Game 4: Yankees at Rays
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Gameday Thread on Apr 09, 2010 
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YANKEES
Derek Jeter SS
Nick Johnson DH
Mark Teixeira 1B
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Robinson Cano 2B
Jorge Posada C
Nick Swisher RF
Marcus Thames LF
Curtis Granderson CF
RHP Javier Vazquez (15-10, 2.87 in 2009)
Career vs. Rays
RAYS
Jason Bartlett SS
Carl Crawford LF
Ben Zobrist RF
Evan Longoria 3B
Carlos Pena 1B
B.J. Upton CF
Willy Aybar DH
Dioner Navarro C
Sean Rodriguez 2B
LHP David Price
Career vs. Yankees
TIME/TV: 7:10 p.m./YES Network
WEATHER: Not that it matters, but it actually is very nice outside. At least it was while I was driving to the park and walking into the dome.
UMPIRES: HP James Hoye, 1B Wally Bell, 2B Laz Diaz, 3B Vic Carapazza
PRICE IS RIGHT: None of the Yankees has more than 10 career at-bats against David Price, but the Rays lefty has so far been successful against them. Alex Rodriguez is 3-for-9, but none of the other Yankees has more than one career hit against Price. Derek Jeter and Nick Swisher have each homered as their only hits against him.
POWER AT THE BOTTOM: When Curtis Granderson batted ninth on Tuesday, it was the first time the Yankees had ever used a No. 9 hitter with 30-plus home runs the year before. The last time it happened in the major leagues was 2007 when Joe Crede batted ninth for the White Sox against the Yankees.
BOTTOM’S UP: In the opening three games against Boston, the Yankees 5-9 hitters batted .368 with 12 runs, five doubles, four home runs and 10 RBI. Their 2-4 hitters batted .056 with three runs, two doubles and four RBI.
UPDATE, 7:49 p.m.: Price looks terrific, but Vazquez looks pretty good too. He did a great job to strand the runners in the second and he has yet to allow an especially hard-hit ball.
UPDATE, 8:06 p.m.: There’s Nick Johnson’s first hit of the season to break up an early no-hitter.
UPDATE, 8:12 p.m.: For whatever reason, Alex Rodriguez was credited with a triple on that play. Whatever you want to call it, Rodriguez’s hit and the following error have given the Yankees a 2-0 lead.
UPDATE, 8:23 p.m.: So much for the lead. Hard to believe Carlos Pena was a complete afterthought not so long ago. We’re tied at 2.
UPDATE, 8:35 p.m.: Now things are starting to get tricky. Rodriguez can run a little bit, and I tend to think he would have scored on Bartlett’s double even if Thames had decided not to dive for it.
UPDATE, 8:47 p.m.: Seriously, it seems like every time a pitcher appeals to either the first-base or third-base umpire on a check swing, it takes the ump at least five or six seconds to make the call. Let’s hurry it up, fellas!
UPDATE, 8:58 p.m.: Sergio Mitre is getting loose in the Yankees bullpen, and it looks like they’re going to need him.
UPDATE, 9:05 p.m.: 98 pitches, 62 strikes for Vazquez.
UPDATE, 9:36 p.m.: Nick Johnson’s RBI double has roused the Yankees fans who have started a Let’s Go Yankees chant in left field.
UPDATE, 10:02 p.m.: Not a good game for the Yankees. They were pretty well dominated by David Price, Javy Vazquez looked bad and they’ve lost their first game here in Tampa Bay.
Lets go Yankees!
It is Yankee time!
All right, enough with the nonsense, let’s play ball – Let’s Go Yankees!!!
Interesting stat on yes:
Most strikes outs since 2006
SANTANA 837
Vazquez 835
CC 833
Dan Haren 801
Verlander 745
King Felix 737
Last time i checked; haren, vasquez, santana dont throw 96 miles per hour, however all three pitchers are extemely welll at mixes speeds and locating their pitches.
1st off I love Park, but a few of those fly balls at YS would have been home runs IMO.
Also I love that Mo even had a few things to say about West. If you didnt read it I believe someone posted a link at about the beginning of the last thread.
I also think Thames should be on the bench starting this game with Gardner in the field. The trop has a large OF, no?
And last thing, GO YANKS!
well at mixing speeds** oppsy!
I just saw Francona and Pedroia’s comments now and obviously they are none too happy. Pedroia’s right – it’s fine if Hernandez wants to deny Jeter time-out, but for pete’s sake, he doesn’t have to yell. As John Hirschbeck said, Jeter’s a very classy player; he does not argue with umps, he doesn’t show them up, he doesn’t do anything to disrespect them. Hernandez could have shown a little to Jeter by simply denying the time out instead of scolding him like a little boy.
Longoria hit a bomb against baltimore. MG
The Battle For First Place… begins!
Go Vazquez!
Chad …thanks so much for the heads up about the art showing. I wrote to ask about it and was told it’s a private affair but they extended an invitation to me and any quests I would like to bring … . We will be attending the game earlier in the day then head over to the
exhibit as it is from 7:00 – 9:00 that evening. It will be a fun-filled Yankee Day ….hopefully with a Yankee win that day to make the evening exhibit even better …
Go Yankees 2010 !!!
McAllister sets down the Buffalos in order in the top of the 1st. 1 strikeout
Jeter sawed off by a hanging curveball.
97?
OUCH!
Price looking nasty so far.
I think we might see more of that in the future – 2 straight fastballs down the middle to Nick Johnson – until he starts swinging at them.
Here’s to the Yankees smacking the ball around and Javy pitching a gem. Enjoy the game
everyone….(Yikes…97 to Big Nick…I hope Price tires FAST !!)
Go Yankees 2010 !!!
This is not a national game so I appreciate the updates
I hate when we take belt high fastballs right down the middle.
I think we might see more of that in the future – 2 straight fastballs down the middle to Nick Johnson – until he starts swinging at them.
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If you’re suggesting that Pitchers are just now figuring out that NJ takes pitches, and that he won’t continue to hit his .270 to .290, then I don’t know what to tell you.
“WEATHER: Not that it matters, but it actually is very nice outside. At least it was while I was driving to the park and walking into the dome.”
It’s a shame the Rays don’t have a natural grass retractable roof ballpark. It’s gorgeous outside, 74 w/ a nice breeze and they’re playing on carpet in a dome
Nick Johnson hits .339 .395 .527 .922 when he puts the first pitch in play. I don’t think it will be a problem for Nick.
Let’s Go Yankees!
CR9 -
One very last response – I thought I was clear in my meaning, but I guess I wasn’t. I meant West’s weight is not relevant to this particular discussion (about his remarks). I thought I said it is relevant if it prohibits him from doing his job well. Just not relevant to the conversations going on about his remarks.
That was a quiet AND QUICK inning!
Nick isn’t going to change who he is, so while we may be frustrated, this is how it is. Pitchers are not going to want to walk him in front of the sluggers, so Nick probably should be more aggressive.
don’t fail vazquez
You didn’t know Price could hit 97?
There’s a reason he was the clear-cut #1 pick overall in 2007.
If he can add a 3rd pitch to his fastball/slider combo, he’ll be very very good.
IIRC, Price had issues with control last year and gave up a few too many HR. Considering it was his first full year and he’s only 24… and the kid should have a very bright future.
I forgot Paul O’Neill was doing the game. His voice came as a shock.
you can watch the game for free at
w w w . a t d h e . n e t
Price was in attack mode on NJ. He was commanding his fastball up and in on him.
First cheat of the game.
The Rays broadcast showed that he clearly went around on the 2nd check swing.
High, high pitch count again.
Not that the one has anything to do with the other, and not that a player’s performance in a handful of games is indicative of how he’ll perform over a season, but if you think that Randy Winn is absolutely done based on last year’s numbers then you ought to take a look at what Edgar Renteria is up to so far this season after a down 2009.
Word.
Luckily, it only cost Javy 2 or 3 extra pitches.
The AL East has a ton of good young pitchers….
Golson’s speed forces a throwing error to first.
Miranda walks
Winfree flies out to center
Weber with an RBI single
Montero rips an RBI double down the left field line on an RA Dickey knuckle ball
Curtis strikes out
2-0 Scranton
“If you’re suggesting that Pitchers are just now figuring out that NJ takes pitches, and that he won’t continue to hit his .270 to .290, then I don’t know what to tell you.”
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huh? If you are going to make wild assumptions, then I don’t want you telling me anything.
Thanks for the updates gb7
Thanks California…That will be great until we return to NY
“The AL East has a ton of good young pitchers….”
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perhaps a product of the Red Sox and Yankees beating up on their fellow AL East opponents is that they get some pretty good draft picks each year… as well as them trading away veterans for prospects every trade deadline.
Funny thing about those 2-4 hitters that hit .056 – both those hits were Arods. NJ and Tex were a combined 0 for Boston.
Lots of Yankee fans in attendance there
javy challenged crawford.
Zobrist has horrible intro music
Welcome back to the Yankees Javy
nice inning.
You’re suggesting that pitchers are just now going to start throwing him 2 strikes down the middle? NJ isn’t afraid to swing the bat, its up to pitchers to execute.
Your comment came off as a more of bashing NJ than I guess you really meant. But its not like NJ is some new kid.
http://thunderbaseball.wordpress.com/
Some interesting quotes. I agree about Garcia. I love the comment about Romine.
4:20 PM — Was down by the field, and have been told Christian Garcia is not at the ballpark today. Will give you more when I get more.
Also, I spoke to a different scout, who told me it was “stupid” that Garcia kept pitching if he felt something in the third inning. Both scouts I spoke to felt Garcia looked good, however. They also confirmed what I reported earlier, that Garcia was up to 92 MPH on the gun…sitting at 90, they said. According to Frankie Piliere, Garcia was sitting at 92 and touching 94 in spring training, so that may have been a sign there that something was up…
3:55 PM — Spoke to a scout, asked who he liked on the Thunder: “Romine. (Re: Defense) When you don’t notice the catcher, he’s doing a good job.”
Nice, Javy!
How easily will Price dominate this inning?
Good inning for Javy. Keep it up!
Does arod go deep?
It’s good to see Montero getting off to a nice start in AAA. Both offensively and defensively, as he caught a shutout yesterday.
Um -
Can we text – we don’t care , we’re Yankees fans adn we don’t want the Rays to improve????
here comes a fastball..
BD, true, lol. However, once the O’s and Jays become competitive again, they won’t be getting those high draft picks. The Yanks and Sox may not have as many as those teams due to their always being so good (and I will take that any day of the week over being bad and getting a #1 pick), but we’ve got Phil and Joba and the Sox have Buchholz. So clearly the quality is spread among all the teams. Price is 24? Wow, he’s older than Phil? LOL I guess that shows how long Phil has been around.
Doreen – 2010 GTLU April 9th, 2010 at 7:24 pm
Um -
Can we text – we don’t care , we’re Yankees fans adn we don’t want the Rays to improve????
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Seriously!! LOL
Nice pitch.
The trolls are back……..
Jerkface,
didn’t intend to bash NJ at all. I definitely like the guy and his approach.
I wasn’t very clear.
I would probably like to see him take a hack at a first pitch here and there just to keep pitchers honest, but I do believe he’ll hit just fine.
Erica -
It must feel good to be home.
goodness Price is throwing hard
Yanks are overmatched.
There is a fire on the mound.
geez, mowing them down
Right now it doesn’t look like it matters at all who the #9 hitter is…
Posada, my man, will get a hit. He likes to swing at strikes.
Doreen – 2010 GTLU April 9th, 2010 at 7:28 pm
Erica -
It must feel good to be home.
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Yes!!!!
Just one more Saturday of work and then the end is in sight!
Price has some nasty stuff.
Price is better than anyone in the Yankee rotation.
Yay! Posada hit the ball!
Yankees will get to him around the 3rd time through.
Erica -
And then Atlantic City, right?
Dan… Price is still raw, electric stuff but still learning to be a starter….wouldn’t say he’s better than every starter…that’s ludicrous but yet I took your troll bait
While I am impressed with Price’s 2inning performance thus far, I dont think he can maintain his command/velocity into the later innings. It takes a hell of alot to keep mowing the yankee hitters down.
3rd time through?!!?
Rays will have a 4-0 lead by then, lol.
Trevor, do you mean the third inning, or the third time thru the lineup? Cause I can’t wait that long…
Wonder if Javy will get those same strike 3 pitches!
Seriously, have any of the Yankee starters looked as good as Price did those first two innings?
Doreen – 2010 GTLU April 9th, 2010 at 7:30 pm
Erica -
And then Atlantic City, right?
