ALCS Game 5: Yankees at Angels (Part II)
Posted by: Sam Borden - Posted in Misc on Oct 22, 2009 
Print This Post
| 
Email This Post
UPDATE, 9:03 p.m.: It’s the top of the fourth and we’re into thread No. 2. There’s a long way to go yet.
UPDATE, 9:19 p.m.: Jorge Posada out to pinch-hit for Molina. Truthfully, I was expecting this in the third inning. Yankees are down and Posada has a better chance to send one out than Molina. No one warming in the Yankees pen, either, so it would appear that – gasp! – Posada is going to catch Burnett.
UPDATE, 9:26 p.m.: Lackey is dealing. His fastball is locating perfectly (got Posada looking) and his curveball is biting off the outside corner. Jeter swung and missed, then waved his bat in frustration as Lackey stalked off the mound. As for the Yankees pitching, Posada, Burnett and Dave Eiland had a quick huddle in the dugout before the inning ended. It’s been awhile since they worked together (Sept. 1, to be exact).
UPDATE, 9:36 p.m.: Well that was easy enough. Posada and Burnett had no problems that inning and you have to give Burnett credit for coming back after that disaster start. He’s now thrown five shutout innings but the Yankee hitters are absolutely helpless against Lackey. Don’t forget that in addition to keeping his team alive, Lackey is also pitching for a contract; he’s a free agent this offseason and is earning some serious bucks with his performance tonight.
UPDATE, 9:42 p.m.: A-Rod went down to get that ball, a 92 mph fastball, and crushed it off the center-field wall. His power the other way is what separates him from other sluggers. Rodriguez now has a 10-game postseason hitting streak.
UPDATE, 9:47 p.m.: Robinson Cano continues to be brutal with RISP. He hit .204 with RISP and two outs in the regular season and just stranded two more there. That was the best chance the Yankees have had off Lackey since the first inning.
UPDATE, 9:55 p.m.: And now there’s some dude in a red shirt climbing on the rocks in center field. As everyone looked, he fell in one of the waterfalls they have out there. Good to know beer sales at Angel Stadium aren’t suffering in this difficult economic time.
UPDATE, 10:05 p.m.: If the Yankees are going to get back in this game, it’s got to be now. Lackey is rattled after he didn’t get the call on what he thought was strike three to Posada. If this was a regular season game, he’d have been thrown out for showing up the ump but Culbreth showed restraint. Either way, two on, one out and Lackey upset as Jeter comes to the plate.
UPDATE, 10:07 p.m.: Four straight balls that weren’t close to Jeter. Now it’s Damon, who is a .333 career hitter off Lackey. Jepsen and Oliver warming in the pen for the Angels.
UPDATE, 10:09 p.m.: Damon’s fly to left doesn’t go deep enough to score Melky but it succeeds in ending Lackey’s night. He gets a huge ovation from the crowd, who must know they could be seeing Lackey for the last time as an Angel. Oliver coming in and the Yankees have seven outs to try and come back off the shaky Angels bullpen. This game isn’t over yet.
UPDATE, 10:12 p.m.: Teixeira was 2-for-3 lifetime against Oliver and it took one pitch to see why – he roped a double to left-center that cleared the bases and suddenly it’s 4-3. Now they’re walking A-Rod to get to Matsui.
UPDATE, 10:14 p.m.: That was Tex’s first three RBI of the series and his first since the walkoff homer in Game 2 of the ALDS.
UPDATE, 10:15 p.m.: Great point from Chad: If Cano does something here, A.J. Burnett could actually get the win.
UPDATE, 10:18 p.m.: Looks like Jered Weaver warming for the Angels.
UPDATE, 10:27 p.m.: Anyone who wanted action on Burnett being in the game in the seventh inning about three hours ago could have made a lot of money. Pretty amazing.
don’t do much when the first batter hits.
All right, new post, start of the comeback?
Well thank god it’s still early – seems as if AJ settled down, some….but Lackey looking real sharp, this can’t go back to NY!
Yankee fans line city bridges, film at 11.
p.s. Fire Cashman for signing AJ.
So dissapointed by Robby thus far, hoping he proves me wrong right here…
if cano drives in this run we win tonight.
Cano swings at the worst pitches! what is wrong with him?
seriously cano…possible the worst player in the majors with RISP
So IF we lose tonight. Saturdays weather is looking bad. They said that last weekend. but would they make the game Sunday night??? any idea? Im going so im trying to figure it out…
when the situation is slightly complex, cano is garbage
Cano doesn’t whiff with RISP if Posada is catching.
i am surprised the angels dont throw all their pitches in the dirt to cano and swish (and sometimes melky)
Why can’t anyone else start at 2B? How about Hairston?
Another terrible at bat with RISP.
Cano continues to disappoint.
Wow, curveball in the dirt, if I’m scouting the Yankees that’s all I throw when I’m ahead in the count, there’s not a lefty in our lineup who can lay off it or handle it, very bad situation.
Lackey only at 52 pitches.
Whats the purpose of new game threads?
Whats the purpose of new game threads?
That’s Robby, haha.
I think my mother knew he would throw a curve in the dirt and Robbie would swing at t. And she doesn’t speak English.
Lackey and the Angels are motivated. They’re running on pure adrenaline now. Yankees need to find a way to get some baserunners and get them running the bases!
So you don’t have to scroll for 2 minutes to get to the bottom, think mobile.
This is 2004 all over again
isn’t this one clubhouse goofball nick swisherl riles everyone up ala kevin millar?
Hey anyone know how boras got the seat right behind home plate, in that little booth area? who are those other people there? seems weird that off all the rich celebrities, politicians, and sports heavyweights, he’s in there
AJ just keep it at 4…and maybe the lineup cam get to Lackey the 3rd time around
Seriously, when Sabathia pitches we should DH for Cano. When he is cold he is completely futile.
yanks are guessing and they are guessing poorly… A-rod looking for curveball gets the fast ball inside… Cano looking for fastball gets curve ball… lackey has thrown only 50 pitches.. they are not even working the count.. next inning doesnt look promising either.. swisher, melky and molina..
Trish,
ANOTHER day off? Wow, forgot.
I guess I’ll just have to have a nice dinner when I’m in Providence tomorrow evening. Any recommendations?
BTW, Trish, the last two weeks have been a WONDERFUL time to be a Yankees fan in Boston!!!!
if it goes back to NY so be it. we finish them off there. the angels are the ones who are in panic mode. not us. they have their ace on the mound. they’re supposed to win this game. we aren’t out of this game. but we don’t HAVE to win this game. they do.
This has 2004 written all over it. Yankees look terribly nervous, Burnett and Swisher are clowns who don’t take the game seriously and don’t really care if the Yanks win or lose. Is another mammoth choke on the way?
At least we’re getting Farley instead of Fergie in the DirecTV commercials.
meant to say: isn’t this when clubhouse goofball riles everyone up ala kevin millar?
Nice to see Chris Farely is coming out of retirement and making a comeback.
Guess who would have been up in that spot, a huge spot in which a chip away run could swing some momentum right back after the Angels blew an opportunity? I’ll give you a hint, not .200 with RISP hitting Robinson Cano.
Girardi’s decision to start Molina looks dumber and dumber with every passing inning. Posada’s spot in the lineup would have already been up with a RISP most likely both at bats, and instead we have some of our most slumping hitters in Cano and Matsui.
But everyone knew this would happen, everyone except for Girardi. His overmanaging is the one thing that is holding this team back right now. He has the best team in the postseason and he refuses to take advantage of it. When your team is good enough to win, how about you let them PLAY, rather than messing around with it?
Girardi has changed his managing style from the regular season, and it’s obvious.
“This is 2004 all over again”
Awesome. I’m gonna put money on Bush winning the election in 2 weeks.
Did anyone wake them up this morning?
Cano, Teix, Matsui, and Swisher sill have no idea what they’re doing at the plate. We could have put the pressure on. Instead, AJ decided to pitch his worst game in 1.5 months. AWESOME!
I wonder how many of the “doom and gloom” posters are regular posters and how many only post when the Yankees are losing…
I feel sick.
Tom October 22nd, 2009 at 9:07 pm
This is 2004 all over again
*******
I’ll wager it is not. We have 3 chances to win 1. 2 of those chances at home. Believe!
It would be awesome if the bridge jumpers just jumped in front of a bus.
Guys the offense is awesome its all on AJ. Remember?
A new post is like the Lohud version of the Rally Monkey. And many here are also throwing their own crap around just like the Monkey!
AJ obviously doesn’t have much today. But the lineup really needs to pick it up. The at bats with RISP has been absolutely terrible. They can’t expect the Yankee pitchers to only give up 2 runs a game. It puts too much pressure on them.
will you people stop saying this is 2004 all over again because they are down 4-0 in game 5?
seriosuly give it a rest.
7-9 jitters need to continue last night if were going to win this game… I’m sitting right near Johnny in LF tonight dying to see them celebrate
Even if we lose this game, I have every confidence we will take it in New York.
Remember, this is Anaheim—I expect us to lose 2 out of 3 in this horrid place!
Boras is standing and in the corner of his box, he realizes that this position allows for the most exposure, that sick punk just wants his mug on the tv screen as much as possible, it’s good business!
people have got to stop talkin about 2004…this is 2009…only people who should talk about 2004 are yankee-haters…this game isnt over and the worst case scenario is yanks coming home up 3-2..its not 2004
If we don’t win this game then so be it. A lot of people thought we wouldn’t win till game 6. The Angels are a tough team especially in their park, and nothing seems to be going our way in this game and sometimes that happens.
thank god the angels have automatic out rivera..
does Molina get another at bat next inning..please say NO..
gyaos October 22nd, 2009 at 9:08 pm
This has 2004 written all over it. Yankees look terribly nervous, Burnett and Swisher are clowns who don’t take the game seriously and don’t really care if the Yanks win or lose. Is another mammoth choke on the way?
==========================
dude — jump, already. jump.
Risho: I’d wager a large amount are trolls. And you know what they say, don’t feed the trolls!
Risho: I’d wager a large amount are trolls. And you know what they say, don’t feed the trolls!
Nice 1-0 pitch to Hideki cheaply being called strike 1.
Com’on Rishi you really need to have that question answered?
Other posters need to stop spewing that 2004 nonsense, this is a different team
i love one bad inning and all of a sudden joe should be fired.
Mathis on fire!
Randy I, AJ’s fastball movement is just sick..Running back too much and catching too much plate..Lackey looks great and pitching for a paycheck in 2010..Jorge’s bat is missing
My family deserted me and my husband to go watch Gray’s Anatomy.
Umm, maybe I should join them? (J/K)
Maybe they should make AAA Mathis hit a fastball.
Why do they keep on hanging pitches to mathis ?
How this is 2004? Because the series might be 3-2. WE HAVE TWO MORE GAMES! some people are incredible how quickly they think its over
tex’s friend October 22nd, 2009 at 9:10 pm
will you people stop saying this is 2004 all over again because they are down 4-0 in game 5?
seriosuly give it a rest.
—-
not me, if this score holds we’ll read it enough tomorrow every time we go to yahoo, msn, etc.
how bout someone gets willie mays mathis and his .211 average out.
How does Mathis get a hit. He is the WORST hitter in the lineup!!!!!!
Let’s go, AJ. One more here.
How about that, Buck? Don’t scrape your knees on the way down or up…
Mathis is the kind of guy no one bothers to scout
If somebody mentions 2004 again I’m going to scream. And I know none of you will hear me, but I will scream anyway
We’ll still win in 6, or even 7, but our rotation will be f-ed up for the WS now.
The Phillies are already resting and setting up their ideal rotation.
We’re going to have this clown Burnett pitching in Game 1 or Game 2.
Melky getting a good workout in out there in center field.
Umpires
“Stung by a rash of blown calls in the playoffs, Major League Baseball is breaking tradition and sticking with only experienced umpires for the World Series.”
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/.....id=4586645\
Luckily AJ is only at 54 pitches if he can settle down…
I’m predicting it Jose Molina 3 home run!!!!
Jeff Mathis > sum ( Yankee offense )
Jeremy October 22nd, 2009 at 9:10 pm
If we don’t win this game then so be it. A lot of people thought we wouldn’t win till game 6. The Angels are a tough team especially in their park, and nothing seems to be going our way in this game and sometimes that happens.
———–
You are much too reasonable to be posting on this blog….!
Swisher admitted to Sweeney Murti that they’re pitching him different and he’s pressing.
He’s looking for FBs and he’s getting breaking balls.
Bad job on his part though to make an adjustment.
Not trying to be a negative nancy (sorry all nancy’s out there), but heading to Game 6 (if needed) on Sat night and their calling for Noah type rain….any truth to this?
people predicted yankees in 6. because they were up 3-1, people all of a sudden need them to win in 5.
6 games is 6 games, and it is ONLY 4-0.
This is not 2004…In 2004 the red sox were just better then the yanks…the yanks really did not have great starting pitching that could stop a losing streak…..as soon as the yanks lost games 4 and 5 in that series they weree in big trouble…Lieber vs. schilling in game 6 and kevin brown in game 7…this year if there is a game 7 it is CC big difference
please get aybar out. i hate pesky hitters like him. they always kill the yankees.
Why is everyone all over A.J. The pitches that were hit in the first inning were thrown for strikes. After the Chone walk, the Angels went up there swinging early in the count. Do you know whose job it is to realize that trend and make adjustments in his pitch calling?
Do not feed the trolls, peeps.
Burnett bends, but does not break. Again. Let’s get some runs!
burnett seems fine now. now lets hit.
Someone said on Tues that NY’s game plan should be to hit with RISP. It worked then maybe Girardi should tear up today’s game plan and just go with Tuesday’s. Could it be that simple?
5 innings to score more than four runs…hmmm, after watching this team all year I am not worried.
i hate these wanda sykes commercials. she is ugly and sounds like a rat would sound if it could speak.
Anybody who doesn’t think this is 2004 all over again must not have seen that series. The team was dead and cold as ice when they got to NY to try and clinch in game 6. This ballclub has that exact same feel to it now. And Pettitte stinks at home, which is another bad omen.
And I agree with whoever said that Burnett and Swisher are clowns. They are an embarrassment.
it’s all just a little ridiculous…the season is over…the Yankees suck…blah blah blah
ugh, yuck
OK, AJ is trying to make amends. Can the hitters reward his efforts?
The only problem I see tonight is Lackey apparently is on his game. AJ may give up nothing else the rest of the way, and it won’t matter.
But it’s one game. And it’s not over.
nyyankspg October 22nd, 2009 at 9:12 pm
I’m predicting it Jose Molina 3 home run!!!!
———————-
If that happens I will buy you a WS ticket! (at Yankee Stadium of course)
“I’m predicting it Jose Molina 3 home run!!!!”
that would require melky and swisher getting on base..is that possible??
If Jose Molina has another AB in this game, God help us all!
2004er’s = Birther’s
Sometimes its best just to laugh off the idiots.
We are only down by 4 runs. And if we can keep it there we still have a chance. Especially with Fuentes closing the game.
Need runs here before it gets late.. Rally up jetes!
Yanks will win this series but this offense does need to wake up! Go down swinging!
The Fergie DirectTV commercials only happen when Posada is catching.
Josh– yeah i saw it too. I have tickets!! I guess the game would be sunday??? Night game probably because football is on during the day!
Lackey is not CC we just have to get to the bullpen
2004 all over again.
Erica, not sure why my comment about your PBF Damon is not posting but he was so safe. Can’t believe another bad call!
Wanda Sykes>George Lopez, Lopez is the worst!! Sykes worked on the Chris Rock Show! That’s a good sign…
“Why can’t anyone else start at 2B? How about Hairston?”
Girardi will leave Cano at 2b.
He should have sat Swisher for Gardner.
“Lieber vs. schilling in game 6 and kevin brown in game 7…this year if there is a game 7 it is CC big difference”
Well, Pettitte stinks at home, so that probably means game 6 is a loss. Then you rely on CC on short rest again…wow.
