ALCS Game 2: Angels at Yankees (Part III)
Posted by: Sam Borden - Posted in Misc on Oct 17, 2009 
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UPDATE, 11:31 p.m.: Another 1,000 comments or so and we’re into part III. Girardi nearly looked like a genius there as Guzman (the second-pinch runner) could have scored the winning run after moving into scoring position on a hit by Gardner (the first pinch-runner). Alas, not to be. On we go.
By the way, how about all that rain?
UPDATE, 11:35 p.m.: Wow, that was almost awful. A-Rod almost cost the Yankees an out and killed Mariano at the same time. Fortunately, collision averted.
UPDATE, 11:59 p.m.: Small ball from the Angels and they’ve got their chance now against Aceves. Yankees have certainly had theirs and been unable to cash in so far.
UPDATE, 12:01 p.m.: That snapped an 0-for-19 postseason slide for Figgins dating back to last season, and the Angels are up 3-2. It’s dead silent here at the Stadium.
UPDATE, 12:12 p.m.: He did it again. Unbelieveable. That ball from A-Rod slipped over the right-field fence and the Stadium went absolutely nuts. 3-3 and with the rain coming down like it is, you wonder if the game might be suspended if the Yankees don’t win it right here.
UPDATE, 12:23 p.m.: Damaso Marte in a big spot. This doesn’t feel very good, does it?
UPDATE, 12:25 p.m.: Hey, what do you know – Marte gets an out. Now Robertson is coming in. The first time he started warming up was about six hours ago, when A.J. got wild in the fifth inning.
UPDATE, 12:27 p.m.: Chad Gaudin is the last lonely soul left in the pen. Hope he can pitch till morning.
UPDATE, 12:36 p.m.: Lots of work being done on the mound and field in between innings. Ervin Santana coming in now for the Angels. Figure he’s in for the long-haul.
UPDATE, 12:47 p.m.: Another chance for Alex, but he skies to center. What a night. We’re going to the 13th and Robertson is staying in. Remarkable restraint by Girardi, considering he still has one whole pitcher left in the bullpen.
What a game!
DAMN A SINGLE!
weatherman should be fired…
Huge missed opportunity by Cano
and it begins. Come on Mo.
Can’t overuse Mo in a game two situation. If it was a game 7 with everything on the line, yes. Here’s to a quick inning.
At least we got the lead runner.
Fisted.
This does look good. Over managing at its best.
Enough with the “fisted” guys!
ok – another dp ball and let’s go to the bottom of the 10th…
Id rather have Melky up there in that situation. I wish they would have walked him.
Come on Mo!!!
Scosia would never go to a worse pithcer there. Jepsen is clearly better than Fuentes:)
And btw. Could we have had a worse hitter at the plate there than Cano in that spot?
OH LORD THANK GOD!
Mo: “Outta my way alex, I got this!”
Defer to Mo, GDI.
LoHud blog comments – 2000+
Pete’s comments – 30
poor Pete had to go to the bad guys…
Mac Daddy
October 17th, 2009 at 11:33 pm
weatherman should be fired…
The one job that you never see anyone get fired for being wrong so many times.
best athlete wins joust
Nice play, but that was some sloppy communication.
Mo remembered Arod has trouble with pop-ups.
Thank you Mike Sciosia for gifting the the yankees an out.
nevermind on my question about the matts. i figured it out.
There is something really prisonbreak-ish about the use of the word fisted.
is Mo going to pitch 4 inning for the first time since ’96?
so while the Yankees in the full head gear look like Ninjas I think the A’s look like Spiderman…
at the end of the day, not a good look
This is why it wasn’t such a crazy idea to have Jeter bunt in the 5th inning. Everyone was so concerned about playing for the big inning, but one measly run there could have won us the game.
Mo still looks pretty good, not that it will be necessary because Damon will earn the pie this inning but I wonder if Mo could pitch another?
Why was Mathis bunting with 1 out already
So protecting ARod will be………Jerry Hairston Jr????
is it any way possible we can have mo pitch every inning for the rest of the playoffs?
ump squeezin
Come on Mo!!!!
Ump was calling those low pitches strikes for the Angels
“Thank you Mike Sciosia for gifting the the yankees an out.”
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CB, especially with 1 out against Rivera. they’d have just 1 AB to score the run, not 2.
just odd.
RS enough already…
Beseeching Fujin…
Godzilla gets it going…
Cano can’t cash in…
Cano is a worthless piece of feces….
Why isn’t the Yanks strike zone as wide as the Angels?
God please don’t drive me to the bottle on early Sunday morning.
BD,
Just ridiculous to bunt with 1 out there.
Nice play by Cano
nice one Robbie!!!
a’?
holy Cano-li!! nice catch
Nice defense that inning.
Now win it for MO!
THANK YOU NINJA ROBI!
camera man made that catch look harder than it was.
where was cano in 2001
Can someone please wake up the bats!!!!
wow..cano didn’t catch that cleanly…but still got it…awesome…now LET’S END THIS…
Cano good play…NOW ITS REALLY TIME FOR PIE GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rivera basically goes through the lineup on 24 pitches.
sick!
Last man standing without pie, wants pie. It is meant to be.
way to go, robby!
Robbi!!!
24 pitches to get 7 outs…enough said.
Nice catch by Cano. Ninja-defense.
I STILL DON’T KNOW HOW NINJA ROBI GOT THERE, HE WAS PLAYING EYBAR TO PULL.
halos trying to play the bloop game as usual, not working surprisingly
My goodness what a terrific hustle play by Cano.
Just unbelievable. That is such an incredibly hard play to make. He ranges to the outfield side of second base to make that play.
His range is just unbelievable.
CB would you have bunted with Morales? The only reason I think Scioscia doesn’t there is because Morales cannot bunt correct?
That’s Rodriguez’ ball, not Mo’s.
This game isn’t for the faint of heart! Every out is an adventure, every base runner is a grind.
yea, well we have a new set of bats out there, a la, Guzman, Gardner, Posada! yeah Jorge, do it please!
I thought Scoscia never made any tactical errors.
Let’s win it here.
Melky-Posada-Jeter…let’s do this.
Really nice play by Cano on that catch. That was trouble from the atart.
my stomach is seriously churning. can we please win it now!
25 pitches. Goodnight and thank you Mo.
A-Rod almost cost them an out? Isn’t that his ball? I thought on pop ups, the pitcher is supposed to defer.
Then again, maybe Alex just confuses everybody when he shouts “Mine!”
OK, can we please win it now? Aceves is good, but he’s a big drop-off from Mo.
Win it now
“Can someone please wake up the bats!!!!”
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we dont need to wake them up. just tell them that they finally get to face Oliver or Fuentes.
Frack, Cano scared me to death. What kind of crazy defense was that inning?
Had to go make a noodles run, caught John Miller’s call on Damon’s great glove work. “…bloop hit…it’s falling, falling, and it’s…CAUGHT BY DAMON!!”. He was most impressed. I like Miller. He says some dumb things, but he gets excited about big plays just like a fan. No bias there.
Yanks please score a run in this inning otherwise Aceves is coming in to pitch. I don’t want to see him in this game.
***start***
Ok let’s get this done before the rain comes in
End this now baby!
Mo is the best. Ever.
Halos hypnotized…
Mariano Rivera…
Mo the magician…
Let’s finish it this inning!!!! Let’s go Yanks!!
LECHE IT’S CLOSE/LATE…VAMOS CONO!
Is Oliver the new Rhodes?
Game. Set. Match. Oliver = Yankees win.
I smell a Jeter walk-off!!!!
I agree, win it in 10
Wasn’t Oliver less than scary with the Mets??
“That was trouble from the atart.”
did I miss a Christina25 sighting?
I guess ACE will be our pitcher going forward??
Damon to get Pie tonight.
OK, it’s been fun. Time to end this game.
OK, it’s been fun. Time to end this game.
just dont swing at ball 4 Melky!
Lord, Jeff – I can’t wait until Damon!!!
Wake up the bats!!!!
yankees have to think keep the line moving.
no big swing heroics.
if it goes out it needs to be an accident.
this is such an important at bat. If Melky gets on I say the Yanks win.
I WANT PIE! I WANT PIE. FROM SNOWY SYRACUSE WE WANT PIE!
“would you have bunted with Morales? The only reason I think Scioscia doesn’t there is because Morales cannot bunt correct?”
Absolutely not. The only way to beat Mo is with some freakish outcome. A dunk shot or the unexpected home run over the right field wall. Something like that.
There’s no way you can take the bat out of Morales’s hand there – especially in this stadium with that short porch in right.
Mariano has made a whole career out of a single pitch that no one can hit due to its ridiculous late movement.
That is a very hard pitch to square correctly to get a good bunt down.
Leche!
can you feel it???
Bronx Bombers Girl
October 17th, 2009 at 11:41 pm
I smell a Jeter walk-off!!!!
The one I have been waiting for all year.
Brandon, curious expression. Where are you from?
LETS GO MOPHOSSSSSSSSSSSSSS….
Nice. Come on Posada end the game here…
MELKY!!!!! why oh why didn’t they walk Cano!!
lets GO!
gotta steal 2nd here. It’s a cold night and no one is throwing the ball sharply.
Melky getting it started. I am astonished that it will be another Pie game.
No quality outs here, please. Gotta get offense steamrolling now!
PLEASE NO DP PLEASE…
Too bad Molina isn’t still in the game. I like the bunt here.
HIP HIP…
Single Jorge 1st and third please
Would A.J. dare pie Jorgie?
no bunting, please!!
Mo looked so good tonight. In the Boone game he was still throwing 95-97 (according to the Fox guns), but he didn’t have the great movement he has today. The man is a modern marvel.
That wasn’t an error but that was a poor defensive play by Hunter.
He read the ball incorrectly off the bat and broke backwards and to left field rather than in and to right field.
Gap shot by Jorge, cmon now
Posada’s not going to bunt here.
“Brandon, curious expression. Where are you from?”
I’m part latino now SHUT UP and LET ME bite my nails.
Left pitcher, righty batter…bad combo for stealing
why chance another DP, c’mon Joe take a chance on Napoli
in on the corners ?
thank you.
Please no DP.
WOW!!!
that is a HORRIBLE call, horrible.
WHAT!??!?!?!?!?!
Safe at 2nd!
what just happened??:?????
Uh, what?
replay, please
wth??? where is the freakin replay FOX?
Whoa.
Wow, what a break.
he wasn’t touching the bag?!!!!?!?!?!
he didn’t hit it this time
ouch
i dont want the yanks to win on a controversial call
they always give the out there
what’s happening right now….
Finally! A break. Good call on the “neighborhood play”, McCarver.
Soscia first words out of his mouth: “No fing way”
What a LUCKY break.
Let’s go Yankees (clap clap, clap-clap-clap)!!!
That’s payback for the call in the 2005 ALDS against Cano
Never touched 2nd.
he never touched the bag?
McCarver finding a way to justify the neighborhood play.
ok, Jeter – do this now
BIG break
Holy
Good call. He was off the bag….
im sorry… you cant make that call there
they give that out all the time
ST
FU
mccarver….the 2nd baseman ALWAYS has to touch the bag you idiots…
Great and gutsy call!
horrible call. i dont want the yanks winning on that crap.
Lucky that wasn’t Marty Foster – the ball beat him to the bag – he’s out!
really – IBB?
Jeff – looks like you might get Damon, here…
He never touched the bag.
What a stupid argument by Mc Carver. Maybe someone brought it to the umps attention and they finally paid attention.
Wow! Terrible and evident error by the Angels! I can’t believe it! Wow!
Don’t think I’ve seen anything like this. But the umps do owe us for calling Jeter out earlier.
if i read jerry lanes lips right, he said to mike (not verbatum): i told him if he didnt touch the bag the next time, im not giving it to you…may be wrong but believe thats what he said
it was actually the correct call…
well they should never “give” that play at 2nd base! I mean u have to be touching the bag at 1st, right, so why not 2nd? Nice f-bomb by Eybar
So mad they’re walking Jeets right now.
Aybar decided to go with the neighborhood play at second base in the 10th inning of a playoff game.
That’s on him.
“That’s payback for the call in the 2005 ALDS against Cano”
I remember that too.
lol, Scioscia has every right to cry. But maybe next time he should touch the bag.
Slap in the face to Johnny
Makes sense pitch to the lefty. Damon or Tex please get a hit here.
We were talking about Aybar not touching the bag earlier in the game. That was pretty blatant, the other ones were closer.
He actually wasn’t even that close to touching the bag. That’s why he didn’t get the ‘neighborhood’ call.
aybar was 1 foot off the bag…
I want to see some other replays from the earlier DPs in this game….are the announcers saying they never hit 2nd?
Technically speaking? Geez, isn’t the rule you have to touch the bag or tag the runner. He did neither.
there it is, McCarver says it is too protect the players from injury, what a joke. Anyway, I called a Damon walkoff, here’s my chance.
I’m a Yankee fan until the end, but that was a BS play. Every team gets that benefit of the doubt.
Does the ump have money on this game?
Please get a hit Damon…
Win IT
Do it for Johnny!!!!!!!!!!!!!
“ST
FU
mccarver….the 2nd baseman ALWAYS has to touch the bag you idiots…”
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Aybar is the SS.
and they give that call to the defense every time.
just a bad call in this situation.
Damnn!! Now they take the pie outta Jeter’s face!!
doesnt take away from the horrible posada at bats we keep seeing
Please no DP
I hope the ump warned him earlier in the game because that’s the only way that call is justified at that juncture of the game IMO.
Turning the DP is a lot easier when you don’t have to worry where the bag is. Reminds me of the “ball beat you” play against Jeter earlier this year.
He wasn’t even close to the bag ‘in the vicinity’ has it’s limits
He was a foot off the bag, why are they complaining so much?
“That did not appear to be blatant.”
What are you smoking, McCarver? That was so blatant it hurt.
it’s Damon’s nite, he’s gonna do it!!!
“if i read jerry lanes lips right, he said to mike (not verbatum): i told him if he didnt touch the bag the next time, im not giving it to you…may be wrong but believe thats what he said”
If he said that, then it’s on Aybar.
The Angels must be expecting another DP or otherwise if they want to face Damon. I expect better.
“Technically speaking? Geez, isn’t the rule you have to touch the bag or tag the runner. He did neither.”
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it would be like a cop letting everyone drive 65 in a 55 for years and then pulling someone over going 56 in a 55.
Thank you, Erick Aybar. What a time to try the neighborhood play.
Jeter touches the bag on that play.
it is clear that the ump was monitoring this all night, as he did approve 3 previous DP’s by the angels.
Really, McCarver – you were wrong…see how that works
No worries we still will not score
Aybar got away with it earlier when he didn’t touch second. Wasn’t even close this time.
Oliver pulled a string on that one
That is wholly on Aybar. Why risk it with a sloppy DP turn?
Rule: You must touch the bag in order for the force out to be recorded. If you do not than the runner is safe. Good call. Enough already
I really expected more from this reporting crew on the blog, but, seems it’s more of the same. Rodriguez goes in o make the play and it’s his fault that there was a near collision? Seems more like it’s the same Pete Abe crap to me.
Great call by Lane and it was the right one. The neighborhood play always looks iffy but they always touch the bag. Aybar didn’t, case closed.
Come on Damon get on base….
Do the good shortstops touch the bag?
Nice of McCarver to verify that Aybar touched the bag on all the earlier double plays.
Is that the first time McCarver has ever admitted he was wrong on air? I note he didn’t change his mind about the call, but he at least admitted being wrong.
why are the Yankees not running on Napoli?
BD,
Aybar should have just touched the bag in that situation given how much is riding on the game.
Why would Aybar touch the bag on every other double play he’s turned today, but not on a crucial one in the 10th inning of a playoff game?
Sciosia might be yelling at the wrong person.
What the hell is wrong with Damon lately? He is missing by a foot when he swings.
Damon, seriously?
GEEZ DAMON!!!
damon sucks
ok well maybe not.
Tex is sooo due tho!
Weak efforts by a number of Yankee Batters tonight
What good is it if you can’t capitalize on break like that?
Is Tex the new A-Rod in the postseason?
It’s up to you Marky Mark, they’ll pitch to you.
Damon is just lost.
Crap. They just can’t get the 1 hit they need. Back to back innings…
As i said no worries on the angels part we will not score.
Damon looks awful.
please…@!!!!!!!!!!!!
GB7,
I agree… but when it’s ARod vs Rivera I think it’s become natural instinct for some to blame Alex.
no way tex goes 0 – 5
Rain is coming down hard now.
c’mon TEX
I cant take it!!!
Has its limits??????????. It’s called all the time. I guess the Yankees are exempt from that call
Tex is going to see curveballs.
Don’t worry Angels looks as if the Yanks will blow it. Unbelievable!
Wow, I can’t believe this game….end it already!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
looks like it is starting to come down hard
TEX – swing the freaking bat, dude…c’mon
Come on, already! Tex is overdue to be a hero tonight. And so is A-Rod. And so is the rest of the team.
crap he’s going 0 for 5
I can’t take this.
here comes a fastball
kill me now
What the hell is wrong with Tex? Why does he look so bad
way….0 for 5
Jeez Tex, get the dang bat off your shoulder!
WOW… JUST WOW!!
Damon and Tex are both lost at the plate.
This offense has been terrible.
Pathetic. Weak. Feeble.
And yet another weak grounder.
What’s up with all the choking tonight? my god they are terrible.
God awful……a loss would be completely on the offense.
The bats have been embarrassing tonight. Credit to the Angels pitching.
Ace is not a sure thing, this is going to the liquor inning for me.
I can’t watch Aceves here…good lord -it’s like ALDS game 2 all over again
dammit, I still think the Yankees will win, but so many blown opportunities, for both teams really.
He wasn’t even in the neighborhood.
In fact Aybar’s in the wrong neighborhood.
Let’s go Ace or D-rob, and defense!
All I’ve seen is weak ground balls and double plays from this offense tonight. They need to step up.
Awful…just awful!!
Tex is going to take some hits and rightly so……….pathetic.
Terrible. Tex has not had 1 good at bat in this series yet. He is way too over aggressive at any fastball he sees.
Too many blown golden opportunities to score. They get on base the hard way and it’s immediately followed by meekly swatted bats.
If for BOTH the yankees and angels earlier double plays they did touch the bag then this call is right, but otherwise no
I can’t believe the Yankees didn’t take advantage of that terrible error! It was ment to be! Damon and Teixeira, horrible job! Yuck!
in the cold, in the rain… anything can happen.
Yanks just need to keep their heads in the game and make routine plays.
