ALCS Game 3: Yankees at Angels (Part III)
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UPDATE, 7:32 p.m.: We go to the ninth and to the third thread of the day. This one could take awhile.
UPDATE, 7:37 p.m.: Wow. You can’t say Scioscia doesn’t learn from the past. He intentionally walks A-Rod – putting the go-ahead run on base – and now gets Jerry Hairson, pinch-hitting for Gardner. Here’s the crazy part: It’s your closer, putting the go-ahead run on base in the ninth inning and it’s probably the right move.
UPDATE, 7:40 p.m.: Scioscia gets it right. Hairston had no chance and it’s Hughes back out to try and keep it tied in the bottom of the ninth.
UPDATE, 7:47 p.m.: Lockdown inning for Hughes. Bulger in for Fuentes in the 10th.
UPDATE, 7:57 p.m.: Girardi is staying with Hughes in the bottom of the inning. He’s thrown 16 pitches so far.
UPDATE, 8:00 p.m.: Mathis ropes a double off the wall in left leading off. Now Posada is stalling so Rivera can finish getting ready.
UPDATE, 8:01 p.m.: Rivera coming in. It’s unorthodox bringing your closer in to a tie game on the road, but in this particular situation, I think it’s the right move. This is October, not July.
UPDATE, 8:05 p.m.: Score that a sacrifice and fielder’s choice … and a bad case of deja vu, if you’re a Yankees fan.
UPDATE, 8:08 p.m.: Great play by Texieira on the grounder. One out now, and Girardi has Rivera walk Abreu to load the bases. Hunter up and everyone on the Yankees infield gathers at the mound for a quick conference.
UPDATE, 8:09 p.m.: Girardi sends in Hairston – losing the DH – to left field, replacing Damon. He wants the better arm in the outfield here.
UPDATE, 8:12 p.m.: Another grounder to Tex and he goes home with it. Two out. Vlad up.
UPDATE, 8:13 p.m.: Unbelievable. A third ball to Teixeira, who grabs it and takes it himself to complete one of Rivera’s greatest postseason escapes ever. Especially after he threw away the bunt, you had the feeling the Yankees were done. Instead, Rivera re-writes the end of that story and now the Yankees will face Ervin Santana in the 11th. Amazing drama.
UPDATE, 8:16 p.m.: By the way, it got DEAD silent here when Guerrero bounced to first. That was the Angels’ chance to get right back in the series.
UPDATE, 8:18 p.m.: Cervelli to hit for Rivera. The Yankees lost the DH when Hairston went into left field in the 10th.
UPDATE, 8:29 p.m.: Another strange move from Girardi: He takes out Robertson and calls for Aceves to face Howie Kendrick. Not sure the rationale here – one righty, replacing another righty. Kendrick was 1-for-2 lifetime against Robertson, according to Chad, and has no history with Aceves. In a tie game, Robertson faced only two batters.
UPDATE, 8:35 p.m.: And that’ll do it. Jeff Mathis, light-hitting catcher, crushed his second shot of the night off the wall and Kendrick came all the way around from first. Angels win, 5-4. Yanks lead the series, 2-1.
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Chad Jennings
Josh Thomson
Time to beast out a run here…need to use Jerry if needed.
We win 6-4.
can we give Tex his gold glove for ‘09 already?
If they don’t score in the top of the 9th, I hope Joe leaves Hughes in for the bottom of the 9th instead of wasting him with only 2/3 of an inning. Then Mo in the 10th (one innning only), followed I guess by Aceves and Robertson. Or you could save Mo for another inning or two in case they take the lead.
I’m sure Fuentes won’t throw anything near the plate to A-Rod.
I doubt they pitch to Alex in this inning
Man, Tex is so good in the field. Glad we have him there.
LOL, the Big A got pretty quiet when Fuentes came in
Oh boy, I love Teixera’s defense but he is batting .083
Who just contributed to the Game Changing Play? Thats right!!!!
Lets Go!!
Oof Tex still swinging at balls in the dirt…
We need a few big hits here as I’m too uneasy about the Angels getting a walk-off their own. Game two was a bit much for me and that had the happy outcome.
Wake up bats.
Tex is convincing me to have his babies with the glove. Bat, not so much.
thank god tex is so good in the field because his bat has been absent
they have to walk ARod here
If A-Rod gets something to hit here, it’ll be the upset of the century.
Walk Arod here?
they gotta be walking him right…
Who is having a worse post season at the plate 2009 Teix or 1996 Tino?
Tex seem to think it’s April again.
Tex doing nothing with the bat, please Walk A-rod because he will steal second
Tex is in a bad place offensively right now..
Make ‘em pay Matsui!
Gee, that is unpredictable
They fear Arod. lol
How lame. Alex needs to run here
Has Tex ever seen a breaking ball ? He needs to use his brain.
Oh wait, Matsui is gone. Com’on J. Hair!
Ouch, some Yanks are really struggling with that braking ball in the dirt
ARod needs to steal 2nd.
If he gets caught, oh well.
Let them know they can’t IBB him cheaply.
A-Rod will steal, watch!
alex should steal second on the first pitch.
matsui not even in game anymore
Joe better not take HUghes out if it stays tied.
Arod has officially reached Bonds status.
Come on, J-Hair! Be the hero again!
Hughes has only throw 8 pitches. If it’s tied – leave him in.
Come on Jerry!!!!
Hit them where it hurts!!!!!!
come on yanks
Time to hit a double in the gap.
Does ARod try to steal?
Hello Jerry
(said in my best Newman voice)
This is where running for Matsui is hurting us.
vibes to hairston ++++++++++++++++++++++++!!!!!!!!
Lets hope Fuentes comes back in there for the 10th.
Teix didn’t swing at one strike. Why is he swinging when they want nothing to do with him. Why doesn’t Kevin Long tell him that?
I am more anxious over this game right now than I was on Saturday.
Blackberry will die soon, but this is a pretty exciting game ti witness. I like our chances!
Keep the faith!
it had to be first pitch.
another extra inning game? no thanks
get things started hairston!
Nick-
Start stealing thundersticks!!!
run here Alex!
Alex should go here
if arod runs i think jhar will feel like he has to swing
Upstate
October 19th, 2009 at 7:34 pm
Gardner wouldn’t be playing CF out-of-position.
Never seen an outfielder chase so many hits to the wall as little Melky.
Thank goodness Jeter can leap like a basketball player and still have the instincts to gun out Bobby A. (oh yeah – the crappy throw – crappy Melky)
Scared of the Wall
October 19th, 2009 at 7:21 pm
Josh
October 19th, 2009 at 7:20 pm
Can you imagine if the Yanks had a quality CF…
Hell – I even miss Oscar Azocar and Roberto Kelly compared to the pathetic Mulky.
Jerry went for a 5 run homer on that swing.
Oy…
F…
dammit
Hairston looked as bad as Tex.
Yanks swinging at bad pitches all game long
Hughes staying in is the only move.
that is why gardner is killing us by not being able to steal in the playoffs
Extra innings again……
What was our extra inning record on the road this season? Anyone???
Pinch hitting was a bad move.
Not sure I like going to mo with 6/7/8 coming up if we go ten.
They will walk Arod the rest of the series.
With everybody swinging at everything in the dirt, no reason to pitch to Arod.
The other guys are automatic outs. Just bounce the ball and watch them swing.
I think the Yankees were thrown four pitches in the strike zone all night and all of them went out of the park
Leave Hughes for one more or got to Mo? I would stick with Hughes.
wow.. i had a feeling this would go extras. angels got lucky on more than a couple of occasions today.. we really should have the lead right now. gotta believe this is our game to win
so Arod won’t be pitched to again this game so that leaves it up to Jeter or Damon to hit one out.
The scouting report is throw that curve ball down in the dirt with 2 strikes, they just chase it. Yanks need to be more aggressive early in the count
This team just looks bad when it comes to RISP this game. They need to use their brains, and stop expecting the pitching to throw shutouts every game.
Hughes should pitch another inning
I wish we had Xavier Nady
girardis managing is a JOKE!!
as soon as the yankees got a man on base when a-rod walked i knew they wouldn’t score. they haven’t driven in a base runner since the middle of game 2.
D-Rob could also be an option. I’m not sure if he warmed up or not.
they werent good atbats..now we have to hold it here
stick with phil on this one
P.S they just showed the scene from National Lampoon’s vacation where Christie Binkly is driving the red Corvette, but it was the rally monkey driving here.
hey guys…i’m reposting my post here. i missed the game but i’m watching the recording of it in a few. without too many details, did i miss much?
you can’t go to mo on the road with a tie. have to save him for a save situation.
JF, as I said before, to blame Gardner for losing the Yankees a run is not fair. Pitchers throw differently depending on who is on base. Jepsen obviously had a rookie letdown when Gardner was caught stealing and Posada made him pay.
Hate this damn monkey
I hear that horrible rally monkey music ……
Big spot for Hughes.
Hughes to continue.
this is the right move to stay with hughsie… he’s our second best next to mo. gotta get the lead on the road then go to with the sandman
Phil phews
SJ44,
It sounds like your just channeling you inner Betsy. They’ll adjust during the series, I still like their chances.
If the Angels don’t score this inning, I have a feeling the Yankees will win.
I’m glad they left Phil in. Of course, I won’t be happy if they hit one out!
Yankees bullpen, 2 earned runs
Angels bullpen, 2 earned runs
I definitely hate this feeling that if the Angels score the Yanks dont get a chance to (inevitably) tie it up.
Tex has been horrible at the plate this ALCS
Makes me think if Temple of Doom…
“chilled monkey brains”
what do u mean extra innings again? its called the bottom of the ninth.
oy vey
baseball much? lolol
ok 2 more…
Rally monkey when the game is tied? California. What else can you say
Valerie 4 solo Hrs by the Yankees, one 2 run hr by Guerrero a Joba meltdown and one bad baserunning mistake by Abreu. Thems the highlights.
But per LoHud commenter DT’s Billy Joel anaology, that rally monkey is Pete Abe, so not to fear.
big spot
First time I saw Chone Figgins, I thought he WAS the rally monkey…
Balls of steel Hughes, Balls of steel!
Mo warming?
wow, can you guys imagine if hughes was sent back down to triple a earlier this year and was never put in the bullpen. he’s just so good
this game will definitely fall on the offense if it goes extras.
the yankees cannot afford to wear their pen out and they will prob go to Mo in the 10th no matter what.
Betsy,
No offense to you intended on the last comment
Keep throwing gas, Phil!
com’on Phil…keep pounding the corner, bet him chase one outside
“wow, can you guys imagine if hughes was sent back down to triple a earlier this year and was never put in the bullpen.”
That’s the scariest story I’ve read all Halloween season.
It feels like such a long time since the Yankees played an extra inning game on the road. Can anyone remember when the last time was?
You can’t go to Mo in a tie game on the road. Robertson should be next
Ghost, I agree that its not gardners fault. I was commenting that pinch running matsui really takes away from arods protection… just not sure its worth it
They need to walk Kendrick. He kills the Yankees.
Wow, racist much?
Why is Joe micro managing so much?
He interrupted Andy’s/Posada’s flow and tied up the game.
Holy smoke Hughe’s curve is NASTY
Boston Dave, I agree. I need that cushion.
0-1 on the road in Extra innings. the 5-4 loss at fenway in april
TEX!
PHEW!!!
Yeah, Tex
Donna, nah just meant that he’s ugly as hell. Coincidental at best, really.
haha where’s our first baseman? did giambino get benched?
Nice catch!
incredible. Can someone get the ALCS MVP without getting a hit?
Phil is back
Giambi would have had that too!
Great job from Hughes!
We got him out OMG!
Nice work by Hughsie
Hughes > Joba. Official.
How many runs has Tex saved this year? He’s unbelievable, he’s our most athletic fielder.
greaaaatttt……
“But per LoHud commenter DT’s Billy Joel anaology, that rally monkey is Pete Abe, so not to fear.”
he’s an uptown girl
living in the Boston white bread world
Time for another run…lets see if we can do this and get MO in now!
All I have to say is HUUUUUUUUUUUUUGHES!!!!!!
Good inning for Hughes. I would send him out for the 11th if the score is still tied.
Lets get some runs. Chance for Swish to redeem.
Hughes did his job
now it’s up to the bottom of the order to do their jobs!!!
Yanks have 2 innings to win this game. Git r dun!
OK, let’s win it now, with that powerful bottom of the order we have!
Really nice job by Phil.
I love Phil. Hopefully we can see Mo next inning with a lead to protect.
Huuuuuuuughes wows the home town crowd ….. sorry I doubted.
Tex doing it with the glove. Bat could come around any time now, though… But never hating on Tex, for the glove alone.
does Tex have a black eye?
Lets see if the bottom of the order can do something this time.
“incredible. Can someone get the ALCS MVP without getting a hit?”
CC Sabathia can.
having hughes is so key.. tom gordon would’ve blown this one already for sure
This game calls for unlikely heroes.
Hughes. Wow. Remember when Pete kept calling him the Franchise?
He’s getting it done.
Lets make a deal. Posada hits one out here and he gets to catch AJ next game
Thank you Mo gets to come in no matter what now!
This game would be over if Joe hadn’t told Gardner to steal.
this is Pete Abe
http://twitter.com/account/pro.....reflang=en
great pic but must log in to see it
SWISHER SALUTE! October 19th, 2009 at 7:48 pm
having hughes is so key.. tom gordon would’ve blown this one already for sure
LaTroy Hawkins would have given up a grand slam with the bases empty.
Great job Youuuuuuse and Tex
OK, Arno, I’ll take your word for it.
Tom Gordon would still be puking in the pen
“does Tex have a black eye?”
Well, he has gotten punched out a lot this series.
/still loves Tex’s defense.
Glad that Hughes is back to the Hughes we knews
that would have hit giambino straight in the belly.
can phil pitch another inning? Joe has to think about tomorrows game too, he has some tough decisions if we dont score here…
I guess that mechanical adjustment Phil made really worked; he’s looked good.
“Hughes. Wow. Remember when Pete kept calling him the Franchise? ”
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Pete stole that from the bloggers. I cant remember who said it first but it was written on the blog before Pete said it.
It’s good that the Yanks getting more into their bullpen. Posada then the wild swingers. Let’s get a run in this inning!!
“0-1 on the road in Extra innings. the 5-4 loss at fenway in april”
That was the only game that came to mind. I knew it had been a long time.
The Other Phil October 19th, 2009 at 7:48 pm
SWISHER SALUTE! October 19th, 2009 at 7:48 pm
having hughes is so key.. tom gordon would’ve blown this one already for sure
LaTroy Hawkins would have given up a grand slam with the bases empty.
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hahahaha get me Proctor on the bullpen phone
Posada homer, Mo for the 10th, and we’re outta here
Jorge gets on…Guzman pinch runs and scores on a Swish sac fly…book it.
we have Hughes, Rivera, Robertson, Ace
the Angels have…. hahahahaha
Do they run for Posada again if he gets on?
Jason R, if Yanks win tonight and he wins tomorrow, he’s got my vote. As good as Arod’s been the pitching has been the story this series.
Come on Posada…patience…
Who is this kid???
ervin santana getting loose… YESSSSSS!
Krazy Kyle <<<< Philip Hughes
DO NOT SWING POSADA
Would be funny if this game comes down to Hairston and Guzman against Santana again.
You would have to think that either Cano or Swisher are overdue for a long ball. I just think that they will have to hit a mistake with the way they have been hitting.
He must get to scoring position for them to pinch run…thats my thoughts…
Bulger is missing the strike zone. Time to pounce.
RS October 19th, 2009 at 7:50 pm
“0-1 on the road in Extra innings. the 5-4 loss at fenway in april”
That was the only game that came to mind. I knew it had been a long time.
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That was in 11 innings if you care
http://www.baseball-reference......ores.shtml
Do you pinch run 4 posada if he gets on?
Damn, those weren’t strikes.
all of a sudden this guy finds the strike zone
So after Bulger the Angels have pretty much nothing correct?
Do we pinch hit Sabathia or Cervelli for Cabrera?
Maybe the pathetic Melkman can redeem the pansy-like past 4.5 months with a key hit !!!
We’re hoping.
SJ44
October 19th, 2009 at 7:41 pm
They will walk Arod the rest of the series.
With everybody swinging at everything in the dirt, no reason to pitch to Arod.
The other guys are automatic outs. Just bounce the ball and watch them swing.
That wont keep up forever
I guess I don’t have to worry about that.
Ouch.
swung at ball 4…cant believe he threw back to back curves
Has this team ever seen a breaking pitch. My God !
Of course swings at ball 4. Yanks are getting owned by curveballs in this series.
cano with nobody on.. time for a BOMB
Boston Dave –
did he borrow the phrase? fair enough, it’s a good one.
that’s cruel about the twitter pic, but worth a chuckle. bless him.
and right on cue, pete just posted: Phil > Joba . I think he always has been, too. He just needed to get healthy. Make him a starter, let Robertson set up in 2010.
just some terrific arms, bulger, Jepsen, Santana, Palmer. too good.
Nobody on, so Cano will hit
Get on Robbie. Let Swish knock you in.
Does Jorge strike out too much?
Does Jorge strike out too much?
That is our 10th Strike Out
Cano go deep…its time to earn that new freakin contract
Would be funny if this game comes down to Hairston and Guzman against Santana again.
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what big playoff game doesn’t? No one ever lets a star beat them it’s always the letdown players.
Yankee hitters getting a steady diet of breaking pitches.
