Good weather, good music before (good?) baseball tonight in the Bronx
Posted by: Sam Borden - Posted in Misc on Oct 29, 2009 
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After misty conditions last night, the forecast for Game 2 tonight looks terrific. Cool and maybe a little chill in the air, but clear and dry. Perfect playoff weather.
The festivities will start at 7:30 p.m., when Jay-Z and Alicia Keys will be performing “Empire State of Mind” on the field. They’ll be followed by John Legend, who is absolutely fantastic, doing the national anthem.
It’s hard to quantify how much less I care about the pre-game “festivities” compared the game itself.
Easy to quantify for me. it’s about the same level as the Superbowl halftime show. I care 10000000000X more about the game.
i guess there trying to make it sorta like the superbowl. .
I don’t mind, HOWEVER MLB please don’t go over the top with it. The Superbowl is just one big show. People are more into the pregame , halftime. and the commericals .
Note to Yankees: A win would be nice!
It was a tough night for our bats. My goodness! Lee was legendary. Can’t help that. Unless… what if they bunt every batter! He’d get winded running after every dribbled ball!
YEAH!
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I actually like Randy’s perspective on all of this, from the catcher to the young arms in the bullpen. Sometimes being practical trumps the need to be overly creative or the need to overthink the situation.
I was at opening day, when the Yankees lost to the Indians 10-2. Cliff Lee was pitching for the Tribe, CC for the Yanks. Maybe there’s something to that matchup. That day was like watching paint dry. Last night felt the same way.
Bill Reynolds in the projo called the Yankees making it to the world series the frosting on the cake. I agree with that. Making it there was huge and put a lot of demons to rest. Hopefully the Yanks will seal the deal.
I hope tonight doesn’t turn into “who let the dogs out” when the Mets had them play it in 2000. The whole stadium was not into that rivetting rendition of a crap song and Jeter hit the first pitch for a homer.
7 hours and 49 minutes until Game 2!!!!
I wouldn’t mind Jeter hitting a first-pitch home run myself…
Cashman’s gotta go,
If you’re still here, some people would say it took vision for Cashman not to trade Hughes and IPK for Santana and wait a year for CC to become a free agent.
Now they have CC, IPK and Hughes. While Santana is looking like he’ll soon break down.
If Cashman was unwilling to pay the price for Santana who was a better pitcher for longer than Lee what on earth makes you think he’s going to trade for Lee?
The Yankees have 3 starters and yet have made it to the World Series.
“Bill Reynolds in the projo called the Yankees making it to the world series the frosting on the cake. I agree with that. Making it there was huge and put a lot of demons to rest. Hopefully the Yanks will seal the deal.”
Are you serious?? You really would say hmm I know we lost, but we made the series!?
Who cares if you made the series if you don’t win? No one remembers second place. At the end of the day we got sent home like all the other teams. Especially with the talent level and ::sigh:: payroll of this level how can you say you are content with a WS appearance?
2001 was ana amazing series, but i would still rather gargle shards of glass and bleach than see that happen again. We’re in it to win it baby.
Someone please reassure me that we still can…….horrible feeling about this series after last night
Please- DO NOT post any line ups yet. TOO early!!!
This may not read as well as it did when it was written (I couldn’t get it to post and the projo is a registration paper) but it’s good to remember what this team has accomplished this season.
http://www.scrippsnews.com/con.....son-ghosts
Jeremy stated last night that he was happy with just making it to the world series, with the great year that we’ve had.
I contend with all the comebacks, theatrics, the new stadium, the pies, the ace/cy young, the mvp, the Alex that everyone expects, how can you be happy falling short of the goal.
Mo Money – read the article. As I said it may not read as well today as it did when it was written.
yank hitters got to stop swinging at pitches out of the strike zone especially against Pedro. Yanks bullpen cannot walk anyone. AJ cant walk anyone
By the way, even if the Yankees don’t win the World Series I can imagine the owners of the team are thrilled right now.
New stadium, which is a cash cow and they’ve already hosted 6 playoffs games plus they opened the stadium for 2 road games.
That is a tremendous amount of revenue that they’ve brought in this year.
