Game 113: Blue Jays at Yankees
Posted by: Peter Abraham - Posted in Misc on Aug 11, 2009 
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YANKEES (69-43)
Jeter SS
Damon LF
Teixiera 1B
Rodriguez 3B
Matsui DH
Posada C
Cano 2B
Hinske RF
Cabrera CF
Pitching: RHP Joba Chamberlain (8-2, 3.73).
BLUE JAYS (54-57)
Scutaro SS
Hill 2B
Lind LF
Overbay 1B
Wells CF
Ruiz DH
Encarnacion 3B
Barajas C
Inglett RF
Pitching: RHP Scott Richmond (6-6, 3.97).
TIME/TV: 7:05 p.m., My9.
NOTES: Thanks to my Journal New colleague Josh Thomson for calling in the lineup. He’s covering the game this evening. … The Yankees dropped the first game of the series and are 4-1 on a homestand that has two games remaining. … Joba was shaky against the Red Sox on Thursday (5 6 4 4 7 5) after throwing three beauties in a row after the All-Star break. Still, he has won four straight. Joba was bad against Toronto only July 5 at the Stadium, allowing nine hits over 3.2 innings. … Joba is 8-0 with a 1.79 ERA in his career after the All-Star break.
Happy birthday, Melky Cabrera. He’s 25 today.
That’s it from me. Enjoy the game. I do believe Josh will publish a few updates over the course of the evening.
UPDATE, 5:03 p.m.: Mitre to stay in the rotation and pitch on Saturday. Looks like they will insert Chad Gaudin into the rotation on Sunday to give everybody an extra day off, or at least Joba extra time. … Brett Gardner has his cast off and hopes to rejoin the team in two weeks.
UPDATE, 6:10 p.m.: Hey everyone, this is Josh. … Here’s what happened with Gaudin: Girardi was asked if Gaudin could start on Sunday. He didn’t say a word but nodded his head vigorously. Later in the clubhouse, Girardi pulled Gaudin out into the hall and spoke to him. Gaudin told us shortly after that he has not been informed of anything yet. “He told me I could be used in any number of ways, so I guess that means starts, too,” Gaudin said. “I just have to take it day by day.”
As for Gardner, he was fitted for a splint that he will wear for another week. Girardi said Gardner will see the doctor on Monday. If his X-ray is positive, it may not be long before he returns. “I hope to be back playing in two weeks,” Gardner said.
Other news: Girardi said A-Rod, Jeter and Teixeira will all get a day off this week. “We’re talking about some things,” he said, but didn’t get any more specific than that. … The club has no plans of ever putting Joba in the ‘pen. They do have a plan for him, of course. Ironically, it’s a plan with specifics so top secret that Joba doesn’t even know them all. Girardi informs him of the next step after each of his starts. Interesting. … The Yanks held their second Kangaroo Court today in the press conference room. They were in there for about an hour, leaving an empty clubhouse. Judge Mariano Rivera presided and said a lot of fines were handed out, but he wouldn’t divulge specifics. Who was the guiltiest? “A lot of guys,” Rivera said. “Even the judge got fined.” Judge Marilyn Milian of “The People’s Court” gave Rivera some pointers he said helped his performance. She also bestowed him with a robe and gavel, which he wore during the proceedings. Overall, “it brings unity,” Rivera said. “It’s a great time.”
Lastly, Girardi did not downplay the notion that Teixeira was an MVP candidate. Not at all. “I think you have to consider him an MVP candidate,” he said.
I’ll check in periodically. Enjoy the game.
UPDATE, 7:51 p.m.: Wow. Johnny Damon is killing it at Yankee Stadium this year. His slugging percentage at home after those two doubles (.574) would tie him for seventh in all of baseball with Adam Dunn.
UPDATE, 8:38 p.m.: I wish you could wager on things like “Cito Gaston won’t let Scott Richmond face Johnny Damon again.” That was some catch by Joe Inglett.
UPDATE, 8:53 p.m.: Here’s video of the Youkilis-Porcello doing their samba. Thanks to reader “David.”
UPDATE, 9:00 p.m.: When you think back, what a turn of events it’s been. Since A-Rod popped up with the bases juiced to end the second, Richmond has retired 13 of 15, struck out five, walked one and allowed just one hit.
UPDATE, 9:45 p.m.: Home run or no home run? I say it is.
UPDATE, 9:47 p.m.: Home run it is. That’s the 15th time this season the Yankees have gone back-to-back.
UPDATE, 10:05 p.m.: The homer by Edwin Encarnacion snapped a 22 1/3 scoreless-inning streak by Rivera. He last allowed a run at Yankee Stadium on June 12. The opponent? The latest incarnation of the ’27 Yankees — those sluggers from Queens, the Mets.
UPDATE, 10:44 p.m.: Postgame notes from the clubhouse…
— No official word yet from Girardi about when Joba will start next. Chamberlain said he didn’t no either, and appeared surprised at the suggestion that he will not pitch on Sunday. “That’s the first I’ve heard of it,” he said.
— Girardi said Joba didn’t pitch poorly, that he just had one bad inning. Posada said he and Joba weren’t on the same page as in previous starts, but he didn’t think much of it. As for the yo-yo technique the Yanks are employing with Joba’s presence in the rotation, Posada said: “It’s tough what he’s been going through. He doesn’t know when he’s going to pitch. It’s tough to mentally put it all together. I think he’s doing everything he can to stay focused, but it’s tough.”
— The Yankees have now won 55 of their last 81. If they sustained that level of play for a full season, it would add up to 110-52. That’s incredible, but you know that already.
— They had their MLB-best 37th comeback win. They have now won six times when trailing after seven innings.
— I made a mistake before. This is the 14th time this season the Yankees went back-to-back (not 15th). It happened for the third straight game, which is the first time the Yankees have done that since May 4-7, 1983.
— Rivera’s scoreless streak was the fourth-longest of his career. This was the first run he allowed in a save situation since May 20th vs. Baltimore, a span of 25 outings. Here’s a funny line from Girardi: “Mo has been really, really good. He showed us today that the judge is human.”
I don’t see the line up- is it posted yet?
“Gaudins numbers are almost identical to Jobas only Joba has had offensive support. Gaudin is not a cast off and could do the job at 5th starter with no problem. Unlike Mitre, Gaudin has major league stuff. his slider is as good as Joba’s.”
except for the minor fact that gaudin had a 5+ era in the NL West this year while Joba has had a 3.73 era in the AL (B)East…but yea, they are the same = =
I have high hopes for Josh’s blogging performance. He’s not just an updates eater.
I forgot if I won or not.
I’m close.
Lots of winners on Guess the Lineup today…
prediction:
Jeter ss
damon lf
texierra 1b
arod 3b
arod 3b
matsui dh
cano 2b
swisher rf
melk man cf
jonathan, how’d you manage to get the lineup wrong even after it was posted? haha
I WON!!! I WON!!!
Pete is there a Blog cop standing by.
big moron on the last thread.
I trust “it has been addressed”
Another winner for me..
Congratulations go out to our 10 winners of “Guess the Line Up”. They are:
Ramey 2:04
WTWVTSC 2:07
Miggs 2:09
Ed H 2:35
Andrew 2:46
Evan D 2:50
William Buckner 2:54
A Ness 2:55
MikeBoston 3:00
Andrew33 3:36
Thanks to all who participated. I think today may have been record participation. Tomorrow’s game is 1pm. Guess the line up will begin around 9am. But please wait for me to announce the game. I will begin it earlier if I can, but I have an appointment in the morning before work
Didn’t Girardi say he wanted to rest A-Rod/Tex/Jeter one game each during this series?
Does that mean all 3 rest tomorrow? Yikes.
saucY – sticK witH sergiO
August 11th, 2009 at 3:19 pm
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saucY – sticK witH sergiO
August 11th, 2009 at 3:15 pm
rover
August 11th, 2009 at 3:03 pm
For the sake of argument:
What is the difference between a game and a sport? is there one?
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if you can casually drink a beer while playing, it’s a game. hence the following are games of skill, not sports:
golf
darts
badminton
horse
billiards
bowling
nascar
horseshoes
quoits
poker (though espn loves airing this… look at those atheletes!! smoking cigars!!)
NASCAR is a game where you can casually drink a beer while playing? If they are drinking beers during races I may actually start watching NASCAR.
hah! I totally called Hinske in the line up!
Erica,
Letting work get in the way is a big no no.
If you are going to be a time stealing corporate flack, you can’t let work get in the way of your duties on here! lol
Priorities, priorities!
Happy Birthday, Melky – how about a cake in the face?
Yes, Ace should be the fifth starter. What is the point in having Ace shut down a team for 4 innings when the team may already be out of it (not referring to last nights close game)? I’d rather have him start, give us innings and give us a better chance at winning that particular game.
Wow no rest for Jeter/Arod/Tex Yet. And tomorrow is day game after night game. Tomorrows Lineup:
Cabrera CF
Damon LF
Swisher 1B
Matsui DH
Cano 2B
Hinske RF
Hairston 3B
Pena SS
Molina C
Maybe Teixeira’s rest is DHing tomorrow. Would the board explode if both Derek and Alex were out of the lineup in the same game?
I doubt they will all be resting tomorrow. I’d guess Alex would rest the first game in Seattle, off of a long flight……..
P.S. You can’t tell me that line up is still 8X better than the Mets.
Rebecca-
A lot of people had Hinske. You DHed Tex. Not a bad guess. I would think him or jeter need to sit soon
Nick in SF in Larkspur
August 11th, 2009 at 3:41 pm
I have high hopes for Josh’s blogging performance. He’s not just an updates eater.
LOL… Ernie P. is like the school sub teacher who puts on a movie, heads out of the room for a smoke and hopes for the best.
I just do not understand the benefit of continuing to run Sergio Mitre out there as the 5th starter. He has no future with the Yankees, he is not some young stud like Joba going through growing pains, he has and will never have any trade value, and so on. He has been the 5th starter too long even before last night. If he or the next in line do not get the job done in their first 2-3 starts then you move on to the next option.
We have all seen scrubs like Aaron Small catch fire for a number of starts and if you keep running guys out there like Mitre, Gaudin, Russ Ortiz, etc. you hope one of them goes on a hot streak but if they show you nothing in 2, 3, 4, 5 starts and have been garbage pitchers their whole careers why do you expect to get anything better in their next start?
With AJ on the mound tomorrow, Girardi probably rests A-Rod tomorrow and maybe Jeter or Tex at DH.
Sj44-
I had two internet outtages here today during GTLU! I was hyperventilating
wow my guess was way off! I am shocked A-Rod is playing 3rd. I guess tomorrow is a day off. Probably makes more sense to do it a day before the long road trip west to Seattle.
Didn’t Girardi say he would rest A-Rod, Jeter, and Tex this series?
Hinske HR tonight – guaranteed.
If they lose tonight better pray for the wild card.
Romero is an awfully tough pitcher tomorrow. Girardi shouldn’t rest anyone.
Agreed, DT. The moral? Crack is whack.
I don’t get why AJ should get a lesser lineup? Romero is a tough cookie……..
Nothing beats Francesca lying through his teeth yesterday when he said that he NEVER, NEVER mentioned Phil Hughes in the pen…What a crock. At the time, he lambasted the move and said Phil couldn’t do the job…..He also made it sound like Phil begged to stay up here and that’s why he was put in the pen. Mike knows nothing about his own team…and he just makes things up, assuming Yankee fans won’t know either.
Hey Ruben, telll the story of your 541st career walkoff HR off of Pedro, who was pitching his 52d prefect game at the time.
That’s right. The season all comes down to this game.
Lose it, and the WC is the best they can do. Brilliant observation.
I thought GTLU this was Erica’s job?
Hinske the Hero
Yankees need a shake up after last nights terrible performace. Fire Girardi and DFA Posada.
Erica, you might want to look into getting an intern from Fordham or CUNY. Or Columbia if you don’t mind a little haughtiness.
funny how people were bewildered by the fact that Mitre wasn’t tossed to the curb, and they were then chastised and accused of ‘going into panic mode’.
Now Pete raises the same questions, and suddenly nary a disparaging voice to be heard…
Bronx Jeers
August 11th, 2009 at 3:54 pm
I thought GTLU this was Erica’s job?
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No, there is actually a company out there that pays me a rather decent salary. However, if LoHud could take up a collection when they fire me for playing with Yankee line ups for 90 minutes when I should be working, that would be wonderful
I hate to say this, but I really need to reconsider the future of GTLU
no fair .
Nick in SF in Larkspur
August 11th, 2009 at 3:57 pm
Erica, you might want to look into getting an intern from Fordham or CUNY. Or Columbia if you don’t mind a little haughtiness.
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If I win Mega Millions, I will professionally run GTLU and offer cash prizes
I actually don’t mind if we get swept by TOR
If Joba doesn’t pitch well tonight and Romero outpitches AJ tomorrow.
It is not devastating if we get swept. Of course, Boston will slice into our lead and probably cut it to 4 or 3, but we’re still in a god spot.
Nick in SF in Larkspur
August 11th, 2009 at 3:57 pm
Erica, you might want to look into getting an intern from Fordham or CUNY. Or Columbia if you don’t mind a little haughtiness.
I heard that!
erica, if you win mega-millions, hire some IT guy to run it for you via online entry…
Okay So I just googled quoits and this pretty much says it all for me.
Incidentally, Mitre’s control puts him at the top of list of potential quoiters if anybody was thinking of putting together a team.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F.....ca1815.jpg
replace ‘tossed to the curb’ w/banished to the ass end of the bullpen.
Mitre or John Smoltz?
Exactly. Mitre is far from the worst option.
is corn hole a sport
never played but it is very popular so I’m told
“Mitre or John Smoltz?”
Pretty much the same guy.
kick their butts YANKS !! blow ‘em out
“Erica, you might want to look into getting an intern from Fordham or CUNY. Or Columbia if you don’t mind a little haughtiness. ”
Forget internship and just gimme a damned job.
Well the date was August 18th, 2003.
The Yankees were well on their way to their 47th Divisional Title. However the rivalry was ever as intense. Yankees were down 2-0, bottom of the 9th. Pedro had the perfect game going with two outs, until he decided to plunk both Jeter and Soriano.
Up to the plate was Ruben Sierra. Pedro, who obviously would much rather face Jason Giambi, threw a fast ball directly at the hands of Ruben Sierra, breaking three of his fingers. However, Ruben was too proud to take first base. He argued for 9 minutes that the ball never hit him, but hit the bat. Ruben convinced the ump to overturn his call.
Since the future hall famers 3 fingers were broken, he was forced to turn switch his hands, and turn around and bat lefty, something he had never done in his career. He then proceeded to smack the next pitch 549 feet, for his 19th walk off HR as a Yankee. This was also known as the beginning of thedownfall of Pedro Martinez’s career who was never the same, and who was last seen pitching somewhere in the Phillies minor league system.
Porcello vs. Tawaza tonight
C’mon Detroit, you already lost a Penny-Jackson matchup, don’t lose again tonight.
Bronx Jeers, they love quoits where i used to live in pennsylvania. in fact, i’ve started huge arguements by stating that I liked horseshoes better.
I’m suprised Arod is not getting a day off.
Smoltz was WAY worse than Mitre this year.
Why is the media paying so much attention to Michael Vick? You would think this guy was Tom Brady. He is a 50% completion percentage QB and a 70 rating…..
Rebecca-
Deal. If I win the lottery, you can be my GTLU assistant. We’ll talk salary later
But remember, people with bodily functions in their handles are banned!!!
Am I the only one that finds something a little bit funny about the guy playing Quoits with those women?
Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
Best explanation of “sport” vs. “game” I’ve heard is this: If, when it’s the player’s turn, he can simply choose where to go or what to do, it’s a game. If he has to use physical speed, strength, or precision (etc.) to make his move, then it’s a sport. For example, in chess, you simply move your piece to the square you want it to occupy; hence, not a sport. Same with card games. But baseball is a sport because you can’t just choose to go to first base; you have to hit the ball on the ground and get to first before the ball gets there.
By this definition, golf and even darts are sports even though they don’t necessarily involve strenuous amounts of athletic output. So is NASCAR, because the drivers have to compete physically to get to the front. Obviously, racecar drivers don’t power the vehicles they drive, but their quickness and precision in accelerating, decelerating, and steering ARE physical tasks that must be performed with speed and accuracy in order to win.
“I’m suprised Arod is not getting a day off.”
I bet he rests tomorrow before the long flight. If not, Cashman needs to step in again and demand Girardi rest him like he did in Florida.
Yes well that’s why I say you need physical exertion for a game to be a sport. Hence golf is not a sport becaue you can be out of shapeand a good golfer.
If you feed “Damaso” through a redneck filter, you get a really not nice word. Of course, it’s not reflective of of marte at all. Just a little quirk.
Heyman “feels bad for Ortiz” because “there is no proof he did anything”.
Barf. Another Red Sox player being protected by baseball.
Wait till we visit the Sardine Can August 11th, 2009 at 4:04 pm
Smoltz was WAY worse than Mitre this year.
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Smoltz had an 8.33 ERA, averaged 5 innings per start, had a 1.70 WHIP, and .343 BAA
Mitre has a 7.04 ERA, averages 4.2 innings per start, has a 1.91 WHIP, and a .376 BAA
Looks pretty much the same if not worse by Mitre. 1 or 2 more starts and his ERA will be up to 8.
Happy Birthday Leche.
lol Pinstriper.
I think Girardi is leaking the line-up early. Some of these Lohud gamers are winning too often. The fix is in.
The bullpen and his ego were Torre’s downfall.
LineupGate will do in GI Joe.
All right BR. I give you that one.
I’d still take Mitre.
I suggest outsourcing to Bangalore.
Gary G: apologies! I attended a humble public university, so I’m naturally jealous.
Good aft people…catch you little later this evening for the game. One interesting item about the Sox is there last 17 games or so are against Baltimore (who they destroy), Toronto, KC, and last 4 games at home against Cleveland. They should win 12 or 13 of these games easy. Yanks better keep an eye on the Sox, especially since they go out west again and usually do poorly. Last night, again, like a broken record, they struggle w/RISP. A Rod up, 2 on, 0 outs, can’t advance the runners. Cano lead off double, can’t score. This team can’t keep doing that and expect to make it far in the playoffs.
You need to extend the parameters a bit. Is there sponsorship? Is there viewership? National teams? Rankings?
Tomorrow the line-up will arrive in sealed envelope delivered from PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Can anyone explain why games are shown on MY9? Is it some outstanding contract from the days before YES, or is there some regulation to have so many games available OTA? I don’t live in the NYC area (upstate NY) and the station that carries these games is terrible. No HD. No Pre/Post game show. And half the time the audio/video gets messed up.
Im not that suprised Alex is in, he DH’d on Sunday right? I’m thinking that whenever Jeter/Tex get a day its going to be a full day since Matsui sat a few times this week already.
Hey RDM, can you NOT catch us later?
I have an idea. If you really hate this team so much, become a fan of another team.
DT – OPPC member
August 11th, 2009 at 4:15 pm
Tomorrow the line-up will arrive in sealed envelope delivered from PricewaterhouseCoopers.
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As an independent auditor, this would actually make me feel so much better.
Thats why I make 3:40 the cut off. I worry about outside sources and tweets!
i like peters suggestions for the rest of the season in moving aceves to the rotation but only if melancon and robertson can get some opptys. and can be effective else, aceves is key for the 7th inning and multi inning outings.
BTW Aceves only threw 42 pitches last night in 4 innings he should be able to pitch weds …
Been my favorite team since 1974. Don’t hate this team at all. I am saying that a 5.5 game shouldn’t be taken for granted. So far the are having a great season and the last series was fantastic.But I am also being realistic too. Catch you all later!!!
RDM is either a nutjob, a Sox troll or both.
Don’t feed him, he’s truly not worth the effort.
Bob
August 11th, 2009 at 4:15 pm
Can anyone explain why games are shown on MY9? Is it some outstanding contract from the days before YES, or is there some regulation to have so many games available OTA? I don’t live in the NYC area (upstate NY) and the station that carries these games is terrible. No HD. No Pre/Post game show. And half the time the audio/video gets messed up.
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Just my guess, but not everyone has cable tv and it would be unfair to penalize Yankee fans by not showing ANY games on a regular station. The Mets do the same on CW 11.
I look forward to it RDM! Enjoy the rest of your afternoon!!!
Heyman on with Mike……boy, do I love hearing how the Sox blew it with Tex. Apparently Lucchino accused Boras of not passing along the Sox offers to Tex…..Tex and Boras are close and Tex didn’t like that at all. Fantastic soap opera type stuff…..with a happy ending, lol
RDM, you’re the OPPOSITE of realistic! You never say good things about this team!
Just become a Sox fan and do us all a favor.
“This is their best staff:
Starters: Sabathia, Burnett, Chamberlain, Pettitte, Aceves”
unless Chamberlain is removed from the rotation and Aceves is the #4, then i would rather have Aceves in the bullpen. I don’t want him wasted as the #5
Aceves has more value in the bullpen (if used properly) then pitching as the #5
The Yankees should just start worrying about the offseason. No more Girardi/Cashman. Trade A-Rod/Tex/AJ to contenders for prospects. call up ajax, Let the kids play.
Only Aceves has the ability to fulfill multiple roles and can give you innings in doing so. He’s become one of the most valuable pieces to this team and giving Gaudin a shot starting makes much more sense than removing Ace from the bullpen.
“Yes well that’s why I say you need physical exertion for a game to be a sport. Hence golf is not a sport becaue you can be out of shapeand a good golfer.”
Your definition doesn’t hold up against empirical evidence. There have been hundreds of out-of-shape pitchers, offensive linemen, etc., who have played in major professional sports. The issue is whether being “in shape” is an advantage or whether it’s irrelevant. In a game, being in shape is irrelvant, because it’s not a physical contest. In a sport, whether or not an out-of-shape person can be “good” at it, it is always an advantage to be in shape.
We haven’t won a WS in 9 years!!! Time to put names on the backs of the jerseys, this whole no names thing isn’t working!!!
Hey Ruben tell the story of how you saved 14 HR’s in one game during the World Series (while playing DH) in a 1-0 where you hit your 342d career walkoff HR in the bottom of the 14th (1 stolen HR per inning).
i really wish they put the names on the scranton jerseys. i had a hard time with names the other night…
Esctly BD. It needs to be not only an advantage, but a very noticeable one, to be in shape.
*Exactly*
If the Yankees want to keep Aceves in the bullpen b/c they think he is more valuable there I just do not understand how they think Mitre gives them a better chance than Gaudin to win ESPECIALLY with series against the Mariners and Rangers coming up.
2 starts against Seattle Gaudin 6IP 3ER and 7IP 2ER
1 start against Texas 8IP 0ER
6 weeks and 9 starts between June 17th and July 31st Gaudin turned in 6 quality starts, of those 3 were outstanding.
Am I missing something about Mitre? If Gaudin can give you a quality start even 50% of the time how is he not a better option?
I am sick of our cheap owners!!!! When the heck are we going to get third jerseys!!! Every team has more than 2 jerseys, yet our cheap owners will only make two! EMBARASSMENTTTT
I’d be wary of moving Aceves to the rotation. I agree with Pete’s accessment, makes alot of sense but having Ace available in tight games 2-3x a week is more valuable than having him as a #5 guy every 5 days.
Plus, why mess with the BP mojo right now?
RDM,
You know if you didn’t come on here and incessantly annoy and anger others, people might read a post like your last one and say you might have yourself a point.
But as it is now, people just see your name and tune out.
Why don’t you start again with a new screenname and try not to post every moronic negative thought that crosses your mind.
The Only Reason Mitre is doing badly is because Posada is a terrible catcher!!! DFAAAAAA POSADAAAA
You never I repeat
NEVER put the names on the Yankees jersey. You don’t mess with perfection. The Yankee uniform is the best in all sports.
Okay I’m Done…
I farted….
you’re joking right? clearly the best jersey in all of sports was the New York Islanders Fisherman Jerseys from a few years back…before the DAMNED GORDON FISHSTICKS ruined it. Now thats a team with some real New York tradition and pride.
The Yankees are currently 1-23 in My9 games this season…..78-342 overall.
off topic:
has anyone tried lobster pie ?
I was in new england last week, and when traveling one restaruant had it on their menu. Unfortunately, i didn’t try it.
Can anyone explain why games are shown on MY9?
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see link for answer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_anbEJsr6s
If Swisher had been where Hinske is, I would have won. I wonder if this means I’m not winning Mega tonight.
I heard there’s going to be a ‘kangaroo court’ today.
Who do you think is going to be fined?
Tex and Cano should get an applause for their offense and defense.
Have a great day? ? (added by Mobile using Mippin)
Laura-
But aren’t you glad you tried?