And it’s starting to pour.
Just how pathetic is this yankee offense? the biggest break they could possibly get and neither Damon or Tex could even muster enough energy to hit the ball hard.
Angels win this series in 5 or 6 games.
Oh well. At least if they win now, we won’t have to listen to everyone saying that the umps handed it to them.
this offense is anemic… Where is the big hit? Who’s gonna step up? Now you have hairston and Gardner up in the 11th… ugh
Thank God we got CC and AJ since this is the same offense we have been seeing for the last 3 or 4 playoffs
This was their problem all year. Relying on the homer, and never getting a single in a big spot with runners on and 2 out. Terrible. They don’t deserve to win this game. Even after that terrible call, they still cant capitalize. Unreal
It is pouring right now in central jersey
They’re not even getting good swings. It’s just weak ground ball after weak ground ball.
@Jockomac,
ah no! Don’t recall A-Rod ever hitting a walkoff homer in post season, much less anything else before 2009…So the answer is clearly, NO!
Any minute I’m expecting my phone to ring so I can pinch hit for Tex so the team can at least save some $ and get the same results.
Get your $hit together, guys.
I don’t know if it’s been mentioned but they called us on that in either 05 or 06 with Cano missing the bag.
I was worried about this team lack of hitting with RISP and 2 outs during the regular season and saw it being a potential problem come October.
Awful job by the offense tonight. Hideous.
Well they aren’t scoring either, but how big was that AJ wildpitch hours ago
That wild pitch is really coming back to haunt us
I have to admit, I would’ve felt bad if the Yankees won it on the non-neighborhood call. No mercy next inning though.
Hairston should hit for Damon against lefties at this point of the games going forward
I would bring in Robertson because he is a strike out artist. Why bring in Aceves ?
This reminds me of the game MLB_TV replayed today.
That game ended in the bottom of the 11th inning by the first batter – a 3B.
Hmmm…Maybe this one will end the same way…. there is my prediction for the day.
this entire post season feels like one single game…most havebfit the same pattern…very good pitching…just enough hitting..remains to be seen if the latter holds true today…
Great now Aceves coming in. I don’t like this match up at all. I would pitch Robertson but Girardi seems to love Aceves for some reason.
wow. im glad the game didn’t end with that call being the backdrop. terrible call. horrible. worst call i’ve ever seen. worse than the mauer call. just pathetic umpiring.
lets go yanks.
Angels are playing with a lot of focus and bearing down. Yankees need the bats to come alive and not give up.
The Yanks are fortunate to still be playing and now with the rest of the bullpen due to pitch i think we are in trouble. We have Arod, Guzman and Gardner due up so if we are behind it may be it.
Just some bad ABs tonight by a lot of hitters.
Ace w/ the rain, I don’t like this, he’s a feel pitcher.
This game looks more and more like that 15 innings game vs. Boston. Our bats are ice cold.
The question is, will they be lucky again this time?
The sky is falling!
The sky is falling!
STeve,
Angels have left twice as many on base than the Yanks have. So be careful when u say we deserve to lose this game.
The Yankees will win this.
Maybe it had to go to the 11th just to stop all the crying about the play at second.
GO YANKEES!
Mr win to the rescue
looking at a rain delay in a few if you ask me…im no weatherman which means im likely to be right ; )
3 up, 3 down please.
Aceves hasn’t pitched in forever. How is he supposed to be sharp?
need to find the strike zone, buddy
Tex will deserve every bit of criticism he gets.
Aceves looks scared…great.
blow out smh, Aceves please work your magic.
also, I don’t agree they sent the 2nd pinch runner.
Most likely they will lose.
I really hope the Yankees don’t pay for not scoring while Rivera was still in.
You know the Angels are just ecstatic that they managed to hold on long enough to get Mo out of the game.
Jeremy wouldn’t it be better to bring in a strikeout artist when Aceves gets in trouble rather than vice versa?
You can’t blame this game on the starting pitcher…….Tex’s bat is turning to sawdust and the Yankees have just done what they always do in the post-season.
The offense has been poor this game – but it’s not that uncommon that this kind of thing happens in the playoffs.
The pitching is just better in the playoffs. You can’t count on the opposing pitchers making as many mistakes.
That’s why your own pitching has to be better. That’s why your own pitching can’t execute self-inflicted damage in the playoffs.
This is not some regular season game where you can just chalk things up and say, hey the starting pitcher gave up 2 runs and went 6 innings that’s “good enough” because it’s not good enough given how those two runs were scored.
This game should be over. It should be over because they offense should have scored more.
But it should also be over because AJ shouldn’t have given up those two runs through that folly of mistakes.
Damn our bats have been pretty much quiet the whole playoffs. How big is that Jeter DP now, with 2 on and no out, where he could’ve moved over the runners?
And Yes, Rosenthal, amazing, considering that most rain drops are usually soft and hot!!
Why Aceves before Robertson? Why??
I think you have to try to touch the bag. Jeter and Cano always do touch it.
rosenthal is a dork
he has no feel right now
yeah walk the lead off man
Awesome, here comes a rain delay. If this game gets delayed I’m going to have to buy more Halloween candy.
Matthews is the Carl Pavano/Kevin Brown of the Angels…
Aceves make him hit the ball. He hasn’t played in forever.
Here comes the leadoff walk
Steve October 17th, 2009 at 11:53 pm
This was their problem all year. Relying on the homer, and never getting a single in a big spot with runners on and 2 out. Terrible. They don’t deserve to win this game. Even after that terrible call, they still cant capitalize. Unreal
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spoken like a man that hasn’t watched one single yankee game this season. it was probably on the tv, but you didn’t comprehend what was going on…lol…
“I have to admit, I would’ve felt bad if the Yankees won it on the non-neighborhood call. No mercy next inning though.”
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I feel the same way.
Win it in the 11th!!
Incognito, bad call? You aren’t watching the game, obviously. It was the right call on a terrible error by the Angels.
You CANNOT walk the lead-off batter!!
“walks kill”
great. lead off walk…
Great job Asseves….
why does rosenthal get any airtime – he adds NOTHING…if you’re gonna have someone reporting nonsense info, make it a very attractive woman…
Tons of first-guessing trolls on here tonight who are ready to DFA Tex and Damon. Sam/Chad – touting 1000s of posts is worthless if the quality of the posts are terrible.
*Jesus Christ, god is going to make me an alcoholic tonight.*
Not sure why Aceves is in the game rather than Robertson here.
Robertson is less home run prone and with his ability to strike guys out is a much better bet in this situation.
And Aceves is a feel pitcher who hasn’t thrown in a long time.
What a joke. Matthews is terrible and hasn’t had an at bat in weeks. Of course the Angels will score here.
Marte!????????
No!!! Marte.
And now overmanaging in the 8th will cost us the game… Bet on it. Joba should have pitch in the 8th and then you’ve had had Hughes here…
Great job, Ace.
This guy is, has been, and will forever be a mediocre reliever/spot starter that has been glorified because he plays for NY.
I don’t trust him one bit.
OH NO NOT MARTE NOT MARTE
oh god no, say it isn’t so! MARTE??? game over
I had a feeling Aceves would immediately get into trouble. This is not good.
I hope they win it here, i’m done with this game. This offense has been terrible since what 2003? in the playoffs
And that should be the game.
Marte up wonderful how many runs will we need?
this is scary with aceves pitching to contact.
atom ball?
Ofcourse we wasted Jobber and Hughes and we might get Marte. FML
Teixeira has been down right pitiful. I know he’s not the only one but he is batting 3rd important spot in the lineup. Screwed up twice in game 1 with not getting the runners over/sac fly.
Down right awful. He looks like the April Teixeira only problem is he doesn’t have 5 more months to makeup for it.
raindrops hitting the mics sound like gunshots.
Who feels a surrender coming up this inning. I try not to be negative, but it’s not like we haven’t seen this before. If they do score I hope it’s only one run.
Girardi needs to be smart. He has made a lot of bad risky choices in this game.
Does anyone really think the Angels won’t score this run?
rain delay coming soon! game won’t be over til like 3 a.m.!
I have a bad feeling about pitching to Figgins…
mark my words. Tex will be a huge factor by the time this series is over!
wow, nice fundamental baseball by the Angels. patient AB, not swinging at balls and a perfect bunt, probably followed by the game winning hit.
yeah, Martw scares me already
Djsunyc-
Rosenthal was called in when Erin Andrews refused to come out of her hotel room…trust me, she’s still in there.
Rain is falling now and it’s probably not going to stop. I’m worried this game is going to be decided by sloppy defense because of the wet field.
K needed here…
Ace should go more than 2 unless he melts down
Yanks had a chance to score the last inning and blew it – that will cost them the game!!!!
Who ARE these people? Half of these posters names I’ve never seen before, lol.
Dammit.
Well that was obvious….
way to fail yanks
crap, the bloopers kill…GIRARDI!
game over…bad loss
Yankees deserve to lose this game.
this is over, really, we can all go to bed now
crap.
Yuck
Well they blew the game. This team has made so many mistakes they deserve to lose.
And that’ll be the ballgame.
frak! This is a shocking development.
Game over. good night, game over, series over… and that’s gonna be the season too. You can’t lose games like this
Wow. Throw was dead on, but his arm was more dead than anything.
This game is half on the offense and half on Girardi
Great hanging curveball…
Oh no
well, Fuentes will be coming in to save it so we have a chance!!!!
hanging curve ball..
Great.
Commence troll complaints who knew Girardi purposefully screwed the team over or knew the correct thing to do after the fact, of course. Commence bridge jumping.
1-1 gping to LAA
JFC Georgy doesn’t block the plate.
Well folks I guess that’s it for this evening.. to many blown chances!
piss of figgins. who didn’t see that coming. Leave Ace in their to get out of this. If he brings in Marte then it’s gonna be 5 runs in this inning easy.
fuc kin nigg er
gianna24
October 18th, 2009 at 12:01 am
Yanks had a chance to score the last inning and blew it – that will cost them the game!!!!
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What part of shut the hell up didn’t you get?
What? Marte? Wow Joe……..
He’s just wasted ANOTHER pitcher……….sorry, Marte stinks. I also don’t get what Robertson did to Joe – he hasn’t pitched since that performance against the Twins.
CB, you can’t expect a pitcher to be perfect. If he had given up a walk/hit or a HR, what would the difference be? That it was a cleaner 2 runs?
Someone please explain to me why half our pitchers have trouble getting the signs straight with Posada?
And Aceves kills us. Why is Robertson in the pen? This goes on Girardi now, and he has two days of press to deal with it.
Aceves is not the guy for this situation.
Oh well. Offense has been a joke tonight. Plenty of chances.
I knew it. Argggh.
you see, they can get key hit when it’s needed.
Our high paid guys cannot do a damn thing, they are good at hitting DP all night long.
We just cannot beat Angels, face it.
garbage reliever…rag arm in left…and another runner in scoring position with the best part of their line up.
BRING IN ROBERTSON ALREADY!
*1-1 going to LAA*
This is on Giradi for taking Swisher out earlier…
Girardi and the offense lost this game
all starts with a walk to the lead-off batter..you just can’t do that and expect to win
I’m pretty sure we all saw that coming.
What a night of missed opportunities for the Yankees.
Too many GIDPs.
This stinks. They wasted such a great performance by Rivera because Matsui, Arod, Tex, Posada, and Damon all looked like little leaguers with the bat.
Thats why you use a strike out guy like Robertson. Girardi made another stupid decision.
Well I guess now they’ll have to pitch to Alex. Don’t want to walk the leadoff guy.
Absolutely inexplicable decision to use Aceves here instead of Robertson if Robertson isn’t hurt or unavailable.
Aceves does not miss bats and hasn’t pitched in a long time. He’s a feel pitcher. That is not a good match up against an angels team that is very good at putting the bat head on the ball.
I don’t blame Aceves, has he even pitched this post season? With all the overmanaging Torre has done you’d think he could have given Aceves a batter, he gave Marte two!
Boston Dave
October 17th, 2009 at 11:50 pm
GB7,
I agree… but when it’s ARod vs Rivera I think it’s become natural instinct for some to blame Alex.
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Very true about the “fans”. You just expect better from the “professionals”. Too much to ask for, I suppose. If Rivera stops and the ball drops, Rodriguez gets hammered.
Arod-Guzman-Gardner stay tuned
Aceves sucks – Girardi wasting all the good relievers early and a pis poor offense damn right they deserve to lose.
Likely the game and the series as well.
Why is this half on offense? It’s 95% on the offense.
Predictable. Can only get lucky so many times. LAA and Chone especially were due. This ones over.
that’s called small ball, Girardi – learn it, employ it! Can’t rely on long ball ALL THE TIME!
Explain to me why Girardi blew this? I think I remember three double plays and two errors….
this probably will wake the Yankees up
I so serious D-Rob should have been pitching this inning.
this game is on the offense nobody how much people want to get on aceves… totally.on.the.offense
They were a joke last game and the last series, just the pitching won it
Girardi’s overmanaging killed them in this game. Joba and Hughes were used for what 3 batters? Then Aceves over Robertson. Terrible call. Aceves hasn’t pitched in weeks and rain equals a disaster.
We still got a shot in the bottom, but man we blew chances, and man the Angels felt like the Angels of old when they scored that run on the wild pitch.
I hate playing against this team, because it always seems like a bunch of bad players beat you.
In this case it was Aceves, but you get my point.
this game is far from over. come on folks, a-rod is going to tie it up
Wow, that’s it for me…After Tyler’s post…Chad / Sam – do something immediately!
Too many trolls have driven out the regulars.
Good night.
I have a prediction. The Yankees will win in the bottom of the 11th. BOOK it.
we had 3 chances with the winning run in scoring position and blew it. unacceptable.
Too late.
I don’t believe the game is even close to ending, but right now our story is the horrible offense. We’ve had enough chances and have done NOTHING, with terrible at bats.
Now Aceves is becoming a bad option at the bullpen. Terrible!
Still a bad move to bunt CB? You pontificating prig.
we lost bc of 2 nigg ers
can someone please explain to me why Girardi is so quick to hook Hughes but leaves Marte and K-Rob in the pen??
The offense totally went to sleep this game. You knew when they didn’t score the last 2 innings it would cost them. But going to Aceves over Robertson made no sense.
Game, Set and Series. This thing never gets back to the Bronx. And add Texeira as another Yankee who can’t hit in the playoffs.
Oh come on, now the series is lost? RConn, if you think that’s the case, then you really don’t have any faith in this team.
Why exactly is Robertson in the dog house?
At least we’ll get to see Fuentes. Jepsen is their best reliever.
at least we have
ARod
Guzman
Gardner
against Fuentes
gotta believe!!
“Who ARE these people? Half of these posters names I’ve never seen before, lol.”
trolls. Papelbum only needs so many dim bulbs shining light when he’s fishing at night – the rest come here.
Ban Tyler. What a tool.
It’s okay, everyone. Robertson is NOW warming up.
Terrible move pitching Aceves.
DROB SITTING DOWN and we pitch ace and marte warming, clueless joe part 2
What if the Yanks loose the next three in LA, this could be the last game played in Yankee stadium
I still can’t believe Tex, A-Rod, Jorge and Matsui did nothing..what a waste!
This was obviously the wrong time to utilize Aceves: a high pressure situation, no room for error. Lead-off walk usually becomes instant rallies for most teams.
I’m more annoyed at the lousy offense that couldn’t be bothered to do any sound hitting.
Ok time for an A-Bomb…lets get this back now…enough of the bad hitting already…Fuentes is terrible we all know this…
One other thing that killed us tonight that we should mention, because it’s ironic: Teixeira. He had so many RBI opportunities, and didn’t turn around on any of them.
hairston bats for guzman?
come on, girardi gave his team 9 outs to score a run by bringing mo in. i put the blame on the offense. this offense should be capable of scoring a run every 9 outs especially in big games
Yankees handed this game right to the Angels on a silver platter, they were lucky to be this close to winning it.
How many routine grounders are you going to boot? Leadoff walks, non-bunts, you don’t take care of business and you deserve to lose.
The Yankees have gotten break after break and have played like garbage tonight. Teixeira standing there taking 2 straight pitches right over the plate, then swinging at garbage. Cano taking pitches down the middle, and swinging at garbage.
How many times can you give a good team extra chances before they come through? Nobody should be shocked that this happened. And now Matsui is out of the lineup in the name of Freddy Guzman with only Jerry Hairston to pinch hit, what a brilliant move that looks like now?
I still very much believe Girardi made a mistake in the 8th in terms of yanking Joba from the game… Gave way less flexibility later on in the game. And here you see the result.
Part from that you could have hoped on more from the offense
I still very much believe Girardi made a mistake in the 8th in terms of yanking Joba from the game… Gave way less flexibility later on in the game. And here you see the result.
Part from that you could have hoped on more from the offense
“I have a prediction. The Yankees will win in the bottom of the 11th. BOOK it.”
Fuentes will end this. He’s due man. He’s due. We screwed up in the btm of the 10th – top 11th there.
With Fuentes in and facing A-Rod, Hairston and Cano, we will win.
1) I think Girardi’s use of his BP has been suspect throughout the postseason. I think tonight Chamberlain faced one batter and Hughes faced two…wouldn’t you want to have either of those young power arms late in the game? I mean used one Joe and then save the other but I guess Girardi doesn’t want to be second guessed by all the people who say “Why didn’t you use Hughes/Joba? in the 7th/8th”. So rock and a hard place there. However it’s hard not to say that Scoscia did a better job managing his BP than Girardi tonight. Girardi needs to make some adjustments for the rest of the series.
2) Girardi should’ve had Jeter bunting on that one DP.
3) Have to agree with Sam that the Yankees had their chances tonight and even got some assistance from the umpires during the last inning. Hard to complain that the Angels took advantage of theirs.
I’m out for a while. The lunatics have taken over the place again.
Also because of Girardi’s overmanaging the Yanks now have Arod, Gardner and Guzman coming up instead of Swisher and Matsui. Terrible job by Girardi taking those guys out of the game.
Tyler…so uncalled for
hairston will pinch hit for Guzman
I had asked earlier was Robertson out of Girardi’s circle of trust.
He has barely pitched. And Joe has seemingly and quietly moved Joba ahead of him in the pecking order.
They aren’t winning this game. The offense was lousy in the Twins series. The starting pitching bailed them out.
They are facing a much better team here. Be surprised if this one makes it back to New York.
