Comments on: Fight on, Phil Hughes

By: Tim

Tim — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 19:13:08 +0000

what are the odds of Lopez/Guthirrez hitting another gapper off MO?

You don’t face Ichiro, period.

By: Angel - A tale told by idiots, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing

Angel - A tale told by idiots, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 19:04:42 +0000

“now there should be a limit on posts ???”

“This sick person has submitted literally 200+ comments in the last 24 hours, 99 percent of them into the spam filter.”

Yes, Bru, there sometimes should be. This is one of those times. Freedom of speech comes with responsibility.

Apparently the spam filter agrees with me too.

“there are better ways of dealing with pain in the butt people who do not cross the line than being tattle tales”

Who said I “tattle tailed”, Bru? I didn’t email Peter about him for your information. I skip over Jim’s posts – have since I decided he wasn’t worth a second of my time. But others felt differently, which is their right too.

By: Angel - A tale told by idiots, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing

Angel - A tale told by idiots, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 18:58:27 +0000

*ridiculous

By: Angel - A tale told by idiots, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing

Angel - A tale told by idiots, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 18:58:05 +0000

“However, I agreed with his sentiments regarding Ransom. Ransom is the farthest thing from a major league baseball player.”

Yes, he wasn’t going to go to Brian Cashman and ask to be designated for assignment because people think he’s not, which was the crux of his riduculous argument regarding Ransom.

By: Vader

Vader — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 18:48:13 +0000

Ed,

True and to me it really doesn’t matter…what does is watching the Tigers let the Twins back in, with six games left it will be interesting to watch.

By: 86w183

86w183 — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 18:43:43 +0000

It is perfectly reasonable to argue an IBB was called for when the best singles hitter on the planet can tie the game with a base hit.

Generally the rule of thumb that rejects putting the winning run on base is correct but not always. If the opposing team’s best hitter is at the plate in that situation and a “pretty good” hitter is on deck I walk the better hitter ever time.

I don’t think Girardi could have made a “bad” decision either way, but it is clearly debatable.

Letting Molina hit was less debatable. A run is more valuable there than emergency catcher insurance

By: Ed H.

Ed H. — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 18:38:13 +0000

Vader,

I too was in shock when Suzuki hit that bomb. That game was already in the win column in my head. After all, Mo is “automatic,” right? I don’t like the loss either.

However, I don’t think you can fault Joe for the match up. I’ll take my chances with Mo against anybody. Putting Ichiro on base (especially with something to prove after being picked off twice last night) was a bad idea. Having Mo pitching to Lopez, ticked off that Joe didn’t trust him to get Suzuki could have been a worse idea.

This morning, I can be more philosophical about it and just enjoy it as another great baseball moment. It wasn’t a critical game for the Yanks. We’ll just go get ‘em with CC on the mound tonight.

By: Yanks 86

Yanks 86 — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 18:37:28 +0000

Vadner,

And waiting until 10 PM tonight to watch them again

By: Vader

Vader — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 18:30:48 +0000

The thing that stinks the most is being up at 1:00am to see them lose that way…I would have much rather read about it this morning.

By: Get Yer Damn hands Off Of her!

Get Yer Damn hands Off Of her! — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 18:28:15 +0000

Ichiro was 2/10 against Mariano in the past. That was his first HR and RBI against Mariano. Mariano had previously intentionally walked him once before.

Seems like Mariano had the odds, but Ichiro was due.