I got some really strange line ups today
o/t: if you’re having a bad day (or even if you’re not), here’s a feel-good story guaranteed to raise your spirits:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0.....0000:b0:z5
I got some really strange line ups today
Plus, Joe has totally been throwing everyone off by saying he’s resting guys this week….
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Thats because you called us boring during the sox series, so now we have to mix it up
PTBNL August 11th, 2009 at 4:51 pm
o/t: if you’re having a bad day (or even if you’re not), here’s a feel-good story guaranteed to raise your spirits:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0…..0000:b0:z5
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And stay for the fear mongering!
Congratulations Stultus on bringing up a toally useless political controversy for no point whatsoever.
I have nothing against you but that was not smart.
NYY626
August 11th, 2009 at 4:52 pm
I got some really strange line ups today
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Thats because you called us boring during the sox series, so now we have to mix it up Plus, Joe has totally been throwing everyone off by saying he’s resting guys this week….
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I also told you that you all stunk yesterday
. hehehe
Wait till,
And stay for Joe Buck’s lame commentary??
Stultus, I give you that one.
Joe Buck is a terrible announcer.
Getting back to the last thread. IMHO Aceves, Hughes and Rivera are the only 3 in the bullpen that I feel confident in and Aceves hasn’t had any playoff experience.
Joba will need to be skipped some turns/innings if they really are going to hold him to a limit.
Another lefty in the bullpen would be nice, and it seems like Marte, unless a miracle happens, cannot be counted on.
The Yankees therefore need one more experienced, reliable pitcher, and I’m sure they will be available soon when teams fall out of the race.
Slow blog today.
I gotta split. See ya.
Happy birthday Melky.
Back to the Aceves as a #5 SP….it all depends on Bruney & if he can get guys out, otherwise leave him where he is. But one thing they do need a #5 SP
Happy Birthday Melky! That home run he hit on Friday was HUGE. I’m glad the Yankees didn’t give up on him like a lot of fans did. He’s having a huge season, playing very good defense and coming up with big hits all year.
Ugh @ that 5:03 PM update
UPDATE, 5:03 p.m.: Mitre to stay in the rotation and pitch on Saturday. Looks like the will insert Chad Gaudin into the rotation on Sunday to give everybody an extra day off or at least Joba extra time. … Brett Gardner has his cast off and hopes to rejoin the team in two weeks.
awesome a 6 man rotation with 2 bums. I can’t wait.
So that means
vs. SEA – CC, Pettitte, Mitre, Gaudin
vs. OAK – Joba, Burnett, CC
Then the Boston rotation becomes confusing with the off-day. Andy would start game 1. Mitre/Gaudin would be scheduled to start game 2, but Joba would be on normal rest, and Sunday you could use Burnett.
Um… does Girardi realize it is only August 11th and we have a minuscule 5 game lead with a tough schedule upcoming?
His moves imply that it is late September and the playoffs are locked up.
Mitre AND Gaudin in the rotation?
Better win those first 2 games against SEA.
BryanHoch: NYY vs. TOR 8/11: Jeter SS, Damon LF, Teixeira 1B, Rodriguez 3B, Matsui DH, Posada C, Cano 2B, Hinske RF, Cabrera CF … Chamberlain RHP.
Rishi: Why are you posting a lineup I posted an hour ago?
Mitre and Gaudin in Seattle? Great
How DARE we question the all-knowing Giradi!
They aren’t going to pitch a 6 man rotation with Gaudin and Mitre.
My guess is they will give Mitre and Gaudin a start on Saturday and Sunday respectively, see who does better, and go with that guy for the rest of the season. Skip Joba’s turn and he can pitch a week from Wednesday vs Oakland (which pushes Pettitte back 2 days) or he could throw vs Boston on that Friday.
That would make the rotation vs Boston Joba/Pettitte, Gaudin/Mitre and Burnett.
Girardi on WFAN says one of A-Rod or Tex will sit tomorrow, Jeter will also get a day later in the week.
While we have the best team in the league we have a young manager who is way in over his head. I remain fearful of his postseason moves.
And until we get there – Girardi is screwing around with the staff a little too much. Its one thing to skip Joba. Its another to push him back so 2 guys with very high ERA (and bullpen killers) can pitch back to back.
Note to Joe – just because the team is first in the league in runs it does not mean the offense will score 9+ runs a game.
Romero is an awfully tough pitcher tomorrow. Girardi shouldn’t rest anyone
so was hallady,becket,lester,Buehrle,santanna
Mitre-Gaudin-Joba in consecutive days?
Better bring up like 3 extra BP arms. They are going to be taxed.
There is no way Girardi is the one making this decision. This is all Cashman and the whole plan for Joba the rest of the way is all Cashman. Girardi is just the puppet and Cash is pulling the strings
CC on Mkay show
It’s probably just an opportunity to see what they have in Gaudin.
Mitre vs Gaudin ? Best man gets the 5 spot ?
That’s Joba’s start as well. Maybe they’re skipping him to keep him in the rotation. That was sort of the plan all along anyway.
It’s just a bit worrisome to see them doing this at this point in the season but what else can they do? Plans change. This is just the outcome of having Wang go down and the early season pen fall to pieces.
Want to make God laugh ? Tell him your plans.
“I remain fearful”?
I have no idea about the veracity or meaning of all the rotation machinations, but if it means starts by Joba, AJ, and CC in Oakland, I vote yes!
Mitre & Gaudin, the 2009 version of Ponson & Rasner.
The big difference, of course, are the horses up front (CC & A.J., baby).
Kay and LaGreca were discussing which Yankee starter pitched the best in the Sox series. I have my own thoughts, but I will post them after. Who do you guys think pitched the best? Kay said CC, LaGreca AJ……..
If they are just flat out skipping Joba’s turn in the rotation which I have a feeling they are, Joba, AJ, and CC are still lined up to pitch in the Boston series b/c with the off day right before the Boston series you can skip the 5th spot in the rotation. Not a bad spot to skip Joba and keep his innings down b/c 4 game series are hard to win anyway and we are missing King Felix as well in that series
Mitre vs Gaudin ? Best man gets the 5 spot ?
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Two man enter, one man leave
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In case you’re monitoring at home, the following players earned “true Yankee” status during last weekend’s Boston sweep: Mark Teixeira (big hits vs. Red Sox), CC Sabathia (great start vs. Red Sox) and A.J. Burnett (great start vs. Red Sox). Alex Rodriguez (big hits vs. Red Sox, domination of 2004 ALDS vs. Twins, two MVP awards and a .967 OPS in five-plus seasons with team, six exquisitely staged press conferences) received only conditional “true Yankee” status, because there is a slim possibility that he will, in the indeterminate future, make an out when the Yankees need a hit … They’re 18-6 since the All-Star break and 31-11 in their last 42 games. In the last nine days, they’ve come out ahead in games started by Roy Halladay, Mark Buehrle, Josh Beckett and Jon Lester. That’s kinda good.
http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/story/12052527
Hey everyone, put your call in now to Brian Cashman. Apparently, they’re holding open tryouts for starting pitchers.
I am working at a National Park this summer where I don’t often have internet access.
On the other hand I probably would have been seen as a masochist to come on here this last week when you guys were regularly beating my sox worse than a rented mule!!
So even though it is a few days late I am tipping my hat to you guys. Clearly the Yankees are playing better than the Sox right now.
I have to admit that the Yankee acquisition of Tex made a lot of difference this year. I even heard that Arod said recently that if Tex was with the Sox then the Sox would be several games ahead of the Yankees right now.
Anyways, I hope that the Sox offense can wake up enough to at least give you a guys a run for the money to the end of the season.
That’s a tough one.
I think AJ had the tougher task. He had to match Beckett 0 to 0.
CC faced a sort of “depressed” line up after the previous nights marathon and he had some run support.
Also pitcher-friendly Safeco can only help to counteract Mitre’s tendency to give up bombs
CC pitched better, but I think AJ had the better start because he was going toe to toe with Beckett and had no run support. He walked too many, but he cleaned it up and finished strong. And AJ had the stupider ump.
We’re just nitpicking, it’s pretty close.
A.J. pitched the best, imo…he had no margin of error against a lights-out Beckett.
AJ – 7.2 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 6 BB, 6 K
CC – 7.2 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 9 K
CC – 3 less baserunners, 3 more strikeouts.
How about both men enter and both leave?
m,
Off topic, but I saw where Gasol got hurt in Spain playing basketball. You probably already know about that.
Given where they are in their respective careers, I think Andy pitched the best… pure stuff, CC.
CC. AJ allowed 6 walks. CC only 2.
Is this a trick question?
Both went 7.2, neither gave up a run, but CC had 3 more strikeouts, and 3 less baserunners. Wouldn’t it be CC?
That is IF the question was pure performance.
“I am working at a National Park this summer where I don’t often have internet access.”
what are you.. like an indian at plymouth plantation ?
Here’s an idea that I always get crucified for suggesting to my fellow Yankee fan friends: what do you think of making a run at Beckett after next season?
It’s that old double-banger: improving your roster while dealing a blow to Boston’s.
I’m not necessarily advocating it (because I loathe Beckett), but it’s an idea that does have its merits. He’s durable as hell and $$$ when it matters most.
CC.
CC.
No hitter through 5.2 and they couldn’t touch him. Only had to weasel out of one jam in the 7th. Only walked 2 guys and struck out 9.
Such a great debate to have. So nice to have a convo about great pitching, that is ours
CC was better.
Boston’s AB were more uncomfortable against CC. Flailing away at everything. Kotchman tried to get hit and he struck out. Pedroia basically lunged his body to the right side and still missed the slider by 6 inches.
CC was just so nasty. I’ll give him the edge. Only 2 walks as well.
I totally agree with you guys…CC was better, but the best is yet to come…Have Faith!!!
CC pitched the best. Maybe if Burnett didn’t walk 6, it would be even.
Given where they are in their respective careers, I think Andy pitched the best…
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I was actually thinking the same thing. AJ has great stuff and has the potential to beat Beckett any given day, CC and Buchholz seemed favorable for the Yanks, but Lester and Pettitte? Pettitte had the odds stacked against him and he pitched great.
Andy. Boston had to win the last game to avoid a sweep and were the most desperate. Their hitters had a .340 average combined against him. To throw 7 scoreless was impressive considering he isin’t who he used to be.
But between CC and AJ, I choose CC.
ray,
Yeah. Saw that. He had surgery…then told the Lakers.
Looks short-term, and he hopes to play in the European championships. Gasol said the Lakers would probably not like that, but it kind of sounded like “but they’ll deal with it”.
So, you guys got ‘Sheed, huh? At least you guys got the right Wallace. Ben back to Detroit. Why?!
Burnett walked 6. Yeah, he didn’t keep them from scoring but he didn’t make it as effortless as CC did.
I would choose AJ as well because (a) he was going toe to toe with Beckett and (b) We’d already won the first two games of the series by the time CC took the mound. They were guaranteed at least a split. Whereas, when AJ took the mound, you knew that if Beckett won, the series took on a whole new dimension.
Kay’s big thing with AJ was the walks, but they don’t bother me as much – he worked around them. Pedroia told Bob Klapisch (CB posted the quote a few days ago) that sometimes you just know that a pitcher is going to blow you away……..in reference to AJ. So, though Kay thought that CC had better “stuff” – I’m not so sure. Interestingly, YES did a poll on this and the fans voted for AJ.
The matchup on Friday was better but CC pitched better on Saturday – only 2 walks to go with 9 Ks.
m: you’re talking NBA? Basketball games are great, but I just like to turn them on and watch, no reason to discuss them between games…
Midnight Rambler August 11th, 2009 at 5:51 pm
Here’s an idea that I always get crucified for suggesting to my fellow Yankee fan friends: what do you think of making a run at Beckett after next season?
It’s that old double-banger: improving your roster while dealing a blow to Boston’s.
I’m not necessarily advocating it (because I loathe Beckett), but it’s an idea that does have its merits. He’s durable as hell and $$$ when it matters most.
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Because even the Yankees can not afford to have two $20 million plus pitchers in their rotation esp for a guy who is not really durable at all considering in 2 of his almost 4 years in Boston he has been injured and/or ineffective.
Yeah well Pettite got a bit lucky. Line dive rigt to Damon with the bases loaded.
He did great, don’t get me wrong, and he did it with the odds stacked against, but a foot to the left or right of Damon and it might have been three nothing.
7.2 IP, 1 H, 6 BB, 6 K
7.2 IP, 2 H, 2 BB, 9 K
Taking out the opposing pitcher and storylines and all that, it’s obvious which performance was better.
I’m taking nothing away from Burnett or Pettite, but as a Sox fan it looked like CC was the toughest pitcher at least during that series.
Betsy, of course you would pick AJ… I’m surprised you didn’t say Master Philip because he pitched with a starter’s mentality.
The Yankees had already won the series by the time Andy took the mound…even if he was an option, I would not choose him (not that he didn’t pitch very well……)
What are the odds we’ll have the same debate next Monday.
“Gaudin looked better. His home runs allowed were shallower”
Nick,
No. Just talking some international basketball with my good buddy, ray the sox fan.
CC had 4 baserunners
Andy/AJ each had 7
CC had the best performance
I give it to the elder statesman Andy, matched up against Lester he stepped up and gave us one out of his playbook.
I vote for CC (as to who pitched better)
AJ walked guys and made it interesting. Even Reddick’s ball in the 8th looked like it was gone. I never felt entirely comfortable during that game.
With CC – he made it effortless. Just pounded the zone and they had bad ABs against him all day.
There was no reason for AJ to walk 6 guys, most of them on 4 pitches. He had filthy stuff, they couldn’t hit him at all.
Especially in this ballpark where a pop up can go out, walking guys is just asking for trouble. You won’t always weasel out of it.
CC just threw strike after strike. 9 Ks, 2 walks.
LOL Nick……..
It’s sort of nitpicking because both were brilliant, but there is no absolute answer on this IMO because people will judge the performances based on different standards (those who chose CC did so based on more Ks and less BBs, those who chose AJ did so based on the pressure of the game, etc..).
Actually, what those two games did was the following:
1) Show that AJ can stand mano a mano with anyone’s ace and pitch brilliantly in a big game. Coming into this season, that surely was a question mark (among other ? , which AJ has shot down)
2) should have put to rest the notion that CC can not dominate? Why this notion existed in the first place is beyond me.
Yeah Reddick’s ball was gone a couple feet to the left.
m: I hope ray never asks you an NFL question on a weekday!
Betsy: so the question wasn’t actually who pitched best (as you first phrased it) but it was who pitched best given your feelings about the importance of each start and the matchups and whether or not the pitcher was named AJ?
“Gaudin looked better. His home runs allowed were shallower”
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Haha, Gaudin’s 4 homers allowed only averaged 395ft, whereas Mitre’s 3 homers allowed averaged 545ft…
Wait till,
That line drive to Damon was an out as I recall. Each pitcher had a little luck.
The Sox backs were not against the wall in the 2nd game. As each loss mounted, the pressure increased. There is a reason they held a closed door meeting before the Sunday Night game.
They could have still split the series even if they lost Friday.
He was extremely lucky that Reddick’s ball was foul.
“I am working at a National Park this summer where I don’t often have internet access.”
what are you.. like an indian at plymouth plantation ?”
How bout an expert on Boston Maaaasacaahs ?
“Contrary to popular opinion, the 1st Boston Massacre did NOT occur in 1978 “
Nick, I’m not sure what your point is? I think the circumstances of a game do make a difference – if you disagree, that’s fine.
Burnett and CC only needed to convince the fickle fans that they could “stand toe to toe with other aces”.
With their stuff, they can stand toe to toe with anyone. Their teammates know it, the rest of the league knows it. Same can be said for any pitcher with dominant stuff. I’m sure AJ himself knew it. These guys are all confident in themselves. They don’t need to do it before they believe it.
But so what? It was a foul ball – it didn’t go fair and it wasn’t a HR. This has nothing to do with AJ’s came or even CC’s – you don’t judge anyone’s performances on stuff like that.
Well, I’ll talk Tom Brady with pat.
Human interest stories are ok,no?
Yeah the line drive to Damon was an out. But it was an out that Pettite got by pure luck. If Damon is standing a foot to the left or right, that’s three runs.
Yeah CC had the questionable strike out call and Burnett had the near miss HR but in both cases you would think that when the dust settled they’d still only end up allowing one or two runs.
lol Nick, so true. You knew the answer to the question and what she wanted to hear before she even replied.
CC had the least breaks of the 3.
But he put himself in the least amount of trouble, so I guess that isin’t a surprise.
CC was just filthy though and he didn’t walk anyone.
Did any notice this is actually the 2nd time this season in 2 games against Boston that CC has pitched really well? In the first game he went 7 innings and gave up 1 run, but Joe ran him out there in the 8th when he was clearly gassed because the alternatives were the likes of Jose Veras and Edwar Ramirez at that point in the season. If Hughes was in the BP at that time this past weekend would have been the second time he dominated Boston.
Mike, the Sox had to win with Beckett on the mound. With the state of their staff, they have to…..as well as when Lester is on the mound. Most of the time they have a huge advantage…….not in this series.
I see I’m in the minority – no probleme, I’m used to it, lol
Everyone who made fun of Dice-K last year and talked about how lucky he was— Burnett is the same way.
Will probably lead the league in walks and wild pitches, but will still finish with an ERA in the 3.7 range because he is able to work out of trouble. Some call it lucky, others call it “having the ability to battle”, either way, he puts a lot of guys on base via the BB. He’s going to have close to 100 walks this year, but he’ll keep a lot of them stranded.
Ok, seriously – I can’t have an opinion without people getting snide? Sorry I even asked – ok, CC pitched better. Does that make you happy?
The Sox had already tapped out before game 3 even started.
There was a lot of good pitching in that Boston series (from both the Yankees and the Red Sox). Glad we swept them.
Now let’s win tonight
Betsy, I was just teasing… but it wasn’t a big mystery who you were going to pick. All 3 of them pitched extremely well in huge games against our top rival. What a luxury.
Jose Veras and Edwar Ramirez
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…fighting urge to vomit…
If AJ walks that many against a team like the Angels… god help him. They will run wild on him and manufacture runs to death.
Dice-K is not as good as Burnett. Doesn’t Burnett have much better K numbers? Walks are not the only measure of how well someone is pitching.
Exactly, BR.
CC also pitched well against the Phillies and Cole Hamels. 8 innings, 3 runs.
He had nothing to prove as far as beating good teams are concerned.
should i pick up pedro & start him in my fantasy league?
i need to pick up pitching because i have 436 innings left & need more pitchers to eat the innings up.
i have
sabathia
lincecum
floyd
wakefield
de la rosa
scott baker
& my pen
Nick, I know you were teasing, but from now on I will just refrain from posting anything like this again. Obviously no one thinks I can be objective….I gave perfectly valid reasons for my choice. I don’t think assuming I picked AJ because he’s a favorite of mine is fair…….but I don’t want to make a big deal out of it. Lesson learned.
I never said that CC had to prove anything to anyone, but plenty of folks think he did…….you’ve seen the comments here. Of course most of those are from trolls……
Dice-K’s career K/9 is actually higher than Burnett’s.
Last season though, AJ averaged about one more per inning. He averaged a little over 9, Dice-K averaged like 8.5.
Awwww, don’t be sore, we didn’t mean nuthin’…
Burnett has only averaged atleast 1 K per inning or more in 2 seasons in his career— his final 2 in Toronto.
if boston keeps dere rotation as is it luks like we’ll face penny , beckeet and buchloz
So Burnett’s future is more promising than Dice-K’s.
I’m cool w/that.
I don’t know who had the best performance of the weekend, but I can honestly say I believe Smoltz had the worst.
It’s been almost a week since Peter Gammons has updated his Insider blog.
How much do you want to bet that will change if Tazawa has a good start tonight in Boston?
It doesn’t matter what they do in the regular season.
Randy Johnson went 8-1 against Boston in the 2 years here…. 5-0 vs. Boston in the regular season in 05. He actually won the division clinching game in Fenway on the 2nd to last game of the season in. He came up as huge as you could ask for.
But we all know what happens when he got to October. That is where they will be judged. What they did this weekend was a nice start, but only the beginning.
Of course it matters what you do in the regular season! Just as much as in the playoffs!
This is purely from watching Dice-K and not any stats to back it up but he seems to get himself in a lot of trouble with walks. By this I mean walking the first and second guy to start of an inning, guy on first and walking the next one or two guys, etc. He seemed to be in a lot of situations last year where it was second and third or bases loaded and less than 2 outs mostly as a result of walks and eventually that has to catch up to you.
On the other hand, of the 6 batters AJ walked the other night NONE of the 6 advanced a baserunner. They all either came with no one on base or with a guy already at 2nd or 3rd.
I will admit that you sometimes have to take matchups and situations into account when you gauge performances… Kevin Brown vs. The Wall looks even worse in context…
Pitching Mitre, Gaudin, and Joba in back to back to back games is going to finish the bullpen off… AJ and CC better pitch complete games against Oakland.
hmmm. Pete the Bum.
Sorry, Nick, I’m just overtired…….going to sleep at 4 am will do that to you. I didn’t mean to get so defensive. It doesn’t matter – we are discussing varying degrees of brilliance instead of varying degress of awfulness. I like that.
“Of course it matters what you do in the regular season! Just as much as in the playoffs!”
So would you call Randy Johnson’s Yankee tenure a success?
“Ironically, it’s a plan with specifics so top secret that Joba doesn’t even know them all. Girardi informs him of the next step after each of his starts. Interesting.”
Very weird. There’s steps. Thanks for the update,Josh.
Man…just as it looks like the Washington Nationals look like things are coming together with a good, young pitching staff, they get the news that Jordan Zimmermann is going to have ligament repair on his pitching elbow. He has thepotential to be a very good pitcher.
Sweeping the S.x in four games; having all the momentum and not having to face Halladay, while the S.x get Jackson and Verlander. Easy series for the Yanks, right?
I, for one, expect the Jays and S.x to sweep.
Wasn’t Johnson’s ERA with the Yankees overall like 5?
Worse for the wall or for Brown? Brown broke his hand…..the wall never did anything to him.
Correction: Man…just as it looks like the Washington Nationals are coming together with a good, young pitching staff
A guy with Burnett’s stuff should never walk over 100 guys, and average 5 walks per 9.
It amazes me that these guys with such good stuff always nibble. Throw it down the middle!!!
RC 16 August 11th, 2009 at 6:30 pm
Pitching Mitre, Gaudin, and Joba in back to back to back games is going to finish the bullpen off… AJ and CC better pitch complete games against Oakland.
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Who says Joba is even pitching in Oakland? I personally think they will just skip him outright and save him for the Boston series. I just can not see the Yankees trotting out Mitre or Gaudin in Fenway Park which would be the scenario if Joba pitches in Oakland
Why is Pete refusing to block ER?
Girardi said on WFAN that one of A-Rod or Tex will sit tomorrow
“The club has no plans of ever putting Joba in the ‘pen.”
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Oh. never ever!
They bring Joba into the Cone of Silence to divulge the next step… it self-destructs in 30 seconds… your mission, should you choose to accept it…
Girardi didn’t downplay Tex as MVP? Shocker!
Assuming that rotation is correct, that means that Andy will start in Boston on 1 weeks rest on Friday, Mitre/Gaudin are scheduled for Saturday but if you use Joba, then he will be on 10 days rest. And Burnett would be on 5 days rest for Sunday.
Mauer or Morneau deserve MVP more than Tex.
As a sidenote – You’ve got to love Williams/White Sox. Picking up Peavy and then Rios for cash. Considering they smoked the Yankees, the best team in baseball and Central is up for grabs, it’s a hell of a bold stroke. If Peavy comes back early they could be a Powerhouse. Scary Stuff.
AJ’s pitches have so much movement…..I would assume that accounts for the majority of his walks. At 32, I doubt he’s going to become a control pitcher……but he’s still a much better pitcher now than he has been. You just have to take the bad with the good, that’s how I look at it…….same as with any player.
The only team I am afraid of is Joe Torre’s Dodgers
Chi Sox/Red Sox/Angels etc. don’t scar me
Thanks, Josh. You’re a keeper!
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“A lot of guys,” Rivera said. “Even the judge got fined.”
michelle b,
I hereby resubmit my prop fine: Rivera fined for allowing Phil Hughes’ inherited runners to score.
Need a twins update GB7. Are they both home now? Throwing wild parties? Sneaking out of the house yet?
Torre’s Dodgers weirdly don’t scare me. To be honest in a playoff series I’m more scared of the Giants, if they make it.
