Game 111: Red Sox at Yankees (updated with Girardi pre-game audio)
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YANKEES (68-42)
Jeter SS
Damon LF
Teixeira 1B
Rodriguez DH
Posada C
Swisher RF
Cano 2B
Cabrera CF
Hairston 3B
Pitching: LHP Andy Pettitte (9-6, 4.35).
RED SOX (62-47)
Ellsbury CF
Pedroia 2B
Martinez 1B
Youkilis 3B
Bay LF
Drew RF
Lowell DH
Varitek C
Green C
Pitching: LHP Jon Lester (9-7, 3.79).
TIME/TV: 8:05, ESPN.
STATE OF THE ‘STRIPES: The Yankees have won six straight, 17 of 22 and 30 of 40. They lead the Red Sox by 5.5 games in the American League East. It’s their largest lead in the division since they finished the end of the 2006 season with a 10-game lead.
STUMBLIN’ SOX: Boston has lost five straight and 13 of 20.
ANDY’S DANDY: Andy Pettitte is 1-1 with a 2.36 ERA since the All-Star break. He has allowed seven earned runs on 20 hits in 26.2 innings while striking out 29. Pettitte is 16-9, 3.76 in 31 career starts against Boston. He allowed three runs in six innings against Boston on April 26 in a loss.
HOME COOKING: The Yankees have won 12 of their last 13 games at home and 17 of the last 20.
START ME UP: Yankee starters in this series have gone 20.1 innings, allowing four runs on nine hits while striking out 20 and walking 15.
INITIALLY, VERY IMPRESSIVE: A.J. Burnett and CC Sabathia allowed three hits and struck out 15 over 15.1 innings in the last two games.
BULLPEN BRIEF: Yankee relievers have allowed five hits and struck out 10 in 8.2 scoreless innings in the series.
IN A DROUGHT: The Red Sox have not scored in 24 innings. They have two runs in the last 28, six in the last 33 and 12 in the last 55. Boston is 16 of 111 (.144) in the last three games with 35 strikeouts. That includes going 3 for 33 with runners in scoring position.
MO MONEY: Mariano Rivera has not allowed a run in his last 20.1 innings.
HOMER HAPPY: The Yankees have homered in 86 of 110 games, 51 of the 55 at home.
HIUUUUUUUUUUGHES: Phil Hughes has allowed 5 earned runs in 31 innings of relief and struck out 40.
THE CANO CONUNDRUM: Robbie Cano is 111 of 308 (.360) without runners in scoring position. He is 27 of 132 (.205) when there are runners in scoring position.
HOT LATELY: Cano is 11 of his last 22.
LAST YEAR: The Yankees were 60-50 and 5.5 games out at this point last season.
MELKY MISSING: Melky Cabrera is 3 of 21 since he hit for the cycle in Chicago.
ON THE iPOD RIGHT NOW: Live With Me by The Rolling Stones with Christina Aguilera. From the Shine A Light soundtrack. Great performance.
Back later on with much more.
UPDATE, 5:07 p.m.: Alfredo Aceves has a sore back and is questionable for tonight. … RHP Chad Gaudin on the roster and RHP Josh Towers DFA’d.
UPDATE, 5:59 p.m.: David Ortiz getting a day off, odd in that he is a .370 hitter against Pettitte. … Jason Bay (right hamstring) is playing for the first time in the series. … Boston called up Fernando Cabrera, a right-handed reliever. He replaces Enrique Gonzalez. … The Red Sox may have made a waiver claim on Nationals SS Christian Guzman.
UPDATE, 6:06 p.m.: Here is Joe Girardi’s pre-game interview session:
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He talked mostly about pitching, the No. 5 spot, A-Rod, etc.
UPDATE, 6:15 p.m.: The Red Sox closed the clubhouse for a team meeting, which is going on now. The last refuge of the desperate manager is the team meeting.
UPDATE, 7:07 p.m.: Some very light rain falling here. Tarp is not down, however. The Sox are taking BP.
UPDATE, 8:05 p.m.: The scoreboard camera is showing the Yankees in the dugout. Fun to watch them as they get ready to take the field.
Intense: Swisher, Posada, Jeter.
Goofing around: Melky, Robbie and Joba.
1,000-yard stare: Andy.
Fidgety: Tex.
Putting in a big dip: A.J.
Putting in nearly as big a dip: CC.
Andy now warming up to Welcome to the Jungle. Good warm-up song. GNR does warm-up tunes well.
UPDATE, 8:10 p.m.: We’re underway. 77 degrees in the Boogie Down. Enjoy the game, everybody.
UPDATE, 8:21 p.m.: Seems safe to say the decision to bat Jeter leadoff worked pretty well, huh? He has a .383 OBP and has scored 72 runs already.
UPDATE, 8:43 p.m.: That’s 26 innings without a run for Boston. Not that anybody is counting.
UPDATE, 8:51 p.m.: Yankees will have to earn this one. Jon Lester showed up with his good stuff.
UPDATE, 9:27 p.m.: The Yankees have twice pitched around Lowell to get to Varitek. Andy fanned him the first time but Varitek hit a hard line drive the second time … right to Johnny Damon for the third out.
28 innings without a run for Boston. Unbelievable. The Red Sox are 20 of 126 (.159) in the series. They have 12 runs in the last 59 innings overall.
UPDATE, 10:00 p.m.: Andrew Eugene Pettitte, you old dog. He has blanked the Sox for six innings tonight and has allowed a mere seven earned runs in 32.2 innings since the All-Star Break.
UPDATE, 10:15 p.m.: Swish looking for style points with the catch and roll.
UPDATE, 10:18 p.m.: New thread has started.
So excited for this one!
Lester is awfully tough – hey, no matter what, I have no complaints whatsoever. The Yankees have throttled the Sox and beat them in different ways – they are just playing outstanding baseball. I obviously would love to win, but if not, so be it – you can’t win ‘em all. Three out of 4 is guaranteed and it doesn’t get much better than that.
I’m not sure if Ace is available tonight, but Phil can probably go a couple of innings if he has to…Hopefully Andy can give us 6 innings and keep us in the game.
Betsy… Game hasn’t even started. Don’t be pessimistic until we’re down with 1 out left in the ninth.
IMO there is a ton of pressure on the soxs to take the last one at the stadium. Especially given they haven’t scored a run in 24 runs.
Also Andy will want to go out and match what CC and AJ did. Hopefully Andy can keep the roll going. It will be awfully nice for the soxs to leave town behind 6 1/2 games.
House money. I say rest Jeter and Arod against Lester and play Hairston at 3b and Pena at short.
We’re playing with house money tonight. But 6.5 games would be sweet! So who DH’s tonight?
Johnny, I’m not pessimistic – I’m actually very positive. I hope they win, but what I’m saying is that I’m thrilled with 3/4 should they lose (although I know some folks will freak out and go postal on the Yanks should they have the nerve to go down to defeat).
“LAST YEAR: The Yankees were 60-50 and 5.5 games out at this point last season.”
Amazing what a healthy ballclub will do for you, no?
Nick in SF, Goldie was great in Foul Play and also Seems Like Old Times…….hilarious movie, the last one.
sweeeeeeeeep!!!
Jeter scored the winning run in the 15 inning game and his HR yesterday gave the Yanks a large cushion that saved Mo from having to be used.
Take all the shots you want at him, you can’t change the fact that he’s having a great year and contibuting even while in a mini doldrum.
Hate springs eternal for some.
Dh A-rod? hairston at 3rd?
Jeter-dh
Damon-lf
Teixeira-1b
Posada-c
Cano-2b
Swisher-rf
Cabrera-cf
Hairston-3b
Pena-ss
weather report?
Lester Schmester.
“Overboard” with Goldie and Curt was a fine comedy.
-faith…didn’t think of DH’ing ARod…that would work. How has Godzilla faired vs. Lester?
Girardi said Arod is going to get a full day off against the Jays.
I have a feeling he’s going for the jugular tonight and use the Jays series to rest guys.
I think Girardi is playing this series like it’s the playoffs and will go with the regular line-up tonight.
seeing how the weather report for the field is iffy, I’d rest Al and just DH him tonight.
Noreaster,
not sure, but you know how joe loves to sit the lefties against a tough lefty pitcher. so i can see him sitting matsui and dhing A-rod
You know Ozzie should shut his mouth. I am so tired of him getting away with this nonsense.
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/.....id=4387215
Might as well rest everyone tonight… we’re not hitting Lester even with the full lineup
And Mitre needs the full lineup tomorrow.
We won 3\4 and probably won’t hit Lester tonight… might as well give everyone a day off. Hope we see Molina, Pena, Hairson, Hinske.
“INITIALLY, VERY IMPRESSIVE: A.J. Burnett and CC Sabathia allowed three hits and struck out in the last two games.”
And struck out…?
http://espn.go.com/mlb/players/bvsp?playerId=28487
very small sample sizes with Matsui, Jerry, and Eric. they have zero hits against him.
I agree you go for the jugular and you rest players tomorrow. I have a feeling tomorrow you’ll see a AAA lineup.
“Girardi said Arod is going to get a full day off against the Jays.
I have a feeling he’s going for the jugular tonight and use the Jays series to rest guys.” That’s what we were saying last night.
I know this game is house money, but will anyone else be terribly disappointed if this great run they’ve been on ends tonight?
The pitching in the last 2 games has been fabulous.
That’s my thought. Lester is a monster no matter what. The pressure is on them and we should be more relaxed with a B lineup of guys scrambling for playing time.
I’d like to see Pena, Hairston at the very least.
Molina + Hinske? I’m fine with that as well.
Sey,
Theres a large complex of showers and thunderstorms racing towards the city, but the worst should stay south and west of the city, but it looks like rain is still possible in the next couple hours. Hope it ends before gametime.
Andrew why wouldn’t you even try and win against the soxs? the way the soxs are hitting right now it might only take a run or two to beat them. You have your A lineup out there tonight, and your B tomorrow.
There is a ton of pressure on Jon to pitch very well tonight. You don’t know he’ll be able to.
So, let me get this straight….
The Yankees have beaten Roy Halladay and Mark Buerhle this week, won a start that Josh Beckett pitched great in, and have the best record in baseball, and we are already conceding the game because Jon Lester is pitching?
Goldie was incredibly charming as a hippie chick in “There’s a Girl in My Soup”
soxs
Lineup: Ellsbury, Pedroia, Martinez (1B), Youkilis (3B), Bay, Drew, Lowell (DH), Varitek, Green. Lester.
Just think how demoralizing it would be to sweep them with our ‘B’ lineup. It’s like beating up someone with one hand tied behind your back. We win without even ‘trying’.
“Rest A-Rod and Jeter”?? “might as well give everyone a day off”? Are you guys drunk? We have a chance to go up 6.5 games — no way Girardi takes his foot off the gas.
m
August 9th, 2009 at 4:50 pm
I know this game is house money, but will anyone else be terribly disappointed if this great run they’ve been on ends tonight?
The pitching in the last 2 games has been fabulous.
not terribly but yes disappointed.
blood in the water.
I still am annoyed at the ellsbury steal of home and the 0-8.
time for the “Death Blow”
Also beat Verlander, Garza, and Cliff Lee earlier this year.
Andrew,
A win against the Red Sox is more important than a win against the Jays.
And Andy has had little to no run support. He deserves the best tonight.
since when is lester this unhittable machine that everyone is afraid of? yes, hes really good, but everyone is making it sound like the loss is already in the books. thats why they play the game, have some confidence in your 1st place team, sheesh!
Tunnel Man
August 9th, 2009 at 4:52 pm
Goldie was incredibly charming as a hippie chick in “There’s a Girl in My Soup”
sock it to me!
Give Bay some off speed stuff.
I wonder if he’ll play Jose over Jorge.
Jose has 5 hits 11 ab .455
Jorge 2 hits 8ab .250
I guess it would depend on who Andy wants to pitch to.
Lester can pitch great and still lose… just like Beckett did.
All depends on Pettitte.
Joe G. will have his A lineup tonight…No doubt about it…If you have a chance to step on the Sox throats, you have to do it
even if lester pitches lights out, he’ll only last 7 innings. Just keep it close, and we’ll win with another walk off.
Man, that Sox lineup with Bay looks a lot tougher than the one they trotted out there the last 3 days.
No, I’m not conceding the game at all……..M, if the Yankees lose, I will be slightly disappointed because I hate to lose, but I won’t really care. I mean, I’m so thrilled at taking the first 3 games……and I think to expect the Yankees to sweep or to win every time out is unfair. They’re going to lose at some point; they can’t keep up the 30 out of 40 pace they are on.
My guess – lineup will be the same as Friday.
3/4 is darn good, considering B*st*n is a better team.
Mark in Tampa August 9th, 2009 at 4:53 pm
Also beat Verlander, Garza, and Cliff Lee earlier this year.
****
Who was it that said, lets see if the Yankees can beat any one good? Meanwhile we’ve beaten some of the best pitchers in the league.
I don’t think the soxs were ever as good as their record said they were. They had 8 games in the plus column cause the Yankees sucked at the time they faced them. Conversely the Yankees had 8 games in the loss column. I know you can’t just deduct games like they never happened. But if you take those games away, you’ll see who the better team is.
The Sox lineup overall is hitting .339 lifetime against Pettitte. Their splits against him are scary… almost like ours against Livan where everyone in the lineup pounds him.
Go for the sweep!
Yeah, Boston is a better team. Brilliant.
Isn’t SOSH waiting for your ramblings?
Jeter and Arod and Posada will all play vs Lester and the Sox. Let’s keep it real!
thanks SJ, I can’t believe some of these posts!
Bay played way over his head to start the season. He can be handled.
jennifer,
I think it’ll be Jorge. Bigger bat, and Andy’s pitched to him forever. They’re one!
I figured Bay would play today. They’d rather have Bay on a peg-leg than trot Yuk out there again.
Anyone hear Gammons calling Ortiz a “mediator” in this whole PED thing. Ravech agreeing, of course.
ESPN LOVES the Red Sawx. They can do no wrong. Steve Phillips, Olney and everyone was crowning the Red Sox as the kings of baseball a few weeks ago and now they make excuses for them. Sickening.
Thank God for blogs like this one. I would hate to have to get my news from ESPN…
Texas is winning 3-0 n the 6th. They’re only 1 game behind Boston for the wild card.
The ‘Roid Sox must be flipping out and they have to fly to Texas this week.
Jeter 6, Damon 7, Teixeira 3, Rodriguez DH, Posada 2, Swisher 9, Cano 4, Cabrera 8, Hairston 5, Pettitte 1. –Carig
woot woot, called the lineup
Good lineup. Alex gets a 1/2 day. Hideki sits against the tough lefty.
Rebecca,
Its amazing how some are always ready to concede games based on pitching matchups.
I have no idea how the Yankees won so many games this year. They seem to be unable to beat anybody according to some.
You win the first 3 games against the Red Sox, you go for the jugular tonight. Win or lose, you go with your best lineup unless some guys are hurting.
You can space out rest over the next 3 days to get everybody fresh for the West Coast trip.
Tonight? I go for it because if you win, a 6 1/2 game lead with 51 remaining is formidable.
Lester has had some stinkers this year and high pitch counts.
Andy is showing that the later the season gets, the better he is.
Make Lester work deep into counts and get their bullpen used. After tonight, Boston goes home and faces the Tigers who are hanging on with a slim lead in the AL Central.
um… why is Hairiston in the lineup?
Does Joe realize we’re playing the Sox?
great, lester gets an easy out in the 9 hole rather than matsui who is red hot.
way to go for the kill, joe.
“Bay played way over his head to start the season. He can be handled”
i feel like everytime i see a highlight of him hitting a homerun, its the same pitch everytime, a high fasball. its ridiculous lol
I’m not certain if the Yankee fans are bring out brooms for tonights game or shovels ????
Brandon what makes you awesome?
That’s a solid lineup for tonight. Having Hairston in the lineup gives them another RH bat and a little more speed in the lineup.
since brooms are so ancient these days, can we go for the swiffer tonight?
anyone else watching the 7/1/04 game on YES? its the bottom of the 9th now….
It’s so weird watching Johnny the caveman
Not sure why people are giving up just because Lester is on the mound. The guy has lost 6 games. He’s not unbeatable. If we can beat Halladay, we can beat anybody.
Lester and Pettitte have the same number of wins.
Just asking, but is this the Captain’s blog?
http://bases.nbcsports.com/dj-short/
Both pitchers have 9 wins; Lestah has one more loss.
Lester is facing a tough team and lineup that has a great home record.
Pettitte is facing a struggling lineup and team that is middling on the road.
For entertainment purposes only, the Yankees are the slight betting favorite.
FWIW, I don’t really have an issue with Girardi DHing A-Rod, but that doesn’t mean I don’t think the Yankees can win tonight.
As SJ said, they’ve beaten Buerhle, Halladay and Beckett this week.
Why not Lester?
That’s a good lineup. Matsui’s knees need a break. I saw them on the phone dialing 911 during yesterday’s game.
The new house is going to be rocking tonight!!!
NYY626 -
I really can’t enjoy most of the games from 04…
Also, any word on who is going down with Gaudin joining the club today?
And has anyone heard of a timetable for Gardner’s return?
Thanks!
Boston is sitting Ortiz (can’t imagine why)) with Lowell as DH.
Jason Bay has a tender hammy and a rusty bat. He won’t be a better fielder in LF than Youkilis was.
“I really can’t enjoy most of the games from 04…”
It took some time, but I’ve been lucky enough that my brain has been able to block out 2004. It’s like it never even happened.
“UPDATE, 5:07 p.m.: Alfredo Aceves has a sore back and is questionable for tonight. … Chad Gaudin on the roster and Josh Towers DFA’d.”
How sore are we talking?
I want the Yankees to win this,remember when Ellsbury stole home plate on ANDY?
I heard a RS fan on a nat’l sports radio show,bragging about this being so great for RS fans,and how much they loved it.
GO get’em Yankees,Show no mercy!!
Towers gone.
Not surprised ARod is the DH. Thought he would DH yesterday after playing 15 innings the night before.
“UPDATE, 5:07 p.m.: Alfredo Aceves has a sore back and is questionable for tonight. … Chad Gaudin on the roster and Josh Towers DFA’d.”
Pete, do we know if Josh mended fences with Tony Pena before he left?
Boogie Down Bob
August 9th, 2009 at 5:11 pm
Also, any word on who is going down with Gaudin joining the club today?
And has anyone heard of a timetable for Gardner’s return?
Thanks!
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I had read Josh Towsers came up for yesterday’s game and Melancon was sent down. The thought us that Towers will be DFAd to make room for Goudin.
I have no info on Gardner, though
You Know Who,
Ahh, Everyone remembers ER from last year.
My favorite Sox troll. Favorite in that I’m pretty sure he’s got a screw loose. Maybe two.
Unfortunately, you hero J*S*N B*Y can’t save the day.
Laura -
You’re lucky! Maybe there’s hope for me, too.
UPDATE, 5:07 p.m.: Alfredo Aceves has a sore back and is questionable for tonight. … Chad Gaudin on the roster and Josh Towers DFA’d.
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If he can’t handle being a reliever, then move him to the rotation.
“How sore are we talking?”
Good question, Rebecca. Is he “I’ll be fine tomorrow” sore or “I can barely walk” sore?
“Brandon what makes you awesome?”
If you have to ask it just proves how I am and your not.
Nephew watch….
He just hit a 2 run HR in Hickory to give WVA a 5-1 lead in the 8th inning. He has 3 RBI, a stolen base, and has thrown out a runner today.