Anyone giving up the series because it looks like we will lose is ridiculous………..this is on the offense AND Joe. What a lineup he has out there now…….and I still want to hear an explanation for Aceves.
girardi is a tool and chone figgins and gary matthews are dumb nigg ers
Now here come the Yanks, not the crew waiting for something to happen in a tied game, but a focused and hungry ballclub knowing they have to rally to win!
Let’s go, Yankees!
“Ban Tyler. What a tool.”
Hopefully, the p.o.s. does society a favor and slits his wrist.
OK, don’t give up! There’s still a chance; it was only one run, and they have to hit sometime!
“I still very much believe Girardi made a mistake in the 8th in terms of yanking Joba from the game… Gave way less flexibility later on in the game. And here you see the result.
Part from that you could have hoped on more from the offense”
Joba would have cracked, he was all over the place and lucked out w/ a wild swinging Vlad there.
That is what a leadoff walk to a 50 million bench player will do to you
I want CB to exain to me how sciosia was an idiot for giving up am out that inning? Isn’t there the davac equation to show it’s a mistake?
The Freddy Guzman move WAS smart..he was standing on 3rd with 2 outs. NO way Matsui went there.
Now Joe will finally play small ball after ignoring a dozen chances to do so. He needs to ask himself why in the bottom of the 11th he’ll play for one run why didn’t he do so in the bottom of the 5th. This is the playoffs, EVERY run is a piece of gold, you can’t play for the big inning against superior pitching.
Ok, Rconn………if you say so. We must have been watching a completely different team this year if you are giving up so easily.
If Girardi hadn’t micromanaged by taking Joba out after 5 pitches, Hughes could have pitched this inning.
When will Girardi learn that he can’t waste Hughes and Joba for 3 outs COMBINED when it’s a tie game? Those are our best relievers, and you end up having Marte and Aceves face more batters instead of those two. It makes no sense.
I still can’t believe that Aceves walked Matthews. He hasn’t played one game in the post season and is a .250 hitter. How about throw the ball over the plate. What a joke.
Girardi did this in the ALDS with the bullpen, do you think he will learn from his mistakes?
Exactly, Aceves is your long reliever, not your high leverage shut down guy that you bring in to keep a game tied in extras unless you’ve exhausted your other options.
Robertson is the guy you go to there, just another mistake from Girardi tonight, going to his “boy” rather than the right pitcher. Same mistake he made with Coke in the 7th, took out Hughes at just 9 pitches, took out Joba after 1 out, etc.
“OK, don’t give up! There’s still a chance; it was only one run, and they have to hit sometime!”
When Chone Figgins gets clutch hits it usually means game over.
I agree that the series loss is now a forgone conclusion. Why can’t the Yankees hit in the postseason? The Angels play the game the right way. NY just tries to bash and have no clutch hitters or even smart hitters. God, they stink. The Angels have them completely psyched out again.
take the walk A Rod.
I think you need to ignore the crazies/trolls…it’s the attention they are looking for
Imback,
big difference with no outs vs 1 out
plus its Aceves and not Rivera.
this ain’t over yet.
come on alex.
Do they walk Alex to start the inning, with Guzman and GGBg to follow?
overmanaging? idiots.
we didn’t hit tonight. that’s why we’re losing right now or didn’t win in 9.
and oh yeah…let’s give some credit to the 2nd best team in baseball instead of fingerpointing at our manager.
just inexplicably STUPID posts all around tonight.
a rod ties again?
Arod is going to get the usual here. Inside fastball and off speed pitch away.
What’s with all the doom and gloom? There are still 3 outs left and Brian Fuentes isn’t automatic
its amazing the trolls have stuck around all season and carried over into the postseason
rconn23
October 18th, 2009 at 12:07 am
That cannot be the real rconn23.
Fuentes won’t throw in the zone to A-Rod…If he does, he needs to bang one out…
Too bad Hinske isn’t still on the roster. They can really use him here.
I want to believe the Yankees will come back. I’ll be going nuts if they do, but I think Girardi has a serious problem with micromanaging his bullpen in the post-season.
This needs to be addressed.
The worst move in this game was not trusting D-Rob, he’s thier best strikeout guy, Ace is a feel LR pitcher, that wasn’t the time to use him. Said for Al, he’s due to have an 0 for.
Aceves did not perform you morons. If he gives up an hr you may have a point. He gives up a walk it’s on him, not manager.
The loss is mostly on the offense and their squandered opportunities, but Girardi did manage the bullpen as if they were ahead during the game (Joba, Hughes, then Mariano).
Aceves didn’t look great in the ALDS so it’s not surprising he’s in line for the loss now. However, it shouldn’t have gotten to this point with all the scoring opportunities the offense had.
Of course the high strike returns in the 11th inning
apparently we hav anothr dumb ni gg er calling balls strikes back there
Like Giambi once did in the rain, Time for A-Rod to nail one…
Well the Yankees are in trouble now. They seem to not understand that taking Game 2 is very important. Everytime they fail in Game 2 situations.
Nice BS strike one call
We’re going 1-1 to Anaheim.
Arod is getting owned by the inside fastballs.
Does Girardi not trust Robertson or something?
Wow, just wow.
LOLOLOLLLLLLLLLLL
an ABOMB!
A ROD AGAIN!
Holy shnikes!
AL !!!
WhooHoo!
Woohoo!!! Are you kidding me??
AROD!!!! I LOVE YOU MAN!!
that that TROLLS and shove it!!!!
Holy $hit!
YayRod!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No friggin way
AROOOOOOOOOOODDDDDDDDDD
OMG HE DI DIT AGAIN! UNBELIEVABLE!
HE DID IT AGAIN!
AROD!!!!
Holy Sh*t!!
GOoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
OH MY………
OMG AROD!
OMG AROD!
OH NmY GOD
Woooooooooooowwwwww
CHEA!!!!!!!!!!!
Alex is un-freaking believable!!!!!!
clutch rod
Yeah…they should have walked him
holy s-it!!!! OK you are def getting laid tonite A-ROD!
He did it again!
BD- CB doesn’t believe in bunting ever
AROOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!!!!!!!
In honor of Mo I am playing enter Sandman for this Pie win.
thank you . thank you.
thank you very much.
alex!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The new Mr. October. Who woulda known it would have been Arod. Wow!
So much for not getting the hits when needed.
Yessssssssssssssssssssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Guzman or Gardner please get on base here lol
hudson better give him some loving tonight!
Jeremy
October 18th, 2009 at 12:11 am
Well the Yankees are in trouble now. They seem to not understand that taking Game 2 is very important. Everytime they fail in Game 2 situations.
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Nice one, Miss Cleo.
2009 the Year of Alex
not too many people crying about his contract right now
A-Rod, oh my… CLUTCH, CLUTCH, CLUTCH. Gotta take what we can get!
Abrue hit the wall. Unbelievable! (Oh, and A-Rod hit it out.)
Now don’t get cute …
I’m shocked Princess Bobby made it that close to the wall.
Let’s end this here!!!! Come on guys…
so how is Guzman batting? where’s hairston?
Guzman for the winner now.
ARODDDDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Alex does it again! OMG this new Alex is amazing!
OMG! ALEX!!!!!
Pete just puked!
OH MY GOD
I can’t believe it, he did it again. I’m stunned.
Pete just died a little inside after another clutch A-Rod homerun.
You called it, Randy I.
Nicely done.
wow – I’m still getting over the HR
You knew at some point this series was going to come down to Bobby A and a wall didn’t you?
go back and read my 11:54 post – ye of little faith.
Too bad Scoiscia didn’t bring in Fuentes before Aceves gave up that run.
Thank you ALEX
LEGENDARY status !!!!!!1111
Okay I forgot but where was Hairston?
ABOMB ABOMB…HAVE BEEN SCREAMING FOR THE LAST 5 MINUTES!
Did Fuentes not see what Alex did to Pavano
Guzman was wayyyy out of his league there at that AB
How overmatched did Guzman just look?
another closer chokes……praise MO!!!!
Why do we have Marte? Hinske could of been useful as a pinch hitter
If the Yankees win this series, Kate Hudson should be named MVP.
Get a rally going. No more easy outs for the Angels, please!!!!
“I hope you’re proud of that, Yankee fans. Can’t win in a standard ballpark so you need to build this piece of sh*t”
Classic SOSH mindset. You’d think we didn’t win any away games, and it’s even richer from a team that builds it’s lineups to take advantage of that stupid wall. Absolute neanderthals.
Those high strikes are BS.
the ump completely changed his strike zone after the 7th inning
could the strike zone be any bigger for him
How can one manager blow a game in so many ways? He’s removed half his offense it seems, truly killed the pen and just probably lost the game. I don’t know who to blame more Joe or the offense. I said coming into the post-season that this team had a lot to prove because mostly it’s the same offense that failed. Well Alex and Jeter have hit……..and no one else. We got on the SP, now let’s get on Tex…0-5? Putrid. Of course, Damon didn’t exactly cover himself in glory either.
Game 2 : A-Rod ties it, Jeter wins it!! I called it!!
A-Rod!
Tyler @ 12.07
This blog doesn’t advocate or welcome racial slurs.You must be at the wrong site.I’m shocked at your ignorance!!
Sam will be notified.
A Rod is unreal, thank goodness he is on our team.
Could mcarver and buck be less excited about that homerun? Jesus it’d be better to have hawk harrelson
It’s not over until it’s over…..Way to go A-ROD!!!!!!!!!!!
That definitely answered my question “do ghosts like rain”
wow!
I said not to give up!!
O ye of little faith.
Randy I, It almost seems as though Alex set Fuentes up
Clutch-Rod is right!
Can we worry about who to blame for the loss when we know who loses?
Yankees will win this game, BOOK it!!
Come on Gardner get on base!!!
This is a huge at bat. get on Gardy
I think the Ump has an early tee time tomorrow. That zone is ridiculous.
man Abreau gave it his all there, gotta give him credit….
Yo me tan matando aqui
cmon Cano!
just get on base
Gardner and Guzman are like having 2 pitchers hitting back to back
Girardi better bring in Robertson. Vlad is the lead off batter.
What a fantastic swing by Alex.
It’s incredible how short he is to the ball now. His swing is so efficient it is just unbelievable.
The book on Alex for the past decade is to jam him inside and don’t let him extend his arms because that’s where the hole in his swing is.
But right now Alex has no holes in his swing. None. He cannot be pitched to.
don’t jinx. Gardner and Guzman cannot do a thing.
Cano?
A-Rod should change his name to “Game Tied”
I thought Gardner was going to gutty his way onto first
CANO GO DEEP KID….GO DEEP INTO THAT NIGHT
Robi was my pick for ALCS MVP – time for him to start his campaign.
if this isnt a magical season, I dont know what is
Again why is MARTE on the team, MARTE OR HINSKE? We have no power threat of the bench!!
Cano- PATIENCE!!!
Alex…..a little late, I am, lol. Unbelievable. He literally is trying to carry this team on his shoulders. It’s so hard to do in baseball, but he’s doing it.
This is the exact situation where Cano usually comes through no RISP to spook him.
Hey Robbie, no one is on base…it’s safe to get a hit!
D-rob should be up. Take out Ace.
Betsy with your menopausal rantings and emotional roller coaster, I wouldn’t trust you to manage putting my groceries in a bg never mind a big league team. Give it a rest. Your embarrasing the children you never had.
I can’t believe Girardi is bringing Aceves back out there.
what bring in Robertson!!>>!>!>!>!>
how do you not come in on arod and go to the outer half, esp w/ an 0-2 count? the stupidity of some pitchers amazes me
we want Robertson!!!
Has Cano swung at 1 strike tonight?
will this game ever end?
On that home run, Alex hardly even picked up his front foot. He used to have that pronounced leg kick he’d use as a timing mechanism and now it’s almost completely gone.
Just amazing what the change in his hitting mechanics has done.
Okay Yankee bullpen please come through!!!!!!!
we are going to have to bring burnett back out
Mark, Marte is on this team on the strength of facing Abreu 3x in his career. Blame Abreu’s dominant ALDS for the reason Hinske is sitting at home.
Cano blows it again!!!
to the people complaining about the strike zone…..ummm…..what do you expect? it’s pouring rain, they want the game to get over with, so do the players. players need to swing the bats(although robbie takes it to an extreme)
Has anyone else developed a mild form of Bipolar disorder during this game or is just me?
As long as the Angels don’t refocus next inning all should be fine. The bullpen is starting to grow thin.
I think I see CC warming up in the pen.
It seems as if most of the regulars are out of the game. Guzman Gardner hitting back to back? OUCH!
Joe HAS TO send Aceves back out there. After Robertson there is no one left (excepr for Marte) and Aceves can give him length.
Aceves now has to face the bottom of their lineup, rather than the middle which he did last inning.
can people pleasepell the name abreu right?
Before everyone gets too excited, Aceves is still a rotten pitcher and he’s going back out there for another inning.
Leaving Aceves out there is a HUGE mistake.
I wish Cano had patience…
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ALCS Game 2: Angels at Yankees (Part III)
Sam Borden
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UPDATE, 11:31 p.m.: Another 1,000 comments or so and we’re into part III. Girardi nearly looked like a genius there as Guzman (the second-pinch runner) could have scored the winning run after moving into scoring position on a hit by Gardner (the first pinch-runner). Alas, not to be. On we go.
By the way, how about all that rain?
UPDATE, 11:35 p.m.: Wow, that was almost awful. A-Rod almost cost the Yankees an out and killed Mariano at the same time. Fortunately, collision averted.
UPDATE, 11:59 p.m.: Small ball from the Angels and they’ve got their chance now against Aceves. Yankees have certainly had theirs and been unable to cash in so far.
UPDATE, 12:01 p.m.: That snapped an 0-for-19 postseason slide for Figgins dating back to last season, and the Angels are up 3-2. It’s dead silent here at the Stadium.
UPDATE, 12:12 p.m.: He did it again. Unbelieveable. That ball from A-Rod slipped over the right-field fence and the Stadium went absolutely nuts. 3-3 and with the rain coming down like it is, you wonder if the game might be suspended if the Yankees don’t win it right here.
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600 Responses to “ALCS Game 2: Angels at Yankees (Part III)”
1. Arn October 17th, 2009 at 11:33 pm
What a game!
2. Kevin October 17th, 2009 at 11:33 pm
DAMN A SINGLE!
3. Mac Daddy October 17th, 2009 at 11:33 pm
weatherman should be fired…
4. BA October 17th, 2009 at 11:33 pm
Huge missed opportunity by Cano
5. Mehdi also in SF October 17th, 2009 at 11:33 pm
and it begins. Come on Mo.
6. terpbomber October 17th, 2009 at 11:34 pm
Can’t overuse Mo in a game two situation. If it was a game 7 with everything on the line, yes. Here’s to a quick inning.
7. m October 17th, 2009 at 11:34 pm
At least we got the lead runner.
Fisted.
8. Gmanfl October 17th, 2009 at 11:34 pm
This does look good. Over managing at its best.
9. NYY626 October 17th, 2009 at 11:34 pm
Enough with the “fisted” guys!
10. Rishi October 17th, 2009 at 11:34 pm
ok – another dp ball and let’s go to the bottom of the 10th…
11. Mehdi also in SF October 17th, 2009 at 11:34 pm
Id rather have Melky up there in that situation. I wish they would have walked him.
12. 100 pitches of fun… October 17th, 2009 at 11:34 pm
Come on Mo!!!
13. Northy October 17th, 2009 at 11:34 pm
Scosia would never go to a worse pithcer there. Jepsen is clearly better than Fuentes:)
And btw. Could we have had a worse hitter at the plate there than Cano in that spot?
14. Brandon Awesome (BECAUSE I’M AWESOME!) October 17th, 2009 at 11:35 pm
OH LORD THANK GOD!
15. NYY626 October 17th, 2009 at 11:35 pm
Mo: “Outta my way alex, I got this!”
16. m October 17th, 2009 at 11:35 pm
Defer to Mo, GDI.
17. Boston Dave October 17th, 2009 at 11:35 pm
LoHud blog comments – 2000+
Pete’s comments – 30
poor Pete had to go to the bad guys…
18. Vader October 17th, 2009 at 11:35 pm
Mac Daddy
October 17th, 2009 at 11:33 pm
weatherman should be fired…
The one job that you never see anyone get fired for being wrong so many times.
19. randy l. October 17th, 2009 at 11:35 pm
best athlete wins joust
20. Matt October 17th, 2009 at 11:35 pm
Nice play, but that was some sloppy communication.
21. DT – OPPC member (blood type – Positive) October 17th, 2009 at 11:35 pm
Mo remembered Arod has trouble with pop-ups.
22. CB October 17th, 2009 at 11:35 pm
Thank you Mike Sciosia for gifting the the yankees an out.
23. Valerie G. October 17th, 2009 at 11:35 pm
nevermind on my question about the matts. i figured it out.
24. Angel – A tale told by idiots – full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. October 17th, 2009 at 11:35 pm
There is something really prisonbreak-ish about the use of the word fisted.
25. Aura October 17th, 2009 at 11:35 pm
is Mo going to pitch 4 inning for the first time since ‘96?
26. Rishi October 17th, 2009 at 11:36 pm
so while the Yankees in the full head gear look like Ninjas I think the A’s look like Spiderman…
at the end of the day, not a good look
27. RS October 17th, 2009 at 11:36 pm
This is why it wasn’t such a crazy idea to have Jeter bunt in the 5th inning. Everyone was so concerned about playing for the big inning, but one measly run there could have won us the game.
28. Jeff NJ October 17th, 2009 at 11:36 pm
Mo still looks pretty good, not that it will be necessary because Damon will earn the pie this inning but I wonder if Mo could pitch another?
29. BA October 17th, 2009 at 11:36 pm
Why was Mathis bunting with 1 out already
30. Roster Rooster October 17th, 2009 at 11:36 pm
So protecting ARod will be………Jerry Hairston Jr????
31. djsunyc October 17th, 2009 at 11:36 pm
is it any way possible we can have mo pitch every inning for the rest of the playoffs?
32. Tyler October 17th, 2009 at 11:36 pm
ump squeezin
33. Arn October 17th, 2009 at 11:36 pm
Come on Mo!!!!
34. Yankee44 October 17th, 2009 at 11:36 pm
Ump was calling those low pitches strikes for the Angels
35. Boston Dave October 17th, 2009 at 11:36 pm
“Thank you Mike Sciosia for gifting the the yankees an out.”
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CB, especially with 1 out against Rivera. they’d have just 1 AB to score the run, not 2.
just odd.
36. JMere October 17th, 2009 at 11:36 pm
RS enough already…
37. DYNASTY IS DESTINY! October 17th, 2009 at 11:37 pm
Beseeching Fujin…
Godzilla gets it going…
Cano can’t cash in…
38. Jack October 17th, 2009 at 11:37 pm
Cano is a worthless piece of feces….