I respect every single team the Yankees play, but the White Sox don’t make me quiver. I’m not saying they aren’t a good team, but they caught the Yankees playing just terrible baseball……..Peavy is good, but one reason I never wanted him is because he continually professed to prefer the NL. I don’t think he’s going to be lights out in the AL, not even close. He also chokes in big spots.
Betsy,
In AJ’s last start, he was pitching around 2 guys in the lineup. I forget which two, though…
Well speaking of Joba/AJ… it would be nice if they could send us to Seattle on a good note. It may not matter if the offense is still tired from the weekend, but hope they can go deep in the game.
Whoever gets San Francisco in a short series is screwed if SF’s pitchers show up
“He also chokes in big spots.”
If “big spots” means postseason… the same be applied to CC, no?
Is there an MVP award category for keeping your team in third place with a sub-.500 record?
Would you take Beckett/Lester and Jackson/Verlander over Cain/Lincecum?
Because if we get to the WS, chances are we would have had to beat the first 2 pairs to get there.
LOL I wonder who was in the jury box this time………..Someone mentioned this yesterday, but I’ll bet Mo fined himself for allowing Phil’s runs to score in Toronto. He looked very annoyed after that. AJ probably got fined for allowing the redi whip to run out…….
don’t hate on the Phils, they’re slumping now, but that offense is AL-worthy (their bullpen is their Achilles’ heal, though).
Big sots doesn’t mean postseason, it means big spots. They happen in the regular season too.
Nick-Where would they be w/o those two players? Not even in contention.
And Beckett/Lester will have to beat CC/AJ…….I’m not thinking that far ahead, what’s the point?
I don’t know how Toronto is under .500.
You look at each of their pitchers and they have an ERA under 4. They have the best pitcher in the league to go along with a young stud like Romero.
They have the 4th ranked BP ERA in baseball. Their lineup has some good young hitters and power. They have a good manager.
Why are they in 4th place?
M, not sure who you mean?
Cheers Josh.
Keep em coming.
They’d be below .500 for sure!
Toronto is in fourth place because NY, Boston, and Tampa Bay are in the same division.
What big regular season game has Peavy pitched? He pitches in San Diego.
All we have to go by is his postseasons, same with CC. And all I’m saying is it isin’t fair to kill Peavy for not performing in big games when CC has even worse postseason numbers. It’s hypocritical.
My point on the White Sox was that you gotta love a GM like that, not afraid to lay it out. The Sox came out of nowhere in 2005. The Yankees have more talent than any other team reflecting the cash layout. But I look at this team and only Matsui and Damon continue to have quality at bats, even Posada the stalwart has caught the “swing from the heels in every situation” disease. It’s those RISP at bats that contine to bother me.
Please don’t tell me you count the World Baseball Classic as a “big game”.
It is a glorified exhibition game when guys are still in winter mode.
CC played in a ton of big games with Milwaukee and he shined in all of them.
mebbe Youkilis and Pedroia? I forget, they all looked pretty bad. But the booth was talking about it. “It’s much easier play Boston when you can pitch around just 2 guys.”
S.A.–Serenity Now
August 11th, 2009 at 6:46 pm
Need a twins update GB7. Are they both home now? Throwing wild parties? Sneaking out of the house yet?
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Thanks for asking, S.A. Yes, they’ve been home and both are doing great. I’ve already grounded sidney until she’s 45 years old…and can only date then with a chaperone.
Anthony is doing well, but, have real concerns about his uncle trying to buy his favor and making him a Braves fan. Turns my stomach.
The good thing is they are eating well, and gaining weight. The bad news is you know what happens when babies eat well. WHOA!!! I’d rather sleep in a barn with the animals than be around at diaper time. Luckily for me, there’s always an emergency to take care of during that time.
“chokes in big games” is just another ignorant cliche.
The same logic where Scott Brosisus is some gritty, gutty warrior and A-Rod is a bum.
Re: Chad Gaudin
Gaudin performance as a reliever is nearly identical to his numbers as a starter. The ERA is lower as a reliever but his peripherals hardly change at all.
http://www.baseball-reference......r&t=p
In order for his stuff to play up in the pen, is it possible for the Yankees to eliminate one of his more inconsistent pitches that he uses as a starter and make him a 2-pitch pitcher?
Did his former teams mishandle him by allowing him to use all of his arsenal in the pen or could they have pushed him harder to focus on his best 1 or 2 pitches?
I’m hoping the Yankees know something we don’t know.
Tex will get some mvp love. The best player on the best team always does. And Tex is turning on the power.
I’m afraid of the Gnats in the playoffs.
/fear not, I’m banning myself for that one.
Peavy in 2007 -
August – 1.69 ERA
September – 3.20 ERA
Peavy in 2006 -
August – 2.87 ERA
September – 2.43 ERA
Peavy in 2005 -
August – 2.22 ERA
September – 2.03 ERA
He performed down the stretch just like CC did in the years the Padres made the playoffs.
Enroll Gaudin in Cutter Master Classes with Judge Mo be with you. This will eliminate the lefty horror show.
Anyone with Direct TV know what channel the game is on?
I think we need to start pushing Jeter for MVP. He got robbed a few years ago and definitely has to be in the discussion this season.
MaineYankee: game’s on 725-1 & 726-1.
And speaking of all these worthy MVP candidates. If Pedroia had the same numbers as last year at the end of this season, he is not even in the discussion
Don’t you hate when your clock/watch is 2 minutes slower than another clock/watch?
Lets go Yankees!!!
GreenBeret7 August 11th, 2009 at 6:55 pm
Thanks for asking, S.A. Yes, they’ve been home and both are doing great. I’ve already grounded sidney until she’s 45 years old…and can only date then with a chaperone.
Anthony is doing well, but, have real concerns about his uncle trying to buy his favor and making him a Braves fan. Turns my stomach.
The good thing is they are eating well, and gaining weight. The bad news is you know what happens when babies eat well. WHOA!!! I’d rather sleep in a barn with the animals than be around at diaper time. Luckily for me, there’s always an emergency to take care of during that time.
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I think grounding Sidney until she is 40 will be enough. 45 might be too much.
Little Anthony being turned into a Braves fan? Tell the uncle to go away!
Seriously though, glad to hear that they are doing very well and leaving you many presents in their diapers.
“If Pedroia had the same numbers as last year at the end of this season, he is not even in the discussion”
…And we don’t even need to worry about it because his numbers are far worse than last years’!
Randy Ruiz? Never heard of him. That means he’ll kill the Yanks tonight.
Indian Outlaw !
Midnight Rambler
August 11th, 2009 at 7:05 pm
MaineYankee: game’s on 725-1 & 726-1.
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I don’t get those. Must be HD.
Damon baby!
MaineYankee, do you have extra innings? If so, it’s on 725 & 726.
sorry about that, the -1 is HD.
that day off did damon some good!
Joba looks off early.
What’s wrong with Chamberlain, tonight? He hasn’t hit 99 MPH yet and has already given up a hit.
Is Kay going to tell us Overbay’s HR was the difference in yesterday’s game everytime he comes up to bat this series?
Jobas average fastball is 93. He has hit 95.
How many times have we seen that? It’s 3-2, Joba shakes off Posada and the batter gets a hit.
I just want to say I am going to the four games here in Seattle and I am going to be big time disappointed if I “get” to see Mitre and Gaudin. I thought for sure a four game series would ensure either AJ or Joba. Also how is Mitre keeping his spot? He’s been terrible.
Joba has his good stuff tonight.
He’s established his fastball. He’s working quickly. He’s not shaking off the catcher.
He’s not walking around the mound, taking off his cap, etc. Good pace so far.
Even on that 3-2 count to Lind he came right after him with a very good fastball. Turned into a ground ball just past cano but the important thing was that Joba didn’t try to get too cute and walk him.
S.A.–Serenity Now
August 11th, 2009 at 7:06 pm
GreenBeret7 August 11th, 2009 at 6:55 pm
Thanks for asking, S.A. Yes, they’ve been home and both are doing great. I’ve already grounded sidney until she’s 45 years old…and can only date then with a chaperone.
Anthony is doing well, but, have real concerns about his uncle trying to buy his favor and making him a Braves fan. Turns my stomach.
The good thing is they are eating well, and gaining weight. The bad news is you know what happens when babies eat well. WHOA!!! I’d rather sleep in a barn with the animals than be around at diaper time. Luckily for me, there’s always an emergency to take care of during that time.
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I think grounding Sidney until she is 40 will be enough. 45 might be too much.
Little Anthony being turned into a Braves fan? Tell the uncle to go away!
Seriously though, glad to hear that they are doing very well and leaving you many presents in their diapers.
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Since you think those little gifts or gold that they leave are wonderful, I’ll mail you a one month’s supply.
Now Girardi will tell Joba what the secret plan is for the second inning.
I like it when Joba’s fast like this
couple too many pitches for joba that inning but a 3-2 count will do that…
Oh the greatest pitcher ever Tazawa
Hey, I like Joba. I’m just commenting on what I saw.
Very early, that inning isn’t necessarily an indicator of anything.
BR August 11th, 2009 at 7:17 pm
Is Kay going to tell us Overbay’s HR was the difference in yesterday’s game everytime he comes up to bat this series?
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Do you even have to ask?
GreenBeret7 August 11th, 2009 at 7:18 pm
Since you think those little gifts or gold that they leave are wonderful, I’ll mail you a one month’s supply.
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And take away from what they will leave for you. Oh No No! I couldn’t! All yours!
CB
August 11th, 2009 at 7:18 pm
Joba has his good stuff tonight.
He’s established his fastball. He’s working quickly. He’s not shaking off the catcher.
He’s not walking around the mound, taking off his cap, etc. Good pace so far.
Even on that 3-2 count to Lind he came right after him with a very good fastball. Turned into a ground ball just past cano but the important thing was that Joba didn’t try to get too cute and walk him.
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I’d agree that he looks just fine, so far. I just felt the need to get it out of my system and, maybe eliminate a little complaining.
Jetah dont swing at the 1st pitch!
Jete is hot
S.A.–Serenity Now
August 11th, 2009 at 7:20 pm
GreenBeret7 August 11th, 2009 at 7:18 pm
Since you think those little gifts or gold that they leave are wonderful, I’ll mail you a one month’s supply.
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And take away from what they will leave for you. Oh No No! I couldn’t! All yours!
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Coward.
Is Kay going to tell us Overbay’s HR was the difference in yesterday’s game everytime he comes up to bat this series?
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My guess is yes. I’m also guessing Sergio Mitre will get the “little girl with the curl” treatment.
Poor Tazawa – I think. I always feel bad when any rook is thrown into the lion’s den. How desperate do you think the Sux are? You don’t think they’re in trouble?
Anyway 2-0 Tigers so far, top of the first.
“What’s wrong with Chamberlain, tonight? He hasn’t hit 99 MPH yet and has already given up a hit.”
GB7,
Stop being foolish!! That “basehit” was obviously due to Cano being lazy and not really trying. Cano once again non-chalant, styling, coasting on his talent and it costs…
Damon is also
“Jete is hot”
He’s also hiting quite well right now.
Think for a moment, you’ll get it.
LOL Paulie just called him Mitch Richmond. Tex baby!
Jete will swing at the first pitch until he retires. That’s just who he is…
lol – Nick Green just blew back-to-back double-plays.
I’ll bet the Sox go HARD after Marco Scutaro in the off-season.
Nice start. Yanks up 1-0
Wait till we visit the Sardine Can August 11th, 2009 at 7:23 pm
“Jete is hot”
He’s also hiting quite well right now.
Think for a moment, you’ll get it.
lmao
I’ll say it again.
Tazawa rhymes with Igawa.
The minute that ball left Richmond’s hand you knew that Teixeira was going to destroy the pitch.
There was no doubt about it.
Randy Ruiz was in the Yankee minors for awhile. He’d been in trouble for steroids at least once and maybe twice.
Arod is awful! Can’t he ever get a hit with risp? He is such a stat padder.
j/k
GreenBeret7 August 11th, 2009 at 7:22 pm
S.A.–Serenity Now
August 11th, 2009 at 7:20 pm
GreenBeret7 August 11th, 2009 at 7:18 pm
Since you think those little gifts or gold that they leave are wonderful, I’ll mail you a one month’s supply.
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And take away from what they will leave for you. Oh No No! I couldn’t! All yours!
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Coward.
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Watching Tazawa pitch was eye opening. After reading so much about him, his stuff didn’t match the descriptions at all.
If Tazawa isn’t major league ready, or isn’t good the sox have a lot of problems.
Being from the same tribe as Junichi Tazawa, I do feel a twinge of pity for him. But the Tigers are up already.
need to get 2 at least
mel- oh no you don’t! We take no prisoners, there is no feeling sorry for anyone but ourselves.! Shame on you!!
Tazawa = nothing special.
yikes.
Posada!!
To date, Japanese pitchers have been WAY over-hyped. Remember Dice-K’s mysterious gyro ball? Yeah, right.
The Sox seem to have an affinty for them, though.
2
wow that was a poor send! awful. worst I’ve seen since last year.
Why wave Tex around?
Oh tex
Yu Darvish, on the other hand…if he’s ever posted, he will command more than Matsuzaka.
I thought that was gone. I’ll take it though.
Oh Robbie Thompson.
Yikes, out by a mile.
one of the few times rob thompson made a bad call…2-0 though..
Is Meacham back at 3B?
Teixeira is Portguese for “not holding up at 3rd.”
Teixeira scared of Po’s evil eye ?
That was a very poor camera shot. I had no idea where the ball went. I thought it was gone from the shot.
S.A.–Serenity Now
August 11th, 2009 at 7:26 pm
And take away from what they will leave for you. Oh No No! I couldn’t! All yours!
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Coward.
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Just think about it. The mailman would never deliver your mail, again. No mail…no bills. You could spend your money foolishly and never worry again.
When did Bobby Meachum sneak onto the field?
jennifer August 11th, 2009 at 7:30 pm
wow that was a poor send! awful. worst I’ve seen since last year.
Last year lol don’t remind me. Wasn’t the guy living at Girardi’s house? Man he was terrible.
The yankees have forced Richmond to change his strategy for the game.
Those first couple of hitters it looked like he was trying to establish fastball slider.
He was forced to crack out his curve ball and I wonder if he was, for some reason, planning on saving that for the second time through the order.
“RDM is either a nutjob, a Sox troll or both.
Don’t feed him, he’s truly not worth the effort.”
Notice that the disgusting loser that Wait actualy tried to be nice to (you didn’t know Wait), the piece of garbage that called himself “mo*s you know what cutter” – I did that because I think Pete actually has “it” banned to the extent that its name won’t even post, but you know who I mean. Do you all remember its modus operandi? Pretended to by a disgruntled Yanks fan and said it had been a Yankee fan all its life; then said it was a Sux fan but only turned against the Yanks when Steinbrenner was spending all the money; then finally came out and spit in all of our faces the fact that it was a diehard Sux fan and spent its life busting relentlessly.
Your honor, Exhibit 1. Same loser, same modus operandi, new alias. May I present the fraud known as RDM. When we get too close to wanting to toss it and mention we are going to email Pete, suddenly a kinder, gentler version of vermin shows up. Absolutely same thing that freak from
before did.
To me, to even allow that POS to be here is a total violation of all our rights. After all, Pete always said that if we found someone here who was here just to play the fool, that person would be knocked off.
Again, I encourage people to email Pete if they are sick of the POS. Don’t do your complaining here – complain to Pete. If it doesn’t bother you to have the loser here, then suck it up and either communicate with it or ignore it. I find nothing humorous about bitter and loathsome trolls who do whatever they can to disrupt the flow and cameraderie of another team’s forum. That just really sucks.
Not sure I could add up how many Yanks get thrown out at the plate.. Reminds me of the Meacham days!
Laura that was Send em’ home Sojo.
Teixeira is definitely of Portuguese descent.
GreenBeret7 August 11th, 2009 at 7:30 pm
Just think about it. The mailman would never deliver your mail, again. No mail…no bills. You could spend your money foolishly and never worry again.
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Haha. No No. It’s okay. I insist, it should all go to you GB7.
3rd base coach thought Gardner was running, not Tex.
Still, I can’t figure out why they Yankees are so eager to give opposing teams easy outs at the plate. The other day, Posada doesn’t slide. Today, Teixeira does’t slide. Nor does he run the catcher over. Now, I can understand, a little, not wanting to risk injury by plowing into the catcher. But Tex could have at least tried to slide around the tag, or something. He completely gave up there.
Yeah, he’s probably out anyway. But at least try! A few years ago A-Rod got grief for slapping the ball out of Arroyo’s glove. But at least he tried to do something to get on base.
trisha, you’re right. I remember that. I was knew.
I thought he might be a tame troll. I was wrong.
yahoo sports is saying A-rod singled, Matsui and posada struck out..:)
Yankee third base coaches over the past two years… just inexplicable.
How could he have the play in front of him and misjudge it so badly?
There has to be some kind of accountability for that.
The best thing to do is to ignore RDM, Trisha. I’ve dealt with him before and he will stay around as long as he gets attention or until he does something that he gets banned for.
He was saying the exact same things about the Yankees and A-Rod the first time around. He’s just a bad case of unoriginal deja vu.
Like Peter Gammons said…One scout told me Tazawa may be the biggest signing of the off season.
Bad send but that’s the first mistake I’ve seen from Thomson all year so nothing to complain about really.
S.A.–Serenity Now
August 11th, 2009 at 7:33 pm
GreenBeret7 August 11th, 2009 at 7:30 pm
Just think about it. The mailman would never deliver your mail, again. No mail…no bills. You could spend your money foolishly and never worry again.
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Haha. No No. It’s okay. I insist, it should all go to you GB7.
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This is really going to force me to be extra generous to the garbage collectors this Christmas.
great inning
The best soccer player in the world, also Portuguese.
CB
That is the first bad send I’ve seen since Rob has been coaching third. In years past with Bobby, and Sojo there was one a week.
I dont know if he’s any other name on this blog. I just know that he’s pulled the exact same stunt on other blogs.
diaper humor belongs on the Mets blog.
I just turned the game on.. how is Joba looking?
We’ve had a few bad sends. I think they must have believed the chances of two good throws were not good on that play.
Bronx Jeers and Wait (just saw your RDM posts from earlier). Do not get sucked in. This is the same freak Sux troll who was banned by Pete and has come back with the same MO and a different screenname. It wants to draw you in. Don’t fall for it and please don’t feed it! It will say solicitous things about the Yanks every so often just to be able to continue to post here. It’s all a ruse.
Thanks.
Solid Angel
Thompson has gambled more than a few times this year, and has won more than he’s lost, but, that wasn’t even a gamble. That was praying for a bad relay or bad catch at home.
Billy Martin was Portguese as well.
I figured out RDM.
But trolls are so hard to gnore. They’re like gnats.
*ignore*
Jobber is looking very good so far Angel. Thumbs up!
Uncle Ellsworth
August 11th, 2009 at 7:37 pm
diaper humor belongs on the Mets blog.
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Trust me, Ellie. There’s nothing funny about it.
Robbie is on fiya
Cano is so good
Nice double, Robbie.
Green
agree there is a difference between a gamble and bad send. that was a bad send. We’ve seen players thrown out this year on gambles where the other team had to make the perfect play to get them. That was just a flat out bad send. We haven’t seen to many this year.
And Yankees pick up right where they left off with a lead off double. NOW DON’T STRAND HIM THERE! lol
Cano is climbing up the AL Total Bases list.
jennifer,
Meacham and Sojo were horrible. Thompson is often overly aggressive. This is far from his first bad send.
Cano is so hot right now to send Tex there to make the third out with posada on second is just inexcusable.
How did they score the two runs?
BALK!
Thanks SA and Carl.
you remember when pat kelly took over for steve sax at second and sax was sent to third base which leads me to my next point, thank god we have Cano
Brooke Burke, former hostess of Wild on ‘E’. Portuguese.
Nelly Furtado too.
“The best thing to do is to ignore RDM, Trisha. I’ve dealt with him before and he will stay around as long as he gets attention or until he does something that he gets banned for.”
Gotcha. It is definitely the latest iteration of Mo*s you-know-what-cutter. (I’m telling you the screenname gets stopped by the censor!)
I hope everyone ignores it until Pete finally kills it off.
I have to agree it is hard to complain about Robby’s send there on Tex considering he has been great all year. The guy can not be perfect
NP Angel
I hate when My9 has the game. I get stuck with the away coverage even though they’re at home.
Anybody know why MLB Extra Innings has the TOR broadcast?
Small ball
gj melky!
Angel – A tale told by idiots, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing
August 11th, 2009 at 7:40 pm
How did they score the two runs?
jete single
Damon 2b
Tex single
alex k
Mat K
pos double tex out at plate
Nice productive out there.
Double, balk, strike out, sac fly…would have preferred some more hits in there, but at least it’s a run.
Oh, it’s a My9 broadcast. That explains it. I would complain about My9, but it is the only way non cable people get to see the Yankees so it’s all good.
# Laura – I like this new Alex! He’s a keeper. August 11th, 2009 at 7:42 pm
Anybody know why MLB Extra Innings has the TOR broadcast?
you want to use my mlb for the computer?
Wakefield going to pitch in Pawtucket on Saturday. In the meantime 3-0 Tigers.
They have the My9 on Extra Inning too, it’s one station up.
Teixeira is Portuguese for “MVP”
Another by-product of a small park. Sac flies went up.
Another good at bat for Melky. He was trying to get lift on that pitch to get it up in the air.
The yankees are squaring up Richmond’s fastball at will and now it’s the second time through the line up.
I’d guess he’s going to start pitching backwards and shy away from that fastball unless he has to throw it.
Jeter’s hot tonight.
Oh okay. Thanks UE!
I assume the bad send was the play where Tex was out at the plate.
Jetes with another hit
Bad break
Who is this Thompson people speak of ?
The Yankees do have a third base coach named Rob Thomson.
heh, didnt we see this jeter/damon combo last inning
I think only DirecTV has that, Phil. My cable just has the RogersNet. At least these guys are tolerable.
“August 11th, 2009 at 7:42 pm
Anybody know why MLB Extra Innings has the TOR broadcast?”
Laura, with DirectTv, we now get the choice of team broadcast. So my Extra Innings will always have the Yankees broadcast and the other team broadcast (except when it’s the Sux. Then I’m plunged into NESN hell.)
“They have the My9 on Extra Inning too, it’s one station up.”
Not on mine. I’m in Chicago so it may be a different lineup.
Damn Yanks are shelling Richmond
Well tolerable as long as they don’t have to say “out” too often, lol.
Unfortunately, the way the Jays are playing, they’re saying it quite often.
“I think only DirecTV has that, Phil. My cable just has the RogersNet. At least these guys are tolerable.”
Yeah, they aren’t too bad. But I’d still prefer to hear the YES guys. Even Kay.
reverse psychology on rdm
Does anyone read the Power Rankings that Larry Dobow does on CBS Sportsline? They are pretty funny.
Alexander?
This time through the order the yankees are not going to swing at that curve ball in the dirt.
Richmond had to show it very early in that first inning. Now it’s a tool he no longer has.
They are just crushing his fastball.
Come on Alex! Do it for Melk!
Whats Richmond’s pitch count ?
Why is Matsui batting behind Arod? Especially when Cano has as many HR’s and Matsui is batting 34 pts less. I’d rather switch spots with them because Matsui is an RBI machine and with Cano on base with him up. Well, you do the math.
Come on, Alex! I’ll take a single.
For the most part, the third base coach had been invisible – or at least not talked about here. Which means for the most part, he has been doing a very good job. He’s had a couple of bad “sends.” Certainly nowhere near approaching Meacham last season.
That was a very bad send. But it’s not the norm for Thompson.
Uncle Ellsworth
August 11th, 2009 at 7:47 pm
Damn Yanks are shelling Richmond
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As long as Sherman doesn’t shell Savannah or Charleston.
big spot here for Arod.. Could put this game out of reach early!
darn.
Meet the new A-Rod: Now “Only” Clutch
RDM Get em!
Just missed crushing that fastball.
if you say “candyman” five times he will appear
He shouldn’t have tried to hit that pitch. It wasn’t a strike. Tough break but the yanks will get him again.
Anybody else get the impression that teams are pitching around Teixeira to get to A-Rod? I know, it sounds like a crazy thing to do, but fact is, A-Rod isn’t hitting as well as Tex. If this keeps up, maybe they should consider swapping them in the lineup: put Tex behind Alex to protect him some more.
He refuses to hit now when it’s not clutch, no tack on runs for Mr. Arod.
“A-Rod hates stat padding.”
I’d like to take credit for this but this quote is from Salty Buggah on RAB.
Guys, where can I get free online live audio for tonight’s game? WCBS 880 online doesn’t have the game.
thanks!
Boston hit Miguel Cabrera for the second night in a row. Now he’s out of the game.
