Game 126: Rangers at Yankees
Posted by: Peter Abraham - Posted in Misc on Aug 26, 2009 
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YANKEES (78-47)
Jeter SS
Swisher RF
Teixeira 1B
Rodriguez 3B
Matsui DH
Posada C
Cano 2B
Hairston LF
Melky CF
Pitching: LHP Andy Pettitte (10-6, 4.25).
RANGERS (70-54)
Kinsler 2B
Young 3B
Hamilton CF
Cruz RF
Rodriguez DH
Davis 1B
Teagarden C
Murphy LF
Andrus SS
Pitching: LHP Derek Holland (7-7, 4.72).
TIME/TV: 7:05 p.m. YES/ESPN2.
STATE OF THE ‘STRIPES: The Yankees have hit a little lull. They are 4-4 in their last eight games after falling 10-9 last night. They lead Boston by six games in the East.
HOMER HAPPY: Robinson Cano joined the 20-home run club last night, giving the Yankees six members. That makes the 1961 and 2004 teams. The Yankees could end up with seven or maybe even eight if Derek Jeter (16) and Jorge Posada (15) get there.
WALK AWAY: Jeter snapped a streak of 113 plate appearances without a walk when he walked to lead off the game last night. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the streak was the longest active such streak in the American League and the fourth longest in the Majors behind NL pitchers Jason Schmidt (167), Doug Davis (165) and Kip Wells (149).
Jeter has multiple-hit games in 11 of the last 13 games he has started.
GODZILLA AT WORK: Hideki Matsui has 17 RBI over his last eight games. Eight of his last 13 hits have been for extra-bases. Seven of them are homers.
DANDY ANDY: Andy Pettitte should be the No. 3 starter in the playoffs. He is 2-1 with a 2.82 ERA since the All-Star break. Over 44.2 innings, he has allowed only 38 hits and struck out 47 thanks to rediscovering his cutter.
That’s it for now. Thanks to Josh Thomson for calling in the lineup. I’ll be driving back to New York during the game and blogging while driving is generally frowned on by the paper.
Josh will take you through the rest of the day.
Enjoy the game.
UPDATE, 6:10 p.m.: Josh here. Not much to report from the clubhouse. Here’s what I can tell you…
Johnny Damon said his knee is fine. He attributed the day off to his struggles against Holland on May 27. He went 0 for 3 and struck out twice against Holland despite the Yankees roughing up the young lefty. Damon’s only other career AB against Holland was a strikeout. “Hairston would probably do a better job than me,” Damon said.
A.J. Burnett didn’t really want to rehash his last start but he is eager to return to the mound tomorrow. He was frustrated with himself in the wake of allowing nine runs in five innings against the Red Sox, not Posada. “That’s not him. That’s my preparation,” Burnett said.
Joe Girardi told us it’ll be good for Burnett and Posada to put a good start together, if for no other reason than to end all the chatter. A couple minutes later, however, he revealed his intention to catch Jose Molina tomorrow. It’s a day game after a night game, the manager said. “It’s just kind of the way the schedule fell,” Girardi said.
If you want instant news updates after the game, follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/jthomson22.
I’ll have much more here tonight. Enjoy the game.
UPDATE, 7:24 p.m.: Jack Nicholson is in the house — ever so conspicuous — wearing a purple shirt and sitting directly behind home plate.
UPDATE, 7:43 p.m.: Wow, a lot of star power for a Wednesday night in August. Paul McCartney is seated behind the plate tonight as well.
The former Beatle was treated to the three-run homer by Posada, who staked the Yankees to a 3-0 lead. Remember: Anytime you question his game-calling skills, don’t forget the stick. Joe Mauer and Victor Martinez are the only catchers with more than Posada’s 17 homers. And he has done it in 308 ABs.
UPDATE, 7:53 p.m.: That was A-Rod’s ninth steal of the year. He needs one more to avoid tying his career low. He had nine steals in 2002.
Of course, Rodriguez was promptly thrown out at home on a terrific play by Elvis Andrus. A-Rod saw Andrus field the ball on the slide. Why not turn around and go back to third?
UPDATE, 8:28 p.m.: Maybe the hair and beard of his idiot days weren’t just for show. Damon decrees Hairston will do better, and so it is.
Seriously though, Hairston has been a terrific pickup. He is 11 for 34 with two HRs, five walks, seven runs scored and seven RBI.
UPDATE, 8:54 p.m.: The home run by David Murphy snapped the longest homerless streak of Andy Pettitte’s career: 49.2 innings.
UPDATE, 9:33 p.m.: I’ll have an update on Posada as soon as possible. With the Yanks up 9-2 in the eighth, it could just be for precaution.
Let’s get back on the stick today.
Looking for a vintage Pettitte performance.
my lineup prob didnt count but imagine if i was right
benfica356-
I got sidetracked and had to leave my desk. I will count it since I didn’t say “No more Line ups”
I don’t trust Joba as a starter anymore this season.
We’re all clinging to a string of successful starts where he had a chance to go home and get reamed by his Daddy and also had his name in trade rumors for Doc.
Guess we better get Harlan back up to the Bronx stat.
Once the trade threat was over he has completely gone back to what he was doing prior to this.
When Melky, Hughes and Cano regressed last year they were all punished to some extent and have come back stronger players.
Joba needs to have it taken away from him.
The problem is the organization rode him this far they have no other starting alternatives, so he is what he is.
This isn’t a lost season for him. Maybe he’ll learn something from it? Who knows.
If he gets a post season start you are basically hoping he gets so pumped up by the crowd and occasion that he brings his A game.
Otherwise, there is nothing to suggest that he is going to spin a gem in the playoffs.
I understand young pitchers struggle. That’s all fine and dandy when you’re not trying to win a championship with one of them holding a key spot in the rotation.
thanks erica. My lineup prob is wrong anyway
This is seriously a lull? We’ve won every series but one since the ASB. WE lost one game. If this is a lull, I’m sure most teams would love to be in the lull we’re in.
Was Hughes’ punishment that the Yankees broke his rib?
Team is in a serious funk right now, they need to snap out of it and start playing well again.
Was Hughes’ punishment that the Yankees broke his rib?
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The yankees are clearly babying Joba by not hitting his knee cap with a baseball bat.
It says Ernie called in a line up.. but I do not see a line up!
Here the real lineup:
BloggingBombers: Yankees lineup August 26:
Jeter SS
Swisher RF
Teixiera 1B
A-Rod 3B
Matsui DH
Posada C
Cano 2B
Hairston LF
Cabrera CF
Pettitte LHP
Joba is so messed up, he will not be counted on for any meaningful post season pitching.
“Team is in a serious funk right now, they need to snap out of it and start playing well again.”
people keep saying that but the yanks keep proving them wrong…
Maybe the team couldn’t get over the loss last night so they forfeited the game today? Could be why there is no lineup.
that lineup makes sense.
We’re in such a funk that we went to the west coast and won every series then went into Fenway Park and took two of three. But because we lost yesterday, we’re in trouble now!
If this is a lull or a serious funk I would hate to hear what people use to describe a 4 game losing streak. Something tells me it would be high-time for a hanging in Yankees-land if something as unthinkable as that happened.
Apparently Damon being 0-4 with 3K’s the last time out vs. Holland was enough to get him the day off.
This must mean I am going to see the B-lineup in action tomorrow afternoon when I go to the game.
Another good performance by Andy would help ease our fears. Joba and AJ are potentially great pitchers who aren’t consistent. We need CC and Andy to be dominant atop the rotation.
Girardi should be having Hairston give Melky more time off. He really seems to need it.
Congratulations go out to our two winners of today’s thrilling “Guess the Line Up”.
Unknown 2:45
Miggs 3:24
Miggs has now taken a commanding two game lead in the standings!!! Thanks to all who participated.
Reminder, GTLU will be played from 9-10 tomorrow.
Only 3 more rounds of this season of GTLU remain!
repost:
If the Yanks have the best record in the AL, they’ll most likely pick the ALDS that takes 8 days to play. In that series they wouldnt need to pitch anyone on short rest and they could use only 3 pitchers.
In that scenario AJ would be pitching game 5. Or they could use 4 pitchers and have CC ready for game 5. Unless Joba turns it around over the next few starts i would assume they would go with the 3 pitchers.
But first they have to get the best record.
Ramey – Traded his Girlfriend to the Pirates for a PTBNL
August 26th, 2009 at 3:24 pm
“please don’t bury me for saying this, and i’m not francesa..
but has anyone seen what bronson arroyo has done the last 8 starts or so? pretty impressive….and from what i remember he showed up come postseason time (at least against the yankees he did)…”
You may need to re-check those stats where you think he showed up come post-season time. He has a 7.41 career era in the post-season and in 4 innings in the 2004 alcs he had 15.75 era. Not exactly “showing up”
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sorry ramey – i didn’t take into account game #3 (the last game the yankees won in the 2004 alcs where they won 19-8) when he gave up 6 runs in 2 innings – i was probably very drunk with alcohol and happiness – i was remembering the games he pitched after that..
regardless he has been as close to lights out the last 8 out of 9 games he’s pitched – and i’d trust him more than the other 3 i’ve mentioned in a playoff game at this point..
Damon just had two days off in Boston and another on Monday. Whether or not he had one bad game does not mean he shouldn’t play tonight. Maybe Damon wasn’t going well that one game. If anyone should sit, it should be Melky and let Hairston, Jr. play CF tonight. But let’s see how it works out.
not sure if you’ve people noticed…but since they started pushing back joba’s starts, his rhythm was thrown off and he hasn’t pitched well.
he is 23 years old. All you have to do is look at other young pitchers…98% of them struggle.
just wait when hughes struggles next season…every moron is going to be saying “hughes should be in the pen”…
it takes time…they cant all be “put timmy to bed lincecum.”
look at david price…would you be ready to give up on him? send him to the pen?
im not saying joba is for sure going to be an ace, but to cry, whine, and give up this early on him is exactly why no ny team wants to go through any form of rebuilding or tooling…because their fans are impatient idiots.
fools.
When you are as hot as the Yanks have been a 4-4 stretch is a bit of a lull.
No decisions on post-season pitching rotation are going to be made in August. Joba is not engendering much confidence, but let’s see how things are — and what the standings look like in three weeks, shall we?
To those who don’t think this is a lull – it is a lull because the pitching has been dreadful. Good offense has compensated, but it might not be good enough down the stretch, but it certainly won’t be good enough in the postseason when you only see very good pitchers. I feel confident with CC and Andy. But AJ and/or Joba have to get it figured out soon.
Here are the current standings for “Guess the Line Up”. After 24 rounds, there have been 65 different winners. Here are the participants with 3 wins or more:
Miggs – 8 wins – 7/23, 8/6, 8/11, 8/13, 8/18, 8/21, 8/25, 8/26
Ramey – 6 Wins – 7/22, 7/21, 8/6, 8/7, 8/11, 8/21
Andrew – 5 wins – 7/27, 8/6, 8/11, 8/21, 8/25
NYY626 – 4 wins – 8/4, 8/6, 8/7, 8/25
RayVT – 4 wins – 8/5, 8/7, 8/21, 8/25
Upstate Kate – 4 wins – 8/6, 8/7, 8/21, 8/25
WTTALDS- 4 Wins – 7/24, 8/6, 8/11, 8/25
Yanksfan – 4 Wins – 7/28, 7/29, 8/6, 8/21
CM – 3 wins – 8/5, 8/6, 8/7
Henner – 3 wins – 7/27, 8/7, 8/25
Hokiehill – 3 wins – 7/22, 8/21, 8/25
Patrick (the Prospect Hugger) – 3 Wins – 7/27,7/17, 8/7
SA – 3 wins – 8/6, 8/7, 8/25
UnKnown – 3 wins – 8/17, 8/21, 8/26
YankeeRay – 3 Wins – 8/5, 8/6, 8/7
Joe Girardi (no winner) 7/30, 7/31, 8/10, 8/12, 8/19
Erica, maybe you should see who comes up when the rosters expand before you kill off everyone’s favorite game… don’t be afraid of Girardi winning once in a while.
Erica I’m doing my best to channel my inner Joe Girardi.
Well, that and the batter vs. pitcher feature on ESPN.com.
LOL
Why is Melky in there?
Does Girardi want to win the game?
this is a great article on joba by mike axisa at RAB
http://riveraveblues.com/2009/.....ers-16373/
Come back soon Gardy
(though he probably wouldn’t have played against the lefty Holland today).
Nick-
1) I need a break from GTLU
2) I hate when Girardi wins. I feel like I just wasted 90 minutes of my time. At least when there is a winner I get to see that “I won!” joy and it makes me happy
Holland has a 2.95 ERA since the ASB
walter
who else is there to start in cf???????
hinske doesnt play there
molina doesnt play there
damon is an off day and hasnt played there in a while
hariston is in left
gardner is on the DL
I knew that Molina in my lineup was wrong the minute I sent it…he’ll be in there tomorrow I would guess with the day game after a night game…
miggs, you’re lucky that the GTLUN doesn’t automatically disqualify any lineups that don’t include Damon.
Erica: outsource it.
Decent start by Andy and the Yankees will win. And they won’t have to score 11 to do it.
Nick-
Disqualifying them would be unfair. But I highly frown upon them and hope they are wrong.
No one is volunteering! I am actually a sucker
hairston could play center, but the Rangers’ lefty pitcher v right handed hitters favors leaving out Damons lefty bat and adding Hairstons right handed bat while leaving in Melky’s swith-hitting bat.
Molina better be behind the plate tomorrow afternoon !
“Holland has a 2.95 ERA since the ASB”
That will be great until it’s not…just like Joba’s ERA after a few games since the ASB. We see how that’s gone since. Yankees win tonight if Andy can pitch 6.
Boston would love to see Andy in there as the #3. I’ve heard they definitely like AJ as the #2. And I think they know from 2007′s experience with CC, that he should absolutley be the Yanks #1.
Built for the play-off: The Boston Red Sox!
Go Texas. Let’s steal another!!!!
“Erica: outsource it.”
Erica,
Nick is begging for this assignment……
LOL @ the postseason talk. Yanks will miss the playoffs again.
Can’t wait to see this blog next week when the lead is down to two games.
miggs
August 26th, 2009 at 3:55 pm
“Erica: outsource it.”
Erica,
Nick is begging for this assignment……
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You are right! Nick, I nominate you.
In fact, on weekends you should wake up in SF at 6am to start GTLU at 9am here for 1pm starts
Stateman52
August 26th, 2009 at 3:39 pm
Joba is so messed up, he will not be counted on for any meaningful post season pitching.
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his 1st 3 starts after the ASB were dominant with an ERA under 1, how can he get messed up so badly in 2+ weeks?
My opinion is that the extended time in between starts hurt his rhthym and possibly his preparation, it’s up to the Yankees to figure out what works for him the rest of the season without sacrificing next year.
LOL@ Red Sox trolls.
Once again verifying they are the dumbest fans in America.
Hairston was not comfortable in CF when he played it, Girardi is waiting for brett to come back.
Ha, I cannot work under a Nazi regime.
Nor do I have the actuarial skills necessary to competently run such an enterprise.
GTLU would have been so much more interesting with GGBG still healthy
Did Brett have his cast removed? I feel like the last update was that he would be back by the 2nd week in September…hopefully that is still accurate.
Nick-
At least you are acknowledging my competance and high talents!
Joba is so messed up, he will not be counted on for any meaningful post season pitching.
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I know that everyone is disappointed with Joba but…c’mon…the guy is 8-4 this season. If you don’t use him in the postseason then who will you use? Sergio Mitre? Chad Gauguin? Kei Igawa?
The fact of the matter is that Joba Chamberlain is doing as well as any of the other young wonderkind starting pitchers in the AL (Clay Buchholz, David Price, Rick Porcello & Derek Holland). He is also struggling with the same issues that they struggle with (command). Being a young starting pitcher in the American Laegue is difficlut and all other young starters struggle too. Thats no reason to avoid using Joba in the playoffs.
Can I be nominated for GTLU?
Erica: I have never doubted your skills and brutal efficiency! Not even Adolf Eichmann could run GTLU as well as you have. My hat is off to you.
benfica356
August 26th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
Can I be nominated for GTLU?
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Are you serious??? You really want to take over GTLU duties when I end this season of GTLU on 8/31??
Junichi Tazawa, game 3 starter
DYNASTY!
Thanks Nick!
I am blushing
Re Gardner….Cast has come off and he hit yesterday.
They are going to monitor it and see if there is swelling. If there isn’t, they will have him hit again this week and he may be able to play in some games this weekend.
He hopes to be back in a week-10 days, depending on how the thumb holds up.
Jerkface you are forgetting that apparently Tim Wakefield at 70% health is going to come back and DOMINATE. I think one of the trolls earlier today referred to the Red Sox as the Papi-Bay-Lowell Express with Youkilis as the conductor…one of the funniest things posted on here lately.
SJ thanks for that Brett Gardner information.
Joba is a rookie in the AL East and has a 4.34 ERA
How many #4 starters have a 4.34 ERA?
Buchholz has a 5 ERA
Washburn has like a 8 ERA since joining Detroit
Angels don’t even have a #4 starter. Shane Loux? Trevor Bell?
If we make it to the WS, what #4 starters are there? Joe Blanton? Kyle Loshe? Vincente Padilla? Joba is better than all of them.
Joba is fine as a #4 starter. He keeps us in the game and with our offense, thats all that is needed. Even yesterday we almost won and he was matched up with their ace.
Just got two tickets for the game tonight. My friend’s wife had to work late and he wont’t go without her. My wife is so excited she is going to wear her Girardi shirt from when he was a player.
I want to see the opposing team Bunt on Tim Wakefield, because I heard his movement on the mound was described as inbetween a mummy and a statue which was brought to life by sorceror’s magik.
After the 14-1 RS win,hope Andy is back on track.Go Yankees!
Erica, sure. I always come on here everyday.
Erica, sure. I always come on here everyday.
Then again Adolf Eichmann would never take days off to go to the beach.
“benfica356
August 26th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
Erica, sure. I always come on here everyday.”
Are your papers in order herr benfica?
Nick-
HISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Even evil dictators are entitled to a beach day!!! Being a GTLUN is exhausting!
Erica I loved you in Inglourious Basterds.
benfica356
August 26th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
Erica, sure. I always come on here everyday.
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Okay, if you are truly up for it here is what you are signing up for:
1)You need to allow people about a 90 minute window to make entries. People will submit them anyway when the time is up. You cannot allow that
2) You need to track every submission that gets posted. Sometimes people don’t pay attention and post them on old threads. Then they get mad at you for not seeing it.People will want to make revisions. You can’t allow that either. Some days over 60 people submit line ups
3) You need to track the winners and keep standings
4) People will make fun of you
Still up for it?
Oh, dear. It it a regency type deal because the over-lord has gone mad, like King George the 3rd?
Or, will Erica regret her choice and divide the blog a la Teddy Roosevelt in 1912?
Andrew
August 26th, 2009 at 4:14 pm
Erica I loved you in Inglourious Basterds.
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Thank you! I am hoping for an Oscar nomination. I have my speech ready
“Well, that and the batter vs. pitcher feature on ESPN.com.”
What?
Now Miggs admits he’s been using PEW’s(perfromance enhancing websites) all along? My faith in GTLU has been damaged forever.
Kids, don’t look to the GTLU stars of today to see how to play this game. These posters with their obscure screen names and fancy websites couldn’t hold a candle to the players from my generation. All we had were dog eared copies of Baseball Digest and day old newspapers but somehow we managed.
Tom in N.J.
August 26th, 2009 at 4:16 pm
Oh, dear. It it a regency type deal because the over-lord has gone mad, like King George the 3rd?
Or, will Erica regret her choice and divide the blog a la Teddy Roosevelt in 1912?
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I will admit, I love being all-powerful. But I am ready to wash my hands of GTLU. It isn’t much fun for me anymore. But I love the people who love the game and they are the ones why I wanted to keep it going for so long
And the people who remember to say thank you are pretty awesome
Miggs is quickly learning how to forget the English language in advance of his defense against these PEW allegations.
Do I hear calls for an asterick??? LOL
Erica are you going to Argentina?
“Joba is fine as a #4 starter. He keeps us in the game and with our offense, thats all that is needed. Even yesterday we almost won and he was matched up with their ace.”
Almost won is not a win. Giving up 7 runs is not keeping your team in the game.
Ye Erica, and I can show you by letting me do a “try-out” session tommorow, since its a day game. Its only on weekdays right?
A judge ruled today the list of 104 was seized illegally and needs to be returned to the union.
benfica356
August 26th, 2009 at 4:21 pm
Ye Erica, and I can show you by letting me do a “try-out” session tommorow, since its a day game. Its only on weekdays right?
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Tomorrow is a day game. GTLU is from 9-10. You won’t get the full effect of GTLU craziness cause everyone is still asleep. Lets do your try out on Friday. GTLU should be held from 2:00-3:30. How does that sound?
benfica: you should have your tryout on Saturday. It’s only on weekdays right now because a certain someone has other priorities on weekends…
Uncle Ellsworth (#2 needs 18 to tie #4)
August 26th, 2009 at 4:20 pm
Erica are you going to Argentina?
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I am going into a cave somwehere because there is a coup out for me
BUCK FOSTON !
Erica-
Hey I’m running a clean program over here.
Its not a matter of national security that your PB Johnny Damon was 0-4 against Holland last time out with 3Ks.
I know you’re upset he’s not playing but come on!
Bronx Jeers- I welcome any random PED screening you might request.
Hey Chowdah head,still upset the Yankees beat you in your own yard,and took the series? Now you want some other ream to do what your roider’s can’t,pitiful phonies the whole lot of you.
OOh- that’s a good idea
Lets do your try out Saturday. It’ll be a bonus GTLU.
