World Series Game 3: Yankees at Phillies (II)
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UPDATE, 10:23 p.m.: It’s 3-0 Phillies as Pettitte’s pitch count reaches 60. That was a smoother inning for him, at least.
UPDATE, 10:32 p.m.: This could be the first instant replay reversal in World Series history. That ball looked to hit the camera – not the wall – and should be ruled a two-run homer. Umps are going in to take a look. It shouldn’t take very long.
UPDATE, 10:34 p.m.: It’s a home run. 3-2 Phillies. It’s the right call.
UPDATE, 10:38 p.m.: That’s Rodriguez’s sixth home run this postseaon, tying a Yankees record. Bernie Williams also hit six in 1996. It’s also the Yankees 17th home run of the playoffs, which breaks a franchise record. The Yankees hit 16 home runs in 1996, 2001 and 2003.
UPDATE, 10:41 p.m.: That ball sailed on A-Rod, which doesn’t help Pettitte any. With his pitch count up already, giving away outs is extra costly.
UPDATE, 10:51 p.m.: One of the few curveballs Hamels has thrown tonight and Swisher rips it down the third-base line. Now you see why Hamels has stayed away from that pitch quite a bit this year — remember, Flaherty said he could see it being far less effective.
UPDATE, 10:52 p.m.: Crowd of 46,061 on hand tonight. They’re all very loud, too.
UPDATE, 10:53 p.m.: Looked like another curveball from Hamels, and now it’s Pettitte (!) looping it to center field to tie the game. That’s his first career postseason RBI.
UPDATE, 10:55 p.m.: That’s a nice break for the Yankees on a dumb play by Victorino. With Pettitte running, he could have fielded that ball on a hop and thrown him out on the force at second. By sliding, he missed the ball and gave Pettitte time to jog.
UPDATE, 10:56 p.m.: And now the inning is snowballing. Damon crushes a liner to right-center and Jeter nearly passes Pettitte as both come home to make it 5-3 Yankees. Action in the Phillies bullpen as Hamels is unraveling quickly.
UPDATE, 11:00 p.m.: That’s it for Hamels. The walk chases last year’s World Series MVP from the game and brings in J.A. Happ. By the way, it’s pronounced “Jay” Happ, not Jay-A.
UPDATE, 11:08 p.m.: Big inning for Pettitte, who starts at 72 pitches and needs to keep the Phillies crowd from getting back into it. Heart of the Phillies order coming up.
UPDATE, 11:15 p.m.: Just what Pettitte and the Yankees needed: 11 pitches and the Phillies are gone 1-2-3. Now they’re doing some sort of skit on the field where a bunch of people in costumes are dancing with the Phanatic. It’s creepy, yet oddly scintillating.
UPDATE, 11:16 p.m.: The skit ended with a guy wearing a Yankees jersey walking up and all the people in costumes (and the Phanatic) running away. No one in the crowd seemed to know how to react to that. Truthfully, I don’t either. Wouldn’t it have been better if they attacked the Yankee guy or something? I’ve never really gotten theater …
UPDATE, 11:21 p.m.: Apparently the night off in Game 2 was just what Swisher needed. He crushed that ball for his first homer of the postseason. He’s 2-for-3 with a double, a homer and two RBI.
UPDATE, 11:28 p.m.: Say what you want about Alex, but Werth is having a monster postseason too: That’s his second home run of the night and seventh of the playoffs.
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Chad Jennings
Go Yankees!!!!
Yankees need damon walk, tex double, arod hr…in that order
wake up yankee offense!!!!
CR9
October 31st, 2009 at 10:23 pm
The last guy I knew to reach down and hit a ball headed for the ground with a half swing and know it was a homer off the bat was Manny Ramirez, and we all know what he used to do that.
It looks like steroids are Werth it when one can drive a ball out like that.
did melky just fake out the phans and fake throw the ball into the stands????
It’s Halloween, please, please, please, Yankee bats, please wake up!!
starting to worry..hamels doesnt look good at all but we haven’t been able to take advantage.
Yankeeeeeeeees!
the trend is Yankee going down. Now they need reversal, which is always difficult to do
Yankees need to get into favorable counts.
Sam must the thread get over 1000,it’s hard on the browser?
Swisher in this lineup was a tough call.
I think I would’ve preferred Hairston for one more go against a lefty.
At least he’d make it interesting.
This offense needs an injection of interesting.
Is their anything more frustrating than not hitting? I can’t stand it. They can’t expect to hold the Phillies to 1 run every game.
Cole Hamels is throwing a no-hitter? No hitter no hitter no hitter no hitter.
The Yankees are in favorable counts! They just can’t hit!
Notice how Melky phaked out the Phillies phans?
I think that helps us.
Ppl we will get to Hamels have faith
Hopefully the middle of the order can get on base here. Actually make Hamels work a little bit….
Hey guys! Just got home…wow, poor yanks. Listened to the game in the car…please score runs!
JF, I too got a chuckle from Melky after that catch. I saw what u did as well.
embarrassing
Boy I’s settle for a loud out right now
wow, johnny just missed that. NOT! 1/9 is pathetic.
Great at bat by Damon….Better not resign him
So now we get to hear how Cole Hamels threw the game of his life. Funny how all these pitchers throw the games of their lives against the Yanks. It gets old after a while
Erik – Hamels doesn’t look good? Are you kidding?
He hasn’t given up a hit. No hard-hit balls either.
No walks.
R U kidding???
work this guy tex!
The New York Chokers have return !
returned
BigSix,
And Kenny Rogers is a great pitcher as well
Finally, a good at bat… see what happens when you don’t swing at balls?
tex didn’t swing at garbage in the dirt? nows the time for arod to break outta the slump with a bomb.
Come on Arod get the Yanks back in this game!!!
low and inside.
Alright Arod here’s your chance.
Ump doesn’t like the low strike tonight
Hopefully they can get Tex home….C’mon Alex…
A fluke and a blast?
A-rod guessing at this point.
A baserunner – let’s bring him in to score!
wahooooooooo a walk….we have a man on base….time to hit into a DP, Mr. A-Rod….or MAYBE he can lean into an inside pitch and coax another HPB ???
A-Rod, remember the ALDS? The ALCS? You can do it here, too!
Arod please swing at strikes!!!!
DVAB – thanks for the grammar correction on the blog graffiti.
Back under the bridge you go…
AROD!!!
How does Tex not score there????
wow, a hit.
Just missed it. No hitter broken
OK, Got something going!
arod….simple!!!! go the other way!!!!!!!
That’s a good start.
Finally…how did that not go out
taht’s out – it hit the camera!!!!
arooooooood!!!!!!
So close, A-Rod!
AROD — the monster mash….
an ABOMB
from AROD!!!1
HR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nice going Arod, I thought that was a homerun.
Hit the camera, home run!!!!!!
That’s a HR.
Homerun.
Hit the camera.
That was a home run!!!
That’s a homerun…Replay…
There we go ALEX!
That ball is GONE!
How unlucky
That should be a home run
Homerun
HR!
that’s what we’re talking about
home run!!!!!!!!!!!!
ask for relay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Effing HR, that is.
F U Hammels!
F U Rosenthal!
F U Buck!
F U Mcarver!
F U Philly!
that’s a homer!
ITS A HOME RUN!!!!
Crossing fingers…
Thats a HR!!!!!
that’s a HR…they gotta review
3-2 !!!
homerun…done…review it!!
THEY BETTER REVIEW THIS!!!
That’s a home run!
3-2 ballgame.
Watch them get the call wrong…Nothing would surprise me.
please please please please
F U Philly Trolls!
get the call right!
He’s back?
That my friend is a homerun
At least they’re going to review it.
holy scheikies !…a double on a pitch RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE ?….how did he run into that ?…A-Rod now hitting a whopping .111 for the Series….WORTH EVERY PENNY, HUH ?
F U Umps if you get this wrong!
Has to be a HR
Please let he Yankees get THE favorable ruling,HR!!
If that’s not a homerun, then Girardi needs to protest…
Tim asks :Was it coming down when it hit the camera?”
Of course it was coming down, idiot. Did he think it was going UP?
home run
home run
home run
home run
home run
if we don’t get this HR call, MLB goes to the toliet
If they get this call wrong….. oh boy, as if the officiating hasn’t been bad enough…
That is hard to see….
Welcome back, A-Rod!
u can’t tell if it would have hit the top of the rail or went out. they are going to say a double.
Hell Yeah!
Thank you…Thank you…Thank you…
Yessssssssssssssssssssss!!!!!!!
THRILLER…
Alex is back and this series HAS to turn here.
THROW HIM OUT!
Whoo!!!!
yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It’s a game again
Be Gone Philly Trolls!
F U Charlie Manuel!
Alex Rodriguez
The CRACK of the bat pierces
Philadelphia
nice…i was so afraid they weren’t going to review
new ball game.
Nice, that was clearly a homerun with that replay.
YES!!!! This play will turn the game around in our favor…oh, yeah!!!!!!!!
….easing back off the ledge….
Right back in the game!!!
A-Rod is back!!!
Come on, Cole. Keep pounding the corner. Get ‘em to chase one outside.
wow, the umps actually showed some guts.
Triple Short Of A Cycle
October 31st, 2009 at 10:20 pm
No one. Not the media. Not the Yankee people. Not the people on here can explain to me why the Yankees stop hitting in the postseason
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Although, I am certainly no expert, I’ll take a stab at it.
1) Like a commenter mentioned previously, the Steinbrenner’s will not accept anything but a World Series victory, and that puts a lot of pressure on the players and management.
2) I heard Charlie Manuel say that the scouting reports they got on the Yankee hitters was outstanding. Scouting the oppositiion is a skill that a lot of people don’t recognize.
3) The Yankees not hitting is a head thing, in my opinion, especially A-Rod. He thinks too much out there.
That’s all I got.
Here comes the 2009 Cole Hammels!
kimoinsd October 31st, 2009 at 10:35 pm
F U Charlie Manuel!
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good call!
A-Rod, a specter
Haunting the House of Hamels
Happy Halloween!
Posada the Rally Killer! Don’t even work the count AT ALL!
and opposite field is what alex needs to do.
just keep going that way.
That took care of the no hitter and the shutout in 1 swing.
Unlucky turns lucky, a vote for why replay is needed
Posada and another weak hack….man he stinks it up in postseason play
Posada isn’t swinging the bat too well…which I believe has everything to do with not getting enough ABs
I believe that’s the first non-solo HR this series
Phillies have hit some but with nobody on base
where are the trolls? where are the trolls? where are the trolls????
can posoda take a pitch?
the other guys were sitting around waiting for a-rod to do something. now that he has a hit it might inspire them to do something.