Oh yeah, someone’s going down for the Sox (Porcello is throwing ‘wicked hahd’ tonight).
Well, I suppose A-Rod’s “home run in bunches” will happen again before too long. I just wish it was that AB!
I really wish Arod hit more line drives. His average is typical of hitting alot of flyballs. More hits means more RBI’s. I like the HR heroics, but i’ve rather have him hit into the alleys.
GreenBeret7
August 11th, 2009 at 7:50 pm
Uncle Ellsworth
August 11th, 2009 at 7:47 pm
Damn Yanks are shelling Richmond
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As long as Sherman doesn’t shell Savannah or Charleston.
Thanks GB.
has Balfour ever faced Richmond? Sterling would have a field day with that
I am here. Not saying a word. Just saw the recap of the first two innings. Should be more than 3-0, that’s all I will say.
Tazawa at 50+ pitches already for the Boston Sockies. Tigers up 3-0.
Midnight Rambler August 11th, 2009 at 7:52 pm
“Boston hit Miguel Cabrera for the second night in a row. Now he’s out of the game.”
Oh, but Boston NEVER hits anybody intentionally. It’s just the dirty teams like the Yankees that intentionally throw at people, right? [/sarcasm]
the truth is that AROD knows how much better Joba is when he doesn’t wait 35 minutes between innings.
I don’t think so Rob. I know they sort of did earlier in the year when he was really struggling before the Cashman rest intervention. I think Tex just walked because he just did.
I am not too excited if Mitre and Gaudin pitch back to back days this weekend either….
Candyman
I’ve been watching the Red Sox game on Gameday and I haven’t seen Tazawa hit 90 with a fastball yet. When I read the scouting report on him before he was signed, I think they said he sat 90-91. After he signed with the Red Sox, he was talked up as if he was the next coming of Jesus. He’s thrown nearly 60 pitches in 2 innings. Wow. The Red Sox are in some serious trouble.
Teixeira is the more dangerous hitter. The strategy to pitch around him reflects this reality.
And he is, of Portuguese descent.
Who’s pitching for Detroit?
“As long as Sherman doesn’t shell Savannah or Charleston.”
Would you be forced to come out of retirement?
BTW. Congratulations, belatedly, on your great grand twins.
boston hit cabrera for the second night in a row and jim leyland is the manager.
this is going to be interesting.
No Walks!
Fenway fight!!
Porcello, Phil.
I don’t want the Tigers pitcher to throw at anyone till he is almost out of the game. And when he does he should throw at Kevin.
And count down till Christina starts crying and complaining that we called for a player to be hit.
Brawl in Fenway Pahk. Bawlbaby Youkilis hit with pitch. Ejections coming.
Porcello pitching for Detroit…
I think a fight just broke out in the Red Sox game (judging by Gameday). Miguel Cabrera got hit, had to leave the game. Top of the 2nd and Youkilis gets hit. Then it said on-field delay…
whoa they already hit Kevin. Sucks that the Tigers pitcher seemed to be doing well and will be ejected.
is there a brawl in boston?
tazawa hit cabrera, cabrera’s out of the game.
porcello hit yukky poo
and now there’s a delay in game
Joba walked the 9th hitter
Chris did he go stomping around and crying like a baby.
Michael just said huge brawl.
Whoa kevin tackled the pitcher. Hopefully the baby gets suspended. I guess it is only okay when they drill Miguel twice.
Paulie knows nothing. Said everyone is going after Kevin. Um hello Miguel got drilled twice.
Brawl in Boston? Say it ain’t so! But it wasn’t started by Yuckylis’ roid rage. No, don’t make that accusation.
Why can’t we see it! UGH!
Youkilis threw his helmet at the kid and that better draw a long suspension.
Come on Jobber
So it’s fight night at Fenway?
hi rdm
Youk is such a nut….he threw his helmet! So funny.
F’ Youkilis. I know Porcello and his family. I am about to drive up to Beantown right now and set his beard on fire. Alas, I do not think the NJ BAR would appreciate that.
JZ I’ve been getting the radio broadcasts online but I fear if I post it then it’ll get blocked. Email ansky385@yahoo.com
Porchello tossed.
jennifer,
I cracked up at that.
Hopefully, Christina will spend the rest of the season on a Tigers’ board.
Tom in N.J.
August 11th, 2009 at 7:55 pm
“As long as Sherman doesn’t shell Savannah or Charleston.”
Would you be forced to come out of retirement?
BTW. Congratulations, belatedly, on your great grand twins.
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Thanks, Tom. Yeah they’d be dragging me, Ellie and Randy off to fight in the “War Of Northern Agression”, again.
Does no one read my posts? I mentioned Porcello like 20 minutes ago, plus I predicted the brawl…
Hey bru
Youkilis is just unbelievable. What a whinging, baby.
Just ridiculous. The sox are pathetically just looking for something to fire themselves up.
What a joke.
The sox are the master of the politics of outrage.
My goodness how could Melancon hit Pedroia.
Doesn’t matter who they hit.
And Mission accomplished the sox got porcello tossed in the game and are now into the Tigers awful bull pen.
They’ve effectively ended the advantage detroit had in starting pitching tonight.
They just substantially increased their probability of winning this game.
What a joke.
can’t wait to see how the red sox apologists at espn spin this one.
there better be suspensions
..off topic totally but i was just thinking of the time when Moose told Torre to get back in the dugout in a May game in the ’06 season. I was lookin for a video of it (to no avail) but what i did find was this post by Pete:
“It takes a tough guy to tell universally beloved Joe Torre to sit back down when he comes out of the dugout to take you out of the game. But that’s what Mike Mussina did last night.”
http://www.lohud.com/blogs/200.....of-me.html
It had a whopping 8 comments. Boy has this blog come a long way, now there are 500 for a game against a team out of contention in August.
and they said he tackled the pitcher and rolled around on the ground. We’ll see how much Watson is in the Red soxs pocket.
Speaking of suspensions and/or fines: has there been any report of anybody getting punished for the drilled batters/throwing over the head from the weekend sweep?
RICK PORCELLO IS THE MAN!!
YOU HAVE GOT TO SEE HIM SLAM YOUKILLIS!!!
rs playin dirty to get porcello out
Youkilis is gonna get suspended.
Trish, I’ve tried emailing you twice and I don’t think it’s going through. I don’t want to post my email here, but if you email Pete, he’d give it to you. I didn’t want you to think I was ignoring you…….
Youkils threw his helmet at porcello…grabs porcello….porcello takes youkilis down lol
The Tigers are just mean bullies from a mean town.
cb that is why I said that they should have waited till later in the game.
Youk done for at least 3 games.
Not good…Porcello got tossed. The Tigers announcers are also saying Galarraga may be a no-go for tomorrow (flu?), so their bullpen is going to be shot.
Did Youk get tossed?
btw, how come Youk never got brave with Joba? Porcello weighs about a buck twenty.
Thanks, Tom. Yeah they’d be dragging me, Ellie and Randy off to fight in the “War Of Northern Agression”, again.
I’m not nearly as seasoned as you seem to think I am.
Anyway I’d side with the Yanks.
Oh noes a Red Sox brouhaha .. prepare for a visit from you-know-who.
Quick recap…
Cabrera got hit in the first by Tazawa in the knuckles.
Porcello threw inside to Martinez next inning, didn’t hit him.
Cabrera had to leave in the middle of his next at bat because he was having pain.
Porcello drills Youlilis with the first pitch next inning. The catcher inexplicably can’t stop Youkilis from getting to Porcello.
Youkilis throws helmet at Porcello and then Porcello manages to flip Youkilis onto the ground.
Procello, Youkilis both ejected.
Youkilis charged the mound. Detroit pitcher took him down, and benches cleared. Youkilis was at the bottom of the pile. Maybe someone stepped on his big, ugly head.
Amazing. The Red Sox start a brawl in the middle of the game and it might actually turn to their advantage.
I SOOO hope they lose.
Just watched the replay. Youk charged the mound and threw his helmet ar Porchello. Then tried to tackle him, Pochello ended up on top of Youk. The NESN announcers are saying it didn’t seem intentional.
Youk the mook
joba,
strikes please.
kd
Why is Kevin still in the game? HMM he threw his helmet, and he took off after the pitcher.
The brawl was very ugly.
By the way the tigers catcher is an absolute moron and should be chewed out by Leyland.
How is it that the catcher let’s Youkilis actually get to porcello?
Porcello is 20. Youkilis lands on his shoulder and displaces it and his career could be over.
Did the tigers catcher really think youkilis the master of outrage wasn’t going to charge the mound?
they got Porcello out – but what does the offense look like without the big-headed monster?
Oh never mind see he was tossed.
Personal stats kill the team effort. A nice smooth single puts the score at 5. Situational hitting fail.
Jeter by the way has really adjusted his hitting stroke. Nice up the middle, absolutely great hitting for him, instead of grounding to the SS. The guy continues to amaze me with his willingness to adjust and improve his game considering his creds. His defense is really stellar compared to past years.
was youkilis ejected too?
C’mon, Joba!
Bases loaded for Toronto….
nevermind
Watson is in anyone’s pocket who isn’t the Yankees – the big dope didn’t suspend Matt Garza for admitting he threw at a Yankee (forget who it was, Tex?), but AJ gets suspended? What a joke.
I am not watching the Sox game, but that really stinks that Porcello was tossed – stupid. What happened?
Yuke charged him but Porcello had the take down.
I hope Christina25′s non-existent son enjoyed watching Youkilis get beaned.
# RDM August 11th, 2009 at 8:03 pm
Did Youk get tossed?”
Why don’t you ask Rick Porcello?
HAHAHA
Seriously Youkillis has to have 75lbs on this kid and he totally rope-a-youked him!!
Excellent take down I think Porcello may have some kind of brown belt at the very least.
Joba struggling this inning…..
Jobber dear, throw strikes
Joba let’s go!
Joba let’s go!
jesus joba.
Back then, there was not just one game thread, though. So the comments during a game were spread over several different threads. Still, you’re right – there’s a larger population of contributors here now.
Back then, there was not just one game thread, though. So the comments during a game were spread over several different threads. Still, you’re right – there’s a larger population of contributors here now.
“youkilis the master of outrage”
CB, are you saying that Youkilis is a master baiter?
where are you seeing video of it?
ok
Uncle Ellsworth
August 11th, 2009 at 7:52 pm
GreenBeret7
August 11th, 2009 at 7:50 pm
Uncle Ellsworth
August 11th, 2009 at 7:47 pm
Damn Yanks are shelling Richmond
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As long as Sherman doesn’t shell Savannah or Charleston.
Thanks GB.
has Balfour ever faced Richmond? Sterling would have a field day with that
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Not sure Ol’ John would have too much trouble. He’d just be reporting the same news he covered from Vicksburg.
way to fail Joba
unbelievable
what a pathetic human being Pukelis is
The squealing pig got tossed by a 20 year old stick
That sucked.
Wow terrible outing for Joba.
Awful awful awful
3-3
wow, i hate overbay.
The bad Joba showed up. Get it together!
one pitch and all the work the offense did is gone.
Really a gutless performance by Chamberlain. I’d be shocked if he gets through 5
girardi needs to start punishing joba for walks. get it through his thick skull.
What up with Joba?????
Yuck.
This game should have been 6-0 to begin with (or could have, I should say). Joba was cruising along and then just lost it. Darn.
Bad game by Joba, unless he can somehow, some way manage seven.
Walking the 9th place hitter to lead off that inning didn’t help….
and jason bay ties it….unbelieveable fenway park, unbelieveable.
Little known fact: his real name is Bover but he was raised speaking Pig Latin.
You know Alex knew he was going to get hit the other day. He took his base like a man. Somehow Puke thinks that his pitchers can drill their star twice, knock him out of the game, and no one will hit their team.
The umpires this year are just awful. How do you throw Porcello out of the game? What is he supposed to do, just stand there and let Youkilis knock him out? He was clearly just protecting himself. After seeing that the next time we face Roy Halladay we should just call Cody Ransom up here to attack Roy so Roy gets thrown out of the game for protecting himself.
Can you trust Joba in a 5 game playoff?
Damn, Sox tie 3-3.. Joba gives 3 back almost insync.
in 2 mins both games go to 3-3…yuck
And the game in Fenway is tied. Great.
“are you saying that Youkilis is a master baiter?”
Yeah. He did it on purpose. And it worked. Sox just tied up the game on a bay home run.
Porcello’s a rookie. Awful job by Leyland and the tigers catcher to not explicitly tell him to throw at youkilis later on in the game.
Porcello makes a rookie mistake and now it’ll probably cost the tigers the next two games.
Their pen in awful. It’ll get burned tonight and that’ll impact the game tomorrow in a big way.
And Boston ties the game.
This night just turned very bad.
And if Boston makes the playoffs that freaking brawl will be the turning point of the Red Sox season.
Wow. What a lame effort by Detroit.
You know Alex knew he was going to get hit the other day. He took his base like a man. Somehow Puke thinks that his pitchers can drill their star twice, knock him out of the game, and no one will hit their team.
thats the boston way. like when the yankees hit them, and the announcers yack about how much more the yankees hit then than the other way around, ignoring the 10 years pedro was using yankee hitters as a catchers mit.
Joba can still turn this into a quality start.
“Wow terrible outing for Joba.”
Outing?
Or inning.
Let’s see how the rest of the game goes.
He lost his mechanics.
joba just needs to stop walking people all the time. his stuff is electric.
Hey thanks Bru. I guess it’s not enough for the entire forum to say we don’t want the freak around. You decide to talk to it.
Good going.
Unbelievable.
Well at least you’ll be the only one reeled in by that troll.
Um, good job, Joba. Looks like he’s regressing…….and it also looks to be an early night for him. We can not pitch Joba and Mitre back to back – it’s murder on the pen. What a depressing turn of events.
If you watch the replay it does not look like Porcello hit Youk intentionally. The guys on MLB network were just talking about it. Porcello threw his head back in digust after hitting Youkilis for letting the ball get away from him and when he turned back around he was shocked to see Youk coming after him. The umpires basically just handed the Red Sox the game and set a precedent that if your a punk like Youkilis you can actually benefit your team.
You can bet on a f-8 game suspension for youkilis (and well deserved). Porcello will get a 6 gamer, bargained down to 5. Who do you think gets hurt more? The big winner would be the Yankees.
Joba coughs up the lead, and the next two Yankee batters have pretty pathetic ABs. Matsui and Posada flailing away at pitches out of the zone.
Just throw it down and in to Posada. He’ll swing every time.
1-2-3. Way to pick up your starter, offense.
Of course we can expect to see Detroit win their game now that Porcello is out and they had to bring in a quick substitute.
COOL. FRANCONA JUST EJECTED.
Trying to pull a Girardi to motivate his team? The difference is the Yankees had the players.
Okay, let’s see if Jobber can give us a better inning here
Where was Puke hit?
“Wow. What a lame effort by Detroit.”
When Porcello got tossed detroit had around a 75% chance of winning the game.
Unbelievable. What a brain dead team. Awful job of managing by Leyland.
If he did not explicitly tell Porcello to not hit anyone he is just out to lunch. Maybe he was smoking a ciggy in the tunnel?
Well, we didn’t think the Sox were going to not hit forever, right?
Right now, I am not concerned with the Sox. Right now, the Yankees have their own issues………
Wow. This is full panic mode for the Red Sox.
Doing anything for a spark. Bullying the opposition and umpiring crew into submission.
Youkilis is Esperanto for “Please punch me in the face.”
GB – was Pukelisp tossed too?
You walk the #9 hitter with a 3 run lead, and then fall apart, that ain’t good.
Gotta go batter to batter with him now.
Too many walks and too many mistakes.
Get Gaudin ready and if he can’t find the strikezone in this inning, pull him.
Can’t afford to give this game away because the starter can’t throw strikes.
This is part of Joba’s game he really has to improve on. Its a big weakness and it happens far too much for a kid with his talent.
All you can do now is keep him on a short leash and pull him at the first sign of trouble.
Correction: You can bet on a ***6-8*** game suspension for youkilis.
Also, Cabrera had been hit and is out of the game with an injury. If he misses any amount of time, Detroit is in trouble.
I’m not too worried about Joba.
I feel that come the playoffs, the rotation will be solid.
Porcello had no business getting thrown out of the game or getting suspended. First Youk throws his helmet at him and then comes charging at him. If Porcello does nothing and lets Youkilis drill him there is no way he does not walk away without an injury.
Our bats better wake up
tigers pen is terrible.
I’m worried about Joba.
“Well, we didn’t think the Sox were going to not hit forever, right? ”
Betsy, throw an AA pitcher at any major league team and there is a chance they’ll hit him.
I’m just ticket that Porcello got tossed. I’m not worried about the dead team walking either.
Joba now paying tribute to Mitre.
4-3 Toronto UGH
Geez Joba
Seen that coming a mile away
Now its time to pull him. We’ve seen enough. Get him out now before he coughs up more this inning.
Another terrible performance.
Joba sucks, no kidding.
He’s WAY overrated.
Matsui, Posada, Cano…thank you. Your pathetic display in the 3rd may have let Richmond get in a groove, and Joba just put you in a hole.
Just by looking at the play by play recap…looks like Yanks struggling w/RISP again tonight
MADDENING. Thy name is Joba.
Now, I am really nervous.
RDM, it won’t be long before we have your i.p. address. Leave now.
Well I think I will just depend on the Ortiz karma gods to go and help the Detroit pitcher!
I was watching the MLB network and I agree with what they said. The pitch to Youkilis wasn’t intentional judging by Porcello reaction. It got away.
The one to V-Mart was though. Oh well Tigers will lose that game.
I think Joba should just go back to pen.
Yankee fans aren’t used to bringing along young pitchers anymore.
It would be nice to have Aceves available right now huh?
So what’s the difference between Joba and Mitre?
Joba channeling his inner Mitre.
Can anyone who knows something about mechanics let us know what is up with Joba’s fastball?
He seems to be slingshotting the ball to homeplate on his fastball, rather than getting his legs into it.
Another bad Joba start. Thank you Joe next time he is in the groove give him 8 days off!
joba shouldnt go to the pen, joba should throw strikes. stop walking the bases loaded and then throwing a 91 mph meatball down the middle.
My worry is that the Yankees will now do the same thing they did yesterday. Instead of having good ABs, like they did for the most part in the 1st and 2nd, they’ll start trying to tie it up with one swing of the bat and get themselves out.
Just like Matsui and Posada tried to get the lead back with one swing in the 3rd.
Joba’s a youngster, and youngsters have growing pains, this is one of those “pains.”
joba does this all the time but has an ability to keep us in every single game
after all that the Sox didn’t manage to score any more
Yanks need this win or the 4 game sweep won’t mean as much, have to win every series
joba’s breaks between pitching is not girardi’s idea, it is cashman to keep his innings in line.
This offense is so streaky that its unbelievably frustrating to watch.
This game is as close to a must win as you can get with a 5.5 game lead in mid-August. You can’t give back games in the standings this quickly. These games count just as much as the previous Boston series.
Mitre and Joba back-to-back is murderous to the pen. The fact that Girardi is actually contemplating putting Gaudin between the two of them is mind-boggling. How about dropping 7 era Mitre altogether?
The hazzards of developing young pitchers is that there isn’t a straight upward line to success. Its more a line that goes up and down. Sort of like the stock market.
When Joba struggles, he reverts back to bad habits. Like tonight for example.
This would be the night to limit his innings because when it goes bad for him, it usually steamrolls.
Go batter to batter in the 5th and have Gaudin ready to get his feet wet.
Joba has 76 pitches through 4…..
Not scoring more and burying the pitcher in the 1st inning could come back to haunt us again tonight
Terrible job by Joba once again giving up a 3 run lead. He has to learn to stop nibbling.
Walking batters on 4 pitches is unacceptable. Attack the zone and throw strikes. If only Joba trusted his stuff and his catcher. I know we have a lead but we lost a game yesterday and the Yanks can give back a 5 game lead just as fast as they got it.
Tonight is a big game as you don’t want to have a losing streak begin. Just a terrible job by Joba.
He is so inconsistent. Remember when people thought the arguments against him being a starter were “cute?”
Stop walking batters (especially on 4 pitches), stop nibbling, and start trusting your stuff and your catcher.
Joba needs to keep his head in the game, and the Yankee offense needs to do exactly what they’ve done all year.
They’ll find a way to win this game. If they don’t, maybe I start to be slightly concerned.
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Joba’s growing pains are in his head. He’s too stubborn and relies too much on soft stuff. That might work in AAA or when he’s absolutely 100 percent on.
Joba is like the stock market for sure.
Rangers getting pounded by the Tribe 5-0
Miguel Cabrera was taken out of the game after being hit on the wrist/hand. That’s never a good thing.
i dont understand why people are so quick to kill joba for these type of performances…with young pitchers you take the good with the bad…joba had 3 terrific starts followed by these 2 bad ones…inconsistenty is the name of the game with 23 year old pitchers..
The people who post here are so fickle, its ridiculous.
Joba’s velocity appears down again on gameday. He is throwing many, many breaking ballsas the result. He needs the mid-90s fastball because he does miss his spots.
“This game is as close to a must win as you can get with a 5.5 game lead in mid-August. You can’t give back games in the standings this quickly. These games count just as much as the previous Boston series.”
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You must be joking? You cannot be serious!
back to back bad starts for Joba now.. The debate goes on!
why is joba middling? Just throw strikes…
“Outing?
Or inning.
Let’s see how the rest of the game goes.
He lost his mechanics. ”
Outing.
One bad inning can make the entire outing bad. He’s pissed away a 3 run lead, given up 4 runs over 4 innings and is at 76 pitches. He’ll be lucky to get through 5. That’s a bad OUTING right there.
“You must be joking? You cannot be serious!”
Um, no. Why? This game counts just as much as Sunday’s. A win is a win, regardless of who you play.
What are you swinging at Hinske?
starting to feel the old yankees coming back. the ones who put no one on base and when they do, they leave them there.
Richmond suddenly can do no wrong. It doesn’t seem like he is pitching any better now than he was in the 1st and 2nd. The Yankee batters sure are swing at bad pitches, though. That pitch Hinske struck out on wasn’t even close.
This is just a question so nobody needs to spin out. It’s a genuine question. Have Joba and Posada ever gotten on the same page for more than a game? If not, will he do better with Molina – or has he had the same difficulty with Molina? I truly don’t remember.
Get Harlan on speed dial.
“Porcello’s a rookie. Awful job by Leyland and the tigers catcher to not explicitly tell him to throw at youkilis later on in the game.”
cb-
this reminds me of when kazmir was either a rookie or second year and pinella was the manager, and bronson arroyo knocked aubrey huff out of the game with a broken wrist.
kazmir had a oerfect game in the 4th or fifth inning and he promptly drilled ortiz his next time up. he was given a warning and then drilled manny on the next pitch right in the ribs which set off the fireworks.
old time managers like pinella and leyland will lose a battle to win a war.
i understand how you question it, but i’d do the same thing if i were a manager especially with a macho team like the red sox. it’ll set the tone for the next three years.
leyland is telling his whole team they aren’t going to take any crap from the red sox or anyone.
that’s a strong message to the right kind of player. if the tigers have them they’ll take this to heart and it’ll make them a tougher team. if they don’t have the right kind of player to play the tough game it won’t help a bit.
i’m guessing they have some tough players there at this point.
Joba’s last start was not “bad.” Ugly, yes, extremely. But part of what Joba needs to work on is getting himself out of jams, and he did that against the Red Sox.
I don’t usually post, but this is just unbelievable. If Joba’s line isn’t 7 innings, 1 ER evert start he “needs to go back to the pen” or “should be yanked immediately” in the 4th inning. Get a grip people. He’s a young pithcer, there will be growing pains. He’s immensely talented, but will not be dominate everytime out. You see it with almost all young pitchers.
Yanks are out of synch again.
Patrick,
Use more all caps in your posts. It articulates your argument much better.
yay, runner on 3rd, one out for Detroit.
Posada: K’d on a pitch low and in
Hinske: K’d on a pitch way inside
Melky: K’d on a pitch low and in
Anybody else seeing the pattern here?
Hmmm…Hinske seems to have reverted to being Eric Hinske.
Well, he still has his uses, even if he isn’t longball-in-a-can.
Man you talking about sucking the life out of the stadium jeez
Stop focusing on Joba, and worry about the offense. Since Thursday night, it really hasn’t been that great. In fact, the last few games it has been TERRIBLE with RISP. And for the most part there have been awful at bats up and down the lineup.
CB,
Why the hostility? You asked a question, I answered with my opinion on the matter. I could criticize the way you post too. You tend to be way too repetitive.
Way too repetitive.