He has 3 HR and 23 RBI and is hitting .326.
He has a .948 OPS and is hitting .441 with RISP.
For a guy Baseball America said, “couldn’t hit good pitching”, he seems to be finding the ball with his bat.
Doreen August 9th, 2009 at 5:10 pm
NYY626 -
I really can’t enjoy most of the games from 04…
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Haha I understand. This one is fun to watch though!
rconn,
Yup, its the same guy. Funny how that works, isn’t it?
Also, any word on who is going down with Gaudin joining the club today?
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UPDATE, 5:07 p.m.: Alfredo Aceves has a sore back and is questionable for tonight. … Chad Gaudin on the roster and Josh Towers DFA’d.
ER is probably the best at what he does on here. He still gets a rise from people who should know better.
Nice to hear Tony is off to such a strong start, SJ.
Doesn’t get a rise from me, Nick. I find him just incredibly odd.
Whats up fellas..
Anyone else feel like if we sweep them tonight that it will resemble the boston massacre a couple years ago in august. Where we take the division and they miss the playoffs all together.
BTW. 116 win season is still in reach.
Absolutely odd, but very focused!
” Alfredo Aceves has a sore back and is questionable for tonight. … Chad Gaudin on the roster and Josh Towers DFA’d.”
Good thing we have Gaudin.
SoS was MIA
damn the umpire in this Mets game got a foul ball of the jaw that knocked the crap out of his mask to the ground.
Does that stand for miami or missing in action? Never been to miami, im sure “Nick in everywhere” in the u.s. has though. What do you do for a living Nick? Hitman?
“Does that stand for miami or missing in action? Never been to miami, im sure “Nick in everywhere” in the u.s. has though. What do you do for a living Nick? Hitman”
professional gambler?
I’ve always wondered why E* puts asterisks in certain people’s names.
Guess he always knew that the R*d S*x championships would be tainted once it came out that his favorite heroes were Roiders.
I can’t believe ANY Yankee fan would give this game to Boston. I agree the odds favor them scoring runs (Jason Bay’s bat will help. But although Lester is an excellent pitcher he is NOT Randy Johnson in is prime, so they can batter him around a bit, get the pitch count up, and keep the game close, so the Yankees can pull it out late.
Something to keep in mind, Boston may be in panic mode, which could cause them to be very tight if they get behind early. For example: They put in a claim for Guzman (Who has an $8m pricetag for 2010) after giving another shortstop (Jose Iglesias) $8.2m, drafting Casey Kelly LAST YEAR (Their number ONE prospect), and still having Jed Lowrie around. What is going on? This strikes me as throwing money at the shortstop problem (A sure sign as DESPERATION and PANIC).
Good to be back here Uncle. Good to see most of you havnt left.
raymagnetic-nice. Hope everyone doing well.
“professional gambler?”
My next guess was vaccuum sales.
Texas’ Derek Holland is absolutely cutting the Angels to pieces today. 7 innings, 2 hits, 0 runs, 1 walk 7 strikeouts. 80 pitches, 59 strikes, 21 balls.
With the 15 inning game and the short turn around to the day game yesterday, Alex has played a lot and it’s good that Girardi can give him at least some rest today as a DH.
This year Lester has been better against right handed hitters than left handed. This might just be a small samples issue or selection bias (last year he was much better against lefties…) but he has a very good cutter and that can give right handers a lot of problems from a lefty pitcher (as we’ve seen from andy recently…)
It’s very nice that they have a legitimate 3b option to spell Alex tonight. Hairston was a very strong pick up and given Alex’s hip a particularly useful one.
Meanwhile the Sox only back up infielder is the awful Chris Woodward.
It’ll be very interesting to see who the Sox play in LF.
Youkilis was asked yesterday about the poor routes he took on fly balls yesterday by the boston media. He, of course, scowled at them and said something to the effect of, “I’m not an outfielder. I’m an infielder.”
Given how well all of Theo’s “low risk high reward” moves with the pitching staff have turned out, one other “low risk” move hasn’t gotten that much attention recently but is having a significant impact on the team right now.
Rocco Baldelli.
They signed him for $500K in the off season. And this deal was lauded in the press. The sox had so much outfield depth and so much OF depth in the minors Rocco was perfect.
Many yankee fans had a bizarrly disproportionate reaction to the Sox signing baldelli. Why did Cashman let him slip away !!!!, etc.
But, unfortunately, Baldelli has once again spent a great deal of time on the DL this year due to that awful metabolic disorder he has.
That was part of the “risk” of signing him. And as with Smoltz and Penny that risk was diminished in the media and signing Baldelli was another great move.
Well tonight Bay is hurt. They cut mark kotsay last week to make room for Adam LaRoche – another first baseman.
They are facing Andy tonight and they clearly don’t want to play Josh Reddick against left handed pitching.
But Youkilis really isn’t a LF.
There’s always risk. Needing to play Youkilis in LF was the risk of signing Rocco Baldelli.
GB
it’s in the name…
what-up, SoS
good to see you also
Good to see you, SoS. Yup, hit man. You’re the first one to guess right. My favorite technique is “death by chowdah” — they never see it coming.
Yeah, I’ve been to Miami a couple times. Not a huge fan, but it’s been a long time since I’ve been there.
I have some comforting news for everyone. The “LEAD” on ESPN’s Bottom Line includes a headline something to the effect of “BALCO chemist says Ortiz theory is possible”–that was the gist of it anyways. It will be interesting to see how much play this “news” gets.
roger(live from amsterdam)
August 9th, 2009 at 5:38 pm
GB
it’s in the name…
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Well, it’s only a 5-0 lead. Seems like he’s got enough fingers stuck in the dike. 80 pitches in 7 innings is a tough thing to pull off against that team.
Nick,is it hot as heck in pittsburg with no “h” today? Its hotter than hell in oakland. Trying to figure out a 9 hole to go play at today, so i can get back in time fore the game…
CB: FWIW, Bay is playing tonight and Ortiz is sitting. (@amaliebenjamin had the Boston line up).
Man is Ortiz a shell of himself, or what…
Nick in SF….I’m still riding that horse from the Bronx, the payoff has rewarding to say the least….Slight fav today……
SOS,
Everything is good. Hope everything is good with you in CA.
Still no updates from John_W_Henry…
Is twitter still broken?
SJ44
August 9th, 2009 at 5:05 pm
Rebecca,
Its amazing how some are always ready to concede games based on pitching matchups.
I have no idea how the Yankees won so many games this year. They seem to be unable to beat anybody according to some.
You win the first 3 games against the Red Sox, you go for the jugular tonight. Win or lose, you go with your best lineup unless some guys are hurting.
You can space out rest over the next 3 days to get everybody fresh for the West Coast trip.
Tonight? I go for it because if you win, a 6 1/2 game lead with 51 remaining is formidable.
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I have the exact same approach to this game. Winning this game is more important than the entire Jays series (and possibly the road trip) because it’s a 2 game swing in the standings.
Let’s say the Yankees win tonight-they are 6 1/2 ahead. If they go 4-5 in the next 9 games (unlikely), the Sox would have to go 6-3 just to make up the ground LOST in this one game let alone cut into the lead. If they lose and the above occurs, the lead is down to 2 1/2 going into the series at Fenway.
This makes tonight’s game huge, that’s why the only lineup change is sitting Matsui against Lester and DHing Arod.
Look, Andy has pitched very well since the ASB, he may get knocked around tonight, we won’t know until the game starts. I expected him to pitch a huge game in game 6 of the 2001 WS and he was awful. But the Yankees don’t have a better big game pitcher than Andy (15-9 in the post season) and who better to put another nail in the Sox coffin than a home grown Yankee who was a major factor in winning 4 World Series.
tk
August 9th, 2009 at 5:40 pm
I have some comforting news for everyone. The “LEAD” on ESPN’s Bottom Line includes a headline something to the effect of “BALCO chemist says Ortiz theory is possible”–that was the gist of it anyways. It will be interesting to see how much play this “news” gets.
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Yeah, well, theoretically, it’s possible for an elephant to hang over a cliff with his tail wrapped around a dandelion, too, but, I wouldn’t place a bet on it happenening.
“Man is Ortiz a shell of himself, or what…”
Even though he never took anything.
Rebecca,
I assume Bay is going to DH rather than play LF?
Because if Bay can’t play LF they still have a problem of what to do there.
Right now they have a roster that is functionally without a viable backup OF against a LH pitcher as they don’t want to use Reddick against LH pitching.
“My favorite technique is “death by chowdah”
Nick: is that anything like ‘death by live lobstah’ or ‘death by lobstah roll’ ?
I just got back from the New England coast. And if you’re headed that way, both may serve particularly useful
If you’re named after a country you must be very good…
Nick,
I thought you used the KILL BILL HATORY(I believe sword.). Chawdah was my second guess.
raymag,
Speaking of CA. Im moving to another city which is in the desert from being 30 min to san diego. Talk about culture shock. Thats why i havnt been in here much. You have to go where the business is at. So i dont want to here about people compaining about the heat. Im going somewhere for good where its 10 to 15 degrees hotter. Arm pits aint happy about that.
Vinny,
Good to see your still roaming here bro.
CB, Bay is in LF this evening.
. Jacoby Ellsbury, CF
2. Dustin Pedroia, 2B
3. Victor Martinez, 1B
4. Kevin Youkilis, 3B
5. Jason Bay, LF
6. J.D. Drew, RF
7. Mike Lowell, DH
8. Jason Varitek, C
9. Nick Green, SS
– Jon Lester, SP
D Holland is the truth. I remember when the Yanks beat him, I thought he had good stuff. Under Nolan Ryan, this kid should be a beast.
“Man is Ortiz a shell of himself, or what…”
Even though he never took anything.
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With the way Ortiz has been hitting this year. If i where him i would retract my comments and use the steroids as the excuse. Its either that or hes on the over night fast track to waking up OLD.
I think John Henry is just waiting until this tweet is no longer apropos:
“How did we lose that game? Let me count the ways. Tough loss.”
I hope Pettitte doesn’t allow too many hist tonight. Maybe he’ll strike out like A.J. and C.C.
michelle, it is pretty hot today, yes, but not nearly as bad as it was down in Apple Valley a few weeks ago.
9 at Chuck Corica in Alameda?
There now calling him Mister Holland…that’s just too much credit
Beating the Red Sox in a four game sweep would knock the wind out of their sails so that they may not recover this season. Even if Lester has been lights out, he’s not invincible and even the best of pitchers have bad days; besides, even if Lester is pitching lights out tonight, we could still try to force him out early with a high pitch count. No way do we “give” the Sox this game. This win over them gives us one full game in the standings and baseball is not a charity. COME ON, YANKEES!!! LET’S GO FOR IT!!!!!!
GreenBeret7
August 9th, 2009 at 5:47 pm
“Yeah, well, theoretically, it’s possible for an elephant to hang over a cliff with his tail wrapped around a dandelion, too, but, I wouldn’t place a bet on it happenening.”
LOL, nice retort. Nick in SF can probably speak on this, but I imagine the odds on these two scenarios would be roughly the same.
rhapsody,
thanks. very interesting. tito really is making this a must win game.
I didn’t think bay was going to play in the field for a couple of more games with the bad hammy.
Them playing Bay in LF already says alot about what a problem they have with their lack of viable options in the OF right now.
Youkilis was a disaster out there yesterday.
And they clearly have little confidence in Reddick against LH pitching.
Remarkable that Jim Callis thinks that the Sox could let Bay go next year because they have Reddick available to step in as their everyday LF next year when they don’t feel themselves that he is ready to hit LH pitching.
It might rain tonight. Bay blows out that hammy playing the huge LF at the stadium…
Looks like the Rangers are headed for a win today. Meaning, –if– when the Sox lose tonight they’d be tied for the wild card.
michelle, it is pretty hot today, yes, but not nearly as bad as it was down in Apple Valley a few weeks ago.
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My point. Nothing accept Arizona is as hot as some of these deserts we have in so cal. Im sure going to enjoy living is one next week.
The Red Sox lineup tonight is their best lineup, in my opinion. Ortiz is only hurting this team right now. Bay, if he’s healthy, makes their offense immediately better.
I’m sure if Andy doesn’t pitch well, he’ll be sure to beat himself up over it during post-game interviews. I’d look for the words “unacceptable” and “pathetic.” Those tend to be his go-to phrases when he wets the bed.
Top of the 9TH Tx 7 LAA 0 wild card lead at stake.
The Rangers young talent is staggering. They are on a path now to becoming the Rays of the AL West.
Their minor league system is so good it’s hard to get over.
Derek Holland has been everything people thought he could be when he came up. What a talent.
They are loaded.
The angels window is closing rapidly.
personally, i think Boston should throw ++++ money at Matt Holliday next season.
if you talk to Sox fans, the American League has figured him out. Investing in him longterm may not be prudent (thank you dana carvey)
Nick: Hate corsica, its kinda dirty, going to monarch bay.
See you all around gametime, looks like a bit of a rain delay will happen.
CB: For the reasons MG mentioned, this is about as close to must-win as it can be for Boston at this point in the season.
No, 6.5 games out is not insurmountable, but it’s gotta be Manzikert-like deflating.
That said, I’d prefer people didn’t say the Yankees were playing with “house money” as it were. Losing the game does mean that the lead’s back down to 4.5
Of course, the fact that we’re talking about how big a LEAD the Yankees have, and not how big a deficit, says something.
I wouldn’t take it for granted.
“That’s my thought. Lester is a monster no matter what. The pressure is on them and we should be more relaxed with a B lineup of guys scrambling for playing time.”
We won against Beckett, Halladay and Buerle.
Is Lester better than them?
Do not think so.
A win againt Sox is better than against Jays as it creates a two game distance in the standings.
Good lineup which gives us a chance to win.
Is Tiger Woods better at golf than Michael Jordan was at basketball?
Amazing that it’s even open for debate…golf, the sport w/no true master, until now?
We have a chance to knock the Sox out of the division race for good tonight. I like the lineup with only 2 lefties vs. Lester. Unfortunately, David “Automatic Out” Ortiz isn’t playing for the Sox. Good luck to Pettitte tonight… This one would be sweet.
CB, Bay is in LF this evening.
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I think its really risky to play Jason Bay in the outfield with a strained hamstring. All he needs to do is to stretch for a flyball and he could tear the hammy. I would hope that Girardi wouldn’t feel compelled to do it if the shoe were on the other foot.
Rangers have a tough row to hoe…there schedule is BRUTAL. If they’re still there at the end, they will have earned it.
I’m not betting against them.
*their schedule
The Mariners are putting it to the Rays. 11-2 in the bottom of the 6th.
Holland finishes off the shutout with 3 hits, 1 walk, 8 strikeouts on 96 pitches. 73 strikes. very impressive.
How many excuses do you think Joe Morgan give the red sox tonite? Or how many times or we going to hear how little dusty is great and Theo is a boy genius.
The move to pick up V-Mart for Masterson is going to bite them in the rump, he could have pitched multiple innings Fri. or kept them in the game sunday or even in the extra inning games against TB, instead nonames had to go into the game and they lost. Now the are like the yankess from the past 2 seasons without a long man in the pen to eat useless innings.
Does anybody know hope many innings the sox bullpen has pitched compared to the yankees?
ANd how many Masterson pitched?
Would signing Holliday make Boston that much better? Sure, he may be better than Bay, but he’d be replacing him. What’s killing the Red Sox is Ortiz, Green, and Varitek.
Look the Best Pitcher on the RS is Beckett,he pitched a no decision.Lester isn’t better than Beckett.
BRING IT ON! The PRESSURE he’s under will be unbearable.
They need to save face with their fan base,they know this Yankees team is a different team.
The Dodgers’ once seemingly insurmountable lead in the NL West is fading fast.
They have major starting pitching concerns.
Hello, proofreading is your friend.
Chapman looks like he could be Austin Jackson’s twin lol
It’s going to be a good night (hopefully).
Yankees vs. Red Sox [MLB]
Buffalo vs. Tennessee [NFL]
So glad to have Football back.
Jeter makes the catch!
The Dodgers’ once seemingly insurmountable lead in the NL West is fading fast.
They have major starting pitching concerns.
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Joe Torre is going to wear out that pitching staff. I noticed yesterday that the Dodgers put Jason Schmidt on the DL with a sore shoulder. We, in New York, have seen this act before…build up a big lead and win the division handily but then be unable to win with a tired pitching staff in the playoffs.
Many yankee fans were livid that Cashman didn’t trade for a Jarrod Washburn. Some people even said if it costs Austin Jackson, so be it, you need a veteran arm.
Washburn’s a free agent at the end of the year. So trading him is trading for 12 starts. That’s it. You trade for 12 starts every one better be good.
Well Washburn’s first start for Detroit was terrible. He gave up 6ER in 5 innings, including 2 HR. Detroit lost that game.
His second start was today. And Washburn was once again horrendous.
His line: 6.0 10 5 5 1 3 2
Detroit lost again.
So in two starts washburn, the veteran who was supposed to give the tigers “length”, has pitched 11 innings, given up 16 hits, and given up 11 earned runs.
That’s some veteran, innings eating quality there. 11 IP. 11 ER.
2 starts out of 12 are complete for Washburn in Detroit. That’s 17% of all of the starts Washburn will throw for Detroit. And he’s been awful.
I’d take a flyer on Chapman in a heartbeat. He is in great shape and has tremendous upside. Put him in the bronx and let the Yanks groom him. Brien Taylor II? Hope not.
“The Rangers young talent is staggering.”
cb-
just curious , but how did the rangers do it ?
they seem an unusual mixture of old school and new school. ron washington is very old school, yet the front office appears new school. i have no idea how nolan ryan fits in though if it’s new school.
I just put on that game on YES – I still can’t believe that play. What I really still can’t believe is Jeter’s play in the 2001 ALCS, with this backhand flip to get Jeremy Giambi. What a player…….
I noticed by the way that Washburn has pitched very well in his two starts since joining Detroit……
Many yankee fans were livid that Cashman didn’t trade for a Jarrod Washburn. Some people even said if it costs Austin Jackson, so be it, you need a veteran arm.
Washburn’s a free agent at the end of the year. So trading him is trading for 12 starts. That’s it. You trade for 12 starts every one better be good.
Well Washburn’s first start for Detroit was terrible. He gave up 6ER in 5 innings, including 2 HR. Detroit lost that game.
His second start was today. And Washburn was once again horrendous.
His line: 6.0 10 5 5 1 3 2
Detroit lost again.
So in two starts washburn, the veteran who was supposed to give the tigers “length”, has pitched 11 innings, given up 16 hits, and given up 11 earned runs.
That’s some veteran, innings eating quality there. 11 IP. 11 ER.
2 starts out of 12 are complete for Washburn in Detroit. That’s 17% of all of the starts Washburn will throw for Detroit. And he’s been awful.
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CB,
The Yankees have actually done better with Sergio Mitre (in lieu of Washburn) so far. I don’t know how long thats going to continue but I’ll take it for now.
Playing a guy in LF with a bad hammy and possibly a wet field.
That’s called desperation.
It may work but, I wouldn’t do it.
Uncle Ellsworth August 9th, 2009 at 6:14 pm
Jeter makes the catch!
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I’m watching too! Seeing that catch never gets old!
CB,
Funny you shoulds say that about Reddick. I was thinking earlier that Bay will need to give Yuk a cut of his contract next season if/when he signs with the Sox next season. He clearly demonstrated how desperately the Sox need Bay out there. And we would be their “power bat”.
