Where have all the good times gone?
Posted by: Peter Abraham - Posted in Podcast on Aug 01, 2009 
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The less said about this game, the better. The Yankees have lost three straight, four of five and five of eight. At 62-42, they’re about to lead Boston by a half-game in the AL East.
Here is Joe Girardi discussing today’s 14-4 debacle:
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That the Yankees are slumping is no surprise. They weren’t going to coast through the rest of the season. But the sudden Bad News Bears level of play needs fixing. A.J. Burnett twice walked the No. 9 hitter with the bases loaded. Outfielders are throwing to the wrong bases. Players are getting thrown out on the bases.
“We looked pretty awful,” Jorge Posada said on his way out of the clubhouse. He was the guy who tried to tag a runner with his glove while holding the ball in the other hand.
Girardi didn’t help today. He was so determined to load the lineup up with right-handed bats that he used Cody Ransom at first base and Jerry Hairston Jr. in left field. John Danks is a nice lefty. But right-handed batters (.243) had not hit him particularly better than left-handed batters (.230).
Then Ransom got up with two on in the sixth inning and the Yankees still in the game. Girardi stuck with him and he struck out.
“We were going to stay with our right-handers. We thought we were chipping away,” Girardi said. “We talked about (pinch hitting), but we didn’t do it.”
Common sense tells you Johnny Damon or Hideki Matsui were better options. Matsui has eight homers against lefties this season. Damon and Matsui were each 1 for 4 against Danks. Ransom was 0 for 7. Tiny sample sizes, no doubt. But you don’t need stats to make that decision.
Everybody had a bad day. Now the Yankees need to figure out how to fix this road trip before they head home to face the Red Sox.
you things are bad when even Pete criticizes Girardi’s bull pen management.
Any quotes from AJ?
Girardi seems fairly “mule-like” to me when he refuses to adjust his own v. strong theories with reality and common sense.
He had previously announced that having Ransom and Hairston on the roster was great and darned if he wasn’t going to prove it — even to the extent of then refusing to pinch-hit when needed during the game.
I don’t like that Giradi’s ego seems to be getting in the way of the Yanks winning games.
Rough game, get them tomorrow.
I hate to say it, but to picking up on what Pete said about batting the weak hitting Ransome with 2 runners on in the 6th, Girardi made a gross error.
If he doesn’t return next season it will be for these decisions that defy uncommon sense.
I’m sure I’m person 1 million to make this comment…..PLEASE KEEP THE YANKEES OFF OF FOX SATURDAY BASEBALL!!!!!
Betsy August 1st, 2009 at 9:53 pm
Any quotes from AJ?
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“digya get the number of that truck?”
That quote from Girardi just says it all. “We” (meaning HE) thought about PH for Ransom, but didn’t do it……because why? I’m sorry, but if Joe thinks Ransom is a better hitter than Matsui, Damon, Hinske, the bat boy……then he’s got his head up his behind. He’s got some kind of obsession with Ransom – I’ve never seen anything like it before. His lineup construction stinks, but worst of all is his leaving in pitchers WAY too long (Bruney and Coke for over 30 pitches? Is he kidding?)……..
Also, can the man give Jorge Posada a rest?
Hey — I bat right-handed. Does that mean Girardi would think about using me rather than some of our professional hitters (like Matsui) in this scenario? Yes, that’s a gross exaggeration, but one made for a point. I equate myself to Ransom in some ways because he is NOT a professional hitter in any way, shape or form.
You much rather lose a game like today rather than Thursday nights series opener…..Pettite pitched a good game, but you could sense the club was not right when they made some key errors both mentally & physically…..That set the tone for the following 2 games…..CC has to pick the club up tomorrow and get out of Chi-town with a face saving win…..
the comment about thinking about pinch hitting is scary..
it was a no brainer…i am shaking my head as I type how can a major league manager be so dam nstubborn..
I can manage better then 1/2 the major league managers. .they are stubborn, stupid, and never think outside the box and I underline never…………….
“We’re going to stick with our righties” UNREAL.
The Texas Rangers are now 1 game behind Boston and the Yanks in the loss column.
So if things don’t turn around, the Yanks won’t make the playoffs and Pete’s vacation starts on October 1st.
August 1st, 2009 at 9:57 pm
Betsy
August 1st, 2009 at 9:49 pm
However, GB, the Yanks did sign Drew Henson…………..
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Betsy, I know some words, but, I’m a gentleman.
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I’m not really a gentleman, but, I can’t spel those words.
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Apparently, I can’t spell “spell”, either.
“Ransom was just a ‘little bit off.”
Really?
#23 Hitman
August 1st, 2009 at 9:59 pm
“We’re going to stick with our righties” UNREAL.
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Exactly. Girardi’s a real donkey.
Sounds like Girardi is getting a bit defensive.
But then again, is he going to be anything else regarding his own moves?
What should he say?
Not defending him by the way. Just pointing out it’s not really productive to expect anything else from him after a game like this.
Inconsistency has marked this team for years now, and as others have noted about Girardi,
Hey, he’s got us in first place, but one thing a good manager has to be able to do is adjust or be willing to adjust.
Bill Belichick is absolutely excellent at cheating, yes, but also at adjusting in game, midweek, last minute, he knows what he’s doing.
“You know what, I think I’ll play Cody Ransom at first base today.”
It makes me think of the Bad Idea Jeans skit on SNL years ago.
Only, that was funny.
I think it’s very obvious by now that Girardi never was and still isn’t the best option to manage the Yankees. We’d even be better off with Tony Pena, probably. Very sloppy output lately by the coaches, players, and you can argue Cashman also by not getting a starting pitcher. Yankees need to get in gear and right the ship before facing the Sox. The talent is still there for the most part. They just need to focus and execute better.
http://www.hulu.com/watch/1031.....idea-jeans
Ransom did better than I expected! 3 Ks, not 4. cant ask for more than that.
It seems to me that we begin to “play to lose” after we get the lead this year. And a lot of that has to do with line-ups and in-game decisions.
Girardi believes in right-righty/ lefty-lefty match ups to the core.
They inform his decision making again and again and again.
It’s Tony LaRussa baseball over and over and over. Conventional wisdom run amok.
Phil Coke has made 49 appearances this season. That’s third most in the entire AL.
And this is his first season as a reliever.
But there’s three left handed batter up in an 8-4 game so it would be impossible to let Melancon face those hitters.
Has to be coke.
Appearance #49 didn’t go so well. Amazing how it’s possible for a left handed batter to get a hit off a left handed pitcher.
The bull pen looks very tired.
And that’s part of the downside to LaRussa bull pen management. Use guys to constantly match up and they are going to wind up warming up and coming for brief stints alot. That’s not the main reason the pen is tired – that’s from too many short starts. But it’s part of the reason.
Hopefully Melancon may be inching towards reentering the circle of trust.
But we’ll see.
Maybe they are lovin’ the night life a bit too much in the windy city.
I wonder if Girardi just freezes in some sort of panic from time to time, so that he doesn’t think at all clearly, much less cleverly.
i did not watch the game because I live in calif. so I listen on XM and watch gamecast on my computer… Ransom stroke out twice on 3 pitches all right dow nthe middle, he has almost no chance to get a hit. he has a chance like the 185 hitter who got the hit off coke friday night. other teams do that we don’t
BTW sounds like Ransom will be around SUnday to bring his charm and good play to the team that wants to win it all this year.
friggin amazing that this guy is still on the team.. there is less logic to him being on the roster then tomko or other favorites like darrel may, tim redding, angel berroa and a host of scrubs……
Yes Girardi is a SLAVE to the righty lefty matchup. For hitting, pitching, everything. In his mind, lefties get lefties out 1000 out of 1000 times and same goes for righties against righties. I mean this guy is clueless, it’s like he has some basic low-level how to manage book and he’s reading it word for word
We need GGBG back soon. Not the best hitter, but he does everything else well.
CB
How can you believe in the righty/righty and lefty/lefty to the core, but not understand that Cody Ransom shouldnt be put in place of a better lefty hitter if a lefty is on the mound.
Why are people hammering Girardi for batting Ransome in the 6th?
I have you know Ransome is batting a whopping .217 with RISP!!
That’s way better than Hinske who is only batting .290 with RISP.
no secret that giradi is a poor manager. for a former mlb catcher he has a poor feel for the game
what i would give to have a decent manager jeez
Now I know why baseball players become alcoholics.
Unless your name is Billy Martin or Ozzie Guillen, no manager is going to call one of his players a no-talent hack. Girardi knows there was a screwup, but, Jesus, is it really necessary to pick apart everything he says? It’s the same BS as sitting around picking apart everything Rodriguez says, looking for something different than what was said.
It honestly just boggles my mind why the Yankees are keeping Ransom on the roster instead of Pena.
Ransom and Pena play almost the exact same positions. Pena can’t play 1B but there’s already 3 other guys on the roster who can (Tex, Swisher, Hairston).
In baseball there are 5 tools. Pena has 2, maybe 3 of them (speed, good glove, accurate throwing arm). Ransom has an average glove and arm and is below average in everything else. He brings NOTHING to the table.
I hate that Cody Ransom is on the team so very much. He isnt a bench option in Pittsburgh or Kansas City much less the Yankees. A contending team shouldnt have garbage like this on the roster.
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Thanks for remind me! GGBG is going to be at the Staten Island Mall on August 7th at a store called Pro Image – it’s a sports collectible store. I don’t know what time, though. And I found out while shopping at the Freehold Mall in NJ – I passed the Pro Image store there and they and a sign announcing Gardner’s appearing in SI. For anyone who is interested.
We thought about PH for Cody, you mean you have to think about if Matsui-san, mall cop, Damon or the bat boy being better than him?
Cash for the love of god DFA him, look great story, nice background, horrific parts in his story to the majors, I feel for him, he has hops and everything, nice guy, but com’on man!
So he thought Ransom was a better option because he’s right handed then Damon Matsui Hinske?
Can’t make this stuff up. Cashman get Ransom off this team ASAP.
I hate that Cody Ransom is on the team so very much. He isnt a bench option in Pittsburgh or Kansas City much less the Yankees. A contending team shouldnt have garbage like this on the roster.
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EXACTLY. WHether or not he doesnt hurt our chances to win, he doesnt help them.
He is a wasted roster spot. Get a bum off the streets or just a decent utility guy, maybe from the minors, to help the team.
We are playing with a 24 man roster.
By the way, it sounds like a whole lot more was wrong with this game than Cody Ransom. Guess he’s the shorthand for a game gone awry.
The Mets have hit two grandslams this week.
Have the Yankees hit one grandslam all year? Honestly, I can’t remember if they have.
stuart
August 1st, 2009 at 9:52 pm
MG why be a apologist for management. Again I know you are not the claissic 18 year old they all stink, they are not trying, trade everyone crowd but the Ransom stuff is over the top. The ycould play hinske or even Duncan.. But say they did play Ransom not pinch hitting for him was over the top…I can understand if he is on the roster play him once in a while mentatlity but down by 4, with 2 men on base hit DUncan or someone else against Danks..
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I’m not apologizing for management, if you ask me if they should pinch hit for him in the 6th the answer is Yes. But Duncan wasn’t an option because he was sent down. The only choices were either Damon or Hinske since someone would have to play left field so Swisher could move to 1st.
But to have a blog where, out of 1400 posts about 300 were directed at a utility player is blowing it completely out of proportion. There’s an article in the Daily News today about Moose Showren and how the Mick once stuck out 4 times in a row and helped lose a game. Mick was crying in the clubhouse because he let the team down and Moose told him (according to Moose’s quote), ‘don’t worry, there is another game tomorrow.’
I have concerns about this team but it’s not whether Cody Ransom plays or not. I’m much more concerned about guys like Aceves, Coke, and Hughes, who are in the bullpen for the first time in their careers, and how they will handle the workload over a full year. Ace and Coke are already showing some wear and tear and it’s possible Hughes could show something similar in another month. But I’m not going to criticize Ace and Coke for pitching poorly (it’s just part of the game) or yell about getting more pitchers because there isn’t anyone available at a realistic price that can help. All of them are also talented enough to pitch their way out of it eventually. I’d also put Aceves in the rotation because he’s better than Mitre, Igawa, or anyone else in the minors but that’s a Yankees decision.
I’m still waiting to see the small ball play that Girardi was going to be bringing to the Yankees.
It is really mind boggling how a team that can look so good for a period of time, can turn it around and look so bad for a series. The White Sox are an OK team, but they are basically a .500 team. The Yankees should have been able to at least get a split.
I wonder if there was a let down around the clubhouse after the trade deadline passed and they all saw that the needs of their club were not addressed.
Doreen,
maybe COdy didnt hurt our chances of winning, (I think he did), but he did NOTHING to help us and generally doesnt.
Wasted roster spot.
Dave Roberts did more with one steal than COdy will ever do.
Get a fast guy to pinch run a sure SB late in the game if you ahve to.