Although, I don’t know if there will a game Saturday. Tropical Storm Danny (soon to be Hurricane) will hit us
“Erica are you going to Argentina?”
If she starts posting under the name ODESSA, we’ll know…
oh man, can i get that on a t-shirt
pat,
it’s a little too late now.
“DANDY ANDY: Andy Pettitte should be the No. 3 starter in the playoffs.”
I hope so. The only other option would be Joba and that’s rolling the dice a little bit.
I hope the offense continues to do what it’s done all year and carries over into the short series.
This is where losing Wang is hurting the most. We’ve played like we haven’t missed him during the regular season but in a short series? I don’t know. I don’t like our rotation. I would have felt better if they picked up someone that could give them length.
miggs-
I am only teasing. I actually take my hat off to you.
Nowhere in the official rules for GTLU does it say you can’t use every resource available to you on the web.
The only thing I would actually frown upon was Girardi himself actually playing
Erica, tommorow would be my best day cause idk if im gonna be avaliable this wknd. Im going to the game on Sunday and maybe have tutoring friday and saturday.
Anybody know what the record is for the greatest number of 20 homer guys on one squad?
Anybody know what the record is for the greatest number of 20 homer guys on one squad?
6
61 yankees and 03 or 04 yankees
Clare
Maybe not for the other 100 or so.
7. Both the 2005 Rangers and 2000 Jays.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/pi/shareit/v8WC
Michael Kay KILLING Girardi for the bunt.
catching a break…..marlon byrd is out with kidney stones
“7. Both the 2005 Rangers and 2000 Jays.”
I hate Kay.
he said 6 the other day.
“Erica – always OPPC
August 26th, 2009 at 4:13 pm
Nick-
HISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Even evil dictators are entitled to a beach day!!! Being a GTLUN is exhausting!”
Nick in SF –
this is the second time I’ve seen you get the big hiss. You know what buttons to push, I’m really impressed. lol
You know what comes next – and it ain’t Aubrey Huff.
Kay recounting how Girardi pissed off was because Swisher couldn’t get down the bunt. Shows up his player.
And Kay loves Girardi.
Wow.
benfica356
August 26th, 2009 at 4:28 pm
Erica, tommorow would be my best day cause idk if im gonna be avaliable this wknd. Im going to the game on Sunday and maybe have tutoring friday and saturday.
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Okay, but if you take over- people will expect GTLU everyday. I will let you try it out tomorrow. Do you know what to do?
Kay’s just joining the club on that bunt call. No one with any brains thought that was a good call. I sure wish I could have heard the players’ reaction on that…
The yankees should just go ahead and get 8. or maybe 9, but I don’t think Melky will be able to catch up.
Ha ha Kay going nuts about the bunt. I must say agree with him.
Okay, but if you take over- people will expect GTLU everyday. I will let you try it out tomorrow. Do you know what to do?
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Orientation will be at 7:30 AM in the previous nights thread. Coffee will be provided.
Just cherry on the top of Girardi’s overmanaging moves all season. This one was just more pronounced.
He needs to back off with those players he has.
E-gawa
August 26th, 2009 at 4:32 pm
“7. Both the 2005 Rangers and 2000 Jays.”
I hate Kay.
he said 6 the other day.
Methinks he may have been saying the franchise record, but I have no idea as I have no recollection of this event
Erica –
To give you a break –
I’ll do GTLU all winter – with Yankee classics on YES it will be like an open book test.
i am so excited
gtlu continues
What time should I start the game
Trevor
August 26th, 2009 at 4:34 pm
Ha ha Kay going nuts about the bunt. I must say agree with him.
The problem is that Joe would do it again.
I fear benfica’s reign will be nothing more then a Vichy France type deal.
Uncle Ellsworth (#2 needs 18 to tie #4)
August 26th, 2009 at 4:37 pm
Trevor
August 26th, 2009 at 4:34 pm
Ha ha Kay going nuts about the bunt. I must say agree with him.
The problem is that Joe would do it again.
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You got that right. Because Girardi is smarter than everyone else…at least he thinks he is.
I think Girardi has been a good manager, but his main flaw is that sometimes it seems like he’s watching the situation more than he’s watching the game.
Calling for a bunt was absolutely ridiculous considering the Yankees were teeing off on Francisco, who looked like he was drowning on the mound.
Kay is spot on with what he’s saying.
JasonR — don’t agree that he’s a good manager per se, but you’re right. It’s like he’s missing a good “baseball gut” or just plain common sense.
Erica – always OPPC
August 26th, 2009 at 4:16 pm
benfica356
August 26th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
Erica, sure. I always come on here everyday.
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Okay, if you are truly up for it here is what you are signing up for:
1)You need to allow people about a 90 minute window to make entries. People will submit them anyway when the time is up. You cannot allow that
2) You need to track every submission that gets posted. Sometimes people don’t pay attention and post them on old threads. Then they get mad at you for not seeing it.People will want to make revisions. You can’t allow that either. Some days over 60 people submit line ups
3) You need to track the winners and keep standings
4) People will make fun of you
Still up for it?
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Then when someone gives a good excuse you say okay you can change it this time.
“Kay is spot on with what he’s saying.”
Did Kay have an issue with it last night as it was happening?
after the game last night i think singleton said that that was only the second time this year the yankees had lost the first game of a series in NYS – the opening day loss being the first…didn’t the yankees get swept in two 2 games series vs the rays and redsox in NYS this year? it seems hard to believe that it was only the second time they lost the first game of a series
Nick in SF.
You could do GTLU after the game. Like an open book test.
It’s yesterday’s game, folks. Get over it. New game tonight.
benfica356
August 26th, 2009 at 4:37 pm
What time should I start the game
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GTLU is from 9-10 tomorrow. I will leave it all completely in your control, but I will be here to keep an eye on things and spot you if you get in trouble.
pat August 26th, 2009 at 4:43 pm
“Kay is spot on with what he’s saying.”
Did Kay have an issue with it last night as it was happening?
He claims he did.
When reading a post from a Red Sox fan, it’s always fun to read it aloud trying to mimic their goofy accent.
Much like hillbillies, it is impossible to take them seriously.
DT-
You are such a team player!
sab,
We also lost the opening game of the Phillies series. We also lost the opening game vs. Toronto with Mitre on the mound as well as that Tampa series in June.
Have computer problems and can’t keep my message on the screen. So I will just say. Joba nay-sayers, you have your right to your opinion even if you are mean and rude about it. Especially SJ44. But no one has to agree with you. If you can’t say anything nice just STFU.
For those who believe that Joba deserves to be given a chance and can recognize his value – thank you.
The biggest issue is the Yankees to continue their winning ways and they will. Go Yankees.
I pity Andy if he loses today.
Kay was watching the game with his sister.
I understand why Joe bunted, makes a ton of sense. But swisher isn’t a bunter. and when he saw how he tried to bunt the first time in the ab, he should have taken it off.
We lose 6 opening series games at the stadium this year
Opening day vs. Cleveland
vs. Philly
vs. Tampa (two different series)
vs. Boston
vs. Toronto
girardi at times looks like a blockhead with some of the moves he makes…but if swisher GIDP’s in that situation – which is a good possibility, then everyone would want girardi’s head for NOT bunting…having said that – i think he goes “by the book” too often which isn’t he brightest thing to do – you really need to go with gut instincts at times and switch things up a bit…..
kay also said that “he guaranteed” that swisher would have walked in the 9th inning if he wasn’t forced to bunt…thats where kay’s legitimacy goes out the window – and makes himself look kind of dumb with what he says…
ok thx Erica
Girardi’s managerial style can be summed up in one sentence
“It’s Cokey’s job to get the lefty”.
jennifer
August 26th, 2009 at 4:48 pm
I understand why Joe bunted, makes a ton of sense. But swisher isn’t a bunter. and when he saw how he tried to bunt the first time in the ab, he should have taken it off.
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It doesn’t “make a ton of sense” when the pitcher is reeling and throwing 96mph, they’re at home and just need a tie, they’re giving up a critical out in the 9th and risk losing momentum. That’s just plain dumb. That’s symptomatic of someone who sticks to his envisoned plan instead of actually being aware of what’s actually happening on the field at the time.
But when you add Swisher on top of that it’s assinine.
You can defend Girardi on his bullpen moves, but not this.
thanks yank1 and rdg – how do people get announcer jobs when they give stats that are so blatantly wrong like that out?
pat
August 26th, 2009 at 4:43 pm
“Kay is spot on with what he’s saying.”
Did Kay have an issue with it last night as it was happening?
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To answer your question, yes.
Hey — has anyone here ever heard Joba questioned about his missing curve ball? He used to be touted as a started with four pitches when he came up. I’m curious about his MIA curve.
Leaving work now and will not be back until towards the end of the game.
Bye for now Yankee people!!!
Benefica no offense….
If you’re already saying you can’t do the game this Friday, Saturday, or Sunday how the heck are you going to run it on a daily basis when Erica retires?
The game should end when Erica retires unless someone can commit to doing it all the time.
Hey — has anyone here ever heard Joba questioned about his missing curve ball? He used to be touted as a started with four pitches when he came up. I’m curious about his MIA curve.
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he throws a couple a game, and in at least 1 start threw more curves than sliders
It’s real easy to critize a player or manager for a play after it doesn’t work.
Do we hear praise for a play that does. Not so much.
how is girardi reacting to swishers terrible attempt at bunting “showing up” his player….you know how many old school type managers would go right up to swisher and get in his face…
im not saying thats the right thing to do..it most certainly is not but girardi has every right to be mad at swisher for not executing in a critical situation
many people on here have criticized girardi for not showing enough emotion on the bench..i have never felt that way myself but i personally like girardi as a manager..
You can STFU yourself.
Nobody stops you from waving your pom poms, so nobody cares if you don’t like difficult criticism of a player.
Skip over the posts if you don’t like them.
Rose
August 26th, 2009 at 4:21 pm
“Joba is fine as a #4 starter. He keeps us in the game and with our offense, thats all that is needed. Even yesterday we almost won and he was matched up with their ace.”
Almost won is not a win. Giving up 7 runs is not keeping your team in the game.
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Joba is getting the shaft for just being. Why don’t we just subtract the EIGHT wins he did get from the win total and where would the team be.
Joba wasn’t doing too badly early in the season pitching to Molina while JP was on DL. He usually left the game with 3 or 4 runs which is winnable. But early in the season the offense was not productive yet and lost a couple of games for him when the was ahead. He could have been easily at 10 wins. Hmm, 10 minus . . . .
How does the fact that it was a bad decision by Girardi excuse Swisher for that terrible bunt?
What if we’re in the postseason against LAA, tied at 2 in extra innings and hit a leadoff double and Swisher has to bunt… where it is absolutely the right call?
If you want to go deep into October, you have to be able to play fundamental baseball. Swisher had to that that bunt down yesterday. No excuses for him.
Jerkface,
I know it was sacrificed when he was in the bullpen, but haven’t seen it for sooo long. Really tired of his very predictable slider, particularly the 3-2 slider. Who on the planet DOESN’T know that’s coming?
Glad to hear you’ve seen some evidence of it, at least.
Pinella would have chewed out Swisher. As would La Russa and Leyland.
Ozzie Guillen might have thrown a water cooler on him lol
What Girardi done was nice compared to what other managers would have done to him. Inexcusable to not get that bunt down.
If you think the catcher is at fault for Joba, you are full of it.
Go back and look at Joba’s starts with Molina AND Cervelli.
He was shaking them off like crazy the same way he does Posada.
Joba’s problem isn’t the catcher. its Joba.
You may not like hearing it but, the game lines don’t lie.
Sj44 – How can I skip over your posts when there are so many of them. When was the last time you wrote a positive thought. Who died and left you God.
You proved my point that you cannot take criticsm and get rude in your responses trying to belittle the poster. See how it feels?
Subtract the 8 wins total and see where they would be? LOL
Are you kidding me?
He is playing on a team with a .620 winning % and he only has 8 wins.
You don’t evaluate him by “take away his wins and see where the team is at”.
You would have to evaluate who replaces him in the rotation and how many wins they would have in that slot.
Impossible to do since its a strawman argument.
He was awful last night. If you believe the fairytale that it must be the catcher whenever a Yankee pitcher struggles, we can agree to disagree.
RAB had a great post today detailing Joba’s struggles and why. I suggest you read it. You will learn something.
I know it was sacrificed when he was in the bullpen, but haven’t seen it for sooo long. Really tired of his very predictable slider, particularly the 3-2 slider. Who on the planet DOESN’T know that’s coming?
Glad to hear you’ve seen some evidence of it, at least.
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He even used the curve sometimes in the Pen, he dropped one on JD Drew for a punch out at some point. And first pitch striked Pedroia as well.
He throws it about 8.6% of the time according to fangraphs. His change up 4.4%. You can tell which is which because his curve is almost always 77 mph. Change up is around 80-82.
Ack, this place is nuts without CB. Where is he? He wasn’t around last night either!
You told me to STFU and you are upset you are being criticized? LOl
Please, grow up. Its a blog and people have strong opinions here. You don’t like them, ignore them.
You tell someone to STFU, expect it right back at you.
Now go back to cheerleading.
You sound like the soup Nazi, Sj 44. Are you saying I can’t post for one week! Dam you are easy to p*ss off because you think you are always right. Joba WAS pitching better at the start of the season and the catcher was not Posada. Was the coincidence? You are are so full of it yourself your eyes are pure brown.
JeterJoba – SJ is one of the most respected posters on this blog, and he is so because he is a realist, not a kool-aid drinker.
You ain’t winning that battle.
Erica
this gtlu is serious business i hope you know what your doing.
cashman
girardi
francessa
kim jones & lot of people read this blog.
this has to be a smooth transition
I think Joba needs to be more aggressive out there as a starter. And if he doesn’t, he needs to go back relieving. Where does that put me?
Thanks, Jerkface. I’ll check it out.
i am worried
Sweet jesus, a militant truther!
Who caught his best three starts of the year coming out of the break? Posada caught two of them.
Who caught his best start of the year in Cleveland? Posada.
Posada has caught the majority of Joba’s good starts this year.
Try again to assign blame to other when it comes to Joba.
Blaming Posada doesn’t hold up over his body of work this year.
Soup Nazi? Nah, I’m not an Anti-Semite.
Folks who foolishly blame Posada for Joba’s struggles, with nothing of substance to back it up? That analysis folds under scrutiny.
SJ 44. Always with the put downs. When you want to get at a female you insinuate that females do not have baseball sense and should go back to cheerleading. Cheap shot. Here is another one. You go back to being a water boy like Adam Sandler.
If Swsher couldn’t put the bunt down with conviction he needed to shake off the sign.
i think he goes “by the book” too often which isn’t he brightest thing to do – you really need to go with gut instincts at times and switch things up a bit…..
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Now there is a an oxymoron if I have ever seen one. Now you have Girardi and Pena sitting side by each and they probably helped write the book. I believe both have won Manager of the Year and have over 50 years of experience between the two of them. The so called book is an amalgam of these many things. They obviously want to win the game, so the book is not the brightest thing to do, check on what your gut instincts say. Okaaay
MaineYankee: good one! Swisher and his bunting coach need to get on the same page.
I am not here to win a battle with SJ 44. I am just a frustrated Joba fan who does not appreciate his put downs of Joba and want him to know that.
I have been reading these posts most of the year and am not a first time poster. And I am NOT the first to criticize him for it.
any pitcher on the planet would get 8 wins on this team
joba should have at least 12
They better win tonight. Chicago isin’t wining a game from Boston so it’s down to 5 tonight if we lose and it is a race again.
We also have no idea what to expect from Burnett tomorrow and Nippert has thrown well. Then it could be down to 4.
Do not lost grip on the division. Re-group and win the series and take games off the schedule. Do not let this lead slip and lose our cushion.
Oh, that really hurt me. LOL
Its a blog. People have strong opinions. If you are going to have an opinion, back it up with something.
When you tell someone to STFU and believe in the fairytale that everybody should just post nice comments on Yankee players here, you get laughed at here.
Like I said, ignore the posts or go and read other posts who have detailed Joba’s struggles and why.
Instead, you go the lazy route. It has to be Posada’s fault.
Well, it isn’t and there is ample proof to back it up.
Like I said, read the RAB story on Joba and don’t get caught up in what I think. In the grand scheme of things, it doesn’t matter what I think.
People who watch the game know why Joba is struggling and it isn’t because of Posada.
“I am not here to win a battle with SJ 44.”
Good, ‘cos if you’re trying to blame Jorge Posada for Joba’s bad outings, that’s a losing battle.
AJ Burnett and Andy Pettitte only have 10 wins
I guess we should cut them.
Nick in SF in Larkspur
August 26th, 2009 at 5:17 pm
MaineYankee: good one! Swisher and his bunting coach need to get on the same page.
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I thought we needed a new controversy. Those others were getting old.
Sj: Soup Nazi is a reference to Seinfield and the tyrannical seller of soup. Everything had to be his way or the buyer couldn’t get any soup and would be banned for a week.
Andy should have more wins. He should have won basically all his starts after the ASB.
i can do it weekdays and ill try my best to make GTLU happen every weekday(Including Friday). But, I have a life you know.
Kay is right……I didn’t think Girardi being pissed was a big deal yesterday, but that kind of thing does not go over well. Instead of stomping and acting like a baby, Joe should just have talked to Swish. Of course, Joe’s asinine call to bunt was the bigger problem.
The Yankees spend an appreciable amount of time in spring training with bunting practice and fundamentals.
Maybe not so much during the regular season. It’s a lost art.
When is Giradi going to get his head out of his behind and start Molina with Burnett and Chamberlain?
This Jorge experiment needs to end right now.
Maybe someone can explain to me why getting the bunt sign precluded Swisher from using his “eye” and not bunting at a pitch outside the strike zone, and perhaps working a walk? Or working the count to one where the bunt might have been taken off?
That’s something I don’t understand. Maybe I’m being dense. I asked this at least 2 times last night.
I’m almost coming around to the idea that the bunt (because it gave up an out even if it worked) might not have been the best call in that particular situation where the momentum was building (as exhibited by the pounding in my chest as it was happening).
But I won’t say it was a stupid play or the “wrong” play. It was one option for that situation, a valid one, if not the best one. And we’ll never know how the game would have turned out had either the bunt been successful, or Hairston not been doubled up with Jeter due up.
But there’s no reason why, to me, a guy with a good batting eye should forget about that part of his game entirely because he has the “bunt” sign. I’ve never been in that situation. Can someone explain why that might happen?
Its a blog. People have strong opinions. If you are going to have an opinion, back it up with something.
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In all fairness, SJ, you say things like “you can take statistics and situations and make what you want of them” when somebody is backing up an argument.
I’d say there’s no way to convince you if you think or feel somebody else is wrong. So to JeterJobaFanForever: don’t waste your breath.
Personally, I think Joba’s to blame though. I can’t believe there is so much Posada hate this season after seeing what happened in ’08.
Jerkface
August 26th, 2009 at 5:21 pm
AJ Burnett and Andy Pettitte only have 10 wins
I guess we should cut them.
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they are next
j/k
joba needs to throw strikes & adjust to a league that has adjusted to him.
he is not doing this well
Any reason why Damon isn’t playing?
84 Yanks: Molina is catching Burnett tomorrow.
I think Brad Pitt is in the Soup Nazi killing bidness if I’m not mistaken.
Maybe Girardi was just mad at himself for killing a rally and his own call to bunt… not everything is directed to the player.
Just like when AJ was yelling at himself, people thought it was directed towards Jorge.
Why can’t people be angry at themselves or the results rather another player?
The Jorge Experiment???????? That’s the most incredible thing I’ve read here today, and last night, and that’s going some!
Swisher has to get that bunt down. In a tie playoff game on the road, he may be asked again to do it. It’s not the bunt call, it is his inability to execute it that should be magnified.
Yeah it may have been the wrong call yesterday, so what? Does that mean it is OK that he didn’t get it down?
Kay also suggested that maybe it was Swisher’s own call and Girardi took the bullet for him in the postgame.
Nick: all I asked ” was it a coincidence ” and I do know there are others who ask the same thing. Here and on other boards. I saw how you fellas took Tricia over the coals for her beliefs on this subject and know none of you can’t be swayed. Well, neither can I.
I like your posts and your sense of humor. Can we agree to disagree on this subject?
James -
Bingo!
(He had been successful in three bunt attempts this season, though, so I guess the odds were against him
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Yeah… Girardi acts like a baby for stomping his foot, yet AJ curses and screams on the mound when he’s getting lit up and that’s real mature right?
Stop evaluating these guys during the heat of the battle. If you were in their shoes, let’s see if you can control your emotions.
“When is Giradi going to get his head out of his behind and start Molina with Burnett and Chamberlain?
This Jorge experiment needs to end right now.”
Yeah, because having Molina as the every day catcher worked out so well for the team last year.
betsy
August 26th, 2009 at 5:28 pm
Any reason why Damon isn’t playing?
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he is red hot & only had 2 days off this week
That dumb Girardi. He should have just told Swisher to go up and drive in both runs and end this game right here.
Doreen
Nothing. He isn’t expected to bunt balls out of the zone.
Count was 1-0 when he popped up. He could have taken the strike if he didn’t feel he could get the bunt down.
Stultus: you did get my point about his put down replies. And thank you – I will save my breath. Life is too short to be miserable over right or wrong.
When is Giradi going to get his head out of his behind and start Molina with Burnett and Chamberlain?
This Jorge experiment needs to end right now.
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I honestly don’t think this issue is going to be resolved until we let Joba and Burnett call their own games. I am hoping that we can get a nice lead in September and then tell Jorge (or Molina) to use the “wipes” sign system to allow those two pitchers to call their own games. If they are successful then we might want to give them more leeway…if not then I wouldn’t allow them more than one “shakeoff” per inning for the rest of the year.
