight? Watch how they handle him. He won`t get out of the 4th inning. Thats whats so frustrating about the Yankees. Red Sox will bludgeon him.
Henceforth, the position players we’ll see turned out from within the Yankee system will hopefully reflect the organization’s emphatic stress at all levels on plate discipline, having a plan, patience, contact, etc.
AJax is a dramatic example of a young guy buying in to this, so altered is his plate approach.
Tom in N.J.
June 23rd, 2009 at 5:12 pm
Porkroll, egg and cheese with salt, pepper and catsup on a roll….
Taylor Ham well done – I’ll take hotsauce instead of ketchup thanks
“It’s not chopped ham it’s chopped steak” with the poor man’s Dick Cavett
“Do people put ketchup on eggs here?”
My brother does, thats his favorite breakfast.
Who comes in after Wang if he bombs? I guess Phil…….but then that would mean he wouldn’t be any kind of bridge to Mo for a few days at least….
kelvin de leon 3 for 3 with a double in his first rookie ball game…
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Where is Kelvin De Leon playing this year? I had heard that he might play at Staten Island but haven’t seen him on the roster. Is he with Charleston?
UPDATE, 5:28 p.m.: Girardi indicated that Cody Ransom would be here tomorrow. They have to decide whether Pena or Berroa goes.
Ransom’s back…jeez, the bench gets stronger and stronger!
Jacob told me he likes
PHI , LAD , HOU and TOR
Kay is a joke. Jeter has been merely “ok”? He also said Alex was shot – this based on a slump of a few weeks where the guy hadn’t had any significant rest. I turned him off after hearing two minutes of his monologue – if I want to panic, I’ll do it myself. I don’t need him to do it for me.
And once again I ask
WHY NOT ME?
“UPDATE, 5:28 p.m.: Girardi indicated that Cody Ransom would be here tomorrow. They have to decide whether Pena or Berroa goes.”
Gee, that will be a tough decision.
I’ve seen Jacob’s lists before and I’m not sure how reliable they are either.
Ransom is a quality utility infielder he has more pop than both Pena and Berroa.
jpb1973
June 23rd, 2009 at 5:37 pm
kelvin de leon 3 for 3 with a double in his first rookie ball game…
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Where is Kelvin De Leon playing this year? I had heard that he might play at Staten Island but haven’t seen him on the roster. Is he with Charleston?
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De Leon is in short-season Gulf Coast league, the lowest stateside level. I am hoping he winds up at Staten Island, for selfish reasons (I can actually attend these games), but if they send him to Charleston, that’s a step above SI.
SJ, did you have a problem with CC’s comments? You can see how someone would interpret them as being a knock on Girardi. I think Joe overused him early, but I certainly don’t blame him for this issue….It is concerning, though, that CC said in years past he would be loose, but this time, he couldn’t get loose.
“Ransom is a quality utility infielder he has more pop than both Pena and Berroa.”
I beg to differ.
bodhisattva,
De Leon is in short-season Gulf Coast league, the lowest stateside level. I am hoping he winds up at Staten Island, for selfish reasons (I can actually attend these games), but if they send him to Charleston, that’s a step above SI.
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Thanks. I’m very interested to see if De Leon is a real prospect or just a workout warrior…hoping he’s the real deal.
get rid of berroa manana and tomko and what can I complain about?
tomko serves zero purpose on this team unless he pitches in a total blow out…………
From Pete’s previous entry:
“But these situations bear watching. Clearly Girardi made an error by playing Alex Rodriguez every day, something that even he admitted. And now Sabathia is raising questions about his use.”
Okay, but, um, where’s Cashman? Did he just not notice that A-Rod was playing 30-odd days in a row? Did he not remember that the doctor was widely quoted as saying he should have days off? Has Cashman been unaware of CC’s pitch counts and long starts?
I’m no fan of Girardi, think he’s in way over his head, and think he will be fired after the season unless they win the WS. But this is not on him alone. The GM who signed these guys (okay, not A-Rod) has a responsibility here as well, and arguably he has more say in this than the manager.
“Have ye actually tried it, Paddy, or are ye a simpering ninny?
Grow a set, laddy…”
You damned Brits always busting my chops..
I’ve never tried it because I’d rather not die of heart failure from disgusting chips soaked in a pound of mayo! That and I imagine it tastes horrible.
All joking aside, Tom in NJ knows what’s up. Pork roll egg and cheese, on a roll with salt pepper and ketchup is amazing.
Girardi stated in interviews that Sabathia is someone who can give you 120 pitches. Obviously this was agreed upon by Sabathia, Cashman, Dave Eiland and Girardi. Its not like this was just Girardi making this decision alone. Also how come Sabathia was arguing with Girardi to stay in the game during the Boston series when he pitched 123 pitches. Why is he complaining now.
Cody Ransom is a terrible player, he has no business being on a major league roster. It’s absolutely pathetic that the Yankees are thinking of giving him a spot.
Please, Cashman, for the love of GOD DFA Ransom and Berroa and call up Duncan or Rodriguez.
Dang we have to face Garrett Anderson, that guy always kills us.
ransom wont be here long, with nady coming back.
It has to be Taylor Ham not just any old pork roll – you might as well eat scrapple
It’s a matter of preference Ellsworth. Taylor Ham is the most popular brand for sure but I can’t really tell a difference.
ransom wont be here long, with nady coming back.
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I think you are correct. I could see the Yankees throwing him in a July trade deadline deal.
His only value now to spell ARod at 3rd once per week for another 2 or 3 weeks.
Please oh please let it be Angel “Federal League” Berroa that goes…
“Taylor Ham is the most popular brand for sure but I can’t really tell a difference.”
I love Taylor Ham, but I now live in Florida, & when you tell say you want Taylor ham, they look at you like you have two heads. :/
A little Chalula sauce helps a lot of egg/potato-based breakfasts. I wouldn’t use it on pancakes or waffles, however.
If they keep Berroa it could only mean one thing for sure….
Berroa is blackmailing Girardi
Hmmm Pork roll, egg, cheese, and hot sauce does sound pretty delicious…
the anti-cabrera posts continue. you have been a brett gardner fan from the start. admit your biased and move on but be objective. brett cannot and will not sustain good numbers for a whole season, he is good in small doses
I always put ketchup on my eggs, but a lot of people think its gross.
Eggs with salsa, like some sort of western omlette is also quite yummy
Berroa and Ransom. This team would be a joke.
CC just needs to lose weight,then maybe he can stay injury free.No blame game.
Patrick
June 23rd, 2009 at 5:59 pm
It’s a matter of preference Ellsworth. Taylor Ham is the most popular brand for sure but I can’t really tell a difference.
well it’s better than the shop rite brand at any rate.
It’s odd you can only get it in tiny packags or large rolls
Nick I’m on board with the Cholula
haiku-man June 23rd, 2009 at 6:09 pm
CC just needs to lose weight,then maybe he can stay injury free.No blame game.
Joke post
I told you Erica, blackmail.
Christina-
You are definitely on to something. I guess we will find out the truth tomorrow.
Berroa stays cause he has good dirt on someone. That is the only logical conclusion
Cody Ransom…….ick. Now that he’s healthy, DFA him. I saw more than enough in his few weeks as starter – he’s absolutely dreadful.
Btw- the ratings came out for last night’s Jon & Kate Plus 8. Apparently, 10.6 million people are just as sick/curious as me
Ransom > Berroa
I think the problem with having Ransom back is Girardi actually LIKES giving him playing time.. Maybe I am just falsely remembering that due to the A-Rod injury.
The large roll of taylor ham is a child-hood memory I’ll never forget.
http://www.nj.com/yankees/
When asked Sunday (third inning, Rays-Mets) if any current first baseman reminded him of him, the SNY analyst said, “No … I don’t think there’s really anyone outstanding out there.” It took awhile, but Gary Cohen finally brought up Mark Teixeira. Mex said he liked Tex but added: “Not a whole lot of range. Not smooth, but gets the job done.”
Keith Hernandez might still be using the hard stuff if he actually believes this, lol. I usually like Carig but give me a break. Sorry – I don’t know or care about UZR. I know what I see and that is that Tex is an absolutely superior 1B
fastball down the middle to Nick in SF
Is ‘Taylor Ham’ (pork roll) a “Jersey only” thing?
My girlfriend’s from Syracuse and she had never heard of it before.
No joke,he and Cecile Fielder are too big,you’re asking for injuries.
haiku-man June 23rd, 2009 at 6:27 pm
No joke,he and Cecile Fielder are too big,you’re asking for injuries.
Explain
Hernandez is zealous of Tex,he’s clean and good.
wait wait…. Deciding if Berroa or Pena would leave to make a spot for Ransom? Kidding right? Why not send both Berroa and Ransom to where ever they want to be, keep Pena and let Shelley get some time?!
Christina > Berroa
Erica – newly OPPC June 23rd, 2009 at 6:14 pm
Btw- the ratings came out for last night’s Jon & Kate Plus 8. Apparently, 10.6 million people are just as sick/curious as me
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Damn. Sadly, I was one of the 10 million too.
Now the latest:
Kate Gosselin says in divorce papers that she and her husband Jon have lived “separate and apart” for at least two years.
http://tinyurl.com/mu6tzt
These people and also me for following =
Oh yeah, Go Yankees! Go Wang! Praying for a quality start
If Pena gets sent packing over Berroa, it just solidifies the fact that Angel Berroa is baking goods for the Girardi family and doing the teams laundry.
Shelley is out of options so if you bring him up and put him on the 40 man you beter have intentions of keeping him here longer than a week.
S.A.-
I just read that too. I suddenly stopped feeling sad for the Gosselins and now feel duped by them. This stupid show has me on an emotional roller coaster.
Meanwhile, I am also upset the show is going on hiatus until August. It’s definitely the right thing to do, but I am worrying about Jon & Kate withdrawal.
YankeesWFAN Roster shuffle: Expect to see Cody Ransom back tomorrow and Xavier Nady next week (assuming no setbacks). Berroa & Pena days numbered.
I’ve never heard of pork roll either.
Looked it up. Reminds me of Spam. Which is not good.
Apparently it’s a NJ regional thing.
Wow 2 years, they sure played us all pretty good.
I’ve got a dumb question.
Who the hell is Jon and Kate?
I don’t like reality shows so perhaps that’s why I’m reading these names everywhere and I have no idea who these people are.
I’ve never even watched a single episode of American Idol.
Girardi keeps telling Kay, “we’re just not swinging the bats”
thanks for clearing that up Joe!
Erica-I don’t think I will miss the show, though the kids are so cute. I wish they would just end it. That whole family just seems to be a mess.
Giuseppe Franco: Jon divorcing Kate + 8: A TLC following the lives of Jon and Kate Gosselin and their young sextuplets and twins.
I think at 6’7 he could easily be healthy at 250-270lbs.
Right now he’s young,so it’s not so bad,but he labors sometimes to me on the mound,like he’s winded. Could just me.
The weight he carries,is equal to an offensive lineman.
He’s good but age is on his side.
Erica- So the whole wedding show in Hawaii was more of a free vacation then to renew the vows, as they were already living apart at that point?
I have never seen American Idol either. LOL
Jon & Kate are the parents on the TLC show Jon & Kate Plus 8. They have twin girls and then they had sextuplets. Jon & Kate were having marital problems and now they are getting divorced. Which was announced on TV last night.
What a world we live in
“It’s more of my job. I have to get adjusted to them; they don’t need to get adjusted to me. I’ve got to find out what they like to throw, what they like to do in situations, what their ground ball or strikeout pitch is and what they’re able to do on a consistent basis. It takes a lot more than most people think.”
Pretty stand up of Posada. I think the negative publicity was probably a good thing. It had to be tough for him to read that GMs and scouts questioned why he kept insisting on a certain pitch opening day.
Posada is a pro. These comments show that.
Patrick
Yum.
June 23rd, 2009 at 5:51 pm
“ ‘Have ye actually tried it, Paddy, or are ye a simpering ninny?
Grow a set, laddy…
You damned Brits always busting my chops..
I’ve never tried it because I’d rather not die of heart failure from disgusting chips soaked in a pound of mayo! That and I imagine it tastes horrible.
All joking aside, Tom in NJ knows what’s up. Pork roll egg and cheese, on a roll with salt pepper and ketchup is amazing.’ ”
Believe it or not, delectable. Try it!
Pork roll, egg and cheese on a roll?
I’d say it’s cricket
Christina-
I haven’t seen the Hawaii vacation. I only started watching when i was sick 3 weeks ago and just watch whatever repeats I can catch. I think today’s was the Disney World episode.
I don’t know- in the episodes I have seen I never would have thought they were faking it.
“Berroa & Pena days numbered.”
Days numbered? Do you even know how old Pena is?
Jon & Kate are the parents on the TLC show Jon & Kate Plus 8. They have twin girls and then they had sextuplets. Jon & Kate were having marital problems and now they are getting divorced. Which was announced on TV last night.
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Gotcha, thanks.
I’ve heard of that show, but I’ve never seen it.
Gotta go for a while. Be back later, but in the meantime…
Let’s Go Yankees!!!!
Does the following sound familiar?
“Mike Lowell is back in the lineup Tuesday after a three-game rest for his surgically repaired hip.
“I think he was pretty sore,” said manager Terry Francona. “That’s my fault because he’s willing to go out there and never complains, I should have probably sat him a few times. I didn’t and I need to do better in that area.” Lowell is hitting .300 in his last 23 games and says the hip has not effected his play beyond losing a step on the base paths.”
http://www.rotoworld.com/
Jones
Hes just saying they are gonna be sent back down.
Erica- Same here, I fell for it. But I guess you have to remember reality tv is far from being real.
I still think the Duggars need to go. Let them try to survive in the real world without the millions they make from the show. Then they can tell us how its possible to raise 18 children.
10.6 million people tuned in according to huuingtonpost.com
just to hear the announcement of divorce.Good luck finding a
guy that wants 8 kids and an Ex to deal with TOO.
“BloggingBombers: With a win tonight, Kei Igawa will tie the Scranton franchise record with 26 career wins. That’s worth $46 million, no?”
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Money down the drain.
This food item is also delectable:
“Stuffed ham is a variety of ham in which cabbage, kale, onions, spices and seasonings are chopped and mixed, then stuffed into deep slits slashed in a whole, corned ham. Stuffed ham is believed to have originated in Southern Maryland and remains popular in that region to this day. When cooked right, the ham has a distinctively spicy flavor thanks to added seasoning.” Quoted from wikipedia.
Look also under “Southern Maryland Spiced Ham”….
Blokes stole it from Elizabethan England.
Hey ladies, “Hottest NYC baseball player” slideshow.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/.....19821.html
I’ve never even watched a single episode of American Idol.
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There are actually quite a few of us in the world.
Turner Field, tossing…
Cherokee and Creeks once crooned…
Whistling, Wang warms up…
Kei Igawa ,Tomko both bad judgement Cashman picks.
Love having owners that will invest in their team.The only problem is because the owners has deep pockets,Cashman’s bad picks don’t cost him his job,like it would on a lower payroll
Turner Field, tossing…
Cherokee and Creeks once crooned…
Whistling, Wang warms up…
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Rookrat is DYNASTY IS DESTINY!
What Bobby Cox did right was not work in New York.
Lets go Yankees
Is there even really a choice here? Honestly if Berroa stays I might just join the bridge jumpers on the ledge. I will at least be off the Cashman/Girardi boat.
Nady will be back next week. Who cares who stays a week longer.
yuk, no HD tonite (MLB Extra Innings, Peachtree TV)
Hello Yankee fans. The Yankees need to teach this rookie.
It will be Berroa, his only supporter has been wished to the cornfield
way to take some pitches jeet
is anyone else not getting any MLB.tv audio?
It’s too bad, I thought Jeter had something started there…it’s too bad Luke Skywalker had to snag that grounder…
Baseball fans are so dumb. Tex was traded from ATL to LAA and the fans boo. Idiots.
10 pitches
10 pitches. guess we arent seeing atlanta’s pen tonight?
Wang time
Igawa’s contract is horrendous but a few years back it’s just another blunder in a series of bad moves.
In today’s economic climate? Off with your head!
haiku-man June 23rd, 2009 at 7:01 pm
Kei Igawa ,Tomko both bad judgement Cashman picks.
Love having owners that will invest in their team.The only problem is because the owners has deep pockets,Cashman’s bad picks don’t cost him his job,like it would on a lower payroll
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The owners could have let Cashman walk at the end of last season if they wished, but instead chose to give him a three-year extension.
Obviously, ownership thought the good Cashman did for this organization far outweighed the bad.
Chad Jennings says:
“I realize Pena has been better than Berroa, but if I were the Yankees, I’d want Pena getting some regular at bats at this point in his career. It’s not especially hard to find a utility infielder, but a young defensive shortstop with a bat that’s starting to come around is worth developing. If Pena really is making strides with the bat — which seemed to be the case this winter and spring — he needs more than 120 or so at-bats this season, and that’s all he’s going to get in New York.
I would option Pena to make room for Ransom”
Maybe he is right. It could be beneficial for El Nino in the long run.
SamVa, I am only getting the audio of the crowd.
David Price is getting beat up
“David Price is getting beat up”
PHI can’t win at home for some reason, but they do well on the road.
man that was chopped high..wow
Maria,
Same.. I wonder if they realize that.. As weird as it is not to hear an announcer.. not hearing Michael K’s pathetic attempt at analyzing a situation is nice.
Captain to Chipper…
Hanson handles Swish and Tex…
Chien-Ming on the mound…
Woops, now I hear Kay.
3 pitches, 2 away
SamVa, haha agreed. Now I am getting Kay’s voice. As much as I complain about him, I was beginning to miss him maybe just a little. Very strange feeling haha.
impressive
Wang looks sharp early on. Haven’t seen him this sharp this early in a start all year.
6 pitches
Good inning for Wang.
Good inning for CMW! 6 pitches, 3 outs
Wang in his windup…
Sinkerballs and Southern Belles…
Heat in Hotlanta…
6 pitches for Wang, not bad.
Why isn’t Tubby talking about Teixeira’s steep decline? ROFL.
Yeah.. Unfortunately, Kay is back.
Oh well.. that half inning was nice..
I did tell you Philly would roll tonight.. The PRICE was right!
Cy Lannan lookin sharp..
Mr. Wang with his best inning in over a year
Now if we can only hit Tommy Sonnanstine
instead of giving him a day off every week, give him every day off by trading the puunk
isn’t it time for A-Rod to sit again?
the yankees honestly screwd up soo much by signing this guy. I hate him soo much
Down with RAB!
Though CC’s injury doesn’t appear to be serious, it speaks volumes for how critical it has been to get Wang back in the rotation and why it was so important to stick with him.
If they’d relegated Wang to the pen and inserted hughes they were pretty much done for depth in starting pitching. They can’t afford to lose Aceves in the pen. There’s no one particularly close in AAA.
That might have been the best inning Wang has thrown this year. Getting him back in form would be a season changing event for this team.
Wang looked good but the offense is in disarray!
these announcers for the ATL network are stupid…they said that the ball A-Rod just hit would have been a homer at Yankee Stadium, it’s that short
dam 6 runs for the phils with 1 out in the 1st…price is wrong today
Phils up 6-0 in the first wow
Where’s the real Haiku-Man? Dynasty is Destiny? Why do you post only during game threads???
Pork Roll is an NJ thing, I had never heard if it until my ex-GF from Rutherford told me about it.
Ketchup on eggs? Never.
Wang 1-2-3 inning, nice.
Wow Rays aren’t out of the first inning and it’s already 6-0 Phils. The good news is that maybe the Phils don’t have to see Madson tonight.
So how many runs tonight- 0, 1, 2, or 3?
damn…even when cano walks he techinally doesnt lol…hbp
“That might have been the best inning Wang has thrown this year. Getting him back in form would be a season changing event for this team.”
agree and agree.
Stupid mini-thunderstorm. Adios satellite
Who wins in a fight?
Statler or Waldorff?
Is ‘dis-array’ now a filtered word???
Is that Girardi’s first hit and run all year?
Test!
cano actually looked decently fast there
Great at bat by Posada.
“Is that Girardi’s first hit and run all year?”
>.>
Did Michael Kay just call him Tommy Handsome? Freudian slip??
See, that right there was a good AB by Posada. He’s never faced Hanson before but he manages to foul off some good pitches with 2 strikes and he strikes out on a nasty breaking ball after seeing a bunch of pitches.
so why wouldnt they wang gardner and face wang…
Brett is my homie
Uh-oh Wang up next.
Swing away!
woooo make him work
They need a hit right here, Go Yankees!
Wang will go deep.
Bases loaded for Chien-Ming Wang.
wang hits a grand slam?…would that be funny or what
are they seriously having a meetin on the mound with CMW up?
Seriously, just stand there still Wang
Damn NL
right, that’s what I thought!
