ALDS Game 2: Twins at Yankees (Part III)
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UPDATE, 10:14 p.m.: Big break for the Yankees there as Mauer should have had a double. Phil Cuzzi – whose only job is to call balls fair or foul – missed that one by a mile. Mauer singled anyway, but the Twins should have a man on second and none out.
UPDATE, 10:22 p.m.: Hey look! A line drive and the runners just went back to their bases!
UPDATE, 10:23 p.m.: This is magic stuff from Robertson. Two-thirds of the way there.
UPDATE, 10:26 p.m.: Wow. Just wow. Robertston was in Dr. Andrews’s office a month ago. Now he’s getting out of the biggest spots you can imagine. Amazing.
Marte is gonna blow this…
I’m replaying a triple play in my head over and over. IT BETTER HAPPEN.
Come on Yankees!!!!
Why is Marte on the roster if he can’t get lefties?
This sucks, comebacks aren’t easy, we squander it in the 10th….this is not going to be a good sleep night for me.
It’s really going to hurt when we lose this one
Wow, Marte gave up 3 hits to his 2 batters – awesome!
D-Rob is going to K the side.
I honestly do not care if Damaso Marte ever throws another pitch for us. He’s terrible. He made this roster over Bruney because of the Twins abundance of lefties. His only job is to get out left-handers.
Instead, he puts them both on. He is worthless, and should be discarded as soon as humanly possible.
Bad job by Melky playing that ball too.
Baffled as to why Girardi took out Aceves after just one inning. You pitch your best in the post-season, especially with an off-day.
Robertson can get a K. They need one.
Time for some strike out D-ROB strikes, strikes, strikes
Marte is a such a joke
oh my goodness…that baserunning blunder by gardner was just wow…and now marte…
this is a crazy spot for robertson’s first postseason spot…
i don’t think i’ve ever seen a call that bad in my life…
Joe’s overmanaging is killing me. In the bleachers and by our count there’s only Gaudin left in the bullpen. Are we wrong?
Where’s Bruney when ya need him?
D-Rob wasn’t even warmed up for this. Remember Wedensday.
Good thing Damason “Sean Henn” Marte is pitching in one of the biggest innings of the season. Honestly Joe. Go with your best here. Mauer hits everyone and Marte has maybe looked good against maybe 3 batters all season. I would rather have Bruney on the roster.
Honestly, what has he done to deserve pitching there, let alone being on the roster. Is it his 9.45 ERA. I guess reputation defies logic
I still can’t believe how hard it seems for Yankee hitters to lift the ball when there is someone on 3rd
Huge spot for the kid
nice curve. nice miss.
Girardi’s fixation on Marte is mind boggling. He hasn’t been an effective pitcher in two years.
Come on, Robertson!!
What a hook. Come on D- Rob!
Cuddyer missed that by nearly a foot
Kristen
October 9th, 2009 at 10:19 pm
Joe’s overmanaging is killing me. In the bleachers and by our count there’s only Gaudin left in the bullpen. Are we wrong?
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You are correct. They have used everyone but Gaudin
I think Marte is done for the rest of the Post season, he better be done.
Why the heck wasn’t Aceves left in the game? He can pitch multiple innings, get lefties and righties out, and you take him out for Marte.
damon needs to be called out on that at bat too…terrible job by him…
Breaking ball again. Bad bad bad bad bad
My God, we may see Swisher pitching for us soon…
If DRob gets out of this, I will wear my Alabama hat tonight.
Need a miracle to get out of this one.
I’m going to grab a bottle of Vodka.
Why would you go with the curve. Go with the fastball !
Bases loaded. Nobody out. David Robertson can do this. He’s done it before.
Ok, now this is over. We have to have big games in minnesota. Only MO could get out of this. And that was 8 years ago
Girardi was limited in what he could do. Aceves sat too long and MN had 2 lefties coming up. Marte has to do his job and he didn’t do it.
Imagine if Aceves started the top of the 11th and not marte.
I forgot what a roller coaster these games are.. ARGH!
okay we need a pop up or a strike out.
I really would love to not see Marte pitch again in 2009. I got scared Girardi was going to take out another pitch when I saw him run out there.
The twins can’t squander opportunities all night, we can’t keep doing this.
Why was Aceves taken out?? I don’t understand it. This isn’t how Girardi managed in the regular season. Tie game in extra innings ALWAYS = Aceves for multiple innings. Why rush to go to Marte?