That should mean more money for free agents, draft and international signings (hello Chapman!). Which in the long will mean more rings in the Bronx.
Stultus Magnus October 29th, 2009 at 12:09 pm
Didn’t realize they had the World Series in 1662.
You wonder why Mantle left the Yanks for all those years.
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Maybe with a performance like that he had some work to do to get back. That and attacking Hessians at Trenton.
On that pop up from Damon that Lee caught, I didn’t mind it at all. What I didn’t like????? Stupid McCarver and Joe Buck cannot hate the Yankees anymore than they do, they were enjoying every bit of that play. I almost beat up my TV.
Mo Money
First i’m from Rhode Island and Bill Reynolds and the projo is an absolute JOKE!.
Now. Nobody said this was going to be easy. Philly landed the first punch. The Yanks have been relentless all season long !. ANd we both know deep down we have the Better Team. The Yanks will prevail ! Mark that down !
What’s with the strip club advertisments on this site. I’d think a newspaper sponsored site would be a little classier. Not that I don’t love a good strip club, just seems out of place on here.
indy42
October 29th, 2009 at 12:12 pm
I wouldn’t mind Jeter hitting a first-pitch home run myself…
The only problem was that the song was played in Shae Stadium and it deflated their crowd.
CR9 – you probably can’t. But it still doesn’t take away from all this team conquered did to get here.
Mike, I’m from RI also and the fact that the column was written by one of RSN’s biggest supporters gave it that much more credibility.
Thanks.
I don’t think anyone will be happy with losing the World Series – I know I won’t. But I won’t be psychically crushed either.
If they are unable to come back to win the series I will still see this as a successful year for the team in many aspects. Also, as frustrating as it would be to lose to the Phillies, I have to admit that they are the best competition the Yanks have played in the WS in a long time (they are a better team than the Braves and Mets and much, much better than the Marlins and Padres).
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upstate kate
October 29th, 2009 at 11:37 am
Hughes was more than accountable in his last outing w/ the media. He took all the blame for the loss, when it was really AJ’s fault. What more could he say this time? He knows what is expected, and that he didn’t execute. Phil needs to answer to his manager, coach and team mates, not the media.
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I disagree. I was extremely disappointed in how Hughes handled himself last night. First, instead of taking accountability for walking a guy with a sub .300 OBP he starts yelling at the ump. Next, for I believe the 2nd time this postseason, he ducks out and hides from the media. This level of immaturity is to be expected from a young pitcher.
HOWEVER, I am a firm believer that if you are going to relish in all the greatness fans and the media are proclaiming on you when things are going well, you better face the criticism when things are not going well.
All season people have been saying how great Hughes is and how he has been so Mariano like on the mound. Well, that is pretty easy when you are dominating. The second the kid has faced some adversity and tough times he reverts back to his old immature self refusing to take accountability. If Mo has a bad game you certainly do not see him barking at the ump and certainly do not see him fleeing the clubhouse.
It just goes to show you, no one will ever be like Mo. You learn a lot more about a player when things are going poorly than when things are going great.
So all the praise for this “change” in Hughes demeanor was much too premature.
I think Randy’s point about this Yankee team being the START and not FINISH of something is a GREAT point.
This is a VERY inexperienced post-season team.
With all the kids and the veterans playing in their first WS, its a different team than Yankee fans (especially the bandwagon Post-96 crowd) are used to seeing.
They will be better in the future but right now, the Phillies have the edge in WS experience.
Acting as if the Phillies aren’t good is just dumb and shows the lack of baseball IQ so many have on this blog.
The Phillies are a VERY good team. Frankly, equal to or better than the Yankees when a guy like Lee is dealing as he did last night.
They grind AB’s, they don’t beat themselves, and they make great contact when in hitters counts.
They also have a ton of grit and that’s why they are a tough team to play.
Can the Yankees win this series? Of course they can.
To do so however means they have to make adjustments from their previous two series and not fall on the flawed, “we go with the guys that got us here” theory.
That’s a losing theory against good teams.
You make adjustments from game to game.
When Torre and Zimmer were together, they did that better than anybody in baseball over the last 30 post-seasons.