You’ve got to be kidding me……Ace seems to be breaking down now. Sore back is not good…..lol, just when things seem to be clicking, this has to happen. I’m not sure his body can handle pitching in the pen.
“The PRESSURE he’s under will be unbearable.”
Lester survived cancer. He can handle a baseball game. It is not life and death.
I’d take a flyer on Chapman in a heartbeat. He is in great shape and has tremendous upside. Put him in the bronx and let the Yanks groom him. Brien Taylor II? Hope not.
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Whichever MLB team signs Chapman will have to send him to the minors for a couple of years. He has problems with his mechanics and needs to be more consistent before facing major league hitters.
Red Sox team meeting tonight?
I heard Tito has them participating in trust-building activities. Pedroia is already pissed off because Big Papi didnt catch him while he was falling backwards.
Big Papi’s excuse…”He’s so small, I couldnt see him…that guy needs some supplements”.
Green Beret,
Shutout? I looked at Gameday in the 7th and he had only 55 pitches or something ridiculous, so I thought he is as long relief.
Unbelievable.
A sore back is not breaking down.
Everybody is sore this time of year. If you don’t need to use him, why do it?
NYY626 – Andy with the sweep!
August 9th, 2009 at 6:20 pm
Uncle Ellsworth August 9th, 2009 at 6:14 pm
Jeter makes the catch!
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I’m watching too! Seeing that catch never gets old!
Nomar watching from the bench.
great game
The Sox are having a team meeting!
I just don’t why everyone would be so worried if the Yankees lose tonight and the lead is “down” to 4 1/2. I don’t think the race is over either way…….and I’m so thrilled with the way the team has played that I don’t see how I could be at all unhappy or disappointed in taking 3/4.
Aceves is now a huge concern, so at this point one game doesn’t matter – getting him healed does.
Betsy
Calm down ! Ace should be fine, hitters and pitchers always deal with pain especially during a long season. I don’t think he is breaking down.
I just put the Yankee Classic on. This is one of my favorite regular season games ever.
Great to see Bernie in pinstripes again. Although, I have a bad feeling he will make an out here
“Joe Torre is going to wear out that pitching staff. I noticed yesterday that the Dodgers put Jason Schmidt on the DL with a sore shoulder. We, in New York, have seen this act before…build up a big lead and win the division handily but then be unable to win with a tired pitching staff in the playoffs”
we know it. And Tom Gordon knows it.
Aceves is not a huge concern. A “huge” concern, is a season ending injury.
He’s sore. Its not big deal.
Now Aceves is a ‘huge’ concern. Ok, if you say so.
I would think that after pitching 3 innings the day before yesterday he would have some body parts that are a bit sore.
CB
The RS got Duncan and Michaels in trades and they are in AAA. I guess that tells you what they think of them.
I would think Michaels could help at least on defense.
There are all kinds of reasons for you to get a sore back. Aceves looked really good his last time out. Let him have a nice rub down and be ready to go for Mitre’s start… hopefully.
jpb1973 August 9th, 2009 at 6:20 pm
Many yankee fans were livid that Cashman didn’t trade for a Jarrod Washburn. Some people even said if it costs Austin Jackson, so be it, you need a veteran arm.
Washburn’s a free agent at the end of the year. So trading him is trading for 12 starts. That’s it. You trade for 12 starts every one better be good.
Well Washburn’s first start for Detroit was terrible. He gave up 6ER in 5 innings, including 2 HR. Detroit lost that game.
His second start was today. And Washburn was once again horrendous.
His line: 6.0 10 5 5 1 3 2
Detroit lost again.
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ummm, detroit won today 8-7.
They better be P*N*CK*D
Texas won 7-0. The ‘Roid Sox are on the verge of falling out of the lead in the Wild Card race.
SJ, Andy had a sore back and although he eventually worked through it, it took a bit of time. Ace is coming off of a sore arm……now a sore back. Maybe he’s not breaking down, but it’s not good news…. though I understand that players get sore at this time of year. Since Joe said he’s questionable, I guess it’s not too bad……..but I wouldn’t pitch him at all tonight.
Erica – always OPPC
August 9th, 2009 at 6:28 pm
I just put the Yankee Classic on. This is one of my favorite regular season games ever.
Great to see Bernie in pinstripes again. Although, I have a bad feeling he will make an out here
Alas that night was Flash’s night to shine.
LOL! I wonder whats going on in that team meeting?
I think the Tigers won today.
Washburn’s methods might be controversial, but he gets results!
“Playing a guy in LF with a bad hammy and possibly a wet field.
That’s called desperation.”
i wouldn’t do it either.
a minor hamstring tear can easily turn into a 6 week problem.
vinny-b (thankful to have Girardi in charge) August 9th, 2009 at 6:29 pm
“Joe Torre is going to wear out that pitching staff. I noticed yesterday that the Dodgers put Jason Schmidt on the DL with a sore shoulder. We, in New York, have seen this act before…build up a big lead and win the division handily but then be unable to win with a tired pitching staff in the playoffs”
we know it. And Tom Gordon knows it.
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right after teh All-Star break, Jon Kruk ripped Torre on Baseball Tonight, saying Torre was burning out another pitching staff.
Now Aceves is a ‘huge’ concern. Ok, if you say so.
I would think that after pitching 3 innings the day before yesterday he would have some body parts that are a bit sore.
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Exactly!!! After pitching 3 innings on Friday night, Acevese should get 3 days off even if his back wasn’t sore…the Joe Torre era of overworking pitchers is history.
Patch, whether the Tigers won or lost, it doesn’t matter – in the bigger picture, Washburn has pitched horribly…
Ok, I won’t worry needlessly…….
The Sox do not need to panic – there is still PLENTY of time left in the season to right the ship. Remember that the Yankees have two west coast trips and end the season in Tampa.
Betsy,
Not every injury is the same. Andy missed one start because of a sore back. His pitching struggles had nothing to do with his back.
Aceves threw 31 pitches the other night and he’s a little sore. That’s not a big deal.
You stress out way too much over nicks and bruises. At this time of year, there isn’t a pitcher around that isn’t sore.
They work through the soreness because that’s what being a pro is all about.
The depth the Yankees have in the bullpen, as well as a nice lead, gives them the option of not overworking guys.
Uncle Ellsworth
August 9th, 2009 at 6:31 pm
Alas that night was Flash’s night to shine.
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Good for him. I still love that the last guy remaining on the bench is the one that won it for them. Teaches you to root for the underdog
Tito is yelling from a corner… “YOU CAN DOIT!”
Betsy: A sore back is part of the ebb and flow of the season. Just be thankful it’s not worse.
Tunnel Man
August 9th, 2009 at 6:31 pm
They better be P*N*CK*D
Texas won 7-0. The ‘Roid Sox are on the verge of falling out of the lead in the Wild Card race.
Tunnel man
just curious what is the deal with the *s?
haha at Manny and Ortiz hugging and pointing up to the sky like “idiots”. You will lose anyway
Word to the wise: Aceves is still technically a newlywed. His “sore back” will be fine.
the last thing I would do is throw tons of money ($10M+) on a Cuban pitcher. The track record for them in the majors (other than El Duque) isn’t very good.
From the brief You Tube link of him it’s obvious he would be starting at High A or AA and needs to work on his mechanics. Yes, he throws hard but it’s impossible to tell if it has movement without him facing major league hitters.
I would rather the Yankees invest in the continued development of their draft picks. It seems to me that the signing bonus needed for Chapman would get a bunch of kids signed and there is a better chance of one or more of them making it than of Chapman being the real deal.
Just repeat these words after me J O S E C O N T R E R A S a few times and I think you will get the point.
you can see how roidy Varitek used to be in this particular classic.
stupid Manny
Yahoo has a headline today- “Surging Nationals Win 8th Straight”.
Can a team 22.5 games out of first and 12.5 out of fourth really be surging?!?!
Johnny D. August 9th, 2009 at 6:32 pm
LOL! I wonder whats going on in that team meeting?
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Lap dances
El Tiante was a Cuban pitcher and he should be in the HoF.
m
August 9th, 2009 at 6:24 pm
Green Beret,
Shutout? I looked at Gameday in the 7th and he had only 55 pitches or something ridiculous, so I thought he is as long relief.
Unbelievable.
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Holland was outstanding. The 4 strikeouts in the last 4 innings pumped up his pitch count, but, it’s not often that a pitcher strikes out Guerrero in two straight at bats, that late in the game. 94-95 MPH fastball and nasty slider right through the last pitch.
NYY626 – Andy with the sweep!
August 9th, 2009 at 6:35 pm
haha at Manny and Ortiz hugging and pointing up to the sky like “idiots”. You will lose anyway
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Thats what is the best part of Yankee Classics. The Yanks win every time
Its always hurts with Sturtze.
That’s one dude I don’t miss
Aceves needs to be available for Monday’s game, not tonight’s. He’ll get some therapy (massage, etc) and be ready for tomorrow. In all likelihood if Andy gets knocked around enough for Aceves to be needed the Yankees don’t have a great chance of winning tonight so Gaudin and the others are fine.
Basically, Chapman is like picking the first pick in the draft, with a little more experience.
If the Yankees had a chance to get Steven Strasburg, they would have paid him huge money.
Chapman is a LH version of Chapman.
If you get him, you pay him and not think twice about it.
There is just as much risk taking a Strasburg as there is in taking a Joba Chamberlain. You go after high end talents, work and develop them, and hope they work out.
That’s how you maintain a strong player development system.
Ok, I’m talked off the ledge, lol
playing bay on a bad hammy?- possibly jeopardizing the rest of the season???? just shows how badly the sawx need a run!
i’m very happy with 3 of 4 but i got all the brooms out! GO YANKS!!
“Pedroia is already pissed off because Big Papi didnt catch him while he was falling backwards.”
actually the problem was when big papi flattened pedroia like a pancake when pedroia was supposed to catch him.
I think the Yankees ought to have a team meeting to announce than the Red Sox are having a team meeting. It might movtivate the guys.. we can break them tonight.
The Rangers have an excellent farm system, and good young prospects. But their financial situation is a mess. They have to borrow from MLB to make payroll, and Nolan Ryan is trying to get the financing necessary to buy the team from Tom Hicks. We will find out on August 18th how bad things really are. Their first two picks (Matt Purke and Tanner Scheppers) are demanding contracts above slot, will they have the ability to do it, and will MLB let them? Purke, a local guy from Klein, Tx, should be a priority sign. With the execption of the Yankees draft, and Strasberg, this is the draft story I will be following closest. 8 days left.
2 out.
Its always smart to call a team meeting when one of your aces is on the mound. If you win, you look “smart”.
C’mon Sierra…get a single!!!
Uncle E-
I bet Ruben Sierra reaches base
Rueben Rueben!
I am on a roll-
I bet Miguel Cairo gets on base too
I used to love Miguel Cairo. No reason, just did.
Come on Miguel!
Does anyone know who the announcers with Michael Kay are? I can’t recognize the voices
26 Titles = 2 Billion dollars. 4 Titles = 1 billion dollars, Beating the Red Sox and being the Hammer in our rivalry, PRICE LESS!!
Bobby Murcer and Jim Katt
Kay’s voice is about to crack.
Uncle Ellsworth August 9th, 2009 at 6:46 pm
Rueben Rueben!
Erica – always OPPC August 9th, 2009 at 6:46 pm
I am on a roll-
I bet Miguel Cairo gets on base too
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The sad thing is i’m sitting here on the edge of my seat.
( note to self you know how this ends)
Rebecca–Optimist Prime–Montero Fanaticus Primus
August 9th, 2009 at 6:48 pm
I used to love Miguel Cairo. No reason, just did.
that hit have anything to do with it?
I liked him too.
Rebecca–Optimist Prime–Montero Fanaticus Primus
August 9th, 2009 at 6:48 pm
I used to love Miguel Cairo. No reason, just did.
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I did too. I think it was because he always just seemed to go with the flow so easily. He played anywhere they told him to without any trouble. And I remember a bunch of times he always seemed to come through for them
I predict John Flaherty will get the winning hit – call me crazy, but I have a good feeling.
“This is the greatest game you will ever see”
Michael Kay in about 15 seconds
Miggy played hard. He came through for a short while.
FLASH AHAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!
Walkoff!!!! Hey, where’s the pie?
You guys are so nostalgic. It’s funny.
“just curious , but how did the rangers do it ?”
For several years, Jon Daniels was derided as a joke. He was dismissed as a “moneyball” stat-crunching GM who was incompetent and one of the worse GM’s in the business.
He was roasted for the Alfonso Soriano trade.
But it turned out that the “bean counter” either has a very good eye for talent or has assembled one of the best scouting/ talent evaluation operations in all of baseball.
Nolan Ryan has had little to do with it from what I’ve seen – most of the pieces were put in place before he got there.
Daniels has put that team together threw a very shrewd mixture of trades and drafting.
The seminal move Daniels made of course was trading Mark Teixeira. That trade is now rapidly becoming one of the more lopsided trades in recent history.
Who would have thought Jon Daniels and John Scheurholz would be making a trade and Daniels would get the best of it.
It’s amazing how much talent the Rangers got for Tex and Ron Mahay. Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Elvus Andrus, Matt Harrison, Beau Evans and most importantly Neftali Feliz.
Salty is their starting catcher. Andrus is now a rookie and their starting SS – he is one of the fines defensive SS in the game already. And Feliz just looks like an absolute beast. They just called him up and put him in the pen – he’s hitting 100mph regularly. At worst he will be an all star type closer. He has the potential if he refines his secondary to be a front line starter.
And he’s made a number of other really good trades. Kenny Lofton for Max Ramirez. Jose Marte for Dustin Nippert. Eric Gagne for David Murphy and Engel Beltre. A lot of solid trades in recent years (though he made a bad one giving up John Danks for Brandon McCarthy…).
Their drafting has been terrific in recent years. This has been the basis. Justin Smoak, Derek Holland, Michael Main, Julio Borbon. If they sign Matt Purke their 1st rounder this year they’ll have another 1st round coup. Just very impressive stuff.
Finally, they’ve also been good in the international signings. Martin Perez who they signed two years ago has had a huge year and is now considered one of the best young pitchers in the minors.
I like Ron Washington. I think everyone in baseball does – he’s very respected, especially as a teacher. He runs that club very well and seems to be very professional. They are only this year really getting their young players into the big league team so it’ll be interesting to see how he does. I imagine he’ll really help those kids.
In short, Texas has done it the only way possible. By using every means at their disposal to acquire talent. But the basis has been in their drafts. They’ve been very good. And they’ve been smart to go over slot when needed.
But in the end it gets down to the same thing – talent evaluation. There is simply no substitute.
John Scheurholz is famous for always trading the “right” braves prospects i.e. the ones that are over hyped and don’t pan out to much. But in the Tex trade Daniels zeroed in on huge talents that have panned out.
There is no substitution for evaluating talent. And stats are going to tell you very little when you are talking about players like Derek Holland and Neftali Feliz and Martin Perez. Whether Daniels is old school or new school he’s done that very well recently.
I loved Cairo too. I actually did some research once to figure out why and noticed that he was in the middle of keeping a ton of Yankee rallies going either by advancing the runner or getting a key base hit/walk that went unnoticed when the guy hitting after him got the back page headline.
The Red Sox aren’t out of it. But the chances of winning the division are slim. The Yankees always do great in the second half of the season, and the Red Sox always do worse, and this year they are doing worse then they normally do. The Red Sox can still get into the playoffs but there chances of taking the division from the yanks are slim, and they have a tough schedule ahead just like the yanks.
I want to go to fantasy camp!
Remember they got swept by the Mets after that game.
Yucky.
Betsy, here we are in August and our beloved Yankees are 5.5 games ahead of the Suxers. Imagine if you had found a way to overcome your worry and managed to enjoy the hell out of the season, despite the dents. You would be sitting as the happiest person in the world. That is truly the reward attached to letting life flow. Your worrying doesn’t change a thing and it certainly doesn’t do you any good! You are very in touch with yourself and I think that’s great. You are always willing to “accuse” yourself as someone who worries, sometimes needlessly. I don’t know if you’d be interested in something like this, but I know they have tapes to help with all kinds of things. I’m sure they must have something to help with worry. They have all kinds of self help tapes on the market; I’m sure they must have something like “Overcome Worry”. I say this because I think you are a great Yankee fan and a very honest and upfront one and a terrific person. I would just love you to be able to find a way to be in the “I’m good with this” zone. If you have any interest at all, I’d be happy to do some searching for you!
On another topic, I want to give a huge tip of the cap to the Washington Nationals. IMO there is value in looking beyond a team’s W-L record because when you do, you might find that you are dealing with a pretty good core of players but at the same time a team that has one major deficiency that has to be overcome. Not many people here gave the Nats any respect. Their offense was really good but they were struggling with their pen. We all saw that same thing with the Rays for so many years. One year they had the record for losing the lead in the late innings. But they had some great starting pitching and also really good offense.
Anyway, the Nats have won 8 games in a row. That is awesome for any team, let alone a last-place team. The Rays had been my adopt-a-team for many years. The Nats have replaced them. So when I can find things to give them props, I am always going to do it.
GOOD JOB NATS!!!
Erica – always OPPC
August 9th, 2009 at 6:54 pm
I want to go to fantasy camp!
Why does Kramer need to go to fantasy camp? His life is a fantasy camp.
You know the thing that no one ever mentions about the Jeter game you are all watching now? It basically sealed the fate of Garciaparra (because he sat out with a minor injury) which looking back is almost unanimously seen as a very important move in turning the Sox into a championship team. So is a very weird way Jeter’s catch helped the Sox reverse the curse. Makes it a bittersweet watch for me.
CB: Amazing how the Rangers can go from a laughing stock to perhaps the best-run franchise in the Majors.
As long as the Yanks can beat them, I’ll find a way to live with it
“ummm, detroit won today 8-7.”
Yes. Thank you.
But Washburn still pitched like garbage and that was the main point I was trying to make.
Detroit won despite Washburn today. Not because of him.
And that’s not exactly what you are looking from in a veteran pitcher you trade for mid-season.
He’s been atrocious for them.
Red Sox have reportedly put in a claim on shortstop Christian Guzman. Guzman would be the latest participant in the revolving door game that is known as Red Sox Shortstop.
Guzman is owed $8mil on his contract. Boston is paying the remaining $13.5mil remaining on Julio Lugo’s contract. That’s over $20mil on a shortstop not named Derek Jeter. To date, John Smotlz is costing them a $5.5mil base salary plus $35,000/week for every week he was on the roster. It’s a darn good thing Boston doesnt try to buy their pennants.
The Baseball Tonight corrspondents on ESPN are in a meeting as we speak working the spin on this story. By the time the Guzman trade is consumated, it will be touted as one of the greatest in Theo’s acclaimed career. Right up there with the David Murphy for Eric Gagne deal.
Uncle Ellsworth
August 9th, 2009 at 6:57 pm
Erica – always OPPC
August 9th, 2009 at 6:54 pm
I want to go to fantasy camp!
Why does Kramer need to go to fantasy camp? His life is a fantasy camp.
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Hahaha. I looked it up. I am not old enough to go yet.
And I don’t exactly have $5,500 with no better purpose anyway
Just a couple of thoughts. Yesterday a couple of posters commented that the Red Sox would be substantial favorites today. Not on this planet – the Yanks are a small favorite. Only advantage for Bosox on paper is starting pitcher, all the other factors point to the Yanks. If the Yanks were significant underdogs, I would bet the farm on them.