Cano’s up with the bases empty he should be relaxed
I think it’s time for Robbie to earn his $28 million already. There’s no room for another Soriano on this team…
we need a 123 by andy…lets go!
Another great ab by Cano
jorge + cano + swisher are just swinging at everything…
Cano is miserable, the second coming of Alfonso Soriano
Posada and Cano are the 1-2 punch……for the Phillies.
oh, andy i loved the sound of cheers after the HR call…
yankees fans travelling strong!
Here’s an idea for Robbie Cano:
Swing at Strikes.
So infuriating our second baseman is.
McCarver and Buck I know you hate the Yanks but that pitch was NOT a strike. You don’t have to make the hate any more obvious.
Alright…at least they’re back in the game…Andy needs another 1-2-3 inning…
Good job, Dynasty. Keep ‘em coming!
A-rod….the philly troll killer!
why is Posada swinging at an offspeed pitch on teh first pitch?????
if anything, sit fastball.
After a great start to the inning, Posada and Cano have some horrendous at bats. Just awful.
yeah and jorgie seems trying to pull everything too…
how big was that reversed call?
cano doesnt even look like he wants to be there. he either swings or turns away as soon as the ball is thrown.
Why does Caano even bother?
He’s lost.
cano is just brutal at the plate.
I think everyone who’s been on Alex’s case HAVE to shut the heck up already. He’s been MONEY in the ALDS and ALCS (and not just numbers….CLUTCH numbers). The man’s taken enough verbal and media beating for such a small silly sample size and maybe concentrate on other players who don’t always come through.
Everyone has a little nightmare on Halloween , pls let Al be Philly’s version of Micheal Myers or Freddy.
c’mon Andy 1-2-3 one more time baby for the crew!
and posada and cano swing at pitches early in the count and pettitte has to go back out to work again.
Cano really, really sucks. I’d rather have Swisher up.
HEY I AM MAD…AROD hits a home run and all the positive posters are back…where were you when I was fighting with phillie and met and red sox trolls..I was begging for back-up..not let’s stay together and fight through this series..
Cano = Tony Womack
Posada and Cano have to start swinging at strikes. They are both swinging wildly at such bad pitches. No chance Arod gets another pitch to hit in this game if those 2 continue to swing at such crap.
Kaz–like Robby? lol
and he rolls it over to shortstop, and the next guy pops up to the catcher, so sad. When does arod bat again? only chance we got with these guys playing like scrubs
Bad Timing, Pepitone, bad timing.
yankeenate October 31st, 2009 at 10:36 pm
Posada isn’t swinging the bat too well…which I believe has everything to do with not getting enough ABs
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Posada always has at bats where he swings at a pitch in the dirt, regardless of how many at bats he has. Don’t turn this into a Molina-Posada debate.
Now watch as the ledge jumpers claw their way back up the wall and rejoin the board telling everyone how great A-Rod is and how Giradi is now a genius.
bench Cano and get Hairston in there.
Hopefully Andy can keep the game right here.
I told you guys 3 runs will not be enough.
If Pettitte can hold them to 3, the Yankees will come back to win this game.
I don’t believe in contract pressure and I won’t give up on Cano despite my comments about him in the past (and today). But boy, he’s got the homerun swing every time he’s up. Whatever happened to the line drive clutch hitter we saw from 05 through 07.
“HEY I AM MAD…AROD hits a home run and all the positive posters are back…where were you when I was fighting with phillie and met and red sox trolls..I was begging for back-up..not let’s stay together and fight through this series..”
Dude, just ignore them. Don’t take the bait.
come on andy lock this inning down..
enough pitching changes…sorry. i wasn’t here yesterday or today, so i couldn’t defend you. But if i was here, i would have.
Take that Pete Abe. Centaur that HR by A-Rod.
Cano and Posada couldn’t hit their way out of a wet paper bag right now…….I hope they make me eat my words!
Didn’t Alex hit the first reg season replay HR ever as well?
Whatever happened to Rebecca? She used to be here and be positive.
sorry jason just frustrated
from hero to goat in minutes.
Time for Pettitte to give runs right back.
IMO, Yanks have no chance to win the game. Arod got into one, but the lineup as a whole can’t string hits together or work counts, etc.
Yankees are still not hitting the ball hard.. and are not being patient..
A-Rod has lost his ability to field
come on arod…
Bronx Jeers,
Didn’t Alex hit the first reg season replay HR ever as well?
Yes
come on arod
A-Rod defense has been brutal
we needed a quick inning here…
The 2 sick perverts have showed Foxtrax for 2 pitches tonight, and both were to protest calls in the Yankee favor.
But they missed the top half of the first inning with 3 cheap calls in favor of Cole.
Rod has been playing terrible defense this game.
oof… Alex not looking so hot in the field these days…
sorry I just needed to vent…i am cool now..
let’s get a dp boys
At least Tex was able to grab it instead of letting it go for an error. Come on, Andy, let’s get a DP!
Pettitte needs to step it up here…
Valerie—I really do like Cano and I honestly believe he’s the most talented hitter behind Alex. But he’s been such a disappointment since his contract, especially this season when there’s anything even close to a baserunner with him on the plate.
and opposite field is what alex needs to do.
just keep going that way.
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nice job, just take what other people write and make it your own….clown!!
Andy had a low strike called a ball there. This guy has a high zone. And no replay with a box by Fox.
yeah, this is not good.
big out here before hamels sacrifices again
Rodriguez has the homer, but, another bad defensive play. Just get the DP and get the bats working.
Poor by Arod….Thats his 3rd error
What the heck is going on with Arod?!!!! Andy doesn’t have good command you can’t give them extra outs. The homerun was nice but unfortauntely the post season jitters on defense are back.
F U smallville!
why are we walking ruiz??
Did anyone hear Joe’s voice get raised before Al threw the ball. As it took the bad hop, he raised his voice in excitement.
CR9 October 31st, 2009 at 10:41 pm
The 2 sick perverts have showed Foxtrax for 2 pitches tonight, and both were to protest calls in the Yankee favor.
But they missed the top half of the first inning with 3 cheap calls in favor of Cole.
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I noticed that… can’t really expect them to be unbiased now, can we?
Cano .111
Swisher .000
Melky .143
KF–no it was Posada.
andy you can’t walk this bum ruiz
You Yankee fans turn in a blink of the eye. They suck, they are great, they suck. A bunch of cry babies !!!!!!!!!!
lets get an OUT here please…..fundamental baseball
Kaz October 31st, 2009 at 10:43 pm
KF–no it was Posada.
I believe it was Arod
gotta work on giving those runs back though now, right ?
kaz–i was actually joking. i, too, am frustrated with him right now, but as a whole, he’s amazing and i wouldn’t rush to get rid of him.
oh no hamels is up
Can we field a bunt this time?
Hopefully someone decides to field the upcoming bunt!
Enough Pitching Changes
I don’t post much, but you are right. I’ll be more vocal in the future.
girardi saying we should’ve fielded the bunt…and he’s right…posada needs to make up for it…
Come on Andy, pick up Arod again…..
hey — posada fieled a bunt!
Andy sucks tonight.
The poor pitching to the bottom of the order earlier killed them.
I hate watching him nibble.
Not getting Hamels was just a horrible job.
wow posada does know how to field a bunt.
Shocked they didn’t misplay that bunt… Posada actually hustled that time…
Get Rollins…
hey joe b can i ask which is your favorite team..and I never turned on the yanks
Arod is hurting the team as much as he’s helping it now. Ugh.
get Rollins this f??ker
why do we keep getting behind EVERYONE…comeon!
thanks dave f
Crap, his command is just not there.
if molina was catching, this is a 2-1 yankees lead
Alex took BP instead of infield today.
You want him to field AND hit?
come on andy one more out – lock down time please. hopefully we can get something going and have andy bunt and turn the line up one more time!
the announcers talk about getting a-rod going. how about getting the rest of those non hitting bums going. they act like it’s a-rod’s job to provide all of the offense. it would be nice if he got some help.
Anyone that honestly thinks that Buck and McCarver are hoping the Yankees make mistakes, play poorly, or simply lose is a friggin whiner.
Get over it – these guys are impartial.
Yanks have gotten some breaks, just as other teams have.
They have to discuss missed calls, strikes, etc.
Don’t take it personally.
Focus your energy on fighting back the trolls and rooting on your team.
smallville October 31st, 2009 at 10:44 pm
Arod is hurting the team as much as he’s helping it now. Ugh.
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well so far, his misplays tonight haven’t hurt us…
As we all know Mccarver is captain obvious, even when the obvious thing is wrong, he can really screw it up. I think they had ruiz at second….
you morons who complain every inning about Posada, who had the hit in the second game that scored the 3rd run and gave Mo some breathing room?
Jorge Posada, morons…
Why are they still questioning the Alex HR? That was clearly going to be out.
Andy needs to get out of this jam…seriously….
hey guys errors happen..let it go…stop the negative comments if you are yankee fan..you can not get down on arod…
Tide turns in Yanks’ favor?
http://johnsterling.blogspot.c.....-dies.html
Nice job…That’s have a big inning!!!!!!
KAZ,
Here is the link from MLB, it was Arod
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/articl.....p;c_id=mlb
andy is probably good for one more inning.
Great job by Andy there
Good job Andy. Now Arod please stop with the errors.
the Swish-Meister !!!
There is Joe again.
“LOOONG RUN FOR SWISHER.” Excited at the possibility that it might drop in.
Good work Swish. Now let’s get some runs.
BigSix October 31st, 2009 at 10:46 pm
Anyone that honestly thinks that Buck and McCarver are hoping the Yankees make mistakes, play poorly, or simply lose is a friggin whiner.
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when coles had an easy 2nd inning – joe buck said “good job hamels” – it’s kinda nuts…
oh and by the way where is all the talk about how loud their stadium is..it seems pretty quiet right now..
Swisher pop up or K
looks like andy is settled in.
like ot see swish work the count s little.
you morons who complain every inning about Posada, who had the hit in the second game that scored the 3rd run and gave Mo some breathing room?
Jorge Posada, morons…
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LOL get lost!!!
Now the .100 hitter is up, maybe he can get hit with a pitch.
the yankees wouldn’t even be in the world series if it wasn’t for a-rod so i don’t know how anyone can hate on him. he carried us through the alcs and the alds.
Its very frustrating watching our poor approaches atthe plate. Posada follows a HR and swings at a slow curve in the dirt on the outside part of the plate? Second pitch what do you think you’ll see Jorge? Another slow curve and ground out weekly to the left side for the second time in the game on the same pitch.
Cano comes up and continues to swing at pitches that are borderline going to hit him? His first at bat he takes to perfect pitches down the middle that he could have drivento left center but he takes them and then swings at a ball down and in way out of the zone. Thats 4 at bats given away in a WS game that you can’t afford to give away. Combine that with the pitcher batting, Swisher and Damons weak at bats and we have very feww opportunities to score in this game.
