World Series Game 2: Phillies at Yankees (II)
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UPDATE, 8:46 p.m.: It’s 1-0 Phillies as we go to the third inning. Pedro has thrown 43 pitches and Burnett is at 37.
UPDATE, 9:02 p.m.: Suddenly it’s a bit hairy for Burnett – first and second, facing Howard and he’s up at 56 pitches already.
UPDATE, 9:05 p.m.: Another power curve from Burnett to get Howard swinging and it’s still 1-0 Phillies. Nice tidbit by Josh over on Twitter – on the AB to Victorino, A.J. had 13 throws: Seven pitches and six pickoff attempts. Remember that John Flaherty said he expects the Phillies to do anything they can on the bases to distract Burnett.
UPDATE, 9:11 p.m.: Clearly afraid of Jose Molina, Pedro walks him to get to Derek Jeter.
UPDATE, 9:15 p.m.: Apparently Pedro is no fool. Fastball right down the middle and Jeter can’t pull the trigger. Then Damon flies to right.
UPDATE, 9:23 p.m.: Great play by Molina to catch Werth, who made pretty much the most awkward looking attempt to get back to first I’ve ever seen. Apparently he doesn’t like sliding much. Then Burnett strikes out Ibanez with some heat.
UPDATE, 9:28 p.m.: That was Teixeira’s first World Series home run, his second home run of the postseason and it came on a 1-0 change-up that ended up rolling around the Yankees bullpen. 1-1.
UPDATE, 9:35 p.m.: Tough call on strike three to Hairston, but on a close pitch it’s sort of tough to imagine any ump giving Hairston the benefit of the doubt. It’s not right, but it’s the way it is. Anyway, Pedro is at 75 pitches through four. Burnett is at 73.
UPDATE, 9:45 p.m.: That’s a solid inning from Burnett, who is showing an ability to avoid getting too worked up. Ruiz’s double was crushed to the left-center field wall, but Burnett dug in and struck out Rollins in a tight, diving curveball then got Victorino to pop up to A-Rod. His fastball has been on point and the curveball has serious bite. He’s at 86 pitches through five.
UPDATE, 10 p.m.: Another tight curve, this one to Howard. Seven strikeouts for Burnett.
UPDATE, 10:05 p.m.: OK, that “Who’s your daddy?” chant was better. It sort of loses a little luster though when the guy then gets Tex to wave at a 71 mph bender for his seventh strikeout.
UPDATE, 10:11 p.m.: Matsui comes through with the second World Series home run of his career. Big homer by Teixeira and a big homer by Matsui. It helps to have those two swinging the bat well.
UPDATE, 10:14 p.m.: Joba Chamberlain getting loose. So is Chan Ho Park. Seriously.
UPDATE, 10:16 p.m.: That was pitch No. 101 to get Ibanez on another breaking ball. This is a serious outing by Burnett. Eight strikeouts is the real deal.
UPDATE, 10:17 p.m.: That was an almost identical pitch on strike three to Stairs. Nine strikeouts.
UPDATE, 10:24 p.m.: Great job by A.J. tonight and he kept himself under control emotionally all night. Rivera – yes, Rivera – up warming in the bullpen. Six outs? Don’t forget the Series has an off day tomorrow.
UPDATE, 10:29 p.m.: Joe Girardi is clearly a genius – first Hairston singles, then pinch-runner Gardner goes first to third on a hit-and-run with Melky (!) smacking a liner to right. Now, Charlie Manuel is on his way to the mound to call for Chan-Ho Park as Jorge Posada comes up to pinch-hit. Pedro took a long, slow walk to the dugout and seemed to enjoy the boos he got – he stopped at the top step and grinned at the fans behind the dugout.
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cano cannot hit good pitching.
he is a cement head of the highest order.
the offense is on fire….
this team is embarrassing
we’re gonna see both team’s bullpen tonight.
Hello! Anyone home?
Well, Hairston looked better than Swish has.
C’mon, AJ channel your inner Beckett (the non-HR giving up Beckett).
I was just checking the pitch count. Thanks Sam. 43 pitches from Pedro in two innings is very good. The fact that AJ is at 37…Not so good.
Pedro won’t make it to the 6th. AJ is looking sharp. We’ll be fine.
You people are pathetic fans. Grow up and realize anything can happen.
Cano can’t hit? That was a double off the bat. And we have good AJ tonight. CONFIDENCE, PEOPLE!
i think crowd’s quiet because at these (secondary market) prices it still has to be a largely corporate crowd rather than the true yankees fans. not that it’s the yankees fault. there are just so many corporations and corporate individuals in ny, and this is the big ticket in town. even if you were a true yankee fan and you somehow came into a few tickets, you’d have to really think twice about not selling them and watching on tv if you could get $600 per or something like that
When Pedro is behind 2-0 he grooves a curveball, can we get aggressive and kill that 2nd time around bs Pedro!
Um. 10 hitters?
The Phils are going to be jumping on the first pitch now. A.J. needs to mix it up here.
Ughhhh! What happened to our yankee team?? Who is this teamz?? Why??
“trisha–that’s why you’re one of the leaders of this blog. Most of the rest of us just follow. Thanks!”
Val, I’m not a leader on the blog, just someone with a big mouth. But I mean well.
its quiet like a funeral. Because? this offense BLOWS
Trisha–If u say so. Can I still follow?
GreenBeret7 October 29th, 2009 at 8:47 pm
Triple Short Of A Cycle
October 29th, 2009 at 8:38 pm
Who does anyone bother to listen with the sound on?
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Please explain how to listen with the “sound off”.
It’s a hidden talent!
Word of advice: Try not to be eating when they show utley with his hat off.
The offense is looking more like the offense from the past postseasons. The only thing that is different is that this team has better pitching but the hitters still can’t hit in October.
repost
I saw a blurb in my newspaper that mentioned the average ticket price and top ticket prices are higher in Philly than New York for this series.
some of you people of this blog must be perched on a bridge ready to jump much of your lives, chill out
wow, that was close
joy a 1 out walk, errr double
FRESH SQUEEZED A.J. – GET ur FRESHLY SQUEEZED A.J.
leadoff walks score just about every time….
something tells me victorino never finished high school
Walkimg Rollin…
Not so good.
Poor Shane. It looked like nobody was paying attention to him
GreenBeret7
October 29th, 2009 at 8:44 pm
Triple Short Of A Cycle
October 29th, 2009 at 8:38 pm
Who does anyone bother to listen with the sound on?
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Exactly!
I listen to the Yankee broadcast, or just watch the game in silence, I choose not to listen to those two obvious Yankee haters.
“Trisha–If u say so. Can I still follow?
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I’d be honored if you did.
Posada should be starting tonites game. What did hairston give us?
Good thing it’s not a leadoff walk then
Um, no Gardner.
St. Anthony’s grad from the island of Maui. Also a state track champ. He signed a LOC to go play football at the University of Hawaii.
Try again.
Jeremy – reposting that again doesn’t make it more lame than it was the first time.
Honestly, get a grip.
Trisha–Very well. Lead the way
Anybody else tuning out the announcers? lol
double play
“leadoff walks score just about every time….”
Then good thing there’s one out already.
Trisha and Valerie get a room!
I’m watching in silence, during the commercials I’ve been catching up on shows on Hulu that I’ve missed because of baseball.
I have a bad feeling about this game.
Time for “Beckett” to step up!
yea good call my bad, all walks score often though
It never ceases to amaze me the extent to which some on the blog are worried about every pitch. I sometimes think they think that when the sun sets in the evening the earth will come to an end because it will never rise again? Geez. Seriously, its the top of the 3rd.
ahhhh i can’t believe the phils are up 1-0 on cheap hits!!!!
michelle b–no thanks. i don’t understand why people aren’t allowed to be nice to one another on this blog without comments like that, but we can be insulting. Doesn’t make sense.
michelle, just a little female bonding. It’s a very nice thing.
Angel – A tale told by idiots, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing
Sorry ! I just have a bad feeling because this offense once again is coming up short.
I have the super powers necessary to listen to the game with the sound off
i still have to believe we will score some runs tonight, this isn’t Cliff Lee from last night
I don’t know if pitch count will matter with Pedro. He threw 130 this year.
Jeremy – reposting that again doesn’t make it more lame than it was the first time.
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It doesn’t ?
J Roll has totally broken AJ’s rhythm, this is AJ’s first real test of the game.
I would thank Trisha, but i don’t want Michelle to get the wrong idea
Val -
i was kidding – lighten up.
The time to feel depressed was in 1996 in the middle innings of Game 4. That was when it seemed that the season was done. Then Jimmy Leyritz popped a HR off Wholers and boom Yanks never looked back. They just need a break. It’s coming.
Way too concerned with Rollins
no more 2 out runs
that was a balk
time for another cheap 2 out hit for philly
Michelle b.–ok. sorry. all is forgiven. just don’t post anything addressed to me again
# trisha – OPPC forever – (new lucky picture from last day at the old Stadium) BRING ON THE GHOSTS! October 29th, 2009 at 8:56 pm
michelle, just a little female bonding. It’s a very nice thing.
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you got that right
Yanks have to, and will, do something against that washed out mxther f??ker
two outs… right where the Phillies like it
I didnt agree with it the first time it was posted.
Now he just has to get the best hitter in the stadium, w/ a RISP, big at bat right here.
Lets say Burnett goes 6ish and the Yanks are in it (behind or in the lead by a small amount or tied) who do you want to see in the game for the 7th or mid-6th?
If you are a REAL yankee fan, and you aren’t feeling down, worried or any type of anxiety. you are NOT a true yankee fan
If they get a run here I’m going to call the Phillies my daddy.
This team seems sleepy
Looks like this game is going to be a battle of the bullpens. I just hope Phil and Joba can finally get their stuff together
Bad AJ is back
He’s definitely out of his rhythm now.
Burnett does not look the same with a speedy runner on. Focus on the hitter.
terrific just terrific
I hate him
throw a stupid strike
Come on AJ. Don’t lose this inning.
This isn’t “bad A.J.”
They are obviously pitching around Utley and considering he is by far the best player on the Phillies, I can’t blame them.
Please Buck, tell me more about Brett Favre. He’s such a mysterious character, if only he’d give SOMEONE an interview.
man i don’t want to face howard with 2 men on, he can make it 4-0 in a hurry
Walk Utley. Good move.
Bryan–calm down, please.
Yikes, we better hope AJ has more confidence against Howard or something, cus if he wasn’t pitching around Utley then he just lost it.
A.J. is breaking down. How do you walk a guy to face the better hitter ? LOL !
AJ – get out of the strech
thanks
Here comes the AJ meltdown.
Lets walk Utley to get to Howard. That makes sense.
The good AJ never lasts.
Big spot for the series right here.
Yup. That’s what you want. Ryan Howard up with two men on.
I think he was just pitching around Utley. At least that’s the way it looked.
Come on AJ
uh-oh
144 RBIs just stepped into the box.
This is scary.
Season at stake here
100% he gets a hit here….This is terrible
Biggest spot in this game to this point. We could be possibly staring at 4-0. Can you say lights out.
where can I stream the WCBS broadcast?
56 f’in pitches… jeezus christ
i smell crap coming.
This is the most important AB of the game so far.
This inning is going a bit too long for my liking.
Like pitching around Ruth to get to Gehrig
i really really hope aj can get out of this he looks really wild right now
Whew…
This is a series changing AB.
That 1-0 pitch may have been the break we need, break em off some AJ!!
C’mon AJ!!!
I don’t think CBS streams bc of MLB online rights. I think they actually stream the news.
I can’t watch. Hold your breath.
“i think crowd’s quiet because at these (secondary market) prices it still has to be a largely corporate crowd rather than the true yankees fans. not that it’s the yankees fault.”
Exactly. Like I already said, the drunkards don’t show up to this game because its too expensive for them.
if AJ gets out of this, lets hit Posada now. Molina gave him his little boost….
I can’t help it
I’m dying with every pitch in the 3rd inning
got help me get through the rest of this one…
Would FOX stop harping about the crowd already? They have had NOTHING to cheer about these last two games.
f’in f’er – this is pathetic.
Molina just told AJ “Dont throw it down the middle.”
I just got in after standing in line outside Yankee’s Stadium for 5 hours trying to get a ticket to tonight’s game. No luck but it was electrifying! Let’s go Yankees! Hope everyone is enjoying the game so far!
Phew. Thanks for making me sweat AJ
Nicely done, A.J. Now lets get the bats going (again)!
We get out of this. We score this inning.
nice! lets get some freakin runs
so maybe Molina can catch a ball or???
Nice job AJ!
i like AJ, he’s got that Marlboro man look going for him, all he needs is a little pinch of snuff and he’s there.
big K!
HA HA HA HA HA!!!!
Good calls there.