Girardi is a freaking moron.
Tex
oh wow
man they are walking the tight wire…20 men on base (11 hits; 7BB’s; 2HBP)
twins aren’t killing the ball but they’re getting those hits up the middle
like every time
“Breaking ball again. Bad bad bad bad bad”
From a brilliant bender to a hanger. That’s rookies for you.
holy moly…
That’s how you DON’T break for home on a line drive…
Stop with the curve
We need a great defensive play here!
that base running was the anti-Gardner technique.
Thank god we have Tex.
ok. robertson, a strike out would be nice now.
i forgot the atom ball.ok one out.
now for the k
if tex dropped that, we could’ve had a double play
C’mon…
How long before they put Sabathia in the pen?
Squeezage?
Girardi’s “match-ups” drive me nuts. Put in the best guy you have at the time. PERIOD. Marte’s gotta be the worst in the bullpen.
my cat just puked…must be disgusted by this game
HOLY MOLY!!!!
Guess not
OMG
Please lord
Come on Robertson! 1 more!!!
Two outs on 2 pitches?
Come on DRob, finish this thing!!
OMFG…. We are so close to getting out of this, please prove me wrong
OH PLEASE just get out of it. One more pleaseeee.
One more please? I’ll be a very good girl. Promise. (fingers crossed)
that’ll work. 2 outs.
now for that k .
NO NOT HARRIS!!!!
I would really love to not see Marte pitch in pinstripes again
wow, it seems that the Twins can’t hit the ball in the air with a guy on 3rd either.
Maybe it is harder than it seems. All you have to do is fly out for god’s sake
Thats a strike!
good pitch
Looked like he was running out of the base path, Cervelli could have drilled him in the back, but no way to know if they’ll call it.
Wow!!!!!!
oh my god!!
Tex is a godsend in bailing out from that inning.
Now A-Rod time…..
DAVE ROBERTSON FOR PRESIDENT!!!
WOW! what a game!!!
i was 39 when this game started. I’m now 58.
WOOT!!!
A-Rod again?
alright! now let’s end this thing!!
YES!!!!
TWINS FAIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
jesus allah buddah i love you all!!
Jump off the bridge, kids.
Girardi managed the team to 103 wins and the playoffs…have a little faith the guy knows what he’s doing and has a plan.
Holy…. wow
Where’s my crow
Whew that was close.
D-ROB!!!
Bases loaded. Nobody out. David Robertson can do this. He’s done it before.
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That’s me, staying positive and it worked. You guys should try it.
David Robertson, world.
World, David Robertson.
ok, I jumped in the shower with the bases loaded and no outs –
what happened ?
THE NEVER SAY DIE NEW YORK YANKEES!
no problem. three outs.
now we win it.
cervelli maybe ?
Tex lead off HR.
This game will be the death of me.
Unreal.
What an unbelievable game!
The symptoms of a stroke are what again?
D-ROB I LOVE YOU…WHERE CAN I BUY A JERSEY!
Now, let’s win this thing!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Let’s Go Yanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can’t believe he got out of that
Sweet home Alabama!!!!
Now where the heck IS my Alabama hat?
Gardner in CF
October 9th, 2009 at 10:24 pm
I would really love to not see Marte pitch in pinstripes again
I second that
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB!
Wow ! They got out of it !
What a great game we are watching…..
Robertson gets two full shares if NYY wins this game. Great pitching by the youngster. Gotta love his nerve.
Run stolen by umps will be all the rage tomorrow, but a win counts nonetheless. Let’s get it.
they aren’t going to pitch to arod, are they?
Holy crap. I can’t take much more of this.
A-Rod to end it all
I only use this for emergencies but….
If we win this game I will run around the blog naked
I hope Girardi FINALLY starts to appreciate Robertson. He’s undervalued that kid all year.
That is why you go to Robertson…I may not have any nails by the end of this game.
Bases loaded. Nobody out. David Robertson can do this. He’s done it before.
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That’s me, staying positive and it worked. You guys should try it.
Roll on, Alabama!!!
I’m worried that I won’t survive the postseason.
OMFG! Robertson for President!
God Bless.
Can some one reach to Rebecca and ask her to leave the park so that Yanks can win
hell of a job there by the yanks, but while we’re on a break… can i ask if I am the only person who saw Orlando Cabrera see the ball from Nathan go wild, ACT like he was tagging gardner, but actually punch him with both hands in the back of his head?! it’s the ONLY reason that play at 3rd was close!!! how is no one talking about this?!
