Wrapping up a game that went completely wrong
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Chase Utley became the second left-handed hitter in World Series history to hit two home runs off a left-handed pitcher in a single game. The first was Babe Ruth, and that’s pretty much the only thing about tonight’s game that harkened back to some of the great moments in Yankees history. The moment tonight most closely resembled was Josh Beckett’s World Series shutout in 2003.
“We definitely don’t like the situation we’re in,” Johnny Damon said. “We can’t lose three more, but we’re shooting to win four.”
Given the way the Yankees had been playing at home, and the way CC Sabathia had been pitching in the postseason, it was hard to expect a game like this. Not even with Cliff Lee on the mound. The Yankees seemed to be surging and the new Yankee Stadium was a place for them to rally, not crumble.
On this night, though, Lee could do no wrong. The casual catch of a popup. The behind-the-back grab on a comebacker. The 10 strikeouts. Lee was the best player in this game, and that’s what cost the Yankees. Their bullpen didn’t help matters, and neither did Utley, but Lee pitched a heck of a game. That’s what put the Yankees in a hole.
“A guy makes his pitches sometimes,” Joe Girardi said. “You’re going to have a hard time scoring runs, and somtimes you’re able to scratch a few across. As far as being frustrated, our guys will grind it out. I’m not concerned about that.”
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Sam Borden
Bottom line the team failed in its objective tonight. No excuses need to turn up tomorrow and play ball.
Philadelphia is just the superior team. And we all know that Swisher will be back in the lineup tomorrow night and Molina will catch AJ. There is no accountability in Yankeeland, so don’t expect any changes to help the team win a game.
We’ll score runs but I’d like to know how we beat a very good hitting team like the Phils with this ramshackle bullpen of ours.
Giradi is an idiot….And its about time Tex and Robbie wake up
Tommorrow is a huge game,We have to smash Pedro…But ya cant trust AJ
As much as I hate to say it, I agree with Greg.
Molina is almost definitely going to be in the lineup and yes, Swisher will not get a rest. When AJ gave up 4 in the first last time out, wasn’t that enought of a reason to say “ok, this Molina thing is not necessary.” If he’s going to give up 4 runs in the first, I’d rather have Posada’s bat in the lineup to try to help bail us out. Molina is a liability at the plate; a near-automatic out.
Time to change it up Joe – not panic – just make a couple of changes. Swisher needs a day and Posada needs to start.
Are there any mango trees outside the new stadium? I swear I saw Pedro wandering around this afternoon….
No need to mope. Not any team could beat this guy today, not in the regular season, not in the postseason, not a couple years ago. He was purely dominant. Any less of a performance and we would have beaten him, otherwise, he gets a win ALL ON HIS OWN. Tough night for sure though. We need to win 4 while not being able to lose more than 2.
No need to mope. Not any team could beat this guy today, not in the regular season, not in the postseason, not a couple years ago. He was purely dominant. Any less of a performance and we would have beaten him, otherwise, he gets a win ALL ON HIS OWN. Tough night for sure though. We need to win 4 while not being able to lose more than 2.
where has phil hughes gone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
he is killing them without him being effective the bridge to mo is the bay bridge(closed for a few days).
If you are going to start Gardner it is tonight against a slow throwing righty.. Why the hell not? Get some speed and youth in the lineup, gardner has more talent then homer Bush……..and there d will be better also……….
ineffective of course.. my bad…
you cant say swisher needs to be taken out after tonight. by that same token, so does arod: he was 0-4 with 3 ks. tonights game was on the offense as a whole, the only player with multiple hits was jeter, and they didnt get back to back hits until the ninth. this series is far from over- i think this was the wakeup call they needed. i expect pedro to be hittable tomorrow, and so will burnett. it will be more of an offensive game.
Post jinxed us with that stupid back page.
We know that our offensive performance in the past series was not sufficient.
I think it’s time that we change it up, with either Hinske or Gardner for Swisher and Posada (not Molina).
Yankee bats have gone to sleep in the postseason since 2001. Very fortunate we got by Minny and Anaheim
I dont want to take away from how good Lee pitched tonight. But the Yanks have been struggling to score runs the whole post season. So they are going to make a good pitcher look even better. Remember they didn’t hit Lackey either until the 7th inning. Jeter and Arod are the only 2 guys who have hit all the way threw the playoffs. The way they are hitting they will make Hamels who has been terrible look like CY Young. It’s unreal but this happens every post season though where the offense struggles.
“you cant say swisher needs to be taken out after tonight. by that same token, so does arod: he was 0-4 with 3 ks”
Ummm what?
