A second lefty seems likely
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Misc on Oct 06, 2009 
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The New York Yankees emailed some Joe Girardi quotes after tonight’s Twins win. It’s all pretty standard stuff, but this seems to tip the Yankees’ hand about their roster construction.
“The Twins have more left-handers (in their lineup),” Girardi said. “A second left-hander would possibly get more work against them. The one thing we talk about is, we want to make sure that when we use our bullpen, w’e're covered if the game goes extra innings.”
Get Marte ready
Chad are you a Yankees Fan????????
I don’t think I will be able to watch the Coke vs. Mauer at bat late in the game. Coke please keep him in the ballpark.
The Yanks look like they’ll carry three catchers, 11 pitchers and start Molina once or twice. I want to throw up.
Marte and Cervelli will be the last two spots.
Let’s get this thing going!
call me crazy..but i like marte over phil “dumbo” coke..i just feel marte has a much better chance of gettin a left hander out for sure then coke cause hes got more of a side arm delivery giving him more deception over coke
Sounds like the Freddy Guzman era will be ending very soon.
“w’e’re covered if the game goes extra innings”
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That obviously means Gaudin is on the roster. With Marte because of Mauer and Kubel.
I’d rather put a good right-handed pitcher against their lefties than use a lousy guy like Coke or Marte just because they are left-handed.
Marte is completely unpredictable and Coke is a home run waiting to happen.
Molina so far has only been announced as starting one game. This is the biggest freaking overblown controversy to come along since…oh wait, the last time everyone was up in arms about Molina or Posada for AJ.
Honestly, this discussion of a 2nd lefthanded reliever has left me wanting more opportunities to rip AJ Burnett as a diva and a fraud. I don’t think there are enough opportunities to do that with this topic.
It’s okay Betsy, I know you don’t mean to sound snippy. You are very passionate about the Yankees and thats okay
I’m all for Marte getting the call against Mauer given the history with Coke.
Then again, maybe Coke is due?
When did Jorgie hit a walkoff this year, I don’t remember it if it happened?
Thanks, Erica! I do disagree with you, though. Joe made this decision and I have to think it’s because he got either an earful from AJ or, more likely, just got the vibe that AJ would much rather pitch to Molina. The point is, this team is a thousand times better with AJ/Posada and Matsui in the lineup thatn AJ/Molina and Matsui/no Posada in the lineup.
Erica,
I think JD has a future as a stand-up comic:
Asked Tuesday if he had a preference regarding which team he would prefer to play, Damon had a unique take.
“No,” he said, “just whatever team that’s wanting to lose to us, I’ll be happy.”
http://bats.blogs.nytimes.com/.....heir-date/
Vin
October 6th, 2009 at 10:45 pm
call me crazy..but i like marte over phil “dumbo” coke..i just feel marte has a much better chance of gettin a left hander out for sure then coke cause hes got more of a side arm delivery giving him more deception over coke
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Coke has been very good against left handed hitters. They are only hitting 195 off him. Coke also throws strike he is much more reliable than Marte.
But Mauer is 3-4 against Coke with two homeruns and 2 rbi’s. You might want to use Marte to face Mauer. Mauer is only hitting 222 in 9 at bats against Marte.
that’s why we have swisher…
I know Jorge had the game winning hit vs. the Angels, but that was earlier in the season. I wish I could remember who is GW HR was against……
MikeBoston…it was against the Angels, when Fuente punched the wall on the way out of the dugout.
Posada’s hit was a walk off single against the Blue Jays.
fo sho..but its not how u start its how u finish, and coke definitely had a bad last couple of games and didnt instill too much courage into me when i c him out and most of the twins power is left handed(kubel and mauer)..iono i guess we ll c. Long live the empire!!
Betsy-
No problem. We can agree to disagree
Posada’s walk off was on the 4th of July right?
Come and play with us Minny.
Forever…and ever….and ever……
http://verdoux.files.wordpress.....-twins.jpg
The Twins are coming!
Absolutely, Erica…we agree on the most important things, though: 1) that the Yankees rule and 2) Johnny Damon rocks.