39. 100 pitches of fun… October 17th, 2009 at 11:37 pm
Why isn’t the Yanks strike zone as wide as the Angels?
40. Brandon Awesome (BECAUSE I’M AWESOME!) October 17th, 2009 at 11:37 pm
God please don’t drive me to the bottle on early Sunday morning.
41. CB October 17th, 2009 at 11:37 pm
BD,
Just ridiculous to bunt with 1 out there.
42. 100 pitches of fun… October 17th, 2009 at 11:37 pm
Nice play by Cano
43. Boston Dave October 17th, 2009 at 11:37 pm
nice one Robbie!!!
44. Gmanfl October 17th, 2009 at 11:37 pm
a’?
45. Rishi October 17th, 2009 at 11:37 pm
holy Cano-li!! nice catch
46. RS October 17th, 2009 at 11:37 pm
Nice defense that inning.
Now win it for MO!
47. Brandon Awesome (BECAUSE I’M AWESOME!) October 17th, 2009 at 11:37 pm
THANK YOU NINJA ROBI!
48. Aura October 17th, 2009 at 11:37 pm
camera man made that catch look harder than it was.
49. Yankees got a HIT! Yay… October 17th, 2009 at 11:38 pm
where was cano in 2001
50. 100 pitches of fun… October 17th, 2009 at 11:38 pm
Can someone please wake up the bats!!!!
51. djsunyc October 17th, 2009 at 11:38 pm
wow..cano didn’t catch that cleanly…but still got it…awesome…now LET’S END THIS…
52. JMere October 17th, 2009 at 11:38 pm
Cano good play…NOW ITS REALLY TIME FOR PIE GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
53. Boston Dave October 17th, 2009 at 11:38 pm
Rivera basically goes through the lineup on 24 pitches.
sick!
54. pat October 17th, 2009 at 11:38 pm
Last man standing without pie, wants pie. It is meant to be.
55. Valerie G. October 17th, 2009 at 11:38 pm
way to go, robby!
56. Vader October 17th, 2009 at 11:38 pm
Robbi!!!
24 pitches to get 7 outs…enough said.
57. DT – OPPC member (blood type – Positive) October 17th, 2009 at 11:38 pm
Nice catch by Cano. Ninja-defense.
58. Brandon Awesome (BECAUSE I’M AWESOME!) October 17th, 2009 at 11:38 pm
I STILL DON’T KNOW HOW NINJA ROBI GOT THERE, HE WAS PLAYING EYBAR TO PULL.
59. Tyler October 17th, 2009 at 11:38 pm
halos trying to play the bloop game as usual, not working surprisingly
60. CB October 17th, 2009 at 11:38 pm
My goodness what a terrific hustle play by Cano.
Just unbelievable. That is such an incredibly hard play to make. He ranges to the outfield side of second base to make that play.
His range is just unbelievable.
61. Aura October 17th, 2009 at 11:38 pm
CB would you have bunted with Morales? The only reason I think Scioscia doesn’t there is because Morales cannot bunt correct?
62. Christopher October 17th, 2009 at 11:38 pm
That’s Rodriguez’ ball, not Mo’s.
63. Yanks_Fan October 17th, 2009 at 11:38 pm
This game isn’t for the faint of heart! Every out is an adventure, every base runner is a grind.
64. Denise October 17th, 2009 at 11:39 pm
yea, well we have a new set of bats out there, a la, Guzman, Gardner, Posada! yeah Jorge, do it please!
65. Joe from Long Island October 17th, 2009 at 11:39 pm
I thought Scoscia never made any tactical errors.
Let’s win it here.
66. Rishi October 17th, 2009 at 11:39 pm
Melky-Posada-Jeter…let’s do this.
67. GreenBeret7 October 17th, 2009 at 11:39 pm
Really nice play by Cano on that catch. That was trouble from the atart.
68. eric October 17th, 2009 at 11:39 pm
my stomach is seriously churning. can we please win it now!
69. Jockomac October 17th, 2009 at 11:39 pm
25 pitches. Goodnight and thank you Mo.
70. Kevin S. October 17th, 2009 at 11:39 pm
A-Rod almost cost them an out? Isn’t that his ball? I thought on pop ups, the pitcher is supposed to defer.
Then again, maybe Alex just confuses everybody when he shouts “Mine!”
71. Donna L October 17th, 2009 at 11:39 pm
OK, can we please win it now? Aceves is good, but he’s a big drop-off from Mo.
72. S.A.–Serenity Now October 17th, 2009 at 11:39 pm
Win it now
73. Boston Dave October 17th, 2009 at 11:39 pm
“Can someone please wake up the bats!!!!”
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we dont need to wake them up. just tell them that they finally get to face Oliver or Fuentes.
74. Angel – A tale told by idiots – full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. October 17th, 2009 at 11:39 pm
75. m October 17th, 2009 at 11:39 pm
Frack, Cano scared me to death. What kind of crazy defense was that inning?
Had to go make a noodles run, caught John Miller’s call on Damon’s great glove work. “…bloop hit…it’s falling, falling, and it’s…CAUGHT BY DAMON!!”. He was most impressed. I like Miller. He says some dumb things, but he gets excited about big plays just like a fan. No bias there.
76. 100 pitches of fun… October 17th, 2009 at 11:39 pm
Yanks please score a run in this inning otherwise Aceves is coming in to pitch. I don’t want to see him in this game.
77. GreenBeret7 October 17th, 2009 at 11:39 pm
***start***
78. Joe October 17th, 2009 at 11:39 pm
Ok let’s get this done before the rain comes in
79. Andrew October 17th, 2009 at 11:40 pm
End this now baby!
80. jake October 17th, 2009 at 11:40 pm
Mo is the best. Ever.
81. DYNASTY IS DESTINY! October 17th, 2009 at 11:40 pm
Halos hypnotized…
Mariano Rivera…
Mo the magician…
82. 100 pitches of fun… October 17th, 2009 at 11:40 pm
Let’s finish it this inning!!!! Let’s go Yanks!!
83. Brandon Awesome (BECAUSE I’M AWESOME!) October 17th, 2009 at 11:40 pm
LECHE IT’S CLOSE/LATE…VAMOS CONO!
84. The Ghost October 17th, 2009 at 11:41 pm
Is Oliver the new Rhodes?
85. Jockomac October 17th, 2009 at 11:41 pm
Game. Set. Match. Oliver = Yankees win.
86. Bronx Bombers Girl October 17th, 2009 at 11:41 pm
I smell a Jeter walk-off!!!!
87. BA October 17th, 2009 at 11:41 pm
I agree, win it in 10
88. Rishi October 17th, 2009 at 11:41 pm
Wasn’t Oliver less than scary with the Mets??
89. DT – OPPC member (blood type – Positive) October 17th, 2009 at 11:41 pm
“That was trouble from the atart.”
did I miss a Christina25 sighting?
90. JF October 17th, 2009 at 11:41 pm
I guess ACE will be our pitcher going forward??
91. Jeff NJ October 17th, 2009 at 11:41 pm
Damon to get Pie tonight.
92. vin October 17th, 2009 at 11:42 pm
OK, it’s been fun. Time to end this game.
93. vin October 17th, 2009 at 11:42 pm
OK, it’s been fun. Time to end this game.
94. Boston Dave October 17th, 2009 at 11:42 pm
just dont swing at ball 4 Melky!
95. Rishi October 17th, 2009 at 11:42 pm
Lord, Jeff – I can’t wait until Damon!!!
96. 100 pitches of fun… October 17th, 2009 at 11:42 pm
Wake up the bats!!!!
97. randy l. October 17th, 2009 at 11:42 pm
yankees have to think keep the line moving.
no big swing heroics.
if it goes out it needs to be an accident.
98. The Ghost October 17th, 2009 at 11:42 pm
this is such an important at bat. If Melky gets on I say the Yanks win.
99. JMere October 17th, 2009 at 11:42 pm
I WANT PIE! I WANT PIE. FROM SNOWY SYRACUSE WE WANT PIE!
100. CB October 17th, 2009 at 11:42 pm
“would you have bunted with Morales? The only reason I think Scioscia doesn’t there is because Morales cannot bunt correct?”
Absolutely not. The only way to beat Mo is with some freakish outcome. A dunk shot or the unexpected home run over the right field wall. Something like that.
There’s no way you can take the bat out of Morales’s hand there – especially in this stadium with that short porch in right.
Mariano has made a whole career out of a single pitch that no one can hit due to its ridiculous late movement.
That is a very hard pitch to square correctly to get a good bunt down.
101. m October 17th, 2009 at 11:43 pm
Leche!
102. Boston Dave October 17th, 2009 at 11:43 pm
can you feel it???
103. Vader October 17th, 2009 at 11:43 pm
Bronx Bombers Girl
October 17th, 2009 at 11:41 pm
I smell a Jeter walk-off!!!!
The one I have been waiting for all year.
104. Yanks_Fan October 17th, 2009 at 11:43 pm
Brandon, curious expression. Where are you from?
105. djsunyc October 17th, 2009 at 11:43 pm
LETS GO MOPHOSSSSSSSSSSSSSS….
106. 100 pitches of fun… October 17th, 2009 at 11:43 pm
Nice. Come on Posada end the game here…
107. Rishi October 17th, 2009 at 11:43 pm
MELKY!!!!! why oh why didn’t they walk Cano!!
108. Brandon Awesome (BECAUSE I’M AWESOME!) October 17th, 2009 at 11:43 pm
lets GO!
109. The Ghost October 17th, 2009 at 11:43 pm
gotta steal 2nd here. It’s a cold night and no one is throwing the ball sharply.
110. Jeff NJ October 17th, 2009 at 11:43 pm
Melky getting it started. I am astonished that it will be another Pie game.
111. terpbomber October 17th, 2009 at 11:43 pm
No quality outs here, please. Gotta get offense steamrolling now!
112. djsunyc October 17th, 2009 at 11:43 pm
PLEASE NO DP PLEASE…
113. 100 pitches of fun… October 17th, 2009 at 11:43 pm
Too bad Molina isn’t still in the game. I like the bunt here.
114. JasonR October 17th, 2009 at 11:43 pm
HIP HIP…
115. Pov October 17th, 2009 at 11:43 pm
Single Jorge 1st and third please
116. Yankee44 October 17th, 2009 at 11:43 pm
Would A.J. dare pie Jorgie?
117. Rishi October 17th, 2009 at 11:43 pm
no bunting, please!!
118. vin October 17th, 2009 at 11:43 pm
Mo looked so good tonight. In the Boone game he was still throwing 95-97 (according to the Fox guns), but he didn’t have the great movement he has today. The man is a modern marvel.
119. CB October 17th, 2009 at 11:44 pm
That wasn’t an error but that was a poor defensive play by Hunter.
He read the ball incorrectly off the bat and broke backwards and to left field rather than in and to right field.
120. BA October 17th, 2009 at 11:44 pm
Gap shot by Jorge, cmon now
121. RS October 17th, 2009 at 11:44 pm
Posada’s not going to bunt here.
122. Brandon Awesome (BECAUSE I’M AWESOME!) October 17th, 2009 at 11:44 pm
“Brandon, curious expression. Where are you from?”
I’m part latino now SHUT UP and LET ME bite my nails.
123. JMere October 17th, 2009 at 11:44 pm
Left pitcher, righty batter…bad combo for stealing
124. The Ghost October 17th, 2009 at 11:44 pm
why chance another DP, c’mon Joe take a chance on Napoli
125. randy l. October 17th, 2009 at 11:44 pm
in on the corners ?
thank you.
126. 100 pitches of fun… October 17th, 2009 at 11:44 pm
Please no DP.
127. Rishi October 17th, 2009 at 11:44 pm
WOW!!!
128. The Ghost October 17th, 2009 at 11:44 pm
that is a HORRIBLE call, horrible.
129. djsunyc October 17th, 2009 at 11:44 pm
WHAT!??!?!?!?!?!
130. Jeff NJ October 17th, 2009 at 11:44 pm
Safe at 2nd!
131. JF October 17th, 2009 at 11:44 pm
what just happened??:?????
132. RS October 17th, 2009 at 11:44 pm
Uh, what?
133. Rishi October 17th, 2009 at 11:44 pm
replay, please
134. Denise October 17th, 2009 at 11:44 pm
wth??? where is the freakin replay FOX?
135. Yankee44 October 17th, 2009 at 11:45 pm
Whoa.
136. Rob in Vt. October 17th, 2009 at 11:45 pm
Wow, what a break.
137. djsunyc October 17th, 2009 at 11:45 pm
he wasn’t touching the bag?!!!!?!?!?!
138. Rishi October 17th, 2009 at 11:45 pm
he didn’t hit it this time
139. Boston Dave October 17th, 2009 at 11:45 pm
ouch
i dont want the yanks to win on a controversial call
they always give the out there
140. Tiffany from Taiwan October 17th, 2009 at 11:45 pm
what’s happening right now….
141. vin October 17th, 2009 at 11:45 pm
Finally! A break. Good call on the “neighborhood play”, McCarver.
142. JMere October 17th, 2009 at 11:45 pm
Soscia first words out of his mouth: “No fing way”
143. terpbomber October 17th, 2009 at 11:45 pm
What a LUCKY break.
Let’s go Yankees (clap clap, clap-clap-clap)!!!
144. C October 17th, 2009 at 11:45 pm
That’s payback for the call in the 2005 ALDS against Cano
145. Trevor October 17th, 2009 at 11:45 pm
Never touched 2nd.
146. Brandon Awesome (BECAUSE I’M AWESOME!) October 17th, 2009 at 11:45 pm
he never touched the bag?
147. Jeff NJ October 17th, 2009 at 11:45 pm
McCarver finding a way to justify the neighborhood play.
148. Rishi October 17th, 2009 at 11:45 pm
ok, Jeter – do this now
149. BA October 17th, 2009 at 11:45 pm
BIG break
150. S.A.–Serenity Now October 17th, 2009 at 11:45 pm
Holy
151. 100 pitches of fun… October 17th, 2009 at 11:45 pm
Good call. He was off the bag….
152. Boston Dave October 17th, 2009 at 11:45 pm
im sorry… you cant make that call there
they give that out all the time
153. djsunyc October 17th, 2009 at 11:45 pm
ST
FU
mccarver….the 2nd baseman ALWAYS has to touch the bag you idiots…
154. Jockomac October 17th, 2009 at 11:46 pm
Great and gutsy call!
155. Boston Dave October 17th, 2009 at 11:46 pm
horrible call. i dont want the yanks winning on that crap.
156. DT – OPPC member (blood type – Positive) October 17th, 2009 at 11:46 pm
Lucky that wasn’t Marty Foster – the ball beat him to the bag – he’s out!
157. Rishi October 17th, 2009 at 11:46 pm
really – IBB?
Jeff – looks like you might get Damon, here…
158. JasonR October 17th, 2009 at 11:46 pm
He never touched the bag.
159. Rob in Vt. October 17th, 2009 at 11:46 pm
What a stupid argument by Mc Carver. Maybe someone brought it to the umps attention and they finally paid attention.
160. Yanks_Fan October 17th, 2009 at 11:46 pm
Wow! Terrible and evident error by the Angels! I can’t believe it! Wow!
161. RS October 17th, 2009 at 11:46 pm
Don’t think I’ve seen anything like this. But the umps do owe us for calling Jeter out earlier.
162. Mac Daddy October 17th, 2009 at 11:46 pm
if i read jerry lanes lips right, he said to mike (not verbatum): i told him if he didnt touch the bag the next time, im not giving it to you…may be wrong but believe thats what he said
163. JMere October 17th, 2009 at 11:46 pm
it was actually the correct call…
164. Denise October 17th, 2009 at 11:46 pm
well they should never “give” that play at 2nd base! I mean u have to be touching the bag at 1st, right, so why not 2nd? Nice f-bomb by Eybar
165. NYY626 October 17th, 2009 at 11:46 pm
So mad they’re walking Jeets right now.
166. CB October 17th, 2009 at 11:46 pm
Aybar decided to go with the neighborhood play at second base in the 10th inning of a playoff game.
That’s on him.
167. Brandon Awesome (BECAUSE I’M AWESOME!) October 17th, 2009 at 11:46 pm
“That’s payback for the call in the 2005 ALDS against Cano”
I remember that too.
168. m October 17th, 2009 at 11:46 pm
lol, Scioscia has every right to cry. But maybe next time he should touch the bag.
169. Vader October 17th, 2009 at 11:46 pm
Slap in the face to Johnny
170. 100 pitches of fun… October 17th, 2009 at 11:46 pm
Makes sense pitch to the lefty. Damon or Tex please get a hit here.
171. vin October 17th, 2009 at 11:46 pm
We were talking about Aybar not touching the bag earlier in the game. That was pretty blatant, the other ones were closer.
172. Yankee44 October 17th, 2009 at 11:46 pm
He actually wasn’t even that close to touching the bag. That’s why he didn’t get the ‘neighborhood’ call.
173. djsunyc October 17th, 2009 at 11:46 pm
aybar was 1 foot off the bag…
174. JF October 17th, 2009 at 11:46 pm
I want to see some other replays from the earlier DPs in this game….are the announcers saying they never hit 2nd?
175. Angel – A tale told by idiots – full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. October 17th, 2009 at 11:46 pm
Technically speaking? Geez, isn’t the rule you have to touch the bag or tag the runner. He did neither.
176. Jeff NJ October 17th, 2009 at 11:46 pm
there it is, McCarver says it is too protect the players from injury, what a joke. Anyway, I called a Damon walkoff, here’s my chance.
177. Derek October 17th, 2009 at 11:47 pm
I’m a Yankee fan until the end, but that was a BS play. Every team gets that benefit of the doubt.
Does the ump have money on this game?
178. 100 pitches of fun… October 17th, 2009 at 11:47 pm
Please get a hit Damon…
179. Pov October 17th, 2009 at 11:47 pm
Win IT
180. Uncle Ellsworth October 17th, 2009 at 11:47 pm
Do it for Johnny!!!!!!!!!!!!!
181. Boston Dave October 17th, 2009 at 11:47 pm
“ST
FU
mccarver….the 2nd baseman ALWAYS has to touch the bag you idiots…”
———-
Aybar is the SS.
and they give that call to the defense every time.
just a bad call in this situation.
182. NitO LiNk October 17th, 2009 at 11:47 pm
Damnn!! Now they take the pie outta Jeter’s face!!
