Game 151: Yankees at Angels
Posted by: Peter Abraham - Posted in Misc on Sep 21, 2009 
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YANKEES (95-55)
Jeter SS
Damon LF
Teixeira 1B
Rodriguez 3B
Swisher RF
Posada DH
Cano 2B
Cabrera CF
Molina C
Pitching: LHP Andy Pettitte (13-6, 4.14).
ANGELS (89-60)
Figgins 3B
Aybar SS
Abreu RF
Guerrero DH
Hunter CF
Rivera LF
Kendrick 2B
Quinlan 1B
Mathis C
Pitching: LHP Joe Saunders (13-7, 4.75).
TIME/TV: 10:05, YES.
STATE OF THE ‘STRIPES: There is a little hitch in the giddy-up of the Yankees. They lost two of three in Seattle and have dropped five of their last nine. Their lead on the Red Sox is down to five games with 12 to play. The magic number at the moment is nine.
BIG GAME FOR BIG-GAME ANDY: Andy Pettitte will be pitching on nine days of rest as the Yankees were concerned about a “fatigued” shoulder. He has been terrific since the All-Star break but has allowed seven runs on nine hits and eight walks in his last 11 innings. Keep an eye on how he looks as the game goes on as that is when his shoulder could bother him.
ON THE MARK: Mark Teixeira is 16 of his last 33 with 10 extra-base hits, six runs scored and 12 RBI. His batting average climbed from .281 to .292. Of his 167 hits this season, 82 have been for extra-bases. He was 7 for 12 in the Seattle series.
MATSUI MANIA: Hideki Matsui is 18 of his last 44 with three homers and 12 RBI. He is up to.278. His last double was on Aug. 29.
POWER OUTAGE: Alex Rodiguez has six home runs in his last 199 at-bats. He is 4 of his last 21 with one RBI. But keep in mind he loves hitting at Angel Stadium. He has hit .335 there with 35 home runs. It’s the most home runs for any park he has not called home in his career.
CURSE OF THE MONKEY: The Yankees are 5-17 in their last 23 games at Angel Stadium. They were swept in a three-game series in July, getting outscored 29-18. The Yankees are 3-4 against the Angels this season.
NOT DELIVERING: Melky Cabrera is 1 of his last 16.
RISKY WITH RISP: The Yankees have seven hits in their last 39 at-bats with runners in scoring position.
ON THE iPOD RIGHT NOW: Searching For A Heart by Don Henley from the Warren Zevon tribute record Enjoy Every Sandwich.
Back later with more.
UPDATE, 7:34 p.m.: Girardi said he wanted to load up the lineup with right-handed hitters, hence the absence of Matsui. … Girardi reacted to Joba Chamberlain’s comments by saying that the right-hander does in fact need to pitch better, whether he says so in public or not. A few minutes later, Girardi mentioned that Chad Gaudin could work his way onto the postseason roster.
UPDATE, 7:46 p.m.: Here is what Girardi said:
“I think that at times any one can be in some form of denial. What he tells you and what he says to us can be two different things. Players are positive people and they’re confident people. But there is no doubt about it: Joba needs to pitch better. He knows that. He’ll be the first one to tell you he knows that.
“One or two bad pitches usually doesn’t lead to seven runs unless there’s some errors or funny things that happen. That was not the game he’s capable of pitching. We need him to pitch much better this weekend.”
UPDATE, 8:54 p.m.: Xavier Nady is on the field watching the Yankees take batting practice. It’s the first time he has been around the team since his Tommy John surgery in May. X will be a free agent after the season. He’s a nice guy and it’s a shame what happened to him. This is the second time he has had the surgery.
UPDATE, 8:58 p.m.: Phil Coke is back at the hotel with what is being called “acute gastritis.” He will not be available today.
UPDATE, 10:35 p.m.: Sorry for the delay with the Angels lineup. Had some issues getting on line here in Anaheim. I finally gave up and rebooted, which is what I should have done in the first place.
Meanwhile, this is not a promising start for Andy Pettitte. The question now is whether this is being rusty or whether his shoulder his bothering him.
UPDATE, 11:05 p.m.: Andy has retired seven straight and looks good. Maybe it was just some rustiness. Now the Yankees need to get the bats going.
To try and calm the bridge-jumpers in the comments section, I’ve asked the Elias Sports Bureau to check if any team in history has ever come back from a 2-0 deficit after the third inning. They’re checking.
UPDATE, 11:32 p.m.: That’s on Johnny Damon. Quinlan tagged up and went to third when Damon caught the fly ball ball by Figgins. That allowed him to scored on the single.
Poor outfield communication has been a problem for the Yankees off and on this season. There’s really no excuse for it. The center fielder is supposed to catch every ball he can get to. Damon knows that.
Meanwhile, that inning is a little concern as it was around this time his last start when Andy started having issues.
UPDATE, 11:54 p.m.: As reported in the pre-game notes, Alex does love hitting here.
Meanwhile, Brian Bruney in a 3-1 game?
UPDATE, 11:59 p.m.: It’s not that complicated. Brian Bruney hasn’t been a good pitcher since he came off the disabled list. He should not pitch in close games. Where was Alfredo Aceves?
UPDATE, 12:09 a.m.: The mistake of using Bruney gets magnified now as Matsui drills a pinch-hit homer to center field. Instead of 3-2, it’s 4-2.
I am pumped for this series
A win in game one of this series would settle things down a lot.
In the words of the wrestler once known as the Rock: time to break out a can of “whop ass” for the Angels.
Saunders is very hittable. A-Rod and the rest of the righties need to step up.
Meant to say “whoopass”.
Repost (I missed the new thread coming out):
m September 21st, 2009 at 5:42 pm
Ed H,
The argument is that without Mauer, they’d be an even worse team. Like way worse.
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m,
That might be true, but if the point of the “championship season” is to win a championship, his contribution might not be that valuable.
A lot of it depends on how you define the term “most valuable player.” If you base it exclusively upon offensive statistical output, you can legitimately give the award to someone on a last place team, as has happened before and will probably happen again. To me, that’s a different award from Most Valuable Player, an award that does not currently exist.
Nick von Clausewitz in SF
September 21st, 2009 at 5:26 pm
Considering the fact that Johnny Damon is responsible not just for his own production but also that of Philip Hughes, Damon is probably the easy MVP, but of course ignorance will prevent that from being recognized and awarded.
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Nick-
Are you sucking up to me again???
In all seriousness, did you see that story on why Johnny Damon would be the AL MVP using the WPA (Win probability added) stat??
http://umpbump.com/press/2009/.....09-al-mvp/
WPA is solely an offensive stat, isn’t it?
It was stone cold who said he was going to open up a can of whoop ass
Wave Your Hat
September 21st, 2009 at 6:16 pm
WPA is solely an offensive stat, isn’t it?
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Yes.
And I will be honest. WPA could stand for anything. As long as it result in Johnny Damon being awesome, I am all for it
Betsy
September 21st, 2009 at 5:53 pm
GB, have you heard of the Kehoe House? That’s where my parents and I will be staying in Savannah – we’re only there for 2 nights. We tried the President’s Quarters ( I would have loved to have stayed in the Lincoln room, lol), but that was booked up……
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You’ll love the rooms, Betsy. They’re beautiful. Located a couple of blocks from Bay and River streets. Lots of shops. It’s on Habersham. Cooked to order breakfasts and afternoon teas. Very much southern gentility. Your mother will love being a southern belle.
Betsy, you would have been better off asking for The Jefferson Davis Bedroom at The President’s Quarter’s Inn. You would sound less like a tourist. LMAO.
In case you haven’t seen the photos of the Kehoe House, I’ve kinked it. Keep in mind, that the rooms are expensive.
http://www.bedandbreakfast.com.....house.html
monsterous game. if andy get rocked forget it. ppl will be jumping off the george Washington bridge declaring the season is over
Bill September 21st, 2009 at 5:48 pm
Ed H.- yeah, I suppose it’s “hard to make the argument that Mauer has been a huge difference maker for the Twins” if you put waaaaaay too much stock in 22 games and don’t understand statistics in any way. The Twins managed to play .500 ball without him because they had a rookie catcher playing over his head and got incredibly lucky (they were significantly outscored in April and should have been well below .500). The Royals and Pirates played .500 ball in April, too, so obviously that told you a lot. If you’re going to make decisions based on data slices like that, you’re going to make a whole lot of awful decisions.
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Bill,
Twenty two games is 13.58% of the season, which any statistician will tell you is more than an adequate sample size. It is a “chunk” sample rather than a statistically random sample (the ideal sampling technique) but chunk sampling as a valid method upon which to base statistical analysis, as I am sure you are aware. I stand by my conclusion.
The Rock is a better comedian than some so called “professional” comedians
he was the only bright spot in the berroaingly bad “Be Cool”
Erica – always OPPC
September 21st, 2009 at 6:18 pm
Wave Your Hat
September 21st, 2009 at 6:16 pm
WPA is solely an offensive stat, isn’t it?
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Yes.
And I will be honest. WPA could stand for anything. As long as it result in Johnny Damon being awesome, I am all for it
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Erica, you crack me up at times. Now what will you do if the Yankees dont re-sign your PB?
Christina-
I will not even entertain such a possibility
The man has come out and said repeatedly “I want to remain a Yankee”. Its almost like Scott Boras is not even his agent
“Erica, you crack me up at times. Now what will you do if the Yankees dont re-sign your PB?”
Erica, we’ll all be here to support you if the worst happens.
My lineup guess:
Jeter SS
Damon LF
Teixeira 1B
Rodriguez 3B
Matsui DH
Posada C
Cano 2B
Swisher RF
Cabrera CF
Pettitte P
Ed H.
September 21st, 2009 at 6:33 pm
“Erica, you crack me up at times. Now what will you do if the Yankees dont re-sign your PB?”
Erica, we’ll all be here to support you if the worst happens.
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Awwww- thanks Ed
Btw- do you have any idea why today is significant for you???
Damon also said he’d never sign with the Yankees and that he wanted to stay in Boston. Him saying he wants to stay a Yankee means nothing to me.
Go melky
Erica: I was not sucking up to you, that was just an added bonus. But the fact that the Yanks have legit ’secondary’ MVP types like Damon and Matsui and Arod will likely hurt Tex and Jeter.
Would you be the same jsbrendog from RAB?
Will be at the game tonight. Hoping for a big series, but I have to admit that after a certain game last August, I said I was never going to Angels Stadium again. We will miss you Pete, love your reporting. Best of luck, Globe is a great paper.
“monsterous game. if andy get rocked forget it. ppl will be jumping off the george Washington bridge declaring the season is over”
that’s way too far to go. uncle tim’s bridge right here in my town on cape cod would do nicely.
it”s not very high and the ocean isn’t very deep, and the cold water would will snap me out of my funk and make for a nice swim.
pettitte better be able to pitch without problem tonight or the yankees will have the least chance to get to the world series of any team in the crapshoot.
Ed H,
I think you and I are on the same page. Mauer’s having a great season, and he’s helping his team. But helping your team to a a record 3 games over .500 is not as valuable as helping your team to 40 games over. It’s too bad Minny’s a bad team.
I can see giving Mauer style points being a catcher, but I object to taking away from Tex because he’s a 1B. I don’t hear it with Pujols, Howard, et al when they’re in consideration (and winning) MVP’s. You don’t hear it with Youkilis either.
And I think I could be totally objective if Posada was having Mauer’s season on a Yankee team 3 games over .500, and Morneau was having Tex’s season on a Twins team 40 games over .500. There’s no way, I would argue for Posada over Morneau.
Awwww- thanks Ed
Btw- do you have any idea why today is significant for you???
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Erica, yes!!!! I am planning to win your wonderful Guess-The-Date-The Yankees-Clinch-A-Playoff-Spot contest today! I can’t tell you how excited I am! My title as contest winner will be added to my user name as soon as the Yanks clinch tonight. Is there a prize????
Randy….how far is that from Chappaquidick speaking of things ending badly ?
Erica have you posted the clinch predictions somewhere?
Not sure if this was posted yet, but link to a nice pic of Joe Girardi & the rookies in costume
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/bl.....mlb,190882
Randy the Bourne bridge may suitable.
Since Jeter and Tex will likely split many votes, Mauer in all likelihood will win MVP. There is a strong case that Tex, Cano, and Jeter should all win gold gloves, however.
Also would like to see Damon back, but in all honesty, I believe that payroll decisions will be based on how far the Yankees go in the playoffs, and how their FA’s do. Don’t think we’ll be signing another long term FA contract even if we win the WS, as there are no FA’s so far that warrant 100M contracts.
Uncle E-
I have posted them from time to time, but I will post them now cause we are so close.
Ed H-
That is exactly it!!! LOL. Sadly, there is no tangible prize, but there are some major bragging rights at stake. Exactly a month ago today, you predicted the Yanks would clinch their post season spot today. (For the record, Miggs guessed today too. Miggs is eerily good at my contests.. LOL)
Thanks Erica
Betsy -
I just wanted to tell you how jealous I am that you’re taking the trip to Savannah. It was on our original summer itinerary, but every plan we tried to make fell through. Next year we’ll start earlier, because it all came unraveling when our base of operations had no vacancies! Anyway, enjoy!!!
Nick in SF (etc.) -
I agree; it’s always been my contention that the Yankees have too many players who are valid MVP material, which hurts the guys on their team having real MVP years. Only way Yankees win is if they are having a career year far and above anyone else in consideration.
But that’s okay by me. It would sure be nice for Tex or Jeter to win the MVP (my choice on the Yankees is Tex, by the way, with Jeter a very close but very definite 2nd). But I can’t argue with Mauer as the top choice.
Guess What Day the Yankees Clinch
(Playoff spot- as originally guessed on 8/21)
09/16/2009:
Trisha
09/21/2009:
Ed H
miggs
09/22/2009:
Uncle E
Unknown
m
Eights
L to the 2nd
William Buckner
09/23/2009:
Erica
S.O.S
BBFan
09/25/2009:
Fran
Upstate Kate
09/26/2009:
Yanks Fan
Pat
NYY626*****
09/27/2009:
Anja K-J
09/29/2009:
Jim the VT Yankee Fan
*****Note: NYY626 added her guess 9/16. I allowed the late submission cause I like her
Was off the blog yesterday, but did watch the game or part of it. Yuck. I read a bit of the bashing back and forth on the blog and saw many comments about games left and leads games won ect. I think the reality is pretty simple the Yanks have 3 with LA and 3 with Boston. They need to win at least half those games to stop the bleeding and keep it from going down to the last week. If they get stoned they are going to have no lead going into the last week.
As for JobaJoba I read his comments, sports psycologist probably in order to get his head calibrated.
So if they win tonight and tomorrow I win?
ED H.
I think she has a Yankee Snoopy she’s hoarding.
Sit Cabrera.. Play Gardner!!
It’s a waste to save Gardner just to pinch run late in the game.
Plus, Cabrera is in a bit of a slump, and Gardner has been pretty hot (moderately hot).
… Go Andy … Go Yanks!!!
Uncle Ellsworth
September 21st, 2009 at 6:53 pm
So if they win tonight and tomorrow I win?
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I am not 100% certain how the Yankees clinch the playoff spot. I am relying on Pete’s info for that. But them clinching tonight seems to be a certainty win or lose
It’s just one win to clinch the playoff spot, correct?
How about them Giants messing up Mr Jones’s coming out party? As long as the wind isn’t blowing Eli has that 2 minute drill going.
The camera kept going to Mrs Abby Manning all the time, I must admit she does look alot better than those football players.
MaineYankee
September 21st, 2009 at 6:54 pm
ED H.
I think she has a Yankee Snoopy she’s hoarding.
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Negative. Yankee Snoopy and I occasionally cuddle on the couch when I am watching TV
No, Uncle.
The Yankees are tied with Texas for a playoff berth. A Yankee win or a Texas loss will give us at least the WC.
If the Yankees had won yesterday the date would’ve been 9/20/09.
Or a Texas loss.
(I really ought to make sure my thoughts are together before I hit submit!
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m
September 21st, 2009 at 6:55 pm
No, Uncle.
The Yankees are tied with Texas for a playoff berth. A Yankee win or a Texas loss will give us at least the WC.
If the Yankees had won yesterday the date would’ve been 9/20/09.
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Although, technically if Texas wins and the Yankees win at 1am, it would be 9/22 and Uncle E would win
I wouldn’t mind seeing Melky get a rest, either, and Gardner’s legs are fresh.
That’s not to say, however, that he should be replaced. He needs to pause, get some energy back in his legs at the plate. Lunging for outside pitches for him is a telltale sign of fatigue, especially in the legs. Let him sit a couple out, Joe.
They need to stop with that crap about the Cowboys outplaying the Giants. Here are the stats:
Time of possesion: Giants by about 9 minutes
Total yardage: Giants, 427, 378
Giants penalties: 4-40 Cowboys penalties: 4-50
Giants were in the Red Zone more, they just didn’t score as much
Giants won the turnover battle, 4-0
Giants deserved to win
My proof:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.c…..wcast.html
Erica -
Eastern time clock only????
Well, that means I’d win, too. Which would be pretty cool because I didn’t know what we were guessing at the time.
Doreen
September 21st, 2009 at 6:57 pm
Erica -
Eastern time clock only????
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I have thought this through……
Official Scorer’s Decision:
The game started on 9/21. Therefore it is considered the 9/21 game. It does not matter what time the game ends. The game counts only on the day it commenced.
Whew
BX12 Fordham RD-
it’s not far , maybe 50 miles, but i don’t think we should make fun of it.
what we could make fun of is gb7 if he were a bridge jumper, he has a dilemma where he lives down South.
he wouldn’t know if he should go for the Big Pee Dee River bridge or the Little Pee Dee River bridge.
so wild card magic number is 1 ok. Thanks guys
Although that’s be wrong. The record books would show they clinched on 9/21. I’d rather lose the bet, than the game against the Angels. Go Yankees.
I have thought this through……
Official Scorer’s Decision:
The game started on 9/21. Therefore it is considered the 9/21 game. It does not matter what time the game ends. The game counts only on the day it commenced.
Whew
good decision
*****Note: NYY626 added her guess 9/16. I allowed the late submission cause I like her
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Haha and I thank you! Like I said before, this is wishful thinking as I only want to stick it to my Boston friends
m,
It’s great that you brought up Posada. Remember that great season he had in ‘07, when he was a 35 year old catcher (amazing!)? Georgie hit .338, had a .426 OBP and slugged .543. His OPS+ was a whopping 154. He hit 20 HRs, drove in 90 runs and even stole two whole bases! MVP? No. He came in sixth in the voting that year.
Erica -
I KNEW you’d have it figured out!
Uncle Ellsworth
September 21st, 2009 at 7:00 pm
I have thought this through……
Official Scorer’s Decision:
The game started on 9/21. Therefore it is considered the 9/21 game. It does not matter what time the game ends. The game counts only on the day it commenced.
Whew
good decision
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Thank you. I was momentarily filled with anxiety.
In 2003 Derek Jeter was injured and missed 30 or 40 games. He was replaced primarily by Erick Almonte, a no-account minor league shortstop who hasn’t been heard from since. He was replacement level, at best. Nevertheless, I recall that the Yanks had a fine won-lost record during the period when Jeter was out.