Second,I see a lot of folks think win or lose tonight, all is Ok. Maybe, but I actually think that it is a critical game. Bosox are are staggered, give ‘em the knockout. They are capable of making a run, even though they look dead now. Not to mention the importance of a superiour record to the Angels. Important game, albeit not like game 1 of this series.
Rebecca–Optimist Prime–Montero Fanaticus Primus August 9th, 2009 at 6:57 pm
CB: Amazing how the Rangers can go from a laughing stock to perhaps the best-run franchise in the Majors.
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I credit Josh Hamliton’s “work out” prgm
http://deadspin.com/5332801/th.....e&s=x
The Orioles would be my adopt-a-team. They have a good offense and solid bullpen. All they need is the SP. They have a lot of young arms in their system so they should be loaded for the future. I think they have a good future.
If the Rangers can somehow figure out a way to win the West and oust the Angels from the playoffs in the process I think the Yanks might make the WS again.
Jeremy, while anything is possible, this Sux team, to me anyway, just doesn’t have the feel of some of their past teams. I really don’t see them contending for the wild card. I definitely don’t see them taking the division.
At the beginning of the season I predicted they’d end up in third place and the Yankees would win the division. I’m thinking the third place is looking like a real possibility. JMO
“The last refuge of the desperate manager is the team meeting.”
As Yankee fans know all two well.
“I really don’t see them contending for the wild card. I definitely don’t see them taking the division.”
Uh, they’re currently contending for the wild card. Give your crystal ball a cleaning.
Bedard? Really?
August 9th, 2009 at 7:02 pm
“The last refuge of the desperate manager is the team meeting.”
As Yankee fans know all two well.
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Says the guy who doesn’t know the difference between “two” and “too”
About Christian Guzman. For reasons I cannot totally explain, he has always been one of my favorite players in the majors. I have followed his career and have always found him to be a player who leaves it all on the field, all the time. I would hate to see him go to the Sux.
Kruk, that tub of lard, just predicted a Sux win tonight. Well push me over with a feather.
ESPN’s Baseball Tonight just “predicted” the ‘Roid Sox will win tonight.
I’m shocked. I’m shocked.
trisha, the Sox are suffering from the curse of Teixiera!
“Uh, they’re currently contending for the wild card. Give your crystal ball a cleaning.”
Right you are. And if you want to be extremely technical, so is every other team that isn’t in first place.
So then let me be crystal-ball clear. I don’t see them winning the wild card.
I think the Red Sox will win the wild card.
But you know what? We’re the better team. We really are. And it’s FUN being better.
If Bucholz gains confidence from yesterday’s start ( and there’s no reason he shouldnt) Boston will have 3 decent starters. That’s enough pitching to keep them in contention IMO.
The key will be how Francona works the mismash of catcher/1B/DH’s on his team. Any game that Mike Lowell sits out is an advantage to the opponent.
The Ghost
August 9th, 2009 at 7:05 pm
trisha, the Sox are suffering from the curse of Teixiera!
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Maybe its the curse of Paul McCartney.
Sir Paul played Citifield in July and everything got worse for them post-ASB.
Sir Paul played Fenway last Wednesday and Thursday. The Sox have not won since
ESPN just had a nice segment on Aaron Boone, He has recovered from his heart surgery, is working out and will be joining the Astro’s AA team tomorrow. He has gotten many well wishes, but none from Boston.
“trisha, the Sox are suffering from the curse of Teixiera!”
With a dollop of Pappi karma.
When a manager calls for a team meeting it shows sudden and infectious fear. Better off with a players only meeting to air things out or the manager / players relationships can get ugly with some finger pointing.
Oh, that crazy Ozzie.
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/.....id=4387215
Maybe he means that the Sox should have two team meetings tonight?
Pre-op and post mortem.
The Red Sox SHOULD win tonight. But who knows if they WILL.
Erica – always OPPC
August 9th, 2009 at 6:36 pm
Yahoo has a headline today- “Surging Nationals Win 8th Straight”.
Can a team 22.5 games out of first and 12.5 out of fourth really be surging?!?!
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Guess Not. Yahoo just edited the word “Surging” out of the headline! But Let’s Go Nats!
cb-
thanks for that in depth analysis of the rangers. ron washington was the shortstop on the senior league team i was a bullpen catcher for. totally a pro’s pro and a no nonsense guy who had everyone’s respect.
it’s an interesting phenomenon how the rangers have done it.
I think the whole “team meetings mean a team is reeling and weak”thing is overrated. The Yanks did that in 07′ and twice earlier this year; it worked all three times.
While it’s nice to know our biggest rivals are scuffling, I wouldn’t make such a big deal out of a team meeting; they can sometimes work.
“I think the Red Sox will win the wild card”
Tampa is the better team
Trish,
I’ve always followed Critian Guzman’s career as well. Trading him and ERic Milton for Chuck Knoblach worked out well for us. He’s very similar to Julio Lugo is that his best attribute is his bat. I like seeing the Sox with a hole at such an important defensive position.
It will be awfully fun if the Yanks win tonight. I hope Joe doesn’t try to go too long with Andy. Accept what he can offer then use the pen.
“If Bucholz gains confidence from yesterday’s start ( and there’s no reason he shouldnt) Boston will have 3 decent starters. That’s enough pitching to keep them in contention IMO.”
The way I see it is that every team, including them, get up for the Yankees. Bucholz might gain confidence from taming a team that had played 15 innings the night before, but Detroit isn’t going to roll over for them.
I think they are in big trouble and I don’t know that they have enough to revive.
Time will tell.
I actually don’t think that a team in the AL East has enough bullets to contend with only three starters when there are teams in the AL West who are hot as tamales. JMO
Tampa is very overrated. I don’t think they’re that good.
Baltimore as an adopt-a-team. Really good call. I feel the same way about them also. When they aren’t playing the Yankees I want them to win.
good piece on the halladay trade situation
http://www.theonion.com/conten.....=a-section
The Red Sox don’t need to “revive” they just need to avoid a total collapse. Right now they’re in the wild card.
Drive, he’s also started stealing some bases. And his defense has improved tremendously. When I saw him get the number one web gem a few nights ago I damn near cried.
I love the guy. For that reason I don’t want him sullied by going to the Sux. He’s really an important part of the Nats. But since the Nats are on a roll, if they have someone ready to come up and can pull a few pieces in trade, I guess they’d be crazy not to.
“The Red Sox don’t need to “revive” they just need to avoid a total collapse. Right now they’re in the wild card.”
Whatever.
randy,
that’s interesting that you played with washington. he’s very respected and that rangers team really likes him.
he coached for a long time at oakland. a lot of guys like that just get looked past for managerial jobs. have to give daniels credit for hiring washington.
they’ve already picked up washington’s option for next year.
if their financial situation works out and they can sell the team they are very well positioned.
“The Red Sox don’t need to “revive” they just need to avoid a total collapse. Right now they’re in the wild card.”
“Whatever”
lol
Hey, I admire tyour faith. I REALLY hope the Sox are left out of the playoffs.
I just don’t think they will.
Like I said, we’re better anyway.
With 53 games remaining, the Yankees should be able to go 30-23 the rest of the way for 98 wins.
Come September the loss column looms big.
“Baltimore as an adopt-a-team. Really good call. I feel the same way about them also. When they aren’t playing the Yankees I want them to win.”
YOU SER?
Oh Gawd — it’s gonna be brutal.
Joe Morgan and Steve Phillips will call tonights game.
I think I’m gonna go drinking with Josh Hamilton.
The Sox are collapsing. They had a bunch of hitters hitting over their heads to start the season, but they started coming back to earth just as their pitching broke down. Also, it seems like they’re into rushing guys back, like they did with Lowry and we’re seeing how that strategy plays out.
My secondary team (team I root for when they’re not affecting the Yankees playoff status) is the Pirates. Why? I love Honus Wagner.
“My secondary team (team I root for when they’re not affecting the Yankees playoff status) is the Pirates. Why? I love Honus Wagner”
there is a movie you may like. If you haven’t seen it
Time for the Yankees to do some sweeping. But, no matter what happens tonight, this has been a great series. Go Yankees
I’m sorry, but I don’t think their lineup is god-awful. They’re still great at the Big Green Sardine Can and they still have some great hitters (Youkilis, Pedroia, V-Mart) and at least two good starters, including a legitimate number one in Beckett. And their bullpen is still really good.
I’m not saying they’re better than our team, they’re not, but I do think they’re playoff bound.
per secondary teams,
sign me up for the KC Royals
loved their 1980′s teams/tradition
Wait,
They’re also our farm team.
I like the giants because i heard alot of their games while stuck in the car.
KNBR & John miller rock.
vinny-I might have seen it. Is it called Honus and Me?
Phil I agree. I seriously don’t remember the last time I thought they were this bad or in this much trouble. I really think the Martinez experiment is going to do them more harm then good because they rely on Pukey, Lowell, and fat man in all of their games and playing chess with them to fit in Martinez is starting to wreak havoc, IMO. They felt they needed a bat and I can understand why they did what they did but sometimes you end up with subtraction by addition and I think this could be one of those cases. Add to that the Smoltz experiment not working and Wakefield and DiceK out of the picture, come on. They must have night terrors every night.
Trish, that’s very sweet of you……..thanks! Someone at work once gave me the book “Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff” and I sort of looked at it…..but never really read it. I may just read it again tonight. I honestly need a little perspective – baseball is just baseball, it’s not war.
I also like the Phillies a bit because I have a lot of friends who are Phillies fans and because they’re the Mets’ main competition.
But I like the Pirates more. And the Yankees are WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY in front at number one.
Lester bio :
http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/t....._id=452657
“vinny-I might have seen it. Is it called Honus and Me?”
yes. The book is ‘Honus and Me’. And the film title is ‘The Winning Season’
: )
I not only think they are collapsing now, I think they may be falling off the cliff for the foreseeable future. Unless they get really lucky with some deals, I’m actually more concerned about the Rays and Orioles going forward.
“per secondary teams,
sign me up for the KC Royals
loved their 1980’s teams/tradition”
That makes me so happy to hear. I’m outing myself on all of these but I feel that way about KC also. Any time someone is ready to kick a team in the face, that team becomes my adopted team. So it is so cool that KC has you on their side and the Orioles have CM.
At the beginning of the year I predicted Yanks in first, Ras wild card, Boston out. But circumstances change.
Sox ain’t winning the wild cart, that ship has sailed
Texas will win it.
We do need someone to adopt Pittsburgh.
Mel? Erica?
Dave, I’m thinking Texas also, though the Rays won’t surprise me.
“I not only think they are collapsing now, I think they may be falling off the cliff for the foreseeable future”
don’t know if i would go that far. As long as they maintain the 2nd highest payroll and have a sane person in charge (Theo and not a Duquette) i expect they will be ok.
vinny-Yeah due to several interesting circumstances I managed to come into possession of the book. I liked it and being the type of person who lkes doing this type of thing I looked up Honus Wagner and realized what a great player and good guy he really was. One of the “good guys” of baseball and the antithesis of Cobb.
I saw the movies on TV but only saw the end and didn’t catch the name.
Hello? I DID adopt Pittsburgh!
My secondary teams are SWB, Trenton, Tampa FSL, Charleston, SI, Tampa GCL, Yankee DSL 1 and Yankee DSL 2.
trisha – OPPC lifetime member with ice water in her veins!
August 9th, 2009 at 7:35 pm
We do need someone to adopt Pittsburgh.
Mel? Erica?
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Trisha-
I will adopt the Pittsburgh Pirates. When the Yanks played them last season I was in awe of their ballpark when I was it on TV. PNC Park managed to make Pittsburgh look beautiful.
That stadium is now #3 on the list of stadiums I would like to see
Gotta split. See ya.
Plain Phil does not speak for this Phil. I do not discount the Red Sox in future years as they can always reload with John Henry et al.’s money.
LOL at the Onion piece – like a real Onion, it’s making me cry. AJ will be so disappointed to know that he was being mentored by a fake…or at the least a composite of Brian Tallet and co……
Tampa is dangerous, so is Texas.
Tampa is a better team, Texas plays in a easier division and has the easier schedule.
Tough one… I say Tampa wins the WC
vinny, if no one will let them rip them off in trades anymore, and less impressive FA classes coming, I don’t know how they will compete. Their cuddly relationship with Baseball America and ESPN has overvalued their prospects, and at the deadline it seemed like teams were finally onto that fact. So, we’ll see. Last time they were on the brink they made that insane blind big for Dice K. We’ll see what they do now.
“vinny-Yeah due to several interesting circumstances I managed to come into possession of the book. I liked it and being the type of person who lkes doing this type of thing I looked up Honus Wagner and realized what a great player and good guy he really was. One of the “good guys” of baseball and the antithesis of Cobb”
wait: yes. The 2 men definitely seemed to be opposites.
if you have the chance, try to check the movie. I rented it via netflix, a few months ago
Remember… we play Tampa the final weekend of the season in Tampa.
How sweet would it be if we clinch the division by then and start resting guys and Tampa needs to win the series to edge Boston out for the WC and we play our scrubs… lol oh man RSN would go ballistic.
I kind of like the Pirates – I rooted for them in the 90′s against the Braves and I remember the 1979 team (well, I was only 8, but I always associate We are Family with that team……My father must have watched the WS and I must have been sitting their watching it – otherwise, I have no idea why I would remember that team at all. I don’t even remember the 1979 Yankees).
…And I’m back. I thought I’d have to leave for longer but apparently not. I’m going to leave once the game starts though.
Thanks vinny.
I did see the end on TV.
“vinny, if no one will let them rip them off in trades anymore, and less impressive FA classes coming, I don’t know how they will compete. Their cuddly relationship with Baseball America and ESPN has overvalued their prospects, and at the deadline it seemed like teams were finally onto that fact. So, we’ll see. Last time they were on the brink they made that insane blind big for Dice K. We’ll see what they do now”
Phil: hopefully you’re right. I’ve never been a Redsox apologist, and don’t want to start now.
Interesting piece about the great Brackman… http://www.scoutingthesally.co.....-york.html
Oh I didn’t see that Wait adopted Pittsburgh. Erica, they need a lot of love. I think you better be a co-adopter.
That makes me so so happy and makes me love you guys even more, if that’s possible.
Every team has dignity and sometimes needs a buffer to remind the world of that fact!
I adopted the Mets as my “adopt a team”.
Not to mention SJ’s nephew is on Pittsburgh’s farm team.
cb-
i didn’t exactly get to play with washington because a bullpen catcher isn’t a player (though i played in two pre season games), but i did see the respect he got from the other players up close and how serious he was about the game. there were two other future managers on that team too , hal mcrae, and jerry royster.
when i look back at that time it was quite the collection of baseball minds,talent, and experience. clete boyer manager, tony cloninger pitching coach,rick peterson, gene clines( griffey’s hitting coach at seattle and bond’s for a long time), stan cliburn(red wings long time manager), and class guys like jose cruz sr, nettles, al oliver, omar moreno, etc.
good thing they didn’t know i would have paid to do it
“That makes me so happy to hear. I’m outing myself on all of these but I feel that way about KC also. Any time someone is ready to kick a team in the face, that team becomes my adopted team. So it is so cool that KC has you on their side and the Orioles have CM”
trisha: kewl.
by the way, i was in Rhode Island earlier this week (for the first time). When on the way to Maine
This is why I can’t take WFAN (WFANsofthemets) … they had a segment today where they debated if the average Yankee fan would rather than the Yanks finished 2nd and the Red Sox third (Tampa wins division, obviously, yanks get WC) or the Yanks first, Red Sox 2nd (sox get WC). Spoken like a true Mets fan. I find it funny that when the Mets are playing the Braves in interleague half the Mets fans are rooting for the Braves… I think 99% of the readers of this page were happy the Mets won 2 of 3 from the Sox this year at fenway, and the other 1% are Sox fans scouting the enemy.
Seriously, aside from that particular caller, is anyone else sick WFAN? Ever since Russo left the quality of the callers has gone down hill (I think this is unrelated… just happened that way). Evan Roberts gets excited to break rumors that MLBtraderumors broke a day before…
Did anyone know that Chone Figgins is a FA after this season…he would be an AMAZING pick up!!
Phil, the thing about Texas is that they actually have some pretty nice pitching. I don’t remember the last time they had a good rotation! Between Millwood, Feldman, now Nippert, Tommy Hunter (on my fantasy team), and today Derek Holland pitching a CG, I see them as a team to beat. Can’t wait for next weekend when the Sux have to go to Texas to face them.
GO NATS!!!
And STFU ESPN “commentators” laughing at my Nats.
Grr.
I adopt the Nationals. Love that new park, they do have some interesting hitters… and honestly I feel bad for them. Imagine if they didn’t have such horrible GMs their past two GMs… Omar “Sure I’ll do that Trade” and Jim “You want to give me ONLY Mauer and Morneau for Nick Johnson? Are you pulling my leg.. he’s worth more than that” Bowden.
Yeah I would rather win the division and have the Sox in wildcard. It means we’re the better team.
BBTN and Kruk are a Joke. His perdictions for the MVP were Bay, Cy Young Beckett and the red sox to win it all. Now he’s saying that red sox aren’t winning because bay has been injured and not having him in the line up sent them into a slump. So its not yankee pitching but the red sox are in a slump. Yeah John, if bay played yesterday than Lowell sits, or V-Mart or Puke. Because, Bay is batting .200 since the ALB, his hot bat is sorely missed.
what is up with the umps this year?
watching the Fla/Philly highlights – home plate ump Rapuano ejected CF Shane Victorino while he was in CF and Fla was at bat.
ump called a ball on the Fla hitter – Shane threw his hands up in the air and from 300 ft away he got tossed!
Wait till they come to OUR house AGAIN
August 9th, 2009 at 7:47 pm
Not to mention SJ’s nephew is on Pittsburgh’s farm team.
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Excellent point.
Plus, thats where all of the best prospects go after they outgrow triple A
I will coadopt with you
Could the four letter network employ anymore red sox apologists?……..
“Seriously, aside from that particular caller, is anyone else sick WFAN? Ever since Russo left the quality of the callers has gone down hill”
I really like Steve Sommers. He may be a NYY ‘hater’ but he seems like a very very nice person.
Adam the Bull is also ok. Aside from that, WFAN doesn’t have much.
Vinny
Where in Maine?
“by the way, i was in Rhode Island earlier this week (for the first time). When on the way to Maine”
Kewl!
Was it just a drive through? If so, I know it didn’t take you too long!! You had to have seen Providence from the highway. It has really turned into a very pretty city. Buddy Cianci really deserves total credit for putting the city on the map. (No comments about how it was really Roger Williams…) Unfortunately he ended up in prison for doing too good a job and pocketing some of the contractors money.
I HATE ESPN
# Phil August 9th, 2009 at 7:38 pm
My secondary teams are SWB, Trenton, Tampa FSL, Charleston, SI, Tampa GCL, Yankee DSL 1 and Yankee DSL 2.
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Niiiiiice
raining in NY? Big surprise.
Ok I admit it, I adopted the Padres. I am out, and am proud of it.
1998 was sweet. My team came in first, and my adopted team in second.
BBTN just had a great Montage of highlights of HR’s from the Rivalry
I think Nolan Ryan is gonna destroy the Texas pitchers coming up with his no-pitch count stuff.
I would rather avoid the Angels.. which will happen if we win the division.
Rhode Island rocks and it’s where I want to buy a place someday, of course, I’ll have to make sure I get YES.
“Ok I admit it, I adopted the Padres. I am out, and am proud of it.”
Oh Tarheel, you are so my hero!!! I am so proud of you.