They sat Tino, O’Neill, PH for Bernie, pulled a starter in the 4th inning with a lead, anything they felt was necessary to win that particular game.
Frankly, that has to be Girardi’s mindset tonight.
You can’t be afraid to make decisions that better the team.
The personal catcher stuff with AJ? Its been a mistake since the get go.
Something Girardi should have nipped in the bud in the regular season.
AJ has been progressively worse in each of his 3 post-season starts, making the whole, “he is more comfortable with Molina” argument moot.
This is the first must win game of the post-season for the Yankees. A loss tonight probably means they go out quickly in this series.
Girardi has to have a quick hook for the inevitable AJ meltdown and play this game as if its an elimiation game.
If he’s passive against this team, he won’t get over the hump.
“I don’t think anyone will be happy with losing the World Series – I know I won’t. But I won’t be psychically crushed either.
If they are unable to come back to win the series I will still see this as a successful year for the team in many aspects. Also, as frustrating as it would be to lose to the Phillies, I have to admit that they are the best competition the Yanks have played in the WS in a long time (they are a better team than the Braves and Mets and much, much better than the Marlins and Padres).”
Darrin, exactly how I feel.
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I think the Yankees will still win the series. If Burnett pitches like he’s being paid to pitch then I like the Yankees chances alot.
Cliff Lee isn’t going to shut down the Yankees back to back games. Remember how good Joe Saunders looked in the first game against the Yankees and how bad he looked the second time around.
This series is far from over IMO. I would like to see the Yankees win tonight but even if they lose it’s still not over.
Of course you want them to win. But someone won’t. And I’m not gonna discount an entire wonderful season if they aren’t the last team standing. Sure, for a few days afterward it will be really stinky. But then I’ll start to look forward to next season and the off-season moves that are going to be made.
But with 6 games left to play, I’m not ready to concede anything.
Why do people keep bringing up Swisher, like he is the reason for the offensive woes. Pretty much the entire postseason half the lineup has disappeared. Swish struggles have been the most obvious, but the fact that our 8th hitter in the lineup is struggling is the least of our problems. Putting Hinske or Gardner (both inferior players) for Swisher is not going to change much if guys like Tex, Matsui, Robbie, etc are not hitting. Arod and Jeter can not be expected to win every game this postseason.
Do you know what this series reminds me of(or hoping its like)? The 96 series. Where it was our first W.S. in a long time and we fell behind 0-2. Everyone knows how that ended. I just hope its 1-1 though after tonight as i dont think i can handle holding my breath that long for a series comeback.
I am reminded of 1996… Everybody basically feels the Phillies should be handed the trophy before they even started playing, and after the first game everybody already was jumping ship with the “it’s still a sucessful season” white flag.
WE HAVE JUST BEGUN TO FIGHT! WORLD SERIES AIN’T OVER YET!
Doreen, I’m with you on that also.
Never forget to celebrate the good and continue to look forward and not back.
There you go Indy42 .. The Yanks will come out Blazing tonight !
Everyone needs to just relax, this is our team and win or lose, they’ll still be our team. No, Cashman doesn’t need to be fired. No, Giradi doesn’t need to be run out of town. I know it’s early, but this series is already reminding me of the 1996 W.S., I don’t know why. We’re facing the defending champs, sub-par first game, just like the 1996 series. If the Yanks lose tonight, I still have the confidence we will prevail……I’ve seen it before!!!
I’d feel better if andy was going up against pedro today.
Did Jeter set up the pregame himself? I’ve read in an interview somewhere that his favorite artists are Alicia Keys and John Legend.
SJ is correct. This blog can sometimes serve as an unhealthy echo chamber, and after awhile you start believing some of the junk put forth.
It’s the Phillies that is the more seasoned team here. In some ways they are the mirror image of the late 90′s Yankee teams. I hope I am wrong, but I can see this series ending up to be very frustrating for us.
Think I’ll treat myself (and everyone else in the process?) to something other than baseball today.
Have a great day, and as the comeback Yankees have taught us all season, never lose hope.
GO YANKEES!!!
Darin .. would you be saying that if we won last night !.