I’m not saying we can’t win this game but we are not giving ourselves good opportunities to do so.
Can’t Kevin Long get it through Canos head to swing at strikes and go the other way instead of trying to pull every pitch on the inside of the plate.
Very frustrating.
Good job Arod
about swisher has any mentioned how every pitch is away or on the outside corner…does he ever look to go the other way..also has he walked at all this postseason…i think he led the al in walks
Andy at 72 pitches through 4.
That’s just 22 pitches in the last 2 innings.
Way to bear down Andy.
He can get through 6 and possibly another several outs if he keeps up the quick innings.
this blog sets an all time low for Yankees fans everywhere, many of you gave up on the whole series after the 2nd inning.
What a bunch of morons…
take one for the team swish…lean into an inside changeup
swisher, please lead this inning off with something.
Here comes the obligatory Nick Swisher pop-up to short.
Posada sucks.
here is what fox wants. a long 7 game world series…
Chill CC,
Andy’s struggling a bit but has settled down.
If he and Posada don’t watch each other not field that bunt? Yanks are probably winning 2-1
i feel a big K coming.
every time swisher hits a fly out or pop out, he should be fined…line drives or on the ground nick!
I won’t mind a 1-2-3 inning. If they work the count.
Almost everyone on the squad has done something positive to get us where we are right now. Swish might be 0 for 234, but he had a huge hit against the twins…cano has done the same against the angels, and posada obviously had a huge hit for mo…..someone has to make the outs…fellas we are fine…even with joe and tim phillie in the booth…
Now if only Swishy can turn into Jason Voorhies.
wooo swish
OK Swish, Good time to break out and get a hit.
“this blog sets an all time low for Yankees fans everywhere, many of you gave up on the whole series after the 2nd inning.
What a bunch of morons…”
I DID NOT GIVE UP!!!!
swisher’s batting stance even looks different… what the heck is wrong with him he is pressing so bad!
Wow, a double for Swisher!
Swish needs to get on base, dammit !
the Truth Squad October 31st, 2009 at 10:49 pm
this blog sets an all time low for Yankees fans everywhere, many of you gave up on the whole series after the 2nd inning.
What a bunch of morons…
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so true. new york fans are definitely not the smartest but probably the most fickle.
as i type this..SWISH!!!!!!!!!!!
Posada sucks.
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but hes homegrown!!
Wow, Swish! Well overdue.
Some people owe Swisher an apology……
Swisher got a hit?!?!? A double!?!?!? Wow…
that’s some way to shut us up, nick.
SWISHER IS SWEETTTTTT!!!!
FInally Swish off the schnide…
yah Nick!
way to wait on teh curveball that time
OMG Dreams do come true!
finally , swish!
finally , swish!
he’s swishalicious!
wow, what a surprise?!
Jorge has had some big hits this postseason – no question.
But he’s had his head up his tailpipe too many times.
Indecision, brainlock, etc.
Not scoring from 2nd on a double, mix-up with Swisher at 3rd against the Angels, not taking charge on that bunt.
Mystifying.
THAT is what I am talking about !
hooray for Swisher
Swisher sheds the monkey off his back
big for swish!
again where is all the talk about how loud citzens bank park is??
Ok Nick finally come on Melky
i apologize, nick. you only suck some of the time.
Wow, Swish is on base. Too bad Melky can’t bunt because Andy is on deck.
Eat a big plate of shutup you Swisher haters!!!! I told you he’d be back! I told you!!!!!
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every time swisher hits a fly out or pop out, he should be fined…line drives or on the ground nick!
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Maybe Nick can get hot the next couple of games and even things out.
every time swisher hits a fly out or pop out, he should be fined…line drives or on the ground nick!
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Nice hit Swish.
Alright Melky…Let’s get Swish home…
come on melkman
ok folks…swisher with a hit…hairston with a hit last game…
girardi >>>>>>>> YOU
agreed….he has to be feeling good. now lets get him in!
Swisher got a hit. The stars must be aligned for us in this game
MELK MANS TURN!!!!!
How does an AL Manager score a runner from 2nd with your #9, and pitcher up next???
Don’t get too excited.
Yes SWISH!!!!!!!!!!!
Come on Milk Man!
ugly swing by melky
that was a bad at bat…
Aw, man, Melky!
Looks like it’s up to Jeter
and melky swings at garbage with pettitte up next.
Nice swing by Cabrera
All our hitters are late on waist high fastballs…Pathetic
I have said this all season…posada is not perfect..but I do not understand all the yankee hate on posada???makes no sense…can someone name 5 better hitting catchers in the MLB??
Andy will go deep.
Just a thought, but why didn’t Melky bunt???
Bad at bat by Melky…
C’mon Pettitte help yourself out…
if we played this NL style,,,,Melky lays down a bunt and we pinch hit for Andy and give the ball to Joba …
bunt andy
crawl back under your rock mac daddy.
yankee trolls are the worst kind of trolls.
keep bashing jeter and posada if you want,
you don’t have a single supporter who’s a regular on the blog.
take a hike.
Melky is sour
ANDY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
damn…that is not good. at least we can turn this over to jeter…
come on ANDY – pull a mariano~
A new game!
PETTITTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Andy risp king
Andy!!!!
Are you kidding me?!!! lol
Pett Rocks
ATTA boy ANDY!!!!!!!!!!!!
or get a game tying basehit to center….WOW
ANDY PETTITTE IS THE MAN!
TAKE THAT PETTITTE HATERS!!! SHUT UP TROLLS
AAAAAPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP!!!! NO
andy helps himself!
HUUGUUUUUUUGE!
PETTITTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Andy?
Woo Hoo Andy!
Holy schnikeys, my bad.
How could I expect Andy to get a hit there?
Andy helping his own cause
Swisher great hustle!
pettite!
how about swish GOING with the hit – talk about GUTS!!!!!!!!!!!
wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Maybe Petite can teach Melky something…
NYY626-
Wherever you are, I know that was for you
I hope you’re watching Robbie Cano
Tie Score!!!!
Who said the game was over????????????????
or that works….
Not sure what Melky was swinging at there…
But way to go ANDY!!!!! Making up for his bad 2nd inning… love this guy…
randy….get a clue and come back
Do not throw Andy a curve ball he will mash!
CC will want to hit a homerun tomorrow…lol
Dandy Andy!! Yeah baby!!!
Pettite should pinch hit for Cano tomorrow
KF—you’re right. I think I was thinking first YS instant replay…Thanks for the correction.
I love you Yankees! Yeah, Andy! Way to help your own game! And nice slide, Swish
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C’mon HR Jete…
Dude way to go Andy, that dude never gives up you gotta love it
yankee fans getting loud!
ruiz should be ejected for that nhl bullshizzzzz
Andy Pettitte is a clutch hitter.
seriously – swisher didn’t even look at the hit – he just took off as soon as andy hit it – wow…give the man his PROPS!!! he just got us a run…
Let’s go Derek!
THE TROLLS ARE SILENT!!!!! Where are the pettite bashers?????
if the morons who gave up in the 2nd inning on the series had any brains or class they would leave this blog forever-that would actually improve the quality here by about 1000X and leave decent fans who actually know something about the game.
My friend (huge Yankees fan also) used to play baseball in high school against Pettitte, he said Andy was a terrible hitter even then. But I’ll take it!
Kaz October 31st, 2009 at 10:54 pm
KF—you’re right. I think I was thinking first YS instant replay…Thanks for the correction.
Your welcome.
Ruiz is lucky this isn’t the reg. season, Swishy will leg drop if you do that in the season.
“************************ (TAKES BOWS)”
how do you take bows with your head up your backside?
don’t you fall over?
A rally does the body good.
I would love to see CC’s face on that hit. You can throw the 1-8 guys a curveball not Andy.
Now it’s tied up, with more runs to come.
I told you all, 3 runs will not win this game!
YES!
oops…nice try Victorino
Let’s go Damon! Time to do some damage, please!
Tomorrow we’ll have 2 big hitters…….Arod & CC!!
ok…so here’s where we get a big inning? Damon and Tex coming up
Johnny, I love you. Time to be awesome!
Aw, Shane. That was embarrasing.
Maybe the greatest athlete of all time in right should have called off the flying Hawaiian? that a boy DJ!
randy, im really upset…dont make me cry…please….i want to have internet friends like you…i want to be mr blog poster like you are…loser!
Johnny Rocket time please
Did I just hear a brief Derek Jeter chant from the crowd?
Johnny-D. Let’s go!!! You are due for a big hit!
LOL Todd!!
I do not want to see Pettitte running the bases anymore, please hit a HR JD
just get this to arod folks…
Let’s go Yankees (clap clap, clap-clap-clap)!
Time for a Johnny rocket!
Damon
YES!
The bad Hamels has showed up!
YESSSS!!!!
“Andy?”
He can hit. He had a double against the Marlins back in June.
yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DAMON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DAMON!!!!!!!!!!!!
Here’s the Cole Hamels we were waiting for!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Demon is back!
a-rod’s hr woke them up.
Woohoo…Hamels is losing it…
JOHNNY DEMONNNNNNNNNNNNNNnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hamels is shot..
JD…finally..
WOOOOO HOOO!
Pettitte with 14 career RBI’s.
I certainly can’t remember the last time Pettitte actually had a hit let alone a RBI!!!
Time to tack on runs and make this a big inning. Yea!!!
MPB Johnny Damon = Awesome
RESIGN HIM NOW!!!
Jeter was right behind Andy!!
MAJOR! keep the line movin!
so Philly fans?
do the Yankees suck right now?
Jeter is the MAN!!!!
C’mon Tex, let’s keep it going….
Lol – it was a bit scary seeing Andy running . . .
OHHHH JOHNNY!
Yup, the third time thru the lineup.
The sleeping monster has risen thanks to Andy Pettie and Swishalicious!!! Wooo hooo!!! Damon absolutely smoked that!
I said lefties have owned Hamels this post season. That’s why I wanted Gardner in the lineup.
Erica,
He finally listened to your pep talk and realized he was playing for a contract
Tex, how ’bout something for an encore?
Come on Tex!!! Stop chasing that changeup…
c’mon….keep the hits coming
tex message please
All right!! That will chase the trolls out of here!
COLD HAMELS – LOLOLOL
a note to the morons who gave up in the 2nd inning:
BASEBALL IS A NINE INNING GAME!!!!!!!!!
the next lesson will be tomorrow.
Whats wrong with Tex??
Whats wrong with Tex??
Offensive life- finally-this is awesome!
Citzen bank park is so loud..my ears are ringing…
C’mon Tex…let’s put the game away..