FYI for anyone interested.
http://espn.go.com/chicago/col.....ame=levine
A-Rod comfortable in his own skin: Learned lessons in big leagues the hard way by Bruce Levine.
“How can you believe in the righty/righty and lefty/lefty to the core, but not understand that Cody Ransom shouldnt be put in place of a better lefty hitter if a lefty is on the mound.”
I wasn’t as clear as I should have been. What I meant by righty/right and lefty/ lefty was that “handedness” is the priority to create match ups.
That’s the conventional wisdom on this and Girardi follows it.
So a lefty batter isn’t a good choice to face a lefty pitcher because of the handedness of the match up.
From this perspecive it somehow can be reasoned that leaving Cody Ransom in to face a left handed pitcher makes more sense than pinch hitting for him with a lefty batter even though that lefty batter is much better than Ransom.
What’s particularly great about this is that Matsui has almost no platoon split for his career.
Matsui’s career numbers against lefties: .291/.357/.455. Those are close to exactly the same as his numbers against righties.
MG,
27 outs in a game – all should be valued
25 men on a roster – every one should be valued
Bottom line
Doreen,
Will Gardner sign things with his right hand? (I’m assuming he writes with his left hand).
Thanks for that. I’m not in the area, but it’s good to hear about GGBG. I miss him. The outfield grass and the pitchers miss him, too, I suspect.
The only good story I heard was when I clicked on MLBTR when I returned from a wonderful time at the park, atleast the Yankees asked about King Felix thank god some ppl are awake in that FO.
These last 3 games have been so sloppy, it’s embarrassing. 3.5 games lead gone in a flash. Let’s hope they don’t get swept tomorrow. CC hasn’t exactly been lights out when it comes to big “stop-the-bleeding” games.
Yep, CB – I’m very, very concerned about Joe’s use of the pen…….I realize the Yankees are in first place (barely hanging on, but still) and that Joe has some very good qualities……but I’m just not sure that he’s the man I want helming this team. Not PH for Ransom is mindboggling. Overusing the pen and maybe hurting them is inexcusable. Overplaying Posada is unwise.
The Yankees will eventually get out of this funk they are in (for some reason, though, when they slump – they slump badly. They don’t just lose games, they play like the Bad News Bears), but that won’t erase the holes they have. I am not blaming Cashman at all – even Ken Rosenthal confirmed on Fox today that he did try to make moves – but this inability to shore up the team is really going to hurt. A playoff spot is by no means guaranteed.
Girardi is an absolute joke when it comes to lefty/righty matchups. Even if Matsui/Damon/Hinske combined were 0-30 against a lefty pitcher, one of them is still a better option than Ransom. Even CC is a better option than him. He has to be the worst player on a major league roster right now.
GB, you might spell better if you didn’t drink while on the computer
I understood that CB
But Cody Ransom shouldnt fit under those conventional guidelines.
Even if I believed the matchups lefty right, I still would rather have a lefty that’s decent who’s 0 for 100 against a lefty pitcher than Cody Ransom.
Cody Ransom isnt worthy of playing the matchup game.
“Have the Yankees hit one grandslam all year? Honestly, I can’t remember if they have.”
Not sure but we have alot of bases clearing doubles and triples.
“Have the Yankees hit one grandslam all year? Honestly, I can’t remember if they have.”
The Yankees have hit one salami this year.
Coke 3rd in the AL in appearances in his first full season as a reliever? Seems like he’s been running out of gas lately.
And they’re worried about Joba’s innings.
Betsy,
LOL. That’s elder abuse. Stop it.
Even if Matsui/Damon/Hinske combined were 0-30 against a lefty pitcher, one of them is still a better option than Ransom. Even CC is a better option than him. He has to be the worst player on a major league roster right now.
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Thats what i meant CB
Doreen,
You said it. Ransom is simply shorthand for all the dumb moves by Girardi before, during and after the game.
Who cares about grandslams? The Yankees are in first place and the Mets are a mess…….
“Not sure but we have alot of bases clearing doubles and triples.”
8 bases loaded doubles, 1 bases loaded triple.
The Red Sox lurkers must be loving this. Hell, I can’t say that I blame them.
Enjoy it while it lasts. The Yanks have way to much talent for even Girardi to F up.
Didn’t Molina hit a grand slam? How ironic. Molina of all people, lol.
**too much talent.
Doreen
August 1st, 2009 at 10:10 pm
By the way, it sounds like a whole lot more was wrong with this game than Cody Ransom. Guess he’s the shorthand for a game gone awry.
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Doreen, it was everybody that’s contributed to today’s and the last three losses…..including Jeter, Posada, Rodriguez and 22 other players, not counting the manager. The laughable part was when people were saying during spring training that NYY was better off with Ransome playing 3rd base over Rodriguez. Now, he’s not hitting or not doing much of anything else, he’s the cause of it all. Of course the same ones in spring taining thought that Berroa was the utility answer.
Imagine if the Mets make the playoffs and the Yanks don’t? Don’t scoff, it’s actually possible.
“no manager is going to call one of his players a no-talent hack. Girardi knows there was a screwup,”
GB, the issue isn’t Ransom. Ransom is what he is and that should come as no surprise to anyone. What is amazing is Giradi’s attempt at defending his in-game decisions.
CB’s points above are telling. This is an amazing team with amazing talent. Imagine where they would be with any of Maddon, Francona or Toronto’s MGR running things.
GB7
Nobody said that Ransom is the reason for our failure. He is a wasted roster spot, in which somebody else could do something productive for us.
He may not cause us to lose, but somebody else might be able to help us win in place of him.
“August 1st, 2009 at 10:15 pm
“Have the Yankees hit one grandslam all year? Honestly, I can’t remember if they have.”
Not sure but we have alot of bases clearing doubles and triples.”
molina..in detroit..either joba or hughes pitched.
GUYS….we’re all forgetting that Cody Ransom has a 40 foot vertical!! LOL. D-F-A NOW.
Matsui hit a homerun on his birthday. Wasn’t it a granny?
Oops, my comment about the GS sounds rude – RS, I apologize.
M, you’re right – I should respect my elders. I think GB can cut me some slack – AJ had a bad game and I’m taking prozac to deal with it.
Who hit a grandslam this year?
I only ask because the Yankees are first or second in the majors in HRs, and I thought it was weird that I couldn’t remember anyone hitting one.
Betsy
August 1st, 2009 at 10:15 pm
GB, you might spell better if you didn’t drink while on the computer
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It’s the best way to try reading some of the idiocy written on tis board.
I’ve been saying Tony Pena from day 1 of the manager controversy when we ran Torre out of town.
Pena is the kind of manager we need. Fiery and not stubborn.
Torre and Girardi on the other hand…
And don’t even bring up Mattingly. For the love of god, don’t bring up Mattingly.
“8 bases loaded doubles, 1 bases loaded triple.”
Alot of teams can’t say that.
“But Cody Ransom shouldnt fit under those conventional guidelines. ”
Oh believe me I agree.
Batting Ransom there and not pinch hitting is just a matter of being extremely ideological in the way you manage.
I believe that a right handed batter should be facing this left handed pitcher regardless of who exactly that batter is. Even if its the awful Cody Ransom.
A similar thing happened with Coke today. Three lefties up – throw “Cokie” into the game. Why not, he’s only made 48 appearances this year.
In terms of strategy Girardi manages a lot like Torre, though he’s much more stuck on the matchup stuff than Torre was.
Not pinch hitting for Ransom… unbelievable.
Now in no way did that cost them a game.
But baseball managers impact games in very limited ways. They control very few things directly. But which hitter is in the box is one of the things they control. And you can’t just throw away outs like that in high leverage situations.
But again – they lost this game for the reasons most teams lose – inadequate starting pitching.
Can’t really blame AJ – he’s been brilliant and was due for a clunker. But it would have been nice to get a strong start today.
Can someone please respond to my roster spot argument.
all 25 roster spots should have value. Each one should be able to produce something positive.
maybe giradi sees abit of himself in cody skidmark ransom…like a father/son thing
So I drove around trying to process all of this, meanwhile listening to the Sux winning their game. While I profess to carry pom poms with me all the time, please don’t mistake my positiveness for meaning that I don’t feel a sense of frustration or aggravation when we have games like the ones we had today (and yesterday). I just don’t emote about it the same way especially since for me that would be counterproductive since the players don’t have to listen to me nor would they care what I had to say anyway.
Sometimes I find it hard to wrap my mind around the plethora of miscues in a game such as today’s. I do always find a way to head toward any beacon of light and so I think to myself that winning tomorrow keeps us in first place; winning tomorrow with the Sux losing of course is optimal.
Losing like we did today is especially disheartening because it does have the tendency to call up larger questions, questions that may not have any validity to them. But still they end up jumping out there. My way of responding, as I said, is to find any possible beacon of light. Call it my coping mechanism.
Maybe some of the players try to make sure they don’t miss-play things when Ransom is in the lineup because they don’t have faith in him to adjust.
It certainly seems a long time since they set that error-less game record, no?
Grrrreat Headline.
The good times are with El Duque’s arm. Call it up and ask how hes doing? 127 opp batting avg in TX with a 2.4 ERA. Last yr injured, HErnandez was a 3.47 in 2007 as a starter
Aceves and Coke both need to hit a batter each. Get some damn confidence and respect back and start throwing the pill.
Friggin hire Clemens for the pen and let him retire with a little dignity. I think he should get the chance to “talk on the field too.” Just like the rest–only he passed.
Think. The Reversed Curse Reversed. Rockets Reveng. And all while poopi (and manny and who ever else) failed. Good good times lol
Bull Pen: Help! The team is drowning fast. 5th starter: ouch.
All as Boston is sitting 7 deep in starters and ready to throw some in their pen for post season too.
“A lot of red at Camden Yards today. But their money is green.”
The guy on the Baltimore radio feed.
He must be from Boston. He said earlier that the Oriole hit a wicked line drive to Pedroia.
lol. Varitek survived the rundown between 3B & home. But when they overthrew the bag he broke from home where he was tagged by the pitcher.
Agree CB completely, except for clunker. Sure it was, but he was cheated repeatedly in the decisive 6 run inning.
Girardi is an idiot. Girardi= Grady Little, just a complete moron. He needs to be fired, his lineup construction is pathetic, and I like many am sick of his Ransom love affair.
If the reason isn’t Cody Ransom, then why is 3/4ths of the posts about Cody Ransom?
One thing Torre always did was stick with his best players irrespective of lefty-righty matchups. 13 years maiking it to the postseason and looking like another 2 in LA, the man was onto something. Someone tell Joe Girardi that come postseason, sitting Damon and Matsui for Cody Ransom ain’t gonna fly.
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Hey, maybe if he’s still in a cast, they can reverse the process – have people sign his cast.
Girardi’s a numbers guy in addition to being a righty/lefty matchup guy. What are Matsui’s and Hinske’s and Damon’s pinch hitting numbers? I kind of (kind of) understand that if you PH Matsui, you’re running through 2 players since “Matty” can’t play the field. So depending on the inning, it may not be a good move. And perhaps Damon really wasn’t available at all today, and Girardi didn’t want to say. So that leaves Hinske – and, really, if you’re not going to use him there, when? Unless his PH and matchup numbers are really bad.
You see, I think it’s never, ever simple.
In no way is Ransom the cause of our woes these last few days – I don’t blame him for being a lousy player, I put the blame squarely on the shoulders of one Joe Girardi..but I already ranted about that.
The Yankees have their work cut out for them tomorrow and then in Toronto. The fact that they could be out of first place by tomorrow night doesn’t bother me (this will be a nip and tuck battle all year, I think) so much as the defensive lapses. That said, the people jumping off the bandwagon and proclaiming this a team of chokers are a joke. Believe it or not, baseball is played by human beings – people need to learn to deal with that.
A lot of things went wrong today. Starting with AJ.
I’m also starting to get concerned about the pen being tired.
Anyway, hopefully the Yankees can get out of Chicago with a win tomorrow. Then rest, regroup and get things going again.
GB, either drinking or taking off one’s glasses. The blurry lines I see on my computer when I take my coke-bottle glasses off are Shakesepeare compared to game thread trolls and various other clowns.
“Matsui hit a homerun on his birthday. Wasn’t it a granny”
Nope. He’s got a few 3 run bombs, but no slam. Weird stat. He’s hit 15 homers. None of them were hit with a man on 3rd.
The fact that Girardi is so set in his ways and unwilling to think outside the box scares me.