LOL at Wang running
And of course, the Yankees swing at the st pitch, and get NOTHING!
well atleast he didnt get hurt?…plus they made hanson throw 28 pitches that inning
“And of course, the Yankees swing at the st pitch, and get NOTHING!”
please tell me your not serious..
What’s amazing is that the Red Sox have a payroll barely over $100 million and everybody on their team produces (For the most part)…they sign Brad Penny who’s constantly injured…he pitches great…they lose 2 overrated shortstops and bring up journey-man Nick Greene…he hits the crap out of the ball. They bring up guys like Jeff Bailey who contributes with home runs…all their random bullpen guys do well. Then there’s the Yankees…spending hundreds of millions on players (presumably in their prime) who aren’t consistent…they’re paying $30mm for Arod to battle the Mendoza-Line. FORMER perennial 19-game winner is now in shambles before he reaches 30 years of age, Sabathia is getting over worked, Burnett was lights out against the Red Sox through out his career UNTIL he put on pinstripes…now he’s the exact opposite. The whole team is inconsistent…all the time. It’s aggravating. But some how the Red Sox gamble on nonsense and it always works. Makes me angry.
What’s happening is pitchers are realizing the Yankees routines with “patience” and they are just pumping first pitch strikes down the middle at them so they automatically start every at bat in the hole…
I HATE NL BASEBALL! What fun is it watching the pitcher hit?
Okay “RalphieD” so you support wang swinging at the 1st pitch and grounding it back to the Pitcher? He should have worked the count. Especially when the bases are loaded.
The only thing that ever worries me about Wang is when he has to pitch from the stretch.
It’s a no brainer. Rid the roster of Berroa and Tomko. Stop the bleeding.
1 away
This team stinks
Wang needs a DP…
Come on Wang get down in the zone
Let’s go Wang. Come on.
“Okay “RalphieD” so you support wang swinging at the 1st pitch and grounding it back to the Pitcher? He should have worked the count. Especially when the bases are loaded.”
unless wang walks…the first pitch was probaly going to be the best pitch for him to hit…hanson has the bases loaded and pitcher is up…he doesnt want to fall behind him..
Warrior Wang, woe…
In Standing Peachtree pitching…
Totem of Taiwan…
You could struggle with the bat for all I care, but please Get that sinkerball working today.
Why does Wang struggle to throw strikes from the stretch? In the first inning he was hitting Posada’s glove perfectly. Now he has no command.
Questions:
1. Why ist Brett Gardner, the hottest hitter on the team right now, batting 8th in front of the pitcher?
2. Why is Derek Jeter, the most overrated Yankee this season, never critisized for weak plays (like not hitting a fly ball when he absolutely has to, or swinging at the first pitch on a struggling pitcher in the 9th with a runner on third)?
Thanks in advance for answers,
Tom.
This big ballpark is perfect for Wang.
RS Lets trade him to ATL
HAHA here comes that bum Wang
“Why is Derek Jeter, the most overrated Yankee this season, never critisized for weak plays (like not hitting a fly ball when he absolutely has to, or swinging at the first pitch on a struggling pitcher in the 9th with a runner on third)?”
he is criticized…sometimes too much i feel…hes had more clutch hits than anyone on the yankees but he gets if he doesnt always come through…check the comments today and youll find plenty of jeter hate
That slick Cano.
woooo WANG
very good job robbie…and is there a trampoline in front of homeplate?
Nice job backing up 1st Robbie.
Get it together in the field.
Damn, that was a close one. Got out of the inning without giving up a run.
exhale
robbie be smooth.
Nice awareness by Cano.
Yeah, Robbie did a good job backing up.
Everything that rises must converge.
Jeter that should have been 3!
Nice Jetes
Jeter hits a double!
jeter looks to be running good
Not bad for the most overrated Yankee!
That bum Derek Jeter. Couldn’t even get a triple….just kidding.
“It’s aggravating. But some how the Red Sox gamble on nonsense and it always works. Makes me angry.”
Axl,
As a Sox fan I can tell you there are plenty of times that the Sox have gambled and it did not work out.
Does the name Eric Gagne mean anything to you? He did nothing for the Sox.
There are rumors right now that Dice-K might not pitch the rest of the year.
Julio Lugo has been a huge disappointment.
I could provide other examples, but trust me, the Sox have done well in some pick ups and trades but miserable in others.
Jeter passed babe Ruth for Doubles.
thats why i have no problem with swisher bunting…oh well…
It’s just like when Reggie tried to bunt in 1978 and they suspended him!
This team really IS in disarray.
Wang and Tex collide…
Cano covering, saving…
Captain connecting…
Again, a leadoff double, and AGAIN, a hitter doesn’t move him to 3rd with less than 2 outs.
This team is just outright pathetic when it comes to playing situational baseball. That’s a serious problem.
YankeesWFAN: Jeter now has 425 career doubles passing Babe Ruth for 4th all-time Yankee list. 1) Gehrig 534, 2) Williams 449, 3) Mattingly 442.
They want A-Rod
There are rumors right now that Dice-K might not pitch the rest of the year.
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ray(sox fan)-for real? Yikes
A-rod K’s
who’s that 30 million bum!
First pitch Cano are you serious?
Arod needs to be moved out of the cleanup spot.
good job cano.
great AB right there.
really put the pressure on ‘em.
Will they ever hit with RISP?
S.A.
Nothing official about Dice-K, but that is one rumor that is going around.
queue the “OMG why did cano swing at the first pitch!!!”
maybe because he has a fantastic average doing so?…i dont know
Cano bugabo, no hit w/ RISP.
Prove me wrong later, Robbie.
Another wasted opportunity, nice work guys.
A-Roid!!!
0-4 already with RISP, and they didn’t move a key runner to 3rd with less than 2 outs AGAIN this inning.
Nobody to blame but themselves. They have chance after chance, and just give it away by hacking at the first pitch and not playing any kind of situational ball against a guy who just walked 3 guys in the last 2 innings with RISP.
ray (sox fan) June 23rd, 2009 at 8:00 pm
S.A.
Nothing official about Dice-K, but that is one rumor that is going around.
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Ah. I see. Thanks.
They really should and might have to switch Arod and Tex in the lineup. There is absolutely no reason for teams to pitch to Tex right now. It is obvious because of the hip Arod can’t get around on pitches. If this continues I wonder if the Yanks would DL him until the all star break to give him more time off. Or just not play him for 4-5 days. He looks horrible..
oh god i know arod will take the blame again, but when has cano gotten anything done?
Absolutely brutal at bat by Cano. I mean that pitch was almost in the dirt. This lineup is really garbage right now. Underacheiving all across the board and they can’t do the little things to manufacture runs, or hit home runs right now. They pretty much can’t do anything right. Painful to watch their offense lately, very painful.
Please help wang out here guys
No snark about Cano’s consistent 1st pitch outs, Pete?
And Rachel is right, Tex and A-Rod should be flip flopped, there is totally no reason for any pitcher to throw to Mark right now
Is Wang throwing any sinker? How come gameday keeps showing 4 seam fastball?
When the entire lineup isn’t hitting, moving guys out of the order accomplishes little.
Take Arod out of the cleanup spot? Sounds good. Who do you replace him with? Nobody on this team can hit with RISP and haven’t for weeks.
A deep, teamwide slump, with no signs of them breaking out of it.
Pretty tough to watch.
These Braves announcers are horrible.
Ugh. I’d rather listen to Sterling and Waldman – thats how bad they are.
well at least we are getting his pitch count up right? right? sigh.
Another K for Chien ming Wang!
My boss is paying me over $20 million per year….and I get one more day off per week than my coworkers…yeah, sure I do!!
Because gameday is often wrong about the pitches it shows as being thrown.
“Ugh. I’d rather listen to Sterling and Waldman”
woah, i dont think you really mean that lol
So classy, Jermaine.
Wanger!
I really do mean that. They’re really that awful.
94-95 to mclouth there
Blame Swisher for not moving Jeter to 3rd..
Blame Swisher for not moving Jeter to 3rd..
I don’t care how many hits Cano has gotten swinging at the 1st pitch..He needs to know when to be patient and when to swing early in the count because a pitch is good to hit. He really has no clue what pitches he can hit and just swings away. Until he learns Posada has to bat before him.
david Price down 7-0 in 4th……..
UPDATE, 7:58 p.m.: And Alex takes a half-swing to strike out on three pitches. He’s very rejuvenated.
*************
He should visit his cousin again to get rejuvenated.
Base hit for Escobar.
remember when a-rod had monster year every other year. Well aint gonna happen this year.
We have the a-rod curse.
They’re talking about the impact on the psyche of CC Sabathia, that playing in a bandbox (that would be new Yankee Stadium) would be.
Idiocy.
A-Rod is such an actor….you look at your glove as if it’s your glove’s fault? does it have a big hole in it Alex?
No, we have the MT Curse.
John Henry said so.
Wow, you’re so clever, you made that name up just to post that?
Awesome!
Posada are you serious?
How does Wang looks so far? worse/better than last outing?
posada with a retarded throw
posada? what could that possibly be
whoa, throwing from your knees Jorge?
Umm, what was that Posada?
Great job Posada…If you can’t make a throw then just hold onto it.
“How does Wang looks so far? worse/better than last outing?”
Better, but the offense can’t hit a lick.
Careful, Denise. Your shrewish tendencies are starting to show again.
this team is pathetic all the way around
Nice throw Posada
PHILLY AT TAMPA TOP OF 4TH, Philly up 10-0
1-0 braves.
Wang is back!!
Braves announcers deriding Posada’s pitch selection
95 mph sinker down and away…good hitting…
2 out thunder. What’s that?
That stupid tomahawk thing is up there with cowbells in its ability to annoy.
Wang needs to threw his slider also. Mccann is a good hitter and he knew to only look for 1 pitch.
Angel
Not in the same category. The tomahawk only happens for a short period of time. The bells happen the entire game.
::slow clap::
told ya he was back
Vintage Wang!
Well, same old Wang. No guts and can’t pitch with men on base, which has always been the case.
Another day, another loss. The season will be over by the all star break.
3-0, with a dead offense and another short start from a starter? Not good.
When the Braves can score, you know its pretty bad because they have no offense.
Another bad team the Yankees make look great with their awful play.
And that folks, is why Posada is a bad catcher.
It’s not the results, it’s the game calling. He could get away with it some nights because the pitcher is lights out, but look at the at bat against Escobar.
Slider down the middle for a called strike. Slider just off the plate swung on and missed. So what does he do?
He calls for a THIRD SLIDER IN A ROW. I mean, you wouldn’t just call a pitch the guy has seen 3 pitches in a row, when the first 2 were kinda flat and he couldn’t get them that far out of the zone?
Posada is obsessed with “tricking” the hitter.
“BUT I JUST SAW TWO SLIDERS, SO HE MUST THINK I THINK HE’LL THROW A SLIDER, THEREFORE HE MUST KNOW THAT I KNOW THAT, AND WILL THROW A SLIDER?”
Seriously, that’s the way it looks like Posada calls a game. Wang has a nasty sinker tonight, and Posada CONTINUES to let him get beaten by his BREAKING BALL.
And look there. Changeup changeup changeup over and over and over which he can’t locate tonight. So what happens? He has to come in with a STRIKE, and not a good sinker. So of course he’s going to get burned.
Just all around stupidity behind home plate, and his throw to second was just outright embarrassing.
This offense really needs to get going
man…yankee world just continues to get worse….hes not pitching “terribly” but the results just arent there…how can they keep throwing him out there…in the long run its probaly neccessary but right now it feels so tough
Yeah, true.
I’m just grumpy, I think, Jennifer.
These Braves announcers are wearing on me, lol.
Wang can’t pitch from the stretch, it seems like he has no control with runners on.
Oh Wang NO NO NO.
all posada’s falut there
“95 mph sinker down and away…good hitting…”
LOL!! Wang stinks, face that fact.
Incessant chanting…
Chasing cowhides in the gaps…
Woe and Wang converge…
Goodbye Joe–and take Wang with you.
Well maybe if A-Rod could field and damn groundout. Can’t blame Wang for the shotty defense.
Good lord, this place is a mess. I realize why I stayed away from here since Sunday.
if arod had caught the ball, this started with 2 outs.
and = a. I clearly need to work on my revising skills.
Tommy Sonnanstine looking like a yearly 20 game winner.
As John Sterling would say..
“You just tip your cap to the pitcher”
Night after Night after Night..
The Bronx Bummers Part 2
But again, what does it matter if our offense can’t score a run off a guy who’s practically BEGGING them to score runs by continuing to walk hitters and get himself in trouble?
It’s not Wang, it’s not the pitching. It’s the fact that we can’t score runs, period. They had 5 games in a row of 3 runs or fewer allowed, and went 2-3 in them. They then had a game on Sunday where they scored 3 in the 3rd, and NOTHING until the 9th.
How about they stop crying about Sabathia, Wang, etc and go score a run off of a mediocre NL pitcher for once?
good pitchers pick up shoddy defense and bear down to finish off rally’s.
Yankees are stinking it up in the A-Town, Andre 3000 from OutKast could be the Braves pitcher today and he’s still give up no runs, that’s how pathetic the Yankees have been lately.
This game is exactly why Wang only having 1 good pitch kills him. He was ok with no one on base but his mechanics are horrible in the stretch. The ball gets up enough to get good wood on it. Good lineup are going to hammer him with guys on base.
“Well maybe if A-Rod could field and damn groundout. Can’t blame Wang for the shotty defense.”
blame arod for striking out last inning…not for missing that hot shot
Matt,
Its not the gamecalling. Wang has always had trouble pitching from the stretch.
He’s pitched badly all year regardless of who is catching him.
Add to it a non-existent offense and this one is pretty much done.
Hopefully Wang can get through 3 more innings so the bullpen isn’t shot for the rest of the week.
When you are as bad as the Yankees have been for now going into the third week, you look for small victories.
Not killing the bullpen for the rest of the week is about the only good thing that can come out of tonight.
Wang doesn’t look horrible but it could be worse. He’s gotten burned on bad pitch calls by Posada
This is just a very poor team right now. Matching last year’s 89 wins will be a stretch.
I meant Jeter is never critisized my the media. But never mind. He got a double. That obviously makes up for his last great clutch moments.
Sorry, I am not against Jeter, really not, but I think he is way overrated esspechially this season. Those ground ball hits could easily be double plays.
But okay, maybe I am not that open minded right now – seriously. Just because at this time I just remember his two game ending @bats.
The slump, it seems, continues.
A-Rod should’ve fielded that groundball. Wang never pitches well from the stretch.
Posada makes me throw up in my mouth.
The Arod bashing is justified, but even when he was healthy, Wang would choke and go into meltdown mode when men got on base. The funniest thing is that some here actually thought he was an “ace”. He was always mentally deficient out there and could never adjust when needed.
“A-Rod should’ve fielded that groundball. Wang never pitches well from the stretch.”
Anybody who wants to have success in the major leagues needs to pitch well from the stretch.
“Wang doesn’t look horrible but it could be worse. He’s gotten burned on bad pitch calls by Posada”
Oh boy, here we go again. What is this? Every time a pitcher gives up runs its automatically Posada’s fault?
out of curiousity..why are people calling tommy hanson, tommy sonanstine? sonnanstine doesnt have half the talent tommy has…andy=finasse tommy=power…there is no comparison
“The slump, it seems, continues.”
It’s not a slump. This is what the Yankees are. This is the same type of team that we watched last year. The season is even slipping away at the exact same point, too.
Melky got lucky.
NAT’S TIED 2-2 WITH RS,and bases loaded with 1 out bottom of 4th
Nice Catch Larry
Be good to take advantage of this error.
Wangs problem is he cant pitch out of the stretch. It has always been a problem for him. He is just a different pitcher out of the stretch.
The fact that Wang has to drive in this run himself is just outright pathetic.
Man, PLEASE SCORE SOME RUNNERS YANKEES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How many RISP can we leave on the bases tonight?
I hate NL baseball. It stinks knowing that the pitcher is on deck.
Another double. Come on!
I don’t know how Melky hit that.
hey Jeter look Wang can even bunt!!
Time for a big 2-out hit, the hallmark of the 2009 New York Yankees
Quikksand June 23rd, 2009 at 8:18 pm
Yankees are stinking it up in the A-Town, Andre 3000 from OutKast could be the Braves pitcher today and he’s still give up no runs, that’s how pathetic the Yankees have been lately.
lol
“Oh boy, here we go again. What is this? Every time a pitcher gives up runs its automatically Posada’s fault?”
The first run wang gives up is a pitch Posada called low and away and he nailed the target. I still love Posada but can’t we place the blame where it belongs instead of on Wang.
I don’t want to hear this nonsense that he can’t pitch from the stretch. You are a pitcher you damn well better learn.
I’ve said this before and I get killed all the time.
This team needs Tex batting 4th, Cano or Damon third, with Posada or Matsui 5th.
Arod is holding this team hostage.
His incessant inability to produce is killing this team time and again.
This is what you people don’t get. It’s not Posada’s fault that the pitcher gives up runs, but it’s certainly Posada’s fault when he CONTINUES to call the WRONG PITCH.
The pitcher has to execute, but if you continue to call for the pitch that the hitter is seeing well, that the pitcher is having trouble throwing in a good spot, then what do you expect to happen when you continue to make the wrong decision over and over?
You sometimes get away with it, but if he keeps playing with fire, he’s going to get burned. It happened tonight, it happened last week when Anderson Hernandez hit the HR off Sabathia (after looking outright AWFUL on pitches away, clearly sitting on the pitch Posada called), etc.
When you call the pitch the hitter is sitting on, and continue to make obvious mistakes, then yes, it is the catcher’s fault. The catcher doesn’t throw the pitch, but he sets his pitcher up for a good chance of success or failure by the game he calls.
Arod should have gotten to that ball. Wang also should have pitched better.
Overall though, if you can’t hit, especially for an AL team, its pretty tough to win games.
Right now, they are playing as if they are the worst team in baseball.
May be time for a closed door, air them out meeting after this game.
Losing is one thing. Losing the way are they are doing is inexcusable.
How is Penny throwing 97mph consistantly for Boston?
If Wang can “choke” his way into another double digit win season, that’s fine by me.
All aboard the failboat!
Pamela that is why Wang is known as the non-ace ace
I have really seen enough of Wang for the season. I am not giving up on him, but you cant keep trotting him out there. I thought that today will be his coming out party, against a light hitting Atlanta team. I think his bad mechanics is a product of his battered psyche. His confidence in his abilities must be super low after what he endured in the begining of the year. He seems to be pitching with the mentality of always waiting for the other shoe to drop. The Yankees would be served best if they just make him sit out the rest of the season and it will be “Go get em!!!” next year.
SJ – Arod should be DL’d, period – he’s killing this team.
Let’s get by with Ransom or make a move for DeRosa.
lets go swish…we need a bigggg hit!
DYNASTY IS DESTINY!
June 23rd, 2009 at 8:16 pm
Incessant chanting…
Chasing cowhides in the gaps…
Woe and Wang converge…
you are so good, it’s ridiculous.
Come on Swish..Can someone please hit with RISP!!!!???
How about we don’t swing at the first pitch after the guy has fallen behind everyone?
First pitch swinging lol
first pitch rally killer?
not THESE yankees.
Wow first pitch
FIRST PITCH.
8 men left on base through 4 innings
good work by the offense
8 men left on base wow. and why the F*C* is he swinging so early in the count OMFG!!!
wake me up when these a$$holes start caring about what theyre doing
AND AGAIN! Can’t even score with the bases loaded! This team is killing me!
this just gets worse and worse…its like they know people on here hate swinging at the first pitch and they just want to spite them because they complain so much…its all making sense now…
i dropped something in the toilet that looks less like crap than this team right now. 8 on through 4? 1 pitch?
This is just absolutely unreal. Swish never should of swung at the 1st pitch. Make him throw pitches!!! This team makes you want to pull your hair out of your head. Can’t anyone hit with RISP?!!! I guess more of we haven’t seen him hat tipping…It is such BS already..
UNBELIEVABLE. These hitters are so freaking dumb. It’s really unbelievable how they can continue to make the same boneheaded plays and not realize that it HURTS them.
The BASES ARE LOADED, the PITCHER is in trouble. So what do you do? You don’t let him get himself in trouble. You don’t make him work hard, maybe make a mistake pitch. You SWING AT THE FIRST PITCH.
These guys are so stupid.
Put a bow on this one. Let me quote Jim Mora: “PLAYOFFS? Who said anything about playoffs?”
They look like the April Yankees right now. Maybe in July they will resemble the May Yankees.
a rookie on the ropes walking the ballpark
FIRST PITCH SWINGING!!!!!!!
You can’t make this up you really can’t
Watch Wang give up another 3-4 runs this inning too
Explain to me why a non hitter, whose only redeemable offense feature is being able to draw walks, swings at the first pitch against a guy who can’t throw strikes?