KF
October 31st, 2009 at 10:57 pm
Erica,
He finally listened to your pep talk and realized he was playing for a contract
******
I told you I was taking care of it
You know, for all the running Andy Pettitte does on his days between starts he really looks pretty bad on the bases haha
Jetes to Andy: Run man, run!
Andy: I’m a startahhhh
This is our game, folks. Keep the runs coming…
LETS GO TEX!!!!!!!!
Listen, it sounds like a real ballpark.
thought the phillies had louder fans
Tex can’t stop swinging at it
maybe tex should bat left instead?
This must be making the trolls angry to no end. COME ON YANKEES!!! END HAMELS NOW!
the trolls are slowly disappearing
now we see what happens with this offense when the bottom of the lineup (ex cano) gets going!!
“a note to the morons who gave up in the 2nd inning:
BASEBALL IS A NINE INNING GAME!!!!!!!!!
the next lesson will be tomorrow.”
I wish you were with me about 45 minutes ago.
You can thank Andy Pettite for keeping the game close until the offense could get untracked.
Where are all the Andy haters now?
DT (wherever you are)
All I want is a really, really, really big lead
“Jetes to Andy: Run man, run!
Andy: I’m a startahhhh”
Who wins in a race? Francesa or Andy? Close call….
That was great watching Andy take the slow jog around the bags with Jete right behind to tack on another one, great moment…
Let’s get into that bullpen…
Where’s the dude that was proclaiming Hamels was as sharp as Lee?
Well, what happened to the wild and noisy Phillies fans now?
what happned to all those silly white towels?
First a screaming drive
Then it’s Pettitte placing one
Somersaulting Swish!
Wow, Swish, Pettitte and Damon just made me eat my words frommy last big post. Now if Posada and Cano do the same thing we will really be in a good place.
What an inning.
What does MBP stand for? and OPPC for that matter?
Get on base, Tex! A-Rod wants to help…
Pound now!
Come on Tex!!
like i said…all it takes is that one inning to turn it around…
Swear to God my Halloween company (brother and family) left about 10 minutes ago and I just got to tune into the game, even though I’ve had it taping. Oh my God, I can’t even breathe!!! Marie, it looks like Alex came though. And look at Swisher. And Damon.
Geeze Louise I guess I’m happy I missed the beginning stuff!
GO YANKEES!!!
Catch you in a while. Just wanted to hook in. Mama mia!
Nice at bat by TEX…
Let’s go AROD!!!!!!
YESS
AROD TIME!!!!
Great AB Tex!!!! Time to KO Mr. Hamels!!!
the pressure is on
let’s go ARod
just keep the line moving
3 run homer coming
NICE!!!!
AROD’s turn not to hurt us….jokers
LETS GO AROD,MAKE EM PAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think the last time I saw a yankee pitcher running around the bases it was c m wang who somehow broke his foot in houston..still not sure how he did that
MPB= My Pretend Boyfriend
OPPC= Official Positive Posters Club
come on arod — hit the camera in centerfield this time!
They have to take Hamels out
if we were playing the angels scioscia would walk a-rod to get to posada.
It sounds more like yankee stadium than citizens bank park.
Let’s go AROD…he’s got to be pumped about this at bat..
bye bye COLE
and here comes the hook
Cole Hamels harried
by the demons of Damon
Frightened Philly fans!
They are definitely going to off speed pitches here to Arod.
so they are bringing in another lefty!??!
“Who wins in a race? Francesa or Andy? Close call….”
Andy would win crawling.
Andy Pettitte drove in the tying run with his bloop single.
He scored the go ahead run on Damon’s double. How about that?
HAHAHHAHAHA…nice one VALERIE!!
canary in a cole mine
I’m tellin’ ya…Andy knew not to let Hamels get him 0-1. That’s how you avoid a first pitch strike!
Bye Cole…
Time to beat up that bullpen!
And the great Philly fans boo him off the mound
Awwww Goodbye Cole Hamels.
Thank you for pitching the game of your life
dont worry Cole
you can add that 4th pitch for your next start in April
Wow, charlie!
The Phillies needing to use to their bullpen first. Who woulda thunk it?
Mmmmm…boo birds
LOL, who are those idiots by the dugout giving Hamels a standing O, he just totally imploded!
Wow ! It’s a brand new ball game.
Bye bye Cole!
Mitch Williams is curled up in a fetal position crying in some dirty corner of that stadium…
Anybody else a little miffed at how Swisher got flipped there… Its about time the bats came alive. Andy is the pitcher version of Paul Oneil
“DT (wherever you are)
All I want is a really, really, really big lead”
I think it’s safe to come back.
All trolls had to have their baths, pj’s on, and tucked into bed by 11 pm edt!!!
Mommy let them stay up an extra hour because of troll light savings time.
Hey the trolls are gone! Shocking.
Happ is coming in.
He is only partially Happy.
Slowest Yankee???????Pettite, Molina or Posada??????
The home run call to A-rod threw him completely off
I believe the Yanks faced Happ in May and he did quite well
of course, this is his first World Series
welcome to 2 on, 1 out, ARod up, ROOKIE!!
I would like to take this opportunity to retract my previous kneejerk, fatalist comment. That is all.
get ouuttta here cole!
djsunyc…I’m thinking the same thing…why another lefty with AROD up?
This pitcher any good?
we need a really big lead because the bullpen has not been good. need a big bomb here from a-rod.
as mitch williams said – KING COLE!!!
Bringing in Happ to try and get a DP.
If they pitch around A-Rod, Posada will hit the first pitch for ground out.
So the Yankees have finally arrived??? Nice to see you, guys! You’ve been missed!
Interesting bringing in a rookie lefty to pitch to A-Rod then Posada!
A-Rod just needs to keep the inning going.
michelle b–thanks for asking what oppc stands for. i’ve been wondering.
and thanks, erica for explaining that.
Come on Cole, keep pounding the corner….
Oh, nevermind
although the yankees are starting to own hamels…sometimes i think arod benefits when a new reliver comes in as most likely his head is not filled with such an extensive scouting report and he just sees the pitch and reacts….
Lets go arod! this game is far from over – build a bigger lead!
Wow, the Phillie fans are brutal! Booing the guy who was instrumental in getting them the W.S. last year. Without him, they don’t go anywhere this year, or last.
Baseball is a crazy game folks, you just cannot predict how things will go in the early innings, you have to give it time.
“Andy would win crawling.”
HE’S A STARTIN PITCHAH
ATROCIOUS
HE’S A STARTAH
Andy is only at 72 pitches. Good thing he has this time to rest after running the bases. Hopefully he can refuel and give them a couple more good innnings.
posters were killing andy in the second inning..i kept asking if they were yankee fans..any yankee fan who trashes andy, derek, mo, or posada is not a true yankee fan to me..you must not have been around in the late 90’s
tricha,
You missed a typical post season game. Yankees give up the lead, trolls run wild, Yankess stage a come back and trolls have to go to bed. Just the usual
DT-
Welcome back
The blog is a happy, sunny place again
Need our bullpen to come up big tonight…fingers crossed!
a-rod jack another one!!
“The home run call to A-rod threw him completely off”
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I think the ball 4 call to Tex just prior threw him off too. He was pretty ticked off. It was a close call that could ahve gone either way.
The Yankees are in the world series basically in spite of their offense (except for Arod and Jeter), if they start hitting like they can then look out Phils..
arod can really win over the city with this at bat…
Let’s keep it going. Andy won’t go too deep. How about a nice two run double to right center?
I really hope that homerun by arod has him pumped…can we please cut to Kate even if she’s in L.A.? It’s been good fortune for us so far
Bye Bye Hollywood
go Yankees!
Enough Pitching Changes
October 31st, 2009 at 11:02 pm
posters were killing andy in the second inning..i kept asking if they were yankee fans..any yankee fan who trashes andy, derek, mo, or posada is not a true yankee fan to me..you must not have been around in the late 90’s
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I do not know who those people that were posting were. But they were certainly not Yankee fans
That 2nd inning might’ve been the slap in the face the Yanks needed.
the next time a Yankees pitcher has a bad inning remember it happens to other good pitchers also. Hamels has sucked during the 2nd half but last year he was the MVP of both the NLCS and WS.
Posada is the slowest
If our youngsters wilted under the pressure of their first WS performance what will JA Happ do? We could really pile on here if he comes out nervous and cant locate his fastball
todd–pettitte.
Have McCarver and Buck been oppressive? Have they complimented the Philly crowd, etc.?
Andy got this inning going..lol Hopefully Arod can continue it.
If Alex has his swing back…he could break it open.
Righties batted .245 off Happ and lefties .207 this season
Let’s go Arod!!!
I think the offense is waking up slowly, yawning and just getting out of bed right now.
J A Happ vs Yankees in May
6 IP, 2 ER, 4 hits, 0BB, 4K
Alex first WS hit a 2 run bomb.
Andy you ole Dawg a RBI single!!
The Philly players aren’t SMIRKIN now.
Finally Nick doubles.
Hopefully, Rodriguez will just go to center or right. I’ll settle for the RBI single.
everyone take note, WE ARE THE YANKEES!!
sar515
October 31st, 2009 at 10:23 pm
4th…5th…6th inning…
Yankees score in each.
Just have to hold them.
6-5 Yanks.
Posada and Alex HRS
SO FAR SO GOOD….
Boston Dave – 3 wins til 27
October 31st, 2009 at 11:02 pm
“The home run call to A-rod threw him completely off”
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I think the ball 4 call to Tex just prior threw him off too. He was pretty ticked off. It was a close call that could ahve gone either way.
******
You could be right. But it was certainly an all-out implosion
Posada may not be the slowest but he is the worst baserunner
we got to keep the foot on the pedal now
Trisha,
sorry for the misspelling.
we need to crush happ!
Jim bouton of ‘Ball four’ fame?
welcome rookie!
Joe Buck sounds like he just lost both his parents to a freak accident.
dang – mashed it right to victorino…
That look is back.
Losers on WEEI today were saying that unless Arod produced in the world series he would still be known as a postseason failure.
Welcome to the world series, WEEI!
Happ was actually the Phils best pitcher this year behind Cliff Lee
Crap he hit that right on the nose.
At least Alex is getting good wood on the ball.
he hit that on the screws…He’s back!
Thanks for the explaination Erica.
good swing by arod there he hit it hard
good swing by arod there he hit it hard
A-rod hit it pretty hard though, so at least that’s good, right?
Time for Posada to break out of it!
Just to clarify–I posted nothing negative tonight, so I am guilt-free and quite happy over the current state of the yankees.
Good swing by AROD…there IS such a thing as a loud out.