It’s been 8 long years MLB, but welcome to a potential Yankee ass-kicking. It’s been a long time, with the Red Sox “team of the decade” nonsense.
The Yankee team you saw in the week of games against the Angels and Boston two weeks ago, that’s who I expect to see.
I know I’m supposed to be worried and fret like some bloggers above, but I really like this team in a way that I haven’t since 1998.
Let’s hope we exorcism those demons of the last 9 years. Pavano’s team is playing us for a reason–it is a sign. The The demons of the AL await.
Yankees are back–and as Cashman said:
God help the rest of baseball.
Coke would be better against Mauer maybe in the earlier innings and Marte in the late innings.
Just a comment. This is now for the marbles.
Time for the sniping to end. Just think – Molina might bat 300 and all those pontificating posters would look foolish. Last playoffs, Posada didn’t exactly tear the cover off the ball. It doesn’t matter how they get there. It’s your team and no, Girardi isn’t an idiot.
You cheer for the team and “that’s all they is”.
MikeBoston
October 6th, 2009 at 10:50 pm
When did Jorgie hit a walkoff this year, I don’t remember it if it happened?
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4th of July vs. the Blue Jays
wow Chad…does your picture look different than on your old blog.
“The Yanks look like they’ll carry three catchers, 11 pitchers and start Molina once or twice. I want to throw up.”
Agree. Also, can they take a pitcher who can actually get outs instead of the requisite lefty or two?
S.A.–Serenity Now
October 6th, 2009 at 10:59 pm
MikeBoston
October 6th, 2009 at 10:50 pm
When did Jorgie hit a walkoff this year, I don’t remember it if it happened?
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4th of July vs. the Blue Jays
*****
The day CMW was facing Halladay. Bridgejumpers were pretty much saying the Yanks should just forfeit. LOL. I told everyone to believe in baseball miracles
Posada had two walk offs this year
brian1
October 6th, 2009 at 11:01 pm
“The Yanks look like they’ll carry three catchers, 11 pitchers and start Molina once or twice. I want to throw up.”
Agree. Also, can they take a pitcher who can actually get outs instead of the requisite lefty or two?
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Like who? Bruney? Mitre?
So who starts for Minny tomorrow? Duensing?
Betsy let Joe manage the team,he’s done it before,and quite well!
If the Twins are so hot,why did it take 163 games for them to win their division,by 1,winning only 87 games,and 11 over 500?
Yankees 103 in regulation play,hot since the ALL Star break.
Erica – always OPPC
October 6th, 2009 at 11:02 pm
The day CMW was facing Halladay. Bridgejumpers were pretty much saying the Yanks should just forfeit. LOL. I told everyone to believe in baseball miracles
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Last game CMW pitched this year.
congrats chad on finally showing up! did you jog here from swb?
As much as I’m not thrilled with Giradi’s decision, the perception that this is or was Burnett’s doing is not known and with all probability he had no call in this…..So let’s back up on the ragging on Burnett, for now at least until the Yanks make a statement on this….
Ahh 4th of July, one of the few times I was unable to see/read any highlights (must have missed that Angels one too). I assume AJ creamed him after both times, how did he take it?
It’s the time to stop enterring into endless arguments about AJ,Posoda and Molina.
Right now,We just need to concentrate our attention on thinking about how to beat Twins,Angel or Redsox whatever.
To be fans,We love Yankees and need hang together to give total support and faith in Yankees’ all coaches and players.
“This year just has one goal is win the world’s championship.”
“Believe we will win crown and no teams can prevent from it.”
I really don’t want Yankees’ destiny resemble Tiger at all.
Please Stop helpless argument.
I would rather pray for Yankees or look for opponent’ weakness than unmeaningful debate.
MikeBoston,
AJ didn’t want to do it, but Mo gave the nod. Just like the Godfather. I think AJ fears Mo more than Jorge.
Jorge didn’t look thrilled, but he was a good sport about it on camera.
From the Twins website: “Gardenhire said it would be Brian Duensing in Game 1 and Nick Blackburn in Game 2 of the ALDS”
The Yanks have very good #’s against him. Tex is 6-6, and Posada never faced him.
