Game 110: Red Sox at Yankees, Part II
Posted by: Peter Abraham - Posted in Misc on Aug 08, 2009 
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Another close game as the late innings approach. Please, baseball gods, not 15 innings again.
UPDATE, 6:36 p.m.: Nice job by Clay Buchholz, two runs over six innings. The Red Sox have to be happy with that against the Yankees in this park.
UPDATE, 6:42 p.m.: Well, that was retaliation for either last night or Pedroia on Friday. Either way, Ramirez is out. Francona about to go, too.
UPDATE, 6:45 p.m.: Now the question is whether the Yankees drill somebody. I would think they would and then we could get a brawl.
UPDATE, 7:02 p.m.: You have to assume that Cano will hit with RISP at some point, right? It’s staggering how bad he is. It’s clearly a mental thing for him now.
Yankees 3-0 and CC back out there. Umpire Jim Joyce went out to speak to him before he warmed up. An unofficial warning perhaps?
Might CC be out there to plunk somebody and take the hit? Yankees have somebody warming up.
UPDATE, 7:10 p.m.: Nope, no retaliation. The big man gets two outs and gets pulled at 123 pitches. Hughes in to pitch. Crowd gave CC a big ovation and then we got “Huuuuuuuuuuuuuuughes” for the second straight night.
Phil warming up to Cyanide by Metallica. All the relievers coming out to Metallica now.
UPDATE, 7:20 p.m.: Jeter just hit a 315-foot home run into the right-field corner. Yankees 5-0. He has 12 homers and nine of them have been to right field here. He had 11 homers all last season.
This saves Mo now.
UPDATE, 7:32 p.m.: Yankees will have a nice rested bullpen behind Andy Pettitte tomorrow night as they go for the four-game sweep.
Back later with clubhouse reaction.
Nice job ZZ.
Derek is awesome!
They better not play another 15 innings. I still haven’t recovered from the first 15.
Time for Hughes and Mo to get 6 outs.
Great job by CC today.
Insurance runs would also be nice but, if they don’t get them, still gotta close the deal.
Well, that won’t show up in the box score tomorrow.
“I love how pumped Tex gets when there’s a great play made.”
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me too.
Tex is great.
I don’t need anything for Christmas this year.
I don’t know how Jeter made that. Too bad he didn’t step on that ugly head.
CC should be done. Hughes for the 8th and Mo for the 9th. Go for the sweep tomorrow night.
CC is not an ACE !!!111!!!!!!!!!!!!
CC really stepped up there in a big way.
He was running on fumes that inning.
His location was really starting to go. But he got it back together and did what was needed.
Now Hughes for the 8th and Mo for the 9th.
They really need a couple of more runs.
I wouldn’t mind another 15 inning game
The Sux bullpen is exhausted and we have a fresh Josh Towers available.
The Puke looks pitiful out there in left.
“They really need a couple of more runs.”
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while they could certainly use a couple more.
let’s face it – the Sox offense is struggling and may not score again until next week
lol @ Damon keeps hitting the ball towards Youkilis.
Guys, Mark Teixeira is this generation’s Derek Jeter.
Uh, maybe HR went down because the pitchers adjusted? duh.
Mark is a good guy, good player and good role model.
o dats it
Haha. Tito’s paying for that.
Punk!
LOL…. Red Sox will cry over this one.
Oh and way to burn a bullpen arm.
dats like 3 timess ….
That was blatant.
Buchholz allowed 11 baserunners in 6 IP. He was lucky, nothing more, nothing less.
Joe from LI, I agree with that. I think that is another reason he was signed for a longer deal.
Good, toss the jerk.
One throw at the head of Tex.
Its a 2-0 game!!
How can that be an ejection???
Uh, FOX, lets here what the ump was saying…you got him miked!
Sox must pay!
what happened? I blinked!
this is big with the Sox bullpen pretty gassed this week.
You win this game and then tomorrow night, somebody has to take it to a Sox hitter.
That will put an end to it.
Winning the game is the priority. If they win that, somebody eats a baseball tomorrow night.
That’s karma right there. Fantastic.
I thought the up and in on Teixiera was intentional.
these announcers suck so bad, only themselves cannot “argue with their logic”. pathetic
He’ll get suspended too, no ?
tim mccarver is a redsox suk up
At the head of Tex….
It was HIGH!!
Oops. Quick trigger, but the Sox control has been bad all game. It was only a matter of time.
This tells you there was warnings.
Why did he do that?
Not understanding.
in calif do not have the game what happened?????????????
That was the 2nd time they blatantly threw at A-Rod in this game.
The Red Sox and Red Sox sympathizers (McCarver and Buck) have no argument here. Buchholz threw way up and in and almost hit him, and now Ramirez threw one blatantly at his back after buzzing Teixeira way up and in near his head.
He intentionally hit the guy, and according to the rule, if you do that you are ejected from a game. You don’t need a warning, you don’t need a reason, you are gone. Dumb spot to retaliate though, especially considering they are putting key insurance runs on base in doing so.
Just an up and in pitch? It was in the friggin’ batters box, right near the head.
Toss the chipmunk faced FranCOMA.
You know, when Jim Joyce cleaned off home plate a moment before, he looked up and said something directly to Martinez.
I wonder if that related to the high and inside to Tex, and, ultimately, to Ramirez being thrown out there for hitting Alex.
Come on, Yankee fans…it was a 2-0 game.
Spare me.
watch it on sticktv.net
Why does Francona spit so much when talking to the umps? Geez.
last time i saw it bot 8 3-2 LA
And the Red Sox, I mean FOX Announcers can’t believe Arod was intentionally drilled. That’s pretty funny.
That’s baseball and that’s how it goes.
Like I said, the priority is winning this game. Win this, and no matter what is happening tomorrow night, pick a Sox hitter and nail him.
That will put an end to it.
“That F ng twice A whole”
“That F ng twice A whole”
The Red Sox and Red Sox sympathizers (McCarver and Buck) have no argument here. Buchholz threw way up and in and almost hit him
It was a curveball that got away. Doesn’t Gameday tell you that?
Case in point on why people only watching gameday don’t know what they’re talking about.
SJ
I agree. And this Joe isn’t the old Joe either.
Buck and McCarver do not think the eject is justifiable.
However the pitcher just missed Tex and was involved on Thursday. So it is obvious why.
how can they bring this guy in…dont they want to win?
oops. There *were* warnings.
Ramirez jealous because Kate Hudson is his favorite actress?
And why do Buck & mccarver keep repeating the same thing? They can’t get over it.
I think the ump tossed him because of the one that was close to Tex’s head.
I think Jim Joyce “heard” that ball hit Alex there.
The context for Ramirez hitting Alex doesn’t make much sense.
But that pitch sure did look telegraphed.
Love how the ball up and in to Tex was nothing and the ball thrown over Alex’s head was nothing…
But Melancon throwing over Pedroia was an earth shattering event.
why didnt Fox let us listen to Joyce?
why have him miked if they’re not going to play that?????
poor.
Good he should be tossed! That foul earlier was over Arod’s head, then Ramon throws over Teixeira’s head and then first pitch hit Arod? Go hit the showers. Complain to your teammate for the earlier throw adding up with your two to give you your three strikes, you’re outta here!
Yeah it’s blatantly obvious they wanted to hit A-Rod. Of course the Fox announcers won’t be able to understand that. They conveniently forgot when Buchholz almost hit A-Rod in the head. Both times were obvious, Buchholz just missed.
Red Sox always throw at Arod. The ump thought it was intentionally. Second time in the game it’s happened.
yawn
I honestly don’t think that was retaliation. You’re only down 2 runs, not out of the game by ANY means, and your team really NEEDS a win, and you’re gonna choose THEN to hit a guy, moving a runner in to scoring position, for one of our best RBI-hitting players? I don’t know that I buy that.
“Like I said, the priority is winning this game. Win this, and no matter what is happening tomorrow night, pick a Sox hitter and nail him.”
I vote for Pukelis. Can we bring in Joba to take care of that?
To be fair though..what do we think of the ump with the handlebar mustache? can he be trusted..? I don’t know if that throw was actually intentional to hit alex. I’m not that familiar with pitching but is it possible the ball just slipped?
a rod already ducked under one earlier. fox needs to get over their bias outrage, stop showing the tex AB and show a-rod’s ab from earlier.
pete,
you need to ban “pedroias brother”
I thought you already spoke to him?
Check your sports radio stations, stuart, it’s a national game. It’s on 1050 in the Bay Area.
The “why would he throw at him in this situation?” argument is stupid. If a guy wants to throw at a guy he’s going to do it. Joba’s thrown at Youk a ton of times in very close ball games with guys on base.
Hey is ZZ an ace now? Please can he be one?
(this conversation was picked up by someone with high-tech equipment. I don’t know if it’s going to be made public…)
Phone call for David Ortiz.
Hi, this is David Ortiz.
Hi, Pappi, I’m calling from the baseball gods union. This conversation is confidential but we know you lied today. You know there’s going to have to be some penalty.
Is that the same as karma? I hear everyone talking about it.
Yeah, it’s the same as karma. You know that you’re going to have to pay some way. And you know that the payback has to be something meaningful. We know the things that mean most to you are the game and food. I can’t promise but I can try to talk to the committee if you want to give us your choice.
Look man. I love the game. But the game is about more than Pappi. You know what I’m saying? Everyone’s got to contribute. But the food man. The food is what makes me go. I can’t be anyone without my food. Look do what you want about the game but the buffet after, if you can help man, don’t make them run out of food when I get there. Okay man? Look I know I made a mistake, but I need my food man.
I’ll see what I can do.
Okay see ya man. See ya.
************************************
It’s Raining Karma! Hallelujah! – It’s Raining Karma! Amen!
Sinlgle by Matsui here would be sweet to get that run home.
werent the teams warned after a-rod’s near plunking in the beginning? thats why i figured ramirez got tossed
Not once, but twice they came at A Rod’s head.