But here’s my favorite:
“100% he gets a hit here….This is terrible”
Pathetic
The Yankees need to hold an affordable lottery for these playoff games. These rich A-holes only get loud in the big moments. We need people who are going to get drunk and stay loud all game.
exhale…
YEA!!!!
come on guys…breakout inning here
Lets shift some momentum in this series!!!!!!!!!!!
This is our inning, watch for some runs scoring here.
That was a clutch pitch by A.J….Now lets get PEDRO.
I guess pitching around Utley worked.
61 pitches through 3 innings for AJ.
Definitely going to come down to the bullpens. I will be shocked if either pitcher gets through more than 6.
Huge out!!! Really would help if we didn’t have the abyss leading off next inning, it would be huge if we could score this inning, but the lineup’s stacked against us…
I’m with RS on this one. I’ve always generally disliked these two, but every other word out of their mouth has seemed to be something about Burnett’s salary, the crowd, the price of the stadium…bah
This game is dragging. Feels like the 5th-6th inning.
One hour in and it’s not even 3 innings complete.
Pedro gets pounded this inning!!
I’m feeling 3 runs this inning.
“f’in f’er – this is pathetic.”
Actually it was quite good. It pays to wait to make pronouncements like that, no?
Bench,
Did you make it to the toilet in time?
I repeat: Why do people talk about AJ like he’s a child?
You know what else is Pathetic? The yankee hitters
bronx bombers girl–i’m sorry you didn’t have any luck! But you still have lohud!
AJ is getting it done, but there’s no way he’s going more than 6 innings tonight. The bullpen is going to be a huge factor in this game unfortunately, and Mo isn’t going to pitch 3 innings.
My hope is that the Yankees find a way to break out against Pedro the second time through the order. I remember Smoltz looked really dominant like this when the Yankees faced him earlier, and then he imploded once they got a second look at him. Of course, the offense was actually hitting at that time.
“I guess pitching around Utley worked.”
Some peoples batting averages on this board tonight with predictions are worse than the Yankee offense and that’s saying something.
I’ve got a feeling….oh oh…THAT TONIGHTS GONNA BE A GOOD NIGHT!!!
Can we get someone to third base this inning?
No one hit the ball anywhere near that hard last night, if the Melkman can do that anyone can hit Pedro, cept maybe this guy…
Burnett, believing
Pedro’s mishchief ending soon
When Papa gets home!
Here comes the big bopper everyone! He’s got a stick of dynamite out there. Hold on for some fireworks!
“I guess pitching around Utley worked.”
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not sure you can make much of a career about making Ryan Howard beat you, but I’ll take it.
“100% he gets a hit here….This is terrible”
Pathetic
let me clarify that was my jinx to Howard…That goes without saying
61 pitches for Burnett already through only 3. At this pace he’ll be lucky to get through 6.
First someone find me the hot Al that was hitting this postseason, b/c the guy batting in the World Series is not him.
Second, that was the gutsiest pitching I’ve ever seen from AJ that last inning, I mean walking Utley to put 2 RBIs for Ryan Howard.
Dear AJ,
Don’t ever do that again.
Molina just needs to take 2 strikes and drive up that pitch count.
The Ghost October 29th, 2009 at 9:09 pm
“I guess pitching around Utley worked.”
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not sure you can make much of a career about making Ryan Howard beat you, but I’ll take it.
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Sometimes you gamble and win
Molina’s instructions should be “stand up there until Pedro throws strike three . . . DO NOT SWING”
Someone remind me what Pedro started this inning at pitch countwise…
Melky didn’t work the count.
Former Box 607 October 29th, 2009 at 9:03 pm
I don’t think CBS streams bc of MLB online rights. I think they actually stream the news.
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that’s true but sometimes desolate stations relay it and go unnoticed
Nice job Jose, at least he’s seen at least 6 pitches…
molina better be taking again
With AJ that gets called a ball
Some put a sock in Joe Buck’s mouth.
Molina already did his job. He’s seen 6 pitches already.
sleeping offense…zzz
I was driving and I suddenly saw firefalls shooting through the sky, locusts swarming, and the San Francisco Bay turning blood red.
Did someone say something not nice about Shane Victorino?????
Good walk by Pedro. Molina is a world famous slugger. Can’t let him beat you.
Do we really need to know all this about Pedro?
Jorge who??
YEA MOLINA. Take that Posada lovers
Arod got them to the WS, time for someone else to get hot.
Hey we got a base runner.
pinch run molina…
Jose obviously doesn’t read the blog, my posts included!
nice AB
the speedy Molina is on.
Great AB by Molina…worked the count, gets on base…even if the slowest guy on our team next to Hideki.
Way to go Molina, now all we need are 4 singles and we’ll get a run!
Jeter get a hit here. No doubt.
HUGE walk!!! We gotta build on that great job by Mr. Molina.
Lets go Captain!
Yay Molina worked a walk!
Dear Derek, this is Pedro. You know you want a piece of him. LETS GO!
posada would have struck out HIP HIP- MOLINA!!!
more like a base waddler…
Lets get Pedro’s pitch count up at least.
too bad this isnt HS softball, where you can always insert a pinch runner just once in a game and then the person can come back out and play their position.
Kevin October 29th, 2009 at 9:10 pm
Some put a sock in Joe Buck’s mouth.
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Tim McCarver has something else in mind
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS JOSE!!!!!!!!
So much for the automatic out.
Ha ha ha ha ha. I love it when the naysayers end up with egg on their faces.
The Yankees need to at least get baserunners. More baserunners means the lineup turns over faster and Jeter, Damon, etc. can get third ABs against Pedro.
Molina got on, good for him, good for us.
That Jay-Z and Alicia Keys song is bringing us so much bad luck, eversince that started these players have been more tense than a crack addict on 1 day probation.
“posada would have struck out HIP HIP- MOLINA!!!”
You realize “Hip Hip…JOSE!” works much better, right?
We missed another one, that foul off by Jeter on 0-1 was another grapefruit, only a matter of time…
“posada would have struck out HIP HIP- MOLINA!!!”
You realize “Hip Hip…JOSE!” works much better, right?
most def…good call
The rally chants from the bleacher creatures are pretty loud. They might be the only people in the house making noise.
Isn’t tonight beginning to feel a lot like last night?
too bad this isnt HS softball, where you can always insert a pinch runner just once in a game and then the person can come back out and play their position.
Or fantasy baseball where you could pick your lineup
Burnett’s at 61 pitches. Pedro is at 57 with that 2-2 pitch
We just need to tie the game. Both bullpens will be in by the 7th inning easily, but it would be nice not to still be behind by then.
Isn’t tonight beginning to feel a lot like last night?
not really, they will get to pedro or the bullpen
Does Philadelphia evevn have a bullpen?
It’ll be interesting to see how the Phillies bullpen does tonight. They haven’t thrown in a while and we were predicted to have the advantage bullpen wise to start the series(I do realize this was pre-Hughes collapse of sorts).
Jeter needs to stop admiring Pedro’s pitches like that and just HIT it.
right down the middle
stupid jeter
that’s the Jeter i know
Look at how badly Pedro’s missing when he tries to get oomph on that fastball…we’ve gotta step it up, bad K by Jeter
now pedro is a savvy people person
well good thing his name is Jose, cuz, Hip Hip Yadier doesnt fit.
Point of Trivia: Jose Molina’s career OBP in the post season is .467
Jeter looks pathetic tonight. Can anyone hit this old man ?
damon wait for the changeup
McCarver is an idiot. A Quick Pitch is a balk and not legal.
Well they are doing a great job getting to Pedro the second time through the order
Un-f**king-believable!!!
This is getting ponderous.
Pedro at 59 pitches through 3
This offense is just kicking so much ass.
How do the Yankees spell clutch?….O-U-T
Yanks are playing dead
Pedro is getting his REVENGE!!!
Well, this is a pathetic display of non-hitting so far.
The Yankees hard hit balls are being caught for some reason.
so sad
ugh,, there is no excuse for not scoring tonight
Jeter thinking to much and looking for a slider and takes the best pitch to hit Pedro has thrown all night. This is going as bad as it can right now.
down right pathetic
so was it Cliff Lee last night or this bunch of jokers?
yanks r sleeping
Why would Philly go to the bullpen?
The offense is going downhill. First we stunk w/RISP, now we can’t even get runners into scoring position.
wow. This is getting pathetic like the first game. Bats are still asleep. Jeter takes strike 3 right down broadway.
Can the Yanks please wake up sometime this series??
86 mph right down the middle to jeter. he looks like swisher up there.
jeez what a group !!!! there offense is in a coma………..
this is disgraceful.
A-Rod seems to expand his zone again….
Who’s the yankees’ daddy?
Yanks need something to loosen them up.
Seems like they are all over thinking.
Angel – you on shower duty?
Valerie G. – You are absolutely right! I thought maybe I would score something because yesterday they had some tickets after 3 p.m. according to the news last night. It’s all good I am still cheering them on regardless of where I am at.
Come on Yanks . . wake up !.
AJ seems to be struggling to get through his inning whereas pedro seems to be cruising… Pedro is locating his fastball but Jeter had two 88 mph fastballs thrown to him right down the middle..
this is really disappointing…this is not the yanks i been rootin for all year..
We missed another one!! If the Bronx Bombers aren’t gonna drill some of these bad fastballs they put additional pressure on our pitchers to hold off their hitters, we gotta punish Pedro, he’s just not pitching that well, Cliff Lee was one thing, this one’s on the offense if they cant pick it up.
C’mon people!
Be realistic. The Yanks are intimidated and finished. I can’t imagine the Red Sox, Angels or Twins being such pushovers in the World Series. Only the Yankees would play with such a lack of energy in World Series games at their home ballpark. Disgraceful.
Well some good news is I guess I’m definitely not watching all of Kate Hudson’s movies, shame b/c I actually was looking forward to Raisen Helen.
Jeter just watched a changeup right over the plate on the first pitch, then a fastball right over the plate to strikeout.
hello you crack smoking ump – that was a strike.
btw… .YankeeKid is the same lying troll as Mr.Yankee last night. Ignore him.
Girardi needs to get himself tossed. That seems to wake the team up.
12 innings, one run.
Can’t wait to hear the post game interviews when we’ll hear:
“He had movement on his fastball.”
“He is so smart out there.”
“He kept us off balance.”
“He moved the ball in and out and up and down.”
stacey,
You are right. This is the postseason offense we have been seeing since 2006
Leadoff walks are not acceptable against this team, gotta battle back AJ…
Game 2 Hammered count: 1
jeezus AJ – throw some f’in strikes.
I am glad the strike zone is totally different for both teams.
Cliff Lee is one thing, PedroMmartinez is another. These clowns called the Yankee lineup are being paid a ton of $$$ to be able to hit mediocre pitching.
Your pitcher is keeping you in the game, Jeter. Taking an 88mph fastball down the middle of the plate? What are you looking for, the ball on a tee?
Starting pitching means a lot in the postseason, but if you vaunted lineup looks lie a bunch of girly men, they’re going nowhere. Someone needs to light a fire under their collective butt.
It’s Pedro, for crying out loud.
another speedy leadoff man on..
The Phillies are hitting good pitches, the Yankees are swinging and missing at pitches in the middle of the plate.
Typical breakdown by the Yankees in the postseason. If they lose this game they should just give up because they will only win 1 game in Philly.
They look like the Red Sox hitters in the ALDS.
That was catchable, Jerry
woo – we’re the team to beat… that’s right folks!
Be positive–they have solved the RISP problems these last two games by never getting anyone in scoring position.
You have to be a really really positive fan to feel good about anything about these first two games to this point. The crowd sucks and appears to be just waiting for something bad to happen.
Joe is an idiot.
The Phillies just look like the far better team in every single facet of the game. This could be a clean sweep.
What is this quick pitch junk? DJ needs to be ready, he’s in the box right?
We suck, we can’t hit, we can’t pitch… that makes us this version of the 07′ rockies.
“Ha ha ha ha ha. I love it when the naysayers end up with egg on their faces.”
trisha-
so you perceive that by the same token when posada does something well you have egg on your face ?
no wonder you create so much divisiveness on the blog.
matt stairs is a disgrace
Just dreadful. You could throw Igawa out there and he would shut down this offense. The Yanks are lucky they got to the WS with this hitting. The hitting fails them every post season.
Get ready to hear a whole lot of crap about how 13 years ago, we were down 2 games to none against Atlanta and came back and won the WS.
If we can’t win one game at home, against a pitcher that no one in MLB wanted 3 months ago, then we suck and a sweep is likely.
first good thing to happen all night – the ump gets smacked with a foul ball.
Yankees struggle against soft tossers. They looked better against Pedro when he was a hard thrower.
They look somewhat over-matched imo.
AJ is being paid $16 million per year. Throw strikes. Phil Hughes can throw balls, and he makes the league minimum.