Send Marte back to the Pirates. They seem to love former Yankee pitchers so much.
Go for it, Erica.
Twins got robbed there, I mean an old fashioned South Bronx MUGGING. But this is a great game.
DT – OPPC member (blood type – Positive)
October 9th, 2009 at 10:26 pm
ok, I jumped in the shower with the bases loaded and no outs –
what happened ?
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Did you really????? Are you being a shower tease
Can somebody please end this game !
Lets Do This!
If only the Nobel Committee had waited a day they could have given the prize to Robertson.
Robertson has thrown 2 innings twice this year
Tex is going to end this NOW
A-Rod has this.
Back to the middle of the order, can we do it again?
This is A GREAT game
I checked up on Pete’s new blog…not as involved as LHY blog….only 7 comments through 3 innings
Francisco Cervelli for the win?
please someone hit a HR so my heart can stop pounding!
We have to win this right here and now.
“I only use this for emergencies but….
If we win this game I will run around the blog naked”
if the Yankees pull this out…. I will chase Erica!
I know we all want it to end here, but if it goes one more, Francisco Cervelli can deliver the “Posada? Molina? How about Dreamy Eyes!!” walkoff.
again, i’m shocked people here are trashing girardi.
he’s done everything by the book.
aceves looked bad against lefty span, you have a (crappy) lefty in the pen – perfect sense to use him.
d-rob was amazing – but why? due to the faith and grooming during the season by one girardi…
We’re down to Gaudin left, so they really need to get this game over with this half of the 11th…
Nick…you have that Alabama hat?…I’m going to get my G-Tech hat
Teix is thinking HR, get a hit!
I didn’t see it, Mike, but Orlando Cabrera is a punk. After watching the Twins/Tigers series, I can’t stand him. I agree with an earlier poster who said the guy’s got to be on sthg. Either that, or he’s just manic.
Ballgame!!!!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
YANKEES WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
What did I say!!!!!
CURSE OF M.T.!
called it!
What a ROCKET.
who called that!???/?
tex FTW!!!
Tex gets a pie!!!!
TEIX!
TEX BABY!!!!
Tex !
the towel doesn’t lie!!!!!!
woohooo…. the power of the Yankee shower LIVES!
3.14!!!!!!!!!!!!
Look how fast Tex is running!
Pie for Mark.
TEX!!!!!!!!!! OMFGGGGG I’M CRYING
orlando cabrera is a thug.
TEX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Pie Time
Thank YOU TEXEIRA!!!!!!!!
WOWWOWOWWOWOWO!!!!!!
Tex message delivered!!!
Chad and Sam,
Not asking you to be kinky, but can you guys sneak a peak at David Robertson’s chest and check for hair? I think he just grew some.
Where’s the pie?
God the twins must hate the Yanks WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO@!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and then there was one.
Jeter the last man without pie on his face.
You think Ruth pushed that ball over?
He knows it’s coming
They better do it…Karma
YESYESYESYESYESYESYESYES!!!
I’m gonna have an anuerysm. Awesome!
Classic. Pure Yankee classic.
Holy canoli!!!
Yes! Pie for Tex!!
Got em!
Sager’s so lame doesn’t he know that he’s supposed to put Tex’s back to the dugout?
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOo
NEVER GIVE UP
NEVER SURRENDER
How about that?
OMFG! Teixeira for President!
wow. just wow
pat,
Didn’t he look a little disappointed while he was waiting?
DT – OPPC member (blood type – Positive)
October 9th, 2009 at 10:30 pm
the towel doesn’t lie!!!!!!
woohooo…. the power of the Yankee shower LIVES!
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I told y’all I had it under control
guess who became a ‘true yankee?’
Mark Texieria
Somewhere in NY, a pimp is missing his suit. Craig Sager is crazy.
Al is going to be a beast this postseason.
D-Rob should be out there too…
Win for Robertson. Great job.
AWESOME!!!! A-Rod to Tex Message!!!!! Yankees win!!!!
Quarter Billion Well Spent
Win or lose, these Twins will and have been Hell to beat this year. 9 wins, 5 walkoffs and 1 by 2 runs. They’ll be a handful in Minnesota. Congratulations to the Yanks and Teixeira.
Congratulations to Gardenhire and his Twins. They are a great young group of scrappers.