When’s Joba’s throw day? How ’bout they let him do it during a game… with Youkalis at bat.
cc has pitched the most innings in the al & is at 112 now.
girrardi needs to take him out
They’re frustrated that they suck so they start throwing at Yankees. Typical Boston.
why didnt Fox let us listen to Joyce?
why have him miked if they’re not going to play that?????
poor.
excellent point. because his explaination would have gone against a pro Red Sox point, whereas the Foul ball call on A-Rod went against the Yankees
I agree, Joyce gave Martinez warning without making a big deal of it. Both were intentionally done, rather than “getting a little away” from the pitcher.
Where did they get this porker Gonzalez?
Good point,tj.
“werent the teams warned after a-rod’s near plunking in the beginning? thats why i figured ramirez got tossed”
No warning. Jim Joyce went out to the mound and the Chucky doll pulled a knife out. Joyce just walked away without saying anything.
Another example of the inaccuracy of Gameday. Enrique Gonzalez is not nearly as ugly as his Gameday photo.
LOL. A-rod standing out there so long, he’s doing his yoga exercises.
On purpose or not, Ramirez is an idiot.
That Tito is going to a Gonzalez in this huge spot tells you how burned out their pen is.
I can’t believe they are going to gonzalez with the season hanging in the balance.
Best pitching depth in the majors all right.
the new El Guapo!!
Come on Yanks, back up your guys! Make them pay!
Where’s all the people from last night claiming Francona did a better job with the pen then Joe. Did he, that’s why this guy is in today.
McCarver is so convinced they did not do it on purpose b/c they want to win and then they bring this guy in and he says nothing about it.
He is a jerk!
CB,
it really is amazing
and when the Sox lose, you can be sure they will blame the umps.
By the way, notice how Arod just went about his business – twice – while that little dog doodoo Pedey cried a river. In fact, that’s all the little turd ever does.
I’m watching on FOX – anybody know if the Yankees went to the rail (of the dugout) on that?
Throwing behind the same batter twice, even if both are “accidental,” which I don’t think it was – is grounds for somebody to be tossed. If they don’t have enough control to keep the ball in the strike zone, they shouldn’t be run out there. Nice call by the ump for not running Tito. Let’s see what happens next.
I don’t expect NYY to hit anybody tonight, wait until tomorrow when Bruney is available….
COmon PA a brawl isnt a good idea here
even though i think you were kidding
McCarver is so clueless
Tim McCarver is ridiculous
dying quail
aww man
Tex should have known that was dropping
but I’ll take it
Pettitte’s pitching tomorrow. Nobody’s getting plunked.
Cano… can he go 4-4?
Can he do it with the bases loaded?
Here comes Robbie with the bases loaded.
Oh boy, here we go.
Tex should have scored on that, but I will never fault Tex.
Where did this guy come from?
Did they just ship him in today?
BD,
They were all ready prophylactictly blaming the umps through the game
Youk, pedroia, papi…
Wow Cano seems to have an bases loaded ab every game. Come on Cano.
cano hates these situations.
That just isn’t fair! Robbie is 3-3 and now he comes up with the bases loaded! He is due to make an out! LOL!
hee, does anyone else love that Tex carries his gloves while he’s running..
.247 with the bases loaded? I find that very, VERY hard to believe. haha
my feelings for McCarver’s opinions are moot..
because my trusty TV remote is on mute.
L to the 2nd,
they called him up today
Yes he came up today, Lowrie to the DL>
McCarver needs Bob Gibson in the booth with him to tell him to shut up and get the H__l out of here!
Cano solid approach, should be 3-1.
I assume this has been mentioned already but in case it hasn’t, I have to think that Burnett’s outing yesterday provided some good motivation for CC today.
Cano has had a very good, patient at bat
Nice job here by Robbie. Now don’t get overanxious swing only at a strike.
Now I know what we can use Towers for tomorrow
CB,
as long as they have someone else to blame…
instead of working on the real problems, let them think they’re not doing anything wrong themselves.
it’s not going to help their sputtering offense, tired pen, and thin rotation
::facepalm::
Ugh. Come on bats!
i repeat, cano hates these situations.
DON’T RAG ON ROBBY!
thanks
The speed of Cano?
with Swisher’s eye – I think we might see a bases loaded walk
please Nick
make this one a laugher
He made his pitches… Could Cano have done something?
COME ON SWISH!
DT
I’d put my money on that too
That was a good at bat for Cano, just didn’t get it done. I complain when he just starts haking and fails. That was a quality at bat
“The speed of Cano?”
The only people who think that Cano is a fast runner are the people who have never seen him run.
have the yanks gotten a grand slam this year?
Better to walk in one run than let three come in on a hit
Gotta throw 3 strikes to swish to get him out
swish luks up to honor his grandparents and Mccarver said he lukin to put dis game outta reach
Good job fans
Hope those Sox fans are enjoying the expensive seats
trisha,
lol. AJ has said that pitching behind CC inspires him at times, but I think in this case CC was able to spot his fastball and he’s had some good defense behind him today.
And Cano’s Mom, of course.
Good at bat by swisher as well so far
I don’t buy this argument that “well, why would they want to do it in this kind of game?”
Some of these guys take matters into their own hands. Ramirez threw one way up and in that almost hit Teixeira in the head, and then only a few pitches later hit A-Rod square in the back.
It’s not the smartest time to do it, but he did it. Knowing there were warnings issued, a short bullpen, and a close game, he shouldn’t be dumb enough to risk it, yet he still did.
Ramirez is really going to get chewed out by his teammates today.
“Hope those Sox fans are enjoying the expensive seats”
“Hope those Sox fans are enjoying the expensive seats”
Yes but he knows which leg Youk slides on and what clothes he wears which is nice
Swish will either walk or K looking.
I hope girardi goes to Hughes in the eighth there is really no point in overusing sabathia. Hughes is well rested and this is the reason he’s in the pen. Hughes to Rivera that’s the ballgame.
can i get a double in the gap?
is hughes gettin ready is da pen? fox dun even show it
mccarver: “How can you make a better effort on this ball than Kotchman…….into…the stands!”
(cue Jeter into stands footage to shut up PBP guy)
Do I hear a grand slam?
All I can do is try, BD.
Oh, you meant Swisher.
Yessss! I’ll take it!
“Hope those Sox fans are enjoying the expensive seats”
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trisha,
a Sox fan friend of mine is right behind home plate, 5th row
white v-neck
and I’m going to have bragging rights
Swish a quality at bat. Now Melky shot to put this game away.
I like me some insurance, no matter how tedious the inning is.
“mccarver: “How can you make a better effort on this ball than Kotchman…….into…the stands!”
(cue Jeter into stands footage to shut up PBP guy)”
sweet
Good AB for Swisher
ding ding ding I win.
I’ll go double or nothing. Melky with a solid single.
G dbl o d eye
Good eye good eye good eye
Feel kind of bad for the chubby kid on the mound.
Phil,
Very nice call…
Sometimes swisher gets up to the plate and hacks away.
That time he was very patient and worked the at bat.
Gotta feel like that walk might open the floodgates and lead to 2 or 3 more.
“I assume this has been mentioned already but in case it hasn’t, I have to think that Burnett’s outing yesterday provided some good motivation for CC today.”
I think it helped Burnett that the team already won the day before he made his start. That just lifted the weight off his shoulder.
If Yanks get a 5-0 lead, someone on Boston will most assuredly get plunked.
Man is Tito throwing this game? His BP must be really gassed
Damn Kotchman.
Okay, let’s win this one by the book.
…or not. GREAT stop by Kotchman.
dang, that would have been dave robertson time if that got by
“trisha,
a Sox fan friend of mine is right behind home plate, 5th row
white v-neck
and I’m going to have bragging rights ”
Share some taffy with him, BD. That’ll screw him up for good! He’ll start liking the Yankees and have no idea why!!!
“UPDATE, 6:45 p.m.: Now the question is whether the Yankees drill somebody. I would think they would and then we could get a brawl.”
You think so, Pete?
do we send CC out again or is he done?
Don’t think the Yankees throw at anyone.
Francona praying that this guy wouldn’t get killed. Obviously gearing up to try and salavge the series tomorrow with Lester taking the mound against Andy. They also head right out to Detroit just in time to send Penny to the hill and whomever is pitching for Smoltz. Enjoy.
Two lefties in a row. This makes decent sense.
CC has to be done.
We drill tomorrow. We win tomorrow.
more CC?
really?
give him some rest
CC only to the lefty here please
CC at 112 and still going? Not sure I’d do that, but I guess that’s why I’m not the manager.
Save it for another day!
CC a batter at a time?
CC still in there? Girardi’s a madman!
Is this a replay since I’m looking at CC on the mound?
No Sox are going to get hit today. They want to sweep these guys. They can take care of business another time.
Besides, A-rod’s plunk makes them even.
“trisha,
lol. AJ has said that pitching behind CC inspires him at times, but I think in this case CC was able to spot his fastball and he’s had some good defense behind him today.”
m, well that too, of course!
But you know how the pitchers will say they don’t want to be the one to let down and they have a healthy competition going with each other. I would think that there was also some “I’m gonna save the pen and the position players” in it because he knows what they went through last night. Maybe that stuff adds just a little to their adrenaline or incentive or desire or something.
If CC hit you on purpose would YOU charge him?
How far do you think C.C. will go? I say complete game.
CC gets the lefty and then gets a standing ovation. This is the right call with Drew instead of bringing Coke out.
CC still in the game.
I guess Girardi still wants to play the lefty lefty match ups.
He looked done last inning.
Is it really necessary for CC to be pitching right now? 115 pitches lets go for 130 when hughes is fresh..
There’s no Coke today, maybe CC in for just Drew?
“Share some taffy with him, BD. That’ll screw him up for good! He’ll start liking the Yankees and have no idea why!!!”
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I assure you no Sox fan will get any of that taffy. Unless they wear a Yanks hat while they eat it.
I need to find out how he got that seat! I knew he was going but those are tough seats to get for a Sox/Fox game.
I want to sit there (one day)….
Let him at Kotchman. He’s made the man look silly today.
If the ump thinks it was blatant that he hit him, why not eject him. Is a warning a rule or something I wasn’t aware of.