Well, kids, you will definitely see a battle of the pens at fenway. And if we have any luck in this situation it’s that the Sux pitcher is Tawaza and not Beckett or Lester. Top of the third and he’s already thrown 75 pitches.
rich harden is a free agent this year no?
I love RDM. He’ll be a perfect patsy.
This is lookin like one dem groundhog games.
Go sic em boys!
Unbelievable that as soon as Joba gives up runs the offense starts looking terrible.
Didn’t I see this game yesterday–early lead, comeback and the offense going to sleep?
Richmond is settling in…..should have got more early on
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girardi needs to hammer it into joba the difference when he moves fast and pounds the zone, and when he starts slowing down and walking everyone. it is night and day. is he the only one who doesnt see it?
Actually I am expecting the Yanks to come back and take the game.
This is when you have to be smart with Joba this inning.
4-3, its still a game. You can’t allow him to pitch you out of the game. Especially with the offense not firing on all cylinders.
Just go batter to batter and pull him at the first sign of trouble. Given his pitch count, its most likely his last inning anyway.
Its really frustrating how he blew this lead. Walking the #9 hitter to start the inning and reverting back to “Bad Joba”.
Completely slows his pace, the shakeoffs start, and he loses his mechanics and the zone.
Its hard for a young guy to do but, he has to be able to harness his emotions, settle down, and become more consistent.
This is a night he should have coasted. Instead, its a struggle. Very frustrating.
So Joba gives up the lead, the Tigers give up the lead, and Richmond all of a sudden is Cy Young.
And it all started so well.
“i understand how you question it, but i’d do the same thing if i were a manager especially with a macho team like the red sox. it’ll set the tone for the next three years.”
Hit him in the 7th or 8th inning.
By then you will have beaten up Tazawa.
Detroit is in the middle of a heated pennant race.
They have an old club with a narrow window to win.
Make sure you win the game.
Tomorrow is Beckett vs. Galaragga/substitute pitcher. Hit him tomorrow.
IMO that’s the tigers deciding to win a battle and lose a war because they didn’t have the patience needed to make sure they didn’t put themselves in an untenable position.
Those Tampa teams Lou managed were horrendous teams that were playing for nothing.
Not a good example to compare the tigers to.
if you really want to hurt youk- just put him out in left field and hit as many balls to him as you can!!!!
i am waiting to see posada start yelling at joba right there in front of everyone. he is the veteran. he knows what is going on. do not shrug him off.
Boston is getting momentum. Tazawa stunk in the first and he has settled down. Boston is going to reel off like 7/8 now. Yanks better wake up and win a game here. Our “huge” lead is going to be down to 2 or 3 games very quickly.
I mean, to us fans, this game seems awfully important. To Girardi? For better or worse, almost definitely not. I’m sure Girardi wants to get him through five.
“Yankee fans aren’t used to bringing along young pitchers anymore.”
yankee coaches and yankee management are used to it?
they make no missteps ?
it seems like there’s some growing to do on everyone’s part.
Red Sox, Tigers brawl
http://www.youtube.com/results.....ype=videos
i haven’t seen a pitcher take the life out of a team quite like joba in some of these starts. they look dead now.
“Why the hostility? You asked a question, I answered with my opinion on the matter. ”
Actually when you use all caps that’s generally considered to be yelling over the internet, isn’t it?
So who is being hostile…
Actually, this is the right one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOiUV3xNlOI
Maybe start Gaudin instead of Joba. Can’t be much worse. He is on pace again for 100 pitches through 5 innings.
Joba – go to the pen where you belong!!
Who is available tonight? We’re going to have to burn the pen…..Robertson, Gaudin, Bruney, Hughes (but obviously only in a tie game or if we’re up)…..not ideal. Again, we have to split up Mitre and Joba…….
What’s up with killing the Yankees offense? They’re in a slump……..and really, most of the lack of offense in the Sox series came from being up against terrific pitching.
# trisha – OPPC lifetime member and proud co-adopter of the Washington Nats August 11th, 2009 at 8:32 pm
Actually I am expecting the Yanks to come back and take the game.
Like say we’re down down 10-0 in the 8th or something…..
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Trisha, I don’t mean this in a nasty way, but do you ever actually think the yankees will lose a game?
Trisha,
I think when Joba has good stuff, he has no problems throwing whatever Posada tells him to. It seems like the issues start when he gets himself into jams or falls behind hitters.
To me, it looks like Joba loves to throw his breaking ball a lot, and Posada always wants him to establish his fastball instead. I can’t say whether it’s any different with Molina, but Joba needs to learn how to work with Posada.
Joba’s inability to pitch into deep game has been consistent. If he’s Yanks’ No.3 starter in playoff, most likely they will lose.
“To Girardi? For better or worse, almost definitely not.”
Well then that’s a problem. It’s mid-August, not mid-May. Every game is important and you manage to win every single game this time of year. Especially after you sweep the second place team. All of a sudden, it seems like the players/coaches/fans/media have given up on the division. I hate to break it to you all, but this thing is loooooooooong from over. First place will be on the line in that series in Fenway. I guarantee that.
Tonight has nothing to do with the catcher. It never does with Joba. He has been throwing the ball fine to Posada.
The last two outings, he reverted back to bad habits. It often happens with young pitchers.
As far as Porcello is concerned, what he did tonight was stupid. He made his point by brushing back Martinez.
You have a 3 run lead, and a short bullpen, you can’t risk getting tossed. Instead, he played the macho game, lost and put the Sox right back in the game.
Dumb, dumb, dumb.
how can Alex and Jete laugh together…we are losing the game
Joba’s inability to pitch into deep game has been consistent. If he’s Yanks’ No.3 starter in playoff, most likely they will lose.
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pettitte is number 3 in the playoffs.
RISP, I’m sorry, but you are just dead wrong.
Yeah, there are a lot of games left. Many games left to build this lead, as well as lose it. The season isn’t over in the next two weeks.
JP has a huge nose
Joba has settled down. Now let’s score a bunch of runs.
Carl, I will assume you’re joking.
Yanks and Tigers were up 3-0, now both down 4-3.
Bad job.
“Actually when you use all caps that’s generally considered to be yelling over the internet, isn’t it?
So who is being hostile… ”
I was trying to punctuate my point that this is a bad outing and not just a bad inning (in my opinion). I don’t know how to use italics on this blog so I capitalize the words that I am putting emphasis on. Just the way you tend to repeat the things you are putting emphasis on.
Honestly I couldn’t care less what you think, I wasn’t yelling at you, just giving my opinion. That’s kind of the point of commenting on a blog isn’t it?
porcello wasnt throwing at oukilis. he stands so close to the plate that the pitch was close to a strike (exaggerated), but the point is he stands on top of the plate and makes it so easy to throw at him. that and his face.
Okay re: Joba. He certainly is erratic. He has tremendous stuff. He needs to find a way to harnass it all the time and pull in his emotions.
“Trisha, I don’t mean this in a nasty way, but do you ever actually think the yankees will lose a game? Like say we’re down down 10-0 in the 8th or something…..”
Actually I kind of thought they were going to lose last night once the Jays took the lead for the final time. But by and large, I always think they have a shot to come back.
About tonight, though, that’s just a gut feeling.
stupid on Porcello’s part — should have let Verlander settle it on Thursday, late in the game.
It was way too obvious…
Yankees have 5 innings at the plate to get this win.
Unfortunately, this game is looking a lot like last night. They just needed one run for several innings to tie it, and they couldn’t even get anybody on base. They can’t try to him homeruns every PA. They need to do what they did early on in the game.
Well, there’s five innings. This isn’t ‘bad’ Joba so much as ‘mediocre and uneconomical’ Joba. He’s allowed 7 baserunners in five innings. That’s much, much better than some of his really bad starts pre ASB.
Joba’s biggest challenges on the mound is keep his emotions in check and learn to be economical with his pitches.
Youkilis charges Porcello
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOiUV3xNlOI
CB,
Do you really think that Porcello intentionally hit Youk? It does not look that way from the replay.
“Yeah, there are a lot of games left. Many games left to build this lead, as well as lose it. The season isn’t over in the next two weeks.”
When did I say it was over in the next two weeks? Go back and read what I wrote. I said this thing is long from over. Many on here (and by the looks of it, Yankee players and coaches) seem to think that the division is wrapped up. Again, Boston will make this a close race again if this team continues to sleep walk through games like these last two ones. Every game is important this time of year. Divisions are won and lost these last 4-6 weeks.
There is no reason for him to come up and into Youkilis. It was a dumb play and it probably cost the Tigers a chance to win a game in the series because their bullpen is going to be fried.
Its just dumb baseball by a 20 year old kid trying to be macho.
The idea is to win the game. You can get revenge later.
Why in hell did Porcello get tossed? Did you see freakin grizzly Adams charge the mound and then attack him? He wrestled him down. I don’t get it. I didn’t see Porcello throw any punches or anything!
Joba had a terrible third inning, but the Yankees are still very much in this game. Now it’s up to the offense to score some runs, because I don’t know how many scoreless innings an Aceves-less bullpen can put up.
NYY626
The fickleness and fussiness and whininess is getting to be a real turn-off.
That was some catch.
It’s early, but this is looking like “one of those games”.
Darn. Let’s start crushing this guy again.
Inglett catching that ball makes me start to believe that nothing is going to go right for the Yankees the rest of the game.
Sterling doing his usual raising false hopes play-by-play…`
“The last two outings, he reverted back to bad habits. It often happens with young pitchers.”
SJ, Joba was on a real roll, then the Yankees gave him a few extra days before his last start, and now he’s had 2 so-so starts. Is there a correlation in your opinion?
Wow, Sterling just completely botched that call.
And that’s really annoying. Joe Inglett just annoys me by his very existence.
About tonight, though, that’s just a gut feeling.
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I hope you’re right
Damn, Damon was robbed!
Damn. That was a great catch.
Looking at the tape, I don’t think Porcello was throwing at Youkilis. I’m just going by his reaction.
Wow did Sterling crucify that one.
Gone- off the wall – oh no it’s caught!
You blow a 3 run lead to a bad team, and put your team behind in the process, that’s a bad outing for 5 innings.
He didn’t do a good job tonight. No spin is going to make it be otherwise.
Joe Inglett is an All-Star this series.
Nice quick inning for Cy Richmond again. Keep resting on that four game sweep, fellas…
“Those Tampa teams Lou managed were horrendous teams that were playing for nothing.
Not a good example to compare the tigers to.”
cb-
i understand the rational thing you are saying , but there’s another side to it that i think is alien to your life. there are some people who simply don’t take crap from anyone any time.
leyland and pinella grew up like that. i grew up like that. i’ve had lots of guys hit me once , but i don’t remember anyone doing it a second time. it’s sometimes not about winning, but about letting other people know not to mess with you because even if they beat you there’s going to be a price to pay.
that said i have respect for the way you’re saying to do it. i’m just saying it’s better for some people to do it that way and better for other people to do it leyland and pinella’s way.
and as far as tampa bay being a bad team under pinella, i think he set the tone for the rays with beating the red sox last year with that game with kazmir way back. the years after that kazmir gave the red sox fits.
the core players on the rays i’m sure remember that game.
trisha – OPPC lifetime member and proud co-adopter of the Washington Nats
August 11th, 2009 at 8:41 pm
Why in hell did Porcello get tossed? Did you see freakin grizzly Adams charge the mound and then attack him? He wrestled him down. I don’t get it. I didn’t see Porcello throw any punches or anything
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for hitting youk
Oh and Lowell hits a HR. So lead.
We lose and Sox win and the lead is 4.5.
Needless to say, win or lose, the division race is NOT over.
Wait till we visit the Sardine Can August 11th, 2009 at 8:39 pm
Carl, I will assume you’re joking.
Yeah
In addition to Porcello’s reaction, the catcher was suprised by it hitting Youk. If they planned to hit Youk he most certainly would have been ready for it. That ball just got away from Porcello
you’re not fooling anyone with your ‘RISP’ alias, RDM.
turn it around, Hit-Deki!
So lead is Sox lead.
Joba’s been terrible, but the offense is in the deep freeze all of the sudden against a 30-year old journeyman pitcher.
Not one for the time capsule, exactly.
“I hope you’re right
”
Me too!
“August 11th, 2009 at 8:41 pm
Youkilis charges Porcello”
Thanks for the link.
Youk looks ridiculous throwing the helmet.
Very “Birdcage”
We’re gonna win this game.
RDM is an idiot and knows nothing about baseball. I’ve seen enough baseball to know when a team is sleep walking.
Dude, this is really pathetic.
If you want to be a troll at least keep the same name, RDM.
I don’t think the rest has anything to do with his performances.
He came out smoking tonight and looked great.
He then walks Inglett, the #9 hitter, with a 3 run lead.
At that point, he completely slowed down his pace from the stretch and you can see he was going to struggle.
This is the ying and yang of developing young pitchers.
They can look great and awful at the drop of a hat.
Its something Joba has to work through as he learns and develops.
This is frustrating because the offense really hasn’t hit the ball well for a week. They could have used the “Good Joba” tonight.
But, you deal with the hand you are dealt and they are going to have to find a way to score more runs the rest of the way.
“Maybe start Gaudin instead of Joba. Can’t be much worse. He is on pace again for 100 pitches through 5 innings.
Joba – go to the pen where you belong!!”
Yea… he’s 23 with a 3.38 career ERA as a starter. You are an idiot.
“for hitting youk”
Heck, that’s medal worthy!
Insulting yourself isn’t helping to convince us. Although the first part of what you said is true.
just came from work joba has been terrible i guess?
“You blow a 3 run lead to a bad team, and put your team behind in the process, that’s a bad outing for 5 innings.
He didn’t do a good job tonight. No spin is going to make it be otherwise.”
It’s a disappointing outing. That’s not the same as a bad outing.
I don’t buy the whole momentum garbage, especially with this team, which is constantly re-taking leads after losing them.
He gave up four runs in five innings. That’s the bottom line.
I’m not happy with it, but to call this a disaster or something like that is rather unfair.
I did not think Joba looked great. In fact, I thought he looked shaky since the first inning.
Richmond is starting to get all the border line calls his way. Strike two to Matsui was NOT in the zone.
I honestly have no clue what you are talking about.
Facts are facts: this division is far from over. And losing a home series to a terrible team is unacceptable this late in the season. But hey, at least Chad Gaudin and Sergio Mitre will make starts this weekend!
Glorious Father above, please give me a sign that you have a remedial heaven for the souls of the “Joba to the pen” crew! Thank you!
Are we down 4-3? JUUUUUUUUMP!!!
Youkilis got body slammed it was funny. Bet you he wont charge Joba he fet his but kicked
“You blow a 3 run lead to a bad team, and put your team behind in the process, that’s a bad outing for 5 innings.
He didn’t do a good job tonight. No spin is going to make it be otherwise.”
I agree.
Whoever made the point earlier that this game is similar to last night was spot on… so far. Yankee starter given a decent lead, Yankee starter blows lead, Yankee offense goes to sleep.
Hopefully they break the cycle and put some more runs on the board.
4 runs in 5 innings, blowing a 3 run lead in the process, is not a good outing.
If you believe otherwise, we can agree to disagree.
You know the Sux are getting the benefits of a wide strike zone when their own commentators mention that something called a strike was actually a ball and then the graphic shows that the ball almost hit the third base ump, that’s how far outside it was!
If you have no clue what I’m talking about then I’ll cut off my foot and place it next to Ross’s on A-Rod’s sacrificial altar. Come on RDM, this isn’t working. Keeping your name at RISP will not convince us.
“Do you really think that Porcello intentionally hit Youk? It does not look that way from the replay.”
He was at least trying to come up an in and looked like it got away from him.
I’d have to look at it again. I was watching it picture in picture when it happened.
What was the most un-manly moment in Youk’s career?
A. When Manny slapped him in the dugout
B. Whining like a girl when Joba threw at him in Fenway last year before striking out
C. Throwing the helmet tonight at Porcello when he charged the mound.
D. Fill in the blank with something I might have missed
Mildly surprised here. I thought Joba was done.
Then again, with Bruney warming up, I’m not sure he’s not a terrible option at this point. And Gaudin is really a complete unknown.
Looks like we will have to get the hacksaw out then. I’m really not sure why you are comparing me to RDM. I really don’t even know who RDM is other then seeing the no-nothing posts he/she has made the last two days.
Joba has settled down nicely. This is on the offense…
Yankees have a 7 game west coast road trip starting on Thursday. It would not be wise to lose this series to Toronto at home.
It’s one thing to get hit, that’s ok. But Joba just needs to be consistent with trusting his stuff, working quickly and not shaking off Jorge.
Now let’s get Joba the win!!!!!!!!!!!!
“The idea is to win the game. You can get revenge later.”
sj44-
you and cb are very rational professional people. i respect that and value it.
however the one thing we blue collar guys have over you professional types is you can’t count on us to be rational if you mess with us. it’s the same way in the game.
pinella and leyland are not predictable as far as retaliation goes. i think that’s a strength.it has to make another team think twice about messing with them.
i do agree there’s a time and a place and retaliation right away isn’t always the best thing simply because you don’t want to let the other guy, especially if he’s the rational type, push your buttons in the way he wants making you a puppet of him. the idea is to be unpredictable.
i’m not so much disagreeing with both of you as much as saying there’s another way of looking at it.
Chamberlain did a good job of regrouping but overall a poor job.
This inning looked like he was throwing effortlessly.
“If you have no clue what I’m talking about then I’ll cut off my foot and place it next to Ross’s on A-Rod’s sacrificial altar”
Dude, don’t take such a sacrifice lightly. Self-dismemberment hurts like a b*tch.
Well, that was smooth. A couple of scoreless frames to end the outing. There’s something to like.
A. When Manny slapped him in the dugout
I choose A, very emasculating especially coming at the hands of a WoManny.
Another subpar start by Joba but it’s ok because he’s 23 and he’s more important than the 2009 season.
“A. When Manny slapped him in the dugout”
Yeah knowing that Gaudin and Mitre start this upcoming weekend really boggles me. Especially if the lead is around 3.5 games. It’s not like it’s an 8 game lead. Girardi should realize this division ain’t over til its over!
Easy Rob B. or else the pom pom crew will call you a bridge jumper. And RDM-in-disguise.
Wow, what a shocker. Joba works quick and does not shake of Posada and an easy 1-2-3 inning. If this stubborn act with Joba continues you really have to start putting some of the blame on Girardi for not drilling this point into his head.
this wasnt a terible start for joba..he definitly should have not walked inglett in the 3rd…that was the killer for him…
The offense really hasn’t gotten going since last Thursday night. That’s going to happen over the course of the season.
They got some big hits Friday-Sunday. However, it was the pitching that was the key to the sweep.
The last 2 nights, the offense could have really gotten going if the starters could have done a better job in the early innings protecting leads.
That not being the case, they need the O to wake up and put something together. You don’t want to lose to this team two days in a row at home.
Another subpar start by Joba but it’s ok because he’s 23 and he’s more important than the 2009 season.
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They have 69 wins despite Joba being a part of their 2009 season.
Joba hasn’t been stellar by any means, but the offense has got to do a better job against Richmond.
Terry from NH…that is EXACTLY my point. That right there demonstrates the mind set that will lead to a 6.5 game choke.
Okay “RISP”. Let’s go through this.
1. You talk like RDM
2. You bring up the same things he does.
3. You appeared the same time he disappeared.
Yet you expect us to believe you’re not him? Come on man, have some self respect. At least use your original blogname.
Our spotless pitching against the Red Sox kind of hid how terrible the offense has been lately.
Bard is the only good pitcher they hit recently, and even he is still a rookie.
Lighting up Smoltz, Traber, Tazawa, and Gonzalez was great at the time, but those aren’t major league pitchers.
If the Yankees don’t snap out of their RISP funk, this upcoming road trip could potentially be as disappointing as the losses against the Nats and Marlins.
Is this a replay of last night or a different game?
can we please score a run or 3
Yeah, Joba’s 8-2 record and their winning record in his starts hasn’t contributed much to the 2009 season.
“4 runs in 5 innings, blowing a 3 run lead in the process, is not a good outing.
If you believe otherwise, we can agree to disagree.”
4 runs in 6 innings, and he’s at at 103 pitches. He’s probably done, but if they let him go batter to batter against the bottom of the order, I wouldn’t be surprised to see him get through the 7th.
If these are Joba’s bad starts, where he keeps the team in the game, then that’s a good thing. People using this start as a reason for him to be sent to the pen don’t know what the hell they are talking about.
People are already counting this as a loss against the Jays’ bullpen? Don’t think so. Have any of you watched the last 50 or so games??
Cano needs to be moved up in the order
Now, Hinske!
wow, this is frustrating – the Yanks have been completely shut down by Richmond. I understand that Joba did a bad job in blowing the lead, but the offense still has to do it’s job……..They still have a few innings to play with, but it’s getting late now.
Did anyone just notice that of the 7 Ks by the Yankees, 6 of them were on the same exact pitch every single time?
“Another subpar start by Joba but it’s ok because he’s 23 and he’s more important than the 2009 season.”
The Yankees are 15-6 in Joba’s starts, so don’t think that his inconsistanties are disrupting the team or anything.
I just home we still have the division lead by the end of this road trip.
(Said in Jimmy Dugan voice) “WE’RE GONNA WIN!”
“People are already counting this as a loss against the Jays’ bullpen? Don’t think so. Have any of you watched the last 50 or so games??”
Yeah, I’m just sitting here quietly, confident that the Yanks will come back. Not much else to say about it.
*I hope…
Wait till we visit the Sardine Can:
First, get a life. You are obsessive. You obviously know waaayyyy too much about this RDM character. Stalker.
Second, I would be willing to do almost anything to prove you completely wrong about my identity. Just to make you uphold your promise. I’m willing to bet anything that you would back out. You sound like a wuss.
Cano needs to be moved up in the order
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Like where? the 5 spot? uh, we’ve been thru that experiment before…Cano becomes CanNOT in the 5 hole.
I don’t know how the Yanks didn’t start laying off that curveball inside and off the plate that they were all K-ing on.
You can’t blame Girardi for what Joba does. They have had hundreds of talks with him.
He doesn’t have the ball in his hand. That’s on Joba and not anybody else.
Its the ups and downs of developing young pitching. We all want it to be happening faster but, that’s not always the case.
John Wooden has a famous saying that a successful basketball player has to be “quick but not in a hurry”.
The same thing applies to Joba. He has to learn to control his emotions better and limit the meltdowns.
When that happens, he will reach his full potential.
When men named AJ Burnett and CC Sabathia are not starting, the offense generally will need to show up. Joba and Andy have their moments. Wang never being healthy hurt badly.
This game is now on the offense. They are more than capable of scoring 2-3 runs and winning this. Let’s see if they can do it.
I sound like a wuss.
This coming from a guy who changed his name to stop people caling him a troll when he calls baseball games over down by a run in the 6th. But I’m the wuss.
“Joba hasn’t been stellar by any means, but the offense has got to do a better job against Richmond.”
They had him on the ropes… They were squaring up every fastball but they let Richmond settle in.
To give the rotation a breather is a nice jesture and makes sense, the repercussions if they both fail could tighten the division quite quickly. I never rule out Tampa either. You don’t give up the division. That’s the ticket thru the playoffs to get homefield advantage. Sure there are 48 games or so left but why slow down the momentum when you can just put these teams away?
is this even the same team?
The Yanks look BAAAAAD.
Got 9 outs left.
They need to get Richmond out of this game. He’s just become unhittable.
Trisha – that’s the other problem – we have so many come from behind wins. That’s not going to continue at this pace. The Yanks were awesome in the first half (and last Sunday) coming from behind but most of the time that won’t happen.
We havent scored since the 2nd inning. Yanks are terrible with RISP. And we haven’t really hit in 2 weeks except for against Smoltz and Traber. I don’t see a comeback tonight.
I see a 6-4 loss. Unfortunately. Hopefully the Tigers could come baclk so we don’t give up another game in the standings.
Wow… they’ve really let him settle in.
I’m out.
See ya.
There is no way Scott Richmond is this good, is there?
Posada: K’d on a pitch low and in
Melky: K’d on a pitch low and in
I’m not sure, but I think a patter in developing.
Another K on the same pitch. Time for an adjustment Yankee hitters
Yes, you are obsessed with some random internet blog poster named RDM. That sounds like somebody with serious self-esteem issues. Get a life.
Meanwhile, another nice inning from the Yankee offense. It’s all-or-nothing time for the offense. They won’t score unless someone hits a homer. Richmond going video game on them — same pitch every 2 strike count.
4 runs in 6 innings is a 5 ERA, I think or near it.
Let’s not sugar coat this starts now. It would be great if it were from Mitre, not Joba. This offense is well capable of coming back from that but that’s not a good start by any means.