That data could be misused to conclude that Jeter had little value above replacement. Such an analysis would be just as wrong-headed as concluding that Joe Mauer has limited value based on the performance of his team while he was injured.
Let’s go Yankees!
wow getting closer to the end Pete, no more good ol’ Pete doing the updates, kinda sad.
Wait till the ALDS September 21st, 2009 at 6:57 pm
They need to stop with that crap about the Cowboys outplaying the Giants. Here are the stats:
I agree the only neagtives I take away from the game is the run defense, green/red zone failures and missing the chip shot FG. Cowboys were packing the box to stop the run that’s why Eli burned them with the pass.
“As for JobaJoba I read his comments, sports psycologist probably in order to get his head calibrated.”
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John Smoltz was off to a 2-11 start in 1991 by the All-Star break, was sent to a sports psychologist during the break and went 12-2 the rest of that season. In fact the psychologist would sit behind home plate, in Smoltz’ line of vision, to give him the signals he needed to focus. It was superstardom from then on out.
Ed H,
Thanks for that. I was going to dig up the stats and voting for that year, but you saved me the trouble.
Historic season for an older catcher on a winning team, 6th place. Another shining example of the The Yankees are full of All-stars bias.
m -
I agree. Great point about Posada. But Yankees players in awards voting start out behind the “8″ ball. Always.
Just like the logic here that has people worried that a 5-game lead isn’t enough, while conversely, if it were the Red Sox with the 5-game lead, the fretting would be that that kind of a lead can never be overcome. It is what it is.
“Randy the Bourne bridge may suitable.”
uncle ellsworth-
are you crazy ? the army core of engineers is doing a construction project and it would take forever to get there. i heard there was a 20 mile traffic jam there last week.
Why is everyone so sold on Zach Greinke as the Cy young? Look at his era against the AL east and he hasn’t even faced the Red Sox or the Yankees.
Zach Greinke should only get the Cy if he pitches well against the red sox tomorrow and if the royals push his next start 1 day so he matches up against the yankees in yankee stadium. Otherwise he has a 5.25 ERA against both tampa bay and the blue jays.
TB: 12 IP 19 Hits 7 runs
2.08 WHIP
TOR: 12 IP 14 hits 9 runs, 7 earned
1.42 WHIP
Going to the game tonight and Wednesday. Hope Andy is healthy and can keep the Angels off the base paths. I have been watching the Yanks since 1996 in Anaheim. I hate hearing the “Yankees Suck!” chant. Can’t talk to any fans about the game, cuz they are a bunch a bandwagoners. Hope we can get 2 of 3.
Tonight is going to be a slugfest between andy and saunders. Yankees need to treat saunders like the mediocre pitcher he is
2007? Is that the year Alex won? Then it’d make sense that Jorge wasn’t given more consideration. But still! Jorge was 35!
Erica – always OPPC September 21st, 2009 at 6:55 pm
MaineYankee
September 21st, 2009 at 6:54 pm
ED H.
I think she has a Yankee Snoopy she’s hoarding.
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Negative. Yankee Snoopy and I occasionally cuddle on the couch when I am watching TV
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Erica,
What an amazing coincidence! I love to cuddle on the couch … and watch TV … and Snoopy is my favorite Peanuts character!
D’ya think we can share?
Well I’ll be heading up the 55 Freeway to see the Yanks bounce back and change the tide in Anahiem once and for all…..I’ll be sitting in section 134, Row A , in right field just off the foul pole….I plan on grabbing a ground rule double delivered by Robbie Cano….I’ll also try to make Nick feel at ease when that damn monkey pops up in the 7th…..I’ll have my White 1998 Yankee World Series Championship hat on along with my Yankees blue jacket which I’ve worn since the 05 ALDS disaster……Pulling out all the stops tonight……Time to sprint to the Postseason…..
Boston could very well make up 2-3 games on us this week.
I dont know about you all, but Im very VERY worried.
And I dont really get worried.
http://www.baseball-reference......2007.shtml
The players that finished in 2nd to 5th place ahead of Posada, had pretty darn good numbers in 2007 for the MVP trophy.
The reason Jorge didn’t win in 07′ is that Alex did things with a bat hitherto unseen.
Pat M -
Have Fun!! Keep those rally monkeys tamed!!!
What a brutal way to start a game if you’re a catcher. Balt/Tor, 2nd pitch the rookie catcher took a real clanker in the cup. Sounded like Big Ben chiming. Baltimore announcers were laughing. Buck Martinez was talking about Gaston playing his first game in the outfield and not using a cup. His feeling being that if you need a cup in the outfield, you deserved to get hit. Playing first base against the Pirates, he said he wore two….stargell, Clemente, Robertson, Oliver and company.f
Jose! Jose!?
Pat M-
Bring a little pin with you so you can pop as many rally monkey “clappers” as you can.
I want to see Pat m being pulled away for grabbing those rally monkeys and throwing them onto the field.
m,
I agree that there is probably an anti-Yankee bias in voting for major awards, even though Alex won the MVP that year. But sixth? Where were all the people who are now trumpeting that Mauer should win it this year?
Wow, smart….let’s give the DH a DAY OFF..he even made it WORSE by STARTING MOLINA!!! Gosh i hope we RELEASE him at the end of the year…i hope he doesnt even make the playoff roster…BRING ON CERVELLI!
If I could sneak in my kid’s paint gun I would…I hate that monkey & everytime I see a Friends rerun with him ( Marcell )in it I want to puke….Many bad memories since one late August 2001 afternnon when some chump hit a checked swing 2 out 2 run double off of Mo….It’s been hell around here ever since…….
Matsui has never batted against Saunders (LHP). Damon, Jeter and Rodriguez hammer him.
The Yankees are 5-17 in their last 23 games at Angel Stadium…
so does that mean 1 game ended in a tie?…you’re slipping pete…better watch out or lohud will replace you with a younger, hungrier beat reporter….
the redsox bloggers won’t accept this type of mediocrity…
“The Yankees have seven hits in their last 39 at-bats with runners in scoring position.”
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Noooooooo, not the risp funk again…lol
Pat M. – Hope you see a Yankees win!
Doreen – How was your trip to SD? Open bar?
Mark Feinsand on MLBNetwork!
Okay, totally missed the fact that Jorge was DH’ing. Never mind, Jose! Jose! makes sense now.
has anyone posted this?
RiverAveBlues: RT: @BryanHoch: NYY chances of winning the ALE at 90.4% according to CoolStandings.com. // BPro says 96.1%. http://tinyurl.com/7gjwz
jake [THANKS FOR bringing back shelley]
September 21st, 2009 at 7:19 pm
Wow, smart….let’s give the DH a DAY OFF..he even made it WORSE by STARTING MOLINA!!! Gosh i hope we RELEASE him at the end of the year…i hope he doesnt even make the playoff roster…BRING ON CERVELLI!
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and this coming from somebody who thinks that Duncan actually has something to offer to the team.
It should be fun to see what happens to the Angels’ running game tonight with Andy on the mound and Molina catching.
Pettitte/Molina should be able to hold the runners on first, better than most. Holding them at 2nd base will be the challenge. Tonight’s key is shutting down Guerrero, Hunter and Figgins. Hunter kills Pettitte, though.
Joe from LI -
It was a great trip. Loved San Diego. Open bar (though I took it easy myself since we had to get up really early the next a.m.), great food – music, well, gulp. But it was family. We had a nice time. Thanks for asking.
Andy has to get strike one on a very patient Angel team…..They’ve adopted the Abreu approach to hitting….
I don’t understand why Matsui isn’t on the lineup. He’s been great against lefties all season, even better than against righties… This seems like the perfect matchup for him
I think I’m going to skip the game tonight. Just go to sleep early and peek at the scores tomorrow. I’m tired (and a little nervous) and I hate Chone Figgins and Mike Scoscia (well, I respect the heck out of him, but I hate him nonetheless).
Although, I stayed awake for all the games on the last west coast trip and they did well. Hmmm….sleep or superstition, sleep or superstition…which shall it be??????
GB, thank you! We booked the rooms today – and a good thing, too, as there were only 2 rooms left. The hotel looks lovely and so do the rooms……. Dennis and Amy send some recommedations, plus I’ve got some from my parents’ friends. I will do research on my own as well (I have a special foodie board I go to), but if you have any recs, I would love to hear them. One place I’m very anxious to go to is Leopold’s. I absolutely adore ice cream and just love old fashioned ice cream parlors…….Mrs. Wilke’s is a definite…..
Doreen, I’m looking forward to it, too. I’ve never been, and I’m sure I’ll love it. I can tell you that Charleston is an incredible city – one of my very favorite places in the world, maybe 2nd just behind Paris. If you go (no, WHEN you go) to Savannah, you absolutely must spend some time in Charleston.
Does anyone know what date(s) the first game of the ALDS is scheduled to be?
Doreen
September 21st, 2009 at 7:34 pm
I think I’m going to skip the game tonight. Just go to sleep early and peek at the scores tomorrow. I’m tired (and a little nervous) and I hate Chone Figgins and Mike Scoscia (well, I respect the heck out of him, but I hate him nonetheless).
Although, I stayed awake for all the games on the last west coast trip and they did well. Hmmm….sleep or superstition, sleep or superstition…which shall it be??????
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Stay up Doreen. It’ll be fun.
Plus, I say really random and absurd things when I am tired. I do that when I am not tired too, but its even more fun then
I’m sure that those guys will try to run, GB. Scoscia and his crew won’t (and shouldn’t be) intimidated out of their game. You’re right that runners on second will be the bigger challenge … and we can’t forget about guys leading off third with Andy pitching either. (Painful memories.)
Ed H-
He is my Yankee Snoopy!!! LOL
Doreen, my advice for Charleston (and I suspect it goes for Savannah as well) is that (a) don’t go in the summer months (b) book early if you are going – they are very popular destinations.
Betsy
September 21st, 2009 at 7:36 pm
GB, thank you! We booked the rooms today – and a good thing, too, as there were only 2 rooms left. The hotel looks lovely and so do the rooms……. Dennis and Amy send some recommedations, plus I’ve got some from my parents’ friends. I will do research on my own as well (I have a special foodie board I go to), but if you have any recs, I would love to hear them. One place I’m very anxious to go to is Leopold’s. I absolutely adore ice cream and just love old fashioned ice cream parlors…….Mrs. Wilke’s is a definite…..
Doreen, I’m looking forward to it, too. I’ve never been, and I’m sure I’ll love it. I can tell you that Charleston is an incredible city – one of my very favorite places in the world, maybe 2nd just behind Paris. If you go (no, WHEN you go) to Savannah, you absolutely must spend some time in Charleston.
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Charleston has some beautiful bed and breakfasts, too. One of the best Is #2 Meeting Street Inn. Within 2 blocks of the great shops along the old slave markets.
Erica -
I’ll play it by ear, but I can’t make any promises. I’ll probably start typing something round about the 2nd inning and fall asleep mid-sentence!
At least you always give everyone fair warning that your calling it a night. I just nod off.
Betsy -
We’re hoping for next summer. You mentioned a “foodie” board. Do you cook? I consider myself a serious food hobbyist, cooking and baking variety, though lately we’re watching the health and the figure, so I restrict my forays into serious epicurean delights to when I have company. And we always appreciate a fine restaurant!
“He is my Yankee Snoopy!!! LOL”
Darn.
Cervelli is better than Molina. Stop the nonsense.
Pretty sure the ALDS starts October 16th.
Oh! Oh! I forgot to mention this. Because life is really seriously funny sometimes.
Remember last week when Pete posted the picture of Nick Swisher’s girlfriend from Gossip Girls? Well, I never really heard of Gossip Girls, except maybe while scrolling through the tv lineup, and knew absolutely nothing about the show. Well, at the wedding I went to this past weekend, one of the guests was Chris something who plays Scott on Gossip Girls. I just think it’s neat when things like that happen.
What reminded me of that tidbit was Betsy’s “foodie” thing, because this actor’s girlfriend is a chef in NYC.
Good. It seems that Girardi is finally putting Joba on notice that this kind of poor performance will not be tolerated and is not considered acceptable.
Ah, Betsy, we have no choice but to go in August. I know it will be hot and humid and probably uncomfortable, but that’s when hubby’s vacation falls. He works for a French company and August is vacation month. C’est la vie.
That’s why we had to come home from San Diego so quickly. He had taken 2 days off from work last week as it was, and he’s got meetings all this week. It would have been great to have been able to stay a few more nights and maybe drive up the coast to catch the Yankees/Angels tonight. Oh, well.
Whoa. Just read the Girardi quote. Good for him.
I agree, Doreen. It’s not about making Joba feel “comfortable” anymore.
Girardi is 1,000% correct. It’s time to stop nursing Joba and make his responsible for his performance on the field.
He is no longer a rookie pitcher from Nebraska.
This is his 3rd season in the majors and if he wants to remain a starter at this level, he needs to pitch a lot better.
Plain and simple!!!
I guess Girardi reads the papers, too.
But he’s right. A pitcher with mechanical issues will be a problem in the postseason.
Lt. Go Dan? Maybe he’s trying to light a fire under Joba’s rear end.
When I say “good for him,” I mean good for him to address it, and to mention that there will be a discrepancy between what he says to the cameras and what is discussed behind closed doors.
I do not think he was sending a message to Joba via the pre-game press conference putting him on notice. The fact is, his performance is not liked very much, but it is tolerated, because they consider it a growing/learning experience, and because they don’t really have much choice.
No Matsui on the lineup, just before the post season!?
What a joke!
Question: isn’t Arod due a game off one of these days
Have I said how much I hate West Coast trips?
I was wrong about the ALDS date…
The first 2 teams play October 7th.
The second 2 on October 8th.
I was thinking of the promo I saw on FOX yesterday for the LCS. Those start on the 15th (NLCS) and 16th (ALCS).
Sorry about that.
And, to further clarify – Girardi may very well have put Joba on notice that he needs to pitch better or not be in the playoffs, but he would not do that in a press conference without having spoken to Joba first (at least that’s my impression of Joe Girardi).
I really need to get my thoughts together before posting. Sheesh. Sorry folks.
Anyone think maybe the Mets are ready to call it a season. Down 11-1 in the 3rd inning so far. My daughter’s got that game on in the family room.
Joe from Long Island
September 21st, 2009 at 7:55 pm
Have I said how much I hate West Coast trips?
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Me too!!!! LOL
If I stay up and they win, I am good with it. If ends in epic disaster (ie, Friday night) I’ll be a walking demon at work tomorrow
We fans should not get so caught up in what our players say to the media. There may be some denial, as Joe G. said, or they may just be mouthing the lines we all saw in Bull Durham. What matters is what goes on behind closed doors, in the clubhouse, where that sort of stuff is not tolerated.
If Joe says Joba knows he has to pitch better, that is what reality is.
If anyone is interested, Dan McCutcheon (remember him?) is pitching for Pittsburgh tonight.
Doreen
September 21st, 2009 at 8:01 pm
Anyone think maybe the Mets are ready to call it a season. Down 11-1 in the 3rd inning so far. My daughter’s got that game on in the family room.
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Someone told me they already sent a mass e-mail to fans promoting their “exciting 2010 schedule” LOL.
I don’t think he would either, Doreen. He’s not the type of coach to throw his players under a bus.
GB, that’s the wedding cake house – I think it’s just spectacuarly beautiful. I’m staying, as I have stayed my other 2 times in Charleston, at the Governor’s House Inn. It goes back to to the late 1700’s, I believe…….they have wonderful breakfasts and the people are really nice. One of my fav things to do in Charleston is to take a pedicab ride, lol. I can never walk to dinner because I’m always so exhausted, so I take pedicabs – they are soooo much fun
spectacularly
Doreen – The Mets called it quits in July. That franchise is a mess.
if we go 6-6 in our last 12 the rs have to go 12-2 over their last 14 to end up with the same record
if that happens we dont deserve the division
my concern is our pitching
joba is mess & should not be starting
we need another ace pitcher next year to go with cc,bump burnett to # 3,resign pettitte as our # 4,hughes as our 5th
Is joba really the fourth starter in the playoffs…really????
Doreen, no – I’m too lazy, lol. I love, love, love to eat though and I take my restaurants VERY seriously. I go onto a board called Chowhound.com. They have message boards for the different regions of the country. It’s very important to me to get local recommendations because locals know what’s good…….I can eat in fine restaurants or dives, makes no difference to me (I don’t mean a sleazy dive, by the way, lol). I believe Chowhound.com has message boards for cooks (in addition to travel/restaurant boards), so you may want to check that out.
Doreen, it may not be ideal, but you would still have a fantastic time….you make the best of it, that’s all. October is still hurricane season, so I’m crossing my fingers and toes that we don’t get hit, lol
Joe from LI & Erica -
A sad season for them. (I’ll always have a sweet spot for the Mets, they were the first team I followed when I was a kid.)
Next year’s got to be better – how much worse could it get? (I know, they could put the team up for sale, I guess.)
West coast trips are rough for us fans…It is almost like the games are not really happening..they are on way too late..
Jobas a closer. That’s it
Should be a good series. Look for my man ARod having a good series and break out of his slump. Go Yakees.
Crystal
Betsy -
Thanks for the tip. I will check into it. Fine restaurant food doesn’t have to be in a “fine” restaurant. Little hole in the wall places are usually where you find the best food and the least crowds for a fair price.
why is matsui not in the line-up? has that been explained?
I dont really care about Joba’s postgame comments or what he says to the media. Joba postgame interviews are just a bunch of cliches. You know what he is going to say after he has a nice start or after he has a bad start. He is not dumb he knows he has to pitch better than he did yesterday.
Joba’s not anything until he gets himself straightened out.
so joba is pitching against the red sox???? let me guess his line:
3 innings, 8 hits, 4 walks, 6 runs..
his after the game quote, “I was really sharp tonight, pitched well, feel great…everythings working!”
Yay West Coast game!
You know.. Joba’s not trying to pitch badly on purpose.
Yankees vs Saunders. Here are some notables:
Jeter- 11 at bats; .455 BA; hr
Damon- 10 abs; .400 BA
Arod- 10 abs; .500 ba; hr
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/.....yerId=6383
Exactly, Doreen……….that’s not to say I don’t enjoy eating in a fine restaurant now and again (and you’re welcome!)
what’s the match-up tonight?
Press and hold down the ‘Page Up’ key until you reach the top of the page. Once that is done read Pete’s post; it’s all there…
Thanks. Saunders is better than Pettitte. He’s a terrific pitcher.
I have no problem with Joba’s postgame comments pissing off the fan base.
Would Joba get any credit at all if he just said he stunk out there?
No, he wouldn’t. Fans don’t care if you man up after a bad outing. They only care about the bad outing.
They’ve turned on him anyways and they’ll jump back on the bandwagon when he turns things around, whether it happens in 2009 or 2010.
That’s what Yankee fans do. No patience at all.
Wakefield perfect game gone – still working on a no-hitter
what’s the inning?
“Thanks. Saunders is better than Pettitte. He’s a terrific pitcher”
terrific? if by terrific you mean average…if saunders is terrific what does that make guys like CC?