Five outs to go.
Why is CC still in this game?
Especially after sitting for that long between innings.
I just don’t get it. Not worth the risk. Is 117 pitches enough Joe? I guess not.
this game should dispel the silly notion that cc is not a big game pitcher or cant beat good teams…THIS is an ace at work
How many pitches is CC at? You have no idea whether he went and told Girardi he had a lot more in his tank and wanted to go out there. Girardi isn’t a madman.
…or not
We’ll drill ‘em tomorrow after Andy leaves the game. He doesn’t do that sort of thing.
CC really looks done to you guys?
CC at 120 pitches
Definitely the last batter. They won’t let him start a batter past 120 pitches.
They had 2 lefties to start this inning…CC has been great…why not?
Sterling was waxing long-winded about how it didn’t make sense for Ramirez to hit Rodriguez. Taking the one incident by itself, maybe. But that was the third time that a S*x pitcher went up and in on a Yankee: the “foul” ball in Rodriguez’ first AB, the up-and-in on Tex in the 7th right before the 3rd incident, Rodriguez getting beaned.
There is a chain of events. 3 strikes your out. Isn’t that how baseball works?
I think there was another where Bucholz threw over somebody’s head? If he isn’t at least fined, then it’s an injustice. Was it Joba or Burnett who was fined and suspended without even hitting anybody earlier this year?
I don’t really see the point in complaining about Cano after he goes 3 for 4 today. Kind of silly if you ask me.
Velocity’s good, and pitches are down. He’s got a few ounces left in the tank.
if the Yanks can build a decent lead in the division, I hope they can give CC some rest
he’s been a workhorse
Wow what a bust CC is, when are the Yankees going to get an “Ace”????
BD, no way I would sit behind that net. Probably because I’m claustrophobic.
C.C is a beast
CHEESE!
YOU DA MAN CC!!!!
Looks like no Hughes today. Maybe he’ll pitch 3 tomorrow
“Besides, A-rod’s plunk makes them even”
m
Arod got plunked earlier in the game, even if the ump didn’t call it.
THAT’S why CC is still in the game.
Four.
Wow, at some point you have to just take CC out. And today in the middle of an inning you want an ovation for him, he deserves it
Please take him out. 123 pitches.
Thank god.
CC still in there to get the lefties…we always complain about pitchers not being allowed to pitch and managers being slave to pitch counts.
I’m not sure what the answer is.
I don’t really like the idea of stretching CC out even more. Why waste his bullets in this game when a fresh Hughes and Mo are ready in the pen? Seems like a really stupid move.
Great job by CC though.
:Standingovation:
This is the best i’ve seen CC this year.. Command,velocity and aggressivenss!! Thank you CC!!
it was really important to take a gamebreak there. thanks fox.
Yay! I have Eric Aybar on my fantasy team.
Think CC & AJ earned their paychecks this week, no?
Oh nevermind.
AJ definitely gets a good chunk of credit for CC’s performance today, but I mostly credit the pre-game Skyping with Francisco Cervelli.
Terriffic call by Girardi there.
Do you let Hughes take four outs today? Or at least let him try the ninth and if he puts someone on then pull him?
“it was really important to take a gamebreak there. thanks fox.”
They are notorious for that stupidity.
Ridiculous, that man is amazing. What a wonderful pick up. It’s great to see all three of them coming into their comfort zones.
Nice of Joe to pull him in the middle of an inning so he could get a nice ovation.
I wouldn’t get too excited about the pitch count. He hardly labored today.
Also, I don’t think CC or any other starter should even think about “getting even.” It isn’t just a possible ejection from the game. Ejection or no, any drilling of a S*x player, and the offending pitcher is in danger of a suspension. I don’t want to see the Yankees risk losing CC or Pettitte for even 1 turn through the rotation.
CC is out of the game now, though, so at least he can’t risk a suspension.
Hughes and Mo pitched last night.. So not sure if “fresh” is the word, but they didn’t throw alot of pitches last night.
why even drill tomorrow? we have a chance for a sweep that would bury the Sox. the umps will probably issue warnings before the game tomorrow. Why risk waking the Sox up plus getting a pitcher suspended when we’re on a roll? we can retaliate at another time. let’s just complete the sweep and move on.
AJ and CC
completely shut down and dominated the Sox
this is what Cashman signed up for
does anyone know how to get streaming radio of sterling over the internet? i can’t listen to these announcers anymore.
Phil in for Nick Green.
Hughes has to feel insulted.
By the way, MG, did you think CC looked like an ace in this game? If I recall correctly you are one of the guys in here saying that he’s not an ace. He certainly looked like one today
This offseason the yanee’s bet the farm on CC and AJ.
And they bet the farm on them to be able to compete inside of a brutal AL East.
You can’t give them enough credit.
Not only did they give the team excellence – they gave the team tremendous length.
Just wonderful performances.
When was the last time the yankees could throw out two pitchers like CC and AJ back to back against the Sox.
Just tremendous.
Doesn’t Jim Joyce the home plate ump look like Quinn from the movie Jaws??? Great game CC
“Think CC & AJ earned their paychecks this week, no?”
No doubt!
Patrick,
Agree re: Cano. He has been great today and had a good AB. Nothing to complain about.
That folks is why CC Sabathia is an ace. Innings and dominance when you need a big outing.
To me, nobody should be throwing at Red Sox hitters today.
Win this game and win this series.
Tomorrow night, regardless of the game situation, you put Bruney in the game to face Youkilis and you have him drill him right between the numbers.
You hit our cleanup hitter, we hit yours.
That’s the way to do it.
hughes pitched to one batter last night and didn’t pitch on friday. he should be fresh. and mo is mo.
Hughes should stay in to get some more experience against the Sox lineup too
Earlier in this game, McCarver called Eli Manning Peyton. He had to be corrected.
I cannot believe they are not talking about CC’s outing.
Jim Pir-one, where are you? They’re talking about difference makers!!!!
Did I mention how much I like the Phranchise?
“If CC hit you on purpose would YOU charge him?”
the trick with a guy that big is to get him so mad at you that he chases you until he can’t breath any more and falls over. then you have a chance.
Huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuughes
Yawn…
He is Philthy
Justin Masterson getting his first start for Cleveland today
he’s actually a really nice kid
I hope he does well now that he’s off the Sawx
Yooooouuuuuuuusssssseeeee
the way mccarver says “mature” makes me want to vomit
Hughes YES
that is some pitching.
23 innings. 5 singles.
just nasty stuff right there.. POWWW
I’d save mo for tomorrow.
I didn’t get my phil of Hughes, one batter isn’t enough.
Typical Hughes.
Fox coverage is a joke. Way to salute, CC.
“does anyone know how to get streaming radio of sterling over the internet? i can’t listen to these announcers anymore.”
Try WCBS
oops. 23 innings 6 singles.
How many innings is this so far for Hughes including Triple A?
LOL! Randy!
The Red Sox batters have been really stuffed this series. They haven’t scored in 23 innings now.
Imagine if the Yankees had any pitching to speak of.
Hughes is no Bucholz
“I’d save mo for tomorrow.
I didn’t get my phil of Hughes, one batter isn’t enough.”
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agreed.
where is John Madden comes out in 2 weeks today?
You know there is no way that anyone but Mo gets the 9th
phil hughes needs a haircut!
incredible performance by cc. i hope in october we look back and say this was the weekend we won the division
“Justin Masterson getting his first start for Cleveland today
he’s actually a really nice kid
I hope he does well now that he’s off the Sawx”
Except for when he faces the Yankees, right?
Classic a one a day Men’s Vitamin commercial sponsored by MLB.
Were those the vitamins Big Phony was taking???
Randy, sound like you have experience in that sort of thing.
Gee I have forgotten. At this point, how many games are we ahead of the Sux?
Thanks!
Why does AJ get a “good chunk of credit” for CC’s performance? AJ doesn’t get credit. CC gets the credit for locating his pitches, staying with his fastball, and giving them length. AJ only gets credit last night. It is laughable that CC needs AJ to motivate a good performance out of him. CC is a professional.
Nick Green, difference maker
Does Francona actually want to win this game?
How can he leave Gonzalez out there for another inning?
Well I should say no way anyone but Mo gets the game at this score.
Edie Brickell. Remember her?
Molina great day behind the plate, nice game offensively
i could think of something better than cyanide for hughes, i forgot the one i thought of the other day by metallica. But there is still some unused that would fit him. Cyanide is kinda eh
Molina!
SJ this started w/Melancon hitting Dustin on purpose the other night…..turn about is fair play…today was right call to throw Red Sox pitcher out…should be over now….why would you want to hit A Rod…he isn’t as imposing as he used to be
Yeah sevencostanza, Molina sure can’t hit.
YAWN!
Rob B,
of course!
but Masterson was one of the nicer guys on the Sox. Some of the young guys started out ok and then soured, but Masterson stayed cool.
m
August 8th, 2009 at 7:14 pm
I’d save mo for tomorrow.
I didn’t get my phil of Hughes, one batter isn’t enough.
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Yea I hope he isn’t becoming a one batter pitcher.
“randy l.
August 8th, 2009 at 7:13 pm
“If CC hit you on purpose would YOU charge him?”
the trick with a guy that big is to get him so mad at you that he chases you until he can’t breath any more and falls over. then you have a chance.”
LMAO – spoken from experience?
“the trick with a guy that big is to get him so mad at you that he chases you until he can’t breath any more and falls over. then you have a chance.”
I’m no wimp but I do NOT want a guy CC’s size chasing me
“does anyone know how to get streaming radio of sterling over the internet? i can’t listen to these announcers anymore.”
“Try WCBS”
doesn’t work. they block out the games. anything else?
“Nick Green, difference maker”
There is zero chance Hughes gets the nod over Mo in a save situation. A newbie to the pen vs the Hall of Famer? Come on…this isn’t a video game. A big series against the Sox requires Enter Sandman.
I occasionally look at Sosh, because it makes me happy when they lose.
What’s really interesting is that the unanimous opinion of the forum is that the umpire was paid off by the Yankees and that McCarver and Buck can’t get enough of them pinstripers.