Cano does not hustle
seriously how many times does he just roll over…
jepsen already pitched right?
bulger wont go more than 1 inning…
cmon swisher show ur worth
Com’on Swish!
We need the top of the order to perform because the rest are garbage. They can’t do anything. You see Cano swinging at garbage.
swisher is due
What a way to pull a pitch Cano. All of the Angels pitchers are curveball after curveball..repeat.
Swish could walk..he has a good eye
Melky needs to try to bunt next inning
Swish gets on do you bring out Guzman?
I wonder how many fastballs we have seen today, Yankee batters need to realize they are not getting Fastballs over the plate
I sometimes wonder if people here actually watch the games. All the idiots killing Melky esp. Outside of AROD, Jeter, and Damon he is the only other guy who has been hitting this series. So what I am saying is how about you pay attention before you make stupid assumptions based on one or two at bats. He is the 4th best hitter the Yankees have right now.
just to be clear: the post season bench was constructed as follows: 2 pinch runners, 1 utility fielder, and 2 back up catchers? and no one to hit for Melk dud?
How is it that the Yankees can’t do anything against these pitchers who have awful command?
One thing I noticed is that the Yankees have done an awful job “battling” in their AB’s. It seems like as soon as they get 2 strikes, they bail out on the breaking ball. I don’t see anyone fouling off pitches, which shows you just how off they are in their timing.
swish should sit on fastball here and hit it out
Here comes the breaking ball
Even a broken clock gets the time right twice a day – get a hold of one Swisher.
ok now the curve
Swish is like Cerrano from Major Leagues. Neither one of them can hit a curve ball to save their life.
Man could you have predicted that pitch with two strikes
goddammit why is everybody swinging at everything
Maybe they should have pinch hit Guzman
Swish waves at yet another terrible pitch
need a new adjective for swisher. fkkkin horrible isnt strong enough
everyone is forgetting matsui has been hitting in playoffs too…
atrocious
Ouch. Gotta get on base.
thanks, ghost
or Swish does the “Whiffer”….3rd K of the game..horrible
well…that’s not how I drew it up
Kinda a little too bad they don’t have the Hinske option.
The Yanks really could of used Hinske in these last 2 games. Having 2 pinch runners is absolutely nuts. What a waste.
“Swish is like Cerrano from Major Leagues. Neither one of them can hit a curve ball to save their life.”
He needs to tell Jobu to meet Buddha.
Sometimes the Yankees just can’t buy a hit.
wow swish.. we would be better off with anything than you right now.
From now on no more pinch running for Matsui
SWISHER SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! just keep throwing him breaking balls angell pitchers.
ok..he doesnt suck but he has like 4 k’s right now.
These guys are just so stupid. They have seen breaking balls all day and make no adjustment. Either there stupid or hard-headed.
they gotta lay off that curve. or blast one if they swing.
How predictable. This is sickening.
Say it ain’t so Nick
Gardner please… done with Swisher
Pov why don’t you button it. You post like a nervous fruitloop. There’s no such thing as a braking ball unless you’re on a train shaped like a ball. Idiot.
Nice scouting by Anaheim on what to throw certain Yankee hitters.
Goodness does anyone know how to hit a curve? Expect the same from the Phillies/Dodgers pitchers.
need a new adjective for swisher. fkkkin horrible isnt strong enough
Here’s one: NICK “WHIFFER”
i’d even take soriano right about now
“These guys are just so stupid. They have seen breaking balls all day and make no adjustment. Either there stupid or hard-headed.”
Says the guy sitting in front of his computer.
Swisher really has been abysmal this postseason. I mean put the ball in play at least!
yankees hitters tighten up at the plate in late innings with men on base in LCS games and can’t score. where have i seen that before?
i don’t think swisher should swing at breaking balls for a awhile.
if it spins, just watch.
Before today’s game Melky was hitting .375 with a .500 OBP in this series. Of course statistics do not matter though. If it were up to you guys Damon would be on the bench for this series too.
I’m going the Erica route. Jumping in the rally shower. It worked Saturday.
Is there any Angel pitcher that doesn’t throw a curveball??
Is there any Angel pitcher that doesn’t throw a curveball??
Hold em Hughes. How long till MO?
Swish doing what he does best. Take strikes in the middle of the plate and swing at anything in the dirt.
If he is in the lineup tomorrow, Girardi needs his head examined.
Just a waste of a spot in the lineup at this point.
do we go to mo next inning or this one?
Yanks are usually more patient then right now, when they get 2 strikes they just forget how to wait for a good pitch
Wow..Hughes again? Until he gets in trouble?
Too bad Kazmir is pitching tomorrow because Gardner should start in CF. Cano, Swish and Melky back to back is killing them. They swing at every single curveball.
Hold em Hughes. How long till MO?
When we get the lead?
Pov’s idiocy was confirmed eons ago, SJ.
Damnit… com’on Hughsy…
game over. see everyone tomorrow at 7:40
Second time Mathis has hit a double against us in the late innings.
and just as i mention mo their worst hitter gets a double.. unbelievable!
Oh no. Time for Mo, if we’re to have any chance.
wow…..theres the game.
Uh oh.
I think we’ll see Mo really quick. Hopefully its not too late
well that stinks
Game is over…Back up catcher double. Unreal..
Well that’s never a good way to start an inning.
I figured Mo would be coming in now, guess not? o_0
Girardi is giving up on this one…
I can’t stand melky, swisher and cano…they are NOT hitting!!
SJ44
So he can’t spell. You can understand that, right?
How in the world do you pitch Hughes for 3 innings?
Walk this guy to setup the double play
100 pitches of fun…
October 19th, 2009 at 7:59 pm
Too bad Kazmir is pitching tomorrow because Gardner should start in CF. Cano, Swish and Melky back to back is killing them. They swing at every single curveball.
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see above post about Melky this series. He has had one bad game. idiot. that is all
Mo is ready
Wow Mo coming into a tied game on the road? Wow.
Yanks stop em. Pick up some runs in top of 11.
Phewwww. I thought Joe was going to get Rivera in the pen and play for the 11th, before it even got here.
Let’s go Mo!
i think this is the best move bringing in mo with a guy on second
I have a bad feeling about this game….wish I didn’t!
It’s a game they don’t deserve to win.
Too many mistakes, too many wasted AB’s.
I hope CC can pitch a shutout tomorrow and the dead bat offense can scratch across a run.
If not, it’s a new series.
They have homefield and the last at bats.It’s there’s for the taking now.Thanks Joe.
Rivera is going to come in and pitch like Mariano Rivera.
Relax.
Now you bring in Rivera? Anything scores that run. Girardi needs a diaper.
Easy to say now, but kept Phil in there too long. We have Mariano, USE HIM
“Too bad Kazmir is pitching tomorrow because Gardner should start in CF. Cano, Swish and Melky back to back is killing them. They swing at every single curveball.”
Go play in traffic. Really.
Bunt to third, then the squeeze from Figgins?
if we lose. the blame falls on the shoulders of
Swisher
Cano
Melky
Cabrera
Cano
Melky
swisher
Did i miss anyone?
no way the yankees were going up 3-0 on the Angels anyway. 2-0 was a big enough shock as it was.
dumb move wasting Rivera here. This game is just about over. Who would close it out if the Yankees actually came back and tied it? Aceves?
Well if anyone can get us out of this its God, LETS GO MO!
What if Gaudin was pitching tomorrow?
Will he have Aybar bunt on Mo’s cutter?
Obvious not Hughes again no matter how good he looked. All year he yanked Hughes from multiple innings. Now asking him to go three? Mariano and then Robertson then Gaudin if need be. Easy decision. Blown
I have a bad feeling also. A very, very bad feeling.
girardi, you are horrible…you win despite your horrible managing and it may have caught up to you
well if the Yanks lose this then they’ve used Mo for tomorrow also. Unless he doesn’t throw alot of pitches. If you leave Phil in and he loses it then you still have Mo for tomorrow
They missed so many chances to put this game away and continue to make mistake after mistake. They can’t hit a breaking pitch to save there life, they make no adjustments when they have seen the same freakin pitch over and over again, like there retarded.
The milk man is killing us
Wow, they really asked a lot of Hughes. He’s going to be looked on as the goat of the game because he may get the loss….
gianna24,
Haha. Wait until the bottom of the 11th, with the opposing team up with no outs and a man on 2nd to make your assumption! Haha.
MELKY HAD A .500 OBP IN THE FIRST TWO GAMES OF THIS SERIES! DOES IT NEED TO BE IN CAPS FOR YOU PEOPLE TO PAY ATTENTION.
HE IS THE LEAST OF THE YANKEES WORRIES RIGHT NOW.
Basically have to hope that C.C. can pitch a complete game shutout tomorrow.
They just are incapable of hitting with RISP.
time to start pacing …… there’s a bald path on our carpet already ……
Terry,
Rivera can’t pitch back to back games?
“Swisher
Cano
Melky
Cabrera
Cano
Melky
swisher”
I think you missed Nick and Robinson.
only change i’d do in the line-up tomorrow:
hairston instead of cano to face the lefty kszmir.
cano is out of sync
Now here come the pesky speedsters that never strike out. I’d almost rather face Vlad and Hunter in this situation than Aybar and Figgins.
If Aybar bunts, then how do the Yankees play it?
I mean, when is the last time Phil pitched 3 innings? Not for months,…….and now Joe asks him to do that?
its ok we have d-ROB to close… our new MVP
torre NEVER did put Rivera in during a tie game on the road. this’ll be interesting.
Inauspicious start…
Trouble in the tenth for Hughes…
Joe motions to Mo…
This might be too much for even Mo to wriggle out of.
Jeff, Don’t they have to stop them from scoring before worrying about who’s going to close? Shut them down, score, and then worry about who’s pitching
if mariano gets out of this…unbelieveable.
Not sure if I agree with using Mariano on the road in this situation..
this is the right move, have to trust in rest of the bullpen, can’t lose here…Aybar will try and bunt
Michael Jackson can’t bunt
I think Joe really gets affected by his post game criticism. He’s managing this game exactly how all the armchair managers wanted him to manage game 2.
can someone bunt a cutter?
see above post about Melky this series. He has had one bad game
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lol 1 bad game. Please tell me what Melky has done in this series? Besides swing at every curveball in sight..?
We need a bunt pop up double play here
Betsy,
No one is going to blame Hughes for this loss. The offense, or lack thereof, cost them the game.
if we lose. the blame falls on the shoulders of
Swisher
Cano
Melky
Cabrera
Cano
Melky
swisher
Did i miss anyone?
Tex ain’t done much either considering he makes more money than all the guys you mentioned even if you double all their salaries.
Terry from NH,
The game is tied in extra innings, why play for tomorrow when todays win is based off of one run? Let’s be serious.
Joe, my point was just that it’s a waste of Mo here, we might need him tomorrow
bad throw by mo
A good throw might have gotten him…
Wow. GREAT job by Damon.
thas game
2001 revisited
Ouch! That game just flashed before my eyes!
there are 2 ways to lose the game and losing it with rivera on the mound is not the one you want esp for the angel confidence….girardi, go buy yourself a clue!!!
Right idea, bad throw. AHHHH
he had a lot more time than he thought
Yankees also haven’t scored against a very ordinary bullpen.
Terrible…He needed a decent throw.
Goats of the game:
Swisher
Cano
Melky
Girardi
He could pitch back to back games depending on how many pitches he throws Triple. Not looking good now!
oh boy, and here we go!
He had him if it was a good throw.
Rivera. What were you thinking? You’re freaking Mariano Rivera. Get some outs for christ sake.
Awww it didn’t even take him two pitches to mention the 2001 WS 7th game.
Oof. Shades of 2001 Game 7…
Well that sucked.
why not bunt again?
I never thought I’d see Mo trying too hard like that. Sad
Shades of 2001.
this really sucks..
bullpen sucked today.
The game is over. The bottom of the lineup was horrible all day.
Hughes is not the goat. Their non-hitting RF is.
Only question is, how long does Girardi keep that black hole in the lineup.
Too many mistakes to win this game.
Better play better tomorrow because they put yhe Angels right back in the series.
bad all around…..mo cant throw a strike….arod cant catch a shorthop….jeez
“Did i miss anyone?”
Joba
And whoever was responsible for throwing that awful pitch to Vlad
Can we leave the poor fielding to the other team, please?
TEX
If Rivera holds this, they should start building his monument right now.
Great play by Mark.
What an amazing stop
Tex has the glove working today! Still a chance to get out of the inning,
I guess Mo isn’t comfortable throwing to bases. Unreal..
Bobby has faced Mo only 3 times in his career, I don’t agree with this
Intentionally loading the bases for Torii Hunter…
Mo throws it away…
I’d like to buy a vowel…
Say it ain’t s_, M_!
as bad as Tex has been this series at the plate, his defense is saving our arse now!
double play here she comes
TORII – come on mo lets pull this out somehow
Pick your poison.
It was a good play by Mo had him out, but a bad throw.
THIS IS IT FOLKS !!
The Yankees will get out of this. BOOK it.
Ghost…we are setting up the DOUBLE PLAY!!
Torii Hunter is 3-9 against Mariano in his career.
So stupid to bring mo in here!
turn 2. A nice 6-4-3 will do just fine.
Remember Minnesota???
please get out of this
please get out of this
please get out of this
mo can always get a groundball. a dp could happen.
Umm- okay Joe
RS,
sorry, won’t let you name Andy P as a goat of the game! He pitched well, can’t get everyone out!
usually no one hits mo hard enough for a dp
plus torii is fast
this is gonna be tough..lets go yanks
This team and their failure to hit with RISP is looking more like the 2004 yankees in the ALCS. This team better get it’s act together in the next game.
we just lost our dh for the rest of the game. the pitcher will have to hit now.
I don’t think I can watch right now.
I’m going to just keep refreshing this blog to find out what happens
I hate these situations lol.
Mo gets out of this they should just give him his plaque now
Block the plate JORGE!!
There’s no way the Yanks get out of this.
6-4-3
Jeremy – I agree!!!
Oh no, not a walk!!
Of course Hughes is not the goat…….but that’s how folks will look at it as he gave up the leadoff double. More importantly, Joe asked him to do way too much – the kid had been brilliant.
I expect to lose this game now, but no way am I jumping off the bandwagon. LOL The Yankees have lost games before – they know how to bounce back. Anyone that thinks this team is dead after a loss doesn’t know the team.
How many times does Rivera induce DPs? He usually gives up bloopers.
anyone else feel their heart in their throat.
or two strike outs…..
“sorry, won’t let you name Andy P as a goat of the game! He pitched well, can’t get everyone out!”
We still don’t know whether Girardi called that pitch, Jorge called it, or Pettitte just missed his spot. That’s why I said “whoever was responisble.”
One more MO!
Dearest Mariano Rivera-
You are amazing. There is no one I would rather be on the mound right now then you. Let’s get out of this inning and win this game. Thank you in advance for your cooperation.
Sincerely Yours,
Erica
TEIXEIRA!
holy crap!
TEX!!! Lets get out of this Mo.
Watching is painful. They just need to get out of this. One more out.
Wow….comon… one more!
what are Vladdy’s #s against Mo?
one more out…please!
Tex is such a GOOD defensive 1B
The Ghost
October 19th, 2009 at 8:11 pm
anyone else feel their heart in their throat.
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Is that the pounding I hear right now????
Mo, pleasepleasepleasepleaseplease prove me wrong.
We got that. Now for Vlad. *remembers the Boston game with Papelbon*
Bless Mark Teixeira!
2 strikes away…
Oy.
I am shivering…
OMG I LOVE HIM
OMG I LOVE HIM
Mo has the magic stick!!!!!!!!!
Gee- I wasn’t scared….
YES!!! One more inning
Amazing
!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOOOOOOOW!!!!!!!!!
Com’on Yankees, WIN THIS DAMN THING!!!
Un-freakin-believable
Greatest of All Time!!!
like I said..Yanks shut em down
Ditch Joba for the WS and what a bad place to use Rivera. Bad managing today.
Yessss!!!!!!!!
HE IS GOD!
I can’t believe it. I was wrong, good move bringing him in.
OMG THEY DID IT
yikes! I came out of the shower to see the bases loaded. I almost went back.
Mo is god.
Mariano you are a GOD!
I thought K-Rob was Houdini. I’m going to have an anuerysm. Unbelievable!
START BUILDING MARIANO HIS MONUMENT RIGHT NOW.
Wow he got out of it.
Now score some damn runs. This is getting too sweaty.
Amazing!
Heart attack avoided.
they need to stop playing this stupid directv commercial
NO ONE ELSE COULD HAVE DONE THAT MAGIC ACT!!! INSANE MO!!!
thank the heavens for mo
Wow ! The Angels are worse then the Yankees with RISP. We have a second chance. Let’s win this game and start hitting with RISP.
Mo can hit a HR now!
way to go mo..so glad hes on our team..lol.. we dont wanna use the pen up , so lets get goin yanks
once again the fear and panic on this blog is off the charts…
A face without fear…
Mariano Rivera…
Nuestro salvador!!!!!
DT – OPPC member (blood type – Positive)
October 19th, 2009 at 8:13 pm
yikes! I came out of the shower to see the bases loaded. I almost went back.
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I was on top of it. I wrote Mariano a letter
OMG outstanding all around play by the Yankees to get out of that jam! Amazing! Unbelievable!
Here we come! We lose the DH but can you see Mo hitting one out of the park!
Wow.