That’s why playing a guy like Nick Swisher everyday, and batting him second, is a killer.
Bad players don’t help you win games.
Yet another awful AB with RISP. Just starts piling up now.
I can’t stand Swisher…………(and yes, I admit he is better than Betemit……..but so am I !!!!)
You can get on Wang’s case, but the friggin Spankees are 0-8 with RISP.
Pathetic.
After how many games do we consider the Yankees just a decent team under Girardi? Not good, not great, just decent. Maybe even mediocre. I mean I guess he has 2 full seasons. But I think they’ve played enough games under him to get the big picture. Their roster isn’t decimated by injuries right now. What’s the excuse?
by friday we may be in 4th place.
Skipper Bobby Cox…..He’s still has the fire…..Never has changed…..
the way this team will win something, they trade the fool on thirdbase and get rid of the curse he has brought us
It’s amazing how much this team is like last year’s team. Psychotic offense. Unreliable pitching. It doesn’t matter how much you change the roster; you always end up with the same result. How can that be?
The offense has simply disappeared, and the pitching is barely adequate. This team is lost.
So much for Wang’s progress – but we have no choice but to be patient unless he completely blows up. Is Phil the go to guy after Wang? If they want him to be part of the bridge to Mo, he can’t be…….
Pete,
Not because of this at bat but Nick Swisher is not very good at baseball.
You know you’re having a bad year when you give up 3 in 3 and your ERA still goes down.
There is really no more excuse for this.
4-8 in their last 12 games. If they don’t start seeing results soon, it really doesn’t matter anymore whether there is a “positive” or a “mental victory” to take from games. You have to start winning the actual games.
If they don’t wake up soon, they will be in 3rd or 4th place and bury themselves. It’s not like these are the Red Sox and Rays either. The freaking NATIONALS, BRAVES, MARLINS.
Only the Yankees…
Forget Andre 3000, I’ll take Wang 2006
2 innings of bases loaded,only my team can’t score,what up with that?
I’m restless already, can’t buy a 2 out hit!
“the way this team will win something, they trade the fool on thirdbase and get rid of the curse he has brought us”
NO ONE will take the fool at third base. He’s our albatross for many years to come.
This is not good… team is not clicking
At this point, so many guys are playing so bad, I don’t know who you can play each day.
Its really unbelievable to come out of a series in Florida, where first pitch swinging with RISP killed them, they go out and do the same thing in Atlanta. Makes no logical sense.
Right now, you have 3 guys who are even giving attempts at having quality AB’s: Tex, Melky and Gardner.
The rest? Going through the motions.
That’s unacceptable.
Girardi is going to have to go postal after this game.
It may not work, they may not listen but, at this point, what has he got to lose?
Its pretty tough to be this bad for this long with the talent on this team. Tough to watch.
Look on the bright side: Tex will lead off next inning and be walked, so Alex can get in some spring training work and GIDP.
C’mon guys.
Why is anyone surprised or disappointed that the Yanks keep swinging at the first pitch? And why is anyone surprised that the Yanks can’t hit with RISP?
This is what has plagued the Yankees for a long time now.
I don’t see how Girardi can keep his job, or deserves to keep his job if the Yanks are out, say, 7-8 games at the all star break.
This is who the Yankees are.. a pathetic team of losers
They faked everyone out last year when they won 7 or 8 in a row and sweep the Sux and Rays… then resorted back to .500 baseball
And this year they faked everyone out in May and have resorted back to what they are… are garbage team
if you are a legit yankee fan do you enjoy bashing them on the internet?..i dont knw it doesnt seem too fun to me
“A-Rod will never get it”,
yeah, trade A-Rod….wow, you’re so smart! who in the world would want to pay his contract after this performance this year? You’re crazy, but nice try!
I love how people are trying to blame this ALL on A-Rod. Here’s a news flash – the entire team is playing like crap. What the hell was that throw from Posada? What about the countless bad at bats by Cano, Swisher, etc? They all stink right now; not just A-Rod.
UPDATE, 8:08 p.m.: Bad error there by Posada, who threw a rainbow into center field from his knees with the runner halfway to the base.
That was the worst throw I’ve ever seen by a catcher! Anyone who thinks this guy isn’t done is brain dead.
And how about Wang??? Is he going to pitch 6 inning and give up 4-5 runs every start? Can we trust this guy in a big spot? I say no. And, I could care less about what he did 3 years ago.
Ok, I’m done for tonight unless they make it interesting.
Later all.
Mayo on fries til I die.
The haikus were great…
SJ, is that really you?
I can’t wait for Giussepe Franco to come and spout his “all is well” pablum.
C’mon, optimists, the realists are all waiting to hear the spin on this turd of a game.
The team is an embarrassment from top to bottom (other than Tex and “possibly” Cano).
Hey Laura — A-Rod is supposed to be one of the best players in baseball. Right now he’s one of the worst. That differential is huge.
So much for “team chemistry” – the most overrated idea in baseball.
At least he can get out the pitcher. As bad as Wang has been, I guess you have to look at small victories.:)
And with that… I’m out.
This place becomes a cesspool during games. Its pointless trying to contribute something besides the shrieking, and weeping and gnashing of teeth.
And we have the unwelcomed return of the 2008 Yankees with newcomer Nick Swisher
Funny thing is, Wang hasn’t pitched badly.
Arod makes a routine play at third, he’s out of that inning.
McCann hit a good sinker the other way. That’s good hitting.
The only bad pitch in that inning was the hanging slider to Anderson.
The offense, or lack of it, is the real story of the game.
Its one thing to be in a slump. Every team has slumps. Its another thing to make ZERO adjustments.
How in the world can Nick Swisher swing at the first pitch in the 4th? Learned nothing from Sunday when Jeter did it.
I’m not a math major but, even I know that if you score ZERO, its pretty tough to win games.
A good offense has at least 3, perhaps 5 runs off Hanson tonight.
This offense? Sleepwalking through another one with no end in sight. Amazing.
I’m shocked that Posada didn’t call for a 2 strike slider against the pitcher. Could you imagine?
Evan D June 23rd, 2009 at 8:35 pm
UPDATE, 8:08 p.m.: Bad error there by Posada, who threw a rainbow into center field from his knees with the runner halfway to the base.
That was the worst throw I’ve ever seen by a catcher! Anyone who thinks this guy isn’t done is brain dead.
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It was a bad throw. Don’t give me this bs he is done. Did you see the throws he made over the weekend?
“if you are a legit yankee fan do you enjoy bashing them on the internet?..i dont knw it doesnt seem too fun to me”
I think this whole “optimist club” crap has kind of set up a battle between the realists vs the optimists. The realists are cleaning your clock.
CAlling the team pathetic losers is pathetic…….geez, if you hate them so much, then go root for another team. It’s just a freaking sport – deal with it.
Well, the Yankees can not seem to stop the freefall they are in and I don’t want to hear about how they have the 3rd best record in baseball. They are losing games left and right and soon they will be behind all the teams they just recently had a big lead on (as to the wild card).
I’ve never seen them this bad against teams they should beat. Even in past years when they were slumping they still found ways to beat teams they should.
nice swing a fraud
The Braves practically gave us a huge inning by making a huge error at third base, and what did we do? Nothing.
No runs, and 0 for 6 with RISP. Blame has to be placed where it is deserved, and that is not on a guy who has allowed 3 ER in 4 IP while striking out 4.
Denise,
I know no one will take the punk, but by trading a-rod it would have the same impact as when the sox traded nomar. It would change the whole complexion of this team.
I really believe we have a curse because of A-ROd.
This guy is going to get booed heavily when he comes home.
He needs to be dropped in the order.
Wow – even Tex is pressing – not getting strikes and forced to swing at balls.
Who the hell else is gonna produce?
how long can Alex continue to embarrass himself? seriously?
Twice Hanson has loaded the bases on a walk and twice the Yankees made the final out on one pitch.
I don’t know what to say about Wang. I don’t think he has been terrible since coming off the DL, but he’s very inconsistant inning to inning. Sometimes he looks dominant, and sometimes the wheels just fall off.
And wow, this team just makes me want to pull out my hair. I feel like it’s a complete waste of time watching them because they do nothing for the first 6 innings.
Wow – can I pitch to Arod, too – it looks like fun.
What a loser.
Call Kate Hudson, get in your Maybach and head to Scranton for your spring training so we can try to win some games.
The Yanks offense still looks terrible. Absolutely pathetic.
The National League is a joke, no DH is retarded.
Wang does not look terrible, I don’t care what Pete says. Pete is trying to bring out the panic like always. Wang got screwed by his defense and it’s a joke that all 3 runs are earned.
A-rod looks as bad as I’ve ever seen him. He can’t hit, he can’t field, he really just can’t play. There’s no way this guy should be in the lineup right now.
Soon to be 5 games back; can’t beat Boston; can’t beat anyone right now. There’s no pot of gold at the end of this rainbow.
Are you guys serious?
Trade A-Rod?
Have you seen how many pitches Teixeira gets to hit WITHOUT A-Rod in the lineup? Trading A-Rod will do to Teixeira what trading Manny did to Ortiz.
At least Arod has gone to RF twice today. He might actually have a HR or two at Yankee Stadium.
“This is what you people don’t get…..”
Who exactly is “you people”?
See three years ago that would have been a double because you where on roids. YOu jackass, stealing peoples money. You cheated the sport, did illegal drugs, still sucked in playoffs and you are robbing the yankees.
God Damn It. How is this guy a YAnkke
“The offense, or lack of it, is the real story of the game.”
BINGO.
This team is in big trouble.
We have a horrible manager, a brutaly bad pitching coach. We have the highest paid player in the game who is “tired” and pulling a Big papi on us. We have old players all over the field. We have a very poor defensive outfield. We have 2 reliable starting pitchers. We have a shaky bullpen.
Worst of all, we have a front office that is divided on so many issues (Joba, A-rod playing time, young vs. old players, etc.)
Bottom line: a collection of OVERPAID & OVERRATED players. This team might be good enough to make the post-season but are we a championship caliber team right now? ABSOLUTELY NOT.
Something has to be done about this, seriously.
Heads need to roll.
Swish 2nd is not good. with no Damon you might as well go Gardner-Jeter. Swish should be 7th.
I’m looking forward to hearing Jeters’s “We just need to win some games” mantra if they can’t pull this one out.
“A-Rod will never get it”,
of course we’d all love to trade Alex out of here, but just face the facts, he’s ours til 2017, period, done, end of story. It (his contract) may be called “grand theft robbery” one day!
Hanson is not very impressive, he has no control whatsoever. He doesn’t know where the heck his pitches are going. I have no idea how the Yankees haven’t scored 5+ runs off this guy. It is physically painful to watch these guys at the plate.
“Hey Laura — A-Rod is supposed to be one of the best players in baseball. Right now he’s one of the worst. That differential is huge.”
That’s true when he’s not recovering from hip surgery. People seem to forget that his hip is still not right. He didn’t have the surgery that he needed; he had a modified one so that he could get back on the field. If he continues to struggle like this for much longer, we’ll know that he should have had the full blown surgery and came back next year.
Wang is doing what he always does. Keep in mind this is like spring training for him, due to the fact that they completely botched his rehab.
Every year, he starts off slow. So you can’t be surprised to see 5-6 IP, 3 ER out of Wang in his 3rd or 4th real start of the year. His career ERA in April is 6.01, so this is like his April.
If I were the Yankees I would have every lawyer in Tampa pouring over that contract with Arod looking for a way out.
He’s cheated everyone.
AND he’s making a serious case that his 2004, 2005, 2006 and 207 were all juiced as well.
Maybe this is the real Arod?
Here’s the crux of the problem, as I see it. Unfortunately, Boston has learned this. You do NOT sign aging players to lengthy contracts and you don’t get suckered by sentimentality. This team has way too many players on the downside of their careers. Thank you, Mr. Cashman.
3 hits, 4 walks, NO RUNS.
These guys should all be fined every time they swing at the first pitch with a runner on.
Automatic strike out,THE FAKER.
this team is so bad. they have so many problems I don’t see how they are ever going to make the postseason
Denise,
He will not survive till 2017.If he doesnt step up, he will quit the game and go and get married to hudson and suck at life and being a father
time to bench posada. 3 K and an error?
hahahahaha
Hahahaha
Were are the optimist losers… “A-Rod just missed it”
“Posada almost got a piece on the ball in the dirt!!!!!”
Wang is fine. He’s not pitching great but coming from where he was, this is good progress.
everyone please stop talking about trading A-Rod! it’s never going to happen, not b/c the Yanks wouldn’t want to, but no one, even the country of Japan will be dumb enough to take hm and his baggage contract!
OK! talking about something that will never happen is making me crazy, it’s like putting cheese in front of me then as I’m opening my mouth to take a bite of it, it disappears!
I am glad that Posada fails to pick up the breaking ball and strikes out for the 3rd time. You would think after seeing it 3 straight times in the dirt you would pick it up and know not to swing.
No life.
at least, Jorge has a chance for a golden sombrero. That’s an accomplishment……
“UPDATE, 8:39 p.m.: A-Rod flies out to right field. He is 1 for 7 since his rejuvenating rest period and a sparkling 9 for 61 (.148) this month.”
Pete, are you going to give us an update of each at bat for every one or just Alex? How about mentioning that Posada hasn’t done jack squat at the plate in quite some time? And then you wonder why people say you have no objectivity where Alex is concerned.
9 on through 5. can we get 20?
Seems a few people have flew over the cuckoo’s nest.
BENCH POSADA.
He can’t call a game, he is a lousy catcher, and he is not a team player. He held the team over a barrel after his contract year, and has been miserable/hurt ever since.
Does anyone not realize that they won a slew of games and played flawless D when he was injured and on the DL? He is TERRIBLE. we could only be so lucky if he were to get hurt again.
for years fans of other team would always tell me yankee fans were some of the worst fans there are…up until this year i never believed…this year i believe them…
A-Rod must have ate Pete’s lunch today
Pete do you realize the rest of the team is playing just as bad!!!
Or do you have A-Rod blinders on
ZMAN,
you’re talking about Jorge and Mo’s contract? get over it, you know that would happen….Yankees are loyal to some, and not to others.
GMAB – blaming all this on Alex. What, the other 8 guys get no blame? It doesn’t matte – 99% of you won’t be showing up after the game. You come here to whine like 2 year olds and then disappear, never to be heard from again until the next game.
“time to bench posada. 3 K and an error?”
Dumbass
“Hanson is not very impressive, he has no control whatsoever. He doesn’t know where the heck his pitches are going. ”
I don’t know. When Joba doesn’t give up any runs despite poor control yankee fans usually aren’t shocked by it.
Hanson has great stuff. Not good. He throws 4 plus pitches. He’s one of the most well rounded young pitchers in the game.
“Or do you have A-Rod blinders on”
Pete hates A-rod. I’m not even exaggerating, it’s very obvious from his dozens of blog posts about Alex that he really does hate the guy.
A-rod will never get it
June 23rd, 2009 at 8:39 pm
Denise,
I know no one will take the punk, but by trading a-rod it would have the same impact as when the sox traded nomar. It would change the whole complexion of this team.
I really believe we have a curse because of A-ROd.
This guy is going to get booed heavily when he comes home.
He needs to be dropped in the order.
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Trading Arod = 8 guys in a slump instead of 9. Some of you kill me. I’m sure when you failed your first exam in grammar school your parents didnt feed you for a month…lol
This team is playing bad baseball right now. There’s no other way to put it.
I agree, maybe you can bat arod 5th, but you dont trade the guy.
I’m talking in general. The Yankees approach to signing aging players sucks. I’m sure Jeter will be a Yankee until he’s 43.
No one would report the stuff Alex does off the field. Only in New York and LA.
Pete must know the players the best. Im sure alex was a jerk to him and the rest of the media. And probably pete thinks of him as a joke not as a player but especially as a person. Now pete has all the power and should bash the jackass at all times. He sucks and cheated
I hope that they aren’t THIS bad when they’re slumping. Cause this won’t be the last slump.
I’ve seen slumps but this is borderline ridiculous. There is slumps and then there is playing stupid. Also lets hope this isn’t an every other month they’re good then they’re atrocious.
Gotta see what they do in July but so far it’s been 1 bad month 1 good 1 bad.
Putting 2 good months of baseball together would be nice.
Laura,
Pete makes mention of Alex all the time b/c he’s the thief that is stealing $ from the Yankees. When you sign a contract like he did, this is what you’re subject to…Jorge’s contract is nothing like A-Rods, nobody’s is!
Wang looks great.
CB I’ve only seen 2 plus pitches from Hanson so far. His stuff is good but his control is awful, the Yankees simply haven’t capitalized.
Yeah, seriously – pathetic, Pete – nothing left to say.
Boston has already scored more runs off of Lannan than we did in the entire game. On the road.
These guys really aren’t lights out pitchers, except when they face us of course.
Posada did the same thing Alex did. He almost went to the Mets because of money.
I wish Girardi could just bench all the big stars for one day and make them sit and watch video while guys like Gardner, Pena, and Cervelli get starts. But obviously, that’s unrealistic and would cause a huge divide in the clubhouse.
But really, what is Girardi supposed to do? When the Yankees stopped hitting homeruns, he tried to get them to play small ball by having Gardner steal bases and calling for Jeter to bunt. The Yankees have had their chances to score without needing a hit, and they can’t even do that. I don’t think it’s the manager’s job to teach players how to hit a grounder to second or a sac fly. He also can’t make Damon and Swisher not drop easy flyballs.
ZMAN,
yeap Jeter will retire a Yankee, of course!
Posada is their starting catcher, get that through your thick skulls!
ZMAN,
and I have no problem with that:)
We need a win in the worst way. The blog is on the verge of imploding.
Wow, I am amazed at the vitriol here. I think we got spolied by the 90s.
We are not going to be the best team every year, even if we outspend everyone.
I suggest just sitting back, and enjoying it.
Exactly Trevor. It’s not that they’re slumping, but the fact that they are playing stupid baseball, only making it worse.
So much first pitch swinging against guys who can’t throw strike. If he can’t throw strikes, he can’t throw strikes! Just because you THINK he will groove one because he walked hitters, doesn’t mean he is actually ABLE TO! If he couldn’t throw a strike in a 3-0 gimme count, why do you think he will be able to so easily on the first pitch?
I keep reminding myself that I was really disappointed in the 1978 Yankees during the month of June and it didn’t get any better in July … until they fired the manager.
Tony Pena might be this year’s version of Bob Lemon.
One big difference: this team doesn’t have the heart of the 1978 Yankees, at least they haven’t shown one yet. The failure to hit in RISP situations is a real indictment of this team’s toughness.
Wang better stay in.
Patrick,
His fastball is terrific. His curve has been very good and his slider has been effective. True he hasn’t used his change up much but he hasn’t needed it. His change up is a very good pitch. He’s a power pitcher who throws 4 plus pitches. If he stays healthy he’s going to be a star.
That said the offense looks horrid so who knows.
But Hanson is an elite young pitcher. He’s close to the Chamberlain, Price, Kershaw level of pitcher.
AL Batting Avg, last 30 days, Arod ranks 79 out of 88.
Team wide slump you say – maybe so.
But this guy has only provided a 2rbi double since his meaningless 5 for 5 game against Texas.
give up 3 and lose again? remember when we didnt lose giving up 3 runs or less?
Denise
June 23rd, 2009 at 8:50 pm
Laura,
Pete makes mention of Alex all the time b/c he’s the thief that is stealing $ from the Yankees. When you sign a contract like he did, this is what you’re subject to…Jorge’s contract is nothing like A-Rods, nobody’s
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Denise, you could hit mega millions tomorrow and would have no friends by the end of the day bc people are sometimes envious.
Get me some guys that can play this damn game!!!!
200,000,000 stink bomb,will chase 3 measly runs all game.
Lets take out Wang after 60 pitches!
“I am amazed at the vitriol here. I think we got spolied by the 90s.”
Very true.
gardner continues to work good abs…AND get results…
if we were winning, wang stays in but they need runs.
Taking Wang out at 65 pitches would be idiotic.
How is the guy ever going to build up stamina if you never let him pitch? Even if both of the first two hitters got on, there would STILL be no reason to pinch hit for Wang, and he’d be better served bunting.
If Gardner gets on, you can still leave him in.
Unfreaking believable. Girardi is SO DUMB.
The guy is finally starting to pull it together a little, and you make a DESPERATE move and pull him back at 65 pitches. How do you EVER expect him to be good again if you constantly stunt his pitching growth?
Joe Girardi is a freaking joke.
Wang is out of the game, he’s only thrown 62 pitches.
SIXTY-TWO FREAKING PITCHES AND HE’S OUT OF THE GAME
ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
why is hughes up when wang’s pitch count is at 62?
Alex is .880 OPS with RISP this year… nothing special
Jeter is .871
Swisher is .792
Matsui is .820
Shal I go on…. this is a teamwide issue Pete…
Did anyone vote for Kei Igawa for the Triple A all star game?