Funny what a different perspective will do to a frustrated baseball fan.
Since CC had so many innings early in the game with runners on base, he most likely did not have to work as hard to get some of those outs. That means that pushing him a few extra pitches didn’t necessarily wear him out as much as one would think.
If he had a few long at bats there though and had to fight his way to get outs, you could have seen some signs of fatigue. However, with easy outs, he had a little extra left in the tank.
Today we really saw vintage CC.
The idea that CC was only successful last year was due to him being in the “weaker division” of the NL is laughable.
He has great stuff. Not good. Great.
9k’s and 2 BB. Just ridiculous. The combination of controlled power is just awesome.
His average fastball today was 95 mph. That was his aveage velocity.
Last night I said I wanted CC to come in today and pound the zone with heat.
He did exactly that.
And the sox just had nothing in the way of a response.
CC had the oportunity to step on the exposed neck of the Sox.
And he did.
Tito probably doesn’t have much of a choice, his bullpen is shot.
Wasn’t the idea of Francona using his relievers one inning each yesterday was so that they would be available today as well?
And he’s using Gonzalez?
trisha, you’re right lets bat him clean-up
Hopefully the Yanks score a 4th run so Joe doesn’t feel compelled to bring Rivera in for the all important (and completely retarded) SAVE
Also, Jose Molina is slower than a damn turtle, he hit a ball to the wall and wasn’t even close to a double.
Girardi has run circles around Francona as far as BP management is concerned.
edgar – WLAD does have streaming of the WCBS broadcast:
http://www.wlad.com/
“I’m no wimp but I do NOT want a guy CC’s size chasing me”
All you have to do is run around circles and trip him. Then you jump on your prey.
whoa mo is fired up over something
HOME RUN JETES! YES YES YES YES YES YES
Hughes stays one more inning.
Masterson was born in Jamaica, that’s why he was one of the cooler Sox.
Jeter says, ‘No Mo’
mo is looking pissed…why??
Mo looks pissed!
lol mo looked pissy?
Who was mo witching at?
Nice, Jetah!
Jeter is the man!
5-0. Now Mo can go sit down.
But will he? That’s the question. I say let Hughes finish it off.
What would this series be without another YS homer.
Pushing CC today was fine.
It’s pushing him when he has nothing (like he did vs. the Angels or As) is what is troubling
Today he was effortless, he could have thrown 140.
wow how far was that homerun, a record? lol
Yankee Stadium Special.
Have a seat, Mo.
Phil.
Shame on you.
Trust in emoticons.
“sevencostanza August 8th, 2009 at 7:21 pm
whoa mo is fired up over something”
? What happened?
Jeter says I’ve got your back ARod as he delivers the last dagger into the chest of the RSox!
rayvt-
being small as a kid , that was my favorite strategy against anyone a foot taller than me
“All you have to do is run around circles and trip him. Then you jump on your prey.”
Yeah that would never work.
thanks spidur.
when Francona put Gonzalez in, they were waiving the white flag.
I don’t know why they didn’t call up Bowden instead.
Sterling: “That ball is gone – no it’s a base hit, now they’re calling it a HR”
Can we get new radio announcers?
I would put David Robertson in.
Then mo as a back up. If Robertson gets it done both Mo and Hughes are ready for sunday!
“wow how far was that homerun, a record? lol”
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much farther than a Pesky Pole HR at Fenway
Even when masterson was with the Red Sox, he was the coolest Jamaican on the team. I hope he does well in Cleveland, seems like a nice kid.
But he still reminds me of Lenny from “Of mice and men.”
1. Melancon didn’t hit Pedroia the other night.
2. Yeah, Arod isn’t “imposing”. Sure.
If you are going to be a troll, at least be a smart one.
Don’t you get tired of being a stalker and a dumb one to boot?
That was as short as you could possibly hit a homer in this stadium.
I wonder how many HRs Jeter would have at Fenway going around the Pesky Pole?
BD, Maybe because it was Gonzalez’s day to pitch in AAA. In other words he was fresh?
Note to Fox:
If it’s ruled a homerun, and isnt argued, then showing the same replay over and over where the ball clearly hits the foul screen isnt going to change the call.
For a team that is “desperate”, Francona sure hasn’t managed like it the past 2 days.
“Does Francona actually want to win this game?
How can he leave Gonzalez out there for another inning?”
BD,
You know what the thing is – he brought Gonzalez in the inning prior in a much higher leverage situation.
So there was no doubt he was pitching this inning as well.
Down 2-0 in the 7th I’d guess the Sox had around a 30% chance to win.
And Tito actually decided to fold his cards when Ramirez got tossed and bring in Gonzalez.
I think he had Ramirez available on usual workload. But bringing anyone else in would have been taxing their arms.
Basically Tito decided he was going to save all of his resources in order to fend off the sweep tomorrow.
That was his calculus. We’re probably going to lose today so I better make sure I have weapons available to avoid disaster tomorrow.
Just amazing a yankee sox series in August in a heated penant race could come to this for Boston.
August 8th, 2009 at 7:22 pm
rayvt-
being small as a kid , that was my favorite strategy against anyone a foot taller than me
LOL! Me too! I was very fast and short!
“BD, Maybe because it was Gonzalez’s day to pitch in AAA. In other words he was fresh?”
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doesn’t matter. he was awful in AAA.
how could they expect him to do well against the Yankees?
they waived the white flag. they should have called up Bowden or someone who had a chance to get a few outs.
“Trevor August 8th, 2009 at 7:23 pm
Sterling: “That ball is gone – no it’s a base hit, now they’re calling it a HR”
Can we get new radio announcers?”
Can’t really fault him for that with this particular HR. I thought the same thing.
“Sterling: “That ball is gone – no it’s a base hit, now they’re calling it a HR”
Can we get new radio announcers?”
That’s…what happened. Anyone watching the game would have said the same thing. The ball carried, looked like it was going over, hit the bar coming off the side of the foul pole, which is right at the top of the wall, and came back on the field. Drew fielded it and threw it in, and Molina stopped at third. When it hit the infield, the first base umpire signaled that it was a homerun.
I know people hate Sterling for no adequately explained reason, but complaining about that call amounts to witch hunting.
*without runners on base
Then there is A Rod…..I find myself saying that like 4 to 5 times a game…like a broken record
“trisha, you’re right lets bat him clean-up”
No let’s not go out of our way to always exaggerate everything negative and give the appearance the sky is always falling in.
Or at least try, sevencostanza. I realize you can’t help what you’re made of.
You have to remember the Tampa series before the Sox got to NY – they hit the pen hard there too.
Snowball effect.
If you couldn’t see the score. You’d think the Red Sox were winning the way these announcers go on and on about them.
CB,
that’s the thing.
Francona threw in the towel in this game.
I never thought I’d see that.
They have already had to make so many roster moves that their hands are tied.
I still thought there was a better choice than Gonzalez.
But as we all know now, that pitching depth they had was a figment of NESPN’s imagination.
Tito conceded this game a long time ago. Didn’t you hear him from in the in-game interview? “Even if we don’t win this game today, we have a good team.”
SJ my mistake…whoever hit Dustin did it on purpose the other night, period. Sox retaliated today, that should end it. I wouldn’t have hit A Rod, that is for sure. He seems to get like 1 or 2 meaningful hits per week now
Joe Buck on Lester “he is quickly becoming one of the real shut down pitchers in baseball’.
While I think Lester is very good he is still 9-7 with a 3.79 era. Not exactly shut down but still very good.
These guys have been brutal all day.
Awww! You all guessed Phil.
“That was as short as you could possibly hit a homer in this stadium.”
Technically Gardner hit one that was shorter. But that’s just busting chops.
melancon did hit him..allbeit unintentionally
The RSox are reeling! They haven’t scored against the Yankees in two days so far (23 Innings!). WOW!
Jon Lester is a great pitcher.
The Yanks can beat him, but I wouldn’t expect too many runs off of him tomorrow night.
If Andy pitches like he has lately, the Sox won’t score many either.
Headscratching going on here.
Where’s Phil?
maybe mo was telling Robertson to sit his butt down because Phil was going to finish the game.
“SJ my mistake…whoever hit Dustin did it on purpose the other night, period. Sox retaliated today, that should end it. I wouldn’t have hit A Rod, that is for sure. He seems to get like 1 or 2 meaningful hits per week now”
He beat your team good last night!
Shut up, RDM – it’s not your weekend. Go away.
Robertson is slowly gaining Girardi’s trust.
RDM
August 8th, 2009 at 7:26 pm
Then there is A Rod…..I find myself saying that like 4 to 5 times a game…like a broken record
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I don’t think anybody should be arguing with how A-Rod’s doing. His numbers are good. And he hasn’t even gotten hot yet.
I don’t understand Girardi.
mel – my guess is that Joe wants Phil fresh for tomorrow’s game in case Andy can’t give a lot of innings. He probably used Ace a little longer than he wanted to last night and definitely doesn’t want to mess with Ace’s shoulder.
Totally a guess of course.
I like Sterling!
What was the deal with Mo screaming at someone in the pen??
Robertson throwing gas again. I hope he isn’t the one to go when Gaudin comes up.
No problem. They’re not supposed to stream the game, but I’m not arguing…
Keebler is looking a bit frustrated. Poor little turd.
Hey boys and girls! Can you say 5.5????
Ignore the troll RDM – his mommy is letting him play on the internet today!
Mo still looks peeved.
Sox should just lay down now.
No way they want a part of angry Mo.
trisha, why are 90% of your comments snotty and immature? settle down…also how did I ever exaggerate anything and when have I ever said the sky is falling? Please let me know I’m sorry Jose Molina isn’t a good hitter, but he isn’t, his last two at-bats outstanding. You can try not to be the most annoying poster on the blog besides RDM but I know ya can’t help what you’re made of
“Robertson is slowly gaining Girardi’s trust.”
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and he’s quickly making the Yanks pen one of the best in the league
Any postgame?