Jeff NJ October 22nd, 2009 at 9:14 pm
2004er’s = Birther’s
Sometimes its best just to laugh off the idiots.
==========================================
So sick of Cano, Swisher and Matsui…can’t hit with RISP!!
Start chipping away boys
If you have been paying attention at all to this game, the score IS 40-0 Angels NOT 4-0.
Please keep up will you?
we get the ‘fat guy’ commercials when molina is catching.
“Why is everyone all over A.J.”
He gave up four runs in the first inning..making it difficult to win the game..he deserves everyone getting on him..
Josh
October 22nd, 2009 at 9:13 pm
Not trying to be a negative nancy (sorry all nancy’s out there), but heading to Game 6 (if needed) on Sat night and their calling for Noah type rain….any truth to this?
———
Yes. It will either be postponed to Sunday, or it will be played in a steady miserable rain on Saturday. Probably the latter.
2004? My taskbar says 2009.
Enough complaining about the umpiring. That’s not what’s losing this game for the Yankees; its the anemic batting and the erratic pitching by Burnett.
I hope I don’t Jinx it but this is the first time this year that AJ has lost it and recovered in the same game…Even if we lose i think if AJ can hold on it will be a good experience for him.
Molina has got to go this inning. We had man on first (Tex) and Robbie striking out. That is jorges spot. Enough. Burnett is shaken up either way. We need the bat not a zen catcher
We need some hits here…. We need to get lackey off balance…let’s goooooo
Are people really surprised the Yanks might not beat Lackey twice in a 7 game series?
Still plenty of baseball to play if AJ keeps putting up 0′s.
I just don’t see matsui, swisher, cano suddenly delivering for a game 6.
This is 2009 not 2004. Yankees will go the World Series.
It appears AJ has settled down. But our bats need to wake up. Pat M Posada wouldn’t be doing much right now because he’d have nobody to hit in…
DC, I’ll meet you at the other place after the game and we can talk about tomorrow.
I’m with everyone else who feels that this series will be ours and that going to the Stadium certainly favors the Yanks.
But since I still hope that we take this game, I decided that the Yanks will take it 7-5. (That gives us wiggle room for them scoring another run.)
This is NOTHING like 2004.
I just reminded myself that I had said a few days ago that all the Yankees really needed to do was to win one game in Anaheim. I even remember typing that I would be fine with that, even that while they were in the processing of losing whatever game(s) they lost, I’d be unhappy. So, I’m holding on to that thought and simultaneously praying they get something going.
Also, I just check a couple of calendars in my house, and sure enough, it’s 2009.
the next guy who swings at strike three on a curve in the dirt should be removed immediately.
Have you been to the World Series lately?
C’mon, lets’ GO!!!!!!
we just need a run
“Then you rely on CC on short rest again…wow.”
Problem is he won’t be on short rest…
dennisrasmussen
I have never seen you on this blog. You must be a troll.
Second, Andy pitches well in big games, and the Angels best pitcher is Lackey. This is not the 2004 Red Sox where Pedro, Schilling, and Lowe are pitching.
Uh-oh… 2-2, curve ball in the dirt,
here is comes… ball in the dirt.
Have all the non-believers left yet? Its time for a rally.
“Lieber vs. schilling in game 6 and kevin brown in game 7…this year if there is a game 7 it is CC big difference”
Well, Pettitte stinks at home, so that probably means game 6 is a loss. Then you rely on CC on short rest again…wow.
xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Game 6 will be postponed (90% chance of rain in NY on weather.com)
So an extra day of rest (total 5 days) for CC for game 7
“OK, AJ is trying to make amends. Can the hitters reward his efforts?”
Sorry, but nothing can make up for taking your team out of the game before the idiot can records an out. Burnett is a good-for-nothing clown who is only good for the foolish and tired pie routine.
2004.
dennisrasmussen
October 22nd, 2009 at 9:15 pm
“Lieber vs. schilling in game 6 and kevin brown in game 7…this year if there is a game 7 it is CC big difference”
Well, Pettitte stinks at home, so that probably means game 6 is a loss. Then you rely on CC on short rest again…wow.
Sorry, but he will be on regular rest. Actually, you need not worry, he will be starting Game 1 on extended rest.
i will just take some baserunners please
If we can’t score some runs, at least get his pitch count up. Ugh.
The Whiffer at it again.
I like how Swisher nodded in agreement like “yep, I swung, good call blue”
yeah time to bench nick.
HEY, SWISHER STRUCK OUT! shocker….
Swisher striking out was aj’s fault
Swisher is soooo bad right now!!! What do we do with him?
Eric Hinske for Swisher yet? Swish is struggling
Believe it or not:
Burnett only threw 5 more pitches than Burnett through 4 innings.
Crazy, especially with those short innings that Lackey has been throwing.
Lackey is 44-1 w/ a 4 run lead in his career, it’s about to be 45-1, he’s on like CC was for us, they are coming back to NY. And they finally got ahead on Al.:(
Rasmussen – u sound very silly with the 2004 nonsense.Pettitte and Sabathia at home in Games 6 and 7. And 4 plus at bats left here. Stop making a fool of urself.
This is standard, you need to pounce on Lackey in the first or he shuts you down for 6 innings.
I guess the good thing about swisher not getting on base is that you don’t have to watch him run the bases…just trying to look on the bright side…
Nick was Be Bopping after his latest K
TIME TO PINCH HIT!
“Second, Andy pitches well in big games”
I seem to recall him gagging away a 3 run lead just a few days ago.
Gotta pinch hit Posada for AJ.
Brian NYY October 22nd, 2009 at 9:14 pm
Yanks will win this series but this offense does need to wake up! Go down swinging!
=======================================
It’s all Girardi and Cashman’s fault.
If Cash didn’t sign AJ, then GI Joe wouldn’t use Molina, and if Posada was catching, then the ARod wouldn’t have struck out looking. It’s the posada groupies version of the domino theory (the entire lineup hinges on Posada).
Yay Molina out. Finally
He has No business being in this lineup
ok, posada time?
What in the sam hill is going on?
Oops!
Burnett only threw 5 more pitches than Lackey through 4 innings.
does that mean AJ is out?
Yah. That last strike to Swish was a tough one.
melky!
Let’s go Jorge!
posada is coming in.
he made the switch!
At least Nick saw 6 pitches for that strikeout.
But since I still hope that we take this game, I decided that the Yanks will take it 7-5. (That gives us wiggle room for them scoring another run.)
Now that’s my kind of thinking!!!!
If the Yankees win the WS, then yes, I’d want to sign Lackey. He’s obviously way superior to Burnett.
HIP HIP…give me a Jorge…
He’s been so bad the first two rounds, we might as well go with a fast lineup in the WS and put Hinske back on the roster, we dont need a head case who swings and misses and plays terrible defense…
Posada is going to hit a homer..
Pettite will be great saturday!!!!!! RELAX!!!
2 run homerun…
Here comes Jip Jip Jorge!!!!!
I told you so.
Swisher and Burnett are nothing but clowns. This game is OVER.
Good move by Joe. About time.
pettitte wont haver to pitch til game 3 in philly
just keep the line going, lets get another hit….
next time around the top of the lineup is going to score some runs, i hope its this inning rather than next…
The next time I see Molina playing in a Yankee uniform…it better be Old Timer’s Day.
AJ stinks
I look forward to the comments on this blog after AJ starts giving up runs with Posada behind the plate….NOT!!!!!
Hip…hip…
oh geeez, I wonder if we will score against Lackey.
Is AJ done? Or is he just going to pitch to Posada?
tell me again why we needed Guzman AND Gardner on this roster if Gardner was never gonna play? and tell me why if Gardner was never gonna play that Hinske isnt the choice to have over guzman on the bench…
2004 was a once-in-a-century thing. God having pity on the Red Sox.
This ain’t 2004.
Can Melky steal a base here?
someone who doesnt swing at the ball in the dirt?
Thank you Joe G for finally making a move that everyone agrees on… no second guessing here!
hopefully next time around Hairston and Gardner are in for Cano and Swisher.
Melky asleep on the bases but caught a break.
melky isnt stealing. posada is in there to hit a homerun.
Anyone bringing up 2004 is a troll.
Just ignore them.
They spent all day hearing about the amazing golfing exploits of their beloved Red Sox or Met players.
They just miss real baseball.
Just keep the line moving.
first of all the yanks are not up 3 games to none..so I don’t get the 2004 talk…
“This ain’t 2004.”
What a relief. I don’t think I could take another 5 years wondering what the numbers mean in Lost.
SO GOOD!!!!
Molina could have done that too….nice Jorge..
at least we know molina wouldn’t have done any better… and there was no dp.
Thank God for Posada!!
oops.
how do you look at that!!!!!!!!!!!????
posada and alex can compare notes.
Those low strikes are killing them
Gotta swing the bat early against this guy. Molina coulda done that!
“Posada is going to hit a homer..”
This is John Lackey not some stiff.
He’s 44-1 career wise w/ a 4 run lead for a reason.
That was some good pitching by Lackey. You have to give him credit.
I hope Jeter’s feeling better.
Let’s go Jeter!
Holy crap, what is with our hitters tonight?
These are pitches right over the plate. Talk about waving the white flag. This is embarrassing.
what are the posada groupies gonna do now that their idol struck out.
This is EXACTLY like 2004, imo. The Yanks took all sorts of fastballs right down the pipe in the final 3 games and they are doing the same thing now. You can feel the choke building and building and building.,,
““This ain’t 2004.”
What a relief. I don’t think I could take another 5 years wondering what the numbers mean in Lost.”
THAT WAS THE LINE OF THE NIGHT!!!! STILL LAUGHING…
Anyone else want Lackey in our rotation next year?
Awww so cute. Its the return of the random name trolls.
He’s 44-1 career wise w/ a 4 run lead for a reason.
___
44- AND 1….
also how many of those were 4 all scored in the 1st inning.
JasonR: I wouldn’t hold out too much hope for much of an explanation about the numbers.
Some time tonight Alex will come to the plate representing the tying or go ahead run. That’s all I am hoping for.
Yeah, definitely take Lackey over Burnett. Lackey knows where the ball is going.
Watching Burnett always makes me nervous, because you know he can walk the opposing team into a big inning at any time.
I don’t know why people are so surprised. A lot of people said that this series would go to 6.
“This is EXACTLY like 2004, imo.”
Well, not exactly. There aren’t any Arrested Development commercials playing on FOX.
Id prefer they sign Lackey over that Chapman fellow. thats for sure
This veteran team isn’t exactly making adjustments you would think they would.
Pretty obvious how the Angels are pitching to the Yankees.
44-1 means he lost once before yes? Means it can be done.
“what are the posada groupies gonna do now that their idol struck out”
does that make you a molina groupie? I am not sure what that post means…
Man, I wish I had time to post on Red Sox/Mets blogs. But my team is still in the post season. Oh well.
Why’s a two out rally so damn hard for this team? Come on!!!
come on captain lets keep this inning alive
JasonR
October 22nd, 2009 at 9:22 pm
“This ain’t 2004.”
What a relief. I don’t think I could take another 5 years wondering what the numbers mean in Lost.
————
That is hilarious!
HIP HIP………………………….
YankeeRay October 22nd, 2009 at 9:24 pm
Anyone else want Lackey in our rotation next year?”
Nope.
He’s injury prone and was incredibly erratic this year.
But I’ll certainly entertain any Roy Halladay “Hypotheticals”…
If Lackey wants to win this game he will have to all 9.
“That was some good pitching by Lackey. You have to give him credit.’.
Why it’s a lot easier being stupid
We are screwed. I am conceding the game.
Saunders will pitch for game 6. I don’t think we could touch him.
Ugh, why do they have to have an offensive outburst one game, and the follow it up with blanks?
It’s getting late early!
The panic here is incredible…most people predicted winning in 6 or 7 and you have to lose a few for that to happen. So everyone get a grip and stop losing faith. It’s just ugly here!
no one wants lackey and another aj contract.
Evan, I get what you’re trying to do, but you’re missing the mark by a wide margin.
where are all the big mouth posada groupies now?
nothing to say about that strike out?
to be fair you can’t keep blaming the hitters..they are facing a really tough pitcher who has come up big before inthe post season….
Melky on the move…
Posada, pressure, looking…
Lost against Lackey…
UnJeterian
Yankee Ray -
IF he weren’t so difficult to look at, I’d like to have Lackey on the staff.
What are they swinging at! COme on Yanks. You guys are much better then this.
“That was some good pitching by Lackey. You have to give him credit.”
No doubt. We have to get in the bullpen. But the way Lackey is pitching, that won’t be til the 9th, if then.
We are watching a master pitch for his supper.
gyaos October 22nd, 2009 at 9:23 pm
This is EXACTLY like 2004, imo. The Yanks took all sorts of fastballs right down the pipe in the final 3 games and they are doing the same thing now. You can feel the choke building and building and building.,,
Isn’t there something on network TV you can watch. What real value does that comments have?
Predictable curve coming for a K.
Anyone else dislike the Angels more than the Red Sox. Those stupid thunder sticks. Rally Monkey. Small Ball. Constant references to Yankees Payroll despite being huge free agent players themselves. Etc. Etc.
Ok, evidently we give up. This is f-ing ridiculos.
Napoleon Dynamite is going to strike out 20 Yankees at this rate.
im really having a hard time with how many straight fastballs they look at and how many low and outside curves they swing at.
This is great, now we have to hear the 2004 crap again
He’s an ace for a reason. Guys were not touching him tonight, he’s got Al handcuffed, Jetes fishing, Teix looking.
Since FOX is already promoting Game Six…
Weather for Yankee Stadium on Saturday night – Isolated thunderstorms. Rain. Rain May be heavy at Times. Breezy with lows in the lower 50s. South winds 15 to 20 mph… Becoming west after midnight. Chance of rain 90 percent.
Creepy to see Chris Farley in a TV commercial.
at least we get to see what happens when hell freezes over…posada catches burnett
Lackey is a free agent. Do we go after him instead of Andy?
at least Jorge will get up again. which wouldn’t be the case if he was used as a late-innings PH.
“JasonR: I wouldn’t hold out too much hope for much of an explanation about the numbers.”
No way. They have to explain the numbers.
I dont know whats more pitiful – yankee *fans* that hate on their own team, or Red Sox/Mets fans with so little going on in their lives that they’re spending time trolling a Yankee blog.
Both appear to be equally pathetic ways to pass time.
Trolls = Fat Guy in a Little Coat…just too funny
Burnett has done his job and kept it manageable. How about this offense stops swinging at curveballs in the dirt?
70 pitches through 5 innings, pathetic.
So Jeter takes fastballs right down the middle and swings at a breaking ball in the dirt 3 feet outside…
2004.
THE CHOKE BEGINS.
i see our approach now. swing at balls 3 feet off plate and take the cookies right down the middle. repeat until game over…..
where are all the big mouth posada groupies now?
nothing to say about that strike out?
———-
freaking Arod himself couldn’t hit this guy.
Well, the good news is that we’ll probably see Fuentes at some point in this game.
Jeter mouthed “2004″ after that strikeout.
Go back and see it again.
Unreal. They get down and they just fold.
would you really rather have molina up in that spot then posada?? I mean really?? Really?? yes he struck out i get it..but you are putting up a guy who at any moment could hit a 2 run homer and get you back in the game….
The Yankee batters are completely being baffled by the Angels’ pitch selection. They’re taking fastballs down the middle looking for curves and swinging wildly at curves looking for fastballs. They need to be like George Costanza — just look for the opposite pitch that you think is coming.
All these strikouts are painful to watch!
““This is EXACTLY like 2004, imo.”
you forget ron at the end of your last word.
Our hitters tonight look as if they’ve been affected by that cheap call to Tex in the first inning. They are taking fastballs over the heart of the plate and swinging at slop.
Angel – A tale told by idiots, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing
October 22nd, 2009 at 9:24 pm
Awww so cute. Its the return of the random name trolls.