The rest are being paid anywhere from $13-28 million. Time to earn it. Enough of this, you clowns, before AJ lets this one get too far out of control.
The Yankees are totally out of sync at this point.
It’s that nothings going right syndrome.
Nice heads-up by Tex.
JOSE!
wow Molina
Posada who?
MOLINA—–HIP HIP JOSE!!!
wow that was sweet
Jorge who???
attaboy jose..
What was Werth doing over there the Riverdance?
Wake up crowd! Nice play Jose!!! And Ibanez went, should’ve been a double punch out!
BTW he swung the bat
take out Molina you say
Nice play!
now i must say, jorge couldn’t have done that!
And THERE is the value of Jose Molina!
don’t think Posada could have done that
momentum is ours
nice, jose!
posada dreams of making a play like that!!!
It’s Pedro, for crying out loud.
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It’s not a young head hunting Pedro. It’s an older rehabbed version.
Molina +1!!
cmon AJ.. where was that pitch all this time?? go get them..
Jose came to play tonight
That was a smart tag by Tex.
He did it from the blind side.
If he turned around it would not have been an out.
Posada would have never made that play. That could change the whole complexion of the inning. That and 3 runs in the bottom half.
Nice inning. Let’s get the bats rolling.
Time for the O to wake the hell up!!!!!
12 pitch inning for AJ
73 pitches through 4
Did he just say big bats coming up for the Yanks?
Tick Tick Tick
Here come the runs…
Okay, time to get AJ some runs!
That k to Ibanez started from inside the plate and missed the outside corner by almost 6 inches..
I am sick and tired of these terrible at bats
Pedro is a bum kill him!!!
I’ve got a feelin’ wooowooo….
COME ON LOHUD BLOG – Sing it with me!!!
TONIGHTS GONNA BE A GOOD NIGHT
let’s go, big bats!
Maybe that Molina play will wake us up !!!
Burnett has been brilliant. Yes brilliant. And thank you God, we have seen a good reason for Molina pairing with him. Maybe this will shut up the doubters. Now we need the bats to respond.
freakin’ hell – i hope this wakes up this bunch of hung over weenies.
“Can’t wait to hear the post game interviews when we’ll hear:
“He had movement on his fastball.”
“He is so smart out there.”
“He kept us off balance.”
“He moved the ball in and out and up and down.” ”
You’re right. Constantly tipping your cap to the opposing pitcher is just a subtle way of not being accountable for your failures. You can accept the hitters praising Cliff Lee, but if they come up empty tonight they better but the blame on themselves.
I’m supposed to be, DT. Although this place is severely diminishing my desire to spend much more time tonight
commenting here, lol.
AJ is doing his part. Now it’s time for the Yankees to awake from their naps and start hitting!
This offense needs to wake up
seriously guys , the “best offense in baseball” needs to do something here.
First good thing of the series now lets run with that. AJ is pumped and saying lets go. Runs here and that inning could be a turning point of the series.
Gardner in CF
October 29th, 2009 at 9:23 pm
momentum is ours
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Could be.
If you’re right, we will see a better showing than three up and three down.
Lets go!!!!!!!! Come on!!!! It’s gotta be now, all three of these guys can smoke Pedro, if it doesn’t happen now we’re just gonna make it tougher for AJ and our pen the rest of the way, this lineup’s too good to go dormant for this long, let’s bring the firepower boys!!
Molina with the big play, just what the team needs to get fired up on offense.
I guess now we know why Molina is in the lineup
If that ball Molina threw hit Ibanez, what’s the call on that?
So far Molina has saved a wild pitch, picked a runner off base, and actually reached 1st base. 2 things Posada wouldn’t of done.
KF October 29th, 2009 at 9:24 pm
It’s not a young head hunting Pedro. It’s an older rehabbed version.
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Pedro went home and planted a garden
and then smoked it.
With the middle of the order coming up we have to score this innning.
…TONIGHT’S GONNA BE A GOOD NIGHT…
I’m wondering if the Yankees bats remember how to square a ball up any more.
# trisha – OPPC forever – (new lucky picture from last day at the old Stadium) BRING ON THE GHOSTS! October 29th, 2009 at 9:25 pm
Burnett has been brilliant. Yes brilliant. And thank you God, we have seen a good reason for Molina pairing with him. Maybe this will shut up the doubters. Now we need the bats to respond.
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Molina is certainly the defensive star right now. It’s the fact that he’s pretty much the offensive star as well that is disturbing.
Joe does come off dull as toast in interviews. Charlie Manuel sounds folksy and fun; Joe just sounds humorless.
Offense please wake up!!!!!! Tex hit like the all star you are…
Aldo October 29th, 2009 at 9:26 pm
If that ball Molina threw hit Ibanez, what’s the call on that?
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if Ibanez moves to intentionally block the throw he’d be out.
Thank you, Tex!
FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FINALLY! Let’s get the crowd alive!
TONIGHTS GONNA BE A GOOD NIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Let’s score 4 in th 4th
thats good tex… cmon yanks..
TEX BABY!!!!!!!
finally
Thanks Tex!
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OH MY GOD!!!!!
Teixeira is awesome
Yay Tex!!
About time !!!!
It’s about time!!!
WAKE UP YANKEES!!!
yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What is all this about people shutting up?
It’s unseemly.
And a logical fallacy.
Tex!!! Eat a big plate uf shutup, Tex haters!!!!
Whoa! It seems like forever since Tex has been to the plate.
And even longer since he’s crossed it!
Hoot! Hoot! How does the stadium sound now, clowns?
Thank you Molina and AJ
Oh snap Teix remembered he can hit.
Thats the turning point Im talking about. Molina and AJ set the tone now the offense has to keep it going.
A Molina inspired run…..
Joe Buck “Pedro Martinez is so smart and loveable, and whoops that terrible pitch just got drilled to the moon!”
Tex!
Let’s have a big inning.
Tex reaches out and touches Pedro
The pendulum swings!!!!! Finally!!!!!
I smell back to back ding dong donkey kongs
I’m hoping a point will come in the game where the Yankees will need me to take a shower by proxy, lol.
Al, looks bad right now, like really bad.
arod just missed that..
It warms my heart to know that someone on the Yankees can hit an 83mph pitch.
TEX
Oh, goody. Molina is no longer the offensive star. That makes me feel a little better.
I like this. Stay Aggressive!
Why is the ball not going far in left-field ?
Man I thought that was out off the the bat of Arod.
I might have yelled when he hit it.
you could almost hear joe f. buck rolling his eyes calling that a-rod fly out
oh well close enough…i like the swing.
Where is Kate?
Nice going Tex. Too bad Arod is back to trying to do too much.
Burnett battles through
Help from Jose Molina
Or Phantoms’ menace?
“Al, looks bad right now, like really bad”
Debbie downer
Teixeira’s hits have been few and far between this postseason, but he certainly has had good timing.
Leadoff single off Nathan
Walk-off HR
3-run double in Game 5 against the Angels
HR tonight
Joe Buck should just bl*w Pedro already!!!
A-Rod just missed that. Pedro is tiring.
Why are they talking about Pedro and not Tex?
They are going to have to figure out how to win this w/o him, b/c that’s not the guy that was hitting in the ALDS & ALCS.
“Thank you Molina and AJ”
Cmon this crowd sucks
now he’s the best INTERVIEWER? bull. Jeter is the best interviewer.
I’m not satisfied with tying it up, Yankees need to take the lead, then expand on it.
Let that team in the other dugout know this isn’t the Dodgers or Rockies.
Molina last inning, the Yankee version of the rally monkey
speechless
69 pitches and counting
hello bullpen
hello runs
Good walk by Matsui. Come on, Cano!! Be patient!
How many times are they going to play that press conference video?
Good lord, no one is chanting your name Pedro, they’re booing you and want to see you fail.
Cano is so due.
WHo’s your daddy!!! cmon robbie lets hit.
Gardner in CF October 29th, 2009 at 9:31 pm
now he’s the best INTERVIEWER? bull. Jeter is the best interviewer.
haha Jeter has been saying the same things since he came up.
“now he’s the best INTERVIEWER? bull. Jeter is the best interviewer.”
I love Jeter, but he is the most boring interview in sports. You could take a press conference from 1996 and 2009 and there would be no difference.
pedro makes me laugh. and it’s an evil laugh
I hate Cano
IS it me or does Cano seem to get jammed all the time.
TO all the regulars/Yankee fans on here just ignore the morons who have nothing better to do than rag on the Yankee’s….
We got this! I am positive. Trust me after I waited all that time outside the stadium today to potentially get a ticket I know we are going to come out winning!
LET’S GO YANKEE’S! clap clap clap clap clap
note to cano.. please stop trying to hit homeruns at every at bat…
Same exact situation as the second inning.
com’on Arsenio Hall Jr.
Cano will swing at anything as long as it looks like its going to hit him
damn, i thought this may be a big inning….come on yanks…put some hits together pleeeeeeeeese
Whole lineup is due let’s go!
Carl October 29th, 2009 at 9:33 pm
haha Jeter has been saying the same things since he came up.
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but he says the right things. Either way, Phil Coke gives better interviews than Pedro.
MLB.com had both of the last 2 pitches inside
should be 2-1
We ain’t nobodies daddy tonight the way this offense is hitting.
A-rod is not going to be perfect but he did hit that pitch pretty good. It just wasn’t good enough.
“IS it me or does Cano seem to get jammed all the time.”
He does, and will continue to get jammed until he stops swinging at those balls.
ok, should be 3-1
not 1-3
Mark Teixeira swings
The pummeling of Pedro
brings us parity
Swish could have done that!!
BS…
Man…we needed Hairston to have a Mathis moment there.
“IS it me or does Cano seem to get jammed all the time”
He swings at pitches in on his hands too much. That’s his weakness. If he lays off their balls.
wow 2 balls become strikes
Enough with the hairston project, let hinske hit next if its still a rightie on the mound. Swish can come in later and get the walk off hit.
Well, tying it up is good …
as long as Burnett doesn’t give the lead right back this inning.
They need to do more than that. You can’t just hit a few homeruns and hope that’s hit. You have to string some hit together.
Pedro just turned it up a little with those two fastballs to Hairston on 0-1 and 0-2, better location then he’s had all night, but the first and last fastball were down the middle, swing the bat Jerry!!! Time to go to Hinske or Swish, Hairston had his chance and he looks baaad and nervous.
That last “strike” was super low!
AJ’s got new life…hopefully it’ll be a quick half inning for him.
If Girardi was smart he would have put Gardner in center and benched Cano for the first 3 innings in favor of Hairston just to wake him up.
What does Hairiston do that Gardner couldn’t? At least Gardner could beat out an infield hit, or maybe bunt for a base hit. All Jerry does is complain about every called strike…and they’ve all been right down the pipe.
It’s amazing, but Pedro is still so good that he would be the number two guy on the Yanks.
not good enough.. we have runners on BUT “0″
Yankees need to get the leadoff man on and work from there.
Hairston looks like he’s at bad in the AA
cano looks absolutely clueless up there. alot of them are getting decent wood on the ball. just not dropping in where we need it. and i’m sorry that was a bs strike to hairston just now.
Like I said this morning. Gardner in center and melky in right. Hairston can’t even swing
Anyone think that Hinske is sitting on the bench salivating over that 88mph fastball?
Last stroke seemed a bit low and late. But tie game. Keep it going.
Big mo is still with the Phillies, until the Yankees can take the lead, and expand on it.
Jeremy he looks so off, I mean it’s not even funny. The offspeed SP that locate right now are owning him. You could tell well he’s not staying back on the ball, he’s carried us here and I didn’t expect him to go off in the WS b/c really right now he’s almost in awe.
They all are. They haven’t really been here before. And it shows, the looseness isn’t there.
Im thinking Hinske is gonna get a chance to win it for us.
Yea…lets make this one quick AJ!!!!!
The best offense in baseball has 8 hits in 13 innings and have scored all of 2 runs. And only one of them was earned.
I mean’t to say that you can’t just hit homeruns and hope to win. You need to string some hits together.
If Girardi was smart he would have put Gardner in center and benched Cano for the first 3 innings in favor of Hairston just to wake him up.
If Girardi was smart he could have just polled the lohud blog for a line up
The Yankee hitters are holding back against strikes. When they choose to swing, they are restrained, so they can’t get power.
You just gotta see a pitch you like and hit.
This game is going to be won by hitting the ball, not by walking.
Molina is like a camera — he frames every pitch perfectly!
One thing to keep in mind: Pedro has thrown 120+ pitches in a few outings this year (even hit 130 once). If the game is still 1-1 in the 7th inning, or the Phillies are ahead, Manuel might just leave Pedro in there.