MG
again Mickey Mantle struck out 4 times in a game I say so what, he was great and ll players do that. Butto let a scrub strike out when you had better options with the game on the line is stupid. They had no better options then Mickey Mantle, you just cannot seem to get that point…..
good managers allow the best players to decide the game when possible… ransom up down by 4 with 2 guys on and 2 outs is not putting your team in the best position to try to win.
why is this concept so hard to understand. the decision to keep ransom on the roster is a improtant one because it shows the Yansk are friggin morons and are not putting there team in the best position to win…
the dumbest decision of the year was turning the car around with Wang in it and about 23 days left on his rehab becasue Joba got hit in the leg with a liner but that stupid decision(and it was stupid at the time not jsut because Wang got hurt) was made because each game counts so why does each roster spot not matter?????
anyone can decide to bat Tex 3rd and Arod 4th that does not take much intellect but deciding those last few players and other intricacies takes some brains..
ransom is a symptom of the yankee arrogance and stupidity, they are saying we do not need out best lineup and roster to win, and that is arrogant but mostly stupid…how any fan or yankee official cannot see this is scary….
It’s total BS to blame a 14-4 loss on umpires. This was a Yankee loss, plain and simple.
GB7
Because Cody Ransom is the symbol of the mismanagement of the greatest organization in sports history.
If Bill Belichick were an MLB manager with a say in the players who come to the team, Cody Ransom wouldnt even be on the Yankees to play.
The fact remains, if AJ does his job, then nothing that Girardi or Ransom did or didn’t do would be of consequence.
“If the reason isn’t Cody Ransom, then why is 3/4ths of the posts about Cody Ransom?”
Because fans need someone to blame and he’s an easy target. You can’t blame Cody for who he is. Blame Girardi for putting him in the lineup.
“The fact remains, if AJ does his job, then nothing that Girardi or Ransom did or didn’t do would be of consequence.”
Exactly. It all comes back to the pitching.
Betsy
August 1st, 2009 at 10:28 pm
GB, either drinking or taking off one’s glasses. The blurry lines I see on my computer when I take my coke-bottle glasses off are Shakesepeare compared to game thread trolls and various other clowns.
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I took my glasses off and, naturally, I lost the drink, the computer and the twins.
this was mad managing by joe…
For a while, I’ve questioned Girardi’s feel for the game as a manager. I don’t know if he has good enough managerial instincts to be a great manager. He seems to rely on the book too much without allowing his natural feel of the game to help dictate some of his moves.
Anyhow, that type of discussion is for a later time.
As far as tomorrow’s game, the only Yankee pitchers touching the ball besides CC is Hughes and Rivera, even if it means Mo takes the ball in the 8th inning so forget about match ups.
Jerry Hairston was brought to this team, and most of us thought it was to replace Cody. Apparently, Joe G on ESPN Radio said now I can play them both in the same game. That’s a joke.
The 6 run inning was decisive, and he was cheated repeatedly, therefore, the umpire had the most effect on the game.
On thursday, andy and floyd were not getting equal calls. ALl game, floyd and the WS pitchers were getting cheapo outside calls, etc. That game is on the umpires as well.
The umpires knew what they had to do this series, with us 3 up on Boston, and they took care of business.
No end of the game on the condition of Jesus Montero’s hand.
i mean bad*
don’t worry y’all….at least they still have all their precious prospects…
our good old nerd of a GM did the right thing by holding on to all 76 of our prospects….that’ll show all those doubters that the yankees don’t need to be active at the trading deadline and keeping every single one of the prospects of which about 98% of them will never sniff the majors…
good luck to cashman and the yankees facing buerle and halladay the next 2 games…but hey montero is ripping up Double A and austin jackson and all of his 5 homeruns and 100 strikeouts is still a yankee- and thats all that matters…
Nice post, Trisha. I’d have driven around as well (it does clear the head), but after watching this latest fiasco I was in no condition to drive (BAC issues).
I forgot, Ransom needs to be off this time yesterday and I’m disappointed with Cashman/Girardi keeping him on the team because he’s not a ML ballplayer.
-Bad pitching
-Bad defense
-Bad situational hitting
-Bad decisions from the bench
Besides the bad inning by AJ early on, the outfield defense comes in a close second. Hairston’s a speedster out there and he did well at the plate. Play him. Hinske’s on the bench? Fine, but he needs to get at least an at-bat per game.
I don’t agree…….Let’s say AJ had pitched great, that still doesn’t make Joe’s decisions any less asinine.
“We need GGBG back soon. Not the best hitter, but he does everything else well.”
If by “everything” you mean that man can run, yup he does everything well. He’s not a great hitter and he throws lawn darts far too often from the outfiled but he does it fast.
Girardi has been a disappointment thus far. Supposedly sabr savvy, he’s kept crap like Ransom on the roster, worshipped handedness and mystifyingly been a bit of a blam factory when things go wrong.
Now it’s only his 3rd year managing and he doesn’t have all the experience of a manager who’s paid his dues coming up through a system, so he’s, hopefully going to learn as he goes.
The continued Ransom nonsense is unacceptable however and Cashman needs to intervene.
Btw, I’m a Cashman supporter, but his management of the 40 and 25 man rosters this season has been horrendous. You can’t have 2 25th man types on the 25 at one time, because you run the risk of your manager playing both of them in the same game without heed to stats, splits or even cogent thinking.
Every time we run into one of these patches where we do everything wrong, it’s an opportunity to address the situations that create it. But so far we haven’t. Until those situation are addressed we’ll keep having these putrid spells. Once we finally address them, they’ll disappear and we’ll see the team we like a lot more often.
LOL GB – speaking of the twins, how are they doing? How’s their mommy?
“The umpires knew what they had to do this series, with us 3 up on Boston, and they took care of business.”
You are implying that there is some mass conspiracy a foot. You are giving MLB and the umpires too much credit. I just think that the umps stink this year. It’s not just for us; I hear these complaints from other fans. They aren’t doing their jobs and there are no consequences for that. As long as that’s the case, we will continue to see a lot of blown calls.
That being said, there is no way you can blame today’s loss on the umps. They blew one or two strike calls. That didn’t lead to 14 runs.
“The fact remains, if AJ does his job, then nothing that Girardi or Ransom did or didn’t do would be of consequence.”
This is exactly right.
The current yankee team could have John McGraw in the dugout wearing his three piece suit and smoking his cigar and their record wouldn’t be substantially different.
Managers impact teams at the margins in terms of their strategies for the most part.
On the whole batting Ransom in that spot didn’t impact the outcome of the game.
It was still wrong – but it didn’t have real bearing.
It all boils down to starting pitching.
AJ pitches the way he did last game and the yankees win easy today.
That’s what it gets down to.
And that’s why it’s particularly difficult that the organization’s 4th best and 6th best and pitchers are in the bull pen.
“It’s total BS to blame a 14-4 loss on umpires. This was a Yankee loss, plain and simple.”
Yup, tomorrow’s another game and the Yankees are getting one more chance to stop the bleeding and play a good game by beating the White Sox.
“8 bases loaded doubles, 1 bases loaded triple.”
Alot of teams can’t say that.”
Boston has 8 such doubles, no triples and 1 slam
Rays have 4 slams, 2 triples, 11 doubles
Ransom is playing up to the back of his baseball card.
If everyone else was, you wouldn’t notice so much that he was.
His time in pinstripes may be coming to a close now that Hairston arrived.
the orioles hit into 3 double plays in the last 3 or so innings.
bard is good, he looks better then Phil. the guy barely throws anything but a fastball.. he is there 8th inning guy plain and simple.. what a concept a guy produces you give him more responsibility, what a friggin concept……..
hey the yanks lost because they pitched poorly, 2 for 13 with runners in scoring position, bad baserunning had nothing to do with it according to you einsteins.. therefore based on that thinking put statues in the field if it is all up to the pitcher…….
people cannot comprehend we are made at the yankees and girardi for putting Ransom in the position to fail, knowing it is very likely he will…
for all the people worried about Ransom, poor cody will make about $500K + this year so your tears are misdirected……as someone posted earlier ransom has avg or below avg, speed, range, avg hitting, avg or below avg arm, but hey he has about 7 homers for his career..
since the 25th spot on the roster does not affect wins or losses maybe I can get a roster spot after all, the pitcher or arod matter more, the last man never affects the outcome of the game………………
Surely we lead the league in futility with the bases loaded.
14 runs 17 hits 7 walks for the CWS today.
The Yankee pitchers from today, not named Robertson and Melancon, get a big old boo from me
Girardi goes by the book. He’s looking at his charts, doesn’t go by his gut. No way he should have let Ransom hit when he has professional hitters like Matsui, Damon and Hinske.
He’s riding Posada like a mule, the same thing he did earlier with Alex. Give him a day off. Some guys in the pen are being overused. They will be sucking air if this continues. They need a long man.
Laura -
Ive seen the umpires stink this year for a lot of teams.
I’ve seen the umpires stink in favor of our opposition for the last 10 years.
It’s not a conspiracy. Bud Red Sox Selig goes without saying, but these umpires grew up fans of the sport, and generally for baseball fans, if you’re not a Yankees fan, you’re a Yankees hater out of pure jealousy…..Draw your own conclusions.
Once I heard McClelland was the umpires’ crew of this series, I knew it was gonna be a tough one to win. He might as well be Tim Red Sox McClelland.
CB,
doesn’t strike you, that so many of our losses are largely identical? Look at our Fox games this year, we’ve given up 22 once, 16 once, and 14 twice. We get into these series, where all baseball ability seems to leave us, and our manager doesn’t seem to do anything to interrupt the pattern.
That said, I’m not calling AJ a bum. Because he’s the bomb. And knowing him (as well as we could anyway), he’ll take this real personal like and go on a tear. This is Boston meltdown 2.0.
The Fox curse is nothing new.
I am in no way suggesting a conspiracy.
Im just aware that a lot of umpires despise the Yankees,
and Bud REd Sox Selig despises the Yankees.
It’s nothing new because nothing gets done to avoid its recurrence.
I want to know why the news about Ortiz comes out and they go on a tear. Ugh. Same unifying crap the Yankees went through when A-rod came back.
Kernen and Monty joked yesterday that maybe they should’ve buried another jersey in NYS.
“Girardi goes by the book. He’s looking at his charts, doesn’t go by his gut.”
Nope. If he actually looked at the charts there is no way he’d be managing this way.
The charts don’t influence his decision making.
If he looked at the charts he’d see that Matsui – despite being a left handed batter – would be much better choice to fact a left handed pitcher than Ransom.
That’s what the charts say.
Girardi’s “gut” and the “book” are pretty much aligned.
He’s managing by his instincts. And those instincts match up very well with conventional, by the book management styles.
Again – not that big a deal as managers game strategy doesn’t matter much.
But it is what it is.
And it’s not managing by the charts. It’s gut all the way. It’s what he’s comfortable with.
“I am in no way suggesting a conspiracy”
That’s exactly what you’re doing.
You all but placed Tim McClelland in the grassy knoll.
Odd stuff on Fox……..I saw a bit of AJ before I went out and McCarver said he wouldn’t have the guts to throw a breaking pitch on 3-2. Now today, he didn’t………but McCarver didn’t know that. We’ve already seen AJ show the chutzpah to throw a 3-2 breaking pitch (Huff, in Baltimore)………..
I’m sure AJ took this performance to heart – like most guys would. He’ll be accountable and move on. I haven’t seen any quotes from him, but I would guess he’ll admit that he just didn’t have anything today…….I wish he were going to pitch against the Sox coming off a better outing than today, but so be it. He’ll be fine…..
Hinske has posted a 1.028 ops against lefties this year, but he wasn’t a better option than Ransom, who was batting under .200 against LHP coming into the fricking game today?
Phil,
If you can figure out a way to get the Yankees to stop falling apart on Fox Saturdays, please forward them to Girardi. He’d probably love to break the trend.
“I want to know why the news about Ortiz comes out and they go on a tear”
Because it happened just ahead of them playing the Orioles.
“He’s managing by his instincts. And those instincts match up very well with conventional, by the book management styles.”
Then his instincts aren’t good which will prevent him from being a good manager.
Hah, Steve B! And who were we playing when A-rod came back?
“doesn’t strike you, that so many of our losses are largely identical? Look at our Fox games this year, we’ve given up 22 once, 16 once, and 14 twice.”
It’s true. And the reason why is the tremendous variation in the yankees starting pitching performances.
That’s by far the main reason.
The vast majority of those awful losses were ones where the starter was terrible, the pen had to come in tired and things got worse.
I do think these really bad starts may be having a wearing effect on the team.
It’s a challenge to play crisp baseball behind terrible starting pitching. And that’s why you see so many bad mistakes in these bad losses.
Just got home from the beach. Hi Everyone!
I was half following today’s debacle (we couldn’t get the tv in the cabana to work and it was even more painful on the radio).
I looked at today’s line up. If we were playing “Guess the Line Up” today, Joe Girardi would have definitely won again. Ransom at 1st. Really???
Also, is anyone else starting to think that Cody Ransom may be blackmailing some Yankee brass as well?
Jim, now you are over the top with this. Umpires are just doing their jobs and are very evenhanded in their calls. It’s well known that they don’t operate in any kind of payback mode either, if a pitcher stares them down. (Ignore all of the talk to the opposite by pitchers and catchers who are now commentators.)