Tom in N.J.
September 21st, 2009 at 8:30 pm
Press and hold down the ‘Page Up’ key until you reach the top of the page. Once that is done read Pete’s post; it’s all there…
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LOL!!!!
I don’t mean avg. Saunders is a strong strikeout pitcher on an amazing team.
Joba has proved very little this season. I hope he isnt trusted in any key situations during the playoffs.
I haven’t given up on Jobber. I still have faith that he will be a force and that he can turn things around, at some point. That being said I am worried as heck about him right now and pretty disappointed in his recent performances. He stinks and it’s painful to watch.
His post-game comments makes me wonder if he is even on this planet, but whatever.
Sigh. Serenity Now. Beat the Angels
The MVP of the Red Sox, Jason Bay hit a 3 run homer in the 3rd. 3 – 0 Sox.
I still like you, Joba.
It’s nice to see Swisher in the lineup again today.
I liked Jason Bay better when he was slumping.
NEWS FLASH GIRARDI: MATSUI SLUGS .605 AGAINST LEFTIES. YES, .605. YET HE CONSISTENTLY BENCHES HIM AGAINST LEFTIES. SO DISGUSTING AND POOR LACK OF COMMON SENSE
Does anyone think Joba should have laser surgery or wear glasses when he pitches?
BryanHoch: #Yankees LHP Phil Coke is not at Angel Stadium. He is at the team hotel with acute gastritis.
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Poor guy!
man not only r the red sox winning games
they are blowing it up
6 zip in the third?
6-0 redsox. what a joke.
If Girardi consistently benches Matsui against lefties, how on earth would he have been able to slug .605 against them? Just curious.
Somebody needs to tell the KC pitcher Lenny, to layoff the slider,it’s not working for him.6 runs given up on sliders.
I would still make Joba the 4th starter. Gaudin had a plus 5 era in the nl west, people are getting too carried away with his last two starts. Aceves is not stretched out and too valuable in the bullpen and he was not very good in his start against minnesota this year.
Just have Joba on a short leash in the playoffs and have Gaudin back him up if he struggles. Joba problems are mechanically they seem to come and go. He is just as capable of having a very good outing as he is a bad one. He pitched well and looked good just the start before against the angels.
Agreed Giuseppe.
Joba will turn things around eventually. No need to turn on him.
Who cares what he told the media.
Only thing is he cannot be relied on this postseason. He can be used, but there is no confidence in him in the near future.
As for the AL East, is the division over? So much for the Red Sox bad road record. When you face bad teams that show no effort, even with subpar lineups, the Red Sox can, should, and probably will win.
With the pitching matchup what it is tonight, I think tonight is not a “must-win” game, but an important game.
DOREEN- MOSTLY BECAUSE OPPOSING MANAGERS ARE LAME AND KEEP BRINGING IN LEFTIES LATE IN THE GAME TO FACE MATSUI. AND HE CONSISTENTLY MAKES THEM PAY
haiku-man September 21st, 2009 at 9:02 pm
Somebody needs to tell the KC pitcher Lenny, to layoff the slider,it’s not working for him.6 runs given up on sliders.
Tell Joba while you’re at it
4 1/2
breathe.
Good point, Doreen.
Doreen
September 21st, 2009 at 8:59 pm
I liked Jason Bay better when he was slumping.
Same here! It’s now 6 – 0. You hate to say a game is over after 2 1/2 innings, but KC’s lineup tonight “features” 6 hitters with batting average ranging from .250 to .216 This is one bad baseball team. At least tomorrow night they send Grienke to the mound against Byrd.
Holy crap. Sox are officially the hottest team in baseball.
I still don’t get why one month ago many people thought AL East was a LOCK for Yanks with tons of games left.
Now they MIGHT still win it, but it’s gonna anything but a LOCK.
LOL
i dont care how we get in as long as we do
if we win the ws by the wc route i take it
The Red Sox will win the AL East.
I can see the Yankees having a 3 1/2 when the sox when the Sox come to town… Angels take 2 of 3…. Sox take 3 of 4 from Royals
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Lower the volume, please. Is that true? His stats are only against left-handed relief pitchers?
Anyway, Matsui does need occasional rest. It’s worked to the tune of 40 games over .500 so far. And Molina should help against the running game of the Angels, and you can only have one DH. Posada is a switch hitter, hits this guy well, and so he got the start.
I’m saying it, right here, right now:
The AL East is a LOCK. There is NO WAY the Yanks blow the division. NONE.
The Red Sox may win the wild card, but they will NOT win the division.
“acute gastritis.” AKA sitting on the throne
Unbelievable
Do the Sucks ever lose anymore???
The schedule the Red Sox have compared to the Yankees is so much easier. They might actually pull this thing off.
So far Johnny Damon’s motivational speech for Red Sox opponents has not been as effective as his previous efforts.
can I just say this again:
I HATE WEST COAST GAMES!!!!
They’re not going to pull anything off. No way. It’s not happening.
Boston wins 3 games and Yanks go 1-2 which is ‘normal’, then the lead is 3 games.
You can’t blame anyone but Joba. He sucks.
UPDATE, 8:58 p.m.: Phil Coke is back at the hotel with what is being called “acute gastritis.” He will not be available today.
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Poor Coke
Who cares if the Red Sox overtake us for the AL East?
Last time I checked, baseball does have a wild card, and they have just as good a chance to win the WS as the division winner.
People need to stop freaking out… just get in the damn dance, which we are 1 win away from doing. Division, wild card, same thing.
Rishi September 21st, 2009 at 9:07 pm
can I just say this again:
I HATE WEST COAST GAMES!!!!
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I second this.
Hate it!
It did amaze me that some of the most astute posters here referred to games in the last couple of weeks as meaningless.The Yankees have yet to play a meaningless game in ‘09. Not until they clinch home field advantage will they play games that arent important.
Mo blowing Fridays game vs Seattle didn’t exactly help either.
wow this race is looking tighter than it should be right now…
Poor Phil!
KC running wild on Wake
It’s probably not that bad Sox is hot right now. The flip side is no way they can be this hot when go deep into Oct.
” Division, wild card, same thing.”
Not even close. The WC team forfeits home field advantage. It’s not impossible to win as the WC, but it’s much more difficult. The Red Sox are exactly .500 on the road and 30 over .500 at home. It’s a huge advantage.
Um good thing they sent Coke home. PU!!
I disagree–the Sox have a way of being very good at very inconvenient times.
If you really expected a team like the Royals or Os to cool off the Red Sox, you were delusional.
We better hope we take 2\3 from them or we can forget about setting up the rotation and resting guys, we’re going to have to play hard till the final game in Tampa.
Unlike Sox, Yanks’ fate is still controlled by themselves. They just have to play well vs. LAA.
While I think there’s absolutely no way the Yanks blow the division, I will say that if the Fenway Park umpires didn’t make themselves the laughingstocks of baseball when the Sox played the Angels there’s no discussion.
must suck for X to be there and not be able to play (along with his unstable status for next year)…
Mo giving up his first runs since June 12 isn’t the reason things are tighter. Joba’s and AJ’s last 8 starts are the reason.
The only reason I don’t see the Sox winning the Divison is that Terry F is not going to push his players down the stretch…they have no off days until the end of the season…he will rest players… If the Yankees win just 1 game in each of the final 4 series they win 99 games…for the Sox to beat them they would have to go 10-3 after tonight assuming they win tonight…I can’t see the yankees losing 5 series in a row….and if they do…expect a short playoffs
Why do the teams opposing the soxs even bother showing up. What a joke!
Wake no-hittin the Royals, and their best hitter pops out to first with the bases loaded.
How is it fair that we get the Angels and the Red Sox get the O’s and royals?
Ah, the accountability meme. Anyone see this part of the unquoted quote from Joba ???
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“I let my teammates down. It was pretty much embarrassing what I did, not being able to pick my team up and get out of here with a series win,” Chamberlain said. “It will take more than this to get my confidence level down. You can kick me as much as you want but I will come back fighting every time.”
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Never let it be said that a story cannot be manufactured by leaving out crucial details. Funny that Girardi was panned so often last year for not dealing fairly with the media. I wonder how Joe would feel to know he is answering questions before a game based on a BS story manufactured by the impartial and objective media.
Open your hearts, ladies. The road to the Canyon of Heroes might very well run through California.
If anyone has a good reason to hate west coast games, it’s our own Pat M, who has yet to see a Yankee win in several tries.
But that ends tonight!!!!
Yeah… there is nothing wrong with blowing a division that we were 9 games in front of last Friday.
and there’s nothing wrong with facing the Angels in round one, with no HFA in the AL playoffs, and having Joba pitch in round 1.
3 walks and a passed ball to score a run…what is going on with KC!
People keep saying that Francona is going to rest his starters. Yet, here they are playing the lousy Royals with their starters…
The Royals! Face it, Francona isn’t resting his players.
Another 10pm game and another day I have wake up at 5:30am, I say I get through 2 innings.
I couldn’t even watch the Mets game to get my baseball fix, cuz that ain’t baseball…
So do we own Jim an apology for questioning the integrity of the other AL East teams?
Damon, the team leader, himself said that teams (namely TOR and BAL) don’t play Boston hard.
If someone on the team is saying it, it must be true, no?
Mo blowing Fridays game vs Seattle didn’t exactly help either.
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if the Sox over take us people will be pointing to this game not Joba’s…his game was over int second…Mo had 2 outs with the lead in the ninth…far cry
God that victory over the Cowboys was sooo sweet.
And the way in which it was done was even sweeter.. last second field goal after they took the lead late.
the yankees MUST win tonight.
The collapse continues.
Boston refuses to lose, leading KC 6-1 in the 3rd.
Yanks lead in the loss column to shrink to 3 games, after tonight.
The RS are probably not going to go undefeated the rest of the way, but right now, they look pretty unbeatable. So, it’s going to go down to the wire, which is what I thought for most of the season, only the particulars are a bit different than I had envisioned. I thought they’d go neck and neck all the way to the end, and I thought the Rays would be involved. So, the end result (Yankees win the division by 1 or 2 or 3 games) can still be what I thought.
September 21st, 2009 at 9:17 pm
People keep saying that Francona is going to rest his starters. Yet, here they are playing the lousy Royals with their starters…
The Royals! Face it, Francona isn’t resting his players.
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not this week but after the Yankees series…he will be giving people days off before the playoffs…
Don’t worry guys. We got the division. All we’ve got to do is win each series. Keep it simple – we don’t need sweeps. Simply win 2 out of 3 with the angels, then win 2 out of 3 with the Sawx and we’ll have plenty of time to rest the boys the final week of the season. Focus on this simple formula and the rest will take care of itself. Besides, Francona has a history of taking it easy down the stretch. They have many older players that need plenty of rest. We got this – I’m telling you.
And let us not forget Bill who foolishly bet his life that the Yanks wouldn’t score more than one run in the Saturday game against Seattle.
May you finally find peace somewhere behind those pearly white gates.
Lenny(KC) is already over 88 pitches and still in the 4th,wow!
I thought Pete was turning this into a Sox blog in 2 weeks? I guess the transition has already started.
“Thanks. Saunders is better than Pettitte. He’s a terrific pitcher”
“I don’t mean avg. Saunders is a strong strikeout pitcher on an amazing team.”
what world are you living in? Saunders is NOT “a strong strikeout pitcher”…
K/9 Pettitte 7.1
k/9 Saunders 5.0
plus andy has saunders beat in era, innings, hits allowed, and whip…
please stop lying to everyone
Anyone see this part of the unquoted quote from Joba ???
I saw the interview.Joba didnt say that until he was further pressed by Kim Jones. My jaw dropped when Joba first said he was happy with the way he threw the ball except for 2 pitches. Girardi hit the nail on the head.
Counts -
Is that true, what Damon said?
That’s not going to happen. We just need Pettitte to throw 7 solid innings. They’ll be fine.
Losing the 2nd best hitting catcher in the AL for 3 games b/c he cant control his temper doesnt help either.
“Does anyone think Joba should have laser surgery or wear glasses when he pitches?”
Joba Chamberlin is Rick Vaughn? Explosive, devil may care late inning releiver one year; mediocre, longevity thinking starting pitcher the next?
the key is the the RS are 9-1 in their last 10 games and we are 5-5…I can’t see the RS going 9-1 in their next 10 games or us going 5-5
If the Sox take 2 out of 3 from the Yanks and have a chance to win the division, Francona will play his starters.
deadrody,
Every beat writer included that quote in their story.
Boston will do the collapse in the playoffs
The Yankees are not collapsing. The Red Sox are playing great baseball right now and the Yankees have slowed down a bit over the last few games.
deadrody
September 21st, 2009 at 9:15 pm
Ah, the accountability meme. Anyone see this part of the unquoted quote from Joba ???
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“I let my teammates down. It was pretty much embarrassing what I did, not being able to pick my team up and get out of here with a series win,” Chamberlain said. “It will take more than this to get my confidence level down. You can kick me as much as you want but I will come back fighting every time.”
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Never let it be said that a story cannot be manufactured by leaving out crucial details. Funny that Girardi was panned so often last year for not dealing fairly with the media. I wonder how Joe would feel to know he is answering questions before a game based on a BS story manufactured by the impartial and objective media.
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Not surprised the media didn’t ask Joe to comment on that part of Joba’s quote.
Boston plays the Indians and Jays to finish the year.. even their B team should be able to beat them.
If Francona has a legit chance to win the division, why wouldn’t he try to? He’s not going to use Papelbon for 5 outs of Beckett for 120 pitches, but considering the competition they are playing, they don’t need to go all out to win.
Saunders was excellent last year. Is he still that good? No. But he has a lot of talent, and he has the ability to beat the yankees.
If this team is as good as we think it is, they will take 2\3 next weekend and end the division race once and for all.
We have Andy and CC going in 2 of those games.
Carl September 21st, 2009 at 9:21 pm
I thought Pete was turning this into a Sox blog in 2 weeks? I guess the transition has already started.
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Pete has impeccable timing. He picked the perfect time to jump ship — just as it’s going down.
When its all said and done the yankees will finish 101-61 and the RS 99-63…mark my words
You can’t absolve Mariano of blame… he blew a huge save. In what is turning out to be a close race, he led one game that we had slip away. Yeah, he’s still the best ever and blah blah blah… but that was still a huge game he blew.
That is the game we’ll be looking at, not Joba getting rocked. 1 out away from securing a win nad we lose.
This Royals game is absolutely pouring.
It’s in the bottom of the 4th.
I wonder if they let it get through 5 and then end it, rather than halting it now and letting it possibly end up not counting as the Red Sox win it should be.
Call the game!!
Doreen
September 21st, 2009 at 8:01 pm
Anyone think maybe the Mets are ready to call it a season. Down 11-1 in the 3rd inning so far. My daughter’s got that game on in the family room.
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LMAO. What kind of mother would allow an impressionable young child to watch horror shows so soon after dinner?
Mo has blown 2 saves.
I can’t blame Mariano for blowing one game.
102 wins for the Yankees. So it is written, so it shall be done!
“You can’t absolve Mariano of blame… he blew a huge save. In what is turning out to be a close race, he led one game that we had slip away. Yeah, he’s still the best ever and blah blah blah… but that was still a huge game he blew.”
Is there a good game to blow?
Billy Wagner blew Thursdays game for the Sox. They are going to lose games before the years out. And the Yankees get this same poor KC team next week.
The Sox are probably going to win this game. But a huge lol. Just this morning there was a big article on the mlb espn.com page about how Victor Martinez can do it all, including catching a knuckleballer. He’s not having such a good game behind the plate.
You can’t absolve Mariano of blame… he blew a huge save.
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You know what, when a man gives up one earned run every 3 months he can be absolved. ABSOLVED.
“Mo has blown 2 saves.
I can’t blame Mariano for blowing one game.”
Blame him for blowing two games, then?
c’mon KC – at least make it competitive! No need to put the RS in a position to rest their starters after 6-7 innings
GB7 -
Well, she’s been talking about watching one of those Halloween movies, and I figured watching the Mets would be like dipping her toes in the water of fright films. Thanks for the laugh!!!
Wait till the ALDS
September 21st, 2009 at 9:30 pm
Mo has blown 2 saves.
I can’t blame Mariano for blowing one game.
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Yeah Mo is having a great season you cant get mad at him for blowing a save. But he picked two bad games to blow. The first game against the sox and the first game of what Girardi called a very important road trip.
Nick-Well Cal was only talking about the game vs. Seattle.
Jim,
“We’ve been losing some close ones, and no one else is trying to beat Boston,” the Yankees’ Johnny Damon said. “They’re having their way with the Blue Jays and the Orioles. That’s part of baseball. We just have to worry about ourselves.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09.....ref=sports
Every pitcher has a chance to beat the Yankees. Doesn’t take talent.
Sorry, I can’t worry about every pitcher we face.
1st & 3rd, one out and Josh Anderson bunts foul. Next pitch, GIDP.
m -
You’re a Pats fan. Do you think the Giants Super Bowl was due to Asante Samuel.
According to most Pats fans including Skip Bayless, that is the case.
There is a reason why some players play cornerback or defense, it’ because they cant catch the ball, first.
2nd, that ball was by no means a gimme interception.
It doesn’t take talent to beat the Yankees? I’m not sure. While the Yanks are just bad sometimes, i think a certain amount of talent is involved…most of the time.
Clint September 21st, 2009 at 9:33 pm
Jim,
“We’ve been losing some close ones, and no one else is trying to beat Boston,” the Yankees’ Johnny Damon said. “They’re having their way with the Blue Jays and the Orioles. That’s part of baseball. We just have to worry about ourselves.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09…..ref=sports
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Damon is a real paranoid, crybaby.
Maybe he can star in the next X-Files movie and spout more conspiracy theories.
Ha as a Giants fan I don’t care if Tom Brady gift wrapped the Lombardi trophy and handed it to Eli on a silver platter, THEY STILL WON, and thus NY was vindicated from the stunning 04′ collpase.
Think about, NY historically defeats New England, just in a different sport. VINDICATION!
We’re not even in a slump… Boston is just playing like .900 baseball this month.
Everyone was talking all summer (before we opened up the division lead) about how the Sox have a huge advantage over us in the September schedule and if it is a close race, they would probably win the division. We had a late West Coast trip while they got to go to BAL and KC.
Well now that it is a close race again, the schedule disparity is apparent again. But to be fair, we went 2-3 on an Orioles/Jays homestand so that isn’t an excuse.
Jim,
Sorry, the only thing I remember is some guy who’s not even in the league had stick ‘em on his helmet.
Valerie G.,
The point is I don’t take too serious a look at pitching matchups. They rarely live up to their billing. Let’s take, for instance, the Jersey kid from the A’s. ERA in the 7’s, rookie pitcher, no problem, right? Wrong. He handcuffed our hitters.
Saunders is solid, but talented? I dunno about that one.
Doreen
September 21st, 2009 at 9:32 pm
GB7 -
Well, she’s been talking about watching one of those Halloween movies, and I figured watching the Mets would be like dipping her toes in the water of fright films. Thanks for the laugh!!!