PECOTA has the Yanks winning 101 games. That sounds about right, if Girardi takes his foot off the accelerator for the last week or two.
Red Sox PECOTA-adjusted expected win total currently is 94.
One thing certainly in Boston’s favor is a favorable home remaining games forecast. They should feast on the also-rans, especially at home.
Yankees playoff odds, PECOTA-adjusted:
99.38612%
http://www.baseballprospectus......ddspec.php
We play 17 games in he next 16 days.
JeterJobaFanForever, of course we can agree to disagree, but your argument would have more traction if you broke down each of Joba’s starts with Jorge catching and explained how Joba was able to pitch very well in some of them, and then break down each of Joba’s starts to Cervelli and Molina (and Cash?) and explain why he didn’t do as well in some of those.
It’s not about personalities or raking anyone over the coals, it’s about factual analysis. With occasional humor.
Anyway, if you read over last night’s game thread part II and some of today’s, I have been one of several Joba defenders. But defending Joba doesn’t require blaming someone else for Joba’s failures.
Yankees
August 26, 2008= 3rd Place 9 1/2 GB
11th best team in baseball
August 26, 2009= 1st Place 6 Games Ahead
Best Record in baseball
Lather. Rinse. Repeat. Daily
Girardi made a mistake… it happens.
The scorn this guy got yesterday on this blog was unbelievable. There was even a post wondering if he was the right man for the job.
Always funny to read the blog after losses to see how far the overreaction can go. I guess being 32 games over with a 6 game lead isin’t enough for some people.
Sj: turn the argument back on the poster. Don’t you think I didn’t take that class in business management? My entire argument was not on Posada but your rude posts on players and the posters who do not agree with you. Whatever.
pete, i was against the santana trade, but your analysis of the trade earlier was a joke. your tone suggested that the debate is over that it is obvious that santana wasnt worth the talent or the money. yes his velocity is down slightly (you site 1.2 mph in 2 years) but he was still 13-9 3.13 pitching hurt on a terrible team. and if they were still in the race, he would still be in the rotation.
its nice that you allow that he may be able to become an ace again was poor. most people seem to feel that after the arthroscopic surgery removes the bone chips and he has extra time to rest this season that he will likely be as good as ever next season.
i love cc and all, but until further notice johan is still the superior pitcher until sabathia shows us something more in the postseason.
i never wanted them to make the trade, but lets give johan credit, he has been as good as advertised and having arthroscopic surgery to end a dismal year for the mets does not make the trade a bad one.
also lets remember that ian kennedy was part of the package the yankees didnt want to give up. while there is still time for ian, lets face it his stock has dropped considerably and he would likely bring next to nothing if traded this offseason.
love ya pete, but you gotta do better than that.
Sad news for Ernie Palladino today guys. Its terrible how bad the newspaper industry is getting.
It’s not about personalities or raking anyone over the coals, it’s about factual analysis.
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That’s true for some people, not necessarily SJ. SJ’s a smart guy, but he shoots down stats when used and says “I know from watching the game”.
We’ve all heard that from him.
Hey JeterJobaFanForever, do you read Pinstriped Bible? Take a look at this recent Goldman article regarding Posada.
http://tiny.cc/posada
pat -
Thanks.
Just, good call or not on the play, whether it originated from Girardi or Swisher himself, Swisher messed up the execution and had a poor at-bat in a very important situation. And all the other stuff is just noise, really, to me. (I want to be careful to characterize my feelings as mine and not attribute them to anyone else.)
And as far as Jorge goes, I understand people thinking he’s not a great catcher – defensively, he’s not perfect – he’s good, but not very good. However, I don’t understand why the push to get him out of there. When he was a FA, most everyone wanted the Yankees to do whatever they had to do to keep him (and to keep him from going to the Mets). Last year, when he was out of the lineup and not behind the plate, the cries were how this team missed Jorge and his absence was a huge part of why they didn’t make the playoffs, and that he was the missing vocal leader in the clubhouse because Jeter only leads by example, etc., etc.
So, this year, a few pitchers have a few bad games with him behind the plate (as they’ve had with other catchers behind the plate as well), and a few tension-filled post-games contribute to a feeling that Jorge is not the man for the job.
Yet, this team, with Jorge catching the lion’s share of games, is leading the major leagues in wins and is in a very decent position leading into the last month of the season, looking at a possible (and highly probable) return to the playoffs.
He’s not hurting this team, in my opinion. Are there better defensive catchers? Absolutely. But I think Jorge brings a more well-rounded offering to the table.
And while all are entitled to their opinions, and most are intractible in their positions, and though I always try to see both sides and have even changed my view if the evidence is sound, this particular issue is very puzzling to me.
sorry about the bad edit there
Nick, It’s funny because when Jorge catches Joba, hitters have a considerably lower BAA, OBP, SLG, OPS and BAIP.
http://www.baseball-reference......;t=p#catch
OT whine – thanks for listening.
Not that anybody particularly cares but my new email addresss is yankeetrisha@verizon.net. Betsy, good thing I checked on my online account. I found emails from three weeks ago, and I did receive yours as part of that group. If you wouldn’t mind emailing me at my new address, I accidentally deleted all of the emails.
Why this didn’t automatically download into my Outlook is beyond me.
I hate this crap.
Meanwhile I have been in Verizon hell for three straight days. My wireless and email are totally messed up. But the phone works and the FIOS picture kicks major butt. MAJOR butt.
I’m still waiting for “a supervisor” to call me back so I can try to work out something with DirecTv for my Extra Innings and get Verizon to pay for it, and have Verizon for the rest of my television. I’m not hopeful…
And oh yeah, a Verizon file I downloaded ended up corrupting some other files (who knew) so I had blue screen all day and was on the phone with Jinesh from India (HP tech) for four hours. The good news is that he got to the root of it. The bad news is that I am now waiting for a Verizon tech (the third in three days) to come and figure out the problem with the connection, email, etc. Yuh. I’m holding my breath that he will figure it out. It’s also holding me up from my prime mission for tonight – going to Staples to buy a flash drive to back up my computers. I had two crashes where I lost everything earlier in the year. You think I’d learn. Well after blue screeen where one of my friends was telling me I might lose all my data, I decided I can’t take any more chances. BUT – I can’t move until the tech shows up and “a supervisor” calls.
Thanks for listening.
GO YANKEES!
GO WHITE SOX!
P.S. I forgot to mention that the guy in Canada who bought my “no returns accepted” DVR called me last night and wants his money back. Seems he was trying to pirate accounts and since he doesn’t have a DirecTv account and the video card was listed to me, he can’t get another one. So I told him I’d give him his money back.
I think I need a drink – and I don’t drink.
The whole “Joba should listen to his catcher!” “No he shouldn’t” debate is overblown. Catchers are only there to suggest pitches. It’s up to the pitcher to throw what he feels comfortable throwing.
The only Yankees pitcher who strictly followed his catcher from game to game was Pettitte. Not coincidentally, he was the guy who needed his own personal catcher.
watching yes network & they showed when mussina was getting smacked around for a whole year & in st mussina was pitching against posada.
posada hit a hr off of him.
posada noticed something wrong with the way mussina was holding the ball allowing posada & other hitters to see the ball immediately out of mussinas hand.
moose made an adjustment & credits posada for the turnaround
Nick: I am a 71 year old fan of baseball and of Joba Chamberlain and retired. I will not take the time you suggest to provide the facts as you stated. Id di that last yearf and am tired of it. Last year when Joba beat Beckett 1-0 in Boston, Molina was catching.
I know you have defended Joba I have read your posts yesterday and watched them get a little stronger as you went along. I even gave you props for that in an early post. Was a little taken back by your post to me.
As strongly as some of you feel about Posada, I feel about Joba Chamberlain. I respect Jorge as a Yankee and I respect his family. Gotta run to an appointment.
Good luck to Andy and to the Yankees.
Some days you’re the windshield and some days you’re the bug. Guess what I was today.
You told me to STFU and you are upset I went back at you.
Are you for real?
Look, enough posters on here have given ample things to read and learn about the Joba’s issues. If you choose to believe what you want to believe, nobody’s lives are going to change.
But, can the “I was attacked” nonsense. You were the one who told me to STFU and begin this entire thing.
Enough already. Nobody cares that your feelings are hurt.
The whole “Joba should listen to his catcher!” “No he shouldn’t” debate is overblown. Catchers are only there to suggest pitches. It’s up to the pitcher to throw what he feels comfortable throwing.
The only Yankees pitcher who strictly followed his catcher from game to game was Pettitte. Not coincidentally, he was the guy who needed his own personal catcher.
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The debate isn’t overblown because, on some occassions, after being “shaken off” Jorge Posada puts down the same sign/location. I could see how this would infuriate the pitcher when he does that.
“I am just a frustrated Joba fan who does not appreciate his put downs of Joba and want him to know that.”
You should be frustrated with Joba.
SJ44′s comments are spot on about Joba. And there are many others who are critical of Joba.
Bru: Mussina was a good guy. But he didn’t pitch to Posada last year. Mussina also had his own catcher in Baltimore.
im a huge girardi fan, i think he’s gonna be around for a long while, but…
… i think he’s too defferential to posada. it probably goes back all the way to when they played together, but i think joe lets posada dictate his playing too much. jorge is great, but molina should play more and jorge should dh more, and girardi should have molina catch at least one of the pitchers regularly, just so he always knows he’s got a play day coming up.
jorge should just dh when he’s told to catch when he’s told to and keep his mouth shut about it.
girardi was an experienced pro when he got here, but posada has always been his senior as a yankee and i think joe worries too much about that.
Trisha, sounds like a whole load of stress. Hopefully you at least aren’t being outsourced to a far away country. I had to call tech support for my computer and it was such a mess being bounced from person to person when I could barely understand what they were saying. Needless to say, nothing was accomplished and i ended up more stressed than I started.
Hopefully tomorrow you will instead be the windshield!
And Rose is heard from. MY point was that SJ doesn’t need to be so rude in his comments about players and to posters who don’t agree with him. Did I say Joba was perfect? No. No one is.
Unless Joba is injured he is in the rotation for the rest of the season. I hope he is traded next year. To the Angels. They are on my time zone and I can watch him pitch there.
Here’s a good article from Jim Kaat about the Yankees post season chances.
http://kaatskorner.mlblogs.com.....=obnetwork
people get over it..
posada is not walking the ballpark or throwing the pitches for balls.
it is joba.
We lose tonight, the lead is down to 5 games.
We haven’t secured anything yet. One bad week and Boston will take a huge chunk out of our lead.
JeterJobaFan: the problems on the field will either work themselves out or they won’t. I have been a Yankee fan longer than Joba has been alive and will continue to be one after his career in Pinstipes is over, god willing. I want what’s best for the team and for Joba.
We’re all just Yankee fans typing away into the ether, so we should all try to be more respectful to each other, myself included.
“We lose tonight, the lead is down to 5 games.”
The White Sox forfeited?
agree totally with jim. people who say the division is over are just flat wrong. many teams have blown this size lead and it could certainly happen again. this is a very impressive team so far, but it is not beyond losing 3 games off that lead in a week and its not even labor day yet.
i think this team has the focus and is too hungry to let that happen but anybody who says a 6 game lead is insurmountable are flat out wrong.
“MY point was that SJ doesn’t need to be so rude in his comments about players and to posters who don’t agree with him.”
And you weren’t rude with your STFU?
This not on Posada.
Giving up all of these 2 out hits and runs is inexcusable, especially with no one on base.
This has happened the last 3 games – Joba’s inability to put batters away is infuriating & frustrating, especially for a kid with as much ability as he does.
He would get ahead on counts – then slider, slider, slider.
Ridiculous.
The problem is between the ears – either stubbornness or stupidity (or perhaps a combination of both).
Most of his best games this year have been caught by Posada.
It’s not Posada.
Now go Andy – and maybe CWS can show up tonight
We’re all just Yankee fans typing away into the ether, so we should all try to be more respectful to each other, myself included.
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Nicely put.
Guys relax, and SJ44 it happens chill out dude.
People argue all the time even happens to Betsy that doesn’t always deserve it.
If you were told that it’s for a reason, someone feels some type of way about you.
And Christina awesome blog, love the Loui Slugger Museum. I honestly never have seen it before till today, thanks.
Patrick Teale on the YES batting practice show.
Jim
August 26th, 2009 at 6:03 pm
We lose tonight, the lead is down to 5 games.
We haven’t secured anything yet. One bad week and Boston will take a huge chunk out of our lead.
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Have you seen the RS record since the AS break?
the dodgers 15.5 game lead is down to 2 games
I actually don’t believe a 71 year old would say STFU but I guess that’s my problem.
You know Joba’s best start this season was against the Rays about 4 weeks ago. Posada caught. And it doesn’t even really matter. Joba gets the credit.
I swear I’ve never seen a baloney controversy stick around as long as this silly catching thing has. It’s not even the real issue!
Honestly, I prefer trolls and bridgejumpers to this crapola. It’s just beyond tired and played out.
For the ones who want Molina to be the catcher doesn’t remember that he tends to break down when he catches too much.
Teale did a good job.
Nick Swisher is Joe Girardi’s cowbell.
Joe’s got the fever, and the only cure is
more cowbell!
Everytime I see someone wearing a San Francisco State University sweatshirt — SFSU — I read it as something else and wonder “what did I ever say to you???”
Rockies only 2 GB
Wonder who will be this year’s Scott Proctor ot Tanyon Sturtze?
Remember when Pete always had typos in the line-up – the good old days
or*
SJ44
If the Yankees make it to the ALCS what do you think are our options for game #4?
I’m thinking the Yankees do not want a 3 man rotation in a 7 game series. Thanks
The Rangers still have high hopes for the Wild Card and need to be taken seriously.
37 games to go.
NYY need to take everyone seriously
Nothing is certain – ask the Dodgers
“Christina- Pics of my visit to the Louisville Slugger Museum
August 26th, 2009 at 5:44 pm
Sad news for Ernie Palladino today guys. Its terrible how bad the newspaper industry is getting.”
I didn’t know what you were talking about Christina.
Now I know.
Ernie covered the Yankees last night – today he is out of a job.
http://giants.lohudblogs.com/2.....of-a-ride/
i think it’s no coincidence that as theo says about papelbon, with joba and aj we’re not dealing with rhodes scholars.
they really should use their talent to get by on and let someone else do the thinking. the problem with not smart athletes is often they don’t know they are not smart.
at some point, girardi , who is smart, should probably point this out to them.
Can’t we all get along?
Sad news about Ernie P. Good luck to him
Let’s go Yankees and win tonight
“37 games to go.
NYY need to take everyone seriously
Nothing is certain – ask the Dodgers”
Agree. They cannot let up. Way too many games left.
“Why don’t we just subtract the EIGHT wins he did get from the win total and where would the team be.”
you do realize that even a pitcher like livan hernandez has 7 wins.
eight wins for joba is pretty bad.
“Can’t we all get along?”
no where would the fun in that be?
I am tired of some posters still talking about Boston. The Red Sox have a good bullpen and from there they have many holes like most teams do. They aren’t taking the division, and just because they beat up a crappy pitcher like contreras means nothing. Even the Orioles can beat crappy pitchers, but can the Red Sox beat the Rays or Rangers especially on the road ? Well according to the record they can’t.
nuff said…
stupid bunting…
http://riveraveblues.com/2009/.....azy-16354/
Whew. Out all morning, but I did get to check out the blog on the iTouch. Easier to read than the old version, but all I really saw was SJ44 telling some guy not to cry after telling SJ to STFU.
I didn’t go back and read what went on, but I can probably guess that more than a few people were upset that I said that Joba’s not a complete pitcher. Duh, of course he’s not. He’s only 23. So that was the wrong choice of words and probably led to me being misunderstood. And was what probably happened as I tried to finish up a discussion with a well-respected poster while running out the door.
I could just solve all my problems if I got myself a BlackBerry. But alas, I’m too addicted to the blog, and would probably be posting as “mel in Waikiki” or “mel at Ala Moana.”
Go, Andy. Go Yankees.
Anyhoo,
Waching the score board in a Giant game last night (the score board there sucks), was excited about the comeback on the 9th (a lot of comeback game last night). Luckily I did not see the bunt, it would ruin the whole evening. Go Bombers! Andy deserve a win for a change!
“Rockies only 2 GB
Wonder who will be this year’s Scott Proctor ot Tanyon Sturtze?”
With all lefty coming up, couldn’t figure out why Torre did not use Sherill, who has pitched well for them since getting there.
It appears Peavy won’t be pitching against the Yanks this weekend due to some lingering elbow soreness.
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/.....ts-ms.html
Oh goodie, maybe they can feast on some Contreras instead.
No matter, the White Sox stink no matter who is on the mound.
Get it done Andy
K! Nice start for my boy
People quoting RAB
- in the comments section – research shows that with men on first and second the odds are .689 versus .637 in scoring one run by bunt versus hitting away, the second run the odds are lower. Then you add in the players, the other relief pitchers available etc, etc. Would Swisher work a walk or something negative? As I said before Joe has Pena sitting beside him as his bench coach. That’s a lot of knowledge and experience. There must be some valid reason they continue to do things like this. I think they’re trying to win games.
Kinda tempted to watch Wakefield. Is there an over/under on passed balls for that game?
if arod doesnt make that error..thats an easy play for tex and the inning is over
an auspicious start…….
Er-rod kills
Base loaded, with I-Rod batting…double play please…
Twin Killing – the Andy Special!
good job andy
:happy:
exhale
i predict jeter gets a leadoff hit
my prayer answered:)
now there is the Pudge Rodriguez I remember on the Yankees.
Konerko tripled in a run against Wakerfield!
white sox are up 1-0
holland is going to be tough
It will be interesting to see if CWS bunts on Wakefield. He supposedly isn’t moving very well.
the catcher already bunted to moved the runner to 2nd base b4 the rbi triple happend
Slight correction regarding Posada’s HRs- actually he just got his 16th yesterday. And yes, looks like 8 players with 20+ HRs is a real possibility. How many will reach 30+? Will we have 10 with 10+ (Hinske got a quick 5, but none since)?
“the catcher already bunted to moved the runner to 2nd base b4 the rbi triple happend”
I’m not watching the BOS game so I didn’t know that.
“I can probably guess that more than a few people were upset that I said that Joba’s not a complete pitcher. Duh, of course he’s not. He’s only 23.”
You almost got me with that, m. Almost.
wow 1-2-3 inning..i like i like
1-2-3 for andy
Runs would be nice
I am not watching the 2-SOX game but keep track of the progress online
No bunting now, Joe!
who broke the blog?
I don’t know how people think that we should get rid of Matsui after this season. I know those knees are a liability, but if we made it work this season, we can make it work next season.
HIP HIP JORGE!!!!!!!!
Nick,
Did I get it wrong? Is Joba still 22?
That makes up for his bad game calling.
its all Jorge’s fault!
Jorge.
posada= fiya fiya
Jorge!
Posada wants to be one of the big boys sitting at the 20 home run table.
And of course, Jack is sitting in the Legends Seats. I’m sure he had no trouble paying for those tickets.
===Correction=== Posada now has 17
Big Popup hit one out. BOS/CWS tied at 1.
no, m, I was thinking more of this:
“I don’t recall using age as an excuse. Please shoot me if I did.”
and this:
“Phil & Joba have been in the majors so long, that age is irrelevant at this point.”
Was there an mposter?
It’s great to see all the rich people attending the game.
“No bunting now, Joe!”
Nick – you can’t have a World Series without bunting!
OT – is that Paul McCartney’s new babe or his grand-daughter?
When is Giradi going to get his head out of his behind and start Molina with Burnett and Chamberlain?
This Jorge experiment needs to end right now.
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what a pathetic understanding of baseball. And, of course, Jorge is hitting the crap out of the ball, just look at the bomb tonight with 2 on.
Sterling saying how Jorge hit that one near Monument “City”
You never know but the bigger question is whether or not Joba will be a resident?
“OT – is that Paul McCartney’s new babe or his grand-daughter?”
That is his current squeeze, who happens to be young enough to be his daughter.
Nick,
You disappoint. Did I need to use the winky emoticon? I thought you’d catch that one.
“This Jorge experiment needs to end right now.”
Pretty long experiment.
Going on 15 years now.
m, that’s why I said you almost got me. Then you played like you meant it. Do you mean anything you say???? Are you even a Yankee fan???
I don’t know what’s going on in MLB, but pitchers have this unexplained fear of the #9. Andrus isn’t a scrub, but he’s no Babe Ruth either.
“Sterling saying how Jorge hit that one near Monument “City””
if Sterling is gonna steal from Bowie, he should at least throw in his hook “Wham bam thank you ma’am”
Wakefield’s knuckle ball seems to be effective today.
andy is good at these double play things
Andy being very economical in this game. Here’s hoping he keeps it up.
“That is his current squeeze, who happens to be young enough to be his daughter.”
thanks Laura. I still have a Linda Mc. veggie cookbook – I don’t know how many wives ago that was, but it’s been awhile.
“Wakefield’s knuckle ball seems to be effective today.”
Luckily, it can turn on a dime. The game is still early.
DT – OPPC member (blood type – Positive) August 26th, 2009 at 6:32 pm
“Christina- Pics of my visit to the Louisville Slugger Museum
August 26th, 2009 at 5:44 pm
Sad news for Ernie Palladino today guys. Its terrible how bad the newspaper industry is getting.”
I didn’t know what you were talking about Christina.
Now I know.
Ernie covered the Yankees last night – today he is out of a job.
http://giants.lohudblogs.com/2…..of-a-ride/
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Pretty sad stuff. Hard now with the economy even getting another job I would assume.
Tough times all around. We turn to sports to help get us away from bad times, but what happens when all the guys giving us the news start to lose their gigs? Newspapers are in bad, bad shape.
when posada hits the other catcher calls a worse game than when molina is hitting.
this blog seems relatively quiet at the moment…if the yankees were losing 3-0 though…it would be flooded..