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You know it!!!!! LOL
I can’t wait. I have most of the trip planned out already. I am going for two nights. I really just can’t wait to do something other than got o work.
Tampayank, please do not encourage this twerp.
“Price is 24? Wow, he’s older than Phil?”
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It also shows how premature any judgment on Phil was and is.
Not many pitchers make the club that young.
Price was the obvious #1 overall pick, future ace, etc… but he still needs time to develop too. I’m sure playing for the Rays and not the Yankees has a bit to do with the patience Price will be given to develop. Hughes was a failure to some because he didn’t dominate from day 1 (no hitter in progress against Texas excluded
)
There aren’t many Felix Hernandez’s out there – though he is still getting better too.
It’s early. If Price is on and it’s just one of those games, then you just deal and move on to the next game. I’m e-mailing Chad.
mcAllister was a little wild in the 2nd inning. Walked the first two batters, strikeout and a single that Nunez should have made. Curtis makes a fine catch on a liner to deep center.
2-1 scranton
Meltdown ahead for Vasquez
I would love a dp right now
If anyone watched Vasquez with the Braves, they would know that he would give up the key big hit to ruin his outing. He’ll do it again tonight.
Price looks like he’s on an adrenaline rush. He looked like this before against the Yanks and then they started to have better ABs later on.
Price sure isn’t letting them work the count either.
It would have been nice to drive that pitch count up, especially since it might be lower than usual because he’s young and it’s his first start of the season.
Price > Hughes
just need to work Price’s pitch count and get to that tired Rays bullpen
Vasquez can’t finish off hitters and ends up throwing too many pitches.
These idiots on FSFL were complaining last inning about balls and strikes for Price.
I e-mailed Chad-
Price throwing up to a 97 FB and a 78 curve. Yow.
Vasquez throwing an unimpressive 91 mph fastball. And an equally unimpressive curveball.
BD, Phil was unfortunately injured 2 years in a row. For all we know, he could have dominated as a babe in the woods, but fate was such that we’ll never know. What people don’t remember is that Phil suffered really serious leg injuries….and they will never forgive him for August of 2007. Oddly, they forgot how good he was in September and October of that year, I guess because of 2008. It’s a shame those starts mar his record because it’s kind of hard to pitch with a fractured rib and that clearly explains the mess he was at the time. Fortunately, Phil is healthy and his arm was never bothered. He’s still very young….
Vasquez looks like a bust.
Choke underway.
Anybody that knows about Vazquez, does his FB really top out of 90 mph, or is the FSFL radar off?
Erica, so did I. I really don’t get why Chad banned him for one game only.
This is what Vasquez is folks. And he maximizes the potential damage, so expect these runs to score.
Betsy – Hughes rules (pleading the Fifth) April 9th, 2010 at 7:38 pm
Erica, so did I. I really don’t get why Chad banned him for one game only.
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I don’t think it works that way.
He either changed his IP somehow or the troll is an imposter. LOL
These runs are going to score. Vasquez cannot get the big out.
Betsy -
He could be on a different computer.
Dan is making this place unreadable. I’ll be back after the game.
Javy made Aybar look foolish….
this is where being a strikeout pitcher can really come in handy
let’s go Javy
shoot myself? wow, harsh!
just like that!
nice one.
Ugh, Doreen – that’s a possibility. I wish there could be 2 game threads – one for whomever and one for those who want to log in.
Javy will get out of this. I can feel it
Woohoo Javy!!!!!
Nice job Javy!!!
Great job, Javy! Boy, he has a good curve…….
I don’t like listening to these ray announcers.
“Dan is making this place unreadable. I’ll be back after the game.”
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I almost never acknowledge trolls… but if Chad is really going to be lax on banning pests, presumably because he wants the extra page views and posts to pad his #s, then he’s going to start losing more and more legit contributors.
I love this blog but if the game threads get worse and worse, it’s only a matter of time before a new blog pops up that doesn’t tolerate that crap and LoHud will suffer for it.
I hope Price is taking notes because when he tires out the yankee hitters will be all over him.
Dan April 9th, 2010 at 7:39 pm
These runs are going to score. Vasquez cannot get the big out.
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Oops. At least spell his name right when crying out for attention.
Not bad at all! Good job, Javy!
Longoria’s hit wasn’t hit overly hard, just placed well. The walk wasn’t good, but perhaps he was pitching around?
Keep it up Javy.
If we lose and Javy pitches well, then ok -tip your cap to Price and move on. The Yanks aren’t going to win every game..
Nunez leads off the bottom on the 2nd with a walk
Nunez forces a balk
Corona singles in Nunez but thrown out by a lot trying to stretch it into a double
Russo doubles to right
golson grounds out to short
Miranda walks
Winfree strikes out
3-1 Scranton
way to go Javy
Chad banned the dude-
Somehow he came back.
I e-mailed him and he told me he is looking into it. Just hang on good people of LoHud!
vasquez averaged around 91 on the fb last year…so the gun seems accurate…hes not about velo…its all command/control of his excellent off speed pitches
“Javy will get out of this. I can feel it”
Nice call there, Erica.
Getting the K for the second out was huge. Any contact there and the run probably scores.
nor should you, scrooge. They are whiners. Irony, I know, but they’ve got no reason!
“presumably because he wants the extra page views and posts to pad his #s,”
or doing his job covering the game and writing a story. Give the man a break.
BD, I agree. It’s not just the game threads, though – and the imposter thing is really ridiculous.
BD -
I don’t know… this nonsense has been going on for a couple of years. A person who used to post here all the time had a site and offered to take the game threads over there (registration required), but almost no one took him up on it. We are creatures of habit, I think. So we keep coming back here.
Kevin Kennedy is really anoying as a Rays broadcaster. Watched the O’s game today and Gary Thorne does a great job.
Benny, the Yanks need to work the count to get him tired; he might have such good stuff that it’s not possible.
worked out of a jam, nice work
somebody’s losing their command!
“or doing his job covering the game and writing a story. Give the man a break.”
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I have no idea. I just read the constant posts that state Chad doesn’t want to ban anyone.
I doubt anyone expects mid-game troll maintenance but if there are constant “offenders”, at some point they need to go.
Okay!! No perfect game.
Dan the fan has returned without his CAPS…….Be good, you’re on notice
Aw, poor Tino.
Chad is a sweetheart and I feel badly for making it sound like he’s not doing what he can. How pathetic and embarrassing is it that some weasel would actually take time to switch computers/IP addresses just to be a psycho on a Yankee blog?
Let’s Yankees and Rangers
I want a replay on that one!
replay please!
Good call, I guess…
He was out. Could have gotten a cheap call in our favor, though.
Somehow he came back, lol. I think there’s a Stephen King short story called “Sometimes they come back”., How appropriate as this guy (and Hotel California) are horror shows.
A banger at 1st, Thames is out though
the rays announcers just asked a good question: when was the last time the yanks outfielders batted 7-8-9? anyone know the answer?
6 straight balls out of the strike zone, and Thames is swinging.
Betsy -
I have two computers in my house. It’s not necessarily all that hard to do. When my daughter’s home from school, we have three.
I never like to get calls in our favor if they are wrong….
Mcallister pitches a perfect 3rd inning with 1 strikeout
Doreen, that’s true…..but it’s still “pathetic and embarrassing”, lol.
It is possible that Dan is a college student on a campus network. Often, those have rotating IP addresses. I know when I was living on campus in college, my IP address changed once a week.
dont feel bad grandy, everyone has been striking out!
Very pathetic and embarrassing!
Doreen
It’s not about how many computers are in a home.
It’s about the IP address.
Dan could be at work some nights, or could be home other nights.
Betsy -
And a disgrace to the blog!
“Chad is a sweetheart and I feel badly for making it sound like he’s not doing what he can. ”
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There is only so much he can do without registration, which would still only be a speed bump for persistent trolls.
It sounded like Chad was trying to avoid banning anyone at all costs, or unless it was an absolute last resort. If that’s not the case, I apologize.
I’ll continue to ignore them, which has and does work very well.
back to the game…
Ryan Pope has a no hitter through 3 innings with 1 walk and 4 strikeouts
Betsy
I’ll take any cheap calls in our favor, because other teams certainly dont care when they receive them in their favor (which happens more often, of course).
granderson is easy pickings vs lefties……
I agree with Betsy. The last thing Chad needs is to take any heat fom the forum. I have had occasion to email both him and Sam and both were immediately helpful and supportive. It’s who they are. They may be dregs that continue to find computers in the sewers they inhabit and manage to change their IP. But it will then just be a game of cat and mouse because for everytime they show up, they’ll be banned.
Weber flies out to center
Montero pops out to left
Curtis strikes out
Javy is going to have his work cut out for him tonight.
CR9 -
Are you sure? Because if I log onto a secure site that I only usually use one computer for with the other computer, I am asked to identify myself. Same house, same hookup. Just different computers. If it’s the same IP address for both computers, how would they know the difference?
Kennedy is really down on the Yankee lineup.
That of course should have said “There may be dregs” instead of “They may be dregs”
it wouldn’t be the same IP for different computers
Unfortunately so, Doreen.
BD, I could have been wrong about Chad/Sam not wanting to ban anyone permanently; in this case, it looks like he-who-I-shall-not-name worked his way around it. The only thing I can say is that I did try to have one poster banned who basically is obsessed with me and Sam did express hesitation in banning him permanently. He suggested I email him some examples of how that poster was offensive to me, but I admit I didn’t do that because I didn’t feel like going back and trying to find that garbage. I understand Sam’s point of view – and I will say that it should probably be the last resort.
I think Dan’s been watching too many Red Sox games if he expected Vazquez to melt down so early…
Granderson looks lost against lefties.He’s too late on all fastballs
Doreen
Just go on your different computers in your home, and go to whatismyip.com
And it will tell you your IP address.
Chad probably sees the IP addresses of contributors to the blog, and bans the IP address.
Ike Davis bombs one off of McAllister off of the batter’s eye in dead center field
“granderson is easy pickings vs lefties……”
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so far everyone has been easy pickings for Price.
we’ll see what happens the second time through the lineup.
Roger, it appears all the Yankees are having issues with Price tonight – it’s just that sort of game; Granderson shouldn’t take the heat for a lineup that looks like it’s going to struggle tonight.
Nice quick inning for Vazquez!
javy looked a lot better that inning
excellent 3 innings from Javy.
the Rays have been for the most part off-balance.
a ground ball single, a walk, and lots of guys with weak swings.
nice work!
“Ike Davis bombs one off of McAllister off of the batter’s eye in dead center field”
and Mets fans everywhere get angry at Omar.
CR9 -
Then, what’s the differential? How would anyone know I’m on a different computer, and my bank definitely knew.
And yet the game is scoreless; by the sound of things, you’d think we’re losing. I hate to break it to some people, but Javy is going to lose a few games this year and he may even give up a few runs. Unfortunately, the Yankees will lose more than 1 game this season. I’m not so thrilled that Price looks like he’s on his game because the Rays already are a dangerous team.
David Price has a
N O – H I T T E R through three.
This is a good game, so far.
The 2009 world series film is on espn 2. Sorry if posted.
Let’s see if Price can keep the Yankee hitters off-balance the second time through the lineup.
If his fastball location stays sharp, it could be a tough night.
But with only 2 pitches, and if his control slips a little, the Yanks should get their timing down on that fastball and do some damage.
Hopefully anyway…
“Ike Davis bombs one off of McAllister off of the batter’s eye in dead center field”
He’s for real.
Nick!
Yes! First hit for NJ! Smooth.
nick gets a hit!
Ha
Betsy major kudos to you for something you said before. (Paraphrase) if Price is on, so be it. Just turn the page and look to the next game.
GOOD FOR YOU GIRL!!!
Nick making me happy.
“I would probably like to see him take a hack at a first pitch here and there just to keep pitchers honest, but I do believe he’ll hit just fine.”
After the Davis homer, McAllister gets the next 3, including 2 strikeouts
3-2 Scranton
Ryan Pope gave up a run on 3 singles in the 4th inning.
Erie leads trenton 1-0
If you use the same Internet connection I believe the IP address will be the same on the several computers in your house that are working with this connection.
David Price has a
S H U T O U T
through three innings.
Trish, even if I don’t believe it, I think if I say it often enough, I will eventually believe it, lol. They say that if you are sad or angry, just pretend to be happy and you soon will be – it’s the same principal. The only thing that would bug me if we got dominated is that I hate the idea of an on-the-rise Price heading that rotation. Of course, if he’s still a 2 pitch pitcher, he won’t be very consistent.
tex should be embarssed after that at bat 3 and 1 get jammed
Doreen
I dont know, I am not very good with computers.