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Well, keep checking on her. If her face starts freezing like those white fright masks in the movies, it’s probably been too much of a shock. Best of luck.
“Yankees will win 102 games”
“Yankees finish 101-61, Red Sox 99-63 – mark my words”
“The division is over – guaranteed”
Why are all you sages and soothsayers wasting your time on baseball and not playing the lottery?
I suppose it’s safe to say that the season will end somewhere between “Yankees take division comfortably” and “Yankees choke away big lead” but trying to predict baseball is a perilous occupation.
Just ask the 2007 San Diego Padres who are still waiting for the Colorado Rockies to lose a stinking game.
Very surprising quote by Damon.
Don’t think the Jays or Os will like their integrity being questioned, even it was unintentional.
Damon is just frustrated, just like the rest of us, that the Sox have sliced into our lead and no team is attempting to beat them.
“acute gastritis”
?????
Is that too much cuteness from the little baby that was related to him that was at the game a few days ago when they let out gas?
Ha as a Giants fan I don’t care if Tom Brady gift wrapped the Lombardi trophy and handed it to Eli on a silver platter, THEY STILL WON, and thus NY was vindicated from the stunning 04? collpase.
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No way, I know we ought to puff up our chests for the annoying troll but nothing makes up for ‘04. There’s no vindication.
It was great to see Brady and the Pats cough it up, but ‘04 isn’t going anywhere.
m, I see your point…
Somebody has their sports mixed up. One has nothing to do with the other.
And someone needs to tighten up their strike zone.
I wonder if I made a name “Boston Collapse” and trolled Boston forums if I could possibly be as witty as “Yankee Collapse” is here. I thought all states were back in school now.
I always looked at Super Bowl XLII as vindication for 04′. Now every time a Boston fan brings up 04′ just say 18-1 and they’ll shut up.
Again… if this team is as good as we think it is, they will win the series against Boston and get hot right about now and seal the deal before we go down to Tampa.
We’ve been saying all year that this is a special team… well, it is about time they show that “specialness” one more time.
We still control our own destiny. Stop waiting for Boston to lose, instead, start hooping we start a good hot streak starting tonight.
m-Of course they do. It’s all about bragging rights.
They say 04′, you say 18-1.
It may not be fair to ask the team to stop “slumping” and play .700 baseball again to close this division once and for all, but circumstances have made it necessary. Again, we can’t just wait for Boston to lose, we have to take matters into our own hands….
Valerie,
Sorry, didn’t mean to sound rude. This KC game is really irritating me for some reason.
Darrin: I gave 102 as my win total prediction pre-season so I’m just repeating it now.
Lottery tickets cost money; LoHud predictions are free.
I won’t feel any deep shame is the actual number is 100 or 101 or 103 or 104.
Is that ok, Mr. Cranky?
Just think how good Boston would be if they had the Yankees budget.
The Yankees spent $209 million this year, and the Sox only spent $122 million. And even though they’ve been outspent by $87 million, they’re still gonna win the division and end up with the best record in baseball.
Theo is clearly a far superior GM. If he had Cash’s cash, Boston would never lose a game.
I wonder if anybody wants Yankee Collapse banned like they wanted me?
I dont wonder if Yankee Collapse will be banned? He’s a red sox fan, therefore, he will not.
KC’S Lenny, 5th inning 116 pitches with 8 runs,who does that remind you of? Who does the mgr that left him in there,remind you of too?
good point, alex.
What did Damon say that was wrong?
Aren’t Yankee fans frustrated that the Sox are playing unbelievable ball while we continue to lose ground when we are not even playing badly?
Well, so is Damon.
m, that’s alright…it’s probably irritating because we’re watching the enemy win. that makes every yankee fan mad.
Suzy said Phil was taken to the hospital last night. I hope what he had isn’t contagious.
wakefield appears to be falling apart…hopefully he can fall a little farther…
8-5 sox, royals still threatening
hey – look at that KC back within 3
let’s go kc!
You know what wakes bad teams up?
Bad pitching.
Burnett was throwing meatballs all day to them and they smacked him around. Marte couldn’t get out immortal players like Chad Moeller and Ceasur Izturis in relief of Andy.
Joba has a 9 ERA over the past 6 weeks
Mitre is an automatic loss
Burnett has been lost for 6 weeks
It’s not “lack of integrity”, it’s lack of pitching. Boston has been getting great pitching, we haven’t.
they have to finish the sox game. kc is coming back. but it would be typical of mlb to stop it now so boston can pick up the easy win and save the pen.
The wonderful New York Giants victory over the Patriots has nothing to do with the Yankees vs. Red Sox history, it’s true. But a good percentage of Yankee fans are also Giants fans, and most New Yorkers don’t like teams from Boston period, regardless of the sport, just like New York also has a general athletic rivalry with Los Angeles because of Yankees/Dodgers matchups of old and because the two are now the biggest urban areas in the country.
There is also a huge overlap between Red Sox and Patriots fans, so of course good Yankee fans from New York (and many not from New York) would take special pleasure from the perfect ending to the non-perfect season.
KC showing integrity against Boston.
Nice. Too bad it’s too late.
What’s going on with Wake? 7 walks.
Watching the Sawx game on gameday. Tying run at the plate – this guy is going deep!!!
Exactly Nick. That’s what I’m saying.
so close to tying it up
rob- wrong.
KC is really trying to compete,8-5
I love how they are working the count on old man Tim who is at 102 pitches
On mlb, gameday it says he flied out deep to left and actually puts the ball over the fence. Anyone actually watching the game can fill in what happened?
Lets go Yankees!
So the twinkies are coming on strong…
What’s happening in the Sox game?
Not sure who wrote it but a really good point about the Sawx 4th and 5th starters being just as shaky, if not shakier than us. Byrd and Wakefield? That’s got to have them scared up in Beantown.
wow, the royals are actally not bending over and for the sauuuuuuuuxx
So the Giants Jets, Yankees, and Mets all play at the same time (1 PM) this Sunday….
Gary, people will only care about 3 of those teams.
Let’s Go Andy! ( for the record, my eyes have been drooping since 8:30. Watching this game tonight is going to be a challenge. Please make it worth it Yankees).
Didn’t MLB change Sunday’s Yankee Sox game to 8:00?
Giants are going to kill Tampa Bay…
Trevor (Super Mario)
September 21st, 2009 at 10:07 pm
Didn’t MLB change Sunday’s Yankee Sox game to 8:00?
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It was an afternoon game that was changed to a night game and changed back to the afternoon
way to do it Jete!
Captain starts it off right!!!
Pete, you’re going to miss the requisite Jeter first pitch hit huh?
come on Marky mark.
8-5 boston. come on KC… slow them down.
what a stop by figgins. Good thing he still got a base hit.
The Yankees are in the Angels heads..
How is that a FC if no out was made?
Erica – always OPPC
September 21st, 2009 at 10:12 pm
The Yankees are in the Angels heads..
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Lmao.
NYY626 – Go Andy!
September 21st, 2009 at 10:12 pm
How is that a FC if no out was made?
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The official scorer is asleep at the wheel. I bet it changes
Pirates down by 1 with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 9th and no outs…
Fox just showed Kate Hudson lol
a-rod is swinging right through fastballs on this road trip. not the time for a slump.
So where would we be under a worse case scenario upon starting the Red Sox series?
BOS (93-59) NY (95-58)
Say we then manage to beat Boston twice at home.
BOS (94-61) NY (97-59)
Our magic number would be 5.
Say we split with KC/TB. And Boston goes 6-1. We end the season tied.
So let’s panic on the 26th after we have lost 5 more straight and Boston has won 6 more straight. When we will be a whopping half game out.
Or, let’s look at 100 wins which takes us 5-7 to get and Boston 11-3. Is Boston’s schedule that much easier?
tex’s friend
September 21st, 2009 at 10:14 pm
a-rod is swinging right through fastballs on this road trip. not the time for a slump.
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If he is going to slump (not saying he is) but if he is, I would rather it be now than two weeks from now
MPB Johnny Damon = Heads up baserunning and Awesome
Mathis is putting on a clininc. If that was posada, a run would have scored.
wow
2 stranded…shocking.
wooo RISP fail!
the pulled a yankee….
leaving two men on base.
That 1st inning looked pretty similar to yesterday’s…
Marco
“unbelievable ball”??
I’m so sick of reading about the Red Sox on here.
Angel – A tale told by idiots, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing
September 21st, 2009 at 10:19 pm
“unbelievable ball”??
I’m so sick of reading about the Red Sox on here.
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Me too!!!! Let’s fight back!
you can see the angels putting a few runs on the board….oh does not look good
NY626…
EXACTLY what I was thinking.
Groundhog Day!
NYY626-
Good luck to your man tonight!
They’ve sucked lately with 2 out RISP lately.
Awww- Congratulations to the Singleton family
you better not walk this guy Pettitte
Well, last time we were in Anaheim we scored a bunch of runs early and choked it up anyway.
figgins, go away already.
Okay.. you put your catchers mask on and I’ll back you up with my spikes.
that’s exactly what you wanna do
lol
there is nothing cute about gastritis
Haha, thats not good.
Erica – what’s the Singleton news?
0-2 to a walk is typical of how the Yankees pitch to Figgins.
Congratulations Kenny Singleton!
how good is figgins….picked a good year to be a FA
come on andy
The cardinal sin of baseball… walking the lead-off batter.
DP now Andy please
5-17 overall, 0-3 this year in anaheim. ouch!!
RMEL
September 21st, 2009 at 10:20 pm
you can see the angels putting a few runs on the board….oh does not look good
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Nothing quite like premptive disappointment. lol
I really, really, really hope the Angels don’t resign Figgins and Lackey this offseason. Of course, they’d probably just plug Brandon Wood or someone else at 3B, and some scrub in the rotation and they will become the new Yankee killers…
9-5 boston.
Molina!!
MOLINA!!!!!
great pick by jeets!!!
BEAUTIFUL!
Nice toss.
What a play by Jeter! Jeter is awesome.
nice play by jeter on that short hop
yeah, throw out that little bug.
critical caught stealing…
Hoe many folks concur that Guerrero is a HOF… if u listen to OC Radio they think u are nuts to evenwonder abt it… acc to them if he isnt a first ballot… they arnt sure who is… thankfully i was sitting
Jesus christ
Rishi
September 21st, 2009 at 10:23 pm
Erica – what’s the Singleton news?
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He just became a grandpa
It’s going to be a looooooooooong night.
so that’s what a 2 out rbi looks like?
I hate the mongolian ( vlade) monster.
Andy is a bit rusty. Hopefully thats all they get.
2 outs again. This is going to be a loonnngg night.
Erica – always OPPC
September 21st, 2009 at 10:30 pm
Rishi
September 21st, 2009 at 10:23 pm
Erica – what’s the Singleton news?
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He just became a grandpa
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Oh! great for him!
:/
on his 900th pitch of the inning
Marcus September 21st, 2009 at 10:26 pm
Hey Pete, you wanna do your job and you know…update? Or have you just quit already.
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Perhaps Pete is, you know, writing for his paper? Which is his first job. The deadlines are different on the west coast.
But then again, lets just complain and throw insults around when we have no clue what we are talking about.
KC WOOO
at least kc is giving boston all they can handle.
9-8 in KC…
the fist pitch was a strike.
He’s coming off a 9 day layoff.
If his next inning is like this one, then there is something to be concerned about.
Figgins, Abreu, and Vlad are all FA’s at the end of the season. Let’s buy them all and then sell them to Japan like we sold Rasner. That should solve our problems.
i was right….they score…great job with RISP angles….
Damn these two out rallies!
f#$^#% lame
think we’ll see aceves tonight
Andy’s done.
Turning this game off
9-8 boston…come kansas. dorthy is coming home.
is there only the 1 run or is gameday really behind (yes, still stuck in wilmington, de)
maybe we can borrow the Angels rally monkey
When the Yanks see the Angels uniform they forget how to pitch. This is just like every other game.
2 out rbi. They boost one team and kill another…
oh – the second one just popped up
the best part 2 outs…just love it….can’t pitch cc everyday
andy doesnt look good but knows if its his shoulder or just a good angels team..
2 Rishi
Dearest Andrew Eugene Pettitte-
I know you are good to go. The Angels scoring stops here. Lets shake it off and get out of this inning. We will win this game. Thank you in advance for your cooperation.
Sincerely Yours,
Erica
This is such BS. Guess I’ll be rooting for the Red Sox this October so I don’t have to see the Angels again.
Unbelievable…
if this is like the game in seattle, those will be the only 2 baserunners we get until the 8th inning.
All 3 fastballs were right down the middle. Josh Towers should start taking his jacket off…
Come on people.. support your team – even when things look bad.
Heaven forbid they not lead from the first pitch in the game, lol.
It’s 2-0 and people want to turn the game off? Andy is rusty – why are we suprised?
I am trying very hard, I admit, to really not worry………..it’s getting harder to do each day. I’m just going to think positive……or at least, try.
It’s only the first inning guys…..
“So far Johnny Damon’s motivational speech for Red Sox opponents has not been as effective as his previous efforts.”
My apologies to Mr. Damon. Clearly he woke his old team up quite well.
Also, it’s true – the offense has been very inconsistent lately…….They are wasting a truckload of baserunners. Think positive think positive……..
trading Juan Rivera was such a mistake if he cud stay healthy he is really good
yay
What a surprise. The Angels are playing like champs against the Yankees.
Abreu ends his 0-12 slump.
And this ump is horrible, squeezing Andy big time.
The good news is that I will get to go to bed early tonight.
So frustrating dealing with this Angels team.
I can’t wait for Rivera to make a diving catch after allowing a lazy fly to fall in Fenway last week.
Pettitte is not the one to do this, but how about the Yankee pitchers move some of the Angels hitters off the plate? They seem to always-especially at home, be on every pitch.
Pettitte was trying his best Joba Chamberlain impression.
Betsy
The Yankees forget how to pitch and hit with risp on the west. It’s sad.
The offense has to start taking advantage of these base runners. They have left way too many guys on base the last couple of games. The top 3 guys have done their job then 4-6 batters not soo much.
It’s a shame LAA just can’t do a thing against Sox.
If they play ALDS each other, LAA is 3 and out.
Posada, good job. Robbie cano with a man on base *holds breath*
KC ties it up
The Yankees are hitting bullets off of Saunders. They will break through eventually.
Yup, our offense dies on the road.
I know its almost 11pm so some of you are confused, but the game just started.
unbelievable
Carl, I have no business getting on them for slumping a bit when they’ve been amazing basically the whole year…….but the Sox never lose and this race is becoming uncomfortably tight. I assume the offense will be fine (though who knows in the post-season – the last few years that we were in the post-season, this team did absolutely nothing offensively), but the pitching is a major concern. Andy is rusty, so I will certainly give him some slack tonight….as long as he’s healthy. We’ve got to keep winning, though….
That was so predictable it’s not even funny.
Of course, a DP. I should have thought of that!
T minus…5 seconds.
The Sawx have their pedal to the medal; the Yankees best do likewise…..if not, we could revisit 04. It’s not as unlikely as one would like to think.
Robbie cano does it again. Unbeliavable.
joe saunders is out…
Just unreal…
KC takes the lead
I’m getting really tired of this crap. Really friggin’ tired of it.
Like I said yesterday, anyone who thinks the division is a lock at this point isn’t paying attention. Right now, it’s looking more and more possible that we’ll choke away the division and end up playing this team in the first round, without home field advantage. Spin it any way you want, but that isn’t going to end well for us, clearly.
This is not a lack of faith. This is watching this team spit the bit in the worst way the last two weeks.
Haha ok, watch this: Saunders, who we’ve got a couple of hits in this game of already, will leave the game and the replacement will no-hit us until the 8th. I’ve seen this game before.
Another bullet for a double play.
All tied up in Kansas City. The vaunted Sox have blown a 6 run lead against the Royals.
11-9 Royals. Woo hoo.
Blogging The Bombers by Mr. Feinsand is where it is at now. Pete has moved on to the all time foe. Sad Sad.
for the next 5 minutes, boston has coughed up the lead.
Take him out just to be careful…
11-9 kc
im truly sorry for posting again, but
did you see vladimir and torii in the dugout watching andy prior to their at bat. That fat lug vladdy is busy eating popcorn against the Red Sox. He does nothing against them but strikeout, fail with runners on 3rd and less than 2 out, and ground into key double plays.
Against us, he is concerned with going to the opposite field.
Vladdy is the biggest disgrace to the game of baseball (who cares about his meaningless game tying grand slam in 2004)
Nice to get that off my chest.
Maybe Juan Rivera will trot to a ball in left in a key point in the game
Alright Royals.
Well at least the Royals are fighting back… 11-9 Royals now.
robbie hit a rocket there…its not like he rolled over and hit an easy 2 hopper
whoa i thought daniel bard was perfect, the best prospect in history (according to gammons).
Please tell me that Farnsworth is not available out of the Royals bullpen tonight.
meanwhile, in Kansas… the unbeatable Red Sox just finished blowing an 8-2 lead
The offense has been crappy lately with RISP with 2 outs. They have these 1 inning explosions but through out a game they leave guys on 2nd and 3rd alot.
Hasn’t been like that through out the year but over the last 2/3 weeks it looks like the case.
LOL Spit the bit? I see the Yankees aren’t allowed to be human……….wow. I’m as nervous as anyone and not too thrilled that the race is tightening, but my word, this game is not played by robots.
Oh yeah, KC ain’t backing down11-9 whoo hoo.
wow the Royals are showing fight unlike the O’s and Blue Jays. And they have a bad offense. And how about that great Sox bullpen ? LOL !
Overall Yanks pitching staff is still not that good.
I guess Wang gave them some surprises.
Betsy
Forgive me, only in Anahiem they play like this. I know they have been great the whole year but come on this is getting old now. The pitching is fine, its just when they come here they forget how to do it.
Maybe some karma will come around to the poster on here “Yankee Collapse”
“Right now, it’s looking more and more possible that we’ll choke away the division and end up playing this team in the first round, without home field advantage. Spin it any way you want, but that isn’t going to end well for us, clearly.
This is not a lack of faith.”
who isnt itching for an Ian Kennedy performance????
melky needs a rest
Does anyone really think the Royals can hold a 2 run lead? As he goes 2-0 on the lead off batter.
I give major props to the Royals, but it’s only the 6th inning in KC. You just know that game is going to end 14-11 Red Sox, or something of that nature. I hope I’m wrong.
Donnie-
It is not spin. We have a 5 game lead. 5 games. One, two, three, four, five. 5.
I find the lack of faith in your team by fans disgusting. “Fans” have been turning on this team all season. When they lost on Opening Day everyone thought the team was a disaster. Everytime the team doesn’t emerge with the lead in the first inning they are choke artists. I am sick and tired of it.
This is a team that has played hard all season. They come back from deficits over and over again for thrilling victories. Are they choking then??? No, you aren’t upset then. You are happy as they celebrate their walkoffs and eat pie.
This is a team that continuously comes back. There is no reason to expect ANYTHING will be choked away. And I am absolutely sick and tired of the panic
“meanwhile, in Kansas…”
I don’t think we’re in Kansas anymore, Jerkface.