Atta boy, Andy.
Kickin butt and taking names.
We need a good pitched game to get the bad taste of last nights loss out of our moths.
Our moths really did not enjoy last night’s game. Word is that they fled the stadium for the street lights out on River Ave.
Can’t Elvis just leave the building already?
I can’t believe the Rangers got Saltalamacchia, Andrus, and Feliz+ for Teixeira and all the Braves are left with is LaRoche.
Ralphie, the combination of Jobagate and Buntgate has taken a lot out of the commenters here… hopefully people will recover soon.
That stat can’t be right. Only the second lost game to open a home stand last night?
Didn’t they lose the first game to the Sox back in early May? Odd stat.
“I can’t believe the Rangers got Saltalamacchia, Andrus, and Feliz+ for Teixeira and all the Braves are left with is LaRoche.”
Wow… forgot Feliz was part of that deal too. That’s a pretty good haul. Not quite Nathan, Liriano, and Bonser for Pierzynski (yet).
ive never seen a SS make that play in that area…that was a fantastic play…if it was most any other SS that would of been in CF and a run
Wow Pettitte made that look too easy
Our pitchers have fielded pretty well this season.
BloggingBombers For all you Arizona Fall League fans, the Yankees will send Ian Kennedy, Colin Curtis, Brandon Laird and Austin Romine to play this fall. 11 minutes ago from web
Okay I stand corrected. that home stand started with the Angels not the RS.
Go Andy
Go Andy
Go Go
Go Andy
Trisha -
Sorry about your trials and tribulations with Verizon. If it’s any consolation (as in misery loves company), my mother-in-law had FIOS put in and it was not smooth sailing at all.
I LOVE Paul McCartney. He was my very first pretend boyfriend – I was 5 or 6 at the time I saw him for the first time. Love that I can look at him on CF camera shots!!!
Nice HR by Posada earlier. (I’m having a very “Helter-Skelter” week, so if I’ve been in and out with a lot of disjointed commentary, I apologize.)
cano with the hustle!
If only Cano weren’t so lazy and hated hustling so much.
Oh, I just realized who Ernie P. is and what happened. I feel so bad. And wish him well.
You may get Andy Pettitte every once in a while, but he comes back with a vengence.
You cannot teach what guys like him have learned over the years. He simply knows how to pitch.
Is FIOS different to cable?
And the bad baserunning continues…
That is sad news about Ernie P, Christina.
It’s really too bad.
“Nice HR by Posada earlier. (I’m having a very “Helter-Skelter” week, so if I’ve been in and out with a lot of disjointed commentary, I apologize.)”
No need to apologize to us. Just try not to go overboard with the wall scrawling in blood and all that other nasty business.
Show me the money
Time to retire 17
I just needed a little time to play Guitar Hero in the clubhouse before I have to go back in the field
Well, that makes up for him getting picked off last night.
sweet
Hairston has already accomplished more in a month than Ransom and Berroa did combined for 4 months.
good game in boston
what a poor timeing for Cano!!!
Bronx Jeers -
Let’s hope Pettitte can hold a 4 run lead…
SJ, I see your nephew is 1-1 with his 14th double and his 40th RBI so far, tonight. Not bad for someone with a questionable bat, huh? Congrats.
“what a poor timeing for Cano!!!”
There’s no way to know what Jerry would have done had Cano not been picked off. The pitch selection might have been different.
The Posada experiemnt…LOL
Since he’s probably the NYY’s 4th greatest all-time catcher I’d say the experiment is a success.
Man I like JHJ – nice pickup by Cash
The White Sox stink. Get a man to 3rd with 1 out and they leave him there.
Will someone please tell Rick Sutcliffe that actually finding out the facts before you open your big blowhole (does it ever close?) might be a good thing.
Sutcliffe: Michael Young is going to throw up his .330 to .350 every year.
Really? Really? Michael Young’s all-time best average: .331. The only time he has reached .330. He hit .284 last year. He has hit over .300 four other times (not counting this year), hitting .306, .313, .314 and .315. He’s a great hitter. But .330 to .350? Come on! What an idiot.
Are you guys watching YES or ESPN2?
I love the quality of ESPN’s broadcasts. Rick Sutcliffe (CB’s personal favorite) just bragged on Michael Young by explaining how he puts up his .330 or .350 every year. In about 10 seconds I found out that he has only even hit .330 once in his career (2005, .331). ESPN is very fortunate they have virtually no competition.
kenny a little excited bout that strike
New York residents can’t watch the game on ESPN
Since he’s probably the NYY’s 4th greatest all-time catcher I’d say the experiment is a success.
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4th best, really? Berra, Thurman, Dickey, Posada.
Posada is the best and most consistent bat of the 4. I never saw the others play so I can’t speak to defense, but I’d have to put Posada #1 on offense. He is just too good in a much different era.
“The White Sox stink. Get a man to 3rd with 1 out and they leave him there”
It’s tough to deal with knuckler, maybe Rios should bunt (2nd thought, he is not good at bunt”.
tk
August 26th, 2009 at 8:18 pm
I love the quality of ESPN’s broadcasts. Rick Sutcliffe (CB’s personal favorite) just bragged on Michael Young by explaining how he puts up his .330 or .350 every year. In about 10 seconds I found out that he has only even hit .330 once in his career (2005, .331). ESPN is very fortunate they have virtually no competition.
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lmfao
good luck to Andy for next 2 critical innings…I will be on the road…hopefully will see the end of the game as I got home…cheers!
What’s funny is that Andy is the one starter on the staff that prefers Posada to call most of the game… and they’re the most successful battery in Yankee history, no?
Maybe folks have underestimated the difficulty in learning an almost entirely new rotation.
Just remember, Theo traded Murphy for Eric Gagne.
My fingers are tired from all that Guitar Hero and made me drop the ball.
For some reason, the game is being blacked out on YES but I can watch it on ESPN.
This has not happened to me all season. What the hell gives?
Now I’m pissed because I missed half the freaking game. I had to run some errands for a little while and I was back to start watching the game from the beginning.
That pisses me off.
tk
August 26th, 2009 at 8:18 pm
I love the quality of ESPN’s broadcasts. Rick Sutcliffe (CB’s personal favorite) just bragged on Michael Young by explaining how he puts up his .330 or .350 every year. In about 10 seconds I found out that he has only even hit .330 once in his career (2005, .331). ESPN is very fortunate they have virtually no competition.
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It would be even more amusing (ironic) if you discovered that stat using the stats feature on ESPN’s own website, lol
“Will someone please tell Rick Sutcliffe that actually finding out the facts before you open your big blowhole (does it ever close?) might be a good thing.”
I didn’t mean to repeat you post Dutch. How ridiculous is it that ESPN commentators spew so much misinformation that we assume they’re wrong and are able to confirm that within a minute.
Again, he walks the #9 hitter.
Let’s not fall apart here. Come on
2 mental errors by Cano. It’s gotta stop.
Jerkface
Berra and Dickey are HOFers
Munson, had he lived longer, probably would’ve been.
Check out their lifetime stats – Jorge is impressive, but not #1 offensively.
Don’t get YES on the west coast, unfortunately…
“SJ, I see your nephew is 1-1 with his 14th double and his 40th RBI so far, tonight. Not bad for someone with a questionable bat, huh? Congrats.”
gb7-
what are you , some kind of communist, paying attention to how a catcher bats?
… and even worse, giving congratulations to someone like sj44 on the blog.
i mean what could he possibly know about anything related to catching ?
just because he helped guide his nephew into being the #4 pick in the country, it doesn’t mean anything. it could just be a coincidence .
I thought that if ESPN had the game, YES didn’t broadcast, but I guess that’s not true with ESPN2. I’m watching on MLB Extra Innings so I’ve got the YES broadcast, Thank God. Can’t stand ESPN.
Young will chase if Andy buries a good cutter down and in.
tk – no sweat. I’m sure there are millions around the country scratching their head, but it’s nothing new with that clown. Unfortunately, there are probably lots of people out there who think the crupola that comes out of his mouth is true cause it’s on TV….
“It would be even more amusing (ironic) if you discovered that stat using the stats feature on ESPN’s own website, lol”
LOL. I didn’t, but I may use it to see if I can find any discernible difference between Posada and Varitek since I hear they’re so much alike.
I have YES too, Laura. I’m OWED a YES coverage game after having to sit through the Rangers aggravating announcers last night, lol.
Laura ESPN only has exclusive broadcast rights for Sunday nights. Monday & Wednesday games on ESPN are still blacked out in NY if they involve the Mets or Yankees.
Alright, that’s all they get.
cone said today that pettitte is calling more & more of his pitches
saying how great pettitte has been lately.
all of his numbers are getting better
era
whip
hits
Nice job Andy! It is just me or did I see rain on tv?
They should mic Andy when he pitches and do a reality show based on his conversations with himself for YES.
Wow Sutcliff I Officiate for a living so I am for all UMPs whatever, but please get off of Randy Marsh’s nuts. Geez
Grumble grumble grumble grumble grumble.
One more day of this and the Verizon experiment is over, FIOS or no.
I read where Rick Pitino said the sex scandal has been “pure hell” for his family. Cry me a river slimebag. I wonder whose fault that is. Ugh he makes me ill.
I am having such an horrendous day that I am spending a lot of time at fenway. I can’t imagine that I can bring any good vibes there!
In fact as I write this, AJ Pier…etc. just got a double but there are two out.
GO YANKS!
GO WHITE SOX!
Laura – I like this new Alex! He’s a keeper. August 26th, 2009 at 8:24 pm
I thought that if ESPN had the game, YES didn’t broadcast, but I guess that’s not true with ESPN2. I’m watching on MLB Extra Innings so I’ve got the YES broadcast, Thank God. Can’t stand ESPN.
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I haven’t had this issue all season until tonight.
I’ve seen every single YES and MY9 broadcast all season for the exception of their games in Chicago against the White Sox (since I live in the Chicagoland area).
I don’t understand why tonight the game is blacked out on YES when that hasn’t been the case for the first 125 games.
“Laura ESPN only has exclusive broadcast rights for Sunday nights. Monday & Wednesday games on ESPN are still blacked out in NY if they involve the Mets or Yankees.”
Oh, okay. Well, my sympathies to you New Yorkers.
pat August 26th, 2009 at 8:26 pm
They should mic Andy when he pitches and do a reality show based on his conversations with himself for YES.
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I would pay to watch that.
I can’t stand young Elvis. He kills the Yanks.
How soon before he becomes fat Elvis and ends up in AAA Las Vegas?
tk — I did! It’s such an obscure stat… I mean, batting average? Who ever heard of THAT? I mean, it’s just something that, as soon as you hear it, doesn’t pass the smell test. How many guys in the last 50 years have hit between .330 and .350 on a regular basis?
Jeter’s terrible. Gosh.
Jerkface
Berra and Dickey are HOFers
Munson, had he lived longer, probably would’ve been.
Check out their lifetime stats – Jorge is impressive, but not #1 offensively.
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I suggest you check out their career stats. Munson has a career OPS under .800. Posada is only beat by Dickey, who was pretty beastly but in an era without blacks. Yogi is awesome, and hit a lot of HRs, but Posada still has higher stats, thanks to his doubles and walks. Yogi had a career .348 OBP. We kill Cano for having that kind of OBP.
I bet you could find it on there, not that that would change their Varitek love.
It’s clear now that ESPN’s own announcers don’t avail themselves of the usage/research of stats feature available on their own channels website, lol.
randy l.
August 26th, 2009 at 8:24 pm
“SJ, I see your nephew is 1-1 with his 14th double and his 40th RBI so far, tonight. Not bad for someone with a questionable bat, huh? Congrats.”
gb7-
what are you , some kind of communist, paying attention to how a catcher bats?
… and even worse, giving congratulations to someone like sj44 on the blog.
i mean what could he possibly know about anything related to catching ?
just because he helped guide his nephew into being the #4 pick in the country, it doesn’t mean anything. it could just be a coincidence .
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LMAO. Yeah…What was I thinking? I haven’t had a chance to see Mr. Sanchez, but, those are impressive numbers in less than half a season….at any level.
Here’s another commie thought, Randy. I hope all is well with you and your rabbit food store.
Murphy for Gagne?
Wile E. Epstein — SUUUUPER GEEEENIUS
“I’ve seen every single YES and MY9 broadcast all season for the exception of their games in Chicago against the White Sox (since I live in the Chicagoland area).”
GF, I didn’t know that you were in Chicago. How are you catching the games? MLB Extra Innings or DirectTV?
They’ve got a pitcher’s duel going on in BOS.
Some young boys dream of running away and joining the circus.
Others dream of becoming big league ball players.
Nick Swisher has the best of both worlds.
If I were sitting behind Macca at the Stadium, I think I’d hum Beatles song all night.
“Posada is the best and most consistent bat of the 4. ”
I guess it would be best for a more senior poster to answer that but I do know that Berra was the best offensive catcher the Yanks have ever had.
Pettite looks vintage tonight. Just what the doctor ordered huh?
And not to rock the boat but when Andy was Joba’s age, he won 21 games.
>>>Some young boys dream of running away and joining the circus
wasn’t that Nettles?
“Some young boys dream of running away and joining the circus.
Others dream of becoming big league ball players.
Nick Swisher has the best of both worlds.”
LMAO!!
I like the team of Cone and Singleton. They do a great job. And they don’t talk too much like some of the other guys who never shut up.
“And not to rock the boat but when Andy was Joba’s age, he won 21 games.”
Different time, different generation, different men. My guess is that Andy’s mother isn’t a lifelong drug addict, who abandoned him.
Laura – I like this new Alex! He’s a keeper. August 26th, 2009 at 8:30 pm
GF, I didn’t know that you were in Chicago. How are you catching the games? MLB Extra Innings or DirectTV?
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DirecTV.
I’ve got MLB Extra Innings so I’ve seen every Yankee game this season that’s not a FOX Blackout, which are the majority of Saturday games.
I agree with you Rose, can’t handle the FOX crew or ESPN. They talk about nothing unless it’s against the Yanks.
Floyd gives up a HR to scrub Gonzalez. BOS 2 CWS 1.
Jerkface – I’ll look closely, but being 4th all-time isn’t too bad, especially on the Yankees.
I agree that there certainly isn’t too much space between the 4– and you have Elston Howard, who was no slouch…
I picked up a pizza on the way home tonight. I got served by the nice and helpful supervisor…. I knew he was because on his badge he had “Michael – supavisor”. Haha.
“DirecTV.
I’ve got MLB Extra Innings so I’ve seen every Yankee game this season that’s not a FOX Blackout, which are the majority of Saturday games.”
I would have done DirectTV, but I live in a high rise and we can’t have antenna hanging off the side of the building.
“How many guys in the last 50 years have hit between .330 and .350 on a regular basis?”
I’m not sure, but just shoot an email to the professionals at ESPN–if Sutcliffe doesn’t know I’m sure Joe Morgan would. Right…???
“Some young boys dream of running away and joining the circus.
Others dream of becoming big league ball players.”
DT-
no fair stealing graig nettles line without credit
Maybe its on a HD channel, GF? Sometimes the schedule has the wrong game channel on it and I have to surf through them all to find it. Maybe call DirecTV? Doesn’t seem right that you don’t have the game on EI.
I guess it would be best for a more senior poster to answer that but I do know that Berra was the best offensive catcher the Yanks have ever had.
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Berra was highly touted for being able to hit anything anywhere, and it showed, in that he barely walked and hardly ever struck out. Subsequently, he had a low OBP. I think getting on base at such a low clip stops you from being ‘the best offensive catcher the yankees have ever had’. I think that would be Dickey, if he wasn’t playing in a segregated league. I think that integration gives Posada the edge.
Posada is so underrated as a player. Borderline hall of famer.
I think those who think Posada is not a HOFer should look at the numbers. I did a stat comparison with Posada and these all time great catchers: Mike Piazza, Mickey Cochrane, Bill Dickey, Johnny Bench, Gabby Hartnett, Yogi Berra, Roy Campanella, Carlton Fisk, Gary Carter, & Ivan Rodriguez. If he plays another 3 seasons he will be right in the middle of virtually all stat categories with these guys.
Those DPs are saving Andy tonight.
Andy rediscovering the cutter in the 2nd half = vintage groundball machine.
I’m loving this game!
I think I found GB7′s Twitter feed:
http://tinyurl.com/lb6mep
warning: a word in the name of the Twitter feed is not family-friendly.
Laura – I like this new Alex! He’s a keeper. August 26th, 2009 at 8:37 pm
I would have done DirectTV, but I live in a high rise and we can’t have antenna hanging off the side of the building.
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I actually don’t live in the city. I live about 40 miles southeast of the city in NW Indiana.
DT-
no fair stealing graig nettles line without credit
geez… who do you think wrote it for Puff?
Cano makes a lot of mental errors, but he sure does turn a mean DP.
Posada is a warrior. He’s gotten so hammered physically this season and never complains. Do you remember the catch he made barehanded when his mitt was knocked off? He’s definitely HOF materail.
“I actually don’t live in the city. I live about 40 miles southeast of the city in NW Indiana.”
Oh, okay. How did you become a Yankees fan? Are you a former New Yorker like me?
Angel – A tale told by idiots – full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. August 26th, 2009 at 8:38 pm
Maybe its on a HD channel, GF? Sometimes the schedule has the wrong game channel on it and I have to surf through them all to find it. Maybe call DirecTV? Doesn’t seem right that you don’t have the game on EI.
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No, I TiVo’d the pregame on YES and it was fine. I don’t know why the hell this happened.
All I know is it ruined my night because I was all set to watch the game from the beginning and now it’s half over.
Oh well, the Yanks for most of us these days are like a drug. Can’t get enough of them, especially the way this team has played all season.
Its kind of amazing to me that you can be in Indiana and still technically be considered part of the area referred to as “Chicagoland”. I’d forgotten how sprawled Chicago is, until I flew into it a few months ago. It stretches almost as far as the eye can see.
“And not to rock the boat but when Andy was Joba’s age, he won 21 games.”
No he didn’t. When Andy was Joba’s age-23-Andy was 12-9 with a 4.17 era. He didn’t win 21 untill he was 24.
“Seriously though, Hairston has been a terrific pickup. He is 11 for 34 with two HRs, five walks, seven runs scored and seven RBI.”
Somewhere, Cody Ransom is declaring that he could have done better.
“… and even worse, giving congratulations to someone like sj44 on the blog.
i mean what could he possibly know about anything related to catching ?
just because he helped guide his nephew into being the #4 pick in the country, it doesn’t mean anything. it could just be a coincidence .”
This may be totally out of context with the entire subject matter – I just saw GB’s post and picked up from that – and I admit I am a little out of sorts so might be a little heavy handed with this, but I need to say it anyway.
Sometimes you guys are so full of yourselves with this “we know more than other people here because yada yada yada” that it really annoys me. Here’s something for you. Al Leiter and David Cone have said the opposite of some of your takes on who trumps who, pitcher or catcher, and they PLAYED the game in the majors. When I bring that up, here’s what I get. “What do you expect, they’re pitchers.” What? Well how about this, no matter how many tiers down some of you are but still have “catching knowledge.” Here’s what I think of your answers and prouncements then: “Well what do you expect, you’re whatever you are but it relates to catchers.”
Give me a sweet break with that stuff.
Now I apologize for being irritable and I think that you are all really cool guys (GB, Randy, and SJ.) But that stuff is over the top sometimes. IMO
So while I understand that you’re saying Leiter and Cone have a pitcher’s bias, so do you all have a catcher’s bias!
Peace
gb7-
i’m doing fine , but my employees are keeping me away from the tourists . im no longer user friendly. we call it august-itus here on the cape .
the telltale sign was when someone had a complaint about something and i said i’d get someone from customer service and then i put the jack russell puppy we have behind the counter on the counter to help them.
not good.
JimVT:
I agree – if Jorge puts 2 or 3 more decent seasons together he has to be in the discussion – right now he’s borderline
Hideki used to come to bat to The Beatles’ “Get Back.” They should play that tonight while Macca is in the building.
Again with the rain!
Anybody know what the record is for the greatest number of 20 homer guys on one squad?
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I don’t know the exact figure, but I know the record is held by ESPN for their inordinate amount of Red Sox homers.
I think Cano is showing signs of the dog days of summer. He’d really been fantastic in the field till the last week, 10 days or so.
The entire team seems to need a tutorial in baserunning lately, though.
“Hideki used to come to bat to The Beatles’ “Get Back.” They should play that tonight while Macca is in the building.”
No they shouldn’t. All that will do is remind him that he’s not getting the royalties when they play it.
does Alex laugh every time he catches a popup?
“geez… who do you think wrote it for Puff?”
ok, if you wrote it for him you knew him pretty well.
why was he nicknamed “puff” ?
That’s easy Randi, it’s on Nettles’ Yankeeography if you want to cheat.
Alex has had a ton of balls hit to him tonight.
“does Alex laugh every time he catches a popup?”
I don’t know, but I know that Jeter does. LOL!
Well, Berra was good enough to win 3 MVP’s.
You should also check out the dimensions of the Stadium when Berra played.
They’re sort of insane.
Nice play by Alex on that slow-roller.
And I love it when Alex laughs on those popups.
And I love it even more when Jeter laughs at him on those popups.
That’s okay, Andy. One more out.
Jeez Andy, hang in there and hold these guys!
randy l.
August 26th, 2009 at 8:44 pm
gb7-
i’m doing fine , but my employees are keeping me away from the tourists . im no longer user friendly. we call it august-itus here on the cape .
the telltale sign was when someone had a complaint about something and i said i’d get someone from customer service and then i put the jack russell puppy we have behind the counter on the counter to help them.
not good.