Please take a look at Swisher’s postseason stats and A-Rod’s postseason stats. You may find that there’s a big difference between them…
Embarassing night at the plate. But Cliff Lee’s no scrub.
Embarassing night for the bullpen.
Embarassing night for some of the “fans” here. Tell me, what’s it like being a fatalist, having no hope in your lives?
It’s over, so you won’t be back, right? Nah. You’ll be back to spread the “truth”.
This loss isn’t on CC, dude.
With all due respect IMPO, I feel like if you’re a pro and have been pitching in this league for years, it shouldn’t matter who your catcher is. AJ seems like he needs someone to always comfort him and give him a hug when things get tough. You’re a grown man, not a baby. If your mentality is that bad its a problem. I like AJ, but come on man. Thats not a shot at Molina nor Posada. I like both of them a lot.
Don’t get offended
This will be a very challenging spot for the Yanks. It turns out that since 1996, only 2 teams have lost game 1 at home to come back and win the WS: NYY in 96 and LAA in 02. 1996 was really bleak before Game 3.
That being said, one can never rule out any outcome in a 7 game series as we all have seen in 04.
Game 2 is an absolute must win for the team.
Let’s Go Yankees!!
Headcase/Primadonna Burnett about to get shelled later tonight……just wait – going to really prove how moronic Cashman was for dishing out 82.5 million for this headcase
One negative thread after another,doom and gloom.
We know how bad the Yankees did,STOP rubbing it in,mediots!!
why blame the bullpen?
we lost it at the plate, BEFORE the bullpen got in and because of a brilliant Lee tonight.
lets take this loss with some dignity and giver the Phils their due.
People still crying about Molina?
Worry about your starters in the lineup. Molina’s not your problem.
Some of you need to fixate on something else.
Looking at it objectively, Burnett is the type of pitcher who gives up home runs. And Phillies are the type of team that hits them.
Not a good combination.
But if Burnett can pitch like he’s supposed to, then I don’t think it will be a problem.
In 1996 I went to game one of the World Series at Yankee Stadium.
Andy Pettitte got rocked. Andruw Jones his 500 home runs in the game and the Braves looked like they were going to sweep the series without breaking a sweat.
This series isn’t over. Not by a long shot.
Brian October 29th, 2009 at 1:45 am
Headcase/Primadonna Burnett about to get shelled later tonight……just wait – going to really prove how moronic Cashman was for dishing out 82.5 million for this headcase
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I guess Cashman should have signed an aging Smoltz or Brad Penny, that worked out pretty well for the Sox.
Or would you have preferred him to sign Ollie Perez?
The only other free agent pitcher I would have signed over Burnett is Derek Lowe. There’s a lot worse out there than AJ Burnett.
No, Cashman should have worked a trade with some team (oh I don’t know, the INDIANS, and rob them blind like the Phillies did to get cliff lee, and give up practically nothing)…you see they still have Happ.
Coulda done it. Instead our season hangs in the balance with a headcase named AJ Burnett on the mound…might as well find kyle farnsworth and throw him out there, pretty much the same results for a lot cheaper
Series is far from over, I don’t see how Girardi can start Molina tomorrow, with the offense looking as bad as it did tonight, how could you take your number 5 bat out of the lineup?
Molina certainly wasn’t the problem tonight.
Not at all convinced that he’s any solution tomorrow.
Choose well, Mr. Girardi.
There’s no way AJ and Andy go on short rest.
It’s too bad the other 6 games in the series don’t count. We might as well give up now.
This team better show some fight today or they will go down as a joke if they end up getting swept.
They may not get to the 6th game if they don’t win a few first.
After tonight,it’s 3 in a NL park,with no DH,and the pitcher batting.
If they get shut down by 90 year old Pedro then the offense is really pathetic. I really hope the fans use their brains and chant lets go yanks and not whos your daddy. I already know to expect the daddy chant. This is Pedro a headcase who will feed off the attention and it won’t effect him at all like the stupid fans think it will. Ignore the loser Pedro.
They won’t resist the chant,watch.Right now the Yankees need their head and bats to wake up.Phillies crowd is an lousy p;ace to play for visitor’s.I hope the Yankees don’t go there 2 down.
meant place.