And I am not surprised by the way that you would do that.
I’m thinking that we now have all of the last-place teams adopted. We are very nice people!
Oops. Oakland. For some reason I don’t think of them as a last-place team – but they are.
Okay anybody…
“Did anyone know that Chone Figgins is a FA after this season…he would be an AMAZING pick up!!”
I think so. Either him or Carl Crawford would suit me.
people like to dismiss signing any fast players already in their prime, however alot of players ‘keep’ their speed late into their careers. Henderson, Lofton, Otis Nixon, to name only a few.
In fairness to at least some of the analysts on ESPN – I remember reading recently that Kruk admitted being told to slant his “analysis”. FWIW –
And now it’s time for John and Suzyn, not Jon and Joe.
Did I miss something? When did Kim Jones start doing the Joe Girardi show? Wasn’t that always Michael Kay?
randy,
that’s quite an amazing collection of people to be around. i didn’t know all of those people you worked with were clustered together that way.
that must have been a great experience.
and it must be nice to see washington doing so well.
he is poised to be managing a team that is perennially challenging for the AL West title.
In terms of young/ minor league talent they are the best organization in baseball and there’s a decent margin between them and the second best organization.
Pirates have always been my second favorite team. My Great Uncle was an usher at both Forbes field and Three Rivers. Once he took me on the field to meet the players. The only player to come up meet me/sign autographs was none other then a Young Barry Bonds!
Lets go Yankees!
I’m out. Game on soon. Go Yanks.
“Rhode Island rocks and it’s where I want to buy a place someday, of course, I’ll have to make sure I get YES.”
Phil I will be happy to show you around any time you’d like. It really is a nice little state. Besides, I’ve always said one thing we have going for us is that the terrorists probably wouldn’t bother with us because we’re not big enough to be bothered with!
YES. Without question. You have to get DirectTv to get it, but then you’re good to roll.
“Was it just a drive through? If so, I know it didn’t take you too long!! You had to have seen Providence from the highway. It has really turned into a very pretty city”
trisha: unfortunately just a drive through (interstate/Providence). Would have liked to have the time, to explore the RI coastline.
Just turned on ESPN. I’m already reaching for the mute button.
Erica – always OPPC August 9th, 2009 at 8:00 pm
Did I miss something? When did Kim Jones start doing the Joe Girardi show? Wasn’t that always Michael Kay?
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Maybe because he is off today? She hosted a few weeks ago also when Kay was on vacation.
Opposite directions. In 2010, Boston has contracts they’d prefer not to have in Ortiz, Lowell, and Drew plus commitment to Varitek with an option year.
They will also need to address picking up Beckett’s option or sign him long term. Papelbon will win his arbitration case with a contract of nearly $10M.
The Yankees lose payroll with Nady done and depending on what decisions are made with Damon / Matsui. Any money gained can go toward the Captain’s final contract as an active player.
Team adopters. One thing about being a team adopter is that you’re proud to talk up your team any time you get the chance. This is a baseball forum. Don’t be ashamed to give them props any time you can!
Let’s get ready to r-u-u-u-u-u-u-umb-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-l!
I hate the announcing crew.. what sabathia did wasnt good enough for you morgan?
I have Susan and Sterling on. No way I’m listening to the 3 Stooges.
What is Joe Morgan talking about ? The yankees built the ballpark to get more homeruns ??? He is an idiot along with the rest of the cast.
No one likes listening to Kay…No one likes listening to Buck and McCarver…no one likes listening to Joe Morgan and Jon Miller…anyone have a specific analyst they want to listen to?
“Last year, they didn’t make the playoffs. So what did they do? They built a new ballpark!!”
-Joe Morgan, 8/9/2009
Could Morgan/Miller/Phillips actually be worse than Buck/McCarver?
trisha!
Thanks, but I know my way around RI. One of my grandmother’s was from there, and I have always had a lot of family there. What I’m looking to do, is get a place there that the whole family can use when I’m out here.
“What is Joe Morgan talking about ? The yankees built the ballpark to get more homeruns ??? He is an idiot along with the rest of the cast.”
Hence the need for the mute button. What’s the over/under on how many times they refer to Lester as a cancer survivor? I’m picking 5 times.
Phillips isn’t so bad. Morgan and Miller are clueless.
Alvin August 9th, 2009 at 8:04 pm
“Last year, they didn’t make the playoffs. So what did they do? They built a new ballpark!!”
-Joe Morgan, 8/9/2009
LOL when I heard that I told myself he had to be joking
Erica – always OPPC August 9th, 2009 at 8:00 pm
Did I miss something? When did Kim Jones start doing the Joe Girardi show? Wasn’t that always Michael Kay?
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Someone musta figured out Kim is more popular than Kay.
“No one likes listening to Kay…No one likes listening to Buck and McCarver…no one likes listening to Joe Morgan and Jon Miller…anyone have a specific analyst they want to listen to?”
Paul O’Meal
Tim Kurkjin
Ron Darling
Phillips is dumber than earth shoes were.
“No one likes listening to Kay…No one likes listening to Buck and McCarver…no one likes listening to Joe Morgan and Jon Miller…anyone have a specific analyst they want to listen to?”
I always loved the Scooter and Murcer. Alas, they are no longer with us.
“I adopt the Nationals. Love that new park, they do have some interesting hitters… and honestly I feel bad for them. Imagine if they didn’t have such horrible GMs their past two GMs… Omar “Sure I’ll do that Trade” and Jim “You want to give me ONLY Mauer and Morneau for Nick Johnson? Are you pulling my leg.. he’s worth more than that” Bowden”
Jeff, I just saw this and you are aces. I’m proud to share the Nats with you.
Good for you.
Don’t expect much from the broadcast tonight. Miller and Morgan have mailed it every broadcast for the last 3 years.
yea BOB COSTAS
Good evening. First, A Rod is not Mr Clutch…I read that and started laughing. Maybe once or twice in a week he gets a good hit or so. Tough game for Yanks tonight vs Lester. They have about a 25% chance of winning. The Sox will get to Pettitte who will last 5.1 innnings tonight. Like I said earlier, Mitre tommorrow won’t have to face Halladay, that is a good thing. The other good thing is leaving this series w/a 4.5 game lead and 7 game over Tampa…that is good….enjoy the game…
““Last year, they didn’t make the playoffs. So what did they do? They built a new ballpark!!”
-Joe Morgan, 8/9/2009
“LOL when I heard that I told myself he had to be joking”
Think about how stupid his comment is. According to him, the new Yankee Stadium was built in 6 months. Does the man think before he speaks?
I will just get it over now….”then there is A Rod”…OK,,, won’t have to say it the rest of the game….
Even though I am a Connecticut guy, I admit RI has two things Connecticut sorely lacks even though RI is so much smaller… 1. waves at the beaches, 2. it’s capital city actually has a downtown area where you can actually do things at night that are entertaining (unlike Hartford, which is less exciting on a Saturday night then… Middletown or Norwalk).
Since when do they play “Welcome to the Jungle” at YS?
Random tidbit – Steve Phillips and his son sat behind me at Fenway during a Yanks/Sox game in April 07. The son was wearing a Yankee hat. I developed a little crush on him because he was really adorable (he was about 5 years old)
So how long to I mute espn, and turn the radio on?
OOps I meant NESPN.
Coffe milk too!
Mute button pressed. Go Yankees
Good to see the negatives people are already here.
Alvin August 9th, 2009 at 8:04 pm
“Last year, they didn’t make the playoffs. So what did they do? They built a new ballpark!!”
-Joe Morgan, 8/9/2009
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Really WOW. That is just stupid to even say.
And for the record, the only problem I have with Kay is that he tries to lead you to believe that routine fly balls to the outfield have the potential of leaving the park. “That ball is hit DEEEEEEEEP to right”. Meanwhile, Swisher isn’t anywhere near the warning track when he catches it.
ESPN announcers are ridiculous. They say the dumbest things.
Wonder which RS said Teixeira was the MVP of the league? Hmmm
MaineYankee:
from the NH coast/border, to Bar Harbor/Arcadia.
previously, had only been in Western Maine (Rangely lakes area) which is very nice. And it had been a wish to finally explore the Maine coast.
well the coast was nice to see. Arcadia & Cadillac mtn is unbelievable. What i saw of towns like Rockport and Camden were attractive. However, overall i was kinda expecting the Maine coast to be like the California Coast/Highway 1, with cliffs, surf, and lighthouses beside the highway. After talking with locals, they told me you have to get in a boat to see that type of scenery.
Anyone know a cheap and good store/website to purchase Yankees replica jerseys? I went to Modell’s today but they didn’t have Rivera’s number —AND they were all 100 dollars!
Does anyone know where I can listen to John & Suzyn(sp?) online? Thanks,much appreciated. This broadcast will kill me.
Cool Standings has moved the Yanks into a “Lock” to make the playoffs:
http://www.coolstandings.com/b.....38;sn=2009
they said it, not me.
Kaat Singleton
Harwell
Scully
Rizzuto Messer White!
Singleton Cone Leiter
Michael Kay is my favorite announcer. Just the right amount of passion, excitement and intellect, I feel.
Pettitte seems to have it tonight.
Phillips isn’t so bad. Morgan and Miller are clueless.
I will respectfully disagree. Phillips and Morgan are clowns….. Miller is the only one that really belongs there….
“Wonder which RS said Teixeira was the MVP of the league? Hmmm”
The one with functioning eyes and a working brain.
jeff, and vinny-b – the coastline is very beautiful. It’s like anything else I guess. You get used to having something and you take it for granted. But objectively speaking, having the ocean right there is an amazingly wonderful resource. I forget that not everybody has that at their fingertips.
My brother lives in Houston and when we wanted to go to the ocean, we had to travel to Galveston. G-ROSS! The Atlantic Ocean is really beautiful I think.
how bout Charlie Steiner he was good before he went to LA
In Melancon’s defense, the ball that hit Pedroia in the shoulder would have hit the average hitter just above the knee.
Didn’t like Steiner’s voice.
Did Steve Phillips just say that V-Mart is the complementary signing to Tex…what a joke
Joe Morgan just makes a point that I haven’t heard anyone else in the media make regarding the whole overblown Melancon throwing at Pedroia.
Melancon didn’t hit Pedroia on a 2-2 count. That is not a count you intentionally throw at someone on. You don’t get two strikes and then try to hit someone.
Morgan also brought up the fact that Pedroia dives into the plate and that was part of why he couldn’t get out of the way of the pitch.
I haven’t heard anyone else in the media dissect that issue in that kind of coherent way.
Yeah, that’s stupid. Martinez is so overhyped and overrated, just because the Sux signed him.
Great inning Andy!
ANDY!
Andy going right at them that inning.
I like how ESPN has the stadium volume up. They seem fired up at the stadium tonight.
what happened to A-rod?
Tonight Sox’s lineup is full.
I only dislike Kay sometimes
he’s kinda fun bustin with the ex players
Good inning Andy…8 more just like it!!!!!
Of the three, Phillips is the one that annoys me the least. Morgan doesn’t even deserve mention. Miller has his lips too firmly pressed against BOS’s butt so no go for him. Phillips makes up most of the stuff that he says, but he’s not a kiss-a$$ so he gets my vote.
I wonder how other team fans feel about ESPN coverage. I mean as a Yankee fan it seems almost intolerable. LOL! But if you were a Cardinal fan or Tiger fan or even Texas, how would you feel. Their bias is so transparent to RSox that it isn’t funny. Hopefully, they will circle around the drain the flushes RSox with them. Then how cool would it be having to watch them cover 29 other teams! LOL!
The RSox are getting old fast. They will have to ante up soon. $20M for a cluster of SS and none of them can catch a ball. (Lugo, Green, Lowrie, Guzman) That has to hurt.
No real catcher. V-Mart can’t but he does hit better.
CF is a defensive nightmare this year. Bay can’t catch a ball in LF either, but Fenway hides some of that. Drew in RF is an accident waiting to happen.
Their everyday lineup has Bay, Peds, Youk & V-Mart as real core players. V-Mart is really just a DH and Bay too really. I guess Ellsbury is adequate offensively. but he is exposed now that Crisp is gone. RSox have a lot of work to do to get better. Tampa and Texas are loaded with talent. RSox will have to dig deep to re-sign Beckett too. It could get very dark in Beantown soon!
Johnny D. August 9th, 2009 at 8:15 pm
Didn’t like Steiner’s voice.
yea he sorta sounded like Sterling on helium
“Coffe milk too!”
And vinegar on fries and the best clam cakes around!
“Did Steve Phillips just say that V-Mart is the complementary signing to Tex…what a joke”
Like I said, he makes stuff up. LOL!
Trisha
One of the best days I have ever had, I was driving from the city to Boston for business. I met some new “friends” on the highway, and took a detour to Misquamicut. What a great day! I never did make it to Boston.
“Michael Kay is my favorite announcer. Just the right amount of passion, excitement and intellect, I feel.”
Well 2 out of 3 at least.
Completely agree CB about Morgan’s discussion on Melancon/Pedroia.
whew! I didn’t think Nostradumba$$ was going to get to the blog in time! He is the Sox lucky charm this weekend!
Andy once again has his good cutter working. He got the cutter in on Martinez’s hands very effectively.
That’s been the key to his recent success. Good sign.
Long time reader is RDM a 14 yearold
“I wonder how other team fans feel about ESPN coverage.”
I talk most to CWS and Cubs fans and they all feel that ESPN is biased towards us and BOS. They don’t see how slanted it is in BOS; they just know that their team doesn’t rate in ESPN’s eyes.
Other teams don’t bring in the ratings. ESPN is a for-profit company. If showing the Royals and White Sox, etc brought in money they would show them.
There goes the perfect game.
He gets to first anyway. And it counts.
Nice hit, Jeet.
Jete!
Bunt
The announcer just said “derek jeter you are wrong”. What is that guy smoking?
“Other teams don’t bring in the ratings. ESPN is a for-profit company. If showing the Royals and White Sox, etc brought in money they would show them.”
That’s what I tell them. It doesn’t seem to make them feel better.
Gopher August 9th, 2009 at 8:15 pm
Did Steve Phillips just say that V-Mart is the complementary signing to Tex…what a joke
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I wonder if the Yankees were shaking in their boots, going oh NO they got v-mart and we’re left holding Mark Tex?
I love how ESPN keeps their logo in the corner so that it burns into my plasma.
the inadvertant “productive” out by Damon.
LOL! Did they just show Damon walking to the bathroom?
Johnny just ran to video room.
Ahh, I see.
Johnny no, the bathroom, is the first door, pretty sure that was the video room.
vinny-b (thankful to have Girardi in charge)
August 9th, 2009 at 8:12 pm
MaineYankee:
from the NH coast/border, to Bar Harbor/Arcadia.
previously, had only been in Western Maine (Rangely lakes area) which is very nice. And it had been a wish to finally explore the Maine coast.
well the coast was nice to see. Arcadia & Cadillac mtn is unbelievable. What i saw of towns like Rockport and Camden were attractive. However, overall i was kinda expecting the Maine coast to be like the California Coast/Highway 1, with cliffs, surf, and lighthouses beside the highway. After talking with locals, they told me you have to get in a boat to see that type of scenery.
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I live inland so I prefer Rangley area to the coast. To many tourist on the coast. :lol;
Camden is real nice town but to crowed. Very familar with it because my wife grew up in Rockland.
Big differance in the two coasts. I was out in Cal. two years ago and was suprised at the differance.
“I love how ESPN keeps their logo in the corner so that it burns into my plasma.”
LOL! If your plasma is recent, it won’t burn in.
“LOL! Did they just show Damon walking to the bathroom?”
he was done batting. time to put on the ice skates for defense.
ESPN and their coverage is such a joke. All they do is talk about Boston this Boston that. No one cares except for the idiots in Boston.
Hahha where was Johnny going? I have never seen them follow a player that far into the dugout.
Hey Pete, ya gotta get on Kim Jones. She hasn’t updated her blog in some time.
Lester’s cut fastball is nasty. Just sawed off Tex inside.
Doesn’t everyone already know the stadium has a short right field porch? ESPN doesn’t have to keep on clarifying it. Sheesh.
“One of the best days I have ever had, I was driving from the city to Boston for business. I met some new “friends” on the highway, and took a detour to Misquamicut. What a great day! I never did make it to Boston.”
That’s a riot!!! I’m liking you better all the time Tarheel!!! Misquamicut is beautiful. In fact, it is really a beautiful little state. I am going to start to appreciate it more.
I just want to take time out to say from the bottom of my heart – you guys rock. I feel very lucky and blessed to have found this forum. (feel free to start the anti comments! I can take it.)
Seriously, just to hang out with people who are willing to adopt last-place teams, as corny as that sounds, really fills my heart and makes me lucky to know you.
Okay, GO YANKEES!!!
I think I’ll predict a win.
I’ll be back in a while.
CB, you’re right, it does look pretty nasty.
Make em work
Got a hit and a couple of full counts at least.
Going to be a long night vs Lester…he is good
Considering his avg against Lester, I’m surprised A-Rod is the DH instead of Matsui.
I can’t believe Miller just did that.
“I live inland so I prefer Rangley area to the coast. To many tourist on the coast. :lol;
Camden is real nice town but to crowed. Very familar with it because my wife grew up in Rockland.
Big differance in the two coasts. I was out in Cal. two years ago and was suprised at the differance”
yes. The coast was crowded. Aside from Arcadia, i did prefer Western Maine. When it comes to vacations, i seem to be a mountain person. Enjoyed the drive through the NH White Mountains, on the way back home to the Hudson valley/NY
“Considering his avg against Lester, I’m surprised A-Rod is the DH instead of Matsui.”
Girardi said that after the 15 inning game, he thought he’d give Alex a break.
Maybe get his pitch count up and get him out early.
Yuck espn announcers stink.
No FBs to Bay please.
why does Golf get a bigger screen than the game thats going on..makes me sick
Andy throwing strikes, trying to hang with AJ and CC.
“Hey Pete, ya gotta get on Kim Jones. She hasn’t updated her blog in some time”
she knows Pete’s blog. And knows it’s futile
That’s the video room. Guys go in there to check their AB and see if they can pick up a pattern or how they are being pitched.
THe ball isnt traveling as far tonight maybe its the …ah…air
____Joe Morgan
They are so stupid. The number of homeruns have declined at the stadium, and that was a fly ball by Bay. Not even close to being a homerun.
I’d rather have Ortiz in there instead of Lowell.
I know these aren’t the best announcers ever but why do you guys take jokes and rip them like they were serious?
Its obvious they were being funny about the home runs. They are annoying enough that you really don’t have to try this hard to be critical.
Is it just me or does Bay have the appearance of one of the least likely major leaguers ever.
I want to scream- one of my neighbors at some point did laundry. That laundry has now been sitting in the washing machine for the last hour at least. So uncool.
Fenway doesn’t have a large enough press room for Papi AND the media!
Joe Morgan calls into question the idea that anything hit into right field at yankee stadium turns into a home run.
He notices that the ball didn’t carry as well on Bay’s out as what has been commonly said about the stadium.
Don’t think I’ve heard another announcer comment on that.
And it’s true – as the season has gone on, it does seem like the ball isn’t carrying as well to RF.
The cheapie home runs, IMO, are now cearly more related to the shape of the wall and the way it altered teh dimensions of the park.
Hahahahahaha now they’re talking about “how much coverage” Ortiz got.
lolNESPN
Well I’ll say something nice about the ESPN announcers, I hate them just a little less then Buck and McCarver.