I do know that for bank accounts or email addresses, you have to identify yourself via security questions and/or enter in the password on each computer
But you are still using the same IP address.
If Chad were to go look at hits that he receives during the day, for any time you click on Lohud from any one of your home computers, he would receive a hit, but only 1 Unique Hit, because it is only from 1 IP address.
So he could receive, in essence, 100 hits from you during the day, but only 1 unique hit, if all you used was your home computers to visit the site the 100 times.
Don’t get me wrong Betsy.I love Granderson but he seems to just guess against lefties.But I would always let Granderson play against lefties because of his defense
teddy April 9th, 2010 at 8:04 pm
tex should be embarssed after that at bat 3 and 1 get jammed
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Really, how will he look at himself in the mirror? Such a shame.
A-Rod baby
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WHOO HOO!
Go Alex
Well that was pretty!!!!
Nice play by NJ!!!
There’s goes Price’s shutout, and some bad D to boot…..
and once again the speed of Nick Johnson caused a throwing error!
California April 9th, 2010 at 8:03 pm
David Price has a
S H U T O U T
through three innings.
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Had.
nice arod
arod smoked that one!!
he’s looking a lot faster than last year
He’s slow, but he made it!! Gotta laugh!!!
Nice hit by ARod, though.
I guess they made their adjustments.
How sweet!!!
Johnson was rumblin’, bumblin’, stumblin’ coming around third LOL.
so does that count as an inside the parker?
Alex fool me once, not twice, very nice.
“If you use the same Internet connection I believe the IP address will be the same on the several computers in your house that are working with this connection.”
———–
yes, it should be independant of which computer you use in a traditional setup.
however, even your cable modem/router’s IP can and often does change/renew.
I would imagine it’s very difficult to really ban someone by IP address over the long run.
Registration would make things a little easier in that regard. It wouldn’t ban anyone, but they’d at least have to keep coming up with new email addresses and registering over and over.
Nunez grounds out
Corona strikes out
Russo grounds out
California April 9th, 2010 at 8:03 pm
David Price has a
S H U T O U T
through three innings
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Thank you for jinxing him!
woowoww A LOT of yankees fans at the trop
im sure the rays love that
California,
you’re doing a great job at predicting the game tonight.
your “no hitter” post lasted 10 seconds.
your “shutout” post lasted about 5
NYY626 April 9th, 2010 at 8:07 pm
so does that count as an inside the parker?
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Error, error, error
“David Price has a
S H U T O U T
through three innings.”
Not anymore….
Was anyone afraid Nick Johnson was going to pull something rounding the bases?
How did NJ look trying to score from first???
you’re killing tonight, RDM…err, I mean California.
you’ve really brought your ‘A game’.
ugh.
They said it was a triple. I’m pretty sure it was a double, to third on the throw home, and scored on the error.
Not that it matters.
California April 9th, 2010 at 8:03 pm
David Price has a
S H U T O U T
through three innings.
+++++++++++++++
Nice job, Cal
A little late, but woo hoo!
Now, Javy needs to have an easy inning….Price up to close to 50 pitches.
# Nick in SF in Eureka, CA April 9th, 2010 at 8:08 pm
How did NJ look trying to score from first???
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Like a three legged cow but he made it.
“How did NJ look trying to score from first???”
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about as good as you could expect. at least he was running hard as soon as the ball left the bat.
he’s a DH anyway. He has a good 30 minutes to rest.
‘How did NJ look trying to score from first???’
like a spry grandfather.
max24 April 9th, 2010 at 8:07 pm
woowoww A LOT of yankees fans at the trop
im sure the rays love that
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Did you folks see the story that the Nationals executives were marketing to Philly fans on opening day?? Kind of messed up
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/bl.....mlb,232653
“Was anyone afraid Nick Johnson was going to pull something rounding the bases?”
Alex.
You’re Welcome
Was anyone afraid Nick Johnson was going to pull something rounding the bases?
Not really, he is just very slow after he had his horrific leg injuries a few years ago. To begin with he was not fast, but after that, he is almost Posada slow now.
Bets, I think it you do it enough it can actually work. It’s like that thing when it is freezing out and you have to run to you car, you tell yourself that it is a balmy evening, even warmer than you would like, etc. etc. I don’t know if it’s because you distract yourself, or what it is, but it does work!
CR9,
you’er right.
Definitely a double, third on the throw, scored on the error.
I suppose they could give him the triple but it would be the wrong call.
Nick in SF in Eureka, CA April 9th, 2010 at 8:08 pm
How did NJ look trying to score from first???
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Like he was trying to unclog the bases with all of his might!
I kinda took California’s comments as an attempt to jinx the shutout/no-hitter.
McAllister with a perfect 5th inning including his 6th strikeout
The Rays have a young team.
I didn’t think he was gonna pull anything, but I thought he might collapse!!!
The hp ump is playing his own game called squeeze the pitcher.
Doreen – 2010 GTLU April 9th, 2010 at 8:12 pm
I didn’t think he was gonna pull anything, but I thought he might collapse!!!
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Who would collapse first?
Nick running or me jumping up and down screaming at my TV “RUN RUN RUN”???
Benny
The HP ump has been pretty fair tonight. Only the 2-0 pitch to Zobrist was a bit iffy.
Rob B, California is attempting to use reverse psychology. Don’t be deceived.
Thank you all for the humorous replies.
Of course my question was predicated on Gameday telling me that Arod had homered.
Rob B-
You give him WAY too much credit
CR9 April 9th, 2010 at 8:13 pm
Benny
The HP ump has been pretty fair tonight. Only the 2-0 pitch to Zobrist was a bit iffy.
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I know…i’m just messing around bc I thought javy got squeezed on a few breaking balls.
how bout a changeup outside that Carlos tries to pull, double play here…
Hey, the 2 and 4 hitters are contributing in this game! Now we just need to get the 3 guy going.
Well, that was short-lived.
Nick in SF,
those Giants of yours could be 4-0 shortly
I hope you took the over on wins.
Can’t keep throwing Pena high FBs.
oops
That is what’s so dangerous about pena. Everytime he plays us he hits a homerun.
BD, I don’t think that’s the kind of “double play” you were looking for, was it.
Rob B April 9th, 2010 at 8:16 pm
Hey, the 2 and 4 hitters are contributing in this game! Now we just need to get the 3 guy going.
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You have no idea!!! He is on my fantasy team!
Can’t keep trying to go inside to Pena
These FSFL idiots asked for a home run.
But against the Sox, they ask for an inning ending DP.
You don’t throw Pena high fastballs.
Bad mistake there, and not good walking the lead off guy.
Recover now Javy.
I think we need to get used to that with Vazquez.
He’ll give up some HR, especially at the Stadium.
But if he can keep them to 1 or 2-run HR and pitch like he did in the first 3 innings, he’ll still be just fine.
There is literally not a single off-the-field aspect that I appreciate about the Rays franchise. From the annoying cow bells to the stupid cheerleaders, I honest to God HATE playing this team in their stadium.
Javy starting to leave the ball up. That’s two batters in a row now that he’s made a mistake up in the zone.
I just discovered NYS paid me my tax refund
Ha! I was just going to say, Jorge should go pay a visit, and he did! I didn’t think Eiland was going though.
I dont understand. He had a quick 3rd inning, and we took some time in the 4th and scored a couple. But he looks tired.
Javy needs to settle down and get back to business.
There were almost no hard hit balls prior to this inning. He needs to get back on track.
Very nice, Erica. Spend it well!
I did take the over on the Giants win total, but can’t put this one on the booooaaaard yet.
They’re asking Navarro to get a line drive to right field to score the run. I figure if I put here what they are asking for, it will jinx them.
Doreen – 2010 GTLU April 9th, 2010 at 8:22 pm
Very nice, Erica. Spend it well!
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Or stick it in a slot machine. Either one works
Wow, Ellsbury singles and thrown out trying to stretch it to a double.
He’s gotta be sure it’s a double… because more often than not, he’s going to steal 2nd base anyway.
ouch.
“There is literally not a single off-the-field aspect that I appreciate about the Rays franchise.”
Totally agree. The organization is obviously trying to cater to young kids because anyone in Tampa over the age of 15 is probably a Yankee fan. Unfortunately, all their gimmicks come off as tacky, childish, and just plain annoying.
That said, the team itself is very solid and I actually think the Rays are better overall than the Red Sox.
Hey CC gave up 5 runs his first game out. I think Javy has done quite well to this point. Maybe we need to give him more latitude since it is his first game back with the Yanks.
Nope, didnt work. And these sick FSFL guys get what they ask for.
let me pitch tonight coach, javy sucks!
Geez Javy – not a very good job.
This is not a good inning for Javy at all.
Yankees gotta turn it on and get it back.
The game was going so well til this 4th inning.
Javy you got to be kidding me. How does a pitcher that’s cruising just suddenly lose it… 3-2 now.. It’s just a weird thing that boggles me..
RS,
Absolutely. That’s why I had to specify “off-the-field”. Unfortunately, the team itself is built to be able to hang with just about anyone. Very adaptable.
Also, this is a TERRIBLE friggin’ inning for Javy.
hmm,
Sergio Mitre’s first appearance coming up?
Vazquez was an ace for the Braves? How bad was that rotation?
Rough inning for Javy.
Only Andy has pitched well; we haven’t gotten one good performance from our SP otherwise…. I’m sure Javy will be fine, but giving up a big inning after we scored twice off of a tough Price is discouraging.
I can’t wait till we start playing home games. Except then we have to face those damn Angels.
When is time to play the Orioles?
Sheesh, it seems Javy has thrown as many pitches in this inning as he did in the first 3 combined.
Still just 3-2, though. Let’s keep it that way and get the run back.
those dang Yankees slowing the game down again!
Prado batting .625.
Renteria batting .688
So far Andy’s pitched like a #1 starter.
Javy HAS to keep it at 3-2
“Vazquez was an ace for the Braves? How bad was that rotation?”
The Braves only had the lowest starters’ ERA in all of baseball…
I know it’s only his first start for NY in a few years, but damn, you’d think he would stay focused tonight.. Because really this just looks to me like he just lost his focus/concentration.. Maybe a few less MPH this inning.. I don’t know I was really impressed the first few innings, but this is ugly now.
“# California April 9th, 2010 at 8:27 pm
Vazquez was an ace for the Braves? How bad was that rotation?
”
that’s why AL is light years ahead of the NL
Gradner would have gotten that ball…
gardner gets that ball.
If Garner was in left field, he would have caught that.
Sigh….. awful, awful job by Javy. Our pen is going to be killed and it’s only 4 games into the season.
For Scranton in the bottom of the 5th
Golson singles
Miranda singles
winfree rips a double down the left field line to score Golson
Weber grounds to 1st, Miranda thrown out at home
Montero grounds to short to force the runner but beats the DP relay. run scores
Curtis singles
Nunez singles to score Montero
Corona lines out to center
6-2 Scranton after 5 innings.
McAllister: 5 innings, 2 hits, 2 runs (earned), 1 walk, 6 strikeouts
Yuck!!!
I don’t understand it, either. How a guy who was doing well can lose it altogether. Hubby says fastball is flat?
Can this please be the end of Marcus Thames playing left field? Javy made a terrible pitch, and it got hit, but Gardy catches that.
*Gardner
Johnny Damon gets that ball!!!!!
(I couldn’t resist)
Vazquez sucks
This is the same way I remember Javy pitching years ago, all of a sudden he just unravels and doesn’t know how to get the one out when he really needs it.
Donnie-
Fix Your Handle. Let’s meet Crawford under the banner
Ew.
They do have Mitre who hasn’t pitched yet who could go multiple innings.
Um, it’s a little too late, Javy. Wow – he’ll be lucky if he gets past 5 at this point. Our poor pen – and right after the Yankees had scored. This is not going to calm the doubters’ fears.
# Betsy – Hughes rules (pleading the Fifth) April 9th, 2010 at 8:30 pm
Sigh….. awful, awful job by Javy. Our pen is going to be killed and it’s only 4 games into the season.
How is it going to get killed? We just had 2 off days. Ace is rested. I’m sure everyone else could pitch but park.
“Our pen is going to be killed and it’s only 4 games into the season.”
Umm…no it’s not.
What do you think Mitre Aceves is for?
Marcus Thames will never be confused as a Gold Glove outfielder. Gardner’s speed would have grabbed anything Thames missed.
Joba could probably give 2 innings as well
The pen is not going to be killed. We just had an offday yesterday, Aceves can go 2 innings, Mitre can go 2-3 innings, and everyone else can go at least 1 inning except maybe Park.’
Not blaming Thames or Girardi, but Girardi’s attempt at getting more offense in the game may have just cost us an extra 2 runs.