What an absolutely amazing game.
The Yankees pitching sucked, the Yankees hitting sucked, yet they got the big pitch, the big out, the big inning when needed. This team grinded their way through this win, what an amazing win and game.
Too bad for Pete, he would have enjoyed blogging this, and seeing his comments erupt.
lol !
Minnesota shouldn’t grumble. The ball that was called foul? Just add up all the inches on the called strikes on the Yankees. Not even close to the length of the botched call.
lol @ jojo
Pitching sucked? Are you on drugs?
Postgame on YES? Notre Dame Footbal is on.
D-Rob for General
IT’S UP TO YOU……NEW…….YORK…….NEW YORK!!!
Ladies and Gentlemen- you have just witnessed a future Yankees Classic
They should give Robertson the belt for escaping that bases loaded jam.
Flash that score at the Big A!
Angel, um, let me caution you not to buy those Game Four tickets on the secondary market, as the purchase price will only be refunded my legitimate sources if the game becomes unnecessary.
All I can say is that this team has that little thing that they have been missing for years.
And one hour later, Sox fans get to watch the Sox play.
Someone should fire these umpires… this game was completely rigged so the Yankees could win.
That hit by Mauer should’ve been a double.. we should be still playing right now! Hopefully the umpires will come clean about why they screwed this call up.
I am not impressed by the results..
I can’t comment right now because I’m dead.
Suck your thumb and go to sleep Gregory
I think this occasion would call for 2 pies…Robertson could have just saved the series in the 11th
Ok, let me straighten my comment out, they grinded it out. Burnett wasn’t great, Phil wasn’t great, Mo wasn’t great. Nobody had a perfect inning. But regardless, that wasn’t my point, you missed it completely.
Robertson, Alex, and Tex. Just wow.
Yo Gregory (are you a Twin troll or a Sox troll?)
Meriwether called one of the worst games I have ever seen an ump call this year. It evens out.
If the Twins can’t score with bases loaded none out, they deserve to lose. Period.
Tex message delivered!!!
Chad and Sam,
Not asking you to be kinky, but can you guys sneak a peak at David Robertson’s chest and check for hair? I think he just grew some.
Where’s the pie?
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M!! YOU’RE CHECKING THE WRONG SPOT, D-ROBS GOT THE BOLAS TO BE OUR SETUP GUY!
What a f’n win!
I think I’ve said this before, but having Tex and A-Rod is the best 1-2 punch since Ruth and Gehrig.
jojo
You called it baby!
Minnesota shouldn’t grumble. The ball that was called foul? Just add up all the inches on the called strikes on the Yankees. Not even close to the length of the botched call.
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Exactly!!! The plate ump was not consistent. Twins got the benefit of the ball-strike calls all night long.
“Congratulations to Gardenhire and his Twins. They are a great young group of scrappers.”
They are such a well-run franchise. Picking up a guy like Cabrera was such a needed and shrewd move. I have little sympathy for small-market teams when I see how impressive the Twins have been the last ten years.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
To answer the question from yesterday about best walkup music.
Coldplay Rule the World.
This is the Yankees year to RULE THE WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gregory
Well, if the HBP was called against Inge the Twins may not be here….
Not crying about that. though are we…
OMG!
I’m still in disbelief.
This is so amazing. This team is so amazing.
My husband just called from Little Rock. Got to see the end of the game. Yay!
“I am not impressed by the results..”
WHO CARES!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WE WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This team never dies. Another great game.
this team is magic. they’ve been the best team in baseball all season and nothing has changed. they find a way to get it done time after time. when will everyone be shut up finally? when the Yanks are holding the championship title after the Series. this team has everything. and most importantly, they have more than any other team. What a win, that will be an insta- Yankee classic. And yet another victory for the Yankee Classics.
Best game of the year. They overcame SO MUCH to come back and win this game in the most improbable fashion.
I cannot possibly string together a coherent thought right now. Wow.
GB
Good points. Pat M has been saying, and I have been thinking the Twinkies are so overdue. But, now we only need 1 out of the next 3. Odds I can relax (a little) with.
This has to be a crushing defeat for the Twins…we’ve walked off against them 4 times, now, this season. I wonder if they even want to come back to the NYS for game 5.
def the fastest TEX has ever run around the bases
Omfg
Hmm, I missed the scene because I’m not at home……did AJ pie tex?
too bad the umps blew the call for the Twins – I hate winning like that.