I’m not sure if that’s a good thing or bad thing. Just thought it’s something to keep in mind so we don’t assume that driving Pedro’s pitch count up to 100 is going to get automatically get him out of the game.
Sheisse….
Phew.
Even when Pedro was good his numbers dramatically declined after pitch number 100. I’ll take our chances.
How come when Arod hits the ball to left it’s a lazy fly ball and Ruiz’ ball goes to the wall? C’mon ghosts wake up!!!
Why the heck can’t we get light hitting catchers out?
Seriously.
i thought that was going out..
Tex–crack of the bat
Werth’s eyes shooting to the stars
Vendors catch their breath
Damon playing a bit shallow or just slowing down out there.
Bad pitch to a ML baseball player = double
Pedro is better than AJ. What a effing joke.
This team looks bad right now. If they lose this series I don’t even care anymore. At least they had a good season.
Like I said …
IF Burnett can keep the score as is …
Bad pitch there by AJ…he had 2 strikes on Ruiz and he grooved it….you need to make pitches in the world series…
It’s funny how the more desperate Girardi gets the more likely he’ll put Gardner in the starting lineup. Why not just start him before it’s too late?
These games are boring as hell.
How does Carlos Ruiz rock a double against you when you’re ahead in the count? we gotta pitch better than that…
Buck and McCarver are providing a primer on what the Phils have to do to score runs – with every pitch thrown. They are disgusting in their ardor for the Phillies.
What is it with opposing catchers hitting all these doubles against us? Not singles, walks, or even homeruns…just lots and lots of doubles.
First Mauer, then Mathis, and now Ruiz.
Maybe Girardi went with Molina tonight hoping he could steal some of the Mathis/Ruiz magic.
Seriously its getting ridiculous.
I’m starting to think if a whole team was made up of light hitting catcher the Yanks wouldn’t stand a chance.
i’m beginning to think we’ve seen the last of Johnny Damon after this series. His defense is just awful. I like his bat, but can we keep him just as a DH?
Girardi just seems to have terrible instinct as a manager. Looking at all the statistical charts do no good in a World Series, where all sorts of intangibles come into play.
And now Arod is back to form, not just seeing the ball and hitting it, but guessing and hoping and praying.
Rollins has too good of an eye to have such a low BA/OBP
Why can’t Molina be that quick on his feet?
How was that not a swing, but cano’s was last night…ughh
Between Jeff Mathis and Carlos Ruiz I can recount at least 6 doubles absolutely ripped to left center field, they’re clearly not giving these guys enough respect…
If they leave AJ in for 130 pitches, will he be able to go 6 innings?
“I mean’t to say that you can’t just hit homeruns and hope to win. You need to string some hits together.”
I know that, but he’s not even squaring it well, I mean a cookie from Pedro, but the past 2 gms. he’s been getting offspeed pitches last rd. he tatoos, this WS he’s whiffin’ on them & looking at it. But it’s not just him it’s everybody, as if they are hungover, the good news is Teix looks like he’s back to normal, bad news everyone else isn’t.
That was just a bad pitch to Ruiz. A hanging fastball. One that just came in and did nothing but go the other way. Lucky that he got it back.
How was that check swing any different than Cano’s yesterday?
Big chase!! Thanks J Roll!
NICE!!!
i’m beginning to think we’ve seen the last of Johnny Damon after this series. His defense is just awful. I like his bat, but can we keep him just as a DH?
Easy to say when Erica, isn’t here.
yanks arent gettin any breaks..rollins should of been strike out couple swings ago…lets go aj one more
LOL AJ’s pitching a good game, but no one seems to be noticing……..but people would definitely show up if he got blown out.
Turn the sound off, Trisha, that’s what I do.
These guys are Yankee haters, they’ve been that way for years.
Nicely done again, A.J.
Greg, you cannot say Arod is back in form. How many players can you recall that have had 3 great series in a row in the post season? I’m not sure I can remember any.
AJ is earning his money through 5.
85 pitches through 5
AJ settled down somewhat
nice start so far
Nice Inning A.J… back to work offense!
Lets Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
ok aj held it down…now come yanks get some runs
Nice job AJ!!! Shance Victorino’s not too far behind Pete Happy in terms of being a black hole in the Phillies lineup.
that was a big inning for AJ.
pedro could only go one more inning – if the yankees can knock him out of this game
The Great Hall, weaving
The path of A.J.’s curveball
lighting up the screen
AJ’s throwing a gem out there. It’s time for the hitters to get going.
Good job AJ. Now Jesus H let’s get going BATS!!!
“i’m beginning to think we’ve seen the last of Johnny Damon after this series. His defense is just awful. I like his bat, but can we keep him just as a DH?”
As Erica’s proxy tonight I scream – No Way! Not my PFB!
(ok that felt weird)
Seeing the Yankees turn over the lineup would make my day.
Buck…”That fastball dips out of the strike zone”
What?….that was paint. I guess he only sees pitchtrack when conveinent.
AJ is stepping up, big time tonight. He’s doing his job. Tex did his, now the rest of the lineup needs to step up. Pedro’s had some very loud outs last two innings. Let’s see if they can get to him 2nd and 3rd time around.
I think Damon was under .100 BA when he entered Game 7 of the 2004 ALCS.
I think if Damon does stay it will be mostly as a
Replacing Swisher w/ Hairston not looking to good. I would rather have a lefty hit w/ a chance for a homer.
Melky, Molina, Jete
let’s make Pedro work
HOLD THE PHONE HERE!
Burnett gets out of that inning and all Buck can say in a monotone voice is “Good start for AJ Burnett.” He and McCarver just about BEG for the Phillies to get hits and BEG for Martinez to strike out our guys. There are tears of joy in their voices when the Phils get the job done.
“Good start for AJ Burnett.”
I HATE those two biased losers!
I think AJ should have shut some people up this offseason. If he can finish up this good start, every start he’s had this playoffs has been great or kept the Yankees in the game. Even in that start he gave up 4 to the Angels in the first, he put up zeros the rest of the way and the pen blew the game for him. The Yankees got the lead back cuz of AJ…. he has been very good this playoffs so far
Ghost – Greg is a troll. He’s been spewing the same negative crap for 2 games.
Melkman hit Pedro hard last AB, I feel like Melky can handle him, Charlie Manuel knows the clocks ticking on Pedro, we gotta punch him out this inning!!
McCarver is such a Philly homer.
The Phillies bullpen is a sight for sore eyes.
“Greg, you cannot say Arod is back in form. How many players can you recall that have had 3 great series in a row in the post season? I’m not sure I can remember any.”
With Arod, there’s really no middle ground. Either he’s using his natural physical ability and just seeing and hitting the baseball, or he starts guessing, swinging wildly and taking pitches right down the middle. He’s a fascinating player to watch because every fan can see what’s going on. You don’t have to have a clue about swing mechanics to analyze Arod.
Terrible AB, thanks Melky, just knocked us back down a peg…
Pedro is toying with the Yankees.
i’m beginning to think we’ve seen the last of Johnny Damon after this series. His defense is just awful. I like his bat, but can we keep him just as a DH?
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As Erica’s shower proxy, I will be calling this to her attention when she gets back and we’ll see how brave you are then.
Wow Jose Molina just struck out and now he’s coming to the plate again. There must be some kind of rule against that. Anyone check Buck for a stroke?
Pedro’s only at 79 pitches. Pedro is picking up where Cliff Lee left off? C’Mon please Buck.
Once again Melky slips under the radar
Ya know whats funny? My friends who are red sox fans hate McCarver too. They say he hated them as well.
I think he might have grudges against both from his days in the bigs for some reason.
Nice at bats for Melky and Molina right there. That sure is $200 mil at work there.
“i’m beginning to think we’ve seen the last of Johnny Damon after this series. His defense is just awful. I like his bat, but can we keep him just as a DH?”
I’m beginning to think that we’ve seen the last of the hot Alex Rodriguez in this series. That’s where I’m at tonight.
That song is so bad luck.
McCarver spent 9 years with the phillies — half of his career.
Pedro is toying with the Yankees.
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It’s not over, playing with fire can get you burned.
jeter looked stupid last time
lets see if he can make pedro pay for that
“CLIFF LEE’S WORLD SERIES ADVENTURE”
WHAT THE …
The Captain.
AJ is the king of no decisions, so I don’t expect this game to get settled until he’s done pitching.
Are they seriously showing Cliff Lee’s travel schedule during a 1-1 pitcher’s duel in the fifth inning?
atta boy jetes!
Finally Jetes. I knew you wanted a piece of him. Bring him home damon!
This lineup is awful…it is one poor AB after another.
A 2 out double w/ noone on….of course.
Kevin long has not helped the hitters at all in their approach tonight. Swinging at breaking ball and letting fast ball go by
Brandon AWESOME! (BECAUSE In New York! This song isn’t what dreams are made of!)
I was talking about the team as a whole. They need to stop thinking homerun and string some hits.
Cmon Johnny
2 out rally?!? 2nd night in a row DJ’s picked a bad time to get a first pitch double, pick him up Johnny!!! It’s time to come through with a Johnny Rocket!!
Damon is going yard.
Yankees offense in 2009 World Series;
9-50
that hurts
WTH – Johnny…
Nice effort Johnny
you have to be F kidding me
yea Damon you GIRL!
here we go again…RISP and nothing…just nothing…
Atrocious!!! What’s gotten into this guy? He should be ashamed…
maybe not
Damon should have yelled “HA”
Damon, how about admiring some of Pedro’s pitches instead of hitting whatever’s available?
cmon Johnny… first pitch hacking…
Why don’t we see AJ Then and Now? WTH….
I hate Joe Buck more than any other broadcaster, but it is a big story when 100 year old broken down Pedro is plucked off the garbage heap and dominates the Yankees at home in the World Series.
You don’t have to have a clue about swing mechanics to analyze Arod.
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Actually some of the more astute observations I’ve seen on A-Rod around here have been when CB talks about his swing mechanics and how the tinkering with it has helped him thus far.
damon could atleast made him work…such bull…
bench them all – f’in sake!
Jezzuz Johnny- right in the heart of the plate and thats all you can do with it? Frustrating night because Pedro is not showing much and these guys are getting themselves out.
Atta bot Johnny…another Johnny rocket.
An awful lineup living up to their bully reputation. That is they only hit the lesser pitchers.
How are the Yankees not crushing pedro?
C’mon Johnny. That’s two outs on two pitches. Take a pitch you DOPE!
What is Damon doing?
He is having horrible ABs this postseason. Even Cano sees more pitches than he does.
That really sucked. Come on AJ, hang in there!
This offense is so pathetic right now. This game should be 6-1 Yankees, and they can’t even hit a old Pedro Martinez.
They will get shut down by Hamels.
“I was talking about the team as a whole. They need to stop thinking homerun and string some hits.”
This is what the world series does to a team…when the spotlight is on players, they don’t react well to passing the baton, and that’s what’s happening w/ the Yankees bats right now. They are all trying to stand out.
The Yankees first lead in this World Series may be in walk-off fashion.
string hits together and stop wishing for the long ball
1 run through 5 for a washed up bum throwing 86 mph
You can’t make this up
tim to bench Damon – put in Hinske
When I suggested that we look at signing Pedro I believe it was SJ or CB that said no way. Now what do you say? He would easily have been our 4th starter.
damon is brutal.
Damon should have yelled “HA”
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That’s hysterical. I thought the exact same thing.
Damon ain’t getting a contract next year at this right, folks.
Who is first out of the pen?
Well jumping on the first pitch to hit a popup
Why is anyone surprised? The past few post-seasons have gone exactly like this, except this time we’ve had the pitching to overcome it. However, baseball does require a team to score sometimes….. The offense is putting a terrible burden on the SP to have to be perfect.
This happens over and over and over again with this lineup in October – and I don’t know how to break this pattern. I just don’t see it changing anytime soon.
Right now, Damon is playing himself out of a contract.
Well here’s the good news. Phils bullpen was up and getting ready. If AJ can keep holding the fort maybe we get into their pen.
Heart of our lineup coming up next inning. Tex already tagged one and Arod hit it well last time up. Sui’s already been on base. We gotta break through sooner or later – hopefully sooner!
i dont feel good about the Over 9 runs tonight….6 run yankee sixth please?
Clutch Yankee baseball at it’s finest, ladies and gentlemen!
It’s going to be hilarious to see the Yanks lose tonight and then get swept. Has there been a worse WS performance?
So Damon, making what, $13 million per year? Boras says you have the body of a 30 year old? Well, you have the plate discipline of a 5 year old. First pitch popup, after Pedro was hit hard by Jeter?
Great playing. Melky can do that for the Yankees for league minimum.
What a bunch of overpaid bums.
AJ will get brutalized if he gives up a run, but he (like CC before him and Andy after him) are going to have to be perfect………and it’s just not possible.