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LMAO. Nothing like being considered “crusty” huh? I enjoy my crustiness. It’s a hard earned and honored title. I, too, was considered to be “not fan friendly”. Difficult to be a nice guy and the boss. It’s not their money/life on the line.
Lets go Yankees!
“does Alex laugh every time he catches a popup?”
I’m guessing Jeter’s comments have something to do with that.
Someone give Andy a piece of pie.
That would be funny if Jeter was yelling, “Got it!”
GJ, Andy. Did you guys see his face? Dude wants this win badly.
Jeter scanning the stands for hot girls during GBA.
But only finding Paul McCartney and his granddaughter.
Chicago left runners on third twice.
Laura – I like this new Alex! He’s a keeper. August 26th, 2009 at 8:41 pm
“I actually don’t live in the city. I live about 40 miles southeast of the city in NW Indiana.”
Oh, okay. How did you become a Yankees fan? Are you a former New Yorker like me?
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Donnie Baseball. He’s the reason I’m a Yankee fan. And I know I’m not alone.
I loved Mattingly as a kid in the mid-80s and the team just grew on me.
Same thing happened for me with Dan Marino and the Dolphins.
Haven’t had a favorite player in either sport since they retired. Part of my childhood officially died when they hung it up.
nice outing from Andy, that last pitch to Andrus for the K was still nasty. 3 outs from Phil and 3 from Mo and another W for the team with the best record in MLB. I guess Jorge isn’t all that bad behind the plate or how could Andy get through even one inning.
Nick in SF in Larkspur August 26th, 2009 at 8:39 pm
I think I found GB7’s Twitter feed:
http://tinyurl.com/lb6mep
warning: a word in the name of the Twitter feed is not family-friendly.
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Fantastic find. Really made me laugh. I’m going to subscribe, for sure.
Bronx, I would put Posada 3rd all-time offensively, behind Berra/Dickey (in whatever order).
If I remember, OYS down the line were 310 L, 296 R, but…
402 LC, 457 Deeper LC, 463 C,
Need to check RC – but you’re right, the dimensions were ridiculous
Can Cano hustle please?
I thought that was the new Mrs. Henry sitting with McCartney. Ooops. My Bad.
that Cano never hustles, is very lazy, and is only hitting .315, the Yankees need to bring back Homer Bush
Lucky thing the bases were empty.
Andy was awesome tonight.
When I was at the birthday party last week with all the Sux fans, one of the females said she really loved Jeter but it annoyed her that it seemed like he was always smirking.
He is!
Laura – I like this new Alex! He’s a keeper.
August 26th, 2009 at 8:41 pm
“I actually don’t live in the city. I live about 40 miles southeast of the city in NW Indiana.”
Oh, okay. How did you become a Yankees fan? Are you a former New Yorker like me?
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Sounds like Gary/Valaparaso area. I was born just about 10 miles from South Bend, in SW Michigan.
I’d smirk too if I owned NYC and every girl in it!!
“Donnie Baseball. He’s the reason I’m a Yankee fan. And I know I’m not alone.”
I was a fan before Donnie joined the team, but he is still my favorite Yankee of all time. The 80′s were rough for Yankees fans and Donnie was the only thing we had to hold on to.
Mrs. Henry’s very pretty. She reminds me of Marisa Tomei.
I was a fan before Donnie, but he brought almost acrobatics to the team. There was nothing he didn’t get one way or another. He was a rare breed.
Now people are going to start talking about the Red Sox and how their back because the old man Wakefield gave up one run to the White Sox. Wakefield is washed up, he will give up 4 or 5 runs a start, he is not a number three starter, and the yankees over the past couple of years have owned Wakefield.
“Sounds like Gary/Valaparaso area. I was born just about 10 miles from South Bend, in SW Michigan.”
More proof that Yankees fan come from everywhere.
Pettitte has been just what the doctor ordered. What a great second half he is having, I hope it continues.
who’s mrs henry?
“pat August 26th, 2009 at 9:02 pm
I thought that was the new Mrs. Henry sitting with McCartney. Ooops. My Bad.”
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That would be Nancy Shevell, age 49.
As per Wikipedia, “McCartney has been dating Nancy Shevell since November, 2007. She is a member of the board of the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority as well as vice president of a family-owned transportation conglomerate which includes New England Motor Freight.”
Not quite “granddaughter” age as mentioned by some posters here but yes, 18 years his junior.
Gigi
August 26th, 2009 at 9:02 pm
Can Cano hustle please?
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Nothing like stupid remarks. Did you think he should have had a stand-up triple?
GreenBeret7 August 26th, 2009 at 9:04 pm
Sounds like Gary/Valaparaso area. I was born just about 10 miles from South Bend, in SW Michigan.
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You are correct. I live in Merrillville, which is right next to both Gary and Valpo.
Mike Maddux has the best facial hair in the game. I guess he got the looks and his brother got the talent?
Jerry is really starting to piss off this pitcher. LOL!
GB7,
Be nice, Gigi was joking.
Sorry GreenBeret7
It’s so out of character for cano not to hustle, my bad
i love the hip-hip man, but he do not belong in cooperstown. no way, no how.
Will Jeter get a hit tonight?
Epic at-bat by Hairston. He’s a Holland specialist.
Maybe he can explain this whole Dutch/Netherlands thing for us, finally.
“As per Wikipedia, “McCartney has been dating Nancy Shevell since November, 2007. She is a member of the board of the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority as well as vice president of a family-owned transportation conglomerate which includes New England Motor Freight.””
Macca finally got smart and is dating a girl who isn’t after his money, like that troll Heather was. I still can’t believe that he believed her when she told him that she didn’t know who he was. What planet is she from? Mars?
Thrillington -
Hah! She’s right in my age group! With the right connections, it coulda been me! I knew he learned his lesson after Heather.
49. She’s my new role model. I should look so good at 49! I better get to work on that. I only have a few years left.
Nice at-bat by Hairs!
Ron Washington’s done a complete turnaround with this club, but I’m biased towards Girardi for MOY. Girardi’s done a complete turnaround himself!
I turn on the game because I just wake up, and Andy gives up a homer. I turn on the Boston game, first pitch I see, Ramirez gives up a homer.
Thank god Cody Ransom is no longer on this team. He would have struck out in that situation.
Tie game in BOS.
This might be a good time to bunt.
Girardi: maybe I should have bunted Melk last night?
Now THAT’s a freakin’ bunt….
18 years younger is nothing. By the rule of 7, he could have gone with someone several years younger.
Hey, maybe that would have happened if Swisher didn’t screw up last night!
Good call RS,
And that’s how you bunt!
GJ Girardi and Melky.
Damn, too bad Melky wasn’t up at the plate last night when we needed a bunt.
Nice time for Grand Slam #2 Derek
“who’s mrs henry?”
Red Sox owners new bride.
I don’t know why it happens, but, Cano goes into a 1 week fielding slump every year. He did the last year with 7 errors in a 12 hame span that started against the Mets. After the slump, he made maybe 3 errors the rest of the year. He has made two errors that really weren’t errors during this streak, including one that should have been Jeter’s. The one thing he hasn’t done is let it affect his hitting this year.
Rays up 2-0. They are quietly winning games and staying close to Boston.
Laura,
Heather Mills was bad news from the start.
Love seeing Paul at the Yankee game. The first time was during the ALCS clincher in 2001 around the time of the post 9/11 Concert for NYC.
Saw him in enemy territory at Fenway. He mentioned something in the Boston papers about how he was a Yankee fan since that first game in ’01 that Lorne Michaels had taken him to.
Derek!!
Wow, who’s more clutch than The Captain? NOBODY!!
Captain Clutch!
ahhh Jete was waiting for some late inning RBI’s. Smirk all you want captain
This is what should have happened last night
And did I hear Singleton correctly? That was Jeter’s FIRST hit of the night? I didn’t realize he was slumping so badly.
Jeter, how selfish…
Waiting for bases loaded to pad those stats
Yes!
Jeter’s the man. But no chance to add to the Pettitte-Rivera record.
Jetes
time for Swish to homer
And now Swisher with men on 1st and 2nd and none out.
No bunt this time?
Swishy!
Swish maine
What a difference a year makes dept.
Last year Jeter hits into a dp.
This year, he hits a rope to left center.
MVP? He should be considered.
“Heather Mills was bad news from the start. ”
True, but Paul should have known better. You are one of the most famous people alive. You meet some girl who tells you that she doesn’t know who you are and you believe her? He paid dearly for that mistake.
Jeter would’ve made it.
you could see this coming after the error on the bunt. This team doesn’t let the other guys off the hook late in the game.
And if they’d let him do that LAST night, it might have yielded similar results.
“Jeter, how selfish…
Waiting for bases loaded to pad those stats”
I know. That Jim Rice knew what he was talking about.
Derek Jeter is The perfect baseball player……..He’s a 10, just like Bo Derek
Tex!!!
Whoever this Texas pitcher is, I like him. LOL!
Tex is a great addition. He can just do it all.
I wonder if the “blog crew” will rip Girardi for bunting tonight since the player actually got it down.
You still bring Hughes in? He was warming up already.
This makes me even more mad
If we won yesterday’s game we would still have a 7 game lead and would have won the series today and could have swept tomorrow.
How could we give away that game?
I’m glad that Jeter was held up at third.
It means that Tex gets one more RBI for my fantasy team.
But, I’m not selfish, like that Jeter.
nice job offense
Ron Washington thought bubble, “What’s with all these zero-outs hits?”
Alex, get up……..!
It all started because Young failed to make a play on Cano’s foul ball.
Geno trying not to laugh.
Why was Gene Monahan laughing when he came out? LOL!
Trevor, I would. Phil has hardly pitched…..let him get an inning under his belt.
Trevor, I would. Phil has hardly pitched…..let him get an inning under his belt.
Hey, were not going to get a rain delay are we?
Rob B: Dr. Pepper shirt?
Laura,
Because Alex is such a drama queen!
“How could we give away that game?”
Dude, let it go.
These are the games where you use Bruney to get on track.
And Coke hasn’t pitched in over a week.
Good point Nick in SF, that seemed so long ago
A-Rod you better be lucky its 9-2!
“Because Alex is such a drama queen!”
True, but hitting a ball off of your foot has to hurt like hell.
>>>“How could we give away that game?”
At least the Rangers held onto the WC placement with BOS. It wasn’t for naught.
7 runs up and Bruney still scares me just a little
You still have to keep Phil sharp so that he’s not rusty when he comes into a tight game. That said, I agree about Bruney and Coke………..Phil’s already warmed up, so…..
This is the thing about this Yankee team.
You better put a stake in their heart, because if you don’t, they will beat your brains in!
This team is playing like those championship teams of the 90′s.
For Charleston, Honest Abe Almonte is finally starting to hit and he just turned 20. Very good center fielder with great speed and a smart base runner…..10 triples, 33 steals. Is 3-4 with a homer (3) and 3 RBI (49). Corbin Joseph is also tearing it up with a .307 average.
Also, the forgotten catcher, John Farnham has two doubles and hitting .432/ 16- 37 with 5 doubles and 1 homer.
it’s Bruney time
Oh crap, Bruney coming in with a 7 run lead?
Strikes please.
She looks pretty well put-together for 49. That’s her?
Nick in SF in Larkspur August 26th, 2009 at 9:21 pm
Rob B: Dr. Pepper shirt?
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Absolutely!
And the white sox strand yet another runner at third.
This enough of a lead for Bruney?
no Phil or Mo tonight, quick turnaround with a 1PM game tomorrow. Bruney in the 8th, either Coke or Robertson in the 9th, it’s no big deal.
“She looks pretty well put-together for 49. That’s her?”
She’s a looker.
Lol at the Phillies. Brad Lidge pitched 4 days in a row and blew a save yesterday, so they bring Madson in to close out a 1-0 game in the 9th inning and he gives up a game-tying HR.
Rob B: if the Yankees win the World Series, will you roadtrip to the Dr. Pepper museum in Waco, Texas?
Oh, how the mighty have fallen. From the EIG to the first guy out of the bullpen.
I agree with this move by Joe:
We already know what we have with Hughes.
What we don’t know is what we have with Bruney.
This team needs him to get back to the Bruney we’ve seen dominate – in certain games – in the past.
What in the name of sweet Jesus happened? I left to talk with Verizon (my new best friends) and the score was 5-2!
Anyone?
Blown save for the Phils in Pitsburg again
Oops. Technically he is the EIG. Great job by Andy to go 7 full tonight.
I’m finally home. Who missed me?
Pittsburgh sorry
How is there a delay in TOR? Don’t they have a dome?
grrrrr at “Chinese Taipei”
Nick in SF in Larkspur August 26th, 2009 at 9:27 pm
Rob B: if the Yankees win the World Series, will you roadtrip to the Dr. Pepper museum in Waco, Texas?
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If the Yankees win the World Series, I might have to. Better yet, I’ll demand that the Yankees pay for it! And to buy me more shirts, since this one might be pretty ripe by then. But, I guess I can wash it on off days? Nah, that might destroy the Rizzutones and take away it’s effectiveness.
I have to admit, I’m surprised Jack Nicholson, Lorne Michaels and Paul McCartney (& friend) have stuck around considering the light rain & blowout conditions.
Are they promoting something?
An SNL w/Nicholson hosting & McCartney as the musical guest would be ratings gold.
Mel, I didn’t know it was tied in beantown!
Happiness!!!
Pettitte must have dropped the hammer on this team, because they’ve scored 29 runs in two games for him. This after not scoring 15 runs total in his last 7 before that.
Trish, bunch of base hits, clutch hits by Jeter & Swish…..5 run 7th. Bruney in…
Typical Bruney inning.
Poor Bruney. He just can’t seem to locate.
“I’m finally home. Who missed me?”
I did!
Gigi, thanks!
NO MORE BRUNEY
trisha,
Shall we order out? A win for the WS with extra innings on top?
Brian Bruney is struggling.
He’s got to earn a spot in the playoffs, so far, he’s failing.
My uncle was one sitting behindish Paul McCartney at a Yankee game. He said Paul drank beers the whole night and never once got up to go potty. AMAZING!
Erica – always OPPC August 26th, 2009 at 9:29 pm
I’m finally home. Who missed me?
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You missed some vintage Andy tonight!
Where is Phil Hughes?
Bruney sucks
Erica, I’m sure we all did.
I also missed Carl’s ‘Let’s Go Yankees’ at the start of the game. I’m not overly superstitious, but I don’t like it when you’re not here at the beginning of the game, Carl.
Bruney stinks. I give Melancon a shot in September. Can’t be any worse.
this is what got Bruney released by Arizona a couple of years ago
Thanks Laura!!!
I am so exhausted I just pointed at my TV with my fan remote and then wondered why the fan wasn’t turning on
with the big bottom of the 7th pettite should be in now not bruney who since he called out k-rod has been garbage.
doesnt look good for posada..
Carl-
You didn’t say “Lets Go Yankees”???? WTH?!?!
# trisha – OPPC lifetime member and true believer in Ortiz karma. August 26th, 2009 at 9:31 pm
Poor Bruney. He just can’t seem to locate.
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I thought he looked pretty good against Kinsler. Then he just kind of lost it.
Got to be effective for more than one batter if you want to keep your job.
Ouch, first Alex off the foot, and now Jorge takes a bad one that twisted his wrist back and sends him out of the game. Hope he’s okay.
Posada really has to take a number 2. He just needed a reason to come out. Naw JK I hope PO is ok.
yeah I’ve had that happen before …. that hurts every single time – I hope nothing is broken
Posada – Warrior….HIP HIP
Oh no Posada.
Erica – always OPPC
I just woke up lol
Uh oh.
Didn’t Montero break his finger with the glove hand too? Not saying Posada has a broken finger but the point is the glove doesn’t protect all the way.
Jorge is hurt.
If he is out for any length of time, we will all see how well the Yanks play without him.
I’m thinking not very well. He is a valuable piece of this team.
Question-
If we are giving benfica356 a guest shot at GTLU tomorrow. May I play?
Jorge.
Looks like his hand got twisted in the wrong direction.
Where was Jose? In the bullpen?
Molina was catching tomorrow anyway, wasn’t he?
He said Paul drank beers the whole night and never once got up to go potty.
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extra kidneys from Israel?
dfa Bruney and bring up cervelli to backup molina and let posada rest
Erica – always OPPC August 26th, 2009 at 9:32 pm
My uncle was one sitting behindish Paul McCartney at a Yankee game. He said Paul drank beers the whole night and never once got up to go potty. AMAZING!
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He must have one of those special bags they sell to the really die-hard sports fans.
Sad part is, if Bruney could get 3 outs with a 7 run lead, Posada doesn’t get hurt.
After this walk, get him out before he turns this into a game again.
Bruney’s a train wreck
When they do the Sept 1st call ups, they should send Bruney down to replace them.
9-2 lead, why is Posada in the game in the first place if he is supposedly “beaten up” from recent games?
Of course, he gets beaten up even more and possibly hurt now. Isn’t the point to rest guys with a lead in the division and a big lead in the game?
“trisha,
Shall we order out? A win for the WS with extra innings on top?”
Mel, I’ll pay!
I wish Alex Rios could be the Alex Rios we always remembered…
Man ! Bruney is not going to be in that circle of trust.
pauls kidneys are genetically altered from China. Bruney Sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!! and joe put down the book numbers can lie
Bases loaded and one out.
If you’re Girardi, do you yank him here?
Or not…
“9-2 lead, why is Posada in the game in the first place if he is supposedly “beaten up” from recent games? ”
Because Molina is catching AJ tomorrow.
Bailed out again
the great escape
Bruney you lucky dog!
dont wish any harm but if jorges out, loving the fact we will see cervelli/molina!
And you all doubted Bruney!!!!
That’s the Pudge we know
bruney sucks and is only saved by the little leprechaun pudge
Yay, Bruney survives for another day!
one shutout inning for Bruney
That trade for Pudge is really helping Texas out.
nice work to get out of it
That could be a catastrophic injury. Hope Jorge is OK.
For all the Posada Truthers out there, you’ll see what the difference is in having an offensive black hole like Molina is to the lineup.
thank you pudge.. 3 dribblers to a-rod..
Molina restores order.
DP night in the Bronx….
:whew:
Poor Bruney. I hate seeing that.
“dont wish any harm but if jorges out, loving the fact we will see cervelli/molina!”
Really? Do you think Cervelli or Molina would have hit that 3 run bomb Jorge hit earlier in the game? You’re going to miss those 3 runs.
I think Girardi was letting Bruney face Pudge and then was going to go to Coke for the lefty Davis? Was Coke even warming?
Doesn’t matter as they get the DP. In the end, Bruney got the job done. He just needs to stop making it so interesting.
They were fortunate to get the DP but, Bruney’s ineptness got Posada hurt.
Cross off another guy for the post-season roster.
Can’t use him him in close games. Can barely use him in blowouts.
please eric, take a step back from your computer before you write another useless comment like the one you did about bruney, he is garbage and he couldnt even pitch for the mets. Theres no doubht in him , it’s knowing he sucks. if this was the inglorious basterds i would serve him up to the “bear jew”
My money is on sprained wrist.
no fun. no fun at all.
“dont wish any harm but if jorges out, loving the fact we will see cervelli/molina!”
Wow. The most moronic post of the night.
Wow. Fingers crossed in beantown Mel. Pukey swung at air. One down – at least for the 9th.
# Laura – I like this new Alex! He’s a keeper. August 26th, 2009 at 9:40 pm
“dont wish any harm but if jorges out, loving the fact we will see cervelli/molina!”
Really? Do you think Cervelli or Molina would have hit that 3 run bomb Jorge hit earlier in the game? You’re going to miss those 3 runs.
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Plus, didn’t Cervelli get injured? Or am I thinking of somebody else?
Double play, and he’s off the hook.
But, he still does not have command of his pitches.
I don’t know, if I’m Girardi how many more auditions am I willing to give him?
He gets into trouble nearly every time out there.
Aw, don’t change the pitcher. I liked that other guy who gave up all of those runs.
I am worried about Posada. We need him him.
Hoping for good news
SON OF A
WITCH.
Molina obviously calls a better game than Posada. As soon as he came in, Bruney got the DP. Lol.
How many groundballs have been hit to Alex tonight? It seems like a weeks worth.
“Plus, didn’t Cervelli get injured? Or am I thinking of somebody else?”
Pete said that Cervelli was injured in the minors. I don’t think he’s back in action yet either.
Time to see what Melancon can do
Can’t be any worse than Bruney.
Bruney actually didn’t pitch badly that inning – much worse vs. te RS
Still way too much drama though
Even if no DL for Jorge, they still need Cervelli to come up. Who gets sent down for a week?
“How many groundballs have been hit to Alex tonight? It seems like a weeks worth.”
He’s got at least 10 put outs.
That’s it. Papi hits a walkoff. Wants to hit the postgame buffet.
walkoff for poppi
Correct me if I’m wrong, but does a person have to be on the 25 man roster by 9/1 to be eligible for the postseason roster?
So if Melancon doesn’t get called up this week, he isin’t eligible unless there is an injury, right?
JesuS?
walk off homerun by ortiz in boston..
big sloppy with a walk off
Ortiz must be on the shakes again.
Hey all,
just got here in time to see jorge get hurt, its all my fault. Had to take care of three separate ACL injuries today. I’m giving off the bad luck injury karma.
laura…yeah he can hit…but they have PLENTY of offense to carry this team…they need to PITCH…Molina and Cervelli improve that immensely.
Give it a rest with Bruney. He gave up one solid hit and had one at bat interrupted by a 7-8 minute delay. Pitches well to Rodriguez and that last pitch ate Rodriguez up. No runs in the last 7.1 innings over 6 games. His worst game was the last one, but, still allowed no runs and no inherited runs to score. He’s not perfect or pretty, but, he’s getting it done.
Cervelli is rehabbing a hand injury.