This game has nothing to do with gamecalling.
They have scored ZERO runs. What has that got to do with gamecalling?
They aren’t hitting. Except for one, fluky game with the Mets last Sunday, they haven’t hit in 3 weeks.
Its the offense, not gamecalling, that’s killing this team right now.
I would rather see Wang pitch here, but there is only one out and we need runs on the board. There isn’t a RISP yet, so maybe we’ll get a hit
What’s Joe to do?
He can’t strand Garder at second again, right?
So give his team a chance to score a freakin run. Let Ace or Hughes toss a couple.
CB,
Hanson is highly touted but you are overrating him. His change-up is not a plus pitch. Not even close.
The fact of the matter is, Hanson hasn’t really controlled his curve this game. He’s put 7 guys on base prior to the 6th inning and the Yanks have repeatedly let him off the hook.
Erica -
I did.
I voted for all the Scranton guys.
Red Sox winning 3-2 in the 6th.
Yankees 5 back and fading faster and faster each day.
RalphieD (OPPC) June 23rd, 2009 at 8:48 pm
for years fans of other team would always tell me yankee fans were some of the worst fans there are…up until this year i never believed…this year i believe them…
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I have to agree. Though, I am not sure if some of the people making comments in this blog are even yankees fans, the words I want to use to describe some of them are not suitable for this space.
“POSADA should be the full time DH, at best.
Need to let Cervelli catch. He calls the best game, and knows how to field his position.
Posada is a surly, complacent, overpaid player who HURTS the team when he is behind the plate.
BENCH HIM OR PUT HIM BACK ON THE DL. THEN WE CAN WIN SOME GAMES”
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Can I have what your smoking?
Turner Field has some awful lighting. It’s so dark looking. At least on TV.
Pitch hitter in the 5th how desperate are you???
That’s life, that’s what all the people say.
You’re riding high in April,
Shot down in May
But I know I’m gonna change that tune,
When I’m back on top, back on top in June.
That’s life
That’s life and I can’t deny it
Many times I thought of cutting out
But my heart won’t buy it
But if there’s nothing shakin’ come this here july
I’m gonna roll myself up in a big ball and die
My, My
Really?? How’s Wang gonna get stretched out if Girardi leaves him in for only 5 every time???
this is stupid.
way to build a struggling pitcher’s confidence on a night he pitches relatively well.
you suck Girardi
Side note, I would not have used Matsui as the PH. Even if he reaches base can he crawl fast?
Wang is out because this is National League Baseball and the Yankees need runs.
It is funny how people always complain about the pitching and think that will be the problem…but it is usually the trillion $ offense that comes back to bite them. It is just amazing that 9 people can all slump at the same time all the time. RISP and zero situational hitting has been a problem for years.
Right now…
Ranson, Pena, or Angel >>>> Arod
Cervelli >>>> Posada.
Sad but true.
Joe Girardi is a terrible terrible manager. You don’t take out your starting pitcher with 62 pitches in the 6th inning. What a joke. I can’t stand this guy, he is a complete moron.
Look how far outside that pitch is.
Hey look. The Red Sox scored 3 runs off Lannan (Yankees scored 2 in nine innings) and the Nationals scored 2 runs off Penny (Yankees scored none).
How come all these other teams can hit pitchers they’ve never seen before and the Yankees can’t?
Wow. I can’t wait to see how Girardi justifies taking Wang out of this game after how well he’s kept his pitch count down and silenced the offense fairly well other than the one bad inning
Wang pitched fine today. He had some trouble in one inning. But otherwise his stuff looked good. He only threw 60 pitches in 5 innings.
If they lose it’s not on him. 3 runs is hardly some insurmountable obstacle.
The rotation and the bull pen have been effective. The offense has completely disappeared.
Its not just Arod. Who is hitting?
Jeter, Swisher and Cano killed them as much, or more, than Arod in Florida this past weekend.
Nobody is hitting. Its easy to pick out Arod, he certainly has stunk up the joint but, tell me who exactly is tearing it up in this lineup, especially with RISP?
Answer is: Nobody.
Nice Doreen. Do you think there is much pride to tying the Triple A record for wins?
Gardner is a one man show. If he was on the Red Sox he’d be getting a lot more love, but on the Yankees he’s just another stranded man in scoring position.
its sucks wang had to come out of the game but the yanks need runs and thats the bottom line….it is a shame though
I don’t even want to watch this at bat.
here comes the DP king of NY
What a surprise …rookie pitcher the yanks have never seen and they have zero runs. Did anyone actually think it would be different.
“Hanson is highly touted but you are overrating him. His change-up is not a plus pitch. Not even close.”
I’ve seen him pitch in a couple of games. He has a good change up, IMO. As a 4th pitch it’s very impressive.
The fact is, Joe Girardi (and the Yankees in general) is a reactionary manager. He manages for the present and gives no thought to the future. He has the foresight of a goldfish.
We need runs, okay lets take Wang out with only 62 pitches and get some runs. Who cares if we blow our bullpen with Joba going tomorrow? Who cares if Wang never gets stretched out? We need runs right now, nothing else matters.
What an awful manager.
Do you people actually get happy you can say “I told you say” if/when Jeter GIDPs?
You should be ashamed
Sox and Nationals are now tied up at 3-3 sixth inning.
This will probably be the 1,456,849,459,983 time this season that Gardner will be left on base.
Actually, I agree with PH’ing for Wang because they need baserunners and runs. Unfortunately, they don’t have a lot of options and the game is getting later.
When you have as many outs as they do in this lineup with RISP, any chance to score, you have to take it.
Jacob is now saying that the Yankees will win this game 5-4..
His picks so far have been on point tonight!
Mr Wang- Thank you for your contribution tonight. I know
the Atlanta Braves are another Elite NL East Team.
Patrick,
That made no sense.
Can someone find out what the Yankee’s record is this year with Posada starting vs. all the other catchers starting?
I miss Joe Torre
“Jacob is now saying that the Yankees will win this game 5-4″
Umm- who is Jacob? Can he predict lottery numbers?
“I’ve seen him pitch in a couple of games. He has a good change up, IMO. As a 4th pitch it’s very impressive. ”
Hmm I’ve seen/heard differently. I’ve seen him pitch since he came up and he rarely throws it. Kevin Long also said today that it’s basically non-existent as a pitch. Perhaps Hanson just doesn’t need it yet or doesn’t have confidence in it?
Lol the Yankees made Florida and the Nats hot.
If the May Yankees were facing Hanson they would have at-least 8 runs. Everyone is seemingly pitching shutouts against this lineup.
Five walks but he has a shutout. SMH
CB, What we witnessed in that incredible run, we may never see again…..Hanson is an outstanding young pitcher, a franchise type guy…..That being said, the Tanks are not having good ab’s at all…..Someone needs to get this club going….Maybe Jeter right now
“This game has nothing to do with gamecalling.”
The gamecalling has to do with the OTHER team scoring runs. Yeah it does.
Some good news. The Nats just tied the score.
2:1 : Swing at 1st pitch
3:1 : GIDP
3:1 : basehit
4:1 : strikeout
Boston 3 Washington 2 BOTTOM OF 6th,looking like 5 behind folks.
Toronto 6Cin 0,if the Yankees lose,they (Toronto) SHOULD PULL EVEN with the YANKEES FOR 2ND
I will be shocked if Jeter actually gets the ball out of the field.
They need wins Patrick. They can’t worry about Joba right now.
If Joba cvan’t give them length, he’s not going to be a starting pitcher for long.
They now have the tying run at the plate. You gotta take a shot at scoring.
They need wins Patrick. They can’t worry about Joba right now.
If Joba cvan’t give them length, he’s not going to be a starting pitcher for long.
They now have the tying run at the plate. You gotta take a shot at scoring.
Taking Wang out of the game is unfortunate but not a big deal.
This kind of thing happens in NL games all of the time. That’s just the way the game is played when the pitcher has to hit.
The yankees only have 11 outs left. Given how bad the offense has been they can’t afford to just give up an out.
Who didnt see that coming!
pathetic.
hhhhahh
panic time
believable
The fact is, Joe Girardi (and the Yankees in general) is a reactionary manager. He manages for the present and gives no thought to the future. He has the foresight of a goldfish.
We need runs, okay lets take Wang out with only 62 pitches and get some runs. Who cares if we blow our bullpen with Joba going tomorrow? Who cares if Wang never gets stretched out? We need runs right now, nothing else matters.
What an awful manager.
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I couldn’t agree more. Especially with the double play machine up next.
I hope you people are soooo happy you were right.
Its disgusting
11 left through 6.
Captain Double play does it again.
You’ve got to be kidding me. :X
Wang was better than just okay. He got through 5 innings in less than 65 pitches. He got screwed by Posada and A-rod.
Say he gets through 7 innings and gives up 3 runs, that’s better than “okay”.
Unfortunately the incompetency of Joe Girardi has ruined the outing for Wang and further hurt him in the long term.
Oh look Jeter GIDP, what’s new?
This offense is terrible.
Captin double play strikes again!!!
jeter does what he does best, double play king.
Erica -
Probably not.
great move mr. manager.
taking out your struggling pitcher when he’s on the way to fixing himself just for a GIDP.
now enjoy more slumping from wang b/c he cannot be stretched.
sigh.
Only the Yankees could do this.
Any team with any bit of git whatsoever puts 5 runs on Hanson tonight.
Only the Yankees could let a guy off the hook this way.
Jeter has been terrible this week. Just awful. He’s killed way more rallies than Arod ever has with his DP’s. And always in the late innings.
ARE YOU KIDDING ME! ANOTHER DP! I would not be surprised if a triple play is coming for Jeter in the forseeable futute. Who cares about the past! Get a clutch hit
Jeter with ANOTHER GIDP. You’ve got to be kidding. It is like he is following a script.
I have always called him DJ. But now I feel it is appropriate to call him DP until he does something good.
I’m so excited to watch Joba pitch 5 innings tomorrow night! I hope he doesn’t walk anyone (or hit a batter) to force in a run.
Tomahawks thwart threat…
After Hanson’s hiatus…
Atlanta at dusk…
I’d like to take credit for that at 9:02
Haha, the only two people in this whole lineup that can hit is made to bat 7th and 8th.
Girardi is such a dumbass.
4-8-15-16-23-42 is a safe bet.
Derek “Double Trouble” Jeter has come through again.. But please do not start insulting the Captain. He will get his redemption later tonight.
“Kevin Long also said today that it’s basically non-existent as a pitch”
Hasn’t he got some non-existent bats he should be addressing?
I’m glad the yankees are using phil hughes in situations that don’t mean anything since he is one of their best pitchers right now
GOOD MANAGING!!!
“2:1 : Swing at 1st pitch
3:1 : GIDP
3:1 : basehit
4:1 : strikeout”
Looks like I was off by a bit. Should be:
2:1 : GIDP
3:1 : Swing at 1st pitch
3:1 : basehit
4:1 : strikeout
CAPTAIN DP!!!
You want Pete to knock off the stupidity, stop commenting. You feed the beast by commenting and it just keeps getting bigger.
Sorry for the double post.
Ugh, yet another DP.
Time is coming where there is there aren’t many places to hide Jeter is the order.
They may just have to bat him 8th and see if he can avoid hitting into DP’s from that spot in the order.
What an awful, awful offensive baseball team.
“I hope you people are soooo happy you were right.
Its disgusting”
sad isnt it, erica?
The Yankees made a mistake taking Phil Hughes out of the rotation…..how long do you baby Wang…Cash and Girardi have made some really questionable moves all season :/
Like anyone should be surprised anymore. Jeter is the worst lead off hitter in the game. Obviously batting him lead off doesn’t chnage the DPs. It is impossible for him to lift the ball.
Tomorrow’s line-up:
Pena at SS, Ranson at 3B and Cervelli at C…
do you think they could do any worse than the big 3 tonight?
Does Jeter ever get lift on the ball try to avoid some of those DPs. Goodness!
Another sparkling move by genius manager Joe Girardi. Wang is out after 62 pitches because of Joe’s stupidity and panic.
The story of this game is the lack of offense once again but the manager is doing them no favors. I said it weeks ago, I’ll say it again. Girardi should be fired. At this point he hurts the team more than he helps.
“What we witnessed in that incredible run, we may never see again”
No we probably won’t. But that won’t change what people expect.
Hanson is real good. No doubt front of the rotation stuff.
Pete, we get that you hate A-Rod. But are you ever gonna get on Jeter?
jeezus… what is going on with this team??
I was just going to switch to the Boston/Washington game, but saw that Yuse is in the game.
okay, what I don’t understand is that the pitch to Jeter was tailor made for his patented hit to RF. So instead of that, he takes a half-hearted swing that couldn’t possibly do anything other than be a worm-burner DP ball.
And now Hughes is wasted in a game that’s lost. Wow, this team is a total, unmitigated train wreck.
SJ, I hope you’re kidding about hitting Jeter 8th and having to hide him…..If this is even SJ
this offense is dismal… Wang not being able to finish didn’t help, but pretty sad all around.
Anyone know why Jeter is wearing a mouth guard and not chewing gum like usual?
joe needs to go now. look what it did to colorado
Jermaine D’Twan Monroe-Gibbons June 23rd, 2009 at 9:09 pm
Pete, we get that you hate A-Rod. But are you ever gonna get on Jeter?
The media loves Jeter!!
does this team remember how to hit?
“Hanson is real good. No doubt front of the rotation stuff.”
Seems like everyone we face has front of the rotation stuff. Please. The Yankees have a 200 million dollar payroll. I expect them to score 3 runs a game. Once in a while it’s ok to put up a zero but this has been going on for 2 weeks now. It’s pathetic.
Nat’s tied it up3-3 bottom of 6th 1 on 2 outs.C’mon Nat’s
fire the hitting coach if you are not going to fire the manager. something needs to change. the hitting is awful.
Jeter is an automatic ground ball to SS or 3B, with zero patience. The top of the lineup really lacks when Damon isn’t playing.
To be fair, the offense has all the pieces to work. Just look at their numbers. Through most of the year these guys have hit extremely well.
It’s just unfortunate and frustrating that all of them have gone into a slump at the exact same time.
Pete some of the time you are a great reporter. Other times you are just as panicky and dramatic as the rest of the hack NY sports writers out there. Bat Jeter 8th? Are you kidding? Look at his numbers this year, he’s one of the best two-way shortstops in the majors.
this is the fastest ive ever seen hughes throw…wow
Man Phil is nasty.
This is just how Hughes is going to be used – it’s not bad, but he is being wasted. It’s not a surprise – I expected Phil to pitch tonight.
Phil Hughes has good stuff
They need a shake-up on this team before we end up 10 games out by the All-Star Break.
I’m out of here, enjoy the game.
Damn, Hughes wants his job back.
Yankees should be playing 550 baseball with this team (if not better). They are playing 220 baseball in the last 2+ weeks.
Girardi – care for some answers?
Any chance Tony Pena can take over at the All Star break? Im disgusted already.
Wow Pete igniting the “Can Girardi” bonfire. Exactly what he’s been scolding all the posters about these past few weeks.
This is Brett Tomko time, with the game 3-1 on Sunday Hughes should be in when the Yankees are winning! Girardi was good for one thing his entire career, the triple in 1996 Game 6 against the Braves. He does not know how to manage and communicate and make common sense decisions
Yuuuuussssseeee the future closer. Forget Joba.
jeter is my favorite player, enough is enough thats three straight game he’s grounded out. dude can’t even hit the ball in the air.
jeter is my favorite player, enough is enough thats three straight game he’s grounded out. dude can’t even hit the ball in the air.
David Cone pitching coach please!
Geez, I go out for a second and I missed Phil already? I guess he looked good?
Youuuuuuuse. Chop Chop
so in a 3-1 game we use Tomko… in a 0-3 game we use Hughes
If you just turned on baseball this week you would think Tomko is a superior pitcher to Hughes
GREAT MANAGING
I just crapped my pull ons. Nationals tied the score.
Can I take back this post?
*Mo’sflatcutter*
*June 23rd, 2009 at 8:58 pm*
*Red Sox winning 3-2 in the 6th.*
*Yankees 5 back and fading faster and faster each day.*
I hate when I put my foot in my mouth. Thanks.
Hire Donnie!!!
Move shoulda been made 2 yrs ago……no brainer-Donnie is a true ball player, all players can relate to him…
I love seeing how much confidence Hughes has on the mound. Putting him in the bullpen and him pitching well has been really good for him so far.
Phil Hughes is the man!
Trevor, don’t even joke about that, lol!
I missed it because I was doing some stupid chore – how’d Phil get the outs? Thanks!
Ralphie D-
Sad isn’t even the word. Its really gross
“Kevin Long also said today that it’s basically non-existent as a pitch. Perhaps Hanson just doesn’t need it yet or doesn’t have confidence in it?”
Hanson’s throwns his change up 5% of all of his pitches which is a pretty good rate for a 4th pitch.
He throws his fastball 53% of the time. Slider 23%. Curve 19%. That’s a very even distribution of pitches (though he should probably use his fastball more).
Swisher 1 pitch, 1 out
Yankees offense is anemic.
They all have the memory capacity of a goldfish.
real smart putting the idiot in the 2 hole
atta boy Nick – keep taking those pitches
C’mon Nat’s,and Captain double play strikes again.
So Swisher, who is infamous for taking walks, has swung at the first pitch his last two at bats. I’m convinced that those guys just aren’t thinking up there.
Joey G would have trouble managing a local Target, let alone a professional baseball team.
Hughes throws his best game ever-8 scoreless at texas and genius Joe and Crapman put him in the pen……what a joke……Cash-you wouldnt trade Hughes for Johan but niw that he is actually humming, you authorize his use for 4 innings a week?????????????
Please………..
Girardi HAS to shake up this lineup. Its been 2 weeks now of pathetic offense.
Why is Gardner hitting 8th? AND he is only playing because Damon is hurt.
Lead him off. He is hitting & is the fastest guy on the team. Stick with him like the SOX did with Elsbury.
Flip-flop Tex & Arod so Arod gets better pitches to hit, if he still ain’t hitting after a few games sit him down for a while.
Take Cano out of the 5th spot. He is terrible with RISP. A great hitter with nobody on.
Take Swisher out of the 2 hole. He strikes out too much.
Wake up Joe, this lineup does not flow the way you have it & you KEEP putting it together the SAME way every day.
Pena should be managing this team. I guarantee he would shake things up.
WAKE UP!!
BENCH SWISHER if Damon can play tomorrow night.
Really, it’s just inexcusable now how many key mental mistakes he makes that just KILL this team.
He is facing a guy he has never seen. So what does he do? Swings at the first pitch! A guy who can’t throw a strike and the bases are loaded? Swings at the first pitch!
I thought this is a guy who was so patient he refused to swing even at strikes? Well I guess he can’t even do that anymore.
He dropped a routine fly ball twice, got doubled off on outright boneheaded baserunning, then has continued to swing at the fist pitch with runners on base against guys who can’t throw strikes.
This guy is unbelievably dumb. But oh wait he’s great in the clubhouse!!!! How about he actually plays some baseball?
I can’t see any reason why a pitcher would throw Tex a strike with A-Hip feably hitting behind him.
Swish has got to be kidding me. How many times in a row are you going to swing at the 1st pitch??? Girardi should have them at the stadium tomorrow earlier then usual taking BP and practice bunting. The outfield can also take fly balls. When is enough, enough for the manager?
Pete,
if Girardi’s seat is getting “warm”, who would even be thought of as his replacement?
Donnie Baseball? or were “his feelings hurt” by not getting the nod the first time
It really confuses me how GI Joe is using Yusssssse…I mean …couldn’t we have used him in FLA when it was a 1 R game ? this is borderline babying him, if he’s going relief give him bigger situations not meaningless down 3 – 0 situations, IDK just me.
this team seriously pisses me off, they are a bunch of losers with a loser of a coach.
Kevin Long needs to go. He has the title of “hitting coach”. It doesn’t matter if he has nothing to do with the problem, because it’s obvious he has nothing to do with the solution either. Maybe someone else will have a solution. But with the way the Yankees hit these young pitchers they haven’t seen, and with the way they’ve been hitting lately, it’s a mystery to me why Kevin Long still has a job. Start the “fire Girardi” talk after you at least shake things up a little and get rid of Long.
Pete,
Canning the manager right now accomplishes what exactly?
If you can tell me canning the manager will make them hit .300 with RISP and will have them stop hitting into 12-15 DP’s per week, I’d consider it.
You know what canning the manager now would accomplish? Nothing.
Will it make Arod be Arod pre-hip surgery?
Will it make Derek Jeter a non-GIDP hitting machine?
Will it make Nick Swisher an even average player?
Will it make Robbie Cano a better hitter with RISP?
It throws red meat to a fan base but, that’s it.