Last inning for both starters. It would be nice if we could deliver a lead to the bullpen to start the 7th.
Johnny Damon is killing the Yankees.
At least make the guy throw some pitches.
Who’s hair is more disturbing, Pedro or Utley?
I’m sorry but anyone who wants to herald Pedro for a great performance tonight is just not paying enough attention, this lineup is failing against an aged pitcher and they’re clearly trying to do too much and they’re not coming through.
Damon is pressing since he knows full well that a contract offer depends upon what he does now….
Remind me why johnny is playing. He can’t hit run field or throw.
Jeter is the only hitter who has made adjustments yesterday and today. Everyone else continues to swing at the changeup and take the 80 mph fastballs. How about swinging at the fastball when it’s right down the middle??? The fact that Pedro is completely shutting them down is embarrassing and pathetic.
I know its early in the series but at this very moment I have no interest in bringing back Damon or Matsui. We need more athletes and to get younger. Save the 26mm and sign a LF Halliday or Bay and go get another starter.
Shut down inning from AJ and then its time to do some damage 3-4-5 to chase Pedro.
Forget the darn pen. If AJ is pitching well, even if he gives up a run, leave him in. The pen stinks right now…….I don’t want to see anyone except Mo.
An awful lineup living up to their bully reputation. That is they only hit the lesser pitchers.
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My random question of the day. How does inane stuff like this get through the blog filter?
“You don’t have to have a clue about swing mechanics to analyze Arod.”
Alex always looks his worst when a pitcher has a good change-up.
Seems like it has to be AJ’s last inning. I’d suspect either Ace or Joba
AJ’s been very good. Are you kidding me. C’ mon Buck wake up and smell the coffee.
Jeremy
October 29th, 2009 at 9:54 pm
This offense is so pathetic right now. This game should be 6-1 Yankees, and they can’t even hit a old Pedro Martinez.
They will get shut down by Hamels.
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Who wouldn’t we get shut down by?
puttin hariston defenately didnt work…just strikeing out like swisher…and we have to go to our pen soon…and that scares me
Of course thats “low” but for Pedro its a perfect strike. Unreal..
was that Ace warming in the pen? why in the world would he be warming in a tie game? LORD HAVE MERCY ON THE YANKEES IF HE COMES IN
I’m betting the Phillies score a run, or more, this inning.
No blame on Burnett, he’s done his job, it just looks like one of those series where you just cannot get over the hump.
memo to Damon Cano and Melky. Think contact before swinging for the fences !..
I agree I think time is up for damon and sui.
AJ looks great, should be 1-0
I think the worse thing that happened to this team was Utley’s solo HRs, they’ve been trying to respond to it since last night. Instead of the Us vs them it’s a Me vs them mentality here.
hey gayos –
here is a deal. You don’t yap about the Yanks and I won’t mention that Youkilis had a triple bogey today and Beckett four-putted.
Actually when we were doing the GTLU this afternoon, I was thinking Hairston in LF (batting 2nd), Gardner in CF (batting 9th) and Cabrera in RF (batting 7th) but decided against it. But maybe it would have been a good idea. Damon has looked awful tonight, and if Hairston (Mr. .370 against Pedro) was hitting in front of Tex. I knew it was a lunatic idea but no why not.
There are too many black holes in the Yankee lineup right now for them to get a rally going, with Johnny Damon, and Cano through Molina these guys have very little chance of getting a hit not to mention at least work the pitcher…someone’s gotta step up like Melky did for us in Game 4 of the ALCS
“The Yankees first lead in this World Series may be in walk-off fashion.”
DT’s first realistic post may occur next season.
No walk-offs for the Yanks this series, my friend.
Enjoy your team’s pathetic, gutless performance. They will be the laughingstock of baseball when they get swept. All that money and they can’t even put up a fight?
2009 World Series;
Jeter 4-8
Rest of team 5-42
Yanks don’t score in the 6th it’s almost 2 innings of misery before they get back to Jeter. Posada will bat for Molina when his AB comes up.
Damon hasn’t got on base and his arm cost them a run. 2 games in a row where Jeter hit a double and Damon did absoltuely nothing.
Yankee Ray, I would be surprised if they don’t. Holliday or someone else not on the roster will be in left.
AJ should be fine for 7th, way better than ANYTHING coming out of the pen (besides Mo of course)
The only way the Yankee offense will get better in October is when we get rid of the dead weight. We need to bring up guys in the farm like Montero, and get gritty free agents.
AJ is pitching a real gutsy game…he brought his game..what about the bats now?
Why is everyone rushing to get AJ out……..including Joe it seems?
That was a beautiful pitch from AJ. He’s looking strong and has another inning if him if he can attack and put away Ibanez.
AJ’s has answered the doubters.
Now the rest of these stiffs need to get it going.
AJ looks great but they are asking him to be perfect. The offense is putting way too much pressure on the pitchers.
Howard whiffing like that has been one of the highlights of the game.
96 pitches for AJ
good job getting Werth early there
he bought himself another inning
So far this year this is the 2nd best game AJ has pitched. Maybe the most important.
AJ has done an excellent job. Good to see.
Non-stop Widespread Panic music from the Fox Producer, must be a huge fan of the band from Athens, GA…Time for A-Rod to get a hit this inning!
“AJ looks great, should be 1-0″
This is the AJ we signed up for in the offseason!
I’m waiting for all of the posters here who were apoplectic about Molina catching AJ to acknowledge they got it wrong.
I won’t hold my breath, either.
I’ve been saying it for 3 years. Any pitcher who can throw a half way decent change up will totally throw off the yankees line up.
They are definitely a fastball hitting line up.
They need to get into the bullpen, not because the phillies pen sucks, but because they can see hard fastballs and sliders etc….
Hope AJ can get through the 6-7-8 hitters in the 7th
then Mo in the 8th and 9th, no matter what?
AJ pitched very well, better than any one could have expected. Even that one run scored is dubious.
Now offense has to score.
Gardner in CF
October 29th, 2009 at 9:42 pm
It’s funny how the more desperate Girardi gets the more likely he’ll put Gardner in the starting lineup. Why not just start him before it’s too late?
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Can you stop with the Gardner stuff already? Everytime something goes wrong, you say put Gardner in. He is the last position player on the depth chart right now for good reason. I want him to do well in the future, but he is a below average player right now and that is being generous.
Nonetheless, putting Gardner in as our 9 hole hitter is not going to make a difference if the real hitters on this team do not start hitting.
DT – OPPC member
October 29th, 2009 at 9:46 pm
“i’m beginning to think we’ve seen the last of Johnny Damon after this series. His defense is just awful. I like his bat, but can we keep him just as a DH?”
As Erica’s proxy tonight I scream – No Way! Not my PFB!
(ok that felt weird)
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DT – Erica would be proud
So far the starters have held Phillies vaunted offense down to 3 runs.
It’s the pen that has stunk.
ariel
October 29th, 2009 at 9:59 pm
Yankee Ray, I would be surprised if they don’t. Holliday or someone else not on the roster will be in left.
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Of course Lackey and Holliday would look good in stripes. Losing Matsuis 13mm, Damons 13mm and Nady’s 6mm should cover those 2. Dont tender Wang and thats another 5mm saved. Molinas 2mm and now you have some more cash to sign Chapman. Cash if you need help give me a call and we’ll get this thing done.
Come on Yanks .. LETS DO IT HERE !!! THIS IS SPARTA
As much as there is to complain about right now with rest of the Yankee team…BRAVO AJ BURNETT!! Great work tonight! Well exceeded my expectations and right now all the blame is square on the Yanks offense, the time is now to knock out Pedro and take control of this game!! Come on! AJ did his job, now it’s the lineups turn!
Burnett is pitching well, no need to even think about taking him out.
“I’ve been saying it for 3 years. Any pitcher who can throw a half way decent change up will totally throw off the yankees line up.”
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if so, they might have a tough time in Game 3 with one of the best changeups – Hamels
I believe in the Yanks. Their bats will wake up… at some point.
Unhinging Utley
Handling Howard like a pro
Burnett is Werth it!
I don’t want to ever hear about Burnett being a gutless .500 pitcher.
He has pitched well enough to a 3-1 record this postseason. That’s a .750 winning%. Not his fault that the offense doesn’t show up.
Btw, this is what, our 10th quality start in 11 games? Can’t believe the offense has wasted such great pitching.
I don’t pull AJ, right now if he loses the lead it hits all 25 guys hard, they need to know they are playing for someone else. Another words AJ’s out there alone.
If the outs were loud outs that would be one thing. The Yanks are just hitting soft flys, popup’s and easy ground balls. It’s been a long time since we had a team slump like this that has lasted so long.
The Great Offense of the 2009 NY Yankees vs Pedro = 3 hits through 5 innings. What a joke. Time to string some hits together now
AJ deserves a ton of credit for his effort tonight. He has shut down a potent lineup with several very tough lefties.
Time for the Yankees to use their brains at the plate. Don’t swing at the first pitch. Wait for the off speed pitch and don’t try to kill it.
Yanks bats will break out of it this inning as Pedro begins to tire. Manuel will not be in a hurry to go to his middle relief guys.
Ok. Here’s the prediction. Since AJ is at 97 pitches. A-Rod puts the Yanks up on a Solo HR to dead center. Matsui gets a single and Girardi gets crazy and pich runs for him. Gardner steals a base, Cano drives him in and its 3-1 at the end of the inning. Girardi then lets AJ back out but hooks him if he lets anyone on base. Then its Joba and Mo and the series is tied.
WHERE THE BLEEPING F IS 04 JOHNNY DAMON???
AJ has to go one more inning (our set up guys are just not very reliable in the post season). Pete Abe used to belittle the importance of the set up guy (in the famous Joba as starter and as reliever debate) but it really means a lot.
Trisha,
I try not to question Girardi, but AJ is pitching the way he is right now because he has great stuff tonight, not because Molina is behind the plate.
Angel – A tale told by idiots, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing
October 29th, 2009 at 9:50 pm
As Erica’s shower proxy, I will be calling this to her attention when she gets back and we’ll see how brave you are then.
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Angel – You tell them. Nobody should be messing with Erica’s PBF!
Mark has to know he’s not gonna get anything to hit this at bat…
Tex, do it again, watch that slow fastball, and crush it!
“Btw, this is what, our 10th quality start in 11 games? Can’t believe the offense has wasted such great pitching.”
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the pitching has been spectacular
offense will find a way…
Brandon AWESOME! (BECAUSE In New York! This song isn’t what dreams are made of!) October 29th, 2009 at 10:03 pm
I don’t pull AJ, right now if he loses the lead it hits all 25 guys hard, they need to know they are playing for someone else. Another words AJ’s out there alone.
Yanks can’t give up another run, bottom line. Surprised to see Pedro out there again.
AJ is on a roll…the soothing influence of Jose(as well his excellent catching skills) are obvious.
C’mon Teix do your best Utley impression
then Mo in the 8th and 9th, no matter what?
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Mo is not pitching 2 innings in a tied game. Even in a tied game I don’t think Girardi would do it. 4 outs maybe 6 not happening. Plus this offense might need another 10 innings to score a run. Especially a run that is not a homerun.
More likely Damon is back on a one year contract, than Boras client Holliday for 100M.
Where are all the Posada groupies?
where are they?
Should they be here bashing AJ
I wouldn’t complain about another leadoff HR here….
When Yanks are ahead I meant.
Tex came back down to earth…
This park is sounding stupid w/ the who’s you daddy chants at 1-1.
I try not to question Girardi, but AJ is pitching the way he is right now because he has great stuff tonight, not because Molina is behind the plate.
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Which came first the chicken or the egg?
This is f*cking pathetic!!!
That was a terrible AB by Tex
Thank you fans for at least trying to get into it!!! Terrible chase by Tex on 2-1! Come on dude!!! Are we even thinking about the pitcher when they go up to the plate?
you know that is coming DONT SWING
how does a bum strike out the best line-up in baseball 7 times and counting
unreal
dumb, just dumb Tex
I feel a homer here
Keep chasing the pitches in the dirt and off the plate.
Arod is thinking nothing but HR in this AB, I can see it in his eyes.
This team needs a total offensive overhaul. This is what it looks like when A-Rod stops hitting at a .450 clip.
Arod is guessing tonight. He needs to guess right just once.
17 strikeouts in a game and a half.
another meatball popped up
“Yanks can’t give up another run, bottom line. Surprised to see Pedro out there again.”
Not me, he’s owning us.
Tex is way to anxious…
Here it comes. A-Rod is going to the “loading dock” as Sterling would say.
ariel October 29th, 2009 at 10:05 pm
AJ is on a roll…the soothing influence of Jose(as well his excellent catching skills) are obvious.
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No kidding. He really know how to frame a pitch, unlike whats his name. And the pick-off at first was a thing of beauty. Not to mention his unparalleled game calling skills.