Lineup
Jeter
Cano
Damon
Tex
Arod
Matsui
Posada
Swisher
Cabrera
Could work
“The Yanks look BAAAAAD.”
Hi, RDM. Nice try to hide behind a new name.
quietly…or maybe not so quietly..melky has gone into a slump..hes still getting his clutch hits (see 3 run homer off smoltz) but hes hitting .200 this month in 40 abs
..i want my .290 melky back
Richmond rebounded well after a rocky 2 innings. It all started after A-Rod left those 3 guys on base…
Nobody is saying he has to go back into the bullpen.
But, blowing a 3 run lead to this team doesn’t make this a “good outing”.
Its not about keeping the team in the game when you have a 3 run lead to a bad team. Its about putting the hammer down and not give them a chance to get back into the game.
He did not do that tonight and that makes this a bad outing.
I hope Gaudin remembers how to pitch when he finally gets a chance.
Yankee hitters are looking really dumb out there, striking out on the same pitch time and time again.
What makes you think the Yankees have decided the division is won? What could possibly lead you to believe that. The media may do that, but the players are veterans, and the managers been through all of this before.
Just because they don’t perform doesn’t mean they aren’t trying or don’t have a sense of urgency. You people just don’t get this game, do you?
# Phil August 11th, 2009 at 9:03 pm
“Got 9 outs left.”
That’s how I think most of us felt yesterday. 9 outs is plenty of time for the Yankees to get a run, right?
They’ve had two base runners since the 2nd. They’re getting themselves out swinging at pitches low and inside. It is sooooo frustratingly similar to last night that it’s sad.
SJ,
I understand it is on Joba but the second Joba starts pulling that nonsense Girardi needs to be out of the dugout and up there letting him know he is coming out of the game if he keeps shaking off Posada. This is not rocket science. You shake off your catcher, you come out of the game. I am pretty sure at that point Joba will not be shaking off Po
“The Yankees are 15-6 in Joba’s starts, so don’t think that his inconsistanties are disrupting the team or anything.”
On the whole they are not.
At his best he is brilliant.
But then that level of brilliance conditions people’s expectations for what he should be doing as an average performance.
He wasn’t great tonight. He was ok, though it was disappointing to blow a lead.
But they should still win this game.
At times the offense will need to correct the inconsistencies of a young pitcher.
This is one of those nights.
Gutless performance –Patrick — you need to be more objective about a young 23 year old pitcher. Where were you when he was pitching well in the first couple innings. Or his other games. This type of whining is exactly what others have complained about — whining to be whining and not being supportive of the team. You will be yelling Joba’s name in the playoff and WS when he is devastating as he can be. Joba went 6.
Rishi, Richmond really isnt a bad pitcher. Hes had a handful of terrible outings, but hes has some good ones. Don’t look at the w/l record because the Jays give their pitchers very little run support. When hes got that curveball working, he can be a dominant pitcher.
Evan, I hear what you’re saying. I always talk about how the Sux would go on a swoon after they beat up on the Yanks and vice versa. I hope this isn’t what’s happening.
Thankfully we’re only down by one. Hopefully it stays that way.
I mistakenly proclaimed the Yanks division winners after the Red Sox sweep partly because of how bad the Sox looked.
But watching them tonight, with Tazawa pitching a fantastic game since the first inning, and watching the Yanks lose 2 straight to a crappy Toronto team is really disheartening.
I honestly thought we would get a sweep here – we beat Halladay last week – or at minimum take 2/3. Now tomorrow becomes a must win as you don’t want to take a 3 game losing streak to the start of a 10 game road trip. Not to mention the Yanks have not been good at Fenway or out west.
If you include the 3 vs. Toronto, I’d say the Yanks should go 8-5 in the 13 games. Anything less and I’ll be disappointed.
E-gawa August 11th, 2009 at 9:04 pm
“4 runs in 6 innings is a 5 ERA, I think or near it.”
Make that a 6.00 ERA.
Rob B August 11th, 2009 at 9:03 pm
Posada: K’d on a pitch low and in
Melky: K’d on a pitch low and in
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EDIT:
Posada: K’d on a pitch low and in twice
Melky: K’d on a pitch low and in twice
He did not hold up!
BR — I agree. He’s a kid; treat him that way. He’s back to the “a little too big for my britches” ‘tude we saw before.
Three consecutive good starts do not an ACE make.
First 3 hitters are 5-8 with a walk and we only have 3 runs.
Evan, I wouldn’t take too much out of these two games. Red Sox caught some lightning in a bottle when Porcello got tossed and the umpire took pity on Tawaza and started giving him the entire plate as a strike zone. That isn’t going to happen every day.
I don’t feel any differently than I did from jump street, especially not since the four-game sweep. If it’s a let down, it won’t be permanent. We are still a great team and the Sux are still a team in shambles. I don’t care what happened in the last two games. (BTW, it appears that without that ball being thrown by Cano last night, we would have had that game.)
JMO
Wow we look like crap; we look worn down from that boston series…they need to..
WAKE UP!
rs up 6-4
9 outs left. The yankees will win tonights game.
fwiw, Gamecast had that 3rd pitch to Scutaro firmly in the strike zone.
Boston just won and the lead is now 4.5.
I hope the Yankees are within 2 games after we come back from the road trip.
8 K’s in this game for the Yankees. Only 1 was by a right-handed bat, and that was A-Rod.
Richmond is killing the Yankee lefties tonight. A right-handed pitcher dominating the lefties so bad? Shouldn’t happen, should it? They just can’t seem to recognize that the low-inside pitch is coming on a 2 strike count. Even though it’s been done to them 7 times.
6-3
Ugh. Lowell just got another homer. I don’t think there is any come back in Detroit, under the circumstances.
Exhale
Bottom of the 7th rally time please.
detroit deserves to lose
I hear you Trish….but Tigers and Yanks were up 3-0 tonight. To each be down now is very disheartening. I thought we would get last night’s game back tonight and instead just the opposite seems to be happening.
The Tigers came back from 4-0 and tied it yesterday, so I don’t see why that’s the case.
In any case, the Yankees need to go into run-scratching mode.
This is an important outing for Bruney. If he can string some good outings together, it will make it easier to slide Aceves into the rotation.
With Joba so inconsistent, its something they may have to consider as the month goes on.
CB,
The offense has bailed Joba out a lot this year. Sometimes, Joba also has to do his part.
Its unfortunate he reverted back to “Old Joba” tonight.
They had Richmond on the ropes and if Joba could have survived his bad inning, Richmond pitches completely different down 3 instead of being tied again.
Its just part of the frustration of developing young pitchers. They don’t always make it easy on themselves.
Red Sox hitters LOOOOVVVVVVVEEEEE Fenway. That place is home cooking for them.
“Boston just won and the lead is now 4.5. ”
Boston didn’t win, though it looks like they might. The lead isn’t 4.5 because the Yankee game isn’t over.
HOWEVER – should the lead be 4.5, 4.5 in the AL East isn’t anything to sneeze at. We would take that every day of the week. The key is not to let things slip away. We still control our own destiny. (We being the Yankees.)
Lowell does better as a throw-in/afterthought.
This is our inning….
Jeter single, Damon single, Tex HR….. goodnight.
This game is over? How can it be 4 1/2? Isn’t it only in the 7th inning?
i think people are making too much out of nothing..yanks lost a close game yesterday and are down by 1 today…there is nothing odd about that…they havent given up because they think they are in the playoffs…there having a rough game + 6 innings…its kinda mind boggling how quick people are to decide that this team sucks or joba sucks or sucks or anyone sucks…and this game isnt even over…yet if the yanks come back today the same people will be proclaiming how they knew this game wasnt over.
““4 runs in 6 innings is a 5 ERA, I think or near it.”
Make that a 6.00 ERA.”
6 ugh.. even worse. The only one I expect that from (or at least hope) on this staff is Mitre right now.
I say all of the above on youk
Evan, the real killer in the Sux game is that with Porcello in there, good chance they weren’t going to score many runs. That was just bad fortune for Detroit.
who is Fernando Cabrera (new pitcher for the red sox)
Yankees need to cut down their swings. Do not swing for the fences all the time.
Can’t wait for the post-game: “Sometimes you have to give credit to the other guy, he was mixing things up, moving the ball around, changing out eye-level, blah blah blah blah.”
Eh, despite my pessimism at the moment, I feel a comeback…
The Yankees need to score at least one run in this inning.
1 run is the difference between Hughes/Mo and Coke/Robertson.
Don’t ever count out this offense.
Umm.. it’s a one run game in the 7th inning. This game isn’t over yet.
SJ – this wasn’t “Old Joba.” It was “Real Joba.”
The Joba aberration was his first 3 starts after the break. Look at his game splits. While his ERA is excellent his innings, walks, pitch counts, no decisions *games the Yanks lost even when he didn’t get the loss) is a big problem.
Joba has great potential but I still feel that Yanks made a grave mistake with Hughes/Joba. I think Joba could have done just what Hughes is doing (what Joba did 2 years ago) and I think Hughes would have built his innings up and been just as good as Joba – overall.
“Yankees need to cut down their swings. Do not swing for the fences all the time.”
There are two things wrong with this: first, lots of strikeouts does not indicate that everyone is swinging for the fences – they are swinging for hard-hit balls, be they doubles, singles, or triples.
Second: the Yankees lead the league in homers.
Put those rally caps on
ace,mitre,gaudin will not do as well s joba in the rotation.
be carefull what you wish for
Here we go!
Nice job Jete.
There’s my Jeter single…now Damon’s turn before the Tex 3 run HR.
porcello wanted no piece of youk, then kung fu’d him. beautiful. stay classy boston!
SJ44′s periodic pronouncements on the state of his inchoate love (or lack thereof) for Joba make me snore. Make up your mind.
With that said, does anyone know if Joba passed through waivers and if so could we move him for an actual No. 3 starter? Yanks all the way this year.
there is no way youkillis doesn’t get suspended for multiple games.
how does that not affect the red sox?
Jete’s sure good.
Jeter single, Damon…?
Jete Jete Jete!
I’m gonna cry like a little baby when this guy retires.
Jeter is carrying the offense this series. two 3 hit games.
And so it begins…
Well, in 1.5 months Joba can never use the “I’m only 23″ excuse. Just in time for the postseason.
Am I confused? Are they down one run or 10????
There are 9 more outs. It’ll be okay
Jeter is always in the middle of good things.
I’m talking about baseball.
Hey, didn’t Jeter go 3-4 last night? Isn’t this back-to-back 3 hit games for him?
Anyone see where Wells was playing Jeter? Almost like there was no CF.
“how does that not affect the red sox?”
It has to. And boy I’d love to see him shut down for the Texas series this weekend.
can not lost two straight two the jays, some really weak and poor at bats by the yanks.. a D+ start by Joba,
Can Jeter steal a base here? I love him to death, but it’s kind of frustrating that even our leadoff hitter isn’t really much of a threat to run.
I really miss Gardner, because he was our only player who could steal bases in a clutch situation. Everyone else, it seems Girardi is afraid to take a chance on in a tight spot.
Time for #30, Tex.
CB to the rescue with his logical analysis. Now I don’t have to go pull out my Joba numbers. Earlier in the season Joba left the game with 3 runs and the offense didn’t help him. He could have a couple of more wins. Also so correct that the expectations of him are very high and he won’t always pitch to that level. This team is well equipped to pick him up.
Okay, won’t be happy if we lose this game. But that video of Porcello tossing Youk like a rag doll will make me feel a little better.
Okay, won’t be happy if we lose this game. But that video of Porcello tossing Youk like a rag doll will make me feel a little better.
again not a lot of pretty at bats the past 4 innings or soo.
again not a lot of pretty at bats the past 4 innings or soo.
Alex, you are due.
Not our night. I swear this is last night’s game. Jeter on base and Damon, Tex, Arod get out. Am I on the wrong channel?
Some context on the Sox brawl:
(1) Cabrera turned into an 0-2 pitch with two men on – he started to swing, exposing his hands. The HBP loaded the bases with one out in the first. The rookie pitcher (Tazawa) was clearly not throwing at him in that situation.
(2) Porcello threw at VMart in the first, but missed him.
(3) Porcello hit Youkilis (next batter) between the shoulder blades (fastball) with his first pitch in the second.
If you follow that chronology, it’s pretty clear that Porcello tried to hit him (and tried to hit VMart, too). He was tossed for intentionally hitting Youkilis, not for defending himself in the fight.
P.S. I don’t typically interrupt game threads, but you have to know about the VMart at bat before passing judgment.
Okay, that’s lameness. Come on Alex. Just keep it going for Hideki.
lots of pop ups and strike outs….come on arod…we need on here
Everybody is trying to hit home runs now and that just leads to slumps.
They have to get back to basics offensively and stop trying to hit every pitch out of the ballpark. Its why they are slumping right now.
keithlaw: It’s Amateur Night at Fenway, starring Kevin Youkilis! #redsox
keithlaw: That’s a disgrace. Porcello should still be in this game. #redsox
Porcello and Youk dance: http://tinyurl.com/ob6glf
the jays bull pen is due to give up some runs…they were too good last night.
Funny, ever since the Luis Castillo snafu, anytime there’s a pop-up part of me hopes it will somehow be dropped.
talk about false hope…
But Youks is still a wuss for only finding his guts against a 120 pound rookie.
6 outs left.
What can you do with that
bahhhhhhh this is annoying. He ripped that one
The Blue Jays are playing out of their minds defensively tonight. Second great play.
Nothing’s going right for us tonight. Lots of hard hit balls at guys or that just missed foul.
“But Youks is still a wuss for only finding his guts against a 120 pound rookie.”
Now, I hate youkilis and think he’s an idiot for charging the mound, but porcello is 200lbs and has 4 inches on youkilis. not like he was charging the mound on edwar ramirez
SJ your just saying that because they are getting out. They are just trying to get hits but they are making out. It is what it is.
Don’t start putting yourself in their shoes and telling us they are trying to hit HR. You sound foolish.
“On the whole they are not.
At his best he is brilliant.
But then that level of brilliance conditions people’s expectations for what he should be doing as an average performance.
He wasn’t great tonight. He was ok, though it was disappointing to blow a lead.
But they should still win this game.
At times the offense will need to correct the inconsistencies of a young pitcher.
This is one of those nights.”
Exactly.
tough break for arod…if that gets by it might be a tie game…
3 base runners (1 walk, two hits) since the 2nd inning.
Just. Not. Getting. It. Done.
Yeah it’s always impressive when a hitter charges the mnound, no matter what the circumstances. It seems to be the Sux way of life. I remember the late great cereal boy doing the same thing.
YAWN!
That’s why they have home plate umps – to make decisions on what should happen when someone gets hit. But Pukelisp is known to be cool under pressure. That’s why we were all so, uh, surprised.
Okay enough about that. Back to what counts.
Not saying they will lose this game, but this has pretty much been the trend for much of the season. They look unstoppable and utterly dominant for 7-10 games and just completely lost and sloppy for 2-3 games. 3 losses to the Angels and 3 to the White Sox are just the most recent after winning streaks.
Agreed with SJ on the offense getting very homerun happy.
They need to get back to basics.
Arod need to drive the ball to the opposite field more. He is pulling too much, probabaly because he is not catching up with fastballs.
We have six outs to scratch one run. How many times have the Yankees done that this year?
4.5 after tonight?
this is fast
Yanks had some bad breaks on offense (Damon’s ground rule double cost a run) and a few nice defensive plays. But this game falls onto Joba who stunk it up earlier. He gave up a 3 run lead, and with 2 outs and runners on first and 3rd he walled a batter on 4 pitches. Previously he had walked the #9 hitter. Then gave up a 2 out bases clearing double.
All on Joba. Sometimes you just have to match the other pitcher like AJ, CC and Andy did this weekend.
“not like he was charging the mound on edwar ramirez”
Edwar would turn sideways and it would be like a vicious papercut.
from watching updates from the Sox-Tigers game I’ve come to the conclusion that the Green Monster is the Sox offense, they’ll go back to being pathetic offensively once they are on the road
Wow, Porcello made a pretty decent showing for himself in that brouhaha.
“Nothing’s going right for us tonight. Lots of hard hit balls at guys or that just missed foul.”
You know, sometimes that happens. It feels like you can’t catch a break.
Tables have turned… now we’re in a slump and the Sox appear to be waking up.
We didn’t think the 6.5 lead would hold up all season did we?
All big swings, on a lot of balls out of the zone tonight, from everybody in the lineup but Damon and Cano.
Guys are trying to do too much. That’s what happens when you scuffle offensively.
It happens to every team during the course of the year. The last few days, its been happening to the Yankees.
There nothing for me to “make my mind up” about Joba. He didn’t do a good job tonight. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to make that observation.
It doesn’t mean he has to be pulled from the rotation or anything like that. However, blowing a 3 run lead to this team is on Joba, not the offense.
Rishi August 11th, 2009 at 9:25 pm
keithlaw: It’s Amateur Night at Fenway, starring Kevin Youkilis! #redsox
keithlaw: That’s a disgrace. Porcello should still be in this game. #redsox
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I guess klaw agrees with me. The umpires this year have been an absolute joke.
Well they are officially in a slump. Let’s hope it doesn’t last as long as it did in June against the NL teams, otherwise we can kiss the division goodbye.
Its a performance-enhancing wall, tampayank.
“from watching updates from the Sox-Tigers game I’ve come to the conclusion that the Green Monster is the Sox offense, they’ll go back to being pathetic offensively once they are on the road”
That would be a bingo.
I had a feeling there would be an emotional let down after that Boston series. Oh well, it happens sometimes.
But, the Yankees are too solid of a baseball team to have this go on for too long. They will right the ship soon and be back to winning six or seven games in a row.
Is it just me or does anyone else not enjoy watching Coke pitch. Funky delivery and 5 ERA. I really hope Girardi doesn’t lean heavily on him in big games (like Sunday night).
Coke needs to teach Mitre how to field.
One man’s dream is another man’s nightmare?
It sucks if we give back 2 games immediately after we got the 6.5 game lead. A trip to Seattle looms with Mitre and Gaudin pitching.
Hope this isin’t a start of a slide.
IMO charging the mound is so steroid…
for once can we not talk about the red sox……seriously….who cares about them right now…Yanks just got to focus on the game at hand…start having good at bats..
2 days is not a “slump”. Lose 5 or 6 in a row, that’s a “slump”.
Every team in the game has 2 rough days.
We were not going to stay hot forever we just have to hope we have a division lead by the time we get out of Fenway next weekend. things can change quickly in baseball
Who is Randy Ruiz and why does he have a HR in his first game of the season tonight?
Brian,
The Sox holier than thou attitude is just hard to stomach.
There is no doubt that Melancon was throwing at Pedroia even though he had no control that night.
There is no doubt though that Tazawa was not throwing at Cabrera of course because he is a rookie who was having trouble with command.
There is no doubt that Ramirez was not throwing at Alex.
Youk and Alex got him almost in the same place and on the same kind of pitch.
But there is no doubt that Porcello threw at Youk.
No doubt exits. None.
Whey you are self-annointed with the moral high ground there is no question you are always taking the high road, even when you throw your helmet at a pitcher and charge the mound.
And here’s a question – say Porcello was throwing at Youk?
Big deal.
Are you telling me that’s not part of the game?
Or are you telling me that hitting Youk actually warranted another massive hissy fit on Youk’s part?
Why is it that so much of the attention is on what Porcello did and not they unbelievably soft and over the top reaction.
Is that how Jeter should have reacted every time Pedro was beaning him?
Give it rest with Youkilis.
The guy over reacts, complains and is indignant about everything.
He has never in his life struck out – there is always something to complain about because he is always wronged. He is always the victim, even when he’s diving out over the plate.
There is a reason why Manny slapped him last year.
brian red sox fan-
you left out cabrera getting hit the night before.
isn’t that part of the chronology too?
youkillis could have gotten out of the way of that pitch if he wasn’t leaning in just thinking about hitting.
this leaning in thing goes two ways.
… if youkillis can’t tackle any better than that, he’d better head to first base next time.
anyone who knows how to tackle knows knows you gotta go low in that situation.
he got schooled.
Evan, most of Coke’s high ERA, if I’m not mistaken, is from early on in the season. Nobody in the bullpen (outside of MO) was good then. He’s been pretty solid for the last 3 months or so.
Bottom of 2nd, bases loaded, 2 outs: A-Rod flies out.
Top of 3rd, bases loaded, 2 outs: Overbite hits a bases clearing double.
Kind of the difference in the game, no?
Hey look its Phil Hughes
stop talking about being only 4.5 games ahead, the game is NOT over yet.
Robertson moving on up. Pitching in close games now.
Sunday seems so long ago – now the team is in an offensive funk just before they go on a long road trip. If they lose, Joba gets a good deal of the blame, but not all of it…….
With Romero going tomorrow, AJ may need to pitch a shutout for us to win. If not we could get swept…
Zach in Port Jeff
August 11th, 2009 at 9:20 pm
Jete Jete Jete!
I’m gonna cry like a little baby when this guy retires.
Dude I will Be there with you!!! He will be the one Yankee that will break the attendance record in cooperstown.
Peptione,
That’s the way I see it. This is not like the past 4-5 Yankee teams.
You have a couple of rough days, you bounce back.
They still have 6 outs to do something.
One of the great benefits of having a 6 1/2 game lead is, a couple of bad days don’t kill you.
just my two cents, I thought it was bush league that Youkills threw his helmet at the pitcher, if you charge the mound dont use your helmet…WEAK
“I had a feeling there would be an emotional let down after that Boston series. Oh well, it happens sometimes.
But, the Yankees are too solid of a baseball team to have this go on for too long. They will right the ship soon and be back to winning six or seven games in a row.”
Definitely agree. Heck, I had an emotional let down after the Boston series! I am watching these games on fumes. Imagine how the players feel!!
By the way, let’s no go obssessing about Mitre and Gaudin. Don’t waste good energy on things that aren’t guaranteed to happen. Try imagining they will be great for the team.
Here’s a hint – they just might be.
The oddest thing was the helmet toss at Porcello’s rump.
It’s a good thing he didn’t have nunchucks or ninja throwing stars.
Paul O’Neill just said something very important. “A team can’t just stand around waiting for something to happen”. Girardi has been seduced by the long ball in the Red Sox series. Home runs are fools gold, a manager cannot manage a game expecting them to happen. When was the last time Girardi called a hit and run? Manage for small ball, not long ball.
Romero has returned to earth after a really hot streak. He’s not nearly as good as that, though it seems he has a future as a starting pitcher, which was in doubt coming into this year.
To add a comment to the “Red S*x are holier than thou” discussion:
How often have we heard “Jeter leans over the plate, he deserves to get hit” or some such from S*x fans and others?
Yet Yuckylis does the same thing and it’s a travesty of epic proportions if he gets hit.
“One of the great benefits of having a 6 1/2 game lead is, a couple of bad days don’t kill you.”
Yes, yes, yes, yes, and yes. I don’t think we anticipated having a 6.5 game lead after the series. Think of it as gravy.
joba takes a huge amount of blame he turned the game around when he promptly walked the number 9 hitter to lead off an inning…the game turned on overbays double…lousy performance, the guy walks too many hitters…
The Yankees need to hit this guy.
Good. Rain delay in beantown. Hope they’re up all night.
“The oddest thing was the helmet toss at Porcello’s rump.
It’s a good thing he didn’t have nunchucks or ninja throwing stars.”
Even though with Youkilis’ large noggin, his helmet could be a weapon.
You don’t want to take a 3 game losing streak or 2/3 on the 10 game road trip. Yanks never play well out west and then we go to Fenway. The Red Sox are looking forward to that series and if they return the sweep favor we’ll likely be tied (give or take a game) for the division.
Yanks need to continue winning games against crappy teams like toronto. The September schedule with road trips to Anaheim and Boston as well as 7 games vs Tampa is not going to be easy.
Yanks need to build a nice lead so we can rest Joba and rest players for the playoffs.
LOL Looks like Phil is going to get plenty of rest – we don’t have to worry about overusing him….
dont get shut down by carlson he is terrible
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Joe Girardi (No Winner) 7/30, 7/31, 8/10
i do agree with the idea that the yankees are homerun happy, they do need to move runners and be more aggressive at times, depending on who is at bat…
Looking at Coke’s game log, his ERA was murdered by giving up 6 earned runs against the White Sox. On the whole, he’s been quite effective. He’s just not the most reliable pitcher.
Now this is a quality AB for Matsui.
Mazz, Romero’s kind of come down to earth too. 4 ER most of his last games. (2, one of them but 4 for quite a few.)