Then there is A Rod LOL
mccarver, “You wouldn’t even know Phil Hughes wasn’t still in the game. Robertson’s stuff and his stuff are sooo similar”
Shut up, Tim! Phil’s got long, curly hair!
That’s an out in wiffle ball.
trisha
worst case: 4.5
best case: 6.5
life is good.
and the Yanks get to face this mediocre offense again in a couple weeks
“But as we all know now, that pitching depth they had was a figment of NESPN’s imagination.”
The thing I really wonder about is whether it was possible that Theo and the front office really bought into the fiction.
Organizations in all sorts of fields do those kinds of things.
And they usually pay for it. Reality and probability have a way of crashing into the best laid myths.
Could Theo really have thought that Dice-K (regression), Wakefield (age/ health), Penny (being penny), Smoltz (age/injury) and Buchholz (poor performance) not have huge question marks?
Did the organization finally start buying into their own self-generated falsehoods?
“LOL! Me too! I was very fast and short!”
ray vt
the key is having a really big mouth too so they just want to kill you to shut you up.
it’s a high risk strategy but highly satisfying when it works
… and i wasn’t really that fast until i had a someone that big and that mad chasing me.
you have to trust your adreneline to be there when you need it.
At least catch the easy foul ball pop up and not be afraid of the non moving tarp
Should be 2 outs and 1 on…now 2 on and 1 out
Okay, Pete – RDM has to go. He’s in my head.
Game isn’t won yet guys..
David Robertson need to get the next batter
Are you sure you can’t make it to that meeting Under O’Neill’s Banner RDM ?
There’s a bunch of us that would really love to meet you there.
Man I hope he hits Youk
Ripping on A-Rod for not getting a hit. Sheesh. It’s not like his last AB resulted in a weak grounder, or a K. He scorched the ball pretty well. It just happened to go to where the centerfielder could catch it.
“trisha, why are 90% of your comments snotty and immature? ”
Call it stimulus-response.
“You can try not to be the most annoying poster on the blog besides RDM but I know ya can’t help what you’re made of”
Pal, what give you the notion I’m trying not to be?
Yeah. it’s true I have a hard time tolerating stupidity and negativity and off-the-wall whining comments. But on that at least I try!
But please – stop pushing…
this game shouldnt even be as close as it is. 22 left on base? still gotta get that cleaned up if we want to be functioning on all cylinders.
but so far so good, we wanted to take 3 of 4, so tomorrow is really playing with house money.
CB,
I really think the Sox front office thought they were in great shape depth wise.
I know they were worried about the offense but I don’t think they were concerned with their pitching.
The fact that both have become major problems is too much for them to fix in a short period of time.
With a thin free agent market coming up, it may be a while before the Sox can match up with the retooled Yanks.
Has Girardi loss trust in Hughes? I know, I know he hasn’t.
“Headscratching going on here.
Where’s Phil?”
Girardi made the right decision. The probability of the Sox winning this game is miniscule.
Girardi is playing to try to be able to go for the sweep tomorrow.
Andy’s been great but i don’t think you can count on him for length against the Sox.
I think Phil will be available tomorrow.
So will Mo.
As long as you have mo warm you can go batter to batter with the with Robertson.
Big Sloppy is up. Lets see a nice pop up out.
“trisha
worst case: 4.5
best case: 6.5
life is good.
and the Yanks get to face this mediocre offense again in a couple weeks ”
Oh yeah!
OK OK plunk Papi McLier Lier
Ortiz just got blown away by an 87 MPH fastball. Talk about a fast decline… yikes
FWIW, I think this inning is important in the development of David Robertson. He’s learning that throwing strikes, even if there are hits, is a good thing. If you throw strikes, they miss or can make out.
fast ball again
How about a big popup for old times’ sake?
and when I say the Sox were worried about the offense, I mean strictly with guys like Lowell, Tek, Lowrie, etc.
Many of us wondered if Pedroia and Youk would regress from career years, but it’s not unreasonable to expect that they’d have been close to the same production.
YES will have a post game.
yep dey will
lol trisha, just stop really. I am one of the more positive posters here, even though I’m not in your cute little grown-up clique. I’m never one to be overly negative or whiney so really if you care to get in little web-fights as you seem to all the time, with lots of people then know what the hell you are talking about. Grow up
I think that when the RS lost out on Tex, who I they thought was “in the bag”, there was no Plan B.
These reclamation projects were low cost, but high risk. None have panned out.
Damn a ball to the mask HAS to hurt
Start spreading the news…. the Sox are fading today..
It’s been a great weekend… in New York, New York….
game
Have I said yet how much I like “Beating you know who”
Now Robertson is in Girardi’s circle of trust.
So, there are six BP arms Girardi will not hesitate to use.
“With a thin free agent market coming up, it may be a while before the Sox can match up with the retooled Yanks.”
I Bucchholz AND Bowden aren’t very good they are in trouble.
They just aren’t going to have the arms. I don’t see where the come from.
I don’t know their system as well as the yankees, but there is actually not a whole lot there as far as upper level arms.
I think Pena plays shortstop tomorrow and Hairston plays 3rd. Alex will DH.
It’s Raining Karma! Hallelujah! – It’s Raining Karma! Amen!
RDM you were saying….????
STAAAAART SPREADING THE NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
L to the 2nd
I think the Sox though Lars Anderson would excel in AA and might be ready for 2010.
How sweet it is!! 5 to ZIP!!!
The Yankees win …….The Yankees win….great game…good job mr fastball Robertson….
Yankees win!!!
great game…best baseball of the year…
That was sweet.
Any chance the Sox eat that 12.5 mil Papi’s getting next year?
That’s some great pitching by Robertson. He threw 5 fastballs to a guy that can’t catch up. Started with his low velocity at 87 and kept throwing it harder and harder. 87, 93, 94, 95, 95 on the corner. Great pitching.
Great job by Robertson ! Great win by the Yankees !
Two shut outs in a row.
While there pitching is looking as rough as RDM is stupid, their offense is worse.
With Lester pitching tomorrow, Matsui will take the bench and A-rod will be the DH. Hairston at 3B.
Have a good night all!!!! I would give A Rod the night off tom or as I have said, drop him to 5th or 6th…Take Care
24 scoreless. Not bad.
sweet and fitting
Yankees are starting the stretch run, you can really feel this team gelling, I don’t want to overplay this series but I would be surprised if there are any more team-slumps more than a few games
“I don’t know their system as well as the yankees, but there is actually not a whole lot there as far as upper level arms.”
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the Sox are always on the list of top farm systems and I am constantly trying to figure that out.
they do have some decent depth, but they just didnt have the premium quality guys to match up with other systems.
Bowden may be a major league starter but he doesn’t look close to being a game-changer.
Josh Beckett can ask for the WORLD from the Sox in a year, and they have to give it to him.
If he wants a monster contract, they are going to have to pony up.
they have no choice.
That’s why you take a chance and don’t use Phil in that inning.
Now the Yankees are unbelievably well set up to sweep tomorrow.
All they need is 6 quality inning from Andy tomorrow.
They’ll be able to piece together the rest of the innings from the pen.
And this gives Robertson the opportunity to gain experience and grow.
Terrific move giving him that inning.
Now they have Mo and Hughes tomorrow.
It’s been so long since I’ve had this much pride and confidence in our bullpen.
wow, 24 shutout innings.
and maybe it’s wishful thinking on my part, but Robertson and Hughes’ pitches seem to snap and pop really loud in the catchers mitt. Giving me a nice warm feeling of comfort that they are just mowing them down.
Wow …… 5 1/2 up! This is so much more than I could have expected.
What an unbelievable series – and the scary thing for our rivals is that CC and AJ have come up HUGE. Robertson did a good job, Phil………..man, I am sooooo happy.
This team just has done ALL the little things – amazing, 24 innings of shutout ball against the Sox. I don’t even care what happens tomorrow…….
2 shutouts in a row. Nice.
BD, looks like a postgame!
Hey maybe NESN has one too.
CB,
I guess. But if the Yankees didn’t score, they would’ve brought in Rivera, no?
So why not just go straight to Rivera for the 4 out save?
Personally, I would’ve stayed with Hughes cuz he’s so cool.
But I know that mo’s chasing history. It’s just that using so many relievers is a peeve of mine. I loved Giradi’s bullpen use last season because he let guys get 3 outs at a time. His mix and match this season is tedious and gives me headaches.
But our record is like 46-1 with a lead after the 6th, so I’ll just shut up now.
CB
August 8th, 2009 at 7:42 pm
That’s why you take a chance and don’t use Phil in that inning.
Now the Yankees are unbelievably well set up to sweep tomorrow.
All they need is 6 quality inning from Andy tomorrow.
They’ll be able to piece together the rest of the innings from the pen.
And this gives Robertson the opportunity to gain experience and grow.
Terrific move giving him that inning.
Now they have Mo and Hughes tomorrow.
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Add to that, they have Coke for the left handers and can afford to give Aceves another day of rest.
Look at us with a deep, talented, young, homegrown bullpen-The new look yankees franchise
A little pre mature but at this pace Girardi is on his way to his second manager of the year award. How many mgrs have won it in 2 different leagues and in a 4 year period?
GG tonight.
I thank everyone for noticing John Anderson. I flipped over at 1am to enjoy last night’s victory and was just absolutely stunned.
The other stuff they do, I can understand, they’re just Red Sox fans who use their position to help the team, glorify the team, downplay the Yankees.
Last night, starting with “rare heroics from Arod” to the egregiously sick boli chant kind of put a damper on the win. I couldnt believe the height of unprofessionalism.
Towers will go for Gaudin
But someone has to go for Marte… probably Robertson.
LOL…. RDM is known in the gambling circles as the Red Sox cooler. He comes around Lohud and the Sox bats go silent.
what a great weekend, I honestly consider this weekend a success, a 4 game sweep would just be a bonus but we all will take it!
“Have a good night all!!!! I would give A Rod the night off tom or as I have said, drop him to 5th or 6th…Take Care”
Sorry your team’s taking the pipe guy.
Girardi won’t win manager of the year… he has a $200 million dollar payroll.