And if you are ever tempted to believe that umpires might be spiteful or favor one side over the other, or especially that they would make bad calls against the Yankees in particular, all you have to do is think Angel Hernandez. Then you’ll come to the correct conclusion as to whether it is possible that umpires carry biases and whether those biases may every affect their calls and in turn the outcome of a game…
Any of you guys see what Andrew McCutchen did tonight?
4-5, 3 HR, 6 RBI
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been done. But in general no problem gets solved till people take responsibility for it. Nobody’s owning this bad ball and that’s why it keeps cropping up.
I thought Tim McClelland was obvious. There are a few other umpires who do their job, cheatin the NYY, to the fullest.
That’s not a conspiracy, that’s just a scumbag of an umpire.
“Hinske has posted a 1.028 ops against lefties this year, but he wasn’t a better option than Ransom, who was batting under .200 against LHP coming into the fricking game today?”
Girardi made a mistake there. I think he knows as much but couldn’t come out and say so without punking Ransom a little, which he isn’t going to do. Hence the weak “we were sticking with our righties” response.
From the other thread:
The Yankees play terrific baseball, they take over first place, everyone is excited, and rightfully so.
But, when the inevitable downturn arrives, everyone starts talking about releasing players, firing managers and GM’s, and generally indicating that the season is lost.
How could one team become bums in such a short period of time?
They didn’t, it’s just we have a tough time accepting losses, of any kind. Well, newsflash, neither do the players! But, unlike us, they know tomorrow is another day, and they also know that there is a lot of season left to play. A lot of season, and they have a pretty good ballclub.
So, calm down everybody, you all knew, if you follow baseball at all, that this was coming. Fine, let it happen, then watch them turn it around just as quickly. Then, everyone will be singing the praises of Posada, marveling with how smart Girardi has become, and hoping Cashman stays. Did they change? Nope, but the ebb and flow of the season does.
It’s real simple, they lost, they played all facets of the game poorly….It happens, it’s part of baseball…Thursday night game stings, getting blown out you just move on…..This is my 3rd season here at The LoHud, and I must admit today was as bad here as the Yanks getting blown out in Chi-Town……Far worse than in April when the club was struggling…..Hairston will spell Ranson once Gardner gets back….AJ was due for a drubbing type outing…..Move on and salvage the getaway game…
Phil,
Been done? You’ve already passed info on to Girardi? And you’re advice was…?
Last night, in his semi-bright sort of way, Johnny Damon said that Mitre’s struggles got everyone out of rhythm. I thought that was interesting. He sort implied that the pitching was hurting the offense.
Wait. Tim McClellan? The guy that said Jeter lied?
“Then his instincts aren’t good which will prevent him from being a good manager.”
Perhaps.
But then again Charlie Manuel was the manager of a world series champion last year.
And he’s pretty awful as a manager.
But Brad Lidge suddenly turning into Mariano for a season sure did wash that away.
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Tears are only as good as your next days starting pitching.
I think teams who get significant players added by trade get a little adrenaline boost (not to be mistaken for an andro boost) that fires up the clubhouse a little. Hopefully it will wear off soon.
Could the Yanks funk be the opposite? They thought re-inforcements were coming and with know disrespect to Mr. Hairston, they didn’t arrive.
“So, calm down everybody, you all knew, if you follow baseball at all, that this was coming. Fine, let it happen, then watch them turn it around just as quickly. Then, everyone will be singing the praises of Posada, marveling with how smart Girardi has become, and hoping Cashman stays. Did they change? Nope, but the ebb and flow of the season does.”
Pep – GREAT post and great perspective and dammit absolute accuracy except for the real outlier fans.
Thanks.
I don’t watch Charlie Manuel enough to know what his instincts are, but his decisions last season worked out for the most part.
oh and what a concept – boston’s ace throws a gem of a game today – isn’t that what aces are supposed to do (hi CC and AJ)….cliff lee pitches a complete game 4 hitter yesterday..remind me again what the phillies gave up for him? washburn will probably go 8 innings and give up a run next time he pitches..he was begging the yankees to get him…
but hey cashman has sergio fricken mitre backing him up – and in case he can’t hack it kei igawa is always ready – maybe the waiver wire on tuesday will bring cashman sidney ponson back…or would he rather “catch lightening in a bottle for the 100th time with” rasner maybe – i’m sure he can get him for cheap from his japanese team…if he needs a righthanded bat i’m sure richie sexson is still available?…a 200 million dollar team nickel and diming it when it really matters …. only on a team run by cashman… simply pathetic..
Pepitone, I have a lot of faith in this team and I am definitely not jumping off the ledge. I know this is a very good team………..but, it’s got holes (like all teams) and I’m not sure how to fix these holes. Cash tried to obtain help, but that didn’t work and now we’ve got to go with what we have……that’s sort of scary, esp. as the pen is concerned. These guys are worn out. Plus, I really don’t want to see Mitre out there again……..and yet, we have no other options. That’s scary.
“Could the Yanks funk be the opposite? They thought re-inforcements were coming and with know disrespect to Mr. Hairston, they didn’t arrive.
I thought about that too, especially with respect to a 5th starter in light of the news about Wang. (Not saying I agree but I can see why it could be disconcerting to the ones who have to go out there every day and try to get the job done.)
trisha -
im not going overboard. Im not complaining. This has been this way since our World Series of 2000. Ive watched every game of the NYY in this stretch, so I have accurate information. Im used to this, I only get angry when we get cheated in the playoffs. Because playoffs is win or go home.
I acknowledge e havent gotten cheated much this year at all. Im not saying we get cheated in every game. There are times when an umpire who despises us knows what he has to do and he does it.
All of you are aware that ESPN is NESPN. That the Red Sox get favored by other GMs, etc. Why can you not take it the extra step and include a few umpires in those who favor the RS and oppose the NYY.
Stuart,
Bard has a very good slider too.
How is baseball scary?
pat,
My thoughts were the same. Cashman almost always brings in the calvary. But too bad, so sad. Suck it up. It’s their own fault anyway, the big salaries are the reason why the team can’t take on payroll anyway.
Betsy
August 1st, 2009 at 10:35 pm
LOL GB – speaking of the twins, how are they doing? How’s their mommy?
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LMAO. Betsy, they were doing fine until I lost the kids.
Seriously, the kids are doing great, but, still in the hospital, their mother is doing just fine. I’m not doing as well, though. Gotta find my glasses. Anthony should be home in a week or so, Sidney will be longer, though. She still not quite 4 pounds.
I guess Chone Figgins getting 4 cheap bases in the series before the All star break would happen against the Red Sox.
Not a chance. Chone would have been out each and every time or Papi the juicer would have gone to the dugout and throw bats at the umpire like he did years ago.
Yeah, Cash – AJ hasn’t pitched ANY good games this year and Beckett hasn’t pitched any BAD games this year. I don’t know what the rest of your post said because I skipped it……I’m sure it was filled with more gems.
Phil,
I caught that by Damon last night. I paid particular attention because I had started to post the same thing, but decided not to, didn’t want to get hammered. But it makes sense to me – Mitre took everyone out of the game, and also burst the happy bubble of getting off to a quick 3-0 lead. If he (Mitre) had been able to settle down or get into a rhythm in the 2nd or 3rd at the latest, it might have been okay.
I think you know what I mean, Cash…..use whatever term you want (worrisome, concerning, etc……)
Damon pulled a Phil on Mitre – he said the same thing about Phil that night in Baltimore.
Jim, sorry I guess I was a little too cryptic in my post. Read it again, this time as a parody. I totally agree with your take on umpires. Angel Hernandez has been extremely open in his contempt and one-sided calls!
Pepitone,
WHo has said the season is lost. I believe we are one of the best teams and our season is never lost. I always remain hopeful of everything, even umpire fairness, which weve gotten for the most part this year.
I call for Cody Ransom to be DFA’d before the season, while weve winning, while weve been losing, just not on this blog. He is a wasted roster spot.
“I think you know what I mean, Cash…..use whatever term you want (worrisome, concerning, etc……)”
Isn’t that your normal condition?
Don’t blame the umpires for the Yankee problems. Their calls have been bad for all teams.
Girardi goes for lefty/righty match ups. Lefty pitcher, righty batter(Ransom.) That is by the book a la Tony LaRussa.
If Yanks don’t make the post season, it may be goodbye Girardi. Maybe Cashman too.
UGH
So apparently Jesus Montero was injured tonight and it might be bad…
Don’t worry. The “ace” will pick them up tomorrow just like he did in that last game in Anaheim
Trisha -
Thanks for the compliment.
Have a terrific evening!
GB, did you look on top of your head for your glasses? LOL Glad everyone is doing well…….aww, Sidney will be just fine. I’ll bet Anthony will be inconsolable as he misses his twin……I wish I could have a twin, but I think it’s too late for that.
Why Ransom doesn’t start as DH against lefty?
Because Girardi knows Matsui is better than Ransom.
No more excuse and explanation.
“Damon pulled a Phil on Mitre – he said the same thing about Phil that night in Baltimore”
Probably has more impact on guys with talent, like Hughes, and not so much with no talent stiffs, like Mitre.
Thanks Trisha.
I just want others to know Im not saying conspiracy or we get cheated every game.
Nothing like that.
There are umpires who have negative feelings toward us for whatever reason, and of course their calls are affected by it.
Hey, everyone hates us for our $200 million payroll. Are umpires immune to that?
“But too bad, so sad. Suck it up.”
Christmas morning in your house must be a blast with that attitude when the kids don’t get the pony they asked for.
I think the players knew they weren’t getting shiny new toys on Friday. Still, it stings a little when the other kids are playing with theirs.
if cody skidmark ransom was released today. no mlb team or aaa team would pick skidmark up
p.s maybe the mets
No Grand slams,I’ve been waiting for one.
Girardi played Ransom as a favor to Cashman.
Fans were all over Cash for the trade deadline fiasco. (no #5 starter yada yada) GI Joe created a nice diversion. All part of the plan. It’s how it went down….
maybe I need to stop reading Oliver Stone’s twitter
“I think the players knew they weren’t getting shiny new toys on Friday. Still, it stings a little when the other kids are playing with theirs.”
Yankees got their shiny new toys at Christmas.
Cash, yes it is, but I’m not making up the Yankees flaws – they exist and they will be problematic until we can fix them. I still am confident in this team, believe me – I know how good they are. This slump doesn’t worry me at all.
Rose
I am in no way saying the umpires are the cause for our problems.
Thursday’s game, they had a great part to do with it, and we still nearly won.
I could not watch it because I had the Rays game on FOx, but following Gameday, the 6 run inning which was the decisive inning of the game, was cheat city. AJ is human. He gets rattled when he gets cheated. If he has to throw the ball right down the pipe to get a strike, players are gonna hammer him.
Rebecca–Optimist Prime–Montero Fanaticus Primus
August 1st, 2009 at 10:59 pm
UGH
So apparently Jesus Montero was injured tonight and it might be bad…
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There was no after game report on Montero. He was hit with a ricochet on a fastball crossup in the 3rd inning. Hit his chest and then his meat hand. He was still on the bench at the beginning of the 6th inning.
Steve, I agree…….I’m still not a fan of what he did as I don’t like calling out your teammates in public (hopefully he wouldn’t mind if someone did that to him).
betsy – beckett hasn’t pitched a bad game in about 2 months..and from what all the genius’s on this blog say – april and may games don’t count much anyway..
has CC pitched like an ace this year? not quite…i like aj but he is who he is – someone cashman overpaid for…i’m not necessarily blaming them as much as i blame cashman for holding on to every fricken propect…. if they’re lucky 5 of the 30 can’t miss propects will actually amount to anything….spending another 8 million dollars this year and 20 more next year (while chopping off about 35 million)should not have been the reason they still have mitre on the team.. and no real outfielders this year or next…
if you can’t see that then maybe you shouldn’t read what i wrote – the truth hurts sometimes…
Betsy,
Ha! No one else on the team would do that. They know it’s a team game, and they know better to express their frustrations outside the clubhouse.
“Hit his chest and then his meat hand”
GB – which one is the meat hand again?
I always confuse my meat and potato hands….
GB: I’m still worried.
My brother broke his hand a couple years ago in gym class, but didn’t feel anything until a couple classes later.
Ransom is there because he’s one of Girardi’s guys, not cause Cash believes in him. You don’t trade for Hairston, or start teaching Pena how to add OF to his UT abilities if you have any faith in Ransom. He’s a Girardi guy, and it was stupid to keep him after adding Shelley back to the 40. There’s ridiculous inefficiency at the bottom of the 25 and on the 40 this year.
Rebecca,
GGBG finished the game on a tear. And never knew it was broken.
“Yankees got their shiny new toys at Christmas.”
Very true. They’ve just gotten a few dings in the past few months so they aren’t new anymore. Still fun to play with though.