Those shorts are just totally wrong…
“unlike the O’s and Blue Jays”
Wrong! Those 2 teams are excited to play against Yanks HARD.
Apparent Yankee team logic:
This is where the season really gets boring, same damn teams over and over and over and then you see them in the playoffs. You know, who cares, we only have to win one to make the post-season. Don’t need to win now, we’ll just turn it on later. Besides, those LoHud Bloggers will really be cheesed and apoplectic.
Me:
KC!?
And Donnie-
I thought you were better than a bridge jumper
LOL Spit the bit? I see the Yankees aren’t allowed to be human……….wow. I’m as nervous as anyone and not too thrilled that the race is tightening, but my word, this game is not played by robots.
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The Yankees are allowed to be human but if they blow the division to The Red Sox that is a little bit beyond “being human” with all the talent The Yankees have on this team right now.
I agree 100% with Mike Francesa that if The Yankees somehow get eliminated in the first round of the playoffs, Girardi shouldn’t survive to see the 2010 season. This isn’t a five month season…its a six month season and a postseason.
Yankees were red-hot for most of this season but it doesn’t mean a red cent if they blow the lead to the Red Sox in the last two weeks of the season…not a red cent!
Other good news is that the Twins will almost surely win tonight and close to within 2.5 GB Detroit.
Carl, I just chalk it up to Andy being rusty…….and they’ve been slumping a bit before coming to Anaheim. Regardless, they need to pick up their game – even if they hold on to win the division.
Donnie,
Be careful with that kind of talk. Some of the regulars in here who make excuses for this kind of play and for pitching performances like Joba’s will eat you alive for actually commenting on how the team is playing.
I’m glad the team has the lead it does. They earned it. But the way they have played and pitched of late reeks of a team that has lost the edge they were playing with.
I hope they find a spark tonight. They need to find a spark.
While past Yankee teams were able to limp into the post season in Sept. and turn it on for the play offs that is no indication that this current lot can do the same thing.
nice to see a non-contender down by 6 runs not give up. Go KC
nice bounce back inning Andy
Red Sox losing 9-11…. even when they’re down they spit in the eye of New York.
Nice inning by Andy. Now the offense needs to wake up.
Nice Andy. Lets hope he’s in cruise control now.
Did I see that right? Did the Kansas City Mailing-it-ing Royals just come back from down 8-2 to up 11-9 against the greatest team to ever grace a baseball diamond??!>????!?!
It IS a lack of faith, Donnie.
You’re taking two weeks and dismissing the rest of the season in your analysis there.
Especially given the Red Sox have apparently currently just coughed up the lead against Kansas City.
Long way to go, stop the panic.
If the Yanks were AHEAD 2-0 in the 2nd inning would the game be over? Would you chalk it up in the win column?
Good comeback for Andy.
We have an older team, at this point in the season, especially when they are on the road, they are going to be effected. EVERYONE CALM DOWN…this is a very good team, they are going to get some rest back home on Thursday and start making the run to the playoffs…STOP JUMPING OFF THE BRIDGES!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nice inning by Andy there. *whew*
Man Abreu sure moved to the top of the Yankee killer list the day he left NY didn’t he? He’s terrorizing the Yanks the way Damon terrorized Boston the year after he left.
Donnie
Please come in off the ledge. It’s dangerous out there!
Signed,
Josh, I’m not concerned about red cents right now. Look, if they blow the division, I will be very upset. I realize objectively that just making the playoffs would be fine after last year……but emotionally, I don’t believe that. This would be a pretty epic collapse…..though, to be honest, the Yanks haven’t played that badly, the Sox have just been great. The Yankees need to win a game or two and put the Sox in their place when they play them.
That said, the division isn’t blown yet……so I’m not going to worry just yet.
Molina then the top of the order. Time to get a rally going.
Meanwhile, pitcher for K.C. just tossed one over the on deck circle.
Can anyone tell me why our offense decided to take the day off yesterday when we were down 7-0 against Ian Snell…like they were conserving energy for the next game, like a tennis player losing a set he is down 3-0 to save energy for the next set…we look like we are pressing real bad…this slump is Burnett’s bad start vs. Baltimore, Mire vs. Toronto and Joba yesterday’s fault…its like when our pitchers give up alot of runs our hitters take the rest of the game off..anyone else notice this too?
I’m almost at the point where I just wish people would jump already.. I’ll even give them a nudge for my own sanity’s sake, lol.
G Love, seriously – you think the Yankees have spit the bit? That’s what Donnie said…….I agree that there is reason to be concerned, but there is a huge difference between expressing that concern and saying the Yankees are a gutless team who is going in the tank (which is in essence what Donnie is saying).
Some of you really fear the Red Sox. Just because they won in 2004 doesn’t mean that you should fear them. KC could win this game especially with Soria closing it out. You guys need to quit acting like pre-2004 Red Sox fans.
Look everyone in here: STOP ACTING LIKE METS AND RED SOX FANS, AND START ACTING LIKE YANKEE FANS…I REPEAT STOP ACTING LIKE MET FANS
“That said, the division isn’t blown yet……so I’m not going to worry just yet.”
That is correct, they still have a 5 game lead with 12 to play…
Angel-
I liked your speech. How was mine?? LOL
How bad has Manny Delcarmen been? His ERA has gone up every single month this season and he has a 5.82 ERA since the ASB (which actually went up after tonight).
Nice to see the sexy Nady in the dugout.
I respect the Red Sox as tough competitors, but I’m not afraid of them.
And I certainly don’t respect them at the expense of my own team. Every team has flaws.
Bottom line is that the Yankees will need to take care of business at home versus the Sox. If the Yanks take two out of three they should be all set.
This ump’s strike zone is very inconsistent. Saunders is getting lots of borderline pitches.
deathly at bats
I don’t see where calling the team for playing bad is bridge jumping.
Bridge jumping is screaming “the season is over”.
Talking about the fact that the team looks like it’s playing in cement right now is not bridge jumping.
Joba has pitched like a scrub. Is that bridge jumping?
According to the poll in here more people want Gaudin in the post season start than our #4 starter.
That’s not panic. That’s watching the team and the players and trying to come up with wins.
The Yankees are going to the post season.
It just would be nice to see them play with a little fire tonight like they have for the majority of this season.
“meanwhile, in Kansas… the unbeatable Red Sox just finished blowing an 8-2 lead”
I have great faith in Joakim Soria.
Can the Royals survive an appearance by Krazy Kyle tonight?
Can LoHud?
Coach, yep………but I think regardless of whether the Yankees win the division (or not), there are some concerns going into the playoffs. Winning the division is great, but it’s not the goal. The Yankees need to sharpen up now….it’s late in the game. As I said before, this team doesn’t have a good history in the playoffs (not in the last 5-7 years), so it would behoove them to go into the post-season feeling good about themselves. Otherwise, they could very well feel pressure of the enormous expectations on them.
Is Andy going to get any tun support tonight,1 2 3 out Yankees?
1 win with a rs loss & it just about seals it
for crying out loud can we win a game?
Aren’t the Yankees already in the playoffs? What exactly is everyone worried about? It’s really not worth wearing out the team for the post season just to get one extra home game. The only sport where there is even a slight home field advantage is football.
I swear…buncha whiney Pre-2004 Red Sox fans around here. The sky is not falling folks.
Think about it this way: If we had just won 5 in a row and the Sox had lost 5 in a row…and that result had gotten us up to a 5 game lead…we’d feel like we were on top of the world.
The way you feel is all about perspective but the cold reality is the same. A 5 game lead is a 5 game lead.
Nick von Clausewitz in SF
September 21st, 2009 at 10:57 pm
Can the Royals survive an appearance by Krazy Kyle tonight?
Can LoHud?
*****
I always had a soft spot for F-n Farnsworth (as I used to call him every time he came into the game)
Erica –
Thanks for the stirring homage. On the other hand, pessimism is a good thing — since you have no faith in tomorrow’s outcome you need to take care of things today. In other words — win now! RISP is a problem-area, as are our pitching problems. But, we do all know that. The thing is, what should we talk about on a blog? I mean a fair topic is how the “guys” aren’t seizing the moment. I think some of the problem is Joe monkeying with the damn lineup every night; not sure how that helps win games. Too much overthinking going on. I mean the topic has to be related to what’s going on now, not a constant optimistic approach of “just wait and see.” Wait and see and “wait til next year” ain’t the Yanks or the fans. Taking care of business every day is.
But I am otherwise sympathetic to your point.
It was excellent, Erica. GMTA
The Ghost September 21st, 2009 at 10:58 pm
Aren’t the Yankees already in the playoffs? What exactly is everyone worried about? It’s really not worth wearing out the team for the post season just to get one extra home game. The only sport where there is even a slight home field advantage is football.
uh no they arent yet
Ghost
We are one game away from clinching at least the wild card. A Ranger loss or Yankee win at any point from here on out does the trick.
It isn’t fear of the Sox. It is fear of if they are the wild card and have to play the Angels…in Anaheim. The Sox pitching is pretty bad they are just taking advantage of the terrible teams.
Angel-
GMTA??? LOL.
“…its like when our pitchers give up alot of runs our hitters take the rest of the game off…anyone else notice this too?”
I mentioned this yesterday. Down big early they don’t chip away enough.
Nick von Clausewitz in SF
September 21st, 2009 at 9:15 pm
If anyone has a good reason to hate west coast games, it’s our own Pat M, who has yet to see a Yankee win in several tries.
hmmm… not to be superstitious, but, can we take up a collection and keep Pat M away from the ballpark?
Art
Pessimism is for the players, managers, GM, ownership…they need to prepare for the games.
All we need to do is buy some chips, salsa, beer and watch. We don’t need to “prepare” because we’re not “playing”
erica -
what’s this faith stuff?
yankee starting pitching sucks at this point.
it makes someone a better fan because they have blind faith ?
the yankees better come up with some starting pitching or they’re not going anywhere.
For what it’s worth GLove, I agree with the essence of your posts……but saying the Yankees have spit the bit (not you) is ridiculous.
What’s also ridiculous is throwing Mitre, Gaudin and Joba out there when we have to win some games.
For what it’s worth GLove, I agree with the essence of your posts……but saying the Yankees have spit the bit (not you) is ridiculous.
What’s also ridiculous is throwing Mitre, Gaudin and Joba out there when we have to win some games.
Concerns comsherns….Fans and media feel pressure. They are the best team in baseball that played .750 ball for the better part of the last 3 months. They have been in coast mode for about a month now. Every team has slumps. Baseball is a season of ebbs and flows. I dont think what happens in the next week tells us anything about what this team is going to do in October….
ill be the first to admit the yanks are not playing good baseball right now…but lets not discount the fact that they have already won 95 games…slumps happen, this is a slump….its all about what they do in october and hopefully november…if they win every game for the rest of the year and tank it in the post season, nobody will care…conversely, if they finish the season with a 1 game lead on the sox and go on to the WS, nobody will care about the reg. season
Art-
I know I am disgustingly optimistic. But what drives me nuts is the panic that a loss tonight means the season is a failure. The whole luxary of having a lead is that you can lose a few game here and there and its okay. When you have the lead you only have to worry about your own house and you are not chasing anyone. The Yankees do not need to watch the Red Sox. They need to watch us
I thought the Yankees are tied with Texas. That means Texas has to win out and the Yankees have to lose every game for the Yankees to not make the playoffs, correct?
The Yankees have won 100% of games I’ve attended, however. Perhaps the collection should be to send me to the postseason.
Nice play by Andy
nice recovery there Andy. One more
Trevor (Super Mario)
What team have you watched all year? I watched the one where we came back like 50 times. If anything, this team hits better than usual when they don’t get pitching…It does not go in the tank when the pitching is not there.
Betsy,
I took Donnie’s post to mean that he’s frustrated with the way they are playing right now. I wasn’t taking him that literally.
One of my problems with some people on this blog is how “rational” they believe they are and how they talk to down to posters who express any frustration with how the team or specific players are playing.
You should be allowed to rant a little in here.
Anyone who posts the “sky is falling” is just frustrated with the way the team is playing right now.
That’s not a crime and doesn’t make them less of a fan.
Am I concerned about our starting pitching for the post season? Absolutely.
I’d like to see some solid performances this week from the starting staff to quiet some of my concern.
GGBG (Magic Number: 9)
September 21st, 2009 at 10:58 pm
I swear…buncha whiney Pre-2004 Red Sox fans around here. The sky is not falling folks.
Think about it this way: If we had just won 5 in a row and the Sox had lost 5 in a row…and that result had gotten us up to a 5 game lead…we’d feel like we were on top of the world.
The way you feel is all about perspective but the cold reality is the same. A 5 game lead is a 5 game lead.
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Yes, but you can’t discount momentum. Winning 5 games to get to a 5-game lead and losing 5 games to drop to a 5-game lead are not the same.
His fastball has been hit hard tonight.
randy l.
September 21st, 2009 at 11:00 pm
erica -
what’s this faith stuff?
yankee starting pitching sucks at this point.
it makes someone a better fan because they have blind faith ?
the yankees better come up with some starting pitching or they’re not going anywhere.
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I have blind faith cause I am cheering for a team that is 95-55???? Please
We have no pitching?? Who has been starting the last 150 games???
Arno
Momentum is only as good as the next day’s starting pitcher. It means very little in baseball.
Did we expect Andy to be great tonight ? He was rusty…..as long as he’s healthy, he’ll be solid. I’m concerned about the pitching ,but equally concerned about the offense. Then again, even when the offense was going great guns, there was always going to be the question of how they’d do in the playoffs. We have no idea if this team has a glass jaw or if they can handle post-season pressure. Swish and Tex are the only newcomers to the offense- everyone else is a vet (and they’ve all done terribly in recent post-seasons).
Another good inning for Andy.
Lets go bats!
Sit down Bobby. Tex, Arod,Swish, lets go.
Abreu has the look of a dude that wants to pound the Yanks during every at bat for letting him go.
12-9 KC they know how to hit
Betsty
No one can predict the playoffs but one thing this team has shown all year is the ability to take a hit and come back. We should feel good about that going into the playoffs.
go, KC, go!!!
Erica – GMTA… aka Great minds think alike.
Royals get another run….Just incase Krazy nut Farns is pitching the 8th inning.
Billy Butler just almost took billy Wagner deep for a double
Battle of the Billys goes to Butler
12-9 KC
GO Royals!
these at bats are really horrid
GLove, I agree – I have been on the receiving end of some of those posts you are referring to. Optimists DO tend to look down their noses at pessimists. I only go so far in my negativity – I would never claim the team quit and I would never, ever hate on my team. I just ignore those people. Personally, being nervous for me is like breathing, it’s automatic…….and yes, I am nervous that this team could very well be one and done in the playoffs again, while the Sox do what they always do. I have faith that this is a very good team, but things aren’t exactly fitting together just right ……..and at the wrong time, too.
Angel – A tale told by idiots, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing
September 21st, 2009 at 11:06 pm
Erica – GMTA… aka Great minds think alike
*****
Ahhhh. LOL. Obviously not that time!
GGBG
You don’t have to throw one-liners at me. I’m not disagreeing with you, I’m simply trying to show why people feel they way they do. For obvious reasons, people see a 5-game winning streak differently than a 5-game losing streak. No one can predict the future, so the human brain draws from past experiences to try and predict what may happen.
You lose a bunch of games and “drop” to a 5-game lead and people will feel bad about it because they see it as a trend. Bottom line.
Saunders has them really off balance. He does have a 2 era in his last 5 starts.
Someone remind the Yankee hitters Saunders stinks. sigh
This offense looks putrid.
UPDATE, 11:05 p.m.: Andy has retired seven straight and looks good. Maybe it was just some rustiness. Now the Yankees need to get the bats going.
To try and calm the bridge-jumpers in the comments section, I’ve asked the Elias Sports Bureau to check if any team in history has ever come back from a 2-0 deficit after the third inning. They’re checking.
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let us know how that research turns out
Arno
That’s what I was saying when I said the view on the lead is all about perspective. Same lead, different way to get there leads to different feelings.
Think we’re saying the same thing.
haha cb bucknors in town
Thanks CB!
Game just started 10 minutes ago and we’re already through 3 1/2? Geez!
Dear offense,
Please remember that you are facing one of the worst pitching staffs in the AL.
Thanks
GGBG
Yea, seems we are. This is what happens when I stay up past my bedtime.
Erica,
I’m not bridge jumping at all. This late in the season, recognizing a team’s short comings isn’t always bridge jumping. If I said they were playing so terribly that they weren’t going to win another game all year, and Texas was going to run the table, and we’d miss the playoffs entirely…well…I would not only be bridge jumping, I’d be a friggin’ lunatic.
This team IS going to make the playoffs. I’m not worried about that. But if you aren’t worried about them…then I don’t know what to say. I’m not dismissing the entire season. They’ve played very, very hard, and very, very well, for the majority of the season.
But the last two weeks have been…surreal. CC has shown up, and pitched his butt off. AJ has had a good start. Everything else has been either terrible, or inconsistent.
This team has, all year, shown an innate inability to get hits with runners in scoring position. Go back and look at the blogs, and count the number of times we were 0-for-the night with men on second or third base. It’s an astonishingly high number.
And yes, I know we have a 5 game lead. We also have the next 6 games against the Red Sox and the Angels, the two teams that we HAVE to beat. In the last week, CC is the only pitcher that was able to beat two bottom feeding teams in Seattle and Baltimore. That doesn’t make me feel very easy about those 5 games.
I will, however, concede that Andy rebounded from an ugly first inning and has looked solid the last two, and that my irritation was spawned PARTIALLY by my hatred of the Angels, and the idea that it was going to be a “Here we go again” type of game. However, the offense, over the last 2 weeks, and the majority of the season, has not shown that they can hit with men in scoring position. When you go down early to a team like the Angels, because you couldn’t get a hit with a man on second and 1 out, a problem that has plagued us all year, I don’t think it’s unreasonable to show concern.
I have always said that my love of the game of baseball comes before my love of the Yankees. Not but much, but still before. And right now, we are not playing the brand of baseball that warrants confidence that they’re going to hold on to this lead.
We have a 5 game lead. Two weeks ago, it was almost twice that. If we lost that many games in two weeks, it is not inconceivable that we could lose 5 more in the next two weeks. That’s all I’m saying.
This team picked the absolute worst time to go in to a slump like this. Will they pull out of it? Maybe. They’ve done it before, even this year. But until they DO pull out of it, and show signs of being the team they’ve been for MOST of the year, I don’t think we should just automatically assume they’re going to return to form. It’s NOT a done deal, and any one of them would tell you that. They’d tell you that right now, they’re playing poorly, and that needs to change. You don’t celebrate until you clinch. This team, playing like this, has a LONG way to go before they clinch. That’s all I’m saying. And I’m fairly certain they’d all, to a man, tell you the same thing.
The Yankee hitters prefer to wait until the later innings of the game. You should know that by now!
LoHud commenter CB is umpiring first base tonight?
The 1998 Yankees went 16-11 in September.