Doreen, I say let Mitre pitch and whatever happens happens. This is really getting frustrating.
Just one bad start… Let’s not panic…
Welcome back to the A.L. Javy!
and thats why vazquez was a top 5 pitcher IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE!!! I guess Cashman just doesn’t learn from his mistakes, and he’s made many.
Thames better start doing something at the plate…
Here comes all the band-wagoners…..Unreal the depth or the shallowness of the so called Yankee faithful
that could have gone better
the Thames in left experiment should end (his bat in no way near compensated for his substandard glove)
The only one to blame is Javy for having an atrocious inning.
Nick looks good! He looks like a completely different hitter.
“This is the same way I remember Javy pitching years ago, all of a sudden he just unravels and doesn’t know how to get the one out when he really needs it.”
Don’t the Yankess have someone else like this in the rotation? AJ seems like that to me.
Joba won’t come in if the Yanks are behind
It would be nice for Thames to make it up here.
It would be nice for Thames to make it up here.
Why focus on Thames? Javy was brutal – he had a semi-melt down.
we’ll get to see if the 2010 version has the same fight as the ’09 one.
I suspect they do.
Granderson vs. Price. This should be an interesting matchup all night.
Um, gee – our SP have been awful aside from Andy. I didn’t say they would get killed in THIS game, ok? If the SP keeps up like this, let’s say for another spin around the rotation, yes – the pen is going to get killed. We’re not always going to have days off.
wow, i thought that was gonna be another dandy from grandy….i guess not.
No one to blame but Javy, but its tough on these guys early on. Javy used to pitching every 5 days, he hasn’t pitched since he threw against minor leaguers last saturday. Not giving him a pass but sometimes extra rest especially early on isnt good for these guys.
Because Thames bat probably does not make up for the 2 runs that were allowed due to the lack of speed in the OF there.
And of course, CG laces a ball, right at someone.
Quick inning
That was TOO quick!
Flash -
You make a fair point.
I’m not jumping off the bandwagon – Javy is still a good pitcher. I don’t see anything wrong with expressing frustration about a bad performance (the trolls, however, saying he stinks and whatnot, are another story).
NL players, no matter pitcher or batter, generally suck.
“Why focus on Thames? Javy was brutal – he had a semi-melt down.”
Defense is important. He’s played like 11 innings and is responsible for 3 runs. But yeah Vazquez was bad too.
What do you know, a wasted lead off hit.
At least if Gardner was at the plate instead of Thames, we might have at least advanced the runner.
Or, if Girardi doesn’t want to play Gardner against tough lefties, how about Winn? You know, a guy who actually has some defensive skills?
Price owning the Yankees right now.
I cannot wait to see Vazquez start a tense game vs. Sox
Javy can def. be blamed, but even an average outfielder, I think, would have been able to save the 2 runs there, innings over, and were only down by 1.
Javy made a bad pitch and that ball was hit hard, but even an average defender likely makes that play. That is one of the reasons for having good defenders out there. To make up for bad pitches. The difference between Javy giving up 5 runs and 3 runs is huge.
I said the other day Thames is a liability to this team as a starter. He has now played 9 innings for this team and cost the team 3 runs that would have otherwise not scored. Not saying it is Thames fault, but he really should not be playing LF. He is not nearly good enough offensively to make up for how bad he is out there.
Betsy – it’s not going to be like this all year. The starting pitching will be a strength. I know, it would be nice to see it now, especially after Javy melted down, but it will get there over the course of the long season.
Well, more from the Sox on West and they aren’t holding their tongues either. Good.
http://www.bostonherald.com/blogs/sports/red_sox/
“I just don’t know why he had to be so mean and call us what, pathetic and embarrassing?” said first baseman Kevin Youkilis with his tongue planted firmly in cheek. “I mean we’re a little sensitive. That was hurtful. Maybe Joe was not happy that day.”
Youkilis was kidding, but otherwise the team didn’t consider West’s comments a laughing matter.
“I don’t know if he got fined or whatever, but if we ever called an umpire pathetic and embarrassing it would be the end of the world,” Youkilis said. “We’d get fined, and we’d deserve it.”
The Red Sox see TV as a bigger culprit to time of game than stepping out of the box or taking too long to jog in from the bullpen.
“I don’t understand what the big deal is,” said second baseman Dustin Pedroia. “Does somebody have dinner reservations? We’re playing baseball. It’s not a timed game. There’s not a shot clock. And there’s a reason for that. The first pitch of the game isn’t at 7:05. It’s whenever the pitcher throws the ball. That’s the way this great game is. That’s the way it should be. If those guys have an issue with that, it might be time to pick a new profession or talk to the umpire’s association about not working Yankees-Red Sox games
Vasquez has a bad inning in his first start against a really good team and he’s awful already. Betcha 5 runs doesn’t win this game.
Calling Javy and “NL pitcher” is kind of ridiculous, considering that he’s pitched well in both leagues. Or did these guys forget that he pitched for Chicago as well, and had a pretty good year there?
It’s Javy’s first start ….give him a break. How did CC and AJ do their first starts???
Go Yankees 2010 !!!
Rowand walkoff in the 14th. Over 82.5 wins here we come!
No word on whether he got an Orlando Cepeda Cha Cha Bowl in his face.
Joe, I don’t doubt that; I’m just talking about right now, that’s all.
Well, I did mention pre-game that if Thames is this bad in the field, then he can’t be long for the team – or he’ll have to be relegated to PH duties. I didn’t realize he was so bad in the OF and this is what I feared.
Your wish is my command, Erica!
That is, I feared bad D costing us runs and valuable pitches.
w/out J.P. Howell, the TB bullpen is short.
this game is far from over.
People who say that this is frustrating because they wished he had pitched better his first time out, well I guess that’s reasonable. I’m not thrown at all. It’s ONE GAME. It’s EARLY IN THE SEASON. He hasn’t pitched in the AL in a while. GIVE HIM A BREAK WOULD YA?
People who say that this is frustrating because they wished he had pitched better his first time out, well I guess that’s reasonable. I’m not thrown at all. It’s ONE GAME. It’s EARLY IN THE SEASON. He hasn’t pitched in the AL in a while. GIVE HIM A BREAK WOULD YA?
Nice bounceback.
Well at least it was a quick inning for him, nice recovery Javy!
Nice bounceback by Javy. Yankees gotta get working here.
So, what happened in the 4th, and what did Javy do differently in the 5th?
Nice bounce back inning by Javy…Shows heart, more than some here display
Thanks for posting the S*x comments, Betsy.
I can’t believe I’m about to say this, but: Well said Mr. Keebler Elf. Very well said.
I’m in a hotel room in Reading w/ no Yankees on TV… anyone know how I can pick it up on my laptop?
Blake, just to make it clear, I certainly do not think Javy is awful. My comments have solely to do with this game.
Nice Pedroia quote. Do we start liking him now?
“So, what happened in the 4th, and what did Javy do differently in the 5th?”
The Ray’s announcers were commenting on the fact that he went away from the curve ball in the 4th. He went back to it in the 5th, and it was pretty effective.
McAllister gives up a single and a walk.
Night over: 5.2 innings, 3 hits, 4 runs, 3 walks, 6 strikeouts.
Sanit now pitching
Allows a triple over Curtis’ head scores 2 runs.
Curtis tracks down a liner to the track in center.
6-4 Scranton
Donnie – Will Meet Carl Crawford Under the O’Neill Banner April 9th, 2010 at 8:42 pm
Your wish is my command, Erica!
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Woohoo!!!!
Now- can you go to Toyota for me before the crack of dawn in the morning and get an oil change for my car??? That would be awesome
Agree with the comments about Thames.
I definitely am not making rash judgments about Vazquez. He does seem prone to meltdown innings, but overall, he’s still a huge improvement over the Wang/Mitre/Gaudin tandem we had in his spot last year.
If he pitches 200 innings this year with a 4.40 ERA or so, that’s quite good for a #4 starter. That’s what the Sox got from Matsuzaka in his rookie year (when he was clearly their #3 starter and they won the WS).
Rob, you’re welcome! The Sox are warming my heart right now, lol.
“Nice Pedroia quote. Do we start liking him now?”
Nah. Even pathetic losers can come up with an intelligent comment every once in a while.
The Rays only have 32,000 for thier home opener against the Yankee?
THAT PITCH WAS NOWHERE NEAR, AND fsfl didnt show kzone.
And these idiots are saying great call.
Doreen, I don’t dislike anyone on the Sox personally – except for maybe Paplebon because of his antics. Pedroia/Youkilis and Jeter became friendly during the WBC…it’s nice to see Dusty stick up for Jeter. I don’t care if Jeter doesn’t get the time out, but yelling is beyond the pale.
I wish Tex would get a hit
But anyone complaining about Vazquez is anything more than a one-game sense is showing just how little he or she knows about the game of baseball.
You cried about Park. You cried about Joba. You cried about Granderson.
You cry about everything.
The lessons of George Santayana are obviously well above your comprehension ability.
We could have had NJ on as the leadoff man, and on a 2-2 pitch way outside, they cheat us.
It’s been fair all game, and then they decide that it’s time to kick us while we’re down.
“Um, gee – our SP have been awful aside from Andy.”
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They also had to pitch at Fenway and against a pretty good Rays offense. On top of that, it’s their first starts of the season.
Like Tex said about his 0-14 start… take a look at the back of my baseball card.
You can pretty much do the same for CC, AJ, and Javy. They aren’t rookies.
Boy, they can’t even foul this guy’s pitches off to get his pitch count up. He’s only got 64 pitches in the 6th, so far. How do they get to the bullpen?
Because 3 runs isn’t a lot to get, but it’s definitely dependent on game conditions…
I told you earlier that he maximizes the damage. He’s always been prone to a horrible inning. Not a good acquisition for NY. Enoy this crap every fifth day.
Tex is just waiting for A-Rod to come back
wait, what?
(teams are going to pay once he does heat up.)
Erica, Tex is a late starter. He’ll hit when he hits. And when he does, you know he will hit up a storm. The same thing happened last season.
Geez. This is…terrible. Javy looked AWFUL in the 4th, but okay in the 5th, and the team isn’t helping him out at all. Tampa burned through the pen last night when their starter left after 1.1 IP, but it doesn’t look like we’re going to be seeing them any time soon, if at all. We just have terrible luck against Price.
“Doreen, I don’t dislike anyone on the Sox personally – except for maybe Paplebon because of his antics. ”
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If you met Beckett, you def would not like him either. He and Papelbon are
The rest of them are ok (though have never met Pedroia, VMart, or the new guys)
Price on pace to go the whole game. Yankees are going to have to find a way to get to him again, because waiting to win it against the Ray’s relievers doesn’t look to be an option.
Ugh, lead off double.
trisha – OPPC member who sees, hears, and knows all. 28 is on its way!!!!! April 9th, 2010 at 8:50 pm
Erica, Tex is a late starter. He’ll hit when he hits. And when he does, you know he will hit up a storm. The same thing happened last season.
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I know that Trisha. Thank you. However, Tex is on my fantasy team and I would like some hits NOW. LOL
‘Enoy this crap every fifth day.’
It seems you’re here more often than that, but what do I know?
Vazquez needs to throw more of his offspeed stuff.
“Like Tex said about his 0-14 start? take a look at the back of my baseball card. ”
Good for him. I would have to think that his heart is warmed by the fickleness of the ungrateful Yankee fan.
BD, that’s true………..but again, it’s not that I am not worried about this year; I was just commenting on our recent starts.
On another board, people are already calling Javy gutless and mediocre. Now, I’m disappointed in his performance and he was very bad in the 4th, but that just means he was bad. Gutless? I don’t think so – that means that every pitcher who has ever struggled is gutless.
Paul, go to atdhe.net and you can pick it up if you want to. I just found out myself
Ah, it’s good to have Javy back on the mound for us. Just like old times.
that should say “He and Papelbon are -bad word here-”
Let’s Go!
BJ Upton is fast.
Javy starts the 6th out well…..Oh Well!
Dan
Where were you when the Sox lost 2 out of 3. Yeah you left. So Shut up !
The Yankees seem to get off to slow starts on the season. I would have taken 1 out of 3 in Fenway, and am elated that they took 2. I will be happy if they get out of Tampa with 1 out of 3. Maybe not happy, but you know what I mean.
Sigh.
Oh well.
aw, man.
Aybar? Really, Javy? Seriously?
Christ.
BD, Beckett’s really a punk, huh? I’ve never met anyone on the Sox, but I generally don’t like to hate on players just because they play for a rival.
how bad is Javy seriously? I don’t even remember the last time our pitching staff gave up more than 5 runs last year. Guy is garbage
“I know that Trisha. Thank you. However, Tex is on my fantasy team and I would like some hits NOW. LOL”
A horse off a different color!