PittsburghYankeeFan October 9th, 2009 at 10:37 pm
Yo Gregory (are you a Twin troll or a Sox troll?)
Meriwether called one of the worst games I have ever seen an ump call this year. It evens out.
If the Twins can’t score with bases loaded none out, they deserve to lose. Period.
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Couldn’t have said it better.
The whole ‘trip to see Dr. Andrews’ was a scam for DRob to get a free trip home to Alabama. I think he earned it.
Betsy, All is fair in October baseball. And yes, Pie was on the menu.
If Burnett and Robertson can pitch like that we will have a parade in our near future.
Betsy, yes Tex got it from AJ. But really, the Twins had their chances. This was a GREAT win!
daver October 9th, 2009 at 10:26 pm
Tex lead off HR.
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Nice call!!!
textbook definition of EPIC WIN
I do have to credit D-Rob – it sounds like he was amazing. As to Alex? I couldn’t be happier for him – I hope he shut his critics up. You don’t get any bigger than that!
Tex ran faster against the Mets when their 2nd baseman dropped the pop-up and he scored from first.
Epic game. The special year continues
jpb1973
October 9th, 2009 at 10:39 pm
This has to be a crushing defeat for the Twins…we’ve walked off against them 4 times, now, this season. I wonder if they even want to come back to the NYS for game 5.
They aren’t getting the chance
How awesome will it be to sweep by putting a beatdown on the Idle?
Pete Abe leaves for Boston, ARod starts to hit in the postseason.
Yes, it’s the curse of Pete Abe!
Got news Yankee fans, that sort of pitching won’t get it done against the Rally Monkeys or the Sawx. Yes, it doesn’t help when the strike zone changes batter to batter as it did tonight, but nonetheless it won’t get it done. OK, let this be the bad pitching game.
Joe made a mistake taking Marte. OK, it happens. Hopefully we’ll only see Marte in blowouts from now on. The guy’s the second coming of Tom Gordon. I’d rather have a knunkleballing right handed granny face Mauer than Marte right now.
Brian Bruney, get ready for the ALCS.
And a whole pile of pressure just went onto the back of Carl Pavano.
I wonder if the Twinkies will change it up and go with Baker.
At least he’ll be there next year.
Phil, maybe, but not by much. He was flying around the bases tonight. It was hysterical.
I’m wet from tex.
Wow. Just wow.
And man, what a home run for A-Rod. I think we can safely that was the biggest hit in Alex’s career. Everyone was saying this was going to be his playoffs. And man has he stepped up bigtime. All he is doing right now is helping his team win a title and shutting people up left and right. I sure hope he keeps his focus and keeps playing like this. He has stepped up to the plate when it counts. So nice to see cuz he’s always had the talent, just hasn’t had the results in the playoffs. He’s more carefree now than ever. U can just tell things don’t get to him as much and he’s just worried about playing baseball.
Mark Teixiera just became a Yankee!
I am so happy.
A-Rod and Tex are the “Best MVP”.
Pittsburgh are you that lame? The Yankees gave up two runs in the first game and three in 11 innings today. go away
Agreed. Robertson gets the belt. Followed by arod and then tex.
44 hours and 16 minutes until Game 3!!!!!!!!!!!!
I take my LoHud promises seriously, but I might have, um, overstated the proximity of my Alabama hat to my residence.
I made a promise and I don’t want to cross the baseball gods, especially in the month of October. If I can’t find my Albama hat, I’ll go buy a new one. For DRob. And for you.
jpb1973
October 9th, 2009 at 10:39 pm
This has to be a crushing defeat for the Twins…we’ve walked off against them 4 times, now, this season. I wonder if they even want to come back to the NYS for game 5.
They aren’t getting the chance
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I hope you are right…I’d like to wrap this thing up on Sunday and watch the Red Sox & Angels fight it out.
D-Rob impressed me big time.
DT-
Did you really shower in the 11th?
omg maybe it was the curse of Peter Abe.
“I do have to credit D-Rob – it sounds like he was amazing. As to Alex? I couldn’t be happier for him – I hope he shut his critics up. You don’t get any bigger than that!”
betsy, he was more than amazing….he was incredible
Tarheelyank
October 9th, 2009 at 10:39 pm
GB
Good points. Pat M has been saying, and I have been thinking the Twinkies are so overdue. But, now we only need 1 out of the next 3. Odds I can relax (a little) with.