Stop with the stupidity.
If Posada’s injury is serious, that’s VERY bad news for the Yankees.
Let’s hope that’s not the case.
Ortiz with a walk off. I guess he’s drinking Dominican milkshakes again.
question about the stadium -
So I went to my second game last night, and my friend had a seat in the delta 360 section, section 217, and I bought a ticket last minute in section 216, hoping to sit near him and perhaps even scoot over to him. Basically, I was pretty surprised how tight security was all around the stadium, couldn’t get in anywhere you were not supposed to be. his Delta section was cordoned off and had their own food court and cushioned seats, and he was basically 7 seats over from mine.
Anyway, the moat up front was definitely half empty and it was such a shame for such an exciting game… given the empty seats up front, and the non-fans who typically seat there, does anyone know what changes might come for those ‘legendary’ seats next year? Are prices going to come down? It’s very sad to know that I’ll probably never be able to afford to sit up front for my favorite team in my whole lifetime…
I can’t believe people were afraid of the White Sox.
mattyinnj
August 26th, 2009 at 9:41 pm
please eric, take a step back from your computer before you write another useless comment like the one you did about bruney, he is garbage and he couldnt even pitch for the mets. Theres no doubht in him , it’s knowing he sucks. if this was the inglorious basterds i would serve him up to the “bear jew”
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Are you referring to me??? Dude, if you have a problem with my comments scroll past them
If Posada is out, that ends all hopes of a World Series run.
If an eligible player is injured and unable to play a club can call up any player in the organization regardless of their roster status* provided that the replacement player plays the same position (position player for position player and pitcher for pitcher), the replacement player was in the organization as of the August 31st deadline and they finished the season in the organization, and they receive approval from the commissioner.
“They were fortunate to get the DP but, Bruney’s ineptness got Posada hurt.
Cross off another guy for the post-season roster.
Can’t use him him in close games. Can barely use him in blowouts.”
Is it real SJ?
It is insane to think Posada was hurt because of Bruney.
Red Sox win.
So what? They have to win almost every game to catch the Yanks now.
The beauty about having a big lead this late in the season is you have your fate in your own hands.
Fenway bandbox strikes again….no fear, Sox are headed out on the road soon where they reek……..
SJ44
August 26th, 2009 at 9:41 pm
They were fortunate to get the DP but, Bruney’s ineptness got Posada hurt.
Cross off another guy for the post-season roster.
Can’t use him him in close games. Can barely use him in blowouts.
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Bruney has officially replaced Cody Ransom and Brett Tomko as the targets for the LoHud complainers.
For crying out loud, Young’s hit was a slow topped ground ball that got past Bruney and Hamilton’s (who is killing everything) was a bloop off the handle. He got the DP and out of the inning, this isn’t a freaking video game, it’s real baseball.
This blog disgusts me during games.
Big Popup with the walkoff. Must’ve had the extra shake today.
How did we lose 3 of 4 to these guys again?
Laura, I hink Cervelli came back this week
Yeah, Posada was horrible handling Andy tonight.
Another clueless clown blaming Posada for pitchers mishaps.
Laura – I like this new Alex! He’s a keeper.
August 26th, 2009 at 9:43 pm
“Plus, didn’t Cervelli get injured? Or am I thinking of somebody else?”
Pete said that Cervelli was injured in the minors. I don’t think he’s back in action yet either.
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Yeah, Cervelli had a 1 week rehab in Tampa and is back playing in Scranton.
“Pete said that Cervelli was injured in the minors. I don’t think he’s back in action yet either.”
he is back in action down there
White Sox now will be refered to as Worst Sox from hereon in……
The White Sox caught a break as DET lost today as well. Otherwise, they would have been 5.5 out.
“Yeah, Cervelli had a 1 week rehab in Tampa and is back playing in Scranton.”
Oh, okay. I don’t follow the minors so I wasn’t sure if he was back or not.
The result of this game is inconsequential if Posada is hurt.
If Posada is out for the season, you can kiss the season goodbye.
no need to scroll by, honesty and clarity prevail the day over insanity, and your comment “Erica – always OPPC” about bruney was insane
I can’t believe people were afraid of the White Sox.
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lol. Me too. I was saying facing Verlander & Jackson twice in a short series would be no fun.
To that, of course, came the cacophony of “oh, the White Sox have the much better offense. They’re far tougher than the Tigers!”
Todd,
I like Why Sox?
Nice, see Jack’s a Lakers/Yankees fan, too. Sportin’ the purple polo.
cervelli is back playing hot shots…know what u r talking bout before you post
“Why? Sox”
“If Posada is out for the season, you can kiss the season goodbye.”
Agree 100%. We saw what happened last year.
I think that we have both the real and the imposter SJ44 posting tonight. That’s a first.
That Rios pickup was sheer brilliance…….
“Fenway bandbox strikes again….no fear, Sox are headed out on the road soon where they reek……..”
3rd best road record in the AL
Cervelli is back. He’s not rehabbing anymore.
The White Sox are a mediocre team. They just happened to have played a really good series against the Yankees. As good as their starting pitching and offense is suppose to be they’re only a .500 team in a okay division.
mattyinnj
August 26th, 2009 at 9:49 pm
no need to scroll by, honesty and clarity prevail the day over insanity, and your comment “Erica – always OPPC” about bruney was insane
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Actually it was an attempt at humor. But since I just got home from paying respects to the family of a childhood friend who died at 29, maybe I am not up to usual standards of humor. So why don’t you stop calling me insane?
I’ll be shocked if Bruney makes the postseason roster.
I know there were a lot of people who defended him, and said “oh, it’s only because he’s adjusting after the injury,” but Bruney is what he is: an inconsistent reliever who throws hard but has horrendous control.
He’ll show flashes of brilliance, but then will come back down to earth and surrender a few walks, and maybe a homerun here or there.
Remember when Bruney was offended by Harold Reynolds comments about the bridge to Mo earlier this year? “I take that personally. I’ll show him. See what he’s saying mid-year when you’re rolling. I want the eighth inning.”
Wow Brian, you really showed him. Bruney’s obnoxious attitude and tendency to stir problems with the press has made it very difficult for me to feel bad for him whenever he struggles…
>>3rd best road record in the AL
and they’re not playing any real contenders end of season
rconn23
August 26th, 2009 at 9:48 pm
The result of this game is inconsequential if Posada is hurt.
If Posada is out for the season, you can kiss the season goodbye.
Lets not get carried away.That would hurt us ,not destroy us.
dude the season is not over if posada is hurt. Last time i checked he missed games earlier in the year with a hamstring problem and with cervelli/ cash and molina they survived. this is a team and whereas we will miss his offense a little, we wont miss his stubborn pitch calling and broken gate defense when the play is at the plate
we obviously dont know the status of posadas injury…but if he is out, yes his offense is tough to replace but thats not a problem with this team…what cervelli and molina offer defensively is enough and better than what posada brought…all of you saying the season is over if he is out for a while, remember to come back to me in oct
Why is everyone playing doom and gloom where Posada is concerned? We don’t even know what his condition is. How ’bout we wait for the medical report before we concede the season.
Bruney hasn’t given up a run since August 7th. Yet everyone wants him released. Too Funny.
“Agree 100%. We saw what happened last year”
I think this edition of the Yankees is far better equipped than last year’s to deal with Posada missing some serious time.
“3rd best road record in the AL”
which is extremly deceiving because they are 31-33…for a good team that is not a good away record…yanks are 37-28..the 2nd best road record in the al
big difference between 2nd best (37-28) and 3rd best (31-33)
Get off the bridge, folks. How about waiting for the report to come back?
What happened to Jorge? It doesn’t sound good……..
“As good as their starting pitching and offense is suppose to be they’re only a .500 team in a okay division.”
An “okay” division? Trevor, I think you are being kind.
Yeah the White Sox suck ! The yankees were just in a funk when they faced them at the time, but their is no way that the White Sox are taking that division with their horrible play. The yankees will most likely face the Tigers first round.
team was going ok last year after posada went out and molina was in…once they brought pudge in, pitching went wack…pudge is a good catcher but never jived with the staff, had no time to work with them
Sorry if it’s been asked, but I didn’t read through the thread, but can anyone tell me know is the person between Jack Nickelson and Paul McCartney?
Sox have hit their stride now… we’re lucky we have a 6 game lead. They are not going to lose very often the rest of the year, especially looking at their schedule.
This White Sox series was supposed to be “tough” for them. See how they turned out? Tampa might cool em off a bit, but that’s about it.
Erica – always OPPC my respects on the passing, but your comment was insane, bruney is overrated , overhyped and bottom line garbage. Bottom line no one called you insane, just your comment…..reading comprehension needed
“Sorry if it’s been asked, but I didn’t read through the thread, but can anyone tell me know is the person between Jack Nickelson and Paul McCartney?”
lorne michaels
rconn23
August 26th, 2009 at 9:48 pm
The result of this game is inconsequential if Posada is hurt.
If Posada is out for the season, you can kiss the season goodbye.
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…and that is not the least bit overstated.
No Jorge, no WS.
Scared of the Wall
August 26th, 2009 at 9:50 pm
I’ll be shocked if Bruney makes the postseason roster.
He still might.Right now its Rivera,Hughes,Coke,Aceves,Marte(probably),Robertson(maybe)Either Gaudin or Mitre unless you use ace as the long guy.I have a feeling unless he implodes and he hasn’t yet….he is on.
I don’t think anyone is worried about the Sox catching the Yanks, but their offense is ridiculous right – if they get in the playoffs, I’m sorry – I don’t see how they don’t get respected. Wakefield returning will (and has already) given them a big boost. I’m simply talking about respect, not handing them anything on a silver platter
“Sorry if it’s been asked, but I didn’t read through the thread, but can anyone tell me know is the person between Jack Nickelson and Paul McCartney?”
Lorne Michaels, show runner for SNL.
mattyinnj-
My comment was a JOKE. Maybe you need reading comprehension. Please leave me alone
Yankees win!
Please come back in off of the ledge re: Posada
We don’t know nything yet.
If he IS hurt, I think the offense can cover it.
Molina doesn’t exactly suck.
“If Posada is out for the season, you can kiss the season goodbye.”
Why?
It is a team game.
Others will step up.
We already saw the “Life Without Jorge” movie in 2008 and it was not fun. One of the reasons the Yankees are leading the AL East and have the best record in baseball is their exceptional offense. They have a circular lineup – even the #9 hitter, Melky, can really hit. There are no soft spots or automatic outs for opposing pitchers. Molina’s a great backup catcher, but not a hitter – more often than not he’s an automatic out. As Michael Kay put it on his radio show, the only way you’ll see Molina in a postseason game is in a blowout or if Posada is hurt. Here’s hoping Jorge’s hand is okay and he’ll be back behind plate very soon.
“big difference between 2nd best (37-28) and 3rd best (31-33)”
Explains most of the Yankees 6 game lead, doesn’t it. I think his point is that they aren’t really a bad road team by AL standards. You never hear the Rays or Texas referred to as bad road teams, yet both are the same or worse as Boston?
“We’re getting contributions from a lot of people.” – Derek Jeter
That’s why the Yankees have the best record in baseball.
Thanks RalphieD and Laura!!!
I have no idea who he is…… at first, I thought it was Russ Salzberg, but I wondered what he’s doing there
you “posada is god” people need to get a grip…you would of thought arod, teix or cc left hurt!
Perfect 5 for 5 with RISP.
Good win………nice bounceback from last night. Andy pitched great again – he’s been just terrific, and I thought he was done, lol
Because having such on base ability and slug at the catcher position puts our lineup over the top.
The calling card of this powerful team is OPS and pitching.
You remove Posada, who provides slug and on base and is a tremendous postseason guy, that huge advantage is significantly altered.
yes. it truly was a nice win….
If Posada is hurt, and misses time….not good, not good at all.
How did Posada get hit on the hand? Watching the replay the ball hit the front of the catching glove.
Mac Daddy August 26th, 2009 at 9:58 pm
you “posada is god” people need to get a grip…you would of thought arod, teix or cc left hurt!
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No, just the starting catcher, who also happens to be one of the best offensive catchers of the last decade. You’re right, losing him wouldn’t hurt at all.
Molina is a great defensive catcher. Cervelli showed he could play good defense, too. But neither is even close to Jorge offensively.
Andrew August 26th, 2009 at 9:54 pm
Sox have hit their stride now… we’re lucky we have a 6 game lead. They are not going to lose very often the rest of the year, especially looking at their schedule.
This White Sox series was supposed to be “tough” for them. See how they turned out? Tampa might cool em off a bit, but that’s about it.
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Oh, please.
People have to get off the “fear the Red Sox” schtick. It’s ridiculous.
The Red Sox beat the White Sox because the ChiSox stink. It has little to do with the Red Sox hitting their stride.
If the White Sox were a decent team, they wouldn’t be a game under .500 in a terrible division.
The play of the game in tonight’s game should be Jerry Hairston’s base on balls in the 7th inning. That walk got Holland out of the game, Jennings into the game and demoralized the Rangers.
Just like people thought we’d be fine without A-Rod right???
“How did Posada get hit on the hand? Watching the replay the ball hit the front of the catching glove.”
The pitch hit the “fingers” of the glove and caused his wrist to bend back. It was just one of those fluke things where the ball hit just “right”. Or just “wrong”, if you prefer.
Crossing my fingers that Jorge is ok, but please – if he’s gone for any length of time, pretending the Yanks are not in trouble is silly
Agree, Bodh.
Not good news at all if he is out for an extended period of time.
Looked like the ball fouled off the tip of Jorge’s glove and torqued his wrist to the right. He jumped up an grabbed his glove hand. And left the game in the middle of the at-bat.
Why not wait and see if Posada is hurt before writing off the year.
Pulling him in a 9-2 game in the 8th inning could just be precautionary.
“Just like people thought we’d be fine without A-Rod right???”
I just think this worldwide panic is a bit premature. We don’t even know what his condition is yet.
There are 5 guys on this team where an injury would be considered “devastating” before Jorge:
CC
Tex
ARod
Jeter
Mo
Calm down.
Pettitte has tied Lefty Gomez as the 3rd winningest pitcher in Yank history at 189. Whiey Ford at 236 and Red Ruffing at 231 are ahead of him. He’s also moving up on the strikeout list. strangely, no Yankee pitcher has ever reached 2000 career strikeouts as a Yankee. Ford is closest at 1956. Rpn guidry is 2nd at 1778 and Pettitte is 3rd at 1698.
If Posada is hurt, and misses time….not good, not good at all.
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Didn’t we start our run of good play in May/June when we had Cash and Cervelli playing for 4 weeks? Losing Posada would be tough news but I don’t think it would be the end. By the way, if Jorge were to miss 5/6 weeks he could be back in time for the playoffs.
I has glad to see Bruney and Coke pitch a scoreless inning each.
***Whitey*** Ford at 236
We’ll miss Posada’s bat, but as long as everyone keeps contributing offensively, the Yanks will be OK. Molina’s defense is obviously superior to Posada’s.
Also, not sure why everyone is assuming that Posada has a season-ending injury and will be unavailable for the playoffs. I mean, it’s not like we’re the Mets…
rob b:
newsflash….we have enough offense
again, we dont know how bad hes hurt but if its serious, cervelli and molina and their defense will be a delight and the O will be fine
“If the White Sox were a decent team, they wouldn’t be a game under .500 in a terrible division.”
To take it a step further, the White Sox are actually 6 gamesunder .500 in AL play. Only interleague play has kept them within shouting distance of the Tigers.
Have to say Wakefield’s start was pretty big for them though. That’s what you get now instead of Penny. He’s always a little hit or miss, but they’ve improved their rotation by making that switch.
not “has”, but “was”
Ugh girardi should’ve taken posada out of the game when we got the big lead! Unbelievable
jthomson22P osada hit on ring finger – aggrevated old injury. X rays negative. Day 2 day.
YankeesWFAN tweet just said: Posada aggravated ring finger. Not broken. Day to day.
“There are 5 guys on this team where an injury would be considered “devastating” before Jorge:
CC
Tex
ARod
Jeter
Mo”
If only the panic brigade would understand this. CC going down kills our WS aspirations completely. Posada going down doesn’t.
The best news on Jorge would be a day to day status…..His wrist twisted severely, could be a sprain to his wrist…..Fof a baseball hitter that’s rough, maybe 15 dl…..
nice to know we all follow him
It wasn’t just losing Posada last year… we had one quality starting pitcher who was healthy the whole year and a second who gutted out half the season with pain. Among other problems.
Anyway, it would be a severe blow if we really lost Jorge, so let’s hope we haven’t. I would not want to see Molina batting in front of a pitcher in games 3 and 4…
Wakefield, at 43, has had a career year this year, as evidenced by his ASG selection.
He is hit or miss as well – but an upgrade over Penny.
But if he’s your #3, you still have issues….
“Ugh girardi should’ve taken posada out of the game when we got the big lead! Unbelievable”
Why? He’s not catching tomorrow. Why have Molina work innings tonight when he has to catch all game tomorrow?
guys, dont forget Tommorow’s GTLU game starts at 9 AM!
Posada wasn’t going to catch tomorrow anyway, so he’ll get Thrursday and possibly Friday off. Please make sure that the razors are sharp before slitting your wrists. Me? I’ll wait until the medical reports are in.
Pat- He was hit on his ring finger. It aggravated an old injury. Good news no broken bones.
Now all the idiots who screamed about Jorge can see what life will be like for a few days without Jorge.
Hope the best for Posada
benfica356
August 26th, 2009 at 10:09 pm
guys, dont forget Tommorow’s GTLU game starts at 9 AM!
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Make me proud!!!
Erica, looking forward to tomorrow!
“YankeesWFAN tweet just said: Posada aggravated ring finger. Not broken. Day to day.”
Thank God people can come down off of their ledges.
Why should have Girardi taken him out?
Those who are saying that are only saying that with their hindsight vision.
YankeesWFAN tweet just said: Posada aggravated ring finger. Not broken. Day to day.
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Thanks for the info. I’ll feel a little better when September 1st comes and we can recall Cervelli, Pena, Duncan and a few more pitchers.
GreenBeret7 August 26th, 2009 at 10:09 pm
Posada wasn’t going to catch tomorrow anyway, so he’ll get Thrursday and possibly Friday off. Please make sure that the razors are sharp before slitting your wrists. Me? I’ll wait until the medical reports are in.
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There are probably a few idiots jumping for joy. After all, they didn’t want Jorge to catch games anyway. You know he doesn’t know how to call a game.
“rob b:
newsflash….we have enough offense”
Yeah, you’re right. Just like we had enough offense in 2005. And 2006. And 2007.
You can never have enough offense. I’m not saying the Yankees couldn’t cope without Posada if they had to. But to say losing him wouldn’t be a big deal is insane.
Posada hit on ring finger…aggrivated old injury. DAY to DAY. Per Josh Thomson
Betsy
August 26th, 2009 at 10:09 pm
Erica, looking forward to tomorrow!
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Me too. I think I am wearing a bright light blue short sleeve sweater and a pair of khaki pants. I am coming straight from work.
I am going to try to remember my Yankee hat
You don’t take your catcher out with a big lead, unless you have 3 catchers on the roster.
It’s baseball 101.
“But if he’s your #3, you still have issues….”
Yah. Same ones you have with Chamberlain being a #3
whew, good news…….but I thought I heard they are sending him for x-rays anyway?
If AJ pitches well tomorrow, get ready for cries that he needs Molina as his catcher. That’s just silly…….
UGH! Alex having x-rays on his foot!
jthomson22P osada hit on ring finger – aggrevated old injury. X rays negative. Day 2 day.
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I betcha Joba and AJ were sorta hoping Jorge might miss a week or two.
You don’t put your back up catcher in a game just because the score is 9-2. What if Girardi puts Molina in in the 8th inning and Jose was the one who got hurt? Who catches the last 2 innings then? Damon?
Ring finger. Day to day. No broken bones.
Everyone OK?
Who needs a Xanax?
No, just the starting catcher, who also happens to be one of the best offensive catchers of the last decade. You’re right, losing him wouldn’t hurt at all.
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Really, Rob B.
It is bizarre to me that people who watch the Yankees tirelessly and who are frankly obsessed with the team, can be so clueless.
Newsflash: there are teams who run better than us, & who can out-athleticize us.
Our advantage is that we have SP, a BP, and an obscenely powerful lineup.
That gives us unbelievable redemptive powers.
You remove the slug and ON BASE this VERY talented offensive catcher provides, you DON’T GET TO PILE ON with your DH and the rest of this lineup.
He’s also YET ANOTHER switch hitter in our lineup that presents major problems for opponents trying to match up.
Get a clue, people.
Your UNDER RATING of this player is ASTOUNDING.
I can understand it from some opponent fan who doesn’t watch this team all the time, but Yankee fans who don’t get what Posada brings?
Just puzzling.
Again: we do not win the WS without him healthy.
L to the 2nd
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I think Tim Wakefield is a good guy, and was the only non steroid user of the 2004 RS…
But he is not having a career year. He has been the same as usual.
His ASG selection was given to him as a service to his career…
and also so Joe Maddon could get his licks in to clean the RS
“UGH! Alex having x-rays on his foot!”
Probably just a precaution.
“Wakefield, at 43, has had a career year this year, as evidenced by his ASG selection”
This year is nowhere close to a career year for Wakefield, but you’re right about him being a shaky #3. He’s historically been a pretty poor postseason pitcher.
Waldo Pettitte is #3, Joba is #4
I think the last 2 days kinda reinforced that
rob…our pitching bit it then too.
as CA DAN said, posada isnt at the top of players that we couldnt afford to lose
When we have 3 catchers in September, then you take Jorge out with big leads.
You don’t mess around with 2 catchers. Which is why they are very selective when they pinch run as well. Do we even have an emergency catcher anymore? Ransom used to be that guy.