“I have blind faith cause I am cheering for a team that is 95-55???? Please
We have no pitching?? Who has been starting the last 150 games???”
they didn’t get to 95-55 with the pitching they’ve had for the past three weeks or so.
the yankees have sabathia right now.
every other starter is suspect at this point.
look, the yankees are in the playoffs.
but they are not firing on all cylinders right now and their starting pitching after sabathia hasn’t been good .
i’m cheering for the team too, but to be in denial about the starting pitching doesn’t make any sense to me.
“Game just started 10 minutes ago and we’re already through 3 1/2?”
???
Nick Von Clausewitz
They were also up by about 30 games. I think they clinched around Labor Day! LOL!
Nice pitch..Hopefully Andy can hold them down until the offense wakes up.
Pat
Was just commenting on how fast the game is going. Sarcasm didn’t translate propperly
I think my boy is fixed
Can we fix our offense now? Thanks.
Well, that was an incredibly quick inning for Mr. Pettitte
Andy Pettitte just switched on BEAST MODE.
If Pettitte continues pitching well and the Red Sox lose, then the outcome of this game won’t matter so much. Although, it would be nice to lock up HFA.
GJ, ANDY!
the yankees have sabathia right now.
every other starter is suspect at this point.
look, the yankees are in the playoffs.
but they are not firing on all cylinders right now and their starting pitching after sabathia hasn’t been good .
i’m cheering for the team too, but to be in denial about the starting pitching doesn’t make any sense to me.
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I think that is fine. if they suck in the playoffs we can say ’saw it coming’, but when AJ burnett pops off an 8 IP 10 K playoff game and Joba Chamberlain throws 6 IP 0 ER in the ALCS it is going to blow your mind.
If the phillies or the cardinals can get above average production from guys like Blanton and Jeff Weaver, I think we can get that from our boys
Man, Andy – nice last 3 innings
Andy looks good. He was just rusty in the first inning. If he pitches like this the Yankees will be fine. He has a good cutter and slider working.
The only thing I’m looking for in this game is a healthy Andy Pettitte and I’m seeing that. All Girardi should be concerned about in these next two weeks is keeping everyone as healthy as possible. Home field, Division MEAN NOTHING. History proves that the healthier team going into the post season has a better edge than a team with one extra home game.
Andy is starting to settle in. Much more important than the outcome of this game is how Andy looks. After a shaky first inning, Andy has looked very good. I wouldn’t mind seeing him as the #2 pitcher in the postseason.
Big Juicy grounds out to end the 8th. 12-9 Kansas City.
Royals are 3 outs away. Good thing they have a very good closer.
Nick von Clausewitz in SF
September 21st, 2009 at 11:01 pm
The Yankees have won 100% of games I’ve attended, however. Perhaps the collection should be to send me to the postseason.
I’m working on it, Nick. I sent your resume to Susie Arth at Lohud. You might be taking over for you know who. I only had to fib a few times. As long as she doesn’t check with the San Francisco Chronicle, you’ll be watching all the post season games from the press box.
ps: oh yeah, your last name is Murrow. Tell some grandpa Edward stories to make everyone happy.
12-9 royals.
Posada came to play….everyone else I don’t know.
Cano please don’t hit into a DP.
The point, dear chum, is that there is no proven correlation between the overall level of Yankee play in September and the Yankee performance in October.
Posada is trying to make up for that suspension
Also, G. Love, thank you for understanding what I was going for. You pretty much got what I meant, and I appreciate that.
Banned? but still posting?
Does. not. compute.
Canope.
THATS TWICE. he is hideous with risp.
Cano can be infuriating
Pete, that humor is what I’m going to miss most about you!
…please throw us the rest of your Betemit jokes too before you leave!
Cano tried his best to repeat a certain earlier at-bat.
Four innings, 50 pitches. I thought the Angels had a bad BP. Molina has had the best at bat so far. I guess they’re waiting for the seventh inning again.
Will people stop trying to predict how pitchers will perform in the postseason. You never know ! Beckett last year was terrible in October, and Jamie Moyer and Blanton were great for the Phillies in October. I bet most people didn’t see that coming.
Try a hit and run here….need to get something going
DT: I am already practicing. “This… is Detroit.”
Is it possible that they could make special glasses for Cano which would allow him to see the ball coming out of the pitcher’s hand but block his view of the bases? Perhaps if he cannot see the runners on base he will forget that he is hitting with runners on base.
I would like to see Gardner get some more playing time. Melky needs a day or 2 off.
Damn.. all their hits are finding men in the field.
Suboptimalness!
Donnie-
Have they played better baseball? Yes. Do I love watching them lose? Of course not.
There are a few things to consider- 1) It seems like they leave a lot of RISP because they have runners on base every inning. If they scored all of those runs they’d score about 15 runs in every game
2) In 2000 the Yanks started September with over a 10 game lead. By the time the season ended it was down to 2 games I believe. But we won the series that year
Benny – not quite RISP with Posada on 1st
It’s about time for Molina’s monthly hit.
We can all agree that Molina is an automatic out at this point, correct?
“acute gastritis” is the most creative explanation for “hungover” that I’ve heard…
Molina. No surprise there.
randy l.
September 21st, 2009 at 11:13 pm
“I have blind faith cause I am cheering for a team that is 95-55???? Please
We have no pitching?? Who has been starting the last 150 games???”
they didn’t get to 95-55 with the pitching they’ve had for the past three weeks or so.
the yankees have sabathia right now.
every other starter is suspect at this point.
look, the yankees are in the playoffs.
but they are not firing on all cylinders right now and their starting pitching after sabathia hasn’t been good .
i’m cheering for the team too, but to be in denial about the starting pitching doesn’t make any sense to me.
*****
I’d hate to break it to you, but first inning aside Mr. Pettitte is looking quite lovely tonight.
Lets see how this game unfolds.
What is this von Clausewitz business anyway?
Do you have something against Napolean?
Or do you feel Johnny Damon’s tough love approach with Young Master Hughes needs to be expanded in scope in order to motivate Joba “The Prodigal Son” Chamberlain to re-devote himself on the battlefield of the diamond?
And then shouldn’t your location migrate behind a cavalcade of adorned drummers and trumpeteers to:
“… in Prussia in Germany in Jena in France in Prussia in SF?”
Conversely, shouldn’t your methods then take a turn towards the dialectical rather than the merely ironic?
And then is baseball a continuation of lohud politics by a different name?
PL
Don’t sell him short. He’s normally good for a hit a month or so and I think he’s due. Maybe it’ll be a big one tonite!
Having Molina hitting is almost like having the pitcher hit.
“THATS TWICE. he is hideous with risp.”
yet he hasnt had an ab with risp today…thats how bad he is huh?
odd that posada is batting behind swisher we may have had a run by now
If Girardi wants defense and offense behind the plate than just let Cervelli play. He gives you both.
Oh hrmm I guess there is another Patrick around here.. I guess I should go back to being the prospect hugger
First things first – three quick outs in KC, please…then I’ll get back to worrying about the Yankees…
I’d hate to break it to you, but first inning aside Mr. Pettitte is looking quite lovely tonight
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He always looks lovely to me ( sorry, had to, I’m done now.
“We can all agree that Molina is an automatic out at this point, correct?”
I figure Molina has already saved one run tonight. If he didn’t throw out the fast little goat it might be 3-0 now.
nature boy September 21st, 2009 at 11:24 pm
odd that posada is batting behind swisher we may have had a run by now
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I am curious as to why swish is batting before jorge too.
Time for the Mexectuioner…
Soria can you get 3 outs please…
Clearly a CB imposter.
And I do have something against Napoleon: he had a Napoleon complex.
100 pitches of fun… September 21st, 2009 at 11:24 pm
If Girardi wants defense and offense behind the plate than just let Cervelli play. He gives you both.
I agree 100%
“Nick von Clausewitz in SF
September 21st, 2009 at 11:20 pm
DT: I am already practicing. “This… is Detroit.”
good. It might help if you end each blog day with – good night and good luck.
where the f was that
How was that not a strike??
wow saunders has been getting that breaking ball call all night
Andy’s strike zone is a joke…
Whoa Kenny…waxing poetic on this coaching staff when Joba and AJ have been throwing bricks up there since July…Whoa Kenny.
and Soria draws the bottom third of the line-up too…
1 down 2 to go
DT – OPPC member (blood type – Positive)
September 21st, 2009 at 11:27 pm
“Nick von Clausewitz in SF
September 21st, 2009 at 11:20 pm
DT: I am already practicing. “This… is Detroit.”
good. It might help if you end each blog day with – good night and good luck.
*****
As long as there is no borrowing “Good night Yankee people”
that looked like strike 3 to me
ralph, my bad. I meant to say with men on base.
Of course a hit after what should of been an out. I hope Andy didn’t throw the pitch down the middle on purpose.
“I think that is fine. if they suck in the playoffs we can say ’saw it coming’, but when AJ burnett pops off an 8 IP 10 K playoff game and Joba Chamberlain throws 6 IP 0 ER in the ALCS it is going to blow your mind.”
jerkface-
go back and tell me the last time burnett popped off an 8 innings pitched game and then tell me how many games back that is. what is that , once in 9-10 games?
when had joba last thrown 6 shutout innings? that’s gonna take you a while. what’s the chances of it happening ,1 in 10?
what i’m looking for is burnett to give up 3-5 runs in 6 innings and have the yankee bats and the bullpen win the game.
we’re seeing some signs that pettitte may be ok as he gets deeper into this game. that’s huge if he is.
we don’t need great starting pitching, but we need enough to give the bats a chance to win the games with some bullpen help.
don’t implode andy
Come on Andy, get out of this.
Come on andy…lets get a ground ball and get out of this inning!
Tagging from 2nd to 3rd on a ball hit to LCF? That’s embarrassing. Damon should have let Melky catch that. He was right there.
why didn’t melky catch that ball?
Come on Andy, 1 more out!!!
But this von Clausewitz quote might explain some of the fear we have seen lately right here on LoHud:
“The majority of people are timid by nature, and that is why they constantly exaggerate danger. All influences on the military leader, therefore, combine to give him a false impression of his opponent’s strength, and from this arises a new source of indecision.”
done and done
Who didn’t see that coming?
Pulled in IF – right past where ARod would ahve been. Freaking annoying!
well this ones over.
2 out speciality.
And that’s how they get us. Alex is playing in to guard against the bunt and it goes right by him.
Damn, if Arod was back he probably would of had that.
That ball carried more to center than it originally looked like it did
Melky wasn’t there to begin with
What an opportunity the Yankees could have if they would score.KC WINS
Well at least the Sox lost.
come on andy! you can’t afford to give up any more runs.
Abreu wants to hit a 8 run homer so bad
Boston loses. Magic number updated!
Of course the “walk” scores.
I think Eric Aybar is one of my unfavoritist players.
If this is at Yankee Stadium, we win this game in a blowout.
game over in KC
sox lose
magic number is 8
Nothing is more annoying than giving up two out runs. Seriously.
He has to hold it here.
KC wins~!
Great pitch there Andy, great!
Andy looks pissed at the strike zone. I don’t blame him.
Boston loses…Abreu strikes out…time for some RUNS!
The tide is going to turn this inning.
atleast andy kept the damage to a minimum….3-0 with 4 innings left is very doable…the offense might look stagnant now but it can be awakened quickly..
This team is totally frustrating…A-Rod’s brain is confused about hitting principles…Cano can’t seem to hit when he has runners on base…Swish is drinking too much Red Bull again…and Melky is starting to curd up…At least Jorge wants to play some ball tonight!!
“And I do have something against Napoleon: he had a Napoleon complex.”
LOL
Now, seeing the Red Sox lost, the Yanks will start their comeback!
this is all part of the plan.
If the Angels are ahead, that rally monkey doesn’t rear it’s ugly head.
Special thanks to Trey Hillman and the guys.
George’s “must beat the Sox” speech stays with some people for a lifetime.
Royals win. Theeeeee Royals win.
Byrd vs. Greinke tomorrow night. Time to win a few games and make this weekend’s series meaningless.
Yanks can’t win if they can’t score. C’mon guys.
Dearest New York Yankee Offense-
I know I already asked a favor tonight, but please indulge me in one more request. We need to score a few runs. At least 3. A win would be really, really good tonight. You are better than Saunders. Please show it. Thank you in advance for your cooperation.
Sincerely Yours,
Erica
“Clearly a CB imposter.”
either that or CB has had a few too many glasses of wine.
i’m voting imposter, but once i did that before and it took CB about five posts to convince me it was him.
the problem then was that nick was encouraging him to be funny and it just didn’t seem like CB.
but it was.
Jeter and Posada have the idea tonight. Line drives up the middle.
Damn, Jeter is on fire. It seems like they have had the lead off guy on base every inning.
Jeter needs to steal a base or hit and run here.
El Capitan is on…come on Johnny D
the old guard with all the hits tonight
lead off hit
don’t score
Erica..you are so polite..:)
DT – OPPC member (blood type – Positive)
September 21st, 2009 at 11:36 pm
this is all part of the plan.
If the Angels are ahead, that rally monkey doesn’t rear it’s ugly head.
*******
:Shudder:
There is nothing uglier than a rally monkey.
Johnny needs a Rocket!!
can a lead-off single be just as “lethal” as a lead-off walk, PLEASE!!
Sox blew a 6-0 lead tonight to one of the worst teams in baseball. I wonder if their fans think the season is over?
wow, that’s a bad loss for the red sox. nice.
YankeeKid
September 21st, 2009 at 11:38 pm
Erica..you are so polite..:)
****
My mother always taught me to kill them with kindness
Pettitte gives up another 2 out run. Mo blew the save all with 2 outs and joba gave up a bunch of runs with 2 outs yesterday and now all 3 of pettitte runs came with 2 outs.
I cant believe the red sox lost that game. Nice comeback by those gutty gritty royals.
:/
Nice try Johnny
A loud out. Boo…
guess what Abreu isnt scared of walls anymore
I do not think Johnny could have hit that harder
Too bad the wall wasn’t any closer to my man Abreu.
That was a homer in Yankee. Damn!
That would have been a Yankee Stadium HR
Where would that have been at YS?
Michael Kay fail
Will someone remind Abreu he’s afraid of the wall again, please?
now abreu isnt scared of the wall?
yankee stadium and thats gone
What’s more frustrating is the repeated scalding of balls and nothing to show for it… yet. A la Damon.
Ah, what a hit by Damon.
How does the Angels bullpen look as of late?
Agh…
What did I say?
laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaame
since when does Bobby like WALLS
Yankees lose this game….horrible….another DP..
Lame!
You have got to be kidding me…..
I am not looking at a pessimistic postseason, I am looking at the Yankees winning the world series. So of course AJ is going to throw 8 ip 10 k
I don’t think many teams win the WS with underwhelming pitching, which is a realistic option for the Yankees.
I can’t believe Abreu got that close to the wall. Are we sure that’s really Abreu?
We suck in Anahiem.
F*** this, I’m going to sleep.
Right now this offense stinks.
oh so NOW he isn’t scared of the wall?? I hate him.
Yankees are playing like that ZombieLand Trailer!!!
another reason why homefield advantage is so important…
if damon hits that same ball in YS…that is an EASY homerun…
They have fallen apart, I’m getting worried
randy, you sucker, of course that was the real CB. That was part of the joke.
LOL that inning went down fast
Another bad break for the Yankees. Seems like nothing is going right in this game. I hate facing the Angels !
“There is nothing uglier than a rally monkey.”
obviously you haven’t see this..
http://tiny.cc/z5cql
They are making 3 runs look like yesterday’s 7. Also Gaudin is pitching tomorrow so it would of been nice to win tonight’s game.
All you can do in baseball is hit the ball hard. The Yankees have done that. You can’t guide the ball.
DT – OPPC member (blood type – Positive)
September 21st, 2009 at 11:42 pm
“There is nothing uglier than a rally monkey.”
obviously you haven’t see this..
http://tiny.cc/z5cql
****
LOL!!!
Angel -
Can change IP addresses.
But each IP gets banned and posts deleted.
Does. That. Compute. Now.
This loser Angels team is certainly not afraid of playing defense and turning DPs against us like they were against the Sox.
Why are people talking like this game is over? Have we not won a gazillion games this year by coming back after the 6th inning? It’s only 3 runs for cryin out loud!
What do you think?
LoHud Yankee Blog Suite during the playoffs????
Who’s in????
That’s what happens when your baserunners stand like statues in front of hitters that run as slow as molasses.
“Lohud is more than a true chameleon that slightly adapts its characteristics to the given case. As a total phenomenon its dominant tendencies always make Lohud a remarkable trinity–composed of primordial violence, hatred, and enmity, which are to be regarded as a blind natural force; of the play of chance and probability within which the creative spirit of Francisco Cervelli is free to roam; and of its element of subordination, as an instrument of community blog posting guidelines, which makes it subject to reason alone.”
I hope that the Yankees can get this out of their system. This is like watching them against the Gambler a few years ago. With the exception of Posada and Jeter, they look tight and anxious at the plate.
They are also pretty unlucky, hitting line drives right at people.
Andy is making Hunter look silly with the cutter in the dirt.
Looking ahead, Saunders will pitch the 7th inning and their 8th inning pitcher has been very good recently, then Fuentes stinks obviously.
The rest of the league pounds Saunders except for the Yankees. Makes sense…
Uglier than a rally monkey?
http://tinyurl.com/mvjf62
Six innings, seventy pitches. They are not competing. This is bad.
Nick von Clausewitz in SF
September 21st, 2009 at 11:45 pm
Uglier than a rally monkey?
http://tinyurl.com/mvjf62
****
Yuck! That wins indeed!
next time any yankee batter gets on base try stealing 2nd.. 2 dp’s have been too much
Erica – always OPPC September 21st, 2009 at 11:44 pm
What do you think?
LoHud Yankee Blog Suite during the playoffs????
Who’s in????
________________________________________________________________
:raises both hands:
Andy has done a great job. If it wasn’t for the ump it only would of been 2 runs. Great sign for the post season.
This team has looked awful for weeks.
“Given the same amount of intelligence, timidity will do a thousand times more damage than audacity.”
yankees offense has been bad the past week..and it continues against one of the teams they NEED to show they can beat. Yankees are SLUMPING at the wrong time…the sox are only 5 games back and we are just not looking like the team it did a month ago
After the first inning, Pettitte has been outstanding. You’ll take this any time from any pitcher. This is on the offense.
one problem with this blog is it’s sleep deprived .
everyone who’s been staying up watching these games seems a bit cranky.
i basically hate west coast games.
Trevor:
Research before you post.
Saunders has given up 2, 0, 2, 1, and 2 in his last 5 starts covering 30 innings. That’s an ERA of 1.5.
I’m pinning the Yankee woes so far tonight on Boras’ gangster lean behind home plate.
How clueless is Pete? Dude really thinks Damon is throwing Quinlan out if he throws to third on that play?
Learn the game, man.
randy l.
September 21st, 2009 at 11:47 pm
one problem with this blog is it’s sleep deprived .
everyone who’s been staying up watching these games seems a bit cranky.
i basically hate west coast games.
****
Me too!!!!
You still like me????
A-ROD!!!!!!
Nick, that was just mean. I had to wash my eyes out with soap.
FINALLY!
It’s about goddamn time.