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They may not be the kind of team that scares the death out of you, but, game after game, you know you’ve been in a knife fight. They are an impressive bunch on limited talent at the bottom of the order and in the rotation. If NYY pulls this off, they know that they’ve earned it.
Who gets the belt tonight? Gotta go to D-Rob no?
Erica – always OPPC October 9th, 2009 at 10:44 pm
44 hours and 16 minutes until Game 3!!!!!!!!!!!!
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You crack me up!
Are you serious? Congrats yankee fans. Enjoy this!
This game changed when Joe hit the panic button on AJ’S 1 and only run.Posada felt entitled to be in every postseason game and Joe gave in,and almost lost this game.
I’ve lost respect for Posada,it’s suppose to be what’s best for the team,not pacify a catcher!
Joe PULLED AJ out faster than he ever pulled Joba,when he was throwing away the game.
This game was unneedlessly stressful,because of Posada me me attitude!
I hate this term, but D-Rob is the X-factor for the Yankees.
He’s the best strikeout pitcher they have in the pen. Don’t forget, he has a better strikeout rate than Bard.
In all fairness the twins didnt even come out and argue that foul ball call.. At full speed it was close with Melky running to catch it.. Even if Mauer was on 2nd, whats the guarantee that Twins would get 3 straight hits after that or the yanks wouldnt have walked kubel to keep the double play in order ?? You cant say that one call determined the whole game..
Unbelievable game… Wow!
Instant fall classic in the new Yankee Stadium.
Vader
October 9th, 2009 at 10:29 pm
Nick…you have that Alabama hat?…I’m going to get my G-Tech hat
Nick…I guess I have to get my G-Tech hat then.
rb-
I did a countdown for 2 days during the all-star break, the Yanks went on a 9 game winning streak when they returned.
I did a countdown for Game 1. They won.
I did a countdown for Game 2. They won.
I think I am just going to keep counting down until the World Series is over
Uh, Alex had 2 game tying hits, one in the 9th inning for a home run against Joe Nathan with our backs against the wall. A-Rod gets the belt.
BTW, Yanks haven’t won a title with a republican in office since 1958. That was another reason I was happy Obama got elected. It freed up a chance for the Yanks for this year
the straw that broke the Twins back…
It’s destiny… and you can’t deny it!!
—.—.—. October 9th, 2009 at 10:46 pm
This game changed when Joe hit the panic button on AJ’S 1 and only run.Posada felt entitled to be in every postseason game and Joe gave in,and almost lost this game.
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AJ was at 95 pitches. He was probably coming out soon anyway.
How can you pick a player of the game???
Erica – always OPPC October 9th, 2009 at 10:44 pm
44 hours and 16 minutes until Game 3!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I can’t wait that long.
Here’s a bit of craziness:
3 children. 2 of them twins.
The (human) twins have their jewish coming of age on ALCS Game 3 — the last good day for Yankee playoff baseball.
The 3rd child has his bar-mitzvah pre-season of this year. The Yankees have 105 wins, and might finally be headed back to the ALCS (and hopefully beyond.) Crazy stuff.
Congrats to most of us, real Yankees fans, for not giving up on the team when they trailed by two runs in the 9th inning and everyone was even declaring the Yanks losers of the series.
This win goes to all of us, real Yankees fans!
seriously can’t wait for Sunday. that day will be dooms day for Pavano. sweeeeep!
Pettitte will have his hands full in Minnesota. He’s not been bad, but, that team bothers me in Minnesota.
Erica, definitely don’t mess with success.
I’ll tell you something tonight’s the loudest I heard Yankees Stadium.
A-Rod = no longer mental in the playoffs October 9th, 2009 at 10:48 pm
Uh, Alex had 2 game tying hits, one in the 9th inning for a home run against Joe Nathan with our backs against the wall. A-Rod gets the belt.
==========
yeah, but I like the idea of Arod continuing to fly under the radar. I hope he stays humble. That has been working so well for him. The new Arod doesn’t get too high or too low.
Vader, you win the hat sweepstakes tonight for sure!
(if you really got that hat!)
Are you in Atlanta?
I know I’m way behind, but:
“Girardi is a genius: That third catcher on the roster is looking pretty good right now.”
No. If he was a genius, he wouldn’t have started Jose-effing-Molina.
I think us fans (the real ones) are the players of the game for never losing faith during that craziness.