Come on, Jorge. Be smart now.
arod hit it well…but right at him.
come on Jorge…make up for your misplay on the bunt
big at bat here
The same people who trash the Core 4…..probably booed Jeter when he got off to a horrendous start a few years back. A rod crushed that, just at the Hawaiian…
posada should just retire
Hit it hard to center. Good approach, but, couldn’t get it to fall. His 2nd best swing of the WS.
And maybe sitting Swisher did the job. Once again, Girardi does it right. Just awesome.
Sorry that I’m so excited but I am just catching up!
michelle b. – Doing the Monster Mash Waiting for Arod to Follow!
October 31st, 2009 at 11:05 pm
he hit that on the screws…He’s back!
Thanks for the explaination Erica.
*****
No problem. Does that clarify a lot?
nice swing by Arod….
Posada is seeing the ball better off of Happ already
man good rip by arod….dang!
Didn’t see the new thread.
Yay for Andy.
Erica, if you’re here, nice hit for PBF.
do not swing jorge…
Trisha–This is probably very obvious, but what’s WEEI?
green light??
Come on Posada dont chase those pitches.
Hamels gets the hook
Attack of the Big Apple
Scarefest in Philly
oh no please dont leave it up to CANO.. he will just swing at more garbage
Doreen
October 31st, 2009 at 11:06 pm
Didn’t see the new thread.
Yay for Andy.
Erica, if you’re here, nice hit for PBF.
*****
I’m here!!!! It was a beauty
Bring in Joba. Let the monster loose.
robbie can do some damage for us…just wait
wth?!?!!?
Should’ve taken some more pitches.
Dear lord
id bench posada now!!! dope
the great Posada strikes again
Good lord!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!3-0 popup!!!!!
why did jorge bail them out there?
3-0….dang….
Yes it does erica….
Posada needs a pinch hitter…
WHAT THE HECK IS POSADA DOING.. IF WE LOSE THIS WORLD SERIES THIS IS ALL ON HIM!
Oh boy, Posada…
why let posada swing 3-0?
DOES THAT EVER WORK….jezus!
“posada should just retire”
let me finish that sentence for you…
“the side 1-2-3″
nice going idiot… why in the world are you swinging 3-0 when you can’t hit anything!!
Come on Jorge, if you’re looking dead red you can do better than that…
OMG posada, what in the name of all thats holy are you swinging 3-0!!!!
Man, just when you think Posada’s having a good at-bat.
Thats an awful 3-0 swing by Posada. No surprise though.
That was ball 4
should’ve taken. You know happ is gonna be there awhile.
Terrible call to have Posada swing 3-0.
Gotta massage Andy through two more innings.
Why is Posada swinging on 3-0??????
Anyway, great inning…Pettitte needs another 1-2-3 inning here…
3-0 and he swung at a garbage pitch away
seriously! What is Posada thinking? I could see him swinging if he was swinging well, but he should be looking for every opportunity to get on base.
going for the kill there..posada expanded the zone..that is the danger of swinging 3-0
Posada, you are killing your supporters!
After 2 crap at bats Posada comes right back and swings at a 3-0 pitch from a rookie. What the F is he thinking.
way to swing at a 3-0 change up, jorge.
Like I said about Jorge – head up his arse.
3-0 and that’s what you do with it?
He’s stupid, Jorge is – I think that’s it.
I think he’s just dumb.
HUGE missed opportunity there to load the bases.
Andy for 6 – 6 2/3 IP
Joba for 1/3
Marte for 2/3
Robertson/Hughes for 1IP
Mariano for 1IP
sickening…………
arod smoked the ball…but thats baseball.
we have the lead. andy one or two more. this bridge bullpen has to prove itself sooner or later.
marte is going to be in a tight spot and will have to come up big…just have a feeling.
then MO
It doesn’t get any dumber than that.
He is CLEARLY pitching around you. A LEFTY is on deck with a LEFTY on the mound.
TAKE A PITCH.
Some of these guys are pressing and it’s so obvious.
Bad job by Jorge there. I’m sure he’ll come up with a big hit sometime, but that is frustrating.
KF, If this keeps up, I am pretty sure that I am going to find a ticket to Game 6.
Thanks for the info on the game.
Why am I not surprised!
let molina play if posada is just going to make outs and not field bunts.
I’ve never seen morons like the ones on this blog who only root for 23 players on their team and turn on all the others as soon as they do something that isn’t ‘right’.
How pathetic.
As big as Andy’s hit was, Jorge’s stupidity was just as big.
Potential to step on the neck there and Jorge blows it.
Just stupid baseball right there.
swinging 3-0 is one thing
swinging 3-0 when you can load the bases is another
however, he probably realized Cano was on deck
stupid unless it works and it didn’t ….to let Posada swing away at 3-0….once again, Girardi throws water on the Yankees’ rally….BONEHEAD !
have the trolls returned??
Posada is certainly not a smart player, not AB, not in th e field nor on the bases,
Is Hamels supposed to be their game 7 pitcher?
POSADA PLEASE RETIRE AFTER THIS YEAR
Is Posada thinking or what? Swinging 3-0 with 2 guys on base is absolutely unreal…
BigSix,
im pretty sure you are correct sir. Posada is dumb!
god i am fuming…..take TWO more pitches….new pitcher…let him throw!
if molina was catching: 5-1 yanks!
tough luck trisha,
the Yanks are gonna win it in Game 5
look for me on the field after the final out!!
Maybe he doesn’t get the green light if Cano wasn’t even more worthless at the plate
The good news: Arod is getting locked in.
Posada’s World Series career numbers:
.220 BA, .340 OBP, .341 SLG. Ick.
Yanks finally put together some hits – with a blooper by Pettitte and Jeter (Big one by Andy) and Damon ripped one. Pettitte’s running gave be a chuckle.
Posada proves again he’s not the brightest player in the box – swinging on a 3-0 pitch, possibly ball 4.. bad.. Yanks up 5-3..
Hold em, Andy!
Valerie, WEEI is the redsox sports radio station in Boston.
well thats what happens when you green light 3-0
Hopefully Andy can have an easy inning here..
“Bad job by Jorge there. I’m sure he’ll come up with a big hit sometime, but that is frustrating.”
I believe he got a hit in game 2 to expand the lead to 3-1….
That was a bad at bat by Posada. Posada needs to get his head in the game.
victorino really helped us by swinging on those 2 balls after andy walked rollins a few innings ago. that was just a poor at bat on his part.
“however, he probably realized Cano was on deck”
LOL, well said.
I’m a Girardi supporter but you have to put the take on there. I don’t know Jorge is thinking. Maybe Girardi thought he had enough sense to take 3-0 in a rally inning….
cmon Andy
quick inning here
we need you for 6-7IP
Posada’s bat is missing
swinging 3-0 stranding 2.. failing to get off his arse to throw out Hamels on the bunt leading to two runs
Nice going Jorge
Nothing against your PBF Erica, but against a lefty why not try and steal 3rd and he might have scored on A-Rod’s line out to CF? Damon is no longer a factor on the bases?
they let jorge swing bc they have no faith in cano right now…
Anyone else think Joe and Tim sit a little too close together?
I don’t know why everyone loves Victorino. He was an a-hole in high school in hawaii and he probably is still one. Just because he’s from hawaii doesn’t make him a cool guy.
Posada’s World Series career numbers:
.220 BA, .340 OBP, .341 SLG. Ick.
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amazing!!!! but to most yankee fans hes better than yogi berra
the Truth Squad October 31st, 2009 at 11:09 pm
I’ve never seen morons like the ones on this blog who only root for 23 players on their team and turn on all the others as soon as they do something that isn’t ‘right’.
How pathetic.
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While there are some flip-floppers here, I don’t think calling them morons and acting condescending is contributing much to the conversation either…
We need a 1 2 3 inning here
Bias! McCarver was leaning to block the Yankee Jack-o-Lantern!
nothing wrong with giving Posada the green light @ 3-0.
Get a cookie and smash it – it’s 8-3.
changeup here Andy!!
2 more innings for andy!!
cmon!!
Val, not obvious at all unless you live in Sux territory – which I do. WEEI is their version of WFAN.
Wow, did all of you notice how Buck really tone down his excitement voice when the Yanks took the lead.
again can someone name 5 better hitting catchers in MLB then posada???
Hahaha, officially funniest thing ever shown on Fox.
They have the “two” pumpkins, one is completely blocked, and of course the Phillies one is perfectly visible. Just incredible. They can’t even be fair on the pumpkin air time.
Posada does a lot of things that make you wonder where his head is.
awesome – dang…the balls are really flying there…
BA–I thought it was obvious
. Thanks a bunch!
Important to get Victorino…
nice catch, Melky
Couldn’t even get lei-ed
October 31st, 2009 at 11:09 pm
“if molina was catching: 5-1 yanks”
What a bunch of absolute crap.
“I don’t know why everyone loves Victorino. He was an a-hole in high school in hawaii and he probably is still one. Just because he’s from hawaii doesn’t make him a cool guy.”
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dont tell mel that
that was crushed too….
that was a big out. please handle the lefties!
lets go ANDY~!~!!!!!
“nothing wrong with giving Posada the green light @ 3-0.
Get a cookie and smash it – it’s 8-3.”
You are smart poster..thanks..sometimes moves don’t work…it good to see someone with common sense in here
cant let howard get up with runners he is due
He should continue with the off speed pitches againt these 2.
A serious question…
Is Posada a bit “slow” mentally? There was no reason…no reason to swing there on a 3-0 changeup. Will that blown chance to tack on runs cost the Yanks?
Did anyone notice when they came back from commercial. McCarver leaned in towards Buck so that he blocked the Yankee Pumpkin. You can’t deny their bias!
Big SIx,
Tim and Joe are sitting that close together because they wanted to block out the Yankee Halloween Pumpkin.
Andy really needs to get a 1-2-3 here. Save some bacon for the offense
“again can someone name 5 better hitting catchers in MLB then posada???”
joe mauer
uhm… can i say joe mauer again?
Andy = 1 RBI
Posada + Cano = 0 RBI
Wow LOUD “Let’s go Pettitte” chant right now. So much for the “Citizens Bank Park Fans are better than Yankee Stadium” meme.
Nice play
Damn Teix. Damn.
““I don’t know why everyone loves Victorino. He was an a-hole in high school in hawaii and he probably is still one. Just because he’s from hawaii doesn’t make him a cool guy.””
DID you go to high school with him? how would you know that
Nice flip by Tex!!!!!!!!!!!!
TEIX…learning from games 1 and 2….play the ball to the left aggressively!!! NICE!!!!!
kimoinsd
October 31st, 2009 at 11:11 pm
I don’t know why everyone loves Victorino. He was an a-hole in high school in hawaii and he probably is still one. Just because he’s from hawaii doesn’t make him a cool guy
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I happen to like Victorino. He’s got great talent.
andy looks better running to first trying to catch a ball, rather than rounding a base!