183. Mac Daddy October 17th, 2009 at 11:47 pm
doesnt take away from the horrible posada at bats we keep seeing
184. 100 pitches of fun… October 17th, 2009 at 11:47 pm
Please no DP
185. The Ghost October 17th, 2009 at 11:47 pm
I hope the ump warned him earlier in the game because that’s the only way that call is justified at that juncture of the game IMO.
186. vin October 17th, 2009 at 11:47 pm
Turning the DP is a lot easier when you don’t have to worry where the bag is. Reminds me of the “ball beat you” play against Jeter earlier this year.
187. Stephen October 17th, 2009 at 11:47 pm
He wasn’t even close to the bag ‘in the vicinity’ has it’s limits
188. Mackenzie October 17th, 2009 at 11:47 pm
He was a foot off the bag, why are they complaining so much?
“That did not appear to be blatant.”
What are you smoking, McCarver? That was so blatant it hurt.
189. Denise October 17th, 2009 at 11:47 pm
it’s Damon’s nite, he’s gonna do it!!!
190. Brandon Awesome (BECAUSE I’M AWESOME!) October 17th, 2009 at 11:47 pm
“if i read jerry lanes lips right, he said to mike (not verbatum): i told him if he didnt touch the bag the next time, im not giving it to you…may be wrong but believe thats what he said”
If he said that, then it’s on Aybar.
191. terpbomber October 17th, 2009 at 11:48 pm
The Angels must be expecting another DP or otherwise if they want to face Damon. I expect better.
192. Boston Dave October 17th, 2009 at 11:48 pm
“Technically speaking? Geez, isn’t the rule you have to touch the bag or tag the runner. He did neither.”
-=————-
it would be like a cop letting everyone drive 65 in a 55 for years and then pulling someone over going 56 in a 55.
193. Joe from Long Island October 17th, 2009 at 11:48 pm
Thank you, Erick Aybar. What a time to try the neighborhood play.
194. Tarheelyank October 17th, 2009 at 11:48 pm
Jeter touches the bag on that play.
195. Gil L October 17th, 2009 at 11:48 pm
it is clear that the ump was monitoring this all night, as he did approve 3 previous DP’s by the angels.
196. Rishi October 17th, 2009 at 11:48 pm
Really, McCarver – you were wrong…see how that works
197. AJ October 17th, 2009 at 11:48 pm
No worries we still will not score
198. Trevor October 17th, 2009 at 11:48 pm
Aybar got away with it earlier when he didn’t touch second. Wasn’t even close this time.
199. Yankee44 October 17th, 2009 at 11:48 pm
Oliver pulled a string on that one
200. Phil – Not a Troll Since 2007 October 17th, 2009 at 11:48 pm
That is wholly on Aybar. Why risk it with a sloppy DP turn?
201. JMere October 17th, 2009 at 11:48 pm
Rule: You must touch the bag in order for the force out to be recorded. If you do not than the runner is safe. Good call. Enough already
202. GreenBeret7 October 17th, 2009 at 11:48 pm
I really expected more from this reporting crew on the blog, but, seems it’s more of the same. Rodriguez goes in o make the play and it’s his fault that there was a near collision? Seems more like it’s the same Pete Abe crap to me.
203. trisha – OPPC lifetime member who trusts Jose Molina and Chad Gaudin October 17th, 2009 at 11:48 pm
Great call by Lane and it was the right one. The neighborhood play always looks iffy but they always touch the bag. Aybar didn’t, case closed.
204. 100 pitches of fun… October 17th, 2009 at 11:49 pm
Come on Damon get on base….
205. m October 17th, 2009 at 11:49 pm
Do the good shortstops touch the bag?
Nice of McCarver to verify that Aybar touched the bag on all the earlier double plays.
206. Dan October 17th, 2009 at 11:49 pm
Is that the first time McCarver has ever admitted he was wrong on air? I note he didn’t change his mind about the call, but he at least admitted being wrong.
207. The Ghost October 17th, 2009 at 11:49 pm
why are the Yankees not running on Napoli?
208. CB October 17th, 2009 at 11:49 pm
BD,
Aybar should have just touched the bag in that situation given how much is riding on the game.
209. Angel – A tale told by idiots – full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. October 17th, 2009 at 11:49 pm
Why would Aybar touch the bag on every other double play he’s turned today, but not on a crucial one in the 10th inning of a playoff game?
Sciosia might be yelling at the wrong person.
210. Derek October 17th, 2009 at 11:49 pm
What the hell is wrong with Damon lately? He is missing by a foot when he swings.
211. RS October 17th, 2009 at 11:49 pm
Damon, seriously?
212. Rishi October 17th, 2009 at 11:49 pm
GEEZ DAMON!!!
213. Tyler October 17th, 2009 at 11:49 pm
damon sucks
214. Denise October 17th, 2009 at 11:49 pm
ok well maybe not.
Tex is sooo due tho!
215. Pov October 17th, 2009 at 11:49 pm
Weak efforts by a number of Yankee Batters tonight
216. terpbomber October 17th, 2009 at 11:50 pm
What good is it if you can’t capitalize on break like that?
217. Jockomac October 17th, 2009 at 11:50 pm
Is Tex the new A-Rod in the postseason?
218. Brandon Awesome (BECAUSE I’M AWESOME!) October 17th, 2009 at 11:50 pm
It’s up to you Marky Mark, they’ll pitch to you.
219. Jack October 17th, 2009 at 11:50 pm
Damon is just lost.
220. 100 pitches of fun… October 17th, 2009 at 11:50 pm
Crap. They just can’t get the 1 hit they need. Back to back innings…
221. AJ October 17th, 2009 at 11:50 pm
As i said no worries on the angels part we will not score.
Damon looks awful.
222. JF October 17th, 2009 at 11:50 pm
please…@!!!!!!!!!!!!
223. Boston Dave October 17th, 2009 at 11:50 pm
GB7,
I agree… but when it’s ARod vs Rivera I think it’s become natural instinct for some to blame Alex.
224. big dog October 17th, 2009 at 11:50 pm
no way tex goes 0 – 5
225. Jeff NJ October 17th, 2009 at 11:50 pm
Rain is coming down hard now.
226. Rishi October 17th, 2009 at 11:50 pm
c’mon TEX
227. Uncle Ellsworth October 17th, 2009 at 11:50 pm
I cant take it!!!
228. joe b October 17th, 2009 at 11:50 pm
Has its limits??????????. It’s called all the time. I guess the Yankees are exempt from that call
229. 100 pitches of fun… October 17th, 2009 at 11:50 pm
Tex is going to see curveballs.
230. Trevor October 17th, 2009 at 11:51 pm
Don’t worry Angels looks as if the Yanks will blow it. Unbelievable!
231. gianna24 October 17th, 2009 at 11:51 pm
Wow, I can’t believe this game….end it already!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
232. Mac Daddy October 17th, 2009 at 11:51 pm
looks like it is starting to come down hard
233. Rishi October 17th, 2009 at 11:51 pm
TEX – swing the freaking bat, dude…c’mon
234. terpbomber October 17th, 2009 at 11:51 pm
Come on, already! Tex is overdue to be a hero tonight. And so is A-Rod. And so is the rest of the team.
235. Brandon Awesome (BECAUSE I’M AWESOME!) October 17th, 2009 at 11:51 pm
crap he’s going 0 for 5
236. McGeorge Bundy October 17th, 2009 at 11:51 pm
I can’t take this.
237. Denise October 17th, 2009 at 11:51 pm
here comes a fastball
238. Rishi October 17th, 2009 at 11:51 pm
kill me now
239. Triple Short Of A Cycle October 17th, 2009 at 11:51 pm
What the hell is wrong with Tex? Why does he look so bad
240. joe b October 17th, 2009 at 11:51 pm
way….0 for 5
241. Yankee44 October 17th, 2009 at 11:51 pm
Jeez Tex, get the dang bat off your shoulder!
242. Terry from NH October 17th, 2009 at 11:51 pm
WOW… JUST WOW!!
243. Scared of the Wall October 17th, 2009 at 11:51 pm
Damon and Tex are both lost at the plate.
244. RS October 17th, 2009 at 11:51 pm
This offense has been terrible.
245. Jockomac October 17th, 2009 at 11:51 pm
Pathetic. Weak. Feeble.
246. Yankee44 October 17th, 2009 at 11:52 pm
And yet another weak grounder.
247. Yankees got a HIT! Yay… October 17th, 2009 at 11:52 pm
What’s up with all the choking tonight? my god they are terrible.
248. Betsy October 17th, 2009 at 11:52 pm
God awful……a loss would be completely on the offense.
249. Mehdi also in SF October 17th, 2009 at 11:52 pm
The bats have been embarrassing tonight. Credit to the Angels pitching.
250. Brandon Awesome (BECAUSE I’M AWESOME!) October 17th, 2009 at 11:52 pm
Ace is not a sure thing, this is going to the liquor inning for me.
251. Rishi October 17th, 2009 at 11:52 pm
I can’t watch Aceves here…good lord -it’s like ALDS game 2 all over again
252. Jeff NJ October 17th, 2009 at 11:52 pm
dammit, I still think the Yankees will win, but so many blown opportunities, for both teams really.
253. m October 17th, 2009 at 11:52 pm
He wasn’t even in the neighborhood.
In fact Aybar’s in the wrong neighborhood.
Let’s go Ace or D-rob, and defense!
254. Jeremy October 17th, 2009 at 11:52 pm
All I’ve seen is weak ground balls and double plays from this offense tonight. They need to step up.
255. gianna24 October 17th, 2009 at 11:52 pm
Awful…just awful!!
256. Betsy October 17th, 2009 at 11:52 pm
Tex is going to take some hits and rightly so……….pathetic.
257. 100 pitches of fun… October 17th, 2009 at 11:52 pm
Terrible. Tex has not had 1 good at bat in this series yet. He is way too over aggressive at any fastball he sees.
258. terpbomber October 17th, 2009 at 11:52 pm
Too many blown golden opportunities to score. They get on base the hard way and it’s immediately followed by meekly swatted bats.
259. sadf October 17th, 2009 at 11:52 pm
If for BOTH the yankees and angels earlier double plays they did touch the bag then this call is right, but otherwise no
260. Yanks_Fan October 17th, 2009 at 11:52 pm
I can’t believe the Yankees didn’t take advantage of that terrible error! It was ment to be! Damon and Teixeira, horrible job! Yuck!
261. Boston Dave October 17th, 2009 at 11:53 pm
in the cold, in the rain… anything can happen.
Yanks just need to keep their heads in the game and make routine plays.
262. Brandon Awesome (BECAUSE I’M AWESOME!) October 17th, 2009 at 11:53 pm
And it’s starting to pour.
263. Jack October 17th, 2009 at 11:53 pm
Just how pathetic is this yankee offense? the biggest break they could possibly get and neither Damon or Tex could even muster enough energy to hit the ball hard.
Angels win this series in 5 or 6 games.
264. Donna L October 17th, 2009 at 11:53 pm
Oh well. At least if they win now, we won’t have to listen to everyone saying that the umps handed it to them.
265. Northy October 17th, 2009 at 11:53 pm
this offense is anemic… Where is the big hit? Who’s gonna step up? Now you have hairston and Gardner up in the 11th… ugh
266. Triple Short Of A Cycle October 17th, 2009 at 11:53 pm
Thank God we got CC and AJ since this is the same offense we have been seeing for the last 3 or 4 playoffs
267. Steve October 17th, 2009 at 11:53 pm
This was their problem all year. Relying on the homer, and never getting a single in a big spot with runners on and 2 out. Terrible. They don’t deserve to win this game. Even after that terrible call, they still cant capitalize. Unreal
268. S.A.–Serenity Now October 17th, 2009 at 11:53 pm
It is pouring right now in central jersey
269. RS October 17th, 2009 at 11:53 pm
They’re not even getting good swings. It’s just weak ground ball after weak ground ball.
270. Denise October 17th, 2009 at 11:53 pm
@Jockomac,
ah no! Don’t recall A-Rod ever hitting a walkoff homer in post season, much less anything else before 2009…So the answer is clearly, NO!
271. Derek October 17th, 2009 at 11:53 pm
Any minute I’m expecting my phone to ring so I can pinch hit for Tex so the team can at least save some $ and get the same results.
Get your $hit together, guys.
272. E-gawa October 17th, 2009 at 11:53 pm
I don’t know if it’s been mentioned but they called us on that in either 05 or 06 with Cano missing the bag.
273. Trevor October 17th, 2009 at 11:53 pm
I was worried about this team lack of hitting with RISP and 2 outs during the regular season and saw it being a potential problem come October.
Awful job by the offense tonight. Hideous.
274. Pov October 17th, 2009 at 11:53 pm
Well they aren’t scoring either, but how big was that AJ wildpitch hours ago
275. NYY626 October 17th, 2009 at 11:53 pm
That wild pitch is really coming back to haunt us
276. Jeff NJ October 17th, 2009 at 11:53 pm
I have to admit, I would’ve felt bad if the Yankees won it on the non-neighborhood call. No mercy next inning though.
277. YankeeRay October 17th, 2009 at 11:53 pm
Hairston should hit for Damon against lefties at this point of the games going forward
278. Jeremy October 17th, 2009 at 11:54 pm
I would bring in Robertson because he is a strike out artist. Why bring in Aceves ?
279. DT – OPPC member (blood type – Positive) October 17th, 2009 at 11:54 pm
This reminds me of the game MLB_TV replayed today.
That game ended in the bottom of the 11th inning by the first batter – a 3B.
Hmmm…Maybe this one will end the same way…. there is my prediction for the day.
280. RalphieD (OPPC) October 17th, 2009 at 11:54 pm
this entire post season feels like one single game…most havebfit the same pattern…very good pitching…just enough hitting..remains to be seen if the latter holds true today…
281. 100 pitches of fun… October 17th, 2009 at 11:54 pm
Great now Aceves coming in. I don’t like this match up at all. I would pitch Robertson but Girardi seems to love Aceves for some reason.
282. Incognito October 17th, 2009 at 11:54 pm
wow. im glad the game didn’t end with that call being the backdrop. terrible call. horrible. worst call i’ve ever seen. worse than the mauer call. just pathetic umpiring.
lets go yanks.
283. chris October 17th, 2009 at 11:54 pm
Angels are playing with a lot of focus and bearing down. Yankees need the bats to come alive and not give up.
284. AJ October 17th, 2009 at 11:54 pm
The Yanks are fortunate to still be playing and now with the rest of the bullpen due to pitch i think we are in trouble. We have Arod, Guzman and Gardner due up so if we are behind it may be it.
Just some bad ABs tonight by a lot of hitters.
285. Brandon Awesome (BECAUSE I’M AWESOME!) October 17th, 2009 at 11:54 pm
Ace w/ the rain, I don’t like this, he’s a feel pitcher.
286. JZ October 17th, 2009 at 11:54 pm
This game looks more and more like that 15 innings game vs. Boston. Our bats are ice cold.
The question is, will they be lucky again this time?
287. Angel – A tale told by idiots – full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. October 17th, 2009 at 11:54 pm
The sky is falling!
The sky is falling!
288. Denise October 17th, 2009 at 11:54 pm
STeve,
Angels have left twice as many on base than the Yanks have. So be careful when u say we deserve to lose this game.
289. 27 October 17th, 2009 at 11:54 pm
The Yankees will win this.
290. trisha – OPPC lifetime member who trusts Jose Molina and Chad Gaudin October 17th, 2009 at 11:55 pm
Maybe it had to go to the 11th just to stop all the crying about the play at second.
GO YANKEES!
291. YankeeRay October 17th, 2009 at 11:55 pm
Mr win to the rescue
292. Mac Daddy October 17th, 2009 at 11:55 pm
looking at a rain delay in a few if you ask me…im no weatherman which means im likely to be right ; )
293. m October 17th, 2009 at 11:55 pm
3 up, 3 down please.
294. 100 pitches of fun… October 17th, 2009 at 11:55 pm
Aceves hasn’t pitched in forever. How is he supposed to be sharp?
295. Rishi October 17th, 2009 at 11:55 pm
need to find the strike zone, buddy
296. Jack October 17th, 2009 at 11:55 pm
Tex will deserve every bit of criticism he gets.
Aceves looks scared…great.
297. kelvin October 17th, 2009 at 11:55 pm
blow out smh, Aceves please work your magic.
298. JZ October 17th, 2009 at 11:55 pm
also, I don’t agree they sent the 2nd pinch runner.
Most likely they will lose.
299. RS October 17th, 2009 at 11:56 pm
I really hope the Yankees don’t pay for not scoring while Rivera was still in.
You know the Angels are just ecstatic that they managed to hold on long enough to get Mo out of the game.
300. The Ghost October 17th, 2009 at 11:56 pm
Jeremy wouldn’t it be better to bring in a strikeout artist when Aceves gets in trouble rather than vice versa?
301. Betsy October 17th, 2009 at 11:56 pm
You can’t blame this game on the starting pitcher…….Tex’s bat is turning to sawdust and the Yankees have just done what they always do in the post-season.
302. CB October 17th, 2009 at 11:56 pm
The offense has been poor this game – but it’s not that uncommon that this kind of thing happens in the playoffs.
The pitching is just better in the playoffs. You can’t count on the opposing pitchers making as many mistakes.
That’s why your own pitching has to be better. That’s why your own pitching can’t execute self-inflicted damage in the playoffs.
This is not some regular season game where you can just chalk things up and say, hey the starting pitcher gave up 2 runs and went 6 innings that’s “good enough” because it’s not good enough given how those two runs were scored.
This game should be over. It should be over because they offense should have scored more.
But it should also be over because AJ shouldn’t have given up those two runs through that folly of mistakes.
303. StanmanBatman October 17th, 2009 at 11:56 pm
Damn our bats have been pretty much quiet the whole playoffs. How big is that Jeter DP now, with 2 on and no out, where he could’ve moved over the runners?
And Yes, Rosenthal, amazing, considering that most rain drops are usually soft and hot!!
304. 100 pitches of fun… October 17th, 2009 at 11:56 pm
Why Aceves before Robertson? Why??
305. Uncle Ellsworth October 17th, 2009 at 11:56 pm
I think you have to try to touch the bag. Jeter and Cano always do touch it.
rosenthal is a dork
306. Brandon Awesome (BECAUSE I’M AWESOME!) October 17th, 2009 at 11:56 pm
he has no feel right now
307. Yankees got a HIT! Yay… October 17th, 2009 at 11:56 pm
yeah walk the lead off man
308. Derek October 17th, 2009 at 11:57 pm
Awesome, here comes a rain delay. If this game gets delayed I’m going to have to buy more Halloween candy.