That game was brutal, but we came out on the right end of it
sweet win, there is no quit on this team. Arod has exorcised the playoff demon, Burnett pitched his way out of trouble at least twice. Pettitte will finish the sweep on Sunday against our old buddy Carl Pavano. Sweet justice!!
“This game changed when Joe hit the panic button on AJ’S 1 and only run.Posada felt entitled to be in every postseason game and Joe gave in,and almost lost this game.”
Crack is whack
Team win.
AJ pitched well, good play by Swish and Jete, big hit by Alex, good pitching by Robertson, big hit by Tex.
They are playing with so much confidence it’s amazing to watch
What a job by Robertson. Sure, he got lucky that the balls were hit right at people. But the key thing was to go in there and throw strikes and let whatever was going to happen, happen. He could not fall behind hitters, although Delmon and Carlos swung at the 1st pitch.
I was surprised that AJ came out in a tie game. Surprised that Aceves came out of a tie game when he can go more than one inning.
Lots of things that weren’t supposed to happened. But the Yankees came out on top.
In just 2 playoff games, here’s what the “newcomers” have done already:
Sabathia: 1-0 1.35 ERA
Burnett: 0-0 1.50 ERA
Teixeira: walkoff HR
Swisher: game-winning (technically) RBI double
And Arod:
.500 AVG 5 RBI, game-tying 9th inning HR
new thread
Kevin S. just proved he is a moron. Burnett gets to throw 6 innings of 1 run ball which he might not have done with Posada. Molina only gets one AB and Posada gets the majority. Perfect scenario.
Girardi’s YES post-game press conference:
http://bit.ly/3MQ5SK
joeysdadjoe
October 9th, 2009 at 10:41 pm
jpb1973
October 9th, 2009 at 10:39 pm
This has to be a crushing defeat for the Twins…we’ve walked off against them 4 times, now, this season. I wonder if they even want to come back to the NYS for game 5.
They aren’t getting the chance
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If they weren’t crushed by the losses earlier this year, they won’t be crushed by this. Shaken a bit, but, not crushed.
The belt needs to go to the new Mr clutch Alex.He got the team back in the game with the 2 runs.Those 2 runs caused xtra innings.
Marte is scary.
AJ and Molina were a great combo,only 1 run,wow.
Phil has spoiled me,I’m not in the habit of seeing him give up runs.
So is this 52 come from behind wins ,and 16 wallk offs now?
david cone is using just for men…he’s been hanging out with john flaherty too much…
Ralphie, I taped the game, but only the first two and a half hours, so I won’t get a chance to watch Robertson’s Houdini act……..
Did the Twins get messed out of a run or two? I can’t quite allow myself to feel the incredible joy I should because I hate winning on bad calls…..
That said, the Yankees have always been a good road team. I’m not afraid of them playing anywhere
Kevin-S, are you kidding? Pretty much all of Minny’s runs were scored when Jorge was behind the plate. Face it, Jose and Francisco are stud pitch callers, Jorges a very good hitter.
AJ went 6 innings and Jorge still had 3 times as many at-bats as Jose. Let it go…
woke up at 4am in a hotel in paris in the marais. one bar of wifi on the iPhone. hit the MLB app and listen to the last two innings of an absolutely unreal Yankee game. thank you, steve jobs.
two thoughts:
I agree with the tex/arod = best 1,2 since gehrig ruth. been saying that, myself for a while.
marte MUST be canned after this series.
I was at a client’s office in Mt. Vernon today – about 10-15 min from the Stadium. I considered trying to get a ticket last minute. This was an AMAZING game – would’ve been great to attend!
Phil Cuzzi is a piece of garbage just like everyone from jersey. (and new york)
“DT-
Did you really shower in the 11th?”
They was nudity, a closed curtain was involved, I got wet.
Phi Cuzzi says I shouldn’t say anything more without legal representation.
It must be pretty satisfying for Chad to be able to see players that he’s covered down in Scranton come up big for the big ball club in the majors.
Hey, so much for the off days so the BP could stay sharp, huh?
You can only plan so much. Girardi had the right guys all lined up, but the still have to execute. But Joba did okay, Coke, Ace were okay, and what can you say about Robertson?
The Twins didn’t win this one, one where they really pushed and pushed. The Yankees bent, but didn’t break.