Javy’s fastball is awfully straight. He’s going to have to put a wrinkle in that or it’s going to get smacked around a lot.
Mitre time?
I don’t think you use Ace in this game, down 5 now.
Not much to say.
Betsy,
nice. that’s their problem.
Of course when Javy throws a gem, they’ll be posting about how great he is.
And when they lost opening night, they probably said the season was over.
That said, Vazquez needs to be able to make in-game adjustments if his stuff is off.
As a flyball pitcher, he also can’t walk guys.
“# Phil Columbus April 9th, 2010 at 8:47 pm
The Rays only have 32,000 for thier home opener against the Yankee?
”
It’s not their home opener and the place holds only 35K that’s not obstructed
Everybody’s hitting lots of homeruns and scoring lots of runs — except us Yanks.
Well that HR ensures that our pen wont get run down tonight.
Javy’s debut is looking pretty sucky right now.
anyone still back our new pitcher? I don’t like him a bit
This reminds me of last year. We played the Rays early in the season at the Trop and lost 15-2 the first game of the series. We won the next two games, though.
Oh no! It looks like the Yankees are going to lose the first game of this series! Wo is us! I mean, we lost the first game against Boston and look how that ended up!
Oh, wait….
It does suck, though, that Javy just gave up the first hit of the season to Aybar, and it was a bomb.
sorry-where were you ?
welcome back to the AL Javy
back to 2-2 I guess…
Can’t wait to see Hughes.
“BD, Beckett’s really a punk, huh?”
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from my experiences and what I’ve heard, absolutely. Many Sox employees don’t even like the guy. He’s the type who is above everyone else. So maybe he’s fine with his teammates, but anybody else is below him.
Most of the guys, unfortunately
, are likable.
“I don’t even remember the last time our pitching staff gave up more than 5 runs last year.”
Is that a joke? I definitely remember them giving up 21 runs to the Indians, including 14 runs in one inning.
At least we’ll see The New Mitre.
Russo single
Golson sac bunt
Miranda strikes out
Winfree walks
Weber grounds out to 2nd
Just a note: temps in Scranton last night was 73.
It’s now snowing.
Scranton leads 6-4 after 6 innings
I am just a bit concerned.
On the FSFL radar guns, it had his FB clocked at 90 mph as his highest speed.
It does not look like there’s much movement to his FB, either.
CB, you’re the one with the answers. Is that his FB?
See how misplaced the worry was about who was starting in LF? It all comes down to pitching.
“This reminds me of last year. We played the Rays early in the season at the Trop and lost 15-2 the first game of the series.”
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I thought there was an agreement that Chien Ming Wang’s starts didn’t actually count?
Pettitte’s kid is the bat boy.. Thats awesome.. Must be an awesome experience to grow up in the yankee clubhouse/dugout.
HYOOOZ
Yeah the Yankees pitchers last year never gave up more than 5 runs a game LOL !
Too bad it’s not a school night time for some of the kids to go to bed.
any one else think andy and his son in the dugout are adorable?
I’m glad this game is happening in Tampa and not in yankee stadium. I dont want idiotic fans boo-ing Javy…..
It was 2-0 like 45 minutes ago and now Tampa scores a touchdown.. Javy was disasterous tonight.. we’ll see next time what he has.
So, I guess Vazquez is filling in for Wang quite adequately.
Anyone who wants to jump off the Vasquez train go ahead, just don’t ask back on later in the season.
BD, people have a hard time distinguishing between lack of execution and heart/guts/whatever. If someone doesn’t do well (generally speaking; I’m sure there are occasions when a melt down really is choking), then that’s usually just a matter of not executing. I would never, ever call an athlete gutless unless it was obvious because that’s about the worst lable you could stick on someone. Javy has to be better than this, though; you have to admit this was a disappointing start.
“It does not look like there’s much movement to his FB, either.”
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looked liked there was plenty of movement to me.
starting in the 4th inning, his fastball started on the outside corner and moved right back over the middle of the plate.
there was some additional movement after the sweet spot on Tampa’s bats hit said fastball.
“Like Tex said about his 0-14 start… take a look at the back of my baseball card.
You can pretty much do the same for CC, AJ, and Javy. They aren’t rookies.”
Unfortunately, I did look at the back of Javy’s baseball card — and it’s atrocious. 4.91 ERA with the Yankees in ’04; 4.42 with D-Backs in ’05, 4.84 with White Sox in ’06; 4.67 in ’08….
NYY626
Agreed about Andy and child!!
I’m not jumping off Javy train, I rarely jump off any player’s train. Just asking a question.
Same cr*p every night.
First people are killing NJ and then he gets that walk and those same people are on here celebrating.
Then those people are killing Park and then celebrating how good he was for us the other night.
Finally endless Granderson bashing and he hits that HR of Paps and those people are singing Granderson’s praises.
When Javy pitches his first great game for the Yanks you should not come here to celebrate and those people know who they are. To borrow from Joe West: It is pathetic and embarrassing.
Javy didn’t miss many bats tonight
it’s one of 30 starts
just move along
Mitre!!!!
I am just a bit concerned.
On the FSFL radar guns, it had his FB clocked at 90 mph as his highest speed.
It does not look like there’s much movement to his FB, either.
CB, you’re the one with the answers. Is that his FB?
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Yes, his fastball is topping out at 89-91. That’s not the problem. The problem is it’s straight as an arrow. Even when it’s placed “well” it’s very hittable (as we’ve seen). He’s also throwing it too much. Pumping straight 90 mph fastballs might work in the NL, but it won’t here.
BD, I’ll bet Sox fans say the same about our players, too, lol.
Only a few people have gone off the deep end; I don’t think it’s a reach to be disappointed in Javy tonight, Blake.
Sergio Mitre. One of my favorites.
By the way, when we got Javy back some of you might remember that I expressed skepticism but rational people like Doreen said that he deserved a chance and that it was possible that he was a different pitcher now. Others brought up his injury when he was with the Yanks.
I said I would accept both and I have. One bad outing does not cause me a whit of pause. Let’s see what he does his next outings out. Maybe he was trying too hard.
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GO SERGIO!!!
Javy struggled in his last ST start – maybe he’s in a dead arm period? He started off-season workouts early……earlier than usual, I think.
While we are at it….Jorge Sucks Too!! As well as Mitre!!
Honestly, I didn’t like the Javy deal too much when I heard about it. I really just don’t like guys transitioning from the NL to the AL. Plus, we all know how he is under pressure situations..
Then again, he is our number 4, and will probably win 14 games or so. Can’t complain too much I guess.
Oh, well.
Better next time.
Sergio has to give us innings tonight, even if they are bad ones. There’s no point in wasting your good relievers in a blow out.
Man, I hate these f*cking Rays!
spitball1999 April 9th, 2010 at 9:00 pm
“Like Tex said about his 0-14 start… take a look at the back of my baseball card.
You can pretty much do the same for CC, AJ, and Javy. They aren’t rookies.”
Unfortunately, I did look at the back of Javy’s baseball card — and it’s atrocious. 4.91 ERA with the Yankees in ‘04; 4.42 with D-Backs in ‘05, 4.84 with White Sox in ‘06; 4.67 in ‘08….
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The difference being that it’s you that buys his baseball cards and he gets paid for it.
Same cr*p every night.
First people are killing NJ and then he gets that walk and those same people are on here celebrating.
Then those people are killing Park and then celebrating how good he was for us the other night.
Finally endless Granderson bashing and he hits that HR of Paps and those people are singing Granderson’s praises.
When Javy pitches his first great game for the Yanks you should not come here to celebrate and those people know who they are. To borrow from Joe West: It is pathetic and embarrassing.
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Actually, this is the first time I’ve commented during a game.
So, no one can criticize anything on this board. It has to be all happy happy?
Javy’s fastball is straight. It’s not that he just doesn’t “have it” tonight. His fastball located well is getting driven. It’s a problem, not just for this game.
Betsy,
no doubt. People get frustrated and say ridiculous things.
This was certainly a disappointing start. I don’t see how many could argue that. I was really happy with his pitching in the first 3 innings but he just couldn’t keep it going.
Perhaps Tampa’s hitters were able to lay off the changeups and offspeed stuff the second time through the lineup.
Still, Javy left so many fastballs right down the middle of the plate. That has to change, and I believe it will.
I’m sure there will be panic in the streets that Vazquez simply is incapable of pitching for the Yankees, despite a phenomenal season last year, but I have little doubt that we’ll see more good appearances than bad from him.
Yankees suck chants just don’t have the same zip in Tampa as they do in Boston, do they?
“# California April 9th, 2010 at 9:03 pm
Man, I hate these f*cking Rays!”
Because they beat your Red Sox in 2008, stealing away an easy 4 game World Series sweep for your Sox over the Phils?
the only good year recently for Javy was last season. it’s back to AL reality now. maybe SJ will blame this on an “injury”, which was his excuse for his crappy 2004. this is what you will be getting…grin and bear it, lol!
Mitre not faring any better.
and according to the Tropicana field fans….the Yankees Suck! Honestly how are these guys even MLB players, they all suck.
there’s always a game or two each year that the Rays just make the Yanks look old…running like crazy
Beckett had about 5 games last year where he gave up 7+ runs. Burnett had quite a few, and even Sabathia had 2 or 3. Pettitte gave up 10 runs in one start a couple years ago. Santana gave up 9 runs at YS last season.
Bottom line…even great pitchers are going to have downright ugly outings. Just be glad it’s on a night when the opposing pitcher is doing a great job and the Yankees aren’t losing 7-6 or something. Blowout losses are easy to forget, and I’m sure the hitters will be blaming themselves just as much as Javy after the game.
Yipes
BD, the problem is that one is not allowed to express disappointment without being labled as a bandwagon jumper. I’m not talking about those who say Javy should go back to the NL or that kind of stuff, just those who don’t allow people to vent.
This is pathetic.
Man, thank god I only check in here from time to time. Some of the people are out of their minds. haha. Same folks that said Tex and CC were bums last year. Fools.
C’mon. Javy throws a straight-as-an-arrow 90-91 mph fastball. You have to have pinpoint control or else you will get the crap beaten out of you more often than not in the AL. And I know many of you are aware of his reputation for giving up that big inning; when he loses it, HE LOSES IT.
Are we gonna see Swish pitch tonight?
RS, that’s probably true. Phil Hughes to the rescue, lol………..just kidding!
Mitre can’t buy himself an out.
Yeah the Yankees pitchers last year never gave up more than 5 runs a game LOL !
Too bad it’s not a school night time for some of the kids to go to bed.
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Yeah little girl that’s exactly it. I said I cannot remember the last time one of our pitchers gave up this many runs, maybe I’m not the one that needs the schooling…
Not ashamed at all to say it, but I dont hate the Rays fans. I actually joined them for the 2008 Game 7 ALCS, because I still maintained a perfect record for my teams in my attendance of their games, and still maintain it to this day!!!!!!
Trenton batting in the bottom of the 7th, leading 2-1 on Laird’s 2 run triple
steveoh,
I did not mention your name. I said the people know who they are.
If you took that comment as being directed at you that is telling.
LOL Pat, I hope not. I don’t like to see position players pitch, no matter what the score is.
“So, no one can criticize anything on this board. It has to be all happy happy?
Javy’s fastball is straight.”
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no and no.
Javy’s fastball had more movement than David Price’s did tonight. It wasn’t close to straight. It was just poorly located, starting in the 4th inning.
is it me or does Tino sound nervous and talking very fast?
Javy’s location was terrible tonight and the Ray’s hitters made him pay. It happens…especially early in the season. Still think he’ll be really good this season.
Even tino was comparing Javy to Pettite in that he needs to learn how to get the out when he really needs it. Something I remember Javy never knew how to do even as a younger kid
I figure not pitching in a week isn’t the best thing.
7 runs to tie – can they do it?
GB, thanks for your updates; I’m afraid they are getting lost in the frustration over tonight’s game.
Does this bother anyone else: When you see people wearing gear at a baseball game, that represents neither one of the teams playing? It drives me insane for some reason.
The season is over! Why play the next 157 games!!!!!!!!
“C’mon. Javy throws a straight-as-an-arrow 90-91 mph fastball. ”
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do you have the #s to prove that it’s “straight-as-an-arrow” ?
“Javy’s fastball had more movement than David Price’s did tonight.”‘
Price is so much better than Javy, it’s not even a fair fight. His fastball explodes at the plate. Javy’s is of the batting practice variety.