Matthews is the Carl Pavano/Kevin Brown of the Angels…
309. 100 pitches of fun… October 17th, 2009 at 11:57 pm
Aceves make him hit the ball. He hasn’t played in forever.
310. Yankee44 October 17th, 2009 at 11:57 pm
Here comes the leadoff walk
311. djsunyc October 17th, 2009 at 11:57 pm
Steve October 17th, 2009 at 11:53 pm
This was their problem all year. Relying on the homer, and never getting a single in a big spot with runners on and 2 out. Terrible. They don’t deserve to win this game. Even after that terrible call, they still cant capitalize. Unreal
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spoken like a man that hasn’t watched one single yankee game this season. it was probably on the tv, but you didn’t comprehend what was going on…lol…
312. Boston Dave October 17th, 2009 at 11:57 pm
“I have to admit, I would’ve felt bad if the Yankees won it on the non-neighborhood call. No mercy next inning though.”
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I feel the same way.
Win it in the 11th!!
313. Yanks_Fan October 17th, 2009 at 11:57 pm
Incognito, bad call? You aren’t watching the game, obviously. It was the right call on a terrible error by the Angels.
314. YankeeKid October 17th, 2009 at 11:57 pm
You CANNOT walk the lead-off batter!!
315. Rishi October 17th, 2009 at 11:57 pm
“walks kill”
316. JMere October 17th, 2009 at 11:57 pm
great. lead off walk…
317. AJ October 17th, 2009 at 11:57 pm
Great job Asseves….
318. djsunyc October 17th, 2009 at 11:58 pm
why does rosenthal get any airtime – he adds NOTHING…if you’re gonna have someone reporting nonsense info, make it a very attractive woman…
319. Phil – Not a Troll Since 2007 October 17th, 2009 at 11:58 pm
Tons of first-guessing trolls on here tonight who are ready to DFA Tex and Damon. Sam/Chad – touting 1000s of posts is worthless if the quality of the posts are terrible.
320. Brandon Awesome (BECAUSE I’M AWESOME!) October 17th, 2009 at 11:58 pm
*Jesus Christ, god is going to make me an alcoholic tonight.*
321. CB October 17th, 2009 at 11:58 pm
Not sure why Aceves is in the game rather than Robertson here.
Robertson is less home run prone and with his ability to strike guys out is a much better bet in this situation.
And Aceves is a feel pitcher who hasn’t thrown in a long time.
322. 100 pitches of fun… October 17th, 2009 at 11:58 pm
What a joke. Matthews is terrible and hasn’t had an at bat in weeks. Of course the Angels will score here.
323. 27 October 17th, 2009 at 11:58 pm
Marte!????????
324. m October 17th, 2009 at 11:58 pm
No!!! Marte.
325. Northy October 17th, 2009 at 11:58 pm
And now overmanaging in the 8th will cost us the game… Bet on it. Joba should have pitch in the 8th and then you’ve had had Hughes here…
326. Derek October 17th, 2009 at 11:58 pm
Great job, Ace.
This guy is, has been, and will forever be a mediocre reliever/spot starter that has been glorified because he plays for NY.
I don’t trust him one bit.
327. JMere October 17th, 2009 at 11:58 pm
OH NO NOT MARTE NOT MARTE
328. Denise October 17th, 2009 at 11:58 pm
oh god no, say it isn’t so! MARTE??? game over
329. Donna L October 17th, 2009 at 11:58 pm
I had a feeling Aceves would immediately get into trouble. This is not good.
330. Yankees got a HIT! Yay… October 17th, 2009 at 11:58 pm
I hope they win it here, i’m done with this game. This offense has been terrible since what 2003? in the playoffs
331. rconn23 October 17th, 2009 at 11:58 pm
And that should be the game.
332. AJ October 17th, 2009 at 11:58 pm
Marte up wonderful how many runs will we need?
333. randy l. October 17th, 2009 at 11:59 pm
this is scary with aceves pitching to contact.
atom ball?
334. Aram October 17th, 2009 at 11:59 pm
Ofcourse we wasted Jobber and Hughes and we might get Marte. FML
335. Trevor October 17th, 2009 at 11:59 pm
Teixeira has been down right pitiful. I know he’s not the only one but he is batting 3rd important spot in the lineup. Screwed up twice in game 1 with not getting the runners over/sac fly.
Down right awful. He looks like the April Teixeira only problem is he doesn’t have 5 more months to makeup for it.
336. Tarheelyank October 17th, 2009 at 11:59 pm
raindrops hitting the mics sound like gunshots.
337. Mehdi also in SF October 17th, 2009 at 11:59 pm
Who feels a surrender coming up this inning. I try not to be negative, but it’s not like we haven’t seen this before. If they do score I hope it’s only one run.
338. Jeremy October 17th, 2009 at 11:59 pm
Girardi needs to be smart. He has made a lot of bad risky choices in this game.
339. 100 pitches of fun… October 17th, 2009 at 11:59 pm
Does anyone really think the Angels won’t score this run?
340. Denise October 17th, 2009 at 11:59 pm
rain delay coming soon! game won’t be over til like 3 a.m.!
341. Yankee44 October 18th, 2009 at 12:00 am
I have a bad feeling about pitching to Figgins…
342. alexm October 18th, 2009 at 12:00 am
mark my words. Tex will be a huge factor by the time this series is over!
343. Jack October 18th, 2009 at 12:00 am
wow, nice fundamental baseball by the Angels. patient AB, not swinging at balls and a perfect bunt, probably followed by the game winning hit.
344. JZ October 18th, 2009 at 12:00 am
yeah, Martw scares me already
345. Derek October 18th, 2009 at 12:00 am
Djsunyc-
Rosenthal was called in when Erin Andrews refused to come out of her hotel room…trust me, she’s still in there.
346. RS October 18th, 2009 at 12:00 am
Rain is falling now and it’s probably not going to stop. I’m worried this game is going to be decided by sloppy defense because of the wet field.
347. JMere October 18th, 2009 at 12:00 am
K needed here…
348. JZ October 18th, 2009 at 12:00 am
Ace should go more than 2 unless he melts down
349. gianna24 October 18th, 2009 at 12:01 am
Yanks had a chance to score the last inning and blew it – that will cost them the game!!!!
350. Angel – A tale told by idiots – full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. October 18th, 2009 at 12:01 am
Who ARE these people? Half of these posters names I’ve never seen before, lol.
351. 27 October 18th, 2009 at 12:01 am
Dammit.
352. 100 pitches of fun… October 18th, 2009 at 12:01 am
Well that was obvious….
353. Carl October 18th, 2009 at 12:01 am
way to fail yanks
354. JMere October 18th, 2009 at 12:01 am
crap, the bloopers kill…GIRARDI!
355. YankeeKid October 18th, 2009 at 12:01 am
game over…bad loss
356. RS October 18th, 2009 at 12:01 am
Yankees deserve to lose this game.
357. Denise October 18th, 2009 at 12:01 am
this is over, really, we can all go to bed now
358. m October 18th, 2009 at 12:01 am
crap.
359. pat October 18th, 2009 at 12:01 am
Yuck
360. Jeremy October 18th, 2009 at 12:01 am
Well they blew the game. This team has made so many mistakes they deserve to lose.
361. Yankee44 October 18th, 2009 at 12:01 am
And that’ll be the ballgame.
362. Jeff NJ October 18th, 2009 at 12:01 am
frak! This is a shocking development.
363. Yankees got a HIT! Yay… October 18th, 2009 at 12:01 am
Game over. good night, game over, series over… and that’s gonna be the season too. You can’t lose games like this
364. Heyya October 18th, 2009 at 12:01 am
Wow. Throw was dead on, but his arm was more dead than anything.
365. Northy October 18th, 2009 at 12:01 am
This game is half on the offense and half on Girardi
366. 100 pitches of fun… October 18th, 2009 at 12:01 am
Great hanging curveball…
367. S.A.–Serenity Now October 18th, 2009 at 12:01 am
Oh no
368. alexm October 18th, 2009 at 12:01 am
well, Fuentes will be coming in to save it so we have a chance!!!!
369. YankeeKid October 18th, 2009 at 12:01 am
hanging curve ball..
370. Derek October 18th, 2009 at 12:01 am
Great.
371. Phil – Not a Troll Since 2007 October 18th, 2009 at 12:01 am
Commence troll complaints who knew Girardi purposefully screwed the team over or knew the correct thing to do after the fact, of course. Commence bridge jumping.
372. Brandon Awesome (BECAUSE I’M AWESOME!) October 18th, 2009 at 12:01 am
1-1 gping to LAA
JFC Georgy doesn’t block the plate.
373. Terry from NH October 18th, 2009 at 12:01 am
Well folks I guess that’s it for this evening.. to many blown chances!
374. Mehdi also in SF October 18th, 2009 at 12:02 am
piss of figgins. who didn’t see that coming. Leave Ace in their to get out of this. If he brings in Marte then it’s gonna be 5 runs in this inning easy.
375. Tyler October 18th, 2009 at 12:02 am
fuc kin nigg er
376. Angel – A tale told by idiots – full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. October 18th, 2009 at 12:02 am
gianna24
October 18th, 2009 at 12:01 am
Yanks had a chance to score the last inning and blew it – that will cost them the game!!!!
**********
What part of shut the hell up didn’t you get?
377. Betsy October 18th, 2009 at 12:02 am
What? Marte? Wow Joe……..
He’s just wasted ANOTHER pitcher……….sorry, Marte stinks. I also don’t get what Robertson did to Joe – he hasn’t pitched since that performance against the Twins.
CB, you can’t expect a pitcher to be perfect. If he had given up a walk/hit or a HR, what would the difference be? That it was a cleaner 2 runs?
378. dave October 18th, 2009 at 12:02 am
Someone please explain to me why half our pitchers have trouble getting the signs straight with Posada?
379. Yankee Fan in Boston October 18th, 2009 at 12:02 am
And Aceves kills us. Why is Robertson in the pen? This goes on Girardi now, and he has two days of press to deal with it.
Aceves is not the guy for this situation.
380. Trevor October 18th, 2009 at 12:02 am
Oh well. Offense has been a joke tonight. Plenty of chances.
381. Donna L October 18th, 2009 at 12:02 am
I knew it. Argggh.
382. JZ October 18th, 2009 at 12:02 am
you see, they can get key hit when it’s needed.
Our high paid guys cannot do a damn thing, they are good at hitting DP all night long.
We just cannot beat Angels, face it.
383. yankeenate October 18th, 2009 at 12:02 am
garbage reliever…rag arm in left…and another runner in scoring position with the best part of their line up.
384. JMere October 18th, 2009 at 12:02 am
BRING IN ROBERTSON ALREADY!
385. Brandon Awesome (BECAUSE I’M AWESOME!) October 18th, 2009 at 12:02 am
*1-1 going to LAA*
386. Pat M. October 18th, 2009 at 12:02 am
This is on Giradi for taking Swisher out earlier…
387. Aram October 18th, 2009 at 12:02 am
Girardi and the offense lost this game
388. YankeeKid October 18th, 2009 at 12:02 am
all starts with a walk to the lead-off batter..you just can’t do that and expect to win
389. Brock October 18th, 2009 at 12:02 am
I’m pretty sure we all saw that coming.
What a night of missed opportunities for the Yankees.
Too many GIDPs.
390. RS October 18th, 2009 at 12:02 am
This stinks. They wasted such a great performance by Rivera because Matsui, Arod, Tex, Posada, and Damon all looked like little leaguers with the bat.
391. Jeremy October 18th, 2009 at 12:03 am
Thats why you use a strike out guy like Robertson. Girardi made another stupid decision.
392. vin October 18th, 2009 at 12:03 am
Well I guess now they’ll have to pitch to Alex. Don’t want to walk the leadoff guy.
393. CB October 18th, 2009 at 12:03 am
Absolutely inexplicable decision to use Aceves here instead of Robertson if Robertson isn’t hurt or unavailable.
Aceves does not miss bats and hasn’t pitched in a long time. He’s a feel pitcher. That is not a good match up against an angels team that is very good at putting the bat head on the ball.
394. The Ghost October 18th, 2009 at 12:03 am
I don’t blame Aceves, has he even pitched this post season? With all the overmanaging Torre has done you’d think he could have given Aceves a batter, he gave Marte two!
395. GreenBeret7 October 18th, 2009 at 12:03 am
Boston Dave
October 17th, 2009 at 11:50 pm
GB7,
I agree… but when it’s ARod vs Rivera I think it’s become natural instinct for some to blame Alex.
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Very true about the “fans”. You just expect better from the “professionals”. Too much to ask for, I suppose. If Rivera stops and the ball drops, Rodriguez gets hammered.
396. AJ October 18th, 2009 at 12:03 am
Arod-Guzman-Gardner stay tuned
Aceves sucks – Girardi wasting all the good relievers early and a pis poor offense damn right they deserve to lose.
397. rconn23 October 18th, 2009 at 12:03 am
Likely the game and the series as well.
398. Mehdi also in SF October 18th, 2009 at 12:03 am
Why is this half on offense? It’s 95% on the offense.
399. Steve October 18th, 2009 at 12:03 am
Predictable. Can only get lucky so many times. LAA and Chone especially were due. This ones over.
400. Denise October 18th, 2009 at 12:03 am
that’s called small ball, Girardi – learn it, employ it! Can’t rely on long ball ALL THE TIME!
401. 27 October 18th, 2009 at 12:03 am
Explain to me why Girardi blew this? I think I remember three double plays and two errors….
402. Tiffany from Taiwan October 18th, 2009 at 12:03 am
this probably will wake the Yankees up
403. Brandon Awesome (BECAUSE I’M AWESOME!) October 18th, 2009 at 12:03 am
I so serious D-Rob should have been pitching this inning.
404. RalphieD (OPPC) October 18th, 2009 at 12:03 am
this game is on the offense nobody how much people want to get on aceves… totally.on.the.offense
405. Yankees got a HIT! Yay… October 18th, 2009 at 12:03 am
They were a joke last game and the last series, just the pitching won it
406. 100 pitches of fun… October 18th, 2009 at 12:03 am
Girardi’s overmanaging killed them in this game. Joba and Hughes were used for what 3 batters? Then Aceves over Robertson. Terrible call. Aceves hasn’t pitched in weeks and rain equals a disaster.
407. Yankee Fan in Boston October 18th, 2009 at 12:03 am
We still got a shot in the bottom, but man we blew chances, and man the Angels felt like the Angels of old when they scored that run on the wild pitch.
I hate playing against this team, because it always seems like a bunch of bad players beat you.
In this case it was Aceves, but you get my point.
408. Doomba October 18th, 2009 at 12:03 am
this game is far from over. come on folks, a-rod is going to tie it up
409. Phil – Not a Troll Since 2007 October 18th, 2009 at 12:04 am
Wow, that’s it for me…After Tyler’s post…Chad / Sam – do something immediately!
Too many trolls have driven out the regulars.
Good night.
410. Bobby “Bye Bye” Abreu October 18th, 2009 at 12:04 am
I have a prediction. The Yankees will win in the bottom of the 11th. BOOK it.
411. eric October 18th, 2009 at 12:04 am
we had 3 chances with the winning run in scoring position and blew it. unacceptable.
412. Brandon Awesome (BECAUSE I’M AWESOME!) October 18th, 2009 at 12:04 am
Too late.
413. Yanks_Fan October 18th, 2009 at 12:04 am
I don’t believe the game is even close to ending, but right now our story is the horrible offense. We’ve had enough chances and have done NOTHING, with terrible at bats.
Now Aceves is becoming a bad option at the bullpen. Terrible!
414. Imback October 18th, 2009 at 12:04 am
Still a bad move to bunt CB? You pontificating prig.
415. Tyler October 18th, 2009 at 12:04 am
we lost bc of 2 nigg ers
416. Eli October 18th, 2009 at 12:04 am
can someone please explain to me why Girardi is so quick to hook Hughes but leaves Marte and K-Rob in the pen??
417. 100 pitches of fun… October 18th, 2009 at 12:04 am
The offense totally went to sleep this game. You knew when they didn’t score the last 2 innings it would cost them. But going to Aceves over Robertson made no sense.
418. Jack October 18th, 2009 at 12:04 am
Game, Set and Series. This thing never gets back to the Bronx. And add Texeira as another Yankee who can’t hit in the playoffs.
419. Betsy October 18th, 2009 at 12:04 am
Oh come on, now the series is lost? RConn, if you think that’s the case, then you really don’t have any faith in this team.
Why exactly is Robertson in the dog house?
420. vin October 18th, 2009 at 12:04 am
At least we’ll get to see Fuentes. Jepsen is their best reliever.
421. Boston Dave October 18th, 2009 at 12:04 am
at least we have
ARod
Guzman
Gardner
against Fuentes
gotta believe!!
422. DT – OPPC member (blood type – Positive) October 18th, 2009 at 12:05 am
“Who ARE these people? Half of these posters names I’ve never seen before, lol.”
trolls. Papelbum only needs so many dim bulbs shining light when he’s fishing at night – the rest come here.
423. 27 October 18th, 2009 at 12:05 am
Ban Tyler. What a tool.
424. Derek October 18th, 2009 at 12:05 am
It’s okay, everyone. Robertson is NOW warming up.
Terrible move pitching Aceves.
425. SWISHER SALUTE! October 18th, 2009 at 12:05 am
DROB SITTING DOWN and we pitch ace and marte warming, clueless joe part 2
426. gianna24 October 18th, 2009 at 12:05 am
What if the Yanks loose the next three in LA, this could be the last game played in Yankee stadium
I still can’t believe Tex, A-Rod, Jorge and Matsui did nothing..what a waste!
427. terpbomber October 18th, 2009 at 12:05 am
This was obviously the wrong time to utilize Aceves: a high pressure situation, no room for error. Lead-off walk usually becomes instant rallies for most teams.
I’m more annoyed at the lousy offense that couldn’t be bothered to do any sound hitting.
428. JMere October 18th, 2009 at 12:05 am
Ok time for an A-Bomb…lets get this back now…enough of the bad hitting already…Fuentes is terrible we all know this…
429. Yankee Fan in Boston October 18th, 2009 at 12:05 am
One other thing that killed us tonight that we should mention, because it’s ironic: Teixeira. He had so many RBI opportunities, and didn’t turn around on any of them.
430. nature boy October 18th, 2009 at 12:05 am
hairston bats for guzman?