Nice job by Andy getting over there. Come on get Howard now…
Anyone else muting their tv and listening to Sterling/Waldman (despite the 5 sec delay) because he can’t stand listening to McCarver and Buck?
there is a dude wearing a pink hat
HA PHILLY IS A JOKE
City of Brotherly Love indeed
Yadier Molina
this is why andy is awesome…he recognizes momentum…when the yanks got those runs…he’s buckled down…
““again can someone name 5 better hitting catchers in MLB then posada???”
joe mauer
uhm… can i say joe mauer again?”
LOL..tell you what you can say joe mauer 3 times..now just name 2 more better hitting catchers…
Tex clearly made a defensive adjustment there, after a few hits went by him in the first two games that he could’ve gone after, proving again what a great 1B he is…
Ryan Howard…….King of Schwinggggggggggggg!
Hey Philly,I can’t hear you!
Buck ,shut up please just for a second.
get off of jorge……he is fine….
Other than the no-play on the bunt that lead to the wild 2nd inning, Andy has been solid. Not spectacular, but solid.
Scared of the Wall
October 31st, 2009 at 11:11 pm
the Truth Squad October 31st, 2009 at 11:09 pm
I’ve never seen morons like the ones on this blog who only root for 23 players on their team and turn on all the others as soon as they do something that isn’t ‘right’.
How pathetic.
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While there are some flip-floppers here, I don’t think calling them morons and acting condescending is contributing much to the conversation either…
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Nicely said.
A 1-2-3 inning gives the chance for my heart rate to down a couple of notches.
Ryan Howard – The King Of Swing (and Miss)
1-2-3. way to work andy.
Huge 1-2-3 inning…Alright, let’s get more runs here!!!!!
andys got 1 more inning at most
BTW that’s the first time this whole season Teix has used the SP at 1B.
nice inning there~
All it takes is for Jorge Posada to make an out and the blog instantly gets about 20% stupider.
A bad out like that one, 35%.
pure domination by AP!
Ok now time to get some more runs!!!
YEAH!!!!
Andy at 83 pitches through 5
he was at 51 through 2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
he can go 7 at this rate.
Joe and Tim sit so close together so they can do naughty naughty things to one another, and to “be there” for one another if things do not go their way.
Yankee Trader
October 31st, 2009 at 11:11 pm
Nothing against your PBF Erica, but against a lefty why not try and steal 3rd and he might have scored on A-Rod’s line out to CF? Damon is no longer a factor on the bases?
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I don’t know. But I had a bigger issue with Melky not bunting with no one out and Swish on second. As far as I am concerned, Pettitte picked him up
Bravo Andy!!! Just like AJ in Game 5 of the ALCS, he’s done a great job battling back after a rough start.
Great inning by Andy… maybe he’ll get a chance to knock in another run this inning
“Yadier Molina”
is not a better hitter than posada..great fielder not a better hitter.
yes!!
i dont get why everyone is getting on posada…he has cano behind him…he needs to do something himself…get over it
a player like ryan howard has so many holes in his swing it’s nuts. but i guess NL pitching is so bad that he crushes mistakes.
Can Robbie(Tony Womack)Cano wake up also
Mel’s from Hawaii. She’s cool. Enough said.
Enough Pitching Changes…
Common sense dictates in that situation, if you know your baseball, that you look for a pitch you can DRIVE. If it’s not that kind of pitch, you take your walk.
You think he was up there to swing at the very next pitch?
No.
Has to be a strike, and one you can handle better than that.
Jorge is fine, fine at sucking
Kpantz
October 31st, 2009 at 11:11 pm
Bias! McCarver was leaning to block the Yankee Jack-o-Lantern!
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LOL I was thinking the same thing
Robbie Cano is sans hits……
Trisha–thanks! And thanks for making me feel like it wasn’t a ridiculously easy answer to that. much appreciated.
“don’t know. But I had a bigger issue with Melky not bunting with no one out and Swish on second. As far as I am concerned, Pettitte picked him up”
you don’t bunt with the pitcher on deck…you got to try to drive the run in.
is stupider a word…if it is, then that is what i am feeling!
“BTW that’s the first time this whole season Teix has used the SP at 1B.”
Yeah pretty much, he’s very good about taking it himself
He had no choice there though
“Anyone else muting their tv and listening to Sterling/Waldman (despite the 5 sec delay) because he can’t stand listening to McCarver and Buck?”
Me! Been doing it the entire postseason.
Good job Andy !
The offense needs to continue to apply pressure.
“Anyone else muting their tv and listening to Sterling/Waldman (despite the 5 sec delay) because he can’t stand listening to McCarver and Buck?”
* raises hand. I’ve done it all through the playoffs.
It gets kinda fun listening to Sterling’s call and then seeing them live.
Pettitte is showing you how a veteran pitcher gets by without anything close to his best stuff tonight. He’s been living with fastballs on the outside corner to righties the whole second half of the season and hasn’t hit that spot the whole night but still managed to settle in after the 2nd and kept the Yankees in the game.
BD – I will gladly relinquish my right to a Game 6 if the Yanks do it in 5!
its funny reading this blog… after it was 3-0 phillies the yankees lost the series…
i dont get some people.
Basically 3 1-2-3 innings in a row if A-Rod makes the play. Good night for Andy seeing how he is a little off.
leiter on MLB network said andy would hit a homerun. not quite a homer but we’ll take the RBI single. again – MAJOR props to swisher for that baserunning. he didn’t even look to see if it would fall…he just ran.
Ok Yanks pile on some runs RIGHT NOW
They can block the Yankee Pumkin all they want. I carved my own this morning. The candle’s still lit. Power of the Yankee Pumkin!
Cano is more due than a pregnant woman in her 10th month!!
Valerie G.
Didn’t the game start to turn around shortly after you got home?
The bullpen is going to need to show up big time. Andy has done a good job of battling, despite not having any command early on.
Erica
You wanted Melky to bunt with a runner on 2nd, no outs, to move Swish to 3rd for Andy Pettite? Come on now…
nice inning by andy. how long do you think hell last tonight?
I have no problem with Jorge having the green light, but that was no cookie it was ball 4. You also need discipline, look for the cookie and if it ain’t one then let it go, at worst you take strike one.
Wow Robbie when are you gonna wake up bro?
Cano needs to bust his butt down the line
it’s the World Series and he is barely jogging to 1st
Great at bat Cano you fool… bench him
Where’s Ramiro Pena when you need him?
TAKE A PITCH CANO!!!
Robi needs quarantine.
Is Cano even trying out there? Wake up you are playing in a WS game.
Can we please bench Cano. Put Hariston in.
Cano is so pathetic and dumb.
Cano is just not using his head up there, he’s letting the pressure get to him.
Cano might have the worst body language on the team. Everytime he sags his shoulders after a groundball or a popup makes me feel sorry for him.
Cano needs somebody to kick him hard in the azz
“is stupider a word”
It’s an apt LoHuddism.
and that goes for every player not just Cano
but I happened to notice Cano on that play barely moving to 1st
“its funny reading this blog… after it was 3-0 phillies the yankees lost the series…
i dont get some people.”
I was screaming the same thing about one hour ago…
When you are hitting so poorly – like Cano – you take a pitch and when you hit a grounder you bust it down the line. You don’t jog!
one pitch one out is the new name for Cano
“Anyone else muting their tv and listening to Sterling/Waldman (despite the 5 sec delay) because he can’t stand listening to McCarver and Buck?”
I am…
Next time I hear Cano & Carew’s name mentioned in the same sentence I’m gonna barf…
good point, BA. cano is a lefty so happ-cano is a more favorable matchup for happ and cano has been pretty quiet so far..
Is there a more undisciplined .320 hitter in all of baseball?
Do we have another second baseman coming up? Pena? Maybe we can get something good for Cano. Anyone else starting to feel like that?
What on earth is Cano doing? Doesn’t anyone want to have quality AB’s now that the Yanks have a slim lead. Is each inning going to be over in the blink of an eye?
Cano:
Swings at first pitch…he pouts..and makes an out
Swish has no chance on any off speed pitch down…
FeBuch
October 31st, 2009 at 11:18 pm
Erica
You wanted Melky to bunt with a runner on 2nd, no outs, to move Swish to 3rd for Andy Pettite? Come on now…
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Not the dumbest idea ever. With a guy on 3rd and one out Swish could possible get a large lead of the bag and score on a FC or maybe Andy can hit a sac fly. he did hit in the NL for 3 years
Don’t forget to set your clocks back an hour!
KF–come to think of it, it did. maybe i’m a good luck charm
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how can cano be such a good player and look that silly in atbats sometimes..
Five runs won’t be enough to win this game. Can’t make Happ look like Steve Carlton.
SWISHER!!!!!!!!!
Swish is back, too.
SWISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SWISH!!!!!!!!!!!
Swish!!!!
SWISH
Yeah baby!!!
Swish’s Wishes!!!
Swishaaaaahhhhhh
SIKSWISHER!
He’s back
“Anyone else muting their tv and listening to Sterling/Waldman (despite the 5 sec delay) because he can’t stand listening to McCarver and Buck?”
What are you using to get the feed? I tried listening to them on my iPhone but they’re always about 10 seconds behind.
FREDDY I MEAN SWISHY!
YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I guess Swish really needed that benching!
Swish !
Cano never runs hard!!!! Swisher!!!!!!! GET OFF HIM!!!! NICE JOB KEVIN LONNG!!!!
yesssssssssssss
He did the Monster Swish?
SWISHA-LICIOUS! ATTA BOY
Ozzie Guillen just threw up in his mouth a little bit.
djsunyc October 31st, 2009 at 11:16 pm
a player like ryan howard has so many holes in his swing it’s nuts. but i guess NL pitching is so bad that he crushes mistakes.
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Rob Neyer wrote a great article about why Ryan Howard should not be compared to A-Rod in terms of talent. Howard is really a pure slugger and doesn’t have the all-around hitting ability that A-Rod does.
The day off was good for Swish. Woo Hoo!
I must apologize for hating Swisher the last month…..
Hey Swish!
Now, Cano has to step up, and they’re good to go!
GIRARDI >>>>>>>>>> YOU!!!
OK Swish !!!!!
Monthlong slump over. We love you again LOL LOL ..
swisher making us haters look real bad.
Bad feelings gone….
Pettitte, portentous
South Philly is gettin’ spooked
Swisher is scary!!!!!
Ding Dong Donkey Kong, Swisher is now off the Bong..
hey swisher stepped up..got to give it to him…
OMG Swish really sticking it to me and I’ll gladly take it.
Girardi continues to look like a genius
Swisher looks like he’s starting to get a clue, now what about Cano?