3-1
Arod’s stats in this park are insane!
It’s a run!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you Arod, maybe now the guys can get going.
Good start to the inning.
alot of Yankee fans in Anaheim
A-ROD Slump Breaker??? Nice shot…let’s get it going now!!!
an a-bomb, from a-rod
Nick von Clausewitz in SF September 21st, 2009 at 11:45 pm
Uglier than a rally monkey?
http://tinyurl.com/mvjf62
_________________________________________________________________
Thanks, now I’m going to have nightmares Nick
Woohooo ALEX!
Yay!
Great job A-rod !
Alex!
A-rod’s got people to impress
BryanHoch: RT @MLBFanHouse Kate Hudson AND Kurt Russell in attendance at Angels Stadium.
So, Red Bull Swish swings at the first pitch and grounds out!!! Not patient!!
It is really weird that Swish is batting 5th. He isn’t good enough to hit that high.
“How clueless is Pete? Dude really thinks Damon is throwing Quinlan out if he throws to third on that play?
Learn the game, man.”
your the clueless one…pete said damon should know that melky needs to catch that ball..
We need to start a chant-
Lets Go Yankees
(clap clap clap)
Lets Go Yankees
(clap clap clap)
Finally, A-Rod!
Erica – always OPPC
September 21st, 2009 at 11:51 pm
We need to start a chant-
Lets Go Yankees
(clap clap clap)
Lets Go Yankees
(clap clap clap)
****
They heard me in Anaheim! Cool
If someone went to the trouble to ban every IP address I changed to, I’d take a hint and move on. *shrug*
yankees will win tonight.
Lets go Yankees!
(clap clap clapclapclap)
Lets go Yankees!
(clap clap clapclapclap)
Lets go Yankees!
(clap clap clapclapclap)
Angel-
GMTA!
“After we have thought out everything carefully in advance and have sought and found without prejudice the most plausible plan, we must not be ready to abandon it at the slightest provocation.”
Sounds like lots of Yankee fans in the stadium.
Posada swings at ball 4 twice.
“It is really weird that Swish is batting 5th. He isn’t good enough to hit that high.”
or maybe more Red Bull is needed – He isn’t high enough to hit that good!
Overall the Yanks have to be pleased with Andy’s outing. Pete’s right about Damon’s throw in the first. It cost us a run. A Rod playing in close and Aybar hit it inches past him cost another run. Win or lose, if Andy feels ok tomorrow the Yanks could lose a battle but win the war.
posada trying to make it 3-2
“The Yankees could use a baserunner in front of Cano.”
What is Singleton smoking?
If I’m Cano I’m looking for that same pitch again.
And he got it.
Nick leads the team in OPS since the ASB.
Do you know how you watched WAY too much baseball this weekend while the Yanks were in Seattle???
A train went by my apartment just now and I thought it was coming from the TV. LOL
Cano keeps trying to pull Saunders. That’s a no no.
Sorry for that disgusting picture I posted before. Since Bronx Jeers is not here tonight, here’s our current magic number:
http://tinyurl.com/m8k9bp
Jobas in the Pen? Keep him there.
Cabrera wasn’t going to throw out Quinlan. He runs well and it was hit too deep. The last thing they needed was an ill-advised attempt to throw him out. Not happening unless Quinlan falls down.
dammit bruney time…
I hope Girardi doesn’t let Molina attempt to hit when his spot comes up.
Swisher tried to pull the low outside pitch with bad results. Posada struck himself out with two pitches out of the strike zone and then there was Cano. Oy.
They look tired and like they dont give two craps about what happens. They have no enthusiasm or evident will to win lately. They need to refresh or they wont last a minute in the playoffs.
In the playoffs we dont play teams like the Orioles,Blue Jays,A’s,etc..its Tigers,Angels,Red Sox…RECORDS dont matter once playoffs start, everyone’s equal, and I think thye have let this “lead” that is diminishing get to their heads…they need to STEP IT UP!
Here comes batting practice…I cringe whenever I see Bruney on the mound.
Bruney’s in.
My knees are officially shaking. I guess we really don’t want to win this game?
Were they just playing Build Me Up Buttercup in Anaheim?
NYY626 – Go Andy! September 21st, 2009 at 11:46 pm
Erica – always OPPC September 21st, 2009 at 11:44 pm
What do you think?
LoHud Yankee Blog Suite during the playoffs????
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________________________________________________________________
:raises both hands:
————-
I think Pete owes all of his readers that much. Can’t cost too much for a suite
I miss Andy already. Please prove everyone wrong Bruney
Wild thing
You make my heart sing
You make everything
Groovy!
No. 99?
LOL, thanks a lot.
haha michael kay thinks people buy bruney jerseys
Really? They aren’t trying? Some people spout the most ridiculous stuff.
“How clueless is Pete? Dude really thinks Damon is throwing Quinlan out if he throws to third on that play?
Learn the game, man.”
he meant that melky should have caught that ball.
anyone that knew the game would know that, man.
Score that 1-4-3
Kick save!
Well that helped. It would of been up the middle for a hit.
The “Brian Bruney” experiment continues
Or, in the immortal words of Steve Somers:
“That’s 1-4-3 if your scoring at home, or even if you’re alone…”
When Brian Bruney pitches all action takes place, so to speak, in a kind of twilight, which like a fog or moonlight, often tends to make things seem grotesque and larger than they really are.
Aceves??? He hasnt pitched in over a week! Is Giardi not going to pitch him until the playoffs? Is he trying to get Ace rusty????
Let’s hope Andy comes out of this start feeling ok. It would be nice to win but that is the most important thing.
Important question-
I am about to experience DVR conflict. Has the president appeared on Letterman yet???
thanks joe
DAGGER TIME BRUNEY
I guess Joe didn’t want to win the game
Seriously…why do we have Bruney on the roster? I just don’t get it.
Hey, at least Bruney is consistent.
That was a blast from the second Bruney let go of it.
We have definitely seen this story before.
Did anyone not expect that? Really..A straight fastball and a homerun hitter. BRUNEY IS A JOKE!!!
I just screamed. Loudly.
Bruney makes it hard for me to stay in his corner.
Do the Yankees not issue the number 0 out? I’ve never seen anyone with it.
Why is Bruney in the game that’s actually winnable?
Joe Girardi should NOT bring Bruney in down 2 runs…see!! Now we are down 3 RUNS!!!
“Nick von Clausewitz in SF
September 21st, 2009 at 11:55 pm
Sorry for that disgusting picture I posted before”
It brought good luck. Arod homered.
See if you can find another ugly Red Sox mug.
Yankees Suck says the crowd…Sadly tonight i agree
At this point I’m more shocked when Bruney DOESN’T give up a homerun when he pitches.
Bruney
I swear I called that homer off the min it left Bruney’s hands
Man, what happened to Bruney? He was lights out in May/June.
Awww, listen to the sheeple with their Yankees suck.
Man, what the heck happened to Bruney?
LOL, LOL
Joe just tried to give away this game like this?
what a useless tool.
“If you entrench yourself behind strong fortifications, you compel the enemy seek a solution elsewhere.”
Or you could put in Brian Bruney.
When is Joe going to realize that Bruney is no good?
Bruney sucks ! When will we give up on this guy? I hope we don’t see him on the team next year.
He should take him out and bring Alba in. At least Alba’s pitches have movement on them. Another inning that Robertson’s injury hurts them.
I have something positive to say about Brian Bruney.
He really gives up pretty home runs.
yo i swear why is bruney ever in a close game? he can not be trusted…i feel more comfortable with anyone else in the game
Bruney should cut the middle man out of it and just throw the freakin ball into the bleachers.
Awful body language. Stuff’s not that good right now. His elbow is being held together by duct tape and good intentions.
He’s not the same pitcher he was during the early part of the season before he got hurt and he needs to not pitch in big spots…like in games vs. the Angels that we need to win.
Any takers on Bruney walking Figgins?
Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds the uncertainty of Brian Bruney fascinating.
the only thing worse than bruney pitching now is ramirez the white flag.
Brian Bruney has no role on the postseason roster.
i basically hate west coast games.
****
Me too!!!!
You still like me????
a lot better than i like bruney right now
why is he in there?
I just can not believe that Brian Bruney is pitching in the 7th inning of a meaningful game in September. Unbelievable. Anybody NOT think Morales was going to hit a home run?
Absolutely unacceptable.
Hopefully the 2 people who own a Brian Bruney shirt arent running out to buy another one with his name and the number 99. As it is, they should get a refund for the previous one that was bought.
How about getting on the manager who brings a guy in who hasn’t proven lately he can pitch a clean inning?
This is another Girardi head-scratching move.
“Were they just playing Build Me Up Buttercup in Anaheim?”
close. that was:
Toss It Up, BruneyButt, go break their heart.
“Yankees Suck says the crowd”
————-
Sucking their way to the best record in baseball once again.
I’m always amused when fans chant that.
Funny, I haven’t heard the “Pirates Suck” chant yet.
John Sterling quote of the night.
“If Bruney keeps throwing fastballs down the middle of the plate, he will keep giving up hits”.
good point pete where is aceves? he hasn’t pitched since last monday and i figured they were saving him for joba and when he didn’t pitch yesterday i figured they were saving him for andy in case he had problems tonight. where is he?
Bruney is a joke. Just like Farnsworth he just aims for the plate and throws. Learn how to pitch!!!
well, six outs left after this.
People can forget about the Yankees signing Figgins, unless they give him one of the outfield spots. They aren’t paying 8-10 mil a year for a utility player.
randy l.
September 22nd, 2009 at 12:02 am
i basically hate west coast games.
****
Me too!!!!
You still like me????
a lot better than i like bruney right now
why is he in there?
*******
LOL. I don’t know.
You know its bad when I am struggling to come up with something encouraging
>He should take him out and bring Alba in.
>At least Alba’s pitches have movement on them.
Bruney’s pitches have lots of movement.
Some move over the RF wall. Some over the left. Sometimes even straightaway center.
It’s so comforting knowing the Angels are inevitably going to bow out like cowards against the Red Sox.
He’s stubbon, stupid, and has no clue where the ball is going – just trying to throw it through a wall.
Morales taught him a lesson there and Bruney is too dumb to realize it.
He tried brushing him back, then went to locate a fastball away and he didn’t locate it.
Bruney is Laloosh.
Bruney should change the name on the front of his jersey next.
I kind of miss when Aceves was our 7th inning guy and the last 3 innings were automatic
girardi must not think this game’s important if he put bruney in
“When is Joe going to realize that Bruney is no good?”
now that’s an excellent question.
the whole bullpen was rested .
why bruney?
i don’t get it.
Girardi gave up when KC beat Boston….he figures he could play around with bringing in Bruney.
where is Fredo? where is Phil Hughes?
Brian Bruney. Again.
Bruney is no good. We gave him a chance and it’s been two months and he still sucks. DFA him ! We have other good arms in the pen, we don’t need him.
# Pel (a/k/a Bart Simpson) September 22nd, 2009 at 12:03 am
>He should take him out and bring Alba in.
>At least Alba’s pitches have movement on them.
Bruney’s pitches have lots of movement.
Some move over the RF wall. Some over the left. Sometimes even straightaway center.
loooooool
It is just unreal that the Yanks actually score a run and come within 2. Then we have to see this loser and his straight fastball.
This might have been a D-Rob inning. I miss that kid.
Good question Pete – where was Aceves?
This is where the “established roles” BS kills a team. Aceves has to be saved because he can pitch more than an inning. Bruney can’t pitch more than an inning so he can be used in the 7th.
Complete BS. Awful move there. We had just gotten a run back and there was no way Bruney was getting through that inning unscathed.
Maybe Brian Bruney just needs a new number
maybe bruney is girardi’s new boy toy now that ransom is gone and coke has gastritis
Molina better not be on deck…
Ahhhhhh, CB, you are on a roll tonight. Very well done, sir.
# Christina- Pictures of the Girardi and A-Rod ejection + Leiter’s Sock September 22nd, 2009 at 12:06 am
Maybe Brian Bruney just needs a new number
on a new team
Should have some pinch hitters ready…Melky is like 2 of his last 40…
Who stinks more, Bruney or Joba?
Matsui would be a GREAT pinch hitter for Molina!!!
Girardi should of used Marte for Morales. Morales doesn’t really hit many homers from the right side.
I hope Bruney’s 99 jersey will become like the Traveling Pants in that movie.
Well, if this was a couple of weeks ago, I would say this game is still not over, but now?
This game is over.
For the life of me I do not understand what Girardi is trying to prove. Bruney is not able to do the job this year, period. Give it a rest, Joe, maybe he’ll be better next year. But, stop with Bruney in close games, it’s irritating and unnecessary.
Why is Abledaejo warming up…JOE WE ARE DOWN 3 RUNS NOT A TOUCHDOWN…
give the Alex home run right back. And we wonder why we lose all the time in Anaheim.
Bruney should never see the mound in September.
And, hey, look – Melky Cabrera made an out.
G. Love
September 22nd, 2009 at 12:07 am
I hope Bruney’s 99 jersey will become like the Traveling Pants in that movie.
******
You want it to be shared by 4 teenage girls???
“Aceves has to be saved because he can pitch more than an inning. Bruney can’t pitch more than an inning so he can be used in the 7th.”
In the long run, we are all dead when Brian Bruney is pitching.
good call Erica.
Angel -
I did take a hint. Pete is a Red Sox fan.
I take it from the source. Not everyone on here dislikes my posts.
This Angels team is like every other years Angels team. They are sickening. Looks like Kendry Morales came to play this series, just not last week against another AL East team.
Yeah, Bruney is a joke. His fastball to a home run hitter is a home run. But Paul Byrd’s straight 88 mph fastball was not a home run to these same hitters last week.
Pathetic at bat. Melky just slaps away at anything. Gardner needs to play the next couple of games.
So Matsui leads the majors in RBI vs. Lefties…14/26 HR against Lefties…so they sat him tonight.
Good call!
Erica – always OPPC
September 22nd, 2009 at 12:07 am
Matsui would be a GREAT pinch hitter for Molina!!!
****
Joe Girardi Agreed
Erica – 1
Wow Melky looks like he’s swatting at a bowling ball with a broomstick.
He can’t drive it at all.
I think Gardner is working his way into a postseason start or two.
If he goes deep Ima smash my face against the wall
Yeah that makes sense. Sit the guy who hits lefties best for Molina.
SEE YA!
MATSUI!
Are you kidding me wth Joe he should be starting at dh today you idiot.
Erica – always OPPC
September 22nd, 2009 at 12:09 am
Erica – always OPPC
September 22nd, 2009 at 12:07 am
Matsui would be a GREAT pinch hitter for Molina!!!
*****
Memo to Yankee Management-
I am for hire
thanks hideki bigger thanks to girardi/bruney
If only Bruney didn’t give up that insurance run…
Nice job Matsui!! Too bad he only took back what Bruney gave up.
Carl
JPG or it didn’t happen.
Perhaps Matsui should have started this game…
Let’s Go Yanks!!!!
Matsui!
How ya like that PH homerun, Scioscia?
Matsui, just picking up the slack.
Now bringing in Bruney looms large. Thanks Joe.
Now if Girardi didn’t bring in Bruney this would be a one run game.
Carl
September 22nd, 2009 at 12:09 am
If he goes deep Ima smash my face against the wall
*****
How much did it hurt????
well it would have been 3-2.
Too bad Girardi gave up on the game. Heres to hoping he doesnt put him back in for the next inning. Maybe they will have a chance of holding the score and coming back
how do you spell scoscia?
scoscia
scoiscia
scioscia
sciosca
sosha
Sad that the Matsui card had to be played with the bases empty.
Can our once-again circular lineup complete one rotation?
Nice job Matsui, cutting it to a manageable 1 run deficit! Oh wait, Bruney sucks and it’s just back to 2 runs.
God I hate Bruney.
For all the blind faith optimists out there I just want to go on record as saying as I do believe that Matsui is going to carry this team through the post season and win a series MVP along the way.
Joe is trying to develop some postseason arms he can rely upon.
OBviously, Bruney can never be relied upon, but he is trying to give him confidence, of which Bruney can never have.
Bloop and a blast time…
maybe if we take the lead edwar set-up man melancon closer?
how do you spell scioscia -
Red Sox. That is how
The source is the one thats deleting your posts and if I recall correctly asked you not to post again. Seriously delusional.
“Maybe Brian Bruney just needs a new number”
how about a great big zero ?
Let’s go Yankees!!!!
Maybe Girardi can put Edwar in so the Angels can really put this game out of reach.
Erica – always OPPC September 22nd, 2009 at 12:10 am
Carl
September 22nd, 2009 at 12:09 am
If he goes deep Ima smash my face against the wall
*****
How much did it hurt????
I’ll meet Joe G in NY and smash his face in under the Paulie banner for sitting Matsui today.
DT – OPPC member (blood type – Positive)
September 22nd, 2009 at 12:08 am
good call Erica.
****
Thank you very much
Randy, a 0 might work perfect for him. And it’s not retired so he should be game.
Carl
September 22nd, 2009 at 12:12 am
Erica – always OPPC September 22nd, 2009 at 12:10 am
Carl
September 22nd, 2009 at 12:09 am
If he goes deep Ima smash my face against the wall
*****
How much did it hurt????
I’ll meet Joe G in NY and smash his face in under the Paulie banner for sitting Matsui today.
*****
Ummm… ouch!
You think we see Fuentes in the 9th???
It is soo frustrating how many guys they left on base in this game. They also had the lead off guy on base in 4 or so innings.
Did Darren Oliver start a 1996 ALDS game against us?
So its up to tex and alex…
Are the WB commercials intentionally campy, or are they just bad?
I wonder if they will put in Fuentes in the 9th?
Angel -
Pete is a Red Sox fan. Because my posts are so anti-Red Sox, he does not like them, banned me. I refuse to bow down to the requests and insults of a Red Sox fan. Simple.
A new number is not enough for Bruney.
He needs the full-on Witless Protection Program.
I was just looking over Boston’s schedule for this month, they have absolutely played NO ONE…and they have been home alot. It’s eight games right now, it could be as low as 4 games when they come to town…the team is going to be fine, its the late summer-fall slump…this team is legit…
Maybe Rick Reed can umpire the 9th inning to help us out…
Someone’s pin has fallen off.
A wilted flower of aluminum.
Oxidizing in a puddle of salt tears in SF.
albaladejo to face abreu/vlad/hunter?
is this a joke? we are only down 2 runs against FUENTES, what the .
looks like Alba will be in line for the win when the Yanks come back in the 9th!
Saunders will probably go for the complete game. Or their set up man whatever his name is will start the 9th. They haven’t used Fuentes against righties, for good reason.
WHy is Abalidelejo out there???? this makes about 0 sense…shouldn’t Marte face Abreu anyways??? what is Joe doing this guy is a AAA pitcher…
…actually bruney is so bad double zero would be even better .
where are my posts?????
Jobamania September 22nd, 2009 at 12:18 am
albaladejo to face abreu/vlad/hunter?
is this a joke? we are only down 2 runs against FUENTES, what the .