=====
Pity them. They have no games of their own to watch.
Posada catching Burnett?
Is Trisha doing her best excorcist impersonation?
This series is so going 7.
i am really tired of this team swinging at terrible pitches, and letting meatballs through. I don’t understand it. It really feels like the Angels have a plan, and it’s working perfectly.
If not for a-rods heroics, where are we this postseason? we’re in trouble is where we are.
i thought we could come back, but its not even how lackey is pitching, its how the yankees are swinging.
Well I guess we will be hearing about 2004 until this series is finished. I actually feel pretty good, I was more upset in Game 3 because I thought we could take that game. But I had a strange gut feeling that we weren’t going to win this game. We could still win it but Lackey looks good.
man some of you guys are bridge jumpers, it’s 4 runs guys not 10
Was that someone else conceding the game? Don’t enjoy seeing a dramatic come from behind victory?
From Tweeter, early preview from Flash:
“Saunders versus Pettitte. Edge – Saunders.”
“Anyone else dislike the Angels more than the Red Sox. ”
I don’t dislike the Angels. They are a good team and you have to respect that. The Red Sox? Them, I hate. Almost every last one of them (save for Tito and Lowell).
so let’s get this straight:
1 is a fastball
2 is a curve…
is it that hard to “be on the same page”
I think what happened here is actually important.
No more Molina to hide behind. No more compromising the lineup to baby AJ.
You’ve got unreal stuff. Be accountable for making it work.
Michael T
October 22nd, 2009 at 9:26 pm
Anyone else dislike the Angels more than the Red Sox. Those stupid thunder sticks. Rally Monkey. Small Ball. Constant references to Yankees Payroll despite being huge free agent players themselves. Etc. Etc.
——–
Uh, no. The Angels could key my car, egg my house, and crap in my hat, and I’d still love them compared to the Sux and their fans.
“Burnett has done his job and kept it manageable.”
LOL, giving up 4 runs before you get an out is keeping the game “manageable”!!!! The game was over before the Yanks went to bat in the second inning.
chrisC
October 22nd, 2009 at 9:28 pm
Jeter mouthed “2004? after that strikeout.
Go back and see it again.
——————————————–
I did, there was nothing there. Thanks for trolling, play again
As Harold Reynolds said, this is one of the most obvious guess hitting lineups in the game right now.
Some nights they guess right and score 10 runs, and some nights they are being out guessed and look like garbage.
These guys have so much natural talent, and they are all guessing! A-Rod could hit almost any pitch over the fence, and he’s standing there taking called strikes “guessing” the pitches. These guys need to just see the ball hit the ball sometimes.
gyaos means “troll” in pig latin.
(yeah, this post doesn’t make sense either)
Let Molina Go, Let Nady Go, Let Matsui Go (Frees up $22M)….re-sign Pettitte to the same incentive based contract, re-sign Damon for less than $13 Mill per, Make him the DH so he stays healthy and Plug Holliday into LF…..from there Go with Jeter, Damon, Teixeira, Rodriguez, Holliday, Posada, Cano, Swisher, Cabrera…….Rotation: Sabathia, Burnett, Pettitte, Gaudin, Chamberlain…..and pray for Wang to make a return around the ASB. Matsui has to go…he cant run and hes plugging up the DH.
this game will be blamed all on AJ. he deserves his share but its our HITTERS who simply have mailed this one in. its really painful to watch our at bats tonite. swish has a lifetime horrible avg vs lackey and Girardi hard headed not letting media influence him, sticks w him for what reason i will NEVER know.
Buddy – F off.
Thanks.
Brandon Awesome (BECAUSE I’M AWESOME!) October 22nd, 2009 at 9:29 pm
This series is so going 7.
________________________________________________________________
I so hope you’re wrong.
SWISHER SALUTE!
October 22nd, 2009 at 9:29 pm
man some of you guys are bridge jumpers, it’s 4 runs guys not 10
>> for some reason, you don’t know Lackey is pitching and Oliver could be coming in if needed.
impactful? did he say impactful? is that a word??
It looked like it might be 8-0 Angels by now.
4-0 is hardly insurmountable…
especially for the COMEBACK KIDS!!
keep the faith!!
Buddy Biancalana-
I thought Trisha liked the AJ/Molina combo but trusted Girardi to made the right in game decisions.
maybe this ends the idiotic catching issue.
and carrying 3 catchers on a roster.
gyaos, I completely agree!
We get our 1st 2 on with 0 outs and the next 3 proceed th K, pop to 1st and ground out to 1st.
They get on, single, single, single, single!
Game was over right there.
I keep saying it but I’m amazed this team has yet to adjust to the breaking pitches they’re getting.
Either they’re completely dumb or they’re annoying the video (which I’m sure they’re watching). Still going up looking for FB. smh
I mean this late into a series it’s pretty damn obvious the Angels are going breaking ball to finish you off.
Completely clueless.
The “Experiment” is over.
Kiss and make up.
Explain to me how Burnett is “doing his job”, by putting his team in a 4 run hole on the road in the first inning.
That’s not “keeping it close”.
That’s a garbage performance.
You can’t be that dumb.
John Lackey is 44-1 in his career when given a 4 run lead.
This is all on Burnett tonight.
Laura, they kinda/sorta revealed where the numbers come from in some off-show thing between seasons two and three.
I can post a link if you’de like.
Supposedly it isn’t necessarily ‘canon’, but from what I’ve read there really might not be a full explanation. Who knows, it could still happen.
“man some of you guys are bridge jumpers, it’s 4 runs guys not 10″
44-1 career record vs teams when he has a 4 run lead…It will take a miracle the way he’s pitching tonight. Think as it as them not touching CC. That’s what’s going on.
Looked Jorge was telling AJ in the dugout:
“You really hurt me man. All I wanted to do was catch for you”
Yankees get their first break tonight. Here is where it starts!
What is the difference between losing 4-0, with all the runs scored in the 1st…or losing 1-0 with a walk-off in the 9th?
hey rosenthal i like posada and all but “postseason legend”?
chrisC October 22nd, 2009 at 9:28 pm
Jeter mouthed “2004? after that strikeout.
Go back and see it again.
LOL!!
Line of the night!!
Well Played that’s the first laugh I’d had in 90+ mins..
no way i’d rather have lackey than pettitte.
gyaos October 22nd, 2009 at 9:30 pm
“Burnett has done his job and kept it manageable.”
LOL, giving up 4 runs before you get an out is keeping the game “manageable”!!!! The game was over before the Yanks went to bat in the second inning.
================================
This game was over when Posada was left out of the line-up card. the entire line-up hinges on jorge.
Trisha-
Good stuff! Glad you have a sense of humor & maybe some closure to Po/AJ.
Serenity now-we will get through this game
1 more AJ, then hopefully the offense can try and do somthing.
I love how small ball is a reason for some people to hate the Angels. That’s just dumb. It works for them and they win b/c of them. Shame on them.
one more out
Trevor,
I have to agree.
At this point, i’d rather see them take a called third strike on the curveball than swing at hte pitch in the dirt.
Lackey KNOWS he doesnt have to throw strikes on 3-2 and they’ll swing.
cant let that happen.
Changing catchers in the middle of the game speaks volumes.
1.AJ get it together.
2.Joe is over your Prima Dona act,pitch!
Posada career:
vs. Lackey- .414/.469/586
Girardi has no argument. The fact that his team is getting shut out just compounds it, but the decision was obvious and he screwed it up.
I second guess giradi a lot, but noone really thinks molina should still be in the game..do they…the score is 4-0 we have got to get the best offense in there and hope somehow AJ burnett could just deal with not getting everything the way he wants it…
This game is ripe for us to get back in, lots of games the 7th is a big inning for us, maybe tonight too.
What on earth is a gyaos? A typo-ed gyros?
“I thought Trisha liked the AJ/Molina combo but trusted Girardi to made the right in game decisions.”
KF, thank you and God bless you. That has been exactly my position.
If AJ pitched yesterday he’d be up for the win and we’d all be talking about how much of a fighter he was for battling even though he didn’t have his best stuff.
Laura – Don’t call him A-Rod. His new nickname is “Alex the late”!
October 22nd, 2009 at 9:29 pm
“Anyone else dislike the Angels more than the Red Sox. ”
I don’t dislike the Angels. They are a good team and you have to respect that. The Red Sox? Them, I hate. Almost every last one of them (save for Tito and Lowell).
Last time I checked the Red Sox were a good team too. Outsmarted themselves this offseason though. If they’d manned up and paid the toll for CC and Tex like Cashman did then I think we’d be watching them play while our boyz played golf (without the random trolling of their blogs though).
Why is Joe Buck not talking about what the Yankees can do to get back in the game?
The way he spoke rabidly throughout Games 1 through 4 about what the Angels could do to win, hit, pitch, shower, bathe, clean, quiet our crowd, get their crowd involved, make the Yankees look foolish, look like “Angels”
Ya know what the easy solution to all this A.J./Jose/Jorge controversy, just let Jose call the game from the dugout, signal his pitch selection to Jorge, who then gives it to A.J. That way, you have Jose calling the game, Jorge’s bat in the lineup, and the same inconsistent A.J., not that tonight is on him.
You have to understand the poor troll mentality.
Their teams have never come back from a 4-0 deficit all year.
They don’t think it’s possible.
It must be terrible to know your team stinks and is playing golf in October.
Orlando Chris – forget that forecast. On both friday and saturday of last week they were calling for 90% chance of rain that day and we never got a drop.they are not smart 3 hours out, no less 2 days.
burnett’s 4 runs wouldnt matter if the yankees don’t score 1.
SJ44 or who ever
Burnett obviously didn’t do his job, but the rest of the team can still pick him up. That’s part of what makes some games more dramatic than others. A wise man or woman said “you just can’t predict baseball”
Honestly, this team deserves to hear about 2004 until they do something to atone for it.
Burnett had a chance tonight, and blew it horribly. Let’s try again in Game 6.
John Lackey is 44-1 in his career when given a 4 run lead
44-2 sounds nice…
So if saturday game is PPD. we wont have baseball until sunday! I have tickets for game 6.. i guess i will have to wait an extra day. football and then playoff game isnt a bad day. and if yanks win 10x better!!!…
“Laura, they kinda/sorta revealed where the numbers come from in some off-show thing between seasons two and three. ”
That doesn’t fly with me. I want something on the air.
I wish Ernie was a Yankee
“Honestly, this team deserves to hear about 2004 until they do something to atone for it. ”
Yeah, they should be forced to read Million Dollar Baby reviews on the plane back to New York.
“Buddy – F off.”
Red flag on that from the person who never gets personal and never insults anyone.
hey rosenthal i like posada and all but “postseason legend”?
———————-
He’s a legend, trust me.
This is unfnbelievable. MLB has made a change with the umps for the WS. Can you imagine that CB Bucknor was scheduled to ump in the WS? I went to college with him and played ball. He was a terrible pitcher
and is a much worse ump. His name in college was Cedric not CB.
Crazy
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/.....id=4586645
Did you know
Posada destroyed the periodic table, because he only recognizes the element of surprise.
I can’t believe this series fell apart for the Yanks so quickly. One minute we’re up 3 games to 1, and the next we’re still up 3 games to 1.
Oh wait, nevermind.
Johnny Damon, I love you. Lets get it started
CR9: Too busy wiping his mouth and dusting off his knees from talking about Mathis…
i love how people think not having posada in the lineup meant we were doomed. 1, he cant score 4 runs on his own. 2. he struck out in his first AB
posada will likely be catching for burnett the rest of the playoffs.
“John Lackey is 44-1 in his career when given a 4 run lead
44-2 sounds nice…”
45-1 looks to be the guarantee right now.
Not bad, not bad. Go, go, go!
yanks never go quietly…they get back in this game..they might not win..but they will make it tough….no reason to fear..beating angels in 5 games is tough…but beating the yanks in 7 is even tougher..I can’t believe people are worried….
WE ARE COMING BACK IN THIS GAME TO WIN>
Trisha,
For what’s it’s worth I’m in your camp.
It really seemed like Burnett was laboring against Guerrero but he got through it, and if nothing else he did a good job getting past a miserable start to at least eat 5 innings and not kill our bullpen for Game 6, good comeback AJ!!!
Come on Yanks rally!
I can’t believe this series fell apart for the Yanks so quickly. One minute we’re up 3 games to 1, and the next we’re still up 3 games to 1.
__
actually if i just started reading this today, i’d think we were down 3-1.
If they had put a couple runs up in the 1st they would still be right in this game. Instead it looks like an awful large hill to climb.
Burnett has become Bush and now Obama. Whatever happens it is Burnett’s fault.
This game is so far from over, just work some counts, stop flailing at the curve. We can get 4.
SJ, Randy, CB, PaT M, are you surprised by Butnett’s move to first base? I was never aware that he was that quick. I remember the Seattle game when he picked off Suzuki twice in the game. It’s one of the better moves for a right hander since Steve Busby.
Makes it a “little” tough to be in a 4 run first inning hole on the road against their ace.
It’s all on AJ tonight.
At least this ends the personal catcher nonsense.
KF October 22nd, 2009 at 9:35 pm
SJ44 or who ever
Burnett obviously didn’t do his job, but the rest of the team can still pick him up.
Debatable, his job changed. True he had a rocky start but then his job became not letting them score again which he hasn’t for 4 innings. If we don’t score much of what is flying around here becomes Moot. I think it’s more on our batters than the pitchers. No runs in 5 innings.
AJ had a rough start….but 4 runs is average for him…you cant expect him to blank the Angels every time he faces them…..4 runs or less against the Angels is a solid start. Problem is you usually don’t win a game if you cant score atleast 4-5 runs….and the Yanks cant hit nothing, yet….hopefully that changes right now.
time for Mark Teixeira to SHOW UP in this ALCS
enough of the grace period…
ARod would get killed if he put up numbers like Teixeira (and Teixeira is not going to be an AL MVP like ARod was in ’05 and ’07)
Evan – since we lost the game when posada was leftout of the lineup, then explain how we won game 2 of the alds and alcs? Or, just admit what u said was really stupid and don’t bother explaining how those games were won.
It starts now!!!
it’s only 4 runs. again it is on the offense that put up a goose egg so far, and looked pretty lousy doing it.
“I can’t believe this series fell apart for the Yanks so quickly. One minute we’re up 3 games to 1, and the next we’re still up 3 games to 1.”
——————————-
Perfect. Especially for the fact that the Angels played like crap in New York during the first two games. Guess where they’re going IF they win this game.
Just changed my sweatshirt and changed sitting positions. Trying to do whatever I can to get some good luck going
Well how many of you really thought in your hearts that we would take this game with Lackey on the hill at Angels Stadium (a place the Yankees have not played well ) ?
If we lose so be it. We go back to the Bronx in the cold and finish the job. Leiber and Kevin Brown are not pitching the nest two games so calm down.
Wow I just looked, AJ at 69 pitches and Lackey at 70. Is Lackey coming to the end of his rope?
hmmm, let’s see Lackey’s pitching strategy….
Curve, Curve, Fastball, Curve, Curve… K!
One of the MOST positive person on the team is Jeter,he’d never mouth 2004.he’s a fighter.
“Honestly, this team deserves to hear about 2004 until they do something to atone for it.
Burnett had a chance tonight, and blew it horribly. Let’s try again in Game 6.”
Give me a break. THIS team is not the team that was there is 2004. THIS team deserves to be judged on their own merits. Last I looked they had the best record in the majors.
The Angels made it to the ALCS because they are obviously a good team.
Worried with the Yankees up 3-1? Here’s as clue. Philly was tied 1-1 and got home and took care of business.
The LAST thing I am worried about is the Yankees playing at the Stadium. I still haven’t given up on tonight but I am worried not at all if it gets back to the Stadium.
And by the way – are you stunned that a postseason team with its back against the wall is playing for all it has? Geeze, I’m not.
E P C, I like that speech, but really the only thing that made us touch this guy was that he had no feeling on his curve in the NY cold, and 1 big missed pop up. This guy is closing the door tonight, w/ authority. Guaranteed 2 teams are taking a flight to NY.
putting one up would be nice.