TIE GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This one didn’t miss
That’s true, SJ, but a 6 1/2 game lead can dwindle down to nothing in the span of a few short days. Overall, this is a fantastic offensive team, but when they go in a funk, they all go in together….and it’s ugly.
OHHHHHHHHHH.
HOLY S$^**#*@w%@*%!!!!!!!!!!!!
A HUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE BOMB!!!!!!!!!
MATSUI – we needed that,
bonzai – bring honor to your people!
ok. ok matsui.
Ahh welcome back clutch bats
Randy and CB -
Your points are well taken. The Tigers are sick of Cabrera getting hit.
But I was more talking to those who were saying that Porcello looked really sorry so he couldn’t have been throwing at him. He was throwing at him.
And Pedro was a headhunter – I didn’t like it at all.
I have posted before that when the Sox throw at ARod, it’s always intentional. They simply can’t stand him.
What else? Youkilis can be a pain in the rump with his reactions. That’s a given.
wow, Matsui was a man on a mission with that one! Misson: Accomplished
And now the rest of you negative nancy’s can shut up.
Thanks Hideki.
Holy crap… he hit that a LOOONG ways
godzillllaaaa!!
Godzilla teased us with one and then did it for real.
i guess homerun happy is not a bad thing
So I continue to sit here quietly expecting for us to win this game.
I’ll say it again. I HEART Godzilla!
Can we say “professional hitter”?
The problem is that not enough Yankees are swinging for the fences tonight.
Matsui has had absolutely horrendous ABs against the righty Richmond all night.
He faces a lefty and hits a homerun.
Go figure.
Ok, we all knew that was going to happen
Thank you so much Matsui!
Bandbox
He was locked in on Carlson….Absolutely locked
Thank you MATSUI-EET. Godzilla jacked that one far.
Good thing they brought in the lefty to get Matsui out.
Wow. Thank goodness we kept playing after the 5th inning
That might be the first comeback we had this season
Like I said, yankees will win.
Like I said, yankees will win.
And once again…
Nature points out the folly of men.
Godzilla
(Friend of Mothra)
Matsui is now 2-3 against Jesse Carleson. Both have been important homers if I recall the first correctly.
NYY626 – I think that was the beginning of the gut feeling…
I wonder if that was a Yankee Stadium special?
Nice!
Note to Joe (Panic) Girardi:
Matsui can hit lefties. Please don’t sit him in place of using a righty bat. Okay to give him days off but certainly not 2 games in a row like you did Sunda-Monday night.
more runs please
That was a bomb and a half…
“you left out cabrera getting hit the night before.
isn’t that part of the chronology too?”
randy,
that doesn’t matter. that just doesn’t fit the master narrative so we can just forget that.
The tiger should be honored to be able to share the same field with the greatest player in the history of the game.
Porcello didn’t go for his head.
Doesn’t matter.
Nothing matters when you get to define reality.
The embarrassingly, amaterish, disproportionate reaction is holly irrelevant.
Because I’m sure that if Youk got hit two nights in a row and Beckett was on the mound he would never, ever hit anyone.
bleacherdeki…
HOLY COW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111111
The Blue Jays are Mothra: http://tinyurl.com/6mxkf5
PO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CB
August 11th, 2009 at 9:35 pm
Brian,
The Sox holier than thou attitude is just hard to stomach.
There is no doubt that Melancon was throwing at Pedroia even though he had no control that night.
There is no doubt though that Tazawa was not throwing at Cabrera of course because he is a rookie who was having trouble with command.
There is no doubt that Ramirez was not throwing at Alex.
Youk and Alex got him almost in the same place and on the same kind of pitch.
But there is no doubt that Porcello threw at Youk.
No doubt exits. None.
Whey you are self-annointed with the moral high ground there is no question you are always taking the high road, even when you throw your helmet at a pitcher and charge the mound.
And here’s a question – say Porcello was throwing at Youk?
Big deal.
Are you telling me that’s not part of the game?
Or are you telling me that hitting Youk actually warranted another massive hissy fit on Youk’s part?
Why is it that so much of the attention is on what Porcello did and not they unbelievably soft and over the top reaction.
Is that how Jeter should have reacted every time Pedro was beaning him?
Give it rest with Youkilis.
The guy over reacts, complains and is indignant about everything.
He has never in his life struck out – there is always something to complain about because he is always wronged. He is always the victim, even when he’s diving out over the plate.
There is a reason why Manny slapped him last year.
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I was just saying this on another forum: Jeter gets plunked all the time.
Can you picture Jeter charging the mound and pretending to be Lawrence Taylor?
What did Crisp get – five games?
Youkilis needs to be suspended.
AND THE YANKEES TAKE THE LEAD!
Morale booster in action!
Back to Back
Jorgie juiced one!!!!!
Yesss!
wth…this is insane..but the game was supposed to be over?
Wow, that ball was hit high and far. See ya! B2B again!
Stop swinging for the fences, guys! Jesus!
This looks rather familiar.
Thanks Yankee Stadium
SEE YA! JORGE! BELLY TO BELLY AND BACK TO BACK!
One second – is this MOnday night’s game or Sunday night’s replay????
OH MY EFFING GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!
back to back jack!!
ohhhhh boy!
here come the “stadium” is a bandbox whiners.
bring ‘em on!
THIS.TEAM.NEVER.GIVES.UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Okay that was a YS special! Although that probably would have hit the top of the wall as well.
belly to belly…
Belly to Belly!
There goes Tokyo
HRs are good.
A new back to back tag team!
Good thing they brought in the lefty to get Matsui and Posada out.
And that was the second half of the gut feeling.
Cool beans.
# trisha – OPPC lifetime member and proud co-adopter of the Washington Nats August 11th, 2009 at 9:44 pm
NYY626 – I think that was the beginning of the gut feeling…
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Did you feel those back to back-ers? Geeze how many times have we done that this year??
fans are fickle and funny….some of us were talking about being only ahead 4.5 games and getting swept because romero is pitching…we must have faith..it is okay to be critical but NEVER expect to lose.
Matsui: not a cheapie.
Posada: cheapie. But I’ll take it.
Do you think Matsui and Posada were happy to see somebody besides Richmond?
Okay, when was the last time Jorge had an opposite field homer from the right side. I honestly can’t recall one.
I love the Mothra reference, lol
On these boards everyone is entitled to his own opinion, Evan D. Your opinion on who is the better pitcher to be in the rotation Joba or Phil is obviously not the same as that of management. They have been behind Joba all the way, the good or the bad. I read a blurb on MLB.com that Hughes being in the BP and doing well was certainly taking away the Joba to the BP sentiment.
Phil is a great young pitcher also. Who knows that he wouldn’t have the same ups and downs if he was in the rotation. Give both young men the opportunity to grow and develop – they will both be head of the rotation like AJ and CC in the future. Meanwhile both will be pitching with AJ and CC next year but with one year more experience.
Back to back – this team is incredible. Why some one would say the game was lost in the 7th is beyond me.
This team is something else, it really is.
How many different combinations of back-to-back HRs have we had this season?
How do you like that, RDM?
According to Joe Morgan, next year, that will be a double.
that was an awesome catch by the fan…
BACK TO BACK AND UH BELLY TO BELLY…
The only trouble with this is it reinforces the waiting for the long ball.
Even though I love seeing the long ball.
A new hero every night!
That guys glove was no where over the wall.
whooo freaking hooo!!
first row, and Inglett whiffed on it.
No Jeffrey Meier there.
Cito buying his pitcher some time, living on a prayer.
“E-gawa
August 11th, 2009 at 9:18 pm
Don’t ever count out this offense.”
on field delay?
You know, I bet Blue Jays fans are reacting as we did when Coke coughed up the lead.
Fan interference? What say you watching?
jeffery maier?
No retreat, baby, no surrender!
There is no way it gets over turned. If it does you’ll see Joe’s head explode!
They can look at the replay but that fan wasn’t anywhere near Inglett’s glove. HR all the way.
that will stand.
Benny Blanco
August 11th, 2009 at 9:12 pm
9 outs left. The yankees will win tonights game.
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thank you benny!
Crying from the BJ’s. This won’t get over-turned. It was out… just.
There’s no way they overturn this. The fan clearly did not reach out for that ball. He caught it AFTER Inglett missed it.
Stranger injustices have happened, but there is no way they can overturn this.
The umps can’t call that an out, right?
Funny – when the Yankees ask for replays, they always get turned down. What makes TOR so special?
“One of the great benefits of having a 6 1/2 game lead is, a couple of bad days don’t kill you.”
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Yes, exactly. The Yankees have stored up quite a bit of cache in that Red Sox series, they are in no danger as long as they don’t let a few losses get to them, and I don’t think they will.
Also, this team is head and shoulders above the prior Yankees teams – post WS teams. They are having a little hiccup, nothing more, nothing less.
Too many of you are worried about the upcoming series, and the games in Sept. Remember, the Red Sox have to catch us, not the other way around. They cannot afford any let down whatsoever. The pressure is squarely on them.
Also, those teams need to worry about playing the Yankees, rather than the Yankees being worried about playing them. I know, if I’m a pitcher, or hitter, I would not look forward to the upcoming series with the Yankees.
Erica – your standings got lost…..
I think you need to put down the # of lineups correct and the number of attempts. – Include winning percentage and “Games back” column.
For example I’m 2/3.
Ball went over the wall. No fan interference.
if it is jeffery maier he got old and fat
They’re not waiting for the long ball. They’re getting the long ball.
Rishi, Cito is protesting that a fan reached over the wall.
no worries, it’s all good.
It would be hilarious if that guy was Jeffrey Maier…15 years later…but this time he’s fat.
The fan didn’t interfere with the ball. There is no way that’s going to get overturned.
As far as Youk is concerned, if he doesn’t get 6 games, there is no baseball justice.
Funny thing is, I just saw the replay. Porcello wasn’t throwing at him. Problem is, with tensions hot, you knew something was going to boil over.
That said, Porcello didn’t need to pitch him tight to start the inning. If he’s still in the game, the Tigers probably win it.
While that certainly benefited the Yankees there, they have to raise the wall just a bit in the offseason. So many of these “cheapies” could be turned into doubles without doing something as drastic as moving the walls back.
YES! Fickle Finger of Fate!
Country Joe West knows the score: 5-4 Yanks.
Gaston: “i hate this ball park.”
And Brian really. Your entire description of Cabrera turning his hands over and getting hit because of it. He got hit last night.
Guess what? Pay back happens. Big deal. The whole deal is that Pukelisp is a walking punk. Period.
let this be a lesson
stop trying to predict a game or a season
to sj44
joba gives us a chance to win every single night including tonight.
not many pitchers do that
HA!! While I was typing that 9:48 pm post the Yankees take the lead in the bottom of the eighth with the game delayed by rain.
Like I said, this team is just too solid, up and down, to worry about them having long losing streaks. Ain’t gonna happen folks, so relax and enjoy what could very well be the future World Champions of 2009.
mall cop.
Hit-ski… finally.
after this game and sunday’s game and we all promise to be positive and expect to win until the final out is recorded??? Again it is okay to complain and whine they play lousy but don’t saying we will only be 4.5 games ahead…etc…4.5 games ahead is more then we could have asked for a week ago…expect we will be At least 5.5 games ahead after tonight..
What the hell?!? Hinske just hit a ball to left and it wasn’t a homerun. What gives here?
Listen to the crowd on Hinske’s double! The NOISE is back!
“While that certainly benefited the Yankees there, they have to raise the wall just a bit in the offseason.”
I think that they will. That wall is just too short.
I am a huge fan of these replays. They leave nothing to chance.
Evan D.,
“SJ – this wasn’t “Old Joba.” It was “Real Joba.”
The Joba aberration was his first 3 starts after the break. Look at his game splits. While his ERA is excellent his innings, walks, pitch counts, no decisions *games the Yanks lost even when he didn’t get the loss) is a big problem.
Joba has great potential but I still feel that Yanks made a grave mistake with Hughes/Joba. I think Joba could have done just what Hughes is doing (what Joba did 2 years ago) and I think Hughes would have built his innings up and been just as good as Joba – overall.”
Where do you get this BS?
Joba’s good starts are the aberration? Let’s look at ALL his numbers as a starter.
In 2008 he had 12 starts. He was being stretched out in his first 2 and was injured in his last start. In the other 9 starts he averaged 6 innings a start with a 2.00 ERA and a 1.18 WHIP.
In 2009 he has obviously had some trouble. If you don’t include the start when he was hit on the knee and came out in the first, he’s got 115 IP in 20 starts. That’s almost 6 innings per start. At the same time, he’s overcome his problems he’s had starting games and turned his curveball into a real weapon. He’s developing as a starter and doing a very good job giving the Yankees a chance to win games while he’s doing it.
Where do you get the idea that Hughes could have close to the same results that Joba has had?
You have no idea what the hell you are talking about.
“Nick in SF
August 11th, 2009 at 7:13 pm
Great first inning by Joba, but I didn’t like a little twitch I saw there. I think he can gut out 6 innings or so, but we’ll probably be trailing until some late heroics by some of the guys Girardi brilliantly rested yesterday. I’m looking at Matsui and Posada to go yard to put us on top, but you’re all going to have to be patient.”
I think I called it all pretty well, no?
Pepitone, really good points……and I need to remind myself of that. The important thing is that while fans (including myself) may panic, the Yankees know that they will be fine…..I’d rather that be the case, then the other way around, lol.
Pepitone, really good points……and I need to remind myself of that. The important thing is that while fans (including myself) may panic, the Yankees know that they will be fine…..I’d rather that be the case, then the other way around, lol.
“That said, Porcello didn’t need to pitch him tight to start the inning. If he’s still in the game, the Tigers probably win it.”
SJ,
I have to go back and look at the play as I only saw it from the corner of the screen.
But I have to disagree with you some there.
Porcello cannot just give away the inner part of the plate because Tazawa hit cabrera.
The tigers would be losing big time twice in that circumstance.
If Porcello wasn’t throwing at Youk then that is one of the weakest, softest, most embarrassing over reactions I’ve seen on a baseball diamond in a long time.
But it fits Youk’s holier than though m.o.
The guy has never fairly struck out in his entire career.
“# Benny Blanco August 11th, 2009 at 9:51 pm
Gaston: “i hate this ball park.””
Youkilis also yelled at Santana for pitching him high and tight. He just whines at everything thrown in on him.
It’s a good thing they didn’t have Jose Bautista out there tonight.
That guy looks like he knows what he’s doing out there.
That and he’s about 5 inches taller than Inglett.
not sure if anyone cares Jeffery Maier became an excellent college baseball in Connecticut, I believe he set some kind of hit record for the school he played at…
“But it fits Youk’s holier than though m.o.
The guy has never fairly struck out in his entire career.”
Roid Rage?
bru,
When you have a 3 run lead, its not the starting pitchers job to “give you a chance to win”.
Its to go out and not put the opposing team back in the game.
Guys with lesser stuff can “keep you in the game”.
Joba has to learn to put the hammer down when given an early lead and not give it back.
Its all part of learning to be an effective starting pitcher.
Evan D.
August 11th, 2009 at 9:49 pm
Erica – your standings got lost…..
I think you need to put down the # of lineups correct and the number of attempts. – Include winning percentage and “Games back” column.
For example I’m 2/3.
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Evan, I admire your enthusiasm for the standings. But I am unable to add your recommendations at this time for the following reasons:
1) I think games back is rather obvious
2) Too many different people play everyday for me to properly be able to track winning percentage. A lot of people play once and disappear. Additionally, at this point I get around 40+ submissions a day and I really just don’t have that kind of time. However, if I win the lottery- I will quit my job and professionally run GTLU. Then I will go all out with winning perfectange.
I’ll repost the standings tomorrow during the game. It should start around 9 am
wow, the stadium is rocking…..or at least, it sounds that way on tv.
awww I am loving the Melky chant for his birthday
“let this be a lesson
stop trying to predict a game or a season”
Yeah I’m with you bru!
For God sake I told everyone the Yanks would take it all and instead they have to try to predict every game and panic in the process! Geesh!!
Come on Melky, get a RBI for your birthday.
Melky! Happy Birthday toooooo youuuuuu!!!
Yes!
Happy birthday, Melkman.
I love hearing the crowd again!
The probability of a team losing when it is down 4-3 to start the 8th inning is 75%.
The team loses 3 times out of every 4.
This is one of those special teams from whom the norm does not apply.
Midnight Rambler
August 11th, 2009 at 7:09 pm
Randy Ruiz? Never heard of him. That means he’ll kill the Yanks tonight.
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You called it
Happy birthday, Melky!!!!
didn’t i say the blue jays bullpen was due to implode…seriously i said like about 20 minutes ago. do i get any credit.
That chant was cool…………Melky has been sooo clutch – he’s out of his mind in big situations.
No.27
That’s my opinion on Joba. It’s been that way all year. I thought at the time when Hughes went to pen it should have been Joba.
Joba is developing as a very nice pitcher, I agree. And I hope Hughes does the same next year. We do need a setup man though and I think this year (with the innings limit and the inconsistencies) I think Joba should have been the setup man and Hughes the starter.
If you want to disagree with me that’s fine.
And Melky steals another present.
The Red Sox (more specifically Youk and to a lesser extent Pedroia) need to seriously stop whinging and whining every time something does not go there way or they get pitched inside…
It’s gotten to the point now that when they might have legitimate beefs, the rest of the league will not take them seriously.
It’s already started happening now.
You cant groan and moan over everything. You just cant.
I predict that the Yankees will win this game 7-4.
Oh, wait! We’re not supposed to predict, are we?
This team is special.
Carl
August 11th, 2009 at 8:37 pm
how can Alex and Jete laugh together…we are losing the game
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maybe they were plotting the comeback…
I think joba should be a starter and he is still growing, but this was a bad start for him period.
what were they chanting??
Tigers are a paper Tiger. They can beat bad teams but get owned by the Yanks and Red Sox.
Aaaand the Yankees have a multiple run lead to give to Mo in the 9th.
If things go the way they should the Yankees will have won in 16 of Joba’s 22 starts.
And my numbers didn’t include today’s start for Joba, it’s actually 121 IP in 21 starts, even closer to 6IP/start.
“I think I called it all pretty well, no?”
And I was just about to ask you for some picks.
I’ll admit you made me look.
Now?
It’s back to the abyss.
Will Joba wear his glasses in his postgame interview?
Another good at bat for melky.
He has become a very good situational hitter.
That ball was on the center/outer part of the plate.
Instead of trying to pull the ball, Melky stayed closed and hit it hard the other way to get the run in.
He tries to pull that pitch and rolls over on the ball and grounds to second.
I like that SB from Melky. While Girardi has done a good job considering this team has the best record in baseball we have not really seen much of the aggressive baseball he promised
i would keep Phil Hughes in the pen because he is perfect there. Joba was perfect in the pen the yankees screwed that up by moving him. At this point they need joba in the rotation, however, dont make the same mistake with hughes leave him where he is….
The Bombers biggest sex symbol??? Bigger than Derek Jeter???
Thats easy.
Cecil Fielder.
Yeah, Johnny!
Erica, your PBF was having too much fun on that rundown
Evan D, if Hughes had stayed healthy, you might have gotten your wish.
But, Hughes couldn’t stay healthy. That opened up the door for Joba to move into the rotation. And, for the most part, he has run with it. If you compare Hughes’ and Joba’s numbers as starters, Joba wins, no contest. As relievers, however, they are pretty similar.
very considerate of Damon to ensure it stays a save situation for Mo.
“I think Joba should have been the setup man and Hughes the starter.”
Trouble with that thinking is it still keeps the innings way down. With Joba’s raw stuff, and with the way it generally keeps up speed throughout, it doesn’t make sense to limit him like that.
Both will end up getting time in as a starter, which is what it should be.
And a run for the Melkman as well. Not a bad birthday.
So now I see my imposter has added a “22″ to the end of him screenname.
His name is now “miggs22″.
Please do not confuse this child with me.
Bronx Jeers: it’s pretty unfair how guest-blogger Josh deleted that post, huh?
brawl on BBT…
Ahhhh…. yes ! The resiliency of this team shows again.
Mo in the 9th should do it.
Haha!
Matsui turned over everything.
Matsui baby!
I think Bucky Dent is gonna be the answer. They put him in TV movies back in the `70s.
Save those legs Johnny!
LOL Damon………………
What I loved more than the HRs were the base hits afterwards. Once you hit a HR, there’s sort of no momentum – no one is on base. However, they strung together some hits and now Mo has some breathing room.
Just saw the Tigers Red Sox thing. Looks to me like Porcello flipped Youk. Hey kev how does it feel you just got punked out by a kid half your size?
It was also incredibly obvious that Porcello hung a breaking ball and all his body language points to it being a mistake. Rich sent a message by throwing in to Martinez, the HBP on Youk was clearly a mistake.
I’m happy My9 has the game. I don’t get their postgame. I think I am just as happy not sitting through a postgame tonight.
CB,
He wasn’t throwing at him. I would have worked him away and then went in but, he definitely wasn’t throwing at him.
That’s why I say Youk has to get 6 games. If he doesn’t, its not right.
He overreacted to a pitch that was not a purpose pitch.
Porcello definitely threw at Martinez. He didn’t throw at Youk, IMO.
Now Melky should birthday wish that when the rain delay in Boston is over that the Tiggers can come out hot and beat the Saux.
Porcello handled it terribly
Good job by the Yankee bullpen and offense tonight. They fought hard.
Also props to Joba for not falling apart and at least going 6 innings.
over under pitches for mo……11….
Does Posada find ARod annoying?
just nod if you can hear me
August 11th, 2009 at 10:01 pm
very considerate of Damon to ensure it stays a save situation for Mo.
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MPB Johnny Damon = Awesome AND Courteous!
Melky earned his bag of peanuts.
ruiz is like jesus montero.. don’t ya think so??
Are we already making judgments on Phil as a starter? Leaving him in the pen permanently would be just a ridiculously stupid mistake which the Yankees, fortunately, are not inclined to make.
Mo. Please, stop that.
omg one day Leiter is going to beat Paul O’Neil up lol.
Crap
Trisha – the MY9 postgame is TERRIBLE anyway
ahhhh Mo gave up a run? The streak is over
That’s a bit surprising. Mo gave up a run.
there has been an edwin encarcion sighting..i thought he was dead
hmm..Mo HR, Pete predicted this yesterday.
Youk should get extra days for throwing his helmet at the kid.
That’s okay, Mo, you were bound to give up a run at some point.
Eric Young with the best analysis in BBT history
Let’s not forget the innings the bullpen gave us to keep the Yanks in the game. Many people were saying DFA Bruney a few weeks ago, looks like he’s starting to get his mojo back a little bit.
Joba had one bad inning, and it cost him. So what, it happens to the best of them, he’ll learn. But, remember, he could have completely fallen apart and given up 5 or 6 more runs, but he fought it off, and that shows me something.
According to that dolt on WFAN, becuase Mo gave up a hr, he should be pulled from the game. I’m not kidding you, I heard him say this.
“Porcello handled it terribly”
I disagree completely.
He protected his star hitter by throwing in on Martinez. Unfortunately he hung a breaking ball to Youk that plunked him. It was incredibly obvious to me that Porcello didn’t want to fight but he handled himself well there too. Just waited for Youk, flipped him and that was that.
Those extra runs are always a nice touch – I mean our extras, where this homer means jack.
NYY626
August 11th, 2009 at 10:01 pm
Erica, your PBF was having too much fun on that rundown
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I missed it
. I was listening to the game on the radio cause my DVR was double working
Left that cutter out in the middle of the plate and it got crushed.
Good thing they got the insurance runs. Now Mariano has to finish it without any drama.
Good thing they have some padding to that lead.
Does anybody else find Paul O’Neill hysterical?
yeah, was just going to say that Pete predicted Mmo was due for a run!! ha
Initiating a brawl should be a minimum of 10 games.
Just my opinion.
Ouch. Mo gives up a bomb. At least it came with a 3-run lead. But now my final score prediction is out the window.
Or should I say over the center field wall?
So much for Mo’s streak. Better than it happens now than in a game we only have a 1 run lead.
Eric Young ripping Youkilis on BBTN.
So funny.
Talking about how you can’t throw your helmet at the guy then not even get off a punch and end up on the bottom of the pile as the pitcher flips you over.
Mo most have been bored.
Another “cheapy” home run. sigh
“That’s my opinion on Joba. It’s been that way all year. I thought at the time when Hughes went to pen it should have been Joba.
Joba is developing as a very nice pitcher, I agree. And I hope Hughes does the same next year. We do need a setup man though and I think this year (with the innings limit and the inconsistencies) I think Joba should have been the setup man and Hughes the starter.
If you want to disagree with me that’s fine.”