That’s what makes it so frustrating watching the RS.. They get handed whatever they want, but they argue every “cheap” call and every fair call that they disagree with. They whine and whine and everybody loves them.
Maybe if I whine about the umpires, ESPN will bathe me also
http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com.....8;c_id=nyy
Well, here are some quotes from AJ:
“It was my job to come in here today and set the tone, and try to stop this little dive we’re in right now,” Burnett said. “I didn’t do that.”
The walk came on a call that Burnett wasn’t happy with, but once Nix was on his way to first base and A.J. Pierzynski had touched the plate, there wasn’t much point in debating it.
“What can you do?” Burnett said. “You’ve still got to put it behind you and make the next pitches. I didn’t do that.”
The bases-loaded walk was followed by a two-run Scott Podsednik single, a two-run Gordon Beckham double and a run-scoring Jermaine Dye single, as the White Sox jumped out to a 6-0 lead. Burnett said the second inning cost them the game, their third straight loss on the South Side.
“You’d like to stop that bleeding a little sooner than six,” Burnett said. “Obviously, that’s bad. It’s a matter of having balls too much on the plate and up, and not being able to stop it when it should be stopped.”
cashman needs to go
Because Beckett never struggled with the Red Sox. Not even his first year with the club. Nope.
“Maybe if I whine about the umpires”
Maybe if I whine? You’ve been whining for 7 hours now.
Went looking for the last time Yanks were swept in a four game series in the regular season and came up with:
Home: May 2003 by Toronto
Road: June 1990 at Fenway
Betsy
August 1st, 2009 at 11:00 pm
GB, did you look on top of your head for your glasses? LOL Glad everyone is doing well…….aww, Sidney will be just fine. I’ll bet Anthony will be inconsolable as he misses his twin……I wish I could have a twin, but I think it’s too late for that.
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Yep. Looked on top of my head and under my foot. That’s where they usually end up. Eventually, I’ll get up and check to make sure that I’m not sitting on them. Yeah, Sid’s a little fighter. It’s driving Morgan crazy, because right now, she stays at the hospital day and night, but, when it’s time to take Anthony home, that’s when it’ll get to her. I’ll probably take 3-4 days/nights a week staying there.
thank you for your thoughts and words, Betsy. Means a lot.
CB
We don’t know what happens if Girardi pinch hits for Ransom in the 6th? There’s a good chance for an out and the game plays out as is. But if Hinske homered or Damon kept the rally going, the Yanks could have rallied and the rest of the game changed.
So, I think it’s a pretty big deal that Girardi didn’t put the Yankees in a position to win the game, even if they didn’t deserve it.
Cash, not true about Beckett, but I’ll leave that there. I don’t care how much $$ AJ is making. Up until today, for a long stretch of games, he’s been excellent and that includes some big games (like the game in Tampa, for one).
Are you saying you would have traded Austin Jackson for Jarrod Washburn?
This team is not built for playoff success. Unreliable starting pitching, a tired bullpen, lack of clutch hitting against good teams, and too much reliance on the homerun. It’s the same old story. And it will be another 1st round exit come October.
Steve B
August 1st, 2009 at 11:10 pm
“Maybe if I whine about the umpires”
Maybe if I whine? You’ve been whining for 7 hours now.
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Not about the umpires.
Im so used to the umpires, I dont even worry about it. Even though weve been treated fairly this season, I assume each game will be NYY vs Umpires/opposing team.
Good quotes from Burnett. You have like accountability, and he’s showing some there.
DT – OPPC member (blood type – Positive)
August 1st, 2009 at 11:06 pm
“Hit his chest and then his meat hand”
GB – which one is the meat hand again?
I always confuse my meat and potato hands….
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That’s the one with the fork in it. The other hand is for the switch blade, in case they try taking the meat.
One problem, that hasn’t been address is AJ Pierzynski. He tried to hurt Cano on Thursday night, and as a result, they not only said it was cool, but they did him the favor of pitching him away for the next few games and got to see just how good he is at lining the ball to left when he knows he can really step into it. I have a two year old niece who wouldn’t take that kind of crap from anyone.
“He’s a Girardi guy, and it was stupid to keep him after adding Shelley back to the 40.”
Shelley doesn’t belong on the 40 but neither does Cody.
Watching the NYK and the NYR and the NYG also. Its always us against the Refs/opposing team.
I say this with 100% confidence. If the NYG didnt get treated fairly in the SB, we NEVER would have won. If New England had gotten its normal cheap calls, we wouldnt have won.
NYG got a fair crew and we punched Brady in the mouth. Win.
ransom should be cleaning toilets at yankee stadium,how the hell can he be on the roster
Yankees_ JP
Ransom stinks. Girardi should have pinch hit for him. He left him in because a lefty was pitching. My point, and a lot of other posters, was a lefty PH should have been used even with a lefty pitching.
Watching the NYK and the NYR and the NYG also. Its always us against the Refs/opposing team.
I say this with 100% confidence. If the NYG didnt get treated fairly in the SB, we NEVER would have won. If New England had gotten its normal cheap calls, we wouldnt have won.
NYG got a fair crew and we punched Brady in the mouth. Win.
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This man speaks the truth.
cashman needs to go
You are right. Beckett is one of the best, and instead of cashman spending money at the time on washed up losers like Kevin Brown, Jaret Wright, and Carl Pavano, he should have made a trade for Beckett years ago. We would have a true ace and a postseason pitcher. Cashman does need to go because he doesn’t know how to run an organization. Girardi needs to go as well.
GB, maybe you should get lenses, lol……I can’t imagine how Morgan will feel having to leave Sid at the hospital, but imagine the homecoming. One of my nieces was born 6 weeks premature…….she’s absolutely perfect now, but boy – she was so tiny. She’s still a little peanut, lol.
This man speaks the truth.
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Was that a joke?
No.
Hairston spells Ranson once Gardner returns…..CC spins a good game tomorrow and salvages a game on getaway day…..I actually had more to say about today here at the LoHud, however for the first time in three seasons here, my last post was sieze by whomever is in charge of censorship….Nothing vulger, just some crticism about the site and how degraded it becomes at time……
“Ransom is there because he’s one of Girardi’s guys, not cause Cash believes in him. You don’t trade for Hairston, or start teaching Pena how to add OF to his UT abilities if you have any faith in Ransom. He’s a Girardi guy, and it was stupid to keep him after adding Shelley back to the 40. There’s ridiculous inefficiency at the bottom of the 25 and on the 40 this year.”
Agreed completely.
And on your earlier point – also agree that cashman has done a bad job with 25 man/ 40 man roster management this year.
Part of this is a disconnect between Cashman and Girardi.
They call up Albaledejo as the 13th pitcher and it’s very telling that Girardi “trusts” him more than he does Melancon, the guy who has been on the 25 man.
Albie, random, berroa – can’t get enough of them.
Ransom is turning out to be Miguel Cairo in microcosm all over again.
Forks and switch blades? No wonder some catchers have so many passed balls.
Now the Randy, “Clank” nickname makes sense, though. He must have bent his fork a lot.
Steve B, he’s been that way all season. I think that’s why he was able to bounce back from his rough start against the Sox. I think players that make excuses to the public and get defensive about their peformance are not inclined to think they did anything wrong and so, to them, there’s nothing to fix. In other words, they are delusional. Fortunately, the Yankees don’t have many players that are “delusional”…….
CB
Cairo was a bum… But he could actually shorten up on the bat and try to put the ball in play occasionally. Got a few big hits for us.
Cashman is a moron plain and simple. He has run this organization into the ground. The yankees are never going to be the yankees again until he is gone along with the rest of the garbage on the field and girardi.
At least Miguel Cairo had some success before he started to suck. Not the case with our boy Cody
DT – OPPC member (blood type – Positive)
August 1st, 2009 at 11:19 pm
Forks and switch blades? No wonder some catchers have so many passed balls.
Now the Randy, “Clank” nickname makes sense, though. He must have bent his fork a lot.
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Never have a player (Giambi) that gets his glove repaired at a scrap iron salvage shop.
ANother problem is information getting to the media that shouldnt. That tired shoulder might be what other GMs held over our heads on July 31
Cash says one thing, Joe G says another.
Joe G hides Ace injury, Aceves admits it.
THe media shouldnt get any important information like injury info. Never. Like hockey.
GB my bestest of thoughts for the twins and your family.
DT – OPPC member (blood type – Positive)
August 1st, 2009 at 11:19 pm
Forks and switch blades? No wonder some catchers have so many passed balls.
Now the Randy, “Clank” nickname makes sense, though. He must have bent his fork a lot.
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yeah, never have a player on the team (Giambi) that gets his glove repaired by a welder in a scrap iron shop.
Bronx Born
August 1st, 2009 at 11:25 pm
GB my bestest of thoughts for the twins and your family.
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Thank you for the kind words and thoughts, Bronx. It’s most appreciated.
“I equate myself to Ransom in some ways because he is NOT a professional hitter in any way, shape or form.”
Except, of course, because he gets paid to play baseball. But besides that fact, sure, he’s not a professional hitter.
The management of Melancon/Robertson has been ineffective. Now, rightly or wrongly, the Yankees raise their relievers by having them pitch two innngs (or more if it’s a lot pc like Montero was getting last year) every two days. Now, while the Major Leage team has to be slave to situations, they also have to keep in mind that these two dominant minor league relievers have to get regular work to be effective. When they are right, Robertson and Melancon can K guys and get bad contact left and right. They are not as developed as they should be right now.
Meanwhile, the White Sox, who are kicking the crap out of us, are merrily playing rookies all over the place as they do.
“The walk came on a call that Burnett wasn’t happy with”
Liar! Fraud! Complainer! Excuse maker!!! We all know that the umpire didn’t make any bad calls. Right Rose?
Actually it was really too bad that Burnett of all people ended up with the loser behind the plate because (understandably but unfortunately) he wasn’t able to recover. That said, I don’t know how you figure out how to recover when pitches in the strike zone are being called balls. Okay, so how about a few meatballs right down the old pikeskee? Will you call those strikes for me ump? Woops! Thar they blow!!!!!
When you don’t have your best stuff you absolutely don’t need a botched-up strike zone.
That said, I’m sure lots of pitchers have been there. Some deal with it well, some do not. And of course, you never want it to be a pitcher from your team put in that position, and certainly not when you need the bleeding to stop!
C’est la vie, right? Right.
Ugh, I was so distraught over the game, I went and did the sink full of dishes.
Somehow I don’t feel any better.
Just kidding! All those bad thoughts I soaked in from the blog today were ground up in the disposal and went down the drain with the soap suds.
Tomorrow’s another day, another fresh start.
The Patriots got some awful calls in that SB and I still maintain that Tyree’s catch was not a catch. That ball touched the ground. He didn’t have control.
But anyway… baseball…
Jackson finished with a 1-3 and a run scored.
Jason Hirsh made his first start for the Yanks. 5 innings, 5 hits, 0 runs, 0 walks, 7 strikeouts against Pawtucket in a 4-0 win.
Wasn’t Girardi Cashman’s choice over Mattingly and Pena for Mgr.?
GB7,
Thanks for the info. Next thing you know people will be calling for Hirsh to get the call.
Couldnt agree more Trish!
Coke looks tired out there Girardi has used him so much because he is the only lefty in the pen. I was thinking at the deadline Cashman would of made a trade for another lefty reliever to help Coke out.
Girardi was Cashman’s first choice. Though I think if Trey Hillman had been available, that might have been the choice.
Coke has been fighting a sinus infection, which is ironic for a guy named Coke, but draining.
By the way, The Yankees are still in first place.
What people who pile onto Mitre might not know is that he is less than a year post TJ surgery. He had a lot of ball movement in his last game, just that a lot of pitches were up, Wang anyone? I think that if people will just bear with him, he should be alright. He is at least as good as some of those fifth starters that are being touted. He just needs some time.
m
August 1st, 2009 at 11:33 pm
GB7,
Thanks for the info. Next thing you know people will be calling for Hirsh to get the call.
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You’re most welcome, Mel. He was a big talent coming out of the draft and actually pitched well until he was traded to Colorado. Hirsh has to be a better choice than Igawa, Johnson and towers…certainly, no worse.
charlestonchew August 1st, 2009 at 11:31 pm
The Patriots got some awful calls in that SB and I still maintain that Tyree’s catch was not a catch. That ball touched the ground. He didn’t have control.
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You’re joking, right? Replays clearly showed the ball didn’t touch the ground and it wasn’t wobbling all over the place at all.
charlestonchew
August 1st, 2009 at 11:31 pm
The Patriots got some awful calls in that SB and I still maintain that Tyree’s catch was not a catch. That ball touched the ground. He didn’t have control.
But anyway… baseball…
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Not a catch!!
oh yes, the tyree play where “all the giants o-line were holding the Patriots”.