Here’s a compilation video of the walk-offs from this year, courtesy of my bud Anthony:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qtB_XSbWw0
The Twins are lucky and the Idle will probably pitch game 4 at home.
Pat M.
October 6th, 2009 at 11:09 pm
As much as I’m not thrilled with Giradi’s decision, the perception that this is or was Burnett’s doing is not known and with all probability he had no call in this…..So let’s back up on the ragging on Burnett, for now at least until the Yanks make a statement on this….
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Completely agree, though, if the truth is ever told, it’ll have to come from Burnett. That shouldn’t be laid on Girardi to say anything. Nothing could disrupt the clubhouse more than having the manager push one his players in front of the train.
Haa, that’s awesome m, thanks for the info, I can totall see Mo making that look…us “out of market” people sometimes miss that stuff when they cut the broadcast 5 seconds after it’s over. At least no more of that for the rest of the season
“As much as I’m not thrilled with Giradi’s decision, the perception that this is or was Burnett’s doing is not known and with all probability he had no call in this…..So let’s back up on the ragging on Burnett, for now at least until the Yanks make a statement on this….”
Extremely mature perspective Pat M. I only hope that those who appreciate your positions here take your advice and just stop pretending they know something about which they obviously know nothing, and that is exactly what happened. Frankly it’s getting pretty weird.
18 hours and 40 minutes until Game 1
These people are professionals which means “You take the man’s dollar, you do the man a job.
Burnett pitches for the Yankees. The team is trying to win. I’m a Yankee fan. Even after the 2004 disaster.
That’s it, that’s all.
Whoo hooo Erica! Thanks for the countdown! I can not wait
Christina- Here come the bandwagoners…
October 6th, 2009 at 11:21 pm
Whoo hooo Erica! Thanks for the countdown! I can not wait
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Me neither!!!
It’s time for that team in Minnesota to cool off quickly
If AJ cannot locate his pitches, it doesn’t matter who is catching. He is basically a .500 pitcher, but when he is “on” he is great.
Rose, you’re right…….and he can’t locate his pitches most of the time. If he could, he’d be a better pitcher. We’ll see, though – it’s nice that he doesn’t have to go against Verlander.
Good Night Yankee People!!!!
Does Trisha ever not have to have the last word? And that’s a rhetorical question. No need to respond.
http://www.newsday.com/sports/.....-1.1505623
On a more positive note……
“I don’t think I’ll see anything new,” he said. “I believe I’m ready for everything.”
**I remember Phil’s quote about how fun it was – that was when he was being removed from the game. He actually said “this is so much bleeping fun”, lol.
Is this AJ talk ever going to stop? He could out pitch CC this post season, who knows what is going to happen.
Well A.J. has fine tuned his mechanics of late which is why he has been better. Can we have confidence in our team and stop talking trash about certain players. I swear that ever since 2004 some Yankee fans have gone crazy.
Expecting to see Coke and Marte in the bullpen as their lineup is lefty dominate. This is the second time Pavano is playing in postseason baseball. Lets hope Yankees are successful the 2nd time around. Pavano will be amped to do well as he’s seeking a contract. These Twins are on fire, lets hopes Yankees won’t take them for granted. One things for sure Nathan will not be available after pitching two innings tonight.
I know there are people who are nervous because the Twins are the hot team, the Cinderella team with all the karma.
But if you think about it, the Yankees matchup so much better against the Twins then they would have against the Tigers for the simple fact that the Tigers would be pitching 3 hard throwing pitchers against us in a 5 game series … the spector of possibly having to face Verlander twice, which would have meant beating him in a Game 5, was very scary.
To me, that is what takes down a team like the Yankees in a short series … hard throwing, dominant pitching where the Yankee bats cant square up enough pitches and put them in play consistently. You dont get that with the Twins … their pitching is good, but it is very hittable … especially their starting pitching. Yes, they have some good hitters, especially Mauer and yes, they have Nathan at the end of the game.
But their lineup is enormously top-heavy and their pitching pitches to contact way too much.
If the Yankees had played the Tigers, they may very well have had to won at least 2 games in that series scoring 3 runs or less. Against the Twins, I dont see how their lineup is going to be shut down. Which means that in order for the Twins to win, they will have to outslug them and I dont see that happening either.