Man.. have a little faith.. one loss .. its not over !
There is no such as thing as having a “bad” year if you lose the World Series.
Its that kind of attitude that makes people hate Yankee fans.
If they happen to lose this series to the defending champs, and people come on here and call it a “wasted year”, they should be banned at worse and mocked continuiously if they stay here.
This team didn’t make the playoffs last year. To be in the WS this year is a GREAT accomplishment.
They are facing a very tough team and they only have 3 real starting pitchers. Its a BIG test.
If they pass it and win, fantastic. If they don’t, its still be a GREAT year and one in which they can build on and be better next year.
Darrin,
I have to disagree. The Braves were a better team than these Phillies. They had lights out pitching and if im not mistaken won 103 games that season. Mets and Padres yes.
Trisha,
Agree it was a great season and had so many amazing moments. This was the most fun season I think I can remember outside of 1998, btu even then the outright dominance was almost nto as fun as the walk-offs, pies, and fun characters on this team. However, I contend that all of this will go to WASTE if we lose. instead of looking back at this year as possibly my favorite of all time I will just associate this team with the WS loss and all those good times with be tainted by that bad taste in my mouth. Phillies are good, no doubt, but we should win this series on paper our players are simply not performing. Our bullpen is too young an inexperienced and it looks like a lot of our hitters are pressing (i’m looking at you Nick Swisher).
That’s why i’ve got three words for every1 here: WHO’S YOUR DADDY?
SJ. .you can’t its a bad year if we lose.. However you could say disapointing. . But it won’t get to that
I’m sharing this with you folks in hopes that everyone from New York that disagrees with the article will leave a comment on the article ripping the writer a new one. I’m not from NY and I was offended. He seems like a bitter bitter man.
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news.....30662.html
Welcome to New York, the worst seat in the house
POSTED: October 28, 2009 By Frank Fitzpatrick
INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
I understand the parallels to 1996 (i.e. Yankees in series for first time in awhile; playing against defending champs, losing at home right off the bat, etc).
But there is a very big difference. In ’96, the Yankees were HUGE underdogs to Atlanta. It isn’t like that this time – have you seen the Vegas odds? Also, 90% of the so-called experts have picked the Yankees, and all the computer simulation websites picked the Yanks. New York is a huge favorite overall – it’s different this time.
But I’ll still take the same results from ’96
On that Damon pop up:
On TV we couldn’t see the apex of the ball’s flight. Might have been 20 feet for all we know.
Lee didn’t catch it cleanly though.
I was a little perturbed on the tag he put on Jorge’s butt on the comebacker. I felt it had a “You can sit down now, son” quality to it.
Probably I’m looking too much into it. It was a frustrating evening.
Darrin,
I have to disagree. The Braves were a better team than these Phillies. They had lights out pitching and if im not mistaken won 103 games that season. Mets and Padres yes.
Exactly, S.O.S., I live in DE, and I’ve been forced-fed these phillies due to where I live. This team gets very inconsistent. We will see it again.
Mike -
I’m not saying the series is over. I realize it’s just one game and of course they can come back. It doesn’t change my opinion about the Phillies though.
SJ44-
Good comments. The fairly inexperienced Yankees in 1996 came back from a 2-0 games deficit, Pettitte being clobbered in game 1 by two Andruw Jones homers to win 4 straight.
I agree adjustments to the lineup need to be made. Bobby Cox won only one WS in all those winning seasons because he was not only outmanaged in many of the WS games but was too loyal to his hitters who might be slumping but were never removed from or dropped in the lineup.
“They’ll be followed by John Legend, who is absolutely fantastic, doing the national anthem.”
That should be pretty good. Whitney Houston’s National Anthem at the 1990 Super Bowl was the best because of the cicumstances, but in my opinion this was the best performance ever of the Anthem, if anybody is interested:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRvVzaQ6i8A
“I was a little perturbed on the tag he put on Jorge’s butt on the comebacker. I felt it had a “You can sit down now, son” quality to it.
Probably I’m looking too much into it. It was a frustrating evening.”