431. Doomba October 18th, 2009 at 12:06 am
come on, girardi gave his team 9 outs to score a run by bringing mo in. i put the blame on the offense. this offense should be capable of scoring a run every 9 outs especially in big games
432. Matt October 18th, 2009 at 12:06 am
Yankees handed this game right to the Angels on a silver platter, they were lucky to be this close to winning it.
How many routine grounders are you going to boot? Leadoff walks, non-bunts, you don’t take care of business and you deserve to lose.
The Yankees have gotten break after break and have played like garbage tonight. Teixeira standing there taking 2 straight pitches right over the plate, then swinging at garbage. Cano taking pitches down the middle, and swinging at garbage.
How many times can you give a good team extra chances before they come through? Nobody should be shocked that this happened. And now Matsui is out of the lineup in the name of Freddy Guzman with only Jerry Hairston to pinch hit, what a brilliant move that looks like now?
433. Northy October 18th, 2009 at 12:06 am
I still very much believe Girardi made a mistake in the 8th in terms of yanking Joba from the game… Gave way less flexibility later on in the game. And here you see the result.
Part from that you could have hoped on more from the offense
434. Northy October 18th, 2009 at 12:06 am
I still very much believe Girardi made a mistake in the 8th in terms of yanking Joba from the game… Gave way less flexibility later on in the game. And here you see the result.
Part from that you could have hoped on more from the offense
435. Brandon Awesome (BECAUSE I’M AWESOME!) October 18th, 2009 at 12:06 am
“I have a prediction. The Yankees will win in the bottom of the 11th. BOOK it.”
Fuentes will end this. He’s due man. He’s due. We screwed up in the btm of the 10th – top 11th there.
436. BBFan October 18th, 2009 at 12:06 am
With Fuentes in and facing A-Rod, Hairston and Cano, we will win.
437. Josh October 18th, 2009 at 12:06 am
1) I think Girardi’s use of his BP has been suspect throughout the postseason. I think tonight Chamberlain faced one batter and Hughes faced two…wouldn’t you want to have either of those young power arms late in the game? I mean used one Joe and then save the other but I guess Girardi doesn’t want to be second guessed by all the people who say “Why didn’t you use Hughes/Joba? in the 7th/8th”. So rock and a hard place there. However it’s hard not to say that Scoscia did a better job managing his BP than Girardi tonight. Girardi needs to make some adjustments for the rest of the series.
2) Girardi should’ve had Jeter bunting on that one DP.
3) Have to agree with Sam that the Yan
3 quick outs would be nice here…
Take Ace OUT GI JOE!
Raining on an Ace…
A-Rod channeling Reggie…
Aeolus’s gift…
Imback, flip off you loser
I just got a text from my buddy and he said it’s absolutely pouring at The Stadium. What are they going to do?
well aceves is warmed up now.
aceves for more?
oh man,
I’m sorry for that last post
my laptop froze up
Sorry Valerie, we’ll all be more careful next time.
ACEVES TO PITCH TO VLAD!? GIRARDI IS AN IDIOT!
Ha! So what’s your point Boston
Boston Dave – What the heck is that post???
there are no routine plays now.
Aceves is hardly a rotten pitcher. Aceves is a pitcher who hasn’t pitched in a heck of a long time before tonight.
Is Joe on the Angels payroll ? Why would you leave Ace out there again !
Alright, Aceves, didn’t let the leadoff batter on this time… there’s an improvment.
Marte??? Marte? Marte? Please no…
here comes a walk from Marte
oh no…Damaso…
the fans are booing… HAHAHA
Game over
I haven’t been right about anything else this game but I don’t like this move.
NO no no no no no no ooo not Marte nooooo
joe overmanaging u heard it here first
holy moses malone…IT’S MARTE TIME!!!!
Marte? why? i’m getting an ulcer here…who’s left out there!
Marte=disaster
LOL… Dave’s record for longest post has been broken! It’s a record setting night!
Mo, please help Marte get through this inning.
Damaso Malo? OH GOD
*looks for a paper bag to hyper ventilate in*
Lets go yankees!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No not marte wheres robertson
Rishi,
my laptop froze up. I tried to back out. no clue how that happened. my bad.
but for anyone who wanted to read every post twice…
it’s your lucky day!
GIIIIRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARDIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII…..
What the f….. is Marte doing in this game?
Marte?!? Seriously?!?
omg, Marte really?
Sheesh, Boston Dave – copy and paste issues? LOL
You have got to be kidding me. Marte ! Are you serious ! Does Joe not like D-Rob. He keeps on bringing in crappy pitchers.
We have no length now that Aceves is gone. Great pen management tonight.
Marte?
Well, this isn’t good.
this is clearly for one batter as the Catcher on deck is a righty…I mean I would assume…Chad Gaudin start stretching kid…
MARTE NOoOOOOOOOOOOOOO
If the Yankees don’t take it all the way. Something is terribly wrong.
Whats wrong with Robertson? This game will be called after this inning anyway.
Boston Dave, that’s the best post of all time. You owned.
Not marte!!!!!!
Drove down to Santa Cruz at a reckless and wreckless speed, about to see my beloved Yo La Tengo live, but my heart is with y’all in the LoHud Yankeeverse, GO YANKEES!
Marte
meanwhile, we are closing in on 3000 posts (my record long post only counts as 1, unfortunately)
God please let the spirit of Mo enter Damaso, PLEEEEASE!
This scares the eff out of me.
“Has Cano swung at 1 strike tonight?”
Have you posted anything intelligent tonight?
I’m not a fan of using Marte to turn around Morales. The platoon advantage you get is negated by the fact that righties crush Marte (throughout his career).
Tyler @ 12 10
uses the N word again directed at a person, like the racist he is.
Sam I’ve never seen such filth allowed on the Lo hud Yankees blog!1
derek–no problem. i’m just in a lousy mood cuz this game is endless.
WTH…Marte???? Did Robertson ever come in or did I miss something?
please suspend play now .. with Marte in
Seeing Marte come in is like watching a horror movie scene where the dumb girl runs into a closet while the killer is chasing her.
It’s pissing rain, I don’t know if I can handle a delay.
Joba for only 1/3 of a inning is just retarded move
strike one…very nice
Gee, I started posting here because I thought it was a place full of decent people. Now we have disgusting racism from Tyler, and putrid misogyny from Imback. Get lost.
oh no, it’s marte!
Aceves is 1 million times a better option than this character. Righties kill Marte.
seriously, why Marte?!
wow big slurve…
Wonder if this game will get called soon, not sure I’ll be able to sleep for a while if it does.
Dave — sorry, but it’s so late I’ll have to read your post tomorrow (through Wed).
Whatever team loses this one will have a tough time bouncing back
They must win this game somehow.
At least Marte gets to shine with a 4′x4′ zone tonight.
Why can’t Aceves go 3 innings like Mo did?
I really dont like Aybar.
Okay, I guess I’ll be the lone voice who backs Marte.
Hopefully I’ll be the only one not looking like an idiot…
Awful managing……first off, why didn’t Hairston PH for Guzman? I can not believe that Joe has basically burned out his entire pen – the game is in the 11th, not the 15th. He’s got a little league lineup out there……
Damaso with a chance to earn at least 1 stripe here!
don’t forget Gaudin is still in the pen too.
Had to maek a comment. it was on 666
F*ck you Boston Dave
those idiots are trolls.
wow marte nice job
oh thank you A-Rod.
Hey, Boston Dave. I don’t know the point of that post. But I said some good things, too. Like “at least we got the lead runner”.
Wow, look at that arm.
has someone emailed Sam about the post(s)?
thst’s the only way to get them deleted/banned
great play by Alex… ball is wet and cold and he gunned it.
Marte got lucky here
davidson-i didn’t see that actually posted, but i saw the recap of posts. pete never would have allowed it.
hes out already here comes Robertson// nice Arod
OK 2 down
Morales has much more power from the left hand side.
Aceves is a fly ball pitcher prone to home runs.
That’s why the move. Though it still should be Robertson in the game.
Jeremy
October 18th, 2009 at 12:22 am
You have got to be kidding me. Marte ! Are you serious ! Does Joe not like D-Rob. He keeps on bringing in crappy pitchers.
**************************************
Still pulling the Miss Cleo card after your last failure?
here comes Robertson!!
I can’t get over how big that HR was.
Sure, it just barely scraped over the wall. But for Arod to hit a ball like that on an 0-2 count with Guzman and Gardner on deck…he basically just took matters into his own hands.
Good god. Who else is left in the BP? Gaudin….?
good move by girardi …
D-Rob PLEASE be good!
Gaudin is the last man standing in the pen now
GOOD, AWESOME.. MAN WE GOTTA SCORE SOON.. RAIN IS INSANE.
What a bunch of whiners and crybabies.
J/K
Enter robertson!
Wow. Just realized I’ve been mispelling my own screen name all night. That’s probably why the offense has been so anemic. That’s fixed, so we should be fine now.
Marte actually got the job done.
I can’t believe they are playing in this downpour.
Is there anything Alex can’t do?
Well… all the people who wanted KRob instead of Aceves… here’s his chance.
Nobody is left after gaundin what if this goes 18? or 19?
I don’t know what to make of this game. Nothing makes sense anymore. I’m just along for the ride.
Harkey getting lonely in the pen.
please lets wrap this game up in the bottom half!!
If this game goes past the 13th it will decide our game 4 starter.
Val-
I was being sarcastic. I don’t quite understand why the spelling of his name is of such importance.
OH, LOOK! A CLEVER MYTOUCH PHONE COMMERCIAL!!! SWEET!!!
I’ll email Sam to see if he can delete it
Betsy, you have to play to win in the last half of any 9th or extra inning at home. That explains both the bullpen and lineup decisions.
Dave is feverishly typing up a 10,000 word response to Boston Dave to reclaim the title of longest post.
It will detail why the Yankees could have won this game already if they had only signed Ben Sheets.
Who could pitch? CC ?
Well you did one good service with that post Boston Dave. You got Andrew banned. LOL.
Nice play Alex!
And McCarver with…if the infielder has to get one in the grass, the ball is wet and if it is a pop up, well you can guess how hard that is???
Is this guy for real?
If Girardi keeps going batter to batter he is going to have no one left.
The short hook again…. with the way the offense has been hitting, this could be a long one… and we don’t even have Swisher available to pitch
The HR was huuge also because he had light hitters behind him, had A-Rod recorded an out, game is over because I doubt we manage to scratch together a run without Matsui or Swisher
Marte is good, he has just been inconsistent since recovering from injury. He got a big out there and that’s a positive!
Long time no see for Robertson.
What about Robertson?
D-Rob!!! b good!!! & jete needs to finish this game off this inning! go yanks!!
yeah Gaudin is the last guy in the ‘pen!!! at least he can go as long as we need him to
Pete hasn’t updated his blog since it was 2-2. Is the Globe actually paying for him to be at the game?
derek–then i take back my apology
Angel – A tale told by idiots – full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
I’m sorry. But I just don’t have confidence in Marte. Thats all.
i got a gut feeling they are suspend this if the Yanks dont win in the bottom half
“Nobody is left after gaundin what if this goes 18? or 19?”
My guess is that we schedule Tommy John surgery for Gaudin right after the game.
Yankees got a HIT! Yay…
October 18th, 2009 at 12:26 am
Nobody is left after gaundin what if this goes 18? or 19?
It won’t …if it does Gaudin will be a hero
I’ve had to take a piss for about 3 innings now but I can’t move.
Sam Bore-dom putting in a long day. Where is the new guy Craig Jessup to help out?
Boston Dave
October 18th, 2009 at 12:26 am
I’ll email Sam to see if he can delete it
Don’t worry about yours, have him do something with the ones from Tyler
He should of just left Marte out there Mathis is a non hitter.
what a game….
a Yankee walkoff win might be the best win of the season thus far.
the 2nd PR is just stupid
Gaudin is the last guy…………LOL lonely guy
get up people – one more out, please!!
look at that Gaudin out there all alone
Nashville, it’s still ridiculous that Joe has removed Swisher and Matsui from the game. After Robertson, Gaudin is the last one left in the pen. That is astounding to me……
can someone go join Gaudin, keep the guy company at least…
Vader,
that thought crossed my mind… he can deal with that fool later
strike out comin here
Andy could pitch an inning if it comes to that
I know everyone is pissy about Tyler’s posts…but I think Sam is probably too busy to worry about a bunch of commenters tonight…i think there is a game on.
Deal with it.
D Rob can give us 2-3 innings.
is this a joke?
jeff mathis?
Everybody happy Robertson is in?
I’m not a mysongynist. Betsy is a nuisance with her nonstop bashing of the manager of the best team in league. She doesn’t know jack about baseball. And once there is a female big league manager I will start listening to armchair ones on blogs.
Mathis? cmon now…….
GI Joe talk to him!
What happens if they go another 5 innings, even if its tomorrow? They have one reliever left.
Come on Robertson
Show em’ what u got
Are you kidding me the .220 hitting back up catcher? That was a terrible pitch.
pesky Maicer!
Oh, Lord. I was flipping out, until I realized Mathis isn’t the leadoff hitter.
Let’s go D-rob.
“Dave is feverishly typing up a 10,000 word response to Boston Dave to reclaim the title of longest post.
It will detail why the Yankees could have won this game already if they had only signed Ben Sheets.”
=——-
haha, post of the night!
Now D-Rob loved by everyone just gave up a double, damn
Vin, Morales is a beast from the left side, that was the right move.
Robertson for 2 and the Gaudin will pitch as a starter if this game continues tomorrow.
Pettite can get a lefty out tonoght if they needed and CC can pitch tomorrow lol
geez! why was Melky running to the wall too??
I’d say your lack of faith extends to the whole team, based on your posts tonight, Jeremy.
booo
If the game is suspended you can’t use players that have already been taken out.
They should just continue to play.
Should have left Marte out there.
I don’t understand why they’re walking Itzturis…
D-Rob…PLEASEEEE CHANNEL IN YOUR INNER MO!!!
robertson must focus on matthews & locate his fastball
just one more out ……..
Something doesn’t look right about D-Rob tonight
Amazing the back up catcher…Come on Robertson get Matthews out.
Over managing the bullpen drives me nuts!
good lord – one more out…c’mon
IMO, Matthews Jr is more susceptible to the breaking ball
Come on D-Rob
Keep the fastball on the outside corner
We used the spirit of Mo on Marte, spirit of El Duque please jump in him!
keep thinking about Girardi using the Joba & the PHils for a combined 1.1 IP.
Gaudin is a starter, so he could go as long as needed, everyone relax about that!
don’t know how much longer umps can let this game go on for tho!
COME ON GET HIM!
dont make a mistake …….
one more please
betsy–i’m apologizing on behalf of imback.
Well it’s Miller time again, the Yanks will run out of bullets soon so they need to score. Scocia I think managed his pitchers better tonight.
Misogynist – noun.
Hatred, dislike or mistrust of women.
Example:- “And once there is a female big league manager I will start listening to armchair ones on blogs.”
Nick Swisher is going to come in the game if the Yankees run out of pitchers.
Tyler AT 12.07 AND 12.10 USES THE PHRASE DUMB ,N WORD, TO DESCRIBE PEOPLE IN THE GAME!!
WHAT.A.GAME.
!!!!!!!
Betsy and Derek have proven to be clueless as to how to manage a baseball game. They are officially dubbed trolls of the highest order.
Angel – A tale told by idiots – full of sound and fury, signifying nothing
No. I’m just stating that this team has not played that good today. How does that make me a bad person ? It’s the truth.
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS
I fist pumped.
there’s our strikeout pitcher!!!!!
thank you kind sir!
Nice call BD
YESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LETS WIN THIS THING NOW!
Big punchout!
d-rob!!!
Strike Threeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
yeah!!!
lets end this one!
who wants some pie??
Posada? Jeter?
YES!!! COM’ON BATS!
It does seem like Girardi has burned through his relievers tonight.
We played 15 innings against Boston while still having 2 guys left in the pen. It’s the 12th inning now and there’s only 1 guy left.
But hey, wouldn’t it be cool to see Robertson get his second win of the postseason?
sing it, PC Richard and Sons!!!
hm..could the offense actually end this next inning since we got no one left besides Gaudin?
PLEASE YANKEE GHOSTS!!! END THIS GAME DURING BOTTOM OF THE 12TH!!!
David Robertson=Big Time Pitcher.
Friggin END THIS
C’mon boyz! End this already!
great game…..another yankees classic. i say jeter finally gets PIE!!!!
Robertson has barely pitched what game 1 against the Twins. That’s it. He’s a bit rusty.
I’ll tell one thing – Pete was spot on right about David Robertson. He’s become a very big part of the Yankees’ pen.
Angel – it’s a new day. It might be time for another shower…
WWED?
Good job, D-Rob, way to get out of trouble.
Yankees must win it now.
Well done, Robertson!
I officialy have a man crush on Dave robertson
To everyone who thinks they’re clever and/or witty for using the first letter of a player’s first name and the first three letters of a player’s last name to form a nickname,
You aren’t clever. A-rod, good. K-rod/F-rod, eh. D-rob, no.
Thank you.
D-Rob for the win!
It takes a great Zen-like effort to get through tonight’s game without getting sick — so many ups and downs and in-betweens.
everybody up!!! Just 1 stinking run!!!!
big K d-rob!
Lets end this, I want to go to bed!!!!
Good job Robertson. Now can we end this please!!! Melky, Posada and Jeter. Posada just hack one out and lets get this over with.
“# Boston Dave October 18th, 2009 at 12:31 am
IMO, Matthews Jr is more susceptible to the breaking ball”
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good idea walking Izturis
people this game is over. Bring on the pie
I want me some pie with Jeter’s name on it.
I am becoming a huge Robertson fan. I wonder if Girardi will change his use of the bullpen after tonite. Such short use of Joba and Hughes, but it’s hard to not have faith in the offense.
This game must end soon!!!!
This game is insane.
Who’s being a troll? Tell me, I’ll grade their trolling abilities.
I say it ends here.. anyone else think so
Somebody needs to end this game before I run out of beer.
Can Jeter get his first pie already? Everytime he gets in that situation he gets walked.
It seems like a Yank homerun is the only way they will score a run.
Hopefully Ervin santana comes in. He has looked pretty bad this year
“It does seem like Girardi has burned through his relievers tonight.”
I don’t want to bash Girardi, but it was really questionable taking out Joba after facing only one batter in a tie game in the 8th inning.
McCarver and Buck always sound like they’re on seven second delay whenever the Yankees do something good. There’s always a huge pause – and then they remember they’re calling a game.
Ack. I’m in central time, so its not a new day here yet, DT.
I think in this situation she’d do whatever it takes. If another shower is called for, I’ll do it.