What a day for Swish! Good for him. (And good for us)
I would like to welcome Nick Swisher back to the New York Yankees.
Getting benched did him some good.
WOO-HOOOO SWISH CAME THROUGH!!!!!!!!
dang,
if the Yanks played in this park how many more HR would they have?
Swishalicioussssss
I was wondering when Swisher was going to have a Bucky Dent moment. That might’ve been it.
Wow! Been waiting for that. Guess I was wrong, no way Hairston does that.
The Swish man is baaack!!! Guess that time on the pine helped after all.
SWISH!!!!!!
Loud out.
Good for Swish!
Nick Swisher coming back in a big way!
Maybe the benching was a good thing….
LOL, there was a “Let’s go Yankees” going for a minute there
Now that’s how you break out of a slump!
a three run lead with 4 innings left. YEAH SWISH. without more runs i would think…
if andy gets through the first two batters next inning the lineup is a lot softer for a coulple hitter (although someone will pinch for the hitter spot).
then who knows if joe puts him out there for the seventh. he is at 83 pitches now. if he gets an easy six i think he may.
then 8th or even 7th joe will most likely match up. who will be the first out of the pen – joba?
watch out for ANDY HERE!
OMG. Nick the Stick. All is forgiven.
Swisher’s Home run just proves how little so many of you know about baseball since the majority of the posts wanted him benched for this game and the rest of the series.
“Anyone else muting their tv and listening to Sterling/Waldman (despite the 5 sec delay) because he can’t stand listening to McCarver and Buck?”
back when i lived in CT, i did that for ever. now that im in boston, its a little tougher.
SWISH!
one guy in this board called Swisher would go 3 for 4 with one HR.
Just awesome call, man!
A-Rod, Melky and obviously Swisher have all tattooed the ball off Happ.
Happ looks like a BP pitcher
fa swishizzle ma nizzle !!!!!!
hmmmmmmmmm….shhhhhh, there’s a baby sleeping in the crowd…
Swisher can get just as hot as he can cold. Lets hope he’s getting on one of those streak now.
Funny how buck and mcarver don’t slob swisher’s knob like they did after werth hit his hr. they sound so deflated now.
Good thing that pitch was over the plate and not in the dirt to Swish. They should be careful with Andy here. lol
I DON’T BELIEVE IT Nick hits a run!
every run counts…glad to see swish hittin again…
What happened to the ridiculous “THE BANK IS LOUDAAAH THAN YANKEE STADIUM” tweets from the New York/Philly media?
I haven’t heard McCarver talk about this place being a bandbox…..Did I miss that????????? LOL
Take a hack Andy, Nice
And just think if they were able to field that bunt we might be up 6-2 or 6-1
if the yankees played in citizen’s bank – they would hit over 350 homers…
A run and they cleared the pitcher. I’ll take it.
That extra run looks nice…How about another 1-2-3 inning for Pettitte!
should the hitting coach and manager take with Cano regarding his approach?
Really nice swing and drive by Swisher.
At least NYY cleared the pitcher out of the way for the top of the lineup in the 7th.
Nick in SF,
this may be a good night for you
Cal GW FG
USC getting spanked
Yanks looking good…
“I was wondering when Swisher was going to have a Bucky Dent moment. That might’ve been it.”
That was not quite a “Bucky Dent” moment..bucky’s homer was a little bigger then that one…
Oh god if only we can Little Papi at 2B.
Well to be fair their stadium is louder than the new Yankee stadium
I’m watching in complete silence because for some reason my Fox feed is way behind Sterling and Waldman, so listening took a lot of suspense out of what happened.
Come on, Andy! Let’s hold them here!
I really hope Andy can get them into the 7th inning. Otherwise going into the bullpen earlier is going to be tough.
swishy is looking better. now if cano can start hitting.
I really haven’t noticed much bias with McCarver even though he makes no sense about half the time. Buck clearly favors the Phils, or at least likes talking about them more…
and Swisher makes a deposit in the Citizen’s Bank bleachers!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Someone give Long his props for figuring out Swish and Arod this year…
Oh stop it. Girardi was right to bench Swisher.
He sat him down for one game and Swisher obviously got the message.
Regarding Cano – as I’ve said before he’s the type that can be a superstar if he goes to a small market no pressure team where he can do what he wants (like not hustle consistently), joke around, and not have to worry about anything.
if any of you had actually listened to the Fox guys earlier they said Swisher had told Ken Rosenthal he would break out tonight and both said he put on a show in batting practice.
And Rosenthal picked the Yankees to win in 6, I guess he’s just another anti-Yankee hater.
Shhhhhhhh !!!!
Can you posters please keep it down! Be considerate!
There are trolls sleeping!
djsunyc October 31st, 2009 at 11:24 pm
if the yankees played in citizen’s bank – they would hit over 350 homers…
Don’t exaggerate it dosn’t look good, they probably would come in around 300
yeah, swish!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
‘talk’
Come on Andy get them threw this inning.
a lot of lead off strikes lately – go andy!
The haunting of Happ
Swisher’s screaming witches brew
Frightened fanatics
43 comeback wins…. shutup Buck you * * * *
# rconn23 October 31st, 2009 at 11:26 pm
Oh stop it. Girardi was right to bench Swisher.
He sat him down for one game and Swisher obviously got the message.
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should you really be blogging anymore after calling the series over in the 2nd inning? LOL @ YOU…
I’m hoping we tack some runs on…would be nice not to use Mo tonight…
again I think buck does not like the yanks being a midwestern guy..but i think fox just wants a long series….
Ouch.
again can someone name 5 better hitting catchers in MLB then posada???
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Joe Mauer .371
Victor Martinez .301
AJ Pierzynski .302
Miguel Montero .297
Yadier Molina .291
Brian McCann .285
Jorge Posada .286
As hitters give me Mauer, Martinez and MCCann, then Posada
Misses his spot again. Damn….
nice going jerk
Awful, awful pitch by Pettitte.
Werth hits a moonshot
that was a bomb……
Why would you pitch him inside. Pitch him away !
that’s ok…just get through the inning andy…
welll……that was a bomb!
Oh Puke
Damn
Can I get some of the steroids Werth is on. They must be Werth it.
Wow, Werth just missed hitting that million dollar Mastercard sign
Can Mo go 3 innings???????????
ok, get past raul…then lineup gets a lot easier.
one more inning andy…come on!!
Crap, again? That’s all they get, Andy!
JZ
October 31st, 2009 at 11:24 pm
should the hitting coach and manager take with Cano regarding his approach?
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Ya think?
The conversation should be stay aggreesive but be selective early in the count and if you can’t run out a ground ball hard you wil lbe on the bench as well. Maybe that will wake him up.
buck gets excited again!!!
Crush job, guess we gotta get that pen up…
I come here to gloat about Nick Swisher’s big night. That is why you do not give up on or bench good players who are going through a rough patch. All the Swisher haters esp. the Gardner lovers who think he can do better can go away now.
Yikes, that ball was murdered, Andy might wanna be more careful with him..
Bad pitch by Andy there.
Nothing else to say about it.
OK Please, that’s one run. We do sill lead. let’s not have a panic again.
Andy needs to settle back down now…
That’s not a good start for Pettitte…Wow, that was crushed…
Jayson Werth is a bad man.
overall, Andy tonight is C grade.
the game is far from over.
that guys a monster…he hit 2 homers one game against the dodgers too..i wonder how long they let andy go
Well that sucked
6-3 Yankees, this game is not over folks …
ooopppssss… make that 6-4 Yankees.
You have to finish what you started Yankees, these guys are not going to lay over and play dead.
he mashed that….I was just about to post about how wrong i was on Pettite’s outing. I think I won’t say anything.
nice pitch, SCMANDY !
Is Jason Werth really that strong?
And they have the nerve to talk about home runs in Yankee Stadium. I realize that would have been a home tun on a football field, but still this is like home run derby
Why is Adam Copeland(WWE’s EDGE) playing for the phils?
Can’t blame Buck for getting excited on that one. It’s still traveling
It stinks to let Werth beat you again…
werth should be in the homerun derby next year…
KKKKKK
So much for Pettitte bearing down with that three run lead…
Other than the walk to Ruiz, that was only the second bad pitch that Pettitte has made tonight. The first home run pitch to Werth was a very good pitch. How he hit it that well was a bit shocking.
I want some of the steroids Werth is on. Whatever he is paying, the are Werth it.
For some reason, my computer’s acting crazy. In any case, that was a beautiful homer. too bad it’s on the wrong side. all i can say is, thank goodness for insurance runs!!
Werth is on HGH. He’s backup player in Dodgers, all of sudden he’s clone of Albert Pujols
YES.
now andy needs to focus and get the next two outs. my guess i joba comes out in the 7th.
Where were those 2 pitches?????????????
Werth crushes, McCarver gushes…
Did that Werth HR land yet? Damn that was crushed.
But the great thing about Andy is that he forgets about Werth and gets the next guy. How many pitchers come unraveled after giving up a shot like that…
Andy is gonna get threw the seventh i have a feeling….
not sure whey they are having trouble with pedro feliz this game. he is average at best.
Andy looks tired. This will definitely be his last inning if he allows no more hits/walks at 94 pitches
stike 3 oh wait this ump is blind
2-1 instead
Cmon Andy get us through this inning and we will pray for 2 more before Mo. Coke and Robertson in the 7th Marte and Joba in the 8th.
“As hitters give me Mauer, Martinez and MCCann, then Posada”
SLUG%
Posada .522
McCann .486
Martinez .480
OPS
Posada .885
Martinez .861
McCann .853
Sorry, Jorge’s clearly better.
Nibble nibble nibble
“And they have the nerve to talk about home runs in Yankee Stadium. I realize that would have been a home tun on a football field, but still this is like home run derby”
the homers hit tonight have nothing to do with the size of the ballpark..the ball hit by werth would have been out of any stadium in america
Boston Dave: I bet on Oregon, so that’s nice, otherwise the USC thing doesn’t mean so much.
But this Yankee game is the last leg of a trifecta, Arsenal FC this early morning, then the Cal Bears this afternoon, now this. I might pass out when it ends.
You let Andy finish this inning?
Pitcher up after next batter?
Pettitte has had trouble all night with the righties. He’s nipping on the outside of the plate. But who could blame him in this ballpark.
Looks like Coke and someone else warming in the bullpen ..
I’m sick of hearing McCarver talk about Pettite’s move to first base. It’s not a baulk. If it was doesn’t he think it might have been called more than a few times over 15 years?
andy battling…this is awesome to watch…
HUGE
KKKKKKK
nice andy!
here’s the pitching lesson for tonight:
Pitchers don’t always hit the target, that’s part of baseball. If they did the average score would be 2-1. The pitch to Werth wasn’t supposed to be there, it was in the same spot as the pitch that Guerrero hit out in game 3 of the ALCS.