No, you ready it just right. The Phillies looked a tad bit gleeful at winning last night … all smiles, laughing, and all that jazz. That just gets me fired up even more. I cant say for certain how this series will play out, but I know one thing, if we win tonight then the tenur of the series shifts back to mano a mano.
Get the lead to the 8th inning and have more nail down 6 outs and see you Saturday night in Philly with Andy on the hill.
SJ makes great points. The Phillies are very good. Yanks do have some strengths and advantages and those are the things that the yanks needto do well. The Yanks bullpen is better? then they need to pitch that way. Pedro who was not picked up by anyone ealry on, and is a shadow of his former self should get blasted tonight. If the Yanks allow him to hang around shame on them. Girardi use of Bruney in a key spot was ridiculous and the Phils made Joe pay with two tack on runs that pushed the Yanks away
playballnyy – here is the actual article. I’m pretty much flawed by the crap he wrote.
http://www.philly.com/philly/s.....?viewAll=y
Two of the pitchers Cashman passed up at the trade deadline
Pedro,and Pavanot were on teams in postseason the Yankees had to play.
Expect to see Lee on short rest,if Pedro loses tonight.Lee has 265 innings and rising pitched,and hasn’t pitched on short rest.
Never give up. Never surrender.
SJ44 October 29th, 2009 at 12:29 pm
There is no such as thing as having a “bad” year if you lose the World Series.
Its that kind of attitude that makes people hate Yankee fans.
If they happen to lose this series to the defending champs, and people come on here and call it a “wasted year”, they should be banned at worse and mocked continuiously if they stay here.
This team didn’t make the playoffs last year. To be in the WS this year is a GREAT accomplishment.
They are facing a very tough team and they only have 3 real starting pitchers. Its a BIG test.
If they pass it and win, fantastic. If they don’t, its still be a GREAT year and one in which they can build on and be better next year.
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I have to agree. It’s been a great year and I was happy to see the Yanks get past the ALDS (finally) and defeat the Angels and their stupid rally monkey.
It’s great to be in the series, right now I’m just watching baseball and enjoying the tension.
You can call out the bad decisions by the managers and the slumping players, but it’s great the Yanks made it this far.
Its going to take other guys to step up in this series.
In the previous 2 series, they got by on the following factors:
1. Arod and CC having historic post-seasons.
2. Jeter being his usual, solid post-season self.
3. Mo being Mo.
4. The Twins and Angels imploding by making foolish errors and baserunning mistakes.
The rest of the team made some contributions. However, most of them have been horrible thus far in the post-season. Especially, Swisher, Hughes, Matsui, Cano and Tex.
That’s ok up to a point. You take post-season wins however you get them.
However, when you are facing the defending champs, a very, very tough team, you can’t expect the above 4 things to carry you yet again.
The Yankees won in ’96 because they got contributions from everybody on that roster.
That’s why its important that Tex, Swish, Cano, Burnett, etc, show up in this series and contribute.
If they can, it will be a long, tough series and the Yankees have a great chance to win.
However, if they just depend on the 4 things happening that got them here, they will get beat and get beat quickly.
That’s why I’m hoping Girardi, a rookie post-season manager, has the onions to make changes now and not wait until the hole gets too big to dig out of.
“Far below, set up atop the right-centerfield wall, we could see a pair of NYPD snipers. Had New Yorkers finally tired of the Yankees uber-obnoxious broadcast team of John Sterling and Susan Waldman?
By game time, the rain and cold climate brought to mind Nome or a Rockies game in October.
On the field below, we could see Yanks starter CC Sabathia – the only human large enough to be visible – ambling toward the bullpen for warm-ups.
Even up here, in the section formerly known as Pluto, the ground shook.”
This from a journalist?
This is disgraceful.
Trisha,
I find this article to be hilarious. Has any1 here actually been to Philly? Just go. No article needed.
And by no means is it over…
John Legend is an alumnus of the University of Pennsylvania, located in Philadelphia. Can anyone confirm that he is a Yankees fan?
BTW after last night i’m looking for investors in a new company that paints opposing player’s faces on the inside of your toilet bowl. We now offer Jimmy Rollins.
Continue to fight pessimism! Yankees will win tonight!