“They are so stupid. The number of homeruns have declined at the stadium, and that was a fly ball by Bay. Not even close to being a homerun.”
Actually, if they have been listening to all of the press that the stadium has gotten in the media, I can understand why someone who has never been there would think that every ball that went to RF was going out. That’s the way the media has been portraying it in the press. Every out of market game I listen to starts with the announcers saying that the park is a bandbox. How is Morgan supposed to know different? The guy’s not that bright to begin with.
Johnny D.
Matsui’s numbers are worse. It is a tiny tiny sample size but he doesn’t have a hit against him.
“Well I’ll say something nice about the ESPN announcers, I hate them just a little less then Buck and McCarver.”
McCarver is the absolutely worst.
Ewwwww nevermind I take it back, they just called Lupica a friend.
No more walks, Andy!
This is how Andy gets in trouble. I mean its Drew on first base Andy.
Why are they talking about Stupica? He’s a friend of ours. The guy writes articles that are total garbage.
They didn’t suspect David ortiz and Manny? Are they deaf, dumb and blind?
They were being sarcastic and funny about the home runs people.
Morgan said, “From what I’ve been hearing anything hit over the second baseman’s head is a home run.”
Walks have been the only Achilles heel for the Yankees in this series.
Way too many of them.
McCarver makes me think I’m listening to nascar coverage
Laura,
Buck is really bad too, he never shuts up.
McCarver is the absolute worst of them all to me
Huge Strikeout
Andy.
attaboy andy!
26
NO ONE GETS PAST SECOND!
ANDY <3. Please do this for another 5 innings at least.
Good job !
Pettitte is laboring…almost 40 pitches…
Boy you think espn could say swung on and missed. nope. nothing dead silence. Than the inning is over. Think they were ticked Andy struck Fairy out?
“McCarver is the absolutely worst”
except McCarver is almost a cartoon/charactiture. Almost like a baseball version of Howard Cosell.
but Buck? Just flat-out annoying
I think was giving up location and Posada went to the mound and changed signs.
Next pitch, a strikeout. Very mice.
It took 25 pitches for Andy that innings.
I just need 4 more from Andy and then batter to batter.
“Buck is really bad too, he never shuts up.”
I think he’s talking so that he doesn’t have to listen to McCarver either.
It’s really amazing. Out of nowhere Andy’s cutter and slider have suddenly reappeared.
He’s now able to reclaim the inside part of the plate on a right handed hitter.
For so much of this year he’s pitched passively, almost scared – especially at the new stadium.
Now he’s coming right at hitters. And when the hitter is Jason Varitek you most certainly should.
I happen to like Michael Kay. The only time he irritates me is when he has entire conversations with himself
I admit it, I whistle the P.C. Richards & son theme at home after a big strikeout.
yeah McCarver is atleast entertainingly bad
alot of comfort knowing we have a fresh pen, andy doesn’t have to take us too deep
“nice”. Sorry for the typo. I’ll be glad when we are back to the local broadcasts.
The national guys are unlistenable.
“Pettitte is laboring…almost 40 pitches…”
Do you even know what laboring means in baseball speak?
lol Laura
Hey SJ44,
Have you gotten a response yet from your friend who works for ESPN? It’d be interesting to see what he has to say.
Haha the ESPN homepage is calling Lester the Yankees’ “nemesis.”
Isn’t he 1-0 this year vs us?
Midnight Rambler
August 9th, 2009 at 8:45 pm
I admit it, I whistle the P.C. Richards & son theme at home after a big strikeout.
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I sometimes play “Enter Sandman” on my computer when Mo comes in during a really big moment
And I always play “New York, New York” after playoff games
Remember Tiant doing commercials for Yankee franks?
See how bad good pitching can make you look
They were all strikes Nick. Can’t dispute the zone on any of those 3 pitches.
“I happen to like Michael Kay. The only time he irritates me is when he has entire conversations with himself”
I no longer mind him.
except when he makes the opposing team’s HR calls, he could tone it down a little
I know a 6 year old there tonight.
I hate when I am jealous of little kids
It’s great to be with a weeeeiner!
Patrick,
not yet.
work them corners tonight
In Lester’s last start, wasn’t he good for 5 innings and then the wheels came off the cart?
I’d like to see the shot down at that strike three to Cano.
Lester is dominating….could pitch a 1 hitter…Swisher looks at 3 pitches right down the middle and arguing…LOL
Man Lester is nasty !
Wow this ump’s strikezone is enormous. Robbie rarely strikes out and he shouldn’t have struck out there. The second and third called strikes were clearly out of the zone.
at least Cano took a few pitches – that could have been a 5 pitch inning if he swung at the first one and made out.
Cano was correct, that was not strike 3:
http://www.brooksbaseball.net/.....yamlb_1%2F
Fox will always be the worst, no doubt. ESPN is bad, Fox is worse.
Do you think the vendors actually sell those monkeys or the boxing puppets?
Might be a tough night against Lester with Miller’s strike zone.
HAHAHA Morgan tries to give Tiant a pound and Tiant just clasps it…priceless
This guy they got in the booth is wholly unexciting.
I hate nick green !
>I’d like to see the shot down at that strike three to Cano.
This’ll do.
http://imgur.com/QkIWe.jpg
#9 hitters have been the bane of Andy’s existence this year.
Has trouble with them in every start.
“Fox will always be the worst, no doubt. ESPN is bad, Fox is worse”
their entire studio and all production facilities, need to be burned to the ground. Ditto for FOX football
Andy just looks terrible tonight
I smell trouble here
Nick Green has taken a lot of HGH since he was with the Yanks and you can see it in his nose and chin.
He works for the Sox and lives in Mass. Amazing his heart was always in Boston??? Haha
DP!
jeets on his grind
way to get out of the way Andy. DP!
YankeeRay
August 9th, 2009 at 8:56 pm
I smell trouble here
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Would you prefer a plate of crow or just simple removing your foot from your mouth
Haha yeah Andy looks REAAALL terrible. Where do you get this garbage Carl? Are you kidding me?
And he doesn’t break. Andy is trying to give me a heart attack.
NICE! I got worried when Pettitte missed it, but Jeter was in the perfect spot. Of course, no replay for us. Instead we get to see Tiant.
The Phranchise August 9th, 2009 at 8:56 pm
He works for the Sox and lives in Mass. Amazing his heart was always in Boston??? Haha
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Did the guy who they are interviewing say that? You actually understood what he said?
niice, needed that one
His heart is with who pays him. He was a very popular Yankee when he was with us. And a very popular Indian.
Is there a baseball game going on??????? Are we going to announce it or do they know so little about both teams they have nothing to say.
YankeeRay
August 9th, 2009 at 8:56 pm
I smell trouble here
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I meant double trouble
August 9th, 2009 at 8:59 pm
The Phranchise August 9th, 2009 at 8:56 pm
He works for the Sox and lives in Mass. Amazing his heart was always in Boston??? Haha
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Did the guy who they are interviewing say that? You actually understood what he said?
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I can’t understand a word this dude is saying either
To be fair to Carl, Andy doesn’t look all that sharp tonight. Lots of hard hit balls.
I was hoping for a DBL play,THANK YOU !
You know you are going well when the SS is covering with Green running on the 3-2 pitch and Jeter gets a DP on what would have been a single.
Very nice.
Patrick August 9th, 2009 at 8:58 pm
Haha yeah Andy looks REAAALL terrible. Where do you get this garbage Carl? Are you kidding me?
HES WASN’T THROWING STRIKES
See. Easy inning
Nice. Now hopefully Tiant will leave the booth. Horrible “coverage” so far.
Now let’s score some runs!
Id rather listen to Luis Tiant all game than Miller and Morgan…
Bob Costas, Bob Uecker, and Joe Morgan was a good booth for NBC.
Good job Andy !
Louis Tiant!
not that guy!
And down they go again
Run support boys, let’s go.
the ESPN cameras do look beautiful (compare to YES)
at least on my TV
Andy is on pace to last 5. Our bullpen is fresh so it shouldn’t be a problem.
I love hearing stories in broken English rather than watching the ball game
Couldn’t find a Tiant commercial but I did find this.
http://yankees.fandome.com/vid.....ommercial/
is anyone else getting tired of the both talk on espn?
I know Luis Tiant, it’s just not that interesting. And he works for the Sox so he isn’t going to say my heart is always in New York. They’d burn his house down and he worked for the Sox.
He’s casting a spell, Erica.
Trying to bring on a Yankees sweep, hopefully?
Are we not getting a commercial break between half innings? I was hoping we would.
MY HEAD HURTS!
This is just unbelievable, 27 innings no runs no extra base hits, incredible.
The debate inside the mind of Erica:
1) Mute game
2) Listen to the radio
3) Deal with this crap….
Johnny D Me too! Doesn’t Nespn have bills to pay. At least show it is going on, on the field.
“To be fair to Carl, Andy doesn’t look all that sharp tonight. Lots of hard hit balls.”
Are we watching the same game? I don’t think that’s true at all. He’s given up two hits. The fly balls are all well in front of the warning track.
I just want to watch the darn game…..Enough.
Andy looks terrible tonight?
Geez, what some other games, like Jarrod Washburn’s two starts with the Tigers and you will see somebody looking terrible.
Andy doesn’t look terrible at all.
“Bob Costas, Bob Uecker, and Joe Morgan was a good booth for NBC”
the greatest. Don’t remember Morgan tho. I do remember Tony Kubek.
So much rambling they forgot to go to commercial
ESPN coverage stinks. Luis Tiant is a great interview, but NOT DURING THE GAME!!!
I’m watching with sound from the radio.
I watch ESPN games on mute, but I unmuted it for the Tiant interview.
The documentary should be interesting to watch.
“Did the guy who they are interviewing say that?”
the” guy who they are interviewing “?
i think some of you need to watch ad listen more and type less.
I believe Tiant’s father was also a great pitcher in the Negro Leagues.
ESPN is promoting their movie.
Personally, I’ll check it out.
Tiant won 20 games 3 times for the Sox. Then came to the Yanks.
It was kind of a coup.
Chico Escuela lives!
Is this a baseball game or Late Night with the game going on in the background.
You are in Yankees stadium, get someone in there like Yogi someone who might have something interesting to say.
They didn’t even say Melky struck out.
“They’d burn his house down and he worked for the Sox”
na, those nice people wouldn’t do that
ESPN brings out the worst in me. Talk about the game!!!
PS: I like this Hairston guy!
it’s too bad there is a ballgame on interrupting their Tiant interview.
This Hairston guy really makes me miss Cody Ransom.
Jerry Hariston !
Tiant needs to come around more often to shut up Miller and Morgan
this interview needs to end ASAP. christ
they have abandoned any play-by-play
Hey it’s “Sunday Night Promotional Interview” on ESPN!
They ar not even watching this game!
“Are we watching the same game? I don’t think that’s true at all. He’s given up two hits. The fly balls are all well in front of the warning track.”
I guess not–two hits, a walk, and nearly sixty pitches through 3 doesn’t seem “sharp” to me. But I hope I’m wrong, only time will tell. I mean that double play ball was a rocket off the bat of Ellsbury. Inning might look really different if that gets through.
Don’t bother showing us the game, let’s hear the interview and just watch them in the booth. Ugggh
Pitchers are going to give up hits and not always throw strikes.
Gotta be able to handle the ebb and flow of a game without losing your mind.
They aren’t going to shut out the Red Sox every night.
DT – OPPC member (blood type – Positive)
August 9th, 2009 at 9:05 pm
it’s too bad there is a ballgame on interrupting their Tiant interview.
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LOL. Seriously. These Yankees have so much nerve playing ball in the middle of such groundbreaking broadcasting
Amazing they went 2 batters and into Jeter’s count before even mentioning a word about the game tonight.
If the Yanks score, you think they’ll tell us?
Wow! Look at Tiant pitch!*
*because they won’t show Lester.
They know that most people mute ESPN so they figure that it doesn’t matter how long this interview goes on.
Dear ESPN people tune it for the game not jack offs in the booth
They pull the same garbage for Monday Night Football this crap is ridiculous
People care about the game not your TV personalities
Its the “Luis Tiant Story” that i tuned into, and I thought ESPN was covering an exciting Yankee-Red Sox game.
This is such a disgrace that its actually funny. Couldn’t they interview Tiant during a pregame show???
no respect
Thats the problem, I’d love to hear what this guy has to say, he’s clearly got some interesting stories, its just hard during a baseball game.
Now it’s suck up to Joe Morgan time, like he doesn’t talk about himself enough every ESPN game he covers.
Louis Tiant is conducting an unintelligible fillibuster.
Just got caught up via dvr. I apologize to any motorists I might have cut off on the Bay Bridge.
Tiant has sweet white Stach tho
Geez, can Tiant just stop talking?????
He is giving me headache!
What if you were a blind person listening to the game? You wouldn’t have any idea that Derek just struck out.
I’d rather listen to a blender on purée than Luis Tiant
I am seriously in shock that this interview is still going on. Does ESPN even have producers?
“the” guy who they are interviewing “?
i think some of you need to watch ad listen more and type less.”
It’s really sad. I never saw Tiant pitch. But the idea that he isn’t someone you should listen to carefully or that they should cut off his interview is hard to get over.
ESPN is worthy of a lot of criticism. But the fact that they were willing to forego a good chunk of change by skipping all of its commercials to continue on with an interview with Tiant is not one of them.
I know it’s to promote the documentary but that’s programming deserving of being promoted.
lol @ joe morgan taking a joke about tiant’s delivery as a serious emotional statement
this is going too long now
Like Tiant but…
It’s a big time circle $@#^
Can espn please take this bumbling incoherent mo fo off the air. Theres a game going on! save this sap story for jeremy schapps next e60 show…man i hate ESPN
And I thought there was lots of green grass at a baseball game, lol, these ESPN guys are so full of themselves!
He is giving me headache!
Laura – I like this new Alex! He’s a keeper.
August 9th, 2009 at 9:08 pm
What if you were a blind person listening to the game? You wouldn’t have any idea that Derek just struck out.
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I have my back to the TV since I am at my computer typing to you people so much. I usually rely on play by play when I am hanging out with you folks and turn when necessary. This is horrible
I’m listening to Sterling and Susan. Much much more better then NESPN.
That was Tidrow right?
Yesterday, we had a 3 hour FOX infomercial on the Red Sox.
Tonight, it’s a 3 hour infomercial on Luis Tiant and the Red Sox.
Never did I think I would be looking forward to watching Michael Kay again.
Tomorrow can’t come soon enough.
As soon as El Tiante shuts his mouth for one second I’m yelling “Check please!”
Better put your earplugs in, Luis is going to be in the booth until the Red Sox finally score a run again in this series.
do it for Johnny!
If Johnny gets the 3rd out, can we PLEEEEEEASE cut to commercial!?!?
Oh geez, I WAS KIDDING!
I don’t care if he’s talking, but keep the freakin’ camera on the field!
Unreal telecast.
Could you imagine if that was actually a long inning….
i think some of you need to watch ad listen more and type less.”
“It’s really sad. I never saw Tiant pitch. But the idea that he isn’t someone you should listen to carefully or that they should cut off his interview is hard to get over.
ESPN is worthy of a lot of criticism. But the fact that they were willing to forego a good chunk of change by skipping all of its commercials to continue on with an interview with Tiant is not one of them.
I know it’s to promote the documentary but that’s programming deserving of being promoted.”
Are you seriously claiming to understand even half of what Tiant is saying? Listen, he’s a fabulous ballplayer and probably has some meaningful things to say, but this just doesn’t seem to be the outlet.
“ESPN is worthy of a lot of criticism. But the fact that they were willing to forego a good chunk of change by skipping all of its commercials to continue on with an interview with Tiant is not one of them.”
I have to disagree with you here, CB. I don’t watch ESPN unless the Yankees are on. I didn’t tune in tonight to hear about Luis Tiant or his documentary. They promoted tonight as the Yankees game. That’s what we should get.
Beautiful swinging at a 3-1 pitch..make him pitch…ugh Damon….Lester is good
This is ridiculous! It’s almost been an entire inning where ESPN shows nothing but the booth with Luis T and their stupid chit chat and only shows glimpses of the actual game! I don’t care for his accomplishments and 229 wins, I want to watch the actual game!!
“it’s great to be with a weiner”
ESPN is a colossal joke. Their ratings have taken a serious hit this year courtesy of the MLB network.
If it’s Boston, ESPN will promote it to death.
Is Michael Kay doing an inning or 2 tonight in the booth? He did it during one the previous ESPN games.
Tiant is a legend, but he needed subtitles even more than Joe Morgan usually does.
Man I hate ESPN. I could care less about their stupid movie. They need to stop advertising it and start worrying about the game. I want to watch baseball. If I wanted to watch 4 guys talk about nothing I would turn on Fox News or MSNBC.
Now that they went thru the whole Cuban thing, do you think these guys will even mention Chapman???? I would highly doubt it since they generally don’t too much about what’s going on. I am pretty sure it’s time for Joe Morgan to go on about his life history
# Laura – I like this new Alex! He’s a keeper. August 9th, 2009 at 9:12 pm
“ESPN is worthy of a lot of criticism. But the fact that they were willing to forego a good chunk of change by skipping all of its commercials to continue on with an interview with Tiant is not one of them.”
I have to disagree with you here, CB. I don’t watch ESPN unless the Yankees are on. I didn’t tune in tonight to hear about Luis Tiant or his documentary. They promoted tonight as the Yankees game. That’s what we should get.
I have to agree with CB. I would rather listen to Tiant talk about the old days then listen to Yankee haters any day.
Next up : Interview with Oil Can Boyd
CB, my only issue is they weren’t interviewing him in a manner that was doing him justice. I was listening and I found it hard to keep track of what the actual topic was.
3 up 3 down please.
Dry spell for the Red Sox or the terriffic pitching by the Yankees dominant starters that they paid to bring here?????
C’mon, Andy!
I’d rather Pettitte pitch low than high. He’s doing well enough so far.
Next up in the ESPN booth, Mushmouth from Fat Albert.
Lester is very impressive young pitcher. Not only does he have very good stuff – he knows how to pitch.
That strike out of Melky was so impressive.
Strike two lester threw him a beautiful change up with a lot of lateral run at 85 mph. Melky was out in front.
Then lester comes back with a cut fastball that has a trajectory that is nearly the same as the change up on the pitch before only with more downwards action and a little bit harder at 89 that just froze melky.
That is a very tough pitch sequence to deal with.
Laura – I like this new Alex! He’s a keeper.
August 9th, 2009 at 9:12 pm
“ESPN is worthy of a lot of criticism. But the fact that they were willing to forego a good chunk of change by skipping all of its commercials to continue on with an interview with Tiant is not one of them.”
I have to disagree with you here, CB. I don’t watch ESPN unless the Yankees are on. I didn’t tune in tonight to hear about Luis Tiant or his documentary. They promoted tonight as the Yankees game. That’s what we should get.
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I have to agree with Laura. I mean no disrespect to Tiant or his accomplishments, but I want to see the game. Not watch/listen to his interview.
If they had conducted the interview during the pregame or later on, that would have made a lot more sense
See how YES or WCBS(radio) never cut off play-by-play broadcast just because they have an on-air interview.
If ESPN thinks that interview will get more people to tune in, they are sadly mistaken. They just made a heck of a lot of viewers ANGRY. The suits there making decisions are idiots.
Nick,
LOL, very true.
Pat,
Kay won’t be on unless ESPN is doing a documentary on him.
Mumbles from ‘Dick Tracy’ soon!
you can still broadcast a game and do other stuff at the same time.