Albalamania
Jepsen is their setup man, and he is damn good. Angels closer of the future
Why the hell does Bruney still get used? Girardi is such a joke when it comes to trusting people. He gives up a HR in every outing.
LOL
double zero is cool.
I am very surprised Girardi didn’t bring in Marte to face Abreu.
Joe going to Albaledejo in 8th is a very strange move. Even if Albaledejo doesn’t give up a run it is the wrong move to bring in someone who will not even be on the postseason roster.
Thank goodness for Prussian aristocratic theorists.
Otherwise we’d have to face the old saw that strategy is art and tactics science.
And using Albaladejo to face the heart of the Angels order pure mysticism.
Erica wants sleep
Wants to go to bed happy
Can Yankees come back???
(We don’t haiku enough anymore)
Just a question. But, why is Melky the starting CF come playoff time? Both offensively and defensively Gardner seems to be the better player right now. Also, with Gardner’s speed he can get a lot of cheap hits off guys like Beckett, Lester, Lackey, Verlander, etc. And please do not say Melky has a great arm b/c to be honest everytime he seems to air it out this year his accuracy has been dreadful.
I guess Joe feels OK right now since Sox lost tonight.
I posted about 3 or 4 times about this nutcase “jim” and why is he still on this board when Pete supposedly banned him.
Hey, Pete, wake up, you’re deleting mine and letting his go through?
Alba looked more intimidating on the mound with raccoon eyes.
i rather seen IAN bleepin KENNEDY out there than this slob albaladejo
Girardi has made plenty of mistakes in this game. Now he has Alba when hughes should have been in there before Bruney. It seems that Joe is giving this game away.
Hope Robertson gets some work in this series we need him back badly…and there is vlad smacking ALBA…Joe figure it out…maybe a closed door meeting tomorrow…we look bad…
is there a reason we’re not seeing Phil Hughes right now?
Danger, Will Robinson. Hunter’s Big trouble here.
vlad hits anything.
kkm September 22nd, 2009 at 12:21 am
is there a reason we’re not seeing Phil Hughes right now?
Because we gon’ lose
It would be nice to keep the game at 4-2.
“Pete is a Red Sox fan. Because my posts are so anti-Red Sox, he does not like them, banned me. I refuse to bow down to the requests and insults of a Red Sox fan. Simple.”
Your lack of respect shows who you really are, Jim. Good luck to you… you’re not endearing.
im befuddled
girardi needs to stop using this book of only using setup men/closers when you are tied or winning.
NEWSFLASH, down 2 runs is a winnable game
“is there a reason we’re not seeing Phil Hughes right now?”
They don’t have a lead. You know the drill.
so yeah the red sox lost, but aren’t they contending for hfa with the team they are facing?
He could have even used MO this inning considering he needs work…its pretty much the reason he looked so shoddy in Seattle at the end…the cutter needs repetition.
Yes, faith has been lost
Bruney Believer no more
pin pricks hurt too much
Pep, it might just be getting caught in the spam filter?
I’m not sure that I’d bring in Bruney or Albaladejo into the game, but, I sure as Hell wouldn’t bring Hughes into the 7th inning, down by two runs.
Hey, CB, stop sniffin that glue!
I’ll be very surprised if Juan Heavyfoot Rivera does not get an rbi single here. Let’s see is Johnny Boy shocks me…
I have a terrible feeling that Girardi is going to managing us right out of a 27th WS if he has the chance.
Even though Fuentes is ready. I highly doubt he is starting the inning.
hopefully rivera smacks one out of the yard
lol who didnt see that one coming? so close to out of the yard.
Great job JOE G
thanks joe…freakin idiot
greenberet – and why would you not bring in our second best reliever in a 2-run game in the 8th inning? Interested to hear your thoughts.
we can’t win with these scrubs pitching. not in close games.
Well there goes yet another tack on run. Have to love the 2 out hits.
lol rivera benched.
soth is pissed
Mr. Girardi – u got some splainin to do!
Joe is saving his bullpen for a more meaningful game obviously having no faith in the Yankee offense to come back in this game which is why he put in scrubs like Bruney and Albaladumdum
joe girardi good-hearted christian faith in AAA bullpen bums FAIL
Looks like Rivera was not going to trot to the dugout after a strikeout like he trotted after the game ending Alex G hit the other night.
We can still come back.
Man, is anyone going to stop the bleeding?
the yankees don’t WANT this game
Ok, Joe you can change pitchers mid-inning if necessary…
Pitching garbage in the late innings have killed any chance they had. Girardi is managing this like another spring training game.
Yankees score a run, then Joe puts in a pitcher that is sure to give up a run, or two, or three, or four …
Why does the Yankees hit a brick wall with this team?
Bringing in Bruney was like waving the ought red flag.
This is sickening to watch,thank goodness KC took care of the Sawx.
Juan Rivera is a dog. Didn’t hustle to dive to make the third out of the RedSox game, and should have been on 3rd. Dog!
Tex will probably hit a solo home run in the 9th and then another reliever can give the run back in the bottom of the….oh, wait…..
“They don’t have a lead. You know the drill.”
I do know the drill, just wish Joe didn’t
Girardi managed this game very strange from the beginning and you would think with Gaudin going tomorrow he would want to ensure a win today by using your best relievers. A 2 run lead against their bullpen with this offense is nothing.
Also, on the Matsui thing that I did not see anyone mention. If the Yankees face Saunders in the playoffs is Joe really going to sit Matsui in favor of Jose Molina (this is reminiscent of getting Cody Ransom in the lineup btw)? Why not give Matsui the chance to see Saunders now?
I have not had to say this much this year, but very very poor job by Mr. Girardi today.
Joe wants to save the best for last.
LOL
what an idiot.
girardi is the master at resting players so much that when it comes time to use them they are rusty
I guess it’s more important to Joe to let the AAAA guys feel good about themselves than for us to actually win the game.
What a shame. This was a lost opportunity.
If this are tryouts for the bullpen in the postseason, Im afraid we will carry only a few pitchers. LOL
If Girardi continues this approach in the playoffs he will be fired.
I know Girardi has got them to 95 wins. Blah, blah but he makes a ton of weird moves.
And then you sit Matsui and start Molina at catcher. Anyone on this board can catch Pettitte. How can you say this is a big series Joe but you don’t manage like its one. Pete Ask him that please.
Offense takes a huge hit too Saunders came into this game with a 4.75 era. And all they can do is hit two solo homeruns. They cant string together runs.
I thought Aceves should of been used in the 8th if you were not going to bring in Hughes down 2.
Now boarding, charter flight #27: Brian Cashman
“Hey, CB, stop sniffin that glue!”
These past two innings have been like watching a slow motion accident.
There was simply no doubt that the Angels would score against Bruney and Alabalawful.
Yet they pitched anyway.
This is a replay of the bull pen from early in the season when the pen was awful. Same personnel.
And it’s the managers’s active decision to utilize his 40 man roster in this fashion.
What’s there to say?
What kind of message does that send to the offense in a game they’re down by 1 run and then 2 runs set up to face the horrendous Brian Fuentes with three RH power hitters lined up to face him?
Back to prussia…
I have seen MO, once in 15 games it seems…
This game seemed to be managed like it’s a ten game lead on the lost side. Very odd.
This wasn’t a lost opportunity. They are hitting lame right now. A lost opportunity would be if the Yankees actually hit the ball out of the infield (besides ARod and Matsui).
And a cheap strike. What a joke.
baserunners
baserunners
baserunners
(I thought I would take the beetlejuice approach)
Great at bat Tex
Jeremy
September 22nd, 2009 at 12:29 am
If Girardi continues this approach in the playoffs he will be fired.
======================
And rightly so, because they won’t make it past the first round with these types of decisions.
My only guess is he’s trying to save the other guys for more “meaningful” games later. That’s as far as my thinking takes me.
Other than that, I have no clue what he’s trying to accomplish here.
BALL FOUR!!!
I thought it was odd he brought in Albaledejo in the 8th. I didn’t think it was that odd using Bruney in the 7th. You had no Coke/Robertson so he has been using Bruney in that role. But I thought for sure he would of brought in Marte in the 8th to face Abreu and then maybe went to Aceves.
Who else wants Kate Hudson to dress like Glenn Close in The Natural for the post season?
Girardi needs to start using players more instead of giving them so much rest. If the players are rusty in October all that rest wouldn’t have helped.
Girardi basically conceded the game by throwing Bruney and Alba out there. The game was still in reach before Bruney was in there.
It is mind-boggling that Bruney is STILL thrown out there in close games when he can’t even handle pitching in blowouts….
Can Girardi let us know when he considers games to be important again so we know whether it’s worth watching or not? You know, games where Bruney and Albaladejo aren’t going to be the first arms out of the bullpen to pour gasoline on the fire.
Our only chance to win this game is if the Czarina dies…
Look at that — Scioscia (sp) plays to win. Knows we hit Fuentes well. Wish Joe didn’t have so many disparate agendas going on with him.
Just focus on winning, Joe. Come on.
Another night of nothing from Tex,the supposed MVP.
we….SUCK!
CANT BEAT THE GOOD TEAMS….and we wonder why we havnt won since ‘00…THEY NEED TO F****N WAKE UP!
Thank you for giving up the 2 extra runs….
Wouldn’t it be nice to have Matsui up against Fuentes! Thanks Joe G!
Maybe an unconventional thing to do, would be to rest all the everyday players tomorrow…they just look gassed out there…at this point we have hit in what seems like a week….
Unfortunately watching the game on cbssportsline….can anyone give some good analysis on Andy’s performance? That’s the most important part of tonight’s game.
thanks.
posada to tie this game.
swisher homer ties it, oh wait…
The only guy who should be reserved to pitching ONLY in tie games and with a lead is the closer. Since when did that rule apply to the 8th inning guy. Hughes should be pitching in any big game when the Yankees are within striking distance (as long as he has not pitched too much recently) If the Yankees are down 1 or 2 runs in the 8th inning in the playoffs Hughes better be in there.
The bats have to get out of this funk. This is 2 bad starters in a row that they have not hit. If they want to win tomorrow they are going to have to score runs. Gaudin tends to give up a lot of home runs and I can see tomorrow being 1 of those days.
CB – “Back to prussia…”
No, no, no, I’ll do anything, please, no … Arrrrrrrrrgggggggghhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!
i think girardi is bridge jumping with these moves tonight
fuentes in .
that’s not necessarily a bad thing.
who’s gonna be Yankee’s manager in 2010?
“Who else wants Kate Hudson to dress like Glenn Close in The Natural for the post season?”
only if Bruney plays the role of the bat boy..
I can hear Alex now… “pick me out a good one Brian”
Fuentes having an easy inning will just add to the frustrating game. This guy stinks, but they aren’t hitting right now.
how about you rest hughes and mo when we actually clinch the division. This guy needs a reality check, when the team is in a slide you’re suppose to put you’re best team out there, not mop up crew.
It was stupid to start molina when andy works very well with posada, if anything start him tomorrow when gaudin could actually use some help behind the plate. It was stupider to send out bruney in a 2 run game, it was just ATROCIOUS to send out albaladejo for the 8th inning
Can we send Bruney and Fuentes to Saint Helena?
They need to do something before playoffs start or we’re not going to last.
This team seriously needs to show some fire again. They’ve rested enough the last 3-4 weeks. They should be using these games against the Angels and Red Sox to get their edge back and build up their confidence against teams they might see in October. Enough of this Bruney and Albaladejo garbage in meaningful games. They’ve both proven that they stink and can’t be trusted, so stop trusting them!!
They have to be patient….
Its $1,000 to reserve a post season suite!
Fail
way to tease us swish
Both Bruney and Albaladejo? Seems like Girardi has treated this as a “throw-a-way” game given the Sawx loss!! Seems most unlikely given Joe’s general approach, but????
Almost…
dammit, that ball was ripped…
I’ve never seen so many hard hit balls on the track by the Yankees in a game…
that tease puts an end to a terrible night
Jesus Christ, this ballpark is playing like Citifield. You need a freaking driver to hit one out.
I feel like throwing something at the tv. Just unreal.
Erica, someone shoot Pete an email about getting that suite. He pays 80 we pay 20..I would be game for it.
damn, had rivera been out there that may have been a double
The managing made 0 sense. Matsui supposedly didn’t start because Saunders is a lefty but he pinch hits later and hit a HR.
Matsui must have bad numbers against him for him not to start. There’s Joe reading the numbers again.
Bringing in Bruney in a 2 run game in the 7th in what was deemed as an “important series”? SMH
yeah, it’s Mark Teixeira’s fault.
idiot.
Can we got off the west coast already, these games are annoying as heck.
we missed 2 hr’s by a bit.
There was some discussion about Saunders being worst than Andy.
The guy is still pitching in the 9th,against,ahem,the best team in baseball.
how many people can fit in a suite?
Christina- Pictures of the Girardi and A-Rod ejection + Leiter’s Sock
September 22nd, 2009 at 12:38 am
Erica, someone shoot Pete an email about getting that suite. He pays 80 we pay 20..I would be game for it.
*****
LOL- I think we would need to pay the full amount but get a collection.
Its $1,000 deposit and then the rep contacts you. It may still be more
lets see if we can hit with 2outs
haiku-man September 22nd, 2009 at 12:39 am
There was some discussion about Saunders being worst than Andy.
The guy is still pitching in the 9th,against,ahem,the best team in baseball.
Welcome to the Yankees playing in Anahiem
NYY626 – Go Andy!
September 22nd, 2009 at 12:39 am
how many people can fit in a suite?
*****
28-60
WC games really suck
Oh good, Cano with RISP. I feel comfortable.
Ok, so Cano is up…turn the lights off and go home…
ahh RISP
Cano: Goat or Hero???
If its on a day I dont have class, I would be game.
Pete the Boston Glober is going to pay for LoHud readers to rent a suite? Hmmmmmm.
come on Robbie, just pop one.
Cano will probably swing away at anything…
Can’t wait for Matsui to tie the game up now… oh wait…
Go deep young man, go deep.
Brian Fuentes has the most saves in the AL.
What a stat saves are.
Oh, sorry…men on base..Cano is out.
If he walks or reaches, what is Joe going to do, he can’t let Melky hit…
Cano is going to do it.
Erica, only $1000 for a suite? I doubt it…
why was bruney used and not hughes? is what i was thinking earlier.
they finally begin to wake up at the top of 9?
Ha, got love Cano…
Terrible…
Cano Sucks…
Cant falt Cano for not hustling..uHHH
WADDAYAKNOW WITH RISP HE BLOWS
NYY626 – Go Andy!
September 22nd, 2009 at 12:42 am
Cano is going to do it.
Erica, only $1000 for a suite? I doubt it…
*****
Me too. But I can’t find out the real amount without giving my credit card and making $1,000 deposit. LOL
Oh well
not to mention that andy can actually hold runners so starting posada would have been FINE.
IM FUMED
robbie is just a mess, and i hate the angels.
# Pel (a/k/a Bart Simpson) September 22nd, 2009 at 12:43 am
WADDAYAKNOW WITH RISP HE BLOWS
lol i spit out my pbj right there
is anyone listening to john sterling?….this guy is horrible…he kills me…all he can imagine happening is a three run home run….no rallies with two outs…no single…doubles…..just homers…i hate him. i listen to him every game and i have for years and i hate him.
I didn’t expect Cano to get a hit, but I thought maybe it was possible. Isn’t the kid finally due??!?!?!
Sorry, Pat M. The magic number remains:
http://tinyurl.com/ndvnkh
Robbie Cano is CLUTCH!!!!
And some dopes thought he would be the next Rod Carew?
In your dreams homeboy …
In your dreams
Okay, I am fighting to keep my eyes open
Good night Yankee people!
We can discuss the luxary suite concept more when I am at work tomorrow
well, at least the game was short.
5 game lead with 11 to play folks….
Pitiful. This team is just sickening right now. They don’t deserve to win a damn thing.
i love cano…it wasn’t their day…damn, never is in anaheim. two games left in the series…still time to win it. let’s go!
Well at least the Sox lost. LOL
well, pettitte had a decent start and the red sox lost.
not a total loss
tomorrow is another day. Lt Dan Go Dan can lead the way.
im glad we lost, girardis foolishness needs to be put in bold
Good thing we won all those other games so these games aren’t crucial.
Erica: The luxury suits cost between 600,000-800,000 for the season. What a joke
Not sure what one game would cost for the playoffs. Probably might have to find a rich follower of the blog.
Anyone?
I’m going to pray Cano isn’t up with the game on the line in the playoffs.
He’s a really good hitter but he’s just not great with RISP. He’s not even decent. That’s a part of his game that needs to be fixed.
dude needs to see a sports therapist…envision nobody on base….and crush the ball into the gap….robinson cano style!…damn.
I hate that this team is stuck with Canom,Bruney and anal Joe as mgr.
The only thing thats this make loss beatable is that Bos lost too.
I can see the Yankees losing the next game with Gaudin pitching. This season just needs to end so they can get to the postseason.
Girardi will cost us a title
Ugh- mo picked a bad time to blow that one the other night. 2 and 2 is a lot better and 1-3. This team just can’t beat anaheim when it comes close to counting. Ill be happy with one win and a 4 game lead at this point.
still, these dudes gotta make their presence known in so cal…i grew up going to see the yankees at the big against johnny ray and wally joyner and brian downing..they seemd to get beat a lot than too….damn. it is a different time zone and it must have some alter effect on them….BURN DOWN THE BIG A!!!!!!!
how could you defend girardi tonight? this game was way too close for those bullpen decisions. the best record in baseball defense is getting old, and oh yeah i forgot it is dwindling.
I hate it when my favorite team goes slumping into the postseason. Still 11 games left, but man, this is the least inspiring the Yankees have played the whole season. So now that games matter more than ever, now that the Angels are getting closer to us in the HFA chase and the Red Sox are streaking, we decide to shut it down.
Im not jumping bridges like some here, but Im not loving our end of the season play. No urgency, no fight. They may be losing close ones, but it doesn’t feel they are actually threatening. Andy pitched well enough for a win, but with no offense, what can you do? How can you open an inning with a hit only to then GIDP? Play small ball!!
Boring and frustrating end of the season so far after such a great season…
Next year I don’t want to see Bruney, Edwar, or Alba on this team. And I don’t want to see Ransom on this team as well.
Great job coasting too early by Girardi. He will cost us the division. only saving grace is if Yankees go 5-6 over next 11. Boston needs to go 11-2 just to tiw. I do not know if the Yankees can win 5 of next 11 though.
I’ll be glad when this season is over.Joe drives me crazy,with his game mgmt.
And I am sick of the Yankees always talking about not being able to win in Anaheim. Stop making excuses and beat those stupid angels. If the Sox can do it so can the Yanks.
frustrating loss, but 5 up with 11 to play. New day tomorrow.
So glad KC helped out the Yankees,and didn’t just roll over for Bos.
Michael Kay said that Girardi said that this was a big series. He didn’t show it in this game.
Cano should not bat that high up.
Gardener should have ph for Cano,if Joe was thinking .
Cano sucked the entire game. How bout pinch hitting him in spots, like the 9th inning? Move him down in the order.
how many times does matsui need to remind Joe G that he is the guy that gets the hit when the yanks are looking foolish