“lets go yankees (formerly lets go twins)
October 29th, 2009 at 12:24 pm
Why do people keep bringing up Swisher, like he is the reason for the offensive woes. ”
We all talk about Swisher not because we think he’s the only one in a slump, but because he is the only one that is touchable…so its our opinion on what REALISTIC changes can be made to spark something.
My opinion is to have Hinske or Hairston start tonight–not because I think Swisher’s a bum—but to give him a breather, a break PLUS he has almost 0 at bats against Pedro. He’s not even getting the walks which has been one of his biggest strengths. I would still want to see him late in the game or definitely tomorrow.
Im with you Indy42 .. NO RETREAT NO SURRENDER !
Mikey J
October 29th, 2009 at 12:34 pm
Darrin,
I have to disagree. The Braves were a better team than these Phillies. They had lights out pitching and if im not mistaken won 103 games that season. Mets and Padres yes.
Exactly, S.O.S., I live in DE, and I’ve been forced-fed these phillies due to where I live. This team gets very inconsistent. We will see it again.
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True.. When the phillies are hot they are hot.. but when they get cold, they look really bad.. All it takes is our pitchers to shut them down.. Phillies won in bunches and lost in bunches..
Yanks never like being embarrassed, especially in their own home.
Look for fireworks tonight. Yankee fireworks.
Later y’all.
Ermm, Girardi did nip the personal catcher thing in the bud in the regular season. And then Posada got suspended, and then he pulled something in his neck or lat or trap, I’m still not sure.
And what the heck is the governor of NY doing talking about baseball? Doesn’t he have a state to run? Isn’t he on the verge of getting pushed out of office by the president?
As for Keys/Jay-Z. I like Alicia Keys, but I can’t wait for the game to start.
SJ44, Sure, if they do not win, it was a good year, and there is a lot that can be built on. But when you think of the recent struggles of Joba or Phil or Swish, the list goes on, you realize you may never get the opportunity. Every opportunity to win a world series is extraordinary and cannot be taken for granted. So a loss in a World Series should result in disappointment of the fans. Not disappointment towards the team or anger towards the team, but disappointment in general. If anything, it’s these darn umpires who continue to affect games, whether it be Yankees games or other games. They may have gotten the call “right” last night, but their original mistake call is what caused Mastsui to not go back to 1st. That coupled with the 1-1 pitch to Cano that changed the AB
Though last night was the first WS game I’ve seen in person, I’ve seen more than a few WS on TV over the years. Gosh, I remember the ’68 Series, when the Cards were supposed to annihilate the Tigers. Down 3 games to 1, the Tigers came back – Horton throwing out Brock at home, Curt Flood – the best CF in baseball – misjudging Northrup’s fly ball to CF and playing it into a basis-clearing triple, and Lolich getting 3 wins and beating Gibson in Game 7, on short rest no less.
This Series is far from over. I think it was useful for Joe to get some of his pitcher’s into last night’s game, if only to get them a bit used to the big stage. But, at this point, he has to manage to win one game at a time. Do whatever it takes to win that particular game, and worry about the next day later. I’m guessing he knows this.
Nick in SF – I didn’t know about the Yanks’ getting flu shots before the game, but I really can’t see how that had any affect on the game. Unless one has an immediate anaphylactic reaction and swells up into a beach ball, there is no real immediate reaction, just like any other vaccine. Fever, muscle aches can occur a few days down the road, but are usually minor. The risk of Guillain Barre, the rare syndrome that Giuseppe France has, is debated, and, in any event, is not an immediate reaction. (God forbid any of the players, or anybody at all, ever get that.)
Oh, and it would be nice if the umps started calling pitches that are poured right down the pipe for strikes for the Yankee pitchers. Just because the Phillies don’t swing at them doesn’t mean they were balls!
Great points SJ…if anyone remembers the 1976 team got beat by the Big Red Machine and then went on to win back-to-back championships in 77′&78′.
However, I said it before and will say it again if the bullpen doesn’t pitch better it won’t matter. Also, if Cliff Lee is to pitch three times in this series he will be doing it on short rest the rest of the way.