Rizutto did it all the time –
“fly ball to left. White camps under it. Not you White, you huckleberry – I mean Roy White. Happy Birthday to Annette Cuzero who is 12 today. And White makes the catch for the 3rd out.”
“I have to agree with CB. I would rather listen to Tiant talk about the old days then listen to Yankee haters any day.”
But Carl, it’s not even about whether they hate the Yankees or not. Their job is to broadcast the game. Broadcasting a game includes describing what is transpiring on the field. I’ve seen other announcers have people in the booth with them and they don’t forget to squeeze in what play just happened. Those guys didn’t mention ANYTHING that happened on the field. That’s bad broadcasting IMO.
Wow. Didn’t realize Pettittes win-loss record was so good.
Now lets get this 3rd out!
I wouldn’t have minded the time with Tiant if they had at least acknowledged the play by play. Melky Cabrera’s at-bat didn’t even exist, if you weren’t actually watching the screen. Tiant played ball, he’d understand.
Can we just have a blanket statement
WE ALL HATE ESPN! The announcers suck.
There, now can we stop posting about the telecast. Please. Thank you.
Just because of that 5 minute headache espn gave me, i will never watch one second of the luis tiant story. nice job of reverse advertising by the WWL.
Why do they have to go to the breaking ball every time Andy is ahead in the count? Give the hitters a different look from time to time!
Props to Girardi.
Well deserved.
The Red Sox haven’t had a runner reach third base since Friday’s game.
top of the World Ma!
C’mon, Andy, one more!
they should keep throwing over and making Bay go back, see if they can take advantage of that hammy.
2-2 breaking ball, 3-2 fastball and Bay gets a hit. Do it backwards and he will probably be out.
Ahh…although I didn’t think that was a strike…Miller has been calling that one all night
C’mon, Andy.
Andy please not the 2 out meltdown.
“The Red Sox haven’t had a runner reach third base since Friday’s game.”
You jinxed it!!
2 outs Andy…no more fastballs
Luis Tiant is a very fine gentleman and turned out to be a really outstanding college baseball coach in Savannah. He built a small college program from the ground up and when he left in 2001, they were one the edge of becoming a Div II power. The Yanks have a player from the Savannah College of art And Design program, Ryan Pope.
Cutter down and in to Lowell come on
75 pitches for Pettitte.
You can call ESPN Customer Care at 1-888-549-ESPN. press #4
Nonetheless, Tiant is a giant of the game and his trip back to Cuba could be interesting. Hey, speaking (again) of island nations, let us (again) take a moment to think of all our Yankee fan brothers and sisters on the isle of Taiwan, which was just lashed by Typhoon Morakat, its worst storm in 50+ years.
Some incredible photos here:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new.....China.html
Be well Taiwanese LoHud readers!
hard to watch…Andy lets go
Andy is really laboring tonight, I wonder who Girardi goes with first out of the pen, Aceves? And there’s still the retaliation plot line out there…
Andy is usually pretty bad in the 4th, if he gets through it well, he’ll be fine
78 pitches
Crud, the two out meltdown. Need to get out of here before a big inning
whats wrong with him
Who was telling me Andy looked sharp earlier?
what’s goin on Andy, mound visit please
sub-optimal.
Andy’s lost it.. can’t even make it to the plate.
Come on, Andrew Eugene.
Can’t expect them to shutout these guys much longer.
If nothing else, it’s the law of averages.
He’s trying to make guys get themselves out rather than attacking them. Not good
“Man Posada is a terrible defensive catcher!!”
-Any Yankee fan two months ago
andy is askin to be euthanized
Can we at least hit lester once in a fullmoon???
lol @ damon, but thank god
just got super lucky
wow that was really close.
NICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
he got the flutters again
Uggghhhhhhhhhh
Another Damon heartattack
Keep the faith people
Nice Johnny
Pettitte Bending but not breaking…so lucky.
can you say, dodged a bullet ?
exhale
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! Johnny… That was frightening!
28 the hard way
Who put the springs in Damon’s ice skates?
Johnny D plays an exciting LF. Yeah, that’s the word. Exciting.
Bend, don’t break!
Alright! PBF Damon saves the inning.
red sox fans must want to kill themselves after that one
sox is very close to score some runs…..
both teams struggle offensively.
81 pitches already in the 4th,wow Andy.
Andy preferred to face Varitek than Lowell? Works for me.
Another Damon heartattack, nearly sailed over his head.
Amazing! Varitek crushes it and it’s just a loud out.
28 innings without a run. Unreal.
what’s the longest the Sox have been shut out?
““Man Posada is a terrible defensive catcher!!”
-Any Yankee fan two months ago”
Try during the White Sox series. LOL!
That cost Andy a lot of pitches, but it served a greater purpose. Like Yanking candy from a kid.
haha, don’t thank johnny for anything. please. he should thank us for hanging in there and not having a collective heart attack every time the ball heads out to left field.
Man Andy needs to stop using those weak breaking balls. They aren’t going to swing at them.
I offer Damon 2 years $22M to stick around. What do you guys think?
At this point, if the yankees could get any kind of lead it’s going to be a huge weight on the sox – even if it’s one run.
The yankees need to get a lead here.
“exhale”
You sure do a lot of long-time inhaling!!!!
“I offer Damon 2 years $22M to stick around. What do you guys think?”
No thank you.
Youk in LF would of had that easy – on the third bounce after it hit the wall.
“Amazing! Varitek crushes it and it’s just a loud out.”
It would have been a HR if he was still on the juice.
“Can’t expect them to shutout these guys much longer.
If nothing else, it’s the law of averages.”
The law of averages isn’t what you seem to think it is.
two different strikezones.
Andy is pitching like the old Mussina (the one before last season).
GOLF?! GOLF?!?!!?!?!?
“That cost Andy a lot of pitches, but it served a greater purpose. Like Yanking candy from a kid.”
Offer Damon one year with a team option works for me. Don’t want Bay and Holliday will cost a ton. Carl Crawford is out there in two years. Damon is a hard player to repalce because he can do so much and is a true leadoff hitter and perfect in the two hole as well
I think this is a record shutout streak against the Yankees.
I don’t know if it’s an all-time record against everybody else.
correction it would have been out if he was taking his vitamins.
“I offer Damon 2 years $22M to stick around. What do you guys think?”
Nah, I’d only do a one year deal for $8mil. I’ve said this before (Erica, close your eyes!) that I’d keep Matsui before I keep Damon.
Wow. Just got him. Basically a bunt.
Wow, I though that was a base hit for sure. Must have been the hip.
the ol swingin bunt
well he still moved the runner over, like a bunt.
don’t forget Matsui will be gone to free up the DH spot a bit. I think Damon has a lot of baseball left in him, he’s a gamer.
lester at 54 pitches
Dodged a bases loaded jam there…..Andy’s going to finess and bluff his way through this outing…..
I think we should take into account that Austin Jackson is in the pipeline. If we have Swisher, Nady, Gardner, Cabrera, Jackson, and god knows who they may try to get in the off season, do we really want more aging players who simply cannot play the field anymore? Both guys are nothing more than DH’s and sooner or later the bat is gonna disappear completely.
hopefully lester gets tired.
A base hit away.
gb7-
i didn’t know that about tiant coaching the college. interesting.
I went to the bathroom but I saw that Laura!!!
Damon wants multiyear but the economy dictates he gets much less money, Abreu is a better player and is only making 5 million this year
Damon could move in and out of DH and LF. Swisher under contract. Melky and Gardner in CF. Probably they sign one big free agent OF. Rather see that rotation than two guys in the OF. A Jax probably starts in the minors. Signing Johnny gives them more options the following year and let’s them bring AJax along slowly.
What is Miller doing right now? I thought I tuned in to a Luis Tiant interview!
Angel – A tale told by idiots, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing
August 9th, 2009 at 9:28 pm
Alright! PBF Damon saves the inning.
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Thank you Angel!
Btw- I still love how I take credit when MPB Johnny Damon does something wonderful
I thought the pitch to Bay was a strikeout for sure. Ok had this had been done to the Yankees NESPN would have had a graphic up by now showing 28 innings w/ no runs. That is an incredible feat nowadays, and I’m not that sure but isn’t it also 28 IP w/o giving up an XBH?
Give Swish the green light.
Abreu’s contract really astounded me
It’s not coincidence; it’s luck.
Yankees aren’t making him throw a lot of pitches.RS are working Andy.
J Nady is a free agent. And AJax is starting next year in the minors.
Andy doesn’t get that pitch.
Damon is a natural for for NYS. It does make sense to bring him back to DH, imho.
WOW what a 3-1 pitch
Jeff NJ
August 9th, 2009 at 9:29 pm
I offer Damon 2 years $22M to stick around. What do you guys think?
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Love it. If the Steinbrenners don’t go for it, I will take up a collection!!!
Who is in?? I will donate my entire Atlantic City fund to the cause
“I went to the bathroom but I saw that Laura!!!”
I was hoping you missed it.
“correction it would have been out if he was taking his vitamins.”
You mean the dominican milkshakes right?
Yea, everyone said the yankees were dumb for not offering arbitration, if we did, we would have paid him 3 times what he is making, word is he was a bad influence on Melky and Cano, and his phobia of the wall
For all his walks, Nick sure does swing at a lot of ball 4′s.
Well Miller is right about Yankee Stadium being a jewel. Looks terrific at night.
He went after ball four
Swish is can look so terrible sometimes!
I like this Joba commercial.
i doubt damon gets anyting close to 11 million
Swisher didn’t srikeout, walk or hit a HR.
Take a shot.
Ah yes, well the milkshakes allow you to wash down the vitamins. You know the legal ones. The ones that are legal in the Dominican, just not here.
Am I the only one who’s bored by this game up to this point? Maybe it’s because I’m in an absolutely foul mood, but so far this game has been about as exciting as watching paint dry.
Another pitchers duel.
Wait…wait…I am wrong…A Rod is MR CLUTCH at Yankee Stadium….hitting 4th…making $20 million…batting .208 this year…priceless!! He did hit the ball 15 feet in his last AB. This should be the last inning for Pettitte….Lester is dominating
The Joba promo just made you cry.
Admit it.
I guess that’s the 4th true outcome
Lester is still behind in pitches 63-81 for same amount of innings.
That GOODS movie looks beyond stupid.
hed be lucky to get 6 or 7
Andy definitely gritting this game out. Even though there is no score for some reason this game feels like it is dragging.
Well fat Kruk’s prediction about the Sux getting runs in the 3rd went by the wayside. Hopefully his prediction about the Sux winning will be right behind it.
Give Lester credit. That was not Swishers fault.
When Boston scores…that should be the ball game tonight…
Maybe, just maybe JD will get 7 million, I don’t see us overpaying for him when there are so many other free agent outfielders, Damon, Holliday, Bay, DeRosa, and others who will give you more bang for your buck
Andy’s not locating his fastball. Hope he can get through this inning, then bring in relief.
Nick Green…
What is it with Andy and Nick Green? The guy sucks!!
Uhhh… Pettitte WAS trying to catch that. Hence the GLOVE IN THE AIR! Lame color commentary.
Joe Morgan: he wasn’t trying to catch it *after he sees the glove up*
LMAO. Thought that I was watching a Charlie Brown cartoon when the ball was hit through the box and undressed him.
love to see Ellsbury off the bases…
“Give Lester credit. That was not Swishers fault.”
He swung at ball 4. Who should we blame? LOL!
Bunting for a run here when you know how many pitches Andy has thrown. They are desperate. Rockets last inning and Nick Green smoked it. Plus Ellsbury is tough to dp, ground out he could have still stole second
Nick Freaking Green
“Wait…wait…I am wrong…A Rod is MR CLUTCH at Yankee Stadium….hitting 4th…making $20 million…batting .208 this year…priceless!! He did hit the ball 15 feet in his last AB. This should be the last inning for Pettitte….Lester is dominating”
Wait…wait…you’re still one of those people who uses batting average as an effective measure of an offensive player? Have you met Joe Morgan, you guys would get along splendidly.
RDM,
you make a fool out of yourself every night with your Arod nonsense.
I really hope you are just a kid so there is still time for you to grow up.
If not, it’s a shame an adult is this stupid.
Hard to believe tito is bunting there with andy looking shaky.
This scoreless streak is really wearing on them.
Just make it through this inning somehow Andy. Bend but don’t break
ESPN stinks – if they don’t bring back Tiant – I’m turning on Sterling and Waldman. I didn’t turn into these guys to hear play by play.
That last pitch made the Hobbit feel tall.
Randy, the same year that SCAD brought Tiant in to coach/teach baseball, they brought Cazzir Russell in to coach/teach basketball.
Laura – I like this new Alex! He’s a keeper.
August 9th, 2009 at 9:37 pm
“I went to the bathroom but I saw that Laura!!!”
I was hoping you missed it
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I will let it slide cause I like you, but I am keepying my eye on you Missy!
“Ah yes, well the milkshakes allow you to wash down the vitamins. You know the legal ones. The ones that are legal in the Dominican, just not here.”
Ahh yes how could I forget that. Those vitamins, we call them Flintstones tablets over there.
There’s 2…. Thanks Andy!
Cprrection: Cazzie Russell.
I was teary about the Joba commercial. Then I saw Youkilis and was teary for another reason altogether.
Nick-
It was pretty awesome.
But I was actually sobbing when I saw thw Yankees Magazine segment earlier when they interviewed the Munson children
Half A-Rods HRs have given us the lead or tied the game, same with his RBI’s, he came back and Tex turned into a great hitter because AROD was behind him, get off ARODS case
2011 Free Agent OFers. Would rather chase a name off of this group then two this year. Bring back Damon for a year. Crawford, Werth, Dejusus, Dye, Kubel, some pretty decent players
Outfielders
Alfredo Amezaga FLA
Pat Burrell TB
Eric Byrnes ARI
Frank Catalanotto MIL
Carl Crawford TB
Coco Crisp KC
Michael Cuddyer MIN *
David DeJesus KC *
Adam Dunn WAS
Jermaine Dye CWS
Jody Gerut MIL
Jose Guillen KC
Willie Harris WAS
Brad Hawpe COL *
Geoff Jenkins PHI
Austin Kearns WAS
Jason Kubel MIN *
Magglio Ordonez DET *
Marcus Thames DET
Jayson Werth PHI
Wow, that was the closest real-life thing I’ve ever seen to the image of Charlie Brown pitching.
http://wwwimage.cbsnews.com/im.....17192g.jpg
Pettitt’s really using that breaking ball to get ahead, just gotta finish hitters off
I just would like Morgan to learn the word “Comfortable”
It’s not COMMFF-tuh-bull Joe
There should be a ban on guest interviews in the booth… they are just self-promotional nonsense
I love Pettitte’s curve!
“I will let it slide cause I like you, but I am keepying my eye on you Missy!”
Hey, that’s Ms. Missy to you!
SJ – everyone has been ignoring “it”. Notice it’s the best way to shut “it” up.
I think that RDM is just another face of YKW.
They can “both” GTH!
Dye will be old, Kubel isn’t great, I like a crawford or Werth, those guys are great baserunners and have pop, as well as youth
Stop comparing V-Mart to Tex! They are such different caliber players!
Their own version of Tex….. I like Victor Martinez a lot, but he is an awesome hitting catcher and a very good hitting 1B
So Halladay got a win today. Good for him.
And there is no way he is pitching again by Wednesday. Even better for us
Strike three was not called. But we got it anyway.
You KNOW that the Yankees are the titans of the world when Morgan, Phillips, and Miller are all gushing about them.
29 innings w/ no XBH or R
can we trade arod for reynolds?
NICE, batter to batter next inning, saving the pen is really paying off now
Again, the V-Mart trade continues to pay dividends for BOS. He’s really a difference maker.
I will scream if this becomes another 15 inning scoreless epic
Nick- you will hear my scream in San Francisco
Let’s get a run now
Red Sox are pitching and hitting better, but we’re really roughing this out and I think we’re going to see good results by the end of the night.
Wasted an out by bunting in that inning. That’s desperation.
RDM time to jump of the bridge
Andy is gutting it out for us tonight
Something snapped back into place. I like the last two fastballs he threw VM. Maybe Girardi leaves him in to start the 6th with Drew coming up?
Pettitte is grinding this out. Hopefully we can score some runs and he can get through another inning, than hand it to the pen.
Good 5 innings for Pettitte…that should be it…94 pitches…Lester still going strong
Looked at my watch and it was no runs in 29, she said ooh Chuck baby this sure feels fine
Not only is RDM not a chlid, its apparently an adult that has reproduced.
Just in case you weren’t disturbed enough.
Trade Lester for A Rod….
Not one graphic up by N-ESPN, had this been us there would be a billboard graohic showing Yankees have not scored a run or an gotten an xtra basehit for 29 innings. NO BIAS WHAT-SO-EVER
“So Halladay got a win today. Good for him. And there is no way he is pitching again by Wednesday. Even better for us ”
Erica, didn’t you hear? We aren’t afraid of Doc anymore. We can beat him. Every once in a while. LOL!
VMART is substandard defensively at catcher and at first base, TEX hit’s better, fields better, does pretty much everything better.
Erica: I don’t mind the screaming if you run around the blog naked again.
Nick has been on base both at bats.
Andy is throwing too many balls-40 strikes-53
93 pitches after 5.
Great !
Martinez is up with a man on 3rd and his team desperately needs him to knock in a run.
What a terrible swing to take in that situation. Completely defensive swing.
Nice pitching by Andy. He made Martinez look terrible on that key pitch.
Yet again bunting a man to second doesn’t pay off.
If the yankees can muster any runs the sox are in deep trouble.
SJ what pitcher on Thursday hit Dustin? Yep, I was right, and you were wrong! Oh well, happens to the best of us
vs BOS-
Burnett: 7.2 IP, 0 R
Sabathia: 7.2 IP, 0 R
Pettitte: 5.0 IP, 0 R
kind of brings a tear to your eyes…
Small ball night. Everyone think up the middle.
I was out and missed the first 4 innings, saw the line drive by Varitek with the bases loaded.
Andy is doing exactly what I expected from him and looks like he has a really good fastball tonight. Is there doubt in anyone’s mind that he will be a contributor down the stretch and in the post-season? This is 4 starts in a row he has been really good.
Lester seems to have his best stuff tonight also, how much better can two teams pitch than they have since Friday?
Laura – I like this new Alex! He’s a keeper.
August 9th, 2009 at 9:48 pm
“So Halladay got a win today. Good for him. And there is no way he is pitching again by Wednesday. Even better for us ”
Erica, didn’t you hear? We aren’t afraid of Doc anymore. We can beat him. Every once in a while. LOL!
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That’s right. And MPB Johnny Damon is a singlehanded halladay basher!
Miller you clown! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Oh Miller!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
shutup
Trisha,
good point. You are correct.
Pete definitely needs registration next year.
RDM
how old are you?
These ESPN guys are terrible. What gives with this channel?
I have never despised a stranger as much as I have RDM.
Robby – glide and pop!!!
Very pretty.
“You KNOW that the Yankees are the titans of the world when Morgan, Phillips, and Miller are all gushing about them.”
LOL. I was thinking the SAME thing. I had to look up to make sure this was ESPN! That’s the only way to shut up the naysayers. Just be superb.
Nick in SF
August 9th, 2009 at 9:49 pm
Erica: I don’t mind the screaming if you run around the blog naked again.
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Hahaha. I save running around the blog naked for special and extreme situations.