Torre is a lock to win it in the NL though— taking an average Dodgers team to the World Series.
In the AL— probably Ron Washington.
I don’t see how the Yanks send Robertson down the way he threw the ball today…..he was hitting 95
Hughes gets his 12th Hold. The boxscore did not give Robertson a Hold. Does anyone know why….
BTW.
did anyone notice how Joe Buck or Tim did not mention that the pitch from Clay almost hit Arod in the head.
I dont care if it was an offspeed pitch. No mention was made of it.
ESPN are clowns. Enough said.
“Hey, we are still 8-3 against the Yankees this season!” — Red Sox Fans
Sabathia is not an ace.
So have the Yanks beaten any good teams this season?
Inquiring minds wanna know.
I will not watch ESPN again until College Football. They are so smug and biased it is appauling. If would be different I guess if they were right, I can take cocky, but BS and slander are cheap!
Forntoso
August 8th, 2009 at 7:46 pm
Towers will go for Gaudin
But someone has to go for Marte… probably Robertson.
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I thought they put Marte on the 60 Day DL
sevencostanza – nah, you’re negative!
YES has a post game.
SJJ,
You have some nerve to even suggest hitting Youk after your team drilled time after time the Red Sox hitters this season and throwing over Pedroia’s head and finally hitting him in the shoulder. You act like the bully who thinks that its okay to hurt people but when they stand up to you you dare question them about standing up to you.If your manager wants to play this game then he better be prepared to face the music.
Many fans were happy to grab 3 of 4. Might as well sweep now.
No letting up.
“Hughes gets his 12th Hold. The boxscore did not give Robertson a Hold. Does anyone know why….”
Robertson came into the game with a 5 run lead. If I’m not mistaken, the rules for getting a hold work much like those for getting a save. The Yankees had too big of a lead at that point.
Be right back. I ran out of kleenex for sevencostanza and now my computer is soaked! If anyone has extra please push it into cyberspace for him!
Awww sevencostanza. Stop crying. Seriously.
Lets be good hosts…
somebody offer troll Christina25 some cheese with her whine.
okay trish, I’d rather you think that than me spend more time caring lol go yanks
oh boy.
jesus christ lol I’m trying to drop just grow up or shut up for god’s sake, how old are you?
“Sabathia is not an ace.”
True
“So have the Yanks beaten any good teams this season?”
None
Get the brooms out! Go Yanks!
Was that Pete asking Girardi a question on YES?
drop it*
Sox are done. The only question is which one of the Rangers/Rays win the wild card. I’ll say the Rays.
Go take a hike.
m,
In general I agree with the idea of using fewer relievers instead of the constant LaRussaesque matchups.
But the thing is – because hughes only faced one batter – and only threw a couple of pitches I think he’ll be available tomorrow even though it’ll be three days in a row.
If Hughes had say thrown enough so that he wouldn’t have been available anyway tomorrow then it’s a different story.
But if you can save him up 5-0 you have to.
Girardi played it right there thank goodness.
You always want to win the today’s game but with the pen winning tomorrow is influenced by how you win today.
They have a good chance to sweep tomorrow.
YES has a postgame tomorrow too after the ESPN game?
Wow, is that a fist?
I know the Sox are scuffling, but I think the Yankee pitching has been ace-like all-around this series. One more game to go.
Towers will go for Gaudin
But someone has to go for Marte… probably Robertson.
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I thought that Marte was put on the 60 day DL. If so, his season is done.
Christina25
August 8th, 2009 at 7:50 pm
You are so laughable! Are you and RDM brother and sister? LOL! When a jerk pitcher throws at someones head and then drills someone in the back it is intentional. That said, it will be a retaliation whether SJ says it or not. Youk will get plunked in the back or buttocks. He knows it! He won’t like it, but neither did ARod.
I am sorry to rain on your Red Sox cookies. But just remember that even though the RSox look cooked right now, they aren’t as bad as they look. That said, Tampa sure is playing great. I actually predicted the Rsox for 4th place at the beginning of the year because they have little pitching and poor defense. They have done much better than I thought. But they appear to be headed towards making me clairvoyant.
I don’t think the Sox are done….this is baseball, there is plenty of time left…..the Yanks have to keep playing well……the Sox had a 13 game lead in August that they blew in the 70′s
“jesus christ lol I’m trying to drop just grow up or shut up for god’s sake, how old are you?”
jesus christ lol?
You sound really bright.
If you’re trying to “drop” then drop. Stop crying PLEASE.
Christ, go troll a Rangers or Rays blog. They’re who you should be worried about.
I just came back from dinner – and missed Phil. How’d he look? It’s obvious that CC was great – I should have taped this game as obvously it won’t be replayed on YES tonight. I did see Robertson and he did a fine job escaping the 2 on mini-jam. I admit I thought he was going to blow up, but he looked very good closing it out…..so for the criticism I’ve laid on him, I have to credit him when he does well.
I agree with CB re: CC and AJ. They are real horses and they came up with ace-like performances. Again, that is what should scare the other teams…….It looks like the pen is really coming together, with Ace back on track and maybe Robertson growing up
Girardi’s YES post-game reaction:
http://www.zshare.net/audio/638346940358ad55/
OPPC4life
Betsy he wasn’t in there very long. We’ll probably see more of him tomorrow.
You know that at this point it doesn’t matter how he looked because the Yankees are in love with him and he is here for good. But for the record, he looked like himself. Steady, mature, and very good!
I agree – having Phil available tomorrow is pretty huge, with the added bonus of getting Robertson some confidence. Why waste Phil in a 5-0 game?
Aww, CC got goosebumps from the ovation. I’m so happy for he and AJ ……..
Thanks Pel!
NYY needs to come out and bunt Lester to death, especially Damon and Jeter….bunt to get on, get ‘em over, get ‘em in.
Pettitte will have his hands full with Boston, tomorrow night. He just needs to limit the damage.
mel – how funny is this. CC just said AJ set the tone and he was just trying to go and do the same thing AJ did.
Awww trisha, you really are a trend setter!
He he he.
Big Papi was overheard saying that the shakes were on him for the whole team. Then he uttered, that someone bought them for him so technically he didn’t buy anything himself, but he was sharing what he had!
Trish, yeah, just catching up to the posts now – Phil’s outing was apparently short, but sweet. Oh, I know the Yankees loved him – I’m just sorry I missed him pitch. Oh well – they might have that on YES.com later.
I think Alex should get the day off tomorrow…..they’ve already won the series.
On June 24th the Red Sox led the Yanks by 5 games. 38 games later they now trail by 5.5 games.
Not too shabby.
CC’s YES post-game reaction:
http://www.zshare.net/audio/63834958cf05a47d/
>Thanks Pel!
trisha,
lol. Of course, the “ace” always sets the tone.
Fitting that we struck out Big Papi to end the game
If Andy doesn’t throw a shutout tomorrow – should we be upset or cut him some slack?
Maybe ONE run should be acceptable.
Thanks Pel ! Enjoying the audio.
Yanks are 3-0 against the R*d S*x so far with me watching the games.
You’re awesome, Pel! Thanks, as always.
Betsy,
Phil came in the 8th with 2 outs, 3-0 Yankees. When the Yankees scored 2 at the bottom of the frame, they went to Robertson instead of Rivera.
By the way, quick note. Someone said that Marte’s season is over now that he’s on the 60 day DL. That is actually false, he is eligible to come off the DL right now, doesn’t matter if its the 15 or 60 day.
Forgive me for asking a dumb question, but what is the point of putting AJ, Cano, etc……..on waivers? I don’t get it it……
I just made a $500 bet that the Yanks will lose tomorrow.
It will be a win-win for me as I’m betting against my favorite team.
The next week doesn’t get much easier for the Red Sox.
They come home for 4 games against the Tigers and will have to face both Verlander and Jackson.
They will then go on the road next weekend to Texas and the Rangers have kicked their asses this season winning 5 of 6 against them.
Patrick, that was me – I’m glad I was wrong. Thanks!
Patrick, that was me – I’m glad I was wrong. Thanks!
A couple of runs, great pitching and D. That’s what makes for a championship team, Go Yankees!
Red Sox are 62-47 & Rays are 60-49 with Shields going tonight against Seattle. The Rangers are 61-48 having lost today already.
mel think about the reality of this: CC, AJ, Joba, Andy and…and…and the bullpen!
I seriously am not worried about the 5th, meaning I know the Yankees will do what they need to. I am also still on Mitre’s side for another start and it doesn’t hurt that we have Gaudin. Heck if they turned into a tandem for the 5th spot, meaning they each get 3 innings or something, that works too.
When I talk about the reality of it, I mean that although some of us have always seen it as reality, the way they are pitching now has made it a lot more real for people who weren’t totally convinced.
Geeze this is pretty awesome stuff.
Huge win. AJ and CC have joined the rivalry. Gotta get the sweep tomorrow, so rest up bats, and fire up Andy!
Sox have owned Pettitte lately and Lester has owned us.
LOL at John Flaherty – saying the Sox aren’t swinging the bats as a way to discredit the Yankees pitching.
does anyone know if the Yanks starters have the best ERA since the All Star break?
if not, where do they rank?
“If Andy doesn’t throw a shutout tomorrow – should we be upset or cut him some slack?
Maybe ONE run should be acceptable.”
One run against a team that is reeling? If he doesn’t throw a shutout Cashman is an idiot if he doesn’t cut him from the team.
“The next week doesn’t get much easier for the Red Sox. ”
Their schedule the past 3 weeks was a real soft spot in the schedule.
All the talk in boston was about how this streak of games against their chief rivals was going to define what the Sox were as a team.
They’ve gone 8 for 76 at the plate over the past 24 innings.
Yankee pitchers have held them to a .105 average over 24 innings during the biggest week of the sox season.
Good thing that the Sox are just the “better” team and that the yankees “can’t” beat Boston otherwise the Sox would have a lot to worry about.
“SJ my mistake…whoever hit Dustin did it on purpose the other night, period. Sox retaliated today, that should end it. I wouldn’t have hit A Rod, that is for sure. He seems to get like 1 or 2 meaningful hits per week now”
yea… http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/.....=290807110
Each time CC or AJ takes the mound, I feel like we have an ace going for us…..