Tell ya what I would do.
I’d move Jeter down in the order to the 8 hole.
I’d tell Johnny Damon that if he can’t play, he goes on the DL because they need the roster spot.
I’d put Arod on the DL when they activate Ransom and give SERIOUS thought about shutting him down for the rest of the year and have the full blown hip surgery.
He can’t play at this level and help the team. If he has the full blown surgery, he’s 100% in 7 months.
They make poor judgments in medical areas most of the time. That said, I’d give serious thought to shutting him down because he is a shell of his former self.
Its more than just a slump. He can’t move and if you can’t move, you can’t possibly help the team.
Phil Hughes kicks arse
“if Girardi’s seat is getting “warm”, who would even be thought of as his replacement?”
Girardi’s seat isn’t warm. He’s there through the season. If they don’t make the playoffs, he’s done.
You should know that spending big money on players never works. I can’t remember the last professional franchise that spent a lot of money and won a championship. The Rangers lose every year, the Knicks lose every year, the Yankees lose every year. I’m talking about when only winning championships is acceptable. All three big New York teams have this problem.
I love it the Yankees sign the best players almost every off season and spend the most money WHICH SHOULD give them an edge over most of their opponents but they can’t beat these loser teams and all the optimists can come back with is you are all spoiled because of the 90s
What does it matter what ANY pitchers do if we can’t score a freaking run?
These guys are NOT good pitchers. He has walked 17 guys in 26.2 IP coming into tonight. And guess what our brilliant hitters have done?
SWING AT THE FIRST PITCH!
These hitters are unbelievably dumb. Lindstrom can’t throw a strike, Jeter hacks away. Hanson can’t throw a strike, Swisher hacks away. These guys can’t keep getting passes, they are KILLING the team right now.
BTW Colin Curtis 2 for 3, 2nd straight night w/ an XBH, Al looks lost, just lost. It’s going to take awhile but wow is he lost.
Swisher is just not an everyday player. When Nady comes back his playing time should dramatically be cut down.
Go with Gardner and Melky in the outfield a lot and Nady some of the time.
Swisher is best served on the bench.
We have a 200 million dollar payroll but we can’t go out a major league coaching staff?
* and hire
The Yankees are a laughing stock…
Honestly how much longer is it going to take for the team to see that Arod needs more days off and it isn’t “timing” anymore??
Perez Hilton is a disgrace to humanity.
Red Sox back ahead 4-3 in the 7th.
Yankees 5 back and fading fast, my friends, very fast.
BTW, nice inning by Swish, Tex and Arod! Clutch, very clutch.
pathethic, take jeter out of the game at least pena would give you a good at bat and play with heart. I hate seeing that dumb looking dissapointment expression on jeter’s face everytime he grounds out.
Matty C,
yeah, my thoughts exactly!
And Derek Jeter/Swisher/Robi/Georgy has been hurting us badly offensively, my god I hope they snap out of it in time.
Mosflatass –
Why do you seem so worried?
It feels like so long ago that the Yankees had a better record than the Red Sox and were 7 games up on the Rays.
Bring in Donnie Baseball!!
posada sucks, put in cervelli
all you optimists out there i’m not trying to be a pessimist but i am a realist and posada right now blows.
Who said A-hip?
Thats pretty funny
this is gonna come to a head fast if the yanks keep playing like this…i dont knw whats gonna happen but chances out its not gonna be pretty
The thing is…we hired Girardi to be the General he was in Florida…we didn’t take Mattingly because he was essentially Joe Torre without any experience which was pointless. So we hire Girardi and he’s the exact opposite of what we ordered. Inexperience with a
hintwhole lot of lack-luster. Then you add a new bandbox ballpark, 2 new owners who don’t really know what they’re doing and never really wanted the team in the first place…add a bunch of overpaid big names…most of which are well over 30…and you have the 2009 New York Yankees. It’s actually startling that they’ve won as many games as they have…Mo’sflatcutter,
Dude, why do you spend so much time on a yankees blog? Don’t you have a team to cheer for? How about any friends? May I suggest getting a dog to keep you company if you are that bored
Phil! It’s small consolation, but at least we are getting to see a star develop right in front of us
I like that name, “A-Hip.”
Fire Joe Girardi
Nobody was complaining about Jeter hitting leadoff when he during his hitting streak. Or when he was keeping the offense afloat while Alex was out.
We need Damon back quickly. I think Swisher loses his job as soon as Damon can play.
Cashman has to be stewing….even if Joe is in manager, the longer he puts up with the crap, the worse he’ll look too
I wonder how much longer Nady will need until he comes back? His arm can’t be worse than Damon or Swishs right now. Can’t they just bring him up for the Mets series, Swish needs to sit. Gardner should play over Melky. Right now the lineup is the 1-3 spots in the lineup. The bottom is doing absolutely nothing right now. Not having the DH hurts it even more.
nice play, tex!
This is painful to watch
Youuuuuuuuse is just a joy to watch. Right now the only joy.
i wonder what really goes through the mind of cashman these days…do you think hes calm or throwing his coffee at this assistant somewhere…soon it might be the latter, if not already
I think I started the A-Hip name with my 9:17 pm post?
Happiest day being a Yankee fan post the 96-2000 dynasty….AROD opting out of his contract and that’s saying alot since the Red Sox won the World Series that night as well….unhappiest day…when the Yankees resigned AROD to a ridiculous 10 year, 270 million dollar contract a few weeks later…that contract is a joke and will be an albatross for this team for sooo many years…..sorry but the Yankees will never win a World Series with AROD on this team….even if he has a good regular season, he will shrink and get too tense in the playoffs……I am a huge Yankees fan since the early 80’s and it pains me to watch this team and to make the AROD statement but there is too much proof not to believe it and when I try to out my finger on the problems with this team, offense, RISP hitting, Tex getting pitched around, Torre justifiably batting AROD 8th in the 06 playoffs, all signs point to the curse of AROD…..how quick would it take Steinbrenner and Cashman to do a do-over on that contract with AROD??
>You know what’s astonishing? The Yankees still lead the wild card.
Why is Hughes in the bullpen?!? Are we really going to continue to throw Wang out there to lose games??? When he’s terrible…he’s horrible…and when he’s at his best…he pitches JUST well enough to still lose. So what’s the point?? And the 2 games he’s had “quality” starts…were against a offenseless Nationals…and an offenseless Braves team. Any American League team with pop mushes his face in the dirt.
“Bring in Donnie Baseball!!”
What makes you think he can manage ? if anyone deserves a shot it is Tony Pena, that’s only if GI Joe doesn’t pan out, which right now it might be getting to a point that they have to shock this team.
FIRE KEVIN LONG AND DAVE EILAND IMMEDIATELY, THIS CAN’T GO ON ANY LONGER, THE YANKS ARE GOING TO MISS THE PLAYOFFS AGAIN IF NOTHING CHANGES.
Amazing here at the blog. They struggle through the first 1.5 months and then set the next 1.5 months on fire and everybody was back on the bandwagon. Now its back to square one with the idiots at the blog.
This team is QUALITY and will get out of their current funk. They have been winning series lately except for FLA which is exactly what they need to do. They can still take the next two games and today’s loss will be a memory.
Russ Salzberg is extremely annoying.
At least it is a quick game, I guess the Yanks have dinner plans.
more clutchness from King Cano. He gets the single when no one is on base and craps when it matters.
thank g-d I do not have the game…Jeter hitting DP’s at prodigous levels.
Swisher way to movce the runner to 3rd with 1 out in the 2nd or 3rd inning..
another crisp clutch game from the bombers.
arod is pathetic and we get 8 more yrs. of his crap.. this team right now is atrocious…
hit Gonzalez! Please, for the love of GOD!
C’mon youse guys ! Where’s the offense ?
I personally would love to ask Clueless Joe why
Tomko is thrown into meaningful situations, like when we have a 2 run lead and Phil “Gas” Hughes goes out when we are trailing by 3.
Does this make ANY sense? Am I missing something?
Wait, so your argument against Girardi is experience? Versus Mattingly? Okay.
I don’t even feel bad for Girardi if he gets fired. He’ll have another job before you know it. And before you laugh, Dusty Baker’s still managing. lol.
Oi, this Gonalez rocking is irritating.
this guy throws gas
1-2-3 inning
daver,
You must get credit then.
*Gives daver credit*
Is it just me or do the Yankees miss a lot of good pitches to hit?
Just a message to all of you…
I TOLD YOU SO!!!
Yankees are done. They’ll be out of 2nd place in a week, and these games will be utterly meaningless by mid-July.
You are saddled and burdened with Arod FOREVER, lol!! Nonstop failures in the clutch and nonstop fooling around with hookers and actresses. This goofball is the face of your team. When somebody mentions the Yanks, they’ll think of Arod and chuckle and shake their head.
Unless a new GM blows up this team, there will be no playoffs for the foreseeable future. Meanwhile, the Red Sox just keep cruising along, rewarding their fans with playoff baseball.
Enjoy the embarrassment that is Yankee baseball.
I TOLD YOU SO.
I had a dog. One of the times Dice-K pitched I got so made I threw the dog at the television and my mom punished me by taking the dog away. I have anger management issues.
If people are gonna rant, at least turn off the capslock key
Shocker, Cano swinging at EVERYTHING.
When will these idiot hitters get that you do not have success when you swing at EVERYTHING?
“Does this make ANY sense? Am I missing something?”
No it doesn’t make any sense.
m
13-15 is more lilting than “afloat”.
“You should know that spending big money on players never works. I can’t remember the last professional franchise that spent a lot of money and won a championship. The Rangers lose every year, the Knicks lose every year, the Yankees lose every year. I’m talking about when only winning championships is acceptable. All three big New York teams have this problem.”
I mean sure, unless you consider the Red Sox and the 2nd highest payroll in baseball in 07 and 04. Yeah, that guy Schilling he didn’t cost anything, Beckett either. What about Manny? He was cheap.
Come up with a better argument for our teams struggles pal?
If only George wasn’t senile…..Goodbye Joe
If the Yankees lose toinght, they will be 127-105 under Joe Girardi. That’s .547 baseball over 232 games worth of play. Even with all the injuries last season, that’s a joke of a record with the type of talent on the team. For the few idiots that are talking about being spoiled from the late ’90s team, get a clue. That talk is totally irrelevent. Evaluate the team based on its current roster and talent and make a conclusion that way. Bottom line, the team has drastically underperformed since Girardi took over and nothing seems to indicate that is going to change in the immediate future. They just can’t sustain playing winning and smart baseball.
This is not a good team.
Too much Homerun and Arod reliance. Gardner is the only guy who can grind….and he only plays every 10 days.
Wang has ruined 2009. Fire Girardi. Fire Cashman. Fire the Steinbrenners. Send Wang back to Taiwan, or better yet, trade him and a few others for someone who can hit the ball.
Carry on.
The Yankees are a laughing stock…this team is the epitome of embarrassment…
Clueless Joe couldn’t manage a Hot Dog Stand
Maybe we can get David “Fat Bastard” Ortiz for A-Rod in a trade… idiot
NO HYPE,
we are mad b/c they are making bonehead decisions, not just the manager, but the players themselves, which really have nothing to do with the talent of actually hitting a fastball. It’s not a bandwagon, that is what this blog is for, to vent!!!
you figure cano would get a hit there no one is on base!!!
this team is gutless ….
who do i dislike more swisher and his stupidty on the bases, arod and the crap that surrounds him, or cano and his 333 OBP, never coming thru.
such a hard decision……
What a crazy delivery…
This could be the 7th time in the last 8 games that the Yankees have given up 3 runs or less to the opposition but the Yankees would be just 3-4 in those 7 games. This against 3 below .500 teams.
Joe your team,Muy Mal,7 innings and no score!
I think its time to make a statement girardi toight. Get on your players, scream and fight for the best out of them.
Mo hasn’t pitched in a week
It amazes me how Mo’sflatcutter still has not been banned by Pete, I mean it is his blog right ?
Axl,
ok, I think you’ve said enough!
Posada. Stupid.
Really was thinking Robbie made huge strides this year and was getting it. Taking pitches. Now we are back to Robbie being Robbie. Every pitch is a hitable pitch to him no matter what it is. Free swinging all over the place. When they started to play well, everyone started having quality long at bats. Now they have reverted to this mess. And it is all of them. Tex carried them for a while, but they are a mess at the moment. Nice to waste Hughes tonight for some unknown reason instead of some meaningful spot. What the heck is the kids role at this point, middle relief, late, mop up duty???
hey they can rest mo for another game!!!!whiptydoo.
that is why using tomko in a game that matters is stupid
4Ks and an error, and Girardi just gave him the look of death.
Denise,
Its amazing how quickly people can think the season is over and all these players suck. A-Rod will be back to form post All Star break… mark my words
I could smell Jorge’s stench from here in Scranton
And Posada swinging at garbage in the dirt and doesn’t even run to first.
When will Girardi assert control over this team?
They are continuously going out there with no focus, and no effort. Who can respect a manager who lets his players get away with that?
“This team is QUALITY and will get out of their current funk. They have been winning series lately except for FLA which is exactly what they need to do. They can still take the next two games and today’s loss will be a memory.”
Swept by the Red Sox, won 2 of 3 cuz Castillo cant catch, lost 2 of 3 against the worst team in baseball, lost 2 of 3 to the pathetic Marlins, getting blanked today with Mr. 100 pitch 4 innings going tomorrow night
Are you even paying attention to the Yankees this year?
And Posada strikes out for the 4th time, I haven’t caught the whole game, but I think that’s at least his 3rd K on a low, low curveball. Good to know our all-star veterans can make those adjustments. Put Cervelli in for Christ’s sake, plz. At least the dude has some potential. I’m super stoked about Jorge being under contract for 2 more years by the way.
Mo’sflatcutter,
I just hope you are around here when this slump ends. I definitely think you are one of those fans that just talks when things are going bad. Please have the balls to be here in a couple months.
peter loves when the yanks stink, it is glee in his posts.
the watch for girardi to get fired!!!!
blah blah blah.. For a guy who has seen thousands of games peter knows very little….
Posada loves the dirt, why even bother to run to 1st base? Posada is too cool for that. When will there be a “GI Joe” meeting after the game telling them they are an embarrassing joke?
Pete, this team doesn’t deserve to lead to the Wild Card. I’d rather just give it to another team. or wait the yankees are already doing that
Pete’s banned other posters for a lot less than this clown has done. I don’t it either. Didn’t Pete tell us last season he would ban trolls who came around just to make trouble?
matty,
yes i am and some of those losses you know could have just as easily been wins. the only win that should have been a loss was the met game
Posada showing his “fire” and “leadership” by not running to first base there.
The funny part is that the Nats, Marlins and Braves of the world think that they’ve actually accomplished something by beating us. That’s like bragging when you when a fight with someone who’s in a wheelchair.
No Hype, have you seen anything that shows Arod is getting better
you actually think he is going to be back to his old self by the all star break. you are a joke
Let’s hope this abomination called game 70 is the bottom
Youuuse for 1 more?
What is the point in him pitching today? Just seems like a waste. Oh well
pete: can we PLEASE ban this jackass flatcutter?
This is just tough to watch. No one was even close to hitting Gonzalez. I love posada but this could be one the top 10 worst games I’ve ever seen him play. Has an error in their one big inning and just looks like a complete fool at the plate.
Enjoy your Golden Sombrero, Senor Posada.
Thanks for nothing.
Boston 4 wash 3 top of 7th,2 on 2 outs
its baffeling how an entire team (for the most part)…can be in such a terrible offensive slump..with the good pitching they have gotten recently you would of thought they would of demolished the nl…baseball is the only sport were somehthing like this can happen…its not like the lakers are gonna go 7 games when they score 70 points a game…or the giants are gonna score 7 points a game…
Yes, here’s my argument…
The Rangers lose every year, the Knicks lose every year, the Yankees lose every year. I’m talking about when only winning championships is acceptable. All three big New York teams have this problem.
The Red Sox never had a “winning championship only” mantra.
This team just does not show up some nights. It’s incredible that the Manager does nothing while his team continues to flounder.
And stop with the “but they still lead the wild card!!” You do realize that if they lose tonight, they are no longer in sole possession of first place in the wild card?
If they don’t start winning games, and fast, they are going to BURY themselves. This is June, not April. You play like this for 3 weeks, and you are going to fall off the top, and that’s what’s happening.
If this team doesn’t turn it around soon, they will end up putting themselves in too deep a hole. If they can’t beat the Red Sox and are over 5 games out, how do you think they are going to come back and have any shot at the division? This team might have taken themselves right out of the division race with this recent stretch.
4-9 in their last 13 if they lose after tonight, and a 6 game swing in the standings. Only the Yankees could just give away everything they’ve built up over the entire season.
Jorge should be benched for not running to first. Bad days happen, but not running to first is inexcusable.
I’ve got a new team cheer for us losers:
A-Hip! A-Hip! Jorge!
This team went into the crapper the minute Jorge Posada came back from the DL.
If you don’t believe me, look at the stats since he’s been back and the time he was gone.
Him and Wang should fly to Taiwan together and read books.
Pete is being awfully harsh on wang considering he was only at 62 pitches.
Wangs specialty is depth, something he was well on his way to giving today but girardi thought it was smart to pinch hit.
He isn’t someone thats gonna be lights out. he could have easily given us 7IP
At least against the Nats and Marlins they mailed in innings 1 threw 6 but then tried to make a game of it. I guess after the 3rd inning today they just said forget it.
Cliff the guy’s a Red Sox fan. Why would you want him around at all? Here’s a P.S. for you. He heads for the hills when the Red Sox are losing or the Yankees take a lead. He comes back around if the Yankees fall behind. He pulls disappearing acts multiple times in every game depending on what the score is. He’s a horse’s ass.
WC is meaningless at this point. This team in its current state will be eaten alive in the playoffs.
The Red Sox have no talent…it’s all luck over there. Nobody is ever injured over there…they fake injuries when guys are in slumps and aren’t as lucky as the rest are during a stretch…
Nick Greene is hitting through his shoes as their 3rd string SS…nuff said.
The Yankees are the unluckiest team in baseball. Perhaps the curse was actually reversed…it’s just unexplainable and doesn’t make any sense…
KO,
Cash has to feel like an arse now!
Mosflatcutter –
2 weeks ago we were up 1 game on you and you had beaten us 5-0. What does THAT tell you? Again, we were UP 1 game and you had beaten us 5-0.
It means you’re really not a good team, either.
Tell Theo I hope he enjoys sending those residual checks to Matt Clement. Oh, and I bet John Henry enjoys signing those Julio Lugo checks, too. Maybe not as much as he likes twittering about Yankee players he couldn’t sign, though.
See your team in October. All bets are off.
John,
The fact that he is A-Rod is enough for me to make that statement.
Let’s hope the Yankees get out of this hitting funk before the Mets series. Imagine how embarassing it would be if a lineup of Jeter, Tex, Damon, Arod, Posada, Cano, etc. scored fewer runs than the Mets AAA lineup (which has a total of 16 homeruns)?
It would seem to me that it’s time for a team meeting. Girardi needs to do something to get them out of this funk.
It amazes me how Mo’sflatcutter still has not been banned by Pete, I mean it is his blog right ?
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Agreed. That thing is like queen of the trolls, yet still around here posting. Whatever.
I thought Pete said ZERO TOLERANCE on trolls.
I think maybe Posada needs a rest day too.
Ok I have a bizarre thought
could Moflatcutter BE PETE??
“The Red Sox never had a “winning championship only” mantra.”
But the Knicks did???
FYI, I have been banned for insulting Pete, so just try to bait the dude into bashing Pete and not the Yanks
This team put together a great stretch this season with everything clicking. They were bound to struggle, but good teams keep afloat and pull out games regardless against weak opponents. One more game against the Nationals and the Marlins or someone and they don’t look as bad. But no runs again tonight? I mean they need something to kick them back into gear. What or who that might be? And it’s the offense right now. So can’t say they don’t have enough hitters, but their at bats are now putrid. The keys to the Nats series was not working pitchers to get to the pen. Easy outs by plenty in this lineup make it easy on the starting pitching. First pitch swinging hasn’t worked at all of late other than for the opposing pitcher. And how many guys fight off quality pitches on this team?
“This team went into the crapper the minute Jorge Posada came back from the DL.”
Yeah I think he’s the one who ended the Yankees errorless streak too.
No Hype breaking out the moral victories card
We should have won those games!!!
It’s still early.
It’s only June.
There’s more than 1/2 the season still to be played.
Yeah…
Ok I have a bizarre thought
could Moflatcutter BE PETE??
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lol
You never know..
Mark,
I sure as hell dont want him around. Just hoping he can come around and take it when things even out. Then again, this is the internet and people can hide behind stupid nicknames like Mo’s Flatcutter
Troll incite fans and make fans of a blog want to post more so they can “get back” at the troll. It would be smart if Pete was to let the troll stay.