Can this offense look more pathetic ? LOL !
It doesn’t matter how good our pitching is if our hitters suck so much.
Yes we get it Joe. Pedro is a Mensa member
The organist has to keep the fans in it?!? Come on!!
“I’m waiting for all of the posters here who were apoplectic about Molina catching AJ to acknowledge they got it wrong.”
Fallacy alert.
Two foul offs in row that A Rod has just straight up missed!!!
OTOH, A-Rod hasn’t even lifted off…
Boston dave….
It gets to the point they have to go against conventional thinking and just sit change up and react fastball.
Esp with someone like pedro who doesn’t throw that hard.
And for petes sake…no called third strikes looking on slooooow curves and change ups.
Guessing is one thing,protecting the plate is another.
They have 1/2 sec of time to swing and Pedro keeps mowing them down.
Yikes.
why must u let Pedro make you look like a fool????
3rd time through you’d think the best lineup in baseball could figure out a guy that is topping out at 87 mph and not even throwing strikes.
5 Ks
screw you
Can this lineup string a couple of hits together? This is becoming laughable.
can we boo him yet
Arod is officially back to chasing… Just brutal at bats.
Junkball pitcher absolutely baffling the Yankee bats, unbelievable.
Arod does seem off here in the WS.
You knew he wasn’t going to stay hot. Time for others to step up.
AROD = HORRIBLE
0 for 7 with 5Ks.
These hitters look over anxious and stupid, really sad stuff from a bunch of grown men.
The old ARod is back — swing at balls outta the strike zone.
The pressure of the world series has gotten to him.
All the NY talk show heads like Francesca and Kay were DEAD wrong about Pedro. He is making then look really foolish..and making the Yankee hitters look like a bunch of Little League hitters….
Yankees are helping Pedro earn millions for next year.
they are still disgraceful.
You see, A-Rod is expanding his hitting zone again.
f??k, you face pedro, not Lee.
No one will remember his ALDS or ALCS if he’s an ohffer in the WS.
and once again all the praise will go to the pitcher and no blame to the yankee hitters
Wow.
Circa 1999 Pedro is on the mound! Wonder where he found the time machine.
GODZILLA!
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
Godzilla
Matsui!! Whoo!!!!
Thank you short porch!!!!!!!!!
thank you Joe for jinxing it….
HEELLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ‘ZIIIIILLLLLLLLLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
so anyone want to resign Matsui now?
Thank you Jean Afterman for making Hideki a Yankee!!!!
I’ll take it.
HIDEKI!
BOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Eat that Joe Buck!!! Pedro stinks! We should have a lot more than just these two solo jacks!
I am waiting for all of the posters who said that Posada needed to catch AJ to acknowledge that Molina is the catcher AJ needs to be paired with, for AJ to be most successful.
I’m not holding my breath.
Thats how you send the garbage back to Pedro.
KING KING strikes again
They needed that. Good job Matsui!
Nice going Matsui!! Weird swing but I will take it.
MATSUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!!
ATTA BABY!!!!!!!!!
Take that Joe Buck and your “Yanks have only 3 hits and 8 strikeouts.”
its a thrilla
That Matsui banner girl was cute – but that Matsui hit was beautiful.
that is why you keep Matsui in the line up
Pedro is on the verge of striking out the side of the heart of this Yankees lineup.
NOW
alex’s weight is unbalanced again. he’s not in any position to hit balls where they are pitched.
he need to think back up the middle and get his balance back.
sometimes too many home runs put a player in a slump.
Bout time Matsui. I’ll think about bringing you back when I meet with Cash.
GGood job Matsui . .>THIS IS SPARTA !!!
This is officially a choke job.
I’ll give you Cliff Lee but this is a 100 year old Pedro Martinez. He can’t break a pane of glass but he is dominating the best offense in MLB.
Someone call a doctor and give these guys the Heimlich manuever.
Oh and Matsui blasts one.
Man…I wish i would have called it but a friend called.
I had a great feeling about that MAtsui at bat.
I felt like he had been having some good at bats.
Awesome.
Matsui with a Vlad imitation solo homer!!!
He was due, Matsui has been one of the best out there.
Can Cano do something please
solo HR. good.
Can bullpen hold the lead? I doubt it
Joe: Please run AJ out in the 7th. PLEASE!!!!!
Again what is w/ the chant, it’s 2-1.
KING KONG*
too bad no base runners…
Cano awful.
keep sulking Cano
CANO YOU STUPID IDIOT
Don’t make it so obvious you’re taking the pitch.
next inning is huge for AJ
You can’t win games with Home Runs….Cano really stinks..
Matsui with a 7 iron, slight draw…
Zilla just guaranteed another contract!
Damaon – not so much.
AJ gets through this inning and it’s Mariano for the 8th and 9th.
Now, that’s gotta give that team a shot in the arm.
One-two-three inning, and we’re in business.
Matsui’s home run!
A bag of salted peanuts
follows the same arc
Cano is a joke and so is this offense
AJ needs 1 more inning and then Mo for 2
“so anyone want to resign Matsui now?”
I’ve been all for it. SJ says it ain’t happening. But he also said Gaudin wasn’t going to make the postseason roster! So I’m thinking Matsui will be back.
Cano clearly under strict orders to take the first pitch, so then he hacks away at another bad inside fastball and feebly pops out, does he even care?!?
cano is trying to hit a hr every single time
but who cares…lets go yankees!!!!!!
i want to see a lights out bullpen like we all thought they had going into this playoffs (aka i know joe will use mo for 2 today)
Rivera for 3 innings
Hopefully AJ can continue his great preformance. Otherwise the bullpen is scary.
I’m half-expecting Pedro to revert to his head-hunting ways just to prevent anyone from making a good swing.
7th inning coming up. This is where the bullpen use will get interesting.
SO should we see Swish in the bottom of the 7th? I’m sure we’ll see Posada thats for sure.
It’s a rush for the door. SINGLE FILE trolls – single file – no running!!
Bring Mo in right now!
Cano is a head-case.
Cano is like a left handed Vlad except he doesn’t center as many balls, he just swings at everything. The thing is he could be so good if he would swing at strikes….
McCarver is crying in the booth
cano is god awful…3 more outs to Mo…
Listen…arod haters
we wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for him.
You guys need to check that crap at the door
Maybe the rest of the lineup needs to step up a bit.
A-Rod looks like a chump again. This is embarrassing. We’re losing to a guy who is way past his prime.
And the games have been boring as hell.
Jockomac,
Thats the joke. They are not the best offense in baseball.
Thank you Matsui! If anyone boos Alex, I’m going to vomit. Without him we’re most likely not in the WS in the 1st place.
trisha, one more big hit by Damon and everyone here will want to give him a 5 year deal!
A-Rod’s believing his own hype again.
Screw him.
And Damon should start packing NOW. No way is he back next year.
i ride Burnett as long as we can then go to Mo
“I am waiting for all of the posters who said that Posada needed to catch AJ to acknowledge that Molina is the catcher AJ needs to be paired with, for AJ to be most successful.”
Trisha, I actually agree with you, but you have to let go. You don’t get any extra points (runs?) for being right on a blog.
The problem with the Yankees offense right now is that they’ve lost the feeling of “passing the baton.” Everyone knows that the guy behind him isn’t hitting, so he feels the burden to get a hit.
we have very thin lead…yanks gotta keep it now…and hopefully add runs
Cano u fing SUck
How did Cano ever get taken seriously on his way to the big leagues? No heart no hustle no intelligence.
Cano-.195 average in the post season..DISGUSTING!
Joe will/should ride AJ as long as as he can since the “bridge” appears out of order.
“alex’s weight is unbalanced again. he’s not in any position to hit balls where they are pitched.
he need to think back up the middle and get his balance back.
sometimes too many home runs put a player in a slump.”
I’ve been saying that since his first AB last night, his approach is horrible right now. He’d tattoo 1/2 of these pitches, right now the pulling off is a big concern, he starts doing that might as well swing w/o a bat.
AJ needs to pitch a solid two more innings.
Girardi said that Hughes is still his 8th inning guy. We just have to hold our breathes…
I hope AJ can have an easy inning. Let’s go AJ!!!
lay off Arod, he got us here. He will be fine.
i would take Pedoria any day over Cano
Lol, Johnny, our offense has been terrible but somehow we are winning, lets hope our pitching can hold em down…
How long of a leash will Girardi give AJ and how quick will he go to Mo.
$50 million of strikeout prowess–in one inning!
Who cares that Matsui hits a home run to take the lead?
These clowns need to be called out.
Twice you overpaid clowns have had the SP to win in the WS, and you’re hitting like a bunch of 5 year old T ball players, with the same amount of palte discipline.
Sure there’s a bit more anal puckering at the plate as a Yankee, but that’s what you’re paid for!
Get out there and hit the ball, darn it!
That was a strike…
trisha – OPPC forever – (new lucky picture from last day at the old Stadium) BRING ON THE GHOSTS! October 29th, 2009 at 10:12 pm
“so anyone want to resign Matsui now?”
I’ve been all for it. SJ says it ain’t happening. But he also said Gaudin wasn’t going to make the postseason roster! So I’m thinking Matsui will be back.
Well he is doing one of the best jobs out there. For me I can think of a few I’d like to unsign.
Does Cano ever play the game at more than half speed.
Leave him in charily. That’s whatz Grady would do!
ps I CANT STAND Buck and McCarver.
Jockomac,
Thats the joke. They are not the best offense in baseball.
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Oh, pray tell who is?
OR did you just forget those 162 games we played before the playoffs where we hit all those homeruns and had 2 200 hit guys on the team.
Some people…
Come on AJ, we need a shut down inning, we gotta get this to Mo Money! Nice pitch baby! Looking good!!
Sit down old man
I know he probably wont, but Joe Girardi has to change up the line up next inning. Tex/ARod are constantly up with no one one. They should bat me or swish second just to change it up. At least we can help manufacture runs.
so nasty tonight
“Trisha, I actually agree with you, but you have to let go. You don’t get any extra points (runs?) for being right on a blog.”
Good point. It’s gone.
I really want the Yankees to score a ton of runs, not because I don’t think we can take this game with a one-run lead but because I am not thrilled about going to Philly with an offense that isn’t cooking!
RS, Molina’s pickoff of Werth is the turning point of the game right now.
They said Joba is warming up. I hope AJ can get threw this inning and we don’t have to see Joba in this game. I still don’t trust him.
Win lose or draw, Aj has impressed me tonight. He has pitched very well in a must win game…
Trisha & co.
Correlation is not causation.
AJ looked so upset he let the yanks down last game. He really wanted this. He is so close to handing this straight to Mo.
Lets go AJ
Here comes a bevy of hooks to K Mr. Stairs…
“I am waiting for all of the posters who said that Posada needed to catch AJ to acknowledge that Molina is the catcher AJ needs to be paired with, for AJ to be most successful.”
That’s another swing and miss, but I appreciate the smiley faces.
In the previous posts, that is.
Cano so unclutch every time he comes up with men on base hes gonna pop up, groundout or strikeout embarrassing trade his ass
Bingo!!!!
Sit em down sit em down
Molina is doing a great job behind the plate with AJ tonight.
thank you may i have another
AJ IS GOD
I would take Eckstein any day over Cano
Girardi’s Bridge to Mo, is very much like the the S.F. Bay Bridge….the bolts came undone and now its OUT OF ORDER!
KEEP it UP A.J.
AJ is on.
I LOVE YOU AJ.
Burnett is dealing now.
Filthy breaking stuff on the black from AJ tonight
AJ is in a zone now.
Cano has been awful. 1st AB (7 pitches weak fly to RF) 2 pitches in his 2nd AB (weak fly to CF). 2 Pitches in his 3rd AB (weak fly to LF). He’s spreading his garbage around the outfield.
Nice job framing that last pitch
Jason R, the only reason I said it twice is because I didn’t phrase it accurately the first time and Nick called me on it. I actually changed the terms in the second one.
AJ your gonna have to do this yourself, the bats are out of order tonight.
We cant let Pete Happy get on base, he’s terrible, lets go AJ!!
AJ’s curveball is sick tonight…
Wow…AJ!!!!!!!!
And remember…that 1 run he gave up was on some BS hits.
He should have the shutout going.
But you’d never guess that from McCarver and Buck
The Ghost October 29th, 2009 at 10:16 pm
RS, Molina’s pickoff of Werth is the turning point of the game right now.
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I said that when it happened
i wouldnt go to mo yet he can pitch another…u have to think at least to maybe let him start the 8th…he’s rolling
I have seen the second coming of A.J.
AJ tells some Lo Hud people to eat it
[Enter SANDMAN]
AJ = REAL YANKEE
Question of the night: Does Girardi dare to start Matsui in left for a game or 2 in Philly?