Hope Joe sits Swisher tonight and plays Gardner or Hinske in his place.Also let us not lose Posada’s bat. Enough of Molina please.
SJ…if Girardi has the onions, Posada will be behind the dish tonight.
Of course the Phillies are gleeful.After tonight’s game the advantage shifts to the NL play,no DH,Pitcher bats,Molina’s automatic out at bat,in their own park,can assure with last night’s win in Yankee stadium,the series can be won in their park.
If the Yankees had won the first two at home,Philly would still need to come back to Yankee stadium.
So Yankees need to win tonight,and 2 out of 3 on the road to bring it back home.I’m hoping for this scenario.
Vader,
Agreed. Posada needs to be in the lineup tonight.
M,
Last night was not decided by calls.
The strikezone was bad for both teams last night.
They got beat by a dominant pitcher and great team last night.
That’s the way it goes.
Re-group, and look to get a win tonight to even the series.
Who do the Phillies have behind Cliff Lee that’s dominant?
The closest I guess is Pedro Martinez, but I’m not to worried about him.
Who’s behind him, and when’s the next time we’ll face Lee? Game 4, or Game 5?
I am so mad right now after reading that article. Anyone call his phone yet? I would like to challenge him to a fist fight in the street…….
In the next 3 games the Yankees will be facing Pedro Martinez, Cole Hamels, and possibly Joe Blanton.
That alone should incite confidence in Yankee fans. This Phillies team is nothing like the Braves or Yankees in the 90s. Behind Cliff Lee they do not have another reliable pitcher in the rotation or bullpen.
Vader, WHY? What has Posada shown you in the last few games? 0for5 in game 6 with 10…YES 10 runners left on. (would have been 12 if you count the 2 dps w bases loaded). Yesterday? the bloop hit? or the strikeout, check swing lame grounder to pitcher. I trust Molina can do AT LEAST as well, and the stark difference w Molina catching AJ statistics DO NOT LIE. No chance.
sj44-
the moment that showed me this is the beginning instead of a last hurrah was jeter yelling at coke to mix it up with his looks to second.
i can’t really remember hearing that tone of voice in jeter before. jeter wants to win now, but coke is learning in the process- or else.
the old guard has another few years in them. teixeira and alex are going to be very good for the next four years. sabathia is a horse who’s going to be here. hughes will likely be a #2 at some point.
young players are coming up like montero. if the yankees lose this series they need to let it all out going after it so they can use this as a stepping stone to next year. if they win this year all the better.
anyone else have a horrible nights sleep last night? Maybe I’m too much of a fan…dragging today and hoping for some early success against Pedro so most of the fans can ease up a bit
I’ll take brains over onions any day. Yeah mess with headcase Burnett at this point. Throw Posada’s cold bat in there. Talk about dumb. You think Burnett gives up runs? Just watch with bullhead Posada catching him. Disaster waiting to happen.
let’s go Yankees – absolutely. The Phils’ starting pitching after Lee is not nearly as good. However, it doesn’t mean they’re pushovers. The chances of another shutdown performance by one of them is much, much less, but they’re still major league ballplayers. Anything can happen. The Yanks still have to do their jobs to get a win. I’m optimistic, so I think they can and will. Just got to do it.
And with that, I’m off to do some outside painting on my house.
AJ when Molina behind plate: 3.28 ERA, .221 opp avg, 10.1 k/9
AJ when Posada behnind plate: 4.96 ERA .270 opp avg, 7.3 k/9
case closed. those are not fluke numbers. they are over a seasons worth of work.
next discussion topic. swish needs to sit tonite.
No retreat, no surrender! That is Yankee lore.
We will stand and fight.
Taught never to retreat, never to surrender. Taught that performance on the baseball field in service to New York was the greatest glory he could achieve in his life.
Phillies!!! Tonight, you dine in hell.
From Boston Extra bases
Yankee ‘fans’ are jokes. They’re frontrunners and cowards. Oh, they’re good for gloating when they have a big lead, but not much else.
You won’t find them on this site again until their team gets some traction. Right now, they’re hiding under their sofas. Doesn’t take much to send them into a panic.