GB,
he’s quicker to first than I remember.
It may be something he has been working on.
2 well hit balls 2 outs..
Some of the balls have been hit hard, but the Yankees have not been lucky.
No Hitting going on
well something good. tex is getting a little closer to hitting again.
Damon, 2-0 pitch, cheap strike 1, Damon forced to swing at pitch 4.
Wow. Fox is giving Fieldin Culbreth his moment in the sun for his antiNY strike zone tonight.
Two bagger!!!
Surprised they didn’t call Arod out.
starting to hit him hard
Silver lining-wise, AJ has given the Yanks a chance to chip their way back into this thing despite the wretched start. If they’d scored a run or 2 through 6 then at least there would be some pressure packed late innings against a weak pen.
Thought Arod rode that one out of here.
he just missed that…
Just missed it
Almost Gone.
If you think about it, we are only 1 A-rod grand slam away from tying the game.
that missed by 2 feet tops. 3 hard hit balls this innings.
Paging Mark Texiera’s bat. Please report to the postseason. You are desperately needed. A-Rod doubles – no one on base
off the top of the wall, nothing is going right tonight
Alex doesn’t go for two if molina was catching.
too bad nobody was on base. but he’s heating up folks.
way to go A Rod
Great, matsui is up
Anyone thinks he’s left at second base?
If Posada had started A-Rod’s hit would have been a home run.
Let’s get one at least…
Good job, A-rod!
Fly High Deki!!
“Their teams have never come back from a 4-0 deficit all year.
They don’t think it’s possible.”
LOL!
DT gets the award as the dumbest poster of the night for thinking the Yanks will come back and win this game. NO WAY. I’ll bet anyone here this game is history.
2004.
Tex made out. Blame Burnett
can’t wait until matsui is gone. deadweight.
Matsui-san has been non-existant
i can’t believe how bad matsui has looked this week.
Hey guys -
Posada’s back in the lineup, but he’s not where he should be. What do you think?
Work em HI!
gyaos
October 22nd, 2009 at 9:42 pm
“Their teams have never come back from a 4-0 deficit all year.
They don’t think it’s possible.”
LOL!
DT gets the award as the dumbest poster of the night for thinking the Yanks will come back and win this game. NO WAY. I’ll bet anyone here this game is history.
2004.
*****
DT-
Make a speech!!!
Brian NYY October 22nd, 2009 at 9:40 pm
hmmm, let’s see Lackey’s pitching strategy….
Curve, Curve, Fastball, Curve, Curve… K!
—
troll post, troll post, troll post…
If Posada had started, 9-11 wouldn’t have happened.
Got some Blue Oyster Cult Godzilla playing for the occasion….
at what point do you start looking for a breaking ball away? At what point Hideki?
Does that hat make Kate Hudson look fat?
whats hurt us on offense tonight is swinging at ball 4s, and not turning over the lineup.
We’ve just been real poor at the plate.
I am very worried – even going back to NY.
This team is tensing up (after seeing Burnett’s deflating performance)
No one has hit with RISP. If they were to win the ALCS, they would be the lowest hitting team with RISP to win an ALCS
Everyone (besides ARod) is gripping the bat so tight, trying to hit a HR every time up.
Very reminiscent of games 4,5,6,7 of 2004 ALCS
Curve ball coming.
breaking ball in the dirt is my predicitoj
Hideki is such dead weight, his RBI double in Game 1 propelled us to victory.
Have to give Lackey credit. Thus far he is shutting down the Yanks.
AJ needs a Dave Duncan intervention. He may be the only pitching coach that can fix him.
“We go back to the Bronx in the cold and finish the job. Leiber and Kevin Brown are not pitching the nest two games so calm down.”
Pettitte in Yankee Stadium is just as bad.
It’s like clockwork. 2 strikes? Breaking ball in the dirt. The yankees will swing at it. And it’s almost like they have to.
If Hideki Matsui rolls another weak ground ball to the 2nd baseman!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Please don’t Hideki…don’t do it
Matsui is due.
Anyone hate the thundersticks as much as I do??????
Even if Hideki strikes out here, which he will, we still need to cut the lead in half and then we definitely have a shot against Fuentes…
curveball in the dirt on 3-2 coming right up
Don’t swing out of the zone, please.
aj has been nearly perfect since the first. yankees still havent scored.
PR?
Those thunderstick things need to melt in hell.
Seriously annoying.
the iron is HOT
oh Canooooooooooooooo
there we go. A little bit of a break. That walk helps, and now Cano is up with Lackey fatiguing.
Remember, Lackey is at 5 2/3 right now…
Thank you Hideki, for not rolling a weak grounder to 2nd
Happy Birthday Cano!!!!!
Make it a great birthday
Nice AB baby!!! Work that Lackey, Robbie’s due for a big hit : )
Cano their be a tougher AB in the post season than when you are up with a runner in scoring position and Cano waiting on deck? You are pretty much guaranteed to never see a strike.
thank god our best hitter RISP is up now.
A walk does us no good here with “Hell No, Cano” and The Whiffer to follow.
Cano up with RISP.
Cano, be patient!
Cano one swing of the bat, too bad it will be at a ball in the dirt
The Other Phil October 22nd, 2009 at 9:43 pm
If Posada had started, 9-11 wouldn’t have happened.
============================================
Pearl Harbor only happened cuz Molina was on watch.
oh great. cano with risp. automatic out!
Did anyone hear Joe Buck right there?
“Angels trying to keep it at a 4 run lead.”
The whole series that we’ve been leading, it’s been how can the Angels come back or cut into our lead.
And there is Tim McCarver with his stupidity. “Every Lackey 3-2 pitch tonight has been perfect.” Except that first inning pitch to Tex that he got cheated on.
cano is going to swing out of his cleats for the long ball
oh god, come on Cano….Lackey not as sharp, don’t swing at the bad pitches, for the LOVE OF GOD!
Bronx Bombers Girl
October 22nd, 2009 at 9:45 pm
Anyone hate the thundersticks as much as I do??????
****
Me! Me!
Real fans don’t need that crap
Just the guy we want up in this situation
Here comes the patented groundball to second by Robinson Cano.
Why in hell would trolls want to be our a Yankee forum tonight? Do they have that little self esteem and that much need to be with Yankee fans? I will never understand it.
Does Boras have to stand the whole game?
guess Cano will swing a breaking ball in the dirt to be K
question… does scott boras ever move off that wall?
Ca No Doubt about it!!!
Cano w. RISP…*sigh*
If I’m the producer of this show I go to commercial after strike 2.
“DT gets the award as the dumbest poster of the night for thinking the Yanks will come back and win this game. NO WAY.”
I’m honored that all the little trolls combined their school allowances and made me an award. Nice job little trolls. Look at the cute little heart they drew. Awww..They colored it Red Sox Red! They ALMOST stayed inside the lines when they colored it!
the Yankees aren’t tensing up; Lackey just happens to be pitching a good game so far, keeping them a bit off -balance. So far.
Oh please. The Angels aren’t hitting as well. The only scored 4 runs and could have done more. When you face good pitching you won’t be scoring a lot.
Burnett’s fault
Walks are always good. They move your lineup, and get your big guys closer to an at bat. Even if the next guy gets an out, it’s one more pitcher that has to be thrown to.
carlo
October 22nd, 2009 at 9:34 pm
Orlando Chris – forget that forecast. On both friday and saturday of last week they were calling for 90% chance of rain that day and we never got a drop.they are not smart 3 hours out, no less 2 days.
—————————-
You make a good point, sir.
give credit to Cano, he made contact
YEP..that’s about right, Cano. Thanks. What is wrong with this team?
Nice to see everybody here giving up on this game. *thumbs down*
lol Cano quite predictable right there.
Boo.
“Thank you Hideki, for not rolling a weak grounder to 2nd”
that’s Cano’s job. (he chose SS this time just to switch it up a little)
Sniff Sniff-
That was a beautiful speech DT
cano blows
great AB by Cano. Frankly, is anyone surprised. I’m afraid of the ghost of 04′
trisha: What else do they have to do? Sawx/Mets/Cubs are gone.
Maybe they’re looking for someone to change their diapers.
Aww Robbie…
3rd time in a row Posada’s bat would have been up in a crucial spot with RISP, and instead Cano is batting and does NOTHING.
It’s not just Posada’s at bats, but the at bats he doesn’t get because you didn’t start him in this game. That one single move has given Lackey an incredibly easy out as soon as anyone gets on base.
Again, it’s not whether Posada hits a bunch of home runs or not. It’s the fact that Lackey doesn’t have to work to escape his innings, that with runners on base he knows he can just pitch around A-Rod and Matsui to get to Cano. When you mess around with personal catchers and other nonsense up 3 games to 1, you are just plain and simple, an idiot.
The rally sticks and thunder monkeys are supremely annoying.
Cano strikes again!
I hate Cano.
guys on base ..of course who comes up …cano..
Just like you have to watch the yanks everyday to appreciate how good jeter and tex are, you really have to watch everyday to understand how god awful cano is. just brutal.
Cano seems to be swinging at outside pitches weakly, for contact. He’s throwing his bat in front of outside pitches, but not really doing anythign with them other than serving them to the infielders.
I HATE ROBINSON CANO.
And, yeah, this has that 2004 smell all over it. UGH.
Is Levi Johnston now getting commercials? I think this world just bottomed out.
Robbie Cano and AJ Burnett are two gigantic anchors at the moment!! We gotta have everyone at least living up to their standards to win it all…
that’s why I didn’t get why some guys were so high even BEFORE the game.
season numbers don’t lie…
cano is a joke with RISP.
batting him 9th doesn’t sound too bad to me…
cano may be struggling.
but it would have been so great if we made that cano-kemp trade and signed orlando hudson like everyone wanted in the offseason. where are kemp and hudson right now?
Can someone tell cano and swisher to show up to batting practice hours early because you can’t kill an inning like that.
well CR9 when the umps are in the angels camp superman couldn’t come back.
If you drop an umpire and burnett off of a building who lands first??
Does it matter?
Lackey pitching the game of his life to keep the Angels alive. Too bad they won’t be playing at home with Lackey pitching in game 6 or 7.
If Posada had started, Kennedy wouldn’t have been shot.
Hi My name is robinson, you put people on base, i will be sure to leave them there
I like our chances back in the Bronx where the Angels have not fared well all season long. Saunders and Weaver will be pitching the next two games. Not Schilling or Lowe. This place is a tough place to play for the Yankees.
Erica – always OPPC
October 22nd, 2009 at 9:46 pm
Bronx Bombers Girl
October 22nd, 2009 at 9:45 pm
Anyone hate the thundersticks as much as I do??????
****
Me! Me!
Real fans don’t need that crap
*********************
Erica, 4 real. We have our vocal cords. Those things are as bad if not worse than fingers on a chalk board.
hope this struggling doesnt carry over to sat..
is anyone in baseball worse than cano w risp?
what was Cano’s final line this season with RISP? .180?
what a joke
Lackey is dominant. This is the best start of any pitcher so far in this series.
Yankees had no chance. Just move on to Game 6.
Can we trade Cano for Eckstein?
you’d think someone as light-headed as Cano could hit with RISP
who cares right now how many aj gave up in the first?
right now, giving up 1 would have sufficed against our offense thus far.
Lackey at 85 pitches,after 6.
Why is AJ pitching still?
So Matt,
You would seem to be saying what I was thinking (and what I asked earlier) – Posada is in the lineup now, but he’s not in the correct place in the order. It’s not the same with Posada at #9.
Lackey is nobody’s lackey. 2 earned runs in 20+ innings in the post season and one of those earned runs was a gift. He’s been impressive.
CR9 October 22nd, 2009 at 9:47 pm
Nice to see everybody here giving up on this game. *thumbs down*
I’m not, but you have to admit there isn’t much to keep you from not felling frustrated. I think the lack of any production from the bottom of the order and especially Cano and Swisher is really dragging down fans. Cano doesn’t help much he just never seems to hustle and it’s like I made an out oh well.
it doesn’t matter if they don’t come back tonight. this isn’t 2004 people. We don’t have guys like Kevin Brown pitching game 7. We’re undefeated at home in the playoffs, and we have Pettitte and CC going. It’s all good.
“I’m honored that all the little trolls combined their school allowances and made me an award. Nice job little trolls. Look at the cute little heart they drew. Awww..They colored it Red Sox Red! They ALMOST stayed inside the lines when they colored it!”
Nice speech, DT, but you avoided the question. Would you like to make a bet about tonight’s game? Are you still of the idiotic opinion that the Yanks will come back and win? How about that oh-so-clutch AB from that oh-so-clutch Robinson “I’m the laziest player in the game” Cano?
cano is too agressive most of the time
Cano with RISP=0
Anyone else notice how Posada had a beard at the start of the game but was clean-shaven when he came into the game? Did the Boss get a message to the dugout reminding Girardi of the Yankee facial hair policy?
“Why is AJ pitching still?”
Because he hasn’t given up a run since the first inning?
this game is no fun to watch, but I sort of expected it.
it would be 0-0 if we started cc tonight
How can this be like 2004? The Yankees lost games 3 and 4 in heartbreaking fashion that year. They are not even competitive tonight. Hopefully the off day and probable rainout on Sat. disrupts any Angel momentum.
“At least this ends the personal catcher nonsense”
SJ
you know this was the last game for Molina catching Burnett, regardless of how tonight turned out.
Brandon
44-1 who was the lost to and what was the situation?
To steal from your joking question,
When you drop a piece of feces and an umpire off a building, which lands first?
Answer: It’s a trick question. They are one and the same.
Saturday in NY calls for 90% chance of rain/thunder.
If this series goes back to NY and Saturday is rained out, this gives Lackey an extra day to pitch in a game seven if it goes seven.
Nice response AJ!!! AJ showed a full repertoire there…
holy crap!!!
aj CAN pitch to posada.
AJ can throw the strikeout pitch in the dirt to Posada?
Who knew?
Dow is up today. Credit CC
deathroe October 22nd, 2009 at 9:48 pm
Just like you have to watch the yanks everyday to appreciate how good jeter and tex are, you really have to watch everyday to understand how god awful cano is. just brutal.
————————–
True dat
Burnett is a HEADCASE. Period.
Every batter seems to start 1-0.
I’m not saying he’s terrible (but he is too hit or miss – maybe the most frustrating pitcher to watch.
He’s either absolutely filthy, or absolutely awful.
if he wasnt so out of control in the first inning ..this game wouldnt seem so out of reach..hes pitch better since then
looks like AJ will be great except for 1 blowup inning again
Why is everyone on here insulting Cano and every player the Yankees have and Joe Girardi. This team has overcome adversity all year long. They have been the best team all year long. PLEASE DO NOT QUIT ON THEM.
If this series goes back to NY and Saturday is rained out, this gives Lackey an extra day to pitch in a game seven if it goes seven.
___
on 3 days. wedont know how well he would pitch on short rest.
Does anyone else ever feel that if you are personally watching the game things go poorly for the Yankees and then the minute you flip away things turn up, and then when you flip back things go down? I need to start watching something else and check back later.
gyaos is such a lame troll, he responded to a response to his lame troll comment.
Hey look, my team is in the post season!
LOL what an idiot.
Pitchers duel tonight. Too bad AJ showed up an inning late.
Just like Fox to give that moron camera time…
Unfortunately, 2004 happened and it will always be in our head’s until someone changes it.
and this performance by our offense is only bringing up bad memories.
what a loser. where’s the sniper when we need one?!?
uh, burnett has not been awful today. He gave up 4 early runs but that’s it so far. he has kept his team in the game and that’s really all you can ask. sure he wasn’t great today. but he didn’t let the game get out of hand. The Yankees have had plenty of at bats by now to crawl their way back. They just haven’t done it
I thought they weren’t supposed to show people on the air who are tools.