When has Joe Buck ever said “big rip!” for the tons of times the Yanks fouled off terrible fastballs from Pedro tonight?
Ok big decision here , do you hit Posada?
A.J came through. Man !
AJ at 107
I wouldnt be upset if he got another batter or two before Mariano.
Fan-f**king-tastic AJ!!!
Now c’mon you bums help him out!!
It has to be Mariano for 2 now. Good job AJ!!
AJ!! love that fist pump! Biggest game of his life and he came up huge………loving it!
AJ has come up big in this game
BTW Burnett has been masterful. But you would barely notice it from Buck and McCarver. He’s just having a nice start. They are just waiting for the “20 pitches or so where AJ loses control.”
LET GARDNER HIT!!!!!!!!!!!
Burnett > Lee
Memo To Joe Girardi:
Do not take AJ Burnett out of this game!!
Allan James Burnett earned his pinstripes tonight. Fantastic job.
Somebody buckle Girardi onto his seat!
Let Burnett pitch the 8th, the guy is in a groove right now.
Too bad AJ can’t bat in this game…he’d probably hit a HR or two lol
That was vintage AJ in that inning…
I love AJ and consider myself a big supporter of his, but I have to say I am pleasantly surprised with his great outing tonight. I let him start the 8th. Insurance runs coming now against the philly pen.
I would take Eckstein any day over Cano
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Come on now. Think about that. The guys had 200+ hits and 25 home runs.
Even if someone doesn’t produce in the postseason they may have helped you get there.
AJ is earning his contract tonight!
That hook is NASTY!
Joe might want to consider sending AJ out to start the 8th. In general, I’m against 2 out appearances for Rivera.
AJ to Mo if anyone sees the ball in the middle of that bridge, my AWESOME self will drive to YS and whoop a certain manager’s you know what.
“AJ tells some Lo Hud people to eat it”
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there are AJ haters in here?
I can’t think of any.
burnett starts the 8th. any trouble rivera. end the story…
Automatic outs this post season:
1. Cano
2. Swisher
They need to get a W tonight and let the offense regroup on the off day.
AJ has been great now Mo needs to be lockdown Mo.
October 29th, 2009 at 10:11 pm
I am waiting for all of the posters who said that Posada needed to catch AJ to acknowledge that Molina is the catcher AJ needs to be paired with, for AJ to be most successful.
I’m not holding my breath.
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Your logic is flawless….
How quickly we forget 6 ER last game. Also, it’s not like Posada caught Burnett’s best stretch of the regular season or whatever.
Again I will say, Burnett has some of the best stuff in baseball. When he has control of that stuff he is dominant. When he does not have control he is not so dominant. The catcher makes no difference.
I am officially crying now. I held it as long as I could, but AJ has had a game of games. Hopefully the monkey is now off his back.
HE WAS MAGNIFICENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AJ is in the zone right now and the crowd is finally getting into it. Great tempo.
AJ might need to throw 140 pitches tonight.
Here comes Pedro for the 7th. Time to make Manuel pay for sending him back out there.
Masterful pitching. Let him finish the game, even if it’s 130 pitches!108 now.
Now batters it’s time to score insurance runs.
I have never seen AJ pitch this well.
I heard him on the radio today say he was excited to start his first WS game.
I think AJ i spitching so great, he shold start 8th.
If he puts any one on, then it is Mo time.
Also, Po will pinch hit for Molina this inning, if any one gets on.
Cano didnt help get the yankees to the playoff idiot he had a .200 RISP
Can’t ask for much more than that from Burnett.
But I’m still not sure 2 runs are going to be enough.
Gonna be interesting.
any sign of trouble from burnett Mo, no one else.
aj is still a blockhead but he is pitching out of his mind tonight…….
props for AJ…
Dominant AJ! He sliced through the 3-4-5-6-7-8 like a hot knife through butter.
Yeah, the good AJ showed up today! Now get some extra runs here and bring it home to Mo (if they score again, I’d do Joba then Mo).
2 inning appearances
If not for AJ right now, Pedro would be on the front pages of every paper as a hero.
Let’s get some insurance runs and get AJ on those newspapers!!!
its gotta be Mo now. AJ pitched lights out. Let him go out in confidence and bring in the big gun. Ruiz had a big fly out ealier so lets do it mo
Where’s the ridiculously dramatic highlight package for AJs great start like they had twice for Cliff Lee last night (including one after the 2nd inning, seriously?) and like the one they had already with Pedro tonight?
I say Phil Hughes should start the eighth.
Girardi should let AJ go batter to batter and have Mo waiting in the wings…
stuart a October 29th, 2009 at 10:20 pm
burnett starts the 8th. any trouble rivera. end the story…”
What if the “Trouble” is a solo shot?
Rough to be Girardi right now…
So do you let AJ pitch the 8th? He’s only at 108 pitches
Tough call, I might go to Phil or Mo
Trade Cano after the offseason while u have some value he has no heart
I just set my DVR to tape Francessa tomorrow when he has to eat his words about AJ.
and yet people are still bringing up the game AJ pitched poorly. 3 out of 4 isn’t good enough for some people. It really is amazing
I think you have to send AJ back out to start the eighth.
Within Buck and McCarver sounding like they’re praising Burnett they’re trying to jinx him.
first batter in the 8th is Ruiz, who has actually hit AJ tonight and is possibly Philly’s hottest hitter right now.
maybe we should put our coldest pitcher Bruney to counteract their hottest hitter.
then go to Mo
Jose is doing a magnificant job tonight.
He should catch every game. He is a force.
Trisha was right as always. She is never wrong.
Send us more taffy Trisha. We love you.
I was going to say I would let Burnett start the 8th inning but he is at 108 pitches. So I guess he is finished but to ask Mo to pitch 2 innings against this tough lineup is a lot to ask.
WHERE ARE THE AJ BASHERS NOW?
I CAN’T HEAR YOU!
HE WAS MAGNIFICENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Sorry Trisha but that would be HE IS MAGNIFICENT! because I hope they let him pitch without using our sorry setup men.
Let’s get another run boys….
Arsenio Hall Jr. do something.
Vader October 29th, 2009 at 10:22 pm
Girardi should let AJ go batter to batter and have Mo waiting in the wings…
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Exactly. I’d like to see Burnett come out to an ovation.
Before you let AJ back out there. Remember against the Angels, right after the big inning in Game 5, Girardi let AJ back out there bc he was dealing, then he gave up a single and walked a batter.
AJ can come out for RUIZ. If he gets him, its a 5 out save for Mo.
Here’s a new game:
Guess The 7th Inning Pitcher?
NO ONE would’ve said Pedro.
PEDRO keeps getting the low strike. AJ is not. Why?
big question
will hairston actually put the ball in play?
Cano didnt help get the yankees to the playoff idiot he had a .200 RISP
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Oh, you’re right
getting on base 200 plus times and hitting 25 home runs has no value to a team what so ever.
trade cano? you are crazy. how do you trade a guy with such talent that actually shows it? especially while paying him close to nothing.
Wow, only an A-Rod ‘error’ between AJ and a shutout at this point.
We might ask AJ to go on 3 days rest, so I’d take him out now and go straight to Mo Money, we can’t mess around with this game. But no one’s stopping the Yanks O from tacking on more runs! How is Hairston hitting right now?
“I say Phil Hughes should start the eighth.”
I’d kick your ass
“Here’s a new game:
Guess The 7th Inning Pitcher?
NO ONE would’ve said Pedro.”
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I would have. They showed him talking to Manuel and Pedro didn’t look like a guy coming out. You could see him tell manual say he was ok and then give no argument.
he is batter to batter here for sure.
“The catcher makes no difference.”
Perhaps not. But as long as AJ has it in his head that he works better with Molina, the catcher makes all the difference in the world.
GO YANKEES!!!!
AJ has momentum….let him pitch..not so quick to bring in Mo just yet
If AJ has to pitch on short rest then no he shouldnt come out.
how about yankees score some more runs and make this easy!
If AJ has to pitch on short rest then no he shouldnt come out.
how about yankees score some more runs and make this easy!
AJ to Mo?
Cano for Crawford
It’s a no brainer, folks, he has to send Burnett back out there for the 8th, the guy is in zone most pitchers would kill for.
Have Mo warmed up and ready just in case, but he goes out for the 8th, no Phil Franchise this time.
Since AJ is going on 3 days rest you have to take him out. I know Mo is great but asking for 6 outs is a lot. I would bring AJ back and go batter to batter.
Girardi is a genius!!
Posada could pinch hit?!? That’s a debate? Come on!!! Nice Jerry! Thanks for shutting me up!
Hairston was my choice in game 3 of the ALCS the guy is a gamer
Hairston hit and Molina play makes Joe G look good tonight.
Now Girardi is saying see I was right that is why Hairston is playing lol
if gardner is so fast lets get him in now
yes!
Hairston finally figured out that he couldn’t let those low pitches go because the ump was giving them to Pedro.
good AB
Maybe Gardner can actually steal a base
That’s more than Swisher would have done.
They’re burning Gardner on Hairston? Hairston can run
Rivera for two innings might get a little dicey with only a one-run lead, especially considering he hasn’t pitched in a while.
Mo seems to be better when he is getting worked regularly.
Hairston can’t run now? Why pinch run Gardner?
Gardner for Hairston? Not necessary.
???
Hairston can’t run?
Pedro over 100 pitches. This really shows you how little faith Manuel has in his bullpen. Can hide them forever Charlie…
why would you pinch hit to bunt?
seriously…pinch running for Hairston?
My God in heaven, this game couldn’t have happened more beautifully.
Good job Jerry Hairston!!!
I’m thinking Girardi is looking pretty smart right now.
nice jerry, why do you pinch run for a guy that is fast? Why not save Gardner for a slow runner?
“PEDRO keeps getting the low strike. AJ is not. Why?”
B/C Pedro’s pitch is coming in so slow that the ump can see it is above the knees. AJ’s pitch is coming in to fast.
“PEDRO keeps getting the low strike. AJ is not. Why?”
B/C Pedro’s pitch is coming in so slow that the ump can see it is above the knees. AJ’s pitch is coming in to fast.
Gardner should be hitting for the fat-camp dropout up now.
Are these guys high? Posada’s gonna hit…
A definite steal here?
NOOOOO bunt!!!
Pedro is a great pitcher to steal on with his offspeed garbage
trisha,
Just wanted to share a little joe morgan morsel with you.
After Howard’s last at-bat, morgan said that Howard had opened up a bit, expecting them to come inside. He gave props to molina (and a.j.) for recognizing that, and for the pitching sequence.
wait wait wait wait
if you were going to pinch run for hairston WHY IN THE WORLD wouldn’t he have pinch hit Hinske?
I don’t get that at all.
IF they left Hairston in it makes sense but really?
Hahaha if McCarver doesn’t think Melky will bunt here he hasn’t watche Girardi manage all year.
no way Girardi lets anyone come out of the ‘pen besides Mo. we have to have this game
Gardner please don’t get thrown out lol
Why do we need to bunt? if we’re bunting then we didn’t to pinch run Gardener
I wouldn’t take Martinez out either, he’s only given up 2 runs. He’s pitched better than any of us thought he would.
steal then bunt steal then bunt
Nice hit-and-run.
I can’t believe Pedro is still in there @ 108 pitches.
glad i finally got into the game…the phills must have no faith in their bullpen…leaving pedro in this long..
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HELL YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS
No bunt. Can’t GGBG steal a base if Melky cant’ get a hit?
The Melk Man DEEEEEEELIVERS!
GIRARDI IS A GENIUS!!!
Charlie Manuel = Grady Little
Wow, Great execution by Cabrera
Nice!!! Here’s a rally!! Now we’re stringing hits!!
Very nice…Now please score this run at 3rd base.
thats why you run for hairston
ok maybe Girardi looks smart there….
The suggestion that AJ is a headcase is troubling.
Next they’ll say he needs a fluffer between innings.
Please guys, insurance runs.
Grady Little Manuel!!!!
we’re in business!
Pinch running for Hairston? Why? That’s why? Nice job Melky!
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GIRARDI IS BRILLIANT AND THESE ARE OUR YANKEES!!!!!
Boston Dave, I was going with the GTLU game rules, where you have to make your guess way in advance.
I doubted that at 3pm today, anyone would’ve guessed Pedro still pitching in the 7th.
Who’s your daddy (clap clap, clap-clap-clap)?
Great move putting Gardner in there. You’ve got a speedy outfield for the last two innings, and you have a guy that can fly from 1st to 3rd like that!
damn Jeff NJ
you beat me to the punch
now they can chant, “who’s your daddy”!!
Georgy do something, DO SOMETHING….AJ has been masterful, YOU BETTER DO SOMETHING
LEAVE IN PEDRO. I want to see Jorge’s revenge lol
Hairston isn’t that slow
something to think about.
look through aj’s game log.