Ironic, Coming in defense of the team that’s Oline practically strips the clothes off the defense while holding and strangling them.
That’s why I love Bernard Pollard. He was being held while on the ground, and he continued fighting and efforting with the Pat holding him on the ground, and it cost Tom Broddy a whole season
Charleston Chew
1. It was a catch
2. He did have possession, there was never a bobble
not sure what replay you are looking at. You are the first person I have ever heard say that shouldn’t have been a catch. And for good reason
GB7-
Just tuned in. Did you just have twins in the family? Best wishes!!
Did not see the debacle today, scanned thru the last few posts, looked at the play by play review, and see that we got very little out of the bottom of our order except Hairston.
What was wrong with Coke? Now there are only two relievers I’m comfortable with-Hughes and Mo.
I had AJ now as #1, with CC #2 and tiring, but AJ was apparently not locating his pitches well. Is Joba going to be our savior for the next few weeks until we have to sit him down to conserve innings?
I hope the Steinbrenners give Cashman the wherwithal to spend some money when some pitchers get placed on waivers this month.
Still upset that Shapiro wouldn’t trade Lee and Francisco to us for what I’m sure what would have been a better package than what the Phillies gave them.
Still feel confident [if that's the right word?] that we’ll make the playoffs, but until our pitching shapes up it could be an early.
Pats got physically dominated and their DL was talking smack to the Giants OL as Eli lead that awesome two minute drill which ended with the pass to an OPEN Plax in the endzone. Yeah, Belichick’s still a defensice wunderkind.
It could be an early EXIT!
“That’s why I love Bernard Pollard. He was being held while on the ground, and he continued fighting and efforting with the Pat holding him on the ground, and it cost Tom Broddy a whole season
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I heard that there is a new rule in the NFL where no one can sack the qb while they are not standing up…so that basically eliminates about 25% of sacks. What a joke of a rule. That is punishing guys from hustling once they have fallen down. So basically once a defensive lineman is knocked to the ground, he should just give up on the play because there is no way he is getting backup to his feet and chasing down the QB. The NFL is just getting ridiculous with their new rules trying to save QB’s. Injuries are part of the game, but apparently, Tom Brady injuries arn’t. If that was the Lions backup QB, that rule would not have been passed.
and all that bum Troy could talk about was
the sluggo route, the sluggo route.
Does anyone remember the Bruschi/Seau sick perverted manhug after taking the lead, like they had won.
I am so glad that loser Seau didnt win. What a slap in the face to the Dolphins. He “graduated” to the Pats.
trisha
You are right. The umpires bad call was only against the Yankees.
They never ever make bad calls against any other teams.
But of course John. It’s Tom Broddy. He plays for the Boston team. Im sure they would have done it for Peyton or other great QBs, but Broddy is the be all and end all of the NFL.
Believe me, if Tom is healthy last season, they win the Super Bowl, no question. Teams rarely try against them, especially at Foxboro (or if Foxboro has a new name).
Tom Broddy is what brought the Patriots into relevance in football. And it got them fans for the first time, since they never had any before 2000.
Hey, they’re still called a dynasty. What dynast hasnt won in 5 years??? ESPN being ESPN.
“Coke has been fighting a sinus infection, which is ironic for a guy named Coke, but draining.”
His sinus is draining? He should be feeling better then
I’m sorry, am I on Pete’s Yankee blog? Who’s Tom Broddy?
We will not win anything with Clueless Stubborn Bully Joe Girardi as our manager.
“Should we think it was just a coincidence that a week after stats geek Bill James, who works for the Red Sox as a special adviser to GM Theo Epstein, comes out with his position paper concluding that there is no harm in using steroids and that they’ve had no harm on baseball, it’s revealed that David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez failed drug tests in 2003?”
http://www.nydailynews.com/spo.....z0MzkVGNXn
Tom Broddy’s that guy who never would have been anything if
he didnt have the help of illegal videotapes,
and the help of referees gifting him the Tuck Rule which gave him his 1st championship. Ahhh, the tuck rule, i love that ESPN shows that game highlights at least once a month. that rule has probably been used once since
its a shame we couldnt trade giradi,skidmark ransom,cashman and bruney to the jays for halladay
Mr Broddy 100% never would have been anything if he had played for New York, or any other team for that matter.
Yankee Trader
August 1st, 2009 at 11:51 pm
GB7-
Just tuned in. Did you just have twins in the family? Best wishes!!
Did not see the debacle today, scanned thru the last few posts, looked at the play by play review, and see that we got very little out of the bottom of our order except Hairston.
What was wrong with Coke? Now there are only two relievers I’m comfortable with-Hughes and Mo.
I had AJ now as #1, with CC #2 and tiring, but AJ was apparently not locating his pitches well. Is Joba going to be our savior for the next few weeks until we have to sit him down to conserve innings?
I hope the Steinbrenners give Cashman the wherwithal to spend some money when some pitchers get placed on waivers this month.
Still upset that Shapiro wouldn’t trade Lee and Francisco to us for what I’m sure what would have been a better package than what the Phillies gave them.
Still feel confident [if that's the right word?] that we’ll make the playoffs, but until our pitching shapes up it could be an early.
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Thanks, Trader for the kind words. I had a rough time with labor pains. Wasn’t sure that I’d survive. Those women really think they have it tough. Great-grandfathers have it worse. They’re doing better than I am. Everybody thinks they’re so cute and bring ‘em stuff and I don’t get nothin’. They were about a month early, but, doing well. Still in the hospital, though. Sidney (girl) was 3 and a half pounds, so, she’ll be there a while. Anthony was much bigger (so he won’t have to take no crap from his sister) was 5 pounds 2 ounces. They look like me.
well, in the fact that they are wrinkley and have no hair, anyway.
- betsy…yes i would have traded jackson for washburn and/or would have made montero available to get halladay – plus i would have gotten some BP arms as well….you don’t spend 400 million dollars in the offseason and then nickel and dime for some extra pieces that may make a difference between winning and watching the playoffs on tv..
if you buy a lamborghini and you forget to chage the oil and the engine burns out and you get 2 flat tires- you don’t leave the damn car in the garage and drive the fricken hyundai..you get the lamborghini fixed!!!
Coke has clearly been used too much…I mean 48 frickin’ games is pushig it for a guy who was a starting pitcher last year.
Coincidence that they had a 8 game win streak before going into a nose dive in May?
GB7
Congrats! Make sure they’re Yankee fans!
why is cody ransom on the team and getting playing time?
Jim Pir-one – Jo-Mophobic, becoming Jo-Pophobic
August 2nd, 2009 at 12:18 am
GB7
Congrats! Make sure they’re Yankee fans!
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Thanks for the kind words, jim. Much appreciated. Making them yankee fans could be tough, but, I’m working on it. “Yankee” is not the most acceptable word in polite company down here. I’m in Georgia. Those are fighting words here. Almost a hanging offense. Three things you don’t do here. Mention the word “Yankees”, talk about their mothers or talk bad about their dog, and, not necessarily in that order.
Let me echo, GB7, god bless the twins, their mom and indeed you and your whole family, and as long as I’m at it, every user of this blog.
thanks for the blessing
I try to type in another blog — m–s and my psot does not happen.. I hope I am only paranoid and it is not being blocked.
they thing Girardi is out of his mind for having Ransom on the roster let alone not pinch hitting for him..
I think about 95% of the fans no this is a no brainer move….
well its cash’s fault that ransom is on the roster, its girardis fault that he gets playing time
next home game the fans need to let skidmark feel the wrath.
Uh oh, looks like the Montero injury may be bad.
Mike Ashmore tweets:
mashmore98: Big news in Yankeeland…looks like Jesus Montero might miss some time with a hand injury. P.J. Pilittere heading to Trenton.
“next home game the fans need to let skidmark feel the wrath.”
why? hes just playing to his ability. fans should be annoyed at girardi and front office for expecting him to be useful.
PJ Piliterre may be the manager of the Yanks some day.
Given the talent level, Girardi may be one of the worst managers I have ever seen, and I say that as someone who thought he would be great.
“Uh oh, looks like the Montero injury may be bad”
Hopefully the Babe Ruth of the minors is ok and his hand is only sore and he will just miss a couple of days.
There’s an old saying that momentum in baseball is tomorrow’s pitcher. We have our best going for us tomorrow. A win tomorrow and a couple in Toronto and we’re back on track.
Babe Ruth Ransom has 25 strike outs in 79 AB’s man he is a good contact hitter.
BTW he has zero home runs, but hey he is a nice guy so do not say anything bad about him. He is hitting 75 points less then Pena but in yankeeland since he is 9 years older that most account for something. His OBP is only 50 points less the nPena and pena is a rookie so theoretically he can get better.. After all I am sure Ransom would put up Duncan power #’s in SWB….
I forgot the yanks have him on the roster for his tremendous range and glove….My bad I forgot he is avg defensively also.. No big deal they lost the game today because of pitching, playing 9 vs 8 should not matter if AJ pitches lights out…
Ransom may play on the Nat’s maybe……….
Maybe CC can win against a above 500 team tommorrow, hopefully Ransom can get another start tommorrow I saw something in his last AB he is about to break out and get hot…………….
Giradi and Great are two words that will never go together
Theo Epstein is not the best manager ever but I wish he was the yankees manager more then Cashman. Cashman or should I say Crashman has been the biggest failure ever. He has turned a winning franchise into a bad one. The yankees stretch of subpar effort will continue as long as Crashman is in control. Why won’t Hal just fire Crashman and Girardi, because I would.
With all the options available to them, did they have to use Ransom and send Duncan back down without a chance. Duncan couldn’t have been any worse than Ransom.
Games like today are further proof why the trade for Nady/Marte last season was so bad. Not only was Nady just average for an AL RF and Marte just bad and now injured, but it depleted the Yanks of pitching depth. Karstens, Ohlendorf and even Dan McCutchen would have been choices than Mitre right now.
“Karstens, Ohlendorf and even Dan McCutchen would have been choices than Mitre right now.”
And think about what desperate levels the Yanks will have to stoop to if Burnett or Pettitte get injured at any point
and if Joba is moved to the bullpen due to innings caps…
kei igawa come on down…
Ohlendorf would have been a better option the other 2 are jsut like Mitre no better…….
Nady blew his elbow out that cannot be predicted, he is not a pitcher..If nady was healthy it would help the yanks a lot….
CC hasn’t come up big in big games for us this year. He hasn’t pitched like the ace he’s being paid to pitch like. How many starts has he just been dominating when they need him to be, you know, 8 or 9 shutout innings? They need one of those outings tomorrow. Based on what he’s done this season, I think he’ll be mediocre. I hope he’s great though, cuz man they need it.
“Games like today are further proof why the trade for Nady/Marte last season was so bad. Not only was Nady just average for an AL RF and Marte just bad and now injured, but it depleted the Yanks of pitching depth.”
Welcome to my world! the world in which I thought about why was the quick fix neccessary? why?! Think about it Karstens, Ohlendorf and Tabata…Tabata would be 21 in AAA w/ AJax, Ohlendorh could have been a #5 SP Karstens the same. That move for Damaso Marte + Nady = EPIC FAIL and we almost gave up Coke in that same deal had he not mysteriously failed a physical.
Well the Yankees are screwed once Joba hits his innings limit. Who will pitch then? Waiver retreads or minor leaguers or Mitre, I guess.
Joba, there’s no way they are sitting him for the season. Or weakening the SP especially when right now he’s on a roll in the 2nd half.
Josh Beckett has been an ace for the Red Sox. He is a great postseason pitcher. Can we say the same for Sabathia?
Crashman should have got Beckett years ago especially after his postseason performance in 2003. But once again he fails as usual. Sabathia better start living up to his contract or he will be gone a few years from now.
The wolves are out tonight…..Good piece Rebecca…..
So far, the Yankees have been a .500 team when CC takes the mound.
The only starter that has given them a worse winning % is Wang. The team record is over .500 with Pettitte, Burnett, Joba, Hughes, Aceves, and even Mitre pitching.
The weirdest part is that CC and Wang were supposed to be our two most reliable pitchers and the team is (I think) 12-17 in their outings.
They will probably put him in the bullpen sometime in September, so he can be available for the postseason in that role. They are not going to go beyond his innings limit.
Trumpetman, you do know the organization was ran a different way back then..right? Cash didn’t get full autonomy I think until 05′, the best contrast to this is during the trade deadline when everyone thought Cash wanted Doc he actually made an attempt to nab Bell and King Felix of Seattle. So did Epstein, but backs in 03′ Cash never had enough control to attempt that.
“Josh Beckett has been an ace for the Red Sox. He is a great postseason pitcher. Can we say the same for Sabathia?”
To be fair, Beckett had a 5.00 ERA in his first season with the Red Sox, and the team finished in third place, missing the playoffs by 11 games…
It’s still too early to judge CC.