I hope Mariano will not make any more comments to the media about Phil Hughes. Even if his intentions were the best, it was never going to turn out well. In one press account, Hughes’ response to Mo’s offer of advice was, “No thanks,” I don’t need the help. Good, a young pitcher advertises he wants no advice from a team veteran (who happens to be Mo Rivera). It was mentioned on a radio broadcast that Mo discussed Hughes’ “failure,” which of course is astounding to begin with. The broadcaster said Mo knows about failure himself, and recounted one of his more famous ones. A total negative event for Mo. Whatever the reason he’s doing it, maybe the best intentions, it’s backfiring big time against him.
Honestly, right now I have more confidence in Molina hitting than Posada.
The Yankees will do fine tonight and they’ll turn this series around.
I really would like to see links to thos comments, I would be shocked that the word failure was used or that Hughes refused advise from Mariano.
Hughes does look TERRIFIED out there, I really hope he is not another Flash Gordon.
C.C. pitched well enough to win an average game for him. No run support because of Lee’s superb piching.
Hughes has lost his command and Bruney has rust from no postseason appearances.
Teixeira and Cano are key with Yankee bats waking up.
Fresh start tonight.
Last night’s game was a devastating loss. If the Phils had won it 2-0, OK, Lee was phenomenal, but the Yankees bullpen collapse was awful and ominous. Even without his stuff CC gave up only two runs and kept the Yanks in the game. After Ibanez put the Phils up 4-0, ballgame over.
Phil Hughes looks totally psyched out.
Oh well, it’s a new day.
Guys. .Forget last night ! ITs good to get that one out of our system !..
We’ll come out blazing tonight !. .
I know DEEP in my heart the Yankees are a FAR better team.. WE all know it ! .
Mike
October 29th, 2009 at 7:32 am
Guys. .Forget last night ! ITs good to get that one out of our system !..
We’ll come out blazing tonight !. .
I know DEEP in my heart the Yankees are a FAR better team.. WE all know it ! .
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Bottom line-the Yankees are a much better team than we saw last night.
Mike-completely agree. It’s funny-I used that exact phrase last night “I’m glad they got that game out of their system”. Great minds think alike
The ONLY positive things I see from last night’s game is that at least Lee threw 122 pitches and may be less effective on 3 days rest!
CC wasn’t great, but good enough to keep them in the game. Lee was just unhittable.
Today is another day. Remember early in the season AJ was the stopper, hopefully he steps up today.
Morning all,
Most disturbing thing about last nights game is how quickly fans begin to bad mouth their team and jump off the yankee express. If thet had done this all year and not jumped back on, oh well no worrying about things in the past.
With the number of pitches Lee threw, I doubt he will pich on short rest.
Really? Lee was THAT dominant? Or was it just because the Yankees look like they sent a high school team out to bat?
The Yankees offense has been PUTRID all postseason (with the exception of A-Rod and Jeter). This isn’t the first game we got completely dominated. We got lucky against Minnesota and Anaheim, and I don’t think that’s going to happen against Philly. We’re going to have to earn it.
We can’t win ballgames when 6/9 spots in our line up can’t get any hits — and more devastatingly, can’t get on base.
Posada – .257/.350
Matsui – .242/.390
Damon – .239/.271
Cano -.211/.318
Tex – .186/.250
Swisher – .114/.205
This was the best lineup in baseball? Really?
Once again, our “Murderer’s Row” offense has shut down in the post season.
No one said this was going to be easy ! Philly landed the first blow !. Time for the Yanks to fight back !.
At least the bullpen didn’t do great on a night when the opposing pitcher was just dominant. There’s a reason why Cliff Lee won the Cy Young last year. We can come back tonight, the Yankees are good at bouncing back after a tough loss.
It’s amazing to see the height of the bridges so many people want to jump off of after one game
This is not the Superbowl. It’s not one-and-done. It’s called the World SERIES for a reason.
We’ll get Pedro tonight and hope AJ doesn’t implode.
There is a reason Hamels is starting in Philly instead of Game 2. He has been awful all post-season.
I bet we end Game 3 up 2-1.
Nobody was going to beat Cliff Lee last night, not the way he was pitching. Kudos. And Utley was a beast (by the way, why didn’t CC put one in his ear to back him off the plate?).
So now the Yanks are down 0-1. Big deal. Are we really going to be scared of Pedro? In the Bronx? And then Hamels? Folks, let’s show some intestinal fortitude and act like the Yankees have been there before.
Yankees in 6.
Hey Guys
I can say only one thing about last night and that is Cano is afraid to get any stains on is shirt he is lazy. If he to cold to play then stay home or go back to D.R. My mother could have got the slow roller. The Bull pen had it head were the sun dosen shine. The Team played like High School Kids.
If they do not wake up soon it will be over in 4. Somebody tell the team to WAKE UP Please.