Haha, I thought they were’nt supposed to show those dudes! That was a good show! : )
gyaos
October 22nd, 2009 at 9:52 pm
Nice speech, DT, but you avoided the question. Would you like to make a bet about tonight’s game? Are you still of the idiotic opinion that the Yanks will come back and win? How about that oh-so-clutch AB from that oh-so-clutch Robinson “I’m the laziest player in the game” Cano?
***********************
I did not realize the game was over yet…NOT.
Until the last out is recorded, anything can happen so don’t ever count out the Yankees
why did they show that idiot
that guys an idiot
To the fools who keep saying the Angels don’t have Schilling and Lowe pitching in games 6 and 7…
Schilling had gotten bombed earlier in that series and did nothing in game 6 but throw mediocre fastball right down the middle and splitters nowhere near the strikezone and had no problems shutting down a lineup of chokers. Why are things any different now? The Yanks all look nervous and scared to death.
2004
what happened to networks policy of never showing these morons? fox numnuts never got that memo
That guy would never have held up the game with that stupid stunt if Posada caught the first inning.
Hahahahhahahhahaha.
CR9: They are TROLLS. Don’t feed them.
Obvious Troll is Obvious.
Okay, time to score some runs!!
“Is Levi Johnston now getting commercials? I think this world just bottomed out.”
Brace yourself….He’s also posing nude for Playgirl later this year.
Pitching on 3 days rest yields better results then 4 days. BP did a study on it
C’mon, guys, this is the inning!
Cano is another head case, like AJ. What is his issue with RISP situation? He appears so relaxed stepping in but simply cannot hit!
Why do we have so many head cases on our team?
We gotta get at least 1 here!! Try to get to the 9th down by two to Fuentes, we can overcome that!
yankees 6-5….
Little help here…..did Cano get a hit with RISP? I decided to pluck my butt cheek hair after Matsui walked and must have missed it.
All u burnett haters should respect what he has done here to give us a chance. If one person here tells me that when izturis came to the plate in the 1st, that the felt AJ would pitch into the 7th, I will call u a liar.
DT reminds me the Lord of the Rings. Troll Slayer
4 runs is not out of reach..yanks have had comeback like this year…hope for one
I am so confident that the Yankees will come back I will make a bet.
If the Yankees fail to win this game I will make a donation to the Sally Struthers adopt a troll fund.
Third world trolls just don’t get the internet love they should.
AJ probably wants to shoot himself for that first inning.
it’s not all our lineup’s fault. Lackey is a big time pitcher and he is hitting his spots almost every time. At our best we may only have 2 runs right now. In the playoffs if u give u 4 it could cost you when you face good pitchers. This one isn’t over yet, our lineup has underperformed, but you have to give lackey credit.
This has nothing to do with Burnett. Down 4 early is not a problem when you put up 5 straight zeroes and don’t let them tack on.
If he gives up a run every inning for 4 innings, that’s a lot more demoralizing. Instead, he has kept them down and given his team a chance to chip away. And what has the Yankees offense done?
Nothing.
So when you blame Burnett, realize that they have score NOTHING. Do you think they will win even Burnett’s most dominant start when they score NOTHING?
the classics – amazing but for one inning game from AJ (at least so far)
Ah, the Golden State…
Looney Tunes and Disneyland…
Smog filtered sunshine…
Since I am just as frustrated as the rest of you, I need a response to my joke.
When you drop a piece of feces and an umpire off a building, which lands first?
Answer: It’s a trick question. They are one and the same.
for all the hate on burnett…hes done an acceptable job today…if the yanks had offense it would look better
If Posada had started, Columbus would have discovered America sooner. And called it Yankeeland.
The Matsui Love affair continues………
Does everyone on this board realize that a 25 home run DH are a dime a dozen. What isn’t is a 25 HR DH that can only crawl, makes 10 million and is blowing chow in the playoffs.
Russell Branyon is better than this guy sign him next year.
It’s only 4-0 and as bad as AJ started he keep them in the ame. But the way the offense is swinging at curveballs in the dirt it looks like it’s 14-0. Too bad they can’t even score 1 run.
THIS IS NOT 2004!
2004 Yankees limped into the postseason with a rotation that had broken down all season.
2004 the Sux had a rotation that didn’t see one day on the DL.
2004 the Sux had the roid twins hitting in the 3 and 4 spot.
2004 the Yankees had a spent bullpen because of the DL time of the entire starting rotation plus Kevin Brown breaking his hand right at the end of the season!
******************************
2009 the Yankees ended up with the best record in the majors.
2009 the Yankees ended up scoring the most runs in the majors.
2009 the Yankees ended up with a solid rotation and an even better bullpen.
*************************
SHUT UP about 2004. It makes you sound like neurotic fools.
THIS IS NOT 2004.
Just sayin’
Maybe the Yankees should have Kevin Long and a sports psychologist work with Cano over the winter to help him with the RISP issue.
The Yanks might have offense if the strike zone FOR OUR HITTERS was not 10 feet wide.
if u really want to think 2004 matters, the fact that the Yankees just blew their last LCS in that fashion, considering the overall percentages of teams up 3-1… 2004 actually makes the chances MUCH LESS that the Yankees would blow it again this year. So if u think 2004 matters at all, it probably only helps the Yankees chances this season
do.something.swisher. !
AJ is juat at 80 pitches after 6,too bad about the 1 st inning.
If the Angels win by 4 they won in the first inning.
Aww so thats what a gyaos is.. its a third world gyros.
trisha: Don’t. Feed. Trolls.
Speechless on swisher…:(
no way in hell swisher should start game 6 if there is one
Lackey’s line: 8innings, 0ER
I just turned on the game. I see Posada is catching AJ and he’s given up 4 runs. Why didn’t Molina catch him? This would have never happened with Molina.
Huh? What? Oh. Never mind.
I’m not so sure about the solid rotation part
maybe gardner coming in for swisher isn’t such a bad idea
Carlo
October 22nd, 2009 at 9:56 pm
All u burnett haters should respect what he has done here to give us a chance.
———-
Yeah, Burnett for ALCS MVP after tonight. What a hero.
Why are people bringing up 2004? This is 2009 a different Mgr a different more talented team, we can still come from behind but if we win the series in 6 games all will be very well in Yankeeland.
“I am so confident that the Yankees will come back I will make a bet.
If the Yankees fail to win this game I will make a donation to the Sally Struthers adopt a troll fund.
Third world trolls just don’t get the internet love they should.”
So DT won’t take the bet and is a coward. Figures that he would root for a team full of gutless cowards who are about to choke away another ALCS. Enjoy this next half-inning of Yankee futility, DT.
2004.
well, put the champagne back on the plane and lets get ready for saturday. Thanks AJ, you were absolutely stellar today.
melky coming alive
Lay off Cano or his apologists will descend and tell you are not seeing what you are seeing and that he hits great with RISP and even when he doesn’t he looks especially smooth and we don’t get it.
What I don’t get is how a professional baseball player can look like an all star with the bases empty and a AA benchwarmer with men on base.
Talk about performance anxiety. Maybe he needs some 36 hours Cialis?
As for Swisher, if he doesn’t pick it up I have a feeling the Bronx is going to have a new salute ready for him.
Nick Swisher is on the verge of worthless, I wanna start a campaign to bump him off the playoff roster! Meanwhile Cabrera looks hungry, LETS GO!!!
Swish… YOU ARE AWESOME!!!!
Go Melky!
melky and damon have picked it up.
Melky’s having a good series
Whoo, go Melk! Now Posada can drive him in!
Hint for you, KF. Its not Yankee fans that are bringing the whole 2004 thing up.
Swisher, just don’t know. Like the guy but at some point you have to do something
Did they break usual protocol to show the idiot just because he was in the rocks instead of on the field?
Get even 1 run here and they’ll bring the tying run to the plate against Fuentes.
This kind of feels like that game in Oakland earlier in the year where Burnett pitched 8 innings but the Yankees lost 3-0.
“AJ probably wants to shoot himself for that first inning”
Too bad he won’t.
Lets see the Yankees are playing 5 against 9.
Those missing four ? CANO (looking clueless)
SWISHER (swinging like a man on Tequila)
MATSUI ( Sushi Vomit)
MOLINA ( yea right)
In my opinion they are playing great
“If Posada had started, Columbus would have discovered America sooner. And called it Yankeeland.”
But here’s hoping he gets the job done right now.
The time is now
A-Rod = no longer mental in the playoffs
4 runs are a lot to give up in a post season game.
I’m still hoping – Yay Melky! – but the problem is AJ game up 4 quick runs AND the Yankees had a rally quashed in the same first inning. Lackey is the type of pitcher that given a quick multi-run lead is going to really attack. It’s not the same as pitching in a close game just trying to keep you team in. It’s different.
Nice cheap call there to Jorge.
Jrff Mathis has become the Brian Doyle of the 2009 playoffs, so far. He’s got a lot of power, but, he seldom makes contact. If he did, Napoli would be the backup catcher. He just picked the wrong time to stop missing the ball.
Jorge double, here we go…
2 cheap calls in a row to Jorge.
BS
Lackey is great but this ump isnt helping giving him 3 inches off the outside corner
Another bad call turns around the Posada AB.
It’s sort of funny because Molina may have lost his position as AJ’s catcher and he didn’t do anything wrong.
The whole Molina-Posada arguement had nothing to do with either of them.
KF, your cadence seems very familiar, have you been posting on this forum under a different name?
There is Ball 4 to Jorge. Oh, wait.
lets get some runs
Lackey auditioning for Cashman and bucu bucks.
So does that mean beers at Angels Stadium aren’t $11 each?
Come on Jorge
If we’re so lucky to make the World Series I wanna see Gardener in CF and Melky in RF and Hinske as the first bat coming off the bench to pinch hit, we need a change in approach and this our best way to do that!
The count is 4-1 to Jorge.
Cano is a perfect example of a guy who could go to a small market low pressure team and put up monster numbers. He would then sign a big money contract and go back to being the version of Cano we know – a good player who hasn’t taken it to the next level
from Matt:
“So when you blame Burnett, realize that they have score NOTHING. Do you think they will win even Burnett’s most dominant start when they score NOTHING?”
Great point. Couldn’t agree with you more. But I suppose when you start with 4 runs in the hole against a pitcher in Lackey’s caliber, you might feel less confident winning this game. Though I’d like to believe that the Yanks believe they can come from behind..
“It’s sort of funny because Molina may have lost his position as AJ’s catcher and he didn’t do anything wrong.
The whole Molina-Posada arguement had nothing to do with either of them.”
————
Absolutely right.
But if the reason Molina is playing is because he makes AJ better, and it turns out he really doesnt, then Posada needs to be starting.
Yanks have scored at least 4 in all 4 ALCS games so far..
The count is 5-1 to Jorge.
The Other Phil – you’re right.
Lackey needs to use that extra 3 inches he’s getting off the plate right here.
Jorge is recognizing and sizing up that deuce.
The count is 5-2 to Jorge.
gyaos –
Q: What do you call a Red Sox player in October?
A. A golfer!
Good AB by Jorge.
hopefully we can get to their bullpen tonite
Haha, I love it!!! Lackey’s on tilt!!!
Toss Lackey!!
Sorry, John. You can’t get both sides of the plate.
Wow. A slightly fair call. Maybe a makeup. And the Angels are complaining.
Gift for Jorge
Lackey’s getting the high strike, the outside strike and the low strike. thank god he’s not getting the inside strike.
that ball was close but maybe a little low
Mathis pulled it up 2-3 inches
Lackey showing up the ump?
Wow, Lackey is such an unprofessional whiner!
C’mon.That was low. Stop crying.
hmmm… a base hit here would be nice, get a little BP action
What happened to not arguing balls and strikes?
Hey, come on Lackey you got jobbed! Go and blitch about it!
Get yourself thrown out of the game!!!
We need a nice Vlad-like 3 run bomb here
nice to see lackey getting flustered.
Is it weird that their bullpen phone is used first, with them having allowed 0 runs to our 4?
Let’s go Derek!
Lackey is complaining now after getting so many calls on/off the black. Thats the first close one he hasn’t gotten all game, including 2 in this AB. What a punk.
Nick,
No, I’ve been a long time reader and recommended the site to friends but just started posting about 2 weeks ago. Just trying to keep it lite and simple.
Maybe he’ll start to unravel…
Angels had that meeting just to argue balls and strikes.
I’m torn, I don’t know if I want Lackey tossed for that or not…
Let’s do this. Come on Jeter
Did anyone see that K-zone. What a joke that was. They did not show it the first time, they had to alter it. That was inside. Nowhere near that Kzone point.
gotta strike here Jete
its a must
Get arod to the plate
lacket upset..get over it
Suck it up, Lackey. You’ve had a few gift calls tonight.
The count is 1-0 to Jeter.
Jeter walk, Johnny D. ala Game 7 2004
h&r?
Jeter to right center field, split the gaps baby!!!
… getting tired?
The count is 2-0 to Jeter.
Lackey is razzled!!
I like it.
Dramatic come from behind win!
Everybody wants to complain about everything, well the Yankees just caught a HUGE break there. That was Strike 3!
The count is 3-0 to Jeter.
Jeter doesn’t look as aggressive
Look Dead Red DJ!!! You’ve got this!!!
He’s a little rattled now- one bad break and the whole thing unravles!
KF: good to have you aboard and thanks for your positive contributions.
Tex will snap out of his funk with a go ahead HR
jeter gets walked damon owes us a postseason grand slam after 04
Scoscia has to show some balls and bring in Jepsen right here.
Lackey has a big fork in his back right now.
someone has lost the strikezone….oopsy
When was the last clutch hit by DJ?
Wow. 4 straight fair calls.
Now, make it happen.
After Posada already got ball 4 there, boschee… it all evens out.
Something cooking….
A swing and a drive and we’ve got ourselves a ball game folks!!!
Let’s go Johnny!
I meant Oliver
YANKEES COME FROM BEHIND VICTORY!!!!
He’s lost it
come on, Damon-GRAND SALAMI!!!!
ERICA!
Talk to your man here!
please just get a hit.
Johnny, I love you. Make me proud!!!!!!
Lackey was totally afraid of jeter there. LETS DO THIS JOHNNY. You owe us from that year that i’m not mentioning
This is it. This is going to be Johnny’s 2004! *crosses fingers*
Please get a hit. please please please
JD 2004! It’s like 2004 all over again, HA
This is our chance!!
It’s the 7th I’m hoping
Bad move by Scioscia here. Lackey is losing it
Speaking of 2004 I remember another Johnny D AB against a pitcher struggling with command.
Just keep the bases moving..
The count is 1-0 to Damon.
Who’s witting the game off now?
Grady Little?
keep the line moving. All we need is a hit, or a walk
Grand Slam. Please?
Erica I hope you make Johnny as happy as Kate makes Alex
KF, you do a very nice job of it. Glad you’re with us.
this is the time right here…let’s GO!
Has Johnny ever hit a grand slam in a pennant winning game before?
Come on Rally Pat M!!!!!
Time for Johnny to yank one down the line and tie this game
The count is 2-0 to Damon.
I am praying right here…
cmon JD!!!
Leche on the loose…
Lackey losing his luster…
Yanks locked and loaded!!!!!
pull it JD
damon should have let that hit him
They just cheated Damon out of an AB. That was ball 2 and they screwed him. AGAIN!
asjkdfhsjkhfjk
ARGH
Let’s go Teix!
he would have scored easy
Dang ! That sucks !
Ok, Tex time.
Damn.
Well this would be a great time for a signature moment from Tex!
Got to do better than that Johnny
ouch. Just not deep enough to risk it,
Fingers crossed
Tex, I will forgive you for everything if you hit a grand slam here. Or even a double.
Tex – here is the time for your yankee moment.
That was an AWFUL jump by Melk
urr…cant even get a run there…
Good grief. Can anyone get a hit?
At least Melky got back in time. Tex is due for a huge hit!
Good greif. I guess you gotta be sure there but thats a pretty EZ run.
stupid!!!