A-Rod may be in the biggest slump of his career and pitchers are still throwing FBs 2-3 mph faster to him than the other Yankees. Not sure what that says but it says something.
I love how people like to get on the Yanks for not developing their own players yet when I look at the box score right, pitiful as it might be, I see that the only guys on our team with hits have only been yankees and the only guys to have pitched are yankees through and through.
“Ok I have a bizarre thought
could Moflatcutter BE PETE??”
Maybe he is.
rest day? they had off yesterday!!! that’s their rest day. this garbage is barely watchable right now.
It’s a real shame that aside from Tomko, the bullpen has been lights out for quite some time now. If the offense was doing what it did in May, the Yankees would be steamrolling through teams right now.
NO HYPE,
you do realize the Allstar Break is like in less than 2 weeks? You think A=Rod is back to form that quick? only with some “help” maybe!!! lol
can they fire Joe Girardi already this is just a friggin disgrace. look at the blue jays under their new manager and try and tell me the manager makes no difference
Use Robertson for the umpteenth game in a row, and let Mo rot in the pen and not maintain his sharpness.
Brilliant.
Sorry Pete, I don’t believe you anymore about this Robertson clown.
Send him back to Single A!
ATL announcers just said that AL baseball is not real baseball.
look at the jays? their record is barely better than it was this time last year. i think.
shutout by the nationals, and a rookie pitcher and the atlanta bullpen
So disgusted.
this team really sucks…this is getting painful to watch. But for some reason I can’t stop watching…
I already am calling one more GIDP by potentially Jeter to end this game. That’s how confident I am right now. I don’t think this team is a bad team, but it certainly is a far ways away from being a great team like I thought they could be. There are only a few great teams right now so getting to that elite level isn’t that far, but they need to pull together again as this is pathetic. The fact that they are still in the wild card lead is shocking. The issue was they could have put the Jays and Rays far behind and instead have let them right back in the race right on top of them.
Serious Question- does anybody know where Kevin Long lives? I would like to make a low-ball offer on his house right after he gets fired. There are great deals to be had; just need to know where to look for them.
It’s amazing how so much talent can all hold hands and drown themselves all at the same time…and it’s not just the offense…the pitching makes sure they’re a part of it too…
Doesn’t make any sense at all…it’s really insane. This is why I think there must be a curse…it’s just not possible
bring in tony larussa next year.
Robertson strikes him out! 4-0 Braves end of 8.
This young guy is pitching his but off for the team.He was quoted as saying bull pen beats being in the minors for him!
He does the Yankees proud.
BAL 8 FLA 6 TOP OF THE 9TH 2 ON
jays are 5 games over right now
this day last year they were 5 games under
When did we last see mo?
WE WANT TORRE
Somethings gonna have to happen… and soon.
If Toronto holds on to win, we’ll be tied for 2nd. Jeezus.
By the way – SJ made the point re: Damon – if you’re not well enough to play, hit the DL so we can get fresh body on the roster.
Anyone who read the chapter in Torre’s book knows what this is all about. This is Damon’s mantra – perform just well enough to get that B- in class, blow off an exam or two, make some appearances, “survive”.
Damon’s all about just surviving for that next contract. I know it’s interleague, and he has no wing in the field, but man up if you want that 2 year deal Damon and grab a damn bat.
We could be in 3rd place by ASB. 400 million dollars later.
vito B, it is like a really bad car accident. even though it is horrible to see, you just have to watch
“ATL announcers just said that AL baseball is not real baseball”
So the only real baseball that’s played in the world is MLB’s National League?
Okay….
Its been 1 week since Mo has pitched.
if girardi ever gets fired and the yankees would continue to play badly…id love to see everyone who wants him gone here saying they were wrong…im not saying it wouldnt matter but to be so sure is idiotic
Roped off Robertson…
Hammered towards Hank Aaron Drive…
McCann’s Tomahawk…
Listen guys, this is looking pretty grim. They are in quite the slump right now but if the season ended today they would be in the playoffs. This slump cant last forever. The whole lineujp is slumping at the same time.
I know the Phillies have some injuries right now but they just went 1-8 on their homestand. Last year when they won the World Series they put together some pretty terrible stretches as well. At this time last year the Phillies lost 10 of 12 and we all know how their season turned out.
It is a long season folks. Stick with the team!
Laura,
Are you watching on mlb.tv? If you are, you can change the feed to Kay and Singie. Or are you tryin to avoid them?
Pete,
and do you really thing Joe G will stand up to Posada for not running? no way, I seriously doubt it
No life to this team….. if the Yankees are so intent on keeping Joba in the rotation – a clear sign they don’t care about this season as much as player development – than call up some other guys too.
Damon cannot play the field. Swisher stinks. A-rod should go have surgery and get it over with. Bring up Austin Jackson and some other guys. I’m all for Shelley Duncan (another poor OF but he has pop and brings enthusiasm).
Time for some major changes.
Hey look – Boston’s winning… wonder what that feels like. Been so long.
Honestly if Girardi doesn’t have a meeting after this game and get angry then he deserves to be fired. This BS has gone on for way too long. The outfielders poor play, no situational hitting, bad base running, mailing in innings 1 threw 6, and just lazy play. Sonner or later Girardi is going to have to show the team up or he will be looking for his 3rd job in 3 years. Girardi claimed to be this no BS, fire guy and I haven’t seen any of it.
I think there’s a very good chance the Yankees finish in 4th place this year…they’re too old and careless to climb out of these holes they dig for themselves anymore…the mainstays were younger back in the day and now they’re old as dirt and the new guys dont care about anything but money
The Yankees are the only team in the world who could lose to the Nationals at home and have that not even be the low point in the season.
Cliff,
I don’t anyone is abandoning the team! I know, I for one, am addicted to it, good or bad; I’m sure the rest on the blog are pretty much the same.
Cue the 3 run rally that falls flat at the last second, just to tease us…
“im not saying it wouldnt matter but to be so sure is idiotic”
RalphieD, I thought you were all about the OPPC and being about love and the sun coming tomorrow and what not?
How come Girardi is on the hot seat when Kevin Long should get the ax before him?
The offense has always been woefully inconsistent under Long. In 2007, the offense was ice cold until July. Last season, the offense never got going.
I always thought one of the major reasons for Long being the hitting coach was his relationship with A-Rod. Now his buddy A-Rod isn’t even hitting, WHY IS HE STILL HERE?
where was he looking for the ball?
Is Mariano Rivera still on this team?
UPDATE, 9:37 p.m.: Posada didn’t even bother to run to first base. Pretty grim. Unless something changes, the Yankees will have lost nine of their last 13.
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not cool
“Doesn’t make any sense at all…it’s really insane. This is why I think there must be a curse…it’s just not possible”
No such thing as curses, just bad teams. You were brainwashed by the Yankees marketing spin machine to think this was going to be a good team, the fact is they are old, slow and no longer feared by anyone in either league.
was out with the nephews checking in on the cell – was it as bad as it appeared? every inning runner on and every inning nothing ot show for it
ok that was literally right down the center of the plate and belt high
Hey Gardie try taking the bat off your shoulder instead of looking at 2 straight fastballs…
Donnie Baseball….Donnie Baseball…………..Donnie Baseball……..Donnie BAseball
What is going on with these hitters?
Gardner stands there and takes strike 3 right over the plate. Then you have idiots like Swisher who can’t lay off the pitch.
Have you ever seen a team where 1 guy slumping means 9 guys slump every time? Are these guys really this mentally weak?
Every year the Yankees have an excuse for why the season wasn’t a success. I wonder what this year’s excuse will be?
Mariano who? sooner or later he is going to need to get some work in
nobody is playing for joe anymore.i think joe’s lost it.just look at posada he clearly wants joe fired.
it’s like they are all sleepwalking!! and Girardi too
So um, whats our record when posada was on the DL?
what is our record since he came back?
If anyone has these numbers let me know
they have left an entire football team on base!
Getting shut out against the Nats and Braves..priceless
This is absolutely insane…
“Hey look – Boston’s winning… wonder what that feels like. Been so long.”
It feels like the sun shining, which is also something fairly rare these days in the northeast.
evolution that is actually a good point they started to slump when jorge came back. i doubt it was actually him though
June 23rd, 2009 at 5:38 pm
Jacob told me he likes
PHI , LAD , HOU and TOR
*He also likes the under in the OAK/SF GM*
—-This team could depress a clown—-
nats, braves and marlins
Here comes the GIDP
EVERY team in our division gains on the Yankees tonight.
Jeter’s up….top of the 9th…runner on 1st…1 out….
GIDP???
here comes the game ending dp
GIDP to end the game?
Wow these guys need a change of scenery and attitude like asap.
Bases loaded twice and nothing, Management has to do something now or they’ll get the boot.
Wish Steinbrenner would have one of those famous meeting ala old days.
The pitcher did that on purpose for the Jeter tailor made DP…
comeon jeter just ground into a double play
No DP Please
“They are in quite the slump right now but if the season ended today they would be in the playoffs. ”
…and out in 3 games.
The only good thing about this is that the yanks will soon find themselves free of the flaming pile of dog doo that is Kevin Long. Good luck finding another job buddy- you deserve it. You couldnt teach a fish to swim. I personally hope you get another job real soon as it will only benefit the yankees.
PS- you are lucky Big Stein probably thinks its 1981 otherwise you would have been gone long ago. I hope your wife kicks you in the nuts
The Yankees have not had an In-Season managerial change since 1990. Bucky Dent was 18-31, and Stump Merrill took over and went 49-64 the rest of the way.
rays will not gain, the phillies are killing them
What is wrong with this famished offense?
Can you imagine if Jeter grounds out to end the game?
“evolution that is actually a good point they started to slump when jorge came back. i doubt it was actually him though”
Yeah everyone gives posada the benefit of the doubt, i did too for a little. But even when posada was nearing a return i was afraid what posada would do to the team chemistry. He’s really old school and uptight its sad.
Its pretty clear to me now. Its not just a coincidence how much of a slump we’re in since posada has returned.
Time for a GIDP to end this one. The disadvatage of having Jeter hitting
leadoff at this stage of his career.
Ok at least it wasn’t a dp
close
“EVERY team in our division gains on the Yankees tonight.”
Really? yeah the rays aren’t getting their skulls beat in or anything.
of course, why not? line it to the 2nd baseman
DJ tried his hardest to get that DP
You can NOT be seriously scoreboard watching on June 23rd..
This season can be saved.. But not with this horrible manager.
jeter looks way more frustrated than usual. even the captain is showing the frustration. this is bad.
My goodness. Are we really this bad?? When does it end??
Interesting. Jeter hit it in the air to the second baseman…just missed the ole GIDP.
Girardi is such a nice guy…letting Berroa pinch run as a consellation prize for his service.
It is a miracle or holiday when Jeter actually gets the ball out of the field. I am surprised Berroa didn’t start running to 2nd to get doubled off. Nothing surprises you anymore.
Another ugly loss. Can’t really blame Wang again, as the whole team hasn’t done much the past few series. It’s like they’ve reverted back to their poor early season mode.
The Yanks are on fire…going down in flames!
The NL East has unapologetically took a $hit all over the Yankees.
Fun stuff. No, really.
Way to leg it out, Swish, ya TOOL.
I cant wait to see Donnie manning the helm….a true winner…. a manage who understands the modern day player.
Do you think Donnie will be the Mgr by the all star break? Sooner?
Girardi is DONE
Swisher. He walks with the best of em.
well, there you have it….shutout pitching by who???
Wang is out after 62 pitches? Wow, Girardi needs a win so badly and it’s Yankees hitters who can’t hit any rookie starter.
I guess Hughes will start next time and Wang to the bullpen.
shutout again
can they please fire this bum girardi already
Arod is praying he doesnt come to the plate as the tying run.
His Maybach is waiting with Kate Hudson.
“The only good thing about this is that the yanks will soon find themselves free of the flaming pile of dog doo that is Kevin Long.”
I agree. I’m tired of hearing it isn’t his fault. You know what, it probably isn’t his fault. BUT, he has no answers. He hasn’t had answers for years now. Enough is enough, try someone new. At this point, I fail to see how in any way it could hurt if they get rid of Long. What, instead of making average rookie pitchers look like second ballot hall of famers they’ll make them look like first ballot?
Our pitching has been amazing. The offense has been sad.
IDK what happened to the swagga this team had but someone find it quick.
Lovely
Yanks lose
as Bay hits a 2 run single with the bases loaded Sox go up 6-3
life is grand
That’s all folks
Sucky baseball team.
3rd place this season.
Draft picks coming our way in 2010.
at least swisher didnt so lol
Rachel,
Braves could have cared less if Berroa stole 3rd! it was only one guy on the bases when they were up 4-0
girardi overmanaged himself tonight by pinch hitting for wang while he’s at 62 pitches
Posada’s become such a bitter old man. He’s probably pissed because Tex stole his future spot at first base. He’ll be a DH soon enough…
Call up Mike Dunn and Cody Ransom. DFA Tomko and Berroa. Trade Juan Miranda and George Kontos for Huston Street.
Ok, HOW PATHETIC IS THIS TEAM, I MEAM THIS OFFENSE?
Another shut out against a MEDIOCRE pitcher. MEDIOCRE. A guy who throws 92 mph with a breaking ball he can’t throw anywhere near the strike zone.
What is the excuse tonight? “I tip my cap to the pitcher.” Are these guys serious? These opposing pitchers are TERRIBLE.
Other than Josh Johnson, they have not faced a pitcher they should have scored less than 5 runs off of in the last week. 3 runs or fewer, 6/7 games, and 2-4. That’s just PATHETIC.
If you lose these games now while your pitchers are on fire, you are digging yourself a HUGE hole.
Don’t look now, but they probably just LOST THE DIVISION in this stretch. 5 games out and falling, with them unable to win a single game against Boston. Don’t look now, but no longer on top of the wild card by ourselves.
If this team does not win games, and soon, they will bury themselves. Plain and simple. This is not April, you can’t mess around and say it doesn’t matter anymore. It matters, and if you don’t stop playing like total crap, you will be out of the race faster than you can blink.
shut out by the braves. this team blows.
Evolution – Charles Darwin called. Said you were in the bathroom when the brains were handed out.
who kills our errorless streak? posada
when do we start slumping? when posada returns from the DL
who doesn’t run out a grounder? posada
he totally butchered a play today airmailing a throw into cf? posada
Well that was exciting. Come on Joe, instead of hat tipping it is time to tell the team how horrible they are. Show some of that “fire” you pretended to have..
“I cant wait to see Donnie manning the helm….a true winner…. a manage who understands the modern day player.”
No offense but since when was Donnie Baseball a winner ?
And IMO Tony Pena would be better than him as a manager, I have still yet to see any evidence of great managing from Donnie, this is like saying Scottie Pippen would be a great NBA coach, prove it in the minors first.
Three to go, down four…
Three of four tamed by the Tribe…
Atlanta at night…
Shake up…
Bring up Shelly…or JRod…
We need a spark!
EvoLuTioN June 23rd, 2009 at 10:00 pm
girardi overmanaged himself tonight by pinch hitting for wang while he’s at 62 pitches
Doesn’t matter, we didn’t score any runs. Game over regardless of who stayed in, or who sat down.
Who would be surprised if as soon as the offense gets back to hitting, the pitching stops looking so good?
Losing to the Braves is unacceptable. They are bums, we are not but we’re playing like them.
The knock on Girardi in Florida, was his misuse of the young pitchers. For Girardi to get fired, it would have to be like the perfect storm. like being swept by Atlanta, and the Mets, then being like 8 game sout of first before the ASB. The team would have to practically lay down and quit on the manager. Could that be what’s happening here?
This team looks horrible. Absolutely horrible. Can’t even scratch in one run with all those opportunities?
They need something to shake them up. Anything.
Its getting to a point where you are shocked when they manage to get a win.
11 games over .500 to 6 games over within what, 10 days?
And why, exactly?
Did we lose our top two pitchers? Our top sluggers?
No and no.
We just sucked, and that is on the players alone.
Bench Posada.
Bench A-Hip.
Pete,
your thoughts on the state of the blog?
In all seriousness what’s the harm in firing Kevin Long? I mean, are they going to fire him and then get shut out twice in 2 weeks? Are they going to score less than 18 runs in the past 7 games? Whats the worse that can happen? They cant possibly do any worse…
Posada on DL-5/5/09 to 5/29/09
Yankees record:
W-14 (9 game win streak)
L-8
Since he’s been back:
W-11
L-11
Actually not as bad as I thought…but getting a golden sombrero is not helping him any.
“Trade Juan Miranda and George Kontos for Huston Street.”
I love this common sense, B/c Colorado who is in the playoff hunt are desperate to trade thier closer, RIGHT ? I don’t expect you to respond to this post b/c it’d take a good arguement and you haven’t made a good point.
i dont know why i come back here all the time…its more pathetic reading some of these comments than watching the yankees play…why is mattingly a for sure good mangager? because he was a yankee his whole career? because his nick name is “donnie-baseball”?….guy never managed in his life..what makes anybody think he could handle the biggest coaching job in pro sports?..not saying he cant but who knows? none of you thats for sure
yea clowns it is girardis fault . how stupid are you?
how about arods fault that he sucks. or cano’s fault that he cannot hit with RISP. or wangs fault for falling off a cliff.
nah blame it on the manager, aT LEAST for you einsteins it is a move up from your usual balem it on the pitching coach or hitting coach.
the yanks are pitching well the last 2 weeks did eiland just get smarter???
damon with his injury bs is old, swisher with his overall stupidy and inability to get the bat on the ball is getting old, arod is his suckiness is getting old, jeter doing the GIDP thing, posada nice game tonight, may gardner and melky are refreshing playters and that comment is scary.
tex has stopped hitting…
this team right now is a wreck…and it is not cashmans fault or girardi it is the players fault.
mo has not pitched in 7 days, lucky we used tomko the other day because what would the yhave done in the 8th or 9th. i say worry about that when you get there..
let’s toast to the clutch hitting on this team it is a pleasure to watch day in and day out…
“who kills our errorless streak? posada
when do we start slumping? when posada returns from the DL
who doesn’t run out a grounder? posada
he totally butchered a play today airmailing a throw into cf? posada”
how many years does posada have left in his contract???
“I have still yet to see any evidence of great managing from Donnie”
Haven’t seen it from Joe G either.
Bad loss this team cant hit with RISP unless its hitting a homerun. Jeter is hitting into too many double plays lately.
the 9 game win streak and the errorless streak while posada was on the DL says a lot.
“Braves could have cared less if Berroa stole 3rd! it was only one guy on the bases when they were up 4-0″
My point was I wouldn’t be surprised if another runner got doubled off or thrown out running the bases. Nothing surprises you with this team anymore..
I don’t think you can call Hanson a Mediocre pitcher, the guy was the best pitching prospect possibly in all of baseball. But when you face a young pitcher and they had as many walks and men on base as they had, you have to make a guy pay no matter who he is. Like I said the quality at bats are gone. Robbie has become swing happy. Posada hasn’t looked good at the plate for a while. Arod is lost. Tex has cooled, but how could he keep up that pace for so long. Damon out. Melky seems to be getting a bit better again and Gardner has hit well. Somewhere Derek needs to get a big hit in one of these games to jumpstart something. He has had his opportunities and come up small as well. It just amazes me with this team for the last years that no matter who is in the lineup they seem to all struggle through a big part of the season all at the same time.
SJ44,
Your last comment makes no sense. Jeter was in the position to GIDP at the end of this game because of what happened after the first at-bat of the game. # of batters faced determine who bats in the last inning, not whether Jeter hits first or second. 3 less baserunners and he might not have even been up in the 9th. A few more baserunners and he might’ve come up in the 8th.
That’s right Girardi, Rodriguez went 0 for 4, and something like 3 for his last 30, and you just go ahead and leave him in the clean up spot.
Makes all kinds of sense!
Wow, what a disappointment this guy turned out to be as a manager.
“how many years does posada have left in his contract???” unfortunately too many.
The Yanks are really rallying around their manager, huh?
Face it, whatever Girardi is selling, they’re not buying.
The Yankees are a good team playing awful, inexcusable baseball. Period. Sure, they have time to turn it around, but a third week of this kind of play, and we’re all going to have to face the simple fact that this isn’t the year.
Lose the series to Atlanta and the Mets, and honest to God, I would be behind the firing of Girardi. Not because I think this is his fault, but because SOMETHING has to be done, and really, at this point, that’s all there is.
the thing is that we try to hit a homerun every time we get risp. boston players just hit after hit. we suck rite now. we will turn this thing around soon. i hope
I’m watching the Nats-Sox, 4-3 Sox. The Nats announcers were talking about how random Sox hitters are more dangerous than the Yankees’ high-priced hitters, because the Sox hitters play as a team and just try to get the ball in play (instead of trying for Grand Slams and grounding out like the Yankees). Almost on cue, Jason Bay hits a single, hit, hit, hit, hit…. all of a sudden the Sox are up 10-3.