It’s a good thing this is only an exhibition game.
I hope you guys won’t treat Hughes bad if he has trouble in his first few starts. He’s gonna have some tough teams his first few starts.
Mitre Death Watch 6.0 isn’t off to a good start.
Javy hasn’t won as many games as he’s won by accident; of course he’ll be fine.
Betsy, I know you would expect this from me anyway, but Javy’s performance really has no affect on me at all. All pitchers have bad outings during the course of a season. Perhaps he just got his over with.
I’m absolutely fine with what happened and if the Yankees lose, so be it. I know well enough that every member of the Yankees knows how to turn the page. A loss is a loss. We’ll have more than a few throughout the course of the season.
These are the same guys who took 2 from Boston. If you love them when they’re up, you need to love them when they’re down. (not you Betsy, I’m talking generally here). Otherwise you’re not the person someone would want to be with if they were in a sinking boat.
That said, I will definitely leave now only because I don’t have the head to read any overreactions, which is what it would be at this point in the season.
Adios muchachos and muchachas.
I am going to shower.
Maybe I can make the stink go away 2009 style!
Okay, I just saw that Mitre’s ERA is sitting at 6.00, and I have to laugh at that.
I seem to remember something about a “sub-6.00 ERA watch” on Mitre last season.
Tex cannot hit.
Erica, just curiously, is Snoopy out?
LOL there’s Nick with his
face…….I have to 
way to take a pitch cano.
RS -
I agree – a loss like this is almost easier to take than a nailbiter that you end up losing, or when your team scores 6 or 7 runs and loses anyway.
“Even tino was comparing Javy to Pettite in that he needs to learn how to get the out when he really needs it. Something I remember Javy never knew how to do even as a younger kid”
Even in Atlanta, when he had the decent season, there were a number of games (which could be seen on MLB Extra Innings) where he couldn’t get that big out. It’s who he’s always been and it’s not going to change because he’s on the Yanks. And it’s not going to get better pitching in the American League.
One game does not make Price a better pitcher than Javy.
Igotid, aside from the Angels, do you know who else Phil is facing in his next few starts? Well, it doesn’t matter. As a 23 year old with huge upside, he’s going to get a long leash from the Yankees if not fans……….but I still hope fans will be patient.
Price has been outstanding tonight. I was hoping they could get his pitch count up and get him out of there early but he’s thrown strikes and has been pretty economical. He’s extremely talented and when he locates hes very tough for any team to score on.
Mitre is another guy who hasn’t pitched in awhile. Hey, you’d love them to be sharp anyway, but sometimes it doesn’t work out.
Betsy,
I’d imagine everyone here is disappointed and venting is one thing.
However, baseball is a long season and most of these players have very long track records and lots of statistics behind them.
The best pitchers have horrible outings and the worst pitchers can have a good game.
Those who want to take 1 game and project it for 162 games can do so, but they’re doing themselves a disservice and it’s not going to be well received by the more sensible readers.
The Yankees were absolutely destroyed in several games last season but still somehow found a way to win the World Series.
They’ll be crushed plenty this year. That’s how it goes. After 162 games, I believe they’ll be in the playoffs. That’s all that matters.
Yeah Price so much better than Javy
When Price finishes in the top 5 of the CY Young voting or posts a sub 3 ERA then we can talk about him being so much better.
*feeling ignored!
The injury excuse was rampant in explaining his failed 2004 season, but it is possible (and looks likely with tonight’s debacle) that he might not be able to handle the pressure of an AL East race.
Trish, I agree with you; fair weather fans are not real fans. There’s a difference between criticizing a performance objectively and criticizing a player while making it personal.
trisha – OPPC member who sees, hears, and knows all. 28 is on its way!!!!! April 9th, 2010 at 9:11 pm
Erica, just curiously, is Snoopy out?
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He was, but he wasn’t in his proper Yankee viewing position. Now he is
p.s. not suggesting you are doing that or anyone in particular. just a general statement.
Dont know whether it was a swing or not, but the ump had no problem ringing Swish up
u think Nick is going to ask to close the game out in the 9th?
michelle b. – Ruth, Gehrig, DiMaggio, Mantle … Costanza?! April 9th, 2010 at 9:09 pm
Does this bother anyone else: When you see people wearing gear at a baseball game, that represents neither one of the teams playing? It drives me insane for some reason.
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Ehhh, during my senior week in college i went to a jay/sox game and wore a yankee shirt lol
“When Price finishes in the top 5 of the CY Young voting or posts a sub 3 ERA then we can talk about him being so much better.”
Put Price in the NL and he’ll get a ton of CY Young votes.
Michelle B
Yes. Annoying it is. But sometimes friends go to games with other friends, and wear something to represent their team.
I just went to a Rangers Lightning game recently, and some scumbag Boston Bruins fan was sitting alone with a Bruins jersey on, trying to taunt Rangers fans. Scumbag!
BD, I agree. Maybe I was getting defensive, but I didn’t want to be painted with the same brush as those who are really going overboard.
Price had very good numbers against the Yankees coming in- he may just match up very well with them.
C’mon Granderson
even if Price were better than Javy, who cares?
Price is a very talented pitcher who could end up being one of the best in the majors.
Halladay is better than Javy too.
Baseball is a team game. All of this “Player A” > “Player B” is garbage.
the Yanks had the best team last season and a case can easily be made that they’ll be the best in 2010.
I couldn’t care less how many player A’s on anotehr team are better than any player on the Yankees.
“98 pitches, 62 strikes for Vazquez.”
Too bad so many of those strikes ended up over the middle of the plate. Otherwise, a pretty good ratio for Vazquez.
Price has great stuff, appears to have a big future and was better than Javy tonight BUT why not let him pitch a few years before you start comparing him to guys who have.
“The injury excuse was rampant in explaining his failed 2004 season, but it is possible (and looks likely with tonight’s debacle) that he might not be able to handle the pressure of an AL East race.”
so if Javy was dominant today would that mean he is a battle tested veteran with ice water in his veins?
Also, BD, I know you weren’t directing that to me. I have to remind myself that baseball is a marathon, not a sprint. I also have to remind myself that one game in and of itself is not predictive of anything. It’s one game, io
If Vazquez consistently gets 12-15 wins with a high ERA, then he’s probably terrible in his bad starts, but also has plenty of starts where he gives his team a chance to win. Just saying.
Thames will be gone before midseason, earlier hopefully. I still remember thinking we had a prize when he hot the HR off RJ in his first ML at bat!
im not jumping off a bridge or anything, but i never realized how terrible granderson looks against lefties. His swings are awefull.
Oops… I meant to say that each game is it’s only little universe; what happens in one game has no bearing on what will happen in the next or the next (well, except maybe if the pen is beat up).
Wow, Price is just on today. He’s a very talented young pitcher. His problem is that he isnt consistent. When he finally pulls it together, this guy is going to be competing for CY young.
Sanit gets one out and walks a batter
ring is pitching
out, walk, hit batter, WP to score the run, walk to load bases
Segovia now pitching
Russo snares a smash to 3rd to end the inning
6-5 scranton
Thames is like Giambi was in his last couple of seasons with the Yankees: Every once in a while he’ll run into one, but won’t hit much else.
Oh, wait. Giambi also managed to at least draw a bunch of walks. Nope, on second thought Thames is nothing like Giambi.
Hitting my couch for a while- will stop paying attention
BD, don’t turn around now but someone is breathing heavily down your fantasy neck…
I despise these FSFL guys.
They have been okay this game, not as bad as usual, but I still DESPISE THEM!!!!!!!!!!
Greg,
He put up a 4.42 ERA last year. He has pitched a grand total of 7 innings so far this season and you are crowning him a Cy Young contender? It does not matter what league he is in. He has proved nothing yet to even be in the discussion of one of the best pitchers in either league.
Come back at the end of the season. It is embarrassing to be anointing him a superstar at this point of his career.
Nobody’s hitting Price tonight, though. I think even Granderson should get a pass. I mean, he’s just on (Price, I mean).
Not sure that many people should be surprised or upset about tonight. Price has the potential to be one of the top pitchers in baseball and tonight is just plain brutal on the hitters. Stuff and command is hard to beat.
This is Javy’s first start. Have some patience.
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Have to give Price props. He’s pitching a great game.
Just got in. Is it safe to come on here?
It doesn’t, BD, but we’re just pointing out the fact that Price is not better than Javy right now…
“im not jumping off a bridge or anything, but i never realized how terrible granderson looks against lefties. His swings are awefull.”
MY GOD, DOES ANYONE WATCH ANY OTHER BASEBALL GAMES OTHER THAN THE YANKS??
GRANDERSON WAS JUST AS BAD LAST SEASON VS LEFTIES. HE’S NOT GOING TO MAGICALLY IMPROVE THIS SEASON. IF ANYONE SHOULD BE PLATOONED, IT’S HIM.
CR9…I couldn’t agree with you more. The announcers are such “homers”
Hey Fran – for the most part, lol.
“Trish, I agree with you; fair weather fans are not real fans. There?s a difference between criticizing a performance objectively and criticizing a player while making it personal.”
Absolutely Betsy. Like the person who called Javy garbage. That’s just wrong.
“He was, but he wasn?t in his proper Yankee viewing position. Now he is”
Er-i-CA!!! Need I say more?
Trisha,
Great job by your fantasy team today.
Betsy,
Got your email. I’ll reply later but sounds good.
6.75!
Bottom 7th in scranton
Montero called out on strikes
Curtis singles to center
Nunez grounds into DP
BOSTON GETTING A WELL PITCHED GAME LEADING 3-0 VS KC
Marcus Thames looks better than Holliday in left. True story.
Fran, it’s not real pleasant, I’ll say that!
Fran, did you go and look at our league?????????????
WHAT A RIOT!!!!!
“BD, don’t turn around now but someone is breathing heavily down your fantasy neck…”
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yup – I got lucky in my matchup when his 2b (Aaron Hill) got hurt. Pujols scored 17 points on opening day and only has 3 since, too. I need him to pick it up.
I knew most of the games would be close… you’re almost always only 1 big day or bad day away from winning/losing (and yes, for example – Price and Porcello today
)
Remember when the Rays blew that 10 run lead to the Indians?
forgot you had De La Rosa too! not a bad day at all.
And now Tampa fans are doing the wave. Can this franchise do ANYTHING that doesn’t annoy the heck out of me?
Ok Fran – I’ll check later!
DB – the biggie was De La Rosa!!!!! He gave me 32.5 points!!!
However, I know this is temporary reverie. I only have 1 pitching performance after this one. Most of you guys have 3 or more.
So I am in the moment, enjoying it.
Trisha and BD,
All of the games are extremely close. They can go either way. Fight to the finish Sunday.
If they can get Price out of there then who knows…great AB by NJ.
I say the Yankees will score 3 runs. Get our hopes up, and then…
But at least they’re still swinging, right? They still have fight.
Price sucks.
NJ only knows how to walk and has 2 hits off of him.
How can you give up 2 hits to a guy who can’t hit?
well,
I guess NJ CAN hit lefties.
how bout a rally to at least make this interesting against the Rays pen?
I cannot believe they aren’t getting anybody up in the pen.
Guess the Yanks have to make them pay or that mistake won’t matter.
Javy easily could have put too much pressure on himself tonight. We all know that he never wanted to be traded and that he was excited to be traded back here; my guess? He wanted to impress too much and overthrew.
Man, I know Tex is a slow notoriously slow starter, but this is brutal.
Doreen,
If there’s one thing we know about the Yankees, they are never out it. They fight till the end.
Fran (the original) and OPPC member April 9th, 2010 at 9:31 pm
Trisha and BD,
All of the games are extremely close. They can go either way. Fight to the finish Sunday.
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I will pounce Patrick
tex again.
will he get a hit over the weekend?
Tex is just awful right now. Is his start this year worse than last yet? I know he’ll hit eventually, but it’s frustrating watching him get off to such a bad start.
Betsy -
I’ll sign on to that.
Price must be up near 100 pitches; isn’t that pushing it, esp., with a kid?
Maybe someone should be up a May calendar in Mark’s locker.
Betsy this next pitch will be 100
Doreen, just trying to find something positive. Javy undoubtedly feels far worse than we do, but his teammates like and respect him and won’t give up on him. I do tend to vent a lot here, but it makes me feel better to be honest, lol. Now I’m perfectly calm………..because, as a certain fictional character said, tomorrow is another day.
Betsy – Hughes rules (pleading the Fifth) April 9th, 2010 at 9:12 pm
One game does not make Price a better pitcher than Javy.