Now Joba is developing as a very nice pitcher. What happened to Gaudin giving the Yankees just as good a chance to win? What has Phil Hughes done to make you think he could have results close to Joba?
must*
Come on Mo. Close this down.
Okay he didn’t say Mo, but he said a reliever.
Kay can you please stop saying the word heartthrob? yuck
someone on baseball tonight ripped a red sox….that is not possible..
Barajas is a future Red Sock…he kills us
Now we have trouble. You know Mariano isn’t sharp when he loses a guy after he has them 0-2.
Tom in N.J. August 11th, 2009 at 10:06 pm
Does anybody else find Paul O’Neill hysterical?
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o’neill is the new scooter…
Well you all know I’m not worried. I wuld believe most of you feel the same way.
Tom in N.J.
August 11th, 2009 at 10:06 pm
Does anybody else find Paul O’Neill hysterical?
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He completely cracks me up
Haha miggs, Young is so right.
Not only did His Baldness overreact, he got completely owned by a 20 yr old.
Um, Mo? Outs, if you please.
“Another “cheapy” home run. sigh”
he left a cookie 408+ believe it or not Encarnacion has power.
What did Eric Young say on BBT re: Porcello/Youk?
mo is leavin it in da middle today
would believe
The answer is Alvaro Espinoza.
http://espanol.geocities.com/b.....pinoza.JPG
Wow…1st run given up since june 12th. That’s pretty amazing
Youklis is a hot head, he should get at least 6 days.
i have never heard any one on ESPN rip the sox….
Oh crap Marco Scutaro is up next as the tying run. Every Yankee fan should be crossing their fingers right now…
Fake SJ? If so enough is enough. Why can’t Pete block people?
mo is gettin it back =d ……… staduim sounds eletricc
Sorry, but that was not a cheapie HR. Mo hasn’t been as sharp lately. Pete wrote about it in yesterday’s game post. Mo is still the BEST thing since sliced bread, don’t get me wrong.
Crowd roars as Mo K’s Inglett.
Mo’s obviously not “feeling it” for these 3 run leads.
Oh no it’s Scutaro.
“Now we have trouble. You know Mariano isn’t sharp when he loses a guy after he has them 0-2.”
Nah.
SJ44
i dont disaree but there are not many better options.
you cant just program a pitcher to go out & pitch a gem every time.
there are not many pitchers that can go into fenway & keep us in the game every time.
not one time,every time.
Here comes Mo’s August swoon – he does this every year to get it out of his system come crunch time.
Wow, Scutaro gets carried away on his celebrations
one more out, please…
was there an alvaro espinoza reference???
Mo always has two lousy weeks in August.
how about steve balboni?
“Wow, Scutaro gets carried away on his celebrations”
haha bro, he hit a walk off against Mo. If there’s anytime to celebrate in the regular season, it’s then.
y didn’t youk do dat wit joba???
Zach in Port Jeff August 11th, 2009 at 10:08 pm
What did Eric Young say on BBT re: Porcello/Youk?
They were basically saying there is protocal in a fight. Kruk said Porcello shouldnt have drifted so far from his vertern Inge at third base and EY said Youk should not have thrown his helmet…that is a no-no…and he also should have thown a punch not tried to wrestle Porcello to the ground
Finish him off Mo
Get Hughes up!
Keith Law laying blame on umpiring crew – http://insider.espn.go.com/esp.....=law_keith
good for him. these games mean too much to be officiated by incompetence.
I guess that Rivera’s been a little bored down in the bullpen for the last weeek. Personally, I perfer being bored when he pitches.
@ Zach, Eric Young came down on Youk for throwing his helmet and also trying to wrestle Porcello but getting taken down without throwing a punch. Ravech and Gammons just looked confused when they cut over to them.
good at bat by scurto
““Another “cheapy” home run. sigh”
he left a cookie 408+ believe it or not Encarnacion has power.”
No kidding… hitting it out to the cave. It was a joke.
How many games do you see Youkilis being suspended?
I’ll say 5, he appeals, and they reduce it to 4 (maybe even 3).
Told ya!
Game.
Good.
MO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
phew…nice comeback mo..
There’s the Mo we know and love <3. Nice win
70 wins!
And THAT is how you come from behind and cover a run line!
GB7,
LOL. Well said, well said.
Mo should fine himself for that……………great win!
The Yankees have won 32 of their last 43 games and people don’t think the Yankees can come back from a 1 run deficit in the 4th inning…
Scutaro got a little over confident there. hehehehe
Yankees win. Theeeee Yankees win.
Mo’s “lousy” outings are most players career outings.
How dare Mo K Scutaro to end the game and interrupt my attempt at the following post:
“Kruk said Porcello shouldnt have drifted so far from his vertern Inge at third base”
Nah, Porcello was trying to protect Inge’s bad knee by moving the fight away from him. He was being the consummate team player there.
Meanwhile, RDM is at home, upgrading his anti-virus…waiting to be hacked.
A NUMBER ONE
He is also blaming Kevin for acting like an idiot.
“Keith Law laying blame on umpiring crew – http://insider.espn.go.com/esp…..=law_keith
good for him. these games mean too much to be officiated by incompetence. ”
Yup, Law is right on the money, like usual.
i love eric young….i wonder what red sox lovers ravech and gammons thought about that
Wow that was a nasty cutter, absolutely nasty. Mo must keep that one in the back pocket for special occasions.
Thanks, Mo.
Great come back win.
But can we stop the curtain calls? It’s going to cheapen it. I’m glad we won, but I don’t think those called for curtain calls.
I despise Michael Kay
“Come right back where we try to make sense of it all”
What a cliche tool of a line of an idiot
I hate how he says that after every game!
Good win.
Did the Yankees get a new dental plan? Girardi with braces and lots of players wearing mouthguards this year.
So there went the post boston let down.
This is such an explosive offense. Pitching against them – especially in the stadium with all of the left handed hitters they have must be so uncomfortable.
Pitchers literally cannot take a pitch off. Any mistake can get punished for runs.
Ravech is a total disgrace.
I’m still waiting for Gammons to explain his past “Craig Hansen is the best reliever in MLB” remark.
They were playing the Yankee game on the big screen at Fenway during the rain delay.
Its like beating the Red Sox another game after a collective groan came from the crowd after Scutaro K’ed.
Great comeback, again.
Trish you were right!
Mo when he struggles usually bends but doesn’t break – that is one of the things that separates him from the pack. Other closers – when they don’t have it, they completely chuck it.
Mr. Machine finishes off another opponent, yawn.
SJ – that’s awesome.
Damn so we haven’t been eliminated from the playoffs yet?
*Gets off the ledge*
SJ- really! LOL Love it. Even when the Yankees don’t play the soxs, they still kill the fans.
LOL, I’m sorry I missed that, AJ……..I think the Yankees like winning these games late just to annoy Red Sox fans.
“The Yankees have won 32 of their last 43 games and people don’t think the Yankees can come back from a 1 run deficit in the 4th inning…”
I really don’t think most of us didn’t believe the Yankees could come back from 1 down. I think many of us just saw the similarities in this game to the one last night and feared the same result. Most of us spent the last half of the game last night expecting the Yankees to tie up the game, and they never did. We were afraid that the same thing might happen in this one.
Fortunately, the Yankees didn’t let the mediocre, 4+ ERA relievers in Toronto’s bullpen shut them down this time.
Melky had the game-winning hit. Nothing new there.
Good win offense looked like they fell a sleep after the 2nd until the 8th. Nice job by the bullpen.
Youkilis is a clown Porcello gets credit for the takedown.
LOL I mean SJ, not AJ………..wonder why I typed that?
LOL…I’m sure the chowdaheads up there really enjoyed the Posada cheapie to right field.
Lovin’ it!
Just when I think Beckett and Papelbon are about to surpass Youk in leading the league in whining, Youk goes and does something like this… and completely redeems himself.
And, finally, the Yankees end their long 1 game losing streak. Maybe this will get them back on track.
“I despise Michael Kay
“Come right back where we try to make sense of it all”
What a cliche tool of a line of an idiot
I hate how he says that after every game!”
Agree 100%
can’t wait to read Gammons waxing poetic about Tazawa tomorrow.
:pukey face:
Betsy We know who is on your mind.
Suzyn’s star of the game was Hideki and Roger. Nice interview.
Well, a win is terrific. But Yuckilis getting tossed by Porcello and the ump is just the cherry on top.
Too bad this game was on My9. I would have some audio to post but Russ Salzberg is insufferable.
Hey, what happened to Matt?
Anybody seen Matt?
Wow, they’ve won 32 out of 43…….that’s insane.
Betsy August 11th, 2009 at 10:18 pm
LOL I mean SJ, not AJ………..wonder why I typed that?
Looking forward to tomorrow night, maybe?
GreenBeret7 August 11th, 2009 at 10:18 pm
And, finally, the Yankees end their long 1 game losing streak. Maybe this will get them back on track.
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Wow that was some losing streak. I can’t believe the Yankees overcame it.
Yankees go back to back 3 days in a row crazy
I have a friend of mine covering the Sox game tonight and he texted me and told me there was a big groan after Mo got the K.
Its like being 5-0 against the Sox now.
What would be nice is if the Tigers somehow found offense after the rain delay and steal a win.
GreenBeret7
August 11th, 2009 at 10:18 pm
And, finally, the Yankees end their long 1 game losing streak. Maybe this will get them back on track.
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Classic. Nice one.
Rob
That would be afternoon.
I’ll have to listen at work, and deal with people coming in my office talking way too loud for my liking. I wish I could say DO YOU MIND I am listening to the Yankees. What do you think is more important? 
Thanks for all the updates, Josh! Nice job.
C’mon Pel,
you at least need to post the “sexiest Yankee” bit.
Maybe Joba can stop off in Nebraska for a few days before heading to Seattle?
It’s beating “you know who” big
Law has it exactly right. What a damning take on Youk’s hissy fit:
“Porcello looked like he was in for a dominant outing, sitting 91-94 with great sinking life, and had a three-run lead.
He had a win in his sights; was he really throwing at Youkilis, or was it another two-seamer that ran too far to his arm side? Youkilis had probably already decided he wanted some pretense for charging the mound (maybe to get Porcello out of the game?) and he should be suspended for acting like a fool.”
So Law is basically saying Youk jerry rigged the game in order to get Porcello out of the game because Boston needed a win and wanted to get Porcello out of the game.
Law said he was sitting in the scouts section of the game and all of the scouts thought Youk’s reaction was ridiculous.
If Law thought Youk was intentionally trying to get Porcello tossed from the game, you know he wasn’t the only guy in the baseball professionals section to think that…
And Old Man River is leading the majors in saves now.
Pep, let’s let sleeping dogs lie, lol……..
Jen, seriously……..it was just a typo, I swear (right)
No surprise the red sox offense comes alive when they get back to fenway. Winning the divison will ensure the yanks homefield against the sox in the playoffs that will be huge.
“That would be afternoon.”
What? You mean the Yankees actually get to play a day game on get-away day? That’s rare.
my blog about 30 minutes ago was going to be; 2 straight days of no clutch hitting, the pitchers both nights had 1 bad inning, and 2 losses we should not have.
anyways things change real fast in yankeeland…
nice comeback, looking more like the Tino days all the time…..
jennifer
August 11th, 2009 at 10:20 pm
GreenBeret7 August 11th, 2009 at 10:18 pm
And, finally, the Yankees end their long 1 game losing streak. Maybe this will get them back on track.
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Wow that was some losing streak. I can’t believe the Yankees overcame it.
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Yeah…no kidding. This losing streak made all of my hair fall out.
“What would be nice is if the Tigers somehow found offense after the rain delay and steal a win.”
SJ, wherever they find that offense, the Tigers need to find a bullpen too.
Gammons just called Tex MVP of the league
Rob, lol – too bad it’s a day game and I’ll be at work. I figure AJ will pitch well since I can’t watch…….
CB,
He’s right. When I got the text about the Yankee game being on the big screen, that’s exactly what I was told.
Its going to be interesting to see what Watson does.
Anything less than 6 games is a joke.
“Come back and see who says that he is the Sexiest Yankee ever”
LOL imagine if it was A-Rod.
GreenBeret7 August 11th, 2009 at 10:18 pm
And, finally, the Yankees end their long 1 game losing streak. Maybe this will get them back on track.
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Indeed. Our long national nightmare is over
Joe I,
Very true.
7-0 at home when playing on My9. LOL
That is definitely the stat of a world series team!
Saying Porcello was well on his way to a win is rather absurd, considered he had completed all of one inning.
He looked great, but pitching late into the game in Fenway is much easier said than done.
What a joke…Gammons just referred to the Stadium as “Cameron Indoor”.
“Anything less than 6 games is a joke.”
When it comes to Bob Watson, anything and everything is possible!
I’m happy to see Gaudin starting on Sunday vs. the Mariners…He has actually pitched well against them incuding 11k’s this year.
*considering he had completed…
Evan – it is all so good!
It really does cause the evening to end so much nicer!
Now I will watch Baseball Tonight and SportsCenter so I can watch the highlights of the fenway brawl and hear whatever they talking heads have to say.
Gee, I remember Arod getting plunked twice in one game and the pitcher getting tossed. And both times Arod simply took his base.
But not with Grizzly Had-ems! Oh no, nobody messes with him.
ROID RAGE!
Although thinking about MVP voting is way too early, Mauer/Morneau and Jeter/Teixeira will take votes away from each other. The same thing will happen between Abreau/Morales in Anaheim.
CB
August 11th, 2009 at 10:22 pm
Law has it exactly right. What a damning take on Youk’s hissy fit:
“Porcello looked like he was in for a dominant outing, sitting 91-94 with great sinking life, and had a three-run lead.
He had a win in his sights; was he really throwing at Youkilis, or was it another two-seamer that ran too far to his arm side? Youkilis had probably already decided he wanted some pretense for charging the mound (maybe to get Porcello out of the game?) and he should be suspended for acting like a fool.”
So Law is basically saying Youk jerry rigged the game in order to get Porcello out of the game because Boston needed a win and wanted to get Porcello out of the game.
Law said he was sitting in the scouts section of the game and all of the scouts thought Youk’s reaction was ridiculous.
If Law thought Youk was intentionally trying to get Porcello tossed from the game, you know he wasn’t the only guy in the baseball professionals section to think that…
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I was thinking the same thing the sox were struggling a lot lately and Porcello looked dominant. Youk deserves a lengthy suspension, Porcello really didn’t do anything wrong.
Gammons says the Yankees are really using their home field advantage with right field… has he seen the Red Sox home/away splits? What a joke.
“Too bad this game was on My9. I would have some audio to post but Russ Salzberg is insufferable.”
He’s kind of like that annoying relative you try so hard not to talk to at family events.
Yeah…no kidding. This losing streak made all of my hair fall out.
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LOL. Does that mean the Red Sox keebler elf has more hair than you now?
*runs*
Rob, but they don’t even have a day off before they have to go to the west coast – that’s lousy scheduling.
Reluctantly…and I think this is all I can muster…
Posada’s My9 on-field-post-game reaction:
http://www.zshare.net/audio/63993170129c4bb9/
BLECH!
Erica – always OPPC
August 11th, 2009 at 10:25 pm
GreenBeret7 August 11th, 2009 at 10:18 pm
And, finally, the Yankees end their long 1 game losing streak. Maybe this will get them back on track.
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Indeed. Our long national nightmare is over
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It’s bigger than a “national nightmare”…it’s a Universe wide nightmare. Even ET’s hair fell out.
I said the umpiring crew in the Red Sox game was a disgrace before and KLaw is right on the money.
1st: You can not just completely take away the inside part of the plate because the opposing pitcher hit a guy
2nd: If you can get a pitcher out of the game by charging at him like a maniac and throwing your helmet at him then that could set a pretty scary precedent.
3rd and most important: If I am a pitcher in MLB right now I am pretty disturbed. The ump basically just told Porcello, your out of the game and probably suspended for defending yourself from getting attacked. Porcello did not throw a punch or attack back. All he did was a classic self defense move by throwing Youk on the ground.
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no.27
August 11th, 2009 at 10:27 pm
Gammons says the Yankees are really using their home field advantage with right field… has he seen the Red Sox home/away splits? What a joke.
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LOL Does he not think the red sox dont do the same thing in fenway with all those cheap homeruns and hits off the monster. The yankees have a very good road record they can play in any ballpark unlike the red sox.
Watson will do jack – he’s a freaking hypocrite, suspending AJ and not Garza, after Garza admitted he threw at Tex.
i still cant believe MLB let the yankees comeback and win this game..what a disgrace
Youkilis has to get suspended. It won’t be long enough to satisfy Yankee fans, as they don’t tack on games for retroactive whining and general ugliness, but he’ll get suspended.
Rambler, I can say I really liked Porcello’s chances much more than Tazawa’s. He got his head of steam after Porcello was tossed.
Anyway, it is what it is. Pukelisp got b-slapped by Manny for a reason. He is absolutely HIDEOUS. And his hand puppet the elf is taking lessons from him.
no.27 August 11th, 2009 at 10:27 pm
“Gammons says the Yankees are really using their home field advantage with right field… has he seen the Red Sox home/away splits? What a joke.”
It sounds like he may be too busy thinking of pithy comparisons for Yankee Stadium. Or perhaps he’s just been daydreaming of what the AL East race would look like if his team took 3/4 this weekend(he referenced this when wondering how Girardi would treat Mitre and the #5 spot).
Angel – A tale told by idiots, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing
August 11th, 2009 at 10:28 pm
Yeah…no kidding. This losing streak made all of my hair fall out.
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LOL. Does that mean the Red Sox keebler elf has more hair than you now?
*runs*
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Don’t be silly. Even Telly Savales has more hair the “The Elfin One”, and Savales has been dead for ten years.
“i still cant believe MLB let the yankees comeback and win this game..what a disgrace”
“Its going to be interesting to see what Watson does.
Anything less than 6 games is a joke.”
I’m not holding my breath.
I bet they won’t want to suspend him for long in a pennant race.
youkilis will be suspended he threw a helmet at porcello and charged the mound he is getting 5 or more……
I second Nick’s thanks to Josh!!
Josh — we really appreciate the updates tonight!!
Pedroia said the other day a brawl would be more likely if the Sox were losing.
“I was thinking the same thing the sox were struggling a lot lately and Porcello looked dominant. Youk deserves a lengthy suspension, Porcello really didn’t do anything wrong.”
That was my assessment also after I looked at the tape of the incident.
“Gammons says the Yankees are really using their home field advantage with right field… has he seen the Red Sox home/away splits? What a joke.”
The yankees have the most home runs at home of any team in the league.
And they have the most home runs on the road of any team.
Their team slugging % is 30 points higher at home.
The Sox slugging % is a piddly 63 points better at home.
Texas’s slugging % is over 80 points better at home, IIRC.
Who needs facts…
Arroyo and Harang have cleared waivers and are eligible to be traded.
Anyone want either, as a number 5?
Good win tonight. No pie though.
Maybe the 8th inning comebacks could be tart worthy.
Looks like Youk will get a 6 game suspension. (that might get reduced to 5 on appeal)
Here is a good precedent – Sexson charged the mound and threw his helmet.
http://tiny.cc/Rh7yK
You can’t be serious UPN 9, singing “my girl”? smh
so does anyone else think jamie moyer should just retiure already? he is ‘disheartened’ and feels betrayed and misled by the phillies after being sent to the pen?
dude you are 46 and you have an era over 7 i think. you are lucky you still have a job. be quiet and pitch.
same guy who whined about a-rod and steroids but didnt care his own teammates also had ties to roids.
Truthfully, I’d rather have an off-day AFTER the West Coast trip before we go to Boston (which we have) rather than have one now then fly from Oakland to Boston without a day off.
Don’t know why they scheduled a Seattle-Oakland-Boston trip anyway. Seems odd.
I thought all teams were supposed have some kind of home field advantage. Otherwise, it wouldn’t be called a home field advantage. Sigh.
Junichi Tazawa coming up on baseball tonight’s that’s nasty segment!
Hughes’ scoreless innings for the Yankees is intact.
Don’t get too worked up over Gammons, you’ll give yourself an aneurysm. Wait, maybe that’s the other way around.
So, wait…what were the Yankees doing when they hit HR’s to RF in the old stadium?
It’s basically the same exact thing.
The Sox tailor their lineup for the Mawn-stah, and the Yankees tailor their lineup for the short porch.
Gammons and his cronies need to get over it.
Hey Gammons your left field wall is 200 feet away tons of easy doubles. Your right field wall is 3 feet high lots of easy homruns. and finally you have your pesky pole that is 230 feet away. So who’s complaining about hr’s?
Does anyone really think that the jays dumping rios merely for the sake of shedding payroll without a single player in return was a good idea?
Rios is 28. He was an all star in both 2006 and 2007 and hit 291 with 32 stolen bases and 15 homers in 2008. Granted, his obp going down two yrs in a row is a terrible sign but couldnt this just be an off year and not the season that ends rios’ ascent to stardom. At the start of last season, he was right in the middle of a new generation of rising stars with guys like markakis, sizemore and granderson. The type of player that can do it all with contact, speed, developing power and contact not to mention, a glove.
Im not saying rios will be a stud but giving him away just to remove a contract, not only seems dumb but it seems like it goes completely against the current baseball rules. Maybe someone in here can explain it better than I but it seems it just boils down to the jays being ridiculously cheap and not giving a crap about their fans.
Thanks Pel!!!
“Gammons says the Yankees are really using their home field advantage with right field… has he seen the Red Sox home/away splits? What a joke.”
The yankees have the most home runs at home of any team in the league.
And they have the most home runs on the road of any team.
Their team slugging % is 30 points higher at home.
The Sox slugging % is a piddly 63 points better at home.
Texas’s slugging % is over 80 points better at home, IIRC.
Who needs facts…
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but boston is perfect in every way. they are all heroes. forget the 300 foot wall in left or the 290 line in right, or the fact the numbers show they have a much higher advantage.
how does anyone even try to take espn seriously anymore when talking about baseball? you cant.
gammons is a joke, miller/morgan/phillips is a joke, baseball tonight is a joke.
they will somehow make porcello to be tonights bad guy. even though cabrera was beaned twice.
best moment of the night was seeing porcello bodyslam puke.
Igotid, how do you mean? That was broken a couple of weeks ago……
Brian,
What’s your take on what Law had to say about Youk’s charging the mound?
How does that fit with the chronological time line of events that “precipitated” this?
That’s pretty damning stuff.
“I’d rather have an off-day AFTER the West Coast trip before we go to Boston (which we have) rather than have one now then fly from Oakland to Boston without a day off.”
Absolutely. The West to East trip is much tougher for body clock than the East to West.
It looks like somebody got a forearm in Youk’s face during the dogpile.
Greatest brawl in Yankee recent memory?
Benitez beans Tino.
Strawberry comes swinging Straight Outta Compton.
Graham Lloyd delivers a Vegemite sandwich.
Midnight Rambler
August 11th, 2009 at 10:37 pm
Don’t get too worked up over Gammons, you’ll give yourself an aneurysm. Wait, maybe that’s the other way around.
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Anyone who insults Gammons aneurysm is a friend of mine. He fought through that thing so he could deliver the Red Sox some more highly touted prospects.
And, Phiadelphia’s “National Nightmare” continues. Brad Lidge has blown his 7th save tonight.
i still think the sox have a real advantage overall. start AND end the season at home, 2 trips out west instead of 3, two home series vs. anaheim and we have two away series vs. anaheim, and dont get me started on the umping in boston games up until last week.
Matsui gets the best tonight (according to Suzyn).
Dave, I think Rios fit well in their long-range plans.
They’re going to let Dye walk away after this season, and rather than overpay for an aging corner outfielder (Bay or Holliday), they can overpay for an “in his prime” center fielder/corner outfielder.
Kenny Williams didn’t win a WS by being a dunce, that’s for sure.
oops — that’s BELT
good point, the Yankees have the 2nd best road record in the league, trailing the Angels by 2.5 games.
“Melky had the game-winning hit. Nothing new there.”
And a stolen base that allowed him to score on Damon’s single.
you can tweet Youkilis if you want: http://twitter.com/KevinYoukilis20
and why is espn still defending ortiz’s steroid use like he is the victim. whether it was supplements or roids, he still benefitted the same. a cheat is a cheat. next time, when you get let go by the twinkies and then hit 50 homeruns each year in boston, question what is different.
Jim Pir-one
August 11th, 2009 at 10:39 pm
Midnight Rambler
August 11th, 2009 at 10:37 pm
Don’t get too worked up over Gammons, you’ll give yourself an aneurysm. Wait, maybe that’s the other way around.
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Anyone who insults Gammons aneurysm is a friend of mine. He fought through that thing so he could deliver the Red Sox some more highly touted prospects.
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If you applied yourself a little more,