“That’s right Girardi, Rodriguez went 0 for 4, and something like 3 for his last 30, and you just go ahead and leave him in the clean up spot. ”
You’d think that Girardi would have noticed when Francona stopped coddling Ortiz, the Sox started winning.
PS. A-Rod’s average is now below Ortiz’s.
Hey Stuart, I do blame Girardi for not being able to motivate his players. These players need a kick in the pants, and Arod needs an effing curfew.
I sincerely hope that Girardi ripped Arod a new one for partying in Miami until 3 am, before a game when he was supposed to be resting…
“Haven’t seen it from Joe G either.”
Still doesn’t change the fact I haven’t seen it from Donnie B-Ball. Really don’t understand that point, Donnie B-Ball a good manager really ? I mean really ?
It’s scary how similar this season is to last year.
This team goes as ARod goes. The only time this season they have played to their potential was when he first came back. He was hitting an occasional home run, and the rest of the team fed off it. Then he went into a slump and now the whole team’s in a slump. The rest of the clutchless clowns can’t make up for his slump of a season so far. Face it, we have a black hole in the middle of our lineup, which puts even more pressure on everyone else, and we’ve all seen in recent years how these guys respond to pressure. Not. Well.
Something has to be done to shake this team up, and you can’t fire 25 guys, though they deserve it.
pinch hitting for wang was absolutely the right move. dwon by 3 top of the 6th, man on base.down 3 to 0..
anyone who thinks that was a bad move is a moron.
doris you just said why not fire long, can’t hurt…what will it accomplish? Make you and the other morons feel better? how about make moves for a reason not so spoiled moron fans feel better!!!!!!!!!!!
I can’t believe Wang is 0-6. Before this season he had one of the highest winning % in Yankees history and never lost more than 2 decisions in a row.
So, Youuuuse looked great tonight.
(That’s all I got)
Girardi is going nowhere. Long is going nowhere. Eiland is going nowhere.
Stop with all the idiotic mini-Steinbrenner overreactions.
That’s the way the 1980s Yankees were run and I don’t recall this team winning anything during that time.
Best I can say in terms of any kind of hope is that the Red Sox were 10 games out in August in 2004 and ended up winning it all.
It’s dismal I agree but you can’t abandon ship in June.
Enough with the Sox comparisons- its not a fair fight. Like comparing Gisele to Suzyn Waldman
Hey Girardi,
Pull a Torre and switch Arod and Tex.
Thank you,
Someone who cares about winning.
We always hear what a great leader Jeter is, the greatest leader in sports, etc.
Let’s see him rally around the players and motivate the offense then….
Another great game by the Yankees who are now tied for second with the Toronto Blue Jays. The same Blue Jays team that is missing Halladay, in which the only “ace” they have is the big bird that runs around the field doing cartwheels for the crowd. Remarkable.
Bad loss this team cant hit with RISP unless its hitting a homerun. Jeter is hitting into too many double plays lately.
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lately?
kinda, like the last 3 years?
“I sincerely hope that Girardi ripped Arod a new one for partying in Miami until 3 am, before a game when he was supposed to be resting…”
Do you know how many players do this ? WTH LOL …
Seeing as there has been no offense since the Santana game, I can totally understand why he pinch hit for Wang. It was in the 6th, people. Not the 2nd, not the 3rd, the 6th. In the 6th you play to score, not preserve the bullpen.
You all know now, why Texas actually PAID THE YANKEES to take AROD THE CHILLER!
This team will look like this until 2017, but I think Hank and Hal will sell long before that.
arod is a cancer. he is a head scratcher. if he is not healthy have surgery and end it for the season.
else he needs to play better…
how many more years do we have to see and deal with the arod circus?????lucky hank outbid himself on signing this parasite………………
arod is a cancer. he is a head scratcher. if he is not healthy have surgery and end it for the season.
else he needs to play better…
how many more years do we have to see and deal with the arod circus?????lucky hank outbid himself on signing this parasite………………
This team is set up closer to the 2003 team than it is any of the 1980 teams. There is no excuse to not win with this team.
Didn’t the Red Sox have an 11-game winning streak with the black hole that is David Ortiz hitting right in the middle of their lineup?
Arod may look terrible right now, but it’s a bad sign if the whole offense is slumping simply because HE’S in a slump. Good teams shouldn’t have to rely on one hitter to carry a whole offense.
Yankees scored 5 runs in 3 games against the Nats
Sox have 10 in 8 innings.
Life is strange
“Hey Girardi,
Pull a Torre and switch Arod and Tex.
Thank you,
Someone who cares about winning.”
This makes no sense, Tex is Tex b/c he’s getting protection, nothing changes putting him in the #4 spot. You take him out of the Bernie Williams role in the #3 spot to turn him into Jason Giambi in the #4 ? do you not get it ?
fire girardi…i would rather have cashman managing!
Yeah, getting rid of Posada would help this team big time, you guys certainly got it covered. I didn’t think there could be that many idiots in one blog
UPDATE, 9:26 p.m.: You know what’s astonishing? The Yankees still lead the wild card.
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In part, it shows how good this team could be if they had a better manager.
Well they’re a game better than they were last season after 70 games.
1 game better?
Alex and Gardner have the same # of AB’s. Gardner’s hitting 80 points higher.
Alex should outhit Gardner with 1 leg.
“That’s right Girardi, Rodriguez went 0 for 4, and something like 3 for his last 30, and you just go ahead and leave him in the clean up spot.”
Who would you have preferred there tonight? None of them hit. Posada is who they used when A-Rod was out and he Ked 4 times. Tex? He’s shown he needs protection to be hot. Who you going to protect him with?
I get the venting out of frustration but the scapegoating and finger pointing is useless.
Teamwide failure tonight.
“Tex is Tex b/c he’s getting protection”
What protection? oh you mean the ones where he gets the intentional walk to get to arod? or the ones where they pitch around him?
OH THAT PROTECTION
“arod is a cancer. he is a head scratcher. if he is not healthy have surgery and end it for the season.”
If Alex is done for the season, there is no playoffs. Do you not understand that ?
Is Mariano alive? Joe’s got to be kidding me – Mo hasn’t pitched in a week and he can’t find ONE lousy inning for him? Disgraceful.
I don’t know what any manager can do with this team…..it’s the same team as last year, maybe worse. I throw up my hands…
Wang was ok and Hughes was great – that’s it, those are the bright spots. The Yankees are losing ground every day to the teams ahead of and behind them. The Jays..the JAYS have lost 90% of their pitching staff it seems and they have hung in there. Unbelievable. Forget thinking playoffs at this point – the Yankees need to get back to playing major-league quality baseball. They look suited for Little League at this point.
E-gawa
June 23rd, 2009 at 10:08 pm
Hey Girardi,
Pull a Torre and switch Arod and Tex.
Thank you,
Someone who cares about winning.
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I dont think that will make much of a difference. A-Rod got a couple of fastball down the middle from Hanson and he couldn’t hit them. Pitchers are challenging A-Rod.
maybe if the change the lineup… jeter batting 3rd teix 4th… maybe gardner leadof… aroid 7th or 8th
The red sox piling on runs against the nats fail pen? what is that? who ever heard of such a thing!
No playoffs with or without Arod. No more kool-aid for you!
I’m ont sure – is the expecatation that a new manager will make the hitters actually hit better? If so, what they heck are they all getting paid for?
“What protection? oh you mean the ones where he gets the intentional walk to get to arod? or the ones where they pitch around him?”
No I mean the 2-3 good cookie fastballs he gets every 2 or 3 ABs instead of seeing 1 every 4 w/ him not in it. Alex gets you pitches to hit on reputation alone.
“OH THAT PROTECTION”
Yes that protection.
“Pete,
your thoughts on the state of the blog?”
Healthier than the state of the Yankees. There should be discontent here. There should be complaining here. There should be frustration here. There should even be taunting from Boston fans here. The Yanks are playing pathetic baseball. This is not just a team in a slump. This is a team in freefall meltdown mode, where they literally have trouble pushing a single run across in an entire game. Another week of this and it’s over. It’s not April anymore. And the West Coast roadtrips are still to come.
Ed McMahon shows more life than this team
Wouldn’t surprise me if they got swept by the Braves. With the way they’re playing. And then the Mets who they should beat next could easily lose 2 of 3. Ugh!
I see the idiots are out in full force. Very supportive bunch. Many of you are just crazy, miserable people. This blog is unreadable…
The backlash starts now – I’m done. I’ll find another place where there are actually intelligent people, because my god, if SJ44 and randy l and maybe three others aren’t on here, this place is too ugly and I’m too good of a fan to subject myself to this when all I really want is to talk Yankee baseball and root for my team — slump or no slump. Good bye and good luck.
“No I mean the 2-3 good cookie fastballs he gets every 2 or 3 ABs instead of seeing 1 every 4 w/ him not in it. Alex gets you pitches to hit on reputation alone.”
not any longer dude. Arod is looking lousy right now.
tex is tex because well, he’s tex.
Me neither Trevor, right now we’re the coldest team in the majors.
I’m paraphrasing here:
“I hope people will judge me from this point forward” -Alex Rodriguez after his admission of the use of PEDs.
Not doing much to support his cause these days, late nights with some gisabelle, hovering around the mendoza line…..go get your hip replaced and do all of us baseball fans a favor and retire.
Thank you RS,finally no syrupy junk,they look bad,at this pace
they will be 6 games out by weeks end.No body fears the Yankees.
Tomorrow,you’ll have the self positioned authority of the blog calling everyone a moron or a troll,heck the one troll called it right tonight.
This is a full team slump. There isn’t one single player – outside of the pitching staff that’s on a hot streak right now. Players feed off of each other. They just need one or two people to give them a spark. I vote for bringing up Shelly Duncan – maybe a couple of bombs and a couple of bruised forearms is what this dugout needs to wake up.
stuart June 23rd, 2009 at 10:10 pm
“arod is a cancer. he is a head scratcher. if he is not healthy have surgery and end it for the season.
else he needs to play better…
how many more years do we have to see and deal with the arod circus?????lucky hank outbid himself on signing this parasite………………”
i agree with u… i think arod should have his surgery and end his season and start rehab and be prepared for 2010
All of the regulars are now dumber for having to read the nonsense and idiocy that permeates this board after a game like tonight.
Mer
June 23rd, 2009 at 10:18 pm
I see the idiots are out in full force. Very supportive bunch. Many of you are just crazy, miserable people. This blog is unreadable…
The backlash starts now – I’m done. I’ll find another place where there are actually intelligent people, because my god, if SJ44 and randy l and maybe three others aren’t on here, this place is too ugly and I’m too good of a fan to subject myself to this when all I really want is to talk Yankee baseball and root for my team — slump or no slump. Good bye and good luck.
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Um, who are you exactly? See ya
Braves sweep will someone be fired?
I think someone should.
“not any longer dude. Arod is looking lousy right now.
tex is tex because well, he’s tex.”
Even w/ him lousy Tex is getting pitches to hit. I don’t think you understand Alex right now his bat is nowhere near good, but SP sure aren’t trying to walk Tex to see him.
So is Phil an 8th inning guy or what? LOL He really is too good for the role Joe used him in today…..but again, he’s a huge bright spot, so tonight wasn’t a complete loss (right?). He looks unbelievable……(hey, just trying to think positive)
Is it just me or is this the same crap we’ve seen the last 8 years or so?
- Overpaid fat-cats.
- Complete lack of clutch hitting.
- Rudimentary interest in fundamentals (except for that errorless game streak this year).
- No middle relief.
..and another year where the response is to buy another free agent, or several.
People say Girardi has to go. Maybe, but he should take Cashman with him.
It’s sickening listening to the Nats announcers gush about the Red Sox. They sound like their home team is playing baseball royalty.
A-Rod is looking lousy right now but Tex has never shown he can carry an offense.
Wanting a player to do something and them being capable of doing it are 2 different things.
Doris from Rego Park
Ed McMahon shows more life than this team
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Stay classy, Doris
A 5 game winning streak better start tomorrow. Take the Braves series and sweep the Mets.
Who am I exactly, Doris? Someone who has more class than to name himself after a sickly woman who died loving her team. You’re a pig. Now I’m really leaving.
You’d think that Girardi would have noticed when Francona stopped coddling Ortiz, the Sox started winning.
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Not only Francona, but look what Jim Leyland did with Magglio Ordonez, he benched him. He was interviewed about this and he said something to the effect that Ordonez was hurting the team, and he was going to sit him until something changed.
That’s the kind of manager I like, someone who will not keep doing the same thing over and over, despite the fact it is obviously not working!
If Rodriguez is hurt, sit him down! Let him rest until his hip is better. He’s hurting the whole team right now, continuing to play him, and bat him clean up makes absolutely no sense.
There’s truth to what the Nats announcers were saying.
You saw it in that last game against the Sox. Guys like Youk, Bay ad Lowell all roll their wrists through the ball with compact swings – driving the ball and keeping it simple.
We have guys swinging jumpropes in Posada and Arod hurting us more than helping.
Red Sox are the better team. They’ll saunter through the playoffs, too.
I wonder how long this lineup can go on if the team keeps playing like this? Arod has nothing at the plate and Tex is getting pitched around. Jeter has been a ghost. Damon/Matsui hurt. Melky returning to Melk 08. Yikes.
“Even w/ him lousy Tex is getting pitches to hit. I don’t think you understand Alex right now his bat is nowhere near good, but SP sure aren’t trying to walk Tex to see him”
He’s seeing less now than he was in May, Brandon. Seems teams are on to the fact that Rodriguez isn’t Rodriguez right now.
Why does this blog turn into a “state of the red sox” after losses. The Yankees need to worry about fixing the Yankees and should not be afraid of the Sawx.
man that was the worst my 9 post game ever…pete we need you tonight!
I said before and I’ll say it again: I hope they aren’t THIS bad of a team when they’re slumping.
Other teams have slumped especially in the division and those teams have managed to still win some games.
The Yankees on the other hand just look atrocious when they’re slumping. That hasn’t been the case with other AL East teams.
Not only Francona, but look what Jim Leyland did with Magglio Ordonez, he benched him. He was interviewed about this and he said something to the effect that Ordonez was hurting the team, and he was going to sit him until something changed.
That’s the kind of manager I like, someone who will not keep doing the same thing over and over, despite the fact it is obviously not working!
If Rodriguez is hurt, sit him down! Let him rest until his hip is better. He’s hurting the whole team right now, continuing to play him, and bat him clean up makes absolutely no sense.
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A lot of people on this board were clamoring for Teixeira to get benched as well when he was hitting .190 at the end of May.
Girardi didn’t move him. Girardi didn’t bench him. Girardi stuck with Teixeira and soon he went on a rampage that carried the team for over three weeks.
Girardi believes in his guys a helluva lot more than the idiotic bridge jumpers on this board do.
Who would you have preferred there tonight? None of them hit. Posada is who they used when A-Rod was out and he Ked 4 times. Tex? He’s shown he needs protection to be hot. Who you going to protect him with?
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I would have preferred Cano, Matsui, Melky, or even Swisher over A-Rod. He’s either hurt, or in the worst slump of his career. Whatever it is he is hurting the ballclub right now.
“He’s seeing less now than he was in May, Brandon. Seems teams are on to the fact that Rodriguez isn’t Rodriguez right now.”
He saw less tonight, in FLA and vs WAS he saw enough. It has to change, but it goes to show if Alex is done for the season then we’re done. It’s that simple.
“man that was the worst my 9 post game ever…pete we need you tonight!”
MY9 has to be the worst post game in all of baseball.
“Girardi believes in his guys a helluva lot more than the idiotic bridge jumpers on this board do.”
That blind optimism did a lot of good last year too, right Mr. Franco?
Girardi stinks.
im sure jorges quad is gone again…last time he lamed it to first was when he blew it out..
crap throw from his knees..
strike outs..
no run to first….
stick a fork in him!
“Stay classy Doris”
The fact that his/her screen name is that of a once really sick now deceased, WFAN caller tells you the person isn’t very classy.
firing long has nothing to do with this, the manager has made plenty of mistakes but this falls squarely on cashman, with berroa on the bench and the lack of depth when someone goes down with an injury is frightening, and wang is another story, i agree with what peter wrote when he said ohk outing but and ohk outing doesnt cut it when you have someon like hughes who has showed when he as started and out of the bullpen he is primed to go. Another bone head move by cashman to rush him back, it just goes to show how much smarter epstein is, when he says there is an issue he acts like dl for dice-k while cashman tries to force a square peg into a round hole. the state of yankee land is just two notches over the mets which isnt saying much seeing as they are playing with the mash squad
“That blind optimism did a lot of good last year too, right Mr. Franco?
Girardi stinks.”
So when will you actually jump the bridge.
> Why does this blog turn into a “state of the red sox” after losses. The Yankees need to worry about fixing the Yankees and should not be afraid of the Sawx.
Good point, Dundee. Sigh! We should be paying more attention to Toronto, the Angels, Tampa, Seattle, the Twins, the White Sox and the O’s. We’re closer to them in the Wildcard rankings than we are to the Red Sox. Byebye, old arch enemy!
PLay the Cisco Kid already how can he be worst than a finished posada he looked lost at the plate letting balls down the middle go and swing at balls on the ground. Ever since posada came back…
What kind of fan,has no emotion,and acts like a zombie when the team is tanking.Who sticks their head in the sand,when there’s obviously something wrong with the team.
“All of the regulars are now dumber for having to read the nonsense and idiocy that permeates this board after a game like tonight.”
Gepetto,
Yes, the regulars are very dumb indeed and won’t be missed one bit. And the realists are rightfully claiming victory tonight. You have a team in such disarray that Jorge Posada, who seems to be one of the only “fiery” guys on the club, couldn’t be bothered to fake running out his groundout. It’s very possible that the Yanks could be 8 games out by the end of the week with Boston taking care of business very methodically.
Can’t beat the good teams.
Can’t beat the bad teams.
Can’t beat the mediocre teams.
I always wear a parachute friend and make sure of a safe landing. I’m sure many of you optimists will turn once this team hits 4th place with a 200 million dollar payroll…just a matter of time.
Bridge Jumper June 23rd, 2009 at 10:29 pm
“Girardi believes in his guys a helluva lot more than the idiotic bridge jumpers on this board do.”
That blind optimism did a lot of good last year too, right Mr. Franco?
Girardi stinks.
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And you and the rest of these jokers making asses out of yourselves by showing everyone what whackjobs you really are is going to help this team win ballgames?
Girardi isn’t getting fired. Period. He’s got the full season to do whatever he’s going to do – sink or swim.
They’ll turn it around. They have the rotation this season that they didn’t have last season.
This is not at all the same team no matter how often people who just aren’t very bright keep repeating the same nonsense.
Posada should not be selfish and just take his role as a DH because his arm sucks and his pitch calling is questionable
A few points:
1) I wasn’t here during the game yet I just scrolled through the posts and someone posted twice under my name. I’d love registration. For the record, I do not think Posada should be benched. He had an awful game, and maybe Girardi should give him a day off, but Cervelli can’t be catching 6 games a week. My imposter obviously thinks otherwise.
2) What a disgrace, this offense. Its just unbearable right now. So bad.
3) ARod got a TON of good pitched to hit tonight. The Braves were going right at him. Fastballs with plenty of plate that either got fouled off or popped up. Those flyballs would have been long HRs if this was the old A Rod. If this is the player he’s going to be withour the juice, I’ll fly to DR myself and get him some “Boli”. No bat speed. No power. You gotta hope its just rust and fatigue. Otherwise we’re in big trouble.
“What kind of fan,has no emotion,and acts like a zombie when the team is tanking.Who sticks their head in the sand,when there’s obviously something wrong with the team.”
What kind of fan overreacts to every single cold streak that a team has, we know something is wrong, but ppl act like this team was cracking skulls before the RS series. They are cold, they are in a slump, that’s baseball, fans know it, but me screaming about it won’t help them or my sanity so what do you want ?
Bridge Jumper June 23rd, 2009 at 10:29 pm
“Girardi believes in his guys a helluva lot more than the idiotic bridge jumpers on this board do.”
That blind optimism did a lot of good last year too, right Mr. Franco?
Girardi stinks.
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And you and the rest of these jokers making fools out of yourselves by showing everyone what whackjobs you really are is going to help this team win ballgames?
I can assure you it won’t. Not one game.
Girardi isn’t getting fired. Period. He’s got the full season to do whatever he’s going to do – sink or swim.
They’ll turn it around. They have the rotation this season that they didn’t have last season.
This is not at all the same team no matter how often people who just aren’t very bright keep repeating the same nonsense.
But if you are going to jump off that bridge – I hope it’s a mass suicide by the morons who always turn this place into a sewer on nights like this.
When the opposing starter has a 2.00 WHIP in the game, you should be able to score ONE run.