LACKEY is at 104 pitches
Haha here comes the Funky Bunch!!!
Lackey could not find the strike zone. And was gifted strike 1 to Damon.
Gutty AB from Damon. Can’t get around on a low 90′s fastball. Typical Yankee baseball.
0 for Tex is up!
Tex needs to snap out of it right now
Johnny should have had a RBI. Melky’s brain farted
time for tex to tie this up
Lackey = prima dona
I like Lackey. Hate playing against him, but really respect his competitive fire.
That is a smart move by Scossia.
OK, Tex, in your hands, baby.
Come on Mark…Give us a tex messgae.
REDEMPTION TEX. REDEMPTION.
“You can’t take a chance down 4?”
When the hell else do you take chances?
Melky just had a brutal jump there. Let’s go Teix!
oliver can’t keep embarrassing us he is pushing 40 and his name isn’t mariano rivera
need a big hit here…need some momentum
I like the fire from Lackey. He pitched a great game. Hopefully the Yanks can make the bullpen pay. Go Tex!!
For the idiot in the fountain alone, pound these jerks. Let’s go Yankees, make them pay.
Are you kidding me, Melky?
Are you kidding me, Scioscia? Taking out lackey now? If this blows up, the second guessing that Joe was subjected to for the DRob-Ace move will seem tame.
Time for Tex to earn the stripes…need a base hit here…I would even take a walk…
YOU KNOW, THE OTHER BATTER’S BOX IS APART OF THE PLATE. Took the bat out of his hand with bases loaded. Thanks Blue!
can anyone get a hit with RISP?
can anyone who’s not slumping get up in a big spot? normally having your 3 hitter up in a big spot should inspire confidence…
That was a better pitch than the one that punched out Jorge kast ab..Lackey is done…
just a base hit Tex. Keep the line moving.
What is Texeira against Oliver?
well, I remember a big grand slam Tex hit against us last year in Yankee Stadium. granted it was against Edwar Ramirez, but it was still a clutch hit.
Mark has a chance to make up for his entire post season struggles in one at bat. Even a single is huge right here. Let’s see what happens…
Tex walk please and Arod GS and we go home.
I would say Tex is overdue.
Erica
perhaps a little chat with tex is in order.
Melky cant chance it there with Tex and ARod coming up
no way you try to score there
Please, oh please, oh please, Mark Teixeira.
Johnny should have had a RBI. Melky’s brain farted
___
no way melky was going to score on that.
have to say that was a pretty athletic move for someone as fat as melky.
Take some pitches here, this guy is going to be amped up ala AJ and will be all over the place.
I’m channeling Tino right now.
Bring the power Tino. Bring it !
Melk and Thomson gunshy by the bad call on Swish. Waited too long to go.
Wow. Poor Lackey, seriously. It’s gotta be tough for a pitcher to be taken out when they’ve really gotten the job done. However, I certainly understand Scoscia doing it. This is about their life for one more day.
Does anyone remember the game when Moose was pitching and Torre started to go out to the mound and Moose told him to go back into the dugout – and he did? That was hysterical. Only time I ever saw anything like that.
I’ll settle for two singles right now. Just get it closer.
Come on Tex. Grand Slam.
Tex walks and then ARod hits a grand slam. Yanks win 5-4 with help from a 2 inning save from Mo.
That would be beautiful.
Tex is due, if he doesnt do it here he’ll make up for it at some point, he’s too good, maybe later in this ALCS or in the WS but he’s gonna come through… I know it!!!
Melky should have been able to score there, right?
Nick,
I’ve appreciated your irony and sense of humor, not everyone here can pull that off.
Tex has got to start coming through.
Wooo Hooo
I love you, MArk!
tex’s last couple ab’s look like he is coming out of his funk
I sent that 1/2 a sec before that hit!!!!
Tex is sooooooooooo sue
I’ll take that too.
OH YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
TEIX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I wish Teixeira was my friend.
Tex !
I LOVE YOU TEX !!!!
TEX!!!
Well, that didn’t take long.
YESYESYESYESYESYESYES
WOW, FOX almost missed that, go TEX!
GET SOME!!!
TEX!
TEX!!!!!!
HOLY TEX. ALMOST AS GOOD AS A GRANNY!
Yes!!!!
YEAH BABY!!
Lackey is about to break his hand against a cement wall…. Kyle Farnsworth style!!!
YAY Tex!!
His Yankee moment!
TEX MESSAGE!
TEXIERA FINALLY!!!!
Never. count. this. team. out.
WOOT!!
SIGNATURE MOMENT FOR TEX.
LACKEY INSIDE BREAKING UP THE CLUBHOUSE.
All chicken little’s please go to bed!
Woo Hoo Mark!
Let’s go Alex!
Like I said he was overdue
yeah TEX!!! You were so due!
Hero of game 5!
The “Fat Lady” was singing a bit too soon
I believe in Matsui.
YAY!!!!!!!!!
Take that trolls!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tex finally comes through
Mark! Finally! Yeah!
Hideki is good against Lefties…time for another double…
Listen to the boos for the IBB! Come on Yanks fans! Make noise!
OMG I totally missed this inning.
That’s good enough for me. Now, a single will do.
wow that was quick
seriously Scissoa? Matsui kills lefty, even when he’s slumping
Lackey ends up with 6 1/3 and 3 ER
after the way he pitched….. OUCH
They’re scared of Arod.
-Tex not hitting and down to 1 out not good-
Scratch that thought!
Dammit, Tex. We needed 4!
There you go!!! If AJ and the pen can hold on we are going to face the tying run against Fuentes as I predicted. Props to AJ for stemming the bleeding and for Girardi for not pressing the panic button. (And to the end of the Molina experiment)
what whimps, walking alex
smart move!
REDEMPTION MATSUI. REDEMPTION.
Chickens
Let’s go Hideki!
TEX BIG CLUTCH HIT!
Lackey might be pulling a Kevin Brown right now…
Now it’s Matsui’s turn…
Tarheelyank
October 22nd, 2009 at 10:11 pm
Erica
perhaps a little chat with tex is in order.
***
Done!
Godzilla
dagger time!!
I gotta give credit to Lackey for wanting it.
Do you think there is a thing in the Angels clubhouse that has not been smashed against the wall by now?
“gyaos –
LOL!
DT gets the award as the dumbest poster of the night for thinking the Yanks will come back and win this game. NO WAY. I’ll bet anyone here this game is history.”
Do I have to give my award back?
This would be a wonderful time for Sui to turn back into Sui.
Matsui trying to take the lead with first swing…
tex looked like he was coming out of it. matsui has not shown those signs.
C’mon Matsui. There’s not a Japanese guy on the planet more due than you.
is it still 2004?
Go Go Godzilla!!!!
love seeing Scosia make a move that backfires!!!!
Now there bullpen has to protect the game!
All of a sudden Lackey and Burnett have almost identical pitching lines.
Come on, Matsui!!!
tex wasted no time…matsui up
That’s why they pay managers the big bucks, to make those decisions. You’ve gotta live with the consequences of being wrong.
Matsui!!!!
matsui will deliver.
We are so close. We can win this game.
Great job, Tex. (I think I’ll forgive you even if you have more vowels in your name than hits.)
tie game!
Poor Lackey. I really do feel bad for him – not that he was getting hit, but the look on his face when he told Scioscia, “this is mine.” Wow.
But, that said, YAY TEX! And YAY Matsui!! AND YAY YANKEES!!!
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Who is the stranger wearing Tex’s uniform?
ok that was shocking.
YEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSS!
Gutty gritty Yankees.
OH MY GOD!!!!! freaking sick!
Tie game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GREAT COMEBACK !!!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
WE GOT A TIE GAME BABY!!!
like I say…
Godzilla!
GODZILLA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
IT’S A WHOLE NEW BALLGAME !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YYYYYEEEEAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH !!
Batsui!!!
haahahah tie ball game and a rested pen
What a time for both Tex and Matsui to snap out of it! Perfect. Awesome!
Wait a second everybody hated Tex when he K’ed in the first inning. What a bunch of fair weather fans.
I told you I BELIEVE IN MATSUI!
Suck it Trolls!
GO YANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GO YANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There’s the Angels bullpen we were looking for all series!
GODZILLA!
Trisha<
You just got your wish!
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GODZILLA
The Ghost of Billy Mays can now go to bed.
MATSUI!!!!
the problem with the 2004 argument….
2009 = the COMEBACK KIDS!!!!
STFU HATERS THATS HOW U DO IT
Matsui !
I knew Oliver would revert to form
OMG!!!! What a comeback baby!!! D Olive ran out of GAS!!!
yup, its the 7th inning
i was keeping track of the bridge jumpers. none of you better act like youknew it all along.
The Japanese Medea conjures the Matsui RBI!!!!!!!!
WOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
Domo Aregatoooooooo….Hideki-SAAAAAAAANNNNN!
tie game…yippy..now we need some more runs..atleast 1
YES YES YES YES YES YES YANKEE ENTERTAINMENT STATION YES
Tied game!!! Let’s win this damn game
Suddenly Darren Oliver remembers that he is a mop-up guy rather than a late inning high leverage releiver for a Championship club.
You know people have been complaining about Joe buck..his calls on Tex’s hit and matsui’s hit he sounded pretty excited…
Rally Pat M > rally sticks and thunder monkeys.
EEEEEEEEEEK! So glad I’m still watching.
i thought this was game over 2004…
Is anyone else shaking right now????
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
dONT EVER GIVE UP Yankees fans.
Dont ever give up.
WHERE IS GYAOS?!
Brandon 44-1
Not this time
Time for Mr. Cano too get into the action here…also get MO up…j/k
Lackey just vomited in the locker room.
I AM FREAKING OUT HERE!!!!!
LOUD NOISES!!!!!!!!!!!!
PEOPLE KEEP FORGETTING- THIS IS THE YANKEES YEAR. YOU KEEP GIVING THESE GREAT HITTERS CHANCES, THEY WILL BURN YOU BOTTOM LINE
AJ is only at 80 pitches through 6 and shutting it down since the 1st
lets get him the win!!
Poor Lackey, it was yours… and in an instant it’s GONE!!!
NYY626
October 22nd, 2009 at 10:16 pm
yup, its the 7th inning
****
Why do they always wait for the 7th?????????????? LOL
Boschee: you seem to be confusing fans with trolls. You know a troll. Look in the mirror.
No more feeding you. Buh bye.
Three run home run from Robbie, and then we kill the Phillies in 5.
Go Yankees!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Woo-hoo!!!!
I hope the yanks make a run at lackey in the offseason. I love his makeup. He’s a gamer..
Ok, fess up, who clapped like a little kid getting cake when Matsui got that hit?
Well it worked once
I would have to say that Cano is overdue
A-Rod = no longer mental in the playoffs
October 22nd, 2009 at 10:16 pm
STFU HATERS THATS HOW U DO IT
======
ka-boom
WOOOHOOOOOO
One more, folks, one more.
RUNS.
Nick in SF,
sushi tonight in the honor of Matsui-san ???
oh no, Cano up next! what a buzz killer!
That’s the best part about having a circular lineup.
DT rips up his Sally Struthers adopt a troll check….
JasonR October 22nd, 2009 at 10:16 pm
YES YES YES YES YES YES YANKEE ENTERTAINMENT STATION YES
—————————————————————-
Lol I enjoyed this very very much…not sure why
We need to use Hughes and Rivera in this game.
Lets score some more runs !
This game is OVER. Meaning this game is OURS.
joe back has been surprisnGly tolerable this year
Lol, first pitch out of the pen breaks the shutout and gives up three runs!!!! Classic…
Where’s the sj44 imposter now?
I think Scioscia ran Oliver out there one too many times. If you see a guy enough, you’ll eventually figure him out. Either that or he’ll eventually suck.
REDEMPTION CANO. REDEMPTION.
Sorry Lackey. You pitched a great game, but your manager screwed you…
Oh KF I have tears coming down my cheeks and I am wreathed in smiles!!!!!
Hey maybe my 7-5 prediction might happen!!!!
Do we ever write these Yankes out?
NEVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*****************************
Hey GYAOS – KMFA pal.
NY has the most fair weather fans out of any team in the league. 75% of you were crying a river after the first inning. Now you want to try and step up? Really? C’mon please let the real Yankees fans do the talking.
I would have taken out lackey there..make tex hit right handed..you are second guessed either way..leave in lackey gives up a grand slam you get killed..
Those were good at bats by Posada and Jeter, but, the two doubles were smoked and Matsui’s was well placed and much needed. I’d love a Cano rocket and settle for a single.
Clapped? Something came out of my mouth, from some subterranean place, and it wasn’t English, I can tell you.
Let’s put it away now!
Cano is due
I would like to point out that one more run would put AJ in line for his first postseason win.
That ball one was definitely a strike…
THE DEAD ARE COMING ALIVE THEY ARE STARTING TO MOVE LIKE BALL PLAYERS.
GO MATSUI – YOU SUSHI MONSTER YOU
WAKE UP CANO, SWISHER -your ZOMBIE friends are calling you.
C’mon Robbie, you can do it.
THIS IS THE YEAR.
get burnett to rivera.
day off yesterday, rivera can go 2 if he has to.
Okay all you naysayers…go away! Let’s go Yankees!
Anybody who posted this game is over in the first inning should get a LoHud flogging!!
if we did sign Lackey, we’d have just a sick rotation!
I trusted HiTDEKI!!!
Matwiow-
Get some!
come on Cano!
Cano. Uh don’t you know!
show the posada pitch again?
he got strike 1 way outside so stop complaining.
Robbie Cano, don’t ya know!!!
ROBI!!!
Mr RISP
The Ghost October 22nd, 2009 at 10:17 pm
Ok, fess up, who clapped like a little kid getting cake when Matsui got that hit
—————–
I did
YESSSSS
YESSSSS
Happy birthday robbie
I’m speechless.
Holy Snikees!!!!
CANO!!!
I knew he was due!!!
Slobby Robbie!!!! Whooo hooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!
Bring on the PHILLES! HA HA HAA
world series here we come!!!!
oh my godddddddddd
COMEBACK KIDS!!!!
take those thunder sticks and shove em!!!!
I repeat: SUCK IT TROLLS!
Can-o did-o.
Robbie with a GREAT, BIG HIT!!!
Holy Sh*t!!
Dudes, this is ours. I can smell it.
ROBBIE CANO..end this thing tonight!
Don’t worry Lackey, I’ll order your hot sauce on my next order of wings. Too bad you couldn’t use it on the rest of tonight’s game.
Happy birthday Cano!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
6 runs in one inning! Forget all you doubters!!
WHADDAYA KNOW? ROBBIE CANO!
DONT YOU KNOW!!!!
Robbie RISP!!!!!!!!!
Woohoooo !
I AM THE DUMBEST POSTER OF THE NIGHT!
LMAO
Well it worked twice
I would say Swisher is overdue
Somebody pinch me. Cano does not get 2 out RBI doubles.
Teix doesn’t get a lot of hits in the playoffs, but the ones he gets sure do count don’t they?
40
40
40
40
40
CANO!!!!!!
Everybody hits!
I take back every bad thing I’ve ever thought about Cano. Yes We Can-YO!
ROBBIE DON’T YOU KNOW!!!!!!!!!!! CANO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PIE PIE PIE PIE PIE (WELL SORTA) go yankees!
Matsui’s knees just called 911.
YESSSSS!!!
That’s for all of you that doubted CANO! POW!
never been so happy to be wrong about Cano!!!!
No words just
Cano says you can kiss my Dominican (butt emoticon).
ROBSINSON W RISP!!!!!!!!!! THIS TEAM IS MAGIC!!!!!! HORRIBLE PEN MANAGEMENT BY MIKE…. Gotta leave oliver in there…… where are the trolls??? Go away for the world series…. don’t even bother cominG…. this team is the BEST IN BASEBALL
Love that Angel bullpen….That was spoken about alot before the series
YES!!!!
in 2002 yanks blew a 6-0 lead to the angels…..in the playoffs..what goes around comes around..