Relieving Marte…
Robertson restores order…
Now it’s time to strike!!!!!
Doreen,
If you’re lurking. My whole family went to dinner. My daughter held out until Marte left. I’m hungry, guys. Let’s get to Fuentes!
ooh I just realized which game this reminds me of, it was game 2 in the ALDS vs. Seattle in 1995. The game went I believe 14 innings and ended with a Leyritz walk off HR at around 2 AM. I consider that one of the greatest Yankee games I ever saw. It also was after a game 1 win and prior to a 3 game trip to the west coast. Hopefully the ending of this game is the same, but the series results differ.
“Nick Swisher is going to come in the game if the Yankees run out of pitchers.”
I don’t think he’s allowed back in the game under any capacity, since he was taken out for a pinch-runner.
But maybe if he borrows Cano’s ninja suit, they can pass him off as Chad Gaudin
I don’t hate or dislike women. I don’t trust them to manage a baseball game however. Just as they shouldn’t trust me to cook a good casserole or clean the bathroom.
OK — Melky’s first…he’s actually done this before
has Jeter been pied yet this season????
Val, I appreciate it……thanks. I don’t take idiots like that seriously anyway……..
Atta’ boy D-Rob
Alright the Yanks are ending the game in this inning…
“I say it ends here.. anyone else think so”
Oh yeah!
McCarver you are not funny, be quite.
ervin santana can’t be too good. i say the yanks win it soon.
No, Jeter hasn’t how great would that be!
Imback–OMG. I’m pretending I didn’t see that.
cmom Melky
Brandon –
remember that chick Kim Ng, who seems to know talent when she sees one, and was Cashman’s assistant? she interviewed for the padres’ GM job…too bad, Cashman can’t convience her to come back to the Yanks.
I want this game to end (on the right note, that is). Gotta work later this morning. I’ll either be too upset or too pumped up to sleep, both of which I am right now!
*washes her hands of Jeremy for today* lol
Jeter would be a Pie-virgin
Jeter is due for his first pie in the face!!
Alright it’s about time to start making the extra-inning sacrifices.
If Melky ends it here I swear I’ll never make fun of him eating peanuts again.
Err..Let’s get to Santa.
come on double down in the gap…lets do this!
Come on, lets get this over with now… and get a pie.
I sooooooo want to see A.J. try to pie Jorgie
Uh oh, I’ve been called out by someone on a baseball message board with the name “troll patrol.”
Suddenly my life has no meaning. Goodbye.
WOW, all this fans are chanting Melky…
could my Damon Pie prediction from the 8th inning finally come true?
We can beat this guy
Santana is capable of grooving a fastball
What great faith the Angels have in their closer. Lol.
Isn’t Santana like a stinky starter or something?
Now that’s depth, when Scioscia can reach into that pen and pull out Ervin Santana in the 12th.
I was going to call a Melky walk off but it isn’t looking good
What happened to Melky’s late inning heroics?
that was a hanger
was Santana even penciled in to start any games in the LCS?
no swinging for the fences Melky
just get on
Imback you are an idiot.
“Jeter is due for his first pie in the face!!”
YES he is…
Let’s go, M-Cab!
Melky is a pie hogger. He might rob Jeter of his chance…
It was the “OR mistrust” that qualified you, I’m back.
Sorry Jeff, I predicted pie for Jeter, Damon, Alex, Tex or Matsui. I have you beat.
Jeff NJ…I was there what a game.
If anybody ever needed an example of a “hanging fastball”, just look at the pitch to Mathis. He made a good recovery on Mathews.
anyone know how cold it is now at the Stadium?
its gotta be freezing by now
You smiled Val. Don’t lie.
m -
Go eat!
Another K
no Denise, Santana was not scheduled to start
Yanks are getting owned by the curveball tonight
Let’s go, J-Pos!
good pitch…come on Jorge..LETS HIP HIP
That depth was created when the Rays gave them Kazmir for nothing
we would win in the 13th if we can make it there
they only can hope HR, because tonight they don’t have the ability to get more than 1 hit in one inning.
Come on Jorgie
Cano would have caught that ball.
do you pinch run for posada?
Hairston to run?
oh nice!!!! now Jeter, bring it home baby!!!
Classic Jorge bloop.
pinch run cervelli!!!!
I’d like to see Derek get pied by AJ.
Cervelli to run for Jorge?
now, can we use Hairston?
Jeter, time for a pie!!!
that was like the single off Pedro! (sort of
)
its fate!!
First pie for the Captain?
Doreen,
No can do. Do we see Cervelli pinch run?
That ball was catchable by somebody.
is that snow??
Captain Walkoff
Alright Posada steal a base here lol…Let’s go Jeter!!!
if posada gets to 2nd, you gotta pinch run, no?
If Jeter hits into a DP, I’m going to hang myself.
270 feet away.
Feels like a mile.
Imback–There was no smile, trust me.
we got 3 catchers///
If Jeter hits into a DP I will cry.
This is gonna be an unintentional intentional walk. Santana wants no part of Jeter.
cant pitch hit yet…needs to get into scoring position… Derek a walk is absolutely fine here…
Vader, same feeling as that game, don’t you think?
Derek – your life has no meaning? With your oh so witty posts and insults, you have a life as a failed comedian. Congrats, tool.
i have nothing left to type – please just win this
seriously, we not going to use Hairston?
It’s time for Jeter to get pied. It’s destiny…
Jeter going for it on that pitch
That was ball 3, Jeter calm down.
Dear Derek,
I am tired and want to go to sleep, but I can’t until this is over..Can you make it over?
Denise
christ – that was almost another one
Good lord Jorge is sssssssllllllllooooooowwww
booo, No pie for Jeter.
WHERE WAS POSADA?
Where was Posada?
that’s why Cervelli s/b in there to run for Jorge
ARRGGHHH!!!!
God Posada is the worst baserunner ever
oMG, Posada is SLOW!
Come on Johnny. Make Erica happy!
Posada out by a mile .. gotta pinch run there
Damon? anyone want to win here?
Well Val, your lack of humor explains why your haunting a message board at 1 am on a Saturday night instead of with a man.
Posada is a moron. How do you think that will be caught?
TEXXXXXXXXXXX Cmon!!
Teixiera…do you want another pie?
For all of the praise FOX has heaped on Aybar this post-season, he really isn’t impressing me…and he looks like Easy-E.
I know conditions are slick, but you need to make that DP.
teix, wake up!!
WILD PITCH–PAST BALL–TEX MESSAGE TIME!
ok, here we go!
Santana’s fastball looking VERY hittable tonight
lets go Tex…. sit fastball
0 for 6, or HERO?!
if posada doesnt hit a hr, he is almost useless as a baseball player
Teixeira has a chance to shut me up. I have been all over his lack of offense.
Jorgie did the right thing by holding up.
Too bad Jeter couldn’t score there.
Wild pitch from the girly pitcher, please?
One more base hit!
Come on Tex
We need a non-out to put this baby away. Tex is a good candidate to end his misery in this series thus far.
Tex will get some good pitches to hit here with the ultimate protection behind him.
Jeff…I’ll just take a win
Tex PLEASE have a good at bat here.
Please Tex…Just a single up the middle!!!
can AJ pie Santana if he throws a wild pitch?
oh GOD TEX! you can hit Santana!
This board already traded Damon away after his earlier at bats…so you can’t take credit for that hit, trolls.
Ugggh if Teix doesn’t do something here things are going to get ugly
Here’s yet another chance for Tex.
COM’ON TEIX WE NEED YOU TO GET ON HERE!
base hit & we win!!!! cmon tex!!!
Ok Tex April is over lets go
Tex,
Just need a base hit. No loud outs please.
PLEASE get a hit here Tex
Just a little flair, a dribbler through the open left side. Anything, please.
Gotta win it here, scrubs up after A-Rod
Tex is going to square this ball. Lets hope it falls.
If there is a wild pitch and Jeter scores, there should be pie!
Please get this done Tex. I can’t bear another inning.
why is Damon even worried about a lead off 2nd?
passed ball gets Jeter some Pie
ok, Tex…think Game 2 ALDS…
Triple Short Of A Cycle
October 18th, 2009 at 12:43 am
God Posada is the worst baserunner ever
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hahahahah he but i love him Come On TEX!!!!!!!!!!!
Please Tex…
LOL…Trolls. This guy is hilarious.
Trolls…lol. I can’t wait to call someone a Troll at work on Monday.
Asshat.
I’ll settle for a wild pitch, a passed ball – I’m not picky.
funny role reversal here. I remember a time this season when you pitch around Teix to get to Arod
A-Rod can end the game, too. I’d love to see that.
same story as last week? A Rod ties it and Tex wins it?
It’d sure be something if it came down to A-Rod again, huh?
Tex needs to just hit the ball where it is pitches. They are going to stay away from him – he needs to hit the ball to left field.
oh, God…
Jesus please end it here!
arod’s time.
imback–fortunately for me, I’m watching the game and blogging with someone who shares–and respects–my interest in sports.
wow, just what was Scioscia thinking. This isn’t your father’s Arod.
ARODMANIA!!!
They want to face Arod. lol
A-Rod….PLEASEEEEE END THIS!!!
Wow. They really did that.
nope, up to A Rod. Bad move. I trust him to win it here.
UNREAL
ARod has done enough…. but can he do it AGAIN???
always comes down to alex. Amazing.
They are betting that Alex can’t do it again. God, I hope they lose that bet.
Please end this Arod!!!
pitching around to get to Arod?
wow! Santana not meaning to hit the plate with A-Rod on deck???
Pitching around Tex didn’t make sense. Here come the fastballs inside and curveballs away.
Arod – let’s do this now
Mike Sciosa just pitched around Tex to get to Alex.
Is setting up a force at every base worth this?
OMG…….All we need is a base hit….90 feet away….Come on A-ROD!!!!!!!
Arod Deeep!
They are playing the odds card, think A-Rod won’t get 2 hits in a row
Wanna bet the board is ready to crucify A-Rod if he doesn’t come through here?
Go to bed, trolls and let the fans have the board.
Funny that they would rather pitch to Alex than to Tex, who has done nothing this series.
KISS – as Kitty would say
Oh, man. Another wasted inning.
Ah hell
I am prepared for disappointment.
DAMN IT!
are you freakin kidding me?
To center!!!
Arggggggghhhhhh
Val, Betsy doesn’t count.
I cannot believe this is still going on…
I am going to cry. The lineup is soo putrid.
Okay, let’s go D-rob?
Trolls…
lol.
Soscia is a genius.
DAMMIT!
ugh. we go to the 13th.
Are you kidding me
yeah game is over now, that was the chance. sad
We have left a village on base.
Oh well………and we have fantastic hitters coming up in the next inning(s).
Wow, that shows that the Angels still don’t think Arod can do it in the clutch. And he didn’t.
If Arod got a hit there – Manager Mikey would have been second guessed for the next 36 hours.
Still they only can pray HR….
so the next inning is Guzman, Gardner, Cano…not really scary
Troll Patrol is the man.
This guy is on fire.
Oh boy.
Guzman, Gardner, and Cano up next inning. And Robertson can probably only go one more.
OMG they walked the struggling Teix to get to the hot Alex and the move pays off.
Oh man, a hit would’ve ended it!
Over and over, over and over. Chances to win this game, and they just can’t get it done.
Lucky they are still alive after A-Rod’s HR, and now they still can’t finish off the Angels. They have to step up and get it done now, I don’t know how many more bullets are left in this pen because of Girardi’s overmanaging.
never ending game
the yankees left more people on base then washington nationals wins this year!!
Can’t blame Alex. We wouldn’t even still be playing if it weren’t for him.
work the count maybe there A-Rod, when 4 straight balls to Tex!
Derek – you shouldn’t use that language with your customers at the drive through on Monday…they’ll tell your manager and you’ll be fired and truly have no life. Better to keep your wit confined to your room at home…and you’d better whisper so you don’t wake your Mom.
Did Scioscia make that decison solely on the .261 vs .227 average Teix had over Arod vs Santana?
Relax folks Guzman and Gardner are up next. They will win the game.
Tyler AT 12.07 AND 12.10 USES THE PHRASE DUMB ,N WORD, TO DESCRIBE PEOPLE IN THE GAME!!
In solidarity. Thanks for making sure this gets the appropriate attention.
Alright let’s hold them here and let Guzman hit a inside the park HR to win it. I’m calling it.
Yanks have had sooooo many opportunities. This is gut wrenching.
“work the count maybe there A-Rod, when 4 straight balls to Tex!”
They pitched around Tex on purpose. What he threw to Tex had nothing to do with what he was going to throw to Alex.
gyaos October 18th, 2009 at 12:48 am
Wow, that shows that the Angels still don’t think Arod can do it in the clutch. And he didn’t.
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WOW seriously? Thanks to him we’re still playing right now.
CANO wthlkcnasdgskdc.a
thats how you pitch arod until he shows you hes adjusted…in, in, in…yeah hes had some groundball singles to left but dont remember him hitting a ball hard on a pitch in
More sloppy play by Cano
My god Cano! What are u doing!
uh, f-ing Cano – is that ridiculous or what
if the Yanks win this marathon, the angels are doomed ..would be a crushing loss.. CANO wake up out there!!
Cano hates the Yankees.
Cano is killing me.
Well this is most likely the game here. Cano is a knuckle head moron.
Jesus
That Angel team is too good to give them these many chances.
awful, robbie concentrate…
smooth cano
OMG
2 errors in one game??
lame effort by Cano.
What the hell is wrong with Robbie?
Have faith people…..11 years ago on this date well October 17th (since it is after midnight) Tino Martinez hit a grand slam home run….We van get a base hit!!!!!
seriously….Cano?
They blew that inning…that just cost us the game!! Another error by CANO!!!
Cano 2 errors tonight?
He sucks! He is retarded.
Well that stinks
Hey Trolls!
Time for the pretenders to go to bed and let the real commenters have at it.
Yup, it’s going to be armchair managers night here in the LoHud.
Get over yourself, Troll. Everyone is watching the game with the same interest.
speed on the bases
Cano = Buckner Mark II
that might prove costly
matt–they have no pitcherss left…this should be interesting.
LOL at Girardi’s use of his pen and the lineup……how far can Robertson go? Remember he’s still coming off an injury – this would have to be the last inning,. If he struggles, Gaudin would be the savior…..sad
terrible day to be a middle infielder it seems
Come on Yankee bullpen – bar the door until your teammates can get their act together . . .
Sounds like a funeral there now. Nice cano
Crap!!!!!!!!!
i can’t watch this anymore…really…the Yankee offense is killing me
This thread is dragging – part four soon?
drop him to 9th hole, freaking moron
Cano it tired, its late
Here’s my grading of Troll Patrol’s trolling…
punctuation/grammer D
Originality F
Comic Value A
Overall grade D+
Cano is a LAZY baseball player. L A Z Y
Just concede this stupid series now.
I’m tired
this is agonizing. Another error.
imback lives in his mother’s basement and has never been on a date.
We are looking like the Red Sox tonight the way some of our players are trying to give the game away.
The Patrol has come to an end. Too many trolls to patrol and corral. The board is infected with useless posts. Good night and good luck!
For some reason, Robbie is all out of sorts today.
Started up a fourth thread guys. Come on over. Great job tonight.
Can that idiot at 2nd base field an easy ground ball? Now he can’t hit, can’t field. He has problems..
NGL, I think we lose it here. D-Rob would have to be SuperMan to hold them here.
Will this be a Yankees Classic or an Angels Classic?
Just epic fail by Robbie.
He really has his head up his rear sometimes.
new post
I’d like to see some of you function normally out there in that kind of cold.
Angels line up depleted too
be funny if Cano gets the gold glove this year. A lot of people watching these playoffs are going to say Whaaaaat?
Cano moving backwards instead of getting his damn body in front of it
HeavyHitter,
Thank you for providing social justice on a baseball game comment thread.
Just ignore the guy and keep watching the game. Who cares if he’s an idiot?
Move on.
Guess CC is pitching game 4 now by default.
Did Posada have a play at second?
Ok…well just get back-to-back outs…
This is not the inning you want to give the Angels the lead. With Guzman and Gardner due up.
no way is Cano getting a gold glove…have you watched the Yanks all year
The way Pete is making sarcastic comments on his twitter, you’d think that he doesn’t like the Yankees. Hmmm.
Or maybe CC could relieve tomorrow.
can we go to CC for an inning or two??
Donna L–thanks. now I’m smiling
Cano couldn’t even make an easy play.
Same situation as the 9th inning.
Joe’s stupid moves all night long.
Unless they win this, he should be blamed.
I’m all scared again here
Not sure what happened to Cano, because it was an easy play. I guess he thought the ball was going to bounce higher and it just didn’t come up high enough. Whatever, it was badly timed.
loyal fans there!!! I’d be in the Mohegan Sun bar throughout the rain!
who cares about Pete’s comments?!
Dangerous pitch here
Can’t walk him
runners will be going
why did he get cutsy…
hmm…
looks like rain stopped??
ok, maybe not! why not go to 3rd there?
ok, dont throw a good pitch to Vlad he swings at everything
too risky…need the sure out…GET VALDY…ONE MORE OUT
I can’t bear to watch
what pressure for D-Rob! he looks like a young boy!
what a wild swinger! lol
1 more dave
good lord! now the “heart of our order”! lol
Cano you lucky guy…you didnt cost us
i held my breath
Great job by D-Rob!
Okay Yankees…PLEASE WIN THE GAME!!!!!
now Cano, make amends for your errors!!
Did I mention I hate the Black Eyed Peas
yes, hats off to Robertson .. Gaudin is next you all know.. hopefully it does not get that far
This has been an epic game… Let’s hope we see it on Yankees Classics this winter!
Fergie as a brunette is good looking though…no offense to the ladies in here…LETS END THIS ALREADY
Halos, hot water…
Dave Robertson recovers…
Gotcha Guerrero!
is Fergie still in the black eyed peas? doesnt look like her
there we go, now a bunt
Hairston nice!
a bunt, then cano wins it.. to make up for his errors
oh GGBG, you look like you’re hungry for pie!
cmon Cano .. oh a walk
Thank goodness they are walking him
Time for the MELK to be delivered…
Win the game Melky…
Melky pleassee
YEAHAAAAAAAAAAAAaahahah
The Melk man delivers!!!!
Does Izturis get the pie?
speechless!!!!!
WOOWHOOOOO
hairston killed by charging yankee horde.
JERRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I will not recover by Monday. I think I might have to call in sick for the rest of the post season.
wow! all good, good nite (finally) everyone!
played 5, won 5!!!