Coney & Kay are saying the “experiment” was successful (AJ & Jose), but I’m not sure. You really don’t know how good the other pitcher is going to be. Tonight the guy matched the zeros with AJ.
Wow, Yankees.. How much did that blatantly obvious BAD CALL cost you?
So very many story lines here –
1. What a win!
2. Alex getting co many clutch hits. What a home run!
3. Great play by Swish and Derek.
4. David Robertson, after his elbow scare, having the courage to stand in. Even more so in contrast to Joe Nathan.
5. I really respect Ron Gardenhire and the job he does without the greatest talent. But he can only do so much. Not only Gomez (with the baserunning and not taking any pitches against DRob there in the 11th), but not having Nathan at his best against the Yanks.
6. What’s with the umpires? Not only Merriwhether, but that clearly blown call down the foul line?
7. Yeah, Minny got screwed by that call, but they had the bases loaded with none out. No excuses allowed there.
8. Finally, the curse of Mark Teixeira
Did I say it was a great game? I hope Pete is enjoying that Boston-Anaheim series.
Socks Angela 1-1
Good fortune smiled on the Yankees today as it did on the Dodgers yesterday. If you ask me, it’s about time. All their has been in the playoffs has been bloop hits and game winning line drives bounce over the fence.
Wow for AROD. I will watch all(or maybe one)of Kate Hudson’s movies if she relaxes him.
What a night!
Why bother with this stupid baseball playoff stuff. We all know this is RIGGED because of the new stadium. Was there ever any doubt that this would happen? The gullible baseball fan who goes to his team’s games thinking all this is legit. Hmmmmmm…Remember when Cleveland stomped them in their new place 10-2 and 22-3…The Indians were punished for schooling the revered yankees in their new shrine. The Twins were rewarded with the late-season rise to the playoffs for their efforts to blow those games, especially the “RIGGOFF” games. Puleeeeeeze…go back to WWE… at least it is more entertaining.
ARod no longer mental (ANLM?)
Did you happen to see what, 7 walks? 17 runners LOB for the Twins? 12 hits?
Yes, they got out of it, and have only given up 4 ER in two games, which looks great, but these are the Twins, with a team OPS of like .650.
What was the WHIP tonight for the Yankees–19/11=1.72? You’d go to war with that WHIP? I guess the Twinkies have to on Sunday, because that’s Carl Pavano.
As I said before, let this be the “bad” game on the mound–and it really wasn’t that bad.
Let’s agree to disagree on this, and get on to other topics.
(1) Why does TBS let Don Orsillo announce the Sox-Angels? A team’s home announcer doing national for their team?
(2) This truly is a post-season of redemption for the Yankees. Carl Pavano, pitching with his team’s season on the line. 3 IP and 10ER would do it for me.
You won’t believe what I’m about to share with you.I can’t believe how emotional.
The Cardinals fans are requesting that Albert Pujols be let go!!
Can you imagine this silly suggestion?
If He comes on the Market teams will line up Angels,Yankees,Dodgers,Reds,Socks,et al.
We’re talking Alex money,break the bank.No way Yankees will allow the Socks to get him,the price would be crazy high.
My email says they are angry Albert hasn’t hit a Home Run since Sept 9th.They also think La Russa has been hitting the bottle again because he is a drunk.He told the press he was really impressed with his closer(the one who blew the save)and gave up the winning run.St Louis is a very angry place right now.
BOO YANKEES!!
GO TWINS!!
Your playing it way too safe if you are a fan of the Yankees. Now, being a Twins fan is a step outside the box. The Yankees have won the World Series 26 times for crying out loud. No offense, but I would like to see something new and far more surprising. I think watching a Yankee game is just too boring no matter the amount of suspense. 9 times out of 10 you already know they’re gonna win and it’s not exactly fun to expect it. I would like to see a losing team go all the way for once.
Oh and by the way, that call at the foul line was complete BS and boy is that ump gonna get some from Gardy. If your gonna pass a guy as ump make sure he can see the ball first.
(Sorry for the negativity, but the Yankees had it comin’ to ‘em. Or at least the umps did. And this is just one out of quite a few games with the Yankees where the Twins got completely robbed of a win for stupid reasons. They rightfully deserve every one of those games back. I have absolute respect for A-ROIDS, I mean A-Rod.)
Oh, and I think your little pal Brian Bruney may be on something too. I mean don’t you think that a line drive homer with that kind of aluminum bat power is a little inhuman?
Are you an idiot