“Fitting that we struck out Big Papi to end the game”
That was the impetus for my “It’s Raining Karma” post!
rayvt,
The Rangers blew a golden opportunity today. There was a tiny window today when the Yankees had the lead and the Rangers were tied with LA. If they had prevailed today, they would be tied for the WC lead.
trisha,
If things turn out how they drew it up in the winter, we’ll all be singing Frank’s version of “New York, New York” in the last game of the year.
>Thanks Pel ! Enjoying the audio.
>You’re awesome, Pel! Thanks, as always.
You’re all welcome.
It’s so much easier to sit here and do this after a win.
After a loss, I want to throw my TV out the window.
M, thanks……..Phil is available tomorrow, so that’s good news. Lester is a very good pitcher and he pitches great against us, so tomorrow will be tough, but honestly? I’m not thinking about tomorrow – just enjoying winning these first 3 games.
Jeters homer hit the foul pole…its not a cheapie
Our schedule becomes brutal as well later this week. We play 3 home vs. Toronto, then
4 @ Seattle
3 @ Oakland (easy team but winning on the West is not easy)
3 @ Boston
Then 6 at home vs. White Sox and Rangers.
Both us and Boston have a tough schedule until the end of the month.
I just saw the Geico defensive play of the game and they slow it down enough and then repeat it so you can really see it.
These guys are so bonded and so appreciative of each other.
Hard not to love this team.
m
August 8th, 2009 at 8:13 pm
Sounds good to me!! LOL! That would be sweet!
NYY has held Boston to 0 runs in 24 innings.
To paraphrase Chester Nimitz’ wire to Bull Halsey during the Battle Of Leyte Gulf, “Where are the Red Sox bats? The world wonders.”
Message to Flaherty, the RS had no trouble scoring runs against Baltimore.
They got shut down by Tampa and now the Yankees. Two teams with pitching. Good pitching may have something to do with it.
We’re catching Boston at the right time. Just like they caught us at at the right time early.
Nothing wrong with that. Doesn’t lessen the win just because they are reeling.
What’s nice is that the Yankees have beaten Buehrle, Halladay and Beckett (well, technically they didn’t “beat” Beckett, but still……) in the last couple of weeks. When I was out for dinner, I saw one inning….I saw Swish get Cano over to 3rd and Molina bring him home via a sac fly. That’s just good, solid, fundamental baseball…….nice to see
Trevor, wasn’t that ridiculous? LOL……..
Justin Masterson looking great through 3 against a tough WhiteSox lineup.
Sox could use a guy like that.
The Captain’s YES post-game reaction:
http://www.zshare.net/audio/63835319b3260f4f/
And Flaherty CONTINUES his utter ridiculousness….
If the Yankees stretch this lead out a bit more will Joba skip a few starts so there’s no worrying about his arm and innings limits?
CC and AJ threw gems. We shut them down. We didn’t get excuses…they don’t get any either.
Sox fans responses:
tonight:
“disturbed by the awful Sox offense. umps blew the game anyway”
last night”
“how could we let steroid boy #1 beat us”
they are clinging for whatever they can instead of accepting the truth.
The Yankees are a far superior team right now.
“does anyone know if the Yanks starters have the best ERA since the All Star break?
if not, where do they rank?”
Don’t know the starters from the break exactly but the whole staff has the third best ERA at 3.90. The Indians (??) and Rangers are first and second.
The sox are at 4.59 since the break.
The
0 runs and 8 hits in 24 innings.
No xbhs
Pillsbury with half of the hits.
Yikes.
What did Flash say that was wrong? Do people realize how average their lineup has been? After their top 4, the rest of their team is hitting like .240. There is a reason they were so desperate to get V-Mart.
mel, at the beginning of the season I predicted that the Sux would end up in third place. (And you know I took a lot of hits for it!
) Sure a little of it was me taking any kind of shot at them that I can. But at least a part of it was giving props to the Rays. Well the way things are looking right now it just might end up that way. There is not a question in the world that the Suxers are scuffling and they are dealing with a lot if problems with injuries to their rotation, Smoltz not working out, and injuries to some of their players. I know we’ve been there many times so we know how tough it is to compete under those circumstances (though of course we always manage.)
Maybe they will find a way to emerge again, who knows. But it isn’t like they are at full strength and just slumping. They have players down and other plays not getting the job done. And their rotation is really shaky right now.
That is a pretty tall order when you’re not the New York Yankees. And yeah, I sound arrogant. So what. (that wasn’t for you mel; it was more generic and also an aknowledgement of the bravado that I just put out there.)
“I really think the Sox front office thought they were in great shape depth wise.”
bd 2.0-
they really imploded when matsuzaka blew out his shoulder.
masterson being gone hurts. he was a versatile swing man.
and they bet on two old guys in penny and smoltz and lost the bet.
LOL @ Christina
Bullies
The Red Sox are and have been the bullies for years now.
Our team just happens to have a lot of wildness. If 12 walks doesnt speak loudly, I guess nothing will
Can’t help it. I really love Molina.
the thing I try to remember – a team is never as good as when things are going well – and never as bad as when things are going sour.
Boston has hit a rough patch. Sadly, I think they’ll get better.
What I am most impressed with – twice after three bad Yankee losses (in Anaheim and Chicago) this team has rebounded and gotten off the mat with vengeance and long winning streaks.
That’s the sign off a good team. Slumps will happen, but don’t let them linger.
sevencostanza, are you matty?
trisha – OPPC lifetime member with ice water in her veins!
August 8th, 2009 at 8:22 pm
Can’t help it. I really love Molina.
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As you should
Wait, the Yankees’ staff has the 3rd best ERA in the league? That includes Wang’s early outings? It’s amazing to think how far the pitching has come……
Bay changes the complexion of their lineup, he replaced Manny perfectly and hit like .500 against us since going there.
Here’s my list of 5 best AL starting pitchers:
1. Beckett
2. Lester
3. Greinke
3. Verlander
4. E. Jackson
5. Halladay
Oops, I guess that’s just the 3rd best ERA after the break. Either way, still impressive.
Molina’s YES post-game reaction:
http://www.zshare.net/audio/63835497a06f56f7/
Wakefield was the biggest blow. He’s been the guy they’ve depended on for years.
trisha,
I love molina, too. I would love for him to sign on for one more year. Wonder if CC & AJ would lobby the Yankees for that.
“they really imploded when matsuzaka blew out his shoulder.”
Betting on Matsuzaka repeating the high wire act he put on last year putting guys on base left and right was a poor bet.
And rather than minimizing that risk they decided to increase their aggregate risk by signing Penny and Smoltz.
The whole strategy was delusional.
They were harboring massive risk and pretending they had instead minimized their risk through depth.
It was a stunning misreading of the risks a business has exposed itself to. A fundamental misunderstanding of what’s it’s own strengths and weaknesses were in its core “product.”
“Boston has hit a rough patch. Sadly, I think they’ll get better. ”
You know, I don’t know about that. This might be the worst I have seen them, all things considered, in a real long time. And with Jason Bay out of the lineup they all of a sudden appear more flat than ever.
One thing I think is pretty interesting is that Julio Lugo is hitting something like .367 with the Cards.
We actually have the 20th ranked ERA in the league at 4.41.
Flaherty is right. The Red Sox offense has been horrific for the last couple of months.
That’s why they traded for Martinez. They really needed a boost because they haven’t hit for jack.
That said, Yankee pitchers still have to do their thing and pound the strike zone – which they didn’t do so much on Thursday but have done a great job of it since.
“Wait, the Yankees’ staff has the 3rd best ERA in the league”
No, they’re like 13th.
nah I’m not matty trish, are you a child? Can ya drop your little grudge or whatever it is that makes you keep acting like a silly toddler who got her feelings hurt cause someone disagreed with you? It’s over, its a yankees blog, talk about the yankees
“Wakefield was the biggest blow. He’s been the guy they’ve depended on for years.”
Agreed. That’s really where the damn broke and they had no answers because then they really needed smoltz to be good.
Again, they had dice k and wakefield in the rotation – two huge high risk guys and they added smoltz and penny.
That’s just a business that’s lying to itself and believing it’s own press clippings.
“I love molina, too. I would love for him to sign on for one more year. Wonder if CC & AJ would lobby the Yankees for that.”
You make me laugh.
I bet they’d lobby for that – hard. I hope we do get him for another year. Let our dolly Cervelli toil in the fields one more year and then come up.
hateraid
You still out there?
“CC do you think that pitch to Ortiz was a strike? No it was a ball.”
CB =
perfect analysis.
The Red Sox believe they are holier than thou and that nothing can touch them.
That’s the major philosophy that they have, and occasionally, it comes back to bite them.
DT,
There’s a lot of good bats in that lineup, even without Bay. So, I think this series says a lot of the Yankees. They were determined to get that first win. And when they did, they could sense a change in the momentum. They sensed the Yankees were vulnerable and took full advantage. Unless the Yankees throw away the game tomorrow, I don’t expect the results to be any different tomorrow.
At least the Yankee players will get good sleep tonight, if they so desire!
Let me clarify – the yankees have the 3rd best team ERA in the AL since the all star break.
*Red Sox were vulnerable
Flarhety said what the rest of the world knows— the Sox offense is in a major slump.
Christina25-
could you post a photo please?
it’s like when you’re driving behind someone who does something really stupid you drive by them and you just have to look to see what stupid looks like.
Sox are a different team in Fenway— their hitters are built for that place. They’ll lick their wounds then go home and crush teams at home and get back in this thing.
We play them in Fenway in 2 weeks. Will be very interesting to see how we do.
“Unless the Yankees throw away the game tomorrow, I don’t expect the results to be any different tomorrow.”
m,
It’s not that dire for them. They are the favorites tomorrow by a good margin.
Lester is a signficant advantage over Andy.
If they loose tomorrow everything is going to come apart.
Tito was saving all of his bullets for tomorrow once he went down by 2 runs.
They really should win that game tomorrow.