It’s probably safe to say that I’ve killed more brain cells reading some of these ridiculous posts than I would have if I had been sniffing glue for the past two hours.
But I guess that’s what happens when this team has the gall to lose 3 games in a row.
Josh Beckett is far from the super hero that the lunatic fringe of the Yankee fan base portrays him to be.
Remember it cost them hanley to get beckett
Yanks got sabathia for money and a draft pick
ill gladly take CC
It’s weird to think that Cashman and Epstein both inquired about Felix Hernandez. I can only imagine what that conversation would have been like.
What has been Cashmans’ signature trade in his time as Yankee GM? Unless it’s a free agent or a salary dump he just doesn’t get the job done when it comes to acquiring talent. He doesn’t seem to have a good talent evaluation skill.
Mr. Franco, you thinkit’s bad now, you should have been around during the game…..It was like ”One Flew Over The Cucko’s Nest ”…The inmates took over the asylem……Beware of this Matt character Mr. Franco, he’s a very scarey dude…
Cashman did trade Soriano for A-Rod and there’s no question the Yanks got the best of that deal.
A-Rod was a salary dump by Texas.
You’re kidding, right? His signature trade was the ARod trade.
cody random sucks. it needs to be said. hairston/gardner + a third (shelley?) is nice but theres no room for cody. good luck with the nationals next year.
You’re nitpicking. Abreu was a classic salary dump. You don’t get players like Soriano back in a strict salary dump. The ARod trade is one of the signature trades in all of baseball over the last 20 years.
Pat M…. August 2nd, 2009 at 1:47 am
Mr. Franco, you thinkit’s bad now, you should have been around during the game…..It was like ”One Flew Over The Cucko’s Nest ”…The inmates took over the asylem……Beware of this Matt character Mr. Franco, he’s a very scarey dude…
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You’re not kidding, brother. I’ve scoured over some of Matt’s ramblings and the sad thing is he’s not alone by a long shot.
The people who continue to change their monikers are often some of the worst offenders.
Tidrow August 2nd, 2009 at 1:48 am
A-Rod was a salary dump by Texas.
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A trade is a trade whether it’s a salary dump or not.
Josh Beckett was a salary dump for the Marlins because they weren’t going to be able to sign him long term – just like everyone else.
Victor Martinez was a salary dump. Same with Cliff Lee. Doesn’t matter the reason why someone was traded. He was still traded.
Wells for Clemens was another big one…Cashman was the GM then, right?
What i’m getting at is that Cashman lacks ingenuity. As far as i can recall he’s never traded for a good young player who became an all star under his watch. With all the money and resources this team possesses i think Cashman has done a adequate at best job of putting teams together.
Not to mention Mike Lowell was part of that Beckett deal and he was the epitome of a salary dump back then.
A rod was definitely a salary dump. Why would a team trade one of the best players in baseball in the prime of his career if it isn’t a salary dump?
Well technically that’s not true. They traded for Vazquez, and then Vazquez made the All-star team as a Yankee, under Cashman’s watch. That actually happened.
“A rod was definitely a salary dump. Why would a team trade one of the best players in baseball in the prime of his career if it isn’t a salary dump?”
You do know they were paying part of his contract too, right?
the yankees did not have a prospect of the hanley ramirez caliber to get Beckett. the reason is until recently the last 3 years or less we have used our minor league system to trade for old established guys..
the abrue trade was a slary dump but a smart trade by cashman never the less. the nady/marte trade will come back to haunt them because nady got injured witha fluke injury. TJ for a OF is hard to predict. If they had Nady, swisher would be playing less OF and there would be no Ransom and they would have a better linuep against lefties. I assume girardi would platoon in lF like he is in CF..
Marte has been an effective lefty and also has been hurt and what can you do.. tabata got moves to AAA so we will see he is only 20, ohlendorf is a functional 5th starter the other guys they gave up stink.
the yanks have about 15 legit major leaguers in the system; cervelli, pena, Ajax, abeledajo, mccallister, kennedy, montero, romine, and others who can contribute to one level or another…that is not bad.
the sheffield trade is a classic trade the yanks never would do, dump a vet for prospects nad it has not paid any real didvidens but I still think it was a good trade. they got rid of a old, unathletic DH type and a lot of moolah for; humberto sanchez, kevin whelan, and 21 ERA Anthony clagget, and I still think it was a good trade… SOme of the young guys will make it so getting rid of a piece you do not need for potential sometimes is not a bad idea…
cleveland got 1 guys for martinez and lee, they stunk with those 2 and some of the 11 prospects will make it….
the yanks are continuing to try to get away from the slow, hr, unathletic team but it cannot be done overnight. brett gardner was a player the yanks never had or would play 3 to 5 years ago.. is he a star, doubtful but he can be a piece of the puzzle..
the wang, kennedy, marte, and nady injuries have hurt the team alot but I guess pitching injuries should be expected so maybe they did not have enough fallback plans with 2 22 yr old starters with innings limits….. at the end of the day the do have 2 23 yr old stud starters and BTW Melancon seems to be getting it together and he is all of 24 and they have very high hopes for him
Tidrow August 2nd, 2009 at 1:56 am
A rod was definitely a salary dump. Why would a team trade one of the best players in baseball in the prime of his career if it isn’t a salary dump?
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So what? What does that have to do with anything?
The Red Sox got Beckett and Lowell because they were salary dumps. They just got Martinez because he was a salary dump.
Ditto for Johan Santana, Cliff Lee, Jake Peavy, and Jarrod Washburn.
Your argument doesn’t make an ounce of sense.
Would any team in their right mind trade ARod for Soriano unless it’s a salary dump? I know Texas paid part of his salary. They just didn’t want to keep paying his full salary.
David Justice….Roger Clemens…..Tino Martinez…..
Orlando Cabrera was a salary dump. along with lee, martinez, peavy, betancourt, washburn,freddy snachez, jack wilson,grabow and gorzelanny, all those trades are salary dumps. is a salary dump no good only when the yanks pick up the players????
the teams that stink and have assets with value say hey we can stink like we do now witha lower payroll and get back prospects and if we get lucky some of these prospects may become stars, so what is a matter with that???
the yanks whole bullpen is internally developed except for the injured marte.
texxiera has been part of a salary dump the last 2 of 3 seasons, this has been gone on in the league for years….
Tidrow August 2nd, 2009 at 2:04 am
Would any team in their right mind trade ARod for Soriano unless it’s a salary dump? I know Texas paid part of his salary. They just didn’t want to keep paying his full salary.
Would you shut up? What point are you trying to make? Expensive good players on bad teams become salary dumps. SHUT UP.
ARod’s contract was just too large for a team like Texas. It consumed them, limited their payroll flexibility. And the team was going nowhere. So it didn’t make sense to pay one player so much on a flawed team.
george sherril to the dodgers is a salary dump.. basically 90 % of the trades are salary dumps, is there a problem????
My argument isn’t that Cashman hasn’t made good trades my argument has been that he never trades for good, young, inexpensive, up and coming players. It’s always established players who are easy to acquire because of age or salary concerns. Wy can’t he make a trade like Tampa did for Garza and Bartlett, like the White Sox did for Quentin or Texas for Hamilton. The best he could come up with this off season was Swisher?
“Would any team in their right mind trade ARod for Soriano unless it’s a salary dump?”
Every time a team makes a star player available for trade, it usually has something to do with financial issues.
There’s a reason no one was able to snag Adrian Gonzalez or Felix Hernandez at the trade deadline. Those players are cheap and wouldn’t be moved for anyone.
You don’t see many of the established, win-now teams trade for young players. For one, these players are not easy to get because they are payroll protected, so the team has no motivation to get rid of these players. It usually takes young talent to secure young talent, that is, unless it is a salary dump.
“Wy can’t he make a trade like Tampa did for Garza and Bartlett, like the White Sox did for Quentin or Texas for Hamilton. The best he could come up with this off season was Swisher?”
A lot of these trades appear to be very lopsided. So I guess you are angry that Cashman has not fleeced any GM of their best young player for Melky Cabrera or Kei Igawa?
Why is this team holding on to minor leaguers like Miranda, Romine, MaCallister ect. who most likely won’t get a chance with the parent club and trade them for a good young AAA a outfielder from another organization instead of trading them for guys like Nady and Marte?
Cashman is better known for the trades he didn’t make…..Cano & Wang for Randy Johnson comes to mind…..Hughes , Kennedy, Melanchon…..
“My argument isn’t that Cashman hasn’t made good trades my argument has been that he never trades for good, young, inexpensive, up and coming players.”
Playing in NY has something to do with that. Just look at how impatient fans were when Hughes and Chamberlain were struggling. And those players are homegrown, which usually earns guys extra patience.
If you look at the Red Sox and Mets (two closest teams in terms of market and payroll) they don’t exactly have diamond in the rough superstars either. The bottom line is, when you play in Boston or NY, the GM can’t just come out and say, “Hey, we’re going to try Edwin Jackson out in our rotation, even though he hasn’t proven anything yet.”
The other thing is, sometimes young players need a change of scenery to succeed. Such was the case with Brandon Phillips. The problem is, NY is usually a place where players struggle the most, not somewhere that helps them relax and magically find their groove.
My argument isn’t that Cashman hasn’t made good trades my argument has been that he never trades for good, young, inexpensive, up and coming players. It’s always established players who are easy to acquire because of age or salary concerns. Wy can’t he make a trade like Tampa did for Garza and Bartlett, like the White Sox did for Quentin or Texas for Hamilton. The best he could come up with this off season was Swisher?
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does jeff weaver / javier vasquez count?
Cash treats pitchers above anything else.
tidrow..
you are wrong.
sheffield for snachez, whelan, and clagget. 3 young guys for a vet..
they had no prospects worth anything until recently to trade now they have prospects. montero and ajax are premium prospects especially montero.
joba, hughes, melancon, gardner, pena, cervelli, robertson, coke, off the top pf my head all contributed this year all about 23 except coke who is 26………melky is 24….they are making progress butthey really need AJAx to stick next year……………
Miranda is not a legit prospect. Not very athletic, corner position … Romine and McCallister both are legit prospects and will get their shot when they are ready.
Cashman has proved the organization’s successful pitchers will be promoted and get a shot in the pen, at least. Joba, Hughes, Kennedy, Aceves, Coke — all these guys got their shot. That’s a sea change for this organization.
Hughes, Kennedy , Melanchon for Santana….Actually the Nick Johnson, Juan Rivera for Vasquez was a good deal, and the Yanks should have kept Vasquez….However George was screaming for Randy Johnson, goodbye Vasquez…..Aaron Boone was a good deal in 2003…..No trade at the 09 dealine could be a mess, I do think that was an ownership decision….
don’t forget Abreu was absolutely a salary dump. at first the Phils asked Hughes for Abreu. it was during the deadline, we got Abreu for nothing.
You really think if Cash asked for a young player it wouldn’t have to included Montero or Jackson along with the players you just mentioned Tidrow? How many trades in the past couple of years have got shot down because other teams wanted say Zack Mcallister and Hughes, Joba, Jackson, Cano, Montero, and so forth. Even when Cash asked about Washburn they wanted Montero. Montero for a 3 month rental.
any chance Montero can be in the bigs sometime next year? I know he will only be 20 but his #’s are there.. He is in AA and hitting….
I guess all other GMs (other than Pirates) wanna rip an arm and leg from Yankees when we do trade (not salary dump) with each other.
They know that we want the trophy bad, and they all get greedy.
Where are Romine and McCallister going to get their chance with the likes of Montero, Cervelli, Posada, Hughes, Joba,Burnett, CC ahead of them unless, god forbid there are injuries? Why not trade them for a corner outfielder with commensurate talent from another organization?
how much of a better prospect was mccuthceon then AJAX???
romine maybe can be moved down the road but Mcalister is a pitcher and you know you never have enough of them…..
“any chance Montero can be in the bigs sometime next year? I know he will only be 20 but his #’s are there.. He is in AA and hitting….”
DH/C I don’t see why not. I’d have him play some RF just to make him more versatile.
any chance Montero can be in the bigs sometime next year? I know he will only be 20 but his #’s are there.. He is in AA and hitting….
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What is the rush? It is better to grow player’s talent patiently in the minors, than to yank him from AA directly to the bigs.
If we yank him too early, he will end up not-so-productive at the plate.
Look at the Yankees rotation next year. CC, AJ, Joba, Hughes. Wang is a huge question mark, if he can even contribute at all next year Heck, McCallister is probably one of the top insurance plans in case someone gets hurt. There is a definite chance he could get a callup next year when they need an emergency or 6th starter.
also Hughes has major innings limit next year. holding on to these minor league starters like mccalister is probably a good idea.
“how much of a better prospect was mccuthceon then AJAX???”
Andrew? he was prbly 5X better b/c he has better speed, OF instincts and the power developed earlier.
“any chance Montero can be in the bigs sometime next year?”
If he stays healthy, I’d be surprised not to see him next year, even if it’s just a September callup.