Simply wow.
Phenomenal
We shouldn’t forget that if Damon doesn’t get there on the error, this game is over.
Mariano Rivera.
God bless Mariano! What a hall-of-famer!
can we talk about who closes now yet Joe?
HAMMER OF G-D!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good thing we still have Robertson too.
Art
October 19th, 2009 at 8:13 pm
Ditch Joba for the WS and what a bad place to use Rivera. Bad managing today.
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Who else would have gotten out of that jam?
They must win this game. Mo is just epic.
Mo is one bad mama jammer!! He’s got it going on you hear me?
CC is gonna pinch hit! Callin it now
Mo is really good!
Did you read what I typed at 8:08 PM?
Mo. Sensational.
Now Mo gets to hits…
Mo is up third in this inning.
Not thrilled that Johnny is out of the line up now when he is due up third
Now it’s idiot Melkman time !!!
Please – don’t look so f’ing useless !!!
Just get hit in the ribs or walk !!!
Get on – do SOMETHING positive (we all know Girardi will never talk little Melky out of a game…..Waaaaaay to valuable)
It’s not 2001 again after all!
i actually like the DirecTV commercial now. That sometimes happens when you’re forced to watch something over 30,000 times.
All the lucky breaks the Yanks have gotten thus far, have just been earned by Mo.
TEX got all 3 outs!! So what if he is not hitting
Need to get the first runner on here…
ITs time to win
We have Cervelli and Sabathia to hit… one for cabrera and the other for Rivera
Tex can go 0.000 for this entire series for all that I care, as long as he delivers huge defensive plays like that.
Amazing that Tex was playing 30 feet off the bag and the ball was hit right to him. Whoever was positioning the infielders gets an assist on that one.
“I was on top of it. I wrote Mariano a letter”
I heard Mo humming as he left the mound –
Lonely days are gone, I’m a-goin’ home, My baby wrote me a letter.
Jeremy
October 19th, 2009 at 8:15 pm
CC is gonna pinch hit! Callin it now
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You may very well be right because the only other peeps left on the bench are Molina and Guzman
Stupid defensive move by Joe
Tex may not be hitting, but he is earning his keep with the glove.
another groundball to second…
melk dud!!
i submit melky cabrera couldt get a hit off a tee right now
Amazing would not even properly describe Mo.
Mo is the greatest of all time
Melky is an automatic out at the bottom of the order.. at least there were no men on base…
Nice job again, Melk. Geez.
Start it off right Jeets
Dousche-bag Melky.
Let’s go Derek
The only way Mo doesn’t pitch the bottom of the inning is if the Yanks score 17 runs this inning. The rest of the pen should be able to hold that.
when is everybody going to learn that its not over til its over
this includes the fake sj44
& if it really is you,you are an idiot
Melky better get it together.
mo’s gonna hit!
Do they let Mo hit? He’s due up after Jeter.
Just came to see who needed a diaper change and who called the game over. You fools!
Two outs already
Cervelli PH
Two quick outs after that?!
anyone else just lose their HD feed? I lost both my OTA and DirecTV
D-Rob up in the pen.2 easy outs here.
Cervelli???
awwww ;__; at least its cervilli
And Cisco comes up to hit. Shows you what I know.
Man, this is aggravating. Need someone on base. Only thing you can hope for here is a homer.
Melky, Swisher, Cano all suck, unwatchable
This offense is going down very very easy.
I might have let Mo hit. I trust him more in the bottom of the 11th than Aceves or Robertson.
I’m late with this, but um, how does Joe lose the DH ? Now he’s got Mo hitting………..that’s pathetic. I doubt he’d get a hit, but should he do so, now he’s on the bases. Just so stupid……
HR? very possible…
“this includes the fake sj44; if it really is you,you are an idiot”
That’s not SJ44. The impostor is the idiot.
Yuck. Two quick outs.
how could you not keep mo in there for another inning?
whew got it back
Anyone who said anything like “this game is over” better not be posting anymore tonight. It was over and you turned off the tv, right?
tori hunter would NEVER play for my team…
I would have let Mo hit.
Wow. 2outs came pretty fast.
Melky is shot…could Cervelli jack one?
A hero will emerge from an unlikely place today…
Joe over-managed tonight. Now it comes back to bite us.
rivera probably had a better chance of getting on base than some of our hitters. should have left him in!
not a bad move losing the DH – all that bought the Yankees 1 more inning.
No chance here for Cervelli. (Prove me wrong, please.)
Will we get another hit this game?
Is D-Rob going to lead the postseason in wins? lol…
Keep Mo fresh for tomorrow
Mo could have done that.
another terrible swing!
Let’s go Robertson, bring it.
Let’s go Robertson, bring it.
i dont like this game anymore
Wow. What a terrible top of the 11th. Like wow That was disgusting.
God..these Yanks strike out too much
Angles have Yanks on the rope this game.
Wish we still had Nino
I can’t do these tied games anymore… We need a LAUGHER tomorrow, one way or another.
Is it just me or does Santana need to button that shirt up a little more?
They lost the DH when Hairston, who had hit for Matsui, went into left field to replace Damon in the bottom of the 10th with a runner on third base, given his stronger arm.
got the heart? coming next inning: Tex, Rod, Jerry, Posada…KRob should be able to get through this…
Why do the Angels bother throwing anything not in the dirt?
They should have just let Mo hit.
The Gardner substitution for Matsui is coming back to haunt us here. No only did we get nothing from that (we lost a run), but now we cant use Mo in the next frame. That was a bad decision by Girardi. The right decision at the time would have been to use Guzman.
Just an awful, awful job by the offense.
I’m scared
Mo get it back to the Yankees after facing bases loaded and all of a sudden the Yankees can’t hit.
Some overmanaging going on right now…
using sabathia as a PH wouldn’t have been a bad move either, he did have a few jacks last year.
Robertson needs to get us to the next inning for the big guys to finish it off.
haiku-man
October 19th, 2009 at 8:22 pm
Mo get it back to the Yankees after facing bases loaded and all of a sudden the Yankees can’t hit.
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The Yankees have struggled to hit the whole game…
Look can we make up a fake injury for Marte and bring in Hinske…for the rest of the series…our bench is pathetic right now…
this is a really fun game to watch….
now i see how annoying and retarded those “thundersticks” are
now i see how annoying and retarded those “thundersticks” are
Ok what in the h is happening here?
This is some of the most profoundly insane and DUM managing i have ever seen!!!
Are you kidding me?? Does Joe G. know that he castrated the lineup by putting J. Hair in behind A-Rod? Hello! And then that DH move–now he’s completely decimated it! And in the process he’s using up the entire bullpen. This is insane and i can’t watch this shiiiite.
Mo get it back to the Yankees after facing bases loaded and all of a sudden the Yankees can’t hit.
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it wasn’t really all of a sudden…
“Now it’s idiot Melkman time !!!
Please – don’t look so f’ing useless !!!
Just get hit in the ribs or walk !!!
Get on – do SOMETHING positive (we all know Girardi will never talk little Melky out of a game…..Waaaaaay to valuable)”
This is why brothers & sisters shouldn’t reproduce.
Where is this vaunted offense at? Yeah they’re facing good pitching since it’s the playoffs. but they’re constantly getting themselves out. They look ridiculous.
Even the Phillies who’s offense is equal to the Yankees, don’t look THIS bad. and they’re facing good pitching too for the most part.
“Jeff NJ
October 19th, 2009 at 8:15 pm
can we talk about who closes now yet Joe?”
Next time he’ll keep Hughes in so we lose the game…that way that problem is avoided.
If Robertson gets out of the 11th, the top of the 12th might be the Yankees’ only chance to score until the 14th or 15th, when that part of the order comes around again.
yanks need a miracle with the way they look at the plate
It’s impossible for this lineup to put hits together. If they don’t hit a homerun they are automatic strikeouts.
if the Yanks bat again, I have a good feeling they’ll get some hits.
Tex is due for one and it’s Santana. Then ARod…
I hope betsy is allright. She must be hiding under her bed right now.
sucks we dont even have big bat off the bench like hinske..
I thought Girardi managed the bullpen pretty well during the regular season. But then came the postseason, and he went completely crazy.
Harry Houdini…
Mariano Rivera…
Magicians of note…
Ramiro Pena would have been useful today
morales hitting lefty is going to be dangerous
If it gets to the next inning. Tex needs to get on.
As bad as he has looked Tex is the only shot next inning. They will not pitch to Arod for the rest of the game
most of the Yanks are capable of a solo HR… at least
even Swisher or Melky if Santana makes a mistake and leaves one up out of the dirt.
Anyone have the 0 for stat for me? As in what are we 0 for since our last hit with a RISP? I know we haven’t had one since game 1.
I’m not doing so good with this. I’m a wreck. I wish they were at YS.
Get outs, Dave, pretty please.
… let’s go, defense! Let’s go, DEFENSE! LET’S GO, DEFENSE!
(I’m not sure I can say much more than that right now. My stomach keeps turning.) (I love the postseason. And I hate the postseason. Which illustrates how much I love the postseason.)
matsui’s ears are huge!
What is with you posters???
Yanks lead the majors in wins!
Go 5-0 in first 5 games of post-season!
Face the Angels best pitcher on the road…hit 3 jacks…and have tie game in extra innings and all you can talk about how the team and manager sucks?????
Ryan Howard with the 2-run HR. He strikes out like crazy, but man is he clutch.
cmon Dodgers!!
A World Series win over torre and manny would be so much sweeter!
The Yanks should ask Sajak if they can buy a run for $250
I wish the Angels would lay down like the Dodgers.
However much of my fingernails that grew back after Saturday’s game are now gone again.
(I’m not sure I can say much more than that right now. My stomach keeps turning.) (I love the postseason. And I hate the postseason. Which illustrates how much I love the postseason.)
+1
Arod will never get another pitch to hit. Tex batting infront of him and no Matsui behind him. Maybe they should get a pinch hitter for Tex.
sar515: Thank you! Well said.
thank you sar!! but remember, this board is all 12 year old losers.
Now the ump is squeezing us???
Can the Yanks strike zone please be as wide as the Angels is, thanks..
Ump is squeezing Robertson
My stomach is in knots
Don’t walk him, please!
“I’m not doing so good with this. I’m a wreck. I wish they were at YS.”
Yeah, I hate extra inning games on the road. Nerve-racking.
I just lost my TBS feed.
CC is going to have to give us length on 3 days rest = awesome
Doreen – you gotta believe!
DT – OPPC member (blood type – Positive) October 19th, 2009 at 8:26 pm
The Yanks should ask Sajak if they can buy a run for $250
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that is excellent!
Nice recovery Dave
Robertson threw three pitches in the exact same location and the ump only called 1 a strike?!
can we get PUJOLS, errr i mean Kendrick out here?
anyone have a feeling that cabrera gets so much playing time because cashman likes him? I think Girardi is more of a Gardner fan. Think there are upper management decisions affecting this? Cabrera is making like 3x as much as Gardner this year if that means anything.
i am starting to dislike kendrick more than youk
I do not like Howie Kendrick…he scares me…
CAll me superstitious but I walk Kendrick here
Now its back… without the sound. They could leave it like this, if they wanted.
Just 1 out till Tex and Alex.
Why is KRob coming out? My head hurts.
What is Joe doing
Don’t take him out; what are you doing?
What is Girardi doing?
Why are we bringing in Aceves?
Not a good idea to pitch to kendrick IMO
What is it with these quick hooks?
WHY IS HE DOING THIS
weird move by Girardi
I’m not sure he’s overmanaging. I know that’s how it looks… but if they won with a line drive into left field last inning… wouldn’t anyone with a right mind said something about replacing Damon and his spaghetti arm? After the defensive replacement… you keep Rivera in and risk him batting? He had to replace Damon with either Cervelli or Guzman?
then again, I would’ve said keep Robertson in…
… aw… whatever. What do I know. Let’s go YANKEES.
the Yanks did not sign Igawa for $46M Tim
they may have paid $46 but they didnt sign him for that
WHAT IS GIRARDI DOING
Joe must want Ace’s breaking stuff against Kendrick.
wow, 2 batters. Joe has a lot of confidence in Gaudin doesn’t he? He better get CC warming.
What is this? I understand he wants to win now, but this doesn’t really make sense…
strange move…
d-rob has been perfect.
aceves gave up the go ahead run the other night…
hmm…
I love my Yankee’s but sitting here watching this game has made my thumb bleed from biting!
Girardi over managing here. Let D-Rob stay in there!
this is actually what I expected from this series. A bunch of close games. So, I’m not surprised. But, I sure wish Tex was hitting. And/or Swish, Cano, anyone??
And why is he taking out Robertson now?
Girardi’s gonna give us all gray hair!!!
D Rob was throwing fine….why Alfredo??? Joe thinks too much….
Girardi OVERMANAGING once again…Aceves is the last pitcher in the bullpen how do you not let Robertson finish the inning? Gaudin needs to be saved for tomorrow leave Robertson out there.
“Robertson threw three pitches in the exact same location and the ump only called 1 a strike?!”
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was thinking the same thing. the one he called a strike was actually a little lower than the previous 2.
What the hell is Joe doing??
I was not on the overmanaging-bandwagon but it seems like every batter Joe is out there there switching pitchers or telling them what to throw. Just let them play! You need your bullpen, Joe!
Remember, I will trust Joe Girardi!!!!! He knows his players a little better then we do.
Ok, I know Girardi has won all the games in the post season so far, but MY GOD, what is it with all these moves? Robertson can’t pitch to Kendrick? UGH. We’re going to have Chad Gaudin as our closer soon in this game.
i guess he doesnt want anyone to pitch too much so that they can pitch tomorrow…
in joe we trust! gulp
……
Hello? Joey G?
What are you doing????? ACE?
I don’t trust Ace. He doesn’t have the same stuff since he went down with that injury.
Not sure about this move ???
joe loves makin the innings longer..
Can’t help but question Girardi again, Robertson is looking good…
I don’t get this. Aceves has given up too many home runs this year.
Why bring in Ace now ?
JF October 19th, 2009 at 8:28 pm
CC is going to have to give us length on 3 days rest = awesome
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He will. The dude’s a gamer.
http://www.baseball-reference......;year=2008
Really Joe? Are serious! Lets take out the guy that has pin-piont control with a nasty curve, and lets waste another good arm because you have so much faith in our so far other than a couple players, pathetic offense!!
How bad does Girardi look if Kendrick does something here.
Good thing Girardi is a genius. (cautiously optimistic)
I just don’t get it…………..
My bad, its Fox sound I lost, not TBS.
Did anyone else lose theirs?
What is he doing????
CC will be batting in this game for sure now.
Why oh why joe? Was Robertson doing too well?
don’t get this move
Wonderful.
throw strikes…
throw strikes…
Robertson was fine. Why take him out there???
Ace doesn’t throw right…he kind of pushes/lobs the ball
Someone needs to give rookie Joe a valium. Aceves is their worst pitchers and they are running out of pitchers. Terrible move…
That book must have some magic in it
Why take Robertson out?>
nice non strike call yet again
Joe: Kendrick is hitting .500 off of Robertson
Pena: yeah but he’s just 1 for 2
Joe: yeah, .500… better go to Ace
Girardi makes me scratch my head sometimes – BUT – he is 5-0 this post season. I’m still 0-0.
my god cano you suck
Good move Joe!
Stupid Aceves….
Girardi puzzles me at times
Girardi’s managing reminiscent of Saturday. Go right through your pen.
Bad move taking out Robertson there
I think I hate you, Joe Girardi.
clearly…I don’t get this at all…we are almost out of pitchers and bench players again…
Oh no. I just don’t get it.
Wow, Buck & McCarver making sense. Not sure that’s a good sign.
… I’m starting to REALLY NOT like Kendrick.
If Girardi ever runs for office, he’ll be pushing change for the sake of change…………
well, that’s gonna make for an interesting press conference for girardi…
girardi is trying to lose this game. you know it’s a bad move when even buck and mccarver recognize it.
Fine – he didn’t hit a HR, and he didn’t hit a double.
Now, go get Mathis.
the angels seem like the kind of team that would throw at CC if he was hitting
Brilliant Joe!
call a pitch out when the count is 0-1
I’m still good on Fox Angel -
Girardi is making bad choices. I hope this works.
“my god cano you suck”
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LOL
whatever you say
LETS GO ACE
Thanks Buck
… did Buck just jinx us? Really, Joe? They’ve NEVER had a walk-off win this year? Are YOU KIDDING ME?
Thanks for the laughs all you armchair idiots. Like you almost have a clue. Here’s one. The Yankees aren’t in the ALCS because of you.
Girardi decided to use Aceves before Robertson in that last game and it almost cost the yankees a win.
Now he takes Robertson – the better pitcher – out of the game for completely mysterious reasons for Aceves again.
Just baffling.
Well that didn’t work.
Was Robertson crying or something ???
Appeared to be doing fine.
Now we burned up another pitcher.
Swish can pitch (probably pitch better than he’s hitting)
C’Mon ACE! Let’s do it.
i trust robertson more than ace right now…and ace cant even get one freckin out…come on
aceves doesn’t throw like a pitcher…he throws like a old man
Com’on Mexican Gangster
2 outs. lets just get him here
Um. Never mind
AND THERE IT IS FOLKS!!
Jeff Mathis…Yankee KILLER…
Horrible decision by Girardi
Joe will have some questions to answer
Damn Joe
Let the 2nd guessing commence.
girardi should be fired….immediately!!!!