But I did shower already prior to the game so there will be no complaints of stinkiness or failures to rinse
“You KNOW that the Yankees are the titans of the world when Morgan, Phillips, and Miller are all gushing about them.”
You mean, they found time to do that when they were trying so hard to keep everybody’s focus on Luis Tiant instead of broadcasting the game?
MG,
Andy’s slider and cutter have been good as has his curve ball.
But his fastball command has been shaky.
He hasn’t been as sharp as he was the past couple of games because of that fastball command.
Lester has filthy stuff, best pitcher on Bostons staff.
they haven’t adjusted to Lester yet, not sure they will.
Martinez is nowhere near the offensive player Tex is.
He has one 25 HR season, Tex has seven. He has three 100-RBI seasons, Tex has five and is 18 RBI from # 6. Each has had three seasons hitting .300 or better.
Career OPS… Tex .921, Martinez .833
unlike broken clocks, which are right twice a day, trolls like RDM are never right. They do keep trying, though, which makes it even more amusing.
Watching Pettitte tonight-
I can hear David Cone in my head saying “he really grinded this one out”
just ignore the troll RDM.
His mommy is letting him stay up late tonight and play on the internet.
If the Red Sox lose this game with how NASTY Lester is pitching…I think Youk will have an aneurysm….If we could just scratch some runs and win it would really wipe the Sox out
I forgot to mention Tex is also 16 months younger
CB
August 9th, 2009 at 9:52 pm
MG,
Andy’s slider and cutter have been good as has his curve ball.
But his fastball command has been shaky.
He hasn’t been as sharp as he was the past couple of games because of that fastball command.
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CB, thanks for the update. As most of you have figured out I’m a huge Andy Pettitte fan, there isn’t a nicer guy on the planet.
Lester is dominating…Yanks look lost tonight
Lester is really tough. No doubt about it.
Yet, it’s 0-0 and still a game that can be won, even though it’s not a must win game for the Yankees.
C’mon YANKEES!!!
Supplements and Vitamins over the counter here and in the DR
Why is this so hard. Lots of over the counter stuff in the DR is not legal here. The papers sent reporters to the DR and bought Boli over the counter. I mean why isn’t this obvious to everyone. And he essentially is admitting to everything else. So he doesn’t know what he took at all, but he knows he never took steroids. What?!?!?!
We need to choke up and just hit some liners. Everyone’s down at the end of their bat handles, other than Posada, and we’re missing too many pitches.
This is where Andy struggles…
I’m late on this but I like how Miller or Morgan referred to the “old David Ortiz” as a difference maker. LOL. Big Papi went from hot to not pretty quick.
what is the score RDM
That is why facing Boston in the playoffs will be tough…Beckett/Lester maybe the best 1/2 punch in a 5 game series in the AL
RDM, sox have looked lost for the last 29 innings!
This is the inning. Andy gets through Drew, then on comes the relief staff. Hope he can do it.
Lester’s 76 pitches to Andy’s 93 it’s hard seeing Andy going 7.
Lester is only at 76 pitches. He’s trying to pitch a complete game.
If the Red Sox can’t score with Youkilis and Bay (two right handed hitters) and drew with andy looking shaky they may as well go home.
They are very fortunate Lester is throwing so well.
The Red Sox aren’t playing well but people should not take them lightly.
They will be a very dangerous team in a playoff series with Lester and Beckett going.
RDM have you not been watching the last 2 games
so far andy, the #4 pitcher in our rotation is matching zeros with Lester, AJ and CC already dominated you,and joba beat you when he had nothing, his stuff was horrible that day and he still won.
Sox must look forward to Penny and Tazawa starting their next two games against the Tigers
93 pitches for Pettitte so far… if he makes it through this inning – this is probably his last… so we need 2 innings of effective relief tonight… well one… hughes 8th, mo 9th… who in the 7th?
if we can somehow win this game.
i think francona leaves lester in as long as he can
YOUUUUKKK
ESPN comments on Youk’s stance and how he holds the bat EVERY SINGLE TIME!
see ya later Youk!
Even if we lose what appears to be a close game, it’s more good pitching from the Yankees (and Andy has done what he’s done best his whole career, bend and not break). It’s very encouraging…
Who’s available in the pen tonight? Phil, Gaudin…….?
V-mart is batting just a bit over .200 over the last two months.
If they go 15 again, they’ll be doing it w/o me.
Is Steve Phillips this much of a moron, or is it me?
Andy is hot again!
Andy Andy Andy
strike 3 called, 2 K’s so far, go another inning andy?
Andy had his one usual bad inning and got out of it.
he’s starting to locate his fastball now?
Pettitte is bringing it this inning. Jeez!
Yanks should score soon……
this game is like watching a young andy vs. today’s andy…
I don’t get it. Andy is towards the end of his game tonight, and he Ks both Youkilis and Bay, and makes them look bad doing it. Go figure.
If you watch every game andy pitches, it’s always the 4th inning that gives him trouble, lol
Andy made light work of the Red Sox this inning.
I am completely surprised. And proud. And happy.
pettitte since the all star break has been nothing but spectacular…
YOWZA!!!!! Quick inning!
struggle some more Andy!
30!
what’s really deep Miller? Beautiful inning Andy
Great call. Andy really struggled that inning.
Prima facia evidence of what happens when you drop a child at an early age.
Remember that women of the blog.
ANDY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now let’s score and get Andy a win!!!!!!!!!!!!
30 INNINGS NO XBH, NO RUNS FOR BOSTON!
Nice Sox offense!
The dirty thirty!
I was a hater early, but man has he battled. Great job Andy!
Andy is Dandy in the 6th….
Bay has 102 k’s already this year (in 102 games)- if he did that on the Yanks he’d be getting crucified.
Looked at my watch and it was no runs in thirty, she turned around and called me something dirty, you know why
Fantastic Andy.
Early on in the game, they compared Lester to Andy when he was younger. One way that comparison works is that Andy’s was a go to guy in big games…while he hasn’t pitched as well as Lester tonight, he’s done the job he’s had to…great competitive so far.
Thats my boy! Trying to stay on pace with AJ and CC. Let’s get him the win now.
It’ll be interesting to see if that was an “empty the tank” inning, or, if Pettitte comes out for the 7th.
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Andy was dandy.
35 years since being shut out 25 innings. Wow that is a great offense. I say the miss Manny being Manny
Wow. Great work by Jorge getting Andy through the 4th. Great six innings.
Lester has to make a mistake once or twice. Let’s hope the top of the order can see it.
Joe Morgan, what is YS, a bandbox with a lot of homeruns, or a “place with a large outfield where a pitcher can make a mistake?” Make up your mind.
a little advice, if you don’t respond to RDM, then chances are he won’t keep posting…
Yankees need to win this game and really break them. They have another few tough series before us again. You could really crush their spirit and break them. Good teams put them away for dead.
Petitte’s at 104 pitches, but they should send him out to face the 7-8-9 hitters.
I think Andy comes out for the next inning, I don’t know if he finishes it, but he’ll face at least one more batter
104 pitches,will Joe bring him out for the 7th,it’s still a scoreless game?
Oh, what a great outing for Andy. I’m awfully tempted to say bring him out for the 7th. If Lester keeps pitching this well, this game won’t be over anytime soon.
Please, guys. Let’s scratch (or blast) a run.
They have seen Lester three times.
This is the inning I hope the offense strikes.
Andy did his job superbly. Now up to the bullpen.
I smell a homer this innning followed by a sweeeeeep!
30 INNINGS NO XBH, NO RUNS FOR BOSTON!
And still not one graphic about it, word of mouth from Miller only, even ESPN btm. line radio is reporting the Yankees have gone 30 innings w/o allowing zippo to BOS.
Girardi has to be thrilled with the pitching that he has received from A.J., C.C., and Andy over the last 3 games. Three of the best performances of the season as the Yanks rise to the challenge with conviction!
Anybody wanna do a poll on when the Red Sox will score next?
The never score like the nerdy, pimple faced geek in high school.
SJ44
August 9th, 2009 at 10:01 pm
Great call. Andy really struggled that inning.
Prima facia evidence of what happens when you drop a child at an early age.
Remember that women of the blog.
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i spit my soda all over my monitor
w/out Ace available, I say go w/Andy for one more inning.
Andy has not given up anything other than singles, 104 pitches, he still has something left, he’ll be back out
CB,
that’s true. However, if they don’t fix some pretty significant holes, they may not make the playoffs.
Even if they win tonight, they have got their work cut out for them.
…. I meant two times, not three times. They are seeing him for the third time.
andy, gaudin or ? for the 7th?
It will be an interesting decision by Joe. I think if it is scoreless, he’ll send him. If we score he’ll go to Hughes.
Let’s do some power hitting!
Time for a homer.
When did the Yankees say that they were making changes to the stadium? First I’ve heard of it.
I guess you go Andy one more, but after the first XBH you go to Yuuuussssse
They didn’t say they were going to change anything, ESPN doesn’t do their research I guess
What more could you ask for from Andy, 6 innings of shutout baseball,for the nay-sayers, just compare his stats this year with other #4 starters and then factor in that he pitches in the toughest division in baseball, he is heads above the rest. Great move by Cashman to sign him for that #4 role. If Lester is not on the mound, Yankess are winning this game and Pettite adds another win.
SJ44
August 9th, 2009 at 10:01 pm
Great call. Andy really struggled that inning.
Prima facia evidence of what happens when you drop a child at an early age.
Remember that women of the blog.
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SJ-
You have my solemn oath, that if I ever reproduce
I will not only raise Yankee fans, but intelligent blog posters!
Funny I’ve been to the stadium a few times. It looks exactly the same when looking at the field. I hate NESPN
I’m not plopping Gaudin into the middle of this tense game. Hughes for 2.
This ump has been generous with that side of the plate.
we look like a bunch of guess hitters. C’mon, guys!
Tex, can we get a moon shot please?
Yankee stadium is amazing, been there 3 times this year, might go again on Wednesday, love it so much
We need a stadium cheapie right about now.
keep running around the blog nude and you will
Did someone bulldoze the bandbox without my knowledge?
hey – lester seems to come up big when he faces us. nothing wrong with that. some pitchers do great against certain teams (as do some hitters). it’s all good.
Lester brought his black paint brush tonight….
lol. Suzyn telling a story about my good friend Shane Victorino.
He got thrown out for arguing strikes and balls. But he was in CF when they tossed him.
Lester is dealing ace after ace
april allowed 4 homers a game but may + june + july have only allowed 2.5 a game…so the big anamoly was the first month of the season…
the rs were dumb for not getting hallday
becket,lester,hallday would get it done
or lee
Erica,
that’s nice to hear. We have enough stupid people in the world. We can’t afford to have more.
Oh, boy. Lester getting serious now.
Just got to keep holding on.
>Lester brought his black paint brush tonight….
Bill Miller brought his, too. Added 5 more inches to that side.
bad feeling for next inning….
m
August 9th, 2009 at 10:10 pm
lol. Suzyn telling a story about my good friend Shane Victorino.
He got thrown out for arguing strikes and balls. But he was in CF when they tossed him.
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Thats hilarious. I like Shane.
I watched an episode of Jon & Kate Plus 8 when they took the boys to a Phillies game. Afterwards, Shane and Charlie Manuel came out to meet the kids. Charlie Manuel was actually starstruck by the 4 year olds LOL (he is apparently a huge fan of the show and watches when he has trouble sleeping). Shane Victorino was really cute with them signing stuff
Who suggested Gaudin be brought in? That would be insane. Talk about writing the game off.
Lester at 92 pitches, hopefully he won’t pitch after the 7th inning…
Lester only has 10 pitches less than andy through 6 innings
Andy’s only thrown an additional 2 pitches per inning than Lester and has the same result.
Be great if he keeps this up for the next 7 weeks.
Can we not say things like prima facie. Reminds me fall semester starts at the end of the month.
Here come the Nats. They’ve won 8 in a row.
swishalicious…
Swish sure likes to make it exciting
5th Cartwheel from Swish…good catch
Swisha with the theatrics. I Love it!
That was a great grab by Swish.
Saved Andy’s bacon.
I wouldn’t use Hughes at all tonight.
They have already won this series. Save him for Toronto.
It’s all about winning series from hereon out.
Nick Swisher, you inglorious basterd!
Wow. Swish made a nice play.
Swishy
For the benefit of Mr. Kite we will have a show tonight… starring Nick Swisher.
There goes Swisher with his patented cartwheel.
Swisher always knows where the first down marker is.
Great play.
He´s looked better out there over the last month or so.
didn’t really need to flip over, but I’ll take it
That was a good catch.
Though he won’t make it.
sj44 – i somewhat agree about winning series, but boston is the 2nd place team – a win vs. them is a little more important than a win vs. toronto…
29 innings without a run. the record, i believe, is 36
Video of Shane being tossed.
http://philadelphia.phillies.m.....8;c_id=phi
Talk about an overreaction. Isn’t the ump supposed to be watching the pitcher? No instead he is looking at the cf’er to see if he is ticked about the pitch not getting called a strike.
Pettitte seems to have gotten better.
….*Thought*…
Andy better not give up a hit to that bum Green.
I send andy out in the 8th inning, I want him to get 7.2 innings, like CC and AJ
7 wow even better
that was easy
our pitching since midway through thursday’s game has been AWESOME…WOW…
YAY! 1-2-3. Gorgeous inning.
BIIIIIIIIIIIIG inning for Andy and the BP.
hes pitchin the 8th
Boston sucks
SJ44 August 9th, 2009 at 10:14 pm
I wouldn’t use Hughes at all tonight.
They have already won this series. Save him for Toronto.
It’s all about winning series from hereon out.
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Okay this isn’t SJ. earlier he said you go for the jugular.
31 INNINGS NO XBH, NO RUNS FOR BOSTON!
Can’t ask for anymore from Andy. Great job tonight.
7 pitch inning for Andy. Where would we be if we didn’t sign him?
Wow Andy, just wow.
rdm i am a 4th grader are you a 3rd grader
What a great job by Andy tonight. Hope they scratch out a win for him.
maybe andy WAS injured last year!
Looked at my watch and it said 31, she said ooh those yank pitchers are sure havin fun
incentives = andy wants to get PAID
all future contracts will all be incentive based…
If Andy keeps this up the remainder of the year, he will have an ERA under 4. How ’bout that!
“Lester at 92 pitches, hopefully he won’t pitch after the 7th inning…”
Lester’s high for the year is 122. He usually goes 105-115.
Wow. You certainly can’t say Andy didn’t have it tonight.
I am thrilled with Andy’s performace tonight. He just got better as the game went on
With 112 pitches on his arm,to get Lowell,Varitek,and Nick out is great.Go Andy.
SJ,
I agree. They need to be very worried about the Rays and rangers.
I think they are betting a whole lot on Victor Martinez.
If he’s not lights out for them – not even good – very, very good they may struggle.
They know they’re flawed. I’m sure they’re just hoping they can get to the post season and catch lightning in a bottle with those two arms.
The game has all the makings of extra innings.
WE do have rested bullpen arms to deal with it if it happens.
Between Swish and Damon, the Yanks have the most exciting OFs in the league.
Guess whose bullpen is more rested? Great bullpen mgmt by Joe this series.
This thing is going 20 innings. Lester is going to throw 10, no way Boston wants to demoralize themselves further with a sweep. Do you bring Andy back out for the 8th? I say yes, run him until he gives up a hit then bring in Hughes.
It’s old hat. Sterling’s not even updating the scoreless drought. By my count it’s 31 straight at the hands of Yankee pitching.
The old war horse…
You can go for the jugular and not use Hughes. One does not preclude the other.
New game post ——-
Let’s SCORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They haven’t scored since last week!
Two innings ago, most people threw in the Pettitte towel and said he’d be gone after 5 innings. giving his pitch count then, he had no chance at 7 scoreless innings. Outstanding starting pitching for three straight games. A run or two would be marvelous. He deserves a win. Certainly no loss, but, then, Lester deserves the same ending. What great pitching matchups theis weekend.
Anothe great catch by Swish makes you wonder why they sub Hairston for defense. Let Nick handle right field on his own.
ESPN was like we ain’t showing God Bless America we got more commercials to show.
New thread
Not hard to manage the BP when you have starters going 8 innings, haha, Aceves has a stiff back, questionable for tonight
HR? I’ll call it…
Andy has gotten stronger in this game at least in part because he’s figured out what is working for him and made an adjustment.
His curve ball has been very good – even to right handed hitters. He’s shifted and used it more and it’s been effective.
Andy will come out for the 8th to at least face Ellsbury, I’d guess to get a lefty-lefty match up.
Lester still at 92 pitches.
This one could take awhile. I’ll feel better once we get into the Sox pen.
As deep as they are, the only guy I respect greatly is Bard. Papelbum will only pitch probably if they get a lead.
Either way, I feel the same way I felt about the game on Friday, which was scoreless at this point. I’ve never thought we weren’t going to win either game. Hope I’m right tonight also.
Just seems like as long as we hit last, we’ll have a great shot to win.
Coke is warming up.
A-ROD!!!
AROD!!!!!!!!!!!!1
yeah! A-Rod
HA!
A Rod!
Again!
THAT’S WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT!!!!!!!!!!!!
See YA!!!!!!!!!!!
See YA!!!!!!!!!!!
woooohoooo
Arod didn’t bring a broom to this game – he brought a SHOVEL!
Hughes for 1 Mo for 1, 2 game swing SJ
We play today we win today das it
Atta boy Arod
EAT IT RDM
look @ arod having so much fun…AWESOMENESS!!!!
if only we had a clutch player lol!
Another HR by A-Rod that gives lead.
Clutch, Clutch, Clutch…..
I don’t like the curtain call by Arod though, got a lot of pride in the other dugout, don’t want to wake them up.
So unclutch.
That could be all they need.
Alex has quietly been the hero of the series.
ALEX!!
crowd is BUZZING…
A-rod !!!!
Another unclutch, cheapie HR. What a showoff.
Wonder if they’re jumping yet in Boston?
Lester just blinked!
ok, we begin to ATTACK
That Arod, he’s SO UNCLUTCH! Only a solo-shot? Should’ve ran around the bases 4 times to score 4 runs himself
As I said they saw him two times and now are striking against him.
We need to score Posada.
go for the jugular…send posada…lol…
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a player hit as many home runs as Alex.
He is just sick.
It’s not as if he even jerks balls out of the park by dead pulling them.
He hits these balls 415 feet to center/ center-left field like other players take balls back through the box for singles.
It is just phenomenal to watch.
So unclutch.
new thread
Sorry meant to write, “I don’t think I’ve seen a player hit as many home runs without pulling the ball as Alex…”
lol@arod…
They hit A-Rod yesterday and paid the price today
Does he slide for no reason?
No Youuuuse?
AT the 98 pitch count,Lester gave it up Andy went 7 @112,and no runs.
Can it be that the “New A-Rod” is Mr. Clutch????????????
bring in Hughes
A-Rod is now #2 on the all-time AL HR list, with only the Babe in front of him.
Oh Phil,no.
I was first-guessing on that, just so that I wouldn’t be accused of second-guessing.
Umm, Joe, this game counts too.
season changing pitch/ sox are coming back now this season. 1 pitch from killing them off,.. now they are back
Coke… more like RC Cola.
Nice of him to waste a great pitching job by Andy.
I don’t get it………why was Phil NOT in the game?
I don’t get it………why was Phil NOT in the game?
JOHNNY DEMON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
wow. just wow.
who doesn’t want Damon back again next year?
season changing. thx coke
Swisher, the prancing fool. And this guy is a Yankee.
get the brooms out!