Waldo
August 26th, 2009 at 10:12 pm
“But if he’s your #3, you still have issues….”
Yah. Same ones you have with Chamberlain being a #3
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Last I checked, Pettitte was our #3. But thanks for trying…
Because I thought I deserved a treat after a trying day I decided to cook myself a nice meal – well as nice a meal as I can cook, not being terribly talented behind the stove (but I can bake up a storm!)
Listen to this. I made portabella mushrooms, sugar snap peas, and grilled pork tenderloin.
YUM YUM!
It’s a nice chaser after a successful Yankee game.
So Posada is probably out all the way tomorrow, so I guess they will need Frank or is Swisher the emergency catcher?
Do we even have an emergency catcher anymore? Ransom used to be that guy.
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Until Cervelli comes back, our emergency catchers are Joe Girardi and Tone Pena.
bod…that rant made no sense what so ever…give me a defensive catcher who controls the other teams running game and calls a great game over an offensive player who is a mediocre catcher ANY-DAY-OF-THE-WEEK
“Again: we do not win the WS without him healthy.”
Sorry, but I don’t buy it. No one player makes or breaks our WS chances save for Mo and maybe CC. If Mo goes down, then I say our chances of winning it all are nil. But Posada? No way. He’s great and all, but I think that we could get by without him. It would be hard, but it can be done.
“Again: we do not win the WS without him healthy.”
This hysteria is absurd.
OF COURSE if we lost Posada it would be extremely harmful for the team, but to make these powerful declarations are ludicrous. How do you know that the Yankees would absolutely not win without him? You got a crystal ball?
jennifer
August 26th, 2009 at 10:11 pm
GreenBeret7 August 26th, 2009 at 10:09 pm
Posada wasn’t going to catch tomorrow anyway, so he’ll get Thrursday and possibly Friday off. Please make sure that the razors are sharp before slitting your wrists. Me? I’ll wait until the medical reports are in.
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There are probably a few idiots jumping for joy. After all, they didn’t want Jorge to catch games anyway. You know he doesn’t know how to call a game.
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How in the world are the Yanks playing with the best record in baseball, with a pathetic catcher that can’t call a game, a clown in right field, a lazy 2nd baseman an fat slob for a #4 pitcher, a washed up #3 pitcher, a reliever that would be best to DFA and a 4th or 5th outfielder playing full time in center? I think that Selig is paying the umpires and other teams to throw games just to pad the attendence records.
Erica, I’m not sure what I’m wearing, but when I call you tomorrow, I will let you know. I probably won’t even choose my clothes until very late tonight, lol……
Unfortunately I don’t even have a Yankee hat. Maybe I’ll have Phil sign my Office DVD, lol
Pettitte has tied Lefty Gomez as the 3rd winningest pitcher in Yank history at 189. Whiey Ford at 236 and Red Ruffing at 231 are ahead of him. He’s also moving up on the strikeout list. strangely, no Yankee pitcher has ever reached 2000 career strikeouts as a Yankee. Ford is closest at 1956. Rpn guidry is 2nd at 1778 and Pettitte is 3rd at 1698.
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Ford pitched 16 seasons, 2 of which were less than 100 innings.
Guidry pitched 14 seasons, three of which were less than 100 innings.
Pettitte has pitched 12 seasons for the Yankees, none of those seasons less than 100 innings. Workhorse from the 1st year he was on the team!
I don’t want to predict which FA’s will be back next year, until I see how they perform in the playoffs, but Pettitte should be right up there.
If Jorge will sit out tomorrow, then it means AJ will be caught be Molina…so he doesn’t have any excuses tomorrow.
x rays negative on posada
Is that Pete’s voice?
Mac Daddy August 26th, 2009 at 10:16 pm
bod…that rant made no sense what so ever…give me a defensive catcher who controls the other teams running game and calls a great game over an offensive player who is a mediocre catcher ANY-DAY-OF-THE-WEEK
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The catcher is not the only guy who controls the other team’s running game.
The pitchers on the mound have to help their catcher.
And Posada catching with Matsui the DH is one reason why this is the best team in baseball.
Alex is going for x-rays? whew…….
“If Jorge will sit out tomorrow, then it means AJ will be caught be Molina…so he doesn’t have any excuses tomorrow.”
Molina was always going to be catching AJ tomorrow. Girardi said that before today’s game.
The Sox have gained 1/2 a game since they left the Bronx 17 days ago.
At that rate it would take them a whole season to catch the Yanks.
Yanks go 18-18, the Sox still need to go 24-12. They’ve been playing .500 since the ASG.
Conservatively speaking, say the Yanks go 20-16, Sox need to go 26-10. And they have 17 games on the road.
How in the world are the Yanks playing with the best record in baseball, with a pathetic catcher that can’t call a game, a clown in right field, a lazy 2nd baseman an fat slob for a #4 pitcher, a washed up #3 pitcher, a reliever that would be best to DFA and a 4th or 5th outfielder playing full time in center?
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Joe Giradi must be a heckuva manager!!!
girardi on post game
Upon further review – not quite career year for Wakefield
Best years look like ’95 & ’98 (16-8, 2.95 & 17-8, 4.58)
11-3 this year 4.31 ERA – would’ve been on course for at least comparable before his injury.
But you get the point.
Betsy-
Sounds good. Remember, I am a very tall girl with dark hair. And I am also quite tan cause I am at the beach all weekend
JPb, who says AJ was looking for excuses? Posada will be back catching him soon enough, so don’t get used to AJ/Molina…………and that’s how it should be.
http://www.nj.com/yankees/inde.....sad_1.html
Burnett said the idea that there is a rift between he and Posada is based on an incident that has been blown out of proportion.
“Guys miss signs all the time; guys cross guys up all the time, and guys give up hits on pitches where they’d rather throw something else all the time,” he said. “It doesn’t mean that your catcher’s bad; it doesn’t mean that he’s doing a bad job; it doesn’t mean that your relationship with your catcher’s bad. I don’t know where all that’s coming from, but it just means that I wasn’t right. My mental preparation, and the way that I handled myself out there on the mound, were both wrong.”
This is a good lineup for AJ to face… lots of RH hitters (Kinsler, Young, Byrd, Cruz, Pudge etc.) Especially in this stadium.
If he dominates them, it won’t be because of Molina.
franco…yes a pitcher is important to that as well but it means nothing if you dont have a good catcher and we have all seen catchers dictate the running game…with the O this team has, losing the catcher wouldnt be a BIG deal
“If Jorge will sit out tomorrow, then it means AJ will be caught be Molina…so he doesn’t have any excuses tomorrow”
There was no excuse for his effort Saturday when Posada did catch him.
Probably just precautionary for Alex, Betsy. The Yankees don’t seem to take chances with any hit like that and seem to make good use of the x-ray machine just to be extra sure.
“And Posada catching with Matsui the DH is one reason why this is the best team in baseball.”
Having a catcher who can hit is a huge plus, but these people who are declaring our WS chances dead w/o Posada are ridiculous. No one player makes a team. There are 8 other guys who contribute.
Erica, how tall are you? Lucky girl!
I am medium height with dark hair – probably will have it in a pony tail (and I wear glasses). Of course, that could describe a million girls, lol
“If Posada is out for the season, you can kiss the season goodbye.”
Total craziness. Posada is not the entire team. Cripes.
Are we a better team with him? Absolutely and unequivocally. Can the team survive without him. Absolutely and unequivocally. Because for once the team is functioning on all cylinders.
That said, I refuse to get into the worry bag with some of you because nothing says it is necessary right now. And if there is some extended time away, which I hope there isn’t, everyone else will step up. These guys know that it is late in the season. They aren’t going to roll over and play dead no matter who gets hurt at what point. Quite the opposite.
Sounded like Alex already left the stadium. I guess they’ll do x-rays tomorrow morning. Doesn’t sound like too much of a concern. More concern for Jorge and getting the pain out.
Angel, you’re right – and Alex did stay in. I will probably not breath easy until the x-rays come back negative, though I’m going to assume he’s fine.
Mac Daddy August 26th, 2009 at 10:22 pm
franco…yes a pitcher is important to that as well but it means nothing if you dont have a good catcher and we have all seen catchers dictate the running game…with the O this team has, losing the catcher wouldnt be a BIG deal
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Yes, it would. See 2008 for proof.
Molina led MLB in throwing out base runners last season and the Yanks didn’t even make the playoffs.
The Yanks have won four rings with Posada behind the plate. He makes this team better than Molina and I love having Molina on this team.
Betsy-
5’10 if I stand up straight
Girardi
Alex told Geno to get out of there he was fine when he hit the ball off his toe. They are taking an X-ray just to make sure
Excellent game by Andy.
JPb, who says AJ was looking for excuses? Posada will be back catching him soon enough, so don’t get used to AJ/Molina…………and that’s how it should be.
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Betsy,
Don’t take my comment too serious…I was just joking. I simply thought it was funny that after all of the hullabaloo over AJ and Joba having issues with Jorge that AJ would get an opportunity to pitch to Molina because Jorge got dinged up. I guess we can be humorous about the situation now that we know Jorge is OK.
L to the 2nd -
I got what you were saying.
And although I think that Tim Wake is a standup guy, he is not that good and wouldnt even be decent on any other team.
Like tonight, the White Sox laid down and did not bother to take pitches from a guy who does not know where his pitches are going to end up. Essentially, if Wake was on another team, he’d be Brian Bruney, people would be taking his pitches because he doesnt know where they’re going.
Okay Joe was wrong. No x-rays for Alex.
From Josh Thomsons twitter
Girardi misspoke before. No X ray for A-Rod. Just a bruised left foot.
Yankee Trader
August 26th, 2009 at 10:18 pm
Pettitte has tied Lefty Gomez as the 3rd winningest pitcher in Yank history at 189. Whiey Ford at 236 and Red Ruffing at 231 are ahead of him. He’s also moving up on the strikeout list. strangely, no Yankee pitcher has ever reached 2000 career strikeouts as a Yankee. Ford is closest at 1956. Rpn guidry is 2nd at 1778 and Pettitte is 3rd at 1698.
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Ford pitched 16 seasons, 2 of which were less than 100 innings.
Guidry pitched 14 seasons, three of which were less than 100 innings.
Pettitte has pitched 12 seasons for the Yankees, none of those seasons less than 100 innings. Workhorse from the 1st year he was on the team!
I don’t want to predict which FA’s will be back next year, until I see how they perform in the playoffs, but Pettitte should be right up there.
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Pettitte is definately a returnee. Even at a #4 or #5 pitcher, he’s a keeper. He should be setting on 14-15 wins right now. wins might not be the best way to judge a pitcher’s value, but, as we’ve seen, there’s a lot of pitchers that either pitch just well enough to lose or those that hardly get past 5 innings. He and Rivera are like pitching coaches and are low maintenance. what’s not to like?
Yes, and having dropped a heavy object on my foot right where Alex fouled off that ball, I can tell you if he’d broken or chipped something he wouldn’t be easily bearing weight on his foot. I couldn’t.
Erica – it was Mark Feisand. They sound a lot alike.
Betsy and Erica – we want pictures!!!!
Laura – I like this new Alex! He’s a keeper. August 26th, 2009 at 10:23 pm
“And Posada catching with Matsui the DH is one reason why this is the best team in baseball.”
Having a catcher who can hit is a huge plus, but these people who are declaring our WS chances dead w/o Posada are ridiculous. No one player makes a team. There are 8 other guys who contribute.
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Losing Posada would be an enormous blow. Just like losing Jeter, Teixeira, or A-Rod.
A-Rod isn’t even having a typical A-Rod season because of his hip and this team went 13-15 without him early in the season.
I’m back. I had to “puff” away to a fantasy football draft.
Good game for the Yanks. Bats are hot. Andy pitched well.
The thing is, it’s not about winning the division… it’s about winning it by a fairly comfortable manner so we can rest guys and lineup the rotation. Especially when we have this lead, all we need to do is maintain it to accomplish that.
You know Girardi and co. are not going to let the foot off the gas until we officially clinch. If we’re up 3 games with 10 to play or something, that is still too close for comfort. Especially when you compare our last 2 weeks vs. Boston’s last 2 weeks. We have a tough trip to Anaheim and Seattle, they play Baltimore and KC.
Shut up about the stupid Red Sox and teams lying down for them.
You’re a freaking psychopath.
Maybe the White Sox lost yet again because they SUCK as evidenced by their sub .500 record this season in a terrible division.
We aren’t losing Jorgie, for anything more than a few days! Everyone calm down. So funny a few days ago no one wanted him catching. Now there was a little scary moment when people thought he might be done for a while and they were lined up at the bridge!
Erica, you are so lucky. It means that you probably never have trouble seeing at the theatre!
So, if Bronx Jeers comment, above, on the number of games is correct, then, assuming the Red Sox (not a good road team) go 9-8 in those 17 road games, they would need to go 17-2 at Fenway to overtake the Yanks, assuming Yanks go 20-16. Not impossible, but quite a chore.
Just another way of saying that the Yanks control their own destiny. As long as the Yankees keep playing winning baseball, it doesn’t matter what the Red Sox do.
I have faith in AJ getting himself together tomorrow. (And I don’t mean because Jorge won’t be catching. What a dumb argument.)
“Losing Posada would be an enormous blow. Just like losing Jeter, Teixeira, or A-Rod.”
I don’t doubt that. But saying that the Yankees have no chance to win in the postseason without him is absurd IMO.
Mets current rotation:
Mike Pelfrey
Tim Redding
Bobby Parnell
Nelson Figureoa
Pat Misch
Andy was just handed the belt. Who gave it to him?
“How in the world are the Yanks playing with the best record in baseball, with a pathetic catcher that can’t call a game, a clown in right field, a lazy 2nd baseman an fat slob for a #4 pitcher, a washed up #3 pitcher, a reliever that would be best to DFA and a 4th or 5th outfielder playing full time in center?
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Joe Giradi must be a heckuva manager!!!”
LMAO
You forgot, a team captain with no range, an overpaid primaMadonna on one leg, and a multimillionaire who couldn’t hit his weight the first six weeks of the season!
Giuseppe:
Does no good to scold crazy people, dude. Ignore ‘em
“I’m only 37 I’m not that old yet” – AP. He’s adorable
wow, 5’10? I’m going to look like a smurf……..I’ll have to wear my platform shoes, lol.
Trish, I hadn’t even thought to bring my camera…..thanks for the idea! I’m working on my speech to Phil now……plus, I want to ask him to pass something along for me. Hope he’ll do it, lol
“Shut up about the stupid Red Sox and teams lying down for them.”
The only team that lays down for BOS is BAL. Everyone on the team except for Nick Markakis.
I’m happy that Cone said that Jorge and AJ have talked about their situation and all seems well. I am also happy that AJ has Molina tomorrow. If he has a good outing it will probably go a long way to help him with his confidence again and then when Jorge catches him again it will probably be better than ever.
Darrin
August 26th, 2009 at 10:17 pm
“Again: we do not win the WS without him healthy.”
This hysteria is absurd.
OF COURSE if we lost Posada it would be extremely harmful for the team, but to make these powerful declarations are ludicrous. How do you know that the Yankees would absolutely not win without him? You got a crystal ball?
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What’s ludicrous is the blithe assumption that our offense would just roll along without Posada.
It would be extremely difficult to win the whole thing without Posada. Everything would have to break right for us.
His presence makes our lineup nearly impossible to deal with over the course of a series. Posada is as important as any hitter in the Yankee lineup.
If you think he is just a guy who hits a few homers here and there, you’re just not in the flow of reality.
“Andy was just handed the belt. Who gave it to him?”
Isn’t Damon in charge of the belt?
“How in the world are the Yanks playing with the best record in baseball, with a pathetic catcher that can’t call a game, a clown in right field, a lazy 2nd baseman an fat slob for a #4 pitcher, a washed up #3 pitcher, a reliever that would be best to DFA and a 4th or 5th outfielder playing full time in center?
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Who said Andy Pettitte was washed up?
“Mets current rotation:
Mike Pelfrey
Tim Redding
Bobby Parnell
Nelson Figureoa
Pat Misch”
I bet you that 99% of Mets fan couldn’t pick these guys out of a police lineup.
jennifer
August 26th, 2009 at 10:31 pm
Andy was just handed the belt. Who gave it to him?
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WHAT?? Somebody belted Pettitte? It was probably Rivera. They hate each other.
It wasn’t that long ago (All Star Break?) that people were throwing dirt on Pettitte’s career, too.
Now he’s pitching as well as he has in the last few years.
Bets, I was thinking the same thing about being with Eric. We definitely would be a Mutt and Jeff team! I am a short 5’2!
JPB, sorry! I guess I’m still a bit sensitive over that……AJ will be fine, with Jose or Jorge behind the pate. Tomorrow it’s Josey (as AJ calls him), so let’s go get’em.
Trish, I’m 5’4 ….and 1/2. I always wished I could be 5’6, but oh well……lol
Laura – I like this new Alex! He’s a keeper.
August 26th, 2009 at 10:30 pm
“Losing Posada would be an enormous blow. Just like losing Jeter, Teixeira, or A-Rod.”
I don’t doubt that. But saying that the Yankees have no chance to win in the postseason without him is absurd IMO.
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So, you agree it would be a blow of “enormous” proportions, but we’d still have a chance to win it all.
Let me ask you, how would that “chance” be impacted by his loss?
GreenBeret7 August 26th, 2009 at 10:35 pm
jennifer
August 26th, 2009 at 10:31 pm
Andy was just handed the belt. Who gave it to him?
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WHAT?? Somebody belted Pettitte? It was probably Rivera. They hate each other.
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Uh oh, this is like a game of telephone I played when I was a kid when what the first person said, is totally different from the last person. LOL
So is Peavy starting Saturday or what?
Contreras was moved to the pen, so it isin’t going to be him
Erica – always OPPC
August 26th, 2009 at 10:25 pm
Betsy-
5?10 if I stand up straight
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Always stand up straight…..shoulders back…..be proud of…..errr…just be proud.
Gaudin has a 3.97 ERA as a Yankee.
“Let me ask you, how would that “chance” be impacted by his loss?”
I said it a few posts ago. Our chances of winning are made much harder by Posada being absent. But we still have a chance.
“It would be extremely difficult to win the whole thing without Posada. Everything would have to break right for us.”
Bod, Jorge is extremely important to the team and extremely valuable, no question. But this team is very special and they play with a ton of heart. While it would certainly be a challenge, I don’t doubt for a minute that this team could do it.
That said, I would certainly rather he be part of the team.
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About the Sux. Since I am planning for them to be out of the wild card, I’m trying to decide which is better, for them to get right to the brink and break the heart of RSN on the last day of the season or to have the tar beaten out of them.
I love them enough that I want the tar beaten out of them!
Wow. I hope the ump in the Tor/TB game is ok.
Trish, I missed that…….eh, I’ll catch on YES.com.
Mets current rotation:
Mike Pelfrey
Tim Redding
Bobby Parnell
Nelson Figureoa
Pat Misch
maybe they need to hire Adam Rubin after all…
jennifer
August 26th, 2009 at 10:37 pm
GreenBeret7 August 26th, 2009 at 10:35 pm
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WHAT?? Somebody belted Pettitte? It was probably Rivera. They hate each other.
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Uh oh, this is like a game of telephone I played when I was a kid when what the first person said, is totally different from the last person. LOL
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I just figured that things on this board was going too smoothly….no drama….no players nicked up…no trolls. Oops. I thought I was supposed to stir things up. Wrong message board.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08.....notes.html
LOL
A. J. Burnett and catcher Jorge Posada talk in the dugout between innings whenever Burnett starts. But they barely exchanged a syllable while Burnett was being hammered in a 14-1 loss to the Boston Red Sox on Saturday.
“He told me, ‘Dude, I didn’t want to come up to you because you looked so ticked off,’ ” Burnett said in explaining why Posada grabbed a different seat in the dugout.
Burnett said he was ticked off, angry at himself for not being mentally prepared and for throwing too many fastballs against Boston. Although Burnett and Posada clashed noticeably on pitch selection, Burnett insisted that it was his fault, not Posada’s, that he allowed nine earned runs in five innings.
“I had a bad start because my mind wasn’t right,” Burnett said. “I didn’t make good decisions.”
“I said it a few posts ago. Our chances of winning are made much harder by Posada being absent. But we still have a chance.”
Laura, I’ll see you and up the bid (I think that’s how they say it in cards.) I believe we will win it all, period. So the configuration doesn’t matter – though of course we want all our guys healthy.
I totally believe it and also definitely want Jorge back because he definitely is a security blanket!
And since lamentations will take away from this great win and my lovely dinner, I think I will just say good night and enjoy some light television!
Here is another good way to look at the Yanks-Red Sox situation: Boston comes to the stadium for a big 3 game set in late September. Each team has 27 games to play before we reach that series. If the Yanks play mediocre ball during that period (14-13), Boston would still have to play pretty damn good baseball (17-10) just to get within 3 games of the Yanks – and then would still have to sweep them. And that’s assuming the Yanks only play .500 ball. It’s still possible but chances are slim.
Wow. The panic in here is palpable.
Everyone needs to take a deep breath. Alex & Jorge are going to be fine. And the beat goes on.
No need to debate how this team would do if they lost a key player.
That’s a losing proposition anyway you slice it.
“WHAT?? Somebody belted Pettitte? It was probably Rivera. They hate each other.”
Sounds like he’ll be getting an X-Ray now. Our season is definitely in jeopardy!!!! Who ya gonna call??? GB.
No Not GB-7, although that would be a good idea. Ghost-busters!
BTW Inglorious Basterds is one of Turrentino’s best movies, if you like him.
Extras in Toronto or Jays for the win?