THIS LOSS FALLS ON GIRARDI!
Friggin asinine move
Nice managing Joe.
Great move moron Girardi….
i guess its time to answer some questions
well… that was worth it. Filth flarn… flarn filth.
And let the second guessing begin…..
Why did Joe take out Robertson to bring in Aceves? Overmange much?
good freckin job giradi
Thanks Joe, there’s your first GIANT MISTAKE
someone please explain why he took robertson out for aceves?????????????????????????????????????
melky didn’t even go after that. i hope he never puts on a Yankees uniform again.
giradi cost us this game
godammit
DAMMIT!
Bad managing right there.. just atrocious!
Sorry Joe, but how in the world did taking Dave Robertson out seem like a good idea. Does anyone know the justification?
Thank you effing Joe Giradi!!!
Girardi is an idiot ! You take out a good pitcher for a rusty one.
I knew it.
Haha.
We lost by Girardi’s overmanaging.
Oh well. Not the end of the world. We’ll take the next game.
Sorry Joe, but how in the world did taking Dave Robertson out seem like a good idea. Does anyone know the justification?
Way to lose the game Girardi!
Taking Robertson out for Aceves. Did you forget he gave up the go-ahead run to Figgins in game 2?
Can’t wait to hear his explanation on this one.
….and why did we take Robertson out ???
Maybe Melky told him to !!!
Fing Girardi
I can’t wait to listen to the YES postgame to see what kind of excuse Girardi has for this one.
Total over managing job by Girardi. This loss is on him.
Nick and Pat M are banned from Angels Stadium
I think Damon would have had that
What an awful move. Boy, Girardi’s going to get heavily (and rightly) criticized for this. I’m not one for second-guessing managers, but I first-guessed this one, and so did just about everyone else.
Let’s all say it together: over managing again!
This was on Girardi pulling Robertson out. Why!? If he wanted to remove him by the next inning, fine. Let Aceves pitch, and let him give up the game. But not this way
Joe G messed that up so badly. Now the bullpen will be tired tomorrow on top of this loss. Hopefully it doesn’t cost us more than this game. Terrible loss, all on Joe.
Well Joe finally got caught over managing. a game we should have won lost because of the manager!
Crap, that must have been Torre’s pitching book.
Phillies up 2 – 0
Girardi’s fault.
Unbelievable… but we had no business even being tied past the 9th. Yankees not hitting with RISP lost this game.
girardi becomes scioscia and we lose the game. sam and chad, pls ask girardi NOT to become scioscia!!
This game went from being on the offense to squarely being on the shoulders of the manager.
Just egregiously awful managing by Girardi who really does appear to be a front row disciple of the Tony LaRussa school of over managing.
Just inexcusable managing. Mind bogglingly stupid.
WOW talk about a manager getting in the way of a team winning…his name is Joe Girardi!!
giradi.. wow ive lost a lot of respect.. you are an idiot
Lets face it, the Yankees just aren’t hitting. Melky? Tex? Swish?
F u Joe !
Wow. Girardi looks REALLY bad.
Hairston looked lost on that play.
Joe blows the game bringing in aceves was on of the stupidest moves iv ever seen
I thought the Angels had a bull pen that was not as good as the Yankees. We haven’t seen that yet!
Why? Aceves has been shaky at best.
I really wish we could curse on here.
Very angry.
girardi is a complete moron…all the wisdom in the world is on a stat sheet..give me a break
That didn’t work.
well I’m still 0-0 this post season. Girardi is 5-1.
IDIOT
Horrible move lifting Robertson for Ace
This one is on Girardi.
I have no idea why he took Robertson out. He did this the other night too but was lucky the results were different. It was only a matter of time before the overmanaging cost the team a win.
Dammit giardi wth are u doing Just fire this dumbass
Looked like it was inevitable, dodged a bunch of bullets. Got to get them tomm
Girardi manages like a kid who found his Fathers gun.
That’s on Girardi. Hope that Yanks bring it tomorrow.
Girardi… you are awful.
He might have done a little bit too much substituting on the back end there. It hasn’t bit him until now, so I dont know if all the handwringing is that necessary.
Why we lost this game:
1. Girardi taking out Robertson for Aceves
2. Cano failing to get runners over with 2 on and no out – TWICE.
3. Swisher failing to get a sac fly with a runner on 3rd w one out – TWICE
I have officially lost all faith in Joe Girardi. That was worse than probably Grady Little. Words can not even explain how incredibly stupid that was.
Not calling for his head because he has done a great job so far, but this one is on Girardi. Why play with fire? Robertson has done the job this postseason, Ace has been shaky. Why using Rob for just two outs instead of letting him finish the job? You get Ace in and the game is over. That right there was overmanaging and it cost us this game!
This ALCS exposes some stupid bullpen moves.
Ace is bad, he cannot be trusted in postseason.
They need to tweak the lineup. Swisher, Tex, Melky, Cano just cannot hit anything. Basically they only have 5 batters.
Oh well – I refuse to jump off the bridge. However, I’m starting to question Girardi’s mental capacity. Removing Robertson for Aceves? Not that I think the Yankees were ever going to score tonight, but that’s pretty asinine. However, the series is NOT over, the Yankees still have the lead….
What is behind these stupid move with Girardi?
You knew eventually his dumb managing would cost them a game.
“Ramiro Pena would have been useful today”
Yupp, but he’s not with them
Dumb. Also were the outfielders playing deep, couldn’t tell. Ball was scorched anyway I guess. ]
Yankees gave away a game today and put them right back in this series.
Many a stupid move, but have to get back out there and try to take conrtol back tomorrow.
a dumb move by girardi sure but the armchair morons calling aceves a bum and their worst pitcher GET A CLUE! the guy was 10-1 with a solid ERA and was solid most of the year.
WOW talk about a manager getting in the way of a team winning…his name is Joe Girardi!! Unreal
I hope this game haunts Joe all night,Robertson is better than Aceves,he handed them tis game and let the Angels back in the series.
I never seen such over managing!!
If Girardi puts Aceves in another situation like this, then he is asking to get called on the carpet. Stubborness can be good at times, but you have to learn from your mistakes too.
This is twice Aceves has been hit hard by this line up, I think that points to the need to use someone else. Apparently he isn’t much of a mystery to them.
I also think Joe is doing too much bullpen changes. If Sabathia struggles early tomorrow, he is going to have a tough time finding bullpen help.
I think it is obvious both teams are very very close in talent, so the manager is going to determine who wins this series.
fire girardi, worst move i have ever seen
Here’s a suggestion.
Take out Aceves and add Bruney.
Are you kidding Girardi?? Robertson is clearly the better pitcher.. what the f
I hope this game haunts Joe all night,Robertson is better than Aceves,he handed them tis game and let the Angels back in the series.
I’ve never seen such over managing!!
Aceves waits to postseason to implode.
To Joe’s credit, he admitted he overmanaged.
Girardi dodged a bullet with his pitching/bullpen decisions in game two. And this time the results really hurt.
The game is still on the shoulders of the offense…….as well as the manager. They did absolutely nothing the last few innings except for Jorge’s HR.
DAMMIT
Did you people really think the Yankees were just going to cruise through the World Series without losing again?
If they go on to lose the series i hope they fire Girardi.
What an awful display of managing.
Asseves sucks and he is the last to know! Wow.
on the bright side because Girardi kept making pitching changes, no one threw enough pitches to be burned out for tomorrow. had to figure there was NO WAY the Yankees were going up 3-0 against the Angels.
I hate Girardi. My dog could manage better than him. And as for Cano, Swisher, and Melky? They can all go to hell.
Damon would have caught Mathis’ last fly ball
girardi is a complete moron…all the wisdom in the world is on a stat sheet….give me a break
anyone who defends girardi needs to watch a new sport or something else…the guy has no clue how to manage!!!
It was Aceves to get one out? How many homers has Robertson given up this year? 4 in 43 innings. Aceves 10 in 84 so pretty close. Except Robertson has been great in the playoffs and already sharp for first two batters. I don’t know. Same issue with Hughes. All season no more than an inning. Pulling him after two. Then wanting him to go for 3 innings?
Joe, PUT DOWN THAT BOOK use your EYES. aceves looked BAD last time and robertson was doing fine. this loss is on the manager and i never say that, this post season has shown that the team could overcome it’s managers poor moves. if they lose, the critics have a point about changing the manager.
That was a brutal case of over managing. No reason to pull Robertson for Aceves there.
You were supposed to shower again!!!
How about Gardner running on the pitch out.Could have scored On Posada’s HR
Just got in. Why did Girardi lift Robertson for Aceves?
Joe has done this the whole post season! He over manages! I knew it was going to come back and bite him…and it did!! That and no defense…why are they not hitting? Tex, cano, melky, swisher?
don’t fx?king blame the manager.
What have our batters done with RISP? NOTHING!
23 hours and 15 minutes until Game 4!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Girardi is CLEARLY in over his head in these games. He is “choking” more than Arod ever did from 04-07. It’s almost like he gets too nervous and doesn’t know what to do.
If we lose ALCS its cus of clueless JOE
He should’ve left Robertson in… and take Pettitte out when Guerrero was batting..
This time Girardi trying to prove to everyone he is Tony La Russa, it comes back to bite him.
He left Petitte in too long
Took Damon out unnecessarily and gave up offense
The last move was ridiculous
again used every pitcher except Guadin
This time Girardi trying to prove to everyone he is Tony La Russa, it comes back to bite him.
He left Petitte in too long
Took Damon out unnecessarily and gave up offense
The last move was ridiculous
again used every pitcher except Guadin
Well it didnt work out for him this game, but just as an FYI he did actually manage to win 5 games in a row until now. Let’s not lose sight of that.
Maybe he rethinks his strategy after today, who knows.
I say Gardner starts in center tomorrow night. Melky has been awful at the plate in the playoffs. He is turning into an automatic out.
Also, we can’t keep pinch hitting for Matsui. We need him in extra’s.
The Radar Gun Mafia… I THOUGHT THEY BANNED AMPHETAMINES
October 19th, 2009 at 8:44 pm
You were supposed to shower again!!!
*****
No. I asked if you were trying to drown me.
It only works once per game
jk
Beaten by Angel bums while the Yankee bums can’t get a hit between them (Swisher, Melky, Hairston, etc)
Howie Kendrick is a good for nothing loser who only hits the Yankees
10-1 3.54 ERA and an unbelievable 1.01 WHIP and the morons here are still saying Aceves sucks, is the team’s worst pitcher etc etc. GET A CLUE. criticize the move to take out Robertson but Aceves is no slouch. dummies.
Girardi is an idiot ! You don’t bring in a rusty pitcher when the pitcher you had was locked in.
Well that was a good season.
Erica, how many days and hours until Spring Training?
What? It’s not over?
This isn’t single elimination?
Boy do I feel stupid…
Carl October 19th, 2009 at 8:45 pm
If we lose ALCS its cus of clueless JOE
Someone is posting as me
I guess the baseball gods want the Yankees to earn their glory the hard way. So be it. There will be more games to play. And win.
idiotic. and i’d be saying that if aceves came in and struck out kendrick on 3 pitches
If yhe Yanks lose this series- the turning point was 2 and 4th innings with two on and no outs- Canoe and Swisher do nothing. At this point, Giradi has got to get a different bat in the line up for one of these guys-they are automatic outs. There lack of production-couldn’t even move runner over is what lost today’s game. Yanks had chance to in both innings to blow it open and these two choked
Girardi looks a little shell shocked, maybe he learned his lesson. Got a little too “cutesy” with some of the moves he made today.
Just an embarrassing managing job by Joe Girardi. There was absolutely no reason to yank Robertson there in favor of Aceves, no history, no pitch count, no reason whatsoever, and it lost them the game.
Every mistake he made tied his hands more and more as the game went on. Look at how one crucial mistake tied his hands for the entire game :
Bringing in Joba unnecessarily for Pettitte –> Trailing in the game –> Wasting Coke with Marte already in the game –> Had to pinch run for Matsui and lose protection for A-Rod and best defensive replacement on the DH slot –> A-Rod intentionally walked in the 9th with no protection –> Has to burn his 2nd defensive replacement on the DH spot –> Had to yank Damon from the game and pinch hit for Mo –> Had only Robertson left who could be trusted
Gardner should have started the game. It played out that Weaver had nothing. Maybe Gardner gets a couple of hits.
How exactly has Gardner lost his job due to injury I don’t know.
but he seems to be in love with Melky who’s not an everyday player.
One of Swisher or Melky should not be playing tomorrow.
Angel
October 19th, 2009 at 8:45 pm
He should’ve left Robertson in… and take Pettitte out when Guerrero was batting..
Um yeah, pick another name please.
Hairston should have catch that fail
robertons has better stuff. and u could atleast let him finish..ace just allowed a run the other day..
this is a good that would of been great to have and then could of finished off tomorrow..but didnt happen..hope cc is on his game tomorrow and kazmir isnt
Fire Girardi. He is incompetent.
Can’t wait to hear Girardi’s dumb @$$ reasoning for replacing Robertson with Aceves (who by the way was the retard who gave up runs in the last game he pitched in)… Jeezus Girardi stop overmanaging fer cripes sake!
there wasnt just one bad move by girardi, there were atleast 5!!!
Sigh. I am not going to enjoy my trip home; it’ll be 10 pm by the time I get there. This is incredibly depressing. I’m not going to listen to the radio or read anything about baseball whatsoever until the game starts tomorrow night. I couldn’t take it.
the stooges were; joba the clueless, and the clutch boys tex, swish, and cano… can tex get a hit in our lifetime…
girardi overmanaging for a change and the yanks 0 for 8 with RISP.. a game they should have one may come back to haunt them ouch.
wow just saw swisher swing at a curveball in the lockerroom and he missed…
cano gets a big hit about once every 50 chances, the guy needs a lobotomy………….
Ok, seriously, can ANYONE explain to me why Sergeant Rock did that?
Really, there has to be SOME rational yes?
What Is IT?
not sure I like how nonchalant Girardi was in the post game press conference
Let’s not forget that Girardi is basically a rookie himself. He has show from last year to this year that he does have the capacity to learn from his mistakes. Let’s hope he learns from this one. He’s already made the most important step – admitting it was a mistake.
it’s not that I don’t think Ace can’t get anyone out. But there were 2 outs. And a strikeout pitcher on the mound.
Game 5 on Thursday is going to wreak havoc on my DVR and TV viewing
Pat. M – tomorrow take a shower please. Swimming is not showering.
Girardi cost us at least 5 games this season, he was bound to cost him at least 1 in the post season. Come back and get ‘em tomorrow…
BAd bad bad Move
Pretty frustrating, the thing that does make it frustrating is that it should never have come down to this. Clearly I think we gave them the game earlier both from lack of offense and some pitching mistakes.
At least we didn’t blow out our BP and most of the guys can go again tomm.
Focus needs to be winning at least one of the next two.
well, game 4 is suddenly an important one
CC vs Kazmir
I’ll take the Yanks chances… but it’s no gimme.
There is no justification for Girardi taking DRob out. I do not think you can overmanage anymore than he did right there. Robertson was rolling. The more pitchers you go to the higher chance you are going to run into someone having a bad day. That was just awful. He cost them the game, no excuses
2 terrible moves in this game. Joba starting the 7th. He hasn’t earned it don’t use him over Robertson. Then taking Robertson out for no reason. Why does Girardi hate Robertson?!
D-rob had just gotten two of the angel’s hitters who have 59 homeruns between them.. He couldn’t get Kendrick out?? The frustrating thing is that everyone in the bullpen was used..Rivera got out a jam where everyone thought the game was lost.. Instead Aceves comes in with 2 out no one on… single, meat ball over the plate double… game over..
Hey, bad move to replace Robertson, very questionable. But think about how many chances the Yankees had to win this….Swisher? Melky? Gardner? Get your act together before tomorrow.
I never thought the Yankees were going to sweep, but this was tough since it was so close. Sabatthia tomorrow, so good chances!
Agreed — Brutal managing, and ditch Joba already. He adds nothing. Mo did great work but he shouldn’t have been in a tied late inning road game until we have the lead.
I was pretty shocked Harriston actually got that close to the ball … he almost had it that thing was crushed. I really don’t get the Robertson for Aceves move, but if Swisher drives in one of those runners from 3rd it’s all a moot point.
Tough loss – Yankees in 5
Just inexcusable managing. Mind bogglingly stupid.
Yeah 5 and 1 in the postseason and his managing is mind bogglingly stupid. You’re the mind bogglingly stupid one to think you can outthink him. Idiot.
Yankees clearly struggled with RISP today, but let’s remember the Halos left a small nation on the bases on Saturday. Pendulum’s always going to swing both ways. Now it’s a series.
Girardi over managed this game. His going out to the mound, and the worse taking Robertson out. If he blows it, he does, but this loss is on Girardi over thinking things.
Girardi needs to back off a bit in the next game.
overmanaged
This board is a joke.
From a pure love of baseball standpoint, don’t you just love how a career .200 hitter like Mathis can become Babe Ruth in the playoffs. That’s one of those sports phenomenas that I’ll never get tired of.
* him=us
Sometimes you have to see what’s in front of you and not worry about the matchups.
That being said, Girardi’s done fairly well for himself with his methods. And as much as I question taking out Robertson (at least give him a chance to get the third out himself), the offense stunk today, aside from the 4 solo HRs. No one is getting it done.
He doesn’t blow out his bullpen, and most of those guys will be able to go tomorrow. In that respect, Girardi still does a good job.