I have no problems with Girardi starting Molina and bringing in Posada later in the game. Girardi of all people knows that a catcher does not have to start the game in order to have an impact in the game, if not a series, and if not a franchise.
Girardi was the starting catcher in game 4 of the 1996 WS. He was taken out in the 6th INN with Yankees down 6-3. Leyritz got his unexpected AB and tied the game with one swing.
//But with 6 games left to play, I’m not ready to concede anything.//
Sorry Doreen, but you won’t see 6 more played in this series. I’d say more like 3!
but it will be a GREAT 3 by the Phillies as they sweep out this over-bloated team from NY
Is stubhub not selling game 2 tickets for tonight? I keep clicking on the link and it just brings me to a page for Games 6 and 7…
the only stat that matters regarding this Posada-Molina nonsense is the Won-Lost record of the Yankees when each catches games:
Posada 64-34
Molina 23-19
The Yankees win at a far higher rate with Posada behind the plate vs. Molina. Nothing else matters.
End of discussion.
“Enough of Molina please”
4 at-bats in 3 starts out of 10 games?
Molina’s not the problem. At the top of your list are Tex, Swisher, Matsui and to a lesser degree Damon and Cano and maybe Posada. Jeter, Alex, and Cabrera have been hitting consistently.
What happened to Tex’s bat.Last yr(contract year of course)he was awesome,now he’s nothing to brag about?
Jeter was the only one that seemed comfortable playing last night.It was only fitting that he was the only one to cross the Home plate.
Some want Damon back,but they need an arm,and to get younger.
Johnny’s arm can’t hold a runner on 3rd,the Angels proved this.
Philly fans are more obnoxious than Red Sox fans. Didn’t think I’d say there is a group with a lower overall IQ than Red Sox fans, but I stand corrected.
Thanks CR9 //From Boston Extra bases//
That’s so true. It’s going to be a lot of fun watching them cry in their seats tonight against Pedro……or are the crying because of what they paid for for the seats?
Well either way: Yankee fans crying makes me very happy!
MG are you stupid? That stat means NOTHING. We not talking about Molina catching every game. What an idiot.
Gardner in Center, Melky in right.
Posada catching.
vb03-AMEN….they are also really fat…..
Ideally, we’ll win a close Game 2 as Mo goes 2 innings to slam the door, win Games 3 and 4 by bludgeoning Hamels and Blanton behind Andy and Sabathia, and get beat in Game 5 with Gaudin on the mound and Lee for the Phils.
Burnett wins Game 6 with a quality start and Mo closes it out.
Outside of Lee the Phillies starting pitching is nothing to write home about. The key is that the offense needs to show up, and show up big.
You gotta be a retard to want Posada catching. Yankee pitching not bad enough you want AJ even more flaky!
Get a life.
the only stat that matters regarding this Posada-Molina nonsense is the Won-Lost record of the Yankees when each catches games:
Posada 64-34
Molina 23-19
The Yankees win at a far higher rate with Posada behind the plate vs. Molina. Nothing else matters.
End of discussion.
my question on those bogus stats is who started the other 16 yankee wins? lol.
that is NOT the only stat that matters. LOOK at the ERA of the pitcher in question. Thats the more relevant data. not the win loss figures. thats akin to saying the pitcher who went 22-13 w. a 4.28era for a team that won 110 games is better than the pitcher who went 16-6 w. a 2.15 era for a sub 500 team. a little perspective please.
Funny observation by Jeff Nelson. Going to Philly down 0-2 will not be the same as going to Atlanta down 0-2. (as the Yanks did in 96′) Fans in Atlanta make everyone feel at home. Not in Philly. LOL
Alex,
The Yanks play 9 games a year in ‘intimate’ Fenway Park. I don’t think the Phillie fans will get under their collective skins.
I was at Fulton Co. Stadium for Game 5 of the World Series in ’96, the classic pitchers duel between Andy Pettite and John Smoltz, and the Atlanta fans were comatose. A disgrace.
By the way, I guess it was Leyritz who was Pettite’s preferred catcher that year. I don’t recall Pettite being called a prima donna over it.
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