This is why the NYY are one of the best teams in the history of baseball.
matsui took one to the head.
Tonight I’m gonna party like its not 2004
Amazing!
Great piece of hitting too! Lets give it up, that wasnt a bad fastball down the pipe…
Why does Joe Buck sound so sad?
WE want champagne!
If Swisher gets a hit, I will faint.
REDEMPTION SWISH. REDEMPTION.
Manager of the Year is having a rough inning. Talk about over managing.
And there are a lot of Yankees’ fans there.
Robby with a hit with RISP and a 6-run rally with 2 outs. I’m starting to believe that #27 is this team’s destiny.
What luck that Jeter was on 1st probably the only player on the team that could score from 1st on that play.
1. MG October 22nd, 2009 at 8:31 pm
there’s a big difference between having good stuff and one bad inning and just not having your good stuff. AJ just doesn’t look like he has his good stuff tonight-the fast ball is 93-94 tops and the breaking ball isn’t biting. The pitch to Rivera was pretty good, if he settles down the Yankees will probably break through against Lackey.
1. MG October 22nd, 2009 at 8:43 pm
in game 4, even with CC being brilliant and the Yankees getting up by 5 runs, there was a point of concern for the Yankees in the 6th inning after the Angels scored and had the first two runners on. If they can keep the Angels for tacking on, it’s is likely the Yankees will have a similar chance against Lackey, that’s all you can ask at this point in time.
—————————————-
I loved being right about this tonight and there is no better feeling than seeing Robbie Cano get what will hopefully be a 2 out 2 run pennant winning double. Will all of you now understand that this is a really special team?
9 more outs.
Swish = an iceberg
NOOOOOOO!!! NOT JOBA!!!!!
someone tell melky he cannot run out to the plate when he isnt on deck.
swisher still needs to sit.
awsome 2 run lead now…
WORLD SERIES HERE WE COME
#40
#40
#40
#40
#40
6 more outs till we hear those magical words..
Worst managerial decision in ALCS history.
What a way for Matsui to end his slump.
Posada comes in,and puff the YANKEES ARE IN THE LEAD.
Whomever was wearing Tex’s and Cano’s uniform wasn’t able to get into Swish’s uniform in time
Please tell me I did not just see Joba warming
So, does AJ pitch the 7th or at least start the 7th?
7-5 looks kind of sweet now.
AJ back out or Joba? or Hughes? I would rather not Joba.
Swisher is hugely overdue
Joba? How about Hughes Robertson.
Swisher cannot be in the lineup for the WS.
Did…uh…did all this just happen?
Yes it did.
Goddammit these 2009 Yankees give me agita something awful.
Erica – always OPPC October 22nd, 2009 at 10:17 pm
Is anyone else shaking right now????
_______________________________________________________________
Shaking, hyperventilating, same difference
6 outs til’ the Phillies!!
I’m still speechless.
Please please please no Jobber. Ride AJ and Hughes until there is a sign of trouble and then go to the Hammer of the Gods.
Kudos to the posters who said we would still win this game. I know you did because I read the posts.
************************************
Want to talk about having to answer questions. Scoscia has his work cut out. It will have to be tough for him to face Lackey.
Did they just show joba warming up. Please lord don’t put him in….
Tex, up to the task!
Hideki, harsh on the Halos!
Can(o) you belive it?!!!!!!!
DT – OPPC member (blood type – Positive)
October 22nd, 2009 at 10:20 pm
Woohoooo !
I AM THE DUMBEST POSTER OF THE NIGHT!
LMAO
****
I always knew you were really stupid
You now what, that pitch to Posada was a strike, and I don’t care at all.
Not one bit.
Plenty of bad ball/strike calls all series long. We capitalized on one finally.
Now just let this hold up. Please let this hold up.
Also, Jeter up again next inning.
Joba with a very short leash I presume?
Gotta bring burnett back out and go batter to batter.
I can’t believe he has Joba up. Bring in Hughes. Let him and Mo finish this game. Joba should not be anywhere near the mound in a game like this.
I’m not sure but is that what they call a “momentum swing” ?
Chill out the game isn’t over yet.
But there is a countdown!
9 Outs to go!
Cano with a hit with RISP, Matsui scores from first, dogs and cats living together!
I want Hughes and Rivera in this game. Hughes this inning and Rivera for two. Do it Joe !
I knew Robi was coming through, there. That first pitch was the clue.
ARGHGHGHGHGHGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!
Pat M, excellent analysis from you, full props.
The great thing about all those balls is they were crushed.
I’m scared to move. Ever since I changed sitting positions things have gone good for the yankees.
THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK!!!!
Joba to Hughes to Mo. This is just what we wanted to see tonight.
THIS ISNT 2004…. THIS IS 2009…. ACCEPT IT… NUMBER 27 COMES THIS YEAR
fox trying to turn it the other way and say that the reason behind the comeback is the blown strike 3 call against posada…
All 6 runs were unearned, right? I’m not feeling bad at all. AJ and the Yankee hitters were jerked by the home plate ump, too.
Can someone hide Joba, please?
It’s not 2004. Obama is the president, Where The Wild Things Are is the #1 movie in America, and the Yankees are the best team in baseball.
It’s 2009.
putting this game/series in the books tonite: still I’m kinda scared of the Phillies, they look damn good
LET’S GO YANKS!! IT’S OUR DESTINY!! GOD BLESS THE YANKEES!
NO JOBA NO JOBA NO JOBA
this guy singing in the blackberry commercial looks like a muppet.
Okay, I was fine this game. As cool as a cucumber. Now I’m gonna start pacing!!! Or cleaning or something.
C’mon BULLPEN!!!
stick with aj. he has shut is down since the 1st
Think how mad Lackey must be right now
Why not Hughes and then Rivera. Joe making another bad choice.
really? BURNETT? what about JOBA?
9 Outs
I hope Robertson is warming up along side Burnett
AJ will have a very short leash this inning.
You now what, that pitch to Posada was a strike, and I don’t care at all.
Not one bit.
—————
Guess what, when you are throwing strikes you get that pitch, when you are walking the ballpark, you don’t.
safe to say lackey wont be giving the angels a hometown discount.
Did Cano really get a hit there or I am hallucinating?
Tonight I’m gonna party like it’s not 2004
Joba should not touch this game. AJ batter to batter with Hughes and MO backing up
Nothing wrong with taking Lackey out. He was getting hit, losing the plate and pushing the 100 pitch limit.
by the way… what a job by AJ keeping this team in the Game…. awesome job by him to hold Anaheim at 4 runs, he Gave his team a chance
Destiny, baby. Shut it down, Burnett.
this is shaping up to be a season that none of us EVER forget
Smart October 22nd, 2009 at 8:42 pm
HurricaneSeason: You’re an idiot.
If Lackey’s only given up 1 or 2 runs by 5 2/3, why in the hell would the Angels take him out. Scoscia is smart enough to leave him in for 8, even if he’s given up 4. If the Angels score one more, you’ll see Lackey the entire game, unless the Yankees rally big here.
—————
NOT SMART
What do you think would have happened if Lackey was allowed to pitch to Tex?
I say strikeout.
nick in sf –
please tell me you didn’t sing “Buttercup” at Anaheim Stadium.
That was an Atrocious Hit song.
I like this, AJ has thrown 6 scoreless since he gave up four before an out was even recorded… Ride the Snake!!!
where’s our bullpen? AJ should not be out there!
this isnt a bad choice. you stick with aj, but if he struggles, you go to hughes.
The move to stay with Burnett is sound. Give him the shortest of leashes though.
MARTE!?!?!?!
Yes!!! Damaso in the pen! I feel good!!!
I wonder of Billy’s mom made him go to bed before teh rally:
The Ghost of Billy Mays October 22nd, 2009 at 8:56 pm
hurricaneseason October 22nd, 2009 at 8:51 pm
I am amazed some of you on here even watch the game, it seems like it is more misery than fun!”
Ya know whats even more miserable?
YOU AND ALL YOUR POMPOUS ILK WHO CONTINUE TO INSULT THOSE OF US WHO DON’T SHARE YOUR BLIND OPTIMISM THAT THE YANKEES CAN OVERCOME 4 NOTHING LEADS IN AN AWAY GAME AGAINST ONE OF THE BEST TEAMS IN BASEBALL NOT TO MENTION ONE OF THE BETTER PITCHERS IN BASEBALL AS WELL
KILL YOURSELF “HURRICANE”
ACK! I see Marte!! NOOO!!!
oh boy – marte and joba warming up… feeling ill.
please god, not Marte…
HUGHES TO MO
HUGHES TO MO
AJ on very short leash. One guy gets on and he’s yanked.
we gotta continue to pitch well..
thats what’s in the pen.
stick with aj until hughes can be ready
COME ON AJ!
I think everyone just got excited that Joba is warming after seeing the alternative. Actually I think we should take our chances with Bernett lol.
Joba and Marte in the pen. Is Joe kidding?
Why isn’t Robertson warming up? Joba hasn’t earned that 7th inning role.
DID I JUST SEE MARTE WARMING UP??
AWWWW, HELLLLL NO!!!!
why is marte and joba warming up? where is robertson?
time for John to wash up and brush his teeth, Mommy needs to tuck ya in
JohnBlacksox (24 +1) October 22nd, 2009 at 8:59 pm
The Ghost of Billy Mays
October 22nd, 2009 at 8:56 pm
KILL YOURSELF “HURRICANE”
————
+1
I don’t know why he doesn’t have Hughes and Rivera up now.
and our ‘pen is rested, why not go to them??? see what I mean!
jeezus… back to bad AJ?
When did Jeff Mathis turn into Joe Mauer?
I can’t believe AJ is still in there. I kinda get the feeling that the Angels figured 4 runs were enough to win tonight and got lazy. Anyway, time to get him out now.
m
October 22nd, 2009 at 10:23 pm
All 6 runs were unearned, right? I’m not feeling bad at all. AJ and the Yankee hitters were jerked by the home plate ump, too.
Can someone hide Joba, please?
———————-
there were no errors, all the runs were earned.
This is going to be 9 tough outs to get without giving up the lead.
I don’t know what to do. I have been sitting here all night. Watching all of it. But now I’m a nervous wreck. AAAHHH!
This Mathis is a pain in the brain. A PAIN in the BRAIN.
Okay. I think I gotta go to my closet now.
I am ready to see one of our relievers. And I love AJ.
i hate jeff mathis. doesnt matter who is pitching to him.
This is unreal with Mathis. Bring in Hughes.
Doreen October 22nd, 2009 at 10:24 pm
Okay, I was fine this game. As cool as a cucumber. Now I’m gonna start pacing!!! Or cleaning or something.
________________________________________________________________
Doreen, I too am a fanatic pacer!
Game far from over, if we can get to the 8th
Hughes is up.
I can’t believe he let AJ in. AJ is going to blow this.
Throw strikes A.J. Come on.
karen,
looks like you’re very wrong!
happ…. hughes is up
Joe rubbing his hands near the hot fire, he’s living a little!!!
Girardi what are you doing. Stop sleeping and go to Hughes and get Rivera.
Man, this could have been a real feel good story for AJ if Joe went right to the bullpen.
Hughes up, Joba down.
Come on AJ.
marte for abreu, then hughes and mo
Doreen, yes, I was calm as could be until the Yankees went ahead. Now I am a wreck.
That’s all Mathis hits is FBs. Don’t throw him that.
Come on, AJ!!
Girardi get joba and marte out of the bullpen. Now’s not a good time for them to get their work in. Hughes and Robertson need to warm up.
Girardi thumbs his nose at all the over managing talk and lets AJ go the distance while Yankee fans scream.
Fresh thread for the final few innings. Have at it!
I’m surprised Joe isn’t going lefty, righty, lefty, righty in this inning.
AJ got them this far. Now go to your best. They are lucky AJ got them threw 6th. I am very surprised me is leaving him out there.
GreenBeret7 October 22nd, 2009 at 10:27 pm
This is going to be 9 tough outs to get without giving up the lead.
——-
No doubt
Girardi is just a toolbag! this is stupid leaving him out there
Bad frame job by Jorge on 1-2, that looked like a good pitch!!
Geez AJ, strike this guy out already
Come on AJ. Get the ground ball or K…
This is the time to throw it through the wall
The bullpen is the Yankke strength. Girardi better not screw this up. I don’t like AJ being in still.
new post
all you 2004 morons stay here….
Do you think hitters like Punto and Mathis have killed the Yankees this postseason because the Yankees don’t bother spending the time to scout them carefully? Or is it just a coincidence?
It’s mind boggling to me how the Yankees can contain Abreu, Hunter, Figgins, and even Mauer, yet get killed by the scrubs at the bottom of the order.
Six runs in the sixth…
Down and out in Disneyland…
Heat on the Halos…
hughes not up, buck made a mistake, meant joba.
DT: I can give you High Assurance… no, wait, I can give you Assurance Here that I did not sing “Buttercup” in Los Angeles of Anaheim (or in Fullerton, Tustin, Orange, Santa Ana, Irvine, Costa Mesa, or Newport Beach).
Why is Girardi going this long with him???!!!
Uh-oh. I’m not liking this very much.
MG,
Gotcha.
Buck & McCarver went on and on about the blown call.
Okay, time for Hughes.
dammit
Terrible walk!!! Really bad stuff
Please warm up Robertson or at least Coke.
TAKE HIM OUT!!
Sheesh, from up 0-2 to a walk
How can you not throw a strike there
Burnett wants to win it at home.
Ugh…..BURNETT!!!
MARTE?!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Where GYAOS? I miss “it”. I so wanted to share thoughts with it. I think I saw a sewer cover being lifted and GYAOS sliding down, down, down, to the depths of the dank and baseball-less world from which it came.
Seriously? Here is where I would rather have Molina behind the dish, or AJ out of the game.
WHHY?????????????????????
Is AJ losing his mind? We come up with 6 runs and he starts walking people?
NOW AJ has to go. He should have never come back out. I wish they would go right to Hughes. I have a bad feeling about this.
very frustratin got the first 2 guys on…marte up ..everyone cross ur fingers
Really a piss poor job by AJ there.
Girardi once again – just being a moron
really, really bad walk by AJ there. gotta make Aybar swing the bat… and now Marte…
Yanks blew a lead in game 5 in 2004, remember. Same thing is about to happen here.
2004
This is Joe’s fault. He is giving them a chance to come back. Joe is such an idiot.
Torre would have gone to Hughes and then Rivera for 2 innings in this situation. I am really getting tired of Joe and these choices.
idiot,my second second guessing of JG. Burnett should not have started this inning
Posada simply can’t catch Burnett.
hasnt marte gotten the job done for the most part in this series?
I believe he’s been in for 2 batters and gotten them both out.
Joe! What are you doing? SEAL. THE. DEAL.
There had to be a knowledge that when their 9 and 1 hitters came up we’re at a huge advantage, they’re not good at driving runners in our pitchers need to step up there and challenge Aybar and Figgins, a walk right there might really hurt right now…
What in the world was Girardi thinking?!! After the first hit get him out of the game. You get the lead go to the bullpen. Terrible move by Girardi.
Marte for Figgins and Abreu. One popout? He’s gotta be bunting. Then get abreu, Hughes for Hunter to close it.
The only thing I can think is that Girardi is brain-dead. Why not have Hughes or Robertson in there? They are two of the msot effective set-up men in baseball.
aj should have never came back out. that was a long inning for aj to sit.
once yanks got lead, time to step on angels throat.
girardi gun shy after game 4 debacle. that’s what it appears to me.
MO, please help Marte.
this will not end well
This makes no sense at all.
F*k off about Molina already. Good god learn your lesson, Erica.
No time to be whiney crybabies. How about supporting any Yankee pitcher who comes in and acting like you have some faith. Try positive vibrations for once.
By the way, I predicted 7-5 so try not to get nervous if another Angel run comes in…
Where us COKE
Come on Marte!
I want Rivera.