The surprising thing is the Angels bullpen has been fine.
Girardi’s rationale for bringing in Aceves was that he liked the matchup better, Aceves has different stuff from Robertson.
Didn’t really sound too convincing. You have to go with the hot hand in that situation and Robertson was doing fine.
Regardless of ace giving up the hit or not, Joe has mismanged the bullpen this series.
Why bring in marte for 1 batter and lift him for Coke another lefty, if coke is better why not let him face marte’s batter?
Why lift robertson for another lefty? There was not enough history to say that he had hit robertson hard.
IF ace had gotten through it, we would only have 1 pitcher left in the pen, what at F’n joke.
It stinks to let this one get a away, but we’ll see what this team is made of over the next few days.
Also, Joe needs to rip out those two pages regarding Ace and Robertson vs Kendrick.
Additionally, talk radio just gave a loud thank you to Joe Girardi.
1. tie game, 3 relievers left, no excuse for 1 guy to face only 2 batters
2. girardi claims he pulled robertson bc kendrick was 1-2 off him….SO??? theres 2 outs, no one on base – not like a runner in scoring position
and 3. robertson is better than aceves
girardi is going to kill this team
DT – OPPC member (blood type – Positive)
October 19th, 2009 at 8:47 pm
Pat. M – tomorrow take a shower please. Swimming is not showering.
*****
I have banned him and Nick
Today’s bad moves…
1. Robertson for a really bad Ace in the playoffs with 2 out and none on?
2. Taking out Hideki for a pinch runner again too early. hasn’t he learned his lesson? Matsui is one of the few guys hitting.
3. Leaving off Hinske in the first place. Who needs 2 speed guys when they’re always getting thrown out.
4. Trading Hairston for Damon when the 2 spot was up next. That takes out Rivera early and loses Damon who hit a homer already.
5. Not playing the outfielders back on a guy who’s already hit a double, knowing that a double could win it, whereas a single would have just gotten then man to third.
6. Shouldn’t Joe have made clear to Pettite as strong as possible, throw the ball in the dirt. I know that Pettite messed up there, but really, Joe could have demanded something in the dirt or far away.
Any one think of anything else?
great game!
my question….Is it a must for Gartner to steal EVERY SINGLE TIME he is on base? its getting too predicatable.
was probably still a good move, and hindsight on Posada’s homer is moot now, but really, its too predictable already.
good luck CC!
I would bench Melky tomorrow….really. And Cano….I don’t even know WHAT to say about his performance.
Carl- “If we lose ALCS its cus of clueless JOE”, I agree with you there. For sure.
Joe didn’t have a decent answer for that pitching change. He was trying to be slick. Yes taking Girardi to task right now.
someone explain that move? trying to keep relievers fresh? dont know what else.. we had big bats coming up
The outright stupidity of numerous posters here knows no bounds.
For a change I agree with Kay. Crap. That will mean its going to snow tonight.
Aceves has looked cooked to me for his past few outings.
I just don’t trust Girardi’s idea there. Robertson has closer stuff.
The disgusting performance of the bottom of the lineup (chiefly Swisher who should be ashamed of himself for today) and the micro managing of the pen tonight did us in.
It’s not all on Girardi, but he did a poor job at times tonight.
Handling of the ‘pen…
Handing the Halos a win…
Unhappy haiku!
“Yeah 5 and 1 in the postseason and his managing is mind bogglingly stupid.”
Granted, stupid is a bit strong. However, the switch to Aceves with Robertson doing just fine was at the very least puzzling.
I have lost so much respect for Girardi this postseason
Robertson has both Yankee wins in extras this postseason – with Tex and Arod coming up……you have to let him finish that inning. It was in the script.
Girardi has no clue what he is doing…
Robertson gets one of their best hitters out and girardi takes him out?????? Unreal…
His curve ball looked nasty too
I’m so mad right now. The entire team played awful, but Girardi just threw the white flag there with his bullpen management.
Aceves has been awful lately!! If it wasn’t for Arod’s heroics in game 2, Ace would have lost that game!
When did Girardi turn into La Russa???
“Why we lost this game:
1. Girardi taking out Robertson for Aceves
2. Cano failing to get runners over with 2 on and no out – TWICE.
3. Swisher failing to get a sac fly with a runner on 3rd w one out – TWICE”
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Bullpen has let us down. Now how can you trust Joba, Aceves, Coke or Marte.
Yankees couldn’t hit offspeed stuff all night!!
I didn’t get to see the 11th. Why did Robertson come out?
surprising move by girardi…bad move. Robertson was going to get out of that inning.
The team has covered Girardi over managing for the first five games. They got lucky in a few of these games. He is over managinng- in three playoff games he has had only Guadin left thats it.
The Angel’s bullpen was supposed to have been their glaring weakness, I’m sorry, where is that “weakness” again?
Either these guys have really stepped up, or they scouted the heck out of that Yankee line up. Because they are putting the Yankees down in order, while our bullpen has a hard time getting through the inning without putting anybody on.
This has to change or it’s see you next year.
someone got the link for the live pressers? i gotta see what he says
Now you know why old time managers go the other way and stick too long in the playoffs with the few pitchers they trust. Because they have too many memories like Girardi had tonight.
can someone in the front office sit giardi down and tell him what he is doing wrong
There’s lots of blame to go around…….the offense was putrid (didn’t I say before the playoffs started that this group would have a lot of proving to do? )…….and Joe is just overmatched. You can not remove the DH and have to PH for the pitcher…..What did Robertson do? Now CC goes on 3 days rest and he’s probably got NO pen behind him. Really, though, regardless of Joe – if this team doesn’t start hitting, they aren’t going to win the WS. You can not win scoring 2/3 runs a game and putting all the pressure on the SP (which has been brilliant, by the way).
I want to be positive, but I’m struggling to find anything GOOD that came out of this game. Someone help me out.
Over managing by Girardi. Robertson has been pitching well, so you look at your book and bring in Aceves. Does Girardi think he has to use all his pitchers? Stupid move.
I bet Torre would have left Robertson in.
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Swisher, Cano and Melky look terrible at the plate.
Once again why does Girardi hate Robertson?!! Aceves who throws 50mph stinks
I’ve been saying this for a while, Girardi’s handling of the bullpen is terrible and taking Robertson out is just mind boggling. Furthermore, him pitching marte one batter and then replacing him to start the inning with another lefty in coke is just stupid. There is no need to waste two lefties there, shoulda kept marte in to start the next inning or had coke come in originally instead of Marte. Also taking Damon out for Hairston was overmanaging as well. Pulling Matsui for Gardner made plenty of sense however.
It is not even second guessing, I yelled at the tv as he was doing it.
everytime I see Swisher and Melky at bat i literally yell at the screen…how many K’s do they have combined in this series?
I swear that Girardi hates Robertson. He loves Coke, and Ace more than Robertson.
“Handling of the ‘pen…
Handing the Halos a win…
Unhappy haiku!”
shut ur mouth
One big bad move by Joe right there…
wow! wow! just wow! i wasnt expecting either team to get a sweep but one righty for another? if robertson was in i belive we would be in the 13th right now. bad move by joe
Johnny Damon would have caught that last fly ball from Mathis
Girardi and Torre both over-manage their bullpens. Torre more mis-managed but Girardi needs to have more confidence in some of these guys.
RR, don’t be stupid, Gardner is in to run, you know he’s going to do it, Angels just guessed right, don’t second guess that call because who among you can guarantee that HR would happen.
DONT BE STUPID LIKE GIRARDI, RR, DONT DO IT
That was the second stupidest move I’ve ever seen (cough Grady Little cough). Aceves was not pitching well, having allowed a run yesterday. Robertson had been pitching great. He had gotten 2 quick outs. There was a limited history. Both were righthanded. Why switch pitchers?
Putrid managing by Joe- I think we can all agree on that. But when you are 0 for like your last 20 with RISP you can’t make a lot of excuses. Very tough game to lose, but I predicted the Angels would get one at home. I think looking back on this series, it will earn a description of, Yanks in 5 and they were THAT close to sweeping. CC going tomorrow, he’ll lock it down.
This Yankees team still won’t be denied- let’s keep in mind that even the most recent Yankee dynasty, those great teams, none of them went undefeated in the playoffs. It’s nearly impossible to do.
Swisher, cano and melky are killing us
100 pitches of fun… October 19th, 2009 at 8:45 pm
Girardi is CLEARLY in over his head in these games. He is “choking” more than Arod ever did from 04-07. It’s almost like he gets too nervous and doesn’t know what to do.
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That just about sums it up to a T.
Hopefully a lesson was learned here by Joe. I think perhaps this was his wake up call and tomorrow he will be settled down and not panic like he did here today.
Maybe Joe thought it was Little League, where everyone has to play
kimoinsd, Mariano had a relief appearance for the ages. Too bad it will be forgotten in a loss
hey. i’m watching the recording…it’s in the top of the 4th. 2-0 yanks. but i happened to see on the blog that they lost, so i feel very conflicted. here i am watching them win, yet i know they lost. strange.
I’m concerned. You have CC going tomorrow on 3 days rest and then AJ the next game who doesn’t pitch as well away from home. Yankees could have really put them away tonight.
Tonight was seriously tough. Horribly managed at the end.
“6. Shouldn’t Joe have made clear to Pettite as strong as possible, throw the ball in the dirt. I know that Pettite messed up there, but really, Joe could have demanded something in the dirt or far away.”
Nothing but English spoken during that mound visit. That’s 100% on the hurler and 0% on the manager.
Gardner in CF
October 19th, 2009 at 8:36 pm
melky didn’t even go after that. i hope he never puts on a Yankees uniform again.
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Lazy, overrated, pudgy, idiot who swings at crap – every time !!!
Even when he gets a hit – the ‘at bat’ is horrible !!!
“Even a blind squirrel eventually finds an acorn”
*** Strong arm -yes. But watch on the replay where he throws the ball…..up the first base line. He does this every eff’ing time. Strong arm with awful accuracy. Now that we’ve seen alot (way too much) of Melk-Dud we all realize that there is really no aspect of his game that warrants him any more time as the NYY centerfielder.
Alas – the pro-Melko kool-aid drinkers will obvoiusly disagree; but really – enough of him already.
And remember — whenever he does ever gets another hit….
“Even a blind squirrel eventually finds an acorn”
Melky is that squirrel. (just alot fatter and lazyier)
Everyone Relax. . we are still up . . Hard loss. but we play tommorow..
HOWEVER .. Swisher . Cano . MELKY . and Tex .really really really need to step up there game ! ..
Someone needs to have a sitdown with Girardi about his overmanaging. It’s not just Robertson. How the hell do we get in the situation where Rivera has to leave the game because he’s somehow the pinch hitter.
I really hate to kill Girardi because he’s done well this year, but he’s overmanaged the last two games and we’re lucky it only hurt them once.
I will never understand this Robertson for Ace move. NO sense. Ace – who couldn’t buy an out last time, replaces Robertson – who got the win in the last game?? Am I missing something? Did Girardi leave his brain in NY?
cc on short rest and joe uses the entire bullpen. the more i mull on this, the more i am perplexed by joe’s decisions
FACT: Outside of Mo, DRob has been the Yankees most reliable reliever in the postseason.
Girardi with just an EPIC failure. Also guess who was up for the Yankees the next inning.
I have been a huge Girardi supporter but in these past two games he has been absolutely brutal. The Yankees really should be down 2-1 right now and a lot of that is on Joe
Kay is dead on.
Actually Gardner steal attempt on that count, when the pitcher had trouble throwing strikes, IMO was wrong.
my stomach is in knots right now!!! this was a game we should of won!
STUPID STUPID STUPIDDDDDDDDDDDDD UNBELIEVABLY STUPID MOVE BY GIRARDI
We ARE still up on the Angels………they have done far more wrong than we have. That said, I really don’t trust Joe………then again, I’m not sure I trust the offense. I refuse to jump off the bandwagon and panic, but how good are these guys? Are they choking? Of course, you could say the Angels have choked in 2/3 games, so……
CC on 3 days rest against a pitcher who historically gives us issues – that’s no gimme. The Yankees can not hit right now, period. Tex is also going to have to take some blame – he can hit in the post-season last year, but not with the Yankees? What’s up with that?
If the Yanks want to win this series Cashman absolutely has to talk to Girardi. He can’t continue managing this bullpen the way he is. He is more nervous in a play off game than Gordon was. Just unbelieveable that he would take Robertson out.
“Girardi is CLEARLY in over his head in these games.”
They’ve had 4 games that have come to last at bats and his club has won three of them. I’m happily taking that in the playoffs.
lol @ bashing Melky for that throw all the way from the center field fence to home… so sad some of u spend so much time watching a game u know absolutely nothing about…
Look on the bright side Drob is fresh to relieve tomorrow
OMG! I have no idea what you guys are so upset about and yet i feel upset with you. Oh, the plight of the yankee fan!
Anybody know if the Dodgers/Phils playes today?
I’d agree on the Mariano comment, what a great performance. Unfortunately, it gets swept under the rug, but that guy just continues to amaze.
No one should be fired.
I didn’t like all of moves Girardi made in the previous games, but they worked out. Today, it finally caught up to him and bit him in the you know what.
Frustrating game and Girardi was not the only frustrating thing. Can we please please please start hitting?
Let’s get them tomorrow with CC. Go Yankees
It’s like Giradi gets ansy just watching and feels he MUST do sthg. Ace was awful the other day — what makes Girardi think that he’s better than Robertson at that point in the game?
I agree with the comments of Joe over-managing today. Sorry, Doreen. Nice of you to defend him, but Joe never helped his team today.
Offense has GOT to fly SFs, though, when it’s needed.
Hinske not on the roster is assinine, and that’s not second-guessing. A lot of us thought that was a mistake long ago.
Why did Joe walk to the mound so much?He has others that can relay his message.We never seen the pitch coach.I HOPE HE CAN’T SLEEP.
He goes to the mound on Andy result game tied.
He pinch runs for Matsui,Gardner told to steal,gets caught ,Posada hit a HR Yankees lose a extra run.
He pulls out the solid Robertson FOR THE IMPLODING ACEVES.
They had many OPPORTUNITIES TO WIN,but for Joe!!
boneheaded move by Joe, but twice Swisher was hitting 1st & 3rd one out & couldn’t hit a friggin sac fly!!!!!!
Can’t leave that many men on base and expect to win. Should of never came down to Girardi MAKING A HUGE MISTAKE. Yanks in 5.
Add my voice to the choir that Girardi is totally over-managing.
We play tomorrow, we win tomorrow, das it
I love the positive posts right after a brutal loss
Are they choking? They lost ONCE. Get a grip people.
What did Kay say? I’m packing for my trip and, also, I have no desire to listen to the post-game. I just want to put this behind me and move on……quickly, lol
What did Kay say? I’m packing for my trip and, also, I have no desire to listen to the post-game. I just want to put this behind me and move on……quickly, lol
I hope we see Hairston and Gardner in the bottom 3rd of the order tomorrow. I would rather see Matsui in left than cabrera in center.
STUPID STUPID STUPID
The Ghost October 19th, 2009 at 8:48 pm
From a pure love of baseball standpoint, don’t you just love how a career .200 hitter like Mathis can become Babe Ruth in the playoffs. That’s one of those sports phenomenas that I’ll never get tired of.
It’s the stuff legends are made from. Luis Soho, Jeff Hostetler, Aaron Boone
A shame that the story isn’t going to be about Mo’s heroics today.
Did anyone think that if Melky threw the ball to 2b that they could have tagged Mathis out before Kendrick scored? I noticed on the replay that he foolishly kept running and was at 2b when Kendrick scored.
Look I agree with everyone that Dave should have been out there, but why did Dave lose the 7th inning to Joba? Robertson has been great for us, and he is always one of last guys out of the pen in the playoffs.
CALM DOWN !!..
2. Taking out Hideki for a pinch runner again too early. hasn’t he learned his lesson? Matsui is one of the few guys hitting.
4. Trading Hairston for Damon when the 2 spot was up next. That takes out Rivera early and loses Damon who hit a homer
already.
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Matsui got lifted in the 8th.
Hairston has a better arm than Damon, you want to cut down the run on a sac fly attempt.
In other news, i found the best way to watch these games- while running at the gym. kills the stress, and stay in shape at the same time. horrible loss, but it was cool to hear the whole gym go “YEAH!” when mo got outa it.
Fire giardi
Valerie G.
October 19th, 2009 at 8:56 pm
OMG! I have no idea what you guys are so upset about and yet i feel upset with you. Oh, the plight of the yankee fan!
Anybody know if the Dodgers/Phils playes today?
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They are playing right now. They did a game break during the game and the Phillies were winning 2-0 Howard hit a two run home run
betsy–where are you going?
Adam, AJ pitches fine away from home – he’s had 3 terrible starts at Fenway and 1 in Chicago. He’s had some very fine road starts, including just recently here in Anaheim.
Joe is a stooge tonight, but the offense, IMO, is much, much more to blame.
Girardi had Game 2 to learn from his mistakes, and he didn’t fix them today.
1. Hairston/Guzman “protecting” Arod in extra innings.
2. Taking Robertson out too early for Aceves
What makes you think he’s going to learn from his mistakes if he hasn’t already?