‘nite all – work/life is depressing enough with all the drama/insults/hyper-reactionism of people posting tonight
I’m tired of people whining about how bad this place gets. Get over yourself. This team deserves every minute of this.
Doris needs a lozenge. The Nats have 2 on and one out. Keep hope alive!
Glad I missed this one – nothing to do but hope they get their groove back as a team soon. It is strange how they all go cold at the same time, though.
“He saw less tonight, in FLA and vs WAS he saw enough. It has to change, but it goes to show if Alex is done for the season then we’re done. It’s that simple”
Teixeira has walked more in June than he did in May with 50 fewer plate appearances. He’s been intentionally passed a couple times this month too. That happened zero times in May. No need to pitch to him if Rodriguez is struggling.
I agree about Rodriguez though. If his hip cannot permit him to be a reasonable facsimile of what he normally is, then the team could be in some trouble.
Bridge Jumper June 23rd, 2009 at 10:29 pm
“Girardi believes in his guys a helluva lot more than the idiotic bridge jumpers on this board do.”
That blind optimism did a lot of good last year too, right Mr. Franco?
Girardi stinks.
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And you and the rest of these jokers making fools out of yourselves by showing everyone what nutjobs you really are is going to help this team win ballgames?
I can assure you it won’t. Not one game.
Girardi isn’t getting fired. Period. He’s got the full season to do whatever he’s going to do – sink or swim.
They’ll turn it around. They have the rotation this season that they didn’t have last season.
This is not at all the same team no matter how often people who just aren’t very bright keep repeating the same nonsense.
But if you are going to jump off that bridge – I hope it’s a mass suicide by the morons who always turn this place into a sewer on nights like this.
” ARod got a TON of good pitched to hit tonight. The Braves were going right at him. Fastballs with plenty of plate that either got fouled off or popped up. Those flyballs would have been long HRs if this was the old A Rod. If this is the player he’s going to be withour the juice, I’ll fly to DR myself and get him some “Boli”. No bat speed. No power. You gotta hope its just rust and fatigue. Otherwise we’re in big trouble.”
A-Rod is injured and fatigued – a deadly combination. Girardi claimed he’d rest him 2 times a week when he came off the DL a WEEK EARLY, then used him in EVERY Yankee game and DH’ed him only ONCE, and GASP, he’s run out of steam? WHAT A @*&#@^ SHOCK!
Bases loaded. Go Nats!!!!!!
“I always wear a parachute friend and make sure of a safe landing. I’m sure many of you optimists will turn once this team hits 4th place with a 200 million dollar payroll…just a matter of time.”
Oh I thought you were hardcore, only a wuss would jump the brige w/ a parachute, hardcore ppl do it w/ a cord or just jump.
“‘nite all – work/life is depressing enough with all the drama/insults/hyper-reactionism of people posting tonight”
Silly us, expecting the Yanks to score more than 0 runs when the opposing starter can only go 5 1/3 while giving up 5 walks, 4 hits and a HBP. Yeah, superhigh expectations.
a slump is maybe a week or two not extended like this and if they didnt get the lucky drop from castillio they would have two wins in there last 10 games against sub-par competition. They went into boston and like the red sox used to when the yankees were the yankees got rattled and havent gotten there mojo back, and with girardi as manager dont look for it to come back anytime soon he is a sphinx who is brainless
Yes, the regulars are very dumb indeed and won’t be missed one bit. And the realists are rightfully claiming victory tonight. You have a team in such disarray that Jorge Posada, who seems to be one of the only “fiery” guys on the club, couldn’t be bothered to fake running out his groundout. It’s very possible that the Yanks could be 8 games out by the end of the week with Boston taking care of business very methodically.
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The “realists” are rightfully claiming victory tonight?
What the hell does that mean?
So you chumps are happy about the Yanks losing tonight?
Yeah, that’s exactly what I’m talking about. It’s people like you who turn this place into a sewer.
miggs – well said.
And saying what we were all saying about Papi.
That I wonder if the real Arod is a mendoz-line guy. Maybe pitch tipping and Boli is needed to fatten up his batting diet again.
7-8 years more of this guy will make Mets fans out of some of us.
Arod is protected by the baseball union,he’s got the Yankees
by the balls,they can’t touch him.He’s suppose to be their prized investment.He’ll keep showing up and getting paid.
Are you the same Jonah Falcon idiot who posts on the YESNetwork boards?
A lot of people on this board were clamoring for Teixeira to get benched as well when he was hitting .190 at the end of May.
Girardi didn’t move him. Girardi didn’t bench him. Girardi stuck with Teixeira and soon he went on a rampage that carried the team for over three weeks.
Girardi believes in his guys a helluva lot more than the idiotic bridge jumpers on this board do.
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Well, Guiseppe, aren’t you just Mr. Baseball tonight? Mr. Know-it-all.
Let me see if I can stay out of your level of ineptitude.
1) Teixeria was having trouble in April, this is late June.
2) Teixeria was not coming off hip surgery.
3) For all any of us know, Rodriguez could still be injured.
4) So, Francona, who has two WS titles to Girardi’s zero, doesn’t believe in his guys? Or, how about Jim Leyland? One WS title to Girardi’s zero, does he not believe in his guys?
Get down off your high horse, Sport, you may think you’re better than the rest of us, but I hate to break the bad news to you – you’re not!
I’m not sure I understand how any group of people (so-called “realists”) can claim “victory” over another group of people (so-called “optimists”), as if to take actual joy in this situation – that they can claim they’re “right” about the state of the Yankees. Unbelievable.
The Yankees are playing awfully right now. But I’m not about to (a) give up on the season or (b) start looking for scapegoat(s) and, figuratively, blood. It’s like you people want a sacrifice to the baseball gods or something.
And I don’t see why I (or, rather, optimists) are chastised for thinking the Yankees can turn this around.
So to all you “realists” out there – continue to applaud yourselves for being so “right.”
Not that anyone was listening but, nevermind. Nats lost.
This is a great team. They are just playing poorly now.
Next month, when we have won 13 of 20 and are back in 1st place, nobody will remember this stretch.
Just a mini-slump folks, nothing to see here. Still lead the wild card, Boston has yet to put any ground between us. Boston is good but not unbeatable. When we play them in August, they will be in for a rude awkening.
Season is not over. Girardi/Cashman/Eliand/.Long are going nowhere. We are a great team that is playing bad. This will pass and we will go on another huge run very soon. Team is too good not to.
Tony Pena quit on the Royals. You want this guy managing a $200 million dollar team with all the stress and pressure and requirement to make the playoffs?
LOL
The guy couldn’t hack KC, you want him to deal with the strain of managing the Yankees? He’ll mail it in faster than the team did.
welcome Jonah…
screw the Yanks. let’s talk Pokemon
Well said, Doreen!
All is well!!!
Angel – A tale told by idiots, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing June 23rd, 2009 at 10:40 pm
Are you the same Jonah Falcon idiot who posts on the YESNetwork boards?
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Oh God, is that clown here now?
This place is officially a garbage dump.
“This is a great team. They are just playing poorly now.”
Where have you been the last 4 years? Three straight ALDS exits then missing the playoffs. What basis do you have to think they’re achieve ANYTHING right now?
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12.....-park.html
For anyone who doesn’t know, this is the story of Doris of Rego Park. You have to be a schmuck of the highest order to use her screenname.
“The guy couldn’t hack KC, you want him to deal with the strain of managing the Yankees? ”
He’s a damned good interim manager, though.
Nice job by our team “leader” jogging to 1st base
The team is really playing hard for Girardi, aren’t they?
That My 9 postgame was the worst excuse for a postgame show I’ve ever seen.
2 questions into Girardi’s interview and they cut it off and go to the news. I wanted to hear him answer some freaking questions.
No player interviews, nothing. But hey,they managed to spend 5minutes filming some random fans answering stupid questions. Yeah, that’s what I want to see after a brutal Yankees loss. Some Mickey Mouse postgame garbage.
The one plus of the game tonight- Phil Hughes.
Tony LaRussa in ’10
“Tony Pena quit on the Royals. You want this guy managing a $200 million dollar team with all the stress and pressure and requirement to make the playoffs?
LOL
The guy couldn’t hack KC, you want him to deal with the strain of managing the Yankees? He’ll mail it in faster than the team did.”
He quit on KC ?
Ok so you definitely don’t know what your talking about.
He mailed it in ? you serious ?
“What basis do you have to think they’re achieve ANYTHING right now?”
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in theory, they do have the pitching to win in the playoffs.
theory being, of course, that they actually pitch like they have over most of their careers (and in Joba’s case, pitching anywhere close to his potential)
and can we please get a hitting coach that can teach hitting singles, bunting, and opposite field hitting. something other than attempts at homeruns.
the pitching has not been bad in this stretch. 3 runs or 4 runs, and no run support. sad.
“This makes no sense, Tex is Tex b/c he’s getting protection, nothing changes putting him in the #4 spot. You take him out of the Bernie Williams role in the #3 spot to turn him into Jason Giambi in the #4 ? do you not get it ?”
Switching Maris and Mantle helped once.
It’s not like it would be a perm change, just something to help get him going.
Girardi however likes to leave things as is and not try anything.. as shown with leaving Giambi in the 5 hole last season when he was batting .200.
LaRussa and Dave Duncan are free agents at the end of the year
Let Pena be the interim manager then go out and get those 2.
Doreen, the only problem is that Boston has in fact gained 6 games on us in the last 2 weeks. 2 weeks ago tonight we were a game in first place.
No wonder everyone is in such foul moods. lol
I’m not one of the ledge jumpers here, but if the Yanks don’t start playing well soon, they are gonna lose sight of them.
Get a grip, everybody! We’re leading the %$&$%%@$# wildcard!!!!!!!!!
I actually like Jonah Falcon. His Youtube videos are hilarious.
He’s a realist, which is more than we can say for 80% of this blog.
miggs -
I hate when my9 does the game. It makes a travesty of the post-game. And Russ what’s his name is horrendous.
//It’s sickening listening to the Nats announcers gush about the Red Sox. They sound like their home team is playing baseball royalty.//
Because they are.
Mini slump?
4-9 in the last THIRTEEN GAMES.
That’s a TWO WEEK SPAN of playing this way. This is not a “mini slump,” this is a FREE FALL.
If they do not turn it around, and VERY quickly, they are going to find themselves 3-4 games out of every race, at least. You can’t put yourself in the position to come back all the time because you DIDN’T GET IT DONE when it counted.
This team is playing on the whole just like their embarrassing “don’t show up until the 7th inning” nonsense they pull every night on the field. If you force yourself to overcome incredibly ridiculous deficits every night or year because you don’t get it done, then you don’t deserve to make it.
They have lost 6 games to Boston and just as much to every team they led in the wild card. Play time is over, they have lost all the cushion they had to mess around. If they don’t win GAMES now, it’s over for this team, because if they play like this for another week or two, they will be 7-8 out of the division, and 4 out of the wild card as well.
Levine was on that A-Rod conference call. So clearly, his voice is still there in decision making.
Well, Guiseppe, aren’t you just Mr. Baseball tonight? Mr. Know-it-all.
Let me see if I can stay out of your level of ineptitude.
1) Teixeria was having trouble in April, this is late June.
2) Teixeria was not coming off hip surgery.
3) For all any of us know, Rodriguez could still be injured.
4) So, Francona, who has two WS titles to Girardi’s zero, doesn’t believe in his guys? Or, how about Jim Leyland? One WS title to Girardi’s zero, does he not believe in his guys?
Get down off your high horse, Sport, you may think you’re better than the rest of us, but I hate to break the bad news to you – you’re not!
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Well, Pepitone. If that’s what you call common sense – then you’ve got some major issues.
The one thing that Ordonez and Ortiz have in common is that neither were coming off surgery, both had a full Spring Training, and both had quite a few more at-bats under their at-bats under their belts when they got benched than A-Rod does.
What do you expect? Did you expect A-Rod to rest for a couple of days and then go 5-for-5 with 3 home runs tonight?
Sorry, imbecile. This isn’t a video game. Baseball players don’t bust out of slumps that that. Ken Singleton even talked about it on the broadcast.
It’s people like you who don’t have any idea what you’re talking about that turns this place into a sewer.
A-Rod is not going to get benched – nor should he. I’ve never seen anyone bust out of a slump by sitting on the bench.
Ortiz and Ordonez are two completely different cases and have nothing to do with A-Rod.
IF YOU THINK THE LAST TWO WEEKS OF PLAY IS overreacting,I PITY YOU SERIOUSLY.
Hey A-Roid….
Less parties with Kate Hudson at 3 AM, more HRs.
You are making $33 million dollars and are hitting worse than Ortiz.
And does Jeter have the emptiest numbers of anyone or what? His stats look good but he has done nothing this year. when is the last time he got a big hit?
And for the record to everyone calling for Girardi’s head, Cashman should be the one to go before him if anyone does go.
The real problems with this team are his fault.
Keep Wang in the roster. With ground balls he generates every time he pitches, Yankees has no other ways than to keep improving their defense. Otherwise their individual stats would be horrible.
What the heck is a “realist” in the context of this blog? Because to me a realist is someone who sees what is in front of them but doesn’t overreact to situations. Here, all the self-appointed “realists” don’t have any sense of practicality at all. Fire everyone, bench everyone, everyone stinks.
For this period in time, there is a lot that is not going right with this team. There are a finite number of things that could be done to maybe shake things up. But in baseball, sometimes things switch on a dime for no apparent reason. No one foresaw this kind of a slump (and if you did, well, then, God bless you, you’ll be rich someday), especially not after the string of victories they were putting together.
I still want to know how Joe can’t figure out a way to get Mo into a game……it’s been a week already. That’s sad……
This slump should make it crystal clear this winter—
Less superstars, more role players. Less guys who are one dimensional old DHs, more young athletic guys who can make things happen and not just sit back and wait for the HR.
How many years in a row do we need to see this same story before the organization realizes this?
Has any reporter ever asked Cashman if he was offered Jason Bay when he was negotiating for Xavier Nady last year? Bay has become a clutch rbi machine ever since landing in Boston and it just makes me wonder why no one has ever questioned Cashman if Bay was even on his radar as an acquisition target.
Of course if Cashman traded for Bay Nady would be the one tearing up Sportcenter for the Sox…
People don’t seem to understand what being a “realist” is, and I refuse to label myself as such. I’m looking at the facts – the Yanks are 4-9, should be 3-10, they are something like 10 for 70 with RISP in the last few weeks, and the only life they’ve shown is whacking a dead-armed Santana.
The fact is, this team gets too high when things are going good, then swing the other way in full force and gets into a deep malaise when something bad happens. Glass Jaw Yanks – one hit, they go down and go down HARD.
The pies were fun, but after the first time, Girardi should have quietly told Burnett: “No more.”
Girardi has FAILED, yes, FAILED to keep this team on an even keel.
He’s a realist, which is more than we can say for 80% of this blog
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What exactly do you mean by “realist,” Cam?
If you mean that the Yankees will be out of it by the All-Star break, then that is not realism, that’s foolishness. Any baseball fan knows things can turn around in this crazy game quicker than snot through a duck.
If you mean firing Girardi, or Cashman, or Long, or Eiland will turn the season around, that is also foolishness, and you know it. I just wish Girardi would stop batting A-Rod clean up, that’s my only beef with him. And I hope the Yankees do not fire him, or any of the others. This team needs continuity right now, not more changes.
There is a lot of baseball left to play – a lot! Let’s see how it plays out. Ok?
“Has any reporter ever asked Cashman if he was offered Jason Bay when he was negotiating for Xavier Nady last year?”
Yanks weren’t looking for a 30+ HR guy. They were looking for a cheap, serviceable replacement.
It only took the organization 6 weeks to realize that Arod needed a day off. I wonder how long it will take for them to realize that it isn’t his “timing” and he needs more time off. When he actually makes contact he pulls everything. He can’t clear his hips and hit anything good. Today was the first time in a long time he actually hit the ball decently to RF.
The Ghost June 23rd, 2009 at 10:56 pm
Has any reporter ever asked Cashman if he was offered Jason Bay when he was negotiating for Xavier Nady last year? Bay has become a clutch rbi machine ever since landing in Boston and it just makes me wonder why no one has ever questioned Cashman if Bay was even on his radar as an acquisition target.
Of course if Cashman traded for Bay Nady would be the one tearing up Sportcenter for the Sox…
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The Red Sox gave up Manny and paid his salary to get him. Just who do you think the Yanks would have had to give up?
Girardi said when A-Rod was first coming off the DL (A WEEK EARLY) that he’s only play the field twice or thrice a week and DH, and get a day off.
Girardi proceeded to use him every single day and only once DH’ed him.
Jonah Falcon? Haven’t heard that name in years.
Mer: Sorry to lose you – there is some major craziness on these boards during the games and after any loss. So much that it’s getting harder to wade through the lunacy, vitriol and outright creepiness to get to the good posts. But the blog still remains worth it, not just for Pete’s outstanding writing, but for the other great regulars SJ44, CB, randy1, Doreen, ray sox fan, GF, Dennis sox fan costanza, Nick, GB, Brandon, raymagnetic and others to numerous to mention. It’s a pity that the toxic element is driving away or reducing participation from those who just want intelligent, informative and enjoyable Yankees and baseball talk during good and not so good times.
A team that cannot score runs against the National League — nor prevent them — deserves to get to the World Series ….. WHY, exactly??
The age of these veterans is really, really showing.
This team is putrid.
You know what’s funny? The way the Yankees are playing right now is exactly the way the Red Sox were playing for the entire season up until 2 weeks ago. Before the last NY/BOS series at Fenway Park, the Red Sox were just 28-24 against all teams other than the Yankees. Their biggest hitter (Ortiz) was in a major slump, they couldn’t score on the road, and they were losing to bad teams like the Mariners, Atletics, and the AA Mets.
When the Yankees were 0-fer against Boston but still in first place, it didn’t mean much. But now it seems that the 0-8 record is hurting them both in the standings and perhaps mentally (the BOS sweep is when the slump began). As frustrating as it is to lose to the Nationals and Marlins, the Yankees are still 38-24 against teams not named the Red Sox. The Red Sox are 35-27 against virtually the same teams. It’s the head-to-head match that has created such a large swing in the standings.
The one thing that Ordonez and Ortiz have in common is that neither were coming off surgery, both had a full Spring Training, and both had quite a few more at-bats under their at-bats under their belts when they got benched than A-Rod does.
What do you expect? Did you expect A-Rod to rest for a couple of days and then go 5-for-5 with 3 home runs tonight?
Sorry, imbecile. This isn’t a video game. Baseball players don’t bust out of slumps that that. Ken Singleton even talked about it on the broadcast.
It’s people like you who don’t have any idea what you’re talking about that turns this place into a sewer.
A-Rod is not going to get benched – nor should he. I’ve never seen anyone bust out of a slump by sitting on the bench.
Ortiz and Ordonez are two completely different cases and have nothing to do with A-Rod.
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You know what, Pal, I’ve been reading your drivel on this blog for over a year, at first I thought you knew what you were talking about, like SJ44, Randy, CB, or Pat M. But, you’re nothing but a blinkered homer with no more baseball sense than a child. You have absolutely no idea what you are talking about!
You bore me. I answered your scenarios point by point, and your so-called rebuttal answered none of my arguments. As a matter of fact you have no arguments, just name calling (“Duh, your an idiot!” “Duh, what a moron…”). I teach Junior Highers, and I never argue with them. They have more class in their little finger than you do in your entire body. So, if I refuse to argue with a child, I certainly am not going to stoop to arguing with the likes of a boor like you.
I’m here to talk Yankee baseball with fans that know what they’re talking about, and you don’t qualify. Adios!
“I still want to know how Joe can’t figure out a way to get Mo into a game……it’s been a week already. That’s sad……”
You’re the first one to start whining and complaining when you think Mo is being used too much. Twice in a row, 3 out of 4 games, you start posting about his arm falling off.
Now its the hand wringing over him NOT getting into a game. Newsflash… since the 16th when he pitched last they’ve lost 5 out of 6 and the win wasn’t a save situation. Sure Girardi could have gotten him an inning sometime. But its not the end of the world. The guy is pushing 40, I’m sure he can get his work in on the side to stay fresh.
With all that’s wrong with the team right now that seems like a silly thing to complain about.
“The guy is pushing 40, I’m sure he can get his work in on the side to stay fresh.”
And when Mo’s wild because he’s rusty?
Realistically, we lead the Wild Card standings.
Bob wrote:
The Red Sox gave up Manny and paid his salary to get him. Just who do you think the Yanks would have had to give up?
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Arod? Of course there was no way Torre would have taken him. Well considering the Yankees traded away two pitchers that combined have only 1 less win than CC/Burnett I’d say Pittsburgh got the better of the deal. I’d think that throwing Melky and Kennedy into the deal probably could have landed Bay over Nady.