Nice rebound Andy!…
McCarver and Buck are both die-hard National League guys.
Buck does the Cardinal games, just like his dad before him, and McCarver played his whole career with the Cardinals and Phillies.
They both hate the Yankees with a purple passion, but that’s what happens when you are as successful as the Yanks have been.
needs to get one more out here
Who are Phill’s RH pinch hitters???
what’s pettitte’s pitch count?
How many pitches does Andy have now?
Andy at 97 pitches
if he gets a quick out here
he could come back in the 7th to get the pitcher/pinch hitter
but prob going to see the bullpen
The Yankees need to score some more runs.
“SLUG%
Posada .522
McCann .486
Martinez .480
OPS
Posada .885
Martinez .861
McCann .853
Sorry, Jorge’s clearly better.
..agree plus martinez is more of firstbasemen DH anyway…i only have mauer as a better hitting catcher
Andy’s done. Please take him out, Joe.
1 more Andy!
andy battles back well to get the next 2 swining. if he can get through the 6th by finishing off ruiz, i think they should send him out for the 7th on a short leash.
Man, Pettitte has been having trouble throwing strikes to Ruiz…
walk him to get the pitcher out?
yanks need to keep scoring runs..dont trust our pen…wish i could…except for mo…andy needs to finish first
Last batter – has to be
can not throw strikes to ruiz..bizarre…
USC might drop to 5th in the polls after getting the crap beat out of them..they’d have to lose the rest of their games to get out of the top 25
that was a damn strike….don’t start squeezing us, blue !
ok i didnt realize he was pushing a hundred pitches….however he needs to get threw this so we dont waste matsui now…
They’re definitely not giving the outside corner tonight, but at least the calls have been pretty consistent
out of the game I mean
whered the corners dissappear to ump….
Yanks need to ATTACK again.
A-Rod is looking good tonight.
Struggling with the bottom of the order again..
Feels like this is going to be a long night. Game is far from over with these bullpens
Jason Werth = Andruw Jones for Pettitte
He loves to nibble
Frustrating
Typical nibbling though
DAMN…all 3 of those last pitches could have gone our way !
Andy really could be a little more aggressive here with the bottom of the order, come on, what’s so hard about throwing a nice fastball on the inside corner to Carlos Ruiz? How do you walk that shmoe on 4 pitches? Maybe we just wanted to get Happ out of the game, Bruntlett should be an easy out…
They are stacking righties now, b/c Dobbs or Stairs is thier better hitters.
USC is at 5th in the polls
they may fall to 10th
i think they should take andy out here. walking ruiz is a bad sign.
Robertson-Joba-Mo
Now the strike zone has gotten smaller. Hamels got the corner and more called strikes.
kinda glad to get Happ out of there
I am a big USC fan, and I told everyone I knew this was going to happen. The Trojan defense is horrid this year. Oregon manhandled them tonight.
Stupid walking Ruiz
Why would David Robertson not get this batter?
You really going to let Andy start the 7th – top of the order – if he gets this guy?
Just take him out now!
Werth is incredible. Swisher looked like he hit it well, but it went nowhere compared to Werth’s blast.
First postseason AB. It took until 11:30 PM on Halloween for me to be scared…
bruntlett with no at bats this postseason…..not good for us….
The HP umpire is trying to take the game into his own hands.
Joe being a National League guy did not stop him from the lickfest he lead for the 2004 red sox against “his” cardinals.
Brandon AWESOME! (BECAUSE In New York! This song isn’t what dreams are made of!)
October 31st, 2009 at 11:29 pm
Is Jason Werth really that strong?
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Strong like an ox and comes from a great athletic family. Grandfather and uncle were both major leaguers, his step-father was ex-Yankee, Dennis Werth and his mother ran in the Olympics trials. His natural wather was an football star at Illinois state and played in the Cards farm system.
a pearl jam concert tonight there as well..
very nerve rackin
I like the walk. It makes Philly work their bullpen.
I think you have to hand it to Pettitte – he really gutted one out tonight. He obviously isn’t as sharp as he has been lately, but he held it together and kept them in the game and gave his usual distance of 6IP.
YEAH ANDY!!! way to gut it out…
Breathe in, breathe out. In, out…
NO COKE PLEASE NEXT INNING !!!!
Let’s get that run back Yanks!
Phew! Now let’s get some more runs!!
Good job got out of it and Happ is now out…. back to the bullpen for Philly even if that wasn’t planned it worked out to perfection
Did anyone just see that. Werth slammed his bat and yelled towards his dugout, as if to pump them up. He showed us up.
Let’s get that 3rd insruance run back
Jeter, Damon, Tex, ARod against Chad Durbin??
yes, please!
Pablo Sandival — if you want to count the Panda as a catcher.
all of a sudden, Andy not getting any edges of the zone…complete Bull…that’s OK….Sit the Lumberjack DOWN !!!!
Werth even slammed his bat? that I did not see. Ok.
Ok…needless worry. Top of the order….let’s go!!!!!!!!
The walk to Ruiz was just a clever play to get Happ out of the game. Now we tack on!
A friend just texted me to tell me that if Andy gets the win, he is getting a #46 tattoo.
I am soooooo holding him to that
Worth is a jerk. I didnt like the way he slammed the bat down. bush league!
Whew! Good job battling back Andy, and now we get a shot at another one of those arms from that weak Phillie pen.
lets get some insurance to give the bullpen some room.
the 7th and 8th should be very interesting for the yanks..if we are going to win this world series..we need our set-up men to have clean innings…
Nice recovery by Andy…
I would definitely get Coke and Marte into the mix the next few innings due to all the lefties…
You’d think Werth just won the game with the way he slammed his bat down
“Why would David Robertson not get this batter?
You really going to let Andy start the 7th – top of the order – if he gets this guy?
Just take him out now!”
You don’t want Robertson pitching, then sitting for 15-20+ minutes, then pitching again. He hasn’t been used that way that much this season.
abernste
exactly what I was thinking… Happ is one of their better pitchers lets see someone else
You have to make Werth chase slop, if you try and throw fastballs to him he will hit it miles…
who funnier????Wanda Sykes, or Ozzie Guillen trying to speak English???
Just saw Werth slam the bat to the ground after the HR.
Screw Werth and the rest of the Phillies,,,they are the NL version of the sloppy , unshaven idiots we love to call the BoSux !
top of lineup comin up..lets get some more runs and take some pressure on the pen..pleasee
Buck hasn’t done Cardinal games in quite some time. He’s strictly a national guy for FOX now.
Andy had nothing tonight and he gave em six innings.
This had the feel of a game where the offense would have to bust out tonight and pile on runs and it still is.
Need a few more to salt this game away.
Tack on some more runs.
New thread as we go to the seventh. Come on over.
Let’s get some more runs…
new thread
No rain … no rain … no rain …
Posada and McCann probably are the best all-round hitting catcher in baseball after Mauer.
The Yankees really need to take advantage of the Phillies bullpen here. We need more runs, I don’t feel comfortable…
not a bad pitch to swing at…..just wish it would have dropped…classic jeter with the ump
Erica – sorry but I don’t see Andy getting a tattoo.
michelle,
Sandoval isn’t a catcher.
he’s started 12 games there in his career, barely any this year, and may never start there again.
boy can hit pretty well though
here comes the rain again…
falling on the phils like a tragedy…
Werth was a skinny catcher in the Orioles system years ago.
Give him credit for making something out of his career.
It’s been a long road for him.
He can do it all.
These next couple of innings are going to be scary until Mo comes in
Way to work the count cap (rolls eyes).
I would use Robertson for the 7th Joba 8th. but it looks like Joba is pitching the 7th.
A howling Werthwolf
“BOO!” not “Feliz Navidad”
Pettitte, peril, chills
djsun with the eurythmics
This guy is the definition of mediocre. We need at least one here….
time to pitch around werth.
he’s too locked in.
Can’t believe Gardner is not pinch running and later tighter defense. Can steal off this pitcher and catcher.
arod may hit it out of the park vs. this guy…
Id go with Joba and if he’s got it then stick with him for 2 , if not then make a move fast, you can tell pretty quick with Joba.
will they walk arod?
C’mon Alex…Get Damon home!
Gah this guy is garbage tex… put it in play
“Werth was a skinny catcher in the Orioles system years ago.”
catchers are always the best athletes.
i hope they walk AROD…posada needs to get riled up.
nice strike to Tex 10 ft outside
Tex looks awful.
I definitely trust Joba coming in. I feel very very sad for Phil, but I have to admit that his coming into a game, unless we had a good lead, would make me a little nervous anyway.
That 2-0 pitch to Teixeira changed the whole AB. That was a wide strike.
Haha, hey its ok Arod now Jorge can hit a 3 run bomb
this ump is a RETARD!
These pitches aren’t strikes.
Now, come on, Cano!
It was sooooo funny. Was watching the replay on Posada’s pitch and all those towels swinging in the air and just like that they all went limp….
With that bloop hit, Son of Sam Horn goes into melt down. Nothing gets on their nerves more than a Jorge bloop.
jesus cano!
god cano….you missed a GIFT and you let another one RIGHT by you!
Cano is completely useless….at the bat and not with his glove, lol…
Any chance Cano could be benched? He’s literally just giving away his at-bats now.
Looks like Cano needs to sit a game and work with Long on his swing.
Can Hairston play 2b? Please.
Mac Daddy
October 31st, 2009 at 11:15 pm – before fourth inning
“andys got 1 more inning at most”
nice call
Cano is caught up in the moment. He needs a shrink more than a batting coach.
“Werth was a skinny catcher in the Orioles system years ago.”
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That certainly raises a red flag for me!
Tex,Cano and Melkey,hitless.
How do you let the pitcher out hit you in the AL?
Keep the faith with Cano.. Remember Swisher busted out. Cano can still field.
Yanks are winning. This is not the time to jump ship
Go Joba!
roundabout October 31st, 2009 at 11:58 pm
Keep the faith with Cano.. Remember Swisher busted out. Cano can still field.
Yanks are winning. This is not the time to jump ship
Go Joba!
Big difference Swish was grinding, Cano is just going through the motions.
MATSUSHIIIII
wow i definitely thought that was the wrong call to take joba out already, but matsui is killing it
Instant gratification from Matsui!!!
Girardi again, playing all his cards right. I hope this permanently silences his critics this post season.
gary
A lot of child still in Cano.. He’ll come through…
Looks like A-Rod broke out before Ryan Howard — good for the Yankees on both counts
Go yankeeeeeees!!!!
wow Marte….i was not in favor of you on the roster but DAMN!!!!!! 1 more inning guys!
Dang!