Igotid, aside from the Angels, do you know who else Phil is facing in his next few starts? Well, it doesn’t matter. As a 23 year old with huge upside, he’s going to get a long leash from the Yankees if not fans……….but I still hope fans will be patient.
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I don’t have it memorized. I was counting every fifth start. So the Angels, Red Sox, the Orioles twice. from what I remember.
uh oh,
Albert Pujols is only hitting .111 in his last 3 games
where’s the panic button???
Go Rangers. Just 1 more
if price gets hurt this year, people are going to point to this game. 100 pitches is a little silly
Doreen, that’s actually not bad for a gam in the 8th inning. Geez, the Yankees really didn’t touch this guy aside from one inning. Well, chalk it up to being beaten by a talented pitcher and move on. I remember CB saying (I think) that players don’t dwell on defeats, even close defeats. They take the long view of the season…
GREAT at-bat from Cano.
This is the fallacy of getting a hit with RISP .
Cano did, indeed get a hit with a RISP, but a good play robs him of an RBI. And if a guy was on first, he hits a double and the guy scores, it’s no biggie, right?
Igotid, thanks. Well, that’s life in the AL East, lol. Young pitchers learn by facing the best, so he’ll take the ball and hopefully run with it.
Rangers WIN!!!
Listening to the Philly broadcast of the Rangers game, they were the most professional unbiased excellent commentators I have ever heard.
A team in our own division, the commentators were fair to us. What a concept.
Who knew professionalism existed in the commentary booth.
Betsy,
They have to take the long view – have short memories. Otherwise, how do they bounce back? It’s a long season.
LBY -
It sure was a great AB by Cano.
Segovia blows the lead at scranton.
walk, single, sac bunt, ground out 2 run single, ground out.
7-6 Erie over Scranton going into bottom of the 8th
at Trenton, Duff into close. Wilkin DeLaRosa pitched 2 hittless innings 1 walk, 2 strikeouts
how about 9-6?
Is there something wrong with Madden’s head? He’s going to kill me!!!
I want a Swisher slam.
Maddon is quickly turning into Dusty Baker.
One swing and we are right back in this game!
Doreen, absolutely!
Maddon is an idiot. He got lucky they were so bad all those years. 111 pitches in a 9-2 game, absurd!
“Is his start this year worse than last yet?”
He was 4 for 16 (2 doubles and a HR) in the first 4 games last year.
This is still the same Yankee team we know and love, lol. Even if they lose, they’ve already implanted the knowledge in the Rays minds that, no matter the deficit, they are never out of a game.
The Rays ‘pen was spent fron yesterdays game.
Still an odd move…
111 pitches in a 9-2 game. What a d bag.
from
Wow, 111 pitches? That is ridiculous….
get it to Granderson for the game tying grand slam!
Swish time
lance cormier….ok. lets go!
oh, no
Aw.
next year they lose crawford and pena, we’ll see what a genius Maddon is then.
well, for a moment there I had an ounce of hope.
I guess that’s all I can ask for in a game like this
though 6 runs in the 9th isn’t technically impossible!
Wow -
Francouer just hit his second HR for the Mets tonight, and Barajas hit two as well. Citifield is a band box, I tell ya! A band box.
Hey, like last year, the team is showing fight, even down 7 runs!
Javy will get over this one.
owner has proclaimed rays payroll will shrink to 60m from 70m.
We didn’t hit Price last year either.
We always have trouble with these hard throwing lefties with mediocre control – Perez, Price, Kazmir, etc.
Doreen is that your Rodney impersonation?
good point Jaret.
I got especially frustrated when Perez would shut the Yanks down but get killed by every other team.
Jaret,
Yanks often had a hard time even with righties who had bad control – Daniel Cabrera, Morrow come to mind… perhaps there are others.
* hard-throwing righties
mitre is showing why he’s here….mop-up man.
Mick -
Oy, no.
I guess it does read like that, doesn’t it??
Mitre’s ERA is sub-6.00. I repeat, Mitre’s ERA is sub-6.00.
Maybe the Mayans were a little late in their prediction.
Remember when people said Javy had no pressure on him because he was the #4?
He got killed more here tonight than Burnett or CC did and I’m sure the papers are going to kill him tomorrow. There is no such thing as a “low pressure” spot.
If he had this kind of performance at the stadium, they place would have been UGLY.
If anyone is interested Sox are leading Kansas City 3-0 in bottom of the sixth.
Drew got a homerun, but Ortiz just got thrown out of the game for questioning balls and strikes.
Botton of the 8th
Corona grounds out
Russo flies out to center
Golson walks, steals second base
Miranda strikes out. Going to the top of the 9th inning. Erie leads 7-6.
In trenton, Duff made it fun. Closes out the game by allowing 2 singles and then striking out the side. here’s the box
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.....x_treaax_1
Tampa owner said payroll will be under 60 million.
Bingo
Javy comes from the NL sans DH. Forget the press, time will tell.
ray,
I’m going to start watching now… how does Wakefield’s knuckleball look?
MLB Gameday led me to believe it was moving well… and that Davies has very poor fastball command.
Ray, one of your countrymen was filling us in a little earlier.
Nick, without getting more specific it appears that I delivered on my promise.
Betsy -
Austin Romine’s Batting Practice – on the Trenton Thunder site (M. Ashmore).
http://thunderbaseball.wordpre.....taking-bp/
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//It is Yankee time!//
I like Javy-time much better!!!!! Great pickup by NY.
No starting pitching = No repeat for the Yankers!!!!
3.86! We have a winner!
Update…now 3-2….two back to back home runs off wakefield!
I have know idea what happened to my post..
“Ortiz just got thrown out of the game for questioning balls and strikes.”
Perhaps 8 batters instead of 9 will speed up the game.
David is having a tough week. A valium might be in order.
And as much as I can’t stomach Ortiz, good for him for questioning balls and strikes. I think it’s pretty outrageous that umpires can call the most messed up games in the world and potentially effect the final score, but nobody can question balls and strikes. It’s just wrong.
Doreen, thanks! I really liked reading the comment from the scout who was impressed with Austin’s D…….I guess we’ll hear about Garcia tomorrow as he had the MRI today.
Yanks is still a comeback team this season.
Trisha, how could I have ever doubted you?
Maybe he argued just to slow the game down, lol
Boston Dave…obviously his knuckleball was looking pretty good until the last couple of batters.
This is all Leiter’s fault.
Nick in SF……Giants just need to play .500 for the rest of the season and the overs are over…..
ray,
Apparently, I’m a good luck charm for the Royals
I’ll keep watching for sure!
You’re welcome, Betsy.
I don’t expect good news on Garcia.
Poor kid.
Thats a great play by Crawford…slicing away from him…
ray,
Apparently, I’m a good luck charm for the Royals
I’ll keep watching for sure!
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Boston Dave…I insist you either turn the tv off and change the channel NOW!
Pat M, if Edgar Renteria can keep his average above .650, I like our chances.
never say die
ray,
deal – but if Papelbon comes in I get to turn the tv back on to make it interesting
No, either do I, Doreen. A player just knows when it’s bad. Phil knew his hamstring was done when it popped and now I think Garcia knows…..there can’t possibly be a worse feeling in the world. He’s waiting for word that may end his career …
considering our 1-4 hitters havent started hitting yet, not bad.
Segovia gets out of the top of the 9th inning.
Montero had a throwing error on a steal. Not a great throw that bounced once to Corona who didn’t knock it down. Martinez had the bag without a throw, so he shouldn’t have thrown it. he’ll learn.
Well, that wasn’t fun. Gotta get ‘em tomorrow.
Boston Dave, you drive a hard bargain!
Who do you guys have starting your next game? Just curious.
Why do we expect it not to be good about Garcia? Are there reports out saying not great things.
Nick, luckily the fool did something that was an outright violation of the TOS. It was just a matter of time.
His career may end? Seriously?
I’ll be really really down if that should happen. And it takes a ton to get me really really down.
Think I will do some reading and see what I find. I hadn’t read any articles about it.
so the plan is to lose the first game. But win the series.
Trisha -
No official word yet, but this is from M. Ashmore’s blog – got a chance to speak to Garcia last night. As of now, they don’t have the MRI results yet (or they haven’t discussed them).
http://thunderbaseball.wordpre.....ow-injury/
Trish, well if it’s bad, it’s going to take a lot for him to come back. I hope it’s not bad – it pains me to think of him being crushed last night as he discussed the injury.
Well, not much to say about tonight’s game that’s positive. Bad pitching, bad hitting, bad fielding. Oh well – get em tomorrow.
Sometimes TOS violators find a way to stick around.
But if you have truly vanquished your foe and driven him from the land, I commend you and gladly concede my previous error.
Bottom of the 9th. Winfree flies out, Weber grounds out.
Montero keeps it alive with a full count walk
Curtis flies out to left to end the game
7-6 Erie over scranton
here’s the gameday box.
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.....a_swbaaa_1
Nick I’m only going on the absence of posts after a certain point. Nothing says he won’t reappear. Again, and luckily, he did it to himself.
Ray, Sabathia starts tomorrow’s game
The real violation was that lackluster rendition of the OC theme song.
Doreen, thanks for the article. After reading it I’ve decided that it won’t be anything serious. That’s my position unless and until I’m forced to reevaluate. My father always told us not to borrow trouble…
ray,
Phil Hughes – should be a very interesting game.
the expectations for him go from keeping the Yanks in the game to throwing a 3 hit shutout.
p.s. letting Kyle Farnsworth pitch was not part of the deal!
Thanks GB. Your guy’s old friend Kyle Farnsworth just came into the game for Kansas City.
oh wait, I’m sorry – CC pitches.
thank you GB.
got wayyy ahead of myself there.
“The real violation was that lackluster rendition of the OC theme song. ”
I’m not worried about the Rays. Good team, but not good enough to beat the Yankees in the end.
Night all. We’ll get em tomorrow.
Trisha -
You’re welcome.
I’m hoping for the best, but not expecting great news.
You know who we miss in Tampa?
Matsui.
if Kyle’s going to get the high strike call and then throw 98mph gas, it’s ok
That’s the Javy we knew and hated.
The latest from Ashmore on Garcia as of 6:00 PM
“5:55 PM — Garcia is here and in street clothes. He did have an MRI tonight, but no results are available…could be available as early as tonight. There is no plan in place regarding who would replace him in the rotation just yet.”
Ledger_Yankees Posada getting an off day Saturday. #nyy
GB7 -
Ashmore “tweeted” later in the evening that Hector Noesi could be a candidate to replace Garcia in the rotation.
Love all the spin put on tonight’s putrid loss. The 3 and 4 hitters are killing the team. What a waste of money. Bench them for better hitters! Then I think the Yanks might have a chance.
That’s what I thought – CC will throw to Cervelli; I figured Joe would want to keep AJ and Jorge together. That’s fine – I really would love CC to dominate, but I’ll take a good effort.
ray (sox fan) April 9th, 2010 at 10:13 pm
Thanks GB. Your guy’s old friend Kyle Farnsworth just came into the game for Kansas City
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I saw that, Ray. at first, the way he pitched, I thought Papelbon had been traded to KC.
# Betsy – Hughes rules (pleading the Fifth) April 9th, 2010 at 10:20 pm
That’s what I thought – CC will throw to Cervelli; I figured Joe would want to keep AJ and Jorge together. That’s fine – I really would love CC to dominate, but I’ll take a good effort.
Not worried about CC. Doesn’t matter to me if he struggles tomorrow. I would like to see A-Rod, Tex, and Nick get going though.
I think Romine went 2-3; he’s had a nice start to his AA season.
Doreen – 2010 GTLU April 9th, 2010 at 10:19 pm
GB7 -
Ashmore “tweeted” later in the evening that Hector Noesi could be a candidate to replace Garcia in the rotation.
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Thanks, Doreen. I figured that either Noesi would get the call-up or Pendleton would start. Even if it’d just a twinge, they’ll shut garcia down for a couple of weeks, as well they should.
ray (sox fan) April 9th, 2010 at 10:13 pm
Thanks GB. Your guy’s old friend Kyle Farnsworth just came into the game for Kansas City
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I saw that, Ray. at first, the way he pitched, I thought Papelbon had been traded to KC.
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You are cruising now Bud!! I am trying to remember. Wasn’t it Farnsworth who gathered some things and started a fire on the field after the game when he was with you guys?
Doreen, I’m going with scar tissue. It could be that as well as other things. So I will hope for the best.
Carl, me too. Well, Alex will be fine. Tex? I think we just have to be very, very patient with him as his April history is well founded.
Ray, that was Scott Proctor.
Ray, farnsve, but, the last one that I read doing that was Scott Proctor
Ok…thank you trisha.