Joe is so stupid. You would think that he would go to his best to close this out. He thinks this is a regular season game.
I’m seriously nervous
If Marte blows this Girardi will be crucified. (Not that that will make me feel any better.)
Joe Buck…. how can you say borderline pitch when you havent said a word about Lackey’s borderline pitches outside all night
?>
cool. now get marte out the game.
… and just like that, it’s a one run game
Marte this series
1 1/3 IP, 0 hits, 0 bb
jojo October 22nd, 2009 at 10:33 pm
aj should have never came back out. that was a long inning for aj to sit.
once yanks got lead, time to step on angels throat.
girardi gun shy after game 4 debacle. that’s what it appears to me.
He just didn’t trust Joba, that setup the whole thing.
Now down to one run lead
hurricaneseason
October 22nd, 2009 at 10:27 pm
time for John to wash up and brush his teeth, Mommy needs to tuck ya in
————-
Oh yeah, I’m all washed up and now your Mommy tucks me in REAL NICE! Thanks!
Hughes for 4 Rivera for 4 no more effing around.
All things considered, not a bad job by Marte at all. Threw strikes, got two outs w/ no hits and only gave up 1 run. Now they can still get out of this with the lead
So far so good…
Girardi keepin Burnett in there was just an unbelievably terrible, “lets let him get a win,” call.
We had a 2 run lead, and bringing in Marte is basically saying you’re willing to tie it.
Unbelievable.
Hopefully our bats have woken up. We’re also into their bullpen, but that probably means Jered Weaver.
Now he goes to Hughes. He better go to Rivera for 2 innings. I don’t want to see anyone but him. Close this out !
Hughes please? Don’t think I trust Joba right now – not after his effort in game 3.
I trust Marte more than Coke. Coke would have f’d up fielding the bunt as well.
Hughes for 1 Mo for 6.
Finally Phil,the lefty specialist leave a bad taste.
Jason R,
I hope the Yanks dont need 8 more outs… just 7
I didn’t mind Marte in that spot. 1 run isn’t so bad. I have confidence that the yanks aren’t done scoring.
And Marte did what so bad?
Joe made the right move. And he just made another right move. Now it’s up to Phil to close the deal.
Lets hope Hughes can get one out, one little stinking out.
Red Sox just called. Said walk Hunter and pitch to Vlad.
“Kudos to the posters who said we would still win this game. I know you did because I read the posts.”
It’s ours.
———————
they may green light Hunter here
Phil is toasted. Let’s get Mo!
The Yankee offense is going to have to bullpen-proof this game for a win lol.
For Christ sakes. Throw a f**kin’ strike!
Take out Hughes. We can’t be having these walks.
“Red Sox just called. Said walk Hunter and pitch to Vlad.”
Okay so Phil was a little jittery. Who wouldn’t be? Let Eiland settle him down. The kid has great stuff.
Joe doesn’t learn. He needs to wake up ! He didn’t have to make this interesting.
Walks always the walks
The walks always come back to haunt us.
Ugh! I need a defibrillator.
and Phil fails!
Hughes missed his spot by a mile there.
ugh
There we go.
Thanks, Joe.
fastball was not high enough. poor execution by hughes.
Why? Why? Throw him a fastball there.
This is all Joe’s fault ! He is so dumb.
lucky hughes didnt just give up a 3 run jack on that pitch
A 3-0 batting practice fastball on an 1-2 count. WHY???
Why oh why are they leaving Hughes in.
fastball is ok but it was supposed to be at Vlad’s eyes.
that sets up the curveball on the next pitch.
Hughes just missed badly.
Who would you bring in here Karen?
Cutter, high fastball or curveball, anything but a fastball down the middle
Girardi messes up again. Should never have sent AJ out to start this inning. You start the inning with Hughes so he can settle in. Poor managing again.
Yup, the Yankees are going to have to slug their way to a win. GO YANKS!!!!
What the hell is Joe doing? He’s over-managed every game this postseason and now he’s like Torre in June vs the Nationals.
It is so disheartening to come back with 6 runs and then start giving it right back! Angels have the MO again.
Joe is really making me sick. We come back then he leaves in A.J. instead of going with the pen to add pressure.
get Robertson up
or Mariano
Sorry posada loyalists but a good catcher calls a breaking ball to guererro because has read the bat and he demands it be thrown….and if the pitcher respects said catcher, it is.
Way to go girardi. Way to lose us ANOTHER game.
Come the freak on.
In 1 inning they came back .Phil is nervous!
THIS ONE’S ON GIRARDI!!
LOL
TOLD YA SO
2004
I DON”T WANT TO SEE PHIL HUGHES AGAIN!.. AND SWISH FOR THAT MATTER
Oh geesh. Hughes pitches to three batters and all three get on. And they still leave Hughes in. What is wrong with Girardi? He’s a moron.
“Sorry posada loyalists but a good catcher calls a breaking ball to guererro because has read the bat and he demands it be thrown….and if the pitcher respects said catcher, it is.”
—–
I guess you missed hte part where Posada set up at Vlad’s eyes and Phil threw one down broadway.
If Vlad swings its a K. If he doesnt it sets up the next pitch to be a curveball again for hte K.
WHY IS HE SAVING THE BULLPEN FOR NOW?
Don’t forget, all late inning battles favor the Yankees. Weren’t many of you giving up when we were down 4?
Let us pray that this is not the snowball that starts an avalanche.
This was supposed to be the Yankees’ clinching win.
what a choke job by Hughes…. this guy has been awful the whole postseason…. He’s basically a rookie out there the parts should be interchangeable… I trust Robertson in a big spot MUCH MORE than Hughes…. he’s good for a run at least an appearance right now
That was the lousiest I’ve seen Phil.
How ya doin’, DT, you fool! LOL
2004
Girardi blew the game. He is such an idiot ! Please make Tony Pena the manager from hear on out because Girardi lacks a feel for the game.
Carlo October 22nd, 2009 at 10:46 pm
Sorry posada loyalists but a good catcher calls a breaking ball to guererro because has read the bat and he demands it be thrown….and if the pitcher respects said catcher, it is.
I don’t think you can hang it on Posada, Hughes shook him off three times.
really should of went to pen as soon as someone got on…we need another comeback or this is gonna hurt..looked like hughes was kind of nervous
really should of went to pen as soon as someone got on…we need another comeback or this is gonna hurt..looked like hughes was kind of nervous
This game is NOT over. We are coming back in the next two innings.
Phil was supposed be a main cog in the bridge to Mariano for these playoffs. He’s been nothing like that and it’s a concern going forward.
What we just witnessed is inexperience. Hughes was stubborn and wanted to strike out Vlad with a fastball. He stuck with a pitch that wasn’t working: fastball, and let two batters beat him. When he went to the pitch that was working, his curve, he’d given up the lead already.
It’s absolutely terrible managing by Girardi to leave Burnett in there, however. Should never have gotten to that situation, and the first batter burnett put on should have been the last.
Terrible, terrible managing.
“Sorry posada loyalists but a good catcher calls a breaking ball to guererro ”
————-
sorry simpletons but Hughes shook Posada off many times.
Vlad can not hit the high fastball anymore. He was set up by the two curveballs. Throwing another curveball in that situation is risky because Vlad has just seen the pitch twice and if you hang one, he’s all over it. If he doesn’t swing at the high fastball out of the zone, then he’s set up for another curve. The pitch selection was correct. Hughes did not execute the pitch.
game over. joe’s an idiot
STOP DEFENDING POSADA!!!!!
HUGHES IS A ROOKIE! POSADA HAS 13 YEARS EXPRIENCE!
Wow,this site post-Pete falls short.
No updates in the crucial point of the game/season?
I just don’t understand how you could give away a game like this. Girardi has to be the biggest idiot ever.
Nope. This game was meant to be a walk-off.
Boston dave – no, I didn’t miss the part where posada set up high. I also was watching when hughes missed with his previous 8 fastballs in the inning by a foot plus in no specfic direction. Just everywhere basically.
as for AJ, he was only at 80 pitches and had dominated for the previous 5 innings.
it wasn’t a sure thing to pull him by any means.
Carlo,
I guess you just missed the basic logic then of saying “sorry posada loyalists” when it had nothing to do with Jorge.
hughes shook him off several times and missed badly with the pitch.
sorry I mean’t here on out. I am just so mad because Girardi once again blew it. He is going to cost another game again.
Rivera should go in to keep this a one run game.
Yes, hughes shook him off and went to the curveball the prior pitch. Posada just has no rhyme or reason with the pitch calling.
Simply put, posada is not a good catcher and there is really nothing more to it. He’s a good defensive catcher when he hits a 3 run homer. That’s about it
Once again, relax. This game is far from over. Could the real Yankees fans stand up?
Boston Dave – 5 wins til 27
A.J. was not good all night. You have to go to the best in the pen.
Even Torre understood that. He would go to Nelson, and Stanton, and then Rivera for 2 innings. But our dumb manager can’t figure that out.
I love how it’s Girardi’s fault for not pulling AJ and going to Hughes.
Did you people just watch Hughes pitch? He didn’t have it tonight.
And if he pulled AJ after 5 straight dominant innings and Hughes blows the game…
you’d be ripping him for pulling AJ.
hindsight is 20/20
Wow, what a clutch inning by the Yanks.
The 2004 nightmare is happening again, just as I predicted.
History repeats itself.
its not over yet… still 3 more outs to go
damon-tex-arod in the 9th. hopefully, it will still be a 1 run game then.
I wouldn’t take lessons from Torre of late. His record since 2000 is nothing but utter failure. Girardi is pathetic, but Torre was no better.
Jeremy,
AJ had shut the Angels down for 5 straight innings.
what are you talking about?
Another dumb move by Girardi. Not going to Robertson. He just doesn’t learn. He goes to Chamberlain when he has been bad this entire series.
Rivera should be in the game. This is a no brainer. Didnt pitch yesterday, day off tomorrow, try to keep it one run.
Girardi is a failure.
Rivera should have been used this inning to keep game close. Girardi managing like this is a regular season game.
You people killing girardi.. Aj had been cruising for five innings and was at 80 pitches. Who else did u want out there. Joba is a question mark. Hughes hasn’t pitched well and rivera can’t throw three innings. The mistake to vlad wasn’t the pitch selection. He just didn’t get it up. That ball has to be above his head in that coun then you come back with the curve
Carlo,
with some due respect, you have no idea what you are talking about.
you said “Jorge is a bad catcher for not calling a curveball.”
well guess what, Jorge called for a curveball. Phil shook him off.
And if Phil had executed the pitch, it wouldn’t have mattered.
It was a case of very poor location.
Blaming Jorge for Hughes not having it tonight is ridiculous.
Boston Dave – 5 wins til 27
He gave up 4 runs and was not that good. You never go back to the pitcher in that situation especially when you grab the lead. Joe made another stupid move.
Joba can’t put hitters away anymore.
blake,
its way over some people’s heads… I guess.
AJ, should never have started that inning….Joba for the 7th, Hughes starts the 8th & Rivera the 9th…Tough to bring these kids in the middle of the inning…Hughes should have gone up the ladder to Vladdy
AJ, should never have started that inning….Joba for the 7th, Hughes starts the 8th & Rivera the 9th…Tough to bring these kids in the middle of the inning…Hughes should have gone up the ladder to Vladdy
AJ sat too long
BURNET according to mlb.com pitched 89 pitches 6 innings.
I was not mad before but Girardi is making me mad. He just won’t learn. This team is winning in spite of him not because of him.
“Joba can’t put hitters away anymore.”
————-
now that is something that is becoming painfully hard to argue against.
why not coke right here???
GIRARDI + BULLPEN = FAIL
This game was within our grasp and the idiot Joe Girardi gave the game away. He just does not have a feel for the game.
Girardi looks like a fool.
Last time,
if Girardi pulls AJ after he had dominated the angels for 5 straight innings and Joba or Hughes (neither of who got the job done) had blown the lead…
some of you would lose it for pulling AJ too quickly because he was on cruise control at the time.
Hughes just didn’t have it tonight with his fastball and right now, that’s the difference in the game.
You only needed 6 from A.J. and the way he was pitching you would take that. But after that you go to your best arms. Rivera should be in this game for 2 innings. Now Joe brings him in when it is too late. Was he asleep during the Dynasty years on the team when Torre used Mo for 2 innings to seal a game ? God !
“Joba can’t put hitters away anymore.”
True, but not his fault. All the garbage rules, and moving him in and out of the pen has messed this poor kid up something good. He was on track to be a formidable Rivera heir. He may become another farnsworth after all is said and done; lots of heat without much else.
Jeremy,
Girardi pulled AJ in the 7th with no outs.
what does Mariano for 2 innings have to do with the Yanks trailing in this game?
Cashman and Management need to speak to Girardi. If he does this crap again and the Yankees some how don’t make it he needs to be fired.
Jeremy,
i’m starting to think you need to speak to someone who can explain simple logic (In addition to a therapist)
Boston Dave – 5 wins til 27
You have to go to Hughes at the start of that inning, at the first sign of trouble you go to Mo for 2 innings to finish off the game. Hughes had so much pressure on him because Joe wanted to keep A.J. in there and two men were put on. Joe does not have a feel for the game.
Now that’s MO like it!1
at least they have a chance here…
“Boston Dave – 5 wins til 27
You have to go to Hughes at the start of that inning, at the first sign of trouble you go to Mo for 2 innings to finish off the game. Hughes had so much pressure on him because Joe wanted to keep A.J. in there and two men were put on. Joe does not have a feel for the game.”
This is pretty obvious. Why Girardi can’t understand this is beyond me.
Boston Dave – 5 wins til 27
I’m not crazy. I’m just mad because Joe once again in this series is killing this team. You need to stop apologizing for him and realize that he made the wrong move.
Jeremy. Ok whay should he have done differently. Should joba have started the 7th? Hughes? You can’t just say girardis and idiot and not say what should have happened. The bottom line is hughes didn’t do his job and that’s why they are behind.
The Angels will walk ARod if Tex doesn’t get on.
The players are going to have to win this series on their own because Joe is screwing this up. I have never seen such a bad manager in postseason play. Your team comes back and he gift wraps another game to the Angels.
I hope matsiu tanks one here to make them pay for this crap
Dumb move by Girardi. Guzman will be thrown out or picked off.
blake
Did you listen to anything I said ?
You Go to Hughes at the start of that inning with no runners on so the kid won’t feel the pressure. At the first sign of trouble you go to Robertson and Rivera. It’s common sense. And anyone with a feel for the game wouldn’t have done what Girardi did.
down to swish jesus
Wow ! Fuentes is trying to give this game back.
Jeremy. Hughes as pitched terrible all postseason. Leaving aj in didn’t lose the game. The players not executing did.
Yes the players did have a part in it. But Girardi does not have a feel for the game. You don’t go to A.J. in that situation, at least go to Robertson.
Nick Swisher is worthless.
soul crushing defeat.
that was emotional.
Joe has no feel for the game. I just can’t understand why this guy continues to not learn from his mistakes. I really liked Joe but he has given two games away and almost gave Game 2 away. He has to do a better job in Game 6 and then I will feel better about him. But right now I don’t trust him.
I wish people would stop getting on the Girardi bashing bandwagon. I think his decisions today were sound. Burnett was cruising along with a low pitch count with bottom of the line up coming up. And we are up 2 runs. Burnett gives up 2 runners and Girardi correctly gets him out of there. I felt good about Hughes in that situation but he didn’t come thru. And the Angel hitters hit his mistakes. Girardi did not lose this game. The guys (Burnett, Hughes, Swish) just didn’t come thru when they were suppose to. The Angel players did.
Jeremy. You keep talking about a feel for the game. Did the evil “supergenious” manager for for th angels not have a feel for the game when pulled lackey. You make moves and if they work you are a geniuous and if not you’re an idiot. The only move I questioned was bringing in marte and that actually worked out fairly well. Phil didn’t do his job and that’s what the game boiled dowm to. You can question giriardi all you want but in the end the players have to execute or you lose.