Texeira saved the game
If he had not made the plays at 1st base (and the put out at 2nd base) the game would never have gone to the drama that it was
Texeira saved the game
If he had not made the plays at 1st base (and the put out at 2nd base) the game would never have gone to the drama that it was
I hate to say it but this game might of really hurt the Yanks in winning this series. I would be shocked if the Yanks don’t get back to the stadium down in the series 3-2. I want to be positive but Girardi’s manging and the Yanks non hitting just gave the Angels all the momentum and confidence in the world.
Upstate October 19th, 2009 at 8:53 pm
Lazy, overrated, pudgy, idiot who swings at crap – every time !!!
Even when he gets a hit – the ‘at bat’ is horrible !!!
“Even a blind squirrel eventually finds an acorn”
*** Strong arm -yes. But watch on the replay where he throws the ball…..up the first base line. He does this every eff’ing time. Strong arm with awful accuracy. Now that we’ve seen alot (way too much) of Melk-Dud we all realize that there is really no aspect of his game that warrants him any more time as the NYY centerfielder.
Alas – the pro-Melko kool-aid drinkers will obvoiusly disagree; but really – enough of him already.
And remember — whenever he does ever gets another hit….
“Even a blind squirrel eventually finds an acorn”
Melky is that squirrel. (just alot fatter and lazyier)
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Couldn’t have put it better myself.
Anyone know what it was like at the Stadium today during the game?
Bronx Bombers girl–thanks!
Joe Girardi needs to get fired for the sins he committed today….
This is even worse than Grady Little….
GOD AWFUL
Kay showing he knows nothing about baseball. Pitching on 3 days rest is no different then 4
big picture – Yankees just need to win of these 3 games. Go home and win 1 of 2.
Angels were against the wall and needed this win. They got it.
Girardi made some strange moves, yes.
He was also the only manager going into the playoffs without post season managerial experience. He’s learning on the job.
ahh well… I’m over it. Lets get’em tomorrow. We have home field advantage and i strongly believe that yankees will take a game from them at ananheim. Worst case is that we come back to yankee stadium 3-2 with two to play. I still like our chances.
eric
October 19th, 2009 at 8:58 pm
In other news, i found the best way to watch these games- while running at the gym. kills the stress, and stay in shape at the same time. horrible loss, but it was cool to hear the whole gym go “YEAH!” when mo got outa it.
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I watched the game while on my ellipical trainer at home. But I LOVE the idea of hearing the group cheers in a gym. I’m yelling out loud and probably scaring my neighbors! You’re right about it helping with the stress, though.
Ah…we had to know that the Angels weren’t going to fold, but this game was SO win-able.
While I will not blame Girardi for using Aceves, I have come to my final opinion on Aceves. He cannot and should not be used anymore this postseason. I would rather have Jerry Hairston Jr. pitching than Ace. Aceves is a worthless bum.
On a side note, did anyone notice the 15 cheap calls at least on the right side of the plate in favor of the Angels. The only call we got similar and in our favor was Dave Robertson’s 3-1 pitch to I think Morales. This home plate umpire is just another in a long line of cheap pieces of garbage. He changed the outcome of at least 10 at bats in the game with his calls. Although it turned out in our favor with a home run from Jorge, he cheated him on the first pitch, it was ball and it was called a strike, allowing them to pitch out and get Gardner.
Similar to Al in the Fuentes at bat in Game 2. They cheated the best player in the world on the first 2 pitches to put him in an unfavorable 0-2 count with nobody batting behind him. Luckily, it turned out in our favor.
The number of ABs that are changed due to umpires is ridiculous. People say it is the incompetence of umpires, but their incompetence only comes when they make a fair call in our favor. Their cheating of the Yankees is full well known.
Val, Charleston and Savannah. I will miss games 5,6 and 7, lol……..maybe that’s a good thing. I’m leaving on Wednesday………….
I hope Girardi gets the lesson from this loss. During the season he handled the bullpen very well. Today his moves were not very smart. While you manage the games a bit different in the post season you also don’t keep emptying the bullpen so early in an extra inning game.
His move to take out Matsui wasn’t great either. I understand looking to put speed on the bases, but it sometimes hurts you as it did today.
I am also wondering where the rest of the offense has been in this series. Swisher is looking particularly poor out there, as is Teixeira.
Doreen
October 19th, 2009 at 8:48 pm
Sometimes you have to see what’s in front of you and not worry about the matchups.
That being said, Girardi’s done fairly well for himself with his methods. And as much as I question taking out Robertson (at least give him a chance to get the third out himself), the offense stunk today, aside from the 4 solo HRs. No one is getting it done.
He doesn’t blow out his bullpen, and most of those guys will be able to go tomorrow. In that respect, Girardi still does a good job.
The surprising thing is the Angels bullpen has been fine
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Well said Doreen, that about sums up exactly how I feel. Today I think he went a little too much by the book. Hopefully he learns from it.
I don’t know that its that the Angels bullpen has been *fine* so much, as its that the Yankees offense has not been fine and has been a bit too sporadic?
Jerkface October 19th, 2009 at 8:58 pm
2. Taking out Hideki for a pinch runner again too early. hasn’t he learned his lesson? Matsui is one of the few guys hitting.
4. Trading Hairston for Damon when the 2 spot was up next. That takes out Rivera early and loses Damon who hit a homer
already.
Actually the Harrison one did make sense, you can’t play strategy for the next inning when you have to survive the current one.
Losers of the Game:
Girardi
Melky
Cano
Swisher
Tex
0 for 20 risp that’s the story all of you would have given your right n#t to be up 2 to 1 RELAX joe got this far he will get to the WS
This was NOT worse than Grady Little. Not even close.
Taking out Damon turned into an ominous move because I think with the superlative defense he’s been playing lately he might have made an incredible play on that Mathis ball. I just don’t like taking bats like Damon and Matsui out of a tie game when the team is struggling offensively. Matsui Joe had to do but Damon? He would have had to play shallow anyway. I doubt having Hairston out there would have given them more than 10 feet deeper in left.
Seriously, we weren’t going to sweep so the loss is out of the way. Maybe Dave Eiland will manage his pitchers from here on out. He has to recognize that Aceves seems to be out of gas.
I still go with the Yankees only need to win 1 in Anaheim. It was a tough loss today, but it’s far from over.
“Kay showing he knows nothing about baseball. Pitching on 3 days rest is no different then 4″
I’ve double checked your math. Turns out 3 days rest is ONE day different than 4 days rest.
Betsy–Will you still be posting?
The bad hitting from the Yankees tonight is well worth noting. Waayyyyyyyy too much guess hitting going on from Texiera, Melky, Posada, Swisher. Cano looked awful as well. Why doesn’t he wait for a good pitch to hit? In his last at bat, he got ahead 1-0 and then swung at a pitch up and away that clearly was not to his liking as he rolled over on it and hit a soft ground ball to second. Texiera has to stop swinging at every 3-1 pitch thrown his way. The pitchers have already started throwing him curves in the dirt in which he is swinging at. Melky basically swings at every 2 strike pitch and often makes himself look clueless. Even though Posada got that big hit tonight, his guess hitting is well worth noting. It was clear when he took a Darren Oliver 85 MPH fastball right down the middle that he was looking for something else. Also, I don’t understand why Cervelli is on the roster. He probably will never come in handy and if so, probably not frequently. I believe Girardi should have just kept Mariano at bat in that inning. Even in a best case scenario that Cervelli gets a bloop single, you still only have a man on first with one guy out, and you no longer have an automatic scoreless inning in Mariano. And question, do Robertson and Kendrick have any minor league history? Other then that, I can’t really think of a good reason for pulling Robertson from that game.
A disappointing ending, but why kill someone who didn’t play in the game? Yeah, I was a little surprised at the move, but this team didn’t win 103 games being directed by a dummy. FOX kept showing Joe looking at looseleaf binders during the game – likely scouting reports on Angels’ hitters.
To me, some of the players should hang their heads – Pettitte giving up a 3-run lead (AJ got killed on by some for giving up a 2-run lead the other day); Joba giving up long drives resulting in the Angels’ 4th run; Swish not getting the runner in from 3rd TWICE.
Some people need ginko biloba to help their rather selective memories.
yanks need to come out ready to go tomorrow and ready to score some runs..becuz more guys gotta cobtribute..hope cc dominates again
Betsy,
Have a great trip!!! See you for the World Series
They have to shake it up a little. Losing today isnt THAT a big a deal, and anyone who thought that the Yanks would sweep is crazy. But they need to shake things up a bit. I say let Gardner into the lineup instead of Melky and just hope Swish puts today behind him. I would rather watch Brett Gardner try and get on with an infield single and try and steal then to watch Melky swing at pitches in the dirt twice in the same AB.
This aint the end of the world. CC Tomm, and I like A.J. if not then Pettite at Yankee Stadium doesnt seem too bad.
If Pete was here he would say don’t go jumping off any bridges yet.
Tex was not a loser in this game. How many runs did he save?? His defense gave the offense quite a few chances (yes, I know his bat is really cold but his glove is really hot).
DT said it best all they have to do is get one out here and get back to the Stadium.
This is getting absolutely ridiculous. Girardi is getting waaay too bullpen happy and is over-managing. That’s the real reason for this game 3 loss. He almost cost game 2 with his over-management and trying to outsmart Scioscia. He needs to let his relievers do their jobs and stop worrying about match-ups. These guys are in the bigs for a reason. Robertson should have been left in the game to finish out that inning.
Oh, send Aceves back to the mexican league i never feel comfortable when he comes into the game.
Bruney> Aceves
“I still go with the Yankees only need to win 1 in Anaheim. It was a tough loss today, but it’s far from over.”
I agree. Get one win and then take care of business at home.
look for CC to win tomorrow, he’ll be fine, he’s read to roll!
The thing that Joe needs to learn about the post season is that some guys have the gut for it and some don’t. He should be able to look in a players eyes before the game and know if they could be of any use to him. The eyes can never lie. When a guy like Drob is feeling it you have to milk it for all its worth.
A couple thing COST US THE GAME:
1) BAD avg with runners in score position (which has been happening throughout the whole playoffs, we have just been able to get away with it)…we NEED to start hitting 2 or 3 run HR’s…enough with this solo crap.
2) bad pitching decisions by girardi…first bringing out Rivera…LET HIM PITCH…then taking out Robertson who has been SO MUCH better than Aceves and only pitched 1/3 inning.
Tomorrow’s not a MUST win, but it’s a VERY VERY VERY IMPORTANT win because you can’t let them get on a roll (knock on wood lol)
See you guys tomorrow…don’t worry too much, this team has a stong jaw/chin, they will bounce back tomorrow.
“Taking out Damon turned into an ominous move because I think with the superlative defense he’s been playing lately he might have made an incredible play on that Mathis ball”
Girardi had to go with the arm in left at that stage of the game. If per chance Hunter lifts a fly ball the left, Aybar can score on Damon’s arm running backwards.
Is Trisha here? My prediction is turning out to be right so far, of which I am both happy and very, very sad.
Yankees NEED to win tomorrow to insure that the Angels dont get hot.
“A disappointing ending, but why kill someone who didn’t play in the game?”
Because anyone who watched the last two games knows that Girardi is overmanaging.
Well, we can take Phil’s performance as a positive – the kid has nerves of steel (not that I’m surprised). That’s something….and it is important for the future. I guess I’m reaching, but really – what else is there?
Betsy,
I don’t think Joe is overmatched. At all. Now you can say that taking replacing a righty with a righty when no one’s on base was a head scratcher, but every move he hasn’t been outsmarted at all.
5-1 in the postseason, with the lone loss in extra innings on the road is not being overmatched especially since they went 0-for-ever with RISP. He overmanaged in that inning, but he’s not in over his head. I don’t get where you’re coming from with that.
Looking for a command performance from CC tomorrow!
Aceves should never be used again in the postseason.
Every time he comes in, we give up a run.
Fire Girardi, bench Melky and Aceves, and we win WS.
Aceves should never be used again in the postseason.
Every time he comes in, we give up a run.
Fire Girardi, bench Melky and Aceves, and we win WS.
Explain to me how this years offense is better in the playoffs now then years past?
Outside of Arod and Jeter they look no different then typical October Yankee offense: Can’t get sac fly’s, can’t hit with RISP, can’t bunt except for Jeter….
The offense absolutely sucks right now and I’m wondering will they get out of it the rest of the way.
To everyone complaining about the complaining only 15 mins after a tough loss, Tony Larussa said it best, “Turning the page too quickly means you don’t care.”
Every single person watching the ballgame not named Girardi knew it was idiotic to take Robertson out after facing two batters, easily retiring them. Girardi must go regardless of the outcome of the rest of the postseason.
ESPN has the LAA news conference. What has Girardi said about taking out Robertson?
I truly believe this is going to be one of those take 1 step back to take 2 steps forward games. Joe needed to lose this way so he can fix what is wrong with his bullpen management. Better for it to happen now than in game 6 or 7 when there is no net.
I don’t know how anyone can complain about Teixiera not hitting. Obviously I’d love to see him get hot – but come on, the way he plays defense – it’s the same, if not better, then him getting 2-3 RBI’s a game.
I’m watching the YES postgame waiting for Joba to tell us how he thought he “pitched well” and how he “had good stuff”……………
I lost my voice screaming at him, Girardi, Swisher, Melky & Cano today.
Grrrrrrrrrrr
#1 – The God-awful pitch to Vladimir Guerrero that gave the Angels life
#2 – Can’t get the .200 catcher out and making him look like Yogi Berra
#3 – Nick Swisher being useless
3 reasons for losing today. Not Girardi. He managed exactly as he did in their last 5 playoff wins and they did fine.
The pitch to Guerrero was vexing. You don’t give him ANYTHING to hit. Shades of Fuentes.
The hitting with RISP is gone. Reliance on the home run was the major flaw of the one and done Yankees of old, so I hope this does not last.
Expectation:
The short rest will not affect CC.
Reality:
?
No one should be defending Giradi right now, In Game two A-rod saved his bottom when he hit the Homerun off Fuentes, did you see who was coming up after A-Rod? If A-Rod makes an out we would all be complaining about how Matsui was out of the game.
The umpires and Ace are to blame for this loss. Not Girardi. Maybe Swisher. Aside from a few guys, some of the offense has gone into shutdown mode. Swisher, despite being cheated in at least one of his two ABs with the runner on 3rd, he has to make sure to get the runner home at least once.
Howie Kendrick today: 3 hits, 3 runs scored, and an RBI.
vincent–well said.
Count on Fox Sports and ESPN among others that will beat Girardi’s decision to death in removing David Robertson with 2 outs in favor of Aceves and leaving Gaudin as the only arm remaining in the bullpen.
Hope I don’t sound selfish – but I have an event on Saturday night that I can’t miss going to, and I’m hoping the Yanks settle things in Anaheim. CC winning tomorrow, and AJ getting it done Thursday night would be greatly apprecitaed :}
Laura, he said he went to his books and liked the matchup a little better with Aceves but he admitted he was wrong.
plain and simple Girardi lost this game for us, even with the pitiful Siwsher and Melky at the bottom of the oder, we still should have won instead Girardi leaves Pettitte in there 1 batter too long and these strange quick bullpen changes, it was only about time before we got burned.
Yankees 2 – Girardi 1
Matsui got lifted in the 8th.
Hairston has a better arm than Damon, you want to cut down the run on a sac fly attempt.
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No reason to lift Matsui even in the 8th. Everyone in the park knew Gardner would try to steal. Are you surprised he was cut down on a pitch out? The end result was that a possible lead was blown and we ended up with a hole in the lineup behind A-Rod – this is bad managing and led to the bad move in the 10th – having the only replacement for Damon be the DH meaning that Rivera would be up 3rd in the next inning. Damon has a terrible arm but Hairston is not exactly Dave Parker out there. The difference was not worth losing Rivera over – how many fly balls to LF does Mo give up anyway?
And I would not have hit for Rivera with 2 outs and no one on, especially if my only choices were Cervelli, Molina and Guzman. The right move was to let him watch 3 strikes and go out an pitch another inning.
Girardis’ overmanaging finally caught up with him. Does he learn or does he keep ovethinking the Yankees into another playoff debacle?
Tex was a loser of the game. Yeah he helped save some runs and made some great plays but he was horrible at the plate. It’s like he never saw a breaking pitch in his life. The same goes for Cano, Swisher, and Cabrera. All losers of the game.
Why the Yankees will win ….. we’re the only team left without lame ass towels & thunder sticks.
PHI leading already.
Laura…that he liked the Ace matchup better.
One last thing, baseball is a wierd sport, two extra inning games in a row…watch tomorrow be a slugfest.
Expectation:
The Yankees have the bullpen advantage.
Reality:
Darren Oliver > The Yankees bullpen.
The “Yanks only need to win 1 game in their ballpark” makes no sense. So then you have Andy for game 6. Sorry but Andy was lucky to get out of as many jams as he did today. He had guys on base every inning and I don’t like his chances in getting a good offense out twice in one week. Then you go to a game 7 where anything can happen.
The Yankees really have not hit in any game in the playoffs yet they are still 5-1. They don’t need 9 power hitter’s in the line up. When they face Lackey, Swish or Melk need to sit and put in Gardner.
“Laura, he said he went to his books and liked the matchup a little better with Aceves but he admitted he was wrong.”
Okay. Honest answer. Here’s hoping he learns from his mistakes.
vb03 October 19th, 2009 at 9:08 pm
#1 – The God-awful pitch to Vladimir Guerrero that gave the Angels life
#2 – Can’t get the .200 catcher out and making him look like Yogi Berra
#3 – Nick Swisher being useless
3 reasons for losing today. Not Girardi. He managed exactly as he did in their last 5 playoff wins and they did fine.