Zolio August 26th, 2009 at 10:31 pm
Mets current rotation:
Mike Pelfrey
Tim Redding
Bobby Parnell
Nelson Figureoa
Pat Misch
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The Mets should just hold open auditions at Citi Field for pitchers. SNY could show it. TV fun.
Peavy looks like a no-go for Saturday’s game:
http://sports.espn.go.com/chic.....BHeadlines
“It appears that the White Sox’s choices for a starting pitcher on Saturday will be either minor leaguers Carlos Torres or rookie sensation Dan Hudson. Hudson has made a meteoric rise to the top of the organization after starting the season at the lowest level of the minors.”
I was hoping Peavy could go (since he would never see the 7th inning, in all likelihood).
Trisha,
I’m liking your evil ways.
And by the way, I enjoyed your Chucky/Bucholz references. They’ve afforded me a few “chuckles”
“Mike Pelfrey
Tim Redding
Bobby Parnell
Nelson Figureoa
Pat Misch”
Wow. And people complain about the Yankees
Jorge said they are working on getting something to protect his ring finger.
Damn… Instead of Peavy we face some rookie?
The Mets are a AAA-AAAA team, if that right now. WHO’s on 1st????
S.A.–Serenity Now
August 26th, 2009 at 10:45 pm
The Mets should just hold open auditions at Citi Field for pitchers. SNY could show it. TV fun.
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SA you are a genius. This could be a new reality show
Betsy-
No worries. I will wear flats so I don’t dwarf you
Betsy and Erica have a lot of fun tomorrow.. I want to see pictures too!
http://kimberlyjones.mlblogs.c....._back.html
LOL Phil
Phil Hughes: Before the last road trip, he cut his locks. But you already knew that. When we asked him about it, he said, “My hair was taking up too much of my day.” Yeah, we know the feeling. He’s a funny guy.
Who’s on first?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sShMA85pv8M
I know how to take pictures with my camera phone, I don’t know how to do anything with the picture once its on the phone except text it to others. LOL
Betsy & Erica I will be there too w/my oldest son in tow…
Can this team score some runs for AJ tomorrow? I’m sick of him getting all these NDs and losses when he pitches well
Erica – always OPPC
August 26th, 2009 at 10:49 pm
Betsy-
No worries. I will wear flats so I don’t dwarf you
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I think that I’ll just ignore this one.
guys, can someone shed some light for those of us who are uber depressingly stuck working and couldnt watch the game and can only sneak glances at LoHud and Yahoo for updates…
….why is everybody talking about whether or not we can win it all w/Posada out for the season? Is there ANY chance whatsoever this might actually happen, or are people just buggin’ as usual?
much much appreciated, i am stressin a little bit here myself not knowing what is going on. Thanks!
Laura – I like this new Alex! He’s a keeper.
August 26th, 2009 at 10:39 pm
“Let me ask you, how would that “chance” be impacted by his loss?”
I said it a few posts ago. Our chances of winning are made much harder by Posada being absent. But we still have a chance.
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That would be some chance:
Posada high leverage numbers: .319 .405 .493 .898 139 OPS+
Late and close .294 .397 .451 .848 137 OPS+, WOBA 365…
I think some people on here think Posada is some guy who jacks a couple of homers once in a while and calls a lousy game.
The guy is also a switch hitter.
Just think about that for a minute. Switchy with power on both sides, who the opposition has to deal with each time they go through the lineup.
No disrespect to Molina, but he is a RH pop-gun.
I would say the removal of Posada from the Yankee order would fundamentally change it. A million times easier to pitch to without Jorge Posada, and there goes that redemptive advantage that keeps on forgiving.
So Mitre or Gaudin would be like, what, a #2 on the Mets then?
bodhisattva,
We may never agree on Melky, but we agree on most everything else.
I thought I should say that since we’ve gone toe-to-toe on numerous occasions regarding one single player.
Erica, I was just kidding……….I think it’s fantastic that you are so tall…..No need to wear flats!
Angel, thanks! I doubt we’ll get to spend more than a minute with Phil, but it’s better than nothing, lol. I will definitely take pics…..
Rays lose on a bases loaded wild pitch with 2 out int he ninth.
Howell is completely self destructing for TB.
BBB
Jorge dinged his ring finger. He had done it earlier this year to and missed a day to get the swelling out.
X-Rays are negative and so are many people who post here.
Jorge is day to day and will be fine.
L to the 2nd, cool……how old is your son?
GB, I wish you could make it, but I guess you are on diaper duty. Sorry about that, lol
I don’t know how to put pics online – I will have to ask someone from work……
L to the 2nd
August 26th, 2009 at 10:51 pm
Betsy & Erica I will be there too w/my oldest son in tow…
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Awesome. If you see a tall girl with dark hair (maybe a Yankee hat) wearing a bright light blue sweater and a pair of khakis (and black flat shoes), say hi
I really hope we clinch early so we can play the backups more often and rest the regulars (especially the vets). We’re fortunate that everyone on the team except Wang is healthy, and it would really stink if someone got injured so late in the season.
Giuseppe Franco
August 26th, 2009 at 10:54 pm
bodhisattva,
We may never agree on Melky, but we agree on most everything else.
I thought I should say that since we’ve gone toe-to-toe on numerous occasions regarding one single player.
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Yes, I’ve noticed that
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I am so incredulous, I didn’t even mention that the guy when hitting LH can be a scourge in our own ballpark. Gee, didn’t we build our history on LH power hitting?? And aren’t we fighting for HFA to take advantage of our lefty friendly park?
But Molina’s ability to throw out runners and superior game calling would render Jorge Posada unnecessary.
Unreal.
White Sox pitching matchups:
Sabathia vs. Burhlee
Mitre vs. Peavy or Rookie
Joba vs. Freddy Garcia
Betsy – take a pic of Erica’s feet for us. A panoramic view preferably. If you can get everything in one shot that would be great.
“….why is everybody talking about whether or not we can win it all w/Posada out for the season? Is there ANY chance whatsoever this might actually happen, or are people just buggin’ as usual”
Jorge took a foul ball off the glove, and immediately began shaking his hand in obvious pain.
Gene M. came out, and Jorge left the game post haste.
It sounds like he re-aggravated an old finger injury, but thankfully no broken bones.
There was a healthy dose of bugging out, imho.
“The guy is also a switch hitter.”
Yeah. At home he’s great (.329, 12 homers, 1.035 OPS) and on the road he SWITCHES to Varitek (.226, 4 homers, .681 OPS)
betsy he’s 14
Finally visting NYS for 1st time this year – got seats in terrace level down RFL
Both looking forward to it.
Both boys are getting to the age where they want to experience other stadiums too, which is cool.
Told them I’d start with Camden Yards
UPDATE ON POSADA VIA ESPN:
x-rays are negative, he’s day to day, and girardi said he’s just gonna worry that he’s gonna be sore.
bodhisattva – Destiny Wears Pinstripes August 26th, 2009 at 10:59 pm
Yes, I’ve noticed that
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I am so incredulous, I didn’t even mention that the guy when hitting LH can be a scourge in our own ballpark. Gee, didn’t we build our history on LH power hitting?? And aren’t we fighting for HFA to take advantage of our lefty friendly park?
But Molina’s ability to throw out runners and superior game calling would render Jorge Posada unnecessary.
Unreal.
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Yeah, there’s no question losing Posada would be just as big of a blow to this team if they lost a Jeter, A-Rod, or Teixeira.
People just don’t realize how much he means to this club’s success.
Betsy
August 26th, 2009 at 10:57 pm
L to the 2nd, cool……how old is your son?
GB, I wish you could make it, but I guess you are on diaper duty. Sorry about that, lol
I don’t know how to put pics online – I will have to ask someone from work……
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Betsy, that would be enjoyable, but, I won’t be getting up to NY any time soon.
Something tells me that I woun’t be asked to babysit any time soon. Morgan sees no health benefits in giving the kids pizza and beer for breakfast. (Not sure if she meant lunch and dinner, also). The kids enjoy it, though. Sure keeps them quiet.
Waldo
August 26th, 2009 at 11:00 pm
“The guy is also a switch hitter.”
Yeah. At home he’s great (.329, 12 homers, 1.035 OPS) and on the road he SWITCH
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Hey, well guess what, we stay on course for baseball’s best record:
We win all our home games, we WIN
If the Yankees play .500 ball the rest of the way, they win 97 games.
Okay, time for a little perspective. It’s just a game, okay, guys?
Please take the time to read this. It’s the most beautifully sad thing I’ve ever read. Grab the tissue box first.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn.....0826/flojo
L to the 2nd, I hope you guys have a great time; NY is fantastic and the new stadium is really beautiful.
Well, GB, Morgan has her priorities all wrong, obviously. I’ll have to take my Welcome to NY, GB banner down now…
Yeah, there’s no question losing Posada would be just as big of a blow to this team if they lost a Jeter, A-Rod, or Teixeira.
People just don’t realize how much he means to this club’s success.
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Yet if you suggested we still have a chance should ARod go down, everyone would jump you (and they’d be right, of course).
The marginalization of Jorge Posada by the Yankee fan is just astonishing.
Well, he appears to be OK. I wouldn’t mind Joe giving him some time off. The pause refreshes, as they say, especially when you are 38 years old.
I am off to bed. I have been fighting to keep my eyes open. Good night Yankee people!!!
Betsy- I’ll be online while I am working so I’ll be in touch
The guy bruised his finger, and we’re talking like a labrum tear on this blog!
He came on YES, said what was wrong, said he wouldn’t pitch tomorrow, said he’s had it before, said the X-rays are negative. Very open and upfront, from both him and Girardi.
What else do you want? Best record in baseball–check. Three great starters–check. Excellent BP and closer—check. Incredible power basically 1-9—check. Clubhouse that’s calm, with guys that help the community and seem to really enjoy playing–check.
I’m mystified by the negativity.
36 games to go, 18 vs. contending teams
7 vs. TB
4 vs. LAA
3 vs. BOS
3 vs. CWS
1 vs. TEX
Just keep winning series — 2/3
The rest will take care of itself.
Betsy
August 26th, 2009 at 11:08 pm
L to the 2nd, I hope you guys have a great time; NY is fantastic and the new stadium is really beautiful.
Well, GB, Morgan has her priorities all wrong, obviously. I’ll have to take my Welcome to NY, GB banner down now…
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Very kind of you, Betsy. I usually get to Tampa to watch the yanks play 2 series a year. I take in a lot of the Charleston games, but, because of issues, not as many this year as the last few years. I will definately make a point of getting to the Stadium for a series early next year. I’ll let you know well before hand so you can avoid that area or join me for a beer or three…your choice.
I’m mystified by the negativity.
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well, come on PittsburghYankeeFan, don’t you know we Yankee fans have endured decades and decades of futility. It’s been hell on earth being a lifelong Yankee fan.
Wait, what?
Erica, I went to bed at 5 am last night, so I will probably be getting off soon…..See you tomorrow!!
“X-Rays are negative and so are many people who post here.”
LOLZ, line of the day! Thanks so much pat and the other poster who filled me in. Work sucks!
GB, I hope everything is ok………definitely let me know when you come up. I don’t drink, but I’ll join you for a pizza or three, lol.
A nice walk-off win for the Jays. Figures it was on a wild pitch. With Vernon at the plate that would be the only way for them to win a game.
bodhisattva – Destiny Wears Pinstripes
August 26th, 2009 at 10:34 pm
Darrin
August 26th, 2009 at 10:17 pm
“Again: we do not win the WS without him healthy.”
This hysteria is absurd.
OF COURSE if we lost Posada it would be extremely harmful for the team, but to make these powerful declarations are ludicrous. How do you know that the Yankees would absolutely not win without him? You got a crystal ball?
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What’s ludicrous is the blithe assumption that our offense would just roll along without Posada.
It would be extremely difficult to win the whole thing without Posada. Everything would have to break right for us.
His presence makes our lineup nearly impossible to deal with over the course of a series. Posada is as important as any hitter in the Yankee lineup.
If you think he is just a guy who hits a few homers here and there, you’re just not in the flow of reality
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What is it about the Internet where people do not have the ability to engage in honest debate?
I AGREE with the notion that losing Posada would be extremely harmful to the team. In fact, if you read my post I use those exact words. But according to you, I just “blithely assum(e) that our offense would just roll along” and that I think he is “just a guy who hits a few homers.”
My objection is to your hysterical notion that the season is a complete loss if Posada were injured. I’m not saying that Posada is worthless and easy replaceable – that’s YOU saying that and putting it in my mouth.
bodhisattva – Destiny Wears Pinstripes
August 26th, 2009 at 10:34 pm
Darrin
August 26th, 2009 at 10:17 pm
“Again: we do not win the WS without him healthy.”
This hysteria is absurd.
OF COURSE if we lost Posada it would be extremely harmful for the team, but to make these powerful declarations are ludicrous. How do you know that the Yankees would absolutely not win without him? You got a crystal ball?
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What’s ludicrous is the blithe assumption that our offense would just roll along without Posada.
It would be extremely difficult to win the whole thing without Posada. Everything would have to break right for us.
His presence makes our lineup nearly impossible to deal with over the course of a series. Posada is as important as any hitter in the Yankee lineup.
If you think he is just a guy who hits a few homers here and there, you’re just not in the flow of reality
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What is it about the Internet where people do not have the ability to engage in honest debate?
I AGREE with the notion that losing Posada would be extremely harmful to the team. In fact, if you read my post I use those exact words. But according to you, I just “blithely assum(e) that our offense would just roll along” and that I think he is “just a guy who hits a few homers.”
My objection is to your hysterical notion that the season is a complete loss if Posada were injured. I’m not saying that Posada is worthless and easy replaceable – that’s YOU saying that and putting it in my mouth.
LAD trying to stop the bleeding
Broxton in with a 5 run lead?
Nice win for the Yankees, good game pitched by Andy Pettite. Hopefully Jorge isn’t badly injured.
Betsy
August 26th, 2009 at 11:17 pm
GB, I hope everything is ok………definitely let me know when you come up. I don’t drink, but I’ll join you for a pizza or three, lol.
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Things are going well, Betsy, thanks for asking. I have about 3 more bi-monthly checkups and, I’ll be clean for a year. after that, just semi-annuals for a couple of years. after that, I’m home free. I can go back to being as crusty as Randy.
Somebody on here said it and I agree.
Baltimore is the one true team that lays down in the regular season against the Sox. But they are really not that good.
The Angels are the team that truly annoy me though. They do nothing against the Sox in the playoffs and beat us.
The Angels are the most valueless sickening individuals to every disgrace this planet, And I mean that sincerely
GG tonight.
m
August 26th, 2009 at 11:07 pm
Okay, time for a little perspective. It’s just a game, okay, guys?
Please take the time to read this. It’s the most beautifully sad thing I’ve ever read. Grab the tissue box first.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn…..0826/flojo
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Very nice
Not much drama tonight – on the blog either.
Except for those hysterically jumping the gun on Jorge.
Hopefully not the same ones trashing him last Sat.
Glad to hear it, GB…….
Well, nighty night. I need my beauty sleep……!
Night, Betsy….have a great time, tomorrow. Take your sign and say “HI”: to the board.
What is it about the Internet where people do not have the ability to engage in honest debate?
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I have already stated in detail why the chance to win without Posada is nil and none.
You have decided that is ludicrous, without bothering to explain how they would overcome his loss.
Care to elaborate?
Bod, it’s almost like someone else inhabited your body. I have never known you to think anything but the best about our Yankees and I have never known you to show any vestige of uncertainty.
I guess I am totally immune to worry because I am totally embued with faith in these guys, and with good reason.
There is no one player in our lineup whose absence would mnake it impossible for the Yankees to win it all. I’d worry more about one of our pitchers going down.
While any player’s absence would be felt, the rest of the players would more than make up for it or certainly lessen the blow to the point where things would continue to roll. It almost saddens me to see you take such a polarized perspective on one player to the extent that you would think the Yankees season would be challenged. Whoever has inhabited the bodies of Bod and Franco – disappear right now!
By the way, it is hardly about “margenalizing” Posada’s worth. It’s more about recognizing everyone else’s at the same time.
The Posada injury is very likely precautionary. Great game from the boys tonight, with this lead it would not be the end of the World if Molina had to catch for a few days. He is a defensive whiz, that sort of makes up for his poor bat, no?
Trisha,
Let me be clear. I never said that it would be impossible for the Yanks to win the WS without Posada.
My only point is an obvious one – losing Posada would be an enormous blow. He is just as important to this team as any of their other big guns in the lineup.
And I do think people underestimate how valuable Posada is to this team. I don’t think there’s any question about it. We see it all the time on the boards when a starting pitcher has a rough night.
My stance isn’t exactly out of line. I think it’s stating the obvious.
Trisha I would disagree a bit with your statement
Losing CC & Mo would be devastating
Losing ARod (already proven), Tex or Jeter would be devastating
Losing Posada would be a really tough blow, but I wouldn’t characterize it on quite the same level (“forget about the WS”).
While it would be ideal to keep the “circular lineup” going, replacing with Molina while obviously a big offensive hit would be an upgrade defensively.
Look at the offensive stats – we will probably have 8 guys with at least 20 HRs & 70-75 RBIs. The balance of the circular lineup makes the loss of 1 not necessarily devastating.
I make he exception for Tex (leading offensive categories), ARod (offense & to protect Tex, as has already been proven by the team’s record w/ & w/o him). And Jeter because, well, do I have to say it? We need that selfishness.
…not to mention Tex’s defense at 1B
Giuseppe,
I see his value in his offense, and I think that would be missed entirely. His postseason experience behind the dish is also really important. I worry less about his catching than I do about his bat, but his having been in so many postseasons also counts for something.
It appears that we won’t have to worry about that anyway.
But you know me. I always believe the Yankees will find a way, regardless of what may happen.
Thank goodness we won’t have to find out what would happen.
But I’m joining in with the ranks of people who believe that the team could still prevail if something happened to Jorge.
Not to denigrate him, take away from what he does, or totally ignore his contributions.
But I think this team’s on a mission, and they’re feeding off of Jeter’s sense of urgercy. (secondary source: Peter Gammons-gag)
He’d be missed in the field, at the plate, and in general. But the rest of the team knows what’s at stake. They’d step up and I doubt they’d fall apart during the absence of Jorge.
So, yes, he’d be missed terribly. Yes, the team would lose more games, but I think the team would ultimately figure out what it’d take to survive if, heaven forbid, Jorge (or any other member) should fall.
L to the 2nd – Your assessment of those players is very sound. So let me amend my thoughts to say please God keep Mo healthy.
We don’t have to worry about losing any of them. I don’t think anyone but Mo would be fatal but I agree with your rank-ordering of the importance of the others.
Trisha,
What’s not appreciated is how non-pareil the Yankees are, having a catcher who can hit for power and get on base, who is also a switch hitter.
His loss would be tremendous. I cannot overstate it.
Let’s put it this way: the Yankees are jumping through hoops trying to develop Montero, a kid with 80-80 power, into a legitimate catcher.
Why?
Why not just hide Montero in the corner, like Adam Dunn, or make him into a DH, the sooner to take advantage of a bat that is looking frighteningly close to being major league ready at age 19?
Posada is virtually unreplaceable. ARod is virtually unreplaceable.
The Yankees are built on slug, on base and pitching.
Well, if Posada, a SH C with power – especially LH power – were to go down, the enormous advantage the Yankees enjoy in terms of OPS would be significantly reduced. I know how great the team is – and I also know the wherefore of that greatness.
The loss of Posada would be incalculable. If I am emphatic, it is because my life flashed before me when Posada went down. Simiarly when I looked up, and saw Alex crumple in the batter’s box (I had not seen his getting hit on the foot, by the time I looked up, he was already in his fall, and my heart stopped thinking he was felled by a torqued hip from swinging.
The Yankees have flaws. But the betting here is with a healthy lineup, no team is ever going to expose them. Too much pitching, too much slug, too much handcuffing of matchups because of switch-hitting, too much on base.
So the less than stellar outfield arms, and the rather mediocre corner defense, and the age of some key pieces, will likely never come to the surface.
Take Posada out of the lineup, and the opportunity of exploiting those weaknesses increases alarmingly.
Look at Boston. Because Manny is a pariah, the impact of his absence from that team was dismissed out of hand by the Red Sox, and the media followed suit. It’s only now, that people begrudgingly admit that Jason Bay (fall off my chair laughing) is NOT Manny Ramirez.
No kidding.
I had NO FEAR that Boston could win the World Series last year. I knew once Manny was dispatched, they would not be able to repeat. That did my heart good – we’re the last team to have done so.
My faith in the Yankees includes my faith in Posada, and my understanding of how important he is.
Extreme relief is what I’m feeling, knowing the x-rays were negative.
Ah Bod, we could do it without Posada. But of course we’d rather not.
Now buck up field general! You need to take over the troops so I can take a much needed rest. Keeping the faith requires a lot of energy!
Yes, ma’am!
A lot of faith – and a healthy dose of science – can’t be beat!
Of course we could win without Posada… it would just become significantly more difficult to win without him. As bodhi says, Posada gives the lineup a high marginal advantage. A weakened lineup vs. playoff pitching is not something we want to experience.
It’s very easy to opine that other players would pick up the slack or that mystical forces would guide the Yanks to victory anyway. It could be so. But no one has a clue.
m,
When you say we’d survive, what is your definition of survival?
An earnest question.
bodhi, most people hop over to the new thread when one goes up, including m. Be warned, she’s a big Molina fan and… has not always been supportive of Posada during certain disputes.
m
Urgency doesn’t win championships. Pitching does.
Nick in SF in Larkspur
August 27th, 2009 at 12:11 am
bodhi, most people hop over to the new thread when one goes up, including m. Be warned, she’s a big Molina fan and… has not always been supportive of Posada during certain disputes.
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Thanks for the heads up. I guess once I’ve expended energy to write a post, I have none left to cut and paste it into the new thread, lol.