My guess is that he finishes the year in AA and either starts next season in AAA, or gets promoted early (like around May).
The jump from AA to AAA isn’t very tough, and he seems to be mastering AA already. The biggest question with him will be defense. If the Yankees are intent on making him a major league catcher, then I think his defense will be the final assessment on when he gets called up. His bat is ahead of his glove right now.
Cashman just seems to rely too much on his checkbook instead of going out there and doing some scouting and putting all of this organizations’ resources to good use. It almost seems like he’s lazy in that aspect of his job. It almost seems that there is a fat cat attitude running rampant in this organization from top to bottom.
montero’s defense is the main thing holding him back. i dont think they would let him play C at the big league level right now. he would probably be DH if they used him in the bigs next year. which means he will probably not play in the bigs next year.
Remember next year would be Hughes’ first full year in the bigs, with inning limit and growing pain and etc.
“any chance Montero can be in the bigs sometime next year?”
possibly september call up. you know Cashman is thinking about it.
im sorry, i forgot about september callups. that is certainly likely
tidrow the yanks have more homegrown players on the 25 man roster then many many teams..count you would be shocked….
If Montero DH’s a bunch with the Yanks to start can he play sometime next year.. It does not sound like at 20 he can catch in the majors….
Cashman just seems to rely too much on his checkbook instead of going out there and doing some scouting and putting all of this organizations’ resources to good use. It almost seems like he’s lazy in that aspect of his job. It almost seems that there is a fat cat attitude running rampant in this organization from top to bottom.
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heh, cash is yankees’ GM, not for pirates, or royals.
The fans want nothing short of a WS appearance every year, how is it possible not to sign big name FAs?
Where is Ian Kennedy at in his rehab back from surgery? Any chance he gets to pitch in the Arizona league? Didn’t David Cone have similar surgery and return the very same year?
Brandon what is AJAX ceiling? If he is not on the big club next year they have serious outfield issues…..
It is amazing the last big time OF the yanks developed is Bernie.. They have developed Melky and Gardner but they are not exactly 5 tool guys…..
yoffda,
I do agree that the Yankees might be hesitant to call him up before his defense improves. I doubt they’d bring him up just to DH. Putting a 20-year old in the lineup as a DH puts a ton of pressure on him to hit.
If we can somehow morph melky and GGBG into one person…Melky has no speed, GGBG has noodle arm…
Kennedy just started throwing a little, it sounds like the yare in no rush on him…He would have had a chance to help this year if he did not get hurt.
man pitchers fall like flies.. look at Cox, 1 bar fight, and boom he is toast. Humberto sanchez is 26 and pitched about 3 innings in the bigs…desalvo, henn, chase wright, the scrub guys from a few years ago are all gone.
jose veras was his usual tonight for the indians 2 walks to leadoff the 12th you know the end of that story…
“Brandon what is AJAX ceiling? If he is not on the big club next year they have serious outfield issues…..
It is amazing the last big time OF the yanks developed is Bernie.. They have developed Melky and Gardner but they are not exactly 5 tool guys…..”
They are banking on him becoming the next Bernie or Tori Hunter, some even say Mike Cameron b/c of his strikeouts. He’s starting to get it, every year he gets better all that is missing is his power and ppl believe that is developing, I thought he was slow, like Robi Cano type when I saw v ideo of him last yr, but after HWL seriously he has developed 1st to 3rd speed, almost like a stronger gardner, maybe a half second slower than Brett plus a strong arm his OF instincts is still not there completely but it’s getting there.
a OF of melky, gardner, swisher, and ajax, and ? may not work in the new yankee stadium next year…
they can move Jorge to DH and catch Cervelli next year a lot more but he is a brian schneider type hitter…
they have a lot of improvements to make…
I’m not saying you can’t sign free agents. All i’m saying is that Cashman should be more resourceful and make some trades for younger, hungrier players with talent who can help this team for many years to come. Don’t be afraid to trade minor league talent for other organizations’ young talent. Is he afraid he won’t make a good deal? Does he doubt his talent evaluation skills? Why does he always make the safe, conservative move instead of the bold, innovative move? Stop relying on free agents and salary dump players to be your cornerstone . Trade for young players, use your minor leaguers. Get rid of aging veterans.
Brandon thanks. BTW I think the SWB plays the sux on NESN sunday or monday….
ajax is key.. any other position player prospects worth watching for over the next year or 2 besides romine and montero?
so far my prediction for this year’s september calls up are: Curtis, Jackson, Nova, Whelan, and possibly Montero?
If Cashman decides to go in 2010 with all home grown talent, Curtis will definitely battle for a starting position like the LF if Damon isn’t resigned.
Miranda will most likely be the team’s DH, or a backup 1B.
they better sign slade also else that will be 1 less OF athlete in the system……
tell me about Curtis, give me a brief overview please….
i look into bringing back only Damon if he will accept a reasonable 1 yr deal. he is a gamer…
Tidrow just look at the Marte/Nady deal how it hurt us this season. That trade alone dried up half of the close to ML ready prospects. The best deal he didn’t make was the Santana move, Johan was rejected for CC this offseason, but in rejecting that we kept Hughes who can be here for the next 10 yrs. Johan might have 3-4 yrs. left if anything.
Colin CUrtis #’s are not that great….Brandon the only ML arm they lost in the nady deal is ohlendorf.. Karstens is the definition of a journeyman….
“ajax is key.. any other position player prospects worth watching for over the next year or 2 besides romine and montero?”
Kevin DeLeon and Eduardo Sosa but they are in SI or GCL I think. There’s also Eduardo Nunez in AA, very talented 5 tools, raw at SS. You also might want to watch this kid DeAngelo Mack in S.I.
stuart Colin Curtis isn’t going to make you say OMG, he’s a player that could one day hit 10-15 HR, he’s finally getting that he’s not a HR hitter and instead swinging for doubles, he’s not a .300 hitter, has opposite field track power now in the OF he’s good, very versatile CF, LF, RF defensively. Other than that the guy we’re waiting to sign is Slade Heathcott, he needs to sign already.
“tell me about Curtis, give me a brief overview please….”
he’s something like Dave Roberts. an athletic OFer, will probably never develop much of a home run swing, but is solid in all other aspects of the game.
“Colin CUrtis #’s are not that great….Brandon the only ML arm they lost in the nady deal is ohlendorf.. Karstens is the definition of a journeyman….”
Karstens would have given you more than Mitre. I mean thaat deal in depth. BTW Tabby’s hitting XBHs and has been promoted to AAA, he’s batting above .300, would be our 3rd best position prospect after AJax and Jesus.
slade better sign else they wil have screwed up the last 2 first round picks…..
read something on him needs to sign by aug 15th…..
Brandon you go and watch these guys in person????
Tidrow just look at the Marte/Nady deal how it hurt us this season. That trade alone dried up half of the close to ML ready prospects. The best deal he didn’t make was the Santana move, Johan was rejected for CC this offseason, but in rejecting that we kept Hughes who can be here for the next 10 yrs. Johan might have 3-4 yrs. left if anything. That is exactly my point about Cashman. He always goes for the conservative move. Instead of Nady and Marte why not sweeten the pot and get McClouth instead of Nady?
Brandon Nady having TJ could not be predicted. If Nady did not get hurt you are looking at 280, 20, 85 that aint bad….
that is why people who laugh at cleveland and the pirates now may not be laughing in 3 years. bartolo colon for sizemore, cliff lee, and 1 other guy…..
Tidrow, what I was saying was it is highly unlikely that cash can trade young talents to get other young talents to come to NY, not that he doesn’t want to, but other GMs are more cautious/much more greedy when dealing with us.
And look at boston, other than beckett, what “young talents” did they trade to help them?
tidrow
I do not think Mclouth is as good as Francessa thinks he is…. In CF you are shooting for the moon, Mcclouth is not that type of player…….
how is Lincecum this good? He is so good it is staggering the guy is 5 ft 11…He dominated the phillies tonight.
King Felix is slowly becoming the best pitcher in the AL….
some patience pays off..the yanks and sux could have gotten king felix for about 6 great great prospects…………..
When cash dealing with bullpen help, it always gives me shivers that in 10 years, we haven’t had reliable bridge to mo with any outside guys.
not to burst the bostun bubble but they are old and slow like the yanks .. look at the ages of that roster, they appear to have few position stud young guys also like the yanks…..
What is being said about King Felix will be said about Joba and Hughes in a couple of years.
turbowei the pen is such a crap shoot it is scary. remeber the whitesux pen a few yrs ago when they won it all… cliff politte and others had the years of there lives. just shows you how amazing mo, wettland, stanton, mendoza, and nelson where as a group..
but now at least with aceves, melancon, robertson, cokes, and hughes for this year they are all young and homegrown…..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....re=related
the teacher teaching the student.
hughes is only throwing the fastball, cutter, and curve out of the pen.. he needs the change to be the stud starter but I think this experience will really help him……
His K rate out of the pen is great….
I really think Cashman has been here long enough. It’s time for a change. Is there anyone in the lower ranks of the Yankee organization that is highly thought of who can take his place? Someone with a knowledge of the minor league talent and the complicated workings of this organization?
posada had a terrible series so far against the whitesox.
he has looked lost out there the last 2.5 games..
“hughes is only throwing the fastball, cutter, and curve out of the pen.. he needs the change to be the stud starter but I think this experience will really help him……
His K rate out of the pen is great….”
That’s why I want him to finish in the BP in 09′ he seems to have an attack mentality from there, his teammates even notice it, he’s popping it at 97 mph topped out at 98 mph in YS, I haven’t seen that in awhile, it just goes to show he’s 23 and still learning to pitch.
tidrow
cashman has really only been the GM for 3 years.. before then he was the head of a dysfunctional 2 city crazy house.
they have literally only been doing real player development for 3 or 4 years….
brandon again do you see
thprospects in person or only read stuff on them?/
zach kroenke has real good #’s what is his story?
stuart,
the Marlins got him during the rule 5 draft. he couldnt cut it, therefore he was returned during spring training. this season is his only real good season.
good night all.
thanks for the info….
“brandon again do you see
thprospects in person or only read stuff on them?/”
Went to a few thunder games last yr. The rest word of mouth, and ppl who have spoken w/ scouts.
I’m knocking out too.
Night ppl, Yes… I’m Awesome!
“Cashman just seems to rely too much on his checkbook instead of going out there and doing some scouting and putting all of this organizations’ resources to good use. It almost seems like he’s lazy in that aspect of his job. It almost seems that there is a fat cat attitude running rampant in this organization from top to bottom.
You don’t know what you’re talking about if you think the Yankees don’t have the best scouting system in place domestically and abroad.
I meant to say
“one of the best scouting system in place domestically and abroad”
this like any other team is going as far as the pitching takes them.
we are to good of a team not to be there in the end.
what we need is cc to pitch a nice clean game.
he hasn’t had many of them.
girardi’s stubborness bothers me but we are right in the middle of things & we did ok last year with a terrible pitching staff.
i still ask myself how we did so well last year with no pitching.
where-have-all-the-good-times-gone/
van halen
great song
3 in a row? I’m heading home ASAP. I hope that helps.
we will be fine.
i would like a little shakeup though.
not sure if it will help but how can bringing up pena for ransom hurt?
we don’t need ajax but why not bring him up for a few games to maybe get better defensively?
why not see if molina can be traded for pitching?
the team had a nice mix of young & old that was refreshing.
Cash needed to get help for this team & didn’t, don’t give me they are 20 games over .500 & in first place, we all know this team is weak in areas. The OF defense is as bad as it gets even when Gardner comes back, they needed another RP and didn’t.A #3 or #4 would have been nice. I hear Joba is limited to 150 innings this year and he’s at 110 right now,so if they make the playoffs & he remains a SP he’s going way over the 150 mark. I think Cashman blew this. I think Washburn & Suzuki would have been a nice fit for this team for two needs & H Bell as a RP..Now when next year rolls around they can sit tight in the FA market for one year.
the year of the streak continues
Cash is King August 2nd, 2009 at 6:20 am
“Cashman just seems to rely too much on his checkbook instead of going out there and doing some scouting and putting all of this organizations’ resources to good use. It almost seems like he’s lazy in that aspect of his job. It almost seems that there is a fat cat attitude running rampant in this organization from top to bottom.
You don’t know what you’re talking about if you think the Yankees don’t have the best scouting system in place domestically and abroad.
I agree 100%….as far as making big trades it something he dosen’t get involved in
And it’s a Kinks song!
Nick.
Hope you had a great time in Ocean City.
=dennis
HAD ENOUGH OF RANSOM YET? WOW, GET RID OF HIM ALREADY CASHMAN.
I’m saying & have been for 3 months, Ransom shouldn’t be on any ML roster let anlone the Yankees
That game was lost as soon as I saw the line-up. Cody Ransom couldn’t hit water if he fell out of a boat.