The pitch to Guerrero was vexing. You don’t give him ANYTHING to hit. Shades of Fuentes.
The hitting with RISP is gone. Reliance on the home run was the major flaw of the one and done Yankees of old, so I hope this does not last.
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Because A-Rod has been saving his butt, if A-Rod doesn’t hit that HR off fuentes, we would be calling for Giradi’s head.
Does anyone else notice how the umpires change the ABs. Notably, Swisher in his first AB with the runner on 3rd. They put him in the hole early with their cheap call.
Doreen said:
“Sometimes you have to see what’s in front of you and not worry about the matchups.”
Exactly…
Before Girardi makes a pitching change doesn’t he talk to Pena or Eiland for their opinions? They should have tied his feet together so he couldn’t take Robertson out.
KarlHungus212 – really? no seriously?? Get rid of Girardi????
One – he may/should win manager of the year this year. He won 103 games in the regular season and is now 5-1 in the post season …. chill out
This was one of the worst managed games I have ever seen. Leaving Hughes in for another inning was bad enough and taking him out after giving up a double was tantamount to admitting a mistake. So Rivera bails him out, yet with two outs and nobody on, Girardi pinch-hits with Rivera for Cervelli. Cervelli is, what, a .250 hitter? So there’s a 75 percent chance that he won’t do any better at the plate than Rivera (less than that, if Rivera can hit at all). But you essentially trade in three sure outs with Rivera pitching, for one out with Cervelli hitting. Then, inexplicably, with Robertson on a roll, Girardi consults his little binder and decides to replace him with Aceves, who has been a DISASTER. The Yankees won Saturday night’s game in spite of Girardi, but you had to figure at some point his over-managing would come back to bite him. I hope he learns from this, but it’s frustrating that he’s seemingly resolved his interpersonal issues with the team this year, yet seems to have a need to insert himself when he really should sit back and let the game happen. This is the kind of game that managers get fired over, and if, god forbid, the Yankees lose this series, I wouldn’t blame the Yankees for seeking out a better manager. Just awful…there is NO EXPLANATION for his replacement of Robertson with Aceves. I’ve never been more angry at a Yankees manager than tonight.
Well, all I can say is the Yankees better win tomorrow’s game, or it is going to be more than a little hot in the pressure cooker for Girardi and these players.
The Angels know they can beat this team, they don’t “think,” they KNOW. Moreover, they are probably kicking themselves right now for that game 2 loss thinking, “We could be up 2-1 now!”
Yankees must put them back on the defensive tomorrow, or, in my opinion, they are in trouble.
Waldo, is Hairston’s arm that much better than Damon’s? I remember a couple of horrendous throws to the plate that were waaaay off target from him. Damon might have a bad arm but he’s pretty accurate when he needs to be. You play very shallow in a situation like that anyway.
everyone come down off the ledge – this was a great game. joe over-managed at the end and it came back to bite him- it’s why they call it home field advantage. but the good news is – you have CC starting and Mariano closing tomorrow.
UMPIRES!!!!!!!!!
As well as Kendrick has done against the Yanks,
he’s still not a player that should cause that type of reaction…
like roided Ortiz, Manny, Bonds…
He isn’t in the class where you let him dictate the game.
i urge you all to read this article. it may explain things… http://www.halosheaven.com/200.....wie-kendri
I give Teixeira a pass on his poor batting because of his incredible defense. Swisher, not so much.
Taking Damon out didn’t make much sense to me. Taking Matsui out was not a great move either. The Yankees need to try a little small ball in some cases especially when they have runners at the corners.
I hope that CC can pitch well tomorrow and shut down the Angels bats.
Girardi managed as if he was at home today. Over thinking things, and all those pitching changes become a bit much. Too much time gets blown, not keeping the players as much in the game.
Scioscia, BTW, is really fat.
Girardi’s answer to why he pulled D-Rob for Aceves is that he just liked the match up better……really? and what did u base that on Joe? I mean, come on! D-Rob was locked in and Ace gave up hits Sat nite, doesn’t he remember that?
“vb03
October 19th, 2009 at 9:08 pm
#1 – The God-awful pitch to Vladimir Guerrero that gave the Angels life
#2 – Can’t get the .200 catcher out and making him look like Yogi Berra
#3 – Nick Swisher being useless
3 reasons for losing today. Not Girardi. He managed exactly as he did in their last 5 playoff wins and they did fine.”
All true, but Girardi also burned through his entire bullpen yet again, and over-managed. You can’t manage post-season games this way and expect to be successful. This isn’t all on Girardi by any stretch but his managing bstyle is not conducive to fostering wins. I think he managed today’s game better than Saturday. The team bailed him out Saturday.
hopefully yanks get back on track tomorrow..cuz this lose hurts
Val, I doubt it – I don’t think the Inn I’m staying at has a computer…….I adore Charleston and I’m psyched to go to Savannah for the first time, but I will be experiencing blog withdrawal, lol.
KF, thank you!
Joe, there is a huge double standard when it comes to AJ and everyone else (maybe it’s because of his talent, but that’s not his problem). Andy pitched very well……..I won’t kill him……but he did blow a 3-0 lead.
That said, the SP has been superb. We have gotten all we wanted and more from them……..and most of our pen has been great. As to the Angel pen, are they that good or are the Yankees just in a major funk? Both, I think – it’s not fair to not credit them.
CC is all alone tomorrow – I don’t think very many relievers are going to be available. The problem is, they can not push him as he still needs to be ok for the 7th game.
Betsy-have a safe and fun trip
thomo, i still think the Yankees win in 6 but this was huge , should have been up 3-0 good night series over instead Girardi blew it. And I like girardi!
Thomo, with all due respect, what does home-field advantage have to do with having zero understanding of your own bullpen?
“Waldo, is Hairston’s arm that much better than Damon’s?”
Lesser of two evils. Damon’s not throwing anyone out unless he’s 60-70 feet from the infield. A routine medium depth flyball? No chance. Hairston, while not demonstrating great accuracy gives them a chance.
Betsy–oh…we’ll miss you here, but have a super time!
Betsy–oh…we’ll miss you here, but have a super time!
Is the $180m 1st baseman actually going to show up tomorrow? Or is he trying to take Arod’s old job.
Expectation:
Red Sox trolls would be watching the Pats and looking forward to the Celtics and Bruins not posting here.
Reality:
they keep watching the replay of Paps blow their 9th inning lead over and over and over.
Hey Travis, you can get upset at Girardi all you want, but outside of 4 solo home runs the Yankees had 4 hits in 11 innings. You should be thanking Girardi for figuring out a way to keep the team in a game for 11 innings they really had no business being in.
When they brough D Rob in I smiled because we are 2-0 with him and I figured we’d get through the inning and then 3,4,5 in the nxt inning gets us some runs against their battered bullpen.
I haven’t questioned Girardi very much this season but I saw no reason why you would take him out.
The other thing I thought he should do was take Pettite out against Vlade but everyone would have crucified him for that especially Pettite.
Swisher failed miserably and Cano didn’t do his job either.
Tex needs to stop hitting like it’s April.
Terrible loss in a game we should have won 6-3 at best.
Jeremy October 19th, 2009 at 9:10 pm
Tex was a loser of the game. Yeah he helped save some runs and made some great plays but he was horrible at the plate. It’s like he never saw a breaking pitch in his life. The same goes for Cano, Swisher, and Cabrera. All losers of the game.
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How is he the loser of the game then? Do you forget the 3 plays he made to keep the game alive after Mo through the bunt away down the line? Or perhaps the tag he made on a bad throw from the left side of the infield (can’t remember if it was A-Rod or Jeter but he saved his rear end a throwing error).
Teix could go 0 for the rest of the playoffs and have as much as an impact on the game that A-Rod has been having lately. Use your heads, he saved 3-4 runs today. Without Teix the game is over WAY before the whole “why take out Robertson” thing even happens.
Postseason heroes usually seem to come from unlikely places.
The Yanks unlikelys need to starting swinging the bat better.
threw** duh
We can second guess Girardi’s decision to lift Robertson all we want, but there is one fact that we all cannot escape:
There was no way in hell that the Yankees were going to sweep the Angels.
Tomorrow is a new day and I am excited about the game. You all should be too.
There is a reason why the Red Sox were able to easily sweep 2 World Series and come back from 3-0 and 3-1 defecits and 2-0 deficits in Division Series. They do not get their ABs changed by umpires cheap calls.
We have had to work for every win this postseason. Nothing has come easy, mainly due to the HP umpires.
Waaaa Waaaa. Joe Mauer got cheated out of a double. They ended up with bases loaded nobody out. Al was cheaply put in an 0-2 count the other night with Gardner and Guzman behind him. They intentionally tried to screw our best chance of tying the game.
Tex, Cano, Melky, and Swish better get there acts together or the ALCS loss will be on their shoulders.
also, not giving tex a hard time but cmon on bro….
“step your game up” at the plate….your glove is great and i love it but cmon on, when he struggles at the plate he reallllllllllly is “struga-lingggggg” to qoute Joe Namath
Scott Kazmir is pitching tomorrow so don’t expect to see Gardner. If a righty were pitching I think Melky would sit. Swisher, who is swinging at everything, led the Yankees in strikeouts this year.
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Anaheim’s aura…
Eldorado State specter…
Appears once again…
JoeT, regular season is not what counts in New York. Girardi has proven to everybody that he is in over his head managing this team. A meat popsicle could have managed this team to a division title.
NOW is when it counts and Joe has managed worse than anybody I’ve seen in my life.
Ghost, we should be thanking Pettitte and A-Rod and everyone else who hit a home run for keeping the Yankees in the game. Every decision Girardi made after Pettitte left the game was dead wrong. Yes, the Yankees should have hit more, and they deserve blame, but the manager’s job is to give his team the best possible chance to win, and Girardi did the exact opposite today.
Girardi has had a couple of games this year that he over managed. Most of them he lost.
I really don’t like his visit out to the mound with Pettitte. I don’t think it sends the right message to the team or the opposition. Send Eiland out if there is a critical thing you feel compelled to give, but he shouldn’t have been out there.
The Angels are a tough team. Their bats aren’t totally woken up yet, fortunately. Unfortunately they were looking a lot better today. The Yankees need to have their bats working well tomorrow. Trouble is Kazmir can shut them down, which I hope is not the case.
100 pitches of fun…
October 19th, 2009 at 8:04 pm
see above post about Melky this series. He has had one bad game
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lol 1 bad game. Please tell me what Melky has done in this series? Besides swing at every curveball in sight..?
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First two games of this series Melky had a .375 AVG and .500 OBP. Is that good enough?
Waldo, I see what you are saying but they are still running on Hairston’s arm so it’s still a crapshoot. A medium fly ball to center the guy on third doesn’t chance it on Melky’s arm. So, IMO, if you don’t have a shut down arm, an arm they won’t try to score on, then it’s not worth the trade. I think they would have actually been better off putting Cervelli out there because he has a gun.
cr9 is that u jim pir 1
Angel do a search on your name. Someone pirated your name and posted dumb stuff.
YankeeJosh October 19th, 2009 at 9:13 pm
“vb03
October 19th, 2009 at 9:08 pm
#1 – The God-awful pitch to Vladimir Guerrero that gave the Angels life
#2 – Can’t get the .200 catcher out and making him look like Yogi Berra
#3 – Nick Swisher being useless
3 reasons for losing today. Not Girardi. He managed exactly as he did in their last 5 playoff wins and they did fine.”
All true, but Girardi also burned through his entire bullpen yet again, and over-managed. You can’t manage post-season games this way and expect to be successful. This isn’t all on Girardi by any stretch but his managing bstyle is not conducive to fostering wins. I think he managed today’s game better than Saturday. The team bailed him out Saturday.
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If Andy hadn’t thrown a meatball to Vlad, we wouldn’t be talking about this now. It’s the turning point of the game, and depending on what happens, maybe the series. Can’t give a dead team life.
I hate to keep harping on it, but that’s how one bad pitch can change the entire complexion of a series.
@Betsy,
I’m headed to Charleston later this week as well. Love that city!
I agree that all the Yankees have to do is win 1 game in LA, but you need to consider that there is a fully rested John Lackey awaiting them in Game 5 of this series. If they don’t take Game 3 with CC tomorrow, they’re going to be on the wrong end of the pitching match-up for Thursday…
Girardi’s move on gardner was the right one.. If posada had hit a week ground ball double play, everyone here would have been screaming where was gardner?? When you are down 1 in the bottom of the 8th, that was the right move.. Posada is probably not getting the same pitch with Gardner on base..
As far as Kendrick goes the Yanks are pitching him all wrong. He is exactly like Jeter you need to pitch him in on his hands. Yanks keep missing and throwing him meatballs right over the plate. Pettitte threw him and Vlad 2 absolute meatballs. You can’t miss like that.
Girardi’s isn’t the only butt A-Rod is supposedly saving. This team isn’t hitting and they need to receive the brunt of the criticism. If they were hitting there wouldn’t be all this hand-wringing about over-managing the bullpen.
All my frustration is with the lineup.
I guess at least Robertson is available tomorrow.
Has anyone heard Girardi’s rationale yet?
KarlHungus212 October 19th, 2009 at 9:19 pm
JoeT, regular season is not what counts in New York. Girardi has proven to everybody that he is in over his head managing this team. A meat popsicle could have managed this team to a division title.
NOW is when it counts and Joe has managed worse than anybody I’ve seen in my life.
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5-1 … get off the ledge. We have a 2-1 series lead and have CC on the hill tomorrow, I’m pretty confident. Yes, Joe made a big mistake today, but tomorrow is another day, we’re still ahead in the series. If we split the next two games all we need to do is split at home.
Even we are up 2-1, we are not going to win the series… not unless someone blows up Angels stadium.
Series over. Angels in 6 games.
July 10, 2009, Yankees led 4-0, Angels won.
July 11, 2009, Yankees led 4-0, Angels won.
October 19, 2009, Yankees led 3-0, Angels won.
I think we all knew the Yankees would need to win with one reliable starter, 2 so-so starters, a good bullpen, an other-worldly closer, and the best offense in baseball.
Well, the starters have held up their part of the bargain pretty well, but the bullpen has been shaky in some areas not named Mo.
Other than that, the real shock in this postseason so far is the failure of Teixeira, Cabrera, Swisher, and Cano to hit with RISP. Teixeira especially needs to snap out of it, or they will lose the effectiveness of A-rod in that 4 hole.
If Joe insists on a 3 man rotation, he better hope and pray this thing doesn’t go 7.
Will Girardi put Hairston in the lineup for Swisher? He’s never really benched Swisher even when he was going through his slumps.
It’s nice Teixeira is actually contributing by playing good D. But he’s not defensive specialist he’s getting paid to hit too and do it in the playoffs.
Which is what it’s all about with the Yankees.
Travis, this game was lost before Pettitte left the game, ironic that the one move Girardi didn’t make tonight is probably the one that will haunt him the most. I bet no reporter asked him if he thought about removing Andy for the Guerrero AB. I know a couple of people here were calling for it.
If Teixeira can start hitting, it can make a big difference in the offense. For once I want to see a blow out game where the Yankees win big.
Angel–did somebody really use your name?
AS soon as he pulled David McCarver/Buck said he was a better pitcher than Aceves.
You better believe the Angels will be waiting for Aceves to come in the rest of the series.
Gaudin hasn’t pitched one game this postseason.
He too will be called on to do the impossible too at some point!
From Pete’s blog:
UPDATE, 9:05 p.m.: Shocking turn of events here in Philadelphia as Yankees manager Joe Girardi emerges from the dugout to make an unnecessary pitching change for the Phillies.
What the heck does Robertson need to do to earn Girardi’s trust?
I’ll say one thing, YES is not holding back from questioning Joe. Even Kay, who’s supposedly friends with Joe, is asking the same questions and not holding back.
“As far as Kendrick goes the Yanks are pitching him all wrong. He is exactly like Jeter you need to pitch him in on his hands”
He not at all like Jeter in one sense. He’s virtually impossible to walk. He’s walked 50 times in 1400 MLB plate appearances. He’s a guy you make swing at your pitch, not his.
Ghost, removing Pettitte in the 6th inning is debatable at best. Pettitte made a mistake and I can live with that, but it wasn’t like he was getting knocked around. Taking Rivera out after 2/3 of an inning and Robertson after retiring the first two batters in the last inning are much more questionable moves. This game was not lost at all until Girardi pulled Robertson for Aceves…in fact it was tied until then and you can’t guess what would have happened in the 13th or beyond.
misc–ok, i’m totally not getting pete’s post. is that supposed to be funny?
A-Rod = no longer mental in the playoffs
October 19th, 2009 at 8:55 pm
lol @ bashing Melky for that throw all the way from the center field fence to home… so sad some of u spend so much time watching a game u know absolutely nothing about…
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For those of us watching ‘all year long’ have noticed (the operative word here is “noticed”….sometimes known as ‘recognized’)that Mr. Melkman cant throw the damn ball where he’d like it to go. His arm is strong. OOOOOO – so strong.
All year long – virtually every damn throw he made to the plate ended up closer to first base than to homeplate.
Unfortunately for the Yankees – this is true.