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/.....yerId=4153
when he goes over 115 pitches he often has trouble in his next game or two.
Welcome Jorge Posada!
Everything in its time!!!!
Wheres Grady Little at
This would be great if Manuel pulls a Grady Little here.
This is Grady Little Part II if Pedro stays in.
although i think Hairston could have done that very same thing
Belief in Burnett
Flailing Phillies, faith and fire,
Curveballs and curses
ohhh Lee…
in that case, you are 100% right.
Pedro pitched a heck of a game. I figured he’d be good for 5 innings and 4 runs.
I would leave Pedro out there. Posada is off the bench he could be fooled by the changeup.
If we score here I actually feel more comfortable going to Mo. At 2-1, I want me some more AJ.
Brandon,
NON-Yankee topic: Jermey Hermdia could very well be on the block this offseason. what you think?
too bad you can’t just tune the sound to the house noise, I turn it up to rock my living room and these clowns get louder
I *almost* thought we were going to have a Grady Little situation. Just for a moment.
Lets make it 4ER for Pedro!!
Any picturing Grady Little sitting in some rest home somewhere having a panic attack yelling at anyone to get him a phone to call Manuel?
where all the trolls at?
I love that they showed Manuel asking Pedro if he was OK and Pedro talking him in to pitching this inning. That was a wonderful stroll through memory lane. To bad Posada doesnt have the chance to relive his moment from 2003.
That’s who’s your daddy chant is junk, Pedro basically owned us tonight and he knows it.
he’s laughing!!!! love it!!
Pedro is a sicko. With that crazy smile.
Pedro’s not feeling the love.
anyone else not feel comfotable with Posada here…I hope he does not GIDP
“I *almost* thought we were going to have a Grady Little situation. Just for a moment.”
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leaving him in for Melky was pretty much the Grady Little moment
he should have gone batter to batter. Hairston got on. You pull him.
I’ll take it!
Even though I hate Pedro, it was kind of funny that he smiled walking towards the dugout when everyone was booing him.
I would love to leave AJ in but I REALLY worry about his next start.
Betsy
October 29th, 2009 at 9:54 pm
Why is anyone surprised? The past few post-seasons have gone exactly like this, except this time we’ve had the pitching to overcome it. However, baseball does require a team to score sometimes….. The offense is putting a terrible burden on the SP to have to be perfect.
This happens over and over and over again with this lineup in October – and I don’t know how to break this pattern. I just don’t see it changing anytime soon.
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Suggestion: break the pattern by being positive and supportive. This team did not get to the WS by a fluk.,
Mo is warming already? I don’t think I’d push him for 6 outs……..not necessary, Joe
Pedro getting a big kick out of Yankee fans giving him the bird.
Pedro has a little Andy Kaufman in him. He knows how to rile up a crowd. And he loves it.
Maybe they burned Hairston for Gardner to get Gardner’s legs loose for the next 2 innings.
Surprised Pedro didn’t tip his cap! Pitched a good game, or did we make him look good?
Even if you wanted to bring in AJ for the next inning, you cant do it now, he’s been on the bench too long and we saw how that affected him in Anaheim, great job by AJ! he was huge tonight!
Nick D., and he hit .320 and was virtually unequalled defensively.
“I *almost* thought we were going to have a Grady Little situation. Just for a moment.”
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dammit PL!!!!!
a DP that scores the run is bad, but not THAT bad.
just get the run in Jorgy, preferably not with a DP.
The Yankees should be embarrassed that they let a bum like Pedro stay in this long. He should have been gone by the 3rd inning.
we are his daddy.. clap clap clap clap. clap
Old man and the sea
of New York, chanting, chanting…
“¿Quién es tu papa?”
So if Jorge is coming in does that mean AJ is coming out because i’d like to see AJ start the 8th
That was a classic Pedro vs. Yankees performance. Dominant early, gets the lead, surrenders the lead, out by the 7th inning.
correction: fluke. But if fluk works so be it.
Gardner is like GREASED LIGHT’N
I definitely don’t want AJ to come out for the next inning – unless this turns into a huge inning. I don’t want anything to happen to ruin his outing.
I hate that man, but I respect the heck out of him. He’s still an amazing competitor.
Come on Posada sac fly here…
Nice pick-up, randy, about both Alex’ mechanics and AJ’s pitch count. Had to do it today, Joe didn’t have a choice to take him out earlier.
“anyone else not feel comfotable with Posada here…I hope he does not GIDP”
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dammit PL!!!!!
a DP that scores the run is bad, but not THAT bad.
just get the run in Jorgy, preferably not with a DP.
If they get more runs here I would not bring in Mo for 6 outs.
Wow, Buck is seriously questioning this move way too much…
PL October 29th, 2009 at 10:31 pm
anyone else not feel comfotable with Posada here…I hope he does not GIDP
I’m thinking positive thoughts, hope he just drives it somewhere
New thread for the final few innings. Come on over.
Soooo… I didn’t get to see Matsui’s HR, because I took a shower.
new thread
Chan Ho Park is this year’s Byung Hyung Kim
who is this grub on the mound?
Randy, that may be so, but tonight’s game is the only one that counts at this point……..I wouldn’t push Mo. Thanks for the info, though – it’s good stuff. What’s your take on AJ? I mean, besides that he was great….what did you see that you didn’t see in other starts?
“Brandon,
NON-Yankee topic: Jermey Hermdia could very well be on the block this offseason. what you think?”
Underrated OF but hits and takes pitches like Swishy. IDK.
base hit or flyball Jorge, no double play!
That was cruel of Manuel to tease us with even the possibility of the Pedro/Jorge confrontation.
Chan Ho Park? Safety margin, here we come.
What’s with Chan Ho Park’s creepy beard?
Damn fastball right down the middle
Jorge!!!
Posada hot off the bench.
Girardi is pushing the right buttons so far tonight…
Sounded like he broke his bat, but who cares
Well it wasn’t off pedro, but i’ll take it. I liked the contributions from both JoMo and JoPo tonight!
Nick D., and he hit .320 and was virtually unequalled defensively.
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Thank you!!!!
HIP HIP Jorge!
Coming cold off the bench with a big RISP knock. Well done True Yankee Jorge.
Girardi playing all the right cards tonight. Maybe that will hush the critics for a couple of days.
OH.
GIRARDI IS A GENIUS!!!
Man. I can’t believe Posada didn’t go yard there. He’s awful.
Girardi, do not bring in Mo for a six out stint, it isn’t necessary now. You have a cushion, you might try Robertson in that bridge role, see how he does.
Bunting with Posada on 1st is stupid. He’s too slow.
DONT BUNT
Jorgie in = Mo for two innings
Any one who still criticises Girardi should get their head checked
All his moves worked great.
Samll Ball kills.
gah jeter, if you’re gonna bunt then get it down……
I’m almost happy jeter got 2 strikes
Bunting is a waste right now.
What was that
so dumb
so dumb
Intangibles FAIL.
thats just horrible by the captain….He’s my favorite player but come on now…
What is Jeter doing ? Get your head in the game !
Nice freaking job El Capitan….did Joe tell you to bunt with 2 strikes???
Are you kidding me Jeter?
I have to agree with McCarver
That’s ridiculous.
What in the world was he thinking?
Why in the life of god would you do that Jeter??
I think that is the worst thing I’ve ever seen Jeter do in his whole career.
What the f**K???
Wow epic failure
Jetes was feeling the GIDP karma. Cut him a break.
Jeter had a brain cramp.
If Girardi had him bunt with 2 strikes then I take back all that Girardi is a genius stuff.
that play makes no sense. questionable to bunt at all with damon popping everything up. once it gets to two strikes, NO WAY. Jeter’s a great hitter getting a lot of hits. Why even try it. Girardi looks upset that he tried it. Terrible mental error by Jeter
That is STOOPID baseball…come on now Joe, we are in the WORLD SERIES now…not regular season…you can’t bunt ANYONE with 2 strikes…idiot
In a must win game and the Captain does that. Unproductive!
Absolutely idiotic play by Jeter. He needs to realize that he isn’t the manager out there.
WTH was that? First – Jeter should not have been bunting at all. He’s too good a hitter. Second – With 2 Strikes that’s just dumb. Not often you can say a dumb move by Jeter, but I think that’s on him not Girardi. Just gave the Phillies a free chance to get out of the inning w/o further damage.
that was 100% Jeter. Girardi didn’t call it, i guarantee it
Just stupid
Do we all agree that it was Jeter’s decision to bunt with 2 strikes???
I agree with Lee23.
yea thats not derek jeter baseball
yea theres no doubt he did that on his own
Jeter bunting on his own with two strikes!!! Booo!
If Yankees put up another 2-3 runs I’d still vote for AJ for one more inning!!! No Joba please!
“That is STOOPID baseball…come on now Joe, we are in the WORLD SERIES now…not regular season…you can’t bunt ANYONE with 2 strikes…idiot”
Just turn off the tv cause u are my friend a idiot
Critics should come back out for that play by Jeter. Or Girardi. Who ever left that play on.
I don’t think that Girardi kept the bunt sign on with 2 strikes. That looked like a move by Jeter. A stupid move.
Jeter’s defense: it wasn’t a GIDP.
bad call bad call bad call
F**king umpires suck!!
It gets worst
that better not cost us the game
That bone fragment comment was disgusting.
Umps screw the Yankees again. I swear that they are being paid to help the Phillies.
matt–do you think if you say it more than once, the umps will reverse the call?
Wow we should have a riot cause this is getting ridiculous
MLB has to get instant replay, they miss like 5 calls a game. Its just stupid when 10 sec after the play the whole stadium knows what the right call is but nobody can do anything about it. Its ridiculous….
I’m very tired. Too long a day for an 8:00 game. Why can’t they play @ 7?
Looks like Joe doesn’t like our bullpen. another 6 outs save for Mo.
LOL
not for nothing .. but instant replay needs to be in baseball.
oh well . . LETS GO YANKS
What a bull crap call by the Umpires! Unbelievable!!!!!!
Are you kidding me???
Valerie G.
October 29th, 2009 at 10:47 pm
I’m very tired. Too long a day for an 8:00 game. Why can’t they play @ 7?
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Valerie G. – It’s all about prime time and the big bucks for FOX and company
I guess 6 umpires aren’t enough. Maybe they should use 8, 10 or 12.
Just don’t walk this guy
another old ump screws up
i mean i don’t understand the opposition to replay. As long as you stay away from balls and strikes, every other call in baseball is black and white, it’s either fair or foul, theres either out or safe, the ball either hit the ground or it didn’t.
Can anyone else believe how awful buck and mccarver are. Its almost as if they have no knowledge about baseball at all?
Should have been bases loaded with one out.
Too many pitches
i think bob costas should announce all baseball games on tv. I can handle buck more than mcarver
guys down your volume down. i’ve done it . you get use to it
Big Johnson October 29th, 2009 at 10:51 pm
Should have been bases loaded with one out.
Got to focus on this inning, that’s over
He will steal on Mo
this is a big problem as mo is going to have a lot of pitches going into next inning.
if he gets out of this inning.
lets go mo
Mo will blow it?
this is why AJ should have started the 8th, he was cruising…
Heart, get ready, you might have to leave chest, abruptly.
Utley or Howard ?
Who does Joe get up now?
Not good.
Throwing an awful lot of pitches this inning.
even if mo gets out of this , he’s gonna have to throw a lot of pitches to close this out
Mo getting some calls here
Burnett was crusing…should have kept him out there…
Panic move by Joe G to bring in MO…
Jesus.
Does Mo have it tonight?
His control is awful
Come on Mo
OH YEAH!!!
GOAT WIn!
what a turn….. wowsers!!!!! that is big time by cano and the captain
Out of it
And another bad (no) call. Victorino was 2 feet from being able to touch the bag taking out Jeter near centerfield.
Get some more insurance runs
Buck better mention the previous call too!
yea utley was safe but they blew the call for the Yankees earlier… seems like they didn’t talk much about that
Lets bunt Arod.
Maybe they should put two umpires at every base
or better yet, three — majority call rules
a-rod is done in ws, he’s expanding his zone aggressively.
and he’s not hitting inside pitch,at all
wow, thats not a strike, thats in the other batter’s box
u see. he’s done in ws
0-8 6 k’s wow
its amazing how you guys will turn on a guy who basically carried us through the first 2 rounds offensively for two bad games…
Mo’s gotta keep Howard off base. Werth scares me for some reason next inning.
news flash, we aren’t even playing in this world series and may not have made the playoffs without Arod.
The time for Arod bashing is over. He will be fine..
agree with blake…he’ll be fine…cant really understand why the crowd is so quiet….are they even watching…not even booing when the pitching coach comes out..
Time to go to Philly and take 2/3.