Like they did to Oakland?
Boston will definitely get better as they get healthier.
It’s foolish to call this race over. It’s not even close. The injury bug could strike at any time.
if the Yanks had lost the last 3 games, the last place I’d want to be is on a Sox blog arguing with Sox fans
makes you wonder what is going on in these trolls’ heads
the lights are on… but nobody’s home
Tomorrow will be tough to win. But where in the position now where I don’t really care if they lose!
Yesterday’s/this morning’s game still has me whistling.
“Sox are a different team in Fenway— their hitters are built for that place.”
Agreed. I’ve posted about this several times this year.
Most offenses tend to be better at home. But the sox have an extreme split in production.
Their Right handed batters other than Youkilis seem to all depend on the wall for producing power.
They are a different team at home and on the road.
At home they are one of the better offenses in the league. On the road they are below average – averaging only around 4.6 runs per game (average – 4.7)
Just got home after a day at the beach. Glad to see we won again.
Nice to see CC had a great game.
Heard a clip of Ortiz’s conference. I have to say WHAT A LOAD OF GARBAGE. I haven’t tested positive. Um yeah that is cause you stopped using and you suck now.
CB Lester is very good but Andy has been pitching great lately – like the 2nd half Andy of old.
If RS offense is in a collective funk I wouldn’t be so sure – agree that Francona threw this game to have all his bullets ready tomorrow – sorta like Custer.
At home the Red Sox are deadly.
So are we, of course. But let’s not forget that.
I’m happy to report I won’t have to change my blog name!
“Lester is a signficant advantage over Andy.”
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true, but Andy has pitched much better lately
plus, you cannot discount how tired the Sox offense has looked. can they get fired up for tomorrow?
i dont know
Andy against what is now a mediocre offense or Lester against one of the best offenses in the game
Again still watching pregame. No one hit a ball Alex’s way?! What! That is crazy!
The Sox might get better – I’m sure they will – but what about the Yankees? If the Yankees continue to play good, solid ball (right now they are playing much better than that), they are going to be in great shape and it will be hard for the Sox to catch them.
A lot of pressure on young Mr. Lester. The Yankees should all be nice and loosey goosey tomorrow.
I will take my chances with the cagey veteran Andy.
I have lost all respect for Ortiz (and I had a lot) after this garbage.
Ha-Ha they ran out of redi whip! Too funny!
I agree m.
I think a sweep is possible. Mainly because the Yankees and Red Sox historically play even. At 0-8, you figured the Yanks would come back and and at least win 6 or 7 out of ten.
The Sox are slumping and I hope it lasts another day. I don’t see them losing like 10 in a row – because they are tough at Fenway and they have solid hitters that should score 3-5 runs a game.
They need to get better on the road or they might not make the Playoffs. I been saying for a while now, of the Yanks and Sox, only 1 is getting in.
All I can say is, imagine if Wang had come back healthy? You’d be talking 105 wins. Cashmoney has it figured out.
Real issues for 2010 are figuring out how to replace Damon’s and Matsui’s production. I suspect Pettitte is having so much fun this year that he comes back for 2010 while Wang is given $2-3 million in arb and they see if he can still pitch. AJ, CC, Joba, Hughes, Pettitte. I can live with that…
Right now, major issues are keeping everyone healthy while not damaging Joba, and keeping the team loose. Two more West Coast trips aren’t fun, especially playing the Angels in the last two weeks of the season, but let us hope that those games aren’t needed too much.
Sox are hurting, big time. Beckett is giving them Cy Young this year, Lester looks like a good #3, but that is it. Who knows what Bucholtz is start to start, and by the way, the guy is 25 (no spring chicken), not 22 or 23. Bowden? Dice-K? Tazawa? Penny? Wakefield? Where is the vaunted farm depth? Free agent market for pitching is thin, and the Sox have little to offer up in trade in the 09 offseason. Who is the big left handed bat, now that Papi is PED-less? Jason Bay is going to ask for a fortune, and the Sox are not a fortune paying club, especially when their Randy Levine clone has too big a say in the FO.
It’s going to be an interesting last 7 weeks of the 09 season.
“nah I’m not matty trish, are you a child? Can ya drop your little grudge or whatever it is that makes you keep acting like a silly toddler who got her feelings hurt cause someone disagreed with you? It’s over, its a yankees blog, talk about the yankees”
Moron, I asked you that because of something you put in a post. I said Matty, not Matt.
As for everything else you said and everything else you represent…
YAWN!!!!!!!
See ya now little one.
“Christina25-
could you post a photo please?
it’s like when you’re driving behind someone who does something really stupid you drive by them and you just have to look to see what stupid looks like.”
That was hilarious randy, I laughed out loud.
It’s so true too, I do the same exact thing when driving.
CB,
I know the Sox are favored, but they look like “dead men walking” at this point. They have injuries, PED distractions, slumping sluggers, and they’ve been dominated the last 3 games. It’s going to take a phenominal performance by Lester or a poor outing by Andy for the Yankees to lose this one. The Sox have got to be in a state of shock right now.
I don’t want to get too cocky too soon is all.
Don’t get me wrong, life is good right now as a Yankee fan. But this race is not over.
Also, the Sux have to go home and host Detroit. Not such an easy task.
I accept your apology
It’s very possible for there to be a phenomenal performance by Lester AND a poor one by Andy.
New thread.
Trolls only get pleasure from attention. If they were just shunned, they would eventually leave. They get their kicks out of disturbing the flow of postings. It is hard to ignore, and highly doubtful that everyone would thus they feel empowered. It is a childish game, but then a lot of things are. Ultimately they are cowards. Of course if one wanted to they could track them down. LOL!
“And rather than minimizing that risk they decided to increase their aggregate risk by signing Penny and Smoltz.”
cb-
the red sox management really believe that players are expendable and interchangeable ,especially lucchino, and they may have pushed the envelope too far in not committing to long term contracts with star players.
teixeira would have made a dramatic difference to the red sox , but they still had that money to spend and didn’t spend it.
… and they could make a run at halladay if they choose to pay a lot and give up some serious prospects. but they seem to be trying to stay away from the mega contracts like cc signed.
the yankees may be forcing the red sox to reconsider their policy against high price long term contracts , or force them to lower their sights and make the playoffs most years , but not all.
they have a choice to make. it’s expensive to always make the playoffs.
Pettitte at one time, about 4-5 years ago matched up well with Boston….not so much any more. If he stays hot and catches the Boston bats cold, he’ll be fine and has a chance. after that, it’s on the offense and defense. Lester has been tough to handle for a while.
Not so sure Lester is such an advantage tomorrow.. I’d call it even to slightly Sox favor. Beckett versus Andy would tip to Sox.
Bay isn’t playing. The Sox have not been hitting since playing the atrocious Orioles. Sure, Andy could blow tomorrow, but I wouldn’t count on it.
“Boston will definitely get better as they get healthier”
It terms of their pitching yes. but their offense? Who’s really hurt outside of Bay? And when he was healthy he came back down to earth.
Christina25
August 8th, 2009 at 7:50 pm
SJJ,
You have some nerve to even suggest hitting Youk after your team drilled time after time the Red Sox hitters this season and throwing over Pedroia’s head and finally hitting him in the shoulder. You act like the bully who thinks that its okay to hurt people but when they stand up to you you dare question them about standing up to you.If your manager wants to play this game then he better be prepared to face the music.
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I haven’t laughed so hard at rampant hypocrisy in a post on this blog in ages. Thanks for obliging, Christina25.
“while Wang is given $2-3 million in arb”
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I dont think he can get less than a 20% discount from what he got this year.
So he’d get whatever he’s making minus 20%.
I think they’ll keep him around knowing that he probably wants to stay with the Yankees long-term.
If he comes back ok, they’ll have a bargain on their hands.
At least in theory (my theory
)
“It’s so true too, I do the same exact thing when driving.”
patrick-
the urge to look is so strong the phenomenon needs a name.
the Red Sox really have their hands tied.
there are only a few free agent options.
They’ll probably keep Jason Bay, but how does that make their offense better than it is this season?
They can’t make any major moves without eating tons of salary until 2011.
They have Beckett for one more year and when he hits free agency, he could demand a monster contract from them.
The Sox simply cannot lose Josh Beckett no matter what the cost.
Aside from that, they need to find a place for Daisuke.
Wakefield will be an injury risk for the remainder of his career.
They’ll need at least 3 new starters for next season, in my estimation.
Good luck with that.
Mark Feinsand of The NY Daily News tweets that the Yankees intend to designate righthander Josh Towers for assignment tomorrow to make room on the roster for recent pickup Chad Gaudin. Towers had been pitching with New York’s Triple-A affiliate, but the team called him up today as bullpen insurance following the 15-inning Yanks-Red Sox marathon last night.
“I think they’ll keep him around knowing that he probably wants to stay with the Yankees long-ter”
bd 2.00-
i’ve heard it personally from two people who know him well that he was planning on leaving even before the problems this year.
that could always change, but with what’s happened this year. i think it’s likely wang and the yankees will have a difficult time coming to terms with wang no matter what he does next year.
i like wang. i’d like to see him move on for his own good.
nothing against the present yankee management . they just don’t get the kind of pitcher wang is.
What a game! I was there. Bleacher Cafe seats.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpGRym901uk
Pete — Given what a HUGE hit Cano’s leadoff double in the 6th was, I think it’s a bit unfair to rag him just because he isn’t doing so well with men in scoring position. That double turned 1-0 into 2-0, giving CC a big lift for his last 2 innings.
With respect to the ejection, we should also note that Youkilis had made a hard slide into Jeter in the top of the same inning (Jeter’s amazing flip for the DP). I suspect that the umpire perceived that the Red Sox were growing increasingly edgy and frustrated. He decided to put a stop to things before they got out of hand, which is very commendable, and would have been if he had done the same thing to the Yanks. He then took the unusual and extraordinary step of talking to the pitchers, presumably telling them what they could and couldn’t do in the context of this situation. The bottom line is that the teams played baseball for the rest of the game and (let’s hope) for the rest of the series. A really great job by the ump.