So exactly why is he in there – when his “best baseball asset’ is his STRONG arm that becomes ultimately/virtually useless when combined with his consistently BAD accuracy…..sorry Melky Kool-Aid drinkers – but that’s what we have in CF. (Why is he there ????? …..no one really knows…because there’s simply no baseball reason he should be )
Even his throw to ‘wherever’ that Jeter magically caught & threw out Bobby A. was a bad throw…..but yes —- it was STRONG throw. He owes Jeter a dinner.
I hope/wish little Melky can prove me wrong.
So far – nope.
Can Cody Ransom play CF ???
Valerie G.
October 19th, 2009 at 9:22 pm
Angel–did somebody really use your name?
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No. I must have two names. I was going for the bipolar look apparently.
When Gardner gets on base, he MUST go on the 1st pitch to avoid a pitchout……………
GIrardi has done a really good job of managing the bullpen.
You guys sound ridiculous. You seem to know nothing about baseball. Just evaluating on a single move in a single game?
Mistakes are much more glaring than successes. But look around a little and you’ll realize how good of a job he’s done.
Valerie G. look at 8:57 and 8:58. Someone used her name to call Girardi a dumbass and stupid and say to fire him.
What bothers me is that Girardi had no explanation for removing Robertson. A match-up problem is usually backed up by stats and there were none. I think he went with his gut and quick hooked a power pitcher. He could have said we didn’t want Kendrick up against a fastballer but declined. Why? He is afraid Scioscia might hear him. Talk about being paranoid. He is turning into Buck Showalter before our very eyes.
Valerie G. October 19th, 2009 at 9:25 pm
misc–ok, i’m totally not getting pete’s post. is that supposed to be funny?
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Pete being snarky
RS
October 19th, 2009 at 9:24 pm
What the heck does Robertson need to do to earn Girardi’s trust?
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He isn’t a big name like Joba Chamberlain, so Joba gets the 7th inning by default over Robertson.
This was one of the worst managed games I have ever seen. Leaving Hughes in for another inning was bad enough and taking him out after giving up a double was tantamount to admitting a mistake. So Rivera bails him out, yet with two outs and nobody on, Girardi pinch-hits with Rivera for Cervelli. Cervelli is, what, a .250 hitter? So there’s a 75 percent chance that he won’t do any better at the plate than Rivera (less than that, if Rivera can hit at all). But you essentially trade in three sure outs with Rivera pitching, for one out with Cervelli hitting. Then, inexplicably, with Robertson on a roll, Girardi consults his little binder and decides to replace him with Aceves, who has been a DISASTER. The Yankees won Saturday night’s game in spite of Girardi, but you had to figure at some point his over-managing would come back to bite him. I hope he learns from this, but it’s frustrating that he’s seemingly resolved his interpersonal issues with the team this year, yet seems to have a need to insert himself when he really should sit back and let the game happen. This is the kind of game that managers get fired over, and if, god forbid, the Yankees lose this series, I wouldn’t blame the Yankees for seeking out a better manager. Just awful…there is NO EXPLANATION for his replacement of Robertson with Aceves. I’ve never been more angry at a Yankees manager than tonight.
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Very well said.
One of the worst managed game I have ever seen.
wow, if I was an Angel fan reading this blog I would be laughing hysterically at all you boo-hoo crybabies.
ITS ONE GAME! We’re still up in the series and even if we happened to get swept in Anaheim, we still go back to NY.
If any of you thought this was going to be easy, go sit in the corner and think about what life is like as an idiot, because you are one if you thought the Yankees would sweep.
gotta win tomorrow ,keep the advantage
Charleston Chew….several mistakes in one game.
Never seen so much agreement in the comments here at Lohud. Let’s all sing Kumbaya.
I subscribe to the “on any given day” theory. In other words, it’s irrelevant whether or not Lackey is well-rested.
I don’t like to make predictions, because baseball is totally unpredictable.
Tomorrow is another day. I think the Yankees will do better at the plate tomorrow. Don’t forget, they played a late game, travelled, got in early and skipped workout. Not an excuse, but it is what it is.
The Angels are a tough opponent. There were not going to be swept and they were not going to lose today. They kept pushing and TODAY they had Home Field Advantage.
Someone above said it seemed like Girardi managed the pen as if the Yankees were at home – I tend to agree with this. But I won’t rake Girardi over the coals. Shoulda kept Robertson in. Did not. It didn’t work. Game over. Too bad.
This team has come back after tough losses before and I think they can again.
Betsy,
Have a great vacation! We’ll miss you.
Pete is just trying to get people mad and increase traffic to his blog lol
Girardi mismanaging the bullpen:
1) Victor Martinez vs Coke HR game. Damon bailed him out.
2) ALDS game 2. Arod bailed him out.
3) Tonight.
Just three quick ones off the top of my head. Plenty more out there.
Expectation:
The Yankees will hit Scott Kazmir hard.
Reality:
Scott Kazmir will pitch a Nick-Blackburn (?)
The bottom of the lineup has failed time and time again. Melky, Swish, and Cano are so stupid they can’t adjust to a breaking pitch after seeing it several times. They just swing, swing, swing. I am really getting sick and tired of their act. They need to start putting up some respectable at bats or this series is over.
I can’t explain that move by GI Joe, it reaked… it was like Moose pitching to Manny instead of walking him bad.
CC on 3 days ain’t a guarantee for nothing, neither is AJ, this Angels team just got thier mojo back.
Joe’s only indefensible move of the night is pulling Robertson. There is no defense for that. The only way I can get into Joe’s mind on this is that Aceves saved Girardi’s job and the Yankees season this year when he had no one but Mariano to depend on in the bullpen. I think Joe feels indebted to Aceves and was showing him some kind of twisted loyalty by bringing him in to face Kendrick.
wow, if I was an Angel fan reading this blog I would be laughing hysterically at all you boo-hoo crybabies.
ITS ONE GAME! We’re still up in the series and even if we happened to get swept in Anaheim, we still go back to NY.
They do give Yankee fans an embarassing name.
lets go yankees (formerly lets go twins)
October 19th, 2009 at 9:19 pm
100 pitches of fun…
October 19th, 2009 at 8:04 pm
see above post about Melky this series. He has had one bad game
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lol 1 bad game. Please tell me what Melky has done in this series? Besides swing at every curveball in sight..?
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First two games of this series Melky had a .375 AVG and .500 OBP. Is that good enough?
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Any response……?
Or would you rather go on bashing people based on your stupid evaluation of one game. Facts and statistics too hard to understand?
“I guess at least Robertson is available tomorrow.”
And so is Girardi’s favorite, Aceves.
Kendrick and Mathis NEED to be shut down. There is just no reason to get beat by those two scrubs. Really annoying.
Weaver had nothing and the Yankees let him off the hook. Andy makes a bad pitch to Vlad to give them life. Swisher couldn’t get runners from 3rd with less than 2 out.
Runs all came via solo shot. Couldn’t string together any hits.
And finally, when you’re in a extra inning tie game in the playoffs on the road, you’re basically just waiting to lose.
He not at all like Jeter in one sense.
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Um..what??? I am saying that you have to pitch him inside on his hands. All I see is they pitch him over the plate or on the left corner and he shoots it to RF. He got 2 meatballs today. Every single time they have pitched him inside he makes easy outs.
matt–thanks! i was looking for signs of false-angel postings after you said her name was pirated but i couldn’t find anything lol. I’m still in the 6th inning of the game. how sad to know the outcome
Derek and Alex have hit .111 and .125 respectively off Kazmir.
Somebody else better remember to pack their bat tomorrow.
Well im officially over it, Its baseball things happen, im looking forward to the big man doing his thing, and this Yankees offense finally waking up and trashing Kazmir,Im over it, I encouraged my fellow Yankee fans to do the same.
“I agree that all the Yankees have to do is win 1 game in LA, but you need to consider that there is a fully rested John Lackey awaiting them in Game 5 of this series. If they don’t take Game 3 with CC tomorrow, they’re going to be on the wrong end of the pitching match-up for Thursday…”
Absolutely. The Yankees only need to win 1 game in Anaheim but that win had to be today or tomorrow. If the Angels win 2 in a row and then have Lackey against Burnett at home, they’ll have all the momentum.
matt,
Thank you.
All the whining on this blog gets so tired.
As Flaherty just said, Mike Sciosa will not let A-Rod beat him anymore. Tex, Melk, and Swish are going to have to get it going.
“CC on 3 days ain’t a guarantee for nothing,”
History for 3 days rest in the postseason is frightening. CC’s a big time ace, but with 245 innings under his belt, this is a tall order.
Valerie G yeah it’s tough to keep watching knowing the outcome.
KarlHungus212
I was just about to make that point. Girardi has failed a number of times and the players have bailed him out. It almost like the team is winning in spite of him.
I missed most of the game, but from the little I saw in the sixth, eighth, and ninth, they didn’t look too great at the plate, especially Swish. This would be a good time for the rest of the team to start hitting. Boy do they need CC to come up big tomorrow…
Girardi didn’t bring Aceves in to pitch out of loyalty, that’s silly…why not pinch hit Paul O’Neill while he’s at it?
On the other hand, the Yankees aren’t sweeping the Angels. This loss is worse than yesterday’s Philly beatdown of LA though. So many missed opportunities. At least LA had 8 innings to recover from their loss, and all day today. lol
matt–lol I know. I was saying before how I feel both happy that they’re winning and sad because I know what’s going to happen. Help!
jeremy
you are right about swisher cano and melky. they are def. the bottom feeders in the lineup.
how does swisher, always in a 3-2 count, strike out as much as he does. and cano is as tight as a drum, as well as tex.
they have been lucky, have had good pitching but sometimes your luck runs out.
they better start hitting…these are not the Twins.
“Um..what???”
Um, don’t throw him a pitch in the strike zone. Kendrick doesn’t walk. Jeter does. Big difference. You have to throw strikes to get Jeter out. Not so with Kendrick. We agree the pitches were bad, but so is the comparison of Kendrick to Jeter. They couldn’t be further apart in their respective approaches.
Matt, I know what you’re saying and I agree for the most part, but Scioscia would never have made the decisions Girardi did today.
Hey CC has gotten plenty of rest I think he can handle 3 days rest. He has done it before, and second even Josh Beckett did it in the 2003 WS and we all know what happened.
The bats better come to play tomorrow, or it won’t matter how well CC pitches. Very big game in terms of momentum.
How does anyone KNOW what is going to happen? Sheesh.
Good night.
It’s getting ridiculous.
The only issue that I have with the manager was taking out Robertson. Glaring mistake. Forget about the damn book and laptop. Manage with your eyes. Robertson is a very good pitcher with the highest K rate per 9 in the league this year. He has to finish that inning.
Lots of pressure on CC tomorrow night. He will come through. Who will follow him? Hughes? Joba? Dunno.
With Kazmir on the hill you have to give Swisher another shot. Kazmir’s control is erratic and Swisher is good at taking pitches (and then striking out…ugh).
Let’s face it. This team is great, but they were not going to run the table. Now they have to face the challenge and win.
Ugh good luck to CC tomorrow.
He has no pen. Who’s available? Plus he’s on 3 days rest. Can’t really expect him to go really deep.
Awful job by Girardi. Lets not forget he wasted Coke and Marte earlier too. Took a lefty out to face a lefty. Horrible!
vb03 wrote:
Kendrick and Mathis NEED to be shut down. There is just no reason to get beat by those two scrubs. Really annoying.
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almost as bad as getting beat by Jerry Hairston Jr. huh? Face it, it’s the scrubs that rule the big moments in the post season. My only regret is the Yankees didn’t keep Pena on the roster because that kid had a penchant for clutch hitting in the regular season and is probably not that much slower than Guzman. I think he was caught stealing only once same % as Guzman.
If CC can’t go long they have Gaudin rested. You know the guy can give you innings.
Just shut up and stop creating drama where there isn’t any. Worry about tomorrow night tomorrow night and only if you need to worry. Stop predicting the end of the world just because they lost one game.
doreen
let the people speak, my god.
Joba in the pen
October 19th, 2009 at 9:31 pm
“I guess at least Robertson is available tomorrow.”
And so is Girardi’s favorite, Aceves.
++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++
Is Darren Oliver available tomorrow? I hope not.
M, as I said, I really blame most of the game on the offense………they did squat for 99% of the game. However, some of Joe’s moves just make no sense…I don’t ever want to see Matsui and Damon removed for pinch runners. Swish? Maybe, considering how horrible he looks at the plate…
How bad does the Guzman for Hinske switch look now? Not that anyone couldn’t see that a mile away…..
This may be the best thing to happen to the Yankees. Why?
1) Wake up call, guys! You may never give up and that is great, but if you keep wasting opportunities, it was a matter of time before you were bitten and beaten. People like Teixeira, Cano, Swisher and Cabrera must have beter at bats and start driving in runs. They had their chances and came up empty. Swisher battles but has become a sure strike out. Cano needs to do better with RISP and get his act together because many times he has looked lazy out there.
2) Don’t manage against yourself! Girardi knows he overmanaged and of all the many reasons why we lost the game, the biggest is the fact he took out Robertson, who was on his way to a 1,2,3 inning in order to get Ace in. It isn’t easy to get the last out in a tied extra innings game, much less if you have been struggling lately. Ace shouldn’t have been there to get the last out. If your pen is one of your strengths, don’t cut its wings. Robertson should’ve ended the inning and Ace should be avoided if you can because the guy isn’t right.
3) True champions are tested not by going undefeated, but by how they respond when tasting defeat. This is a chance for the Yanks to come out with the fire champions have, ready to play tomorrow and win tomorrow. Yanks need to respond strongly tomorrow. And they will.
Well Joe finally managed his way into a post season loss. He did it a few times in the regular season.
When he went to mound with Petite pitching and Vlad up did tell Petite and Posada what to through? If he did he may have cost us the Lead right there.
Why send Gardy on an 0and one pitch count when Scocia is known to favour that count for pitch out. Would Posada have gotten the same pitch to hit with Gardner on first or second? We’ll never know but there potentially was the lead run.
Then he pulls Robertson who has been head and shoulders above Ace for the last couple of months. Robertson pitched to two batters. Unbelievable.
Oh and why not give Gardner the start today and sit either Melky or Swisher both who have been ice cold.
Why pinch hit a guy like Cervelli for Mo? Nothing against Cervelli but you see he was full of rust? Although I hate to say it Molina was a better choice because he has played in recent memory.
None of this excuses the Yankees going 0 for 20 or more with RISP.
“He has no pen. Who’s available?”
Yankees have played six games and had NINE off days since the end of the regular season. These guys, including the pen, have had plenty of rest and should be able to offer something tomorrow if need be, especially with off day #10 coming up on Wednesday.
The offense couldn’t hit. That was what cost the Yankees the game.
Girardi just sealed the coffin.
The only bullpen pitchers you can trust
Robertson
Coke/Marte (yes both of them have proven themselves)
Hughes
Mo
Joba Chamberlain is a maybe…you don’t leave him in if he gets into trouble. He should be the long reliever if he can handle the job, but Girardi has never left him in for longer than an inning. I think he can handle up to 3 innings.
Andy gave up 3 runs in 6.1 innings, not a bad performance. Made 1 mistake to Vlad.
Joba gives up 1 run in .1 inning. Bad job by him.
Not hitting with RISP hurt. Cano, Swisher, Melky not hitting.
Worst move-Girardi pulling Robertson for Aceves.
Yeah, I get the sense that if the Angels didn’t score tonight that the Yankees would have dragged this thing into the 19th inning. Anemic is the word, they had 4 good swings all night.
People need to step back and realize that the Yankees are still leading this series 2-1.
No way they were going to go undefeated in the PS.
Regardless, they are in good position.
Earlier in September, they lost the first game of the series in Anaheim, and then came back to win the next two.
mick
October 19th, 2009 at 9:38 pm
doreen
let the people speak, my god.
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Even if some of them clearly need an intervention because they’re starting to look absolutely ridiculous?
Fine, have it it. Be as ridiculous as ya’ll like. Some of you have masters degrees in it.
In the AFL tonight, Ian Kenney gave up a leadoff double in the top of the 1st inning and then struck out the next three batters. 16 pitches, so far.
Brandon Laird is 0-1, so far. Colin Curtis and Austin Romine haven’t batted, yet.
angel
who appointed you god?
most of the remarks in here are legit.
sure we are up 2-1, does that mean they have to be judged by self-appointed experts who have all the answers?
does anyone know how many people went to the Stadium tonite to watch the game?
these are controversial games with intense drama.
this a chat room for the most part.
what do you expect after a tough loss.
cookie recipes?
at least it looks like the Dodgers may tie the other series
HOw can you say ” we like the match-up better” when Kendrick is only 1-2 against robertson…in two at bats do the numbers really matter..and while we are at why can the yank pitchers not get kendrick and mathis out?? it is bizarre
I am not sure if the yanks win that game if it continues..the waay their line-up was set with the the pitcher hitting second and Jerry H. batting behind A-rod probably not…BUT don’t allow people to second guess you..The robertson move was one of the WORST moves I have seen in a long time…
You guys very seriously sound ridiculous at this point
“Girardi mismanaging the bullpen:
1) Victor Martinez vs Coke HR game. Damon bailed him out.
2) ALDS game 2. Arod bailed him out.
3) Tonight.
Just three quick ones off the top of my head. Plenty more out ”
Are you serious?
The bullpen had allowed what, 3 runs in almost 20 innings before tonight?
Is Girardi supposed to pick guys and if they give up a single run, he has failed and made a poor decision? The pitchers and choices Girardi has made via pitching have led to 4 or 5 runs in over 20 bullpen innings. I’ll take that any day. Any day of the week.