The thing is post season is fun. There are great plays and bad plays. There is an immediacy, a heightened sense on every play. And I’m going to kick back and enjoy the entire experience. Good, bad or indifferent. It’s baseball at it’s best and the Yankees are in it. It doesn’t get better than this.
well I got what I hoped for 3 weeks ago and I do not see any reason why it would not pay off. The Tigers really gave away this game several times tonight. With the Yankee bullpen and offense that kind of stuff is just not going to happen. Again, I will say it all comes down to pitching and the Twins simply do have the type of pitching that can shut down this offense. So as I sign off as “lets go twins,” I will say now lets go yankees
With the Twins, having an extra left hander only works with Kubel. Mauer may just as well be a switch hitter. He hits lefties and righties the same way….hard.
Is everybody over it?
All kinds of goodies at the espn NYY/MIN page:
http://espn.go.com/mlb/playoff.....ns-yankees
Add Span to left handed batters that don’t care what.
Add Span to left handed batters that don’t care ***what side the pitchers throw from***..
This is the year….
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/.....id=4537035
After a 1 month LoHud hiatus/vacation, I’m back for the playoffs.
What’d I miss?
I got so much work done these last few weeks in anticipation of doing absolutely nothing this month.
Whats the weather outlook for tomorrow?
ESPN saying Gardenhire is going with 12 pitchers because of the length of tonights game.
Zach, you haven’t missed much. Pete Abe has left LoHud for the Boston Globe and Joba Chamberlain has left some fans unconvinced of his postseason worth. That’s about it.
“ESPN saying Gardenhire is going with 12 pitchers because of the length of tonights game.”
but but but, the Twins will not have a bullpen tomorrow night. unless Gardenhire decides to give his pitches TJS after tomorrow.
pitchers*
Nick in SF…..You missed nothing here today, yet you missed alot……The whole AJ / Molina issue dominated the the board, even as a Classic baseball game was being played
Pat M, that’s too bad, though I contributed on the periphery of the margins of the discussion for a short time in the early California afternoon.
I see on pinny that the Yanks are -305 on the money line tomorrow. That bites.
That’s an obscene line…..In fact I’ve never seen a line like that before…..And this is a playoff game……
Go this via RAB:
New book called NY Yankees 365, here’s sampling of photos included in the book.
http://www.ap.org/NYY365/index.html
*Got*
A Burnett/Molina/Posada issue???
I never knew one existed.
Pete Abe blogging for the Sox?
Surely this is bizarro world.
ps. Nick, I did get to experience the goodness that is Hodori during my west-coast swing last month. The Spicy Tofu soup was divine.
My favorite lines from the Stark article m linked to above -
“They can bludgeon you early (.828 OPS in the first inning). They can mug you late (15 walkoff wins — second-most in franchise history).”
Molina is catching game 2? Had no idea…
Oh mercy.
-dennis
Can you believe the last time the NY Yankees won a postseason series was 2004? Against the Twins in the ALDS.
Let’s bookend this sucker and put our long national nightmare to rest.
Nick in SF / Dennis Costanza…Do either of you know what the # is on the Yanks winning the World Series ????
Buddy, thanks for posting that. Those are some great pictures. I’m glad we got to see it tonight, before Jose Molina is airbrushed over that Posada picture.
Zach, I totally forgot about talking about Hodori. Glad you made it. I hope you got a cool Asian hipster crowd to check out while you were there.
Pat M, I have seen -300′s lines before, very rarely, but I don’t think for a postseason game. Truly grotesque.
Pat M
My book has it at 8-5.
Pretty good bet IMO.
-dennis
new thread
Whine ,Whine,Whine stop it all of you.Joe got the team to this point trust him!
Actually I think Girardi had a great year. One miff all season, considering the high priced egos.
You know what they say, “A miff is as good as a mile”.
Clearly if they’re concerned about length, they’re looking at Marte and Gaudin for that last spot. Let joba or aceves fill in in long relief, they don’t need 3 guys who can all go 3 innings if needed. There are so many days off the pen will always be fresh.