Nick was 2 for 5 tonight, Alex has been 10 combined feet short of 3 HRs in 4 games and Tex is just being Tex. Patience.
GB7 -
No problem.
****farnsworth may have****
I am such a huge Mark Tex fan, but I am really getting frustrated with this guy! I mean, what the heck is going on. He is continuing his absolutely abysmal performance in the world series into the first weeks of the new season. There are slow starters, and we know Tex is one but he is leading the MLB in hits/at bats, I mean if we lived in opposite world!!!
0 for 16 so far, wow.. I am at a loss for words here. Tex is completely lost at the plate.
What was he in the world series?
2 – 22 or something close to that.
I know, I know.. it’s so early to be frustrated, but this lineup is just not that intimidating without matsui and damon.
Please don’t flame me, I needed to vent
What a terrible game.. ewwwwwww. Can’t wait for the W tomorrow so I can forget about this game!
Be patient with Tex.. I know.
But this isn’t just a slow start, this is an embarassment.. and he is hurting the team.
Okay, let’s see him redeem himself tomorrow
PLEASEEEEEEE !!
Ray, I think Yankee and Sox fans are staging a love-in tonight, lol. I read your boys’ commens re: West and I was thrilled. It almost makes me root for them………well, NOT.
# pat April 9th, 2010 at 10:27 pm
Nick was 2 for 5 tonight, Alex has been 10 combined feet short of 3 HRs in 4 games and Tex is just being Tex. Patience.
True. I really want to see CC charge Joe Madden though.
Dang, Butler is one of my reserves this week. I love the kid.
Ray, I think Yankee and Sox fans are staging a love-in tonight, lol. I read your boys’ commens re: West and I was thrilled. It almost makes me root for them………well, NOT.
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Betsy, you know you want to root for the Sox! Just kidding.
None of the Yankees starters have won a game so far, but Javy had an AWFUL game. tonight.Mitre is bad peroid. Thank goodness it’s the start of the season!
I won’t flame you P but I would ask you what Tex was doing different this year from what he did last year. Nothing. He’ll come out of it when he comes out of it. The team won 2 games in Boston without his help.
As he said, the back of his baseball card says it all.
You have choices here. You can be upset on a daily basis, or you can just be patient, knowing that it will happen in time. The reason I would suggest going with the second is because your being upset isn’t going to make Tex hit any faster. Why waste good energy?
Teixeira on hitless start: “It’s always turned around really, really well.” #nyy
4 minutes ago via TweetDeck
Ok, Tex, but hurry up and turn it around – we could use your help, lol.
Ray, I keep trying to love the Sox, but I don’t like the color red, lol. I do respect them a great deal though – and I just love Boston; it’s one of my favorite cities.
Vazquez feels like he rushed with men on base; left pitches over middle of the plate. #nyy
14 minutes ago via TweetDeck
These are all from Marc Carig
Hey this Boston/KC is getting interesting…
Yep. I’d like to take credit for that. I turned their game on hoping I could help to make it interesting.
Nick, at first I didn’t realize what your random numeric updates were about but then I had a vision, like a utopian dream finally realized.
Mitre….the sub 6.00 ERA. One small step for man …
pcaldera So, apparently, you can set off 10 tons of fireworks at the Trop. But, of course, please, no smoking.
BloggingBombers Indoor fireworks – not such a great idea http://tweetphoto.com/17834627
Nice.
Now if my boy Billy Butler can just get it into the outfield, the tying run will score.
Pat I laughed when I saw that lol
LOL Nice pic – it looks like it’s going to rain. Indoor fireworks? Nah, no chance of starting a fire…
Drat. Oh well que sera sera.
Anything is possible up until the last out.
Night sportsfans.
WOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOO
4-3 Royals lead.
Dick Ankieleosauraus just destroyed bard
I cheated ray.
I turned the game on for Butler and Ankiel.
Royals 4, Sox 3
“Vazquez feels like he rushed with men on base; left pitches over middle of the plate. #nyy
14 minutes ago via TweetDeck
These are all from Marc Carig”
I blame West for this. If it wasn’t for him, Vazquez wouldn’t have felt like he needed to pitch so fast.
Indoor Fireworks:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFxvrRJ9i3I
I am holding Boston Dave, trisha, m, CR9, and GB accountable for what is happening in Kansas City!!!!!!!!
Sox need a bat in the worst way.
No way should Kyle Davies hold you to 3 runs….
granted bard got beat on a bloop, bos bullpen kinda s*cks
LOL Rob
BD
You should not have stopped watching just because ray asked you to
There are some things that are too important!
LOL ray.
Just turned it on because I saw espn.com they had man on 3rd, 1 out, and could tie the game with an out.
Leadoff hit by Cameron.
Not the best night for the Yankees in tampa for either Yankee team.
Brackman got wacked around in four innings, but, he didn’t walk anybody and had 5 strikeouts in 4 innings.
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.....a_lakafa_1
“granted bard got beat on a bloop, bos bullpen kinda s*cks”
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a little early for that.
Bard and Papelbon (even if he’s regressed a little) are still very good at the back of the pen.
I believe the success of the pen will come down to guys like Ramon Ramirez, Oki, Boof Bonser (they need a long reliever type), and Schoenweiss (don’t look at his 2009 #s, they dont really count).
Delcarmen and Atchison may not be there all year. I wouldn’t put much faith in those 2.
Not a good night for Charleston and Stoneburner, either.
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.....x_crdafx_1
Sox down to last out after Ellsbury K.
Javy will be fine. The only real concern from the game is the play of Thames. His defense has been so poor (and costly) that you really have to reconsider playing him against even the toughest lefties. It’s not like he is dominant hitter against lefties anyway.
Stoneburner got 7 K’s, I’ll take it.
It’s incredible how the Sox can’t generate any offense outside of Fenway (notwithstanding their whipping boys in Baltimore).
Bard she blows!
Ray, I DEMAND you hold me responsible! That’s why I turned it on.
Imagine if they pull this out and then have Greinke going tomorrow. Heck this could be quite a weekend for KC!!
GO ROYALS!
Excuse my while I check the standings, Ray. I’m curious as to who’s in last place in the AL East.
j/k
LMAO
“His defense has been so poor (and costly) that you really have to reconsider playing him against even the toughest lefties. ”
I kinda agree with this. I understood it more at Fenway because of the small LF and greater chance that he might lift one over the monster. In most parks his defensive liabilities outweigh what he provides with the bat IMO. I’d rather just keep Gardner in there or give Winn a shot against lefties and keep Thames as a pinch hitter.
Royals win.
Soria is on my team.
I want a save!!!! LOL
Royals win!
Pedro was a tought little nut to crack, but they did it.
Eases the pain a little.
&%$@+(*& Royals.
Just kidding.
Early in the season, but so far Sox bullpen isn’t getting the job done.
Orsillo is a tool. He has that cry in his voice that is so annoying. And when he calls something (prematurely much of the time) you can’t help but think of Sterling’s incorrect calls. But when Orsillo does it, his booming voice with the little hitch in it makes you think it is the last play in the world series. Everything has the same ridiculous crescendo!
No Jerkface, I meant Orsillo the whole time. I don’t like the guy.
Remy I like.
Nice job by the Royals; I would have preferred a Yankee win and a Sox win to a Yankee loss and a Sox loss, but I’ll take this.
Erica I would say you got it!
Trevor Hoffman fail
GreenBeret7 April 9th, 2010 at 11:07 pm
Excuse my while I check the standings, Ray. I’m curious as to who’s in last place in the AL East.
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GB, I excused you the first time I saw you on this blog Bud.
ray (sox fan) April 9th, 2010 at 11:09 pm
&%$@+(*& Royals.
Just kidding.
Early in the season, but so far Sox bullpen isn’t getting the job done.
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WE’RE NOT #5!!!! WE’RE NOT #5!!!!
ray,
I would love to take credit, but I think trisha beat me to it.
Ray your guys will be fine. If it’s early in the season for us, it’s early in the season for them. Still I like it when they lose, especially to the KCs of the world because it helps the KC players feel good about themselves. You’re doing a nice thing!
m
Actually, I take the credit, because immediately as soon I turned the tv to the Sox game, Ankiel hit the ball to left for the hit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It was very unlikely that the Yankees were going to go to Tampa and sweep the Rays. The Rays are really good, maybe even better than Boston and they just outplayed the Yankees tonight behind a great pitching performance by Price.
Good news is the Yankees have their #1 and 2 starters going in the final 2 games so hopefully they can win one or both. Its tough when you have to play your first 6 games on the road against two of the best teams in baseball.
Pat M, except for the Yanks, it’s been a good night. I didn’t play all 30 teams in the season totals (I don’t need that much pressure), just these 7:
Yankees OVER 95.5
Giants OVER 82.5
Orioles UNDER 74.5
Redsocks UNDER 94.5
Astros UNDER 74.5
Angels OVER 84.5
Twins OVER 80.5
trisha – OPPC member who sees, hears, and knows all. 28 is on its way!!!!! April 9th, 2010 at 11:10 pm
Erica I would say you got it!
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YAY!!!!!
Another victory for Erica’s Avengers!
mel, you can have full credit. The results are fulfilling enough for me.
Carlos Lee is killing me
Still hitless and can’t reach base. And strikes out
Blake, it’s frusrating that Javy didn’t pitch better, but you’re right. I don’t really buy the road “excuse” (not saying you’re using it) because the Yanks always play well on the road. Hopefully Price won’t pitch like this all the time, lol.
Well Rick Ankiel will take some credit…lol
Four hits including a home run!
I need to go to bed so I can be up before dawn for an oil change before work (try not to be jealous)
Good night Yankee people!
Erica’s Avengers, creeping up. But for the moment, first place belongs to 28 On Its Way!!!
Matsui is 1-2 with a solo homer for angels only run so far.
Take that sockers! Finally a team that plays with some INTEGRITY against the Bostonians and does not just lay down for the Callis Law Olney Stark Rosenthal-led propaganda that is the Sox.
Great win for the Royals organization. and their fans. They are not in Fenway Field anymore!
lol, ray.
Ankiel only had the game-winning hit because of the good vibe coming from millions of bandwagon KC fans!
Jim,
omg. I’ve missed you. No kidding.
Betsy,
It is disappointing that Javy didn’t pitch better. He threw Ok the first 3 innings but just lost it a bit in the 4th and starting leaving pitches in the middle of the plate. Sometimes you get away with that and sometimes teams make you pay and it becomes contagious.. it kinda snowballed like that tonight and that happens sometimes. I think he’ll be fine and still think he’ll be a big asset this year.
They just ran into a buzz saw tonight with Price…with his stuff, if he locates his pitches and throws strikes nobody will do much off him. He just hasn’t been able to do that consistently thus far in his career, that may change this year.
Oakland just showed John “Blue Moon” Odom on TV. Man he looks old and he shouldn’t.
Just looked. Hard to believe that he’s 65. Solid pitcher for the A’s for a few years.
Why did the Yankees fix what wasn’t broken?
I thought our team was fine last year, so why exactly did they go around and mess everything up? We swept through the season with ease, the first time in years, then swept through the playoffs and won the WS in almost a decade.
So, why exactly, did we change it so drastically?
The only player that I can understand trading is Melky. Pick up Vasquez so we have a reputable fifth (4th) starter, then move Gardner to CF. Had we done this, we could have kept Damon and Matsui (would have had the money to resign them) and simply made Gardner the 9th batter (which he did a lot last year) and the starting CF.
So, virtually, the only change in my opinion that should have been done is the Melky trade. The Yankees had the best team in years last year, and would have only gotten better with more time with each other. I really don’t understand managements wish to alter the team so much after such a great year.
I kind of hope the Angels pull out some wins. I don’t want them to come into YS 1-6 or something like that.
The Red Sox definitely have a tough assignment facing Grienke tomorrow, but I remember them getting off to a slow start last year and then pulling out an 11-game win streak, so I won’t hold my breath
Finally, I have a feeling the Yankees will win at least 1 game in Tampa. And all of us here would have signed up for a 3-3 start to the season, no?
The Yanks will struggle vs leftys, we will not have left field production vs leftys because our left fielders stink and as much as an upgrade as Grandy is over Melky with Grandy and the hapless combination of nobodys Cashman has assembled to play left field we will really struggle vs lefty starters and vs lefty relievers late in games. Also, it’s not like Girardi has a bench to go to late in games as Cashman assembled a lousy bench. If you’re going to get washed up players like Thames and Winn why waste the money, might as well bring up someone young who’s cheap instead of wasting $3m on these leftovers. These type of expeirments never work in Gotham, for the difference with the $ wasted on all these pretenders we could have spent a little more and got Damon who can hit leftys.